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Serial set 874	Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of August 30, 1856, calling for information respecting the amount necessary to pay the allowances proposed to be made by the bill for the settlement of claims of officers of the Revolution, and the widows and orphans of those who died in service. December 4, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1856. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, calling for the amount of claims against the late Republic of Texas, provided for by the act of February 28, 1855, and not presented for payment. December 11, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of State, communicating, in compliance with the act of March 2, 1799, an abstract of the returns made to that Department by the collectors of Customs, pursuant to the act of May 28, 1796, for the relief and protection of American seamen. December 4, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.	4
Serial set 875	Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856. -- Read. December 11, 1856. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate	1
Serial set 876	The executive documents, printed by order of the Senate of the United States, third session, Thirty-fourth Congress, 1856-'57. [Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 2, 1856 -- Read. December 11, 1856. -- Ordered, that the message and accompanying documents be printed, and that 15,000 additional copies thereof be printed for the use of the Senate.]	1
Serial set 877	[Maps to accompany the State of the Union Message, 34th Congress, third session.]	1
Serial set 878	Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a letter of the 20th May last from the United States Commissioner in China, and of the decree and regulations which accompanied it. December 1, 61856 [i.e., December 16, 1856]. -- Read, ordered to lie on nhe [i.e., the] table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating an extract from a letter of the 22d ultimo, from the Governor of Kansas to the Secretary of State, with a copy of the executive minutes, to which it refers. December 16, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of State, showing the disbursements for the service of the State Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856. December 16, 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 16th of August last, calling for information respecting the ice-breaker and breakwater at the entrance of Delaware Bay, the erection of a mole or pier opposite thereto, and a marine hospital at Lewistown; also for the construction of a breakwater on Crow shoal. December 18, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, an estimate for the extension of the United States arsenal at Fayetteville, North Carolina. December 26, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, information respecting the title of the United States to certain land in Kansas set apart to the New York Indians. December 30, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1856, relative to the construction of steam vessels so as to provide greater security against accident by fire. January 2, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, a copy of a report from Lieutenant Colonel Graham of the harbors, &c., in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, under his superintendence. December 30, 1856. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to print rescinded, and report referred to the Committee on Printing. February 18, 1857. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number; report considered and agreed to. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the act of May 1, 1820, a statement of appropriations applicable to the War Department for 1855, the amounts drawn from the Treasury and balances on July 1, 1856, and the amounts carried to the surplus fund. January 2, 1857. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement showing the disbursements on account of the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1856. January 5, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the expenses of the national armories, and of the arms and appendages made thereat during the year ending June 30, 1856. January 5, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of State, communicating a list of the clerks and others employed in the State Department during the year 1856, the state or territory from whence appointed, and the amount paid to each. January 7, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, copies of the correspondence between the governments of the United States and the Netherlands, relative to the refusal of that government to allow its diplomatic agents to testify in the criminal courts of the United States. January 7, 1857. -- Read, 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 Senate of the 23d ultimo, information respecting the condition and prospects of a plan for connecting this continent with Europe by sub-marine wires. January 7, 1857. -- Read and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. January 13, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 493.) Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, calling for copies of the letters addressed to the War Department and Wilson Shannon by Colonel Sumner, relative to Kansas affairs; also, communicating a copy of a letter from the Adjutant General to Colonel Sumner, dated March 26, 1856. December 26, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of last August, information respecting the construction of a dock at Pensacola. December 30, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.	16
Serial set 879	Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, communicating copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1855, and the first and second quarters of the year 1856. December 4, 1856. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 15, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 4th of August last, and the 9th of January, inst., information respecting the Aves or Bird Islands, and the interference of the Venezuelan government with the rights of American citizens collecting guano therefrom. January 20, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating the act of the Legislature of Tennessee, respecting the purchase of the "Hermitage," for the purpose of tendering it to the government of the United States, to be used as a site for a branch of the Military Academy at West Point. January 20, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th of August, 1856, a report of the progress on the construction and distribution of standards of weights and measures, and supply of hydrometers to the Custom-house; the balances made and distributed to states, and the legislation thereof relative to standard weights and measures. January 2, 1857. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 21, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Motion to print 2,000 additional copies, 750 of which to be for the use of the Superintendent. Referred to the Committee on Printing. February 6, 1857. -- Report in favor of the motion, and report agreed to. Message of the President of the United States, respecting the restoration of the ship "Resolute" to the British government. January 20, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Motion to print 2,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. February 6, 1857. -- Report in favor of printing the additional copies, and report agreed to.	5
