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Serial set 1171	Rebellion of the seceding states. January 11, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed, and postponed until Wednesday, January 14, at 1 o'clock p.m. Standing committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Thirty-seventh Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 1, 1862. Annual report of the Superintendent of Public Printing, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. December 22, 1862. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Jennings Pigott. Certificate of election by Edward Stanly, military governor of North Carolina, to Jennings Pigott, member of Congress for the Second Congressional District of said state. January 15, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Elections and ordered to be printed. Laws and resolutions relating to the direct and excise taxes. Integrity of the Union. January 8, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Wednesday, January 14th instant. Repeal of duty on paper. Memorial from the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to a repeal of the duty on paper. February 14, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. To prevent and punish fraud. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 736.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Solicitor of the Treasury Department in relation to frauds committed upon the revenue, &c. February 10, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Kansas approval of the administration policy. Letter from the Governor of Kansas, transmitting resolutions of the legislature in approval of the policy of the administration. February 23, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Tonnage duties -- United States and Spain. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Committee on Commerce, in relation to reciprocal duties between Spanish ports and the United States. January 13, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Rebellion of the seceding states. January 12, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed, and postponed until Wednesday, January 14, at 1 o'clock p.m. List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States and their places of residence, during the Thirty-seventh Congress, third session, commencing Monday, December 1, 1862. Charles Henry Foster. Protest from Charles Henry Foster, in relation to the election of Jennings Pigott to Congress from the Second District of North Carolina. January 14, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed. Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the third session of the Thirty-seventh Congress. II. Officers created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase during the same period. May 25, 1863. Multiplication of taxes. Resolution of the Legislature of Connecticut, in relation to a modification of the tax law, &c. January 12, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Rebellion. January 8, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Wednesday, January 14th instant. Postmaster General's authority over mailable matter. January 20, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Protection to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Chesapeake Canal. Letters from commanding generals in relation to military protection of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Chesapeake Canal. January 20, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Admission of Kansas into the Union. Letter from the Governor of Kansas, transmitting resolutions of the Legislature relative to the passage of a law explanatory of the act of admission into the Union relative to certain public land granted by said act. February 23, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Indian raid in Minnesota. Memorial from the Legislature of Minnesota, to extend pension laws to those disabled in the late Indian raid in Minnesota. February 27, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. February 21, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Defences of northeast frontier. Resolutions of the State of Maine, relative to the defences of our northeastern frontier. February 9, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Indivisibility of the Union. Mr. Stevens submitted the following resolutions. December 4, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed, and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, the 16th December instant. Rebellion of the seceding states. December 8, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed and the further consideration postponed to Tuesday, the 16th instant. list of reports to be made to Congress, during the third session of the Thirty-seventh Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 1, 1862. Wagon road in Michigan and Wisconsin. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan for grant of land for a wagon road. February 13, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed.	26
Serial set 1172	Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1862	1
Serial set 1173	Government contracts. March 3, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Alvin Hawkins. February 28, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Margaret L. Stevens. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 733.) February 9, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Frederick A. Holden and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 681.) January 16, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Additional volunteers. (To accompany H. Res. No. 119.) January 9, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Publications presented to the Library of Congress. January 12, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. John B. McCloud and W.W. Wing. February 4, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Francis Dainese. (To accompany Bill H.R. 622.) December 22, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Charges against the Commissioner of Patents. March 2, 1863. -- Laid on the table, by resolution, and ordered to be printed. Patents within reservation of Fort Leavenworth. March 3, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George Chorpenning and Elizabeth Woodward. (To accompany H. Res. No. 157.) March 3, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Jennings Pigott. February 14, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Darius S. Cole. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. 115.) December 23, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Isaac Lilley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 729.) Frances H. Plummer. January 8, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. William G. Brown. (To accompany H.R.C.C. No. 116.) December 23, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Ordnance depot on tide-waters of New York Harbor. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 597.) January 26, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Abram G. Snyder. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 697.) January 26, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Branch mint in Nevada Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 663.) January 26, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Benjamin F. Flanders and Michael Hahn. February 3, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Amounts due Chippewa and other Indians. January 29, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Robert Hamilton, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 727.) February 4, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. John B. Rodgers. February 9, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Chapin Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 728.) February 6, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Soscol Rancho. (To accompany Bill H.R. 623.) January 30, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Daniel H. Bingham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 668.) February 6, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Railroad from Washington City to New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 793.) March 3, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Postmaster General's authority over mailable matter. March 3, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. John P. Sherwood. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 784.) March 3, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Smith Minor. March 3, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed Niagara ship canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 782.) March 3, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Wisconsin and Fox River improvement. March 3, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Preston Bond, of Kentucky. March 3, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Brigham Young. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 788.) March 3, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Niagara ship canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 783.) March 3, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Christopher L. Grafflin. February 23, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Daniel Wormer. (To accompany Bill H.R.C.C. 114.) December 23, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. The naval defences of the Great Lakes. January 8, 1863. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Richard Chenery. (To accompany Bill H.R. 653.) January 6, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Charles F. Stansbury. (To accompany Bill H.R. 651.) January 6, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Atlantic and Pacific telegraph. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 620.) Hull & Cozzens and John Naylor & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 680.) January 16, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. John C. McFerran. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 681.) January 16, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Removal of Dakota and Winnebago Indians. (To accompany Bills H.R. Nos. 613 and 614.) January 26, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Paymasters' clerks. January 26, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George C. Johnson and Ewing & Johnson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 751.) February 13, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Employes [sic] interested in banks or government contracts. March 3, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. To indemnify the President. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 591.) Report of the Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of both Houses of Congress on H.R. 591. February 28, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Suppression of hostilities in New Mexico. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 781.) March 3, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. H.R. Crosbie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 787.) March 3, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Hon. J.M. Ashley. February 28, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Emigrant bureau. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 761.) February 14, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Annuities to Miami tribe of Indians. January 20, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. George W. Johnson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 696.) January 23, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. J.E. Bouligney [i.e., Bouligny]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 730.) February 6, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Lewis McKenzie. February 9, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. William H. DeGroot. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 147.) February 6, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Atlantic and Pacific telegraph. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 620.) February 2, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Elizabeth Housener. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 725.) February 6, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Eliza Adair. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 752.) February 13, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Captain M.M. Hawes, assistant quartermaster. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 754.) February 13, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. John Dickson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 756.) February 13, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Celestia P. Hartt, widow of constructor Samuel P. Hartt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 757.) February 13, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mount Vernon Manufacturing Company. (To accompany H.R. Bill No. 755.) February 13, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. J.C.G. Kennedy. January 29, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed	67
