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| Serial set 771 | United States Japan Expedition. Observations on the zodiacal light, from April 2, 1853, to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United States steam-frigate Mississippi, during her late cruise in eastern seas, and her voyage homeward: with conclusions from the data thus obtained; by Rev. George Jones, A.M., Chaplain United States Navy. Volume III. | 1 |
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Petition of James Thomson and others, practical licensed engineers, engaged in steamboat navigation on the Mississippi and its tributaries, praying an appropriation to test Miller's steam-condenser. February 12, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan respecting slavery. February 5, 1855. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed Memorial of George P. Marsh, of Vermont, asking an appropriation for the compensation of his services as minister resident to the Ottoman Porte, under the act of August 11, 1848, imposing judicial duties on the minister, and of his services under a special mission to the government of Greece. January 10, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in relation to the allowance of pensions and bounty land, to the officers, soldiers, and sailors, who served in the last war with Great Britain. December 21, 1854. Read, and ordered to be printed. Memorial of Job Sidney Swift, praying the establishment of a polytechnic department in the Smithsonian Institution. December 26, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the payments made from the contingent fund of the Senate for the year ending December 3, 1854. January 2, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. List of committees of the Senate of the United States, for the second session of the Thirty-third Congress. December 14, 1854. Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, against the introduction or importation of foreign paupers or criminals into the United States. February 21, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following statistical tables. (To accompany Bill H.R. 353.) In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. (To accompany Bill S. 659.) Letter from Jos. G. Totten, Brevet Brigadier General and Colonel of Engineers, with estimates for continuing the operations at the fort at Fort Point, and for continuing the operations on the defensive works at Alcatraz in the State of California... Proceedings of the national convention of the soldiers of the War of 1812, held at the Four-and-a-half Street Presbyterian Church, in the City of Washington, on the 8th of January, 1855. February 20, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of the establishment of a uniform and cheap rate of postage. December 21, 1854. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, in favor of the establishment of a Navy-yard in Narragansett Bay. December 21, 1864. -- Read, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Secretary of the Senate, showing the names and compensation of persons employed in his office during the year 1854. January 3, 1855. -- Ordered to printed. Memorial of the committee of a convention, held in Richmond, Va., December 5, 1854. To memorialize Congress on the subject of refunding to railroad companies all the duties paid on iron since March 4, 1851, and to reduce the duties on all railroad iron hereafter to be imported. January 17, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of Aaron Haight Palmer, praying compensation for services, in collecting valuable information and statistics in relation to the geography, productive resources, trade, commerce, &c., of the independent Oriental nations. January 18, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Resolutions of the Corporation of Georgetown, relative to the long bridge over the Potomac River. February 12, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Resolutions of the Legislature of Wisconsin, against any alteration of the naturalization laws. February 10, 1855. -- Read and ordered to be printed; motion to print 500 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. February 12, 1855. -- Report against printing, and report agreed to. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, in favor of the construction of a railroad from the states bordering on the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, praying the establishment of a mail route from Portage City to La Crosse. March 1, 1855. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walker submitted the following letter from the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (To accompany Bill H.R. 742.)... Memorial of the Board of Trustees of Public Schools, of Washington City, D.C., praying the donation of city lots for educational purposes; or that a portion of the proceeds of sales of lots heretofore made may be invested for that purpose. February 28, 1855. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. Letter of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, communicating the ninth annual report of the Board of Regents of that Institution. March 1, 1855. -- Read and ordered to be printed -- motion to print 10,000 additional copies referred to Committee on Printing. March 2, 1855. -- Ordered that 10,000 additional copies be printed, 2,500 of which be for the use of the Smithsonian Institution. |
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Statements showing I. Appropriations made during the second session of the Thirty-third Congress. II. Offices created and the salaries thereof. III. The offices the salaries of which have been increased, with the amount of such increase, during the same period. April 19, 1855. Documents and other papers relating to the boundary line between the States of Georgia and Florida, heretofore laid before either House of Congress, and the reports of committees, and all proceedings of either House thereon. Compiled and printed by order of the Senate. |
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| Serial set 774 | List of private claims brought before the Senate of the United States, from the commencement of the 14th to the close of the 33d Congress. Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate, pursuant to the orders of the Senate of April 9, 1840, February 27, 1841, February 8, 1849, and March 3, 1855. | 1 |
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In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnston [i.e., Johnson] made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 510.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred Senate Bill 510, for the relief of Thomas T. Russell, of Florida, on examination of the case, find... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Stuart made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 563.) The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the petition and papers of Jeremiah Moors, praying compensation for labor and materials furnished by him in the construction of a light-house and dwelling-house on Big Thunder Bay Island, in Lake Huron, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Eliza Gibbons, mother of Thomas E. Gibbons, who died in the Navy of the United States, for a pension or other compensation, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Emily L. Slaughter, widow of Commander Slaughter of the Navy, praying a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of W.J. Grayson, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 664.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom were referred the memorials of General Nathan Towson, late of the Army of the United States, deceased, and David R. Whitely, a member of his command, asking payment for the capture of the British brig Caledonia, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 646.