James Murray, of Baltimore, Maryland, as supervising inspector of steamboats, vice John Murray, whose commission was revoked;

Alfred Guthrie, of Chicago, Illinois, as supervising inspector of steamboats, vice George W. Dole, declined.

William A. Bird, of Black Rock, New York, as supervising inspector of steamboats, vice Hiram Barton, declined.

Charles W. Copeland, of New York. New York, as supervising inspector of steamboats, vice Robert L. Stevens, declined.

WASHINGTON, December 7, 1852.

To the Senate of the United States:

MILLARD FILLMORE.

I nominate Robert G. Robb to be a commander in the Navy, from the 2d of November, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Commander William Pearson.

John Colhoun to be a commander in the Navy, from the 4th of November, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Commander George P. Upshur.

John C. Beaumont to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 29th of August, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Lieutenant John H. Little.

Charles H. B. Caldwell to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 4th of September, 1852, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lieutenant William Leigh.

Charles M. Fauntleroy to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 2d of November, 1852, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Lieutenant Robert G. Robb.

William B. Fitzgerald to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 4th of November, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Lieutenant John Colhoun.

WASHINGTON, December 8, 1852.

To the Senate of the United States:

MILLARD FILLMORE.

I renominate James M. Duncan to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 2d of December, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lieutenant Richard W. Meade.

Lardner Gibbon to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 5th of December, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Lieutenant William Preston Griffin.

Samuel Marcy to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 2d of April, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lieutenant L. Maynard.

John P. Bankhead to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 7th of April, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lieuten. ant Wilmer Shields.

I. W. A. Nicholson to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 24th of April, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lieutenant Edmund T. Shubrick.

Thomas G. Corbin to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 10th of June, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lieutenant William B. Muse.

Gustavus V. Fox to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 9th of July, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Lieutenant Nathaniel W. Duke.

John Matthews to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 13th of July, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lieutenant Samuel J. Shipley.

William B. Sinclair to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 21st of June, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Surgeon John S. Wiley.

William S. Nichol, of Tennessee, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, to fill the vacancy occasioned bythe promotion of Passed Assistant Surgeon William B. Sinclair.

John C. Coleman, of Virginia, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Assistant Surgeon O. J. Wister.

WASHINGTON, December 8, 1852.

To the Senate of the United States:

MILLARD FILLMORE.

I nominate J. K. Harwood, of Maryland, to be a purser in the Navy, from the 24th of November, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Purser William C. Christian.

W. Brenton Boggs, of New York, to be a purser in the Navy, from the 30th of November, 1852, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Purser William A. Bloodgood.

WASHINGTON, December 8, 1852.

To the Senate of the United States:

MILLARD FILLMORE.

I nominate Samuel Jackson to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 2d of September, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Surgeon D. C. McLeod.

James Jeffray Brownlee to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 19th of October, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Surgeon A. J. Bowie.

Stephen A. McCreery to be a surgeon in the Navy, from the 22d of November, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Surgeon Jonathan Cowdery.

J. Sage Hopkins, of Virginia, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 2d of September, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Passed Assistant Surgeon Samuel Jackson.

Richard H. Cowmau, of Maryland, to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 17th of September, 1852, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Passed Assistant Surgeon Joseph Hopkinson. MILLARD FILLMORE.

WASHINGTON, December 8, 1852.

To the Senate of the United States :

These

I transmit herewith several nominations of naval officers. persons were respectively commissioned by me during the recess previous to your last session, and the nominations laid before the Senate at that session, but remained unacted upon at its close; the consequence of which was, that the commissions which had been given expired, and I felt it my duty for the reasons stated in the correspondence between the Secretary of the Navy and myself (a copy of which is hereto annexed) to renew those commissions during the last recess. I did this

with much reluctance, and consequently feel it my duty to present them again for your consideration at the earliest practicable moment. The same is true of the nominations sent in from the War Department. MILLARD FILLMORE.

WASHINGTON, December 8, 1852.

To the Senate of the United States:

I renominate Lewis E. Simonds to be a captain in the Navy, from the 5th of April, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Captain Alexander S. Wadsworth.

Harrison H. Cocke to be a captain in the Navy, from the 22d of April, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Captain Samuel Barron.

William J. McCluney to be a captain in the Navy, from the 13th of October, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Captain Lewis Warrington.

Lloyd B. Newell to be a commander in the Navy, from the 6th of April, 1851, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Commander Lewis E. Simonds.

William S. Ogden to be a commander in the Navy, from the 22d of April, 1851, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Commander Harrison H. Cocke.

