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Serial set 820	Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, calling for copies of certain papers relating to the Territory of Kansas. February 18, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.	1
Serial set 821	Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, calling for information relative to the number, class, and grade of all the employes [sic] in the several collection districts. April 25, 1856. -- Read, ordered to be laid on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 26, calling for a copy of the report and maps of Captain Marcy of his explorations of the Big Witchita and head waters of the Brazos Rivers. March 25, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on printing. April 29, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 11, calling for information relative to the sale of the military reservation in Iowa for Fort Crawford. May 1, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Postmaster General relative to the postal arrangements between the Atlantic and Pacific. May 2, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th ultimo, calling for the final report of the board of officers relative to the funds, subsistence, and supplies furnished or taken for the use of Fremont's California Battalion in 1846. May 5, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate of the 7th and 21st ultimo, calling for information relative to the construction of an armory in the District of Columbia. May 6, 1856. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, communicating copies of his accounts for the second, third, and fourth quarters of the year 1854, and the first and second quarters of the year 1855. February 6, 1856. -- Read. May 6, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior relative to the Indian disturbances in the Territories of Washington and Oregon. March 11, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information respecting obstructions to the navigation of the Potomac River within the District of Columbia, and the expediency of measures for removing the same. April 2, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 27th ultimo, calling for further documents relating to the Territory of Kansas. April 9, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating in obedience to law, a statement of appropriations on the books of that Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1855. April 9, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th ultimo, calling for information relating to the boundary line and the payment of the $3,000,000 under the Treaty with Mexico of June 30, 1853. April 15, 1856. -- Read, ordered to be laid on the table and printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, calling for information relative to the compensation to be given to registers and receivers for the receipt of warrants or scrip in lieu of money. April 14, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 7th instant, a report of the steps taken relative to an armory in the District of Columbia. April 14, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed, with the exception of the specifications relative to the construction of the building. Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th ultimo, calling for information relative to the price of certain lots in the neighborhood of the Capitol, belonging to private individuals. April 22, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 26th ultimo, calling for copies of the charges, &c., preferred against Commander G.J. Pendergrast, and certain other naval officers, and the proceedings, if any, had thereupon. March 5, 1856. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Printing. March 10, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th ultimo, calling for information relative to the government stations on the coast of New Jersey, and other provisions heretofore provided in cases of shipwreck on said coast. March 11, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th ultimo, calling for information relative to the site selected for the preservation of ordnance, arms, &c., in Washington. March 11, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st ultimo, calling for copies of correspondence and other information relative to the transmission of the mail and munitions of war over the Illinois Central Railroad. March 11, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 13th instant, calling for information relative to the falls of Red River, at or near Alexandria. March 19, 1856. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, calling for information relative to the bar in the Atchafalaya River. March 24, 1856. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce. March 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the operations of the Mint and its branches, including the Assay Office, for the year 1855. March 27, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Motion to print 1,000 additional copies, 500 of which to be for the use of the Director of the Mint; referred to the Committee on Printing. April 1, 1856. -- Report in favor of printing 1,000 additional copies, 500 of which for the use of the Mint.	22
SERIAL SET 822	Explorations in the Dacota country in the year 1855 /	1
Serial set 822	Explorations in the Dacota Country, in the year 1855. By Lieut. G.K. Warren, Topographical Engineer of the "Sioux Expedition." Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st ultimo, calling for copies of all the letters of the Governor of Washington Territory, addressed to him during the present year; and copies of all the correspondence relative to the Indian disturbances in the Territories of Washington and Oregon. May 12, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th ultimo, calling for information relative to the obstructions at the mouth of Bayou La Fourche, Louisiana. May 12, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating sundry documents in relation to the affairs with the government of Nicaragua, and information that the new minister from that government had been accredited by this government. May 15, 1856. -- Read and ordered that the message and documents be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of the Interior containing estimates of appropriations required in fulfillment of treaty stipulations with certain Indian tribes. May 16, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, returning to the Senate the Bill (S. 14) entitled "An Act To Remove Obstructions to Navigation in the Mouth of the Mississippi River, at the Southwest Pass and Pass a I'Outre," with his objections thereto. May 19, 1856. -- Read, the further consideration thereof postponed to, and made the special order of the day for, Wednesday next, at 1 o'clock, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, returning to the Senate the Bill (S. 1) entitled "An Act Making an Appropriation for Deepening the Channel Over the St. Clair Flats, in the State of Michigan,["] with his objections thereto. 1856, May 19. -- Read, the further consideration thereof postponed to, and made the special order of the day for, Wednesday next at 1 o'clock, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, a copy of the report of Lieutenant Colonel Graham, respecting the improvement of the navigation of the flats of St. Clair River. May 20, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, calling for information relative to the amount of scrip issued for the satisfaction of Virginia land warrants. May 21, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating copies of the correspondence with the British government, received since the message of the 27th of February last. May 21, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th ultimo, information relative to the appropriation in the civil and diplomatic bill of March 3, 1855, for Richard W. Thompson, on account of alleged services to the Menomonee Indians. April 11, 1856. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. May 19, 1856. -- Message and documents ordered to be printed.	11
Serial set 823	Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 29th ultimo, calling for copies of the survey of Lieutenant Colonel Graham, of harbors, &c., in Wisconsin and Michigan. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the First Comptroller of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th instant, calling for a report and opinion in the case of William R. Glover and Thomas W. Mather and their associates. August 1, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st ultimo, calling for information relative to the instructions sent to military officers in Kansas. August 5, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 1st ultimo, copies of the papers relating to the proclamation of martial law in Washington Territory. August 5, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, returning to the Senate the Bill (S. No. 2,) making appropriations for deepening the channel over the flats of the St. Mary's River, in the State of Michigan, with his objections thereto. May 23, 1856. -- Read, postponed to and made the special order for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States, (To accompany Bill S. 323.) Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the 13th instant, calling for information relative to the removal of the rocks in Hell Gate, East River, New York, and other aids to the navigation through that passage. May 19, 1856. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating to Congress information that he had ceased to hold intercourse with the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland near this government, with the considerations of public duty which have led to this measure, and the documents relating thereto. May 29, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. May 29, 1856. -- Ordered, that 10,000 additional copies of the message and documents be printed for the use of the Senate. Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 22d instant, calling for transcripts of certain claims of John Rice Jones, and whether any of the lands covered thereby has been sold by the United States, otherwise than in satisfaction thereof. May 29, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, in further answer to the resolution of the 17th January last, communicating correspondence, not previously communicated to the Senate, touching the construction and purport of the convention with Great Britain, of the 19th of April, 1850, relative to Central America. June 2, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th ultimo, calling for certain information relative to the commerce of California. June 11, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 348.) Message of the President of the United States, communicating the conditional contracts made under the act of February 17, 1855, relative to the accommodation of the courts of the United States for the district of Maryland, and the post office at Baltimore. April 11, 1856. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Finance. June 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, a copy of the instructions sent to Mr. Buchanan relative to free ships making free goods, and Mr. Buchanan's letter to Lord Clarendon thereupon. June 24, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th ultimo, calling for information relative to the swamp land law. June 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, calling for copies of the correspondence respecting the massacre of Lieutenant Grattan and his command by Indians. July 1, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 5, 1856, calling for a copy of the journal of the proceedings of the commissioners at Paris, under the Convention of April 30, 1803. July 3, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 6, calling for information relative to the mall in the City of Washington and the selection of a site for an armory thereon. July 8, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Motion to print the plats referred to the Committee on Printing. Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 23, 1856, calling for information relative to the several amounts paid for printing or publishing to the different newspapers in the City of Washington, under executive orders, since March 4, 1853. July 15, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of the United States in China, and other papers respecting the privileges to be exercised by the United States. July 17, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the proceedings of a council held at Fort Pierre by General Harney with a delegation from nine tribes of the Sioux Indians, accompanied by other papers upon the same subject, with a recommendation for an appropriation to carry into effect the stipulations there agreed upon. July 28, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Postmaster General relative to a building for the accommodation of the post office in the City of Philadelphia. July 28, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.	20
Serial set 823-2	[Map of the State of Florida.]	1
Serial set 824	Letter from the Secretary of War, respecting the occupation of certain rooms in the north wing of the extension of the Capitol. August 6, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, calling for information respecting the improvement of the roads connected with West Point. August 11, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 3, 1855, information relative to the proceedings of the commissioners for the adjustment of claims under the convention with Great Britain of February 8, 1853. August 12, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed, and that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Department of State. Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 24, calling for information relative to the coolie trade. August 5, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo, calling for information respecting any correspondence or proceedings in relation to the self-styled Vigilance Committee in California. August 6, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.	5
Serial set 825	Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, calling for information respecting the proceedings of the representatives of the European powers, at a congress held at Paris, relative to neutral rights. August 13, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed; and ordered that 5,000 additional copies be printed, 500 of which to be for the use of the State Department. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, copies of letters and vouchers in support of claims presented by and allowed to John C. Fremont. August 18, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, relating to the refusal of the government of Honduras to receive a commercial agent from this country. August 13, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, calling for information respecting the site to be selected for a post office and court house in the City of New York. August 13, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.	4
Serial set 825-2	Message of the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the 2d session of the 34th Congress. August 21, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed, and that 10,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. Message of the President of the United States, relative to the balances remaining in the Treasury from the last appropriation for the support of the Army. August 23, 1856. -- Read, ordered to be on the table and be printed. Commerce and navigation. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury, of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1855.	3
Serial set 826	Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1855.	1
Serial set 827	Statistical report on the sickness and mortality in the Army of the United States, compiled from the records of the Surgeon General's office; embracing a period of sixteen years, from January, 1839, to January, 1855.	1
Serial set 828	Report on the commercial relations of the United States with all foreign nations. Edmund Flagg, Superintendent. Prepared and printed under the direction of the Secretary of State, in accordance with resolutions of the House of Representatives. Volume I.	1
Serial set 829	Report of the commercial relations of the United States with all foreign nations. Edmund Flagg, Superintendent. Prepared and printed under the direction of the Secretary of State, in accordance with resolutions of the House of Representatives. Volume II.	1
Serial set 830	Report on the commercial relations of the United States with all foreign nations. Edmund Flagg, Superintendent. Prepared and printed under the direction of the Secretary of State, in accordance with resolutions of the House of Representatives. Volume III.	1
Serial set 831	Report on the commercial relations of the United States with all foreign nations. Edmund Flagg, Superintendent. Prepared and printed under the direction of the Secretary of State, in accordance with resolutions of the House of Representatives. Volume IV.	1
Serial set 832	Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, made under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by William H. Emory, Major First Cavalry and United States Commissioner, Volume I.	1
Serial set 833	Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, made under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by William H. Emory. Major First Cavalry and United States Commissioner. Volume II.	1
Serial set 834	Report on the United States and Mexican boundary survey, made under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by William H. Emory, Major First Cavalry and United States Commissioner.	1
Serial set 835	In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 330.) Letter from the Secretary of the Interior to the Hon. A.G. Brown, on the subject of the sale of certain lands in Mississippi under the graduation law. April 23, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. May 22, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the American Guano Company, praying the recognition and protection of all islands discovered and settled by Americans, as well as all other islands or lands which may hereafter be discovered and settled by them, and which contain guano. May 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Resolution by Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, relative to certain dispatches from Commodore Stockton, in 1846, and any dispatches or history from Messrs. W.B. Ide, John Grigsby, and Samuel Nash, relative to the declaration of independence, and hoisting the bear flag in California. August 4, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior. (To accompany Bill S. 446.) In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General. (To accompany Bill S. 447.) In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (To accompany Bill S. 406.) In the Senate of the United States. August 18, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Mallory submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Secretary of the Navy cause a thorough examination to be made, by a board of military and civil engineers, of the condition and probable duration of the wooden dock at the Pensacola Navy yard... Resolution of the Legislature of Texas in relation to the restoration of the supremacy of the law in California, and in securing to Judge Terry a fair trial. August 29, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of an appropriation to aid in the construction of a canal for the reopening of the Bayou Manshac. April 1, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of provisions being made for a scientific survey of the Harbor of Boston. April 23, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, against the extension of the patent granted to William Woodworth for improvements in planing machines. April 29, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of attaching a part of the Territory of Utah, Carson Valley, to the State of California. May 2, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, rescinding the resolution of 1853 in favor of removing the office of the Custom-house collector of the District of Teche from the Town of Franklin to the Town of Pattersonville. May 6, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, praying an appropriation for a breakwater harbor on Crow shoal, near Cape May. May 8, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of the repeal of the fugitive slave law. May 15, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of a modification of the law granting pensions to the soldiers of the War of 1812. May 15, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio River by the removal of the obstructions at the falls. May 15, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of provision being made for the construction of a railroad to the Pacific Ocean. May 15, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of appropriations for the improvement of the harbors on the northern lakes and the navigation over the St. Clair flats. May 15, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of the construction of mail routes and wagon roads to connect that with the other states of the Union, with military posts for the protection of the same. May 19, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the extension of slavery, to slavery in the Territory of Kansas, to the admission of Kansas into the Union as a state, and secret oath-bound political associations. May 19, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Communication addressed to the President of the Senate, by the Hon. Preston S. Brooks, relating to his late assault on the Hon. Mr. Sumner, disclaiming any purpose to offend against the privileges or dignity of the Senate, and expressing his earnest desire, if it be so considered, to atone for it, as far as may be, by this unhesitating and unqualified apology. June 2, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of provision being made for the soldiers of the Revolutionary War. June 11, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of the removal of the obstructions in Cumberland River, Pulaski County, in said state. June 11, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the recent assault upon the Hon. Mr. Sumner. June 11, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table. Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of the acceptance by the general government, from the State of Tennessee, of the "Hermitage," for the purpose of locating a branch of the Military Institute at West Point there. June 16, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, relative to the recent assault upon the Hon. Mr. Sumner, and the disturbances in the Territory of Kansas. June 16, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Letter from William C. Kibbe, Quartermaster and Adjutant General of State of California, enclosing a copy of the resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the procurement of arms and munitions of war from the general government for the defence of that state. June 19, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, praying the extension of the western and northern boundaries of that state, and the extinction of the Indian title to the lands situated therein. July 22, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Resolution by Mr. Pugh, of Ohio, relative to the Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, St. Clair, Erie, Ontario, and Champlain. July 24, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Tenth annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution, up to January 1, 1856, and the proceedings of the Board up to March 22, 1856. Petition of the Grand Jury of the Criminal Court for the District of Columbia, praying an appropriation for providing additional accommodations of the United States courts in that district. July 28, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed. Presentment of the Grand Jury of the County of Washington, District of Columbia, praying the establishment of a magistrate's or police court in said district. July 28, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, respecting the late disturbances in Kansas, and the assault upon the Hon. Mr. Sumner. August 14, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of the prohibition of slavery in territories of the United States, and the immediate admission of Kansas into the Union as a state. May 5, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, respecting slavery. August 14, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of California, relative to the Board of Land Commissioners. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the adoption of measures for relief in cases of shipwreck on the coast of that state. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie ox [i.e., on] the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of an additional land district in that state. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, praying the enactment of such a law as will enable them to obtain the full benefit of the act granting them every sixteenth section for school purposes, but which they are not able to do in certain fractional townships on her borders. February 27, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, in favor of the remission or postponement of the duties on railroad iron. February 28, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Motion to refer to the Committee on Finance postponed to Thursday next. In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior accompanied by a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office in relation to certain islands in the Mississippi River. (To accompany Bill S. 145.)... Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of adopting such measures as will place the great staple of tobacco upon the same footing as the other great agricultural interests. March 5, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of a committee of the Corporation of Georgetown, praying the removal of the present "Long Bridge" across the Potomac River, and the construction of one over the said river above the harbor of that town. March 6, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, against slavery in the United States, in favor of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. January 3, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, condemnatory of the course of the President of the United States in vetoing the French Spoliation Bill. January 3, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the payments made from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 2, 1855. January 31, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names and compensation of the persons employed in his Office during the year 1855. January 31, 1856. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, condemnatory of the proceedings of the late Naval Board, in consequence of which Commodore Charles Stewart was placed on the reserved list, and in favor of his being restored to his former position in the Navy. February 11, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the recent disturbances in the Territory of Kansas. February 13, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. February 13, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolution of the Legislature of California, requesting and instructing the Senator and Representatives of that state in Congress, to urge the passage of a law to provide for a complete and thorough exploration of the Colorado River, from Fort Yuma to its source. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of a collection district in the northern part of that state, and of a port of entry at Bucksport, in said state. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of the immediate appropriation of 50,000 stand of arms for the use of that state. March 31, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, calling the attention of Congress to a memorial of that state presented in the year 1846, praying the removal of obstructions placed in Bayou Lafourche, by order of General Jackson, during the invasion of Louisiana by the British in 1814 and 1815. April 4, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of taking steps to obtain reliable information relative to the cotton interest in Europe. February 29, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolution by Mr. Iverson, relative to the appointment of a committee to investigate the proceedings of the late Naval Board. In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolution by Mr. Toombs, for a copy of the charges, &c., upon which the officers of the Navy were removed and disrated by the action of the late Naval Board. In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1856. -- Submitted. February 29, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of Military and Post Roads across the plains. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of pplacing [i.e., placing] a bell-buoy at the entrance of the harbor of San Francisco. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, relative to the payment of pensions in that state. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of certain additional mail routes in that state. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of the construction of a military road from Sacramento Valley to Crescent City. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of a breakwater in the harbor of Crescent City. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of certain Light-Houses in that State. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, in favor of an appropriation for the repair of the buildings erected by the federal government upon the quarantine grounds. February 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, complaining of the action of the late Naval Board in regard to Fabius Stanley [i.e., Stanly] and Thomas H. Stevens, and praying that justice may be done to them and all the other officers of the Navy upon whom they passed an adverse opinion. April 15, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of fortifications on Ship Island, at the Mississippi Sound. April 21, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Hon. John James Gilchrist, presiding judge of the Court of Claims, upon the character and extent of the business and operations of that Court. June 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, of New York, praying the renewal of their contract for carrying the mail between New York, Bremen, and Havre, via Southampton. August 6, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st ultimo, calling for information relative to messengers and employes [sic] other than clerks in that Department. March 10, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of the immediate adoption of provisions for the settlement of all claims for half-pay to which officers of the Army of the Revolution, or their representatives, are entitled, and an amend of the pension and bounty-land laws relating to the same. March 13, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, in favor of the adoption of such measures as will enable those who feel aggrieved by the action of the late Naval Board to have an opportunity of vindicating their honor, and subject the whole Navy to a proper reform. March 13, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, in favor of the adoption of measures for the payment to that state the arrears of money advanced to the United States during the War of 1812, with interest. March 14, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of George W. Munford, Secretary of the Commonwealth, communicating a copy of the message of the governor of Virginia, of January 22, 1856, relating to the unsatisfied bounty land scrip claims of citizens of that State; and a resolution of the legislature thereof in favor of the adoption of measures for the immediate satisfaction of the same. March 26, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the delegates and representatives of Choctaw Nation of Indians, praying that provision may be made for the final settlement of their claims under the Treaty of 1830, and all other treaties. March 18, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Three memorials of citizens of the United States, residents of Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory, praying the immediate admission of said territory into the Union as a state. March 24, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Absecom, Great and Little Egg Harbor inlets. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for the construction of a breakwater near Cape May. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for the better preservation of life and property, and the interment of the dead cast upon the shores of that state by shipwreck. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of William R. Montgomery, late brevet lieutenant colonel, being reinstated in the Army, and having a new trial. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Appropriations, new offices, &c. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the first and second sessions of the Thirty-fourth Congress. II. Offices created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. October 16, 1856. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to the acts of Congress admitting California into the Union, fixing the boundary of Texas, establishing territorial governments in Utah and New Mexico, the Fugitive-slave Law, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. February 6, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Copy of proceedings of the American Medical Association, respecting the cholera. July 17, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. August 7, 1856. -- Report in favor of printing and report agreed to	85
Serial set 836	In the Senate of the United States. May 21, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Collamer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 327.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Ithiel S. Richardson, and also the memorial of Luther V. Bell, in relation to the atmospheric telegraph, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 26, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 242.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Bill S. No. 242, for the relief of the Tampico volunteers, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances attending the assault committed upon the person of the Hon. Charles Sumner, a member of the Senate, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William R. Combs, for an invalid pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of William Foster, praying compensation for services and expenses in obtaining the opening of the port of Manzanillo, Mexico, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 260.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Hon. J. Randolph Clay, praying additional compensation for his services as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States at Lima, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pugh made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 261.) The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the memorial of Jared L. Elliott, late a chaplain in the Army of the United States, has had the same under consideration, and asks leave now to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 28, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 269.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Hastings, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 28, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 270.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Hannibal Faulk and others, praying the confirmation of their title to a certain tract of land within the De Bastrop grant, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. April 29, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany bills.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petitions of Mrs. Nannie Denman, widow of Lieutenant F.J. Denman; Elizabeth Foster, widow of Lieutenant William S. Foster; Margaret F. Smith, widow of Sergeant Blair Smith; Mary B. Dusenberry, widow of Major Samuel B. Dusenberry; Frances M. Webster, widow of Lucian R. Webster; Mary A.M. Jones, widow of General Roger Jones; Elizabeth Monroe, widow of Surgeon Monroe; Emma A. Wood, widow of Surgeon Wood; Eliza E. Ogden, widow of Major A.E. Ogden; A.L. Mason, guardian of J. Duncan Mason, minor child of Captain James L. Mason; and to whom was also referred the petition of James Worden, an invalid pensioner of the Navy... In the Senate of the United States. May 1, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 276.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Norwood McClelland, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 1, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 277.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the memorial of Henry J. Rogers, inventor of a new plan of marine signals, have the honor to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 278.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the petition of the widow of Rinaldo Johnson, and the petition of Hodges & Lansdale, providing indemnity for tobacco destroyed by the British, in 1814, have given the subject a thorough investigation, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 279.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the executor of Robert Sewell, praying compensation for property destroyed by the British in 1814, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 280.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Anthony Rankin, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Smith Mowry, "praying confirmation of his title to certain lands on the coast of Florida," &c., have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 284.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of heirs-at-law of Sarah Crandall, deceased, widow of a Revolutionary soldier, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 285.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Blount, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 286.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ann Turner, widow of Elbert Turner, deceased, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 287.