Call Number (LC) Title Results
Serial set 740 Commerce and navigation. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury of the commerce and navigation of the United States, for the year ending June 30, 1852. January 1, 1853. 1
Serial set 741 Missouri Compromise. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, requesting their representatives to vote against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. January 30, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed
Nebraska. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, on the subject of the proposed organization of the Territory of Nebraska. February 17, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed
Nebraska bill. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, on the subject of the Nebraska bill. July 15, 1854.--Ordered to be printed
Missouri Compromise. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, remonstrating against the passage of the bill organizing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. May 22, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed
University of the Pacific. (To accompany Bill H.R. 91.) Memorial of the trustees of the University of the Pacific, in Santa Clara County, California, in relation to the ground on which said university is located. January 31, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Nebraska. Resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, in relation to the Nebraska Territory. March 20, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed
Annual report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting his annual report. January 31, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Contracts. Letter from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, transmitting copies of all contracts made in his office from January 1, 1853, to January 1, 1854. January 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Engraving, &c., ordered by the House. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting communications in reference to engraving and lithographing ordered by the House. June 13, 1854. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Books for new members. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, relative to books for new members. April 10, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library.
Estimates for deficiencies in contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting estimates for deficiencies in appropriations for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 19, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. March 21, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Mobile harbor. Resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama, in reference to the improvement of the harbor of Mobile. March 17, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Lunatic asylums. Resolution of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to appropriations by Congress for the insane. March 24, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Soldiers of the War of 1812. Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, in reference to the granting of lands to the soldiers of the War of 1812. March 3, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Education of the deaf and dumb and blind. Resolutions of the Legislature of Louisiana, asking a grant of land for the education of the deaf, and dumb, and blind. March 31, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands
Archives -- New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislative Council of New Mexico, in regard to the archives of the territory. April 4, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories.
Nebraska bill. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, against the passage of the Nebraska bill. March 6, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Journal of Spanish Congress. Letter from the Spanish charge d'affaires, transmitting an official copy of the Journal of the Spanish Congress. March 7, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed.
Officers and soldiers of the War of 1812. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, in reference to the granting of lands to the soldiers of the War of 1812. February 24, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Ocean postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in reference to cheap ocean postage. March 6, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Jornada del Muerto -- artesian wells. Memorial of the Legislative Council of New Mexico, asking an appropriation for artesian wells. April 4, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories.
Soldiers of the War of 1812. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, on the subject of granting pensions to officers and soldiers of the War of 1812. March 10, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
New Jersey seaboard harbors. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relating to the improvement of the navigation and the protection of the harbors along the seaboard of that state. March 8, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Railroad iron. Resolution of the Legislature of Alabama, in reference to duties on railroad iron. March 14, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Revenue laws. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, relative to the United States revenue laws. May 5, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Floating schools for seamen. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of floating schools for the education of seamen. May 5, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
French spoliations. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, on the subject of French spoliations. May 6, 1854. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Public domain. Resolution of the Legislature of Kentucky, on the subject of appropriating a portion of the public domain to that state for educational purposes. May 3, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Claims for lands taken under the treaty of Washington. Resolution of the Legislature of Maine, in reference to claims for lands taken under the treaty of Washington. May 6, 1854. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Cheap ocean postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of cheap ocean postage. May 5, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Special estimates for Indian service. Communications addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, accompanied by special estimates and explanations thereof for the Indian service. April 28, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in relation to certain modifications of the navigation laws, fishing bounties, and reciprocal trade with the British North American colonies. May 5, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Cape Cod harbor. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, requesting an appropriation for the preservation of Cape Cod harbor. May 16, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Railroad from Lake Michigan to the mineral region of Lake Superior. Resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to a grant of land for railroad purposes. March 21, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lands for Railroad purposes. Memorial of the Legislature of Louisiana, in relation to granting lands within that state for railroad purposes. March 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Indian appropriations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.) Letters addressed to the Committee on Indian Affairs, transmitting and explaining estimates for Indian appropriations. March 22, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Duty of sugar, molasses, and railroad iron. Memorial and resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to the duty on sugar, molasses, and railroad iron. March 24, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Cheap ocean postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, on the subject of cheap ocean postage. March 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
Public domain. Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey, relative to the public domain. March 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Superintendents of national armories. Testimony and documentary evidence on the subject of the management of the national armories, taken before the select committee of the House of Representatives appointed February 13, 1854. May 18, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Additional estimates. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting additional estimates of appropriations for the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives of the United States. June 14, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Foreign regulations of commerce. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 390.) Correspondence and copies of circulars in reference to the privileges and restrictions of the commercial intercourse of the United States with foreign countries. June 10, 1854.
list of reports to be made to Congress, at the first session of the Thirty-third Congress, by public officers. Prepared, in obedience to a standing order of the House, by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. December 5, 1853.
Contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses. January 4, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Navy appropriations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 97.) Letters explanatory of estimates for the naval service. December 31, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Army appropriations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 95.) Letters explanatory of various estimates for the service of the Army. December 31, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
United States steamers. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy transmitting report of a Board of Engineers as to the cases of failure of certain steamers of the United States Navy. December 21, 1853. -- Ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Superintendent of the Public Printing, transmitting estimates for deficiencies in appropriations, &c. January 18, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Custom-houses, marine hospitals, &c. Communications addressed to the Committee of Ways and Means in reference to Custom-houses, revenue, and marine hospital, &c. January 4, 1854. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Mortality on emigrant vessels. Resolutions of the Legislature of New York, in reference to the sufferings of passengers in emigrant vessels. February 2, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Clerks, House of Representatives. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting list of clerks and other employes [sic] of the Clerk's office. January 31, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Bounty land laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 56.) Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, on the subject of extending the provisions of the several bounty land laws. February 21, 1854.
