ing 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 Johnson Lykins, praying that a permit may be issued to him to work certain tin mines which he has discovered on the branches of the Kansas river; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Underwood presented a petition of citizens of the counties of Clarke and Fayette, in Kentucky, praying the adoption of measures for the amicable adjustment of international difficulties, without recourse to war; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Dawson presented the memorial of W. C. Daniell, praying the construction of a ship channel across Hutchison's island, as the most effective method of overcoming the obstructions known as the "wrecks," in the Savannah river; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Dawson presented the petition of John I. Sykes, praying compensation for services rendered under an appointment from the special agent of the Post Office Department for California; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Upham presented a resolution of the legislature of Vermont, requesting the senators and representatives of that State in Congress to use all proper exertions to procure the effectual suppression of the slave trade. Ordered, That it lie on the table, and be printed.

Mr. Pearce presented a memorial of underwriters and merchants of Baltimore, Maryland, praying that the salary of the district judge of the United States at Key West may be increased; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Pearce presented a memorial of John F. Gilpin and others, creditors of the late republic of Texas, praying the enactment of such a law as will enable them to obtain payment of their claims against that republic at the treasury of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Gwin presented a resolution of the legislature of California in favor of an appropriation for compensating Nathaniel McMenafee for the relief extended by him to the destitute overland emigrants to that State; which was referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Mason presented the petition of Bancroft Woodcock, praying ar extension of his patent for an improvement in the construction of the plough; which was referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office.

On motion by Mr. McRae,

Ordered, That the memorial of the West Feliciana Railroad Company, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Finance.

On motion by Mr. Norris,

Ordered, That the documents on the files of the Senate, relating to the claim of the legatees of Thomas D. Anderson, be referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

On motion by Mr. Pearce,

Ordered, That John McColgan have leave to withdraw his petition and

papers.

On motion by Mr. Soulé,

Ordered, That the petition of Peter N. Paillet, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion by Mr. Shields,

Ordered, That the memorial of George Talcott, presented the 11th December last, be referred to the Committee on Military Affars.

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

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to transmit to the Senate a copy of a letter from Brigadier General Talcott to Colonel B. Huger, dated November 1, 1850; the purport of which was stated in the proceedings, but the original letter was not found until afterwards, and forwarded to the War Department by Colonel Huger.

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

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interest, the report of Mr. Ballastier, late consul at Singapore, upon his mission to Eastern Asia, together with such of his correspondence and reports, including his negotiations with the Sultan of Borneo, as may be deemed of public interest.

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

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior be directed to communicate to the Senate a copy of such instructions as may have been given by the department to the commissioners appointed pursuant to the act of Congress, approved 3d March, 1851, entitled "An act to ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State of California," with a copy of such instructions as may have been transmitted to the surveyor general of California in connexion with the subject.

Mr. Jones, of Iowa, reported from the committee that they had examined and found duly enrolled the following bills:

H. R. 30. An act for the relief of the Virginia Woolen Company.

H. R. 50. An act for the relief of Edward Everett.

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the memorial of Hugh W. Dobbin, submitted an adverse report; which was

read.

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Brinton Paine, submitted an adverse report; which was read. Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom were referred the documents in support of the claim of Samuel Crapin, submitted an adverse report; which was read.

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Leonard J. Thomas, submitted an adverse report; which was read.

Mr. Wade, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of the heirs and executors of Samuel Prioleau, submitted an adverse report; which was read.

On motion by Mr. Walker,

Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Martha Gray, and that it be referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Borland, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred, the 29th December, a resolution in relation to printing a geological report of Dr. D. D. Owen, reported the same with an amendment.

The Senate proceeded to consider the report; and in concurrence therewith,

Resolved, That five thousand five hundred copies of the report of Dr. D. D. Owen, on the geology of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, be printed, in accordance with the resolution of the Senate, at its last session, requiring the same to be printed under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office; and that five hundred copies of the same be for the use of the General Land Office, two hundred copies to be given to Dr. Owen, and three hundred copies to the Smithsonian Institution for distribution.

Mr. Badger, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred a bill (S. 38) for the relief of M. K. Warrington and C. St. J. Chubb, executors of Captain Lewis Warrington, reported the same without amendment, and submitted a report on the subject; which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. Jones, of Iowa, from the Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Frances P. Gardiner, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill (S. 150) for her relief.

