by his contract; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Hale presented a petition of citizens of Milford, New Hampshire, praying the adoption of measures for the amicable adjustment of interna tional controversies; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Dedge, of Wisconsin, presented a petition of Hiram Brown and others, remonstrating against the renewal of Cyrus H. McCormick's patent for a reaping machine; which was referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office.

Mr. Rusk presented the memorial of Benjamin Crawford, in behalf of the Pittsburgh Association of Engineers, praying that the bill (223) to amend the act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam may become a

law;

On motion by Mr. Rusk, that the memorial be printed, Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Printing. On motion by Mr. Jones, of Tennessee,

Ordered, That the petition of Anthony Villard and James Ralichon de Saint Vital, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

A message from the President of the United States by Mr. M. P. Fillmore, his secretary:

Mr. President: The President of the United States has approved and signed the following acts and joint resolution:

S. 136. An act concerning the sessions of the courts of the United States for the district of Delaware;

S. 171. An act for the relief of Jane Irwin;

S. 248. An act for the relief of Anna Norton and Louis Foskit;

S. 294. An act for the relief of Charles G. Hunter;

S. R. 15. A resolution authorizing the purchase of the ninth volume of the laws of the United States.

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

Mr. Jones, of Iowa, reported from the committee that they had examined and found duly enrolled the joint resolution (S. R. 36) granting the right of way to the Fayetteville and Central Plank Road.

The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the resolution (S. R. 26) authorizing the completion of a war steamer for harbor defence; and,

On motion by Mr. Hunter,

Ordered, That the consideration thereof be postponed until to-morrow. The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (II. R. 207) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1852.

On motion by Mr. Mallory to amend the reported amendment by insert ing in line 482, after the word "dollars:"

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Provided, That the contract for the transportation of the mail be and is hereby transferred from the Navy to the Post Office Department.”

Yeas

It was determined in the negative, Nays.....

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On motion by Mr. Rusk,

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

Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Borland, Brodhead, Butler, Cooper, Dodge of Wisconsin, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Hunter, Jones of Tennessee, King, Mallory, Mason, Sebastian, Underwood, Wade, Weller. Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Badger, Bell, Berrien, Bright, Cass, Clarke, Dawson, Geyer, Hale, Hamlin, Houston, James, Mangum, Norris, Rusk, Seward, Smith, Sumner, Upham.

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Berland,

Ordered, That the further consideration of the bill be postponed until

to-morrow.

The engrossed bill (S. 10) granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Florida and Alabama in aid of the construction of a railroad from the waters of the Pensacola bay, in Florida, to Montgomery, in the State of Alabama, and for other purposes, was read a third time, and the title was amended.

Resolved, That this bill pass, and that the title thereof be: "An act granting the right of way and making a grant of land to the States of Florida and Alabama in aid of the construction of a railroad from the waters of the Pensacola bay, in Florida, to Montgomery, in the State of Alabama; also a railroad from Pensacola bay to Mobile bay; and of a railroad to the Chattahoochie and Flint rivers, Georgia."

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

The engrossed bill (S. 133) granting lands and the right of way to the States of Indiana and Illinois in aid of the construction of a railroad from a point on the Ohio river, opposite to Louisville, in Kentucky, to a point on the Mississippi river, opposite to St. Louis, in Missouri, was read the 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.

The bill (S. 141) to annex the island of Martinicus, in the county of Lincoln, State of Maine, to the collection district of Waldoboro', in said county, was read the second time, and considered as in Committee of the Whole; and, no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That this bill be engrossed and read a third time. After the consideration of executive business,

The Senate adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1852.

Mr. Hunter presented eight petitions of clerks, messengers and others, employed in the War Department, praying an increase of their salaries ; which were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Hunter presented a petition of clerks, messengers and others, employed in the Navy Department, praying an increase of their salaries; which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Hunter presented ten petitions of clerks, messengers and others, employed in the Treasury Department, praying an increase of their salaries; which were referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Hunter presented a petition of clerks, messengers and others, employed in the General Land Office, praying an increase of their salaries; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Hunter presented a petition of clerks, messengers and others, employed in the office of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, praying an increase of their salaries; which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Hunter presented a petition of clerks, messengers and others, employed in the Post Office Department, praying an increase of their salaries; which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Seward presented a report of a committee of the Chamber of Commerce of New York, in favor of the establishment of a light-house board; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

On motion by Mr. Seward that it be printed,

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

- Mr. Shields presented a memorial of citizens of the west, praying the construction of a new canal around the falls of the Ohio; which was referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

Mr. Shields presented a memorial of the corporate authorities of Georgetown, District of Columbia, praying the construction of a bridge across the Potomac river, at some proper point west of the Alexandria aqueduct; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Mr. Shields presented a petition of a committee of workmen employed on the extension of the Capitol, praying an allowance for the loss of time occasioned by the suspension of the work; which was referred to the Committee on Public Buildings.

