New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-17

was fixed as the day Of bis return, but il may
perhaps be deferred longer to guard against re-
currence Of the disease, which has not yet disap-
peared.
Notwithstanding the clamor Of the newspapers
and the spasmodic attempts of d clique of managing
pOlitcians there is nothing 10 the sO-called move
ment for Robert j. Walker. he is pushed forward
TO serve an object and with the hope of distraction,
not of success. Cobb ia not regarded as sufficiently
mallesbe for the interest which desires to have the
ear Of power and patronage and hence the effort Is
to drive him Off and especially sincehe has not hest.
tated to dispsrsge the claims and moral worth OF
PoIAs e1-secretary of the Treasury. Mr.. Buchan-
an may commit errors and incline 10 medlocrty,
but be will invite no man into his Cabinet with un-
clean hands. He knows Walker, and that fact is q
sufficient answer 10 al the pretensions set up Tor
him.
Within the last two days information has come
over from Wheatland that owing 20 the embsrras:'
ments which pressed upon him, Mr.. Buchanan was
for the first time turning his attention seriously to
Mr.. Marcy for Secretary of State This inteI-
cence made some stir in Philadelphia, and rather
disturbed calculations here. The friends of the lat
ter have taken no part in urging his claims, aud
have but limited confidence in any voluntary III.
cIination of Mr. Buchanan. Neither do they feel
much compEmented bya consideration which, if II
exists at all, is apparently enforced by public ex
gency.
Thus far the conferences in regard TO mOdifca-
tons Of the Dallas Clarendon Treaty have not been
successful in reaching any satisfactory understand
inp. Douglas. Slidell and Weller, who are men,
hers of the Committee on Foreign Relations, in
terpose objections which would lead to minority
report if the effort were made by Mason Fish aud
Pratt TO bring in the amendments which have been
suggested by the State Department. Although the
Administration is willing. and perhaps DESTROYS
that this cause of complication should be removed,
still il will not make any special exertion to sup
plicate votes for the treaty. The President aud
lis Cabinet seem to think that Mr.. Buchanan is
more interested than they are in an arrangement
which may give peace or trouble to his Admnistra-
ton as il shall be settled by the Senate. and there
fore it most becomes him TO press the confirmation.
DIR. Bell of Tennessee gave notice OF bill yes
terdsy which squinted at revival of ofashoned
WhigQery, and rather quiekened the pulse at
former recoectiOns. His plan is TO distribute the
proceeds of the public lands justly aud fairly
among all the States, according to their respective
populations. This is one mode of depicting the
revenue and perhaps more practical than some Of
the schemes suggested for attaining that end by re-
ysing the tariff. The receipts from the sale OF
public lands for the fiscal year ending Both June
last were $5,9l7, 644 93. For the current year
the Secretary Of the Treasury has estimated the
receipts at about 81 0O0 900, and for the year end
ing Both June 1858, at 5000, O00-so that distri-
button under this process would reduce the esti-
mated balance in the Treasury on the LIST of July,
1853 from S44,O000O0, in round numbers, to
49,, 900, 900, or something more than the aggre
gate of outstanding public debt. INDEX.