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Serial set 1872	Proceedings and reports of the board of Army officers, convened by Special Orders No. 78, headquarters of the Army, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, April 12, 1878. In the case of Fitz-John Porter. Together with the proceedings in the original trial and papers relating thereto. In three parts. Part III.	1
Serial set 1873	In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Whereas agriculture is the foundation of nearly all our wealth, and it is mainly through the exportation of its products that we are paying off our large indebtedness... In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hoar submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the refusal by one House of Congress to make necessary provision for the support of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments, and for the defense of the country, except upon condition that the other House and the President shall give their assent to legislation which they disapprove... List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Forty-sixth Congress. July 1, 1879. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, in answer to Senate resolutions of January 8, 1879, and May 23, 1879, accompanying reports of the auditor and the collector of the District. May 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Papers relating to the Bill (S. 601) authorizing the allowance for loss by leakage or casualty of spirits withdrawn from warehouses for transportation. May 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections, to which has been referred memorials in relation to the election of Hon. J.J. Ingalls a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, be, and said committee is hereby, authorized and instructed to investigate the statements and charges contained in said memorials... Imports -- duties from 1867 to 1878, inclusive. In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to inform the Senate of the amount of commissions or other compensation paid to bankers, brokers, firms, companies, syndicates, and individuals for services in negotiating the sale of bonds and other obligations of the United States from the year 1862 until the present time... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wallace submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, requested to furnish to the Senate a detailed statement of the accounts of the marshals of the United States in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Maryland, rendered to this date... In the Senate of the United States. March 19, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds submitted the following resolution: Whereas the necessity for the present special session of Congress has been occasioned by the failure of the last Congress to make appropriations for the support of the Army, and for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the next fiscal year... Memorial of the Legislature of Maine, praying an appropriation to aid in the construction of bridges across the St. John and St. Francis rivers, in that state, where the same are boundary lines between the United States and the Dominion of Canada. March 19, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, requesting their senators and representatives in Congress to use their best exertions to forward the claims of the soldiers and sailors from that state in the late war, now pending before the Pension Department. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Petition of certain seamen, officers, and shippers, of vessels destroyed by the Alabama, Florida, and Shenandoah, in their own behalf, and of others, praying indemnity for losses sustained thereby, and the payment of the same out of the balance of the Geneva award. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Petition of owners, master, officers, and crew of the bark Harvest, praying indemnity for the loss sustained by the capture of said bark by the rebel cruiser Shenandoah, the same to be paid out of the balance of the Geneva award. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Petition of the owners and proprietors of the dispatch line of packet ships between New York and China, praying indemnity for losses alleged to have been sustained by the attacks upon their vessels by the Alabama and other rebel cruisers during the late war, and the payment thereof out of the balance of the Geneva award. March 24, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Senate, transmitting, in obedience to law, a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Senate from July 1, 1878, to March 24, 1879. March 24, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, communicating information in relation to the application of the heirs of the claimants of the late private armed brig General Armstrong, for compensation for the destruction of said brig by the British fleet, at Fayal, during the War of 1812. March 25, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Papers in relation to the reorganization of the Army. March 25, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate be, and the same is hereby, directed to take into consideration, with the view to economy and the equalization of salaries upon the principles of justice, the question of the duties, number, and compensation of the employes [sic] of the Senate... Letter from John R. French, late Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, submitting, in obedience to law, an account of all property in his possession belonging to the United States, March 25, 1879. March 27, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Surgeon General of the United States Army, to the Hon. J.W. Johnston, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, in relation to the cause and prevention of diseases of cattle. March 31, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rollins submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Rules be, and they hereby are, directed to inquire into the expediency of an amendment to the rules of the Senate, which shall provide that the several committees shall receive the estimates and report the annual appropriation bills as herein-after named... In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1879. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Rules of the Senate be authorized to take into consideration the subject-matter of joint rules between the two Houses... In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, directed to transmit to the Senate a statement of all sums of money which have, in 1870 and in each year since, been paid out of the Treasury to John I. Davenport... In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald presented the following as the views of the minority. In the matter of the inquiry relating to Benjamin P. Runkle, referred to the Judiciary Committee by resolution of the Senate of January 10, 1878, and reported on by said committee March 3, 1879. Memorial of Robert Erwin and the former creditors of Robert Erwin, asking the passage of bill for the relief of Robert Erwin. April 7, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Rufus Ingalls and other officers of the Quartermaster's Department, U.S.A., remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 192) to correct the date of commissions of certain officers in the Quartermaster's Department. April 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in answer to a Senate resolution of April 7, 1879, a schedule of water rates charged and collected in the District of Columbia. April 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. April 17, 1879. -- Submitted. Mr. Wallace submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the standing order of the Senate regulating the appointment and removal of clerks... Memorial of Ward B. Burnett, praying for a further increase of pension. April 22, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 477. Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the establishment of a national bureau of labor. April 23, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and ordered to be printed. Resolution by the Legislature of New York, remonstrating against the refusal of a partisan majority in Congress to appropriate moneys for the support of the government, except upon condition of the repeal or amendment of existing laws. April 25, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of such legislation as will secure to that state her share of indemnity due the several states on account of swamp lands sold by the United States. April 28, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of W.H. Shock and others, chief engineers, U.S.N., praying the passage of a law granting them the same share of prize money that has been granted to fleet captains. April 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 1, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Saulsbury, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that the Committee on Privileges and Elections, to which was referred the memorial of Henry M. Spofford, praying permission to produce evidence relating to the right of Hon. William Pitt Kellogg to the seat in the Senate... Resolution by Mr. Cockrell, calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for information in relation to the making and transmitting to Congress of the annual reports on internal commerce. May 8, 1879. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vest submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that if not incompatible with the public interest, the President be requested to inform the Senate if any lands in the Indian Territory were purchased from Indian tribes in such territory by the treaties of 1866, and, if so, how many acres... Report of the Librarian of Congress upon the American Archives, or Documentary History of the American Revolution. May 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 27, 1879. -- Submitted. June 2, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that so much of the memorial of J.B. Greene as relates to the interference of federal officers in the elections in Rhode Island and to the denial of the right to vote... Petition of Schuyler Hamilton, praying the passage of the bill authorizing the President to appoint him a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, in order to place him on the retired list of said Army. June 6, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the State National Bank of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, praying for such legislation as may be necessary to enable said bank to prosecute in the Court of Claims its claim for cotton taken by agents of the Treasury Department of the United States. May 28, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. June 13, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. June 16, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to inform the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interests, how many soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded, the estimated value of property destroyed, with the expenses incurred... Memorial of the executors of the will of Joseph L. Lewis, deceased, remonstrating against the passage of a bill to authorize a compromise of the claims of the United States under the will of Joseph L. Lewis. June 18, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Petition of William Nephew King, Jr., late cadet midshipman, U.S. Navy, praying for authority to revoke his resignation as a cadet in the U.S. Navy, for the reason that said resignation was tendered under a misapprehension. June 14, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. June 18, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Communication from Joseph C.G. Kennedy in relation to the law for taking the tenth census. June 21, 1879. -- Referred to the select committee to make provision for taking the tenth census and ordered to be printed. Letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury Department, in relation to the appropriation for the payment of the workingmen of the District of Columbia. June 23, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed to accompany S.R. 42. In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Beck submitted the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that a joint committee, composed of five senators and seven representatives, be appointed, in such manner as each House may determine, to examine and report at an early day of the next December session of this Congress what changes, if any, ought to be made in the mode of guarding or collecting the revenue... In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vest submitted the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the Senate of the United States (the House of Representatives concurring), that the complete remonetization of silver, its full restoration as a money metal, and its free coinage by the mints of the United States are demanded alike... Memorial of the churches of the District of Columbia, praying the passage of a joint resolution declaring the act of June 17, 1870, to be still in force, and for the passage of a bill to relieve the churches of the District of Columbia from taxation. May 27, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Seth Driggs, praying for relief from the Republic of New Granada, &c. June 26, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.	50
Serial set 1874	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Forty-sixth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, March 18, 1879, in the one hundred and third year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 1875	State of labor in Europe: 1878. Reports from the United States consuls in the several countries of Europe on the rates of wages; cost of living to the laborers; past and present rates; present conditions of trade; business habits, and systems; amount of paper money in circulation, and its relative value to gold and silver; for the several consular districts, in response to a circular from the Department of State requesting information upon these subjects; together with a letter from the Secretary of State transmitting these reports to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. South Pass jetties. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the eleventh report upon the improvement of the South Pass of the Mississippi River. May 21, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Veto of legislative appropriation bill. Message from the President of the United States, returning, without his approval, the bill of the House (H.R. 2) entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Expenses of the Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1880, and for Other Purposes." May 29, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Prisons and prison systems of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in reply to the resolution of the 3d instant, copy of the report of Col. J.L. Broome, United States Marine Corps, in relation to prisons and prison systems of the United States. May 7, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. June 3, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Yellow fever on United States steamer Plymouth. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives in relation to the breaking out of the yellow fever on the United States steamer Plymouth. April 12, 1879. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Origin, Introduction, and Prevention of Epidemic Diseases in the United States and ordered to be printed. Veto of the Army bill. Message from the President of the United States, to the House of Representatives, upon returning the bill of the House (H.R. 1) entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Support of the Army for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1880, and for Other Purposes," with his objections to its approval. April 30, 1879. -- Made the special order for May 1, 1879, and ordered to be printed. Statistical Abstract of the United States. First number, 1878. Finance, coinage, commerce, immigration, shipping, the postal service, population, railroads, agriculture, coal and iron. Prepared by the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Department. Veto of the act to prohibit military interference at elections. Message from the President of the United States, assigning objections to the approval of the bill of the House (H.R. 1382) entitled "An Act To Prohibit Military Interference at Elections." May 12, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. May 13, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Darien interoceanic canal. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to the steps taken by the government of the United States to promote the construction of an interoceanic canal across the Isthmus of Darien. June 13, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Veto of the bill making appropriations for certain judicial expenses. Message from the President of the United States, assigning objections to the approval of the bill of the House (H.R. 2255) "Making Appropriations for Certain Judicial Expenses." June 23, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Veto of the bill making appropriations for the fees of United States marshals and their general deputies. Message from the President of the United States, assigning objections to the approval of the Bill of the House (H.R. 2382) "Making Appropriation To Pay Fees of United States Marshals and Their General Deputies." June 30, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.	11
