Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-03-12
'REFORM,'AND DIVISION OF THE
"sPOILs OF VICTORY"

The kitchen cabinet at Washington, and
their scullion, DUTEE J. PEARcE,-together
with two or three choice spirits in this town,
have succeeded at last in driving the Collec-
tor Of this Port, WIN. Littlefe.d, Esq. into
the pitiful and contemplate work Of removing
number of most worthy and meritorious men
from employment in the Custom House.
Some of the gentlemen who have thus been
driven from ofiice, for no other reason than
that of their not huraiing quite loud enough
for the "gredieSt and best" were appointed to
Office many years ago by the venerable WIN.
ELLERY, who, it is well known, never gave
all appointment to al unsuitable man. We
say that Mr.. Littlefeld has been driren to
this nasty business, because we are unwilling
from what we know Of this gentleman, to be-
lievc that he would have been caught in such
an employment had he been suffered to have
acted himself, and according to the dictates
Of his own judgment and feelings. But so it
is.-Now for the reform. Joseph w. Ed
dy, permanent Inspector, and son-in-law Of
the Hon. Asher Robbins, Senator in Con-
gress, has been turned out of office, and capt.
Henry f. Hudson, IA very worthy man we
admit,) appointed in his place. BY this reno
val it is intended, among other things, to
punish the "refiacto,y Senator" Capt. David
NJ. Coggeshall, one of our Oldest and most
respectable ship-masters, who was solicited
in 1919 by the Hon. VIM. Ellery, dec. former
Collector, to accept the Office of Guager, has
been turned out, and Elisha Atkins, Jr Esq.
brother-in-aw of Elisha r. Potter a school
master from Pomfrct, Conn. has been ap-
pointed in his place. Capt. Coggcshall has
large family who were mostly dependent on
the small emoluments of his office for their
support; in addition to this he was most
excellent ofiiccr-but what do these reform
ers care about such trlfes. David Melville,
very faithful officer, a man quite advanced
in years, without any other means Of support
for himself and large family of children
has been removed to give place to Mr.. Peleg
Clarke,* young man, and pealthy mer-
chant! Mr.. Alexander Barker, as honest a
man, and as faithful an officer as ever lived,
was twenty years ago appointed BOATMAN
by the late venerable Collector, Hon. VIM.
Ellery, dec. has been succeeded by Mr.. Jas.
Smith Capt. Isaiah Crooker, Jr. recently
from Bath, in the State Of Maine, has been
appointed Weigher. We have no objections
to capt. Crooker, for he is, fand so are Clarke
and Atkins very clever and respectable
man. The office given to capt. c. is quite a
light affar-he may ,oeigh tjust how and as
often as he pleases. but he can make nothing
of it at present. In fact there is no employ
, mcnt for this office, and no such office i.
| known to the law. But there is something ir
prospect ny in prospect y! In the bll
which recently passed the Senate, and which
was put to sleep in the House, there is pro
vision for such an officer, with salary Of sil
hundred doNars-so the Captain must still
press Eorarard, and tug at the oar little lon
ger, before he can be permitted to seize the
'shiners." Caleb Trip has been appointed
occasional Inspector in place of John Hull
and Edward Willis in place of Caleb c. Mum
ford, to the same Office. More faithful officer:
it is well known, than Mcssrs. Hull a. Mum
ford, have never been appointed.
Citizens Of Newport, no matter ofwhat par
ty, look at this business, every man who
is at all acquainted with the characters ant
situation Of the gentlemen who have been re
formed, and say what do you think of thi.
whole affair?
ave have Just lcarnt that COL Clarke dc
clines accepting Mr.. Coggeshal's place
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