[No. 105.]--AN ACT for the relief of Matthew C. Perry, a master commandant in the navy of the United

States.

Be it enacted, &c., That there be paid, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Matthew C. Perry, master commandant in the navy of the United States, a sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars, for extra services and expenses incurred by him while commanding the United States sloop of war Concord, in obedience to orders, and, more particularly, in the reception on board his ship of Mehemet Ali, the Pacha of Egypt, and a numerous suite. Approved, March 3, 1835.

[No. 106.]--AN ACT for the relief of E. R. Shubrick, of the United States navy.

Be it enacted, &c., That there be paid, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, to E. R. Shubrick, a master commandant in the navy of the United States, the sum of one thousand three hundred dollars, being a reimbursement of extra and unavoidable expenses incurred by him while commanding the sloop of war Vincennes.

Approved, March 3, 1835.

[No. 107.]-AN ACT for the relief of Stevens Smith, and the heirs of Patrick McRown, and, crew of the fishing schooner Rising States, of Bath bay, in the State of Maine.

Be it enacted, &c., That the collector of the customs for the district of Wiscasset, in the State of Maine, is hereby authorized to pay to Stevens Smith, and the heirs at law of Patrick McRown, and also the heirs of the crew of the schooner Rising States, to be distributed according to law, the same said vessel, owners, and crew, would have been entitled to receive as a bounty or drawback, if she had been actually at sea during the whole time required by law to be entitled to said bounty, she having been lost, together with her whole crew, before she had accomplished her full term required by law.

Approved, March 3, 1835.

[No. 108.]-AN ACT for the relief of David Kincaid. Be it enacted, &c., That David Kincaid be confirmed in his title to five hundred arpens of land, situate in the forks of the river Chorette, district of St. Charles, being that lot of land claimed by the said David Kincaid, under a special permission to settle a concession from Charles Dehault Delassus, lieutenant governor, &c., dated fourteenth January, eighteen hundred and three; and that a patent issue in the usual form for the same: Provided, That this act shall only operate as a relinquishment, on the part of the United States, of all their right and claim to the above-described lot of ground, and shall not be considered as interfering with the rights of third persons.

Approved, March 3, 1835.

Approved, March 3, 1835.

RESOLUTIONS.

[No. 1.]-Whereas the Winchester and Potomac Rail. road Company have found it practicable to make the railroad through the grounds belonging to the United States at Harper's Ferry, agreeably to the exact tenor of the joint resolution passed for their benefit at the last session of Congress:

Resolved, &c., That the said Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company are hereby authorized to complete said railroad, as now located through said grounds, on paying the value of any improvements injured by the road, or giving authority to replace them in other positions, should they be deemed by the President of sufficient importance to be paid for or removed: Provided, however, That the road shall be constructed in such place, as far as it passes through the public grounds at Harper's Ferry, as may be approved by the President. Approved, January 27, 1835.

[No. 2.]-A RESOLUTION presenting a gold medal to George Croghan, and a sword to each of the offi cers under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct in the defence of Fort Stephenson, in eighteen hundred and thirteen.

Resolved, &c., That the President of the United States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable emblems and devices, and presented to Colonel Croghan, in testimony of the high sense entertained by Congress of his gallantry and good conduct in the defence of Fort Stephenson, and that he present a sword to each of the following officers engaged in that affair: to Captain James Hunter, to the eldest male represent. ative of Lieutenant Benjamin Johnston, and to Lieutenants Cyrus A. Baylor, John Meek, Ensign Joseph Duncan, and the nearest male representative of Ensign Edmund Shipp, deceased.

Approved, February 13, 1835.

[No. 3.]-A RESOLUTION for the disposition of a lion and two horses, received as a present by the consul of the United States at Tangier, from the Emperor of Morocco.

Resolved, &c., That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause the two horses received as a present by the consul of the United States at Tangier, from the Emperor of Morocco, to be sold in Washington city, by public auction, on the last Saturday of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, and to cause the proceeds thereof to be placed in the treasury of the United States; and that the lion, received in like manner, be presented to such suitable institution, person, or persons, as the President of the United States may designate. Approved, February 13, 1835.

Adams, Mr., 10,000 copies of his oration on the life and |
character of General Lafayette ordered to be
printed, 113.
Alabama; a bill authorizing that State to apply the two
per cent. fund arising from the proceeds of the
sale of lands to the purposes of education, 224;
taken up, 615; and laid on the table, 616.
Alabama resolutions in favor of expunging a part of the
Senate Journal, 253.
Amendment of the constitution; a resolution proposing to
amend it in relation to the election of President
and Vice President, 216.

providing that a majority of the members of both
Houses shall pass a bill that has been vetoed by
the President, 540.

