The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-09

him when Pierce invited b,m The bixnset position his
osbreL bepoe bis non ACCEPTANCE Of appointment
Moreover be enter tatnet Ut that stvo0g hopes
bti,g Tie next ominee for the Presidency he did
rot cboose forfeit hts chances that righ osce by
.SonIa not be surprised tSsrefors' not~sS:sssSns
some reliable stAtamenn have heard made toe oon
rary be should aooept the Office OF ssorear, OF State
longer eHisI With Wise In the Hed for tho United states
seuat0rrhp, he pss not q remote chance OF cecton
uoeh by the relative stand Of both with the people
and a. 10 bis elevation 70 the presidency that in my
opinion Ia just as hopeiees II not moro 90, for many
years will eaPse before southern man VIII be taken
up unless indeed black republican strength will mate
rally diminish, and political parties assume far less
sectional character And Of tsn the present aspect Of
the late contest the Strong motives for future
ton furnished 70 the opposite party In the astounding
vote polec, roint 70 totally different conolusaon.
II Is Contemplated 10 urge upon the next Legtsa.
ture, the passage Of law exempttng specified
amount .ssro property ON seizure or
floral security 70 the institution Of slavery BY increasing
the interest IN Il, result which this immunity vii not
fall 10 accomplish TIE only GLASS in the South In re-
could Kat are the poorer CLASSES and there are mono
who would readily avail themselves OF TITS gusran
Under doubts uncertainties Of tn SIR position they
would from motives OF persona Interest," resort "a any
s.I.,agsm Offering the bert security sgs,nss Poverty.
vsetment offers great advantages there being In fact
description Of properly which yields more pro6ta
Bile return; 80 that under the contemplated immunity
there /, every resson believe tina the interest In this
institution wil, be materially enla gea.
am informed that Nv Pryor intends retiring from the
Enee and estAbishipg paper OF hts own IN this city
The celebrity which Mr.. 2. has acquired ~ journalist
would pDdoubtedy secure for any payer conducted BY
him very liberal support. Besides he hes a
fine Geld, most Of the papers IN teI: city.
and In fact. the state, being vastly behind the
age. and Almost worthless . medium Of news AVID
intelligence. Politics constitute the ain. not the sole
feature in most OF our papers to the exclusion Of every
other topic Of ineree. There is no diversity in the mat
ter which they contain, ard 20 utterly welded are thsy
to the o!o system that they seem TO have specified
hours, beyond which, NO oonsideradoo no emergency,
however imy ortsnt. could induce them N defer the
winding up Of the day ope, atious There Is no adapa
ton 10 cIor instances; their rules resemble rather
those OF . ranhr Institution than newspaper once
They open at O'Clock and close ase-shey may wait
quarter Of hour for tho but 70 Sub
NIT to ouch delay for sny local purpose 10 out OF the
queston. Fancy what sort Of energy they have when
they have actually to COPY from The HExALD speeches
deliver cd In heart Of this city have doubt that
q journal conducted with Bcirk and energy would ult-
aely supplant the olG ioges In their present stage
coach prcgras Mr.. Pryor that the Geld 10 open,
and he will dou bless avail himself OF the advantage
was informed yesterday by gentleman from Go
Floy q region that the later invited on 70
Wheatsnd by Mr. BucoaDsn. The Governor intended 70
have met him at Washington but prevented non %
by the distractions Western travel caused by
The late heavy The certainty OF the Governors
appointment 10 seat in tie Cabinet 10 universally con-
oeded
This IN the warroest day have had sine. the begin.
prg winter The Is fast thu wing and strcets
are reE dertd rather dsasreeabIe In oopsequenoe
IN this state Of transition that the snow becomes mostn
convenient but few days Of this kind aud the
sRopy will be The streams are swelling msRud-
Gently and the proept cts or re bet Dear. Mean
while the James river continues snos IS ghs a. ever
not ~hsandDg the mms rse masses OF water which are
flowing into H. rhe interruption TO the commerce OF
this city this cause, has led to such dmiu a0n n
the sock Of mest Of tho ntccrsares Of Ne ne TO have
hspced TT OF them TO double the ordinary standard
II .ri re March before Navigation on tho JAMES river Is
fairly resumod.