Varn, Isaac.....
Vaughan, William A , and others....
Vinson, Charles.....
Volcker, Henry, praying for a confirmation of his title to a tract of land in New
Mexico, &c ...

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Warriner, Noah, an officer in the revolution, father of Dolly Lincoln, Margaret

Smith, and Linda Sexton......
Washington, memorials and petitions from the corporate authorities, the trustees

of the public schools, and citizens of the city of, praying aid for the public

schools.....
Washington city, establishment of an efficient police in.....
Wainwright, Robert A...
Walker and his associates, message of the President, dated 7th January instant,

in relation to orders, &c., to naval forces on coast of Central America

connected with the arrest of.....
Walters, George
Ward, Nahum
Watts, Thomas......
Weeks, Lieutenant Nathan, the heirs of....
Weems, N. C., of Louisiana ......
Wendell, Cornelius, for publishing copies of opinions of Supreme Court in Dred

Scott case.....
Wentworth, John......
West, Charles .....
Weston, George M....
Weston, George M....
Weston, George M...
Wheeler, John H......
White, William, administrator of...
Whitlock, Ambrose...
Whitney, Daniel....
Whitney, Daniel, praying the confirmation of his title to a certain tract of land.
Wightman, John, mail contractor...
Williains, Eleazer....
Wingerd, Jane J...
Winnebago agency, settlers within....
Wirt, Philip, of the revolutionary army..
Wise, Henry A , William K. Jennings, and others..
Woodcock, Bancroft...
Worster, Lemuel.....

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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Reports from the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Memorial of Alexander J Atocha-S. bill 28.

George P. Marsh-S. bill 1.
Petitions of William K. Jennings and Aphia Jennings, Henry A. Wise, Ann

Robinson, Edward Rudd, Mary Martin, and Benjamin Hodges-S. bill 29.
Petition of Frederick A. Beelen-S. bill 61.......
Message of the President on the arrest of Walker and his associates, together

with the amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Slidell—S. bill 85..
Message of the President in relation to the payment of the claimns, &c., in the

case of the schooner “ Amistad,” (S. bill 114,) and views of the minority.
Message of the President relative to our difficulties with Paraguay....
Resolution of the Senate in relation to the intention of the government of Turkey

to send to this country an officer of rank in their navy, with a view to ob-
tain information concerning American improvements in naval architecture

and equipment-S. joint resolution 18......
Memorial of J. E. Martin-S. bill 134....

George W. Lippett-S. bill 140
Commodore Charles G. Ridgely-S. bill 144....

George M. Weston-S. bill 216......
Petition of Frances Ann Macauley-S. bill 223.
Memorial of Townsend Harris -S. bill 254.

T. Hart Hyatt, S. bill 270....
Report from the Court of Claims in the case of the “claimants of the brig

General Armstrong-S. bill 273...
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy, of the 21st April, 1858, and the correspond-

ence accompanying it, in relation to the condition of the United States
ship Susquehanna on her arrival at Port Royal, having the yellow fever on

board, &c.--S. joint resolution 33.....
Petition of Anton L. C. Portman-S. bill 332...
Claim of the legal representatives of John Forsyth-S. bill 338.
Memorial of Samuel Bromburg
Resolution of the Senate as to what legislation is necessary for the protection

of American vessels against British aggression in the Gulf of Mexico; also
message of the President concerning the recent search and seizure of

Ainerican vessels by foreign armed cruisers, &c.......
Petition of Ferdinand Coxe-S. bill 415......
Menorial of John H. Wheeler-S. bill 446..

Reports from the Committee on Finance.
Pecition of Edward N. Kent-S. bill 188 (it was printed 108).

Caleb Sherman-S. bill 338...
Senate bill 106, for the relief of Elijah F. Smith, Gilman H. Perkins, and Charles

F. Smith...

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Reports from the Committee on Commerce.

Vol. No.

Senate bill 10, repealing all laws or parts of laws allowing bounties to vesseis em-

ployed in the Bank or other cod fisheries, together with a “resolution of

the State of Maine in relation to the same." ....
Senate bill 42, to provide for the construction of a custom-house, court-house,

and post office in Trenton, New Jersey....
Senate bill 49, to provide for the construction of a custom-house, court-house,

and post office in Apalachicola, Florida......
House bill 14, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a register or

enrolinent to the vessel called the James McIndoe...
Petition of Jeremiah Moors—S. bill 222..

the president and stockholders of “the Florida Steam Packet Com-

pany,”.

Bowne and Curry...
Memorial of Beverly Diggs..
Petition of Noah Miller......
Memorial of the president and directors of the Dismal Swamp Canal Company-

S. bill 400.....
Memorial of William A. Vaughan, John Smith, William D. Little, and Nathaniel

Dennet, jr.....
Memorials of merchants and others of New York and Brooklyn, in relation to

certain alleged discoveries of guano on Jarvis & Baker's islands, in the
Pacific ocean, &c...

Reports from the Committee on Military Affairs.

Petitions of Lieutenant James G. Benton, Brevet Majors E. B. Babbit and

James Longstreet—S. bill 59.....
Memorial of Mrs. Agatha O'Brien-S. bill 101.....
Petition of Thomas Phenix, jr.-S. bill 102..

Brevet Major James L. Donaldson-S. bill 145.....

Alexander Hays......
Memorial of Major Jeremiah Y. Dashiell—S. bill 202.

Henry O'Reilly, John J. Speed, and Tal. P. Shaffner-S. bill 211..

William F. Russell...
Petition of John Caris and others....
Claim of Edward Ingersoll......
Memorial of Charles McCormick-S. bill 252.....

