War, relative to the instructions sent to military officers in Kansas, report
of the Secretary of.

War, respecting the occupation of certain rooms in the north wing of the
Capitol extension, report of the Secretary of....
War, respecting the improvement of the roads connected with West Point,
report of the Secretary of....

War, communicating the report of Lieutenant Warren, of his exploration
of the country between the Missouri and Platte rivers and the Rocky
mountains, report of the.. . .. . .
War, communicating a general map of Florida, illustrative of the recent
surveys for a canal in that State, report of the Secretary of... ...
War, communicating a statistical report on the sickness and mortality of
the army of the United States, report of the Secretary of.......
Warren's exploration of the country between the Missouri and Platte rivers
and the Rocky mountains, report of Lieutenant G. K......
Washita rivers, report of an exploration by Captain Marcy of the sources
of the Brazos and Big....

Washington aqueduct during the year ending September 30, 1855, report
of operations on the

Washington city, for the preservation of ordnance, arms, &c., report of
the Colonel of Ordnance in relation to the site selected in....
Washington city, near the Capitol, belonging to private individuals, state-
ment by the Commissioner of Public Buildings of the price and value
of certain lots in the city of...
Washington Territory, and correspondence relative to the Indian disturb-
ances in Washington and Oregon Territories, letters from the gov-
ernor of...

Washington city, and the selection of a site for an armory thereon, report
in relation to the Mall in..

Washington Territory, copies of papers relating to the proclamation of
martial law in.....

Western river improvements, report of Colonel Long on the..

West Point, report of the Secretary of War respecting the improvement of
the roads connected with..

Wright, relative to the removal of the rocks in Hell Gate, East river,
report of Captain.....

Y.

Yards and Docks, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1856, and list of con-
tracts for the year ending June 30, 1855, abstract of offers and list
of contracts for furnishing articles under the cognizance of the Bu-
reau of.....

Z.

Zoll-Verein, Switzerland and Austria, included in importations from the
Hanseatic Towns, Holland, Belgium, France, and England, during
the year ending June 30, 1855, statement exhibiting the value of
imports the produce and manufacture of the states forming the
German

Zoll-Verein, Switzerland and Austria, during the year ending June 30,
1855, summary statement exhibiting the value of imports the pro-
duce and manufacture of the states forming the German....

FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS, THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS,

1855-'56.

Vol. No. Page.

Subject.

Messages from the President of the United States, viz:

Annual, on the state of the Union, with accompanying documents, re-
ports, &c......

Documents and reports accompanying the above:

Correspondence between the Secretary of State and the government
of Denmark relative to the abolition of the Sound dues.......
Correspondence between the Secretary of State and Mr. Buchanan,
minister of the United States to Great Britain, relative to the
interpretation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and the condition
of affairs in Central America

Report of the Secretary of the Interior, showing the operations of
the Interior Department during the year 1855....
Report of the Secretary of War, showing the operations of the army
and War Department during the year 1855..... . . .. .
Report of the Secretary of the Navy, showing the operations of the
navy and Navy Department during the year 1855........
Report of the Postmaster General, showing the operations of his
department during the year 1855....

Transmitting a copy of a letter from Lord John Russel to the British minister,
(Mr. Crampton,) dated January 19, 1853, in relation to Central
America.....

Relative to the disturbances in Kansas..

Transmitting the memorial of citizens of New Orleans, complaining of the
irregularity of the mail service between Washington city and New
Orleans, together with his note and a letter from the Postmaster
General to the memorialists....
Communicating correspondence between the President, Secretary of State,
and Governors Reeder and Shannon, Mr. Woodson, J. H. Lane, C.
Robinson, and Mr Calhoun, in relation to Kansas Territory, together
with a copy of the laws of said Territory..
Communicating a report of the Secretary of State, with correspondence
and other papers relative to the republics of Nicaragua, Costa Rica,
the Mosquito Indians, and the convention between the United States
and Great Britain of April 19, 1850.....
Communicating correspondence relative to the Indian disturbances in Cali-
fornia.

Subject.

