Paymaster George W. Beaman to be a pay inspector in the navy from the 12th of September, 1891, vice Pay Inspector E. Stewart, promoted.

Passed Assistant Paymaster John C. Sullivan to be a paymaster in the navy (to be subject to the examinations required by law) from the 12th of September, 1891, vice Paymaster George W. Beaman, promoted.

Assistant Paymaster James II. Chapman to be a passed assistant paymaster in the navy from the 12th of September, 1891, vice Passed Assistant Paymaster J. C. Sullivan, promoted.

Pay Inspector Ambrose J. Clark to be a pay director in the navy from the 21st of September, 1891, vice Pay Director J. D. Murray, retired.

Paymaster Arthur Burtis to be a pay inspector in the navy (subject to the examinations required by law) from the 21st of September, 1891, vice Pay Inspector A. J. Clark, promoted.

Passed Assistant Paymaster James E. Cann to be a paymaster in the navy from the 21st of September, 1891, vice Paymaster Arthur Burtis, promoted.

Pay Inspector George Cochran to be a pay director in the navy from the 19th of November, 1891, vice Pay Director Charles W. Abbot, retired.

Paymaster Edwin Putnam to be a pay inspector in the navy from the 19th of November, 1891, vice Pay Inspector George Cochran, promoted.

Passed Assistant Paymaster Otis C. Tiffany to be a paymaster in the navy (subject to the examinations required by law) from the 19th of November, 1891, vice Paymaster Edwin Putnam, promoted.

Assistant Paymaster John S. Carpenter to be a passed assistant paymaster in the navy from the 19th of November, 1891. vice Passed Assistant Paymaster O. C. Tiffany, promoted.

Pay Inspector Joseph A. Smith to be a pay director in the navy from the 24th of November, 1891, vice Pay Director T. II. Looker, retired.

Paymaster Worthington Goldsborough to be a pay inspector in the navy (subject to the examinations required by law) from the 24th of November, 1891, vice Pay Inspector J. A. Smith, promoted.

Passed Assistant Paymaster John N. Speel to be a paymaster in the navy from the 24th of November, 1891, vice Paymaster W. Goldsborough, promoted.

Assistant Paymaster Livingstone Hunt to be a passed assistant paymaster in the navy from the 24th of November, 1891, vice Passed Assistant Paymaster John N. Speel, promoted.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

Medical Corps.

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Medical Inspector Henry M. Wells to be a medical director in the navy from the 22d September, 1891, vice Medical Di

Surgeon J. Rufus Tryon to be a medical inspector in the navy from the 22d September, 1891, vice Medical Inspector H. M. Wells, promoted.

Passed Assistant Surgeon Howard E. Ames to be a surgeon in the navy from the 19th March, 1891, vice Surgeon J. H. Gaines, retired. Passed Assistant Surgeon L. B. Baldwin to be a surgeon in the navy from the 22d September, 1891, vice Surgeon J. R. Tryon, promoted.

Passed Assistant Surgeon Ernest Norfleet to be a surgeon in the navy from the 26th of September, 1891, vice Surgeon J. H. Hall, retired.

Surgeon William H. Jones to be a medical inspector in the navy from the 14th November, 1891, vice Medical Inspector T. Woolverton, retired.

Passed Assistant Surgeon Frank Anderson to be a surgeon in the navy from the 14th November, 1891, vice Surgeon William H. Jones, promoted.

Passed Assistant Surgeon Phillips A. Lovering to be a surgeon in the navy from the 4th of December, 1891, vice Surgeon Theodore C. Hevl, retired.

Carl de Wolf Brownell, a resident of Rhode Island, to be an assistant surgeon in the navy from the 6th April, 1891, to fill a vacancy. James Stoughton, a resident of New York, to be an assistant surgeon in the navy, from the 20th May, 1891, to fill a vacancy.

Lewis Le Sassier Young, a resident of Louisiana, to be an assistant surgeon in the navy, from the 20th May, 1891, to fill a vacancy. Michael Royston Pigott, a resident of Massachusetts, to be an assistant surgeon in the navy, from the 22d May, 1891, to fill a

vacancy.

Frederick Gratton Brathwaite, a resident of Connecticut, to be an assistant surgeon in the navy, from the 22d June, 1891, to fill a

vacancy.

Robert Boyd, a resident of New York, to be an assistant surgeon in the navy, from the 24th June, 1891, to fill a vacancy.

Lewis Morris, a resident of Maryland, to be an assistant surgeon in the navy, from the 27th June, 1891, to fill a vacancy.

James Shirley Hope, a resident of Virginia, to be an assistant surgeon in the navy, from the 10th July, 1891, to fill a vacancy. Middleton Semmes Guest, a resident of the District of Columbia, to be an assistant surgeon in the navy, from the 19th November, 1891, to fill a vacancy.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

Engineer Corps.

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Passed Assistant Engineer Jefferson Brown to be a chief engineer in the navy from the 19th November, 1890, vice Chief Engineer George H. White, retired.

Passed Assistant Engineer John D. Ford to be a chief engineer in the navy from the 27th December, 1890, vice Charles H. Loring,

Passed Assistant Engineer John L. Hannum to be a chief engineer in the navy (subject to the examinations required by law) from the 4th May, 1891, vice John F. Bingham, deceased.

Passed Assistant Engineer Albert C. Engard to be a chief engineer in the navy (subject to the examinations required by law) from the 3d October, 1891, vice Chief Engineer James Butterworth, deceased. Assistant Engineer Joseph R. Wilmer to be a passed assistant engineer in the navy from the 10th January, 1891, vice Passed Assistant Engineers Jefferson Brown, promoted, and J. J. Barry, retired. Assistant Engineer John L. Gow to be a passed assistant engineer in the navy from the 19th March, 1891, vice Passed Assistant Engineers William L. Cathcart, resigned, and W. R. King, retired.

