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Serial set 1407 Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in obedience to the resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, a report of the Chief of Engineers on Bulkhead Rock, Providence River, Rhode Island. June 30, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Attorney General communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate, of the 17th ultimo, information in relation to the practice of the Court of Claims in the matter of remanding for further evidence or argument cases submitted to its consideration, and of ordering new trials in cases decided by the court; and submitting the draught of a bill to secure the rights of the United States in that respect. July 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, calling the attention of Congress to the necessity of the passage of certain measures before the adjournment of the session. July 15, 1870. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 18, 1870, correspondence relating the political questions in Germany. June 3, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating information and making certain recommendations in relation to the existing insurrection in Cuba. June 13, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating, in obedience to law, a list of clerks and other persons employed in that Department. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 22d instant, proposals of the International Steamship Company for constructing and placing iron steamships in transatlantic service. June 25, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in response to the resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, a report of Brevet Major General Warren, upon the survey and cutting out of a road from Du Luth to Fort Bois reservation. June 30, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, copies of correspondence between the United States and Great Britain concerning questions pending between the two countries. July 14, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 9, 1870, a report of the special commission appointed to consider and report upon the character of vessels best adapted for the revenue marine service. May 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, information in relation to the action of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Company, of Missouri...
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of June 20, 1868, the report and survey of the officer acting as commissioner of public buildings and grounds, relative to the new Navy Yard bridge across the Anacostia River. March 22, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. June 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Interior communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, a copy of a letter addressed by the Department of the Interior to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in relation to the right of the State of Kansas to certain lands sold to the United States by the Osage Indians under the treaty of September 29, 1865. June 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of June 27, 1870, information in relation to the proceeds of the sale of abandoned lands under the act of June 7, 1862. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of June 20, 1870, information relative to the settlement of the claim of the legal representatives of George Fisher, deceased, for the use and destruction of property in the Creek Indian War. July 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of War communicating in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, information relative to the alleged occupation of private property situate within the Fort Barrancas military reservation. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in relation to the emancipation of slaves in Cuba. July 14, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, information in relation to the condition of the commercial relations between the United States and the Spanish-American states on this continent, and between those countries and other nations. July 14, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolutions of the Senate of the 26th of May and the 14th of June, 1870, information in relation to the seizure of American vessels, and injuries to American citizens, during the hostilities in Cuba. July 9, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, information in relation to the removal of James F. Casey, as Collector of Customs at New Orleans. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. July 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment.
Message of the President of the United States returning with his objections the Bill S. 476, entitled "An Act To Fix the Status of Certain Federal Soldiers Enlisting in the Union Army from the States of Alabama and Florida." July 14, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury communicating a copy of an opinion of the Attorney General, and a letter of L.E. Chittenden, relative to the eviction by state courts of certain purchasers of lands sold for taxes in the late insurrectionary states. June 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, a letter from the Secretary of State relative to the massacre of Israelites in Roumania. June 8, 1870. -- 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 24th instant, a copy of a dispatch of Henry T. Blow, United States minister to Brazil, dated December 18, 1869, in relation to the commercial interests of the United States with South America. May 28, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of War communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of May 23, 1870, a report of the Chief of Engineers relating to the Washington Aqueduct. June 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, information in relation to the importation of Chinese coolies into the United States. July 15, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed 		26
Serial set 1408 Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of a through investigation into the cause of the disaster to the steamer Oneida. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the appointment of a commission to investigate the claims of all persons who have lost property or sustained damages by reason of depredations committed since the first day of January, 1864, by any of the Indian tribes or members thereof with whom peace conferences have been held or many hereafter be held by the commission appointed under the act to establish peace with certain hostile Indian tribes. February 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia declaring the assent of said state to the condition imposed upon said state by the act of Congress of June 25, 1868, proposing to admit the State of Georgia to representation in Congress as a state of United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
List of committees of the Senate of the United States for the second session of the Forty-first Congress. April 22, 1870.
Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of a law to extinguish the title of the Indians to the Black Bob Shawnee reservation. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the withdrawal from private entry of all the public lands within that state. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the payment of the claims of certain citizens of that state for services rendered in recruiting, organizing, and drilling men with a view to their muster into the military service of the United States in 1862. March 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the President of the United States be requested to inform the Senate what, if any, measures are being taken by this government to assist in suppressing the traffic in slaves now carried on on the coast of Africa...
Memorial of the International Ocean Telegraph Company in answer to the memorial of the Florida Telegraph Company, praying to be allowed the privilege of laying a submarine cable from the coast of Florida to the West India Islands. June 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Petition of the citizens of California praying the interposition of Congress in behalf of American citizens imprisoned by the British government for political offenses. July 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the enactment of a law dedicating the Presidio reservation, in the City of San Francisco, for the purpose of a public park. April 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 370.
Letter of the Treasurer of Washington City Savings Bank of Washington City, D.C., communicating, in obedience to law, the annual statement showing the condition of said bank for the year ending April 1, 1870. April 28, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Texas asking an appropriation to improve the bars at Galveston, Pass Cavallo, Aransas Pass, Sabine Pass, and Brazos Santiago. June 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Governor of South Carolina, transmitting a copy of resolutions adopted by the General Assembly of South Carolina, in favor of recognizing the independence of Cuba. December 9, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Address of the Republican state convention, held in Richmond, Virginia, on the 24th and 25th of November, 1869, relative to the election in that state on the 6th of July last. December 7, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Petition of members of the Virginia Legislature, praying that that state may be admitted to representation in Congress. December 9, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Annual report of the Congressional Printer, showing the condition of the public printing, binding, &c. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of the regents of the University of California praying amendments of existing laws granting lands for the support of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts. December 13, 1869. -- Referred with Bill S. 325 to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Chief Clerk of Court of Claims, communicating a statement of the judgments rendered in the Court of Claims for the year ending December 6, 1869. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Librarian of Congress, showing the progress of the Library during the year ending December 1, 1869. December 15, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed. December 17, 1869. -- Ordered that 500 additional copies be printed with covers for the use of the Library.
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, 1869. December 17, 1869. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Louisville Commercial Convention, in favor of granting aid to the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, of New York, for the establishment of an American line of steamships between New York, Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick, Port Royal, Mobile, New Orleans, and Cadiz, Marseilles, Genoa, Trieste, Venice, and other Mediterranean ports of southern Europe. December 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the laboring men of the United States, in convention assembled, in the City of Washington, Dec. 6, 1869, praying that the surveyed public lands in the southern states may be subdivided into tracts of forty acres each, and that any freedman who shall settle on one of such subdivisions, and cultivate the same for one year, shall receive a patent for the same. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Board of Trade of Norfolk, Va., in favor of the passage of the bill for the establishment of a line of steamships by the Mediterranean and Oriental Steam Navigation Company of New York, from certain ports in the United States to southern Europe and the Mediterranean ports. December 17, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the National Typographical Union, adopted at a meeting held at Albany, N.Y., June 7, 1869, in favor of the favorable consideration of the bill for the establishment of a postal telegraph. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a public building for the accommodation of the post office and the United States courts at Jefferson City, in that state. January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, repealing, rescinding, and annulling the preamble and resolution of the legislature of that state, passed April 14, 1869, ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. January 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of Edward Downey, Mayor of Brownsville, Texas, praying that measures be taken to procure from the Mexican government the abolition of the "zona libre," (free belt) established by the Legislature of the State of Tamaulipas, by act passed on the 28th December, 1837, and approved by the Congress of Mexico July 30, 1831, along the frontier of the Republic of Mexico, on the Rio Grande, with a view to prevent smuggling into the United States, and for the protection of American interest on that frontier. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of California in favor of the restoration of the land now claimed by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to settlement by pre-emption, and against further grants of land in large tracts in that state for any purpose. January 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Petition of the German Colonization Company of Colfax, Fremont Co., Col., praying a grant to said company of 40,000 acres of unsurveyed and unoccupied public lands in Fremont County, Colorado. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. January 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Casserly submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that, with a view to the more speedy settlement and disposition of the public lands of the United States in the State of California...
Petition of Samuel Adams, praying compensation for services rendered and expenses incurred in the exploration of the Colorado River of the west, its tributaries, and the country adjacent thereto. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims, with Bill (S. 412) and ordered to be printed.
Letter of Millard Fillmore communicating a report upon the Southern Pacific Railroad, made to the Louisville Commercial Convention. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Petition of citizens of the District of Columbia, representing the several boards of trustees and other authorities having charge of public schools within said district, praying aid for maintaining and extending the advantages of education in said District of Columbia. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, asking an appropriation to reimburse said city for money expended in the construction of Milwaukee harbor. January 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the Falls of St. Anthony. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Anti-Collie and Anti-Monopoly Association of San Francisco, California, remonstrating against granting a subsidy to the Pacific Steamship Company for carrying the mail between San Francisco and China and Japan. February 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail route from Junction City to New Scandinavia, in said state. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of mail routes from Santa Rosa to Sonoma, from Santa Rosa to Sebastopol, and from Healdsburg to Calistoga, in said state. February 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of connecting the Mississippi River and Lake Michigan, by navigable channels through the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior to Hon. John Sherman, Chairman of Committee on Finance, inclosing copy of a letter from his predecessor in the Interior Department, and draught of a bill requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold any moneys due from the United States to a defaulting state on any account whatever. January 26, 1870. -- Referred, with Bill S. 441, to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the removal of the national capital from Washington to Fort Leavenworth military reservation, Kansas. January 26, 1869 [i.e., 1870]. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the abolition of the franking privilege. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of the bill for the early apportionment of representation under the coming census. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of the abolition of the franking privilege. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio ratifying the amendment proposed by Congress as the Fifteenth Article of the Constitution of the United States. January 31, 1870. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Petition of citizens of Connecticut, praying that there may be required in the next census returns an account of the net proceeds of incomes derived from every business, profession, or employment. February 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1870. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott submitted the following resolution. Whereas in localities of some states of this Union the public peace is commonly violated, laws defied, and life and property unprotected; and whereas these facts, being indubitably attested, show either a want of efficiency on the part of the local authorities, or a disinclination to protect citizens; and whereas protection to life and property by the government of the United States is the right of every citizen...
Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts in favor of the immediate recognition and adjustment of the claims of American citizens against the United States an account of French spoliations prior to the year one thousand eight hundred. February 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama in favor of the establishment of a postal telegraph system. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa ratifying the proposed fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Georgia ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of C.E. McKay, remonstrating against the right of suffrage being granted to women. February 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas remonstrating against the ratification of the treaty for the sale of the Kaw Indian reserve. February 19, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a weekly mail from Millville to Bidwell in said state, and the establishment of post offices at certain places in that state. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of a bill providing for the payment of stock and other property stolen or destroyed by the Osage, Kaw, and other Indians on the border of Kansas. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the removal of all Indians who have not become citizens, from the limits of that state to special reservations, and the extinguishment of their right of possession to all lands within that state, that the same may be granted to aid in the construction of railroads, and in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of railroads in the Indian Territory. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the speedy adjustment and payment of the claims of citizens of that state for services rendered, transportation, forage, subsistence, and property lost in action under Major General Curtis, in repelling the invasion of General Price, commanding the Confederate Army, and the Indian expedition in July and August, 1864. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of a grant of lands to aid in the construction of a railroad from O'Brien County, Iowa, to the Missouri River, at or near Yankton, in Dakota Territory. February 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of increased protection of the frontier of that state against depredations by the Indians, and against any further reduction of the Army. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Du Luth. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia in favor of a reduction of the tax on tobacco. February 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the National Association of State and City Superintendents of Public Instruction praying the requisite appropriations for keeping in active operation the present system of schools in the southern states, and the establishment and endowment of normal schools in each state. March 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor and ordered to be printed.