American consul at London, his claims allowed, 219.
Appropriations; the bill making appropriations for the
navy, 392; passed.

the bill making appropriations for fortifications
considered, 594.

for civil and diplomatic expenditures of the Gov-
ernment, 690; passed, 715.
The bill being amended by the House of Repre-
sentatives, the Senate refused to agree to one
of its amendments, after a conference had
taken place; the House refusing to recede, and
the Senate to accede, the bill was lost.
for Indian department, a bill for 1835, 239; passed.
Arkansas; a bill making appropriations for the comple-
tion of certain roads in Arkansas, 339; passed.
Army appropriations; a bill making appropriations for
1835, 239; passed.

Baird, David, a bill for the relief of, 242; passed, 576.
Baldwin, Loami, a bill for his relief, 151; laid on the
table.

Bank of the United States; a resolution calling for any
correspondence between the Secretary of the
Treasury and the bank respecting branch
drafts, 6.
Bank charters, District of Columbia, amendments propo-
sed to them when the bills shall be taken up,160.
Barracks at New Orleans, a bill making appropriation
for their repair and completion, 78; passed.
Bond, Colonel William, a bill for the relief of, 243;
passed.

Bond, Lucy; a bill for allowing interest on certain claims
to the heirs of Lucy Bond, 262; passed, 287.
Brown, O. B., his charges of unfairness against the
Post Office Committee, &c., 690.

Bulfinch, Thomas, a bill for his relief, 278.
Carey & Lea's History of Congress, a resolution autho-
rizing the purchase of 500 copies, 414; laid on
the table, 415.

Catlett, Charles J., a bill for the relief of, 536; rejected. |
Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Hatch elected, 14.

Cherokee Indians, the petition of John Ross, a principal
chief, 237; referred.

Chesapeake and Ohio canal; a bill making further ap-
propriations in aid of said canal laid on the
table, 729.

Civil list, appropriations for, (See appropriations.)
Coleman, Nicholas D., a bill for the relief of, 236; re-
jected.

Columbia, District of; a bill to authorize the adoption of
the penal code prepared for the District, 456;
laid on the table, 457.

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Columbia, District of, a bill for the relief of the cities
of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria,
614; passed, 619.

Cowpens, a resolution authorizing a gold medal to be
made in honor of the battle of the, 278.
Committee on Finance discharged from the further con
sideration of several subjects, 721.
Constitution, a proposition for its amendment, (See
amendment.)

Consul, American, at London, (See American.)
Convention between the United States and Spain, a bill
to carry the same into effect, 714; bill passed.
Croghan, Colonel, a resolution for presenting to him a
gold medal for his gallantry in defending Fort
Stephenson, 236; passed.

Cumberland road, a bill for continuing and repairing
the road, 399.

Cumberland river, a resolution proposing an appropria-
tion for its improvement, 595.
Custom-house officers, a bill fixing the number and sala-
ries of, 393; passed, 417.

Cutts, Thomas, report on his memorial, 82.
Davis, Warren R., a representative from South Car-
olina, his death announced, 274.
Delaware breakwater, a bill making appropriations for
that work, and for certain harbors, 715; passed.
Duties, a bill to exempt certain merchandise from, 83.
a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treas-
ury to report at the next session of Congress
the amount of duties paid on plains, kerseys, and
Kendal cottons imported, which were ordered
after the passage of the act of 1832, and before
the passage of the act of 1833, 273.

a bill authorizing a remission of, on railroad cars,
&c., 413; laid on the table.

a bill to suspend the operation of certain por-
tions of the act of 1832, 539; passed.
Easton, W. C., a bill for the relief of, 234; ordered to
lie on the table.

Executive patronage, resolution for appointing a com
mittee to consider the expediency of redu-
Icing it, 109; agreed to, and the committee
elected by ballot; report of committee, 361.

a bill to repeal the first and second sections of
the act to limit the terms of certain civil offi-
cers, passed in 1820, 418; ordered to be en-
grossed, 491; passed, 576.

Expunging resolution offered, 510; taken up, 631; laid
on the table; a motion was again made to take
it up, 715, and lost; taken up, 723; and, after
being amended, was laid on the table, 727.
in a new form submitted, to be taken up in the
second week of next session, 728.

