The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-07
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
[By and with the advice and consent ofthe Senate

| Francis A. Chenoweth of the Territory of Wash
ington, to be an associate justice OF the Supreme
Court in that Territory, vice Victor Munroe, remo-
| we'd from the Territory
VIM. c. JONES' of Missouri. to be Attorney of the
United States for the Territory of New Mexico vice
| VIM. w. II Davis, resigned.
John E. Warren. of Minnesota, to be Attorney of
the the United States for the Territory of Minnesota
| vice Daniel II. Dustin, deceased.
coNsuLs OF THE UNITED STATES.
| Joseph c. Hart, of New York, for Teneriffe.
Townsend Harris, for Niogpo, in China
John Higgins OF Pennsylvania, for Belfast, in Ire
| land.
Hugh keenan,, of Pennsylvania, for Cork, in Ire
land.
Darius A. Ogden, of New York, for Honolulu, in
| the kingdom of Hawaii.
Robt S. Cassat, OF Pennsylvania, for the king
dom of Hanover.
VIM Hubotter, for Lagund, in Mexico
Garland Hunt, OF Kentucky, to be agent for the
| Indians in Utah.
agent for the Indians in said Territory.
Aquia Jones, of Indiana, to be agent for the In
| dians ia Washington Territory.
Edward Hunter, to be marshal of the United
States for the Southern District of California in the
place of Pablo Norega resigned.
VIM. A. Buffum, of New York, to be consul of the
UnitedsStates for the port of Trieste, In Austria
vice Wyndham Robertson.
VIM Fl. Emory, of the United States Army, to be
commissioner, on the part of the United States, to
run the boundary line between the United States
| and the Mexican Republic, according to the treaty
of 30th December, 1883.
Pashal Bequette OF California, to be receiver of
public moneys at Benica, California, vice Charles
Loring, deceased
Jno. A. Wheeler, of N c., to be minister resident
| of the United States to Nicaragua.
John l.. MarliDg of Tennessee, to be minister re.
sident of the United States to Guatemala
William g. Mann, of the District of Columbia to
Brazil.
1 A
cretary of the legation of the United States to Chill
Francis Burt, of South Carolina to be governor
of the Territory of Nebraska
Chas. II. Mason, of Rhode Island, to be secretary
| ot the Territory OF Washington.
AFFAIRS IN CUBA-The N. Y. Express publish.
es the following authentic statement made by a
| gentleman just arrived from Havana:
"The Captain General Is still pushing on his favo-
| rite scheme OF forming regiments of black troops.
| Every vagabond negro who presents himsefis en-
| listed, and from that moment he is an important
parsonage as he has privileges which are not con
ceded to any private individual. He is allowed to
wear his sidearms, and insult both women and
| men with impunity. No private individual can de.
lend himself as he must take care how he Laws his
nano upon any one who wears the insignia of Her
Majesty
No measure which has hitherto been adopted bv
the government has caused 90 much dissatisfaction
among tne whole population, both European and
CIeoie as thls and It IL one which, If persisted in
VIII completely destroy the connecting link between
this and the mother country. ANY one who ID
acquainted in Havana, and has been there within
the last SIX months, cannot but observe the change
OF opinion and feeling among the old Spaniards.-
1t is doubtful whether the leland was ever worse
governed than at this moment; at any rate never
since the time of O'Donneil 1t has never had 4
man at its head who has been capable of inflictipe
such and so many tortures upon the inhabitants or
VINO mas niied his pockets more rapidly with The
ni-eetten game arising from the slave traffic, a
the present Captain General. Between three and
| tour thousand negroes are said to have been land
ed within the jurisdiction of Havana, within the
last ,oar months, but which have been placed be
yond the reach OF bis valiant sword by placing be
tween them and him ten or twelve thousand onnces
or three ounces Tor each negro This Il whs, n
meant by the English ministers when thew sneek IN
Parliament OF the energetic orders sent from
s span. IL means simply that the price is to be in
creased Formerly, il was but one ounce nov the
~noie ices to all the officers amounts to about loo
iof eacn negro. But more of this anon
BLAcK-GuARDs.-The N Y. Express ,av.-A
company of black soldiers paraded the streets ves
terdsy afternoon, carrying the American a.r-
There were about twenty in the COMPANY. ONE
quarter Of whom were officers, and the whole vere
proceeded BY eight white musicians.
Hon. Thos. A. Hendricks was nominated 70,
Congress BY the Democratic Convention which
met ct indianapolis on the I'd inst
ARRxsT-Pefer Brenneean, who had stolen I
horse from DIR. T. C. Baiineton, Of Gayandotse Va.
was arrested recently ut Callsttsburg, KY, and
brought back to Virginia to stand histriai
Rev. Jacks,n p. Turner. Of the n. e. Church
South, died h Talbonon, Georgia. on the sirh In
stanf-