Charles B. Jordan, of Minnesota, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Forest City, Minnesota, vice George Bradley, whose term of office has expired. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21st, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Stephen H. Alban, of Wisconsin, to be register of the land office at Stevens' Point, Wisconsin, vice Hugh Brawley, removed; and Almanson Eaton, of Wisconsin, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Stevens' Point, Wisconsin, vice Albert G. Ellis, removed. These nominations are substituted to correct an error in the designation of the land district to which the same parties were previously nominated. WASHINGTON, D. C., March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Luke Marvin, of Minnesota, to be register of the land office at Portland, Minnesota, vice Joshua B. Culver, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22d, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Thomas C. McClure, of Minnesota, to be register of the land office at St. Cloud, Minnesota, vice Joel D. Cruttenden, removed; and Stephen Miller, of Minnesota, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at St. Cloud, Minnesota, vice Samuel E. Adams, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22d, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate John Lawrence Boggs to be collector of the customs for the district of Perth Amboy, in the State of New Jersey, in the place of Amos Robins, removed. WASHINGTON, 22d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate George M. Abell to be collector of the customs for the district of Dunkirk, in the State of New York, in the place of Oscar F. Dickinson, whose commission has expired. WASHINGTON, March 22d, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Charles I. Ballard to be collector of the customs for the district of Cuyahoga, in the State of Ohio, in the place of Benjamin Brownell, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate E. B. Mason to be deputy postmaster at La Salle, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, in place of J. H. McFarran, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., 18th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Samuel G. Smith to be deputy postmaster at Peru, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, in place of Erasmus Winslow, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, D. C., 18th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Lucius Fuller to be deputy postmaster at Belvidere, in the county of Boone and State of Illinois, in place of John Galbraith, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., 18th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate James H. Smith to be deputy postmaster at Princeton, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois, in the place of J. M. McConice, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., 18th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Sharon Tyndale to be deputy postmaster at Belleville, in the county of Saint Clair and State of Illinois, in place of J.W. Hughes, resigned. WASHINGTON, D. C., 18th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Hart Montgomery to be deputy postmaster at Pekin, in the county of Tazewell and State of Illinois, in place of H. H. Alexander, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21st, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Joseph L. Braden to be deputy postmaster at Joliet, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, in place of C. Zarley, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, D. C., 18th March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate C. B. King to be deputy postmaster at Ottawa, in the county of La Salle, in the State of Illinois, in place of W. L. Gibson, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Edmund B. Hanna to be deputy postmaster at Morris, in the county of Grundy and State of Illinois, in place of George Fisher, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 18th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate William H. Corwin, of Ohio, to be secretary of the legation of the United States at Mexico, in the place of Charles Le D. Elgee, resigned. WASHINGTON, 22d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM 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 22, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WAR DEPARTMENT, March 22, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named officers for regular promotion in the Army of the United States: PROMOTIONS. Second Regiment of Infantry. Major Hannibal Day to be lieutenant-colonel, February 25, 1861, vice Abercrombie, promoted into the 7th Infantry. Captain William Chapman, of the 5th Infantry, to be major, February 25, 1861, vice Day, promoted. Fourth Regiment of Infantry. Second Lieutenant Charles H. Rundell to be first lieutenant, January 31, 1861, vice Forsythe, deceased. Brevet Second Lieutenant Edward B. D. Riley, of the 6th Infantry, to be second lieutenant, January 31, 1861, vice Rundell, promoted. Fifth Regiment of Infantry. Captain Richard C. Gatlin, of the 7th Infantry, to be major, February 26, 1861, vice Gwynne, deceased. First Lieutenant Joseph Updegraff to be captain, February 25, 1861, vice Chapman, promoted into the 2d Infantry. Second Lieutenant Alfred T. A. Torbert to be first lieutenant, Februauy 25, 1861, vice Updegraff, promoted. Brevet Second Lieutenant Lyman Mishler, of the 7th Infantry, to be second lieutenant, February 25, 1861, vice Torbert, promoted. Seventh Regiment of Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel John J. Abercrombie, of the 2d Infantry, to be First Lieutenant Peter W. L. Plympton to be captain, February 26, 1861, vice Gatlin, promoted into the 5th Infantry. Second Lieutenant Edward J. Brooks to be first lieutenant, February 26, 1861, vice Plympton, promoted. Brevet Second Lieutenant George S. Hollister, of the 1st Infantry, to be second lieutenant, February 26, 1861, vice Brooks, promoted. Eighth Regiment of Infantry. Second Lieutenant John R. Cooke to be first lieutenant, January 28, 1861, vice Cole, resigned. Brevet Second Lieutenant John N. Andrews, of the 4th Infantry, to be second lieutenant, January 28, 1861, vice Cooke, promoted. Ninth Regiment of Infantry. Second Lieutenant Charles A. Reynolds to be first lieutenant, February 20, 1861, vice Carr, resigned. Brevet Second Lieutenant William H. Jordan, of the 2d Infantry, to be second lieutenant, February 20, 1861, vice Reynolds, promoted. Tenth Regiment of Infantry. Brevet Second Lieutenant Robert H. Hall, of the 5th Infantry, to be second lieutenant, January 23, 1861, vice Kearny, promoted. I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, SIMON CAMERON, To the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Heury R. Woodbridge, of Vermont, to be a paymaster in the Navy, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Paymaster Wm. W. J. Kelly. Chief Engineer Benjamin F. Isherwood to be engineer-in-chief of the Navy, from the 26 March, 1861, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Engineer-in-Chief Samuel Archbold. WASHINGTON, D. C., 23 March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate First Assistant Engineer Thomas A. Jackson, United States Navy, to be a chief engineer in the Navy, from the 21st September, 1860, to fill an existing vacancy. WASHINGTON, D. C., 19 March, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate Fielding Johnson to be Indian agent for the Delawares in Kansas, vice Thomas B. Sykes, resigned. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate St. A. D. Balcombe, of the State of Minnesota, to be agent for the Winnebago Indians in said State, vice Charles H. Mix, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, D. C., March —, 1861. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate Allen A. Burton, of Kentucky, to be associate justice of the supreme court for the Territory of Dacotah. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. MARCH 23, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Z. Harlow Morse, of Minnesota, to be register of the land office at Otter Tail City, Minnesota, vice Oscar Taylor, removed, and J. H. Vandyke, of Minnesota, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Otter Tail City, Minnesota, vice William Sawyer, whose term of office has expired. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 21st, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate John W. North to be surveyor-general of the United States for the Territory of Nevada. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 23d, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate George D. Hill, of Michigan, to be surveyor-general of the United States for the Territory of Dacotah. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 23d, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate John Hutchinson, of Kansas, to be secretary of the Territory of Dakota. WASHINGTON, 23d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate William Jayne, of Illinois, to be governor of the Territory of Dakota. WASHINGTON, 23d March, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Orion M. Clemens, of Missouri, to be secretary of the Territory of Nevada. WASHINTON, 23d March, 1861. The messages were read. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Ordered, That the nominations of Almon M. Clapp, Henry Fitzhugh, |
