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Serial set 461	Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-'44. By Brevet Capt. J.C. Fremont, of the Topographical Engineers, under orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Statement showing: first, appropriations made during the second session of the 28th Congress; second, the officers created, and the salaries thereof; third, the offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. March 31, 1845. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the 6th section of the act of July 4, 1835, to authorize the appointment of additional paymasters, and for other purposes. Report from the Secretary of War, communicating (in compliance with a resolution of the 15th instant) a report of John Stockton, superintendent of the mineral lands on Lake Superior, with map, &c. March 19, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed, and the map engraved. Proceedings and documents relating to James W. Schaumburg, from which the injunction of secrecy has been removed. In executive session -- Senate United States. February 26, 1845.	4
Serial set 462	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: being the second session of the Twenty-eighth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 2, 1844, in the sixty-ninth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 463	list of reports to be made to Congress, at the second session of the Twenty-eighth Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by B.B. French, Chief Assistant Clerk. December 2, 1844. Harbor -- Cape Porpoise. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers upon a resolution of the House directing a survey of the harbor at Cape Porpoise, &c. December 13, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a report of the contingent expenses of that Department for the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1844. December 13, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. French spoliations. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, relative to French spoliations. December 10, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Navy Pension Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of receipts and expenditures of the Navy Pension Fund for the year ending September 30, 1844. December 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Branch Mint at Charlotte, N.C. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a letter from the director of the Mint at Philadelphia, &c. December 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Message from the President of the United States, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Twenty-eighth Congress. December 3, 1844. Read, and ordered that the usual number of copies of the message and documents be printed, and that 10,000 copies extra of the same be also printed Constitution of Iowa. Constitution of the State of Iowa, adopted in convention, November 1, 1844. December 12, 1844. Read, referred to the Committee on the Territories, and 5,000 extra copies ordered to be printed. Venezuela. Message from the President of the United States, on the subject of the indemnity assumed to be paid by the Republic of Venezuela, in the case of the brig "Morris." December 13, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- public buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of all contracts made in that office since December 1, 1843. December 13, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds. Finances. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances. December 16, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 16, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Accident on board of the Princeton. Resolutions of the Common Council of New York, respecting the accident on board of the Princeton, February 28, 1844. October 14, 1844. Received by the Clerk of the House from the Department of State. December 13, 1844. Laid before the House by the Speaker: laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Revenue-marine service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the officer in charge of the revenue-marine service. December 19, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the correspondence between Mr. Shannon, American minister to Mexico, and Senor Rejon. December 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Passengers arriving in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting statements of the number and designation of passengers arriving in the United States, in the three first quarters of the year 1843, and between the 1st of October, 1843, and 30th September, 1844. December 13, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimate of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriations proposed to be made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1846. December 16, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Registered seamen. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting an abstract of registered seamen from 1st October, 1843, to 30th September, 1844. December 14, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Postage, and franking privilege. Resolutions of the State of New Hampshire, relative to the rates of postage, and to the franking privilege. December 18, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of account with the United States for the 3d and 4th quarters of 1843, and the 1st and 2d quarters of 1844. December 13, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, in relation to the re-organization and discipline of the militia. December 13, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Militia. Contingent expenses of the Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the expenditures under the head of "contingent expenses" of the Navy, as allowed at the Office of the Fourth Auditor, &c. December 19, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department. The tariff. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, relative to the tariff. December 10, 1844. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.	23
Serial set 464	Annexation of Texas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, relative to the annexation of Texas to the Union. January 25, 1845. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union National armories -- expenses, &c. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the officer in charge of the Ordnance Bureau, relative to the national armories, and the arms manufactured therein. January 11, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific. Memorial of Asa Whitney, of New York City, relative to the construction of a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. January 28, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Fort Massac. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the erecting of a national armory at Fort Massac, &c. January 11, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Texas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, remonstrating against the annexation of Texas to the United States. January 22, 1845. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Illinois -- National Road. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, asking an appropriation of money for the completion of the National Road in that state. January 6, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Ammunition -- naval service. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting the report of the chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, relative to the quantity and kinds of ammunition annually used in the naval service, &c. January 24, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Oregon. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relating to the territory of Oregon. January 22, 1845. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Clerks, &c. -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of names of clerks and other persons employed in that Department during the year 1844. January 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Ammunition. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of the officer in charge of the Ordnance Bureau, relative to ammunition. January 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Instructions to G.W. Erving, minister to Spain. Message from the President of the United States, communicating copy of all the instructions to George W. Erving, minister to Spain, in 1814. January 10, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Commercial systems. Letter fr[om] the Secretary of State, transmitting an account of changes and modifications in the commercial systems of other nations, &c. January 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. January 29, 1845. Ordered, that 5,000 extra copies be printed. Decisions of the Supreme Court. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, to procure the reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, for distribution among the states and territories of the Union. January 27, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of that work. December 27, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Magnetic telegraph. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a letter from Professor Morse, relative to the magnetic telegraph. December 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Roads in Iowa. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report of the agent charged with the construction and repair of certain roads in the Territory of Iowa. January 2, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Survey of road from Green Bay to Copper Harbor. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Colonel of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, relative to survey of road from Green Bay to Copper Harbor. January 2, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. James Green. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report of Commissioner of Pensions, relative to the application of James Green for a pension. January 2, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Estimates -- mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the mail service for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1845. January 2, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contingent expenses of his Department. January 2, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Illinois -- railroads. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, asking appropriations of land to aid in the completion of certain railroads. January 6, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Insolvent debtors of United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the proceedings relative to insolvent debtors of the United States. January 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Texas and Oregon. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, relative to the re-annexation of Texas, and the assertion and maintenance of our rights to the territory of Oregon. January 7, 1845. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Persons employed in the Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report containing the names, pay, &c., of all persons employed in the Indian Department during the year 1844. January 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement showing the names of clerks and other persons employed in that Department during the year 1844. January 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the office of the Secretary of the Navy, and the bureaus of the Navy Department, &c. January 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting statements of the expenditures of the appropriation of the contingent expenses of said House for the year 1844. January 7, 1845. Read, and laid on the table. Statistics. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report, with results of statistical information, &c. January 7, 1846. Read, and referred to a select committee of five. Annual report -- Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, accompanied by his annual report of expenditures on public buildings and grounds. January 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Contracts -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts during the year 1844. January 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Indices to public documents. Papers explanatory of the plan of Gordon's proposed index of public documents, laid before the House by Mr. Burke, from the Joint Committee on the Library. January 11, 1845. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Illinois -- common schools. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the sixteenth sections of land, &c. January 11, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Merchandise -- duties exceeding 35 per cent. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a tabular statement showing the articles of merchandise imported during the year ending 30th June, 1844, the duty on which exceeded 35 per cent, on the average wholesale market. January 24, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Louisville and Portland Canal Company. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report relative to the purchase of individual stock in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company. January 24, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Contracts -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting statements of contracts from the bureaus of that Department, &c. January 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Tariff of 1842. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of a repeal or modification of the tariff law of 1842. January 14, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. State Department -- clerks and compensation. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement showing the names and compensation of the clerks employed in the State Department and Patent Office. January 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Arrivals -- New Orleans. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement showing the number of passengers who arrived at the port of New Orleans during the first quarter of the last year. January 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Harbor at Dubuque. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report of the survey of the harbor at the Town of Dubuque. January 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Applicants for pensions. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting lists of applicants for pensions, or increase of pensions, during the year 1844, whose claims have been rejected by the Commissioner, &c. January 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Papers of the Confederation and of Washington. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to the manuscript papers of the Confederation and of Washington. January 24, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Rejected applicants for Navy pensions. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting lists of rejected applicants for Navy pensions. January 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Texas. Resolution of the Legislature of Missouri, in favor of the annexation of Texas. January 24, 1845. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union Chinese Treaty. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an abstract of the treaty between the United States and the Chinese Empire. January 24, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Catharine Stevenson. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Commissioner of Pensions, relative to the claim of Catharine Stevenson. January 24, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Town lots in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to certain lots in the Town of Perrysburg. January 13, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the military establishment during the year 1844. January 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Report intended to illustrate a map of the hydrographical basin of the upper Mississippi River, made by I.N. Nicollet [i.e., J.N. Nicollet], while in employ under the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers. January 11, 1845. Resolved, that 1,500 copies of Nicollet's report, to accompany his map of the basin of the upper Mississippi, be published for the use of this House. Persons employed in the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, containing a statement showing the number and names of persons employed in his office. January 2, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table.	49
Serial set 465	Alabama vs. amendment of Constitution. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to the proposed amendment of the Constitution of the United States, by Massachusetts, &c., &c. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table Commerce and trade. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting returns of the consuls and commercial agents of the United States at the several ports abroad, containing information in regard to the amount and description of commerce and trade between the United States and foreign countries, &c., &c. January 28, 1845. Ordered, that 5,000 extra copies of the report, now in preparation at the Department of State, be printed for the use of the House of Representatives. Errors in sixth census. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to alleged errors of the sixth census. February 12, 1845. Read, and referred to the select committee on that subject Texas. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a communication from Mr. Raymond, relative to the amount of the debt of Texas, and other matters connected with that republic. February 5, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table Illinois -- volunteer companies. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, asking compensation for the services of volunteer companies of that state during the late war with Great Britain. February 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Oregon territory. Memorial of the Legislature of Missouri, in favor of the immediate occupation and fortification of the Oregon territory. February 12, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Illinois and Michigan Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. January 31, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Georgia claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting report of the Second Auditor relative to Georgia claims. February 5, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Fines and deductions -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report showing the fines imposed, and deductions made from the pay of mail contractors. February 5, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Texas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, relative to the annexation of Texas to the United States. February 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Naval appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June 30, 1844. February 5, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Louisville and Portland Canal. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional information relative to the Louisville and Portland Canal. February 5, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Mint and branches. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the operations of the Mint and branch mints. February 5, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Contingent expenses -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting the report of the disbursing agent of that Department for the calendar year 1844. January 29, 1845. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Georgia claims. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, relative to the amount of the claims of the State of Georgia against the general government. January 29, 1845. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Balances of appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the annual report of the Second Comptroller, showing balances of appropriations for the service of that Department, &c., &c. January 29, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Constitution of Iowa. Constitution of the State of Iowa, adopted in convention, November 1, 1844. January 29, 1845. Read, and laid on the table. Supreme Court decisions. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, asking the publication and distribution of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. January 30, 1845. Read, and laid on the table. Annual report of the Commissioner of Patents. Report of the Commissioner of Patents, for the year 1844. January 29, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Patents. January 30, 1845. Resolved, that 25,000 extra copies of the report of the Commissioner of Patents, without the list of patents granted or expired, and the list of claims, and 3,000 extra copies of the whole report, be printed. Texas boundaries. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to the boundaries of Texas; and copies of treaties subsisting between Texas and the governments of France and Great Britain, &c. February 4, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Reduction of postage. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to a reduction of the rates of postage. February 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Wabash and Ohio Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to the completion of the Wabash and Ohio Canal. February 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. The Wabash River. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to the improvement of the Wabash River. February 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Post routes -- New York to Buffalo, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House, asking the distance of certain post-routes, &c. February 5, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, relative to a reduction of the rates of postage. February 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Refuse lands in Indiana. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of a gradual reduction in the price of the refuse lands in said state. February 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. National Institute. Memorial of a committee of the National Institute, soliciting the aid of Congress in its behalf. February 3, 1845. Referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Barnard, Burt, Owen, H. Hamlin, and Marsh. Annexation of Texas. Resolution of the State of Michigan, relative to the annexation of Texas to the United States. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Oregon territory. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the occupation of Oregon territory. February 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Embezzlement of public money. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House relative to embezzlements of public money. February 4, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. American seamen in foreign countries. Letter from the Secretary of State, relative to the increased expenditures for the protection and relief of American seamen in foreign countries. February 4, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Sites for hospitals. Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, relative to the purchase of sites and the erection of hospitals, by the federal government, at Louisville and Paducah. February 4, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Revenue -- Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and New Orleans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements showing the number of officers, and the amount of revenue collected, at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, &c. February 4, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Georgia claims. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting reports and copies of correspondence relative to the claims of Georgia upon the general government. February 5, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Choctaw Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the contracts for the emigration of the Choctaw Indians from the interior of the State of Mississippi; with a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, stating the number of Indians removed, &c., with sundry other documents relating to the same subject. February 8, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Colt's submarine battery. Letter from the Secretary of War, relative to the secret of Colt's submarine battery. May 15, 1844. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. February 8, 1845. Ordered, that the report of the Secretary of War, made on the 15th of May last, in answer to the resolution of April 19, 1844, as to whether the combustible agent used by Mr. Colt in his submarine explosion was a secret before he made the same known at the seat of government, be printed. Great Wabash River. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the Great Wabash River. February 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Macadamized road -- Indiana. Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to a proposed macadamized road from Bloomington to Columbus. February 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Texas and Oregon. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the annexation and the occupation of Oregon. February 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Penitentiary. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the annual report of the Inspectors of the Penitentiary of the District of Columbia. February 12, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Oliverian Canal route. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report of Major Graham upon his survey of the "Oliverian Canal route." February 12, 1845. Read, and laid on the table. Fugitive criminals from Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report from the Secretary of State, and copies of documents relative to fugitive criminals from Florida. February 12, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Navy Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the Navy Register. February 12, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks, &c. -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of clerks and other persons employed in that Department. February 12, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting statements of clerks and other persons employed in that Department. February 12, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce and tonnage. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury relative to the delay of the report on commerce and tonnage. February 12, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Chickasaw fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual statement of balances, expenditures, receipts, &c., on account of the Chickasaws. February 12, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Cherokee County -- Cedar Bluff. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to a certain tract of land, upon which is situated the Town of Cedar Bluff. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. National foundry at the South. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, on the subject of a national foundry at the South. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Veto power, distribution, protective tariff, Texas, Oregon, National Bank, &c. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to the veto power, distribution, protective tariff, Texas, Oregon, a national bank, &c. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Extension of American commerce -- proposed mission to Japan and Corea [i.e., Korea]. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Public lands. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to a reduction in the price of the public lands, &c. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Disbursements for Indians. Letter from the Second Auditor, transmitting copies of accounts rendered by persons charged or intrusted with the application of moneys, &c., for the benefit of the Indians. February 17, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Sale of lands -- Staten Island. Resolution of the Legislature of New York, in relation to the sale of certain lands on Staten Island. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan, on the subject of the reduction of the rates of postage. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Cherokee Indians in North Carolina. Resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, relating to the Cherokee Indians residing in that state. February 8, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Tennessee and Coosa Railroad Company. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking a right of way over, and certain sections of, the public lands, for the Tennessee and Coosa Railroad Company. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid on the table. Cumberland Road, and harbor at Michigan City. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the completion of the Cumberland Road, and harbor at Michigan City, in the State of Indiana. February 3, 1845. Read, and laid on the table. Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of Army Register. February 12, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Florida reef. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Chief Engineer relative to fortifications of the Florida reef. February 12, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Central Canal. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, in relation to a grant of land for the completion of the northern end of the Central Canal. February 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table Appropriation for a county-seat. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to an appropriation, by Congress, to the County of Wyandott. February 13, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Mails -- railroad and steamboat lines. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting statement of railroad and steamboat lines employed to carry the mails of the United States. February 5, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Northern Cross Railroad. Resolution of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to a grant of lands to construct the Northern Cross Railroad in the States of Illinois and Indiana. February 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Repudiation. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, relative to the repudiation of state debts. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Admission of Florida. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, relative to her admission as a state into the Union. February 11, 1845. Read, and laid on the table. Defalcation of the late Clerk of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting papers relative to the defalcation of the late Clerk of the House of Representatives. February 12, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Accounts.	67
Serial set 466	Indemnities -- Mexican government. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Secretary of State, with other documents, relative to indemnities for claims of American citizens upon the Mexican government. February 20, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Reduction of postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to the bill of the Senate for the reduction of postage. February 21, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Texas. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts relative to the annexation of Texas. March 1, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table Embezzlement of public money. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution inquiring what embezzlements of public money have taken place since August, 1841, by officers of the United States, &c. February 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Merchandise imported. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of articles free and subject to duty, and the rates of duty, imported between June, 1843, and July, 1844. February 20, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Contingent fund -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the contingent fund of that Department, &c. February 17, 1845. Read, and laid on the table. Reduction of the rates of postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in favor of reducing the rates of postage, as proposed in the bill now before Congress. February 18, 1845. Read, and laid on the table. Balances due from agents. Letter from the First Comptroller, transmitting the annual statement of balances existing more than three years on the books of the Treasury. February 20, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Chemical analyses of sugar, molasses, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of chemical analyses of sugars, molasses, &c., and of researches on hydrometers, made under the superintendence of Professor Alex. D. Bache, by Professor R.S. McCulloh. February 20, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasury Department contracts. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of contracts, &c., made in that Department. February 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Expedition west of the Rocky Mountains. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the Chief of the Corps of Topographical Engineers relative to Lieutenant Fremont's expedition west of the Rocky Mountains. February 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Treasurer's accounts -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of accounts of receipts and disbursements for the service of the Post Office Department. February 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Officers of the Customs -- emoluments of. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting abstracts, prepared by the First Comptroller, of official emoluments and expenditures by officers of the Customs, for the year 1844, &c. February 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Corporal punishment in the Navy. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, of the 11th of January last, as to what substitute, if any, can be made for the present mode of corporal punishment in the Navy, without endangering the discipline of the service. February 25, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Contracts -- A.G. & A.W. Benson. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report from the Bureau of Construction, &c., relative to contracts entered into with A.G. & A.W. Benson. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Postage. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the amount of postage received at the principal post offices upon mail routes upon which private expresses have been established in states therein named, &c. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Mexican claims. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence relative to the claims of citizens of the United States upon the Mexican government. February 28, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Weights and measures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from Professor A.D. Bache, relative to standard weights, measures, and balances. February 28, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Dry docks. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a report of officers and engineers relative to the properties and advantages of a dry dock, &c. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Coast Survey. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the journal of the board convened in March, 1843, upon the Coast Survey. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid on the table. Duties on imports and tonnage. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement exhibiting the amount of duties on imports and tonnage; the expenses of collecting the revenue on the same; and the expenses incurred for procuring weights and measures, from 1789 to June 30, 1843, inclusive. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Militia. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of the returns of militia, &c. February 17, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Captain J. Allen's expedition. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report from the Assistant Adjutant General of the Army, relative to Captain J. Allen's expedition. February 25, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Commerce and navigation of the United States. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury relative to the commerce and navigation between the United States and foreign countries, &c. February 24, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. February 25, 1845. Ordered that 10,00 extra copies be printed for the use of the House. Slave trade, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of despatches from the American minister at the court of Brazil, relative to the slave-trade, &c. February 20, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Wines, coffee, &c. -- duties. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copies of instructions in reference to the collection of duties on wines, coffee, &c. February 17, 1845. Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.	26
Serial set 467	Mineral lands of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th of February last, concerning the mineral lands of the United States. June 6, 1840. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Report of the exploring expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the years 1843-'44. By Brevet Capt. J.C. Fremont, of the Topographical Engineers, under orders of Col. J.J. Abert, Chief of the Topographical Bureau. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Appropriations -- new offices, &c. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S., in compliance with the "Act To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters and for Other Purposes," passed July 4, 1836. April 11, 1845.	3