Copies of acts of the Legislative Assembly of Wyoming Territory viz: "An Act To Protect Railroad Employes [sic] Who Are Injured While Performing Their Duties," Also, "An Act Providing for the Collection of Taxes Heretofore Assessed and Levied in This Territory." Also, part of an act of the legislative assembly of said territory in relation to the organization of corporations. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Governor of the State of Virginia communicating copies of the acts passed by the general assembly of that state ratifying the proposed Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. February 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the principal chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, remonstrating against a territorial form of government, legislative jurisdiction of Congress, the abrogation of existing treaties and the burden of government taxation without representation, and in favor of the payment by the United States of all just obligations to said nation. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of removing the capital of the United States, and opposing any appropriations for buildings in the District of Columbia. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the St. Louis Board of Trade and citizens of St. Louis, praying the enactment of a law to give increased facilities to the great cities of the interior for the direct importation of foreign merchandise, and its examination and appraisement at designated ports of delivery instead of ports of entry alone. March 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Mississippi in favor of the speedy removal of the political disabilities of all the citizens of that state. March 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities and ordered to be printed.
Comparative statement showing the amount of salaries paid to the line officers in the Navy, under the present organization, and under the provisions of Senate Bill No. 656, introduced by Hon. George E. Spencer, of Alabama, in the United States Senate, March 11, 1870. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of Brevet Major General J.J. Reynolds, commanding Fifth Military District communicating extracts from the journals of the Senate and House of Representatives of the Legislature of the State of Texas of proceedings relating to the election of Morgan C. Hamilton and J.W. Flanagan United States senators. March 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of ceding to the United States the Sault St. Mary's canal. March 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1870. -- Printed as amended, and motion of Mr. Thurman to place resolution at the foot of the calendar pending. Resolved by the House of Representatives, (the Senate concurring,) that a joint special committee to consist of ten members, five from the Senate and five from the House, be appointed, to whom shall be referred the subject of the propriety of a change or modification of the Indian policy and system of governing the Indian tribes...
In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1870. -- Agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Corbett submitted the following resolution resolved, that the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of enacting a law requiring that all bidders, upon every mail route, for the transportation of mails upon the same...
Memorial of the Choctaw Nation of Indians remonstrating against the enactment into laws of the following bills, now under consideration in the House of Representatives, entitled "A Bill To Provide for the Consolidation of the Indian Tribes, and to Organize a System of Government in the Indian Territory;" and "A Bill to Incorporate the Kansas, Indian Territory and Gulf Railway Company, and to Enable the Missouri River, Fort Scott, and Gulf and the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston Railroad Companies to Unite Upon and Construct a Single Track Through the Indian Territory and to Reach the Gulf." March 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a tri-weekly mail from Oroville to Taylorville, and the extension of the route to Round Valley, in said state. March 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine in favor of the payment of the claims of Massachusetts and Maine for interest on advances to the United States during the War of 1812 with Great Britain. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of speedy action by the government towards perfecting the titles of certain settlers on the military reservation at Fort Ridgely, in that state. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of the principal chief and delegates of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, protesting against the passage of the Bill (S. 631) "To Provide for Carrying into Effect the Provisions of a Treaty Concluded Between the United States and the Cherokee Nation of Indians July 19, 1866." March 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Petition of J.A. Cushing, praying an investigation into the business of the gas company, of Washington City, with a view to the protection of consumers from fraud. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, with the answer of the Washington Gas-light Company, and the rejoinder of J.A. Cushing to the said answer.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Penobscot River. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the abolition of the income tax. April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Petition of Ossian B. Hart, of Florida, claiming to be entitled to a seat in the Senate as a senator, duly elected by the Legislature of Florida, and asking that his claim to said seat may be investigated by the Senate. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Joint resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of such a modification of the internal revenue law as will exempt from taxation distillers of fruit. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a mail route from San Diego, California, to Salt Lake City, Utah, and the establishment of post offices on said route. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of a committee on behalf of the colored people of the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes of Indians, representing their grievances, and praying the adoption of such measures as will secure to them equal rights and privileges with white citizens. March 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. April 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Additional papers in the case of Davis Hatch, an American citizen, imprisoned by the Dominican government at Azua, San Domingo. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of J.C. Fremont, president of Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company, to the Chairman of the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, communicating a statement in relation to the affairs of said company. March 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Legislative Assembly, Territory of New Mexico, in favor of locating the reservation stipulated by the treaty with the Utah Indians in the region of the San Juan River, and remonstrating against its location elsewhere in said territory. March 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in relation to the Cherokee treaty pending before the Senate, and the claim of the Cherokees to territory west of the one hundredth meridian. March 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Maine in favor of the enactment of a law for the appointment of a board of commissioners for the preservation of the harbors of the United States against encroachments. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco in favor of the establishment of a line of steamships between Australia and the South Pacific islands and the port of San Francisco. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Petition of Andrew McClory praying the enactment of a law authorizing him to enter the land on which he settled in Marysville District, California, at the government price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. April 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio in favor of the surrender of the National Road in that state to the several counties in which it is located. April 22, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Petition of John W. Garrett, president of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and P.G. Van Winkle, president of Parkersburg Branch Railroad Company, praying a reduction of the duty on iron and steel rails. April 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Solicitor of the Treasury in relation to the enactment of a law authorizing the payment to district attorneys of two per centum upon all moneys hereafter collected or realized in suits or proceedings upon official bonds of public officers, &c. April 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Mississippi River by the construction of a canal around the Des Moines Rapids. April 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of the establishment of a mail route from Anita to Carroll Center, in said state. April 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of an appropriation for the completion of the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. April 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Massachusetts in favor of aid to the Cape Cod Ship Canal by the construction of a breakwater at the eastern end of the canal. April 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1870. -- On motion by Mr. Howard, from the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, ordered to be printed. The sub-committee of the Pacific Railroad Committee, to whom was referred, for the purpose of investigation, a bill "Incorporating the Southern Transcontinental Railway Company and Granting the Right of Way to Lands in Aid of its Contractions," presented to their committee the following report, accompanied by the testimony and statements laid before them...
Letter of the Postmaster General to the chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, in relation to an increase of service on the mail steamship route from San Francisco to Japan and China. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of a grant of land to that state to indemnify persons who have purchased from the United States, or pre-empted, any of the odd sections of land lying along the Des Moines River and held invalid on account of previous grants by Congress. April 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of such legislation as will set aside the verdict of the military court in the case of William B. Critchfield and Henry C. Anderson, late soldiers of the Thirteenth Iowa Infantry, upon a charge of absence without leave, and that they be allowed their pay and allowances forfeited by reason of such decision. April 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, that the thirtieth rule of the Senate be amended by adding thereto the following...
Letter of the Governor of Mississippi transmitting resolutions of the legislature of that state in favor of an appropriation and grant of lands for rebuilding the levees of the Mississippi River. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance transmitting a tabular statement showing the rates of increase and decrease of duty on articles mentioned in the bill before the Senate entitled, "An Act To Reduce Internal Taxes and for Other Purposes." June 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio requesting the senators and representatives in Congress from that state to use their influence to secure the immediate intervention of the government in behalf of American citizens now confined in British dungeons. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Petition of the National Executive Committee of the Colored People, praying that public instruction in the District of Columbia may be given without proscription of any class on account of color. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that from and after the 20th day of this month, and until the close of the present session, there shall be, unless the Senate otherwise order, three evening sessions...
In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the last Friday and Saturday of this month be assigned exclusively to the consideration of bills and matters relating to the District of Columbia.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate communicating a statement of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to all the Indian tribes within the bounds of the United States. April 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered that 500 additional copies by printed for the use of the Department of the Interior.
Resolution of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois in favor of the removal of the national capital to some point in the Mississippi Valley. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letters of the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War, relative to surveys for a harbor at the Delaware breakwater. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules and ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the thirtieth rule of the Senate be amended by adding thereto...
Letter of the Secretary of War to the Committee on Commerce of the Senate, communicating a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the Cape Cod Ship Canal. May 26, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of merchants, underwriters, ship-owners, and ship-masters of the City of San Francisco, praying an appropriation for the removal of Rincon Rock from the harbor of San Francisco. May 26, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Petition of John Warren, praying redress for his arrest and imprisonment by the government of Great Britain under the charge of giving aid and comfort to the enemies thereof: April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. May 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania remonstrating against the construction of bridges across the Ohio River unless said bridges shall have one span over the main channel of water-way at least four hundred feet in the clear. May 27, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Memorial of William F. Smith, President of the International Ocean Telegraph Company, praying to be admitted to a fair participation in any benefits to be granted by Congress for the promotion of international telegraphic communication, and proposing to establish and maintain certain lines of submarine telegraphs. June 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relation and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Fenton submitted the following resolution: Resolved, that the President of the United States is hereby requested to institute an inquiry by such means as in his judgment shall be deemed proper into the present condition of the commercial relations between the United States...
Claims on Venezuela. (Supplementary to executive document H.R. 176, second session Forty-first Congress.) Papers from the Department of State relative to the claims of citizens of the United States against the government of Venezuela. July 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 890.) Table showing the internal revenue taxes collected in the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, the amounts of such that are repealed by Senate Bill No. 890, and the amounts that are retained...
Petition of H.C. Ingersoll praying that the right of suffrage be granted to women in the District of Columbia. February 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a suitable building in the City of Topeka for the use of the federal courts, the post office, land and revenue offices. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas in favor of the passage of the bill creating additional land districts in that state. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce in relation to a revision of the existing tariff laws. February 16, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of members of Black Bob's band of Shawnee Indians, against any attempt to force their people to break up their tribal organization, and against a division of their lands. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of granting a pension to Lieutenant Colonel John C. Abercrombie, of that state, corresponding to his rank. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Georgia ratifying the proposed Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kansas ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature Assembly of the Territory of Colorado against any change of the organic law concerning the jurisdiction of probate courts in that territory. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
Certified copy of a letter from J.J. Reynolds, brevet major general U.S.A., commanding Fifth Military District, addressed to the Adjutant General United States Army, communicating a copy of the proceedings of the Legislature of the State of Texas on the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, a copy of the constitution of the State of Texas, and copies of certain general orders. March 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue communicating a statement showing the gradual and steady increase in the receipts of internal revenue for the several years ending with each month from June, 1869, to January 1870, inclusive. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa instructing their senators and requesting their representatives in Congress to use their efforts to secure a tri-weekly mail route from Strawberry Point, Clayton County, Iowa, via St. Sebold and Volga City, to Elkader, Iowa. March 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the board of directors and members of the Union Merchants Exchange of St. Louis, and citizens of St. Louis, praying to enactment of a law to give increased facilities to the great cities of the interior for the direct importation of foreign merchandise, and its examination and appraisement at certain designated ports of delivery instead of at the ports of entry alone. March 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Minnesota in favor of the passage of the Bill (S.381) granting lands to the first division of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, to aid in the construction of a railroad from some point on the western boundary of Minnesota to the Winnipeg district of British America. March 14, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Petition of Nicholas P. Trist praying additional compensation for services rendered as commissioner plenipotentiary to the Republic of Mexico. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of delegates of the Creek Nation of Indians remonstrating against the organization of a territorial government for the Indian Territory. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories. March 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the removal of certain bands of Indians from that state. March 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the enactment of a law granting a bounty of eight and one-third dollars per month to all soldiers honorably discharged from service. March 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Petition of Anna Ella Carroll, praying compensation for suggesting certain plans of operation for the armies of the United States during the late war. March 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the warden of the jail in the District of Columbia communicating a statement of the number of prisoners confined therein during the year ending October 31, 1869, and amount of disbursements for the year ending March, 1870; also a statement showing the expenses of the criminal court of said district for the year 1869. April 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Memorial adopted by citizens of Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, at a mass meeting held in said city March 31, 1870, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (H.R. No. 1089,) "in Aid of the Execution of the Laws in the Territory of Utah, and for Other Purposes." April 12, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco in favor of the establishment of a line of steamships between Australia and the South Pacific islands and the port of San Francisco. April 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Whitfield County, Georgia held in Dalton on the 2d of April, 1870, enumerating the inducements of climate and productiveness of soil to emigration to that state. April 6, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Petition of citizens of Arkansas praying the removal of political disabilities of James C. Tappan. June 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities and ordered to be printed.
