Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-03-16
Tho RlacL T.iSt.

Although the scyhe OF prescription will, IN many
respects he kept suspended from It's fatal oihce unii
the Spring Elections over, yet we see enough
around us TO snow the spirit Of the present Admins.
tra,ion. We il work at our own doors-and one
Of the best officers in the Common wealth - 10 be turned
adrt for opinions sake We ask for other evidence
of the to which they will sooner or later re-
Sort in order to crafty their vengeance or cupdty
There are other cases Of prescription, no doubt,
equally striking and remerseess that occur among the
removals and appointments. But the details are
not vet published al Washington. We have distant
glimpse ofhem, however, in Of the substtuons,
which have been noticed in the general terms-ei A
rice Dor Of the other formula, being put IN the
place of ID, whose term Of Office expired on the -
instant.
For exampe-we have before list OF u appoint
me ns Just made "by and with the advice and consent
Of the Senate. OF these, - are named in connection
with the and the faes Of the recent ncumben,s
The other named, without any such afh1 10 the
names Of the appointees
The thirteen specifications present this result Three
only appear have been made, whou, bringing some
incumbent 10 the hock-vz Ogden Hoffman, (la,r
member of Congress) Dsiric, Attorney OF New York,
in the place Of B. F. Butler, resgnrt-A + Causin ap-
pointed Secretary To the President 10 sign patents
and Robert Butter eapponted Surveyor and Inspector
of Smth6eld, Virginia. The other ten appear to ce
made al the expense Of some sacritce oil Tue IN
cumbent-viz: Solomon Lincoln, Marshal tor the DIS
rict Of Massachusetts,, in the place oil Jonas soley
whose term OF cJPDeu va ~, Ns'as - S"y
superseded, or without mnclRg matters, remored)
Wm. Barrow, District Attorney OF Vermont IN
place OF Herman Lowry whose term of Office has e1
pred, chat is to say, rsnorsd.
Henry Soutbmayd Assistant Collector OF the Gus
toms for District Of New York, TO reside at Jersey
Ci,y.-IFi John }. Plume.l
John Dona CHE, Collector at New Haven, Connect
cu,-rFiee w H. EllisJ
William P Greene, Surveyor and Inspector at Pro-
whence. Rhode Island II Viee J. B. Barton.
James N. Hartford, Register Land Office at Jack
son. Mssissippi-lFie J. H. Hopkins.l
Jesse K Dubois, Register Land Office a. Palestine
Illinos-fFiee J. Ki;chelI.l
virginla-iIiee c. W. Gooch.l
Ebenezer Bacon, Collector OF Customs, Barnstable
Msssacbusetts-ft'ice II. Croker.
Miles selden Watkins Deputy Post Master at Hunts
Vile, Alabama.-[Fiee d. B. Turner
We have very little question, that most if not all
the other eight appointments Surveyors ind Collec
,ors1 where the late incumbents namesilan not men
toned. come under simsr category-viz: remsred
We shall have enough of this sport, and our Black
List is likely to be tolerably full before the !ear is ont
Il is said that Mcaahon ssthe distinguished awyer and
Wing orator of Baltimore is to be appointed Post.
master at that place., lin the place OF the an Buren
| incumbent. Where is John 5. Skinner, whose re-
moyul once existed such sympathy among tr Wings
Mr. Levi Lincoln is said to be appointed Collector o.
the Por. of Boston, place of Mr. Bancroft resigned
We can make no objection TO Mr. Lincoln, except only