The Library of Congress
[American Memory]

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates

Bills and Resolutions, Senate, 24th Congress, 1st Session

Keywords


Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill Providing for the increase of the Corps of Engineers, and for other purposes. (S. 22)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Ewing asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read the first time, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To change the organization of the General Post Office. (S. 21)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the better organization of the corps of topographical engineers. (S. 52)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment, and rejection recommended. A Bill To grant to the State of Missouri a certain quantity of land for purposes of ... (S. 23)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Black asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill To revive and extend the provisions of an act passed on the twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, entitled ''An act for the relief of the ... (S. 20)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Black asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To remove the Land Office from Clinton to Jackson, in the State of Mississippi. (S. 93)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Black asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act to amend the judicial system of the United States. (S. 19)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Black asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported without amendment, and that the bill ought not to pass. A Bill To increase the compensation of the postmaster at Jackson, Mississippi. (S. 304)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Calhoun asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and made the order of the day for the second Monday in January next. A Bill To repeal the first and second sections of an ''Act to limit the term of office of certain officers therein named, and ... (S. 41)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Calhoun asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and made the order of the day for the second Monday in January next. A Bill To regulate the deposites of the public money. (S. 42)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To appropriate, for a limited time, the proceeds of the sales of the public lands of the United States, and for granting land to certain States. (S. 40)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics, in the 1st 2d and 4th sections.--Strike out the 5th and 6th ... (S. 40)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clayton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Establishing the Territorial Government of Wisconsin. (S. 92)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clayton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill Establishing the Territorial Government of Wisconsin. (S. 92)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Crittenden asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Reported, with the following amendments, viz: Strike out the 4th section, change section 5, to section 4. A Bill Regulating the terms of the superior courts of the middle district of Florida, and for other ... (S. 216)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Christopher T. Bailey. (S. 86)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Reported, with the following amendment, viz: Strike out all the bill, after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics. A Bill To [amend] explain an act entitled ''An act to alter ... (S. 235)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill Providing for the further payment of a pension to Mary J. Babbit. (S. 257)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ewing asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported, with the following amendment, viz: add to the end of the bill the words printed in italics. A Bill To give effect to patents for public lands issued in the names of deceased persons. (S. 79)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ewing asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the selection of certain lands in lieu of those disposed of by the United States on the Miami canal, between Dayton and Lake Erie. (S. 78)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported without amendment. A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise the claims of the United States on certain banks. (S. 136)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of John Cummins. (S. 183)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill Giving the assent of the United States to the revocation of a portion of the ordinances of the several States in which public lands are situated. (S. 277)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To make further provision for the correction of mistakes in the entries of public lands. (S. 278)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill To settle and establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio. (S. 7)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Goldsborough asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To provide for the employment of boys in the merchant vessels of the ... (S. 225)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Goldsborough asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported, with the following amendment, viz: Strike out the entire bill, after the enacting clause, within [brackets] and insert what follows in italics. A Bill Providing for the final ... (S. 116)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Grundy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To authorize contracts for carrying the mail and public property of the United States upon railroads. (S. 182)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Grundy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Reported, with the following amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert the words printed in italics--and made the order of the ... (S. 182)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hendricks asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill To improve the navigation of the Wabash river. (S. 12)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hendricks asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the Levenworth and Bloomington, and other railroad companies therein named, to locate roads through the public lands. (S. 66)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hubbard asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported that it be indefinitely postponed. A Bill For the relief Caleb Stark. (S. 117)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of John La Tourette. (S. 72)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the completion of the road from Line creek to the Chatahooche, and for the erection of bridges on the same. (S. 63)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Thomas Rhodes and Jeremiah Austill. (S. 38)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize George Whitman and John B. Lamar to import an iron steamboat in detached parts, with the necessary machinery, tools, and working utensils ... (S. 62)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Thomas P. Barton. (S. 259)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported, with the following amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Duncan L. Clinch. (S. 11)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To authorize the East Florida Railroad Company to construct a ... (S. 150)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported, with the following amendments, viz: Strike out the word within [brackets] and insert the words printed in italics. A Bill To authorize the Pensacola and Perdido ... (S. 151)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment, and recommending its rejection. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Theodore Brightwell, deceased. (S. 39)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of David McCord. (S. 84)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Georgia, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the completion of the improvement of certain rivers and roads in Florida. (S. 146)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King, of Georgia, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported, with the following amendments, viz: Strike out the entire bill after the enacting clause within [brackets,] and insert what follows the same. Change the title to read ... (S. 170)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Knight asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill To renew the patent of Joseph Grant. (S. 103)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Leigh asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of the representative of Robert Jouet, deceased. (S. 29)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Robert Abbott and the other heirs of James Abbott, deceased. (S. 57)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported with the following amendments, viz: Sec. 1, strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics.--Strive out the 2d section. A Bill For the continuation of ... (S. 87)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Committee of Claims discharged, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the payment of a debt due to the ... (S. 43)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill Confirming the title of Joseph Sorin, alias Larochelle, and those claiming under him, to a tract of land in ... (S. 47)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and legal representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael ... (S. 24)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill Providing for the execution of certain surveys of the public lands. (S. 46)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. McKean asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize Daniel Tyler to import an iron canal passage boat in detached parts, with the necessary machinery, tools, and working utensils therefor, free from ... (S. 143)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Moore asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and recommended that it ought not to pass. A Bill For the relief of Simeon Geron. (S. 202)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Moore asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and recommending its rejection. A Bill For the relief of John McCartney. (S. 9)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Moore asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of the children and heirs of William Fisher, deceased. (S. 260)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Moore asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Elijah Simmons. (S. 16)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Moore asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Elisha Moreland, William M. Kennedy, and others. (S. 261)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Moore asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Susan Marlow. (S. 18)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Moore asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported, with the following amendment, viz: strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Samuel Smith, Lynn MacGhee, and Semoice, Creek ... (S. 17)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Moore asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: 1st Sec., strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. Strike out Sec. 2. Change Sec. 3 to ... (S. 4)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Morris asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment, and that the bill ought not to pass. A Bill To prohibit the sale of public lands except to actual settlers in limited quantities. (S. 187)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Porter asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill To provide for the legal adjudication and settlement of the claims to land therein mentioned. (S. 1)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Preston asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with an amendment, viz: Sec. 2, line 3, strike out the word [now] within brackets. A Bill Concerning writs of error and appeals in suits under the revenue laws of the United States. (S. 13)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Preston asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Thomas Cooper. (S. 85)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Preston asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported, with an amendment, viz: Sec, 2, line 3, strike out the word [now] within brackets. Amendments agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed. Read third time, and laid on the table. ... (S. 13)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Robbins asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Andrew Armstrong. (S. 226)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Robinson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment, and recommending that it be rejected. A Bill Providing for the establishment of a Surveyor General's office for the State of Illinois. (S. 37)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Robinson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Henry H. Hall. (S. 15)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Hiram A. Hunter. (S. 15)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill Supplementary to an act entitled ''An act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the States or Territories, and for their ... (S. 159)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize Peter Warner, of Indiana, to purchase a certain half section of land. (S. 301)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment, and recommending its rejection. A Bill For the relief of Andrew Knox. (S. 49)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read second time, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Joseph Hertick. (S. 25)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tomlinson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Carey Clark. (S. 176)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tomlinson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To extend the time for issuing scrip certificates on United States military land warrants. (S. 67)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tyler asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was twice read, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of William Ramsay, deceased. (S. 91)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported, with the following amendment, viz: Strike out the entire bill and insert what follows. A Bill To extend the time for receiving the proof of certain pre-emption claims, under ... (S. 171)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported, with the following amendments, viz: Sec. 1, insert the words printed in italics.--Add section 2. A Bill To extend the time for proving and establishing certain pre-emption ... (S. 172)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Webster asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment. A Bill In addition to the act of the twenty-fourth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, entitled ''An act to authorize the licensing of vessels to be ... (S. 73)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Webster asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Manufactures. Reported without amendment. A Bill To allow a drawback of duties on imported hemp, when manufactured into cordage and exported. (S. 160)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Wright asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with the following amendment, viz: Strike out section 6. A Bill To provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the State of Michigan. (S. 281)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Wright asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. A Bill For anticipating the payment of the indemnities accruing to citizens of the United States under the convention with France of the fourth of July, one thousand eight hundred and ... (S. 302)

