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Appointments, &c.

--The following nominations have been confirmed by the Senate:

‘ Charles B. Throckmorton, of Maryland, to be a Second Lieutenant 4th Artillery, United States Army.

’ Wm. C. Butler to be Collector of Customs in Camden district, North Carolina, vice Stark, resigned.

Christopher Gore Ripley, of Minnesota, Secretary of Legation to Brussels.

James M. Edmonds, of Michigan, Commissioner of General Land Office.

Jacob Haldeman, of Pennsylvania, Minister Resident at Stockholm, vice B. B. Angell, of New York, recalled.

The Alexandria Gazette says that some Virginians remonstrates to the Postmaster General against the appointment of G. A. Hall to the special mail agency for Virginia and Maryland. Mr. Hall stands high in character and moral worth, but it is alleged that his anti-slavery sentiments are too strong for Southern latitude.

It is expected that the following nominations will be made:

Anson Burlingame, of Massachusetts, Minister to Austria.

Carl Schurz, Minister, to Brazil.

Henry Winter Davis, of Maryland, Minister to Austria.--Washington States.

The Daily Dispatch: March 21, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. March 21, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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