Serial set 1174	Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, a copy of Major General Rosecrans's report of the 'Battle of Murfreesboro', or Stone River, Tennessee. March 13, 1863. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Motion to print 2,000 extra copies referred to the Committee on Printing. Report of committee in favor of printing 2,000 extra copies considered and agreed to. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the report of Major D. Fergusson on the country, its resources, and the route between Tucson and Lobos Bay. March 14, 1863. -- Read and ordered that 2,200 extra copies be printed -- 2,000 for the use of the Senate and 200 for the use of the Governor of Arizona.	2
Serial set 1175	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1863, in the eighty-eighth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 1176	Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General on the rights of colored persons in the Army or volunteer service of the United States, together with the accompanying papers. May 7, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th of April, information concerning the papers in the case of William Yokum, now confined in the penitentiary at Albany, New York. June 14, 1864. -- Read. June 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 23d December, 1863, a report showing the names of all major and brigadier generals who are without commands equal to a brigade; also the number of major and brigadier generals who are in command of departments, districts, and posts in the loyal states. January 12, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 28, information relative to the delivery of a person charged with crime against Spain to the officers of that government. June 1, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th of June, information in regard to the African slave trade. July 2, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 26th of January, respecting the correspondence with the authorities of Great Britain in relation to the proposed pursuit of hostile bands of the Sioux Indians into the Hudson's Bay territories. February 1, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the amount of money received by the government for the sale of the Wea trust lands. March 14, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 24th instant, information in regard to the alleged enlistment in foreign countries of recruits for the military and naval service of the United States. June 28, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th of May, a statement showing the full amount of the public debt of the United States up to the 14th instant. June 21, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th of March, 1863, a statistical and general report upon the value and present condition of our foreign and domestic commerce. June 25, 1864. -- Read. June 29, 1864. -- Ordered, that 5,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate, and 2,500 for the use of the Treasury Department. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a letter addressed to him from a committee of gentlemen representing the Freedman's Aid Societies of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati, in relation to the freedmen under the Proclamation of Emancipation. December 17, 1863. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Letter of the Postmaster General, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 22d of December last, information in relation to the failure of the mails between Washington and New York cities. February 3, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the 20th instant, a report of the Secretary of State with accompanying papers, respecting the recent destruction by fire of the Church of the Compania, at Santiago de Chile. January 26, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th of January last, information in relation to the steamer Niagara, chartered for the Banks Expedition in 1862. February 1, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State and accompanying papers, relative to the claim on this government, of the owners of the French ship La Manche, and recommending an appropriation for the satisfaction of the claim. February 17, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, a report of the Secretary of State, relative to a proposed reciprocity treaty between the United States and Sandwich Islands. February 8, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 26th ultimo, correspondence with the rebel authorities in relation to the exchange of prisoners. February 8, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, a report from the Secretary of State in relation to the establishment of monarchical governments in Central and South America. March 25, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 20, a report from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, accompanied by an abstract of the banks, associations, corporations, and individuals doing a banking business, which are required to be made to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue under the act entitled "An Act To Provide Ways and Means for the Support of the Government," approved March 3, 1863. June 1, 1864. -- Read. June 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of April, information in regard to the condition of affairs in the Territory of Nevada. May 2, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th of May, a copy of the preliminary report, and also of the final report of the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission. June 22, 1864. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Slavery and Freedmen. June 23, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. June 27, 1864. -- Three thousand additional copies ordered to be printed for the use of the Senate Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, transmitting a copy of the correspondence relative to a controversy between the republic of Chili and Bolivia. May 16, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating the report of the Secretary of State, made in compliance with the act entitled "An Act To Regulate the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States," approved August 18, 1856. December 15, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 21st of December, 1863, a list of officers of the Navy and of the Marine Corps, who between the first day of December, 1860, and the first day of December, 1863, left the service, with the grade and rank of each. January 5, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Postmaster General communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, information in relation to the contracts of Shepherd and Caldwell to carry the mail on certain routes in Missouri. January 26, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1863, a report of the names of all officers in the regular Army who, between the first day of December, 1860, and the first day of December, 1863, left the service, either by resignation or desertion, stating which, to engage in the rebellion against the government of the United States. January 14, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Brigadier General Totten, chief of engineers and inspector of the Military Academy at West Point, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of January 5, 1864, calling for information in relation to the cadets appointed to the Military Academy during the year 1863. January 12, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 26th of January, copies of orders issued by military authority concerning elections in the States of Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware. February 3, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Appropriations for the Interior Department. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement showing the balances to the credit of that Department of July 1, 1862; the amounts appropriated for the year ending June 30, 1863; the amounts drawn from the said appropriations, or carried to the surplus fund; and the balances remaining in the Treasury at the last-named date. February 8, 1864. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Finance. March 1, 1864. -- Committee discharged. Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Assistant Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a statement of expenditures from the appropriations for contingencies of that Department, its offices and bureaus, during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1862, and June 30, 1863. February 23, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, a copy of the acceptance of the provisions of the act entitled "An Act To Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and To Secure to the Government the Use of the Same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes," by the Central Pacific Railroad Company. March 7, 1864. -- Read and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. March 9, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, a copy of the report of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, under date June 1, 1863. March 7, 1864. -- Read and referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad. March 9, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th of March last, information in relation to the transfer of seamen from the Army to the Navy, and the number of vessels-of-war now awaiting complements of men. April 1, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, statements showing the number of men in Kansas subject to military duty, the number of regiments and independent organizations furnished by the State of Kansas (including colored troops) under all calls, and the name, number, and description of troops serving in the department of Kansas, subject to the orders of Major General Samuel R. Curtis. March 31, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 15th of January last, a list of the special agents of the Treasury Department and their assistants. March 28, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, correspondence relative to the course of trade between the United States and France while France and Mexico were at war. May 31, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th of May, information in relation to the seizure of the silver mine of Sylvester Mowry, in Arizona, by order of General Carleton. June 13, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating papers in relation to providing the means of subsistence for the Navajo Indians of New Mexico, upon a reservation at the Bosque Redondo, on the Pecos River. April 12, 1864. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. April 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 22d of March, a statement showing the number of nine-months volunteers and militia raised under the act of July 17, 1862, and what portion of said troops received the bounty of twenty-five dollars. April 8, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, information in relation to the amount of fees and emoluments received by the attorney and marshal of the United States for the District of Columbia, respectively, and by the clerks of the several courts for said district, during the year ending December 31, 1863, and the amount allowed to each of said officers for deputies, clerks, office rent, and other incidental expenses during the same period. April 20, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to an increase of the salary of the United States agent for the Indians in the vicinity of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and recommending an appropriation to increase the salary of said agent from one thousand dollars to fifteen hundred dollars per annum. April 19, 1864. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. April 21, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, information in relation to the steps taken towards the erection of a naval hospital at Kittery, Maine. May 18, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, a list of all general officers of the regular and volunteer forces in commission at the beginning of the present war, or appointed since, with the states in which they were born and from which they were appointed. May 23, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of State, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, a copy of the report on the resources of the United States presented to the International Statistical Congress at Berlin, in September last, by the Hon. Samuel B. Ruggles. January 19, 1864. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed. January 26, 1864. -- Ordered that 1,500 additional copies be printed. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War, accompanied by reports of the General-in-chief of the Army and the Commissary General of prisoners, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 16, 1863, relative to the treatment of volunteers from Kansas in the hands of the rebels as prisoners. January 12, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, a statement of public books and documents in the custody of the Secretary of the Interior, which, by a joint resolution of Congress, approved March 3, 1863, were set apart for distribution. January 26, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of January 7, a statement showing the number of each grade of officers belonging to the regular and volunteer service in the Army of the United States now stationed in and around Washington and drawing commutation for quarters and fuel, or commutation for either quarters or fuel. February 13, 1861. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 11th of January, 1864, information relating to the arrest and imprisonment, by the military authorities in Missouri, of soldiers belonging to the 9th Minnesota Regiment. March 4, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the 1st instant, a report of the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the point of commencement of the Pacific Railroad, together with an Executive order fixing the point of commencement of the branch road on the western boundary of Iowa. March 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st of March, account of the money expended, number of officers appointed, and the salaries paid the same, for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts, and a statement of the amount received from direct taxes, and the quality of lands sold in said districts. April 12, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting an address of a committee of the "East Tennessee Relief Association" on the condition and wants of the people of East Tennessee, and recommending the construction of a railroad from Knoxville to Cincinnati, by way of central Kentucky, as a measure of relief to those people, and of military importance. April 28, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Interior of the 14th instant, and accompanying papers, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 14th ultimo, calling for the reasons why the refugee Indians in the State of Kansas have not been returned to their homes. May 16, 1864. -- Read and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, copy of the proceedings of the general court-martial for the trial of Assistant Surgeon Webster; report of the general-in-chief of the Army on the management of general hospitals; general orders in relation to the medical department, and general orders and instructions relating to hospitals. February 25, 1864. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. March 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 18th of January, a copy of the record of the proceedings of the advisory board appointed under the act of July 16, 1862, entitled "An Act To Establish and Equalize the Grade of Line Officers of the United States Navy." March 2, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th of February, information in relation to orders to the provost marshals in the states of Kentucky, Delaware, Missouri, and Maryland, concerning elections in those states. March 21, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.	55
Serial set 1177	Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Hon. J.R. Doolittle, relative to the Wea, Peoria, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw Indians of Kansas. May 23, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of the construction of a ship canal from the lakes to the Mississippi River, and the improvement of the upper and lower rapids of said river. February 19, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 14, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution: whereas in the history of the attempt to rescue Anthony Burns, a fugitive slave from the State of Virginia... In the Senate of the United States. January 5, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolutions. 1. Resolved, that the government of the United States was established by the people of states which before had been separate, sovereign, and independent... In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1864. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Kansas, submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to enquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the erection of a bridge across the Republican fork of the Kansas River... Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the negotiation of treaties, and the enactment of laws which will enable the government of the United States to speedily remove all Indians residing in a tribal capacity, within the limits of that state, to some point beyond the boundaries of the same. February 24, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from St. Charles, in Winona County, by way of Saratoga and Troy, to Preston, in Fillmore County. March 22, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 14, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot submitted the following resolutions: Resolved, that one copy of each of the books, and sets of books, maps, charts, atlases, and printed bound documents, in the possession of the Senate, be collected together by the Secretary, from the various rooms and apartments set apart for the use of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1864. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Kansas, submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on the Pacific Railroad... List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress. April 1, 1864. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of opening to pre-emption the "Nome Lackee Indian reservation." March 31, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an increase of pension to Army and Navy pensioners. March 22, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Senate, communicating, in obedience to law, a detailed statement of the payments from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 6, 1863. June 17, 1864. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. June 18, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 26, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Powell submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the conduct of the executive authority of the government in recently closing the offices and suppressing the publication of the World and Journal of Commerce newspapers, in the City of New York... Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, in favor of the establishment of a Navy yard and depot at New London, Connecticut. June 3, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Proclamation of Major General Frederick Steele, commanding department of Arkansas, declaring that peace had open so far restored in Arkansas as to enable the people to institute proceedings for the restoration of the civil government, and issuing regulations for an election to be held for the adoption or rejection of the constitution adopted by the convention of citizens of that state. June 13, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, to Honorable John P. Hale, chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, in relation to the memorial of Mary Ann Sands, praying compensation for services rendered by her brother, Joseph Gideon, as acting purser of the United States store-ship Fredonia. April 16, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter of William M. Fishback to Hon. James H. Lane, giving a detailed account of his conduct during the present rebellion, and in defence of himself against the charges of disloyalty. June 21, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Powell submitted the following resolution. Whereas a military order has been recently issued in the State of Kentucky prohibiting the circulation in said state of the Cincinnati Enquirer, a newspaper printed and published at Cincinnati, Ohio; and whereas a free press is essential to maintain the rights and liberties of the people... Petition of Miami Indians, praying that the Secretary of the Interior be authorized to ascertain the arrearages due them and the prompt payment of the same out of the funds set apart by the treaty of June 5, 1854. (To accompany Bill S. No. 327.) March 17, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. June 23, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. July 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Superintendent of Public Printing be directed to ascertain the actual cost of reporting the proceedings of Congress... In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 38.) Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to Hon. James R. Doolittle, chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, relative to the claim of the Michigan Indians. July 2, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts in favor of counting the men of Massachusetts who are in the naval service of the United States as part of her military contingent; also in favor of allowing the non-commissioned officers and privates in the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Regiments Massachusetts soldiers the same pay and allowance as to other soldiers. December 14, 1863. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Connecticut, in favor of such a modification of the act entitled "An Act for the Enrolling and Calling Out the National Forces, and for Other Purposes," as that town organizations in that state may have credit for the number sent on former calls for men. December 9, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. December 16, 1863. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Foot submitted the following resolution. Resolved by the Senate, (the House of Representatives concurring,) that the first joint rule of the two Houses be amended to read as follows... Letter of the Commissioner of Agriculture, to the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, upon the subject of the taxation of tobacco as recommended by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. January 21, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation of lands to endow female colleges in the several states. January 18, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an amendment to the act entitled "An Act for a Grant of Lands to the State of Kansas in Alternate Sections, To Aid in the Construction of Certain Railroads and Telegraphs in Said State," approved March 3, 1863, so that the Neosho Valley road may be extended northwesterly to a connexion with the Union Pacific Railroad at or near Fort Riley, in the State of Kansas, and that a grant of lands be made to aid in its construction. February 13, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the erection of a line of military posts from Fort Abercrombie, in Dakota Territory, to Bannock City, in Idaho Territory. February 19, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of a reduction in the present schedule time for the transportation of the mails between Atchison, Kansas, and Folsom, California. February 13, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a mail route from Hastings, Dakota County, by way of Empire City, Farmington, Lakeville, to Shakopee, in Scott County. February 19, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the early payment of the damages sustained by the Sioux Indian War of 1862, out of the property of the destroyers now under control of the government. February 19, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Assembly of New York, in favor of an increase of the facilities for convenient and expeditious travel and transportation of troops between the cities of New York and Washington. February 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from the Mississippi River to Lake Superior. February 19, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of land for the endowment of Olathe College, in that state. February 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from the City of St. Cloud, in Minnesota, by the way of Fort Abercrombie and Bannock City, in the Territory of Idaho, to Fort Walla-Walla. March 4, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of granting to the colored soldiers already enlisted or that shall hereafter be enlisted into the service of the United States the same pay in all respects as is given to other enlisted soldiers. February 25, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of California, in favor of a modification of the order of the President of the United States, of November, 1862, which prohibits the export of ammunition and munitions of war, so that it shall not apply to the article of blasting powder from the port of San Francisco, to be shipped and used exclusively for mining purposes. March 2, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an extension of the time for the payment of bounties to volunteers in and for the State of Wisconsin until the first day of April, 1864. March 3, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of causing the unsurveyed lands in that state to be surveyed and brought into market at the earliest day practicable. March 21, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1864. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Kansas, submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on the Pacific Railroad be instructed to consider the subject of amending the Pacific Railroad bill as follows... Letter of the Governor of the State of Wisconsin to Hon. Timothy O. Howe, accompanied by a statement and proofs of losses sustained by certain persons in that state by a violent resistance to the draft at Port Washington, November 10, 1862, which losses have been paid by the State of Wisconsin, and for which they now pray of reimbursement. January 12, 1864. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Finance: motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 17, 1864. -- Report of committee in favor of printing considered and agreed to. Resolutions of the Legislature of Missouri, against increasing the tax on tobacco. March 22, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Communication from the Secretary of State to Hon. Zachariah Chandler, chairman of Committee on Commerce, relative to telegraphic communication between the eastern and western continents. (To accompany Bill S. No. 302.) June 9, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Petition of Thomas J. Galbraith, agent of the Sioux Indians of Minnesota, praying to be relieved from all responsibility as such Indian agent for property destroyed by the Sioux Indians on the 18th of August, 1862, and that his accounts may be settled upon the principles of equity. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 67.) April 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. June 16, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of Perry McD. Collins, representing that he has obtained from the government of Russia a grant of the privilege to construct a telegraph from the mouth of the Amoor River to the Russian possessions in America, and a similar grant from the British government in British Columbia, and praying the co-operation of the government of the United States to enable him to complete his enterprise. April 12, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a canal from Sturgeon Bay to Lake Michigan. April 19, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the enlargement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, improvement of a ship canal around the falls of Niagara, and the improvement of the Erie Canal. April 27, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to a proposed treaty with certain Indians of Middle Oregon, for a relinquishment of certain rights secured to them by treaty. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 442.) June 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorandum to accompany Bill S. 339, to repeal a joint resolution entitled "Joint Resolution to Grant Additional Rooms to the Agricultural Department," and for other purposes. June 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. No. 132.) May 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Table of the number of miles which the Union Pacific Railroad Company and each of its connecting companies are required by the Senate Bill No. 132 to build each year, between the Missouri River and the Pacific coast, as said bill is proposed to be amended by the substitute reported by Mr. Howard... Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of an increase of the pay of soldiers in the service of government. December 14, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress. December 14, 1863. Documents presented in connexion with the resolution submitted by the Hon. Mr. Foot, relative to the establishment of a library for the Senate of the United States. December 14, 1863. -- Ordered, that these documents, together with the resolution submitted by Mr. Foot, be referred to the Committee on the Library, and printed for the use of the Senate. In the Senate of the United States. December 17, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the following be added to the rules of the Senate... In the Senate of the United States. January 7, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Carlile submitted the following resolutions: Resolved, that the government of the United States, in the language of Mr. Webster, is "the result of compact between the states," each state for itself adopting for its government the Constitution of the United States... Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of such a modification of the Post Office laws as to allow the transmission through the mails of packages to soldiers at the same rates as now required for the transmission of books. February 1, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Letter of the President of the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company, communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the President and directors of said company made to the stockholders at the annual meeting held in July last. January 16, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of the construction of a ship canal from the Mississippi River to the lakes. February 1, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Report of Thomas U. Walter, architect of United States Capitol extension, made to the Secretary of the Interior, January 14, 1864, in relation to the appropriation for carrying on the work on the two eastern porticoes and steps of the Capitol extension. January 27, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of indemnifying the loyal citizens of Kansas for losses by guerillas; also, in favor of granting pensions to the widows and minor children of such loyal citizens of said state as have been killed by guerillas; also, in favor of payment to said state for expenses incurred in calling out and subsisting the militia of the state defence during the present rebellion. January 27, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of West Virginia, in favor of the passage of an act providing for the adequate and permanent improvement of the navigation of the Ohio River. January 28, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of land for the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the eastern line of said state, via Paola and Emporia, to intersect the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. February 13, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions: 1. Resolved, that, in order to determine the duties of the national government at the present moment, it is of the first importance that we should see and understand the real character of the contest which has been forced upon the United States... Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of the passage of a bill to reimburse Kentucky for losses sustained by rebel raids. February 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of an amendment to the pension laws allowing pensions to widows of chaplains and surgeons in the Army, who die or may be killed while in the service of the United States. February 19, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Faxon, in Sibley County, via Glencoe and Koniska, to Hutchinson, in McLeod County. February 19, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands to said sate in lieu of the 16th and 36th sections of the public lands sold for the benefit of certain Indian tribes. February 25, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of land to said state for the benefit of schools, agreeably to the provisions of an act approved September 4, 1841. February 29, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of making only such treaties with Indian tribes within that state, for sale of their lands, as will remove from the state such Indians, and secure to the state the right to tax such lands immediately after such sales. February 25, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Copy of a letter of appointment of Honorable James H. Lane, by the Secretary of War, as Commissioner for recruiting in the Department of Kansas. February 29, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Scott. February 29, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of New Mexico in favor of a grant of lands, money, and bonds for the construction of a branch railroad and telegraph line connecting with the railroad and telegraph lines in the State of Kansas, on the western line of that state, and running through the territories of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, to connect with the Central Pacific Railroad of the State of California. March 4, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Letter of Maj. Gen. J.G. Blunt to Hon. J.H. Lane, in relation to the "Hopkins Battery," captured by the Second Regiment of Kansas Volunteers at the Battle of Fort Wayne, October 22, 1862. February 24, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of an increase of the mail service on route no. 14,224, from Topeka to Council Grove to six times a week. February 26, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an extension of the benefits of the pension law of 1861 and 1862 to the volunteers, or the widows and orphans thereof, in the late Sioux raid. March 4, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in favor of a military road from the interior of Kentucky to the Cumberland River, at some point above the falls on said river. March 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of extending the time for paying bounties to volunteers until the first of April, 1864. March 16, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of William Whiting, solicitor of the War Department, to the Secretary of War, in relation to the title of the lands upon Rock Island. March 18, 1864. -- Presented and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1864. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Kansas, submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on Commerce be instructed to enquire into the expediency of declaring the City of Leavenworth, in the State of Kansas, a port of entry... Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a mail route from La Crosse, La Crosse County, to Viroqua, in Vernon County. April 1, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the construction of a ship canal around the falls of Niagara. April 1, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of the proposed exploration of Eastern Asia by Dr. Macgowan. March 25, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. Memorial of officers of the American Ethnological Society of New York, praying the appointment of a commission for the exploration of Eastern Asia, as proposed by Dr. D.J. Macgowan. April 4, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1864. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, presented the following supplemental report of the Engineer of the Washington Aqueduct, which was ordered to be printed... Petition of citizens of Washington City, D.C., praying an appropriation for cleansing and improving the Washington Canal. March 23, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. March 24, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. General Robert Anderson. Concurrent resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in relation to General Robert Anderson. March 31, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of aid in the construction of railroads running from Sioux City, in the State of Iowa, through St. Paul, to Hudson, on the St. Croix Lake, thence to Superior or Bayfield, on Lake Superior. March 24, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the employment of the Billinghurst and Requa battery in the public service. March 24, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to Hon. William Pitt Fessenden, chairman of the Committee on Finance, transmitting an alphabetical index to the internal revenue bill. May 27, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Petition of officers of the civil service of the government, residents of Washington, D.C., praying an increase of compensation. May 26, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Copies of grants by the governments of Russia and Great Britain of the right of way to Perry McD. Collins, for the purpose of establishing a telegraph connecting Europe with the United States. June 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the passage of an act requiring the issue of patents for land purchased from the Stockbridge Indians in conformity to an act of Congress approved March 3, 1843, and for the sale of the unsold lands of the Stockbridge reservations, and that the price be fixed at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. April 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an appropriation to meet the requirements of the act of March 3, 1864, giving a bounty of one hundred dollars to wounded soldiers discharged from the service before the expiration of two years from the time of enlistment in consequence of wounds received in battle. April 15, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of an appropriation for the relief of the suffering and destitute people of East Tennessee. April 16, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, to Honorable James R. Doolittle, chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting a report from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs, accompanied by an account current between the United States and the united band of Wea, Peoria, Kaskaskia, and Piankeshaw Indians. June 24, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, who suffered by the sacking and burning of that city by Quantrell and his band in August last, praying to be relieved from the payment of the income tax of the United States government now standing against them. April 26, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of reimbursement to that state of money paid to volunteer officers for military services rendered prior to being mustered into the service of the United States. April 29, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 300.) Letter of the Chief of Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, to Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, relative to the classification of the clerks to paymasters in the Navy, and graduating their pay. April 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. No. 273.) Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, to Hon. J.P. Hale, chairman, etc., relative to granting compensation to the officers and crew of the gunboat Essex for the destruction of the rebel ram Arkansas. May 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis submitted the following resolution. Whereas the President of the United States, in a communication to the House of Representatives of date 28th of April ultimo, represents: "That prior to and at the meeting of the present Congress, Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio, and Frank P. Blair, Jr., of Missouri, members elect thereto, by and with the consent of the Senate, held commissions from the Executive as major generals in the volunteer Army;"... Resolution of the Legislature of Vermont, in favor of the passage of a law which shall secure equal pay to all soldiers now or hereafter mustered into the service of the United States. February 1, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the adjustment and payment of claims of citizens of that state for damages sustained by the occupation of the state by troops of the United States during the present rebellion, and in favor of granting jurisdiction to the United States District Court for that state in such cases. February 8, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a mail route from Carver, in Carver County, via Waconia, to Watertown, in said county. February 19, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Estimates for additional appropriations for deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864. February 13, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolutions. Resolved, that a quorum of the Senate consists of a majority of the senators duly chosen or qualified... Resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of an amendment to the enrolment act requiring the enrolment board to meet on certain days at the county town of each county, for the purpose of hearing claims for exemption. February 29, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Chippewa Agency, Minnesota, to Superior City, Wisconsin. February 25, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a donation of money and bonds for the purpose of securing the speedy construction of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad. March 4, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the construction of a military road from Fort Leavenworth, via Fort Riley, to Fort Larned, and requesting that an appropriation be made for bridging the same. March 7, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in favor of paying soldiers and seamen of African descent in the service of the United States the same amount as other soldiers and seamen of the same grade, and of affording them equal protection under the articles of war. March 8, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the President of the United States, relative to the fund appropriated by the 37th Congress for colonization purposes. March 15, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1864. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Kansas, submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads be instructed to enquire into the expediency of declaring the road from Leavenworth City, via Grasshopper Falls and Houlton, to Fort Riley, a post route... Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of Milwaukie, Wisconsin, praying the construction of a wagon road to Idaho, through Minnesota and Dakota, and such military protection as will afford safety to emigration and quick and secure transit of merchandise and the precious metals. February 24, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories. March 17, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from the City of Fond du Lac, in the County of Fond du Lac, to Stockbridge, in the County of Calumet. March 21, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Petition of the confederate bands of Weas, Peorias, Kaskaskias and Piankeshaws, praying that provision be made for the payment of the amount alleged to be due them under the treaty of May 30, 1854. March 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 17, 1864. -- Report of committee in favor of printing considered and agreed to. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, praying Congress to make an appropriation for a geological survey of the mineral lands on the north shore of Lake Superior, within the limits of the State of Minnesota. March 10, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, recommending that discharged soldiers who have been disabled by wounds or disease in the service of their country should have the preference in being employed in all positions within the gift of the federal government. March 8, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Iowa, instructing their senators and representatives in Congress from that state to use their influence for the passage of a law granting bounties to all soldiers who have been mustered into the service of the United States and honorably discharged in consequence of disease contracted in said service. March 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Jordan, Scott County, via Lexington and Le Sueur Centre, to Cleveland, Le Sueur County, in that state. April 1, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the extension of the mail route No. 13,184, from Ephraim to Washington Harbor, in Door County, in that state. April 4, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. No. 226.) Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War, and a copy of a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, upon the subject of providing means of subsistence for the Navajo Indians of New Mexico upon a reservation at the "Bosque Redondo," on the Pecos River, and recommending an appropriation to effect the objects contemplated. April 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of John Christie, clerk to commandant of Navy yard, Portsmouth, N.H., praying that the accounting officers of the Treasury be authorized to allow the payment of the sums that have been appropriated for the pay of the clerks at the Portsmouth, N.H., and Philadelphia Navy yard, from October, 1857, to July 1859. April 16, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of the payment of a bounty of one hundred dollars to the two-years volunteer from that state. April 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of an appropriation to improve the entrance into Fox River from Green Bay. April 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War to Hon. Henry Wilson, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, relative to the construction of a military railroad from the valley of the Ohio to East Tennessee. (To accompany Joint Res. H.R. No. 83.) June 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, in regard to the issuing of patents for certain lands of the Stockbridge Indians and the valuation and sale of their reservation. May 12, 1864. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, commending to the favorable consideration of Congress the application of Perry Macdonough Collins, for permission to extend and maintain a telegraphic line through the territories and the public lands of the United States, so as to connect the whole telegraphic systems of Europe and Asia with the telegraphic systems of the United States. May 16, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Wyandott to connect with a railroad from the City of Leavenworth, via Lawrence and Ohio City, crossing of the Osage River in the direction of Galveston Bay, in Texas. February 13, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the enactment of a law for the encouragement of foreign emigration to the United States. April 19, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of San Francisco, remonstrating against the taxing of the gross products of the mines in the Pacific states and territories. May 25, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of merchants and others, of Providence, Rhode Island, praying that the petition of the South American Steamship Company for an appropriation for the purpose of establishing postal communication, by steam vessels, with the countries of South America may be granted. March 3, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. March 7, 1864. -- Report of committee in favor of printing considered and agreed to. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of the Southern Minnesota Railroad. March 30, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the construction of a bridge across the Republican River, on the government reservation at Fort Riley. March 7, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of such a modification of the internal revenue law as will place the capital invested in the manufacture of agricultural implements on a level with capital invested in other branches of business. April 15, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an additional grant of lands to aid in the construction of the Southern Minnesota Railroad. March 15, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.	136
Serial set 1178	In the Senate of the United States. May 31, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckalew submitted the following report. In the matter of the petition of A.J. Campbell, son of Scott Campbell, praying for the payment to him of the sum of ten thousand dollars in satisfaction of the claim of his said father, mentioned in the 9th article of the treaty with the Sioux Indians, of June 19, 1858... In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 289.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ida Hoffman widow of Solomon Hoffman, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 149.) The Committee on Public Lands to whom was referred Senate Bill 149, "Granting Lands to the State of Oregon to Aid in the Construction of a Military Road from Portland to Dalles City," having carefully examined the subject, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. April 12, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 228.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of C. Mollohan, of Gallipolis, Ohio, praying that additional time may be given for the location of certain land warrants, have had the same under consideration, and report the same back with the accompanying bill... In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of certain citizens of Maine, praying that the surviving officers and soldiers of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War may be paid up to the time that their pensions commenced, respectfully beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 48.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of B.C. Bailey, report: In the case of the ship "Argo" the facts are these... In the Senate of the United States. April 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 212.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Henry A. Brigham, military storekeeper and paymaster in the Ordnance Department of the Army of the United States, report... In the Senate of the United States. April 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 213.