After debate, On motion by Mr. Powell that the said nomination lie on the table, It was determined in the negative, On motion by Mr. Clingman, Yeas Nays. 14 22 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Bingham, Clark, Clingman, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Harlan, Harris, Latham, Polk, Powell, Sherman, Trumbull, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bright, Chandler, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Foot, Howe, King, Lane, Mitchel, Morrill, Nesmith, Nicholson, Rice, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot. After further debate, On the motion, Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Aaron Goodrich? Yeas. It was determined in the affirmative, {ays On motion by Mr. Grimes, 27 9 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Breckinridge, Bright, Chandler, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Douglas, Foot, Howe, King, Lane, Latham, Mitchel, Morrill, Nesmith, Nicholson, Polk, Rice, Simmons, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bingham, Clark, Clingman, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Harlan, Powell, Sherman. So it was Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Aaron Goodrich, agreeably to the nomination. On motion by Mr. Clingman that the injunctions of secrecy be removed from the proceedings of the Senate on the nomination of Aaron Goodrich, It was determined in the negative. The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of David P. Holloway; and On motion by Mr. Wilson, Ordered, That the further consideration of said nomination be postponed to-morrow. On motion by Mr. Collamer, Ordered, That when the Senate adjourns it be to 11 o'clock a. m. to morrow. On motion by Mr. Wilson, The Senate adjourned. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1861. Mr. Doolittle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 26th inst., the nomination of Clark W. Thompson, reported. Mr. Wade, from the Committee on Territories, to whom was referred, the 26th inst., the nomination of Alvin Saunders, reported. Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred, the 26th inst., the nominations of Frederick Hassaurek Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 26th inst., the nominations of Robert Wood, jun., Joseph A. Dalton, and William H. Valliaut, reported. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred, the 26th inst., the nominations of Thomas J. Gardner, John M. Carmack, Theodore D. Edwards, Blackston McDannel, Judson Crane, and William A. Dart, reported. Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, the 26th inst., the nominations of George W. Bargner, James A. Walter, George A. Hoffman, Victor King, Tolman W. Hall, Noyes L. Avery, Alexander McDonald, George Reynole, Seth Lewis, Waldo M. Potter, Rolfe S. Saunders, Clark E. Carr, Charles A. Harrington, Reubea Quimby, George Dawson, John M. Stockton, John L. Kenworthy, and George Walbridge, reported. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, the 26th inst., the nominations of Kennard Garrard and others for promotion and appointment in the Army, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Clark W. Thompson, Alvin Saunders, Robert Wood, jr., Joseph A. Dalton, William H. Valliant, Thomas J. Gardner, John M. Carmack, Theodore D. Edwards, John L. Hopkins, Benjamin B. Bunker, Blackston McDannel, Judson Crane, William A. Dart, George W. Bargner, James A. Walter, George A. Hoffman, Victor King, Tolman W. Hall, Noyes L. Avery, Alexander McDonald, George Reynale, Seth Lewis, Waldo M. Potter, Rolfe S. Saunders, Clark E. Carr, Charles A. Harrington, Reuben Quimby, George Dawson, John M. Stockton, John L. Kenworthy, George Walbridge, Kenner Garrard, Charles W. Phifer, James E. Harrison, Sullivan W. Burbank, David S. Stanley, George D. Bayard, Lunsford L. Lomax, Charles A. Allegood, and Clarence Mauk, agreeably to their nominations respectively. The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Henry H. Fry; and On the question, Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Henry H. Fry? Yeas... It was determined in the affirmative, Nays On motion by Mr. Powell, 21 15 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Harlan, Harris, Howe, King, Lane, Simmons, Trumbull, Wilkinson, Wilmot. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Breckinridge, Bright, Clingman, Douglas, Hale, Johnson, Mitchell, Morrill, Nesmith, Nicholson, Polk, Powell, Rice, Ten Eyck, Wade. So it was Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Henry H. Fry, agreeably to the nomination. On motion by Mr. Powell that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the proceedings of the Senate on the nomination of Henry H. Fry It was determined in the negative. The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of David P. Holloway; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of David P. Holloway, agreeably to the nomination. The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Augustus H. Seward, Isaac Benson, Napoleon B. McLoughlin, Gibson Hunt, Thomas H. McCormick, William McLean, Almon M. Clapp, Henry Fitzhugh, Joseph M. Sterrett, William F. Pope, David S. Linegar, William M. Dorr, William F. Evans, Robert Atchison, Philemon Bliss, L. P. Williston, Harvey M. Vail, W. F. Shaffer, William H. Waterman, Dana E. King, Charles B. Jordan, Thomas C. McClure, Stephen Miller, John Lawrence Boggs, George M. Abell, Charles T. Ballard, E. B. Mason, Samuel