Serial set 880	Letter of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, communicating copies of the accounts of disbursements or applications of moneys, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856; with lists of the names of all persons to whom goods, moneys, or effects have been delivered within that year. January 6, 1857. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, information respecting the amount of revenue in case of a reduction of the duties on imports. January 21, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, papers relating to the claim of George Whitman. January 23, 1857. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the balances of appropriations standing to the credit of that Department on the 1st July, 1855, the amount appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856, and the amount drawn, and the balances in the Treasury during the same period. January 30, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate of December 23 and 30, 1856, certain information respecting the pay and emoluments of Lieutenant General Scott. February 2, 1857. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 4, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 26th of January, 1857, information as to "whether the public interest will be promoted by a survey of the Niagara River, or of any and what part of the same." February 4, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating in obedience to law, statements showing the contracts made by that Department during the year 1856. January 31, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information relative to providing more efficient means for the preservation of the lives of seamen and passengers wrecked on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island. January 31, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.	8
Serial set 881	Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 2, 1857, information respecting the purchase of camels for the purposes of military transportation. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating a map of the Patuxent and St. Mary's Rivers. January 14, 1857. -- Ordered, that 5,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. Report of the Secretary of State, in obedience to law, of passengers arriving in the United States during the year ending December 31, 1856. February 18, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information respecting the duties remitted on railroad iron. February 18, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the enlargement of the building now being erected at Buffalo, New York, for the accommodation of the Custom-house, post office, and United States courts. February 7, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the expenditures from the appropriations for contingencies of that Department, its offices and bureaus, during the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1856. February 7, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, information respecting the proclamation of martial law in the Territory of Washington, &c. February 10, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in obedience to law, a report of the Superintendent of the Mint, on the fineness and value of certain foreign gold and silver coins. February 10, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 2d instant, correspondence in relation to the proceedings of the Vigilance Committee in San Francisco, California. February 10, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th ultimo, information respecting the Louisville and Portland Canal. February 10, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 26, 1856, information relative to the Des Moines and Rock River rapids, and the harbor at Dubuque, Iowa. February 12, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th ultimo, information respecting the St. Clair flats. February 12, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 30th ultimo, information respecting the proclamation of martial law in the Territory of Washington, &c. February 13, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, his opinion respecting any contemplated improvements in the Treasury Building. February 13, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, his opinion respecting the creation of an additional surveyor general's office in the district now composed of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. February 13, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, calling for information respecting the lands owned by the United States in Chelsea, Massachusetts. February 24, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, a copy of a letter addressed to the United States Attorney General by Judge Lecompte, of Kansas. February 24, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a copy of the report of Captain Thomas J. Cram, of November, 1856, on the oceanic routes to California. February 16, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the Director of the Mint for the past year. February 5, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on finance, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating the report and surveys made in obedience to a resolution of Congress, respecting the construction of a new and substantial bridge across the Potomac. February 9, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, calling for his opinion respecting the removal of the Surveyor General's office at Dubuque to some point higher up on the Mississippi. February 20, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th instant, inquiring whether any additional legislation is necessary to insure the transmission by mail, and delivery to the parties to whom directed, of public documents franked by members of Congress. February 20, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, a copy of the report of Lieut. Col. Cooke of the part taken by his command in the action at Bluewater, Nebraska Territory, with the Sioux Indians, September 3, 1855. February 20, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th ultimo, information respecting the expenditure of appropriations for Indian tribes. February 13, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of August 4, 1856, reports of the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War, in relation to the navigation and surveys of the frontier lakes. February 17, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 18th instant, information respecting the widow pensioners, under the second section of the act of February 3, 1853. February 26, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo, the report of W.R. Palmer, respecting the improvement of the harbor at Dubuque. March 3, 1857. -- Submitted, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the report of the Secretary of the Navy respecting the national defences. March 3, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, relating to registry of the British ship Leo. March 3, 1857. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th ultimo, copies of the correspondence relating to the case of Edward F. Beale. March 3, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Commissioner of Patents, in obedience to the act of August 18, 1856, respecting the purchase of seeds by that department. February 26, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.	31
Serial set 882	Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1856. Arts and manufactures, in three volumes. Volume I.	1
Serial set 883	Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1856. Arts and manufactures, in three volumes. Volume II.	1
Serial set 884	Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1856. Arts and manufactures, in three volumes. Volume III. Illustrations.	1
Serial set 885	Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1856. Agriculture.	1
Serial set 886	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, 1856.	1
Serial set 887	Report of the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement from the Superintendent of Statistics of the commercial relations of the United States with foreign nations, for the year ending September 30, 1856. Volume XIV.	1
Serial set 888	Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1856.	1
Serial set 889	Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 24, 1854, the fourth meteorological report of Prof. James P. Espy. February 28, 1857. -- Ordered, that 3,000 copies thereof be printed, in addition to the usual number, with seventy of the maps accompanying the same.	1
