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Serial set 1191 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1863. Arts and manufactures. Volume I. 1
Serial set 1192 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1863. Arts and Manufactures. Volume II. Illustrations. 1
Serial set 1193 Proposed improvements to pass gunboats from tide water to the northern and northwestern lakes. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report by Charles B. Stuart upon the proposed improvements to pass gunboats from tide-water to the northern and northwestern lakes. March 29, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for the Navajo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for the benefit of the Navajo Indians. April 12, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for the Navajo Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for the Navajo Indians in New Mexico. April 5, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation and agent for Kioway, Apache, and Comanche Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending the appointment of an Indian agent for the Kioway, Apache, and Comanche Indians, and an appropriation for the same. April 19, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Colonels commanding brigades. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, transmitting a report of the numbers and names of colonels commanding brigades in the Army. March 31, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Indian agent at Green Bay. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an increase of the salary of the Indian agent at Green Bay, Wisconsin. April 19, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Cadets at West Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 28th ultimo, in relation to a plan for competitive examination for admission of cadets to the Military Academy at West Point. April 5, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for the Sioux and Winnebago Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for the Sioux and Winnebago Indians of the Upper Missouri, removed from the State of Missouri. April 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Jay Cooke & Co. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to the services of Jay Cooke & Company in the sale of United States securities. April 6, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Armored vessels in the attack on Charleston. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to resolutions of the House and Senate in relation to the operations of armored vessels employed in the service of the United States. April 12, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Major N.H. McLean. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, in relation to Major N.H. McLean. April 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
List of clerks and others employed in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a list of clerks and other persons employed in the Treasury Department for the year 1863. March 30, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 		12
Serial set 1194 Prize cases in New York. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House, of the 15th instant, relative to the disposition of prize cases in New York. April 20, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 1195 Surgeon Solomon Sharp. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from Lord Lyons to the Secretary of State, acknowledging the courtesies extended to officers of her Britannic Majesty's naval service, and in relation to permitting Surgeon Solomon Sharp to receive a piece of plate. April 26, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Aides-de-camp -- additional. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th ultimo, transmitting a list of additional aides-de-camp, showing their rank, &c. June 6, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Captain Theodore Reed. Letter from Colonel James A. Hardie, in answer to a resolution of the House of 22d of March last to the Secretary of War, in regard to the murder of Captain Theodore Reed, of Philadelphia, by the citizens of Accomack County, Virginia. May 25, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Francis P. Blair, Jr. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 28th ultimo, transmitting the information required. May 2, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed.
United States steam vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, transmitting a list of United States steam vessels suitable for carrying mail to and from foreign ports. June 21, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for Indian service in Dakota. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending an appropriation for the Indian service in the Territory of Dakota. May 16, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending appropriations to fulfil treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes. June 7, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Commodore Charles Wilkes's court of inquiry. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of May 17, transmitting proceedings of the court of inquiry in the case of Commodore Charles Wilkes. June 30, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Commodore Charles Wilkes's court-martial. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of May 16, proceedings of the court-martial which tried Commodore Charles Wilkes. June 30, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Washington Aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in relation to an appropriation for the Washington Aqueduct. July 2, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing receipts and expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1863. May 10, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Exploration of Yellow Stone River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 9th instant, calling for Captain Reynold's report on the exploration of Yellow Stone River. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
General G.W. Morgan's report. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting Major General G.W. Morgan's report of the occupation of Cumberland Gap. May 27, 1864. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Overland mail. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 16th instant, in relation to bids for carrying the overland mail. June 18, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 23d instant, in relation to Mexico. May 25, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
New York Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting recommendations to pay New York Indians under treaty of January, 1838. April 28, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Chippewa Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending appropriations to fulfil treaty stipulations with Chippewas of Red Lake, &c. May 9, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Sea-wall at Buffalo, New York. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 21st instant, transmitting copies of the report with reference to the sea-wall at Buffalo, New York, by Colonel J.D. Graham, United States engineer. April 29, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Francis P. Blair, Jr. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 25th instant, in relation to a military appointment of Hon. Francis P. Blair, Jr., representing the First Congressional District of Missouri in the present House. April 28, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections and ordered to be printed.
Two per cent fund in Illinois. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 2d instant, concerning the two per cent fund arising from sales of public lands in Illinois. May 9, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Estimates for Chippewa treaty, 1863. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates of amount to carry out the stipulations of the Chippewa treaty of March, 1863. April 27, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Veteran reserve corps. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, in regard to invalids being recruited into the veteran corps. May 18, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Garnett. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, in relation to one Garnett, an employee in the Treasury Department. May 18, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Rebel ram Albemarle. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d of May, in regard to the rebel ram which recently participated in the rebel attack on Plymouth. May 10, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for various Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, recommending appropriations to fulfil treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes. May 16, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Exemption clause. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the exemption clause of the enrolment act. June 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report from Major General Blunt. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th December last, in relation to the report of Major General Blunt. May 23, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 		27
Serial set 1196 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the year 1863. 1
Serial set 1197 Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863. 1
Serial set 1198 List of the members of the House of Representatives of the United States, and their places of residence, during the Thirty-eighth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 7, 1863.
