The engrossed bill (S. 212) for the relief of Charles A. Grignon, was read a third time.

Resolved, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be as aforesaid. Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Forney, their Clerk:

Mr. President: The House of Representatives have directed that a message be sent to the Senate requesting that a copy be furnished the House of Representatives of the resolution of the Senate (No. 9) to establish certain post-routes; the said resolution having been lost or mislaid since its reference to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads of the House.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 1) granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the State of Iowa, in aid of the construction of certain railroads in said State; and,

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Hunter, The Senate adjourned.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1852.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Interior, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of proxies given to represent the stock of the United States in the Louisville and Portland canal, and of the instructions which accompanied them; together with a list of the stockholders in the canal, showing the amount of stock owned by each; which was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, and printed.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a letter from Louis Kossuth to the President of the Senate, accompanied by a copy of a communication addressed to the President of the United States, expressing his gratitude to the government and people of the United States for the distinguished honor conferred on him in his public reception and entertainment at the seat of government, and for the evidences he has received of the sympathy of the people of this country for the cause of the independence of Hungary; which was read.

On motion by Mr. Chase, that it be printed,

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Printing.

Mr. Badger presented a memorial of R. Rogers, a memorial of Thomas R. Glenn, a memorial of Corday Y. Savage, and a memorial of W. R. Saville, assistant marshals for taking the seventh census in North Carolina, praying additional compensation; which were referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Hamlin presented a memorial of assistant marshals for taking the seventh census in Hancock county, Maine, praying additional compensa tion; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Wade presented six memorials of assistant marshals for taking the

seventh census in Ohio, praying additional compensation; which were referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Sumner presented the petition of Seth Sprague and others, members of a company of "Sea Fencibles," during the last war with Great Britain, praying remuneration for money expended and services rendered in the defence of their country; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Rusk presented the memorial of William W. Cox, praying compen sation for services as messenger in the office of the Sixth Auditor; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Davis presented a petition of inhabitants of Stockbridge, Massachu setts, praying the adoption of measures for the amicable adjustment of international controversies; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Underwood presented a petition of citizens of Cedarville, Ohio, praying the recognition of the independence of Liberia, and the establish ment of a line of mail steamers between the United States and that republic; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Cass presented a petition of citizens of lowa, praying the adoption of measures to prevent any further interference by Russia in the struggle of the people of Hungary for liberty.

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

On motion by Mr. Gwin,

Ordered, That the petition of petty officers and seamen on board the United States steamer Missouri, at the time of her destruction at Gibraltar, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. On motion by Mr. McRae,

Ordered, That the petition of Richard Elward, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Hamlin submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be directed to inquire what, if any, alteration by law is necessary to prevent delay in the discharge of the cargoes of steamers from foreign ports.

Mr. Dawson submitted the following resolution: which was considered by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office be authorized to employ a clerk for ninety days, to attend said Committee, unless the committee shall find it of public advantage to continue him longer.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Forney, 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 sig nature of their President.

The President pro tempore signed the enrolled bill (S. 142) to admit the hermaphrodite brig Sylphide to registry; and it was delivered to the Com mittee to be presented to the President of the United States.

The Senate proceeded to consider the message yesterday received from the House of Representatives, in relation to a resolution passed by the Senate, and lost or mislaid; and.

On motion,

Ordered, That a copy of the resolution (S. R. 9) to establish certain post routes, be sent to the House of Representatives, agreeably to their request.

On motion by Mr. Shields,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the following subjects:

Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the execution of the act to found a military asylum for the relief and support of invalid and disabled soldiers of the United States army.

Memorial of John Owen, presented February 16, 1852.

Memorial of the heirs of Ware S. May, presented February 16, 1852. On motion by Mr. Jones, of Tennessee,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of William O'Brien.

Mr. Dawson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of George W. Sevier, submitted a report, accompanied by a resolution, that the prayer of the petitioner is unreasonable, and ought not to be granted.

Mr. Borland, from the Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (S. 4) granting the right of way to the Florida, Atlantic, and Gulf Central Railroad Company through the public lands of the United States, and appropriating lands to the State of Florida in aid of the construction of said railroad and branches, reported it with an amendment.

