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Bills and Resolutions, Senate, 25th Congress, 2nd Session

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Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Knight asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the committee on finance. Reported without amendment. A Bill To allow a drawback of duties on imported hemp, when manufactured into cordage and exported. (S. 10)

Agreeably to notice given, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment, accompanied by an adverse report, No. 295. A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Parsons. (S. 242)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, Reported without amendment. A Bill To provide for the uniform payment for horses lost in the military service of the United States. (S. 82)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill To provide for the uniform payment for horses lost in the military service of the United States. (S. 82)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Benton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment, and that it do not pass. A Bill To grant a township of land to the French University of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri. (S. 115)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Black asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported without amendment. A Bill For giving effect to the eighth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and nineteen with Spain. (S. 89)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Buchanan asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported without amendment. A Bill To repeal certain provisions of ''An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports,'' approved the fourteenth day of July, eighteen hundred ... (S. 140)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Buchanan asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill To explain and amend the fifth section of the act passed the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, ''for the better organization of the ... (S. 9)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Buchanan asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment, and recommended to be indefinitely postpone. A Bill Supplementary to an act entitled ''An act for regulating processes in the courts of the United States, and ... (S. 230)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Calhoun asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To cede the public lands within the limits of the new States, on certain conditions therein mentioned. (S. 199)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and recommending its rejection. A Bill For the relief of William East. (S. 34)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of John McCartney. (S. 60)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay, of Alabama, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported with amendments; viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of certain persons therein named. (S. 20)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets.] A Bill For the settlement of the claim of the executrix of Richard W. Meade. (S. 31)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported without amendment accompanied by a special report, (No. 494.) A Bill To amend the act entitled ''An act to amend the several acts ... (S. 32)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Clayton asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Nathan, Peter, and William Adams, deceased. (S. 35)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Crittenden asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported without amendment. A Bill To repeal so much of the act, approved the second of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and of all other laws, as ... (S. 13)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Davis asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment. A Bill To remunerate the captors of the privateer Lydia. (S. 123)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fulton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To authorize the location of the pre-emption certificates given by the ... (S. 167)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fulton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of sundry citizens of Arkansas, who lost their improvements in consequence of a treaty between the ... (S. 43)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Fulton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the inhabitants of township eight north, range thirty-two west, in the State of Arkansas, to enter a section of land in lieu of the sixteenth ... (S. 317)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Grundy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Grundy, Wall, Clayton, Benton, Calhoun, Webster, and Walker, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide for the letter security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled ... (S. 1)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Grundy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strikeout the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To alter and amend the ''act for the punishment of certain crimes against the ... (S. 21)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Grundy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz; Strikeout the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill In amendment of the acts respecting the Judicial System of the United States. (S. 37)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Grundy asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Grundy, Wall, Clayton, Benton, Calhoun, Webster, and Walker, and ordered to be printed. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in ... (S. 1)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hubbard asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the payment of invalid pensions in certain cases. (S. 25)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hubbard asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Gurdon S. Hubbard, assignee of Jacques Veaux and Louis Veaux. (S. 299)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Hubbard asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment, and recommended not to pass. A Bill For the relief of Joseph K. Averell. (S. 372)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was 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. A Bill To authorize George Whitman to import an iron steamboat in detached parts, with the ... (S. 306)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment, accompanied by a special report, (No. 298.) A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John Brahan, late receiver of public moneys at Huntsville, Alabama. (S. 258)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. King asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment, accompanied by a special report, (No. 408.) A Bill For the benefit of the Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company. (S. 310)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Knight asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Sarah Angel, and the other heirs at law of Benjamin King, deceased. (S. 273)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Linn, Grundy, Robbins, Spence, and Preston. Reported without amendment. A Bill To purchase the right to use Doctor Boyd Reilly's vapor-bath. (S. 245)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Linn, Preston, Walker, Pierce, and Wall. Reported with amendments, viz: Strikeout the parts within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill [To authorize the occupation ... (S. 206)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Reported without amendment, accompanied by a special report, (No. 300.) A Bill To encourage the introduction and promote the cultivation of tropical plants in the United States. (S. 241)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word within [brackets], and insert that printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Jean B. Valle. (S. 63)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Joseph Bogy. (S. 64)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Sebastian Butcher, and the heirs and legal representatives of Bartholomew Butcher, Michael Butcher, and Peter Bloom. (S. 66)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Philip Barbour, deceased. (S. 293)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill To continue in force the ''Act for the final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri,'' approved ninth July, eighteen hundred and thirty-two, and ... (S. 62)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill To provide for the legal adjudication and settlement of a claim to land granted by the Spanish Government to Julien Dubuque. (S. 65)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert what follows, printed in italics. A Bill To authorize the Washington County Turnpike Company, in the State ... (S. 67)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets.] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to cause the southern boundary ... (S. 98)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Linn asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Thomas A. Smith. (S. 76)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the follow bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill Making appropriations for certain roads in the Territory of Wisconsin. (S. 29)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported with amendments; viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Obed P. Lacey. (S. 38)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment, accompanied by a special report, (No. 164.) A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John Campbell. (S. 105)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment, accompanied by a special report, (No. 68.) A Bill To provide for issuing patents for certain lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Territory. (S. 17)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strikeout the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To create an additional land office in the State of Michigan, and for other ... (S. 16)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets.] A Bill Granting to the county of Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, the right of pre-emption to a quarter section of ... (S. 15)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. To settle contested claims that have arisen under the pre-emption laws. (S. 67)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To create the office of Surveyor of Public Lands for the State of Michigan. (S. 356)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To create the office of Surveyor of Public Lands in the Wisconsin Territory. (S. 30)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To establish two additional land offices in that part of Wisconsin Territory west of the river Mississippi. (S. 39)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Lyon asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill In addition to the act entitled ''An act supplementary to the act entitled 'An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to ... (S. 155)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. McKean asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill Further regulating writs of error and suits for penalties, in the courts of the United States. (S. 191)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Morris asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To divide the Territory of Wisconsin, and to establish the Territorial ... (S. 269)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Nicholas asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Don Carlos Dehault Delassus, late Spanish Lieutenant ... (S. 315)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Captain Augustus A. Nicholson. (S. 130)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics, and made the special order of the day for Monday, the 28th instant. Making ... (S. 309)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice; and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill Supplementary to ''An act to provide for the adjustment of titles to land in the town of Detroit, and Territory of Michigan, and for other purposes.'' (S. 131)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Making certain grants of public lands, and for other purposes. (S. 360)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell asked and obtained leave to bringing bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee revolutionary Claims. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out those parts within [brackets.] For the relief James Witherell. (S. 36)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Norvell asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the committee on the judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: strike out the parts within brackets, [ ] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To ascertain and designate the boundary line between the State of ... (S. 11)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Prentiss asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics; and made the special order of the day for Monday, the 12th instant. A Bill To ... (S. 250)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Prentiss asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strikeout the word within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To establish a Board of Commissioners to hear and examine claims against the ... (S. 61)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Prentiss asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments. Amended as in Committee of the Whole; reported to the Senate, and the amendments concurred in; laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To establish a ... (S. 61)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Prentiss asked and obtained leave to introduce in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment. A Bill To revive and continue in force an act entitled ''An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war.'' (S. 78)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Prentiss asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the committee on finance. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Elisha Town. (S. 6)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Prentiss asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the committee on finance. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Erastus Fairbanks and Thaddeus Fairbanks. (S. 7)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Preston asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment. A Bill Explanatory of the act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers. (S. 88)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Rives asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported with amendments, viz:. Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics; accompanied by a special report, (No. 443.) To establish and regulate the navy ... (S. 55)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Robinson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of George Davenport. (S. 91)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Robinson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of James Latham, deceased. (S. 289)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Robinson asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. For the relief of Daniel Bush. (S. 23)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ruggles asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the Commissioner of the Patent Office to issue a patent to James Smith. (S. 96)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Ruggles asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment. A Bill Granting a pension to David Gilmore. (S. 79)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Sevier asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill To provide for the legal adjudication and settlement of the claims to land under the grants or concessions made to the Baron Bastrop, the Marquis de ... (S. 84)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Sevier asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill To ratify and confirm certain official acts of John Pope, late Governor of Arkansas. (S. 42)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Smith, of Indiana, asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment, accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 311.) A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to cause patents to be issued to the persons ... (S. 267)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tallmadge asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert the word printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Henry ... (S. 190)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tallmadge asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with an amendment, viz.: Add the words printed in italics. A Bill To abolish imprisonment for debt in certain cases. (S. 364)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, Reported without amendment. A Bill To provide for the security and protection of the emigrant and other Indians west of the States of Missouri and Arkansas. (S. 75)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported without amendment A Bill To authorize Peter Warner, of Indiana, to purchase a certain half section of land. (S. 8)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported without amendment, and recommended to be indefinitely postponed. A Bill Fixing the compensation of the officers of the army, employed on duty, in the military bureaus of the War ... (S. 177)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Michael Cassel. (S. 103)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Tipton asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize a subscription for stock, on the part of the United States, in the Jeffersonville and New Albany Canal Company. (S. 233)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Trotter asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill Supplementary to an act entitled. ''An act to amend an act for the appointment of commissioners to adjust ... (S. 266)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Trotter asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Discharged, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To grant to the State of Mississippi a certain quantity of land for purposes of internal ... (S. 388)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To authorize the State of Mississippi to invest the two per cent. fund of that State. (S. 198)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands, Reported with amendments, viz: Strikeout the words within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. Providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands. (S. 4)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill Authorizing the relinquishment of the sixteenth sections granted for the use of schools, and the entry of other lands in lieu thereof. (S. 3)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill Authorizing the States to tax any lands within their limits sold by the United States. (S. 5)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Walker asked and obtained leave to introduce the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill To grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands. (S. 2)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Webster asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Making further provisions for the collection of the public revenue. (S. 359)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Webster asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. Read a second time, and laid on the table. Amended, laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Making further provisions for the collection of the public revenue. (S. 359)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Webster asked and obtained leave to bring the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets], and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To authorize the importation free of duty of one Napier's improved printing press, ... (S. 122)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. White asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment, and recommended to be rejected. A Bill To regulate the mode of empanneling jurors in the circuit and district courts of the United States. (S. 354)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Williams asked leave to bring in the following bill; Ordered, That the motion to grant leave lie on the table. Leave granted, and the bill read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported adversely, accompanied by a special report, (No. 502,) and laid on the table. A Bill To provide for surveying the ... (S. 327)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Discharged, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported without amendment, and adversely. A Bill For the relief of Samuel Gibson. (S. 97)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Isabella Hill, widow, and John Hill, Elizabeth Hill, and Samuel ... (S. 247)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, accompanied by a special report, (No. 320.) A Bill For the relief of Jacob Hanks. (S. 202)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, accompanied by a special report, (No. 321.) A Bill For the relief of Alfred Westfall. (S. 201)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, accompanied by a special report, (No. 34.) A Bill For the relief Samuel Ferguson. (S. 40)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and that it not ought to pass. A Bill For the relief of William Bennett. (S. 225)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. A Bill For the relief of Charles A. Dodd. (S. 226)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. A Bill For the relief of James H. Ralston. (S. 200)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. A Bill For the relief of John L. Scott. (S. 223)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and that it ought not to pass. A Bill For the relief of John Richey. (S. 227)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment, and the accompany documents, (No. 486,) ordered to be printed. A Bill For the relief of Ephraim Sprague. (S. 355)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of David G. Bates. (S. 224)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of David McNair. (S. 228)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of Dennis Quinlivan. (S. 222)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. The Committee of Claims discharged, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within (brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill ... (S. 28)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Committee discharged. A Bill Authorizing certain soldiers in the late war with Great Britain to surrender the bounty lands drawn by them and to locate others in lieu thereof. (S. 27)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Discharged, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported without amendment. A Bill Granting to the State of Illinois the right of way through the public lands of the United ... (S. 120)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of John Newton. (S. 26)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word within [brackets,] and insert that printed in italics. A Bill Granting to the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company the right of way ... (S. 281)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment. A Bill To prevent defalcations by the collectors, receivers, and disbursers of the public revenue. (S. 377)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post office and Post Roads. Reported with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. A Bill For the relief of Thomas H. Owen and John W. Skidmore. (S. 171)

