THURSDAY, December 18, 1845. Link to Annals.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list of promotions and appointments in the Army of the United States, to the several grades annexed to their names, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, December 16, 1845.

War Department, December 12, 1845.

Sir: I have the honor respectfully to propose for your approbation the annexed list of officers for regular promotion and persons for appointment in the Army of the United States.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant,

W. L. MARCY.

To the President of the United States.

Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, December 12, 1845.

Sir: I respectfully submit the accompanying list of regular promotions and appointments to fill vacancies in the Army, which are known to have happened since the adjournment of Congress in March last.

It may be proper to repeat the remark that there are (now) five vacancies in the Quartermaster's Department, one of the rank of major, since July 22, 1842, and four of captain; which vacancies it is understood, after due consideration, it was decided that the wants of the public service did not require to be filled.

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obed't serv't,

R. JONES, Adj't Gen'l.

Hon. W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War.

Promotions and Appointments in the Army of the United States. PROMOTIONS. First Regiment of Dragoons.

First Lieutenant William Eustis to be captain, March 17, 1845, vice Terrett, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Andrew J. Smith to be first lieutenant, March 4, 1845, vice Schaumburg, whose appointment ceased on that day. 1 EX

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Second Lieutenant James H. Carleton to be first lieutenant, March 17, 1845, vice Eustis, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Richard S. Ewell to be first lieutenant, September 18, 1845, vice McCrate, deceased.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Thomas C. Hammond to be second lieutenant, March 4, 1845, vice Smith, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Rufus Ingalls, of the Second Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, March 17, 1845, vice Carleton, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Cave J. Couts, of the Second Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, March 31, 1845, vice Rust, resigned.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Whittlesey, of the Second Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, September 18, 1845, vice Ewell, promoted.

Second Regiment of Dragoons.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Alfred Pleasonton, of the First Regiment of Dragoons, to be second lieutenant, November 3, 1845, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the dismissal of First Lieutenant Ransom.

Third Regiment of Artillery.

Lieutenant-Colonel William Gates to be colonel, October 13, 1845, vice Armistead, deceased.

Major Francis S. Belton, of the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, to be lieutenant-colonel, October 13, 1845, vice Gates, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Lucien Loeser, of the Second Regiment of Artillery, to be second lieutenant, May 31, 1845, vice A. P. Stewart, resigned.

Fourth Regiment of Artillery.

Brevet Major John L. Gardner, captain of the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, to be major, October 13, 1845, vice Belton, promoted.

First Lieutenant Raphael C. Smead to be captain, October 13, 1845, vice Gardner, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Francis N. Clarke to be first lieutenant, October 13, 1845, vice Smead, promoted.

Second Lieutenant George W. Getty to be first lieutenant, October 31, 1845, vice Soley, deceased.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Daniel H. Hill, of the Third Regiment of Artillery, to be second lieutenant, October 13, 1845, vice Clarke, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant John H. Greland, of the First Regiment of Artillery, to be second lieutenant, October 31, 1845, vice Getty, promoted.

Third Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Joseph L. Coburn to be captain, November 3, 1845, vice Colton, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Oliver L. Shepherd to be first lieutenant, November 3, 1845, vice Coburn, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Robert Hazlitt, of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant, November 3, 1845, vice Shepherd, promoted.

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Lieutenant-Colonel William Whistler, of the Seventh Regiment of Infantry, to be colonel, July 15, 1845, vice Vose, deceased.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Christopher C. Augur, of the Second Regiment of infantry, to be second lieutenant, September 12, 1845, vice Higgins, deceased.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant *

* Lieutenant Grant was promoted in the 7th Regiment of Infantry, vice Humber, promoted, and exchanged into his present regiment (the 4th) with Lieutenant F. Gardner.

to be second lieutenant, September 30, 1845.

Fifth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant William Chapman to be captain, June 8, 1845, vice Johnston, deceased.

Second Lieutenant John A. Whitall to be first lieutenant, June 8, 1845, vice Chapman, promoted.

Second Lieutenant George Deas to be first lieutenant, November 17, 1845, vice Reid, deceased.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Mortimer Rosecrants to be second lieutenants June 8, 1845, vice Whitall, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Lafayette B. Wood, of the Eighth Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant, November 17, 1845, vice Deas, promoted.

Sixth Regiment of Infantry.

Captain Benjamin L. E. Bonneville, of the Seventh Regiment of Infantry, to be major, July 15, 1845, vice Hoffman, promoted.

First Lieutenant William H. T. Walker to be captain, November 7, 1845, vice Searight, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Edward H. Fitzgerald to be first lieutenant, November 7, 1845, vice Walker, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Edwin Howe, of the Fifth Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant, November 7, 1845, vice Fitzgerald, promoted.

Seventh Regiment of Infantry.

Major William Hoffman, of the Sixth Regiment of Infantry, to be lieutenant-colonel, July 15, 1845, vice Whistler, promoted.

First Lieutenant Daniel P. Whiting to be captain, April 18, 1845, vice Davis, dismissed.

First Lieutenant Roger S. Dix to be captain, July 15, 1845, vice Bonneville, promoted.

First Lieutenant Richard C. Gatlin to be captain, September 30, 1845, vice Dix, appointed paymaster.

Second Lieutenant Henry Little to be first lieutenant, April 18, 1845, vice Whiting, promoted.

Second Lieutenant James R. Scott to be first lieutenant, July 15, 1845, vice Dix, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Charles H. Humber to be first lieutenant, September 30, 1845, vice Gatlin, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant John M. Jones, of the Fifth Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenants April 18, 1845, vice Little, promoted.

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Brevet Second Lieutenant Franklin Gardner to be second lieutenant, September 12, 1845. *

* Lieutenant Gardner was promoted in the 4th Regiment of Infantry, vice Berry, deceased, and exchanged into his present Regiment (the 7th) with Lieutenant Ulysses S. Grant.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Potter, of the First Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant, October 21, 1845, vice Quimby, resigned.

Eighth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Calvin Hetzel to be first lieutenant, May 30, 1845, vice Johnson, cashiered.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Jacob I. Booker, of the First Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant, June 1, 1845, vice Hanson, resigned.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Theodore L. Chadbourne, of the Second Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant, September 10, 1845, vice Dame, resigned.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Edmunds B. Holloway, of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant, September 26, 1845, vice Handy, deceased.

APPOINTMENTS. Quartermaster's Department.

First Lieutenant Morris S. Miller, of the Third Regiment of Artillery, to be assistant quartermaster, with the rank of captain, September 13, 1845.

Pay Department.

Benjamin F. Larned, paymaster, reappointed, to take effect November 24, 1845, when his former commission expired.

Thomas I. Leslie, paymaster, reappointed, to take effect November 27, 1845, when his former commission expired.

St. Clair Denny, paymaster, reappointed, to take effect October 15, 1845, when his former commission expired.

Roger S. Dix, late captain of the Seventh Regiment of Infantry, to be paymaster September 30, 1845, vice Davies, resigned.

Corps of Engineers.

Cadet William H. C. Whiting to be second lieutenant, July l, 1845.

Ordnance Department.

Stevens T. Mason, of Virginia, to be military storekeeper, May 15, 1845.

Graduates of the Military Academy attached to the Army as brevet second lieutenants, in conformity with the fourth section of the act of April 29, 1812, to take rank respectively from July 1, 1845.

Brevet second lieutenants attached to the Corps of Engineers.

Cadet Edward B. Hunt, of New York.

Cadet Louis Hébert, of Louisiana.

0007 5 Brevet second lieutenants attached to the Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Cadet William F. Smith, of Vermont.

Cadet Thomas I. Wood, of Kentucky.

Brevet second lieutenants attached to the Ordnance Department.

Cadet Thomas G. Rhett, of South Carolina.

Cadet Charles P. Stone, of Massachusetts.

Brevet second lieutenants attached to the Dragoon Arm.

Cadet Bezaleel W. Armstrong, of Ohio.

Cadet William T. Allen, of Virginia.

Cadet John W. Davidson, of Virginia.

Cadet James M. Hawes, of Kentucky.

Cadet Newton C. Givens, of Kentucky.

Cadet Richard C. W. Radford, of Virginia.

Cadet Delos B. Sacket, of New York.

Cadet Joseph McElvain, of Indiana.

Brevet second lieutenants attached to the Artillery Arm.

Cadet Fitz John Porter, of New Hampshire.

Cadet Josiah H. Carlisle, of Maine.

Cadet George Edwards, of England.

Cadet Henry Coppée, of Georgia.

Cadet Francis Collins, of New York.

Cadet Joseph F. Farry, of Pennsylvania.

Cadet Louis D. Welch, of Connecticut.

Cadet George P. Andrews, of Connecticut.

Cadet Thomas B. I. Weld, of Maine.

Brevet second lieutenants attached to the Infantry Arm.

Cadet John P. Hatch, of New York.

Cadet John A. Richey, of Ohio.

Cadet Patrick A. Farrelly, of Pennsylvania.

Cadet Abram B. Lincoln, of New York.

Cadet James G. S. Snelling, of Iowa.

Cadet Edmund K. Smith, of Florida.

Cadet Thomas I. Montgomery, of Maine.

Cadet James N. Ward, of Kentucky.

Cadet Barnard E. Bee, of South Carolina.

Cadet William Rhea, of Virginia.

Cadet Gordon Granger, of New York.

Cadet Henry B. Clitz, of New York.

Cadet William H. Wood, of Massachusetts.

Cadet David A. Russell, of New York.

