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WASHINGTON, March 20 The .rsssss.'
has sent the following nominations Il
senate Consul general. Thos NJ Wa.
Of Connecticut to London Frederick Raige.
Of Maryland, to Berlin. To be ministers resi-.
dent, Isaac Bell, jr. of Rhode Island, &c tho
Netherlands; Rufus Magee, OF Indiana 10
Sweden and Norway. Ministers resident and
consuls generals, Edward Parke Gusts Lewis
Of New Jersey, to Portugal; RasDus An
derson, of Wisconsin, TO Denmark. Consul
A Halter Crosse, of Pennsylvania TO Athens
Alexander Mcclure Of New York, to be solic-
tor Of the treasury David Lettle, OF Mort
iCaroina, to be marshal of the United States
for the western district of North Carolina
Postmasters: Myron Fl. Peck, jr, Babarin,
N. Y; Andrew ID. Morgan, lion, NJ Y.
Capt. VIM. J. Volkman fifth cavalry, to be
major and assistant adjutant-general. Capt
Geo II. Burban twenty-iirst infantry, TO be
major and inspector general Joseph E.
Johnson, Virginia, to be commissioner of
| railroads. Lewis Mullen, New York, APP
| praiser in the distrist OF New York. VIM.
Caldwell, Ohio, surveyor of customs, at the
| port of Cincinnati. Clement Dowd, ~ c.,
collector of internal revenue, sixtieth dis
trict of North Carolina. John Henderson,
Indiana, collector of internal revenue of the
eleventh district of Indiana. Brown, Ship
ley & Co, London, England, to be special
fiscal agents of the navy department.
To be ENJOYS extraordinary and ministers
plenipotentiary. Thos. j. Jarvis, of North
Carolina, to Brazil; Alexander r. Lawbon,
of Georgia, to Russia; Anthony NJ. Kelly, of
Virginia, TO Italy.
Ministers resident, George W. Morrill,, of
Nevada, to the Hawaiian islands.
Consul general Edmund Jessen, of Hin
OILS, to Vienna, Consul, Evan p Howell, of
Georgia, to Manchester, England.
Collectors of internal revenue: Nathan
Gregg, Tennessee, second district of Tonnes
see; Isham G. Searcy, Texas third district
of Texas
Postmasters Earastus +. Babcock, Elmi-
| IA, N. Y. Michael j. Doughorty Galesburg,
ILL.,; WILDER r, Horn, Idaho Springs, Col. !;
Palemon Wiley, Central City, Col. .Ansel
Watrous, Fort Worth, Col.
| In the trial of ex-President Fish, of the
| Marine bank, it was shown that some of
Fish's profits from the firm of Grant e. Ward
| in 1888 were: January, $4,000; February,
| $4,000; April, S21 900; May, S31 900; June,
$4,000; July, $4,000; August, $4,000
WASHINGTON, April The president
sent the senate the following nominations:
ENJOYS extraordinary and ministers pleni-
pOIeRtlaTy, WIN. II. hODertS, new IOrk, 10
Chill; Chas. w. Buck, Kentucky, to Peru
United States consul, Chas. T. Russell, of
Connecticut, to Liverpool.
Norman j. Colman, of Missouri, to be COM
missioner Of agriculture.
John I. McGraw, of West Virginia, to
be collector of internal revenue for the dis
| trict of West Virginia,
Henry P. Kernochan, of Louisiana, to be
| naval officer at New Orleans
Andrew J. Boyd, of North Carolina, col
lector of internal revenue for the Fifth dis
trict of North Carolina.
Henry g. Pearson, postmaster Of New
| York city.
Richard B. Hubbard, Texas, to be envoy
| extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
| to Japan.
William W. Lang, of Texas, United States
| consul to Ha nburg.
| WASHINGTON, April THE president has
sent the following nominations to the senate:
| A. Leo Knott, of Maryland, to be second
assistant postmaster general.
| Postmasters: Henry L. Kenyon, North
field, Vt John A. Showalner, Latrobe, Pa. !;
john Il. Raynesford, Montrose, Pa. Macon
| r onner. Washington, N G..