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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Senate Executive Journal --SATURDAY, April 9, 1853.
Mr. Hunter submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:
Resolved, That a committee, consisting of two members, be appointed by the President pro tempore to wait on the President of the United States and inform him that, unless he may have further communications to make, the Senate will close the session by adjournment at 1 o'clock on Monday next.
Mr. Hunter and Mr. Everett were appointed the committee.
On motion by Mr. Phelps,
Ordered, That William O'Brien have leave to withdraw his petition and papers.
The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted yesterday by Mr. Bright, respecting the appointment of certain messengers to the Senate; and
The resolution was agreed to.
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Mr. Weller submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to transmit to the Senate a copy of the report made by Gilbert Rodman, esq., to the Department, upon the subject of the custom-house at San Francisco, California.
On motion by Mr. Hamlin, and by unanimous consent,
The vote on agreeing to the resolution of the 6th of April authorizing the printing of five thousand additional copies of the report of the Secretary of State relating to the commercial regulations of foreign countries, was reconsidered.
The Senate proceeded to consider the said resolution; and having been amended on the motion of Mr. Hamlin, it was agreed to as follows:
Resolved, That there be printed, for the use of the Senate, two thousand additional copies of the report of the Secretary of State relating to the commercial regulations of foreign countries.
Mr. Clayton submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and unanimously agreed to:
Resolved, That the unanimous thanks of the Senate be, and the same are hereby, tendered to the honorable David R. Atchison for the very able, dignified, and impartial manner in which he has presided over the deliberations of the Senate during this special session, now about to terminate.
Mr. Hunter, from the committee appointed to wait on the President of the United States, and inform him that, unless he may have further communications to make, the Senate will close the session by adjournment at 1 o'clock on Monday next, reported:
That they had performed the duty assigned them, and that the President replied that he had no further communication to make.
Mr. Hunter submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to.
Resolved, That the President pro tempore close the present session by adjourning the Senate sine die on Monday next at one o'clock.
Mr. Soulé submitted the following resolutions; which were considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:
Resolved, That the Select Committee on Mexican Claims, &c., be authorized to file their report upon the matter submitted to their consideration after the adjournment of the Senate.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate be authorized to receive said report and to have the usual number of the same printed.
Resolved, That the services of the clerk of the said committee be continued for a month after the adjournment of the Senate.
The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of Gilbert Rodman upon the subject of the custom-house at San Francisco, California; which was read.
Ordered, That it lie on the table and be printed.
The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Seward, the 7th instant, respecting the printing of certain debates in the National Intelligencer; and an amendment being proposed by Mr. Chase,
After debate,
On motion, the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business.
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The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Webster, his secretary:
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Seth Belden to be surveyor and inspector of the revenue for the port of Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, vice Penfield B. Goodsell, removed.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Washington, April 9, 1853.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate I. Alexander Pleasants to be consul of the United States at Minatitlan, Mexico.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Washington, April 9th, 1853.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate George S. Waldron to be attorney of the United States for the northern district of Alabama, in the place of Jefferson F. Jackson, removed.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
April 9, 1853.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate George Gibson, junior, of Pennsylvania, to be a military storekeeper attached to the purchasing branch of the Quartermaster's Department, in place of Samuel Manemy, whose commission expired at the end of the last session of Congress.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Washington, April 9, 1853.
To the Senate of the United States:
I hereby nominate Ferris Forman to be deputy postmaster at Sacramento City, in the county of Sacramento, State of California, in place of Richard A. Edes, the present incumbent.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Executive Chamber, April 9, 1853.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Sanders Lansing, jr., of New York, for the appointment of military storekeeper in the Ordnance Department, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of W. C. Whitridge.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Washington, March --, 1853.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate I. I. Smith to be deputy postmaster at Frederic, in the county of Frederic, State of Maryland, in place of Jacob Fauble, the present incumbent.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Executive Chamber, April 9, 1853.
To the Senate of the United States:
I hereby nominate Robert A. Davage to be deputy postmaster at Nevada City, in the county of Nevada, State of California, in place of William P. Clarkson, resigned.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Executive Chamber, April 9, 1853.
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To the Senate of the United States:
I hereby nominate Daniel Dickson to be deputy postmaster at Wilmington, in the county of New Hanover, State of North Carolina, in the place of James G. Burr, the present incumbent.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Executive Mansion, April 9th, 1853.
To the Senate of the United States:
I hereby nominate E. B. Goodsell to be deputy postmaster at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, in place of George Wade, the present incumbent.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Executive Chamber, April 9th, 1853.
To the Senate of the United States:
I hereby nominate W. W. Wick to be deputy postmaster at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion, State of Indiana, in place of James Russell, the present incumbent.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Executive Chamber, April 8th, 1853.
To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate Henry L. Dodge, of New Mexico, to be agent for the Indians in that Territory, vice Spencer M. Baird, removed.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Executive Office, April 9th, 1853.
The messages were read.
The Senate, by unanimous consent, proceeded to consider the nominations of Seth Belden, I. Alexander Pleasants, George S. Waldron, George Gibson, jr., Ferris Forman, Sanders Lansing, jr., I. I. Smith, Robert A. Davage, Daniel Dickson, E. B. Goodsell, and W. W. Wick; and
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to the appointment of the said persons, agreeably to their nominations respectively.
Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 7th instant, the nomination of Thomas D. Jones, reported.
Whereupon
Resolved, That the Senate advise and consent to his appointment, agreeably to the nomination.
Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 6th instant, the nomination of John Hodgdon, reported.
On motion by Mr. Hamlin,
Ordered, That it lie on the table.
Ordered, That the nomination of Henry L. Dodge be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
On motion the Senate adjourned.
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