To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Franklin Spalding, to be collector of the customs for the district of Niagara, in the State of New York, in the place of George P. Eddy, removed. WASHINGTON, March 21st, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate John T. Edgar, of Tennessee, to be consul of the United States at St. Thomas, in the place of Robert P. Waring, recalled. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, March 21st, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate James M. Burgess to be deputy postmaster at Janesville, in the county of Rock and State of Wisconsin, in place of Ezra Miller, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Archibald W. Campbell to be deputy postmaster at Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of Virginia, in place of Hugh F. Feeny, removed. WASHINGTON, 21st March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate L. Beecher Todd to be deputy postmaster at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky, in place of Jesse Woodruff, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., 21st March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Francis H. Moody, of Arkansas, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Little Rock, Arkansas, vice Peter T. Crutchfield, deceased. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21st, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAMAM LINCOLN. I nominate the officers named in the accompanying list for regular promotion in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War. WASHINGTON, March 21, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WAR DEPARTMENT, March 21, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of officers for regular promotion in the Army of the United States: PROMOTIONS. First Regiment of Cavalry. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert E. Lee, of the Second Cavalry, to be colonel, March 16, 1861, vice Sumner, appointed brigadier-general. Captain Thomas J. Wood to be major, March 16, 1861, vice Sedgwick, promoted into the Second Cavalry. First Lieutenant Frank Wheaton to be captain, March 1, 1861, vice De Saussure, resigned. Second Lieutenant Edward Ingraham to be first lieutenant, February 27, 1861, vice Stockton, resigned. Second Lieutenant Eli Long to be first lieutenant, March 1, 1861, vice Wheaton, promoted. Second Regiment of Cavalry. Major John Sedgwick, of the First Cavalry, to be lieutenant-colonel, March 16, 1861, vice Lee, promoted into the First Cavalry. I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, To the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. The messages were read. Secretary of War. Ordered, That the nominations of William S. Pennington, William L. Dayton, jun., and Charles L. Wilson be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered, That the nominations of Lucius C. Walker, Thomas J. Galbraith, Luther E. Webb, and John A. Burbank be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered, That the nomination of John Hanna be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered, That the nominations of Franklin Spaulding and Jonn T. Edgar be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered, That the nominations of James M. Burgess, Archibald W. Campbell, and L. Beecher Todd be referred to the Committee on Post. Offices and Post-Roads. Ordered, That the nomination of Francis H. Moody be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered, That the nominations of Robert E. Lee and others for promotion in the Army be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. On motion by Mr. Chandler, Ordered, That the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the further consideration of the nomination of Thomas J. Dryer, and that it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 20th inst., the nominations of James O. Putnam, Freeman H. Morse, and James H. Anderson, reported. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred, the 20th inst., the nominations of David G. Rose, W. H. F. Gurley, George A. Nourse, Alexander C. Sands, Herbert N. Hoxie, and Cornelius F. Buck, reported. On motion by Mr. Trumbull, The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Cornelius F. Buck; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Cornelius F. Buck, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred, the 12th inst., the nomination of Elisha O. Crosby, and the 20th inst. the nominations of Rufus King, Anson Burlingame, and Bradford R. Wood, reported. Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, the 19th inst., the nomination of William A. Gaines, Sidney F. Van Bonnhoist, and John Lockwood, and the 20th inst. the nominations of John J. Cochran, George F. H. Stephens, Warren W. Huntington, Henry H. Fry, Edward C. David, and James F. Abrahams, reported. On motion by Mr. Collamer, The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of John Lockwood; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of John Lockwood, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Wade, from the committee, to whom was referred the 20th inst., the nomination of James W. Nye, reported. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, the 18th inst., the nomination of George L. Hartsuff, reported. The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Elias W. Leavenworth, Calvin Huson, Charles W. Davis, Charles Howe, David M. Chapin, Benjamin O. Farrar, Samuel Long, William H. Cartter, and Thomas J. Salter; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. On motion by Mr. Clingman that the Senate reconsider the vote of the Senate this day advising and consenting to the appointment of Charles Howe, It was determined in the affirmative. On the question, Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Charles Howe? It was determined in the affirmative, On motion by Mr. Grimes, Yeas.. 30 7 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, Douglas, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harris, Howe, Johnson, King, Lane, Latham, Morrill, Nesmith, Rice, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot, Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Breckinridge, Bright, Clingman, Mitchel, Nicholson, Polk, Powell. So it was Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Charles Howe, agreeably to the nomination. FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1861. Mr. Douglas presented the memorial of Winfield Scott and other officers of the Army, relative to the mode of issuing commissions to the graduates of the Military Academy at West Point; which was read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. 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 William L. Stoughton, of Michigan, to be attorney of the United States for the district embracing that State, in place of Joseph Miller, jr., removed. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Benjamin F. Hall, of New York, to be chief justice of the supreme court for the Territory of Colorado. MARCH 21, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate S. Newton Pettis, of Pennsylvania, to be associate justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Colorado. MARCH 21, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Charles Lee Armour, of Maryland, to be associate justice of the supreme court for the Territory of Colorado. MARCH 21, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Copeland Townsend, of Colorado Territory, to be marshal of the United States for that Territory. MARCH 22, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Charles Dickey, of Michigan, to be marshal of the United States for the district embracing that State, in place of John S. Bagg, removed. MARCH 21, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate William Gilpin, of the Territory of Colorado, to be governor of said Territory. WASHINGTON, 21st March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Lewis L. Weld, of the Territory of Colorado, to be secretary of said Territory. WASHINGTON, 21st March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Morgan Bates, of Michigan, to be register of the land office at Traverse City, Michigan, vice Jacob Barns, removed; and Reuben Goodrich, of Michigan, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Traverse City, Michigan, vice Oscar A. Stevens, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21st, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Edward Lefavour, of Michigan, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Detroit, Michigan, J. Gustavus Peterson, of Michigan, to be register of the land office at Detroit, Michigan, vice Charles F. Heyerman, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21st, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate Samuel W. Brown to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Vancouver, Washington Territory. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22d, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate John C. Dexter, of Michigan, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Ionia, Michigan, vice Henry J. Wilson, removed; and Stephen F. Page, of Michigan, to be register of the land office at Ionia, Michigan, vice John C. Blanchard, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22nd, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Francis M. Case, of Ohio, to be surveyor-general of the United States for the Territory of Colorado. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22d, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate John F. Driggs, of Michigan, to be register of the land office at East Saginaw, Michigan, vice Moses B. Hess, removed; and Charles K. Robinson, of Michigan, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at East Saginaw, Michigan, vice William L. P. Little, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21st, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Joshua R. Giddings, of Ohio, to be consul general of the United States for the British North American provinces, in the place of Wyman B. S. Moor, recalled. WASHINGTON, 22d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Mark H. Dunnell, of Maine, to be consul of the United States at Vera Cruz, in the place of John T. Pickett, resigned. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, 22d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John Britton, of New York, to be consul of the United States at Southampton, in the place of William Thomson, recalled. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. |
