Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-08

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| Senate to-day:-GodlOve S. Orth, OF Indiana,
| TO be envoy extraordinary, &C. to Austria
| Hungary; Horace Maynard, of Tennessee to
| be minister resident of the United States at
Constantinople: Charles G. Sheats to be Sixth
! Auditor of The Treasury; j. j. Martin to be
postmaster at Montgomery, Ala. To be pay
masters. with the rank OF major:-Captain
Frank NJ. COXe 25th infantry; Capt. Alfred +
4 Bates, Ri cavalry; Captaiu John +. Willard
! 18th infantry; VIM. NJ. Maynadier, of Nd
&: Irving Wilson, n. Y; John f. Blaine,
! Montana; w. II. Eckles, Penna.; C. X Brele-
man. Texas; James II. Roche, ID. c.; R. H.
Fowler, Oregon. Lieutenant Colonel James
b. Fry, assistant adjutant general, to be
Colonel and assistant adiatant general; Mai
VIM. ID. Whipple, assistant al in tant general
to be lieutenant colonel and assistant adiu-
tant general; Chaneey McKeever, assistant
adjutant general, to be lieutenant colonel
ard assistant adiutant general; Capt Saml
y. Benjamin, 2d artillery, To be assist
ant adgutant general, with rank of major
-. =. Wade. chief justice supreme court of
! Montana; Bemucl ID. Evans, u. s. marshal
eastern district of Texas; Sherman Conant
ditto northern district of Florida; j q. Ham
IltOn, of Ohio. Indian agent. SiSSetOo. Da-
kota; John Ulrich, receiver public moneys.
Lacrosse, Wis Frederick Flesher register
same place; VIM. p. Bartlett, register, Fan
Claire, Wis.
Pension -AqcHis-Sidney Mead. at Canaan
daigua. \. Y; Edw. T.. Small, Bangor Me;
Chas H. Belvin, Raleigh, n. c.; John T. Ran
kin, Nicksburg Miss.
ArTIy Promo iOnS-Capt. VIM SiIYey 10 be
major, LIST Lieuts. VIM. Harper, IT,. VIM. Il.
Van Reed, G. u. Eakin and j. p Sanger, 10
be captains; 2d Lieuts. ID. ID. johnson. ID. r.
BUrnham. Geo. NJ. Love. Robert III. Patter-
son, c. l.. Best. ir., George w. DeShler. C. e.
Morrison and III. Z. kings6ury, TO be 2d lieu
tenants.
VIM. A. burlington. of ID. c., to be secretary
OF legation at Rio Janeiro.
Us. COalsuts.-JOSeph s. Potter, of Mass. at
Stuttgart; VIM. Crosby a Talcahuana; j ohm
Murphy. of n. Y, at Minatitlan; Edw. @.
Kelton AT Mazatlan; FTed'k HoibroOk, Of
VI, at Odessa; III. q. o. Chase, of Mass, a:
.FSNrtyc D,
John a. Hicstand, naval officer. PhiiaIat-
phia, Pa: TleO. G. BOag appraiser OF mar-
chandise, Charleston, S. c.; DIR. john NJ
Woodward. supervising surgeon general ml-
rine hospital service.
SnrcyoIs Of CiLdODis.-Wm ]. Smith. Mem
phis, Tenn; J. G. AbercrOmbie, Burlington,
Iowa; DelOS f. Lyon, Dubuque, Iowa.
C"Icc-OTS of CWGOHts--Wm. u. Hitler. Nan
tucket, Mass; Chas. F. Swift, Barns , bic.
Mass; Chas. G. Manning Albemarle, y. c.;
Robert w. FitZhugh. NatcheZ. Miss.
collectors Of JsfeFldl Rcrra'se-A. J. Ra1SiPr.
2ddistIict S0nth Carolina; Howard Knowles,
9TH district Illinois.
Pos ".nv'ers-Daniel t. Hunt, Rochester. Y.
\; John {: Adams, Newburgh, n. Y; JnO.
$: Han, New Philadelphia, Ohio; y. s.
Mcclure. Wooster, Ohio; Silas Marlin,
Rockville Pa; Levi C. Leib, Ashland, Pa;
Mrs. y. Creveling, Catasauqua, Pa.
Ndrdl-Edw. Harris Green to be assistant
surgeon; II. E. Frick to be assistant engi-
necr.