Communicating correspondence between the legation of the United States
and the government of Chilé, relative to the abduction of seamen
from the Americ1n whale ship Addison, at Valparaiso, and the im-
prisonment of William N. Stewart, an American citizen, by the
authorities of that government..
Communicating a report and correspondence relative to the regulations
with China, in conformity with the 6th section of the act of August
11, 1848.....
Recommending a special appropriation of three millions of dollars for mili-
tary purposes
Communicating correspondence with Great Britain relative to the enlist-
ment of soldiers by the agents of that government within the terri-
tory of the United States....

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Communicating information relative to a proposition submitted to the
United States government by that of Great Britain to refer the differ-
ence between the two governments in relation to the construction of
the treaty of July 4, 1850, to arbitration.....
Communicating correspondence, and other information, relative to the
transmission of the mails and munitions of war over the Illinois Cen-
tral railroad
Communicating a report of the Secretary of the Interior, relative to thei
Indian disturbances in the Territories of Washington and Oregon... 12 46
Communicating information relative to the site selected for the preserva-
tion of ordnance, arms, &c., in Washington city...
Communicating correspondence, and other information, relative to the
transmission of the mails and munitions of war over the Illinois Cen-
tral railroad
Transmitting a report from the director of the United States mint, showing
the operations of the mint and its branches, and the assay office, dur-
ing the year 1855.............
In answer to a call for further documents relating to the Territory of
Kansas.........

Communicating a report of the Secretary of War in relation to the steps
taken relative to an armory in the District of Columbia
Communicating information relative to the Mexican boundary line and the
payment of the three millions of dollars under the treaty with Mex- |
ico of June 30, 1853 ...
Communicating a report of the Postmaster General, relative to the postal
arrangements between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Communicating information relative to the construction of an armory in
the District of Columbia.....

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Transmitting correspondence and sundry documents relating to affairs with
the government of Nicaragua, and informing the Senate that the
new Nicaraguan minister had been accredited by the government of i
the United States..

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Transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Interior, with estimates of
appropriations required in fulfillment of treaty stipulations with cer-
tain Indian tribes..
Returning to the Senate the bill (S. 14) to remove obstructions to naviga-
tion in the mouth of the Mississippi river, at the Southwest Pass
and Pass a l'Outre, with his objections thereto...
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....

Returning, with his objections, the bill (S. 1) making an appropriation for

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deeping the channel over the St. Clair flats in the State of Michigan. 13 71
Transmitting correspondence with the British government relative to the
enlistment of soldiers, received since the message of February 27, last. 13 | 74
Returning, with his objections, the bill (S. 2) making appropriations for
deeping the channel over the flats of the St. Mary's river, in the
State of Michigan...

Informing Congress that he had ceased to hold diplomatic intercourse with
the minister of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, near this
government, with the reasons therefor and documents relating thereto. 14 80
Transmitting correspondence not previously communicated, touching the
construction and purport of the convention with Great Britain of
April 19, 1850, relative to central America...

Subject.

Transmitting copies of conditional contracts executed for two sites and
buildings thereon, with plans and estimates for fitting up and furnish-
ing them for the use of the United States courts of Maryland and
the post office in Baltimore, under act of February 17, 1855.....
Transmitting instructions sent to Mr. Buchanan relative to free ships making

free goods, and Mr. Buchanan's letter to Lord Clarendon relating
thereto...

Transmitting a report of the Secretary of War, relative to the Mall in the
city of Washington, and the selection of a site for an armory thereon. 14
Relative to the several amounts paid for printing or publishing to the dif-
ferent newspapers in the city of Washington, under Executive orders,
since March 4, 1853...

Communicating a copy of a letter from the United States Commissioner in
China, and other papers, respecting the privileges to be exercised by
the United States therein....
Communicating a report of the proceedings of a council held at Fort Prairie,
by General Harney, with a delegation from nine tribes of the Sioux
Indians, and other papers, and a recommendation for an appropria-
tion to carry into effect the stipulations there agreed upon.....
Communicating a report of the Postmaster General, relative to a building

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for the accommodation of the post office in the city of Philadelphia.. 14 95
Communicating information relative to the instructions sent to military

officers in Kansas .......

Communicating a copy of papers relating to the proclamation of martial
law in Washington Territory..

Transmitting reports from the Secretaries of State and Navy, with corres-
pondence in relation to the self-styled Vigilance Committee in Cali-
fornia...

