, 1857-05-08
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VIM f. Veuable of Tennessee, Ministe
Residential Guatemala, vice JOHN l.. Mar
ling Of Tennessee. Salary $4,000.
Alncr Pratt Of Mishigan, Consul a
IIonoulu, vice Darius \. Ogden Of New
York. Salary $1,000.
j. Page Hopkins Of Virginia, Consul al
Tahasto, Mexico Salary $500
joel w White Of Connecticut, Consu
at Lyons, France, vice William Day oI
Pennsylvania. Salpry 81 900.
Francis A. Thornton Of North Carolina
Consul at AspinwalI, New. Granada, vice
George W. Fletcher of Alabama. Salary
-, 500.
j. Augustus johnson of Rhode Island,
Consul at Beyroute, Turkish dominions,
vice Henry Wood of New-Hampshirc.
Salary 50 1000
Charles &, Baylor of District of Colum-
bia, Consul at Manchester, England.
Salary-free.
Eugene NJ Wilson, United State Attor-
ney for Minnesota, vice Norman Eddy.
Salary $3.50 and fees.
Henry Il. Andrews, Postmaster at
Galveston, Texas, vice John Il. Root.
Salary about $4,000
The Hon. Thomas Duval has received
the new United States District Judgeship
in Texas, William G. Young the Marshal
ship, and Ed. Hubbard the District At
torneyship for the new district.
j. OPatton Anderson of Washington
Territory, to be Governor of said Territory
from and after March II, 1851.
Samuel Mcdary of Ohio, to be Governor
of Minnesota Territory from and after
April |, 1851.
Turner Nelson Of Indiana, TO be Superin-
tendcnt Of Indian Affairs in the Territory
Of Utah.
George II. Jones of Virginia, to be
Secretary to the President to sign patents.
William Weer of Kansas, for Attorney
Of the United States for Kansas.
Lewis w. Stintord to be United States
Marshal for the Southern District Of Ohio,
vice Thomas n Smith.
Delavan Bloodgood Of Newly ork, to be
an Assistant Surgeon in the Navy, vice L.
X. Kane, deceased.
Henry c. Lowell, of Minnesota, to be
Register Of the Land Office at Fairbault,
Mennesotn, in the place Of Diedrich Upham,
removed.
James w. Nesmith, of Oregon, to be
Superintendent of Indian Affairs for
Washington and Oregon.
Alexander II. McKessack, of Arkansas,
to be Indian Agent for tho Wichetas and
neighboring tribes west Of the Choctaws
and Chickasaws.
William Il. Murphy of Kansas to be
Indian Agent for the Pottowatomie Indians.
James L. Collins of New Mexico Super
incident of Indian Affairs in New Mexico.
Elias S. Dennis Of Illinois to be Marshal
ror Kansas.
G9- The foreign appointments will not
DO acted upon for month to come.
THE NATIONAL HOTEL EPIDEMIC. Sen
ltor Hale has returned to his home at Do
YER, N. H., very unwel, so much so as to
be unable to 60 out. His indisposition is
to have been caused by the poison.
ID water at the National Hotel, Washing
ton, where he boarded.
There have been several deaths from this
mysterious sickness. A Mr.. Lenox, Of
Ohio, died on his way home from Washing
ION, and Mrs Jay L. Adams died last week,
both of whom stopped at tho National
Hotel. A post nIOrtem examination Of Mrs.
Adams revealed the fact that the stomach
lad been partially eaten away; the bowels
symptoms Of violent inaama-
ion; the lungs were congested, and the
lidneys severely Affected These appear
lnces indicate the presence and action Of
arsenic in the stomach
Mr.. Buchanan has not yet recovered
from bis attack, and Mr.. Appleton, J.
Clancy Jones, Hon. Robert b. Hall, Mr.
Medary Of Ohio, Mr.. Matteson of New
York, and others are still suffering from
the effects Of the poison.
p1- The National Hotel has been taken
possession of by the Board of Health, and
q thorough investigation will be made as to
the causes of the late sickness.
The Board Of Health have arrived at
the conclusion that the sickness at the
National Hotel was caused by poisonous
miasma generated in the sewers, cesspools
and sinks about the establishment.
pD- Another dreadful railroad accident
has occurred. 1t happened on the PEN
nsylvania Railroad, at Altoona station. An
emigrant train standing on the track was
run into by heavy freight train, crowding
the rear car into the one before it, and
the instant death Of six Of the
passengers, and mutilating ten or twelve
others.
LAUNCH OF THE GREAT EAsrERS.-It is
expected that the steamship Great Eastern
will be launched in August next, but seve-
raj months must elapse after that before
she can be made ready for sea. The
amount expended on her up to the present
time is about $4,000, 900; and an addition
al sum Of S750,000 will probably be re-
quired to complete her.
Commodore SmoOt, of the Navy, is dead.
E0~ Purser Thomas p Mem Blair
died on the nth ult, on board the steam
f.;,.ot, NI,rr',,,r in tho (,ulf of Mexico