Goods transported in bond. (To accompany Bill S. No. 39.) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a communication from the collector of Customs at New Orleans in reference to "goods transported in bond," &c.. February 16, 1854.
Distribution of arms. Resolutions of the Legislature of Connecticut, in reference to the distribution of arms and munitions of war among the states. March 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Cheap ocean postage. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, on the subject of cheap ocean postage. April 11, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
Public buildings -- New Mexico. Memorial of the Legislative Council of New Mexico, asking an additional appropriation for the completion of public buildings. April 4, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories.
Utah -- public buildings -- further appropriations. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting communications in regard to the necessity of further appropriations for public buildings in Utah. April 5, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Oregon Territory. Letter from the Executive of Oregon, transmitting a statement of expenditures of money appropriated for the benefit of the territory. March 31, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories.
Marine hospitals. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a supplemental statement of persons employed in marine hospitals, &c. April 5, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
Homestead bill and land for railroads. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in relation to the homestead bill and donations of land for railroads. April 5, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Additional estimates for the Indian Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting additional estimates, and explanations thereof, for the service of the Indian Department. April 4, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Oregon Territory. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon Territory, asking admission as a state into the Union. April 10, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories.
Reimbursement of money advanced to the United States. Memorial of the special agents of Maryland, asking for the reimbursement of the state for her "advances" to the United States in 1792 and 1793. April 4, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
New Mexico -- increased facilities of communication with the states. Memorial of the Legislative Council of New Mexico, asking the establishment of a post route, and otherwise increasing the facilities of communication between the territory and the states. April 4, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
Fort Atkinson. Memorial of the Legislative Council of New Mexico, asking the re-establishment of Fort Atkinson. April 4, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Road from Santa Fe to Don Fernandez. Memorial of the Legislative Council of New Mexico, asking an appropriation for the construction of a road from Santa Fe to Don Fernandez. April 4, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories.
New Mexico -- mineral wealth. Memorial of the Legislative Council of New Mexico, asking an appropriation for a geological and mineralogical survey of the territory. April 4, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories.
Jicarilla Indians. Memorial of the Legislative Council of New Mexico, in reference to the Indians within the borders of the territory. April 4, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Black Feet Indians, Gros-ventres, and others. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting communications showing the importance of an appropriation for defraying the expenses of holding a council with the Indians therein named. April 5, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.
New Mexico -- land claims. Memorial of the Legislative Council of New Mexico, in regard to land claims, &c. April 4, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Maine, in favor of abolishing the spirit ration in the United States Navy. May 5, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of Kentucky, asking lands for adult children of soldiers. May 3, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Officers, soldiers, and others, who served in the War of 1812. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of extending the bounty land and pension laws to the widows of all officers, soldiers, and sailors, who served in the War of 1812. May 16, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Nebraska. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, in relation to the organization of the Territory of Nebraska. March 20, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Land -- Great Northwestern Railroad Co. Resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois, relative to a grant of land, by Congress, to the Great Northwestern Railroad Company. March 21, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Additional estimates for the public printing. Letter from the Superintendent of Public Printing, transmitting additional estimates for the service of the public printing. June 9, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Abolition of slavery in Cuba. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Louisiana, remonstrating against the colonial policy of the Spanish government in relation to slavery in the island of Cuba. May 25, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Alabama militia -- second brigade. Memorial of the General Assembly of Alabama, asking for the payment of the balance due to the second brigade of Alabama militia called into the United States service in 1836, under the command of Brigadier General William W. Garrard, in the war against the Creek Indians. May 24, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Books for members. Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting additional estimates for books. June 21, 1854. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
Cheap ocean postage. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Connecticut, on the subject of cheap ocean postage. June 24, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Leveeing the east bank of the Mississippi River. Memorial of the Legislature of Tennessee, asking for the passage of a law to enable the injured portion of the state to levee the east bank of the Mississippi River from the Kentucky line to the line of the State of Mississippi. June 26, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Mounted volunteers. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, relative to payment for horse and equipage lost by mounted volunteers during the Mexican War. June 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee relative to bounty lands to volunteers from that state in 1836. June 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Duties on railroad iron. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, relative to the repeal of the duty on railroad iron, or for the extension of the time for the payment of the duty on railroad iron for two years after the railroad on which the iron is used shall be opened for use. June 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed.
William Reed. Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, relative to allowing William Reed compensation, by bounty land or otherwise, for his dangerous, expensive, and distinguished services in 1792 and 1793. June 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed.
Pension to officers and soldiers of the War of 1812. Resolution of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, relative to granting pensions to the officers and soldiers of the War of 1812 against Great Britain. June 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Thomas W. Dorr, of Rhode Island. Act of the General Assembly of Rhode Island, to reverse and annul the judgment of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island for treason, rendered against Thomas W. Dorr, June 25, A.D. 1844. July 15, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Eighth annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution up to January 1, 1854, and the proceedings of the Board up to July 8, 1854. [Smithsonian Institution. Communication from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting the annual report of the Board of Regents of that Institution. August 1, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. August 2, 1854. -- Ordered that 10,000 additional copies be printed, to include the minority report on the distribution of the fund -- 7,000 copies for distribution by the members of the House, and 3,000 copies for said Institution.]
Missouri Compromise and Fugitive-Slave Law. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, protesting against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and urging the repeal of the Fugitive-Slave Law of 1850. July 25, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed
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. October 4, 1854.
