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

Bills and Resolutions, Senate, 35th Congress

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Agreeably to notice Mr. Benjamin 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 and accompanied by a report, (No. 97.) A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Olivier Landry, of the State of Louisiana. (S. 80)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benjamin asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill To authorize the improvement of the Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Arkansas rivers by contract, and making appropriations ... (S. 43)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benjamin 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 an amendment and accompanied by a report (No. 288.) A Bill To affirm certain entries of land in the State of Louisiana. (S. 327)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benjamin 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 and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 197.) A Bill To settle doubts in relation to the title of certain common field lots in the State of Missouri, ... (S. 40)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Bright 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 To divide the State of Indiana into two judicial districts, and to provide for holding the district and circuit courts of the United States therein. (S. 17)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Broderick asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize and direct the payment of certain moneys into the treasury of the State of California, which were collected in the ports of ... (S. 98)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Brown asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Reported by Mr. Bright, without amendment, and adversely. A Bill Conferring certain powers on the corporations of Washington and Georgetown. (S. 479)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Brown asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported with amendments, viz: Insert the parts printed in italics. A Bill To incorporate the Benevolent Christian Association of Washington city. (S. 97)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Brown asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize notaries public to take and certify oaths, affirmations, and acknowledgments, in certain cases. (S. 3)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Brown asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported without amendment. A Bill To incorporate Gonzaga College, in the City of Washington and District of Columbia. (S. 76)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Chandler 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 authorize and direct the settlement of the accounts of Ross Wilkins, James Witherell, and Solomon Sibley. (S. 58)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Chandler asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred, to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported without amendment and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 336.) A Bill For the relief of Lewis Cass Forsyth. (S. 463)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay 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 word within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No. 10,) the bill was considered as in Committee of the Whole, ... (S. 10)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment, and adversely. A Bill To amend an act approved thirty-first May, eighteen hundred and forty-four, entitled "An act to amend the judiciary act passed the ... (S. 585)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Crittenden asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Committee discharged and the bill referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Committee discharged and the bill referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without ... (S. 23)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Crittenden asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Collamer, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics, and amend the title to read "A bill to prescribe the ... (S. 481)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Douglas asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. 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 on an equal footing ... (S. 15)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Durkee asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. On motion by Mr. Sebastian, committee discharged. A Bill To authorize the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to adjudicate and settle certain claims against the Menomonee Indians. (S. 592)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fessenden asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to a select committee. Reported without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 53.) A Bill To provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior ... (S. 45)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fessenden asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to a select committee. Reported without amendment, and accompanied by a report, (No. 53.) Ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations ... (S. 45)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fessenden asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill Making appropriations for certain public works in the State of Maine. (S. 228)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fitch asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. On motion by Mr. Sebastian, committee discharged. A Bill To provide for a superintendent of Indian affairs for Washington Territory, and additional Indian agents. (S. 474)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fitzpatrick 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 provide for the examination and payment of certain claims of citizens of Georgia and Alabama on account of losses sustained by depredations of the ... (S. 26)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fitzpatrick asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Stuart with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill To ratify and confirm certain entries of the public lands in Alabama under the act of August ... (S. 559)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Foot asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred in the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported without amendment, and accompanied by a report (No. 2.) A Bill For the relief of George P. Marsh. (S. 1)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Foot asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Granting relief to certain officers and soldiers of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and of certain Indian wars. (S. 55)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Foot 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 grant a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of the public lands to actual settlers. (S. 2)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Foster asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment, and recommended that the bill be postponed indefinitely. A Bill To extend an act approved the third day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, entitled "An act ... (S. 133)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Green asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Committee discharged. A Bill To confirm the title in a certain tract of land, in the State of Missouri, to the heirs and legal representatives of Thomas Maddin, deceased. (S. 14)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Green asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Green without amendment. A Bill Concerning courts in Kansas Territory. (S. 598)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Gwin asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 395.) A Bill To release the payment for the town site of the city of San Francisco. (S. 578)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Gwin 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 adversely. A Bill To amend an act entitled "An act to provide for holding the courts of the United States in case of the sickness or other disability of the judges ... (S. 20)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Gwin asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To authorize and facilitate the construction of a northern, a southern, and a central Pacific railroad and magnetic telegraph through the territories of the United ... (S. 9)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hamlin asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Committee discharged. A Bill To enable the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia, to found and establish a professorship of agricultural and mechanical science, and complete her ... (S. 379)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Harlan 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 adversely. A Bill To establish an additional land district in the State of Iowa. (S. 62)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Houston asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment, and accompanied by a report (No. 9.) A Bill For the relief of Michael Kinny, late a private in company I, eighth regiment United States army. (S. 35)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Houston asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment, and adversely. A Bill To repeal so much of the act of February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled "An act to divide the State ... (S. 567)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Iverson 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 To allow back pay to certain naval officers. (S. 473)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Benjamin without amendment and without recommendation. A Bill To authorize the investigation and determination of asserted titles to the Hot Springs of ... (S. 579)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, 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 accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 228.) A Bill For the remission of fines, penalties, and forfeitures. (S. 234)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, 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, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Monday, the 8th of February next. A Bill To grant to any ... (S. 25)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Johnson, of Tennessee, 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, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Monday, the 8th of February next. Amended, and ordered to ... (S. 25)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Jones asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported adversely and ordered to lie on the table. A Bill Making a grant of land to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of a railroad from Keokuk and Fort ... (S. 11)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Jones asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported adversely and ordered to lie on the table. A Bill Making a grant of lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of a railroad from McGregor's Landing ... (S. 12)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Jones asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported adversely and ordered to lie on the table. A Bill To authorize the State of Iowa to apply the unsold lands heretofore granted for the improvement of the navigation of the Des Moines ... (S. 33)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Jones asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported an amendment, viz: strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No. 30.) A Bill Confirming locations of land ... (S. 47)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Jones asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Stuart without amendment, and adversely. A Bill Making a grant of land, in alternate sections, to the Territory of Nebraska, to aid in the construction of a railroad. (S. 552)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Jones 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 accompanied by a report, (No. 308.) The bill was ordered to lie on the table. A Bill Explanatory of an act entitled "An act to settle certain accounts between the ... (S. 34)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Jones 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 accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 300.) A Bill For the relief of certain citizens of Sioux City, in the State of Iowa. Whereas, the west fractional half of ... (S. 22)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Kennedy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 344.) A Bill For the relief of the executor of Brevet Brigadier General James Bankhead, late of the ... (S. 215)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mallory asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 88.) A Bill To provide for the construction of a court-house, post office, and custom-house in Apalachicola, in the State of ... (S. 49)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mallory 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 and accompanied by a report, (No. 157.) A Bill Authorizing the construction of a dry dock for the naval service. (S. 165)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mason asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Mr. Mason without amendment, and recommend that it be postponed indefinitely; and accompanied by a report, (No. 379.) A Bill To allow to Edward K. Cooper and his assigns, being ... (S. 531)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mason 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 To equalize the compensation of the ministers of the United States to France and England, during the period therein mentioned. (S. 469)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mason asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Anne E. Bronaugh, widow of the late John W. Bronaugh. (S. 562)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Mason 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, and accompanied by a report, (No. 5.) A Bill For the relief of William K. Jennings and others. (S. 29)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Pearce asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. Reported without amendment. A Bill To incorporate the Washington National Monument Society. (S. 152)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Pearce asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. On motion by Mr. Clay, committee discharged. A Bill For the further improvement of the navigation of the Patapsco river, and to render the port of Baltimore accessible to the war steamers of the ... (S. 589)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Polk 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 an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics, and amend the title to read A bill to provide for the location of ... (S. 41)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Polk 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 provide for the payment to the State of Missouri of two per centum of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands therein, heretofore reserved under a ... (S. 157)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Polk asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. Reported without amendment. A Bill Making an appropriation for the completion of connected sections of a road from Albuquerque, in New Mexico, to the Colorado river. (S. 409)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Pugh asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide for a survey of the Ohio river and its principal tributaries. (S. 5)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Pugh asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Committee discharged. A Bill To continue the pension heretofore granted to Katharine M. Hamer. (S. 6)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Pugh 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 accompanied by a report (No. 17.) A Bill To grant the right of pre-emption in certain lands to the Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends. (S. 46)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Pugh 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: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill To authorize writs of error in all cases prosecuted by indictment. (S. 4)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Pugh 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: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill To provide for holding of the stated terms of the circuit and ... (S. 124)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Pugh asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. A Bill For the improvement of navigation at the Falls of the Ohio river. (S. 7)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Rice asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and ordered to lie on the table. Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Rice with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill To authorize ... (S. 460)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Rice asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Stuart with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics; and amend the title to read: A bill to extend the provisions of ... (S. 467)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Rice asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Stuart without amendment. A Bill Authorizing the entry of land, under certain circumstances, by mail contractors. (S. 573)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Rice 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 aid in the construction of certain railroads to the Pacific, to encourage settlement on their lines, and for other purposes. (S. 468)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Seward asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported by Mr. Clay, with an amendments viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill Authorizing the removal of the offices ... (S. 477)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Seward asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics; and accompanied by a report, (No. 251.) A Bill For the relief of Elijah F. Smith, Gilman ... (S. 106)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Seward asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. A Bill In addition to the acts which prohibit the slave trade. (S. 510)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Slidell 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 Pensions. Reported by Mr. Jones, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics; and accompanied ... (S. 413)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Slidell asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported without amendment and adversely, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Monday, 15th February, at 1 o'clock. A Bill To amend an act ... (S. 44)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Stuart asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment and accompanied by Mis. Doc. No. 161. A Bill To amend an act entitled "An act to limit the liability of ship owners, and for other purposes," approved March three, ... (S. 77)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Stuart asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Mr. Sebastian with an amendment, viz: Insert the section printed in italics. A Bill To carry out the Shawnee treaty of May ten, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. Whereas, in ... (S. 591)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Stuart asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Committee discharged. A Bill To ascertain and adjust the titles to certain lands in Kansas. (S. 105)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Stuart 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 run, mark, and establish the western boundary of the State of Minnesota. (S. 433)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 87.) A Bill To provide for the construction of a custom-house, court-house, and post office in Trenton, in ... (S. 42)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Trumbull asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. On motion by Mr. Clay, committee discharged. A Bill To enable the owners of property fronting on the government piers at Chicago to use the same for commercial purposes and keep the same in ... (S. 568)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Trumbull asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 386.) A Bill To provide for the sale of the military reservation of Fort Armstrong, ... (S. 487)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Trumbull asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the 2d section, and accompanied by a report, (No. 334.) A Bill For the relief of William Wallace, of Illinois. (S. 462)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Trumbull asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard. Committee discharged. A Bill To detach certain counties from the northern judicial district in the State of Illinois, and to annex them to the southern judicial ... (S. 527)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Trumbull asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Trumbull without amendment. A Bill To amend "An act for the punishment of crimes in the District of Columbia," approved March two, eighteen hundred and thirty-one. (S. 492)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Wade asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Harlan without amendment. A Bill Legalizing certain entries of lands on Leavenworth island, in the State of Missouri. (S. 551)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Wilson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard with amendments, viz: Strike ... (S. 549)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Wilson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported by Mr. Davis without amendment. A Bill To provide for the payment to the State of Massachusetts of a balance due to said State for money expended for the United ... (S. 571)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Wilson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Committee discharged. A Bill To amend an act entitled "An act to continue half-pay to certain widows and orphans," approved February three, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. (S. 66)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Wilson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 136.) A Bill Explanatory of an act entitled "An act in addition to certain acts granting bounty land to certain officers and ... (S. 56)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Wilson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Committee discharged. A Bill To secure to actual settlers the alternate sections of the public lands reserved in the grants to the States for railroads. (S. 24)