Public printing. Letter from the Superintendent of Public Printing, submitting estimates of additional appropriations for the public printing, &c., for the year ending June 30, 1864. December 15, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
John P. Bruce vs. Benjamin F. Loan. Papers in the contested election case of John P. Bruce vs. Benjamin F. Loan, for the seventh congressional District of Missouri. December 23, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed.
list of reports to be made to Congress, during the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 7, 1863.
Change of boundary line. Resolutions of the State of California, in relation to change of boundary line of said state. December 16, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed.
Mails in California. Resolutions of the State of California, in relation to weekly mails in said state. December 16, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
John S. Sleeper vs. Alexander H. Rice. Memorial contesting the seat of Alexander H. Rice, a representative from the Third Congressional District in the State of Massachusetts. December 15, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. December 23, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lewis McKenzie vs. B.M. Kitchen. Papers in the contested election case of Lewis M'Kenzie vs. B.M. Kitchen, for the Seventh Congressional District of Virginia. December 23, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections, and ordered to be printed.
Weekly mails in California. Resolutions of the State of California, in relation to weekly mails in said state. December 16, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Indian supplies and reservations. Resolutions of the State of California, in relation to supplies furnished the Indian agent in said state. December 16, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Tax on native wine. Resolutions of the State of California, in relation to tax on native wine. December 16, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Modification of enrolling act. Resolutions of the State of Connecticut, to obtain a modification of the enrolling act. December 14, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Samuel Knox vs. Francis P. Blair, Jr. Petition contesting the seat of Francis P. Blair, Jr., a representative from the First Congressional District in the State of Missouri. December 15, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. December 23, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed.
Standing committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, Thirty-eighth Congress, first session, commencing Monday, December 7, 1863.
War meeting of the citizens of New York. Proceedings of the citizens of New York to promote volunteering. December 21, 1863. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 		15
Serial set 1199 Kline vs. Myers. Memorial of John Kline, contesting the right of Leonard Myers to a seat from the Third Congressional District of the State of Pennsylvania. December 8, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. February 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
J.B.S. Todd vs. William Jayne. Memorial of J.B.S. Todd, contesting the election of William Jayne, a delegate from the Territory of Dakota. February 3, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Agricultural report. Letter from the Superintendent of Public Printing, in relation to the agricultural report of the Department of Agriculture. February 2, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
Transportation of troops between New York and Washington. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to a new railroad route between New York and Washington. January 27, 1864. -- Referred to the Select Committee on New Railroad Route.
James H. Birch vs. Austin A. King. Memorial contesting the seat of Austin A. King, a representative from the sixth congressional district of Missouri. December 14, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. January 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Laws of the District of Columbia. Letter from Richard S. Coxe, transmitting report of the commissioner to digest and revise the laws of the District of Columbia. January 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.
Lands to endow female colleges. Joint resolutions of the State of Michigan, asking for donations of public lands to endow female colleges. January 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Carrigan vs. Thayer. Memorial of Charles W. Carrigan, contesting the right of M. Russell Thayer to a seat as a representative from the Fifth Congressional District of the State of Pennsylvania in the Thirty-eighth Congress. December 8, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. December 23, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed.
Female colleges. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Michigan, asking for a donation of public lands to endow female colleges. January 22, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Agricultural report. Communication from the Commissioner of Agriculture, in relation to binding agricultural report for the year 1862. January 29, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
Thomas L. Price vs. Joseph W. McClurg. Memorial contesting the seat of the Hon. Joseph W. McClurg. Representative from the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri. December 10, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. December 23, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed.
