Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-21
OUR NEW FOREIGN MIN
TSTERS.

| from the hOC0eStSr n. ] J democrat.
MINISTER To BELGIUM-JOSEPH RUS
SELL JONES.
Mr.. Joseph Russell Jones, our new
| Minister TO Belgium, is one of those
leading business men Of Chicago whese
| combined energies and public spirit have
| rendered their city 80 famous. He was
warm personal friend OF Abraham
! Lincoln, and during the war was fre-
quentiy called to Washington for con-
1 sulta.ion on matters of public imp ort nc 4.
| The only official position he has ever
/ held under the General Government is
that Of United States Marshal for the
| Northern district of illinois, to which he
/ 6es appointed in 1861, and resppointed
/ ia 1855, few days before Mr.. Lincoln's
! death. In 1860, Mr.. Jones was nOmina-
ted by the Republican party and elected
to the State General Assembly, repre-
/ ssnting the district Of Gslens. which
| had been his home since 1910. Mr..
Jones is new forty-six yesrs old, having
| been born in February, 1923.
MINISTER To STOCKHOLM, swEDEN-J'
S. CARLILE.
The Hon. John s. CArliIe was born in
I Winchester, Frederick county, Va, De-
cember, Is, 1917, and was educated at
home until at the age of fourteen years,
when he went into a country store ss
salesman and clerk, in which business
he engaged for himself st the age OF
seventeen. About this time he also
com menced reading law and was sd-
mittsd to the bar in 1910. Two years
later he entered upon the practice OF
; Profession in Beverley, Randolph
county. He was elected to the State
Senate in l647 and served till 1851. In
1880 he was q member Of the CODstitu-
tional Convention OF Virginia, snd in
1855 was elected a Representative in
Congress, serving one term. In 1851 he
was again elected a Representative to
the Thirty-seventb, but was soon after
transferred 10 the Senate, where he
served On the Committee on Pdblic
Lands and Territories. His term ex-
piTed iRlS65.
MINISTER TO BOLIvIA-COL. LEOPOLD
MARkBREIT
Col. Leopold Markbreit, Just appointed
Minister to Boliyis, is a native Of vi
euna, Austria, and half-brother TO the
Hon. Fred. HaGsssuTek, late United
States Minister to Ecuador, and present
editor of the Cincinnati Polk8-BLdtt
Col. Nierkbreit has not been known as g
politician, and the only ctfics he has
ever held is that of Clerk Of the Court OF
LIANT soldier, serving on the staff Of Gen.
AveriIl at the time of his capture. He
was unfortunate enough to be selected as
hostage, and to be placed in q dungeon
ia solitary confinement FOR g time in
Libby Prison. His constitution has
been seriously impaired by his long suf-
f5riDEs 10 prison. He is man OF fine
cultivation, speaks three different
languages. flusntfy, and will reflect
no diseredit on the position to which he
nas been nominated.
MINISTER TO vENEZUELA-WILLIAM A. |
PILE.
The new Minister to Venezuela ia 8 |
native OF Indiana, having been born near |
February IL, 1929. He re- |
ceived a good English AMI classical edu- /
cation; was clergyman of the Metho- /
dist Episcopal Church sSt the breaking |
out OF tie rebellion. During the early |
months Of the war, he became a Chap /
lain in one of the Missouri volunteer
and in 1852 was Captsin OF
battery Of artillery. From this position
he was aften@kds promoted, first to the
rank OF Colonel and then to that OF Brig
adler General OF United States Volun-
teers. His command was the first to
break the enemy's line st the capture of
Fort Blakely. Mr.. Pile wss elected a
member of the FJrtieth Congress in 1856,
and served on the Committee on Union
and Military AffAirs, and as
Chairman Of the Committee on Expaad-
lures in the POstofiice Department.
MINISTER TO TIE ARGENTINE REPUB.
LIC-ROBERr G. KIRK.
Robert G. KRIS, nominated to be Min
steT resident of the Argentine Republic,
s Republican Of Ohio. He was elected
to the Lieutenant Governorship of the
State in 1886, on the ticket with Gov.
D snnisop. While oischarging the duties
)f this Office he was appointed to 8 South
American COnsulsts by President Lin
,oln in 1851. Since his return FROM South
America he has held no office, but has
steadily supported the Republican party,
md opposed President Johnson. He hiss
been regarded in Olie politics as fair,
9ut not strong msn.
MINISTER To BoGOTA STEPHEN A.
HURLBURD.
Stephen A. HuTlbnrd, of Illinois, nom-
nsted by the President to be Minister
esident ia Bogots, has been for many
years an officer in the regular army. He
s q native Of South Carolina. At the
outbreak OF the war hs was appointed
3rigadier General OF Volunteers, and in
hat capacity served throughout the
,Rrly eampsign in the West, mainly un-
Ter Gen. Grant himself. At Pittsburg
Landing he commanded divlsNn under
isn, Grant, and behaved with couspicu-
,uS gsllsntry. ne was retained in vari-
)us impOrtSnt military and sami-mili-
sry positions in the West and South
hrOu2hCUs the war. Gen. Hurlburd
never has been politician, though some
mem b2Fs OF his family are somewhat
prominent as Democrats.