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Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 35th Congress

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Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Amendments of the Senate: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 666)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Amendments of the Senate, add the parts italics. An Act Establishing certain post routes. (H.R. 874)

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, by unanimous consent, offered the following as a substitute for the bill H.R. 483. Amendment. Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following: (H.R. 483)

ead a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Alexander H. Stephens, by unanimous, introduced, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide a temporary government in the Territory of Dacotah. (H.R. 834)

ead twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirteenth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 556)

Motion to recommit pending, and its further consideration postponed to the 3d of March, 1858. Mr. Faulkner, from the minority of the Committee on Military Affairs, proposed the following as a substitute for the bill H.R. 313: A Bill To provide for a temporary increase of the army of the United States. (H.R. 313)

Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Public Lands, proposes the following bill: A Bill To amend the acts granting rights of pre-emption to settlers on the public lands of the United States. (H.R. 652)

Mr. English gave notice of his intention, at the proper time, to offer the following amendment in the nature of a substitute. Amendment. A bill to provide for the transportation of the United States mails to foreign countries. (H.R. 824)

Mr. English, from the committee, gave notice of his intention, at the proper time, to offer the following amendment in the nature of a substitute. Amendment. A bill to provide for the transportation of the United States mail between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. (H.R. 828)

Mr. Grow gave notice of his intention to offer, at the proper time, the following amendment to the sixth section of the bill. Amendment. Add at the end of the section the following: (H.R. 836)

Mr. Horton gave notice of his intention, at the proper time, to offer the following amendment in the nature of a substitute. Amendment A bill to provide for the transportation of the United States mails to foreign countries. (H.R. 824)

Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 201) ''making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine,'' reported the same with the following Amendments. (H.R. 201)

Mr. Leiter gave notice of his intention to offer the following as a substitute for the bill H.R. 478. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Amendment To establish an auxiliary guard for the protection of persons and property in the city of Washington, and repealing all acts heretofore passed in relation to that subject. (H.R. 478)

Ordered and be printed. Mr. Lovejoy, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of John Moshier. (H.R. 897)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Fessenden to the ''Act (H.R. No. 306) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1858,'' viz: Strike out all after line 30, page 2, to line 118, page 6, and insert: (H.R. 306)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Gwin to the ''Bill (H.R. 2,) donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts,'' viz: Strike out the first section and insert the following in lieu thereof: (H.R. 2)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Hale to the ''Act (H.R. No. 306) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1858,'' viz: Add the following section at the end of the bill. (H.R. 306)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Intended to be proposed by Mr. Hamlin to the bill (H.R. 200) ''making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine,'' viz: Add the following as an additional section: (H.R. 200)

Ordered to be printed. Amendment Proposed by Mr. Fessenden to the ''Act (H.R. 306) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the 30th of June, 1858,'' viz: Add the following section: (H.R. 306)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments Reported by Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, to the bill (H.R. 711) ''making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending the 30th of June, 1860,'' viz: Page 1, lines 8 and 9--Strike out ''three hundred and nineteen thousand and eighteen dollars ... (H.R. 711)

Ordered to be printed. Amendments Reported by the Committee on Finance to the bill (H.R. 200) ''Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of government for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine,'' viz: (H.R. 200)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lieutenant ''Robert Cunningham,'' of Pennsylvania. (H.R. 910)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Micajah Hawks. (H.R. 912)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Adelaide Adams, widow of Commander George Adams, United States navy. (H.R. 908)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to James Floyd. (H.R. 909)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to James Lucy, of Tennessee. (H.R. 907)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Major John F. Hunter. (H.R. 913)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Alexander Gaddes. (H.R. 915)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to John Houser. (H.R. 911)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Sutton M. Young. (H.R. 914)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to William Brown. (H.R. 916)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Eliza M. Evans, heirs of Anthony Walton White. (H.R. 932)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Francis Chaudonet. (H.R. 934)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the orphan children of Lieutenant Francis Martin, a revolutionary officer. (H.R. 933)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Cochrane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following amendments to the bill of the House four hundred and eighty-seven, ''for the codification of the existing revenue laws of the United States, and for other purposes.'' Amendments. (H.R. 487)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Curtis, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Constance Bateman. (H.R. 905)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davidson, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Moses Meeker. (H.R. 919)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne proposes, at a proper time, to offer the following as a substitute for bill of the House No. 45: A Bill Further to provide for the safety of passengers on steam vessels. (H.R. 45)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fenton gave notice that, when in order, he would offer the following as a substitute for the bill H.R. 259: Amendment. (H.R. 259)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Fenton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Captain Robert Orr, deceased. (H.R. 922)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. George Taylor, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of Henry Brockholst Livingston. (H.R. 921)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Gilman, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the cities of Philadelphia and New Orleans, for other purposes. (H.R. 927)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goodwin, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Declaratory of the acts for carrying into effect the ninth article of the treaty of eighteen hundred and nineteen between the United States and Spain. (H.R. 904)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goodwin, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joel M. Smith. (H.R. 902)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goodwin, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Philip B. Holmes and William Peduck. (H.R. 901)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Goodwin, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Brown. (H.R. 903)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Greenwood, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the sale of reservations of land granted to individual Indians in certain cases, and to regulate the disposition of the proceeds thereof. (H.R. 918)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Greenwood, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To settle the title of certain lands in Kansas Territory belonging to certain half-breed Kansas Indians in said Territory. (H.R. 917)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following Amendments To the bill (H.R. 664) ''making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty,'' viz: (H.R. 664)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Jackson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Dr. George Yates. (H.R. 898)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Miles Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Aaron Van Camp and Virginius P. Chapin. (H.R. 900)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Morgan, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the erection of a new jail in the county of Washington and District of Columbia. (H.R. 899)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Nichols, from the Select Committee on Printing, proposes to report the following bill: A Bill Amendatory of the act entitled ''An act to provide for executing the public printing and establishing the prices thereof, and for other purposes,'' approved August 26, 1852. (H.R. 652)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Palmer, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Andrew Templeton. (H.R. 931)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Palmer, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Ann L. Moor. (H.R. 928)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Palmer, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Asa Wells. (H.R. 929)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Palmer, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Samuel Ward. (H.R. 930)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Reilly, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Sanford. (H.R. 895)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to James Van Pelt. (H.R. 906)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles Triche and Edouard Rodrigues, or their legal representatives. (H.R. 925)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elias and Abijah Russ, of Louisiana. (H.R. 926)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Alexis Porhce. (H.R. 923)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Thomas Poree. (H.R. 924)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Vance, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jonathan Skinner's heirs. (H.R. 920)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Walbridge, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, reported the following bill: A Bill To aid and promote the construction of railroads to the Pacific ocean. (H.R. 935)

Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wood, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To compensate the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company for carrying the mails. (H.R. 896)

Ordered to be printed. Proposed to be reported by Mr. Grow, from the Select Committee on Printing. A Bill To provide for the election by the House of Representatives of the United States of a Superintendent of Folding. (H.R. 652)

Ordered to be printed. Reported from the Committee on Commerce by Mr. E. B. Washburne, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert the following Amendment: (H.R. 45)

Read a first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To refund to James Douglass, governor of Vancouver's Island, the sum of seven thousand dollars advanced by him to supply the volunteers of Washington ... (H.R. 566)