Cadet Thomas G. Pitcher, of Indiana.

Cadet William L. Crittenden, of Kentucky.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate, Thrones McGuire, of Ohio, to be consul for the port of Rio Grande, in Brazil, in the place of John C. Pedrick, resigned.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, 18 th December, 1845.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the persons herein named for the offices to which they have been appointed during the last recess of the Senate, viz:

William H. Robertson, of Louisiana, to be consul for the port of Bremen, in the place of A. D. Mann, recalled.

Gorham Parks, of Maine, to be consul for the port of Rio de Janeiro, in the place of George W. Gordon, recalled.

James H. Tate, of Mississippi, to be consul for the port of Buenos Ayres, in the place of Joseph Graham, recalled.

William A. Sparks, of SouGh Carolina, to be consul for the port of Venice, in the place of Albert Dabadie, recalled.

Simeon M. Johnson, of Michigan, to be consul for the port of Matanzas, in the place of Thomas M. Rodney, recalled.

Thomas N. Carr, of New York, to be consul for the Empire of Morocco, in the place of John F. Mullowny, recalled.

Nicholas B. Boyle, of Washington, to be consul for Port Mahon, in the Island of Minorca, in the place of Obadiah Rich, resigned.

John F. Bacon, of New York, to be consul for the port of Nassau, in the Island of New Providence, in the place of Timothy Darling, recalled.

John I. Peavey, of Maine, to be consul for the port of Pictou, in Nova Scotia, in the place of James Primrose, recalled.

John W. Holding, of Maryland, to be consul for the port of Sant Iago de Cuba, in the place of James L. Wright, deceased.

Ramon L. Sanchez, of Florida, to be consul for the port of Cartagena, in New Grenada, in the place of Samuel C. Kneass, resigned.

William Nelson, to be consul for the port of Panama, in New Granada, in the place of Jeremiah A. Townsend, recalled.

George H. Goundie, of Pennsylvania, to be consul for the city of Bazel, in Switzerland, in the place of Seth T. Otis, recalled.

Thomas W. Gilpin, of Pennsylvania, to be consul for the port of Belfast, in Ireland, in the place of James Shaw, recalled.

Joseph Cowdin, of New York, to be consul for the port of Glasgow, in Scotland, in the place of Thomas McGuire, recalled.

Thomas B. Abrams, of Pennsylvania, to be consul for the port of Mayaguez, in the Island of Puerto Rico, in the place of Gurdon Bradley, recalled.

Charles Ward, of Maine, to be consul for the Island of Zanzibar, in the dominions of the Sultan of Muscat, in the place of Richard P. Waters, recalled.

Samuel D. Heap, of Pennsylvania, to be consul for the city and Kingdom of Tunis, in the place of John H. Payne, recalled.

Nicholas Browne, of New York, to be consul for the city of Rome, in the place of George W. Greene, recalled.

Joel Turrill, of New York, to be consul for the Sandwich Islands, in the place of Alexander Abell, recalled.

Samuel Haight, of New York, to be consul for the Azores, or Western Islands, in the place of C. W. Dabney, recalled.

George P. Manouvrier, of Louisiana, to be consul for the port of Pernambuco, in the place of G. T. Snow, recalled.

Stewart Steel, of Pennsylvania, to be consul for the port of Dundee, in Scotland, in the place of Edward Baxter, recalled.

John T. Pickett, of Kentucky, to be consul for Turk's Island, in the place of Abraham Morrell, recalled, who was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, in the place of John Arthur, recalled.

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William Crosby, of Ohio, to be consul for the port of Talcahuano, in Chili, in the place of Paul H. Delano, recalled.

Charles Sherwood, of blew York, to be consul for the port of Messina, in Sicily, in the place of John L. Payson, recalled.

Henry G. Hubbard, of New York, to be consul for the port of St. John's, in the Island of Puerto Rico, in place of O. S. Morse, recalled.

Edward Warrens, of Missouri, to be consul for the port of Trieste, in the place of A. D. Mann, resigned, who was appointed, during the last recess of the Senate, in the place of George Moore, recalled.

Robert L. Loughead, of Pennsylvania, to be consul for the port of Londonderry, in Ireland, in the place of James McDowell, declined, who was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, in the place of James McHenry, deceased.

Frederick B. Wells, of New Hampshire to be consul for the Island of Bermuda, in the place of Alexander I. Bergen, resigned, who was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, in the place of William T. Tucker, recalled.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, 18 th December, 1845.

[Confidential.]

To the Senate of the United States:

I herewith communicate to the Senate, for its consideration, a convention signed on the 14th May, of the present year, by the minister of the United States at Berlin, with the minister of Saxony at the same court, for the mutual abolition of the droit d'aubaine, droit de détraction, and taxes on emigration, between the United States and Saxony. And I communicate with the convention an explanatory dispatch of the minister of the United States, dated on the 14th May, 1845, and numbered 267.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, December 15 th, 1845.

[Confidential.]

To the Senate of the United States:

I herewith communicate to the Senate, for its consideration, a convention concluded and signed at Berlin on the 29th day of January, 1845, between the United States and Prussia, together with certain other German states, for the mutual extradition of fugitives from justice in certain cases; and I communicate with the convention the correspondence necessary to explain it.

In submitting this convention to the Senate, I deem it proper to call their attention to the third article, by which it is stipulated that “none of the contracting parties shall be bound to deliver up its own citizens or subjects under the stipulations of this convention.”

No such reservation is to be found in our treaties of extradition with Great Britain and France, the only two nations with whom we have concluded such treaties. These provide for the surrender of all persons who are fugitives from justice without regard to the country to which they may belong. Under this article if German subjects of any of the parties to the convention should commit crimes within the United States and fly back to their native country from justice they would not be surrendered. This is clear in regard to all such Germans as shall not have 0010 8 been naturalized under our laws. But even after naturalization difficult and embarrassing questions might arise between the parties. These German powers, holding the doctrine of perpetual allegiance, might refuse to surrender German naturalized citizens, whilst we must ever maintain the principle that the rights and duties of such citizens are the same as if they had been born in the United States.

I would also observe that the 4th article of the treaty submitted contains a provision not to be found in our conventions with Great Britain and France.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, December 16, 1845.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations for promotion and appointment in the Army be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Ordered, That the nominations of consuls be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

The convention for the mutual abolition of the droit d'aubaine, droit de détraction, and taxes on emigration between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saxony, concluded at Berlin on the 14th of May, 1845, was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent.

Ordered, That the convention, with the message and document, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

The convention for the mutual delivery of criminals fugitive from justice in certain cases, concluded between the United States on the one part and Prussia and the other states of the Germanic Confederation on the other part, at Berlin the 29th January, 1845, was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent.

Ordered, That the convention with the message and documents, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

MONDAY, December 22, 1845. Link to Annals.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the persons herein named for the offices to which they have [been] appointed during the last recess of the Senate, viz: Justices of the peace in the District of Columbia, in the county of Washington.

David Saunders, of Washington, his former commission having expired.

Robert White, of Georgetown, his former commission having expired.

Benjamin B. French, of Washington, his former commission having expired.

Robert H. Clements, of Washington, his former commission having expired.

Henry Reaver, of Georgetown.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, 22 d December, 1845.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the persons herein named to be justices of the peace for the county, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, viz:

Benjamin K. Morsell, of Washington, from the 24th inst., when his present commission will expire.

Nicholas B. Vanzandt, of Washington, from the 28th Just, when his present commission will expire.

Nathaniel Brady, of Washington, from the 28th inst., when his present commission will expire.

Reuben Burdine, of Washington, in place of William Thompson, whose commission will expire on the 24th inst.

James Callaghan, of Washington, in place of Thomas R. Hampton, dec'd.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, 22 d December, 1845.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the persons herein named for the offices to which they have been appointed during the last recess of the Senate, viz:

Louis McLane, of Maryland, to be envoy extraordinary minister plenipotentiary at the court of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the place of Edward Everett, recalled.

Gansevoort Melville, of New York, to be secretary of the legation of the United States near Her Britannic Majesty, in the place of Francis R. Rives, resigned.

John Slidell, of Louisiana, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Mexican Republic.

William S. Parrott, of Washington, to be secretary the legation of the United States to the Mexican Republic.

Auguste Davezac, of New York, to be chargé d'affaires at the court of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, in the place of Christopher Hughes, recalled.

William H. Stiles, of Georgia, to be chargé d'affaires to the court of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, in the place of Daniel Jenifer, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to that court.

Henry W. Ellsworth, of Indiana, to be Chargé d'affaires at the court of Sweden, in the place of George W. Lay, recalled.

Benjamin A. Bidlack, of Pennsylvania, to be chargé d'affaires to the Republic of New Granada, in the place of William M. Blackford, recalled.

Anthony Ten Eyck, of Michigan, to be commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, in the place of George W. Brown, at his own request recalled.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, 22 d December, 1845.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of justices of the peace be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Ordered, That the nominations of Louis McLane, Gansevoort Melville, John Slidell, William S. Parrott, Auguste Davezac, William H. Stiles, Henry W. Ellsworth, Benjamin A. Bidlack, and Anthony Ten Eyck be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

TUESDAY, December 23, 1845. Link to Annals.

The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the persons herein named for the offices to which they have been appointed during the last recess of the Senate, viz:

Levi Woodbury, of New Hampshire, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the place of Joseph Story, deceased.

James Dunlop, of the District of Columbia, assistant judge of the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia, in the place of Buckner Thruston, deceased.