Industrial universities. Resolutions of the General Assembly of Illinois, relative to the establishment of industrial universities, and for the encouragement of practical and general education among the people. March 20, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Pacific railroad. Resolutions of the Legislature of Tennessee, relative to the construction of a railroad to the Pacific coast. June 27, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Resignation of the Hon. Gilbert Dean. Letter of the Hon. Gilbert Dean, one of the representatives from the State of New York for the Thirty-third Congress, resigning his seat as a member of the House of Representatives. July 5, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Nebraska. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, remonstrating against the passage of the Nebraska bill. February 24, 1854. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed
Massachusetts claims. Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the claims of that state for expenses incurred during the War of 1812 with Great Britain. May 16, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Free navigation of the Amazon River. Memorial of Lieutenant Maury, in behalf of the Memphis Convention in favor of the free navigation of the Amazon River. March 3, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 		97
Serial set 742 Cornelius H. Latham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 129.) January 12, 1854.
Robert Ham. January 26, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
John E. Bispham -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 170.) January 18, 1854
Widow and heirs of Elijah Beebe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 51.) December 20, 1853.
Utica Steam Woolen Company. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 183.) January 18, 1854.
Helen Mackay. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 173.) January 18, 1854.
Alton Nelson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 193.) January 27, 1854.
George S. Claflin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 126.) January 12, 1854.
Homestead to actual settlers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 1.) January 13, 1854.
Oneida Indians. January 24, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
John W. Cameron. January 26, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lyman N. Cook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 177.) January 18, 1854.
Emilie [i.e., Emelie] Hooe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 179.) January 18, 1854.
Benjamin Rowe. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 178.) January 18, 1854.
Anthony G. Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 188.) January 24, 1854.
Hercules L. Dousman. (To accompany Bill H.R. 200.) January 26, 1854.
Eunice Gilbert. January 18, 1854. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Daniel Steenrod [i.e., Steinrod]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 182.) January 18, 1854.
Parmelia Slavin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 192.) January 26, 1854.
Emanuel P. Stedman. January 26, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Captain B. Field. January 18, 1854. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
James Irwin. January 26, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Gray, Macmurdo & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 184.) January 18, 1854.
Sarah K. Jenks, et al. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 195.) January 26, 1854.
Silas Champion. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 194.) January 26, 1854.
George W. Gibson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 191.) January 26, 1854.
John S. Russell and William H. Russell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 189.) January 24, 1854.
Aaron Stafford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 201.) January 26, 1854.
Hezekiah Johnson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 202.) January 26, 1854.
James M. Duckett. January 18, 1854. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Contested election -- New Mexico. February 24, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Isaac P. Simonton -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 53.) December 20, 1853.
Samuel Colt. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 59.) December 21, 1853
Adolphus Meier & Co. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 104.) January 3, 1854.
George G. Bishop and the legal representatives of John Arnold. (To accompany Bill H.R. 108.) January 3, 1854.
Purchasers and locators of swamp and overflowed lands. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 9.) January 3, 1854.
Richard W. Meade -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 58.) December 21, 1853.
Robert Grignon. (To accompany Bill H.R. 107.) January 3, 1853 [i.e., 1854].
Anthony Gale -- heirs of. January 4, 1854. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Ferdinand Clark. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 103.) January 3, 1854.
Job M. Layton. January 4, 1854. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Henry Lewis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 98.) December 31, 1853.
William Blake. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 100.) December 31, 1853.
Wilson and Brothers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 105.) January 3, 1854.
Captain George Simpton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 99.) December 31, 1853.
Fayette Manzy and Robert G. Ward. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 134.) January 13, 1854.
D.C. Cash and Giles U. Ellis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 174.) January 18, 1854.
John O. Means. (To accompany Bill H.R. 175.) January 18, 1854.
William H. Topping. January 31, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Mary Deany. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 237.) January 31, 1854.
Joshua Kennedy -- legal representative of. (To accompany Bill S. No. 73.) January 31, 1854.
Thomas S.J. Johnson. (To accompany Bill H.R. 240.) January 31, 1854.
Hiram Moore and John Hascall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 239.) January 31, 1854.
Joseph Ayres. January 18, 1854. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Benjamin O. Branham. January 26, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
William B. Cozzens. January 18, 1854. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Lewis B. Willis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 6.) December 14, 1853.
Madison Parton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 54.) December 20, 1853.
Charles Lee Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 63.) December 22, 1853.
Bogert & Kneeland, et al. January 4, 1854. Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Martin L. Patterson. December 31, 1853. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Thody. January 18, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company. January 13, 1854. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Henry J. Snow. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 122.) January 12, 1854.
James F. Green. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 127.) January 12, 1854.
Benjamin Hammond. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 121.) January 12, 1854.
Charles Staples. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 123.) January 12, 1854.
Henry N. Halsted. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 120.) January 12, 1854.
Heirs of Joseph Gerard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 131.) January 13, 1854.
Thomas Fraser. (To accompany Bill H.R. 128.) January 12, 1854.
Samuel W. Brady. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 130.) January 12, 1854.
Lemuel Hudson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 124.) January 12, 1854.
Reduction of price of public land. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 132.) January 13, 1854.
Harriet Leavenworth. (To accompany Bill H.R. 125.) January 12, 1854.
Dimick B. Huntington. January 24, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
William B. Edwards. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 180.) January 18, 1854.
Pamela Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 176.) January 18, 1854.
Thomas Copeland. January 18, 1854. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Gilbert C. Russell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 196.) January 26, 1854.
William Hankins. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 190.) January 26, 1854.
Baron De Kalb -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 246.) February 6, 1854.
John Hamilton. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 181.) January 18, 1854.
Oliver Lee. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 241.) January 31, 1854.