Amended in Committee of the Whole, reported to the Senate, and Ordered, that this bill, with the proposed amendments, be printed, viz.: Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert those in italics. A Bill To promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose. (S. 239)

Amendment intended to be offered by Mr. Clayton, to the ''bill for establishing the Territorial Government of Wisconsin,'' when it shall be taken up for consideration, viz: Strike out the entire bill after the enacting clause, and insert the following Amendment: (S. 92)

Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Benton, to the ''bill to regulate the deposites of the public money,'' when it shall be taken up for consideration, viz: as an additional section: (S. 42)

Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Robinson, to the ''bill to appropriate, for a limited time, the proceeds of the sales of the public lands of the United States, and for granting land to certain States,'' viz: Add the following as a new section: (S. 40)

Amendment Proposed by Mr. Calhoun to the ''bill to regulate the deposites of the public money,'' viz: Add the following as new sections: (S. 42)

Amendment Proposed by Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, to Senate bill 177, ''to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed;'' viz: strike out the entire bill from the enacting clause and insert the following: (S. 177)

Amendment Proposed by Mr. Grundy to the ''bill prohibiting deputy postmasters from receiving or transmitting through the mail to any State, Territory, or District, certain papers therein mentioned, the circulation of which, by the laws of said State, Territory, or District, may be prohibited, and for other purposes,'' viz: Strike out all after the ... (S. 122)

Amendment Proposed by Mr. Linn to ''bill for the continuation of the Cumberland road from the Mississippi river to the Western boundary of the State of Missouri,'' viz: Add the following as new sections: (S. 87)

Amendment Proposed by Mr. Wright to Senate bill 177, ''to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed,'' viz: (S. 177)

Amendment Proposed Mr. Walker, to the ''Bill to appropriate, for a limited time, the proceeds of the sales of the public lands of the United States, and for granting land to certain States,'' viz: Add the following as a new section: (S. 40)

Amendment To be proposed by Mr. Webster to the ''Bill to regulate the deposites of the public money;'' viz. Add the following as a new section: (S. 42)

Amendments Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wright to the ''bill to regulate the deposites of the public money,'' viz: Strike out the whole bill after the enacting clause and insert the following: (S. 42)

Amendments Proposed by Mr. Hendricks to Senate bill 177, ''to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed,'' viz: (S. 177)

Amendments To be proposed by Ewing, of Ohio, to the amendments proposed by Mr. Wright, as re-printed on the second instant, to the ''Bill to regulate the deposites of the public money.'' Sec. 1, line 7. After the word ''Provided,'' insert: That there shall not be deposited in any bank at one time, more than half the amount of its capital stock ... (S. 42)

Introduced, on leave, by Mr. Linn; read twice and laid on the table. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill Confirming claims to land in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. (S. 2)

Introduced, on leave, by Mr. Tomlinson; read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Walter Loomis and Abel Gay. (S. 27)

Mr. Benton from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the construction of floating steam-batteries. (S. 89)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the purchase of certain rights or inventions of William H. Bell, of North Carolina. (S. 174)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Caroline E. Clitherall, widow of Doctor George C. Clitherall, late a surgeon in the army of the United States. (S. 297)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Colonel Daniel Newnan. (S. 50)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Nathaniel Smith. (S. 283)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of General William Eaton. (S. 70)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Jean Hudry. (S. 298)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for the collection of materials and the purchase of sites, and to commence the construction of certain fortifications, and for other purposes. (S. 123)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish a foundry; an armory in the West, and one in the South; arsenals in the States in which none have yet been established; and depots for arms in certain States and Territories. (S. 234)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish an armory in the West. (S. 145)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To increase the present military establishment of the United States. (S. 185)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for opening a military road from Fort Leavenworth to the right bank of the Mississippi, above the State of Missouri. (S. 90)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the ''bill to increase the present military establishment of the United States,'' reported the same, with the following amendment, viz.: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following Amendment. (S. 185)

Mr. Benton, from the select committee on the subject of the northern boundary line of Ohio, and the admission of Michigan, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of ... (S. 280)

Mr. Benton, from the select committee on the subject, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed. (S. 177)

Mr. Black, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Flicker, late widow of Henry Richardson, deceased. (S. 186)