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Young asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was road twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment. A Bill For the relief of James Dutton. (S. 80)

Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Grundy, to the bill, (S. 4,) ''providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of public lands,'' viz: Strike on all after the enacting clause and insert. Amendment. (S. 4)

Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Ruggles, to the bill (S. 385) ''in addition to an act to promote the progress of the useful arts,'' viz: Add the following as additional sections: Amendment. (S. 385)

Amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Tipton, to the bill (S. 157) ''to impose additional duties, as depositaries, upon certain public officers, to appoint receivers general of public money, and to regulate the safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public moneys of the United States,'' viz: Strike out the 23d section of the bill, and ... (S. 157)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Benton to the bill ''to continue the corporate existence of the banks in the District of Columbia,'' viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following: Amendment. (S. 270)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Clay, of Alabama, to the bill, (S. 356,) entitled ''An act to create the office of surveyor of public lands for the State of Michigan,'' viz: Add the following as anew section: Amendment. (S. 356)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Norvell, to the bill (S. 86) ''for the continuation of the Cumberland Road in the States of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois,'' viz: Add the following sections. Amendment. (S. 86)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Rives to the bill (S. 157) ''to impose additional duties as depositaries, upon certain public officers, to appoint receivers general of public money, and to regulate the safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public moneys of the United States,'' viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the ... (S. 157)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Tipton to the bill (S. 234) ''for the benefit of the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad Company, in the State of Indiana,'' viz: Insert after the enacting clause the following: Amendment. (S. 234)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Wall to the bill (8,113,) ''to prevent the counterfeiting of any foreign copper, gold, silver, or other coin; and to prevent the bringing into the United States, or uttering, any counterfeit foreign copper, gold, silver, or other coin,'' viz: Add the following as a new section. Amendment: (S. 113)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Wall to the bill (S. 113) ''to prevent the counterfeiting of any foreign copper, gold, silver, or other coin; and to prevent the bringing into the United States; or uttering, any counterfeit foreign copper, gold, silver, or other coin,'' viz: Add the following as new sections. Amendment. (S. 113)

Amendment proposed by Mr. Wright to the bill (S. 157) ''to impose additional duties as depositaries, upon certain public officers, to appoint receivers general of public money, and to regulate the safe keeping, transfer and disbursement of the public moneys of the United States.'' Amendment. (S. 157)

Amendment proposed in Committee of the Whole, to the bill (S. 133) to amend an act entitled ''An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and to repeal the acts therein mentioned,'' approved twentieth of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen; which was agreed to, and ordered to be printed, viz: ... (S. 133)

Amendment. (S. 234)

Amendments Proposed by Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to Senate bill No. 29, making appropriations for certain roads in the Territory of Wisconsin. (S. 29)

By unanimous consent, Mr. Benton obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Bill Supplementary to an act entitled ''An act to increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes,'' approved July , eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. (S. 387)

By unanimous consent, Mr. Buchanan brought in the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act to establish the Treasury Department.'' (S. 376)

By unanimous consent, Mr. Webster obtained leave to bring in the following bill; which was read twice, and laid on the table. A Bill Making provision for the discharge of debenture bonds, in certain cases. (S. 386)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. Cambreleng, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate ''to remit the duties upon certain goods destroyed by fire at the late conflagration in the city of New York,'' reported the same without amendment. A Bill To remit the ... (S. 18)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to which is committed House bill No. 167, to authorize the issuing of a patent for a certain reservation to Us-se-yoholo, a Creek Indian, &c. Mr. Pennybacker, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. ... (S. 181)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate No. 38, for the relief of Obed P. Lacey, reported the same without amendment. An Act For the relief of Obed P. Lacey. (S. 38)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Adams, from the Committee on Manufactures, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act To authorize Charles Bay, of Macon, and James R. Butts, of Columbus, in the State of Georgia, to import, free of duties; two iron steamboats, ... (S. 147)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Casey, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with several amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end of the bill. An Act To create the office of Surveyor of Public Lands in the Wisconsin Territory. (S. 30)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Casey, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act To establish two additional land offices in that part of Wisconsin Territory west of the river Mississippi. (S. 39)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Craig, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. Note.--Amendment at the end. An Act For the relief of the heirs and representatives of William Jones, deceased, late of the State of Maryland. (S. 135)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. De Graff, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act For the relief of John H. Jacocks. (S. 282)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. Note.--Amendment at the end. An Act For the relief of Peter Bargy, junior. (S. 125)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, to which was referred the following bill, reported the same with amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act For the relief of David Stone. (S. 52)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Garland, of Virginia, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate (No. 208) ''for the relief of Thomas L. Winthrop and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company,'' reported the same without amendment. An ... (S. 208)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Grantland, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which the following bill from the Senate had been referred, reported the same with an amendment. An Act To explain and amend the fifth section of the act passed the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-four, ''for the better ... (S. 9)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ingham, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act To remunerate the captors of the privateer Lydia. (S. 123)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Montgomery, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act For the relief of certain persons therein named. (S. 20)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Muhlenberg from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate, No. 49, for the relief of the heir of Frederick Seigle, reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of the heir of Frederick Seigle. (S. 49)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate, No. 90, for the relief of Captain Samuel Warren, reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of Captain Samuel Warren. (S. 90)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Muhlenberg, the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate, No. 48. for the relief of the heirs of Doctor John Ramsay, deceased, reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of the heirs of Doctor John Ramsay, deceased. (S. 48)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Commerce, to which had been referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. Note.--Part to be stricken out in brackets [ ], that to be inserted in italics. An Act Authorizing the appointment of persons to test the usefulness of ... (S. 73)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Taliaferro, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate No. 179, for the relief of the legal representatives of Robert White, reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Robert White. (S. 179)

Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Tallaferro, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. Note.--Amendment at the end. An Act For the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Y. Keene. (S. 44)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Kemble submitted the following; which, when the bill from the Senate (No. 138) ''to increase the present military establishment of the United States and for other purposes'' shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as ... (S. 138)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Adams, from the Committee on Manufactures, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act To refund certain duties upon railroad iron, paid by the New York and Harlaem Railroad Company. (S. 176)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bell, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate (No. 196) to authorize the appointment of four additional clerks in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, reported the same with an amendment. An Act To authorize ... (S. 196)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which had been referred the following bill, reported the same with amendments: Note.--Parts to be stricken out are in brackets, [ ]-insertions in Italics. An Act To grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands. (S. 2)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act Providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands. (S. 4)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Boon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment. An Act To grant to the States and incorporated companies engaged in the construction of roads or canals, the right of way through ... (S. 145)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Boulding, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to which had been referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with several amendments. Note.--Amendments proposed are in italics. An Act To restrain the circulation of small notes, as a currency, ... (S. 33)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Corwin, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with the following amendment, viz: In the eighth section, third line, strike out the words ''or on the Mississippi river.'' An Act To provide for the ... (S. 1)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Dawson, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment, viz: Strike out the sixth section. An Act To establish a criminal court in the District of Columbia. (S. 160)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. McKay, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same, with sundry amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act To increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other ... (S. 138)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pension, to which was referred the following bill from the-Senate, reported the same with amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. (S. 150)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Toucey, from the Select Committee appointed to investigate the cause, &c., which led to the death of the Hon. Jonathan Cilley, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act To prohibit the ... (S. 250)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Yell, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate (No. 188) ''to settle the title to certain tracts of land in the State of Arkansas,'' reported the same without amendment. An Act To settle the title to certain tracts of land ... (S. 188)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Yell, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with amendments. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act For the relief of sundry citizens of Arkansas, who lost their improvements in consequence of a ... (S. 43)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Yell, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. Note.--Amendment at the end. An Act Granting to the county of Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, the right of pre-emption to a ... (S. 15)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed Senate bill No. 85, for the relief of Benjamin Murphy. Mr. Everett, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same, with a recommendation to strike out the enacting clause. An Act For the relief of the legal ... (S. 207)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill H. R. No. 142, for the relief of James Witherell. Mr. Underwood, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate, (No. 36,) for the relief of James Witherell, reported the same, with an amendment. An Act For the relief of ... (S. 36)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is Committed. Mr. R. Garland submitted the following as amendments to the bill from the Senate No. 2, ''to grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands.'' Amendments. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert as follows: (S. 2)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. The Committee on the Territories, to whom was referred the bill from the Senate No. 98, providing for the survey of the boundary line between the State of Missouri and Territory of Wisconsin report the same with the following Amendments. Strike out all after the ... (S. 98)

Consideration postponed until Monday next, the 23d instant. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same, with a recommendation that the bill do not pass: An Act For giving effect to the eighth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and nineteen with Spain. (S. 89)

Consideration postponed until Tuesday next, the 6th instant. Mr. Dawson, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with an amendment. Note.--Amendment at the end. An Act Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act concerning the District of Columbia.'' Whereas the ... (S. 212)

Consideration postponed until Tuesday, 20th February, instant. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same with amendments. Note.--Amendments printed in italics. An Act To prevent the abatement of suits and actions now pending in which the late Bank of the United ... (S. 204)

Made the special order of the day for Wednesday, the 11th instant, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands. (S. 4)

A motion made by Mr. Bell, yesterday that the bill be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, with instructions to amend the same, by striking out all after the enacting clause, and to insert a new bill, the form and matter of which was before the House, being under consideration.--Mr. Howard moved that the new bill ... (S. 133)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the corporate authorities of the city of Mobile. (S. 290)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize payment to be made to certain Missouri volunteers, for services in the years eighteen hundred and twenty-nine and eighteen hundred and thirty-six. (S. 318)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize payment to be made to the Missouri volunteers, whose horses were lost or cast away on the voyage to Tampa Bay. (S. 209)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to accept the service of volunteers. (S. 353)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To continue in force the act for the payment of horses and other property lost in the military service. (S. 375)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes. (S. 138)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for the defence of the western frontier. (S. 284)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To settle the construction of the act regulating the pay of paymasters in the army. (S. 229)

Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 77,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of General William Eaton. (S. 124)

Mr. Boon, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the following bill from the Senate, reported the same without amendment, and consideration postponed until Tuesday, the 19th instant: An Act To authorize John B. Metcalf and others to locate certain pre-emption claims to land in Indiana. (S. 213)

Mr. Brown, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Joseph Morris, deceased. (S. 280)

Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and to repeal the acts therein mentioned,'' approved twentieth of April, eighteen hundred ... (S. 133)

Mr. Buchanan, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas Sumpter. (S. 168)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Ball To grant to Cherokee county, Alabama, the tract of land on which the seat of justice of said county has been located. (S. 346)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Establishing a surveyor general's office in the State of Illinois. (S. 132)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For authorizing the Portage Canal Company to enter, at the Government price, certain lands at the Wisconsin and Fox River portage, in the Territory of Wisconsin. (S. 343)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Richard Cravat, Hardy Perry, and Beley Cheney. (S. 216)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Sutton Stephens. (S. 152)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Jones. (S. 275)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the issuing of patents to the last bona fide transferer of reservations under the treaty between the United States and the Creek tribe of Indians; which was concluded on the twenty-fourth of ... (S. 312)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To increase the salary of the Commissioner of the General Land Office. (S. 153)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To relinquish to the State of Alabama the two per cent. fund, reserved by the act for her admission into the Union, to be applied to the making of a road or roads leading to said State. (S. 248)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. To establish an additional land district in the State of Alabama. (S. 141)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read; and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of certain settlers on the public lands, who were deprived of the benefits of the act granting pre-emption rights, which was approved on the nineteenth of June, eighteen hundred and ... (S. 217)

