Iowa, Mallory, Mason, Morton, Norris, Sebastian, Seward, Shields, Smith, Soulé, Stuart, Sumner, Thompson of Kentucky, Toucey, Weller. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Badger, Borland, Cooper No further amendment being proposed, Ordered, That the resolution be engrossed and read a third time. The said resolution was read the third time, by unanimous consent. Resolved, That it pass as follows: Resolved, That there be paid out of the contingent fun 1, and under the direction of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to the Superintendent of the Public Printing, and to the clerks and messenger in his office, the same extra allowance as was paid to the clerks and messengers of the Senate at the last session of Congress: Provided, That hereafter no allowances of any kind, beyond their regular compensation, shall be made to any officer of the Senate. Mr. Borland, from the Committee on Printing, to whon was referred the motion to print extra copies of the map indicating the proposed course of steam navigation between San Francisco and Shangai, reported: That one thousand extra copies of the said map be printed for the the use of the Senate. The Senate proceeded to consider the report; and On motion by Mr. Seward to strike out "one thousand" and insert fitfeen hundred, It was determined in the affirmative. Whereupon, it was Ordered, That fifteen hundred extra copies of the said map be printed for the use of the Senate. On motion by Mr. Borlan, Ordered, That two thousand additional copies of the report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicated to the Senate the 22d instant, respecting the Mexican boundary commission, be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to. Recolved, That the report of the Secretary of War, communicating an estimate and plan for a beacon or light-house structure for the New South shoal off Nantucket, which was laid before the Senate during the first session of the last Congress, be printed for the use of the Senate. On motion by Mr. Houston, Ordered, That two thousand additional copies of the report of the Select Committee on Frauds and Abuses be printed for the use of the Senate. The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Shields the 17th instant, to make an allowance to R. Beale, late Sergeant-at Arms and Doorkeeper to the Senate; and, On motion by Mr. Mason, Ordered, That the resolution lie on the table. 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 Nathaniel Hawthorne, of Massachusetts, to be consul of the United States at Liverpool, to take effect on the first of August next, in prace of Thomas L. Crittenden, resigned. WASHINGTON, March 23d, 1851. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Philip A. Roach to be appraiser of merchandise for the port of San Francisco, in the State of California, vice I. Vincent Brown, removed. WASHINGTON, March 23d, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Harry Wilton to be marshal of the United States for the district of Illinois, in place of Benjamin Bond, removed. WASHINGTON, March 23d, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate George W. Rice to be marshal of the United States for the district of Michigan, in place of Hiram Becker, removed. WASHINGTON, March 23d, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Benjamin I. Jacoway to be Indian agent at the Choctaw agency, vice William Wilson, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 23d, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Thomas P. Pierce to be deputy postmaster at Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, in place of James Hersey, removed. WASHINGTON, March 23d, 1853. The messages were read. FRANKLIN PIERCE. Ordered, That the nomination of Nathaniel Hawthorne be referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered, That the nomination of George W. Rice be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered, That the nomination of Benjamin I. Jacoway be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered, That the nomination of Thomas P. Pierce be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nominations of Philip A. Roach and Harry Wilton; and Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Samuel R. Anderson, Robert Farquharson, Samuel L. Gardener, Jesse Sharpe, William B. Flanner, William N. Peden, I. N. Ebey, Philip Beauprie, Lansing B. Mizner, Lyndon Taylor, William C. Barker, Asa Gray, Edward P. Little, James Sands, Gordon Forbes, John Boston, James M. Scofield, and John H. Harmon; 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 22d instant, the nominations of Robert Wilson Fraser, O. P. Sutton, Isaac Hutchinson, and George T. Wright, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Hun er, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred, the 22d instant, the nominations of Hugh J. Anderson and Isaac H. Sturgeon, 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 the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 22d instant, the nomination of Warren Hathaway, reported. Mr. Soulé, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post Roads, to whom were referred, the 22d instant, the nominations of George A. Cracraft, Edward A. King, and Nathaniel Bishop, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred, the 21st instant, the nominations of Nathaniel G. Upham and A. Dudley Mann, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred, the 8th instant, the consular convention between the United States of America and His Majesty the