Mr. Black, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Captain Charles C. B. Thompson, late a captain in the navy of the United States. (S. 164)

Mr. Buchanan, from the select committee on the subject of the admission of Arkansas Territory into the Union, reported the following bill; which was read twice, and postponed to, and made the order of the day for, Thursday the nineteenth instant. A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the ... (S. 256)

Mr. Buchanan, from the select committee on the subject, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union, and to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the same, and for other purposes. (S. 178)

Mr. Calhoun, from the select committee to whom was referred so much of the President's message as relates to the circulation of incendiary publications, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Prohibiting deputy postmasters from receiving or transmitting through the mail to any State, Territory, or ... (S. 122)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of David Beard. (S. 59)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ebenezer Spaulding. (S. 162)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James Thomas. (S. 60)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives and sureties of James Brobson. (S. 166)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Tharp. (S. 233)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To appoint a day for the annual meeting of Congress. (S. 141)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to compromise the claim of the United States on the Alleghany Bank of Pennsylvania. (S. 157)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To extend the western boundary of the State of Missouri to the Missouri river. (S. 248)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To extend two patents of James Barron. (S. 26)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For laying off the towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belleview, Du Buque, and Peru, in the county of Du Buque, Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes. (S. 207)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act authorizing the laying off a town on Bean river, in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes, approved fifth February, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine.'' (S. 208)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Gabriel W. Denton and others. (S. 247)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Nicholas Lachance and others. (S. 229)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill In addition to the acts for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. (S. 232)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read twice, and postponed to and made the order of the day for Monday, the second of May next. A Bill For the improvement of certain harbors, and for the survey of certain proposed improvements. (S. 230)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of A. and J. Dennistoun and Company, of New Orleans. (S. 140)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Isaac Means and others, late owners of the schooner Elizabeth. (S. 184)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joshua Hatch and others, interested in a fishing vessel which was lost at sea. (S. 153)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making provision for the adjustment of the title to a site for a lighthouse on Roanoke Marshes, in North Carolina. (S. 83)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Providing for the education of seamen. (S. 269)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the erection and repair of custom-houses. (S. 273)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the erection of certain light-houses, and to authorize the establishment of certain buoys. (S. 272)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To suspend the discriminating duties upon goods imported in vessels of Portugal, and to reduce the duties on wines. (S. 214)

Mr. Ewing, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Henry Newman and others. (S. 227)

Mr. Ewing, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To create the office of Surveyor of Public Lands in the Wisconsin Territory. (S. 253)

Mr. Ewing, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To discontinue the land offices at Wooster and Steubenville, in the State of Ohio. (S. 189)

Mr. Ewing, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To re-organize the General Land Office. (S. 155)

Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Governor and Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida to sell the lands heretofore reserved for the benefit of a general seminary of learning in said Territory. (S. 254)

Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To change the mode of conducting the sales of the Public Lands. (S. 284)

Mr. Ewing, of Ohio, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To create the northwestern land district in the State of Louisiana, and the Des Moines land district in the territory west of the Mississippi and north of the State of Missouri. (S. 275)

Mr. Goldsborough, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To remunerate the captors of the privateer Lydia. (S. 268)

Mr. Goldsborough, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the payment of the Vermont militia, for services at the battle of Plattsburg. (S. 100)

Mr. Goldsborough, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To fix the compensation to the principal clerk employed in the Adjutant and Inspector General's office. (S. 101)

Mr. Goldsborough, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the moral and religious instruction of the army of the United States. (S. 220)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Seaborn Jones and Joel Crawford. (S. 188)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the completion of certain internal improvements in the Territory of Florida. (S. 82)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the continuation of the Cumberland Road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. (S. 64)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for certain roads in Arkansas. (S. 211)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to the act authorizing the Territory of Florida to open canals between Chipola river and St. Andrew's bay, and from Matanzas to Halifax river, in said Territory, approved March second, one thousand ... (S. 152)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Atchafalaya Railroad and Banking Company to locate a canal through the public lands. (S. 75)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the location of a railroad from Mobile to the Bay of Pascagoula, through the public lands. (S. 196)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the purchase of private stock, on the part of the United States, in the Louisville and Portland canal. (S. 113)

