Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-12-31
PERSONAL.

SUCn Cne IOuOWIuS uoullHaeioHS I' "A'
Stanton, to be Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, uics Robert G. Grier, re-
signed; George w. Ward, to be Surgeon
of the Navy; Wells R. Bell, Surveyor of
Customs at Selma. Ala. also, several
Postmasters, including William Ell. Need
ham, at Oskaloosa, Iowa. AS soon as the
nomination of Mr.. Stanton was read in
executive session it was confirmed, 46
against II.
A large number Of collectors, postmas-
ters and other officials were confirmed by
the Senate during its executive session, on
the ,21st. Among the combinations were:
Mr.. Blow, Minister to Brazil; Mr.. Low,
Minister to China; Mr.. Wing, Minister to
Ecuador Mr.. Pierce. Minister to the
Hawaiian Islands; Mr.. Pile, Governor of
New Mexico, and Mr.. Folger, Assistant
Treasurer at New York. 8 i'..3. - d r. y
Daniel Mcfarland was arraigned on the
Dist, in the New York Court of General
Sessions, for the murder of Albert D.
Richardson. The prisoner, through his
counsel, pleaded not guilty. 1t was un-
derstood that the trial will take place be-
fore Judge Ingham in Court of Oyer and
Terminer, and will not come off before
February or March.
The nomination of Attorney Gen. Hoar
was laid on the table in the Executive ses-
sion of the Senate on the 22d, with the
understanding that it would be with
drawn ar, IL. ,sgl FL.
Seven of the new Circuit Judges were
confirmed by the Senate on the 22d, viz. :
George F. Shepley, for First Circuit,
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island; Lewis B. Woodruff,
Second Circuit, Connecticut, Vermont, and
New York; William McKennon, Third
Circuit, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and
Delaware; Solomon L. Withey, Fifth Cir
cult, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and
Tennessee; Thos.. Drummond, Seventh
Circuit, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin /;
John F. Dillon, Eighth Circuit, Missouri,
Iowa, Minnesota, Arkansas, Kansas, and
Nebraska. q The nominations of Pearce,
Maryland Circuit, and Sawyer, California
Circuit, were not acted upon.
President Grant will not receive visitors
during the holidays except such public
officers as may have business requiring his
attention. ~ as ar
Senator Wilson called upon .he Presi-
dent on the 23d relative to the withdrawal
of the nomination of Judge Hosr. He in
formed Grant of the opposition to Hoar in
the Senate, and expressed an opinion that
he could not be confirmed. The Presl-
dent seemed surprised at the manner in
which Senators had acted toward Tie AT
torney General, but said he did not feel
warranted in withdrawing the nomination
unless he refused it himself
Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, ex-Secretary
of War, and recently appointed and con-
firmed Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court, died in Washington on the gath, OF
congestion of the heart. Immediately on
receiving the news of Mr.. Stanton's sud-
den death, President Grant issued the fol
lowing order: % -
S't-' 9'- 1i WASHINGTON, Dec. "a, 1859.
The painful duty devolves upon the President e OF
announcing to the people of the United states the
death of one of its most distinguished citizens and
faithful servants, Hon. e. stanton Wnlch oGGurreu
in this city at an early hour this morning. de was
distinguished in the counses of the nation during
the entire period of its recent struggle Tor national
existence first as Attorney General, tnen as Sec
retsry of War. He was unceasing in ms laDors,
earnest and fearless in his assumption OF responsl.
bilities nece ssary to his country
by all good men, and feared by wrong-doe In
his death the bar bench and nation sustain loss
which will oe mourned by all AS mark oi
respect to his memory it is ordered that tne Tx.
ecutiye Mansion and the several departments al
washington be dipped in mourning, and that al
business be suspended on the day Of his funeral.
(Signed.) sl ga 0s5s so'o. 0hAsI.
Official proc .amation was made on the
oath of the new postal arrangement be.
tween the United States and Great Britain
to 20 into effect January 1. .olt
za , ia POLITICAL.
A Nashville, Tenn, dispatch, of the
goth says. aThe returns of Saturdays
election for Constitutional Convention are
meagre. A small vote was polled wher
ever heard from. Probably not one-hal
Of the voters went to the polls. The con
vention, however, will be carried, ant
meet, as provided for, in JANUARY" +.
The President signed the, Georgia Re
construction bill on the s2d. eaY
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, has is
sued proclamation calling the I.egisla
ture together on January 10,
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