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 Commerce. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill To continue the improvements in the harbor of Newark, New Jersey. (S. 19)

Agreeably to notice. Mr. Rice asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. Reported by Mr. Green without amendment, and adversely. A Bill To organize the Territory of Dacotah, and for other purposes. (S. 475)

Agreeably to notice. Mr. Trumbull asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Trumbull with an amendment, viz: insert the words in italics. A Bill To regulate practice in the United States courts. (S. 546)

Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Pugh to the bill (S. 79) "to increase the military establishment of the United States." (S. 79)

Mr. Bayard asked and, by unanimous consent, 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 parts within [brackets] and insert the words printed in italics. A Bill Concerning seamen. (S. 258)

Mr. Bayard asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported with an amendment, viz: insert the words printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No. 25.) A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Montgomery, heir of Hugh Montgomery. (S. 30)

Mr. Bayard asked and, by unanimous consent, 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: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill Concerning appeals and writs of error. (S. 257)

Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Concerning the courts of the United States in the district of Arkansas. (S. 278)

Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Concerning the office of Attorney General. (S. 576)

Mr. Bayard, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To equalize the salaries of certain judges of the courts for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (S. 64)

Mr. Benjamin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times and ordered to be printed. On motion by Mr. Hamlin, Ordered, That one thousand additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. A Bill To establish a uniform law on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the ... (S. 315)

Mr. Benjamin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment. A Bill To provide for the general introduction of an international code of marine signals. (S. 192)

Mr. Benjamin asked and, by unanimous consent, 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 final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and for other purposes. (S. 279)

Mr. Benjamin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Further to provide for the safety of passengers on steam vessels. (S. 138)

Mr. Benjamin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill Further to provide for the safety of passengers on ... (S. 138)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm title to a certain reservation therein named. (S. 609)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 106,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm the title of Benjamin E. Edwards to a certain tract of land in the Territory of New Mexico. (S. 186)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 170,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the courts to adjudicate the claim of the legal representatives of the Sieur de Bonne and of the Chevalier de Repentigny to certain land at the Sault Ste. Marie, ... (S. 259)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 18,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Laurent Millaudon. (S. 81)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 189,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Confirming to Alexander Copeland title to four hundred and eighty acres of land in Sonoma county, California. (S. 264)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 279,) accompanied, by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm certain land claims in the Florida parishes of Louisiana to the city of New Orleans and others. (S. 410)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 3,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John R. Temple, of Louisiana. (S. 38)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 329,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Henry M. Fleury, of Louisiana. (S. 457)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 396,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George C. Johnson (S. 610)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 4,) accompanied by the following bill, which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm the title of Henry Volcker to a certain tract of land in the Territory of New Mexico. (S. 39)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the taking of private property for public use, after allowing just compensation therefor. (S. 381)

Mr. Benjamin, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report, (No. 187,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Cruickshank, J. S. Polack, Calhoun Benham, and Frederick A. Sawyer, of San Francisco. (S. 260)

Mr. Biggs asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Committee discharged. A Bill To execute the treaties of eighteen hundred and seventeen and eighteen hundred and nineteen with the Cherokees, by making provision for the reservations under ... (S. 201)

Mr. Biggs, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report (No. 16,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing Mrs. Jane Smith to enter certain lands in the State of Alabama. (S. 73)

Mr. Biggs, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report (No. 54,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Jose de la Maya Arredondo. (S. 126)

Mr. Biggs, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 13,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief John Dick, of Florida. (S. 70)

Mr. Bigler asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Committee discharged. A Bill For the relief of Henry G. Carson. (S. 244)

Mr. Bigler asked and, by unanimous consent, 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 continue the office of register of the land office at Vincennes, Indiana. (S. 392)

Mr. Bigler asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill To repeal an act entitled "An act to expedite telegraphic communication for the uses of the government in its foreign intercourse," approved ... (S. 448)

Mr. Bigler asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported by Mr. Shields with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics, and amend the title to read: A bill for the relief ... (S. 472)

Mr. Bigler, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Charles Knap. (S. 272)

Mr. Bright asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. A Bill In relation to a "Revised Code" for the District of Columbia. (S. 404)

Mr. Bright, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To enlarge the public grounds surrounding the Capitol. (S. 319)

Mr. Bright, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported the following bill; which was read the first and second times. A Bill To authorize the United States to take lands in the District of Columbia for public purposes. (S. 238)

Mr. Bright, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, submitted a report, (No. 369,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the care and preservation of the works constructed by the United States for bringing the Potomac water into the cities of Washington and Georgetown, ... (S. 558)

Mr. Broderick asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Committee discharged. A Bill In relation to conflicting land claims. (S. 251)

Mr. Broderick asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Gwin, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics; and amend the title to read: A bill to ... (S. 543)

Mr. Broderick, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John T. Wright, owner of the steamer "America." (S. 597)

Mr. Brown asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To acquire certain lands needed for the Washington Aqueduct, in ... (S. 176)

Mr. Brown asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported without amendment. A Bill Authorizing the organization of a Fire Department in the District of Columbia. (S. 227)

Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Reported by Mr. Bright without amendment, and adversely. A Bill To authorize the city of ... (S. 406)

Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported by Mr. Brown without amendment. A Bill Conferring certain powers relative to alleys on the corporation of the city of Washington. (S. 535)

Mr. Brown asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the levy court to issue tayern and other licenses in the District of Columbia. (S. 536)

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 6,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William B. Trotter. (S. 52)

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To prevent malicious mischief and protect property in the District of Columbia. (S. 489)

Mr. Brown, 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 enforcement of mechanics' liens on buildings, and so forth, in the District of Columbia. (S. 182)

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Further to amend the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Provident Association of Clerks in the Civil Departments of the Government of the United States in the District of Columbia." (S. 151)

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Relating to the manner of holding and transmitting the title to certain church property therein mentioned. (S. 241)

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To alter and amend an act entitled "An act conferring certain powers on the levy court for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia," approved July 1, 1812. (S. 316)

Mr. Brown, 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 to incorporate the Provident Association of Clerks in the Civil Departments of the Government of the United States in the District of Columbia." (S. 505)

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted a report, (No. 112,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the benefit of public schools in the city of Washington. (S. 191)

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted a report, (No. 149,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish an auxiliary guard for the protection of public and private property in the city of Washington, and repealing all acts heretofore passed in relation to that ... (S. 232)

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted a report, (No. 90,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To relieve the corporation of Georgetown from the expense of making and repairing roads west of Rock creek. (S. 168)

Mr. Chandler asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment and accompanied by a report, (No. 214.) A Bill For the relief of Jeremiah Moors. (S. 222)

Mr. Chandler asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill Making an appropriation for deepening the channel of the St. Mary's river, in the State of Michigan. (S. 146)

Mr. Chandler asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill Making an appropriation for deepening the channel over the St. Clair Flats, in the State of Michigan. (S. 147)

Mr. Chandler asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill Granting the right of way over, and depot ... (S. 263)

Mr. Clark asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported without amendment. A Bill Providing for the arrest and return of fugitives from justice to the District of Columbia. (S. 197)

Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 168,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the quieting of certain land titles in the late disputed territory in the State of Maine, and for other purposes. (S. 250)

Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 258,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Declaratory of the acts for carrying into effect the ninth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and nineteen, between the United States and Spain. (S. 373)

Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 367,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas Crown. (S. 553)

Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 86,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Eleazer Williams. (S. 166)

Mr. Clark,from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 191,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Aaron H. Palmer. (S. 268)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Richard Chenery. (S. 509)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Tench Tilghman. (S. 60)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas W. Ward, late United States consul at Panama. (S. 427)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for completing the improvements in the raft region of Red river. (S. 346)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for deepening and widening the channel through the St. Clair flats, Michigan. (S. 347)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairing and securing the works at the harbor of Chicago, Illinois. (S. 341)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairing the piers at the harbor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin. (S. 343)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairing the piers of Oak Orchard harbor, New York. (S. 353)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairing the public works at Buffalo harbor, New York. (S. 354)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairing the public works at Genesee harbor, New York. (S. 352)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairing the works at the harbor of Ashtabula, Ohio. (S. 358)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairing the works at the harbor of Conneaut, Ohio. (S. 357)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairing the works at the harbor of Monroe, Michigan. (S. 345)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairing the works at the harbor of St. Joseph, Michigan. (S. 344)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairs upon the works at Black River harbor, Ohio. (S. 361)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairs upon the works at Grand River harbor, Ohio. (S. 359)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairs upon the works at Huron harbor, Ohio. (S. 362)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for securing and repairing the works at the harbor of Cleveland, Ohio. (S. 360)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for the immediate repair of Dunkirk harbor works, New York. (S. 355)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for the immediate repair of the piers at Erie harbor, Pennsylvania. (S. 356)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for the immediate repairs required for the preservation of Oswego harbor, New York. (S. 350)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for the preservation and repair of the piers at the mouth of Milwaukie river, Wisconsin. (S. 342)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for the preservation of steam dredges and appurtenances. (S. 348)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for unforeseen contingencies of lake harbors. (S. 363)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Reorganizing the collection district of the United States, and designating the ports of entry and delivery for the same, and regulating the appointment and compensation of officers of the customs. (S. 563)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the issuing of a register to the barque Jehu. (S. 50)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To change the name of the port of Lamberton, in the State of New Jersey. (S. 213)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a third reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairs of the piers at Burlington, Vermont. (S. 349)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a third, reading. A Bill Making appropriations for repairing the piers at Sodus Bay harbor, Wayne county, New York, and for dredging between the channel piers. (S. 351)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, required the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading A Bill To authorize a register to be issued to the steamer "Fearless" (S. 51)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted a report (No. 273) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To surrender the stock of the United States in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, upon certain conditions, to said company. (S. 400)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Restoring Joshua Mercer to the roll of invalid pensioners. (S. 502)

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Spear. (S. 526)

Mr. Clingman asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Committee discharged. A Bill To amend an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department," approved July thirty-one, eighteen ... (S. 369)

Mr. Clingman asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. On motion by Mr. Yulee, committee discharged. A Bill To regulate the rates of postage to and from foreign countries. (S. 384)

Mr. Collamer asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Committee discharged. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of George Mayo, deceased. (S. 290)

Mr. Collamer asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill In relation to the duties of postmasters. (S. 200)

Mr. Crittenden asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment and accompanied by an adverse report, No. 264. A Bill Granting a pension to Joseph Vance. (S. 339)

Mr. Crittenden asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment, and adversely. A Bill For the relief of Jane Turnbull. (S. 229)

Mr. Crittenden asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred, to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Mr. Crittenden without amendment, and accompanied by a report. A Bill For the relief of Francis Dainese. (S. 464)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Explanatory of an act entitled "An act for the relief of Dempsey Pittman," approved August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (S. 95)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Assistant Surgeon Edward P. Vollum, of the United States army. (S. 336)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Major Benjamin Alvord, paymaster United States army. (S. 94)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Susanna T. Lea, widow and administratrix of James Maglenen, late of the city of Baltimore, deceased. (S. 96)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To fix the pay and regulate the allowances of officers of the army. (S. 560)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the payment of volunteers called out in Florida in eighteen hundred and fifty-seven and eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (S. 605)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read the first and second time, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Monday next, the 25th January, at half-past twelve o'clock. A Bill To increase the military establishment of the United ... (S. 79)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 253,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the payment of certain California claims. (S. 367)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 261,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the payment of the claims of the State of Maine, for expenses incurred by that State in organizing a regiment of volunteers for the Mexican war. (S. 380)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 27,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Agatha O'Brien, widow of Brevet Major J. P. J O'Brien, late of the United States army. (S. 101)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 28,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas Phenix, Jr. (S. 102)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 7,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James G. Benton, E. B. Babbitt, and James Longstreet, of the United States army. (S. 59)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend the existing laws relative to the compensation of the district attorneys, marshals, and clerks of the circuit and district courts of the United States. (S. 382)

Mr. Doolittle asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Committee discharged. A Bill To settle the titles to certain lands belonging to the half-breed Kansas Indians, in Kansas Territory. Whereas by the sixth article of a treaty made and ... (S. 372)

Mr. Doolittle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the sale of the scrip or certificates of certain minor children of the half breeds or mixed bloods of the Dacotah or Sioux nation of Indians, issued under the act of Congress approved July seventeen, ... (S. 599)

Mr. Douglas asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times and ordered to be printed. A Bill To revive and put in force the provisions of "An act giving to the President of the United States additional powers for the defence of the United States, in certain cases, against ... (S. 431)

Mr. Douglas asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To facilitate communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by electric telegraph. (S. 401)

Mr. Douglas asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To restrain and redress outrages upon the flag and citizens of the United States. (S. 402)

Mr. Douglas asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the part within [brackets] and insert the parts printed in italics. A Bill To restrain and redress outrages upon the ... (S. 402)

Mr. Douglas, from the Committee on Territories, submitted a Mis. Doc., (No. 226,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the admission of Oregon into the Union. Whereas the people of Oregon have framed, ratified, and adopted a constitution of State government which is republican, and in ... (S. 239)

Mr. Douglas, from the Committee on Territories, submitted a report, (No. 21,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the admission of the State of Minnesota into the Union. Whereas an act of Congress was passed February twenty-six, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled "An act to authorize ... (S. 86)

Mr. Durkee, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 111,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the confirmation of a certain land claim in favor of Pierre Grignon or his legal representatives. (S. 190)

Mr. Durkee, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 115,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the "Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States" to enter a certain tract of land in the State of Wisconsin. (S. 196)

Mr. Durkee, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 56,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the final settlement of the land claim of the heirs of Jehu Underwood, in Florida. (S. 129)

Mr. Durkee, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 96,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm to William Marvin title to lands in East Florida. (S. 177)

Mr. Durkee, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 52,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of James Bell, deceased. (S. 125)

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Evolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 120,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Susannah Hayne Pinckney, sole heir of Captain Richard Shubrick. (S. 205)

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend the several acts now in force in relation to the Patent Office. (S. 180)

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 156,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Captain Alexander Rose. (S. 243)

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 35,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Lieutenant Nathan Weeks, deceased. (S. 113)

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 57,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jennett H. McCall, only child of Captain James McCall, of the revolutionary war. (S. 130)

Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a report, (No. 108,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Edward N. Kent. (S. 188)

Mr. Fessenden, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a report, (No. 377,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Smallwood, Earle & Co., of New York. (S. 584)

Mr. Fitch asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times. Ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide for the construction of certain classes of public works. (S. 572)

Mr. Fitch asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. On motion by Mr. Sebastian, committee discharged. A Bill To change the relations of the United States with the various Indian tribes within the limits thereof. (S. 534)

Mr. Fitch, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 188,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Richard D. Rowland, deceased. (S. 262)

Mr. Fitch, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 370,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To compensate Israel Johnson for services performed by direction of the Indian agents at the treaty ground, at the forks of the Wabash, in eighteen hundred and thirty-three. (S. 564)

Mr. Fitch, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 98,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Anson Dart. (S. 181)

Mr. Fitch, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 98,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. Recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics; and accompanied by a report, (No. ... (S. 181)

Mr. Fitzpatrick asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment. A Bill To constitute Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, a port of delivery. (S. 217)

Mr. Fitzpatrick asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported by Mr. Ward, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics; and amend the title to read: A bill for ... (S. 512)

Mr. Fitzpatrick, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of R. F. Blocker, E. J. Gurley, and J. F. Davis. (S. 425)

Mr. Foot asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill Amendatory of existing laws relating to the punishment of certain crimes ... (S. 470)

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 145,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Frances Ann McCauley. (S. 223)

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 8,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Frederick A. Beelen. (S. 61)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Noah Smith, late a private in the army of the United States. (S. 240)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To extend an act entitled "An act to continue half-pay to certain widows and orphans," approved February three, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. (S. 297)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report (No, 345) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mary Elizabeth Larnard, widow of Brevet Major Charles H. Larnard, late of the United States army. (S. 513)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report (No. 352,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Rebecca A. Correll. (S. 528)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 190,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of G. Alonzo Breast. (S. 267)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 280,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ebenezer Ricker. (S. 411)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 38,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Allen, of Portland, in the State of Maine. (S. 117)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 84,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Eliza A. Merchant, widow of the late First Lieutenant and Brevet Captain Charles G. Merchant, of the United States army. (S. 163)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a land warrant to Russell Fitch, of Ohio. (S. 426)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue land warrants to Joseph Chase, James Young, and Alexander Keef. (S. 78)

Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed, to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a land warrant to Benjamin Ward. (S. 421)

Mr. Green asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Committee discharged. A Bill To provide for the geological and mineralogical survey of the Territory of New Mexico. (S. 246)

