Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-04-20

20 UClOIc tIlC uISt Va OuuOs
Appointments by the President.
Mr.. George Wood, third class
clerkship in the Treasury Department.
Messrs. VIM. +. Gasson, of Pennsyl-
vania, Thaddeus II. Stanton, of Iowa,
Warren 4. Lockhart, of Indiana, Eli
iah G. Mayhem, of Indiana, and John
NJ. Hay, of Illinois, clerks in the Pen
sion Bureau-all to fill vacancies.
DIR. Erie Locke, of Indiana, has been
appointed to be Chief of the Agricul-
tural Bureau of the Patent office, ($2,-
500 per annum, vice Clemson, resigned.
Hon. Green Adams, member Of the
late Congress from Kentucky, has been
appointed Auditor of the Treasury for
the Post Office Department, usually
called the Sixth Auditors Office,) in
place of DR.. Tate, of Virginia, resigned.
The Senate confirmed J. w. Nye,
Governor of Nevada; Rufus King,
Minister to Rome; Bradford r. Wood,
Minister to Denmark; Arson Burlin-
game, Minister to Austria; Elisha o.
Crosby, Minister to Guatemala; John
O. Putnam, Consul to Havre; Free
man II. Morse, Consul to London Jo-
seph II. Anderson, Ohio, Consul to
Hamburg; Francis II. Moody, Receiver
of Public Money at Little Rock; Lieut..
IIordotf, Assistant Adjutant General,
with rank of Captain. A number of
Postmasters were also confirmed, among
them was s. +. Fondcrhurst, for Pitts
burg. Also, w. II. F. Gurley, Attor-
ncy for Iowa, and George A. Nourse,
for Minnesota; c. +. Burke, Marshal
for Minnesota; II. Harris, Marshal for
Iowa; A. c. Sands, Marshal for the
Southern District of Ohio.
The following nominations were
made for the Territory of Colorado;
VIM. Gilpin, Governor; Lewis Wells
Secretary; Bart Hall, of New York,
Chief Justice; S. Newton Pcttis, of
Pennsylvania, and Charles Lee Ashbur,
were made Associate Judges; Cope
land Townsend, Marshal; VIM. L.
IIighton, of Mich gan, Attorney; Fran
els NJ. Case, of Ohio, Suwcyor-Gcneral.
Marsh +. Dwinellc, has been APP
pointed Marine Consul at Vera Cruz.
J. X. Gildings, of Ohio, was nomi-
mated for Consul General to British
North America.
Thomas Corwin, having withdrawn
his dcclination, was confirmed Minister
to Mexico.
The Postmaster General has made
the following appointments and remov-
ais of railroad agents, viz From Bal
timorc, Md, to Wheeling, Thomas A.
Keller, of Frostburg, Md, in place of
J. Wickard, and Henry B. Bruce, of
Cumberland, Nd, in place of Henry
Saystcr removed, respectively, at pay
of $500 per annum each. Blossburg,
Pa, to Covering, John James, route
agent, in place Of c. Pyman, removed,
ut same pay, 800 per annum.
The following were the confirma-
tons made by the Senate yesterday
j. &. Goodrich. Collector at Boston
Geo. w. Mcclellan, second Assistant
Postmaster General; Dewitt c. Little
john, Consul at Liverpool; VIM. II.
Massey, Consul at AK La Chapelle
Lucius G. Forbes, Postmaster at Beloit,
Wisconsin; John J. Speed, Postmaster
at Louisville, Ky; George Harrington,
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury;
J. p. Baker, of Nebraska, Agent for
the Ottoe and Memominec Indians
Col. Sumner, as Brigadier General, vice
General Twiggs; James Nj. Edwards,
of Michigan, Commissioner General
Land Office; Gen. Spinner, Ex-M. c.
U. S. Treasurer; Lieut.. Talbot, Assist
ant Adjutant General; Mr.. Jones, of
Galcna, Marshal for the Northern dis
trict of that State; Charles Francis
Adams, Minister to England; James
Watson Webb, to Constantinople
VIM. L. Dayton, to France, and Geo.
p. Marsh to Sardinia.
A. T. Britton, of r. l.; Jerry L.
Milts, of Ohio; w. NJ. Thompson, Of
Nd; Jasper NJ. Dresses. of Ind, and
Alexander Leib, of Ind, have been
appointed to frst-c!ass clcrkships in the
General Land Office.
T.. w. Leavenworth has been up.
pointed Commissioner to New Grenada,
and Chas. w. Davis, of Md, Secretary;
Calvin Huson, of N. ", Commissioner
to Costa RIGA; Charles Howe, Collector
ut Key West, and Samuel Long. Con.
sui to Lahaina. Charles l.. Wilson,
Of the Chicago Journal, has been NOM
mated Secretary of Legation to Lon
don; VIM. s. Pennington, of N. j.,
Secretary of Legation to Paris, and
John T. Edgar, Of Tenn, Consul to
St. Thomas.
James N. Tyner has been appointed
Special Agent of the Postoffice De-
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