[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. [No. 109.]-AN ACT for the relief of Samuel Butler. [No. 110. AN ACT for the relief of Mervin P. Mix. audit the claim of Mervin P. Mix, late a lieutenant in the navy of the United States, for loss incurred by him on disbursing treasury notes for the recruiting service at New York, in the years one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and one thousand eight hundred and fitteen, and that he be authorized to credit said Mix any sum he may prove he has lost in said disbursement, not exceeding the sum of six hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-nine cents: Provided, That the Secretary of the Navy, before he shall make said credit, shall find that the said loss arose from the sale of said notes, under the orders of Commodore Oliver H. Perry, under whose command said Mix was employed in the recruiting service. 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. INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE. Adams, Mr., 10,000 copies of his oration on the life and | providing that a majority of the members of both American consul at London, his claims allowed, 219. the bill making appropriations for fortifications for civil and diplomatic expenditures of the Gov- Baird, David, a bill for the relief of, 242; passed, 576. Bank of the United States; a resolution calling for any Bond, Lucy; a bill for allowing interest on certain claims Bulfinch, Thomas, a bill for his relief, 278. Catlett, Charles J., a bill for the relief of, 536; rejected. | Cherokee Indians, the petition of John Ross, a principal Chesapeake and Ohio canal; a bill making further ap- Civil list, appropriations for, (See appropriations.) Columbia, District of; a bill to authorize the adoption of VOL. XI.-1 Columbia, District of, a bill for the relief of the cities Cowpens, a resolution authorizing a gold medal to be Consul, American, at London, (See American.) Cumberland road, a bill for continuing and repairing Cumberland river, a resolution proposing an appropria- Cutts, Thomas, report on his memorial, 82. a bill authorizing a remission of, on railroad cars, a bill to suspend the operation of certain por- Executive patronage, resolution for appointing a com a bill to repeal the first and second sections of Expunging resolution offered, 510; taken up, 631; laid Foreign Powers, a resolution authorizing the sale of the Fortifications, resolution respecting fortifying the Pa- resolution instructing the Committee on Military Fortifications, bill making appropriations for, (See ap- France; resolution calling on the President for the in- French spoliations, a bill reported to provide satisfaction Lighthouse at Mobile point, a bill making appropriation McCord, David, a bill for the relief of, 241; passed. Mississippi, a bill for the removal of a bar in, 237; passed. a bill to regulate the pay of, considered, 716. Offences against the United States; a bill to amend the French relations, copies of the correspondence which resolution directing the new Senators to be sup- 701. 241. History of Congress, (See Carey & Lea.) Indian department appropriations, (See appropriations.) first directing the Judiciary to inquire into the Judicial circuits, a resolution to arrange the circuit a bill to carry the same into effect, 584; com- Lafayette, General; report of the committee appointed a bill proposed to appropriate, for a limited time, a bill reported to authorize receivers and registers claims, a bill providing for settlement of, 79; maps of, a resolution directing the Secretary of boundary line; a bill to establish the northern resolutions in reference to the Bank of the Uni- Order, points of, 427, 428, 432. Pension agency in North Alabama; a report on a resolu- Poindexter, Honorable George, a letter from him to the report on the case of R. Lawrence, (See Law- Polish exiles, a bill to amend the bill of last session ma- Post Office and Post Roads, present Committee on, con- report made on the subject, 244. bill for reorganizing the Post Office establish- resolution on the subject of the debts of, 413. Potomac bridge, a bill to amend the act authorizing the message in answer to a call for instructions given to ministers in France, 77. Public deposites, a bill to regulate them, 620; passed, Public printer, a joint resolution to repeal the joint resolution of 1819 concerning the election of resolution respecting the election of a printer, Railroad cars, remission of duties on, (See duties.) Road from Lyme creek to Chattahoochie, a bill making Senate printing; a resolution directing the Secretary of Shepherd, Moses, a bill for the relief of the representa- Singleton, Wyatt, a bill for the relief of, 241; laid on Standing committees appointed, 6. Tyler, Nathaniel, a bill for the relief of, 239; laid on the Tyler, Mr., (Virginia,) elected President pro tempore United States and Indian tribes, (See Indian tribes.) a bill for the improvement of the Wabash, 83; a resolution calling on the Secretary of War for White, Joseph, a bill for the relief of, 234; passed. on the bill for improving the Wabash river, 89. on printing 20,000 copies of the report on our on the resolution declaring it inexpedient to adopt Yeas and nays on the bill for the relief of Moses Shep- on laying on the table a motion to print the Ala- on the motion to print 20,000 copies of the re- on engrossing the bill making indemnity for on the Post Office bill, 360. on printing 10,000 copies of a report on execu on the Cumberland road bill, 413. on the bill supplementary to the act for the relief on the bill for the relief of the representatives of on engrossing the bill for repealing the first and 491. Benton, Mr., Missouri, on furnishing Senators with the Clay, Mr., Kentucky, on call on the President for the 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. the judicial system, 589. bill for the relief of the cities of Washington, Black, Mr., Mississippi, on a mail route in Mississippi, Lyme Creek road, 220, 221. bill for the relief of Wyatt Singleton, 241. 80, 81. establishing branches of the mint, 599, 606, 611. general appropriation bill, 713. Brown, Mr., North Carolina, on the expunging resolu- establishing branches of the mint, 576, 577, 604. Buchanan, Mr., Pennsylvania, on the exemption of mer- our relations with France, 206, 213. bill respecting custom-house officers, 398. bill to regulate the public deposites, 621, 629. Calhoun, Mr., South Carolina, on our relations with executive patronage, 109, 361, 389, 417, 418, Post Office bill, 350. custom-house officers, 415. establishing branches of the mint, 551, 552, 605, disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the Clay, Mr., Kentucky, on the bill to appropriate the pro- instructions given to our ministers in France, bill for the relief of Nicholas D. Coleman, 236. Post Office report, 245. Alabama resolutions, 253, 255, 257, 264. Cumberland road bill, 409, 412. executive patronage, 454, 455, 513, 570. a proposition for amending the constitution so establishing branches of the mint, 552, 576, 580, the judicial system, 592, 594. Alabama two per cent. fund, 615. bill for the relief of Washington, Georgetown, bill granting additional land for Virginia land election of printer, 693. general appropriation bill, 701, 705, 711, 713. disagreeing votes between the two Houses on the 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. Alabama resolutions, 264. executive patronage, 503, 537, 538, 571. O. B. Brown and Post Office Committee, 692. Cuthbert, Mr., Georgia, on our relations with France, 208, 212. presents from foreign Powers, 35, 218. on the life and character of General Lafayette, 44. Ohio abolition memorials, 398. establishing branches of the mint, 581. |