Mr. Green asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported adversely and ordered to lie on the table. A Bill Granting public lands to the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, to aid in the construction of railroads in said Territories. (S. 231)

Mr. Green asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill To authorize the issuance of patents for lands entered under the graduation act. (S. 491)

Mr. Green, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide temporary governments for the Territories of Dacota and Arizona, and to create the office of surveyor general for the Territory of Arizona. (S. 555)

Mr. Green, from the Committee on Territories, submitted a report, (No. 82,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union. Whereas the people of the Territory of Kansas, by their representatives in convention assembled at Lecompton, in said Territory, ... (S. 161)

Mr. Gwin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported, with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics; and accompanied by a report, (No. 322.) A Bill For the relief of James Collier. (S. 420)

Mr. Gwin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment, and adversely. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Jane Turnbull. (S. 110)

Mr. Gwin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of John Ferguson and others. (S. 419)

Mr. Gwin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, amended, and read the third time and passed. A Bill To create additional land districts in the State of California, and for other purposes. (S. 210)

Mr. Gwin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics, and accompanied by a miscellaneous document, (No. 266.) A Bill To authorize ... (S. 329)

Mr. Gwin, from the select committee on the Pacific railroad, reported the following bill; which was read the first and second times, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Monday, the first day of February next. A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to contract for the ... (S. 65)

Mr. Gwinn, from the select committee on the Pacific railroad, reported the following bill; which was read the first and second times, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to and made the special order for, Monday, the first day of February next. Considered as in Committee of the Whole, postponed until to-morrow, and ordered to be ... (S. 65)

Mr. Gwinn, from the select committee on the Pacific railroad, reported the following bill; which was read the first and second times, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Monday, the first day of February next. Ordered to be printed, and that the amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Davis, ... (S. 65)

Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read the first and second times. A Bill For the relief of Captain Thomas Ap Catesby Jones. (S. 122)

Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 198,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Albert G. Allen. (S. 277)

Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 358,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ann Scott. (S. 533)

Mr. Hale, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 376,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Arthur Edwards and his associates. (S. 582)

Mr. Hamlin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times and ordered to lie on the table. Ordered to be printed. A Bill To improve the channel of the Potomac river, in the District of Columbia. (S. 364)

Mr. Hamlin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment and accompanied by a report, (No. 296.) A Bill To authorize the increase of invalid pensions in certain cases. (S. 395)

Mr. Hamlin asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Committee discharged. A Bill To enable the Columbian College, in the District of Columbia, to found and establish a professorship of agricultural and mechanical science, and complete her ... (S. 378)

Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the owners of the bark Attica, of Portland, Maine. (S. 167)

Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend an act entitled "An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels, to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same," passed February eighteenth, seventeen hundred and ... (S. 247)

Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed, to a second reading. A Bill To amend or define the act of July twenty-nine, eighteen hundred and fifty, entitled "An act providing for recording the conveyances of vessels, and for other purposes." (S. 248)

Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted a report, (No. 24,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend the "Act to incorporate the Columbia Institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb and the blind," approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ... (S. 99)

Mr. Harlan asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported adversely and ordered to lie on the table. A Bill Making a grant of lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of a railroad in said State. (S. 63)

Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing William Collicott, or his legal representatives, to enter a quarter section of the public lands. (S. 580)

Mr. Harlan, 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 granting lands to the Territory of Iowa, to aid in the improvement of the Des Moines river, in said Territory." (S. 386)

Mr. Houston asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Committee discharged and ordered to lie on the table. A Bill To provide for the organization of a regiment of mounted volunteers for the defence of the frontier of Texas, ... (S. 178)

Mr. Houston asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill To extend the provisions of "section twelve" of the "Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of ... (S. 179)

Mr. Hunter asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To amend the acts in relation to the Post Office Department. (S. 337)

Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of those whose goods were destroyed by fire in Baxter's warehouse, on the fourth June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (S. 557)

Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize a loan not exceeding the sum of fifteen millions of dollars. (S. 396)

Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the issue of treasury notes. (S. 13)

Mr. Iverson asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics, and amend the title to read--A bill to promote the ... (S. 75)

Mr. Iverson asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Benjamin with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics; and amend the title to read: A bill amendatory of the ... (S. 515)

Mr. Iverson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. On motion by Mr. Yulee, committee discharged. A Bill To abolish the franking privilege of members of Congress, and for other purposes. (S. 496)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee of Claims, submitted a report (No. 22) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George A. O'Brien. (S. 92)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee of Claims, submitted a report, (No. 12,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Elias Hall, of Rutland, Vermont. (S. 68)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which, was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To refund to the State of Georgia the amount paid by said State to Peter Trezvant for supplies furnished certain troops during the revolutionary war. (S. 437)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report (No. 234) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of R. W. Clarke. (S. 324)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 107,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of A. W. MacPherson. (S. 187)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 11,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jonas P. Keller. (S. 67)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 116,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph Hardy and Alton Long. (S. 198)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 125,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Hastings, collector of the port of Pittsburg. (S. 207)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 127,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph C. G. Kennedy. (S. 209)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 199,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Bernard M. Byrne. (S. 282)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 206,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Franklin Peale. (S. 293)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 209,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of J. M. Pommares. (S. 442)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 220,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel H. Taylor. (S. 306)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 235,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Ann P. Derrick, widow of W. S. Derrick, deceased. (S. 325)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 250,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ann L. Rogers. (S. 340)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 254,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Eliza E. Ogden. (S. 368)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 259,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George J. Knight. (S. 374)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 276,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Miles Judson, surety on the official bond of the late Purser Andrew D. Crosby. (S. 407)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 297,) accompanied, by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James Myer. (S. 428)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 298,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jane J. Wingerd. (S. 429)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 303,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read three times and passed. A Bill For the relief of James T. V. Thompson. (S. 435)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 306,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Charles M. Perry. (S. 439)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 323,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John R. Nourse and others. (S. 452)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 55,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George Phelps. (S. 128)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 73,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James Suddards. (S. 148)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 74,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George H. Howell. (S. 149)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 85,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the settlement of the accounts of the late Captain John W. McCrabb. (S. 164)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 94,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mary Peters. (S. 173)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 94,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mary Petery. (S. 173)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (not printed,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George W. Flood. (S. 266)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Hariet O. Read, executrix of the late Brevet, Colonel A. C. W. Fanning, of the United States army. (S. 226)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To continue a pension to Christine Barnard, widow of the late Brevet Major Moses J. Barnard, United States army. (S. 91)

Mr. Iverson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 72,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Brevet Major James L. Donaldson, assistant quartermaster, United States army. (S. 145)

Mr. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 117,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Major Jeremiah T. Dashiell, paymaster in the United States army. (S. 202)

Mr. Johnson, from the Committee on Printing, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Amendatory of the act entitled "An act to provide for executing the public printing and establishing the prices thereof, and for other purposes," approved August 26, 1852. (S. 218)

Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment and accompanied by an adverse report, No. 34. A Bill For the relief of John McVey. (S. 53)

Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics, and amend the title to read, "A bill to revive and extend ... (S. 54)

Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 169,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Charles McCormick, assistant surgeon in the United States army. (S. 252)

Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 265,) accompanied by 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. 385)

Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, (No. 302,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read three times and passed. A Bill For the relief of Theresa Dardenne, widow of Abraham Dardenne, deceased, and their children. (S. 434)

Mr. Jones asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and amend the title to read: A bill for the relief of purchasers of public lands within the timber reserve opposite ... (S. 322)

Mr. Jones asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill To establish an additional land district in the State of Iowa. (S. 299)

Mr. Jones asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 300.) A Bill For the relief of citizens and owners of property in the city of Omaha, Nebraska Territory, and Sioux city, ... (S. 220)

Mr. Jones asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill To divide the State of Iowa into two judicial districts. (S. 21)

Mr. Jones asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported by Mr. Clay, without amendment. A Bill To provide for the transfer of jurisdiction over certain claims against the United States from the Treasury to the Interior Department. (S. 522)

Mr. Jones asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment, and adversely. A Bill To divide the State of Iowa into two judicial districts. (S. 482)

Mr. Jones asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard, with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets.] A Bill Regulating the times and places of holding the courts, and reorganizing the divisions of the ... (S. 517)

Mr. Jones asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill For the relief of the city of Omaha, in the Territory of Nebraska. (S. 498)

Mr. Jones, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mary Walbach, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier General John B. Walbach, of the United States army. (S. 453)

Mr. Jones, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 177,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Anthony Caslo, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (S. 255)

Mr. Jones, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 227,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John B. Miller. (S. 309)

Mr. Jones, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 236,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Catherine Dickerson. (S. 326)

Mr. Jones, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Abby S. Chaplin. (S. 586)

Mr. Kennedy asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To establish a line of mail steamships between certain ports of the United States and Great Britain. (S. 430)

Mr. Kennedy asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To establish a national line of mail steamships between certain ports of the United States and Great Britain. (S. 508)

Mr. Kennedy, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 14,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the relocation of land warrants number three, four, and five, granted by Congress to General Lafayette," approved February ... (S. 71)

Mr. Kennedy, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 15,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Daniel Whitney. (S. 72)

Mr. Kennedy, 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 Michael Nash, of the District of Columbia. (S. 261)

Mr. Kennedy, 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 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company to extend the Washington branch of their road through a tunnel east of the Capitol to some point or points on the water, from Third street east to ... (S. 583)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 178,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Further explanatory of an act approved August eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled "An act for the relief of Adam D. Stewart, and of Alexander ... (S. 256)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 204,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Webster S. Steele. (S. 291)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 205,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James A. Glanding. (S. 292)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 207,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Lemuel Worster. (S. 294)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 218,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James Smith. (S. 302)