Alexander Randall, executor of D. Randall, deceased--S. bill 256,
Petition of the surviving partner of the firm of Benjamin & Thomas Laurent,

British subjects, &c -S. bill 334..
Claim of Edward Ingersoll-S. bill 224.
Resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of claims favorably reported

upon by the board of army officers—S. bill 367...
Memorial of George M. Weston-S. bill 380..

Marice Genard-S bill 385....
Resolution of the Senate, of the 15th of May, 1858, to inquire into certain charges

by citizens of Iowa against Henry M. Rice, a senator from Minnesota....

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Reports from the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Vol. No.

Petition of John Hughes.....

John Pope...
Memorial of William H. Kennon....
Petition of Edward D. Reynolds-S. bill 132.....

Joshua D. Todd—S. bill 153 ...
Memorial of Dr. William F. Carrington-S. bill 154..
Petition of Robert Carter-S. bill 155....

Thomas J. Page-S. bill 159.

Thomas J. Page-S. bill 160.
Memorial of Otway H. Berryman-S. bill 171..

William D. Moseley-S. bill 172.....
Petition of Lieutenant William F. Lovell-joint resolution 20...

lieutenants in the United States revenue marine service who were at-

tached to the Daval squadron in the West Indies during the Florida

war in 1836, 1837, 1838, and 1839, &c.-S. bill 206....
Fabius Stanly-S. bill 208...
Martin Hubbard
seamen on board the United States steamer Missouri, destroyed by

fire at Gibraltar in 1843...
W. W. Bassett...
J. H. Carter, for himself, J. W. Bennett and R. B. Lowry, lieutenants

in the navy...

William Reynolds
Senate bill 165, authorizing the construction of a dry dock for the naval service.
Petition of F. M. Gunnell—S. bill 253......

Samuel James, Ignatius Lucas, Charles Lilley, and Thomas S. Bingey
Memorial of Albert G. Allen......
Petition of David D. Porter-S. bill 295...

Henry Etting-S. bill 222..

James H. Frost and Eliza H. Johnson-S. joint resolution 34...
Claim of Eldridge Lawton...
Memorial of George T. Parry..

Reynall Coates......
Petition of Hiram McCullough-S. bill 450.....

George B. Bacon-S. bill 454....

Reports from the Committee on Public Lands.

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Senate bill 46, to grant the right of pre-emption in certain lands to the Indiana

Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends.....
Petition of H. W. Benham, administrator of the estate of the late John McNiel-

8. bill 100...
Senate bill 47, confirming locations of land warrants under certain circumstances
Petition of John L. Allen and Asa R. Carter-S. bill 162.......

certain citizens of Taylor county, Iowa, praying to be allowed to enter

certain lands, on which they had settled, at the minimum price....
Memorial of the Milwaukie and Mississippi Railroad Company-S. bill 249......

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Senate bill 322, for the relief of purchasers of public lands within the timber re-

serve opposite Fort Kearney, and for settlers within the Winnebago
Agency reservation, the Fort Atkinson roservation, and the timber ro-

serve opposite Fort Crawford, all in the State of Iowa....
Memorials of Thomas D. W. Yonley, Thomas E. Bassett, Joseph B. Biggerstaff,

Elizur D. Parsons, Thomas E. Turney, and James H. Burch, jr , with the

documents communicated by the Secretary of the Interior...
Senate bills 22 and 220, for the relief of the citizens and owners of property in the

city of Omaba, Nebraska Territory, and Sioux City, Iowa, with the

petition of one hundred and cleven residents of Sioux City, &c...
Sonate bill 54, for the relief of the representatives of John Donnelson, Stephen

Heard, and others....
Petition of Theresa Dardenne.
Senate bill 34, explanatory of an act entitled “ An act to settle certain accounts

between the United States and the State of Mississippi and other States,"
approved March 3, 1837; also the memorial and resolutions of Iowa in ro-
lation to the five per cent. school fund....

Reports from the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Memorial of John R. Templo-S. bill 38...

Henry Volcker..
Petition of Joba Dick-S. bill 70.
Memorial of Joseph Ménard--S. bill 71.
Senate bill 595, for the relief of Daniel Whitney-8. bill 72.
Memorial of Mrs. Jane Smith-S. bill 73...
Petition of Laurent Millaudon-8. bill 81......

Joseph Chains, executor of B. Chains, deceased, and Gad Humphreys

and Pedro Mirando-S. bill 126.......
F. A. Underwood and H. A. Crane, heirs of Jebu Underwood-S. bill

129

William Marvin--S. bill 177......
Senate bill 80, for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Oliver Landry
Petition of Thomas Henderson.....

Camille St. Amand and others....

Anna M. E. Ring-S. bill 185.
Claim of B. E. Edwards to certain land in New Mexico S. bill 186.
Petition of Daniel Whitney, of Green Bay, Wisconsin-S. bill 190....
Senate bill 41, for the relief of Manuel Lisa, Joachim Lisa, and others......
Memorial of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Epis-

copal church in the United States, and also the petition of Edson Sherwood

and twenty-four others-S. bill 196.....
House bill 212, for the relief of N. C. Weems, of Louisiana....
Memorial of Agnes Slack and the heirs ef 31. Repentigny-S. bill 259.
Petition of Jacob Washington Morse....

Alexander Copeland-S. bill 264....
Senate bill 40, entitled "An act to settle doubts in relation to the title of certain

common field lots in the State of Missouri, granted to the city of St. Louis
for the support of schools”.

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