The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-03-29
FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS.

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WAsHINGTON, March 28.-During two hours' Ex
ecative session Yesterday the Senate confirmed the
following nomina tions:
Lucius G. Crittenden, of Vermont Raristar of
the Treasury.
David X. Carter, Of Ohio, Minister to Bolivia.
Frederick Hassaurek, Of Ohio, Minister to Ecua-
dor.
William Il. Corwin, Secretary of Legation to
Mexico.
George W. Van Horn, of Iowa, Consul at Mar
seiIles.
James Leslie, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Consul at
Lyons.
William Carpenter, of NewY York, Consul at Foo
R: W. Shufeldt, of New York, Consul General
at Havana.
Willie p Mangum, Jr., of North Carolina, Con.
sui at Nngpo.
John D. Arnold, of Illinois, Consul at Odessa.
Neville McLoughlan, of Indiana, Consul at Leith
I. b. Lawrence, of Massachusetts, Consul-Gen-
eral at Florence
Mark Howard, of Connecticut, Consul at Messi-
Richard c. Parsons, ofobio, Consul at Rio Jan
GIRO.
VIM. II. Fry, ofNew York. Secretary ofLega,
tion at Turin
Officers for Nevada Territorv-George Turner.
of Ohio, Chief Justice; Horatio JONES' of Missouri,
ana Gordon \. Mott, OF California, Associate Jus
tIceS; David Boyles, of Missouri, Marshal; B. b.
BANKER, of New Hampshire, District Attorney;
Orion Clemens, of Missouri, Secretary: John "
North, OF Minnesota, Surveyor-General
Officers for Bacotah Territory William Jane,
OF Illinois, for Governor; Philemon Bliss, of Ohio
Chief Justice; l., o. Willston, of Pennsylvania,
and Allen A. Burton, of Kentucky, Associate Jus,
tices; Henry n. VAIL District Attorney; William
n. Sharper, Marshal; George D. Hill of Michigan,
Surveyor-Genera; John Hutchinson, of Kansas,
Secretary.
Officers for Nebraska-Alvin Saunders. of Iowa
Governor; VIM. P. Kellogg, of Illinois, Chief US
uce; Samuel Millison, OF Tennessee, Associate US
tce.
Officers for Colorado Charles Lee Armour, of
Maryland, Associate Justice Copeland Townsend
U. ). Marshal; Thomas D. Edwards of Kentucky
District Attorney.
Collectors of Customs-Hiram Barney, for New
York; julius White, for Chicago; VIM. Clapp, for
the District of Nermont; John Lawrence BOgps
for Perth Amboy; Edwin Palmer, for Milwaukie;
John Henion, for Dubuque.
Robert Wood, Surveyor at Hampton, Va.
Joseph A. Dalton, Naval Officer for Salem, Mass
VIM. II. Valient, Surveyor at Oxford, Md
Thomas j. Gardner, Marshal for the Western
District of Tennessee
John Mccormick, Attorney for the Western Dis
trict of Tennessee.
John l.. Hopkins, Attorney for the Eastern Dis.
trict OF Tennessee.
Blackstone Mcdaniel Marshal for the Eastern
District of Tennessee.
A. Judson Crane, Attorney for the Southern
District of Virginia.
VIM. A. Dart Marshal for the Northern District
of New York.
Anthony J. Keasy, Attorney for New Jersey
Benajuh Deacon Marshal for New jersey
George Howe Attorney for Vermont
Gle. j. Baldwin, Marshal for Vermont.
Postmasters--The following nominations for
Postmasters have been confirmed among others:
George e. Swift, at Geneva, New York; Charles
Z. Jennings, at Easton, Pennsylvania; George San
dre, at Abingdon, Virginia; George H. Bergner, at
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Alexander Mcdonald
at Lynchburg, Virginia; Waldo NJ. Potter, at Sara
toga, New York; Rolf F. Sanders, at Memphis,
Tennessee; George Dawson, at Albany. New York:
N Nj at
NJ. Clapp, at Buffalo, Joseph NJ. Stertt at Erie,
Pennsylvania; William F. Pope, at Little Rock
Arkansas; David F. Lineaar, at Cairo, Illinois;
Sharon Tindale, at Beeyille, Illinois.