Serial set 468	Prisoners at Van Dieman's Land. January 28, 1845. John Carr, John Batty, and Samuel Stevenson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 611.) February 15, 1845. Aaron Rollins. January 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. William Fisher. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 49.) February 15, 1845. Jeremiah Smith, Jr. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. John H. McIntosh. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 511.) January 11, 1845. William Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 596.) February 7, 1845. Samuel D. Enochs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 610.) February 15, 1845. Magnetic telegraph from Baltimore to New York. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Econchatimico, Indian chief. January 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table Statistics of the United States. February 25, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table Andrew Waggoner. January 28, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table John Martin. January 28, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Jeremiah Moors. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 573.) February 25, 1845. Florida -- militia service. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 592.) February 7, 1845. National foundries. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 350.) December 31, 1844. Alvin C. Goell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 621.) February 15, 1845. William Couch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 597.) February 7, 1845. Thomas T. Wright. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Elisha Luce. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 536.) January 28, 1845. Ventilation of the public buildings, &c. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. John R. Williams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 584.) February 7, 1845. Thomas Brownell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 636.) February 25, 1845. Joseph Carter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 642.) February 25, 1845. Charles R. Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 532.) January 28, 1845. Adam McCulloch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 648.) March 3, 1845. Israel Johnson. February 25, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. S. Calvert Ford. January 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Clerks -- Custom-house at New Orleans. February 7, 1845. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Charles Townsend. January 28, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. New mode of taking the yeas and nays, &c. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Adams Payne. February 25, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Joseph Gerard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 644.) February 25, 1845. Sappers, miners and pontoniers. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 60.) February 15, 1845. Eli Merrill. January 28, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Water-proof cartridges. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 70.) January 31, 1845. A.B. McMillan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 617.) February 15, 1845. Deerin Farrer. January 28, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel H. Warren. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 560.) January 28, 1845. Mary Ann Bruner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 464.) February 15, 1845. George W. Taylor. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Major E.J. Weed - administrator of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 627.) February 25, 1845. W.P. Zantzinger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 453.) December 23, 1844. Warehousing system. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 336, of 1st sess. 28th Cong.) February 12, 1844. Arthur R. Frogge. (To accompany Bill H.R. 485.) December 31, 1844. Susannah Scott. (To accompany Bill H.R. 457.) December 23, 1844. Isaac Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 460.) December 23, 1844. Daniel Homans. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 476.) December 31, 1844. Heirs of Robert Fulton. (To accompany S. Bill No. 6.) December 23, 1844. Thomas Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 451.) December 18, 1844. Joseph Bowlen. December 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Sally W. Griffith, executrix of Elizabeth Thompson. December 23, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Elizabeth Jones and others. To accompany Bill H.R. No. 456. December 23, 1844. Philip Schwartztrawber. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 475.) December 31, 1844. William Norman. December 31, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard Elliott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 458.) December 23, 1844. Elijah Blodget. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 461.) December 23, 1844. William Gump. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) December 31, 1844. John Ficklin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 484.) December 31, 1844. Langtry & Jenkins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 450.) December 18, 1844. John Stone. December 31, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Asenath Orvis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 487.) December 31, 1844. Public buildings. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 199.) December 31, 1844. Elizabeth Fitch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 459.) December 23, 1844. Henry Ledyard, late charge d'affaires. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 489.) December 31, 1844. Right of suffrage in Washington. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 437.) December 31, 1844. Lots adjoining the General Post Office. (To accompany amendment to Bill H.R. No. 199.) December 31, 1844. Alexander M. Cumming. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 62.) January 10, 1845. William Allen. January 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Harrison Whitson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 517.) January 11, 1845. Samuel Colt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 519.) January 11, 1845. Martha Twist. January 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard G. Dove. January 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Jane Parker, widow of Southey Parker. January 11, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Fortifications. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 509.). January 11, 1845. Fortification at the mouth of Genesee River. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 510.) January 11, 1845. William Saunders and William R. Porter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 508.) January 11, 1845. Widow Hannah Duboise. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 514.) January 11, 1845. Justin Jacobs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 515.) January 11, 1845. Benjamin Allen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 516.) January 11, 1845. George Wentling. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 525.) January 21, 1845. Dismal Swamp Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 522.) January 14, 1845. Illinois and Michigan Canal. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 436.) January 17, 1845. Alexander H. Everett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 529.) January 24, 1845. Jacob L. Vance. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 531.) January 28, 1845. John P. Converse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 534.) January 28, 1845. Joshua Shaw. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 533.) January 28, 1845. Custom-house -- New Orleans. January 28, 1845. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. W. Ellery and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 535.) January 28, 1845. B. Baker, Jr., and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 538.) January 28, 1845. Joshua Kennedy. (To accompany S. Bill No. 5.) January 28, 1845. Owner and crew of schooner Two Brothers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 539.) January 28, 1845. John Boyd. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 545.) January 28, 1845. Joseph Craigmiles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 558.) January 28, 1845. Captain J.B. Crozier's company of Tennessee Volunteers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 555.) January 28, 1845. James Dixon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 551.) January 28, 1845. George B. Russell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 553.) January 28, 1845. Spirit ration in the Navy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 557.) January 28, 1845. John E. Wright. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 559.) January 28, 1845. Thomas Bronough. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 561.) January 28, 1845. James H. [i.e., L.] Shnell. January 28, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Thomas C. Wells and Wm. Leach. January 28, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. National trophies. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 55.) January 28, 1845. Public buildings. (To accompany report No. 20, of December 31, 1844.) January 28, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Francis Dodge. January 28, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Noble A. Penland. January 28, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Naturalization. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 575.) January 31, 1845. Iowa militia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 576.) January 31, 1845. Marine hospitals. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 608.) February 14, 1845. Armand T. Donnet. February 3, 1845. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Benjamin E. Green. February 3, 1845. Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Thomas Ap Catesby Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 577.) February 4, 1845. Owners of ship Herald. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 580.) February 4, 1845. Joseph Watson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 578.) February 4, 1845. Building on Governor's Island. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 582.) February 4, 1845. Denton & Humphreys. February 5, 1845. Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Parish of Plaquemines. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 587.) February 7, 1845. Asa Andrews. (To accompany Senate Bill No. 37.) February 7, 1845. John Stein and Thomas Thompson. February 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Mrs. Mary Ker. February 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Samuel A. Morse. February 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. John W. Hockett. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 583.) February 7, 1845. Joseph Paxton. February 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Votes for President and Vice President of U.S. February 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Military asylum. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 593.) February 7, 1845. Josiah Scott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 604.) February 10, 1845. Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 448.) February 7, 1845. Jane Baker. February 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Massachusetts militia. (To accompany S. Bill No. 29.) February 11, 1845. Dr. William M. Wright. February 13, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Patrick Masterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 619.) February 15, 1845. George D. Spencer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 612.) February 15, 1845. Lemuel Moody. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 620.) February 15, 1845. James McAvoy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 614.) February 15, 1845. National Institute. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 615.) February 15, 1845. Read and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Legal representative of Christian Orendorff. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 616.) February 15, 1845. Publication of patents. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 72.) February 15, 1845. James H. Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 618.) February 15, 1845. Peter Wilson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 622.) February 15, 1845. Election of President and Vice President. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. James Davidson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 625.) February 15, 1845. William B. Stokes. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 73.) February 15, 1845. Charles Cappel. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. John Francis. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. F.M. Irish. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid on the table. John Robinson. February 25, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Henry Gardner, and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 631.) February 25, 1845. Benjamin J. Porter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 632.) February 25, 1845. Samuel K. George. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 626.) February 25, 1845. Harvey [i.e., Hervey] Parke. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 628.) February 25, 1845. Maps, plates, &c. -- Exploring Expedition. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 74.) February 25, 1845. Frances Swann. February 25, 1845. Mr. Ramsey, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Frances Swann and others, report... Capt. John Martin. February 25, 1845. Lieutenant John T. McLaughlin. February 25, 1845. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Mechanics, &c., at the Navy yard in Washington. February 25, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Freelove Waid. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 641.) February 25, 1845. John K. Cooke. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 638.) February 25, 1845. Samuel Perry. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 643.) February 25, 1845. Heirs of William Evans. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 645.) February 25, 1845. Sale of lot at Sackett's Harbor. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 77.) February 25, 1845. Monument to the victims of prison-ships. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 75.) February 25, 1845. Engraved plates withheld from Congress. February 25, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Richard M. Livingston. February 25, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Robert Graham. February 25, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. The banks of the District of Columbia. February 25, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. National edifices at Washington. February 25, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Sarah H.B. Stith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 647.) March 3, 1845. Bent, St. Vrain & Co. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Heirs of Dr. John Gray. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Post Office expenditures. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. George Roush. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 595.) February 7, 1845. Expenses of Wisconsin Assembly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 602.) February 7, 1845. Fleming Wood. February 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Custom-house, Savannah. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 586.) February 7, 1845. Importance of a Statistical Bureau. February 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Mechanics and laborers in the Navy-yard at Washington. February 7, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Duties on coffee imported from the Netherlands. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 78 [i.e., 79].) March 3, 1845. Joseph De la Francia. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 646.) March 3, 1845. Choctaw Academy in Kentucky. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. James M. Smith and L.T. Pease. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Illegal contract. -- Live-oak timber. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Railroad to Oregon. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Daniel Grant and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 537.) January 28, 1845. Teacle [i.e., Teakle] Savage, administrator of Bolitha Laws. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Abner E. Van Ness. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 549.) January 28, 1845. Zaccheus Knowles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 540.) January 28, 1845. Francis Summeraner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 562.) January 18, 1845. Legal representative of William Dickson. (To accompany Bill H.R. 624.) February 15, 1845. March Farrington. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 512.) January 11, 1845. Charles Larrabee. December 31, 1844. Read, and laid upon the table. Sellers & Pennock. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 67.) January 28, 1845. Henry N. Halsted. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 513.) January 11, 1845. Philip R. Rice. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 590.) February 7, 1845. Charles Devall. February 15, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Salaries of persons employed at Washington, &c. March 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. William Rich. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) December 31, 1844. Joseph Edson -- administrators of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 630.) February 25, 1845. Legal representatives of Thomas Sumpter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 634.) February 25, 1845. Alton Long. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 635.) February 25, 1845. Raub, Barnum, and others -- safety valves. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 594.) February 7, 1845. Peter Shaffer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 613.) February 15, 1845.	201
Serial set 469	Journal of the Senate of the United States of America: Being the first session of the Twenty-ninth Congress begun and held at the City of Washington, December 1, 1845, in the seventieth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 470	Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-ninth Congress. December 2, 1845 ... Resolved, That ... there be printed, for the use of the Senate, 25,000 copies of the message, together with so much of the accompanying documents as relates to the negotiations between the United States and Great Britain, on the subject of the Oregon territory...	1
Serial set 471	Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances. December 3, 1845. Read, ordered to lie on the table and to be printed, and that 5,000 additional copies be furnished for the use of the Senate.	1
Serial set 472	Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the 18th December, in relation to the removal of the raft in Red River, in Louisiana. December 29, 1845. Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of March 14, 1845, in reference to the strengthening of the fortification at the outlet of Lake Huron, called Fort Gratiot. December 4, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed. Documents relative to the claims of Texas against the United States for damages in consequence of outrages committed by citizens of the United States in the collection district of Red River, within the limits of that state, in March, 1843. January 6, 1846. Submitted from the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 37. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, of the articles imported during the year ending 30th June, 1845, the duty on which exceeded 35 per cent.; made under the 27th section act 30th August, 1842. December 8, 1845. Read, ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Vermont, against the admission of Texas into the Union without the consent of all the other states of the Union. December 27, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. December 22, 1845. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese, from the Committee on Public Lands, made the following report : (To accompany Bill S. 8.) The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the "Bill for the Relief of William Elliot, Jr., of Fulton County, State of Illinois," report... Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, asking an appropriation for completing the road from Memphis to Little Rock, and for opening a road between Little Rock and Fort Smith. December 30, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Florida, asking for the appointment of a board of commissioners to ascertain losses of citizens of Florida, by the destruction of their property in the Seminole War of 1836. December 23, 1845. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the first session of the Twenty-ninth Congress, 1845-'6. December 17, 1845. Memorial of Mrs. Ann Mix, widow of Mervine [i.e., Mervin] P. Mix, late a commander in the U.S. Navy, proposing to sell to the government his patent for the "manger stopper," for chain cables. December 22, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on commerce and navigation, for the year ending 30th June, 1845; also, a statement of tonnage for the same period. December 8, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,750 additional copies be printed, 250 of which for the Treasury Department. Report from the Secretary of War, relative to transfers from one appropriation to another appropriation, applicable to the year ending 30th June, 1845. December 8, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, praying the construction of levees on the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers, for the purpose of reclaiming the inundated lands adjacent thereto. December 30, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of State, of disbursements from the contingent funds of the "Department of State," of "foreign intercourse," and of "all foreign missions abroad," the first and last to 30th June, and the other to 30th November, 1845. December 8, 1845. Read, ordered to lie on the table, and to be printed. Memorial of the Legislative Committee of Oregon, for the establishment of a territorial government under protection of the United States. December 8, 1845. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of the City of New York, for the establishment of a branch Mint of the United States in that city. December 11, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, respecting a fort or forts on Ship Island, on the coast of Mississippi. December 10, 1845. Read, ordered to be printed, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Letter from William Greer, proposing to execute the printing of the Senate for the 29th Congress. December 15, 1845. Read, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the work under his charge during the year ending November, 1845. December 16, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 500 copies in addition to the usual number be printed; 250 of which for the use of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey. Memorial of the pilots of the port of New York, praying for the repeal or modification of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. December 16, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the information called for by a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the claim of the owners of the brig General Armstrong against the government of Portugal. December 16, 1845. Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions passed by the Legislature of Florida, recommending the adoption of measures for reclaiming the Everglade lands in that state. December 30, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating a statement of the expenditures under the act of 3d March, 1843, providing the means of future intercourse between the United States and China. December 22, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Jersey, relative to the removal of the obstructions in the River Passaic. December 22, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating the annual report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. December 4, 1845. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table. December 15, 1845. -- Ordered to be printed. December 23, 1845. -- Ordered, that 5,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, in obedience to law, showing the disbursements from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending November 30, 1845. December 23, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. December 27, 1845. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Speight, from the Committee on Public Lands, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 4.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill entitled "A Bill To Apply Certain Alternate Sections of the Public Domain Toward the Completion of Works of Internal Improvement in the State of Michigan, and for Other Purposes," beg leave respectfully to submit the following report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of February 17, 1845, in relation to the correction of the errors of survey and returns of township 1 south, of range 7 east, in the State of Michigan. December 29, 1845. Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, in favor of the passage of a law to appropriate the lands heretofore granted for a seminary of learning to the purposes of common schools. December 29, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas, asking for an appropriation for completing the removal of the raft in Red River. December 30, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, for the alteration of the post office law, so as to allow newspapers to pass through the post office free of postage in the state in which they are published. December 30, 1845. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of February 28, 1845, with respect to suspended pre-emption land claims in Louisiana. December 9, 1845. -- Read. December 30, 1845. -- Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 36.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of David F. Williamson, of Pope County, State of Arkansas, report... Memorial of the Savannah Chamber of Commerce, and of citizens of Savannah, praying the removal of obstructions to the navigation of the Savannah River. January 3, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 6, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John M. Clayton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 38.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel Goddard and others, report... Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 18, 1845, relative to the erection of a light-house near Fort Mifflin, in the Delaware River. January 7, 1846. Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 7, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 23.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary MacRea, widow of William MacRea, late colonel of artillery in the service of the United States, report... Documents showing the description and value of the arms taken from a party of Texans, within the territory of the United States, by Capt. Cooke, 1st Reg't Dragoons, June 30, 1843, and deposited at Fort Leavenworth, Mo. January 8, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 37. Resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas, asking for a law to authorize the sale of the public lands in half quarter sections in favor of actual settlers. December 29, 1845. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the cost of improving certain streets, avenues, and public squares in the City of Washington; the amount received from sales of lots, and the value of lots granted by Congress to literary and other institutions in said city. December 15, 1845. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, in obedience to law, showing the names of persons employed in his office during the year 1845, and the sums paid to each. January 6, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed.	41
Serial set 473	In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Nichols, report... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following resolution, which was read: Whereas, by the treaty of 28th November, 1840, between the Miami Nation of Indians, residing in the State of Indiana, and the United States... Report from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of January 14, 1846, relative to securing the inland communication between Fort Gratiot and the works at Sand Hill, and the military road between those places, and extending the same to the United States arsenal at Dearbonville. January 20, 1846. Read. January 29, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 48.) The Committee on the Judiciary, according to the order of the Senate, have had under consideration "A Bill To Amend the Act Entitled an Act for the Regulation of Seamen on Board the Public and Private Vessels of the United States, passed March 3d, 1813," and respectfully ask leave to report... Resolutions passed by the Legislature of Indiana, in favor of an appropriation for improving the navigation of the western rivers. January 12, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Arkansas, for a reduction of the present rates of postage. January 8, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Indiana, relative to the construction of a canal around the falls of the Ohio River, on the Indiana side. January 20, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, in opposition to the principles of certain resolves of the Legislature of Massachusetts in relation to an amendment of the Constitution on the subject of federal representation. February 2, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, communicating information in relation to the 4th and 5th instalments of the Mexican indemnity. February 19, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 16.) The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas F. Gordon, report... Memorial of members of the Bar of Washington County, D.C., for a repeal of that part of the act of Congress which requires one of the judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia to reside in the County of Alexandria. December 29, 1845. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. December 30, 1845. -- Committee discharged, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. February 17, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. Petition of citizens of Barnstable County, Mass., remonstrating against the repeal of the act allowing bounty to vessels engaged in the codfishery. February 26, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchinson made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah Branch, report... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 18.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the executrix of William D. Cheever, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 61.) The Committee on Public Lands have had under consideration the bill for the relief of Benjamin Harris, of La Salle County, State of Illinois, and ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred certain papers relating to the claim of John England, for a pension for Revolutionary services, submit the following report... Memorial of James H. Causten, asking payment by the United States of the several instalments accrued or accruing to the respective claimants under the convention with Mexico. January 26, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 6, 1846, relative to the mineral regions of Lake Superior. February 24, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of certain insurance companies of the City of New York, praying that the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots, may not be repealed. January 15, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Morgan, of Virginia, report... In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lewis made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 82.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred a bill from the Senate, authorizing the payment of interest upon advances made by the State of Alabama, for the use of the United States government, in the suppression of the Creek Indian hostilities of 1836-'37, in Alabama, report... In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 50.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. General Pike, praying for compensation for extraordinary services rendered by her late husband when a lieutenant in the Army of the United States, in conducting two expeditions of a scientific character... Lead mines. In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brease made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 31.) The Committee on Public Lands have had under consideration, according to the order of the Senate, "A Bill To Direct the President of the United States To Sell the Reserved Mineral Lands in the State of Illinois, and Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa, Supposed To Contain Lead Ore," and respectfully ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Simon Summers... Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to a pre-emption and reduction of the price of the public lands to actual settlers. March 3, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bagby made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the claim of Catlin Peeples [i.e., Peoples] & Co.... In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Speight, from the Committee on Public Lands, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 19.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred "A Bill To Aid the State of Mississippi in the Construction of a Railroad from Jackson Through Brandon, to the Western Boundary of Alabama," have had the same under consideration... Petition of the executrix and executors of Jethro Wood, deceased, praying a renewal of their patent for an improvement in the construction of the plough. January 12, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. Petition of Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, widow of Alexander Hamilton, deceased, praying the patronage of Congress to the publication of the papers of her late husband. January 12, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 12, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, made the following report (To accompany Bill S. No. 43.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Elijah White, praying compensation for property forcibly taken from him by the Pawnee Indians... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of David D. Porter, in behalf of his mother, Eveline [i.e., Evelina] Porter, widow of the late commodore... In Senate of the United States. January 13, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 7.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Peirre [sic] Menard, Josiah T. Betts, Jacob Feaman, and Edmund Roberts, sureties of Felix St. Vrain, deceased, late Indian agent, praying to be re-imbursed the amount of a judgment obtained against them by the United States, with Bill S. 7, report... Memorial of Cadwallader Wallace, praying compensation for certain Virginia military bounty land warrants, the lands appropriated for which have been sold by the United States. January 13, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Robinson, and Elizabeth his wife, report... In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill Senate No. 49.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Richard Elliott, report... In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Butterfield, of the State of New York, report... Document relative to the use of the present court house by the circuit and county courts of Florida; to the grant of a certain old building and lot for a jail; and the repair of the United States bridge across the St. Sebastian's River. January 14, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 14, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Talbot Reed, report... Report from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of January 6, 1846, relative to the mineral lands in Illinois. January 13, 1846. Read. -- January 14, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 15, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following resolution: Resolved, that the Secretary of War prepare, or cause to be prepared under his direction, a statement exhibiting a true history of the relations between the United States and the several Indian tribes... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia, relative to dividing that state into two judicial circuits. January 15, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia, relative to the establishment of a national armory and foundery in that state. January 15, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia, relative to the publication and distribution of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. January 15, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Georgia, relative to the construction of the act of 1842, for the payment of the claims of that state for the services of her militia. January 15, 1846. Referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John M. Clayton, from the Committee of Claims, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 53.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the documents relating to the claims of John J. Bulow, Jr., deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 55.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J. Throckmorton, asking indemnity for losses sustained by the non-fulfilment of a contract entered into by him with the officers of the government for the transportation of troops... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Indiana, relative to the overflowed public lands, and to the granting of those in Indiana to that state. January 20, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, in relation to the distribution, among the states, of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States. December 22, 1845. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 20, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 22, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Clara R. Cobb, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dayton made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 7.] The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Saltmarsh & Fuller, report... In Senate of the United States. January 21, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Zadok Huntley, report... Statement exhibiting the amount of bounties on salted provisions and pickled fish exported; allowances to vessels employed in the fisheries; and drawback on domestic refined sugar exported; also, net duties on salt imported, from the commencement of the government to June 30, 1845. January 26, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Petition of sundry merchants of the City of New York, relative to seamen's wages. January 8, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. January 26, 1846. Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. 58. In Senate of the United States. January 28, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lydia Lush, report... Document in relation to the present condition of the naval defenses and supplies, and the propriety and extent of their augmentation, and the amount of expenditure necessary for that object. January 28, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Report of a committee of the House of Representatives of the State of Florida, on the subject of the encouragement of the cultivation of tropical plants in Florida by grants of public lands. January 29, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Arkansas, against the passage of any laws for the distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands. January 8, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Arkansas, against the incorporation of a national bank; against a system of internal improvements other than for purposes clearly national in their nature and character; and in favor of a modification of the present tariff, so as to reduce it to the necessary wants of an economical administration of the government. January 8, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Arkansas for an alteration of the law for the adjudication of unconfirmed French and Spanish claims, so that, where they conflict with the claims of actual settlers, who would otherwise be entitled to a right of pre-emption, the settler may be allowed to enter his improvement in legal subdivisions, and the claimant be allowed to enter the same quantity on another portion of the public lands; and, also, that the Bowie claims, when confirmed by the Supreme Court of the late Territory of Arkansas, and passed into the hands of innocent purchasers, previously to having been adjudged fraudulent, may be confirmed. January 8, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance. February 4, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. Document relating to the bill "To Repeal the Acts Laying a Duty on Imported Salt, and Granting Certain Fishing Bounties and Allowances to Fishing Vessels, in Lieu of a Drawback of the Duties Paid on Foreign Salt, and on Fish Exported." (To accompany Bill S. No. 45.) Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the construction of a macadamized road from the United States Arsenal, at Pittsburg, to the harbor at Erie. February 2, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Morrow, praying indemnity for losses sustained by him in consequence of the violation of a contract for performing certain work at the Washington arsenal... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom has been referred the claim of Archibald R.S. Hunter for compensation for corn, peas, and beans, furnished by him to Cherokee Indians in 1836, have had the same under consideration, and have agreed upon the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 5, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 77.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Bent, St. Vrain & Co., praying compensation for a quantity of provisions collected for a detachment of United States troops on the upper waters of the Arkansas River, in the year 1843, report... In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom was referred the "memorial of Edward Bolon, praying for reimbursement of expenses and compensation for keeping prisoners for the United States confined on criminal charge," have had the same under consideration, and report the following resolution... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 17.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Morrison, report... In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 71.