Mr. Shields presented a petition of citizens of Peoria county, Illinois, praying that the public lands may be transferred to the States for the purpose of being granted to actual settlers not possessed of other lands; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Dodge, of Iowa, presented a petition of citizens of Van Buren county, Iowa, praying a donation of public land to each of certain Hungarians at present settled in Decatur county, in that State; which was referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, presented the memorial of Parry W. Porter, praying that the Secretary of War may be directed to furnish the militia with a fire-arm of which he is the inventor, and that the same be paid for from the annual appropriations required by the act of 1808.

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

Mr. Seward submitted the following resolution for consideration: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be requested to transmit to the Senate a communication from J. W. P. Lewis, under date of the 7th of May, or thereabout, with the accompanying documents relating to the subject of the improvement of light-houses.

On motion by Mr. Shields,

Ordered, That the Committee on Military Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the report of the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to the rations issued by Robert B. Carter and James Roddy.

On motion by Mr. Shields,

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

Petition of officers of the army at Fort Leavenworth, presented the 26th January;

Petition of Thomas Jefferson Sutherland;

Petition of Pamelia Preswick.

Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the motion to print the petition of certain laborers lately employed on the Capitol, reported that the same be not printed; and the report was concurred in.

Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred the motion to print the memorial of M. F. Maury, reported in favor of printing the same; and the report was concurred in.

Mr. Shields, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 137) for the relief of Osborn Cross, of the United States army, reported it without amendment.

Mr. Shields, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Captain Charles G. Merchant, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill (S. 417) for his relief; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Shields, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of John Moore, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill (S. 412) for his relief; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Shields, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted a report (No. 217,) accompanied by a bill (S. 413) to repeal the several acts organizing the staff departments of the army therein mentioned, and to provide for the discharge of the duties thereof, by a detail of officers of the line. The bill was read, and passed to the second reading. Ordered, That the report be printed.

On motion by Mr. Shields, that ten thousand additi report and bill be printed.

copies of the

Ordered, That the motion, be referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the memorial of the legislature of Mississippi, presented the 23d of March, reported a bill (S. 414) to establish a port of delivery at Biloxi, in the State of Mississippi; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Hamlin, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill (S. 415) authorizing imported goods, wares, and merchandize entered and bonded for warehousing, in pursuance of law, to be exported, by certain routes, to ports and places in Mexico; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Mason, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the memorial of J. Balestier, submitted a report (No. 218) accompanied by a bill (S. 416) for his relief.

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

Ordered, That the report be printed.

Mr. Bradbury, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill (S. 417) amendatory of the act concerning public accounts, approved April 21, 1808; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Gwin, agreeably to notice, asked and obtained leave to bring in a

bill (S. 418) granting the right of way, and a portion of the public lands to the State of California, to aid in the construction of a railroad from the city of San Francisco to the city of San José, in that State; which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on Public Lands.

The engrossed bill (S. 141) to annex the island of Martinicus, in the county of Lincoln, State of Maine, to the collection district of Waldoboro, in said county, 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.

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by Mr. Bell, the 26th April, in relation to a memoir by Lieutenant Temple; and, On motion by Mr. Hunter,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to

morrow.

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 resolution, I am directed to bring it to the Senate for the signature of their President.

The President pro tempore signed the enrolled resolution (S. R. 36) last reported to have been examined, and it was delivered to the committee to be presented to the President of the United States.

The Senat receded to consider, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill (H. R. 211) to legalize certain entries of public land made in the State of Florida; and no amendment being made, it was reported to the Senate. Ordered, That it pass to the 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 resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the bill (H. R. 207) to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the year ending the 30th of June, 1852; and,

After debate,

On motion by Mr. Butler,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed until to

morrow.

The Senate resumed the consideration of the bill, on its third reading (S. 343) to amend the provisions of the act approved July 29th, 1846, entitled "An act in relation to the payment of claims."

On motion by Mr. Underwood, that the bill be recommitted to the Committee of Claims,

It was determined in the negative.

Resolved, That this bill pass.

Ordered, That the Secretary request the concurrence of the House of Representatives in this bill.

On motion by Mr. Badger,

The Senate adjourned.