Thomas Hartley Crawford, of the District of Columbia, judge of the criminal court for the District of Columbia, in the place of James Dunlop, resigned.

Henry Dodge, governor of Wisconsin, in the place of Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, removed.

James Clarke, of Iowa, governor of Iowa, in the place of John Chambers, removed.

Jesse Williams, of Iowa, secretary of Iowa, in the place of Samuel I. Burr, removed.

Robert Coltman, of Washington, D. C., warden of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, in the place of John B. Dade, resigned.

James Hoban, of the District of Columbia, attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia, in the place of Philip R. Fendall, whose commission had expired.

I also nominate to the Senate George W. Woodward, of Pennsylvania, to be associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in the place of Henry Baldwin, deceased.

John W. Brockenbrough, of Virginia, to be judge of the district court of the United States for the western district of Virginia, in the place of Isaac S. Pennybacker, resigned.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, 23 d December, 1845.

The message was read.

Ordered, That the nominations contained therein be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Allen, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred on the 22d instant the nomination of Louis McLane, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

SATURDAY, December 27, 1845. Link to Annals.

Mr. Haywood presented the petition of sundry citizens of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, adverse to the appointment of James Dunlop to be assistant judge of the circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

MONDAY, December 29, 1845. Link to Annals.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary;

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the persons herein named for the offices to which they have been appointed during the last recess of the Senate, viz:

Marcus Morton to be collector of the customs for the district of Boston and Charlestown, in the State of Massachusetts, vice Lemuel Williams, removed.

John McNiel to be surveyor for the district of Boston and Charlestown, and inspector of the revenue for the port of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, vice Joseph Grafton, removed.

Augustus Jenkins to be collector of the customs for the district of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, vice Lory Odell, removed.

Daniel Vaughan to be naval officer for the district of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, vice John McClintock, removed.

William H. Cole, jr. to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, vice Thomas Lloyd, removed.

Joseph P. Junkins to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of York, in the State of Maine, vice Jeremiah Brooks, removed.

James Taylor to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Wiscassett, in the State of Maine, vice Moses Shaw, removed.

William B. Bullock to be collector of the customs for the district of Savannah, in the State of Georgia, vice Edward Hardin, removed.

Hezekiah Willard to be collector of the customs for the district of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, vice Thomas F. Carpenter, who declines the appointment.

Rowland H. Bridgham to be collector of the customs for the district of Penobscot and inspector of the revenue for the port of Castine, in the State of Maine, vice Charles J. Abbott, removed.

Micajah Hawkes to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Eastport, in the State of Maine, vice Shilowith S. Whipple, resigned.

Joseph H. Jordan to be collector of customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Frenchman's Bay. in the State of Maine, vice Henry S. Jones, appointed in the recess of the Senate, in the place of Jno. M. Hale, removed.

William Brown to be collector of customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Machias, in the State of Maine, vice William B. Smith, removed.

James Polk to be naval officer for the district of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, vice Sam'l J. K. Handy, removed.

Michael McBlair to be appraiser of merchandise for the port of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, vice John Lester, removed.

Nathaniel M. Lowney to be collector of customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Belfast, in the State of Maine, vice Benjamin Wiggin, removed

Edward Green to be collector of the customs for the district of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, vice George Brent, deceased.

James R. Thompson to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for 0014 12 the port of Town Creek, in the State of Maryland, vice Lewis Stone, deceased.

Henry W. Rogers to be collector of customs for the district of Buffalo Creek and inspector of the revenue for the port of Buffalo, in the State of New York, vice Jedediah H. Lathrop, removed

Smith Inglehart to be collector of the customs for the district of Cuyahoga, and inspector of the revenue for the per of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio, vice William Milford, removed.

Silas Weaver surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of East Greenwich, in the State of Rhode Island, vice Joseph I. Tillinghast, removed.

Reuben H. Boughton to be collector of the customs for the district of Niagara and inspector of the revenue for the port of Lewiston, in the State New York, vice Amos S. Tryon, removed.

Michael Hoffman to be naval officer for the district of New York, in the State of New York, vice Jeremiah Towle, removed.

Edwin Wilbur to be collector of the customs for the district of Newport, in the State of Rhode Island, vice William Eunis, removed.

Phineas W. Leland to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Fall River, in the State of Massachusetts, vice Charles D. Holmes, removed.

Otis N. Cole to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Sackett's Harbor, in the State of New York, vice John O. Dickey, removed.

Cornelius W. Lawrence to be collector of the customs for the district of New York, in the State of New York, vice Cornelius P. Van Ness, resigned.

Isaac H. Hedges to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, vice Oliver Harris, removed.

Sam'l W. Spencer to lie collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Apalachicola, in the State of Florida, vice Hiram Nourse, resigned.

Ezra Chesebro to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the pert of Stonington, in the State of Connecticut, vice Giles R. Hallam, removed.

Rizop Rawls to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Edenton, in the State of North Carolina, vice Thomas I. Charleton, whose commission expired.

Alcee La Branche to be naval officer for the district of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, vice Martin Duralde, whose commission, expired.

Murray Whallon to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the pert of Presque Isle, in the State of Pennsylvania, vice Charles W. Kelso, whose commission expired.

Charles N. Lawson to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Carter's Creek, in the State of Virginia, vice Robert Edmonds, whose commission expired.

Henry Hicks to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Wilmington, in the State of Delaware, vice Arnold Naudain, whose commission expired.

Nathan Bardin to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, vice Elkanah French, whose commission expired.

John B. Guthrie to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, vice William B. Murray, removed.

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Robert B. Merchants to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Dumfries, in the State of Virginia, vice George H. Cockrell, whose commission expired.

Michael Edwards, jr., to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue at the port of Wheeling, in the State of Virginia, vice Sam'l Atkinson, whose commission expired.

Robert White to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, vice Henry Addison, whose commission expired.

James Fisher to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Pawtuxet, in the State of Rhode Island, vice Peleg Aborn, whose commission expired.

William Nichols to be collector of the customs for the district of Newburyport, in the State of Massachusetts, vice Henry W. Kinsman, whose commission expired.

Enoch Fowler to be naval officer for the district of Newburyport, in the State of Massachusetts, vice Thomas M. Clark, whose commission expired.

Stephen R. Mallory 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 Adam Gordon, removed.

George Center to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of St. Augustine, in the State of Florida, vice Augustus W. Walker, removed.

Peter Dixey to be collector of the customs for the district of Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts, vice James Gregory, removed.

Joseph T. Pease to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Edgartown, in the State of Massachusetts, vice Leavitt Thaxter, removed.

William I. Grayson to be collector of the customs for the district of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, to take effect, when his former commission expired.

Rufus O. Pray to be collector of the customs for the district of Pearl River and inspector of the revenue for the port of Shieldsborough, in the State of Mississippi, vice William H. Arnold, Whose commission expired.

William J. Miller to be collector of the customs for the district of Bristol and Warren, in the State of Rhode Island, vice John Howe, removed.

Henry Horn to be collector of customs for the district of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, vice Calvin Blythe, removed.

Henry Welch to be naval officer for the district of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, vice Joel B. Sutherland, removed.

James A. Nichols 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 Solomon Andrews, removed.

J. Travis Rosser to be collector of the customs for the district of Petersburg, in the State of Virginia, vice Hugh Nelson, removed.

John Duncan to be appraiser of merchandise for the port of New orleans, in the State of Louisiana, vice Robert M. Wellman, removed.

Charles G. Hammond 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 Edward Brooks, resigned.

Samuel C. White to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Accomack Court-House, in the State of Virginia, vice William Wallston, removed.

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George W. Pomeroy to be appraiser of merchandise for the port of New York, in the State of New York, vice Mathias B. Edgar, removed.

Samuel Jones Willis to be appraiser of merchandise for the port of New York, in the State of New York, vice Amos Palmer, removed.

Benjamin E. Carpenter to be appraiser of merchandise for the port of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, vice Sam'l Spackman, removed.

James K. Hatton to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Washington, in the State of North Carolina, vice Thomas H. Blount, resigned.

Patrick Collins to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, vice Isaiah Wing, removed.

William D. Pritchard to lie collector of the customs for the district of Camden and inspector of the revenue for the port of Elizabeth City, in the State of North Carolina, vice George W. Charles, removed.

Charles Parker to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Snow Hill, in the State of Maryland, vice George Hudson, removed.

Nathaniel W. Walker to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of revenue for the port of Saint Marks, in the State of Florida, vice William H. Ware, whose commission expired.

Benjamin M. Bosworth to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the ports of Warren and Barrington, in the State of Rhode Island, vice William B. Snell, removed.

Silas A. Comstock to be naval officer for the district of Providence, in the State of Island, vice Moses Richardson, removed.

Seth Belden to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, vice Penfield B. Godsell, removed.

James T. Miller to be naval officer in the district of Wilmington, State or North Carolina, vice James Owen, removed.

Denis Prieur to be collector of the customs for the district of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, vice Thomas Barrett, removed.

Dillon Jordan 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.

Russell G. Hopkinson to be collector of the customs for the district of Vermont and inspector of the revenue for the port of Alburg, in the State of Vermont, vice Archibald W. Hyde, resigned.

James E. Saunders to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Mobile, in the State of Alabama, vice Collier H. Minge, removed.

I also nominate Charles W. Rand to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Nantucket, in the State or Massachusetts, vice William R. Easton, whose commission will expire on the 1st of January, 1846.

Thomas L. Shaw to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Georgetown, in the State of South Carolina, from the 3d of January, 1846, when his present commission will expire.