The public printing. Annual report of the Superintendent of Public Printing, showing the condition of the public printing and binding. January 20, 1864. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. 		12
Serial set 1200 California on state rights and the rebellion. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, on state supremacy and the rebellion. April 6, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed
Loss to Kentucky by rebel raids. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to loss by rebel raids in that state. February 16, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, memorializing Congress to grant school lands to the State of Kansas. February 15, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Settlement of claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the Chairman of the Committee of Claims, in relation to the prompt settlement of claims in the Treasury Department. February 2, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Leavenworth and Fort Gibson Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, asking Congress to modify the act granting lands for the construction of the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson Railroad. March 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Railroad in Washington Territory. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, for aid in constructing a railroad from Wallula to Fort Walla-Walla, in that territory. March 28, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Mails between San Francisco and Puget's Sound. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, in relation to the establishment of a semi-monthly mail between San Francisco and Puget's Sound. March 28, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Fortifications in Washington Territory. Resolution of the Legislature of Washington Territory, in relation to fortifications at Point Defiance and Gig Harbor, in said territory. March 28, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Military road across the Cascade Mountains. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory, in relation to the military road across the Cascade Mountains. February 13, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Calvin Durand. Letter from the Secretary of State, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, relative to a discriminating duty exacted at the Customhouse, New York, from Calvin Durand, &c. February 19, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency appropriations. (To accompany H.R. 156 and Senate's amendment.) Papers showing deficiency of appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864. February 25, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
John H. McHenry, Jr., vs. George H. Yeaman. Memorial of John H. McHenry, Jr., of Kentucky, contesting the seat of the Hon. George H. Yeaman, representative from the Second Congressional District of Kentucky. December 14, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. February 23, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Overland mail. Resolution of the Legislature of California, on overland mails. March 2, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Military road in Washington Territory. Resolutions of the Legislature of Washington Territory, in relation to a military road from Fort Steilacoom to Fort Bellingham, in said territory. March 28, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and 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.
Passengers in steamships. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 510.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a dispatch of the United States consul at Aspinwall, relative to the transmission of passengers. June 6, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Survey of public lands in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in relation to survey of the public lands of that territory. April 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
National Academy of Sciences. Letter from Professor A.D. Bache, transmitting a report of the operations of the National Academy of Sciences during the past year. April 20, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on an Uniform System of Coinage, Weights, and Measures.
Defences for the northern frontier of Maine. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to the defences of the northern frontier of that state. April 25, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed and referred to a select committee of seven members on that subject, viz: Mr. John H. Rice, Mr. Alley, Mr. Cox, Mr. Hale, Mr. Patterson. Mr. Radford, and Mr. Driggs.
Knox vs. Blair. In House of Representatives, March 11, 1864. Ordered, that the within testimony be referred to the Committee of Elections and printed; to be considered by the Committee with other evidence before them taken after the time provided by law: provided that this resolution shall refer only to affidavits and depositions, and that all such illegally taken shall not be considered by the Committee.
Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, communicating his annual report of the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. February 12, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Indian affairs in California. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, in relation to Indian affairs in that state. February 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Post route in Kansas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, asking for a post route from Atchison to Topeka, in the State of Kansas. March 2, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Cavalry arms for Kansas. Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, petitioning Congress for two thousand stand of cavalry arms to be turned over to the governor of Kansas. March 2, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Idaho, praying for the establishment of a mail route from Salt Lake City, in Utah Territory, to Lewiston, in Idaho Territory. February 26, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Pacific Railroad. Joint resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, recommending certain changes in the act of Congress approved July 1, 1862, establishing a Pacific Railroad and branches. March 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Railroad from McGregor to Missouri River. Memorial of the Legislature of Iowa, asking that lands be granted to the State of Iowa to aid in the construction of a railroad from McGregor west to the Missouri River. March 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Divorce in Washington Territory. Resolution of the Legislature of the Territory of Washington, in relation to an amendment of the "Organic Act" to prevent the legislature from granting divorces. March 28, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
Wagon road in Washington Territory. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, in relation to a road in said territory. March 28, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed.
Extension of time for land grants to railroads. Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, asking for extension of time for certain railroad companies to receive land grants. April 1, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Nisqually Road Company. Memorial of the Legislature of Washington Territory, relative to an appropriation of lands to the Nisqually Road Company. March 28, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed.
Wagon road to Idaho. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to the location and construction of a military road from Missouri River to Gallatin, in Idaho Territory. March 21, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed.
Amendment to organic act of Nevada. Memorial of the Legislature of Nevada Territory, asking for an amendment of their organic act. April 16, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
Bounties to volunteers. Joint resolutions of the Legislature of New York in relation to bounties of volunteers. May 2, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Mails in Iowa. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, asking for additional mail facilities in that state. April 29, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee for the Post Office and Post Roads.
