Journal of the executive proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America, 1862-1864 : a machine readable transcription.

JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[37th Congress, 3d session, commencing December 1, 1862.]

WEDNESDAY, December 3, 1862. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate David Davis, of Illinois, to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the United States.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington City, December 1 st, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Ferdinand Maxwell, of the Territory of New Mexico, to be agent for the Indians in the Territory of New Mexico; also Levi J. Keithly, of the Territory of New Mexico, to be agent for the Indians in the Territory of New Mexico; also Justin Harlan, of Illinois, to be agent for the Indians of the Cherokee Agency, vice Charles W. Chatterton, deceased; also Abel Lawrence Foster, of Virginia, to be agent for the Chippewas of the Mississippi, vice Lucius C. Walker, deceased also Henry W. Martin, of Kansas, to be agent for the Indians of the Sac and Fox Agency, vice C. C. Hutchinson, removed; all of whom were commissioned during the recess of the Senate.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington D. C., December 2, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Dan H. Ball, of Michigan, to be register of the land office at Marquette, Michigan; also

James M. Rosse, of California, to be register of the land office at San Francisco, California; also

Chauncey Noteware, of Nevada Territory, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of Nevada; also

F. P. Ramirez, of California, to be register of the land office at Los Angeles, California.

All of whom were commissioned during the recess of the Senate.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 2, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Charles A. Murdock, of California, to be register of the land office at Humboldt, California; also John H. Hawes, of Iowa, to be principal clerk of surveys in the General Land Office.

All of whom were commissioned during the recess of the Senate.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 2, 1862.

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The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of David Davis be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the nomination of Ferdinand Maxwell and others be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination off Dan H. Ball and others, and of Charles A. Murdock and John H. Hawes, be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

FRIDAY, December 5, 1862. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Edward W. McGraw to be attorney of the United States for the district of Oregon, in the place of E. D. Shattuck, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

City of Washington, December 4, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate David G. Farragut, Louis M. Goldsborough, Samuel F. Du Pont, and Andrew H. Foote to be rear-admirals in the, Navy, from the 16th of July, 1862, on the active list.

Captains Charles Stewart, William B. Shubrick, Joseph Smith, George W. Storer, Francis H. Gregory, Silas H. Stringham, Samuel L. Breese, and Hiram Paulding to be rear admirals in the Navy, from the 16th July, 1862, on the retired list.

Captains Henry Eagle, William M. Glendy, George S. Blake, Andrew A. Harwood, Theodorus Bailey, Cadwallader Ringgold, Henry W. Morris, James L. Lardner, Henry K. Hoff, Charles Henry Davis, Henry H. Bell, William Smith, John W. Livingston, Henry K. Thatcher, William D. Porter, John S. Missroon, and Robert B. Hitchcock to be commodores in the Navy, from the 16th July, 1862, on the active list, and captain Joseph Lanman to be a commodore from the 29th August, 1862, vice Gershom J. Van Brunt, transferred to the retired list.

Captains John D. Sloat, Wm. Merwine, Thomas Crabbe, Thomas A. Conover, John C. Long, William J. McCluney, John B. Montgomery, Conelius K. Stribling, Joshua R. Lands, Charles H. Bell, Joseph R. Jarvis, William C. Nicholson, Joseph B. Hull, John Kelly, William H. Gardner, and Thomas A. Dornin to be commodores in the Navy, from the 16th July, 1862, on the retired list.

Commanders Thomas Turner, Charles H. Poor, Timothy A. Hunt, Sylvanus W. Godon, James S. Palmer, William Radford, Samuel F. Hazard, John M. Berrien, Alfred Taylor, Samuel Phillips Lee, John P. Gillis, James P. McKinstry, Oliver S. Glisson, John A. Dahlgren, Stephen C. Rowan, Guert Gansevoort, Melancton Smith, Cicero Price, John R. Goldsborough, Charles S. Boggs, Augustus H. Kilty, Theodore P. Green, Percival Drayton, Joseph F. Green, John De Camp, Charles W. Pickering, William M. Walker, John A. Winslow, Henry Walke, Thornton A. Jenkins, John Rodgers, John B. Marchand, William Rogers Taylor, and Benjamin F. Sands to be captains in the Navy, from the 16th July, 1862, on the active list: and commander H. S. Stellwagen to be a captain on the active list, from the 29 August, 1862, vice Captain Joseph Lanman, promoted; and Commander Daniel B. Ridgely to be a 0005 3 captain from the 16 November, 1862, vice Captain Chas. Green, transferred to the retired list.

Lientenants James C. Williamson, Albert G. Clary, Napoleon Collins, John L. Worden, Henry A.Wise, Reed Werden, William H. Macomb, Stephen D. Trenchard, A. Davies Harrell, Alexander Murray, Edward Donaldson, Thomas H. Stevens, Thomas H. Patterson, Francis Key Murray, John C. Howell, Daniel Ammen, Henry Rolando, Edward T. Nichols, George W. Rodgers, Robert H. Wyman, Edward A. Barnett, Nathaniel C. Bryant, George B. Balch, Jonathan M. Wainwright, Foxhall A. Parker, John Guest, Donald McN. Fairfax, John M. B. Clitz, George H. Cooper, Andrew Bryson, John Downes, Andrew J. Drake, James H. Spotts, James M. Duncan, John P. Bankhead, J. W. A. Nicholson Thomas G. Corbin, John C. Beaumont, Charles H. B. Caldwell, Henry K. Davenport, Napoleon B. Harrison to be commanders in the Navy, on the active list, from the 16th July, 1862; Lieutenant Albert N. Smith to be a commander on the active list, from the 11th of August, 1862, vice Commander Richard Wainwright, deceased: Lieutenant John C. Febiger to be a commander, from the 27 August, 1862, vice Commander Francis Winslow, deceased; Lieutenant Henry S. Newcomb to be a commander from the 21 September, 1862, vice Commander George H. Preble, dismissed; Lieutenant Pierce Crosby to be a commander in the Navy, from the 22d September, 1862, vice Commander B. F. Sands, promoted; Lieutenant Johnston B. Creighton to be a commander, from the 23d September, 1862, vice Commander H. S. Stellwagen; Lieutenant Aaron K. Hughes to be a commander from the 16th November, 1862, vice Commander Daniel B. Ridgely, promoted.

Lieutenants Abner Read, Alexander C. Rhind, George M. Ransom, William F. Spicer, S. Nicholson, William E. Hopkins, Paul Shirley, Henry N. T. Arnold, Thomas Pattison, Richmond Aulick, William N. Jeffers, Edward Simpson, William G. Temple, Samuel P. Carter, Thomas S. Phelps, John Madigan, jr., Leonard Paulding, George A. Stevens, Edward Barrett, Homer C. Blake, Clark H. Wells, Stephen P. Quackenbush, Earl English, Joseph M. Bradford, Reigart B. Lowry, David A. McDermut, William W. Low, Richard L. Law, John H. Upshur, Samuel R. Franklin, Wm. D. Whiting, S. Ledyard Phelps, William Mitchell, Francis A. Roe, William Gibson, J. C. P. De Krafft, John E. Hart, Oscar C. Badger, Thomas C. Harris, Stephen B. Luce, John L. Davis, Alexander A. Semmes, James S. Thornton, M. Patterson Jones, Watson Smith, Joseph E. De Haven, William T. Truxtun, Greenleaf Cilley, Samuel Magaw, William C. West, William M. Gamble, Jonathan Young, William K. Mayo, James E. Jouett, T. Scott Fillebrown, Edward C. Grafton, Milton Haxtun, George W. Young, John H. Russell, Edward E. Stone, Dawson Phenix, Robert F. R. Lewis, Andrew W. Johnson, Robert W. Scott, Walter W. Queen, Edmund W. Henry, Ralph Chandler, Philip C. Johnson, John Watters, K. Randolph Breese, Lewis A. Kimberly, S. L. Breese, George V. Morris, Bancroft Gherardi, Daniel L. Braine, L. H. Newman, Charles W. Flusser, A. B. Cummings, George E. Belknap, Edward P. Williams, David B. Harmony, William Gwin, John J. Cornwell, James P. Foster, Henry Wilson, A. E. R. Benham, Wilson McGunnegle, John Irwin, Joseph S. Skerrett, James A. Greer, Charles H. Greene, Francis M. Baker, Elias K. Owen, Aaron W. Weaver, Austin Pendergrast, William P. McCann, James Stillwell, James H. Gillis, William E. Fitzhugh, Trevett Abbot, Charles H. Cushman, Oscar F. Stanton, Henry A. Adams, jr., George Brown, Bushrod B. Taylor, Robert L. May, James W. Shirk, James G. Maxwell, Henry Erben, Edward P. McCrea, John G. Walker, John G. Mitchel, Francis 0006 4 M. Ramsay, Richard W. Meade, jr., Marshal C. Campbell, Robert Boyd, jr., Charles C. Carpenter, William A. Kirkland, William H. Dana, Edward E. Potter, George Bacon, J. C. Chaplin, Lester A. Beardslee, Charles A. Babcock, Charles E. Fleming, Thomas O. Selfridge, jr., Joseph N. Miller, Alfred Hopkins, Montgomery Sicard, E. O. Matthews, Thomas McK. Buchanan, Edward P. Lull, Edward Lea, Alexander F. Crosman, Charles S. Norton, George A. Bigelow, Robert F. Bradford, and Robert L. Phythian to be lieutenants-commanders in the Navy, from the 16 July, 1862, on the active list; Augustus P. Cooke to be a lieutenant-commander, from the 11th August, 1862, vice Lieutenant-Commander Albert N. Smith, promoted; Le Roy Fitch to be a lieutenant-commander, from the 21 September, 1862, vice Lieutenant-Commander H. S. Newcomb, promoted; Thomas H. Eastman to be a lieutenant-commander, from the 30 September, 1862, vice Lieutenant-Commander William Nelson, deceased; Rush R. Wallace to be a lieutenant-commander, from the 1st of October, 1862, vice Lieutenant-Commander Pierce Crosby, promoted; Chester Hatfield to be a lieutenant-commander, from the 2d October, 1862, vice Lieutenant-Commander Johnston B. Creighton, promoted; and Charles J. McDougal to be a lieutenant-commander, from the 16 November, 1862, vice Lieutenant-Commander A. K. Hughes, promoted.

Moses S. Stuyvesant, Joseph D. Marvin, James O. Kane, Simeon P. Gillett, Thomas L. Swann, Sullivan D. Ames, J. Crittenden Watson, Henry B. Robeson, Antoine R. McNair, Wm. H. Barton, Samuel F. Brown, Henry De H. Manley, William Whitehead, Edward A. Walker, Winfield S. Schley, Silas Casey, jr., William T. Sampson, A. T. Snell, William F. Stewart, George P. Ryan, George M. Bache, Adolphus Dexter, Lloyd Phenix, Thomas C. Bowen, Tecumseh Steece, Bartlett J. Cromwell, George W. Hayward, Charles E. McKay, John W. Philip, Henry F. Picking, Frederick Rogers, Francis O. Davenport, Horace E. Mullan, John Weidman, John F. McGlensey, Sylvanus Backus, and William B. Cushing to be lieutenants in the Navy on the active list, from the 16 July, 1862, to fill existing vacancies.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 1 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

In pursuance of the fourth section of the act of the sixteenth of January, 1857, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to promote the efficiency of the Navy,’” providing that reserved officers may be promoted on the reserved list, I nominate Commander James M. Gilliss to be a captain in the Navy, on the reserved list, from the 16 July, 1862.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 1 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate First Assistant Engineer Robert W. McCleery to be a chief engineer in the Navy, from the 4th November, 1861;

First Assistant Engineer Richard W. Bartleman to be a chief engineer in the Navy, from the 6th November, 1861;

First Assistant Engineer W. W. Dungan to be a chief engineer in the Navy, from the 1 February, 1862; and

First Assistant Engineer I. W. Thomson, jr., to be a chief engineer in the Navy, from the 2d February, 1862, all to fill existing vacancies.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 1 December, 1862.

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To the Senate of the United States:

Under the provisions of the 3d section of an “act to further promote the efficiency of the Navy” approved 21 December 1861, I nominate Captain Charles Wilkes, on the retired list, to command special squadron in the West Indies.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 1 December 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

In pursuance of the act of Congress, approved 5 July 1862, to reorganize the Navy Department, I nominate John Lenthall to be chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair; and

Benjamin F. Isherwood to be chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Navy Department, 1 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate William A. Hitchcock, of Connecticut, and James A. Coleman, of Pennsylvania, to be chaplains in the Navy, from the 8th October, 1862, to fill existing vacancies.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 1 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Assistant Paymaster Joseph A. Smith to be a paymaster in the Navy, from the 23d August, 1862, vice Paymaster T. B. Nalle, resigned.

R. H. Douglas to be a paymaster in the Navy, from the 24th August, 1862, vice Paymaster B. F. Gallaher, dismissed.

R. Julius Richardson to be a paymaster in the Navy, from 2d September, 1862, vice J. B. Oliphant, deceased.

Lawson C. Merrill to be a paymaster in the Navy, from the 5th September, 1862, vice Paymaster Granville T. Pierce, dropped.

Jesse P. Woodbury, of New Hampshire, 25 years of age on the 5 November, 1862, to be assistant paymaster in the Navy, from the 24th September, 1862, to fill a vacancy.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 1 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Passed Assistant Edward F. Corson to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 31 July, 1862, vice Surgeon C. H. Wheelright, deceased.

Passed Assistant David Kindleberger to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 14th August, 1862, vice Surgeon Thomas L. Smith, transferred to the retired list.

Passed Assistant Surgeon William E. Taylor to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 5th September, 1862, vice Surgeon Samuel Barrington, deceased.

Passed Assistant Surgeon James McMaster to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 11th October, 1862, vice Surgeon B. R. Tinslar, transferred to the retired list.

Samuel H. Peltz and Daniel McMurtrie, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant surgeons in the Navy, from the 22d August, 1862, vice E. F. Corson and D. Kindleberger, promoted.

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George H. Cooke, of New Jersey, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 22d September, 1862, vice Assistant Surgeon John Homans, resigned.

Herman P. Babcock, of New York, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 24th September, 1862, vice William E. Taylor, promoted.

Samuel F. Shaw, of New York, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 11th October, 1862, vice James McMaster, promoted.

William Longshaw, jr., of Massachusetts, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 9 November, 1862, vice Assistant Surgeon William B. Gibson, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Navy Department, 1 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Captain John C. Cash to be paymaster in the Marine Corps, from the 20 November, 1862, with the rank of major, vice Major William W. Russell, deceased.

First Lieutenant George Butler to be a captain in the Marine Corps, from the 4th November, 1862, vice Captain William S. Boyd, transferred to the retired list.

First Lieutenant George W. Collier to be a captain in the Marine Corps, from the 20th November, 1862, vice Captain John C. Cash, promoted.

Second Lieutenant William R. Brown to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 18 August, 1862, vice First Lieutenant H. B. Hoff, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Samuel C. Adams to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 4th November, 1862, vice First Lieutenant George Butler, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Samuel W. Powell to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 20 November, 1862, vice First Lieutenant George W. Collier, promoted.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 1 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Jacob Cooke to be deputy postmaster at Monroe, in the county of Monroe and State of Michigan, in place of Frazey W. Winans, removed.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December —, 1862.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Edward W. McGraw be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Ordered, That the nominations of David G. Farragut and others, James M. Gillis, Robert W. McCleery, and others, Charles Wilkes, John Lenthall, and Benjamin F. Isherwood, William A. Hitchcock, James A. Coleman, Joseph A. Smith and others, Edward F. Corson and others, and John C. Cash and others be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of Jacob Cook be referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post-Roads.

Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, on the 3d instant, the nomination of David Davis, reported.

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MONDAY, December 8, 1862. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Herman Zur Lippe, of Pennsylvania, to be consul of the United States at Martinique, in the place of Andrew G. Carothers, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December —, 1862.

War Department, December 4, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force, now in the service of the United States: To be assistant adjutants-general with the rank of captain.

First Lieutenant Marcey P. Beston, of the 26th Ohio Volunteers.

Captain Charles McDonald, of the 8th Missouri Volunteers.

Lieutenant Jacob R. Muhleman, of the 14th Illinois Volunteers.

Lieutenant James W. Turner, of the 38th New York Volunteers.

Captain Edward C. Denig, of the 31st Ohio Volunteers.

Lieutenant Henry W. Perkins, of the 50th New York Volunteers.

Stuart M. Taylor, of New York.

Edwin D. Saunders, of —.

Captain Milton S. Kimball, of the 17th Illinois Volunteers.

Lieutenant Oscar Miner, of the 75th Ohio Volunteers.

P. R. Chadwick, of New York.

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

E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

To the President of the United States.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Hermann Zur Lippe be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Ordered, That the nomination of Marcey P. Beston and others be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of David Davis; and

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

On motion by Mr. Lane, of Kansas,

Ordered, That the articles of agreement and convention, concluded at Niobrara, Nebraska Territory, on the 14th November, 1860, between J. Shaw Gregory, agent on the part of the United States, and the chief 0010 8 and headmen of the Poncas tribe of Indians, being supplementary to the treaty with said tribe made on the 12th March, 1859; the treaty between Seth Clover, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the delegates of the united tribes of Kaskia and Peoria, Piankeshaw and Wea Indians, concluded at Paola, Kansas, August 18, 1860; the articles of agreement and convention concluded at the Great Nemaha Agency, Nebraska Territory, between Daniel Vanderslice, agent of the the United States, and delegates of the Sacs and Foxes of Missouri; the treaty concluded at the Kansas Agency, March 13, 1862, between H. W. Farnsworth, commissioner of the United States, and the chief and headmen of the Kansas tribe of Indians; the articles of agreement and convention concluded at the city of Washington, the 3d of July, 1862, by William P. Dole, commissioner upon the part of the United States, and delegates of the Sac and Fox tribe of Indians of the Mississippi; and the treaty between Charles B. Keith, commissioner on the part of the United States and the chiefs and headmen and delegates of the Kickapoo Nation of Indians, concluded on the 28th June, 1862, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

MONDAY, December 15, 1862. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Edwin Willits to be deputy postmaster at Monroe, in the county of Monroe and State of Michigan, in place of Frazey W. Winans, removed.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 9 th, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I hereby withdraw the nomination of Jacob Cooke to be deputy postmaster at Monroe, in the county of Monroe and State of Michigan.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Mansion, December 9 th, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the following officers, now holding temporary appointments in the U. S. Navy, for their restoration to the regular list of the Navy, viz:

Acting Lieutenants John P. Sanford, Robert Townsend, Selim E. Woodworth, and Richard T. Renshaw to be commanders in the U. S. Navy, on the active list, and Acting Lieutenants E. Ross Calhoun, Charles H. Baldwin, Robert W. Shufeldt, Edward Y. McCauley, Pendleton G. Watmough, James Parker, jr., Edgar Brodhead, John N. Quackenbush, and John S. Barnes to be lieutenant commanders in the Navy, on the active list.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 8 December, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Simeon Whitely, of Wisconsin, to be agent for the Grand River and Uintah bands of Indians in Colorado Territory.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 12, 1862.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Mordecai Mobley, of Minnesota, to be principal clerk of public lands in the General Land Office.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 12, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate for its consideration, with a view to ratification, a treaty between the United States and the Republic of Liberia, signed at London by the plenipotentiaries of the parties on the twenty-first of October last.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 11, 1862.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Edwin Willits be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

Ordered, That the nomination of John P. Sanford and others be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of Simeon Whitely be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of Mordecai Mobley be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

The treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and the Republic of Liberia, concluded at London on the 21st of October, 1862, was read the first time.

On motion by Mr. Sumner,

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

Mr. Grimes presented four memorials of engineers of the United States Navy, praying the confirmation of the nomination of Chief Engineer Benjamin F. Isherwood.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Hale presented the memorial of William Mervine, asking that the nomination of Samuel L. Breese may not be confirmed.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

TUESDAY, December 16, 1862. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Captain Thomas Turner to be a commodore on the active list, from the 13th December, 1862, vice William M. Glendy, whose nomination to the rank of commodore has been withdrawn and transferred to the list of captains on the retired list.

Commander Charles Steedman to be a captain in the Navy, on the active list, from the 13 December, 1862, vice Captain Thomas Turner, nominated for promotion.

Lieutenant Commander Abner Read to be a commander in the Navy, on the active list, from the 13 December, 1862, vice Commander Charles Steedman, nominated for promotion.

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Lieutenant George H. Perkins to be a lieutenant, commander in the Navy on the active list, from the 13 December, 1862, vice Lieutenant-Commander A. Read, nominated for promotion.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 15 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Hawkins Taylor, of Iowa, William Bishop, of Missouri, and William Douglas, of Missouri, to be commissioners under the joint resolution No. 51, adopted at the last session of Congress.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Caleb B. Smith to be judge of the district court of the United States for the district of Indiana, in place of Elisha M. Huntington, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

City of Washington, December 16, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate John H. Freeman to be surveyor of the customs for the port of Madison, in the State of Indiana, in the place of Robert P. Jones, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 15 th, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate James A. Kennedy, of Vermont, to be consul of the United States at Guayaquil, in the place of James L. De Graw, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December —, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I hereby withdraw the nomination of Hermann Zur Lippe, of Pennsylvania, who was heretofore nominated for the office of consul of the United States at Martinique.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December —, 1862.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of Thomas Turner and others be refereed to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nominations of Hawkins Taylor and others be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of Caleb B. Smith be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the nominations of John H. Freeman and James A. Kennedy be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, on the 15th instant, the nomination of Edwin Willets, reported.

Whereupon

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

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Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, the 5th instant, the nomination of Edward W. McGraw, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Edward W. McGraw, agreeably to the nomination.

MONDAY, December 22, 1862. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

In the list of nominations transmitted to the Senate under date of the 1st instant, Captain Wm. M. Glendy, U. S. Navy, was included therein for promotion to the grade of commodore.

Since submitting this nomination it appears that this officer was ineligible for the advancement to which he had been nominated, in consequence of his age, being sixty-two on the 23d of May, 1862, and under the law of 21 December, 1861, should, had this fact been known to the Navy Department, have been transferred to the retired list on the day when he completed sixty-two years.

The nomination of Captain Glendy is accordingly withdrawn.

It is due to this officer to state that at the period of the passage of the law of December, 1861, he was, and still is, absent on duty on a foreign station, and the certificate of his age, required by the Navy Department, was only received a few days since.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 13 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

During the recess of the Senate the following named parties were appointed and commissioned to the offices annexed to their respective names. I hereby nominate them to the same, and present their names to the Senate for its action:

Names. Residence. Office. District. Nathaniel J. Miller Portland Collector 1st. Nathaniel G. Marshall do Assessor 1st. Jesse S. Lyford Lewiston Collector 2d. Hannibal Belcher Farmington Assessor 2d. Peter F. Sanborn Readfield Collector 3d. George W. Wilcox Gardiner Assessor 3d. Aaron A. Wing Bangor Collector 4th. George P. Sewell Oldtown Assessor 4th. John West Franklin Collector 5th. Nathaniel A. Joy Ellsworth Assessor 5th.

James M. Lovering Exeter Collector 1st. George M. Herring Farmington Assessor 1st. John Kimball Concord Collector 2d. Herman Foster Manchester Assessor 2d. Daniel P. Wheeler Oxford Collector 3d. Boliver Lovell Papermill Village Assessor 3d.

0014 12 Names. Residence. Office. District. Joseph Poland Montpelier Collector 1st. Wm. C. Kittredge Fairhaven Assessor 1st. George A. Merrill St. Johnsbury Collector 2d. Thomas E. Powers Woodstock Assessor 2d. Carlos Baxter Burlington Collector 3d. Henry C. Adams Alburgh Springs Assessor 3d.

Walter C. Durfee Fall River Collector 1st. Charles G. Davis Plymouth Assessor 1st. Charles P. Huntington Milton Collector 2d. Elias S. Beals North Weymouth Assessor 2d. James W. Stone Boston Collector 3d. James Ritchie do Assessor 3d. John Sargent do Collector 4th. Otis Clapp do Assessor 4th. J. Vincent Browne Salem Collector 5th. Amos Noyes Newburyport Assessor 5th. George Cogswell Haverhill Collector 6th. Charles Hudson Lexington Assessor 6th. John Nesmith Lowell Collector 7th. C. C. Esty Framingham Assessor 7th. Adin Thayer Worcester Collector 8th. Ivers Phillips do Assessor 8th. Daniel W. Alvord Greenfield Collector 9th. Amasa Norcross Fitchburgh Assessor 9th. Edward R. Tinker North Adams Collector 10th. Charles N. Emerson Pittsfield Assessor 10th.

L. B. Frieze Providence Collector 1st. Thomas G. Turner do Assessor 1st. William D. Brayton Warwick Collector 2d. William A. Pirce Johnston Assessor 2d.

Mark Howard Hartford Collector 1st. Alphonso C. Crosby Rockville Assessor 1st. John Woodruff New Haven Collector 2d. John B. Wright Clinton Assessor 2d. Ezra Dean Woodstock Collector 3d. Jesse S. Ely Norwich Assessor 3d. David F. Hollister Bridgeport Collector 4th. Reuben Rockwell Colebrook Assessor 4th.

0015 13 Names. Residence. Office. District. George F. Carman Patchogue, Suffolk Co Collector 1st. Henry W. Eastman Roslyn, Queens Co Assessor 1st. Alfred M. Wood Brooklyn Collector 2d. John Williams do Assessor 2d. Henry C. Bowen do Collector 3d. William E. Robinson do Assessor 3d. John Mack New York Collector 4th. Pierre C. Van Wyck do Assessor 4th. Joseph Hoxie do Collector 5th. George F. Bellows do Assessor 5th. William Orton do Collector 6th. John F. Cleveland do Assessor 6th. Marshall B. Blake do Collector 7th. George F. Steinbreuner do Assessor 7th. George P. Putnam do Collector 8th. Anthony J. Bleecker do Assessor 8th. Edward Ketchum do Collector 9th. Homer Franklin do Assessor 9th. Abram Hyatt Sing Sing Collector 10th. Horace M. Dewey Mount Kisco Assessor 10th. John G. Wilkin Middletown Collector 11th. James C. Curtis Cochecton Assessor 11th. Joshua T. Waterman Hudson Collector 12th. James McKin Fishkill Landing Assessor 12th. William Maston Kingston Collector 13th. Frederick Cooke Catskill Assessor 13th. Theodore Townsend Albany Collector 14th. John G. Treadwell do Assessor 14th. Gideon Reynolds Troy Collector 15th. Philip H. Neher Granville, Washington Co Assessor 15th. Walter A. Faxon Chestertown Collector 16th. Lawrence Myers Plattsburgh Assessor 16th. Erasmus D. Brooks Potsdam Collector 17th. Uriah D. Meeker Malone Assessor 17th. James H. Burr Gloversville Collector 18th. George T. Hanford Schenectady Assessor 18th. George W. Ernst Cooperstown Collector 19th. Hascall Ransford Norwich Assessor 19th. Lawrence L. Merry Ilion Collector 20th. Nelson J. Beach Watson Assessor 20th. Thomas R. Walker Utica Collector 21st. Charles M. Dennison Rome Assessor 21st. Ralph H. Avery Wampsville, Madison Co Collector 22d. Leonard Ames Mexico, Oswego Co Assessor 22d. Alfred Wilkinson Syracuse Collector 23d. William Candee do Assessor 23d. William A. Halsey Port Byron Collector 24th. Joseph W. Gates Ontario, Wayne County Assessor 24th. Myron H. Clark Canandaigua Collector 25th. Lewis Peck Phelps Assessor 25th. Simon C. Hitchcock Binghamton Collector 26th. Alfred Wells Ithaca Assessor 26th. Seymour F. Denton Corning Collector 27th. John J. Nicks Elmira Assessor 27th. John Van Vorhies, jr. Rochester Collector 28th. John W. Graves Medina Assessor 28th. John B. Hals?ed Castile, Wyoming County Collector 29th. James P. Murphy Lockport Assessor 29th. Philip Dorsheimer Buffalo Collector 30th. Otis F. Presbrey do Assessor 30st. Milton Smith Mayville Collector 31st. Henry S. Woodruff Franklinville Assessor 31st. Sheridan Shook New York Collector 32d. S. P. Gilbert do Assessor 32d.

0016 14 Names. Residence. Office. District. William S. Sharp Salem Collector 1st. Josiah C. Sparks Carpenter's Landing Assessor 1st. Stephen B. Smith Pennington Collector 2d. George W. Cowperthwait Tom's River Assessor 2d. Elston Marsh Plainfield Collector 3d. Robert Rusling Hackettstown Assessor 3d. Eugene Ayres Morristown Collector 4th. Nathaniel Lane Paterson Assessor 4th. Daniel M. Wilson Newark Collector 5th. George A. Halsey do Assessor 5th.

Jasper Harding Philadelphia Collector 1st. Washington Keith do Assessor 1st. John H. Diehl do Collector 2d. Thomas W. Sweney do Assessor 2d. William J. Wain wright do Collector 3d. J. Fletcher Budd do Assessor 3d. John M. Riley do Collector 4th. Delos P. Southworth do Assessor 4th. John W. Cowell Doylestown Collector 5th. Edwin T. Chase Germantown, Philadelp'a Assessor 5th. David Newport Morristown Collector 6th. Samuel McHose Allentown Assessor 6th. William Baker West Chester Collector 7th. Thomas W. Cheyney do Assessor 7th. Diller Luther Reading Collector 8th. Alexander P. Tutton do Assessor 8th. Alexander H. Hood Lancaster Collector 9th. James K. Alexander do Assessor 9th. James A. Inness Pottsville Collector 10th. John Early Palmyra Assessor 10th. Edgar T. Foster Manch Chunk Collector 11th. Samuel Oliver Easton Assessor 11th. Joseph H. Scranton Scranton Collector 12th. William Jessup Montrose Assessor 12th. H. Lawrence Scott Towanda Collector 13th. Benjamin P. Fortner Catawissa Assessor 13th. Adam K. Fahnestock Harrisburg Collector 14th. Daniel Kendig Middletown Assessor 14th. Levi Kauffman Mechaniesburg Collector 15th. Horace Bonham York Assessor 15th. Edward Scull Somerset Collector 16th. Robert G. Harper Gettysburg Assessor 16th. Samuel J. Royer Johnstown Collector 17th. Thomas P. Campbell Huntington Assessor 17th. George Bubb Williamsport Collector 18th. George Boal Boalsburg Assessor 18th. John W. Douglas Erie Collector 19th. Daniel Livingston Curwensville Assessor 19th. William F. Clark Meadville Collector 20th. Joseph H. Lenhart do Assessor 20th. Jasper M. Thompson Uniontown Collector 21th. D. W. Shryock Greensburg Assessor 21th. John Shea Pittsburgh Collector 22d. Henry A. Weaver do Assessor 22d. David Nye White Allegheny Collector 23d. Samuel Marks Butler Assessor 23d. David Sankey Newcastle Collector 24th. Samuel Davenport Beaver Assessor 24th.

0017 15 Names. Residence. Office. District. Charles H. B. Day Dover Collector 1st. John P. McLear Wilmington Assessor 1st.

James T. McCullough Elkton Collector 1st. George M. Russum Denton Assessor 1st. James L. Ridgeley Baltimore Collector 2d. John W. Webster Thomas's Run Assessor 2d. Peter G. Sanerwein Baltimore Collector 3d. Wm. E. Beale do Assessor 3d. Frederick Schley Frederick Collector 4th. Elias Davis Boonsborough Assessor 4th. George W. Dawson Poolsville Collector 5th. William Welling Clarksville Assessor 5th.

George D. Blakey Russellville Collector 1st. Charles S. Todd Owensboro' Assessor 1st. William M. Spencer Greensburg Assessor 2d. Philip Speed Louisville Collector 3d. Edgar Needham do Assessor 3d. Richard Apperson Mt. Sterling Collector 4th. A. L. Greer Covington Assessor 4th.

Thomas Spooner Cincinnati Collector 1st. Charles R. Fosdick do Assessor 1st. R. M. W. Taylor do Collector 2d. James Pullan do Assessor 2d. John L. Martin Dayton Collector 3d. William Miner Lebanon Assessor 3d. F. M. Wright Urbana Collector 4th. James Walker Bellefontaine Assessor 4th. Shelby Taylor Lima Collector 5th. George W. Beery Upper Sandusky Assessor 5th. David Sanders Wilmington Collector 6th. Daniel H. Murphy Ripley Assessor 6th. A. P. Stone Columbus Collector 7th. Isaac M. Barrett Spring Valley Assessor 7th. Isaac Ranney Delaware Collector 8th. C. S. Hamilton Marysville Assessor 8th. John F. Dewey Norwalk Collector 9th. Luther A. Hall Tiffin Assessor 9th. S. A. Raymond Toledo Collector 10th. E. Graham Perrysburg Assessor 10th. John Campbell Ironton Collector 11th. Daniel McFarland Portsmouth Assessor 11th. Nathan Denuy Circeleville Collector 12th. Charles F. Schaeffer Lancaster Assessor 12th. Albert A. Guthrie Zanesville Collector 13th. Benjamin Grant Mount Vernon Assessor 13th. W. B. Gates Elyra Collector 14th. 0018 16 Aaron Parpee Wadsworth Assessor 14th. Eliakim H. Moore Athens Collector 15th. Israel R. Waters Marietta Assessor 15th. Charles J. Albright Cambridge Collector 16th. John H. Barnhill New Philadelphia Assessor 16th. Joseph R. Arter New Lisbon Collector 17th. Joseph C. McCleary Warrington Assessor 17th. Richard C. Parsons Cleveland Collector 18th. John E. Hurlbut do Assessor 18th. Henry Fassett Ashtabulaa Collector 19th. Horace Y. Beebe Ravenna Assessor 19th.

Horace B. Shepherd Vincennes Collector 1st. James G. Hutchinson do Assessor 1st. Henry Crawford New Albany Collector 2d. Thomas C. Slaughter Corydon Assessor 2d. John S. S. Hunter Bloomington Collector 3d. William F. Browning do Assessor 3d. James L. Yater Aurora Collector 4th. W. V. Kyger Brookville Assessor 4th. Samuel W. Harlan Muncie Collector 5th. John Yaryan Richmond Assessor 5th. Theodore P. Haughey Indianapolis Collector 6th. Win. A. Bradshaw do Assessor 6th. John G. Crain Rockville Collector 7th. James Farrington Terre Haute Assessor 7th. John L. Smith Stockwell Collector 8th. Joseph Potter Delphi Assessor 8th. John F. Dodds Logansport Collector 9th. David Turner Crown Point Assessor 9th. Warren H. Withers Fort Wayne Collector 10th. James S. Frazer Warsaw Assessor 10th. Dewitt C. Chipman Noblesville Collector 11th. Winburn R. Pierce Anderson Assessor 11th.

Samuel H. Gardiner St. Louis Collector 1st. Theophile Papin do Assessor 1st. John T. Meuse Washington Collector 2d. Daniel Q. Gale do Assessor 2d. C. B. Wilkinson St. Joseph Collector 3d. Joseph A. Hay Lagrange Assessor 3d.

George Schueider Chicago Collector 1st. Philip Wadsworth do Assessor 1st. Wait Talcott Rockford Collector 2d. Duncan Furguson do Assessor 2d. Henry A. Mix Oregon Collector 3d. Lester H. Robinson Morrison Assessor 3d. Seth C. Sherman Quincy Collector 4th. 0019 17 William D. Henderson Aledo Assessor 4th. John H. Bryant Princeton Collector 5th. Thomas C. Moore Peoria Assessor 5th. Lewis Elsworth Naperville Collector 6th. Eri L. Waterman Ottawa Assessor 6th. W. T. Cunningham Danville Collector 7th. George W. Rives Paris Assessor 7th. Turner R. King Springfield Collector 8th. Peter Folsom Bloomington Assessor 8th. William G. Green Petersburg Collector 9th. Amos C. Babcock Canton Assessor 9th. Jediah F. Alexander Greenville Collector 10th. John Moses Winchester Assessor 10th. Robert D. Noleman Centralia Collector 11th. Peter Smith Sumner Assessor 11th. Willard C. Flagg Alton Collector 12th. John Scheil Belleville Assessor 12th. Daniel G. Hay Cairo Collector 13th. De Witt C. Barbour Tamaroa Assessor 13th.

