The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-11-28

of m act Of great INSTRUMENTATION on Tue
mari ~ n subordinate official who atfempt-
cd 10 discredit his superior officers, ana VINO
nublicjy stated that the Government had no
cose. saws. "Tbat interview has never been
denied or discredited. On the contrary,
Marshal Henry has acknowledged u. i
nossed over the continued presence OF De-
tectivc Miller i'm the courtroom, knowing
that he was engaged in the interest OF the
defence: but when ut last Helm, foreman
~ tbe Government printing-ofiice, and also
the responsible busincss-manager OF tnc
| Critic. which had so freely abused the
Government and attempted to obstruct the
administration OF justice, removed young
Doninban. son OF one OF the Jurors, rs
tbouGht. because his father had f0und
the star-route defendants guilty, could
stand II no longer, and l said to the
Attorney-General: Il have been handl-
canned by subordinates OF the Government,
who, while living upon the Government,
are using all their efforts to obstruct tne
administration Of justice, and the time has
come for this to stop | referred nm 10
the complaint that counsel had made, ana
begged that he would not allow me any
longer to be embarrassed by the interier-
enre Of subordinate officers. | told him
that Young Mr.. Doniphan had called upon
me and stated his case to me, ana That ms
removal was beyond doubt caused by the
fact that he was the son OF Juror who
had. in the exercise OF his duty rs a juror.
voted for the conviction Of the defendants,
and that his removal at this time was de-
SIGNED TO demoralize the trial at the APP
proaching term OF the court. The Attor-
| new General said that IL should be attended
to-"
TBy Associated Press.
The Recent Removals i'm washington.
WASHINGTON. November 2I.-lt Is stated
authoritatlvely that no further removals in
connection with the star-rOute cases are
contemplated by the President at present.
| At least no further action sf that character
| is pending. This would seem to indicate
that there is no foundation for the rumors
in circulation that Public-PTinter Rounds
and District-Attorney COrkhill are to he
dismissed. Ii is known, however, that
several officers of the subordinate grades
are to be dismissed. They are not incum-
bents of offices filled by presidential APP
pointment. 1t is believed that the suspect
ed officials are in the Post-Ollicc Depart
ment.
The appointment OF Thomas l.. Tulloch
to succeed ID. Il. Anger as postmaster OF
Washington city is only a temporary desig-
nation. 1t is believed, however, that it
will be made permanent. No selection has
vet been made in regard to the vacancy in
the District MarsbaI's office. An appoint
ment to this office will be made in a day or
two. The Offices made vacant by the dis
missal OF Assistant Postmaster Parker and
Mr.. Helm, foreman OF the Congress- i0ndl
Record, will be filled by the city peStmas-
ter and Public Printer respectively.
Senator Logan had an interview with the
President at the White House this alter
noon in connection, it is said with the re-
| tcntion in Office Of Public-Printcr Rounds.
District-Attorncy Corkhill had a long in
teryiew with the Attoney-General this al
tcrn0on, and afterwards remarked 10 Il
friend that he was safe.
The President has appointed Colgate
| H0yt, OF New York city. 4 Government
director of the Union Pacific railroad rice
George f. Spencer, dismissed. Mr.. llOyt
| is well known n a member OF the firm OF
James Il. Colgate & Co., bankers, OF New
York city.
LETTER FROM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MAC
yEAGH.
~ soon is Che letter, OF Colonel George
! Bliss and AttOrney-Gene Brewster upon
the influences surrounding the Stal-route
trials, and upon which the removals OF
saturday were based, correspondent OF 4
Philadelphia newspaper called attention 10
| the fact that a letter from eX-AttOmoy-
| General MacNeaCh upon the same subject
/ had been written but never published.
There has been considerable demand for
this letter. and tonight it is given TO the
public, through the intervention Of the
! Philadelphia Times, which will publish it
tomorrow. II i very interesting at this
particular time. but very long, and only
extracts from it can be given. 1t is dated
| November s, 1891, and is addressed TO
/ President Arthur.
After referring to conversations which
! had zone before MacNcagh proceeds " As
/ | have already told You | knew compare
/ lively nothing about the star-rOutc frauds
until President Garfield called my atten-
/ ton TO them. He spoke very earnestly OF
his duty to have them thoroughly inyc>ti-
gated, to remove all persons who ought to
have prevented them, and 10 see that all
persons were prosecuted against whom
rcm enable grounds for such cause were
developed by investigation. He said he
had explained TO the Postmaster-G General
the same views, and also why ne wished
him 10 consult me rather than the District
Attorney OF the District Of Columbia.
The PO>imaStcr-Gcncral called uron me,
and we went together TO Che President.
lie was quite emphatic, a. before. in the
expires sion OF his own opinion upon the
subject. He spoke OF the fraud, az I'M
parallelcd yillainics, aS i0athsomc ulcer
on the body polite, needing to be cut out,
with NIL Its roots, no matter where they ex-
tended. tie stated that, while il did not
belong to my Northumberland not nj
ali at tina, stage OF the mattcr-yet he wish
ed TO associate ne with the Postmaster
General TO the extent OF having the latter
feel AT perfect liberty to consult me at any
time about il. He said he intended TO re-
move General Brady as soon a. the Post
masier-GenGr:d could find satisfac-
tory successor. At subsequent in.
terycw he regretted the DELAY in
that matter, ana urged his immediate re-
moval, as lac held HIM principally response
bic for the great frauds which he evidently
was convinced had been committed.''
After referring to the storm OF abuse
which followed Brady's removal FROM
newspapers controlled by him and giving
the principal credit for the work of ferret
ing out the yilIainlcs to Inspector Wood
ward and 4. NJ. Gihson, Mr.. MacVeagh
says:
- | also Insisted from the first and upon
all proper OCCASIONS that there was no DOS
sible yindicatiOb for anyaOdy accused ex-
cept IN open trial before court and Jury
or the frank abandonment Of the eases
by the Government If the evidence did not, /
IN the opinion OF the President, Justify the !
prosecution. That WAS my whole connec- /
Oon with The cases up to the syOunding Of |