AMONG THE NOMINATIONS which failed
TO be confirmed, mainly for want of time,
during the last session of Congress were
those of Joseph III. Potter, consul at Stutt-
CART; VIM. ,. Smith, surveyor of customs al
Memphis, Tenn; Robert w. Fitzhugh col
lectOr of customs at Natchez, Miss: Charles
u. Manning, collector of customs at Able
marie, y: C.; Charles III. Belvin, pension
agent, Raleigh, n. c.: Don A. Pardee, United
States district judge, Louisiana, Lemuel u.
Evans, marshal eastern district of Texas.
DEATH OF REPRESENTATIVE BUFFIx-
ToN-Hon James Buffinton, representative
in Congress from the first district of Massa-
chusetts, died yesterday at his residence.
Fall River, in that state in the 59th year of
his age. The deceased was educated at the
frierds College, at Providence served for
time in factory at Fall River; studied, but
never practised, medicine; went on a whaling
voyage, subsequently engaged in mercan-
tile pursuits; was mayor of Fail River i'm
1854 and 1855; served for a time as a pri-
vate in a Fall River regiment i'm the war
OF The rebellion in 1861; was appointed c)l-
lectOr OF internal revenue in 1861: was elected
IN the J4th, 3Jth, 21th. 35th. 4ist, AID. aud l}d
Congress. and was reelected a member of
4ith Congress. He was chairman OF the
Committee on Accounts in the last House
and member of the Committee on Mines
and Mining. His funeral will take p'ace
from the residence of his son at all River
on Thursday next at noon.
CHARLES CHRISTOPHER SHEATs. n0Ini-
mated to-day as sixth auditor of the Post
Office department. vice Judge j. j. Martin
appointed postmaster at Montgomery Ala
is Il nativ Alabamian and LAT COngresSn m an
AT large from that state. Mr.. SheatS is a
lawyer and an unmarried man. being but 81
years of age. He was member of the seceS-
sion convention of \ labama. but refused TO
sign The ordinance of secession. For his $50
called treason to the confederate govern
lnent. he was arrested in the early days OF
the rebellion and kept in a dungeon NJ Sails
bury, Montgomery and AnderSOnville Wi
Iedeial prisoners until the close Of the war.
Mr. SheatS at once became prominent in the
TecOnSt ructlOn movement in his state. and
was elected TO The constitutional con vention.
AID afterwards was appointed consul to F,lsi-
nore, denmark, at which place he remained
until he was nominated for Congressman al
large in his state. In his native county of
Winston he received when running for Con
greSS. all but nine votes out of 200. In this
count! mere were louI colored voters.
SENSIBLE TALK OF ANDY JOHNSON
The y y, TribIne'S Washington correspond
ent sends an interview with Senator John
son, and reports the eX-Presdent as saving
- / can give no pledge of my future course.
cannot say that | will act with one party
or with the other We have too much of
party, and propose To bind myself in ad-
vance To no theory of party policy.
have never done so in the past. ant do not
intend TO ito so III the future. ] shall support
such measures a. appear in my judgment
best fOT the country. caring not whether il is
IA democratic measure or whether il is sup
ported DS repuOllcan>. / VIII never place
myself in position where | must do thing
because il il a party measure or oppose a
thing al a partys dictation. | place the
country above party Mr.. Johnson could
not say whether he would participate i'm the
debate on the Pnchback resolution. Being
asked if he would hot in his new position
nave an opportunity 10 pay of some old
scores, and il he did not have mass of facts
against the leaders of the parties of to-day
he said Whatever j may have | do not
say, but / shall use nothing. MY service i'm
the Senate viii not be a personal one. do
not represent myself. but Tennessee The
country has now nothing to do with my per
>Onal matters and with what has passed. |
have no enemies 10 punish or friends 10 re-
ward. have buried reSentments and have
forgotten the ill-treatment Of indi viduals III
] can perform the duties that are now before.
me as conscientiously aad clearly as 1 see
them at this moment. shall accomplish as
much as human vanity may seek to attain"
THE BCELL-CHANDLER LIBEL CASE
The hdbe0s corpus case of A. c. Buell., arrested
in st. Louis for alleged libel of Senator
Chandler, came up in that city on Saturday
in the United States district court, and the
question was argued whether the court had
authority 10 order the removal of the pris-
oner TO the District of Columbia for trial.
EXPECTED COMPROMISE WITH STRIKING
COAL MINERs.-The indications are reported
L.VNAal al. u.