Thomas H. Jervey to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the pert of Charleston, in the State of South Carolina, from the 12th of January, 1846, when his present commission will expire.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, December 29, 1846.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the following-named persons to be deputy postmasters at the places respectively designated, they having been appointed during the last recess of the Senate, viz:

Nehemiah Moses, Portsmouth, N. Hampshire, in place of Samuel Gookin, removed.

Welcome B. Sayles, Providence, Rhode Island, in place of E. I. Mallett, resigned.

Charles K. Gardner, Washington City, D. C., in place of William Jones, removed.

William White, Raleigh, No. Carolina, in place of Thomas G. Scott, resigned.

Nathan L. Woodbury, Portland, Maine, in place of S. R. Lyman, removed.

John S. Bagg, Detroit, Michigan, in place of Thomas Rowland, removed.

James M. Buchanan, Baltimore, Maryland, in place of Thomas Finley, removed.

Joseph W. McCorkle, Dayton, Ohio, in place of Thomas Blair, removed.

Hart L. Stewart, Chicago, Illinois, in place of William Stuart, removed.

Paul Dean Carrique, Hudson, New York, in place of Justus McKinstry, removed.

Robert H. Morris, New York, N. Y., in place of John L. Graham, removed.

George F. Lehman, Philadelphia, Penna., in place of James Hoy, jr., removed.

Henry C. Conklin, Brooklyn, New York, in place of George Hall, removed.

Harvey Chapin, Springfield, Mass., in place of Galen Ames, removed.

Edward W. Green, New Bedford, Mass., in place of Simeon Bailey, removed.

John M. Wimer, St. Louis, Missouri, in place of Samuel B. Churchill, removed.

Stanley G. Trott, New London, Connecticut, in place of James H. Turner, whose commission expired.

George M. Horton, Geneva, New York, in place of James Rees, whose commission expired.

Richard H. Stanton, Maysville, Kentucky, in place of James W. Coburn, whose commission expired.

Benjamin F. Rawls, Columbia, South Carolina, in place of A. H. Gladden, whose commission expired.

William N. Friend, Petersburg, Virginia, in place of John Mirage, removed.

Joseph M. Doty, Odensburg, New York, in place of P. B. Fairchild, whose commission expired.

William G. Smith, Macon, Georgia, in place of K. Tyner, whose commission expired.

Chambers McKibbin, Pittsburg, Penna., in place of Robert M. Riddle, whose commission expired.

George Crawford, Cincinnati, Ohio, in place of W. H. H. Taylor, whose commission expired.

Jacob Medary, Columbus, Ohio, in place of John G. Miller, whose commission expired.

Henry F. Baker, Winchester, Virginia, in place of John Wall, whose commission expired.

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Truman C. Everts, Toledo, Ohio, in place of Andrew Palmer, resigned.

Benjamin F. Johnson, Frankfort, Kentucky, in place of William Hardin, resigned.

William L. Hommedieu, Norwich, Connt., in place of John H. Townsend, removed.

Pearson Mundy, Watertown, New York, in place of John F. Hutchinson, resigned.

George Sanderson, Carlisle, Penna., in place of William M. Porter, removed.

Thomas B. Hahn, Canandaigua, New York, in place of J. M. Wheeler, whose commission expired.

John Forsyth, Columbus, Georgia, in place of G. W. E. Bedell, whose commission expired.

David P. Brewster, Oswego, New York, in place of James Cochran, removed.

Amos S. Rathbun, Auburn, New York, in place of Wm. C. Beardsley, removed.

William W. Teal, Syracuse, New York, in place of Henry Raynor, removed.

Thomas J. Read, Louisville, Kentucky, in place of L. H. Mosby, removed.

Elihu Stout, Vincennes, Indiana, in place of Jas. W. Greenhow, removed.

Livingston Dunlap, Indianapolis, Indiana, in place of Samuel Henderson, removed.

John C. Slaymaker, Galena, Illinois, in place of Robert W. Carson, removed.

Joseph S. May, Apalachicola, Florida, in place of George F. Baltzell, resigned.

Allen May, Middleton, Connecticut, in place of Eli Wilcox, resigned.

John K. Wright, Reading, Penna., in place of Charles Troxell, whose commission expired.

Whiteacre Oneal, Steubenville, Ohio, in place of William Collins, whose commission expired.

George F. Worth, Nantucket, Massachusetts, in place of S. H. Jenks, whose commission expired.

Thomas Shepherd, Northampton, Massachusetts, in place of Amos H. Bullen, removed.

Philo F. Barnum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, in place of Isaac Sherman, jr., removed.

Wilson Knott, Newark, N. Jersey, in place of John I Plume, removed.

Jeremiah Cherry, Columbia, Tennessee, in place of Hillary Langtry, resigned.

I also nominate to the Senate the following-named persons to be deputy postmasters at the places respectively designated, viz:

William S. Hill, Greensboro', North Carolina, in place of I. J. M. Lindsay, removed.

John McClintock, Chambersburg, Penna., in place of David C. Durborrow, removed.

Jacob Fechtig, Cumberland, Maryland, in place of William Lynn, removed.

Stephen Isley, Newburyport, Massachusetts, to take effect on the 4th January, 1846, in place of Benjamin W. Hale, whose commission will expire on that day.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, December 29, 1845.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the persons herein named for the offices to which they have been appointed during the last recess of the Senate, viz:

Franklin Pierce to be attorney of the United States for the district of New Hampshire, in the place of Joel Eastman, removed.

Robert Rantoul, jr., to be attorney of the United States for the district of Massachusetts, in the place of Franklin Dexter, removed.

Thomas W. Bartley to be attorney of the United States for the district, of Ohio, in the place of Charles Anthony, removed.

William F. Allen to be attorney of the United States for the northern district of New York in the place of Joshua A. Spencer, removed.

Walter S. Burges to be attorney of the United States for the district of Rhode Island, in the place of Richard W. Greene, removed.

William S. Marshall to be attorney of the United States for the district of Maryland, in the place of Z. Collins Lee, removed.

Augustine Haines to be attorney of the United States for the district of Maine, in the place of Gorham Parks, resigned.

Solomon W. Downs to be attorney of the United States for the district of Louisiana, in the place of Belie Peyton, removed.

Thomas M. Pettit to be attorney of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, in the place of Henry M. Watts, removed.

John Norvell to be attorney of the United States for the district of Michigan, in the place of George C. Bates, resigned.

Edward Johnston to be attorney of the United States for the district of Iowa, in the place of John G. Deshler, removed.

Thomas T. Gantt to be attorney of the United States for the district of Missouri, in the place of William M. McPherson, removed.

Charles Linsley to be attorney of the United States for the district of Vermont, in the place of Charles Davis, whose commission had expired.

William P. Lynde to be attorney of the United States for the district of Wisconsin, in the place of Thomas W. Sutherland, whose commission had expired.

John L. Dawson to be attorney of the United States for the western district of Pennsylvania, in the place of William O'Hara Robinson, removed.

Charles C. Yonge to be attorney of the United States for the western district of Florida, in the place of Walker Anderson, resigned.

Stinson H. Anderson to be marshal of the United States for the district of Illinois, in the place of Thomas M. Hope, removed.

Thomas Fletcher to be marshal of the United States for the southern district of Mississippi, in the place of Anderson Miller, removed.

Daniel A. Robertson to be marshal of the United States for the district of Ohio, in the place of John McElvain, removed.

Burrington Anthony to be marshal of the United States for the district of Rhode island, in the plume of Sylvester Hartshorne, removed.

Ely Moore to be marshal of the United States for the southern district of New York, in the place of Silas M. Stilwell, removed.

William F. Wagner to be marshal of the United States for the district of Louisiana, in the place of Algernon S. Robertson, removed.

Elias Rector to be marshal of the United States for the district of Arkansas, in the place of Henry M. Rector, removed.

Gideon S. Bailey to be marshal of the United States for the district of Iowa, in the place of Isaac Leffler, removed. 2 EX

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Joseph B. Browne to be marshal of the United States for the southern district of Florida, he having resigned in May last, and been reappointed.

Cyrus Barton to be marshal of the United States for the district of New Hampshire, in the place of Israel W. Kelley, whose commission had expired.

Arthur R. Crozier to be marshal of the United States for the eastern district of Tennessee, in the place of Richard M. Woods, deceased.

Abel C. Pepper to be marshal of the United States for the district of Indiana, in the place of Robert Hanna, whose commission had expired.

Alexander Porter to be marshal of the United States for the district of Delaware, in the place of John McClung, resigned.

James G. Lyon to be marshal of the United States for the southern district of Alabama, in the place of William Armistead, removed.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, December 29, 1845.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate Cornelius Vanalstine and Albert G. Clary to be lieutenants in the Navy from the 11th day of April, 1845, at which time they were promoted to fill vacancies occasioned by the deaths of Lieutenants Geo. M. Hooe and James M. Lockert.

Henry L. Chipman to be a lieutenant in the Navy from the 13th day of April, 1845, at which time he was promoted to fill a vacancy created by the dismission of Lieutenant William D. Hurst.

George W. Doty to be a lieutenant in the Navy from the 13th day of May, 1845, at which time he was promoted to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Lieutenant William A. Jones.

Washington Sherman to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy from the 25th day of April, 1845, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Assistant Surgeon William Pitt Canning.

Felix Grundy Mayson to be a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps from the 14th day of November, 1845, at which time he was appointed to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Lieut. Robert D. Taylor.

