FRIDAY, JULY 26, 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 First Lieutenant Amos Beckwith, of the First Regiment of Artillery, for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War. WASHINGTON, July 26, 1861. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WAR DEPARTMENT, July 26, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to propose for your approbation (as a substitute for the nomination of July 13, 1861, so far as relates to Captain Amos Beckwith) the name of First Lieutenant Amos Beckwith, of the First Artillery, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of cap. tain, May 10, 1861, vice Waggaman, resigned. I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, To the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. To the Senate of the United States: Secretary of War. I nominate Joseph G. Bowman, of Indiana, to be consul of the United States at Matanzas, in place of R. P. L. Baber, declined. WASHINGTON, July 26, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate John J. Jackson, of Virginia, to be district judge of the district court of the United States for the western district of Virginia, in the place of John W. Brockenbrough, resigned. WASHINGTON, July 26, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate David L. Collier, of Nebraska Territory, to be attorney of the United States for the said Territory, in the place of R. A. Howard, removed. WASHINGTON, July 26, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate John C. Underwood, of Virginia, to be Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, in the place of Bartholomew Fuller, resigned. WASHINGTON, July 25th, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate Commander Samuel Lockwood to be captain in the Navy, from the 24th April, 1861, vice Captain Isaac Sterrett, resigned. Commander J. L. Lardner to be a captain in the Navy, from the 19th Commander Thomas T. Craven to be a captain in the Navy, from the 7th of June, 1861, vice Captain G. N. Hollins, dismissed. Commander Andrew H. Foote to be a captain in the Navy, from the 29th of June, 1861, vice Captain Wm. M. Armstrong, deceased. Lieutenant Wm. H. Ball to be a commander in the Navy, from the 22d of April, 1861, vice Commander Wm. McBlair, dismissed. Lieutenant D. D. Porter to be a commander in the Navy, from the 22d of April, 1861, vice Commander C. F. McIntosh, dismissed. Lieutenant John J. Almy to be a commander in the Navy, from the 24th of April, 1861, vice Commander S. S. Lee, dismissed. Lieutenant T. A. M. Craven to be a commander in the Navy, from the 24th of April, 1861, vice Commander R. D. Thorburn, resigned. Lieutenant James H. Strong to be a commander in the Navy, from the 24th of April, 1861, vice Commander C. H. McBlain, resigned. Lieutenant J. Madison Frailey to be a commander in the Navy, from the 24th of April, 1861, vice Commander T. J. Page, dismissed. Lieutenant A. S. Baldwin to be a commander in the Navy, from the 24th of April, 1861, vice Commander George Minor, resigned. Lieutenant T. M. Brasher to be a commander in the Navy, from the 24th of April, 1861, vice Commander Samuel Lockwood, promoted. Lieutenant E. G. Parrott to be a commander in the Navy, from the 24th of April, 1861, vice Commander R. F. Pinkney, resigned. Lieutenant R. Wainwright to be a commander in the Navy, from the 24th of April, 1861, vice Commander T. T. Hunter, dismissed. Lieutenant Wm. B. Renshaw to be a commander in the Navy, from the 26th of April, 1861, vice Commander F. Chatard, resigned. Lieutenant L. C. Sartori to be a commander in the Navy, from the 27th of April, 1861, vice Commander M. F. Maury, dismissed. Lieutenant Ed. Lanier to be a commander in the Navy, from the 29th of April, 1861, vice Commander W. W. Hunt, resigned. Lieutenant F. Stanly to be a commander in the Navy, from the 19th of May, 1861, vice commander J. L. Gardner, promoted. Lieutenant Wm. May to be a commander in the Navy, from the 6th of June, 1861, vice Commander C. H. A. H. Kennedy, dismissed. Lieutenant J. F. Armstrong to be a commander in the Navy, from the 8th of June, 1861, vice Commander Thomas T. Craven, promoted. Lieutenant Wm. A. Parker to be a commander in the Navy, from the 28th of June, 1861, vice Commander J. H. Ward, deceased. Lieutenant Wm. Ronckendorff to be a commander in the Navy, from the 29th of Juue, 1861, vice Commander A. H. Foote, promoted. Lieutenant Wm. E. Le Roy to be a commander in the Navy, from the 1st of July, 1861, vice Commander Wm. E. Hunt, deceased. Lieutenant Maxwell Woodhull to be a commander in the Navy, from the 1st of July, 1861, vice Commander J. K. Mitchell, dismissed. Edward A. Selden to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 24th of March, 1861, vice Lieutenant Samuel Edwards, deceased. Henry D. Todd