ency of making an appropriation to remove obstructions to of the river Sabine. rom the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, S. 148) establishing certain post routes, and for other purvas read, and passed to a second reading. , of Maryland, from the Committee of Claims, to whom e petition of Stalker and Hill, submitted a report, accompaS. 149) for the relief of Stalker and Hill. read, and passed to a second reading. hat the report be printed. proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Indian memorial of William H. Thomas: and, in concurrence hat the prayer of the memorial ought not to be granted. proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Indian memorial of William H. Thomas: and, in concurrence 'hat the memorialist is not entitled to any compensation ed States for supplies furnished by him to the Cherokee > year eighteen hundred and thirty-six. proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Revo- 'hat the prayer of the memorialist be not granted. Deceased, au vun Dutation pay: whic Westcott presente remonstrating aga hat the prayer of the petition ought not to be granted. resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration 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 the ory, annul and abrogate that convention: and, Lion, adjourned. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1846. presented the petition of Alexander Wilson, a soldier in the Great Britain, praying arrears and increase of pension: which the Committee on Pensions. esented two petitions of citizens of New York, against the - patent heretofore granted to Jethro Wood for an improveough. hat they lie on the table. ion by Mr. Breese, hat the Committee on Public Lands be discharged from the eration of the petition of citizens of Missouri relative to the land office at Palmyra. It presented the petition of the administrator of William Tor I rey, deceased, an officer in the revolutionary war, praying to be allowed commutation pay: which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Westcott presented a memorial of merchants and others, citizens of Key West, Florida, praying the establishment of a United States district court at that place. Ordered, That it lie on the table, and be printed. Mr. Dickinson presented two petitions of citizens of the State of New York, remonstrating against the renewal of the patent heretofore granted to Jethro Wood for an improvement in the plough. Ordered, That they lie on the table. Mr. Dickinson submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to: Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to the Senate any information in the possession of the government showing that complaints have been made by any of our vessels of having been searched by British cruisers since the Washington treaty of 1842; and, if so, the names of the vessels, together with the dates and places of such acts; and also, copies of any correspondence that may have passed between the two governments on the subject. The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (S. 141) to change the distribution of duties among the naval bureaus: and, After debate, On motion, Ordered, That it be postponed until to-morrow. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Reuben Mills, submitted an adverse report: which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Deliverance Slasson, submitted an adverse report: which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Abigail Reeves, submitted an adverse report: which was ordered to be printed. Mr. Pennybacker, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the bill (S. 65) authorizing the payment of a sum of money to Robert Purkis, reported it with an amendment; and submitted a report on the subject: which was ordered to be printed. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pensions on the petition of Samuel Knight, junior: and, in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the prayer of the petition ought not to be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Claims on the petition of Eli Hobbs, administrator of George Hobbs: and, in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of Orlando S. Rees: and, in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted. The Senate proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Indian Affairs on the petition of Mary B. Hook: and, in concurrence therewith, Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. te proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Pen- te proceeded to consider the report of the Committee on Naval That in the case of Robert Butler, who asks for compensation te resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted the y Mr. John M. Clayton, calling for any recent correspondence et of the Oregon Territory: and, te, otion by Mr. Breese, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to te resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration ition (S. R. 1) advising the President of the United States to o the government of Great Britain that the government of the s will, in virtue of the second article of the convention of the st, A. D. 1827, between the two governments, relative to the itory, annul and abrogate that convention: and, te, otion by Mr. Mangum, te adjourned. THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1846. in presented two petitions of citizens of Portage county, and a That it lie on the table. ron presented four petitions of female inhabitants of Pennsylng the adoption of measures for abolishing slavery in the S. was made that the petitions be received: and being objected to, That the motion lie on the table. ontier of Missouri, y embark on the ri aid map to be compil Captain Frémont and h xtual observation, i which the route pass es; the elevations of t he barometer, at certa meter at sunrise a e core of the winds al et encampment sls. mountains, sad ponds crossed dlaid down from so that the said Sec for lithographing t Cameron, from the tion of William B atlement of the ac Territory of Wiscon son submitted the following resolution for consideration: 1 the frontier of Missouri, to the main Columbia river, where the emigrants usually embark on the river and descend by water to the lower Columbia; the said map to be compiled from the original notes, journals, and sketches of Captain Frémont and his assistant, Charles Preuss, taken in the field and from actual observation, in addition to the usual topography of the country over which the route passes; ; also the latitude and longitude of remarkable places; the elevations of the country above the level of the gulf of Mexico, by the barometer, at certain distances; the temperature of the air by the thermometer at sunrise and noon of each day; the state of the weather and the course of the winds also at sunrise and noon of each day; also to show every night encampment and every noonday halt, with the wood, water, grass, hills, mountains, prairies, rivers, creeks, branches, springs, lakes, pools, and ponds crossed over or seen in the expedition; the whole to be correctly laid down from positive observations by the eye or instruments; and also that the said Secretary be authorized to contract with a competent person for lithographing the same. Mr. Cameron, from the Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the petition of William B. Slaughter, reported a bill (S. 150) to provide for the settlement of the accounts of William B. Slaughter, late secretary of the Territory of Wisconsin: which was read, and passed to a second reading. The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill (S. 141) to change the distribution of duties among the naval bureaus: and, After debate, On motion by Mr. Archer, Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to morrow. The Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution submitted the 3d instant by Mr. John M. Clayton, calling for any recent correspondence on the subject of the Oregon Territory: and, After debate, On motion by Mr. Morehead, Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to morrow. 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, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1846. Mr. Dix presented a remonstrance of citizens of Cortland county, New York, against the renewal of the patent heretofore granted to Jethro Wood for an improvement in the plough. Ordered, That it lie on the table. Mr. John M. Clayton presented a memorial of the representatives of the Religious Society of Friends for the States of New York, Vermont, and aying the adoption of measures for the peaceable adjustment al difficulties. That it be printed. ects made for we teen hundred and this resolution to be vad improperly invol 1. Pennybacker, fro (H. R. 17) for er presented the petition of Ziba Baker, a revolutionary soldier, n presented the petition of Bryan Mullanphy and Samuel esented the memorial of the chamber of commerce of New that the act of March 2, 1837, concerning pilots, may not be g That it lie on the table, and be printed. ott presented the petition of Willis J. Spann and others, citizens nty, Florida, representing the injury they would sustain by the e bill now before the Senate for the relief of Benjamin Chaires nd praying that the same may not become a law: which was e Committee on the Judiciary. bmitted additional documents relating to the claim of Sally That they lie on the table, and be printed, together with the a file relating to her claim. M. Clayton submitted the following resolution; which was by unanimous consent, and agreed to: That the Secretary of State be requested to inform the Senate claims for French spoliations before 1800 were presented for efore the commissioners sitting under the treaty with France if so, whether it appears from the report of the said commisny such claims were allowed. er submitted the following resolution; which was considered, is consent, and agreed to: Pennybacker also That the President of the United States be requested to comthe Senate, if not incompatible with the public interest, all ce between the government of the United States and that of , in the years eighteen hundred and forty, eighteen hundred , eighteen hundred and forty-two, and eighteen hundred and especting the right or practice of visiting, or searching, mer= in time of peace. in submitted the following resolution for consideration: I was determined in That the President of the United States be requested to cause ed to the Senate an account of all payments made on Presicates, from the fund appropriated by law for the contingent oreign intercourse, since the 4th of March, 1825, to this time, all entries, receipts, letters, vouchers, memorandums, or other such payments, to whom paid, and for what; including the thousand dollars "for contingent expenses of all the missions proposed to be provided for by the bill now before the Senate act to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for certain |