Mr. Hendricks, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Washington County Turnpike Company, in the State of Missouri, to construct a road through the public lands. (S. 245)

Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Jones Porter. (S. 249)

Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Robert White. (S. 139)

Mr. Kent, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read twice by unanimous consent, and postponed to, and made the order of the day for Wednesday, the 11th instant. A Bill To extend the charters of certain Banks in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (S. 242)

Mr. Kent, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read twice by unanimous consent, and postponed to, and made the order of the day for, Wednesday, the 11th instant. Amendments proposed, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To extend the charters of ... (S. 242)

Mr. King, of Alabama, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the sale of a portion of Fayette and Lingan streets, in the city of Georgetown. (S. 276)

Mr. King, of Georgia, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For giving effect to the eighth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and nineteen with Spain. (S. 106)

Mr. Knight, from the Committee on Manufactures, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To repeal the duties on certain articles, and to reduce those on others, therein enumerated. (S. 99)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill In addition to the act for the relief of the legal representatives of George Hurlbut, deceased. (S. 109)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal heirs of James Bell, or of Margaret Bell, deceased. (S. 125)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Gustavus B. Horner, deceased. (S. 110)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Fisher, deceased. (S. 147)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Joseph C. Megginson, deceased. (S. 271)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Margaret Leitch and of Elizabeth Goodwin. (S. 303)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Thornton Taylor, deceased. (S. 126)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill In addition to the act for the relief of the legal representatives of Lucy Bond and Hannah Douglas. (S. 111)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Richard Kidder Meade, deceased. (S. 294)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George F. Strother. (S. 240)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Silence Elliott, deceased, and for other purposes. (S. 224)

Mr. Leigh, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of David Caldwell, deceased. (S. 231)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jean Baptiste Janis, senior, of Missouri. (S. 237)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Powell. (S. 195)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Orris Gay. (S. 180)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Nathaniel Shaver, deceased. (S. 121)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To continue in force the ''Act for the final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri,'' approved 9th July, 1832, and the act supplemental thereto, approved 2d March, 1833. (S. 61)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for issuing a land patent to Thomas B. Clarke. (S. 210)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the legal adjudication and settlement of the claim to land therein mentioned. (S. 279)

Mr. Mangum, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To repeal certain provisions of ''An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports,'' approved the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. (S. 108)

Mr. McKean, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George Dawson. (S. 134)

Mr. Moore, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To create a new land district in the State of Alabama. (S. 289)

Mr. Moore, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Sarah Angel, and the other heirs at law of Benjamin King, deceased. (S. 190)

Mr. Moore, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of James Moore. (S. 219)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Don Carlos Dehault Delassus. (S. 192)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James F. Sothoron. (S. 118)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Nancy Leamaster, widow of James Leamaster. (S. 158)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Noah Brown and the legal representatives of Adam Brown. (S. 161)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representative of Nathaniel Canada. (S. 154)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William A. Gordon. (S. 119)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William East. (S. 267)

Mr. Naudain, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To incorporate Washington's Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum Society of the city of Washington and District of Columbia. (S. 266)

Mr. Naudian, from the select committee appointed on the subject, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To purchase the right to use the apparatus invented and patented by Boyd Reilly, for applying gas or vapor to the human body, in the naval and military service, in the hospitals, and in the ... (S. 98)

Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the settlement of the claim of the executrix of Richard W. Meade. (S. 165)

Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the settlement of the claim of Mary O'Sullivan. (S. 53)

Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Confirming claims to land in the State of Louisiana. (S. 222)

Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Antonio Segura and others. (S. 133)

Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs, or their legal representatives, of William Conway, deceased. (S. 144)

Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm the title of the heirs of M. de la Carera to a tract of land. (S. 68)

Mr. Prentiss, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ephraim Page. (S. 293)

Mr. Prentiss, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jonathan Elkins. (S. 236)

Mr. Prentiss, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Parker Chase. (S. 305)

Mr. Prentiss, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel White. (S. 199)

Mr. Prentiss, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Richard Anderson. (S. 197)

Mr. Prentiss, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the widow of Samuel Gibbs. (S. 198)

Mr. Prentiss, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the trustees of common schools in township eight, range eleven east, in the State of Mississippi. (S. 205)

Mr. Preston, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the appointment of additional surgeons. (S. 270)

Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the more equitable administration of the Navy Pension Fund. (S. 209)

Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Captain Augustus A. Nicholson. (S. 55)

Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John M. Gamble. (S. 120)

Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel Warner. (S. 243)

Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To reward the captors of the Tripolitan frigate, late the frigate Philadelphia. (S. 138)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend an act to grant certain relinquished and unappropriated lands to the State of Alabama, for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Tennessee, Coosa, Cahaba, and Blackwarrior rivers. (S. 206)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Daniel Steenrod. (S. 107)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Moses Shepherd, deceased. (S. 77)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the opening of certain roads in the Territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes. (S. 54)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting pre-emption, in a certain case, to Arthur Bronson. (S. 102)

Mr. Ruggles, from the select committee appointed on the 31st December last, upon the condition of the Patent Office, &c. reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore made for that purpose. (S. 239)

Mr. Ruggles, from the select committee on the state and condition of the Patent Office, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Providing for the construction of a building for the accommodation of the Patent Office. (S. 296)

Mr. Sevier, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, made a report, (No. 47,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George W. Brand, a citizen of the Cherokee nation of Indians west of the Mississippi river. (S. 91)

Mr. Shepley reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Additional to the act for the relief of James L. Catheart. (S. 213)

Mr. Shepley, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel Miller. (S. 287)

Mr. Shepley, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representative of the late Theodore W. Maurice. (S. 97)

Mr. Shepley, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the payment of the passage of General Lafayette from France to the United States in the year eighteen hundred and twenty-four. (S. 135)

Mr. Shepley, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Y. Keene. (S. 167)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the necessary examinations and surveys for the establishment of a naval rendezvous and depot near the southern extremity of Florida. (S. 246)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of certain officers of the United States sloop of war Boston. (S. 181)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Commodore Isaac Hull. (S. 33)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Henry B. Tyler, executor of Colonel Richard Smith, deceased. (S. 30)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Irvine Shubrick. (S. 34)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Loammi Baldwin. (S. 217)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of McKean Buchanan. (S. 173)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Melancthon Taylor Woolsey. (S. 137)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Henry Eckford, deceased. (S. 76)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Hogan, administrator of Michael Hogan, deceased. (S. 31)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriation for the deepening of the bar and constructing a dry dock at Pensacola. (S. 80)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Organizing the Navy of the United States. (S. 215)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to ''An act to regulate and fix the compensation of the clerks in the different offices,'' passed twentieth April, eighteen hundred and eighteen. (S. 32)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish a Naval Academy. (S. 262)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish and regulate the navy ration, and for other purposes. (S. 282)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for an exploring expedition. (S. 175)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To regulate the pay of the officers of the United States marine corps. (S. 88)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading: A Bill To provide for the enlistment of boys for the naval service. (S. 28)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend the act for quieting possessions, enrolling conveyances, and securing the estates of purchasers, within the District of Columbia, passed the thirty-first day of May, eighteen hundred and ... (S. 265)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide a time-piece for the use of the Capitol. (S. 290)

Mr. Swift, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Martin Prindle. (S. 96)

Mr. Swift, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Peter H. Green and William Emmerson. (S. 51)

Mr. Tallmadge, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of A. D. Ostrander. (S. 74)

Mr. Tallmadge, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Marinus W. Gilbert. (S. 148)

Mr. Tallmadge, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Albert Pawling, a colonel in the revolutionary war. (S. 193)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the payment of certain companies of the militia of Missouri and Indiana, for services rendered against the Indians in eighteen hundred and thirty-two. (S. 131)

Mr. Tomlinson reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ransom Mix and John McCloud. (S. 201)

Mr. Tomlinson, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Explanatory of the act entitled ''An act to prevent defalcations on the part of the disbursing agents of the Government, and for other purposes.'' (S. 191)

Mr. Tomlinson, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John A. Rodgers. (S. 212)

Mr. Tomlinson, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Larned Swallow. (S. 292)

Mr. Tomlinson, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Leslie Combs. (S. 221)

Mr. Tomlinson, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Stephen Bohannan. (S. 244)

Mr. Tomlinson, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the widow of Peter Smith. (S. 291)

Mr. Tomlinson, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Daniel Stoddart. (S. 149)