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Elijah White, sub-agent of Indian Affairs of the Rocky Mountains, for compensation, &c., submit the following report... Report from the Secretary of War, made agreeably to law, exhibiting an abstract of the returns of the militia of all the states and territories, with their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition. February 3, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Louisa Livingston, and others, praying the payment of the award made in their favor by the commissioners under the convention with Mexico. February 4, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Calvin J. Keith, administrator of Samuel Elkins, deceased, and the legal representative of Nathaniel Cox, deceased, praying the adjustment and payment of the award made in their favor under the convention with Mexico. February 5, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John A. Ragan, for compensation as counsel in defending the interests of the United States in a certain controversy, have given to the subject their attention, and now present to the Senate the following report... Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 29th January, relative to correspondence on the subject of Oregon. February 9, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, relative to the improvement of the Allegheny, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers. February 9, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of correspondence touching the origin, progress, and conclusion of the late convention between the United States and the Kingdom of Sardinia. September 13, 1841. -- Read. February 9, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Turney made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Isaac Lilley, "praying to be indemnified for the loss of a vessel which was seized and sold under an alleged violation of the laws of the United States," have had the same under consideration... In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom has been referred the claim of Lewis Evans, praying indemnity for losses sustained by the seizure of his property by certain Cherokee Indians, have had the same under consideration, and now make the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Niles made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 78.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel Kuykendall, made the following report... Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, against the increase of the present rates of postage. February 10, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 10, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Turney made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Northrup [i.e., Northup], "praying payment for a horse, saddle, and bridle, lost at the surrender of Detroit during the late war with Great Britain, with interest,"... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 81.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin Ballard, report... Documents in relation to the disputed boundary line between the State of Florida and the State of Georgia. February 12, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the chiefs and delegates of the Wyandot Indians, praying payment of the value of their improvements ceded to the United States by the treaty of March 17, 1842. January 20, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. February 16, 1846. Ordered to be printed to accompany Bill S. No. 83. Proceedings of a public meeting of citizens of the County of Lawrence, Mississippi, requesting the Senators and Representatives of the state to ask for a grant of alternate sections of land for the improvement of the navigation of the Pearl River, in said state. February 11, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, estimates of the cost of a dry dock at Pensacola. February 12, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of February 25, 1845, in reference to the correspondence between the commander of the East India Squadron and foreign powers, &c. February 17, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed, and that 1,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jane Heyl, praying a pension, report... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 83.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the chiefs and delegates of the Wyandot Indians... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 86.) The Committee on the Judiciary have had under consideration the petition and papers accompanying it of Joseph Chaires, executor of Benjamin Chaires, deceased, Gad Humphreys, and Pedro Miranda, of the State of Florida... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 85.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom has been referred the petition of James Low... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Sailor, widow of Jacob Sailor, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel B. Baker, submit the following report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of a graduation and reduction of the price of the public lands to actual settlers, and for a modification of the pre-emption laws. February 11, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 84.] The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Ebenezer Ballard... In Senate of the United States. February 12, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate instructing the committee to inquire into the expediency of allowing a pension to Mrs. Mary Jane West, widow of the late Lieutenant James West, of the United States Army, report... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 80.) The Committee on Public Lands having had under consideration "A Bill Declaring the Assent of Congress to the State of Illinois, To Impose a Tax Upon All Lands Hereafter Sold by the United States in That State From and After the Time of Such Sale," respectfully ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 87.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the petition and accompanying papers of George Gordon, of Randolph County, State of Illinois... In Senate of the United States. February 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hector Perkins, report... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchinson made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the documents of David Robb, for services rendered, and expenses incurred by him, in effecting a ratification of certain treaties with the Shawnee and other Indians... In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following resolution, which was read: Resolved, That the petition of Nahum Ward... Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee, approving the recommendations of the President, in his annual message to Congress, in opposition to a national bank, the assumption of state debts by the United States, the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and in favor of reducing the tariff, and extending the laws of the United States over the Oregon territory. February 18, 1846. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of James L. Sawyer, "praying compensation for additional duties performed by him in the office of the collector of the port of New York, in 1844 and 1845," have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "memorial of Samuel Grice, asking indemnification for losses sustained by failure to fulfill a contract with the government, which he was prevented from doing by the act of an officer of the United States," have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Pennoyer, report... Memorial of A. Whitney, praying a grant of public land to enable him to construct a railroad from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean. February 24, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 96.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Richard Kidd and Benjamin Kidd, praying for the payment of a balance of a judgment recovered by them against the collector of the port of New York for duties illegally exacted, report... In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Turney made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of Robert and William Armstrong, of Ohio, for compensation for services as spies in the Army of General Wayne," have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 93.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Peter Von Schmidt, for payment for a model of a "pneumatic dry-dock," furnished the commissioner to China, have had the same under consideration, and report the accompanying bill... Resolutions of the Council of Rochester, N.Y., asking appropriations for the fortifying, &c. of that port. February 24, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 52.) The Committee on the Public Lands, having had under consideration, "A Bill To Grant to the State of Illinois Certain Alternate Sections of the Public Lands, To Aid in the Construction of the Northern Cross and Central Railroads, in Said State," respectfully ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 91.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of the forward officers of the late Exploring Expedition, ask leave to submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Simpson... In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 92.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Newman, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. January 27, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Webster made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 62.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Gardner and others, report... Document showing the duration of the sessions of the Supreme Court, and the number of cases decided and remaining to be acted on at the end of each term since 1841. January 28, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, in relation to the difficulties between the authorities of the States of South Carolina and Louisiana and those of the State of Massachusetts. February 2, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to the pilot system. February 2, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in relation to the disputed boundaries between that state and Georgia and Alabama. February 2, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, adverse to any increase in the present rates of postage. February 2, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in relation to the preservation of the piers at Marcus Hook, in the Delaware River. February 2, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Edward D. Tippett, report... In Senate of the United States. February 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: The Committee on Claims, to whom "the petition of Scott, White & Co., praying the repayment of moneys advanced to the Army paymaster for the western department of the Army," was referred, have had the same under consideration, and are of opinion that the claim should not be allowed... In Senate of the United States. February 24, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Philip Pearce, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to unappropriated lands in that state. March 3, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 102.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were referred the public documents and testimony of James Erwin, of Arkansas, soliciting relief for himself, and for himself and the heirs and legal representatives of his late partner, Daniel Greathouse, now deceased... Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to the Buffalo and Mississippi Railroad. March 3, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 109.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hugh W. Dobbin... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the expediency of requiring vessels navigating the Delaware River to carry lights, to avoid the danger of collision. February 26, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Petition of citizens of Barnstable County, Mass., praying an increase of the duty on imported Epsom salts. February 26, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William Shippen, report... Petition of citizens of Barnstable County, Mass., praying an increase of the duty on foreign salt. February 26, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 26, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William S. Jett, administrator of Thomas Jett, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom has been referred the memorial of William H. Thomas... In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 104.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of the heir and legal representative of the late William A. Slacum, deceased, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of Indiana, relative to a reduction of the prices of the public lands. March 3, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Niles made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 100.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Rhodes, submit the following report... Memorial of the Legislature of Tennessee, asking Congress to declare Knoxville and Chattanooga ports of entry, and make appropriations for the improvement of the Tennessee River. March 2, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Declaration of the Legislature of Tennessee, in regard to the establishment of a naval depot at Memphis. March 2, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Illinois, concerning the Oregon territory. March 2, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d of February, 1846; communicating information in regard to the naval power of each maritime nation of the world, with the tonnage, number of merchant ships, and aggregate commerce of each. March 3, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 3, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 17.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Peter Gorman... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1846. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. March 4, 1846. -- Ordered, that 3,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Semple made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 103.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 27th December last, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to report: That they have given to the subject that mature consideration which its importance demands, and have determined that the immediate establishment of a mail route from the western line of the State of Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia River... In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the executor of Henry Tatum, deceased... In Senate of the United States. February 3, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 74.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Etting, ask leave to submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of William H. Thomas, praying payment for supplies furnished certain Cherokee Indians during the year 1836, have had the same under consideration... In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John Campbell, report... In Senate of the United States. February 11, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Caroline E. Sanders, report... Resolution of the General Assembly of Arkansas, asking for the establishment of a mail route from Little Rock to Fort Smith, in Crawford County; also, from Perryville, in Perry County, to Park's Post Office, in Scott County; also, from Benton, in Saline County, to Perryville, in Perry County; and from Benton, in Saline County, to Warren's, in Bradley County. January 8, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. January 20, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 54.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel Phillips, ask leave to submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. March 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 101.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred "the petition of Mary Williams, praying indemnity for property destroyed in consequence of its military occupation by the United States in the Seminole War of 1836,"... Resolutions of the General Assembly of Florida, relative to changing the lands reserved for seminaries of learning, public schools, seats of government, and internal improvements, and entering them in legal subdivisions on any portion of the public lands subject to sale. January 14, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Resolution of the General Assembly of Georgia, relative to refunding the duties paid by that state on iron used in the construction of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. January 15, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. February 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 95.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Francis Sommeraner [i.e., Summeraner], report...	152
Serial set 474	Memorial of citizens of New York, praying the repeal of the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots. April 20, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, communicating information and correspondence relative to the search of American vessels by British cruisers since the treaty of Washington. April 20, 1846. Ordered to be printed In Senate of the United States. March 16, 1846. -- Read, concurred in, and ordered to be printed. March 17, 1846. -- Ordered, that 5,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Benton made the following report: The committee appointed to inquire and report what measures, if any, are proper to vindicate the character and honor of the Senate against the charges of corruption published in a newspaper printed in Washington City, called the "Daily Times"... Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, asking for a grant of public land to aid in completing the Illinois and Michigan Canal. March 5, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Documents relating to the claim of Sally Rockwood, widow of Lodowick Morgan, a deceased Army officer, to a pension. January 29, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions, with Bill S. No. 66. April 10, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed, with additional documents. In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: The Committee To Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, having had under their consideration, according to order, the resolution directing them "to inquire into the expediency, practicability and probable expense of augmenting the accommodation of the public in the chamber of the Senate... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "memorial of Orlando S. Rees..." Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate, communicating the correspondence which took place between the government of Great Britain and that of the United States between the 20th of June, 1840, and the 4th of March, 1841, relative to the northeastern boundary. April 3, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a plan and estimates of the expense of erecting fortifications for the defense of the City of New Orleans. April 7, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 7, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 149.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Gilbert Stalker & N.B. Hill, praying compensation for a steamboat lost in the public service, report... Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, in favor of the erection of a beacon light at the mouth of the harbor of Annapolis. April 1, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, in favor of the construction of a canal around the Falls of the Ohio, on the Indiana side. March 9, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, in relation to certain inundated lands in Adams and Wilkinson Counties, and the school lands in Adams County, in that state. March 9, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking a grant of public lands for the improvement of the Homochitto River. March 9, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of Tallahassee, Florida, praying the encouragement of the general government in the cultivation of tropical plants. March 9, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking the establishment of certain post routes in that state. March 9, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 10, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 121.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Wilson, ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 137.) The Committee of the Senate on Pensions, to whom the petition of Thompson Hutchinson, only son of Thomas Hutchinson, was referred,... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 135.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Pierre Choteau, Jr., and others, praying for the confirmation of their title to a certain tract of land situated in the Territory of Iowa, and known as the "Dubuque claim," ask leave to report... Petition of Newbold N. Puckett & Co., for a patent for the cultivation of the tea plant. March 17, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 136.