Petition of citizens of Washington praying the passage of certain pending bills for the improvement of the city, in order to give employment to a large number of surplus laborers now in the city. June 14, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Cherokee delegation of Indians transmitting an address of the Grand International Council of Indians inhabiting the Indian Territory, adopted on the 4th instant, asking a strict observance of treaty stipulations on the part of the United States. June 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Texas asking that measures be taken to prevent the Republic of Mexico from harboring hostile bands of Indians depredating the southwestern frontier of that state. June 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicating amendments to the Cherokee treaty concluded July 9, 1868. June 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany the treaty with the Cherokee Indians.
Resolution of the Legislature of Ohio in favor of aid by the United States in the early construction of the Kanawha and James River Canal. April 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to the chairman of the Committee on Finance communicating a report of John Jay Knox in relation to a revision of the laws pertaining to the Mint and coinage of the United States. April 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered that five hundred additional copies be printed for the use of the Treasury Department.
Letter from the Secretary of War (with accompanying papers) relative to granting the Presidio reservation to the City of San Francisco for a public park, as proposed by Bill S. 370. April 4, 1870. -- Bill (S. 370) postponed indefinitely. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Petition of owners and masters of steamships and sailing vessels engaged in the coasting trade between New Orleans and ports on the Gulf of Mexico, praying such an amendment to the act declaring the railroad and bridges of the New Orleans and Chattanooga Railroad Company a post road, as will compel said company to construct a draw-bridge, of not less than three hundred feet wide, across the Great Rigolet. April 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of State addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, communicating copies of a correspondence between the French minister and the Secretary of State, relative to landing upon the coast of the United States the submarine cable designed to connect this country with France. June 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Petition of the President and Secretary of the Citizens Association of New York, praying the passage of the bill to incorporate the "International Society of the United States for the Promotion and Protection of Immigration." May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Mr. Pomeroy submitted the following resolution. Resolved, that the President be requested, if in his judgment it be deemed expedient, to open negotiations with the government of Great Britain...
Resolutions of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of a grant of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from some point on the Missouri River, between the parallel of forty-two and one-half degrees of north latitude and the mouth of the Niobrara River, to the Pacific Ocean, via to City of Helena, Montana. April 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Architect of the Capitol Extension, the Superintendent and Inspector of Sewers in Washington City, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and Rich'd Delafield, Brevet Major General Corps of Engineers U.S.A., to the Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, in relation to the improvement of the Washington Canal. May 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Resolution of the Legislature of Iowa in favor of the full payment of all back pay and allowances due Peter J. Knapp, private Company H, Fifth Iowa Infantry Volunteers. March 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Memorial of the delegates of the Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw nations of Indians, remonstrating against the passage of the Bill (S. 679) to organize the Territory of Oklahoma, consolidate the Indian tribes under a territorial government, and carry out the provisions of the treaties of 1866 with certain Indian tribes. May 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. 		163
Serial set 1409 In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 80.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred House Joint Resolution No. 80, for the restoration of Captain Dominick Lynch, United States Navy, from the reserve to the active list, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 868.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Reuben Grindle, of Castine, Hancock County, Maine, praying the reissue to him of three United States ten-forty bonds, in lieu of certain bonds of that description, destroyed by fire in 1865, have had the same under consideration and respectfully make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 509.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 509, being "A Bill for the Relief of the Inhabitants of Salt Lake City, in the Territory of Utah," beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment. Mr. Schurz, from the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, submitted the following testimony taken under the resolution of the Senate of May 28, 1870, relative to contracts for steam machinery, and settlements thereunder...
In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph R. Brown, a sub-contractor of Charles A. Ruffee for the transportation of military stores, praying the allowance of damages to the extent of $8,575, on account of detention of his teams by the alleged negligence or fault of the agents of the United States, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumber made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 692.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was recommitted Senate Bill No. 692, for the relief of J. Ross Browne, late minister of the United States to China, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 622.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 622, granting a pension to Nancy E. Ammons, as also her petition and the accompanying proofs, submit the following report to the Senate...
In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary E. Hill, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, praying compensation for services as a nurse in the Army during the late war of the rebellion, and for reimbursement of moneys expended by her in aid of sick and wounded soldiers, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Emelie Sutheimer, widow of Otto Sutheimer, praying the allowance of bounty, report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Warner made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 125.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred House Resolution No. 125, for the relief of James L. Ridgely, late collector of internal revenue for the Second District of Maryland, having considered the same, make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of H.B. Moulton, have had the same under consideration and direct me to report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 699.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mathilda Victor, asking for relief for damages done to her property in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and for rent thereof, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2094.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 2094, being "An Act for the Relief of Mrs. M.S. Morse, Administratrix and Widow of Isaac E. Morse, Deceased,"...
In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fowler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1052.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah L. Spring and Harriet Spring, of Waterville, Maine, heirs of Captain Williams Barker, deceased, of the continental establishment of the Revolutionary Army, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hezekiah Thorpe and Robert Thorpe...
In the Senate of the United States. July 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 226.) The Judiciary Committee to whom was referred Joint Resolution No. 226, for the relief of R.P. Hammond, formerly collector of Customs at San Francisco, California, report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. July 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 242.) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of R.B. and J.M. Forbes, and others, owners of the steamship Meteor, asking indemnity for her improper seizure and detention by the government, respectfully report the accompanying joint resolution, and recommend its passage...
In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Solomon Stover, of the City of Washington, praying compensation to the amount of $7,450 for the use and occupation of, and damage done to, certain real estate owned by him, situate[d] in the City of Alexandria, Virginia, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 828.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Newell, ask leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 641.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Senate Bill No. 641, granting a pension to I.G.F. Holston, late brigade surgeon United States volunteers, with his accompanying petition, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2311.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill 2311, granting a pension to Enoch Lytle, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Committee on Finance, submitted the following report. The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of William and Joseph Nourse, report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 350.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 35, to provide for the adjustment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801, beg leave to report that they now adopt the report of the Committee on this bill made to the Senate April 4, 1864, as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. January 20, 1870. -- Reported and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, pursuant to a resolution passed on the 10th day of January, 1870...
In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George F. Brott, praying payment for the "model barge, Brott & Davis" impressed by the military authorities of the United States, and lost during the late war of the rebellion, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 327.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 327, for the relief of William H. Murphy, of Farmington, Missouri, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report that the petition of the said Murphy was acted upon by the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads of the second session of the Fortieth Congress, and a report made thereon, which report this Committee adopts and herewith presents to the Senate...
In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 422.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred "A Bill To Establish a Postal Telegraph System, and To Incorporate the United States Postal Telegraph Company," report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 449.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Carson praying compensation for subsistence furnished to prisoners confined in the Bourbon County jail, in Kentucky, by order of the military authorities of the United States, from August, 1862, to the latter part of 1865, having considered the same, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 462.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom is referred the petition, with accompanying papers, of John Somers Smith, late commercial agent at the City of St. Domingo, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. January 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 170.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of William Henry Otis, of Indiana, ask leave to report that the said bill was referred to the same Committee during the Fortieth Congress, and that, having again examined the case, the Committee do, upon reconsideration thereof, adopt the report then made, which is as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 115.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of Marth A. Estill, administratrix of J.M. Estill, deceased, praying payment for beef furnished the United States Indian commissions, of California, in 1851-'2; of Joseph Barton and General H.S. Burton, asking for payment of the claim of Pablo de la Toba for cattle supplied to the same commissioners; and of Redick McKee, one of said commissioners, asking to be refunded certain moneys paid out by him as delivering agent for the Indian department, and also additional compensation as such agent, respectfully report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 511.) The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the order of the Senate to consider the expediency of repealing the charter of the Medical Society of the District, and of such other legislation as may be necessary to secure for medical practitioners in the district equal rights and opportunities without distinction of color, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Schurz made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 241.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, to whom was referred a bill entitled "A Bill To Relinquish the Interest of the United States in Certain Lands to the City and County of San Francisco," beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 493.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of George Wright, praying for remuneration for the use of his patent linch pin, adopted and used by the United States government, make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thurman made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 349.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel F. Butterworth, praying Congress to release him, and the heirs of Arnold Harris, from all liabilities as sureties on the bond of W.G. Kendall, late deputy postmaster at New Orleans, and to whom was also referred Senate Bill No. 349, on the same subject, report that the facts of the case are as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 271.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 27, for the relief of Colonel Samuel W. Price, of the Twenty-first Kentucky Volunteers, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Johnson and others, of Beaufort, South Carolina, asking an appropriation to pay for library burned in the Smithsonian Institution, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William F. Nelson, submit this their report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 519.) The Committee on Territories, having had under consideration the bill to provide for the settlement and payment of expenses incurred by the territorial authorities of Montana, for troops during the year 1867, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 144.) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of E. Dicketman, a Prussian subject, asking that he might receive indemnity, or that his claim against the government of the United States for damages suffered by the action of the military authorities at New Orleans in the year 1862 might be referred to the Court of Claims for adjudication, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 559.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the memorial of Solomon E. Bowles, praying for permission to be heard at the Patent Office on his application for the extension of his patent for raising and transporting stores, report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill to authorize the restoration of Gilbert Morton to the naval service, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 233.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Pierce, praying for the extension of a patent for an improvement in cooking stores, and the bill accompanying the same, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 520.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of certain soldiers of the Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry, together with Senate Bill No. 520, respectfully submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 886.) The Committee on Finance of the Senate, to whom was referred House Bill No. 886, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Lawrence L. Merry, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Twentieth District of New York," report the same back and recommend its passage, and adopt the House report, as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 107.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Commodore S.B. Bissell, praying a modification of the act of January 16, 1857, so that he may receive the pay of a commander while holding the commission for that rank in the naval service, and the joint resolution for his relief, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W.A. Wheeler, praying compensation for losses incurred by contracts with the Navy Department, ask leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson, from the Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, submitted the following report. The Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, having been authorized "to sit during the recess of Congress," and instructed to inquire into the expenditures in all the branches of the service of the United States...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 552.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Wilcox, captain Fourth Regiment United States Cavalry, for relief from all liability on account of government funds stolen from him on the 14th day of February, 1867, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frank H. Johnson, praying payment for services rendered to the government in carrying the United States mail on routes Nos. 4339 and 4340, in Wythe County, Virginia, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Tarleton, praying for the restoration of eleven thousand dollars belonging to him, now in the Treasury of the United States, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 137.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution (S.R. 137) for the relief of Mrs. E. Grace Stevens, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 335.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Jearum Atkins, of Mokena, Will County, Illinois, praying for extension of his patent on rakes to grain-harvesters, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1100.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the case of William A. Scott, made the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Judiciary Committee, in obedience to the following resolution of the Senate...
In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 527.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred a bill for the relief of Wm. F. Scott, late adjutant Fourth Iowa Cavalry Volunteers, which gives him the difference between the pay of a sergeant-major and adjutant of cavalry, while he was performing the duties of the latter office, but before actual muster, caused by no fault of Lieutenant Scott, make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 887.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the memorial and evidence of Harriet R. Clinton, widow of Charles W. Clinton, late lieutenant of the First Regiment Wisconsin Cavalry, having considered the same, make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of George H. Corliss, praying an extension of his patent for improvements in steam engines, asks leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 888.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred H.R. No. 888, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Joseph Harmon," make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 582.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Tarleton, praying that the value of certain property belonging to him, or the value of $3,600, confiscated under legal proceedings instituted in the district court of the United States, for the northern district of New York, may be returned to him, report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 128.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred for investigation the claim of Mrs. Jane Northridge, widow of William Northridge, deceased, late colonel of the Fifty-ninth Regiment New York State Volunteers, beg leave respectfully to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 86.) The Committee on the Pacific Railroad, to whom was committed House Resolution No. 86, "In Regard to the Suspension of the Sale of Certain Lands in California," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 268.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the Bill (H.R. 268) for the relief of Captain George E. Grisham, of Tennessee, having had the same, with the accompanying evidence, under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony, from the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules, submitted the following report. Resolved, that the following be adopted as a rule of the Senate...