David Harlan, now a passed assistant surgeon, to be a surgeon in the Navy from the 6th day of December, 1845, to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Surgeon John Haslett.

Henry O. Mayo and John Rudenstein to be assistant surgeons in the Navy, to fill vacancies occasioned by the promotion of David Harlan and the resignation of Assistant Surgeon Joshua Huntington.

I also nominate the following-named persons for the offices to which they were respectively appointed during the recess of the Senate:

John Y. Mason, jr., to be a purser in the Navy to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Purser Robert S. Moore.

J. George Harris to be a purser in the Navy to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Purser Edward N. Cox.

John F. Steele to be a purser in the Navy to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Purser Thomas E. Norris.

Edward C. Doran to be a purser in the Navy to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Purser Philo White.

William B. Hartwell to be a purser in the Navy to fill a vacancy occasioned by the dismission of Purser John N. Todd.

Isaac H. Wright to be Navy agent for the port of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, in place of J. Vincent Browne, removed.

Samuel Cushman to be Navy agent for the port of Portsmouth, in the State of New Hampshire, in place of Timothy Upham, resigned.

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Joseph White to be Navy agent for the port of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, in the place of Samuel McClellan, removed.

Walker Anderson to be Navy agent for the port of Pensacola, in the State of Florida, in place of Jackson Morton, whose commission has expired.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, 29 th December, 1845.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the persons herein named for the offices to which they have been appointed during the last recess of the Senate, viz:

Thomas I. Winship to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Chillicothe, in the State of Ohio, vice Thomas Scott, removed.

John Hough to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Chillicothe, in the State of Ohio, vice William Y. Strong, removed.

Robert McKelly to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Upper Sandusky, in the State of Ohio, vice Abner Root, removed.

Christian Huber to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Upper Sandusky, in the State of Ohio, vice Moses H. Kirby, removed.

John F. Read to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Jeffersonville, in the State of Indiana, vice James Scott, whose commission expired.

Philip E. Engle to be receiver of public moneys for the district, of lands subject to sale at Crawfordsville, in the State of Indiana, vice John Beard, whose commission expired.

Amzi L. Wheeler to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Winamac, in the State of Indiana, vice Jeremiah Grover, whose commission expired.

John A. Langlois to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Kaskaskia, in the State of Illinois, vice Richard B. Servant, removed.

Braxton Parish to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Shawneetown, in the State of illinois, vice Stephen R. Rowan, removed.

Harman Alexander to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Palestine, in the State of Illinois, vice James M. McLean, removed.

William E. Russell to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Danville, in the State of illinois, vice John W. Vance, whose commission expired.

John Dement to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Dixon, in the State of Illinois, vice James Swan, removed.

Thomas Dyer to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at (Chicago, in the State of illinois, vice George L. Ward, removed.

Jonathan Kearsley to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Detroit, in the State of Michigan, vice Sylvester W. Higgins, resigned.

Benjamin Sherman to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Ionia, in the State of Michigan, vice Ira Porter, whose commission expired.

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Frederick Hall to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Ionia, in the State of Michigan, vice Thomas Fitzgerald, resigned.

Thomas Watson to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Saint Louis, in the State of Missouri, vice William S. Allen, removed.

William McNair to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Fayette, in the State of Missouri, vice John B. Clark, resigned.

Alfred W. Morrison to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Fayette, in the State of Missouri, vice I. W. S. Mitchell, resigned.

Franklin Cannon to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Jackson, in the State of Missouri, vice Greer W. Davis, removed.

Aaron Snyder to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Jackson, in the State of Missouri, vice Ralph Guild, whose commission expired.

Benjamin Davies to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Palmyra, in the State of Missouri, vice Cyril C. Cady, removed.

James H. McBride to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Springfield, in the State of Missouri, vice Joel H. Haden, removed.

Nicholas R. Smith to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Springfield, in the State of Missouri, vice George R. Smith, removed.

William Monroe to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Clinton, in the State of Missouri, vice Abraham B. Morton, removed.

Ephraim D. Dickson to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Fayetteville, in the State of Arkansas, vice James H. Stirman, removed.

Benjamin P. Jett to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to Sale at Washington, in the State of Arkansas, vice Samuel C. Wheat, removed.

John Bruton to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Johnson C. H., in the State of Arkansas, vice James Woodson Bates, removed.

William Adams to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Johnson C. H., in the State of Arkansas, vice Alfred Henderson, removed.

Daniel B. Richardson to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Ouachita, in the State of Louisiana, vice Henry O. McEnery, removed.

Hardy Holmes reappointed receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Ouachita, in the State of Louisiana, his former commission having expired.

David C. Glenn to be receiver of public moneys for the district of Funds subject to sale at Jackson, in the State of Mississippi, vice Isaac McFarran, resigned.

William S. Taylor to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Pontotoc, in the State of Mississippi, vice John F. Wray, removed.

Hugh P. Caperton to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Lebanon, in the State of Alabama, vice Jacob T. Bradford, removed.

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John G. Winston to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Lebanon, in the State of Alabama, vice Levi W. Lawler, whose commission expired.

George H. Walker to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Milwaukee, in the Territory of Wisconsin, vice Paraclete Potter, whose commission expired.

Alexander I. Irwin to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Green Bay, in the Territory of Wisconsin, vice Stoddard Judd, whose commission expired.

Paschal Bequette to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Mineral Point, in the Territory of Wisconsin, vice Robert W. Lansing, removed.

Bernhart Herin to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Fairfield, in the Territory of Wisconsin, vice Arthur Bridgman, removed.

Ver Planck Van Antwert to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Fairfield, in the Territory of Iowa, vice Samuel J. Bayard, removed.

Warner Lewis to be register of the land office for the district of lands subject to sale at Dubuque, in the Territory of Iowa, vice William H. Scott, removed.

Stephen Langworthy to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Dubuque, in the Territory or Iowa, vice Thomas McKnight, removed.

I also nominate for reappointment Armstead D. Cary as receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Sparta, Alabama, from the 1st of January, 1846, when his present commission will expire.

Samuel Cruse to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Huntsville, Alabama, from the 4th of January, 1846, when his present commission will expire.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, December 29 th, 1845.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the persons herein named for the offices to which they have been appointed during the last recess of the Senate, viz:

Edmund Burke, of New Hampshire, to be Commissioner of Patents, in the place of Henry L. Ellsworth, resigned.

James Shields, of Illinois, to be Commissioner of the General Land Office, in the place of Thomas H. Blake, removed.

Seth Barton, of Louisiana, to be Solicitor of the Treasury, in the place of Charles B. Penrose, removed.

Ransom H. Gillet, of New York, to be Register of the Treasury, in the place of Thomas L. Smith, removed.

William Medill, of Ohio, to be Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in the place of Thomas H. Crawford, resigned.

John M. McCalla, of Kentucky, to be Second Auditor in the Treasury Department, in the place of William B. Lewis, removed.

Peter G. Washington, of Washington, to be Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, in the place of Matthew St. Clair Clarke, removed.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, December 29 th, 1845.

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The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of officers of the customs be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Ordered, That the nominations of deputy postmasters be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.

Ordered, That the nominations of district attorneys and marshals be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the nominations of officers in the Navy be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nominations of registers and receivers of land offices be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Ordered, That the nomination of Edmund Burke be referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office.

Ordered, That the nomination of James Shields be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Ordered, That the nomination of Seth Barton be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the nominations of Ransom H. Gillet and John M. McCalla be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the nomination of William Medill be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of Peter G. Washington be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.

SATURDAY, January 3, 1846. Link to Annals.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the persons herein named, for the offices to which they have been appointed during the last recess of the Senate:

William A. Richmond, of Michigan, to be Indian agent for the agency of Michilimackinac, in the place of Robert Stuart, removed.

Jonathan L. Bean, of Missouri, to be Indian agent for the agency of Council Bluffs, in the place of Daniel Miller, removed.

James McKissick, of Arkansas, to be Indian agent for the Cherokee Agency, in the place of P. M. Butler, whose commission had expired.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 3, 1846.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate George H. Lee to be attorney of the United States for the western district of Virginia, in the place of Moses C. Good, removed.

William S. Pomeroy, to be collector of the port for the district of Fairfield, in the State of Connecticut, in the place of Stephen Lownsberry, who was appointed in the last recess of the Senate in the place of Joseph Thompson, removed.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 3, 1846.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate James H. Cocke to be collector of the customs for the district of Texas and inspector of the revenue for the port of Galveston, in the State of Texas.

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Robert S. Herndon to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Velasco, in the State of Texas.

Alexander Somerville to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Cavallo, in the State of Texas.

Galen Hodges to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Matagorda, in the State of Texas.

W. C. V. Dashiel to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Sabine, in the State of Texas.

George M. Collensworth to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Corpus Christi, in the State of Texas.

A. G. W. Davis to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of La Vaca, in the State of Texas.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 3, 1846.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Robert K. McLaughlin to be reappointed register of the land office for the district of lands, subject to sale at Vandalia, in the State of Illinois, his late commission having expired.

Also, Daniel Gregory to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands, subject to sale at Vandalia, in the State of Illinois, in the place of Henry Smith, to take effect on the 31st of January, 1846, when the commission of the said Henry Smith will expire.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 3, 1846.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the persons herein named, for the offices to which they have been appointed during the last recess of the Senate, viz:

Charles A. Bradford, of Mississippi, to be surveyor general of public lands for the district south of Tennessee, in the place of Alexander Downing, removed.

