The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-11
WASHINGTON.
Sentence Approved.

w ASHlSGTOS, JdnuaIy Ao'
val court.martial here in October last
tried Commander Andrew S. Semmes
on a charge Of cruelty and ungentle-
manly conduct toward his subordinates'
and the court found him guilty and SEN
fenced him to be suspended from duty
and rank for three years and be reprl'
manded in a general order The SEN
tence of the court was approved by the
Secretary of the Navy in a general
order issued this morning, wherein he
reviews Commander Semmes' conduct
in terms of the strongest censure and
points to his sentence as warning to
all responsible officers against the
abuse OF their authority.
General sherman at Madrid.
A special from Washington to the
Times says the Spanish Minister yes
terday communicated the fact to this
Government that General Sherman and
staff arrived at Madrid last week, and
on Saturday were formally presented
to King Amadeus, by whom they were
cordially received. The same day a
state dinner was given them. Most Of
the members of the ministry were
present Speeches were made having
frequent allusion to the United States.
Hotel Change.
Joseph Sykes, late proprietor OF
Willards Hotel, has purchased and
taken possession OF the Jenness House,
which will hereafter be known as the
Imperial Hotel.
Military Orders.
Major Charles NJ. Terrell has been
assigned to duty temporarily as Chief
Paymaster in the department Of the
Platte. Major Jos. w. Nichols has
been released from duty in the depart
ment of Dakota, and ordered to report
to the commanding officer Of the depart
ment of Texas for assignment to duty.
Major Lewis Merrill, of the 7th cavalry,
at the request Of the Attorney General,
has been ordered to repair to Washing
ton to confer with officers Of the Depart
ment OF Justice. Major Merrill is now
stationed at Yorkville, South Carolina,
and has been busily engaged since the
suspension OF the habeas corpus in
arrestng Ku-Klux in that section.
Ga,,nI nsIars
John Hunter has been ordered to
torpedo duty; Passed Assistant Surgeon
w. S. Sylvan to naval hospital at Nor
folk; assistant P. NJ. Lewis to the navy
yard at Philadelphia; First Assistant
Ensign Roop to steamer Frolic; Passed
Assistant Surgeon Parker to naval hos
pital at New York; Passed Assistant
Surgeon Bowen to steamer Worcester;
Assistant Surgeon Nelson to Eavy hos
pital at New York.
A Call from the COlOred Men.
A large delegation Of colored citizens
called on the President this morning
for the purpose Of obtaining his inhu-
ence to effect the passage OF Mr., Sum-
ner's supplementary civil rights bill.
Nominations by the President.
The President transmitted the follow
ing nominations to the Senate to-day
First Lieutenant George w. Chilson, Of
the Eighth Cavalry, to be Captain;
Second Lieutenant II. S. Weeks, Of the
Eighth Cavalry, to be First Lieutenant;
Second Lieutenant John NJ. K. Davis,
Of the First Artillery, to be First Lieu
tenant; Second Lieutenant D. B. Will
son, of the Twenty-ffth Infantry, to be
First Lieutenant; John F. Leggett, OF
Kansas, to be Governor Of Washington
Territory; Horace II. Harrison to be
United States Attorney for the Middle
District OF Tennessee.