The Senate of the United States: I nominate John M. Cunningham, of Illinois, to be register of the land office at Shawneetown, Illinois, vice Andrew McCallen, removed; and Samuel K. Casey, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Shawneetown, Illinois, vice John W. Norton, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Harmon Alexander, of Illinois, to be register of the land office at Palestine, Illinois, vice James M. McLean, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate William I. A. Sparks, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Edwardsville, Illinois, vice Blueford Johnson, removed. FRANKLIN PIERCE. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Augustus C. Marsh, of Illinois, to be register of the land office at Quincy, Illinois, vice Henry Ashbury, removed; and Damon Houser, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Quincy, Illinois, vice Henry V. Sullivan, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Eli B. Williams, of Illinois, to be receiver of public moneys at Chicago, Illinois, vice John H. Kinzie, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate George W. Manypenny, of Ohio, to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs, vice Luke Lea, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 22, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Nathaniel Bishop to be deputy postmaster at Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, in place of Frederick A. Wheeler. EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, March 22, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Charles Mason, of Iowa, to be Commissioner of Patents, in place of Silas H. Hodges, resigned. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 22, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Selah R. Hoboie to be First Assistant Postmaster-Gen- 1 eral, in place of S. D. Jacobs, removed. WASHINGTON, March 22, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. The messages were read. Ordered, That the nominations of Robert Wilson Fraser, John H. Harmon, O. P. Sutton, Isaac Hutchinson, and George T. Wright be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered, That the nominations of Henry L. Biscoe, Daniel P. Roberts, Richard S. Molony, John B. Cloutier, John Connelly, senior, Edward Conner, John M. Cunningham, Samuel K. Casey, Harmon Alexander, William I. A. Sparks, Augustus C. Marsh, Damon Houser, and Eli B. Williams be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered, That the nominations of Warren Hathaway, George A. Cracraft, Edward A. King, and Nathaniel Bishop be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. Ordered, That the nominations of Hugh J. Anderson and Isaac H. Sturgeon be referred to the Committee on Finance. Ordered, That the nomination of George W. Manypenny be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered, That the nomination of Charles Mason be referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nominations of J. C. Ramsay, Richard P. Hammond, Isaac Cook, Selah R. Hobbie; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consert to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 21st instant, the nomination of Green W. Caldwell, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Butler, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred, the 21st instant, the nominations of Victor Monroe, Fleming B. Miller, and John A. Campbell. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 17th instant, the nomination of Joseph M. Garrison, and on the 21st instant that of Christopher Carson, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 20th instant, the message from the President of the United States relating to the reinvestment of certain funds belonging to the Chickasaw Indians, reported the following preamble and resolution: Whereas the President of the United States by his message of the 21st instant has communicated to the Senate the fact that the stock of the United States, in which the sum of fifty-eight thousand one hundred dollars, belonging to the Chickasaw Indians, is invested, will be redeemable on the first day of July next; and whereas the second sec tion of the act approved the 11th of September, 1841, entitled "An 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 7, 1838," requires that all funds held in trust by the United States shall be invested in stocks of the United States, bearing a rate of interest not less than five per centum per annum; and whereas by the 11th article of the treaty with the Chickasaw Indians of the 20th of October, 1832, it is provided that the funds of the said Indians be laid out in safe and valuable stock under the direction of the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: Therefore, Resolved, That the advice and consent of the Senate be, and the same hereby is, given to the investment of the aforesaid funds, amounting to fifty-eight thousand one hundred dollars, belonging to the Chickasaw Indians, on or after the first day of July next, under the direction of the President of the United States, in such of the loans or stocks of the United States as may be most advantageous to the interests of the said Indians for the time being. The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said preamble and resolution; and On the question to agree thereto, Yeas 31 2 On motion by Mr. Adams, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Adams, Atherton, Badger, Bayard, Benjamin, Brodhead, Butler, Clayton, Cooper, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Evans, Everett, Gwin, Hunter, James, Jones of Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Pearce, Pettit, Phelps, Sebastian, Seward, Shields, Stuart, Sumner, Toucey, Walker, Weller. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bright and Fish. So the preamble and resolution were agreed to. Ordered, That the Secretary lay the same before the President of the United States. On motion by Mr. Sebastian, The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by him the 17th instant for the ratification of the treaty with the Apache Nation of Indians; and Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow. Mr. Shields, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred, the 17th instant, the nominations of Montgomery C. Meigs, Daniel P. Woodbury, Peter G. T. Beauregard, Jeremiah M. Scarritt, John D. Kurtz, William S. Rosecrans, Barton S. Alexander, Gustavus W. Smith, James H. Simpson, Lorenzo Sitgreaves, Israel C. Woodruff, John W. Gunnison, Eliakim P. Scammon, William R. Palmer, Joseph D. Webster, Martin L. Smith, John Pope, James W. Abert, William B. Franklin, William F. Kaynolds, William G. Peck, William F. Smith, Robert A. Wainwright, Alexander B. Dyer, Jesse L. Reno, and Julian McAllister, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the promotion of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Shields, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred, the 21st instant, the nomination of James Crandell, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Douglas, from the Committee on the Territories, to whom was referred, the 21st instant, the nomination of Robert Farquharson, reported. On motion by Mr. Cooper, The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Toucey the 17th instant, that the vote ordering the nomination of John W. T. Gardiner lie on the table be reconsidered, and agreed thereto. The question then recurring on the motion that the nomination of John W. T. Gardiner lie on the table, Yeas.. It was determined in the negative, {Nays. On motion by Mr. Cooper, 15 18 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Atherton, Benjamin, Bright, Chase, Cooper, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, James, Jones of Iowa, Mallory, Pettit, Sebastian, Smith, Soulé, Thompson, Walker. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Adams, Badger, Bayard, Borland, Butler, Douglas, Evans, Everett, Hamlin, Houston, Hunter, Mason, Norris, Pearce, Shields, Stuart, Toucey, Weller. On motion by Mr. Shields, The Senate then proceeded to consider the nominations of John W. T. Gardin r, John Adams, Thomas F. Castor, Orren Chapman, William T. Magruder, Robert Ransom, jr., Robert Johnston, Dabney H. Maury, Innis N. Palmer, Joseph G. Tilford, Henry Benson, Joseph B. Plummer, Andrew G. Miller, Daniel Huston, jr., James B. Greene, Charles R. Woods, Peter T. Swaine, Hannibal Day, William R. Montgomery, Alfred Sully, Edward Murray, George H. Page, Nathaniel H. McLean, Adolphus F. Bond, Marshall T. Polk, Joseph H. La Motte, Albermarlé Cady, Thomas Hendrickson, Winfield S. Hancock, Robert E. Patterson, James Longstreet, Horace Haldeman, Theodore Fink, Robert G. Cole, Frederick M. Follett, and Melancthon Smith; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the promotion of said persons in the Army of the United States, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Soulé, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 21st instant, the nomination of Thomas P. Goodhue, reported. Mr. Soulé, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 21st instant, the nominations of John G. Maier and Benjamin Johnson, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Soulé, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 21st instant, the nominations of Samuel L. Gardener, Jesse Sharpe, William B. Flanner William N. Peden, I. N. Ebey, Philip Beauprie, Lansing B. Mizner, Landon Taylor, William C. Barker, Asa Gray, Ed3916 E J-v 6- -7 ward P. Little, James Sands, Gordon Forbes, John Boston, James A. Joues, and James M. Scofield, reported. Mr. Soulé, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 21st instant, the nomination of Hamilton Stuart, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Soulé, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was this day referred the nomination of John H. Harmon, reported. On motion the Senate adjourned. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1853. Mr. Badger submitted the following motion; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Ordered, That the Committee on the Contingent Expenses of the Senate inquire and report whether the compensation and expenses of the agent employed to procure and compile the information called for by the resolution of the Senate of March 8, 1851, is payable out of the contingent expenses of the Senate, and if not, how the same should be paid. On motion by Mr. Seward, Ordered, That Andrew Russmussen have leave to withdraw his petition and papers. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of 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; and having been amended on motion of Mr. Stuart, the resolution was reported to the Senate and the amendment was disagreed to. On motion by Mr. Chase to amend the resolution by inserting: Provided, That hereafter no allowances of any kinds beyond their regular compensation shall be made to any officer of the Senate, A motion was made by Mr. Badger to amend the amendment by addng thereto, unless directed by the Senate, And on the question to agree thereto, Yeas. It was determined in the negative, Nays.. On motion by Mr. Chase, 4 31 The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Badger, Borland, Cooper, Morton. Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Atherton, Bayard, Benjamin. Bright, Brodhead, Butler, Chase, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Evans, Fitzpatrick, Hamlin, Houston, Hunter, James, Jones of Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Norris, Sebastian, Seward, Smith, Soulé, Stuart, Sumner, Thompson of Kentucky, Toucey, Weller. On the question to agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Chase, 34 It was determined in the affirmative, Nays. 3 On motion by Mr. Bright, Yeas.. The yes and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Atherton, Bayard, Benjamin, Bright, Brodhead, Chase, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Evans, Everett, Fish, Fitzpatrick, Hamlin, Houston, Hunter, James, Joues of |