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.......

Wainwright, Robert A.......

Washington city, establishment of an efficient police in.....

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

Wendell, Cornelius, for publishing copies of opinions of Supreme Court in Dred

Whitney, Daniel, praying the confirmation of his title to a certain tract of land.

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 claims, &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. F. 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.....

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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
American vessels by foreign armed cruisers, &c..

Petition of Ferdinand Coxe-S. bill 445...............

Memorial of John H. Wheeler-S. bill 446.......

Reports from the Committee on Finance.

Petition of Edward N. Kent-S. bill 188 (it was printed 108).

Caleb Sherman-S. bill 338.....

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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.

Senate bill 10, repealing all laws or parts of laws allowing bounties to vessels 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
enrolment to the vessel called the James McIndoe....

Petition of Jeremiah Moors-S. bill 222...

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the president and stockholders of "the Florida Steam Packet Com-
pany,".

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 Phoenix, jr.-S. bill 102......

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

Alexander Randall, executor of D. Randall, deceased-S. bill 256,

Petition of the surviving partner of the firm of Benjamin & Thomas Laurent,

Resolution of the Senate, in relation to the payment of claims favorably reported
upon by the board of army officers-S. bill 367.

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....

Petition of Lieutenant William F. Lovell-joint resolution 20....
lieutenants in the United States revenue marine service who were at-
tached to the naval 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

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seamen on board the United States steamer Missouri, destroyed by
fire at Gibraltar in 1843.....

W. W. Bassett......

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J. H. Carter, for himself, J. W. Bennett and R. B. Lowry, lieutenants
in the navy....

William Reynolds

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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.......

James H. Frost and Eliza H. Johnson-S. joint resolution 34..

Senate bill 46, to grant the right of pre-emption in certain lands to the Indiana
Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends....

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Petition of H. W. Benham, administrator of the estate of the late John McNiel-
S. bill 100....

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Senate bill 47, confirming locations of land warrants under certain circumstances 1
Petition of John L. Allen and Asa R. Carter-S. bill 162...............

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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 reservation, and the timber re-
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 Omaha, Nebraska Territory, and Sioux City, Iowa, with the
petition of one hundred and eleven residents of Sioux City, &c...
Senate 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, 1857; also the memorial and resolutions of Iowa in re-
lation to the five per cent. school fund..

Reports from the Committee on Private Land Claims.

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

Henry Volcker......

Petition of John Dick-S. bill 70...................

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 Jehu Underwood-S. bill
129 ....

William Marvin-S. bill 177...

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Senate bill 80, for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Oliver Landry
Petition of Thomas Henderson......

Claim of B. E. Edwards to certain land in New Mexico-S. bill 126...
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 of M. Repentigoy-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"...