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of G.A. Magruder, a commander in the United States Navy, praying to be allowed the difference of pay between a lieutenant and captain during the time he acted in that capacity on board the frigate Columbia, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the documents in support of the claim of Hiram Seat to a pension for services as a teamster in the war with Mexico, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 552.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition and papers in the case of George W. Torrence... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Butler made the following report. The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom it was referred, have had under consideration the following resolution: "Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary inquire whether any, and if any, what action of the Senate is necessary and proper in regard to the 'Smithsonian Institution,'" ask leave to report as follows... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred documents, &c., in favor of the claim of William Read, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Submitted, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John Thompson, praying compensation as a seaman in the late war with Great Britain, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Toucey made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 38.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the memorial of Thomas W. Powell and Emery Moore, praying for relief against a bail bond, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Margaret Hanson... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 533.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William P. Young, report... In the Senate of the United States. December 18, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. No. 254.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the documents relating to the claim of Mrs. Catharine Arnold, (widow of Ripley A. Arnold, late an officer of the United States Army,) for pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 2, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 24.) The Committee on Claims, to which was referred the joint resolution for the relief of John Donnel & Sons, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 538.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Jacob Dodson, a private in Captain Richard Owen's company of the California battalion... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committe [i.e., Committee] on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Hudry, of Louisiana, praying remuneration for services rendered and expenses incurred by him for the defence of New Orleans in 1814-'15, having had it under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 3, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of George Alexander, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Kelly, praying compensation for his losses and sufferings during his imprisonment on the island of Cuba, in 1816, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Act H.R. 384.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the House Bill, No. 384, for the relief of Anna E. Cook, have considered the same, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 546.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles McCormick, an assistant surgeon in the Army, praying compensation for extra services, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the petition of Johanna McNamara, widow of Daniel McNamara, deceased, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was re-committed the report and papers in the case of John Brown, with additional documents, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petitions of Mrs. Harriet H. Saunders, and Mrs. Jane M. Rudolph, widows of officers of the revenue service, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the petition praying that the children of George Godfrey Felker, may be paid the amount of pension due him at the time of his death... In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 364.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred an act from the House of Representatives for the relief of William A. Duer, John Duer, and Beverly Robinson, trustees of the estate of Sarah Alexander, widow of Major General William Alexander, commonly known as Lord Sterling, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 565.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred an act from the House of Representatives to repeal an act for the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Prioleau, deceased... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Chambers C. Mullin [i.e., Mullen] for increase of pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John T. Sprague, of the Army, praying that Margaret S. [i.e., L.] Worth, widow of General Worth, may be allowed the pension her husband was entitled to for a disability incurred in the last war with Great Britain, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brown made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 557.) The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the claim of John Rogers, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 547.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petitions of James Pool, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Raymond Williams for back pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Vincent, widow of John Vincent, praying for a pension and bounty lands, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 22, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on the contingent expenses of the Senate, to whom was referred the petition of James W. Sheahan, have considered the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Oakley H. Wright, praying for pension and bounty land, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom was referred the petition of Mary W. Perrine, widow of William E. Perrine, for herself and children, praying the payment of whatever amount shall appear, upon investigation, to be due said Perrine as one of the contractors on the Louisville and Portland Canal, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 629.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the memorial of the surviving members of the Edisto Island Company of the State of South Carolina... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettit made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 620.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the petition of Hyacinth Riopell... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 602.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Michael Hennessy, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 8, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 622.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William S. Oliver for a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 626.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Colonel Simeon Knight, late of the United States Army, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 603.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Nancy Weatherford, widow of Colonel William Weatherford, for pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of N. Westcott and others, praying that a pension may be allowed to Gabriel Denton, an officer in the War of 1812, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Commmittee [sic] on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the administrator of Curtis Grubb, surviving partner of Curtis & Peter Grubb, praying payment of a final settlement certificate, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 625.