To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John S. Keyes, of Massachusetts (heretofore appointed in recess of the Senate, April 12th, 1861), to be marshal of the United States for the district embracing the State of Massachusetts, in place of Watson Freeman, removed. WASHINGTON, July 9, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate William Rabé, of California (heretofore appointed in recess of the Senate, April 7, 1861), to be marshal of the United States for the northern district of California, in place of Perrin L. Solomon, removed. WASHINGTON, July 9, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Washington Bonifant, of Maryland (heretofore appointed in recess of the Senate, April 15, 1861), to be marshal of the United States for the district embracing the State of Maryland, in place of John W. Watkins, removed. WASHINGTON, July 9, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Joseph Gilman, of New Hampshire (heretofore appointed in recess of the Senate, April 16, 1861), to be marshal of the United States for the district embracing the State of New Hampshire, in place of S. W. Dearborn, removed. WASHINGTON, July 9, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate William Millward, of Pennsylvania (heretofore appointed in recess of the Senate, April 20, 1861), to be marshal of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, in place of Jacob S. Yost, removed. WASHINGTON, July 9, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Alexander Murdock, of Pennsylvania (heretofore appointed in recess of the Senate, April 12, 1861), to be marshal of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania, in place of James G. Campbell, removed. WASHINGTON, July 9, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate C. C. P. Baldwin, of Vermont, heretofore appointed in recess of the Senate, April 12, 1861, to be marshal of the United States for the district embracing the State of Vermont, in place Lewis F. Partridge, removed. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate First Lieutenant A. S. Nicholson to be adjutant and inspector of the Marine Corps, with the rank of major, from the 6th of May, 1861, vice Major H. B. Tyler, dismissed. Captain John G. Reynolds to be a major in the Marine Corps, from the 30th May, 1861, vice Major B. Macomber, deceased. First Lieutenant John C. Cash to be captain in the Marine Corps, from the 7th May, 1861, vice Captain G. H. Terrett, dismissed. First Lieutenant James H. Jones to be a captain in the Marine Corps, from the 7th May, 1861, vice Captain A. S. Taylor, dismissed. First Lieutenant Edward McD. Reynolds to be a captain in the Marine Corps, from the 24th May, 1861, vice Captain Jabez C. Rich, dismissed. Second Lieutenant James Lewis to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 6th May, 1861, vice First Lieutenant A. S. Nicholson, promoted. Second Lieutenant Clement D. Hebb to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 7th May, 1861, vice First Lieutenant J. E. Meiere, dismissed. Second Lieutenant Philip H. W. Fontané to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 7th May, 1861, vice First Lieutenant J. C. Cash, promoted. Second Lieutenant Alan Ramsay to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 7th May, 1861, vice First Lieutenant J. A. Jones, promoted. Second Lieutenant Philip R. Fendall, jr., to be a first lieutenant în the Marine Corps, from the 18th May, 1861, vice First Lieutenant Israel Greene, dismissed. Second Lieutenant Thomas S. Wilson to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 24th May, 1861, vice First Lieutenant Adam N. Baker, dismissed. Second Lieutenant J. Schermerhorn to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 24th May, 1861, vice First Lieutenant E. McD. Reynolds, promoted. Frank Munroe to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 5th June, 1861, vice Second Lieutenant James Lewis, promoted. Robert W. Huntington to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 5th June, 1861, vice Second Lieutenant C. D. Hebb, promoted. Joseph Fairchild Baker to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 5th June, 1861, vice Second Lieutenant George P. Turner, promoted, but since dismissed. John A. Burrough to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 5th June, 1861, vice Second Lieutenant P. H. W. Fontané, promoted. William A. Parker to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 5th June, 1861, vice Second Lieutenant Alan Ramsay, promoted. Robert E. Hitchcock to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 5th June, 1861, vice Second Lieutenant P. R. Fendall, jr., promoted. William H. Hale to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 5th June, 1861, vice Second Lieutenant T. S. Wilson, promoted. John H. Grimes to be second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 5th June, 1861, vice Second Lieutenant John Schermerhorn, promoted. All said persons having been appointed during the last recess of the Senate. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The messages were read. Ordered, That the nominations of Hiram Willey, James Harlan, Edward C. Carrington, Asa S. Jones, Jonas J. Clark, Wm. H. Sharp, Wm. E. Gleason, George F. Talbot, John T. Burris, Flamen Ball, George A. Coffey, John M. Fleming, Wingate Hays, Robert B. Carnahan, George Howe, Edward G. Bradford, Richard H. Dana, jr., John B. D. Coggswell, John J. McGilvra, Kimball H. Dimmick, Thomas J. Boynton, E. Delafield Smith, Lawrence Weldon, James E. Wycke, Ethelbert P. Oliphant, William F. Lockwood, Sydney H. Hubbell, Joseph L. Williams, Charles Gibson, John D. McPherson, Joseph Carey, Thomas H. Fisher, David A. Rawlings, Ward H. Lamon, David S. Phillips, Henry D. 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. Litton, Earl Bill, John S. Keyes, William Rabé, Washington Bonifant, Joseph Gilman, William Millward, Alexander Murdock, and C. C. P. Baldwin, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered, That the nominations of George L. 