pson, a revolutionary soldier, praying a pension: which the Committee on Pensions. sented the petition of Mary Ripley, widow of a deceased fficer, praying a pension: which was referred to the Com ons. esented a petition of citizens of Hillsborough county, East the establishment of a mail route from Fort Brooke to State: which was referred to the Committee on the Post Roads. idge submitted the following resolution; which was connimous consent, and agreed to: hat the Secretary of War report to the Senate what further ecessary, if any, in order to secure the inland communicaort Gratiot and the works now in progress of completion at the Detroit river; and also, with that view, as to the rendering more permanently convenient and available the rmerly laid out from Fort Gratiot to Detroit; and of extending id military works at Sand Hill, and thence to the United it Dearbornville. icker submitted the following resolution; which was conanimous consent, and agreed to: hat the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire ency of so amending the act entitled "An act making propayment of pensions to the executors or administrators of oners in certain cases," approved June the 19th, 1840, as provisions of the same to the cases of persons entitled to who have died, or shall die, before their claims for pensions wed or shall be allowed by the War Department. submitted the following resolution; which was considered, consent, and agreed to: hat the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire and, if any, what further legislation is necessary to secure confirmees, or their heirs respectively, to certain lands congovernors of the Northwestern, Indiana, and Illinois Terrireport by bill or otherwise; and also to inquire into the exablishing a board of commissioners, with power to examine all cases of suspended patents where, under existing laws, oner of the General Land Office is not authorized to act. resumed the consideration of the motion by Mr. Turney, from serving on the Committee of Claims: and the motion ion by Mr. Sevier, hat a member be appointed by the Vice President to fill the Committee of Claims. ion by Mr. Breese, hat the report of the Secretary of War, of the 13th instant, mineral lands in Illinois, be referred to the Committee on and printed. motion by Mr. Jarnagin. Un motion by Mr. Jarna a resolution (S. R. 6 De said resolution was read Un motion by Mr. Crit Un motion by Mr. Crit notice, Mr. Allen asked leave to bring in a resolution (S. ory of the principles by which the United States will be gard to the interposition of the powers of Europe in the of America. the Committee on t That the claim b On motion by Mr. Jarnagin, that the motion for leave lie on the table: It was determined in the affirmative, S Yeas, On motion by Mr. Jarnagin, The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, 28 23 Messrs. Archer, Barrow, Berrien, Calhoun, Chalmers, Thomas Clayton, hn M. Clayton, Corwin, Crittenden, Davis, Dayton, Evans, Greene, aywood, Huntington, Jarnagin, Johnson, of Maryland, Johnson, of ouisiana, McDuffie, Mangum, Miller, Pearce, Phelps, Simmons, Upham, ebster, Westcott, Woodbridge. Those who voted in the negative, are, Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atherton, Benton, Breese, Bright, Cameron, ass, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield, Hannegan, Jenness, Lewis, iles, Pennybacker, Semple, Sevier, Speight, Sturgeon, Turney, Yulee.. So the motion for leave was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Crittenden, by unanimous consent, asked and obtained leave to ring in a resolution (S. R. 6) concerning the Oregon Territory: which as read, and passed to the second reading. The said resolution was read a second time, and considered as in Comittee of the Whole: and, On motion by Mr. Crittenden, Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to, and made the order of the day for Tuesday, the 10th of February next. On motion by Mr. Crittenden, Ordered, That the resolution be printed. Agreeably to notice, Mr. Miller asked and obtained leave to bring in bill (S. 46) "explanatory of the fourth section of an act making appropria ions for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year nding 30th June, 1846, and for other purposes," approved 3d March, 845: which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, und referred to the Committee on Pensions. Agreeably to notice, Mr. Miller asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill (S. 47) to incorporate the Columbian Mutual Fire Insurance Company: which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia. Agreeably to notice, Mr. Dickinson asked and obtained leave to bring n a bill (S. 48) to amend the act entitled "An act for the regulation of seamen on board of public and private vessels of the United States," passed May 3, 1813: which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Indian Affairs on the petition of Catlin, Peoples, and Company: and in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the claim be disallowed. The bill (S. 44) to establish a national armory at the Suck, on the Tennessee river, in the State of Tennessee, was read the second time. Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. Pearce, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Talcot Reed, submitted an adverse report: which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Pearce, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the lliam Butterfield, submitted an adverse report: which was ›rinted. from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the es Robinson and wife, legal representatives of Richard Wild, nitted an adverse report: which was ordered to be printed. from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the hard Elliott, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill (S. pension to Richard Elliott. s read, and passed to the second reading. hat the report be printed. . 38) for the relief of Nathaniel Goddard and others, was d time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole: and, and the consideration of Executive business, by unani adjourned. THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1846. resident laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of le agreeably to law, accompanied by an abstract of expenthe head of contingent expenses, as settled and allowed at he Fourth Auditor, for the year ending the 30th of Septemich was read. 1 ng the several States of Supreme Court of the e on the Judiciary, ar Beren presented a resoluti Georgia, in favor of th From La Grange, Gr Grange, Georgia, to We 321. Georgia; from La Gra Columbus, Georgia; and utes: which was refer submitted documents in relation to the claim to a pension of a soldier in the last war with Great Britain; which, with the the files of the Senate, relating to his claim, were referred ttee on Pensions. sented a memorial of marine insurance companies of the city praying that the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots, pealed: which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, be printed. aheads. en presented a resolu of Georgia, in favor of 2-house in Bullock co Dahlonega, Georgia, to tee on the Post Of Been presented a resolu of Georgia, in favor of Dahlonega, and from the Committee on the tion by Mr. Barrow d. That the petition of presented a resolution passed by the General Assembly of eorgia, requesting the Senators and Representatives of that ress to