Serial set 890	Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Texas, respecting the debt of that state. December 3, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. As arranged by order of the Senate, December 8, 1856. Report and resolutions of the Legislature of South Carolina, in relation to fortifying Port Royal Harbor in that state. December 23, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a detailed statement of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate, during the year ending November 30, 1856. December 30, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of the passage of an act confirming the selections of swamp and overflowed lands made by this state. January 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state. January 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of a donation of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from McGregor's Landing to the Mississippi River. January 2, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names and compensation of persons employed in his office during the year 1856. January 7, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward submitted the following letters from Mr. L. Barker. (To accompany Bill S. No. 506.) Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state, from Fulton City, Illinois, to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 607.) Letter from T.J. Bowen, Esq., to provide for the exploration of the River Niger, in Africa. February 18, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, protesting against the repeal of the laws granting fishing bounty. February 10, 1857. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of the recognition by the United States of the independence of Liberia, in Africa. February 10, 1857. -- Read and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 624.) Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, and the Secretary of the Interior, recommending that the land laws be extended east of the Cascade Mountaine [sic], in Oregon and Washington Territories. February 12, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Governor, judges, officers, and members of the Legislature and citizens of New Jersey. Praying the passage of an act providing for the erection of a suitable building, in the City of Trenton, for the purpose of holding the sessions of the courts of the United States, for a city post office, and an office for the collector of the port of Lamberton; also, a memorial of the Common Council of the City of Trenton on the same subject. February 16, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, respecting the United States life-boat stations, and the compensation to persons for saving life and property by means of said boats. January 20, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolution of the Legislature of the State of Texas, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Brownsville to Austin, in said state. January 27, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of the enlargement of the boundaries of that state. January 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to additional mail facilities in that state. January 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of increased mail facilities in that state. January 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to the establishment of a Custom-house and marine hospital in the city of Keokuk. January 28, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of North Carolina, in favor of appropriations for the entire closure of New Inlet, and for the completion of the improvements at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, according to the plan of the Secretary of War. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation in money to render safe and secure the canal around the falls of the St. Mary's. February 2, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of Absecom, and Great and Little Egg Harbors, in that state. February 3, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 561.) Petition of Cranstoun Laurie, a clerk in the Post Office Department, praying compensation for extra services. February 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 562.) Letter from the Postmaster General, enclosing a letter from the president of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company, in relation to the difficulties they experienced in carrying the mails in the winter of 1855-'56. February 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 492.) Letters from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in reference to certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico. February 6, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a building suitable for the accommodation of the Custom-house, United States court, and post office, at Burlington, in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a marine hospital at Council Bluffs, and establishing a port of entry thereat. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a certain railroad in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Preamble and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of a repeal on the duty of railroad iron. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of the grant of public lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads, so as to enable them to obtain greater mail facilities. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of greater mail facilities in that state, to wit: from Guttenburg to Independence; also, from Guttenburg to Dyersville; also, from Guttenburg to Lancaster, all in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state, from Newton to Chariton. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state, to wit, from Winterset to Leon. February 18, 1857. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state from Indianola to Princeton. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail service in that state, from McGregor's Landing to Glen Mary and Bristol. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities in that state from Marietta, Marshall County, Steamboat Rock, Hardin County, to intersect some mail route now established. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, communicating the resolutions of the legislature of that state against the reduction or abrogation of the duties on railroad iron. February 20, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in favor of the passage of a law declaring the (so called) Kansas Code null and void. February 20, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bills S. 610 and 611.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, as to the propriety of establishing ports of delivery at Council Bluffs and Sioux City, in the State of Iowa. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Communication from Pliny Miles, of New York, in favor of a reform of the postal system, accompanied by a bill. February 23, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of Townsend Harris, praying compensation for diplomatic services in negotiating a treaty with the Kingdom of Siam, while Consul General at Japan. February 27, 1857. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 550.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the claim of David Ogden and others, to be refunded moneys illegally exacted of them by collectors of the Customs. February 28, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution, for the year 1856, and the proceedings of the Board up to January 28, 1857. Letter from the Secretary of State, recommending the claim of Townsend Harris, late Consul General at Japan, for compensation for negotiating a treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Siam. March 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 645.) List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the special session of the Senate. March 9, 1857. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, in favor of the recognition by the United States of the independent sovereignty of the Republic of Liberia. March 9, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. Resolutions by Mr. Crittenden, in relation to the exemption of vessels of commerce and their cargoes from seizure and capture in time of war. March 9, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to slavery, and the admission of Kansas into the Union. January 28, 1857. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 56.) Letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing despatches from Mr. Dallas on the subject of the presentation by the British government of certain tokens of acknowledgment to Commander Hartstene, Lieutenant Trenchard, Master Morrison, and the petty officers and crew of the steamer "Vixen." February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of additional mail facilities from Iowa City to Ottumwa, in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of greater mail facilities in that state, to wit, from Ottumwa to Chariton. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of greater mail facilities from Ottumwa to Chariton, in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of a mail route from Maquoheta to Dubuque, in that state. February 18, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Statements showing: I. Appropriations made during the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. II. Officers 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. April 18, 1857. Resolution of the Legislature of Texas, in favor of making Corpus Christi a port of entry. January 27, 1857. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Texas, in favor of the incorporation of the officers of the late Texas navy into the Navy of the United States. January 27, 1857. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.	59
Serial set 891	In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 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 Mrs. Eliza E. Ogden, widow of Captain E.A. Ogden, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. Mr. Harlan made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 481.) December 18, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. The Committee on Agriculture, to whom were referred the several memorials in favor of extending to the land, for the benefit of agriculture, the system of meteorological observation and research which... In the Senate of the United States. December 23, 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 John S. Van Dyke, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. December 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 483.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Elias Hall, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 486.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred, on the 19th ultimo, the petition of John Mitchell, praying for an increase of pension, ask leave to report thereon as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. 13.) The Committee of Claims to whom was referred Bill H.R.C.C. No. 13, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Mary Reeside," report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 488.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Minerva Catlett, widow of the late Doctor Hanson Catlett, of the United States Army, praying a pension be granted her, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Pittman, praying a pension may be granted him for disability incurred while serving in the United States Army in Mexico, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the credentials of the Hon. James Harlan, and the protest of the Senate of Iowa, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following statement... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 496.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of James D. Johnston, a lieutenant in the Navy, asking "authority to be granted to the accounting officers of the Treasury to settle his accounts as naval storekeeper at Valparaiso, Chili, according to equity and justice," have carefully examined the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. 23.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution No. 23 from the House of Representatives, in favor of J.W. Nye, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, from the Committee on Pensions, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Eliza Henly, praying additional pension, with interest, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 504.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Alexander I. Atocha, praying that his claims against Mexico, disallowed by the commissioners under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, may be investigated, and if found just paid by the United States, have patiently considered the subject, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 43.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution (S.43) for the relief of Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, would respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Submitted by Mr. Bigler. Views of the Minority of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 487,) "To Provide for the Transportation of the United States Mails upon Railroads"... In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 350.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was re-committed Senate Bill No. 350, "For the Relief of Dr. Charles D. Maxwell, a Surgeon in the United States Navy," have had the same under consideration and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Iverson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 507.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George A. O'Brien, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 573.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Major Benjamin Alvord, paymaster United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 574.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Dempsey Pittman, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Captain Joseph Packwood, praying remuneration for the services of their ancestor during the War of the Revolution, made the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 606.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of Alfred G. Benson... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 656.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 656, "An Act for the Relief of Joseph Irish, William Sturgis, and Bartholomew Baldwin," have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 538.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Bill H.R. No. 538, "An Act for the Relief of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 490.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred H.R. 490, for the relief of Roxana Kimball, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of S.G. Tinkham and others, owners of the fishing schooner St. Lawrence, of Cape Porpoise, Maine, praying to be allowed the bounty they would have been entitled to had their schooner been inspected previous to her first voyage, report against the prayer of the petitioners, for the reasons set forth in enclosed letters of the Secretary of the Treasury, (numbered 1 and 2,) the first addressed to the Collector of the District of Kennebunk, and the other to Mr. Clay, and ask that the report be printed. They recommend the adoption of the following resolution... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Commodore William Mervine and other officers attached to the United States Pacific Squadron, praying for an increase of compensation, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Aitken, James Kelley, and ninety others who served in the Japan expedition under Commodore Perry, asking extra compensation similar to that allowed to the officers and crews of vessels of the Navy stationed in the Pacific Ocean in the years 1846 to 1849, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Commander Thomas J. Page, in behalf of himself and other officers of the United States steamer Water-Witch, recently engaged in the exploration and survey of the River "La Plata" and its tributaries, asking increased compensation, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Lieutenants J.M. Brooke, Thomas Scott Fillebrown, and J.H. Russell, of the United States Navy, officers of the late exploring and surveying expedition to the North Pacific, China Seas, and Behring's Straits, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dodge made the following report. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of the City Council of Burlington, Iowa, praying an appropriation for the construction of a building for the accommodation of the Custom-house, United States court, and post office, report against the prayer of the memorialists... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dodge made the following report. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Castine, praying the passage of a law for the construction of a new Custom-house at that place, report against the prayer of the petitioners, for the reasons set forth in the following letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, and ask that the report be printed... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dodge made the following report. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of Atkins Eldridge, praying for fishing bounty to schooner Brilliant, lost at sea in 1851, report against the prayer of the memorialist, for the reasons set forth in the following letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, and ask that the report be printed... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dodge made the following report. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in relation to the establishment of a Custom-house and marine hospital in the City of Keokuk, report against their establishment, for the reasons set forth in the following letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, and ask that the report be printed... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 612.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the opinion of the Court of Claims in the case of Jane Smith, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 613.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the opinion of the Court of Claims in the case of George Ashley, administrator de bonis non of Samuel Holgate, deceased, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 614.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the opinion of the Court of Claims in the case of Lucinda Robinson, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 615.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Theresa Dardenne, praying indemnity for losses sustained in consequence of an erroneous sale of land by the land officers at Little Rock, to her late husband Abraham Dardenne, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 48.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to audit and settle the accounts of the contractor for erecting the United States marine hospital at San Francisco, California, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 616.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of F.A. Underwood and H.A. Crane, heirs of Jehu Underwood, praying confirmation of their 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. February 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 603.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom were referred Senate Bill No. --, a bill to authorize the purchase of a certain tract of land belonging to Francis Gardere, and the accompanying papers, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 589.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in the case of John Ericsson, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 590.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of James Maccaboy, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1857. -- Submitted, considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel P. Swan, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1857. -- Submitted, considered, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Daniel Trueheart... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 592.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of the administrator of John F. Wray, deceased, praying that the money paid for certain lands purchased of the United States, his title to which has been declared null and void by the courts of the State of Mississippi, may be refunded," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 594.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John R. Nourse, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 598.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the petition of Mrs. Emma A. Wood, praying Congress to grant her a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 768.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "H.R. 768, An Act for the Relief of John Duncan," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 470.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred H.R. an act for the relief of Letty Griggs, widow of Simeon Griggs, a Revolutionary soldier, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 369.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill "H.R. 369, An Act for the Relief of Albro Tripp," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessendon made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 508.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Nason and others, legal representatives of John Lord, deceased, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 30.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution, (S. 30,) concerning Wolf Island, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bigler, from the Committee on Commerce, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 470.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of the Board of Trade of the City of Pittsburg, asking for an appropriation of public lands, to enable a company chartered or to be chartered, by the states bordering on the Ohio River, to improve its navigation; as also the bill offered by the Senator from Ohio, (Mr. Pugh,) providing for an appropriation of $50,000 to pay the expenses of topographical and hydrographical surveys on the tributaries of the Ohio, with a view to the improvement of its navigation, by means of a system of reservoirs, to retain the water when it is abundant and supply it to the channel of the river during the dry season, beg to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 522.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Adam D. Steuart, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 523.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of George M. Weston, Commissioner of the State of Maine, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 405.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred "An Act for the Relief of Commander John L. Saunders," (H.R. 405,) have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. Lewis G. Williams, praying the difference between the pay of surgeon and passed assistant surgeon in the Navy of the United States, from May 27, 1853, to March 18, 1854, during which time he performed the duties of surgeon, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Algernon S. Taylor, praying to be allowed the same difference of pay as an officer of the line doing duty in the staff as has been allowed to other officers of the Marine Corps under similar circumstances, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James McDonnell, a carpenter in the United States Navy, praying to be allowed the difference of pay between that of a carpenter and of a naval constructor during the time he performed the duties of naval constructor, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 526.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas J. Page, Commander United States Navy, praying that he may be credited with the amount of losses sustained by and charged against him in the settlement of his accounts as acting purser, while in command of the expedition for the "Exploration and Survey of 'La Plata' and its Tributaries," have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 527.