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy M. Gunsally, formerly widow of Lyman M. Richmond, deceased, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pugh made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 288.) The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the memorial of Charles F. Coffin, clerk, "signed by direction and on behalf of the meeting for sufferings of Indiana yearly meeting of Friends," has had the same under consideration, and asks leave now to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report. The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the communications of the President in reply to a resolution of the Senate of February 21, concerning the transmission of the mail and property of the United States over the Illinois Central Railroad, in the State of Illinois, ask leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert H. Coggeshall, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Stephen Tuthill, having had the same under consideration, do now report... In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 294.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. A.P. Derrick, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 297.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James T.V. Thompson, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 299.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "memorial of John M. McIntosh, praying the settlement of the accounts of John Clutes and Jacob Hart on duplicate certificates, the originals being lost, and that the amounts found due may be paid to him as their assignee," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully recommend the adoption of the report of the Committee of Claims of the Senate made at the 1st session of the 30th Congress. In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 301.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Cyrus H. McCormick, praying the passage of an act granting him a rehearing, before the Commissioner of Patents, of his application for an extension of his patent for a reaping machine, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 308.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 312.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of George M. Gordon, praying the passage of a law to legalize the assignment made to him of certain warrants for land, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 313.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorials of Adam D. Steuart and of Alexander Randall, executor of Daniel Randall, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the petitions of Oliver Weeks and others, of Sarah Baker and John S. Williams, of Iram S. Whitford, of James Ladd and others, of David W. Rogers, of Mary F. Henderson, and of Benjamin Hethaney, praying to be allowed bounty land, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Act H.R. 130.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred Bill of the House No. 130, "An Act To Grant to L. Jane Horner and Children a Section of Land in Oregon," have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Act H.R. 223.) The Committee on Private Lands, to which was referred House Bill No. 223, "An Act for the Relief of John Crawford," have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 319.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Graham, representing the heirs of Major General Arthur St. Clair, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 320.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Martin Fenwick, praying the confirmation of his title to a certain tract of land, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 275.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 275, "A Bill Giving to Joshua Kirby and the Widow of John McNary the Right To Enter the Land Covered by the Life Reserve of John McNary Under the Cherokee Treaties of 1817 and 1819," have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Toombs made the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the message of the President of the United States in relation to the claim of Richard W. Thompson against the Menomonee Indians, have had the same under consideration and report... In the Senate of the United States. May 20, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 321.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Peter Parker, esq., late secretary of legation and Chinese interpreter at Canton, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. May 20, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 322.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of J.E. Martin, esq., acting consul of the United States, praying compensation for diplomatic services, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. May 21, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Toucey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 326.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles Stearns, praying to be allowed indemnity for expenses incurred by him in defending his title to certain lots of ground in Springfield, Massachusetts, claimed by the United States; and for expenses incurred in two criminal prosecutions brought against him by the United States, before the United States district court at Boston, for acts done by him at Springfield on his own land, so claimed by the United States, have had the same under consideration and report... In the Senate of the United States. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 331.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Franklin Peale, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 332.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Bronson for the payment for goods lost and destroyed by the enemy, in 1813, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 333.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph Graham, United States Consul at Buenos Ayres, praying compensation for diplomatic services, have had the same under consideration and now report... In the Senate of the United States. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 334.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the memorial of "Joseph W. Thompson and others, legal representatives of Charles Lucas, praying that their title under the location of a certain New Madrid certificate may be confirmed in part, with a privilege of entering the residue at $1.25 per acre," have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 335.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the papers relative to the private land claim of the legal representatives of Pierre Cazelar, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart made the following report. The Select Committee appointed to take into consideration the rules of the Senate, and report such amendments to the existing rules as may be deemed necessary, have had the same under consideration and report the following amendments... In the Senate of the United States. June 30, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 354.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Santiago E. Arguello, report... In the Senate of the United States. June 30, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 355.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John P. Baldwin, owner of the Spanish brig Gil Blas, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully submit as their report one made to the Senate by the Committee on the Judiciary in the year 1846, and in which the Committee of Claims fully concur; and they report a bill accordingly for the relief of the petitioner. In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1856. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority of the committee upon the same subject. Motion to print 62,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. Douglas made the following report. The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred so much of the annual message of the President of the United States as relates to territorial affairs, together with his special message of the 24th day of January, 1856, in regard to Kansas Territory, and his message of the 18th of February, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 4th of February, 1856, requesting transcripts of certain papers relative to the affairs of the Territory of Kansas, having given the same that serious and mature deliberation which the importance of the subject demands, beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. April 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 259.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the petitions of William K. Jennings and Aphia Jennings, Henry A. Wise, Ann Robinson, Edward Rudd, and Mary Martin, severally asking compensation for slaves taken and carried away by the British during the War of 1812, out of the fund provided for under the first article of the Treaty of Ghent, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... In executive session, Senate United States. Thursday, June 26, 1856. Resolved, that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the resolution submitted by Mr. Slidell on the 29th May, 1854, requesting the President to signify to the government of Great Britain the wish of this government to terminate the eighth article of the treaty with that government of the 9th August, 1842, relative to the employment of a naval force for the suppression of the slave trade on the coast of Africa, and from the report submitted by Mr. Slidell from the Committee on Foreign Relations on the said resolution. June 26, 1856. -- Ordered that the resolution and report above referred to be printed for the use of the Senate In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 194.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the memorial of Joseph Smith, asking the right to locate one hundred and sixty acres of land, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 349.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Jean Baptiste Faribault and Pelagie Faribault, his wife, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Catherine [i.e., Catharine] Jacobs, widow of Francis Jacobs, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petitions of Catharine Warner, Martha Morris, and Jane Stanbrough, widows of soldiers of the Revolution, praying that the act of February 3, 1853, may be so amended as to make the pensions paid to widows of Revolutionary soldiers under it date back, as provided in the act of July 29, 1848, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 255.