Baird is a man about 35 years of age,
and has been adjutant cf the state of
Georgia and in charge of the public
works. He is a distant relative of Sen
ator Colquitt, and was appointed on the
recommendation of that gentleman and
ex-Senator Gordon, besides the entire
Georgia delegation.
The president sent to the senate the
following nominations: To be. Envoys
Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipo
tentiary of the United States; Thomas
J. Jarvis, of North Carolina, to Brazil;
Alexander K. Lawton, of Georgia, to
Russia, and Anthony M. Kieley, of
Virginia, to Italy. To be Ministers Resi
dents of the United States; Isaac Beil,
Jr., Rhode Island, to the Netherlands;
Rufus Magie, of Indiana, to Sweden and
Norway, and George W. Merrill, of
Nevada, to the Hawaiian Islands. To
be Ministers Resident and Consul Gen
erals of the United States. Edward
Parke Curtis Lewis, New Jersey, to
Portugal, and Rasmus B. Anderson, of
Wisconsin to Denmark. To be Consul
Generals of the United States-—Thomas
M. Waller, f Connecticut, at London;
Frederick Payne, of Maryland, at Ber
lin, and Edmund Juessen, of Illinois,
at Vienna. To bo Consuls of the United
States—A. Haller Gross, of Pennsyl
vania. at Athens, Greece, and Evan P.
Howell, of Georgia, at Manchester, En
gland. Brown, Shipley & Cos., of Lon
don, England, to be special fiscal agents
of the Navy Department. To bo Col
lectors of Internal Revenue—Nathan
Gregg, Tennessee, ami Isham G. Searcy.
Texas, for the Third District of Texas.
Alexander McCune, of New York, to be
Solicitor of tlie Treasury.
The Sharon Divorce.
San Francisco, April 6.—Prior to
Judge Sullivan's decision in ike suit
for divorce and alimony brought by
Mks Hill against ex-Senator Sharon
the latter brought suit iu the U. S.
