To the Senate of the United States: I nominate James Miller to be deputy postmaster at Benicia, California, vice John Furguson, resigned. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 15th, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John A. Patrick to be deputy postmaster at San José, California, vice John R. Wilson, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 15th, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John S. Evans to be deputy postmaster at Stockton California, vice Joel G. Canda, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 15th, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Philip W. Keyser to be deputy postmaster at Marysville, California, vice James Cushing, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 15th, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate W. D. Williams to be deputy postmaster at Placerville, California, vice Robert D. Foster, removed. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 15th, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate F. B. Wells, of New York, to be consul of the United States for the port of Bermuda in the place of John W. Howden, deceased, who was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, in the place of William Tudor Tuckor, recalled. WASHINGTON, 16 February, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate S. C. Pilkington, of Kentucky, to be consul of the United States for Tehuantepec, in Mexico, in the place of Charles R. Webster, recalled. WASHINGTON, 16 February, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Francis M. Ellis, of Ohio, to be consul of the United States for the port of Buenos Ayres, in the place of Joseph Graham, recalled. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, 16 February, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to John Ingalls as surveyor for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts, vice Thomas Foss, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, February 16, 1854. To the Senate of the United States : FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to David Babson as surveyor for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Gloucester, in the State of Massachusetts, vice Lonson Nash, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, February 16, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to Samuel Maxwell as surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the ports of Warren and Barrington, in the State of Rhode Island, vice Charles Randall, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, February 16, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to Jason Beckwith as surveyor for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of New London, in the State of Connecticut, vice Francis W. Fitch, resigned, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, February 16, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to Clark Elliott as surveyor for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Middletown, in the State of Connecticut, vice Joseph Taylor, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, February 16, 1854. To the Senate of the United States:· FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to Edward Ingraham as surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Saybrook, in the State of Connecticut, vice Giles Blague, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, February 16, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to John Hastings as surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Pittsburgh, in the State of Pennsylvania, vice Henry Woods, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, February 16, 1854. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to Sydney Evans as surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of St. Mary's, in the State of Maryland, vice William Coad, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, February 16, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to W. A. Quyun as surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Nottingham, in the State of Maryland, vice William H. Hook, removed, who was appointed in place of John T. Stamp, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, September 16, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to William R. Laws as surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Hampton, in the State of Virginia, vice William Face, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, February 16, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to Samuel B. W. McLean as surveyor and inspector of the revenue, for the port of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, vice William H. Bond, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, February 16, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to Edward Dashiell as surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Memphis, in the State of Tennessee, vice Hume F. Hill, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, February 16, 1854. The messages were read. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Ordered, That the nomination of deputy postmasters be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Ordered, That the nomination of consuls and officers of the customs be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 8th instant, the nomination of James Witherspoon, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Mallory submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, That a select committee to consist of five members, to be appointed by the President pro tempore, be instructed to inquire into the manner and means by which the pending treaty with Mexico and the message of the President transmitted with the treaty have been made public; and that they have power to compel the production of papers and the attendance of witnesses. Mr. Mason submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, That hereafter no treaty other than treaties with the Indians shall be printed for the use of the Senate. But when any treaty shall be communicated to the Senate by the President of the United States, the Secretary of the Senate shall cause three copies of it to be made in his office by some clerk to whom that duty shall be specially assigned, and in confidence. That one of said copies shall be (when referred) placed in the hands of the chairman of the committee to which is shall be referred, who shall be responsible for its safety under the thirtyninth rule of the Senate, and the remaining copies with the original communicated by the President shall remain in the charge of the Secretary of the Senate, to be accessible to any Senator, and for the safety of which, under said rule, the Secretary shall be responsible. On motion by Mr. Mason, Ordered, That the message of the President communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, a copy of documents relating to a convention with the Mexican States, signed at the city of Mexico on the 21st March, 1853, to facilitate the construction and insure the maintenance of a transit way across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, with a copy of the said convention, which the President did not deem it advisable to send to the Senate with a view to its ratification, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. On motion by Mr. James that he have leave to withdraw his motion that the vote on advising and consenting to the appointment of John L. Sullivan be reconsidered, Mr. Badger objected. Whereupon On the question, Will the Senate reconsider the vote on advising and consenting to the appointment of John L. O'Sullivan? It was determined in the negative. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1854. Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were re. ferred, the 16th instant, the nominations of John Ingalls, David Bab son, Samuel Maxwell, Sydney Evans, W. A. Quynn, William R. Laws Samuel B. W. McLean, Edward Dashiell, F. B. Wells, S. C. Pilking. ton, and Francis M. Ellis, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Dodge, of Iowa, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, the 24th January, the nomination of Paul McCormick, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Rusk, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, the 20th December last, the nominations of William S. Badger, Charles Nutter, Robert P. Dunlap, D. F. Richardson, B. F. Vittum, Edwin C. Bailey, C. B. Rogers, John M. Cooper, Isaac S. Burrell, Fisher A. Hildreth, James M. Morton, Charles P. Swain, Amos H. Bullen, John Todd, Jeremiah E. Stickney, George B. Loring, Joseph C. Kent, William W. Johnson, William Caldwell, Abijah W. Chapin, Benjamin F. Watson, James B. Lyman, John W. Stedman, Norman Smith, Lucius A. Thomas, William J. Hamersley, Elisha Leavenworth, Samuel Dutton, Charles G. Eastman, Emerson R. Wright, John McClung, William A. Taylor, George B. Graves, Leonidas Baugh, Josiah E. Bryan, Bransen G. Graham, Solomon Cohen, R. C. Forsyth, James M. Smythe, Thomas M. Cook, James W. Brannon, Benjamin F. Johnson, John L. Vattier, John B. Roberts, Edward W. Perrin, James Hoyle, John Hough, John Shepley, Timothy Lacoste, B. W. English, George W. McKeaig, Mathew P. Blue, Johnson, Wellborne, Dillon Jordan, Benjamin F. Simmons, Henry D. Bennett, Trasey M. Winans, Van S. Murphy, John N. Jones, Bushnell B. Carey, George H. Paul, John B. Root, Truman P. Powers, and James G. Berrett, on the 31st of January that of Levi L. Stevenson, on the 2d instant, that of Samuel C. Allen, on the 8th instant that of Charles O. Faxon, and on the 16th instant those of Abijah M. Ide, jr., James V. Smiley, Jacob Reisinger, Rolla Doolittle, James Elder, Francis M. Gwin, Joseph O. Jones, Benjamin Stinson, Jacob Walker, Montgomery Bryant, P. R. Lewis, James Miller, John A. Patrick, John S. Evans, Philip W. Keyser, and W. D. Williams, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Rusk, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, the 20th December last, the nominations of John H. Brant, William A. Moore, David Acheson, John Clayton, Armstrong Hadden, Peter Rambo, John Reichard, Mrs. Amelia S. Moderwell, Thomas Farley, Benjamin F. Sloan, John Y. Sherwood, John B. Bratton, John Noel, William G. Murray, James E. McFarland, Robert Anderson, and Lewis H. Wunder, reported. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1854. 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 Purse to be appraiser of merchandise for the port of Savannah, in the State of Georgia, vice Robert McKay, removed, who was appointed during the recess of the Senate, in the place of James Hunter, removed. WASHINGTON, February 20, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to Thomas Bacon as collector of the customs for the district of Oswegatchie and inspector of the revenue for the port of Ogdensburgh, in the State of New York, vice James C. Barter, removed, I now nominate him to the same. WASHINGTON, 20 February, 1854. FRANKLIN PIERCE. |