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Serial set 336	The heirs of John Motlow. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Noah Miller. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 236.) June 12, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. John Broome. February 21, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Foreign paupers and naturalization laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. Nos. 873 and 874.) July 2, 1838. Pay for horses lost in the military service of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. No. 82.) July 6, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Dr. James H. Cheears's legal representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 811.) May 25, 1838. Joseph K. Averill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 841.) June 22, 1838. Silas Hale. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Harrison. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Gilbert Vroman. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida Peninsula Railroad -- make road through public lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 823.) May 31, 1838. Heirs of Benjamin Stoddert. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. William Dickson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 835.) June 7, 1838. Richard Fortune -- heirs of. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Polly Estes. May 31, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Colonel John Lowry. May 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Dry dock at Philadelphia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 777.) May 11, 1838. Richard Lawrence and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 808.) May 24, 1838. Ursin Hebert. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Reuben Perry and Thomas Ligon. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Heirs of Morgan Alexander. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Charles Rockwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 858.) June 27, 1838. Ruth Hawks. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Land for free schools, &c. December 22, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Price, &c. of public lands. December 11, 1837. Postponed to Monday the 18th instant. December 22, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Resolution submitted by Mr. Lawler. Resolved, That it is expedient to reduce, according to some equitable scale of graduation, the price of such portions of the public lands... Amendment to rules. March 8, 1838. Laid on the table one day for consideration. John Black. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 760.) April 21, 1838. Charles Fitzgerald -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 761.) April 21, 1838. John Cooper. April 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Andrew Tadlock. April 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Representatives of George Duval and others. (With Senate Bill No. 207.) May 10, 1838. Death of Mr. Cilley -- duel. April 21, 1838. Submitted to the House of Representatives. May 10, 1838. Ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. Michael Brisbois. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Ponce. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Spicer. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Hannah R. Mumford. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Solomon Hearsey. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Caleb Atwater. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Dupont. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Perry L. Barronton. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. John Masters. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. William W. West, assignee of Daniel C. Clark. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Daniel Bird. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Charles Smith. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Thomas Rogers, executor of Charles Binns. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. James B. Wills. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. William W. Paulett. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Joseph E. Pomar. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. Charles W. Child. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Conrad House. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Thos. B. Town, administrator of Timothy Currin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. The widow of Jacob Kingsbury. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Garret Vleit. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 764.) May 11, 1838. James McCay. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Arbitrament of national disputes. June 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Resolutions in relation to public lands. June 25, 1838. Read, and laid on the table for consideration, under the rule. Armed brig Warrior. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 847.) June 26, 1838. Maria Hornbeck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 842.) June 27, 1838. Isaac Conly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 844.) June 27, 1838. Canal around the Muscle Shoals of the River Tennessee. June 27, 1838. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. S.T. Anderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 848.) June 27, 1838. Seats of Messrs. Prentiss and Word. June 11, 1838. John McCartney [i.e., M'Cartney]. (To accompany Bill S. No. 60.) June 12, 1838. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Heirs of Daniel Boon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 872.) July 2, 1838. Indian depredations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 865.) July 2, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Henry R. Stickney. July 2,1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann Levacher De Van Brun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 866.) July 2, 1838. Wyoming claims. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Philip Crapo, executor of Samuel Aborn. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ship Mary and cargo -- Baltimore. July 3, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. Thomas D. Morrison. July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Breakwater -- Crow Shoal, Delaware... July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel H. Benton and others. July 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Roads and canals. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 309.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, laid upon the table. George J. Knight. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 195.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. United States and Mexico. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John McClellan -- sureties of. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elihu Hall Bay. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob Hanks. (To accompany S. Bill No. 202.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill. committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Alfred Westfall. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 201.) July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Cumberland Road -- Indianapolis and vicinity... July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Gamaliel E. Smith. July 7, 1838. Read, and, with the resolution therein contained, concurred in by the House. Samuel Douthet et al. July 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. City of Augusta, Georgia. July 7, 1838. Read, and the resolution concurred in by the House. President's message. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Haynes, to be moved by him when the House shall take up for consideration, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, the message from the President of the United States at the commencement of the present session. December 7, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. President's message. December 19, 1837. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Resolution submitted by Mr. Cushing. Removal of executive officers. February 19, 1838. Read, debate arising thereon, laid upon the table, under the rule. United States and Mexico. February 19, 1838. Read, and debate arising thereon, laid upon the table under the rules. National bank -- collection of the revenue, &c. February 19, 1838. Read; debate arising, laid upon the table under the rule. Credentials of members. February 19, 1838. Laid upon the table under the rule of the House. Land for free schools, &c. Proposed on the 22d December, 1837, and modified in the present form on the 24th February, 1838. Increased public expenditure. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table for one day, under the rule. Receipt of notes of specie-paying banks at the Treasury Department. March 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table for one day, under the rule. Amend the Constitution United States. March 21, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Garland, of Virginia, and ordered to be printed. Subscription to Niles's Register. March 24, 1838. Consideration postponed until Tuesday, 27th instant. John McHatton. March 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. E.H. Williams, administrator of Doctor Hazel W. Crouch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 765.) May 11, 1838. Elijah S. Bell. May 11, 1838. Read, and, with the papers of Elijah S. Bell, referred to the Secretary of War. Milwaukee and Rock-River Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 767.) May 11, 1838. Town of Southport, Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 768.) May 11, 1838. John Towns [i.e., Townes] -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 771.) May 11, 1838. George Yates -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 772.) May 11, 1838. Joseph Savage -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 773.) May 11, 1838. Samuel Tillet. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Robert H. Rose. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Frederick Richmond. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Robert Adair. May 11, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth White. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Samuel Tubbs and others. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. David Childress. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Jerusha Flint. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Samuel Benjamin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Henry D. Purcell -- heirs of. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Eunice Burzette. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Andrew Porter. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Mary O. Baldwin. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. John Winn -- in behalf of the owners of the schooner Joseph. May 11, 1838. Laid upon the table. Robert Roberts. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Uniform militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 778.) May 11, 1838. John Keeller [i.e., Keeler]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 781.) May 11, 1838. Elam Higley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 782.) May 11, 1838. Jared Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 783.) May 11, 1838. Benjamin Durfee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 785.) May 11, 1838. Elijah Foochee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 786.) May 11, 1838. Elizabeth Durant. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 787.) May 11, 1838. James Sayre. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 788.) May 11, 1838. C.M. Keller and H. Stone. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 170.) May 11, 1838. Read, and with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Elizur Kirtland. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Amos Cornwall. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Laborers on the public buildings, Washington City. May 11, 1838. Laid on the table. Samuel Y. Keene. (To accompany S. Bill No. 44.) May 11, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Michael Armbrister. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 181.) May 11, 1838. Losses -- late war with Creek Indians, Alabama. May 15, 1838. Laid on the table. J.G. Lyon, on behalf of himself and others. May 15, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Massey and Thomas James. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 789.) May 15, 1838. Nick, alias Rignald Hillary -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 790.) May 15, 1838. Indian trust funds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 791.) May 15, 1838. Frances Jones, widow of John Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 792.) May 15, 1838. A.J. Pickett and George W. Gayle, aids-de-camp to Governor C.C. Clay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 793.) May 17, 1838. Pre-emption -- lots in Perrysburg. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 795.) May 17, 1838. George and James Anderson. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Philip F. Jones. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Passengers in mail coaches. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Abner Sherman. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lewis Bissell. May 17, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Tarrington and Francis Garriga. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 797.) May 18, 1838. Virginia -- judgments against state of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 798.) May 18, 1838. James Hackley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 799.) May 18, 1838. Clark Allen. May 18, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. George Rice. May 18, 1838. Laid on the table. Letter postage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 802.) May 18, 1838. Ordnance to Missouri. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain James Moore. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lucy Williamson. May 18, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. James Emmett -- heirs of. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Elisha Adair. May 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John B. White. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 179.) May 18, 1838. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. James Cox. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 796.) May 18, 1838. Irad Kelly and Datus Kelly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803.) May 22, 1838. Hogg & Burnside. May 23, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Reuben Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 805.) May 23, 1838. Captain Thos. Ap Catesby Jones, of U.S. Navy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 806.) May 23, 1838. Horses and other property lost in the military service. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 803 [i.e., 804].) Congress of the United States. In the House of Representatives, December 29, 1837. On motion of Mr. Graham, of Indiana, Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency and propriety of amending the act entitled "An Act To Provide for the Payment of Horses and Other Property Lost..." May 23, 1838. Zachariah Philips. May 23, 1838. Read, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. John Jones and Charles Souder -- Robinson Carr & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 807.) May 24, 1838. Dunscomb Bradford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 810.) May 24, 1838. Jacob Horine. May 24, 1838. Laid on the table. Elias Burnham and wife. May 24, 1838. Laid on the table. James Wyman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 812.) May 25, 1838. A. Avery, A.P. Pritchard, and P.W. Taylor. May 25, 1838. Laid on the table. Expenditures -- State Department. May 26, 1838. Laid on the table. Amend rules. May 28, 1838. John Galloway -- heirs of. May 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. John Spotswood -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 814.) May 29, 1838. Thomas [i.e., John] P. Harrison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 815.) May 29, 1838. Robert M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 817.) May 29, 1838. Moses Van Campen. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 159.) May 29, 1838. Removal of officers. May 28, 1838, Debate arising, laid over under the rule. May 29, 1838, Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Township of Oxford -- exchange school lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 819.) May 31, 1838. Rebecca Burch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 820.) May 31, 1838. Lieutenant William Lewis -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 821.) May 31, 1838. Public buildings -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 822.) May 31, 1838. Benjamin Ringgold. May 31, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. John Armstrong. May 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Thos. Rutledge, deceased -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 824.) May 31, 1838. Isaac Lilley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 825.) May 31, 1838. Missouri volunteers. (To accompany Bill S. No. 209.) May 31, 1838. Read, and, with the bill, committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Everard Meade. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 164.) May 31, 1838. Committed with the bill to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 417, for the relief of the legal representatives of Everard Meade. Matthew Arbuckle. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 188.) May 31, 1838. Committed with Senate Bill No. 188 to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. June 1, 1838. Reported, and ordered to be printed. Edward Wade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 826.) June 2, 1838. David Gould. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 827.) June 2, 1838. William B. Ferguson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 830.) June 6, 1838. James Barret. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 816.) June 6, 1838. George Hommill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 833.) June 6, 1838. Thomas L. Winthrop et al. (To accompany S. Bill No. 208.) June 6, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Joseph Croskey and others. June 6, 1838. Laid upon the table. Alabama -- Captain Park's company. June 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Rasselas Whitcomb and others, (surveyors.) June 7, 1838. Read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House. J.F. Caldwell. June 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Dr. Joseph Simon Pell. June 7. 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. William Roberts, Jr. June 7, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Timothy Page -- heirs of. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Mary O'Bannon. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of Captain Isaiah Wool. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. General post route. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 839.) June 9, 1838. William Traverse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 837.) June 9, 1838. Andrew Rembert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 838.) June 9, 1838. Dempsey Collins. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Ann J. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 840.) June 9, 1838. Major General John Thomas. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac N. Piggott. June 9, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph F. Caldwell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 850.) June 27, 1838. Monument to the memory of Capt. Nathan Hale. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 25.) June 27, 1838. Richard Booker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 849.) June 27, 1838. Jemison and Williamson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 851.) June 27, 1838. Cornelius Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 852.) June 27, 1838. Bridge at Wheeling, Virginia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 845.) June 27, 1838. Ann Tilden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 856.) June 27, 1838. Eliza Seymour. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 857.) June 27, 1838. Thomas Kibbey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 859.) June 27, 1838. John G. Mozart. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 860.) June 27, 1838. General Joshua Buster. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Alexander Watson. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Gabriel Lombard. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Joseph Edson. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Peter Smith. June 27, 1838. Read, and the resolution concurred in by the House. Elizabeth Cooke. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Amasa Soper -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Theodore Middleton. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Tristram Coffin -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Hicks & Sons, and other importers of foreign goods under the law of 1828. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Remission of duties on wines destroyed by fire -- S. Morris Waln & Co. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Praying remission of duties on broken glass -- S. Morris Waln & Co. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Walter Bradley. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Ezekiel Glover. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Steam vessels on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Specie postage. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Caleb Williams and Stephen W. Hunt. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Thomas Coyle. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. William Brinkley -- heirs of. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Henry King's heirs. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table. Dr. Wm. J.J. Morrow. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. Simeon Knight. June 27, 1838. Laid upon the table. James L. Stokes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 853.) June 27, 1838. James S. Calhoun. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Wallace. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid on the table. John Millikin. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Remove market-house, Capitol Hill. July 2, 1838. Read, and concurred in. Colonel Charles Morgan. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 221.) Read, and, with the bill, laid upon the table. Fire-proof buildings in each surveying district. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 876.) July 5, 1838. Joseph M. Hernandez. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 877.) July 6, 1838. Woodburne Potter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 878.) July 6, 1838. John L. McCarty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 879.) July 6, 1838. James Tongue, John Scrivener, and the administrator of William Hodson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 880.) July 6, 1838. Assignees of Potts and Clement. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 881.) July 6, 1838. Jacob Galencia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 882.) July 6, 1838. Copy-right. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 885.) July 7, 1838. Henry Gratiot -- administrators of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 889.) July 7, 1838. To amend the rules. July 7, 1838. Postponed until Monday next. James Maxwell of Pennsylvania. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 775.) May 11, 1838. Henry Stoker. June 27, 1838. Laid on the table Abner Prior -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 774.) May 11, 1838 Allen Gentry. July 2, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table	263
Serial set 337	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 3, 1838, and in the sixty-third year of the independence of the said United States.	1
