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

We Mtc intelligence Of tbs appointment
Of Cornelius +. Buck, OF INihona, as United
States Marshal for this State, vice VIM. B.
Gere, and Geo. a. Nourse, United States
district Attorney, vice Eugene NJ. Wilson.
This would seem TO confirm the "s|atcn rs
published few days SINCE
Thomas Corwin, Of Ohio, has Withdrawn
his dcclination Of the Mexican mission, and
was confirmed by the Senate on Friday. 9
We have y large batch Of appointments to
office, but will not recapitulate them here
The telcwaphic dispatches show that the
S''lllotine is now in rapid motion.
The appointment by President Davis Of
Three Commissioners to visit England and
France Tor the purpose Of securing the re-
coSnitien of those powers Of the In6epend-
ent Government Of the Ccnfederatod States
have somewhat startled the Lincoln admin
istration. 1t is understood they are about
TO- despatch a secret agent to Europe, with
instructions 20 inform those governments ol
the policy to be pursued by the new admin
istration. and thereby forestalling and defeat.
ing the object and purpose Of the mission Of
the Southern. Commissioners. The same
course is to be pursued respecting other gov
ernmcnts. .9ss,Iya ias--a 49,, - -,.sH ri,
The Southern Congress has confirmed the
following nominations for District j Judges:
A. G.. Magrath, South Carolina; II. r,
Jackson, Georgia w. Lanicr Harris, Mis-
sissippi Thos j .Semmcs, Louisiana John
Hemphill, Texas Jesse j. Finley, Florida;
Messrs. Mcqueen and Mcintosh have been
appointed Judges Of the Admiralty Court Of
koNr oSk Ir1 A ~.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Alex. =.
Clithcral' y Of Alabama, Register Of the
Treasury. "a .,.:s .s.f.t
Bolleny Baker, Of Georgia, Auditor Of tho
Treasury. ~ NJ 2. ~. T.
The Times correspondent te)egraphs from,
Washington, that there is a good deal Of
anxiety in Republican circles concerning the
Presidents health, and the effect upon it, o
his manner Of doing business. lie has nc
system or method whatever, but allows his
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 even
taken ride for recreation. From S O'Clock
in the morning until long after midnight. he
permits himself to be the passive victim o.
the thousancs who would readily sacrifice
his life and the safety Of the nation for thci,
own selfish eagerness for office. This course
ofaction can have but one result. 1t has
killed two Presidents. and will inevitably
deprive the country Of another, if It is not
changed. False delicacy prevents his friends
from making proper Representations to Mr.
Lincoln on this subject, and the danger is
that his profound aud unselfish anxiety tc
see everybody and give nobody any ground
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 the
Secretaries to bring him the results. Of such
Il sitting process, instead Of taking the whole
mass on his own shoulders. And, except
in cases certified to be important by the prop.
er Department, or where he has some spc-
cial personal interest or feeling in the mat
ter, he should refuse to allow anybody to
talk to him about office. His time and
strength and intellectual energy are required
by the country for higher duties. ~