Mr. Clay, of Alabama, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report (No. 315,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Laurent Millandon and others. (S. 274)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, made a report, (No. 43,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas L. Winthrop and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company. (S. 93)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Thomas L. Winthrop and others, directors of an association called the New England Mississippi Land Company. (S. 208)

Mr. Clayton, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Respecting the heirs of Agness Dundas. (S. 328)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee of Claims, submitted a report, (No. 297,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Burke. (S. 265)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of the Baron De Kalb. (S. 279)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Captain Nathaniel Goodwin, late of the revolutionary army. (S. 278)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Patrick McGibboney, deceased. (S. 169)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of William Sanford, deceased. (S. 215)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Daniel Duval, deceased. (S. 143)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of John Brooks, deceased. (S. 144)

Mr. Crittenden, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims; reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Richard Kidder Meade, deceased. (S. 335)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which; was read, and passed to a second reading, and laid on the table. A Bill To regulate the sales of wrecked property within the collection district of Key West, in Florida. (S. 390)

Mr. Davis, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted a report, (No. 204,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Noah Miller, of Lincolnville, in the State of Maine. (S. 236)

Mr. Everett gives notice that he will offer the following as an amendment to Senate bill No. 133, when it shall he in order. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert: (S. 133)

Mr. Fulton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm certain entries of public lands, permitted to be made by the registers and receivers of land districts, under the belief that the tract had been offered at public sale. (S. 172)

Mr. Fulton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm the sale of certain reservations. (S. 366)

Mr. Fulton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish an additional land office in the State of Louisiana. (S. 330)

Mr. Fulton, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, (No. 152,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To set apart a belt of land on the western borders of the States of Missouri and Arkansas, as bounty lands to be granted to settlers engaged for a term of years in the defence of ... (S. 194)

Mr. Fulton, from the Committee on the Public Buildings, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Providing for the removal of the walls of the Treasury building, and for the erection of a fire-proof building for the Post Office Department. (S. 304)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ezra Thurber, of the county of Clinton, in the State of New York. (S. 339)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To abolish public executions in capital cases. (S. 70)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend the act of the third March, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, entitled ''An act supplementary to the act entitled 'An act to amend the judicial system of the United States.''' (S. 184)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To change the times of holding the Circuit Courts of the United States in the ninth circuit. (S. 183)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To reorganize the district courts of the United States, in the State of Mississippi. (S. 256)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To repeal, in part, the act entitled ''An act to provide for the safe keeping of the acts, records, and seal of the United States, and for other purposes.'' (S. 252)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report, (179,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read twice, and made the special order of the day for Wednesday, the 21st instant. A Bill To prevent the issuing and circulation of the bills, notes, and other securities of corporations created by acts of Congress which have ... (S. 211)

Mr. Grundy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report, (No. 62,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief or David Beard. (S. 112)

Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, made a report, (No. 449,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Gad Humphreys, of the Territory of Florida. (S. 333)

Mr. Hubbard, from the committee of claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representative of John J. Bulow, jr. deceased. (S. 22)

Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Daniel Steenrod. (S. 99)

Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. For the relief of the owners of the ship Alleghany, and their legal representatives. (S. 94)

Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, submitted a report, (No. 78,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Peter Bargy, junior. (S. 125)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Asa Armington and others. (S. 314)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making provision for the adjustment of the title to a site for a lighthouse on Roanoke Marshes, in North Carolina. (S. 347)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish a new collection district in the State of Mississippi. (S. 174)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish a port of entry at Jersey City, and for other purposes. (S. 203)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. For the relief of the owners of the brig Despatch and cargo. (S. 120)

Mr. King, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted a report, (No. 410,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Elisha Eldridge. (S. 320)

Mr. Knight, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 32,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the Steamboat Company of Nantucket. (S. 71)

Mr. Knight, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 488,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the settlement of the accounts of William B. Stokes, surviving partner of Stockton and Stokes, and J. N. C. Stockton. (S. 367)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Juan Belgar. (S. 261)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting to the legal representatives of John Smith, T, a right of pre-emption. (S. 271)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize John E. Metcalf and others to locate certain pre-emption claims to land in Indiana. (S. 213)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read a second time. Amended in Committee of the Whole, as follows, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert what follows printed in italics. A Bill To revive the act entitled ''An act to enable claimants ... (S. 298)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. To revive the act entitled ''An act to enable claimants to land within the limits of Missouri and the Territory of Arkansas to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims,'' approved the twenty-sixth of ... (S. 298)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 143,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Michael Armbrister. (S. 181)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 186,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the children and heirs of William Fisher, deceased. (S. 214)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 456,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph Cochran. (S. 338)

Mr. Linn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 83,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. An Act For the relief of Philip Riviere and his legal representatives. (S. 129)

Mr. Lyon, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Daniel Marsaque. (S. 263)

Mr. Merrick, from the Select Committee on the memorial of Edward D. Tippett, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act authorizing the appointment of persons to test the usefulness of inventions to improve and render safe the boilers of steam engines against ... (S. 389)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Ann S. Heileman. (S. 149)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Dennis Tramell. (S. 286)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John McCloud. (S. 244)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Margaret Walls, widow of John Walls. (S. 287)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Samuel Crapin. (S. 348)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Berry. (S. 288)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting a pension to David Waller. (S. 291)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting a pension to Hannah Leighton. (S. 231)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting a pension to Jonathan Crow. (S. 243)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting a pension to Lemuel White. (S. 232)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting half pay and pensions to certain widows. (S. 150)

Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish a pension agency at Montpelier, in the State of Vermont. (S. 173)

