Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-29

bles. The stampede of settlers from Do
lores and Mancos Valleys still continues.
Two families arrived to-day and others are
on the road.
Appointments by the President.
WASHINGTON. June 27th.-The President
to-day made the following appointments
Edward l.. Hedden, to be Collector OF Gus
toms for the District of New York; Hans
r. Beattie. to be Surveyor of Customs Tor
the District of New York; Silas W. Burt,
to be Naval Officer of Customs III the Dis
trict of New York.
Edward L. Hedden was born in New
York CITY in 1928. From 1859 until last
wear he was partner in the shipping house
of WetmOre, Crvder d Co., and for thirty
five years conducted the Custom-house
business of the firm. He is Vice-President
of the North River Bank, and Director in
several insurance companies. He always
has been a Democrat in politics His
father studied law with Alexander Hamil
ton, and was a representative of New York
city on the occasion of the opening of the
Erie Canal He was Endorsed to the Presi
dent for appointment by Edward Cooper,
General John B. Woodward, and large
number of other merchants and politicians.
H. S. Beattie is a lawyer, and was asso-
ciate attorney in the corporation counsel
office during Secretary Whitney S term. He
has been an active man i'll the County
Democracy organization, and Is at present
Deputy County Clerk of New York. He
always has been Democrat.
Colonel Silas W Burt was formerly Naval
Officer, and was removed by President
Arthur He is at present the Chief Exam
iner of the New York Civil Service Com
mission He supported Cleveland for Gov
ernor in 1882, and was an active supporter
of the Democratic candidate last fall The
term of General Graham would not expire
until 1887, but he is suspended because the
President believes a sound public policy
requires the reorganization of the whole
customs service at the port of New York,
and it is deemed that complete new or
ganiZation is essential to the proposed
change of methods.
The MugwumpS claim that the action of
the President in this case is matter OF de-
served political retribution. When Burt,
who had strong half breed affiliations, was
removed from Office by Arthur, General
Graham who held the position of Surveyor,
was promoted 10 the Naval Office, he being
a thorough-going Stalwart. Now the tables
are turned Burt is restored to the Naval
Office and Graham is out in the cold.
The Posts Washington special says :;
Hedden's appointment is due to Hubert o.
Thompson, who. having been refused the
Collect0rship. was told that he might name
the man. He nominated Hedden. The
President would have promoted one of the
assistant Collectors, or some other subor-
dinate had there been a suitable man. and
SO avoided the embarrassment arising from
allowing ThompSoIE to nominate the new
Collector.
The appointments of Collector, Surveyor
and Naval Officer of the Port of New \ orEl
which were made to-day, are the most i'm
portant that President Cleveland has made
since the construction of his Cabinet. The
extensive patronage Of the New \ ork Gus
tom House becomes an important factor in
the manipulation Of State politics, and the
pressure upon the President iii behalf OF
the large number of applicants was enorm-
Gus. 1t was not expected that a decision
would be reached before Monday, and
when news of the appointments was made
known there was considerable excitement
among the large number of New York pol
iticians in town.
The feeling among the Tammany men
here is decidedly bitter. Coroner Martin,
one the leaders of the organization, said,
when asked how he liked the men " 1t is
a CRYING shame The President has made
a gross blunder This man Hedden has
never done anything fer the Democracy,
and in appointing him the President has
lnsulted the Democrats. They all feel
about that way, though some pretend in
difference and say they never heard of
Hedden and do not know anything about
him The Irving Hall people are less dis
turbed, and several of them use faint praise
to express their feeling. OF course the
County Democracy men are jubiiant.
Another Negro Lynched.
PALESTINE Texas, June 27th.-The
Sheriff to-day received word from the
town of Bells, in Grayson county, that
Martin. one of two escaped negroes impli
Gated in the criminal assault and murder
of Mrs HAZEL at EIkhart, was taken out of
the calaboose last night and hanged by
mob, making six negroes who paid the
penalty of their lives for the crime.
\ Nurse Girls Horrible Crime.
BARNEsvILLE Is. c., June 27th.-Rebecca
Samuels, u years old, has been convicted
of the murder Of Lucy Graham, six
weeks-old infant she was nursing. She
soaked the child in pot of concentrated
i've The only cause for the crime is that
the prisoner killed the child to escape the
daily nursing of IL This is the second
crime Of the same kind she has committed
within the last two years. She appeared
to be totally unconscious Of what was go
ing on during the trial, and twice went 10
sleep in the dock with her head resting on
her hands She has an innocent face and
is not apparently in the slightest degree
affected by the result Of her trial. She has
not been sentenced.
Ex-BanISer Fish Sentenced.
New YORK, June 27th.-James D. Fish,
late President OF the Marine Bank. was
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment in
the Auburn Prison this morning, by Judge
Benedict in the United States Court.