Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-18
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
MORE DIPLOMATS APPOINTED
John y. Stale, OF Ohio, Minister 10 Rene,
Win Charles A. Dousherty, OF PennsyIva-
ME, &c Secretary OF Leaation.


wHs Charles A. Dousherty, OF PennssIva-
nsr, rs sscrstarv OF Leaation.
(By telegraph TO the Dispatch.1
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE Prcsi-
dent made the following appointments
this afternoon John b. Stallo, Of Ohio,
to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minis
ter Plenipotentiary ofthe United States
TO Italy BayliSs w. Hanna, Of lndi-
ana, to be Minister Resident and Con-
sul-General of the United States to the
Argentine Republic; Charles A. Dough-
erty, Of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary
Of Legation OF the United States at
Rome.
To be Consuls- General Of the United
States: William l.. Alden, Of New
York, at Rome; Pierce NJ. B. Young,
Of Georgia, at st. Petersburg.
To be Consuls Of the United States !:
George w. Savage, Of New Jersey. at
Belfast; Edward Camphausen. of Penn
sylvania, at Naples; Francis j. Gale
ry, of New York, at Kingston. Jamaica;
John NJ. Birch, Of West Virginia, at
Naeasaki; Oscar Bischof, Of Kansas,
at Sonnebcrg; Richard II. Stoddard, oil
New York. at Athens; Theodore W.
Downs, OF Connecticut, at Quebec; NJ.
j. Newmark, of California, at Lyons;
William II. Mofatt, Of New Jersey, at
Beirut; j. c. Monaghan, OF Rhode
Island, at Mannheim Wallace Jones,
of Florida. at Messna.
John Il. Stallo, Of Ohio, who was to-
day appointed to be Minister to Italy,
is one of the leading lawyers of Cincin-
natl. He is German by birth, and is
one Of the most vigorous OF German
free-thinkers in the West. lie was a
strong anti-slavery man, and left the
Democratic party in 1854 on that issue.
In 1872 he drifted back into the Demo-
cratic party, and has since been one of the
leading Democratic politicians of Ohio.
He has not been known as an active
politician. his work for the party being
principally speech-making during cam
paigns. Except on the slavery question
his sympathies have always been with
the Democratic party. He is about
sixty years old, and served on the
bench in Ohio for a number Of years.
Charles A. Dougherty, Of Pennsyl-
vania, who was to-day appointed
Secretary of Legation at Rome, is a
resident of Philadelphia, and a son of
Hon. Daniel Dougherty. He has never
been active in politics. He is thirty
years old, and a journalist by profess
sion, and has been connected with the
Philadelphia Press and Ledger for
several years.
William l.. Alden, appointed to be
COnsul-General at Rome, is about forty
years of age, and son of William AL
den, formerly principal Of the Albany
Normal school. He is journalist,
and is at present member of the edi-
torial staff Of the New York Times.
lie is a highly-educated gentleman, and
speaks the Italian language fluently.
lie has visited Italy twice, and he has
written several newspaper and maya
zine articles on the religious and politi-
cal affairs of that kingdom, for which
he has received the thanks Of both
Victor Emanuel and the Vatican.
Pierce NJ. d. Young, Of Georgia,
appointed Consul-General at St. Pc
tersburg, is a native of South Caro-
lima ; forty-fve years old. He gradu-
ated at the Georgia Military Institute
in 1857; was u cadet at West Point,
and was within one month Of gradua-
ton when the war commenced. He
resigned and entered the Confederate
army. lie rose by promotions to the
rank of major-gcneral, and was twice
wounded. He has served four terms
in Congress as representative of the
Seventh Georgia district, and was one
Of the commissioners to the Paris En-
hibitiOn Of 1873.
VIII Accept.
WASHINGTON, June lit is I'M
derstood that ex-Congressman George
\. jerks, of Pennsylvania, who was
rendered the misunderstanding
of the Interior Department, and has
had the matter under consideration for
several days, has decided to accept the
Office.