Mr. Mouton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Madam De Lusser, and their legal representatives. (S. 371)

Mr. Mouton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 193,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read,and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm certain land claims in Louisiana. (S. 219)

Mr. Mouton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 194,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Charles Morgan, of Louisiana. (S. 220)

Mr. Mouton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 195,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Colonel Charles Morgan. (S. 221)

Mr. Mouton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 379,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Confirming certain land claims in Louisiana. (S. 303)

Mr. Mouton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 450,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm claims to lands in the district between the Rio Hando and Sabine rivers. (S. 334)

Mr. Mouton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 477,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. To confirm certain land claims in the Ouachita land district, in the State of Louisiana. (S. 358)

Mr. Nicholas, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize vessels bound for the ports of Mexico, and prevented from completing the voyages, in consequence of the existing blockade of those ports, to enter and store their cargoes in the ports of the United States. (S. 374)

Mr. Nicholas, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To classify and prescribe the pay of the clerks in the several Executive departments of the Government. (S. 370)

Mr. Nicholas, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To extend the charter of the Bank of Alexandria, in the city of Alexandria. (S. 297)

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on Manufactures, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Exempting from duty the coal which may be on board of steamboats or vessels propelled by steam, on their arrival at any port in the United States. (S. 341)

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on Manufactures, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Imposing a duty on starch. (S. 329)

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, submitted a report, (No. 113,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jabez L. White and Asa White. (S. 165)

Mr. Norvel, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To divide the State of Delaware into two Collection Districts. (S. 249)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacon-lights, buoys, and making surveys, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. (S. 380)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was lead, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Granting commutation to Isaac Bronson. (S. 134)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heir of Frederick Seigle. (S. 49)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs and representatives of Captain John Fulford. (S. 187)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs and representatives of William Jones deceased, late of the State of Maryland. (S. 135)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Doctor John Ramsay, deceased. (S. 48)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Doctor Thomas Carter, deceased. (S. 136)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Francis L. B. Goodwill, deceased. (S. 180)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Doctor Thomas Powell, deceased. (S. 331)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Robert White. (S. 179)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the widow and heirs of Colonel Albert Pawling, deceased. (S. 178)

Mr. Norvell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims; reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs-at-law of John De Treville, deceased. (S. 311)

Mr. Pierce, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph Bassett. (S. 251)

Mr. Prentiss, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Coley. (S. 342)

Mr. Rives, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Andrew Armstrong. (S. 53)

Mr. Rives, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Irvine Shubrick. (S. 139)

Mr. Rives, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To regulate the pay of masters in the navy. (S. 313)

Mr. Rives, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a. second reading. A Bill For the relief of Gaetano Carusi. (S. 54)

Mr. Rives, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 469,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Andrew Forrest. (S. 352)

Mr. Roane, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act concerning the District of Columbia.'' Whereas the present Judge of the Orphans' Court, in and for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, is, by ... (S. 212)

Mr. Roane, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend and extend the charter of the Franklin Insurance Company. (S. 74)

Mr. Roane, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend the act for quieting possessions, enrolling conveyances, and securing the estates of purchasers, within the District of Columbia, passed the thirty-first day of May, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. (S. 161)

Mr. Roane, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the erection of a hospital in the city of Washington, and for other purposes. (S. 47)

Mr. Roane, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To continue the corporate existence of the banks in the District of Columbia. (S. 270)

Mr. Roane, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish a criminal court in the District of Columbia. (S. 160)

Mr. Roane, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To extend the jurisdiction of the corporation of the city of Washington over the Potomac bridge; and to authorize the making of deeds for certain lots in said city. (S. 285)

Mr. Roane, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To incorporate the Navy Yard Beneficial Society of the City of Washington. (S. 235)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Francis A. Harrison. (S. 344)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Johnson and Shrader. (S. 316)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Solomon Close. (S. 345)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Fuller. (S. 262)

Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To provide for additional clerks in the Post Office Department, and the Auditor's office connected therewith, and for other purposes. (S. 351)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill , which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the sale of certain real estate at Bath, in the State of Maine, belonging to the United States, and the appropriation of the proceeds for building a custom-house at that place. (S. 158)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the appointment of persons to test the usefulness of inventions to improve and render safe the boilers of steam engines against explosions. (S. 73)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of the Patent Office to issue patents to Angier March Perkins and to John Howard Kyan. (S. 210)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Charles M. Keller and Henry Stone. (S. 170)

Mr. Ruggles, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill In addition to ''An act to promote the progress of the useful arts.'' (S. 385)

Mr. Sevier from the Committee on Private Land Claims, submitted a report, (No. 312,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To transfer to the citizens of the parish of Concordia, in the State of Louisiana, the interest of the United States to a certain tract of land. (S. 272)

Mr. Sevier, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of George Duval and others. (S. 207)

Mr. Sevier, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the Secretary of War to adjust and pay to Benjamin Murphy, of Arkansas, the value of his corn, cattle, and hogs, taken by the Cherokee Indians, in the month of December, one thousand eight hundred and ... (S. 85)

Mr. Sevier, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report, (No. 150,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of General Matthew Arbuckle. (S. 188)

Mr. Smith of Connecticut, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Doctor William Ramsay, deceased. (S. 110)

Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a Second reading. A Bill For the relief of John Spitfathom. (S. 111)

Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Moses Van Campen. (S. 159)

Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the devisees and heirs of Doctor Gustavus Horner, late surgeon's mate in the revolutionary army. (S. 109)

Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Doctor Corbin Griffin, deceased. (S. 365)

Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Major Andrew Leitch, deceased. (S. 185)

Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Major Peter Helpenstein, deceased. (S. 59)

Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of William Coggswell. (S. 186)

Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal heirs of Moses Elmer. (S. 57)

Mr. Southard, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William Hogan, administrator of Michael Hogan, deceased. (S. 118)

Mr. Spence, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill, which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of George J. Knight. (S. 195)

Mr. Spence, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To revive, with amendments, an ''An act to incorporate the Medical Society of the District of Columbia.'' (S. 246)

