Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-03-19
from the Louisville Journal ~
AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON
4 WAsuINeroN, March Q, 1858.
fao'ishing Patriots- Dis,ric, d ppointnsents
-Merico and Central An,erica--


Never before at this season Of the year
have there becn SO many strangers in the
city as now The hotclsan private board
ing houses are Overlooking with them. II
is calculated that not less than City promi-
nent politicians from PENNSYLVANIA are
included in the number. Some of the
delegates from the Convention recently
held in that State, to give the President
"aid and comfort in the Kansas move
ment, are on hand, ifnot for treason, (" FOR
"stratagem and spoils," Among SO many
aspirants and greedy patriots, President
Buchanan must be in an uneasy attitude.
Besides, armies of sell .sacrafciag adherents
to "Lecompton" are here from nearly all
the States. The Offices will doubtless be
promised and dispensed for the advantage
of the Administration.
A little incident in relation to appoint
ments may not be here out of place. Mr..
Hoover, the just retired Marshall for the
District of Columbia, was an appointee of
Gen. Pierce and out of gratitude to his
patron, Mr.. Hoover went to the Cincinnati
Convention to eleetioneer for his renomi-
nation. Old Buck was aware of this, so
he made up his mind that Hoover should
vacate the Marshalship. He concluded
to appoint in his place, Walter Lcnox, an
ex- Mayor ofWashington, and an ex Wing.
But before the nomination of Mr.. Lenox
could reach the senate, some busy bodies
went to the President, and made such
representations that he changed his mind.
Then it was the older candidates for the
Marshalship stirred up their friends, and
the Executive was again beset with advice
in relation to that office. The result of
the disintcrested Intervention" has not vet
transpired. Itwould seem proper, accord
ing to the present test of the Democratic
party, that the President should be cleft
perfectly free to manage his affairs in his
own way, subject only to the Constitution
Of the United States.
The city postmastership was lately be-
slowed on DR.. VIM. Jones, who was origi-
nally jackson Democrat, afterward a
Wing, and now supporter of the Admin,
istration. Col. Berrett, an able officer al
though a strong and continuous Democrat,
had the misfortune, like Mr.. Hoover, to go
to Cincinnati to engineer for the re- nomi-
nation Of President Pierce.
1t is well known that very many ap-
pointments were made during the recess of
Congress. But as the Kansas test has
since been introduced, the appointees,
shaking in their shoes, have come to Wash
ington to convince the powers charged
with the bestowal of patronage that they
arc call right" and Sound on this ques-
ton. Some few have gone home with their
''heads off"
While there is much "noise and confu-
sion" in the Legislative hall concerning the
question of Kansas and the darkies, the
Administration, it is understood, has had
under consideration the critical condition
of Mexico, the Central American States,
and Cuba. The country is not prepared,
at present, to acquire all these countries
at once, but it is evident that preparations
are being made for a big slice at the most
convenient season. The difficulty is, what
shall be done in the present condition of
affairs, and how far will Congress go to
second the scheme of the Administration.
Kansas lost to the South, something must
be done with view of adding more slave
territory in other quarters. Cuba, there
fore, is the grand panacea, and the Ad-
ministration cherishes this as favorite
measure.
SIDNEY.