L. Janes, John Hartwell Butler, Peter C. Hains, Watson Webb, Franklin Harwood, Jacob H. Smyser, Jacob B. Rawles, Erskine Gittings, Lawrence S. Babbitt, Evan Thomas, Emory Upton, George W. Dresser, Henry C. Hasbrouck, Leonard Martin, Alonzo H. Cushing, Charles C. Parsons, Matthew R. Marston, Isaac D. De Russy, Leslie Smith, Sheldon Sturgeon, William H. Sterling, Richard Brindley, John S. Poland, Franklin H. Barroll, William H. Penrose. Joseph A. McCool, Daingerfield Parker, John D. Williams, Jacob F. Kent, Samuel M. Sprole, Julius W. Adams, Simon Snyder, John T. Price, Tillinghast L'Hommedieu, Hamilton S. Hawkins, Robert L. Eastman, Wright Rives, Justin E. Dimick, James P. Drouillard, James P. Parker, At Lee W. Putnam, Edward Ross, John M. Magruder, James M. Brown, William S. Worth, Henry B. Noble, Philip H. Remington, John D. Devin, Charles O. Wood, David W. Biddle, Frederick Mears, Campbell D. Emory, George S. Lanman, William T. Goodwin, George H. Butler, Heyward Cutting, Tilling. hast L'Hommedieu, Sullivan W. Burbank, and on the 26th instaut the nomination of Amos Beckwith, reported. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, on the 16th instant, the nominations of Charles Leib, Louis C. Bailey, and Lewis D. Watkins, reported adversely thereon. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, on the 30th instant, the nomination of Mortimer M. Jackson, reported. On motion by Mr. Chandler, Resolved, That the nomination of Samuel Whiting, of New Jersey, to be consul of the United States, at Nassau, N. P., be returned to the President, with the request that the nomination be corrected as relates to the residence of the nominee. Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the Presi Ident of the United States. The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of E. B. Harrington and William O. Conway; and Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of the said E. B. Harrington and William O. Conway as paymasters in the Navy. The Senate proceeded to cousider the motion submitted by Mr. Ten Eyck, the 27th instant, to reconsider the vote that the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Edward C. Carrington, to be attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia, and agreed thereto. Ordered, That the said nomination be recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Chandler submitted the following motion for consideration : Ordered, That the vote that the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of James Jeffrey to be appraiser of merchandise for the port of Baltimore, be reconsidered. The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Walter D. McIndoe, Gustavus V. Fox, Flamen Ball, Win. T. Rice, E. S. Eggleston, David H. Wheeler, Joseph G. Bowmau, J. L. Lardner, Thomas T. Craveu, Andrew H. Foote, D. D. Porter, John J. Almy, T. A. M. Craven, James H. Strong, J. Madison Frailey, A. S. Baldwin, E. G. Parrott, R. Wainright, Wm. B. Renshaw, L. C. Sartori, Ed. Lauier, F. Stanley, Wm. May, J. F. Armstrong, Win. A. Parker, Wm. Rouckendorf, Wm. E. LeRoy, Maxwell Woodhull, Henry D. Todd, James M. Pritchett, Edward Terry, Francis M. Bunce, Byron Wilsou, Henry B. Seely, Frederick V. McNair, John W. Kelly, Arthur R. Yates, Clark Merchant, Henry W. Miller, Allen V. Reed, John Adams Howell, Charles L. Franklin, Henry L. Howison, George Dewey, Joshua Bishop, George B. White, Henry Martin Blue, Albert Kants, Isaac Coleman, John Ward, Jose Antonio Mansinares, Ramon Luna, and John C. Underwood; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. On motion by Mr. Grimes, Ordered, That the nomination of Clinton C. Hutchinson, of Iowa, to be agent for the Indians of the Sac and Fox Agency, be returned to the President, with the request that the said nomination be corrected as relates to the residence of the nominee. Ordered, That the Secretary lay said resolution before the President of the United States. The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of James C. Sloo; and Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appoint ment of James C. Sloo to be surveyor of the customs for the port of Cairo, in the State of Illinois. The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Morrill on the 27th instant, that the vote of the Senate advising and consenting to the appointment of Scott W. Updike be reconsidered; and It was determined in the negative, On motion by Mr. Trumbull, Yeas Nays 8 27 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Clark, Collamer, Foster, Grimes, Harlan, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Anthony, Bingham, Browning, Carlile, Chandler, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Hale, Harris, Howe, Johnson of Missouri, King, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, McDougal, Morrill, Polk, Pomeroy, Powell, Sherman, Ten Eyck, Thompson, Wilkinson, Wilson. So the Senate refused to reconsider said vote. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1861. The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Hay, his secretary: To the Senate of the United States : I submit herewith, for consideration with a view to ratification, a postal treaty between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, concluded by their respective plenipotentiaries on the 31st ultimo. WASHINGTON, August 1, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the volunteer force in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 31, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of persons for appointment as generals and general staff officers in the volunteer force now in the service of the United States: General officers. Colonel Samuel P. Heintzelman, of the Seventeenth Infantry, to be brigadier-general; May 17, 1861. Colonel Audrew Porter, of the Sixteenth Infantry, to be brigadiergeneral, May 17, 1861. Colonel William B. Franklin, of the Twelfth Infantry, to be brigadiergeneral, May 17, 1861. Colonel Charles P. Stone, of the Fourteenth Infantry, to be brigadiergeneral, May 17, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas W. Sherman, of the Fifth Artillery, to be brigadier-general, May 17, 1861. Joseph Hooker, of California, to be brigadier-general, May 17, 1861. Ulysses S. Grant, of Illinois, to be brigadier-general, May 17, 1861. Frederick W. Lander, of Virginia, to be brigadier-general, May 17, 1861. Edward D. Baker, of Oregon, to be brigadier-general, May, 17, 1861. B. F. Kelly, of Virginia, to be brigadier general, May 17, 1861. John A. McClernand, of Illinois, to be brigadier-general, May 17, 1861. Adjutant-General's Department. Hiram Stevens, of Vermont, to be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of captain. Quartermaster's Department. Richard N. Bachelder, of New Hampshire, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Griffith Owen, of Michigan, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Daniel Stinson, of New York, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Hiram P. Goodrich, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant quartermater with the rank of captain. Nathan Barker, of Missouri, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Gardner S. Blodgett, of Vermont, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Thornton Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. John G. Klinck, of Ohio, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Samuel Henry, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. George J. Stealy, of Virginia, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Charles E. Fuller, of Massachusetts, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. John J. Elweel, of Ohio, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank Edward D. Chapman, of Ohio, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. William W. McKim, of Massachusetts, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Jones A. Eikin, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. John F. Caslow, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Joseph L. Dodds, of Illinois, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Henry H. Boggess, of Indiana, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain. Subsistence Department. Charles B. Penrose, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. John Hall, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. Samuel B. R. Carpenter, of Ohio, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. Grantham J. Taggart, of Delaware, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. Gideon Scull, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. Samuel H. Sturdevant, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. Abijah Keith, of Vermont, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. David Wells, of Connecticut, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. Francis N. Buck, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. William McDougal, of Maryland, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. James K. Scofield, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. John King, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. Nathaniel Marvin, of Ohio, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. Jeremiah C. Tilton, of New Hampshire, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. Robert M. Musser, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. Samuel McKelvy, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. John H. Woodward, of New York, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. Rudolphus Kent, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. William E. Cole, of Maryland, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, To the Senate of the United States: I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Army of the United States, as recommended by the Secretary of War. WASHINGTON, August 1, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WAR DEPARTMENT, August 1, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of persons for appointment as second lieutenants in the Regular Army of the United States, viz: First Regiment of Dragoons. John Andrew Shulze, of Pennsylvania. Second Regiment of Dragoons. E. M. Coats, of Illinois. James W. Duke, of Kentucky First Regiment of Cavalry. Anson O. Doolittle, of Wisconsin. Charles A. Hartwell, of Massachusetts. Second Regiment of Cavalry. Reuben C. Winslow, of Pennsylvania. Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. Elisha W. Tarleton, of Kentucky. William Hawley, of the District of Columbia. Sidney Banks, of Pennsylvania. James R. Kemble, of Pennsylvania. Charles Edward Hay, of Missouri. Frank Stanwood, of Maine. William Archer Dubois, of Illinois. Frederick Van Vliet, of New York. First Regiment of Artillery. Frank E. Taylor, of the District of Columbia. John S. Gibbs, of Maine. Edward S. Appleton, of Maine. Hardman P. Norris, of Pennsylvania. William L. Haskin, at large. John Schuyler Crosby, of New York. Chandler P. Eakin, of Pennsylvania. Joseph P. Sanger, of Michigan. Second Regiment of Artillery. Edward Williston, of Vermont. |