Ordered, That the further consideration of this nomination be postponed to the first Monday of April next.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the message received January 30th, nominating George Hoffman, Phineas Manning, and Joshua Wingate, to office; and

Resolved, That they do advise and consent to the appointments of P. Manning, and Joshua Wingate, agreeably to the nominations respectively. Ordered, That the Secretary lay this resolution, together with the order on the message of the 20th December, before the President of the United States.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1806.

The following written message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I transmit, for the consideration of the Senate, a treaty entered into on behalf of the United States with the Piankeshaw Indians, whereby our possessions on the north bank of the Ohio are entirely consolidated; and I ask the advice and consent of the Senate as to its ratification.

February 7th, 1806.

The message and treaty were read.
Ordered, That they lie for consideration.

TH: JEFFERSON.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1806.

The treaty made at Vincennes, between the United States and the Piankeshaw nation, was read the second time.

Ordered, That it be referred to Mr. Worthington, Mr. Adair, and Mr. Baldwin, to consider and report thereon.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1806.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the treaty, concluded with the Bashaw of Tripoli, and the motion made on the 23d December last, for ratifying the same; and,

On motion,

Ordered, That the further consideration of this treaty be the order of the day for Monday next.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1806.

The following written message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate William Cranch, now an Assistant Judge of the Circuit Court, for the District of Columbia, to be Chief Judge of the same Court, in the place of William Kelty, resigned.

Pierpont Edwards, late Attorney for the District Court of Connecticut, to be Judge of the same Court.

Phineas Manning, lately appointed Collector of the district of Perth Amboy, to be also Inspector of the Revenue for the port of Perth Amboy. TH: JEFFERSON.

February 21st, 1806.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it lie for consideration.

On motion, that it be

Resolved, That a committee be appointed to wait on the President of the United States, and know from him whether he has ratified the treaty between the United States and the chiefs and head men of the Indian tribe, called the Cherokees, concluded on the 25th day of October, A. D. 1805, the ratification of which treaty the Senate advised and consented on the 19th of December, 1805. And, if the President has not ratified the same, to request him to return said treaty to the Senate, for further consideration. Ordered, That this motion lie for consideration.

On motion,

Ordered, That the third reading of the treaty made with the Bashaw, Bey, and Regency of Tripoli, be the order of the day for Tuesday next.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1806.

The Senate proceeded to consider the message, nominating William Cranch, and others, to office. Whereupon,

Resolved, That they advise and consent to the appointments, agreeably to the nominations respectively.

Ordered, That the Secretary lay this resolution before the President of the United States.

The following written message was received from the President of the United States:

To the Senate of the United States:

Several vacancies having happened in the Army of the United States, during the last recess of the Senate, I granted commissions as stated in the list. herein enclosed, marked (A,) and signed by the Secretary at War, which commissions will expire at the end of the present session of the Senate. I now, therefore, nominate the same persons for the same appointments.

I also nominate the persons whose names are stated in the list marked (B.) signed by the Secretary at War, for the appointments therein respectively proposed for them. TH. JEFFERSON.

February 24th, 1806.

A.

List of promotions and appointments in the corps of Engineers, during the last recess of Congress:

Promotions.

Captain William A. Barron, to the rank of Major, June 11, 1805.

Captain Jared Mansfield,

1st Lieut. James Wilson,

Appointments.

Jonathan Williams, to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, April 19, 1805. George Bomford, Joseph G. Totten, and William McRee, to the rank of 2d Lieutenants, July 1st, 1805.

WAR DEPARTMENT, February 21st, 1806.

SIR: I have the honor to propose, for your approbation, the following list of promotions and appointments in the Army of the United States:

Promotions.

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Cushing, of the 2d regiment of Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of Colonel in the same, vice Colonel Thomas Butler, deceased, September 7, 1805.

First Lieutenant Charles Wollstonecraft, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of Captain in the same, vice Captain Jonathan Robeson, deceased, March 13, 1805.

First Lieutenant George Waterhouse, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of Captain in the same, vice Captain James Sterrett, resigned Sept. 20th, 1805.

First Lieutenant James House, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of Captain in the same, vice Captain George W. Carmichael, resigned November 1st, 1805.

First Lieutenant William Yates, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of Captain in the same, vice Captain James Stille, resigned December 31st, 1805.

First Lieutenant John B. Walback, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of Captain in the same, vice Captain John M'Clellan, resigned January 31st, 1806.

First Lieutenant John B. Barnes, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of Captain in the same, vice Captain Howell Cobb, resigned January 31st, 1806.