George W. Jones, of Wisconsin, to be surveyor-general of the public lands for the Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa, in the place of James Wilson, removed.

Pierre T. Landry, of Louisiana, to be surveyor-general of the public lands in the State of Louisiana, in the place of Francis D. Newcomb, removed.

William Pelham, of Arkansas, to be surveyor general for the State of Arkansas, his former commission having expired.

Lucius Lyon, of Michigan, to be surveyor general of Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan, in the place of William Johnston, resigned.

Robert Butler, of Florida, to be surveyor-general of the public lands in the Territory of Florida, in the place of Valentine Y. Conway, resigned.

Frederick R. Conway, of Missouri, to be surveyor-general of the public lands in Illinois and Missouri, in the place of Silas Reed, removed.

Loren Spencer, of Missouri, to be recorder of land titles in Missouri, in the place of Frederick R. Conway, appointed surveyor-general for Illinois and Missouri.

John B. Macmurdo, of Louisiana, to be treasurer of the branch mint of the United States at New Orleans, in the place of Horace C. Cammack, removed.

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John Dougherty to be chief engineer in the U. S. Revenue Service, he having been appointed to that office during the late recess of the Senate, in place of Thomas W. Farron, resigned.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 3 d, 1846.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of William A. Richmond, Jonathan L. Bean, and James McKissic be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of George H. Lee be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the nominations of William S. Pomeroy, James H. Cocke, Robert S. Herndon, Alexander Somerville, Galen Hodges, W. C. V. Dashiel, George M. Collensworth, and A. G. W. Davis be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Ordered, That the nominations of Robert K. McLaughlin, Daniel Gregory, Charles A. Bradford, George W. Jones, Pierre T. Landry, William Pelham, Lucius Lyon, Robert Butler, Frederick R. Conway, and Loren Spencer be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Ordered, That the nomination of John R. Macmurdo be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the nomination of John Dougherty be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Cameron submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to transmit to the Senate the recommendations and other papers connected with the nomination of Henry Horn as collector of the port of Philadelphia, particularly the letter of the Pennsylvania delegation in Congress praying for its withdrawal.

Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, on the 23d December, the nomination of Levi Woodbury, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Breese, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, on the 29th December, the nomination of James Shields, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Haywood, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of Michael McBlair and J. Travis Rosser, reported.

Mr. Haywood, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of James K. Hatton, Rizop Rawls, Alcée La Branche, Charles N. Lawson, Henry Hicks, Robert Merchants, Michael Edwards, jr., William J. Grayson, Rufus O. Pray, Nathaniel W. Walker, Thomas L. Shaw, and Thomas H. Jervey, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

Mr. Sevier, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, on the 29th December, the nomination of William Medill, reported.

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Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

TUESDAY, January 6, 1846. Link to Annals.

Mr. Breese, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, on the 3d instant, the nominations of Charles A. Bradford, George W. Jones, William Pelham, Lucius Lyon, Robert Butler, Frederick R. Conway, and Loren Spencer, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

Mr. Breese, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, on the 3d instant, the nomination of Pierre T. Landry, reported.

Mr. Allen, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred, on the 22d December, the nominations of Gansevoort Melville, William H. Stiles, Henry W. Ellsworth, Benjamin A. Bidlack, and Anthony Ten Eyck, reported.

Mr. Cameron, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred, on the 29th December, the nomination of Edmund Burke, reported.

Mr. Breese, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of John A. Langlois, Braxton Parish, Harman Alexander, William E. Russell, John Dement, Thomas Dyer, Jonathan Kearsley, Benjamin Sherman, Frederick Hall, Thomas Watson, William McNair, Alfred W. Morrison, Franklin Cannon, Aaron Snyder, Benjamin Davies, James H. McBride, Nicholas R. Smith, William Monroe, Benjamin P. Jett, John Bruton, David C. Glenn, and William S. Taylor, reported.

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of James M. Buchanan, Paul Dean Carrique, Robert H. Morris, George F. Lehman, Henry C. Conklin, George Sanderson, and Stephen Isley, reported.

Mr. Sturgeon presented the memorial of certain practicing attorneys and officers of the several courts in the county of Centre, in the State of Pennsylvania, praying that the nomination of George W. Woodward may be confirmed; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Dix presented the memorial of John H. Prentiss, praying that the injunction of secrecy may be removed from the action of the Senate upon his nomination.

Mr. Dix submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved, That the injunction of secrecy be so far removed from the action of the Senate on the nomination of John H. Prentiss for the office of marshal of the northern district of the State of New York as to allow the said Prentiss to receive a copy of a paper presented to the Senate by Edward Curtis while said nomination was under consideration.

On motion by Mr. Cameron,

Ordered, That leave be granted to withdraw the resolution submitted by him the 3d instant.

WEDNESDAY, February 7, 1846. Link to Annals.

The Vice-President presented a memorial, signed “J. B. Douglass and Jacob Keck,” adverse to the appointment of Benjamin E. Carpenter; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw from the Senate the nomination of James H. Cocke as collector of the customs for the district of Texas and inspector of the revenue for the port of Galveston, in the State of Texas, made on the 3d day of January, 1846, and I nominate to the Senate for that office Hiram G. Reynolds, of Texas.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 7, 1846.

The message was read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Hiram G. Reynolds be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Breese, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of Thomas I. Winship, John Hough, Robert McKelly, Christian Huber, John F. Read, Philip E. Engle, Hugh P. Caperton, John G. Winston, George H. Walker, Paschal Bequette, Bernhart Henn, Ver Planck Van Antwert, Warner Lewis, and Stephen Langworthy, reported.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Michael McBlair, J. Travis Rosser, Gansevoort Melville, William H. Stiles, Benjamin A. Bidlack, Anthony Ten Eyck, Edmund Burke, John A. Langlois, Braxton Parish, Harmon Alexander, William E. Russell, John Dement, Thomas Dyer, Jonathan Kearsley, Benjamin Sherman, Frederick Hall, Thomas Watson, William McNair, Alfred W. Morrison, Franklin Cannon, Aaron Snyder, Benjamin Davies, James H. McBride, Nicholas R. Smith, William Monroe, Benjamin P. Jett, John Bruton, David C. Glenn, William S. Taylor, James M. Buchanan, Paul Dean Carrique, Robert H. Morris, George F. Lehman, Henry C. Conklin, George Sanderson, and Stephen Isley; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

THURSDAY, January 8, 1846. Link to Annals.

Mr. Haywood, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, on the 6th instant, the nomination of Hiram G. Reynolds, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Haywood, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom were referred, on the 22d December, the nominations of David Saunders, Robert White, Benjamin B. French, Robert H. Clements, Benjamin K. Morsell, Nicholas B. Van Zandt, Nathaniel Brady, and James Callaghan, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

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Mr. Breese, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom, was referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of Armstead D. Cary and Samuel Cruse, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

Mr. Breese, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred, on the 3d instant, the nominations of Robert McLaughlin and Daniel Gregory, reported.

Mr. Allen, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred, on the 22d December, the nomination of William S. Parrott, reported.

On motion by Mr. Allen,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Henry W. Ellsworth: and

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Lewis,

Ordered, That it be postponed to and made the order of the day for Tuesday next.

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post Roads, to whom were referred, on 29th December, the nominations of Chambers McKibbon and Pearson Munday, reported.

MONDAY, January 12, 1846. Link to Annals.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

On the 7th instant I nominated to the Senate Hiram G. Reynolds as collector of the customs for the district of Texas and inspector of the revenue for the port of Galveston, in the State of Texas and on the 8th instant the Senate advised and consented to his appointment agreeably to the nomination. It has since been discovered that a mistake occurred in the spelling of the name. The true name is Hiram G. Runnels. To correct the error I nominate to the Senate Hiram G. Runnels for the said office.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 12, 1846.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate Jonas J. Bell to be deputy postmaster at at Tuscumbia, in the State of Alabama.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 12, 1846.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate Francis V. Clark, of Pennsylvania, to be consul of the United States for the port of San Juan be Nicaragua, in the Republic of Guatemala.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, 12 th January, 1846.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list of promotions and appointments in the Army of the United States to the several grades annexed to their names, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 12, 1846.

War Department, January 8, 1846.

To the President of the United States:

Sir: I have the honor, respectfully, to propose for your approbation the annexed list of officers for promotion, and persons for appointment in the Army of the United States.

I am, sir, with great respect, your ob'd't serv't.

W. L. MARCY.

Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, January 8, 1846.

Sir: I respectfully submit the accompanying list of promotions and appointments to fill the vacancies in the Army, which are known to have happened since the date of the last list, December 12th, 1845. The promotions are all regular, except that of Captain Martin Scott, 5th Infantry, whose name, agreeably to the decision of the President and your instructions, is submitted to fill the vacancy of major in the 1st Regiment of Infantry (vice Dearborn promoted), over the two senior captains of infantry, Captain John B. Clark, of the 3d Regiment, and Brevet Major Thomas Noel, of the 6th. The reasons for this departure from the ordinary course (as in other like cases of disability) are set forth in the Adjutant-General's report of the 27th ultimo, and the General-in-Chief's indorsement thereon, of which copies are herewith respectfully annexed, marked A.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obed't serv't.

R. JONES, Adj't-Gen'l.

Hon. W. L. Marcy, Secretary of War.

A.

Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, December 27, 1845.

Sir: The death of Lieut.-Colonel Hoffman, 7th Infantry, on the 26th ult'o, having caused a vacancy in the grade of major, to which, under the rule, Capt. J. B. Clark, 3d Infantry, would be entitled to succeed, I deem it proper to submit the following statement extracted from the official returns of his regiment, touching his physical capacity for the performance of military duty.

