FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 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 the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

WASHINGTON, July 31, 1861.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

WAR DEPARTMENT, July 31, 1861.

SIR: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of appointments in the eleven regiments added to the Regular Army of the United States by the act approved July 29, 1861:

Third Regiment of Cavalry.

Paymaster David Hunter to be colonel, May 14, 1861.

William H. Emory, of Maryland, to be lieutenant-colonel, May 14, 1861.

Brevet Major Daniel H. Rucker, of the Quartermaster's Department, to be major, May 14, 1861.

Edward H. Wright, of New Jersey, to be major, May 14, 1861; age 35; born in New Jersey.

Captain Isaiah N. Moore, of the First Dragoons, to be captain, April 20, 1861.

First Lieutenant August V. Kautz, of the Fourth Infantry, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant Andrew W. Evans, of the Seventh Infantry, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant William S. Abert, of the Fourth Artillery, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant David McM. Gregg, of the First Dragoons, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant Joseph H. Taylor, of the First Cavalry, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

J. Irvin Gregg, of the Volunteers, to be captain, May 14, 1861. John Savage, of Maryland, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 29; boru in New York.

George C. Cram, of New York, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 31; born in New York.

Charles R. Lowell, of Massachusetts, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 26; born in Massachusetts.

Second Lieutenant James S. Brisbin, of the First Dragoons, to be captain.

Hays, of Pennsylvania, to be captain.

First Lieutenant John H. Mizner, of the Second Dragoons, to be first lieutenant, May 9, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Herbert N. Enos, of the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Ira W. Clafflin, of the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Sewell H. Brown, of Pennsylvania, to be first lieutenant, May 14,

Benjamin T. Hutchins, of the Volunteers, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 25; born in New Hampshire.

Hancock T. McLean, of Kentucky, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 23; born in Kentucky.

Tatnall Paulding, at large, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 21; born in New York.

Frederick Dodge, of Nebraska, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 32; born in Indiana.

John B. Johnson, of the Volunteers, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 29; born in Pennsylvania.

James F. Wade, of Ohio, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 18; born in Ohio.

Mark F. Leavenworth, of New York, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 28; born in Vermont.

Henry Tucker, of the Volunteers, to be first lieutenant.

First Sergeant John W. Spangler, of Company H, Second Cavalry, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

First Sergeant Peter McGrath, of Company I, Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

First Sergeant Hugh McQuade, of Company F, Regiment of Mounted Riflemen, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Sergeant Curwin B. McLellan, of Company H, Second Cavalry, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Fifth Regiment of Artillery.

Brevet Colonel Harvey Brown, of the Fourth Artillery, to be colonel, May 14, 1861.

Major Thomas W. Sherman, of the Third Artillery, to be lieutenantcolonel, May 14, 1861.

Brevet Major Thomas Williams, of the Fourth Artillery, to be major, May 14, 1861.

Captain William F. Barry, of the Second Artillery, to be major, May 14, 1861.

Brevet Major Henry J. Hunt, of the Second Artillery, to be major, May 14, 1861.

Captain George W. Getty, of the Fourth Artillery, to be captain, November 4, 1853.

Captain James A. Hardie, of the Third Artillery, to be captain, October 5, 1857.

Captain Truman Seymour, of the First Artillery, to be captain, November 22, 1860.

Captain Charles Griffin, of the Second Artillery, to be captain, April 25, 1861.

Captain Samuel F. Chalfin, of the First Artillery, to be captain, April 27, 1861.

First Lieutenant Romeyn B. Ayres, of the Third Artillery, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant Richard Arnold, of the Third Artillery, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant William R. Terrill, of the Fourth Artillery, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant Stephen H. Weed, of the Fourth Artillery, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant John R. Smead, of the Second Artillery, to be cap

First Lieutenant Henry V. De Hart, of the Third Artillery, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

James McKnight, of the Volunteers, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 40; boru in Pennsylvania.

First Lieutenant Herbert A. Hascall, of the Fourth Artillery, to be first lieutenant, September 27, 1859.

First Lieutenant Edmund C. Bainbridge, of the Fourth Artillery, to be first lieutenant, November 2, 1859.

First Lieutenant Lorenzo Lorain, of the Third Artillery, to be first lieutenant, Jan. 2, 1860.

First Lieutenaut Loomis L. Langdon, of the First Artillery, to be first lieutenant, July 13, 1860.

First Lieutenant George A. Kensel, of the Fourth Artillery, to be first lieutenant, March 1, 1861.

First Lieutenant Henry A. Smalley, of the Second Artillery, to be first lieutenant, April 25, 1861.

First Lieutenant John W. Barriger, of the Second Artillery, to be first lieutenant, May 2, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Francis L. Guenther, of the Fourth Artillery, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Norman J. Hall, of the First Artillery, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Henry A. Du Pont, of the Corps of Engineers, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Henry W. Kingsbury, of the Ordnance Department, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Adelbert Ames, of the Second Artillery, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Emory Upton, of the Fourth Artillery, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Charles E. Hazlett, of the Second Cavalry, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Malbone F. Watson, of the First Cavalry, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Jacob A. Smyser, of the Third Artillery, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Jacob B. Rawles, of the Third Artillery, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Leonard Martin, of the Fourth Artillery, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Eben G. Scott, of the Volunteers, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 24; born in Pennsylvania.

