expenses of government for the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1845, and for other purposes," approved June 17, 1844, communicating statements relative to transactions between the government and the depositories of the public money: which was read. Mr. Webster presented a petition of merchants of Boston, Massachusetts, praying that the bill (H. R. 232) to fix the value of certain foreign moneys of account in computation at the custom-houses, may not be made to embrace Turkish coins: which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Evans presented the petition of Ruth Frye, widow of Samuel Frye, deceased, a soldier in the last war with Great Britain, praying a pension: which was referred to the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Semple presented the memorial of A. G. Sloo, praying that a contract be given him for transporting the mail between the United States and foreign countries: which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Breese presented the memorial of Moses M. Strong, in behalf of the citizens of Potosi, in the Territory of Wisconsin, praying a grant of land for improving the harbor at that place: which was referred to the Committee on Public. Lands. Mr. Ashley presented a petition of citizens of Arkansas, praying the establishment of a mail route from Pilot Hill, in that State, to Rockville, Missouri: which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Cass presented a petition of citizens of Van Buren county, Michigan, praying the establishment of a mail route from St. Joseph, in that State, to Milwaukie, Wisconsin Territory: which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, presented a memorial of P. E. Hoffman and others, assignees of the Bank of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, praying to be released from the payment of interest claimed by the United States on the public money deposited in that institution: which was referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, presented the memorial of Ethan A. Allen, legal representative of Ethan Allen, deceased, praying compensation for revolutionary services: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Calhoun presented the petition of Gilbert Stalker and N. B. Hill, praying compensation for a steamboat lost while in the public service: which was referred to the Committee of Claims. On motion by Mr. Cass, Ordered, That the documents on the files of the Senate, relating to the claim of Henry H. Marsh, be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. On motion by Mr. Morehead, Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Nathaniel Wright. On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, Ordered, That the Committee on Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of G. D. Duvall, and that it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. Jarnagin submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: g a board of commissioners to adjudicate and settle claims he Cherokee treaty of 1835-'6, be laid before the President tates, as containing the sense of the Senate. i, of Louisiana, submitted the following resolution; which , by unanimous consent, and agreed to: hat the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to report to the dition of the old custom-house in the city of New Orleans; now fit for the purposes for which it is used; whether the ew Orleans and the public interest do not require the immeion of a new custom-house in that city, and the sum reconstruction of such a building; and further, that he report he sum required for the improvement of the harbor at Port in the State of Louisiana. son, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred f Eli Hobbs, administrator of George Hobbs, submitted an : which was ordered to be printed. son, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred Orlando S. Rees, submitted an adverse report: which was printed. n, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was retion of Mary B. Hook, reported a resolution: prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted." n, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred William W. Hall, reported a resolution: prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted." tion by Mr. Atchison, hat the Committee on Pensions be discharged from the leration of the petition of Hannah Atwood, widow of Francis in, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom he memorial of Pierre Chouteau, jr., and others, submitted a panied by a bill (S. 135) to confirm the title of a tract of land ry of Iowa to the heirs, assignees, or legal representatives of que, deceased. as read, and passed to a second reading. That the report be printed. in, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom That the report be printed. n, of Louisiana, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom he memorial of Thompson Hutchinson, submitted a report, by a bill (S. 137) for his relief. as read, and passed to a second reading. That the report be printed. n, of Louisiana, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom he petition of Elizabeth Jones, heir of John Carr, submitted Fairfield, from the with an order of t Commodores Morris the Navy, relative ency of increasing was ordered to be essage from the H President: The H supply deficiencies vice of the fiscal and forty-six: in whi bill last mentione st and second time ee on Finance. Jamagin reported ad duly enrolled contract for the e navy. ssage from the 1 I President: The S an enrolled bill, I of their President. Vice President si een examined, and President of the U Jamagin reported to the President o An act to authoria Case of American w a report, accompanied by a bill (S. 138) for the relief of Elizabeth Jones, and the other children, if any, of John Carr. The bill was read, and passed to a second reading. Ordered, That the report be printed. Mr. Atchison, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of the chiefs and delegation of the Wyandot tribe of Indians, reported a joint resolution (S. R. 21) to authorize the President to sanction an agreement made between the Wyandots and Delawares, for the purchase of certain lands by the former of the latter tribe of Indians. The joint resolution was read, and passed to a second reading. Mr. Atchison, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Joel M. Smith, reported a bill (S. 139) making compensation to pension agents: which was read, and passed to a second reading. Mr. Dickinson, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 32) for the relief of George D. Spencer, reported it without amendment. Mr. Dickinson submitted a report on the subject: which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 3S) to authorize an increase of the rank and file of the army of the United States, reported it with an amendment: which was read. Mr. Fairfield, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted, in compliance with an order of the Senate of the 25th instant, a communication from Commodores Morris, Warrington, Crane, and Shubrick, to the Secretary of the Navy, relative to the present state of the naval force, and to the expediency of increasing the same, with estimates of the cost thereof: which was ordered to be printed. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. French, their Clerk: Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. R. 179) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for certain objects made for the service of the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-six: in which they request the concurrence of the Senate. The bill last mentioned, from the House of Representatives, was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. Jarnagin reported from the committee that they had examined and found duly enrolled the bill (S. 132) to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to contract for the purchase of American water-rotted hemp for the use of the navy. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. French, their Clerk: Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed an enrolled bill, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President. The Vice President signed the enrolled bill (S. 132) last reported to have been examined, and it was delivered to the committee to be presented to the President of the United States. Mr. Jarnagin reported from the committee that they had this day presented to the President of the United States the enrolled bill (S. 132) entitled "An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to contract for the purchase of American water-rotted hemp for the use of the navy Clayton the 3d instant, relative to a correspondence on the gon: and, after debate, tion by Mr. John M. Clayton, 'hat the further consideration thereof be postponed until to President: The Pr instant, the enrolle contract for the pu te navy. Senate proceeded the 17th instant, to resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the considerationed, That the Secre on (S. R. 1) advising the President of the United States to the government of Great Britain that the government of the will, in virtue of the second article of the convention of the , A. D. 1827, between the two governments, relative to thed having been a tory, annul and abrogate that convention: and, after debate, tion by Mr. Cass, ‣ adjourned. TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1846. The question to agree d. That until oth am.: s determined in the On motion by Mr. A ase who voted in the t presented the petition of Abram Adams, praying permis-reas and nays being te a military bounty land warrant issued for his services in the een the United States and Great Britain: which was referred. ittee on Private Land Claims. è presented a petition of citizens of Illinois, praying the estabnational armory and foundery at Fort Massac, in that State: ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs. n presented a petition of citizens of Warren county, Ohio, stablishment of a mail route from Lebanon to Wilmington, ntinuance of the route between Waynesville and Wilmington which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and presented a resolution passed by the legislature of the State y, requesting the Senators and Representatives of that State to use their exertions to procure an appropriation for removing to the navigation of the Delaware river: which was referred ittee on Commerce. Ott presented the petition of Jonathan Smith, an officer in the son presented the petition of citizens of Oneida county, New to notice, Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, asked and obtained leave 5. 122) to authorize the justices of the county court of Bates e State of Missouri, to enter a certain quarter section of land seat, having been reported by the committee correctly enread a third time. Allen, Ashley, A Jenness, Niles, F who voted in the Archer, Atchis s. Thomas Clayto ans, Greene, Han Louisiana, MeDut Semple, Sevier, Si resolution was dis Senate proceeded the 17th instant, re Setary of the Treas Public Lands: a he question to agree as determined in th On motion, Jamagin was excus That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of es therein. 0 aims. Senate resumed, as Ration (S. R. 1) ad the governmen States will, in virt August, A. D. 182 Territory, annula debate, and the c Senate adjourned. A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. Walker, his secretary: Mr. President: The President of the United States approved and signed the 30th instant, the enrolled bill (S. 132) to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to contract for the purchase of American water-rotted hemp for the use of the navy. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives accordingly. The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Bagby the 17th instant, to change the hour for the daily meeting of the Senate: and having been amended, On the question to agree thereto, as follows: Resolved, That until otherwise ordered, the Senate will meet at eleven o'clock, a. m.: The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are, 31 Messrs. Allen, Ashley, Atherton, Bagby, Bright, Dickinson, Fairfield, Houston, Jenness, Niles, Rusk, Sturgeon, Turney. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Archer, Atchison, Benton, Berrien, Breese, Calhoun, Cass, Chalmers, Thomas Clayton, John M. Clayton, Corwin, Crittenden, Dayton, Evans, Greene, Hannegan, Jarnagin, Johnson, of Maryland, Johnson, of Louisiana, McDuffie, Mangum, Miller, Morehead, Pennybacker, Phelps, Semple, Sevier, Speight, Upham, Westcott, Woodbridge. So the resolution was disagreed to. The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Breese the 17th instant, relative to the completion, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, of certain maps in the room of the Committee on Public Lands: and, On the question to agree thereto, It was determined in the negative. On motion, Mr. Jarnagin was excused from serving on the Committee on Private Land Claims. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the resolution (S. R. 1) advising the President of the United States to give notice to the government of Great Britain that the government of the United States will, in virtue of the second article of the convention of the 6th of August, A. D. 1827, between the two governments, relative to the Oregon Territory, annul and abrogate that convention: and, After debate, and the consideration of Executive business, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, The Vice President laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of State, made agreeably to law, showing the clerks, messengers, and other persons, employed in the Department of State during the year 1845, and the sum paid to each: which was read. |