Joseph Wheaton -- heirs of. January 31, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Sarah Liscomb. January 31, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Ira Whitaker. January 31, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Nebraska. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 236.) January 31, 1854. -- Committed to a Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed.
Enoch Perkins, heir of Zophar Perkins. January 31, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
John S. King. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 238.) January 31, 1854.
William Woodbury. (To accompany Resolution H.R. No. 5.) January 31, 1854.
William Wheatley. February 6, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed
Captain E.A.F. Lavallette. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 266.) February 15, 1854.
W.D. Porter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 265.) February 15, 1854.
San Francisco rescue. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 16.) February 16, 1854.
William Mayo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 276.) February 16, 1854.
James M. Lewis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 275.) February 16, 1854.
General John E. Wool. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 281.) February 16, 1854.
Priscilla C. Simonds. (To accompany S. Bill No. 54.) February 16, 1854.
David Towle. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 269.) February 15, 1854.
James K. Welch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 268.) February 15, 1854.
Albra Tripp. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 279.) February 16, 1854.
Isaac Bowman. February 16, 1854. Ordered to be printed, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Widows' pensions. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 167.) February 16, 1854.
John H. Stone -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 273.) February 16, 1854.
Jesse R. Faulkner. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 278.) February 16, 1854.
Daniel Bedinger's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 272.) February 16, 1854.
Heirs of Col. Willis Riddick [i.e., Reddick]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 274.) February 16, 1854.
Captain Thomas Porter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 270.) February 15, 1854.
Noah Miller. (To accompany S. Bill No. 50.) February 16, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
James Walsh. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 277.) February 16, 1854.
J.R. Sands. February 18, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Leeman Gibbs. February 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Francis Vigo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 282.) February 16, 1854.
Andrew J. Clifton. February 16, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Coosa and Tennessee River Railroad. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 34.) January 18, 1854.
Private land claims in California. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 197.) January 26, 1854.
Libeas H. Babb. February 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Grafton Baker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 235.) January 31, 1854.
Captain Francis Allyn. January 13, 1854. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mrs. Frances A. McCauley. February 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
John T. Ball. February 16, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. 		121
Serial set 743 Indian appropriations. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 46.) June 21, 1854.
Lewis E. Simonds. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 434.) June 23, 1854
Woodbury and Foster. June 10, 1854. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Edmund Mitchell. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 374.) June 10, 1854.
Francis M. Gwin. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 29.) June 30, 1854.
Sylvester Humphrey and the heirs of Alexander Humphrey, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 389.) June 10, 1854.
John C. Fr. Salomon. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Conrad Wheat, Jr., or his legal representatives. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 422.) June 23, 1854.
Geo. M. Bentley. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 321.) April 5, 1854.
William Wallace. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 320.) April 5, 1854. -- Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.
Expenses Cayuse War, Oregon. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 232.) March 8, 1854.
Samuel McKnight (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 319.) April 5, 1854.
Sioux lands or reservation in Minnesota Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 338.) April 28, 1854
California -- refund money to State of, for suppressing Indian aggressions. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 92.) April 26, 1854.
Wm. V. Heard, heir of Gen. John Heard. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Owners of Brig Kate Boyd. (To accompany S. Res. No. 3.) June 13, 1854.
Thomas Ellis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 381.) June 10, 1854.
Capt. Tarpley White -- legal representatives of. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Francis Pettit Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 387.) June 10, 1854.
Charlotte S. Westcott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 382.) June 10, 1854.
Nathaniel Goddard and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 394.) June 10, 1854.
Anna E. Cook. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 384.) June 10, 1854.
Third Regiment Missouri Volunteers. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 401.) June 13, 1854.
Payment of moneys into the Treasury of California. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 90.) June 10, 1854.
Representatives of Joseph Watson, deceased. (To accompany Bill S. No. 224.) June 13, 1854.
Jacob McLellan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 393.) June 10, 1854.
Chaplains in Congress and in the Army and Navy. March 27, 1854. Ordered to be printed.
Cherokee Indians. March 20, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Indigent insane. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 7.) March 29, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Graham and Finnall. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 325.) April 5, 1854.
Robert Graham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 327.) April 7,1854.
Terms of treaties hereafter to be made with certain tribes of Indians. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 210.) April 7, 1854.
McAtee & Eastham. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 324.) April 5, 1854.
J.C. Buckles. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 323.) April 5, 1854.
Amendments to the deficiency bill. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 271.) April 6, 1854.
Wade Allen. April 21, 1854. Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Mr. R. Jones, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, made the following report. The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the petition of Wade Allen...
James Butler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 376.) June 10, 1854.
Widow and children of Ezra Chapman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 361.) June 10, 1854.
Harvey Holgate -- heir of. June 10, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Captain Matthew Jack's heirs. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 360.) June 10, 1854.
Heirs of Joseph Savage. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 362.) June 10, 1854.
Charles A. Grignon. June 10, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
William G. Howison. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 356.) June 10, 1854.
Lott Hall -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 365.) June 10, 1854.
Brig General Armstrong. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 347.) May 29, 1854.
G.W. Torrants [i.e., Torrence]. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 375.) June 10, 1854.
John Rice Jones -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 367.) June 10, 1854.
Larkin Smith -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 411.) June 10, 1854.
Oliver Brown. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 373.) June 10, 1854.
Captain Nehemiah Stokely -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 359.) June 10, 1854.
Mrs. Anne W. Angus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 379.) June 10, 1854.
Legal representatives of Henry Hoffman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 366.) June 10, 1854.
Brevet Captain J.H. Lendrum. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 25.) June 10, 1854.
John H. Hicks. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 377.) June 10, 1854.
John D. Colmesnil. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 24.) June 10, 1854.