Read a first and second time, and its further consideration postponed until Wednesday, the 16th instant, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bocock, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase the number of surgeons, assistant surgeons, and pursers, in the United States navy. (H.R. 871)

Read a first and second time, and the further consideration postponed until Monday next, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John Sherman, from the select committee, reported the following bill: A Bill Regulating navy yards, and for other purposes. (H.R. 885)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the issue of treasury notes. (H.R. 4)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John B. Clark, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation to build a prison-house in the Territory of Kansas. (H.R. 879)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and ordered to be printed. Mr. S. S. Marshall, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Brevet Major H. L. Kendrick. (H.R. 272)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bonham, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Martin Burke and Captain Charles S. Winder, of the United States army. (H.R. 839)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bonham, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David G. Burnet. (H.R. 840)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bonham, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To refund to the State of Texas the moneys advanced by her for the support of certain volunteer troops called into ... (H.R. 841)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Boyce, to amend by striking out the parts in [brackets] and inserting the parts in italics. Mr. Leidy, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of ... (H.R. 867)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Orrin H. Rice. (H.R. 846)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Rice M. Brown. (H.R. 845)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the Territory of Utah for certain expenses incurred by the Territory in the suppression of Indian ... (H.R. 837)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Fenton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a land warrant for one hundred and sixty acres to Dexter Barnes. (H.R. 833)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John B. Clark, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John B. Motley. (H.R. 864)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leidy, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nancy Weeks, of Georgia. (H.R. 865)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Leidy, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children or heirs of Elnathan Sears, deceased, late of New York. (H.R. 866)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. McRae, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the payment of the State of Massachusetts of a balance due to said State for money expended for the ... (H.R. 842)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Parker, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Robert Purchase, a soldier of the revolutionary war. (H.R. 868)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Pendleton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. (H.R. 843)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Potter, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To pay to the surviving children of the late Martha Swilling, widow of George Swilling, the pension that was due ... (H.R. 869)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Savage, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Patterson. (H.R. 844)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stanton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Hamilton. (H.R. 8)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Timothy Davis, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James H. Causten, sole heir and legal representative of Joseph H. Causten, ... (H.R. 861)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Vange, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edmund J. Lee, administrator of Daniel Bedinger, deceased. (H.R. 832)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day for to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with an amendment, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bonham, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the ... (H.R. 840)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Rachel McMillan. (H.R. 884)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Hester Sergeant Barton. (H.R. 883)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, made the order of the day to-morrow, and ordered to be printed. Recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with amendments, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bonham, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief ... (H.R. 839)

Read a first and second time, committed to a Committee of the Whole House, on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John S. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, ... (H.R. 872)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Alexander H. Stephens, by unanimous consent, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide a temporary government for the Territory of Arizona, and to create the office of surveyor general therein. (H.R. 836)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Alexander H. Stephens, by unanimous consent, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for a temporary government for the Territory of Jefferson. (H.R. 835)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. English, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Postmaster General to test the public utility of Foster's patent marine safe and metallic mail bag. (H.R. 821)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. English, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill Regulating the payment of postage on newspapers and periodicals, and for other purposes. (H.R. 823)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. English, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To abolish the franking privilege, and for other purposes. (H.R. 822)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of assistant engineers in the United States navy. (H.R. 870)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, ... (H.R. 6)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of ... (H.R. 3)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, 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 ... (H.R. 5)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. James Craig, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the transportation of the United States mails from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast. (H.R. 828)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John B. Clark, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation to the completion the capitol and penitentiary in the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 882)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John B. Clark, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the completion of the capital of the Territory of Utah. (H.R. 880)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John B. Clark, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation to complete the capitol of the Territory of Nebraska, and to build a prison-house in said Territory. (H.R. 881)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. John S. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the Yancton and Tonawanda Indians for the year ending June ... (H.R. 888)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Wood, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish a national line of mail steamships between certain ports of the United States and Great Britain. (H.R. 824)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. William Smith, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill To organize the Territory of Nevada. (H.R. 567)

Read a first and second time, committed to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Atkins, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the acts in relation to the Post Office Department. (H.R. 829)

Read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Banks, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the people of the Territory of Kansas to form a constitution and State government, preparatory to their admission into, the Union with all the rights of the original States. (H.R. 7)

Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 243)

Read the second time and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported without amendment, viz: Strike out the parts within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 243)

Read twice and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Leiter, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for the examination of claims for Indian depredations in the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 816)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Cassius M. Clay. (H.R. 488)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of James Rumph. (H.R. 476)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of Lydia Fletcher. (H.R. 560)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act For the relief of the administrator of Horatio Boultbee, deceased. (H.R. 506)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Claims. An Act To provide for the settlement of the accounts of the late Lieutenant Colonel Lewis S. Craig, for his services in command of the military escort on the Mexican boundary commission. (H.R. 764)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Regulating the compensation of the officers and marines of the revenue cutters. (H.R. 482)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment. An Act Making appropriations for light-houses, light-boats, buoys, &c., and providing for the erection and establishment of the same, and for other purposes. (H.R. 550)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 200)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 713)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 666)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs. (H.R. 466)