Serial set 1876	Proposed changes in the Revised Statutes. April 1, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Jere Haralson vs. Charles M. Shelley. Papers in the case of Haralson vs. Shelley, Fourth Congressional District of Alabama. August 18, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Bisbee vs. Hull. Papers in the case of Horatio Bisbee, Jr., vs. Noble A. Hull, Second Congressional District of Florida. September 9, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Contested election of Boynton vs. Loring. Papers in the case of E. Moody Boynton vs. George B. Loring, Sixth Congressional District of Massachusetts. May 28, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Contested election of Donnelly vs. Washburn. Papers in the case of Ignatius Donnelly vs. William D. Washburn, Third Congressional District of Minnesota. April 15, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Forty-sixth Congress, first session, commencing Tuesday, March 18, 1879. Amendment of rules. March 18, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Standing and select committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Forty-sixth Congress, first session. Commencing Tuesday, March 18, 1879. Alphabetical list of members and delegates of the House of Representatives, and the standing and select committees of which they are members. Forty-sixth Congress, first session. Commencing Tuesday, March 18, 1879. Late election for representatives in the First and Second Districts of Ohio. March 20, 1879. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Election for Representatives in the First and Second Congressional Districts of Ohio and ordered to be printed. Contested election. -- J.C. Holmes vs. W.F. Sapp and John J. Wilson vs. Cyrus C. Carpenter. Papers in the matter of J.C. Holmes, claiming a seat from the Eighth Congressional District of the State of Iowa. April 15, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of National Academy of Sciences. Letter from O.C. Marsh, Acting President transmitting report of operations of the National Academy of Sciences during the past year. April 24, 1879. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Contagious diseases among domestic animals. Views of the minority of the Committee on Agriculture on subjects embraced in House Bill No. 1378. April 30, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Unlimited coinage of silver and the trade dollar. Minutes of a conference between the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Mint. May 1, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures and ordered to be printed. Protest of Indian delegates against organization of territorial government over the Indian Country. Protest of the delegates from the Cherokee, Creek, and Choctaw Nations, against the organization of a United States territorial government over the Indian Territory. May 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Owners of brig General Armstrong. Memorial of Sam. C. Reid, in behalf of the captain, owners, officers, and crew of the late United States private armed brig General Armstrong, their heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns. April 30, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. June 10, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Construction of public buildings. June 12, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Investigation by the Committee on Commerce concerning commercial relations with foreign countries. June 13, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Income-tax case of John S. Dickerson. Memorial of Fred. Wallroth, of New York City, praying an investigation in the matter of the income tax case of the United States against John S. Dickerson. May 7, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice. June 26, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, and ordered to be printed. Nicaraguan claims. Resolution authorizing a select committee to inquire into claims of citizens of the United States against the government of Nicaragua. June 30, 1879. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. Appropriations, new offices, etc. Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Forty-sixth Congress. II. Offices created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. July 1, 1879. John M. Bradley vs. William F. Slemons. Papers in the case of John M. Bradley vs. William F. Slemons, Second Congressional District of the State of Arkansas. August 11, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Additional room for Committee on Appropriations. May 6, 1879. -- Recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	23
Serial set 1877	Contested election of Curtin vs. Yocum. Papers in the case of Andrew G. Curtin vs. Seth H. Yocum, Twentieth Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 1878	Contested election of Curtin vs. Yocum. Papers in the case of Andrew G. Curtin vs. Seth H. Yocum. Twentieth Congressional District of Pennsylvania. May 22, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 1879	Contested election of Curtin vs. Yocum. Papers in the case of Andrew G. Curtin vs. Seth H. Yocum, Twentieth Congressional District of Pennsylvania. May 22, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 1880	Sebastian Duffy vs. Joseph Mason. Papers and documents in the case of Sebastian Duffy vs. Joseph Mason. Twenty-fourth Congressional District of the State of New York. July 10, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 1881	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Forty-sixth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 1, 1879, in the one hundred and fourth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 1882	Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of Maj. G.L. Gillespie, Corps of Engineers, of surveys of Cowlitz River, Washington Territory, and Umpqua River and Alsea harbor and bar, Oregon; also survey of bar at mouth of Columbia River. January 12, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an estimate for collection and payment of bounty, prize money, and other claims of colored soldiers and sailors for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881. January 7, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letters from officers of Quartermaster's Department, remonstrating against passage of Senate Bill 192. December 4, 1879. -- Referred to Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter of Colonel John Gibbon, U.S.A., relating to compensation of citizen volunteers who participated in the battle of Big Hole, Montana. December 4, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statement of the names of consular officers not citizens of the United States. December 8, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed, with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statement of fees collected, accounted for, and reported by diplomatic and consular officers of the United States during the year ending December 31, 1878, &c. December 8, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information in regard to arrest and removal of J.M. Bell and other Cherokee Indians from the Cherokee Nation, &c. December 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of extract from official records of post of Fort Stevens, Oregon, in relation to claim of F.G. Schwatka, Sr., &c. December 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petition of Capt. H.W. Brotherton and Capt. A.C. Girard, U.S.A., for relief, &c. (Note. -- The initials of Captain Brotherton are "D.H.," as signed by him, instead of "H.W.," as written in the within letter of the Secretary of War.) December 8, 1879. -- Referred to Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Board of Engineers in relation to bridge over Detroit River, &c. December 8, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Lieut. Gen. P.H. Sheridan, in regard to operations to control squatters in the Indian Territory. December 9, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Superintendent of the Military Academy at West Point. December 9, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Chief Clerk and Superintendent of War Department building in relation to expense of heating the same, &c. December 9, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed with accompanying document. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting letter from Second Assistant Postmaster General, in relation to insufficiency of appropriation for inland mail service, &c. December 9, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed, with accompanying document. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting special report from Lieutenant Colonel Casey, U.S.A., touching progress made in building north wing of edifice for use of the departments of State, War, and the Navy, &c. December 10, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in obedience to law, a report embodying a statement of the property belonging to the United States in the buildings, rooms, offices, and grounds occupied by the Department of the Interior. December 15, 1879. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting report from Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, touching deficiency appropriation for the "star" mail service. December 15, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, calling attention to a report from the Adjutant General, U.S.A., relating to the business of the archive office, and recommending an increase of the appropriation for the same. January 13, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, calling attention to reports of First Assistant Postmaster General and other officers of the Post Office Department, recommending certain deficiency appropriations. January 13, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of letter from Maj. William P. Craighill, Corps of Engineers; inclosing draft of proposed act for the operation, maintenance, and repair of locks and dams on Great Kanawha River. January 21, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of appropriation required, with tracings of plans, for the construction of officers' quarters at Omaha, Nebr. January 12, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement from Bureau of Statistics, touching the effect upon the revenues of the United States of an act repealing the duty on tea and coffee, &c. December 18, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, and accompanying report of Col. J.H. Simpson, Corps of Engineers, of survey to estimate the damage done to the town of Venice, Ill., by reason of the government improvements on the Mississippi River. January 6, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting final report of the Hot Springs Commissioners, with accompanying schedules. January 6, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting memorial, and other papers in connection therewith, of Capt. Joseph Conrad, U.S.A., petitioning Congress to pass a bill authorizing his retirement as of the grade of colonel, &c. January 6, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a draft of a bill submitted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia for the reclamation of the marshes in the harbor of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and for other purposes. January 7, 1880. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending such legislation as will provide for the acquisition by the United States of the title of the land upon which Fort Stockton, Texas, is situated. January 7, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending the passage of a law regulating the sales of subsistence supplies to companies, detachments, and hospitals. January 7, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 3, 1879, information in relation to payments made to the Ute Indians in accordance with the fourth article of an agreement with said Indians made September 3, 1873. January 7, 1880. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence relative to the construction of a bridge across the Ohio River at Beaver, Pa., by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company. January 7, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 8, 1879, information in relation to the number of mining camps located on the Ute Indian reservation in Colorado. January 7, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 8, 1879, correspondence concerning the Ute Indians in Colorado. January 7, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending appropriate legislation to enable the War Department to make the labor of military prisoners available for the support of the prison at Leavenworth. January 8, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of Maj. H.M. Robert, Corps of Engineers, relating to harbor of refuge at entrance to Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal, and Bayfield and Ashland harbors, Wisconsin, and Manistique River, Michigan. January 12, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of surveys by Col. George Thom, Corps Engineers, of Moose-a-bec Bar, Cathance River, Jonesport, Maine, and of the outlet of Lake Winnepesaukee, New Hampshire. January 12, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. H.H. [i.e., W.H.H.] Benyaurd, Corps of Engineers, of survey of falls on Red River, La., and of Black River, Ark., and of Tchula Lake and Yallabusha River, Miss. January 12, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with the accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Captain A. Mackenzie, Corps of Engineers, of survey of Cuivre River, Missouri. January 12, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Capt. C.J. Allen, Corps of Engineers, giving an account of the construction of a sluiceway at the Falls of Saint Anthony, Minn., and urging the importance of immediate repairs to the apron built by the government of the United States for the preservation of the falls. January 12, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from Maj. W.P. Craighill, Corps of Engineers, of a survey with a view to the construction of a ship canal to connect the waters of Delaware and Chesapeake bays. January 12, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting plans and estimates for permanent buildings, &c., to complete the principal depot of the general recruiting service at David's Island, New York Harbor, and asking an appropriation for that purpose. January 20, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the joint resolution of Congress for the relief of Bushrod B. Taylor and others, showing the appointment of the board of three officers, as required by the resolution, and their conclusions relative to the cases brought to their notice. January 14, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports of Capt. William Mills and Lieut. William J. Turner concerning work performed on the Mullan wagon road, Montana Territory. December 4, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed with accompanying documents. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation to meet a deficiency in the appropriation for "contingent expenses, Office of Adjutant General, old Navy Department building," for the remainder of the present fiscal year. January 15, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, a report of the names of the clerks and other persons employed in the War Department and offices thereof from December 1, 1878, to November 30, 1879. January 15, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. Godfrey Weitzel, Corps of Engineers, in regard to the superintendence, &c., of the Louisville and Portland Canal. January 19, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to letter of his predecessor recommending appropriation to complete purchase of Ringgold Barracks, Texas. January 19, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending deficiency appropriation for expenses of office of Auditor of Railroad Accounts. January 19, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to the payment of first installment of compensation to Mr. James B. Eads for maintenance of channel at South Pass, Mississippi River, for quarter ending October 30, 1879. January 19, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an amendment to the act relating to the binding of books for the departments of the government. December 18, 1879. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.	49
Serial set 1883	Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey showing the progress of the work during the fiscal year ending with June, 1879.	1
Serial set 1884	Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. C.R. Suter, Corps of Engineer, of an examination and survey of Gasconade River, from its mouth to Vienna, in Maries County, Missouri. March 1, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting proceedings of board of survey on loss or damage of clothing suffered by certain men of Company K, Sixth Infantry, U.S.A., in their efforts to extinguish a fire at Fort Stevenson, Dak. February 27, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Lieut. Thomas H. Bradley, examiner of state claims, on the claims of states against the United States, in response to an inquiry from the Committee on Claims, United States Senate. February 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Colonel John Newton, Corps of Engineers, relative to the improvements in Harlem River, New York, and making certain recommendations. January 29, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 19, 1880, a report from the Secretary of State in relation to claims before the American-Spanish Claims Commission and the proceedings of that body. February 18, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with resolution of the Senate of January 19, the report of Prof. James R. Soley on the foreign systems of educating naval officers. January 21, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report on the training systems for the Navy and Mercantile Marine of England, and on the naval training system of France, made to the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, U.S. Navy Department, September, 1879, by Lieutenant Commander F.E. Chadwick, U.S. Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a letter from Hon. Powell Clayton, in relation to an affidavit of J.J. Sumpter, filed with the report of the Hot Springs Commission. February 27, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State in regard to the claim of Max Bromberger against the Government of Mexico, in reply to Senate resolution of January 27, 1880. February 27, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Col. J.H. Simpson, Corps of Engineers, upon the improvement of Alton harbor, together with a map of the Mississippi River in that vicinity. March 1, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Mr. S.T. Abert, United States Civil Engineer, of survey of Dan River from Clarksville to Danville, Va. March 1, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of January 22, 1880, certain information relative to contracts for Indian supplies, &c. February 18, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 22, 1880, information concerning land grant railroad companies that have not performed the conditions of their grants. February 19, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petitions of Capt. R.H. Jackson and Capt. R.T. Frank against passage of Senate Bill 1008; also Senate Bill 390. February 16, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of report of Maj. William E. Merrill, Corps of Engineers, of survey of mouth of Little Kanawha River, with view to construction of an ice harbor at that point. February 16, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 12, 1880, all reports relating to the improvement of Exeter River, New Hampshire. February 17, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting telegram from General O.O. Howard recommending certain modifications of the laws relating to traveling allowances for officers and men, &c. February 17, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. W.P. Craighill of examinations and surveys, made in compliance with river and harbor act, of Nanticoke River, Delaware and Maryland; Broad Creek, Northeast River, Tuckahoe Creek, Slaughter Creek, and Cabin Creek, Maryland; and Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia. February 25, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Patents relative to a deficiency of $3,299.22 in the appropriation for illustrations for the Patent Office Gazette for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880. February 25, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 16, information relative to the improvement of the harbor at Grand Haven, Mich. February 25, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Attorney General, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 19th, a list of persons appointed under the Department of Justice during the year 1879, together with the amount of their compensation. February 25, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. C.R. Suter, Corps of Engineers, relating to improvement of Missouri River near Brownville, Nebr. February 16, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. William E. Merrill, Corps of Engineers, of the survey of Allegheny River from French Creek to Olean, N.Y. February 24, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Lieut. Col. C.H. Tompkins, recommending appropriation of $100,000 for construction of buildings on the Fort Snelling military reservation. January 26, 1880. -- Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in response to Senate resolution, January 20, relative to the repair, &c., of the Pensacola Navy-yard. January 26, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, for the information of Congress, statements showing the contracts made by the bureaus of the War Department on behalf of the United States during the year 1879. January 26, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the completion of Fort Assinaboine, Montana Territory, and the construction of a new post near Wood Mountain in that territory. January 27, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a request from the commissioners of the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C., for an amendment to Section 4820 of the Revised Statutes. January 29, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting, in compliance with law, a statement of the contingent expenses of the military establishment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879. February 2, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to Senate resolution, December 3, 1879, relating to improvement of Taunton River, Massachusetts, with estimates of cost of same. February 2, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, asking an appropriation of $6,500 to complete the printing and binding of the catalogue of the library of the Surgeon General's Office. February 2, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. F. Harwood, Corps of Engineers, relative to Saint Joseph River, Michigan, including survey of same to Elkhart, Ind.; also report on breakwater at Mackinac, Mich. February 2, 1880. -- Referred to Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, calling attention to a deficiency of $1,400 in the salary of the Auditor of Railroad Accounts for the current fiscal year. February 2, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to resolution of the Senate of March 1, 1879, in regard to importation of foreign wines, liquors, &c. February 5, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in response to Senate resolution of February 4 regarding Department Order No. 175. February 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. W.P. Craighill, Corps of Engineers, of surveys of Shenandoah River, also of Tread Haven Creek, Choptank River, and Secretary Creek, Maryland. February 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. C.R. Suter, Corps of Engineers, in relation to the survey of the Arkansas River, near Pine Bluff, with estimates of cost of improving the same. February 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report from Lieut. Col. G.H. Mendell, Corps of Engineers, of survey of Petaluma Creek, California. February 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Col. John Newton in regard to ship canal across Bergen Neck, New Jersey; also of surveys of Cheesequakes Creek and South River, New Jersey, and Newton Creek, New York. February 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, replying to Senate resolution of January 21, 1880, in regard to condemned cannon donated for monumental purposes. February 9, 1880. -- Referred to Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Capt. G.J. Lydecker, Corps of Engineers, of a resurvey of the outlet to Wolf Lake, Indiana. February 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Col. J.N. Macomb of survey of Susquehanna River from southern boundary of New York to Nanticoke Dam, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. February 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Capt. C.B. Phillips, Corps of Engineers, in relation to inland water routes from Norfolk, Va., to the Atlantic Ocean, south of Cape Hatteras, &c. February 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of expenditures of National Board of Health from January 1, 1880, to June 30, 1881. February 9, 1880. -- Referred to Committee on Epidemic Diseases and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to Senate resolution of January 7, 1880, regarding the condition of the Missouri River, between Omaha and Plattsmouth, Nebr., and inclosing a report on same from the Chief of Engineers, U.S.A. February 11, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communications from quartermaster of Department of Missouri, reporting necessity of construction of permanent brick buildings for quarters for six companies at Fort Leavenworth. February 11, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting copy of letter to the speaker of the House of Representatives in relation to a deficiency in the appropriation for post office envelopes for the current fiscal year. February 11, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Col. J.N. Macomb of survey of Delaware River at Chester and Marcus Hook, Pa., with accompanying recommendations touching the construction of an ice harbor at that point. February 12, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Quartermaster General relating to cemetery of prison camp of Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, Ohio. January 26, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.	49
Serial set 1885	Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of April 9, 1880, the action of that Department in adopting Sawyer's improved canister, &c. April 13, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. J.M. Wilson, Corps of Engineers in regard to the improvement of Sandusky River, below Fremont, Ohio, giving an estimate of cost of same. March 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, recommending that the salary of the Assistant Attorney General for the Post Office Department be made equal to that of other assistant attorneys general. April 6, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. J.A. Smith, Corps of Engineers, of survey of Kankakee River, in Indiana and Illinois. March 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from W.W. Godding, M.D., superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane, relative to a probable deficiency in the appropriation for current expenses of the Hospital for present fiscal year, and recommending the same to the favorable consideration of the Senate. April 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office submitting an estimate in detail to cover deficiencies in the appropriation for "salaries and commissions" of registers and receivers of land offices for fiscal year ending June 30, 1880. May 13, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, dated 10th instant, covering copy of report of Lieut. Col. C.S. Stewart, Corps of Engineers, upon an examination of Trinidad Harbor, California, made in compliance with law. May 13, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter of the Chief of Engineers, dated 13th instant, covering copy of report from Maj. F. Harwood, Corps of Engineers, upon a resurvey of the bar at the mouth of Bell River, Mich., made in compliance with law. May 17, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of officers of the Army for the enactment of such legislation as will entitle all lieutenants of the Army who have served fourteen years in grade of lieutenant to rank and pay of captain. May 17, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, information as to whether the bill for the proposed repeal of certain laws pertaining to permanent and indefinite appropriations would affect the appropriation for the sinking fund for the 3.65 bonds of the District of Columbia provided by act of Congress March 3, 1879. May 17, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, adopted on the 5th instant, copies of reports of Capt. John W. White, of the United States Revenue Service, concerning matters connected with Alaska Territory, and also copies of all material papers relating to the transfer of the jurisdiction over the territory from the War Department to the Treasury, &c. May 17, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo, correspondence with the government of Great Britain in regard to the alleged outrage upon American fishermen at Fortune Bay, in the province of Newfoundland. May 17, 1880. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting list of civil employes [sic] in the Navy Department, with statement of their compensation, in compliance with law. March 1, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, inviting attention to the unsettled claims of the Spanish inhabitants of East Florida during the years 1812 and 1813. March 1, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate, February 16, a list of the names of all officers of the Army retired from service since the passage of the act of June 18, 1878, with certain other information asked in the resolution. March 3, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers concerning the payment of the second installment of the annual compensation to James B. Eads for maintenance of the channel at South Pass for the quarter ending February 9, 1880, &c. March 4, 1880. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. W.E. Merrill, Corps of Engineers, of survey of Green River and its tributaries, Muddy and Barren rivers, Kentucky. March 11, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, submitting a revised estimate of deficiencies for Army and Navy pensions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880. March 6, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. W.H.H. Benyaurd, Corps of Engineers, of survey of Mississippi River near Lake Concordia, Louisiana, and Cowpen Bend, Mississippi, looking to the protection of the harbors of Natchez and Vidalia. March 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 18, 1880, information in regard to amount of unsold public lands in counties of Chippewa and Schoolcraft, Michigan, &c. March 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of December 2, 1879, information concerning located but unconfirmed private land claims in the State of Louisiana. March 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, copies of reports of Capt. C.B. Phillips, Corps of Engineers, of examinations and surveys made under his direction of Pamunkey and Archer's Hope rivers, Virginia; of Lockwood's Folly and Waccamaw rivers, North Carolina; and of Pee Dee River, South Carolina. March 15, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of Col. W. Merritt and other officers of the Fifth Cavalry, relative to the restoration to the Army of first lieutenants Harlow L. Street and John W. Chickering, and Capt. Edward Byrne, late of the First, Sixth, and Tenth Cavalry. March 15, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of February 3, 1880, information concerning the general lines of location of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the changes in said location, the lands withdrawn under the several locations, and the extent to which the rights of settlers have been affected. March 15, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from Chief of Engineers, United States Army, relative to Bill H.R. 4928, entitled "A Bill To Confirm the Survey of the Pueblo of San Francisco." March 17, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of February 19, 1880, lists comprising the names of the clerks and other persons employed in the several bureaus in the Treasury Department, with the exception of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, for the year ending December 31, 1879. April 8, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation of $5,000 for the completion of the road from Fort Bridger to Uintah agency. April 8, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the United States Senate of the 18th ultimo, reports respecting the entrance of Yaquina Bay, Oregon. April 13, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of February last, information concerning certain awards made by the late United States and Mexican Commission. April 16, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, dated 19th instant, covering copy of report of Lieut. Col. Q.A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers, upon a survey of the entrance to Cumberland Sound, Florida, made in accordance with river and harbor act March 3, 1879. April 21, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of reports from Capt. Charles J. Allen, Corps of Engineers, upon survey made of Superior Bay for the improvement of harbor at head of Lake Superior. April 22, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the results of an examination made of the peninsula of Florida, with a view to the construction of a ship canal from Saint Mary's River to the Gulf of Mexico. April 22, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting information in response to Senate resolution of the 27th of February, 1880, relative to a suit against the postmaster at New York for damages arising from the use of a patented instrument for canceling postage stamps. April 23, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of commissioned officers of the Army, for the enactment of such legislation as will entitle all lieutenants of the Army of fourteen years' service in the grade of lieutenant to rank and pay of captain. April 26, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, and copy of report from Capt. C.J. Allen, Corps of Engineers, upon survey of Mississippi River from Saint Paul to Falls of Saint Anthony, Minnesota, made in compliance with law. April 26, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on the Improvement of the Mississippi River and Its Tributaries and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report relative to the public lands, forts, arsenals, &c., in the custody of that Department, and recommending the creating in his office a division designated as "Land Title Division," and provision made therefor. April 26, 1880. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate dated 5th April, 1880, copy of the record of proceedings of a general court-martial in the case of Capt. Somerville Nicholson, U.S.N., with copies of letters, &c. April 27, 1880. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a package containing the first seven volumes of the speeches of Thiers, which Madam Thiers, widow of that distinguished French statesman, wishes the Department of State to present to the Senate library. April 27, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from Chief of Engineers, dated 23d instant, covering copies of reports from Capt. Charles B. Phillips, Corps of Engineers, of examinations, made in accordance with law, of Catawba River, in North Carolina and South Carolina, and of Wateree and Santee rivers, South Carolina. April 27, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of March 9, 1880, the report of Captain Bailey upon the number, occupation, and condition of the people of Alaska; the report of the Supervising Surgeon General Marine Hospital Service on the same subject; also report of Special Agent Otis upon the illicit traffic in rum and firearms. March 31, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, dated the 24th ultimo, and its inclosure, recommending that House Bill 5545, "For the Relief of the Heirs of Juan Read," be so amended as to provide that the patent to be issued under the provisions of the bill shall not include any land heretofore reserved. May 3, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, dated the 24th instant, covering copy of report of Maj. F. Harwood, Corps of Engineers, upon a resurvey of Sebewaing Harbor, Michigan, made in compliance with law. May 3, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an approximate estimate from the Quartermaster General of funds required to reimburse the appropriation for clothing, camp and garrison equipage, recommending that a specific appropriation be made, &c. May 3, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Chief of Engineers, dated 24th instant, and copy of report of Lieut. Col. Q.A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers, upon examination of Broad River, South Carolina, made in compliance with law. May 3, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending appropriate legislation to continue in service the force of seventy clerks, now employed under the act of March 16, 1880, in preparing and making reports to expedite the settlement of pension applications. May 11, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in connection with his letter of the 18th ultimo, a communication from the Chief of Engineers, submitting copy of report of the board of engineers for fortifications and for river and harbor improvements; the suggestion of the Chief of Engineers that the unexpended balances of the appropriations of June 18, 1878, and March 3, 1879, be applied to the improvement of the mouth of Red River, and dredging, &c. May 4, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information, in response to Senate resolution of April 1, 1880, relative to affidavits filed in that Department by or on behalf of the settlers on the Uncompahgre Park in Colorado; also letter from Hon. C.H. McIntyre on the subject, &c. May 4, 1880. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an appropriation of $100,000 be made available immediately for the building of a military post near junction of Gunnison and Grand rivers. April 8, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of report of Capt. C.B. Phillips, Corps of Engineers, of surveys of York River, and of Lynn Haven, Link Horn, and Broad bays, Virginia. March 4, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in response to Senate resolution of February 11, 1880, covering report of Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, in relation to the proposed inter-oceanic canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. March 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 25, 1880, information relative to the number of paymasters in the Navy, and under what circumstances the name of Edward Bellows was dropped from the roll of paymasters. March 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Commissary General of Subsistence, setting forth necessity for purchase of supplies for remote posts, &c. March 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petition of Capt. Joseph Lawson, Third Cavalry, and other officers, in behalf of repeal of law regarding payment for fuel, &c. March 16, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 11, exemplifications of land patents issued to Indian tribes in Indian Territory, and copies of applications of railway corporations and action thereon. March 19, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Commissary General of Subsistence asking for six additional clerks in his office. March 19, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Maj. W.H.H. Benyaurd, Corps of Engineers, of survey of mouth of Red River, Louisiana, with maps. March 19, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, a statement of appropriations on account of improvement of the Tennessee River, from July 1, 1868, to March 16, 1880. March 22, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication presenting the importance of geographical and topographical surveys of the territory of the United States west of the Mississippi River, together with an estimate of an appropriation therefor. March 25, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Interior containing an agreement signed by the chiefs and headmen of the Ute Indians. March 10, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 29, 1880, information in relation to the awards of the mixed commission organized under the treaty of April 25, 1866, between the United States and Venezuela. March 29, 1880. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to law, a report made upon an examination of Charlotte Harbor and Peas Creek, Florida. March 29, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from Col. George P. Buell, Fifteenth Infantry, protesting against the reinstatement in the Army of John W. Eckles, late captain in Fifteenth Infantry. March 29, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Quartermaster General in favor of the repeal of the law in regard to payment by officers of the Army for fuel, and for the restoration of the allowance of fuel. March 29, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 19, 1880, a report of the names of the clerks and other persons who have been employed in that Department during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879. March 29, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, dated April 5, 1880, and accompanying copy of report of Col. J.H. Simpson, Corps of Engineers, upon survey made in compliance with requirements of river and harbor act of March 3, 1879, of the Mississippi River opposite the mouth of the Missouri. April 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on the Improvement of the Mississippi River and its Tributaries and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of letter from the Adjutant General of the Army, forwarding plans and estimates for construction of a permanent building at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, for use as a chapel and school. April 9, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of February 26, 1880, information in regard to the present condition of affairs in Alaska. March 5, 1880. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copy of letter from mayor of Jeffersonville, Ind., recommending the improvement of Canal Street, from New Market Street to the government depot, in that city. April 2, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence relative to an appropriation for the establishment of a military post for the protection of the settlements of Judith Basin and the Muscleshell, Montana Territory. April 2, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting letter of the Chief of Engineers, dated 30th March, 1880, covering copy of report from Maj. S.M. Mansfield, Corps of Engineers, of the result of a resurvey of Trinity River, Texas, from its mouth to the bridge of the Great Northern Railroad, made in accordance with the provisions of the river and harbor act of March 3, 1879. April 2, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of First Lieut. Charles W. Hobbs, Third Artillery, in relation to promotion in the United States Army. April 6, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 12, 1880, information in relation to the claim of Calvin Bronson. April 6, 1880. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to such portion of the Army appropriation bill as relates to commutation of rations to enlisted men. April 7, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, inviting attention to communication of Chief Clerk and Superintendent War Department building, reporting deficiency of $2,000 in appropriation for "contingent expenses War Department building, 1880," and recommending an early appropriation of the same. April 7, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with Section 194 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, a statement of the clerks and others employed in the several bureaus of the department during the year 1879, &c. April 28, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, dated May 6, 1880, submitting a revised estimate of deficiencies for arrears, and for Army and Navy pensions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1880. May 10, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of Col. W. Merritt and other officers of the Fifth United States Cavalry, protesting against the restoration to the Army of Robert P. Wilson, late a captain of the Fifth Cavalry, &c. May 3, 1880. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of letters from the Quartermaster General, dated, respectively, January 28, 1879, and April 29, 1880, on the subject of printing the revised roll of honor. May 5, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, dated 3d instant, and accompanying copy of report of Maj. G. Weitzel, Corps of Engineers, upon surveys of Saint Mary's River, Michigan, made in compliance with law. May 6, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of communications from the Paymaster General and Second Auditor, showing the necessity of an appropriation for the payment of certificates for arrears of bounty due white and colored soldiers issued since January 1, 1880, to be issued up to June 30, 1881, and recommending that the appropriation be made as requested. April 5, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, dated April 15, 1880, relative to erroneous surveys in the former Sioux Indian reservation west of Big Stone Lake, in Dakota, submitting estimate for re-survey, and recommending favorable consideration of the Senate. April 19, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.	81
