New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-01
FROM WASHINGTON.
MR. BUCHANAN'S CABINET.
From Our Own Correspondent.

From Our Own Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. %, 1856.
AS py telegrapbic dispatch has already informed
the readers of THE TRIBUNE, Mr. Buchsnan's
programme for Cabinet has been altered in some
important respects. This change was materially
produced by the influences which operated upon
bin recently in Philadelphia There is no expecta-
ton, however, that the present arrangement can
resist the adverse pressure which will be brought to
bear Whenever shall reach woehing ton, which Is
now fixed for the middle of January. The basis Of
the first cast stands as will be seen by following
names:
Secretary of Stale ....... LEWIS CAss.
Secretary Of the Tredsury. HOWELL COBB.
SccTeta1v of the Interior. JESSE ID. BRIGHT.
S.cretary Of H0r......... Gov. FLOYD of Va
Secretary Of the Napy.....J p. BEsJAArs.
Postmaster. General. ...-.T. D. RUsK.
Attorney General. .........N. CLIFFORD Of Maine
The four last names were not specifically designa-
ted in the order which they occupy, because some
of them are in doubt, and transPostOns may become
necessary. For example the acceptance of any
position by Mr. Rusk is considered questionable.
There is a sharp competition from Virginia, and
South Carolina has entered the lists with seveel
candidates. Mr.. Benjamin is substituted as the
Oi0.I.ne w Dig 1OI ItelOu VI houbithJ' VIM
was first designated by general consent. Mr.. TOucey
has been rejected beyond all hope, unless an unex-
pected reaction should occur, and for want of a
better expedient Mr.. Clifford of Maine has been
adopted Although Mr.. Buchanan was induced TO
reconsider his exclusion of Pennsylvania when the
first cast was made, and great efforts have been ex
pended on Mr.. Clancy Jones, they have all failed,
and he has returned TO the original purpose. When
Mr.. Buchanan was about returning from the mis-
sion at London he wrote an urgent recommends
ton for Mr.. Jones to the vacancy, and upon TINS
foundation all the recent movements have been
stimulated, forgetting that the premises furnished
10 warrant for the conclusion assumed.
1t will be noticed that in this programme, as IN
the one first divulged there four Southern men.
not one ofwhom is regarded representative
man" of extreme Southern opinion. They fulfill
the idea ar nOunced by Mr.. Buchanan OF q " Union
Cabinet as opposed to one containing Secessl0nstS
like Jefferson Davis. AS was said at the opening
of this letter, there is no conviction that the cast
last given and upon authority not to be disputed,
will represent the final complexion OF the Cabinet
An organized opposition will assail it from the day
Mr. Buchanan takes up his quarters here, and even
before that day, for it has already given tokens OF
prosecuting hostility. From the difficulty OF get
ting new fit man for the place. there Is more con-
cession toward Gen. Cass than would otherwise be
exhibited. His three score and fifteen years aud
his Anglo mania are forgotten in the midst OF eXl-
gencies which are not easy to combat. But really
it is an imposition to saddle him with the foreign
service at time Of life when prayers and not pro!
tocOls should be his daily occupation. Still the old
General has a hankering for place, and even the
million or more which he has accumulated from the
incidents of official tenure, do not yet satisfy his
ambition. However, he is rejuvenatlng IN eXter-
nails, and may be seen any day on the avenue emu
lating the fast Young men of Broadway, behind
crack span that would be hard to beat, and with a
liyeried turnout not quite in character with the
shirt-sleeve patriotism which he exhibited of a Sum-
mer's night TO the hhoys in Tammany Hall Cass
and PalnerstOn are about matched IN years, If Ill
no other respect, and a real bout would do both the
old gentlemen good before going to the grave. In.
deed they would sleep we'll after such a settO and
it is humane in old Mr. Buchanan to give them the
chance.
A demonstration may be expected upon the Pa
cfc Railroad whenever the Committee on Public
Lands shall be called for reports. When the Ex-
ira Ses.i,n adjourned, a vote was pending on the
bill then offered and ii will be got out OF the way
to make room for substitute now preparing by
the Committee, and which is said to be intended TO
throw additional guards around the grants for the
protection of the Government The new scheme Is
not vet fully prepared, and therefore Its details
cannot be criticised with accuracy. While there
10 every proper disposition toward this enterprise,
Congress must be expected to inquire into the ln-
fuences by which it may be surrounded, and to be
satisfied that something mole than speculation is
sought Responsible parties will not avoid this
scrutiny, and others should not be tolerated with
out it. Ii the project has been damaged at all in
the public estimation, it ia from the odous support
of interested members, who have shamefully out
ragged all deccncy in their yenal combinations. This
fact is felt and known here and shoud not be dis
guised elsewhere. If the present feeling assumes
a substantive shape, an investigation may yet be
ordered by the House, into some transactions
which are now notorious, and TO establish which
there is abundant aud respectable testimony at
hand. Such proceeding was contemplated at the
opening of the session, and is still entertained with
purpose, which has been deferred to fitting
occasion INDEX.