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Sound dues upon American commerce to the Baltic. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence in relation to the imposition of "sound dues" upon our commerce to the Baltic. June 13, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Constantinople -- correspondence of the American minister, etc. Message from the President of the United States, communicating copies of correspondence transmitted by the American minister at Constantinople to the Department of State. June 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Indian disbursements. Letter from the Second Auditor of the Treasury, transmitting copies of accounts rendered by persons charged with the disbursements of moneys, goods, or effects for the benefit of the Indians from July 1, 1852, to July 1, 1853. June 5, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed President Monroe's instruction -- commissions to private armed vessels, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of papers and correspondence in reference to the instructions referred to by President Monroe on the subject of the issue of commissions to private armed vessels. June 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Treaty -- United States and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of the treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico. June 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed |
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Appraisers' store. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking an appropriation for the erection of an appraisers' store in San Francisco, &c. July 10, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Revenue cutters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for revenue cutters, &c. January 5, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Health of immigrants from foreign countries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting two communications from her Britannic Majesty's minister, relative to the health on ship-board of immigrants from foreign countries to the United States. June 29, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed Depredations on timber lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, relative to depredations committed on timber situated upon the public lands, and the appointment of agents. June 29, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Custom-house at San Francisco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates for the Custom-house at San Francisco, &c. July 8, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Compensation of heads of bureaus. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in reference to the compensation of the heads of bureaus, &c. July 12, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Gibbons and Kelly. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of letter of Messrs. Gibbons and Kelly, relative to an appropriation for the erection of light-houses on the Pacific coast. June 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed United States Assay Office in New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to an appropriation for the rent already accrued and to accrue upon the building leased by the government for the United States Assay Office in New York. July 5, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the government for the year ending June 30, 1853. June 24, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed |
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| Y 1.1/2:735 | Offers for carrying the mails -- mail contracts, &c., &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting abstracts of offers for carrying the mails, mail contracts, &c. July 31, 1854 -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed | 1 |
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Martha Scott, widow of Samuel Scott. June 23, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Books ordered by Congress. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Joseph Webb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 458.) June 30, 1854 Unsold lands in Symmes's purchase. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 443.) June 30, 1854 Robert Graham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 327.) April 7,1854 Elizabeth Martin. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Francis M. Gwin. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 29.) June 30, 1854 John Rice Jones -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 367.) June 10, 1854 John Frazer, and the administrator of the estate of John G. Clendenin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 438.) June 23, 1854 William Curran. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 417.) June 23, 1854 Charles J. Davis, administrator. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 396.) June 10, 1854 Remit duties on goods destroyed by fire in New York and San Francisco. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 407.) June 23, 1854 George Elliott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 460.) June 30, 1854 Claims -- Black Hawk War. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Sylvester Humphrey and the heirs of Alexander Humphrey, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 389.) June 10, 1854 McAtee & Eastham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 324.) April 5, 1854 California -- refund money to State of, for suppressing Indian aggressions. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 92.) April 26, 1854 Robert Babcock. June 30, 1854. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Indian appropriations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.) June 21, 1854 John Wilson. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed George Lynch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 456.) June 30, 1854 Rosalie Caxillo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 420.) June 23, 1854 N.G. Evans. June 30, 1854. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Geo. M. Bentley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 321.) April 5, 1854 Samuel McKnight (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 319.) April 5, 1854 Warren Raymond. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 462.) June 30, 1854 Sarah Chesley. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Stephen Warren, of New York. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Jacob McLellan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 393.) June 10, 1854 Pierre Menard and Joseph Bogy, heir-at-law of Joseph Placy. June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Helen Mackay, widow and administratrix of Lieut. Col. Aeneas Mackay. (To accompany Bill S. No. 170.) June 27, 1854 Mary Rutherford, widow of Samuel Rutherford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 461.) June 30, 1854 William G. Howison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 356.) June 10, 1854 John H. Hicks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 377.) June 10, 1854 John C. Fr. Salomon. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Mary Boyd, widow of John Boyd. June 23, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Nathaniel Goddard and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 394.) June 10, 1854 Representatives of Joseph Watson, deceased. (To accompany Bill S. No. 224.) June 13, 1854 William H. Weirick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 448.) June 30, 1854 William Wallace. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 320.) April 5, 1854. -- Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Daniel Morse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 435.) June 23, 1854 James Butler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 376.) June 10, 1854 Brig General Armstrong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 347.) May 29, 1854 William A. Duer, John Duer, and Beverly Robinson, trustees of the estate of Gen. William Alexander. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 364.) June 23, 1854 Brevet Captain J.H. Lendrum. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 25.) June 10, 1854 Richard Taylor -- administrator of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 415.) June 23, 1854 Fort Atkinson. June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed John H. King. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 451.) June 30, 1854 Simeon Buckner -- widow of. June 23, 1854. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Charles H. Wilgus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 402.) June 13, 1854 Larkin Smith -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 411.) June 10, 1854 William J. McElhiney, E.P. Mathews, and Lawrence Cribben. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 423.) June 23, 1854 John Cole. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 455.) June 30, 1854 J.C. Buckles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 323.) April 5, 1854 Mrs. Anne W. Angus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 379.) June 10, 1854 Expenses Cayuse War, Oregon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 232.) March 8, 1854 Don Juan Jesus Vigil. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 26.) June 21, 1854 Amendments to the deficiency bill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 271.) April 6, 1854 Heirs of Joseph Savage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) June 10, 1854 A.B. Roman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 391.) June 10, 1854 Chaplains in Congress and in the Army and Navy. March 27, 1854. Ordered to be printed Charles A. Grignon. June 10, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed John Steene. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 459.) June 30, 1854 Inhabitants of Warren County, Missouri. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 424.) June 23, 1854 Thomas Ellis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 381.) June 10, 1854 Owners of Brig Kate Boyd. (To accompany S. Res. No. 3.) June 13, 1854 Widow and children of Ezra Chapman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 361.) June 10, 1854 Edmund Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 374.) June 10, 1854 Willis Wilson -- heirs of. June 27, 1854 Robert McNeill -- children of. June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Wm. V. Heard, heir of Gen. John Heard. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Rebecca Baggerly, widow of David Baggerly, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 425.) June 23, 1854 Robert F. McGuire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 368.) June 10, 1854 Julia Sherburne Horton. June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Mary H. Cushing. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 442.) June 30, 1854 James Capen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 429.) June 23, 1854 Eleanor Hoople. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 452.) June 30, 1854 Captain Matthew Jack's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 360.) June 10, 1854 James B. Estes. June 10, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed United States prison in the City of New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 444.) June 30, 1854 Patrick Gass. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 419.) June 23, 1854 Civil Township of Marion, Mercer County, Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 446.) June 30, 1854 William Senna Factor. (To accompany S. Bill No. 136.) June 10, 1854 Oliver Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 373.) June 10, 1854 Francis Pettit Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 387.) June 10, 1854 Lewis E. Simonds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 434.) June 23, 1854 Joshua Shaw and others. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Betsy A. Faulkner, daughter of Ebenezer Floyd. June 30, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Epaphras Ripley, of Vermont. June 23, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Invalid pensions -- to extend the laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) June 30, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Thomas Underhill -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 408.) June 23, 1854 Cherokee Indians. March 20, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed Betsey Nash. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 380.) June 10, 1854 Woodbury and Foster. June 10, 1854. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Abraham Ausman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 385.) June 10, 1854 Charlotte S. Westcott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 382.) June 10, 1854 Mary A.M. Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 397.) June 13, 1854 Heirs of Benjamin Metoyer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 447.) June 30, 1854 Lott Hall -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 365.) June 10, 1854 Bethiah Black. June 30, 1854. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Steamboat "Martha Washington." (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 328.) April 7, 1854 G.W. Torrants. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 375.) June 10, 1854 Ira Call. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 436.) June 23, 1854 Thomas Bronough. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 383.) June 10, 1854 Capt. Tarpley White -- legal representatives of. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed James Wright, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 433.) June 23, 1854 John D. Colmesnil. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 24.) June 10, 1854 Mary Blakeney, widow. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed A.S. Laughery. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 421.) June 23, 1854 Graham and Finnall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 325.) April 5, 1854 Joseph D. Ward. June 10, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Anna E. Cook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 384.) June 10, 1854 Isaac M. Sigler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 437.) June 23, 1854 Benjamin C. Cook. June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Third Regiment Missouri Volunteers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 401.) June 13, 1854 Henry Gardner and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 413.) June 23, 1854 Conrad Wheat, Jr., or his legal representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 422.) June 23, 1854 Winder Building. (To accompany Bill H.R. 400.) June 13, 1854 National armories. June 13, 1854 Charles W. Carroll. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 454.) June 30, 1854 Heirs of James Greer, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 450.) June 30, 1854 Legal representatives of Henry Hoffman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 366.) June 10, 1854 Titian R. Peale. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 388.) June 10, 1854 Moses D. Hogan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 369.) June 10, 1854 Harvey Holgate -- heir of. June 10, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Wade Allen. April 21, 1854. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. R. Jones, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, made the following report. The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Wade Allen Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, surety of Walter F. Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 431.) June 23, 1854 Cornelius Coffey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 449.) June 30, 1854 Joshua Vandruff. June 13, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed John Johnson. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Captain Nehemiah Stokely -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 359.) June 10, 1854 Everard Meade -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 410.) June 23, 1854 Evelina Porter, widow of the late Commodore David Porter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 457.) June 30, 1854 Samuel Ross, of Ohio. June 23, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed John McVea and John F. McKneely. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 416.) June 23, 1854 Payment of moneys into the Treasury of California. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 90.) June 10, 1854 George Mattingly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 414.) June 23, 1854 Sylvanus Culver. (To accompany Bill S. No. 297.) June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Enoch S. More. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 418.) June 23, 1854 Tariff. (To accompany Bill (of the minority) H.R. No. 403.) June 19, 1854 Terms of treaties hereafter to be made with certain tribes of Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 210.) April 7, 1854 Indigent insane. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 7.) March 29, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed Wh. H. Henderson and heirs of Robt. Henderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 298.) June 23, 1854 Sioux lands or reservation in Minnesota Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 338.) April 28, 1854 |
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| Y 1.1/2:749 | Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1854. December 6, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed ; and that 10,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate | 1 |
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Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, relative to the troops of the State of Texas who have been or are in service, and have not been paid by the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, calling for information relative to fortifying the entrance to the harbor of San Francisco. January 19, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the 22d instant, calling for E.N. Horsford's report of an analysis of guano. January 29, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 6, 1854, calling for correspondence, &c., relative to the naval expedition to Japan. January 31, 1855. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. February 2, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate calling for a statement of the names of the ministers, &c., appointed since March 4, 1849. January 16, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a statement showing the receipts and expenditures of the Marine Hospital Fund for the year ending June 30, 1854. January 2, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Message of the President of the United States, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1854, requesting copies of correspondence between Major General Wool and the different departments of the government. January 19, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1854, relative to the transmission of the mails from Cairo to New Orleans. January 22, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of War of the subject of Indian hostilsties. January 18, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the contingent expenditures of the military establishment for the year 1854. January 15, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior and Postmaster General, respecting sites for court houses and post offices in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. January 25, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the appropriations applicable to the service of the War Department during the fiscal year 1853-'54. December 11, 1854. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the selection and purchase of sites for Custom-houses and a marine hospital in Ohio. December 26, 1854. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message from the President of the United States, recommending the repeal of the act for the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Prioleau, approved July 27, 1854, that claim having been settled under a previous act of Congress. December 13, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of the Interior, asking certain appropriations ; also suggesting a modification of existing laws, so as the more effectually to enable him to carry into execution the treaties with the different Indian tribes in Kansas Territory. January 30, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the instructions and correspondence between the government and Major General Wool, in regard to his operations on the coast of the Pacific. January 3, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the expenses of the national armories, and of the arms and appendages made thereat, during the year ending June 30, 1854. January 15, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives a bill entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Repair, Preservation, and Completion of Certain Public Works, heretofore Commenced Under Authority of Law," with his objections. January 3, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed ; and that 20,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate Report of the Superintendent of the Public Printing, showing the condition of the public printing. December 12, 1854. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 11, 1854, calling for information respecting the deepening of the communication between Lakes Huron and Superior. January 19, 1855. -- 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 the improvement of the Des Moines and Rock River Rapids. December 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Interior, asking certain appropriation for the payment of the Cherokee Indians. January 25, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating the report of the board of officers appointed to examine claims contracted in California under Lieut. Col. Fremont, in 1846-'47. December 14, 1854. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior asking for certain appropriations for the service of the Indian Department. January 19, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, further correspondence between the Department of State and the American minister at Constantinople, relative to the Rev. Jonas King. December 19, 1854. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed in connexion with S. Ex. Doc. No. 67, of last session Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report made by R.H. Schoolcraft, on the state of Indian statistics. December 29, 1854. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed |
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| Y 1.1/2:754 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1854. Arts and manufactures. Volume II. -- Illustrations | 1 |
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Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 28, 1855, calling for a statement of the number of muskets, &c., delivered to state arsenals, number sold, &c. March 3, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 19, 1855, calling for information relative to the appropriation of lands for military purposes, at Fort Laramie and other forts. March 1, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Letter of the Treasurer of the United States, accompanied by copies of his accounts of receipts and disbursements for the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1854. March 1. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Report of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, accompanied by copies of such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged with the disbursement or application of moneys, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending June 30, 1854, with lists of the names of all persons to whom goods, moneys, or effects have been delivered within the same period. March 1, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior, asking an appropriation for the survey of lands acquired under a treaty with the Chippewa Indians. March 1, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, relative to the demarkation of the Texas boundary line. March 3, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 22d of February, 1855, calling for a copy of a letter from Francis W. Rice, late United States consul at Acapulco, to the Secretary of State, since the 11th of January last. March 1, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 24, 1855, calling for copies of the correspondence between the United States and Great Britain, relative to the postal treaty with the British government. March 2, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 10, 1853, calling for a statement of the amounts paid as annuities, under the different treaties with the Choctaw Indians. February 28, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 30, 1855, asking for information relative to the causes of the delays in 1853 and 1854 in furnishing funds to defray the expenses of the western judicial district of Arkansas. March 2, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior, asking for certain appropriations on account of the Indian service. March 1, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States. Communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior, asking appropriations to fulfill certain treaty stipulations with the Wyandott Indians. March 3, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of February 24, 1855, calling for copies of correspondence with the British government relative to the postal treaty between that government and the United States. March 1, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 24, 1855, calling for a report of the survey in Florida, under the act of August 30, 1852, or so much as relates to a line between Cedar Key and Amelia Island. March 3, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed, together with maps, papers, &c. |
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| Y 1.1/2:780 | Veto message. Message from the President of the United States, returning the bill of the House No. 392, making certain appropriations, &c. December 4, 1854. -- Read, and ordered to be printed ; and further consideration postponed until Wednesday next | 1 |
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Expulsion of the Greeks from Egypt. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence on the subject of the expulsion of the Greeks from Egypt. December 15, 1854. -- Referred to the Commmittee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed Indians -- Creek and Seminole. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in regard to difficulties between the Creek and Seminole Indians. December 18, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Additional estimates -- service of the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating additional estimates for the service of that Department. December 15, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Samuel Prioleau -- legal representatives of. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents upon the claim of the legal representatives of Samuel Prioleau. December 13, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Correspondence -- case of Captain Walter M. Gibson. Message from the President of the United States, communicating copies of correspondence in the case of Captain Walter M. Gibson. December 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed California claims contracted under Colonel Fremont. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of claims in California contracted under Lieutenant Colonel Fremont. December 15, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed Receipts and expenditures. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1854. December 12, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed |
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Rivers and harbors. Message from the President of the United States, communicating at length his reasons for returning to the House of Representatives the river and harbor bill of the last session of the present Congress. January 2, 1855. -- Read, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Walter M. Gibson. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State in the case of Walter M. Gibson. January 20, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the national armories. January 15, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Indian hostilities. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War on the subject of Indian hostilities. January 18, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the mail service. December 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Ramsey & Carmick -- contract. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting copy of a conditional mail contract ; also copies of correspondence relative to the same. February 1, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Memphis Navy yard. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in reference to the Navy yard at Memphis, Tennessee. January 4, 1855. -- Referred to a select committee, and ordered to be printed Ocean mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating an estimate for the ocean mail service. December 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of clerks employed in that Department. January 15, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Cherokee Indians -- payment of interest. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking an appropriation for interest due the Cherokee Indians. January 25, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed California Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to the removal of the California Indians. February 7, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed Clerks -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting list of clerks and others employed in the Navy Department. January 18, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports in reference to the carrying out of treaty stipulations with the Delaware Indians. February 3, 1855. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Marine Hospital Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Marine Hospital Fund. January 2, 1855. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Proctor's Landing. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report showing the necessity for military defences at Proctor's Landing. January 22, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Custom-house, New Orleans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting tabular statements of the subsidence of the walls of the Custom-house at New Orleans, &c. February 5, 1855. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses -- military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the military establishment. January 15, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Estimates -- Sioux annuities. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates for the transportation of the Sioux annuities, &c. January 15, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of that Department. December 21, 1854. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Pay of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement exhibiting the pay and allowances of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. February 2, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed Milwaukie Custom-house. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the insufficiency of the building authorized to be constructed at Milwaukie for a Custom-house. December 22, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Estimates for Mint and branch Mint. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriation for the support of the Mint at Philadelphia, and the branch Mint at San Francisco. January 18, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Profits on coinage. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on profits on coinage at the Mint during the year 1854. February 5, 1855. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Clerks -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting list of clerks employed in that Department. February 6, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Sites for court houses and post offices. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior and Postmaster General, respecting sites for court houses and post offices in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. January 25, 1855. -- Referred to a select committee, and ordered to be printed Wrought-iron beams. