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

Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 31st Congress

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Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide additional security for the lives and property of persons navigating the western waters. (H.R. 242)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following Amendment. An additional section to be added after the first section. (H.R. 15)

Committed to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reported back by Mr Bayly, from the Committee, with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Authorizing the erection of a Custom-house in the city of Cincinnati, in Ohio. (H.R. 178)

Committed to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reported back by Mr. Bayly, from the Committee, with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. A Bill Authorizing the erection of a Custom-house in the city of Cincinnati, in Ohio. (H.R. 178)

Mr. A. G. Brown, by unanimous consent, introduced the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill Granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Louisiana and Mississippi, in aid of the construction of a railroad from Madisonville, in the State of Louisiana, to Jackson, in the ... (H.R. 423)

Mr. A. G. Brown, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. A Bill To incorporate the Columbian Manufacturing Company, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 29)

Mr. A. G. Brown, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. A. G. Brown reported the same back without amendment, when it was committed to a Committee of the Whole House, to-morrow. A Bill To incorporate the Columbian Manufacturing Company, in the District of ... (H.R. 29)

Mr. A. G. Brown, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To perpetuate pre-emption to actual settlers on the public lands. (H.R. 28)

Mr. A. Johnson, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To provide a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of the public domain for every man who is the head of a family and a citizen of the United States, or any widow who is the mother of a minor child or children, who ... (H.R. 140)

Mr. Anderson, on leave, introduced the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. A Bill To change the time of holding the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Tennessee. (H.R. 363)

Mr. Andrew Jonhson, on leave, introduced the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. Reported back by Mr. Young from the Committee, with amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. A Bill To encourage Agriculture, and for other purposes. (H.R. 310)

Mr. Bay, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Bay, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the same back without amendment: Ordered, that the bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow, and printed. A Bill For the payment of a debt ... (H.R. 46)

Mr. Bay, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Bay, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the same back without amendment: Ordered that the same be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow, and printed. A Bill For the relief of the heirs ... (H.R. 45)

Mr. Bowlin, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Bowlin, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the same back to the House without amendment: Ordered the same be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. A Bill Granting the States of ... (H.R. 44)

Mr. Carter submitted the following amendment to Mr. McClernand's bill. Amendment. (H.R. 1)

Mr. Dickinson, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fiftty one, and for other purposes, reported the same with the following amendments. Amendments. (H.R. 334)

Mr. Duer submitted, for the consideration of the Committee, the following bill, reserving to himself the liberty to offer the same as an original proposition, or as an amendment to, or substitute for, any other proposition, or not to offer the same at all, as he might afterwards deem expedient. Ordered to be printed. A Bill To provide for the ... (H.R. 1)

Mr. Felch, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted a report, [No. 172,] accompanied by the following bill; which was read and passed to a second reading. Read a second time, and recommitted to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with an amendment, viz: strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. A Bill To ... (H.R. 302)

Mr. Fitch, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill, which was read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. A Bill To make further appropriations for public buildings in the Territories of Minesota and Oregon. (H.R. 148)

Mr. Freedley, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill, which was read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. A Bill Granting a pension to Sarah A. Bush. (H.R. 150)

Mr. Freedley, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Miller, deceased. (H.R. 151)

Mr. Inge gave notice that, at a proper time, he should offer the following amendment to House bill No. 32, entitled ''A bill to establish an armory and foundry at Fort Massac, on the Ohio river.'' Ordered to be printed, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Amendment. Add the following as an additional ... (H.R. 32)

Mr. Inge gave notice that, at a proper time, he should offer the following amendment to House bill No. 32, entitled ''A bill to establish an armory and foundry at Fort Massac, on the Ohio river.'' Ordered to be printed, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Amendment: Strike out all after the enacting clause, ... (H.R. 32)

Mr. Inge, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. A Bill For the relief of James T. Shackleford. (H.R. 37)

Mr. Jacob Thompson, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. A Bill To repeal an act entitled, ''An act to establish the Home Department, and to provide for the Treasury Department an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and a Commissioner of Customs.'' (H.R. 30)

Mr. Kaufman, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Jas. Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the same back without amendment: Ordered that the same be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. A Bill To establish an ... (H.R. 48)

Mr. Leffler on leave introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill Granting to the State of Iowa, the right of way and a portion of the Public Lands to aid in the construction of a Rail Road from Dubuque via Iowa city to Keokuc in said State. (H.R. 49)

Mr. Leffler, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill Granting the right of way, and a portion of the Public Lands of the United States, to aid in the construction of a Railroad, from Davenport, on the Mississippi, via Iowa city, Washington, and Racoon Forks of the Des ... (H.R. 50)

Mr. Marshall, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Woodward, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made an adverse report on the bill: Ordered, that the bill and report be laid upon the table, and printed. A Bill To protect certain rights of the citizens of the United ... (H.R. 132)

Mr. McClernand, by unanimous consent, introduced the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. A Bill To re-organize and improve the efficiency of the Department of State. (H.R. 419)

Mr. McClernand, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To grant to the State of Illinois the right of way through the public lands, and for other purposes. (H.R. 31)

Mr. Moore, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To discourage speculation in the Public Lands, and to secure homes thereon to actual settlers and cultivators. (H.R. 141)

Mr. Phelps, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States, approved third March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. (H.R. 39)

Mr. Phelps, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill Granting to the State of Missouri the right of way and a donation of public lands for making a railroad from Independence to Forsythe, in the State of Missouri. (H.R. 41)

