San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-30
Personal AND POLITICAL.

THE nomination of Thomas G. Smith,
at present Treasury Clerk, as Paymaster in
the Army, is meeting with considerable OPP
position among Senators, and the Senate
Military Committee has laid over the nomi-
nation for further investigation.
THE suits against Gen. o. O.Howard
on account OF deficit in his accountsa as Com
missioner of Freedmen's Bureau, have been
decided in his favor, on the ground that the
funds in question were in the hands of CIV.
Balloch, detailed officer,and the defendant
was therefore not responsible.
DIR. +. A. HUNTooN, a noted "medi-
um," who has been giving naturalization
seances in Chicago, has confessed the impo-
sition practiced by him upon the public, eX-
planned the trick by which he introduced
into his cabinet the persons who personated
the " spirits" and expresses contrition for
the humbuggery which he has been led to
practice solely for the sake Of gain.
Hon. SAMUEL H. MCCRARY, of Iowa
City, Iowa. one of the pioneer settlers of the
State, is dead.
The President has nominated Robert
NJ. REYNOLDS, Of Alabama, First Auditor Of
the Treasury.
PROF. JOHN BRAINARD, formerly of
Cleveland, died in Washington on the 18th.
He went there during the late war to take
position in the Patent Office.
Col. JAMES ENGLISH, for many years
foreman Of the Government Printing office
at Washington, died on the I'd inst, aged
So years.
A SPECIAL from Rome says the Pope
is considering the expediency Of appoint
ing Cardinal Ledschowky, Archbishop Of
Posen, to post In the Vatican, to pave the
way for the appointment of an Archbishop
of Posen in agreement with the German
Government.
DIR. B. S. SCHoRN, recently discharg-
ed from the Interior Department, shot him
self at Washington on the 18th.
THE Texas Greenback Convention,
held at Houston on the 18th, adopted plat
form and appointed an Executive Committee
authorized to call nominating Convention.
HEw AINsLIE, a we'll known citizen
of Louisville, KY, author of volume of
Scottish poems Of considerable literary
merit, died OH the 18th inst.
THE clearinghouse of Walker, Welsh
& Co., at Kokomo, Ind, has suspended.
Liabilities not stated.
PROF. SYLVESTER WATERHoUsE, of
the Washington University, st. Louis, has
been appointed by the President Assistant
Commissioner to the Paris Exposition.
THE "Honest Money League" an as
ISOLATION formed from members of all politi-
cal parties, completed its organization in
Chicago on the 18th, and enunciated plat
form Of principles.
THE election of Rev. George F. Sey-
mour as Bishop of the Springfield Qll.)
Diocese, p. E. Church, has been confirmed
by all the Bishops and a majority of the
Standing Committees.
JUDGE LEONARD, Representative from
Louisiana, who went to Cuba few weeks
ago, it was announced, on special mission
from the President, died in Havana on the
18th of yellow fever. Speaker Randall tele-
graphed to our Consul General to have the
remains forwarded to New Orleans at the
VI tuC llOusC VI hc
IT is understood the Sultan has con-
ferred upon Baroness Burdett Coutts the
Gordon of the Order of Medjedie, the only
instance of its bestOwal on alady, as recog-
milton of her efforts in behalf of Turkish
refugees.
Mr.. A. c. BUELL., well known
Washington correspondent, was recently
married to Miss Tassie Polk, daughter of
Col. John w. Polk, Doorkeeper of the House
of Representatives.
WILLIAM POLK, of Rapides Parish.
Louisiana, whose name has been mentioned
in connection with the vexatious question of
the New Orleans Collectorship, is a wealthy
planter and a near relative of the late Bishop
Polk.
BAYARD TAYLOR, our new German
Minister, has been banqueted in Philadel-
phia and New York, prior to his departure.
Hon. BRITToN A. HILL, of st. Louis,
is prominently named as the Greenback can
didate for President in 1880.
Mrs. MYRA CLARK GAINES intends to
bring a new land suit against the city of
Kalamazoo, Mich.
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Hayes will, it is
said, spend portion Of the summer in the
White Mountains.
Miss MAY HAMPTON, an accomplish
ed and heretofore highly respected teacher
in the public schools of Memphis, has COM
mitted forgeries TO the amount Of several
thousand dollars. Her conduct seems in
explicable, a. she was earning a good salary
and apparently had no urgent need Of the
money.
COMMODORE JOHN HODGES GRAHAM
L. :. ", died at Newburgh, Y. Y, Of
apOplexy, on the 18th, aged 50.
THERON BARNUM, one of the Oldest