of the lands ceded by that treaty shall be laid out under the direction of the President 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 benefit of the Chickasaw Nation. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the 15th instant, herewith transmitted, shows that the sum of $58,100 5 per cent. stock, created under the act of 3d March, 1843, now stands on the books of the Treasury in the name of the Secretary of the Treasury as trustee for the Chickasaw national fund. This stock, by the terms of its issue, is redeemable on the 1st July next, when interest thereon will cease. It therefore becomes my duty to lay before the Senate the subject of reinvesting this amount under the same trust. The second section of the act of 11th September, 1841 (the first section of which repeals the provisions of the act of 7th July, 1838, directing the investment of the Smithsonian fund in the stocks of the States), enacts that "all other funds held in trust by the United States and the annual interest accruing thereon, when not otherwise required by treaty, shall in like manner be invested in stocks of the United States bearing a like rate of interest." I submit to the Senate whether it will advise and consent that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized, under my direction, to reinvest the above-mentioned sum of $58,100 in stocks of the United States under the same trust. WASHINGTON, March 21, 1853. The messages were read. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Ordered, That the nominations of Nathaniel G. Upham and A. Dudley Mann be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered, That the nominations of Asa C. Marvin, Benjamin F. Danley, Robert A. Watkins, James C. Tappan, William W. Lewis be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered, That the nominations of Victor Monroe, Fleming B. Miller, and John A. Campbell be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered, That the nomination of Green W. Caldwell be referred to the Committee on Finance. Ordered, That the nominations of Thomas P. Goodhue, John G. Maier, and Benjamin Johnson be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post-Roads. Ordered, That the nomination of Robert N. Farquharson be referred to the Committee on the Territories. Ordered, That the nomination of James Crandell be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Ordered, That the nominations of Samuel L. Gardener, James M. Scofield, Hamilton Stuart, James A. Jones, John Boston, Gordon Forbes, James Sands, Edward P. Little, Asa Gray, William C. Barker, Lyndon Taylor, Lansing B. Mizner, Philip Beauprie, I. N. Ebey, Jesse Sharpe, William B. Flanner, William N. Peden be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered, That the nomination of Christopher Carson be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered, That the message relating to the reinvestment of certain funds belonging to the Chickasaw Indians be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nominations of Paul Arnau, Westly Frost, Alexander F. Bell, Frederick A. Hall, Ebenezer Warner, William A. Pratt, William M. Fenton, Thomas S. Atlee, and Lawrence Van De Walker; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 17th instant, the nominations of Henry B. Dewey and Amos S. York, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Shields, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom were referred, the 17th instant, the nominations of C. H. Wiltberger, I. M. Wright, E. H. Bates, James Lawrenson, Henry Nailor, Joshua Pierce, John L. Smith, and Samuel Smoot, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Morton, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 17th instant, the nomination of Henry Sanderson, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Phelps, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred, the 10th instant, the nomination of William M. Lowry, and on the 17th instant those of Watson Freeman, John S. Clendenin, I. Patton Anderson, Edward Lander, and John K. Miller, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. On motion by Mr. Hamlin, The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of William Henry Vesey and John F. Bacon; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. On motion by Mr. Shields, The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of James Long, Michael G. Dale, and Robert C. Wilson; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. On motion, the Senate adjourned. TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1853. The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate, certain papers in relation to the Mexican boundary commission; which was read. Ordered, That it be referred to the select committee appointed on the subject, and printed. The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate, papers in relation to disbursements by Alexander Ramsey of money appropriated to carry into effect the treaties of 1851 with the Sioux or Dacotah Indians; which was read. Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Weller submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the Select Committee on the Mexican Boundary be allowed until the next session of Congress to report upon the various subjects referred to them: Provided, That the committee shall not sit during the recess. Mr. James submitted the following resolution for consideration : Resolved, That the clerk to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office be continued during the recess of the Senate, at the usual rate of compensation, to be employed in preparing for the use of said committee an alphabetical index and digest of the reports heretofore made by the several Committees on Patents and the Patent Office. On motion by Mr. Sumner, Ordered, That leave be granted to withdraw the petition and papers of the Boston Steamboat Relief Company, "R. B. Forbes." Mr. Borland, from the select committee, appointed the 6th of August, 1852, "to inquire into abuses, bribery, or fraud in the prosecution of claims before Congress, commissions, or the Departments, or in passing through Congress bills embracing private, individual, or corporate interests, or in obtaining or granting contracts," submitted a report (No. 1); which was ordered to be printed. The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Webster, his secretary: To the Senate of the United States: In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 18th of January last, calling for further correspondence touching the revolution in France of December, 1851, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompanied. WASHINGTON, March 21, 1853. The message was read. Ordered, That it be printed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. The resolution, submitted by Mr. Hamlin, the 21st instant, to allow extra compensation to the Superintendent of Printing and the clerks and messenger in his office, was read the second time. 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 Robert Wilson Fraser, of Massachusetts, to be consul of the United States for the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the place of T. B. Livingston, deceased. WASHINGTON, March 21, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Henry L. Biscoe, of Arkansas, to be register of the land office at Helena, Arkansas, vice Henry F. Mooney, removed. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, March 21, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I hereby nominate Warren Hathaway to be deputy postmaster at Eastport, Washington County, in the State of Maine, in place of Winslow Bates. FRANKLIN PIERCE. MARCH 21, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate Doctor George A. Cracraft to be deputy postmaster at Wheeling, Virginia, in place of Jacob S. Shriver, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. MARCH 21, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate Edward A. King to be deputy postmaster at Dayton, Ohio, in the place of Adam Speia, whose commission will expire on the 22d of March, 1853. MARCH 21, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate John H. Harmon, of Michigan, to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Detroit, in the State of Michigan, vice Oliver M. Hyde, removed. WASHINGTON, March 21, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Hugh J. Anderson, of Maine, to be Commissioner of Customs, in place of Charles Rockwell, resigned. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 21, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States : I nominate J. C. Ramsey to be attorney of the United States for the district of Tennessee, in place of Samuel R. Rogers, removed. WASHINGTON, March 21, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Richard P. Hammond, of California, to be collector of customs for the port of San Francisco, in California, vice Beverly C. Sanders, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 21, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Isaac Cook to be deputy postmaster at Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, in place of George W. Dole, removed. MARCH 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Isaac H. Sturgeon to be assistant treasurer of the United States at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, vice A. R. Easton, not commissioned. WASHINGTON, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate O. P. Sutton to be appraiser of merchandise for the port of San Francisco, in the State of California, vice George Pendleton, removed. WASHINGTON, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Isaac Hutchinson to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Evansville, in the State of Indiana, vice William Brown, removed. WASHINGTON, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate George T. Wright to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Tappahannock, in the State of Virginia, vice Jefferson Minor, removed. WASHINGTON, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Daniel P. Roberts, of Illinois, to be register of the land office at Kaskaskia, Illinois, vice Ferdinand Maxwell, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Richard S. Molony, of Illinois, to be register of the land office at Danville, Illinois, vice Daniel Clapp, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate John B. Cloutier, of Louisiana, to be register of the land office at Natchitoches, Louisiana, vice H. Y. Waddell, resigned. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John Connelly, senior, to be register of the land office at Springfield, Illinois, vice Turner R. King, removed; and Edward onner, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Springfield, Illinois, vice Walter Davis, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 22, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. |