Mr. Mallory asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill For the relief of Jane Perry. (S. 423)

Mr. Mallory asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill Explanatory of an act granting public lands to aid in the construction of a railroad in the States of Florida and Alabama, and for other ... (S. 289)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No, 347,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William C. Pease. (S. 516)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 158,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the settlement of the accounts of Luther Jewett, late collector of the district of Portland and Falmouth, in the State of Maine. (S. 245)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 219,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Isaac Varn, senior. (S. 303)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 239,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of P. S. Duvall & Company. (S. 331)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 256,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Guadalupe Estudillo de Arguello, widow of Santiago E. Arguello. (S. 370)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 287,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Captain J. B. Montgomery. (S. 418)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 49,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief David Myerle. (S. 120)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs submitted a report, (No. 75,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Lieutenant Joshua D. Todd, United States navy. (S. 153)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the construction of ten war steamers. (S. 486)

Mr. Mallory, 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 Richard W. Meade. (S. 221)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the construction of six small war steamers of light draught. (S. 397)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To increase the pay of the officers of the navy. (S. 485)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report) (No. 121,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Increasing the pay of certain officers of revenue cutters, while serving in the navy of the United States. (S. 206)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 126,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Fabius Stanley. (S. 208)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 170,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of F. M. Gunnell, passed assistant surgeon in the navy. (S. 253)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 208,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of David D. Porter. (S. 295)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 215,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Henry Etting. (S. 301)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 321,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel A. West, George McCullough, Hiram McCullough, and Charles Pendergrast. (S. 450)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 324,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George B. Bacon, late acting purser of the sloop-of-war Portsmouth. (S. 454)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 61,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Edward D. Reynolds. (S. 132)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 76,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William F. Carrington, passed assistant surgeon in the navy of the United States. (S. 154)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 77,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Robert Carter, passed assistant surgeon in the navy of the United States. (S. 155)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 80,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Commander Thomas J. Page, United States navy. (S. 159)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 81,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas J. Page. (S. 160)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 92,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Otway H. Berryman. (S. 171)

Mr. Mallory, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 93,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William D. Moseley. (S. 172)

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the President of the United States to use the public force of the United States in cases therein specified. Whereas, the President of the United States, in discharge of the duty imposed on him by the ... (S. 500)

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To carry into effect the provisions of the second article of the treaty between the United States of America and the kingdom of Siam, concluded on the twenty-ninth of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (S. 504)

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report (No. 65) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of J. E. Martin. (S. 134)

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 1,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Alexander J. Atocha. (S. 28)

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 194,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the owners, officers, and crew of the brig General Armstrong. (S. 273)

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 20,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read the first and second times, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Tuesday, the 9th of February next, at 1 o'clock. A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled "An act ... (S. 85)

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 20,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read the first and second times, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Tuesday, the 9th of February next, at 1 o'clock. Ordered to be printed, and that the amendment ... (S. 85)

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 310,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ferdinand Coxe. (S. 445)

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 311,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John H. Wheeler. (S. 446)

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 36,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To indemnify the master and owners of the Spanish schooner Amistad and her cargo. (S. 114)

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 70,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George W. Lippitt. (S. 140)

Mr. Mason, 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 extension and use of a branch of the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire railroad within the city of Georgetown. (S. 538)

Mr. Pearce, from the Committee on the Library, submitted a report, (No. 328,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To furnish the Court of Claims with law books and congressional documents. (S. 456)

Mr. Polk asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Committee discharged. A Bill In relation to conflicting land claims. (S. 169)

Mr. Polk asked and, by unanimous consent, 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 Thomas L. Disharoon. (S. 317)

Mr. Polk asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson without amendment. A Bill For the repayment of lead rents improperly paid to the government. (S. 511)

Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Anthony S. Robinson, heir and legal representative of John Hamilton Robinson, deceased. (S. 158)

Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 238,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Stephen R. Rowan. (S. 330)

Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 272,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Money. (S. 398)

Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 305,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph Clymer. (S. 438)

Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 32,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief Ephraim Hunt. (S. 107)

Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 51,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Henry Hubbard. (S. 123)

Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 78,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joshua Shaw, of Bordentown, New Jersey. (S. 156)

Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 135,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the payment to the State of Maine of certain expenses agreed to be refunded to her by the fifth article of the treaty between the United States of America and her ... (S. 216)

Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 266,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of the late John Forsyth. (S. 388)

Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 380,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read the first and second times, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed until to-morrow. A Bill For the relief of E. George Squier, late United States charge d'affaires to the republics of Central America. (S. 587)

Mr. Polk, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 71,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Captain Charles G. Ridgely, of the United States navy. (S. 144)

Mr. Pugh asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the better regulation of sales and entries of the public lands, and to limit the fees of registers and receivers at the several land ... (S. 387)

Mr. Pugh asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert the additional section in italics. A Bill To supply vacancies in certain offices. (S. 311)

Mr. Pugh asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Committee discharged. A Bill To repeal the twenty-fifth section of the act to establish the judicial courts of the United States, approved September twenty-fourth, seventeen hundred and ... (S. 280)

Mr. Pugh asked and, by unanimous consent, 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 To supply vacancies in certain offices. (S. 311)

Mr. Pugh asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. On motion by Mr. Jones, committee discharged. A Bill For the relief of James Albertson. (S. 495)

Mr. Pugh asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Pugh, with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics; and accompanied by a report, (No. 381.) A Bill For the relief ... (S. 525)

Mr. Pugh asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide for the admission of Kansas into the Union. (S. 37)

Mr. Reid, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the issue of patents, in certain cases, to negro slaves for the use of their owners. (S. 548)

Mr. Reid, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 335,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James G. Holmes. (S. 480)

Mr. Rice asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the second section and insert the words printed in italics, and amend the title by adding thereto the words, in regard to town sites. A Bill ... (S. 365)

Mr. Rice asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Committee discharged. A Bill Authorizing the establishment of a northern Pacific mail-route. (S. 366)

Mr. Rice, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 372,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Sheldon McKnight. (S. 577)

Mr. Sebastian asked and, by unanimous consent, 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 confirm the sale of the reservation held by the Christian Indians, and to provide a permanent home for said Indians. Whereas, by the thirteenth ... (S. 323)

Mr. Sebastian asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Committee discharged. A Bill To extend the principles of the pre-emption act to certain lands herein mentioned, and for other purposes. (S. 415)

Mr. Sebastian asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on on Indian Affairs. Reported with an amendment. A Bill Providing for the allotment of lands to certain New York Indians, and for other purposes. (S. 389)

Mr. Sebastian asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard without amendment, and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 350.) A Bill For the relief of Samuel C. Phagin and others. (S. 233)

Mr. Sebastian, 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 Henry R. Schoolcraft. (S. 443)

Mr. Sebastian, 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 John Rogers. (S. 458)

Mr. Sebastian, 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 Madison Sweetser. (S. 377)

Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 274,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George Stealey. (S. 403)

Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 382,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Tilman Leak. (S. 590)

Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 66,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of W. Y. Hansell, W. H. Underwood, and the representatives of Samuel Rockwell. (S. 135)

Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 67,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John B. Hand. (S. 136)

Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Livingston, Kinkead and Company. (S. 199)

Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom the subject was referred, reported the following bill, which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Willis A. Gorman. (S. 417)

Mr. Seward asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Committee discharged and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill To secure a prompt construction of a ... (S. 281)

Mr. Seward asked and, by unanimous consent, 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 Myra Clark Gaines. (S. 383)

Mr. Seward asked, and by unanimous consent 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: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill To amend an act entitled "An act to regulate the carriage of ... (S. 174)

Mr. Seward, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of J. Hosford Smith. (S. 115)

Mr. Seward, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 176,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Townsend Harris. (S. 254)

Mr. Seward, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, (No. 240,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Anton L. C. Portman. (S. 332)

Mr. Shields asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill To amend an act entitled "An act to extend pre-emption rights to certain lands therein mentioned," approved March 3, 1853. (S. 399)

Mr. Shields asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Committee discharged. A Bill To establish the Lake Superior and Pacific overland mail-route. (S. 501)

Mr. Shields asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill To secure title to settlers upon the Kansas half-breed tract, and for other purposes. (S. 494)

Mr. Shields, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 341,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of General Stephen Moylan's heirs. Whereas there is a debt of ninety-eight thousand and thirty-eight dollars and sixty-seven cents standing due and still ... (S. 506)

Mr. Shields, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 342,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the surviving grandchildren of Colonel William Thompson, of the revolutionary army of South Carolina. (S. 507)

Mr. Shields, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 353,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Haym M. Salomon. (S. 530)

Mr. Shields, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted, a report, (No. 360,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Frederick Vincent, administrator of James Le Caze, surviving partner of Le Caze and Mallet. (S. 537)

Mr. Simmons asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read the first and second times, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To prevent the continuance of fraud upon the revenue by the under valuation of foreign imports. (S. 320)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 109,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Rufus Dwinel. (S. 189)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 129,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph C. G. Kennedy. (S. 212)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 200,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James Maccaboy. (S. 283)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 201,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of C. Edward Habicht, administrator of J. W. P. Lewis. (S. 284)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 203,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Miles Devine. (S. 288)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 257,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Anthony W. Bayard. (S. 371)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 291,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John R. Bartlett. (S. 422)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 58,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel V. Niles. (S. 131)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Claims, submitted a report, (No. 68,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs-at-law of the late Abigail Nason, sister and devisee of John Lord, deceased. (S. 137)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 195,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Randall Pegg. (S. 274)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 195,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. Recommitted to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert the words in italics, and ... (S. 274)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 196,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jeremiah Pendergast. (S. 275)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 304,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Nathaniel Hayward. (S. 436)

