Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-04-24

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Nominations and (~'s~Aruatls~s.
CMcAao. April ~14.-.Admiral Craven
has been ordered to take command ut Mare
Island.
The President has sent in the following
nominations: Chas. T.. t'rowe. Of Ala.
ban,a. as Governor Of New Mexico !; Geo.
|. lammon. MS Marshal Of Nevada; &. VI.
Patterson. as Receiver IF Public Money
at Marysvillc. California ; VIM. 4. Davis,
Receiver Of Public Money at Stockton.
California. Postmastcrs-J. VI. Billings,
at Santa clara ; j. J. Smith, at OrOville
". J. Tolls, at Vallejo; d. A. Sackett,
at Petaluma, California.
The President to-day nominated Henry
Baxter, "f Michigan. as Minister to Hon.
duras Chas. f.. belong. Of Nevada, rs
Minister to Japan ; Adam Badeau, a. As
sistant Secretary Of Legation at London
:. u. Jones. Of California. was appointed
Consul to %IIcvels John Caldwell. Of Me-,
Consul I" Valparaiso James V. Schofeld,
Of Missouri. Consul to llakoladi; NJ. NJ.
Dclano. Of Colorado, Consul IL Singapore
Edward Mc('oWk. Governor of Colorado
". :. Scnbcrni. Secretary Of Montana
l.. T.. Logan, Postmaster at Boise. Idaho
II. e. blair. District Attorney for Idaho
Cyrus NJ. l%lawlcy, Of Illinois, Associate
Justice Of Utah.
The Senate confirmed Alfred Pleasanton
as Collector Of Internal Revenue for the
Fourth District of New York !; Samuel J.
Fisher. of Ohio. as Commissioner Of Pat.
cnts III. Van .Acrnam. Of New York, q
Commissioner of Pensions /; q. Phalcn, a.
Chief Justice ; J. II. Stephenson aud A.
Bricr. Associate Justices Of Utah ; j. W.
Bonnicfcld, Solicitor Of the Treasury ; A.
Curry, rs President Of the Branch Mint Al
Carson ; NJ. Luther. Melter and Rciner Al
Carson ; u. W. Balch, .Assaycr At Carson.
WAsmIxGroN, April 19-The follow
Ing were among tho nominations to-day
For Ministers Resident, A. r. Talbot, al
San Salvador ; Alex. Russell Of Pcnnsyl.
vania, at RcnadOr II. IL. Mildred, Of AZ.
kansas, for the Sandwich Islands.
Consuls : n. Niles, Of Illinois, rice A.
Spcnnelt, Of Western Virginia, at Mel.
bourne.
Postmaster Thomas J. Sherwood, Al
Marysvillc, CAL; Robert Gardner, for Reg.
lister Of the Land Office at Humbolt, Cal;
John II. Stephens, for Register Of the
Land Office at lie Grandc, Oregon; James
Hunt, for Receiver Of Public Money Al
Boise, Idaho; Eli Davis. for Surveyor Gen.
cral Of Nevada; Geo. W. Bowie, for Naval
Officer at San Francisco.
WIN. A. Howard was confirmed a Min.
lister to China.
Tho President to-day sent to the Senate
the following additional nominations: l..
+. Dumas, Of Louisiana, a. Minister d
Liberia; J. j. Coffee, Of Pennsylvania, u
Secretary Of Legation at st. Petersburg.
Consuls Hugh Hildcbrand Of North
Carolina, at Condo; p. Randolph. Kien,
of Pennsylvania, at Kenciag; N. Niles Of
Illinois, rice j. Park, Of Indiana, ct Aix
La Chapelle; c. G. Dyer, Of Illinois, 70
Bristol David L. Bennett, Of Western
Virginia, ut Melbourne.
The Senate confirmed Edward McCook,
as Governor Of Colorado G. G. Grow, Of
Alabama, as Governor Of New Mexico.
NEW York, April 15.-Wm. A. How.
ard, Of Michigan, IL nominated ~ Minis.
ter to China, rice J. Ross Browne; Lemusl
Lyon, of Oregon, a. Consul to Kanagawa;
Z. G. Parker, a. Commissioners Of Indian
Affairs.
Tho President has Withdrawn the nomi.
nation Of Randolph KERN, ~ Consul u
Foochow, and several other Consuls.
The Supreme Court to-day rendered
several decisions ; none on the Legal Ten.
der case.
WASHINGTON, April IA list Of l3z
Clerks is being prepared in the Third
Auditors Office Of the Treasury Depart.
ment for dismissal. II includes al the
Democrats and members of the Johusou
Department Club, and the Conservative
Army and Navy Union. A large number
Of female Clerks will be discharged 70.
morrow.
SAN F~RANcTsro, April 20.-The rsvo.
lutionists Of Sonora will declare for annex.
alton to the United States. Other North.
crn States, it is said, favor the same
course.