Serial set 338	Memorial of the heir of Colonel Frederick H. Weissenfels, praying indemnification for his sacrifices during the Revolutionary War. December 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress. December 4, 1838. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. December 5, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, 1838-9. December 6, 1838. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and of the fabrication of standard weights and measures, showing the progress in those works during the present year. December 6, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of James Barron, praying the payment of certain claims, disallowed by the accounting officers. December 6, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Charles F. Smith and others, officers of the line of the Army of the United States, praying that the officers of the line of the Army may be put on the same footing with the officers of the staff, as to pay, &c. December 10, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, in obedience to the second section of the act of May 9, 1836, communicating a statement of the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate, for the year ending December 3, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with the act of the 9th May, 1836, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of his office, and of the office of the Commissioners of the Navy, for the year 1838. December 12, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 12, 1838. Ordered to be reprinted, to accompany Senate Bill No. 7. December 21, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred "A Bill for the Relief of William East," ... Petition of a num[b]er of surgeons in the Navy of the United States, praying an increase of their pay. December 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Truman Hastings and others, praying the repeal of that part of the act of Congress, regulating the Post Office Department, which requires post offices to be kept open on Sundays. December 12, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Louisville, Kentucky, praying the amendment of the act "To Provide for the Better Security of the Lives of Passengers on Board of Vessels Propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam." December 13, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of officers of the revenue cutters, praying to be allowed the pay and emoluments of officers of the Navy, while cooperating with them. December 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, showing the operations of that Department during the year 1837, and part of the year 1838. December 18, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 17, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Benton submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1) "providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands,"... Memorial of William A. Whitehead, in behalf of the merchants and others of the collection district of Key West, against making Indian Key a port of entry. December 17, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.	17
Serial set 339	In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 185.) That it appears Gad Humphreys was the owner of a plantation... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to the act of June 30, 1834, a statement of all persons employed in the service of the Indian Department during the year 1838. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 121.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred a bill for the relief of John Richey... Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with the act of March 3, 1809, a statement of the contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1838. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Tompkins County, N.Y., praying the revision and amendment of the militia system. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Petition of the clerks in the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase of compensation. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the establishment of a land office at "Kishwaukee," in that state. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of a more thorough organization of the militia of the United States. January 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 179.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Burke... Petition of the Mississippi City Company, praying a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wall made the following report: The Joint Committee on the Library, on the part of the Senate, report: That in pursuance of an act authorizing the printing of the Madison Papers... In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be reprinted, to accompany Senate Bill No. 83. Mr. Young submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the correspondence and arrangements between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Bank of North America and Bank of New York. January 5, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of merchants of Charleston, S. Carolina, praying the establishment of a port of entry and the erection of a light-house at Indian Key. December 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of underwriters of Charleston, S.C., praying the establishment of additional ports of entry on the coast of Florida. December 11, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the claim of Ephraim Sprague, for remuneration for property lost in the campaign against the Sac and Fox Indians in 1832. December 17, 1838. Referred, with Bill S. 74, to the Committee of Claims. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 79.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of James H. Clark, with the accompanying documents, report... In Senate of the United States. December 19, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed. Illinois Town, March 1, 1838. At a meeting of the board of managers elect under the act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, authorizing a lottery to raise funds for draining the lakes and ponds of the American Bottom... Documents in relation to the claim of Loomis and Gay, for compensation for extra work done by them on the Cumberland Road. December 19, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the defence of the frontier of Maine. December 21, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the "Act for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States." December 22, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the works on the Pea Patch Island, in the Delaware River. December 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the Bill (S. 1) "Providing for the Reduction and Graduation of the Price of the Public Lands." December 26, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 26, 1838. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 134.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of certain clerks belonging to the Office of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase of their pay, and the graduation thereof according to the service required of them, beg leave to report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to deposites in the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, and the sale and payment of its bonds. December 27, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, transmitting a statement of the sums paid under private appropriations since 1833. December 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Petersburg Railroad Company, praying the payment of a sum of money withheld from them, under their contract for the transportation of the mail. December 27, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John Roberts, praying to be released from liability as surety of Morrison and Wheeler, under a contract with the government for a supply of arms. December 28, 1838. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the improvements of the harbor of St. Louis. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company, praying to be allowed to purchase five hundred thousand acres of the government land, on a credit of six years; and also asking an extension of three years on their bonds for the payment of the duties on certain railroad iron imported by them. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, praying the erection of a Custom-house at that place. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Motion submitted by Mr. Allen, in relation to the financial policy of the government. December 31, 1838. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of members of the New York Peace Society, praying Congress to interpose as mediator between France and Mexico, and to propose the formation of a Congress of Nations for the adjustment of international disputes. January 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 3, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, having examined the petition of Thomas Rudolph and others, report... Document relating to the bill "To Provide for the Armed Occupation and Settlement of That Part of Florida Which Is Now Overrun and Infested by Marauding Bands of Hostile Indians." January 3, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, to accompany Senate Bill No. 160, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of the claims of the Alabama volunteers, for horses lost in the service of the United States in the late campaign against the Seminole Indians. January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of granting a tract of land to each of the colleges in that state. January 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the State of Alabama, praying to be allowed pre-emption rights to any unlocated public lands, in lieu of others of which they have been deprived. January 8, 1839. Presented by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, to accompany Senate Bill No. 135, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph W. Page, praying compensation for information furnished the officers of the government in 1814, in relation to a violation of the revenue laws, report... In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 127.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 127, for the relief of James Ralston... Documents relating to the subject of ceding to the State of Tennessee the vacant, unappropriated, and refuse lands within that state. January 4, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Foster, to accompany Senate Bill No. 173; referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 122.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred a bill for the relief of John L. Scott, report... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 123.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred Bill No. 123, for the relief of Charles A. Dodd, report... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 166.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred sundry depositions to establish the claim of Richard Robertson, of Alabama, to compensation for a bay mare, lost in the service of the United States... In Senate of the United States. January 4, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 167.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Kennedy, late of the City of Mobile, praying for the confirmation of the title to a certain tract of land called the Du Broca claim, respectfully report... Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the number of suits on the trial docket of each of the circuit courts of the United States, and the number of miles travel of each judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. January 5, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements showing the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia, at the close of the year 1838. January 5, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 5, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary W. Thompson, widow of the late Colonel Alexander R. Thompson... In Senate of the United States. January 7, 1839. Submitted and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 176.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the memorials...praying for a grant of land to aid in constructing the Mount Carmel and New Albany railroad, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the execution of the "Act Granting Land to Certain Exiles from Poland." January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the value of the imports, and the amount of duties thereon, from the 10th May, 1837, to the 10th May, 1838. January 8, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the northeastern boundary. January 28, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the imports and exports of specie, and the amount of gold coinage, since June, 1834, and the average circulation of the notes of the late Bank of the United States. January 28, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morris made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred the Bill from the House of Representatives for the Relief of Pamela Brown... Memorial of Russell Comstock, praying Congress to purchase and publish certain discoveries alleged to have been made by him, to promote the preservation and increase of agricultural products, &c. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of orders and instructions issued since the 14th day of April, 1836, relative to the kind of money and bank notes to be paid out on account of the United States. January 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the examinations of inventions to prevent explosions of steam boilers. January 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the clerks in the Office of the Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, praying an increase in their compensation, and the passage of a law fixing and apportioning the salaries of clerks to their duties. January 9, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the sales of the public lands. January 8, 1839. Read. January 9, 1839. Ordered to be printed, accompanied by the resolution of the Senate calling for the same. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying that the people of that state be indemnified for depredations committed on their property by the hostile Creek Indians in 1836. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom has been referred the petition of Jesse Smith... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom has been referred the petition of William A. Crocker, agent of the Taunton Branch Railroad Company, and contractor on post route No. 299, from Boston to Taunton, report... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 163.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred "A Bill for the Relief of Francis Laventure, Ebenezer Childs, and Linus Thompson"; and also a memorial from a number of citizens of Milwaukie, in the Territory of Wisconsin, and another memorial from the Legislative Assembly from that territory... Memorial of George de Passau, praying to be allowed to enter a tract of land in lieu of one of which he has been deprived. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the number of acres in the States of Alabama and Mississippi, embraced in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Thomas Jefferson Smith, in reply to the remonstrance of William A. Whitehead, against the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. January 10, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence between the Secretary of War and the Bank of the United States, in relation to the sale of the bonds of that institution. January 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 6, 1838, a statement of all works for the improvement of harbors and mouths of creeks and rivers, which have been in progress upwards of three years. January 14, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the widow of Alexander R. Thompson, late a lieutenant colonel in the Army of the United States, praying an increase of the pension allowed her. January 14, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, in favor of rescinding a resolution of the Senate of the United States, and in relation to the policy of the general government. January 14, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the creation of a new land district in the northern part of that state. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 156.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albin Michel... In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 197.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Ira Day, of Vermont, made the following report... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th July, 1838, transmitting statements of cases in which a per centum has been allowed on disbursements of public moneys. January 16, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the condition of the Seminole Indians, who have emigrated. January 16, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of M. Allen and others, praying an appropriation for the improvement of the Ohio River. January 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas submitted the following report: The Committee on the District of Columbia, to which was referred a resolution inquiring if the banks of this district had conformed to the act approved May 31, 1838, report... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 200.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Malachi Hagan... In Senate of the United States. January 17, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Joshua Kennedy, asking for indemnity for the destruction of property by the Creek Indians, in the year 1813, submit the following report... Document relating to the Bill (S. 160) "To Provide for the Armed Occupation and Settlement of That Part of Florida Which Is Now Overrun and Infested by Marauding Bands of Hostile Indians." January 17, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the act of May 1, 1820, a statement of the appropriations and expenditures for that Department during the year 1838. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, had the bill entitled "An Act To Appropriate, for a Limited Time, the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands of the United States, and for Granting Land to Certain States," become a law. January 17, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the adjustment of the Florida claims, under the treaty of 1819. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report from the director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1838. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, recommending the extension of the "Acts for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States," so as to apply to cases which shall have occurred on or before the 1st day of January, 1839. January 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 210.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom the petition and papers of William W. Williams were referred, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 211.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of the representatives of Joseph Morris... Document relating to the bill "To Provide for the Organization of a Volunteer Militia Force, for the Defence of the Maritime and Inland Frontier." January 18, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, to accompany Senate Bill No. 213, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 214.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gen. Matthew Arbuckle... Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, to obtain an appropriation for opening an inlet at or near Nag's Head, on the coast of that state. January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of North Carolina, against the passage of the bill "Providing for the Reduction and Graduation of the Price of the Public Lands." January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of the expenses of making the disbursements of the Indian Department. January 7, 1839. Submitted by Mr. White, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 207. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the necessity of additional clerks in the Office of Indian Affairs. January 7, 1839. Submitted by Mr. White, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 208. Memorial of Hezekiah L. Thistle, praying that certain communications addressed by him to the Secretary of War, and Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate, on the subject of expelling the hostile Indians from Florida, may be printed. January 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Petition of the President and directors of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company, and others, citizens of Alabama, that said company be allowed to enter a tract of land, at the minimum price, to aid in the construction of said road. January 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Abner E. Van Ness, praying to be indemnified for losses incurred by him under a contract for surveying the public lands of the United States. January 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Arkansas, praying the extension of the jurisdiction, and the holding of an additional term of the district court of the United States for that state. January 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 18, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knight submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 216.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads make the following report on the petition of Converse & Rees... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the number of the land offices, and the condition of the business therein. January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Lysander Spooner, praying to be allowed to improve the navigation of the Maumee River, by means of slack water, &c. January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Petition of John A.L. Norman, praying the donation of a township of land to the Territory of Florida, to aid in erecting a university to be called the "Dade Institute of Florida." January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lumpkin submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom has been referred the petition of William Smith, claiming indemnity for depredations committed on his property by the Creek Indians, in the year 1793, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 92.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Washington Wade... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 217.) This claim was before the Senate at the 2d session of the 24th Congress... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 218.) This claim was presented to the Senate the 2d session of the 24th Congress... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 219.) The claim of James McCrory... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 220.) This case was favorably reported upon and passed by the Senate at the last session... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 221.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Samuel Y. Keene, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 222.) This claim has three times been passed by the Senate... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 223.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of the heirs of Thomas Powell, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 226.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Robert Piatt, heir of Daniel Piatt, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 227.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of the widow, children, and legatees of Gustavus B. Horner, deceased, reports... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be sent to the Senate. Mr. Wright submitted the following report: The Committee on Finance, to which has been referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, requiring him "to communicate to the Senate any authentic information he may recently have received, in respect to the modes of collecting, keeping, and disbursing public moneys in foreign countries"... In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 231.) It appears that John J. Bulow, Jr., was the owner of the plantation of Bulowville, in Florida; that his plantation was a very valuable one; that it was taken possession of by the troops... In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 232.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of General Joseph M. Hernandez, have had the same under consideration, and report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain an appropriation for the immediate survey of lands in that state. January 23, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Robinson submitted the following report: The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the memorial of the Petersburg Railroad Company, report... Resolutions in relation to the employment of the state banks as agents for the deposite and disbursement of the public revenue. January 23, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Tallmadge, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 239.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the petition of Eliza Causin, report... Memorial of William A. Whitehead, in answer to the petition of Thomas J. Smith, in favor of making Indian Key a port of entry. January 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 45.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the citizens of the Parish of Concordia, in the State of Louisiana, praying for a grant of a certain quantity of public land for public purposes, report... Petition of a number of citizens of Illinois, praying the establishment of a land district in the northern part of that state. January 25, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following resolution: ...Resolved, That the Secretary of War be instructed to cause an estimate to be made of the sums that will be necessary to complete the construction of the Cumberland Road... Extracts from the message of Governor Call to the Territorial Legislature of Florida, January 11, 1839, in relation to the Indian hostilities in that territory, and the means of terminating them. January 25, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange made the following report: The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to which was referred the petition of Jephtha A. Wilkinson, have had the same under consideration, and reports... In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Maine, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 246.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, which was instructed to inquire into the expediency of modifying or repealing the act of March 3, 1837, for the more equitable administration of the Navy Pension Fund, report... Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying the passage of a law requiring the employment of boys in the merchant vessels of the United States. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the officers of the revenue cutter Taney, praying that the benefit of the Navy Pension Fund may be extended to the officers of the Revenue Cutter Service. January 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.	129