Mr. Slidell asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be printed. Ordered to be printed. A Bill Making appropriation to facilitate the acquisition of the island of Cuba by negotiation. (S. 497)

Mr. Slidell asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be printed. Reported by Mr. Slidell with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics; and accompanied by a report, (No. 351.) ... (S. 497)

Mr. Slidell asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be printed. A Bill Making appropriation to facilitate the acquisition of the island of Cuba by negotiation. (S. 497)

Mr. Slidell, from the select committee on the subject of the banks of the District of Columbia, submitted a report, (No. 29,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read the first and second times, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Tuesday, the 9th of February next, at 1 o'clock. ... (S. 104)

Mr. Slidell, from the select committee on the subject of the banks of the District of Columbia, submitted a report, (No. 29,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read the first and second times, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order for, Tuesday, the 9th of February next, at 1 o'clock. A Bill ... (S. 104)

Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the issuing of certain bounty land warrants to the legal representatives of deceased persons entitled thereto. (S. 193)

Mr. Stewart, 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 Martin Layman. (S. 235)

Mr. Stuart asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To provide for the better regulation of "night signals" on board "sail ... (S. 84)

Mr. Stuart asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported adversely and ordered to lie on the table. A Bill Granting public lands to the Territory of Kansas, to aid in the construction of railroads in said Territory. (S. 236)

Mr. Stuart asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To amend an act entitled "An act making appropriations for the services of ... (S. 432)

Mr. Stuart asked and, by unanimous consent, 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 James Tilton. (S. 440)

Mr. Stuart asked and, by unanimous consent, 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 create two additional land districts in the Territory of Washington. (S. 375)

Mr. Stuart asked and, by unanimous consent, 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 enlarge the Detroit and Saginaw land districts in Michigan. (S. 286)

Mr. Stuart asked and, by unanimous consent, 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 establish an additional land district in the State of Minnesota. (S. 333)

Mr. Stuart asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. Amendatory of an act entitled "An act to establish two additional land districts in the Territory of Minnesota," approved July 8, 1856. (S. 296)

Mr. Stuart asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Committee discharged. A Bill To provide for the sale of reservations of land granted to individual Indians in certain cases, and to regulate the disposition of the proceeds thereof. (S. 523)

Mr. Stuart, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the transfer to State authorities of the books, papers, and so forth, of discontinued land districts, under certain circumstances. (S. 449)

Mr. Stuart, 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 Ashton S. H. White. (S. 195)

Mr. Stuart, 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 James Bawden. (S. 194)

Mr. Stuart, 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 John B. Bennet. Whereas John B. Bennet, a mail contractor, did, in the month of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, contract to carry the mail of the United States from Highland, in Kansas ... (S. 602)

Mr. Stuart, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Relinquishing the interest of the United States in certain lands to the city of St. Paul, Minnesota. (S. 441)

Mr. Stuart, 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 to authorize the President of the United States to cause to be surveyed the tract of land, in the Territory of Minnesota, belonging to the half-breeds or mixed bloods of the Dacotah or ... (S. 82)

Mr. Stuart, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To consolidate at St. Louis, Missouri, such land districts as may be discontinued in that State. (S. 444)

Mr. Stuart, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To legalize certain informal entries of town sites in the Territory of Nebraska. (S. 601)

Mr. Stuart, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To repeal an act entitled "An act for the relief of the citizens of towns upon the lands of the United States under certain circumstances," approved May twenty-three, eighteen hundred and forty-four. (S. 529)

Mr. Stuart, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report (No. 26) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill Releasing to the legal representatives of John McNiel, deceased, the title of the United States to a certain tract of land. (S. 100)

Mr. Stuart, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, (No. 167,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To release to the Milwaukie and Mississippi Railroad Company the interest of the United States to a certain parcel of land. (S. 249)

Mr. Stuart, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, (No. 83,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John L. Alien and Asa R. Carter. (S. 162)

Mr. Stuart, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To vest the title to certain warrants for land in George M. Gordon. (S. 83)

Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics, and amend the title to read--A bill to create Tom's river, ... (S. 141)

Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief J. Willcox Jenkins. (S. 74)

Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, 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 Dr. Charles Maxwell, a surgeon in the United States navy. (S. 69)

Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Hannah Stroop, widow of John Stroop, deceased. (S. 142)

Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 155,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Brest, a soldier in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (S. 242)

Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 237,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Pickell, late a lieutenant in the United States army. (S. 328)

Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 246,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Abner Merrill. (S. 335)

Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 348,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ruth Ellen Greland, widow of John H. Greland, deceased. (S. 519)

Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 349,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George Robbins. (S. 520)

Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted a report, (No. 37,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jeremiah Pendergast, of the District of Columbia. (S. 116)

Mr. Toombs, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Simon de Visser and Jose Villarubia, of New Orleans. (S. 103)

Mr. Trumbull, asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment and accompanied by a report, No. 263. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Daniel Hay, deceased. (S. 230)

Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 221,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of M. C. Gritzner. (S. 308)

Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 387,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Frederick E. Sickels. (S. 595)

Mr. Wilson asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets.] A Bill To provide for issuing patents in certain cases, where grants of the public lands have been made by Congress. (S. 204)

Mr. Wilson asked, and by unanimous consent obtained, leave to bring in the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. A Bill To appropriate one million acres of the public lands of the United States for the benefit of free public schools in the District of Columbia. (S. 18)

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To prevent desertion and to facilitate enlistment of soldiers in the army of the United States. (S. 265)

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 128,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To facilitate communication with the army in Utah. (S. 211)

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 146,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Edward Ingersoll. (S. 224)

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 244,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas Laurent, surviving partner of the firm of Benjamin and Thomas Laurent. (S. 334)

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, submitted a report, (No. 364,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of F. W. Lander. (S. 545)

Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 119,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Charles Porterfield, deceased. (S. 203)

Mr. Yulee asked and, by unanimous consent, obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment and adversely. A Bill Amendatory to the act entitled "An act in addition to certain acts granting bounty lands to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged ... (S. 139)

Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, submitted a report, (No. 271,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Edson Fessenden, conservator of William Crompton. (S. 394)

Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To abolish the franking privilege, and for other purposes. (S. 570)

Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To create the office of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. (S. 143)

Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the transmission of the mails between ports of the United States and Europe. (S. 575)

Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the transportation of the United States mails from Charleston. South Carolina, by Savannah, Georgia, and Key West, Florida, to Havana, in Cuba. (S. 569)

Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To suppress the unlawful collection and delivery of letters, and for other purposes. (S. 451)

Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 151,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Arnold Harris and Samuel F. Butterworth. (S. 237)

Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 202,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Sherlock and Shirley. (S. 287)

Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 312,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Daniel B. Hibbard. (S. 447)

Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 326,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the trustees of A. G. Sloo. (S. 455)

Mr. Yulee, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 39,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Scott, Hill W. House and Samuel 0. House. (S. 118)

Ordered to be printed as amended. A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, army and navy supplies, and all other government service, by railroad, from the Missouri river to San Francisco, in the State of California. (S. 65)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Benjamin to the bill (S. 500) "authorizing the President of the United States to use the public force of the United States in the cases therein provided," viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: (S. 500)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Bigler to the bill (S. 65) "to authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, and all other government service, by railroad, from the Missouri river to San Francisco, in the State of California," viz; ... (S. 65)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Cameron to the bill (S. 65) "to authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, and all other government service, by railroad from the Missouri river to San Francisco, in the State of California," viz: ... (S. 65)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Clark to the bill (S. 161) "for the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union," viz: At the end of the bill add the following: (S. 161)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Dixon to the bill (S. 570) "to abolish the franking privilege, and for other purposes," viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: (S. 570)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Doolittle to the bill (8. 65) "to authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, and all other government service, by railroad, from the Missouri river to San Francisco, in the State of California," viz: ... (S. 65)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Doolittle to the bill (S. 497) "making appropriation to facilitate the acquisition of Cuba by negotiation," viz; Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: Whereas the proposition contained in the message of the President of the United States in relation to the ... (S. 497)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Doolittle to the bill (S. 65) "to authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, and all other government service, by railroad, from the Missouri river to San Francisco, in the State of California," viz: ... (S. 65)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Douglas to the bill (S. 555) to provide temporary governments for the Territories of Dacotah and Arizona, and to create the office of surveyor general for the Territory of Arizona, viz: Insert the following as additional sections. (S. 555)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Foot as a substitute for the bill (S. 65) "to authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, and all other government service, by railroad, from the Missouri river to San Francisco, in the State of ... (S. 65)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Green to the bill (S. 161) "for the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union," viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following; and amend the title to read. A bill for the admission of the States of Kansas and Minnesota into the Union. Whereas the people ... (S. 161)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Hunter to the bill (S. 79) "to increase the military establishment of the United States," viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert: (S. 79)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Mason to the bill (S. 497) "making appropriation to facilitate the acquisition of the island of Cuba by negotiation," viz: Strike out the entire bill, including the enacting clause from the words "Be it," in the first line, and in lieu thereof insert the following, and amend the title ... (S. 497)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Pugh to the amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Green to the bill (S. 161) "for the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union," viz: At the end thereof add the following section: (S. 161)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Slidell to the "bill (S. 85) supplementary to the act entitled "An act in addition to the 'Act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States,' and to repeal the acts therein mentioned," approved April twenty, eighteen hundred and eighteen, viz: Add the following as a ... (S. 85)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson to the "bill (S. 65) to authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, and all other government service by railroad, from the Missouri river to San Francisco, in the State of California," viz: ... (S. 65)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson to the bill (S. 497) "making appropriation to facilitate the acquisition of the island of Cuba by negotiation," viz: Insert the following preamble. Whereas reciprocal commercial intercourse among nations promotes mutual prosperity, and is the surest guarantee of permanent peace; ... (S. 497)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson to the bill (S. 79) "to increase the military establishment of the United States," viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following: (S. 79)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Simmons to the "Bill (S. 396) to authorize a loan not exceeding the sum of fifteen millions of dollars," viz: add the following as additional sections: (S. 396)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Reported by Mr. Douglas, from the Committee on Territories, to the "Bill (S. 8) to organize the Territory of Arizona, and to create the office of surveyor general therein; to provide for the examination of private land claims; to grant donations to actual settlers; to survey the public and private lands, and for ... (S. 8)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment. Mr. John Sherman gave notice of his intention to offer the following amendment, in the nature of a substitute for S. bill 86. A Bill for the admission of the State of Minnesota into the Union upon certain conditions. Whereas an act of Congress was passed February twenty-six, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, ... (S. 86)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments Intended to be proposed by Mr. Iverson to the bill (S. 65) To authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, and all other government service, by railroad, from the Missouri river to San Francisco, in the State of California, viz: ... (S. 65)

