The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Glossbrenner, his secretary: To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate —
- Hamilton H. Dalton to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 16th December, 1860, vice Lieutenant John R. Hamilton, resigned.
- George A. Bigelow to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 19th of December, 1860, vice Lieutenant George E. Law, resigned.
- Robert F. Bradford to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 22d of December, 1860, vice Lieutenant William G. Dozier, resigned.
- Robert L. Phythian to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 25th December, 1860, vice Lieutenant Alexander F. Warley, resigned.
- Augustus P. Cooke to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 28th of December, 1860, vice Lieutenant Robert Selden, resigned.
- George S. Shryock to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 9th of January, 1861, vice Lieutenant John M. Stribbling, resigned.
- Le Roy Fitch to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 12th of January, 1861, vice Lieutenant Thomas B. Huger, resigned.
- Joseph W. Harris to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 12th of January, 1861, vice Lieutenant Thomas P. Pelot, resigned.
- Thomas H. Eastman to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 16th of January, 1861, vice Lieutenant James H. North, resigned.
- Rush R. Wallace to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 17th of January, 1861, vice Lieutenant Robert T. Chapman, resigned.
- Chester Hatfield to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 23d of January, 1861, vice Lieutenant Francis B. Renshaw, resigned.
- Charles J. McDougal to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 23d of January, 1861, vice Lieutenant Jno. R. Eggleston, resigned.
- Thomas K. Porter to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 24th of January, 1861, vice Lieutenant John Kell, resigned.
- James C. Moseley to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 30th of January, 1861, vice Lieutenant Charles M. Morris, resigned.
- George H. Perkins to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 2d of February, 1861, vice Lieutenant Joseph Fry, resigned.
- George M. Blodgett to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 3d of February, 1861, vice Lieutenant P. Porcher, resigned.
- Philip Lansdale to be a Surgeon in the Navy, from the 20th of January, 1861, vice Surgeon W. A. W. Spottswood, resigned.
- Samuel I. Jones to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 19th of December, 1860, vice Assistant Surgeon Thomas J. Charlton, resigned.
- Joseph W. Shively to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 15th of January, 1861, vice Assistant Surgeon Arthur M. Lynch, resigned.
JAMES BUCHANAN.