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

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 711)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 199)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 712)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 872)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 667)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the support of three regiments of volunteers authorized by the act of Congress approved seventh April, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 561)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 557)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Providing for the payment of the expenses of investigating committees of the House of Representatives. (H.R. 820)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 555)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 662)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the transportation of the United States mail, by ocean steamers and otherwise, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 558)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To authorize the sale and transfer of the government barracks at Savannah, Georgia. (H.R. 472)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. An Act To provide for the organization of a regiment of mounted volunteers for the defence of the frontier of Texas, and to authorize the President to call into the service of the United States four additional regiments of volunteers. (H.R. 313)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Reported with amendments, viz; Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To provide for the organization of a regiment of mounted volunteers for the defence of the frontier of Texas, and to authorize the President to call into the ... (H.R. 313)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act For the relief of B. W. Palmer and others. (H.R. 336)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. An Act For the relief of Duncan Robertson. (H.R. 359)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Angelina C. Bowman, widow of Francis L. Bowman, late captain United States army. (H.R. 847)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Daniel Cole. (H.R. 838)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Elizabeth E. V. Field. (H.R. 222)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Evelina Porter, widow of the late Commodore David Porter, of the United States navy. (H.R. 458)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Mary Bennett. (H.R. 230)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Nancy Serena. (H.R. 231)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act For the relief of Sylvanus Burnham. (H.R. 233)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting a pension to Mary J. Harris, widow of Colonel Thomas L. Harris. (H.R. 887)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting an invalid pension to Brevet Major John Jones, of Tennessee. (H.R. 456)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting an invalid pension to John Holland, of Arkansas. (H.R. 631)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act granting a pension to Ansel Wilkinson,'' approved August thirteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (H.R. 207)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Pensions. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act Granting a pension to Thomas Allcock, of Rochester, New York. (H.R. 264)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads. Reported without amendment and accompanied by an adverse report, (No. 330.) An Act To repeal the second section of the act entitled ''An act to establish certain post roads,'' approved June fourteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 652)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act Establishing certain post routes. (H.R. 874)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act For the relief of Thomas Livingston and his securities. (H.R. 812)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act Regulating the payment of postage on newspapers and periodicals, and for other purposes. (H.R. 823)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To prevent the inconvenient accumulation in the Post Office Department of postmasters' quarterly returns. (H.R. 207)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. An Act To authorize the claimants in right of John Huertas to enter certain lands in Florida. (H.R. 251)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. An Act To confirm the land claims of certain pueblos and towns in the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 565)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. (H.R. 2)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For extending the land laws east of the Cascade mountains, in Oregon and Washington Territories. (H.R. 170)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of congressional township number twenty-seven (27) north, of range number six (6) east, in Wabash county, in the State of Indiana. (H.R. 489)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public lands. An Act For the relief of Isaac Drew and other settlers upon the public lands in the State of Wisconsin. (H.R. 578)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of Monroe D. Downs. (H.R. 426)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of Rebecca M. Bowden, of Prince George county, Virginia. (H.R. 577)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of settlers on certain lands in the State of Illinois. (H.R. 538)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of Sylvester Tiffany. (H.R. 606)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company. (H.R. 669)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act For the relief of William Yearwood, senior. (H.R. 810)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Providing for satisfying claims for bounty lands, and for other purposes. (H.R. 802)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Recognizing the assignment of land warrant number thirty-five thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, (35,956,) issued to John Davis, as valid. (H.R. 318)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Recognizing the survey of the Grand Cheniere island, State of Louisiana, as approved by the surveyor general, and for other purposes. (H.R. 683)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To amend an act entitled ''An act authorizing repayment for land erroneously sold by the United States.'' (H.R. 803)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To amend the act entitled ''An act in addition to certain acts granting bounty land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States,'' approved May fourteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. (H.R. 92)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To authorize settlers upon sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, who settled before the surveys of the public lands, to pre-empt their settlements. (H.R. 804)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To continue the office of register of the land office of Vincennes, Indiana. (H.R. 302)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To create a land district in the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 564)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To fix and regulate the compensation of receivers and registers of the land offices under the provisions of the act approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighteen. (H.R. 801)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To protect the land fund for school purposes in Sarpy county, Nebraska Territory. (H.R. 551)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To run, mark, and establish the western boundary of the State of Minnesota. (H.R. 805)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act To secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain. (H.R. 72)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported by Mr. Stuart, with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets,] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To run, mark, and establish the western boundary of the State of Minnesota. (H.R. 805)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Territories. An Act To authorize the President of the United States, in conjunction with the State of Texas, to run and mark the boundary lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of Texas. (H.R. 152)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. An Act To authorize the vestry of Washington parish to take and enclose certain parts of streets in Washington city for the purpose of extending the Washington Cemetery, and for other purposes. (H.R. 542)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. An Act Regulating municipal elections in the city of Washington. (H.R. 248)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Reported with an amendment, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert the words printed in italics. An Act In relation to a railway along Pennsylvania avenue, in Washington city, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 541)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act For the punishment of the crime of forgery or counterfeiting military bound land warrants, military bounty land certificates, certificates of location, certificates of purchase, and receivers' recepts. (H.R. 830)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act For the relief of Gottlieb Scheerer. (H.R. 648)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act In relation to courts and the holding of the terms thereof in the several Territories of the United States. (H.R. 59)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To authorize the holding of circuit and district courts of the United States at the city of Peoria, Illinois. (H.R. 831)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To change the time of holding the spring term of the district court of the United States for the western district of the State of Texas. (H.R. 647)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To protect the timber growing upon lands of the United States reserved for military and other purposes. (H.R. 886)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Mr. Bayard with amendments, viz: strike out the words within [brackets] and insert the words printed in italics. An Act To compensate the State of New Jersey for the use of court rooms for the United States court in the State-house at Trenton, in said State. (H.R. 789)

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets] and insert those printed in italics. An Act To regulate fees and costs to be allowed marshals, district attorneys, clerks of courts, jurors, and witnesses, in the State of California and in the Territories of Oregon and ... (H.R. 55)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House Mr. Stanton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles Stillman. (H.R. 769)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the completion of the road from Council Bluffs to New Fort Kearney, in the Territory of Nebraska. (H.R. 562)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of three regiments of volunteers authorized by the act of Congress approved seventh April, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 561)

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

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. [Report No. 402.] Mr. S. S. Marshall, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robert A. Davidge. (H.R. 575)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Evelina Porter, widow of the late Commodore David Porter, of the United States navy. (H.R. 458)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Francis Carver. (H.R. 524)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Simon Record. (H.R. 625)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Timothy L. O'Keeffee. (H.R. 267)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Bullock. (H.R. 520)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Wright Fore. (H.R. 522)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Wyatt Griffith. (H.R. 523)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to William B. Tompkins. (H.R. 621)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to William Burns, of Ohio. (H.R. 624)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Increasing the invalid pension of George W. Bean. (H.R. 622)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Increasing the invalid pension of Isaac Allen, of Maine. (H.R. 623)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Increasing the pension of Anthony Walter Bayard, of Bellefont, in the State of Pennsylvania. (H.R. 521)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: Granting an invalid pensions to Beriah Wright, of New York. (H.R. 460)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: Granting an invalid pensions to Silas Stevens, of Virginia. (H.R. 459)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Atkins, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John G. Sewell. (H.R. 604)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Atkins, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Stuckey and Rogers. (H.R. 493)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Atkins, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Doty and others. (H.R. 494)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Avery, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elizabeth McBrier, only surviving child and heir of Colonel Archibald Loughry, deceased. (H.R. 504)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Regis Loisel, or his legal representatives. (H.R. 214)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John J. Bulow, junior, deceased. (H.R. 253)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Dr. Thomas Antisell. (H.R. 452)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Simeon Stedman. (H.R. 334)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Susannah Redman, widow of Lloyd Redman. (H.R. 335)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burlingame, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Francis Dainese. (H.R. 339)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burnett, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of J. W. Nye. (H.R. 320)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burns, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain Stanton Sholes. (H.R. 344)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burns, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nancy Magill, of Ohio. (H.R. 345)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burns, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Abraham Crum. (H.R. 633)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Burns, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Conrad Duval. (H.R. 632)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Allen Smith. (H.R. 534)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ebenezer Hitchcock. (H.R. 532)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry Snider, of Jefferson county, Ohio. (H.R. 634)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Perry, of Illinois. (H.R. 531)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jonathan Williams Swift. (H.R. 635)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Webb. (H.R. 347)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Margaret Whitehead. (H.R. 232)

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

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Shove Chase. (H.R. 533)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Stephen Fellows. (H.R. 530)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sylvanus Burnham. (H.R. 233)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Case, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Sutton. (H.R. 346)

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

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charlotte Butler. (H.R. 226)

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

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Emma A. Wood, widow of the late Brevet Major George W. F. Wood, of the United States army. (H.R. 627)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Frederick Smith. (H.R. 526)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henrietta S. Clark. (H.R. 263)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John C. Rathbun. (H.R. 529)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph M. Plummer and Mary R. Plummer, minor children of Captain Samuel M. Plummer. (H.R. 227)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Judith Nott. (H.R. 528)

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

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

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

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary W. Thompson. (H.R. 265)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Phineas G. Pearson. (H.R. 527)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robinson Gammon. (H.R. 525)

