Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-02

tFrom our regular Correspondent,

from our regular Correspondent.) AZ
The Star-route cases win be OPEN
ed i'm the District court next week.
and preparatory to their prosecu-
ton, the judicial atmosphere has
been purified by the lightning-like
removal of a number of government
officials known TO be in active sys-
pathy with the defendants. The
announcement of these removals
produced so much excitement here
that the principal paper of the city
issued an extra. The excitement in
official circles is still intense, and
other removals are expected to fol-
low. District Attorney Corkhill, it
is said, will be superseded by spec
ial Attorney Bliss. 1t does not
seem probable that Bliss would be
willing to relinquish his present
salary of 800 per day to accept a
position that only pays 5000 per
year, and one that would entail
upon him much more arduous duty
than he is now called upon to per-
form. The annual report of the At
torney general will show that the
claim of Mr.. Bliss as special attor-
ney in connection with the Star
route cases will amount to more
than $37 Goa great deal more than
the yearly compensation of the At
Encouragement.
The most prominent candidate
mentioned for the marshalship OF
the District is Thomas Murphy, OF
New York, who is also a candidate
for district commissioner upon the
retirement of Major Morgan.
Another rumor is to the effect
that First Assistant Postmaster
general Frank Hatton will resign
from the Postoffice Department and
confine himself to Journalism.
Now that the axe begins to fall
the friends of others in danger are
very uneasy in consequence. If
the President intends to turn out all
of those under him who have been
intimate with .3tar-route people and
dined and wined on the proceeds of
their alleged corrupt transactions,
heads will fall very thick into the
basket. Several of the officials who
are mentioned, as liable to be dis
missed, as well as most of those
who were dismissed Saturday, were
personal friends of the late Presi-
dent Garfield, and already it is
openly intimated that this fact is
the handspring of the Presidents
action. There is probably no ground
for this assumption, but the officials
who are affected protest most vigor-
ously that they have been treated
with marked Injustice, and will un-
dOubtedly seize upon this idea to
help them out. Mr.. Henry, the
United States Marshal for the Dis
trict of Columbia. was one of the
most intimate friends Garfield had.
In circles friendly to them it was
said this evening that as soon as
Congress met motions would be
made to investigate the expendit-
ures of the Department of Justice,
when the Encouragement would
be shown not to be imbued with
that stern sense of official integrity
breathed in his letter to the Presi-
dent. 1t was asserted, among other
things, that he had furnished his
private rooms in the department on
a scale of unparalleled magnificence,
and that portions Of the public funds
had been unlawfully diverted to
pay for the same. Such assertions
may be devoid of truth, but they
show the feeling which exists. Mr.
Rounds, the public printer, has on-
ly been in few months, and he is
among those spoken of as marked
for dismissal. He was appointed
at the instance of Senator Logan
and the latter has telegraphed the
President requesting him to suspend
action in Mr.. Rounds case until his
arrival in Washington. When the
Senate meets the President, under
the law, will send notification of
the suspenion OF the officials or
dered removed, with the nomina-
hons of their successors, and it is
anticipated that desperate fight
will be made in the Senate and
much additional scandal be brought
to light.
Washington, Nov. q, 1882.