In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 673.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the claim of Samuel Miller, of Campbell County, Virginia, asking reimbursement of certain moneys in the Treasury, proceeds of certain bounds of the State of Indiana, make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 674.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George T. Wiggins, praying compensation for damages sustained on account of the seizure of the "Leighton House," in the City of Keokuk, Iowa, by the military authorities of the United States, for a hospital during the late war of the rebellion, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Francis Masick, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Senate resolution of March 14, 1870, directing said committee "to inquire into the expediency and necessity of establishing a daily mail service on the Mississippi River, between New Orleans and Cairo, and to report by bill or otherwise," beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Senate Bills Nos. 685 and 686.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of loyal citizens of Loudoun County, Virginia, praying compensation for property destroyed by fire, and for live stock taken for the use of the Army or sold for the benefit of the United States by order of General Sheridan, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Conkling, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred the credentials of Adelbert Ames, claiming to be senator elect from the State of Mississippi, report the following facts and conclusions...
In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 700.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Minerva Lewis, administratrix of the estate of Ezekiel Lewis, her late husband, praying compensation for a steamboat belonging to the deceased, and destroyed while in the possession and use of the United States, report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Susan R. Choat, widow of William Choat, praying for bounty, arrears of pay, and a pension, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on Patents, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 704.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of C. Twining for an extension of his patent for a process and an apparatus by which to form ice by artificial means, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 144.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Joint Resolution S. No. 144, for the relief of James C. Sloo, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary J. Carlin, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 355.) It appears that J.M. Keeler was, on the 22d of May, 1863, serving as first lieutenant, Fifth New York Cavalry; that on that date he was appointed provost marshal for the State of Oregon...
In the Senate of the United States. March 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 148.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Senate Joint Resolution (No. 148) for the relief of David T. Jackson, make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 691.) The Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, having had under consideration, and examined the memorial of Dr. John B. Read, asking compensation for improvements and discoveries made by him in the form and material of projectiles for rifled ordnance, submit the following report thereon...
In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram W. Love, asking compensation for his cotton crop destroyed by the Army of the Union States, during the late war of the rebellion, ask leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Stuart Barnes, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph M. Buckland, praying for arrears of pension, report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 818.) The Committee on Claims, to whom were referred the petition and supplemental petition of the regent and curators of Kentucky University, asking compensation for the value of the medical hall destroyed by fire while occupied by the government as a general hospital; also for damages sustained by the removal of the museum and by the detailed injuries suffered by other property and grounds, and for rent of the same, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Annie B. Ross, daughter and executrix, and William P. Ross, successor and executor of John Ross, deceased, late principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, praying compensation to the amount of $66,437.88, for losses sustained in the destruction, abstraction, and appropriation of the property of the deceased during the war of the rebellion, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 196.) This claim is made by J. Edwards Clarke, and the legal representatives of John T. Peabody, deceased, for salary and office expenses while serving as marshal and clerk, respectively, of the United States provisional court of Louisiana...
In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Ross Wilkins, praying additional compensation for services rendered as one of the judges of the United States for the Territory of Michigan, report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 547.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 547, for the relief of Mrs. Sarah Hutchins, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 181.) The Committee on Education and Labor, to whom were referred numerous petitions praying Congress to appropriate fifty thousand dollars in aid of Wilberforce University, in Ohio, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick W. Bogen, praying for arrears of pension, report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the resolutions of the Board of Trustees of the Seamen's Fund and Retreat, at a meeting held in New York, January 13, 1870, asking that action be taken by Congress which shall result in placing the care of sick and disabled seamen arriving at the port of New York under the exclusive care of either the state or national authorities, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of William A. Parker, captain, and William Gibson, commander, United States Navy, both praying to be restored to the active list of the Navy, have considered the same, and report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. April 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Gasnell, praying to be allowed a pension, report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 831.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, having under consideration the case of Baron Creutz, of the Netherlands, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 858.) The facts in this case are well established by good evidence. They are as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1488.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred House Bill 1488, for the relief of Elizabeth N. Jackson, having considered the same, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 535.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 535, for the relief of Kenneth Mackenzie, have had the same under consideration and now report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 16.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred S.R. No. 16, for the relief of Benjamin Cooley and James W. Boswell, ask leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ames made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 124.) It appears that the band of which John M. Broome was leader, and which was attached to the Twelfth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, entered the service of the state on the 3d day of January, 1862; was mustered into the service of the United States in June of the same year...
In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 139.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 139, for the relief of Catherine H. Crown...
In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fowler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 967.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Brigadier General Thompson...
In the Senate of the United States. June 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Robert W. Dawson, of Kanawha County, in West Virginia, praying compensation for certain saw-logs, report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fowler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 966.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick Vincent, administrator of James Le Caze, surviving partner of Le Caze and Mallet, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 123.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution (H.R. 123) allowing late Acting Ensign George M. Smith a share in certain prizes captured by United States steamer Aries, have considered the same and report the following statement of facts...
In the Senate of the United States. June 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 974.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy S. Ledford praying for a pension, report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims have had under consideration an act for the relief of Lorenzo A. Phelps...
In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 211.) In the year 1837 a treaty was negotiated in Washington City between the United States and Sioux Nation of Indians, which contains these provisions...
In the Senate of the United States. June 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 886.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill for relief of Colonel James F. Jaquess, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 850.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George Henry Preble, a captain in the United States Navy, praying relief on account of the decision of the accounting officers of the Treasury as to his pay, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 860.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John E. Griffin, private Company E Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry, praying for pay and allowance as private in the United States service from September 1, 1863, to August 16, 1865, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 758.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 758, for the settlement of the account of Captain E.M. Buchanan, have had the same under consideration and report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Maria W.D. Orme, to be paid for services of her late husband in the Second Auditor's Office, ask leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sawyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 40.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 40, to confirm the title of William McGarvey to a certain tract of land, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 869.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Horace Tyler, praying compensation for deepening the channel across the bar at the Southwest Pass of the mouth of the Mississippi River, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 846.) The Committee on Pensions find, from the evidence on file in this case, that the applicant, Rebecca Shoemaker, is the widow of Absalom Shoemaker, who was mustered into the service as a private in Company I Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers, at Camp Jefferson, Kentucky, on the 10th day of January, 1862...
In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 224.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Joint Resolution of the House of Representatives, No. 224, for the relief of Mrs. Margaret P. Robinson, of Kentucky, and also the petition of that lady referred to this Committee, by order of the Senate, on February 3, 1870, having had the same under consideration, now submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Maria W.D. Orme, ask leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J.S. Golladay and John W. Bowling, praying to be remunerated for fifty barrels of whisky libeled and sold under act of July 13, 1861, by the district court of the United States in Kentucky, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram R. Rhea, praying for a pension, report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sawyer, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas A. Cook, of Alabama, praying restoration of certain property sold by the United States for taxes, or compensation for the same, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Josiah Copeland praying for an extension of his patent for a new and useful improvement in boot crimps, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of L. Merchant & Co., praying Congress to refund to them the amount realized from the sale of the steam lighter Ingomar, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 618.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 618) increasing the pension of Mary Louise Gareshe, widow of Colonel Gareshe, from thirty to fifty dollars per mouth, make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy S. Ledford, praying for the passage of an act of Congress giving her and her minor children a pension, to commerce on May 8, 1867, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 865.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Coonan, late second lieutenant of Company A, Eighteenth Regiment of New York Cavalry, praying an increase of pension, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 19.) The Committee on Pensions, to which was referred Senate Bill No. 19, "Granting a Pension to Mary Lincoln, Widow of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States," respectfully reports...
In the Senate of the United States. June 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kellogg made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1022.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary C. Lane, formerly of Vermont, for compensation for property alleged to have been destroyed by the government troops in Mississippi during the rebellion, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ames made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1905.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Howell H. Trask...
In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 39.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 39, for the relief of Anson B. Sams...
In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 291.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred [a] joint resolution for the relief of Chief Engineers George Sewell and William H. Shock, of the Navy, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Charles H. Sayre...
In the Senate of the United States. June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 227.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President of March 10, 1870, covering a report of the Secretary of State and correspondence concerning the Chinese Indemnity Fund...
In the Senate of the United States. June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1005.) In the matter of the application of Julia Traynor for a pension, it appears, from the statement of General George Crook, that her husband died March, 1868, of wounds received in battle with Indians at Infernal Caverns, Oregon, the said General Crook being in command...
In the Senate of the United States. June 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 994.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Mareus Otterbourg, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton of Texas, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred sundry petitions of certain citizens of the State of Kansas remonstrating against the imposition, by the Cherokee Nation, of a tax upon cattle driven through their territory from Texas to northern markets, have considered the subject very carefully, and beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of the widow of James H. Bennett, asking the passage of a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to hear and determine an application for the extension of a certain patent for a straw-cutter, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas T. Scanlon...
In the Senate of the United States. June 21, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 225.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Sarah A. Ward...
In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1176.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1176, to provide for the settlement of the claims of Archer N. Martin, late assessor of internal revenue for the Seventh Collection District of Pennsylvania, report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of James McCullum...
In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 209.) The facts as shown by the proof on file in this case are briefly as follows: On the 23d of April, 1863, General J.D. Morgan appointed a board of appraisers...
In the Senate of the United States. July 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1038.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the memorial of John B. Emerson, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony, from the Committee on Printing, made the following report. The Committee on Printing, to whom was referred a memorial containing statements concerning the Congressional Printer, with directions to inquire into and report upon them, report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cole made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 100.) In the matter of the claim of C.M. Lockwood, mail contractor on route No. 16637, the committee make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1066.) The Committee on Claims, to whom the petition of Louisa Kearney was referred, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cragin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1065.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles W. Whitney, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 251.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the George R. Wilson...
In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Patterson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 783.) The Joint Select Committee on Retrenchment, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 783, "To Repeal All Existing Laws Authorizing the Transportation and Exportation of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise in Bond to Mexico Overland, or by Inland Waters, and for Other Purposes," having considered the same, respectfully submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 906.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Charles and Henry W. Spencer, for compensation on account of the illegal seizure of their trading boat O.K., and the stock of goods on board, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thayer made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 142.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Resolution No. 142, for the relief of William M. Kimball, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Lydia E. Carhart, praying an extension of the patent granted to her husband, Jeremiah Carhart, for certain improvements in reed musical instruments, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Drake made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 92.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a Joint Resolution (S.R. No. 92) "For the Relief of Certain Contractors for the Construction of Vessels of War and Steam Machinery," have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to present the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Town Smith, praying compensation for services rendered as attache of the United States legation at Madrid, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 18, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sawyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 926.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Susan H. Kearney for confirmation of title to certain land in New Mexico, have had the same under consideration, and find that the case has already been reported upon by the same Committee, in the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses...
In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Thomas, praying the passage of a bill granting him a pension, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Moses Van Name, Joshua Van Tassel, and Jonas Sparks, owners of the schooner M. Van Name, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Anthony submitted the following report. The Committee on Printing, instructed by the Senate "to examine the second and third parts of the Globe of 1866-'67, and report what action is necessary to correct the misplacement of dates and pages of those volumes," report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 953.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of L. Merchant & Company, for indemnification for the loss of the steam-tug I.G. Neafie, have had the same under consideration, and now submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of Herman J. Schulters [i.e., Schulties], first lieutenant, &c., First Wisconsin Cavalry, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Spencer, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of W.A. Richardson and others, surviving privateersmen of the War of 1812, residing at Marblehead, Massachusetts, praying for pension, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 28.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Robert L.D. Burchfield, praying to be allowed pay as second lieutenant of Company D, Third North Carolina Infantry, respectfully submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 939.) The petitioner, Bryan R. Young, in 1861 owned a farm in Hardin County, Kentucky...
