The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-05

The following persons were confirmed to.
night: L. @. Ohulenden, Register Of the
Treasury d. K. Carver, Minister to Boliv-
ia; F. Hassuareck, Minister to Ecuador.
Officers for Nevada: George Birner,
| Chief Justice q. N. Mott and Horatio
Jones, associates D. B. Bates, Marshal !;
B. b. Binker,g Attorney; o. Clemens,
Secretary f; j. W. North, Surveyor.
Officers of Dakota w. Jaynes' Governor;
L. Bliss, Chief Justice L. G. Wilson, A.
A. Burne, associates 81. Movie, Attorney;
w. Asherd, Marshal G. D. Hill, surveyor;
John Hutchinson, Secretary. @s
Officers Of Nebraska: Alvin Saunders,
Governor w. P. Kelley, Chief Justice s..
Wilson, associate. Ei3ss D3gl
Officers for Colorado Charles Learner,
Associate Justice G. Townshend, Marshal;
L. B. Edwards, Attorney.
The following were confirmed in the Pa
tent office: d. p. Holloway, commissioner !;
s. M. Hodges, G.. 81. Harding, T. G. Thea
ker, Examiner in chief. r.a
The following persons were also con-
tirmed: W. III. COrwin, Secretary of Le-
cation to Mexico; j. Leslie, Consul to
Lyons; w. HI. Carpenter to Foo Choo and
| AS' @AAs OAuPCl, OOuoui a. 11dtdud w L .
Mangun, Consul to Nipgpo; j. v. Ar
mold, Consul to Odessa I; 4. B. Lawrence,
Consul General to Florence M. Howard,
Consul to Messina R. G. Parsons, Consul
to Rio Janeiro w. Fl. Fry, Secretary of
Legation to Turin.
Collectors of Customs-H. Barney, New
York; j. White, Chicago; E. Palmer;
Milwaukee; j. HI. Erion, dubuque w.
"A. Dart, Marshal, Southern District, New
York.
The following Postmasters were confirms
ed: r. F. Sanders, Memphis; Aman M.
Clapp, Buffalo; j. NJ. Sterling, Erie B:
Il. Lingar, Cairo; s. Tindale, Belleville !;
Geo. g. Bestor, Peoria, Ills. Clark Carr,
Galesburg, Ills.
New YORK, March %.
A special despatch to the Commercial
says the President has appointed Carl
Schurz minister to Spain in place of Gas.
sius M. Clay, who has willingly consented
to be transferred to Russia.
Special dispatches also state that James
S. Harvey, Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia North american and New
York Tribune, has been nominated minister
to Portugal.
The Washington correspondent of the
| Tribune says orders were sent on the 18th,
to land the 400 troops on board the Brook
lyn and reinforce Fort Pickens. No intel
ligence of the execution of the order has
yet reached the Government, as all commu-
nication by mail and telegraph are cut off
by the secessionists.
! The correspondent also states that orders
were sent ten days ago to retain portion
of the dispersed troops in Texas subject to
the order Of Governor Houston in repress-
ing any attempt to overthrow the state au-
thority. Further intelligence from that
quarter is looked for anxiOusly.
| stl ..-.---. WASHINGTON. March %.
The Senate today confirmed Carl Schurz
as minister to Spain, James S. Pike, minis.
ter resident at Hague; G. M. Clay minister
to Russia; r. M. Palmer, minister to the
Argentine Republic; J. E. Harvey, miris.
ter to Portugal; G.. o. Fogg, minister to
Switzerland; A. B. Dickinson, minister to
Nicaragua; E. Jordan, Solicitor of the
Treasury; B. F. Sherwin, engineering chief
| of the navy; Edward D. Larned, attorney
for illinois,; Herman Cox, attorney, and E..
r. Glascock, marshal, middle district of
Tennessee; j. l.. Comins, Superintendent of
Indian Affairs in New Mexico; J. 0. An
thony, surveyor of customs at New Albany,
Indiana; FL. F. Cooper, surveyor of customs
at Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Thoms Nc
Elrath, appraiser, New York.
The following Postmasters were con-
irmed: j. L. Scripps, Chicago; Charles
Hall, Oshkosh; A. P. Miller, ChilIicothe;
g. S. Pyle, MT. Vernon; B. Bateman.
GAINESVILLE; w. F. Conley, Dayton; F. G,
McEwen, Sandusky.
No action was taken on the proposition
to submit the San Juan dispute to arbitra-
ton. The subject goes over till next session.
Thomas A. Jackson has been appointed
Chief Engineer in the Navy. A number
of army and other combinations including
Major Day to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice
Abercrombie, promoted to the Colonelcy,
were made.
Jos. S. Wilson, late Commissioner Gen.
eral of the Land Office, has been returned
to bis former place as chief clerk of that
Bureau.
During the late Executive session of the
Senate, about four hundred nominations
were confirmed, nearly fifty of which were
sent in by the President yesterday.
uC L Oou OAVO DOPnitiuCut, luS
provision of the recently enacted law, has
restored the mail service between George.
town and Lexington, Missouri. The SER
vice is to be six times week.
Gen. William Hickey was elected As
sistant Secretary of the Senate; Asberry
Dickens retains his position. %
| The government has sent to Florida for
| witnesses in the Armstrong court martial
| case.
At Cabinet meeting this morning the
threatening events at the south occupied
| their attention.
NEW YORK, March 20.
The Posts special despatch says John T..
Palfrey has been appointed Postmaster at
Boston.
| Secretary Chase RENTED the forfeiture
of the schooner Restless on the payment of
all costs, charges and expenses. b..
| The opinion is universal now that an
4 extra session of Congress will be called to
| consider the Operations of tho uouv tariff and