Mr. Phelps, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill Granting to the State of Missouri the right of way, and a donation of public lands, for making a railroad from Lexington, on the Missouri river, to Ohio city, at the mouth of the Ohio river, in said State. (H.R. 42)

Mr. Phelps, on leave, introduced the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. A Bill Authorizing the courts of the United States to adopt the practice of the State courts in civil cases. (H.R. 40)

Mr. Richardson, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To confirm titles to land to heirs and devisees, in certain cases. (H.R. 88)

Mr. S. W. Harris, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To grant the right of way to the Central Plank Road Company of Alabama. (H.R. 36)

Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. A Bill To regulate the value of certain foreign coins within the United States, and to provide for the coinage of double dime pieces. (H.R. 24)

Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To grant pre-emption rights for certain islands in the Great Miami river. (H.R. 23)

Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Albertson, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the said bill back without amendment: Ordered that the same be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and that the bill ... (H.R. 2)

Mr. Schenck, on leave, introduced the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill For the benefit of John Ozias. (H.R. 2)

Mr. Sibley, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Putnam, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the same back without amendment: Ordered that the same be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and printed. A Bill To provide ... (H.R. 21)

Mr. Strong, on leave, introduced the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Elections. Reported back from the Committee, by Mr. Strong, without amendment, and its further consideration postponed until Monday, the 23d of December instant. A Bill To prescribe the mode of obtaining evidence in cases of contested ... (H.R. 402)

Mr. T. L. Harris, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To provide for the selection of school lands in the State of Illinois, in certain cases, in lieu of the sixteenth section. (H.R. 117)

Mr. Thos L. Harris gave notice of the following amendment. Amendment: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert-- (H.R. 18)

Mr. W. J. Brown, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. A Bill To reduce the rates of postage and for other purposes. (H.R. 27)

Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To graduate and reduce the price of the public lands to actual settlers and cultivators. (H.R. 35)

Mr. Waldo, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill, which was read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. A Bill Granting a pension to Mary Pike, widow of Ezra Pike. (H.R. 153)

Mr. Waldo, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill, which was read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. A Bill Granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who served in the last war with Great Britain. (H.R. 152)

Mr. Watkins, on leave, introduced the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back without, amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. A Bill For the relief of certain Tennessee volunteers. (H.R. 304)

Mr. Young, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill Granting one hundred and sixty acres of the Public Lands to the actual settler, who shall reside thereon, and cultivate a portion thereof, for the period of four years. (H.R. 34)

Mr.Hampton,on leave, introduced the following bill; which was read, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill Granting a portion of the public lands to the State of Pennsylvania for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Pittsburg and Connellsville Railroad, and the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad. (H.R. 410)

Mr.Phelps, by unanimous consent, introduced the following bill; which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill Granting the right of way and making a donation of the public land to the State of Missouri, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the western line of said State, near Fort Scott, to a point on the road ... (H.R. 446)

Mr.Scheck, on leave, introduced the following bill, which was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. A Bill To indemnify the officers and crews of vessels of war of the United States Navy for losses by shipwreck, fire, and other casualties. (H.R. 25)

Ordered to be Printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Cooper to the amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Gwin to the bill (H.R. 235) making appropriations for the Naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. (H.R. 235)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Mason to the amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Cooper to the amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Gwin to the bill (H.R. 235) making appropriations for the Naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. Add the following as ... (H.R. 235)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Walker to the act (H.R. 244) granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States. (H.R. 244)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Mason to the act (H.R. 244) granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States. At the end of the bill add the following section: (H.R. 244)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Underwood to the amendment proposed by Mr. Mason, to the act (H.R. 244) granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States. (H.R. 244)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Reported by Mr. Schenck from the minority of the Committee on Naval Affairs, as a substitute for the bill 472, reported by Mr. F. P. Stanton. (H.R. 472)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments Intended to be proposed by Mr Rusk to the act (H.R. 351,) ''to reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United States, and to provide for the coinage of a three cent piece'' Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert: (H.R. 351)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments Intended to be proposed by Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, to the bill (H.R. 334) making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and for other purposes. (H.R. 334)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments Intended to be proposed by Mr. Gwin to the bill (H.R. 235,) making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. (H.R. 235)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Dickinson, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 154,) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, reported the same with the following amendments. Amendments (H.R. 154)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Matteson gave notice of his intention to move the following as a substitute for the bill of the House, No. 351, ''to reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United States'' (H.R. 351)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps gave notice of his intention to offer the following as a substitute for the bill of the House, No. 351, ''to reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United States.'' (H.R. 351)

Proposition submitted by Mr. Jones, to be offered as a substitute for the proposition of Mr. Doty, whenever the same may be in order. Ordered to be printed. A Bill To admit California as a State into the Union; to establish Territorial Governments for Utah and New Mexico; and making proposals to Texas for the establishment of her Western and ... (H.R. 1)

Proposition submitted by Mr. McClernand in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. A Bill To admit the State of California into the Union, to erect the Territorial Governments of Utah and of New Mexico, and to define and establish the boundary between the State of Texas and the Territory of New Mexico with the consent of said State. (H.R. 1)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Allowing William H. Wells the bounty land which would have been due to his brother, Lemuel Wells, had he lived, as a private soldier in the late war with Great Britain. (H.R. 362)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Semoice, a friendly Creek Indian. (H.R. 200)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Bocock, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David Myerle. (H.R. 212)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cabell, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John W. Simonton and others. (H.R. 316)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hiram Walden, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David Towle. (H.R. 482)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. R. M. McLean, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edmund Dexter, of Cincinnati. (H.R. 176)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walden, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Francis Tribon. (H.R. 483)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walden, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Commissioner of Patents to grant an extension of a patent to Andrew Morse, Jr., for an improvement in capstans. (H.R. 328)

