Dorr, William F. Evans, and Robert Atchison be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Ordered, That the nominations of Philemon Bliss, L. P. Williston, Harvey M. Vail, W. F. Shaffer, and Allen A. Burton be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered, That the nominations of William H. Waterman, Benjamin W. Reynolds, Dana E. King, Charles B. Jordan, John W. North, George D. Hill, Thomas C. McClure, and Stephen Miller be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered, That the nominations of John Lawrence Boggs, George M. Abell, and Charles I. Ballard be referred to the Committee on Com merce. Lu Ordered, That the nominations of E. B. Mason, Samuel G. Smith, cius Fuller, James H. Smith, Sharon Tyndale, Hart Montgomery, Joseph L. Braden, C. B. King, and Edmund B. Hanna be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads. Ordered, That the nomination of William H. Corwin be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered, That the nominations of Hannibal Day and others for regular promotion in the Army be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Ordered. That the nominations of Henry R. Woodbridge, Benjamin F. Isherwood, and Thomas A. Jackson be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Ordered, That the nominations of Fielding Johnson and W. A. D. Balcombe be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered, That the nominations of John Hutchinson, William Jayne, and Orion M. Clemens be referred to the Committee on Territories. On motion by Mr. Johnson, The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of William D. McNish; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of William D. McNish, agreeably to the nomination. On motion by Mr. Wilkinson, The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nominations of Granville M. Stickney, Lucius R. Stannard, John Kern, Luke Marvin, Z. Harlow Morse, and J. H. Vandyke; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. On motion by Mr. Harlan, The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nominations of Stephen H. Alban and Almanson Eaton; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, the 13th inst., the nominations of McLane Tilton and John H. Higbee, reported. Mr. Wade, from the Committee on Territories, to whom were referred, the 22d inst., the nominations of William Gilpin and Lewis C. Weld, reported. Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 22d inst., the nominations of Joshua R. Giddings, Mark H. Dunnell, and John Britton, reported. Mr. Bingham, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, the 22d inst., the nominations of Morgan Bates, Edward Le favour, Samuel W. Brown, John C. Dexter, Stephen F. Page, Francis M. Case, John F. Driggs, and Charles K. Robinson, reported. Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, the 22nd inst., the nominations of Don C. Buckland and Thomas M. Campbell, reported. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred, the 22d inst., the nominations of William L. Stoughton, Benjamin F. Hall, S. Newton Pettis, and Charles Dickey, reported. Mr. Doolittle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred, the 21st inst., the nomination of John A. Burbank, and the 22d inst. the nomination of De Witt C. Leach, reported. Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred, the 16th inst., the nomination of David Holloway, reported. On motion by Mr. Baker that the Senate reconsider the vote of the Senate of the 22d inst. on the resolution advising and consenting to the appointment of Elisha O. Crosby, Ordered, That the further consideration of the said motion be postponed to to-morrow. On motion by Mr. Fessenden, Ordered, That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to request the President of the United States to return to the Senate the resolution of the 22d inst. advising and consenting to the appointment of Elisha O. Crosby to be minister resident of the United States to Guatemala. The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Ephraim E. Ellsworth, Henry Hambright, William O. Williams, John P. Baker, Charles Tomkins, Samuel S. Eder, Charles T. Peirce, Andrew Sheridan, Bobert E. Lee, Thomas J. Wood, Frank Wheaton, Edward Ingraham, Eli Long, John Sedgwick, Alexander Campbell, Sidney Luce, George Kyler, Charles B. Lines, William L. Dayton, jun., Charles L. Wilson, Franklin Spaulding, John T. Edgar, John Hanna, James M. Burgess, Archibald W. Campbell, L. Beecher Todd, Lucius C. Walker, Thomas J. Galbraith, Luther E. Webb, and James L. McDowell; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of William S. Pennington; and After debate, On motion by Mr. Hale, Ordered, That the further consideration of the said nomination be postponed to Monday next. MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1861. The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Nicolay, his secretary: To the Senate of the United States: I nominate George W. Van Horn, of Iowa, to be consul of the United States at Marseilles, in the place of Alexander Derbes, resigned. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, 25th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate James Lesley, jr., of Pennsylvania, to be consul of the United States at Lyons, to fill a vacancy. WASHINGTON, 23d March, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Robert W. Shufeldt, of New York, to be consul-general of the United States at Havana, in the place of Charles J. Helm, resigned. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, 23d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate William H. Carpenter, of New York, to be consul of the United States at Foo-Choo, to fill a vacancy. WASHINGTON, 23d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate John D. Arnold, of Illinois, to be consul of the United States at Odessa, to fill a vacancy. WASHINGTON, 23d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Neil McLachlan, of Indiana, to be consul of the United States at Leith, in the place of James McDowell, recalled. WASHINGTON, 25th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Willie P. Mangum, jr., of North Carolina, to be consul of the United States at Ningpo, to fill a vacancy. WASHINGTON, 23d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate T. Bigelow Lawrence, of Massachusetts, to be consul general of the United States at Florence, in the place of E. J. Mallett, recalled. WASHINGTON, 23d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Mark Howard, of Connecticut, to be consul of the United States at Messina, in the place of C. H. Morgan, resigned. WASHINGTON, 23d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Richard C. Parsons, of Ohio, to be consul of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, in the place of Robert G. Scott, jr., resigned. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, 23d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate William H. Fry, of New York, to be secretary of the legation of the United States at Turin. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To the Senate of the United States: In accordance with a resolution of the Senate, dated March 23d, 1861, I herewith return the Senate resolution of the 22d inst., advising and consenting to the appointment of Elisha O. Crosby, of New York, to be minister resident of the United States at Guatemala, to fill a vacancy. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, 25th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate the following persons for appointment as justices of the peace for the county of Washington, District of Columbia, viz: W. A. King, Grafton Powell, Daniel Rowland, Nicholas Callan, I. N. Fearson, Terence Drury, Alfred Ray, Thaddeus Sturgis, John S. Hollingshead, Samuel Drury, Henry Haw, Edgar H. Bates, Thomas Carbery. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. MARCH 20, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Silas H. Hodges, of Vermont, George H. Harding, of Pennsylvania, and Thomas C. Theaker, of Ohio, to be examiners-in-chief in the United States Patent Office. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate William D. Washburne, of Minnesoto, to be surveyorgeneral of the United States for the district of Minnesota, vice Charles L. Emerson, removed. WASHINGTON, March 25th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Abner Tibbetts, of Minnesota, to be register of the land office at St. Peter, Minnesota, vice Samuel Plumer, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 25th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate James R. Hood to be deputy postmaster at Chattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, in place of H. T. Philip, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., 14th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Joseph G. Swift to be deputy postmaster at Geneva, county of Ontario and State of New York, vice S. H. Parker, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, 25th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate Isaac Fuller to be deputy postmaster at Seneca Falls, county of Seneca and State of New York, vice J. T. Miller, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Jacob Jussen to be deputy postmaster at Watertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ohio, in place of Peter Rogan, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., 21st March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate John Tapley to be deputy postmaster at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, in place of Nehemiah H. Joy, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., 18th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Charles C. Jennings to be deputy postmaster at Easton, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, in place of Wm. H. Nutter, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., 13th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate George Sandoe to be deputy postmaster at Abingdon, county of Washington and State of Virginia, vice Henry W. Baker, resigned. WASHINGTON, 25th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate William Clapp to be collector of the customs for the district of Vermont, in the State of Vermont, in the place of Charles Linsley, whose commission has expired. WASHINGTON, March 25th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Hiram Barney to be collector of the customs for the district of New York, in the State of New York, in the place of Augustus Schell, removed. WASHINGTON, March 25th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Lucius C. Chittenden, of Vermont, to be Register of the Treasury, in the place of Fiuley Bigger, removed. WASHINGTON, March 25th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate George Turner, of Ohio, to be chief justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Nevada. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. |