Ordered to be printed. An Act Amendatory of the act entitled "An act to provide for executing the public printing and establishing the prices thereof, and for other purposes," approved August 26, 1852. (S. 218)

Ordered to be printed. An Act For the admission of Oregon into the Union. Whereas the people of Oregon have framed, ratified, and adopted a constitution of State government which is republican in form, and in conformity with the Constitution of the United States, and have applied for admission into the Union on an equal footing with the other ... (S. 239)

Ordered to be printed. Mr, Bonham gave notice of his intention to propose, at the proper time, the following amendment, as an additional section to the bill: Amendment. (S. 239)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell submitted the following motion: Ordered, That the bill (S. 65) "to authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, and all other government service, by railroad, from the Missouri river to San Francisco, in the State of California," be ... (S. 65)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bingham, gave notice of his intention, at the proper time, to propose the following amendment in the nature of a substitute: Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: Whereas the people of Oregon have framed, ratified, and adopted a constitution of State government preparatory to their ... (S. 239)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bonham gave notice of his intention, at the proper time, to propose the following amendment to the first section of the bill: Add at the end of the first section the following proviso: Amendment. (S. 239)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following, as presenting the views of the minority of the select committee on the Pacific railroad, and as an Amendment intended to be proposed by him as a substitute for the bill (8. 65) "to authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, ... (S. 65)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. English's amendment to the proposed instructions of Mr. John G. Davis in regard to the bill of the Senate No. 239. Amendment. (S. 239)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Grow gave notice of his intention to propose the following amendment, at the proper time, as an additional section: Amendment. (S. 239)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hill gave notice of his intention to propose, at the proper time, the following amendment to the first section of the bill S. 239: Amendment. Amend by striking out all after the word "That," in section one, and insert the following in lieu thereof; and strike out section three. (S. 239)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Humphrey Marshall gave notice of his intention to propose, at the proper time, the following amendment, in the nature of a substitute: Amendment. Whereas the people of Oregon have framed a constitution under which they propose to be admitted as a State into this Union, and it being represented that the population of said ... (S. 239)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. John G. Davis gave notice of his intention, at the proper time, to propose the following amendment: Amendment. (S. 239)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Maynard gave notice of his intention to propose, at the proper time, the following amendment, as additional sections: Amendment. (S. 239)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward, on the part of the minority of the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the bill (S. 497) "making appropriation to facilitate the acquisition of the island of Cuba by negotiation," submitted their views, in the form of a substitute for the original bill, as follows: A Bill Concerning the relations ... (S. 497)

Ordered to be printed. Read, and, on motion by Mr. Green, postponed to and made the special order of the day for Monday, the 26th of April, at one o'clock. Mr. Green, from the Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on the "Bill (S. 161) for the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union," made the following Report. ... (S. 161)

Ordered, That the amendment of the House of Representatives to bill (S. 161) "for the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union" be printed. Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert: (S. 161)

Read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Edward Ingersoll. (S. 224)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and made the special order, to take effect as soon as the deficiency bill (306) is disposed of. Mr. Dodd proposes the following amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows, printed in italics. An Act To establish an auxiliary ... (S. 232)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. An Act Making an appropriation for deepening the channel over the St. Clair Flats, in the State of Michigan. (S. 321)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Reported back without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act To reimburse the corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, a sum of money advanced towards the construction of the Little ... (S. 414)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported back without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. An Act For the relief of Otway H. Berryman. (S. 171)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. An Act To authorize the issue of treasury notes. (S. 13)

Read twice. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of William K. Jennings and others. (S. 29)

Read twice. Mr. A. H. Stephens proposed to amend the bill by striking out the words within [brackets] and inserting those in italics. An Act For the admission of the State of Minnesota into the Union. Whereas an act of Congress was passed February twenty-six, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, entitled "An act to authorize the people of the ... (S. 86)

Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment as Senate bill No. 612, and read three times and passed, and on motion by Mr. Stuart to re-consider the vote on passing the bill, it was postponed until to-morrow. (See report of committee No. 401.) Referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported by ... (S. 87)

Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment as Senate bill No. 614, read and passed to a second reading. (See report of committee No. 403.) Referred, with the papers, to the Committee of Claims. Reported, by Mr. Polk without amendment, as Senate bill No. 88, and read and passed to a second ... (S. 88)

Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, read as Senate bill No. 453, and passed to a second reading. (See report of committee No. 287.) Referred with papers to the Committee of Claims. Reported by Mr. Mason without amendment, as Senate bill No. 57, and read and passed to a second ... (S. 57)

Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, read as Senate bill No. 575, and passed to a second reading. (See report of committee No. 368.) Referred with papers to the Committee of Claims. Reported by Mr. Polk without amendment, as Senate bill No. 93, and accompanied by an adverse report ... (S. 93)

Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, read as Senate bill No. 589, and passed to a second reading. (See report No. 386.) Referred, with papers, to the Committee of Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 90, and read and passed to a second reading. A ... (S. 90)

Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported with an amendment, read as Senate bill No. 314, and passed to a second reading. Passed the Senate with the amendment reported by the Committee. Referred with papers to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson with an amendment, as Senate bill No. 542, viz: ... (S. 542)

Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported with an amendment, read as Senate Bill No. 316, and passed to a second reading. Read the second and third times and passed. Referred, with papers, to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, with an amendment, as Senate bill No. 184, and read and passed to ... (S. 184)

Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported without amendment, and read three times and passed as Senate bill No. 441. (See report of committee, No. 278.) Referred with papers to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Simmons, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 121, and accompanied by an adverse report, ... (S. 121)

Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported without amendment, read as Senate bill No. 374, and passed to a second reading. (See report No. 320.) Read the second and third times and passed. Referred, with papers, to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 109, ... (S. 109)

Received from the Court of Claims and referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported without amendment, read as Senate bill No. 582, and passed to a second reading. (See report of committee, No. 375.) Referred with papers to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Polk, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 108, and accompanied by an adverse ... (S. 108)

Received from the Court of Claims, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, read as Senate bill No. 613, and passed to a second reading. (See report of committee. No. 402.) Referred with papers to the Committee of Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson without amendment, as Senate bill No. 89, and read and passed to a second ... (S. 89)

Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson without amendment, as Senate bill No. 541, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 3.) A Bill For the relief of Emilie G. Jones, executrix of Thomas P. Jones, deceased. (S. 541)

Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 539, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 1.) A Bill For the relief of John Peebles. (S. 539)

Received from the Court of Claims. Referred to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 540, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 3.) A Bill For the relief of Nancy M. Johnson, administratrix of Walter R. Johnson, deceased. (S. 540)

Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Reported back with amendments, viz: Insert the parts in italics; and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. An Act To incorporate the Washington National Monument Society. (S. 152)

Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Wilson to the "bill (S. 8) to organize the Territory of Arizona, and to create the office of surveyor general therein; to provide for the examination of private land claims, to grant donations to actual settlers, to survey the public and ... (S. 8)

Referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. Amendment. Mr. Bingham proposes the following amendment in the nature of a substitute for Senate bill (No. 239) "For the admission of Oregon into the Union," viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following: Whereas the people of Oregon have framed, ... (S. 239)

Referred with papers to the Committee on Claims. Reported by Mr. Iverson, without amendment, as Senate bill No. 183, and read and passed to a second reading.--(See Mis. Doc. No. 20, Report Com. No. 102.) A Bill For the relief of Charner T. Scaife, administrator of Gilbert Stalker. (S. 183)

Reported back from the Committee of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Elias Hall, of Rutland, Vermont. (S. 68)

Reported back from the Committee on Indian Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of William B. Trotter. (S. 52)

Reported back from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Michael Kinny, late a private in company I, eighth regiment United States army. (S. 35)

Reported back from the Committee on Military Affairs with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word in [brackets] and insert those in italics. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act To continue a pension to Christine Barnard, widow of the late Brevet Major Moses J. Barnard, United States army. (S. 91)

Reported back from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of James G. Benton, E. B. Babbitt, and James Longstreet, of the United States army. (S. 59)

Reported back from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Susanna T. Lea, widow and administratrix of James Maglenen, late of the city of Baltimore, deceased. (S. 96)

Reported back from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Fabius Stanley. (S. 208)