Consular system. Letter from the Secretary of State, in relation to the consular system, &c., of the United States. April 30, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Extinction of slavery. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to the proclamation of the President of the United States for the extinction of slavery. May 2, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed
Pensions to widows of Army chaplains and surgeons. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, relative to pensions to widows of deceased Army chaplains and surgeons. February 18, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Claims of citizens of Kentucky. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, in relation to the adjustment and payment of claims of citizens of that state against the United States. February 16, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
State government for Nebraska. Resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska Territory, relative to a state government. February 15, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
Post route in Kansas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, asking Congress to establish post route from Rising Sun, via Osawkie and Grasshopper Falls, in the State of Kansas. March 2, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Uniform payment to soldiers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to payment of soldiers and seamen of African descent the same as white soldiers, &c. March 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Missouri and Pacific mail route. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, asking for mail service between Kansas and California. March 9, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa, requesting change in the route of the Sioux City branch of the Pacific Railroad, and that an independent company may be authorized to build the same. March 9, 1864. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Pacific Railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, petitioning Congress to amend the Pacific Railroad act. March 14, 1864. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Disabled soldiers. Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa, in relation to the employment of disabled and discharged soldiers in civil positions under the general government. March 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
James Lindsay vs. John G. Scott. Memorial of James Lindsay, contesting the right of John G. Scott to represent the 3d Congressional District of Missouri. December 16, 1863. -- Referred to the Committee of Elections. March 7, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Colored schools in the District of Columbia. Letter from Daniel Breed, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Colored Schools in the District of Columbia, in answer to a resolution of the House of March 4, 1864. March 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Geological survey of New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, asking for a geological survey of the territory. April 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Nome Lackee reservation. Resolutions of the Legislature of California, relative to Nome Lackee reservation. April 6, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Boundary line of New Mexico and Colorado. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in relation to the boundary line between that territory and Colorado. April 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
Wagon road in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, asking for a wagon road from Santa Fe to the granary of the north. April 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed.
Capitol and penitentiary of New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, in relation to building the capitol and penitentiary in New Mexico. April 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of militia in New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislature of New Mexico, asking for an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the militia called out to repel invasion. April 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Increase of pay to soldiers and sailors. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, on the conduct of the war, and for an increase of pay to soldiers and sailors. March 30, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Captured and abandoned property in insurrectionary states. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, to Hon. E.B. Washburne, chairman, in relation to captured and abandoned property in insurrectionary states. April 30, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations, new officers, &c. Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the first session of the Thirty-eighth 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. October 5, 1864. 		57
Serial set 1201 Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year 1863 1
Serial set 1202 Population of the United States in 1860; compiled from the original returns of the eighth census, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, by Joseph C.G. Kennedy, Superintendent of Census. 1
Serial set 1203 Agriculture of the United States in 1860; compiled from the original returns of the Eighth Census, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. By Joseph C.G. Kennedy, Superintendent of Census. 1
Serial set 1204 Manufactures of the United States in 1860; compiled from the original returns of the eighth census, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. 1
Serial set 1205 Statistics of the United States, (including mortality, property, &c.,) in 1860; compiled from the original returns and being the final exhibit of the eighth census, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. 1
Serial set 1206 William Jayne and J.B.S. Todd. January 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Reciprocity Treaty. (To accompany H. Res. No. 56.) April 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Back pensions. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Frances Munson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 516.) June 8, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
John P. Bruce vs. Benjamin F. Loan. April 8, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Aaron T. Doll. (To accompany H. Res. No. 48.) March 7, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Rebecca Scott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 436.) April 28, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
John Hoffman. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Delaware and Raritan Bay Railroad Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 307.) March 9, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lieutenant John Henry Russell. March 30, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Horace E. Dimick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 490.) May 27, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
William Sawyer and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 133.) June 3, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ocean steam navigation. June 11, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Emily A. Lyon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 390.) April 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Jacob Edinger. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mary Bennett. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Chapin Hall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 160.) January 22, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
A.P. Field. January 25, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Nathaniel McLean, R.G. Murphy, and C.E. Flandreau. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 162.) January 22, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
William C. Walker and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 47.) January 22, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Daniel H. Bingham. February 1, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Jacob S. Lowery and George A. Gray. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 171.) January 25, 1864. -- Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. February 12, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatomie Indians. (To accompany H. Res. No. 38.) February 19, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Harriet and Emily Morris. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 231.) February 15, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Isaac R. Dillee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 94.) February 19, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lewis McKenzie and B.M. Kitchen. February 8, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Jacob Weber. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 203.) February 19, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
R.L.B. Clarke. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 256.) February 19, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ohio volunteer militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 293.) March 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Frederick A. Holden and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 226.) March 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Military appointment of Hon. F.P. Blair, Jr. June 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Captain Andrew Russell. May 30, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
New York Custom-house. June 15, 1864. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Joseph Wiggin. June 7, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Francis Colger. April 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William Jessup. April 8, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Edward Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 392.) April 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claims for depredations by Sioux Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 377.) April 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Mary Shircliff. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 389.) April 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
James Walsh. April 18, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
James Nokes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 439.) May 2, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lucius H. Chandler. April 25, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
On application of teamsters and others for pensions. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Hooper & Williams, Livingston, Kincaid & Co., Gilbert & Gerrish, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 462.) May 13, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lucretia M. Perry. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
J.D. Turner and W.G. Raymond. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 464.) May 13, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
J. Warren & Son. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 479.) May 23, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Joshua Brush, Elisha Dike, and Elnathan Burdick. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John J. Michie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 338.) May 13, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Thomas K. Conn. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Joseph Segar. January 25, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Josiah C. Armes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 161.) January 22, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ex-governor Brigham Young. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 130.) February 19, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
John Dickson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 296.) March 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Joseph C.G. Kennedy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 294.) March 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
H.R. Crosbie. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 292.) March 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Huldah Butler -- children of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 72.) March 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Charles M. Wetherill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 346.) March 21, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Frederick A. Beelen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 345.) March 21, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Martha Jane Skaggs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 347.) March 21, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Penitentiary in the District of Columbia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) April 2, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
D. McV. Stuart. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 482.) May 27, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
William Burns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 391.) April 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
George Mowry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 458.) April 13, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Hugh Leddy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 386.) April 8, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Duty on wool. April 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Knox vs. Blair. May 5, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Fort Pillow massacre. May 5, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed with the evidence.
