Removals, Appointments, &c.
--The
Washington papers contain the following announcements relative to changes in offices there:
E. M. Merchant, of
Va., (
Sec.,)-- ... 600 per annum-- in the Sixth Auditor's Greece, has been removed, and
S. M. Edwards (U.) has been promoted to fill the vacancy thus made.
R. Widdicomb (U.) has been promoted to the $1,400 per annum vacancy caused by
Mr. Edwards' promotion; and Nathaniel Page, (U.,) of
Ill., has been appointed to the $1,200 per annum clerkship made vacant by
Mr. Widdicomb's promotion.
Earnest Luff, (U.,) of
Del., has been appointed to a vacant $1,400 per annum clerkship, and
Cyrus Widus, (U.,) of
Va., to a $1,200 per annum clerkship, both in the same Bureau.
J. W. Twyman, of
Kentucky, a first-class clerk, and
H. C. Loving, a second-class clerk, both of the General Land Office, have been removed.
S. P. Moses, of
Oregon;
W. M. Duncanson, of the District of Columbia;
J. L. Porter, --
Donnelly,
Grafton Powell, of the District of Columbia;
B. T. Swartz, of
Virginia;
E. D. Richardson, of
Maryland:
J. P. Milton, of
Tennessee;
W. M. Ewels, of
Virginia;--
Pickett, of
North Carolina;
L. S. Johnson, of
Virginia, and
J. B. Martin, of
Mississippi, Clerks in the Census Bureau, were removed.
E. E. Guest, of
Maryland;
Elias Yulee, of W. T., and
D. T. Whitaker, of
South Carolina, assistant examiners in the Patent Office, were removed Friday.
T. B. Thurston, of
South Carolina, a second class ($1,400) clerk in the Third Auditor's Office, has resigned.
S. M. Edwards, of
Va., has been promoted to a third-class clerkship in the Sixth Auditor's Office.
R. Widdicomb, of the District of Columbia, has been promoted to a second-class clerkship in the same office.
Nathaniel Page, of
Illinois; Garrett Luff, of
Delaware; and
Cyrus Widus, (charged to, but not from,
Virginia,) have been appointed to first-class clerkships in the Sixth Auditor's Office.
John J. Platt, of
Kentucky, and
John T. Clemens, of
Missouri, have been appointed to second- class clerkships in the Third Auditor's Office.
W. P. McCall, of New York;
S. Caldwell, of
Pennsylvania;
J. V. Offenbacher, of
Ohio;
J. W. Smith, of
Missouri;
S. Davis, of
Ohio;
J. R. Holcombe, of Va.;
A. V. Shenk, of
Pennsylvania, and
H. C. Rouse, of
Ohio, have been appointed to clerkships in the Census Bureau.