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the administrator of Rinaldo Johnson and of Ann E. Johnson, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Margaret Hanson for back pension, from the date of her husband's death, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Peter Van Buskirk, heir of Thomas Van Buskirk, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 204.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Senate Bill No. 204, entitled "A Bill To Fix the Graduation Periods in the Greensburg District of the State of Louisiana," respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pugh made the following report. (To accompany Bills H.R. 8, and S. 30.) The Committee on Public Lands, to which were referred Senate Bill No. 30, and House Bill No. 8, to amend the act of March 3, 1855, "Granting Bounty-land to Certain Officers and Soldiers Who Have Been Engaged in the Military Service of the United States," together with several petitions upon the subject, has had the same under consideration, and asks leave now to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sebastian made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 195.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William B. Trotter, praying indemnity for losses sustained by him in the year 1831 in executing a contract for supplying a party of Choctaw Indians with provisions, while emigrating under the direction of the United States government, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Enoch S. Moore for relief, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 149.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Caroline Newington, praying the right of pre-emption to the land upon which certain public buildings, purchased by her at Fort Atkinson, Iowa, are located, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions to whom was referred the petition of Dorcas Cary, widow of Peter Cary, a soldier in the War of 1812, praying a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 350.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Charles D. Maxwell, surgeon United States Navy, have had the same under consideration and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed with the protest and other papers. Mr. Butler made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the "protest of certain senators and representatives of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, against the election of the Hon. Lyman Trumbull as a senator of the United States," and other papers, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 126.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred the several petitions of the owners of the fishing schooners "Wanderer," "Mary," "Olive Branch," "Two Brothers," and "Brothers," have considered the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 7.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, who were instructed by a resolution of the Senate to "inquire into the expediency of reporting a joint resolution correcting the error alleged to exist in the bid of the contractors on route no. 6303," have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Miles Devine, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 135.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Metcalf, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 136.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Cook and Peletiah Shepherd, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 138.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims made the following report on the memorial of Elizabeth A.R. Linn, praying for commutation and interest for the Revolutionary services of Colonel William Linn... In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 9.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the papers in the case of John Y. Laub, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 140.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom were referred the several petitions of the owners of the fishing schooners Brandy Wine, Forrester, Grampus, Ursula, Stephen C. Phillips, and Union, have considered the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 147.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to which was referred the memorial of Edwin A. Stevens, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 6, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following (adverse) report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 1.) The Committee on Military Affairs made the following report: On the 7th of January last there was referred to this committee a resolution of the Senate, as follows: Resolved, that the report of Benjamin S. Roberts, captain of the rifles, made to General Twiggs, on returning to him the American flag which had been the first planted upon the capitol of Mexico... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 46.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition and papers of John H. Horne, of Mississippi, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 63.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 63, and the papers of A.S. Robinson, cashier of the Bank of the State of Missouri, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States, February 13, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Captain R.A. Wainwright, United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Denison E. Seymour, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 215.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel B. Porter, soldier in the late war with Great Britain, praying a pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 146.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (S. 146) "Making Provisions To Compensate Agents for Paying Pensions, and Prescribing the Time and Manner of Settling Their Accounts;" also, the petitions of Daniel Hay, William E. Woodruff, Joel M. Smith, Shepherd Knapp and Azel Spalding, upon the same subject, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of the heir of Stephen Jackson, a Revolutionary soldier, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was reported the petition of Jesse Barker, a soldier of the War of 1812, praying a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Coward, praying a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petitions of Lucy Bingham, of Massachusetts, and Getty Powers, of New Jersey, for arrears and increase of pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Lamothe, praying for a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lyman Treat, a soldier in the War of 1812, for an invalid pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Martha Stanton, widow of Edward Stanton, a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, praying that the amount of pension heretofore allowed her may not be diminished, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nathan Cook for a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the papers in relation to the claim of Leslie Coombs to a pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Allen, praying to be allowed a pension, or tract of land, in consequence of his bravery displayed in a conflict with the British, during the War of 1812, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Zachariah Corbin, a soldier of the War of 1812, praying a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions to whom was referred the petition of Robert Morton, one of the Representatives of the children of Abigail Morton, deceased, who was the widow of James Morton, deceased, a soldier of the Revolution, praying that the pension to which the widow was entitled may be paid to her children, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. J. Sears, praying for arrears of pension; also, his petition praying an increase of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 205.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Peter Grover, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 206.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Albert Hart, praying for an increase of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 207.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the documents relating to the claim of Levi C. Harris, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 208.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Betsey Whipple, for a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 209.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Mercer, praying to be allowed a pension from the time his former pension was discontinued, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 210.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Alpheus T. Palmer, late a lieutenant in the United States Army, praying an increase of pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 211.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Lieutenant John Guest, United States Navy, praying extra compensation for surveying the coast between Apalachicola and the Mississippi River, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 212.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Amaziah Goodwin, for an increase of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 213.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the "petition of Mrs. M.E. McKnight, widow of Francis M. McKnight, who was killed by an accident while in the discharge of his duty as an artificer of ordnance, praying to be allowed a pension," having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 214.