Moses D. Hogan. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 369.) June 10, 1854.
William Senna Factor. (To accompany S. Bill No. 136.) June 10, 1854.
Robert F. McGuire. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 368.) June 10, 1854.
Titian R. Peale. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 388.) June 10, 1854.
Abraham Ausman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 385.) June 10, 1854
Joseph D. Ward. June 10, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Mary Blakeney, widow. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Claims -- Black Hawk War. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Books ordered by Congress. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
Charles H. Wilgus. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 402.) June 13, 1854
Elizabeth Martin. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Betsey Nash. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 380.) June 10, 1854.
John Wilson. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Joshua Vandruff. June 13, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Bronough. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 383.) June 10, 1854.
Mary A.M. Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 397.) June 13, 1854.
The Winder Building. (To accompany Bill H.R. 400.) June 13, 1854.
A.B. Roman. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 391.) June 10, 1854.
John Johnson. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed.
Joshua Shaw and others. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
National armories. June 13, 1854.
Tariff. (To accompany Bill (of the minority) H.R. No. 403.) June 19, 1854.
Rebecca Baggerly, widow of David Baggerly, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 425.) June 23, 1854.
Ira Call. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 436.) June 23, 1854.
Mary Boyd, widow of John Boyd. June 23, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Remit duties on goods destroyed by fire in New York and San Francisco. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 407.) June 23, 1854.
James Wright, Jr. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 433.) June 23, 1854.
Pierre Menard and Joseph Bogy, heir-at-law of Joseph Placy. June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Simeon Buckner -- widow of. June 23, 1854. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Richard Taylor -- administrator of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 415.) June 23, 1854.
John McVea and John F. McKneely. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 416.) June 23, 1854.
A.S. Laughery. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 421.) June 23, 1854.
Inhabitants of Warren County, Missouri. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 424.) June 23, 1854.
Epaphras Ripley, of Vermont. June 23, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, surety of Walter F. Jones. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 431.) June 23, 1854.
Henry Gardner and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 413.) June 23, 1854.
Robert McNeill [i.e., McNeil] -- children of. June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Fort Atkinson. June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Patrick Gass. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 419.) June 23, 1854.
Samuel Ross, of Ohio. June 23, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Julia Sherburne Horton. June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
William J. McElhiney, E.P. Mathews, and Lawrence Cribben. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 423.) June 23, 1854.
Martha Scott, widow of Samuel Scott. June 23, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Underhill -- executor of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 408.) June 23, 1854.
Rosalie Caxillo. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 420.) June 23, 1854.
Sylvanus Culver. (To accompany Bill S. No. 297.) June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
James Capen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 429.) June 23, 1854.
George Mattingly. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 414.) June 23, 1854.
William Curran. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 417.) June 23, 1854.
Enoch S. More. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 418.) June 23, 1854.
Don Juan Jesus Vigil. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 26.) June 21, 1854.
Wh. H. Henderson and heirs of Robt. Henderson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 298.) June 23, 1854.
Isaac M. Sigler. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 437.) June 23, 1854.
Everard Meade -- legal representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 410.) June 23, 1854.
John Frazer, and the administrator of the estate of John G. Clendenin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 438.) June 23, 1854.
Daniel Morse. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 435.) June 23, 1854.
Willis Wilson -- heirs of. June 27, 1854.
Helen Mackay, widow and administratrix of Lieut. Col. Aeneas Mackay. (To accompany Bill S. No. 170.) June 27, 1854.
William A. Duer, John Duer, and Beverly Robinson, trustees of the estate of Gen. William Alexander. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 364.) June 23, 1854.
Unsold lands in Symmes's purchase. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 443.) June 30, 1854.
Charles W. Carroll. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 454.) June 30, 1854.
Joseph Webb. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 458.) June 30, 1854.
William H. Weirick. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 448.) June 30, 1854.
Civil Township of Marion, Mercer County, Ohio. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 446.) June 30, 1854.
Evelina Porter, widow of the late Commodore David Porter. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 457.) June 30, 1854.
Eleanor Hoople. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 452.) June 30, 1854.
Mary H. Cushing. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 442.) June 30, 1854.
Mary Rutherford, widow of Samuel Rutherford. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 461.) June 30, 1854.
N.G. Evans. June 30, 1854. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Benjamin Metoyer. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 447.) June 30, 1854.
John Steene. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 459.) June 30, 1854.
Bethiah Black. June 30, 1854. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Robert Babcock. June 30, 1854. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
United States prison in the City of New York. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 444.) June 30, 1854.
Heirs of James Greer, deceased. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 450.) June 30, 1854.
Invalid pensions -- to extend the laws. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 169.) June 30, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
John Cole. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 455.) June 30, 1854.
George Lynch. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 456.) June 30, 1854.
Betsy A. Faulkner, daughter of Ebenezer Floyd. June 30, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
Warren Raymond. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 462.) June 30, 1854.
George Elliott. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 460.) June 30, 1854.
Steamboat "Martha Washington." (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 328.) April 7, 1854.
James B. Estes. June 10, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Benjamin C. Cook. June 23, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Cornelius Coffey. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 449.) June 30, 1854.
Stephen Warren, of New York. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
John H. King. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 451.) June 30, 1854.
Charles J. Davis, administrator. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 396.) June 10, 1854.
Sarah Chesley. June 10, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. 		144
Serial set 744 Lincoln Bates. (To accompany Bill H.R. No 472.) July 14, 1854.
Lyon & Howard. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 492.) July 22, 1854.
Trade between the United States and the Republic of Peru. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 509.) July 31, 1854.
John Randon -- heir of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 522.) August 3, 1854.
Wm. Parker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 481.) July 14, 1854.
