The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-22

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affair and getting mp The nsethga. and We eao-
not advise anybody 70 subsoribe. Lss John
McKeon and Greeley hrSt account for NE
Siievegammon Fund.
Mr.. Preston Kssg ssa the nsssgsaass-
sssn 90 Parties.
The Custom House In this city h . great
political battery. In point Of fact h cita-
del, embracing a dozen batteries within III
limits. Mr. Preston King, having captured This
citadel, is taking . tour through The State 10
find out the enemys weak points, 20 that be
may know at what TO aim and when 10 nre
He has thousand or fifteen hundred places
within his gift, and each one Of them h equ'-
valent to big gun. When he begins 10 shoot
some people out Of these places and osher
people in. we shall have long lists Of killed,
wounded and missing with which TO adorn our
columns as in the trumpeting times Of war.
BY the aid Of his tremendous fifteen hundred
gun battery, Mr.. King can entirely reorganise
parties throughout the State, or be can kill on
the present parties and make now one II he
pleases. Just what he IL going 70 do nobody
knows; but the air is filed with rumors, salt
petre and conjectures, and something startling
is evidently expected.
The leading politicians are very much
bothered about Mr.. Preston King. His ap-
pointment breaks up their rings, knocks the
bottom out of their schemes and alters all
their plans. A week has passed since the
change in the Custom House was announced;
but they cannot get reconciled to it and cannot
understand what it means Thurlow Weed,
lean and lanky, is trotting about with his head
on one side, assuming most mysterious air,
pretending to know all about the affair, and
insinuating by suggestive smile that he had
hand in the machinery; but inwardly he is
full of anxiety, curiosity and alarm, and is
trying to get hold of some one wiser than HIM
self from whom to worm out a little informa-
ton. Dean Richmond, fat and furious, is dash
ing up and down his railroad, pulling his nose,
swearing like trooper and perspiring like
victim of the Turkish baths. Peter Cagger,
prim and prosy and precise, is writing letters
to everybody, thus benefiting the Post ONCE
and relieving his mind. As for Cassidy, he
does not know whether he is upon his head
or his heels, believing one day that
he is all right and the next day
that he is all wrong. Greeley, who only
has one idea at time, is very much agitated in
regard to the bearings of Preston Kings APP
pointment upon the question of United States
Senator and is throwing ink around the Tribune
office more violently than ever, and scribbAng
epistles to various people to advise them that
he is still one of the contributors to his own
paper He wants to stand in Seward's Old
boots; but he cannot find out where the old
boots are and who has charge Of them, 30 that
he is forced to stick to his own brogans, al
though they are rather run down at the heels
and ventilated at the toes. The worst of it ID
that Greeley has nobody with whom to consult
Raymond wants Stewards boots also but ht
goes and talks to Weed about it, and fondly
imagines that because Weed cobbled the boots
originally be can place anybody he likes II
them. Greeley would go to Weed if he could
but circumstances forbid. Let him come up to
Fort Washington, eat some OF our corn ard
cabbage, and see what we can do for him. Per
haps we have Stewards boots in custody. Al
any rate, if the Tribune philosopher dresses
respectfully and behaves himself properly, nc
shall not depart dissatisfied.
We have neither time nor space to picture
John Van Buren, in an interesting situation, and
oil the other politicians, great and small
buzzing about like swarm of bees whose hive
,.;o,,oJ orar o;<hor INV accidant or do
sign. The democrats are all inclined to turf
republicans and the republicans are half {
mind to become democrats. The abolitionisa
are turning copperheads and the copperheadl
are becoming rampant abolitionsts. The indi
cations are that either the two great parties
will exchange places, or that both will be wiped
out and a new party created, with Andy John
| son as it's head and platform and the Custom
House as its base of operations. The mos
| amusing part of it is that everybody seems de
termined to get into this new party. Republi
cans and democrats alike hang on to And.
| Johnson's coat tails with grip strongly sug
gestive of drowning sailor clinging to his las
plank. Andy Johnson has two tails TO hi
coat--one for each party so long as the
hang on, aud the stitches hold good, and nothin
gives way, and the President docs not take hi
coat of, they are safe. But the question Il
how can they get up contest at the comm
State election while they are both holding o
to Johnsons If one or the other Of them woul
raise the war-cry of municipal reform Their
would be an issue, and the reforI
party would carry the day. GovernO
Fenton has az heavy a baticry as Prcsso
King, If he only knew how TO use it. He ca
remove all our heads Of departments at sill
gle shot The guns are legally loaded and I'll
lanyard is inviting him to pull 1t; but he Is yer
much afraid that the cannon will kick, an
that the noise Of the explosion may give him