Blair investigation case. Report of the special committee in the Blair investigation case. April 23, 1864. -- Submitted. April 29, 1864. -- Laid on the table, and, together with evidence, ordered to be printed.
Widows of persons in the Revenue service. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Ambrose Morrison. (To accompany Bill. H.R. No. 463.) May 13, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Terence [i.e., Tarrance] Kirby. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
O.B. Latham and O.S. Latham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 459.) May 13, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Benjamin Roach. (To accompany H. Res. No. 75.) May 13, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lewis Turner. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William H. Wilson. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Logan Hunton. (To accompany H. Res. No. 73.) May 10, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
John H. McHenry Jr., vs. George H. Yeaman, May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John Biggs. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Robert McCandless. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John C. McConnell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 461.) May 13, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Returned prisoners. May 9, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Sites for Navy yards. May 12, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs.
Amasa Holden. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
J.B.S. Todd vs. William Jayne. May 24, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Nicholas Hebner [i.e., Hibner]. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Daniel Saint. May 23, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Columbia Bank. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 457.) May 13, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
James E. Kilgour, executor of Wm. Kilgour. May 13, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Isaac S. Tichnor [i.e., Tichenor]. February 1, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs. (To accompany Bill H.R. 1.) Report of the minority of the Select Committee on Emancipation, relative to the bill to establish a Bureau of Freedmen's Affairs. January 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Milo Sutliff and Levi H. Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 43.) January 22, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Margaret L. Stevens. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 195.) February 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Charles Anderson, assignee of John James. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 163.) February 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
John S. Sleeper vs. Alexander H. Rice. February 17, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
F.A. Holden and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 226.) February 12, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Garrett Hullfish. March 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Twentieth regiment Indian volunteers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 87.) March 9, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
James Keenan. (To accompany H. Res. No. 63.) April 8, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Foreign emigration. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 411.) April 16, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Peter Navarre. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 393.) April 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Benjamin Gratz. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 385.) April 8, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Heads of Executive departments. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 214.) April 6, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Mary Scales Accordi. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 394.) April 11, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Heirs of John E. Bouligny. June 27, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lewis Roberts. (To accompany Bill S. No. 234.) May 2, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Peter Anderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 419.) April 18, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Missouri militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 369.) March 29, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Charles A. Pitcher. April 1, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Approval of the act of March 12, 1863. June 11, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed. 		111
Serial set 1207 Defences of the northeastern frontier. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 541.) June 20, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Frederick Sheridan. June 27, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John Logan. June 27, 1864. -- Laid on the tale and ordered to be printed.
George Calvert. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 530.) June 17, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Amzi L. Burns. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 529.) June 17, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Archibald Crary -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 528.) June 17, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
E.A. Thompson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 531.) June 17, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Sarah Smith. June 27, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Ezekiel Darling. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 556.) June 27, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
William Wallace. June 27, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Charles W. Carrigan vs. M. Russell Thayer. June 22, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John Kline vs. Leonard Myers. June 22, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Joseph Pike. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 557.) June 27, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Colonel H.C. De Ahna. (To accompany H. Res. No. 105.) June 21, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Jethro Bonney. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 571.) June 30, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Volunteers in Mexican War. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 112.) June 21, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Jane Yates. June 27, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Ohio volunteers. June 21, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Treasury Department. June 30, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
James D. Johnson and others. July 4, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Henry Sliver. June 27, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Archibald Crary -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 528.) June 30, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed with the old report and other papers.
Joint resolution on Mexican affairs. June 27, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Horace Gates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 555.) June 27, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Jean M. Lander. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 547.) June 21, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
T.T. Garrard and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 568.) June 30, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
William Yokum. June 20, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed
Thomas K. Conn. June 27, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Nathan S. Brinton. (To accompany H. Res. No. 104.) June 21, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
James Lindsay vs. John G. Scott. June 20, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Louisville and Bardstown Turnpike. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 544.) June 21, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Elizabeth Woodward and George Chorpenning. (To accompany H. Res. No. 112.) June 27, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed.
