To

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

or
THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

FIRST session, Thirty-second congress.
1851–252.

IN TWO WOLUMES.

Woluwse 1---------- --Nos. 1 to 209 inclusive.
VolumE 2------------ Nos. 210 to 357 inclusive,
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Vol. No.
Adams, Isaac...... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 146
Alcott, Sidney S. .... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . ... 1 1
Alexander, Mira M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... .... 2 287
Alexandria and Orange railroad company... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 1 59
Allen, Wade, (Allen & Kitchen).......... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 1 125
Amazonian mail steamship company.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . 2 267
Amistad, schooner..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . 1 158
Amos, J. B. . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 1 130
Anderson, Thomas D., heir of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 157
Apportionment of representatives under the census............... - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 113
Apalachicola, citizens of, in behalf of Samuel Bray........................... 1 58
Aiguello, Santiago E.......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 1 142
Armistead, Elizabeth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .... 2 316
Armstrong, Robert. (S. No. 193.)....... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . 1 69
Army of the United States. To promote its efficiency........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 195
Army. The staff departments of the............... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . 1 218
Arnold, John, administrator of (S. No. 187) ............ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . 1 64
Arnold, Elizabeth........... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 1 7
Artillery. To increase the efficiency of the........................ . . . . . . . . . . 1 140
Assistant marshals. Compensation for taking the census............. • . . . . . . ... 1 111
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Bache, Eliza C. .... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 6
Balestier, Joseph............................. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . 2 218
Baltimore, citizens of. In favor of ocean steamers........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 267
Baldwin, Enoch, and others...................... 1 18
Balster, F. M.................................. 1 192
Banta, Jacob...................... ----- 1 147
Barrell, George, and S. W. S. Wilder...... ... - - 2 235
Basin Chesapeake and Ohio canal........ - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 177
Bates, Lewis H., and William Lacon........... - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 82
Battle, R. D., administrator of Isaac L. Battle............................... 2 808
* Mark and Richard H................................................ . 1 77
Bedient, William..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 85
*en & Co., Samuel A................... .......... .................... 2 808
2 291

*her, George, and others................................................

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Vol. No.
Bell, James G.......

1 199
Bell, James, representatives of.......

i 150
Belknap, Brevet Brigadier General, widow of. (S. No. 302.).......

1 139
Berry, Reuben B....

2 336
Berryman, Otway H1....

327
Bey, Amin, (of the Turkish navy).......
Biddle, John, and Jonathan Kearsley..

203
Biloxi bay Indians. .......

247
Bishop, George G......

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Blackistone and others, W. G......

267
Blaney, George, administratrix of........

178
Blennerhassett, Herman, heirs of......

334
Blunt, S. F., L. M. Goldsborough and G. J. Van Brunt...

108
Bootes, Samuel M...........

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Boundary line between the United States and Mexico...

345
Bounty land to certain officers and seamen engaged in the naval service.....

350
Bouton, Richard M........

167
Bowen, Nancy.........................

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Boyd, J......

1 172
Boyd, John...................................................

2 235
Bradley, Joseph. Children of ........

2 244
Brazil and United States. Steam mail line..........................

267
Bray, Samuel.......

1 58
Brown, Levi and others...............

114
Brown, Abigail, widow of Ebenezer.......

1 86
Bryan, John, administrator of Isaac Garretson .........

29
Bryan, John A.......

1 117
Buchanan, McKean..............

341
· Bullion, gold. Statement of amount received at port of New York, from California 1 11
Butler, William .....

I 189
Butler, David....

2 339
Butterworth, Samuel F......

187
Buxenstein, Charles H..

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California gold bullion. Statement of amount received at the port of New York..
California, bay of San Francisco. Navy-yard and depot.....
California. Defective returns of the population of...........
California, Texas, Oregon, and New Mexico. Protection of.......
California. Change in the time of the meeting of the electors of President and

Vice-President...................
Callan, John F., administrator of Daniel Renner. (S. No. 152.).
Cameron, John.....
Camp, John G......
Campbell, James, assignee of John J. Jackson..
Campbell, Juliana, and Juliana Watts...
Canal. Louisville and Portland..............
Capron, Harriet R. F...........
Capitol. Extension of........................
Catlin, George .......
Census. Compensation of officers for taking the...
Census returns..........
Change in the coinage of the United States.........
Chapman, James, administrator of Thomas Chapman
Charleston chamber of commerce......
Charleston board of trade ............
Chesapeake and Ohio canal basin at Rock creek ....
Chicago. Mayor and common council of......
China seas. Reconnoissance of such parts of, as lie in the route of vessels pro-

ceeding to China. (S. No. 143.)...
Choctaw annuities. Redemption of certain.....,

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Choctaw (Biloxi bay) Indians........
Christian, William A. (S. No. 162.)....
Chubb, C. St. J., and M. K. Warrington, executors of Capt. Lewis Warrington...
Churchill, Sylvester .........

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Cincinnati, Ohio. Claim to fractional portion of land..........................