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the petition of sundry citizens of New York, presented at the present session, and also numerous petitions and resolutions of state legislatures, taken from the files of the Senate, asking just compensation for "individual" claims on France, appropriated by the United States to obtain a release from important "national" obligations, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 187.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. No. 187) entitled "An Act To Regulate the Dismission of Officers in the Military and Naval Service," beg leave to report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. March 24, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan submitted the following report. The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the "resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of a grant of lands to said state in lieu of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of the public lands sold for the benefit of certain Indian tribes," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report.. In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 465.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (H.R. No. 465) for the relief of Deborah Jones, widow of the late Captain Ezekiel Jones, of the County of Oneida, State of New York, have taken the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Collamer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 305.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of George F. Nesbitt, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. June 7, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 493.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred House Bill No. 493, "For the Relief of William Brindle," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 392.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 392) for the relief of Edward Williams, of the State of New Jersey, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Eliza Donelly and Miss Sarah Donelly, (mother and sister of the late Colonel Donelly, of the 28th regiment New York volunteers, who was killed at the Battle of Cedar Mountain,) asking a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 16, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 310.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition of the American Shipmasters' Association, praying that the government furnish to their seamen hydrographic books and charts at the cost of paper and printing, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Res. S. No. 40.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Carlisle Doble, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. June 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Van Winkle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 337.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of the Adams Express Company for the passage of an act authorizing the issue to them of new Treasury notes in the place of others alleged to have been destroyed while in their custody, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 50.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of contractors for the machinery of the side-wheel gunboats known as "double-enders," praying an additional allowance upon said contracts, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cowan made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 244.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom were referred the petitions of Daniel Fitzgerald and Jonathan Ball, having considered the same, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilkinson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 47.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Wacoutah and others, praying Congress to pass an act authorizing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to issue Sioux half-breed scrip to the said parties... In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 240.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George A. Schreiner, praying a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 27, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of William M. Fishback and Elisha Baxter, claiming seats from the State of Arkansas, report... In the Senate of the United States. June 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 338.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the memorial and papers in relation to the claim of Charles A. Pitcher, respectfully submit the following report and the accompanying bill for the relief of the memorialist... In the Senate of the United States. July 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 346.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of R.G. Murphy, having had the same under consideration, ask leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. June 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 319.) The Committee on Pensions to whom was referred a Bill (H.R. No. 319) for the relief of the legal representatives of Betsey Nash, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. July 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 347.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Rebecca S. Harrison, widow of the late Lieutenant Horace N. Harrison, asking a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. July 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 468.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (H.R. 468) to amend an act for the relief of Valentine Wehrheim, approved June 12, 1860, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Kansas, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 45.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred a Bill (S. 45) "To Set Apart a Portion of the State of Texas for the Use of Persons of African Descent," beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 92.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Albert Brown, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Patrick W. Douglas, praying a pension, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hendricks made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 32.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 32, having considered the same, report... In the Senate of the United States. (To accompany Bill S. No. 125.) February 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman made the following report. The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the petition of Berendt A. Froiseth, praying for the establishment of a bureau of immigration, and the enactment of suitable laws for the encouragement and protection of foreign immigrants arriving within the jurisdiction of the United States, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 104.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John F. Denson, paymaster's clerk in the Navy, praying an increase of the compensation of paymasters' clerks in the Navy... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 37.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 37, entitled "A Bill To Prevent Officers of the Army and Navy, and Other Persons Engaged in the Military and Naval Service of the United States, from Interfering in Elections in the States," beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Black Hawk County, Iowa, praying that Captain Frederick S. Washburn, of Company G, Ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteers, may be allowed the pay and rank of a colonel from the first day of May, 1863, to the 16th day of June, 1863, and his widow the pension of a colonel's widow from the time of his death, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Laura M. Newcomb, widow of the late Commander Henry S. Newcomb, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey submitted the following report. The Committee on the District of Columbia, who were required, by resolution of the Senate passed February 8, 1864, "to consider the expediency of further providing by law, against the exclusion of colored persons from the equal enjoyment of all railroad privileges in the District of Columbia," have had the matter thus referred to them under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Collamer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 174.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Marshall O. Roberts and others, trustees of A.G. Sloo, contractor for carrying the mails between New York, New Orleans, Havana, and Chagres, praying compensation for extra mail service, report... In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 380.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (H.R. No. 380) for the relief of George W. Murray, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 347.) The Committee of Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 347) for the relief of Martha Jane Skaggs, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 10, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 150.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the Bill (S. 150) granting a pension to Jessie Gould, widow of Daniel Gould, of Portland, Maine, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 303.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William W. Thayer, praying that a petition be granted to Charles A. Hichborn, minor and orphan child of the late Alexander Hichborn, a contract surgeon in the 7th regiment United States infantry, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an increase of pension to Army and Navy pensioners, have taken the same into consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 419.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. No. 419, for the relief of Peter Anderson, have considered the same, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 316.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Reuben Clough, asking for the payment of arrears of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 466.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (H.R. 466) for the relief of the widow of C.A. Hann, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 30, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 314.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. No. 314, for the relief of Harriet and Emily W. Morris, unmarried sisters of the late Commodore Henry W. Morris, have considered the same, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 467.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred an act (H.R. No. 467) for the relief of Mary A. Hyde, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1864. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the following preamble and resolution: "Whereas the President of the United States, in a communication to the House of Representatives of date 28th of April ultimo, represents: 'That prior to and at the meeting of the present Congress, Robert C. Schenck, of Ohio, and Frank P. Blair, jr., of Missouri...'" In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report. (To accompany Joint Res. S. No. 41.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Garett R. Barry, paymaster United States Navy, praying to be relieved from responsibility as bondsman for Paymaster John Debree, have had the subject under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. April 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. April 14, 1864. -- Ordered, that five thousand additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wade submitted the following report. The Joint Committee on the Conduct and Expenditures of the War, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate, directing an inquiry into the origin, progress, and results of the late expedition into Florida... In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jane M. McCrabb, widow of Captain John W. McCrabb, praying arrears of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1864. -- Ordered, that the report, with the accompanying evidence, be printed in connection with the report of the committee in relation to the Fort Pillow massacre, and that twenty thousand additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Wade submitted the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of the Helen M. Stansbury, widow of Major Howard Stansbury, praying a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Doolittle submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred a letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, recommending an appropriation of $1,641 70 to pay that amount of interest due to the Orchard Party and First Christian Party of New York Indians, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 20,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Joint resolution directing the Committee on the Conduct of the War to examine into the recent attack on Fort Pillow... In the Senate of the United States. June 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 394.