New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-24

Correspondence Of rhe ynbune.

Removals fssm Once.
Corresponds OF rhe ynbune.
wAsRissroS, Thursday, Angusi1l
The various rumors In circulation t2ucninS the
removal of Mr.. Irwin, the u. s. Marshal OF the
We,tern District Of Pennsylvania, and OF Mr.
BRowS. the Register OF the Land Oaico at Green
gsv. wisconsin viii justify my occupying abort
spsce in this letter in setting these matters right
before your readers.
Mr. IRwISwas appointed by Gen TAYLOR, upon
the strongest recommendations that could be pro-
duoed in Western PeuBsy wanna Having onoe
been wealthy and econeredaced ia cfcam'taoces'
his habits became those Of an iosempefste man
Atthe time of bis appointment he had enIHe'y re
formed. and was recuPerGting 20 some extent, ais
shnt,ored for.unes Removing 20 Pittsburgh, he re-
.n.ed into his former habits Of diSsoluteness, in-
velyjpg ore bis sureties 10 the payment Of seve-
raj thousand dollars on his account de became,
also. as int mperate az ever; and these facts being
brought to the notice Of the PRESIDENT, he very
properly determined at once upon removing him.
His brother, who was one Of bis sareties, and who
in all the walks of life Is irreproachable IS cit
zen, has been appointed his successor, and Will
male a most acceptable public officer.
She removal of Mr.. BRowS, also appointed by
Gen TAYLOR, was for c .use, and az sm credtoly
Informed, upon the. recommendation Of the Com
missoner Of the General Land Office, after an IN
yestie stion OF the official deoquences on me part
of the incumbent TO which he took exception 90
lar then an there being any political or personal
his. oparatips with the President ia making these
removals, be has been governed solely by was' no
has res arded was for the public service ana "nen
ever incompetent or Incorporate men arc 49,
holding Office by virtue OF ExecatyS aPpon.uSS, ~
zach persons will be removed wl!nou. reg nu -
he sourca whence such aPPolotmehs onaua
cd, or the Influences tnA' ns law
,s.va ,ecentIv heard Of one or two instances oil
.asmpts 10 extort large sums OF money ous VI VIC
GoyerDment behind the certificates Oh ~ ~
.or;t. exposure One was the case oil an ex'Oni'
"a states DIstrict Attorney from Louisiana, VINO
r,ssented fee bills against the United States tr
services, &c. amounting TO sixty taousand do.aes
ar inward. He had been paid Tor his services
nrop one principle, but understanding that there
ras a precedent for q more lucrative one, his ser
vice, were measured by this India Rubber yard
stick, giving credit for the sums that had been
Maid him, and leaving this balance OF 100000:
H. WHITTLEsEY, the FIRST Controller, rejected
the entire account with the exception oil single
item for some small sum, which being nnsatls'ac-
tory TO the claimant an appeal was taken TO the
a.syetarv of the Interior. Mr.. Ewing upon re.
view Of the case confirmed the decision OF Nc.
WHIrrLEsEY az far as he went and rejected even
the solary item that the Controller had allowed 30
far 90 good bat Mr. EWING went further and re'
ferred the whole subject matter OF dispute 70 toe
thon Attorney General for his opinion: Fortunate
Nv, the case was undecided by him when ne Wen'
ont of Office and in the hands OF Hon. JOHN d.
CsITrKspEN there can be no doubt OF the confirm
alton of the action Of both Mr.. Ewing and Nj.
WHITTLrsEY
The other case, though OF less magnitude 20 tar
N dollars and cents are concerned, Is one OF Sui
greater enormity and injustice toward the Govern,
mept An account has been presented aud auolte
by the first Auditor, ON the part OF WIN bukNs'
late Clerk ofthe District Court OF the United ss'es
for the Southern District OF Mississippi, for upward
of eA4O0 This account Is made up oil per dlem
Allowance for attending upon Court. VI this az
tendance, Coz days at % day, Is charged LOT
keeping open the Bankrupt Court by direction o.
the Judse; and a report which this same Clerk
had made TO the Secretary OF State under resolu-
ton of Copgress, and published by direction Of the
house of Representatives, shows that during that
sea days for which Mr.. Burns wishes to demand
Treasury So 49, there aoere but three cases OF
Boak, uptcy pending IN the Court OF Whtch ne IoaS
a Clerk undetermined. Here then, IL : 100 II
each OF these three cases, that the United Ststea
are asked to pay the Clerk Of q District Court TO
neither of which the United States was party,
nor in the determinat of which had they the re-
hottest interest ogsring an outrage as this W as
of course discountenanced by the Controller and re-
ported against But what il TO be said OF the ACTOR
ofthe Auditor who passed this account as just auC
essrect n against the United States II leakage
OF this kind cannot be stopped by the accountni
oaseers now in Office, can there be any doubt bu
VAst public justice and the public service demaud
nat Others should be found to take their places
And but for the vigilance Of Mr.. WHrTLEsEY
these accounts, and i may say hundreds OF other
of similar character, would have been drawn from
tAeTseasury of the United States A NEw'foRKEh