to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 3rd of April, 1861, rice Lieutenant J. H. Berryman, deceased. James M. Pritchett to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 3rd of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant Robert R. Carter, resigned. Edward Terry to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 3rd of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant John T. Wood, dismissed. Charles J. Graves to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 8th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant C. M. Fauntleroy, dismissed. Francis M. Bunce to be a lieutenaut in the Navy, from the 11th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant James A. Johntson, resigned. Byron Wilson to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 16th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant Reginald Fairfax, resigned. Henry B. Seely to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 17th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant Geo. T. Sinclair, dismissed. Frederick V. McNair to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 18th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant R. L. Tighlman, resigned. John W. Kelly to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 18th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant G. W. Harrison, resigned. Arthur R. Yates to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 18th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant Washington Gwathwey, dismissed. Clark Merchant to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 18th of April, 1861, Lieutenant Cap. R. Jones, resigned. Henry W. Miller to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 18th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant Wm. A. Webb, resigned. Allen V. Reed to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 18th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant James H. Rochell, dismissed. John Adams Howell to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 18th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant Wm. Sharp, dismissed. Charles L. Franklin to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 18th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant Wm. L. Bradford, resigned. Henry L. Howison to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 19th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant C. F. M. Spotswood, dismissed. George Dewey to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 19th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant C. B. Poindexter, dismissed. Joshua Bishop to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 19th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant Wm. B. Fitzgerald, resigned. George B. White to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 19th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant John S. Maury, dismissed. Henry Martin Blue to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 20th of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant John W. Bennett, dismissed. Albert Kantz to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 21st of April, 1861, vice Lieutenant Wm. S. Maury, resigned. WASHINGTON, July 25, 1861. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I nominate E. B. Harrington, of Kentucky, to be a paymaster in the Navy, from the 25th July, 1861, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the dismissal of Paymaster Thomas K. Ware. William O. Conway, of Kansas, to be a paymaster in the Navy, from the 10th of August, 1861, to fill the vacancy which will be occasioned by the dismissal of Paymaster F. Senac, which takes effect on that day. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, July 25, 1861. The messages were read. Ordered, That the nomination of Amos Beckwith be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Ordered, That the nomination of Joseph G. Bowman be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered, That the nominations of John J. Jackson and David L. Collier be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered, That the nomination of John C. Underwood be referred to the Committee on Finance. Ordered, That the nominations of Samuel Lockwood and others be Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, on the 10th instant, the nominations of Edward Prentis, Franklin A. Palmer, Origen Utley, Silas C. Booth, Seth W. Macy, Charles Anthony, William H. S. Bayley, Joseph B. Upham, Truman Harmon, Roland Fisher, Erastus Foote, Seth K. Devereux, William B. Smith, Davis Tillson, Jedediah Jewett, L. H. Foote, Andrew Stephan, John Youngs, Andrew Jamieson, Judson Mitchel, Ira P. Rankin, John T. Porter, S. W. Sperry, Seth W. Swain, Joshua Sloane, Oscar Macy, Victor Smith, William Tichnor, Edwin P. Drew, William L. Adams, Samuel N. Wood, John Vinson, James C. Sloo, Richard J. Howard, N. O. Archer, Charles B. Cotton, William C. Mumford, A. C. Tenison, William L. Marshall, Charles W. Batchelor, E. Reed Myer, Sylvester Birdsell, Henry C. Wilson, Alexander P. Ankeny, Samuel B. Brinkerhoff, John T. McLean, John Stannus, John H. Yager, Lysander R. Webb, Henry B. Beckwith, James A. Greene, Massadore T. Bennett, Asa B. Waite, Martin L. Salisbury, Nathan Mason, Charles J. Talbot, Reuben Daniels, and Giles Blague, reported. Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, on the 23d instant, the nominations of John S. Simonson, Charles F. Ruff, Benjamin S. Roberts, Thomas Duncan, Gordon Granger, Alfred Gibbs, William B. Lane, George W. Howland, Christopher H. McNally, Edward Treacy, John V. D. Dubois, William W. Averell, Mathis W. Henry, Leroy S. Elbert, George O. Watts, and Andrew J. Alexander, reported. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, on the 22d instant, the nominations of Alsop Whittlesey and Michael Field, on the 23d instant that of John R. Blaine, and on the 25th instant that of Martin Buell, reported. The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of John S. Simonson, Charles F. Ruff, Benjamin S. Roberts, Thomas Duncan, Gordon Granger, Alfred Gibbs, William B. Lane, George W. Howland, Christopher H. McNally, Edward Treacy, John V. D. Dubois, William W. Averell, Mathis W. Henry, LeRoy S. Elbert, George. Watts, Andrew J. Alexander, Asa Gladman, John P. Hilton, Edgar H. Bates, Sayles J. Bowen, Thomas Carbery, Nicholas Callan, Henry Reaver, Wm. R. Straiton, Thomas Donho, David Hepburn, James A. Kennedy, Albert G. Murray, John H. Selkreg, Robert C. Naramore, Asa O. Colby, Dan'l F. Pickering, Henry W. De Puy, Amos J. Chipman, Samuel G. Colley, Geo. A. Cutler, Charles W. Rand, Christopher C. Hewett, John D. McPherson, Felix Van Reuth, A. M. Hancock, Edward Leavenworth, Richard L. Robertson, Clarendon Davisson, Alexander R. McKee, Timothy C. Smith, Charles S. Bernays, John D. Arnold, Henry W. Lord, George E. Wiss, Hugh Smith, Francis W. Rice, Edward Trowbridge, William Porter, John P. Hatterscheidt, William F. Nast, William H. Russell, John E. Newport, James Churchman, Charles J. Sundell, Robert M. Walsh, Arthur B. Bradford, A. W. Crawford, John C. Underwood, George True, R. P. L. Baber, A. L. Wolff, John A. Little, Richard Hildreth, Stephen Brooks, Jesse Peck, George T. Marshall, Chas. H. Hildreth, Leo Kirchner, E. E. D. Skinner, Henry Storer, Charles, A. Phelps, Francis S. Corkran, Edwd. Wallace, George Denison, George J. S. Colby, Thomas B. Rust, Willard B. Farwell, Jonathan Dearborn, Jabez M. Fisher, Samuel J. Bridge, John F. Meredith, Oliver B. Dorrance, James F. Wagner, Joseph M. Cowell, B. Rush Plumly, John M. Zane, Benjamin W. Mudge, Nathan Sargent, George Hogg, Peter W. Martin, Robert P. Jones, Stephen Decatur, Oscar Bullus, Jame H. Holmes, Joseph B. Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Ward H. Lamon. On the question, Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Ward H. Lamon? Yeas It was determined in the affirmative, Nays. ... 21 15 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chandler, Cowan, Foot, Harlan, Harris, Johnson of Missouri, Kennedy, King, Lane of Indiana, Latham, Morrill, Pearce, Polk, Powell, Saulsbury, Sherman, Simmons, Trumbull, Willey. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs Clark, Collamer, Dixon, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Pomeroy, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot, Wilson. So it was Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Ward H, Lamon, agreeably to the nomination. The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Scott W. Updike; and On the question, Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Scott W. Updike? Yeas.... It was determined in the affirmative, Nays On motion by Mr. Wade, 20 19 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chandler, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Foot, Harris, Howe, Kennedy, King, Lane of Indiana, McDougal, Morrill, Pearce, Pomeroy, Powell, Sherman, Wilkinson, Willey. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bingham, Clark, Collamer, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Johnson of Missouri, Latham, Polk, Saulsbury, Simmons, Sum ner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilmot, Wilson. So it was Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Scott W. Úpdike, agreeably to the nomination. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 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 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 second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 3rd 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 |
