New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-06
FROM WASHINGTON.
MR. BUCHANAN.

W.
From Our ova Couesr'ndeaI
WASHINGTON Feb. ? 1867.
Washington begins to resume it's ~oatei CON-
posurr The great cause Of sensation has DIS
appeared. Mr.. Buchanan turned his head Wheat
lsndward this morning and is now snugly specas.
ing at his bachelor fresde up,a the smoaat Of
patriotism which he left behind him. lis e1siaa
=. his sdvent, was quiet sad uncere alonioas.
Gsncy Jones. Ike s fast freud. stuck 10 hun 70
the last. Now that he has come snd gone than n
shout SIS much knScn of the details Of his pc,-
srsmme SIS there Was fortnight ago To be SUR,
there have been some in'erentisl revelstons which
msy be considered trustworthy, bus Mr.. Baeh.aaa
avoided ary explicit fer OF seat in the Csblsee
and uhsteyer is said 20 BE- known is therefore as
sumed upon particular data
No sufficient INDIGESTION has been given to warrant
confident opinion as 20 the Secreta'yshp Of Slata
That point has yet ~ be determined, aoi il WAS
s'enfed BY Mr.. Buchanan &c would be open 10
conviction for week. Mr.. Hunter assured his
friends after an interview with the President elect
Yesterday. thst the reasons which operated in IN
ducine HIM TO decline place in the present Admin
istrstion were as fOrcible now should Il similar
opportunity be- offered. A little stir WAS inside
from New.York City fer Robert J. Walker but
nobody took it in earnest though pressed with sn,c
pertinaci,y. Mr.. Buchanan knows Mr. Walker.
He served with him in Cabinet when Mr. Corcorsa
obtained the u,ed Ststes loan of fourteen mill oas.
and he cannot have forgotten al the impressions
then received.
II is considered ixed that the Old Line Wings
are not to be represented IN the Administration, as
was at first proposed. Mr.. Choate and su bis clss
may hang their harps upon the most convenient
willows. The idea wss very taking. considering
that Mr.. Buchanan started out with the poetical
project of reyiving the era of good feeling. But
it GOT hard rsps here before many days aud Is now
entombed. Mr. BeDjam Wa, soon shattered ~
the exponent of this conception aod there is hardly
erease spot lett OF him. Such was the rskins Of
his new friends | thank thee Jew for teach
eng me that word" Tbs decision of course un-
seats other aspiring Unon-ssvers from their sntici-
pated saddles.
Among the certaiDtes now put down are Cobb.
Jones Floyd ard Tousey. After sharp struggle
the South conquered Mr. Buohanan's prejudces.
and he les gned bis prett Clifford last night.
This is a triumph in one sense for the South gains
q vote in Cabinet while the North ia charged with
the appointment. Poor Clifford looked quite chop.
fallen this morning, and was SON swhat exercised
about the stability of the Mon, as any other pat
riot would be who proven ted from saving it 1T
the rate Of $1,000 per sunum. Perhaps Mr..
Buchanan may yet repent aud return to his first
love- Among the contingencies most named arc
+. W. Pickens of South Carolina, Aaron '. Brown
of Tennessee, and Gen. Wright OF Indiana. But
these were included in programme headed By
Hanter and, therefore, must be received with
grains of allowance.
The South, headed by Clay and Fitzpatrick Of
Alabama, Jefferson Davis and other Mississippi
men, Toombs and parts of the South Carollns AMI
North Carolina delegations, made dead set for
representative men, aud enlightened Mr.. Ba-
chanan on the point that their support Of bis Ad-
mini.trston measursby depended upon the fulfill
m.nt Ut this expectation. Under these crcum-
stances, Pickens's name was brought forward aud
urged, but he may not be ultimately adopted. Ii is
certain. however, that Nr. Buchanan took serious
notice Of the advice, and expressed willingness to
conform 10 il satisfactorily. As the Administrators
must be started in one short month reasons of pro-
pretty and delicscy Will require Mr. Buchanan to
make his formal offers Of places within d week or
two. And il may BE- this has been indirectly dono
in two or three cases already, without assigning
the particular positions 10 be occupied for it is sad
a nod Is as good as wink 10 blind horse. INDEX.