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

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Berry. (H.R. 629)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Mary Shircliff, widow of John Shircliff. (H.R. 628)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Thomas Allcock, of Rochester, New York. (H.R. 264)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to James Fugate, of Missouri. (H.R. 462)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to John Lee, of the State of Maine. (H.R. 461)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to John Piper. (H.R. 626)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase the pension of John Richmond. (H.R. 225)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Barnt de Klyn, deceased. (H.R. 603)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Captain Samuel Miller. (H.R. 354)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Lieutenant Bartlett Hinds. (H.R. 326)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Nathaniel Heard. (H.R. 449)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Robert Paul, a soldier of the revolution. (H.R. 601)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Brigadier General William Thompson. (H.R. 599)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of John and Sarah Mandeville, deceased. (H.R. 600)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the orphan children of Colonel Philip Johnston. (H.R. 602)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the Presbyterian Church at Princeton, New Jersey. (H.R. 497)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clawson, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the representative of Henry King, deceased. (H.R. 496)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John P. Brown. (H.R. 360)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cobb, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Recognizing the assignment on land warrant number thirty-five thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, (35,956,) issued to John Davis, as valid. (H.R. 318)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Colfax, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To compensate Israel Johnson for services performed by direction of the Indian agents at the treaty ground, at the forks of the Wabash, in eighteen hundred and thirty-three. (H.R. 817)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Corning, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mrs. A. W. Angus, widow of the late Captain Samuel Angus, United States navy. (H.R. 612)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cox, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Gideon Walker. (H.R. 591)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cox, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nancy D. Holkar, widow and administratrix of John Holkar, deceased. (H.R. 249)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cox, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Alexander Stevenson. (H.R. 208)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cox, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Benjamin Wilson. (H.R. 499)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cox, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Dr. Benjamin Chapin. (H.R. 500)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cox, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Watkins. (H.R. 323)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the children of Mrs. Harriet de la Palm Baker, deceased, daughter and legal heir of the late Lieutenant Colonel Frederick H. Weissenfels, of the army of the revolution. (H.R. 596)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Gerard Wood, deceased. (H.R. 597)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Captain John A. Hopper. (H.R. 237)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John Hopper. (H.R. 236)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of James Bell, late of Chamly, in the province of Lower Canada, deceased. (H.R. 595)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Gustavus B. Horner, deceased. (H.R. 325)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of John Denman and George Townley, deceased. (H.R. 598)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cragin, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of John Druman and George Townley, deceased. (H.R. 598)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Curtis, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Francisco Robaldo, deceased. (H.R. 611)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Davidson, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Dr. Ferdinand O. Miller. (H.R. 480)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Davidson, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lewis W. Broadwell. (H.R. 572)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Davidson, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Hasam and B. S. Brewster. (H.R. 573)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Davis, of Iowa, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Dearmit. (H.R. 492)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Wakefield. (H.R. 547)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of John Paulding, David Williams, Isaac Van West, and Sergeant John Champe. (H.R. 649)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Nehemiah Stokely, a revolutionary officers. (H.R. 447)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of the Reverend James Craig, deceased. (H.R. 322)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representative of Captain Louis Marnay. (H.R. 593)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Captain David Noble, deceased. (H.R. 501)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Captain Pierre Ayott. (H.R. 594)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Lieutenant Thomas Williams, revolutionary officer. (H.R. 448)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain Douglas Ottinger. (H.R. 576)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. B. Washburne, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of D. O. Dickinson. (H.R. 446)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. Joy Morris, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the payment of the claim of J. W. Nye, assignee of Peter Bargy, jr., and Hugh Stewart. (H.R. 275)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Edie, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edwin M. Chaffee. (H.R. 348)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. English, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lucien B. Adams, executor of James Adams, deceased, one of the sureties of John S. Roberts, late postmaster of Springfield, Illinois. (H.R. 588)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. English, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Allen L. Porter. (H.R. 587)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. English, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John B. Roper. (H.R. 321)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Eustis, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To indemnify Henry Leef and John McKee for illegal seizure of a certain barque. (H.R. 206)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. F. H. Morse, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Eliphalet Brown, jr. (H.R. 220)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. F. H. Morse, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of William B. Draper. (H.R. 509)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fenton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Abel M. Butler. (H.R. 357)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fenton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Cyrenius Glass (H.R. 328)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fenton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hannah Little, and for other purposes. (H.R. 358)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fenton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Rosewell Minard, father of Theodore Minard, deceased. (H.R. 356)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fenton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sylvester Tiffany. (H.R. 606)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Fenton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting bounty land to Abram Stapes, heir-at-law of Isaac Staples, a revolutionary soldier. (H.R. 607)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David Watson. (H.R. 535)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elmira White, widow of Captain Thomas R. White. (H.R. 463)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Duncan. (H.R. 366)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mary D. Dusenbery. (H.R. 364)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Mrs. Mary Ann Henry. (H.R. 362)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Jane Smith, widow of Francis Smith. (H.R. 630)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Jeremiah Wright. (H.R. 365)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Henry Miller. (H.R. 363)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to John Holland, of Arkansas. (H.R. 631)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David Myerle. (H.R. 617)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Dr. George H. Howell. (H.R. 510)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Robert W. Cushman, formerly an acting purser in the United States navy. (H.R. 453)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase the pay of the watchmen at the United States Naval Observatory at Georgetown. (H.R. 616)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. George Taylor, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Maryett Van Buskirk, heir of Thomas Van Buskirk, deceased, late of Bergen county, New Jersey. (H.R. 276)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. George Taylor, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Abraham Livingston. (H.R. 592)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. George Taylor, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Major John Ripley. (H.R. 498)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Goodwin, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin Sayre. (H.R. 319)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Goodwin, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David McClure, administrator of Joseph McClure, deceased. (H.R. 571)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Goodwin, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Gardner and Vincent, and others. (H.R. 569)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Goodwin, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hull and Cozzens, and John Naylor and Company. (H.R. 586)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Goodwin, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lieutenant Loomis L. Langdon. (H.R. 570)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Greenwood, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to adjudicate and settle certain claims against the Menomonee Indians. (H.R. 329)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Groesbeck, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Rich. (H.R. 361)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. H. Marshall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the administrator of Horatio Boultbee, deceased. (H.R. 506)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hawkins, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of B. W. Palmer and others. (H.R. 336)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hawkins, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain John G. Tod, late of the navy of Texas. (H.R. 615)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hawkins, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Eliza M. Archer. (H.R. 613)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hawkins, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the president and directors of the Panama Railroad Company. (H.R. 614)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hawkins, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Heine, artist in the Japan expedition. (H.R. 219)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hickman, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the surviving children of Basil Mignault, an officer of the revolutionary war. (H.R. 563)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Hopkins, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Hunter. (H.R. 618)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Horton, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel W. Turner and Alvin A. Turner. (H.R. 502)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Horton, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Robert H. Morris, late postmaster of the city of New York. (H.R. 491)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. I. Washburn, from the Committee of Elections, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of R. L. B. Clarke. (H.R. 351)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. J. C. Kunkel, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph C. G. Kennedy. (H.R. 442)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. J. V. Wright, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Micajah Brooks. (H.R. 455)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. James Craig, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John F. Cannon. (H.R. 273)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Extending the benefits of the pension laws to certain widows and orphans. (H.R. 517)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Augustus J. Kuhn. (H.R. 258)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Elijah Close, of Tennessee. (H.R. 512)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Kennedy O'Brien. (H.R. 457)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Michael A. Davenport, of Illinois. (H.R. 516)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Alexander S. Bean, of Pennsylvania. (H.R. 515)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Brevet Major John Jones, of Tennessee. (H.R. 456)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Conrad Schroeder. (H.R. 514)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to William Howell, of Tennessee. (H.R. 513)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To increase the pension of Henry E. Read, a citizen of Kentucky, and for other purposes. (H.R. 257)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. John Cochrane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the payment of extra compensation to Enoch B. Talcoot, for his services and expenses in recovering government funds embezzled by Jacob Richardson. (H.R. 352)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. John Cochrane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Alonzo and Elbridge G. Colby. (H.R. 486)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. John Sherman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the benefit of the captors of the British brig Caledonia, in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve. (H.R. 218)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. John Sherman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Nehemiah S. Draper and William Holden, heirs-at-law of Mary Draper, deceased. (H.R. 511)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Kelly, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin F. Hall. (H.R. 244)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Leiter, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George Chorpenning, and Elizabeth Woodward, widow of Absalom Woodward, deceased, and the children of said Elizabeth Woodward. (H.R. 330)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Leiter, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Jacob Thomas. (H.R. 608)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lovejoy, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of William Edmondston. (H.R. 355)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lovejoy, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To allow the legal representatives of Samuel Jones, of the eleventh Virginia regiment on continental establishment, five years' full pay as a captain of infantry, in lieu of half-pay for ... (H.R. 324)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Maclay, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David Bruce. (H.R. 269)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Maclay, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Edward N. Kent. (H.R. 465)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Maynard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Captain A. W. Reynolds. (H.R. 584)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Maynard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles James Lanman. (H.R. 645)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Maynard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Dinah Minis. (H.R. 481)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Maynard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Eli W. Goff. (H.R. 353)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Maynard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Phelan. (H.R. 644)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Maynard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the assignees of Hugh Glenn. (H.R. 441)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Maynard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of five deceased clerks in the Philadelphia custom-house. (H.R. 643)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Maynard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Samuel Pitts, deceased. (H.R. 642)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Maynard, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for quieting certain land titles in the late disputed territory in the State of Maine, and for other purposes. (H.R. 574)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Miles Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of George W. Biscoe. (H.R. 203)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Miles Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Hardy and Alton Long. (H.R. 444)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Miles Taylor, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William F. Wagner. (H.R. 443)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Moore, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Rumph. (H.R. 476)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. O. A. Morse, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hector St. John Beatley. (H.R. 262)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. O. A. Morse, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac Carpenter. (H.R. 260)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. O. A. Morse, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Leonard Loomis. (H.R. 261)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. O. A. Morse, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Erastus Hutchins. (H.R. 636)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Oliver A. Morse, from the Committee of Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Nathan Randall. (H.R. 637)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Oliver A. Morse, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Cornelius H. Latham. (H.R. 464)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Parker, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Sawyer, a soldier of the war of the revolution. (H.R. 619)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pendleton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Eleazer Williams, sole heir of Mary Ann Williams and Thomas Williams, deceased. (H.R. 508)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pendleton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Phenix, jr., late a paymaster's clerk in the service of the United States. (H.R. 255)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pendleton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William B. Dodd and others. (H.R. 507)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Pendleton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William Hutchenson. (H.R. 254)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Major Jeremiah Y. Dashield, paymaster in the United States army. (H.R. 333)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Richard B. Alexander. (H.R. 332)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of William S. Bradford. (H.R. 610)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. R. B. Hall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing an increase of pension to Peter Van Buskirk, of Washington city, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 340)

