To the Senate of the United States: I nominate William P. Harrison, of Missouri, to be register of the land office at Palmyra, Missouri, vice Lloyd P. Halleck, removed; and Joseph P. Ament, of Missouri, to be receiver of public moneys at Palmyra, Missouri, vice Robert H. Griffith, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 24, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate William W. Gift, of California, to be register of the land office at Benicia, California, and Charles Loring, of California, to be receiver of public moneys at the same place. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 24, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate West H. Humphries to be judge of the district court of the United States for the eastern, middle, and western districts of Tennessee, in the place of Morgan W. Brown, deceased. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I hereby nominate Elihu H. Strong to be deputy postmaster at Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, in place of Samuel H. Alden, present incumbent. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, March - 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I hereby nominate James Dick to be deputy postmaster at Vincennes, county of Knox and State of Indiana, in place of Lewis C. Watson, present incumbent. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, March 24, 1853. The messages were read. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Ordered, That the nomination of John Slidell be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered, That the nominations of Francis W. Brinley, Alexander Toll, Myer Jacobs, and Joseph Siera be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered, That the nominations of Henry Fulbright, William P. Harrison, Joseph P. Ament, William W. Gift, and Charles Loring be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered, That the nomination of West H. Humphreys be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered, That the nominations of Elihu H. Strong and James Dick be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. On motion by Mr. Borland that the Senate adjourn, It was determined in the negative. On motion by Mr. Seward that when the Senate adjourn it be to Saturday next, The number of Senators voting was not sufficient to constitute a quorum. On motion by Mr. Bright that the Senate adjourn, It was determined in the negative. On motion by Mr. Chase that when the Senate adjourn it be to Sat urday next, The number of Senators voting was not sufficient to constitute a quorum. On motion by Mr. Mason that the Senate adjourn, It was determined in the negative. On motion by Mr. Bright that when the Senate adjourn it be to Saturday next, The number of Senators voting was not sufficient to constitute a quorum. On motion by Mr. Bright, Ordered, That the President pro tempore direct the Sergeant-at-Arms to request the attendance of absent Senators. On motion by Mr. Weller that the Senate adjourn, It was determined in the negative. On motion by Mr. Pettit that when the Senate adjourn it be to Monday next, A question was made by Mr. Mason whether the motion was in order; and The President pro tempore decided that the motion was in order. The question being put, Is the decision of the Chair correct? It was determined in the affirmative. On motion by Mr. Hunter that the Senate adjourn, It was determined in the negative. The question recurring on agreeing to the motion made by Mr. Pettit that when the Senate adjourn it be to Monday next, It was determined in the negative. On motion by Mr. Badger that the Senate adjourn, Yeas.. It was determined in the affirmative, Nays On motion by Mr. Badger, 14 12 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Badger, Borland, Bright, Butler, Evans, Everett, Hunter, Mallory, Mason, Phelps, Shields, Smith, Thompson of Kentucky, Weller. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Atchison, Bayard, Chase, Cooper, Dodge of Iowa, Fish, Jones of Iowa, Pettit, Seward, Stuart, Sumner, Toucey. So the Senate adjourned. FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1853. Mr. Adams submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to appoint a reading secretary, whose duty it shall be to attend in the Senate and assist the Secretary, and to do such duties, when the Senate is not in session, as the Secretary may require; and he shall receive per annum, out of the contingent fund of the Senate, the same salary as the chief clerk of the Senate. On motion by Mr. Seward that the Senate adjourn, Yeas.. It was determined in the affirmative, Nays.. 13 14 13 On motion by Mr. Adams, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Atchison, Benjamin, Butler, Cooper, Evans, Hamlin, James, Norris, Pettit, Seward, Smith, Sumner, Toucey, Wright. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Adams, Atherton, Dodge of Wisconsin, Everett, Fitzpatrick, Gwin, Hunter, Mason, Phelps, Stuart, Thompson of Kentucky, Walker, Weller. Whereupon The Senate adjourned. SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1853. The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Badger the 17th instant, respecting the establishment of a naval depot at Beaufort, North Carolina; and The resolution was agreed to. The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Jones, of Iowa, the 7th instant, in relation to the repairing and fitting up of rooms in the basement of the Capitol; and The resolution was agreed to. Mr. Cooper presented a letter from the honorable John P. Kennedy, late Secretary of the Navy, explanatory of the testimony given by him before a committee of the Senate in reference to certain moneys collected by Purser Welch from the officers and crews of the United States ships of war Vincennes and Vandalia; which was read. The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Walker the 21st instant, to authorize the appointment of a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs to take testimony during the recess in relation to frauds alleged to have been committed by Alexander Ramsey, late Indian agent, and others; and, On motion by r. Mallory, Ordered, That the resolution lie on the table. On motion by Mr. Sebastian, Ordered, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the subject of frauds alleged to have been committed by Alexander Ramsey, late superintendent of Indian affairs in California, and others, in the disbursement of money appropriated for the Sioux or Dacotah Indians. Mr. Seward submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested, if compatible with the public interest, to communicate to the Senate the correspondence between the honorable R. C. Schenck, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States in Brazil, and the Secretary of State. The resolution submitted yesterday by Mr. Adams, providing for the appointment of a "reading secretary" to the Senate, was read. On motion by Mr. Mason, Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until Monday next. The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Gwin the 17th instant, to authorize the purchase of Ringgold's maps and charts of the coast of California; and, On motion by Mr. Mason, Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until Monday next. The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Webster, his secretary: To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John I. Martin, of South Carolina, to be secretary of the legation of the United States to Peru. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Jacob R. Snyder to be treasurer of the branch mint of the United States in California. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate W. B. Dameron to be a naval officer for the district of San Francisco, in the State of California, vice Jacob Alexander Cost, removed. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate William Van Voorhies to be surveyor of the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of San Francisco, in the State of California, vice Hart Fellows, removed.. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate James McClelland, now a passed assistant surgeon, to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 6th of March, 1853, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Surgeon Peter Christie. John M. Browne, of New Hampshire, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Passed Assistant Surgeon James McClelland. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Miguel Antonio Otero to be attorney of the United States for the district of New Mexico, in place of E. P. West, resigned; the nomination of José Otero having been made in consequence of erroneous information concerning his name. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate William H. Richardson to be marshal of the northern district of the State of California, in the place of David F. Douglass, resigned, to take effect from the 1st day of July next. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate William E. Russell, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Danville, Illinois, vice John H. Murphy, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 25, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Andrew I. Gallaher, of Illinois, to be register of the land office at Vandalia, Illinois, vice James M. Davis, removed; and Daniel Gregory, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Vandalia, Illinois, vice James T. B. Stapp, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 25, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Joseph Joslen to be deputy postmaster at Newport, Rhode Island, in place of I. Coggshall. WASHINGTON, March 25, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I hereby nominate Thomas I. Henley to be deputy postmaster at San Francisco, California, in place of I. B. Moore, resigned. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, March 25, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate William M. Gillaspie, of Mississippi, to be receiver of public moneys at Jackson, Mississippi, vice Gideon Fitz, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 26, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Russell Bishop to be register of the land office at Genesee, Michigan, to correct the error of a previous nomination in writing his name Russell M. Bishop. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 26, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Frederick Hall to be receiver of public moneys at Ionia, Michigan, to correct the error of a previous nomination in writing his name Frederick A. Hall. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 26, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Samuel D. Hay to be attorney of the United States for the district of Texas, in place of William P. Ballinger, removed. WASHINGTON, March 26, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. |