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting results of experiments made to test the strength of wrought-iron beams, &c. February 6, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Estimates -- colonizing Texas Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates, &c., for expenses to be incurred in colonizing Texas Indians. February 6, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate for expenses growing out of the act for the preservation of life and property from vessels shipwrecked. January 27, 1855. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting extracts from letters, showing the necessity for repairing the buildings of the branch Mint at Charlotte, North Carolina. January 18, 1855. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Hospitals for the insane of the Army and Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting propositions relating to the organization of the hospital for the insane of the Army and Navy. December 30, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed Coast Survey -- expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the disbursing agent of the Coast Survey. December 30, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of balances, &c. January 2, 1855. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Suit against the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents communicating information in reference to a suit instituted against the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company. January 16, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of unsettled accounts. January 9, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed Light-house Board -- additional estimates for oil. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate for oil for the Light-house Board. February 6, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Different Indian tribes of Kansas -- to carry into effect treaties, &c. Message from the President of the United States, suggesting a modification of existing laws in reference to treaties with the Indian tribes of Kansas Territory, &c. January 30, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed Estimate -- Kansas Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for Kansas Territory. January 15, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Mail on the Mississippi River. Letter from the Postmaster General, on the subject of establishing a mail on the Mississippi River, &c., &c. December 27, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Militia returns. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of militia returns of the United States. 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Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 10, 1856, a copy of a letter from Lord John Russell to Mr. Crampton, dated January 19, 1853. January 24, 1856. -- Ordered, that it be transferred from the Executive to the Legislative Journal. Ordered, that it be printed, and that 500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo, communicating copies of the correspondence between the War Department and J.F. Gilmer, relative to the expenditure of the appropriation for the improvement of the Savannah River, &c. February 5, 1856. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Commerce. February 6, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of State, showing the disbursements for the service of the State Department, including foreign missions, from the contingent funds, &c. February 5, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, relative to the necessary defences of the coast from Mobile to New Orleans, communicated in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo. February 5, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, accompanied by lists of the clerks and others employed in that Department, other than officers of the Army, during the year 1855. February 5, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message of the President of the United States, relative to disturbances in the Territory of Kansas. January 24, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, showing the contracts made under authority of the War Department during the year 1855. January 31, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Report of the Secretary of State, accompanied by lists of the clerks and others employed in that Department during the year 1855, and the amount paid to each. February 11, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the expenditures at the national armories, and of the number of arms and appendages made thereat, during the year ending June 30, 1855. January 31, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, communicating information relative to fortifications for the defence of the harbors of Galveston, and other harbors on the coast of Texas. January 31, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed Report of the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, calling for information relative to the mail communication between New Orleans and Cairo. February 11, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1855, calling for a memorial of citizens of New Orleans complaining of the irregularity of the mails. January 3, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed, with the exception of the names not already printed Report of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, accompanied by such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged with the disbursement or application of moneys, goods, or effects for the benefit of the Indians, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1855, together with lists of the names of all persons to whom goods, money, or effects have been delivered within the same period, &c. February 12, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed |
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Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the 21st ultimo, calling for copies of correspondence and other information relative to the transmission of the mails and munitions of war over the Illinois Central Railroad. March 6, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating an "abstract of offers" and "list of contracts" for furnishing articles, under the cognizance of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856, and a "list of contracts" for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1855. February 13, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating correspondence between the legation of the United States and the government of Chile, relative to the abduction of seamen from the American whale-ship Addison at Valparaiso, and the imprisonment of Wm. N. Stewart, an American citizen, by the authorities of Chile. May 8, 1854. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. February 21, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th ultimo, calling for information relative to the fortification necessary for the proper defence of New York and Brooklyn. March 3, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st instant, calling for copies of correspondence with Captain Boarman, relative to the inspection of the U.S. steamer San Jacinto. February 25, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the 21st ultimo, calling for information relative to the number of messengers and employes in that Department other than clerks. March 5, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, calling for information relative to the printing for that department for the year 1855. March 5, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Attorney General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 3d instant, calling for information relative to the printing done under the direction of that bureau during the year 1855. March 6, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of War, and recommending a special appropriation of three millions of dollars for military purposes. February 26, 1856. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. February 27, 1856. -- Bill S. 124, and Ex. Doc. No. 34 Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st ultimo, calling for information relative to messengers and employes , other than clerks, in that Department. March 10, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st ultimo, calling for information relative to messengers and employes other than clerks in that Department. March 10, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th ultimo, calling for copies of certain correspondence and other papers relative to the Republics of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Indians, and the Convention between the United States and Great Britain of April 19, 1850. February 19, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th ultimo, calling for certain papers and information relative to the claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to 1800. February 19, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, calling for information relative to the fortifications on the Pea Patch Island. February 25, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 11th instant, calling for copies of correspondence relative to the Indian disturbances in California. February 21, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed Report of the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 19th instant, calling for information relative to the frequent failures of the northern mail. February 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of State. In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 21st instant, calling for information relative to the employees, other than clerks, in that department. February 26, 1856. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed Messages of the President. Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th inst., calling for correspondence between the governments of the United States and Great Britain, relative to the enlistment of soldiers by the agents of the latter government within the territory of the United States Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report relative to the regulations with China, in conformity with the sixth section of the act of August 11, 1848. February 26, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the 26th ultimo, calling for information relative to the appropriations for the improvement of the harbors of Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Racine, Milwaukie and Kenosha, in Wisconsin. March 6, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, calling for a copy of the report of the Board of Naval Officers, appointed under the act of February 28, 1855. February 25, 1856. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed |
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Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of the repeal of the fugitive slave law. May 15, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names and compensation of the persons employed in his Office during the year 1855. January 31, 1856. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Texas, relative to the acts of Congress admitting California into the Union, fixing the boundary of Texas, establishing territorial governments in Utah and New Mexico, the Fugitive-slave Law, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. February 6, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, against slavery in the United States, in favor of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, and the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. January 3, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the adoption of measures for relief in cases of shipwreck on the coast of that state. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie ox the table and be printed Resolution of the Legislature of New York, in favor of an appropriation for the repair of the buildings erected by the federal government upon the quarantine grounds. February 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of the construction of mail routes and wagon roads to connect that with the other states of the Union, with military posts for the protection of the same. May 19, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (To accompany Bill S. 406.) Presentment of the Grand Jury of the County of Washington, District of Columbia, praying the establishment of a magistrate's or police court in said district. July 28, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for the construction of a breakwater near Cape May. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Memorial of the American Guano Company, praying the recognition and protection of all islands discovered and settled by Americans, as well as all other islands or lands which may hereafter be discovered and settled by them, and which contain guano. May 26, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed Resolution by Mr. Pugh, of Ohio, relative to the Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, St. Clair, Erie, Ontario, and Champlain. July 24, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of California, requesting and instructing the Senator and Representatives of that state in Congress, to urge the passage of a law to provide for a complete and thorough exploration of the Colorado River, from Fort Yuma to its source. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, relative to the recent assault upon the Hon. Mr. Sumner, and the disturbances in the Territory of Kansas. June 16, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, condemnatory of the course of the President of the United States in vetoing the French Spoliation Bill. January 3, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law. February 13, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of the prohibition of slavery in territories of the United States, and the immediate admission of Kansas into the Union as a state. May 5, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Thirty-fourth Congress Communication addressed to the President of the Senate, by the Hon. Preston S. Brooks, relating to his late assault on the Hon. Mr. Sumner, disclaiming any purpose to offend against the privileges or dignity of the Senate, and expressing his earnest desire, if it be so considered, to atone for it, as far as may be, by this unhesitating and unqualified apology. June 2, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Memorial and joint resolution of the Legislature of the State of Iowa, praying the extension of the western and northern boundaries of that state, and the extinction of the Indian title to the lands situated therein. July 22, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of a collection district in the northern part of that state, and of a port of entry at Bucksport, in said state. March 31, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, in favor of the remission or postponement of the duties on railroad iron. February 28, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Motion to refer to the Committee on Finance postponed to Thursday next In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 330.) Letter from the Secretary of the Interior to the Hon. A.G. Brown, on the subject of the sale of certain lands in Mississippi under the graduation law. April 23, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. May 22, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of William R. Montgomery, late brevet lieutenant colonel, being reinstated in the Army, and having a new trial. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of certain additional mail routes in that state. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of taking steps to obtain reliable information relative to the cotton interest in Europe. February 29, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of fortifications on Ship Island, at the Mississippi Sound. April 21, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Appropriations, new offices, &c. Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the first and second sessions of the Thirty-fourth Congress. II. Offices created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. October 16, 1856. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the recent disturbances in the Territory of Kansas. February 13, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of California, relative to the payment of pensions in that state. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, calling the attention of Congress to a memorial of that state presented in the year 1846, praying the removal of obstructions placed in Bayou Lafourche, by order of General Jackson, during the invasion of Louisiana by the British in 1814 and 1815. April 4, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of attaching a part of the Territory of Utah, Carson Valley, to the State of California. May 2, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed Resolution by Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, relative to certain dispatches from Commodore Stockton, in 1846, and any dispatches or history from Messrs. W.B. Ide, John Grigsby, and Samuel Nash, relative to the declaration of independence, and hoisting the bear flag in California. August 4, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed Report of the Hon. John James Gilchrist, presiding judge of the Court of Claims, upon the character and extent of the business and operations of that Court. June 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Maryland, in favor of the adoption of measures for the payment to that state the arrears of money advanced to the United States during the War of 1812, with interest. March 14, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior. (To accompany Bill S. 446.) Memorial of the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, of New York, praying the renewal of their contract for carrying the mail between New York, Bremen, and Havre, via Southampton. August 6, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolution of the Legislature of Texas in relation to the restoration of the supremacy of the law in California, and in securing to Judge Terry a fair trial. August 29, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio River by the removal of the obstructions at the falls. May 15, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of a modification of the law granting pensions to the soldiers of the War of 1812. May 15, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed Memorial of the delegates and representatives of Choctaw Nation of Indians, praying that provision may be made for the final settlement of their claims under the Treaty of 1830, and all other treaties. March 18, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of California, relative to the Board of Land Commissioners. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of the construction of a military road from Sacramento Valley to Crescent City. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for the better preservation of life and property, and the interment of the dead cast upon the shores of that state by shipwreck. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, relative to the recent assault upon the Hon. Mr. Sumner. June 11, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table Preamble and resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of an appropriation to aid in the construction of a canal for the reopening of the Bayou Manshac. April 1, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Three memorials of citizens of the United States, residents of Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory, praying the immediate admission of said territory into the Union as a state. March 24, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General. (To accompany Bill S. 447.) Resolution by Mr. Iverson, relative to the appointment of a committee to investigate the proceedings of the late Naval Board. In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of the immediate adoption of provisions for the settlement of all claims for half-pay to which officers of the Army of the Revolution, or their representatives, are entitled, and an amend of the pension and bounty-land laws relating to the same. March 13, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, in favor of the adoption of such measures as will enable those who feel aggrieved by the action of the late Naval Board to have an opportunity of vindicating their honor, and subject the whole Navy to a proper reform. March 13, 1856. -- Read and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the extension of slavery, to slavery in the Territory of Kansas, to the admission of Kansas into the Union as a state, and secret oath-bound political associations. May 19, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, condemnatory of the proceedings of the late Naval Board, in consequence of which Commodore Charles Stewart was placed on the reserved list, and in favor of his being restored to his former position in the Navy. February 11, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed Memorial of a committee of the Corporation of Georgetown, praying the removal of the present "Long Bridge" across the Potomac River, and the construction of one over the said river above the harbor of that town. March 6, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of a breakwater in the harbor of Crescent City. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of provision being made for the soldiers of the Revolutionary War. June 11, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of an additional land district in that state. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed Petition of the Grand Jury of the Criminal Court for the District of Columbia, praying an appropriation for providing additional accommodations of the United States courts in that district. July 28, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of appropriations for the improvement of the harbors on the northern lakes and the navigation over the St. Clair flats. May 15, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, against the extension of the patent granted to William Woodworth for improvements in planing machines. April 29, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of the immediate appropriation of 50,000 stand of arms for the use of that state. March 31, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of certain Light-Houses in that State. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the payments made from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 2, 1855. January 31, 1856. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of pplacing [i.e., placing] a bell-buoy at the entrance of the harbor of San Francisco. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of California, complaining of the action of the late Naval Board in regard to Fabius Stanley and Thomas H. Stevens, and praying that justice may be done to them and all the other officers of the Navy upon whom they passed an adverse opinion. April 15, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, respecting the late disturbances in Kansas, and the assault upon the Hon. Mr. Sumner. August 14, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Letter from William C. Kibbe, Quartermaster and Adjutant General of State of California, enclosing a copy of the resolution of the Legislature of California, relative to the procurement of arms and munitions of war from the general government for the defence of that state. June 19, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Absecom, Great and Little Egg Harbor inlets. March 24, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of Military and Post Roads across the plains. December 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of the removal of the obstructions in Cumberland River, Pulaski County, in said state. June 11, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed In the Senate of the United States. March 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior accompanied by a letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office in relation to certain islands in the Mississippi River. (To accompany Bill S. 145.) Resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, rescinding the resolution of 1853 in favor of removing the office of the Custom-house collector of the District of Teche from the Town of Franklin to the Town of Pattersonville. May 6, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Copy of proceedings of the American Medical Association, respecting the cholera. July 17, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. August 7, 1856. -- Report in favor of printing and report agreed to Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, praying the enactment of such a law as will enable them to obtain the full benefit of the act granting them every sixteenth section for school purposes, but which they are not able to do in certain fractional townships on her borders. February 27, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed Letter of George W. Munford, Secretary of the Commonwealth, communicating a copy of the message of the governor of Virginia, of January 22, 1856, relating to the unsatisfied bounty land scrip claims of citizens of that State ; and a resolution of the legislature thereof in favor of the adoption of measures for the immediate satisfaction of the same. March 26, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, praying an appropriation for a breakwater harbor on Crow shoal, near Cape May. May 8, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of provisions being made for a scientific survey of the Harbor of Boston. April 23, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of adopting such measures as will place the great staple of tobacco upon the same footing as the other great agricultural interests. March 5, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of the acceptance by the general government, from the State of Tennessee, of the "Hermitage," for the purpose of locating a branch of the Military Institute at West Point there. June 16, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, respecting slavery. August 14, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed In the Senate of the United States. August 18, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Mallory submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Secretary of the Navy cause a thorough examination to be made, by a board of military and civil engineers, of the condition and probable duration of the wooden dock at the Pensacola Navy yard Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of provision being made for the construction of a railroad to the Pacific Ocean. May 15, 1856. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed Resolution by Mr. Toombs, for a copy of the charges, &c., upon which the officers of the Navy were removed and disrated by the action of the late Naval Board. In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1856. -- Submitted. February 29, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed |
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In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed, together with the views of the minority. Mr. Douglas made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 75.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives, for "An Act To Reorganize the Territory of Kansas, and for Other Purposes," beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Alexander Wilson, for increase of pension, and for back pension, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. July 21, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 226.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred House Bill No. 226, "An Act To Authorize the Legal Representatives of Pascal L. Cerre To Enter Certain Lands in the State of Missouri," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Betsey Murch, and Ebenezer Murch, heirs of Lieutenant Ebenezer Murch, of the Revolution, having had the same under consideration, report In the Senate of the United States. July 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 407.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in favor of the claim of Francis A. Gibbons and Francis X. Kelly, report In the Senate of the United States. July 8, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Warner, praying relief on account of an injury received while in the naval service of the United States, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. July 18, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 392.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Andrew A.H. Knox and Joseph O. Campbell, praying confirmation of their title to certain lands in the Baron de Bastrop grant, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. July 17, 1856. -- Submitted. July 24, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 387.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of the citizens of Apalachicola, in the State of Florida, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. August 12, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 449.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Dr. James Morrow, late agriculturalist attached to the squadron under the command of Commodore Perry, during his expedition to Japan, have had the same under consideration and now report In the Senate of the United States. August 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 437.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Ephraim Hunt, report In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Reynolds, praying to be allowed the amount of the value of one hundred pairs of stockings, which were stolen from the storeship Fredonia, while he was acting purser and storekeeper aboard the same, have had the same under consideration, and report . In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 371.) June 27, 1856. -- Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee of Claims. July 11, 1856. -- Reported by Mr. Brodhead and ordered to be printed. George A. Magruder vs. the United States In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Biggs made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 348.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred House Bill 348, "For the Relief of the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Bernard Hemkin," adopt, as their own, the report from the House Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted by Mr. Sandidge, on the 23d of May, 1856, and, for the reasons therein set forth, the Committee are of opinion that the claimants are equitably entitled to the relief provided in the bill ; they therefore report the same back, without amendment, and recommend its passage In the Senate of the United States. July 10, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 369.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the "petition of Laurent Millaudon, praying confirmation of his title to certain lands in Alabama," have had the same under consideration and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Toombs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 401.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of Robert McConnell, deceased, late of Alabama, have had the same under consideration, and report In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John R. Tucker, praying the passage of an act granting him compensation for his father's services in the Revolutionary War, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Biggs made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 347.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 347, "To Confirm the Title of Ruhama Whitaker and Rebecca Whitaker to Certain Lands in the State of Louisiana," adopt as their own the report of the House Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted by Mr. Sandidge, on the 23d May, 1856, and for the reasons therein set forth they report back the bill, without amendment, and recommend its passage In the Senate of the United States. July 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 363.) The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate directing them to inquire into the propriety of procuring a bust of the late Chief Justice John Rutledge, to be executed by an American artist of merit and reputation, to be placed in the room of the Supreme Court of the United States, report In the Senate of the United States. July 8, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Michal Cartner, widow of Henry Cartner, praying a pension, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Biggs made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 346.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred House Bill 346, "For the Relief of the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Ignacio Delino," have had the same under consideration and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 373.) April 2, 1856. -- Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee of Claims. July 11, 1856. -- Reported by Mr. Brodhead and ordered to be printed. M. Lindsay vs. the United States In the Senate of the United States. August 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Reid made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 458.