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of A.S. Robinson, cashier of the Bank of the State of Missouri, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of George Middleton, praying remuneration for services in the War of 1812, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 633.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the administrator of Gerard Wood, a surgeon's mate during the Revolutionary War, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Johannes Schultz or Schultys... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fessenden made the following report. The Committee on Patents and the Patent Office have had under consideration the memorial of James H. Stimpson, son and executor of the late James Stimpson, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 624.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Sylvester Churchill, United States Army, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 7, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John J. [i.e., G.] Watmough, an officer in the War of 1812, praying arrearages and increase of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs of William Beatty, praying remuneration for the services of the said Beatty during the Revolutionary War, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 686.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the petition of Mrs. Irene G. Scarritt... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rusk made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 643.) The Committee of the Post Office and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of Richard S. Coxe, praying compensation for legal services as counsel for the Post Office Department, have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 43.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of B.F. Sloan, administrator of the estate of Francis Burt, late governor of Nebraska Territory, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Bell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 665.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Frances C. Elliott... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 666.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of December 27, 1854, instructing them "to inquire and report whether any, and what compensation, should be allowed to Commodore M.C. Perry, for his diplomatic services in negotiating a treaty with the empire of Japan," have had the subject under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 645.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of C.W. Reed and thirty-six others, citizens of Sackett's Harbor, asking the removal of the obstructions at Sackett's Harbor, caused by the gravel washed there from Navy Island, on account of the trees being cut down by the United States; also the removal of the decayed hulk of the United States brig-of-war lying in the harbor; also the construction of a dock -- have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 406.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the Bill S. 406, and report and papers in the case of the heirs of Stephen Morrell, who claim arrears of pension alleged to have been due their deceased father, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Concurred in and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of surgeon J. Winthrop Taylor, of the United States Navy, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the petitions of Mather & Glover and of James Selkirk... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 649.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of John De Treville, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 644.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James Mc. McIntosh, United States Navy, praying compensation for losses sustained by him by the wreck of the United States schooner "Fire Brand," in 1819, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 495.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill No. 495, "A Bill for the Relief of the Heirs and Legal Representatives of Pierre Cazelan [i.e., Cazelar], Deceased," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 691.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Anthony Phelps, a soldier of the Revolution, for a pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 27, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cooper made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolutions H.R. 48 and 49.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the joint resolution adopted by the House of Representatives, disapproving and annulling an act entitled "An Act To Incorporate the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company," and an act entitled "An Act To Incorporate the Transit Railroad Company," passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Minnesota, and approved March 4, 1854, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to and ordered to be printed. Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, made the following report. The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of Alexander McKee, praying the passage of a law authorizing him to locate certain lands in the territory acquired from Texas, on copies of certificates, which have been lost while in possession of the United States," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Samuel M. Clendenin, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. December 20, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 522.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Ross Wilkins and the petition of B.F.H. Witherell, report... In the Senate of the United States. December 19, 1854. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of James P. Heath, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of "Isaac Hulse, asking indemnity for the injury sustained by his property in the erection of the barracks of the United States, at Barrancas, Florida," having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 16, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Jane Moore, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 402.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the Bill H.R. 402, (33d Congress, 1st session,) entitled, "An Act for the Relief of Charles H. Wilgus," having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 544.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition and accompanying papers of Mary Felch, widow of Rev. Cheever Felch, a chaplain in the United States Navy, praying bounty land, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of William Wells, and twenty-one other members of Captain Gee's company of Alabama volunteers, praying to be reimbursed losses sustained in the sale of their horses in Mexico, for which they were refused transportation to the United States, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Joseph T. Walker, attorney in fact of Ell. Harrelson, Samuel H. Stevenson, Ezekiel Parish, and Alberti D. Rogers, citizens of Florida, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 3, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William B. Davis, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 9, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 539.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Lieutenants John C. McFerran and Samuel D. Sturgis, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Elizabeth S.R. Sailly, that the pension she received as the widow of Captain Samuel L. Russell may be continued, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 19, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 556.