urge the propriety of establishing a national armory in the State of Georgia: which was referred to the Committee fairs, and ordered to be printed. presented resolutions passed by the General Assembly of eorgia, in favor of the settlement of the claims of Georgia ited States for the services of her militia: which were referred tee of Claims, and ordered to be printed. presented a resolution passed by the General Assembly of eorgia, requesting the Senators and Representatives of that ress to use their exertions to procure the repayment to the ia of the duties paid on iron used in the construction of the Atlantic railroad: which was referred to the Committee on ordered to be printed. presented resolutions passed by the General Assembly of eorgia, in favor of a division of that State into two judicial h were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and printed. ferred to the Comm notion by Mr. Fairfiel That the petition o the Committee on I Un motion by Mr. Jennes That Thomas, Cow eir memorial. presented resolutions passed by the General Assembly of eorgia, in favor of the publication and distribution by Con y submitted the follo Os consent, and agre d. That so much of th ates to the judiciary on the Judiciary. d. That the Committee pediency of removing e of Arkansas, suppos Vagin reported from ti of the United States, t An act to continue the An act for the relief of . from the Commit James Morgan, submi Snagin, from the Cor a resolution of the the following resolutio That the Secretar rection, a statement United States and t tary war down to the , among the several States of the Union, of the reports of the decis of the Supreme Court of the United States: which were referred to Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed. r. Berrien presented a resolution passed by the General Assembly of State of Georgia, in favor of the establishment of the following mail es, viz: From La Grange, Georgia, to Chambers court-house, Alabama; La Grange, Georgia, to Wedowee, Alabama; from La Grange to klin, in Georgia; from La Grange, Georgia, to Tallbottom; from La ge to Columbus, Georgia; and in favor of additional mail facilities on r mail routes: which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office Post Roads. Ir. Berrien presented a resolution passed by the General Assembly of State of Georgia, in favor of removing the post office at Statesboro' the court-house in Bullock county, and the establishment of a mail e from Dahlonega, Georgia, to Benton, Tennessee: which was referred e Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Ir. Berrien presented a resolution passed by the General Assembly of State of Georgia, in favor of the establishment of a mail route from ietta to Dahlonega, and from Cassville to Holly creek: which was rred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. On motion by Mr. Barrow, Ordered, That the petition of Benjamin Ballard, on the files of the ate, be referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. On motion by Mr. Fairfield, Ordered, That the petition of James Low, on the files of the Senate, referred to the Committee on Pensions. On motion by Mr. Jenness, Ordered, That Thomas, Cowperthwaite, and Company, have leave to hdraw their memorial. Ir. Ashley submitted the following resolutions; which were considered, unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That so much of the message of the President of the United tes as relates to the judiciary of the United States, be referred to the mmittee on the Judiciary. Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire o the expediency of removing the restriction on the sale of certain lands the State of Arkansas, supposed to contain lead ore. Mr. Jarnagin reported from the committee that they presented to the esident of the United States, the 14th instant, the following acts: S. 26. An act to continue the office of the Commissioner of Pensions. S. 33. An act for the relief of James Bogardus. Mr. Ashley, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the tition of James Morgan, submitted an adverse report: which was ordered be printed. Mr. Jarnagin, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, who were inructed, by a resolution of the 17th December, to inquire into the subject, ported the following resolution; which was read, and ordered to be rinted: Resolved, That the Secretary of War prepare, or cause to be prepared nder his direction, a statement exhibiting a true history of the relations etween the United States and the several Indian tribes or nations, from the Also, a statement, in tabular form, of all the sums paid to differibes, for the purchase of their lands, designating each tribe, urchase, amount paid, amount of land ceded or purchased, given to each tribe, the duration of such annuities, the in trust by the United States government for any of such uch thereof has been vested in stocks, and the authority for same, and the number of persons in each tribe, among whom annuities were or are divided. otion by Mr. Breese, That when the Senate adjourn, it be to Monday next. Pike. as read, and passed to the second reading. That the report be printed. of Representatives. Try, a Representative arend his funeral at t and will wear the us to notice, Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, asked and obtained. That, in token of res g in a bill (S. 51) to provide for the payment of the evidences t in certain cases: which was read the first and second times, is consent, and referred to the Committee on Finance. State. having attended t to notice, Mr. Breese asked and obtained leave to bring in an by Mr. Jenness, a o grant to the State of Illinois certain alternate sections of o aid in the construction of the Northern Cross and Central said State: which was read the first and second times, by onsent, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands. TUESDAY President laid before t te proceeded to consider the resolution reported by the Companied by a report of blic Lands the 13th instant, relating to lands subject to the aw, showing the rej the Mississippi river: and which was ation having been amended, on the motion of Mr. Johnson, President laid before -, was agreed to as follows: That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to cause an to be made of the public lands subject to the overflow of the ose lands subject to inundation on the west side of the Mis the Secretary of the clans for the of iver, between Memphis and Vicksburg, in the State of Missis- the Secretary of War , in the State of Louisiana, from the upper limits of the State on the Detroit river, a of Red river, with an estimate of the probable amount required em from such overflow, and the quantity of lands which will relating to an inland eports were read. me saleable, and report a plan for such protection, if practical presented the mem present session of Congress, or at an early day of the next President announced the appointment of Mr. Turney, to fill in the Committee of Claims. from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his dent: The President of the United States approved and signed, ant, the following acts: continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions. the relief of James Bogardus. nation of Indians, p etts ceded to the Unite referred to the Comm her presented four me dification of the law reign states: which resented a petition o Seduction of the pesta the franking privileg e and Post Roads. |