New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-12
FROM WASHING TOW.
M NEWS FROM ENGLAND-NR. DALLAS
GUSHING FOR PRESIDENT.


% ,ba covs-npept concerning the Champion mat
Ter. Il i. supposed here Mr. Buchanan dispi'cne'
On this subject were sent by tLe Pacinc' WHO"
called rbree davs before the Persia. Unless some
accident has happened few days more VIII reiie'e
the suspense which exists, and determine whether
4;rlo,,s,ic intercourse between the two countries
:. - h. temporarily interrupted or not Inc
opinion row prevails thst Mr.. buchanan VIII pfOOa'
bv relinquish the mission on Tuesday and 90 lhH'
redi,tely 70 Paris. in pursuit Of relaxation from
,ba c,res Of Office. All his recent pnVa1
correspondence has teemed with complaints at the
cornnnlsory manner in which be has been retained
.c,inst hi. will: and, therefore, il is supposed be
Will take advantage Of the notification served upon
the Department some time ago, and turn over 'he
seals OF the Legation TO whoever Will receive tnein'
within the next forty-eght hours, unless the re-
ouest Of the President 10 remain temporarily should
make deeper impression than is anticipated Ii
the President had appointed & successor IN sep
+srnber last. these murmurngs would have been
sile.csd. and threatened eOntrct,mps avoided.
Mr.. Dallas is still here, and expects to take his
depsrture within ten days or fortnight. lie Will
receive no other than the general Instructions COM
mon 70 sch occasions; but he has been orally pos
sas.ed Of the condition Of our relations with I'm
GLAND. Of the views of the President and Secretary
of State. and of the existing state of the nego'
tiations on the matters in controversy between the
two Governments. These direct conferences are
much more available in impressing opinions than
the usual diplomatic forms, and in the present
instance more necessary to full and proper under
standing Of the various complications which have
arisen in the discussions of the last two years.
There will be more sympathy OF sentiment and
action between the Administration and Mr.. Dallas
than with Mr. Buchanan. Notwithstanding all the
harmony and good feeling that were alleged to sub
sist on both sides il is very well known Mr. Bu-
cbanan has been more than restIve for year back,
and has frequently signifed dissatisfaction in d
manner which was not capable of being misunder-
stood. He was anxious TO take possession OF the
fishery negotiations, which had been In progress
six months before he went to London, and to COM
biDe il with the Central American question, so as
10 settle both simultaneously. His idea was, that
the desire TO secure the first on the part OF England,
would lead to valuable concessions in the latter.
The President did not yield TO these desires, hence
there has been no love lost since the refusal to sur
render the whole diplomacy of the country to the
peculiar notions Of the Minister at London.
II msy surprise the knowing ones in politics, but
the fact well understood here, that the Attorney
General, Mr. Gushing, claims a reyersiOnary inter-
est in the delegates favorable TO Gen. Pierce in the
n no lar IN
cure the nomination. Whether these pretensiOns
have the Executive cOuntenance or not is more
than shall assume, but that they are made, and
that movements looking to this contingency are in
course of preparation, will not be denied upon reli
able authority. There is limited interest now in
Washington, which deals in politics as desperate
gamblers do in lotteries, that have this arrange
ment in keeping and who, while affecting the ut
most devotion 10 Gen. Pierce, are devisng plans
BY which his defeat may be cOmpassed, in order to
avail themselves Of the chances likely to result
from q lew deal of the cards. Mr.. Gushing has
lately taken great horror Of newspapers, and by
way Of recreation occasionally INDUCES in the
harmless amusement of denosncng the Press in its
aggregate character. week or two ago he enter
tanned promiscuOus audience in the lobby of one
of the hotels with this sort of intellectual exhib
ition, which was hardly in keeping with even the
dignity Of thrd-rate presidential asplrant. The
Attorney General reads THE TRIBUNE-and with
much anxious sOlicitude this spOndence--and
therefore should correct such official laxity. 1t is
painful proof Of his Obduracy that no Improvement
has followed after 50 much opportunity Of useful
instruction.
Cen Cullom has decided upon the changes TO be
made in his official corps. In his own immediate
Office there are thirteen clerks and elk messengers.
Ofthe former he has reapponted three of the pres
ent incumbents, and holds one other under advise.
ment OF the latter three have not been disturbed.
Under an act of Congress passed in 1843 the Clerk
of the House holds nine appointments in the Land
Office, with salaries corresponding to those in his
own. Ofthese he has retained one and superseded
the others. So that in fact ont Of twenty-eght
places within bis gift he has only appropriated
nineteen, or about two thirds of the whole number.
Gen. CullOm has aimed in these selections to deal
justly by bis friends and literally by his opponents.
Animated with an earnest desire to administer the
Office so that it may compare favorably when con.
trasted with previous Administrations, he has anx
iously sought to promote high standard of capac
ity and irtegity, and to elevate the character of
the employment through the influence of these
qualities, One of the necessities of his position
constrained the adoption Of some applicants whose
fitness be could not personally know. Therefore,
like all other men dispensing patronage it is possi-
bic he may have committed errors in relying on
the judgment and representations of others.
Siould mistakes he discovered hereaf thev will