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (H.R. 394) for the relief of Mary Scales Accardi, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 328.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the memorial and papers relative to the claim of N.S. Brinton, a paymaster in the United States Army, praying for relief on account of certain funds of the government in his hands on boards of the steamer Ruth, and, with that steamer, destroyed by fire on the night of the 4th of August, 1863, make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. June 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. July 4, 1864. -- Ordered, that 3,000 additional copies be printed -- 2,500 copies for the use of the Senate, and 500 copies for the use of the Navy Department. Mr. Hale, from the Select Committee on Naval Supplies, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 342.) The Select Committee on Naval Supplies, having had the subject under consideration, ask leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. July 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 390.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (H.R. 390) for the relief of Emily A. Lyon, together with her memorial, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 281.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Alexander J. Atochia, praying that his claims against Mexico, disallowed by the commissioners under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, may be investigated, and, if found just, paid by the United States, have considered the subject, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. July 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster, from the Committee on Pensions, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 478.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (H.R. 478) for the relief of Charles M. Pott, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 53.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Henry P. Blanchard, praying for compensation for services performed as marshal for the consular court of Canton, have had the same under consideration and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a resolution instructing said committee "to inquire whether John P. Hale, a member of this body, in connexion with the case of one Hunt, charged with crime by direction of the War Department, has been guilty of any conduct inconsistent with his duty as a senator," report... In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 139.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Ohio, praying that a pension be granted to Margaret M. Stafford, widow of Reuben Stafford, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Mills, widow of John Mills, praying an increase of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Cook, praying an increase of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Reported by Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, adversely... In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson submitted the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, instructed, by resolution of the Senate of the 20th January last, "to inquire into the facts connected with the examination by a board of officers appointed by the Quartermaster's Department, into the alleged advantages of 'concentrated feed' for horses and mules in the cavalry service; whether any report favorable to its adoption was made, and, if so, why the said feed has not been used in the service," beg leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clark made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 197.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the papers relative to the claim of Charles L. Nelson, report... In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the "Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, showing the amount due to the Quapaw tribe of Indians under treaty stipulations, and recommending an appropriation of that amount, to be applied to the payment of expenses incident to their removal from Kansas" have had the same under consideration, and after a careful and laborious examination of the subject, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred House Bill No. 162, "For the Relief of Nathaniel McLean, Richard G. Murphy, and Charles E. Flandreau [i.e., Flandrau]," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Mrs. Mary C. Hamilton, widow of the late Captain Fowler Hamilton, of the 2d United States Dragoons, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilkinson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 234.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Lewis Roberts, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. May 9, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carlile made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 238.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Bill S. No. 238, "To Ascertain and Settle Private Land Claims in California," have had the same under consideration and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, of Indiana, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 36.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution (H.R. No. 36) "to construe the third section of the act approved July 17, 1862, entitled 'An Act To Amend the Act Calling Forth the Militia to Execute the Laws of the Union...'" In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cowan made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 245.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Milton Finkle, having considered the same, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Catherine [i.e., Catharine] Jacobs, widow of Francis Jacobs, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 43, for the relief of Milo Sutliff and Levi H. Case, having had the same under consideration, ask leave to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Reed, a soldier of the War of 1812, praying a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. William Whistler, widow of the late Colonel William Whistler, praying a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 274.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John Hastings, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 95.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George Henry Preble, a commander in the United States Navy, praying for relief, on account of the decision of the accounting officers of the Treasury as to his pay, having had the same under consideration, ask leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Henderson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 110.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred a letter of the Postmaster General communicating to the Senate, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 19th ultimo, information in relation to the contracts of Shepherd and Caldwell to carry the mail on certain routes in Missouri, and also a Bill (S. 110) for the relief of said Shepherd and Caldwell, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a bill granting a pension to John L. Burns, of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy M. Gunsally, formerly widow of Lyman M. Richmond, praying for a renewal of pension or half pay, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ellen M. Abert, widow of Colonel J.J. Abert, praying a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dixon made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 136.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of A.T. Spencer and G.S. Hubbard, of Chicago, Illinois, praying compensation for services performed in carrying the mails on their line of steamers between Chicago and the ports on Lake Superior, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 150.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Portland, Maine, praying that a pension may be granted to Jessie Gould, widow of Daniel Gould, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 38.) The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred a bill to authorize the settlement of the accounts of A. Bush, late public printer for the Territory of Oregon, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Doolittle made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 156.) The Committee on Foreign Relations having been instructed by the Senate to inquire what further legislation, if any, is required to carry into effect the fourth article of the treaty with Great Britain, of August 9, 1842, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 207.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles F. Anderson, architect, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 165.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 165, being a bill in relation to naval supplies, having had the same under consideration, ask leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hendricks made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 8.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred Senate Joint Resolution No. 8, for the relief of the State of Wisconsin, and the remonstrance of the Milwaukie and Rock River Canal Company, have had the same under consideration, and report, that to a full and correct understanding of the rights of the parties the following statement is necessary... In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 218.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill repealing a joint resolution therein named, having had the same under consideration, ask leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. July 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles Rumsey, asking arrears of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilkinson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 331.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Haym M. Salomon for indemnity for advances of money made by his father to the United States during the Revolutionary War, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. May 7, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foster submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota asking for an extension of the benefits of the pension law of 1861 and 1862 to the volunteers, or the widows and orphans thereof, in the late Sioux raid, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Alfred A. Belknap, a paymaster in the United States Navy, praying to be relieved from all responsibility for a certain sum of money belonging to the United States, which was stolen from him in the City of New York between the 11th and 13th of April, 1863, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 105.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.F. & Samuel A. Wood, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1864. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 94.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the "memorial of Edward C. Doran, paymaster in the United States Navy, praying the legalization of certain payments and vouchers therefore..." In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 141.) The Select Committee on Slavery and the Treatment of Freedmen, to whom were referred sundry petitions asking for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and, also, asking for the repeal of all acts for the rendition of fugitive slaves, have had the same under consideration and ask leave to make the following report... In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler made the following report. Mr. Chandler, from the Joint Committee on the Conduct and Expenses of the War, to whom was referred the following resolution, respectfully submit the following report: "In the Senate of the United States, February 2, 1864. Resolved, that the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War be instructed to inquire into the military administration in all its departments in the City of Alexandria..." In the Senate of the United States. February 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 99.) The Committee on Slavery and the Treatment of Freedmen, to whom was referred Senate Bill (No. 99) entitled "A Bill To Secure Equality Before the Law in the Courts of the United States," have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to report...	105
Serial set 1179	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 7, 1863, in the eighty-eighth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 1180	Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress	1
Serial set 1181	Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress	1
Serial set 1182	Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress	1
Serial set 1183	Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress.	1
Serial set 1184	Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress	1
Serial set 1185	Message of the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress. [Maps to accompany the State of the Union message -- 38th Congress, first session.]	1
