Washington , 15 th April , 1828. I nominate Brevet Major General Alexander Macomb, to be Major General of the Army of the United States. Masters Commandant Wolcott Chauncey, Edmund P. Kennedy, Alexander J. Dallas, John B. Nicholson, to be Captains in the Navy. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Page 604 | Page image Lieutenants Lawrence Rousseau, George W. Storer, Robert M. Rose, Beverly Kennon, Edward R. Shubrick, Francis H. Gregory, John H. Clack, Philip F. Voorhees, Benjamin Cooper, William L. Gordon, to be Masters Commandant in the Navy. Greenbury W. Ridgely, of Kentucky, to be Chaplain in the Navy. Andrew Armstrong, of Pennsylvania, to be Navy Agent for the port of Lima, for four years. William G. Merrill, of New York , to be Consul at the Cape de Verd Islands, in the place of Samuel Hodges , deceased. Truman Beecher, of Ohio, to be Collector of the Customs and Inspector of the Revenue for the port of Detroit. James B. C. Thornton, of Virginia, to be Surveyor and Inspector of the Revenue for the port of Dumfries. George Naylor, of the District of Columbia, to be a Justice of the Peace for the County of Washington, in said District. Daniel M. Christie, of New Hampshire, to be Attorney of the United States for the district of New Hampshire. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. The message was read. On motion by Mr. Harrison, Ordered , That the nomination of Alexander Macomb be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. On motion by Mr. Hayne, Ordered , That the nominations for promotions and appointments in the Navy be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. The following motion, submitted by Mr. Webster, was agreed to: Ordered , That hereafter the confidential or secret proceedings of the Senate, on Legislative business, be kept in a separate Journal from that in which Executive proceedings are entered.