G. Smith, Lucius Fuller, James H. Smith, Sharon Tyndale, Hart Montgomery, Joseph L. Braden, C. B. King, Edmund B. Hanna, William H. Corwin, Hannibal Day, William Chapman, Charles H. Rundell, Edward B. S. Riley, Richard C. Gatlin, Joseph Updegraff, Alfred F. A. Torbert, Lyman Mishler, John J. Abercrombie, Peter W. L. Plympton, Edward J.Brooks, George S. Hollister, John R. Cooke, John N. Andrews, Charles A. Reynolds, William H. Jordan, Robert H. Hall, W. A. D. Balcombe, Allen A. Burton, John W. North, George D. Hill, William Jayne, and Orion M. Clemens; aud 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 nominations of Charles Lee Armour, Copeland Townsend, George W. Van Horn, James Lesley, jr., Robert W. Shufeldt, William H. Carpenter, John D. Arnold, Neil McLachlan, Willie P. Mangum, jr., T. Bigelow Lawrence, Mark Howard, Richard C. Parsons, William H. Fry, William D. Washburne, Abner Tibbetts, James R. Hood, Joseph G. Swift, Isaac Fuller, John Tapley, Charles C. Jennings, George Sardoe, William Clapp, Horace Barney, George Turner, Horatio Jones, Gordon N. Mott, David Bayles, Sam Milligan, and William Pitt Kellogg; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. On motion by Mr. King that the Senate reconsider the vote of the Senate this day advising and consenting to the appointment of Joseph G. Swift, Ordered, That the further consideration of said motion be postponed to to-morrow. Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, the 23d inst., the nominations of Henry R. Woodbridge, Benjamin F. Isherwood, and Thomas A. Jackson, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom were referred, the 25th inst., the nominations of Silas H. Hodges, George H. Harding, and Thomas C. Theaker, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Doolittle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 23d inst., the nomination of Fielding Johnson, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Fielding Johnson, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred, the 26th inst., the nominations of Frederick Hassaurek and David R. Cartter, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. 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 Anthony Q. Keasbey, of New Jersey, to be attorney of the United States for the district embracing that State, in place of G. S. Cannon, removed. MARCH 26, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Benajah Deacon, of New Jersey, to be marshal of the United States for the district embracing that State, in place of George H. Melden, removed. MARCH 26, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Julius White to be collector of the customs for the district of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, in the place of Bolton F. Strother, removed. WASHINGTON, March 27th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Isaac H. Thomas to be collector of the customs for the district of Frenchman's Bay, in the State of Maine, in the place of Thomas D. Jones, removed. WASHINGTON, March 27th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Joseph M. Livermore to be surveyor of the customs for the port of Eastport, in the State of Maine, in the place of James Nichols, removed. WASHINGTON, March 27th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate John B. Henion to be surveyor of the customs for the port of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, in the place of Edward Spottswood, whose commission has expired. WASHINGTON, March 26th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Washington Long to be collector of the customs for the district of Passamaquoddy, in the State of Maine, in the place of Robert Burns, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Joseph Lemay to be collector of the customs for the district of Minnesota, in the State of Minnesota, in place of James McFetridge, whose commission has expired. WASHINGTON, March 26th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Edwin Palmer to be collector of the customs for the district of Milwaukee, in the State of Wisconsin, in the place of George W. Clason, removed. WASHINGTON, March 27, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for regular promotion in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War. WASHINGTON, March 26, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WAR DEPARTMENT, March 26, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of regular promotions in the Army of the United States. Third Regiment of Infantry. Brevet Second Lieutenant George W. Vanderbilt, of the Ninth Infantry, to be second lieutenant, February 28, 1861, vice Holt, resigned. Eighth Regiment of Infantry. Second Lieutenant Edward L. Hartz to be first lieutenant, February 28, 1861, vice Jones, resigned. Brevet Second Lieutenant James M. Warner, of the Tenth Infantry, to be second lieutenant, February 28, 1861, vice Hartz, promoted. I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. To the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate John A. Wilcox, of the District of Columbia, for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War. WASHINGTON, March 26, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WAR DEPARTMENT, March 26, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the name of John A. Wilcox, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieutenant in the First Regiment of Cavalry, vice Lomax, promoted. I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, |