Senator Ransom Gets The Plum

Washington, 1vi. t.5. - The prosidenc oominatod Hou. .Mate M Rünsotn, senator troni Nörth Carolina, íor ministerio Mexico to succeod Dhe late Hun. Isaac P, Uray. The nomination w;is reoelvod by the senate, and few uomínations huvo been roceived with greater favor. Ransom ís a oíd timo member of tlie séllate and personally popular with all lts iiiembers. Au executtve session ws held and the nomination promplly confirrned. Hansoin has been a member of the senate continuously for the past twent.ythree years, leing first chosei) iu 1872. Uuring the war he lillcd ín succession the grades of lioutenent colonel, colonel, brigadier general and major general in the rebol army. Senator Kansoni is 69 years of igo, bttt is well preserved and (Loes not show his age. He is a man of polished mauuers and of niuch tact, and his colleagues unite in the opinión tliat he will luaki' au ide'il diplomat.