Emperor of the French, concluded in the city of Washington on the 23d day of February, 1853, reported it without amendment. Mr. Bright submitted the following resolution; which was read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations: Whereas notwithstanding the measures which may have been, or may hereafter be, taken by the United States in conformity with the 11th article of the treaty with Mexico by savage tribes within their limits, such incursions may have been, or may hereafter be, made to the injury of citizens of Mexico or their property, which may tend to produce misunderstanding between the two Governments, and possibly give rise to claims on the United States for indemnification on the part of Mexico or her citizens: Therefore, Resolved, That in the opinion of the Senate, it is desirable, with a view to the preservation of good understanding between the two Republics, and also for the interest of the United States, that for a proper consideration the United States should be released by Mexico from all pecuniary liability from injury or damage heretofore done, or which may be hereafter done, to Mexican citizens or their property in any such incursion. 25 7 The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted by Mr. Sebastian, the 17th instant, for the ratification of the treaty with the Apache Nation of Indians; and on the question to agree thereto, Yeas It was determined in the affirmative, {Nay Nays... Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Atherton, Badger, Benjamin, Cooper, Dodge of Iowa, Evans, Everett, Fish, Gwin, Hamlin, Houston, James, Jones of Iowa, Mason, Pettit, Seward, Shields, Smith, Stuart, Sumner, Thompson of Kentucky, Toucey, Weller. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Bayard, Bright, Chase, Douglas, Hunter, Norris, Soulé. Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the President of the United States. On motion by Mr. Mason, The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the consideration of the new draft of the general convention with the Swiss Confederation; and, After debate, On motion by Mr. Mason, The Senate adjourned. THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1853. The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Walker the 21st instant, to authorize the Committee on Indian Affairs to delegate a member of the committee to take testimony during the recess in relation to frauds alleged to have been committed by Alexander Ramsey, Indian agent, and others; and An amendment being proposed by Mr. Adams, On motion by Mr. Mason, Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow. Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 22d instant, the nomination of George W. Manypenny, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Stuart, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, the 23d instant, the nomination of George W. Rice, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Stuart, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred, the 22d instant, the nomination of Charles Mason, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination. Mr. Borland, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, the 22d instant, the nominations of Henry L. Biscoe, Daniel P. Roberts, S. Molony, John B. Cloutier, John Connelly, Edward Conner, John M. Cunningham, Samuel K. Casey, Harman Alexander, William J. A. Sparks, Augustus C. Marsh, Damon Houser, and Eli B. Williams, reported. Whereupon Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively. Mr. Borland, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, the 21st instant, the nominations of Asa C. Marvin, Benjamin F. Danley, Robert A. Watkins, James C. Tappan, and William W. Lewis, 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. Soulé, Ordered, That the nomination of Thomas P. Goodhue be recommitted to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads. The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the consideration of the new draft of the general convention with the Swiss Confederation; and, After debate, On motion by Mr. Seward, Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow. 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 John Slidell, of Louisiana, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Central America. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, March 24, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Francis W. Brinley to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Perth Amboy, in the State of New Jersey, vice Charles McK. Smith, removed. WASHINGTON, March 24th, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Alexander Toll to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Michilimackinac, in the State of Michigan, vice Charles E. Avery, removed. WASHINGTON, March 24th, 1853. To the Senate of the United States : FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Myer Jacobs to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, vice William Y. Leitch, removed. WASHINGTON, March 24th, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Joseph Siera to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Pensacola, in the State of Florida, vice Robert Mitchell, removed. WASHINGTON, March 24th, 1853. To the Senate of the United States: FRANKLIN PIERCE. I nominate Henry Fulbright, of Missouri, to be receiver of public moneys at Springfield, Missouri, vice Marcus Boyd, removed. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, March 24, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. |