In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of B.H. Wright, praying the repayment of a certain sum of money exacted of him as a succession tax under an erroneous construction of the law, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of E.P. Hunt for compensation for fitting out a schooner as a light-ship, in Galveston Bay, at the beginning of the war, submit this as their report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 192.) The Committee on Claims have had under consideration Senate Joint Resolution No. 192, in relation to the claims of Ward B. Burnett, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Marcus Reynolds, asked and obtained leave of the Senate to submit in reference to said claim the following...
In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 901.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah N. Engleton, praying Congress to pass an act authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to hear and determine her application for an extension of a patent, together with a bill for the relief of the said Sarah N. Engleton, have had the same under consideration, and report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Williams made the following report. (To accompany Bills S. Nos. 551 and 896.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 551, beg leave to submit the following report, to accompany Senate Bills Nos. 551 and 896...
In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the resolution of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, adopted on the 26th day of January, 1869, in behalf of Isaac Bolinger and Andrew C. Foudrin [i.e., Fondrin], citizens of that state, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1996.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1996, granting a pension to Horace Clough, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Peter P. Pitchlynn, delegate of the Chocataw Indians, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims have had under consideration the petition of Ethelen H. Robb, widow of John Robb, deceased, praying compensation for services rendered by her husband as Acting Secretary of War, for which judgment was rendered by the Court of Claims for $2,876.73, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Franklin Peale, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 936.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hiram R. Rhea, praying for a pension, report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 2,000 extra copies of the report and accompanying testimony be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Howard, from the Select Committee appointed to investigate the memorial of Davis Hatch, submitted the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 23, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jesse Warren and Joseph A. Moore...
In the Senate of the United States. June 22, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 836.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 836, for the relief of Jane Allen Birckhead...
In the Senate of the United States. July 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 245.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret C. Bell...
In the Senate of the United States. July 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 919.) This is an old claim for the value of property belonging to George Fisher, used and destroyed by the Army of the United States in the Creek Indian War during the years 1813 and 1814...
In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 336.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Resolution of the House (H.R. 336) entitled "Joint Resolution for the Relief of Colonel Thomas P. McManus, of Texas," submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Carpenter made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1047.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of John Bachelder...
In the Senate of the United States. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1056.) John Montgomery filed his petition, setting forth the taking possession of his tavern-house and premises by the United States Army...
In the Senate of the United States. June 29, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2241.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 2241 for the relief of the heirs of William Eddy, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 2061.) The Committee on Naval Affairs have had under consideration House Bill No. 2061, an act to compensate the officers and crew of the Kearsarge...
In the Senate of the United States. July 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the follwing [i.e., following] report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1044.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of Ethan A. Sawyers, of Jefferson County, Tennessee, asking compensation for services as guide, scout, and recruiting officer, and for property taken and used by the federal Army, and for services in destroying the rebel railroad communication, and securing a large quantity of rolling-stock to the Union Army in 1863, make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 207.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of Marcus P. Norton, and Charles Eddy acting as trustee for himself and Jacob Shavor and Albert C. Corse...
In the Senate of the United States. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fowler made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1055.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of E.B. Chamberlain, for the heirs of Joshua Chamberlain, deceased, late an officer of the Revolutionary War, praying Congress for half-pay and bounty-land, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1068.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Nicholas P. Trist, have had the same under consideration, and now report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Annie M. Wright, widow of William T. Wright, praying for a pension, arrears of pay, and bounty, report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1971.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill 1971 for the relief of the sureties of A.R. Hetzell, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Baldwin...
In the Senate of the United States. July 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nye made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1051.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George C. Bestor, of Peoria, Illinois, praying additional compensation for expenses incurred in constructing the iron-clad steam-battery Shiloh, have considered the same, and report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. July 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1917.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1917 for the relief of Leonard Harding, having considered the same, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. July 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sprague made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 1061.) The Committee on Claims, who have had under consideration the claim of Dr. W.B. Carpenter...
In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Schurz made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 53.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 53, entitled "A Bill To Pay Two Companies of Oregon Volunteers," beg leave to present the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 102.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 102, "For the Relief of the Daughters of General Charles F. Smith, Deceased," report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Agreed to and 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 the letter of the Secretary as to the date when the compensation of the Hon. J.W. Johnson [i.e., Johnston] and Hon. J.F. Lewis, senators from the State of Virginia, should commence, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamlin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 487.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of D.R. Allen & Co., representing the Atlantic Steamship and the Pacific Mail Steamship Companies...
In the Senate of the United States. February 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 488.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Etting, a purser in the United States Navy, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James O. Carruthers, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, praying arrears of pay due him as second lieutenant of the Twenty-eight Massachusetts Volunteers, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Christian Luth, of Jefferson County, Nebraska, praying compensation for property taken from him by the Indians in June, 1868, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 545.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William Chinn, of Prince William County, Virginia, praying compensation for property taken and used by the military forces of the United States, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 534.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rachel H. Millikeu, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company of New York, praying for the reissue of United States notes to the extent of eight thousand dollars, in place of that amount alleged to be lost, have had the same under consideration, and report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 667.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Doctor J. Milton Best, submits this their report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 648.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James M. Ellison, of the State of Delaware, praying compensation for property taken and destroyed by the United States troops during the late war of the rebellion, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 443.) The Committee on the Pacific Railroad, to whom was referred Senate Bill 443, entitled "A Bill To Release from Government Reservation the Island Yerba Buena or Goat Island, in the Bay of San Francisco," and the memorial of B.S. Brooks and others, remonstrating against the passage of any law granting permission to the Western Pacific Railroad Company to occupy any portion of said island, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 666.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Fannie [i.e., Fanny] Kelly, praying for compensation for services rendered to immigrants, traders, and United States troops during the time she was held a captive by the Indians, report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howard, for the Committee on Territories, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 644.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred a bill "To Incorporate the United States Freehold Land and Emigration Company, and To Confirm Certain Legislation in Colorado Territory," respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 30, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stockton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 726.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Rear Admiral Joseph Lanman, praying the difference of pay between commodore and rear admiral from December 7, 1867, to April 14, 1868, have considered the same, and report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. April 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 762.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Ormsby, praying for arrears of pension from the date of his son's death, on June 19, 1862, to March 6, 1869, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 633.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 633, for the relief of Ambrose Morrison, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 8, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the petition of Marcus Bernhard, complaining of the minister of the United States at Berlin, and praying that the Prussian government be requested to return to him a fine of fifty dollars, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 13, 1870. -- 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 the petition of Ossian B. Hart, of Florida, claiming a seat in the Senate from the State of Florida, for the term which commenced March 4, 1860, report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 764.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Cowan & Dickinson, praying compensation for the loss of two hundred and fifty-six bales of cotton seized by order of General Burnside on the 17th and 18th days of November, 1863, and used for strengthening the defenses of Knoxville, make the following report upon said claim...
In the Senate of the United States. April 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 173.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of certain citizens of Johnson County, State of Kansas, being the civil officers thereof, and also the petition of the Black Bob Indians of the Shawnee tribe, report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Catharine Bourshett, administratrix of Thomas Bourshett...
In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn, from the Committee on Public Lands, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 592.) The first section of this bill provides for the right of way through the public lands and reservations, and a grant of public lands, to a railroad to be built from Jacksonville to St. Augustine, Florida, a distance of forty-two miles...
In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Osborn, from the Committee on Public Lands, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 438.) The charter of the Great Southern Railway was granted by the Legislature of the State of Florida in February, at which time the company perfected their organization, and the necessary stock to insure the building of the road was subscribed...
In the Senate of the United States. June 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Maine, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 703.) The undersigned, a sub-committee, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 703, entitled "A Bill for the Encouragement and Protection of Dramatic Compositions Designed and Suitable for Public Representation, By Securing to the Authors and Proprietors of the Same Certain Rights During the Time Herein Mentioned," respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 9, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Claims, made the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles Radeliff, praying payment of the amount due his son, first Lieutenant H. Ganseroort Radcliff, at the time of the latter's death, report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 13, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stewart, from the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, submitted the following as the views of the majority of the sub-committee of the Pacific Railroad upon the title of the Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company to the lands and franchises granted to it by the State of Texas...
In the Senate of the United States. June 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Warner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 659.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 569, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of A.A. Delong," having had the same under consideration, report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. June 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Select Committee on the Revision of the Rules, submitted the following amendment to the thirtieth rule...
In the Senate of the United States. June 15, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 990.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Clara Moore, administratrix of the estate of Ely Moore, late register of the land office at Lecompton, Kansas, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1691.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to which was referred H.R. 1691, "An Act for the Relief of Timothy Baker, of St. Johns, Michigan," having had the same under consideration, make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 870.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the United States Express Company, praying that the Secretary of the Treasury may be authorized to issue to it bonds and notes to replace those alleged to have been destroyed in a car burned upon the Erie Railroad on the 30th January, 1866, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 6, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1146.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred House Bill No. 1146, for the relief of the heirs of Jonathan Haines, deceased, having considered the same, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 682.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 682, entitled "A Bill To Increase the Pension of Maria Antoinette Rousseau, Widow of the Late General Lovell H. Rousseau," submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hamilton, of Maryland, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 847.) The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Richard M. Hoe, praying an extension of his patent for an improvement in printing machines, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 10, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 897.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Spence, praying compensation for property taken and used by the Army of the United States, in the years 1862 and 1863, beg leave to report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 880.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Henry C. Weatherby, praying to be allowed a pension, make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald made the following report. (To accompany Bill No. S. 683.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred Senate Bill 683, beg leave to report the following substitute for the same, and the accompanying reasons therefor...
In the Senate of the United States. May 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, having considered the petition of James Kelley, captain of the Thirty-fourth United States Infantry, asking pay as captain in the United States Army from July 1, 1864, to September 16, 1867, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J.M. Johnson, E. Ann Johnson, executrix; H. and W. Ellison, executors of Wm. Ellison, ask leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 3, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Buckingham submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred a treaty between the United States and the several tribes and bands of Indians residing in the State of New York, concluded at the council house, Cattaraugus Reserve, New York, the 4th of December, 1868, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 27, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. McDonald made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 679.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred S. Bill No. 679, respectfully beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 891.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred Bill H.R. [891] entitled "An Act for the Relief of Charles E. Dole," have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilson made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 145.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred [a] joint resolution for the relief of the First Battalion Heavy Artillery of Massachusetts Volunteers, beg leave to submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 922.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob B. Cuyle, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 623.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 623, granting a pension to Celia Tweed, as well as her accompanying petition, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 17, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Tipton made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 923.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Leann Cox, praying to be allowed a pension, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Willey submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, to whom was referred the petition of Asa O. Butman, administrator of James A. Cutting, deceased, having considered the same, beg leave to make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 16, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Thayer made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 910.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of John E. Wheeler, have had his case under consideration, and submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 19, 1870. -- 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 of the Senate of April 18, 1870, instructing them to inquire and report whether any corrupt or improper means have been used or attempted to be used to influence the vote of any senator in respect to the bill then pending, relating to the admission of the State of Georgia to representation in Congress, with power to send for persons and papers, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 12, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S.R. No. 123.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred S.R. 123, for the relief of C.E. Rogers, respectfully report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 11, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cole made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 905.) The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds have had under consideration the subject of extending the Winder building for the use of the War Department, and report a bill for the same, with the following statement of facts...
In the Senate of the United States. May 28, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on Claims, submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J.F. Baum, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt submitted the following report. The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Edward McGhee, of the State of Mississippi, praying compensation for property destroyed by the United States troops in the year 1864, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Edmunds, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of citizens of Rhode Island setting forth, by reference, the 14th and 15th Articles of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
In the Senate of the United States. May 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Kellogg made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 942.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the Bill (S. 942) for the relief of Susan A. Shelby, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 733.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Shelton, late lieutenant Company E, Second North Carolina Mounted Infantry, praying to be allowed pay, respectfully submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 7, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following report. The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of John Graham, of the Town of College Point, County of Queens, State of New York, praying compensation for carrying the mails from New Orleans to Key West for the quarter commencing April 10 and ending June 30, 1855, having had the same under consideration, report...
