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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates

Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 34th Congress

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An Act Making a grant of land to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State. (H.R. 56)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following amendment, hereafter to be proposed: A Bill Reducing the duties on imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 566)

Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Holloway, from the Committee on Agriculture, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish an economical department, to be called the Department of Agriculture. (H.R. 550)

Mr. Bennett, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a portion of public land to the Alexandria, Loudoun, and Hampshire Railroad Company, in consideration of mail transportation and other services. (H.R. 869)

Mr. Ezra Clark proposed the following Amendment To House bill No. 566. On page 7, erase lines 106 and 107. On page 29 (following line 652) add: Schedule G.--Iron. Rolled bar, rounds and squares, five-eighths of an inch and larger, and flats one by three-eighths of an inch and larger, twelve dollars and fifty cents per ton of twenty-two hundred and ... (H.R. 566)

Mr. Faulkner proposes the following Amendment. (H.R. 566)

Mr. Haven proposes the following amendment to the amendment heretofore submitted by the Committee on Commerce. Ordered, that its further consideration be postponed to the second Tuesday in June, and that it be printed. Amendment. Mr. Haven moves to amend the amendment, or substitute of the Committee on Commerce, now pending, as follows: Strike out ... (H.R. 92)

Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Concerning invalid pensions, and regulating the time of their commencement. (H.R. 862)

Mr. Smith Miller proposes the following Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: (H.R. 566)

Mr. Taylor, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William F. Wagner (H.R. 712)

On motion of Mr. T. J. D. Fuller, Ordered, That the following amendments heretofore reported by Mr. Elihu B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, be printed. Amendments. After ''Chapter I,'' insert: Establishing the collection districts of the United States, and designating the ports of entry and ports of delivery in the same. (H.R. 187)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment In the nature of a substitute. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Public Lands, gave notice of his intention to move the following as a substitute for House bill No. 638: A Bill To create the office of surveyor of public lands in the Territory of Nebraska. (H.R. 638)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed as an amendment in the nature of a substitute for bill H.R. 583. A Bill To ascertain and settle the private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 583)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Stephens to the bill (H.R. 411) ''to admit Kansas as a State,'' viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following, and amend the title to read, A bill to authorize the people of the Territory of Kansas to form a constitution and State government, preparatory to their admission ... (H.R. 411)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following as a substitute for bill H.R. 566. A Bill Reducing the duty on imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments Intended to be proposed by Mr. Hunter to the bill (H.R. 566) ''reducing the duty on imports, and for other purposes, viz :'' Strike out all after the words ''fifty-seven,'' in line 4, to the end of the bill, and in lieu thereof insert: (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments Proposed by Mr. Green to the act (H.R. 7) ''to authorize the people of the Territory of Oregon to form a constitution and State government preparatory to their admission into the Union on an equal footing with the original States,'' viz: Add the following sections: (H.R. 7)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments Reported by Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, to the bill (H.R. 566) ''reducing the duty on imports and for other purposes,'' viz: Line 168, after ''lime juice,'' insert linseed. Strike out lines 300 and 301. At the end of Sec. 1 insert: (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments. Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following Amendments to the bill (H.R. 614) '' making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 614)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments. Mr. Sebastian, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following amendments to the bill (H.R. 614) making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirty, eighteen ... (H.R. 614)

Ordered to be printed. Intended to be reported from the Committee on Territories. A Bill To authorize the people of the Territory of Oregon to form a constitution and State government, preparatory to their admission into the Union on an equal footing with the original States. (H.R. 642)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Colfax proposes the following Amendment. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ellihu Washburne proposes the following Amendment. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Eustis proposes the following Amendments. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Florence proposes the following Amendment. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Houston proposes the following Amendment. A Bill Reducing the duties on imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the ''bill (H.R. 614) making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for year ending June 30, 1858,'' reported the same with the following amendments, viz: ... (H.R. 614)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 202) ''Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1857, and for other purposes,'' reported the same with the following Amendments: (H.R. 202)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. L. D. Campbell proposes the following Amendment. A Bill Reducing the duty on imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Letcher, from the minority of the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following amendment in the nature of a substitute for the Bill H.R. 566, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following Amendment. A Bill Reducing the duties on imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Mace proposes the following Amendment To tariff bill. Strike out from enacting clause, and insert-- (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Millson proposes the following Amendment To the bill reducing the duty on imports. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrill proposes the following Amendment. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ready proposes the following Amendment. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sherman gave notice that, at a proper time, he would move the following amendment to the Senate amendment to House bill No. 411: Amendment To Senate amendment of House bill No. 411, entitled ''A bill for the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union.'' Strike out all the Senate amendment after the words, ''That for ... (H.R. 411)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Trafton proposes the following Amendment. Line 504, after the words gutta-percha, add gut. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Underwood proposes the following Amendment. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wheeler proposes the following Amendment. (H.R. 566)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodworth's proposed Amendment To the proposed amendment of the minority of the Committee on Mileage. Strike out the first section of the proposed amendment of the minority, and insert-- (H.R. 708)

Ordered to be printed. Read twice. Motion to recommit and previous question pending. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Grow, from the Committee on Territories reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the people of Kansas. Whereas the President of the United States transmitted to the House, by message, a printed pamphlet purporting to be the ... (H.R. 799)

Ordered to be printed; and recommitted to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Winslow, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the appointment of a judge advocate for the navy. (H.R. 808)

Read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Anderson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the construction of a military road in Washington Territory. (H.R. 179)

Read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported from the committee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; and amend the title to read, A bill making an appropriation to complete the military road from a point ... (H.R. 709)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Paine, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the several acts now in force in relation to the Patent Office. (H.R. 732)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Andrew Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth E. V. Field, widow of Captain G. P. Field. (H.R. 729)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Andrew Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Monroe. (H.R. 730)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Andrew Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary W. Thompson. (H.R. 731)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bayard Clarke, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Churchill, widow of the late Captain William H. Churchill, of the United States army. (H.R. 720)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nancy Weeks, widow of Francis Weeks, a revolutionary pensioner. (H.R. 722)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of William Humphrey. (H.R. 723)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Moody. (H.R. 721)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Eustis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Puig, Mir & Company, of New Orleans. (H.R. 714)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Killian Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jacob Jero, for arrears of pension due to his father, Baptiste Jero, for services in the revolutionary war. (H.R. 726)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Killian Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of Hannah Wilcox, the late widow of David White, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 724)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Killian Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of Ira Johnson, a revolutionary solider. (H.R. 727)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Killian Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of Tousant Lavarnway. (H.R. 725)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knapp, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Robert McNeil. (H.R. 728)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Knowlton, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Brevet Major H. L. Kendrick. (H.R. 711)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Manuel De'Lisa and Joachin De'Lisa, or their legal representatives. (H.R. 716)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Regis Loisel, or his legal representatives. (H.R. 715)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James B. Wood. (H.R. 717)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary Ann Williams. (H.R. 719)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Simeon Stedman. (H.R. 718)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William F. Wagner. (H.R. 712)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wade, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac S. Smith, of Syracuse, New York. (H.R. 713)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Andrew Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elijah Close, of Tennessee. (H.R. 564)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Andrew Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Riker. (H.R. 565)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennington, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Francis Dainese. (H.R. 562)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for the construction of a military road between Fort Steilacoom and Bellingham bay, in the Territory of Washington. (H.R. 422)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for the construction of a military road from Bridger's Pass, in the Rocky mountains, to Great Salt Lake City, in the ... (H.R. 423)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To complete the construction of the military road across the Cascade mountains, in the Territory of Washington. (H.R. 424)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sneed, from the Committee on Mileage, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase the penalty for the voluntary absence of members of Congress from their public duties. (H.R. 708)

Read the first and second times. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To confirm certain entries of land therein named. (H.R. 804)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jacob Cutter, Ralph C. Cutter, and Horatio Coffin, sureties for a former navy agent at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (H.R. 759)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Daniel Mallory, deceased. (H.R. 789)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lake, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel M. Fuckett, a citizen of the State of Mississippi. (H.R. 786)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives or assignees of James Lawrence. (H.R. 787)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Worden. (H.R. 737)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Garnett, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Philip Lightfoot. (H.R. 733)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported back by Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, without amendment; committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mr. Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A ... (H.R. 537)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. An Act For the relief of George K. McGunnegle, surviving partner of the late firm of Hill & McGunnegle, of St. Louis, Missouri. (H.R. 243)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. An Act For the relief of George Schellinger. (H.R. 358)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. An Act For the relief of Peyton G. King, late receiver of public money at Monroe, Louisiana. (H.R. 37)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. An Act For the relief of Robert Davis. (H.R. 751)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Claims. An Act For the relief of Samuel S. Haight. (H.R. 510)