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Jane McCrabb, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 18, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Weller made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 551.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Dr. William P. Buel, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 526.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Bill H.R. 526, for the relief of Jeptha L. Heminger, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of John S. Devlin, late an officer in the Marine Corps, praying a pension, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 24, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 562.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Alexander Randall, executor of Colonel Daniel Randall, late deputy paymaster general in Mexico, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 564.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of Susan Palmer, widow of Lieutenant Innis B. Palmer, deceased, praying bounty land, would respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 23, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Chase made the following report. The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John Garvin, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gwin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 573.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Oscar F. Johnston, a passed midshipman in the United States Navy, praying to be allowed the difference of compensation between a midshipman and that of a passed midshipman, from the date of his promotion to the date of his warrant, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of William Goff... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs and legal representatives of Captain Thomas Dinsmore, a soldier of the War of 1812, for arrears of pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Foot made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 575.) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the petition of James H. Gale... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Gwin made the following report. The Committee an Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas W. Tansill for bounty, additional pay, and allowances, provided by the acts of March 2, 1833 and 1837, in relation to the Marine Corps, and pay and allowances of musicians in said corps from January 17, 1837, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 527.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred H.R. Bill 527, an act for the relief of Lot Davis, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 521.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted the bill for the relief of Pamela [i.e., Parmelia] Slavin, (S. 521,) with the report and papers, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 408.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the act from the House of Representatives (No. 408) for "the relief of Thomas Underhill, executor of Thomas Underhill, deceased," report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 567.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution of the Senate to inquire into the value to commerce and navigation of the wind and current charts and sailing directions of Lieutenant Maury, and to report on the justice and the expediency of making a suitable remuneration therefor, have had the same under consideration, and thereupon report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 361.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred an act from the House of Representatives entitled "An Act for the Relief of the Widow and Children of Ezra Chapman, deceased," report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 572.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the petitions of Lieutenant James G. Benton, Brevet Majors E.B. Babbitt and James Longstreet, of the United States Army, having had them under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 25, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. 44.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Joint Resolution H.R. 44, to pay the pension due James Capen to his administrator, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 470.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the act from the House of Representatives (No. 470) for the relief of the heirs of Lieutenant Andrew Finley, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 415.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the act from the House of Representatives, No. 415, for the relief of Nathaniel Reddeck [i.e., Reddick], administrator of Richard Taylor, deceased, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Mrs. Jane A. Brower, widow of Charles B. Brower, deceased, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 410.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred an act from the House of Representatives, (No. 410,) for the relief of the legal representatives of Everard Meade, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 568.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, having had under consideration the condition of the naval service, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gwin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 570.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Lieutenant John Guest, United States Navy, praying extra compensation for surveying the coast between Apalachicola and the Mississippi, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Submitted, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the petitions of Mrs. J. Josephine McClelland, Mrs. Mary A.M. Jones, Mrs. Irene G. Scarritt, and Mrs. Frances M. Webster... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Seward made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Myles T. Woolley... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 569.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Levi C. Harris, for an invalid pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. January 29, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Gwin made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, who were instructed to inquire into the expediency of using sub-marine armors in the United States Navy, report... In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred an act [f]rom the House of Representatives (No. 366) for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Hoffman, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Allen made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 15.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was recommitted (S.R. 15) joint resolution relative to the administration of the pension laws, together with certain amendments proposed thereto, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 579.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Jabez B. Rooker, deceased, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 580.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James T.V. Thompson, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 581.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Joseph Loranger, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 582.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Richard K. Meade for commutation, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of William B. Scott, late navy agent at Washington, D.C., praying the settlement of his accounts on the principles of equity and justice, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 593.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Simon Smith... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Griffin, praying compensation for the services of her father, Col. James Wilson, in the Revolutionary War; and the petition of Daniel Littlefield, heir-at-law of Daniel Littlefield, an officer of the Revolution, praying for the seven years' half-pay due to his father, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 596.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Jean Baptiste Faribault and Pelagie Faribault, his wife, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 459.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred Senate Bill 459, for the relief of Lieutenant Colonel E.R.S. Canby, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 597.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Joshua Mercer, praying to be allowed a pension from the time his former pension was discontinued, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of R. Piemont, M.D., of Elizabeth City, North Carolina; Maxwell Woodhull, of New York, a lieutenant in the Navy of the United States; John C. Beaumont, of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, "master in the line of promotion" in the Navy of the United States; Walter F. Jones and Thomas Young, of Norfolk, Virginia, and George F. Bier, of Baltimore, Maryland, passed midshipmen, and by them in behalf John J. Maurice, of Edenton, North Carolina, praying for compensation for saving the United States ships Raritan and Vandalia from destruction by fire on the 11th October, 1847, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dawson made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 592.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom the subject has been referred, report: That a joint resolution of the Boards of Aldermen and Common Council of the City of Washington has directed the committee appointed to represent the interests of the corporation before Congress to apply to this body to provide an armory or suitable building for the volunteers and militia of this district... In the Senate of the United States. February 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 517.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Colonel William Grayson, have examined the same, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chase made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 590.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was re-committed the memorial of Franklin Chase, with additional papers, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 6, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettit made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 595.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the "petition of Richard Albritton, praying to be allowed to enter in his own name a section of land in lieu of land taken from him by the United States, and for indemnity for loss of his improvements, &c." have had the same under consideration and have directed me to submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Alexander Harper, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 10, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 627.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Frederick Chatard, praying to be allowed certain sums of money disallowed at the Treasury, in the adjustment of his accounts, have had the same under consideration, and thereupon report... In the Senate of the United States. February 12, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William A. Cameron, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Shields made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 682.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of A.S. Bender, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Geyer made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 682.) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred House Bill No. 682, entitled an act for the relief of Frederick Griffing, have had the same under consideration and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 685.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Lemuel Worster for a pension, beg leave to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettit made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 684.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of J. Williams on behalf of his minor children, and also the petition of David O. Shattuck... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettit made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 708.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred House Bill, (No. 708.) "A Bill for the Relief of James P. Roan," submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 673.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Cephise Piseros, widow of Louis Labranche, praying the confirmation of title to a certain tract of land, have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clay made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution H.R. 35.) The Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the joint resolution of the House of Representatives for the relief of Charles W. Morgan, William R. Rodman, and Edward Merrill, have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Colonel Charles Lewis, for commutation pay, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pettit made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 668.) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Robert Graham... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the petition of the heirs of Col. Uriah Forrest, deceased, praying seven years' half-pay, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 680.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of George P. Marsh, late minister resident of the United States to the Ottoman Porte, praying compensation for extra duties performed by him on a special mission to Greece, and for judicial services, under the act of August 11, 1848, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 678.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of the heirs of Lieutenant Nathan Weeks for seven years' half-pay, and the back pay due to him at the time of his death, having had the same under consideration, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Robert M. Hamilton, United States consul at Montevideo, praying compensation for diplomatic services, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. February 14, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fitzpatrick made the following report. The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial, &c., of Daniel Nippes, having had the same under consideration, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Evans made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 647.) The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Maria Stevenson... In the Senate of the United States. February 15, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 667.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the petitions of Peter Parker, Esq., secretary and interpreter to the United States legation in China, and of Horatio J. Perry, secretary of the United States legation to Spain, praying compensation for diplomatic services, have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. February 13, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 642.