In the Senate of the United States. May 5, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferry, from the Committee on Patents, submitted the following report. The Committee on Patents, having been directed by resolution of the Senate "to inquire into the expediency of so amending the laws relating to patents that the right to the free use of every patent hereafter issued shall be retained by the United States in all its departments," have had the same under consideration, and report as follows...
In the Senate of the United States. March 4, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Howe made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 346.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred Bill S. 346, for the relief of Mary A. Coolidge, submit this their report...
In the Senate of the United States. June 24, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.) The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred House Bill No. 46, for the relief of Samuel H. Moore, report...
In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Abbott made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 145.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of William H. Rutherford and George Kains, for travel pay while in the military service, having considered the same, submit the following report...
In the Senate of the United States. April 25, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Johanna Roach, widow of John Roach, praying for arrears of pension, report...
In the Senate of the United States. February 2, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following report. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a letter of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and a report with abstract by John G. Pratt... 		257
Serial set 1410 Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the second session of the Forty-first Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 6, 1869, in the ninety-fourth year of the independence of the United States. 1
Serial set 1411 Message of the President of the United States, with the reports of the Postmaster General and of the Secretary of the Navy, communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congress. 1
Serial set 1412 Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congress. Volume I. 1
Serial set 1413 Report of the Secretary of War, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congress. Volume II. 1
Serial set 1414 Report of the Secretary of the Interior, being part of the message and documents communicated to the two Houses of Congress at the beginning of the second session of the Forty-first Congress 1
Serial set 1415 Report of the Comptroller of the Currency. Letter from the Comptroller of the Currency, transmitting his annual report for 1869. December 10, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year 1869. 		2
Serial set 1416 Report of a board of admirals. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House, of the 16th instant, transmitting report of a board of admirals, convened in 1865, of which Admiral Farragut was president. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Murder of an Indian. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of commanding officer at Camp Gaston, California, relative to the unprovoked murder of an Indian by a white settler. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
S. Seymour. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting account of S. Seymour of expenses in making survey for bridge across the Potomac. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Bounty for the capture of Jefferson Davis. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th December, relative to the payment of the bounty for the capture of Jefferson Davis, allowed by act of Congress, July 27, 1868. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Charles L. Green, United States Navy. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of the 9th instant, transmitting the charges, testimony, findings, and sentence in the case of Passed Assistant Surgeon Charles L. Green, United States Navy. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Passes of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 14, relative to the progress made in the work of deepening the passes of the Mississippi River. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Clerks in Office of Attorney General. Letter from the Attorney General, relative to the clerks in his Office. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Transient paupers in Providence Hospital. Letter from the Surgeon General, asking for an appropriation for care, &c., of transient paupers at Providence Hospital during the present fiscal year. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Publishing laws of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, asking for an appropriation for publishing the laws of the United States. December 9, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the year ending June 30, 1869. December 6, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Providence Hospital. Letter from the Surgeon General, inclosing a report of expenditures for the completion of Providence Hospital, Washington, D.C., during the year ending December 6, 1869. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations for Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, submitting estimates of appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the next fiscal year. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, transmitting a list of the states ratifying the Fifteenth Amendment. December 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Relief and protection of American seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting abstract of returns by collectors of Customs for the relief and protection of American seamen, showing the number registered in the several ports during the year ending September 30, 1869. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Clerks in State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting report of the number, compensation, reduction, &c., of the clerical force in his Department. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Disbursements for Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting tabular statement of disbursements by superintendents and agents on account of Indian service for the year ending June 30, 1869. December 13, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Receipts and expenditures in the Patent Office. Letter from the Commissioner of Patents, transmitting statement of receipts and expenditures in the Patent Office for the year ending November 30, 1869. December 7, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims in Missouri -- Fourth Congressional District. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 1, 1869, transmitting reports in regard to claims of persons claiming to reside in the Fourth Congressional District in Missouri. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Public lands in Virginia and other states. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, in answer to a resolution of the House requiring the number of acres of public lands in Virginia and other states. December 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Report of Special Commissioner of the Revenue. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue upon the industry, trade, commerce, &c., of the United States for the year 1869. December 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Harbor at Oswego. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers upon the public works in the harbor at Oswego, New York. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
William A. Howard. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting papers relative to the claim of William H. Howard for pay as colonel of the Regiment of New York Marine, &c. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fifteenth Amendment. Message from the President of the United States, in further answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th instant, transmitting the action of Alabama on the Fifteenth Constitutional Amendment. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Cuba. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 13th instant, requesting a copy of any correspondence had with Spain relative to Cuba. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Harbor at Port Washington, Wisconsin. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers of survey of the harbor at Port Washington, in Wisconsin. December 20, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Ryan-Hitchcock marine fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a joint resolution of February 19, 1869, relative to the Ryan-Hitchcock mode of marine fortifications. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Clerks employed in the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of desks, clerks, &c., employed in his Department for the year ending June 30, 1869. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Impediments in rivers and harbors of Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 10, transmitting surveys as to impediments and obstructions in the rivers and harbors of Massachusetts. December 16, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Harbor at Plymouth. Letter from the Secretary of War, submitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the public works and improvements in the Harbor of Plymouth, Massachusetts. December 15, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, and of additional appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1870.
Retired officers of the Army now on duty. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to request of the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting statement of retired officers of the Army now on duty, with regard to pay, &c. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Rock Island Bridge. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the Rock Island bridge. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Capture of Jefferson Davis. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 15, in relation to the payment of the reward authorized by law for the capture of Jefferson Davis. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Claims and ordered to be printed.
Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 5, transmitting a copy of the report of the late special agent of his Department for Alaska. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Postal convention with France. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th December, inquiring as to the appointment of any person holding a United States office having been employed by that Department to treat with foreign nations. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Lands to Grand Haven railroad. Letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 15th December, 1869, relative to the acceptance of certain lands granted to the State of Michigan in June, 1856, to aid in the construction of a railroad from Grand Haven to Flint. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Des Moines and Rock Island Rapids. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 13, relative to the Des Moines and Rock Island Rapids of the Mississippi River. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Contracts with Mr. Abecassis. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy relative to contracts with Mr. Abecassis. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures of the armory at Springfield. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting annual report of expenditures at the national armory at Springfield during the year 1869. January 10, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
New Haven Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to the resolution of the House of December 21, 1869, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the condition of New Haven Harbor. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Patapsco River. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 9th, relative to the condition and improvement of the Patapsco River. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Sale of surplus military arsenals. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a request by Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting draught of a proposed bill, providing for the sale of certain surplus military arsenals of the United States. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Administration of civil law in Virginia. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the administration of civil law in Virginia. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.
Detention of vessels in loyal states. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to steamboats and other vessels owned in the loyal states and taken by the government without the consent of the owners, during the war. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed.
Suppressing Indian hostilities in Utah. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report of expenses for suppressing Indian hostilities in Utah. March 26, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. April 5, 1869. -- Reported back, Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. January 20, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Disasters on the lakes. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 602.) Letter addressed to the Hon. Halbert E. Paine relative to storm telegraphy. January 26, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed. 		46
Serial set 1417 Repairs of Custom-houses. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury calling the special attention of the House of the necessity for immediate action on the estimates for repairs of the Custom-houses at Savannah, Georgia, and Mobile, Alabama. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Lands in Knox County, Indiana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office in relation to the quantity of public lands in Knox County, Indiana. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Missouri state militia. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting report of the Adjutant General upon the Missouri state militia, an auxiliary force employed in the service of the United States during the rebellion. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
David's Island for marine hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury asking for an appointment to purchase the buildings on David's Island for marine hospital purposes. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Washington Aqueduct. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of December 7, stating the amount appropriated and expended for the construction and completion of the Washington Aqueduct. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Board of Indian Commissioners in relation to appropriations for Indians. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Annuities withheld from Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of February 3, relative to annuities or other payments withheld from Indian tribes under act of Congress. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of appropriations for War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting an estimate of appropriations required for the service of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Clerks in the Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with the second section of the act approved March 3, 1869, transmitting a report of desks and number of clerks in the Department. January 28, 1869. -- Referred to Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Breakwater at Hyannis. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of December 11, transmitting report upon the condition of the breakwater at Hyannis, Massachusetts. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Land office, Topeka, Kansas. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimate of appropriation required to replace archives of land office at Topeka, Kansas, destroyed by fire in November, 1869. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Beneficial Society of Cumberland. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report from the Quartermaster General relative to a piece of land purchased for the burial of officers and soldiers, and now desired by the "Beneficial Society of the Laboring Sons of Cumberland." January 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Aggression upon our commerce. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the sum of six hundred thousand dollars paid the United States as indemnity for aggression upon our commerce, pursuant to stipulations of a treaty with Japan of October 22, 1864. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Indian reserves. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting copy of letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with estimate of appropriations required for surveying Indian reserves, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1871, &c. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Artillery School at Fortress Monroe. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting certain papers relating to the site of the United States Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, Virginia. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Line and staff rank. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 14, 1869, relative to proceedings before a board of naval officers on the subject of line and staff rank. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Darien ship canal. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant relative to appropriations for Darien ship canal. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Survivors of the War of 1812. Letter from the Secretary of War relative to survivors of the War of 1812. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Georgia. Letter from the General of the Army, relative to certain officers of the United States Army, acting in the Legislature of Georgia as a committee of election. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Pedro Armendaris. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th January, relative to the claim of the heirs of Pedro Armendaris, for the use and occupancy of Fort Craig military reservation, in the Territory of New Mexico. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Expenses of Texas election. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting communication from the Fifth Military District, urging an immediate appropriation for expenses of the recent election in Texas. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
James Belger. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a copy of the opinion of the Attorney General of the United States upon the case of James Belger, formerly colonel and quartermaster of the United States Army. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
China and Japan "indemnity funds." Letter from the Secretary of State in relation to the "indemnity funds" received from the governments of China and Japan by the Department of State. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Reports of national banking associations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 21, 1869, transmitting a report from the Comptroller of the Currency, relative to the national banking associations. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Site for State Department building. Letter from the Secretary of State in relation to the commission appointed by Congress to select a site for the erection of a building for the State Department. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Oath in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting certain papers from citizens of Texas, requiring all persons elected to office in Texas to take the oath required by the 12th section of the state constitution. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Treaty with Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant, in reference to report of the special commission detailing the proceedings of the negotiation of the treaty with the Delaware tribe of Indians. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Treasury -- balances unexpended. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing statement of balances unexpended on the 30th of September, 1869; also, amount to complete service of the current fiscal year. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Omitted estimate for 1870-'71. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in reference to an omitted estimate for the year 1870-'71. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Military prisons. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting report of the Adjutant General recommending the adoption of a system of military prisons, and submitting a draught of a proposed law upon the subject. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Indemnity from Japan. Letter from the Secretary of State in relation to the sum of $600,000 in gold paid to the United States as indemnity for aggression upon our commerce, pursuant to stipulation of a treaty with Japan, of the 22d October, 1864. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Channel through Hallett's Point. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 20, 1869, transmitting report of Chief of Engineers relative to the cost of cutting a channel through Hallett's Point, at the head of Long Island. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Deficiencies in appropriations for Utah. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting copy of a letter from the Secretary of Utah, in relation to the deficiency in appropriations for that territory. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Commodore Thomas Ap C. Jones. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting papers relating to the claim of the estate of the late Commodore Thomas Ap C. Jones. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Errors in book of estimates. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to some errors in the book of estimates. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Sale of Fort Gratiot reservation. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of July 20, 1868, providing for the sale of a portion of the Fort Gratiot military reservation, State of Michigan. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Report of the United States Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting the annual statement of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, as required by act of March 3, 1853. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimates for Sisseton, Wahpeton, and other Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting estimates of appropriations for Sisseton, Wahpeton, Santee Sioux Indians, at Lac Traverse and Devil's Lake, Dakota. January 19, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses of the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a statement of expenditures of the appropriation for the contingent expenses of the year 1869. January 24, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Housatonic River. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of December 13, relative to a survey of the Housatonic River. January 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Duty on saltpeter. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury calling the attention of the Committee of Ways and Means to the duties on saltpeter. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Quantity of fine whiskies. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th instant, with statement of the quantity of fine whiskies produced during the months of September to December, 1868, as compared with the same months of 1869. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Mint at Charlotte, North Carolina. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury asking for an appropriation to supply a deficiency in appropriation for the mint at Charlotte, North Carolina. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Clerks and others employed in the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a statement of the number of clerks and others employed in the bureaus of the Department during the year ending June 30, 1869. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Assimilated rank in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of 14th December, 1869, inclosing the record of proceedings of the board of officers appointed to take into consideration the subject of assimilated rank in the Navy. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Harbor of Black Lake, Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, transmitting report of the Chief of Engineers upon the condition of the harbor of Black Lake, Michigan. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Post office at Havre de Grace. Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the House of January 27, in relation to the abstraction of stamps from the post office at Havre de Grace, Maryland. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Pay and emoluments of officers of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, relative to the pay and emoluments, or either, of the officers of the United States Navy. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Mail contracts by railroad. Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the House of January 20, whether the contracts for transporting the mails on the railway lines of the different states of our Union are by the mile or by weight, and the price for the same. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Estimates of deficiencies in War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting estimates of appropriations required to meet deficiencies for the service of that Department for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1869 and 1870. January 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Marine hospital service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a bill for the reorganization of the marine hospital service. January 31, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Change of name of United States vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of January 13, transmitting a list of the vessels [of] the United States, the names of which have been changed since the 4th of of [sic] March, 1869. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Captured and abandoned property. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relating to captured and abandoned property, showing that there are outstanding claims against the government to the amount of several thousand dollars. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Additional clerical force in Ordnance Department. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting communication from Chief of Ordnance Department relative to the necessity of a larger clerical force than is provided for in the pending appropriation bill. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Nashville and Decatur Railroad Company. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th January, relative to the accounts of the Nashville and Decatur Railroad Company. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Indian interpreters. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of report from Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to deficiencies in appropriations for the pay of Indian interpreters. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
New War Department building. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of 2d February, in relation to the report of the commission to prepare plans and estimates for a new War Department building. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and ordered to be printed.