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of the heirs of Colonel Isaac Shelby, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. July 18, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 394.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the special agents of the State of Maryland, praying that the state may be reimbursed for advances made by her to the United States in 1792 and 1793, report In the Senate of the United States. July 21, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 396.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Nathan Scholfield for the renewal of a patent granted to him on the 17th of May, 1836, report In the Senate of the United States. August 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 354.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred House Bill 354, "For the Relief of Benjamin La Fonte, William Altenburg, and Others," adopt as their own the report from the House Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted by Mr. Thorington on May 23, 1856, and, for the reasons therein set forth, the Committee believe the claimants ought to have the relief provided in said bill, they therefore report back the same, without amendment, and recommend its passage In the Senate of the United States. July 18, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 389.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of the heirs of Manuel Gonzales Moro, praying authority to locate a certain quantity of land, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. July 29, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Hans Nelson, alias Hans Krutzon, praying to be allowed the pay due him as a seaman in the Navy of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and report In the Senate of the United States. July 18, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 390.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of John Dick, praying that a patent may be issued to him for land settled by him under permit granted by the register of the land office at St. Augustine, Florida, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 435.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas T. Russell and Antonio J. Noda, have had the same under consideration, and they adopt the report made thereupon by the Senate Committee on Public Lands, and they report a bill in accordance therewith. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of the register and receiver of the land office at St. Augustine, Florida, praying compensation for making locations of lands under the Arredondo claim, respectfully report In the Senate of the United States. July 1, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 357.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick Chatard, praying to be allowed certain sums of money disallowed at the Treasury, in the adjustment of his accounts, have had the same under consideration, and thereupon report In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Biggs made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 345.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred House Bill 345, "An Act for the Relief of the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Mrs. Magdalene Broutin, Widow of De La Ronde," have had the same under consideration and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. August 6, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Collamer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 432.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of George H. Giddings, mail contractor on route No. 12,900 report In the Senate of the United States. August 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 430.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret Davis, (widow of George Davis, a sailing master in the Navy of the United States during the War of 1812,) praying a pension, have had the same under consideration, and report In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Biggs made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 350.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred House Bill 350, "For the Relief of the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Lewis Reggio," adopt as their own the report from the House Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted by Mr. Sandidge on May 23, 1856 ; and for the reasons therein set forth, the Committee are of the opinion that the claimants are justly and equitably entitled to the relief provided in the bill ; they therefore report the same back without amendment, and recommend its passage In the Senate of the United States. July 31, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the administrator of Jacque or James Gerardin, having had the same under consideration, report In the Senate of the United States. July 10, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Silas Stockwell, praying that a certain land warrant issued to one William G. Shaw might be cancelled, and that a duplicate be issued to said petitioner, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. August 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 438.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in the case of Thomas H. Baird, report In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Sally Keyes, widow of Ephraim Keyes, a soldier of the Revolution, praying a pension, beg to report In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 378.) May 12, 1856. -- Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee of Claims. July 15, 1856. -- Reported by Mr. Brodhead and ordered to be printed In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Hannah Walker, widow of Francis Walker, a soldier of the Revolution, praying to be allowed a pension and arrears of pension, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Toombs made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 81.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the Bill (S. 81) to provide for the examination and payment of certain claims of citizens of Georgia and Alabama on account of losses sustained by depredations of the Creek Indians, have had the same under consideration, and report In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred "papers relating to the claim of Major James Belger to be released from liability on account of public money under his charge, and out of which he was defrauded by his confidential clerk," having had the same under consideration, report In the Senate of the United States. August 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 441.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in the case of Sturges, Bennett & Co., report In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 399.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles McCormick, an assistant surgeon in the Army, praying compensation for certain extra services, having had the same under consideration, report In the Senate of the United States. August 1, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 421.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of citizens of Michigan, praying that the pension granted to the Hon. Thomas Fitzgerald be extended to his children, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. July 22, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Washington A. Bartlett, late a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States, beg leave to submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 453.) July 28, 1856. -- Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee of Claims. August 14, 1856. -- Reported by Mr. Broadhead and ordered to be printed. James Beatty's executor vs. the United States In the Senate of the United States. July 18, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 275.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 275, a bill giving to Joshua Kirby and the widow of John McNary the right to enter the land covered by the life reserve of John McNary under the Cherokee treaties of 1817 and 1819, have reconsidered their former action upon the same, and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. August 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 439.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Jewett, executor of Luther Jewett, deceased, report In the Senate of the United States. July 29, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 405.) Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the "Bill (S. 405) To Provide for Carrying into Effect the First Article of the Treaty Between the United States and Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the 15th Day of June, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-six [i.e. Forty-six]," submitted the following In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 375.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Eliza B. McNeill, widow of Captain T.B. McNeill of the United States Marine Corps, praying a pension, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. July 10, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 368.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, who were instructed by a resolution of the Senate of May 26, 1856, "to inquire into and report to the Senate what alterations, if any, they may deem necessary or expedient in the act entitled 'An Act To Remodel the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States, ' approved March 1, 1855, so far as the diplomatic service is affected by said act," have had the same under consideration, and now report In the Senate of the United States. August 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 429.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Maurice K. Simons, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. July 29, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 414.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel Hayward, ask leave to submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. July 18, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 393.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the "memorial of John Temple, praying a confirmation of his title to a tract of land within the Bastrop grant," have had the some under consideration, and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. July 2, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 360.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas J. Churchill, having had the same under consideration, report In the Senate of the United States. June 30, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, to print 10,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. Douglas made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 356.) The Committee on Territories, to which was recommitted "A Bill To Authorize the People of the Territory of Kansas To Form a Constitution and State Government, Preparatory to Their Admission into the Union, When They Have the Requisite Population ... " In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 433.