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate instructing them to inquire into the expediency of continuing the pension heretofore granted to Mrs. Leuright [i.e., Lewright] Browning, widow of Lieutenant Robert L. Browning, late of the Navy, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mallory made the following report. The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Dominic [i.e., Dominick] Lynch, praying to be allowed pay as master while he acted in that capacity on board the United States schooner Shark in 1840-'41, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 17, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gwin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 676.) The Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Charles J. Swelt [i.e., Swett], praying compensation as purser during the time he served as such on board the San Jacinto, have had the same under consideration, and report... In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of Richard B. Carmichael in behalf the legal representatives of William Carmichael, deceased, late charge d'affaires of the United States at Madrid, praying the allowance of an outfit, &c., have had the same under consideration, and now report... In the Senate of the United States. February 28, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason made the following report. (To accompany Senate Resolution 46.) The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the joint resolution to authorize the payment to William De Forrest of the sum of twelve thousand dollars, for a quantity of powder destroyed at Puntas Arenas, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Benjamin made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 587 [i.e., 687].) The Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the "petition of Joseph Wanderstrand [i.e., Wandestrand], praying confirmation of his title to a certain tract of land," have had the same under consideration, and submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. February 26, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Slidell made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 689.) The Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom the numerous memorials, resolutions of state legislatures, and other documents upon the subject of removing the obstructions to navigation at the Falls of the Ohio have been referred, submit the following report... In the Senate of the United States. March 1, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jones, of Iowa, made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 692.) The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Doland for pension, respectfully report... In the Senate of the United States. February 19, 1855. -- Submitted and ordered to be printed. Mr. Brainerd made the following report. The Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to whom were referred the memorial of Susannah Hayne Pinckney, sole heir of Captain Richard Shubrick, deceased, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 22, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Brodhead made the following report. (To accompany Joint Resolution S. 47.) The Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Hall Neilson, report... In the Senate of the United States. February 16, 1855. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson made the following report. (To accompany Bill H.R. 611.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Captain William G. Preston, having had the same under consideration, report... |
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| Serial set 777 | 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 778 | 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, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and that 20,000 extra copies, with the accompanying documents, be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 779 | [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 |
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Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the state of the finances, for the year ending June 30, 1854. Veto message. Message from the President of the United States, returning the bill of the House No. 392, making certain appropriations, &c. December 4, 1854. -- Read, and ordered to be printed; and further consideration postponed until Wednesday next. |
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Estimates of appropriations. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting abstract of American seamen registered for the year ending September 30, 1854. December 12, 1854. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Naval school -- appointments, &c. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, reporting the number and names of appointments to the naval school, &c. December 6, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the State Department. December 7, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Balances -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of appropriations and balances for the fiscal year 1853-'4. December 11, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Treasurer's accounts. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the 3d and 4th quarters of 1853, and 1st quarter of 1854. December 6, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. |
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Indians -- Creek and Seminole. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in regard to difficulties between the Creek and Seminole Indians. December 18, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed California claims contracted under Colonel Fremont. Letter from the Secretary of War, on the subject of claims in California contracted under Lieutenant Colonel Fremont. December 15, 1854. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Correspondence -- case of Captain Walter M. Gibson. Message from the President of the United States, communicating copies of correspondence in the case of Captain Walter M. Gibson. December 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Receipts and expenditures. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1854. December 12, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Additional estimates -- service of the Interior Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, communicating additional estimates for the service of that Department. December 15, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Expulsion of the Greeks from Egypt. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence on the subject of the expulsion of the Greeks from Egypt. December 15, 1854. -- Referred to the Commmittee [sic] on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. Samuel Prioleau -- legal representatives of. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents upon the claim of the legal representatives of Samuel Prioleau. December 13, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. |
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Letter from the Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting statements of unsettled accounts. January 9, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Memphis Navy yard. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report in reference to the Navy yard at Memphis, Tennessee. January 4, 1855. -- Referred to a select committee, and ordered to be printed. Militia returns. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting an abstract of militia returns of the United States. January 31, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Hospitals for the insane of the Army and Navy. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting propositions relating to the organization of the hospital for the insane of the Army and Navy. December 30, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed. Mail on the Mississippi River. Letter from the Postmaster General, on the subject of establishing a mail on the Mississippi River, &c., &c. December 27, 1854. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Coast Survey -- expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the report of the disbursing agent of the Coast Survey. December 30, 1854. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Ocean mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, communicating an estimate for the ocean mail service. December 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Rivers and harbors. Message from the President of the United States, communicating at length his reasons for returning to the House of Representatives the river and harbor bill of the last session of the present Congress. January 2, 1855. -- Read, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Estimate -- Kansas Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an estimate of appropriation for Kansas Territory. January 15, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Indian hostilities. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War on the subject of Indian hostilities. January 18, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Proctor's Landing. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report showing the necessity for military defences at Proctor's Landing. January 22, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting extracts from letters, showing the necessity for repairing the buildings of the branch Mint at Charlotte, North Carolina. January 18, 1855. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Cherokee Indians -- payment of interest. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of a letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking an appropriation for interest due the Cherokee Indians. January 25, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Walter M. Gibson. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State in the case of Walter M. Gibson. January 20, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Sites for court houses and post offices. Message from 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. -- Referred to a select committee, and ordered to be printed. California Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to the removal of the California Indians. February 7, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Marine Hospital Fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Marine Hospital Fund. January 2, 1855. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Milwaukie Custom-house. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the insufficiency of the building authorized to be constructed at Milwaukie for a Custom-house. December 22, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a statement of balances, &c. January 2, 1855. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mail service. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting estimates for the mail service. December 21, 1854. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Suit against the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents communicating information in reference to a suit instituted against the Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company. January 16, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. National armories. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the expenditures of the national armories. January 15, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses -- military establishment. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the military establishment. January 15, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Estimates -- Sioux annuities. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting estimates for the transportation of the Sioux annuities, &c. January 15, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Clerks -- State Department. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a list of clerks employed in that Department. January 15, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Clerks -- Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting list of clerks and others employed in the Navy Department. January 18, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Estimates for Mint and branch Mint. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of appropriation for the support of the Mint at Philadelphia, and the branch Mint at San Francisco. January 18, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Chickasaw trust fund. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting annual report of funds held in trust for the Chickasaw Indians. February 1, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Ramsey & Carmick -- contract. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting copy of a conditional mail contract; also copies of correspondence relative to the same. February 1, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting an estimate for expenses growing out of the act for the preservation of life and property from vessels shipwrecked. January 27, 1855. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Different Indian tribes of Kansas -- to carry into effect treaties, &c. Message from the President of the United States, suggesting a modification of existing laws in reference to treaties with the Indian tribes of Kansas Territory, &c. January 30, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. Estimates -- colonizing Texas Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates, &c., for expenses to be incurred in colonizing Texas Indians. February 6, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Custom-house, New Orleans. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting tabular statements of the subsidence of the walls of the Custom-house at New Orleans, &c. February 5, 1855. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Wrought-iron beams. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting results of experiments made to test the strength of wrought-iron beams, &c. February 6, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Light-house Board -- additional estimates for oil. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate for oil for the Light-house Board. February 6, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Profits on coinage. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report on profits on coinage at the Mint during the year 1854. February 5, 1855. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Delaware Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting reports in reference to the carrying out of treaty stipulations with the Delaware Indians. February 3, 1855. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a transcript of the official Army Register. February 7, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of that Department. December 21, 1854. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Clerks -- Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting list of clerks employed in that Department. February 6, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Pay of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement exhibiting the pay and allowances of officers of the Navy and Marine Corps. February 2, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs, and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 784 | 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, transmitting the report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey. December 22, 1854... | 1 |
| Serial set 785 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1854. Arts and manufactures. Volume I. -- Text. | 1 |
| Serial set 786 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1854. Arts and manufactures. Volume II. -- Illustrations. | 1 |
| Serial set 787 | Report of the Commissioner of Patents for the year 1854. Agriculture. | 1 |
| Serial set 788 |