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Balie Peyton... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 138.) The Committee of the Senate on Pensions, to whom the petition of Elizabeth Jones, and the other children of John Carr, was referred... In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of Eli Hobbs, administrator of George Hobbs... Letter to the Secretary of the Navy, showing the present state of the naval force and naval supplies, and the estimated cost of increasing the same. March 30, 1846. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 32.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George D. Spencer... Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, in favor of the erection of fortifications on Soller's Point flats, and at suitable points on Chesapeake Bay. April 1, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, in favor of the establishment of free bridges over the eastern branch of the Potomac River, in the District of Columbia. April 1, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, in favor of repealing or amending the pilot act of March 2, 1837. April 1, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolution of the Legislature of Maryland, asking the construction of a light boat for the mouth of the Patapsco River, and buoys at the mouth of the Wicomico River. April 1, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 141.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, having had under consideration the subject of a change in the duties of the naval bureaus, ask leave to report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating a petition of the Tonawanda band of Seneca Indians, praying that steps may be taken to abrogate the treaties of 1838 and 1842. April 2, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 1, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joanna Quincy... Memorial of the representatives of the Religious Society of Friends, against an appeal to the sword for a settlement of national disputes. April 10, 1846. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 145.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of G.W. Walton, praying payment for pine trees sold to the United States for the erection of a fort at Mandarin, Florida, have had the same under consideration, and make the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 144.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Nathaniel Hoggatt, made the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Butler, praying compensation for his property taken for public use... In Senate of the United States. April 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 146.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Calvin Read, praying payment for pine trees sold to the United States... In Senate of the United States. April 6, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 147.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Harriet Ward, ask leave to report... Memorial of merchants and other citizens of Key West, in Florida, praying the establishment of a United States district court at that place. April 8, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 8, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abigail Reeves, report... In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Niles made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 153.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Jones & Boker, report... In Senate of the United States. April 8, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Deliverance Slasson, report... In Senate of the United States. April 8, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Reuben Mills, report... Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, against the repeal of the pilot act of March, 1837. April 10, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 8, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 65.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the "petition of Robert Purkis, praying remuneration for recapturing a merchant vessel during the late war," and a bill "Authorizing the Payment of a Sum of Money to Robert Purkis," have had the same under consideration, and present the following report... Petition of citizens of the United States, praying that measures may be adopted by Congress to protect the citizens of the United States in Oregon, &c. April 10, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the memorial of the representative of Francis Vigo, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. April 10, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 17.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred an act from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of Charles Benns," have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. April 13, 1846. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 154.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company... Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of April 11, 1846, calling for copies of correspondence relative to the Oregon territory. April 13, 1846. Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 16, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 155.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Keith, report... Documents showing the amount required to carry into effect the Kanzas treaty, and to negotiate a treaty with the Chippewa and other Indians. April 20, 1846. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 20, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Semple made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 157.) The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate of the 5th day of March, have had the same under consideration, and ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. April 20, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 156.) The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Hamilton, the widow of Alexander Hamilton, asking for the assistance of Congress in the publication of the works and writings of that distinguished statesman, report... In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of widow Elizabeth Sevier, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cameron made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of mechanics, &c., at the Washington Navy yard, report that they have examined the case with attention, and fully agree with the report made upon the same subject by the committee of the House of Representatives of the last session of Congress... In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Simon Hubbard, report... Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the expediency of increasing the military and naval defences of the country. March 24, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eli Hinds, submit the following report... Memorial of citizens of Marblehead, Mass., against the repeal of the fishing bounty, &c. March 24, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 39.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a Bill (S. No. 39) granting a pension to Noah Conner, submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 66.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Sally Rockwood... In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 131.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of John P. Skinner and the legal representatives of Isaac Green, ask leave to submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of sundry officers of the Army of the United States at Corpus Christi, in relation to staff rank and brevet rank, report... Report from the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the contracts for the transportation of the mail between the United States and foreign countries, and the amount of postage received therefrom. March 10, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. March 18, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed, and that 5,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 126.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom has been referred the petition of William Marvin... In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jemima Flood, widow of the late Henry Flood... In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 128.) The Committee on Public Lands have had under consideration the petition of the heirs of John Smith, T. [i.e., John Smith T], of the State of Missouri, proposing to compromise with the United States their claim to certain lands under a Spanish grant, and ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Knight, Jr., submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 129.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Barclay, of the State of Missouri, report... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the state of the new marine hospital building at New Orleans; the rent paid, per month, for the building now used; and the monthly expenses of the establishment. March 23, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the executor of Abigail Wadhams, widow of Capt. Heman Allen, deceased... In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 115.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Asa Andrews, praying payment of the amount found due him from the United States by the verdict of a jury, report... In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1846. Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. No. 117.) In the House of Representatives, March 18, 1844. Mr. Hoge, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, made the following report : The Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Major George Wentling, of Lancaster County, in the State of Pennsylvania, for a pension, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 113.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of Richard S. Coxe... In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 114.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Harriet L. Catching... In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mary D. Wade, ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Cary H. Seely, asking a pension for injuries received by him while in the naval service of the United States, ask leave to report... Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, for an appropriation by Congress of alternate sections of the public lands to aid in the improvement of the navigation of Pearl River. March 9, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking for an appropriation for the removal of the obstructions to the navigation between the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. March 9, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Memorial and proceedings of a number of citizens of Queen Anne County, Virginia, in reference to the existing difficulties between the United States and Great Britain in relation to Oregon. March 10, 1846. Ordered to lie upon the table, and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying that the school lands in that state covered by Indian reservations may be located elsewhere. March 11, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking the appropriation to that state of alternate sections on the Leaf, Pascagoula, and Chickasahay Rivers, for the improvement of those rivers. March 16, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 16, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 122.) The Committee on Public Lands have had under consideration the petition of certain citizens of Bates County, in the State of Missouri, praying for a grant of land for a county seat, and respectfully ask leave to report... Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, asking the survey and granting to that state alternate sections of land subject to overflow between the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers, for the purpose of redeeming said lands. March 16, 1846. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Preston Starritt and others, respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. March 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomas Clayton made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Wm. A. Duer, in behalf of himself and the other legal representatives of Major General William Alexander, Earl of Stirling... Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, in favor of an appropriation for completing the National Road in that state. March 5, 1846. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Sally Bass, daughter of Charles Pasteur, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the representatives of Major John Brooks... In Senate of the United States. April 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 142.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Bronson... Document relating to the confirmation of certain settlement claims in the St. Helena land district, Louisiana. March 9, 1846. (Submitted, to accompany Bill S. No. 79.) In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 19.) The Committee on the Judiciary have had under consideration the memorial of Charles F. Sibbald... In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was recommitted the petition of the heirs of Thomas Jett, deceased, praying payment of certain loan-office certificates, again report... In Senate of the United States. March 23, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnegin [i.e., Jarnagin] made the following report: The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs-at-law of Erastus Brown... Document in relation to the expediency of increasing the military defenses of the country. March 25, 1846. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 124.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the memorial of M.H. De Leon, executor of Thomas Cooper, deceased... Document showing the pay and allowances to officers in the Army during the years 1812, 1824, 1838, and the present time. March 24, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Message of the President of the United States, relative to the internal feuds among the Cherokees. April 13, 1846. Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 11, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the several petitions of the representatives of Samuel Beach, of Christopher Delazenne, of Benjamin Durkee, and of Benjamin Van Valkenburg, each praying the allowance of commutation pay... Memorial of the Legislature of Mississippi, praying the enactment of a law for quieting titles to land in that state. March 23, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. April 13, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 118.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Brownell, ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. March 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Major John Fulford, deceased... Documents in relation to difficulties existing in the Cherokee Nation of Indians. April 20, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, praying that the bill reorganizing the Treasury, and to provide for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, may not become a law. April 20, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in favor of the establishment of naval depot at Erie. April 1, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 18, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth Gassaway, widow of the late Captain John Gassaway, report... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the quantity of vacant public land upon each side of Pearl River, and within five miles of the said river, in Mississippi and Louisiana. March 9, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of James Ross Snowden and others, committee on behalf of a state military convention of Pennsylvania, asking a more perfect organization of the militia of the United States. March 16, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. March 9, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John M. Clayton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 112.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Jones, surviving partner of John Jones and Charles Souder... In Senate of the United States. March 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. T. Clayton made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Willis Wilson and William W. Wilson, grandsons of Willis Wilson, deceased, make the following report...	111
Serial set 475	Report of the Commissioner of Patents, agreeably to law, exhibiting the operations of the Patent Office during the year ending December 31, 1845. February 25, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. April 20, 1846. -- Ordered that 25,000 copies of the report, without the list of patents, be printed for the use of the Senate.	1
Serial set 476	Message from the President of the United States, relative to the claims of the governments of the United States and Great Britain for a return of duties levied in violation of the commercial convention of 1815. May 28, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the papers in support of the claim of Hannah Severance, report... In Senate of the United States. June 1, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 199.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred the petition and papers of Philip F. Dering and Robert H. Champion... Amended organic laws of the Territory of Oregon, as adopted by the people of that Territory on the last Saturday of July, 1845. May 21, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of George Catlin, praying Congress to purchase his collection of Indian portraits and curiosities. June 5, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 6, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred "the memorial of William B. Foster, late an assistant quartermaster in the Army, praying the equitable settlement of his account, and payment of the balance found due," have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the papers of Elizabeth Byers for a pension, have examined the same, and report... In Senate of the United States. May 21, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 7.) The Committee on Territories, which was instructed by a resolution of the Senate to "inquire into the expediency of organizing a government for the Territory of Oregon," report... Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the proceedings of the court of inquiry in the case of Major J.W. Ripley, superintendent of the armory at Springfield. May 14, 1846. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. May 18, 1846. -- Ordered that 1,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. May 13, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Michael Bowden, report... In Senate of the United States. April 22, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 162.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, requesting Congress to make inquiry in reference to certain reserved lands in the St. Stephen's land district, in said state, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. April 22, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a resolution directing them to inquire into the expediency of so amending the act of June 19, 1840, as to extend the provisions of the same to the cases of persons entitled to pensions, but who have died or shall die before their claims for pensions have been allowed or shall be allowed by the War Department, report... In Senate of the United States. April 23, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 164.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of Joseph Watson, praying compensation for his services as secretary and storekeeper to the Indian Department in the northwest,"... In Senate of the United States. April 22, 1846. -- Submitted. April 23, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dix made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 274.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill for the relief of Charles W. Bingley, of Charleston, South Carolina, report... Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, against the repeal of the tariff act of 1842. April 28, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, calling for information relative to the claims for French spoliations prior to 1800. April 27, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Greene made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 165.