David H. Veech, of Pennsylvania, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 24; born in Pennsylvania.

Thomas Williams, jr., of l'ennsylvania, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 25; born in Pennsylvania.

Charles P. Muhlenberg, of the Volunteers, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861, age 24; born in Pennsylvania.

James W. Piper, of the Volunteers, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 26; born in Pennsylvania.

Valentine H. Stone, of the Volunteers, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 21; born in Kentucky.

Wallace F. Randolph, of the Volunteers, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 21; born in Pennsylvania.

Henry L. Gansevoort, of New York, to be second lieutenant, May 14,

Thomas P. McElrath, of New York, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 24; born in New York.

Henry F. Brewerton, at large, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 22; born in New York.

Benjamin F. Rittenhouse, of New Jersey, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 21; born in Pennsylvania.

David H. Kinzie, of Kansas, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 19; born in Illinois.

John R. Brincklé, of Delaware, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 22; born in Pennsylvania.

Gulian Verplanck Weir, at large, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 23; born in New York.

Howard M. Burnham, of Massachusetts, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 19; born in Massachusetts.

James Gilliss, at large, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861. Lloyd M. Harrison, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 24; born in Virginia.

Edmund D. Spooner, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 18; born in Indiana.

William E. Van Reed, of the Volunteers, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 20; born in Pennsylvania.

Charles C. McConnell, of the Volunteers, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 21; born in Pennsylvania.

Horatio B. Reed, of New York, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 23; born in New York.

Israel Ludlow, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 20; born in Ohio.

Henry L. Taliaferro, of Kentucky, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 29; born in Kentucky.

Charles R. Hickox, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861 age 23; born in Ohio.

Elijah R. Craft, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 20; born in New York.

Henry M. Baldwin, of New Jersey, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 21; born in New Jersey.

Homer H. Baldwin, of Ohio, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1561; age 24; born in Ohio.

William Butler Beck, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 24; boru in Pennsylvania.

George W. Crabb, of Pennsylvania, to be second lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 21; born in Pennsylvania.

Charles H. Carroll, of the District of Columbia, to be second lieuten

ant.

Eleventh Regiment of Infantry.

Major Erasmus D. Keyes, of the First Artillery, to be colonel, May 14, 1861.

Edmund Schriver, of New Yerk, to be lieutenant-colonel, May 14, 1861; age 48; born in Pennsylvania.

Captain Delaney Floyd Jones, of the Fourth Infantry, to be major, May 14, 1861.

Captain Frederick Steele, of the Second Infantry, to be major, May 14, 1861.

Jonathan W. Gordon, of Indiana, to be major, May 14, 1861; age 40. First Lieutenant John S. Mason, of the Third Artillery, to be cap.

First Lieutenant John M. Schofield, of the First Artillery, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant William McE. Dye, of the Eighth Infantry, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant Michael R. Morgan, of the Third Artillery, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant Alfred E. Latimer, of the Second Infantry, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

First Lieutenant Alexander S. Webb, of the Second Artillery, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

Military Storekeeper George Gibson, jr., of the Quartermaster's Department, to be captain, May 14, 1861.

Charles S. Russell, of Indiana, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 30; born in Massachusetts.

John M. Goodhue, of Massachusetts, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 46; born in Massachusetts.

Henry Hambright, of the Volunteers, to be captain, May 14, 1861. Charles C. Pomeroy, of Ohio, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 28; born in Pennsylvania.

Francis M. Čooley, of the Volunteers, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 27; born in New York.

Henry L. Chipman, of Michigan, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 23; born in New York.

William B. Lowe, of Ohio, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 26; born in Ohio.

James M. Cutts, of Illinois, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 23; born in the District of Columbia.

William W. Peck, of Illinois, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 30; born in Canada.

Thomas O. Barri, of the Volunteers, to be captain, May 14, 1861;'age 35; born in Connecticut.

John W. Ames, of Massachusetts, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 27; born in Massachusetts.

James Elder, of the volunteers, to be captain, May 14, 1861; age 41; born in Pennsylvania.

James R. Lawrence, of Pennsylvania, to be captain.

Thomas N. Newman, of Iowa, to be captain.

Henry G. Thomas, of Maine, to be captain.

Caleb R. Layton, of Delaware, to be captain.

William G. Edgerton, of Vermont, to be captain.

Second Lieutenant Henry C. Wood, of the First Infantry, to be first lieutenant. May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant Charles E. Farrand, of the First Infantry, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Second Lieutenant William J. L. Nicodemus, of the Fifth Infantry to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861.

Joshua S. Fletcher, jr., of Pennsylvania, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 22; born in Pennsylvania.

John C. Bates, of Missouri, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; .age 18; born in Missouri.

Charles Leib, of Illinois, to be first lieutenaut, May 14, 1861; age 35; born in Pennsylvania.

Guido M. Leiber, of New York, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age 24; born in South Carolina.

Duncan M. Vance, of Ohio, to be first lieutenant, May 14, 1861; age