| Call Number (LC) | Title | Results |
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| Serial set 977 | Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-fifth Congress. December 6, 1858. -- Read and ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 978 | [Maps to accompany the State of the Union, 35th Congress, 2nd session.] | 1 |
| Serial set 979 |
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1858. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence between Commander Foote and his Excellency E.A. Blundell, relative to the ship Henrietta Maria. March 7, 1859. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 9, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. |
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| Serial set 980 |
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report of the Secretary of the Interior, showing the amount paid for pensions since the commencement of the government. December 13, 1858. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements showing all expenditures from the Treasury for public and private purposes in the District of Columbia; the number of town lots originally owned by the United States in Washington; the number sold, and the sum for which sold; the number reserved, and their value; the estimated value of individual property, and the value of government property. December 10, 1858. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. December 13, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 15, 1858. -- Report in favor of printing submitted, considered, and agreed to. Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to Sharpe's rifle carbine. March 9, 1859. -- Ordered to lie on the table. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. Report in favor of printing submitted, considered, and agreed to. Report of the Superintendent of the Public Printing, showing the condition of the public printing. December 9, 1858. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. December 10, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a report showing the amount expended and the progress made in the Coast Survey, and also the weights and measures furnished the several states and Custom-houses, and their cost. December 16, 1858. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 20, 1858. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. |
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| Serial set 981 |
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in compliance with law, the annual statement of appropriations. December 22, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to the Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands of the Senate, relative to the establishment of a new land district in Iowa. January 13, 1859. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence between the President of Nicaragua and Commodore Paulding in relation to the capture of Walker and his command in December, 1857. December 23, 1858. -- Read; motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 12, 1859. -- Reported in favor of printing the usual number. January 14. -- Considered and agreed to. Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, relative to the appropriation of land in the harbor of New York for the use of the Revenue Department. January 7, 1859. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 12, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number. January 14, 1859. -- Considered and agreed to. Report of the Postmaster General, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate directing him to report such changes in the laws regulating postages and the Post Office Department as, in his opinion, would make that a self-sustaining department. January 14, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads. Motion to print the manuscript referred to the Committee on Printing. January 17, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered and agreed to. Letter of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, communicating copies of accounts of persons charged with the disbursement or application of moneys, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, during the year ending June 30, 1858; together with a list of the names of the persons to whom goods, moneys, or effects have been delivered during that period. December 20, 1858. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. December 23, 1858. -- Discharged, and motion to print referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. January 19, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number, submitted, considered, and agreed to. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the correspondence and other papers relating to the naval depot at Blythe Island, Georgia. January 31, 1859. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. February, 2 -- Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 9. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number of the report, committing the accompanying documents, submitted, considered and agreed to. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating the report of officers appointed by him to make the examination of the iron, coal, and timber of the Deep River Country, in the Senate of North Carolina, required by a resolution of the Senate. January 18, 1859. -- Ordered to lie on the table; motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 9, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the expenses of the light-house establishment, the charges levied by other countries on American vessels for light duties, and the charge per ton that should be levied on vessels to support the light-house establishment. February 9, 1859. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. February 10, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the construction of a building at Springfield, Illinois, for the accommodation of the United States courts and post office. February 8, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 11, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for any correspondence between the governments of the Unites States and Spain relative to the purchase of the island of Cuba January 21, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relation and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of the appropriations applicable to the service of that Department for the fiscal year 1857-'58. January 25, 1859. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of State in relation to consular fees, made in compliance with the 18th section of the act of August 18, 1856. January 27, 1859. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the Senate in relation to contracts for live-oak timber made since March 4, 1857. February 2, 1859. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to stationing the Army, so as to largely diminish the cost of transportation and subsistence, and at the same time perform whatever service might be necessary in suppressing Indian outbreaks. February 7, 1859. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the landing of the barque Wanderer on the coast of Georgia with a cargo of Africans. January 12, 1859. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating a letter from the United States Minister in China, with the decrees and regulations that accompanied it. January 5, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 12, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number. January 14, 1859. -- Considered and agreed to. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a list of all the vessels belonging to or connected with the Navy; also, a list of all the officers of the Navy, with their compensation. January 18, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 24, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate requesting a list of claims of citizens of the United States against foreign governments, a report of the Secretary of State. January 20, 1859. -- Read. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 24. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, requesting information in relation to the guano trade. February 5, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 9, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. |
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| Serial set 982 | Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence of Messrs. McLane and Parker, late Commissioners to China. December 21, 1858. -- Read. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 2, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered and agreed to. | 1 |
