Resolution of the legislature of Iowa, in favor of weekly and semi-weekly
mail service from Dyersville to Decorah, in that State...
Resolution of the legislature of Iowa, in favor of granting bounty lands to
the volunteers of the Spirit Lake expedition, in March, 1857....
Resolution of the legislature of Tennessee, in favor of the passage of a bill
granting a pension to the soldiers of the war of 1812 and of the various
Indian wars--

Resolution of the legislature of Michigan in favor of an appropriation for
the improvement of certain harbors......
Resolution of the legislature of Michigan, relative to a northern Pacific rail-
road.....

Resolution of the legislature of Michigan, in favor of an appropriation for the
repair of the St. Mary's Falls ship canal..

Resolution of the legislature of Michigan, in favor of a donation of land for
the endowment of the Michigan Agricultural College...
Resolution of the legislature of Michigan, relative to the extension of slavery
Resolutions of the legislature of Kentucky, respecting pensions to soldiers of

the revolution and of the war of 1812...

Resolutions of the legislature of New Mexico, in relation to Arizona and the
Indians

Resolutions of the legislature of California, in favor of land to actual settlers
Rhode Island, resolutions of the legislature of the State of, &c., against
the admission of Kansas into the Union under the Lecompton constitu-
tion
Rhode Island, resolution of the legislature of, in favor of a donation of pub-
lic lands to the States and Territories to aid and encourage scientific
education in agriculture and the mechanic arts.

Richardson, Ralph..

Robb, John.

Robbins, Mary..

Robinson, Rosamond. Report of the Court of Claims in the case of..
Rogers, J. K........

Russell, William H. Report of the Court of Claims in the case of..

Roberts, Robert...

S.

Scaife, Charner T., administrator of Gilbert Stalker, deceased. Report of the
Court of Claims in the case of................

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School lands. Resolutions of the State of California, in relation to the, in
that State

School fund. Memorial and resolutions of the legislature of the State of
Iowa, in relation to the five per cent....

Scott vs. Sandford. Resolutions of the legislature of Massachusetts, relative
to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of
Sebastian Indian reservation. Resolutions of the legislature of California,
against the removal of the, from its present location
Secretary of the Interior. Letter from the, enclosing a communication from
the Commissioner of the General Land Office respecting additional land
districts....

Secretary of the Treasury.
Clay, jr., &c....

Secretary of the Senate.

Report of the, showing the payments from the
contingent fund of the Senate during the year ending December 6, 1857.
Secretary of the Senate. Showing the names of the persons employed in
his office during the year 1857, and the sums received by them....
Shaffer, Eliza. Report of the Court of Claims in the case of
Shaffner, Tal. P., of Kentucky. Memorial of..........

Shaw, John. Memorial of the legislature of, in behalf of the claims of
Ship canal around the Falls of Niagara.

Letter from the, in reply to a letter from C. C.

Resolutions of the legislature of

Wisconsin, in relation to a..

Ship canal around the Falls of Niagara.

Resolutions of the legislature of
New York, in favor of a donation of land for the construction of a....

Shipwreck.

Resolutions of the legislature of New Jersey, in favor of the
better preservation of life and property in cases of, &c.....
Slaveholding State. Resolutions of the State of Connecticut, against the ad-
mission of another, into the Union.....

Smith, Neal, administrator of William Turvin. Report of the Court of
Claims in the case of....

ington, relative to the proclamation of martial law by, late governor of
that Territory... ... ....

Stokely, Joseph, and others. Report of the Court of Claims in the case of.
Sugar. Memorial of the legislature of the State of Iowa, in favor of the
repeal of the duty on

T.

Taylor, Margaret

Tennessee. Resolution of the legislature of, in favor of the passage of a
bill granting a pension to the soldiers of the war of 1812 and the
various Indian wars..

Tennessee.

Resolutions of the legislature of, instructing senators, &c., to
vote for the admission of Kansas into the Union under the Lecompton
constitution

Territorial government.

Resolution of the legislature of the State of Cali-

fornia, in favor of a, in Carson valley..
Texas. Resolutions of the legislature of, in relation to Kansas affairs..........
Texas. Resolution of the legislature of, in favor of a law to authorize the
payment of certain moneys, &c..........