Serial set 340	Memorial of Charles L. Fleischmann, in relation to the manufacture of beet sugar. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of E.A. Theller, praying that the rights of naturalized citizens of the United States may be ascertained and defined. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the annual receipts and expenditures of the government since the year 1817. February 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Young made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 96.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the Bill "Granting to the Mississippi and Rock River Canal Company a Portion of the Public Lands for the Purposes Therein Expressed," report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, in relation to the interference by Congress or state legislatures with the domestic institutions of the slave states. February 11, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the commerce and navigation carried on in the Turkish dominions and Pachalick of Egypt. February 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of William C. Poole, praying the patronage of Congress to a proposed publication to show the latitude and longitude, and the variation of the compass. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, praying the establishment of a port of entry in the western part of that state, and an allowance of drawback on merchandise exported by land to Mexico. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 494.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill No. 494, with accompanying papers, report: That John Baldridge, a native Cherokee, claims three hundred dollars, for an improvement... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 358.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. No. 358, and accompanying documents, for the relief of Poas Hadgo, a Creek Indian, report... In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 688.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the House Bill No. 668 (i.e., 688), for the relief of Joseph Dukes, report... Memorial of a number of citizens of the District of Columbia, adverse to any legislation on the part of Congress, on the subject of slavery in said district. February 7, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the causes of explosions of steam boilers. February 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying that the title of the Menomonie Indians to lands within that territory may be extinguished. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the alteration of the southern boundary line of said territory. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying appropriations for the construction of harbors on the western shore of Lake Michigan. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents to the Chairman of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, in relation to the collection and distribution of seeds and plants. January 28, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Strange, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to the survey of the public lands in the State of Illinois. January 28, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Young, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, to obtain the donation of a township of land to improve the navigation of the Embarrass River. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of the Oregon Territory, praying Congress to take possession of, and extend their jurisdiction over, the said territory. January 28, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, exhibiting the official emoluments and expenditures of the officers of the Customs for the year 1838. February 11, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Alabama, in relation to the currency, and the collection and keeping of the public revenue. February 11, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the abandonment of Fort Armstrong, on Rock Island, Illinois, and the occupation of said island. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the executive committee of the American Silk Society, on the subject of the culture of silk. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying the cession to that state of the Muscle Shoals Canal. February 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Jersey, in relation to the disposition of the public lands. February 11, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 284.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which were referred the memorials of the Legislature of Wisconsin, upon the subject of the improvement of the navigation of certain rivers in Wisconsin, respectfully submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 614.) The Committee on Commerce have examined the papers submitted to the Senate by A. Vail... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 34.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred a bill making appropriations to complete certain military roads in the State of Arkansas... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in relation to the improvement of the Atchafalaya and Red Rivers. February 13, 1839. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 261.) The Committee on Finance, to which has been referred the bill to repeal the act entitled "An Act Laying a Duty on Imported Salt, Granting a Bounty on Pickled Fish Exported, and Allowances to Certain Vessels Employed in the Fisheries," approved July 29, 1813, and all acts to continue or amend the same, and, also, a resolution of the Senate of the thirty-first day of January last, instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of repealing the existing duty upon bread stuffs and certain other articles of import, report... Document in relation to the prevention of explosions of steam boilers. February 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 14, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Nicholas made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 8.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John McCartney, report... Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in obedience to the act of March 2, 1803, abstracts of the returns of the militia of the United States for the year 1838. February 5, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Document showing the number of suits on the trial docket of the circuit and districts courts of the United States for the district of West Tennessee, during the last six years. February 5, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to applications made by banks in Illinois, to be made deposite banks. February 15, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of New Castle, New Hampshire, against the repeal of the law allowing a bounty to vessels engaged in the cod fisheries. February 15, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to order, had under consideration the petition of the heirs of Henry Conway, deceased, and report... In Senate of the United States. February 15, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Crittenden made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims have, according to order, had under consideration the petition of Betsey C. Shethar, and report... In Senate of the United States. Motion in relation to the payment of claims for Indian depredations. February 6, 1839. Mr. Wright submitted the following motion: which was read, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the claims of Colonel A.G. Morgan, of Missouri, for military services in Florida. January 2, 1839. Referred, with motion of Mr. Benton, to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 16, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 290. In Senate of the United States. February 7, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, of Maine, made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 277.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Henry Fry, late a purser in the Navy, praying for a pension, report... Document on the subject of reducing and equalizing letter postage. February 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to banking institutions in the territories of the United States, and the receipt of their notes in payment for public lands. February 8, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, recommending the removal of the Swan Creek and Black River bands of Chippewa Indians. January 29, 1839. Submitted by Mr. White, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 254.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Wm. Conway... In Senate of the United States. January 29, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report (To accompany Senate Bill No. 255.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Pierre Babin, for the confirmation of his claims to a tract of 880 arpens of land in the State of Louisiana... Memorial of Maria Helena America Vespucci, praying a donation of public land, and that she may be admitted to the rights of citizenship. January 29, 1839. Ordered, that so much thereof as relates to public land be referred to the Committee on Public Lands; that so much as relates to the rights of citizenship be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and that it be printed in the original French, with an English translation. Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of the balances reported on the books of the Treasury against collecting and disbursing agents of the government. January 30, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the cost of brass and iron cannon, and howitzers. January 30, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the alleged encroachment of the "Polish Exiles" on improved lands in the occupancy of certain citizens of the State of Illinois. January 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 25, 1839. Read. January 30, 1839. Ordered to lie on the table, and that the resolution and documents be printed. Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following resolution: Resolved, That the plan of the works for the improvement and protection of the harbor at Michigan City, shall be such as may be approved and adopted by the Secretary of War. Documents relating the the Bill (S. 160) "To Provide for the Armed Occupation and Settlement of That Part of Florida Which Is Now Overrun and Infested by Marauding Bands of Hostile Indians." January 30, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bills Nos. 200, 231, 232.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was recommitted, by a resolution of the Senate, "The Bill for the Relief of the Legal Representative of John J. Bulow, Jr., Deceased, and All Other Bills Before the Senate, Providing for the Payment of Sufferers by the Late Indian Wars in the Territory of Florida, and in the States of Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama"... Documents relating to the claim of the executor of John J. Bulow, Jr. to be indemnified for property destroyed by the hostile Indians in Florida. February 9, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Hubbard, to accompany Senate Bill No. 231, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Alden Partridge and Edmund Burke, in behalf of the State Military Convention of Vermont, praying the adoption of a plan proposed by them for the reorganization of the militia of the United States. February 9, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the termination of the commission for the adjudication of claims under the Cherokee Treaty of December 29, 1835, and the expenses of the same. February 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement of the expenses incurred in negotiating and concluding the Cherokee Treaty of December 29, 1835. February 9, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Samuel Raub, Jr., praying the passage of a law requiring the use of the "double self-acting safety-valve" on board of steamboats, &c. January 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad. January 31, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 31.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and documents of Richard T. Banks... In Senate of the United States. January 31, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, with the bill annexed, and that 10,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wall submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 131.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred "A Bill To Prevent the Interference of Certain Federal Officers in Elections," report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the deficit in the Treasury, had the bill entitled "An Act To Appropriate for a Limited Time the Proceeds of the Sales of the Public Lands of the United States, and for Granting Land to Certain States," become a law. February 1, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Linn made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petitions of Marcelin Tassin, praying for a pre-emption right... Documents relating to the claims of Andrew J. Johnson and Samuel M. Love, for payment for horses lost by them while in the military service of the United States. January 14, 1839. Referred, with Senate Bill No. 193, to the Committee of Claims. February 1, 1839. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 1, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mouton made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 263.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albin Michel, in behalf of the heirs of J.B. de Lusser, praying that certain titles to land may be confirmed... In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rivers submitted the following for consideration: Whereas "the constitutional remedy by the elective principle becomes nothing, if it may be smothered by the enormous patronage of the general government"... Memorial of a number of cordwainers in the District of Columbia, praying the repeal of so much of the "Act Concerning the Government and Discipline of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia," as authorizes the warden to let out the labor of the convicts by contract. February 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Philadelphia, praying the erection of piers in the Delaware River, at or near Delaware City. February 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Philip Kearney [i.e., Kearny], praying the establishment of, and proposing a plan for, a national bank. February 4, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain the passage of a permanent pre-emption law, and to allow a credit to actual settlers. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of North Carolina, to obtain the passage of a law, directing the coinage of small change at the Branch Mint of that State. February 4, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Document relating to the improvement of Pigeon River. February 4, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Norvell, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens upon the northern and western frontiers, praying the employment, on the great western lakes, of a steam revenue cutter. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Mira M. Alexander, only surviving child and heir of George Madison, praying remuneration for his services and sacrifices while in the Army of the United States. January 8, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. February 4, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 267. Petition of the President and directors of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company, and others, citizens of Florida, praying that said company be permitted to enter a quantity of public land at the minimum price, &c. February 6, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Document in relation to the subjugation of the hostile Indians in Florida. February 6, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of T.H. Perkins and others, praying the passage of a law to authorize the discontinuance of the spirit ration allowed to seamen in the public service. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Springfield, New Jersey, praying indemnification for the destruction of said church during the Revolutionary War. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Maryland, to obtain an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Havre de Grace. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 71.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred "A Bill (S. 71) To Amend an Act Confirming Certain Land Claims in the State of Michigan," report... Documents showing the number of suits on the trial dockets of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the seventh circuit during the last three years. February 18, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Wall, from the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Document relating to the condition of the Bank of Mineral Point, in the Territory of Wisconsin. February 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, adverse to the Sub-Treasury system, and in favor of the incorporation of a national bank. February 18, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of a convention of delegates of the people of Florida, in favor of the repeal or modification of certain acts of the Legislative Assembly of that territory, incorporating banking and other institutions. February 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, praying the passage of a law to authorize the enrolment of a number of volunteers for the defense of that territory. February 18, 1839. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 160. In Senate of the United States. February 18, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Robbins, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions on the part of the Senate Committee of the Joint Committee on the Smithsonian bequest. Memorial of the American Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, praying the attention of Congress to the important objects of that institution. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Michigan, praying an appropriation for the completion of certain military roads in that state. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Missouri, praying a grant of land in the Oregon Territory, to enable them to form a settlement in said Territory. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Swift submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the Bill (H.R. 886) for the benefit of the Choctaw Indians, report... In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Merrick made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 294.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the petition of Samuel R. Slaymaker, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Michigan, in favor of the construction of a steam revenue cutter, to be employed on the northern lakes. February 20, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the President of the Convention of Delegates of the People of Florida, transmitting a copy of a constitution or form of government for the people of Florida, as adopted by said convention. February 20, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the operations for increasing the depth of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River. February 20, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Michigan, to obtain the passage of a law to authorize the exchange of such school lands in that state as may be occupied by actual settlers, and to grant pre-emption rights to such settlers. February 20, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Michigan, in favor of the erection of a light-house and pier at the mouth of Clinton River. February 20, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, to obtain the passage of a law establishing a Surveyor General's office in that state. February 20, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of New Jersey, praying the erection of a lighthouse at the inlet of Little Egg Harbor. February 20, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Louisiana, praying the modification of the naturalization laws. February 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Samuel T. Harrison, praying that the duties on a portion of certain apparatus for refining sugar imported by him, may be refunded, and to be allowed to import the residue free of duty. February 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of so amending the Constitution of the United States, as to limit the presidential term of office to four years. February 22, 1389. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, against the adoption of the Sub-Treasury system. February 22, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the defense of the northeastern frontier of the United States. February 22, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Benton, to accompany Senate Bill No. 300, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, with statements of the number and designation of the passengers who have arrived in each collection district of the United States during the year 1838. February 22, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 22, 1839. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Mr. Tallmadge made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry Hall Sherwood, of the City and State of New York, on the subject of terrestrial magnetism, and the application of the dipping needle to the purpose of ascertaining the latitude and longitude of places on the earth's surface... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the seizure and detention of the brigs Enterprise, Encomium, and Comet. February 14, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed	107
