Army and Navy vacancies filled.
Washington,Feb. 22.--The Senate has confirmed the following Presidential nominations, among many others:
Lieut. Col. Sewall to be
Colonel:
Major Hoffman to be
Lieutenant Colonel:
Captains Burford,
Whiting,
Winders,
Sackett and
E. K. Smith, to be
Majors:
Lieutenants Charles S. Stewart,
Blunt,
Foster,
Bryan,
Reno,
McCarthy,
Derby,
Hink, and
Marshall, to be
Captains;
Major Emory to be
Lieutenant Colonel; Assistant.
Surgeon Head to be
Surgeon.
The following named
Assistant Surgeons of the Army were also confirmed: Sporb, of
Pennsylvania; Mechum and
Wagner, of
Maryland;
Ramseur, of
North Carolina, and
Cormick, of
Virginia.
The following
Lieutenants of the Navy were confirmed to fill vacancies occasioned by resignations:
Dalton,
Bigelow,
Bradford, Phitkion,
Cook, and Sheyock;
Fitch,
Harris,
Eastman,
Wallace, Hackfield,
McDougal,
Porter,
Moseley,
Perkins,
Blodgett,
Phillips, and
Lansdale are confirmed as Surgeons, and
Samuel J. Jones and Shiveley as
Assistant Surgeons, in place of those resigned.