Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-02

From No Connecticut lEryc-
MORE REBORN last week announced the
appointment Of .. II. Nor,on ESQ as post master of
th'S city (Iar,turd) III the place Of j. Law renewed
II Ii our duty To announce tho ye,ror,I NJ Mr.
Norton and the appointment of John NJ. Niles r,,n
~ i'ls place. Mr.. Norton arrived in this CITY on
tuesday, and entered on the duties Of his office on
Thursday morning. The next dlv Friday he learn
cd that he had been superseded bv Mr. NiTcs. md
ihaj nc must yield. the principle OF; rotation in
oicc. 20 his successor Mr. Law wac hiphly esteem.
od as citizen aud as faithful public officer and we
were III hopes that he would By allowed 70 retain a
stouon which he had filed faithiullv; but as a
change was 20 be made. we arc certain that the
appointment Of Mir Norton was more satisfactory
to nine-tenths of the inhabitants Of THE CITY, than
any other selection ts"nt t17 Jackson party could
nave eecu. Mr. Miles IS one of the most violent
and bitter parizans IN the State, and his appoint
ment Will crafty only tho little iunto of Jackso-
mans who have been the most clamorous in their
praises OF the hero These recent changes and re-
lnoyaiS place the government Of the United States
III ridiculous light; and show the folly Of CLAIMING,
Tor Jackson either m4gnaniuity, inhcyibihty or re-
gard Tor any tuing but the interest of his party.
Ihis unfortunate Nlr Norton New York j fc,y days
since and Hourshod has commission the occ Of the Post IN
'ssn h'wSitpe1 ms appointment daily endorsed
over as the best selection That could possibly have been made
course his appointment the best the successor cannot
w UG tsE How rn, can tie woriprrs OF the hero pnso
w ms new system oi rotation IN office however is sn ADM.
'abIe conynncc IL we'll known that there are on an ave
rae ABOUT ob5 applicants for every office Tinted states
sol OF whom under the old system must 20 away aapoe
bot under the system Gen ksnn 20 ON in as
~ reform, and appoint incumbent 20 every Office eve
% m the year and thus n due time every cEprctlnt parzs
Whl be rewarded As 20 MI Mics and Nh Norton hsgs /.
PROBABLY not he difference oftNo coprcf, hrtvec them
N J. Com no.
Tho following we take from thc New York Even.
i1g Post, Jackcon paper.
y letter rom Hartford rccciy this morning says
1 nc very unaccoun'oblc conduct in The Post Mas.
'Gr Hcnerol' rcycking Mr. Norton's commission az
to7t hoster' which he had given him dut few days
snce has Produced a very great excitement here -
~. strong rcmoustrancc has already gone on 10
washington against Mr.. Norton's removal You
VIII see Oy tho pa pCts what The fet ling u.s."
The oson Statesman, Il said vds conducted bv .e ri.
tors hlr Andrew Dunlap, Mr David cnshau anc Mr. Ma
ane Green and "a very lucky enec1 their eerc ,,
'te olpnai oces ~ BpstDn, IN tho Presidents eff which,
three Offices were hirly mrartsy and promptly disfred
among THESE three lucky gentlemen namely bsfrief 91o,
Hty Collector, and Post Mastcr.-l DsL Journal
The Boston Free Press has tho following pos,scyi,.
"Iht Smy'7tr BorRsr By the poitencss Of c,p, Clifford
oithe brig Palestine, iom Smyrna favored with The
following certificate from the person smyrna said bv NJ,
buc kinRhsm and others 10 be William Morgan.
Thus may certify that avn the that was drowned il,
LAKE Eric was born AZ Montreal, in Upper Canada was
Dad Christian, and became Turk am
JAMES PIT CHER
smyrna, Dec. 10 1879 Ncknomr.l NJo,,,r y
~, VIC tnnk this be a bad Turk as well as a bad
nuan ct he would rcr' 'a he was ho,p 'r Montreal
t nmn