Mobile to New Orleans, report in relation to the necessary defences of the

coast from ......
Mortality of the army of the United States, report on the sickness and
Mountains, report of an exploration by Lieutenant Warren of the country

between the Missouri and Platte rivers and the Rocky.....

N.

National armories. (See Armories.)
Nautical Almanac, in relation to its progress, &c , report of the superin-
tendent of the......

3 1
Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., report of the board of exaininers in rela-
tion to the organization and condition of the ....

3 1
Naval squadron at home, in Brazil, Africa, and the Pacific, during the year

1
1855, report of the duties performed by the...
Naval supplies at the navy yards at Kittery, Maine, Charlestown, Mass.,

Brooklyn, N. Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Washington, D. C., Norfolk, 3 1

Va., and Pensacola, Fla., scale of offers made to furnish..
Naval contracts. (See Contracts.)
Naval officers, appointed under act of February 28, 1855, report of the
board of...

10 28
Navy, exhibiting the duties performed by the several United States squad-

rons during the year 1855, with his views of the present condition,
future prospects, and further legislation required for the naval ser-
vice, report of the Secretary of the

3 1
Navy, communicating an “abstract of offers,” and “ list of contracts,

for furnishing articles under cognizanco of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks for the year ending June 30, 1856, and a list of contracts for

the year ending June 30, 1855, letter of the Secretary of the....... 10 21
Navy, communicating a copy of the report of the Board of' Naval Officers

appointed under the act of Feb. 28, 1855, report of the Secretary of the 10 28
Navy, communicating copies of correspondence with Captain Boarman,

relative to the inspection of the United States steamer San Jacinto,
report of the Secretary of the.....

10 29
Navy, communicating a statement of the number and compensation of the

messengers and employés, other than clerks, in the Navy Depart-
ment, report of the Secretary of the

10 43
Navy, communicating copies of tho charges, &c., preferred against Com-

mander G. J. Pendergrast, and certain other naval officers, and the

proceedings, if any, had thereupon, report of the Secretary of the... 12 1 44
Navy, in relation to the self-styled Vigilance Committee in California, report
of the Secretary of the

15
Navy, report of the býard convened under the act of February 28, 1855, to
promote the efficiency of the

3 / 1
Navy, and his companions, report of Lieutenaut Hartstene, in command of

the expedition to the Arctic seas in search of Dr. E. K. Kane of the
United States...

3 1
Navy Department, for 1855, report and detailed estimutes of the Bureau of
Yards and docks of the

3 1
Navy Department, for 1855, report and detailed estimates of the Bureau of
Ordnance and Hydrography of the...

3, 1
Navy Department, for 1855, report and detailed estimates of the Bureau of
Construction, Equipment, and Repairs of the....

3 1
Navy Department, for 1855, report and detailed estimates of the Bureau of
Provisions and Clothing of the...

3 1
Navy Department, for 1855, report and detailed estimates of the Bureau of
Medicine and Surgery of the ...

3 1
Neutral rights, proceedings, with correspondence relatiog to the congress of
European powers, held at Paris, respecting

16 104
New Orleans, report in relation to the necessary defences of the coast from
Mobile to....

6 12
New York and Brooklyn, report in relation to the fortifications necessary
for the proper defence of.....

1036
New York, report and correspondence respecting the site to be selected for
a post office and court-house in the city of ...

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Newspapers in the city of Washington, under executive orders, since March

4, 1853, statements of the amount paid for advertising, &c., in the

several...
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and the Mosquito Indians, correspondence relative

to the republics of...
Nicaragua, and information that the new Nicaraguan minister had been

accredited by the government of the United States, documents and

correspondence relating to affairs with the government of...
Northern mail. (See Mail.)

0.