Second Lieutenant Francis Newman, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant Charles Wollstonecraft, promoted.

Second Lieutenant James Swearingen, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant Leonard Williams, resigned May 15, 1805.

Second Lieutenant Robert Ritchie, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant George Waterhouse, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Reuben Smith, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant James House, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Thomas A. Smith, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant William Yates, promoted.

Second Lieutenant William Clark, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant John B. Walback, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Hannibal M. Allen, of the regiment of Artillerists, to be promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant John B. Barnes, promoted.

First Lieutenant Moses Hooke, of the 1st regiment Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of Captain in the same, vice Captain Cornelius Lyman, deceased March 23d, 1805.

First Lieutenant John Hanes, of the 2d regiment Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of Captain in he same, vice Captain Edward D. Turner, resigned November 30, 1805.

Second Lieutenant Daniel Hughes, of the 1st regiment Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant Moses Hooke, promoted.

Second Lieutenant Henry Brevoort, of the 2d regiment Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant John Hanes, promoted.

Ensign Joseph Dorr, of the 1st regiment Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant Daniel Hughes, promoted.

Ensign Simeon Knight, of the 1st regiment Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant Anthony Campbell, resigned April 1, 1805.

Ensign Alpha Kingsley, of the 1st regiment Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant Joseph Miller, resigned June 21, 1805.

Ensign John Roney, of the 1st regiment Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant William Simmons, deceased August 22, 1805.

Ensign George W. Sevier, of the 2d regiment Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant Henry Hopkins, resigned August 24, 1805.

Ensign John N. R. Lucket, of the 2d regiment Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the same, vice James S. Logan, resigned November 30, 1805.

Ensign Anthony Forster, of the 2d regiment Infantry, to be promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in the same, vice Lieutenant Henry Brevoort, promoted.

Appointments.

Colonel Samuel Hammond, of St. Louis, to be appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the 2d regiment of Infantry, vice Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Cushing, promoted.

Julius F. Heileman, William Gates, Pascal Vincent Bouis, Cadets at the Military Academy, John Gansevoort, of New York, Charles Lewis, Jacob Jackson, of Virginia, Esaias Preble, of Massachusetts, Hopley Yeaton, of New Hampshire, and Alexander Laneuville, of Orleans, to be appointed Second Lieutenants in the regiment of Artillerists.

Joseph M'Kean, and Jacob Albright, of Pennsylvania, John Pemberton, of Kentucky, John F. Bowie, and Thomas Clements, of Maryland, Francis W. Small, of Orleans, James R. Peyton, and Thomas Hamilton, Serjeants in the Army, and John Baker, Jun. of Tennessee, to be appointed Ensigns in the Infantry.

Thomas Borland, of Virginia, Abraham Stewart, and James H. Sargent, of Massachusetts, Reuben Everitt, of North Carolina, James R. Grove, and

William Stearns, of Vermont, Henry Young, of Kentucky, and Enoch Hazard, of Rhode Island, to be appointed Surgeon's Mates.

Accept, Sir, the assurances of my high respect and consideration.

PRESIDENT of the United States.

The message and papers were read.
Ordered, That they lie for consideration.

H. DEARBORN.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1806.

The message received yesterday, was taken into consideration. Ordered, That it be referred to Mr. Anderson, Mr. Worthington, and Mr. Sumpter, to consider and report thereon.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1806.

Mr. Worthington, from the committee to whom was referred, on the 11th instant, the treaty made with the Piankeshaws, reported the following motion:

Resolved, (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring therein,) That the Senate do advise and consent to the ratification of the treaty, made and concluded at Vincennes, in the Indiana Territory, on the 30th day of December last, between the United States and the head men of the Piankeshaw tribe of Indians.

Ordered, That this motion lie for consideration.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1806.

The following written message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary:

To the Senate of the United States:

I nominate Allen Bowie Duckett, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Judge of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

John Armstrong, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Paris, and James Bowdoin, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Madrid, to be Commissioners Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary, for settling all matters of difference between the United States and the government of Spain, respecting unlawful captures and spoliations on the high seas, committed by either party on the other, and respecting their territories on both sides of the Mississippi.

James Lovell, of the Territory of Orleans, to be Surveyor for the port of New Orleans.

Philip Ford, of Maryland, to be Surveyor of the port of Llewellensburg, and Inspector of the Revenue for the district of the same.

George Davis, late Consul of the United States at Tunis, to be Consul at Tripoli.

TH: JEFFERSON.