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of seamen on board the United States steamer Missouri, which was destroyed by fire at Gibraltar, in 1843, praying remuneration for the loss of their clothing by the burning of that vessel, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 529.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas J. Page, lieutenant (now commander) in the Navy, United States, for compensation for services performed as a purser, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Asa R. Ford, administrator of Augustus Ford, deceased, praying compensation for a chart of Lake Ontario, prepared by said Augustus Ford, deceased, in the War of 1812, for the use of the squadron thereon, &c., have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Captain F. Buchanan, United States Navy, praying to be allowed the difference between the pay of a captain and that of a commander, while in command of the United States steam frigate "Susquehanna" during her recent cruise in the East India, China and Japan Seas, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 530.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Ryley, an Indian, who prays that a pension may be granted him for services in the War of 1812, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 531.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Sandusky, Ohio, praying a pension may be granted to Jonathan Painter, for services rendered as a guide and spy during the War of 1812, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 532.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Catharine Jacobs, praying to be allowed a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 533.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Jedediah H. Lathrop, late Navy agent at Washington, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 537.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Alexander Montgomery, assistant quartermaster of the United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 538.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Verbiski [i.e., Verbisky], having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 539.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of Lieutenant James G. Benton, Brevet Majors E.B. Babbitt and James Longstreet, of the United States Army, having had them under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 540.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of E. Lloyd Winder, United States Navy, asking to be allowed the difference of compensation between the grade of a passed midshipman and master for the time he acted as master, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 541.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Ammen, a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, praying to be allowed the difference between that of master and passed midshipman during the time he acted as master, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 542.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua D. Todd, a lieutenant in the United States Navy, praying to be allowed the difference of pay between master and passed midshipman during the time he was acting master, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 545.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the "petition of H.W. Benham, administrator of the estate of the late John McNiel, praying a confirmation of the title of said McNiel to certain lands," report... In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 546.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Jane Smith, praying to be allowed a pre-emption right to certain lands, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 547.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of William F. Russell, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Rodolphine Claxton, widow of the late Commodore Claxton, of the United States Navy, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 45.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred a joint resolution to amend the act entitled "An Act for the Relief of Frederick Vincent, Administrator of James Le Case, Survivor of Le Case & Mallett," have examined the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 454.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 454, "To Confirm the Title of Benjamin E. Edwards to a Certain Tract of Land in the Territory of New Mexico," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 355.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred House Bill No. 355, "An Act for the Relief of Napoleon B. Gill, of Perry County, Missouri, and for Other Purposes," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anthony W. Bayard, praying Congress to grant him arrears of pension, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Green made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 552.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jeremiah Pendergast, praying for an increase of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 521.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the Senate Bill granting bounty land to Mary Felch, widow of Rev. Cheever Felch, late chaplain in the United States Navy, report the same back without amendment, and recommend its passage... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 559.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 19th December, 1856, with the accompanying papers, relative to the claim of John P. Brown, principal interpreter of the Turkish language to the United States legation at Constantinople, for additional compensation, for diplomatic and judicial services performed by him at various intervals during the years 1838, 1839, 1852, and 1854, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Iverson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 563.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Wm. W. Belden, heir of Ebenezer Belden, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 564.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of John T. Wright, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 565.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of John H. Chevis and others, praying confirmation of the original entry of Alexander Moliere, deceased, to a certain tract of land in Louisiana," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 473.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 473, "A Bill To Provide for the Location of Certain Private Land Claims in the State of Missouri, and for Other Purposes," after a careful consideration thereof, have directed me to report a substitute therefor... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 568.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Moses Olmstead, praying Congress to grant him arrears of or increase of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 32.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Lieutenant William F. Lovell, of the United States Navy, praying that additional compensation may be paid to the officers and seamen who accompanied the expedition in search of Dr. Kane... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 575.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in the case of Nahum Ward, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 577.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill entitled "A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury To Ascertain and Pay the Balance Due on a Tract of Land Heretofore Ceded for the Purposes of a Marine Hospital for the District of Boston and Charlestown"... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 578.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the memorials of the Boston Board of Underwriters and the Chamber of Commerce of New York, relative to protecting our trade with China, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 579.