Foreign Powers, a resolution authorizing the sale of the
lion and horses presented to the U. States con-
sul at Tangiers by the Emperor of Morocco,35.
Foreign Relations, the Committee on, made a report on
the message of the President on the 25th of
February, which was laid on the table and or-
dered to be printed, 722.

Fortifications, resolution respecting fortifying the Pa-
tuxent, 45; agreed to, 47.

resolution instructing the Committee on Military
Affairs to inquire into the expediency of in-
creasing the appropriation for arming the
fortifications, 273.

Fortifications, bill making appropriations for, (See ap-
propriations.)

France; resolution calling on the President for the in-
structions which had been given to our minis-
ters in France since July 4, 1831, 45.
report from the Committee on Foreign Relations
in reference to the President's message on the
subject of the stipulated indemnity, 104.
three memorials from Massachusetts in reference
to our present relations with France, 571; or-
dered to lie on the table, 576.
Frauds in the sale of public lands, a report on the sub-
ject referred to the President of the United
States, 727.

French spoliations, a bill reported to provide satisfaction
for claims prior to 1800, 6.

Lighthouse at Mobile point, a bill making appropriation
for it, 361; passed.
Loomis, Walter; a bill for the relief of Walter Loomis
and Abel Gay, 239; laid on the table.
Lyme Creek and Chattahoochie road, (See road.)
Mail route in Mississippi, a report from the Post Office
Department on it, 80.

McCord, David, a bill for the relief of, 241; passed.
Mint, a bill for establishing branches thereof, 551; pass-
ed, 613.

Mississippi, a bill for the removal of a bar in, 237; passed.
Navy appropriations, (See appropriations.)

a bill to regulate the pay of, considered, 716.
North Carolina resolutions instructing their Senator how
to vote on the expunging resolution, 722.
Oaths to be administered by receivers and registers of
public lands, (See lands.)

Offences against the United States; a bill to amend the
acts for the punishment of such offences, 535;
passed.

241.

History of Congress, (See Carey & Lea.)
Hudry, John, a bill for the relief of, 235; passed.
Jouett, Robert, a bill for the relief of his representa-
tives, 440; passed.

Indian department appropriations, (See appropriations.)
Indian tribes and the United States; two resolutions, the

first directing the Judiciary to inquire into the
expediency of making further provision to ena.
ble Indian tribes to defend and maintain their
rights to their lands in the courts of the United
States; the second directing the Committee on
Indian Affairs to inquire into the expediency
of making further provision for setting apart a
district of country, west of the Mississippi, for
such of the Cherokees as may choose to emi-
grate, and for securing their peaceful enjoy.
ment thereof, 289; referred.

Judicial circuits, a resolution to arrange the circuit
courts so as to annex the 4th to the 3d circuit,
and to extend the circuit system to all the
States, 287.

a bill to carry the same into effect, 584; com-
mitted, 594.

Lafayette, General; report of the committee appointed
at the last session, fixing the day, &c., on
which Mr. Adams would deliver an oration on
the life and character of the General, 44.
Lands, Public, the present Committee on, continued, 4.
resolution calling for a list of the purchasers of,
4, 5.

a bill proposed to appropriate, for a limited time,
the proceeds of the sale of, 15.

a bill reported to authorize receivers and registers
to administer oaths, 78.

claims, a bill providing for settlement of, 79;
passed.

maps of, a resolution directing the Secretary of
the Senate to have made, 81; agreed to, 108.
a bill for graduating the price of, 238; postponed.
Laurens, Colonel John, a bill supplementary to the act
for his relief, 417; passed.
Lawrence, R., case of, in relation to an attempt on the
life of the President, 714.
Leavensworth & Bloomington and other railroad compa.
nies, bills taken up and passed, 621.
Leitensdorfer, Colonel, a bill for his relief, 70; passed.

boundary line; a bill to establish the northern
boundary line, 109; passed, 117.
abolition memorials, 398.

resolutions in reference to the Bank of the Uni-
ted States, 630.

Order, points of, 427, 428, 432.
Oration on General Lafayette, (See Mr. Adams.)
Paintings; a resolution proposing to purchase certain
paintings for the President's mansion, 277.
Pensions; a bill to continue the office of Commissioner
of Pensions, 216.

Pension agency in North Alabama; a report on a resolu-
tion directing an inquiry into the expediency
of establishing such an agency, 399.