L. G. Berry Detroit Collector 1st. Joseph R. Bennett do Assessor 1st. Alexander H. Morrison St. Joseph's Collector 2d. Elisha J. House Paw Paw Assessor 2d. Ira Mayhew Albion Collector 3d. Whitney Jones Lansing Assessor 3d. Aaron B. Turner Grand Rapids Collector 4th. Alonzo Sessions Ionia Assessor 4th. Dexter Mussey Romeo Collector 5th. Luther Stanley Birmingham Assessor 5th. Samuel N. Warren Flint Collector 6th. Townsend North Vassar Assessor 6th.

Thomas J. Emerson Racine Collector 1st. Charles A. Bronson Milwaukee Assessor 1st. Edwin R. Wadsworth Beloit Collector 2d. David Atwood Madison Assessor 2d. J. H. Warren Albany Collector 3d. B. W. Brisbois Prairie du Chien Assessor 3d. J. H. Babcock Beaver Dam Collector 4th. Orrin Hatch Oakfield Centre Assessor 4th. Horace Meriam Berlin Collector 5th. George Gary Oshkosh Assessor 5th. W. T. Price Black River Falls Collector 6th. James B. Gray Hudson Assessor 6th.

J. C. Walker Fort Madison Collector 1st. R. M. Pickel Mount Pleasant Assessor 1st. George W. Ells Davenport Collector 2d. Pliny Fay Muscatine Assessor 2d. 0020 18 Levi Fuller West Union Collector 3d. Jesse T. Jarrett Dubuque Assessor 3d. William F. Cowles Oskaloosa Collector 4th. G. H. Jerome Iowa City Assessor 4th. Horace Everett Council Bluffs Collector 5th. John N. Dewey Des Moines Assessor 5th. S. B. Hewitt, jr. Eagle Grove Collector 6th. Delos Arnold Marshalltown Assessor 6th.

James Sweet Nebraska City Collector J. H. Burbank Falls City Assessor

John Norris Hall Mankato Collector 1st. George W. Baker Rochester Assessor 1st. Thomas G. Jones Anoka Collector 2d. H. G. O. Morrison Saint Paul Assessor 2d.

John Spear Lawrence Collector James F. Legate do Assessor

George W. Brown Denver City Collector Daniel Witter do Assessor

Charles Blumner Santa Fé Collector Vincent St. Vrain Maro Assessor

Joseph Le Berge Elk Point Collector Assessor

Robert T. Burten Salt Lake City Collector Jesse C. Little do Assessor

0021 19 Names. Residence. Office. District. James S. Dilly Silver City Collector Warren Wasson Carson City Assessor

William Y. Patch San Francisco Collector 1st. Caleb T. Fay do Assessor 1st. F. B. Murdock San José Collector 2d. Richard Savage Santa Cruz Assessor 2d. John Sedgwick Sonora Collector 3d. D. K. Swim Mokelumne Hill Assessor 3d. A. A. De Long Folsom City Collector 4th. J. M. Avery Sacramento Assessor 4th. Charles Maltby do Collector 5th. William A. Eliason Petaluma Assessor 5th.

Lawrence W. Coe Dalles Collector Thomas Fraser Portland Assessor

H. A. Goldsborough Olympia Collector J. G. Sparks Walla Walla Assessor

Sayles J. Bowen Washington Collector Peter M. Pearson do Assessor

John Parkinson Wheeling Collector 1st. Cameron Assessor 1st. A. G. Leonard Parkersburg Collector 2d. Assessor 3d.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 17, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Nathaniel Low to be deputy postmaster at Dover, in the county of Strafford and State of New Hampshire, in place of Nathaniel Low, jr., resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 20, 1862.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Emerson Hall to be deputy postmaster at St. Johnsbury, in the county of Caledonia and State of Vermont, in place of George A. Merrill, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 20, 1862.

To the State of the United States:

I nominate Daniel M. Whitney to be deputy postmaster at Green Bay, in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, in place of William J. Green, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C, December 20, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Daniel Kellogg, jr., to be deputy postmaster at Brattleboro', in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, in place of George B. Kellogg, removed.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 20, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Hezekiah Naylor to be deputy postmaster at Pekin, in the county of Tazewell and State of Illinois, in place of Hart Montgomery, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 20, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Ephraim Longyear to be deputy postmaster at Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, in place of Allen R. Burr, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 22, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate John Rowe to be deputy postmaster at Portsmouth, in the county of Sciota and State of Ohio, in place of W. J. Becker, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 22, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Clinton Cullom to be deputy postmaster at Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, in place of Joseph C. Hayes, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 20, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Isaac Baker to be deputy postmaster at Princeton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, in place of John T. Robinson, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 22, 1862.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Harvey Palmer to be deputy postmaster at Niles, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, in place of Francis Quinn, removed.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., December 22, 1862.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of Nathan J. Miller and others be referred to the Committee on Finance and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

Ordered, That the nominations of Nathaniel Low, Emerson Hall, Daniel M. Whitney, Daniel Kellogg, jr., Hezekiah Naylor, Ephraim Longyear, John Row, Clinton Cullom, Isaac Baker, and Harvey Palmer be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, on the 16th instant, the nomination of Caleb B. Smith, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Caleb B. Smith, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 16th instant, the nominations of John H. Freeman and James A. Kennedy, reported.

Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, the 3d instant, the nominations of Dan H. Ball and others, Charles A. Murdock, and John H. Hawes, and on the 15th instant, that of Mordecai Mobley, reported.

Mr. Doolittle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred, the 3d instant, the nomination of Justin Harlan, and on the 15th instant that of Simeon Whitely, reported.

Mr. Grimes presented three memorials of proprietors of the principal marine-engine-building establishments in the country, and a memorial of engineers of the United States Navy, praying the confirmation of Chief Engineer Benjamin F. Isherwood.

Ordered, That they be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

TUESDAY, December 23, 1862. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Alexander W. Randall, of Wisconsin, to be First Assistant Postmaster-General, in place of John A. Kasson, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

December 23, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate William Breck, of Massachusetts, to be consul of the United States at Hankow, China.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December, 1862.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Alexander W. Randall be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

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Ordered, That the nomination of William Breck be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, the 8th instant, the nomination of Marcy P. Beston and others, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Marcy P. Beston, Charles McDonald, Jacob R. Muhleman, James W. Turner, Edward C. Denig, Henry W. Perkins, Stewart M. Taylor, Edwin D. Saunders, Milton S. Kimball, Oscar Miner, and P. R. Chadwick, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Justin Harlan, Dan H. Ball, James M. Rosse, Chauncey Noteware, F. P. Ramirez, Charles A. Murdock, John H. Hawes, Simeon Whitely, Mordecai Mobley, John H. Freeman, and James A. Kennedy; and

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

Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, on the 22d instant, the nomination of Nathaniel Low and Isaac Baker, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Nathaniel Low and Isaac Baker, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

MONDAY, January 5, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

In pursuance of the fourth section of the act of sixteenth January, 1857, entitled “An act to promote the efficiency of the Navy,” providing that reserved officers may be promoted on the reserved list, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, I nominate Lieutenant Bernard J. Moeller, E. Carrington Powers, Dominick Lynch, William B. Whiting, and Melancthon B. Woolsey to be commanders on the reserved list.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 29 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Henry M. Canfield, of Connecticut, to be consul of the United States at Athens, in the place of George G. Baker, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 31 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate John P. Usher, of Indiana, to be Secretary of the Interior of the United States, in place of Caleb B. Smith, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Mansion January 5 th, 1863.

To the State of the United States:

I nominate Everett C. Banfield, of Massachusetts, to be consul of the United States at Algiers, in place of Isaiah Thomas, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 5 th January, 1863.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate William C. Moorehead to be deputy postmaster at Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum and State of Ohio, in place of Penrod Bateman deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., January 5, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to ratification, a convention for the mutual adjustment of claims between the United States and Ecuador, signed by the respective plenipotentiaries of the two Governments, in Guayaquil, on the 25th November ultimo.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 3 January, 1863.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Bernard J. Moeller and others be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nominations of Henry M. Canfield and Everett C. Banfield be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Ordered, That the nomination of John P. Usher be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the nomination of William C. Moorehead be referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post-Roads.

The convention for the mutual adjustment of claims between the United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador, concluded at Guayaquil, the 25th November, 1862, was read the first time.

On motion by Mr. Sumner,

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

Mr. King presented sundry papers in relation to the appointment of William Masten as collector of internal revenue for the 13th district of New York, which were referred to the Committee on Finance.

TUESDAY, January 6, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Captains Charles H. Poor, Timothy A. Hunt, and Sylvanus W. Godon to be commodores in the Navy, on the active list, from the 2d January, 1863, vice Commodores Henry Eagle, Andrew A. Harwood, and Theodorus Bailey, transferred to the retired list, in pursuance to the provisions of the 1st section of the “act to promote the efficiency of the Navy,” approved 21 December, 1861.

Commanders James Alden, Augustus L. Case, and Alexander M. Pennock to be captains on the active list, from the 2d January, 1863, vice Captains C. H. Poor, T. A. Hunt, and S. W. Godon, nominated for promotion to the grade of commodore.

Lieutenant Commanders Alexander C. Rhind, George M. Ransom, and William F. Spicer to be commanders in the Navy, on the active list, from the 2d January, 1863, vice Commander J. Alden, A. L. Case, and A. M. Pennock, nominated for promotion to the grade of captains.

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Lieutenants Weld N. Allen, Nathaniel Green, and Francis B. Blake to be lieutenant commanders in the Navy, on the active list, from the 2d January, 1863, vice Lieutenant Commanders A. C. Rhind, George M. Ransom, and William F. Spicer, nominated for promotion to the grade of commanders.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 2 d January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Second Lieutenant Richard S. Collum to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, from the 30 December, 1862, vice First Lieutenant Robert Kidd, dismissed.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 3 January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Henry C. Eckstein, of Pennsylvania, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 24th December, 1862, vice Assistant Surgeon Charles H. Pile, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 5 January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate James Monroe, of Ohio, to be consul of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, in the place of Richard C. Parsons, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 6 th, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Seth C. Hawley, of New York, to be consul of the United States at Nassau, New Providence, in the place of Samuel Whiting, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 6 th January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Franklin Knight, of New York, to be consul of the United States for the province of Shun Tung, China, to reside at Chee-foo.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 6 th January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I respectfully request the Senate to return to me the nomination of Myron H. Clark to be collector of internal revenue for the twenty-fifth district of New York.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 6, 1863.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of Charles H. Poor and others, Richard S. Collum, and Henry C. Eckstein be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nominations of James Monroe, Seth C. Hawley, and Franklin Knight be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

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Ordered, That the nomination of Myron H. Clark, to be collector of the internal revenue for the 25th district of the State of New York, be returned to the President of the United States, agreeably to the message received this day.

Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred, the 15th December last, the treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of Liberia, concluded at London on the 21st October, 1862, reported the same without amendment.

WEDNESDAY, January 7, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

In pursuance of the fourth section of the act of 16th January, 1857, entitled “An act to promote the efficiency of the Navy,” providing that reserved officers may be promoted on the reserved list, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, I nominate Commander Elisha Peck to be a captain on the reserved list, to take rank next after Captain Lewis E. Simonds.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 6 January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the following-named persons for the offices to which they were appointed during the last recess of the Senate, viz:

Richard Milford Blatchford, of New York, to be minister resident of the United States at Rome, in place of Alexander W. Randall, resigned.

Thomas H. Clay, of Kentucky, to be minister resident of the United States to the Republic of Nicaragua, in place of Andrew B. Dickinson, resigned.

B. O. Duncan, of South Carolina, to be consul of the United States for Rhenish Bavaria.

Charles Gilbert Wheeler, of Missouri, to be consul of the United States at Nuremburg, in the place of Max Einstein, whose nomination was rejected.

Noah L. Wilson, of Indiana, to be consul of the United States at La Union, San Salvador, in the place of Joseph W. Livingston, declined.

Rollin C. M. Hoyt, of Massachusetts, to be consul of the United States at Minatitlan, in the place of Cyrus O. Poole, resigned.

J. T. Howard, of Pennsylvania, to be consul of the United States at San Juan del Sur, in the place of Thomas Howard, resigned.

John J. Hyde, of Connecticut, to be consul of the United States at San Juan, Porto Rico, in the place of Jasper Smith, resigned.

William Walter Murphy, of Michigan, to be consul of the United States for the Duchy of Brunswick, in the place of B. Ellis Martin, resigned.

Deodat Brastow, of Maine, to be consul of the United States at Rio Grande, Brazil, in the place of William Young, whose nomination was not acted upon.

Frederic Wippermann, of the District of Columbia, to be consul of the United States at Galatza.

F. Cosby, of Kentucky, to be consul of the United States at Geneva.

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Richard A. Edes, of the District of Columbia, to be consul of the United States at Maracaibo, in the place of Frederick Wippermann, transferred to the consulate at Galatza.

Arthur Folsom, of Illinois, to be consul of the United States at Cape Haytien.

Ingersoll Lockwood, of New York, to be consul of the United States at Hanover.

Edwin G. Eastman, a citizen of the United States, to be consul of the United States at Cork, in the place of Patrick J. Devine, recalled.

William E. Phelps, of Illinois, to be consul of the United States at St. Petersburg, in the place of John D. Arnold, resigned.

William W. Thomas, jr., of Maine, to be consul of the United States at Gottenburg, in the place of J. P. M. Epping, whose nomination was rejected.

J. H. Mansfield, of Wisconsin, to be consul of the United States at Tabasco, in the place of Noah L. Wilson, transferred to the consulate at La Union, San Salvador.

Marquis D. L. Lane, of Maine, to be consul of the United States at Vera Cruz, in the place of Mark H. Dunnell, resigned.

Walter Graham, of New Jersey, to be consul of the United States at Cape Town, in the place of Thomas McDowell, recalled.

Alexander Schwartz to be consul of the United States at Riga.

John Xantus, of the District of Columbia, to be consul of the United States at Manzanillo, in the place of Robert Haley, recalled.

Senor Don Cirilo Molina to be consul of the United States at Carthagena, Spain.

Vincent St. Vrain, of Texas, to be consul of the United at Paso del Norte, in the place of J. W. Massey, resigned.

Cephus Brainerd, of New York, to be arbitrator on the part of the United States, in the city of New York, under the treaty with her Britannic Majesty of the 7th of April last for the suppression of the African slave trade.

William L. Avery, of New Hampshire, to be arbitrator on the part of the United States at Cape Town, under the treaty with her Britannic Majesty of the 7th of April last, for the suppression of the African slave trade.

Timothy R. Hibbard, of New York, to be arbitrator on the part of the United States at Sierra Leone, under the treaty with her Britannic Majesty of the 7th of April last for the suppression of the African slave trade.

W. F. M. Arny, of Kansas, to be secretary of the Territory of New Mexico, in the place of James H. Holmes, removed.

Elwood Evans, of Washington Territory, to be secretary of said Territory, in place of L. J. S. Turney, removed.

Zenas C. Robbins, of the District of Columbia, to be register of wills in and for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, in the place of Moses Kelly, whose nomination was not confirmed.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 7, 1863.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Elisha Peck be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nominations of Richard Milford Blatchford, Thomas H. Clay, Cephas Brainerd, William L. Avery, and Timothy R. Hibbard be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Ordered, That the nominations of B. O. Duncan, Charles Gilbert Wheeler, Noah L. Wilson, Rollin C. M. Hoyt, J. T. Howard, John J. Hyde, William Walton Murphy, Deodat Brastow, Frederic Wippermann, F. Cosby, Richard A. Eries, Arthur Folsom, Ingersoll Lockwood, Edwin G. Eastman, William E. Phelps, William W. Thomas, jr.; J. H. Mansfield, Marquis D. L. Lane, Walter Graham, Alexander Schwartz, John Xantus, Don Cirilo Molina, and Vincent St. Vrain be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Ordered, That the nominations of W. F. M. Arny and Elwood Evans be referred to the Committee on Territories.

Ordered, That the nomination of Zenas C. Robbins be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, on the 5th instant, the nomination of John P. Usher, reported.

Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, the 5th December last, the nominations of David G. Farragut, Louis M. Goldsborough, Samuel F. Dupont, Andrew H. Foote, Charles Stewart, Francis H. Gregory, Silas H. Stringham, and Hiram Paulding, reported.

Mr. King, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, on the 6th instant, the nomination of Seth C. Hawley, reported.

Mr. King, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 6th instant, the nomination of James Monroe, reported.

Whereupon

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

THURSDAY January 8, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Assistant Paymaster Clifton Hellen to be a paymaster in the Navy, from the 16 November, 1862, vice Paymaster A. E. Watson, transferred to the retired list.

First Assistant Engineer James F. Lamdin to be a chief engineer in the Navy, from the 8 December, 1862, to fill an existing vacancy.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 10 December, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Charles A. Washburn, of California, now commissioner, to be minister resident of the United States to Paraguay.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 8 January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate J. W. Peritt Huntington, of Oregon, to be superintendent of Indian affairs in the State of Oregon, vice William H. Rector, removed; also

Benjamin Simpson, of Oregon, to be Indian agent in the State of Oregon, vice Benjamin R. Biddie, removed.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., January 8, 1863.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Medical Department of the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 8, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 8, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Medical Department of the Army of the United States, to fill the original vacancies created by the act approved December 27, 1862: MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. To be medical inspectors with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.

Surgeon Joseph K. Barnes, of the United States Army.

Surgeon John E. Summers, of the United States Army.

Surgeon Frank H. Hamilton, of the United States Volunteers.

Surgeon Peter Pineo, of the United States Volunteers.

Surgeon George W. Stipp, of the United States Volunteers.

Surgeon Augustus C. Hamlin, of the United States Volunteers.

N. S. Townshend, of Ohio.

George K. Johnson, of Michigan.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

To the President of The United States.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of Clifton Hellen and James F. Lamdin be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of Charles A. Washburn be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Ordered, That the nominations of J. W. Perritt Huntington and Benjamin Simpson be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Ordered, That the nominations of Joseph K. Barnes and others be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

On motion by Mr. Trumbull,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of John P. Usher; and

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

FRIDAY, January 9, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Robert W. Tayler of Ohio, to be First Comptroller of the Treasury, in the place of Elisha Whittlesey, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 8, 1863.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Samual G. Pond, a citizen of the United States, to be consul of the United States at Para, Brazil, in the place of William R. Williams, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 9 January, 1863.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Robert W. Tayler be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the nomination of Samuel G. Pond be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, on the 23d December last, the nomination of Alexander W. Randall, and on the 5th instant that of William C. Moorehead, reported.

Whereupon

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

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of David G. Farragut, Louis M. Goldsborough, Samuel F. Du Pont, Andrew H. Foot, Charles Stewart, and Seth C. Hawley; and

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

The treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of Liberia, concluded at London on the 21st October, 1862, was read the second time and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved ( two-thirds of the Senators present concurring ), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States of America and the Republic of Liberia, concluded at London the 21st October, 1862.

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said resolution; and

On the question to agree thereto,

It was determined in the affirmative,

Yeas 32

Nays 4

The Senators who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Anthony, Arnold, Browning, Clark, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Field, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harding, Harlan, Harris, Henderson, Howe, King, Lane of Indiana, Latham, Morrill, Pomeroy, Sherman, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Willey, Wilson of Massachusetts, Wright.

The Senators who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Davis, Powell, Saulsbury, Wilson of Missouri.

Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the President of the United States.

WEDNESDAY, January 14, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to Samuel Porter as surveyor of the customs for the port of Beverly, in 0032 30 the State of Massachusetts, in the place of William H. Hinkley, who declined the office, I now nominate him for the same.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 5, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

A commission having been granted during the recess of the Senate to George W. Lane, of Indiana, as superintendent of the branch of the mint of the United States at Denver, in the Territory of Colorado, I now nominate him to the same.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 5, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Frederick Eckfeldt, of Pennsylvania, to be melter and refiner of the branch of the mint of the United States at Denver, in the Territory of Colorado.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 5, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate George W. McClure, of Colorado, to be coiner of the branch of the mint of the United States at Denver, in the Territory of Colorado.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 5, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Oscar D. Munson, of California, to be assayer of the branch of the mint of the United States at Denver, in the Territory of Colorado.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 5, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Henry W. Birkey, of Pennsylvania, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 10 January, 1863, vice E. C. Van Menlen, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 10 January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw the nomination of Herman Foster as assessor for the second collection district of the State of New Hampshire, and nominate Isaac W. Smith, of Manchester, for the same office.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 11, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Richard S. Field, of New Jersey, to be judge of the district court of the United States for the district of New Jersey, in the place of Philemon Dickerson, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

City of Washington, January 14, 1863.

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The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Samuel Porter be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Ordered, That the nominations of George W. Lane, Frederick Eckfeldt, George W. McClure, Oscar D. Munson, and Isaac W. Smith be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the nomination of Henry W. Birkey be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Ten Eyck,

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of Richard S. Field; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Richard S. Field, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred, on the 9th instant, the nomination of Robert W. Tayler, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Robert W. Tayler, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, the 5th December last, the nominations of Joseph Smith and George W. Storer, reported.

Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom were referred, the 22d December last, the nominations of Emerson Hall, Daniel M. Whitney, Daniel Kellogg, jr., Hezekiah Naylor, Ephraim Longyear, John Row, and Clinton Cullom, reported.

On motion by Mr. Collamer,

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

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

Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations; to whom were referred, the 7th instant, the nominations of Milford Richard Blatchford. Thomas H. Clay, Cephas Brainerd, and William L. Avery, and on the 8th instant that of Chas. A. Washburn, reported.

FRIDAY, January 16, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 15, 1863.

War Department, January 15, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States under the act approved July 17, 1862: To be aides-de-camp.

First Lieutenant William M. Este, of the 26th Regiment Ohio Volunteers, for Major-General Schenck, with the rank of major (commanding 8th Army Corps.)

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Charles Griswold, of Massachusetts, for Major-General Schenck, with the rank of captain, (commanding 8th Army Corps).

Maxwell V. L. Woodhull, of New York, for Major-General Schenck, with the rank of captain (commanding 8th Army Corps).

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

To the President of The United States:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate James Smith, of Illinois, to be consul of the United States at Dundee, in the place of Hugh Smith, recalled.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 16 January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate W. R. G. Mellen, of Massachusetts, to be consul of the United States at Port Louis, Mauritius, in the place of Thomas Shankland, recalled.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 16 th January, 1863.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of William M. Este and others be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

Ordered, That the dominations of James Smith and W. R. G. Mellen be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred, the 7th instant, the nomination of Timothy R. Hibbard, reported.

Mr. Ten Eyck, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 7th instant, the nomination of Walter Graham, reported.

Mr. Arnold, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 23d December last, the nomination of William Breck, and the 5th instant those of Henry M. Canfield and Everett C. Banfield, reported.

Mr. Doolittle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred; the 8th instant, the nominations of J. W. Perritt Huntingdon and Benjamin Simpson, reported.

Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 14th instant, the nomination of Samuel Porter, reported.

Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred, the 14th instant, the nominations of George W. Lane, George W. McClure and Oscar D. Munson, reported.

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

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of George W. Lane, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Powell submitted the following motion for consideration:

That the injunction of secresy be removed from the resolution of the Senate of the 4th April, 1853, that the President has power to remove Territorial judges.

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MONDAY, January 19, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 10, 1862.

War Department, Washington, December 10, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of appointments in the Army of the United States: General officers.

Major-General Joseph Hooker, of the United States Volunteers, to be brigadier-general, September 20, 1862, vice Mansfield, died of wounds received in battle.

Judge-Advocate's Department

Joseph Holt, of the District of Columbia, to be judge-advocate-general with the rank of colonel, September 3, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Quartermaster's Department.

First Lieutenant Elias B. Carling, of the Third Artillery, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, August 20, 1862, vice Gardner, rejected.

George W. Martin, of Pennsylvania, to be military storekeeper, July 21, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

John F. Rodgers, of New York, to be military storekeeper, July 21, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Gustavus A. Hull, of Kentucky, to be military storekeeper, July 21, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Medical Department.

Harrison Allen, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant surgeon, July 30 1862, vice Butler, dropped.

William P. Grier, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant surgeon, July 30, 1862, vice Quinan, resigned.

Thomas McMillen, of Kentucky, to be assistant surgeon, August 19, 1862, vice Wolfley, declined.

Edward Brooks, of New York, to be assistant surgeon, August 19, 1862, vice Keen, declined.

Charles P. Russell, of New York, to be assistant surgeon, September 4, 1862, vice Lynde, resigned.

Thomas H. Ridgeley, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant surgeon, September 16, 1862, vice Ghiselin, promoted.

Charles C. Lee, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant surgeon, November, 22, 1862, vice Randolph, promoted.

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Samuel H. Orton, of New Jersey, to be assistant surgeon, November 22, 1862, vice Taylor, promoted.

John W. Brewer, of Maryland, to be assistant surgeon, November 22, 1862, vice Hammond, promoted.

John Homans, junior, of Massachusetts, to be assistant surgeon, November 22, 1862, vice Bailey, retired.

John Brooke, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant surgeon, November 22, 1862, vice Irwin, promoted.

William H. Gardner, of North Carolina, to be assistant surgeon, November 22, 1862, vice Heger, promoted.

Hennel Stevens, of Connecticut, to be medical storekeeper, August 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Henry N. Rittenhouse, of Pennsylvania, to be medical storekeeper, August 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Victor Zoeller, of New York, to be medical storekeeper, August 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Henry Johnson, of Pennsylvania, to be medical storekeeper, August 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Robert T. Cramer, of New York, to be medical storekeeper, August 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Hospital Steward George Wright, of the United States Army, to be medical storekeeper, August 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Ordnance Department.

William Adams, of Pennsylvania, to be medical storekeeper, September 13, 1862, vice Hanham, dismissed.

William Walters, of New York, to be military storekeeper, September 16, 1862, vice Weston, dismissed.

FIRST REGIMENT OF CAVALRY. To be second lieutenants.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Henry Ogilvie, July 17, 1862, vice Fisher, promoted.

Ordnance Sergeant William Dean, late sergeant, Company I, First Cavalry, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Sergeant Reuben F. Bernard, of Company D, July 17, 1862, vice Ogden, promoted.

First Sergeant William T. Pennock, of Company G, July 17, 1862, vice Perry, promoted.

First Sergeant Thomas McGregor, of Company A, July 17, 1862, vice Hunt, promoted.

First Sergeant Edward Myers, of Company H, July 17, 1862, vice Fessenden, resigned.

First Sergeant Harrison Moulton, of Company B, July 17, 1862, vice Jerome, declined.

First Sergeant John McDonald, of Company K, July 17, 1862, vice Nichols, promoted.

Sergeant John S. Walker, of Company D, July 17, 1862, vice Hoyer, promoted.

Acting Sergeant Major Jeremiah Harrington, November 29, 1862, vice Benton, promoted.

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Sergeant Major Robert Lennox, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Quartermaster Sergeant Edward J. Spaulding, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Sergeant Michael Lawless of Company H, July 17, 1862, vice Harrison, promoted.

First Sergeant Peter Rinner, of Company K, July 17, 1862, vice Duke, promoted.

Sergeant Elijah R. Wells, of Company H, July 17, 1862, vice Dewees, promoted.

Sergeant Charles K. Kershaw, of Company C, July 17, 1862, vice Burton, promoted.

Sergeant Charles Lewis, of Company C, July 17, 1862, vice Blanchard, promoted.

First Sergeant Daniel Flynn, of Company E, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Sergeant Paul Quirk, of Company F, July 17, 1862, vice Mix, promoted.

THIRD REGIMENT OF CAVALRY. To be second lieutenants.

Sergeant Major Charles Meinhold, July 17, 1862, vice Dubois, promoted.

Sergeant Richard Wall, of Company C, July 17, 1862, vice Wilson, promoted.

Sergeant Gerald Russell, of Company D, July 17, 1862, vice Thomas, promoted.

Sergeant Thomas Falvey, of Company G, July 17, 1862, vice Van Vliet, promoted.

Sergeant Dean Monahan, of Company I, July 17, 1862, vice Sachs, promoted.

Sergeant William Ewing, of Company C, July 17, 1862, vice Hoffman, promoted.

FOURTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY. To be second lieutenants.

Douglas A. Murray, late sergeant-major of the cavalry depot, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Ordnance Sergeant Thomas Healy, late sergeant Company E, Second Cavalry, July 17, 1862, vice Baker, promoted.

Sergeant John Lee, of Company K, Sixth Cavalry, July 17, 1862, vice Kelly, promoted.

Sergeant Elbridge G. Roys, of Company B, July 17, 1862, vice McCook, promoted.

First Sergeant Joseph Rendelbrook, of Company G, November 29, 1862, vice Webb, promoted,

FIFTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY. To be second lieutenants.

Captain Gustavus Urban, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers late quartermaster-sergeant of the Fifth Cavalry, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

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Sergeant-Major Jeremiah C. Denney, July 17, 1862, vice Fosdick, promoted.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Philip Dwyer, July 17, 1862, vice Sumner, promoted.

First Sergeant Henry Jones, of Company G, July 17, 1862, vice Ouster, promoted.

Sergeant Henry Baker, of Company A, July 17, 1862, vice Bailey, whose appointment has expired.

Sergeant James Hastings, of Company E, July 17, 1862, vice Maley, promoted.

Sergeant Robert Sweatman, of Company E, July 17, 1862, vice Dickerson, promoted.

First Sergeant James T. Baden, of Company F, July 17, 1862, vice McIntosh, promoted.

Sergeant Robert H. Montgomery, of Company C, November 29, 1862, vice Brown, promoted.

SIXTH REGIMENT OF CAVALRY. To be second lieutenants.

First Sergeant Nicholas Nolan, of Company B, July 17, 1862, vice McLellan, promoted.

First Sergeant John A. Irwin, of Company E, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant Henry McQuiston, of Company K, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant Major Tullius C. Tupper, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Quartermaster-Sergeant John C. Rosseau, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant Louis H. Carpenter, of Company L, July 17, 1862, vice Balk, promoted.

FIRST REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. To be second lieutenants.

First Sergeant Francis Reynolds, of Company C, October 22, 1862, vice Porter, promoted.

First Sergeant Ballard S. Humphrey, of Company I, October 22, 1862, vice Duer, promoted.

SECOND REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. To be brevet second lieutenants.

First Sergeant Joseph Kieffe, of Company E, October 22, 1862.

First Sergeant Sylvanus T. Rugg, of Company G, October 22, 1862.

First Sergeant John W. Roder, of Company H, October 22, 1862.

Sergeant W. W. Williams, of Company A, November 29, 1862.

THIRD REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.

Sergeant Major Lewis Smith to be second lieutenant, October 22, 1862, vice Wright, promoted.

Quartermaster Sergeant James Davison to be brevet second lieutenant, October 22, 1862.

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First Sergeant Christopher F. Merkle, of Company E, October 22, 1862, vice Russell, promoted.

First Sergeant James Thompson, of Company G, October 22, 1862, vice Wilkeson, promoted.

FIFTH REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY. To be second lieutenants.

Joshua A. Fessenden, of Maine, September 6, 1862, vice Rittenhouse, promoted.

First Sergeant Alexander J. McDonald, of Company K, Third Artillery, October 22, 1862, vice Kinzie, promoted.

First Sergeant Charles Simon, of Company F, October 22, 1862, vice Brinckle, promoted.

First Sergeant Charles Holman, of Company K, October 22, 1862, vice Wilson, transferred to the Second Artillery.

First Sergeant Samuel Peeples, of Company D, October 22, 1862, vice Calef, transferred to the Second Artillery.

First Sergeant Frederick Robinson, of Company D, October 30, 1862, vice McIntyre, transferred to the Second Artillery.

SECOND REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

Sergeant Major William Falck, July 18, 1862, vice Kroutinger, promoted.

First Sergeant Rudolph Thieme, of Company D, July 18, 1862, vice Parker, killed in battle.

First Sergeant Francis E. Lacey, of Company I, July 18, 1862, vice Ellinwood, promoted.

First Sergeant Thomas Byrne, of Company A, July 18, 1862, vice West, promoted.

First Sergeant Daniel W. Burke, of Company B, July 18, 1862, vice Fitch, promoted.

Sergeant Robert Davis, of Company I, July 18, 1862, vice Grafius, promoted.

First Sergeant James Butler, of Company C, November 26, 1862, vice Noggle, cashiered.

THIRD REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

Sergeant-Major August Kaiser, July 18, 1862, vice Eckert, promoted

Sergeant Stanley Mourton, of Company H, July 18, 1862, vice Butler, promoted.

Private Louis M. Hamilton, of the Fourteenth Infantry, September 27, 1862, vice Page, promoted.

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First Sergeant John Miller, of Company J, July 18, 1862, vice Sheldon, promoted.

Sergeant Major John Simmons, November 29, 1862, vice McKibbin, promoted.

FIFTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenant.

First Sergeant George McDermott, of Company—, July 17, 1862, vice Speed, promoted.

SIXTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

Sergeant Major George Anderson, July 18, 1862, vice Freeman, promoted.

First Sergeant James McKim, of Company K, July 18, 1862, vice Hodges, promoted.

First Sergeant Thomas Britton, of Company H, November 18, 1862, vice Ridgely, promoted.

Quartermaster Sergeant John W. Clous, November 29, 1862, vice McCormick, dismissed.

TENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

First Sergeant Michael C. Boyce, of Company A, July 17, 1862, vice Fleeson, promoted.

First Sergeant George Hamilton, of Company B, July 18, 1862, vice Cooper, dismissed.

Richard Skinner, of Illinois, September 23,1862, vice Welles, promoted.

Private Elijah D. Brigham, November 28, 1862, vice Hopkins, dismissed.

ELEVENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

Sergeant Oscar H. Nealey, of the First Battalion, September 25, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant Lemuel Pattee, of Company B. First Battalion, September 25, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant-Major James Kennington, November 26, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

TWELFTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

First Sergeant George Lamonion, November 6, 1862, vice Tracy, promoted.

Sergeant August Thieman, November 6, 1862, vice Duvillard, promoted.

Sergeant Madison Earle, November 6, 1862, to fill original vacancy.

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First Sergeant Benjamin H. Geary, of Company H, First Battalion, August 13, 1862, vice Torrey, promoted.

First Sergeant Joseph L. Horr, of Company C, First Battalion, August 29, 1862, vice Little, promoted.

Sergeant Henry L. Beck, of United States Artillery, November 26, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

FOURTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

First Sergeant Patrick H. Moroney, of Company F, June 27, 1862, vice Lyon, promoted.

Private Chambers McKibbin, September 22, 1862, vice Loosley, promoted.

FIFTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

First Sergeant Roman H. Gray, of Company E, First Battalion, April 7, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant Major Samuel R. Honey, of the Second Battalion, August 13, 1862, vice Semple, promoted.

Sergeant William H. Heilman, August 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Private Mason Jackson November 24, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

SIXTEENTH REGIMENT OF THE INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

First Sergeant Charles A. M. Estes, of Company H, First Battalion, August 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant William G. Wedemeyer, of Company H,—Battalion, August 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

Private Lewis H. Sanger, of Company C, First Battalion, July 19, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Corporal William H. Chamberlin, of Company A, First Battalion, July 19, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant-Major Alexander Menzies, October 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant George W. Smith, of Company E, First Battalion, October 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant Lyman H. Warren, of Company D, October 13, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

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Sergeant Edward S. Abbott, November 10, 1862, vice Knapp, promoted.

Private James H. Bradford, November 18, 1862, vice Sanger, promoted.

EIGHTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

Private Alfred Townsend, of the Tenth Infantry, November 10, 1862, vice Dick, promoted.

Private Charles Whiteacre, November 19, 1862, vice Kirtland, promoted.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Wilbur F. Arnold, November 21, 1862, vice McConnell, promoted.

NINTEENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY. To be second lieutenants.

First Sergeant George W. Johnson, November 29, 1862, vice Hayes, promoted.

Sergeant Arthur B. Carpenter, November 29, 1862, vice Wagoner, promoted.

First Sergeant Douglas Edwards, November 29, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant William H. Wheeler, of the Corps of Engineers, November 29, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Sergeant Robert Arpes, of the Corps of Engineers; November 29, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Transfers.

First Lieutenant John M. Wilson, of the Second Artillery, to the Corps of Topographical Engineers, July 24, 1862.

First Lieutenant Franklin Harwood, of the Third Artillery, to the Corps of Topograpical Engineers, July 24, 1862.

First Lieutenant John W. Barlow, of the Second Artillery, to the Corps of Topographical Engineers, July 24, 1862.

First Lieutenant Peter C. Hains, of the Second Artillery, to the Corps of Topographical Engineers, July 24, 1862.

Second Lieutenant Francis H. Wilson, of the Fifth Infantry, to the Third Cavalry, August 20, 1862, to take place on the Army Register next below Second Lieutenant William G. Hoffman.

Second Lieutenant Charles Newbold, of the Third Cavalry, to the Fifth Infantry, August 20, 1862, to take place on the Army Register next below Second Lieutenant Nelson Thomasson.

Second Lieutenant James E. Wilson, of the Fifth Artillery, to the Second Artillery, October 6, 1862.

Second Lieutenant John H. Calef, of the Fifth Artillery, to the Second Artillery, October 6, 1862.

Second Lieutenant Samuel B. McIntire, of the Fifth Artillery, to the Second Artillery, October 6, 1862.

Second Lieutenant Albert M. Murray, of the Fifth Artillery, to the Second Artillery, October 6, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appoint meat in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 10, 1862.

War Department, Washington, December 10, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Adjutant-General's Department.

Captain George B. Drake, additional aide-de-camp, to be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of major (for Major General Hartsuff).

Duncan S. Walker, of the District of Columbia, to be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of captain (for Brigadier-General W. H. Emory).

Quartermaster's Department.

Octavius Waters, of Ohio, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

Subsistence Department.

First Lieutenant Eugene E. Shelton, of the Second Massachusetts Volunteers, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. To be surgeons.

William Goodell, of Pennsylvania.

Daniel G. Brinton, of Pennsylvania.

John E. Herbst, of Maryland.

Joseph S. Hildreth, of Massachusetts.

W. G. Varnum, of Missouri.

John H. Phillips, of New Jersey.

To be assistant surgeons.

Ernest W. Thurm, of the District of Columbia.

Jacob R. Ludlow, of Maryland.

John D. Brumley, of New Jersey.

Seymour D. Carpenter, of the District of Columbia.

Charles Mayo, of the District of Columbia.

Richard D. Lynde, of New York.

Joseph W. Applegate, of Indiana.

Ferdinand Hayden, of Pennsylvania.

Robert L. Braden, of Connecticut.

Roger W. Pease, of Maryland.

John B. Johnson, of New Jersey.

Alexander M. Speer, of Kentucky.

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D. D. S. Brown, of New York, to be additional paymaster.

J. H. Mayborn, of Illinois, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list, for appointment as hospital chaplains in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 11, 1862.

War Department, Washington, December 11, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment as hospital Chaplains, under the act approved May 20, 1862:

Charles J. Bowen, of Maryland, May 31, 1862.

William Y. Brown, of Pennsylvania, May 31, 1862.

John G. Butler, of the District of Columbia, May 31, 1862.

John A. Bowman, of New York, May 31, 1862.

John V. Dodge, of Indiana, May 31, 1862.

Richard V. Dodge, of Virginia, May 31, 1862.

Henry Hopkins, of Massachusetts, May 31, 1862.

William Holman, of Kentucky, May 31, 1862.

Henry C. Henries, of Maine, May 31, 1862.

Vincent Palen, of Virginia, May 31, 1862.

John C. Smith, of District of Columbia, May 31, 1862.

Nathaniel West, of Pennsylvania, May 31, 1862.

James G. Richmond, of Wisconsin, June 2, 1862.

Charles M. Blake, of Pennsylvania, June 4, 1862.

Joseph M. Driver, of Massachusetts, June 4, 1862.

Horatio Foote, of Illinois, June 4, 1862.

Ezekiel Folsom, of Illinois, June 4, 1862.

George G. Goss, of District of Columbia, June 4, 1862.

James H. McFarland, of Pennsylvania, June 4, 1862.

Lemuel G. Olmstead, of Pennsylvania, June 4, 1862.

James A. Paige, of Missouri, June 4, 1862.

Warren W. Winchester, of Massachusetts, June 5, 1862.

Stephen S. Morrill, of Illinois, June 5, 1862.

Chauncey B. Thomas, of Massachusetts, June 6, 1862.

John F. Wright, of Ohio, June 6, 1862.

Cuthbert H. Powell, of Virginia, June 11, 1862.

Robert McMurdy, of Kentucky, June 11, 1862.

Rudolph Doehn, of Missouri, June 11, 1862.

Samuel L. Adair, of Kansas, June 13, 1862.

Francis E. Boyle, of District of Columbia, June 13, 1862.

Matthew F. McGrath, of District of Columbia, June 13, 1862.

Frederick W. Brauns, of Maryland, June 13, 1862.

Thomas Y. Devan, of New York, June 13, 1862.

James B. Merwin, of illinois, June 13, 1862.

James Means, of Massachusetts, June 13, 1862.

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Nehemiah B. Northrop, of District of Columbia, June 13, 1862.

Robert S. Vinton, of Maryland, June 13, 1862.

Frederick H. Wines, of Missouri, June 11, 1862.

George A. Leakin, of Maryland, June 14, 1862.

Francis D. Ladd, of Pennsylvania, June 14, 1862.

John Proudfit, of Pennsylvania, June 20, 1862.

Richard M. Bear, of Pennsylvania, June 20, 1862.

J. Pinkney Hammond, of Pennsylvania, June 20, 1862.

John A. Jerome, of Pennsylvania, June 20, 1862.

Edward O. Dunning, of Virginia, June 23, 1862.

Isaac S. Ketchum, of Missouri, June 23, 1862.

Montgomery Schuyler, of Missouri, June 23, 1862.

John F. Cowan, of Missouri, June 23, 1862.

Samuel Pettigrew, of Missouri, June 23, 1862.

Burr Baldwin, of Pennsylvania, June 23, 1862.

Thaddeus B. McFalls, of District of Columbia, June 23, 1862.

Robert McCune, of Ohio, June 23, 1862.

Charles A. Williams, of Iowa, June 23, 1862.

Edmund B. Tuttle, of Illinois, June 23, 1862.

James Marshall, of New York, June 23, 1862.

James A. Brown, of Pennsylvania, June 27, 1862.

Frederick T. Brown, of District of Columbia, July 1, 1862.

Robert Lowery. of New York, July 1, 1862.

J. Hill Rouse, of Massachusetts, July 2, 1862.

Augustus Eddy, of Indiana, July 4, 1862.

William H. Chapman, of District of Columbia, July 4, 1862.

William H. Paddock, of Pennsylvania, July 5, 1862.

William C. Whitcomb, of Massachusetts, July 5, 1862.

James H. Parks, of New York, July 5, 1862.

Theodore W. Simpson, of Maryland, July 7, 1862.

John Thrush, of District of Columbia, July 7, 1862.

John W. Hoover, of District of Columbia, July 7, 1862.

Mansfield French, of New York, July 10, 1862.

Thomas S. Thomas, of Pennsylvania, July 11, 1862.

Leeds K. Berridge, of Pennsylvania, July 11, 1862.

Henry Snyder, of New Jersey, July 11, 1862.

Isaac McIlvaine, of New Jersey, July 11, 1862.

William V. Daniels, of Indiana, July 14, 1862.

James J. Ferree, of Illinois, July 14, 1862.

Nathaniel Callender, of Ohio, July 14, 1862.

James B. Hyndshaw, of New Jersey, July 15, 1862.

William W. Meech, of New Jersey, July 15, 1862.

Gains W. Blodgett, of New York, July 15, 1862.

Joseph W. Blythe, of Indiana, July 16, 1862.

Sterling T. McMasters, of Illinois, July 16, 1862.

Francis A. McNeall, of Illinois, July 18, 1862.

Elephalet W. Jackson, of Maine, July 21, 1862.

Benjamin H. Crever, of Maryland, July 24, 1862.

John Lanahan, of Virginia, July 24, 1862.

William G. Raymond, of New York, July 25, 1862.

Edward D. Neill, of Pennsylvania, July 26, 1862.

Alexander McLeod, of Pennsylvania, July 28, 1862.

James Bruehl, of New York, July 28, 1862.

William W. Reese, of District of Columbia, July 29, 1862.

Arthur G. Thomas, of Maryland, July 31, 1862.

Thomas G. Carver, of New York, July 31, 1862.

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Charles W. Dennison, of Massachusetts, July 31, 1862.

John M. Green, of Maryland, August 2, 1862.

James T. Van Burkalow, of Delaware, August 4, 1862.

Ambrose T. Moore, of Indiana, August 6, 1862.

John Long, of Pennsylvania, August 6, 1862.

Rodney Gage, of Massachusetts, August 6, 1862.

Manuel J. Gonsalves, of Pennsylvania, August 6, 1862.

John A. Spooner, of Maryland, August 8, 1862.

William F. Nelson, of Illinois, August 8, 1862.

Simeon P. Ives, of Illinois, August 9, 1862.

Charles Seymour, of Maryland, August 14, 1862.

John B. Meek, of Pennsylvania, August 18, 1862.

Richardson Graham, of Pennsylvania, August 19, 1862.

James B. Crane, of Pennsylvania, August 20, 1862.

Thomas H. W. Monroe, of District of Columbia, August 30, 1862.

Jacob Frankel, of Pennsylvania, September 10, 1862.

Alexander Proudfit, of New Jersey, September 15, 1862.

David W. Tolford, of Ohio, September 17, 1862.

Bernardin F. Wiget, of District of Columbia, October 9, 1862.

Peter McGrane, of Pennsylvania, October 9, 1862.

John W. Elliott, of Tennessee, November 8, 1862.

William H. Channing, of District of Columbia, November 8, 1862.

Henry Edwards, of Maryland, November 13, 1862.

Henry S. Spackman, of Pennsylvania, November 15, 1862.

Levi Ward Smith, of Pennsylvania, November 24, 1862.

E. James Purdy, of Indiana, November 25, 1862.

Hermann Bokum, of Tennessee, November 26, 1862.

Lyman N. Freeman, of Ohio, November 28, 1862.

Joseph Aschwanden, of District of Columbia, December 1, 1862.

James Tuttle Smith, of New York, December 4, 1862.

Z. Regen, of —, December 9, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Regular Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 11, 1862.

War Department, Washington, December 11, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of appointments in the Army of the United States: Quartermaster's Department.

Frank W. Oakley, of —, to be military storekeeper, to fill an original vacancy.

Third Regiment of Cavalry.

Private George O. McMullin, of Company B, to be second lieutenant to fill an original vacancy.

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First Sergeant Edward Fitzgerald, of Company E, to be second lieutenant, vice Doolittle, promoted.

Private Edwin J. Conway, of Company B, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

First Sergeant B. L. Fletcher, of Company I, to be second lieutenant, vice Gordon, dismissed.

Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.

Private Temple Buford, of —, to be second lieutenant, vice Byrnes, promoted.

Fourth Regiment of Infantry.

Sergeant Major George Dost, of the Seventh Infantry, to be second lieutenant, vice Kensel, promoted.

Sergeant Gerhard L. Luhn, of Company E, Sixth Infantry, to be second lieutenant, vice Krepps, resigned.

Seventh Regiment of Infantry.

Sergeant James J. Emerson, of Company C, First Battalion, to be second lieutenant, vice Chamberlin, promoted.

Appointments under the act of July 17, 1862.

Second Lieutenant Byron Kirby, of the Sixth Infantry, to be aide-de-camp with the rank of captain, on the staff of Major-General Rosecrans.

Second Lieutenant Orlando H. Ross, of the Twentieth Illinois Volunteers, to be aide-de-camp with the rank of captain, on the staff of Major-General Grant.

Peter Henderson, of Iowa, to be additional aide decamp with the rank of captain, on the staff of Major-General Grant.

Captain T. S. Bowers, aide-de-camp, to be judge-advocate with the rank of major, for the Army commanded by Major-General Grant, to fill an original vacancy.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for promotion in the Pay Department of the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 12, 1862.

War Department, Washington, December 12, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named persons for regular promotion in the Army of the United States: Pay Department.

Lieutenant Colonel Timothy P. Andrews, deputy paymaster-general, to be paymaster-general with the rank of colonel, September 6, 1862, vice Larned, deceased.

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Major Hiram Leonard to be deputy paymaster-general with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, September 6, 1862, vice Andrews, promoted.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for promotion in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 23, 1862.

War Department, December 23, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of regular promotions in the Army of the United States: Medical Department.

Assistant Surgeon George Taylor to be surgeon, August 27, 1862, vice Porter, retired.

Assistant Surgeon George Hammond to be surgeon, August 27, 1862, vice Edgar, retired.

Assistant Surgeon B. J. D. Irwin to be surgeon, September 16, 1862, vice Stone, dismissed.

Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Captain George G. Meade to be major, June 18, 1862, vice Palmer, deceased.

First Lieutenant Henry L. Abbott to be captain, June 18, 1862, vice Meade, promoted.

First Lieutenant Charles N. Turnbull to be captain, July 14, 1862, vice Pope, appointed brigadier-general.

Ordnance Department.

First Lieutenant John W. Todd to be captain, September 14, 1862, vice Irene, killed in battle.

Second Lieutenant William H. Harris to be first lieutenant, September 14, 1862, vice Todd, promoted.

First Regiment of Cavalry.

Captain Albert G. Brackett, of the Fifth Cavalry, to be major, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant John P. Baker to be captain, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant John Feilner to be captain, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant George B. Sanford to be captain, October 1, 1862, vice Magruder, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Cæsar R. Fisher to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Frederick C. Ogden to be first lieutenant July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

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Second Lieutenant James C. Hunt to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Baker, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Edward T. Benton to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Feilner, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Joseph S. Hoyer to be first lieutenant, July 18, 1862, vice Hunt, appointed regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant David Perry to be first lieutenant, July 27, 1862, vice Allen died of wounds received in battle.

Second Lieutenant Clifton Comly to be first lieutenant, July 27, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant John H. Nichols to be first lieutenant, August 13, 1862, vice Pleasonton, retired.

Second Lieutenant Edward P. Bigelow to be first lieutenant, October 1, 1862, vice Sanford, promoted.

Second Regiment of Cavalry.

Captain Charles J. Whiting, of the Fifth Cavalry, to be major, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Theophilns F. Rodenbough to be captain, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Charles W. Canfield to be captain, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Robert E. Clary to be captain August 25, 1862, vice Livingston, retired.

Second Lieutenant James W. Duke to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy. (Since deceased.)

Second Lieutenant John Mix to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Thomas B. Dewees to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Canfield, promoted.

Second Lieutenant William Blanchard to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Ball, the regimental quartermaster,

Second Lieutenant William H. Harrison to be first lieutenant, August 25, 1862, vice Clary, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Lewis Thompson, to be first lieutenant, October 28, 1862, vice Duke, deceased.

Third Regiment of Cavalry.

Captain Edward W. B. Newby, of the Fourth Cavalry, to be major, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant William W. Averell to be captain, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Edward P. Cressey to be captain, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant William A. Dubois to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Frederick Van Vliet to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Henry Sachs to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Philip K. Thomas to be first lieutenant July 17, 1862, vice Stanwood, the regimental quartermaster.

Second Lieutenant William G. Hoffman to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Averell, promoted.

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Second Lieutenant Francis H. Wilson to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Cressey, promoted.

Fourth Regiment of Cavalry.

Captain Richard W. Johnson, of the Fifth Cavalry, to be major, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Charles S. Bowman to be captain July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Thomas B. Alexander to be captain, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant George G. Huntt to be captain, July 17, 1862, vice Newby, promoted to the Third Cavalry.

First Lieutenant Napoleon B. McLaughlin to be captain, July 17, 1862, vice Cart, promoted to the Fifth Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant Michael J. Kelly to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Edward M. McCook to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Edward D. Baker to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Bowman, promoted.

Second Lieutenant William W. Webb to first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Alexander, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Anson O. Doolittle to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice McLaughlin, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Joseph Hedges to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Wilson, the regimental quartermaster.

Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.

Captain Eugene A. Carr, of the Fourth Cavalry, to be major, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Abraham K. Arnold to be captain, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant William McLean, to be captain, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Lieutenant Louis D. Watkins to be captain, July 17, 1862, vice Brackett, promoted to the First Cavalry.

First Lieutenant Junius B. Holloway to be captain, July 17, 1862, vice Whiting, promoted to the Second Cavalry.

First Lieutenant Thomas Drummond to be captain, July 17, 1869, vice Johnson, promoted to the Fourth Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant John B. McIntosh to be first lieutenant, June 27, 1862, vice Sweet, killed in battle.

Second Lieutenant Samuel S. Sumner to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant George A. Custer to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Richard Byrnes to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Tompkins, who vacated his regimental commission.

Second Lieutenant William H. Brown to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Harrison Fosdick to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice McLean, promoted (since resigned).

Second Lieutenant Frank W. Dickerson to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Watkins, promoted.

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Second Lieutenant Thomas E. Maley to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Gustavus Urban to be first lieutenant July 17, 1862, vice Holloway, Promoted.

Second Lieutenant Jeremiah C. Denney to be first lieutenAnt, July 17, 1862, vice Drummond, Promoted.

Second Lieutenant Philip Dwyer to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, vice Arnold, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Henry Jones to be first lieutenant, October 10, 1862, vice Fosdick, resigned.

Sixth Regiment of Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant Curwen B. McClellan to be first lieutenant July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

Second Lieutenant Stephen S. Balk to be first lieutenant, July 17, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

First Regiment of Artillery.

First Lieutenant Alanson M. Randol to be captain, October 11, 1862, vice Webber, dismissed.

Second Lieutenant David E. Porter to be first lieutenant, July 13, 1862, vice Hill, died of wounds received in battle.

Second Lieutenant Edward A. Duer to be first lieutenant, October 11, 1862, vice Randol, promoted.

Second Regiment of Artillery.

First Lieutenant John Mullan, jr., to be captain, August 11, 1862, vice Benson, died of wounds received in battle.

Second Lieutenant Edward Heaton to be first lieutenant, July 24, 1862, vice Wilson, transferred to the Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Second Lieutenant Robert Clarke to be first lieutenant, July 24, 1862, vice Barlow transferred to the Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Second Lieutenant Carle A. Woodruff to be first lieutenant, July 24, 1862, vice Hains, transferred to the Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Second Lieutenant Albert O. Vincent to be first lieutenant, August 11, 1862, vice Mullan, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Robert H. Chapin to be first lieutenant, August 25, 1862, vice Miller, retired.

Brevet Second Lieutenant James H. Rollins, of the Fourth Artillery, to be second lieutenant, July 24, vice Heston, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant James H. Lord to be second lieutenant, July 24, 1862, vice Clarke, promoted.

Third Regiment of Artillery.

Second Lieutenant George M. Wright to be first lieutenant, July 24, 1862, vice Harwood, transferred to the Corps of Topographical Engineers.

Fourth Regiment of Artillery.

First Lieutenant Charles H. Morgan to be captain, August 5, 1862, vice Clark, promoted to the Fifth Artillery.

First Lieutenant Francis Beach to be captain, August 14, 1862, vice Hazzard, died of wounds received in battle.

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Second Lieutenant Samuel Canby to be first lieutenant, August 5, 1862, vice Lothrop, who vacates his regimental commission.

Second Lieutenant Francis D. L. Russell to be first lieutenant, August 5, 1862, vice Morgan, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Bayard Wilson to be first lieutenant, August 14, 1862, vice Beach, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Charles N. Warner, of the Second Artillery, to be second lieutenant, August 5, 1862, vice Canby, promoted.

Fifth Regiment of Artillery.

Captain Francis N. Clarke, of the Fourth Artillery, to be major, August 5, 1862. vice Williams, killed in battle.

First Lieutenant Herbert A. Hascall to be captain, July 13, 1862, vice DeHart, died of wounds received in battle.

First Lieutenant Edmund C. Bainbridge to be captain, August 30, 1862, vice Smead, killed in battle.

First Lieutenant George A. Kensel to be captain. October 8, 1862, vice Terrill, killed in battle.

Second Lieutenant Benjamin F. Rittenhouse to be first lieutenant, July 13, 1862, vice Hascall, promoted.

Second Lieutenant David H. Kinzie to be first lieutenant, August 30, 1862, vice Bainbridge, promoted.

Second Lieutenant John R. Brinckle to be first lieutenant, September 18, 1862, vice Kingsbury, died of wounds received in battle.

Second Lieutenant Gullah V. Weir to be first lieutenant, October 8, 1862, vice Kensel, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Joseph Kieffe, of the Second Artillery, to be second lieutenant, October 22, 1862, vice Murray, transferred to Second Artillery.

Brevet Second Lieutenant James Davison, of the Third Artillery, to be second lieutenant, October 22, 1862, vice Weir, promoted.

First Regiment of Infantry.

Captain Maurice Maloney, of the Fourth Infantry, to be major, September 16, 1862, vice Reeve, promoted to the Thirteenth Infantry.

First Lieutenant Leslie Smith to be captain, April 6, 1862, vice Powell, killed in battle, instead of April 25, 1862, vice Plummer, promoted to the Eighth Infantry.

First Lieutenant Sheldon Sturgeon to be captain, April 25, 1862, vice Plummer, promoted to the Eighth Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Charles D. Viele to be first lieutenant, April 6, 1862, vice Smith, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Edward H. Mace to be first lieutenant, April 25, 1862, vice Sturgeon, promoted.

Second Regiment of Infantry.

Lieutenant Colonel Sidney Burbank, of the Thirteenth Infantry, to be colonel, September 16, 1862, vice Miles, died of wounds received in battle.

Major George W. Patten, of the Ninth Infantry, to be lieutenant-colonel, June 7, 1862, vice Day, promoted to the Sixth Infantry.

First Lieutenant John S. Poland to be captain, June 27, 1862, vice Brindley, killed in battle.

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First Lieutenant Franklin H. Barroll to be captain, August 27, 1862, vice Drake, retired.

First Lieutenant, Samuel A. McKee to be captain, September 12, 1862 vice Beall, dismissed.

Second Lieutenant Ralph E. Ellinwood to be first lieutenant, June 27, 1862, vice Poland, promoted (since deceased).

Second Lieutenant William West to be first lieutenant, August 27, 1862, vice Barroll, promoted.

Second Lieutenant William G. Fitch to be first lieutenant, September 12, 1862, vice McKee, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Abraham Grafius to be first lieutenant, September 25, 1862, vice Ellinwood, died of wounds received in battle.

Third Regiment of Infantry.

Captain Thomas Hendrickson, of the Sixth Infantry, to be major, June 27, 1862, vice Russell, killed in battle.

First Lieutenant Edward R. Hopkins to be captain, June 7, 1862, vice Bowman, promoted to the Ninth Infantry.

Second Lieutenant George B. Butler to be first lieutenant, June 7, 1862, vice Hopkins, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Henry Asbury to be first lieutenant, June 30, 1862, vice McGuire, killed in battle.

Fourth Regiment of Infantry.

Captain Henry M. Judah to be major, June 30, 1862, vice Simmons, killed in battle.

First Lieutenant Caleb H. Carlton to be captain, June 30, 1862, vice Judah, promoted.

First Lieutenant Samuel M. Sprole to be captain, August 1, 1862, vice Turner, deceased.

First Lieutenant Julius W. Adams to be captain, August 9, 1862, vice Russell, promoted to the Eighth Infantry.

First Lieutenant Charles H. Brightly to be captain, September 16, 1862, vice Malony, promoted to the First Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Alexander E. Sheldon to be first lieutenant, June 30, 1862, vice Carlton, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Robert P. McKibbin to be first lieutenant, August 1, 1862, vice Sprole, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Ira F. Gensel to be first lieutenant, August 9, 1562, vice Adams, promoted.

Second Lieutenant William H. Powell to be first lieutenant, September 16, 1862, vice Brightly, promoted.

Second Lieutenant George M. Randall to be first lieutenant, November 6, 1862, vice Buell, resigned.

Fifth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Henry B. Bristol to be captain, June 1, 1862, vice Wingate, died of wounds received in battles.

Second Lieutenant Samuel Ovenshine to be first lieutenant, September 25, 1861, vice Torbert, promoted, instead of October 26, 1861, vice Freeman, retired.

Second Lieutenant John B. Randolph to be first lieutenant, October 0054 52 26, 1861, vice Freeman, retired, instead of September 25, 1861, vice Torbert, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Charles Speed to be first lieutenant, June 1, 1862, vice Bristol, promoted.

Sixth Regiment of Infantry.

Lieutenant-Colonel Hanuibal Day, of the Second Infantry, to be colonel, June 7, 1862, vice Backus, deceased.

First Lieutenant Henry A. F. Worth to be captain, June 27, 1862, vice Hendrickson, promoted to the Third Infantry.

First Lieutenant William W. Sanders to be captain, June 27, 1862, vice Foote, killed in battle.

Second Lieutenant Alexander H. Freeman to be first lieutenant, June 27, 1862, vice Worth, promoted.

Second Lieutenant George T. Hodges to be first lieutenant, June 27, 1862, vice Sanders, promoted.

Seventh Regiment of infantry.

First Lieutenant George Ryon to be captain, July 9, 1862, vice Jones, cashiered.

Second Lieutenant Charles C. Fawn to be first lieutenant, July 9, 1862, vice Ryan, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Edward M. Curtis to be first lieutenant, July 23, 1862, vice Ross, deceased.

Eighth Regiment of Infantry.

Captain David A. Russell, of the Fourth Infantry, to be major, August 9, 1862, vice Plummer, deceased.

Ninth Regiment of Infantry.

Captain Andrew W. Bowman. of the Third Infantry, to be major, June 7, 1862, vice Patten, promoted to the Second Infantry.

Tenth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Oliver P. Gooding to be captain, June 27, 1862, vice Gove, killed in battle.

Second Lieutenant Reese E. Fleeson to be first lieutenant, June 17, 1862, vice Gooding, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Robert G. Welles to be first lieutenant, September 13, 1862, vice Godwin, dismissed.

Twelfth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Samuel S. Newbury to be captain, July 21, 1862, vice Lay, cashiered.

First Lieutenant Charles R. Coster to be captain, August 30, 1862, vice Read, killed in battle.

Second Lieutenant Frederick A. Tracy to be first lieutenant, July 21, 1862, vice Newbury, promoted.

Second Lieutenant John A. Duvillard to be first lieutenant, August 11, 1862, vice Hecksher, resigned.

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Second Lieutenant Thomas H. Evans to be first lieutenant, August 30, 1862, vice Coster, promoted.

Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry.

Major Isaac V. D. Reeve, of the First Infantry, to be lieutenant-colonel, September 16, 1862, vice Burbank, promoted to the Second Infantry.

First Lieutenant Courtlandt Van Rensselaer to be captain, June 18, 1862, vice Postleth waite, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Robert D. Torrey to be first lieutenant, June 18, 1862, vice Van Rensselaer, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Thomas Little to be first lieutenant, August 15, 1862, vice Abercrombie, resigned.

Second Lieutenant William Nelson to be first lieutenant, October 2, 1862, vice Ford, deceased.

Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Sullivan W. Burbank to be captain, March 3, 1862, vice Stone, died of wounds received in battle.

First Lieutenant Charles T. Dix to be captain, September 14, 1862, vice Mcintosh, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Wilberforce W. Lyon to be first lieutenant, March 3, 1862, vice Burbank, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Daniel Loosley to be first lieutenant, August 30, 1862, vice Chamberlain, killed in battle.

Second Lieutenant Alonzo J. Bellows to be first lieutenant, September 14, 1862, vice Dix, promoted.

Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant James Y. Scruple to be first lieutenant, June 24, 1862, vice Van Deursen, resigned.

Second Lieutenant George K. Sanderson to be first lieutenant, November 9, 1862, vice Curtenius, deceased.

Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant William J. Moorhead to be captain, June 27, 1862, vice Dodd, killed in battle.

First Lieutenant Nathaniel Prime to be captain, August 9, 1862, vice Morley, resigned.

First Lieutenant Edward P. Pearson, jr., to be captain, August 16, 1862, vice Kennedy, resigned.

Second Lieutenant John S. Knapp to be first lieutenant, June 27, 1862, vice Moorhead, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Lewis H. Sanger to first lieutenant, August 9, 1862, vice Prime, promoted.

Second Lieutenant William H. Chamberlin to be first lieutenant, August 16, 1862, vice Pearson, promoted.

Eighteenth-Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Ansel B. Denton to be captain, July 22, 1862, vice Bereman, resigned.

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First Lieutenant William H. H. Taylor to be captain, August 11, 1862, vice Kellogg, dismissed.

Second Lieutenant Samuel J. Dick to be first lieutenant, June 30, 1862, vice Scmidt, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Thaddeus S. Kirtland to be first lieutenant, July 22, 1862, vice Denton, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Joseph McConnell to be first lieutenant, August 11, 1862, vice Taylor, promoted.

Nineteenth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Byron G. Daniels to be captain, September 30, 1862, vice Green, resigned.

Second Lieutenant John B. Hays to be first lieutenant, April 5, 1862, vice McMurdy, dropped.

Second Lieutenant Joseph J. Wagoner to be first lieutenant, September 30, 1862, vice Daniels, promoted.

Promotions by brevet.

Captain John G. Foster, of the Corps of Engineers, to be major by brevet for the distinguished part taken by him in the transfer of the garrison of Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, South Carolina, to date from December 26, 1860.

Captain Benjamin F. Davis, of the First Cavalry, to be major by brevet for meritorious services in the withdrawal of the cavalry force from Harper's Ferry, at the surrender of that place, to date from September 15, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 23, 1862.

War Department, Washington, December 23, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States: First Regiment of Cavalry.

First Sergeant John Barry, of Company E, Second Cavalry, to be second lieutenant, vice Comly, promoted.

Corporal Joel G. Trimble, of Company A, Second Cavalry, to be second lieutenant, vice Bigelow, promoted.

Second Regiment of Cavalry.

Hospital Steward Theodore M. Spencer, United States Army, to be second Lieutenant, vice Thompson, promoted.

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First Sergeant Archibald E. Evans, of Company H, to be second lieutenant, to till an original vacancy.

Fourth Regiment of Cavalry.

First Sergeant Nell J. McCafferty, of Company A, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant Joseph B. Richmond, of Company K, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.

Corporal Conrad Murat, of Company D, First Cavalry, to be second lieutenant, vice Urban, promoted.

First Sergeant Miles Moylan, of Company C, Second Cavalry, to be second lieutenant, vice Denney, promoted.

First Regiment of Artillery.

First Sergeant James Chester, of Company E, to be brevet second lieutenant.

Second Regiment of Artillery.

First Sergeant Terence Reilly, of Company M, to be brevet second lieutenant.

Fourth Regiment of Artillery.

First Sergeant Robert James, of Company K, to be brevet second lieutenant.

Sergeant John McGilvray, of Company G, to be brevet second lieutenant.

First Regiment of Infantry.

First Sergeant William Dougherty, of Company G, to be second lieutenant, vice Vide, promoted.

First Sergeant Patrick Branagan, of Company I. to be second lieutenant, vice Reeder, resigned.

Second Regiment of Infantry.

Quartermaster Sergeant Henry Somner to be second lieutenant vice Rowley, cashiered.

First Sergeant Michael Dolan, of Company E, to be second lieutenant, vice Kidd, killed in battle.

Third Regiment of Infantry.

Private William J. Cain, of the Second Artillery, to be second lieutenant, vice Asbury, promoted.

Fourth Regiment of Infantry.

First Sergeant George B. Smith, of Company E, to be second lieutenant.

First Sergeant George Atcheson, of Company I, to be second lieutenant.

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Corporal Patrick Boyce, of Company F, to be second lieutenant, vice Ferris, promoted.

Twelfth Regiment of Infantry.

First Sergeant Emerson H. Liscum, of Company E, Second Battalion, to be second lieutenant, vice Evans, promoted.

Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry.

First Sergeant Stevens T. Nowell, of Company A, Fifth Infantry, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

First Sergeant Frederick Kopp, of Company D, Fifth Infantry, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

Fifteenth Regiment of Infantry.

First Sergeant Robert Harrison, of Company A, Second Battalion, to be second lieutenant, vice Sanderson, promoted.

First Sergeant Joseph C. Forbes, of Company C, Second Battalion, to be second laded, to fill an original vacancy.

Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry.

First Sergeant William Mills, of Company C, Fifth Infantry, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy,

Sergeant Felix A. Torbett, of Company H, Second Infantry, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

Reappointment.

First Lieutenant Frank C. Goodrich, of the Second Infantry, with his former rank, from November 19, 1861.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the military service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 23, 1862.

War Department, Washington, December 23, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of persons for appointment in the military service of the United States: ADDITIONAL AIDES-DE-CAMP. Appointed under the act of August 5, 1861. Colonels.

Edwards S. Sanford, of New York, to Major. General Halleck, February 16, 1862 (assigned to duty in the War Department).

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Captain Anson Stager, assistant quartermaster of Volunteers, to Major-General Halleck, February 26, 1862 (assigned to duty in the War Department).

Captain Louis H. Marshall, of the Tenth Infantry, to Major-General Wool, June 30, 1862 (assigned to duty with Major-General Pope).

Benjamin Welsh, of New York, to Major-General Wool, July 11, 1862 (assigned to duty with Major-General Pope).

Majors.

Thomas T. Eckert, of Ohio, to Major-General Halleck, April 7, 1862 (assigned to duty in the War Department).

Edward Detshy, of New York, to Major-General Fremont, June 16, 1862.

First Lieutenant Charles T. Dix, of the Fourteenth Infantry, to Major General Wool, June 20, 1862 (assigned to duty with Major-General Dix).

Captain John A. Bolles additional aide-de-camp to Major-General Wool, June 20, 1862, (assigned to duty with Major-General Dix).

Captains.

William Barstow, of Virginia, to Major-General Wool, June 20, 1862 (assigned to duty with Major-General Dix).

First Lieutenant Edward Haight, of the Sixteenth Infantry, to Major-General McClellan, July 11, 1862 (assigned to duty with Major-General Pope).

Second Lieutenant Charles B. Atchison, of the Third Infantry, to Major General Wool, JuLy 11, 1862 (assigned to duty with Major-General Pope),

AIDES-DE-CAMP UNDER THE ACT OF JULY 17, 1862. Majors.

William Cutting, of New York, to Major General Burnside, July 22, 1862.

Leavitt Hunt, of New York, to Major-General Heintzelman, August 20, 1862.

Second Lieutenant Bradbury T. Chetwood, First Artillery, to Major-General Keyes, August 20, 1862.

Captain Joseph Kirkland additional aide-de-camp to Major-General Porter, August 20, 1862.

First Lieutenant Lawrence Kip, Third Artillery, to Major-General Sumner, August 20, 1862.

Captain E. Sparrow Purdy, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, to Major General Franklin, August 20, 1862.

Christian T. Christensen, of New York, to Major-General Wool, September 13, 1862.

Captain George G. Lyon additional aide-de camp for Major-General Sigel, October 24, 1862.

Captain Martin T. McMahon additional aide-de-camp for Major-General Franklin, October 29, 1862.

Captain William R. Rowley additional aide-de-camp for Major-General Grant, November 1, 1862.

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First Lieutenant John P. Baker, First Cavalry, to Major-General Franklin, August 20, 1862.

First Lieutenant Joseph C. Audenried, Sixth Cavalry, to Major-General Sumner, August 20, 1862.

First Lieutenant Samuel S. Sumner, Fifth Cavalry, to Major-General Sumner, August 20, 1862.

