The Charlotte Journal

President Van Buren, it is said, commences his administration auspiciously. It is understood and believed in Washington that the "Kitchen Cabinet" has ceased to exist—that its power and influence are completely at an end. The anecdote of the new President having been offered a Hickory stick as a present, and his polite refusal to accept the same, is currently reported and credited. The determination of Mr. Van Buren, also, to make Mr. Poinsett Secretary of War, instead of the wished for appointment of Mr. Donelson to that office, is considered a favorable sign of the times. We have only to repeat our ardent wishes that the anxious expectations of the public may be realized, and that Mr. V.B. may make himself President of the Nation and not of a Party. The country is tired of strife and wants repose. No considerable portion of the people desires an opposition to the present administration. It has the power and the means of making itself deservedly popular. Perhaps the opposition party rejoiced more heartily on the 4th of March, and more sincerely, than the party (par excellence) itself. Mr. Clay spoke for them in the Senate, on the 31st instant, when he said, "It is the last day—thank God for all his mercies!—the last day of the Administration of Andrew Jackson. We have laid on a hard bed for the last eight years. To-morrow begins the Administration of Martin Van Buren. Whether the bed will be softer hereafter, is doubtful—but, at least, we have the privilege of turning over to the other side, and resting our wearied muscles, which have been so long distressed."—Alexandria Gazette.