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is examining with some minuteness the appoint
mcnts in the custom-house of that city, aud com
plains with great proprety, f the fact is charg
ed,) of clerks recorded and receiving pay inSpec
tors. The Collector must have acted without, au-
thority when he increased the number Of inspectors
But this is not the only abuse Of power in our
customhouses that requires the action Of Congress


By the law, as il now stands, no custom-house
officer holding a commission can be removed with
out the consent Of the Secretary of the Treasury
first obtained. On the Collectors applying for
the Secretarys appreciation, he must state the
reasons for making the removal, and the
person he wishes appointed. Ii is notorious that,
in the face Of this regulation, ratified and con-
frmed by Mr.. WALKER as binding, numerous
removals have been made without complying
with It's provisions. This subject requires, and
il is to be hoped will receive, an attentive in
vestigaton by the Senate when they are called up
TO confirm the numerous officers that have been
governed by most unwarrantable system OF pro-
scrption for opinions entertained.


But. supposing the law to have been faithfully
executed by statement TO the Secretary of the
reasons for making the removal, then let commit
tee Of the Senate examine whether they are
not good and sufficient reasons for the act of the
Collector 1t would be a strange exhibition, if on
investigation il should appear that hundreds of good
and faithful officers had been removed for no rea-
son but entertaining different opinion on political
questions from that entertained by the Collector
The Buffalo Pilot states that the Telegraph be-
tween Buffalo and I,ockport, which had been in
operation only few days, has had the wire broken
no less than three times In addition TO which, two
or three Of the posts that support the wire had
been sawed down. The posts that were sawed
down were near Wiliamsyille,