Øamorgan, James. Representatives of......................................
Clinton, Thomas G. ... "..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Clarke, William B..... •; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
goals. Examinations made to test the comparative value of..........
Coinage. Change in the............ : ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Colluma, Louisiana, citizens of the parish of Right of pre-emption........
Columbia turnpike...... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Colston, Charles P. ... ... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
olo - - - - - ton chamber of......... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9mmerce. Charleston chamber of .......... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...,'" .
3. library. Enlarging, repairing and refitting apartment lately occupied by
Consul of Spain at New Orleans............ - - - - - - - - - - - - - * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9°Poland, Thomas........................................ ;............
Cooper & Co., Charles............ ... . . . .'; . . . . . . . . . . .'; . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - -
Çorleroy, David. Legal representative of the widow and heirs of......... - - - - - -
Corson, Sarah Somers................ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Courts o: States. Authority to lease buildings for the accommodation

of the....... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Coyle, Randolph........ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Crandall, Sarah...... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Crawford, John.............. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Creecy, James R........... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Crosby, Catharine, an heir of Thomas D. Anderson...............
Crosby, Orris.................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Factor, Billy Senna. (S. bill No. 488.)........
Feliciana Railroad Company, West........................
Field, Alexander P....
Fitzpatrick, Richard..........
Flanagan, Thomas.......
Florida volunteers, Captain George E. McClelland's company of...
Florida election, contested seat ..
Ford, Juseph .........
Fort Jesup military reserve........
Foskit, Louis, and Anna Norton ..
Foster, George, and others.....
French spoliations prior to the year 1800 ......
Fuller, Richard .....

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Gardiner, Frances P.......
Garretson, Isaac. John Bryan, administrator of......
Gaspar, Straits of. Exploration and reconnoissance of. (S. bill No. 143
Gaugers. Increase of the number at custom-house, New Orleans.

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Genoa and New York. Mail steam line between...........
Georgia militia ......
Gideon, Joseph......
Gideon, Jacob........
Gilpin, J. F., and others ........
Glynn, James.......
Gold coin, change in........
Gold bullion. Statement of amount received at port of New York from California
Goldsborough, L. M., G. J. Van Brunt, and S. F. Blunt..
Goldsborough, George R...........
Gonder, jr., Joseph.............
Gowell, Sarah F.....
Gratiot, Charles...
Gray, John.....
Grayson, William, heirs of...
Greene, William P.
Greenwell, Combs..
Gnion & McLaughlin........
Guithrie county, citizens of......

Hampstead, Samuel H.....
Harris, Samuel L. Agent in behalf of claims duc Maine.. ...
Hays, Adam.....
Hays, Jobn C...
Hayden, Catharine Proctor..
Hazen, John......
Heard, B. J....................
Heath, R. M........
Hernandez, Joseph M..
Hetzel, Margaret......
Higginbotham, James...................
Hill, Joseph, and Sons................
· Hodges & Landsdale...............

Hoe, Emilie......
Holbrook, Ezekiel.........................................................

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Holt, Edward................................... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Hospital money, marine.........................". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Hospital, marine, at Portland, Maine................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 1
Hotchkiss, Gideon..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 1
Hyer, deceased, Conrad....... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
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Illinois. Proceedings of citizens of Marion county................... - - - - - - - - ... 1
Initial point in the boundary line between the United States and Mexico......... 2
Interior, Secretary of the. Authority to lease buildings for the accommodation of
the United States Courts................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 1
Invalid pensions in certain cases. (S. bill No. 39.).............. - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Ireland and United States steam mail line ......... - - - - - - -------- - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Irwin, Jane........... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 1
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Jackson, Charles S......... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Jackson, John............ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Jackson, John W. W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Japan, plan for opening that empire to the commerce of the United States....... 1
Java sea. Reconnoissance and exploration of..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 1
Jefferson parish, Louisiana. Extension of port of New Orleans to.............. 2
Jefferson, John R......... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 2
Jemison, Robort and Benjamin Williamson......... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... 1
Jennings, George, and others. (S. bill No. 172.) 1
Johnson, Allen G............................. 1
Johnson, Rinaldo, widow of.......... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Johnston, James D................. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Johnston, Z. F.................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Jones, Roger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . 1
Jones, William, heirs of..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Jones, Uriah, heirs of.......... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . .... 1
Jones & Russell....... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
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Kase, Simon P........... 2
Kearney, Jane............. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Kearsley, Jonathan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Kellett, Charles A........ - - - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - -- 1
Kendrick, H. L............ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Kendall, Amos and John E................. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Kennedy, Joshua..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Key West, naval depot at......... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . .... 1
King, Henry, representative of.......................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
King, Richard............... - - - - - - - 1
Kitchen, William.................... 1
Knatson, (or Nelson) Hans.... 2
Knowlton, (or Nulton) Christopher....... - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
Kuykendall, Nathaniel......... - 1
Lacon, William and Lewis H. ... 1
Landsdale & Hodges..... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Le Caze, James, administrator of........... 1
Lee, Richard B.......... 2
Leggett, Thomas H... 1
LeRoy, John...... 1
Levely, Mary F. B........ 1
Lewis, Allen......... - - - - - - - - - - - - 2