Granville E. Johnson, of Massachusetts, to Major-General Heintzelman, August 20, 1862.

Henry Norton, of New York, to Major-General Heintzelman, August 20, 1862.

Oswald Jackson, of Pennsylvania, to Major-General Keyes, August 20, 1862.

John F. McQuade, of New York, to Major-General Porter, August 20, 1862.

Joseph C. Jackson, of New Jersey, to Major-General Franklin, August 20, 1862.

W. E. Blake, of New York, to Major-General Dix, September 4, 1862.

George Monteith, of Michigan, to Major-General Porter, August 20, 1862.

Septimus Carncross, of New York, to Major-General Wool, September 17, 1862.

De Witt Clinton, of New York, to Major-General Wool, October 9, 1862.

Harry Russell of New York, to Major-General Hooker, October 10, 1862.

Thomas Lord, jr., of New York, to Major-General Dix, October 20, 1862.

Arnold Dulon, of New York, to Major-General Sigel, November 1, 1862.

T. S. Bowen, of —, to Major-General Grant, November 1, 1862.

Appointments made in the Volunteer force called into service under the acts approved July 22 and 25, 1861, and July 5, 1838.

GENERAL OFFICERS. To be major-generals.

Brigadier-General William S. Rosecrans, of the United States Army, March 21, 1862.

Brigadier-General Philip Kearney, of the United States Volunteers, July 4, 1862 (since killed in battle).

Brigadier-General Darius N. Couch, of the United States Volunteers, July 4, 1862.

Brigadier-General Israel B. Richardson, of the United States Volunteers, July 4, 1862 (since deceased).

Brigadier-General Henry W. Slocum, of the United States Volunteers, July 4, 1862.

Brigadier-General John J. Peck, of the United States Volunteers, July 4, 1862.

Brigadier-General George W. Morell, of the United States Volunteers, July 4, 1862.

Brigadier-General William F. Smith, of the United States Volunteers, July 4, 1862.

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Brigadier John Sedgwick, of the United States Volnuteers, July 4, 1862.

Brigadier-General Horatio G. Wright, of the United States Volunteers, July 18, 1862.

Brigadier-General John G. Foster, of the United States Volunteers, July 18, 1862.

Brigadier-General Jesse L. Reno, of the United States Volunteers, July 18, 1862 (since killed in battle).

Brigadier-General John G. Parke, of the United States Volunteers, July 18, 1862.

Brigadier-General Robert C. Schenck, of the United States Volunteers, August 30, 1862.

Brigadier-General Stephen A. Hurlbut, of the United States Volunteers, September 17, 1862.

Brigadier-General Schuyler Hamilton, of the United States Volunteers, September 17, 1862.

Brigadier-General Gordon Granger, of the United States Volunteers, September 17, 1862.

Brigadier-General J. D. Cox, of the United States Volunteers, October 6, 1862.

Brigadier-General James B. McPherson, of the United States Volunteers, October 8, 1862.

Brigadier-General Lovell H. Rousseau, of the United States Volunteers, October 8, 1862.

Brigadier-generals.

Colonel Orlando B. Wilcox, of the First Michigan Volunteers, July 21, 1861.

Colonel Michael Corcoran, of the Sixty-ninth New York Volunteers; July 21, 1861.

Colonel Randolph B. Marcy, inspector-general United States Army, September 23, 1861.

Major George W. Cullum, of the Corps of Engineers, November 1, 1861.

Captain James B. McPherson, of the Corps of Engineers, May 15, 1862.

Captain Philip H. Sheridan, of the Thirteenth Infantry, July 1, 1862.

George F. Shepley, of Maine, July 18, 1862.

Major John Buford, assistant inspector-general United States Army, July 27, 1862.

Colonel Frank P. Blair, of the First Missouri Artillery, August 7, 1862.

Richard Busteed, of New York, August 7, 1862.

Colonel John R. Kenly, of the First Maryland Volunteers, August 22, 1862.

Colonel John P. Slough, of the First Colorado Volunteers, August 25, 1862.

First Lieutenant Godfrey Weitzel, of the Corps of Engineers, August 29, 1862.

Lieutenant-Colonel Gabriel R. Paul, of the Eighth Infantry, September 5, 1862.

Colonel Charles E. Hovey, of the Thirty-third Illinois Volunteers, September 5, 1862.

Colonel Herman Haupt, additional aid-de-camp. September 5, 1862.

Colonel George Crook of the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteers (captain Fourth United States Infantry), September 7, 1862.

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Colonel Joseph B. Carr, of the Second New York Volunteers, September 7, 1862.

Colonel Thomas L. Kane, of the First Pennsylvania Rifles, September 7, 1862.

Colonel Nelson Taylor, of the Seventy-second New York Volunteers, September 7, 1862.

Colonel Gersham Mott, of the Sixth New Jersey Volunteers, September 7, 1862.

Captain Charles C. Gilbert, of the First Infantry, September 9, 1862.

Captain William R. Terrell, of the Fifth Artillery, September 9, 1862 (since killed in battle).

Colonel Calvin E. Pratt, of the Thirty-first New York Volunteers, September 10, 1862.

Colonel James Nagle, of the Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, September 10, 1862.

Colonel Edward Ferrero, of the Fifty-first New York Volunteers, September 10, 1862.

Major Henry J. Hunt, of the Fifth Artillery, September 15, 1862.

Captain Francis L. Vinton, of the Thirteenth Infantry, September 19, 1862.

Colonel Gustavus A. Smith, of the Thirty-fifth Illinois Volunteers, September 19, 1862.

Colonel Francis C. Barlow, of the Sixty-first New York Volunteers, September 19, 1862.

Colonel Mason Brayman, of the Twenty-ninth Illinois Volunteers, September 24, 1862.

Colonel N. J. Jackson, of the Fifth Maine Volunteers, September 24, 1862.

Captain George W. Getty, of the Fifth Artillery, September 25, 1862.

Colonel Alfred Sully, of the First Minnesota Volunteers (major Eighth Infantry), September 26, 1862.

Colonel Gouverneur K. Warren, of the Fifth New York Volunteers (captain Topographical Engineers), September 26, 1862.

Colonel William W. Averell, of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry (captain Third Cavalry), September 26, 1862.

Colonel Robert Cowden, of the First Massachusetts Volunteers, September 26, 1862.

Colonel Alexander Hays, of the Sixty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, September 29, 1862.

Henry H. Sibley, of Minnesota, September 29, 1862.

Francis B. Spinola, of New York, October 1, 1862.

Colonel John H. H. Ward, of the Thirty-eighth New York Volunteers, October 4, 1862.

Colonel John M. Thayer, of the First Nebraska Volunteers, October 4, 1862.

J. J. Bartlett, of New York, September 14, 1862.

Colonel Solomon Meredith, of the Nineteenth Indiana Volunteers, October 6, 1862.

James Bowen, of New York, October 1, 1862.

Colonel Gustave P. Cluseret, additional aid-de-camp United States Army, October 14, 1862.

Colonel Eliakim P. Scammon, of the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers, October 15, 1862.

Major Robert S. Granger, of the Fifth Infantry, October 20, 1862.

Joseph R. West, of California, October 25, 1862.

Joseph W. Revere, of New Jersey, October 25, 1862.

0063 61 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. Assistant adjutants general with the rank of major.

Captain Francis A. Walker, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, August 11, 1862 (for Major-General Couch).

Captain Lyne Starling, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, August 13, 1862 (for Major-General Crittenden).

Captain Charles Mundee, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, August 16, 1862 (for Major-General W. F. Smith).

Hiram C. Rodgers, of New York, August 6, 1862 (for Major-General Slocum).

Captain William D. Sedgwick, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, August 7, 1862 (for Major-General Sedgwick). (Since dead.)

Henry W. Brevoort, of New York, August 22, 1862 (for Major-General Kearney).

Captain William P. Prentice, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, September 2, 1862 (for Major-General Mitchel).

Captain Joseph Dickenson, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, August 22, 1862 (for Major-General Hooker).

Alexander K. McClure, of Pennsylvania, September 5, 1862 (to report to the Adjutant-General by letter).

Captain John M. Norvell, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, August 22, 1862 (for Major-General Richardson).

Captain Southard Hoffman, assistant adjutant-general of volunteers, August 22, 1862 (for Major-General Foster).

Captain William McMichael, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, August 16, 1862 (for Major-General Halleck).

Captain Isaac Moses, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, August 27, 1862 (for Major-General Cadwalader).

Francis S. Earle, of Michigan, September 10, 1862 (for Major-General Morell).

Captain Gustavus M. Bascom, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, October 7, 1862 (for Major-General Cox).

Benjamin B. Foster, of Maine, October 7, 1862 (for Major-General Peck).

J. A. Campbell, of —, October 27, 1862 (for Major-General McCook).

Edward W. Smith, of Illinois, October 30, 1862 (for Major-General D. Hunter).

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. To be assistant adjutants-general with the rank of captain.

William H. F. Randall, of Indiana, July 18, 1862 (for Brigadier-General P. A. Hackleman).

Joseph McC. Bell, of Pennsylvania, July 24, 1862 (for Brigadier-General B. S. Roberts).

Winslow L. Kidder, of Massachusetts, July 26, 1862 (for Brigadier General J. C. Robinson).

George H. Caldwell, of Massachusetts, July 29, 1862 (for Brigadier-General J. C. Caldwell).

Thomas H. Elliott, of Pennsylvania, July 29, 1862 (for Brigadier-General J. W. Geary).

John P. Foley, of Iowa, July 31, 1862 (for Brigadier-General N. B. Buford).

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Fitzhugh Birney, of Michigan, August 1, 1862 (for Brigadier-General D. B. Birney).

Andrew J. Cohen, of Maryland, August 4, 1862 (for Brigadier-General A. Pleasonton).

Benjamin C. Cutler, of California, August 6, 1862 (for Brigadier-General J. H. Carleton).

John C. Henshaw, of New York, August 7, 1862 (for Brigadier-General F. P. Blair).

James F. Miller, of Maine, August 7, 1862 (for Brigadier-General G. F. Shepley).

Byron Porter, of Massachusetts, August 7, 1862 (for Brigadier-General H. S. Briggs).

Thomas B. Swearingen, of Pennsylvania, August 8, 1862 (for Brigadier-General C. F. Jackson).

John S. Kellogg, of —, August 15, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Granger).

Frederick Speed, of Maine, August 22, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Dow).

William H. Morgan, of Wisconsin, August 22, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Washburne).

Eliphalet Whittlesey, of Maine, August 25, 1802 (for Brigadier General Howard).

Rollin C. Gale, of New York, August 25, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Slough).

Seth B. Moe, of —, August 26, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Steedman).

James W. Gorman, of Minnesota, August 26, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Gorman).

Joseph E. Stearns, of Ohio, August 26, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Sill).

Percival P. Oldershaw, of Kentucky, August 26, 1862 (for Brigadier-General J. S. Jackson).

Andrew Stewart, of Pennsylvania, September 1, 1862 (for Brigadier-General H. W. Wessells).

Andrew C. Kemper, of Ohio, September 1, 1862 (for Major-General Halleck).

John J. Blodget, of —, September 7, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Corcoran).

Robert A. Hutchins, of New York, September 7, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Wilcox).

Joseph A. Slipper, of New York, September 9, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Abercrombie).

Theodore C. Bacon, of Connecticut, September 9, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Buford).

William H. Clarke, of Iowa, September 9, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Herron).

William P. Anderson, of Ohio, September 15, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Terrill).

John P. Green, of Pennsylvania, September 18, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Kane).

Le Grand Benedict, of New York, September 22, 1862 (for Brigadier-General J. B. Carr).

John D. Bertolette, of Pennsylvania, September 25, 1862 (for Brigadier-General James Nagle).

Alexander C. Semple, of Kentucky, September 29, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Boyle).

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Frederick C. Tarr, of Maryland, September 29, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Kenly).

Eddy D. Mason, of Ohio, September 30, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Kimball).

Carswell McClellan, of Pennsylvania, October 1, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Humphreys).

William B. Curtis, of —, October 1, 1862 (for Brigadier General Turchin).

Richard C. Shannon, of Maine, October 2, 1862 (for Brigadier-General N. J. Jackson).

Frederick M. Crandal, of —, October 2, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Hovey).

John N. Craig, of the District of Columbia, October 3, 1862 (for Brigadier-General H. J. Hunt).

Lawrence Hanley, of New York, October 3, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Spinola).

G. H. McKibbin, of —, October 6, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Ferrero).

C. H. Lawrence, of —, October 7, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Cowdin).

Robert P. Kennedy, of —, October 7, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Crook).

Henry C. Ranney, of Ohio, October 10, 1862 (for Brigadier General E. B. Tyler).

Benjamin F. Smith, of —, October 10, 1862 (for Brigadier-General John Cook).

Carl Schmitt, of —, October 11, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Willick).

William H. Hill, of —, October 14, 1862 (for Brigadier-General F. E. Patterson).

William H. Long, of —, October 16, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Vinton).

Adrian Terry, of —, October 17, 1862 (for Brigadier-General A. H. Terry).

Charles W. Dietrich, of Ohio, October 17, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Cluseret).

Thomas W. Eayre, of New Jersey, October 20, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Mott).

Henry Keith, of —, October 20, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Pratt).

Wilson T. Hartz, of Pennsylvania, October 23, 1862 (for Brigadier-General N. Taylor).

John M. Cooney, of —, October 23, 1862 (for Brigadier-General J. H. H. Ward).

George E. Spencer, of Iowa, October 24, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Dodge).

George S. Marshall, of —, October 24, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Benton).

James L. Bottsford, of Ohio, October 27, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Scammon).

John B. Hubbard, of —, October 27, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Weitzel).

Edward E. Barlow, of New York, October 27, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Barlow).

John Pratt, of —, October 29, 1862 (for Brigadier-General R. B. Mitchell).

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Azor S. Marvin, of New Jersey, October 29, 1862 (for Brigadier-General G. K. Warren).

Henry L. Pierson, jr., of New York, November 1, 1862 (for Brigadier-General J. Bowen).

Judge-Advocate's Department.

Levi C. Turner, of New York, to be judge-advocate for the Army around Washington with the rank of major, July 31, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

John A. Bolles, of —, to be judge-advocate for the Seventh Army Corps in the field, under the command of Major-General Dix, with the rank of major, September 3, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

John C. Knox, of Pennsylvania, to be judge-advocate of the Eighth Army Corps with the rank of major, September 7, 1862, to fill an original vacancy.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

J. F. Boyd, of —, October 7, 1861.

Abraham Edwards, of —, July 5, 1862.

Edmund B. Whitman, of Kansas, July 18, 1862.

George W. Johnes, of Ohio, July 18, 1862.

Thomas J. Barr, of New York, July 19, 1862.

James Mahler, of Wisconsin, July 21, 1862.

Theron E. Hall, of Massachusetts, July 22, 1862.

George F. Warren, of Kansas, July 30, 1862.

Samuel Bruch, of Kentucky, August 8, 1862.

Lazarus L. Moore, of Pennsylvania, August 16, 1862.

Edmund Wuerpel, of Missouri, August 18, 1862.

Leander C. Noble, of Iowa, August 19, 1862.

Horatio C. King, of New York, August 19, 1862.

Charles H. Gallagher, of Delaware, August 19, 1862.

Charles Parsons, of Iowa, September 10, 1862.

John V. Lewis, of Iowa, September 13, 1862.

Montifiore Isaac, of New York, September 13, 1862.

Henry B. Lacey, of Ohio, September 16, 1862

Nathaniel S. Constable, of Missouri, September 23, 1862.

Oliver Coffin, of —, September 24, 1862.

Nicholas J. Rusch, of Iowa, September 27, 1862.

George P. Doan, of Massachusetts, September 27, 1862.

Byron O. Carr, of Illinois, September 29, 1862.

E. B. Grimes, of —, September 29, 1862,

John Whipple, of Minnesota, September 30, 1862.

John W. Howland, of —, September 30, 1862.

Napoleon B. Van Slyke, of Wisconsin, October 1, 1862.

Levin W. Shepherd, of Illinois, October 3, 1862.

Elias M. Greene, of New York, October 3, 1862.

J. T. Rapelge, of —, October 6, 1862.

James R. Del Vecchio, of Sew York, October 8, 1862.

Henry P. Clinton, of —, October 11, 1862.

Charles L. MacArthur, of New York, October 13, 1862.

J. L. Woods, of —, October 13, 1862.

Henry B. Blood, of Massachusetts, October 15, 1862.

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First Lieutenant William H. Brown, of the Fifth Cavalry, October 20, 1862.

James B. Kirker, of —, October 20, 1862.

Marshall J. Ludington, of Pennsylvania, October 20, 1862.

John W. McClure, of New York, October 21, 1862.

Sylvester Bagg, of —, October 25, 1862.

Augustus L. Thomas, of —, October 31, 1862.

Joshua Norton, 3d, of Massachusetts, November 1, 1862.

A. S. Dewey, of Vermont, November 1, 1862.

E. A. Morse, of —, November 1, 1862.

SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

James R. Paul, of —, October 31, 1861.

Albert S. Austin, of Massachusetts, July 17, 1862.

William W. Brown, of —, July 19, 1862.

Charles Wheaton, jr., of Massachusetts, July 21, 1862.

George W. Balloch, of New Hampshire, July 21, 1862.

James Sullivan, of Ohio, July 21, 1862.

Joseph C. Read, of Pennsylvania, July 22, 1862.

John S. Kellogg, of —, July 23, 1862.

M. A. Hill, of Connecticut, July 23, 1862.

James Curry, of Virginia, July 25, 1862.

Benjamin S. Noble, of Iowa, July 28, 1862.

Nathaniel Pope, of Missouri, July 28, 1862.

Thomas L. Cromberger, of Pennsylvania, August 2, 1862.

John McMurray, of New York, August 5, 1862.

Samuel C. Greene, of Pennsylvania, August 5, 1862.

Edmund N. Morrill, of Kansas, August 9, 1862.

R. W. Hamer, of Kansas, August 9, 1862.

Henry A. Littleton, of Iowa, August 12, 1862.

Franklin P. Ash, of Pennsylvania, August 19, 1862.

Richard B. Treat, of Ohio, August 26, 1862.

John R. Coxe, of Pennsylvania, August 28, 1862.

Daniel D. Wiley, of Massachusetts, August 28, 1862.

Wenzel Holy, of Missouri, August 29, 1862.

Alexander H. Clements, of Maryland, August 30, 1862.

Joseph L. Stackpole, of North Carolina, August 30 1862.

John H. Coale, of Maryland, August 30, 1862.

Herman H. Voss, of the District of Columbia, August 30, 1862.

Edwin R. McKean, of the District of Columbia, August 30, 1862.

Frederick Gerker, of Pennsylvania, August 30, 1862.

William M. Rucker, of Michigan, August 30, 1862.

John H. Musser, of Pennsylvania, August 30, 1862.

Herman Schreiner, of the District of Columbia, August 30, 1862.

J. D. Adair, of Pennsylvania, August 30, 1862.

Charles F. Morse, of Massachusetts, August 30, 1862.

Edwin Knowles, of Iowa, August 30, 1862.

Ordnance Sergeant W. P. Martin, of the United States Army, August 30, 1862.

George S. Leland, of New York, September 1, 1862.

Marcus P. Breckinridge, of Illinois, September 2, 1862.

James Davis, of Kansas, September 5, 1862.

James Christian, of Kansas, September 5, 1862.

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M. S. Adams, of —, September 5, 1862.

James Benedict, of Florida, September 9, 1862.

J. T. Elliott, of Pennsylvania, September 10, 1862.

John N. Straat, of Missouri, September 10, 1862.

Lyman Y. Stuart, of Ohio, September 10, 1862.

Charles A. Morton, of Illinois, September 10, 1862.

William R. Murphy, of Pennsylvania, September 10, 1862.

Geo. F. Thompson, of —, September 10, 1862.

Elihu D. Reid, of Pennsylvania, September 10, 1862.

James Gillette, of Maryland, September 10, 1862.

Charles M. Robbins, of Connecticut, September 10, 1862.

Benjamin F. Lee, of Pennsylvania, September 10, 1862.

William J. Ellis, of New York, September 10, 1862.

H. B. Masters, of —, September 10, 1862.

James G. Knight, of Wisconsin, September 10, 1862.

George W. Mears, of New York, September 10, 1862.

Marvin A. Parks, of Michigan, September 10, 1862.

David Remick, of Iowa, September 10, 1862.

Columbus J. Queen, of the District of Columbia, September 10, 1862.

James D. Earle, of Michigan, September 10, 1862.

Samuel A. Urquhart, of Pennsylvania, September 10, 1862.

William P. Cowie, of Massachusetts, September 10, 1862.

Henry C. Hagdon, of —, September 17, 1862.

Molyneux Bell, of New York, September 18, 1862.

Arden R. Smith, of Missouri, September 20, 1862.

Aaron P. Bilyeu, of Pennsylvania, September 24, 1862.

Edward P. Ranson, of Ohio, September 25, 1862.

Francis H. Ehrman, of Ohio, September 25, 1862.

Alpheus E. Clarke, of Wisconsin, September 26, 1862.

James Vandeventer, of Iowa, September 27, 1862.

J. H. Thorpe, of New York, September 30, 1862.

Erastus Heath, of Kansas, September 30, 1862.

George H. Smith, of —, October 1, 1862.

Charles H. Toll, of Iowa, October 3, 1862.

William C. Church, of New York, October 4, 1862.

William W. Teall, of New York, October 4, 1862.

W. H. McLyman, of —, October 6, 1862.

D. W. Horton, of —, October 6, 1862.

Philip Pollard, of —, October 20, 1862,

J. H. Johnson, of —, October 22, 1862.

William H. Hosack, of Virginia, October 23, 1862.

Stephen B. Young, of —, October 25, 1862.

Seymour Brownell, of Michigan, October 28, 1862.

George E. Nelson, of —, October 28, 1862.

Joel B. Nott, of New York, October 31, 1862.

Edgar W. Warren, of, October 31, 1862.

John Foley, of —, November 1, 1862.

William T. W. Ball, of Massachusetts, November 1, 1862.

Charles Dillingham, of —, november 1, 1862.

George E. Graves, of Vermont, November 1, 1862.

Surgeons of Volunteers.

Moses K. Taylor, of Illinois, August 8, 1862.

Francis Bacon, of Connecticut, August 8, 1862.

Thomas McMartin, of Missouri, August 8, 1862.

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Alfred Wynkoop, of Pennsylvania, September 11, 1862.

R. Cresson Stiles, of Massachusetts, September 11, 1862.

Thomas R. Crosby, of New Hampshire, September 11, 1862.

Edward Shippen, of Pennsylvania, September 12, 1862.

Zenas E. Bliss, of Michigan, September 12, 1862.

Henry S. Churchman, of Illinois, October 4, 1862.

Paul B. Goddard, of Pennsylvania, October 4, 1862.

Hayes Agnew, of Pennsylvania, October 4, 1862.

Joseph Hopkinson, of Pennsylvania, October 4, 1862.

Henry A. Martin, of Massachusetts, October 4, 1862.

John R. McClurg, of Pennsylvania, October 4, 1862.

Barton Darrach, of Illinois, October 4, 1862.

Clayton A. Cowgill, of Delaware, October 4, 1862.

Bowman B. Breed, of Massachusetts, October 4, 1862.

Silvanus D. Freeman, of Pennsylvania, October 4, 1862.

Israel Moses, of New York, October 4, 1862.

Assistant surgeons of Volunteers.

Augustus M. Clark, of New York, September 11, 1862.

Francis Townsed Dade, of Pennsylvania, September 11, 1862.

Joseph H. Wythes, of Pennsylvania, September 11, 1862.

James Phillips, of —, September 11, 1862.

Elmore Y. Chase, of Ohio, September 11, 1862.

James M. Robinson, of —, September 11, 1862.

Conrad C. Dumreicher, of Illinois, September 11, 1862.

David B. Sturgeon, of Pennsylvania, September 11, 1862.

George W. Hogeboom, of —, September 11, 1862.

William S. Thompson, of Pennsylvania, September 11, 1862.

John Wilson, of Pennsylvania, September 11, 1862.

Andrew B. Chapin, of Michigan, September 12, 1862.

William Moss, of Pennsylvania, October 4, 1862.

George L. Sutton, of New York, October 4, 1862.

Andrew F. Sheldon, of New York, October 4, 1862.

George E. Pattee, of Canada, October 4, 1862.

William A. Conover, of New Jersey, October 4, 1862.

Peter Cleary, of New York, October 4, 1862.

Edward Dodd, of New York, October 4, 1862.

Charles S. Frink, of Indiana, October 4, 1862.

George A. Wheeler, of Maine, October 4, 1862.

Sylvanus S. Mulford, of New York, October 4, 1862.

Frederick A. Keffer, of Pennsylvania, October 4, 1862.

Adolf Majer, of New York, October 4, 1862.

Henry Parker, of Massachusetts, October 4, 1862.

Augustus C. Van Duyn, of New York, October 4, 1862.

PAY DEPARTMENT. To be additional paymasters.

George O. Brastow, of Massachusetts, August 5, 1862.

Robert M. Lee, of Pennsylvania, July 28, 1862.

William C. Jones, of Missouri, September 10, 1862.

Samuel C. Stapler, of Connecticut, September 15, 1862.

Charles J. Hoyt, of New York, September 19, 1862.

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George Pomeroy, of New York October 2, 1862.

James B. Sheridan, of Pennsylvania, October 27, 1862

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

To the President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 23, 1862.

War Department, December 23, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: GENERAL OFFICERS. To be major-generals.

Brigadier-General Christopher C. Augur, of the United States Volunteers, November 14, 1862.

Brigadier-General George G. Meade, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General George L. Hartsuff, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General Julius H. Stahel, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

To be brigadier-generals.

John S. Phelps, of Missouri, July 19, 1862.

Joseph J. Reynolds, of Indiana, September 17, 1862.

Lieutenant Colonel Alfred W. Ellet, additional aide-de-camp, November 1, 1862.

Colonel Edwin H. Stoughton, of the Fourth Vermont Volunteers, November, 5, 1862.

Colonel George L. Andrews, of the Second Massachusetts Volunteers, November 10, 1862,

Clinton B. Fisk, of Missouri, November 24, 1862.

Colonel Frank Wheaton of the Second Rhode Island Volunteers (captain 4th Cavalry), November 29, 1862.

Colonel Robert O. Tyler, of the First Connecticut Volunteers (captain and assistant quartermaster), November 29, 1862.

Colonel William Dwight, of the Seventieth New York Volunteers, November 29, 1862

Colonel Isham N. Haynie, of the Forty-eighth Illinois Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Colonel D. Stuart, of the Fifty-fifth Illinois Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Colonel E. N. Kirk, of the Thirty-fourth Illinois Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

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Colonel John F. Farnsworth, of the Eighth Illinois Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Colonel William Vandever, of the Ninth Iowa Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Colonel N. C. McLean, of the Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Colonel John E. Smith, of the Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Colonel Charles T. Campbell, of the Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Colonel Sullivan A. Meredith, of the Fifty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, November 29, 1862

To be assistant adjutants-general with the rank of major.

Captain Don Piatt, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, November 4, 1862 (for Major-General Schenck).

Thomas A. Logan, of —, November 6, 1862 (for Major-General L. Wallace).

Captain William T. Clark, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, November 24, 1862 (for Major-General McPherson).

To be assistant adjutants-general with the rank of captain.

William H. Sinclair, of —, November 5, 1862 (for Brigadier-General D. S. Stanley).

Edward G. Parker, of Massachusetts, November 7, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Martindale).

Howard Dwight, of —, November 10, 1862 (for Brigadier-General G. L. Andrews).

Henry C. Fillebrown, of the District of Columbia, November 13, 1862 (for Brigadier-General J. W. Davidson).

John D. McFarland, of —, November 26, 1862 (for Brigadier-General Ellett).

Jasper K. Herbert, of Ohio, November 28, 1862 (for Brigadier-General A. J. Hamilton).

Joseph C. Stone, of Iowa (for Brigadier-General Fitz Henry Warren.)

Richard T. Auchmuty, of New York (for Brigadier-General S. W. Crawford).

First Lieutenant William P. Roome, of the Sixty-seventh New York Volunteers (for Brigadier-General John Cochrane).

First Lieutenant Gilbert L. Parker, of the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers (for Brigadier-General Geary).

Lieutenant Theodore Wiseman, of the Tenth Illinois Volunteers (for Brigadier-General J. D. Morgan).

First Lieutenant T. W. Morrison, of the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers (for Brigadier-General J. C. Davis).

Lieutenant Frederick W. Stowe of the Fourteenth Massachusetts Volunteers (for Brigadier-General Steinwehr).

Captain Wilson Barstow additional aide-de-camp (for Major General Dix).

Second Lieutenant George S. Hampton, of the Thirteenth Iowa Volunteers (for Brigadier-General McKean).

J. Herron Foster, of —(for Brigadier-General Rowley).

T. J. Anderson, of Kansas (for General Blunt).

Lieutenant John O. Cravens, of the Ninth Indiana Volunteers (for Brigadier-General Milroy).

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Edward Wright, of —, November 8, 1862 (for Major General Hunter).

William H. Lawrence, of Massachusetts, November 10, 1862 (for Major-General Hooker).

C. Goddard, of Ohio, November 14, 1862 (for Major-General Rosecrans).

Captain Charles O. Joline, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers, November 24, 1862 (for Major-General Dix).

With the rank of captain.

George T. Robinson, of Pennsylvania, November 7, 1862 (for Major-General Sigel).

First Lieutenant Samuel W. Stockton, of the Fourth Cavalry, November 8, 1862 (for Major-General Hunter).

Arthur M. Kinzie, of —, November 8, 1862 (for Major-General Hunter).

William L. Candler, of —, November 10, 1862 (for General Hooker).

Alexander Moore, of Illinois, November 10, 1862 (for Major-General Hooker).

Charles R. Thompson, of —, November 14, 1862 (for Major-General Rosecrans).

Judge Advocate's Department.

First Lieutenant Guido N. Lieber, of the Eleventh Infantry, to be judge-advocate with the rank of major, November 13, 1862, for the Army commanded by Major-General Banks.

Ralston Skin her, of Ohio, to be judge-advocate with the rank of major, November 19, 1862, for the Army commanded by Major-General Rosecrans.

To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

Samuel R. Craig, of Delaware, October 30, 1862.

David A. Dangler, of Ohio, November 3, 1862.

John H. Wickirzer, of Illinois, November 4, 1862.

Joseph B. Stubbs, of Ohio, November 6, 1862.

Arthur H. Mills, of Minnesota, November 9, 1862.

George B. Hibbard, of —, November 11, 1862.

Joseph C. Clements, of Ohio, November 13, 1862.

C. K. Mark, of —, November 17, 1862.

Benjamin F. Reno, of Iowa, November 17, 1862,

W. H. Johnson, of Michigan, November 18, 1862.

M. H. Mandeville, of —, November 18, 1862.

Frederick E. Beardslee, of New York, November 19, 1862.

David W. Porter, of —, November 21, 1862.

Orlando M. Loomis, of Pennsylvania, November 25, 1862.

John R. Craig, of —, November 25, 1862.

S. B. Bean, of Maine, November 26, 1862.

S. H. Manning, of Maine, November 26, 1862.

Andrew H. Young, of New Hampshire, November 26, 1862.

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David Barton, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

W. W. Hutchins, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

Horace B. Hodges, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

Samuel T. Lamb, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

Henry Page, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

James Aborn, of Rhode Island, November 26, 1862.

Amos C. Weeden, of Rhode Island, November 26, 1862.

Henry S. Camblos, of New Jersey, November 26, 1862.

John Hays, of New Jersey, November 26, 1862.

George W. Wills, of Delaware, November 26, 1862.

Robert C. Barnes, of Maryland, November 26, 1862.

Thomas J. Carlile, of Maryland, November 26, 1862.

A. T. Atwood, of New York, November 26, 1862.

George W. Bradley, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Richard W. Clark, of New York, November 26, 1862.

F. K. Church, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Charles Darrow, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Robert Halsey, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Chenie M. Levy, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Heman Miller, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Charles S. McArthur, of New York, November 26, 1862.

S. P. Suydam, of New York, November 26, 1862.

James Weldon, of New York, November 26, 1862.

David H. Smith, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Philip L. Fox, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1852.

George D. Hodgson, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

W. L. James, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

W. J. Kountz, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

J. M. Moyer, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

David L. McKinney, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

George D. Norris, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

H. D. Patten, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

Henry C. Rogers, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

S. A. Seely, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

Rufus E. Swope, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

George A. Shallenbarger, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1869.

William Thompson, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

Jacob Valentine, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

A. T. Maupin, of Virginia, November 26, 1862.

Albert A. Curtis, of Kentucky, November 26, 1862.

W. D. Ernest, of Kentucky, November 26, 1862.

John V. Lewis, of Kentucky, November 26, 1862.

John T. Allen, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

George W. Anderson, jr., of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

Joshua H. Alexander, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

George P. Doan, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

Theodore Griswold, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

Thomas B. Hunt, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

Richard B. Owen, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

John H. Tighe, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

James A. Finley, of Kansas, November 26, 1862.

Samuel Hipple, of Kansas, November 26, 1862.

S. Lappin, of Kansas, November 26, 1862.

J. Redmond, of Indiana, November 26, 1862.

James Wilson, of Indiana, November 26, 1862.

Samuel N. Bonsall, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

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Jesse Haley, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

George B. Hibbard, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Warren Russell, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Isaac P. Williams, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Leonard Whitney, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

John A. Lynch, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

William B. Armstrong, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

William Bosbyshell, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

John B. Colton, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

Theodore T. Dwight, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

Benjamin J. T. Hanna, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

Uri Manly, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

F. G. Rutherford, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

J. C. Smith, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

Jacob Cook, of Michigan, November 26, 1862.

Moses H. Goodrich, of Michigan, November 26, 1862.

De Garmo J. Whiting, of Michigan, November 26, 1862.

Charles G. Finney, of Wisconsin, November 26, 1862.

—Rhimes, of Wisconsin, November 26, 1862.

N. B. Van Slyke, of Wisconsin, November 26, 1862.

Hiram Hayes, of Wisconsin, November 26, 1862.

S. H. Lunt, of Iowa, November 26, 1862.

Nicholas J. Rush, of Iowa, November 26, 1862.

J. Robinson, of Iowa, November 26, 1862.

J. Warren Clark, of Iowa, November 26, 1862.

Frederick Driscoll, of Minnesota, November 26, 1862.

Charles Sumner, of California, November 26, 1862.

W. F. Swasey, of California, November 26, 1862.

James P. Low, of South Carolina, November 26, 1862.

Robert McLeod, of Tennessee, November 26, 1862.

Arthur G. Burr, of —, November 26, 1862.

J. G. C. Lee, of —, November 2, 1862.

Henry C. Long, of —, November 26, 1862.

R. M. Newport, of —, November 26, 1862.

Edward Wright, of —, November 26, 1862.

Walter Curtis, of —, November 27, 1862.

James Galt, of Illinois, November 28, 1862.

C. C. Adrian, of —, November 29, 1862.

Charles H. Rockwell, of New York, November 29, 1862.

J. Benson Williams, of —, November 29, 1862.

George T. Browning, of Indiana, November 29, 1862.

Lieutenant Thomas P. Johnston, of the 7th New Jersey Volunteers.

To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Daniel S. Hart, of —, November 1, 1862.

Benjamin F. Talbot, of Massachusetts, November 7, 1862.

John B. Burt, of —, November 7, 1862,

Frederick G. Hentig, of Illinois, November 7, 1862.

Frank C. Ford, of New York, November 7, 1862.

John A. Irvine, of California, November 7, 1862.

Henry E. Lord, of Massachusetts, November 7, 1862.

Charles E. Hiester, of Pennsylvania, November 7, 1862.

William H. Forbes, of Minnesota, November 9, 1862.

John R. Morledge, of Iowa, November 12, 1862.

Charles E. Robinson, of Pennsylvania, November 14, 1862.

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Henry C. Holloway, of Indiana, November 18, 1862.

W. M. Vogelson, of —, November 18, 1862.

Asa D. Baker, of Illinois, November 18, 1862.

