An Illinois Appointment

Daniel Evans, Esq., a lawyer of ability at La Salle, Ill., and well known throughout that State has been appointed by the present Administration, Consul to [Bilbao] in Spain. As a political man Mr. Evans ranks with the friends of the late Mr. Douglas; consequently, although a Democrat, his affiliations are not with that wing whose patriotism is questionable. He is also known to many of our citizens, having married an accomplished lady (Miss Ryder) of this place a few years ago. We learn that it is his intention to leave for Spain about the first of March. In his new field of operations we wish him all the pleasure which the position is susceptible of affording, and a complete restoration of health, which of late has been seriously impaired.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, April 14, 1862, p. 2