Frederick A. Neville to be a commander in the Navy, from the 15th of July, 1851, to fill a vacaucy occasioned by the death of Commander Thomas J. Leib.

Charles C. Turner to be a commander in the Navy, from the 20th of July,, 2851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Commander James D. Knight.

John Manning to be a commander in the Navy, from the 13th of October, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Commander William J. McCluney.

James L. Lardner to be a commander in the Navy, from the 21st of November, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Commander Joseph Mattison.

Henry Rodgers to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 26th of March, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the dismission of Lieutenant E. C. Ward.

John M. B. Clitz to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 6th of April, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Lieutenant Lloyd D. Newell.

John D. Read to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 8th of April, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lieutenant Robert Townsend.

Courtlandt Benham to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from 9th of April, 1851, to fill a vacancy ccasioned by the death of Lieutenant James S. Ridgely.

John F. Abbott to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 22d of April, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Lieutenant Will. iam S. Ogden.

George H. Cooper to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 8th of May, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lieutenant James Blair.

Bayse N. Westcott to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 11th of June, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the dismission of Lieutenant Charles G. Hunter.

William Winder Pollock to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 15th of July, 1851, to fiil a vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Lieuterant Frederick A. Neville.

I. Fenwick Stenson to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 29th of August, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Lieutenant Charles C. Barton.

Andrew Bryson to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 30th of August, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Lieutenant Charles C. Turner.

John Downes, jr., to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 30th of August, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by thedeath of Lieutenant Wilson R. McKinney.

Charles M. orris to be a lieutenant in in the Navy, from the 13th of October, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Lieutenant John Manning.

Andre J. Drake to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 16th of October, 1851, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Lieutenant William S. Drayton.

James H. Spotts to be a lieutenant in the Navy, from the 21st of November, 1851, to fiill a vacancy occasioned by the promotion of Lieutenant James L. Lardner.

William E. Wysham to be an assistant surgeon in the Navy, from the 24th of September, 1851, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Assistant Surgeon William F. Carrington.

WASHINGTON, December 8, 1852.

To the Senate of the United States:

MILLARD FILLMORE.

I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between the United States and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay signed at Monte Video on the 28th of August last.

WASHINGTON, 7 December, 1-52.

To the Senate of the United States:

MILLARD FILLMORE.

I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, an additional article, signed in this city on the 16th ultimo, to the convention for the mutual delivery of criminals, fugitives from justice, in certain cases, between the United States on the one part and Prussia and other states of the Germanic Confederation on the other part, concluded on the 15th of June, 1852.

WASHINGTON, 8th December, 1852.

The messages were read.

MILLARD FILLMORE.

The treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation, between the United States of America and the Oriential Republic of Uruguay, concluded at Monte Video on the 28th day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1852, was read the first time.

On motion by Mr. Weller,

Ordered, That the treaty, with the message and accompanying documents, be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

The additional article to the convention for the mutual delivery of criminals, fugitive from justice, in certain cases, concluded between the

United States on the one part, and Prussia and other states of the Germanic Confederation on the other part, at Washington the 16th day of June, 1852, was read the first time.

On motion by Mr. Weller,

Ordered, That the additional article, with the message, be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1852.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

I hereby nominate Thomas Coggeshall, jr., to be deputy postmaster at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, in place of Simeon Bailey, resigned.

MILLARD FILLMORE.

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, December 10th, 1852.

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Thomas D. Condy, of South Carolina, to be marshal for the United States for the district of South Carolina, from the 15th of next January, when his present commission will expire.

WASHINGTON, December 13, 1852.

To the Senate of the United States:

MILLARD FILLMORE.

I nominate Richard B. Jones, of Pennsylvania, to be consul-general of the United States at Alexandria, in Egypt, in the place of Daniel S. McCauley, deceased.

WASHINGTON, December 15, 1852.

The messages were read.

MILLARD FILLMORE.

Ordered, That the nomination of Thomas Coggeshall, jun'r, be referred to the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads.

Ordered, That the nomination of Thomas D. Condy be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the nomination of Richard B. Jones be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

On motion by Mr. Badger,

Ordered, That the nominations for promotion and appointment in the Army, received the 9th instant, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Ordered, That the nominations of Silas H. Hodges be referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office.

Ordered, That the nominations of John Wilson and E. A. Cabell be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Ordered, That the nomination of George F. Comstock be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Ordered, That the nomination of Robert B. Lamdin be referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Ordered, That the nominations of John Ambler, Hiram H. Baber, and John D. Coalter be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the nomination of Thomas M. Foote be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.