Dr. S.A. Thompson. July 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Charles Winter and others. June 15, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
West Feliciana Railroad and Georgia Railroad and Banking Companies. (To accompany S. Bill No. 256.) August 3, 1854.
Interpolation of joint resolution fixing the compensation of the employees of the legislative department of the government. August 3, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Achsa Ayres. July 21, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Jacob Baker. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 503.) July 25, 1854.
Edward H. Herbert. July 22, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Wm. G. Smith. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 491.) July 22, 1854.
Captain Henry Eagle. July 22, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Daniel Winslow -- sureties of. (To accompany S. Bill No. 53.) July 15, 1854.
Col. John Anderson -- legal representatives of. (To accompany S. Bill No. 369.) July 22, 1854.
James Van Horn. July 22, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Robert Lanham. July 22, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Compensation and bounty land to certain American seamen. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 502.) July 25, 1854.
Hezekiah Miller. (To accompany S. Bill No. 279.) July 22, 1854.
Diplomatic and consular system. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 353.) August 1, 1854.
James Holstin. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 520.) August 3, 1854.
General Stephen Moylan. (To accompany S. Bill No. 375.) August 2, 1854.
Charles J. Porcher. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 524.) August 3, 1854.
Lieut. J.C. Carter. (To accompany Joint Resolution No. 36.) August 3, 1854.
Gardiner and Mears. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 530.) August 3, 1854.
Charles W. Morgan, William R. Rodman, and Edward Merrill. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 35.) August 3, 1854.
Alteration of the text of House Bill No. 342. August 3, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Presley Thornton -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 537.) August 3, 1854.
Colt patent, &c., &c. August 3, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Charles Christy. June 12, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Russell Rice. June 30, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Isaac S. Bowman, executor of Isaac Bowman. June 30, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Samuel M. Latimer. June 30, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Henry K. Brow. June 30, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Schools for the education of the California Indians. June 30, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed.
John H. King. June 30, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Change of site of the military asylum at Washington. June 30, 1854. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Charles J. Burgess. June 30, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Edward B. Shelton. June 30, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Heirs of Col. Alexander G. Morgan. (To accompany S. Bill No. 160.) July 8, 1854.
General Nathaniel [i.e., Nathanael] Greene -- heirs of. (To accompany S. Bill No. 415.) July 14, 1854.
Zebulon and Austin Parker. July 14, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed
Ocean mail steamers. July 14, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mace, from the Select Committee on Ocean Mail Steamers, made the following report. The committee to whom was referred a resolution of the House of Representatives, dated February 13, 1854, in the following words: "Resolved, that a select committee be appointed to investigate all mistakes or fraud, on the disbursement of money appropriated to the Collins steamers for mail service..."
Charles Pavie -- representatives of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 473.) July 14, 1854.
Joel Kelsey. July 14, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Zebina Rawson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 482.) July 14, 1854.
Extension of the Capitol -- stone-cutters on. July 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Captain Wm. Van Lear. July 14, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Lloyd Dorsey and others. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 485.) July 15, 1854.
Sidney P. Pool. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 486.) July 15, 1854.
Coale & Barr. July 15, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Polly Carver. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 484.) July 15, 1854.
Heman Chittenden. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 478.) July 14, 1854.
Julia Aiken. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 467.) July 13, 1854.
John A. Bryan. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. No. 31.) July 15, 1854.
Thomas Wishart -- administrator of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 471.) July 14, 1854.
Isaac Adams. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 465.) July 11, 1854.
Jonathan Pearce. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 480.) July 14, 1854.
John Charles Fremont. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 474.) July 14, 1854.
Claim of the State of Maryland. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 464.) July 11, 1854.
Captain John Burnham -- heirs of. July 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Thomas Jordan, assistant quartermaster United States Army. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 475.) July 14, 1854.
Military post near Pembina River, Minnesota Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.) July 14, 1854.
William Gove. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 479.) July 14, 1854.
William Nelson -- heirs of. July 14, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Christopher Gill. July 22, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Rulif Van Brunt. (To accompany S. Bill No. 290.) July 22, 1854.
William Brown. July 22, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Joseph McMinn. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 488.) July 19, 1854.
William Peters. July 21, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
John P. McElderry. (To accompany S. Bill No. 176.) July 22, 1854.
Asa Leach. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 489.) July 19, 1854.
George McGirk -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 228.) July 25, 1854.
Theodore E. Elliott. (To accompany S. Bill No. 161.) July 25, 1854.
Rignald, alias Nick Hillery [i.e., Hillary]. July 25, 1854.
James Mackall. July 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Daniel Loomis -- legal representatives of. (To accompany S. Bill No. 109.) July 22, 1854.
John Devlin. (To accompany S. Bill No. 208.) July 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
John Robinson. July 22, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
New York City Temperance Alliance. July 22, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Jonas P. Levy and Jose Maria Jarero. (To accompany S. Bill No. 363.) July 15, 1854.
Jacob Gideon. (To accompany S. Bill No. 87.) July 15, 1854.
Lieutenant A.J. Williamson. (To accompany S. Bill No. 165.) July 22, 1854.
John McAvoy. (To accompany S. Bill No. 325.) July 15, 1854.
John Frink. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 501.) July 25, 1854.
Wm. G. Williams. (To accompany S. Bill No. 89.) July 15, 1854.
Jonas W. Nye. July 22, 1854.
George J. Rallston. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 487.) July 19, 1854.
Mary E.D. Blaney. (To accompany S. Bill No. 52.) July 22, 1854.
Benjamin Sayre. August 3, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Jacob Kerr. July 25, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Isaac C. Lockwood. August 3, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
William Case. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 521.) August 3, 1854.