Youkon River and Island of St. Paul. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 3, transmitting the report of Acting Inspector of Customs concerning the Youkon River and the Islands of St. Paul and St. George. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Foreign commodities. Letter from the Commissioner of Agriculture in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th January in relation to the extent and value of foreign commodities, susceptible of production within the limits of the country, as plants useful for dye-stuffs, medicines, and for other economic purposes. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
Claims of Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting an abstract of a report of the United States Indian agent upon claims for stock stolen from the Delaware Indians since 1854, provided for in treaty of July 4, 1866, with said tribe. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of navigation of the Mississippi River. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of 27th January, transmitting the report of General Warren, of Engineer Corps, relative to the improvement of the Mississippi River at or near the Falls of St. Anthony. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of the Chicago harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of February 17, 1869, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the proposed improvement of the harbor of Chicago. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Custom-house at Castine. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury asking for an appropriation to purchase additional land for the Custom-house a[t] Castine, Maine. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Improvement of Michigan City harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the proposed improvement of the harbor of Michigan City, in the State of Indiana. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Interoceanic communication at the American isthmus. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House calling for the report of Rear Admiral Davis on interoceanic communication at the American isthmus. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Tributes of the Nations to Abraham Lincoln. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 3d February, calling for the number of copies of "Tributes of the Nations to Abraham Lincoln" now in possession of the Secretary of State. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing and ordered to be printed.
Montana territorial militia. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the request of the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting report upon the Montana territorial militia, a military force raised by the Governor of Montana. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Establishment of Indian tribes. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting letter from the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs, relative to the location and establishment of the Kiowas, Comanches, and Apache Indians. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Copyright of revenue coupon book. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, in answer to a resolution of the House of 31st January, relative to the copyright of the revenue coupon book to be used by distillers, rectifiers, and wholesale liquor dealers. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Special agents of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 11, relative to the number of special agents appointed and now acting for the Department. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Claims of American citizens against Spain. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, relative to claims of American citizens against Spain for payment in coin. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Murder of American citizens in Cuba. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the murder of one or more American citizens in Cuba. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Freedmen's Bureau and abandoned lands. Letter from the Superintendent of Freedmen's Bureau, etc., in answer to a resolution of the House of February 11, 1870, in relation to the amount expended in the execution of said office. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Indian service in Montana. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay an outstanding indebtedness on account of the Indian service in Montana Territory. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay vouchers approved by General Harney, on account of Indian service in the Sioux Indian district. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Banking capital in the several states. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, transmitting statement of the amount of banking capital in the several states in the month of December, 1860. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Fur seal fisheries of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting a report of the special agent of Alaska upon the fur seal fisheries of that territory. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Port of Sheboygan. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of 31st January, transmitting the report of a survey of the port of Sheboygan, Michigan. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Claims of Kansas Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of report made by commissioners appointed under the provisions of the twelfth article of treaty of 23d February, 1867, with the Senecas, Mixed Senecas and Shawnees, and Quapaw tribes of Indians in Kansas, to investigate the claims of those Indians. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report Chief Engineer of Union Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th instant, calling for the last report of the Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Union Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Special agents of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to the resolution of the House of February 2, in relation to the names of all special agents and assistants of the Treasury Department on the rolls of the Department on the 4th day of March, 1869. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Revision of the Laws and ordered to be printed.
Fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, in relation to the fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Tax on liquors and tobacco. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 31, transmitting statement in relation to the amount of tax collected for the year ending December 31, 1869, on liquors and tobacco, respectively. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Lieutenant W.J. Keays. Letter from the Secretary of War, (by request of the Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs,) transmitting a copy of the report of the Judge Advocate General, upon the case of First Lieutenant W.J. Keays, of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State transmitting a statement of the manner in which the fund for the contingent expenses of the Department has been expended from July 1, 1868, to June 30, 1869, inclusive. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Pennsylvania Volunteers. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting to the Committee on Military Affairs the report of the Adjutant General upon the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Copper and other metals in various arsenals. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 31, transmitting the report of the Chief of Ordnance as to the quantity of copper, tin, pig-lead, and other metals now on hand in the various arsenals of the United States. February 7, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Foreign commerce and decadence of American shipping. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of Chief of the Division of Tonnage in the Treasury Department in relation to the foreign commerce of the United States and the decadence of American shipping. February 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Select Committee on the Decline of American Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Harbor of Leland in Lake Michigan. Letter from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 19, 1870, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the practicability and necessity of improving the harbor of Leland, in Lake Michigan. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Sundry public buildings. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting reports of the Supervising Architect, relative to the erection of public buildings at Erie, Pennsylvania, Raleigh, North Carolina, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and other places. February 14, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Distillation of "drop beer" and "slops." Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in answer to resolution of the House of January 26, 1870, in relation to the distillation of "drop beer" and "slops" which cannot now be profitably used under existing laws. February 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Men employed in Navy yards. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th instant, transmitting statement of the number of men employed in the several Navy yards on the 1st of March, July, September, and December, 1869. January 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. 		92
Serial set 1418 Collection of revenue in New York and Brooklyn. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House in relation to person or persons, other than regularly appointed revenue officers, who have been, or are now, employed in the cities of Brooklyn or New York, to aid in the collection of internal revenue. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Blacksmiths in the Army, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a memorial from the cavalry and artillery officers of the Army advising for reasons fully set forth therein, that the pay of blacksmiths in the cavalry and artificers of artillery be by law augmented and that the rank of sergeant or corporal be conferred upon them. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Army recruiting service. Letter from the Secretary of War recommending an appropriation to continue the Army recruiting service for the remainder of the present fiscal year. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Circulating notes to national banks. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 28, 1870, transmitting a report of the Comptroller of the Currency. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Banking and Currency and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures in the District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 11, transmitting a statement of the expenditures for public and private purposes in the District of Columbia, from the establishment of the seat of government to the 31st of December, 1869. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Expenditures and ordered to be printed.
Questioned letter of Admiral Farragut. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of March 16, 1870, transmitting copies of the telegrams, letters, and affidavit of Paymaster Thomas H. Looker, United States Navy, in relation to the questioned letter of Admiral Farragut, of date January 29, 1869. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fort Dakota. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 569.) Letter from the Secretary of War for the information of the Committee on Public Lands, in relation to the United States reservation at Fort Dakota, in the Territory of Dakota. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Spanish war vessels coming for repairs. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House relative to Spanish war vessels coming to the United States for repairs. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th instant, calling for information to regard to the Atlantic and Pacific Railway Company. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Payment of pensions through money-order bureau. Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th ultimo, relative to the payment of pensions to pensioners through the money-order bureau of the Post Office Department. January 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for Indian service. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay certain claims that have been allowed and partly settled to extent of funds on hand. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Unexpended balances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 12, transmitting statement of the unexpended balances on the 30th of June, 1869; also the amounts estimated as necessary to complete the service of the current fiscal year, &c. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Meteorological observations. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting estimates of appropriations required to carry into effect the law authorizing the Secretary of War to provide for taking meteorological observations. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Savannah River. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of February 8, transmitting the report of the Chief of Engineers upon the navigable condition of the Savannah River. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Ordnance depot at Cheyenne. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a communication from the Governor of the Territory of Wyoming, relative to the establishment of an ordnance depot at Cheyenne. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
S.E. Ward. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay a debt due to S.E. Ward for goods furnished Indians at Fort Laramie by order of Indian Peace Commission. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to a resolution of the House, of February 9, 1870, transmitting a copy of a portion of Vincent Colyer's report relating to the fur-seal fisheries of Alaska. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Indian affairs in Oregon. Letter from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs in answer to a resolution of the House of February 15, in relation to the report of the Indian superintendent upon Indian affairs in Oregon. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for House of Correction for Boys. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copies of two letters from the President of the Board of Trustees of the House of Correction for Boys, for an appropriation for the benefit of said institution. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
John E. Tappan. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting accounts of John E. Tappan for goods given to Kiowa Indians, for delivery of white captives held by them in 1868. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Census. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting draught of a bill amendatory of the act to take the seventh and subsequent censuses, and to fix the number of the members of the House of Representatives. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Ninth Census and ordered to be printed.