Read twice, and committed to a committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Reilly, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill Extending the patent granted to William Crompton for an improvement in figure or fancy power-looms for seven years from the twenty-fifth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 268)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Reilly, from the Committee on Patents, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph Nock. (H.R. 638)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Reuben Davis, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Kelly. (H.R. 589)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Henry Taylor. (H.R. 228)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Campbell. (H.R. 342)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Goodrich, jr. (H.R. 229)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Zina Williams. (H.R. 239)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Mary Blattenberger, widow of John Blattenberger. (H.R. 343)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to John Purcell. (H.R. 620)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Robbins, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To continue the pension heretofore paid to Mary C. Hamilton, widow of Captain Fowler Hamilton, late of the United States army. (H.R. 518)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. S. S. Marshall, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel A. Fairchilds. (H.R. 445)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Job Stafford, of the State of New York. (H.R. 503)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of N. C. Weems, of Louisiana. (H.R. 212)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Pierre Gagnon, of Natchitoches, Louisiana. (H.R. 250)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Pierre Broussard, deceased. (H.R. 211)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs or legal representatives of Francois Guillory. (H.R. 450)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Jean Babtiste Devidrine. (H.R. 451)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of Marie Malines. (H.R. 327)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives or assignees of James Lawrence. (H.R. 210)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the representatives of William Smith, deceased, late of Louisiana. (H.R. 209)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the claimants in right of John Huertas to enter certain lands in Florida. (H.R. 251)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To confirm certain private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 605)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Messrs. Dent, Vantine and Company, for provisions furnished to Indians in California during the years eighteen hundred and fifty-one eighteen hundred and fifty-two. (H.R. 331)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Searing, from the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Harris, of Warren county, Kentucky. (H.R. 341)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Seward, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Hiram Paulding. (H.R. 337)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Shorter, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs at law of Richard Farren, alias Richard Tarvin, deceased. (H.R. 238)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sickles, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of E. George Squier, esq., of New York. (H.R. 553)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sickles, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John H. Wheeler, esquire, late United States minister at Nicaragua. (H.R. 454)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. T. G. Davidson, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief A. Baudouin and A. D. Robert. (H.R. 245)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wade, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac S. Smith, of Sycaruse, New York. (H.R. 307)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wade, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac S. Smith, of Syracuse, New York. (H.R. 317)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Walbridge, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Isaac Body and Samuel Fleming. (H.R. 490)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Ward, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of J. W. Nye. (H.R. 590)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Winslow, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Doctor Charles D. Maxwell, a surgeon in the United States navy. (H.R. 216)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Winslow, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John B. Brooke. (H.R. 338)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Wood, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of J. W. Hilton. (H.R. 495)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Woodson, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Kerr, Brierly and Company, of the State of Missouri. (H.R. 609)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Woodson, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of M. M. Marmaduke and others. (H.R. 505)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Woodson, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the examination and payment of certain claims of citizens of Georgia and Alabama, on account of losses sustained by depredations of the Creek Indians. (H.R. 367)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Zollicoffer, from the Committee on the Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Oliver P. Hovey. (H.R. 256)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Reported by Mr. Pettit, from the Joint Committee on the Library. A Bill Authorizing the collection and publication of certain public documents. (H.R. 639)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Moses Grooms. (H.R. 797)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Sarah Blackwell. (H.R. 756)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Anselmn Clarkson, of Missouri. (H.R. 758)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Michael Hanson. (H.R. 757)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Anderson, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Increasing the invalid pension of William T. Broaddus, of Virginia. (H.R. 759)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Alden and Williams. (H.R. 752)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Anne E. Bronaugh, widow of the late John W. Bronaugh. (H.R. 771)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Antone Robidoux. (H.R. 772)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Vaughn. (H.R. 793)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Buffinton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Julius Martin. (H.R. 770)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Burroughs, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Mary Jemison, deceased. (H.R. 252)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Ezekiel Jones. (H.R. 795)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Cox, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Maryett Van Buskirk. (H.R. 751)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Davidson, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Samuel Perry. (H.R. 782)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the heirs of Lot Hall, deceased. (H.R. 790)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Fenton, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to issue a land warrant to Daniel Davis. (H.R. 791)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Sarah Hildreth. (H.R. 796)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Gregory Patti. (H.R. 762)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Mary J. Maddox. (H.R. 763)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Henry F. Bowers. (H.R. 760)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Increasing the invalid pension of John O'Leary. (H.R. 761)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Goodwin, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of D. H. Johnson. (H.R. 781)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. H. Marshall, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Appropriating seven hundred dollars to William B. Whiting, to be used in experiments under the direction of the Secretary of War. (H.R. 792)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Hopkins, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the owners, officers, and crew of the brig General Armstrong. (H.R. 774)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. J. G. Davis, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of David Moors, father and heir-at-law of Timothy Moors, deceased. (H.R. 749)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Andulotia Pier. (H.R. 755)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Jewett, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting an invalid pension to Joseph McReynolds. (H.R. 754)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. John C. Kunkel, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Collier. (H.R. 780)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. John Sherman, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Allen, of Harrington, Maine. (H.R. 773)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Leiter, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John Johnson, of Ohio. (H.R. 815)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Leiter, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joseph E. Johnson, administrator on the estate of Almon W. Babbitt, deceased. (H.R. 814)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Maynard, from the Committee of 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. 808)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Moore, from the Committee of Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of A. C. Davenport. (H.R. 809)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Phillips, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James P. Cook. (H.R. 787)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Scott, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of J. C. Ferry, for carrying the mail for one quarter from Pittsburg to Franklin. (H.R. 811)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Stanton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Benjamin and Thomas Laurent. (H.R. 768)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Stanton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of John F. Sanford, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Robert Sanford, deceased. (H.R. 767)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Stanton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Joshua Fish. (H.R. 794)

