New-York tribune., 1885-03-31

offices of exJudge reenw ood and General H. b. Duryea
His first practica! experience lawyer was as Ass
ant District Attorney. He afterwar server as h Was
ration Counsel for eight years. In May, lo.y no
elected ons of the Judges OF the City Court OF
although at the time he was absent u M assocaed as
director in number OF Brooklyn financial Ce
ncludipg the Brooklyn Trust Co@paSy e Was
toned recently in connection with the MISSION "
GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.
,Joseph Ecceston Johnston, who has Deen
appointed Commissioner OF Railroads IN Piaoo "
william II. Armstrong. OF Pennsylvania, was poin :"
Prince Edward County, Va near the headwaers Vi VI.
Tennessee River in 1907. His mother was h'eoe "a
Patrick Henry. Educated at West Point he saw ac'No
service in the Seminole in Florida where he was
struck upon the head by ball. lie resigned from the
Army in 1887 practice civil engineering but returheu
to the service the next year, peins 40
signed to the Typographical engineers anu ie
ceiyng the rank of captain by brevet He helped
the Texan and British American boundaries, anu uu
some work in connection with river and haroor I'M
movements He was wounded at the battles OF Cerro
ordo and Chapultepec in the Mexican war. where ne
again showed conspicuous courage. He dd some roi
tier duty during the next ten or twelve years AT 'no
outbreak OF the civil he held the position OF quar-
teEmaster General, with the rank Brgader-eenelai'
and was FIoyds confidential military adviser In the
days OF that Cabinet officers treacnery johnston re-
signed his commission enter the Confederate army
In Apris 1861. He was one OF nve Iehefa' aP
pointed at the outset of the Rebellion. and rankea
third among them; and his protest against his
former service not being duly recognized s
thought TO have excited jefferson Dayss lasting enmity
Being made in Virginia. he achieved
the memorable rebel victory OF Bun Kun anu iea Tue no
fence against Mcclellan until he was wounded In tne
seven DAYS battle before Richmond at Fair Oaks, when
Lee succeeded him. He was made connahdef oI an .n9
rebel armies In the West in January 1858 ana
Intellectually against Pembert0ns coOping himseu up III
Vcksburg thus leading to disaster in July after asG
began his advance into Georgia Ia May uooS
Johnston was removed from command, s anu rsstored
however, the following February and commandea lhe
forces which opposed shermans movement hortn~aMba M
through Carolinas: His surrender, IN April "a' 'no
last important incident OF the war. , ,,.,
Engaging In the business General Johnston
tary recollectons were published in 1874 Three years
later his disabilities were removed and 10 1878 ne was
elected to Congress His name was used IN connecton
with the Navy portfolio during Hayess Adminlstrstlon
but he received no appointment He served IN
only one term, and was chairman OF the House Commit
tee on Military Affairs He seventyeight years
of age, and has furrowed brow and snowy hair ana
beard. a
Rufus Magee, who is to be Minister Resident
to Sweden and Norway is resident OF Logansport lnd
lawyer and State Senator, and personal friend OF
Senator Mcdonald.
George W. Merrill who is to be Minister Resident to
the Hawaiian Islands, is lawyer by profession bat Is
now Senator Fairs private secretary
Edmund Jissen who is to be Consul TO VIENNA
is lawyer Chicago where he has been prominent In
politics. He is relative by marriage OF car sennr -
Athens is lawyer OF Philadelphia and the son Of Dr
Samuel D. Gross. He born in Louisviile on March
Is 1874 In ls6s Presden Grant app1ntea hm eo as
PEELED him TO resign. = o.,
Howell wnS Il the be SropGlsasqs 3Sasn
Of The Atlanta Constitution.
Frederick Raine, is to be Cousu-General to Ber-
been resident Of Baltimore He Ia proprietor OF The
Correspondent, a German newspaper OF that city.