The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-03
oar washington correspondence.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, lSJ2.
Things in Washtwgto~--1 The Neto Cabirt- Ias
Nsu Adnsinistration-T The Business If Congress
The old year closes suspiciously for the country
There is good prospects before Us. We shall have
q new epoch opened In tho history Of tho country,
from and after the fourth Of March, all the signs
Of ruin are fsllaOous. Very considerable progress
appears to have been made in tho choice Of cabi-
net for General Pisroe, since tho late visit OF Mr..
Hunter to Boston We arc informed that the only
remaining doubt Of bis nomination for The State
Department rssts with himself, and thst he has
gone TO Richmond to consult with his friends in the
Legislature to the course he shsll pursue. A
fall term of six years in the Senate requires some
consideration before exchanging for the State De
partment for four years. Mr. Hunters inolin a:ions
are decidedly in favor of the Senate. Hence the
movement in the Virginia Legislature in favor Of
Judge Barbour The chances, Notwithstanding,
predcminate the ether way, that Hunter win
accept tho State Department, for the sake Of the
commanding infaenos it will give the State Rights
party Of the South in the ADMINISTRATION. 1t
Is not surprising that Mr. Hunter should be chosen
- tho premier of General Pierce. Virginia gave to
New Hampshire the President 1T Bslti aors, or Gem
era Pierce 20 coDsiders IT. which is the Same thing
Hunters general notions Of the pc vers and duties
OF the federal government, are pretty much OF the
same ssr;ct construction school, as those which
marked the course of General Pierce himself in
Congress. He ID, notwithstanding quite favor
i;e with the progressive leaders Of YOucg America"
while To il marked for standard abilities and sound
discretion We must. however, wait yet few days
before We can conclude son any schedule Of osbi-
net for Mr. Hunters deelination which 10 possible,
viii deubtiesa require an entire change of the pro-
graMms.
OF one thing, we apprshend the country may
rest well Assured to wis:-that the cabinet will 30
. unit upon the Caba question for upon that prso.
sics issue it is well understood General Pierce is
-. - n
o. another step for ward This, of COURSE rules out
Mr.. Buchanan. for bis Cuba correspoadsnos Ia by
Ed means to be taken 10 foreshado wing the
projected policy Of Geaeral Pierce. General
Cass, On tho other hand, is under stosd as hav-
irg expressed q desire TO be considered cat Of
the way. Indeed, there is every reason to believe
that not one Of the Baltimore candidates Of 1852
fer the Presidency will be included in the cabinet OK
March, 1858, which, prima fGcie, il most exoeilsss
tang. General Pierce himself may become tho
most available candidate for 1856. VINO kpe1sl
Bat, In any event, it ia his poll 10 have csoinot
who viii be the agents Of ais administration, and
not bis rivals for the succession, if his thoughts
should moline that way. Suoh cabinet as this
. united cabinet, every man recognizing Pierce 6
the head Of il, ard e.! conourripg in Dis ger ersl
policy Ard particularly in regard 20 Cuba, Aexcs,
Ctatral America, Hayri, &o.-is the ca oinst whloh
mag confidently be expected
Congress Is holding over The House appears 20
De disS c!,hed to make lieutenant general VI zen.
Scott; but, il bic friends true 70 aim the bill
oa be leeohed and passed in its regaler order ass
wltsstsnsing 1t lies covered up with mountain OF
bills ard resolutions
With respect to the strengthening Of the navy,
sho Cuba qUestio,, ;ae Hayti question, tine fvs or
ten 1lisEs fund to the President, the pu bio
lands, and tho Pscifo railrosd, shall have some
feur or five weeks The nsll viii be opened in the
SeD6te, on the Cuba question, on Tuesday next. All
the signs about in favor Of progressive adj
misr alton from add after the fourl Of March next
WARRINGTON, Dec 81, 1852
Cor. Perce's Cabinet and The Washington Ca6iaa
Makers.
Mr. Senator Hunter, Of Virginia, having returned
to tho south, the cabinet makers in that interest
Ing village viii doubtless be industrousy poyed
for tine next eight ten days in vain efforts to find
out the exact result Of mis- late visit to Boston
The fact hsyisg been su posed that this vlsi.
was msdo At the instance OF General Pierce,
through NJ. A o. P. Nicholson, Of Tennessee, and
that tbs object Of the President elect ras to consult
with Mr. Huhser upon the allimpoYssnt subject Of
the selection OF his cabinet. the conclusion araosg
the Washington cabinet was inevitable shat
the Virginia Senator, and the particular school to
which be belongs, to be in high favor with the
now administration
According to our private adyises from Washing
ton, tho active politicians there, protesting to know
something Of the movements behind tho scenes, are
Of tbs opinion that the invitation for interview
with Mr.. Hcaeer was eqaivalsnsto the offer Of the
State Departmsn sRd that his fiencs with all ap-
parent confidence in t1s declaration say that he will
accept hing else Rsoeaty 70. elected to aful torn
Of six years IN the Senate he holds the n por
tant post Of Chairman on Finance, it may, too,
be inferred that there is some truth in the ~
nsr Ard there are also ressons for considering IL
probable that Mr. Hunter may be chosen IS tho pre-
mier Of Gen Pierce And Why Eoti Virginia is
uestiosasly considered by Gen. Pierce as having
brosght about his nomination, and that, in come
quenss some especial recognition Of her confidence
in the President u her choice il due TO her.
This Il very clearly insimased in Gen. Perees let
ter accepting the Baltimore nomination. Hunter,
too is man Of superior abilities, stric. oonsruo-
zionist OF the s.ratest sect, rigid economist of the
pubic moneys, State Rights man, hostile to Fill
ksstcrisw ~ be is to the abolitionists, and yet
standing on smicabls ter ns with Young America
and the free soil wing Of the New York democracy.
These are strong Recommendation, in view Of
the great dssdoratuia Of harmonizing the various
disoordslt factions Of the party But STILL the sp
peiat.sns Of Hunter will be met by = sharp ooun-
ter-irrtAtion. he belongs 10 the ultra school Of
shs Southern rights portion Of the democratic
party Of the South, and was with his colleague, M.
Macon, and tho South Carolina Senators, and Jeffsr
sen Davis Of Mssissipp, and Pierre SOule Of Louisi-
ana, amosg the twelve Senators whs entered their
protest upon the journal Of the Senate against the
Conprsniss bill admitting the State of California
into the Usion the ground Of is injustice TO the
Soath. II may, therefore, be safely supposed that
the democrats bslosging 10 tho late Southern Union
perty-of which ssob men as COBB Of Georgia,
Clemens Of Alabama, Foote of Mississippi, and
Downs o. Louisiana, were the leadsIs-bavs had 10
agency and no sympathy with this late mission OF
Mr.. Hunter to Boston. On the contrary, 1t Is said
TO be curiosity reported in the and corners OF
the Capitol that the soft shells OF the south are on
tho very verge OF nutiny, and that General Cass
himself 10 copntArmininR IN the Sonata 70 blow Nm