Read twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and its further consideration postponed until the second Wednesday in May. Mr. John Cochrane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the codification of the existing revenue laws of the United States, and for other purposes. (H.R. 487)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee for the District of Columbia. Mr. Goode, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill Granting certain additional powers to the Corporation of Washington. (H.R. 349)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Blair, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill To ascertain and settle the private land claims in the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 544)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Comins, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for light-houses, light-boats, buoys, &c., and providing for the erection and establishment of the same, and for other purposes. (H.R. 550)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Crawford, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To appropriate money to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for paper, printing, binding and engraving ordered by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ... (H.R. 307)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the law granting land to soldiers and seamen so as to include those engaged on board private armed vessels regularly commissioned by the United ... (H.R. 546)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend the laws relating to seamen on board ships regularly commissioned by the United States. (H.R. 546)

Read twice, and Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Dean, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to incorporate the Columbian Institution for the instruction of the deaf, dumb, and blind,'' approved February sixteenth, eighteen ... (H.R. 247)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. E. Joy Morris, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To organize a paid fire department in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 568)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. English, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for certain public buildings for post office and other government purposes. (H.R. 539)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Florence, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill To equalize the army, navy, and marine pensions. (H.R. 473)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. George Taylor, from the Select Committee on Printing, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the public printing, binding, engraving, lithographing, and electrotyping. (H.R. 537)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Goode, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To establish an auxiliary guard for the protection of public and private property in the city of Washington, and repealing all acts heretofore passed in relation to ... (H.R. 478)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Goode, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the lighting with gas certain streets across the Mall. (H.R. 540)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Greenwood, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To confirm the sale of the reservation held by the Christian Indians, and to provide a permanent home for said Indians. (H.R. 545)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the transportation of the United States mail by ocean steamers and otherwise during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen ... (H.R. 558)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making supplemental appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian ... (H.R. 557)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize a loan not exceeding the sum of fifteen millions of dollars. (H.R. 582)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various ... (H.R. 555)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. John Cochrane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the establishment of a United States consulate at Rosario, on the river Parana, in the province of Santa Fe, of the Argentine Confederation, and for other purposes. (H.R. 484)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. John Cochrane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors and rivers. (H.R. 483)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. John Cochrane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To amend an act entitled ''An act to regulate the carriage of passengers on steamships and other vessels,'' approved March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. (H.R. 485)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. John S. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the transportation of the United States mail by ocean steamers and otherwise during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen ... (H.R. 875)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Landy, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for constructing a breakwater on Crow shoal, in the Delaware bay. (H.R. 440)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Letcher, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 306)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of sutlers of the United States army. (H.R. 215)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Ritchie, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill Directing the settlement of certain claims of the State of Maine and Massachusetts. (H.R. 548)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Stanton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the survey of the Columbia river. (H.R. 554)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Ward, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill In relation to a railway along Pennsylvania avenue, in Washington city, in the District of Columbia. (H.R. 541)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. C. C. Washburn, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Francis Wlodecki. (H.R. 213)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Chaffee, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Thomas Smithers. (H.R. 65)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. John Cochrane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To refund to Barclay and Livingston, and others, duties on certain goods destroyed by fire in the city of New York on the nineteenth day of July, eighteen hundred and forty-five. (H.R. 204)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Phillips, from the Committee of Elections, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Charles J. Ingersoll. (H.R. 197)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Zollicoffer, from the Committee on Territories, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Richard H. Weightman. (H.R. 64)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Bennett, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of certain settlers on the public lands in the State of Wisconsin. (H.R. 246)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Comins, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the survey of the harbor of Boston, Massachusetts. (H.R. 748)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To supply an omission in the enrollment of a certain act therein named. Whereas the following clause of the act entitled ''An act making appropriations for the support of the ... (H.R. 63)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Goode, from the Committee for the District of Columbia, reported the following bill: A Bill To reimburse the corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, a sum of money advanced towards the construction of the Little Falls bridge. (H.R. 274)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. J. G. Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 200)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. J. G. Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 201)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. J. G. Jones, 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, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 199)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. J. G. Jones, front the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 243)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the preservation and repairs of fortifications and other works of defence, barracks, and quarters for the year ending the thirtieth of June, ... (H.R. 198)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 62)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To enable the President of the United States to fulfil the stipulations contained in the third and sixth articles of the treaty between the United States and the King of ... (H.R. 271)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. John Cochrane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the survey of Galveston harbor, the mouth of the Brazos river, Matagorda Pass, Aranzas Pass, and Brazos St. Iago, in the State of Texas. (H.R. 785)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. John Cochrane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill For the survey of the harbors of San Diego and San Pedro, in the State of California. (H.R. 784)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. John Cochrane, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the general introduction of a uniform national code of marine signals. (H.R. 205)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. John S. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 713)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Landy, from the Committee on Commerce, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to procure two steam revenue cutters, one to be stationed at the port of Philadelphia and the other at the port of New Orleans. (H.R. 786)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriation for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 662)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 666)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June ... (H.R. 664)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 711)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the preservation and repairs of certain fortifications and other works of defence for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 775)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 663)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To appropriate money to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for paper, printing, binding and engraving ordered by the Senate and House of Representatives of the thirty-third ... (H.R. 202)