Ordnance and Hydrography of the Navy of the operations of his depart-

ment during the year 1855, report of the Chief of the Bureau of....
Ordnance in relation to fortifications, ordnance, ordnance stores, supplies,

armories, arning the militia and arsenals, compendiuin of the report

of the Colonel of ...
Ordnance, annual report of the Colonel of.....
Oregon and Washington Territories, correspondence in relation to Indian

disturbances in ...

P.

Pacilic railroad explorations and surveys, report of Captain Humphreys,

topographical engineer, upon the progress of the..
Paris, under the convention of April 30, 1803, journal of the proceedings

of the commissioners at....
Patents relating to arts and manufactures, with index, for the year 1855,

(part 1,) annual report of the Commissioner of.....
Patents relating to arts and manufactores, with index, for the year 1855,

with illustrations, (part 2,) annual report of the Commissioner of....
Patents relating to agriculture, with index, for the year 1855, with illustra-

tions, (part 3,) annual report of the Commissioner of ..
Pea Patch island, letter of General Totten, chief engineer, relative to the

fortifications on the.....
Pendergrast, and certain other naval officers, copies of charges, &c., pre-

ferred against Commander.....
Penitentiary in the District of Columbia for 1855, report of the warden of

the United States....
Pension Office, during the year ending June 30, 1855, report of the opera-

tions of the....
Philadelphia, report of the Postmaster General relative to a building for

the accommodation of the post office in the city of......
Platte rivers and the Rocky mountains, report of Lieutenant Warren's ex-

ploration of the country between the Missouri and..
Population of the several States and Territories of the United States, with

statistical information taken from the census of 1790, 1800, 1810),

1820, 1830, 1840, and 1850, statements of the.....
Population of each State and Territory according to the census of 1840 and

1050, amount of agricultural and manulacturing productions of cach,
and exhibiting the an ount said production would give to each per-

son in said States and Territories, statement of the.....
Postmaster General, accompanying the President's annual message, show-

ing the number of post offices established, the amount of mail ser-
vice performed at home and abroad, with the receipts and expenses
thereof, together with postal conventions made with the govern-

ments of Brenien, Prussia, &c., report of the.....
Postmaster General in relation to the memorial of citizens of New Orleans

complaining of the irregularity of the mail service between Wash-

ington city and that place, letter of the
Postmaster General, communicating information relative to the mail com-

munication between New Orleans and Cairo, report of the..
Postmaster General, communicating information relative to the frequent

failures of the northern mail, report of the...
Postmaster general relative to the postal arrangements between the Atlan-

tic and Pacific, report of the...

Postmaster General relative to a building for the accommodation of the
post office in the city of Philadelphia, report of the

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Post office at Baltimore, contracts for sites with buildings thereon for the

accommodation of the United States courts of Maryland and the.... 1484
Post office at Philadelphia, report relative to a building for the accommo-
dation of the.

14 | 95
Post office at New York, report and correspondence respecting the site to
be selected for a court-house and......

16 106
Potomac river. (See Rirer.)
President of the United States on the state of the Union, with accompany-
ing documents, (in three parts,) message from the.....

1 I
(For list of accompanying documents see subjoined table of documents.)
President of the United Stat s, transmitting a copy of a letter from Lord

John Russell to the British minister, Mr. Crampton, dated January

19, 1853, in relation to Central America, message from the...... 6 3
President of the United States, relative to the disturbances in Kansas, mes-
søge from the....

6 4
President of the United States, transmitting the memorial of citizens of

New Orleans complaining of the irregularity of the mail service be-
tween Washington and New Orleans, together with his note and a
letter from the Postmaster General to the memorialists, message
from the.....

6 11
President of the United States, communicating correspondence between the

President, Secretary of State, and Governors Reer er and Shannon,
Mr. Woodson, J. H. Lane, C. Robinson, and Mr. Calhoun, in rela-
tion to Kansas, together with a copy of the laws of said Territory,
message from the.

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President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary

of State, with correspondence and other papers relative to the Re-
publics of Nicaraugua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito Indians, and the
convention between the United States and Great Britain of April 19,
1850, message from the.......