The bill was read, and passed to the second reading.
Ordered, That the report be printed.

Mr. Borland, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred, the 22d instant, a motion by Mr. Hale, that two thousand additional copies of the charges and specifications before a court of inquiry against William K. Latimer, a captain in the navy of the United States, and the accompanying papers, be printed for the use of the Senate, reported

thereon.

The Senate proceeded to consider the motion; and,

On motion by Mr. Atchison,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until

to-morrow.

Mr. Atchison, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 111) for the relief of William A. Richmond, reported it with an amendment.

Mr. Bradbury, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 136) concerning the sessions of the courts of the United States in the district of Delaware, reported it without amendment. Mr. James, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Zebulon Parker, reported a bill (S. 151) for his relief; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Whitcomb, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Mary B. Renner, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill (3. 152) for the relief of John F. Callan, administrator of Daniel Renner, deceased.

The bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

Ordered, That the reported be printed.

Mr. Downs, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, to whom was referred the petition of. T. H. McManus, reported a bill (S. 153) to authorize T. H. McManus to enter by pre-emption certain lands in the Greensburg land district, Louisiana; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Badger, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill (S. 154) to enforce discipline and promote good conduct in the naval service of the United States; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution reported by Mr. Walker, the 22d instant, to authorize the Committee on Revolutionary Claims to employ a clerk; and the resolution was agreed to.

Agreeably to notice, Mr. Whitcomb asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill (S. 155) granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa in aid of the construction of a railroad from the Wabash to the Missouri river; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

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

Mr. President: The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed two enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of their President.

The President pro tempore signed the two enrolled bills (H. R. 30 and H. R. 50) this day reported to have been examined, and they were delivered to the committee to be presented to the President of the United States. The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (S. 125) for the relief of Mary W. Thompson; and,

On motion by Mr. Jones, of Iowa,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to Friday

next.

The Senate proceeded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the resolution (S. R. 13) reaffirming the doctrine of non-intervention; and, On motion by Mr. Clarke,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to Wednesday, the 4th February next.

The following engrossed bills and joint resolution were severally read a third time:

S. 54. An act for the relief of Theodore Offut.

S. 68. An act for the relief of Charles A. Kellett.

S. 69. An act for the relief of Enoch Baldwin and others.

S. 77. An act for the relief of the heirs and representatives of Colonel Alexander E. Morgan.

S. 103. An act for the relief of A. H. Cole.

S. 104. An act for the relief of James Dunning.

S. 112. An act for the relief of Julia Acken.

S. 116. An act 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. 118. An act for the relief of the children of Captain Erastus A. Capron.

S. 119. An act 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. An act granting a pension to Elizabeth Monroe.

S. R. 10. Resolution for the relief of Alexander P. Field, late secretary of Wisconsin Territory.

Resolved, That they 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, with the amendment reported thereto.

An amendment to the reported amendment having been proposed by Mr. Underwood;

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Badger,

The Senate adjourned.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1852.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied by a statement of the receipts and expenditures on account of the marine hospital fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1851; which was read.

Ordered, That it lie on the table, and be printed.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 22d of January, a copy of a letter from Colonel Benjamin Huger to General George Talcott, dated Fort Monroe arsenal, November 5, 1850; which was read.

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

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a memorial of Charles Bingham, United States marshal for the southern district of Alabama, and his assistants for taking the seventh census, praying additional compensa

tion.

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

Mr. Badger presented the memorial of Robert Burns, the memorial of Richard B. Morisey, the memorial of Thomas F. Gause, the memorial of Richard Fauntle, the memorial of R. Barnes, the memorial of H. Currie, the memorial of Edward Vail, the memorial of Charles W. Lee, the memorial of John D. Hawkins, the memorial of John P. Pitt, and the memorial of P. A. Jones, assistant marshals for taking the census in the State of North Carolina, praying additional compensation; which were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Berrien presented a petition of members of the bar of Georgia, praying that the salary of the district judge of the United States for that State may be increased; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Fish presented the memorial of George Griswold and others, citizens of New York, praying the establishment of a United States mint in that city; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Bradbury presented the memorial of Cornelius Vanderbilt, proposing to contract for carrying the mail between New York and San Francisco twice a month by the Nicaragua route; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.