John McMichael, of New York, November 18, 1862.

Thorwald Jacobson, of —, November 20, 1862.

Frank J. Crawford, of —, November 20, 1862.

A. S. Hungerford, of —, November 20, 1862.

Edward L. Whitney, of —, November 20, 1862.

Stiles E. Forsha, of Iowa, November 20, 1862.

Charles B. Wells, of Illinois, November 20, 1862.

George W. Baker, of Ohio, November 20, 1862.

Asa Gregory, of Michigan, November 20, 1862.

Henry P. Clinton, of New York, November 20, 1862.

Henry F. Hawkes, of —, November 21, 1862.

Hugh W. Maxwell, of —, November 24, 1862.

Mortimer A. Higby, of —, November 26, 1862.

William S. Dodge, of Maine, November 26, 1862.

G. P. Hawes, of Maine, November 26, 1862.

Nathan Mayhew, of Maine, November 26, 1862.

Charles Chesley, of New Hampshire, November 26, 1862.

Albert Walker, of Vermont, November 26, 1862.

George L. Ames, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

Albert J. Austin, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

Francis De Witt, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

Robert Harris, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

William H. Tyler, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

Benjamin F. Bucklin, of Rhode Island, November 26, 1862.

Morton F. Hale, of Connecticut, November 26, 1862.

J. J. Hoff, of New Jersey, November 26, 1862.

J. H. Chase, of New York, November 26, 1862.

George W. Cooney, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Lewis Leland, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Charles S. Langdon, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Louis L. Rose, of New York, November 26, 1862.

James M. Sayle, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Henry W. Bonsall, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

George W. Beach, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

John T. Leech, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

George T. Castle, of Maryland, November 26, 1862.

Benjamin F. Winchester, of Maryland, November 26, 1862.

Joshua Tevis, of Kentucky, November 26, 1862.

J. M. Terry, of Kentucky, November 26, 1862.

D. Tarbell, of Kentucky, November 26, 1862.

James McDonald, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

Sanford C. Peck, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

George C. See, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

E. Fithnan, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

John Gould, of Kansas, November 26, 1862.

James Barnaby, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

James R. Fitch, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Dennis Kenny, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Matthew M. Laughlin, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

John C. Mong, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Robert Mears, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

William H. Nash, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

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A. H. Stewart, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

O. J. Flagg, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

John Fouke, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

John E. Howard, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

R. C. Rutherford, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

Joseph F. Wilson, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

Dwight A. Aiken, of Michigan, November 26, 1862.

George E. Nelson, of Michigan, November 26, 1862.

S. S. Rockwood, of Wisconsin, November 26, 1862.

Frank G. Noyes, of Iowa, November 26, 1862.

H. G. Peyton, of Iowa, November 26, 1862.

James Stoner, of Iowa, November 26, 1862.

John W. Bond, of Minnesota, November 26, 1862.

Thomas W. Newsen, of Minnesota, November 26, 1862.

E. F. Deaton, of Tennessee, November 26, 1862.

George Wilkin, of California, November 26, 1862.

Mortimer Shelly, of —, November 26, 1862.

George P. Burnham, of Massachusetts, November 28, 1862.

John L. Bullard, of Massachusetts, November 29, 1862.

James O. P. Burnside, of Illinois, November 29, 1862.

William R. Rathbone, of New York, November 29, 1862.

J. H. Alexander. of —, November 29, 1862.

Charles W. Herbert, of —, November 29, 1862.

To be surgeons.

James C. Whitehill, of Illinois, November 7, 1862.

Alexander B. Mott, of—, November 7, 1862.

William M. Breed, of Pennsylvania, November 7, 1862.

Pliny A. Jewett, of Connecticut, November 7, 1862.

John J. Reese, of Pennsylvania, November 7, 1862.

John C. Bronson, of New York, November 7, 1862.

Augustus C. Bournonville, of Pennsylvania, November 7, 1862.

William S. Forbes, of Pennsylvania, November 7, 1862.

Thomas P. Gibbons, of Pennsylvania, November 7, 1862.

David Stanton, of Pennsylvania, November 7, 1862.

Frederick S. Ainsworth, of Massachusetts, November 7, 1862.

Francis Salter, of Ohio, November 7, 1862.

Howard Culbertson, of Ohio, November 7, 1862.

To be assistant surgeons.

Samuel B. Davis, of—, October 4, 1862.

E. D. Kittoe, of—, November 7, 1862.

Lewis D. Harlow, of Pennsylvania, November 7, 1862.

Edwin Freeman, of Ohio, November 7, 1862.

Edward J. Whitney, of New York, November 7, 1862.

William S. Edgar, of —, November 7, 1862.

Mitchel H. Picot, of Pennsylvania, November 7, 1862.

Caleb W. Horner, of Pennsylvania, November 7, 1862.

Charles E. Swasey, of New Hampshire, November 7, 1862.

William Watson, of —, November 7, 1862.

Robert R. Taylor, of Iowa, November 7, 1862.

To be additional paymasters.

John A. Sabin, of —, July 29, 1862.

William Collamer, of —, November 1, 1862.

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Stephen A. Walker, of Vermont, November 1, 1862.

John S. Fillmore, of Colorado Territory, November 8, 1862.

Elihu Griffin, of Indiana, November 13, 1862.

Henry A. Prendergast, of New York, November 13, 1862.

Augustus H. Boyden, of Illinois, November 20, 1862.

George E. Glenn, of Ohio, November 24, 1862.

Jeremiah Fenno, of Maine, November 26, 1862.

Thomas K. Osgood, of Maine, November 26, 1862.

Charles G. Eustis, of Maine, November 26, 1862.

A. H. Hoyt, of Sew Hampshire, November 26, 1862.

Henry McFarland, of New Hampshire, November 26, 1862.

Simeon Marston, of New Hampshire, November 26, 1862.

Charles W. Woodman, of New Hampshire, November 26, 1862.

Simeon D. Farnsworth, of New Hampshire, November 26, 1862.

Josiah A. Brodhead, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

George Browne, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862

J. A. M. Bertram, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

S. M. Crosby, of Massachusetts? November 26, 1862.

Henry F. Flagg, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

Thomas Farmer, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

W. H. Jameson, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

Nicholas W. Norcross, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

H. B. Walley, of Massachusetts, November 26, 1862.

W. E. Bishop, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Irving T. Ballard, of New York, November 26, 1862.

William L. Cole, of New York, November 26, 1862.

H. Currier, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Alexander Diven, of New York, November 26, 1862.

James A. Farrish, of New York, November 26, 1862.

William M. Fleming, of New York, November 26, 1862.

W. W. Herrick, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Obadiah Latham, of New York, November 26, 1862.

B. W. K. Massett, of New York, November 26, 1862.

William N. McIntire, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Alphonso L. Nichols, of New York, November 26, 1862.

H. M. Ruggles, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Nelson R. Scovil, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Nathan Thayer, of New York, November 26, 1862.

James H. Walker, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Otis C. Whitehead, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Albert D. Robinson, of New York, November 26, 1862.

Charles D. Desher, of New Jersey, November 26, 1862.

David Gould, of New Jersey, November 26, 1862.

Jacob Herbert, of New Jersey, November 26, 1862.

Jacob Sharp, of New Jersey, November 26, 1862.

Samuell Bell, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

John W. Beazell, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

Jesse C. Dickey, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

Theodore D. Greenwalt, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

David Heap, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

James Harper, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

James W. Johnston, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

John Keatty, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1869.

William H. Kemble, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

Washington B. Mendenhall, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

Edwin L. Moore, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

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W. B. Norris, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

William H. Nicols, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

John N. Purviance, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

George J. Riche, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

George M. Smith, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

John W. Walker, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

Robert C. Walker, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

Francis B. Warner, of Pennsylvania, November 26, 1862.

Thomas J. Wilson, of Maryland, November 26, 1862.

John M. Dodridge, of Virginia, November 26, 1862.

William A. Rucker, of the District of Columbia, November 26, 1862

W. G. Fullerton, of Kentucky, November 26, 1862.

Ralph S. Hart, of Missouri, November 26, 1862.

William C. Jones, of Missouri November 26, 1862.

J. P. Wheeler, of Kansas, November 26, 1862.

J. W. Brigden, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Orville W. Ballard, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Frank E. Foster, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

John P. Gould, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Calvin Holmes, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Uriel H. Hutchins, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Eugene A. Osborne, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Andrew D. Rogers, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

E. A. Truax, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

John A. Hunter, of Ohio, November 26, 1862.

Isaac L. Stewart, of Indiana, November 26, 1862.

John M. Wallace, of Indiana, November 26, 1862.

Joseph Justice, of Indiana, November 26, 1862.

Edwin Beecher, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

Josiah Gale, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

Miles S. Henry, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

James O. Holbrook, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

Charles Newcomer, of illinois, November 26, 1862.

Richard H. Whiting, of Illinois, November 26, 1862.

J. R. Mears, of Wisconsin, November 26, 1862.

Arthur Risley, of Wisconsin, November 26, 1862.

John C. Culbertson, of Iowa, November 26, 1862.

William W. White, of Iowa, November 26, 1862.

Samuel E. Adams, of Minnesota, November 26, 1862.

Charles D. Gillfillan, of Minnesota, November 26, 1862.

George B. Simpson, of Oregon, November 26, 1862.

William E. Norris, of Illinois, November 29, 1862.

Charles B. Bernard, of Ohio, November 29, 1862.

Daniel S. Eaton, of Pennsylvania, November 29, 1862.

Andrew J. Halleck, of New York, November 29, 1862.

Elias Merrill, of Maine, November 29, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 24, 1862.

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War Department, Washington, December 23, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Adjutant-General's Department.

Lieutenant William H. Sinclair, of the Third Michigan Battery, to be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of captain (for Brigadier-General D. S. Stanly).

Quartermaster's Department.

Willis C. Goff, of Kansas, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

Lodon Millan, of Colorado Territory, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

Subsistence Department.

George W. Gardner, of Kansas to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Chester Thomas, jr., of Colorado Territory, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Pay Department.

William M. Babbitt, of New Jersey, to be additional paymaster.

Charles P. Babcock, of Michigan, to be additional paymaster.

Anson L. Brewer, of Ohio, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 26, 1862.

War Department, Washington, December 26, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadiers-general.

Colonel Lewis C. Hunt, of the 92d New York Volunteers (captain 4th United States Infantry), December 24, 1862.

Colonel Thomas G. Stevenson, of the 24th Massachusetts Volunteers, December 24, 1862.

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Colonel T. J. Ledlie, of the 3d New York Volunteer Artillery, December 24, 1862.

Colonel Charles A. Heckman, of the 9th New Jersey Volunteers, December 24, 1862.

Colonel Edward E. Potter, of the 1st North Carolina Volunteers, December 24, 1862.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of Captain.

Jerome Bradley, of New York.

Lafayette J. Croxton, of Indiana.

William L. Ellsworth, of New York.

Joseph A. Green, of Iowa.

Samuel W. Harned, of New York.

William A. Hunter, of Ohio.

Samuel R. Hamill, of —.

John T. Morrison of Indiana.

Richard A. Pierce, of Massachusetts.

E. B. M. Rentieux, of Massachusetts.

David B. Stover, of California.

George E. Vance, of Maine.

Asa A. Whitehead, of Indiana.

SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Parker D. Boyd, of New York.

Charles Fond, of Michigan.

David E. Fowler, of New York.

D. T. Hobart, of Maine.

Benjamin West, of California.

PAY DEPARTMENT. To be additional paymasters.

Davis Alton, of Pennsylvania.

Forman M. Allen, of New York.

J. E. Burbank, of Indiana.

E. Stilman Bailey, of Wisconsin.

Charles L. Bernays, of Missouri.

Charles C. Bailey, of —.

Thomas Lee Carnahan, of Ohio.

Guy R. Cleavland, of Minnesota.

John P. McGrath, of Missouri.

W. Penn Clarke, of Iowa.

George W. Dyer, of Maine.

John T. Denny, of New York.

Edward H. Gratiot, of Wisconsin.

Samuel C. Harbert, of New Jersey.

William Holloway, of Kentucky.

A. C. Hewey, of Maine.

W. L. Kennon, of Ohio.

Christian Long, of Pennsylvania.

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Brantz Mayer, of Maryland.

Gideon W. Palmer, of Pennsylvania.

H. D. Patton, of Pennsylvania.

William S. Striker, of New Jersey.

G. W. Williams of Ohio.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December, 26, 1862.

War Department, Washington, December 26, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

Sidney Clark, of Kansas, to be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of captain.

Chester Thomas, of Kansas, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

George S. Gaylord, of Kansas, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 27, 1862.

War Department, Washington, December 27, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

Lieutenant-Colonel William Hays, additional aide-de-camp, captain Second Artillery, to be brigadier-general, December 27, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 2, 1863.

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War Department, Washington, January 2, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-general.

Colonel James M. Schackelford, of the Eighth Kentucky Cavalry.

To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

Joseph J. Hunter, of —.

George Alden, of Kansas.

Arthur Edwards, of Michigan.

Samuel K. Platt, of New York.

Isaac C. Bates, of Massachusetts.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 6, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 6, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Army of the United States:

James W. Nicholls, of Tennessee, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 6, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 6, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force, now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-general.

Colonel James W. McMillan, of the Twenty-first Indiana Volunteers.

0083 81 ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. To be assistant adjutants-general with the rank of captain.

First Lieutenant Anton Blocki, of the Ninth Wisconsin Volunteers.

Richard S. Howell, of New York.

SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

William N. Felt, clerk in Subsistence Department, Falmouth, Virginia.

Lieutenant Charles F. Hoyt, of the Second Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Lieutenant H. L. Crawford, of the Fourteenth New York Volunteers.

C. J. Dietrich, clerk in Subsistence Department, Helena, Arkansas.

Lieutenant Abraham Beeler, of the Thirty-fourth Illinois Volunteers.

Captain Samuel D. Henderson, of the Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteers.

Eugene A. Gross, clerk in Subsistence Department, Western Virginia.

Lieutenant T. G. England, of the First Delaware Volunteers.

Lieutenant George T. Burroughs, of the Forty-third New York Volunteers.

Lieutenant Charles Allen, of the Third Ohio Volunteers.

Lieutenant Jasper Johnson, of the Thirty-first Illinois Volunteers.

Lieutenant J. H. W. Mills, of the First Kansas Volunteers.

Thomas Allen, of Missouri.

Joseph Haskell, clerk in Subsistence Department, Western Virginia.

Charles H. Leiby, of Ohio.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 6, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 6, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-generals.

Lieutenant Robert C. Buchanan, of the Fourth Infantry, November 29, 1862.

Colonel David A. Russell, of the Seventh Massachusetts Volunteers (captain Fourth Infantry), November 29, 1862.

Colonel Orlando M. Poe, of the Second Michigan Volunteers (first lieutenant Corps of Topographical Engineers), November 29, 1862.

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Colonel Hugh B. Ewing, of the Thirtieth Ohio Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment as hospital chaplains in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 6, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 6, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation, the following-named persons for appointment as hospital chaplains, under the act approved May 20, 1862:

S. M. Beatty, of Ohio, and Patrick McGlynn, of New York.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 8, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 8, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-generals.

Colonel Joseph T. Copeland, of the Fifth Michigan Cavalry, November 29, 1862.

Colonel William B. Hazen, of the Forty-first Ohio Volunteers (captain Eighth United States Infantry).

Colonel John F. Miller, of the Twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteers.

Subsistence Department.

To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain:

Charles H. Pope, of Rhode Island.

Alfred Norton, of Massachusetts.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 9, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 9, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States: Quartermaster's Department.

George H. A. Dimpfel, of California, to be military storekeeper, vice McCarty, deceased.

Pay Department.

Edwin V. Preston, of Connecticut, to be additional paymaster.

Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.

Sergeant John H. Kane, of Company D, to be second lieutenant, vice Dwyer, promoted.

Sergeant Edward Murphy, of Company E, to be second lieutenant, vice Jones, promoted.

Seventh Regiment of Infantry.

Sergeant Major Samuel Morgan, of the Sixth Infantry, to be second lieutenant, vice Neuber, dismissed.

Eighth Regiment of Infantry.

Private Daniel T. Wells, of the Tenth Infantry, to be second lieutenant, vice Weaver, promoted.

Eleventh Regiment of Infantry.

Quartermaster-Sergeant Henry Wagner to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

First Sergeant Henry Kochford, of Company E, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

First Sergeant John McIntosh, of Company C, First Battalion, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

First Sergeant Amaziah J. Barber, of Company H, First Battalion, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

Twelfth Regiment of Infantry.

Sergeant-Major Silas A. Miller, of the Second Battalion, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

Thirteenth Regiment of Infantry.

First Sergeant George P. Sanford, of Company F, First Battalion, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

0086 84 Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry.

To be second lieutenants:

Sergeant Major Reuben C. Little, of the First Battalion, vice Adair, dismissed.

Sergeant Major John S. Lind, of the Second Battalion, vice Mechling, resigned.

Sergeant David De W. Corderey, of Company D, Second Battalion, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant George F. White, of Company F, Third Battalion, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant E. N. Wilcox, of Company G, Third Battalion, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant Samuel C. Williamson. of Company D, Second Battalion, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant James S. Ostrander, of Company C, Third Battalion, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant Rufus P. Gates, of Company B, Third Battalion, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant James E. Mitchell, of Company H, Second Battalion, to fill an original vacancy.

Quartmaster-Sergeant Frank B. Bennett, Third Battalion, to fill an original vacancy.

Sergeant William H. Madeira, of Company F, Third Battalion, to fill an original vacancy.

To be aides de-camp under the act of July 17, 1862.

Edward Wright, of —, with the rank of major, November 8, 1862.

First Lieutenant Samuel W. Stockton, of the Fourth Cavalry, with the rank of captain, November 8, 18?2.

Arthur M. Kinzie, of —, with the rank of captain, November 8, 18?2.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment as hospital chaplains in the service of the United States as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 10, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 10, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment as hospital chaplains under the act approved May 20, 1862.

Griffith Owen, of Maryland.

D. C. Ormsby, of New York.

James White, of New Jersey.

Benjamin F. Phillips, of New York.

D. D. McKee, of Indiana.

John W. Arthur, of Delaware.

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J. J. Stewart, of Iowa.

William C. Smith, of Alabama.

J. M. Ladd, of Indiana.

S. Hopkins Emery, of Illinois.

Noah M. Gaylord, of Massachusetts.

S. T. Carpenter, of Illinois.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 13, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 13, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

First Lieutenant D. C. Wager, of the Thirteenth Missouri Volunteers, to be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of captain.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT.

J. Cadwell, of Pennsylvania, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT.

George F. Woodman, of Massachusetts, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Thomas Challoner, of Illinois, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Horatio N. Davis, of Wisconsin, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. To be Surgeons.

Assistant Surgeon Augustus M. Clarke, December 4, 1862.

Assistant Surgeon Joseph H. Wythes, December 4, 1862.

Assistant Surgeon William Moss, December 4, 1862.

Assistant Surgeon S. S. Mulford, December 4, 1862.

Assistant Surgeon E. D. Kittoe, December 4, 1862.

Assistant Surgeon John Wilson, December 4, 1862.

James W. Fitzpatrick, of New York, January 7, 1863.

George B. Twitchell, of New Hampshire, January 7, 1863.

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William Frothingham, of New York, January 7, 1863.

Richard J. Lewis, of Pennsylvania, January 7, 1863.

Sanford B. Hunt, of Maryland, January 7, 1863.

William H. Gobrecht, of Pennsylvania, January 7, 1863.

Robert S. Kenderdine, of Pennsylvania, January 7, 1863.

J. William Lawton, of Connecticut, January 7, 1863.

Lewis J. Rice, of Pennsylvania, January 7, 1863.

Benjamin B. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, January 7, 1863.

Jacob J. De Lamater, of Pennsylvania, January 7, 1863.

Horatio B. Buck, of Maine, January 7, 1863.

Edward F. Bates, of New York, January 7, 1863.

Dennis B. Hannan, of Massachusetts, January 7, 1863.

St. John W. Mintzer, of Pennsylvania, January 7, 1863.

Jacob W. Merriam, of New York, January 7, 1863.

Harley P. Mathewson, of Vermont, January 7, 1863.

James H. Peabody, of Maryland, January 7, 1863.

David S. Gloninger, of Pennsylvania, January 7, 1863.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 13, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 13, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States: PAY DEPARTMENT. To be additional paymasters.

George B. Ely, of Wisconsin.

John B. Lockwood, of —.

William D. Bacon, of —.

Jacob Sallade, of Pennsylvania.

William Lamb, of Indiana.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Colonel Silas Casey, of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, for promotion by brevet, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 16, 1863.

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War Department, Washington, January 16, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the name of Colonel Silas Casey, of the Fourth Regiment of Infantry, to be brigadier-general by brevet in the Army of the United States, for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, to date from May 31, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 16, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 16, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-general.

Daniel Ullman, of New York, January 13, 1863.

To be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

Charles S. Bulkley, January 15, 1863.

To be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Henry S. Jones, of Massachusetts.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of Joseph Hooker and others, George B. Drake and others, Charles J. Bowen and others, Frank W. Oakley and others, Timothy P. Andrews, Hiram Leonard, George Taylor and others, John Barry and others, Edward S. Sanford and others, Christopher C. Augur and others, William H. Sinclair trod others, Lewis C. Hunt and others, Sidney Clark and others, William Hays, James M. Shackelford and others, James W. Nicholls, James W. Millan and others, Robert C. Buchanan and others, S. M. Beatty, Patrick McGlynn, Joseph T. Copeland and others, Geo. H. A. Dimpfel and others, Griffith Owen and others, D. C. Wager and others, George B. Ely and others, Silas Casey, and Daniel Ullman and others, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

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Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, the 5th December last, the nominations of George S. Blake, Cadwalader Ringgold, Henry W. Morris, James L. Lardner, Henry K. Hoff, Charles Henry Davis, Henry H. Bell, William Smith, John W. Livingston, Henry K. Thatcher, William D. Porter, John S. Missroon, Robert B. Hitchcock, Joseph Lanman, Thomas Turner, Charles H. Poor, Timothy A. Hunt, and Sylvanus W. Godon, the 23d December that of Thomas Turner, and the 6th instant those of Charles H. Poor, Timothy A. Hunt, and Sylvanus W. Godon, reported.

On motion by Mr. Harlan,

Ordered, That to-morrow be assigned for the consideration of the nomination of W. Penn Clarke, received this day.

On motion by Mr. Hale,

Ordered, That the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom have been referred, during the present session, sundry nominations for appointment and promotion in the Navy, have power to send for persons and papers and examine witnesses in the consideration of any of the said nominations.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Francis H. Gregory, Silas H. Stringham, Joseph Smith, George W. Storer, Emerson Hall, Daniel M. Whitney, Daniel Kellogg, jr., Hezekiah Naylor, Ephraim Longyear, John Row, Clinton Cullom, Richard Milford Blatchford, Thomas H. Clay, Waiter Graham, Cephas Brainerd, William L. Avery, Timothy R. Hibbard, Charles A. Washburn, William Breck, Henry M. Canfield, Everett C. Banfield, J. W. Perritt Huntington, Benjamin Simpson, Samuel Porter, George W. McClure, and Oscar D. Munson; and

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

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Powell, the 16th instant, that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the resolution of the Senate of the 4th April, 1853, that the President of the United States has power to remove Territorial judges; and

On the question to agree thereto,

It was determined in the negative.

Mr. Harris presented the memorial of Harvey H. Wood and others, praying that the nomination of Marshall B. Blake to be collector of taxes and internal revenue for the 7th collection district, State of New York, may not be confirmed.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Harris presented the memorial of William Merwine, praying that the nomination of Samuel L. Breeze as rear-admiral in the United States Navy may not be confirmed.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

THURSDAY, January 22, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, December 23, 1862.

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War Department, Washington, December 23, 1862.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the name of Captain William A. Murfey, commissary of subsistence of Volunteers, to be paymaster in the Army of the United States, vice Leonard, promoted.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 16, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January, 16, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States, to rank from May 5, 1862, the date of the battle of Williamsburg, Virginia, instead of July 4, 1862, the date of their present rank.

To be major-generals.

Major-General Edwin V. Sumner, of the U. S. Volunteers.

Major-General Samuel P. Heintzelman, of the U. S. Volunteers.

Major-General Joseph Hooker, of the U. S. Volunteers.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 16, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 16, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be major-generals.

Brigadier-General Silas Casey, of the United States Volunteers, May 31, 1862.

Brigadier-General Charles S. Hamilton, of the United States Volunteers, September 19, 1862.

Brigadier-General Benjamin M. Prentiss, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

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Brigadier-General John F. Reynolds, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General Oliver O. Howard, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General Daniel E. Sickles, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General Daniel Butterfield, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General Winfield S. Hancock, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General George Sykes, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General William H. French, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General James S. Negley, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General John M. Schofield, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General John M. Palmer, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General Napoleon J. T. Dana, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General Hiram G. Berry, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General James G. Blunt, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General Napoleon B. Buford, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General Carl Shurz, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General Francis J. Herron, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Brigadier-General Joseph J. Reynolds, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the military service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 17, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 17, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States, and in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States.

Fourth Regiment of Infantry.

Private John S. Hassler, of the United States Army, to be second lieutenant, vice Brenner, dismissed.

0093 91 Adjutant-General's Department.

First Lieutenant Oliver Matthews, of the 91st Regiment New York Volunteers, to be assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers with the rank of captain.

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

E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 17, 1863.

War Department, January 17, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

Jonathan E. McKusick, of Minnesota.

J. J. Thornton, of Minnesota.

A. J. Van Vorhes, of Minnesota.

SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

E. S. Jones, of Minnesota.

Marvin A. Dailey, of Minnesota.

A. B. Webber, of Minnesota.

PAY DEPARTMENT. To be additional paymaster.

N. P. Colburn, of Minnesota.

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

E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 17, 1863.

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War Department, January 17, 1863.

John S. Davis, jr., of Indiana.

Daniel D. T. Gordon, of New York.

L. W. Hoskins, of Maine.

J. W. Taylor, of —.

PAY DEPARTMENT. To be additional paymasters.

Robert A. Haggerty, of New Jersey.

Anson Sperry, of Illinois.

George F. Clark, of Indiana.

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

E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 19, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 19, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-generals, to rank from November 29, 1862.

Colonel John V. Du Bois, additional aide-de-camp, United States Army

Major Israel Vodges, of the First Regiment, United States Artillery.

Colonel Thomas H. Neill, of the 23d Pennsylvania Volunteers (captain 5th U. S. Infantry).

Captain Thomas G. Pitcher, of the Eighth Regiment United States Infantry.

Captain Thomas W. Sweeney, of the 52d Illinois Volunteers (captain 2d U. S. Infantry).

Colonel Charles R. Woods, of the 76th Ohio Volunteers (captain 9th U. S. Infantry).

Colonel William W. Lowe, of the 5th Iowa Cavalry (captain 5th U. S. Cavalry).

Colonel John S. Mason, of the 4th Ohio Volunteers (captain 11th U. S. Infantry).

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Colonel David Mc. M. Gregg, of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry (captain 6th U. S. Cavalry).

Colonel Alfred T. A. Torbert, of the First New Jersey Volunteers (captain 5th U. S. Infantry).

Colonel William H. Lytle, of the 10th Ohio Volunteers.

Colonel Gilman Marston, of the 2? New Hampshire Volunteers.

Colonel Michael K. Lawler, of the 18th Illinois Volunteers.

Colonel N. H. Williams, of the 3d Iowa Infantry.

Colonel Halbert E. Paine, of the 4th Wisconsin Volunteers.

Colonel Lysander Cutler, of the 6th Wisconsin Volunteers.

Colonel Joseph T. Knipe, of the 46th Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Colonel E. W. Hinks, of the 19th Massachusetts Volunteers.

Colonel James R. Barnes, of the 18th Massachusetts Volunteers.

Colonel Cyrus Bussey, of the 3d Iowa Cavalry.

Colonel Alexander Schemmelfinnig, of the 74th Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Colonel Edward Harland, of the 8th Connecticut Volunteers.

Colonel Charles R. Graham, of the 74th New York Volunteers.

Colonel W. Krzyzanowski, of the 58th New York Volunteers.

Colonel John Beatty, of the 3d Ohio Volunteers.

Colonel John M. Harlan, of the 10th Kentucky Volunteers.

Colonel Hugh B. Reed, of the 44th Indiana Volunteers.

Colonel Benjamin C. Grider, of the 9th Kentucky Volunteers.

Colonel James Gavin, of the 7th Indiana Volunteers.

Colonel John B. Sanborn, of the 4th Minnesota Volunteers.

Colonel F. D. Baldwin, of the 57th Illinois Volunteers.

Colonel John Logan, of the 32d Illinois Volunteers.

Colonel Frank S. Nickerson, of the 14th Maine Volunteers.

Colonel Edward H. Hobson, of the 13th Kentucky Volunteers.

Colonel William Harrow, of the 14th Indiana Volunteers.

Colonel Thomas G. Allen, of the 80th Illinois Volunteers.

Colonel Roy Stone, of the 149th Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Colonel Thomas H. Ruger, of the 3d Wisconsin Volunteers.

Colonel Benjamin F. Smith, of the 126th Ohio Volunteers.

Colonel John Coburn, of the 33d Indiana Volunteers.

Lieutenant-Colonel Elias S. Dennis, of the 30th Illinois Volunteers.

Stephen G. Champlin, of Michigan.

Colonel John W. Fuller, of the 27th Ohio Volunteers.

Colonel Albert L. Lee, of the 7th Kansas Cavalry.

Colonel Thomas A. Rowley, of the 102d Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Colonel Adon Guitar, of the 9th Missouri Militia.

M. D. Leggett, of Ohio.

R. P. Buckland, of Rhode Island.

J. H. Mower.

J. P. C. Shanks, of Indiana.

William H. French, of New York.

David M. Dunn, of Indiana.

Colonel J. M. Chivington, of the First Colorado Volunteers.

Colonel George P. McGinnis, of the 11th Indiana Volunteers.

Colonel John F. Hartranft, of the 51st Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Colonel C. C. Marsh, of the 20th Illinois Volunteers.

Colonel William Birney, of the 4th New Jersey Volunteers.

Hector Tyndale, of Pennsylvania.

Colonel Charles C. Dodge, of the First New York Mounted Rifles.

Colonel J. F. Fisher, of the 5th Pennsylvania Reserve Corps.

Colonel T. E. G. Ransom, of the 11th Illinois Volunteers.

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Colonel M. M. Crocker, of the 13th Iowa Volunteers.

Colonel William L. Orme, of the 94th Illinois Volunteers.

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

E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate First Assistant Engineer Thomas J. Jones to be a chief engineer in the Navy, from the 16 January, 1863, to fill a vacancy.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 19 January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw the nomination of Abram Hyatt as collector of the 10th collection district, in the State of New York, and nominate John B. Wandle, of Rockland County in said State for the position.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 19, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment as hospital chaplains in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 19 th, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 19, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment as hospital chaplains, under the act approved May 20, 1862:

William K. Talbot, of Kentucky.

W. H. D. Hatton, of Pennsylvania.

James Shrigley, of Pennsylvania.

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

E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officer named in the accompanying communication for regular promotion in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 19, 1863.

War Department, January 19, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following regular promotion in the Army of the United States: ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Major James B. Fry, assistant adjutant-general, to be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of a lieutenant-colonel, December 31, 1862, vice Garesché, killed in battle.

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

E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 20, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 20, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. To be assistant adjutant-generals with the rank of major.

First Lieutenant Joseph S. Fullerton, of the 2d Missouri Volunteers.

Lieutenant Wm. P. McDowell, of the 15th Kentucky Volunteers.

To be assistant adjutant-generals with the rank of captain.

Captain John Green, of the 4th Ohio Volunteers.

Captain William H. Abel, of the 9th New Jersey Volunteers.

Lieutenant Alexander H. Davis, of the 3d New York Artillery.

First Lieutenant F. W. Taggard, adjutant of the 14th Mass. Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert P. Wilson, adjutant of the 16th New York Volunteers.

Lieutenant George A. Holloway, adjutant of the 33d Missouri Volunteers.

First Lieutenant Winer Bidford, adjutant of the 48th Illinois Volunteers.

Lieutenant Rollin C. Olin, of the 3d Minnesota Volunteers.

Lieutenant George Clendenin, jr, of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers.

Second Lieutenant John Speed, of the 9th Kentucky Cavalry.

First Lieutenant Alexander A. Rice, of the 72d Indiana Volunteers.

First Lieutenant George Lee, of the 2nd Michigan Cavalry.

Lieutenant Phelps Paine, of the 9th Illinois Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert P. McKnight, adjutant of the 14th Illinois Volunteers.

Jefferson L. Dugger, of the District of Columbia.

JUDGE-ADVOCATE'S DEPARTMENT.

First Lieutenant G. Irvine Whitehead, of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, to be judge-advocate with the rank of major, for the Army commanded by Major-General Keyes.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

Captain Orson O. Potter, of the 31st New York Volunteers.

Sergeant L. H. Holabird, of the 11th Ohio Volunteers. James Pratt, of Michigan.

0098 96 SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

James H. Johnson, of Michigan.

Charles E. Kellogg, of Michigan.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

James M. McNulty, of California, to be surgeon.

To be assistant surgeon.

Samuel D. Turney, of Ohio.

George R. Weeks, of Ohio.

PAY DEPARTMENT. To be additional paymaster.

Eli Van Valkenburg, of Michigan.

Ferdinand Hinckley, of Illinois.

N. M. Knapp, of Illinois.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons mimed in the accompanying list for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 20, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 20, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States: Adjutant-General's Department.

Captain James A. Hardie, of the Fifth Artillery, to be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of major, vice Fry, promoted.

Quartermaster's Department.

First Lieutenant William B. Hughes, of the Ninth Infantry, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, vice Hascall, who vacates his staff commission.

First, Lieutenant Francis I. Cilley, of the Seventh Infantry, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, vice Tallmadge, deceased.

First Lieutenant Augustus G. Robinson, of the Third Artillery, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain, vice Bainbridge, who vacates his staff commission.

0099 97 Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry.

Sergeant Orrin E. Davis, of Company H, 2d Battalion, to be second lieutenant.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 21, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 21, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States: PAY DEPARTMENT. To be additional paymasters.

William H. McAllister, of Illinois.

L. C. Ball, of New York.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Charles A. Beebe, of California, to be receiver of public moneys for the district of lands subject to sale at Los Angeles, California, vice Lewis Sperry, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C, January 21, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Henry A. Wiltse, of Dubuque, Iowa, to be surveyor-general of the United States for the district of Iowa and Wisconsin, vice Thomas J. Townsend, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C, January 22, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate William T. Otto, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C, January 22, 1863

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of William A. Murfey, Edwin V. Sumner and others, Silas Casey and others, John S. Hassler, Oliver Matthews, Jonathan E. McKusick and others, John S. Davis, jr., and others To 0100 98 V. Dubois and others, William K. Talbot and others, James B. Fry, Joseph S, Fullerton and others, James A. Hurdle and others, William H. McAllister and L. C. Ball, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

Ordered, That the nomination of Thomas J. Jones be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of John B. Wandle be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the nominations of Charles A. Beebe and Henry A. Wiltse be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Ordered, That the nomination of William T. Otto be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

The Senate, in pursuance of the order of the 19th instant, proceeded to consider the nomination of W. Penn Clarke; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of W. Penn Clarke, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred, the 5th December last, the nomination of William B. Shubrick, reported.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Hiram Paulding; and

On the question, Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Hiram Paulding?

It was determined in the negative,

Yeas 14

Nays 21

On motion by Mr. Hale,

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Browning, Foster, Grimes, Harris, Hicks, King, Pomeroy, Powell, Rice, Sherman, Ten Eyck, Turpie, Wall, Wilson of Missouri.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Anthony, Arnold, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Davis, Dixon, Fessenden, Foot, Hale, Harding, Harlan, Henderson, Howard, Lane of Kansas, Morrill, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson of Massachusetts.

So it was

Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Hiram Paulding.

