Brevet Second Lieutenant Henry A. Smalley, of the First Regiment of Artillery, to be second lieutenant, October 2, 1854, vice Burns, deceased. Fifth Regiment of Infantry. Second Lieutenant Benjamin Wingate to be first lieutenant, October 20, 1854, vice Lear, deceased. Brevet Second Lieutenant Thomas Wilson, of the Sixth Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant, October 26, 1834, vice Wingate, promoted. Eighth Regiment of Infantry. Brevet Second Lieutenant William McE. Dye, of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant, November 9, 1854, vice Melancthon Smith, resigned. II. APPOINTMENTS. Quartermaster's Department. Brevet Captain Ralph W. Kirkham, first lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment of Infantry, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, vice Wood, deceased, to date from November 16, 1854. Medical Department. DeWitt Clinton Peters, of New York, to be assistant surgeon, vice Henderson, deceased, to date from August 15, 1854. Albert J. Myer, of New York, to be assistant surgeon, vice Griffin, resigned, to date from September 18, 1854. Nathaniel S. Crowell, of South Carolina, to be assistant surgeon, vice Lamb, promoted, to date from November 8, 1854. I am, sir, with great respect, your ob'd't s'v't, JEFFER. DAVIS, To the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. [Report of the Adjutant General of the Army relates to passing over 2d Lieutenant George F. Evans, of the 1st Regiment of Dragoons, on account of physical disability.] "ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, "SIR: Lieutenant George F. Evans, of the 1st Dragoons, being at the head of the list of second lieutenants of his regiment, and a va cancy having occurred therein by the resignation of Captain Buford, I respectfully request your instructions on the question of carrying up Lieutenant Evans to a first lieutenancy, or giving the promotion to the next below him on the regimental list. Lieutenant Evans left his company in California in October, 1850, in consequence of a severe attack of paralysis, affecting both his limbs and speech, and from which there seems but little, if any, prospect of his recovery. He is entirely unable to make the monthly sick-reports prescribed by the regulations, which are in the handwriting of his father, Lieutenant E., simply affixing his mark to them. Accompanying is the last certificate of Lieutenant Evans's physicians, dated at Gardiner, Maine, October 2, 1854. "I have the honor to be, sir, your obe'd't ser't, (Signed) "S. COOPER, "Adjutant-General. [Decision of the Secretary of War on the foregoing report.] "The disability of Lieutenant Evans requires that the officer next below him, competent for active service, shall be promoted over him. (Signed) "JEFFER. DAVIS, "WAR DEP'T, November 11, 1854." To the Senate of the United States: "Sec. of War. I nominate Charles H. Bell to.be a captain in the Navy, from the 12th of August, 1854, vice Captain John Downes, deceased. Abraham Bigelow to be a captain in the Navy, from the 12th of September, 1854, vice S. W. Downing, cashiered. Henry H. Bell to be a commander in the Navy, from the 12th of August, 1854, vice Commander C. H. Bell, promoted. William Smith to be a commander in the Navy, from the 12th of September, 1854, vice Commander A. Bigelow, promoted. Master C. C. Simms to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 12th of August, 1854, vice Lieutenant H. H. Bell, promoted. Master H. N. T. Arnold to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 12th of September, 1854, vice Lieutenant Wm. Smith, promoted. Master Thomas Pattison to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 19th of September, 1854, vice Lieutenant J. C. Walsh, resigned. Master Julian Myers to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 20th of September, 1854, vice Lieutenant A. B. Davis, deceased. Master James Higgins to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 6th of October, 1854, vice Lieutenant J. D. Bulloch, resigned. Passed Assistant R. W. Jeffery to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 5th of August, 1854, vice Surgeon B. Washington, deceased. Passed Assistant Surgeon T. M. Potter to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 17th of September, 1854, vice Surgeon C. F. Guillon, resigned. Passed Assistant Surgeon S Ridont Addison to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 22d of September, 1854, vice Surgeon G. Terrill, resigned. Passed Assistant Surgeon Wm. A. Nelson to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 21st of November, 1854, vice Surgeon William Turk, deceased. William G. Hay to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 12th of September, 1854, vice Passed Assistant Surgeon Jeffery, promoted. Daniel B. Conrad to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 20th of September, 1854, vice Passed Assistant Surgeon Potter, promoted. J. E. Sample to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 22d of Sep ember, 1854, vice Passed Assistant Surgeon Addison, promoted. W. T. Hord to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 1st of November, 1854, vice Assistant Surgeon R. B. Tunstall, resigned. Wyatt M. Brown to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 25th of November, 1854, vice Passed Assistant Surgeon Nelson, promoted. Addison Garland to be a captain in the Marine Corps, from the 15th of October, 1854, vice Captain A. H. Gillespie, resigned. Thomas Y. Field to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 15th of October, 1854, vice 1st Lieutenant Garland, promoted. A. J. Dallas to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 31st October, 1854, to fill vacancy created by the promotion of T. Y. Field. Joseph Smith to be Navy agent at the port of Boston for four years, vice J. H. Wright, whose commission had expired. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 5th, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John Cain, of Indiana, to be agent for the Indians in Washington Territory. I hereby nominate Thomas W. Pegnes to be deputy postmaster at Camden, in the county of Kershaw, State of South Carolina, in place of John N. Gamervill, resigned. WASHINGTON, December 11th, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I hereby nominate Jacob Sorber to be deputy postmaster at Wilkesbarre, in the county of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania, in place of John Reichard, resigned. WASHINGTON, December 11th, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate George B. Merwin, of Ohio, to be consul of the United States for the port of Valparaiso, in the Republic of Chilé, in the place of Reuben Wood, resigned. WASHINGTON, 7 December, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate John Priest, of Pennsylvania, to be consul of the United States for the port of San Juan del Sur, in the State of Nicaragua, in the place of J. S. Pardee, deceased. WASHINGTON, 7 December, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate William Nolen to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Paducah, in the State of Kentucky, under the act approved August 2d, 1854. WASHINGTON, December 7, 1854. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate William Shearer to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Lake Port, in the State of Louisiana, under the act approved August 2, 1854. WASHINGTON, December 7, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to approval, a compact between the United States and the Royal Government of Lew Chew, entered into at Napa on the 11th day of July last, for securing certain privileges to vessels of the United States resorting to the Lew Chew Islands. A copy of the instructions of the Secretary of State upon the subject is also berewith transmitted. WASHINGTON, December 5, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a convention for regulating the right of inheriting and acquiring property, concluded in this city on the 21st day of August last, between the United States and His Higness the Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg. WASHINGTON, December 5, 1854. The messages were read. On motion by Mr. Dodge, of Iowa, FRANKLIN PIERCE. The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of Thomas C. Hunt; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Ordered, That the nominations of Charles H. Lamb and others for promotion and appointment in the Army be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Ordered, That the nominations of Charles H. Bell and others for promotion and appointment in the Navy be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Ordered, That the nomination of John Cain be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered, That the nominations of Thomas W. Pegnes and Jacob Sorber be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Ordered, That the nominations of George B. Merwin, Jacob Priest, William Nolen, and William Shearer be referred to the Committee on Commerce. The compact between the United States of America and the Royal Government Lew Chew, entered into at Napa on the 11th of July, 1854, was read the first time. On motion by Mr. Mason, Ordered, That the compact, together with the message and instructions, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. The convention between the United States of America and His Highness the Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, concluded at Washington the 21st day of August, 1854, was read the first time. On motion by Mr. Mason, Ordered, That the convention and message be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 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 James B. Bowlin, of Missouri, to be minister resident of the United States in the Republic of New Granada, in the place of James S. Green, resigned. WASHINGTON, 13 December, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Edward J. Steptoe to be governor of the Territory of Utah, to succeed Brigham Young, whose term of office will, according to law, expire when his successor will be appointed and qualified. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, 13 December, 1854. To the Senate: I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury requesting authority to invest the sum of six thousand five hundred and sixty-one dollars and eighty cents, received from the sales of lands in the Chickasaw cession, in stocks, for the benefit of the Chickasaw national fund, as required by the eleventh article of the treaty with the Chickasaws of the 20th October, 1832, and the act of Congress of 11th September, 1841. WASHINGTON, 11th December, 1854. The messages were read. On motion by Mr. Mason, FRANKLIN PIERCE. The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nominationation of James B. Bowlin; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Ordered, That the nomination of Edward J. Steptoe be referred to the Committee on Territories. Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 12th instant, the nominations of George B. Merwin, John Priest, William Nolen, and William Shearer, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 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 hereby nominate James S. Whitney, of Massachusetts, to be superintendent of the United States Armory at Springfield, Massachusetts, to take effect from the 13th October, 1854. |