In May, 1836, Capt. Clark went on the recruiting service, where he remained till October 4, 1838, when he was granted a three-months' leave. He joined his company at Fort Towson, in May, 1839, and continued with it from that time till March, 1841, accompanying it meanwhile (Oct., 1840) to Florida. He obtained a three-months' leave on surgeon's certificate of ill health March 23d, 1841, but did not rejoin till February 16th, 1842. In the interim he was placed on duty for a short time as a member of a general court-martial, which happened to be convened at St. Louis, where he was then staying. He remained with his company from February to November, 1842, when he again received a 0031 29 leave for the benefit of his health, and did not return to duty till April 26, 1843 (after his regiment had been ordered to Florida), when he rejoined it at Jefferson Barracks. He continued with it (with the exception of one short leave) from April, 1843, till June, 1845, but the returns show him to have been frequently on the sick report during that period. On the 2d of June, 1845, his company being then encamped near Fort Jessup, in expectation of orders for Texas, he again procured a leave on account of his health, and has not since been able to rejoin, reporting monthly that his health unfitted him for the performance of duty. The signature of his last report (not written by himself), of November 30th (herewith), would seem to indicate great physical derangement or decrepitude, approaching, perhaps, to paralysis.

From the foregoing it appears that during the last seven years (since Oct., 1838) Capt. Clark has been off duty two years and four months, the greater part of the time on account or sickness, and that even when present with his company his health is so much impaired that very often he is unable to perform the ordinary garrison duties.

Under these circumstances it is respectfully submitted, for the consideration of the proper authority, whether the senior captain of infantry should not be passed over, and (as Brevet Major Noel * , the next in rank, is utterly disqualified) Captain Martin Scott, of the 5th Infantry, promoted to the vacant majority.

* In 1839 Brevet Major Noel, 6th Infantry, was severely wounded (serving in the Florida war at the time) by the accidental discharge of his own pistol. He left his company Feb. 16, 1839, and has ever since been absent from his regiment, the state of his wound and great suffering rendering him utterly incapable of performing any kind of duty whatever, nor is there any reason to hope he will ever be able to resume his duties.

(Signed) R. JONES, A. G.

It is proper to state that Capt. Clark has always been regarded as a perfect gentleman, and as such, as far as I know, is equal to any officer in the Army.

I am, sir, most respectfully, your ob'd't serv't.

(Signed) R. JONES, Adj't-General.

Major-General Winfield Scott, Commanding the Army.

Remarks indorsed on the foregoing report by the General-in-Chief:

“This report presents grave points for consideration. It is highly improbable that the captain will ever be fit for the active duties of his profession. The question, therefore, seems to be whether he shall be a pensioner on full pay as captain or as major, for he has long been, not in name, but in fact, a pensioner on full pay. We have no half pay in the Army to relieve marching regiments of crippled and superannuated officers. We have many such. Col. Maury, of the 3d Infantry (superannuated), and Majors Cobb and MeClintock (5th Infantry and 3d Artillery), crippled. Many others are fast becoming superanuated. The three named are on indefinite leaves of absence, and so are Majors Searle and Noel, permanent cripples from wounds. Gen'l Cass' resolution of yesterday refers simply to age. A half pay or retired list will half pay would be much better. There are some twenty officers who ought, at once, to be placed on such list and their places filled by promotion.

“Upon the whole, I think it best that Capt. M. Scott should be promoted, vice Dearborn, vice Lieut. Col. Hoffman.

“Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War.

“(Signed) “WINFIELD SCOTT.

“ Dec. 30, '45.”

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“It appearing from the within statements of the commanding general and the adjutant-general that the two officers proposed to be passed over are physically unable to perform the duties of major, and their inability is not temporary, I recommend that Capt. Martin Scott be promoted to the vacant majority 3d Jan'y, '46.

“(Signed) “W. L. MARCY.”

True copies from the originals.

R. JONES, Adj't-Gen'l.

January 8, 1846.

War Department, January 8, 1846.

Promotions and Appointments in the Army of the United States. PROMOTIONS. Corps of Engineers.

Second Lieutenant Jeremy F. Gilmer to be first lieutenant, December 29, 1845, vice W. H. Wright, deceased.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Edward B. Hunt to be first lieutenant, December 29, 1845, vice Gilmer promoted.

Second Regiment of Dragoons.

Second Lieutenant Reuben P. Campbell to be first lieutenant, November 3, 1845, vice Ransom, dismissed.

Third Regiment of Artillery.

Second Lieutenant George W. Ayers to be first lieutenant, December 20, 1845, vice Rankin, deceased.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Isaac F. Quimby, of the Second Regiment of Artillery, to be second lieutenant, December 20, 1845, vice Ayres, promoted.

First Regiment of Infantry.

Captain Martin Scott, of the Fifth Regiment of Infantry, to be major, November 26, 1845, vice Dearborn, promoted.

Fifth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Randolph B. Marcy to be captain, November 26, 1845, vice Scott, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Sterne H. Fowler to be first lieutenant, November 26, 1845, vice Marcy, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Charles S. Hamilton, of the Second Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant, November 17, 1845, vice Deas, *

* Note. — In the list now before the Senate, Brevet 2d Lieutenant Lafayette B. Wood, of the 8th Infantry, is nominated for promotion in the 5th Infantry, vice Deas, promoted, but in a letter dated November 30th, just received, he begs to decline promotion out of his present regiment, the 8th.

promoted.

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Brevet Second Lieutenant William K. Van Bokkelen, of the Seventh Regiment of Infantry, to second lieutenant, November 26, 1845, vice Fowler promoted.

Seventh Regiment of Infantry.

Major Greenleaf Dearborn, of the First Regiment of Infantry, to be lieutenant-colonel, November 26, 1845, vice Hoffman, deceased.

Eighth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Robert B. Maclay to be first lieutenant, Decem-31, 1845, vice Browne, resigned.

Second Lieutenant John G. Burbank to be first lieutenant, December 31, 1845 vice Hetzel, resigned.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Lafayette B. Wood to be second lieutenant, December 31, 1845, vice Maclay, promoted. *

* See the foregoing note.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Alfred Crozet, of the Seventh Regiment of Infantry, to be second lieutenant, December 31, 1845, vice Burbank, promoted.

APPOINTMENTS. Medical Department.

William Roberts, of Georgia, to be assistant surgeon, December 31, 1845, vice Van Buren, resigned. Grayson M. Prevost, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant surgeon, December 31, 1845, vice Buist, resigned.

W. L. MARCY.

The messages were read.

On motion by Mr. Speight,

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of Hiram G. Runnels; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

Ordered, That the nomination of Jonas J. Bell be referred to the Committe on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.

Ordered, That the nomination of Francis V. Clark be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Ordered, That the nomination of officers for promotion and appointment in the Army be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Haywood, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, on the 18 December, the nominations of William H. Robertson, James H. Tate, William A. Sparks, Simon M. Johnson, Thomas N. Carr, Nicholas B. Boyle, John F. Bacon, John W. Holding, Ramon L. Sanchez, Joseph Cowdin, Nicholas Browne, Joel Turrill, George P. Manouvrier, William Crosby, Charles Sherwood, Henry G. Hubbard, and Thomas McGuire, reported.

Mr. Haywood, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, on the 18th December, the nomination of Edward Warrens, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Haywood, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of Marcus Morton, John 0034 32 McNeil, William H. Cole, jr., William B. Bullock, James Polk, Edward Green, James R. Thompson, Smith Inglehart, Reuben H. Boughton, Michael Hoffman, Phineas W. Leland, Otis N. Cole, James A. Nichols, John Duncan, Charles G. Hammond, Samuel C. White, George W. Pomeroy, Samuel Jones Willis, Charles Parker, Cornelius W. Lawrence, Samuel W. Spencer, Ezra Chesebro, Robert White, William Nichols, Enoch Fowler, Stephen R. Mallory, George Center, Peter Dixey, Joseph F. Pease, James F. Miller, Denis Prieur, Dillon Jordan, James E. Saunders, and Charles W. Rand, reported.

Mr. Haywood, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, on the 3d January, the nominations of Robert S. Herndon, Alexander Somerville, Galen Hodges, W. C. V. Dashiel, George W. Collensworth, and A. G. W. Davis, reported.

Mr. Fairchild, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of Isaac H. Wright, Samuel Cushman, Joseph White, and Walker Anderson, reported.

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of John S. Bragg, Hart L. Stewart, John M. Wimer, George M. Horton, Joseph M. Doty, Thomas B. Hahn, David P. Brewster, Amos S. Rathbun, William W. Teal, John L. Slaymaker, John K. Wright, and John McClintock, reported.

Mr. Breese, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of Daniel B. Richardson, Hardy Holmes, and Alexander J. Irwin, reported.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Pierre T. Landry; and,

On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana,

Ordered, That it be postponed to and made the order of the day for Thursday next.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Thomas I. Winship, John Hough, Robert McKelly, Christian Huber, John F. Read, Philip E. Engle, Hugh P. Caperton, John G. Winston, George H. Walker, Paschal Bequette, Bernhart Heim, Ver Planck Van Antwert, Warner Lewis, Stephen Langworthy, Robert K. McLaughlin, Daniel Gregory, William S. Parrott, Chambers McKibbon, and Pearson Mundy; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

TUESDAY, January 13, 1846. Link to Annals.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate the following persons to the offices to which they were appointed during the last recess of the Senate:

Henry Campbell to be deputy postmaster at Rochester, in the State of New York, in the place of S. J. Andrews, removed.

