The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-27
CONFIRMED.
A Big Days WORK bone by the Sem
ate in Executive Session.

A Big Days WORK Done by the Sem
ate in Executive Session.
The United States Senate on the 18th con-
irmed the following nominations:
Diplomatic Service-Jabez L. NJ. Curry. Of
Richmond, to be minister to Spain; George
V. n. Lathrop, of Michigan, to be minister
to Russia; Charles l.. Scott, Of Alabama, to
be minister resident and consul-general to
Venezuela; Frederick H. Winston, of ILL
nois, to..be minister resident and consul-gener-
al to Persia; Pierce NJ. B. Young, Of Geor-
gia. to be consul-general at st. Peters
burg; NJ. H. Phelan, of Missouri, to be con-
snl-general at Halifax: John B. Stalo, of
Ohio, to be minister to Italy; Joseph L. Nor
gan. of South Carolina, to be secretary of
legation at Mexico; John E. Bacon, of South
Carolina, to he charge d'affairS at Paraguay
and Uruguay; Augustus Jay, of New York.
Moses A. Hopkins, of North Carolina, to be
minister resident and consul-general to
Liberia; John E. W. Thompson, of
New York, to be minister res
ident and conSul-general to Hayti; Charles
Denov, of Indiana, to be minister to China:
Charles DENLY, Jr., of Indiana, to be second
secretary of legation to China; William w.
Rockhill of Maryland, to be secretary of le-
cation at Pekin; William A Seay, of Louisi-
d.
eral to Bolivia; James +. Lee, of Maryland,
to be secretary of legation to Austria-Hun-
gary: Walker Fearin, of Louisiana, to be
minister resident and consulgeneral to Rou-
mania, Servia, and Greece.
Department Ofhcials-Robert A. Howard,
of Arkansas to be assistant attorney-general:
Francis Wharton, of Pennsylvania, to be ex-
aminer Of claims, department OF state Rich
ard Mcmahon, of West Virginia, to be deputy
second comptroller of the treasury; James Q.
Chenowith, of Texas, to be first auditor of
the treasury; VIM B. Webb, to be commits
soner of the District of Columbia; VIM. b.
Welch, of Maryland to be deputy third au-
ditor of the treasury.
Pension Agents-Franz Sigel, at New
York: Don Carlos Buell., at Louisville; Chas.
A. Zollinger, at Indianapolis.
Collectors of Internal Revenue-Wm. A.
Beach. Twenty-first district of New York;
Alexander Troup, district of Connecticut
United States Attorneys-Geo. n. Baxter,
district of Minnesota; William G. Perry, dis
trict of Kansas.
United States Marshals---Martin T. Nc
Mahon for the Southern district of NewYork,
Albert A. Wilson for the District of Colum-
bia, John W. Nelms for the Northern district
of Georgia.
chief Of the bureau of navigation, and cap
tain Montgomery Sicard to be chief of the
bureau of ordinance of the navy, with the
relative rank of commodore: CommodoreS
Stephen B. Luce and John Lee Davis to be
rear admirals; Captains George E. Belknap,
David B. Harmony, Andrew E. K.
Benham, to be commodores; Com
manders Albert Kautz, Alfred I.
Mahan, and George c. Remey, to be cap
tains; Lieutenant-C Commanders Benjamin ?.
Lamberton, John Schouler, Francis w.
Dickins, George F. F. Wilde and Charles II.
Davis. to be commanders; Lieutenants Will
liam w. Reisinger, John G. Rich, William
F. Burwell, John J. Hunker and Franklin
Hanford, to be lieutenant-commanders:.
A large number of postmasters, Indian
arepts registers of land offices and receivers
of public money were also confirmed
Among the postmasters confirmed were
these: John Foran, Lambertville, n. j.; Mary
E. Simonson, East Orange, N. j., and VIII
liam H. Miller, Meriden, Conn.