Red Wing sentinel., 1861-03-27
SATURDAYS NEWS.

We hate Intelligence Of tbs appointment
|of Cornelius +. Buck, OF Wnona, as Cnitci
States Marshal for this State, vice Wm B
Gere, and Geo. 4. Nourse, United State:
District Attorney, vice Eugene NJ. Wilson
This would seem to confirm the "slatc" a!
published few days since
Thom"s Corwin, Of Ohio, has withdraw,
his dcclination Of the Mexican mission, ant
was confirmed by the Senate on Friday.
We have large batch Of appointments L
Office, bu, will not recapitulatc them here
The tclcglaphic dispatches show that tn,
Snllotine is now in rapid motion.
The appointment by President Davis 0
Three Commissioners to visit England ant
France :or the purpose of securing the re-
coSh,liin Of those powers Of the Indenend
ent Government Of the Concderatcd States
have somewhat startled the Lincoln admin.
|istration. 1t is understood they arc abou
to despatch a secret agent to Europe, will
instructions 20 inform those governments o
the policy to be pursued by the new admin
istration: and thereby forcstallins and defeat.
ing the object and purpose Of the mission o
the Southern Commissioners. The same
course is to be pursued respecting other gov.
ernmcnts. .. ..
The Southern Congress has confirmed tho
following nominations for District Judges =:
a. e. Magrath, South Carolina Ii. Il
Jackson, Georgia w. Lanicr Harris, Mis-
sissippi; Tllos .Semmcs, Louisiana ,Johr
l!emphill, Texas !; Jesse J. Finley, Florida
Mcssrs. Mcqueen and Mcintosh have tccl
appointed Judges Of the Admiralty Court O
Key West; David Hubbard, Of Alabama
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Alex. i
Clithcrall, Of Alabama, Register Of ths
Treasury.
Bolleny Baker, Of Georgia, Auditor Of Tho
Treasury.
The Times correspondent t,]aeraphs from
Washington, that there is good deal 0
anxiety in Republican circles concerning tho
Presidents health, and the effect upon it, 0
his manner Of doing business. lie has n,
system or method whatever, but allows hi:
time and strength to be exhausted in listen
ing to office seekers, and doing the drudg
cry, which belongs to the Departments
Until "Wednesday morning he had not ever
taken a ride TOR recreation. From o'clocl
in the morning until long after midnight: h<
permits himself to be the passive victim o
the thousancs who would readily sacritic.
his life and the safety Of the nation for thci
own selfish eagcrness for Office. This course
Of action can have but one result. 1t has
killed two Presidents. aud will incyitabl,
deprive the country Of another, if it is no
changed: False delicacy prevents his friend
from making proper representations to Mr.
Lincoln on this subject, and the danger is
that his profound aud unsclfish anxiety t,
see everybody and give nobody any grount
to complain of injustice will sap his strength
and shorten his life. The Departments have
clerical force sufficient to digest all applica
tons for office, and he should require TIT
Secretaries to bring him the results Of sucl
4 sitting process, instead Of taking the who'll
mass ON his own shoulders. And, cxccp
in cases certified to be important by the prop
Ter Department, or where he has some spe
cial personal interest or feeling in the mat
ter, he should refuse to allow anybody t
talk to him about office. His time an,
strength and intellectual energy arc required
by the country for higher duties. 5