| Serial set 983 | [Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence of Messrs. McLane and Parker, late commissioners to China. December 21, 1858. -- Read. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 2, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered and agreed to.] | 1 |
| Serial set 984 |
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the topographical memoir and map of Colonel Wright's late campaign against the Indians in Oregon and Washington Territories. February 15, 1859. -- Read, motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 17. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number, and 500 additional copies, for the use of the War Department. February 18. -- Report considered and agreed to. Report of the Attorney General, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the title conveyed to the United States by the City of San Francisco, to lots No. 5 and 6 in hospital square, in that city. February 18, 1859. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, relative to the importance of legislation for the protection of American citizens and property while in transit across the isthmus between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. February 18, 1859. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. On motion by Mr. Mason that it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, after debate, the Senate adjourned. Report of the Secretary of State, communicating, in obedience to law, statements showing the number and designation of passengers arriving in the United States during the year 1858. February 16, 1859. -- Read. Motion to print, referred to the Committee on Printing. February 19, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing; considered and agreed to. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information as to what changes have been proposed in the armament of the United States mounted troops, with a view to economy and increased efficiency of that force on the frontiers; an estimate of the additional expense, if any, and the means provided, or necessary to be provided, for the same. February 21, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating reports upon the Pacific wagons roads constructed under the direction of that Department. February 24, 1859. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table; motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 26, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the reports and maps submitted, considered, and agreed to. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for a statement showing the names and appropriate description of all vessels of the Navy of the United States which have been captured, lost, or destroyed, &c. March 1, 1859. -- Read; motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 2, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a digest of the statistics of manufactures according to the returns of the seventh census. January 21, 1859. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. January 28, 1859. -- Motion to print the usual number referred to the Committee on Printing. March 2, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the tabular statements only submitted, considered, and agreed to. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, Captain Simpson's report and map of wagon road routes in Utah Territory. February 26, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. February 28, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing submitted and referred to the Committee on Printing. March 2, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the cost of granite for the south wing of the Treasury Building. March 2, 1859. -- Ordered to lie on the table. -- Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. -- Report in favor of printing submitted, considered, and agreed to. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, certain letters of Mr. Perry, late Secretary of Legation of the United States at Madrid. March 2, 1859. -- Read; motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 3. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. Message of the President of the United States, recommending that provision be made for the payment of appropriations, and to meet the outstanding Treasury notes. March 3, 1859. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, calling for statistics of trade with Cuba for the last five years. March 3, 1859. -- Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. Report of the Postmaster General, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the contract with J. Butterfield and his associates for carrying the mail from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. March 3, 1859. -- 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, the report of the special agent of the United States, recently sent to Vancouver's Island and British Columbia. January 31, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. February 17, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to American vessels engaged in the palm oil trade on the coast of Africa. January 31, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 1. -- Report in favor of printing submitted. February 18, 1859. -- Report considered and agreed to. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the opinion of Judge Brewer in the Great Falls land condemnation case. March 2, 1859. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 3, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number, and 500 additional copies for the use of the War Department submitted, considered and agreed to. |
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| Serial set 985 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1858. Arts and manufactures, in three volumes. Volume I. | 1 |
| Serial set 986 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1858. Arts and manufactures, in three volumes. Volume II. | 1 |
| Serial set 987 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1858. Arts and manufactures, in three volumes. Volume III. Illustrations. | 1 |
| Serial set 988 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1858. Agriculture. | 1 |
| Serial set 989 | 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, 1858. | 1 |
| Serial set 990 | Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1858. | 1 |
| Serial set 991 | Letter of the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the commercial relations of the United States with foreign nations, for the year ending September 30, 1858. | 1 |
| SERIAL SET 992 | Narrative and final report of explorations for a route for a Pacific railroad, near the forty-seventh and forty-ninth parallels of north latitude : from St. Paul to Puget Sound...1855 / | 1 |
| Serial set 992 | Reports of explorations and surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-5, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Supplement to Volume I. | 1 |
| Serial set 993 |
In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1858. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 13, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...John Peebles vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1858. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 13, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Nancy M. Johnson, administratrix of Walter R. Johnson, and Emilie G. Jones, executrix of Thos. P. Jones, deceased, vs. the United States... List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Thirty-fifth Congress. December 13, 1858. In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1858. -- Ordered to lie on the table. December 13, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Mary E.D. Blaney, administratrix, vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1858. -- Ordered to lie on the table. December 13, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Alexander M. Cumming vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1858. -- Ordered to lie on the table. December 13, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Thomas C. Nye vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1858. -- Ordered to lie on the table. December 13, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...State of Alabama vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1858. -- Ordered to lie on the table. December 13, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Isaac Bowman and another, executors of Isaac Bowman, vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 55.) Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, relative to certain presents intended by the Queen of Great Britain for Townsend Harris and H.C.J. Heusken. December 16, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Thirty-fifth 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 19, 1859. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, in favor of the appointment of a commission for the purpose of obtaining information relative to the southern pine timber region of the United States. January 5, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail line from Canton to Dawsonville. January 5, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, in favor of the establishment of mail routes from Ellijay to Ball Ground, and from Eden to Harvillville. January 5, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia in favor of the establishment of a national armory within that state. January 5, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia, in favor of the enactment of a law to refund the various sums advanced by that state in the prosecution of Indian wars and the last war with Great Britain. January 5, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany S.J.R. No. 56.) January 11, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following letter from the Secretary of State, which was ordered to be printed, to accompany Joint Resolution S.R. 56... In the Senate of the United States. Memorial of citizens of Minnesota, praying the establishment of a mail route from St. Paul to the navigable waters of the Columbia River and to Puget Sound. January 12, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... Henry W. Morris vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...heirs of George Yates vs. the United States... Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine against any increase in the rates of letter postage. February 22, 1859. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan against any increase of the rates of postage. February 22, 1859. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and 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 1858 Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, relative to the military instruction of the uniformed volunteer militia of that state. February 25, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions adopted at a convention of the soldiers of the War of 1812, held at Syracuse, on the 25th of February, 1859, relative to the pension bill now before Congress. March 1, 1859. -- Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 2. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered and agreed to. In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Samuel F. Holbrook vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Herman Hooker and others vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Charles V. Stuart vs. The United States... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Thomas Fillebrown vs. the United States... Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of New York, accompanied by a memorial of the Canal Board and Canal Commissioners of that state requesting the payment of moneys advanced for the breakwater at Buffalo, and praying the improvement of the lake harbors. February 3, 1859. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Martin B. Lewis vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...D.G. Barnitz, administrator of David Grier vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...George McDougall vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... Alexander Cross vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. February 4, 1859. -- Discharged and referred to Committee on Indian Affairs. February 23, 1859. -- Committee discharged. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Samuel J. Hensley vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Charles St. John Chubb, executor, and others vs. the United States... Resolution of the Legislature of the State of New York, against an increase of the rates of postage. February 5, 1859. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in favor of a donation of land for the support of state asylums for the insane, and the blind, deaf, and dumb. February 5, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Board of Trade of Portland, Maine praying that the provisions of the treaty of 1854 between the United States and Great Britain, known as the Reciprocity Treaty, be extended so as to include the products of the workshop and the manufactory, and relieve the present trade of all onerous and unjust taxations. February 14, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of California, in favor of a grant of the right of way and an appropriation to aid in the construction of an electric telegraph from Placerville to Great Salt Lake City. March 3, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of California, relative to the payment of the Indian war debt due to citizens of that state. March 3, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the special session of the Senate. March 5, 1859. Report of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives communicating a copy of the contract with Messrs. Gales & Seaton for the publication of the continuation of the American State Papers, and showing the progress made in the execution of that work. January 27, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. March 9, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, praying a grant of land for the purpose of establishing an agricultural college. February 17, 1859. -- Ordered to lie on the table and printed. In the Senate of the United States. Resolution by Mr. Doolittle relative to the expediency of acquiring, by treaty, in Yucatan, Central or South America, the rights and privileges of settlement and of citizenship for the benefit of such persons of color of African descent as may voluntarily desire to emigrate. June 14, 1858. -- Submitted. January 24, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of members of the Society of Cincinnati, praying the settlement of the claims for half-pay for life promised by the act of Congress of October, 1780, to the officers of the Continental Army who should serve to the end of the war, or until the time of their reduction. January 21, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. January 27, 1859. -- Report in favor of printing the usual number submitted, considered, and agreed to. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Georgia, in favor of the erection and construction of a naval depot on Blythe Island. February 2, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Missouri, relative to an amount due that state on account of the two per cent, upon the proceeds of the sales of the public lands within its limits. February 15, 1859. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, relating to the claim of the state of five per cent, of the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands within its limit. February 12, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 7, 1858. -- Received from the Court of Claims. December 13, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims...Thomas Allen vs. the United States... Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, in favor of the immediate construction of a building for the accommodation of the United States courts, the pension, land, and post office at Springfield. February 2, 1859. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, in favor of the establishment of a semi-weekly overland mail from St. Paul, in Minnesota, to Puget's Sound, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. February 25, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 4, 1858. December 20, 1858. -- Read and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report... heirs of Dr. James Thacher vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...James H. McCulloh, executor of James H. McCulloh vs. the United States... In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims. The Court of Claims submitted the following report...Almanzon Huston vs. the United States... Memorial of the State of Indiana, by her senators and representatives in general convention assembled, representing that it is her wish and desire that the Hon. Henry S. Lane and the Hon. William Monroe McCarty be admitted to seats in the Senate of the United States as the only legally elected and constitutionally chosen senators of that state. January 24, 1859. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania, in favor of a protective tariff, an increase of the duties on coal and iron, and approving of the views of the President of the United States in his late annual message in reference to specific duties. January 24, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 994 |