Isadore D. Beaugrand. (To accompany Bill H.R. No 523.) August 3, 1854.
Captain Joshua Chamberlain -- heirs of. (To accompany S. Bill No. 398.) August 2, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and the report, without the bill, ordered to be printed.
Hon. Thomas H. Bayly. August 3, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.
Esther Lovejoy. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 541.) August 3, 1854.
Edmund Berger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 528.) August 3, 1854.
Lot Davis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 527.) August 3, 1854.
Jeptha L. Heminger. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 526.) August 3, 1854.
Susan Coody and others. (To accompany S. Bill No. 233.) August 3, 1854.
John Hogan -- widow and heirs of. July 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lieutenant Andrew Finley -- heirs of. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 470.) July 14, 1854.
Andrew H. Patterson. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 483.) July 15, 1854.
John S. Gatewood. July 15, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. 		106
Serial set 745 Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, being the second session of the Thirty-third Congress, begun and held at the City of Washington, December 4, 1854; and in the seventy-ninth year of the independence of the United States 1
Serial set 746 Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-third Congress. December 4, 1854. -- Read, and ordered to be printed with the accompanying documents, and that 10,000 extra copies be printed for the use of the Senate. 1
Serial set 747 Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-third Congress. December 4, 1854. -- Read, and ordered to be printed with the accompanying documents, and that 10,000 extra copies be printed for the use of the Senate. Part II. 1
Serial set 748 [State of the Union message. Thirty-second Congress, second session. Part 3 consisting of 45 maps and plans.] Executive Documents U.S. Senate. Document 1, 1854. 1
Serial set 749 Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1854. December 6, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed; and that 10,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. 1
Serial set 750 Letter of the Treasurer of the United States, communicating copies of his accounts for the third and fourth quarters of 1853 and first quarter of 1854. December 6, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance. December 7, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed.
Commerce and navigation. Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report from the Register of the Treasury, of the commerce and navigation of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1854. 		2
Serial set 751 Report of the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to the improvement of the Des Moines and Rock River Rapids. December 27, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating a statement of appropriations for the service of that Department for the year ending June 30, 1854. January 2, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, returning to the House of Representatives a bill entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for the Repair, Preservation, and Completion of Certain Public Works, heretofore Commenced Under Authority of Law," with his objections. January 3, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed; and that 20,000 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the selection and purchase of sites for Custom-houses and a marine hospital in Ohio. December 26, 1854. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, further correspondence between the Department of State and the American minister at Constantinople, relative to the Rev. Jonas King. December 19, 1854. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed in connexion with S. Ex. Doc. No. 67, of last session.
Report of the Superintendent of the Public Printing, showing the condition of the public printing. December 12, 1854. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the appropriations applicable to the service of the War Department during the fiscal year 1853-'54. December 11, 1854. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, recommending the repeal of the act for the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Prioleau, approved July 27, 1854, that claim having been settled under a previous act of Congress. December 13, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of State, communicating a list of the clerks, messengers, and others employed in the Department of State during the year 1854, the state or territory from whence appointed, and the amount paid to each. January 15, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Interior, asking certain appropriation for the payment of the Cherokee Indians. January 25, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1854, relative to the transmission of the mails from Cairo to New Orleans. January 22, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, relative to the troops of the State of Texas who have been or are in service, and have not been paid by the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, calling for information relative to fortifying the entrance to the harbor of San Francisco. January 19, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior asking for certain appropriations for the service of the Indian Department. January 19, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a statement showing the receipts and expenditures of the Marine Hospital Fund for the year ending June 30, 1854. January 2, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the instructions and correspondence between the government and Major General Wool, in regard to his operations on the coast of the Pacific. January 3, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate calling for a statement of the names of the ministers, &c., appointed since March 4, 1849. January 16, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the expenses of the national armories, and of the arms and appendages made thereat, during the year ending June 30, 1854. January 15, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating a statement of the contingent expenditures of the military establishment for the year 1854. January 15, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of State, showing the disbursements for the service of the State Department for the year ending June 30, 1854. December 11, 1854. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating the report of the board of officers appointed to examine claims contracted in California under Lieut. Col. Fremont, in 1846-'47. December 14, 1854. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, in further compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 5, 1854, requesting copies of correspondence between Major General Wool and the different departments of the government. January 19, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 11, 1854, calling for information respecting the deepening of the communication between Lakes Huron and Superior. January 19, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of War of the subject of Indian hostilsties [i.e., hostilities]. January 18, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior and Postmaster General, respecting sites for court houses and post offices in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. January 25, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating an abstract of the militia of the several states and territories, with their arms, accoutrements, and ammunition. January 31, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of the Interior, asking certain appropriations; also suggesting a modification of existing laws, so as the more effectually to enable him to carry into execution the treaties with the different Indian tribes in Kansas Territory. January 30, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the 22d instant, calling for E.N. Horsford's report of an analysis of guano. January 29, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 6, 1854, calling for correspondence, &c., relative to the naval expedition to Japan. January 31, 1855. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. February 2, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report made by R.H. Schoolcraft, on the state of Indian statistics. December 29, 1854. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. 		30
Serial set 752 Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of February 19, 1855, relative to the erection of a building for the ac[c]ommodation of the Custom-house and other public buildings, at Cleveland, Ohio. February 22, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 12, 1855, calling for information relative to the military reservation of Fort Leavenworth. February 21, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report of the Director of the United States Mint on the fineness and value of certain foreign gold and silver coins. February 10, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Ordered, that 1,000 additional copies be printed, 500 of which to be for the use of the Director of the Mint.
