Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-03-12
Appointments by the President, By and 'oith the
adp;ee md consent of the Senate.

Henry clay, VI 1Aeh'oeny, " Wv
crtary of State.
Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania, to
be Secretary Of the Treasury.
James Barbour, of Virginia, to be
Secretary for the Department Of War
Alexander H. Everett, of Massachu-
sets, to be Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain.
Joel R. Poinsett, of outh-Carolina.
to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
ter Plenipotentiary to Mexico.
Christopher Hughes, OF Maryland,
to be Charge de Affaires to the Neither
lands.
Thomas Ludwell Lee Brent, Of Vir.
ginia, to be Charge de Affaires at Lis
bon.
John M. Forbes, Of Massachusetts,
10 be Charge de Affaires at Buenos
Ayres.
William c. SomervilIe, Of Virginia
to be Charge de Affaires at Sweden.
Condy Racquet, of Pennsylvania, to
be Charge de Affaires to Brazil.
William Miller, of North Carolina,
to be Charge de Affaires to the Central
Republic Of America, Guatemala.
Jeremy Robinson, of Virginia, to be
Consul at Rio de Janeiro.
Leonard Corning, Of New-York, to
be Consul Of the United States at Ma
ranheim, in place of Jose des Santos
Monteiro, removed.
Joshua Pitcher, of Missouri, to be
Consul of the United States at Chihua-
hua, in New-MeXico.
Augustus Storrs, of Missouri, to be
Consul Of the United States at Santa
Fe, New-Mexico
James w. M'Goffin, to be Consul of
the United States at Saltillo, in Mexico.
Joseph w. Patterson, to be Direc-
tor of the Bank of the United States,
in the place of William Patterson.
Russell Freeman, of Massachusetts,,
to be Collector of the Revenue for the
port of New-Bedford, in the place Of
John Haws, deceased.
Lieut.. Col. Roger Jones, to be Ad::
iutant General Of the Army.
William = Durall, Of Florida, to be
Governor Of the Territory of Florida,
from the 18th day of April next, when
his present commission expires.
George lizard, of Philadelphia, to be
Governor of the Territory of Arkan-
sas, in place of James Miller, appoint
ed Collector at Salem, Massachusetts,.
Joseph Nj. Hernandez, Edward r.
Gibson, Abram Bcllemy, John L. Dag
gett, Joseph B. Lancaster, John de la
Rua, Joseph Norriago, Richard J..
Compton, John NJ. Tone, Jacob Ro-
binson, James Bright, James Dill, and
Alexander Douglass, to be Members
of the Legislative Council of Florida.
William Henry Allen, of Maryland,
to be Commissioner for ascertaining
claims and titles to land in Florida.
William Reynolds, of St. Augustine,
to be keeper of the Public Archives in
East Florida.
Joseph E. Caro-, of Pensacola, to be
keeper of the Public Archives in
West Florida.
Joseph Vawter, of Indiana, to be
Marshal of the United States for the
District of Indiana.
Hugh Montgomery, to be Agent for
the Cherokee Indians.
William M'Lellan to be Agent for
the Choctaws.
Thomas Carbery, Ezekiel M'Daniel,
Bernard Spalding, and Gustavus Hig-
don, to be Justices of the Peace for
the County of Washington, in the Dis
trict of Columbia, from the first of
this month, their commissions having
expired on that day.
Thomas Vowel, Christopher Neale,
and William Minor, to be Justices of
the Peace for the County of Alexan-
dria.
MURDER!!!
Camden, rs. G FEB. 2S.-The fol-
lowing statement of most diabollcai
deed, is furnished by very respecta-
BILE gentleman, residing near the spot
where the act was committed
On the night of the 18th inst. Mrs.
STucKEY of Sumter District, was inhu-
manly murdered by the servant maid.
Mrs. S. had for several days and nights
been attending her grandmother who
was extremely ill: on the evening of
the 18th, she returned to her residence
to regulate her domestic affairs and en-
Joy some relaxation. At the proper
hour she retired to repose; having two
infants with her, leaving two children,
who were in the kitchen, with the SER
want. The servant in a short time left
the kitchen, entered the mansion of her
mistress, and there perpetrated the
deed, by striking Mrs. Stuckey two or
three blows on the head, and, it is said,
cut her throat, which caused her inn
mediate death. Mr.. S. the husband,
was at the grandmother's of the de-
ceased. When the servant returned