OF THE EXECUTIVE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM DECEMBER 1, 1862, TO JULY 4, 1864, INCLUSIVE. VOL. XIII. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. IN EXECUTIVE SESSION, SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, June 28, 1886. Resolved, That the entire Executive Journal of the Senate, from the 23d February, 1829, the date to which the said proceedings have already been printed and published by order of the Senate, be printed, to the end of the last session of the Fortieth Congress, under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate, with a copious and comprehensive index to each volume, and that one hundred copies thereof be printed. Resolved, That until the further order of the Senate the said print shall not be made public. Attest: ANSON G. McCOOK, Secretary. 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. 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. WASHINGTON CITY, December 1st, 1862. To the Senate of the United States : ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 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. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 2, 1862. To the Senate of the United States: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 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. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 2, 1862. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 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 of 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. 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 |