Read twice, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Phelps, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 667)

Read twice, and its further consideration postponed till Wednesday, the 3d day of March. Motion to recommit pending. Mr. Quitman, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the organization of a regiment of mounted volunteers for the defence of the frontier of Texas, and to authorize the President to ... (H.R. 313)

Read twice, and its further consideration postponed to the 15th of January next. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Clingman, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens ... (H.R. 552)

Read twice, and its further consideration postponed to the 15th of January next. Mr. Clingman, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizen for spoliations committed by the French prior to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight ... (H.R. 552)

Read twice, and its further consideration postponed to the second Tuesday in December next. Mr. Reagan, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the acceptance by the United States, of the jurisdiction and control of certain lands set apart by the State of Texas for the colonization of the Indians of ... (H.R. 646)

Read twice, and its further consideration postponed until Thursday, January 6, 1859. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps, 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 ... (H.R. 712)

Read twice, and its further consideration postponed until Tuesday next. Mr. Hughes, from the Select Committee, reported the following bill: A Bill To provide for the folding and distribution of documents for the House of Representatives. (H.R. 581)

Read twice, and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Making appropriations for the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs. (H.R. 466)

Read twice, and recommitted to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. J. Glancy Jones, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill Modifying the first section of the act entitled ''An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the better organization of the treasury, and for the collection, safe keeping, ... (H.R. 467)

Read twice, and recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Faulkner, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported the following bill: A Bill For the better organization of the general staff, and of the engineer and ordnance departments of the United States army. (H.R. 806)

Read twice, and recommitted to the Joint Committee of the Library of Congress. Mr. Winslow, from the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, reported the following bill: A Bill Providing for keeping and distributing all public documents. (H.R. 583)

Read twice, and referred to a select committee of three, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ruffin, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported the following bill: A Bill Allowing those holding lands by entries in the Virginia military district, Ohio, which were made prior to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, to have the same ... (H.R. 800)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Mr. Reuben Davis, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of James Phelan. (H.R. 350)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee of Claims. Reported back from the committee without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. John Cochrane, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Enoch B. Talcott, late collector of customs at Oswego, New York. (H.R. 77)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Mr. Campbell, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to change the present system of providing relief for sick and disabled seamen. (H.R. 312)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reported back without amendment, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Blair, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish an assay office in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri. (H.R. 766)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to grant a register to the schooner ''William A. Hamill.'' (H.R. 788)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To authorize the registering of the schooner Enterprise, of Wilson, New York. (H.R. 783)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a register or enrollment to the vessel called the James McIndoe, now owned by Thomas Coatsworth, James G. Coatsworth, and William Coatsworth, of Buffalo, New York. (H.R. 14)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Avery, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the construction of a marine hospital at Memphis, Tennessee. (H.R. 378)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Miles Taylor, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Further to amend ''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, and for other purposes.'' (H.R. 103)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported back without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. E. B. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Shade Calloway. (H.R. 386)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported from the committee by Mr. E. B. Washburne, without amendment, and ordered to be printed, and its further consideration postponed until Tuesday, the second day of February next. Mr. E. B. Washburne, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Further to amend ''An act to provide for ... (H.R. 45)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Commerce. Reported without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. John Cochrane, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriations for strengthening and securing the foundations of the United States barge office in the city of New ... (H.R. 431)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 6)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 664)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. An Act To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 306)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Reported with amendments, viz: Strike out the words within [brackets.] An Act To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. (H.R. 306)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Branch, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Appropriating money to enable the President to settle unadjusted differences with the government of Spain, and for other purposes. (H.R. 678)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Ordered to be printed. Reported back with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Strike out the part in [brackets] and insert the part in italics. Mr. Branch, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill ... (H.R. 678)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported back with an amendment, and ordered to be printed. Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Otero, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the appointment of two additional Indian agents in the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 726)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported from the committee without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Clingman, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To execute the treaties of eighteen hundred and seventeen and eighteen hundred and nineteen with the Cherokees, by making ... (H.R. 270)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Reported from the committee without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. J. V. Wright, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting a pension to Mary A. M. Jones. (H.R. 42)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Cockerill, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To continue the pension of Katharine M. Hamer. (H.R. 559)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Mileage. Reported back with a recommendation that it do not pass; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Helmick, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To reduce the compensation of members of Congress and to regulate the mileage. (H.R. 69)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phelps, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To establish certain military posts on or near to the road made by Lieutenant Colonel J. E. Johnston, leading from Missouri to the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 132)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with a recommendation that the bill do not pass; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Zollicoffer, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the establishment of a branch military academy at the ... (H.R. 40)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Atkins, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of Lydia ... (H.R. 560)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Phelps, on leave, introduced the following bill: A ... (H.R. 388)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported from the Committee by Mr. Faulkner, with a recommendation that it do not pass, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. I. I. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the construction of a wagon road to connect the navigable ... (H.R. 415)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported from the committee by Mr. Faulkner, with a recommendation that it do not pass, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. I. I. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the construction of military roads in the Territory of ... (H.R. 178)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported from the committee by Mr. Faulkner, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Otero, on leave, introduced the ... (H.R. 479)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported from the Committee on Military Affairs with an amendment, viz: Strike out the word within [brackets] and insert that in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Keitt, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation ... (H.R. 369)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported from the Committee on Military Affairs without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Lane, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the completion of the military road from Astoria to Salem, in ... (H.R. 56)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported from the committee with amendments, viz: Strike out the parts within brackets, and insert those in italics; and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. I. I. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the completion of military ... (H.R. 58)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported from the committee with an amendment in the nature of substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Parrott, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill ... (H.R. 422)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported from the Committee without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. James Craig, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the Secretary of Ware to settle and adjust the expenses incurred in defending the frontier ... (H.R. 425)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Reported from the Committee without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Otero, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the completion of the military road from Fort Union to Santa Fe, New Mexico. (H.R. 549)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported back by Mr. Seward, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Seward, on leave, ... (H.R. 89)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported back with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Timothy Davis, of Massachusetts, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For ... (H.R. 753)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs without amendment, and recommitted. Ordered to be printed. Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to ascertain and pay the balance due on a tract of land heretofore ... (H.R. 427)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Patents. Reported from the committee by Mr. J. A. Stewart with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; and amend the title by striking out the whole, and inserting as follows: A bill to amend the several acts now in ... (H.R. 68)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Pensions. An Act Granting pensions to the officers and soldiers of the war with Great Britain of eighteen hundred and twelve, and those engaged in Indian wars during that period. (H.R. 259)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. An Act To establish certain post roads. (H.R. 585)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Committee discharged and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Mr. McKibbin, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of S. W. Holladay and others. (H.R. 413)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported back without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Blair, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the city of Carondelet. (H.R. 133)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported back without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House. Mr. Miles Taylor, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Declaratory of the meaning of a clause contained in the second section of an act entitled ''An act to provide for the location of ... (H.R. 681)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Reported without amendment by Mr. Sandidge, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Miles Taylor, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To revive an act entitled ''An act for the relief of the heirs, or their legal representatives, of William Conway, ... (H.R. 100)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Stanton, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Ceding vacant lands in the Virginia military district to the State of Ohio for school purposes. (H.R. 692)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. An Act Declaring the title of land warrants in certain cases. (H.R. 300)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back from the committee without amendment, and its further consideration postponed to Wednesday, the 21st instant. Mr. Morrill, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of ... (H.R. 2)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Strike out the parts in [brackets,] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. I. I. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To divide the ... (H.R. 177)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported from the committee without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Lane, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making an appropriation for the payment of clerks employed in the offices of the registers of the land offices at Oregon city ... (H.R. 169)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Reported without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferguson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the legislative assembly of the Territory of Nebraska to provide for leasing school ... (H.R. 742)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Reported back by Mr. Cragin without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Grow, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the settlement of the claims of the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary army, and of the widows ... (H.R. 234)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on Territories. Reported with an amendment, viz: Insert the words printed in italics. An Act To authorize the President of the United States, in conjunction with the State of Texas, to run and mark the boundary lines between the Territories of the United States and the State of Texas. (H.R. 152)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To alter the time of holding the courts of the United States in the State of South Carolina. (H.R. 22)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To amend ''An act for the relief of Whitemarsh B. Seabrook and others.'' (H.R. 81)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. An Act To compensate the State of New Jersey for the use of court rooms for the United States court in the State-house at Trenton, in said State. (H.R. 789)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Phillips, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To regulate the fees and costs to be allowed the district attorneys of the United States, clerks, marshals, attorneys, and other officers of the circuit and district courts of the ... (H.R. 294)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back with a recommendation that the bill do not pass; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Grow, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To amend an act to establish a court for the investigation of claims ... (H.R. 653)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported back with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics; and amend the title by striking out the words within [brackets,] and inserting those in italics. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House ... (H.R. 59)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary by Mr. Houston, with a recommendation that it do not pass; committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Greenwood, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To repeal an act entitled ... (H.R. 51)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Reported without amendment, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Blair, on leave, introduced the following bill; A Bill Giving the assent of Congress to a law of the legislature of Missouri for the application of the reserved two per centum land fund of said ... (H.R. 303)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Reported back without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Avery, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To increase the appropriation for a public building at Memphis, Tennessee. (H.R. 695)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Territories, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Colfax, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To organize the Territory of Colona. (H.R. 765)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported back without amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Ferguson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Providing for defraying the expenses of an extra session of the legislative assembly of the ... (H.R. 745)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported from the committee with a recommendation that it do not pass. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. James Craig, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To complete the capitol building of Nebraska Territory. (H.R. 424)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported from the committee with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, viz: Strike out all after the enacting clause, and insert what follows in italics. Committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. I. I. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill For ... (H.R. 417)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported from the committee without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Zollicoffer, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To regulate and make uniform the right of suffrage in the Territories of the United States. (H.R. 119)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported with a recommendation thai it do not pass; committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Otero, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriation for the completion of the capitol building of the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 174)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported with a recommendation that it do not pass; committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Otero, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Making appropriation for the completion of the penitentiary building of the Territory of New Mexico. (H.R. 173)