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom have been referred the resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Ohio, of the City Council of Cincinnati, and numerous memorials of owners and officers of boats navigating the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dodge made the following report. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Fletcher, United States Consul at Aspinwall, praying an an [sic] increase of his salary, ask to be discharged from its further consideration, for the reasons set forth in the following letter of the Secretary of State, and ask that the report be printed... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dodge made the following report. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of the Board of Trade of Portland, Maine, praying the modification of the revenue laws, so as to have a revenue steam cutter on that coast, report against the prayer of the petitioners, for the reasons set forth in the following letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, and ask that the report be printed... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 587.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, communicating the act of the Legislature of Tennessee, respecting the purchase of the "Hermitage," for the purpose of tendering it to the government of the United States to be used as a site for a branch of the Military Academy at West Point... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wright made the following report. A resolution having been passed by the Senate during its last session, instructing the Committee on Manufactures to inquire how far it would be practicable and expedient for the government to employ iron as a building material in the construction of the various edifices necessary in the conduct of the administration of its affairs, your committee beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 533.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act Directing the Pension Due James Huey, Deceased, and Jane Huey, his Widow, Deceased, to be Paid to Their Sole Heir, Alexander B. Huey, of Georgia," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 623.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the "memorial of Joseph Menard, praying to be allowed to relocate certain warrants for land granted to the late Marquis De Lafayette, of which he is the assignee," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Green made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 591.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate inquiring into the expediency of granting a pension to William W. Spencer, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1857. -- 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 George Colvin, praying Congress to grant him a pension for injuries received in the military service of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Green made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Rooney, praying for an increase of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Fisher, one of the heirs and children of John and Sarah Chisom, praying to be allowed the pension due their deceased mother, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and submit the following... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- 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 Micajah Owen, praying Congress to grant him an invalid pension, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- Submitted, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 26, 1857. -- Report in favor of printing 2,000 additional copies submitted, considered, and agreed to. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the resolutions of the Senate, to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the sale of the military asylum at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and of discontinuing any further appropriations for continuing the military asylum in the District of Columbia, &c., having had these resolutions under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- 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 Samuel McDougal, an officer in the Army of 1812, praying to be allowed an invalid pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 567.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred S. Bill 567, for the relief of William James, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of A.S. Taylor, an officer on board the United States steamer Missouri at the time it was destroyed by fire, praying indemnification for losses sustained thereby, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 597.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "H.R. An Act for the Relief of Elizabeth Martin," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 627.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles S. Todd, late United States Minister to Russia, praying that he may be allowed the amount of certain items which were disallowed by the department in the settlement of his accounts, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 629.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Sarah A. Watson, widow of Lieutenant Colonel William H. Watson, who was killed at Monterey, praying a renewal of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. The special committee appointed to take into consideration the expediency of amending the 34th rule of the Senate, relating to committees, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 488.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred "H.R., An Act 488, for the Relief of Isaac Langley," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 630.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Edward D. Reynolds, purser United States Navy, praying to be allowed a commission on his disbursements of the Mexican "Military Contribution Fund," have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of L.A. Latil, praying a pension for long service as armorer at Baton Rouge, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Toombs made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the protest against the election of the Hon. Graham N. Fitch, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 620.) The Committee on Public Lands have had under consideration the bill granting lands for the construction of a certain railroad in the State of Alabama, and recommend its passage... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 595.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was refered [i.e., referred] S. Bill 595, "A Bill for the Relief of Daniel Whitney," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 634.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Huldah Butler, daughter of John Brown, an officer in the Army of the Revolution, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 637.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John B. and Thomas Johnson, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 641.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick A. Beelen, Secretary of the United States Legation to Chili, praying to be allowed the difference between his present salary, $1,500 per annum, and $2,000 per annum, from July 1, 1855, to January 1, 1857, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pugh made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 642.) The Committee on the Judiciary, which was instructed to examine the papers communicated by the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the claim of George Whitman... In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 643.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of George S. Seton, praying that Congress may grant him the additional land to which he is entitled under a decree of the Supreme Court of the United States, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1857. -- 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 Sarah S. Hine, widow of the late Lieutenant E. Curtiss Hine, who was lost in the revenue cutter Hamilton, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1857. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Toombs made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the following statement, submitted to the Senate by the President Pro Tempore, report... In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 598.) March 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 598, entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Heirs of Amos Oney, a Revolutionary Soldier," beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 644.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Marshall O. Roberts and others, trustees, &c., have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin submitted the following report. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Royal Phelps, attorney in fact of James, Earl of Selkirk, praying a patent may be issued for certain lands granted to his father by the Hudson's Bay Company, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Green made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret McClure, widow of John, who claims a pension for services alleged to have been rendered in the Revolutionary War, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 646.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Daniel Kehr, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of J.C. Tucker, late commercial agent of the United States for Comayagua and Tegucegalpa in Honduras, praying reimbursement of the amount lost and expended by him in his late unsuccessful attempt to enter upon the duties of that office, have had the same under consideration and now report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Durkee made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Holman, praying to be allowed bounty land for military services during the War of the Revolution, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of David Gordon, in behalf of himself and others, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of George T. Parry, of Philadelphia, praying for an investigation of a certain invention denominated an "Anti-friction Box," designed to relieve the friction... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 582.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in the case of O.H. Berryman and others, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 438.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred an act from the House of Representatives (No. 438) for the relief of the heirs of Captain Thomas Gill, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 524.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the memorial and accompanying papers of Captain Hiram Paulding, United States Navy, praying that the proper accounting officers of the Treasury may be directed to adjust his accounts and pay him certain sums of money disbursed by him, and specifically set forth in his memorial, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of the executors of General John Armstrong deceased, of New York, late Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Paris, praying compensation for extra services performed by him during the continuance of his mission, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Green made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 551.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Michael Kinney, praying to be allowed a pension, beg leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Green made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Philip Willhoit, of Tennessee, praying Congress to grant him a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 510.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph C.G. Kennedy, report... Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, on the protests of certain members of the Legislature of Pennsylvania against the election of the Hon. Simon Cameron as a Senator in Congress. In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 477.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Hope S. Newbold, widow of Charles Newbold, praying a grant of land as a remuneration for the services and sacrifices of her late husband in discovering the cast-iron plough, and bringing it into use, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 518.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the petition and papers of John Shaw, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 520.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Phelps, report... Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, on the protests against the election of the Hon. Graham N. Fitch, as a Senator in Congress from the State of Indiana. In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1857. -- 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 George V. Vandiver, asking Congress to grant him a pension as an invalid, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Sarah Ann Roose, widow of John J. Roose, deceased, praying Congress to grant an increase and continuance of pension, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. December 16, 1856. -- Ordered that the report be reprinted. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 109.) Mr. Evans, from the Committee of Revolutionary Claims... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 573.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Auton L.C. Portman, late clerk to Commodore M.C. Perry, while in command of the East India Squadron, praying additional compensation for his services as Dutch interpreter during the negotiations with the Japanese authorities, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fish made the following report. (To accompany Bill 514.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of John H. Wheeler, esq., late minister resident of the United States at Granada, praying the reimbursement of expenses incurred by him for the relief of American citizens in distress in that country, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 512.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William L. Davidson, heir of General William Davidson, deceased, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1857. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Colonel Ethan Allen, praying to be compensated on account of the services of their ancestor during the War of the Revolution, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 517.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Montgomery, daughter of Captain Hugh Montgomery, praying relief, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1857. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Lieutenant J.W.A. Nicholson, United States Navy, praying compensation for acting as master on board the United States ship "Princeton," in 1844-'45, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 554.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the legal representatives of Charles Porterfield, deceased, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 555.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of J. Wilcox Jenkins, have had the same under consideration and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1857. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 581.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in the case of Collier A. Minge, Philip T. Ellicott, and Lucretia A. Brodie, report...	160
Serial set 892	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 1, 1856, in the eighty-first year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 893	Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Thirty-fourth Congress. December 18, 1856. Resolved, that there be printed for the use of the members of this House, eighteen thousand six hundred copies of the annual message of the President, together with the accompanying documents, and that two hundred additional copies of the said message and documents be printed and furnished to each of the Secretaries of the State, War, Navy, Treasury and Interior Departments, the Attorney General and Postmaster General	1

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