Read twice and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lieutenant ''Robert Cunningham,'' of Pennsylvania. (H.R. 814)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. An Act To regulate the disbursement of the contingent expenses of Congress. (H.R. 608)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Creating Columbus, in Kentucky, a port of delivery. (H.R. 303)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To constitute the cities of Hannibal, Missouri, and Peoria, Illinois, ports of delivery. (H.R. 64)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act to establish Augusta, in the State of Georgia, a port of delivery. (H.R. 803)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the construction of a public building at St. Paul, Minnesota Territory. (H.R. 748)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defence, and for repairs of barracks and quarters, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 634)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 607)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 152)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 606)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 189)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 153)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the transportation of the United States mail, by ocean steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 637)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 635)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments, viz. Insert the words printed in italics. An Act To regulate the disbursement of the contingent expenses of Congress. (H.R. 608)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments, viz: strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defence, and for repairs of barracks and quarters, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 180)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with an amendment, viz: strike out the words within [brackets.] An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 153)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported without amendment. An Act For the relief of John S. Pendleton. (H.R. 72)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Reported from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Florence, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To equalize the army, navy, and marine pensions. (H.R. 707)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, An Act To increase the pay of the officers of the army. (H.R. 782)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act For the construction of a road from Fort Ridgley, in the Territory of Minnesota, to the South Pass of the Rocky mountains, in the Territory of Nebraska. (H.R. 417)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act For the construction of a wagon road from Fort Kearney, via the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains and Great Salt lake Valley, to the eastern portion of the State of California, and for other purposes. (H.R. 710)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act For the relief of C. B. R. Kennerly. (H.R. 528)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act For the relief of J. W. Todd, a lieutenant of ordnance in the United States army. (H.R. 11)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act For the relief of Sampson Hays, a soldier in the war with Mexico. (H.R. 840)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act Making appropriations for restoring and maintaining the peaceable disposition of the Indian tribes on the Pacific, and for other purposes. (H.R. 203)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act To amend ''An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. (H.R. 99)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To amend ''An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States,'' approved March third, eighteen ... (H.R. 99)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. Considered as in Committee of the Whole and postponed until to-morrow. Resumed as in Committee of the Whole and ordered to be on the table. Resumed as in Committee of the Whole and ... (H.R. 99)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Anderson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of War to pay certain volunteers therein specified. (H.R. 802)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to purchase additional ground adjoining certain navy yards therein named, and for other purposes. (H.R. 567)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words printed within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. Considered as in Committee of the Whole, and postponed to, and made the special order of the day for, Thursday next, the 12th instant. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the ... (H.R. 567)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported with an amendment, viz: strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No. 261.) An Act Granting a pension to Ansel Wilkinson. (H.R. 238)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No. 325.) An Act For the relief of Commander John L. Saunders. (H.R. 405)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. An Act For the relief of Isaac Adams. (H.R. 325)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Daniel Wacaser. (H.R. 839)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of John Duncan. (H.R. 768)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of John Houser. (H.R. 520)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Louis Hembert. (H.R. 472)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Mary F. Swan. (H.R. 518)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Rudolf Kussmaul. (H.R. 563)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of the surviving children of Sarah Van Pelt, widow of John Van Pelt, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 557)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Franklin W. Armstrong, of Hardin county, Kentucky. (H.R. 517)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act To continue half-pay to Mrs. Lewright Browning for a further term of five years. (H.R. 280)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. An Act Authorizing the legal representatives of Manuel Gonzales Moro to enter certain lands in Missouri. (H.R. 224)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. An Act For the relief of the inhabitants of the parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana. (H.R. 538)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported back by Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, without amendment; committed to a Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lake, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jesse Haynes. (H.R. 653)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported by Mr. Thorington without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. C. C. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John B. Rose, of Wabash county, Indiana. (H.R. 706)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported with an amendment, viz: strike out all after the enacting clause and insert what follows printed in italics and accompanied by a report, (No 235.) An Act To authorize the legal representatives of Pascal L. Cerre to enter certain lands in the State of Missouri. (H.R. 226)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Granting public lands to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of railroads in said State. (H.R. 326)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Granting public lands, in alternate sections, to the State of Alabama, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State. (H.R. 31)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Granting public lands, in alternate sections, to the States of Florida and Alabama, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said States. (H.R. 322)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Granting to certain citizens of the State of Missouri the right to enter certain lands in the Plattsburg district, in said State. Whereas the State of Missouri, under the provisions of the eighth section of the act of Congress of the fourth September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, ... (H.R. 409)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To amend the act, in addition to certain acts, granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States, approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. (H.R. 8)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To authorize the President of the United States to cause the southern boundary line of Kansas Territory to be surveyed and marked. (H.R. 197)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To create the office of surveyor general of public lands in Minnesota Territory. (H.R. 644)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To create the office of surveyor general of public lands in the Territory of Nebraska. (H.R. 638)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To establish three additional land districts in the Territory of Kansas. (H.R. 613)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To extend the provisions of the act entitled ''An act in addition to certain acts granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States,'' to the officers and soldiers of Major David Bailey's battalion of Cook county, ... (H.R. 684)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To revive and continue in force the provisions of the act of eighteen hundred and fifty-three, in relation to ''suspended entries of public lands,'' and the act of eighteen hundred and forty-six, in relation to ''suspended pre-emption land claims.'' (H.R. 311)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. An Act To provide for the settlement of the claims of the officers of the revolutionary army, and of the widows and orphan children of those who died in the service. (H.R. 154)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported without amendment. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Gustavus B. Horner, deceased. (H.R. 343)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. An Act To surrender to the State of Illinois the Cumberland road in said State. (H.R. 121)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To authorize the people of the Territory of Minnesota to form a constitution and State government, preparatory to their admission into the Union on an equal footing with the original States. (H.R. 642)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To authorize the people of the Territory of Oregon to form a constitution and State government, preparatory to their admission into the Union on an equal footing with the original States. (H.R. 7)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To extend the provisions of an act entitled ''An act to amend 'An act to establish the territorial government of Oregon,' and 'An act to establish the territorial government of Minnesota,''' to the Territory of Washington. (S. 699)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To reorganize the Territory of Kansas, and for other purposes. (H.R. 75)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. Reported from the Committee on Territories, with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets,] and insert the word in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Otero, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for ... (H.R. 619)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. Reported from the Committee with a recommendation that it do not pass; committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Whitfield on leave introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for public buildings in the Territory of Kansas. (H.R. 701)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To authorize the people of the Territory of Oregon to form a constitution and State government, preparatory to their admission into the Union on an equal footing with the ... (H.R. 7)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To authorize the circuit of the District of Columbia to decree the sale of real estate in certain cases. (H.R. 215)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To enlarge the rights and privileges of the Alexandria Canal Company, and to give the assent of the United States to the provisions of an act of assembly of Virginia, passed March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entitled ''An act to amend the charter of the ... (H.R. 542)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To extend the jurisdiction of the corporation of the City of Washington over the lower Eastern Branch, or Navy-yard bridge, and to regulate travel upon the upper Eastern Branch or Benning's bridge, and for other purposes. (H.R. 214)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate an Insurance Company in the city of Washington. (H.R. 784)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the Columbia Institution, for the instruction of the deaf and dumb and the blind. (H.R. 806)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To incorporate the Washington Benzole Gas Light Company. (H.R. 544)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act For the relief of Christian Hax, of the State of Maryland. (H.R. 219)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To change the times of holding the United States courts in Tennessee. (H.R. 421)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To change the times of holding the United States courts in the southern district of Illinois. (H.R. 78)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To divide the State of Texas into two judicial districts. (H.R. 400)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To repeal part of an act entitled ''An act to provide for the safe keeping of the acts, records, and seal of the United States, and for other purposes.'' (H.R. 129)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported with an amendment, viz: strike out the words within [brackets.] An Act For the relief of William M. F. Magraw. (H.R. 186)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House Mr. Allen, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Captain Thomas Gill. (H.R. 438)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House Mr. Bishop, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph C. G. Kennedy. (H.R. 441)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House Mr. T. R. Horton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Roswell Minard, father of Theodore Minard, deceased. (H.R. 458)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Mr. Flagler, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for a contract for the transportation of the United States mails between New York and Savannah, and Para, or Maranham, in the Empire of Brazil. (H.R. 863)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Amelia Fisk, formerly the widow of Nathaniel Stowell, sergeant, deceased. (H.R. 833)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Leonard Lilly. (H.R. 605)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Aiken, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Rich. (H.R. 826)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Akers, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Rich. (H.R. 826)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Akers, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of Thomas Hazard, a captain in the war of the Revolution. (H.R. 822)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Akers, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Abram Van Buskirk. (H.R. 821)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Andrew Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Betsey Nash. (H.R. 281)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Andrew Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edmund Mitchell. (H.R. 282)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Andrew Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Evelina Porter, widow of the late Commodore David Porter, of the United States navy. (H.R. 283)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Andrew Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide pensions to certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the war with Great Britain, declared by the United States June 18, 1812. (H.R. 866)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. B. Clarke, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Brevet Captain Frederick Steele, United States Army. (H.R. 647)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. B. Clarke, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sylvester Churchill, of the United States army. (H.R. 788)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Barclay, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Postmaster General to execute a contract with Messrs. Garman, Weyle & Benford for carrying the mail from Cumberland, Maryland, to Greensburg, Pennsylvania. (H.R. 429)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Brenton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the purchasers, their heirs or assignees, of a portion of the sixteenth section in township six north, range nine west, in Sullivan county, Indiana. (H.R. 817)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Bausman. (H.R. 828)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth Martin. (H.R. 597)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Gershom Van Voast. (H.R. 595)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jane Vreeland. (H.R. 667)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary Bell, of Pennsylvania. (H.R. 831)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Rachel Fox. (H.R. 790)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Reuben J. Champion, only child and heir of Reuben and Rhoda Champion. (H.R. 666)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Winn, the only surviving child of General Richard Winn, a revolutionary officer. (H.R. 791)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of Elizabeth Storrs. (H.R. 596)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Colonel Benjamin Wilson, late of Harrison county, Virginia, deceased. (H.R. 793)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of William York. (H.R. 669)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the surviving children of John Neal, deceased. (H.R. 792)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the surviving children of Sarah Swartwout. (H.R. 827)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the surviving children of Susannah Scott, deceased, late of New York. (H.R. 830)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing an increase of pension to Isaac Phillips. (H.R. 594)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing an increase of pension to Peter Van Buskirk, of Washington city, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 668)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the pension laws therein mentioned. (H.R. 832)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To place the name of Zephaniah Halsey, of New York, on the pension roll, under the act of June seven, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. (H.R. 829)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin W. Smithson. (H.R. 630)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Captain Joseph H. Whipple, deceased. (H.R. 268)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burlingame, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ralph King, late United States consul at Bremen. (H.R. 815)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. C. Washburne, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the sureties of the late Lieutenant Charles. E. Jarvis, United States Army. (H.R. 269)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. C. Washburne, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue the pension of Mrs. Nancy Weatherford. (H.R. 253)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal heirs of Moses Elmer, deceased. (H.R. 761)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clingman, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John S. Pendleton. (H.R. 72)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Comins, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the owners of the fishing schooner Uncle Amasa. (H.R. 628)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Eli Darling. (H.R. 631)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaiah W. Green, of New York. (H.R. 836)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Katharine K. Russell, widow of Dr. J. P. Russell, deceased. (H.R. 660)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lieutenant Thompson H. Crosby, of the State of Maine. (H.R. 837)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Shove Chase. (H.R. 773)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Shade Calloway. (H.R. 586)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the owner and crew of the fishing schooner ''Florilla.'' (H.R. 298)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Humphreys, jr., owner of fishing schooner ''Good Exchange,'' lost at sea. (H.R. 208)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joshua Knowles, junior, and others, owners of the schooner Garnet, of Truro. (H.R. 300)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jacob Price, of Jefferson county, Virginia. (H.R. 267)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Increasing the pension of Daniel Denver. (H.R. 629)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Flagler, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John H. Shepherd and Walter K. Caldwell, of Pike county, Missouri. (H.R. 758)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill. A Bill For the relief of William Thompson. (H.R. 838)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elmira White, widow of Captain Thomas R. White. (H.R. 670)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Shadrach Rice, of Jackson county, Virginia. (H.R. 648)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. G. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas L. Disharoon, of St. Louis county, Missouri. (H.R. 506)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Giddings, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Emma Bidamon. (H.R. 290)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Grow, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of R. G. Elliott and others. (H.R. 593)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Haven, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain Thomas Ap Catesby Jones. (H.R. 275)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Monty. (H.R. 769)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph B. Joyal, for the services of his father, John B. Joyal, a soldier in the war of the Revolution. (H.R. 794)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of Daniel Coit. (H.R. 662)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of James Kip, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 663)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of Judah and Sarah B. Mandigo. (H.R. 600)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the grandchildren of Genevieve Victor. (H.R. 599)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Amos Oney, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 598)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the surviving children of Elnathan Sears, deceased, an officer of the Revolution. (H.R. 834)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the widow of Henry Walthall, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 601)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Killian Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the surviving children of Basil Mignault. (H.R. 770)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Knapp, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of Thomas Giles. (H.R. 604)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Knowlton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Sayre. (H.R. 651)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Knowlton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of William Easby, deceased, partner of Easby & Henly. (H.R. 655)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Knowlton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of West Drinkwater and others. (H.R. 205)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Knowlton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for quieting certain land titles in the late disputed territory in the State of Maine, and for other purposes. (H.R. 859)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lake, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the State of Mississippi to appropriate the proceeds of the swamp and overflowed lands in Newton county, of said State, to the creation of a common school fund. (H.R. 819)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Leiter, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Anson Dart. (H.R. 763)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elijah Dailey, an invalid soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (H.R. 779)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elkanah English. (H.R. 841)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Bailey, an invalid soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (H.R. 778)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Michael Hanson. (H.R. 842)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Murray, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas Gordon, deceased. (H.R. 260)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Allen Smith. (H.R. 777)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry Sanford. (H.R. 661)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James O. Bean. (H.R. 776)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mrs. A. W. Angus, widow of the late Captain Samuel Angus, United States navy. (H.R. 278)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Simon Record. (H.R. 775)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Berry. (H.R. 774)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the legal representatives of Manuel Gonzales Moro to enter certain lands in Missouri. (H.R. 224)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain Thomas Dunca, of the United States army. (H.R. 587)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Daniel Whitney. (H.R. 823)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry T. Mudd, of Missouri. (H.R. 589)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry T. Mudd, of Missouri. Whereas Charles Burke, on the fifteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, entered, at the land office at Palmyra, Missouri, under ... (H.R. 589)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Richards, of Berks county, Pennsylvania. (H.R. 225)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Edmund H. McCabe, assignee of Antoine Soulard. (H.R. 588)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the legal representatives of Pascal L. Cerre to enter certain lands in the State of Missouri. (H.R. 226)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pringle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary Woodbury, Elizabeth Odell, and others. (H.R. 591)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain J. P. Hatch, of the United States army. (H.R. 266)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George K. McGunnegle, surviving partner of the late firm of Hill & McGunnegle, of St. Louis, Missouri. (H.R. 243)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of the late Colonel John Hardin. (H.R. 272)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry Taylor. (H.R. 771)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Goodrich, jun. (H.R. 772)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Sutz. (H.R. 835)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Zina Williams. (H.R. 795)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. S. S. Marshall, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Daniel Renner and Nathaniel H. Heath. (H.R. 206)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. S. S. Marshall, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Col. Charles Simms, late collector of the port of Alexandria. (H.R. 207)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Crawford. (H.R. 223)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Pierre Broussard, deceased. (H.R. 824)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To confirm the title of Ruhama Whitaker and Rebecca Whitaker to certain lands in the State of Louisiana. (H.R. 347)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the return of certain arms to the State of Tennessee. (H.R. 658)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Huff, of Texas. (H.R. 575)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Saw, a spy in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (H.R. 657)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Shaw, a spy in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (H.R. 657)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the officers and soldiers of the army who were stationed at Fort Kearny, Nebraska Territory, previous to the first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. (H.R. 766)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William B. Dodd and others. (H.R. 857)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Increasing the pension of Peter D. Ankeny. (H.R. 764)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase the pension of William Nash. (H.R. 765)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Roswell W. Haskins, of Buffalo. (H.R. 760)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Jenkins. (H.R. 646)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of True Eaton, and Mary Eaton, his sister, of Bradford, New Hampshire. (H.R. 861)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize and direct the settlement of the accounts of Ross Wilkins, James Witherell, and Solomon Sibley. (H.R. 645)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sneed, from the Committee on Mileage, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Samuel R. Thurston, late delegate from Oregon. (H.R. 254)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Stephens, from the Committee of Elections, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles J. Ingersoll. (H.R. 125)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Stranahan, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John M. Brooke, and making an appropriation for the use of his deep-sea sounding apparatus. (H.R. 864)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Tappan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William A. Forward, Assignee of Joseph S. Sanchez, deceased. (H.R. 820)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George W. Biscoe. (H.R. 781)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph M. Kennedy. (H.R. 652)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Irish, William Sturgis, and Bartholomew Baldwin. (H.R. 656)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To confirm to certain persons therein named their titles to certain lots in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. (H.R. 352)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To grant to L. Jane Horner and children a section of land in Oregon. (H.R. 130)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Todd, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Provost, Winter & Company. (H.R. 858)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Todd, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To execute the treaties of eighteen hundred and seventeen and eighteen hundred and nineteen with the Cherokees, by making provision for the reservation under the same. (H.R. 825)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walker, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To construe the act entitled ''An act for the relief of James M. Goggin,'' approved twenty seventh July, eighteen and fifty-four. (H.R. 213)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Welch, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Daniel Drain. (H.R. 665)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Welch, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robert W. Caulk. (H.R. 664)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Brevet Major James Belger, of the United States army. (H.R. 592)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Winslow, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Ansel Wilkinson. (H.R. 238)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wood, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill A bill for the relief of Francis De P. Leonard. (H.R. 818)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Woodruff, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children and heirs of Levi and Mary Stone. (H.R. 603)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Woodruff, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children and heirs-at-law of Lieutenant Daniel Starr. (H.R. 602)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Zollicoffer, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Oliver P. Hovey. (H.R. 659)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported back from the committee by Mr. Sandidge, with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. A Bill For the relief of the inhabitants of the parish of ... (H.R. 538)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. S. A. Smith, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac Adams. (H.R. 325)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Albro Tripp. (H.R. 369)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Anthony W. Bayard. (H.R. 479)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Cornelius H. Latham. (H.R. 485)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David Watson. (H.R. 497)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Dolly Empson. (H.R. 371)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edward Rumery. (H.R. 483)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Cassady. (H.R. 484)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George W. Whitten. (H.R. 481)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James A. Glanding. (H.R. 482)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James M. French, of the city of New York. (H.R. 476)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lyman N. Cook. (H.R. 372)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary Ann Clark. (H.R. 370)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary B. Winship, widow of Oscar F. Winship. (H.R. 367)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary F. Swan. (H.R. 518)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary Kirby Smith. (H.R. 474)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nehemiah Ward. (H.R. 478)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Richard Phillips. (H.R. 473)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robert H. Stevens. (H.R. 486)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sarah Hildreth. (H.R. 475)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ursula E. Cobb, widow of Charles Cobb. (H.R. 368)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Craig. (H.R. 480)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Poole. (H.R. 498)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. A. Oliver, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Thomas Allcock, of Rochester, New York. (H.R. 477)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Allen, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Sarah Ann Dye. (H.R. 344)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Barclay, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Chorpenning, jr. (H.R. 541)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Benson, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Van Rensselaer Hall. (H.R. 529)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Billinghurst, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George D. Dousman, one of the securities for William H. Bruce, late sub-Indian agent at Green Bay, in the State of Wisconsin. (H.R. 495)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Bishop, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Cyrus Buckland. (H.R. 561)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Bishop, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the sureties of Daniel Winslow. (H.R. 440)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing an increase of pension to Daniel Waldo, of Onondago, county, New York. (H.R. 468)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David Waldo. (H.R. 513)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Kendall. (H.R. 466)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the State of Vermont the expenses incurred by her in paying her militia called out in eighteen hundred and thirty-eight and eighteen hundred and thirty-nine to preserve the neutrality ... (H.R. 360)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Burlingame, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles L. Denman. (H.R. 365)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Burlingame, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George W. Lippitt. (H.R. 364)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. C. C. Washburne, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Schellinger. (H.R. 358)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Caskie, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of John G. Camp. (H.R. 502)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nathaniel Hayward. (H.R. 413)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of General Henry Miller, deceased. (H.R. 523)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Clingman, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Dr. James Morrow. (H.R. 388)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Comins, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Solomon Hopkins. (H.R. 452)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nancy D. Holker, widow and administratrix of John Holker, deceased. (H.R. 455)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Denver, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Increasing the pension of George W. Torrence. (H.R. 359)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Houser. (H.R. 520)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Rachel McMillan. (H.R. 491)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Solomon Van Rensselaer. (H.R. 519)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Kingsbury. (H.R. 492)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Edie, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edwin M. Chaffee. (H.R. 560)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Etheridge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George F. Baltzell, assignee of James P. Roan. (H.R. 504)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Etheridge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John L. Vattier. (H.R. 505)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Eustis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To indemnify Henry Leef and John McKee for illegal seizure of a certain barque. (H.R. 493)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of C. B. R. Kennerly. (H.R. 528)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Connolly, late a private in company A, sixth infantry United States army. (H.R. 373)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Bridget Maher. (H.R. 356)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Galloway, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of J. H. F. Thornton, Lawrence Taliaferro, and Hay T. Taliaferro, sureties of D. M. F. Thornton, a late a purser in the navy of the United States. (H.R. 339)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Galloway, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Burdell, Samuel Medary, and William T. Martin, administrator of the estate of Edgar Gale, deceased. (H.R. 412)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Gilbert, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry L. Robinson. (H.R. 335)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Gilbert, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Otis. (H.R. 331)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Gilbert, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William B. Cozzens. (H.R. 334)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Gilbert, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Jones. (H.R. 332)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Grow, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of R. G. Elliott and others. (H.R. 556)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. H. Bennett, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mark and Richard H. Bean, of the State of Arkansas. (H.R. 454)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Haven, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Commander John L. Saunders. (H.R. 405)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of tHe Whole House. Mr. I. Washburne, from the Committee of Elections, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Abelard Guthrie. (H.R. 496)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Letty Griggs, widow of Simeon Griggs, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 470)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Maria Burgher, widow of Jeremiah Burgher. (H.R. 469)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of James Phelps, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 531)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Peter Charlant, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 559)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Joseph Bindon, deceased, a revolutionary officer. (H.R. 558)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the surviving children of John Gilbert, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 471)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the surviving children of Peter Hubert, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 530)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. K. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the surviving children of Sarah Van Pelt, widow of John Van Pelt, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 557)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Knowlton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Directing a settlement of the account of David Gordon. (H.R. 337)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Knowlton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Amos B. Corwine. (H.R. 381)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Knowlton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of J. C. G. Kennedy. (H.R. 447)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Knowlton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ransdell Pegg. (H.R. 336)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit of Robert S. Wimberly. (H.R. 376)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Abner Dickson, a soldier in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (H.R. 377)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles Parish, a soldier of the war of 1812. (H.R. 535)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Claiborn Vaughn. (H.R. 374)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Bond. (H.R. 375)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary B. Dusenbery. (H.R. 536)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Richard J. Murray, a soldier in the Seminole war of eighteen hundred and eighteen. (H.R. 378)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Lumpkin, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Walton, a soldier of the war of 1812. (H.R. 534)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Mace, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James P. Fleming, of Augusta, Georgia. (H.R. 436)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Millson, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Nash. (H.R. 338)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Nock. (H.R. 494)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Murray, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Alexander Stevenson, a soldier of the revolutionary war. (H.R. 456)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Pennington, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Peter Parker, late secretary of legation at Canton, China. (H.R. 362)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Pennington, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Stephen H. Weems, late consul of Guatemala. (H.R. 363)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Pennington, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Hunter, chief clerk of the Department of State. (H.R. 361)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac Langley. (H.R. 488)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Campbell. (H.R. 380)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jonathan Cilley. (H.R. 489)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Pike, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robinson Gammon. (H.R. 379)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Napoleon B. Gill, of Perry county, Missouri, and for other purposes. (H.R. 355)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas L. Disharoon, of St. Louis county, Missouri. (H.R. 506)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Powell, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George H. Giddings, contractor for carrying the United States mail on route No. 12900. (H.R. 385)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Pringle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill. A Bill For the relief of Arthur Sizemore and John Semi, Simmance, or Semoice. (H.R. 525)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Pringle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Mary Jemison, deceased. (H.R. 407)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Whitemarsh B. Seabrook and others. (H.R. 527)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Ritchie, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Wadleigh Noyes, deceased. (H.R. 341)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Adam D. Gardner. (H.R. 736)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. S. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Directing the pension due James Huey, deceased, and Jane Huey, his widow, deceased, to be paid to their sole heir, Alexander B. Huey, of Georgia. (H.R. 533)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. S. Miller, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Rebecca Smith. (H.R. 366)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. S. W. Harris, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Joseph Nourse, deceased. (H.R. 340)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Andrew A. H. Knox and Joseph O. Campbell, or their heirs and legal representatives. (H.R. 349)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin R. Gantt. (H.R. 524)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Bernard Hemkin. (H.R. 348)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Ignacio Delino. (H.R. 346)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Louis Reggio. (H.R. 350)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Mrs. Magdalene Broutin, widow of De la Ronde. (H.R. 345)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the rights granted by the act approved seventh January, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, entitled ''An act authorizing certain soldiers of the late war with Great Britain to surrender ... (H.R. 351)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Anne E. Bronaugh, widow of the late John W. Bronaugh. (H.R. 464)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Antone Robidoux. (H.R. 465)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Harriet F. Fisher, administratrix of M. W. Fisher, deceased, and Richard M. Bouton. (H.R. 512)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Horatio Boultbee. (H.R. 526)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jesse Morrison, of Illinois. (H.R. 463)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of William Austin, deceased. (H.R. 357)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sapp, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Martha Elliott, widow of Samuel Elliott, a soldier of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (H.R. 511)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Savage, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry Stewart. (H.R. 487)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Savage, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Draut. (H.R. 515)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Savage, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Tarrance Kirby. (H.R. 514)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John T. Robertson. (H.R. 501)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Pollard Brown, a soldier of the Revolution. (H.R. 500)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the provisions of an act entitled ''An act to provide compensation for the services of George Morrill in adjusting titles to land in Michigan.'' (H.R. 499)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Stanton, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Don Piatt. (H.R. 382)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. T. R. Horton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Harriet Peet, child and only heir of John Peet, deceased. (H.R. 507)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. T. R. Horton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To confirm the title of Ethan Ray Clark and Samuel Ward Clark to certain lands claimed under a grant from the Spanish government. (H.R. 457)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Talbot, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Franklin W. Armstrong, of Hardin county, Kentucky. (H.R. 517)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Talbott, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit of William L. Oliver. (H.R. 516)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Tappan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Richard J. Brichett. (H.R. 503)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Poe, of Louisville, Kentucky. (H.R. 330)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Hardy and Alton Long. (H.R. 521)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the inhabitants of the parish of Ascension, State of Louisiana. (H.R. 538)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To revive an act entitled ''An act for the relief of the heirs, or their legal representatives, of William Conway, deceased.'' (H.R. 537)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin La Fonte, William Altenburg, and others. (H.R. 354)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Talbot C. Dousman. (H.R. 353)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To confirm to Charles Waterman his title to certain lots in Milwaukie, Wisconsin. (H.R. 555)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Francis Wlodecki. (H.R. 453)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. V. B. Horton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Jacques Godfroy. (H.R. 508)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. V. B. Horton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Packwood, a citizen of Washington Territory. (H.R. 509)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. W. Smith, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Gustavus B. Horner, deceased. (H.R. 343)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. W. Smith, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To allow the legal representatives of Samuel Jones, of the eleventh Virginia regiment on continental establishment, five years' full pay as a captain of infantry, in lieu of half-pay for life. (H.R. 342)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Welch, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Roxana Kimball. (H.R. 490)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the payment of the government's share of the expenses attending the improvement of Sixth street, along the site of Fort Porter, in Buffalo, New York. (H.R. 461)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John A. Sims, surviving partner of L. Sims & Brother. (H.R. 462)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John C. McConnell. (H.R. 459)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel S. Haight. (H.R. 510)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the estate of Joseph McClure, a paymaster in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (H.R. 460)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Winslow, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas B. Steele, passed assistant surgeon of the navy of the United States. (H.R. 446)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Woodruff, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Mary Hooker. (H.R. 532)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Zollicoffer, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Richard H. Weightman. (H.R. 467)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole. Mr. Gilbert, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Collins Boomer. (H.R. 333)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Comins, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for light-houses, light-boats, buoys, &c, and providing for the erection and establishment of the same, and for other purposes. (H.R. 451)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the construction of a building at Nashville, Tennessee, for a custom-house, post office, and United States court-rooms. (H.R. 209)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act requiring foreign regulations of commerce to be laid annually before Congress,'' approved August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 204)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Goode, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the circuit court of the District of Columbia to decree the sale of real estate in certain cases. (H.R. 215)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Kennett, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the construction of a building at Ogdensburg, New York, for a custom-house, post office, and United States court rooms. (H.R. 210)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for certain civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 201)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 202)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 189)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Matteson, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To pay the Chinese interpreter five thousand dollars per annum, instead of two thousand five hundred dollars. (H.R. 277)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Timothy Davis, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting bounty land to the officers and crews of private armed vessels commissioned by the United States. (H.R. 276)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish an additional land district in the Territory of Nebraska. (H.R. 212)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walker, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Wm. M. F. Magraw, contractor for carrying the mails on route No. 8911, from Independence, Missouri, to Salt Lake, in Utah Territory. (H.R. 186)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. C. C. Washburne, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the sale of section eighteen, township seven north, range four west, in the Mineral Point land district, and to grant pre-emption rights. (H.R. 252)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Cumback, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Mutual Gaslight Company for the cities of Washington and Georgetown. (H.R. 548)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Denver, from the Select Committee, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the establishment of railroad and telegraphic communication between the Atlantic States and Pacific ocean, and for other purposes. (H.R. 576)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Dick, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the extension, construction, and use of the Metropolitan Railroad Company into and within the District of Columbia. (H.R. 543)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the construction of a building at Ogdensburg, New York, for a custom-house, post office, and United States court rooms. (H.R. 845)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For a custom-house, post office, and court-room at Ogdensburg, New York. (H.R. 299)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor of Plymouth, Massachusetts. (H.R. 294)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation to add an additional story to the custom-house and post office building at Petersburg, Virginia. (H.R. 843)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To construct a building for custom-house and post-office at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. (H.R. 293)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvement of Cape Fear river, North Carolina. (H.R. 295)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvement of the harbor of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. (H.R. 296)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvement of the navigation of James river, Virginia. (H.R. 297)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvements in the Illinois river. (H.R. 302)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for a survey of the Ohio river and its principal tributaries. (H.R. 844)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the survey of Root river, in the Territory of Minnesota. (H.R. 292)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the survey of the Mississippi river, from Fort Snelling to the falls of St. Anthony; thence to the Sauk Rapids; and for survey of the Rock bar, at the Little Falls ... (H.R. 291)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Flagler, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing and directing the Postmaster General to purchase and test Allen's air and water tight mail-bags. (H.R. 264)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Goode, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the completion of the Washington Aqueduct. (H.R. 547)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Goode, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, a sum of money advanced towards the construction of the Little Falls bridge. (H.R. 546)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Grow, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for the completion of the capitol building of Utah. (H.R. 755)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Grow, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the payment for property taken or destroyed in the Territory of Kansas under authority of law or color of law. (H.R. 810)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Grow, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To make an appropriation for the construction of a penitentiary in the Territory of Nebraska. (H.R. 415)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. H. Bennett, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To confirm to the several States their selections of swamp lands, and to protect actual settlers and purchasers, and for other purposes. (H.R. 868)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. H. Bennett, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a communication by railroad and telegraph between the Atlantic States and California, and for other purposes. (H.R. 867)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. J. M. Harris, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the purchase of a site and the erection of a building for the use of Hook and Ladder Company No. 2, of Washington city. (H.R. 805)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. J. Morrison Harris, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the removal of the southern portion of the Potomac bridge. (H.R. 545)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Kennett, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Arkansas river, by contract. (H.R. 309)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Kennett, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Missouri river by contract. (H.R. 306)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Kennett, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the improvement of the navigation of the Ohio river by contract. (H.R. 307)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Kennett, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the removal of impediments to the navigation of the Mississippi river by contract. (H.R. 308)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Kennett, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvement of the harbor of Oswego, New York. (H.R. 310)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Kennett, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To enlarge and improve the Louisville and Portland canal. (H.R. 540)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Directing the investment of moneys in stocks of such States as have provided a sinking fund for the redemption thereof, and the application of the interest accruing thereon. (H.R. 849)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defence, and for repairs of barracks and quarters, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred ... (H.R. 634)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 152)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ... (H.R. 614)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 606)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 633)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 582)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 636)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 315)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 616)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 153)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 581)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the transportation of the United States mail, by ocean steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 637)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the transportation of the United States mail, by ocean steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand ... (H.R. 316)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-even. (H.R. 635)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Lewis D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defence, and for repairs of barracks and quarters, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred ... (H.R. 180)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Mace, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the several acts regulating the Post Office establishment. (H.R. 435)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Mace, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To test the usefulness of I. S. Richardson's atmospheric telegraph. (H.R. 434)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a separate judicial district south of the Gila, and to create the office of surveyor general therein; to provide for the adjudication of certain land claims; to grant ... (H.R. 752)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill For the increase of the Territorial Libraries of Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Kansas, and Nebraska. (H.R. 419)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To punish and prevent the practice of polygamy in the Territories of the United States, and other places. (H.R. 433)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Pelton, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for a resurvey of the harbor of Port Jefferson, New York. (H.R. 552)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Pelton, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to cause to be procured, by purchase or otherwise, a suitable steamer to be stationed at the port of New York, as a revenue cutter, and for ... (H.R. 251)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Pelton, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the construction of a marine hospital at Oswego, New York. (H.R. 577)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Pelton, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To require the employment of apprentices in the commercial marine of the United States. (H.R. 408)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Mr. Pennington, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand ... (H.R. 865)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Perry, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the construction of Territorial roads in the Territory of Nebraska. (H.R. 420)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Pringle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the appointment of a superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territories of Oregon and Washington, and for other purposes. (H.R. 754)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Pringle, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the appointment of a superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territory of New Mexico, and for other purposes. (H.R. 753)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Purviance, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill For the construction of a road from Fort Ridgley, in the Territory of Minnesota, to the South Pass of the Rocky mountains, in the Territory of Nebraska. (H.R. 417)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Purviance, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation of five thousand dollars for the construction of an embankment in Minnesota Territory. (H.R. 418)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Purviance, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the bridging of streams and opening roads in Minnesota Territory. (H.R. 428)

