For the protection of Great Brewster island, in the harbor of Boston, thirty thousand dollars.

For the preservation of Cape Cod harbor, at and near Provincetown, Massachusetts, five thousand dollars.

For the preservation of Great Woods Hole harbor, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For a survey in reference to the construction of a breakwater at East Dennis, Barnstable bay, Massachusetts, one thousand five hundred dollars. For repairing the injuries done to the government works on Plymouth beach, in the great storm of eighteen hundred and fifty-one, five thousand dollars.

For a survey in reference to the improvement of the harbor of Scituate, in connection with the North river, Massachusetts, one thousand dollars. For the removal of Middle rock, designated on the chart as Rocky buoy, in the harbor of New Haven, Connecticut, six thousand dollars.

For removing a rock near the mouth of the Sekonk river, harbor of Providence, Rhode Island, five thousand dollars.

For the further improvement of the harbor of New York, by removing the rocks at Hell Gate, twenty thousand dollars.

For the survey of the harbor of Port Jefferson, New York, with reference to the improvement thereof, twelve hundred dollars.

For the removal of the bar at the junction of the Passaic and Hackensack rivers, in Newark bay, New Jersey, ten thousand dollars.

For the survey of Cranbury inlet, Barnegat bay, New Jersey, in reference to its improvement, one thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the Patapsco river, from Fort McHenry to the mouth of said river, twenty thousand dollars.

For the construction of a steam-dredge, equipment and discharging scows for the waters of the Chesapeake bay and the Atlantic coast, twenty thou

sand dollars.

For removing obstructions at the mouth of the Susquehanna river, near Havre de Grace, Maryland, ten thousand dollars.",

For re-opening a communication between Albemarle sound, North Carolina, and the Atlantic ocean, by the construction of a breakwater across Croatan sound, fifty thousand dollars.

For completing the improvement of the harbor of Washington, North Carolina, five thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the channel at the mouth of Cape Fear river, North Carolina, eight thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, fifty thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the harbor of Mobile, Alabama, at Dog river bar and the Choctaw pass, fifty thousand dollars.

For a survey in reference to the removal of obstructions to the navigation of Bayou La Fouche, Louisiana, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the construction of a harbor on Lake Ponchartrain, near the city of New Orleans, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For continuing the surveys of the northern and northwestern lakes, including Lake Superior, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the harbor of Monitoowoc, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the harbor of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Racine, Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Milwaukie, Wisconsin, twenty-five thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Kenosha, (formerly South Port,) Wisconsin, fifteen thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Chicago, Illinois, twenty thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Michigan city, Indiana, twenty thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the harbor of New Buffalo, Michigan, eight thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of St. Joseph, Michigan, ten thousand dollars.

For the improvement of Black Lake harbor, Michigan, eight thousand dollars.

For the preservation of the harbor at the mouth of Grand river, Michigan, two thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Clinton river, Michigan, five thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the navigation of the Saint Clair flats, connecting the upper and lower lakes, twenty thousand dollars.

For completing the improvement of the river Raisin harbor, Michigan, fourteen thousand dollars.

For constructing a steam-dredge, equipment and discharging scows for Lake Michigan, twenty thousand dollars.

For preserving the harbor of Sandusky city and improving the same,

fifteen thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor at the mouth of Black river, on Lake Erie, Ohio, five thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Cleveland, Ohio, thirty thousand dollars.

For the further improvement of the harbor of Fairport, at the mouth of Grand river, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Ashtabula, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Erie, Pennsylvania, thirty thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Dunkirk, New York, thirty thousand dollars.

For repairing the sea-wall at the harbor of Buffalo, New York, fourteen thousand dollars.

For constructing a steam-dredge, equipment and discharging scows for Lake Erie, twenty thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Oak Orchard creek, Lake Ontario, New York, ten thousand five hundred dollars.

For continuing the removal of obstructions in the harbor at the mouth of the Genessee river, Lake Ontario, New York, twenty thousand dollars.

For the improvement of the harbor of Sodus bay, Lake Ontario, Cayuga county, New York, ten thousand dollars.

For continuing the improvement of the harbor of Oswego, Lake Ontario, New York, forty thousand dollars.

For constructing a steam-dredge, equipment and discharging scows for Lake Ontario, twenty thousand dollars.

For a survey of the Rappahannock river, Virginia, three thousand dol

lars.

For a survey of Taunton river, Massachusetts, three thousand dollars. For a survey of San Antonio river, Texas, one thousand five hundred dollars.

For repairing the public works at Little Egg harbor, New Jersey, eight thousand five hundred dollars.

For a survey of East Pascagoula river, Mississippi, five thousand dollars. For a survey of Providence harbor, Rhode Island, fifteen hundred dollars. For a survey and examination of the falls of the Ohio river, by a board of topographical and civil engineers, to be appointed by the Secretary of War, to report upon the expediency of an additional canal around said falls, five thousand dollars.

For the repair of the sea-wall at Marblehead, Massachusetts, five hundred dollars.

For a survey of the harbor of Georgetown, South Carolina, three thousand dollars.

For a survey of Shrewsbury river, New Jersey, fifteen hundred dollars. For repairing the piers at Kennebunk, Maine, seven thousand five hundred dollars.

