New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-28
POLITICAL

-TIe yeodey saws that on Tuesday evening, Feb
a. an anti Buchanan caucus was called together at Tho
Astor House in this city, the participants being sum-
moned TO a dinner "at 5sbarp" end the gentis'nen
present representing an active element % New'hn-
gland politics There were present Messrs Butter ana
Wheeler Of Massachusetts, Sydney Webster, 'ohn n
| George and many others OF less note. The se"son
was long and heated one; but on the srst soow on
hands, Franklin Pierce turned mp the No. fAvor
lite Of all parties present. including it is sasd, rofm
nent Federal officer of this city Emanuel Is. HafD'
the only NewYork politician considered sufciausiy
good company to receive an invitation. Sydney Web
ser developed very elaborate plan by which il is h's
hope 70 capture majority Of the New England dele
cations; and the NewYorker present was not slow to
promise the sovereign voice Of hs State in favor Of
that ex-President.
In addition to the names Of Ohio Delegates TO
Chicago already published by us, ~e find the follow
inc: lVth District Miami, Ser; Geo. Ii. Burgess
and John Z. Cummins IXth District Seneca, S1e.l,
Earl Bill and ID. w. Swigart.
The Senate Printing Investigating Committee u
collecting pass of facts regarding the printing ccr-
uptons of the last Congress- and also the bargains Al
ready made by Bowman, who has been elected Senato
Printer 1t appears that Bowman pays Jewett Oh inc
Known Nothing Buffalo paper, 81 cents on the oonAf
or printing the Pest Office blanks, Bowman pocketlns
he other half for nothing. This is even worse thsn
bis agreement with Blair g. Riyes when he gets one
third Of the sum paid by Government as his snTre.
Bowman finding Heart, the Superintendent OF Print-
ing honest 10 suit hls purposes, If endeaVof-
ing 10 have him removed Heart refuses to put tbs
Government the extra expense Of delivering the pa
per for the Post-0nce blanks in Buffalo, under Bow
m tho fentrv
The total amount Of this work is about GOO year,
and under RowDans arrangement tbsne:s him $50 0o
proft-for doing nothing Crowell refused to execute
ths work for Bowman for 50 cents, and Jeweu was,
thereupon, employed.
The ~ q. Tr1,e Delta says that in its Judgment,
two-thirds of the population Of Louisiana prefer
Douglas TO any other man Tor the Presidency out
that tho organization of the Democratic party ia in tho
hands of his opponents, and delegation opposed 70
hin may therefore be sent to Charleston.
The Washington CORES pendent Of The Phiiadel-
iLia Ledger writes that the Illinois Douglas leader
has gone to Charleston, Ill company with Douglas
leader of Ohio to select quarters for seven hundred
Douglas men from Illinois and six hundred from OHIO
The Northwest is to send large number OF ousiders
both Douglas and snti-D Jugas. TIE railroad compa-
nies have offered to tax. passengers over the whole
route going and coming, at so low rate that the num-
Der will be very great. The crowd in the Ole and
generally quiet City of haIleston VIII be very great
-New-O Orleans, wbe re the name Of Douglas was
cnce a tower of siren eth, has repudaied hin. The
election of Monday obs The Deta "showedth that
he has lost his position and that within the Democrats
party he has little or n support and that even With the
Opposition bis only support Is due to the scheme ana
purpose of dividing the Democracy IN order to make
way for new party which is already in process Of
organization" The police gave their support to what
was called the Dougl ticket but in spite OF all efforts
of the twenty-five delegates elected there are but i've
who support the Lit lie Giant.