Vacancy in the office of President. Mode of supplying every.
Van Buskirk, Peter, heir of Thomas....

2 260

Vice President and others' elegibility to the Presidency.

1 102
2 260

Volcker, Henry...

1 126

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Memorial of J. Randolph Clay-S. bill 260....

Reports from the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Senate resolution enquiring as to the adequacy of the notice served on Denmark as
to the termination of treaty recognizing the payment of dues paid by vessels
passing through the Sound, or Belts...

Petition of William Foster

Petitions of William K. Jennings and Aphia Jennings, Henry A. Wise, Ann
Robinson, Edward Rudd, and Mary Martin-S. bill 259...

Memorial of Charles E. Anderson-S. bill 311...

Resolution, by Mr. Slidell, relative to the abrogation of the eighth article of the
treaty with Great Britain of the 9th of August, 1842, providing for a naval
force on the coast of Africa, &c.......

1 195

Resolution of the Senate as to remodelling the diplomatic and consular systems of
the United States-S. bill 368...

2 209

Senate bill 405, to provide for carrying into effect the first article of the treaty be-
tween the United States and her Majesty the queen of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland of June 15, 1856-S. bill 405
Petition of Dr. James Morrow-S. bill 449..

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Reports of the Committee on Finance.

Memorial of Franck Taylor-S. bill 245....
Resolution of the Senate to inquire into the propriety of correcting, by law, the pre-
sent erroneous statement of the relative values of the dollar and the pound
sterling, that the same may be made easily and exactly commensurable-S.
resolution 42.......

Reports from the Committee on Commerce.

2 251
2 284

1 132

2 288

Petition of Levi Robinson-S. bill 105............

1 6

Petition of owners of fishing schooners "Wanderer," "Mary," and "Olive
Branch "-S. bill 126.....

1 16

Petitions of the owners of the fishing schooners Brandywine, Forrester, Grampus,
Ursula, Stephen C. Phillips, and Union—S. bill 140 ...........................
Senate bill 171 for the relief of Samuel A. Morse and others

Senate bill 112 further to amend the act approved August 30, 1852, for the better
security of the lives of passengers on board steam vessels, &c..

1

138

Memorial of Henry J. Rogers-S. bill 277......

I 150

Reports from the Committee on Military Affairs.

Senate bill 63 and the papers of A. S. Robinson, cashier of the Bank of the State of
Missouri

Petition of Captain Langdon C. Easton-S. bill 104..

Resolutions of the Senate as to the history of the flag planted on the capitol of
Mexico, and proposing a sword (S. R. 1) to Colonel Benjamin S. Roberts..... 1
Petition of Dempsey Pittman-S. bill 158..

Memorial of Mrs. Agatha O'Brien, widow of Brevet Major J. P. J. O'Brien-S.
bill 203....

Petition of Mrs. M. E. McKnight, widow of Francis M. McKnight-S. bill 213..
Petition of A. S. Bender-S. bill 224

Memorial of Alexander Randall, executor of Daniel-S. bill 313

1 173

Senate bill 242 for the relief of the Tampico volunteers..

1 190

Memorial of Jean Baptiste Faribault and Pelagie Faribault-S. bill 349..

1 193

Petition of Thomas J. Churchill-S. bill 360 ...

2 200

Documents relating to the claim of Major James Belger..
Memorial of Charles McCormick-S. bill 399 ....

2 224

2 240

Petition of the administrator of Jacques or James Gerardin....

Petition of Susannah T. Lea, widow and administratrix of James Maglenen-S. bill
436....

2 267

Reports from the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On the memorials of Captain Charles Stewart and other officers-S. bill 113.....
Petitions of lieutenants in the United States revenue marine service
Petition of Samuel Forrest-S. bill 184.......

Memorials of the representatives of General Nathan Towson, deceased-S. bill 361. 2 201

Resolution of Senate as to compensating Professor Chauvenet for his chart called

Petition of Mrs. Caroline Newington-S. bill 149...
Senate bill 30 and H. R. 8, to amend the act of March 3, 1855, "granting bounty
land to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military
service of the United States".

1 30

1 31

Senate bill 204 to fix the graduation periods in Greensburg district of Louisiana..
Petition of George M. Gordon-S. bill 312 ...

Petition of Rebecca Freeman-S. bill 32..
Memorial of Jared L. Elliott-S. bill 261..

Memorial of Charles F. Coffin, clerk of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends—S. bill
288.....

Petitions of Oliver Weeks and others; of Sarah Baker, John S. Williams, John S.
Whitford, James Ladd, and others; David W. Rogers, Mary F. Henderson,
and Benjamin Hethaney

1 174
2 266

Petition of Thomas T. Russell and Antonio J. Noda-S. bill 435.

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Reports from the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Several petitions of Cezaire Wallace, legal representative of Pierre Wallace, and
in his own right for confirmation of land in "Neutral territory" of Louisiana-
S. bill 191.

Resolutions of the legislature of Michigan as to claims to lands of Joseph Sansfacon
and others-S. bill 192..

1 51

1 52

Petition of Joseph Wandestrand-S. bill 193.
Memorial of Joseph Smith-S. bill 194..

