The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-03

have been members OF Congress themselves I appre.
hend, and know how slight hopes sensible enter
tam Of prompt legislation In House or Senate, in any
from the Washington Republic, April sol
hear that there Ia interesting squabbe In progress
over the Geneva (New York; postmsstershp, in which
the partys" choice finds himself almost foored by tho
cergys man Mr. Kelly the democratic collector Of tolls
numbers The friends Of NJ Parker the editor Of the
Geneva Gazette the party y furious this
clergy in those diggings AIike thousand of brick"
The mssion to Naples "a actively sought for BY
House Of Representatives Senator's and Representa-
tves in Congress ex Governors, exForesn Minister'S
ample qualifications, they belle their reputation in
Washington where the capabilities Of public men are
tion much sought after than any other lies in
the fact that Naples is the cheapest place the con
the duties of American charge there almost wholly
nominal his commission affords him facilities for Willing
away his time iu elegant trng such to be enjoy
ed by men about town nowhere else under the sun.
Colonel James Wall Of New Jersey, had imposing
chance for this Office shortly after the rejection Of GEN.
v Wrghts application for the chargeship to Switz
erand But Senator Wright Of their State has put him
quite hers dn combat.
1t seems that Mr. Wall is very unfortunate 10 two par.
tculars that il. in being the brother in law Of
Governor Peter d. Vroom who has the honor Of being
the head and front of the little anti monopoly wing Of
self to prevent the nomination upon which Mr. w. Wright
recently elected to the United States Senate So the
senator ueaIn nOpes ana 10 tnat
end be Is urging the appointment OF - Stephens, ESQ.,
of Newark travelled genteman to the position.
This oivon th Of the party in New Jersey on this subject
ciay as well nigh all creation elsewhere is striving
for it,
Mr. Charles Skeltcn was here Yesterday for Mr. Wall
have repeatedly beard OF late that rich firm of Saa
Fra ncis johnson Co-oered to build the San Fran
c' mint, ard furnish the necessary machinery as we'll
as to supply the site for the mint building at $3.50 900
less than the bid of Mr. Barton. late foreman of Mr.
Samuel Strong which accepted and then transferred
M ftc Dnyr Word vnc.a ky,s.
at rest lam able write that such proposal was pro-
perly before the Treasury Department. 1t was with
Messrs. johnson Co. in withdrawing totherwise they
might have enjoyed the pleasure Of working very hard
for Uncle Sam for twelvemonh and then finding out
that they had paid about 500 for the privilege of
doing
The grand result of Mr. Postmaster General Hubbards
contract for the great low pressure mail the Mssssp
p bids fair to prove something like setcf for the
expected very heavy cost of the department future ser
vice in the ection recently let Thus, to supply the
river post offices and those depending them with the
way mail facilities incident to the terms OF the
IaDgement, would cost the department $50 200 in the
for the transportation Of both mas-express and way
nails the former being much the important to the
community at large though thus thrown into the bar.
There dozen Ohio politicians democrats) now
in Washington looking after their states share in the
current distribution Of the spos These gentlemen
in agones in anticipatons Of the appointment Of Go
Wood to the Brazilian mission They have writ.
TO the President that Ohio asks no frs class mis-
sion, being quite willing let ambitious gentlemen from
other States monopolize all such places, provided her
seekers after minor Offices literally dealt by The
Governor is literally without friends in Washington from
h,me all that delegation concurrpg n the declaration
that he owes his present position altogether to the
maikabe combination Of negative qualities in his char
acter. When pokes at them his famous majority Of
twenty five thousand votes evidence that there must
be something in the they poke back again the fact
that more than one boy the State ticket at the
time elected by majority three thousand greater
than his The Governor was candidate for re nemina
ton recently only Withdrawing the night before the
convention opened finding that he could get but thr
y out OF the three hundred votes in that assembly 1t
seems that all the whgs there opposed to his appoint
nent-"Rude B0reas" Of Fruit Hill being as much dis
gruntled at the prospect Colonel Medary and his
friends.
Messrs. Comfort Whittlesey of Ohio, (son of Elisha
Whittesey, Comptroller and John West of Alexandris
Virginia. removed from the office of the Sixth Au
ditor to day So aso the messenger os the Second
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