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his claims, and oil tho charges That have
been preferred against him. lie was early
referred to the Committee of Naval Affairs,
composed of gentlemen as little liable to be
affected by political or personal prcjndices,
as any in the Senate. They addressed to
Mr.. Hcnsl,aw desire to have from him a
defence, If he had any TO make, to the char
grs against him--and II is understood ,hst he
awaited himself of this courteous offer to de-
fcnd himself What his defence was, has
not transpiied-but that it was not strong
enough to satisfy the Senate, is most evident
from his rejection. Without entertaining
the smallest disposition to exult over his dis
grace, | will not iorbear the remark, that no
man more richly deserved 1t than he has,
He has had, at length, metcd out to him,
some of that bitter cup, of which he has SO
often caused others 10 partakc. 1t is, if on
no other account, to be approved of, as an
act of signal and mcri,cd re,ribu,ive justice.
Who has forgotten the mandatory and I'M
, courteous dismissas so often visited, in the
reign of terror, upon the unfortunate holders
of Office under Mr.. Collector Hcnshaw, or
with how little feeling their heads were cut
r of, whose only offence was, that they pre-
i sumcd to think differently from the despotic
t Collector. We need not 90 back, however,
. to those days for grounds of rejection. 1t is
n notorious that HENsuAw was the main
f. spring of one Of the most corrupt and profit
n gate set of conspirators that ever lcagucd
IS together, for the division of ilI-gottcn plum
/. der. With Rantoul, Daniel D. Brodhead,
l. Green & Co., he sold himself TO the trait
q or, John Tyler, whom he humbugged into
=, the belief that he, Ilenshaw, could add
D. something to strengthen the weakness of his
Accidency, and, in pay for this service,
s. Which it was supposed he could render, he
r. received the appointment as Secretary Of
N the Navy. One of the frs, of the results of
}" this most nefarious conspiracy, was the re-
|. moval of GOVERNOR LINCOLN, and the APP
pointment of ROBERT RANrouL, Jr., who
has yet to come before the Senate, to share
the same fate with his master. Nor has
Henshaw been content with applying the
= bow-string in his own department Of govern
ment. Not only did such corrupt and indie
of feasible appointments as that of Seth ]
IT. Thomas, of Charles ton, result Immediately
a. from the coalition,-bu throughout every
ST. department, and more especially in the Pos
yo Office Department, have been traced tie
url.c IF In tnf
" instances, have men been rejected at his so
M licitation, acherc the change has not been de-
RS, sired By a single man in the tocni Where
is Loring, tho boy doctor Of the Chclca Hos
nd p.al, Biodhcad, and perhaps two others
would sign papers, stating that such II chang
to, would be acceptable to the people Of tn
ia town-to which rcmons,ranccs, signed, i
20 some instances, by men of all parties, hav
nth given the lc-,hc changes have been mad,
,la- On the back of some Of these papers,
yer the Post Office Department, appear tho:
o"inous memoranda, "No particular re-
al son assigned Jar rms change, rccommcm,ss
tial By Mr.. Hcnsha'o."
TIL WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-In the SENATl
I'VE yesterday, the Executive session occupic
Ter the day. Isaac IlLL's appointment, ;
nv, chef Of the Bureau Of Provisions ar
ion, Clothing for the Navy, was rejected by ii
Senalc-'hc principal grounds being, | II,
dcrsland his uniitncss for the station. Pot
Isaac is now so wholly without friends, III
ate itquc disnrms one. and forbids any rcjoi'
{ Al
ole Senate had good grounds for not conlirml
- him-and, therefore, have no doubt Tho
un- were right in rejecting him-but althou!
of no one has done more than llillto bring dow
lies upon himself this state Of things, and a
,tcd thougl, he is but undergoing meriicd rctr
- button, cannot but find il in my heart
csi- pity the fellow. No action has as yet bee
pm. had-at least no definite nclion-upon Il
ave nomination o: Mr.. PORTER, the last of Il
VS. Cabinet Enacted upon, or upon JOHN
ms SrENcER's nomination to the Judgcshp.-
meet 1t is most likely that both will be reiecte
me The President will not, in all probabilit
,inc appoint any one 10 take the place Of NJ
lred Hensl,aw, until the Senate acts, deLnitel
,,Cul upon Messrs. Porter and Spencer. Shou
will the former be rejected, and the latter co
but Grmcd, there will, in that case, be three V
hall cancies in the Cabinet. As this state
ex- things will be likely to affect, materially, |
rom course in the selection of new Cabinet,
om- is not at all probable that any thing will,
re- present, be done, towards filling the vaca
this cv. Meanwhile, the business will be trar
ems acted by John d. Simms, Chief Clerk
IT Of that Department. Tho nomination OF IA
be tout for the ColIectorship, it is Whisper
ives about, has al iens'h oeeh Sent 10 ''e Seha'
Ihoro cnn hn M douht that he will he L