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Transmitting the proceedings of the commissioners for the adjustment of
claims under the convention with Great Britain of February 8, 1853. 15 103
Transmitting a report of the Secretary of State, and correspondence re-
specting the procee.lings of the representatives of the European
powers, at a congress held at Paris, relative to neutral rights.............
Relating to the refusal of the government of Honduras to receive a com-
mercial agent from the United States......
Communicating a report of 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, an officer of the government of the
United States....

Communicating a report, by Captain Marcy, of an exploration of the sources
of the Brazos and Big Washita rivers...
Communicating to the House of Representatives reports of the commercial
statistics of different nations (in several volumes, quarto).......
Communicating the report of the commissioner (Captain Emory) to run

the boundary line between Mexico and the United States, with maps,
&c., (in several volumes, quarto)......

In relation to the condition of the United States army (second session
Thirty-fourth Congress, at the end of volume 16.)."
Transmitting statements in relation to the army appropriation, &c, (second
session Thirty-fourth Congress, at the end of volume 16).

Reports, &c., from the Secretary of State, viz :

Communicating correspondence with the government of Denmark in rela-
tion to the imposition by that government of "Sound dues".
Showing the disbursements for the service of the State Department, includ-
ing foreign missions, from the contingent fund, &c.....
Communicating lists of the clerks and others employed in the State Depart-
ment during the year 1855.....

Communicating a letter of March 7, 1805, from Mr. Skipwith, United States
consul, &c., to Mr. Madison, Secretary of State, in relation to claims
of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior
to 1800......

Communicating a statement of the number of persons and the amount of their
salaries, respectively, who are employed in the Department of State
other than clerks....

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Communicating correspondence with the British minister, (Mr. Crampton,)
and between the American minister at London and Lord Clarendon,
principal Secretary of State of Great Britain, relative to the enlist-
ment of soldiers by the agents of Great Britain within the United
States....
Communicating information relative to the printing for the State Depart-
ment for the year 1855...

Relating to the Mexican boundary line and the payment of three millions
of dollars under the treaty with Mexico of June 30, 1853

In relation to the appropriation in the civil and diplomatic bill of March 3,
1855, for Richard W. Thompson....

Communicating instructions sent to Mr Buchanan, minister to England,
relative to free ships making free goods, and his letter to Lord
Clarendon on that subject...

Transmitting a copy of the journal of the proceedings of the commissioners
at Paris under the convention of April 3, 1803.
Communicating information relating to the transportation of laborers,
whether termed slaves, coolies, or apprentices, from Asia or any of
the Asiatic islands to English or Spanish colonies in America, or to
the Chincha islands, and the manner of their treatment after their
arrival, with statistics showing the sacrifice of human life resulting
from said traffic......
Communicating correspondence in relation to the proceedings and the
alleged usurpation of power by the self-styled Vigilance Committee
in California, and the application of the governor of said State to
the federal authorities to maintain the laws and peace of that State
against such usurped authority

Reports from the Secretary of the Interior, viz:

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Report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings...
Report of the warden of the penitentiary.....

Report of the superintendent of the government hospital for the
insane

In relation to the Indian disturbances in the Territories of Washington and
Oregon......
Communicating a statement of balances of appropriations standing upon

the books of the Second Comptroller July 1, 1854, amounts appro-
priated by Congress for 1855, and amounts drawn therefrom or car-
ried to the surplus fund, from July 1, 1854, to June 30, 1855, and the
balances remaining in the treasury at the last named date.....
Communicating information relative to the compensation to be given to
registers and receivers for the receipt of warrants or scrip in lieu of
money
Relative to the amount of scrip issued for the satisfaction of Virginia land

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warrants.

Communicating information relative to the swamp land law...
Respecting the site to be selected for a post office and court-house in the
city of New York.......

Reports from the Secretary of the Treasury, viz:

Communicating a copy of the report of the Coast Survey for the year 1855. 17 22
Transmitting a report of the Second Auditor, with statement of accounts

of persons charged with the disbursement or application of moneys,
goods, or effects, for the benefit of the Indians, for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1855, together with lists of the names of all persons
to whom goods, money or effects have been delivered within the
same period, &c...

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