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred "the memorial of the Board of Trustees of Public Schools of Washington City, District of Columbia, praying a donation of city lots for educational purposes, or that a portion of the proceeds of sales of lots heretofore made may be invested for that purpose," have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 2, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 171.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 171, "For the Relief of Samuel A. Morse and Others," also certain papers in support of the claim of said Morse and others, have considered the same, and submit a report... In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 220.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah F. Niles, asking compensation for the services of her father, Captain Robert Niles, in the War of the Revolution, having had the same under consideration, do now report... In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 221.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel V. Niles, reports... In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 222.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of A. Kintzing, late special examiner of drugs at the port of Philadelphia, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 6.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred (S.R. 6) Joint Resolution declaring in what manner the pension laws for the benefit of the Cherokee Indians shall be executed, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 3, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 223.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the "petition of William Marvin, praying confirmation of his title to certain lands in Florida, claimed under a Spanish grant," have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 224.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of A.S. Bender, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Sophia Turner, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 228.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Major Samuel Scott, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 229.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Francis A. Cunningham, paymaster in the United States Army, praying relief on account of a robbery of the public funds under his charge at Santa Fe, New Mexico, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9. 1856 -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Michael R. Clark for an increase of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lucinda Peters, wife of Barton Peters, for a pension on account of the Revolutionary service of her father, Hezekiah Henderson, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 235.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lemuel Worster for a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 236.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was submitted the petition of Daniel Doland for pension, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 240.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the memorial of Henry Volcker, praying a confirmation of his title to a tract of land in New Mexico, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 245.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of Franck Taylor, of the City of Washington, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 246.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Olivia W. Cannon, widow of the late Midshipman Joseph S. Cannon, deceased, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 247.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Morris Powers, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 216.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill 216, for the relief of Timothy Cavan, and also his petition praying an increase of pension, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Brown, late a soldier in the United States Army, praying a pension from the date of his wound to the time he was placed on the pension rolls, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Brown, praying an increase of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Illinois, praying that the pension of Valentine G. Wehrheim may be increased, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution, S. 8.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hall Neilson, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 104.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Langdon C. Easton, assistant quartermaster in the Army, praying that he may be credited with an amount of money of which he was defrauded by his late clerk, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 105.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of Levi Robinson, praying to be allowed fishing bounty on the schooner Mary Jane, have considered the subject, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 109.) Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of divers persons, praying to have the full benefit of sundry resolutions of the Continental Congress for the relief of the officers of the Revolutionary Army, their widows and orphans, made the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed, and that five thousand additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 113.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorials of Captain Charles Stewart and other officers, whose names are appended, have had the same under consideration, and thereupon report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John T. Sprague, of the Army, praying that Mrs. Margaret S. [i.e., L.] Worth, widow of Gen. Worth, may be allowed the pension her husband was entitled to for a disability incurred in the War of 1812, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Deborah Chaffee, grand-daughter of Thomas Dimon, deceased, a soldier of the Revolution, praying compensation for his services, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Carpenter, praying an invalid pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rufus K. Lane, a soldier of the War of 1812, praying arrears of pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 120.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin Berry, a soldier of the Revolution, praying to be allowed an invalid pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report, which was considered in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Monday, the 15th instant, at one o'clock. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate which is annexed, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Maria Price, widow of John Price, for a pension on account of the services of her husband in the War of 1812, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Lucy Tate, widow of an officer of the Revolutionary War, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1856. -- Considered, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Bracket Leavett, heir of Thomas Leavett, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1856. -- Considered, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Carter Page, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1856. -- Considered, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Purvis, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1856. -- Considered, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Allen, grandson of Jonathan Allen, have examined the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Philemon Bacon, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of DeKalb County, Alabama, praying that a pension may be granted to Sarah Benge, widow of Obadiah Benge, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Hawkins County, Tennessee, in favor of allowing arears [sic] of pension to James Francisco, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Burkhalter for a pension for Revolutionary services, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Alison Logan, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Hitchcock for a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary Bennett, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856, -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. Patterson praying a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of A. Seefeld praying an increase of pension, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Durkee made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 233.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the legal representatives of James Bell, late of Chambly, in the Province of Lower Canada, deceased, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Durkee made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 234.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth V. Lomax, heir of Wm. Lindsay, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 241.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of the legal representatives of John Morrison and Charles Ginn, praying the confirmation of their title to certain lands within the Bastrop Grant, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Dr. Moses Carter, who was captured by the enemy while serving as a surgeon on a private armed vessel during the War of 1812, praying remuneration for infirmities consequent upon his captivity, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Dowdall for a pension for the services of her husband in the War of 1812, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Washington Morse, for an invalid pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Colby, son and administrator of Ebenezer Colby, a soldier of the revolution, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 16, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 151 [i.e., 251].) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, instructing them to "enquire into and report what jurisdiction the Congress of the United States has over the avenues of the City of Washington, whether said avenues have been obstructed..." In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 112.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred a bill further to amend an act entitled "An Act To Provide for the Better Security of Lives of Passengers on Board of Vessels Propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam, and for Other Purposes," have duly and carefully considered the same, and report the same back, with a recommendation to strike out all of the bill referred, after the enacting clause, and to adopt a substitute herewith reported... In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 256, and Joint Resolution S. 16.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petitions of Mrs. Nancy Bowen and Mrs. Larrabee, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 257.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Oscar F. Johnston, a passed midshipman in the United States Navy, praying to be allowed the difference of compensation between a midshipman and that of a passed midshipman, from the date of his promotion to the date of his warrant, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 24, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 262.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James Davidson, "praying additional compensation for injuries and services while in the military service in the War of 1812," having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 306.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Richard W. Meade, late a lieutenant in the Navy, praying to be allowed expenses incurred in consequence of the refusal of Commodore Jones, commander of the United States squadron in the Pacific, to allow him to take command of a vessel in obedience to an order of the Secretary of the Navy, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 310.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Horatio G. Perry, esq., late United States secretary of legation at Madrid, praying additional compensation for services performed by him as acting charge d'affaires, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. May 14, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 311.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles E. Anderson, esq., late secretary of legation of the United States at Paris, praying additional compensation for services rendered and expenses incurred by him as acting charge d'affaires during a portion of the time, have had the same under consideration and now report... In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 154.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred the memorial of Zadock Thompson, of Vermont, praying compensation for his services in preparing a historical introduction to the census returns of Vermont, ask leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of John C. McFerran, a lieutenant and assistant commissary in the United States Army... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 158.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Dempsey Pittman, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 12, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 159.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James Harrington, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 13, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 160.) On the petition of Silas H. Hill, William B. Todd, Samuel Bacon, and other citizens of the District of Columbia, requesting an act of incorporation for a fire insurance company in said District... In the Senate of the United States. March 13, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 161.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Joshua Shaw, of Bordentown, New Jersey, praying to be allowed the full amount authorized by an act of Congress approved the 20th of February, 1846, for a valuable invention, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 13, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Adams made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 162.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt, praying compensation for conveying the United States mail on Puget's Sound, having had the same under consideration, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 14, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 169.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Josiah S. Little, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1856. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Merrill and others, master mechanics at the Pensacola Navy-yard, praying to be allowed pay for the time lost by them during the prevalence of the yellow fever at that yard, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Biggs made the following report (To accompany Bill S. 191.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred two several [sic] petitions from Cezaire Wallace, of the Parish of Bossier and State of Louisana, asking for a confirmation of his title to 640 acres of land as the legal representative of Pierre Wallace, and for a confirmation of 640 acres in his own right, which said lands are lying in that part of the State of Louisiana lately termed the "Neutral Territory," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Biggs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 192.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the "resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan in relation to claims to lands of Joseph Sansfacon and others," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 193.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Joseph Wandestrand, praying confirmation of his title to a certain tract of land, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 197.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Randall D. Livingston, "praying the confirmation of his title to a tract of land within the limits of the Bastrop Grant," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 26, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 198.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Cephise Piseros, widow of Louis La Branche, praying confirmation of title to a certain tract of land, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1846 [i.e., 1856]. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Susannah, widow of Peter Codrington, a marine, praying to be allowed a pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petitions of Joseph Webb, Reuben Clough, John Woodworth, and Orson Young, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Webb, for a pension, on account of disability incurred while in the service of the United States in the War of 1812, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 181.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca Halsey, widow of Zephaniah Halsey, deceased, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 183.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the petition of lieutenants in the United States revenue marine service, who were attached to the United States naval squadron in the West Indies during the Florida War... In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 184.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Forrest, a purser in the United States Navy, praying to be allowed a per centage for moneys disbursed by him as special agent on board the United States ship Ohio, on the coasts of Mexico and California, in 1848, said moneys being derived from "military contributions" in California, by order of Commodore Jones, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 185.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the memorial of Michael Nash, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 187.) The Committee of Claims, to which was referred "An Act Making Appropriations for the Payment of Certain Claims," together with opinions of the Court of Claims in the cases of Samuel P. Todd, John Shaw, and Isaac Beaugrand... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 199.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the memorial of the "Washington Hebrew Congregation," having examined the subject, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 32.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca Freeman, praying that she may be allowed one hundred and sixty acres of bounty land, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pugh made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 200.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Adam D. Steuart, late inspector of the Customs for the District of Michilimackinac, praying to be released from a judgment obtained by the United States against him, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 201.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel Motherhead, for an invalid pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 202.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of Captain George E. McClellan and his company of mounted volunteers, for services rendered and subsistence and forage furnished in the year 1840, in the State of Florida, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 27, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 203.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Agatha O'Brien, widow of Brevet Major J.P.J. O'Brien, having had the same under consideration, report...	197

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