Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-03-29

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lhs tollo sing persons we're confirmed TO-
night L. L. Chittsnden. Register Of the Treas
urJ; D. K Carter. MiDister to Bolivia: r.
Heazsrick. Minister 10 Decatur.
OSSJOEas ToR NEvADA-0eo. L Sum mer.
Chief Justice; 9. N. Mott and II. Jones. Asso.
ciaaes; Dr. Bales, Marshal; b. b. Banker. At.
tornsy; 0. Clemens. Secretary; }. W. North.
Surveyor.
O1SlcEss soa DAcorAH-W. jayne, Governor;
L. Bliss. Chief Justice l.. o. Williston aud A,
A. Barton, Associates; II. N. Vail, Attorney
". A. SHARP. Marshal; G. D! Hill, Surveyor
J. Hutcbinson. Secretary.
OSvIcEss ros NEsRAsKA.-Alvin Ssupdsrs
Governor; W. D. Kelley. Chief Justice: =.
AilIson. Associate.
OyTIcERs ypE CoLopADo.-ChAs Lamour, A..
soeiate Justice; 9. Townsend, Aasshal; L. B.
Edwsrds. Attorney.
The following we're confirmed in the Ps.sn,
Odies: D Holloway. Commissioner $. N.
Hedges, G. q. Harding, L. 9. Thssksr, Exam.
in4rs in Chief.
The following persons we're confirmed: w
H. Corwin. Secretary Of Legation to Mexico
u. W. Van Horn, Consul to Msrseiilss J. Les
iies. Consul TO Lyons w. II. Carpenter. Consul
to Foo Choo; r H. Shefeldt. Consul 0eners
to Havana W. p Mcguire. Consul to Ninepoo
J. Vsmold, Consul to Odtssa L. B. Lawrence
Consul General to Florence /; NJ Hayward. Con
sui to Massina; RK Parsons, Consul to Rie
Janeiro, " Fry. Sscretvry Of Legation q
Lima. Collectors OF Customs-H Barney
New York } White. Chicago Palmer, Mil
wsukee; Harrison. Dubuque; w A Dart
Marshal fer Southern District Of New York.
The following Post Masters were confirmed
r. F. Sanders. Meuphis; Geo. Dawson, Al
bany; A. N. Clspp. Buffalo; J. NJ. Stsnnet
Erie; B L. Lenigan, Cairo; 8. Lindsls, Belle
vile,
Thomas A. Jackson has been appointed
Chief Engineer In the Navy.
| A number Of army and other confrmstions
including Maj. Day. to the Lieut.. Colonslcy
vice Abercrombie, promoted to the ColonsIcy
we're made.
A special Dispatch to the Commercial say,
the President has appointed Carl Schurx Min.
lister 70 spain in place ef Cs.sius H. Clay, whe
has willingly consented to b Transferred L
Russia.
Special dispatches alec state that James s
, Harvey. Washington CORE. pondent Of the
Philadelphia North american and New Yort
Tribune, has been nominstsd Minister to Por
tugal
The Washington correspondence Of the
Tribune 50. ., orders were sent on the l4th to
land the 400 troops on Loard the Brooklyn anc
reinforce Fl. Pickens. No intelligence of tn,
execution Of the order has yet reached ID,
Government, ss all communication by mail snl
| telegraph is cut off by the secessionists
The correspondent also states, that order.
| were sent ten days ago to retain portion o
the dispersed troops in Texas subject to thu
order OF Gov. Houston in reprsssing any 1t
tempt to overthrow the State authority. Fur
ther intelligence from that quarter wss locke
for anxiously.
The following Post Masters were confirmed
J. L Scripp', Chicago; Cbae. Hall. Oshkosh
A. P.tMillsr, Chi!licothe G. s. Hall, Nj, Yer
non W. F. Conley. Dayton.
The Senate to-day confirmed Carl Schurx u
Minister to Spain; Jas. 3. Pike, Minister resi-
dent st Hague; G. II Clay, Minister 10 Rnssis
r. II. Palmer. Minister to the Argentine Re
public: J. G. Harvey. Minister to Portugal; g
r. Fogg. Minister to Switzerland: A. B. Dickin
son, Minister to Nicaragua; E. Jordon. solicitor
Of the Treasury; b. F. Sherwood, Engineer
in-Chisf of the Navy; g. W. Lane, Judge Of
| the Northern and southern Districts OF Ala
bsma E1win G. Lamsll, Attorney for Illinois
Hennon Cox, Attorney and E. X. Gibson, Mar
| shsi, Of the Middle District Of Tennessee; J.
l. Collins. Superintendent Of Indian affAirs q
New Mexico. Surveyors Of Customs J. o
Anthony, New Albany, Ind; II. F. Cooper
Chattanooga, Tenn; Thomas McElrath. New
York.
| No action was taken on the proposition "a
| submit the San Juan dispute to arbitration. =
The suhjsct goes over till next session:
CONTRARY to expectation, the President made
no nomination TO fill the vacancy In the Su
preme Court.
Archibald Sale, engineer in chief Of the Ma
| W, has received dispatch from Mr. Mallory
Offering hi. . similar position under tho Con
federated States, which was promptly de-
clined.
No orders have been issued, or will be al
present., to land trocps It Fort Pickens, and
statements to that effect are untrue