Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-05-12

THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON
The correspondent of the Republic furnishes
9 following summary of Washington Gos-
p:
WAsHINaToN. May 9, 1853.
have had reason of late to change the opinion
pt long since expressed through your columns
blative to the probability of the appointment Of
le Hon. Henry A. Wise to foreign mission
he policy of his friends has SO far been capt.
HI. They first began by declaring that though
o applicant for office, it would never do to let
i'm go without one, as experience showed that
% would sure TO bolt in any such contingency,
md that hesis by long odds the most dangerous
mao, when boiling, in all the country. Their
bext move was to create the impression, as far as
possible. that the administration stand in such
Tread Of his boiling, that they can hardly dream
( any thing save the terrible enbarrassments aud
isappointments which surely to result from
ang to throw every thing in their gift at his feet.
hat he may suit himself without STOPPING to inti~
nate that he desires any thing. Their third card
played was a successful effort to create the inns
preston in Washington, among the outsiders,
hat the administration believed him to be the
most important public man in the country.
10 account of the positive value of his counte-
nance-of bis active and earnest support. So
adroitly have they managed this work. as to SUI
Democrats, that in his; case the old saying
blessed is he who asks for nothing, for he shall
mot be disappoinied-is about to come true to the
better.
have 10 idea that any member of the Admin
istration has been directly affected by either of
the expedients of the Industrious friends of this
gentleman, yet they must be almost more than
human to avoid being influenced by the effect of
their electoneering 90 the minds of the many
the Union. MIR. Wise throughout the whole
of the canvass occurring since the End ofNoven-
her last has shown that his political sagacity is
|equal to his eoquence, which is saying much
Indeed for him. His every move has been 70
far successful as bold.
|. As the public are asking why is it that the Off
cial head of Mr.. Jno Preston Surveyor General
of the District of Oregon, still remains his shoul-
ders, every other Wing Surveyor General having
been decapitated, may remark that his exemp-
tion from the common fate of such Wing NOR
tality probably results from the fact that the le-
gislation of Congress mas so complicated the du-
ties of his position, making him Receiver and
Register. as well as Surveyor General as to
render II a rather dangerous experiment to subs
stitute any other gentleman in his place in the
present condition OF his office. Up to last accounts
from that quarter he is understood to have man.
aged the many duties thus confded to him much
10 the SATISFACTION oil the Government, who are
believed to realize that to swamp him off
st this time will be likely to result in no little fu
ture trouble 10 Connection with the public land
operations 10 Oregon.
The selection of the Harrodsburg Springs,
with two hundred acres attached, for the site of
the proposed western military asylum, in pref
erence to the Blue Licks. gives eminent dissatis.
faction to the friends of the latter locality now
10 Washington. Some of them cannot realize
how 1t comes that General Scott didn't cotton az
much to the Blue Licks on this occasion as be-
tore the Presidential election. The wags are in
sisting, in fact, thai the Generals mortal aversion
10 these same Blue Licks settled the question in
favor of Harrodsburg at ono hundred thousand
dollars; through the Licks aforesaid, with four
hundred acres attached. were offered for $780,
600. Ii seems to be estimated that the Horrods-
burg site is worth in open market some 100000
Ii so, Uncle Sam has come off batter nthis trade
than in the purchase of site for the Memphis
Navy Yard, having to pay only twice as much
as the property is really worth However.
10000 here or there is a mers circu instance to
the Government 10 the matter of getting the
very best possible location for such an establish
mont.
We eafo from sh- Philadelphia Ledger that the order