The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-06-09
BY THE SOUTHERN MAIL.

Correspondence Of the Herald.l

WASHlNGTON, June v, lofo
Removals. from o6ice-Cataiogne of Names-lNo-
rails, &c.
In conversation with gentleman from the South
em States to-day, and friend of the present adnins-
ration he took occasion TO say, that one Of the fea-
lures In the new government, mostly commended by
the people in his section, was the lenency of the
present Executive towards the wing lncumbents in
Office and the very few removals that had been
made, most particularly at Washington, in the pub
lie departments. | told him he was entirely mis-
taken, that there had been more removals already
made here since the fourth of March last than had
been made under all the administrations of the GO
vemment down to 1929; and more than from that
time down to March, 1871 He expressed surprise,
and remarked, he had never seen the fact in print
The course, in relation TO removals, you see, has
had Its desired effect in many quarters. The APP
polnments have been made very quietly, and but
few at time to quiet the cry of prescription and
the public have not been the wiser Removals are
made daily all the country but no one hears of
them they are not officially gazetted and the pub
lie mind Is not awakened to 1t. OF the numerous
decapitaons, weekly, of the thirteen thousand post
masters-of the changes IN the long lists of Custom
House subordlnates-of the countless removals in
all the qualifications of the different branches of the
Treasury Department and the War Department in
Guiding fthe Indian and the Pension Department.
whoever hears OF them except the sufferers or the
gamers
l am not opposed to proper change, and an ex-
tensive one on the coming in of new admlnistra-
ton, and most particularly in the present case when
the conduct OF the last administration has SO filed
the public CRIB with such numbers Of the unworthy
who were rewarded solely for their sycophancy,
and their abuse of other men. But to disabuse the
public belief regards the removals at the seat of
government, have carefully prepared the subjoined
list; there may be some left of, but incorrectly
Dt down. The salaries attached. buf the
highest is $1,000, and the salary of no clerk re-
moved was below $1,000.
This list, in the course of a few weeks, will be
more than doubled-the contemplated changes not
yet having been made in the Land Office, and the
other offices in the Treasury and War Departments
And besides, on the Sd day of July next, vast
number of Commissions expire, which will be
II He'd by new appointments. | may mention in this
city, the United States District Attorney, the Com
missioner Of Public Buildings, the Warden, &c.
But very few removals were made here before the
decease OF General Harrison. MIR. Ewing, the Sc
cretary Of the Treasury, removed several democratic
partisan clerks from the Land Office, but Mr. Tyler
restored some of them, and expressed himself as
very indignant at the proceeding: 'What," said Mr.
Tyler, when he was first informed Of the fact,
raising his handkerchief to his eyes, and stridine
across the room, shedding few crocodile tears,
''has it come to this that my administration should
prescribe men for opinion sake! No-forbid il
at the White House that he commenced dsmissing
every honest officer who dared to prefer Mr. Clay to
himself
Removals from office in Washington city, since
he 18th of March, l845 -
Mr. st. Clair Clarke, Sixth Auditor of the Treasury;
j. s. Skinner Third Assistant Postmaster General Will
liam Jones, Postmaster of the city George Sweeney,
Assistant do; VIM. b. Lewis, Second Auditor of the
Treasury T. l.. Smith, Register of the Treasury T.
II. Blake Commissioner of the General Land Office; H.
L. Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents c. B. Penrose
Of the Penitentiary; Harvey Lndsly, do do David
Koones, Clerk General Post Office Department; William
Ingle do do Walter Addison, do do Persley Simpson
do do; T. b. Addison do do; John Agg, do do; John
Evans do do; ID. Howard, do do John West, do do; w
II. Rose, do do; w. Morton, Clerk Treasury Depart
ment; Samuel Lewis do do; r. Lawrence do do; VIM.
James, do do; Isaac Hansen, do do; B. H. Cheever do
do Mounty, do do; j. Lathrop do General Post Office
Department.; 5. Irving, do do A. H. Harper, do do; H.
Owen do do; N. l.. Wilson, Clerk General Post Office;
j. j. Randolph Clerk General Land Ofice J. Z. Tuel
do do; J. I. Cockrane, Clerk War Department. f. w.
Davidge, Clerk Pension Office; w. g. Cranch, Clerk
Patent Office; - Smith, do do; j. II. Tcomb, do do;
w. j. Anderson Clerk Quarter Master Generals Office
Scrivenner, Messenger General Land Office; w. Lloyd
Messenger Second Auditors Office I. X. Dorset,
Waterman War Department; j. Ellis, Watchman Patent
Office; j. Watson, Messenger Registers Office; w.
Robinson Clerk General Post Office Department; r. X.
Cralle, Chief Clerk State Observation-Disclosures G. NJ
Keller. Examiner Patent Ofce-resigned I. r. Quimby
Clerk General Post Office Department-resigned.
The salaries of the above amount in round num-
bers to over $4,000.
Many of these, though capable men, are reduced
to poverty and distress-but suppose they deserve
it for ever thinking that Henry Clay would be Presi-
dent of the United States.