Brodhead, the 17th December, in relation to the enforcement of discipline in the navy and commercial marine of the United States; and,

On motion by Mr. Gwin,

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Jones, of Iowa, reported from the committee, that they had examined and found duly enrolled the bill (H. R. 4) authorizing the payment of interest to the State of New Hampshire for advances made for the use and benefit of the United States in repelling invasion and suppressing insurrection at Indian Stream, in that State; also the joint resolution (H. R. 5) providing for the binding of certain documents.

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 and an enrolled resolution, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

The President pro tempore signed the enrolled bill and the enrolled resolution last reported to have been examined, and they were delivered to the committee to be presented to the President of the United States.

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. Douglas,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until

to-morrow.

After the consideration of executive business,

The Senate adjourned.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1852.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the following bills and joint resolution:

S. 68. A bill for the relief of Charles A. Kellett;

S. 69. A bill for the relief of Enoch Baldwin and others;

S. 77. A bill for the relief of the heirs and representatives of Colonel Alexander G. Morgan;

S. R. 10. Joint resolution for the relief of Alexander P. Field, late secretary of Wisconsin Territory; and,

No amendment being made, they were reported to the Senate.
Ordered, That they be engrossed, and read a third time.

The bill (S. 112) for the relief of Julia Acken was read the second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

On the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time? It was determined in the affirmative, {Nays---

On motion by Mr. Norris,

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

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Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bayard, Borland, Cass, Clarke, Dodge of Wisconsin, Downs, Fish, Geyer, Hale, James, Jones of Iowa, Jones of Tennessee, King, McRae, Mallory, Mangum, Miller, Sebastian, Shields, Smith, Soulé, Spruance, Upham, Wade.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Bell, Bradbury, Dawson, Dodge of Iowa, Felch, Hamlin, Norris, Underwood, Whitcomb.

So it was

Ordered, That this bill be engrossed, and read a third time.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 30) for the relief of the Virginia Woolen Company; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read a third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 50) for the relief of Edward Everett, late a sergeant in the United States army; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That it pass to a third reading.

The said bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That it pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives thereof.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (S. 80) for the relief of Thomas H. Leggett; and,

On motion by Mr. Hunter,

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (S. 81) for the relief of John R. Bryan, administrator of Isaac Garretson, deceased, late a purser in the United States navy; and,

On motion by Mr. Mangum,

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

On motion by Mr. Badger,

That when the Senate adjourn, it be to Monday next,

It was determined in the affirmative, Nays.

On motion by Mr. Hale,

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

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Messrs. Atchison, Badger, Bayard, Bell, Berrien, Borland, Bradbury, Clarke, Davis, Dawson, Felch, Fish, Geyer, Hamlin, Hunter, James, Jones of Tennessee, King, McRae, Mangum, Miller, Norris, Sebastian, Shields, Smith, Soulé, Spruance, Underwood, Upham, Wade, Whitcomb.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Cass, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Downs, Hale, Houston, Jones of Iowa, Mallory, Walker.

So it was

Ordered, That when the Senate adjourn, it be to Monday next.

A message from the President of the United States, by Mr. M. P. Fill

more, his secretary:

Mr. President: The President of the United States approved and signed, the 23d of January, the following acts:

S. 71. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a register to the brig Ada.

S. 99. An act to provide a room for the Congressional Library. Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives

thereof.

The bill (S. 103) for the relief of A. H. Cole was read the second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and having been amended, it was reported to the Senate, and the amendment was concurred in. Ordered, That this bill be engrossed, and read a third time.

The bill (S. 118) for the relief of the children of Captain Erastus A. Capron was read the second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and, having been amended, it was reported to the Senate, and the amendment was concurred in.

Ordered, That this bill be engrossed, and read a third time.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (S. 54) for the relief of Theodore Offut; and, having been amended, it was reported to the Senate, and the amendment was concurred in. Ordered, That this bill be engrossed, and read a third time.

The following bills were read a second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole:

S. 104. A bill for the relief of James Dunning;

S. 116. A bill to provide for the final settlement of the accounts of Jonathan Kearsley, late receiver of public moneys at Detroit; and of John Biddle, late register of the land office at that place;

S. 119. A bill for the compensation of James W. Low and others for the capture of the British private armed schooner Ann during the late war with Great Britain;

S. 124. A bill for the relief of Elizabeth Monroe:

And no amendment being made, they were severally reported to the Senate.

Ordered, That they be engrossed, and read a third time.