Reported back from the Committee on Private Land Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Anna M. E. Ring, Louisa M. Ring, Cordelia E. Ring and Sarah J. De Lannoy. (S. 185)

Reported back from the Committee on Private Land Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of John Dick, of Florida. (S. 70)

Reported back from the Committee on Private Land Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Laurent Millaudon. (S. 81)

Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. An Act To amend the "Act to incorporate the Columbia Institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb and the blind," approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (S. 99)

Reported by Mr. George Taylor without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth Montgomery, heir of Hugh Montgomery. (S. 30)

Reported by Mr. Hawkins, with an amendment, viz: Amend the title by striking out the words within [brackets,] and inserting those in italics. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act To confirm to [William Marvin] the heirs or assigns of Bernardo Segui title to lands in East Florida. (S. 177)

Reported by Mr. Hopkins, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Townsend Harris. (S. 254)

Reported by Mr. John C. Kunkel, from the Committee of Claims, without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Rufus Dwinel. (S. 189)

Reported from the Committee of Claims with a recommendation that it do not pass, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Ann L. Rogers. (S. 340)

Reported from the Committee of Claims with a recommendation that it do not pass, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of George Phelps. (S. 128)

Reported from the Committee of Claims with a recommendation that it do not pass, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Jane J. Wingerd. (S. 429)

Reported from the Committee of Claims with a recommendation that it do pass, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Mills Judson, surety on the official bond of the late Purser Andrew D. Crosby. (S. 407)

Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of John Robb. (S. 184)

Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Richard Fitzpatrick. (S. 393)

Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Aaron H. Palmer. (S. 268)

Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of David Myerle. (S. 120)

Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of George J. Knight. (S. 374)

Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Joseph C. G. Kennedy. (S. 212)

Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Miles Devine. (S. 288)

Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Samuel H. Taylor. (S. 306)

Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of the heirs-at-law of the late Abigail Nason, sister and devisee of John Lord, deceased. (S. 137)

Reported from the Committee of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of William Money. (S. 398)

Reported from the Committee of Claims, by Mr. S. S. Marshall, without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Jonas P. Keller. (S. 67)

Reported from the Committee of Claims, with a recommendation that it do not pass, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of George W. Flood. (S. 266)

Reported from the Committee of Claims, with a recommendation that it do not pass. An Act For the relief of James Myer. (S. 428)

Reported from the Committee of Ways and Means without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Edward N. Kent. (S. 188)

Reported from the Committee on Commerce without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Simon de Visser and Jose Villarubia, of New Orleans. (S. 103)

Reported from the Committee on Commerce without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Jeremiah Moors. (S. 222)

Reported from the Committee on Commerce without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief Tench Tilghman. (S. 60)

Reported from the Committee on Commerce without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act To surrender the stock of the United States in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, upon certain conditions, to said company. (S. 400)

Reported from the Committee on Commerce without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. An Act Making appropriations for repairing and securing the works at the harbor of Chicago, Illinois. (S. 341)

Reported from the Committee on Commerce without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. An Act Making appropriations for the preservation and repair of the piers at the mouth of Milwaukie river, Wisconsin. (S. 342)

Reported from the Committee on Commerce, without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Charles Knap. (S. 272)

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with a recommendation that it do pass, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Thomas W. Ward, late United States consul at Panama. (S. 427)

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Anton L. C. Portman. (S. 332)

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Frances Ann McCauley. (S. 223)

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of George P. Marsh. (S. 1)

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of George W. Lippitt. (S. 140)

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of J. E. Martin. (S. 134)

Reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs by Mr. Colfax without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Eleazer Williams. (S. 166)

Reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs with amendments, viz: insert the words in italics; and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Madison Sweetser. (S. 377)

Reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of the heirs of John B. Hand. (S. 136)

Reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Anson Dart. (S. 181)

Reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of George Stealey. (S. 403)

Reported from the Committee on Indian Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Willis A. Gorman. (S. 417)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word in [brackets] and insert that in italics. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Ebenezer Ricker. (S. 411)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of John Pickell, late a lieutenant in the United States army. (S. 328)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Abner Merrill. (S. 335)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Anthony Caslo, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (S. 255)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of James A. Glanding. (S. 292)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of James Smith. (S. 302)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Jeremiah Pendergast, of the District of Columbia. (S. 116)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of John Brest, a soldier in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (S. 242)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Lemuel Worster. (S. 294)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Eliza A. Merchant, widow of the late First Lieutenant and Brevet Captain Charles G. Merchant, of the United States army. (S. 163)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Noah Smith, late a private in the army of the United States. (S. 240)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Daniel Hay, deceased. (S. 230)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Webster S. Steele. (S. 291)

Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of William Allen, of Portland, in the State of Maine. (S. 117)

Reported from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act Explanatory of an act entitled "An act for the relief of Dempsey Pittman," approved August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (S. 95)

Reported from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Assistant Surgeon Edward P. Vollum, of the United States army. (S. 336)

Reported from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Brevet Major James L. Donaldson, assistant quartermaster, United States army. (S. 145)

Reported from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Agatha O'Brien, widow of Brevet Major J. P. J. O'Brien, late of the United States army. (S. 101)

Reported from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act To provide for the payment of certain California claims. (S. 367)

Reported from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Jean Hudry. (S. 385)

Reported from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act Further explanatory of the act approved August eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled "An act for the relief of Adam D. Steuart, and of Alexander Randall, executor of Daniel Randall." (S. 256)

Reported from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. An Act To provide for the payment of the claim of the State of Maine, for expenses incurred by that State in organizing a regiment of volunteers for the Mexican war. (S. 380)

Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Albert G. Allen. (S. 277)

Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Commander Thomas J. Page, United States navy. (S. 159)

Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of David D. Porter. (S. 295)

Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Edward D. Reynolds. (S. 132)

Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of F. M. Gunnell, passed assistant surgeon in the navy. (S. 253)

Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Henry Etting. (S. 301)

Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of J. Willcox Jenkins. (S. 74)

Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Richard W. Meade. (S. 221)

Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Thomas J. Page. (S. 160)

Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of William D. Moseley. (S. 172)

Reported from the Committee on Patents without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of M. C. Gritzner. (S. 308)

Reported from the Committee on Private Land Claims with amendments, viz: Insert the words in italics. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act To affirm certain entries of land in the State of Louisiana. (S. 327)

Reported from the Committee on Private Land Claims with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert those in italics; committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri, and for other purposes. (S. 279)

Reported from the Committee on Private Land Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of John R. Temple, of Louisiana. (S. 38)

Reported from the Committee on Private Land Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Thomas L. Disharoon. (S. 317)

Reported from the Committee on Public Lands with an amendment, viz: "Provided, however, this act shall only operate as a relinquishment of title on the part of the United States to said lands," and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act Authorizing Mrs. Jane Smith to enter certain lands in the State of Alabama. (S. 73)

Reported from the Committee on Public Lands with an amendment, viz: Insert at the end of the bill the lines in italic; and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act Releasing to the legal representatives of John McNiel, deceased, the title of the United States to a certain tract of land. (S. 100)

Reported from the Committee on Public Lands with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets;] and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act To amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the relocation of land warrants numbers three, four and five, granted by Congress to General Lafayette," approved February ... (S. 71)

Reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act To vest the title to certain warrants for land in George M. Gordon. (S. 83)

Reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Martin Layman. (S. 235)

Reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Theresa Dardenne, widow of Abraham Dardenne, deceased, and their children. (S. 434)

Reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a land warrant to Russell Fitch, of Ohio. (S. 426)

Reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act To revive and extend an act entitled "An act for the relief of the representatives of John Donnelson, Stephen Heard and others," approved May twenty-four, eighteen hundred and twenty-four, and the several acts extending, ... (S. 54)

Reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. An Act To create two additional land districts in the Territory of Washington. (S. 375)

Reported from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Catharine Jacobs, widow of Francis Jacobs, a waiter in the military household of General Washington. (S. 298)

Reported from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Hannah Stroop, widow of John Stroop, deceased. (S. 142)

Reported from the Court of Claims without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. An Act For the relief of Captain John B. Montgomery. (S. 418)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of C. Edward Habicht, administrator of J. W, P. Lewis. (S. 284)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Charner T. Scaife, administrator of Gilbert Stalker. (S. 183)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Daniel Whitney. (S. 72)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Ephraim Hunt. (S. 107)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Franklin Peale. (S. 293)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of George A. O'Brien. (S. 92)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Henry Hubbard. (S. 123)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Jennett H. McCall, only child of Captain James McCall, of the revolutionary war. (S. 130)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of John Scott, Hill W. House and Samuel 0. House. (S. 118)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Livingston, Kinkead and Company. (S. 199)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Ambroise Brou, of the parish of St. Charles, State of Louisiana. (S. 276)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Eliza E. Ogden. (S. 368)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Mrs. Hariet O. Read, executrix of the late Brevet Colonel A. C. W. Fanning, of the United States army. (S. 226)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of P. S. Duval and Company. (S. 331)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Olivier Landry, of the State of Louisiana. (S. 80)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Richard D. Rowland, deceased, and others. (S. 262)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Charles Porterfield, deceased. (S. 203)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Thomas Phenix, Jr. (S. 102)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act To confirm the title of Benjamin E. Edwards to a certain tract of land in the Territory of New Mexico. (S. 186)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act To provide for the final settlement of the land claim of the heirs of Jehu Underwood, in Florida. (S. 129)

Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act To provide for the location of certain confirmed private land claims in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. (S. 41)

Reported, by Mr. H. Marshall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those in italics. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. An Act For the relief of Charles McCormick, assistant surgeon in the United States army. (S. 252)