The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-07-08
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COMPTROLLER DURHAM, of the treasury
department, has written to Mr.. Lorng, late
commissioner of Agriculture, stating that III
nd justing his accounts balance had been
found due tho United States of $20,sO7. Tie
ex.conlmssoner is asked to pay this amount.
ADDITIONAL appointments by tho Prcsi-
dent: Herman G. Weber. Of Illinois, to DO
marshal for the southern district of Illinois;
William B. Fleming, of Kontucky, to be as
sociate justice of the supreme court OF the
Territory of New Mexico; Benjamin Ryall,
Ir., to be postmaster at Port Jcrvis, n. y:
William L. Day, of Illinois, to be second
auditor of the treasury: Robert w. Banks to
be collector of internal revenue for the dis
trct of Mississippi; j. p. lmhoden. OF
Georgia, to be consul at Tuscaran, Honduras;
Shubrick Hayward, of Marand, to DO mar
shal of the consular court at kanagawa,
Japan.
FURTHER appointments by the President:
To be collectors of internal revenue-R.
Black, for the first district of New York;
Matthew H. Vandervecr, for the third dis
for the district of Louisiana: George II.
Dawson, for the sixth district of Kentucky;
Thomas Hanlon, for the Seventh district of
Indiana; James W, Newman, for the
eleventh district of Ohio; Chris
tian S. Knecht, for the sixth district
of Ohio; Adolp Bermann, for tho
district Of Minnesota. To be postmasters-
j. w. McMaster, at Hazlehurst, Miss: Will
liam N. Carter, at Niro1ua, Wis; Thomas
R. Dcarman, at Danville, Va; James J.
Oakes, at Southbridsc, Mass. Frank I.
Iynrh, at Leavenworth, Kan. George W.
Sembler, ut City Island, y. y; John hayes
Paige, at Schenectady, n. y; Samuel l.
Bassett, at Richmond, Mo.
SINCE March Internal Revenue Commits
sioner Miller has dropped 3U0 persons from
the rolls of his department.
ADDITIONAL presidential postmasters ap'
ponted: Benjamin P Brown, ut franklin,
Ind; Frank NJ. Fields, at Spencer, Ind.
Adam Ferguson, at North Platte, Neb
Joseph H. Shelby, Mt Princeton, Mo-; Howell
Tatum, ut Belton, Texas.
RICHARD 7. MERRIcK, n prominent Demo-
cratic member of the Washington bar, IS
dead in his fifty-ninth year.
THE President has appointed Edward II.
Strobcl, of New York, to be secretary OF the
legation of the United States to Spain: Posey
S. Wilson, to be assayer of the Cnitcl States
mint at Denver; w. W. Allen. of Alabama,
to he United States marshal for the middle
and southern distr lets of Alabama; William
H. benson, of Alabama, TO be United
States attorney for the North
ern anu Mluul0 ulStrlclS Ol itit''dillh,
Mark D. Wilber of New York, to be nited
States attorney for the Eastern district OF
New York General W. II. II. Davis, of
Doylestown, Pa, pension agent at Philadol-
pha +. ID. Bannister, OF Lawrcnceburg.
Ind, Indian Inspector. General H. Fe:h, OF
Warrcnton, Va. and William Parsons, OF
Connecticut, spci ial Indian agents. a. Ga.
booSkii, of Georgia, superintendent of the
Haskell Institute, Kansas; Walter H. Brrn-
nan. of the Indian Territory, superintendent
of the Chocco Indian school.
The President has suspended George W.
Dent, n bruthrr-in law Of General Grant,
from his position of appraiser at the San
Francisco custom house.
\ WASHINGTON dispatch says that Mr..
Burchard, director of the mint, had been re.
quested to resign, but had paid 10 attention
to tho request, claiming that lie was appoint
ed for six years: that his term of Office
is different from that of any other,
and that he has yet two years
10 serve. The dispatch stated further
that rs soon rs the President cou!c. fix upon
Mr. Burchard's successor he would he Sis
pended upon the charge of inciccncy in the
management of affairs in the mint.
TIE State department has received news
of the death of s. j.. Phelps, United States
minister to Peru, at Lima. Mr.. Phelps was
awaiting the arrival of his successor.