The bill (S. 125) for the relief of Mary W. Thompson was read the second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and,

On motion by Mr. Hunter,

The Senate adjourned.

MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1852.

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

To the Senate of the United States:

In compliance with a resolution of the Senate passed March 13, 1851, I herewith transmit a report of the Secretary of War containing information in regard to the claims of citizens of California for services rendered, and

for money and for property furnished, in 1846 and 1847, in the conquest

of that country.

WASHINGTON, January 22, 1852.

The message was read.

On motion by Mr. Gwin,

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

MILLARD FILLMORE.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied by a list of contracts made by that department for light-house purposes for the year 1851; which was read.

On motion by Mr. Davis,

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

Mr. Wade presented a petition of citizens of Ashtabula, Ohio, praying the establishment of a telegraphic communication between Fort Independence and the Pacific ocean; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Wade presented the proceedings of a meeting of citizens of Canton, Ohio, recommending the interposition of the government of the United States in behalf of the people of Hungary; which were referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Hale presented the petition of Samuel Knox, praying bounty land. for services during the revolutionary war; which was referred to the Com-mittee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Hale presented a petition of citizens of Millsborough, Pennsylvania, praying the repeal of the late law for the delivery of fugitives from service or labor, and a petition of citizens of Millsborough, Pennsylvania, praying the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.

Ordered, That they lie on the table.

Mr. Davis presented the petition of the administrator of William Johonnot, deceased, praying to be allowed interest on commutation pay; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Davis presented a petition of citizens of St. Lawrence county, New York, praying the construction of ship canals around the falls of Niagara and the Sault Ste. Marie; which was referred to the Committee on Com

merce.

Mr. Shields presented the memorial of the rector and vestry of St. John's Church, in the city of Washington, praying that a deed may be executed to them by the Commissioner of Public Buildings for a public square used as a burial-ground, under the authority of a former President, and that the purchase-money which they were compelled to pay for the same. may be refunded; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Mr. Shields presented a petition of residents of Hancock county, Illinois, praying a grant of land to that State to aid in the construction of the Warsaw and Peoria and the Warsaw and Rockford railroads; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Shields presented three petitions of citizens of Illinois, praying the right of way and a grant of land for the construction of a railroad from Shawneetown to the Mississippi river opposite St. Louis; which were referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Shields presented the memorial of Daniel Bread and others, Oneida chiefs, praying compensation for the capture of three British gun-boats during the war of 1812; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Shields presented a petition of F. E. Hunt and other officers of the army, stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Missouri, praying that certain recommendations of the Secretary of War in relation to rank and command in the army, submitted to Congress, may not receive the sanction of that body; which was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Gwin presented a petition of the workingmen employed at the Washington navy-yard, praying that pensions may be allowed for long and faithful services, and for disability incurred in the discharge of their duty; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Gwin presented a resolution of the legislature of California, instructing the senators and requesting the representatives of that State in Congress to use their exertions to obtain an appropriation for the relief of J. J. Petrie, William Waldo, and Charles N. Hall, for money expended by them in succoring destitute emigrants; which was referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Gwin presented the petition of Jonas P. Levy, proposing to open a communication from Vera Cruz and Alvarado, on the Gulf of Mexico, to Huatulco on the Pacific, and to convey the mails between New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco, in twenty days; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Mason presented a memorial of a committee of the corporation of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, praying the removal of obstructions in the Potomac river below that town, caused by the bridge across said river at the city of Washington; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Mr. Borland presented the petition of James D. Johnson, praying to be allowed the difference between the pay of a master and a lieutenant in the navy during the time he performed the duties of the latter while a master on board the United States storeship Relief; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Downs presented the memorial of the heirs of Thomas C. Lewis, praying a relinquishment of the title of the United States to certain land claimed by them within the Bastrop grant; which was referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims.

Mr. Atchison presented the petition of Nathaniel Mothershead, praying a pension for services in the last war with Great Britain; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Wade presented the petition of Ira Reynolds, complaining of the Tejection by the officers of the Patent Office, of his application for letters patent for certain improvements in the plough and seed-drills, and praying Congress to investigate the matter and direct the issue of patents for so much of his improvements as may be found to be new and useful inventions; which was referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office.

Mr. Cass presented the memorial of the widow of John Scollay, praying a pension for the services of her husband in the revolutionary war; which was referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Cass presented the petition of the widow of Ebenezer Brown, pray