Mr. Foot submitted the following motion for consideration:

That the vote on the foregoing resolution be reconsidered.

MONDAY, January 26, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw the nomination of J. N. Dewey as assessor of the 5th district of the State of Iowa,,and nominate Cole Noel, esq., of Dallas County, for the position.

I also nominate Thomas S. Conley as collector of the 2nd district of Virginia.

Also, George C. Tyler as collector and John M. Down as assessor of the 4th district in the same State.

Also, Halsey F. Cooper as assessor of the 1st district of the State of Tennessee.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 20, 1863.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 22, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 22, 1863.

John Stewart, of Illinois.

Adam Fisher, of Kansas.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying Communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 23, 1863.

War Department, January 23, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-general.

Captain Richard Arnold, of the Fifth Regiment U. S. Artillery.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. To be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

H. E. Goodman, clerk Quatermaster's Department.

Lieutenant Robert Harris, regimental quartermaster 17th Mass. Vols.

Lieutenant Samuel E. Rundle, of the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry.

Thomas Allen, of Missouri.

PAY DEPARTMENT. To be additional paymasters.

I. F. Price, of Ohio.

James L. Cramer, of New York.

Edmund Gifford, of Illinois.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate James McBride, of Oregon, to be minister resident of the United States at the Hawaiian Islands, in the place of Thomas J. Dryer, commissioner, recalled.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 26 th January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Edwin C. Larned, of Illinois, to be judge on the part of the United States at Sierra Leone, under the treaty with Her Britannic Majesty, of the 7th of April last, for the suppression of the African slave trade.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 26 th January, 1863.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of Cole Noel and others be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the nominations of John Stewart, Adam Fisher, Richard Arnold and others be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

Ordered, That the nomination of James McBride be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Ordered, That the nomination of Edwin C. Larned be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred, the 7th instant, the nomination of Zenas C. Robbins, reported.

Mr. Wade, from the Committee on Territories, to whom were referred, the 7th instant, the nominations of W. F. M. Arny and Elwood Evans, reported.

Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 7th instant, the nominations of Charles Gilbert Wheeler, Noah L. Wilson, J. T. Howard, Deodat Brastow, F. Cosby, Richard A. Edes, William E. Phelps, William G. Thomas, jr, and Marquis D. L. Lane, reported.

Mr. Arnold, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 16th instant, the nominations of James Smith and W. R. G. Mellen, reported.

Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, the 22d instant, the nomination of William T. Otto, reported.

Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 14th instant, the nomination of Frederick Eckfeldt, reported.

Whereupon

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

Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relation, to whom was referred, the 5th instant, the convention for the mural adjustment of claims between the United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador, concluded at Guayaquil November 25, 1862, reported the same without amendment.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of William B. Shubrick, George S. Blake, Cadwalader Ringgold, Henry W. Morris, James L. Lardner, Henry K. Hoff, Charles Henry Davis, Henry H. Bell, William Smith, John W. Livingston, Henry K. Thatcher, William D. Porter, John S. Missroon, Robert B. Hitchcock, Joseph Lehman, 0103 101 Thomas Turner (as captain in the Navy on the active list), Charles H. Poor (as captain in the Navy on the active list), Timothy A. Hunt (as captain in the Navy on the active list, Sylvanus W. Godon (as captain in the Navy on the active list), Thomas Turner (as commodore in the Navy), Charles H. Poor (as commodore in the Navy), Timothy A. Hunt (as commodore in the Navy), and Sylvanus W. Godon (as commodore in the Navy); and

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

WEDNESDAY, January 28, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 26, 1863.

War Department, January 26, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-general.

Colonel C. L. Mathies, of the 5th Iowa Infantry.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT. To be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of captain.

John P. Finkelneir, of New Jersey (for General Revere).

SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

William E. McLelland, of Indiana.

William Thompson, of Pennsylvania.

E. Sanford Blake, of Wisconsin.

PAY DEPARTMENT. To be additional paymasters.

George F. Carpenter, of Ohio.

Benton McConnell, of Wisconsin.

Charles E. Curtice, of Wisconsin.

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

EDWARD M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 26, 1863.

War Department, Washigton, January 26, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be major-generals.

Brigadier General Abner Doubleday, of the United States Volunteers.

Francis P. Blair, of Missouri.

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

EDWIN STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 26, 1863.

War Department, January 26, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-generals.

Colonel Frederick S. Stumbaugh, of the 78th Pennsylvania Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Colonel Edwin C. Mason, of the 7th Maine Volunteers.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Passed Assistant Surgeon Robert L. Weber to be a surgeon in the Navy, to take rank next after Surgeon David Kindleberger, to fill a vacancy caused by the transfer of Surgeon Thomas Dillard to the retired list.

Daniel D. Gilbert, of Massachusetts, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, vice R. L. Weber, nominated for promotion.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., January 26, 1863.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate William E. Hines, of Rhode Island, to be consul of the United States at Zanzibar in the place of William S. Speer, recalled.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 27, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw the name of Josiah Gale, of Illinois, nominated as additional paymaster.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

December 23, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Andrew Wylie, of Virginia, to be judge of the criminal court for the District of Columbia, in the place of Thomas H. Crawford, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

City of Washington, 28 th January, 1863.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of C. L. Mathies and others, Abner Doubleday, Francis P. Blair, jr., Frederick S. Stumbaugh, and E. C. Mason be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

Ordered, That the nominations of Robert L. Weber and Daniel D. Gilbert be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of Andrew Wylie be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the nomination of William E. Hines be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred the nominations therein referred to, submitted the following report:

The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred the nominations of the several major-generals and brigadier-generals and hospital chaplains appointed since the last session of Congress find no law authorizing said appointments, and recommend that the nominations be returned to the President.

Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred, the 23d instant, the nominations of Charles A. Beebe and Henry A. Wiltse, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Charles A. Beebe and Henry A. Wiltse, agreeably to their nominations respectively.

Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred, the 22d December last, the nominations of Nathaniel J. Miller and others, reported the same with the exception of Alfred M. Wood, William Maston, and Turner R. King.

Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred, the 11th instant, the nomination of Isaac W. Smith, the 22d instant that of John B. Wandel, and the 26th instant those of Cole Noel, Thomas S. Conley, George C. Tyler, John M. Down, and Halsey F. Cooper, reported.

Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, the 26th instant, the nomination of Edwin C. Larned, reported.

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Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 22d December last, the nomination of Harvey Palmer, reported.

Whereupon

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

On motion by Mr. Lane, of Indiana,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of William T. Otto; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment, of William T. Otto, agreeably to the nomination.

The convention for the mutual adjustment of claims between the United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador was read the second time and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved ( two-thirds of the Senators present concurring ), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the convention for the mutual adjustment of claims between the United States of America and the Republic of Ecuador, concluded at Guayaquil November 25, 1862.

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said resolution; and on the question to agree thereto,

It was unanimously determined in the affirmative.

FRIDAY, January 30, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the following persons to be justices of the peace for the county of Washington, District of Columbia, whose terms of service will expire on the 2d of February, 1863:

Charles Wiltberger, Hamilton Loughborough, Thomas I. Fisher, William A. Mulloy, Barney B. Cassen, James Lawrenson, Jenkin Thomas, Joseph Peck, Thomas C. Donn, James Cull, Francis I. Murphey, Hillary C. Spalding, O. E. P. Hazard, Joshua Pierce, P. Henry King, Wm. Thompson, Henry Naylor, Thomas I. Williams.

And I also nominate to be justices of the peace for the county of Washington, District of Columbia, Royston Betts and Albert G. Lawrence, heretofore appointed during the recess of the Senate.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

City of Washington, 28 th January, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the following officers to be lieutenants in the Navy, from the 1st of August, 1862, to fill existing vacancies in that grade, viz:

Samuel W. Preston, Roswell H. Lamson, Edwin T. Brower, Elliott C. V. Blake, John H. Rowland, Moreau Forrest, Frederick R. Smith. James P. Robertson. Charles L. Huntington, Rufus K. Duer, Louis Kempff, Herbert B. Tyson, Smith W. Nichols, Archibald N. Mitchell, Nathaniel W. Thomas, Francis J. Higginson, John McFarland, George W. Sumner, Charles W. Zimmerman, Benjamin F. Day, Stephen A. McCarty, and Henry C. Tallman.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington City, 28 January, 1863.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw the name of William H. Kemble, of Pennsylvania, who was nominated for appointment as additional paymaster December 23, 1862.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 28, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw the nomination of John B. Wandle as collector of internal revenue for the 10th collection district in the State of New York.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Mansion, Washington, January 29, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for regular promotion and appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 28, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 28, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following regular promotions and appointments in the Army of the United States: PROMOTIONS. Medical Department.

Assistant Surgeon John F. Randolph to be surgeon, August 27, 1862, vice De Camp, retired.

Second Regiment of Cavalry.

Second Lieutenant James G. Potter to be first lieutenant, November 25, 1862, vice Burton, dismissed.

Fourth Regiment of Cavalry.

First Lieutenant Thomas H. McCormick to be captain, December 14, 1862, vice Bayard, died of wounds received in battle.

Second Lieutenant Copley Amory to be first lieutenant, October 17, 1862, vice L'Hommedieu, the regimental commissary.

Second Lieutenant William O'Connell to be first lieutenant, December 14, 1862, vice McCormick, promoted.

Sixth Regiment of Cavalry.

First Lieutenant Ira W. Claflin to be captain, December 23, 1862, vice Savage, resigned.

Second Lieutenant Isaac M. Ward to be first lieutenant, October 20, 1862, vice Dodge, dropped.

Second Lieutenant Albert Coats to be first lieutenant, December 23, 1862, vice Enos, who vacates his regimental commission.

Second Lieutenant Joseph Kerin to be first lieutenant, December 23, 1862, vice Claflin, promoted.

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Second Lieutenant Harry C. Cushing to be first lieutenant, September 17, 1862, vice Baker, killed in battle.

Second Lieutenant Eugene A. Bancroft to be first lieutenant, December 13, 1862, vice Dickenson, killed in battle.

Brevet Second Lieutenant Sylvanus T. Rugg. of the Second Artillery, to be second lieutenant, October 22, 1862, vice Cushing, promoted.

Brevet Second Lieutenant John W. Roder, of the Second Artillery, to be second lieutenant, December 13, 1862, vice Bancroft, promoted.

Fifth Regiment of Artillery.

Brevet Second Lieutenant W. W. Williams, of the Second Artillery, to be second lieutenant, December 29, 1862, vice Taliaferro, resigned.

Fifth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Allen L. Anderson to be captain, December 3, 1862, vice Elwood, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Franklin Cook to be first lieutenant, December 3, 1862, vice Anderson, promoted.

Eleventh Regiment of Infantry.

Second Lieutenant Irvin B. Wright to be first, lieutenant, December 15, 1862, vice Gray, deceased.

Twelfth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Stephen Van Rensselaer to be captain, December 20, 1862, vice Pennington, resigned.

Second Lieutenant William McC. Netterville to be first lieutenant, December 20, 1862, vice Van Rensselaer, promoted.

Seventeenth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Clarence H. Corning to be captain, December 11, 1862, vice Spencer, resigned.

First Lieutenant Thomas C. J. Bailey to be captain, December 14, 1862, vice McLandburgh, killed in battle.

Second Lieutenant Alexander Mewzies to be first lieutenant, November 25, 1862, vice Carpenter, dismissed.

Second Lieutenant George W. Smith to be first lieutenant, December 11, 1862, vice Corning, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Lyman H. Warren to be first lieutenant, December 14, 1862, vice Bailey, promoted.

Eighteenth Regiment of Infantry.

First Lieutenant Nathaniel C. Kinney to be captain, November 25, 1862, vice Breslin, dismissed.

Second Lieutenant Gilbert S. Carpenter to be first lieutenant, November 25, 1862, vice Kinney, promoted.

0109 107 APPOINTMENTS. Third Regiment of Cavalry.

Private Samuel Hildeburn, of the United States Army, to be second lieutenant, vice Texter, whose appointment has been revoked.

Fourth Regiment of Cavalry.

Sergeant-Major John G. Webster to be second lieutenant, vice O'Connell, promoted.

Fifth Regiment of Cavalry.

Sergeant William Brophy, of Company D, to be second lieutenant, vice Hastings, the regimental adjutant.

Sergeant John Stoddard, of Company I, to be second lieutenant to fill an original vacancy.

Fifth Regiment of Infantry.

Sergeant Samuel L. Compton, of Company E, to be second lieutenant, vice Cook, promoted.

Seventh Regiment of Infantry.

Sergeant Richard Comba, of Company E, to be second lieutenant, vice Rice, whose appointment has been revoked.

Eleventh Regiment of Infantry.

Sergeant David Hazzard, of Company F, to be second lieutenant, vice Wright, promoted.

Twelfth Regiment of Infantry.

Sergeant D. W. Carr, of Company B, Second Battalion, to be second lieutenant, vice Netterville, promoted.

Sergeant W. W. Patterson, of Company F, Second Battalion, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 28, 1863.

War Department, January 28, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: AIDES DE-CAMP UNDER THE ACT OF JULY 17, 1862. To be aides-de-camp with the rank of major.

Captain Oscar A. Mack, of the 13th U. S. Infantry (for major-general George H. Thomas, commanding 14th Army Corps).

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Captain Louis H. Buford, of the 3d Kentucky Cavalry (for Major-General T. L. Crittenden, commanding 21st Army Corps).

To be aides-de-camp with the rank of captain.

Lieutenant John P. Willard, of the 31st Wisconsin Volunteers (for Major-General George H. Thomas, commanding 14th Army Corps).

Sandford C. Kellogg, of New York (for Major-General George H. Thomas, commanding 14th Army Corps).

Lieutenant George H. Knox, of Illinois Artillery (for Major-General T. L. Crittenden, commanding 21st Army Corps).

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 28, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 28, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

Charles B. Wilder, of Massachusetts, to be assistant quartermaster of Volunteers with rank of captain.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON. Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 28, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 28, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Quartermaster's Department.

Lieutenant F. T. Starkweather, of the 1st Wisconsin Volunteers, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

Pay Department.

Alexander Freeman, of Pennsylvania, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON. Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I with draw the name of William Thompson, of Pennsylvania, nominated as assistant quartermaster of Volunteers with the rank of captain, December 23, 1862, he having since been nominated as commissary of subsistence of Volunteers with the rank of captain, January 26, 1863.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 29, 1863.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of Charles Wiltberger and others be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Ordered, That the nomination of Samuel W. Preston and others be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nominations of John F. Randolph and others, Oscar A. Mack and others, Charles B. Wilder, F.T. Starkweather, and Alexander Freeman be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

Mr. Arnold, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 28th instant, the nomination of Wm. E. Hines, reported.

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of William E. Hines, agreeably to the nomination.

TUESDAY, February 3, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Peter H. Watson, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of War, in place of Christopher P. Wolcot, esq., resigned, the law under which Mr. Watson has heretofore acted having expired.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

February 2, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 31, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 31, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-general.

Captain James St. C. Morton, of the Corps of Engineers, November 29, 1862.

0112 110 SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Emil Marthell, of Illinois.

George P. Jacobs, of Illinois.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment as hospital chaplain in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 31, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 31, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment as hospital chaplain, under the act approved May 20, 1862:

William H. Corkhill, of Iowa.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, January 31, 1863.

War Department, Washington, January 30, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be aide-de-camp under the act of July 17, 1862.

Lieutenant Louis J. Howard, of the 33d Pennsylvania Volunteers, with the rank of captain (for Major-General E. D. Keyes, commanding 4th Army Corps).

Adjutant-general's Department. To be assistant adjutants-general with the rank of captain.

Captain Morgan H. Bailhache, of the — Illinois Volunteers.

Lieutenant Charles A. Partridge, of the 48th Ohio Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert P. Wilson, of the 16th New York Volunteers.

Lieutenant James D. Wood, of the 2d Wisconsin Volunteers.

Lieutenant Adam E. King, of the 31st New York Volunteers.

0113 111 QUARTERMASTERS DEPARTMENT. To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

Captain Charles Worms, of the 58th New York Volunteers.

A. W. Semple, of Ohio.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment as hospital chaplains in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 2 d, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 2, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment as hospital chaplains, under the act approved May 20, 1862:

C. Vansantvoord, of New York.

Almon Gregory, of Indiana.

Z. K. Hawley, of illinois.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of James St C. Morton and others, William H. Corkhill, Louis J. Howard and others, and C. Vansantvoord and others be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

On moiton by Mr. Fessenden,

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of Peter H. Watson; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Peter H. Watson, agreeably to the nomination.

Mr. Wilson, of Missouri, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred, the 8th December last, the articles of agreement and convention concluded at the Great Nemaha Agency, Nebraska Territory, the 6th March, 1861, between Daniel Vanderslice, United States Indian agent, on the part of the United States, and delegates of the Sacs and Foxes of the Missouri, reported the same with amendments.

Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, the 8th January, the nominations of Joseph K. Barnes, Frank H. Hamilton, Peter Pineo, Augustus C. Hamlin, and George K. Johnson, reported.

Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 8th December last, the treaty concluded at the Kansas agency, in the State of Kansas, the 13th of March, 1862, between H. W. Farnsworth, commissioner on the part of the United States of 0114 112 America, and the chiefs and headmen of the Kansas tribe of Indians, reported the same with amendments.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Nathaniel J. Miller, Nathaniel G. Marshall, Jesse S. Lyford, Hannibal Belcher, Peter F. Sanborn, George W. Wilcox, Aaron A. Wing, George P. Sewall, John West, Nathaniel A. Joy, James M. Lovering, George M. Herring, John Kimball, Daniel P. Wheeler, Bolivar Lovell, Joseph Poland, Wm. C. Kittredge, George A. Merrill, Thomas E. Powers, Carlos Baxter, Henry C. Adams, Walter C. Durfee, Charles G. Davis, Charles P. Huntington, Elias S. Beals, James W. Stone, James Ritchie, John Sargent, Otis Clapp, J. Vincent Browne, Amos Noyes, George Cogswell, Charles Hudson, John Nesmith, C. C. Esty, Adin Thayer, Ivers Phillips, Daniel W. Alvord, Amasa Norcross, Edward R. Tinker, Chas. N. Emerson, L. B. Frieze, Thomas G. Turner, William D. Brayton, William A. Pirce, Mark Howard, Alphonso C. Crosby, John Woodruff, John B. Wright, Ezra Dean, Jesse S. Ely, David F. Hollister, Reuben Rockwell, George F. Carman, Henry W. Eastman, John Williams, Henry C. Bowen, William E. Robinson, John Mack, Pierre C. Van Wyck, Joseph Hoxie, George F. Bellows, William Orton, John F. Cleveland, Marshall B. Blake, George F. Steinbrenner, George P. Putnam, Anthony J. Bleecker, Edgar Ketchum, Homer Franklin, Horace M. Dewey, John G. Wilkin, James C. Curtis, Joshua T. Waterman, James Mackin, Frederick Cooke, Theodore Townsend, John G. Treadwell, Gideon Reynolds, Philip H. Neher, Walter A. Faxon, Lawrence Myers, Erasmus D. Brooks, Uriah D. Meeker, James H. Burr, Geo. T. Hanford, George W. Ernst, Hascall Ransford, Lawrence L. Merry, Nelson J. Beach, Thomas R. Walker, Charles M. Dennison, Ralph H. Avery, Leonard Ames, Alfred Wilkinson, William Candee, William A. Halsey, Joseph W. Gates, Lewis Peck, Simon C. Hitchcock, Alfred Wells, Seymour F. Denton, John J. Nicks, John W. Graves, John B. Halsted, James P. Murphy, Philip Dorsheimer, Otis F. Presbrey, Milton Smith, Henry S. Woodruff, Sheridan Shook, S. P. Gilbert, William S. Sharp, Joseph C. Sparks, Stephen B. Smith, George W. Cowperthwait, Elston Marsh, Robert Rusling, Eugene Ayres, Nathaniel Lane, Daniel M. Wilson, George A. Halsey, Jesper Harding, Washington Keith, John H. Diehl, Thomas W. Sweney, William J. Wainwright, J. Fletcher Budd, John M. Riley, Delos P. Southworth, John W. Cowell, Edwin T. Chase, David Newport, Samuel McHouse, William Baker, Thomas W. Cheyney, Diller Luther, Alexander P. Tutton, Alexander H. Hood, James K. Alexander, James A. Inness, John Early, Edgar T. Foster, Samuel Oliver, Joseph H. Scranton, William Jessup, H. Lawrence Scott, Benjamin P. Fortner, Adam K. Fahnestock, Daniel Kendig, Levi Kauffman, Horace Bonham, Edward Scull, Robert G. Harper, Samuel J. Royer, Thomas P. Campbell, George Bubb, George Boal, John W. Douglass, Daniel Livingston, William F. Clark, Joseph H. Lenhart, Jasper M. Thompson, D. W. Shryock, John Shea, Henry A. Weaver, David Nye White, Samuel Marks, David Sankey, Samuel Davenport, Charles H. B. Day, John P. McLear, James T. McCullough, George M. Russum, James L. Ridgely, John W. Webster, Wm. E. Beale, Frederick Schley, Elias Davis, George W. Dawson, William Welling, George D. Blakey, Charles S. Todd, William M. Spencer, Philip Speed, Edgar Needham, Richard Apperson, A. L. Greer, Thomas Spooner, Charles R. Fosdick, R. M. W. Taylor, James Pullan, John L. Martin, William Miner, F. M. Wright, James Walker, Shelby Taylor, George W. Beery, David Sanders, Daniel H. Murphy, A. P. Stone, Isaac M. Barrett, Isaac Ranney, C. S. Hamilton, John F. Dewey, Luther A. Hall, S. A. Raymond, E. Graham, John Campbell, Daniel 0115 113 McFarland, Nathan Denny, Charles F. Shaeffer, Albert A. Guthrie, Benjamin Grant, W. B. Gates, Aaron Pardee, Eliakim H. Moore, Israel R. Waters, Charles J. Albright, John H. Barnhill, Jos. R. Arter, Joseph C. McCleary, Richard C. Parsons, John E. Hurlbut, Henry Fassett, Horace Y. Beebe, Horace B. Shepherd, James G. Hutchinson, Henry Crawford, Thomas C. Slaughter, John S.S. Hunter, William F. Browning, James L. Yater, U. V. Kyger, Samuel W. Harlan, John Yaryan, Theodore P. Haughey, Wm. A. Bradshaw, John G. Crain, James Farrington, John L. Smith, Joseph Potter, John F. Dodds, David Turner, Warren H. Withers, James T. Frazer, Dewitt C. Chipman, Winburn R. Pierce, Samuel H. Gardiner, Theophile Papin, John F. Schneider, Philip Wadsworth, Wait Talcott, Duncan Furguson, Henry A. Mix, Lester H. Robinson, Seth C. Sherman, William D. Henderson, John H. Bryant, Thomas C. Moore, Lewis Ellsworth, Eri L. Waterman, W.T. Cunningham, George W. Rives, Peter Folsom, William G. Green, Amos C. Babcock, Jediah F. Alexander, John Moses, Robert D. Noleman, Peter Smith, Willard C. Flagg, John Scheil, Daniel G. Hay, De Witt C. Barbour, L. G. Berry, Jos. R. Bennett, Alexander H. Morrison, Elisha J. House, Ira Mayhew, Whitney Jones, Aaron B. Turner, Alonzo Sessions, Dexter Mussey, Luther Stanley, Samuel N. Warren, Townsend North, Thomas J. Emerson, Charles A. Bronson, Edwin R. Wadsworth, David Atwood, J. H. Warren, B. W. Brisbois, J. H. Babcock, Orrin Hatch, Horace Meriam, George Gary, W. T. Price, James B. Gray, J. C. Walker, R. M. Pickel, George W. Ells, Phny Fay, Levi Fuller, Jesse T. Jarrett, William F. Cowles, G. H. Jerome, Horace Everett, S. B. Hewitt, jr., Delos Arnold, James Sweet, J. H. Burbank, John Norris Hall, Geo. W. Baker, H. G. O. Morrison, John Speer, James F. Legate, George W. Brown, Daniel Witter, Charles Blumner, Vincent St. Vrain, Robert T. Burton, Jesse C. Little, James S. Dilley, Warren Wasson, William Y. Patch, Caleb T. Fay, F. B. Murdock, Richard Savage, John Sedgwick, D. K. Swim, A. A. DeLong, J. M. Avery, Charles Maltby, William A. Eliason, Lawrence W. Coe, Thomas Fraser, H. A. Goldsborough, J. G. Sparks, Sayles J. Bowen, Peter M. Pearson, John Parkinson, A. G. Leonard, Isaac W. Smith, Cole Noel, Thomas S. Conley, George C. Tyler, John M. Down, and Halsey F. Cooper; and

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

FRIDAY, February 6, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw the name of Arthur Resley, of Wisconsin, nominated as additional paymaster, December 23, 1862.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 3, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

In pursuance of the joint resolution of Congress approved 3 February, 1863, tendering its thanks to Commander John L. Worden, U. S. Navy, I nominate that officer to be a captain in the Navy, on the active list, from the 3d February, 1863.

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It may be proper to state that the number of captains authorized by the 2d section of the act of 16 July, 1862, is now full, but presuming that the meaning of the 9th section of the same act is that the officer receiving the vote of thanks shall immediately be advanced one grade, I have made the nomination.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., February 4, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 2, 1863.

War Department, February 2, 1863.

George Patten, of New York.

QUARTERMASTER'S DEPARTMENT. To be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

John Field, of Illinois.

PAY DEPARTMENT.

Robert Smith, of Wisconsin, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment as hospital chaplains, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 2, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 2, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment as hospital chaplains, under the act approved May 20, 1862:

Joseph Anderson, of Michigan.

William L. Mather, of Massachusetts.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 4, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 4, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States: Second Regiment of Infantry.

Charles L. Noggle, of Wisconsin, to be second lieutenant, January 31, 1863, vice Thieme, whose appointment has been revoked.

George A. Rowley, of Missouri, to be second lieutenant, January 31, 1863, vice Markley, promoted.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 4, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 4, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the Unitedd States:

Orison Graves, of New York, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate George Van Campen, of New York, to be consul of the United States at Liege.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 5 th February, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate John M. G. Parker to be deputy postmaster at New Orleans, Louisiana, in place of John L. Riddell.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Feb. 6, 1863.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 6, 1863.

War Department, February 6, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named person for appointment in the Volunteer, force now in the service of the United States: Pay Department.

John M. Austin, of New York, to be additional paymaster, October 21, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of George Patten and others, Joseph Anderson, William L. Mather, Charles L. Noggle, George A. Rowley, Orison Graves, and John M. Austin be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

Ordered, That the nomination of John L. Worden be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of George Van Campen be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Ordered, That the nomination of John M. G. Parker be referred to the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads.

Mr. King, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 6th January, the nomination of Franklin Knight, and the 9th of January that of Samuel G. Pond, reported.

Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, the 19th January, the nominations of Joseph Hooker, Joseph Holt, Elias B. Carling, John F. Rodgers, Gustavus A. Hull, Harrison Allen, William P. Crier, Thomas McMillen, Edward Brooks, Chas. P, Russell, Thomas H. Ridgely, Charles C. Lee, Samuel H. Orton, John W. Brewer, John Homans, jr., John Brooke, William H. Gardner, Hennel Stevens, Henry N. Rittenhouse, Victor Zoeller, Henry Johnson, Robert T. Creamer, George Wright, William Adams, William Walters, Henry Ogilvie, William Dean, Reuben F. Bernard, William T. Pennock, Thomas McGregor, Edward Myers, Harrison Moulton, John McDonald, John S. Walker, Jeremiah Harrington, Robert Lennox, Edward J. Spalding, Michael Lawless, Peter Rinner, Elijah R. Wells, Charles K. Kershaw, Charles Lewis, Daniel Flynn, Paul Quirk, Charles Meinhold, Richard Wall, Gerald Russell, John Fulvey, Deane Monahan, William Ewing, Douglas A. Murray, Thomas Haley, John Lee, Elbridge G. Roys, Joseph Rendelbrook, Gustavus Urban, Jeremiah C. Denny, Philip Dwyer, Henry Jones, Henry Baker, James Hastings, Robert Sweatman, James T. Baden, Robert H. Montgomery, Nicholas Nolan, John A. Irwin, Henry McQuiston, Tullius C. Tupper, John C. Rosseau, Louis H. Carpenter, Francis Ringgold, Bullard 0119 117 S. Humphrey, Joseph Kieffe, Sylvanus T. Rugg, John W. Roder, W. W. Williams, Louis Smith, James Davison, Christopher F. Merkle, James Thompson, Joshua A. Fessenden, Alexander J. McDonald, Charles Siman, Chas. Holman, Samuel Peeples, Frederick Robinson, William Falck, Rudolph Thieme, Francis E. Lacey, Thomas Byrne, Daniel W. Burke, Robert Davis, James Butler, August Kaiser, Stanly Mourton, Louis M. Hamilton, John Miller, John Simmons, George McDermott, George Anderson, James McKeim, Thomas Britton, John W. Clous, Michael C. Boyce, George Hamilton, Elijah D. Brigham, Oscar H. Nealey, Lemuel Puttee, James Kennington, George Lamonion, August Thieman, Madison Earle, Benjamin H. Geary, Joseph L. Horr, Henry L. Beck, Patrick H. Moroney, Chambers McKibbin, Roman H. Gray, Samuel B. Honey, William H. Heilman, Mason Jackson, Charles A. M. Estes, William G. Wedemeyer, Lewis H. Sanger, William H. Chamberlain, Alexander Menzies, George W. Smith, Lyman H. Warren, Edward S. Abbott, James H. Bradford, Alfred Townsend, Charles Whiteacre, Wilbur F. Arnold, George W. Johnson, Arthur B. Carpenter, Douglas Edwards, William H. Wheeler, Robert Arpes, John M. Wilson, Franklin Harwood, John W. Barlow, Peter C. Hains, Francis H. Wilson, Charles Newbold, James E. Wilson, John H. Calep, Samuel B. McIntire, Albert M. Murray, Frank W. Oakley, George O. McMullin, Edward Fitzgerald, Edwin J. Conway, B. L. Fletcher, Tempel Buford, George Dost, Gerhard L. Luhn, James J. Emerson, T. S. Bowers, George Taylor, George Hammond, B. J. D. Irwin, George G. Meade, Henry L. Abbott, Charles N. Trumbull, John W. Todd, William H. Harris, Albert G. Brackett, John P. Baker, John Feilner, George B. Sanford, Cæsar R. Fisher, Frederick C. Ogden, James C. Hunt, Edward T. Benton, Joseph S. Hoyer, David Perry, Clifton Comly, John H. Nichols, Edward P. Bigelow, Charles J. Whiting and others, John Barry and others, Levi C. Turner, John A. Bolles, John C. Knox, Guido N. Lieber, Ralston Skinner, George H. A. Dimpfel, John H. Kane, Edward Murphy, Samuel Morgan, Daniel T. Wells, Henry Wagner, Henry Kochford, John McIntosh, Amaziah J. Barber, Silas A. Miller, George P. Sanford, Reuben C. Little, John S. Lind, David De W. Corderey, George F. White, E. N. Wilcox, Samuel C. Williamson, James S. Ostrander, Rufus P. Gates, James E. Mitchell, Frank B. Bennett, William H. Madeira, Silas Casey, John S. Hassler, James B. Fry, James A. Hurdle and others, and John F. Randolph and others, reported.

Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to Whom was referred, the 19th January, the nomination of Richard Skinner, reported.

On motion by Mr. Wilmot,

Ordered, That the Secretary request the President of the Unitep States to return to the Senate the resolution advising and consenting to the appointment of George Boals.

Mr. Wilmot submitted the following motion for consideration:

That the resolution of the Senate advising and consenting to the appointment of George Boals be reconsidered.

On motion by Mr. Cowan,

Ordered, That the Secretary request the President of the United States to return to the Senate the resolution advising and consenting to the appointment of Thomas P. Campbell.

Mr. Cowan submitted the following motion for consideration:

That the resolution of the Senate advising and consenting to the appointment of Thomas P. Campbell be reconsidered.

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The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Thomas G. Jones; and

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Thomas G. Jones, agreeably to the nomination.

The articles of agreement and convention, concluded at the Great Nemaha Agency, Nebraska Territory, the 6th of March, 1861, between David Vanderslice, Indian agent, on the part of the United States, and delegates of the Sacs and Foxes of Missouri, was read the second time, and the articles of agreement, together with the amendments reported by the Committee on indian Affairs, were considered as in Committee of the Whole; and

On the question to agree to the said amendments, it was unanimously determined in the affirmative; and no further amendment being made, the articles of agreement were reported to the Senate.

Mr. Doolittle submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved ( two-thirds of the Senators present concurring ), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the articles of agreement and convention concluded at the Great Nemaha Agency, Nebraska Territory, the 6th March, 1861, between David Vanderslice, indian agent, on the part of the United States, and delegates of the Sacs and Foxes of Missouri, with the following amendments, to wit:

Insert the following as additional articles:

Article 10. The Secretary of the Interior may expend a sum not exceeding three thousand five hundred dollars out of the proceeds of the sales of said lands, at any time he may deem it advisable, for the purpose of erecting a toll-bridge across the Great Nemaha River at or near Roy's Ferry, for the use of the Iowa Indians; and a like sum of three thousand five hundred dollars out of the proceeds of the sales of said lands for the purpose of erecting a toll-bridge across the Great Nemaha River at or near Wolf Village, for the use of the Sacs and Foxes of Missouri.

Tolls shall be charged and collected for the use of said bridges at such rates and under such rules and regulations as may be established by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; the proceeds of such tolls to be expended as follows: 1 st, in making necessary repairs on said bridge; 2 d, for the use of said tribes respectively.

Article 11. It is further stipulated that whenever Congress shall by law so provide, all annuities due and to become due and puyable to the said tribes of Indians under this treaty, and under all previous treaties, may be paid in spacific articles, clothing, agricultural implements, and such other articles as Congress shall direct.

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said resolution, and unanimously agreed thereto.

Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the President of the United States.

The treaty concluded at the Kansas Agency, in the State of Kansas, the 13th of March, 1862, between H. W. Farnsworth, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and headmen of the Kansas tribe of Indians, was read the second time, and the treaty, together with the amendments reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs, were considered as in Committee of the Whole; and

On the question to agree to the said amendments, it was unanimously determined in the affirmative; and no further amendment being made, the treaty was reported to the Senate.

Mr. Doolittle submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved ( two-thirds of the Senators present concurring ), That the Senate 0121 119 advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty concluded at the Kansas Agency, in the State of Kansas, the 13th of March, 1862, be tween H. W. Farnsworth, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and headmen of the Kansas tribe of Indians, with the following amendments, to wit:

In Article 1, at the end of line 14th, insert not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of fifteen thousand dollars.

In article 1, after the word “treaty,” in line 22, insert not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of fourteen thousand four hundred and twenty one dollars.

In article 1, after the word “treaty,” in the 29th line, insert not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of thirty-six thousand three hundred and ninety-four dollars and forty-seven cents.

In article 1, after the word “reservation,” in line 34tb, strike out all to the end of the article, being these words: “Or of any part of the diminished reservation that may hereafter be offered for sale, or may be redeemed and paid out of the proceeds of sales of lands,when such proceeds have not theretofore been made applicable to other purposes named in said treaty.”

In article 2, after the word “Kansas,” in the 16th line, add: on the payment by said Huffaker of the appraised value of said land, at a rate of not less than one dollar and seventy-five cents per acre.

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said resolution, and unanimously agreed thereto.

Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the President of the United States.

MONDAY, February 9, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 4, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 4, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States.

To be major-generals.

Brigadier-General Robert H. Milroy, of the United States Volunteers.

Brigadier-General Richard J. Oglesby, of the United States Volunteers.

QUARTERMASTERS DEPARTMENT. To be assistant quartermasters with the rank of captain.

First Lieutenant George U. Meade regimental quartermaster of the Second New York Artillery.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:;

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 5, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 5, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following. named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be major-general.

Brigadier-General Orlando B. Wilcox, of the United States Volunteers.