Mr. Badger, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred e petition of William Speiden, reported a bill (S. 217) for his relief; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Borland, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the motion to print the memorial of a convention of citizens of California, held in the city of Washington, reported against printing the same; and the report was concurred in.

Mr. Soulé, from the Committe on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of C. G. Baylor, reported a bill (S. 218) to regulate and fix the salary of the American consul at the city of Amsterdam; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Geyer, agreeably to notice, asked and obtained leave to bring in a ill (S. 219) to provide for holding an additional term of the circuit court of the United States for the district of Missouri; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee un the Judiciary.

The following engrossed bills were severally read a third time:

3. 63. A bill to grant to the city of Burlington, in Iowa, the land heretofore reserved between that city and the Mississippi river.

S. 182. A bill to extend the time for selling the lands granted to the Kentucky asylum for teaching the deaf and dumb.

Resolved, That the said bills pass, and that their respective titles be as aforesaid.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives therein.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (S. 1) granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the State of Iowa, in aid of the construction of certain railroads in said State; and,

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Underwood,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to

morrow.

After the consideration of executive business,

The Senate adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1852.

The following message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Millard P. Fillmore, his secretary:

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

I transmit to Congress a letter addressed to the Secretary of State by the commissioner of the United States under the convention with Brazil, setting forth the obstacles which have impeded the conclusion of the business of that commission.

WASHINGTON, February 16, 1852.

The message was read.

MILLARD FIELMORE.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Mr. Wade presented the memorial of J. H. Kuykendall, an assistant marshal for taking the seventh census in Ohio, praying additional compensation; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Seward presented a memorial of inhabitants of St. Lawrence county, New York, praying the construction of ship canals around the falls of Niagara and the Saut Ste. Marie; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Seward presented the petition of Joseph Clements, Charles L. Mass and William K. Caton, praying remuneration for having been deprived, under an Indian treaty, of certain land upon which they were digging gold; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Seward presented a petition of citizens of New York, praying that a pension may be allowed Daniel Doland for injuries received in the late war with Mexico; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Downs presented a resolution of the legislature of Louisiana, in favor of a donation of the military reserve at Fort Jesup to the State for the purpose of establishing a seminary of learning thereon; which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Clemens presented a memorial of the legislature of Alabama, asking an appropriation of land to establish a lunatic asylum, and for the educa tion of the blind and the deaf and dumb; which was referred to the Comraittee on Public Lands.

Mr. Clemens presented a memorial of the legislature of Alabama, asking a grant of land to equalize the value of the sixteenth sections in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Clemens presented a memorial of the legislature of Alabama, asking an extension of the time for making selections of school lands; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Clemens presented a memorial of the legislature of Alabama, asking a graduation of the price of the public lands in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Fish presented a memorial of Henry Grinnell, praying the government to accept the vessels which were purchased and prepared by him and sent in search of Sir John Franklin and his companions, to be used with others in a new expedition for the same purpose, which he prays may be fitted out the ensuing spring; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Chase presented a memorial of merchants, and others interested in the commerce of Cincinnati, praying that the act reducing the costs of proceedings in admiralty against ships and vessels may not be repealed; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Bright presented seven memorials of assistant marshals for taking the seventh census in Indiana, praying additional compensation; which were referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Bright presented a communication from George Graham, in relation to the Louisville and Portland canal, and recommending the construction of a new canal around the falls of the Ohio; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Gwin presented a memorial of citizens of California, urging an immediate survey of the public lands in that State, and the adoption of a fiberal system towards the State in their disposition; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

On motion by Mr. Uplain,

Ordered, That the memorial of the children of Joseph Bradley, deceased, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Pensions.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Postmaster General, showing the amount received for postages collected and postage stamps sold during the quarter ending the 30th September, 1851; which was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance, and printed. The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, showing the contracts made by that department during the year 1851; which was read.

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Finance, and printed. On motion by. Mr. Badger,

Ordered, That David Taylor have leave to withdraw his memorial and papers on the executive files of the Senate.

Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the motion to print a letter from Louis Kossuth to the President of the Senate pro tempore, together with a copy of a communication addressed by him to the President of the United States, reported in favor of printing the same. The Senate proceeded to consider the report.

On motion by Mr. Badger, that it lie on the table,

(Yeas

it was determined in the negative, Kays

On motion,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative are,

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