of Bargaintown, in the State of New Jersey, vice Richard C. Holmes, whose commission will expire on the 19th of March, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, March 15, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John P. Baldwin to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Key West, in the State of Florida, vice Samuel I. Douglass, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, March 15, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate Peter G. Stuart to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Pacific City, in the Territory of Oregon, vice George P. Newell, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate William M. King to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Portland, in the Territory of Oregon, vice Thomas I. Dryer, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John Adair to be collector of the customs for the district of Oregon and inspector of the revenue for the port of Astoria, in the Territory of Oregon, vice George Gibbs, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Robert W. Dunbar to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Milwaukie, in the Territory of Oregon, vice Nicholas Du Bois, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate Henry Crocker to be appraiser of merchandise for the port of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, vice Samuel I. Bridge, nominated for general appraiser on the Pacific coast. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, March 12, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Henry M. Bishop to be assistant treasurer of the United States at Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, vice Franklin Haven, resigned (to take effect from July 1, 1853). FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate George E. Hand to be attorney of the United States for the district of Michigan, in place of Samuel Barstow, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Fernando J. Moreno, of Key West, to be marshal of the United States for the southern district of Florida, in place of Walter C. Maloney, resigned WASHINGTON, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Robert I. Chester to be marshal of the United States for the western district of Tennessee, in place of A. Guthrie, resigned. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, March 12, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate George L. Curry, of Oregon City, to be secretary of the Territory of Oregon, in place of Edward Hamilton, removed. I nominate I. W. Nesmith, of Nesmith's Mills, to be marshal of the Territory of Oregon, in place of Joseph L. Meek, whose commission has expired. I nominate Benjamin F. Harding, of Salem, Oregon, to be attorney of the United States for the district of Oregon, in place of Amory Holbrook, removed. WASHINGTON, March 15th, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate O. C. Pratt to be chiet justice of the Territory of Oregon, in the place of Thomas Nelson, removed. I nominate Mordecai P. Deady and Cyrus Olney to be associate justices of the Territory of Oregon, in the places of Charles R. Train, resigned, and William Strong, removed. WASHINGTON, March 15th, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Cortez D. Kavenaugh to be deputy postmaster at Huntsville, Alabama, in place of I. I. Pitnam, whose commission will expire on the 14th of March, 1853. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Alexander Galt to be deputy postmaster at Norfolk, Virginia, in place of John P. Leigh. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, March 14, 1853. 3916 E J-v 6- -5 FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Jacob Carter to be deputy postmaster at Concord, New Hampshire, in place of Ephraim Hutchins, whose commission will expire on the 14th of March, 1853. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Thomas B. Bigger deputy postmaster at Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia, whose term of service will expire on the 15th of March, 1853. EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 15, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Turner W. Ashbey to be deputy postmaster at Alexandria, in the county of Alexandria, State of Virginia, in place of Daniel Bryan, resigned. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, March 15, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Robert B. Campbell, of Texas, to be commissioner for running the boundary line between the United States and the Republic of Mexico, under the fifth article of the treaty with that Republic concluded on the 2d February, 1848, vice John R. Bartlett, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John Randolph Clay, of Pennsylvania, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Peru. WASHINGTON, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Theodore S. Fay, of New York, to be minister resident of the United States in Switzerland. WASHINGTON, March 14, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate James Long, of Illinois, to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Chicago, Illinois, vice Alfred Cowles, whose term of service expired on the 13th instant. Michael G. Dale, of Illinois, to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Edwardsville, Illinois, vice Mathew Gillespie, whose term of service expired on the 13th instant. Robert C. Wilson, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Palestine, Illinois, vice Jesse K. Dubois, whose term of service expired on the 13th instant. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 15, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Benjamin Heriot to be Navy agent for the port of Charleston, South Carolina, for four years, his former commission having expired. WASHINGTON, March 15, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Thomas Hoyne to be attorney of the United States for the district of Illinois, in the place of Archibald Williams, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, 12th March, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate Daniel Wan to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Galena, in the State of Illinois. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, March 12th, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate Joseph Lane, of Oregon, to be governor of the Territory of Oregon, in place of John P. Gaines, removed. WASHINGTON, March 15, 1853. The messages were read. FRANKLIN PIERCE. The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nominations of Alpheus Felch, Robert A. Thompson, Thompson Campbell, and Theophilus L. Toulmin; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said person agreeably to their nominations respectively. Ordered, That the nominations of Samuel D. Heap, George A. Z. Smith, Oliver S. Dewey, Charles G. Greene, Charles H. Peaslee, Robert Parks, William B. Snowhook, Kittridge Sheldon, Minott A. Osborn, George S. Hawkins, Addison C. Gibbs, Thomas D. Winner, John P. Baldwin, Peter G. Stuart, William M. King, John Adair, Daniel Wan, and Robert W. Dunbar, be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered, That the nominations of George E. Hand, Fernando J. Moreno, Robert I. Chester, George L. Curry, J. W. Nesmith, Benjamin F. Harding, O. C. Pratt, Mordecai P. Deady, Cyrus Olney, and Thomas Hoyne be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered, That the nominations of Robert B. Campbell, John Ran dolph Clay, and Theodore S. Fay be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered, That the nominations of Henry Crocker and Henry M. Bishop be referred to the Committee on Finance. Ordered, That the nominations of Cortez D. Kavanaugh, Alexander Galt, Jacob Carter, Thomas B. Bigger, and Turner W. Ashby be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Ordered, That the nominations of James Long, Michael G. Dale, and Robert C. Wilson be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered, That the nomination of Benjamin D. Heriot be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Butler, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, the 10th instant, the nomination of Jesse B. Clements, reported. The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Samuel J. Bridge; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. The convention between the United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty, for the adjustment of certain claims of citizens of the United States on the British Government, and of British subjects upon the Government of the United States, concluded at London the 8th day of February, 1853, was read the second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made thereto, it was reported to the Senate. Mr. Mason submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the convention between the United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty for the adjustment of certain claims of citizens of the United States on the British Government, and of British subjects on the Government of the United States, concluded at London the eighth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said resolution; and on the question to agree thereto, Messrs. Atchison, Atherton, Badger, Bayard, Benjamin, Brodhead, Butler, Chase, Clayton, Cooper, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Evans, Everett, Fish, Fitzpatrick, Geyer, Hamlin, James, Jones of Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Morton, Pearce, Rusk, Sebastian, Stuart, Sumner, Thompson of Kentucky, Toucey. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Douglas, Norris, Pettit, Soulé, Weller. So the resolution was agreed to. Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the President of the United States. The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Mason, the 9th instant, for the ratification of the convention with Prussia and other states of the Germanic Confederation, concluded the 16th of June, 1852; and on the question to agree thereto, Messrs. Atherton, Badger, Bayard, Benjamin, Brodhead, Butler, Clayton, Cooper, Dodge of Wisconsin, Evans, Everett, Fish, Fitzpat rick, Geyer, Jones of Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Morton, Pearce, Phelps, Rusk, Sebastian, Stuart, Sumner, Thompson of Kentucky. Those who voted in the negative are. Messrs. Atchison, Borland, Bright, Chase, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Gwin, Norris, Pettit, Toucey, Walker, Weller. So the resolution was agreed to. Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the President of the United States. The additional article to the convention with Prussia and the other states of the Germanic Confederation was read the second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made thereto, it was reported to the Senate. |