In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the petition of Augustus Moor, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the petition of William Merrihew, an officer in the Mexican War, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. 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. December 21, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 462.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petition of William Wallace, a soldier in the War of 1812, praying an increase of pension, and also Senate Bill No. 462, for the relief of the said William Wallace, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. December 22, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Reid made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 480.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of James G. Holmes, have considered the same, and report... In the Senate of the United States. December 22, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 463.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 463) for the relief of Lewis C. Forsyth, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 10, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Radford, Cabot & Co., have had the same under consideration, and thereupon report... In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 324.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Samuel Jones, the legal representative of Capt. Samuel Jones of the Virginia line, of the Revolutionary Army, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Commander E.B. Boutwell, United States Navy, have had the same under consideration, and thereupon report... In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 506.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Stephen Moylan, deceased, praying that the unsettled state of his accounts shall not be a bar to a grant of half-pay by Congress, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 507.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William E. Haskell and the other surviving grandchildren of Colonel William Thompson, of the Revolutionary Army, praying to be allowed compensation and bounty land, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 13, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fitzpatrick submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the petition of Theodore Lewis, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 14, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 215.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 215, for the relief of the executor of Brevet Brigadier General James Bankhead, late of the United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate the United States. January 17, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 513.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Elizabeth Larnard, widow of Brevet Major Charles H. Larnard, deceased, late of the United States Army, for a pension, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, instructed by resolution to inquire into the expediency of providing for the construction of a supply of steam engines for a rapid and large increase of the Navy, have had the subject under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 516.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William C. Pease, of the United States Revenue Marine, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 519.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ruth Ellen Greland, widow of Captain John H. Greland, deceased, late of the United States Army, for a pension, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Polk made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 587.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of E. George Squier, late Charge d'Affaires of the United States to the Republic of Guatemala, praying additional compensation for extraordinary services performed by him during his mission, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sebastian made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 590.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Tilman Leak, beg leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pugh made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 525.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Elias Yulee, late receiver at Olympia, in Washington Territory, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave now to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 531.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the bill entitled "An Act To Allow to Edward K. Cooper and his Assigns, Being Citizens of the United States, the Exclusive Right of Occupying the Island or Key of Navassa, in the Caribbean Sea, for the Purpose of Obtaining and Selling Guano Therefrom,"... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the petition of Gomez & Mills, inventors and patentees of a new "safety fuse train," praying the government to purchase their right for the use of the same in the Army and Navy, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the petition of R.S. Simpson, assistant surgeon, United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 487.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom were referred Senate Bill No. 487, and the petition of citizens of Moline and Rock Island, Illinois, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 595.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the memorial of Frederick E. Sickels, the inventor of an improvement in the steam engine known as the "Sickels Cut-Off," asking that a law may be passed authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to re-examine his application for an extension of his patent for the term of seven years, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 259.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 259, entitled "An Act Granting Pensions to the Officers and Soldiers of the War with Great Britain of 1812, and Those Engaged in Indian Wars During That Period," have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 81.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred the resolution instructing them to inquire into the propriety of extending to the centre building the system of heating now applied to the wings, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate "to inquire into the allegations of fraud in the proposed purchase of a site for fortifications upon the north side of the Bay of San Francisco," having had the same under examination and consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Watts, of Alabama, praying to be allowed arrears of pension, have instructed me to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce submitted the following report. The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the following resolution of the Senate: "resolved, that the Committee on the Library be instructed to report what progress has been made towards the completion of the publications of the exploring expedition under Captain Charles Wilkes..." In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart submitted the following report. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the Milwaukie and Rock River Canal Company, praying that the State of Wisconsin may not be released from its indebtedness to the United States for moneys received from the sale of the canal lands, without provision being made to protect the rights of the company; also, three memorials of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, praying the adoption of such measures as will secure to that state the amount due from the sale of public lands therein, and also a joint resolution in relation to certain liabilities assumed by the State of Wisconsin, respectfully report the following brief history of the facts as they appear before the committee... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, having duly considered the recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy, transmitted to Congress by the President of the United States, for the construction of naval vessels, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 545.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the memorial of F.W. Lander, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Edward Brinley, a lieutenant in the Navy, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 353.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Crown... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1859. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Bayard submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of the State of Indiana, by her representatives and senators in general convention assembled, representing that it is her wish and desire that the Honorable Henry S. Lane and the Honorable William Monroe McCarty be admitted to seats in the Senate of the United States, as the only legally elected and constitutionally chosen senators of that state, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hammond submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of Messrs. Kunhardt & Co. and others, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ward made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 66.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the "Joint Resolution Authorizing the Postmaster General to Adjust the Accounts of Peay & Ayliffe for Carrying the United States Mails on Route No. 7503, in the State of Arkansas," beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 578.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 578, entitled "A Bill To Release the Payment for the Town Site of the City of San Francisco," report... In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 610.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George C. Johnson praying the passage of a bill for adjudicating the validity of a Mexican grant by the district court of the United States for the northern district of California, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bigler submitted the following report. The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of James H. Causten, attorney in fact of the legal representatives of Samuel Smith, James A. Buchanan and others, deceased, report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. January 21, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 521.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Robbins, a private in company "G," fourth regiment of Ohio volunteers, in the late Mexican War, for a pension, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 233.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 233 for the relief of Samuel C. Phagin and others, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 497.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 497) "Making Appropriations to Facilitate the Acquisition of the Island of Cuba..." In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 528.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rebecca A. Correll, widow of Isaac Correll, deceased, late private in company "D," 11th regiment of United States infantry, for a pension, having had the same under advisement, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 472.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Henry G. Carson, administrator of Curtis Grubb, deceased, surviving partner of the late firm of Curtis & Peter Grubb, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Jonas P. Levy, "relative to his claims against Mexico, and praying the interposition of Congress," have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 526.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Spear, widow of Thomas Williams, deceased, a private in Captain H.W. Jernigan's company, for a pension, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 530.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of H.M. Salomon, for indemnification for advances of money, made by his father during the Revolutionary War, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 21.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House Joint Resolution No. 21, for the relief of Hall Neilson, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. M. Hale made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 533.) The Committee on Naval Affairs to whom was referred the memorial of Ann Scott, have had the same under consideration and report... In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 537.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick Vincent, administrator of James Le Caze, surviving partner of Le Caze & Mallet, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 28, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown submitted the following report. The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the petition of sundry citizens, property holders in the District of Columbia, praying an amendment of the laws relating to landlords and tenant[s], report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 64.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred Senate Resolution No. 64, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of McKean Buchanan, a purser in the Navy, praying for indemnity for losses occasioned by the illegal orders of his commanding officer, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sebastian submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, having had under consideration the memorial of Peter P. Pitchlynn and others, Choctaw delegates, referred to them on the 18th of March, 1856, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 584.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Smallwood, Earle & Co., with the accompanying papers, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rice made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 577.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Sheldon McKnight, praying additional compensation for carrying the mails on the Cleveland, Detroit, and Lake Superior routes, from the year 1848 to the present time, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Jackson, California, soliciting tri-weekly service on the line from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Placerville, California, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bright made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 558.) The Committee on the Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom have been referred "A Bill To Authorize the City of Washington To Distribute and Use the Water Soon To Be Introduced Therein from the Potomac River," and the "Bill Conferring Certain Powers on the Corporations of Washington and Georgetown," ... In the Senate of the United States. December 22, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the memorial of Doctor Israel Moses, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Humphries, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 582.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims adverse to the claim of Arthur Edwards and others, for compensation for carrying the through mails to and from various ports on Lake Erie... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ward made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 512.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred a bill to establish a line of mail steamers from New Orleans or Mobile to sundry ports therein mentioned on the Gulf of Mexico... In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fitch submitted the following report. The Joint Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the following resolution, viz: "resolved, that the Joint Committee on Printing inquire and report whether any new provisions of law are necessary to secure a faithful performance of the existing contracts which provide for accurate reports of the debates of the two Houses," report... In the Senate of the United States. February 5, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fitch made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 564.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Israel Johnson, of Cass County, Indiana, with accompanying evidence, respectfully report... |
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