To the Senate of the United States: I nominate George A. Cutler, of Kansas, to be agent for the Indians of the Creek Agency, in the place of William Quesenbury, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON CITY, July 18, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I respectfully request that the nomination of Joseph Gilman, a marshal of the United States for the district of New Hampshire, be returned to me. EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 19, 1861 To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Samuel G. Colley, of Colorado Territory, to be agent for the Indians of the Upper Arkansas Agency, in the place of George A. Cutler. WASHINGTON CITY, July 18th, 1861. The messages were read. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Ordered, That the nominations of Charles F. Ruff and others be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Ordered, That the nominations of Charles W. Rand and Christopher C. Hewitt be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered, That the nomination of Robert T. Jones be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered, That the nominations of George A. Cutler and Samuel G. Colley be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered, That the nomination of Joseph Gilman be returned to the President of the United States, agreeably to the request contained in his message of this day. Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, on the 13th inst., the nominations of T. L. Tullock, Eugene L. Norton, Isaac Henderson, James S. Chambers, Wm. Pinkney Ewing, and Richard Chenery, of George Leonard Davies and others, of Thomas Y. Field and others, of Alexander Henderson and Stephen D. Hibbert, of Christopher H. Cleborne and others, of William Lowber and others, and of A. S. Nicholson, John G. Reynolds, John C. Cash, James H. Jones, Edward McD. Reynolds, Clement D. Hebb, Philip H. W. Fontane, Alan Ramsay, Philip R. Fendall, jr., Thomas S. Wilson, John Schermerhorn, and James Lewis, reported. Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the nominations of the following-named persons, to wit, Frank Munroe, Robert W. Huntington, Joseph Fairchild Baker, John A. Burrough, William A. Parker, Robert E. Hitchcock, William H. Hale, and John H. Grimes, who are nominated to be second lieutenants in the Marine Corps, be returned to the President of the United States, with the request that he will renominate them in the order in which they were first promulgated or in the order of their respective ages. Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the Presi dent of the United States. Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred, on the 6th inst., the nomination of Hiram J. King, re Mr. Ten Eyck, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, on the 10th inst., the nominations of J. Waddell, Henry W. Hoffman, Thomas M. Rooney, William B. Thomas, Israel S. Adams, Jarvis H. Bartlett, Christian Metz, jr., Philander M. Crandall, John W. Ingalls, George W. Goff, John Sherry, Lawrence Grinnell, John S. Webber, William Staudly, Enoch G. Currier, Alfred Macy, Thomas Loring, Jeremiah S. Putnam, Thomas Wilkins, Owen B. Chadbourne, Joseph M. Day, Charles Almy, James F. Babcock, Thomas Hornbrook, Enoch T. Carson, James. T. Langdon, Andrew S. Robinson, Leonard Pierce, jr., and Thomas W. Stevens, reported. The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Miguel A. Otero. On the question, will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Miguel A. Otero? It was determined in the negative, On motion by Mr. Polk. Yeas. 14 23 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Browning, Breckinridge, Carlile, Harris, Johnson of Missouri, Johnson of Tennessee, Kennedy, Latham, Nesmith, Polk, Powell, Rice, Saulsbury, Willey. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Chandler, Clark, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foster. Grimes, Hale, Howe, King, Lane of Kansas, Morrill, Pomeroy, Sherman, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot. So it was Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appoint ment of Miguel A. Otero to be secretary of the Territory of New Mexico. The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Francis W. Bartlett, Gilbert E. Porter, George A. Metzger, Henry C. Williams, Milton Barlow, T. S. Tullock, Eugene L. Norton, Isaac Henderson, James S. Chambers, William P. Ewing, Richard Chenery, George Leonard Davis, Cramer Burt, Augustus P. Gilman, Henry H. Pangborn, Washington Irving, Joseph B. Oliphant, Rufus C. Spalding, Cuthbert P. Wallach, Frederick G. Hesse, Alexander Henderson, Stephen D. Hibbert, Christopher H. Cleborne, Job Corwin, Stephen D. Kennedy, John C. Spear, Charles H. Burbank, Henry C. Nelson, John Paul Quinn, Charles H. Pile, Somerset Robinson, William Lowber, P. J. Horwitz, William D. Harrison, Charles Martin, Francis M. Gunnell, James Suddards, S. Allen Engles, Benjamin Vreeland, Edward Shippen, S. F. Coues, Charles F. Fahs, J. S. Dungan, George Peck, J. H. Otis, and Albert Schriver; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations, respectively. SATURDAY, JULY 20, 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 hereby withdraw the nomination of Charles E. Moss, and nominate David H. Wheeler, of Iowa, to be consul of the United States at Genoa, in the place of the said Charles E. Moss. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To the Senate of the United States : I hereby withdraw the nomination of Charles H. Richman, of Michi gan, who was nominated for the office of consul of the United States at Cadiz. WASHINGTON, July, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Andrew B. Jackson, of Wisconsin, to be register of the land office at Menasha, Wisconsin, and John J. McClelland, of Wisconsin, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Menasha, Wisconsin. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 19, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Amos A. Chipman, of Kansas, to be agent for the Indians in the Territory of New Mexico, vice Michael Steck, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: In pursuance of the fourth section of the act of sixteenth January, 1857, entitled "an act to amend an act entitled an act to promote the efficiency of the Navy," providing that reserved officers may be promoted on the reserved list, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, I nominate Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, to be a commander on the reserved list, from the 20th July, 1861, to take rank on the reserved list next after Commander James M. Watson. WASHINGTON, D. C., 20th July, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I transmit to the Senate, for its advice with a view to a formal execution of the instrument, the draft of a treaty informally agreed upon between the United States and the Delaware tribe of Indians, relative to certain lands of that tribe. WASHINGTON, 19th July, 1861. The messages were read. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The treaty between the United States and the Delaware tribe of Indians, relative to certain lands of that tribe, and to certain bonds executed to the United States for the benefit of said tribe was read the first time. On motion by Mr. Doolittle, Ordered, That the said treaty and the message be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. Ordered, That the nomination of David H. Wheeler be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered, That the nominations of Andrew B. Jackson and John J. McClelland be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered, That the nomination of Amos J. Chipman be referred to the Ordered, That the nomination of Stephen Decatur be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom were referred on the 11th inst. the nominations of Scott W. Updike and Charles H. Eldredge, on the 16th inst. the nomination of James C. Luttrell, and on the 17th inst. the nominations of Joseph P. Fessenden and John Armstrong, reported. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, on the 16th inst., the nominations of John A. Clark and Carroll R. Peck, reported. The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Hiram J. King, Leonard Pierce, jr., Thomas W. Stephens, Daniel J. Waddell, Henry W. Hoffman, Thomas M. Rodney, William B. Thomas, Israel S. Adams, James H. Bartlett, Christian Metz, jr., Philander M. Crandall, John W. Ingails, George W. Goff, John Sherry, John S. Webber, Lawrence Grinnell, Wm. Standly, Enoch G. Currier, Alfred Macy, Thomas Loring, Thomas Wilkins, Jeremiah S. Putnam, Owen B. Chadbourne, Joseph M. Day, Charles Almy, James F. Babcock, Thomas Hornbrook, Enoch T. Carson, James J. Langdon, Andrew L. Robinson, Charles H. Eldridge, Thomas Y. Field, Charles Heywood, J. Howard Rathbone, Lucius L. Dawson, George Butler, John M. Browne, A. S. Nicholson, John G. Reynolds, John C. Cash, James H. Jones, Edward McD. Reynolds, James Lewis, Clement D. Hebb, Philip H. W. Fontané, Alan Ramsay, Philip R. Fendall, jr., Thomas S. Wilson, John Schermerhorn, James C. Luttrell, Joseph P. Fessenden, and John Armstrong; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. MONDAY, JULY 22, 1861. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred. on the 13th inst., the nominations of Hiram Willey, James Harlan, Edward C. Carrington, Asa S. Jones, Jónas J. Clark, William H. Sharp, Wm. E. Gleason, George F. Talbot, John Taylor Burris Flamen Ball, George A. Coffey, John M. Fleming, Wingate Hayes, Robert B. Carnahan, George Howe, Edward G. Bradford, Richard H. Dana, jr., John B. D. Coggswell, John J. McGilvia, Kimball H. Dimmick, Thos. Jeff'n Boynton, E. Delafield Smith, Lawrence Weldon, James E. Wyche, Ethelbert P. Oliphant, Wm. F. Lockwood, Sydney H. Hubbell, Joseph L. Williams, Charles Gibson, Joseph Casey, Thomas H. Fisher, David A. Rawlings, Ward H. Lamon, David L. Phillips, Henry D. Barrows, Darius C. Jackson, James C. Clapp, Charles Clark, James C. Aiken, Robert Murray, Alexander H. Sneed, Albert Sanford, David H. Carr, Phineas W. Hitchcock, James O. Sitton, Earl Bill, John S. Keyes, William Rabé, Washington Bonifant, Wm. Milward, Alexander Murdock; and C. C. P. Baldwin, reported. Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred, on the 10th inst., the nomination of Charles N. Riotte, reported. Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, on the 6th inst., the nominations of Edward B. Taylor, Royal Buck, Richard C. Vaughn, Richard F. Barrett, and George F. Walton, rẻported. Mr. Harland, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, on the 20th inst., the nominations of Andrew B. Jackson and The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Scott W. Updike; and On motion by Mr. Harris, Ordered, That it lie on the table. The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Hiram Willey, James Harlan, Asa S. Jones, Jonas J. Clark, William H. Sharp, William E. Gleason, George F. Talbot, John Taylor Burris, George A. Coffey, John M. Fleming, Wingate Hayes, Robert B. Carnahan, George Howe, Edward G. Bradford, Richard H. Dana, jr., John B. D. Coggswell, John J. McGilva, Kimball H. Dimmick, Thos. Jeff'n Boynton, E. Delafield Smith, Lawrence Weldon, James E.Wyche, Ethelbert P. Oliphant, Sydney H. Hubbell, Joseph L. Williams, Charles Gibson, Joseph Casey, Thomas H. Fisher, David A. Rawlings, David L. Phillips, Henry Ď. Barrows, Darius C. Jackson, James C. Clapp, Charles Clark, James C. Aiken, Robert Murray, Alexander H. Sneed, Albert Sandford, David H. Carr, Phineas W. Hitchcock, James O. Sitton, Earl Bill, John S. Keyes, William Rabé, Washington Bonifant, William Milward, Alexander Murdock, C. C. P. Baldwin, Charles N. Riotte, Edward B. Taylor. Royal Buck, Richard C. Vaughn, Richard F. Barrett, George F. Walton, Andrew B. Jackson, John J. McClelland, John A. Clark, and Carroll R. Peck; and 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. Hay, his secretary: To the Senate of the United States: Congress having enacted a law relative to the ports of delivery on the Mississippi River and branches, thereby obviating the necessity for filling the office of collector of the customs for the district of New Orleans, I withdraw the nomination of William D. Gallagher to said office. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, July 20th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I respectfully request that the nomination of Benjamin Thompson to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Bayfield, Wisconsin, be returned to me. JULY 22D, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Alsop Whittlesey, of Wisconsin, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Bayfield, Wisconsin, in place of Benjamin Thompson, of Wisconsin, whose nomination is withdrawn. WASHINGTON, D. C., July 22, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate James H. Homes, of New Mexico, to be secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, in place of Miguel A. Otero, rejected by the Senate. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. |