THE PATENT OFFICE.-Commissione D. p. Hol-
I0way, OF Indiana; Examiners-in Chief, Sas H.
Hodges, of Vermont George Harding of Pennsyl.
vania; and Thomas C. Theaker, of Ohio.
W. ID. Washburne, Surveyor-General for Min.
nesota.
Abner Tibbetts, Register of the Land Office at St
Peter, Minnesota.
Fielding johnson, Indian Agent for the Della
wares in Kansas.
Clark W. Thompson, of Minnesota has been ap-
pointed to the Northern Indian Superintendent.
Thomas A. Jackson to be Chief Engineer in the
Navy.
A number. farmy and other combinations were
made in addition to thea above, including Major Day
to be Lieutenant Colonel, in place of Abercombe
promoted to Coonelcy.
AN EXTRAORDINARY SroRY.-The following ex-
traordinary story comes from Berne, under date of
March 5:
An English gentleman, Captain l.. of the
britisn army; met his death here last night in the
most dreadful manner. Captain l. after sup-
ping with some friends, took walk through the
city in company with three other Englishmen. As
the bear-pit lay in their way the party went, for
pastime, to look at the bears. This pit was sepa-
rated INTO two compartments, in one of which was
the he bear and iu the other the female and several
cubs While bending over the ratings watching
the animals, Captain l. overbaanced himself
and fell over into that part of the pit in which the
old bear was confined, breaking his arm in the fall .
One hour elapsed before any assistance was obtain
ed and brought to the spot Efforts were then
made to extricate the unfortunate man from his
perious position by means of hosting him up with
ropes 1t is remarkable that up to this time the
old bear, although the most savage of the family
and therefore placed in a separate compartment
had not attempted to injure the young man. But
TINS state OF things was not to last long. At the
moment when he was being hoisted out of the nit
and had reached halfway up, the bear became sa "
age and tore him down into the pit again. A hor
ribe struggle then ensued, which, after nearly
half an hours duration, resulted in Captain LIS be-
ing killed by the ferocious beast One of the party
of Englishmen would have jumped into the pit to
his friends aid had he not been forcby restrained
oy the bystanders. Great indignation is expressed
by the inhabitants of Berne that no aid came from
the quarter whence it ought to have been rendered,
even at the risk of life. sentinel was posted at
ABOUT thirty PAGES from the pit. and understand
that a searching investigation has been instituted
into this mans conduct.
SPECIE AVERAGE The specie average, saws the
New York Commercial Advertiser of Wednesday.
has touched the highest point that has been reach
cd In the history of the banks of this city, being
,5O5 in excess of the amount reported on the
Z5d OF February last, the week immediately nre
ceding the payments on account of the last govern
ment negotiation. The average, it will be Seen. is
ABOUT thirty-nine and half millions but the ac
tuai amount in the banks when the statement was
MADE up was probably not less than forty millions.
ana since then We have had California instalment
OF seven hundred thousand dollars and some Euro
pean receipts. The discounts at the same time
show decrease of nearly two millions while there
is sig9t advance in the circulation, and an in
crease OF about million and half in tn. net Do
posits. During the week thirty banks increased
their loans, and thirty-three their specie. The
is 80 36100 per cent, against SO 62lOO per cent h
the previous report, showing increase of 2 II
100 per cent. 1t is worthy of remark that snec;e
ratio at the present time is almost identical with
what it was ON the 2Sth of March, 1858, about tho
same time from the close of the panic of 1857 that
this is from the revulsion of 1860. On the day de-
signated in 1858, the ratio stood at SO 37-100 per
cent. against 80 SO 100 nova difference of only
one-hundreth rer cent.