National Republican., 1885-05-15
ottsTING OFFICIALS.

The Daily List OF Appointments, Res
ignati ons, Renewals, shd suspon-
slons.
Mr.. Thomas II. Simms was yesterday
appoin ted collector of internal revenue
for thc district of Arkansas Ho is q
reside MT of the state, and is engaged in
busn hss as rygoods merchant. He
was bdrn in Culpoper county, Va, but
has liIvod in Arkansas for the past thirty
yearL IIo was recommended for tho
place by Attorney General Garland and
Sen atotrs Jones and Berry, Of Arkansas.
bir. e.. Il. Staples was appointed inter-
nal revenue collector for tho twelfth dis
ri,ct Of Pennsylvania, vice L. II. Chase,
81 spenI1cd. He was strongly indorsed
ftr tho position by Representative Storm
a nd any others. lie is u lawyer, and is
said To- bo gentleman of high standing
md bnsiness capacity.
The President also made the following
app ui ntments: Richard T. Rundkett, col
leotOr OF customs, district Of Wiscasset,
Me-; Richard +. Dodge, collector of Gus.
toms, district of Salem and Beverly,
Mass, and the following postmastors:
John G. Sieva, vice Thomas L. Shepherd,
commission expired, at Mechanicsburg,
Ohio; Norval Blackburn, vice Shafer
Peterson, resigned, at Decatur, Ind;
Cary r. Pope, vice James w. Patterson,
suspended, at Hillsborough. In regard
to tho latter appointment the Postmaster
| General states: "Tne change in the Of
| fee at Hillsborough, Ohio, was made
| because the inspectors reports had shown
| shortages IN the accounts on two or
three different occasions, which, al
| though Immediately made good, were n
violation of duty, and pursuant to the
fixed policy of the department demanded
his removal. His removal was also rccom-
mendod by the inspector"
The President has also appointed
| George G. Tanner. Of South Carolina, to
bo consul Of the United States at Chem
nitz.
The Postmaster General has appointed
the following postmastcrs in Virginia and
Maryland Jas. r. Smith, Castleton, Har-
ford county; A. B. Hanson, Churchville,
Hartford county, aud Thomas ONeill,
Houcksville, Carroll county, Nd; Samuel
| A. Goodwin, Massongo, Accomack county,
and VIM. I. Mason, Pungoteague, Acco-
mack county, Va.
Tho President yesterday appointed Ben
jamiu +. Morsell to be a notary public for
tho District of Columbia.
Six clerks and one messenger in the
office of the supervising architect Of tho
treasury were dismissed yesterday, and
the salaries Of three of the principal clerks
were reduced in order to bring the OK
penditures of tho office within the limit
OF the appropriations for the current fiscal
year, ending June 80. The changes will
lessen the current expenses of tho Office
about 81 200.
Mr. Eugene Semple, of Vancouver,
| W. T., arrived in the city yesterday to
presshis claims for the goyernorship of that
territory. for which he Is indorsed by the
bar Of the territory, the board Of trade,
the citizens Of Vancouver, the legislature
of Illinois, and senators aud mombers of
| Congress from Mississippi, Missouri, Illi-
nois, Alabama, Texas, kentucky, Nevada,
| Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee and South
Carolina. lie is sou of the late Senator
james Semple, OF Illinois, aud is "A years
of age.
Chairman Kinne, of the Iowa Demo.
cratic state committee, telegraphed the
President yesterday asking the revoca-
tion of the appointment of Mr.. Williams
as United States marshal.
Thomas NJ. Baldwin, Of Pennsylvania,
has been promoted from l,600 to 81, 500,
and w. II. Grigsby, of Alabama, from
81, 400 to $1,000 in the division of accounts
Of the general land office.
Gen. w. $. Rosecrans called on the
President and had prolonged interview
yesterday. The President told Gen.
Rosecrans that the registership Of the
treasury was open to him, and requested
tho general to take the matter into con-
| sideration.