Mr. Tomlinson, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend the act entitled ''An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution.'' (S. 204)

Mr. Tomlinson, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To increase the pension of Jacob Slough. (S. 241)

Mr. Tomlinson, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To increase the pension of Thomas Harrison. (S. 168)

Mr. Tomlinson, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To restore to certain invalid pensioners, the amount of pension by them relinquished. (S. 238)

Mr. Tyler, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Extending the charters of certain Banks in the District of Columbia for one year. (S. 69)

Mr. Tyler, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the several corporate cities of the District of Columbia. (S. 112)

Mr. Tyler, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriation for the payment of charges incurred for the support of the Penitentiary in the District of Columbia, for the year eighteen hundred and thirty-five. (S. 81)

Mr. Walker, from the select committee on the subject of graduating and reducing the price of public land to actual settlers, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To arrest monopolies of the public lands, and purchases thereof, for speculation, and substitute sales to actual settlers only, in limited ... (S. 295)

Mr. Walker, from the select committee to whom was referred the ''Bill to reduce and graduate the price of the public lands in favor of actual settlers only; to provide a standing pre-emption law to authorize the sale and entry of all the public lands in forty-acre lots; and to equalize the grants of certain portions of the public domain among the ... (S. 255)

Mr. Wall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William P. Rathbone. (S. 223)

Mr. Webster, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Charles J. Catlett. (S. 95)

Mr. Webster, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the owners of the brig Despatch and cargo. (S. 35)

Mr. Webster, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the sufferers by the fire in the city of New York. (S. 65)

Mr. Webster, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the importation of certain bells free of duty. (S. 124)

Mr. Webster, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To disapprove and annul certain acts of the Territorial Legislature of Florida, and for other purposes. (S. 306)

Mr. Webster, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To remit the duties upon certain goods destroyed by fire at the late conflagration in the city of New York. (S. 228)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph Bogy. (S. 169)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Josette Beaubien and her children. (S. 127)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Secretary of War to adjust and pay to Benjamin Murphy, of Arkansas, the value of his corn, cattle, and hogs, taken by the Cherokee Indians in the month of December, one thousand eight hundred and ... (S. 36)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To carry into effect the treaties concluded by the Chickasaw tribe of Indians, on the twentieth October, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and the twenty-fourth May, eighteen hundred and thirty-four. (S. 200)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representative of the late Patrick McGibbony, deceased. (S. 129)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of Lieutenant Richard Wilde, deceased. (S. 94)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James Sutherland and Rebecca his wife, formerly Rebecca Parkerson. (S. 128)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Joseph Hazlet and Jemima Monro, surviving children of the late Colonel John Hazlet, of the State of Delaware, deceased. (S. 179)

Mr. Wright proposed the following as an amendment to the ''Bill supplementary to the act entitled 'An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union on certain conditions,''' viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: (S. 280)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William H. Robertson and Samuel H. Garrow. (S. 263)

Ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, and printed. A Bill To authorize the location of the Leavenworth and Bloomington railroad, and other works of internal improvement, in the State of Indiana, through the public lands. (S. 66)

Ordered, That the bill, amended as follows, be engrossed for a third reading, and printed. A Bill Prohibiting deputy postmasters from receiving or transmitting through the mail to any State, Territory, or District, certain papers therein mentioned, the circulation of which, by the laws of said State, Territory, or District, may be prohibited, and ... (S. 122)

Ordered, That these amendments be re-printed, as proposed to be modified by Mr. Wright, by striking out the parts within [brackets,] and inserting those printed in italics. Proposed by Mr. Wright to the ''bill to regulate the deposites of the public money,'' viz: Strike out the whole bill after the enacting clause, and insert the following: (S. 42)

Read twice, and made the order of the day for the 11th instant. Proposed to be amended. Ordered to be printed as amended. A Bill To extend the charters of certain Banks in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (S. 242)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act for the better organization of the district courts of the United States within the State of Alabama,'' approved tenth March, eighteen hundred and twenty-four. (S. 6)

The select committee to whom was referred the ''Bill to regulate the deposites of the public money,'' recommend that the whole bill be stricken out, and that the following substitute be adopted in its place. A Bill To regulate the deposites of the public money. (S. 42)

Webster, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Henry Wainwright. (S. 105)