For a breakwater at Owlshead harbor, or at Rockland harbor, in Maine, as the Department of War shall decide, fifteen thousand dollars.

For the further removal of obstructions and the improvement of the harbor of Dubuque, Iowa, fifteen thousand dollars.

For repairing the piers in Great Sodus bay, New York, ten thousand dollars.

For improving Cape Fear river at and below Wilmington, North Carolina, twenty thousand dollars.

For repairing the piers at Huron river harbor, Ohio, ten thousand dollars. For repairing the piers at Ashtabula, Ohio, fifteen thousand dollars. For continuing and repairing the breakwater at Burlington, Vermont, ten thousand dollars.

For repairing the piers at Conneaught, Ohio, ten thousand dollars.

For the further improvement of the harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars.

For a survey of the harbor of Ogdensburg, New York, with reference to its improvement, three thousand dollars.

For constructing a steam-dredge, equipment and discharging scows for Lake Champlain, and improving the navigation thereof, twenty thousand dollars.

For connecting the waters of Indian river and Mosquito lagoon, at the Haulover, Florida, five thousand dollars.

For the repairs, preservation and contingencies of the harbor works on the Atlantic coast, ten thousand dollars.

For repairs and contingencies of harbors and rivers, and to meet charges

for transportation of officers, and for fuel and quarters, the payment of which is no longer made by the quartermaster's department, and for extra allowance to meet extra expenses, under the special direction of the Secretary of War, ten thousand dollars.

SECT. 8. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of the town of Wilmington, North Carolina, be authorized to levy and collect a tonnage duty, not exceeding four cents per ton, upon all vessels not less than sixty tons, for the purpose of cleaning out the obstructions in the mouth of Cape Fear river; and that, to effect that purpose, the said commissioners be authorized to pledge the receipts from the said tonnage duty, to pay the interest or principal on any loan they may effect for that purpose: Provided, That the legislature of North Carolina, at its next sestion, order and authorize such a tonnage duty."

Yeas

It was determined in the negative, {Nays-

On motion by Mr. Walker,

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. Badger, Bell, Clarke, Davis, Dodge of Wisconsin, Fish, Geyer, Hale, James, Jones of Tennessee, Pearce, Pratt, Sebastian, Seward, Spru ance, Sumner, Underwood, Upham, Wade, Walker.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Adams, Atchison, Bayard, Borland, Bradbury, Bright, Brooke, Butler, Cass, Charlton, Chase, Dawson, De Saussure, Dodge of Iowa, Douglas, Downs, Felch, Gwin, Hamlin, Hunter, Jones of Iowa, King, Mallory, Mason, Meriwether, Morton, Norris, Shields, Smith, Soulé, Toucey, Weller.

An amendment being proposed by Mr. Atchison,

On motion by Mr. Hale,

The Senate adjourned.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1852.

The President pro tempore laid before the Senate a report of the Secre tary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the Senate respecting the practicability and expense of a survey of certain islands in the vicinity of Santa Barbara channel, on the coast of California; which was read.

On motion by Mr. Gwin,

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. Pearce presented the petition of Philip C. Friese, praying an ap propriation to test his invention of an improvement for steam boilers; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Pratt presented a petition of a committee of mechanics and workingmen in the employ of the government in the District of Columbia, praying an increase of their pay; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Walker presented the petition of mechanics and laborers employed in the United States arsenal, in the city of Washington, praying an increase of their pay; which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Walker presented a petition of James Blackhurst and others, praying that the homestead bill may become a law.

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

Mr. Cass presented a petition of William Thwaits and others, praying that the homestead bill may become a law.

Ordered, That it lie on the table,

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:

I have received a resolution from your honorable body of the 6th instant, appearing to have been adopted in open legislative session, requesting me "to inform the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interests, whether any propositions have been made by the King of the Sandwich Islands to transfer the sovereignty of these islands to the United States, and to communicate to the Senate all the official information on that subject in my possession." In reply to which I have to state, that on or about the 12th day of June last I received a similar resolution from the Senate adopted in executive or secret session, to which I returned an answer, stating that in my opinion a communication of the information requested at that juncture, would not comport with the public interest. Nothing has since transpired to change my views on that subject, and I therefore feel constrained again to decline giving the information asked.

WASHINGTON, August 14, 1852.

The message was read.

Ordered, That it lie on the table.

On motion by Mr. Sebastian,

MILLARD FILLMORE.

Ordered, That the Committee on Indian Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the report of the Secretary of War relative to the claims of the Creek warriors for services in the Florida war, and that it be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. Hunter, from the Committee on Finance, to whom were referred the reports of the several departinents in relation to the classification of clerks, reported the following resolution; which was read:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, of the Interior and the postmaster general, be directed to report to the Senate at the commencement of its next session, the number and classes of clerks which will be required in each bureau or division of his department, upon the supposition that they are to be organized as follows, that is to say into four classes, viz: Number one, into which no new appointment is to be made of any person over eighteen years of age, and with a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum; number two, with a salary each of twelve hundred dollars; number three, with a salary each of sixteen hundred dollars; and number four, with a salary each of two thousand dollars. The new appointments in each department in classes two, three and four to be made from the class immediately below it in that department; and the members of class number one to receive five per cent. additional salaries, to commence at the end of each year of additional service; and the other classes to receive three per cent. of like additional salaries for a similar