Poindexter, Honorable George, a letter from him to the
President of the Senate, complaining of a
criminal charge against him contained in a let-
ter in the public papers, purporting to be from
New York, 582; referred to a committee, 583;
report on the subject, 628.

report on the case of R. Lawrence, (See Law-
rence, R.)

Polish exiles, a bill to amend the bill of last session ma-
king them a grant of land, 439; laid on the
table.

Post Office and Post Roads, present Committee on, con-
tinued, 2.

report made on the subject, 244.

bill for reorganizing the Post Office establish-
ment, 309, passed, 392.

resolution on the subject of the debts of, 413.
resolutions providing payment of extra expenses,
620; passed.

Potomac bridge, a bill to amend the act authorizing the
construction of a bridge over the Potomac, 278.
President's annual message received, 3.
message accompanying a copy of the declaration
of independence, engraved on copper, be-
queathed by the late Marquis Lafayette, 5.
message, with copies of his condolence to the
family of Lafayette, and the reply of G. W.
Lafayette, 8.

message in answer to a call for instructions given

to ministers in France, 77.
Printer, election of, 693; Gales & Seaton elected, 698.
Private claims, a resolution proposing to classify them,
&c., 595.

Public deposites, a bill to regulate them, 620; passed,
660.

Public printer, a joint resolution to repeal the joint

resolution of 1819 concerning the election of
this officer, 278; referred to the Judiciary
Committee, 282.

resolution respecting the election of a printer,
492.

Railroad cars, remission of duties on, (See duties.)
Revenue, a series of resolutions calling on the President
to furnish, at the next session, detailed infor-
mation of the amount received from various
sources, 455.

Road from Lyme creek to Chattahoochie, a bill making
appropriation for, 219; laid on the table.
Ruggles, John, from Maine, appeared as Senator in the
place of Peleg Sprague, resigned, 621.
Secretary of the Treasury's annual report, 4.
Senators, a list of, 1.

Senate printing; a resolution directing the Secretary of
the Senate to inquire into the state of the
printing ordered during the last and present
sessions, and report, 277..

Shepherd, Moses, a bill for the relief of the representa-
tives of, 224; passed.

Singleton, Wyatt, a bill for the relief of, 241; laid on
the table.

Standing committees appointed, 6.

Tyler, Nathaniel, a bill for the relief of, 239; laid on the
table.

Tyler, Mr., (Virginia,) elected President pro tempore
for the remainder of the session, 728.
his address to the Senate, 728.

United States and Indian tribes, (See Indian tribes.)
Virginia military land warrants, bill granting an additional
quantity of land to satisfy them, 689; passed.
Wabash, a resolution proposing an appropriation for the
improvement of the river, 9; agreed to, 14.
a resolution on the expediency of establishing a
port of entry on ditto, 67; agreed to, 70.

a bill for the improvement of the Wabash, 83;
passed.

a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for
an estimate of the cost of constructing a bridge
over the river, 223.

White, Joseph, a bill for the relief of, 234; passed.
Yeas and nays on the bill exempting certain merchandise
from duties, 83.

on the bill for improving the Wabash river, 89.
on the the passage of the bill, 114.

on printing 20,000 copies of the report on our
relations with France, 108.

on the resolution declaring it inexpedient to adopt
any legislative measures in regard to our affairs
with France, 215.

Yeas and nays on the bill for the relief of Moses Shep-
herd, 224, 234.

on laying on the table a motion to print the Ala-
bama resolutions in favor of expunging a part
of the Senate Journal, 268.

on the motion to print 20,000 copies of the re-
ports on the Post Office, with the documents,
272.

on engrossing the bill making indemnity for
French spoliations prior to 1800, 272.
on the passage of the bill for ditto, 282.
on the bill in favor of the heirs of Lucy Bond,
287.

on the Post Office bill, 360.

on printing 10,000 copies of a report on execu
tive patronage, 392.

on the Cumberland road bill, 413.

on the bill supplementary to the act for the relief
of Colonel John Laurens, 417.

on the bill for the relief of the representatives of
Robert Jouett, 440.

on engrossing the bill for repealing the first and
second sections of the act to limit the terms of
service of certain civil officers, passed in 1820,

491.

our relations with France, 108.

Ohio boundary line, 115, 117.

French spoliations, 118, 179.

gold medal to Colonel Croghan, 236.

Post Office bill, 310, 319, 344, 353, 358, 359.

bill respecting custom-house officers, 398.
executive patronage, 428, 447, 537.

the judicial system, 589.

bill for the relief of the cities of Washington,
Georgetown, and Alexandria, 615, 619.
general appropriation bill, 706.

