The New York herald., 1862-02-04

ONE OF THE "LrrrLE VILLAINS" CAUGHT 20
LAsr-The New York Times belongs to copart-
nershp of "little villains" The chief Of thess
is Raymond, Speaker In the New York Assem-.
bly,; second TO him in the copartnership, and
the most important in financial point of view,
| is James B. Taylor, the West Washington Mar.
ket and Fort Gansevoort operator. He bought
controlling influence in the paper for Sl4 900,
being part OF his profits from the West Wash
ington Market job, and he is now leading pro-
prietor in the concern. This Mr.. Taylor has
been recently Indicted, and Is now under bail TO
answer charge of bribery. The Indictment
charges that Alderman Dayton was approached
| by the accused, the alleged owner of the Fort
Gansevoort property, with an offer of money az
| a compensation for his vote and influence in
promoting, in his official capacity, the purchase
| by the city of New York from said Taylor OF
the said Gansevoort property, contrary to tho
honor and dignity of the Board of Aldermen
| and the laws of the State OF New York. On
| this indictment he has been arrested and held
! to bail in the sum Of $4,000. His bondsman Is
Mr.. Baker of the printing firm Of EsdpedOn &
Baker.
| We are sorry for Taylor, and we think tho
principal ''little villain" ought to be included in
the Indictment He is partner with Taylor in
the paper, and we suppose in his other business
ALSO and we see no reason why, if he reaps
the profits, he ought not to share tho
responsibilities also. This accounts for the
course the Times has SO long taken in reference
to the jobs in the Corporation and the Legsla-
ture, helping them along either by open ad-
vocacy, by silence or by indirection; and it
will also account for the $4,000 worth OF
public printing which the Times is to get from
the Corporation, through Genet, if the bill for
the abolition of the fees of the office of County
| Clerk should be defeated. But the bill will
be passed, and the Office will have fixed
salary. From the beginning the Times has
been a stockjobbing concern. All its pro-
prietors have been stockholders; but we be-
leve it is the first time that any of them has
been indicted for 80 serious an offence. Pro-
badly however, it will not be the last
SILLY RUMoRs ABOUT MORE CHANGES IN THR
CABNEI-In Wall street, so filthy in its
morals, though clean in its pavements, several
rumors are in circulation of more changes in
the Cabinet One of these rumors is that Mr..
Chase is to be removed from the Secretaryship
of the Treasury, and that Governor Sprague
of Rhode Island, is to take his place. But Mr..
Lincoln is not in the habit of announcing such
acts till after they are done, as, for instance,
in the case of Mr.. Cameron and his successor;
and to this rumor, therefore, but little weight
is to be attached. Another rumor is that Mr.
Chase is to be appointed Supreme Judge;
but the vacant Office has already been
filled by gentleman from Ohio
Therefore that rumor is not true. A third rus
NOR is that Mr.. Welles, Secretary of the Navy
is to be removed, and that General Banks is to
be his successor. We cannot say what changes
may take place in the Navy Department; for il
seems to be curious concern, and full of all
kinds of disorders. But if Mr.. Welles should
be removed, we hope some person will be ap
pointed who understands the prices of ships
and the value Of provisions, and knows how tG
make contract for water casks so as not to
poison the troops, and how to purchase stores
for marines and sailors at some other places
than establishments such as those with which
Cummings dealt for cheese, and porter, and ale.
and excellent red herrings-all from the hard
ware houses. These supposed changes involve
a change in the Collectorship of New York, and
many changes in the Custom House. The old
democratic employees who have been sent adrift
are greatly excited and will look forward with
glistening eyes to the prospect, till they find
out that it is like the mirage of the desert or
the baseless fabric Of a vision.
But we do not believe these rumors: they are
all premature. No one knows what changes
will take place, who will be put out or who put
in till the deed is done. Mr.. Lincoln knows
how TO conceal his purposes; and while he tells
his joke he can quietly put one Cabinet Minister
out and another in without any third party
being the wiser.