I also nominate Henry W. Clowe, of Virginia, to be superintendent of the United States Armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. WASHINGTON, 19th December, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Mark W. Izard, of the Territory of Nebraska, to be gov ernor of the said Territory, in the place of Francis Burt, deceased. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, 19th December, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Albert Greenleaf, of the District of Columbia, to be Navy agent for the navy-yard at the city of Washington and for the Navy Department, for four years, vice A. G. Allen, resigned. WASHINGTON, December 19, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Jared C. Martin, of Arkansas, to be receiver of public moneys at Little Rock, Arkansas, to take effect on the 1st day of January, 1855, vice Benjamin F. Danley, resigned. WASHINGTON, December 20, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I hereby nominate Fairman F. Taber to be deputy postmaster at Natchitoches, parish of Natchitoches, State of Louisiana, in place of Timothy Lacoste, resigned. WASHINGTON, December 20, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Daniel Shaw, of Wisconsin, to be register of the land office at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to take effect on the 1st day of January, 1855, vice Jacob H. Kimball, resigned. WASHINGTON, December 20th, 1854. The messages were read. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Ordered, That the nominations of James S. Whitney and Henry W. Clowe be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. On motion by Mr. Dodge, of Iowa, Ordered, That the nomination of Daniel Shaw be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. On motion by Mr. Douglas, The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of Mark W. Izard; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. On motion by Mr. Brodhead, The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of Albert Greenleaf; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. On motion by Mr. Dodge, of Iowa, The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of Jared C. Martin; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. On motion by Mr. Slidell, The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of Fairman F. Taber; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Brodhead, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to whom were referred the nominations of Thomas W. Pegues and Jacob Sorber, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Douglas, from the Committee on Territories, to whom was referred, the 13th instant, the nomination of Edward J. Steptoe, reported. Whereupon The Senate proceeded to consider the said nomination; and On motion by Mr. Douglas, Ordered, That the nomination be recommitted to the Committee on Territories. Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 13th instant, the message of the President 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, reported the following resolution: Whereas the eleventh article of the "Articles of a treaty made and entered into between General John Coffee, duly authorized thereto by the President of the United States, and the whole Chickasaw Nation, in general council assembled, at the Council House, on Pontitock Creek, on the 20th day of October, 1832," provides as follows, to wit: "The Chickasaw Nation have determined to create a perpetual fund for the use of the nation forever, out of the proceeds of the country now ceded away; and for that purpose they propose to invest a large proportion of the money arising from the sale of the land in some safe and valuable stocks, which will bring them in an annual interest or dividend, to be used for all nati nal purposes, leaving the principal untouched, intending to use the interest alone. It is therefore proposed by the Chickasaws, and agreed to, that the sum to be laid out in stocks, as above mentioned, shall be left with the Government of the United States until it can be laid out under the direction of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, in such safe and valuable stock as he may approve of for the use and benefit of the Chickasaw Nation." And whereas the act to repeal a part of the 6th section of the act entitled "An act to provide for the support of the Military Academy of the United States for the year 1838, and for other purposes," passed July 7th, 1838, provides that funds held in trust by the United States, and the annual interest accruing thereon, when not otherwise required by treaty, shall be invested in stocks of the United States bearing a rate of interest not less than five per centum per annum: Therefore, Be it resolved, That the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States be, and the same hereby is, given to the investment, under the direction of the President of the United States, of the sum of six thousand five hundred and sixty-one dollars and eighty cents, now standing on the books of the Treasury as having been received from the sales of lands in the Chickasaw cession, in any stock of the United States bearing a rate of interest not less than five per centum per annum, for the use and benefit of the Chickasaw Nation of Indians. On motion by Mr. Sebastian, The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said resolution, and unanimously agreed thereto. Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the Presi dent of the United States. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1854. The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Webster, his secretary: To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Doctor Joseph R. Smith, of New York, for the appointment of assistant surgeon in the Army of the United States, as proposed in the accompanying communication of the Secretary of War. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, December 16, 1854. WAR DEPARTMENT, December 16, 1854. SIR: I have the honor respectfully to propose for your approbation the name of Doctor Joseph R. Smith, of New York, for the appointment of assistant surgeon in the Army of the United States, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Assistant Surgeon Joel Martin, and to date from December 15, 1854. Doctor Smith is the first legally qualified candidate for the appointment of assistant surgeon under the 1st section of the act "to increase and regulate the pay of surgeons and assistant surgeons," approved June 30, 1834. I am, sir, with great respect, your ob't serv't. JEFFER. DAVIS, To the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. The message was read. Ordered, That the nomination of Joseph R. Smith be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Douglas, from the Committee on Territories, to whom was recommitted, the 20th instant, the nomination of Edward J. Steptoe, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. On motion by Mr. Jones, of Iowa, Ordered, That James W. Schaumburg have leave to withdraw his memorial presented in the Senate in executive session on the 19th June, 1854. THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1855. 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 Charles G. McCawley to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 2d of January, 1855, vice First Lieutenant Henry B. Watson, resigned. Henry B. Tyler, jr., to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 2d of January, 1855, to fill the vacancy created by the promotion of C. G. McCawley. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 3d, 1855. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I hereby nominate C. P. Ellis to be deputy postmaster at Newark, county of Licking and State of Ohio, in place of William Parr, resigned. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, D. C., January 3, 1855. To the Senate of the United States: I herewith transmit to the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty made at the Neosho Agency, on the 12th August, 1854, by Andrew J. Dorn, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and warriors of the Quapaw tribe of Indians. WASHINGTON, December 20th, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I herewith transmit to the Senate for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty made by Andrew J. Dorn, commissioner on the part of the United States, on the 23d of August, 1854, and the chiefs and warriors of the Senecas of Sandusky and the Sencas and Shawnees of Lewistown, designated by the treaty of 1832 as the United Nation of Seneca and Shawnee Indians. WASHINGTON, December 20, 1854. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I herewith transmit to the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty made at La Pointe, Wisconsin, on the 30th of September, 1854, by Henry C. Gilbert and David B. Harriman, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the chiefs aud head men of the Chippewas of Lake Superior and the Mississippi. WASHINGTON, December 20, 1854. The messages were read. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Ordered, That the nominations of Charles G. McCawley and Henry B. Tyler, jr., be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Ordered, That the nomination of C. P. Ellis be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. The articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the Neosho Agency this 12th day of August, 1854, by Andrew J. Dorn, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs and warriors of the Quapaw tribe of Indians, were read the first time. On motion by Mr. B. dger, Ordered, That these articles, together with the message and documents accompanying the same, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. The articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the Neosho Agency this 23d day of August, 1854, by Andrew J. Dorn, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and warriors of the Senecas of Sandusky and the Senecas and Shawnees of Lewistown, designated by the treaty of 1832, hereinafter recited, as the United Nation of Seneca and Shawnee Indians," were read the first time. On motion by Mr. Badger, Ordered, That these articles, together with the message and docunents accompanying the same, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. The articles of a treaty made and concluded at La Point, in the State of Wisconsin, between Henry C. Gilbert and David B. Harriman, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, by their chiefs and head men, the 30th day of September, 1854; read twice the first time. On motion by Mr. Badger, Ordered, That these articles, together with the message and documents accompanying the same, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. Mr. Shields, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred, the 12th December, the nominations of Charles H. Lamb and others for promotion and appointment in the Army of the United States, on the 20th December those of James S. Whitney and Henry W. Clowe, and on the 21st December that of Joseph R. Smith, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the promotion and appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 12th instant, the nomination of John Cain, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Dodge, of Iowa, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, the 20th December, the nomination of Daniel Shaw, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1855. 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 for appointment to the office of attorney of the United States for the district of Delaware, Daniel M. Bates, of the State of Del |