Robert Cochran to be deputy postmaster at Erie, in the State of Pennsylvania, in the place of Andrew Scott, removed.

Stephen S. Seavy to be deputy postmaster at Lowell, in the State of Massachusetts, in the place of Jacob Robin, removed.

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Parker McCobb, jr. to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Waldoborough, in the State of Maine, in the place of George Allen, removed.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 13, 1846.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate a report of the Secretary of War, with accompanying papers, showing the measures which have been adopted in relation to the transfer of certain stocks between the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians, under the treaty between those tribes of the 24th March, 1837. The claim presented by the “Choctaw general councils,” if deemed to be founded in equity, cannot be adjusted without the previous advice and consent of the Senate.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 13, 1846.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of Henry Campbell, Robert Cochran, and Stephen S. Seavy be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.

Ordered, That the nomination of Parker McCobb, jr. be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Ordered, That the message relating to the transfer of certain stocks between the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Allen, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred, on the 22d December, the nominations of John Slidell and Auguste Davezac, reported.

Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred, on the 23d December, the nominations of James Dunlop, Henry Dodge, James Clarke, Jesse Williams, John W. Brockenbrough; on the 29th December those of Franklin Pierce, Robert Rantoul, jr., Thomas W. Bartley, William F. Allen, William L. Marshall, Augustine Haines, Solomon W. Downs, Thomas M. Pettit, Thomas T. Gantt, Charles Linsley, John L. Dawson, and Stinson H. Anderson, and on the 3d instant that of George H. Lee, reported.

On motion by Mr. Ashley,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the consideration of the nomination of Robert Coltman, and that it be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Mr. Haywood, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, on the 29th December, the nomination of Henry W. Rogers, reported.

On motion by Mr. Haywood,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of James H. Tate; and,

After debate,

Mr. Wescott submitted the following resolution:

Resolved, That the nomination be recommitted to the Committee on Commerce, and the committee be instructed to transmit the communication of the honorable Jacob Thompson respecting the nominee to the Secretary of the Treasury, in order to afford that officer an opportunity to answer or explain such parts of the same as he may be desirous to do.

On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Maryland,

The Senate adjourned. 3 EX

WEDNESDAY, January 14, 1846. Link to Annals.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Sylvester Churchill, late inspector-generaL to be inspector-general in the Army, with the rank of colonel, to take rank from June 25, 1841, the date of his former commission.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 14, 1846.

To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw from the Senate the name of William S. Pomeroy, who was nominated to the Senate on the 3d inst. to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Fairfield, in the State of Connecticut.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 14, 1846.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Sylvester Churchill be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Pennybacker,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of John W. Brockenbrough and George H. Lee; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

On motion by Mr. Allen,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of John Slidell; and

After debate,

On motion by Mr. John M. Clayton,

The Senate adjourned.

THURSDAY, January 15, 1846. Link to Annals.

The Vice-President presented the memorial of J. W. Gibbs, jr. and others in favor of the confirmation of Henry Horn; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Luther Leonard, of Illinois, to be a military storekeeper in the Ordnance Department, to take effect from December 31, 1845, vice Ragan, deceased.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 15, 1846.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate Amos Nourse to be collector of the customs for the district and inspector of the revenue for the port of Bath, in the State of Maine, in the place of Alfred I. Stone, removed, said Nourse having been appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 15, 1846.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw the nomination of James H. Tate as consul at Buenos Ayres, which I made to the Senate on the — day of December, 1845.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 15, 1846.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Luther Leonard be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of Amos Nourse be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

On motion by Mr. Haywood,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Robert S. Herndon, Alexander Somerville, Galen Hodges, V. C. V. Dashiel, George M. Collensworth, and A. G. W. Davis; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

Mr. Fairfield, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of Cornelius Vanalstine, Henry L. Chipman, George W. Doty, Washington Sherman, Felix Grundy Mayson, David Harlan, Henry O. Mayo, and John Rudenstein, reported.

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of Joseph W. McCorkle, Richard H. Stanton, Benjamin F. Rawls, William G. Smith, George Crawford, Jacob Medary, Truman C. Everts, BenJamin F. Johnson, John Forsyth, Thomas I. Read, Whiteacre Oneal, and on the 13th instant that of Henry Campbell, reported.

On motion by Mr. Breese,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Pierre T. Landry; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Maryland,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of William H Cole, jr., and James Polk; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of John Slidell; and

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Hannegan that the Senate do now adjourn,

It was determined in the affirmative,

Yeas 26

Nays 24

On motion by Mr. Allen,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Benton, Berrien, Breese, Calhoun, Cameron, Thomas Clayton, John M. Clayton, Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Evans, Fairfield, Greene, Hannegan, Huntington, Johnson of Maryland, McDuffie, Mangum, Miller, Pearce, Phelps, Simmons, Speight, Upham, Webster, Woodbridge.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Atherton, Bagby, Barrow, Bright, Cass, Chalmers, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Haywood, Jarnagin, Jenness, 0038 36 Johnson of Louisiana, Lewis, Niles, Pennybacker, Semple, Sevier, Sturgeon, Turney, Yulee.

So the Senate adjourned.

TUESDAY, January 20, 1846. Link to Annals.

Mr. Upham presented affidavits of Thomas Baldwin and Joseph W. Mitchell, adverse to the confirmation of the nomination of Russell G. Hopkinson; which were referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, on the 23d December the nomination of George W. Woodward, and on the 29th December that of Seth Barton, reported.

On motion by Mr. Haywood,

The Senate proceed to consider the nomination of Charles W. Rand; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Dix, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred, on the 14th instant, the nomination of Sylvester Churchill, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of John Slidell; and,

After debate,

On the question, Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of John Slidell?

It was determined in the affirmative,

Yeas 27

Nays 21

On motion by Mr. Mangum.

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchison, Atherton, Bagby, Breese, Bright, Calhoun, Cameron, Cass, Chalmers, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, Hannegan, Haywood, Jenness, Lewis, Niles, Pennybacker, Sevier, Speight, Sturgeon, Turney, Westcott, Yulee.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Berrien, John M. Clayton, Corwin, Crittenden, Dayton, Evans, Green, Huntington, Jarnagin, Johnson of Maryland, Johnson of Louisiana, Mangum, Miller, Pearce, Phelps, Simmons, Upham, Webster, Woodbridge.

So it was

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of John Slidell, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Westcott presented a communication from Orris A. Browne relative to the nomination of Stephen R. Mallory; and

On motion by Mr. Westcott,

Ordered, That the nomination of Stephen R. Mallory be recommitted, and the said communication referred to the Committee on Commerce.

The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

On the 15th of January, 1846, I withdrew the nomination of James H. Tate, of Mississippi, as consul at Buenos Ayres. The withdrawal 0039 37 was made upon the receipt on that day of a letter addressed to me by the Senators from the Stato of Mississippi, advising it. I transmit their letter herewith to the Senate. At that time I had not been furnished with a copy of the Executive Journal of the Senate, and had no knowledge of the pendency of the resolution before that body in executive session in relation to this nomination. Having since been furnished by the Secretary of the Senate with a copy of the Executive Journal containing the resolution referred to, I deem it proper and due to the Senate to reinstate the nomination in the condition in which it was before it was withdrawn. And with that view I nominate James H. Tate, of Mississippi, to be consul at Buenos Ayres.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, January 20, 1846.

The message was read.

On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Maryland,

Ordered, That this message, and the resolution submitted by Mr. Westcott on the 13th instant, be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

WEDNESDAY, January 21, 1846. Link to Annals.

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, on the 29th December, the nominations of William White, Elihu Stout, Livingston Dunlap, Joseph S. May, Jeremiah Cherry, William S. Hill, and on the 12th instant that of Jonas J. Bell, reported.

On motion by Mr. Cameron,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of George W. Woodward; and

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Dickinson,

The Senate adjourned.

THURSDAY, January 22, 1846. Link to Annals.

The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate to the Senate James K. Gibson to be deputy postmaster at Abingdon, in the State of Virginia, his former commission having expired on the 4th January, 1846.

I also nominate to the Senate Philip Barton Key to be attorney of the United States for the District of Columbia, in the place of James Hoban, deceased.

JAMES K. POLK.

Washington, Jan. 22, 1846.

The message was read.

Ordered, That the nomination of James K. Gibson be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.

Ordered, That the nomination of Philip Barton Key be referred to Committee on the Judiciary.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the nomination of George W. Woodward; and

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After debate,

On motion by Mr. Sturgeon that the further consideration of the nomination of George W. Woodward be postponed until next Monday week, the 2d of February,

It was determined in the negative:

Yeas 21

Nays 28

On motion by Mr. Speight,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present,

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Allen, Atchison, Atherton, Bagby, Breese, Bright, Calhoun, Cass, Chalmers, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, Hannegan, Jenness, Niles, Pennybacker, Speight, Sturgeon, Turney, Woodbridge.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Archer, Ashley, Barrow, Benton, Berrien, Cameron, Thomas Clayton, John W. Clayton, Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Dayton, Evans, Greene, Huntington, Jarnagin, Johnson of Maryland, Johnson of Louisiana, Lewis, Mangum, Miller, Pearce, Phelps, Sevier, Upham, Webster, Westcott, Yulee.

After debate on the question, Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of George W. Woodward?

It was determined in the negative,

Yeas 20