Edward Ball. June 30, 1864. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. 		33
Serial set 1208 Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Thirty-eighth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 5, 1864, in the eighty-eighth [i.e., eighty-ninth] year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 1209 Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, a copy of the report of Hon. Thomas Hood and Hon. S.W. Bostwick, special commissioners upon the condition and treatment of colored refugees in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama. February 27, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 25th ultimo, papers relative to Mexican affairs. June 20, 1864. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. June 29, 1864. -- Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on Printing. January 25, 1865. -- Reported in favor, and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. January 12, 1865. Resolved, that the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, the Postmaster General, and the Attorney General, be each directed to inform the Senate what amount was paid or allowed in his department for attorney's or counsel fees of every kind and description, exclusive of the regular salaries paid to the Attorney General and the respective district attorneys, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1864, and so far as practicable, from that period to the 1st of January, 1865, giving a list of the names of the persons employed, the amount paid each and out of what fund, and the services for which those fees were paid. February 21, 1865. Ordered, that the reports received in answer to the foregoing resolution be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating correspondence in relation to a proposed international exhibition at the City of Oporto, to be opened in August next. February 14, 1865. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, information relating to the quota of the State of Rhode Island under the act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and the acts in amendment thereto. February 6, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, information in relation to agents in the employment of the government for paying pensions. January 16, 1865. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pensions, and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 22d instant, copy of the instructions issued by that Department relative to the enrolment of citizens of the State of Louisiana. February 27, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to resolution of the Senate of the 15th of December, 1864, a report from the Secretary of State, relative to an arrangement between the United States and Great Britain, relating to the naval force to be maintained upon the American lakes. January 12, 1865. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th instant, information in regard to and furnished to the rebellion by British subjects. December 8, 1864. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo, information in relation to the number of soldiers and sailors the several states, territories, and the District of Columbia have furnished the Army and Navy under all calls. February 27, 1865. -- 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 instant, information in relation to the list of names of state or political prisoners required to be furnished to the judges of the circuit and district courts of the United States and the District of Columbia by the 2d section of the act of March 3, 1863, entitled, "An Act Relating to Habeas Corpus, and Regulating Judicial Proceedings in Certain Cases." February 21, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a communication and accompanying estimate of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for an appropriation to carry into effect the provisions of the treaty made with the Great and Little Osages in Kansas, August 29, 1863, and Senate amendments thereto of July 2, 1864. February 24, 1865. -- 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 25th instant, information in relation to the appointment of a commission in each of the slave states represented in Congress, charged to award to each loyal person, to whom a colored volunteer may owe service, a just compensation. January 26, 1865. -- 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 17th instant, information in relation to the muster-rolls of such of the regiments as have been raised in the State of Maryland in the present war, which were composed, in whole or in part, of those who were, at the time of their enlistment or draft, slaves. January 26, 1865. -- 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 22d of December, 1864, a report of the Adjutant General in relation to volunteers called out in the State of Delaware for thirty and for one hundred days. January 26, 1865. -- 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 23d instant, information in relation to the report and evidence taken by a military commission, of which General Speed J. Fry was president, appointed to investigate the conduct of General Paine in and about Paducah, Kentucky. January 30, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a dispatch of the 12th ultimo, addressed to the Secretary of State by the minister resident of the United States at Stockholm, relating to an international exhibition to be held at Bergen, in Norway, during the coming summer. February 14, 1865. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 20, 1864, information in relation to the disposition of the land of the Sacs and Foxes of the Mississippi, under the treaty of October 1, 1859, with those Indians. January 6, 1865. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 10th of January, 1865, a list of officers of the regular Army, with a statement how they were employed on the 1st of January, 1865. February 1, 1865. -- 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 10th instant, a complete list of all the major and brigadier generals in the volunteer forces of the United States, showing where and how they were employed on the first day of January, 1865. January 30, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 6th of January, 1865, communications from Major General McDowell, commanding the Department of the Pacific, in relation to a recent attempt to send arms and munitions of war out of that department to Mexico. February 1, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information concerning recent conversations or communications with insurgents, under executive sanction. February 10, 1865. -- Read, motion to refer to select committee of five members, ordered to lie on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting an estimate for an appropriation to pay William Sawyer and others the value of certain lands in Auglaize County, in the State of Ohio.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, of April 4, 1864, a statement in regard to the number of cases commenced and pending in each circuit and district court of the United States the first day of January, 1864. December 8, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating the report of the commission appointed under the joint resolution of Congress, approved June 30, 1864, "to select the most approved site for a Navy yard or naval station of the Mississippi River or upon one of its tributaries," and recommending an appropriation to cover the expenses of said commission. February 11, 1865. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. February 18, 1865. -- Ordered that 2,000 extra copies be printed for the use of the Senate.