Mr. Strange, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the securities of Archibald Sneed, decease. (S. 142)

Mr. Strange, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to limit the term of office of certain officers therein named, and for other purposes.'' (S. 305)

Mr. Strange, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Francis Gazeau. (S. 92)

Mr. Tallmadge, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Loammi Baldwin. (S. 378)

Mr. Tallmadge, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill A bill for the relief of Samuel Warner. (S. 379)

Mr. Tipton from the Committee on Military Affairs, made a report, (No. 35,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the benefit of John H. Hall. (S. 87)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee of Claims, made a report, (No. 27,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bail For the relief of Samuel Miller. (S. 51)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of David Stone. (S. 52)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William C. Easton. (S. 50)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee of Claims, submitted a report, (No. 151,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of E. W. and H. Smith. (S. 193)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 220,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To establish a foundry; an armory in the West; arsenals in the States in which none have yet been established; and depots for arms in certain States and Territories. (S. 239)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To grant the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad Company the right of way through the public lands of the United States. (S. 121)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the continuation of the Cumberland road in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. (S. 85)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making an appropriation for the removal of the great raft of Red river. (S. 106)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Making appropriations to complete certain military roads in the State of Arkansas. (S. 100)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To grant to the States and incorporated companies engaged in the construction of roads or canals, the right of way through the public lands of the United States. (S. 145)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To improve the navigation of the Wabash river. (S. 151)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, submitted a report, (No. 203,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the benefit of the Mount Carmel and New Albany Railroad Company, in the State of Indiana. (S. 234)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, submitted a report, (No. 294,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the benefit of the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company. (S. 260)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, submitted a report, (No. 454,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the benefit of the Wetumpka and Coosa Railroad Company. (S. 336)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, submitted a report, (No. 455,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the benefit of the Gainesville and Narkeeta Railroad Company. (S. 337)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, submitted a report, (No. 69,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize an examination and test of Samuel Raub's self-acting double safety valve. (S. 119)

Mr. Tipton, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, submitted a report, (No. 91,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill In addition to an act for the relief of Walter Loomis and Abel Gay, approved July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. (S. 146)

Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of Wisconsin. (S. 197)

Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Alvarez Fisk and the legal representatives of Thomas P. Eskridge. (S. 277)

Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill In regard to the town of Southport, in the Territory of Wisconsin. (S. 276)

Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the selection of a section of land, as therein named. (S. 301)

Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To confirm certain purchases of the public lands under the act of the nineteenth of June; eighteen hundred and thirty-four. (S. 302)

Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To create a new land district in the State of Mississippi. (S. 255)

Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To grant a quantity of land to the Territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock river. (S. 296)

Mr. Wall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers,'' approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighteen. (S. 126)

Mr. Wall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 76,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. An Act For the relief of Mary A. Patrick. (S. 127)

Mr. Wall, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second readings. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Francis Newman, late Collector of Internal Revenue and Direct Taxes in Maryland. (S. 95)

Mr. Wall, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Fixing the salaries of several district judges of the United States. (S. 218)

Mr. Wall, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes.'' (S. 322)

Mr. Wall, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To prevent the counterfeiting of any foreign copper, gold, silver, or other coin; and to prevent the bringing into the United States or uttering any counterfeit foreign copper, gold, silver, or other coin. (S. 113)

Mr. White from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James McCrory. (S. 45)

Mr. White from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill In addition to the act for the relief of the legal representatives of Lucy Bond and Hannah Douglas. (S. 107)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Directing the investment of certain funds, belonging to Indian tribes, in State stocks, and prescribing the manner in which the profits thereof shall be paid into, and drawn out of, the Treasury, and for other ... (S. 257)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to the acts entitled ''An act to provide for the organization of the Department of Indian Affairs,'' and ''An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the ... (S. 264)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the appointment of four additional clerks in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. (S. 196)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 459,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Richard T. Banks, of the State of Arkansas. (S. 340)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Fisher, deceased. (S. 108)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Morfit, deceased. (S. 46)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the representatives of Ann Lovesher De Van Brun. (S. 300)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Fur the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Y. Keene. (S. 44)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 112,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legatees of Everard Meade, deceased. (S. 164)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 269,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the representatives of Captain William Williams, late of the State of North Carolina, deceased. (S. 253)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, (No. 270,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Lieutenant Colonel John Cropper, deceased. (S. 254)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John Hawkins, deceased. (S. 117)

Mr. White, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, submitted a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Lieutenant William Russworm, deceased. (S. 116)

Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report, accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief Anthony Gale. (S. 156)

Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted a report, (No. 468,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of James H. Clark. (S. 350)

Mr. Williams, from the Committee on Pensions, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of John S. Billings. (S. 349)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, made a report, (No. 18.) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Henry J. Pickering. (S. 41)

Mr. Wright, from the committee on finance, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To remit the duties upon certain goods destroyed by fire at the late conflagration in the city of New York. (S. 18)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. A Bill To restrain the circulation of small notes, as a currency, in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (S. 33)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading, and made the special order of the day for Tuesday, the 30th inst., and that 1,500 additional copies be printed for the use of the Senate. A Bill To impose additional duties, as depositaries, upon certain public officers, to ... (S. 157)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act to establish branches of the Mint of the United States,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and thirty-five. (S. 357)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize Charles Day, of Macon, and James R. Butts, of Columbus, in the State of Georgia, to import, free of duties, two iron steamboats, suited to the navigation of rivers. (S. 147)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize Laurent Millandon, of New Orleans, and his associates, to import, free of duty, two iron steamboats, suited to the navigation of rivers. (S. 308)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize the sale of certain bonds belonging to the United States. (S. 321)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To authorize William W. Fry, of the State of Alabama, to import, free of duty, an iron steamboat, suited to the navigation of rivers. (S. 373)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To remit or refund to the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company the duties upon certain railroad iron. (S. 307)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill. To revoke the charters of such banks, in the District of Columbia, as shall not resume specie payments within a limited time. (S. 56)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. Read a second time, amended, ordered to be engrossed, and to be printed. A Bill To restraw the circulation of small notes, as a currency in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. (S. 33)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, reporter, the following, bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of William H. Robertson, Samuel H. Garrow, and J. W. Simonton. (S. 101)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a report, (No. 135,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To refund to the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company certain duties paid upon railroad iron. (S. 175)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a report, (No. 136,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To refund certain duties upon railroad iron, paid by the New York and Harlem Railroad Company. (S. 176)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a report, (No. 205,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To remit or refund duties to the Baltimore and Susquehannah Railroad Company, upon certain importations of iron made by them for the use of their railroad. ()