Black, Mr., Mississippi, on a mail route in Mississippi,

Lyme Creek road, 220, 221.

bill for the relief of Wyatt Singleton, 241.
judicial system, 590.

80, 81.

establishing branches of the mint, 599, 606, 611.
bill for the relief of the cities of Washington,
Georgetown, and Alexandria, 615.

general appropriation bill, 713.

Brown, Mr., North Carolina, on the expunging resolu-
tion, 511.

establishing branches of the mint, 576, 577, 604.
expunging resolution, 723.

Buchanan, Mr., Pennsylvania, on the exemption of mer-
chandise from duties, 92.

our relations with France, 206, 213.
the amendment to the constitution, 217.
presents from Morocco, 218.
Alabama two per cent. fund, 231.
Post Office bill, 343, 358.

bill respecting custom-house officers, 398.
Cumberland road bill, 400, 405, 411.
executive patronage, 455, 495, 571.
memorials on our relations with France, 576.
the judicial system of the United States, 591.
bill for the relief of Washington, Georgetown,
and Alexandria, 618.

bill to regulate the public deposites, 621, 629.
furnishing Senators with the Register of Debates,
700, 701.
general appropriation bill, 703.
disagreeing votes between the two Houses on the
appropriation bill, 734.

Calhoun, Mr., South Carolina, on our relations with
France, 106, 212.

executive patronage, 109, 361, 389, 417, 418,
423, 427, 432, 553, 570, 571.
Ohio boundary line, 115.
Post Office reports, 245, 248, 249, 250, 269.
Alabama resolutions, 263, 264, 266, 267.
announces the death of Warren R. Davis, 274.
notices an objectionable publication in the Globe
newspaper, 275.

Post Office bill, 350.

custom-house officers, 415.

establishing branches of the mint, 551, 552, 605,
606, 607, 609, 612, 613.
bill for the relief of Washington, Georgetown,
and Alexandria, 618.
bill to regulate the public deposites, 620, 621.
general appropriation bill, 707, 709, 710, 712.
expunging resolution, 722.

disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the
appropriation bill, 731, 735.

Clay, Mr., Kentucky, on the bill to appropriate the pro-
ceeds of the public lands, 15.

instructions given to our ministers in France,
45.
report on our French relations, 104, 105, 106,
199, 200, 213.
printing the oration of Mr. Adams on the life and
character of General Lafayette, 113.
improvement of the Wabash river, 114.

bill for the relief of Nicholas D. Coleman, 236.
graduating the price of public lands, 238.
claim of Nathaniel Tyler, 239.

Post Office report, 245.

Alabama resolutions, 253, 255, 257, 264.
United States and Indian tribes, 289, 306.
Post Office bill, 316.

Cumberland road bill, 409, 412.

executive patronage, 454, 455, 513, 570.
election of public printer, 492, 494, 495.

a proposition for amending the constitution so
that a majority of both Houses may pass a ve-
toed bill, 551.

establishing branches of the mint, 552, 576, 580,
581, 599, 602, 607, 611, 612, 613.
an anonymous letter to the Honorable George
Poindexter, 582.

the judicial system, 592, 594.

Alabama two per cent. fund, 615.

bill for the relief of Washington, Georgetown,
and Alexandria, 618.

bill granting additional land for Virginia land
warrants, 689.

election of printer, 693.

general appropriation bill, 701, 705, 711, 713.
bill for carrying into effect the convention be-
tween the United States and Spain, 714.
report from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
722.

disagreeing votes between the two Houses on the
appropriation bill, 730, 733.

Clayton, Mr., Delaware, on the claim of Thomas Cutts,

Ohio boundary line, 109, 115, 116.

our relations with France, 213.

graduating the price of public lands, 238.

82.

bill for the relief of David Baird, 242, 243, 512.
Post Office reports, 245, 269.

Alabama resolutions, 264.

executive patronage, 503, 537, 538, 571.
bill for the relief of Charles J. Catlett, 535.
judicial system, 614.

O. B. Brown and Post Office Committee, 692.
general appropriation bill, 702, 704, 707.
expunging resolution, 723.

Cuthbert, Mr., Georgia, on our relations with France,

208, 212.

presents from foreign Powers, 35, 218.
report in relation to an oration to be delivered

on the life and character of General Lafayette,

44.

Ohio abolition memorials, 398.
Cumberland road bill, 404.
executive patronage, 440, 509.

establishing branches of the mint, 581.