The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-17
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Latest Appointments.
More Petitions for Leniehcy.
Delay in the Proclamation Of the Ap-
peintment Of Judge Marvin Fac
General Land OMce-List Of ofAppoinf'
ments
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NEW YORK, July l5.-The Heiald's
Washington special has the following.
Being Cabinet day, no other business OF
Importance was transacted at the White
House. The President is sufficiently re-
covered to resume his usual round OF la,
Dor, and the Cabinet meeting was full
and rather long one. The making out OF
the appointment of Judge Marvin as Fro
visional Governor Of Florida, and the
publication of the Presidents proclama-
tion in relation to the matter, have been
delayed by the impossibility OF filing the
date of the secession of Florida In De
cember, 1860. Strangely enough leading
authorities differ nearly or quite week
Returns to the General Land Office
from st. Peters, Minnesota, for the month
of June, have been received. :. 1t appears
that six thousand six hundred and eighty
one acres have been taken for actual set
Element under the homestead law, and
twenty -one thousand acres were illled
under the preemption law
The President has appointed Geo. W.
Dennison of Arkansas, register OF the
Land Affairs at Little Rock, in that
State, and John Kirkwood, of Kansas is
appointed receiver at the same place
Hon James Thacker, of Ohio, is men
toned as the probable successor OF Mr.
Holloway as Commissioner OF Patents
The Times special has the following:
Evidence is daily being received OF the
repentance of many of the rebels who
resided abroad during the war. They
apply to our ministers and connsuls for
permission to take the oath, which is
freely given. Among the oaths thus adj
ministered and recently received here Tor
registration are those of Mrs. and Miss
Hartstine, formerly wealthy residents OF
Beaufort District, South Carolina. They
do not come within the twenty thousand
dollar clause now.
Assistant Secretary Seward and wife
will leave for Cape May in the course OF
week, to spend few weeks, ut the
close of which Mr. Seward expects TO be
able to resume his official duties.
The following appointments made by
the President within the past few days
are officially announced: John +. Hart
lev TO be Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury, vice Field, resigned; ID W. Flem-
ing, to be Assessor of Internal Revenue
for the 4th District of Ohio; james +.
Webster, for the I'd District OF Georgia;
James L. Telfridge, for the llth District
of Pennsylvania; Julius Emcfn>rr, for
the Sd District of Louisiana; Lucille j
Barnes, for the lst District of Arkansas
VIM. H. Crennel, to be Collector of Gus
tom at Genesee, New York; Thomas
Wilkins, at Erie, Pennsylvania; Wick
ham s. Henans, at Sag Harbor, New
York; Jas. Brady, Jr.. at Fall Rive,
New York; Truman Hannah, at Belfast,
Maine; Peter w. Marken, at atNewark, New
Jersey Robert R. Smith, to be Tax Com.
missioner of the District of the State of
Texas; VIM. Miller, to be Receiver of
public moneys for the district of land
subject to sale at Montgomery, Alabama;
James Rove, of Ohio, to be Receiver of
public moneys for the district of land,
subject to sale at Chillicothe, Ohio; John
Edwards, to be agent for the Indians OF
the upper Arkansas agency; John A.
Clarke, of Illinois, to be Surveyor Gene
raj of the United States for the Territory
of New Mexico; William B, Franklin. OF
Ohio, to be Register of the Land Office
,t Chillicothie Ohio