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a report, (No. 205,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To remit or refund duties to the Baltimore and Susquehannah Railroad Company, upon certain importations of iron made by them for the use of their railroad. (S. 237)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a report, (No. 206,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill To refund to the New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company, certain duties paid by them upon iron imported for the construction of their railroad. (S. 238)

Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a report, (No. 94,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Jechonius Pigot and Benjamin Lecraft, sureties of James Manney, late collector of the customs for the district of Beaufort, in the State of North Carolina. (S. 147)

Mr. Young, from the Committee of Claims, submitted a report, (No. 33,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Caroline E. Clitherall, widow of Doctor George C. Clitherall, late a surgeon in the army of the United States. (S. 72)

Mr. Young, from the Committee of Claims, submitted a report, (No. 433,) accompanied by the following bill; which was read, and passed to a second reading. A Bill For the relief of Joseph Paxton. (S. 325)

Neutrality Bill. Mr. Dunn proposed to add to Mr. Bell's amendment as follows: (S. 133)

Ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. A Bill To impose additional duties, as depositaries, upon certain public officers, to appoint receivers general of public money, and to regulate the safe keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public moneys of the United States. (S. 157)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments To be proposed to Senate bill No. 2, granting pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands. Mr. Everett proposed the following amendment: (S. 2)

Ordered, That the following amendments of the House of Representatives, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and printed. Resolved, That the bill from the Senate, No. 138, entitled ''An act to increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes,'' do pass with the following Amendments. First. Sec. ... (S. 138)

Ordered, That the following amendments of the House of Representatives, together with the amendments proposed thereto by Mr. White and Mr. Clay, of Alabama, be referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and printed. The parts proposed to be striken out are in [brackets,] those to be inserted, in italics. Resolved, That the bill from the Senate, No. ... (S. 2)

Postponed until to-morrow. Mr. Bell, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate (No. 266) supplementary to the act entitled ''An act to amend the act for the appointment of commissioners to adjust the claims to reservations of land, under the fourteenth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and ... (S. 266)

Printed as amended and reported from the Committee of the Whole, also, the amendments proposed and rejected in committee. Note.--Insertions printed in Italics--parts stricken out in brackets,[]. Amendments rejected at the end of the bill. To increase the present military establishment of the United States, and for other purposes. (S. 138)

Printed as amended in Committee of the Whole, also, amendments proposed and to be proposed. Note.--Amendments made in Committee of the Whole: parts to be stricken out are in brackets, [ ]--insertion in Italics. Amendments to be proposed at the end of the bill, and after them a copy of the original act of 29th May, 1830. An Act To grant pre-emption ... (S. 2)

Printed as amended, and reported from the Committee of the Whole House. Note.--Insertions printed in italics-parts stricken out in brackets [] Amendments offered and rejected in Committee of the Whole at the end. An Act To provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam. (S. 1)

Printed as amended, and reported from the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Note.--Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting that which is printed at the end. An Act To grant a quantity of land to the Territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan ... (S. 296)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. J. L. Martin submitted the following; which, when the bill from the Senate (No. 4) ''providing for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands,'' shall be taken up for consideration, he will move as an Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert as follows: (S. 4)

Printed by order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Loomis submitted the following, which, when the bill from the Senate (No. 133) ''to amend, an act entitled ' An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and to repeal the acts therein mentioned, approved April twenty, eighteen hundred and ... (S. 133)

Read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. An Act To authorize the sale of certain bonds belonging to the United States. (S. 321)

Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cushman, from the Committee on Commerce, to which the above bill had been referred, reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of Noah Miller, of Lincolnville, in the State of Maine. (S. 236)

Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate, No. 45, for the relief of James McCrory, reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of James McCrory (S. 45)

Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Russell, from the Committee of Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate (No. 99) for the relief of Daniel Steenrod, reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of Daniel Steenrod. (S. 99)

Read, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Underwood, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate entitled ''An act for the relief of the legal representatives of Henry Morfit, deceased,'' reported the same with an amendment. An Act For the relief of the legal ... (S. 46)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed bill H. R. No. 219, for the relief of the heirs of Major Peter Helphenstine. Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, No. 59, for the relief of the heirs of Major Peter Helphenstine, deceased, reported the ... (S. 59)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (H. R. No. 417) for the relief of the legal representatives of Everard Meade, deceased. Mr. Taliaferro, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate (No. 164) ''for the relief of the heirs and legatees of Everard ... (S. 164)

Read, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill H. R. No. 141, for the relief of the legal representatives of John Jordan, deceased, late a captain in the continental line of artillery artificers. Mr. Underwood, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to which had been referred the bill from the Senate, ... (S. 58)

Referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which the said bill is committed. Mr. Boon submitted the following; which, when the bill from the Senate (No. 145) to grant to the States and incorporated companies engaged in the construction of roads or canals the right of way through the public lands of the United States,'' shall be taken up for ... (S. 145)

Reprinted, with the amendments under consideration and amendments to be proposed. Note.--Amendments at the end. An Act To amend an act entitled. ''An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and to repeal the acts therein mentioned,'' approved twentieth April, eighteen hundred and eighteen. (S. 133)

Reprinted, with the amendments under consideration. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and to repeal the acts therein mentioned,'' approved twentieth April, eighteen hundred and eighteen. (S. 133)