The Nashville Weekly Union

The report that Gov. Brownlow has tendered the appointment of Supreme Judge to Hon. Alvin Hawkins, of Carroll county, is confirmed. Mr. Hawkins is at present United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, a position conferred on him the past year by President Lincoln. He is a lawyer of distinguished attainments, of unimpeachable honor and integrity, and in all respects a worthy citizen. He is one of those who preferred exile to treason; any sacrifice to abandoning his support of the Federal Government, and never faltered in his faith in its success even during the darkest and most unpromising periods of the war. It is understood that he will accept the appointment. His colleagues are Hon. Sam. Milligan, of East Tennessee; and Hon. Russell Houston, of Middle Tennessee.