Read twice and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Waldo, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Avery Downer. (H.R. 74)

Read twice and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Secretary of War to purchase a certain strip of land in the town of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for military and other purposes. (H.R. 361)

Read twice and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Buel, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand ... (H.R. 318)

Read twice and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Grinnell, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the purchase of sites and the erection of Marine Hospitals at Detroit, Buffalo, and Wilmington, N. C. (H.R. 397)

Read twice and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary reported the following bill: A Bill Supplemental to an act entitled ''An act for the reduction of the costs and expenses of proceedings against ships and vessels.'' (H.R. 353)

Read twice and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for an additional term of the United States Circuit and District Courts at Erie, in the Western District of Pennsylvania. (H.R. 480)

Read twice and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the issuing of registers to certain foreign and American built vessels. (H.R. 345)

Read twice and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''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.'' (H.R. 386)

Read twice and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To release from duty certain printed books belonging to certain religious societies. (H.R. 347)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To grant a register to the barque Jas. Patten, Jr., now the Grenadian barque '' Bogota.'' (H.R. 349)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department, during the fiscal year ending June the thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. (H.R. 330)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Mr. Leffler, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the same back without amendment, when it was committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. A Bill For the relief of Charles Hinkle. (H.R. 312)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States. (H.R. 244)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. Considered as in Committee of the Whole, postponed to, and made the order of the day for to-morrow. An Act Granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in ... (H.R. 244)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act Authorizing the Legislative Assemblies of Minnesota and Oregon Territories to prolong their next annual session to a period of ninety days. (H.R. 319)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act For the construction of certain roads in the Territory of Minnesota, and for other purposes. (H.R. 21)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To refund the fine imposed on the late Dr. Thomas Cooper, under the sedition law, to his heirs. (H.R. 13)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To repeal a part of the sixth section of an act approved September fifteenth, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, entitled ''An act to provide for the safe keeping of the acts, records, and seal of the United States, and for other purposes.'' (H.R. 311)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back without amendment, and committed to a committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Peaslee, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the allowance of interest to the State of New Hampshire for advances made, for the use of the United States, ... (H.R. 449)

Read twice, and c ommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, by unanimous consent, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of Navy Pensions for the year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (H.R. 436)