Rio Hondo claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting copy of report on the Rio Hondo claims, Louisiana. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Revenue and Customs receipts in Alaska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th January, transmitting a statement of the receipts from Revenue and Customs and all other sources in Alaska, since that territory was incorporated into the United States. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Harbors in Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of February 17, in relation to establishing a light to mark the pier at the harbor of Plymouth, Duxbury, and Kingston, in the State of Massachusetts. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations Indian service -- Fort Berthold agency. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior recommending an appropriation to pay outstanding indebtedness on account of the Indian service at Fort Berthold Indian agency. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Struggle for independence in the island of Cuba. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th instant, transmitting correspondence relative to the struggle for freedom in the island of Cuba. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Number of Indians in various tribes. Letter from the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs in answer to the resolution of the House of February 2, 1870, in relation to the number of Indians in each of the various tribes named in the book of estimates furnished Congress. February 22, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Incidental and contingent expenses of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting in accordance with law a statement of incidental and contingent expenses of his Department for the year ending June 30, 1869. February 18, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Defaulting paymasters in the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House of January 17, 1870, transmitting the names of paymasters who have been reported defaulters, with the amount of their respective defalcations since March 4, 1869. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Sites for national works of defense. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a proposed bill to facilitate the acquisition of sites for national works of defense and to protect the public treasury. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
American citizens prisoners in Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th ultimo, relative to American citizens, native or naturalized, who may be confined in jails or prisons in Great Britain. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Flathead Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, submitting an estimate of appropriation for the purchase of mills and construction of buildings for the benefit of the Flathead Indians, to replace those destroyed by fire. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Staff rank. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House of February 28, 1870, transmitting all correspondence with Admiral Farragut relative to staff rank in the Navy. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fixtures for Treasury Building. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting an estimate for the cost of cases and fixtures for the Treasury Building. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Jurisdiction over Sandy Hook. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the resolution of the House of February 2, 1870, transmitting copies of all papers on file in the War Department relating to the jurisdiction of the United States over Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and adjoining land. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Pilot-boat A.T. Stewart. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 13 in relation to the wreck of the pilot-boat A.T. Stewart, recently sunk by collision in the main channel-way of New York Harbor. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Claims of American citizens against Venezuela. Message from the President of the United States transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State relative to the claims of citizens of the United States against the government of Venezuela. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Harbor-masters' fees. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 27, relative to harbor-masters' fees exacted under the statutes of the State of New York. March 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Money paid to bank note companies, etc. Letter from Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 17, 1870, on the above subject. February 25, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations. March 14, 1870. -- Ordered to be printed.
Government offices at Paducah, Kentucky. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to the resolution of the House of February 16, 1870, in relation to the erection of a suitable building at Paducah, Kentucky, for the accommodation of the United States courts, post office, internal revenue, customs, and other offices of the government located in that city. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
James C. Strong. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, for the information of the Committee on Military Affairs the report of the Adjutant General of the Army upon the claim of James C. Strong to be paid as colonel of the Thirty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers during the late war. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Expedition against Piegan Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in answer to the resolution of the House of March 4, 1870, in relation to the late expedition against the Piegan Indians. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Military reservation, Fort Wayne. Letter from the Secretary of War recommending the passage of a joint resolution relative to military reservation of Fort Wayne, in Arkansas. March 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
International exhibition in London. Letter from the Secretary of State relating to an international exhibition in London in 1871, with other papers upon the same subject. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Payments on account of public debt. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 9, 1870, transmitting a detailed statement showing the payments on account of our public debt, including both principal and interest, from 1789 to 1836, inclusive. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
St. Mary's Falls ship canal. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House in relation to the improvement of Saint Mary's Falls ship canal. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Maria Josefa Cavazos. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of February 15, 1870, transmitting certain papers pertaining to the claim of Maria Josefa Cavazos, for rent of Fort Brown (Texas) military reservation. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Expedition against Piegan Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the resolution of the House of March 3, 1870, transmitting the report of Brevet Colonel Baker, United States Army, upon the late expedition against the Piegan Indians, in Montana. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Light-house on Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, relative to the necessity of a light-house on the southern shore of Lake Ontario. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Custom-house at Wiscasset, Maine. Letter from the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Building in relation to an appropriation for grading, paving, and fencing around the Custom-house lot at Wiscasset, Maine. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Pacific railway companies. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of January 26, in relation to the Pacific railway companies. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Marine hospital. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury asking for an appropriation of $230,000 to meet the current expenses of the Marine Hospital. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Relative to soldiers' bounty. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a memorial of soldiers of the regular Army, who were in service at the commencement of the late war, to be placed on the same footing with respect to bounties as soldiers who enlisted during the progress of the war. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for Paymaster General's office. Letter from the Secretary of War relative to the insufficiency of the appropriations for rent, &c., for Paymaster General's office. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior for appropriations to carry out treaty stipulations with Delaware Indians. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Penitentiaries in the territories. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to an act of Congress entitled "An Act Setting Aside Certain Proceeds from Internal Revenue for the Erection of Penitentiaries in the Territories of Nebraska, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and Dakota," approved January 22, 1867. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Officers on duty in southern states. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of January 26, 1870, transmitting reports concerning officers of the Army upon duty in the southern states, who are in receipt of salaries both from state treasuries and the Treasury of the United States. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Reservation at Fort Kearney. Letter from the Secretary of War informing the House that the United States military reservation at Fort Kearney, on the Missouri River, in the State of Iowa, in no longer required. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Pay of blacksmiths and artificers in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War inclosing a petition of officers of light artillery and cavalry for the increase of the pay of blacksmiths and artificers in the Army of the United States. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Officers and vessels of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, in relation to officers and vessels of the Navy. March 17, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Rent for building for use of Department of Education. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior asking for an appropriation to pay for use of building for Department of Education. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Saint Mary's Falls ship-canal. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to the resolution of the House of March 1, 1870, transmitting the reports of General T.J. Cram upon the Saint Mary's Falls ship-canal. March 15, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Operation of the sinking fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 14, in relation to the operation of the sinking fund in extinguishing the debts of the War of the Revolution and of the War of 1812, up to the complete payment of those debts. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Abolition of internal taxes. Letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in answer to a resolution of the House, of March 11, in relation to the expediency and advantage or disadvantage to the government of abolishing the internal taxes, &c. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Public buildings most necessary. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives relative to the requirements of the public service for new public buildings. March 21, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims of Pottawatomie Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting the report of the commissioners appointed to examine the claims of the Pottawatomie Indians, provided by the treaty of August 7, 1868. February 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
United States steamer Oneida. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House of March 2, 1870, in relation to the sinking of the United States steamer Oneida, by colliding with the mail steamer Bombay, in Yokohama Bay, on the night of the 24th of January. March 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Light in St. Clair River. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to the resolution of February 11, 1870, inclosing a report with plans and estimates from Brevet Brigadier General W.F. Raynolds, Corps of Engineers United States Army, engineer 11th Light-house District relative to establishing range lights in St. Clair River, Michigan. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Encroachments upon Osage Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior in relation to the encroachment of white settlers upon the lands of the Osage Indians in Kansas. March 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Security of life on steam vessels. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the draught of a bill to provide for the better security of life on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and report of chief of steamboat inspection. March 3, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Navy yard at Brooklyn. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to the resolution of the House in relation to the expediency of removing the Navy yard at Brooklyn, N.Y., to another site. March 2, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. 		71
Serial set 1419 Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of the survey during the year 1869. 1
Serial set 1420 Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1869. Volume I. 1
Serial set 1421 Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1869. Volume II. 1
Serial set 1422 Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1869. Volume III. Illustrations of patents. 1
SERIAL SET 1423 United States congressional serial set [vol.1-2999] 1
Serial set 1423 Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1869. Volume IV. Illustrations of patents 1
Serial set 1424 Statistics of mines and mining in the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains, by Rossiter W. Raymond, United States Commissioner of Mining Statistics. 1
Serial set 1425 Assistant treasurer in Baltimore. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the establishment of the Office of Assistant Treasurer in the City of Baltimore, as an independent office. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Survey of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a letter from the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, asking for an appropriation to survey Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War relative to the unexpectedly large demands upon the appropriation for pay to discharged soldiers for clothing not drawn. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Bounty decision of Supreme Court. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to the bounty decision of the Supreme Court. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of bonds for the sinking fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to resolution of the House of March 21, relative to the purchase of bonds for the sinking fund. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Sites of military posts in Texas. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting reports setting forth the propriety and economy of acquiring permanent military posts in the State of Texas. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Value of the tael of China. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the value of the tael of China. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Salaries of internal revenue storekeepers. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 1, relative to the salaries of internal revenue storekeepers. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Survey of land within limits of Union Pacific Railroad grant. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting estimates of appropriations for the survey of public lands within the limits of the Union Pacific Railroad land grant. April 1, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Duty on wire rods. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the duty on wire rods manufactured and imported into the United States. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
A.P. Hotaling. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior transmitting report of Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to the claim of A.P. Hotaling for rent of land for the use of the Indian service in California. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Stray bands of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the removal of stray bands of Pottawatomie and Winnebago Indians in Wisconsin. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Harbor of Christiana River. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of March 18, transmitting report of recent surveys and examination of the harbor of Christiana River, at Wilmington, Delaware. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Colonization of persons of African descent. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 23, 1870, transmitting a detailed statement of expenditures out of the appropriation contained in the eleventh section of chapter 54 of Statutes of 1862, and the present condition of any unexpended balances of such appropriations. March 28, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Awards under Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Companies' treaty. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury inclosing a letter from the Secretary of State asking an appropriation to pay the awards under the Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Companies' treaty with her Britannic Majesty. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Loyal Indians and freedmen of the Creek Nation. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior asking for an appropriation for the payment of losses sustained by soldiers who enlisted in the federal Army, and loyal refugee Indians and freedmen of the Creek Nation, during the rebellion. March 23, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Citizens imprisoned or detained in military custody. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of December 20, 1869, relative to citizens imprisoned or detained in military custody. March 29, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
List of privileges -- San Domingo Treaty. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th ultimo asking for a list of privileges accompanying or relating to the San Domingo Treaty. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Interest due on bonds, Pacific Railroad Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of March 28, relative to the interest due upon the bonds issued to the Pacific Railroad Company. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Fisheries in British waters. Message from the President of the United States in answer to resolution of the House of the 7th ultimo relative to fisheries in British waters. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Expenses headquarters general officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting a report of the Quartermaster General of the Army relative to the expenses connected with the various headquarters of the general officers of the Army. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Marine hospital at Mobile. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the House of April 7, 1870, in relation to the condition and management of the marine hospital at Mobile, Alabama. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Rents of headquarters. Letter from the Secretary of War in compliance with the request of the Committee on Military Affairs transmitting statements prepared by the quartermaster general of the amount paid during the past year for rental and other expenses connected with the headquarters of the general, lieutenant general, and major generals of the Army. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deed to land in Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting copy of deed executed by Levi C. Guptill, of Iowa, conveying certain land to the United States. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims and ordered to be printed.
Sales by post traders. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to sales to enlisted men by post traders. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Spirits distilled for trial of spirit meters. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a letter from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in relation to certain spirits distilled under the direction of a committee appointed to make certain tests of spirit meters. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Major General Grenville M. Dodge and others. Letter from the Secretary of War asking for an appropriation to satisfy a judgment obtained against Grenville M. Dodge, late an officer of the United States, and others, for acts done by them in the line of their duty. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Surgeon George E. Cooper. Letter from the Secretary of War relative to the presentation of a gold watch and chain to Surgeon George E. Cooper, of the Army, by the government of France. April 20, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Tice meter. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in relation to the Tice meter. June 27, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Accounts of the colonization agent. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting a letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the accounts of the colonization agent. March 30, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed
Bounties to colored soldiers. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House, of the 7th ultimo, relative to collection and payment of bounties to colored soldiers. April, 8, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Difficulties with Indian tribes. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th ultimo, asking for information relative to difficulties with various tribes of Indians. April 6, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Passengers in steamships and other vessels. Letter from the Secretary of State transmitting report, in compliance with the act of Congress of March 3, 1855, regulating the carriage of passengers in steamships and other vessels. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Louisville and Portland Canal. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of April 6, 1870, transmitting a report of the Chief of Engineers upon the improvement of the Louisville and Portland Canal. April 9, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for fortifications. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a request made by the Committee on Military Affairs, transmitting a statement of the amount of money appropriated up to the present time for fortifications, and other works of defense. April 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Letter-carrier system. Letter from the Postmaster General in answer to a resolution of the House of March 21, 1870, relative to the letter-carrier system of the United States. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Fort Porter. Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to the improvement of the grounds owned by the United States in the City of Buffalo, and known as Fort Porter. May 11, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Finding of military commission, Little Rock, Ark. Letter from the Secretary of War in answer to a resolution of the House of March 30, transmitting copy of the proceedings and finding of a military commission held at the post of Little Rock, in the Department of Arkansas, in the year 1864. April 13, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Loss of the United States steamer Oneida. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in answer to a resolution of the House of March 2, calling for information regarding the loss of the United States steamer Oneida. April 4, 1870. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. 		39