Pay Department.

James R. Loffland, of Delaware, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 6, 1863.

War Department, February 6, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Pay Department.

Hiram S. Sleeper, of Kansas, to be additional paymaster.

Daniel M. Adams, of Kansas, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying Communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 6, 1863.

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War Department, Washington, February 6, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the United States: To be brigadier-generals.

Colonel Thomas J. C. Amory, of the 17th Massachusetts Volunteers (captain 7th U. S. Infantry).

Major George C. Strong, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers (1st lieutenant Ordnance Department).

I am, with great respect, your obedient servant,

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I hereby nominate J. R. Clarke as collector of internal revenue for the 4th district of California, in the place of A. A. Delong, removed.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Mansion, Washington, February 6, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 7, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 7, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

John B. S. Todd, of Dacotah Territory, to be brigadier-general.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington February 7, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 7, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Subsistence Department.

Joseph P. Longhead, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

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Thadens H. Stanton, of Iowa, to be additional paymaster, October 3, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Edward L. Kingsbury, of Maine. to be consul of the United States at Algiers, in the place of Everett C. Banfield, declined.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 9 th, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate dated February 6th, 1863, I herewith return to the Senate the confirmation of Thomas P. Campbell, assessor for the 17th district and George Boal, assessor for the 18th district of Pennsylvania.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Mansion, February 9, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I submit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to ratification, a “convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Peru, for the settlement of the pending claims of the citizens of either country against the other,” signed at Lima on the 12th January, ultimo, with the following amendment:

Article 1. Strike out the words, “The claims of the American citizens Dr. Charles Easton, Edmund Sartori, and the owners of the whale ship William Lee, against the Government of Peru, and the Peruvian citizen Stephen Montano against the Government of the United States,” and insert all claims of citizens of the United States against the Government of Peru, and of citizens of Peru against the Government of the United States, which have not been embraced in conventional or diplomatic agreement between the two Governments or their plenipotentiaries, and statements of which soliciting the interposition of either Government may, previously to the exchange of the ratifications of this convention have been filed in the Department of State at Washington, or the Department for Foreign Affairs at Lima, &c.

This amendment is considered desirable, as there are believed to be other claims proper for the consideration of the commission which are not among those specified in the original article, and because it is at least questionable whether either Government would be justified in incurring the expense of a commission for the sole purpose of disposing of the claims mentioned in that article.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 5, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I submit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to ratification, a “convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Peru providing for the reference to the King of Belgium of the claims 0125 123 arising out of the capture and confiscation of the ships Lizzie Thompson and Georgiana,” signed at Lima on the 20th December, 1862.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 5, 1863.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of Robert H. Milroy and others, Orlando B. Wilcox and James R. Loffland, Hiram S. Sleeper and Daniel M. Adams, Thomas J. C. Amory and George C. Strong, Joseph P. Longhead and Thadeus H. Stanton, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

Ordered, That the nomination of J. R. Clarke be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the nomination of Edward L. Kingsbury be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

On motion by Mr. Sumner,

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nomination of John B. S. Todd; and

On motion by Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts,

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

The convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Peru, providing for reference to the King of Belgium of the claims arising out of the capture and confiscation of the ships Lizzie Thompson and Georgiana, signed at Lima the 20th December, 1852, was read the first time.

On motion by Mr. Sumner,

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

The convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Peru, for the settlement of pending claims of the citizens of either country against the other, signed at Lima the 12th January ultimo, was read the first time.

On motion by Mr. Sumner,

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

On motion by Mr. Fessenden,

Ordered, That the Secretary request the President of the United States to return to the Senate the resolution advising and consenting to the appointment of A. L. Greer to be assessor of the fourth district of the State of Kentucky.

Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, the 19th January last, the nominations of Sidney Clark, Chester Thomas, and George S. Gaylord, reported.

Whereupon

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

Mr. Doolittle, flora the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 8th December last, the treaty between Seth Clover, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the delegates of the united tribes of Kaskaskia and Peoria, Piankeshaw and Wea Indians, concluded at Paola, Kansas, the 18th August, 1860, reported the same with an amendment.

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The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Peter G. Sauerwein, Joseph K. Barnes, Frank H. Hamilton, Peter Pineo, Augustus C. Hamlin, and George K. Johnson; and

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

On motion by Mr. Howard,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia be discharged from the further consideration of the nominations of William Goodell, Daniel G. Brinton, John E. Herbst, Joseph S. Hildreth, W. G. Varnum, and John H. Phillips.

Whereupon

The Senate proceeded to consider the said nominations; and

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

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Wilmot, the 6th instant, to reconsider the resolution advising and consenting to the appointment of George Boal; and on the question to agree thereto,

It was determined in the affirmative.

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Cowan, the 6th instant, to reconsider the resolution advising and consenting to the appointment of Thomas P. Campbell; and on the question to agree thereto,

It was determined in the affirmative.

THURSDAY, February 12, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 9, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 9, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. To be surgeons.

R. M. S. Jackson, of Pennsylvania.

Socrates N. Sherman, of Vermont.

To be assistant surgeons.

Henry James, of Vermont.

Henry N. Fisher, of New York.

Joseph B. Morrison, of Pennsylvania.

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M. King Moxley, of Ohio.

William W. Wythes, of Delaware.

Charles F. Haynes, of Maine.

Abel C. Benedict, of Connecticut.

James M. Laing, of New York.

Francis Geene, of New York.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 9, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 9, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Subsistence Department.

W. H. French, of Rhode Island, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Pay Department.

D. R. Larned, of Connecticut, to additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 7, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 7, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

John W. Phelps, of Vermont, to be major-general, to date from December 4th, 1861.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I hereby nominate Myron H. Clark as collector of internal revenue for the 25th district of the State of New York.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Mansion, Washington, February 10 th, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Ashley C. Morrill, of Minnesota, to be agent for the Chippewas of the Mississippi.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., February 10, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for promotion in the Medical Department of the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 10, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 10, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following. named persons for promotion in the Medical Department of the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

Assistant Surgeon John M. Robinson to be surgeon.

Assistant Surgeon Adolphus Majer to be surgeon.

Assistant Surgeon Samuel B. Davis to be surgeon.

Assistant Surgeon Ernst W. Thrum to be surgeon.

Assistant Surgeon Jacob R. Ludlow to be surgeon.

Assistant Surgeon J. D. Brumley to be surgeon.

Assistant Surgeon Charles Mayo to be surgeon.

Assistant Surgeon F. Hayden to be surgeon.

Assistant Surgeon Sanford B. Hunt to be surgeon.

Assistant Surgeon William H. Gobrecht to be surgeon.

Assistant Surgeon George R. Weeks to be surgeon.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 11, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 11, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-general.

Colonel William H. Morris of the 135th New York Volunteers.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 11, 1863

War Department, Washington, February 11, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be brigadier-general.

Colonel Joseph D. Webster of the First Illinois Artillery.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate John D. Defrees, of Indiana, to be Superintendent of Public Printing, to take effect from and after the 4th day of March, 1863, when the commission of Mr. Defrees, the present incumbent, will expire.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., February 11, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate dated February 9th, 1863, I herewith return to the Senate the resolution advising and consenting to the appointment of A. L. Greer to be assessor for the fourth district of the State of Kentucky.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Mansion, February 12 th, 1863.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of R. M. S. Jackson and others, W. H. French and D. R. Larned, John W. Phelps, John M. Robinson and others, William H. Morris and Joseph D. Webster be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

Ordered, That the nomination of Myron H. Clark be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the nomination of Ashley C. Morrill be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Ordered, That the nomination of John D. Defrees be referred to the Committee on Printing.

Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, the 5th December last, the nominations of James M. Gilliss, Robert W. McCleery and others, Charles Wilkes, Joseph A. Smith and others, Edward F. Ocrson and others, and John Cash and others; on the 5th January, those of Bernard J. Moeller and others; on the 6th January, those of Richard S. Collum and Henry C. Eckstein; on the 7th January, that of Elisha Peck; on the 8th January those of Clifton 0130 128 Hellen and James F. Lamdin; on the 14th January that of Henry W. Birkey; on the 22d January, that of Thomas J. Jones, and on the 28th January, those of Robert L. Weber and Daniel D. Gilbert, reported.

Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 6th instant, the nominations of George Van Campen, and on the 9th instant that of Edward L. Kingsbury, reported.

Mr. Collamer, from the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, to whom was referred, the 6th instant, the nomination of John M. G. Parker, reported.

Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred, the 9th instant, the convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Peru, providing for reference to the King of Belgium of the claim arising out of the capture and confiscation of the ships Lizzie Thompson and Georgiana, signed at Lima on the 20th December, 1862, reported the same without amendment.

Mr. Wilson, of Missouri, presented the remonstrance of Sol. Miller and others, members of the legislature of the State of Kansas, praying that the treaty between the United States and the chiefs, headmen, and delegates of Kickapoo Nation, concluded the 18th June, 1862, may not be ratified; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

The treaty between Seth Clover, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the delegates of the united tribes of Kaskaskia and Peoria, Piankeshaw, and Wea Indians, concluded at Paola, Kansas, August 18, 1860, was read the second time; and the treaty, together with the amendments reported by the Committee on Indian Affairs, was considered as in Committee of the Whole; and

On the question to agree to the said amendment,

It was unanimously determined in the affirmative; and no further amendment being made, the treaty was reported to the Senate.

Mr. Doolittle submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved ( two-thirds of the Senators present concurring ), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty between Seth Clover, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the delegates of the united tribes of the Kaskaskia and Peoria, Piankeshaw, and Wea Indians, concluded at Paola, Kansas, August 18, 1860, with the following amendment:

After the word “lands,” in line 18, strike out the following words: “be paid over to them by the United States, to be applied to objects of a beneficial character by their agent under instructions from the Secretary of the Interior,” and insert in lieu thereof, to be estimated and computed by the Commissioner of Public Lands, over and above the expenses of surveying and selling the same, shall be placed to the credit of said tribes in the Treasury of the United States, upon which the annual interest, at five per cent., shall be paid over to them under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, as other annuities.

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said resolution, and unanimously agreed thereto.

Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the President of the United States.

The Senate proceeded to consider the following report:

The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred the nominations of the several major-generals and brigadier-generals and hospital chaplains appointed since the last session of Congress, find no law authorizing said appointments, and recommend that the nominations be returned to the President; and

Resolved, That the Senate agree to the said report.

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Whereupon

Ordered, That the Secretary return to the President of the United States the nominations referred to in said report.

SATURDAY, February 14, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the following officers of the Navy to fill vacancies on the active list in their respective grades, to wit:

Lieutenant Commander Somerville Nicholson to be a commander in the Navy, from the 2d of January, 1863, vice Commander Wm. B. Renshaw, killed.

Lieutenant Henry D. Todd to be a lieutenant commander in the Navy, from the 2d January, 1863, vice S. Nicholson, nominated for promotion.

Lieutenant James M. Pritchett to be a lieutenant commander in the Navy, from the 2d January, 1863, vice Lieutenant Commander Edward Lea, killed.

Lieutenant Edward Terry to be a lieutenant commander, from the 4 January, 1863, vice Lieutenant Commander William Gwin, killed.

Lieutenant Francis Bunce to be a lieutenant commander in the Navy, from the 15th January, 1863, vice Lieutenant Commander Thomas McK. Buchanan, killed.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 12 February, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

On the 4th of September, 1862, Commander George Henry Preble, U. S. Navy, then senior officer in command of the Naval force off the harbor of Mobile, was guilty of inexcusable neglect in permitting the armed steamer Oreto, in open daylight, to run the blockade. For his omission to perform his whole duty on that occasion and the injury thereby inflicted on the service and the country, his name was stricken from the list of Naval officers and he was dismissed the service.

Since his dismissal earnest application has been made for his restoration to his former position by Senators and Naval officers, on the ground that his fault was an error of judgment, and that the example in his case has already had its effect in preventing a repetition of similar neglect.

I therefore, on this application and representation, and in consideration of his previous fair record, do hereby nominate George Henry Preble to be a commander in the Navy, from the 16th July, 1862, to take rank on the active list next after Commander Edward Donaldson, and to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Commander J. M. Wainwright.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 12 February, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

On the 24th August, 1861, Commander Roger Perry, U. S. Navy, was dismissed from the service under a misapprehension in regard to his loyalty to the Government, from the circumstance that several oaths were transmitted to him and the Navy Department failed to receive any recognition of them. After his dismissal, and upon his assurance that the oath failed to reach him and his readiness to execute it, he was recommissioned to his original position on the 4th September following. 0132 130 On the same day, 4th September, he was ordered to command the sloop-of-war Vandalia; on the 22d this order was revoked and he was ordered to duty in the Mississippi squadron, and on the 23d January, 1862, was detached sick, and has since remained unemployed. The Advisory Board, under the act of 16th July, 1862, did not recommend him for further promotion.

This last commission having been issued during the recess of the Senate expired at the end of the succeeding session, 17 July, 1862, from which date, not having been nominated to the Senate, he ceased to be a commander in the Navy.

To correct the omission to nominate this officer to the Senate at its last session, I now nominate Commander Roger Perry to be a commander in the Navy, from the 14th September, 1855, to take his relative position on the list of commanders not recommended further promotion.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., 12 th February, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 12, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 12, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be major-generals.

Brigadier-General William W. Burns, of the United States Volunteers, November 29, 1862.

Quartermaster's Department.

Henry L. Jones, of Massachusetts, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

Subsistence Department.

James Sanford, of New York, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 13, 1863.

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War Department, Washington, February 13, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

Brigadier-General George Stoneman, of the United States Volunteers, to be major-general.

Brigadier-General Cadwallader C. Washburn, of the United States Volunteers, to be major-general.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the officers named in the accompanying communication for promotion and appointment in the Subsistence Department of the United States, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 13, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 13, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following list of promotions and appointments in the Subsistence Department of the Army of the United States, to fill the vacancies created in the Department by the act approved February 9, 1863: PROMOTIONS. To date from the approval of the act.

Colonel Joseph P. Taylor, commissary-general of subsistence, to be commissary-general of subsistence with the rank of brigadier-general, to fill an original vacancy.

Lieutenant Colonel Amos B. Eaton, assistant commissary-general of subsistence, to be assistant commissary-general of subsistence with the rank of colonel, to fill an original vacancy.

Major Alexander E. Shiras, commissary of subsistence, to be assistant commissary-general of subsistence with the rank of colonel, vice Taylor, promoted.

Major Charles L. Kilburn, commissary of subsistence, to be assistant commissary-general of subsistence with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, to fill an original vacancy.

Major Marcus D. L. Simpson, commissary of subsistence, to be assistant commissary-general of subsistence with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, vice Eaton, promoted.

Captain John M. L. Taylor, commissary of subsistence, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of major, to fill an original vacancy.

Captain Beekman Du Barry, commissary of subsistence, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of major, to fill an original vacancy.

Captain Robert Macfeely, commissary of subsistence, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of major, vice Shires, promoted.

Captain Henry C. Symonds, commissary of subsistence, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of major, vice Kilburn, promoted.

Captain Thomas J. Haines, commissary of subsistence, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of major, vice Simpson, promoted.

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Captain Jeremiah H. Gilman, of the Nineteenth Infantry, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain, vice Taylor, promoted.

Captain Samuel T. Cushing, of the Second Infantry to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain, vice Du Barry, promoted.

First Lieutenant Edward R. Hopkins, of the Third Infantry, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain, vice Macfeely, promoted.

First Lieutenant Samuel A Foster, of the Sixth Infantry, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain, vice Symonds, promoted.

Lieutenant Elijah D. Brigham, of the Tenth Infantry, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain, vice Haines, promoted.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 13, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 13, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

James O'Grady, of New York, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 13, 1863.

War Department, February 13, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

Robert L. Browning, of Indiana, to be assistant quartermaster of Volunteers with the rank of captain, November 26, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 13, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 13, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

James Mann, of Maine, to be additional paymaster, June 30, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw the name of Charles Dillingham, of —, nominated as commissary of subsistence of Volunteers with the rank of captain, December 23, 1862.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 13, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw the names of Captain Joseph Kirkland, nominated as aide-de-camp with the rank of major; and of John F. McQuade and George Monteith, nominated as aides-de-camp with the rank of captain (for Major-General Fitz John Porter, commanding 5th Army Corps), December 23, 1862; also the names of Captain E. Sparrow Purdy and Martin T. McMahon, nominated as aides-de-camp with the rank of major; and 1st Lieutenant John P. Baker and Joseph C. Jackson, nominated as aides-de-camp with the rank of captain (for Major-General William B. Franklin, commanding 6th Army Corps), December 23, 1862.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 13, 1863.

The messages were read,

Ordered, That the nominations of Somerville Nicholson and others, George Henry Preble and Roger Perry be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Ordered, That the nominations of William W. Burns and others, Geo. Stoneman and Cadwallader C. Washburn, Joseph P. Taylor and others, James O'Leary, Robert L. Browning, and James Mann be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred, the 19th February instant, the nomination of J. R. Clark, and the 12th February instant that of Myron H. Clark, and on the 22d December last those of Alfred M. Wood and William Masten, reported.

Mr. Doolittle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred, the 12th instant, the nomination of Ashley C. Morrill, reported

Whereupon

Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Ashley C. Morrill, agreeably to the nomination.

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Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, the 19th January last, nominations of Timothy P. Andrews, Hiram Leonard, D. D. S. Brown, J. H. Mayborn, George O. Brastow, Robert M. Lee, Samuel C. Staples, George Pomeroy, James B. Sheridan, John A. Sabin, William Collamer, Stephen A. Walker, John S. Fillmore, Elishu Griffin, Henry A. Prendergast, Augustus H. Boyden, George E. Glenn, Jeremiah Fenno, Thomas H. Osgood, Charles G. Eustis, A. H. Hoyt, Henry McFarland, Simeon Marston, Charles W. Woodman, Simeon D. Farnsworth, Josiah A. Brodhead, George Browne, J. A. M. Bertram, S. M. Crosby, Crosby, Henry F. Flagg, Thomas Farmer, W. H. Jameson, Nicholas W. Norcross, H. B. Walley Irving T. Ballard, William L. Cole, H. Currier, Alexander Diven, James A. Farrish, William M. Fleming, W. W. Herrick, Obadiah B. Latham, B. W. C. Massett, William N. McIntire, Alphonso L. Nichols, A. M. Ruggles, Nelson R. Scovil, Nathan Thayer, James E. Walker, Otis C. Whitehead, Albert D. Robinson, Charles D. Desher, David Gould, Jacob Herbert, Samuel Bell, John W. Beazell, Jesse C. Dickey, Theodore D. Greenwalt, David Heap, James Harper, James W. Johnston, Washington B. Mendenhall, Edwin L. Moore, W. B. Norris, William H. Nicols, George J. Riche, John W. Walker, Francis B. Warner, Thomas J. Wilson, John W. Dodridge, William A. Rucker, W. G. Fullerton, Ralph S. Hart, William C. Jones, J. P. Wheeler, J. W. Brigden, Orville W. Ballard, Frank E. Foster, John P. Gould, Calvin Holmes, Uriel H. Hutchins, Eugene A. Osborne, Andrew D. Rogers, E. A. Truax, John A. Hunter, Isaac L. Stewart, John M. Wallace, Joseph Justice, Edwin Beecher, Miles S. Henry, James C. Holbrook, Charles Newcomer, Richard H. Whiting, J. R. Mears, John C. Culbertson, William W. White, Samuel E. Adams, Charles D. Gillfillan, George B. Simpson, William E. Norris, Charles B. Bernard, Daniel L. Eaton, Andrew J. Halleck, Elias Merrill, Charles P. Babcock, Anson L. Brewer, Davis Alton, Norman M. Allen, J. E. Burbank, E. Stilman Bailey, Charles L. Bemays, Charles C. Bailey, Thomas Lee Carnahan, Guy H. Cleavland, John P. McGrath, George W. Dyer, John T. Denny, Edward H. Gratiot, Samuel C. Harbert, William Holloway, A. C. Hewey, W. L. Kennon, Christian Long, Brantz Mayer, Gideon W. Palmer, William S. Stritter, G. W. Williams, James W. Nicholls, Edwin V. Preston, George B. Ely, John B. Lockwood, William D. Bacon, Jacob Sallade, William Lamb, Octavius Waters, Edmund B. Whitman, George W. Johnes, Thomas J. Barr, James Mahler, Theron E. Hall, George F. Warren, Samuel Bruck, Lazarus L. Moore, Edmund Wuerpel, Leander C. Noble, Horatio C. King, Charles H. Gallagher, Charles Parsons, John V. Lewis, Montifiore Isaac, Henry B. Lacey, Nathaniel S. Constable, Nicholas J. Rusch, George P. Doan, Byron O. Carr, E. B. Grimes, John Whipple, Napoleon B. Van Slyke, Levin W. Shepherd, James R. Del Vecchio, Charles L. MacArthur, J. L. Woods, Henry B. Blood, James B. Kirker, Marshall J. Ludington, John W. McClure, Joshua Norton, A. S. Dewey, Samuel R. Craig, David A. Dangler, John H. Wickizer, Joseph B. Stubbs, Arthur H. Mills, Joseph C. Clements, Frederick E. Beardslee, David W. Porter, Orlando M. Loomis, S. B. Bean, S. H. Manning, Andrew H. Young, David Barton, W. W. Hutchins, Horace B. Hodges, Samuel T. Lamb, Henry Page, James Aborn, Amos C. Weeden, Henry S. Camblos, John Hays, George W. Wills, Robert C. Barnes, Thomas J. Carlile, A. T. Atwood, George W. Bradley, Richard W. Clark, F. K. Church, Charles Darrow, Robert Halsey, Chenie M. Levy, Heman Miller, Charles S. McArthur, S. P. Suydam, James Weldon, David H. Smith, Philip L. Fox, George D. 0137 135 Hodgson, W. L. James, W. J. Kountz, J. W. Moyer, David L. McKinney, George D. Norris, H. D. Patten, Henry C. Rogers, S. A. Seely, Rufus C. Swope, George A. Shallenberger, Jacob Valentine, A. T. Maupin, Albert A. Curtis, W. D. Ernest, John V. Lewis, John T. Allen, George W. Anderson, Joshua H. Alexander, George P. Doan, Theodore Griswold, Thomas B. Hunt, Richard B. Owen, John H. Tighe, James A. Finley, Samuel Hipple, S. Lappin, J. Redmond, James Wilson, Samuel N. Bousall, George B. Hibbard, Warren Russell, Isaac P. Williams, Leonard Whitney, John A. Lynch, William B. Armstrong, John B. Colton, Theodore T. Dwight, Benjamin J. T. Hanna, Uri Manly, F. G. Rutherford, J. C. Smith, Jacob Cook, Moses H. Goodrich, De Garino J. Whiting, Charles G. Finney, N. B. Van Slyke, Hiram Hayes, S. H. Lunt, Nicholas J. Rusk, J. Warren Clark, Frederick Driscoll, Charles Sumner, W. F. Swasey, James P. Low, Robert McLeod, Charles H. Rockwell, George T. Browning, Thomas P. Johnston, Willis C. Goff, Lodon Millan, Jerome Bradley, Lafayette J. Croxton, William L. Ellsworth, Joseph A. Green, Samuel W. Earned, William A. Hunter, John T. Morrison, Richard A. Pierce, E. B. M. Rentieux, David B. Stover, George E. Vance, Asa A. Whitehead, James Galt, George Alden, Arthur Edwards, Samuel K. Platt, Isaac C. Bates, J. Cadwell, Moses K. Taylor, Francis Bacon, Thomas McMartin, Alfred Wynkoop, R. Cresson Stiles, Thomas R. Crosby, Edward Shippen, Menus E. Bliss, Henry S. Churchman, Paul B. Goddard, Hayes Agnew, Joseph Hopkinson, Henry A. Martin, John R. McClurg, Bartow Darrach, Clayton A. Cowgill, Bowman B. Breed, Silvanus D. Freeman, Israel Moses, James C. Whitehill, Alexander B. Mott, William M. Breed, Pliny A. Jewett, John J. Reese, John O. Brownson, Augustus C. Bournonville, William S. Forbes, Thomas P. Gibbons, David Stanton, Frederick S. Ainsworth, Francis Salter, Howard Culbertson, Augustus M. Clarke, Joseph H. Wythes, William Moss, S. S. Mulford, E. D. Kittoe, John Wilson, James W. Fitzpatrick, Geo. B. Twitchel, Ernst W. Thurm, Jacob R. Ludlow, John D. Brumley, Seymour D. Carpenter, Charles Mayo, Richard D. Lynde, Joseph W. Applegate, Ferdinand Hayden, Robert L. Braden, Roger W. Pease, John B. Johnson, Alexander M. Speer, Augustus M. Clark, Francis Townsend Dade, Joseph H. Wythes, James Phillips, Elm ore Y. Chase, James M. Robinson, Conrad C. Durnreicher, David B. Sturgeon, George W. Hogeboom, William S. Thompson, John Wilson, Andrew B. Chapin, William Moss, George L. Sutton, Andrew F. Sheldon, George E. Pattee, William A. Conover, Peter Cleary, Edward Dodd, Charles S. Prink, George A. Wheeler, Sylvanus S. Mulford, Frederick A. Keffer, Adolf Major, Henry Parker, Augustus C. Van Duyn, Samuel B. Davis, E. D. Kittoe, Levis D. Harlow, Edwin Freeman, Edward J. Whitney, William S. Edgar, Mitchell H. Picot, Caleb W. Horner, Charles E. Swasey, William Watson, Robert K. Taylor, William Frothingham, Richard J. Levis, Sanford B. Hunt, William H. Gobrecht, Robert S. Kenderdine, J. William Lawton, Lewis J. Rice, Benjamin B. Wilson, Jacob J. De Lamater, Horatio B. Buck, Edward F. Bates, Dennis B. Hannon, St. John W. Mintzer, Jacob W. Merriam, Harley P. Matthewson, James H. Peabody, David S. Gloninger, and on the 22d January, those of Robert A. Haggerty, Anson Sperry, George F. Clark, Eli Van Valkenburg, Ferdinand Hinckley, N. M. Knapp, William H. McAllister, L. B. Bull, Jonathan E. McKusick, J. J. Thornton, A. J. Van Vorhees, John S. Davis, jr., Daniel D. T. Gordon, L. W. Hoskins, Orson O. Potter, L. H. Holabird, James Pratt, Jas. M. McNulty, Samuel D. Turney, George R. Weeks, and the 26th January those of J. F. Price, James L. Creamer, Edmund Grifford, John 0138 136 Stewart, Adam Fisher, H. E. Goodwin, Robert Harris, Samuel E. Rundle, Thomas Allen, and on the 28th January those of George F. Carpenter, Benton McConnell, and Charles E. Curtice, the 30th January those of Charles B. Wilder, Alexander Freeman, and F. B. Stark-weather, on the 3d February those of Charles Worms, and A. W. Semple, on the 6th instant those of John Field, Robert Smith, and John M. Austin, on the 9th instant those of George U. Meade, James R. Loffland Daniel M. Adams, Hiram S. Sleeper, and Thadeus H. Stanton, on the 12th instant those of R. M. S. Larned, Socrates A. Sherman, R. D. Larned, Henry James, Henry N. Fisher, Joseph B. Morrison, M. King Moxley, William W. Wythes, Charles F. Haynes, Abel C. Benedict, James M. Laing, Francis Greene, John M. Robinson, Adolphus Majer, Samuel B. Davis, Ernst W. Thrum, Jacob R. Ludlow, J. D. Brumley, Charles Mayo, F. Hayden, Sanford B. Hunt, William H. Gobrecht, and George R. Weeks, reported.

On motion by Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts,

Ordered, That the Secretary return to the President of the United States the nominations of William W. Burns, George Stoneman, and Cadwallader C. Washburn, to be major-generals in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States.

Mr. King presented the memorial of John Lyon and others, remonstrating against the confirmation of William Masten as collector of internal revenue in the 13th district of New York; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

TUESDAY, February 17, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Jonathan W. Barnaclo, William F. Bascom, Devere Burr, John S. Hollingshed, and William Slater to be justices of the peace for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Mansion, February 16, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 5, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 5, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. To be commissaries of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Lieutenant Frederick W. Owen, of the 38th New York Volunteers, Joseph P. Pope, of Indiana.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 5, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 5, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States.

Pay Department.

Oscar A. Stevens, of the District of Columbia, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying list for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 10, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February, 10, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the Serv ice of the United States: Quartermaster's Department.

Charles A. Henry, of Nebraska Territory, to be assistant quarter master with the rank of captain.

Subsistence Department.

John L. Carson, of Nebraska Territory, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Pay Department.

Lispenard S. Webb, of Ohio, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I withdraw the name of Sergeant-Major Samuel Morgen, of the Sixth Infantry, nominated to the Senate January 9, 1863.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 16, 1863.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 16, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 16, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be aides-de-camp with the rank of captain, under the act approved July 17th, 1862.

James C. McCoy, of Ohio (for Major-General William T. Sherman, commanding 15th Army Corps); Lewis M. Dayton, of Ohio (for Major-General William T. Sherman, commanding 15th Army Corps).

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 16, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 16, 1863.

Major Christian T. Christensen, aide-de-camp; Captain Eliphalet Whittlesey, assistant adjutant-general of Volunteers.

To be assistant adjutant-generals with the rank of Captain.

Captain J. Heron Foster, of the 102d Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Captain Burr H. Polk, of the 33d Indiana Volunteers.

Lieutenant John E. Marshall of the 2d New York Artillery.

Lieutenant James A. Grover, of the 10th Ohio Volunteers.

Private William P. Ammen, of the 2d Indiana Battery.

Quartermaster's Department.

L. H. Dunan, of Ohio, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

I am, sir, with great respect, your obedient servant, EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 16, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 16, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Subsistence Department.

Captain C. C. Peck, of —, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I hereby nominate George S. Denison as collector of internal revenue for the district of Louisiana.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Mansion, Washington, February 18, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Nathaniel C. Towle to be register of deeds for the District of Columbia.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Mansion, February 17, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Benjamin Pringle, of New York, to be judge on the part of the United States at Cape Town, under the treaty with Her Brittanic Majesty of the 7th of April last for the suppression of the African slave trade, in the place of Alonzo S. Upham, declined.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 17 February, 1863

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Elias Perkins, of Connecticut, to be consul of the United States at Kingston, Jamaica, in the place of John T. Neal, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Washington, 17th January, 1863.

The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nomination of J. W. Barnaclo and others, and Nathaniel C. Towle be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Ordered, That the nominations of Oscar A. Stevens, Charles A. Henry and others, Christian T. Christensen and others, Frederick W. Owen 0142 140 and Joseph P. Pope, James C. McCoy and Lewis M. Dayton and C. C. Peck be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

Ordered, That the nomination of George S. Denison be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the nomination of Benjamin Pringle referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the nomination of Elias Perkins be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred, on the 9th instant the convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Peru, concluded at Lima on the 12th of January 1863, reported the same with an amendment.

Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred, the 19th January last, the nominations of Eugene E. Shelton, James R. Paul, Albert S. Austin, William W. Brown, Charles Wheaton, jr., George W. Balloch, James Sullivan, Joseph C. Read, M. A. gill, James Curry, Benjamin S. Noble, Nathaniel Pope, Thomas L. Cromberger, John McMurray, Samuel C. Greene, Edward N. Morrill, R. W. Hamer, Henry A. Littleton, Franklin P. Ash, Richard B. Treat, John R. Coxe, Daniel D. Wiley, Wenzel Holy, Alexander H. Clements, Joseph L. Stackpole, John H. Coale, Herman H. Voss, Edwin R. McKean, Frederick Gerker, William M. Rucker, John H. Musser, Herman Schreiner, J. D. Adair, Charles F. Morse, Edwin Knowles, W. P. Martin, George S. Leland, Marcus P. Breckinridge, James Davis, James Christian, Moses S. Adams, James Benedict, J. T. Elliott, John N. Street, Lyman Y. Stuart, Charles A. Morton, William R. Murphy, George F. Thompson, Elihu D. Reid, James Gillette, Charles M. Robins, Benjamin F. Lee, William J. Ellis, Hibbert B. Masters, James G. Knight, Marvin A. Parks, David Remick, Columbus J. Queen, James D. Earle, Samuel A. Urquhart, William P. Cowie Henry C. Hodgdon, Molyneux Bell, Arden R. Smith, Aaron P. Bilyeu, Edward P. Ransom, Francis H. Ehrman, Alpheus E. Clarke, James Vandeventer, J. H. Thorpe Erastus Heath, George H. Smith, Charles H. Toll, William C. Church, William W. Teall, W. H. McLyman, D. W. Morton, J. H. Johnson, William H. Hosack, Seymour Brownell, Joel B. Sort, Edgar W. Warren, John Foley, William T. W. Ball, George E. Graves, Daniel S. Hart. Benjamin F. Talbot, Frederick G. Hentig, Frank C. Ford, John A. Irvine, Henry E. Lord, Charles E. Hiester, William H. Forbes, John R. Morledge, Charles E. Robinson, Henry C. Holloway, W. M. Vogleson, Asa D. Baker, John McMichael, Thorwald Jacobson, Frank J. Crawford, A. L. Hungerford, Edward L. Whitney, Stiles E. Forsha, Charles B. Wells, George W. Baker, Asa Gregory, Henry P. Clinton, Henry F. Hawkes, Hugh W. Maxwell, Mortimer A. Higbee, William S. Dodge, G. P. Hawes, Nathan Mayhew, Charles Chesley, Albert Walker, George L. Ames, Albert J. Austin, Francis De Witt, Robert Harris, William H. Tyler, Benjamin F. Bucklin, Morton F. Hale, J. H. Chase, George W. Cooney, Lewis Leland, Lorin L. Rose, James M. Sayle, Henry W. Bonsall, George W. Beach, John T. Leech, George T. Castle, Benjamin F. Winchester, Joshua Tevis, J. M. Terry, James McDonald, Sanford C. Peck, George C. See, E. Tittnan, John Gould, James Barnaby, James R. Fitch, Dennis Kenny, Matthew M. Laughlin, John C. Mong, Robert Mears, William H. Nash, A. A. Stewart, O. J. Flagg, John Fouke, John E. Howard, R. C. Rutherford, Joseph F. Wilson, Dwight A. Aikin, George E. Nelson, S. S. Rockwood, Frank G. Noyes, H. G. Peyton, James Stones, John W. Bond, Thomas M. Newson, E. F. Deaton, George Wilkin, George P. 0143 141 Burnham, John L. Bullard, James O. P. Burnside, William R. Rathbone, George W. Gardner, Chester Thomas, jr., Thomas Challoner, Horatio N. Davis, George F. Woodman, Parker D. Boyd, Charles Fond, David E. Fowler, D. K. Hobart, Benjamin L. West, William N. Felt, Charles F. Hoyt, H. L. Crawford, C. J. Dietrich, Abraham Buler, Samuel D. Henderson, Eugene A. Gross, T. G. England, George T. Burroughs, Charles Alien, Jaspar Johnson, J. H. W. Mills, Thomas Allen, Joseph Haskell, and Charles H. Leiby; on the 22d January those of James H. Johnson, Charles E. Kellogg, E. S. Jones, Marvin A. Daily, and A. B. Webber, on the 28th January those of W. E. McLelland, William Thompson, and E. Sanford Blake, on the 3d February those of Emil Marthell and George P. Jacobs, on the 6th February that of Orison Graves, on the 9th February that of Joseph P. Loughead, on the 12th February that of William H. French, and on the 14th February those of James Sanford, James O'Grady, and Joseph P. Taylor and others, reported.

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion submitted by Mr. Foot, the 22d January last, to reconsider the resolution that the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Hiram Paulding; and on the question to agree thereto,

It was determined in the affirmative.

Whereupon

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

WEDNESDAY, February 18, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 10, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 10, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States.

Pay Department.

Robert G. Hunt, of New Jersey, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I hereby nominate John H. Morris as collector of internal revenue for the 10th district of the State of New York.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Mansion, Washington, February 10, 1863.