Read twice, and Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Purviance, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the erection of public buildings in Washington Territory. (H.R. 416)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the proceeds of the sale of the ordnance buildings and site at Liberty, Missouri, to be applied to the construction of an ordnance depot at Fort Leavenworth. (H.R. 265)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the Territory of Utah for certain expenses incurred by the Territory in the suppression of Indian hostilities in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three. (H.R. 426)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Savage, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting pensions to the officers and soldiers of the war with Great Britain of eighteen hundred and twelve, and those engaged in Indian wars during that period. (H.R. 539)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Seward, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the establishing of a navy depot on Blythe island, at Brunswick, on the coast of Georgia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 301)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Simmons, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To enable parties to obtain testimony before commissioners in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 762)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Extending the western and northern boundary line of the State of Iowa. (H.R. 572)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of settlers on school lands in the Territory of Nebraska, and granting lands for a university therein, and for other purposes. (H.R. 571)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Making a grant of lands to the State of Iowa, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of railroads in said State. (H.R. 573)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the completion of the geological survey of the Territories of Oregon and Washington, and for the publication of the same. (H.R. 800)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To aid the Territory of Minnesota to establish and support an asylum for the deaf and dumb, blimd, and insane. (H.R. 570)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To allow selection of lands in lieu of sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections for school purposes in Minnesota Territory. (H.R. 569)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Thorington, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To explain the act approved twelfth of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled ''An act to establish additional land districts in the Territory of Minnesota.'' (H.R. 185)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To divide the Territory of Washington into four land districts. (H.R. 430)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Walbridge, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the Register of the land office at Oregon City, Oregon, and for other purposes. (H.R. 427)