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Harriet S. Adams, Lucy H. Sampson, and Rebecca H. Crocker, made the following report... In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 22.) The Committee on the Library, who were instructed to inquire into the expediency of employing Hiram Powers to execute an equestrian statue of Washington in bronze, &c., report... In Senate of the United States. April 28, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 169.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William B. Keene... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lewis made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 170.) The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Halsted, Harris & Co.; and also the petition of Edward Hardy; and also the petition of Smith, Thurgar & Co.; and also the petition of D.F. Manice, for himself and others; and also the petition of George Trull; and also the petition of Jonathan Little, assignee of Whiley & Taylor, report... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Ruth Frye, report... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Little, report... Memorial of the Georgia Historical Society, praying the publication of an increased number of the scientific works of the Exploring Expedition. April 29, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Pensions. May 4, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed, to accompany Bill S. No. 174. To the Senate and the House of Representatives: The petition of Alexis Ayot shows: Your petitioner most respectfully represents, that , having been engaged in the spring of 1843, by Brevet Captain Fremont, to serve under him on a United States expedition west of the Rocky Mountains... Memorial of John Ross and others, representatives of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, on the subject of the existing difficulties in that nation, and their relations with the United States, May 4, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 4, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Yulee submitted the following report : (To accompany Bill S. No. 173.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Pumphrey, report... In Senate of the United States. May 4, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lewis submitted the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 172.) The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of the late Uri Emmons, report... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lewis made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob B. Clarke... In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the papers of Zebulon Mead... In Senate of the United States. May 13, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Zeba Baker... In Senate of the United States. May 6, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Margaret Heyland... Message of the President of the United States, communicating information of the existing relations between the United States and Mexico, and recommending the adoption of measures for repelling the invasion committed by the Mexican forces upon the territory of the United States. May 11, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed; and that 20,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed, together with so much of the President's annual message as relates to Mexican affairs, for the use of the Senate. Ordered, That so much of the message and documents as relates to the relations of the United States with Mexico be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations; and that so much thereof as relates to repelling an invasion of the United States be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, relative to reorganizing the militia. May 13, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Postmaster General, showing, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the number of letters which passed through the Post Office during the month of October, 1845, as ascertained according to the rates of single letter postage, and the amount of postage received thereon. May 14, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of the payment of the claims for French spoliations prior to 1800. May 15, 1846. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 15, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the "memorial of John Hulbert, asking compensation for certain services..." In Senate of the United States. May 19, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atherton made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President of the United States, communicating the information called for by a resolution of the Senate, in relation to the claim of the owners of the brig General Armstrong against the government of Portugal, respectfully submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. May 19, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Samuel Hartwell, report... Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information respecting the practicability and utility of a fort or forts on Ship Island, on the Mississippi coast. May 20, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of citizens of Florida, praying the passage of a law to carry into effect the 9th article of the treaty of 1819 with Spain, relative to spoliations committed by the American troops. May 22, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information relative to the character and condition of the mineral regions in the Lake Superior country, in the State of Michigan and Territory of Wisconsin. April 29, 1846. -- Read. May 25, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to harbors between Erie and Buffalo, on Lake Erie. April 6, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. May 25, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the receipts and expenditures of the Post Office Department up to the end of the last quarter, and to appropriations to pay postmasters. May 29, 1846. Ordered to be printed to accompany Bill (H.R. 286) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department. Petition of Thomas B. Winston, to be refunded a sum of money paid the government upon a judgment unjustly recovered against him as notary. May 29, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 26, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Berrien made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, who were instructed to inquire whether any, and what legislation is necessary to give effect to the provisions of the 14th article of the Treaty of San Lorenzo el Real... In Senate of the United States. May 28, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lewis made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred from the Senate an application of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida for an appropriation by Congress to defray the expense incurred for printing in the "Apalachicola Journal" the acts and resolutions of that territory at the session of 1843, report... In Senate of the United States. May 27, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. H. Johnson made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Philip Slaughter... Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Raleigh, North Carolina, approving of the measures adopted by the President in regard to the war with Mexico, and pledging themselves to carry out every measure to prosecute it with energy and spirit. June 2, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of militia officers of Baltimore, Maryland, praying a modification of the militia laws. June 3, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Militia, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 1, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Smith Cram, report... In Senate of the United States. June 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 200.) Your committee, to whom have been referred the subject of establishing a western judicial district for the State of Arkansas, have had the subject under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following report... In Senate of the United States. June 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis made the following report: The Committee on Commerce have had under consideration the several reports of Colonels Abert and Long, and Mr. Fullar, and report: That it appears from those documents that Congress, by a joint resolution, authorized an experimental trial of a dredging machine... Letter from the Postmaster General, relative to the suppression of private expresses, by the establishment of a line of telegraphic communication between Mobile and New Orleans. June 4, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, against a national bank and the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, and in favor of a Sub-Treasury and tariff. May 13, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information on the subject of the treaties concluded between the late Republic of Texas and the governments of France and Great Britain. June 5, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 5, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Hezekiah Wingate, report... In Senate of the United States. May 6, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of James Updike... In Senate of the United States. May 6, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred, by a resolution of the Senate, the papers in relation to the claims of Thomas Hall, report... Memorial of shipowners and masters of vessels navigating the lakes, praying that Chicago may not be made a port of entry. May 11, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in favor of an appropriation for the erection of a light-house on Tucker's Beach or Absecomb Beach. April 28, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 22, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles Larrabee, submit the following report... Supplemental memorial of the heirs and legal representatives of Captain Benjamin Harrison, for commutation pay, bounty land, &c. May 6, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 29, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 171.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Clark, report... Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 24, 1846, calling for information relative to a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama. May 11, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to land claims at the Sault St. Mary, in the State of Michigan. May 18, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. May 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jarnagin made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 191.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel W. Bell, a native of the Cherokee Nation, make the following report... In Senate of the United States. May 20, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 188.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the application of Nathaniel Stafford, of Vermont, for arrearage of pension, respectfully report... Memorial of the President and directors of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, praying a relinquishment by the United States of their stock in said company. June 3, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. April 27, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Greene made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 166.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Ruth Ransom, make the following report...	69
Serial set 477	In Senate of the United States. July 7, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 165.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Samuel D. Enochs,"... Memorial of importing merchants of Boston, praying that, in all cases where practicable, the principle of specific duties may be adhered to in the bill now under consideration for reducing the duties on imports. July 14, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 16, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Alexander Wilson, report... Message from the President of the United States, communicating, (in compliance with resolutions of the Senate,) copies of the correspondence between the government of the United States and that of Great Britain, on the subject of the right of search; with copies of the protest of the American minister at Paris against the Quintuple Treaty, and the correspondence relating thereto. June 6, 1846. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. June 11, 1846. -- Ordered, that 1,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to a dock at the Navy yard at Pensacola. June 12, 1846. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 16, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Andrew Parke, report... Memorial of Joseph W. Revere and others, manufacturers of copper, and interested in the trade in that article, praying that raw copper may remain free of duty, or that sheathing copper may be subject to a duty of 10 per cent. July 16, 1846. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 7, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 227.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Milledge Galphin, legal representative of George Galphin, deceased, report... In Senate of the United States. June 25, 1846. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. June 26, 1846. -- Ordered, that 5,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Pearce made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 214.) The Joint Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate directing them to inquire into the expediency of causing to be published additional copies of the scientific works of the Exploring Expedition, under the command of Captain Wilkes, and also a resolution of the House of Representatives directing them to report the cost of the said expedition, of the scientific works now in course of publication, &c., report... In Senate of the United States. June 10, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 203.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Pittman, report... In Senate of the United States. June 10, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 94.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 94) for the relief of James Hillman, report... In Senate of the United States. June 11, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Cocke... Constitution for the State of Iowa, adopted in convention, May 18, 1846. June 10, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the representatives of the yearly meeting of the Society of Friends for New England, on the subject of war, and praying the adoption of measures that will tend to perpetuate peace. June 10, 1846. -- Ordered to lie on the table. June 11, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating further information relative to the calls made by General Gaines for volunteers for the service of the United States. June 11, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to the Houmas claim. June 12, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message of the President of the United States, relative to the operations and recent engagements on the Mexican frontier. June 12, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to claims for spoliations committed by the American troops in West Florida, in 1814 and 1818. June 16, 1846. Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 16, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morehead made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 205.) The Committee of Pensions, to whom was referred the "petition of Pearson Cogswell..." Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of June 3, 1846, calling for information relative to the mode of raising funds for carrying on the war with Mexico. June 16, 1846. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 16, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the several petitions of the representatives of James Livingston, of Jonathan Smith, of the executor of Judah Alden, of the administrator of William Torrey, and the executrix of James Maxwell, report... In Senate of the United States. June 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary Biggs, widow of the late Randolph Biggs... Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Detroit, Michigan, approving of the measures adopted for carrying on the war with Mexico, and pledging their support to the government in any collision that may arise with another nation. June 17, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Greene submitted the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Thomas Bryant... Communication from Henry R. Schoolcraft, relative to certain private land claims at Sault St. Mary, in the State of Michigan. July 9, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed. Proceedings of a convention of county superintendents of common schools, and other friends of education, in Albany, New York, in favor of some immediate action on the part of Congress towards the execution of the bequest of the late James Smithson. June 24, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the removal of the Chippewa Indians from the mineral lands of Lake Superior. June 24, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 26, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed, with the accompanying memorial, and that 10,000 copies, in addition to the usual number, be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Calhoun made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 216.) The Special Committee, to whom was referred the memorial of the Memphis Convention... In Senate of the United States. July 11, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Greene made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petitions of Josiah Dutton and of the heirs of John Morrison, report... Memorial of A.B. Durand, and other artists of New York, praying Congress to purchase Catlin's collection of Indian portraits, costumes, and curiosities. July 9, 1846. Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the progress made in the surveys of the mineral region of Lake Superior, and the probable time of their completion. July 9, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 13, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomas Clayton made the following report: The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Springfield, in Essex County, New Jersey, report... In Senate of the United States. July 8, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Archer made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 229.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom has been referred the memorial of Joshua Dodge, asking compensation for services rendered as tobacco agent for the government, in Germany and Italy, in addition to the allowances which have been paid him, have had the same under consideration, and report... In Senate of the United States. July 10, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 231.) The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the memorial and petition of Erskine and Eichelberger, merchants, of Baltimore, report... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the revenue from Customs for the three first quarters of the present year, together with an estimate of the probable amount of the fourth quarter. July 14, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 16, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mary W. Ketchum, widow of the late Thomas Ketchum... Petition of manufacturers of glass and soap in Philadelphia, praying that the duty on soda-ash may not be increased. July 14, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, statements of the imports consumed and on hand for the year ending June 30, 1845, under the present tariff, and the results on the revenue of a proposed change in the system. July 16, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Joint Resolution S. No. 29.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 17th February, 1845, concerning the correction of errors and the completion of the returns of the survey of township 1 S., range 7 E., in the State of Michigan, ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. July 8, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 230.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah A. King, widow of the late John T. King, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... Memorial of the Cherokee Indians residing in North Carolina, praying the payment of their claims, agreeably to the 8th and 12th articles of the treaty of 1835. June 25, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed, in connexion with the resolutions of the Legislature of North Carolina, on the files of the Senate, relating to the subject. Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a copy of a letter from Major General Gaines to the War Department, in relation to calls made by him for volunteers and militia. June 24, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 213.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the documents relating to the claim of Peter Engles [i.e., Engels], Senior, report... In Senate of the United States. June 26, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 215.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the legal representatives of George Mayo, deceased, praying compensation for services performed by said Mayo, as an extra clerk in the General Post Office, report... In Senate of the United States. June 27, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 219.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the petition of John England, report... In Senate of the United States. July 1, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Rezin Tevis... Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information of the number and description of troops from Alabama mustered into the service of the United States since the 1st of April, 1846. July 1, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Tennessee, in favor of paying the claims of the Tennessee mounted volunteers, mustered into the service of the United States in 1836. June 29, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of merchants of Boston, against the imposition of ad valorem duties on wines and liquors. July 7, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 2, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Thomas Clayton made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 112.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the bill from the House, entitled "An Act for the Relief of Nathaniel Bird," report... Memorial of citizens of Chicago, Illinois, praying a right of pre-emption to the permittees and lessees of the mineral lands of Lake Superior, should it be determined to sell the same. July 2, 1846. Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. In Senate of the United States. June 9, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Jonathan Tyner... In Senate of the United States. June 8, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Houston made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 201.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James Smalley... Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, relative to the calling of volunteers or militia into the service of the United States, by an officer of the Army, without legal authority; to the measures adopted for the defence of the southern frontier, &c. June 8, 1846. Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed. Petition of A.B. Durand and others, praying that Professor Morse may be employed to execute the painting to fill the panel in the rotundo of the Capitol, set apart for Mr. Inman, since deceased. May 26, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library. June 8, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, communicating a report of an expedition led by Lieutenant Abert, on the upper Arkansas and through the country of the Camanche Indians, in the fall of the year 1845. June 16, 1846. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. July 11, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed, with the maps and sketches of scenery; and that 2,000 copies in addition to the usual number be printed, 100 of which shall be for the use of the Topographical Bureau. In Senate of the United States. June 19, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 208.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom were referred the respective petitions of Messrs. Gillet and Clark, and of Simon Rousson, (alias Simon Rousseau)... In Senate of the United States. June 19, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 209.) The Committee on Public Lands, to which was referred the petition of John Russell... In Senate of the United States. June 27, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 218.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Welcome Parmeter, report... In Senate of the United States. June 25, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Cecilia Carroll, widow of the late General William Carroll, have had the same under consideration... In Senate of the United States. June 17, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, submitted the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abigail Edgerly, widow of the late Richard Edgerly... In Senate of the United States. June 29, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodbridge made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 15.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 15, and the memorials and documents accompanying the same, respectfully report: That the prayer of the memorials is, that provision be made for the issuance of patents for certain ancient land claims...	62
Serial set 478	In Senate of the United States. August 3, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 251.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of John P. Baldwin, report... Petition of the publishers of Boston, against an ad valorem duty on books. July 22, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. July 25, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. Communications from James Blair, of the United States Navy, and John Maginn, President of the Association of Pilots of the City of New York, in relation to the entrance of the Columbia River. August 5, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of shippers and importers, of the City and County of Philadelphia, remonstrating against a system of ad valorem duties. July 23, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. July 25, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 31, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 245.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Jesse Haven, guardian of Artemas Conant... Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a convention for the settlement of the Oregon question, concluded the 15th of June, 1846, between the United States and Great Britain, and recommending to Congress the adoption of measures for facilitating the occupation and settlement of that territory. August 6, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 22, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed; and that 4,000 copies in addition to the usual number be printed for the use of the Senate. Mr. Houston made the following report: The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the resolutions of the Senate directing them to inquire into the necessity and propriety of making early and adequate provision for the survey, improvement, and fortification of the principal harbors on the coast of Texas... Resolutions of the Legislature of New Hampshire, in favor of the protective system. July 23, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of the freeholders and inhabitants of Carbon and Luzerne Counties, Pennsylvania, engaged in the coal business, remonstrating against the tariff, as it passed the House of Representatives. July 23, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. July 25, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 7, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John M. Clayton made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 254.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of John A. Rogers, report... In Senate of the United States. August 10, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morehead made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 261.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the memorial of Cadwallader Wallace... Memorial of coal-owners and iron-masters of Richmond, against any change in the duties on coal and iron. July 20, 1846 --- Referred to the Committee on Printing. July 23, 1846 -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of merchants and importers of the City of New York, praying that specific instead of ad valorem duties may be imposed on foreign goods, and more particularly on silks. July 16, 1846. -- Ordered to lie on the table. July 23, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, communicating information as to the employment of any individual by the Department, or under its sanction, to raise volunteers for the war with Mexico. July 17, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of proprietors and workers of the anthracite collieries in Pennsylvania, against the duty on coals, as fixed by the tariff bill as it passed the House of Representatives. July 23, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. July 25, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. Memorial of mechanics employed in the manufacture of iron, cotton, &c., (residing at Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York) remonstrating against any change of the present tariff policy, and respectfully recommending to the Senate to "let well enough alone." July 22, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. July 25, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 18, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 237.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Michael Hanson... In Senate of the United States. July 18, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Benjamin L. Lucas for a pension, report... Proceedings of a meeting of democratic citizens of Sunbury, Pa., expressing their opposition to the bill for reducing the duties on imports, and requesting the senators from the State of Pennsylvania to use all honorable means to defeat its passage. July 23, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of a committee of a meeting of paper manufacturers of New England, praying that the present duties on foreign paper and books may not be changed. July 23, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Memorial of S. and P.T. Ellicott, against any change in the duties on chemicals, and asking that crude brimstone and saltpetre be admitted free, as hitherto. July 23, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Petition of farmers and workingmen of Mercer County, New Jersey, protesting against a repeal of the present tariff. July 23, 1846. Ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, showing the aggregate appropriations for improving rivers and harbors since July 1, 1836, and the sum expended in dredging operations, with the cost per cubic yard of removing obstructions. July 23, 1846. Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Semple made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 244.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Jones, for himself and others, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In Senate of the United States. July 30, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John McCloud... In Senate of the United States. August 3, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Kingsley B. Gibbs, executor of Zephaniah Kingsley, deceased, praying payment of the interest awarded by a judgment of the Superior Court of East Florida... In Senate of the United States. July 28, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 242.) The Committee on the Judiciary, who were instructed, by a resolution of the Senate, to inquire into the expediency of extending the criminal laws of the United States over the Indian territories, report... In Senate of the United States. July 27, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fairfield made the following report: The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William A. Howard, ask leave to report... In Senate of the United States. July 28, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 241.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the documents relating to the claim of Elizabeth Pistole, widow of Charles Pistole, deceased, a Revolutionary soldier, and in obedience to a resolution of the Senate, report... In Senate of the United States. July 31, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atchison made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 247.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Peter Frost for a pension, report... Statement of Charles Wilkes, a commander in the U.S. Navy, of the survey of the mouth of the Columbia River by the United States Exploring Expedition. August 3, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. August 5, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 4, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 338.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred House Bill (No. 338) for the relief of Catharine Fulton, report... In Senate of the United States. August 7, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson made the following report: The Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the two several petitions of Archibald Smith, Jr., of Florida... In Senate of the United States. August 7, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 86.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom were referred sundry petitions of citizens of Florida, remonstrating against the passage of Senate Bill No. 86, entitled "A Bill for the Relief of Joseph Chairs [i.e., Chaires], Executor of Benjamin Chairs [i.e., Chaires], Deceased, Gad Humphreys, and Pedro Miranda, Claiming to be the Assignees of Jose de la Maya Arredondo..." Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relative to frauds in recent importations of sirups and molasses from the West India islands, and the measures necessary to be adopted to prevent their recurrence. August 3, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 3, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Westcott made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 250.) The Judiciary Committee, to whom were referred the memorial of the Legislature of the State of Florida, asking for the appointment of a board of commissioners to ascertain the losses of the citizens of Florida by the destruction of their property in the Seminole War of 1836... Memorial of proprietors and workers of the anthracite collieries in Pennsylvania, against the duty on coals, as fixed by the tariff bill just passed by the House of Representatives. July 23, 1846. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. July 25, 1846. -- Ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. July 31, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed without the map. Mr. Breese made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 246.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom were referred a memorial of sundry citizens of Indiana, praying the construction of a national railroad from the Mississippi to the Columbia River, and the memorial of Asa Whitney, suggesting the means, and submitting a proposition, for the construction of such road from Lake Michigan to the Pacific Ocean, report... In Senate of the United States. August 3, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ashley made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 249.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Hannah Petty and her husband, Elijah Petty, report... In Senate of the United States. August 5, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report: The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the memorial of Edwin Bartlett, report... In Senate of the United States. August 7, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dix made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 255.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Mary G. Clitz... In Senate of the United States. August 8, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morehead made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. No. 259.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the attorney of the estate of Jacob Housman, report... In Senate of the United States. August 8, 1846. Resolved, that 2,000 copies of the journal, correspondence, and documents, connected with the Oregon Treaty, be printed for the use of the Senate. In Senate of the United States. August 10, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce made the following report: The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate directing them to inquire into the causes which have delayed the delivery of Fremont's report... Statements showing 1st. Appropriations made during the 1st session of the 29th Congress; 2d. Offices created, and the salaries thereof; 3d. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. September 21, 1846. Prepared by the Secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the 6th section of the act of July 4, 1836, "To Authorize the Appointment of Additional Paymasters, and for Other Purposes." In Senate of the United States. August 10, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Breese made the following report: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Agnes Slacke and the heirs of Repentigny, with the accompanying papers, report... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, exhibiting a list of manufactured articles upon which $54,000,000 are annually paid to the protected classes, by enhancing the price of the domestic articles, and the amount so paid on each article. July 23, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on improvements in the light-house system and collateral aids to navigation. August 5, 1846. Read, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 6, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Barrow made the following report: (To accompany Bill S. 253.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Bethiah Healy, widow of George Healy, report... Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report from the Superintendent of the Construction of Standard Weights, Measures, and Balances. August 7, 1846. -- Read, and ordered to be printed; with 250 additional copies for the Superintendent of Weights and Measures. Memorial of merchants and shipmasters of Bristol, Rhode Island, remonstrating against the removal of the Custom-house at that place. July 18, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. In Senate of the United States. August 7, 1846. Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Cass made the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, to whom was referred the memorial of sundry citizens of West Florida, formerly Spanish subjects, praying the passage of a law to carry into effect the 9th article of the treaty of 1819 with Spain, relating to losses sustained by the Spanish inhabitants of Florida by the operations of the American forces there previous to that treaty; and to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury made on the 15th of June last, (in compliance with a resolution of the Senate,) transmitting the original reports of the examinations of the claims for said losses by the judge of West Florida, report...	52
Serial set 479	Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States: being the first session of the Twenty-ninth Congress; begun and held at the City of Washington, December 1, 1845, in the seventieth year of the independence of the United States.	1
Serial set 480	Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of accounts with the United States. December 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Oregon. Memorial of citizens of the United States, residing in the territory of Oregon, praying for the establishment of a distinct territorial government, to embrace Oregon and its adjacent sea coasts, &c. December 2, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Twenty-ninth Congress. December 2, 1845. Read, and ordered that the usual number of copies of the message and documents be printed, and that 15,000 copies extra of the same be printed, and 20,000 copies without the documents be printed. Engraved plates. Report of the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in relation to engraved plates. December 3, 1845. Read, and laid upon the table. list of reports to be made to Congress at the first session of the Twenty-ninth Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives U.S. December 1, 1845.	5

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