Alexander W. Lawrence to be a professor of mathematics in the Navy, from the 24th of July, 1853, vice Professor W. B. Benedict, deceased. Benjamin E. Brooke to be a captain in the Marine Corps, from the 1st of September, 1853, vice Captain D. D. Baker, deceased. Jabez C. Rich to be a captain in the Marine Corps, from the 27th of November, 1853, vice Captain J. L. C. Hardy, deceased. James H. Jones to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 1st of September, 1853, vice Captain Benjamin E. Brooke, promoted. Edward Mc D. Reynolds to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 27th of November, 1853, vice First Lieutenant Jabez C. Rich, promoted. Adam N. Baker to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 12th of September, 1853, vice Second Lieutenant James H. Jones, promoted. John Payne to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 2d of December, 1853, vice Lieutenant Edward Mc D. Reynolds, promoted. Henry T. Hulbert to be Navy agent for the navy-yard at Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, for five years, vice E. O. Perrin, resigned. George Loyall to be Navy agent for the port of Norfolk, in the State of Virginia, for four years, vice F. Mallory, resigned. Albert G. Allen to be Navy agent for the navy yard at the city of Washington and for the Navy Department, for four years, vice J. H. Lathrop, removed. Richard P. Ashe to be Navy agent for the port of San Francisco, in the State of California, for four years. John Lenthall to be Chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs, vice Samuel Hartt, resigned. William Whelan to be Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, vice Thomas Harris, removed. Daniel B. Martin to be engineer-in-chief of the Navy, vice Charles B. Stuart, resigned. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 5, 1853. The messages were read. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Ordered, That the nominations contained therein be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1853. Mr. Gwin, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, the 13th instant, the nominations of Henry T. Hulbert, George Loyall, and Richard P. Ashe, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1853. 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 Thomas Steere, of Rhode Island, to be consul of the United States for the port of Dundee, in Scotland, in the place of William H. D'Wolf, deceased, who was appointed during the last recess of the Senate in the place of James McDowell, recalled. WASHINGTON, December 13, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been issued during the recess of the Senate appointing William F. Giles judge of the district court of the United States for the district of Maryland, in the place of John Glenn, deceased, I now nominate him to said office. WASHINGTON, December 19th, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Farris B. Streeter to be Solicitor of the Treasury of the United States, who was appointed on the 3d of June, 1853, vice Abert G. Constable, declined, who was appointed on the 2d of May, 1853, vice John C. Legrand, declined. WASHINGTON, December 19th, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. 1 nominate John H. McKune, of California, to be the legal agent of the United States under the act of Congress, approved 3d March, 1851, for the settlement of private land claims in California, vice Volney E. Howard, resigned. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 19, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate John M. Eckfeldt to be coiner, John Hewson to be melter and refiner, and Augostin Harraszthey to be assayer of the branch of the mint of the United States in California, in pursuance of the provisions of the act of July 3d, 1852. WASHINGTON, December 19, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate William S. Badger to be deputy postmaster at Augusta, Maine, vice Joseph Burton, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Charles Nutter to be deputy postmaster at Saco, Maine, vice Thomas K. Lane, declined. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Robert P. Dunlap to be deputy postmaster at Brunswick, Maine, vice John McKeen, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate D. F. Richardson to be deputy postmaster at Hanover, New Hampshire, vice Willis Kinsman, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate B. F. Vittum to be deputy postmaster at Dover, New Hampshire, vice George T. Wentworth, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Edwin C. Bailey to be deputy postmaster at Boston, Massachusetts, vice George W. Gordon, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate C. B. Rogers to be deputy postmaster at Charlestown, Massachusetts, vice Nathan Merrill, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John M. Cooper to be deputy postmaster at Newburyport, Massachusetts, vice Frederick S. Coffin, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : Isaac S. Burrell to be deputy postmaster at Roxbury, Massachusetts, vice Edwin Lemist, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Fisher A. Hildreth to be deputy postinaster at Lowell, Massachusetts, vice T. P. Goodhue, deceased. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate James M. Morton to be deputy postmaster at Fall River, Massachusetts, vice James Ford, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1853. To the Senate of the United States? FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Charles P. Swain to be deputy postmaster at Nantucket, Massachusetts, vice Joseph Mitchell, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate Amos H. Bullen to be deputy postmaster at Northampton, Massachusetts, vice Augustus Clark, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate John Todd to be deputy postmaster at Fitchburg, Massachusette, vice Goldsmith F. Bailey, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Jeremiah C. Stickney to be deputy postmaster at Lynn, Massachusetts, vice Abner Austin, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate George B. Loring to be deputy postmaster at Salem, Massachusetts, vice George Russell, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Joseph C. Kent to be deputy postmaster at New Bedford, Massachusetts, vice Thomas Coggeshall, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate William W. Johnson to be deputy postmaster at Chicopee, Massachusetts, vice Loman A. Moody, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. 1 nominate William Caldwell to be deputy postmaster at Cambridge, Massachusetts, vice Nathan Fiske, resigned. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 8, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Abijah W. Chapin to be deputy postmaster at Springfield, Massachusetts, vice William Stowe, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Benjamin F. Watson to be deputy postmaster at Law. rence, Massachusetts, vice Nathaniel Wilson, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Joseph T. Sisson to be deputy postmaster at Pawtucket, Rhode Island, vice Thomas Lefavour, removed. WSHINGTON, D.,C., December 7, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Welcome B. Sayle to be deputy postmaster at Providence, Rhode Island, vice Henry L. Bowen, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate James B. Lyman to be deputy postmaster at New London, Connecticut, vice James H. Turner, removed. I nominate John W. Stedman to be deputy postmaster at Norwich, Connecticut, vice John Dunham, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December To the Senate of the United States : FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Norman Smith to be deputy postmaster at Middletown, Connecticut, vice William Woodward, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Lucius A. Thomas to be deputy postmaster at New Haven, Connecticut, vice John B. Robertson, removed. WASHINGTON, December 7, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate William J. Hamersley to be deputy postmaster at Hartford, Connecticut, vice E. S. Hamilton, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Elisha Leavenworth to be deputy postmaster [ ] Waterbury, Connecticut, vice David S. Law, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., December, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Samuel Dutton to be deputy postmaster at Brattleboro', Vermont, vice J. H. Fessenden, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON D. C., December 7, 1853. |