The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-06
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E<om Washington.
SPECIAL DIPATM 10 YKn HERALD.
THE LATEST REPORT RELATIVE TO THE NEW Cab
NEr-DECIsION IN fHR DRED SCOTT CASE, ETC.
WARRINGTON, March s, 1857.
ne Cabinet b SIN ineompete. Mr.. Buohsuan 70 still
hshe Sog n said that Senator Thompson presseA
TO day with great zeal 70 accept the position Of Secretary
OF me Navy, but peremptorly declined. There Ia
port this evesing-and n IL believed Lby mauy--,has
CHARLES O'oensr, Of New York. has been tsudssd the
pesiton Of Attorney General In fact. there ae all sorts
Of stories In circulation.
u ID not certain that Mr.. Buchanan vii, send the sp.
pon'ments 10 the Senate Tomorrow for he to-day mott
ned the old Secretaries BY letter tba re desired them to
eain for short time, he had yet completed his
arrangements.
understand that the ony difficulty in arranging tho
Cabinet 70 ill the place Of Nr. Clancy Jones' who
Ing twice been offered by Mr.. Buchanan seat in tue o.
bne has declined In view Of the neroe opposition Of the
Forneytes and his desire 10 embarrass Mr BuchAn
ans administration. Judge Black. Of Pennsylv ania
been offered the seat and unless unforeseen
Cabinet will stand thus
Secretary Of the Treasury 80. Howell Oobo, OF Go.
Secretafy Of inc W1... John Fo1d. OF Va.
Secretary Of the Interior . Jacob Thompson. Of Mss.
A9orne! General. ..,...... Judge Black Of Penn
win be seem that this somewhat changes the disIi'
but on Of the portfolios, but you rely upon IL aocu
racy.
Thre treaties have been passed over 10 the new
Senate for action the Dallas Clarendon the Mexican and
the Persian.
The following measures failed to pass, and were be-
queathed 70 the new Congress-
River and HarboR bills.
All the new steamship bills.
New York Fire bill.
All but two Of the land pfundering schemes
Distribution Of the surplus revenue.
Geo. p. Aarsh's diplomatic claim.
All the patent cases.
The revision Of the revenue laws
The appropriate bills viii swell up TO between sixty
and seventy millions Of dollars.
Among the applicants for the pos. Of Translator
TO the State Department at Warrington, which include
Count Gorowski and Mr. r. j. Grund the Of another
gentleman that Of Dr. Whitehead has appeared. Dr.. W.
literary man not unknown 70 fhme being The author
OF several works, and man Of genius and talents. Be-
hdes thorough knowledge OF Hebrew Greek and Latin,
he 10 Intimately acquainted with all the modern lam
guages, and speaks and writes most Of them fuenty He
for years connected With the press this city
writer and reporter There are therefore, three can.
didaies-whitehead, Gorowski and Grundior the post
lately filed BY Mr.. Tasisro.
The dscion In The bred Scott case will be delivered 70
morrow by Chief Justice fancy Il ID substantially the
same - informed the HKRAIp some time ago. They do
eide that the Nssour compromise 10 unconstitutional
and that gress has power over the question Of
slavery in Territories and also the right Of slavenoter
to carry hs slave into free States temporarily-or in
other words the right Of transisu.
Col seibles, our Minister 10 Belgium, who ID nav In
this city, sent his resignation TO the State Department
yesterday.