Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-02
ASsrUassos a9aS5lQ.
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY ., 1879.
From ne .Nat,o..eI hlteiligrnr.r OF 11,rzanr


1t Is with astonlshment only o1ualed BY our reprct
that we have learnt that TIioxAs MurRor Esq Is 10
be superseded in the Office of Postmaster for the CITY
OF Washington. The publicly reported grounds OF
TINS removal are frivolous as the removal
itself As dercgatory to the public interest and
disreputabc TO the government The gentleman
removed IL OF character beyond the rcprcach of
even tile basest colunnatar and his Office has been
conducted with anurbanity proptety and npartaliy,
worthy OF all praise, and OF aintation. Not only the
Whole oty, bet the whole u. States knows lhis Not
only oplcofthc city, but hundr eds-thousands
we may say---ot gentlemen who have been in Con
gress and IN the various other departments oil tie 20
vernment, during the last five years from eve
~ state and territory the Union can bear Testimony
20 the faithful and rbane administration Of this Pos,
Omce, the Chief III which has enjoyed, in uninter
Iuplcd succession, the unhOunded confidence az
Washington Adams, the Elder Jefferson Nathan
monroe anu the late President Adams under all Of
whom hc has served the Public in various cavaces
lie hcs lived through life of fith.d public service
ana honorable private rcputc be the victim OF sys
ten OF prescription, OF which it may be doubted
whether II he most disgracel 70 those who are the
actors IN IT. or to those wa0 have yielded 10 its
detesaEic influence.
The person who is to succeed aIr. Munroe is Dr.
William Jones of this city We take no execution
10 MN beyond The TANNER and motives Of his an,
pontlnent.
Amongst those who have been removed from oc.
tee TO make room for the persons Of whose appoin.
nlc!t long list published Yesterday were so,nr
OF the best officers the Government has eyer had N
It's employ. OF these, without any thnr inv d,ou,
to Others we shall be excused for psrticularizino
Mr. CHEW, the Collector of the port Of New Or
ieank OF whom we have always heard II said that
no government ever had better ofiicer-one more
devoted 20 MS DUTY, or more ennently qualified for
the discharge ot the delicate and important trust re-
posed IN hun. of MANUEL CRuzET, the Naval Off
Ger OF the same port we never heard n wor, 10 the
prejudice To condemn It's removal. II IS enouob 20
say that he has been displaced TO make room fo5 an
other OF of the corps partisan Editors WHOM il has
been deemed eXpoGicnt to "rewald' fyr their SEMI
csS by the houors and emolunents placed Tor very
different purposes ut the disposal of the Executive
departments of the Government Amo,ic the new.
" appointed, too, we find another ui the Members NJ
inc lale Congress. VINO has condcscended to accent
'ie Office OF Appraiser for the port OF New York.
whether yielding 10 an influence which he cannot
resist or pursuing the bent Of his own inclination
we are unable To say-but so IT is that Ny Secre.
t9ry AN BuEEN 10 the FIRST of the officer, OF tho
government who has set the example of removing
from oihce Clerks IN the Department over which h.
presdes, Tor their opinion sake On Tuesday alter
noon, PnIL'P K. FENDAIL, THOMAS L.. THRus-
, TOR and W 81 SLADE, received from the honorable
secretary uioraton. by letter, that the
duty had deI o!vcj upon him Of informing Them thai
tef services wouIt ae dispensed with from the first
OF neat month. ant that he had van ,cin tins earl,
information Of he fact, that they might have time ~
prepare for tbcI! r. 10 without Inconvenience These
are not Inc words, but ths is the substance orthc
ntimatlon givTnto them.
we have elncc heard that Mr.. WATKt-,s and Mr.
M'CoHh'cN, ~ the Office, have received their
uisnsslon also, ana that the axe is sha.pcned for
still pnsiei work IN other Departments Cftae Gov
crnGenl.