Serial set 1186	Letters from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864; and also estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1863.	2
Serial set 1187	Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting abstract of returns of collectors of Customs, pursuant to act of 1796, for relief and protection of American seamen, &c. December 21, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Diplomatic and consular systems. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports relating to the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States. December 15, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Disbursement of the contingent fund of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of disbursements of the contingent fund for the year ending June 30, 1863. December 14, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures of the Treasury Department and ordered to be printed. Bounty to volunteers. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting letters from the Secretary of War and Provost Marshal General in relation to bounties to volunteers. January 5, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Claims in the western department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of commission on claims in the department of Missouri. December 21, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statement of receipts and expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1862. December 14, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1861; and first and second quarters of the year 1862. December 9, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department. Letter from Francis E. Spinner, Treasurer of the United States, transmitting his account of receipts and expenditures for the service of the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1863. December 9, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Organization of the Army of the Potomac. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of Major General George B. McClellan upon the organization of the Army of the Potomac, and its campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, from July 26, 1861, to November 7, 1862. December 23, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Peruvian claims. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the commissioners in relation to claims of Peruvian citizens. January 5, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Appropriations for the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of the appropriations applicable to the service of the War Department for the year 1862-'63. January 12, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statement of expenditures of appropriations for contingent expenses of the military establishment for 1863. January 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the War Department and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Department of State. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements showing the manner of disbursements of the contingent fund and contingent expenses of foreign missions, &c. January 12, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department and ordered to be printed. Names of persons employed in the Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the number and names of persons employed in the Coast Survey during the last fiscal year, &c. December 21, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. British schooner Glen. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the decree of the court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, awarding indemnification to the parties interested. January 7, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Captain John Rodgers, United States Navy. Message of the President of the United States, recommending a vote of thanks to Captain Rodgers for eminent skill and zeal in discharge of his duties, &c. December 15, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Carmick & Ramsey. Letter from R.W. Taylor, Comptroller of the Treasury, in answer to resolution of the House of 22d instant, in relation to the claim of Carmick & Ramsey. December 23, 1863. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. United States steamer Howqua. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copy of a letter from Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Commanding Edward F. Devens in relation to treatment of her officers and crew at Halifax in June last. January 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Postal matters at Philadelphia. Letter from the Postmaster General in relation to postal matters at Philadelphia. January 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed. Condition of the banks in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with the resolution of the House of July 10, 1832, transmitting his annual report on the condition of the banks in the United States at the commencement of the year 1863. January 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Distribution of prize money. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to resolution of the House of the 6th instant, relative to delay in the distribution of prize money. January 13, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.	21
Serial set 1188	Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1863.	1
Serial set 1189	Emancipation in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 11th of January, transmitting the report and tabular statements of the commissioners appointed in relation to emancipated slaves in the District of Columbia. February 17, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed General T.T. Garrard and others. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to resolution of the House of 18th instant, transmitting papers relative to the claim of T.T. Garrard and others for the destruction of their salt and works, by order of General Buell, in 1862. January 26, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. International Agricultural Exhibition at Hamburg. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of Hon. Joseph A. Wright, in relation to the International Agricultural Exhibition at Hamburg in 1862. January 20, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed. Reciprocity Treaty. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to resolution of the House of 17th December, in relation to the operations of the Reciprocity Treaty. February 1, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Indian affairs in New Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation asked for by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Indian service in New Mexico. February 12, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Names of clerks and employes [sic] in the Department of the Interior. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of the names of clerks and other persons employed in his Department during the year ending December 31, 1863. February 8, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Arrest of the American Consul General to the British provinces. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to resolution of the House of the 8th instant, in relation to the arrest of the American Consul General of the British provinces, and communications respecting Canadian commerce. February 16, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. Payments to railroads. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th of January, in relation to payments made to certain railroad companies. March 4, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting statement of contingent expenses of his Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863. February 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department and ordered to be printed. Supplies for the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of 2d instant, in relation to the purchase of supplies for the Navy, by that Department. February 17, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Expedition of Captain Fisk to the Rocky Mountains. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 26, transmitting report of Captain Fisk of his late expedition to the Rocky Mountains and Idaho. March 3, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Veteran volunteers. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 26, relative to the re-enlistment of veteran volunteers. March 1, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Naval code. Letter from Charles B. Sedgwick, commissioner, transmitting the draught of a Naval code. March 4, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Master of schooner Highlander. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence in relation to the presentation of a watch by the British Privy Council of Trade to the master of the American schooner Highlander. February 23, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Grade of line officers of the United States Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, transmitting the report of the advisory board in relation to grade of line officers, &c., of the Navy. March 15, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Missouri militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, transmitting reports of military commanders in the department of Missouri, &c., relative to military service rendered by the Missouri militia. March 18, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Claims for depredations by Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting report of commissioners on claims presented for injuries and depredations by the Sioux Indians, in Minnesota, in 1862. March 15, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contingent fund of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863. January 29, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Expenditures in the Post Office Department and ordered to be printed. General officers of the Army unemployed. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of December 14, transmitting statement of general officers, &c., of the Army unemployed, off duty, &c. January 13, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. Claims of Pennsylvania militia. Letter from E.B. French, Second Auditor of the Treasury, in answer to resolution of the House, of January 13, relative to vouchers for expenses in calling out the Pennsylvania militia during the recent invasion. January 18, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting his quarterly accounts for the third and fourth quarters of the year 1862, and first and second quarters of the year 1863. February 9, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Pre-emptors on home reservation of the Winnebago Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting report for relief of pre-emptors on the home reservation of the Winnebagoes, with his award of the amounts to be paid to the claimants, respectively. March 9, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. International Congress at Berlin. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of Samuel B. Ruggles, of the proceedings of the International Statistical Congress at Berlin. March 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on a Uniform System of Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed. Adjustment of claims between the United States and Ecuador. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the adjustment of claims between the United States and Ecuador, by commissioners appointed for the purpose. March 15, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound agricultural companies. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting treaty with Great Britain for the final settlement of claims of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound agricultural companies. March 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. Clerks employed in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a statement of clerks and other persons employed in the Post Office Department during the year 1863. March 10, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Western Navy yard. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting report of Admiral Foote in relation to naval depot on the western waters. March 8, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Immigrants. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statement of the number, age, sex, &c., of passengers arriving in the United States from foreign countries by sea during the year ending December 31, 1863. March 10, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Quapaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for the Quapaw Indians, now in Kansas. March 15, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.	29
Serial set 1190	Annual report on foreign commerce for the year ending September 30, 1863. February 16, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.	1

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