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the memorial of Edward Harte, have had the same under consideration, and report In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 376.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Hill, praying an increase of pension, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. August 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 437.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report from the Court of Claims in the case of Thomas Rhodes and Jeremiah Austill, report In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 32.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Lieutenant Wm. F. Lovell, United States Navy, praying that the same additional compensation may be paid to the officers and seamen who accompanied the expedition in search of Dr. Kane as was allowed to those who accompanied the expedition under Lieutenant De Haven, have had the same under consideration, and report In the Senate of the United States. August 15, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 42.) The Finance Committee, directed by resolution of the Senate on the 8th instant, instructed "to enquire into and report upon the propriety of correcting by law the present erroneous statement of the relative values of the dollar and the pound sterling, and, further, upon the feasibility of some mutual plan whereby the relative values of the unitary coins aforesaid can be made easily and exactly commensurable," report as follows In the Senate of the United States. July 10, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Sally C. Northup, praying that Congress will pass an act vesting in her the title to certain land warrants purchased by her at an administrator's sale, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. August 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 238.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill No. 238, granting a pension to Ansel Wilkinson, have had the same under consideration and report In the Senate of the United States. July 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 364.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to which was referred the memorial of John Scott, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. August 5, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report. (To accompany Bill (S. 428) "Supplementary to the Several Acts in Force Relative to the Election of President and Vice President of the United States.") In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 377.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Ambrose Lanfear, praying confirmation of a survey of a certain tract of land in Louisiana, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report In the Senate of the United States. August 5, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, in compliance with the directions of the Senate contained in a resolution of the 16th ultimo, have had under consideration the expediency of authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to purchase, for the use of the government, the copyright of the double chart, known as the Great Circle Protractor, for finding the shortest or great circle route from place to place on the globe ; and also to report the sum which, in their judgment, would be a suitable compensation to the inventor In the Senate of the United States. July 30, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Collamer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 417.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Hall, make the following report In the Senate of the United States. August 14, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 453.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in the case of H. and F.W. Meyer, report In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. 11.) The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the resolution of the House of Representatives No. 11, report In the Senate of the United States. July 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report (To accompany Bill S. 362.) The Committee on Revolutionarg Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Catherine V.R. Cochrane, sole surviving child of General Philip Schuyler, having had the same under consideration, do now report . In the Senate of the United States. August 1, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 420.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Anthony S. Robinson, only surviving son and heir of Dr. John H. Robinson, deceased, report In the Senate of the United States. August 11, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 353.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred House Bill 353, "For the Relief of Talbot C. Dousman," adopt, as their own, the report from the House Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted by Mr. Thorington on the 23d May, 1856, and for the reasons therein set forth the Committee are of the opinion that the claimant is entitled to the relief provided in said bill ; they therefore report the same back, without amendment, and recommend its passage In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 374.) June 27, 1856. -- Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee of Claims. July 11, 1856. -- Reported by Mr. Brodhead, and ordered to be printed. Moses Noble vs. the United States In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Biggs made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 351.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred House Bill 351, "To Extend the Rights Granted by the Act Entitled 'An Act Authorizing Certain Soldiers of the Late War with Great Britain To Surrender the Lands Drawn by Them and To Locate Others in Lieu Thereof,'" have had the same under consideration, and report In the Senate of the United States. July 25, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 408.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in the case of Joseph D. Beers, report In the Senate of the United States. August 4, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sebastian made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 425.) The Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate, to whom was referred the memorial of Livingston, Kincaid & Co., beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. July 22, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report On the 26th of June, the Senate of the United States ordered that the Committee on Agriculture be directed to enquire into the expediency of making a specific appropriation for the importation of seed sugar cane for gratuitous distribution to the sugar planters of the United States . In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of officers of the Japan expedition, asking the same extra pay as was given to the officers of the exploring expedition, have had the same under consideration and report In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of W.R. Talbot, in behalf of himself and the other chaplains in the Navy, praying increase of compensation, have had the same under consideration, and report In the Senate of the United States. July 23, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 400.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William Heine, praying compensation for services as an artist in the Japan expedition, have had the same under consideration, and report In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. 372.) June 27, 1856. -- Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee of Claims. July 11, 1856. -- Reported by Mr. Brodhead and ordered to be printed. Joseph White vs. the United States In the Senate of the United States. August 8, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 440.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in the case of Ernest Fiedler, report In the Senate of the United States. August 4, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 426.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the report of the Court of Claims in the case of Thomas Crown, report In the Senate of the United States. July 21, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden made the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the application for the extension of the patent for a planing machine granted to Uri Emmons, report In the Senate of the United States. August 14, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Durkee made the following report. The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Edward H. Carmick, report In the Senate of the United States. August 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 436.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Susanna T. Lea, widow and administratrix of James Maglenen, having had the same under consideration, report In the Senate of the United States. July 29, 1856. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of J.P. Milton, asking compensation for extra services as commandant's clerk at the Navy yard, Memphis, have had the same under consideration, and report In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1856. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Connelly, praying arrearages of pension, beg leave to report In the Senate of the United States. July 18, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George M. Weston, in behalf of sundry citizens of Maine, report In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 361.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the memorials of the representatives of General Nathan Towson, late of the Army of the United States, deceased, and David R. Whitely, a member of his command, asking payment for the capture of the British brig Caledonia, have had the same under consideration, and report |
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Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Contingent expenses of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a detailed statement of the contingent expenses of that Department. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed Commercial changes, &c. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of changes and modifications in the commercial systems of other nations during the year ending September 30, 1855. February 14, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed Balances -- Second, Third, and Fourth Auditors, and Register. Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of accounts on the books of the Second, Third, and Fourth Auditors, and of the Register, &c. February 14, 1856. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of clerks employed in that Department. February 14, 1856. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed |
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