10 25
President of the United States, communicating correspondence relative to

the Indian disturbances in California, message from the...... 10 26
President of the United States, communicating correspondence between the

legation of the United States and the government of Chilé, relative
to the abduction of seamen from the American whale ship Addison,
at Valparaiso, and the imprisonment of William N. Stewart, an

American citizen, by the authorities of Chilé, message from the..... 10 27
President of the United States, communicating a report and correspondence

relative to the regulations with China, in conformity with the 6th

section of the act of August 11, 1848, message from the..... 10 32
President of the United States, recommending a special appropriation of

three millions of dollars for military purposes, message from the.... 10 34
President of the United States, communicating correspondence with Great

Britain relative to the enlistment of soldiers by the agents of that

government within the territory of the United States, message from the 10 35
President of the United States, communicating information relative to a

proposition submitted to the United States government by that of
Great Britain to refer the difference between the iwo governments
of the construction of the treaty of July 4, 1850, to arbitration, mes-
sage from the ....

10 35
President of the United States, communicating correspondence and other

information relative to the transmission of the mails and munitions

of war over the Minois Central Railroad, mess ge from the......... 10 39
President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of

the Interior relative to the Indian disturbances in the Territories of
Washington and Oregon, message from the ........

12 46
President of the United States, communicating information relating to the

site selected for the preservation of ordnance, arms, &c., in Wash-
ington, mersage from the ......

12 47
President of the United States, communicating correspondence and other

information relative to the transmission of the mail and munitions of

war over the Minois Central Railroad, message from the ........... 12 | 48
President of the United States, transmitting a report of the operations of

the mint and its branches, including the assay office, for the year
1855, message from the....

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President of the United States, in answer to a call for further documents re-
lating to the Territory of Kansas, message from the

1253
President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of

War of the steps taken relative to an armory in the District of Col-
umbia, message from the.........

12 56
President of the United States, communicating information relating to the

Mexican boundary line, and the payment of the three millions of dol-

lars under the treaty with Mexico of June 30, 1853, message from the 12 57
President of the United States, communicating a report of the Postmaster

General, relative to the postal arrangements between the Atlantic
and Pacific, message from the.....

12 62
President of the United States, communicating information relative to the

construction of an armory in the District of Columbia, message from
the

12 64
President of the United States, communicating a report of an exploration

of the sources of the Brazos and Big Washita rivers, by Captain
Marcy, message of the ..

12 60
President of the United States, transmitting sundry documents and or-

respondence relating to affairs with the government of Nicaragua,
with information that the new Nicaraguan minister had been ac-
credited by this government, message from the .

13 68
President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of

the Interior, with estimates of appropriations required in fulfillment

of treaty stipulations with certain Indian tribes, message from the ... 13 69
President of the United States, returning to the Senate the bill (S. 14) to

remove obstructions to navigation in the inouth of the Missi: sippi
river, at the Southwest Pass and Pass a l'Outre, with his objections
thereto, message from the ....

13 70
President of the United States, relative to the appropriation in the civil

and diplomatic bill of March 3, 1855, for Richard W. Thompson, on
account of alleged services to the Menomonee Indians, message
from the....

13 72
President of the United States, returning, with his objections, the bill (S. 1)

making an appropriation for deepening the channel over the St. Clair
Alats, in the State of Michigan, message from the.....

13 | 71
President of the United States, transmitting correspondence with the British

government, relative to the enlistment of soldiers, received since the
message of the 27th February last, message from the.....

1374
President of the United States, returning the bill (S.2) making appropria-

tions for deepening the channel over the flats of the St. Mary's river,
in the State of Michigan, with his objections thereto, message from
the ....

14 78
President of the United States, informing Congress that he had ceased to

hold intercourse with the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tentiary of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, &c , near this
government, with the reasons therefor, and documents relating
thereto, message from the...

