New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-22
FROM FLASHING Ton.
A CHAPTER OF NETWORK POLITICl,ys
From al Occasional Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Dec. %. isss.


From AL Occasional couespord,n,-
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, 1854
The retaining of NIr. Collector schsn aud NJ,
Naval Officer Bifdssl ia their respective posts ia
the face Of desperate efforts to Gust them, saord.
striking proof (parsdox,eol though It may seeri) Of
the power of the Softs aud the imbecility Of t~
Hards.
II there be two men IN the State Of New.YOt
who has. always followed the democratic ~
unheststirgy in victory and defeat, and whether
floating over honorable combat or the blacke&
partisan buccaneefing, Augustus Schel aud Az.
burn Brdssll are the men. Though they and their
hackers have ever conteud,d earnestly for the faith
once delivered to the IIunkers. thereby provoking
protractcd exclusion from place aud pelf ye.
within these three days these high priests 81
the true church, ard "Orignsl Buchanan men "
too, have been taught that they rat their Fed
eral pap at the mercy of the faction who
cot Up the Secret Circular" of 1874, in
order to prevent the annexation OF Texas; the
corner stone" mutiny OF lSt, 10 ayengc As
slaughter of A. G.. Flag; the Buffalo hunt
lei- when the Landgraye Of Lindepwald and ~
presumptiye heir of that house chased j0Sn@
- Great Michgander;" the faction that denounced
the Fugitive Slave lar, plotted Ia defeat the Kan.
s,s Nebraska bill, stood By Pierce in the Ciacnu,a
Convention TIL his yote Divided to hive and bali
proclaimed the bred Scott decision to be doat.iul
| law. swallowed Lecompion with wry yisage, though
liberallt paid for digcsting the same and sre aos
| ready tO turn their backs ca Buchanan and ieHos
! Douglas or any other adventurer who eau farurh
proyender aud pay.
| To b. more specific: Previous to the general
election in New York the Administration confident
~ COUNTED on Parl ers success, aud the seturn III
! eil lat or ten Lecomptontes (includiag the City
Bfooklyn and Westchester Distrlcts,) to the next
House. The re,ult having dashed these hopes,
Judge Parker and other Softs v,ited the Executive
on much the same errand, and with very much tue
same tale t. tell that Jobs man md when ne cams
! to luiolm bis master that great November wind
! had blown his house down, killing all lts inmates
but two or three, and greatly aggrayatIng his Do
| toher losses in rsses and other c'ttle.
Parker charged this fell swoop to the treacheg
| of the Hards-to Dickinson, Schelk, Blrtsh
Tucker, and other big and little Sabeans of the
| Binghamton tribe. The Great Father listened ten
derry and credulOusly (he might safely DO the lat
ter y to the tale OF the TammaDy Sachems, covered
as they with the blood OF their own scap
takcn of by the treacherous knives Of the OUTSIDE
barbarahs q. e., outside of Tammany) Aforesaid
The I'D Chief vowed vengeance on Schell and
Blrdsa; said they should be- instantly remosed-
rs som as he he'd due proof Of thar Hearhsy
(Cautious Father y lie even offered Judge Par
her the C0llectoIship generous old man }, prov
ded Sch,H confused The treason.
Schell and Birdsall were summoned to the Exec
utiye bar, 10 Iead to the Soft impeachment TheJ
came-at least Scheli cid And couple Of pfom-
nent Sotts, y no had been borne to victory 10 tho
November contest on the shields Of Woods reg
uars," appeared clandestinely as Schell's cOu GEL
but csteDsibly as amei euri0. They suggested thst
l.. L.. Il 81 %. euk
patDg evidence. The ped Tammanyiies cIsm
Ored tor the stake and an instant broGng Of tho
traitor II the Executive mind needed more hgn''
let il flash from the burning fsggOts But the Lxeca
tive mind listened 10 the SOfts and leaned 10 mercy
1t Was agreed that the final decision should "
postponed till after the municipsl electon. Elcn
faction caimed 10 be the strongest, and hence ths
rnost regulaI-the party. in fact. Ibe Approaching
contest for City Controller would determine tni'i
and if the Parker-Purserites proved to De nor
numerous than the Dickinson -scheltes aod LILO
latter failed to establish their fidelity atthe So'en-
Der contest then Schell and Birdsal were 10 "
delivered over to the tormentors. -.
IhereupOu, all went home 10 hght II OUT AZ 'n'
city election. Well the election came ana "en'i
and 40 did Purser and Russell the represeDtsu'e
men Of the factions. True, the Soft nag csms v''
little ahead of the Hard; bat each was 20 'Pe ,s
ddly di,tanced by the Opposition steed mat Wv"
iighr b. SET down Is - now
And now for the White House and US HH..
struggle. On Thursday last the ecmbatan" -.
rived in Washington Schell came, ana - Nv Nv
Fowler, and Purser, and Waterbury, anu o1ia.t
and Cooper and Connolly, and he,"eoy' az
Purdy. and Sanders, and Dunlap, win an ioae'
scribabe tail dragging in The rear, Inc unst
nbisticat.d greeDIiaes among the Soits SAID thss
SebsiI ard Brdsa1 would speedily become .
smotino sncri6ce on the altar of st. Tsnmsny'
Ola Buck offciati,g "a High Priest. Poor green
Irg., Schell and Wood hid made terms dlnns
tbe November contest With two or three InsueutiH
Tammsny canddatss-men TO whose 'sott Ss'
DER ths Presidential ear is slwsys open. iN
Regulars had carried them through trienPhs'I"
and now they stood BY Schell. ri.
Ruinors that mercy was in store FOR me
Iector soon began to circulate at the West ADs.
1t was nSt fully credited, however, that ne Wa ~
be saved until Soft messenger, Oh visiting the Ia
ecutiye ante-chamber, saw Schell standing 81 'p'
door between two renowned TammaDy brave
locking Ike Gloster between the two bishops a..
only waiting ior the Head vi the Democt'H"
Church to grant absoluiion for the past. ana ~
buckle fortune on Schelrs back The astoni'neII
messenger fed to WillsIds, where Tsmmsny ns "
esremporized It's wigwam, and paraparaSed hin "
siraiiord sOmew hat thus.
"Ioi the Co,losor s,spcs 'tssen ,so Srt, ssn'
Tvr pope Of virtue f.ra HAf orr AZ
To say rim from tee wfa.n a oo.,e' osn-
Ihefeupon, usny intense CALCULATIONS 6Iie ''-'