Read twice, and committed lo the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Morehead, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill Requiring security for costs to be given in certain cases in the Courts of the United States. (H.R. 357)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (H.R. 459)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. (H.R. 462)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the President to incorporate the officers of the late Texas Navy into the Navy of the United States. (H.R. 261)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Moore, from the Committee on Public Buildings and grounds, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the act incorporating the Washington Gas-light Company, approved July eight, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. (H.R. 489)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr Jas. L. Johnson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jesse Doane. (H.R. 112)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. A. Evans, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Hankins. (H.R. 206)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. A. G. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia reported the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia. (H.R. 251)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. A. G. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Dixon. (H.R. 105)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. A. G. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill Making a grant of public land to the District of Columbia for school purposes. (H.R. 352)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. A. G. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Washington Mutual Insurance Company. (H.R. 299)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Alexander Evans, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Alden and Williams. (H.R. 207)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Further to amend an act approved the second of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, for the relief of Samuel Smith, Lynn Macghee, and Semoice, Creek Indians; and also an act passed the ... (H.R. 201)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Averett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Keller. (H.R. 160)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Averett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Hazen. (H.R. 323)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Averett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John M. Rosbury. (H.R. 159)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Averett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jonas D. Platt. (H.R. 223)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Averett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas R. Saunders. (H.R. 161)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Averett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Slocum, of New York. (H.R. 83)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Bocock, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Gustavus A. De Russy, late an acting purser in the Navy. (H.R. 211)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Bocock, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Rebecca Winn, widow and executrix of the last will and testament of Timothy Winn, deceased, late a Purser in the Navy of the United States. (H.R. 264)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief George Talcott, Brevet Brigadier General United States Army and Colonel of Ordnance. (H.R. 465)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Josiah P. Pilcher. (H.R. 248)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. Butler, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles I. Davis, administrator of Capt. John Davis, an officer in the war of the Revolution. (H.R. 360)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. Butler, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the grand children of Major General Baron DeKalb. (H.R. 193)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. Butler, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Larkin Smith. (H.R. 126)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. Butler, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Lieutenant Bartlett Hinds. (H.R. 127)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. Butler, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief the heirs of Captain Samuel Ransom, an officer of the revolutionary war, killed at the battle of Wyoming. (H.R. 194)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. Butler, from the Committee on the Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Thomas Wishart. (H.R. 192)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cabell, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James A. Fawns. (H.R. 490)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edward Everett, late a sergeant of the United States army. (H.R. 107)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William H. Owen, a private in Captain W. B. Gray's company of Texas mounted troops. (H.R. 366)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William P. Wallace and Joseph R. McFadin. (H.R. 135)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chester Butler, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Colonel John Stone. (H.R. 69)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chester Butler, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas Jett, deceased. (H.R. 9)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clark, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the first Christian and Orchard parties of Indians in Wisconsin. (H.R. 450)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Crowell, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Al-lo-lah and his legal representatives and their grantees. (H.R. 256)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Daniel, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Glenn, administrator of Robert Barry, deceased, and Washington Hall. (H.R. 60)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Daniel, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain George Simpton, of Galveston. (H.R. 339)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Daniel, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of James C. Watson, of Georgia. (H.R. 119)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Daniel, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the settlement of the claim of Henry Leef and John McKee. (H.R. 121)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dunham, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Gideon Walker. (H.R. 14)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dunham, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Augustus Steel, of Florida. (H.R. 484)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dunham, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George B. Read, deceased. (H.R. 174)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dunham, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Bernard Todd deceased. (H.R. 175)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dunham, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of J. J. Bulou, Jr., deceased. (H.R. 340)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ewing, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To pay to Captain Augustus Buchel the balance due him for his services as interpreter in the Mexican war. (H.R. 470)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. F. E. McLean, from the Committee on Claims reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Poe, of Louisville, Kentucky. (H.R. 172)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. F. E. McLean, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sarah Jane West. (H.R. 122)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. F. E. McLean, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representative of Captain George R. Shoemaker, deceased. (H.R. 123)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain Lewis Warrington and others. (H.R. 210)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John G. Wilkinson. (H.R. 73)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joshua Follansbee and B. F. Isherwood, and for other purposes. (H.R. 16)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the securities of Robert S. Moore, deceased, late a Purser in the United States Navy. (H.R. 260)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Guinard. (H.R. 369)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Speiden. (H.R. 259)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Featherston, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Dunning R. McNair. (H.R. 247)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Freedly, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Anna Giffin. (H.R. 111)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Freedly, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jacob Drinkhouse. (H.R. 110)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Freedly, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to John Adams, of Blair County, Pennsylvania. (H.R. 322)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the whole House to-morrow. Mr. G. A. Caldwell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain George P. Smith. (H.R. 469)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. G. A. Caldwell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles Lee Jones. (H.R. 134)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. G. A. Caldwell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John H. B. Rolls. (H.R. 315)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Gerry, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lot Davis. (H.R. 227)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Gerry, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Gove. (H.R. 225)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Gerry, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Asel Wilkinson. (H.R. 228)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Gerry, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting relief to Benjamin Cresey. (H.R. 226)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Gerry, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting relief to James N. Wilkins. (H.R. 229)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Goodenow, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Joshua Eddy, deceased. (H.R. 125)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Grinnell, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To compensate and reimburse the owners and crew of the whaling ship Chandler Price the losses and expenses incurred in ransoming the crew of the ship Columbia. (H.R. 190)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Invalid Pension, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John N. Robinson. (H.R. 324)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief John Campbell. (H.R. 379)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Cornelius Hughes, of the State of Tennessee. (H.R. 378)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ichabod Weymouth. (H.R. 326)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hamilton, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Howard, an invalid seaman. (H.R. 325)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Harlan, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the extension of the privilege secured by Letters Patent therein mentioned, to Zebulon Parker and Austin Parker. (H.R. 278)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hay, from the Committee of Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin P. Smith. (H.R. 78)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hay, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin F. Wesley. (H.R. 79)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hay, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George C. Thomas. (H.R. 271)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hay, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Cassady. (H.R. 77)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hay, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac Downed (H.R. 270)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hay, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Butler. (H.R. 327)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hay, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James F. Green. (H.R. 268)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hay, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Mains. (H.R. 269)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hay, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lieut. Henry F. Evans. (H.R. 76)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hay, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Lynch. (H.R. 267)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hay, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Paddy. (H.R. 10)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hebard, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William H. Scott. (H.R. 491)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hebard, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James S. Graham and Walter H. Finnall. (H.R. 66)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Henderson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Richards. (H.R. 103)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hoagland, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jasper A. Maltby. (H.R. 245)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Osborne Cross, of the U. S. Army. (H.R. 485)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Daniel Steenrod. (H.R. 94)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Malvina Crusat. (H.R. 285)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hubbard, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Winthrop S. Harding. (H.R. 93)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hugh White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas O. Selfridge. (H.R. 108)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. I G. Harris, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit of Mary Woodbury and Elizabeth Odell. (H.R. 451)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. J. A. King, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of B. M. Bouton, Harriet F. Fisher, and George Wright. (H.R. 204)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. J. A. King, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joel Henry Dyer. (H.R. 329)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. J. H. Thomas, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William B. Crews (H.R. 4)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. J. L. Johnson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Amos Knapp. (H.R. 374)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. J. L. Johnson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hugh Wallace Wormley. (H.R. 375)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. J. R. J. Daniel, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles Ahrenfeldt and John F. H. Vogt. (H.R. 5)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Andrew Smith. (H.R. 182)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sylvester Pettibone. (H.R. 354)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Benjamin Fry, deceased. (H.R. 181)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To refund the fine imposed on the late Dr. Thomas Cooper, under the sedition law, to his legal representatives. (H.R. 13)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jas L. Johnson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George S. Claflin. (H.R. 166)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jas. L. Johnson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill A bill for the relief of Hamilton Carroll. (H.R. 232)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jas. L. Johnson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Fielding G. Brown. (H.R. 233)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jas. L. Johnson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hubert H. Broly. (H.R. 113)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jas. L. Johnson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph D. Ward. (H.R. 85)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Kerr, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ezra Chapman. (H.R. 197)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Kerr, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Richard De Treville, Ellis De Treville, Caroline De Treville, Elizabeth De Treville, Harriet De Treville, and Samuel Lawrence, legal representatives of Captain John De ... (H.R. 358)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Kerr, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Stephen Colwell, of the city of Philadelphia, administrator with the will annexed of William T. Smith, deceased, (late of the said city, merchant,) in behalf of the ... (H.R. 196)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Kerr, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Joseph Savage, deceased. (H.R. 195)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. La Sere, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the captors of the Frigate Philadelphia. (H.R. 17)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Leffler, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William B. Edwards. (H.R. 276)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Leffler, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief Jacob Zimmerman. (H.R. 114)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Leffler, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Johnston. (H.R. 158)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Leffler, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Maurice R. Simons. (H.R. 277)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Leffler, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Peter Frost. (H.R. 224)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Leffler, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Whicher. (H.R. 115)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Levin, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Radcliff. (H.R. 370)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James P. Roan. (H.R. 306)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Matteson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Catharine Clark. (H.R. 377)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Matteson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Collins Andrews. (H.R. 376)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Matteson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Parmelia Slavin, late the wife of John Blue, deceased. (H.R. 165)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Matteson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Flanagan. (H.R. 222)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Matteson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Warren Raymond. (H.R. 164)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McClernand, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry La Reintrie. (H.R. 147)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McClernand, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Rider, a British subject. (H.R. 146)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. McWillie, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Philip R. Rice. (H.R. 356)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Meade, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the Monroe Railroad Company, and their securities. (H.R. 302)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Millson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Colonel Willis Riddick, deceased. (H.R. 70)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs at law of Dennis Purcell. (H.R. 199)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Morris, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Col. David Hopkins. (H.R. 198)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Morse, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Richard H. Barrett. (H.R. 71)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Nelson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain William Duerson, of Indiana. (H.R. 173)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Nelson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles S. Mathews, Charles Wood, and James Hall. (H.R. 236)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Nelson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John H. Baker, of the city of Brooklyn, (H.R. 338)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Nelson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sayles J. Bowen. (H.R. 92)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Nelson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the corporation of the First Presbyterian Church of Scotland, in Hanover, now Yorktown, Westchester county, New York. (H.R. 393)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Newell, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Abigail Stafford. (H.R. 359)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ogle, from the committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Aaron Stafford. (H.R. 477)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Olds, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Emily Stone. (H.R. 274)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Olds, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Gardner Herring. (H.R. 273)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Olds, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sylvanus Blodget. (H.R. 275)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Phoenix, from the Committee on Commerce reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of E. Pavenstedt and Schumacher. (H.R. 63)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Phoenix, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the compensation of James W. Low, and others, for the capture of the British private armed schooner Ann, during the late war with Great Britain. (H.R. 287)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Phoenix, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ferguson and Milhado. (H.R. 64)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Phoenix, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Williams, Staples and Williams. (H.R. 95)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Phoenix, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the reliet of Child, Fair, & Co., of St. Louis, Missouri. (H.R. 286)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Potter, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John De Armit. (H.R. 180)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. R. H. Stanton, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James S. Buckley. (H.R. 488)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. R. H. Stanton, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Brown & Tarbox. (H.R. 65)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. R. M. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Adolphus Meier & Co., of St. Louis. (H.R. 177)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. R. M. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ira T. Horton. (H.R. 290)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. R. M. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of S. Morris Waln. (H.R. 289)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Richardson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John H. Naff. (H.R. 486)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Richardson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Manuel X. Harmony. (H.R. 106)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Richardson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the Virginia Woollen Company. (H.R. 258)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Richardson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States,'' approved March 3, 1849. (H.R. 257)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robert W. Johnson, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jesse Sutton. (H.R. 19)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Rumsey, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robert Davidson. (H.R. 104)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Rumsey, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act for the relief of Frederic Durvine,'' approved August fourteen, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. (H.R. 202)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sackett, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Adam Garlock. (H.R. 220)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sackett, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Morrison. (H.R. 219)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sackett, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Rebecca Freeman. (H.R. 221)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sackett, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Dewey. (H.R. 75)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sawtelle, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of General Thomas Sumter, late of South Carolina, deceased. (H.R. 68)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sprague, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary Ann Williams. (H.R. 487)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Stetson, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Smith and Hersey. (H.R. 96)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. T. B. Butler, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac Cook and others. (H.R. 284)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. T. B. Butler, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the administrators of Oliver Lee, deceased. (H.R. 283)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. T. B. Butler, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of John H. Piatt, deceased. (H.R. 282)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. T. B. Butler, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Crown. (H.R. 241)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. T. Stevens, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of C. H. Pix. (H.R. 101)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. T. Stevens, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Susan C. Randall. (H.R. 186)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. T. Stevens, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the executors of the late Lieutenant John E. Bispham. (H.R. 301)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. T. Stevens, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the payment of certain moneys to the legal representative of Conrad Ten Eyck, late marshal of the district of Michigan, deceased. (H.R. 185)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Joseph Janney, General Robert Young, William Morsell, Samuel Tilliard, George W. Biscoe, and Christopher Neale, assignee, &c. (H.R. 479)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Plunkett. (H.R. 90)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Dr. William P. A. Hail. (H.R. 394)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Armstrong. (H.R. 237)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Collier and Wm. G. Pettus. (H.R. 89)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Dickson, surviving partner of the firm of Lambert and Dickson. (H.R. 58)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Major E. H. Fitzgerald. (H.R. 238)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Manoah D. Robison. (H.R. 239)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Messrs. Watson, Chabot & Co. (H.R. 171)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Polly Carver, executrix of Nathan Carver. (H.R. 170)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Robert S. Burrough and of Stephen Hopkins. (H.R. 281)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Thomas, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Kilgour. (H.R. 240)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Venable from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide compensation to William Woodbridge and Henry Chipman for services in adjusting titles to land in Michigan, and for other purposes. (H.R. 189)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Venable, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Lewis. (H.R. 300)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William J. Price. (H.R. 98)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walden, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Alanson Pool. (H.R. 231)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walden, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Camfield Averill. (H.R. 81)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walden, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lewis Hastings. (H.R. 80)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walden, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary W. Thompson. (H.R. 230)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walden, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Coats. (H.R. 163)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walden, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase the pension of Henry Click, of Cocke county, Tennessee. (H.R. 162)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walden, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George G. Bishop, and the legal representatives of John Arnold, deceased. (H.R. 169)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walden, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hiram Moore and John Hascall. (H.R. 11)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Waldo, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Christiana Weber, widow of John Weber, deceased. (H.R. 372)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Waldo, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac Cobb. (H.R. 265)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Waldo, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Martha Dameron. (H.R. 266)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Waldo, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary Martin. (H.R. 321)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Waldo, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Susanna Tarn. (H.R. 371)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Waldo, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John Jackson. (H.R. 320)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wallace, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Eleanor Davidson. (H.R. 149)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. White from the Committee on Naval Affairs reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain F. Forrest. (H.R. 494)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sarah Duncan, widow of Silas Duncan, late master commandant in the United States Navy. (H.R. 138)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edmund L. Du Barry. (H.R. 213)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Eli Darling. (H.R. 262)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Horatio N. Crabb. (H.R. 137)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. White, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Monmouth B. Hart, Joel Kelly, and William Close, securities for the late Benjamin F. Hart, a purser in the United States Navy. (H.R. 139)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Whittlesey, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the issuing a land patent to Thomas B. Clarke. (H.R. 305)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wm. Nelson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Solomon T. Nicoll and James Clinch, of the city of New York. (H.R. 59)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. On motion of Mr. Conger, Ordered, that the vote committing said bill to a Committee of the Whole House, and made the order of the day for to-morrow, be reconsidered. On motion of Mr. G. W. Jones, Ordered, that the said bill be laid upon the table. Mr. Walden, from the Committee ... (H.R. 168)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of to Whole House to-morrow. Mr. A. G. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Union Gas-light Company in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 298)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and made the special order for to-morrow, and from day to day until disposed of. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the ... (H.R. 433)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and made the special order of the day for the first Monday in March next. Mr. R. M. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue in force an act therein mentioned, relating to the port of Baltimore. (H.R. 97)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, made the special order of the day for the 11th instant, and from day to day thereafter. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide For taking the Seventh Census or enumeration of the inhabitants of ... (H.R. 216)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. A. Evans, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the gradual increase of the Corps of Engineers by annual additions to the lowest grade. (H.R. 471)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Albertson, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act supplementary to an act approved, on the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled 'An act providing ... (H.R. 296)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Albertson, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To supply the deficiency in a township of land heretofore granted by Congress to the State of Indiana, by an act approved April nineteen, eighteen hundred and sixteen, for ... (H.R. 295)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Ashmun, from the Committee on the State of the Union, reported the following bill: A Bill Giving further remedies to Patentees. (H.R. 254)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee of Ways and Means, by unanimous consent, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, ... (H.R. 437)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee of Ways and Means, by unanimous consent, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand ... (H.R. 435)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Creating the office of Assistant Secretary of State, and for other purposes. (H.R. 392)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and for other purposes. (H.R. 334)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the naval service, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (H.R. 474)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for carrying into execution in further part, the twelfth article of the treaty with Mexico concluded at Guada-lupe Hidalgo. (H.R. 460)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. (H.R. 154)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, by unanimous consent, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy, for the year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (H.R. 434)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the erection of a Custom-house in the city of St. St. Louis, in the State of Missouri. (H.R. 389)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for certain Fortifications of the United States, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. (H.R. 155)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending ... (H.R. 331)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand, eight hundred and fifty-one (H.R. 235)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of Navy Pensions for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. (H.R. 279)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of Revolutionary and other Pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and ... (H.R. 280)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. (H.R. 234)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. (H.R. 390)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Bayly, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for carrying into execution, in further part, the twelfth article of the treaty with Mexico concluded at Gaudalupe Hidalgo. (H.R. 388)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the payment of a company of Indian volunteers, called into the service of the United States. (H.R. 6)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize one of the regiments of infantry to be converted into one additional regiment of mounted riflemen, and for other purposes. (H.R. 463)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the appointment of four additional Commissaries of Subsistence. (H.R. 72)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To diminish the compensation of officers of the army incapable of active service, and to reduce the number of majors in the regiments of infantry, artillery, dragoons, and ... (H.R. 464)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase the rank and file of the Army, and to encourage enlistments. (H.R. 133)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the payment of the companies of Captains Bush, Price, and Suarez, for military services in Florida. (H.R. 456)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the payment of volunteers called into the service of the United States in Texas and New Mexico, in the the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine. (H.R. 249)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To regulate brevet rank, and to retire disabled officers of the Army. (H.R. 15)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Chandler, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the settlement, upon principles of equity, of the claims of the State of South Carolina for moneys paid to volunteers of that State for services and losses in ... (H.R. 208)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Colcock, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the erection of a new, or the repair of the old, Custom House in the city of Bath, in the State of Maine. (H.R. 292)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Colcock, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the erection of a new, or the repair of the old, Custom House in the city of Mobile, in the State of Alabama. (H.R. 291)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Daniel, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company. (H.R. 395)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Ewing, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the payment to the State of Texas of the amount assumed by her for the pay, subsistence, &c., of eight companies of volunteers called into service for the ... (H.R. 314)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting bounty land and extra pay to sailors actually engaged in the Mexican war. (H.R. 136)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for certain hydrographical and other surveys. (H.R. 368)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a line of war steamers to the coast of Africa, for the suppression of the slave trade, and the promotion of commerce and colonization. (H.R. 367)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase the efficiency of the naval service. (H.R. 473)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. G. A. Caldwell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the enlistment of mechanics, teamsters, and la-borers in the Quartermaster's department. (H.R. 467)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Grinnell, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for Light-Houses, Light-Boats, Buoys, &c., and providing for the erection and establishment of the same, and for other purposes. (H.R. 297)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Grinnell, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Supplementary to ''An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen,'' and for other purposes. (H.R. 191)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Hall, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the negotiation of treaties with the Indian tribes in the Territory of Oregon, for the extinguishment of their claim to lands lying west of the Cascade mountains, ... (H.R. 203)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Hoagland, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To reduce the price of public lands belonging to the United States, in the vicinity of the Wabash and Erie and Miami Extension Canals, in the State of Ohio. (H.R. 99)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. J. A. King, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the payment of the volunteers of the State of Vermont for services at the battle of Plattsburg. (H.R. 205)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary reported the following bill: A Bill To re-enact and continue in operation certain acts for the relief of insolvent debtors of the United States. (H.R. 183)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act regulating the district courts of the United States for the State of Alabama. (H.R. 184)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the Judiciary act passed September twenty-fourth, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. (H.R. 255)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To extend the benefit of the act entitled ''An act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the acts heretofore passed on that subject,'' to the ... (H.R. 100)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To regulate the practice of the courts in granting special injunctions in patent cases. (H.R. 411)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Jno. A. King, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the State of Vermont for services of her militia. (H.R. 455)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. John A. King, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the commencement of Fortifications for the harbor of New Bedford, Massachusetts. (H.R. 453)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors and rivers. (H.R. 348)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To modify the provisions of existing laws regulating the warehousing and transportation of goods wares and merchandize in and between ports in the respective collection districts of ... (H.R. 346)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Meabe, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a Judicial District in the western part of the State of New York. (H.R. 493)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Morehead, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To change the times for holding the district courts of the United States in the western district of Virginia, and for other purposes. (H.R. 102)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Morse, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize certain persons entitled to bounty land to dispose of the same by testament. (H.R. 128)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. Phoenix, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a branch of the Mint of the United States in the city of New York. (H.R. 294)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Phoenix, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To return the duties on merchandize, in unbroken packages, destroyed by fire in the city of New York in July, 84. (H.R. 62)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Potter, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish certain Post Roads in the United States. (H.R. 385)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Potter, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United States. (H.R. 351)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Potter, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish Post Roads in California, Oregon, Minesota, and New Mexico. (H.R. 246)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. Potter, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the printing of a table of Post Offices in the United States (H.R. 8)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Putnam, by unanimous consent, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the construction of certain Roads and Bridges in the Territory of Oregon (H.R. 307)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. R. H. Stanton, from the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a mail route and post road, from fort Smith, Arkansas, to San Diego on the Pacific ocean. (H.R. 492)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. R. M. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a new collection District in the Territory of Minesota, and for other purposes. (H.R. 179)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. R. M. McLane, of Maryland, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill. A Bill To admit certain articles of the growth or production of Canada into the United States free of duty, upon the condition that the like articles of the growth or ... (H.R. 18)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Richardson, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend certain acts, entitled ''An act to establish the Territorial government of Oregon,'' and '' An act to establish the Territorial government of Minnesota.'' (H.R. 272)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Robinson, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill To set apart and sell to Asa Whitney, of New York, a portion of the public lands, to enable him to construct a railroad from Lake Michigan or the Mississippi river to the ... (H.R. 156)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Directing the Secretary of the Navy to purchase from Professor James P. Espy, his patent right for the conical ventilator for the use of the United States. (H.R. 84)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To promote the efficiency of the naval establishment by providing a retired list for disabled officers, and reducing the number of officers. (H.R. 209)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Taylor, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the Eagle Steamboat Company. (H.R. 124)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill grant the right of way to the Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama Railroad Company. (H.R. 7)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. W. R. W. Cobb, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill To grant the right of way to the Central Plank Road Company of Alabama. (H.R. 243)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. Wellborn, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To define a certain offence, and provide an adequate punishment therefor. (H.R. 187)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Wellborn, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill To lay a tax upon alien persons coming into the United States, to provide for its recovery, and to direct payment of its proceeds, for eleemosynary purposes, to such State ... (H.R. 188)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. White, from the Committee on Naval Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Respecting Naval Pensions. (H.R. 263)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Ordered to be printed, with the amendments offered in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Potter, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United ... (H.R. 351)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Recommitted to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. R. M. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the same back without amendment, which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. R. M. McLane, from the Committee on ... (H.R. 18)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. A. G. Brown, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To incorporate the ''German Roman Catholic St. Joseph's Benevolent Society'' in the city of Washington. (H.R. 252)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill. A Bill For the relief of Giles U. Ellis. (H.R. 457)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. James Thompson, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hyacinth Riopell and others, heirs and assigns of Ambrose Riopell, deceased. (H.R. 412)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the whole House to-morrow. Mr. John A. King, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Horatio Boultbee. (H.R. 454)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee on the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wellborn, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following bill: An Act For the relief of Peter G. Washington. (H.R. 481)

