Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-07-04
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, July Under the
provisions of the army appropria"
ton bill, signed yesterday, twenty
army officers were placed upon the
retired list, including Surgeon Gen
eral Barnes, Col. John NJ. Cuyler,
Col William S King, Major Robert
d. Clarke, Col. Henry ". Benham
and Col John nj. McComb.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate to day:
Joseph r. West, of the District of
Columbia, to be commissioner of
that District; Lewis Wallace, of In
diana, envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary to Turkey;
Henry G. Hall, envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotertiary to the
Central American States; John A.
Holdiman, o. Missouri, minister resi-
dent and consulsgeneral to Siam; Jno.
NJ. Francis, oS New York, minister
resident and consul general to Pol Gu
gal; j. z. Wickenshaw, of Pennsyl-
vania, minister resident and consul =
general to Denmark; Micho.il j.
Coomer, of Kentucky, minister resi-
dent and consul general to Switzer-
land; James Riley Weaver, of West
Virginia, secretary OF legation, and
consul general at Vienna; Lewis
Richmond, of Rhode Island, sec e.
tary delegation and conse'~general,
at Rome; John I. Robson, of Ten
nessee, United States consul at
Beirut; A. I. Sharp, of Kansas,
United States consul at Miniila;
LAWN A. Lathrop, of Nevada, United
States consul at Bristol; James
Vlason, United States consul at
Lapaz, Mexico; Lieutenant { onel
Gustavus A. Demsy, to be co o el of
the Fourth United States Arti'le :;
Frarcis NJ. Darby, to be assistant
treasurer of The United States, at
Baltimore, Md; Thomas A. Henry,
to be collector of Customs for the
district of Pamlico, n. c.; David
Bennett, to be collector of internal
revenue for the seventh district of
Kentucky. Postmasters: Ii. r.
Brooke, ut Hampton, Va, Joseph
Atkins, Greensbo= o, Ala; james F.
Childs, Mario ;, Ala; f. ID. Porte,
El PasO, Tex; Gabriel j. Pense,
WaxabacbiI, Tex, Libbins Deckle,
Thomasville, Ga.
j r. West, who was nominated
tor commissioner of the District of
Columbia, is ex Senator Wes0, OF
Louisiana, who represeD led that
State IN the Urited States Sene te,
from 1871 to 1871.
The Senate, IN executive session,
so day confirmed the following nom
inations: Rollin NJ. Doggett, 10 be
minister resident to the Hawaiian
Islands; Geo. P Pomeroy, age 1t
and aa.I.srl-.eener,sI1 - 7lifgs,ec,:- '5str>
masters: Geo. Ware, at Washington.
Ga; Lawreace Talife1ro, at Freder
lcksburg, Va; Fanny D Porter, at
Ri Paso, Texas
Post-otfice Department officials
say that when final staten ent of
the receipts and expenditures OF the
Post-otfice Department for the fiscal
Year which ended June 30lh is COM
pleted 1t viii show that the pos6aI
service was self-sustaining during
the year. Tbs will be the first year
slnce 1887 i'll which the receipts and
expenditures of the Department
have balanced it's expenditures.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The Presi>
dent to day sent 10 the Senate the
following nominations: John Davis,
OF the District Of Columbia, to be
hrst assistant secretary of State, vice
D. Z. Bancroft Davis resigned; Col.
Charles Il. Crane, assistant-surgeon
general, to be surgeon~general, with
1he rank OF brlgadier general; Jas.
Atkins, OF Georgia, to be United
States Judge for the Northern dis
ttlct OF Georgia; Eugene Schuyler,
OF New York, to be minister
resident and consul-general to
homanla, Servia and Greece; John
Northington, of New York, United
S NOh0tI ut -hc1td' L dul hdN6S
sizes, Alabama, United States consul
at Guipan; Commodore A. Fl.
Hughes, to be rear admiral; Captain
William H. Mayo, to be commo-
dore.
The conference committee on the
bill to enable national banking asso-
Citations to extend their corporate
existence, has failed to reach the
agreement on the 18th and 18Th
sections of the bill as it passed the
Senate.