Petition of Randall D. Livingston-S. bill 197..

Cephise Piseros, widow of Louis La Branche-S. bill 198.

William Marvin-S. bill 223.

Memorial of Henry Volcker-S. bill 240..

Petition of the legal representatives of John Morrison and Charles Ginn-S. bill 241 1 127

Hannibal Faulk and others-S. bill 270..

1 147

Smith Mowry

1 154

House bill 130 to grant to L. Jane Horner and children land in Oregon.

1 175

Senate bill 275 to give to Joshua Kirby and the widow of John McNary the right to
enter land.

Additional papers in the above case-S. bill 275..

2

231

Memorial of Joseph W. Thompson, and others, legal representatives of Charles
Lucas-S. bill 334....

1 188

Documents relative to the private land claim of the legal representatives of Pierre
Cazelar-S. bill 335

1 189

Petition of Silas Stockwell, praying that a land warrant issued to William G. Shaw
may be cancelled and a duplicate issued to himself...
Petition of Sally C. Northup..

Laurent Millaudon-S. bill 369.....

2 207

2 208

2 210

John Dick-S. bill 390.......

Andrew A. H. Knox and Joseph O. Campbell-S. bill 392

Memorial of John Temple-S. bill 393 ...

House bill 226 to authorize the legal representatives of Pascal L. Cerré
House bill 345 for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Mrs. Magdalene

Broutin, widow of De la Ronde.......
House bill 346 for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Ignacio Delino.
House bill 347 to confirm the title of Ruhama Whitaker and Rebecca Whitaker...
House bill 348 for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Bernard Hem-
kin

2 268

2 269
2 270

271

House bill 350 for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Lewis Reggio.. 2 272
House bill 351 to extend the rights granted by the act entitled "An act authorizing
certain soldiers of the late war with Great Britain to surrender the lands drawn
by them and to locate others in lieu thereof".
House bill 354 for the relief of Benjamin La Fonte, William Altenburg, and others. 2 279
House bill 353 for the relief of Talbot C. Dousman..

Message President United States in relation to the claim of Richard W. Thompson.
Memorial of heirs of Robert McConnell S. bill 401

1 180

2 243

Senate bill 81 to provide payment for certain depredations of Creek Indians on the
property of citizens of Georgia and Alabama...

"Act making appropriations for the payment of certain claims," together with

opinions of the Court of Claims in the cases of Samuel P. Todd, John Shaw,

Petition of Hodges and Lansdale-S. bill 278..

William G. Ridgely. Act for the relief of-S. bill 278. (Vide also report No. 151.)
Petition of administrator of Rinaldo Johnson and Ann E. Johnson-S. bill 255...........
(See also S. bill 278.)

Vol. No.

1 151

1 137

Petition of John Hastings-S. bill 269.

Norwood McClelland-S. bill 276

Robert Sewell, executor of-S. bill 279.
Anthony Rankin--S. bill 280...

1 152

1 153

Memorial of John M. McIntosh, assignee of John Clutes and Jacob Hart-S. bill 299 1 166
Mrs. A. P. Derrick, widow of W. S. Derrick-S. bill 294

Petition of James T. V. Thompson-S. bill 297...

John H. Scranton and James M. Hunt-S. bill 308..

1 164

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165

1

169

Robert Graham, in behalf of heirs of Major General Arthur St. Clair-
S. bill 319.

Petition of George M. Weston, in behalf of sundry citizens of Maine

Memorial of special agents of the State of Maryland for reimbursement of money

advanced-S. bill 394.....

Claim of Francis A. Gibbons and Francis X. Kelly-S. bill 407.

Joseph D. Beer-S. bill 408 ...

Thomas M Newell-S. bill 409..

Memorial of Anthony S. Robinson-S. bill 420.

Claim of Thomas Crown-S. bill 426.... . .. . .

Petition of Ephraim Hunt-S. bill 437..

2 246

2 247

2 253

2 258

2 274

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Claim of Thomas H. Baird-S. bill 438..

Petition of George Jewett, executor of Luther Jewett-S. bill 439..
Claim of Ernest Fiedler-S. bill 440.

Reports from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Petitions of sundry persons praying for the full benefit of sundry resolutions of the
Continental Congress for the relief of the officers of the revolutionary army,
their widows and orphans-S. bill 109....

Memorial of Elizabeth A. R. Linn-S. bill 138

Petition of Hannah F. Niles-S. bill 220

Sophia Turner, heir of Dr. Wilcox.

William Allen, grandson of Jonathan Allen..

Memorial of the heirs of Major Samuel Scott-S. bill 228..

legal representatives of James Bell, late of Canada-S. bill 233.

Petition of Elizabeth V. Lindsay, heir of Wm. Lindsay-S. bill 231
Robert H. Coggeshall...

Stephen Tuthill....

Catherine V. R. Cochrane-S. bill 362

Betsey Murch and Ebenezer Murch

Memorial of the heirs of Colonel Isaac Shelby-S. bill 458.

Reports from the Committee on the Judiciary.

On the protest of members of the legislature of the State of Illinois against the elec-

tion of the Hon. Lyman Trumbull as a senator............

Memorial of Adam D. Steuart-S. bill 200 ...