Serial set 341	Memorial of a number of citizens of Addison County, Vermont, praying the establishment of a national foundry at Vergennes, in that state. February 25, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the allowances to the marshals of the several districts for distributing the venires, and the fees now allowed to the marshal of New Hampshire for that service. February 26, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Baltimore, praying that the usual annual appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of said city may be continued. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the manufacture, quality, and use of salt. February 20, 1839. Ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Report from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the contracts for the transportation of the mail for the year ending July 1, 1838. February 21, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Memorial of a number of masters of wrecking vessels, on the coast of Florida, opposed to the establishment of a port of entry at Indian Key. February 23, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Document relating to the claim of a number of settlers on the public lands in Indiana, to be allowed the right of pre-emption. February 23, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Documents relating to internal improvements in the State of Illinois. February 23, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Young, and ordered to be printed, and that 300 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. February 23, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 302.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Campau, praying the confirmation of his title to a tract of land... Petition of a number of citizens of Kittery, Maine, against the repeal of the duty on salt, and against abolishing the bounty allowed to owners of fishing vessels. February 25, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Michigan, in favor of the adoption of measures to insure the recognition by foreign powers of the rights of naturalized citizens of the United States. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of naturalized citizens of the United States, residing in the State of Michigan, praying the adoption of measures to secure the recognition of their rights as citizens of the United States. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the dispute between the State of Maine and the British Province of New Brunswick. February 26, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Resolution of the General Assembly of Mississippi, for the establishment of a mail route, and for the distribution of the Mississippi mail at Mobile. February 28, 1839. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred so much of the petition of America Vespucci as relates to a grant of land... Memorial of a number of citizens of Michigan, praying a donation of land to emigrants and settlers in the Oregon Territory. February 26, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Rives made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate instructing them to "inquire into the expediency of providing for the construction of one or more steam vessels of war, and their employment in the naval service,"... In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lyon made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 206 [i.e., 306].) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition and papers of Joseph Campau report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting additional documents in relation to the dispute between the State of Maine and the British Province of New Brunswick. February 27, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1839. Read, made the special order for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buchanan made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the messages of the President of the United States of the 26th and the 27th instant, and the accompanying document, in relation to the existing difficulties on the northeastern frontier of the United States, report the following resolutions... Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the mode of furnishing supplies of goods or merchandise to the Indian Department. February 28, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing what drafts on banks having public funds on deposite have been protested since the 1st January, 1837, &c. February 28, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, who have had under consideration a number of petitions from officers of the line of the Army of the United States, praying for equalization of pay with the officers of the staff, report...	23
Serial set 342	Memorial of Pierce and Patrick Shannon, praying to be allowed to import the materials for an iron steamboat free of duty. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Webster submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, that the collection of acts of Congress and official instructions and opinions respecting the public lands... Report from the Postmaster General, with a statement showing the incidental expenses of that Department for the year ending June 30, 1838. March 1, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Portage County, Ohio, praying the repeal or modification of the neutrality law, and that Congress demand redress for the destruction of the steamboat Caroline. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the names of, and correspondence with, the banks which declined to receive the public deposites in the years 1833 and 1834, or surrendered the same after having received them. March 2, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual statement of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending on the 30th September, 1838. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War with statements showing the amount of Revolutionary pensions paid annually from 4th March, 1789, to 31st December, 1838, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th December, 1837. March 2, 1837. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with resolutions of the Senate, statements showing the persons employed, the funds furnished, and improvements valued, under the Cherokee Treaty of December, 1835. February 28, 1839. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register and Receiver of the district of St. Stephens, Alabama, made in compliance with the act of March 2, 1829. February 28, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the operations of the Mint for the year 1837. February 28, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 28, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton submitted the following motion for consideration: Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before Congress... Message from the President of the United States, recommending the return of the names and ages of pensioners, in the next general census. March 1, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of the coinage, deposites for coinage, and expenses of the Mint and branches during the year 1838. March 1, 1839. Read and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of the establishment of certain post routes. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the establishment of mail routes. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 1, 1839. Ordered, that 50,000 copies of the report made at the last session of Congress by the Committee on Foreign Relations, in relation to the northeastern boundary of the United States, and unanimously adopted by the Senate on the 4th day of July, 1838, be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. July 4, 1838. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in reference to the expenditure of the appropriation for the removal of the sand bar at the mouth of the Connecticut River. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing the protested drafts drawn by that Department on banks having public funds on deposite, &c. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and of the arms manufactured during the year 1838. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the number of removals of deputy postmasters since the 4th March, 1837. March 1, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Hampshire, to obtain the adjustment of claims for spoliations committed by France, prior to 1800. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain a grant of land for the construction of a macadamized road in that state. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, to obtain an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of City West. March 2, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, to procure the survey of the Calumic River, with a view to its improvement. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate, instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of making compensation to the heirs of Benjamin Harvey... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1839. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cuthbert made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Robert Fulton, report... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1839. Submitted, concurred in, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Norvell made the following report: The Committee on Commerce, to whom have been referred resolutions and memorials in favor of the construction of steam revenue cutters... Documents on the subject of apprenticing boys on merchant vessels, and the establishment of nautical schools. March 2, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate in relation to public defaulters. March 2, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the report of the commissioner to investigate claims against the Miami Indians, with a statement of the expense of said commission, &c. March 2, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Statements: 1st, of appropriations made during the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress; 2d, the offices created and salaries thereof; 3d, of offices, the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. May 1, 1839. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the sixth section of the Act of July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes."	31
Serial set 343	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: Being the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 3, 1838, and in the sixty-third year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 344	list of reports to be made to Congress at the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, by public officers. Prepared in the Office of the House of Representatives, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Chief Clerk. December 3, 1838. Estimate of appropriations for 1839. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations for the service of the year 1839. December 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of the contingent expenses of the Department of State, from the 5th December, 1837, to 30th November, 1838; also, statements of expenditures for the northeast Executive building, &c. December 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Finances -- and estimate of appropriations for 1839. Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances; also, an estimate of appropriations for 1839. December 4, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Twenty-fifth Congress. December 4, 1838. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts, settled by the accounting officers of the Treasury, for the first and second quarters of the year 1837. December 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Expenditure contingent fund H.R. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, accompanied with a statement of payments made on account of the contingent expenses of the past year. December 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts by Commissioner Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of contracts made in his office from 7th May last. December 5, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Anthony Shane and Louis Godfroy. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by the provisions of the act of 28th June, 1838, directing the Commissioner of the General Land Office to ascertain the quantity of land covered by grants to Anthony Shane and Louis Godfroy, &c. December 6, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table.	9
Serial set 345	Application for pensions -- rejected. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of Pensions, in relation to applications for pensions which have not been allowed, &c. December 14, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Bequest of James Smithson. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the bequest of James Smithson to the United States. December 10, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee. Smithsonian bequest. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury upon the subject of the Smithsonian bequest, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of July last. December 10, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee. Contingent expenses -- naval establishment. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of contingent expenses of the Navy Department from the 1st of October, 1837, to the 30th of September, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Swartwout. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the recently-discovered default of Samuel Swartwout, late collector of the Customs for the port of New York. December 10, 1838. Motion to refer so much thereof as relates to the defalcation of Mr. Swartwout to a Select Committee; so much thereof as relates to the adoption of legal provisions for increasing the public security against similar defalcations to the Committee of Ways and Means. Postponed until to-morrow. Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the War Department during the fiscal year ending on the 30th of September last. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on the books of the Second Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, which have remained unsettled on the books of the Second Auditor more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1836, &c. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Post Office Department for the year 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. State Department -- extra clerk-hire. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th of July last, in relation to clerks employed in the Department of State, &c. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract, showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States, from 1st of October, 1837, to the 1st of October, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of contingent expenses of the several offices attached to the Department, for the year ending September 30, 1838. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. December 10, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Steam-engines. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House, of the 29th of June last, information in relation to steam engines, &c. December 13, 1838. Read, and referred to a select committee of seven members. Printed by the printer of the House, under the superintendence of the Secretary of the Treasury, with authority to make any additions and corrections which may occur to him in the progress of the printing. Extra clerk-hire -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of July last, in relation to clerk-hire paid, in complying with calls of the House for information, during the last session. December 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of his office, and the office of the Navy Commissioners. December 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Light-houses, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Fifth Auditor, in relation to the execution of the act of 7th July last, for building light-houses, light-boats, &c. December 13, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Revolutionary pensions. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 893.) Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, explanatory of certain appropriations required for the payment of Revolutionary and other pensions for the year 1839. December 19, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Appropriation -- northern frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 892.) Letter from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of appropriation for the protection of the northern frontier. December 19, 1838. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Correspondence -- Governor of Pennsylvania. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence between the executive government of the United States and the Governor of Pennsylvania. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Operations of the General Land Office, 1838, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of the operations of said Office during the year 1837 and part of the year 1838. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table.	20
Serial set 346	Patent Office. Report from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting information in relation to the duties of his Office for the year 1838. January 14, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Intermeddling with the Indians, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th of March last, relative to the intermeddling of any foreign government, or the subjects thereof, with the Indian tribes in Michigan, Wisconsin, &c. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Communication from the Honorable Alfred Conkling, made at the request of Mr. M. Fillmore, of defects of law, &c. Presented by Mr. Fillmore. December 20, 1838. 1st. Refer so much as relates to courts and piracy, to Committee on Judiciary; 2d. So much as relates to neutrality, to Committee on Foreign Relations; 3d. So much as relates to steamboats, to Select Committee on that subject. Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognized as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the government. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont -- Legislature. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Vermont. For a more thorough organization of the militia of the United States. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Guard to emigrating Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 987.) January 8, 1838. Laid before the House by the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mint of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1838. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on books of Fourth Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the balances which have remained due on the books of the Fourth Auditor for more than three years prior to the 30th September, 1838. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Major Trueman Cross. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives, in relation to the accounts of Major Trueman Cross. December 19, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. War Department -- Indian estimates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 895.) Letters from the Secretary of War to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, upon the subject of appropriations for the service of the Indian Department for 1839. December 19, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Lands sold under Chickasaw Treaty, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements required by the Act For Carrying into Effect the Treaties with the Chickasaws, approved April 20, 1836. December 20, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Army of the United States -- officers. Petition of Charles F. Smith, Captain, and other officers of the Army stationed at West Point, for an equalization of the pay of the Army. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mormons. Memorial of Ephraim Owen, Jr., late of Green County, Indiana, now of Davis County, Missouri, asking of Congress to afford protection to the people called Mormons, in the enjoyment of their civil rights as citizens of the United States; and complaining of loss of property, &c. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Florida -- Indian Key -- port of entry. Remonstrance of William A. Whitehead, in behalf of the merchants and others of the collection district of Key West, against making Indian Key a port of entry. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Explaining Navy bill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 896, making appropriations for the Navy for 1839.) Letter from the Secretary of the Navy. December 21, 1838. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Appropriations -- Army for 1839. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 897.) December 21, 1838. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Insolvent debtors -- United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in compliance with the act of 2d March, 1831, for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States. December 22, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Pea-Patch Island. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the present state of the Pea-Patch Island, in the Delaware River. December 26, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Fairfield -- resignation. December 26, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands ceded to the United States, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th of July last, a communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to lands ceded to the United States, the quantity surveyed, &c. December 29, 1838. Referred to a select committee, to consist of one member from each state. Armory -- Kentucky. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, in relation to a public armory in said state. December 29, 1838. Submitted by Mr. Pope, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Expenses -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and estimate of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, upon the subject of the expenses of that Department. January 2, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, referred to the same Committee, and ordered to be printed. Additional clerks -- Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of the employment of additional clerks in the Indian Department. January 2, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Small-pox among the Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of the small-pox among the Indians. January 2, 1839. Laid before the House by the Committee on Indian Affairs, referred to said Committee, and ordered to be printed. Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the number of clerks employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1838. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses of the military establishment, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report showing the expenditure of the military establishment for the year 1838. January 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Duncan H. [i.e., N.] Hennen versus P.K. Lawrence. Petition of Duncan H. [i.e., N.] Hennen, praying an inquiry whether the Hon. P.K. Lawrence, judge of District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, has not been guilty of dangerous abuses of power. January 8, 1839. Referred to a select committee, to consist of seven members. Due from late deposite banks, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the amounts due from the late deposite banks, &c. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Fort Livingston, Grand Terre, Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to the progress made, &c., in the completion of Fort Livingston, &c. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Treasury Department, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department during the year 1838, and the compensation of each. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Defalcation of Samuel Swartwout. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 31st ultimo, in relation to the defalcation of Samuel Swartwout. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Swartwout. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of 31st December, 1838. January 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elijah S. Bell. Report of the Secretary of War, on the claims of Elijah S. Bell, to whom the case had been referred by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th May last. January 4, 1839. Laid on the table. Northern boundary of Missouri. Letter from the Secretary of State, in answer to a call for the report of the commissioners appointed to run the northern boundary of Missouri. January 4, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Clerks in the State Department in 1838. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of clerks in his Department for the year 1838. January 4, 1839. Laid on the table. Electro-magnetic telegraph, by Professor Morse. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from Professor Morse, on the subject of his electro-magnetic telegraph. January 4, 1839. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Condition of banks -- District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the incorporated banks in the District of Columbia, showing the state of their affairs at the close of the year 1838. January 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Memorial of Charles Louis [i.e., Lewis] Fleischmann, on the manufacture of beet-sugar. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Catskill Creek. Petition of inhabitants of New York, for the improvement of the Catskill Creek. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Pre-emption -- Paris Seminary, Illinois. Petition of sundry citizens of Edgar County, Illinois, praying the right of pre-emption to a certain section of land for the use and benefit of the Paris Seminary. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Wisconsin -- lead-mine district. Memorial of sundry citizens of Wisconsin Territory and the State of Illinois, on the subject of the lead-mine district. January 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury notes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98 [i.e., 982].) January 8, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Land granted to Indiana -- construction of act. Message from the President of the United States, concerning the construction of an act of Congress granting a tract of land to the State of Indiana. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. New York -- opening Post Office on Sunday. Memorial of Truman Hastings and others, praying a repeal of that part of the Post Office law which requires postmasters to labor on Sunday. December 20, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Legislature of Illinois. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in relation to a survey of the northern and western lakes. December 31, 1838. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Smithsonian legacy. Memorial of Charles Lewis Fleischmann, in relation to the Smithsonian legacy. December 14, 1838. Referred to the Select Committee, appointed on the 10th December, instant, on the messages of the President of the United States on the same subject. January 10, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Texas invasion -- Louisiana. Message from the President of the United States, communicating information in relation to the invasion of the southwestern frontier by an armed force from the Republic of Texas. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Deposite bank -- Louisiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, notifying Congress that he had selected the Citizens' Bank of Louisiana as a depository of the public moneys, &c. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Lands -- American Bottom, Illinois. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st ultimo, in relation to lands in the Edwardsville and Kaskaskia land districts, in the State of Illinois, called the American Bottom, &c. January 11, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Miscellaneous claims, 1838, and expenditures Marine Hospital Fund, 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements made at the Treasury in the year 1838, on account of miscellaneous claims not otherwise provided for; also, statements showing the expenditures and receipts of the Marine Hospital Fund for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen during the year 1837. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Navy Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the names of the clerks employed in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy and Navy Commissioners during the year 1838, and the compensation of each clerk. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- War Department, 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks employed in the War Department during the year 1838, and the compensation of each. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. General Charles Gratiot. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d instant, in relation to General Charles Gratiot; with a letter from General Gratiot to Hon. J.P. Underwood, appended. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Education of boys, &c. Memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Baltimore, praying for the education of boys for the merchant service. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Receipts and expenditures of the U. States -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the printed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year 1837. January 14, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Mint -- Director's estimates. January 15, 1839. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Construction of revenue laws. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report made by the Comptroller of the Treasury, in relation to the operation of the existing revenue laws, and on the expediency of some further act of legislation explanatory of the intention of Congress in regard to certain descriptions of goods. January 15, 1839. Submitted by the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Extra clerk hire -- on calls Ho. of Reps. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 9th July last, requiring information in relation to extra clerk hire incurred in answering calls for information, &c. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of May River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a copy of the report of Lieutenant Wilkes of the survey of May River, &c. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. National domain. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, in relation to the public domain. January 16, 1839. Read, and referred to the Select Committee of 26 members upon the subject of the public lands. Steam boilers. Memorial of the owners of steamboats and others, of Louisville, Kentucky, on the subject of explosions of steam boilers. December 20, 1838. Referred to select committee on steam engines. January 16, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Steam-engines. Memorial of Cadwallader Evans, for an appropriation to enable him to test his invention to prevent the explosion of steam-boilers, &c. January 7, 1839. Referred to the Select Committee on Steam-engines. January 16, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Beaubien and his assignees. Letter from the Secretary of War, upon the subject of the claim of Beaubien and his assignees. January 17, 1839. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Isaac Gage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1048.) Petition and papers of Isaac Gage, praying for leave to import iron vessels free of duty. January 3, 1839. Referred to Committee on Manufactures. January 17, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Emigrating Seminole Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War in relation to the Seminole Indians who have lately emigrated to the West. January 17, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Contracts -- War Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts made by the Department during the year 1838. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Arms procured and distributed since close of last war. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the quantity and description of arms which have been procured and distributed since the late war with Great Britain, &c. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Printers laws U.S. -- North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the names of persons employed as printers to publish the laws of the United States in North Carolina. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Insolvent debtors -- United States. Message from the President of the United States, suggesting the propriety of extending the provision of the Insolvent Law of March 2, 1837, to cases which may have occurred before the 1st of January, 1839. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Florida claim -- Treaty of 1819. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the subject of the Florida claim under the treaty with Spain of 1819. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Steam-boilers, &c. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the proceedings under the act of the 28th June last, providing for examinations of inventions designed to prevent the explosion of steam-boilers, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Select Committee appointed on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of steamboats, steam-boilers, &c. Arsenals. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the expenditure of the appropriation of last session for the erection and repair of arsenals, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey -- Neenah or Fox River, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report and map of the survey of the Neenah or Fox River, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Persons employed in the Indian Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with a statement of all persons employed by that Department during the year 1838. January 19, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Appropriations and expenditures -- War Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the appropriations and expenditures of the Department of War for the year 1838, &c. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of State, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the United States. January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Reports of committees -- effect of. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to an inquiry by the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, "whether the reports of the standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim against the United States." January 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Marcus Hook. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, &c., of a survey of the harbor of Marcus Hook. January 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Contracts -- Navy Commissioners -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of contracts made by the Commissioners of the Navy during the year 1838. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Chart of Newark Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, respecting chart of Newark Bay. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Lewis Cass. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, calling for a statement of the final settlement of the accounts of Lewis Cass, &c. January 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Reports of committees -- effects of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, inquiring whether the reports of standing committees of either House of Congress are recognised by the accounting officers of the Departments as a proper foundation upon which to allow a claim upon the government, &c. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks in War Department -- answering calls of the House. Letter from the Secretary of War, answering the call of the House for information respecting clerks in the War Department. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Revenue of Post Office -- equal to its wants. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the funds of the office, &c. January 24, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims of Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, relative to the 3d section of the act of the 5th July, 1832, for liquidating and paying certain claims of the State of Virginia. January 24, 1839. Read, and referred to a select committee, to consist of seven members. Defence northern and western frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1097 [i.e., 1079].) January 25, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Commmodore Elliott and Lieutenant C.G. Hunter. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the proceedings of the two courts martial ordered to try certain charges preferred by Commodore Elliott against Lieutenant C.G. Hunter, together with a copy of the charges preferred by Lieutenant Hunter against Commodore Elliott. Fire-proof building -- War Department. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1084.) January 26, 1839. Submitted by the Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed. Banks of Massachusetts -- Commonwealth, Franklin, Lafayette. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to debts due to the United States (if any) by the Commonwealth, Franklin, and Lafayette Banks, of Massachusetts. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on books of the Third Auditor. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of the names of officers who have not rendered their accounts within the year; of accounts which have remained unsettled more than three years; also, an abstract of moneys advanced prior to the 3d March, 1809, on the books of the late accountant of the War Department, &c. December 29, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table Capture of reputed Indian refugees. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, in relation to the pursuit, capture, &c., of certain Indian refugees and murderers, within the limits of one of the United States. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid on the table	91
Serial set 347	Correspondence -- General J.W.A. Sanford. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, the correspondence between the Department and General J.W.A. Sanford, &c. January 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Jeffersonville and New Albany Canal. Petition of members of the Legislature, Governor, and Board of Internal Improvement of the State of Indiana, praying aid in the construction of the Jeffersonville and New Albany Canal. February 18, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Harbor of New Haven, Connecticut. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a map of New Haven and its harbor, in the State of Connecticut. February 18, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain J.D. Elliott. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting charges against Captain J.D. Elliott, by Samuel Etheridge. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Purchase of land for Charleston Depot. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1110.) February 6, 1839. Mr. McKay, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following documents. Sale of Indian reservations, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on the sales of Indian reservations, made under orders of the courts of Alabama, &c. February 20, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Harbor of Havre-de-Grace. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maryland, in relation to the harbor of Havre-de-Grace. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Survey -- Stonington. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report, &c. of a survey of the harbor of Stonington, in the State of Connecticut. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Renewal of duty bonds -- attorney's fees, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, in relation to the renewal of duty bonds, district attorneys' fees, &c. February 28, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. General appropriation bill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 981.) January 8, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Commissioner of Pensions and Wm. E. Woodruff. Letter from the Commissioner of Pensions, transmitting copies of a correspondence between the said Commissioner and William E. Woodruff, pension agent for the State of Arkansas, in the years 1837 and 1838. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances due by receivers, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of balances due by receivers of public money, on the books of the Register of the Treasury, which have remained due and unsettled three years prior to the 30th September, 1838. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Disbursements to Indians, &c. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting accounts of disbursement of moneys, goods, or effects, for the benefit of Indians, from 1st October, 1837, to 30th September, 1838, &c. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- light-houses, &c., included. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of contracts authorized by the Treasury Department during the year 1838. January 31, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Legislature -- Indiana. Preamble and resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, for a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from New Albany to a point on the Wabash opposite Mount Carmel. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Commissions to agents. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of commissions claimed by agents or officers employed by the government. January 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Territorial relations -- United States and Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, touching the territorial relations of the United States and Great Britain on this continent. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey -- Newark Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a chart of Newark Bay. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Steamboat Caroline. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, information in relation to the destruction of the steamboat Caroline, &c. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimate of building for P.O. Department. Memorial of stonecutters, asking an estimate of a building for Post Office Department. February 11, 1839. Referred to Committee on Public Buildings. State troops in service U.S. unpaid. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, calling for information "whether any of the state troops called into the service of the United States in the Cherokee country remain unpaid." February 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Annuities -- Seneca Indians -- 1837 -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, respecting the payment of the annuities to the Seneca Indians, in the years 1837 and 1838. February 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury notes. February 12, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, read, and laid upon the table. R.T. Paine -- latitude and longitude of lighthouses in Massachusetts. February 13, 1839. -- Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, and laid on the table. Emoluments, &c. -- officers of the Customs -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts of the emoluments and expenditures of officers of the Customs for the year 1838. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Branch Mint -- Charlotte, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting information called for by the House of Representatives on the 4th instant, in relation to the operations and expenses of the Branch Mint at Charlotte, North Carolina. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Light-houses at Barfleur and Ostend. Memoir of Lieutenant Colonel B. Aycrigg, on the subject of the light-houses at Barfleur and Ostend. February 13, 1839. Mr. Cushman, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following resolution; which was read, and agreed to by the House: Resolved, That a detailed report and drawings of the light-houses at Barfleur and Ostend, prepared by Lieutenant Colonel B. Aycrigg, one of the chief engineers on the state works of Pennsylvania, be printed for the use of the House. Small change. Resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina, for a law directing the coinage of small change at the Mint at Charlotte, in said state. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Indiana Legislature. Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, on the subject of the Cumberland Road through that state. February 4, 1839. Referred to Committee of Ways and Means. New Jersey -- half pilotage. Petition from citizens of New Jersey, &c., praying relief against the operation of the laws requiring coasting-vessels refusing to take pilots on board to pay half or whole pilotage. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Militia of the United States -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting abstracts of the general returns of the militia of the United States, for the year 1838, &c. February 5, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia. Clerks Post Office Department -- calls of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Postmaster General, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of July 9, 1838, respecting additional clerk-hire in answering calls for information by their House of Representatives. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Failure of mails -- New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, relative to failures of the mails to and from New Orleans. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Indians removed to west Mississippi from 1789. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, relating to Indians removed from the east to the west side of the Mississippi, from 1789 to 1838. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Bank of the State of Alabama. February 14, 1839. Peace Society. Petition and memorial of members of the East-Haddam Peace Society, and others. January 21, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Foreign emigrants. Petition of citizens of the State of Louisiana, soliciting the entire repeal of the acts providing for the naturalization of foreigners. February 7, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. William E. Woodruff. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting remittances to William E. Woodruff, pension agent for the State of Arkansas. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Public lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th ultimo, respecting land to which the Indian title has been extinguished; the amount surveyed; the quantity sold, &c. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Penitentiary -- Washington City. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the tenth annual report of the inspectors of the penitentiary. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Pensions relinquished under act March 18, 1818. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of pensions relinquished under the act of March 18, 1818. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Suspension of certain public works. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting a suspension of certain public works, &c. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Irwin. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report in relation to the accounts of Thomas Irwin. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Boilers -- steam-engines. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of commissioners to test innovations to render safe the boilers of steam-engines. February 7, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Virginia land scrip. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th instant, respecting the issue of Virginia land scrip. January 28, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Public defaulters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, respecting defalcations of receivers and collectors, or other depositaries of public moneys, &c. January 28, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Wisconsin Legislature. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying the passage of a law granting pre-emption rights to the settlers on the line of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Legislature of Wisconsin. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin Territory, for the relief of the owners or proprietors of mineral lots in the Wisconsin land district. January 28, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. Preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1090.) January 29, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. John Brahan. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, in relation to the balance due the United States from John Brahan, late receiver of public money at Huntsville, Alabama. February 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Wisconsin -- internal improvements. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1113.) Letter of the Honorable J.D. Doty, relating to the bill to authorize the Territory of Wisconsin to establish a system of internal improvements. February 9, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Territories. Balances on the books of the Treasury. Message from the President of the United States, respecting balances on the books of the Treasury, &c. January 30, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Boundary between Missouri and Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, respecting the boundary-line between the State of Missouri and the Territory of Iowa. January 30, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. Post-office building, &c. January 30, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed. Bonds -- collectors and naval officers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th instant, respecting the official bonds of the collectors and naval officers of the ports of Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, &c. January 31, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Horses of volunteers abandoned to U. States. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, requiring information respecting the value of horses turned over by volunteers to the United States, &c. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David Henshaw. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, in relation to the accounts of David Henshaw, late collector of the port of Boston. February 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations and expenditures of the Navy Department -- 1838. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the annual statement of appropriations and expenditures for the naval service for the year 1838. January 31, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. New Custom-house, New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, in relation to the expenditures in the construction of the new Custom-house, New York. February 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations for fortifications. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1141.) February 12, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. Salt-lick reservation -- four-mile square. Memorial and protest of Robert P. Currin, against the passage of Bill No. 418. April 30, 1838. Committee of the Whole on Bill No. 418. January 26, 1839. Referred to Committee on Private Land Claims. February 2, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Pennsylvania -- ship owners, &c. Memorial from ship-owners, and others, asking for piers at the mouth of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Representatives of Elbert Anderson. Petition of the representatives of Elbert Anderson, for additional allowance on account of whiskey furnished under a contract. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Attorney General -- tenure of office of judges. (To accompany Bill No. H.R. 1059.) February 4, 1839. Laid on the table. National bank. Memorial of Philip Kearny, for the establishment of a national bank. February 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Banks and incorporations in Florida. Proceedings and resolutions of a convention in the Territory of Florida, on the subject of banks and incorporations in that territory. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Territories. E.A. Theller. Memorial of E.A. Theller, of Detroit, praying Congress to adopt measures to protect the rights of naturalized citizens. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Steam and engineering. Essay on steam, by Jacob Walter. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Select Committee upon the subject of steam boilers. Militia U.S. -- Alden Partridge and Edward [i.e., Edmund] Burke. Memorial of Alden Partridge and Edward [i.e., Edmund] Burke, appointed a committee to memorialize Congress on the subject of the militia. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Pennsylvania -- insane persons. Memorial of inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia, praying that measures may be adopted to ascertain the number of insane persons in the several states, &c. of the Union. February 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. North Carolina volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 28th ultimo, in relation to the non-payment of the North Carolina volunteers, &c. February 5, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charges preferred by Midshipman Barton against Commodore Elliott. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the charges preferred by Charles C. Barton, a passed midshipman of the United States Navy, against Captain Jesse D. Elliott, while in command of the Mediterranean Squadron, together with all the communications in relation to said charges on the files of the Navy Department. February 14, 1839. Loss of packet ships. February 14, 1839. Submitted to the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, read, and ordered to be printed. Officers -- Exploring Expedition. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating information as to the pay and promotion of officers of the Exploring Expedition. February 14, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances on books of the revenue, &c. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of the revenue, which have remained unsettled by collectors of the Customs, and others, more than three years prior to 30th September, 1838. February 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Amend Constitution U.S. -- by John Preston. Proposals for amendments in the United States Constitution, and a uniform mode of banking throughout the Union. Written by an old soldier of 'seventy six, and an octogenarian. February 6, 1839. Building light-houses, light-boats, beacons, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1,096.) February 6, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee of Commerce. Registry of steam-ships. (To accompany Bill. H.R. No. 1098.) February 6, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce. Claims on Mexico. Petition of certain inhabitants of New Orleans, on Mexican spoliations upon American commerce. February 16, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 61.) February 16, 1839. Laid before the House by Mr. Shields, from the Committee on the Public Lands. Harbor of Delaware City, and the navigation of Back Creek. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1,157.) February 16, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals. Commodore Elliott -- Lieutenant Hunter, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, the proceedings of a court martial in the case of C.G. Hunter, &c. February 16, 1839. Referred to the select committee appointed February 14, instant, on charges preferred by Charles C. Barton versus Captain Jesse D. Elliott. Revolutionary War -- Wyoming sufferers. Petition of the sufferers of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, by depredations committed by the Indians in the Revolutionary War. February 18, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Samuel Raub, Jr., praying for a re-examination of his invention of the "double self-acting safety-valve." February 18, 1839. Referred to the Select Committee on the subject of steam-boilers. Indiana -- inhabitants of Washington County. Petition of James Chambers and one hundred and twenty other citizens, praying Congress to make certain grants to citizens of the United States who may make settlements and become permanent residents west of the Rocky Mountains. February 18, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Safe-keeping public moneys, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Louisiana, upon the subject of the national revenue. February 18, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Surveyor General's Office -- Illinois. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, transmitting documents respecting the establishment of a Surveyor General's office in the State of Illinois. February 20, 1839. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill H.R. No. 107, providing for the establishment of a Surveyor General's office in the State of Illinois. Admission of Florida. Memorial of the people of the Territory of Florida, for admission into the Union. February 20, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Passengers arrived in the United States in 1838. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of passengers arrived in the United States during the year 1838. February 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Educate deaf and dumb. Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, for a grant of land in aid of education of the deaf and dumb. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands	90
Serial set 348	Negroes, &c., captured from Indians in Florida, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, respecting the disposition of Negroes and other property captured from hostile Indians during the present war in Florida, &c. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Mississippi Legislature. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi in relation to a mail route by stages from the Mississippi City to Jackson. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. New Jersey -- the public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey respecting the public lands. February 19, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Vermont -- Canadian frontier. Memorial of inhabitants of St. Alban's, Vermont, upon the subject of the attack on the steamer Caroline, the Neutrality Law, and the disturbances on the Canadian frontier. February 19, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Blockades -- Mexico and Rio de la Plata. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report upon the subject of the blockades of the Mexican coast and the Rio de la Plata. February 22, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mail -- Louisville, Kentucky, to New Orleans. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, in relation to the existing contract for carrying the mail from Louisville, Kentucky, to New Orleans. February 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Mississippi Legislature. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, on the subject of post offices. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Military bounty lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1167.) Letter of Commissioner of General Land Office. February 25, 1839. Laid before the House by Mr. Loomis, from the Committee on the Public Lands. Military works -- northeast frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1169.) February 25, 1839. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. Harbor of Baltimore. Memorial of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, praying a continuance of the appropriation heretofore made for preserving the harbor. February 25, 1839. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Legislature of Illinois -- Sub-Treasury. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, versus an independent Treasury, &c. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Marble or granite for public buildings. February 25, 1839. Submitted by Mr. Lincoln, Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed. Maine and New Brunswick. Message from the President of the United States, upon the subject of the present state of affairs between the State of Maine and the British Province of New Brunswick. February 26, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Little Egg Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo, in relation to the improvement of Little Egg Harbor. February 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 21st ultimo, calling for information respecting the number of Cherokee Indians now residing in North Carolina, &c. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Duty on salt and fishing bounties. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the duty on salt and bounty to fishermen. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Condition of state banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements, &c., in relation to the condition of the state banks, so far as ascertained. February 27, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table.	17
Serial set 349	Superintendents Indian Affairs -- allowance. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th of January last, in relation to compensation to Superintendents of Indian Affairs, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Combinations -- public lands. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of 7th of July, 1838, respecting undue attempts to keep down the price of the public lands, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company. Memorial of the President and Directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, praying an improvement of the harbor at the mouth of the canal in the Delaware Bay. January 14, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Vermont -- inhabitants. Washington County -- neutrality law. Memorial of inhabitants of Washington County, Vermont, in relation to the neutrality law. February 4, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Surveyor General's Office -- Cincinnati. (To accompany Bill S. No. 37.) Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, submitting an abstract of a letter from the Office of the Surveyor General upon the subject of the removal of that office from Cincinnati, &c. March 2, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House, to which is committed the Senate Bill No. 37 on that subject. Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information on the subject of existing relations between the United States and Mexico. February 27, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Treaties -- Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, relating to the execution of the Treaties of 1832 and 1834 with the Chickasaw Indians, and of the Treaty of 1830 with the Choctaws. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Tobacco trade with Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th instant, a copy of a despatch from the minister of the United States at London, on the subject of the tobacco trade with Great Britain, &c. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Pottawatamie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, respecting the treaties of the 20th, 26th, and 27th of October, 1832, with the Pottawatamie Indians. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Banks of Wisconsin. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, respecting banks of Wisconsin Territory. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting accounts for the third and fourth quarters of 1837, and the first and second quarters of 1838. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint United States -- 1837. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements in relation to the operations of the Mint for the year 1837. March 1, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles F. Sibbald. Report of the Solicitor, First Comptroller, and Second Comptroller of the Treasury, upon the case of Charles F. Sibbald. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce and navigation U.S. -- 1838. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the annual statement of commerce and navigation, ending on the 30th September, 1838. March 2, 1839. Ordered, that the Secretary of the Treasury transmit the statements of the commerce and navigation of the United States for 1838 (when prepared) to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and that he cause 10,000 copies thereof to be printed. May 20, 1839. Received this day, and sent to the printer immediately. Army Register for 1839. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting two hundred and fifty-five copies of the Army Register for 1839. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. National Armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of expenditures at the National Armories during the year 1838, and of the arms, &c. manufactured during the same period. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Indian treaties since 1829. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, calling for statements of the amount paid for negotiating treaties with the Indians since 1829, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Census -- persons charged with taking, to return lists of pensioners of United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, respecting the importance of requiring the officers who may be employed to take the sixth census, to make a return of the names and ages of pensioners. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Balances -- books Register of the Treasury. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting list of balances on the books of the Register, which have remained unsettled more than three years from 30th September, 1838. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Defalcation -- public agents. Letter from the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d ultimo, respecting defaulters subject to the order of the War Department, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Land patents -- correcting, examining, &c. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th ultimo, in relation to the correcting, examining, signing, and issuing of patents, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles J. Ingersoll. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied by a statement in relation to the accounts of Charles J. Ingersoll, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Payments under treaty with France. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th of January, respecting payments under the treaty of indemnity with France, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Appropriations -- new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. March 18, 1839. Post Office Department -- June, 1838. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of expenditures of the Department for the year ending June 30, 1838, &c. March 3, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Execution of treaty with the Winnebagoes. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the information required by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, in relation to the execution of the treaty of 1st November, 1837, with the Winnebago Indians. March 1, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs	26
Serial set 351	Eliza Mackay. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table Territory of Oregon. (Supplemental report.) February 16, 1839. 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed Ellen Turney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1116.) February 6, 1839. John Metcalf. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Price. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1042.) January 16, 1839. Martha Woodliff, representative of F. Eppes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 923.) December 21, 1838. John Howe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1047.) January 17, 1839. Esther Parrott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1117.) February 6, 1839. Robert Clark, attorney of Menzies Gilespie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1075.) January 25, 1839. Officers of the Florida militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1064.) January 23, 1839. Maurice Wright. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 967.) January 2, 1839. January 2, 1839. T.D. Peurifoy. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John H. Lincoln. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1126.) February 6, 1839. Isaac Miller. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1023.) January 11, 1839. Isaac Adkins. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Sibel Barnes -- children of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 946.) January 2, 1839. Presley Thornton -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 935.) January 4, 1838. John Grimble [i.e., Grimball]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 938.) January 2, 1838. Henry Hill. December 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Archange Lecroix, administratrix of Hubert Lecroix, deceased. December 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. T. Rogers -- administrator of Charles Binns. December 21, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. Griffith Coombe and J.P. Ingle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 899.) December 21, 1838. Thomas Fillebrown, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 900.) December 21, 1838. John Barnes -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 901.) December 21, 1838. Nathan Lamme. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 902.) December 21, 1838. Captain Tarpley White -- representative of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 903.) December 21, 1838. Edward Wade. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 904.) December 21, 1838. Delegate from Wisconsin. December 21, 1838. Read, and made the special order of the House for Thursday next. William Gregory -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 905.) December 21, 1838. Lieut. James Conway -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 906.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of James Burton, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 907.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of Captain Thomas Cooke, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 908.) December 21, 1838. Roger Stayner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 909.) December 21, 1838. Colonel Francis Vigo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 911.) December 21, 1838. Lieutenant Colonel William Fontaine -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 912.) December 21, 1838. Samuel Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 913.) December 21, 1838. Lathrop Allen -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 914.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of Charles Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 922.) December 21, 1838. Solomon Prewett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 925.) December 21, 1838. John England. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 926.) December 21, 1838. Elizabeth Jones and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 928.) December 21, 1838. Oliver Peck. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 929.) December 21, 1838. Susannah Rowe, widow of John Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 930.) December 21, 1838. John Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 931.) December 21, 1838. Elizabeth Durant. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 932.) December 21, 1838. Captain James Hunter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 933.) December 21, 1838. Fielding Pratt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 934.) December 21, 1838. Jonathan Davis. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Hiram Humphreys. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Parthenia Beard. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Col. Thomas Knowlton's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 940.) January 2, 1839. Joseph L. Milligan. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Jonathan Dye -- the heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 941.) January 2, 1839. John H. Robinson. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. George Ash. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Alexander Humphrey. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John Peebles. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Benedict J. Heard. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Ichabod Beardsly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 945.) January 2, 1839. Elizabeth French. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 947.) January 2, 1839. William Ford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 948.) January 2, 1839. Nathaniel Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 959.) January 2, 1839. Isaac Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 964.) January 2, 1839. Gideon Sheldon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 965.) January 2, 1839. William Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 966.) January 2, 1839. Eunice Sanders, late Eunice Pierson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 968.) January 2, 1839. Charles Fitzgerald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 969.) January 2, 1839. Martha Strong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 970.) January 2, 1839. Nathaniel Taylor. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William McPherson. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Alexander Clark. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Cornelius Campbell et al. January 2, 1839. Read and laid on the table. Samuel Lewis. January 12, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Patrick Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 971.) January 3, 1839. John T. Austin. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas C. Copes. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. John Broome. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Catharine Dodge. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. George G. Allen. January 8, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Nimrod Farrow and Richard Harris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 936.) January 2, 1839. John Wilkinson -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 937.) January 2, 1839. David Himes. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Davis. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Joel Martin. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David Bartlett. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David Gould -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 942.) January 2, 1839. Samuel Edgecomb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 943.) January 2, 1839. Lyman King. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William H. Williams. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Morrison. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Corporate authorities of the City of Mobile. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 139.) January 2, 1839. Committed, with the bill, to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Samuel and Isaac Bell. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Executors of John Donnell [i.e., Donnel]. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel Hatton [i.e., Hatten]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 949.) January 2, 1839. John Lathram. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 950.) January 2, 1839. Catharine Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 951.) January 2, 1839. Thomas Collins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 953.) January 2, 1839. Samuel M. Asbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 954.) January 2, 1839. James Fleming. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 955.) January 2, 1839. Robert Whittet. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 956.) January 2, 1839. Myron Chapin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 957.) January 2, 1839. Jared Winslow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 958.) January 2, 1839. Isaac Justice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 960.) January 2, 1839. Isaiah Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 962.) January 2, 1839. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 963.) January 2, 1839. John F. Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 972.) January 4, 1839. Captain John Downes. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 34.) January 4, 1839. Frederick Richmond. (To accompany Bill H.R. 973.) January 4, 1839. William A. Whitehead. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 974.) January 4, 1839. Leonard Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 977.) January 4, 1839. Samuel B. Hugo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 978.) January 4, 1839. Rignald, alias Nick Hillary -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 979.) January 4, 1839. James Broadus -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 980.) January 4, 1839. William Tryon. January 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David Powers. January 4, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. David and Ebenezer Robinson. (To accompany Bill S. No. 57.) January 4, 1839. Brig Despatch, and cargo. (To accompany S. Bill No. 56.) January 4, 1839. Reprinted by order of the House of Representatives. Tennessee to issue grants, &c. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 119.) December 22, 1837. January 8, 1839. -- Ordered to be reprinted. Weight [i.e., Wright] Hurlbut. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1004.) January 8, 1839. John McDowel. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 985.) January 8, 1839. Apollos Cooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 986.) January 8, 1839. William Poole. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1132.) February 6, 1839. Collection and disbursement of the revenue. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1133.) February 6, 1839. John McClenahan. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elias Wallen. January 25, 1839. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. William Patrick. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Frances Rivar. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas Kelly. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Isaac Morrow. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John S. Burnett. January 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James B. Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1083.) January 26, 1839. Nathan Smith. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Levi Eldridge. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Moses E. Levy. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Judges Supreme Court, Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1135.) February 9, 1839. Rivers and roads in Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1136.) February 9, 1839. Duncan N. Hennen vs. P.K. Lawrence. February 11, 1839. Read, and postponed until Thursday, the 21st of February instant. Thomas Latham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1142.) February 13, 1839. Trustees of Dublin Township, Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1104.) February 6, 1839. Henry Hoffman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1106.) February 6, 1839. Don Carlos de Villemont [i.e., Vilemont] -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1107.) February 6, 1839. Brothertown Indians -- Wisconsin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1112.) February 6, 1839. Elizabeth Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1118.) February 6, 1839. Huldah Farlow. (To accompany Bill H. R. No. 1119.) February 6, 1839. Alexander Gillis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1120.) February 6, 1839. Peter Hedrick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1121.) February 6, 1839. Cecilia Ragan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1122.) February 6, 1839. Philip Hartman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1123.) February 6, 1839. Joanna Bartlett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1124.) February 6, 1839. Emanuel Srofe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1125.) February 6, 1839. Jacob Euler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1127.) February 6, 1839. Peter W. Short. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1128.) February 6, 1839. Sylvester Tiffany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1129.) February 6, 1839. Levi Colmus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1130.) February 6, 1839. Neil Shannon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1131.) February 6, 1839. Wm. Langbourne -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 915.) December 21, 1838. Bounty-land lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 916.) December 21, 1838. Thomas Wishart -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 917.) December 21, 1838. Samuel O. Pettus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 918.) December 21, 1838. Tarlton Woodson -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 919.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of Tarlton Woodson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 920.) December 21, 1838. Representatives of James Purvis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 921.) December 21, 1838. Matthew Wiley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 989.) January 9, 1839. Frances Jones, widow of John Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 990.) January 9, 1839. Susannah Hoagland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 991.) January 9, 1839. William A. Cuddeback. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 992.) January 9, 1839. William W. Scott. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Maria Kershaw. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Stout. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John McKinnie. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Harvey Reynolds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 997.) January 9, 1839. Dr. Sylvester Nash. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 997 [i.e., 998].) January 9, 1839. Stephen Appleby. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 999.) January 9, 1839. David Rollins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1000.) January 9, 1839. William Sloan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1001.) January 9, 1839. John Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1002.) January 9, 1839. Gilbert Sprague Fish. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1003.) January 9, 1839. Ann Ross. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1006.) January 9, 1839. Josiah Westlake. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1997.) January 9, 1839. Henry Grady. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1008.) January 9, 1839. Nicholas Phelan -- heir of John Phelan, dec'd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1011.) January 9, 1839. T.F. Peterson. January 9, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Mississippi lands -- act June 19, 1834. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1036.) January 9, 1839. Walker, Kinkle, & Carothers; Peters, Moore, & Co.; and Rhodes & Austill -- mail contractors. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1012.) January 10, 1839. Rosaline Prudhomme. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1013.) January 10, 1839. David Mellen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1015.) January 10, 1839. Levi M. Roberts. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1016.) January 10, 1839. Henry M. Fleury. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. A. L. Deblieux. January 10, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Chauncey Calhoun. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1018.) January 11, 1839. Teakle Savage, administrator of Bolitha Laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1019.) January 11, 1839. John McColgan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1020.) January 11, 1839. William B. Livesay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1021.) January 11, 1839. Philip Catner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1022.) January 11, 1839. Peter Samuel Jaccard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1024.) January 11, 1839. Thomas M. Burland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1027.) January 11, 1839. Library -- court of appeals, &c. -- Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1029.) January 11, 1839. Richard Shubrick -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1025.) January 11, 1839. John De Treville -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1026.) January 11, 1839. Indian depredations in Florida -- David R. Denham et al. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James B. Wills. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Eastin and wife -- for representatives of Captain Robert D. Richardson. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. B.H. Beard and James Gray. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Casey. January 11, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Francis Watlington. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. National foundry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1032.) January 12, 1839. Read, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Caleb Williams and Stephen W. Hunt. January 12, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Rents of lead-mines in Missouri. January 15, 1839. Ordered to lie upon the table. James Maglenen -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1035.) January 15, 1839. Samuel Kerr. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elisha Moreland et al. January 15, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Claim of New Hampshire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1038.) January 16, 1839. William Harper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1040.) January 16, 1839. Mary Updegraff [i.e., Updegroff]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1041.) January 16, 1839. Conrad Widrig. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1043.) January 16, 1839. Barton Hooper. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1044.) January 16, 1839. Charles Risley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1045.) January 16, 1839. John Keeler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1046.) January 16, 1839. Robert Johnson -- administrator of Louis Roy. January 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Andrew Logan. January 16, 1839. David Bartlett. January 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Adon Bartlet [i.e., Aden Bartlett]. January 16, 1839. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Charles Whitmarsh and James Gallison. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John March. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1049.) January 17, 1839. Doctor J.M. Foltz. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1050.) January 17, 1839. Thomas Triplett. January 17, 1839. Read, and with Bill H.R. No. 552, laid upon the table. Settlement of national differences. January 16, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. January 17, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. W.C. Miller. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Gilbert Howell. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin Sayer. January 22, 1839. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Richard Brannin et al. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Abraham Forbes. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Ebenezer A. Lester. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1052.) January 22, 1839. Joseph Jackson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1053.) January 22, 1839. Land for public buildings in Iowa. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1054.) January 22, 1839. Elijah Foochee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1060.) January 22, 1839. James White. January 22, 1839. Laid on the table. Marcus Spalding. January 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Harry Pierson. January 22, 1839. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. David Griffing. January 22, 1839. Laid on the table. Samuel Hoffman. To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1065. January 23, 1839. Robert Milnor and John Thomson [i.e., Thompson]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1066.) January 23, 1839. Reuben Murray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1070.) January 23, 1839. Dr. B.M. Byrne. January 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Mackall. January 23, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William J. Owens. January 23, 1839. Laid on the table. Inhabitants of St. Augustine, Florida. January 23, 1839. Laid on the table. Fauvel Gourand de la Martinique. January 23, 1839. Laid on the table. State of the Treasury and expenditures of government. January 24, 1839. Laid on the table. Charles Benns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1074.) January 25, 1839. William Vause. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1078.) January 25, 1839. Stephen White and William Fettyplace. February 6, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Lemuel C. Richmond. February 6, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Rumsey's heirs, &c. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 46.) February 6, 1839. Ann C. Stephenson. February 6, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Anne Royall. February 6, 1839. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Public buildings in Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1081.) January 26, 1839. Joel Henry Dyer. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Chauncey Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1082.) January 26, 1839. Distribution of public lands. February 7, 1839. Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill S. No. 61.) February 8, 1839. Read, and committed, with the bill, to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Marine hospital, St. Joseph, Florida. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1095.) February 6, 1839. Nathan Levy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1099.) February 6, 1839. Elliot Smith, Nathan Farnsworth, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1101.) February 6, 1839. George Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1102.) February 6, 1839. Elijah Blodget. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 952.) January 2, 1839. Eliphalet Spafford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1005.) January 9, 1839. John H. Russell. January 26, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Kilgore [i.e., Kilgour]. January 17, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Benjamin F. Wesley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1017.) January 10, 1839	271
Serial set 352	Amend the rules. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table one day Navigation of the Ohio River. February 25, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Elections. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid on the table one day, under the rule of the House. Jesse H. Willis, assignee of James Minie. February 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Mary Peck. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Haskins. February 13, 1839. Laid on the table. December 6, 1838. Read; laid upon the table for one day, under the rule of the House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Adams submitted the following resolutions... Resolutions for distributing the President's message. December 26, 1838. Proposed in Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Expenses Seminole War, &c. January 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table under the rule. Public moneys. January 8, 1839. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Lands ceded to the United States by Virginia. January 4, 1839. Read, and referred to the Select Committee, appointed on the 29th ultimo, on the distribution of the public lands. Manner of filing papers in the General Post Office -- charges of bad conduct, &c. January 28, 1839. Debate arising, laid over under the rule. Stone for public buildings. January 28, 1839. Debate arising, laid over under the rule. Milus W. Dickey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1143.) February 13, 1839. Thomas W. Taylor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1144.) February 13, 1839. Representatives of William Williams, Sr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1145.) February 13, 1839. Reess, Roche, and Reess. February 13, 1839. Laid on the table. Isaiah Rogers and Richard Bond. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Gates Hoit. February 13, 1839. Laid upon the table. Charles Sumption. February 13, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Representatives of William Anderson, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1147.) February 16, 1839. Brackett Baldwin. February 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Asa and Jabez L. White. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 107.) February 16, 1839. James Boylan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1151.) February 16, 1839. Job Halsey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1152.) February 16, 1839. Burnett Burdsall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1153.) February 16, 1839. John E. Wright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1154.) February 16, 1839. Blockade of Mexico. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table one day, under the rule of the House. Elections for Representatives. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table one day, under the rule of the House. United States and Great Britain. December 31, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table, under the rule. Disbursing public money. January 14, 1839. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Smithsonian bequest. January 26, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Organization of Congress at commencement of session. January 28, 1839. Debate arising, laid over under the rule. Public post, and conveyance of letters. February 11, 1839. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Public lands. February 15, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Thomas Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1155.) February 16, 1839. Randolph Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1156.) February 16, 1839. Massachusetts -- inhabitants of Springfield. February 16, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Owen McCue. February 20, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Reservations of land under fourteenth article of treaty of 1830 with the Choctaw Indians. (To accompany Bill S. No. 155.) February 22, 1839. Special committee on Commodore Elliott's case. February 22, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Christian Brougher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1173.) February 25, 1839. Public buildings -- marble or granite. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Jacob White. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Accounts of Commissioner of Public Buildings. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Margaret Wade. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Tobacco trade. February 25, 1839. Read, laid upon the table, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. William Thomas. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. John M. Pounds. February 25, 1839. William H. Spiller. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. James Young. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Steenrod [i.e., Steinrod]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1162.) February 25, 1839. Legislature of Illinois -- relative to prospective pre-emption law. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1166.) February 25, 1839. William P. Rathbone. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1163.) February 25, 1839. Trade with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, &c. February 25, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Elisha Bently. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1171.) February 25, 1839. Elnathan Sears. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1172.) February 25, 1839. Georgia claim. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1174.) February 26, 1839. Defalcations. Reports of majority and minority. Wednesday, February 27, 1839... Report of the Committee of Investigation, chosen by ballot by the House of Representatives January 17 and 19, 1839, on the subject of the defalcations of Samuel Swartwout and others, and the correctness of the returns of collectors and receivers of the public money; also, the report of the minority of the Committee. Disturbance in Maine. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1176.) February 28, 1839. Read, and 10,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Maine -- N.E. boundary. March 1, 1839. Clerk of the Supreme Court -- fees. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Charles Lewis Fleischmann -- sugar-beet. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Claims on Mexico. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid on the table. Dade Institute -- Florida. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Canal -- Atlantic to Pacific. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Major William Gates. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. William Dawson and others -- tariff. March 2, 1839. Read, and laid upon the table. Appointment of certain officers. March 2, 1839. Read, and agreed to by the House.	69