Read twice, and its further consideration postponed to the third Monday in December next. Ordered to be printed. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and, together with the amendments, ordered to be printed. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Reducing the ... (H.R. 566)

Read twice, and its further consideration postponed to the third Monday in December next. Ordered to be printed. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Reducing the duty on imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 566)

Read twice, and laid upon the table. Mr. H. S. Bennett, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill Regulating municipal elections in the city of Washington. (H.R. 442)

Read twice, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Broom, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of Nathaniel Emerson, deceased. (H.R. 860)

Read twice, and referred to a select committee. Reported from the committee by Mr. Dunn, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, within [brackets], and insert what follows in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Dunn, on ... (H.R. 157)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported from the committee without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Peyton G. King, late receiver of public money at Monroe, Louisiana. (H.R. 37)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported with a recommendation that it do not pass Mr. Woodworth, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Frederick Stephens, for services rendered in the late war with Great Britain. (H.R. 256)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. L. D. Campbell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the deposit of the surplus in the treasury of the United States with the several States. (H.R. 816)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Ordered to be printed. Mr. L. D. Campbell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To regulate the disbursement of the contingent expenses of Congress. (H.R. 608)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Reported back by Mr. Grow from the committee, without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Grow, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain. (H.R. 18)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Making appropriations for light-houses, light-boats, buoys, &c., and providing for the erection and establishment of the same, and for other purposes. (H.R. 451)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To alter and amend ''An act to appropriate money to remove obstructions in the Savannah river, below the city of Savannah, in the State of Georgia,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. (H.R. 261)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert the word seven, in italic. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Walbridge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the construction of a ... (H.R. 160)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert those in italic. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Greenwood, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To improve the navigation and to continue the survey of White ... (H.R. 150)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert those in italic. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Walbridge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the construction of a harbor at ... (H.R. 137)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert those in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Walbridge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the construction of a harbor at ... (H.R. 128)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert those in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Woodworth, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the construction of a harbor at ... (H.R. 161)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with amendments, viz: Strike out the word within [brackets], and insert those in italic. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. McCarty, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the working of a steam-dredge on ... (H.R. 182)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with amendments, viz: Strike out the word within [brackets], and insert those in italic. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Williams, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvement of the harbor of Genesee river, New ... (H.R. 136)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Sherman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvement of the harbor of Sandusky City, ... (H.R. 48)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with amendments, viz: Strike out twenty, within [brackets], and insert thirty, in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Tyson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To enlarge and complete the harbor of Chester, Delaware ... (H.R. 246)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows, in italics; and amend the title to read, A bill to regulate the compensation of certain officers of the revenue. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the ... (H.R. 79)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, in [brackets], and insert what follows in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A ... (H.R. 92)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause within [brackets], and insert what follows in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A ... (H.R. 94)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, [in brackets], and insert what follows in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Woodworth, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For ... (H.R. 96)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: add the words in italic; and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Paine, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the re-opening a communication between Albemarle sound, North Carolina, and the Atlantic ... (H.R. 184)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: insert after the word ''forty,'' five, in italics; and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Haven, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To keep St. Clair river, in the State of Michigan, in a navigable condition ... (H.R. 163)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: Strike out fifteen, within [brackets], and insert forty-three, in italic. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Sherman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvement of the harbor of ... (H.R. 47)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: Strike out fifty, within [brackets], and insert sixty, in italic. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Sage, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvement of the channel of the Hudson river ... (H.R. 120)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: strike out the word fifteen, within [brackets,] and insert the word thirty-one, in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Bliss, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the repairs on the harbor ... (H.R. 41)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word five, within [brackets], and insert the word two, in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Kennett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For continuing the improvement of the Des ... (H.R. 12)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word thirteen, within [brackets], and insert the word thirty-six, in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Sherman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvement of the ... (H.R. 49)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word thirty, within [brackets], and insert twenty, in italic; and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Waldron, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the completion of the piers at ... (H.R. 105)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word twenty, within [brackets], and insert eighteen, in italic. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Walbridge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for completing the ... (H.R. 159)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word two, within [brackets], and insert one, printed in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. E. B. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For continuing the improvement of the ... (H.R. 93)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word within [brackets], and insert that in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. C. C. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For continuing the improvement of the harbor of ... (H.R. 109)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word within [brackets], and insert the word in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Walbridge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the construction of a harbor ... (H.R. 127)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back with an amendment, viz: Strike out thirty, within [brackets], and insert forty-three, in italic. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Wade, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for continuing the improvements on ... (H.R. 90)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Buffinton, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the improvement of the Taunton river, in the State of Massachusetts. (H.R. 249)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Colfax, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for continuing the improvement of a harbor of refuge and commerce at Michigan City, on Lake Michigan, and ... (H.R. 91)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Dick, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at the city of Erie, Pennsylvania. (H.R. 126)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Edwards, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Dunkirk, New York, on Lake Erie. (H.R. 140)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Flagler, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Oak Orchard, on Lake Ontario. (H.R. 112)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Giddings, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Ashtabula creek, Ohio. (H.R. 305)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Haven, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize and continue the construction of a harbor at Buffalo, New York. (H.R. 164)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Haven, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To place and keep St. Mary's river, in the State of Michigan, in a navigable condition for vessels of war and commerce, and to ... (H.R. 162)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. McCarty, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for continuing the improvement of the harbor of Port Ontario, New York. (H.R. 183)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Morgan, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the improvement of Sodus harbor, Cayuga county, New York. (H.R. 144)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Morgan, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the improvement of Sodus harbor, Wayne county, New York. (H.R. 145)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Mott, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an additional appropriation for the enlargement of the custom-house and post office building at Toledo, Ohio. (H.R. 255)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Peck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at Marquette, on Lake Superior, in the State of Michigan. (H.R. 170)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Peck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Ontonagan river, in the State of Michigan. (H.R. 171)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Peck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriation for the improvement of the Saginaw river, in the State of Michigan. (H.R. 169)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Sandidge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Appropriating a sum of money for the completion of the improvements in the raft region of Red river. (H.R. 199)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Seward, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To alter and amend ''An act to appropriate money to remove obstructions in the Savannah river, below the city of Savannah, in the ... (H.R. 261)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Tyson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To enlarge and complete the harbor at New Castle, Delaware river, Delaware. (H.R. 245)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Wade, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for continuing the improvements on the harbor at the mouth of Grand river, in the county of Lake, and State of ... (H.R. 89)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Walker, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Mobile, Alabama, at Dog River bar, Choctaw Pass, and to the Lower Fleet. (H.R. 155)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Wells, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For continuing the improvement of the harbor at Milwaukie, Wisconsin. (H.R. 106)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Wells, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriation for continuing the improvement of the harbor at Kenosha, Wisconsin. (H.R. 108)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Wells, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriation for continuing the improvement of the harbor at Racine, Wisconsin. (H.R. 107)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, with a recommendation that it do not pass. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. (H.R. 248)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back, by Mr. E. B. Washburne, without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Giddings, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the improvement of the harbor at Conneaut, Ohio. (H.R. 304)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back, by Mr. Tyson, from the committee without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Tyson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the Delaware breakwater, Delaware. (H.R. 402)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Burnett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To repair, refit, and refurnish the marine hospital at Paducah, Kentucy. (H.R. 743)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Sneed, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To liquidate the unadjusted contracts of the Tennessee river improvement. (H.R. 227)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for certain civil expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 201)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 614)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 202)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 636)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Reducing the duty on imports, and for other purposes. (H.R. 566)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To amend the twenty-eight section of the act of Congress approved the thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, entitled ''An act to provide revenue from imports and to change and modify existing laws imposing duties on imports, and for other purposes''--prohibiting the ... (H.R. 617)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To remit or refund duties upon goods, wares, and merchandise destroyed by fire. (H.R. 848)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (H.R. 68)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments, viz: Insert the parts printed in italics. An Act To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (H.R. 68)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June ... (H.R. 71)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs by Mr. H. M. Fuller without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. W. R. Smith, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To prevent the introduction into the United States of foreign ... (H.R. 124)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. An Act Authorizing a settlement of the accounts of Charles P. Babcock, late Indian agent at Detroit, in the State of Michigan. (H.R. 134)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported from the committee by Mr. Todd, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Peck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Authorizing a settlement of the ... (H.R. 134)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Reported back by Mr. A. Oliver without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole. Mr. John P. Campbell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac P. Washburne. (H.R. 288)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. S. S. Marshall, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making provisions to compensate agents for paying pensions, and prescribing the time and manner of settling their ... (H.R. 97)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Reported back without amendment, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Lhiler, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Amos Armstrong, off Ohio. (H.R. 88)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Phelps, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Antoine Robedeau. (H.R. 196)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole to-morrow. Mr. John P. Campbell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John W. Cox. (H.R. 289)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act For the benefit of Anthony Devit, late a sergeant in the third artillery of the United States army. (H.R. 767)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act For the relief of Antoine Robedeau. (H.R. 465)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act Granting the right of way to the St. Louis and Iron Mountain railroad through the arsenal, magazine, and Jefferson barracks tracts. (H.R. 13)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act Making appropriations for the completion of military roads in Oregon Territory. (H.R. 2)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back by Mr. Allison, with an amendment, in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause within [brackets], and insert what follows in italics; and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Lane, on leave, introduced the ... (H.R. 1)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back by Mr. Sapp, without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Sapp, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting one hundred and sixty acres of land to Richard Smith, of Coshocton county, Ohio, for his services in the expedition against ... (H.R. 38)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Chapman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize ... (H.R. 431)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burnett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Richard B. Alexander, late a major in the first Tennessee regiment, Mexican war. (H.R. 609)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Peck, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the officers and privates of the ''Clinton Guards,'' of the country of Macomb, in the State of Michigan. (H.R. 240)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back, with an amendment, in the nature of a substitute: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; and amend the title by adding, late a paymaster's clerk in the service of the United States. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House ... (H.R. 735)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported by Mr. Quitman without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Kennett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting the right of way to the St. Louis and Iron Mountain railroad, through the arsenal, magazine, and ... (H.R. 13)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported by Mr. Quitman, with an amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Lane, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the completion of military roads in Oregon Territory. (H.R. 2)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported from the Committee with amendments, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Faulkner, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the better organization of the army, and for other purposes. (H.R. 551)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Otero, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the ... (H.R. 584)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported with an amendment, in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; and amend the title to read: A bill for the completion of the military road from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley. Committed to the Committee of ... (H.R. 702)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported with an amendment, viz: Add the additional sections printed in italics. An Act To increase the pay of the officers of the army. (H.R. 782)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets]; and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Kennett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of J. W. Todd, a lieutenant of ordnance in the United States army. (H.R. 11)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Faulkner, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend the act passed on the third March, eighteen hundred and nineteen, entitled ''An act authorizing the sale of ... (H.R. 244)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported back without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Millward, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To regulate the pay of mechanics and laborers at the United States navy yards and naval stations. (H.R. 247)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act For the relief of Dr. James Morrow. (H.R. 388)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Henry Stewart. (H.R. 487)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Mary Hooker. (H.R. 532)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. An Act To authorize the legal representatives of Pascal L. Cerre to enter certain lands in the State of Missouri. (H.R. 226)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause and print what follows in italics. Mr. Kennett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the inhabitants of St. Louis county, Missouri. Whereas, upon ... (H.R. 403)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported back with an amendment, in the nature of a substitute, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Strike out all after the enacting clause, in [brackets,] and insert what follows in italics. Mr. Kennett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A ... (H.R. 15)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported back without amendment, recommending its passage, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Sandidge, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To revive and continue in force, for a limited period, ''An act in relation to donations of ... (H.R. 147)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To establish three additional land districts in the Territory of Nebraska. (H.R. 212)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To extend the time for selling the lands granted to the Kentucky asylum for teaching the deaf and dumb. (H.R. 580)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Houston, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act therein named. (H.R. 675)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chapman, on leave, introduced the following bill, intended to be reported by Mr. Williamson R. W. Cobb, from the Committee on Public Lands, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute: A Bill To establish an additional land district in the Territory of ... (H.R. 639)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Chapman, on leave, introduced the following bill, intended to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute: A Bill To establish the office of surveyor general of Nebraska, and for the relief of settlers on school lands in the Territory of Nebraska, ... (H.R. 638)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Otero, on leave, introduced the following bill, intended to be reported by Mr. Harlan, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute: A Bill To ascertain and settle the private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 583)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Whitfield, on leave, introduced the following bill, intended to be reported from the Committee on Public Lands without amendment: A Bill To establish two additional land districts in the Territory of Kansas. (H.R. 613)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back by Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the States and Territories in which ... (H.R. 29)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back from the Committee without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Davidson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charlotte Turner. (H.R. 399)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Carlile, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To equalize the ... (H.R. 672)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, within [brackets], and insert what follows in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Kennett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A ... (H.R. 158)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Thorington, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the sale of certain town lots. (H.R. 166)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back without amendment, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Morrison, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Abraham Stallings. (H.R. 686)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back without amendment, laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. A. Hall, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting land to the State of Iowa and the Territory of Minnesota, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of railroads therein named. (H.R. 317)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back, by Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Strike out all after the enacting clause, within [brackets], and insert what follows in italics. Mr. Whitfield, on leave, introduced ... (H.R. 115)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported from the committee by Mr. Brenton without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. S. Miller, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the land offices at Vincennes, Indiana, and to ascertain and adjust the titles to ... (H.R. 123)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported from the committee by Mr. Thorington, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert substitute, in italics; and amend the title by adding at the end, and their connexions with other contemplated railroads. Committee to ... (H.R. 390)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported from the committee by Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To grant ... (H.R. 28)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported from the Committee on Public Lands, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Otero, on leave, introduced the following ... (H.R. 583)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported from the committee without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Howard, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To enable the United States to make use of the ''Solar Compass'' in the public surveys. (H.R. 104)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows, printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No 31.) Recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within, [brackets,] and insert those ... (H.R. 8)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows, printed in italics, and accompanied by a report, (No. 31.) An Act To amend the act, in addition to certain acts, granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in ... (H.R. 8)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows, in italics; and amend the title to read as follows: A bill to provide for the establishment of railroad and telegraphic communication between the Atlantic States ... (H.R. 14)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Dowdell, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robert Mitchell. (H.R. 20)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. An Act For the relief of the surviving children of John Gilbert, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 471)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows printed in italics; and accompanied by a manuscript report. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Gustavus B. Horner, deceased. (H.R. 343)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Discharge, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Reported back without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Tappan, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Directing the payment of arrearages of pensions due Simon Smith, deceased, ... (H.R. 231)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Broom, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the settlement of the claims of the officers of the revolutionary army, and of the widows and orphan ... (H.R. 154)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Reported back, with amendments, viz: strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Broom, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the settlement of the claims of ... (H.R. 154)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. H. S. Bennett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary Harris, wife of Newsom Harris, deceased, for services rendered in the revolutionary war. (H.R. 236)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Woodworth, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the establishment of railroad and telegraph communication between the Atlantic States and Pacific ocean. (H.R. 683)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. Mr. Morrill, from the Committee on Territories, gave notice of his intention to report the following bill, which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Denver, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To change the eastern boundary of the State of California. (H.R. 328)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, on leave, introduced the following bill, intended to be reported from the Committee on Territories. A Bill Authorizing the settlement of the accounts of the clerks of the United States courts in Oregon and Washington Territories. (H.R. 623)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Lane, on leave, introduced the following bill, intended to be reported from the Committee on Territories. A Bill For extending the land laws east of the Cascade mountains, in Oregon and Washington Territories. (H.R. 624)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Rice, on leave, introduced the following bill, intended to be reported by Mr. Grow, from the Committee on Territories, with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert those in italics. A Bill To authorize the people of the Territory of ... (H.R. 642)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics, and amend the title to read A bill to complete the capital building of Nebraska; committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the ... (H.R. 640)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. Reported back with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words in [brackets.] Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Chapman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the construction of a wagon road from the south pass of the Rocky mountains, in ... (H.R. 710)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. Reported by Mr. Purvlance, without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Chapman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the construction of a road in the Territory of Nebraska. (H.R. 641)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act Relinquishing the claim of the United States to certain property of which Elijah King died seized and possessed, in the District of Columbia, upon certain specified conditions. Whereas it has been represented to the Congress of the United States that one Elijah King, an emancipated ... (H.R. 785)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To define the jurisdiction of the district and circuit courts of the United States for the district of East Tennessee. (H.R. 156)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back by Mr. H. Marshall, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics. Committed to a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Whitney, on leave, introduced the following bill: A ... (H.R. 165)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back by Mr. S. W. Harris, without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Greenwood, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To build a jail at the town of Van Buren, in the State of Arkansas. (H.R. 117)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Lake, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To settle certain accounts between the United States and the State of Mississippi. (H.R. 21)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported from the committee by Mr. Simmons, with an amendment, viz: the words printed in italics; and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sneed, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the representatives and sureties of Robert King, ... (H.R. 135)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those in italics. Its further consideration postponed to the 10th of June. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Herbert, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To expedite the issuing of patents for confirmed ... (H.R. 188)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. An Act More effectually to enforce the attendance of witnesses on the summons of either House of Congress, and to compel them to discover testimony. (H.R. 757)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads Reported without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lane, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the settlement of the accounts of Frank S. Holland, late postmaster at Oregon city, Oregon. (H.R. 627)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. An Act For the relief of James P. Fleming, of Augusta, Georgia. (H.R. 436)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. An Act To authorize the Postmaster General to execute a contract with Messrs. Garman, Wigle & Benford, for carrying the mail from Cumberland, Maryland, to Greensburg, Pennsylvania. (H.R. 429)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Broom, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Postmaster General to contract for the transportation of the mails of the United States between New York and Southampton. (H.R. 585)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Kennett, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Providing for the establishment of a mail-route, and carrying a semi-weekly overland mail between the frontiers of Missouri and San Francisco, California, and for other purposes. (H.R. 284)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported back, by Mr. Mace, without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Lane, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for additional mail steam service from San Francisco, California, to Oregon, and to ... (H.R. 122)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Anderson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Establishing a mail-route on Puget's sound, in Washington Territory. (H.R. 142)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported from the committee by Mr. Grow, with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word ''quarter,'' within [brackets], in the seventh section. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Joseph Lane, on leave, introduced the following ... (H.R. 7)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed--Mr. Dunn to reconsider vote on committee ment, pending. Mr. Grow, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To annul certain acts of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Kansas, and to secure to the citizens ... (H.R. 75)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Grow, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend and supplementary to ''An act to organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas,'' approved May thirty, eighteen hundred and fifty-four. (H.R. 74)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. H. Bennett, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish two additional land districts in the Territory of Minnesota. (H.R. 67)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. L D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian ... (H.R. 71)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred ... (H.R. 70)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 69)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. L. D. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (H.R. 68)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennington, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for carrying into effect the first article of the treaty between the United States and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great ... (H.R. 73)