Assistant Engineer George E. Burd to be a passed assistant engineer in the navy from the 4th May, 1891, vice Passed Assistant Engineers J. D. Ford, promoted, and J. M. Emanuel, retired.

Assistant Engineer Walter M. McFarland to be a passed assistant engineer in the navy from the 3d October, 1891, vice Passed Assistant Engineers John L. Hannum and A. C. Engard, promoted.

Naval Cadet Louis McC. Nulton, a resident of Virginia, graduate of the Naval Academy, to be an assistant engineer in the navy from the 1st of July, 1891, to fill a vacancy.

Naval Cadet John B. Patton, a resident of South Carolina, a graduate of the Naval Academy, to be an assistant engineer in the navy from the 1st of July, 1891, to fill a vacancy.

Naval Cadet George W. Danforth, a resident of Missouri, a graduate of the Naval Academy, to be an assistant engineer in the navy from the 1st of July, 1891, to fill a vacancy.

Naval Cadet Clelend N. Offley, a resident of the District of Columbia, a graduate of the Naval Academy, to be an assistant engineer in the navy from the 1st of July, 1891, to fill a vacancy.

Naval Cadet Robert E. Carney, a resident of Wisconsin, a graduate of the Naval Academy, to be an assistant engineer in the navy from the 1st of July, 1891, to fill a vacancy.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

MARINE CORPS.

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate Second Lieutenant Joseph H. Pendleton to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps from the 28th June, 1891, vice First Lieutenant J. G. McWhorter, deceased.

Second Lieutenant Herbert L. Draper to be a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps from the 1st of July, 1891, vice First Lieutenant William H. Stayton, resigned.

The following-named naval cadets, graduates of the Naval Academy, to be second lieutenants in the Marine Corps from the 1st of July, 1891, to fill vacancies in that grade, viz:

Lewis C. Lucas, a resident of Ohio; Bertram S. Neumann, a resident of New Jersey; Charles G. Long, a resident of Massachusetts;

resident of California; Julius Prochazka, a resident of Wisconsin; and Edward R. Lowndes, a resident of South Carolina.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 14, 1891.

BENJ. HARRISON.

On motion by Mr. Hoar, and by unanimous consent,

The reading of the messages was dispensed with, and the nominations severally referred to the appropriate committees, as follows, viz: To the Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, the nominations. for postmasters.

To the Committee on Finance, the nominations of William H. Brooks, John C. Quinn, J. Cecil Legare, and Arsemus R. Burkdole.

To the Committee on Commerce, the nominations of Charles H. Westcott, Aaron D. Littlefield, James H. Rogers, Edmond C. Chaytor, William H. Cushing, Charles H. McLellan, Frank H. Newcomb, James H. Chalker, Frank G. F. Wadsworth, Frank H. Dimock, John B. Hull, V. E. Jacobs, James M. Moore, John E. Reinburg. Preston H. Uberroth, James G. Ballinger. Claude S. Cochrane, Colin S. Craig, George M. Daniels. D. T. A. de Otte, Frederick J. Hooke, Alexander R. Hossen, Charles E. Johnson, Francis A. Levis, James H. Scott, Francis S. Van Boskerk, Samuel B. Winram, jr., Charles E. Decker, Henry T. Goodwin, Thomas B. Perry, Bell M. Woodward, J. Edward Dorry, Lewis A. Dodge, Thomas H. Dunham, and George Bingham. To the Committee on Military Affairs, the nominations for promotion and appointment in the army.

To the Committee on Naval Affairs, the nominations for promotion. and appointment in the Navy and Marine Corps.

The Vice-President laid before the Senate a petition of the Baltimore Presbyterian Church for the ratification of the treaty of Brussels relative to the liquor and slave trade in the Congo Free States; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Dolph, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred, the 10th instant, the nomination of Andrew Wasson, reported favorably thereon.

On motion by Mr. Allen,

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

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

On motion by Mr. Allen, and by unanimous consent,

Ordered, That the said resolution be transmitted forthwith to the President of the United States.

On motion by Mr. Frye,

Ordered, That the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the further consideration of the nomination of William D. Owen, and that it be referred to the Committee on Immigration.

Mr. Frye, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred, the 10th instant, the nominations of William K. Sullivan, Mark F. Wentworth, and Webster Flanagan, reported favorably thereon.

The doors were opened; and

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1819.

The following messages were received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Pruden, one of his secretaries:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Warren Truitt, of Oregon, to be United States district judge for the district of Alaska, vice John S. Bugbee, to be removed. BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 16, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate William L. Putnam, of Maine, to be United States circuit judge for the first judicial circuit, as provided by section 1, chapter 517. volume 26, laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large. BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 16, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Nathaniel Shipman, of Connecticut, to be United States circuit judge for the second judicial circuit, as provided by section 1, chapter 517, volume 26, laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large. BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 16, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate George M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, to be United States circuit judge for the third judicial circuit, as provided by section 1, chapter 517, volume 26, laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large. BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 16, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Nathan Goff, of West Virginia, to be United States circuit judge for the fourth judicial circuit, as provided by section 1, chapter 517, volume 26, laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large. BENJ. HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 16, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate William H. Taft, of Ohio, to be United States circuit judge for the sixth judicial circuit, as provided by section 1, chapter 517, volume 26, laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 16, 1891.

To the Senate of the United States:

BENJ. HARRISON.

I nominate William A. Woods, of Indiana, to be United States circuit judge for the seventh judicial circuit, as provided by section 1, chapter 517, volume 26, laws 1891, United States Statutes at Large. BENJ. HARRISON.