Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-01
FILLING THE HIGHPLACES
PEARSON TO RETAIN THE NEW
YORK POsTNIASTERSHIP.

OleNtIauu JO-udy benI Jhe following nOml-
nations TO the Senate:
To be Envoys Extraordinary and Min
listers Plenipotentiary Of the United
States:
WnLIAMR. ROBERTS, of New York, to
I Chill.
CHARLES w. BUCK, of New York, to
Peru.
CHARLES r. RUSSELL, of Connecticut,to
be Consul at Liverpool.
HENRY G. PEARSON to be Postmaster
at New York.
NORMAN j. COLEMAN. OF Missouri, to
be Commissioner Of Agriculture.
JOHN L. MCGRAW, of West Virginia,
to be Collector of Internal Revenue for
the district Of West Virginia.
! HENRY p, KERNCOCHAN, of Louisiana,
to be Naval Officer at New Orleans.
ANDREW j. BOYD, of North Carolina, to
he Collector of Internal Revenue cor the
Fifth district of North Carolina.
RICHARD 3. HUBBARD, of Texas, to be
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary Of the United States to Japan.
WILLIAM W. LANG, OF Texas, to be
United States Consul at Hamburg, Ger
many.
WILLIAM r. ROBERTS.
William r. Roberts, of New York, who
WAS to-day nominated for the Chilian
mission, is So years of age, and has resided
in New York city for the past 40 years.
In 1876 he retired from business having
| amassed q large fortuhe ih the mercantile
| business in New York city. Dir. Roberts
was elected to the FOTty1sscond and For
| ty-third Congresses, and declined a re-
nomination to the Forty-fcurth Congress.
During his term Of service in Congress
he opposed what was Known as the Back
Pay" bill, and on its passage was
! the first man to order his portion
of the sum, some So 900, to be turned into
| the United States Treasury, Mr.. Roberts
is also known as a supporter of all efforts
! to benefit his native land-Ireland. He
! is said to have considerable influence
! among that class of our citizens. 1t was
| on the resolution offered by Mr.. Roberts
| While In Congress that the Fepians i'm
prisOned in Canadian jails for the in
Vasion of 1866 were liberated. He is the
/ Congressman who sent telegram stat
| ing that the Irish were not opposed to
| Cleveland.
! C. w. BUCK.
Charles W. Buck, who was nominated
| to-day to be Minister to Peru, is a lawyer
of Midway, Wordford county Ky. He is
SO pears OF age, native of Mississippi,
but for the past ten years has practiced
/ law in Kentucky. He mas never held
public office, and has not been prominent
in politics, but is said to be a man of good
! character and attachments. Midway
village, in which he resides, is near the
! home of Senator Blackburn, and Buck
studied law in the Office Of Brecken-
bridge, one Of the present members OF
Congress from Kentucky.
! R. B. HUBBARD.
! Richard B. Hubbard, WHO is nominated
! to be Minister to Japan, is lawyer who
krtc fpfrf rf,vnfI In hna mo ln~ Of hn
Texas Legislature, and has also been
Lieutenant Governor and Governor of
Texas. He was delegate to the Nation
al Democratic Convention at Cincinnati,
! where he was d0ubly eloquent. A speech
/ placing Gen. Hancock in nomination for
| the Presidency brought him into national
notice. He was by acclamatlOn chosen
! by the Texas State Convention delegate
! at-large TO the Chicago Convention last
/ year, and was elected by that convention
! to be its temporary Chairman. He served
! several years as United States District
Attorney in Texas before the war, and is
now engaged in the practice OF his pro-
/ fession. He has been enthusiastically
supported by the Texas Democracy for
suitable recognition ut the hands of the
present administration, and it was their
expectation that he would be appointed
Minister TO Mexico. His age is about 50
years.
C. T. RUSSELL.
Charles r. Russell, the nominee for the
Liverpool Consulship, has his home at
Haddam, Conn, but has spent the greater
part of his time for a number of years in
London as merchant. He is about 80
years OF age, and is described by promi-
nent Connecticut Republicans as a man
Of high character, intelligence and
capacity.
w. w. LANG.
William ". Lang, of Texas, who is to
be made Consul at Hamburg, is VOuched
for by the Texas Senator'S as a man Of
ability, with special qualifications for
this appointment. He has resided in Eu-
rope during the last four years, with head
quarters at Hamburg, as immigration
agent Of the Southwestern Railroad sys-
ten, He has been q member of the
State Senate, and was for years Master
of the Texas State Grange. just before
his departure for Europe he came within
a few votes of receiving the Democratic
nomination equivalent TO election) for
Governor Of Texas,
Il. p. KERNOCHAN.
HIP. Rernochan, the nominee for Naval
Officer Of Customs at New Orleans, IS a
sugar planter Of Plaquemiues parish. He
was formerly a merchant in New Orleans
anu WAS a AOLltuNi hb9 VAiAANA hAA ilAE thg
war. lie received a dangerous wound
while serving as ade-de-camp on the staff
of Gen. (now Senator) Gibson, who has
been his principal backer for this appoint
ment.
j. T. M'GRAw.
J. r. McGraw, who was to-day nomi-
mated TO be Collector Of Internal Revenue
of West Virginia, ia a prominent lawyer
OF Grafton, West Virginia, and was re-
commended for the place by almost the
entire Congressional delegation from mat
state.
A. J. BOYD.
A. j. Boyd, the nominee for Collector Of
Internal Revenue for the Fifth district of
North Carohua, is law partner OF Rep
resentative Reed, OF North Carolina.
The President to-day sent message 10
Che Senate Withdrawing the nomination
OF Lewis Mullen, Of New York, 20 be APP
praiser OF the port OF New York, and sub
stituting therefor the nomination OF
LKwIs MCMULLRN. This was made nec-
essary by a mistake as 10 Mr. McMulleD's
name.
Secretary Bayard wants +. o. Prince,
of Massachusetts, appointed 70 n foreign
mission. IL is supposed that IL will be
that to Austria and Hungary.
Ex-Presideut DGVlE IiangsrousIy III,
BILOXI, MISS, March 3l.--Jeferson
Davis l. worse this morning. His cOndi-
tion is now regarded as serious. For
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