Report of the Secretary of War, showing the contracts made under authority of the War Department. February 10, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, communicating statements of the contingent expenses of the offices and bureaus of that Department for the year ending June 30, 1854. February 10, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the claim of the Brotherton Indians. February 10, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of the Interior, relative to the colonization of the California Indians. February 7, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 17, 1855, calling for a report and map of Colonel Fuller's survey of Red River, in the region of the raft. February 24, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury to Hon. Mr. Hunter, chairman Committee on Finance, accompanied by a report relative to the use of wrought-iron beams and girders in the buildings authorized to be erected for the accommodation of United States courts, Custom-houses, post offices, &c., and asking an appropriation for the complete testing of the strength of the same. February 19, 1855. -- Read, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior asking an appropriation to supply a deficit in the amount held on Indian account, caused by the failure of Selden, Withers & Co., with whom it was deposited. February 20, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 10, 1855, calling for correspondence, &c., relative to the claim of Gibbons and Kelly. February 17, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee of Claims, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of December 11, 1854, asking for copies of correspondence relative to the late difficulties between the consul of the French government, at San Francisco, and the federal authorities in the State of California. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating papers from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the removal of the California Indians. February 5, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 11, 1855, calling for the correspondence relative to the claim of Francis W. Rice. February 7, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Letter from the Secretary of State, to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, communicating the report of Governor Stevens, of Washington Territory, to the Department of State, of June 21, 1854, relative to the property of the Hudson's Bay and Puget's Sound Company in that territory. February 7, 1855. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate of the 1st and 2d instants, calling for the correspondence relative to the dock, basin, and railway at the Pensacola Navy yard. February 7, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior, and recommending certain appropriations for the service of the Indian Department. February 5, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior, asking for certain appropriations under the treaty with the Chippewa Indians of Lake Superior. February 7, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, accompanied by lists of clerks and other persons employed in the War Department other than officers of the Army, during the year 1854. February 10, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 21, 1855, calling for a copy of a letter from the minister of Peru to the Secretary of State, of November 17, 1852, relative to the Lobos Islands. February 24, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of the Interior, asking for an appropriation for the extension of a culvert running from the Capitol grounds. February 24, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of February 10, 1855, calling for correspondence relative to the military reservation at Fort Leavenworth. February 14, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 11, 1855, calling for surveys and reports relative to the establishment of a naval depot at Brunswick, Georgia. February 20, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed
Further report of the Secretary of the Navy, enclosing the copy of a letter from the Bureau of Yards and Docks, relative to articles furnished, for the year ending June 30, 1854, coming under the cognizance of that Bureau. February 14, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, calling for a statement of the amounts of silver purchased for re-coinage; also, the reasons for the difference of the prices paid at Philadelphia and New Orleans for the silver re-coined. February 17, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, further correspondence in relation to the balance dock, basin, and railway at the Pensacola Navy Yard. February 13, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of January 22, communicating a report and map of A.B. Gray, relative to the Mexican boundary. February 10, 1855. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table; motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 19, 1855. -- Ordered, that 2,000 copies of the report be printed and the map engraved; 100 copies of which to be appropriated to the use of A.B. Gray.
Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 20, 1855, asking for copies of orders, correspondence, &c., relative to the sloop-of-war Albany. February 27, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 		28
Serial set 753 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1854. Arts and manufactures. Volume I. -- Text. 1
Serial set 754 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1854. Arts and manufactures. Volume II. -- Illustrations. 1
Serial set 755 Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1854. Part III. Agriculture. 1
Serial set 756 Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 28, 1855, calling for a statement of the number of muskets, &c., delivered to state arsenals, number sold, &c. March 3, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States. Communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior, asking appropriations to fulfill certain treaty stipulations with the Wyandott Indians. March 3, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, relative to the demarkation of the Texas boundary line. March 3, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 10, 1853, calling for a statement of the amounts paid as annuities, under the different treaties with the Choctaw Indians. February 28, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 22d of February, 1855, calling for a copy of a letter from Francis W. Rice, late United States consul at Acapulco, to the Secretary of State, since the 11th of January last. March 1, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 19, 1855, calling for information relative to the appropriation of lands for military purposes, at Fort Laramie and other forts. March 1, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior, asking for certain appropriations on account of the Indian service. March 1, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Report of the Second Auditor of the Treasury, accompanied by copies of such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged with the disbursement or application of moneys, goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, for the year ending June 30, 1854, with lists of the names of all persons to whom goods, moneys, or effects have been delivered within the same period. March 1, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Letter of the Treasurer of the United States, accompanied by copies of his accounts of receipts and disbursements for the Post Office Department for the year ending June 30, 1854. March 1. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 24, 1855, calling for a report of the survey in Florida, under the act of August 30, 1852, or so much as relates to a line between Cedar Key and Amelia Island. March 3, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed, together with maps, papers, &c.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior, asking an appropriation for the survey of lands acquired under a treaty with the Chippewa Indians. March 1, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 30, 1855, asking for information relative to the causes of the delays in 1853 and 1854 in furnishing funds to defray the expenses of the western judicial district of Arkansas. March 2, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Postmaster General, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of February 24, 1855, calling for copies of correspondence with the British government relative to the postal treaty between that government and the United States. March 1, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 24, 1855, calling for copies of the correspondence between the United States and Great Britain, relative to the postal treaty with the British government. March 2, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 		14
Serial set 757 Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of the Survey during the year 1854. [Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, communicating a report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the progress of that work during the year ending November 1, 1854. December 26, 1854... 1
Serial set 758 Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume I 1
Serial set 759 Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4, according to acts of Congress of March 3, 1853, May 31, 1854, and August 5, 1854. Volume II. 1