Serial set 1886	Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, covering copy of report of Lieut. Col. Q.A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers, and accompanying map, upon an examination of Port Royal River, Beaufort, S.C. May 28, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th of March last, correspondence in relation to the fulfillment of the ninth article of the treaty of 1819 between the United States and Spain. May 13, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed in confidence for the use of the Senate. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate of the 22d instant, a copy of the report of Henry C. De Ahna, formerly collector of Customs at Sitka, Alaska, in regard to the resources, condition, and affairs of the Territory of Alaska. May 27, 1880. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with Senate resolution of the 22d instant, the number, location, and annual rent of all buildings in the District of Columbia used by the United States. May 27, 1880. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting reports relative to the necessity and propriety of completing certain double-turreted monitors. May 27, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a telegram from Lieut. Col. Q.A. Gillmore, Corps of Engineers, president of the Mississippi River Commission, recommending that the estimate heretofore submitted for surveys and expenses of the commission be increased. June 1, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information relative to the legal tender and national bank notes, the stamps, bonds, and other securities of the government. June 1, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from the engineer secretary of the Lighthouse Board relative to increase of the service on the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers. June 2, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers and accompanying report of Maj. F. Harwood, Corps of Engineers, upon the resurvey of Clinton River, Michigan. June 2, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Quartermaster General, recommending an appropriation to continue payments to land grant railroads, under act of March 3, 1879. June 2, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, information relative to rooms rented for the Court of Claims, and requesting an appropriation for the payment of rents. June 3, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of 23d March, the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office upon the subjects embraced therein. May 19, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of 13th instant, a copy of report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office relative to land grants to aid in construction of railroads. May 19, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a petition of Capt. Guy V. Henry, Third Cavalry, against the passage of the bill to promote Capt. J. Scott Payne, Fifth Cavalry, to the first vacancy of major. June 5, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, information in relation to the removal of census supervisors. June 5, 1880. -- Read, referred to the Select Committee To Make Provision for Taking the Tenth Census, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petitions of officers of the Army stationed at Jackson barracks, Louisiana, for the passage of an act making the retirement of officers of the Army compulsory at the age of sixty-two. June 7, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the report and opinion of the Surveyor General of Arizona Territory, together with a duly authenticated copy of the title papers and testimony in the matter of the private land claim, No. 7, &c. May 25, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. June 9, 1880. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of March 8, 1880, a statement showing the expenditures of the government on account of the war of the rebellion from July 1, 1861, to June 30, 1879, inclusive, &c. June 10, 1880. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a resolution of the Senate relative to the rejection of certain bids for wagons for the Indian service, a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and accompanying correspondence. June 1, 1880. -- Laid on the table. June 11, 1880. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in response to the resolution of the Senate of June 4, 1880, copies of contracts entered into between the United States and amounts paid on each contract through the Postmaster General and Benjamin Holladay, &c. June 12, 1880. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting petition of Col. E.A. Carr and other officers of the Sixth Cavalry against the restoration of Edwin Mauck and John W. Chickering, also H.L. Street, Robert P. Wilson, and Edwin Byrne. June 14, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 1726) entitled "An Act Regulating the Pay and Appointment of Deputy Marshals," with his objections. June 15, 1880. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to the resolution of the Senate of date June 3, 1880, a copy of a report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue relative to matters in controversy between the United States and the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, together with true copies of all the papers on file in his department connected therewith. June 16, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in response to resolution of the Senate, dated the 17th instant, information as to the method used by the Revenue Service in subtracting the tare on foreign sugars imported in boxes, &c. May 22, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers showing maintenance of the channel at the South Pass, Mississippi River, for quarter ending May 9, 1880. May 24, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in response to resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, information relative to what action has been taken in the matter of the claim of the State of Kansas for five per centum of the net proceeds of sales of public lands in that state. May 25, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending such legislation by Congress as will authorize the sale of the Oglethorpe Barracks, Savannah, Ga., &c. May 25, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of the 30th ultimo calling for information concerning entries of town sites on mineral lands, the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office on the subject. May 25, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of date May 5, 1880, copies of the majority and minority reports of the board of engineers on the proposed harbor of refuge for the Pacific Coast, with letter of Chief of Engineers. May 10, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. May 25, 1880. -- Reported back and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief of Engineers, urging the necessity for completion of the office work connected with the surveys west of the 100th meridian, under charge of Capt. G.M. Wheeler, and recommending an appropriation therefor. May 26, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Adjutant General and accompanying papers relating to the case of Peter Moog, Company B, Sixty-eighth Ohio Volunteers, who, under a misapprehension of facts, was convicted of the crime of desertion by a general court-martial and sentenced, &c. May 26, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, dated the 17th instant, submitting copy of one from Col. John Newton, Corps of Engineers, referring to the provisions of Senate Bill 823, "In Relation to the Port and Harbor of New York and the Waters Near the Same." May 26, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to resolution of the Senate dated the 11th instant, report of the Chief of Engineers relative to increasing the depth of water to the City of Baltimore. June 15, 1880. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting report of the commander of the relief-ship Constellation. June 15, 1880. -- Ordered to be printed.	34
SERIAL SET 1887	United States congressional serial set [vol.1-2999]	1
Serial set 1888	Art and industry. Instruction in drawing applied to the industrial and fine arts, as given in the colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts, and in the public schools and other public educational institutions in the United States, by Isaac Edwards Clarke, A.M. Part I. -- Drawing in public schools.	1
Serial set 1889-1	Art and industry. Instruction in drawing applied to the industrial and fine arts, as given in the colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts, and in the public schools and other public educational institutions in the United States by Isaac Edwards Clarke, A.M. Part II. -- Industrial and manual training in public schools.	1
Serial set 1889-2	Art and industry. Instruction in drawing applied to the industrial and fine arts, as given in the colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts, and in the public schools and other public educational institutions in the United States. by Isaac Edwards Clarke, A.M. Part III - Industrial and technical training in voluntary associations and endowed institutions.	1
Serial set 1889-3	Art and industry. Instruction in drawing applied to the industrial and fine arts, as given in the colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts, and in the public schools and other public educational institutions in the United States, by Isaac Edwards Clarke, A.M. Part IV--Industrial and technical training in schools of technology in U.S. land grant colleges.	1

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