Read twice, committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To prohibit officers of the army and navy from having an interest in contracts for the supply of any article for any branch of the service to which such ... (H.R. 133)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and its further consideration postponed until the 25th of June next. Mr. Grow, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill For the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union. (H.R. 411)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and its further consideration postponed until Tuesday, the 18th instant. Mr. Meacham, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill Defining the rights of voters, and the duties of commissioners of elections, in the city of Washington, and for other purposes. (H.R. 174)

Read twice, ordered to be printed, and recommitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Pennington, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To regulate the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States. (H.R. 549)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. J. R. Tyson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To repair and complete the harbor at Reedy island, Delaware river, Delaware. (H.R. 211)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for certain civil expenses of the government for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. (H.R. 201)

Read, referred to the Committee on Public Buildings, and ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, to the bill ''making appropriations for certain civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.'' ... (H.R. 201)

Referred, together with the Senate amendments thereto, to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reported from the committee with a recommendation that the House do not concur in the Senate amendments. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. The Senate amendments are printed in italics. A Bill Making appropriations for the ... (H.R. 69)

Referred, together with the Senate amendments, to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reported back by Mr. L. D. Campbell, recommending concurrence in some of the said Senate amendments, non-concurrence in others, and concurrence in others, with amendments. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. The Senate propose to amend ... (H.R. 71)

Referred, together with the Senate amendments, to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reported back by Mr. L. D. Campbell, with a recommendation that the House do not concur in the said Senate amendments; and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. The Senate propose to amend by inserting the parts printed in italics. A Bill ... (H.R. 70)

Referred, together with the Senate amendments, to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reported from the committee with a recommendation that the House concur in some of the said amendments, non-concur in others, and concur in the 57th with an amendment. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. See action of committee on ... (H.R. 614)

Substitute. A Bill Making a grant of lands to the Territories of Nebraska, Minnesota, and Kansas, in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of railroads in said Territories, and their connections with other contemplated railroads. (H.R. 390)