14 80
President of the United States, transmitting correspondence not previously

communicated, touching the construction and purport of the conven-
tion with Great Britain, of April 19, 1854, relative to Central
America, message from the......

14 82
President of the United States transmitting copies of conditional contracts

executed for two sites, with buildings thereon, with plans and esti-
mates for fiting them up and furnishing them for the accommoda-
tion of the United States courts and post office in Baltimore, under
act of February 17, 1855, message from the...

14 84
President of the United States transmitting a copy of the instructions sent

to Mr. Buchanan relative to free ships making free goods, and Mr.

Buchanan's letter to Lord Clarendon thereupon, message from the.. 14 85
President of the United States transmitting a report if the Secretary of

War relative to the Mall in the city of Washington, and the selec-
tion of a site for an armory thereon, message from the

1488
President of the United States, rel-tive to the several amounts paid for

printing or publishing to the different newspapers in Washington,
under executive orders, since March 4, 1853, message from the.... 1490

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President of the United States, communicating a copy of a letter from the

United States Commissioner in China and other papers, respecting
the privileges to be exercised in that government by the United
States, message from the.....

14 92
President of the United States, communicating a report of the proceedings

of a council held at Fort Pierre by General Harney with a delega-
tion from nine tribes of the Sioux Indians, and other papers, and a
recommendation for an appropriation to carry into effect the stipu-
lations there agreed upoi , message from the

14 94
President of the United States, communicating a report of the Postmaster

General relative to a building for the accommodation of the post-
office in the city of Philadelphia, message from the....

14 95
President of the United States, communicating information relative to the

instructions sent to military otficers in kansas, message from the.... 14 97
President of the United States, communicating a copy of papers relating to

the proclamation of martial law in Washington Territory, message
from the

14 | 98
President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretaries of

State and Navy, with correspondence in relation to the self-styled
Vigilance Committee in California, message from the....

15 101
President of the United States, transmitting the proceedings of the commis-

sioners for the adjustment of claims, under the convention with
Great Britain of February 8, 1853, message from the....

15 103
President of the United States, with a report of the Secretary of State, and

correspondence respecting the proceedings of the representatives of
the European powers, at a congress held at Paris, relative to neutral
rights, message from the.....

16 104
President of the United States, relating to the refusal of the government of

Honduras to receive a commercial agent from the United States,
message from the...

16 105
President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary

of the Treasury, with copies of letters and vouchers in support of
claims presented by and allowed or disallowed to John C. Fremont
as an officer of the government of the United States, &c., message
from the

16 109
President of the United States, communicating to the House of Represent-

atives a report of the commercial statistics of different nations,
(several volumes in quarto,) message from the

16 107
President of the United States, communicating the repo:t of the commis-

sioner, (Captain Emory,) on the Mexican boundary, with maps, &c.,
(several volumes in quarto,) message from the..

20 108
President of the United States in relation to the condition of the army,
&c., (2d session 34th Congress,) message from the

16 1
President of the United States, communicating a statement of the balances

of the army appropriations on hand, &c., (2d session 34th Congress,)
message froin the...

16 2
Printing for the State Department for the year 1855, report in relation to the. 10 37
Printing for the Attorney General's office during the year 1855, report rela-
tive to the.....

1041
Printing or publishing advertisements or other printing in the newspapers

in Washington city, under executive orders, since March 4, 1853,
-report in relation to amounts paid for.....

14 90
Provisions and Clothing of the navy, showing the operations of his bureau
during he year 1855, report of the chief of the Bureau of......

3 1
Public Buildings for 1855, annual report of the Commissioner of .

1 1
Public Buildings relative to the value and price of certain lots in the neigh-

borhood of the United States Capitol belonging to private individu-
als, report of the Commissioner of...

12 58
Public debt. (See Debt.)
Public lands. (See Lands.)

Q.

Quartermaster General for the year ending Inne 30, 1855, abstract of the

annual report of the......
Quartermaster General of the army, annual report of the..