The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-19
TIE NEW POSTMASTER.
DIR. b. A. Bosemon Appointed to Sue
ceed Postmaster Trott-Other Changes
Rumored.

ceed Postmaster TrOtt-Other ChanSei
Rumored.
Our lelegraphic dispatches bring the lntelll
gence oil The nomination, by the President, o.
Dr.. B. A. Bosemon as postmaster of the City
of Charleston, to succeed Mr. Stanley q. Troll
the present incumbent, who has held the
Office ever since 1t was re-established undel
the Federal authority at the close OF the war
The appointment was confirmed yesterday
by the Senate, and the probability is, there
fore, that ln few days Dr.. Bosemon will be
fully Installed as the postmaster of Charleston
The new appointee is an Intelligent, courte'
ous and educated colored man, who was born
at Troy, New York, about twenty-eght years
ago, and who received his education and his
medical diploma at we'll known Northern In
stiLutIon. He first came to this State as an
assistant surgeon of regiment OF United
States Colored Troops, and was stationed for
some time at Hilton Head In that capacity. AT
the end of the war he came to this city and
commenced the practice of medicine, and 10
1868 be was elected q member of the lower
house of the General Assembly, to which POSI-
tlon he was reelected In 1870, and again last
October, 80 that be is nov In his third term as
a representative from Charleston. He also
holds the office of physlcian to the jail.
In all these relations he has COM
manded good share of the respect OF citizens
OF all shades of political complexion, and 1t is
expected that in the important post to which
he has now been appointed he will prove a
conscientious, Trustworthy and competent
officer.
The removal of Mr.. Trott will, however, be
regretted BY the merchants and business men
of Charleston, and 1t will be done In spite OF
petition for his retention, which was signed
by large proportion of the best meR In the
city. Mr.. Trott has given great satisfaction as
postmaster, and the only arguments that ap-
pear to have been urged against him with
the powers that be, were that as Republican
partisan he was lukewarm, and that In the
matter OF forwarding lrregularly franked mall
matter, he preferred to consult the postof1ce
regulations rather than his own Interests as o
politician. In the case of The new appointee,
however, there need be no question of hls Be-
publcanlsm, and as the franklng nuisance
has now been abolished altogether, this will
not furnish him with rock on which to split.
There are also loud rumors ct other impor-
tant decapitatlons soon TO take place among
the Federal officials In this city. 1t is assert.
ed positively that Collector George W. Clark
is fated, and that General Henry g. Worthing-
ton, who was Honest John Patterson's right
bower In his memorable campaign at Colum-
bla last winter, Ia to have this snug berth as
reward of his z.al. An Impending change In
the office of sub.tresaurer Ia also rumored,
and Representative James F. Greene is
spoken OF as the coming man for this posi-
tlon. The name of Mr.. F. Jacobs, Of Column
bis, has also been mentioned In Ibis connec-
tion. The present United States district at-
torney for this State, D. T. Corbln, will also 1t
Ia reported, be "rotated" out of his very COM
Portable Office to make way for ex-Attornay
D. q. Chamberlain, than whom perhaps no
more competent person could be found In the
ranks of the Republican lawyers of the State,