Read twice, and referred to the Committee on the Territories. Reported without amendment, and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of Union. Mr. I. I. Stevens, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To extend the provisions of an act entitled ''An act to amend 'An act to establish the territorial government of Oregon,' and ... (H.R. 414)

Read twice, and referred to the Select Committee of Nine. Proposed to be reported by Mr. Burroughs, from the Select Committee. Mr. Burroughs, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting public lands to aid in the construction of a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara, in the State of New York. (H.R. 432)

Read twice, and referred to the Select Committee of Nine. Proposed to be reported by Mr. Burroughs, from the Select Committee. Mr. Burroughs, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Granting public lands to aid in the construction of a ship canal around the falls of Niagara, in the State of New York. (H.R. 432)

Read twice, and referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Farnsworth, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the transportation of the mails, and all other government service, by railroad, from the Missouri river, by the way of the ''Great Salt Lake,'' to San Francisco and to ... (H.R. 706)

Read twice, and referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Woodson, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to contract for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, army and navy supplies, and all other government service, ... (H.R. 710)

Read twice, and referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. Curtis, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To secure the construction of a Central Pacific Railroad. (H.R. 654)

Read twice, and referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. McKibbin, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To authorize the President of the United States to contract for the construction of military roads, and for the transportation of the mails, troops, seamen, munitions of war, army and navy supplies, and all other ... (H.R. 411)

Read twice, and referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. Phelps, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To aid in the construction of a railroad from St. Louis to San Francisco, with certain branches thereto, and securing to the United States a perpetual right to the priority of the use of the same for all government ... (H.R. 389)

Read twice, and referred to the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Reported back with amendments, and ordered to be printed. Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. Mr. Curtis, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To secure the construction of a Central Pacific Railroad. (H.R. 654)

Read twice, recommitted to the Committee of Accounts, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Accounts, reported the following bill: A Bill Fixing the number and compensation of clerks, messengers, pages, and laborers for the House of Representatives. (H.R. 311)

Read twice, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Scott, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of steamers navigating the ocean propelled wholly or in part by steam. (H.R. 162)

Read twice. Referred to a Select Committee of Seven. Reported with an amendment, viz: Insert the words at the end of the bill in italics; and committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Robert Smith, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill To apportion the clerks and messengers in the several departments of the ... (H.R. 127)

Read, twice, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Sandidge, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, reported the following bill: A Bill For the relief of the legal representatives of John McDonough, deceased, late of Louisiana. (H.R. 543)

Recommitted to the Committee on Accounts, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Searing, from the minority of the Committee on Accounts, proposes the following as a substitute for the bill H.R. 311. (H.R. 311)

Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. (Amendments to Senate print of the bill.) Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 652) entitled ''An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred ... (H.R. 662)

Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. (Amendments to Senate print of the bill.) Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 664) entitled ''An act making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian ... (H.R. 664)

Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Amendments of the Senate: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 872)

Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Amendments of the Senate: Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 667)

Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. Strike out the parts in [brackets] and insert the parts in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty. (H.R. 711)

Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. The Senate amend the bill by striking out the parts within [brackets,] and inserting those in italics. An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. (H.R. 199)

Referred, together with the Senate amendments thereto, to the Committee of Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. An Act Making supplemental appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ... (H.R. 557)

Referred, together with the Senate amendments thereto, to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reported back from the Committee, agreeing to some of the said Senate amendments, disagreeing to others, and agreeing to others with amendments. Committed to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. For action of the Committee of Ways and Means, ... (H.R. 201)

Referred, together with the Senate amendments, to the Committee of Ways and Means. Reported back from the committee, recommending agreement to the 2d, and disagreement to the 1st, 3d, 4th, and 5th of the said Senate amendments. (See action of Committee of Ways and Means at the end of the bill.) An Act Making appropriations for the transportation of ... (H.R. 558)

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (No. 874) entitled ''An act establishing certain post routes,'' pass with the following Amendments: At the end of the bill add the following paragraphs and sections--the sections to be numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11: (H.R. 874)