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 Carbin, Stephen D. Kennedy, John C. Spear, Charles H. Burbank, Henry C. Nelson, John Paul Quinn, Charles H. Pile, Somerset Robinson, T. L. Tullock, Eugene L. Norton, Isaac Henderson, James S. Chambers, William P. Ewing, Richard Chenery, Samuel P. Brown, Oscar Bullus, Thomas Y. Field, Charles Heywood, J. Howard Rathbone, Lucius L. Dawson, George Butler, John M. Browne, 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 be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Ordered, That the nominations of Peyton Parks and Willis Holland be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered, That the nominations of John S. Hollingshead, Asa Gladman, John P. Hilton, Edgar H. Bates, Sayles J. Bowen, James L. Carberry, William A. King, Thomas Carberry, Nicholas Callan, Henry Reaver, William R. Stratton, Thomas Donoho, David Hessburn, and James A. Kennedy be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Ordered, That the nominations of George A. Cutler, Ezia Baker, and William H. Barnhart be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered, That the nomination of George Hogg be referred to the Committee on Commerce. The additional articles to the general convention of friendship, commerce, and navigation, concluded at Washington on the twenty-sixth day of April, 1826, between the United States of America and His Majesty the King of Denmark, were read the first time. On motion by Mr. Sumner, Ordered, That the said additional articles and the message be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred, the 10th inst., the nominations of Elisha Whittlesey, Hobert Berrien, Green Adams, Ezra Lincoln, James Pollock, Lewis R. Broomall, Robert J. Stevens, David W. Cheesemau, Walter S. Denio, Conrad MONDAY, JULY 15, 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 Rufus F. Andrews to be surveyor of the customs for the district of New York, in the State of New York, in the place of Emanuel B. Hart, removed. WASHINGTON, July 13, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate S. Ferguson Beach to be surveyor of the customs for the district of Alexandria, in the State of Virginia, in the place of S. King Shay, removed. WASHINGTON, July 12, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate George W. Edwards to be deputy postmaster at Mt. Pleasant, in the county of Henry and State of Iowa, in place of P. C. Tiffany, removed. WASHINGTON, July 15, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Jasper R. Rand to be deputy postmaster at Westfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, in place of Isaac M. Weston, removed. WASHINGTON, July 15, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Alney B. Maxwell to be deputy postmaster at Dansville, in the county of Livingston and State of New York, in place of John C. Vanderlip, removed. WASHINGTON, July 15, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I respectfully request the Senate to return to me the nomination of Charles E. Moss, of Iowa, as consul to Genoa. JULY 13, 1861. The messages were readi. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Ordered, That the nominations of Rufus F. Andrews and S. Ferguson Beach be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered, That the nominations of George W. Edwards, Jasper R. Rand, and Olney B. Maxwell be referred to the Committee on PostOffices and Post-Roads. Ordered, That the nomination of Charles E. Moss be returned to the President of the United States, agreeably to the request contained in Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred, on the 10th inst., the nominations of James Watson Webb, Thomas H. Nelson, Christopher Robinson, Anson Burlingame, Allen A. Burton, Henry T. Blow, Edward Joy, Morris, Charles A. Washburne, Green Clay, and Horatio J. Perry, reported. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred, on the 6th inst., the nomination of Joseph H. Barret, reported. Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, on the 10th inst., the nominations of Samuel R. Fox and Amos G. Henry, reported. Mr. Wilkinson, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, on the 13th inst., the nomination of Willis Holland, reported. The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Wm. A. Starkweather, William T. Matlock, John Kelly, George E. Briggs, B. J. Pengra, Edward Browning, William Boaz, Abner T. Ellis, John H. Welch, Henry W. Holley, Frank A. Renz, Roswell H. Pendergast, Charles A. Gilman, Andrew J. Snyder, James Compton, Henry W. Briggs, George W. Gerrish, George B. Tingley, Royal H. Waller, George Webster, G. C. Havens, Antonio Mario Pico, Lewis_Sperry, John M. Eddy, William H. Pratt, Asahel Low, Ira H. Smith, James C. Burnett, Charles W. Adams, Franklin G. Adams, Robert McBratney, Samuel D. Houston, Mark W. Delahay, George W. Boardman, John S. McFarland, Homer F.Fellows, William B. Farmer, James Lindsay, James Rowe, Joab Houghton, John Greiner, Arthur A. Denny, Joseph Cushman, Joseph M. Fletcher, Elisha Whittlesey, Hobart Berrien, Green Adam, Ezra Lincoln, James Pollock, Lewis R. Broomall, Robert J. Stevens, David W. Cheeseman, Conrad Wiegand, William Schmolz, Frank Fuller, James J. St. Clair, Henry K. Sanger, Stewart Goodell, John G. Weeks, Frank Steel, Dexter C. Bloomer, Charles B. Richards, Charles Pomroy, Win. H. Bigelow, James P. Edie, William Cuddy, and Edward F. Beale; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Grimes presented the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and adopted: Resolved, That the President of the United States be respectfully requested to communicate to the Senate at the same time he communi cates nominations of military offices, the age, place of birth, and actual place of residence of each appointee. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 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 James C. Luttrell to be deputy postmaster at Knoxville, in the county of Knox and State of Tennessee, in place of C. W. Charlton, resigned. WASHINGTON, July —, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate John A. Clark, of Illinois, to be surveyor-general of the United States for the Territory of New Mexico. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. |