Condition of the banks throughout the Union. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting the annual report on the condition of the banks throughout the Union. February 28, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Report of the Director of the Mint. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Director of the Mint. February 9, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. List of clerks -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a list of clerks and others employed in that Department. February 10, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates of appropriations for carrying into effect the treaty with the Chippewa Indians, &c. February 8, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Contracts - War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of contracts, &c. February 10, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. California Indians. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting supplemental estimates for the expenses of the Indian Department, &c. February 8, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Fineness of foreign coins. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the Director of the Mint in relation to the fineness and value of foreign coins. February 10, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the contingent expenses of the War Department. February 10, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses Navy Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting a statement of the expenditure of the contingent fund of his Department for the last fiscal year. February 13, 1855. -- Laid upon the table. Money paid to Jas. T. Miller and Pym-y-oh-te-mah. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting information in answer to a resolution of the House as to the amount of money paid to James T. Miller and Pym-y-oh-te-mah. February 19, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Offers for furnishing Bureau of Yards & Docks. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting an abstract of offers for furnishing articles for the Bureau of Yards & Docks. February 14, 1855. -- Laid upon the table. Navy Register. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, transmitting copies of the Navy Register. February 20, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Additional estimates -- Kansas and Nebraska. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimates for the public service in Kansas and Nebraska. February 19, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Engagement between United States troops and Sioux Indians. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting information relating to an engagement between the United States troops and the Sioux Indians near Fort Laramie. February 9, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Claim of Brotherton tribe of Indians. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report in reference to the claim of the Brotherton tribe of Indians. February 10, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Correspondence -- United States minister and Spanish government. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House calling for correspondence between the minister of the United States at Madrid and the Spanish government. February 10, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Estimate -- culvert down South Capitol Street. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, asking an appropriation for extending and improving the culvert running down South Capitol Street. February 24, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the subject of interest on stocks, &c., held on Indian account, which was on deposite with Selden, Withers & Co. February 20, 1855. -- Read and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Army Register. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of the official register of the Army. February 17, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Passengers arriving in the United States. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting the annual report of passengers arriving in the United States. February 21, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the estimate of the Secretary of the Interior for the survey of the lands acquired of the Chippewa Indians northwest of Lake Superior, in the Territory of Minnesota. March 1, 1855. -- Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Message from the President of the United States, communicating the estimate of the Secretary of the Interior for running the boundary line between the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations of Indians. March 1, 1855. -- Read, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Quantity of land likely to be claimed under Senate Bill 511. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a report as to the quantity of land which will be claimed under the bill recently passed the Senate, granting lands for military services, &c. February 27, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Receipts and disbursements Post Office Department. Letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting statement of receipts and disbursements for the Post Office Department. March 1, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Contingent expenses of the Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report exhibiting payments from the contingent fund of the Post Office Department. February 27, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Clerks -- Post Office Department. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a list of clerks and other persons employed in the Post Office Department. February 27, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. |
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| Serial set 789 | Offers for carrying the mails - contracts, &c. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting abstract of offers for carrying the mails, with a report of all contracts, &c., &c. March 1, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. | 1 |
| Serial set 790 |
Indians -- disbursements for benefit of, &c. Letter from the Second Auditor, transmitting copies of accounts of persons charged with the disbursement of moneys for the benefit of Indians, &c. March 1, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting additional estimates for pay of Indian agents. March 3, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Fines and deductions of mail contractors. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting a report of fines imposed and deductions from the pay of contractors, &c. March 3, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting report and maps of Col. Fuller's survey of Red River. March 3, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates for carrying out the late Bounty Land Law. March 3, 1855. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copy of an act of the Legislature of the State of Texas providing for running the boundary line between that state and the territories. March 3, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. The Ostend Conference, &c. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence touching matters disturbing the friendly relations between this government and the government of Spain; also, a report as to the objects of the meeting of the American ministers at Ostend. March 3, 1855. -- Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Letter from the Commissioner of Customs, transmitting a statement of balances due from officers of the Customs. March 3, 1855. -- Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting estimates of appropriations for the execution of articles of agreement entered into with the Wyandott Indians. March 3, 1855. -- Laid upon the table and ordered to be printed. |
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