Serial set 353	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1839, and in the sixty-fourth year of the independence of the said United States.	1
Serial set 354	List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress, 1839-40. December 16, 1839. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the finances. December 24, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the disputed boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. December 24, 1839. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the incidental and contingent expenses of that Department for the year ending November 30, 1839. December 24, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, showing the number of American seamen registered in each port of entry of the United States during the year ending September 30, 1839. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the "Act for the Relief of Certain Insolvent Debtors of the United States." December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the expediency of a change in the system of marine hospitals. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in pursuance of the act "For Carrying into Effect the Treaties with the Chickasaws," showing the money received on account of their lands, &c. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the rejected applications for pensions during the year 1839. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1838. December 24, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-sixth Congress. December 24, 1839. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.	11
Serial set 355	Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the annual report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, and of the fabrication of standard weights and measures. December 27, 1839. Read, and ordered that 500 additional copies be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, in relation to the construction of a levee on the south bank of Red River; the opening of the Bayou L'eau Bleue, the validity of titles to land under French and Spanish grants; and in relation to the 16th sections in that state. December 30, 1839. Ordered to be printed; and that the first and third resolutions be referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and the second to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the amendment of the organic law of that territory. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of surrendering to the State of Maryland the stock held by the United States in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. January 7, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Amendment proposed by Mr. Lumpkin, to the motion submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the legislative power of the Union, to assume the debts of the several states. January 7, 1840. Submitted, referred with said motion to a select committee, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 8, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 141.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, in the following words: "Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire what legislation, if any, is necessary to confirm to the State of Indiana the land claimed and selected by her"... Petition of the heirs of James Sympson, praying the confirmation of their title to a tract of land. December 24, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement showing the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1839. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, on the subject of permitting officers of the Army to retire on half pay. January 8, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the establishment of certain post routes. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying a donation of land for the establishment of a college in that territory. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, concerning the description of papers deemed necessary to be provided by law for the use and protection of American vessels engaged in the whale fisheries. December 27, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the law providing for taking the sixth census of the United States. December 27, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the execution of the 13th and 14th sections of the "Act To Regulate the Deposites of the Public Money," approved June 23, 1836. December 27, 1839. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Librarian of Congress, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a catalogue of all the laws, and of all the legislative and Executive journals and documents, of the several states and territories, now in the Library. December 27, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1839. Ordered to be reprinted. January 10, 1838. Mr. Tipton submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 18.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom were referred the petition and papers in the case of Loomis and Gay, report... Motion submitted by Mr. Benton, in relation to the legislative power of the Union, to assume the debts of the several states. December 27, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Samuel Forry, praying Congress to provide for the publication of a meteorological and statistical register. December 27, 1839. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Calhoun, Linn, and Spence, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Hall J. Kelley, praying a grant of land in the Oregon Territory for the purpose of establishing a colony thereon. December 27, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Senate, communicating a statement showing the expenditures from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 3, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Motion submitted by Mr. Linn, in relation to the occupation and settlement of the Oregon Territory. December 18, 1839. Submitted. December 30, 1839. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Linn, Preston, Wall, Pierce and Walker, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, showing the operations of that office since the 17th December, 1838. December 30, 1839 -- read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate; and 500 copies for the use of the General Land Office. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the contingent expenses of the War Department, and of the offices and bureaus attached thereto, during the year ending September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the contingent expenses of the naval establishment for the year ending September 30, 1839. December 30, 1839. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, opposed to any measure to divide the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among the several states. December 31, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of a metallic currency and the adoption of the independent Treasury system. December 31, 1839. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of F.A. Chevalier de Gerstner, praying to be allowed a copyright for his publication in this country for a period of five years. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, to procure an additional appropriation of land to satisfy outstanding military bounty land warrants. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1839. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. December 31, 1839. Ordered to be reprinted. Mr. Merrick made the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 98.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the petition of Samuel R. Slaymaker... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, in favor of the establishment of a national foundry within that state. December 31, 1839. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of the chief warriors and chiefs of the Six and Seneca Nations of Indians. Praying that the action of the Senate on the Treaty with the Seneca Indians may be suspended, &c., &c. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Missouri, in relation to the disposal of public lands. December 31, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating additional information in relation to the disputed boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Iowa. January 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1839. January 3, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, recommending the extension to French vessels coming from Guiana and Senegal of the benefits granted by the act of 9th of May, 1828, to French vessels from the islands of Gaudaloupe and Martinique; and also the repayment of the duties levied on the French ship Alexandre. January 3, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of William Easby, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the condition of the banks in the District of Columbia on the 1st of January, 1840. January 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of the State of Missouri, praying a donation of land to settlers in the Oregon Territory. January 6, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 7, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Young submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 134.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Paxton... Letter from the Secretary of War, to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, recommending an appropriation for the removal and subsistence of a number of Stockbridge and Munsee Indians. January 7, 1840. Submitted by Hon. Mr. White, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of a number of citizens of Louisiana, praying the repeal of the naturalization laws. January 7, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying the adjustment of the boundary line between that territory and the State of Missouri. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Postmaster General, with a statement showing the contingent expenses of that Department during the year 1839. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Albin Michel, on behalf of the heirs of Madame de Lusser, praying the confirmation of a grant of land in Mobile, in the State of Alabama. January 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 55. In Senate of the United States. January 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Andrew Armstrong, report... Petition of the religious order of the "Ladies of the Sacred Heart," at the City of St. Louis, Missouri, praying that a charitable donation, sent to them from the City of Paris, may pass duty free. January 9, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, showing the operations of the Topographical Bureau during the year 1839. January 9, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.	47
Serial set 356	Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the seizure and detention of the brigs Enterprise, Encomium, and Comet. January 27, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 168.) The Committee of Claims made the following report on the petition of Converse and Rees... In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Henry Fry, late a purser in the United States Navy, report... Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of discharging liens and encumbrances upon real estate, which has or may become the property of the United States. January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Betts submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Burke, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the amounts paid for private claims under special acts of Congress during the last five years. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fulton submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 155.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of John A.L. Norman, of Florida, acting under the resolutions of the Legislative Council of said territory, asking Congress to grant a township of land for the establishment of the Dade Institute of Florida, beg leave to report... Petition of John Wesley Monette, praying the confirmation of his title to certain tracts of land. January 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Joseph L. Smith, and others, praying that the Committee on Agriculture be instructed to make an annual report on the agricultural interests of the Union. January 10, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, respecting the prices of certain stocks in the London and home markets. January 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,500 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of State, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in that Department during the year 1839. January 10, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Julia L. Weed, widow of the late Captain Weed... Memorial of a number of citizens of East Florida, praying the passage of a law erecting and organizing that portion of Florida, which lies east of the Suwanee River, into a separate and distinct territory. January 10, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the proceedings of the court of inquiry, in the case of Lieutenant Colonel Brant. January 10, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Tennessee, approving the policy and measures of the administration, and instructing the senators, and requesting the representatives, from that state, to support the same. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Samuel Norriss, praying the confirmation of his title to a tract of land. January 8, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the banks which have recently suspended specie payments, &c. January 9, 1840. Read, and referred to the Committee on Finance. January 13, 1840. Committee discharged, and the message laid on the table and ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of the appropriations necessary for the service of the Indian Department for the year 1840. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a number of citizens of Racine in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the construction of a harbor at that place. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 158.) The Committee on Commerce report upon the petition of Enoch Baldwin as follows... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the condition of the two per cent fund reserved for making a road or roads leading to the State of Mississippi. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Archibald S. Campbell, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Smith, of Indiana, submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 22.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to which was referred "A Bill To Authorize the New Albany and Mount Carmel Railroad Company To Enter on Credit a Quantity of Land To Aid the Company in the Construction of a Railroad from New Albany, Indiana, to Mount Carmel, Illinois, and for Other Purposes,"... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Josiah Sturges... Report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the nature and extent of the privileges and restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the United States, with all foreign nations. December 30, 1839. Read, and referred to the Committee on Finance. January 13, 1840. Committee discharged, and the report ordered to be printed; and that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate, and 500 additional copies for the use of the State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of State in relation to the sale of government drafts for bank notes, by the officers of that Department. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying the confirmation of the claims of Francis Laventure and others, to certain lands in said territory. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the exaction of duties from, and the description of papers furnished to, vessels employed in the whale fishery. January 13, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Western Academy of Natural Sciences, at St. Louis, Missouri, praying the aid of the general government, in the purchase of a library and instruments, the erection of a suitable building, and the purchase of a lot of ground for a botanic garden. January 13, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 164.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.W. and H. Smith, report... In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of William Cox... In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the legal representatives of John H. Piatt... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the several offices of that Department during the year 1839. January 14, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the abandonment of Rock Island as a military post. January 14, 1840. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 99.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was committed "A Bill To Repeal Certain Acts Respecting Navy Pensions, and Making Further Provisions in Relation to Navy Pensions," have had the same under consideration, and report the same as taken into a new draft... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Irvine Shubrick, praying for additional pay for services performed as commander of the United States frigate Potomac, report... In Senate of the United States. January 16, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of Ann Eliza Laurie, praying the payment of arrears of pension due her as one of the heirs of Captain Tarbell, late of the United States Navy, report... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, in favor of the adoption of measures for the speedy and permanent adjustment of the title of the United States to the Territory of Oregon. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Select Committee on the Oregon Territory, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a committee of the American Silk Society, praying the aid and patronage of Congress, in the publication and gratuitous circulation of the Journal of the said Society. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Iowa, praying an appropriation for the completion of the road from Dubuque, to the northern boundary of the State of Missouri. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Cairo City Canal Company, praying that the City of Cairo may be selected as a site for a national armory. January 16, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Strange submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 36.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the bill for the relief of Samuel Warner... Memorial of the corporate authorities of the City of Washington, praying the improvement and repair of certain streets, and the establishment of a hospital and lunatic asylum, in said city. January 20, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the service of the War Department during the year 1839, with the balances remaining in the Treasury at the end of the year. January 21, 1840. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, explaining the causes of the delay in the publication and distribution of the Biennial Register. January 21, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a statement showing the amounts paid for pensions, under special acts of Congress, during the last five years. January 21, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the establishment of a marine hospital at the mouth of the Arkansas River. January 21, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, showing the names and salaries of the clerks employed in the offices of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Navy Commissioners, during the year 1839. January 21, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier submitted the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jubal B. Hancock, report... Documents relating to the claims of certain companies of Missouri Volunteers, for payment for their services in the years 1829 and 1836. December 27, 1839. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. January 22, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Senate Bill No. 183. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence in relation to the northeastern boundary and the jurisdiction of the disputed territory; and, also, in relation to the establishment of military posts in the State of Maine. January 23, 1840. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying an appropriation for the erection of a penitentiary in that territory. January 23, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tappan submitted the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of John Whitehead, for himself and others, with the accompanying documents, report... In Senate of the United States. January 23, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pierce submitted the following report: Mr. Pierce, from the Committee on Pensions, to which were referred the petition and papers in the case of Arthur Matthews, made the following report... Report from the Commissioner of Patents, showing the operations of his Office during the year 1839. January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, praying the creation of a new land district in that state. January 15, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 13. In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of George Whitman... In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 186.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of David Stone, report... In Senate of the United States. January 24, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hubbard submitted the following report: (To accompany Senate Bill No. 187.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John H. McIntosh, praying compensation for property destroyed by the Indians, and United States troops in Florida, report... Petition of a number of settlers on the public lands in Illinois, praying that their pre-emption rights to said lands may not be affected by the grant to the "Polish exiles." January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of the Navy, in relation to the military and naval defences of the country. January 27, 1840. Read, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements showing the appropriations and expenditures for the naval service for the year 1839, with the balances remaining in the Treasury. January 27, 1840. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, estimates showing the cost of the extension and completion of the Cumberland Road to Jefferson City, in the State of Missouri. January 27, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1840. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report: The Committee on Commerce, having examined the memorial of the Western Steamship Company of Bristol, the British and American Steamship Navigation Company of London, and the Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company of Liverpool... Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, praying appropriations for the construction of harbors at Milwaukie, Racine, Southport, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan, on Lake Michigan. January 24, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.	65