, 1861-03-29
From. Wa4hfntDn.

persons were confirmed to night: s c. Chit
tenden, Register Of the Trensury; D. e Cart
ter, Of Ohio, Minister to Bolivia; F. Hassau-
rex, Of Cincinnati, Minister to Ecuador,
tlce; g. II. Mott and Horatio Jones, Asso-
ciates; D. Bolles, Marshal; B. B; Bauker, At
torney, Q. Clemens, Secretary; J Y. North,
6urytyor. =
Officers for Daeotaa-Wm: Jayne, Governor;
T. Bliss, Chief Justice; L. 0. Wil}Iston and A.
VA: Sharp Marehal G. D. Hill; Surveyor; ].
Q6zeezs ef Nebraska Saunders, Gov
ernor;iW r: Kellogg, Chief Justice; s. MIL
0dzccrs Of Colorado. o.-cbas. Lee sse Armour, A.
soc1ate Justice; G. Townsend, Marshal; 7. B.
The following were confirmed in the Patent
Office; D, r: Holloway. Commissioner; 8. III.
hodgesr' G: 3 Harding, s, 7. c. Theaker, Exam.
iners in Chief
lTbe1olloatngpersons we're aiao confirmed:
GO; g. Y. Van Horn, Consul 10 Marseilles; ].
Leslie, Consul to Lyons; W Fl. Carpenter, Con-
sui to Foo Chow: r. H. shuEeldt, Consul Gan:
erala Havana; ". ?. Mangnm, Jr., Consul
to Ningpo; J. Y. Arnold, Consul at Odessa
q. Bigelow Lawrence, Consul to Florence; Mr.
Consul 10 Rio Janeiro ~, Il. Fry, Secretary
Collectors Of Customs Hiram Barney, New
York; Julius White, Chicago E. Palmer, Du,
buque- a~'~.,3 - -:
". A Dart: Marshal for the Northern Dis.
triet 0! New York.
R. F. Saunders. Memphis; Geo. Dawaop. Al.
hany; Almon II. Clapp, Bnifa OF. II sterritt,
Erie B. T.Linegar, Cain; s. Tindale, ,Belleviile
1llinois Geo. G. Bestor, Peorla and Clark
WasHseroS, March 2s-Tbe Confederation
newspaper has received a dispatch that Fort
Sumter YVES evacuated to, ,dsy. :, ~
Thos. A. Jackson has been. appointed Chief
Engineer in the Navy. = -. = = =
A number Of Army and other confrmstlons,
including Mai: Day, to be Lieut.. Colonel pies
made. ..-~,.
confirmed Carl scbnrz Minister to Spain Jas.
9. Pike, Minister Resident at Hague; L. NJ
Clay, Minister to Russts; r. II. Palmer, Min
lister to the Argentine Republic; J.E. Harvey,
Minister to Portugal; G. c. Fogg, Minister to
switzer'and; A. B. Dlcklas on, Minister to
3. B. lsherwooa, Eegiueerin-C Chief Of the
Navy, Geo. W. Lane, Judge Northern
and Southern District Of Alabama; Edwin q,
Larned, Attorney for Illinois; Herman Cox,
Attorney, and E. r. G!ascock, Marshal for the
Middle District of Tennessee; ]. L. Collins,
IT 4uulAu t1HAllN lUI 1NEH MEX
leo. survey OTIS Of Cast MT. O. Anthony,
New Albany, Ind; H. F. Cooper, Chattanoo.
e Fcrk. kenn' 1f's: AeEiEafh' Appraiser New
The following Postmaste7s were confirmed:
]. L. Se1ipps. Chicago; Charles Hall, Oshkosh;
A 7. Mil,erl chilIicothe; 6; s. Pyle; ut. Yer
DAYTON; 7, G. AeEwen, Sandusky.
>WAsH1NaroS, March 28.-No action was
taken on The proposition to submit the San
Juan dispute to arbitration. The subject goes
i over till next session., I;
Contrary to expectation, the President made
no nomination to ELL the vacancy in the su-
Mr: Archibald, late Enrineer.in-chief of tho
Navy, has received dispatch from Mr. NAL
,lory, offering him similar position under The
Confederate States, which was promptly de-
clined. ::
No orders have been Issued, or will be at
present, to land troops at Fort Pickens, and
Statements to that effect are untrue -
Washington correspondence Of Tribune
says orders were sent on the 14th to land the
900 troops on board the Brooklyn and rein.
tofce Fort Pickene. No intelligence Of the
execution Of the order has JET reached the
Government, as all communication by mail
and telegraph are cut off by the secessionists.
Tha. correspondent also states that orders
we're sent 10 days ago to retain E. portion of
the dispersed troops in Texas subject to the
order Of Gov. Houston, In REFRESHING any at
tempt to overthrow the State authority Fur
ther intelligence from that quarter was looked
fer nnxlous!y. 7s".t
New YoRR, March 2s-A specinl dlspa.ch
to the Con,zae1rial says the President l,as ap-,
pointed Carl schurz as Minister to spalu, In
place Of Caseius II. Clay, who hes willingly
consented to bs trlsferred to Rnssia.
Special dispatches also state that james S.
harvey, Waslineton correspondent Of the
Philadelphia North Inericaa and the New
York Tribune, has been nominated Minister
to Portugal '.ss