Read twice, and postponed until Thursday, the 16th instant. Mr. Robinson, from the Select Committee, by unanimous consent, reported the following bill: A Bill To ensure the prompt execution of the act approved September twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fifty, ''granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the ... (H.R. 432)

Read twice, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. Inge, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To renew and continue in force the charter of the ''Potomac Insurance Company of Georgetown.'' (H.R. 67)

Read twice, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. Nelson, from the Committee on Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of A. Baudouin and A. D. Robert, of the city of New Orleans. (H.R. 91)

Read twice, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. Mr. R. M. McLane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To limit the liability of ship owners, and for other purposes. (H.R. 61)

Read twice, and referred to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Schenck, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Graves. (H.R. 109)

Read twice, and referred to the Committe on Cornmerce. An Act For the relief of Aguirre and Galivey, of New York. (H.R. 396)

Read twice, and referred to the Committe on Public Lands. An Act To enable Jacob Banta to locate two revolutionary bounty land certificates. (H.R. 447)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. An Act For the relief of Charles Stuart. (H.R. 120)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors and rivers. (H.R. 348)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To provide for recording the conveyances of vessels, and for other purposes. (H.R. 87)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and ordered to lie on the table. An Act To amend an act entitled ''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.'' (H.R. 386)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment, considered as in Committee of the Whole, and ordered to lie on the table. Considered as in Committee of the Whole, and re-committed to the Committee on Commerce. Reported with amendments, viz: strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert those printed in ... (H.R. 386)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June the thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (H.R. 437)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (H.R. 438)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. (H.R. 214)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy, for the year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (H.R. 434)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Supplementary to the act entitled ''An act supplementary to the act entitled an act establishing a Mint and regulating the coins of the United States.'' (H.R. 118)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for pay and mileage of members of Congress for the present Session. (H.R. 387)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and fifty. (H.R. 332)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. (H.R. 433)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. (H.R. 154)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. An Act Amendatory of ''An act to carry into effect certain provisions of the treaties between the United States and China, and the Ottoman Porte.'' approved August eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. (H.R. 317)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act For the relief of Jacob P. Montgomery. (H.R. 365)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act For the relief of the widow of the late Lieutenant Colonel William Gray. (H.R. 466)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act For the relief of Thomas Dennis. (H.R. 144)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States, approved third March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. (H.R. 39)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported without amendment. Recommitted to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the part with [brackets] and insert that printed in italics. An Act For the relief of Hiram Moore and John Hascall. (H.R. 11)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Anna Giffin. (H.R. 111)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Eliphas C. Brown. (H.R. 82)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of George S. Claflin. (H.R. 166)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Jacob Zimmerman. (H.R. 114)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of John M. Rosbury. (H.R. 159)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Skelton Felton. (H.R. 86)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Thomas R. Saunders. (H.R. 161)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Warren Raymond. (H.R. 164)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of William Sparks. (H.R. 167)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of William Whicher. (H.R. 115)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mary Pike, widow of Ezra Pike. (H.R. 153)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act To increase the pension of Henry Click, of Cocke county, Tennessee. (H.R. 162)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported without amendment, and adversely. An Act Granting a pension to Avery Downer. (H.R. 74)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. An Act For the relief of James T. Shackleford. (H.R. 303)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To grant the right of way to the Alton and Sangamon Railroad Company. (H.R. 130)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. A Bill To grant the right of way to the Gainesville and De Kalb Plank Road Company. (H.R. 350)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To create the office of Surveyor General of the public lands in Oregon, and to provide for the survey, and to make donanations to settlers of the said public lands. (H.R. 250)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To create the office of Surveyor General of the public lands in Oregon, and to provide for the survey, and to make donanations to settlers of the said public lands. (H.R. 250)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported with amendments, viz: strike, out the parts within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To grant the right of way to the Gainesville and De Kalb Plank Road Company. (H.R. 350)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. An Act In relation to the claims of Virginia officers for half-pay. (H.R. 391)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To amend an act entitled ''an act to establish the Territorial Government of Oregon,'' and ''an act to establish the Territorial Government of Minnesota.'' (H.R. 421)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To authorize the Legislative Assemblies of the Territories of Oregon and Minnesota to take charge of the school lands in said Territories, and for other purposes. (H.R. 430)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. An Act For the relief of James S. Graham and Walter H. Finnall. (H.R. 66)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. An Act To establish certain Post Roads in the United States and the Territories thereof. (H.R. 475)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. An Act To establish certain Post Roads in the United States. (H.R. 385)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. An Act To reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United States, and to provide for the coinage of a three cent piece. (H.R. 351)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Conrad, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Postmaster General to contract for carrying the mail in steamers between New Orleans and Vera Cruz, and any intermediate ports. (H.R. 293)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported without amendment. An Act For the relief of John Dearmit. (H.R. 180)

Read twice, left upon the Speaker's table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bissell, from the Select Committee to whom was referred the petition of Miss D. L. Dix, reported the following bill: A Bill Making a grant of public lands to the several States of the Union for the relief and the support of indigent insane persons. (H.R. 383)

Read twice, lies on the Speaker's table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bowlin, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting the State of Missouri a right of way, and a portion of the public land, for making a railroad from St. Louis, to the western limits of said State. (H.R. 398)

Read twice. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. F. P. Stanton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the establishment of a line of mail steamers between California and China, and for other purposes. (H.R. 472)

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives entitled ''An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and for other purposes,'' do pass with the following ... (H.R. 334)

Reported from the Senate with amendments. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed. The Senate propose to strike out the words in [brackets] and insert the words in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one ... (H.R. 214)