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To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Richard Butt, of the county of Washington, District of Columbia, to be commissioner of the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, vice Z. C. Robbins, appointed register of wills for the District of Columbia.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., February 17, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 17, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 17, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following. named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Quartermaster's Department.

William H. D. Cochran, of New Hampshire, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

Medical Department.

John Neil, of Pennsylvania, to be surgeon, September 11, 1862.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate thereon, a treaty made and concluded on the 3d day of February, 1863, between W. W. Ross commissioner on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and headmen of the Pottowatomie Nation of Indians of Kansas, which it appears from the accompanying letter from the Secretary of the Interior, of the 17th inst., is intended to be amendatory of the treaty concluded with said Indians on the 15th November, 1862.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Executive Office, February 17, 1862.

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit to the Senate, for consideration with a view to its ratification, an additional article to the treaty between the United States and Great Britain of the 7th of April, 1862, for the suppression of the african slave trade, which was concluded and signed at Washington on the 17th instant by the Secretary of State and Her Britannic Majesty's minister accredited to this Government.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 18 th Feb'y, 1863.

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The messages were read.

Ordered, That the nominations of Robert G. Hunt, W. H. D. Cochran, and John Neil be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia.

Ordered, That the nomination of John H. Morris be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the nomination of Richard Butt be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

The treaty between William W. Ross, commissioner on the part of the United States, and chiefs, braves, and headmen of the Pottowatomie Nation, concluded at the agency in Kansas, February 3d, 1863, was read the first time.

On motion by Mr. Doolittle,

Ordered, That the said treaty, together with the message and accompanying documents, be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

The additional article to the treaty between the United States of America and Her Britannic Majesty for the suppression of the African slave trade, concluded at Washington, April 7, 1862, signed at Washington, February 17, 1863, was read the first time.

On motion by Mr. Sumner,

Ordered, That the said article be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred, the 17th instant, the nomination of Benjamin Pringle, reported.

Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Public Printing, to whom was referred, the 12th instant, the nomination of John D. Defrees, reported.

On motion by Mr. Fessenden,

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of James Mann; and

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

The convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Peru for the settlement of the pending claims of the citizens of either country against the other, signed at Lima, January 12, 1863, was read the second time, and, together with the amendment reported by the Committee on Foreign Relations, considered as in Committee of the Whole.

On the question to agree to said amendment,

It was unanimously determined in the affirmative; and no further amendment being made the treaty was reported to the Senate.

Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved ( two-thirds of the Senators present concurring ), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Peru for the settlement of the pending claims of the citizens of either country against the other, signed at Lima, January 12th, 1863, with the following amendment:

In Article I strike out the words “the claims of the American citizens, Dr. Charles Easton, Edmund Sartori, and the owners of the whaleship William Lee, against the Government of Peru, and the Peruvian citizen Stephen Montano against the Government of the United States,” and insert all claims of citizens of the United States against the Government of Peru, and of citizens of Peru against the Government of the United States, which have not been embraced in conventional or diplomatic agreement between the two Governments or their Plenipotentiaries, and statements 0146 144 of which, soliciting the interposition of either Government, may, previously to the ratification of this convention, have been filed in the Department of State at Washington or the; Department of Foreign Affairs at Lima.

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said resolution, and unanimously agreed thereto.

Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the President of the United States.

The convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Peru providing for reference to the King of Belgium of the claims arising out of the capture and confiscation of the ships Lizzie Thompson and Georgia, signed at Lima the 20th December, 1862, was read the second time and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved ( two-thirds of the Senators present concurring ), That the Senate advise and consent to the ratification of the convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Peru providing for reference to the King of Belgium of the claims arising out of the capture and confiscation of the ships Lizzie Thompson and Georgia, signed at Lima, the 20th December, 1862.

The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the said resolution, and unanimously agreed thereto.

Ordered, That the Secretary lay the said resolution before the President of the United States.

On motion by Mr. Fessenden,

Ordered, That the vote on the resolution of the Senate advising and consenting to the appointment of A. L. Greer be reconsidered.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nomination of Mark Howard; and

On the question, Will the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of Mark Howard?

It was determined in the negative,

Yeas 10

Nays 27

On motion by Mr. Sherman,

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

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Chandler, Fessenden, Grimes, Howard, King, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilson of Massachusetts.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Anthony, Arnold, Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Davis, Foot, Foster, Harding, Harlan, Harris, Henderson, Hicks, Howe, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Morrill, Nesmith, Pomeroy, Powell, Richardson, Saulsbury, Sherman, Ten Eyck, Turpie, Wilmot, Wilson of Missouri.

So it was

Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of Mark Howard.

Mr. Foster submitted the following motion for consideration:

That the vote on the preceding resolution be reconsidered.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Zenas C. Robbins, W. F. M. Arny, Elwood Evans, Charles G. Wheeler, Noah L. Wilson, J. T. Howard, Deodat Brastow, F. Cosby, Richard A. Edes, William E. Phelps, William W. Thomas, jr, Marquis D. L. Lane, James Smith, and W. R. G. Mellen; and

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

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THURSDAY, February 19, 1863. Link to Annals.

Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred, the 22d Decemder last, the nomination of Turner R. King, reported.

Mr. Arnold, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 17th instant, the nomination of Elias Perkins, reported.

Whereupon

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

Mr. Grimes, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred, the 5th December last, the nominations of John Lenthall, William A. Hitchcock, and James A. Coleman; on the 16th December, those of Charles Steedman, Abner Read, and George H. Perkins; on the 6th January, those of James Alden, Augustus L. Case, Alexander M. Pennock, Alexander C. Rhind, George M. Ransom, and William F. Spicer, Weld N. Allen, Nathaniel Green, and Francis B. Blake; on the 30th January, 1863, those of Samuel W. Preston and others; on the 6th of February, that of John L. Worden; on the 14th February, those of Commodore Somerville Nicholson and others, George Henry Preble, and Roger Perry, reported.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Thomas P. Campbell, George Boal, A. L. Greer, and Joseph L. Berge and Richard Skinner; and

Resolved, That the Senate do not advise and consent to the appointment of either of the said persons.

The Senate proceeded to consider the nominations of Harrison Allen, William Adams, George Anderson, Edward S. Abbott, Wilbur F. Arnold, Robert Arpes, Joseph W. Applegate, Timothy P. Andrews, Henry L. Abbott, William W. Averell, Thomas B. Alexander, Abraham K. Arnold, Henry Asbury, Julius W. Adams, George Atcheson, Albert S. Austin, Franklin P. Ash, J. D. Adair, Moses S. Adams, Hayes Agnew, James Aborn, A. T. Atwood, George W. Anderson, jr., Joshua H. Alexander, William B. Armstrong, George L. Ames, Albert J. Austin, J. H. Alexander, Frederick S. Ainsworth, Samuel E. Adams, Davis Alton, Norman M. Allen, Charles Allen, Thomas Allen, Thomas Allen, Copley Amory, Allen L. Anderson, John M. Austin, Daniel M. Adams, Richard W. Bartleman, Heman P. Babcock, George Butler, William R. Brown, E. Carrington Bowers, Henry W. Birkey, Edward Brooks, John W. Brewer, John Brooke, Reuben F. Bernard, Henry Baker, James T. Baden, Thomas Byrne, Daniel W. Burke, James Butler, Thomas Britton, Michael C. Boyce, Elijah D. Brigham, Henry L. Beck, James H. Bradford, John W. Barlow, John D. Brumley, Robert L. Bragden, D. D. S. Brown, Temple Buford, T. S. Bowers, Albert G. Brackett, John P. Baker, Edward T. Benton, Edward P. Bigelow, William Blanchard, Charles S. Bowman, Edward D. Baker, Richard Byrnes, William H. Brown, Stephen S. Balk, Francis Beach, Edmund C. Bainbridge, John R. Brinkle, Sidney Burbank, Franklin H. Barroll, George B. Butler, Charles H. Brightly, Henry B. Bristol, Andrew W. Bowman, W. Burbank, Alonzo J. Bellows, John Barry, Patrick Branagan, Patrick Boyce, John A. Bolles, Thomas J. Barr, Samuel Bruch, Henry B. Blood, William W. Brown, George W. Balloch, James Benedict, Molyneax Bell, Aaron T. Bilyeau, Seymour Brownell, Francis Bacon, Zenas E. Bliss, Bowman B. Breed, William T. W. Ball, George O. Brastow, Frederick E. Beardslee, David Barton, Robert C. Barnes, George W. Bradley, Samuel N. Bonsall, George T. Browning, S. B. Bean, Asa D. Baker, George W. Baker, Benjamin F. Bucklin, Henry 0148 146 W. Bonsall, George W. Beach, James Barnaby, John W. Bond, George P. Burnham, John L. Bullard, James O. P. Burnside, William W. Breed, John O. Bronson, Augustus C. Bournonville, Augustus H. Boyden, George Brown, J. A. M. Bertram, W. E. Bishop, Irving T. Ballard, John W. Baezell, J. W. Brigden, Orville W. Ballard, Edwin Beecher, Charles B. Bernard, Joshua Brodhead, Samuel Bell, Charles P Babcock, Artson L. Brewer, Jerome Bradley, Parker D. Boyd, J. E. Burbank, E. Stilman Bailey, Isaac C. Bates, Abraham Beeler, Geo. T. Buroughs, Amaziah J. Barber, Frank B. Bennett, Horatio B. Buck, Edward F. Bates, L. C. Ball, E. Sandford Blake, Eugene A. Bancroft, Thomas C. J. Bailey, William Brophy, Abel C. Benedict, J. D. Brumley, Elijah D. Brigham, Edward F. Corson, George H. Cooke. John C. Cash, George W. Collier, Richard S. Collum, Elias B. Carling, Robert T. Creamer, Lewis H. Carpenter, John W. Clous, William H. Chamberlain, Arthur C. Carpenter, John H. Calef, Seymour D. Carpenter, Edwin J. Conway, Clifton Comley, Charles W. Canfield, Robert E. Clary, Edward P. Cressey, Eugene A. Carr, Samuel S. Ouster, Robert Clarke, Robert H. Chapin, Samuel Canby, Francis N. Clarke, Caleb H. Carleton, Edward M. Curtis, Charles R. Coster, William H. Chamberlin, James Chester, William J. Cain, James Curry, Thomas L. Cronberger, John R. Coxe, Alexander H. Clements, John H. Coales, James Christian, Alpheus E. Clarke, William C. Church, William P. Cowie, Thomas R. Crosby, Henry S. Churchman, Clayton A. Cowgill, Augustus M. Clark, Elmore Y. Chase, Andrew B. Chapin, William A. Conover, Peter Cleary, Samuel R. Craig, Joseph C. Clements, Henry S. Camblos, Thomas J. Carlile, Richard W. Clark, T. K. Church, Albert A. Curtis, John B. Colton, Jacob Cook, J. Warren Clark, Frank J. Crawford, Henry P. Clinton, Charles Chesley, J. H. Chase, George W. Cooney, George T. Castle, Howard Culbertson, William Collamer, S. M. Crosby, H. Currier, John C. Culbertson, Lafayette J. Croxton, Thomas Lee Carnahan, Guy K. Cleaveland H. L. Crawford, David De W. Corderey, J. Cad well, Thomas Challoner, Augustus M. Clarke, Silas Casey, George F. Clark, Francis I. Crilly, James L. Cramer, George F. Carpenter, Charles E. Curtice, Ira W. Claflin, Albert Coats, Harry C. Gushing, Franklin Cook, Clarence H. Corning, Gilbert S. Carpenter, Samuel L. Compton, Richard Comba, D. W. Carr, J. R. Clarke, Myron H. Clark, Samuel T. Cushing, W. W. Dungan, R. H. Douglass, William Dean, Jeremiah C. Denny, Philip Dwyer, James Davison, Robert Davis George Dost, James H. Duke, Thomas B. Dewees, William A. Dubois, Anson O. Doolittle, Thomas Drummond, Frank W. Dickerson, Jeremiah C. Denney, Philip Dwyer, Edward A. Duer, James Davison, Hannibal Day, John A. Duvillard, Charles T. Dix, Ansel B. Denton, Samuel J. Dick, Byron, G. Daniels, Benjamin F. Davis, William Doughterty, Michael Dolan, Geo. T. Doan, James R. Del Vecchio, A. S. Dewey, James Davis, Burton Darrach, Francis Townsend Dade, Conrad C. Dumreicher, Edward Dodd, David A. Dangler, Charles Darrow, Theodore T. Dwight, Frederick Driscoll, William S. Dodge, Francis De Witt, E. F. Deaton, Samuel B. Davis, Alexander Divert, Jesse C. Dickey, John W. Dodridge, George W. Dyer, John T. Denny, C. J. Dietrich, George H. A. Dimpfel, Horatio N. Davis, Jacob J. De Lamater, Marvin A. Daily, John S. Davis, jr., Orrin E. Davis, Samuel B. Davis, John D. Defrees, Beekman Du Barry, William Ewing, Madison Earle, Charles A. M. Estes, Douglas Edward, James J. Emerson, Ralph E. Ellingwood, Thomas H. Evans, Archibald E. Evans, J. T. Elliott, William J. Ellis, James D. Earle, Francis H. Ehrman, W. D. Ernest, William S. Edgar, Charles G. Eustice, Daniel L. Eaton, William L. Ellsworth, Arthur Edwards, T. G. England, 0149 147 George B. Ely, Amos B. Eaton, Daniel Flynn, John Falvey, Joshua A. Fessenden, Wm. Falck, Edward Fitzgerald, B. L. Fletcher, John Feilner, Caesar R. Fisher, Harrison Fosdick, William G. Fitch, Alexander H. Freeman, Reese E. Fleeson, John G. Foster, Joseph C. Forbes, John Foley, Silvanus Freeman, Charles S. Frink, Philip L. Fox, James A. Finley, Chas. G. Finney, Frank C. Ford, William H. Forbes, James R. Fitch, O. J. Flagg, John Fouke, William S. Forbes, Edwin Freeman, John S. Fillmore, Jeremiah Fenno, Simeon D. Farnsworth, Thomas Farmer, James A. Farrish, William M. Fleming, W. G. Fullerton, Frank E. Foster, Henry F. Flagg, Charles Fond, David E. Fowler, William N. Felt, James W. Fitzpatrick, William Frothingham, James B. Foy, Adam Fisher, Alexander Freeman, John Field, Henry N. Fisher, W. H. French, Samuel A. Foster, William P. Grief, William H. Gardner, Benjamin H. Geary, Roman H. Gray, Abraham Grafins, Ira F. Gensel, Oliver P. Gooding, Frank C. Goodrich, Charles H. Gallagher, E. B. Grimes, Samuel C. Greene, Frederich Gerker, James Gillette, George E. Graves, James Galt, Moses N. Goodridge, Asa Gregory, John Gould, Thomas P. Gibbons, Elihu Grffin, George E. Glenn, Theodore D. Greenawalt, John P. Gould, Charles D. Gillfillan, Willis C. Goff, George W. Gardner, Joseph A. Gree?, Edward H. Gratiot, Eugene A. Gross, Rufus P. Gates, William H. Gobrecht (as assistant surgeon), David S. Gloninger, Daniel D. T. Gordon, H. E. Goodwin, Edmund Gifford Daniel D. Gilbert, Orison Graves, Francis Greene, William H. Gobrecht (as surgeon), Jeremiah H. Gilman, Clifton Hellen, Joseph Hooker, Gustavus A. Hull, Joseph Holt, John Homans, jr., Jeremiah Harrington, Thomas Haly, James Hastings, Ballard S. Humphrey, Charles Holman, Louis M. Hamilton, George Hamilton, Joseph L. Horr, Samuel R. Honey, William W. Heilman, Franklin Harwood, Peter C. Hains, Ferdinand Hayden, George Hammond, William H. Harris, James C. Hunt, Joseph S. Hoyer, William H. Harrison, William G. Hoffman, George G. Huntt, Joseph Hedges, Junius B. Holloway, Edward Heaton, Herbert A. Hascall, Thomas Hendrickson, Edward H. Hopkins, George T. Hodges, John B. Hays, Robert Harrison, M. A. Hill, R. W. Hamer, Wenzel Holy, Henry C. Hodgdon, Erastus Heath, D. W. Horton, William H. Hosack, Joseph Hopkinson, George W. Hogeboom, W. W. Hutchins, Horace I. Hodges, Robert Halsey, George D. Hodgson, Samuel Hipple, George B. Hibbard, Benjamin J. F. Hanna, John Hays, Daniel S. Hart, Frederick G. Hentig, Charles E. Heister, Henry C. Holloway, A. L. Hungerford, Henry F. Hawkes, G. P. Hawes, Robert Harris, Morton F. Hale, John E. Howard, Henry C. Holloway, Lewis D. Hartow, Caleb W. Horner, A. H. Hoyt, IV. W. Herrick, Jacob Herbert, James Harper, Ralph S. Hart, Calvin Holmes, Uriel H. Hutchins, John A. Hunter, Miles S. Henry, James C. Holbrook, Andrew J. Halleck, David Heap, Samuel W. Harned, William H. Hunter, Samuel R. Hamill, D. K. Hobart, Samuel C. Harbert, William Holloway, A. C. Hewey, Charles F. Hoyt, Samuel D. Henderson, Joseph Haskell, Sanford B. Hunt (as assistant surgeon), Dennis B. Hannan, John J. Hassler, S. W. Hoskins, Robert A. Haggerty, L. H. Holabird, Ferdinand Hinckley, James A. Hardie, William B. Hughes, Samuel Hildeburn, David Hazzard, Charles F. Haynes, F. Hayden, Sanford B. Hunt (as surgeon), Thomas J. Hains, Edward R. Hopkins, John A. Irwin, B. J. D. Irwin, Montifiore Isaac, John A. Irvine, Henry Johnson, Henry Jones, Mason Jackson, George W. Johnson, John B. Johnson, Henry Jones, Henry M. Judah, Robert James, J. H. Johnson, W. L. James, Thomas P. Johnston, Thorwald Jacobson, Pliny A. Jewett, William H. Jameson, James W. Johnston, Joseph Justice, Jasper Johnson, E. L Jones, Thomas J. Jones, James H. Johnson, George P. Jacobs, 0150 148 R. M. S. Jackson Henry Jones, Charles C. Kershaw, Joseph Kieffe (as brevet second lieutenant) August Kaiser, James Kennington, Michael J. Kelly, George A. Kensel, David H. Kinzie, Joseph Kieffe (as second lieutenant), John S. Knapp, Thaddeus S. Kirtland, Frederick Kopp, John C. Knox, Horatio C. King, James B. Kirker, Jas. G. Knight, Fred crick A. Keffer, W. J. Koutz, Dennis Kenny, E. D. Kittoe (as assistant surgeon), W. L. Kennon, John H. Kane, Henry Kochford, Robert S. Kenderdine, E. D. Kittoe (as surgeon), Charles E. Kellogg, N. M. Knapp, Joseph Kerin, Nathaniel C. Kinney, Edward L. Kingsbury, Charles L. Kingsbury, Dominick Lynch, William Longshaw, James F. Lamdin, Charles E. Lee, Robert Lennox, Michael Lawless, Charles Lewis, John Lee, Francis E. Lacey, George Lamonion, Jacob R. Ludlow, Richard D. Lynde, Gerhard L. Luhn, Hiram Leonard, James H. Lorb, Thomas Little, Wilberforce W. Lyon, Daniel Loosley, Emerson H. Liscum, Henry B. Lacy, Marshall J. Ludington, George S. Leland, Benjamin F. Lee, Robert M. Lee, Guido N. Lieber, Orlando M. Loomis, Cheney M. Levy, John V. Lewis, S. Lappin, John A. Lynch, James P. Low, Samuel T. Lamb, Henry E. Lord, Lewis Leland, John T. Leech, Matthew M. Laughlin, Obadiah Latham, Christian Long, Charles H. Leiby, Reuben C. Little, John S. Lind, Richard J. Lewis, William J. Lawton, William Lamb, Edwin C. Larned, James R. Loffland, Joseph P. Loughead, James M. Laing, D. R. Larned, Jacob R. Ludlow, Robert W. McCleery, Lawson B. Merrill, James McMaster, Daniel McMurtrie, Bernard J. Moeller, Thomas McMillin, Thomas McGregor, Edward Myers, Harrison Moulton, John McDonald, Charles Meinhold, Dean Monahan, Douglas A. Murray, Robert H. Montgomery, Henry McQuiston, Christopher F. Merkle, Alexander J. McDonald, Stanley Mourton, John Miller, George McDermott, James McKim, Patrick H. Moroney, Chambers McKibbin, Alexander Menzies, Samuel B. McIntire, Albert M. Murray, Charles Mayo, J. H. Mayborn, George O. McMullin, George. G. Meade, John Mix, Napoleon McLaughlin, Edward McCook, William McLean, John B. McIntosh, Thomas E. Maley, Curwen B. McClellan, John Mullan, jr., Charles H. Morgan, Maurice Maloney, Edward H. Mace, Samuel A. McKee, Rob. err P. McKibbin, William J. Moorhead, Joseph McConnell, Neil J. McCafferty, Conrad Murat, Myles Moylan, John McGilvray, William Mills, James Mahler, Lazarus L. Moore, Charles L. MacArthur, John W. McClure, John McMurray, Edwin R. McKean, John H. Musser, Charles F. Morse. W. P. Martin, Charles A. Morton, William R. Murphy, Hibbert B. Masters, George W. Mears, Henry A. Martin, John R. McClurg, Israel Moses, William Moss (as assistant surgeon), Sylvanus S. Mulford, Adolph Majer, Arthur H. Mills, S. H. Manning, Herman Miller, J. M. Moyer, A. T. Maupin, Robert McLeod, Chas. S. McArthur, David L. McKinney, Uri Manley, John R. Morledge, John McMichael, Nathan Mayhew, Robert Mears, Hugh W. Maxwell, James McDonald, John C. Mong, Alexander B. Mott, Henry McFarland, B. W. K. Massett, William McIntire, Washington B. Mendenhall, Edwin L. Moore, J. R. Mears, Elias Merrill, Lodon Millan, John T. Morrison, Brantz Mayer, John P. McGrath, Edward Murphy, John McIntosh, Silas A. Miller, James E. Mitchel, William H. Madeira, William Moss (as surgeon), S. S. Mulford, St. John W. Mintzer Jacob W. Merriam, Harley P. Mathewson, Jonathan E. McKusick, James McNulty, William H. McAllister, William E. McLelland, Benton McConnell, Thomas H. McCormick, Alexander Menzies, Emil Marthell, George U. Meade, Joseph B. Morrison, M. King Moxley, Robert MacFeely, Nicholas Nolan, Oscar H. Nealy, Charles Newbold, John H. Nichols, Edward W. B. Newby, Samuel S. Newbury, William Nelson, Stephens T. Nowell, Leander C. Noble, Joshua Norton, Joel B. Nott, George D. 0151 149 Norris, William H. Nash, George E. Nelson, Thomas M. Newson, Nicholas W. Norcross, Alphonso L. Nichols, W. B. Norris, William H. Nichols, Charles Newcomer, James W. Nicholls, William McC. Netterville, Samuel H. Orton, Henry Ogilvie, Frank W. Oakley, Frederick C. Ogden, Samuel Ovenshine, Thomas K. Osgood, Eugene A. Osborne, James S. Ostrander, William O'Connell, James O'Grady, Samuel H. Peltz, Samuel W. Powell, Elisha Peck, Samuel G. Pond, William T. Pennock, Samuel Peeples, Lemuel Pettee, Roger W. Pease, David Perry, David B. Porter, George W. Patten, John S. Poland, William H. Powell, Nathaniel Prime, Edward P. Pearson, jr., James R. Paul, Nathaniel Pope, Marvin A. Parks, James Phillips, Henry Parker, George Pomeroy, David W. Porter, Henry Page, H. D. Patten, Sanford C. Peck, Mitchel H. Picot, Henry P. Pendergast, Richard A. Pierce, Gideon W. Palmer, Samuel K. Platt, Edward V. Preston, James H. Peabody, Orson O. Potter, James Pratt, J. F. Price, James G. Potter, W. W. Patterson, John M. G. Parker, Benjamin Pringle, Elias Perkins, Columbus J. Queen, Paul Quirk, John F. Rodgers, Charles P. Russell, Thomas H. Ridgley, Henry N. Rittenhouse, Peter Rinner, Gerald Russell, Elbridge G. Roys, Joseph Rendelbrook, John C. Rousseau, Francis Reynolds, Sylvanus T. Rugg, John W. Roder, Frederick Robinson, Theophilus F. Rodenbough, Anson M. Randol, James H. Rollins, Francis D. L. Russell, Benjamin F. Rittenhouse, George M. Randall, John B. Randolph, George Ryan, Charles C. Rawn, David A. Russell, Isaac V. D. Reeve, Joseph B. Richmond, Terrence Reilly, Nicholas J. Rusch, Joseph C. Read, William M. Rucker, Elihu D. Reid, Charles M. Robins, David Remick, Edward P. Ransom, James M. Robinson, Henry C. Rogers, J. Redmond, Warren Russell, T. G. Rutherford, Nicholas J. Rush, Charles H. Rockwell, Charles E. Robinson, Lorin L. Rose, R. C. Rutherford, S. S. Rockwood, William R. Rathbone, John J. Reese, H. M. Ruggles, Albert D. Robinson, George J. Riche, William A. Rucker, Andrew D. Rogers, E. B. M. Rentieux, Lewis J. Rice, Augustus G. Robinson, Samuel E.?undle, John F. Randolph, Sylvanus T. Rugg, John W. Roder, John M. Robinson, Joseph A. Smith, Samuel F. Shaw, Hennel Stevens, Edward J. Spaulding, Robert Sweatman, Lewis Smith, Charles Siman, John Simmons, Lewis H. Sanger, George W. Smith, Eugene E. Shelton, Alexander M. Speer, George B. Sanford, Henry Sachs, Samuel S. Sumner, Leslie Smith, Sheldon Sturgeon, Samuel M. Sprole, Alexander E. Sheldon, George L. Sutton, Andrew F. Sheldon, Samuel C. Staples, James B. Sheridan, Ralston Skinner, Joseph B. Stubbs, S. P. Suydam, David H. Smith, S. A. Seely, Rufus E. Swope, George A. Shallenberger, Charles Sumner, W. F. Swasey, James M. Sayle, George C. See, A. H. Stewart, David Stanton, Francis Salter, Charles E. Swasy, John A. Sabin, Nelson R. Scovil, Isaac L. Stewart, George B. Simpson, George P. Sanford, Jacob Sallade, John Stewart, George W. Smith, John Stoddard, F. T. Starkweather, A. W. Semple, Robert, Smith, Hiram S. Sleeper, Thaddeus H. Stanton, Socrates N. Sherman, James Sanford, Alexander E. Shires, Charles Speed, William W. Sanders, James Y. Semple, George K. Sanderson, Lewis H. Sanger, Theodore M. Spencer, Henry Sommer, George B. Smith, Levy W. Shepherd, James Sullivan, Joseph L. Stackpole, Herman Schreiner, John N. Straat, Lyman Y. Stuart, Arden R. Smith, R. Cresson Stiles, David B. Sturgeon, Edward Shippen, Marcus D. L. Simpson, Henry C. Symonds, J. W. Thompson, William E. Taylor, Tullius C. Tupper, James Thompson, Rudolph Thieme, August Thieman, Alfred Townsend, Ernst W. Thurm, George Taylor, Charles N. Turnbull, John W. Todd, Lewis Thompson, Philip K. Thomas, Frederick A. Tracy, Robert D. Torrey, 0152 150 William H. H. Taylor, Joel G. Trimble, Felix H. Torbett, Levi C. Turner, Richard B. Treat, Geo. F. Thompson, J. H. Thorpe, William W. Teall, Moses K. Taylor, William S. Thompson, John H. Tighe, Benjamin F. Talbot, William H. Tyler, Joshua Tevis, J. M. Terry, E. Tittnan, Nathan Thayer, E. A. Truax, Chester Thomas, jr., George B. Twithcell, J. J. Thornton, Samuel D. Turner, William Thompson, Ernst W. Thurm, Henry D. Todd, Edward Terry, Joseph P. Taylor, John McL. Taylor, Gustavus Urban (2d lieutenant, 5th Cavalry), Gustavus Urban (1st lieutenant, 5th Cavalry), Samuel A. Urquhart, Frederick Van Vleit, Albert O. Vincent, Charles D. Viele, Courtlandt Van Rensselaer, Herman H. Voss, James Vandeventer, Augustus Van Duyn, Jacob Valentine, N. B. Van Slyke, W. M. Vogleson, George C. Vance, A. J. Van Vorhes, Eli Van Valkenburg, Stephen Van Rensselaer, George Van Campen, Charles Wilkes, Jesse F. Woodbury, William B. Whiting, Melancton B. Woolsey, George Wright, William Walters, John S. Walker, Elijah R. Wells, W. W. Williams, William G. Wedemeyer, Lyman H. Warren, Charles Whiteacre, William H. Wheeler, John M. Wilson, Francis H. Wilson, James E. Wilson, Octavius Waters, Charles J. Whiting, Francis H. Wilson, William W. Webb, Louis D. Watkins, Carle A. Woodruff, George M. Wright, Bayard Wilkeson, Charles N. Warner, Gulian V. Weir, William West, Henry A. F. Worth, Robert G. Wells, Joseph J. Wagoner, Edmund B. Whitman, George F. Warren, Edmund Wuerpel, John Whipple, Daniel D. Wiley, Charles Wheaton, jr., Edgar W. Warren, Alfred Wyncoop, Joseph H. Wythes (as assistant surgeon), John Wilson (as assistant surgeon), George A. Wheeler, John H. Wickizer, Amos C. Weeden, George W. Wells, James Weldon, James Wilson, Isaac P. Williams, Leonard Whitney, De Garmo J. Whiting, Edward L. Whitney, Charles B. Wells, Albert Walker, Benjamin F. Winchester, Joseph F. Wilson, George Wilkin, James C. Whitehill, Edward J. Whitney, William Watson, Stephen A. Walker, Charles W. Woodman, H. B. Walley, James H. Walker, Otis C. Whitehead, John W. Walker, Francis B. Warner, Thomas J. Wilson, John P. Wheeler, John M. Wallace, William W. White, Asa A. Whitehead, Benjamin L. West, G. W. Williams, Daniel T. Wells, Henry Wagner, George F. White, E. S. Wilcox Samuel C. Williamson, George F. Woodman, Joseph H. Wythes (as surgeon), John Wilson (as surgeon), Benjamin B. Wilson, A. B. Weber, George R. Weeks (as assistant surgeon), Robert L. Weber, Isaac M. Ward, W. W. Williams, Irvin B. Wright, Lyman H. Warren, John G. Webster, Charles B. Wilder, Charles Worms, William W. Wythes, George R. Weeks (as surgeon), Andrew H. Young, and Victor Zoeller; and

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

SATURDAY, February 21, 1863. Link to Annals.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Arnold Kaichen of Michigan, to be register of the land office at Detroit, Michigan, vice J. Gustavus Peterson, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, D. C., February 18, 1863.

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To the Senate of the United States:

Congress on my recommendation passed a resolution, approved 7th February, 1863, tendering its thanks to Commodore Charles Henry Davis for “distinguished service in conflict with the enemy at Fort Pillow, at Memphis, and for successful operations at other points in the waters of the Mississippi River.”

I therefore, in conformity with the 7th section of the act approved 16th July, 1862, nominate Commodore Charles Henry Davis to be a rear-admiral in the Navy, on the active list, from the 7th February, 1863.

Captain John A. Dahlgren, having in said resolution of the 7th February, in like manner, received the thanks of Congress “for distinguished service in the line of his profession, improvements in ordnance, and zealous and efficient labors in the ordnance branch of the service, I therefore, in conformity with the 7th section of the act of 16th July, 1862, nominate Captain John A. Dahlgren to be a rear-admiral in the Navy, on the active list, from the 7th February, 1863.

The 9th section of the act of July, 1862, authorizes “any line officer of the Navy or Marine Corps to be advanced one grade, if, upon recommendation of the President by name, he receives the thanks of Congress for highly distinguished conduct, in conflict with the enemy, or for extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession;” and Captain Stephen C. Rowan and Commander David D. Porter having each, on my recommendation, received the thanks, of Congress for distinguished service, by resolution of the 7th February 1863, I do therefore nominate Captain Stephen C. Rowan to be a commodore in the Navy, on the active list, from the 7th February, 1863.

Commander David D. Porter to be a captain in the Navy, on the active list, from the 7 February, 1863.

If this nomination should be confirmed there will be vacancies in the several grades to which these officers are nominated for promotion.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington D. C., 19 th February, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate William P. Blodget to be Naval officer for the district of Providence in the State of Rhode Island, in the place of Jabez M. Fisher, resigned.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, Feb. 18, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Charles E. Clarke. jr., of New York, to be consul of the United States at Port-au-Prince, in the place of Seth Webb, jr, commercial agent, deceased.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, 20 February, 1863.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 10 th, 1863.

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War Department, Washington, February 10, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following. named persons for appointment in the Volunteer three now in the service of the United States: Quartermaster's Department.

Charles A. Henry, of Nebraska Territory. to be assistant quarter. master with the rank of captain.

Subsistence Department.

John L. Carsen, of Nebraska Territory, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

Pay Department.

Lispenard S. Webb, of Ohio, to be additional paymaster.

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

EdWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States :

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War,

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 12, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 12, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Pay Department.

Henry W. Scovel, of New York, to be additional paymaster; John L. Wilson, of Indiana, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 13, 1863.

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War Department, Washington, February 13, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: To be additional paymasters.

Edwin Fly, of Maine; Justus Phelps, of New York.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 14 th, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 14, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

Joshua Kames, of Pennsylvania, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persona named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, Februarg 14, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 14, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Quartermaster's Department.

Thomas H. McDill, of Wisconsin, to be assistant quartermaster with the rank of captain.

Medical Department, to be assistant surgeons.

William Grimstead, of Missouri.

O. K, Reynolds, of Missouri.

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A. C. Schwarzwelder, of Ohio.

John Q. Adams, of New York,

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 17, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 17, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Adjutant-General's Department.

Warren D. Crandall, of —, to be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of captain, November 5, 1862.

Subsistence Department.

James C. Brooks, of Indiana, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain. January 1, 1863.

Pay Department.

John Brotherline, of Pennsylvania, to be additional paymaster.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Army of the United States; as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 18, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 18, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following named persons for appointment in the Army of the United States: Sixth Regiment of Cavalry.

Corporal Thomas W. Simson, of the Fourth Cavalry, to be second lieutenant, vice Ward, promoted.

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Sergeant Robert Floyd, of Company M, to be brevet second lieutenant.

Fifth Regiment of Artillery.

First Sergeant William Egan, of Company H, to be brevet second lieutenant.

Sergeant Richard Metcalf, of Company A, to be brevet second lieutenant.

Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry.

Sergeant George R. Vernon, of Company F, to be second lieutenant, vice Bellows, promoted.

Sergeant George L. Browning, of Company F, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

Sixteenth Regiment of Infantry.

Ordnance Sergeant James Hearn, of the United States Army, to be second lieutenant, to fill an original vacancy.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the person named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 19, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 19, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following-named person for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States:

Emery E. Norton, of New York, to be commissary of subsistence with the rank of captain.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

To the President of the United States:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 19, 1863.

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War Department, Washington, February 19, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following. named persons for appointment the Volunteer force no now in the service of the United States: TO BE AIDES-DE-CAMP WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN. Under the act of July 17, 1862.

Charles G. Hutton, of New York (for Major-General Burnside).

R. H. J. Goddard, of Rhode Island (for Major-General Burnside).

Adjutant-General's Department.

D. R. Larned, of Connecticut, to be assistant adjutant-general with the rank of captain.

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

EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.

The President of the United States.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate the persons named in the accompanying communication for appointment in the Volunteer force, as proposed by the Secretary of War.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Washington, February 19, 1863.

War Department, Washington, February 19, 1863.

Sir : I have the honor to propose for your approbation the following. named persons for appointment in the Volunteer force now in the service of the United States: Quartermaster's Department.

Charles M. Sampson, of Massachusett