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 19th of December, 1864, information in relation to the report of Major General Herron, relative to the military department of Arkansas. January 5, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy for the year 1864. January 10, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 20, 1864, information in relation to the arrest of Colonel Richard T. Jacobs, lieutenant governor of the State of Kentucky, and Colonel Frank Wolford, one of the presidential electors of that state. February 1, 1865. -- 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 13th ultimo, information in relation to the present condition of Mexico and the case of the French war transport steamer Rhine. February 9, 1865. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. March 3, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d of February, 1865, information in relation to the printing of the argument of the judge advocate on the trial of Franklin W. Smith, and in relation to the employment of agents or detectives by the Navy Department. March 1, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in obedience to law, a report from the Secretary of State, and accompanying papers, showing the amount of fees collected, accounted for, and reported by the consular officers of the United States for the year 1863, together with a full list of all consular officers in office December 31, 1864, and the place of their official residence. March 3, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of February, abstracts of the proposals for transporting military supplies from Fort Leavenworth westward, opened December 31, 1864, by Captain Henry C. Hodges, and all communications upon the subject. March 3, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie upon the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of this date, information in relation to the amount of money paid by the War Department from the 1st day of March, 1861, to the 1st day of March, 1865, to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company for the transportation of troops and munitions of war between the City of Baltimore and the City of Washington, or for any other purpose. March 3, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Letter of the Commissioner of Agriculture, transmitting the report of the commission appointed under an act of Congress approved February 25, 1863, "for investigations to test the practicability of cultivating and preparing flax or hemp as a substitute for cotton." March 1, 1865. -- Read.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 23d instant, a copy of General Orders No. 23, issued by Major General Banks at New Orleans, dated February 3, 1864. February 28, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 		35
Serial set 1210 Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, relating to a general tax on the sales of merchandise, to a ship canal uniting the lakes of Erie and Ontario, to the establishment of a line of steamers from San Francisco to Japan and China, and to fast-sailing ships of the Navy.
In the Senate of the United States. December 14, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution. Whereas, at the commencement of the present rebellion, the United States were at peace with all the governments of the world, and upon terms of comity and good-will with Great Britain...
Communication of Norman Wiard, addressed to the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, upon the subject of great guns. February, 27, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of the removal of the duty on paper. January 31, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of improving the harbor of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. February 6, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the selection of a site within the harbor of Milwaukie for the establishment of a naval depot. February 9, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of additional relief to the sufferers from the Sioux Indian War of 1862. February 11, 1865. -- Referred to Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of indemnifying the citizens of that state who suffered loss by reason of Sterling Price's raid in that state, in October, 1864, and for damages sustained by the acts of the United States troops at that time. February 13, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed.
Statement of all contracts executed by Hanson A. Risley, agent, &c., since July 4, 1864. Accompanying the report of the Secretary of the Treasury of February 6, 1865, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of January 23, 1865. February 10, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from Wyandotte to the southern boundary of that state, and that the title of the Cherokee Indians to certain lands in said state be extinguished. February 6, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the President and the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers' National Cemetery Association, praying an appropriation to aid in the erection of a monument to the memories of the soldiers who fell in the battles of Gettysburg. December 20, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. Resolution requesting the President of the United States to cause Brigadier General E.A. Paine to be arraigned and tried for his conduct while in command of Paducah, Kentucky. January 16, 1865. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Postmaster General to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in relation to the postal laws. January 12, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed to accompany Bill S. 390.
In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested, if in his opinion not incompatible with the public interests, to furnish to the Senate any information in his power concerning any recent personal communications with the rebel Jefferson Davis, said to have been under executive sanction, and also copies of any correspondence relating thereto...
Letter of the Governor of the State of Louisiana, communicating the credentials of the Hon. Charles Smith and Hon. R. King Cutler, senators elect from that state to the Congress of the United States, with copies of the proceedings of the General Assembly of Louisiana in reference to their election. December 7, 1864. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Petition of William C. Bryant, Henry W. Longfellow, Horace Greeley, John A. Dix, U.S. Grant, and others, citizens of the United States, praying an appropriation for the founding and support of a national home for totally disabled soldiers and sailors of the Army and Navy of the United States. December 8, 1864. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. December 14, 1864. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chandler submitted the following resolution. Whereas raids have been organized in the Canadas and Nova Scotia, and men enlisted in said British provinces by men purporting to hold commissions from the rebels of the United States, for the purpose of robbing and murdering peaceable citizens of the United States, of burning cities and villages, of piratically capturing merchant vessels and murdering their crews, and for a general systems of murder, arson, robberies, and plunder of the peaceable and unarmed citizens of the United States...
Memorial of citizens of Louisiana, remonstrating against the admission of senators or representatives from the State of Louisiana into the Congress of the United States, and the reception of any electoral vote of that state in counting the vote for President and Vice-President of the United States, and praying the passage of an act guaranteeing republican government in the insurrectionary states. December 7, 1864. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Papers submitted by Mr. Sherman, to accompany Bill (S. 403) to amend the act entitled "An Act to Encourage Immigration," approved July 4, 1864, and the act entitled "An Act to Regulate the Carriage of Passengers in Steamships and Other Vessels," approved March 3, 1865, and for other purpose. January 23, 1865. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed.
