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| 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 |
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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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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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| Serial set 995 | Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Thirty-fifth Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1858, in the eighty-third year of the independence of the United States. | 1 |
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Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1858. Estimates of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of fiscal year ending June 30, 1860. |
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| Serial set 997 | Message from 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 committed to a Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and, together with the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed. December 11, 1858. -- Resolved, that there be printed, for the use of the members of the House of Representatives, twenty thousand extra copies of the message of the President of the United States, together with the accompanying documents | 1 |
| Serial set 998 | Message from 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 committed to a Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and, together with the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed. December 11, 1858. -- Resolved, that there be printed, for the use of the members of the House of Representatives, twenty thousand extra copies of the message of the President of the United States, together with the accompanying documents. | 1 |
| Serial set 999 | Message from 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 committed to a Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and, together with the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed. December 11, 1858. -- Resolved, that there be printed, for the use of the members of the House of Representatives, twenty thousand extra copies of the message of the President of the United States, together with the accompanying documents. | 1 |
| Serial set 1000 | Message from 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 committed to a Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and, together with the accompanying documents, ordered to be printed. December 11, 1858. -- Resolved, that there be printed, for the use of the members of the House of Representatives, twenty thousand extra copies of the message of the President of the United States, together with the accompanying documents. | 1 |
| Serial set 1001 | [Maps to accompany the State of the Union message, 35th Congress, 2nd session.] | 1 |
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State Department -- contingent expenses. Letter from the Secretary of State, communicating a statement of the expenditure of the contingent expenses of the Department of State. December 7, 1858. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of returns of registered American seamen. December 7, 1858. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses -- Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a statement of the expenditure of the contingent expenses of the Department of the Interior. December 7, 1858. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, communicating copies of his accounts, &c. December 9, 1858. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Treaty with the Kingdom of Siam. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States and the Kingdom of Siam. December 13, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Mail contracts to foreign countries. Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating copies of contracts for the transportation of the United States mail to foreign countries. December 15, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Compensation of certain ministers resident. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking for authority to pay salaries of certain ministers resident out of any balance of former appropriations. December 15, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Visitation of American vessels by officers of the British Navy. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives calling for information in reference to reported acts of visitation by officers of the British Navy of American vessels in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. December 16, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Transportation of destitute Americans from Victoria to San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking, an appropriation to defray expenses for transporting destitute Americans from Victoria to San Francisco. December 16, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Indian disbursements. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, communicating copies of all accounts for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending June 30, 1858. December 20, 1858. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. |
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Contingent expenses of the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of the Navy Department for 1858. December 21, 1858. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Balances -- Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating the annual statement of balances of appropriations standing to the credit of that Department, &c. December 22, 1858. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Estimates -- Florida volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating estimate for the pay of certain Florida volunteers. December 23, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. A. Dudley Mann. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking authority to pay A. Dudley Mann for his services as confidential agent of that Department. December 23, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Consular courts in China. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a letter from the American Minister in China, together with a copy of "Regulations for the Consular Courts of the United States of America in China." January 4, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Contracts -- Yards and Docks. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating statement of contracts made under the cognizance of the Bureau of Yards and Docks of the Navy Department. January 4, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Claimants under Treaty with Rogue River Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House, calling for a statement of amounts due claimants under Treaty with the Rogue River Indians. January 4, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Seventh census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House, calling for a statement of the expenses of taking the seventh census. January 4, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating statements of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1858. January 27, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. |
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Instructions to naval commanders in the Gulf of Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House, extracts from, and copies of, the instructions given to our naval commanders in the Gulf of Mexico. January 6, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Protection of the frontier of Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the House, copies of correspondence between the officers of the United States Government and Governor Runnels, and similar correspondence between the Secretary of War and General Twiggs. January 6, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Increased speed of United States mails from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Placerville, California. Message of the President of the United States, assigning his reasons for failing to approve "a joint resolution in regard to carrying the United States mails from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Placerville, California." January 7, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed. Coast Survey employees, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a statement of the names and salaries of the persons employed on the Coast Survey. January 7, 1859. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the official Army Register for the year 1859. January 8, 1859. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Expenses of national armories, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenses of the national armories, &c. January 8, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Case of Carmick and Ramsey [Ramsey and Carmick]. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Postmaster General, with accompanying papers, in answer to a resolution of the House asking what action, if any, has been taken for the adjustment of damages due Carmick & Ramsey. January 8, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Fines and deductions -- mail contractors. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the annual report of fines imposed upon, and deductions from the pay of mail contractors. January 11, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. International coinage. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of Professor Alexander in regard to the relative value of the coinage of the United States and Great Britain. January 11, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses -- Kansas Territory. Letter from the Secretary of State, communicating letters addressed, respectively, to the Committees of Ways and Means and Territories relative to expenses for contingencies, &c., in the Territory of Kansas. January 11, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and also to the Committee on Territories. Re-examination of settlements heretofore made. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report in regard to the re-opening and re-examining settlements heretofore made. January 11, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Supreme Court of the United States -- expenses of. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting tabular statement of the expenses of the Supreme Court of the United States, &c. January 12, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Vessels on foreign stations without regular pursers. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House asking the number of vessels on foreign stations without regular pursers. January 12, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Number of officers of each grade of the Navy and Marine Corps, &c., &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for the number of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps, &c., and the number of employes [sic] under charge of the Navy Department and the number of vessels of the Navy, &c. January 12, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. United States Consul at Bremen. Letter from the Secretary of State, enclosing a communication addressed to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in regard to increasing the compensation of the United States Consul at Bremen. January 13, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Charles Rey, United States Consul at St. Martin. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking an appropriation for the relief of the United States Consul at St. Martin. January 13, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Kansas. -- Contingent expenses of the several governors of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report of the Comptroller of certain contingent expenses incurred in Kansas. January 13, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways of Means. Pursers in the Navy not actively employed, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for the number and names of pursers in the Navy not actively employed, &c. January 13, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. J.S. Murad. Letter from the Secretary of State, communicating information touching the application for compensation of the late Consular Agent of the United States at Jaffa. January 13, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Carmick and Ramsey claim. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of the letter of Messrs. Johnson and Williams in relation to the decision upon the Carmick & Ramsey claim. January 13, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of that Department. January 13, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. G.H. Goundie, United States Consul at Zurich. Letter from the Secretary of State, communicating information relative to application of the United States Consul at Zurich, for increased compensation, &c. January 15, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Florida volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating all the papers in relation to the mode and manner in which the troops serving in Florida were called into service, &c. January 11, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Clearance of vessels at the port of Mobile. Message from the President of the United States, communicating copies of correspondence in reference to the clearance of vessels at the port of Mobile. January 6, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Miscellaneous claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a statement of payments for miscellaneous claims. January 4, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Public buildings -- Philadelphia. Report of the Postmaster General, Attorney General, and Secretary of the Treasury, as to the condition of the public buildings in the City of Philadelphia. January 6, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1005 | Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1858. | 1 |
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Contracts -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts under authority of that Department. January 15, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Public buildings in the territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in response to a resolution of the House calling for plans and estimates of public buildings in the territories. January 18, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. P. McD. Collins. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the memorial of P. McD. Collins, asking compensation and reimbursement for expenses incurred while exploring the Amoor River. January 18, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Estimates -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating estimates for the service of the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1860. January 18, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Reorganization of the collection districts of the United States, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting a plan for reducing the expenses of the collection of the revenue. January 18, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Advisory Board of Agriculture. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for information touching the objects, &c., of the Advisory Board of Agriculture of the Patent Office. January 18, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the official Army Register. January 19, 1859. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Chaplains in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for information in reference to chaplains in the Navy. January 19, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Island of Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for correspondence in regard to the acquisition of Cuba. January 19, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Claim of Governor Douglas, of Vancouver's Island. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents relative to advances made by Governor Douglas, of Vancouver's Island, to Governor Stevens, of Washington Territory, and recommending the payment of the same. January 29, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Commercial agents in Canada. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of January 24, 1859, a list of the commercial agents appointed in the British provinces by the Consul General, and the amount of fees received during the year 1858. January 29, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. James Keenan, United States Consul at Hong Kong. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a letter addressed to Geo. W. Hopkins, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, relative to the claim of James Keenan, United States Consul at Hong Kong, for expenses incurred in defending himself against suits brought in the colonial courts, and for expenses for the relief of American citizens. January 29, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Military reservation of Rock Island. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the present situation of the military reservation of Rock Island, in the Mississippi River. February 1, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Coal -- United States Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the quantity of coal used since the introduction of it into the Navy; names of the agents for the purchase of the coal, and the amount paid them as commissions. February 3, 1859. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Estimated receipts of revenue during the next fiscal year. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the estimated receipts into the Treasury from Customs, public lands, and other sources during the next fiscal year. February 3, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Export and import trade of the United States with Great Britain and France. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to resolution of the House calling for information in reference to the export and import trade of the United States with Great Britain and France, for a series of years last past. January 21, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Digest of statistics of manufactures. Message from the President of the United States, informing the House of his transmission to the Senate of a digest of the statistics of manufactures, according to the returns of the seventh census. January 21, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State transmitting list of clerks and others employed in his Department. January 21, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Estimate for Minister Resident at Japan. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking that an appropriation be made for the salary of the United States Minister Resident at Japan. January 21, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Balances, &c. -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations for the service of the War Department, the amount drawn, and balances, &c. January 24, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Kansas -- contingent expenses. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking an increase of appropriation for the contingent expenses of the Territory of Kansas. January 24, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Fees of consuls general, consuls, commercial agents, and consular agents. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement of the fees of the consuls general, consuls, commercial agents, and consular agents, &c., as required by the 18th section of the act entitled "An Act To Regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States," approved August 16, 1856. January 27, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Compensation to consular officers and appointment of consular clerks. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting correspondence relative to the inadequacy of the compensation of consular officers, and asking for authority to appoint a limited number of consular clerks. January 27, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Estimates -- ocean steamship mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for carrying the mails between the United States and foreign countries and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts during the year ending June 30, 1860. January 29, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Number of persons employed in the several Navy yards. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting in compliance with the resolution of the House of January 13, 1859, a statement of the number of workmen in the several Navy yards during the year ending December 1, 1858. January 29, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Clerks and other persons employed in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the names of the clerks and other persons employed in the Treasury Department and their salaries, during the year 1858. January 29, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Pay of officers of the Navy engaged in the preparation and publication of Wilkes' Exploring Expedition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of January 24, the report of the Secretary of the Navy relative to the pay of the officers of the Navy engaged in the preparation and publication of Wilkes' Exploring Expedition. February 9, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Puget Sound. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for plans and estimates for the defence of Puget Sound and the entrance of the Columbia River. January 24, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Claims growing out of Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington. Letter from the Third Auditor, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, on the subject of claims growing out of Indian hostilities in Oregon and Washington. January 18, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Clerks and other persons employed in the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the names of the clerks and other persons employed in the War Department during the year 1858, and their compensation. February 1, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Clerks and other persons employed in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the names and compensation of the clerks and other persons employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1858. February 1, 1859. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1858. February 1, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Diplomatic correspondence. Letter from the Secretary of State, requesting an appropriation for the purchase of five hundred copies of the Diplomatic Correspondence of the Revolution. February 1, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the military establishment. February 1, 1859. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Clerks and other persons employed in the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting the names and salaries of the clerks and other persons employed in the Interior Department during the year 1858. January 29, 1859. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed |
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| Serial set 1007 | 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 |
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Protection of American citizens. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the protection of the lives and property of American citizens in transit over the several routes through Central America. February 22, 1859. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Pay and allowances of the officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of June 14, 1848, a statement of the pay and allowances of the officers of the Navy and Marine Corps for the year ending June 30, 1858. February 22, 1859. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Five per cent. fund from the sales of public lands in Indiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the disposition of the five per cent. fund arising from the sales of the public lands in the State of Indiana. February 25, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Militia of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a return of the militia of the United States, and of their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition for the year 1858. February 9, 1859. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Court-house building in the City of Baltimore. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the construction of a United States court-house in the City of Baltimore, Maryland. February 9, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, with instructions to report a bill providing for the reappropriation of the sum of $200,000, heretofore appropriated for the erection of a court-house in the City of Baltimore, and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the contingent expenses of the War Department and its several bureaus during the year ending June 30, 1858. February 9, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Navy Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting three hundred copies of the Navy Register, for the use of the House of Representatives. February 15, 1859. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Census of the Territory of Kansas -- estimate for. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate for an appropriation for taking the census of the people of the Territory of Kansas, with a view to its admission into the Union as a state. February 15, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Clerks and other persons employed in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the names and compensation of the clerks and other persons employed in the Navy Department during the year 1858. February 15, 1859. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Coastwise trade. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with the resolution of the House of February 4, 1859, the reason for the non-compliance with the joint resolution of May 14, 1856, relative to statistics of the coasting trade. February 15, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Payments from the Treasury from 1840 to 1858. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with the resolution of the House of December 11, 1858, a statement of the payments from the Treasury from 1840 to 1858. February 15, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Statistics of trade under the Reciprocity Treaty with Great Britain. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statistics of the trade under the Reciprocity Treaty with Great Britain. February 15, 1859. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Expenditures for barracks and quarters. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in compliance with the resolution of the 11th January last, a report and statement of the expenditures for barracks and quarters for the Army during the last ten years. February 15, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Cost of sites and improvement of the several Navy yards. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the cost and expenditure for the improvement of the several Navy yards of the United States. February 15, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Consular officers engaged in business in violation of law. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence between the Secretary of State and consular officers engaged in business in violation of the consular law of 1856. February 15, 1859. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Passengers arriving in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the number of passengers arriving in the United States by sea during the year 1858. February 15, 1859. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Instructions to African Squadron. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for a copy of all instructions given to the commanders of our African Squadron since the ratification of the treaty of 1842, &c. March 1, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed Importation of Africans. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of January 22, requesting information relative to the importation of Africans into the State of Georgia, or any other state of this Union. February 15, 1859. -- Read, ordered to be laid on the table and printed Chickasaw trust fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Chickasaw trust fund during the year 1858. February 25, 1859. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Yancton (Sioux) and Tonawanda Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates for appropriations for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Yancton (Sioux) and Tonawanda Indians during the year ending June 30, 1860. March 1, 1859. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Estimates for the preservation of copyright books, and for volume eleven of the Statutes at Large. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates for an appropriation for the preservation of copyright books, and for the purchase of the eleventh volume of the Statutes at Large. March 1, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Pacific wagon roads. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report upon the several wagon roads constructed under the direction of the Interior Department. March 1, 1859. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 1009 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1858. Arts and manufactures, in three volumes. Volume I. | 1 |
| Serial set 1010 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1858. Arts and manufactures, in three volumes. Volume II. | 1 |