Suggestions presented to the Judiciary Committee of the Senate of the U.S. by Major General N.P. Banks, relating to the State of Louisiana. January 11, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, in favor of the passage of a law fixing as the eastern boundary of the State of Nevada the thirty-seventh degree of longitude west from Washington. February 24, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. February 11, 1865. -- Submitted by Mr. Foot, and referred to the Committee on Printing. February 18, 1865. -- Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, reports in favor of printing; considered and agreed to. Resolved, that the compilation of the provisions of the Constitution and Laws of the United States, fixing the time of the meeting or sessions of Congress, and of the extra sessions of the Senate, and the practice under the same, from the 4th of March, 1789, to the present time, prepared by the chief clerk of the Senate, be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions. Concurrent resolutions declaring the rule in ascertaining the three-fourths of the several states required in the ratification of a constitutional amendment...
Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Rhode Island, in favor of the passage of the joint resolution submitting to the legislatures of the several states an amendment to the Constitution of the United States abolishing slavery. January 26, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed
Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of an additional grant of lands to aid in the completion of the several lines of railroad and branches in that state mentioned in the act approved March 3, 1857, and for an extension of the time limited therein. February 1, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hale submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the Secretary of the Navy be instructed to inform the Senate whether the argument of the judge advocate on the trial of Franklin W. Smith...
Papers submitted by Mr. Sherman, supplementary to an act entitled "An Act To Provide a National Currency, Secured by a Pledge of United States Bonds, and To Provide for the Circulation and Redemption Thereof." (To accompany Bill S. No. 423.) February 1, 1865. -- Submitted 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 Elwood, via Marysville, to the Big Bend of the Republican River. February 7, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from Lac La Belle to the Cliff mine, in Keweenaw County, thence along the mineral range to some point on the Montreal River. February 9, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in favor of the selection for a naval depot at same point embraced within the harbor of Milwaukie, in that state. February 20, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Postmaster General to the Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads in relation to clerkships in the Post Office Department. January 13, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed to accompany Bill S. 389.
Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, in favor of the establishment of a fort or garrison in the southwest corner of that state. February 25, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, remonstrating against the passage of any bankrupt law. January 31, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of placing an increased military force in the hands of Major General Curtis, commanding that department, to enable him to give sufficient and sample protection to the frontier of said state and the overland and Santa Fe routes. January 30, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly, Territory of Nebraska, in favor of the payment of the Nebraska militia while actually employed in he service of the government in repelling hostile Indians and guarding the United States mail and Pacific telegraph and protecting the border settlers. February 13, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the militia and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan in favor of the establishment of a general naval recruiting and muster-in office for the State of Michigan, in the City of Detroit. February 14, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota in favor of the location of the North or Sioux City branch of the Pacific Railroad, westwardly, as near as it may be, along the parallel of forty-two and one-half degrees of north latitude, to a point of junction with the main trunk of said road. February 14, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Thirty-eighth Congress. December 8, 1864.
Letter of the Governor of the State of Maryland communicating resolutions of the legislature of said state, remonstrating against the right being granted to any railroad therein to connect with the Northern Central Railroad and extending to the limits of the District of Columbia. February 20, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Missouri in favor of granting a bounty to the soldiers and their legal representatives of the Missouri state militia; and the completion of the southwest branch of the Pacific Railroad; and that persons who have volunteered since the organization of the several companies and regiments to which they have been attached may be mustered out of the service at the same time the company or regiment is mustered out...
Resolution of the convention of the State of Missouri, in favor of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, abolishing slavery in all the states and territories. January 23, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed
Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of granting pensions to persons wounded and the representatives of persons killed in the defence of that state from the invasion by the rebels. February 20, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Harbor of Michigan City. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Michigan City. February 18, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Thirty-eighth Congress. January 5, 1865.
Statement or table of the senators of the United States, with the commencement and termination of the service of each, showing the succession in each class from the time to which the statement was brought by the late edition of the Book of the Constitution and Statistics, published by W. Hickey, to the 4th of March, 1865. February 25, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. February 28, 1865. -- Ordered that 3,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate.
Communication from the Quartermaster General to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, with other papers in relation to the settlement of claims of certain land-grant railroads for the transportation of troops and government stores. February 18, 1865. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that where a state has been declared to be in insurrection, no person can be recognized as senator from such state...
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 5, 1864. March 3, 1865. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the special session of the Senate. March 8, 1865.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Nevada, in favor of the establishment of railroad communication between the navigable waters of the Pacific and the mining districts of Nevada. March 7, 1865. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota, in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a ship canal from Lake Superior through the isthmus or neck of land known as The Portage, which divides the waters of Lake Superior from Portage Lake. February 24, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed. 		51