Texas. Resolution of the legislature of---Cap. J. G. Tod, &c

Texas. Joint resolutions of the legislature of, in relation to the charges
against John C. Watrous, judge of the United States district court

Thistle, H. L................

Thomas, James B., and family, sufferers by Indian depredations. Memorial,
&c., of the legislature of Iowa, in behalf of..

Thomas, Louis G., and others

Thompson, James

Thompson, Robert C., and another..

United States courts, and the offices of the collector and postmaster. Reso-
lutions of the legislature of New Jersey, in relation to the erection of a
building, at Trenton, for the

Utah. Memorial of the members and officers of the legislature of, setting
forth their grievances, praying Congress to respect their constitutional
rights, &c.

V.

Vanwinkle, Daniel. Report of the Court of Claims in the case of..
Virginia. Resolution of the legislature of the State of, in favor of the final
settlement of half-pay to officers of the revolutionary war, &c. .....

W.

Waggaman, J. H
Wales, George W.

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No.

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Wales, T. B., & Co...

Washington Territory. Resolutions of the legislature of, in relation to the
proclamation of martial law by Isaac I. Stevens, late governor of that
Territory

Washington Territory. Resolutions of the legislature of, relative to the con-
struction of a national railroad across the continent, from the Atlantic
States to the Pacific ocean..

Way, Samuel A

Watrous, John C., judge of the United States district court. Joint resolutions
of the legislature of Texas, in relation to certain charges against him..
Weaver, Hannah. Report of the Court of Claims in the case of..

Weed, Sarah..........

Wilcox, Lucretia. Report of the Court of Claims in the case of

Wilkes, Charles

Wisconsin. Memorial of the legislature of, in favor of the donation of land
to Nebraska Territory for railroads........

Wisconsin. Memorial of the legislature of, in favor of the erection of a
light-house at the mouth of Kewannee river.......

Wisconsin. Memorial of the legislature of, in behalf of the claims of John
Shaw

Wisconsin. Memorial of the legislature of, in relation to the amount due
from the sale of public lands therein

Wisconsin. Resolutions of the legislature of, in relation to the admission of
Minnesota into the Union as a State..

Wisconsin. Resolution of the legislature of, in relation to the admission of
Kansas into the Union as a State

Wisconsin. Memorial of the legislature of, in favor of a grant of land for
the Mineral Point and Portage City railroad...
Wisconsin. Resolutions of the legislature of, in favor of a grant of land for
a ship canal around the Falls of Niagara
Williams, Jeremiah M., and others.

Report of the Court of Claims in the

case of..
Williams, Nathaniel Report of the Court of Claims in the case of.............
Wisconsin. Memorial of the legislature of, in favor of the establishment of
a mail-route from Dunleith, Illinois, to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin...
Wolfe & Co. Report of the Court of Claims in the case of..

Resolution of the legislature of California, in behalf of General A. M. Winn.
Resolution of the legislature of California, in favor of the establishment of
certain mail-routes...

Resolutions of the legislature of California, in favor of the speedy construc-
tion of a national railroad from the valley of the Mississippi to some
point in California.....

Resolution of the legislature of California, in behalf of William Grove Deal.
Resolutions of the legislature of California, in favor of a uniform rate of post-
age, and the payment by the government for all "free postage matter,"
or the abolition of the "franking privilege".

Resolution of the legislature of California in favor of an additional allowance
to the officers and men while serving in the Pacific division, and also to
the officers of the Light-house Beard of that coast
Memorial of members of the Boar of Eucation of the State of Michigan and
of the Faculty of t
go of that State, praying a dor”-

Resolutions of the legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the claim of
that State against the United States for military services during the
last war with Great Britain....
Memorial of the legislature of Missouri, for an appropriation of public lands
to build a railroad from Springfield, in Greene county, to or near Gillis'
Bluff, in said State, on the Cairo and Fulton railroad..
Memorial of the legislature of Missouri, praying that the unsurveyed swamp
lands may be patented to that State without being surveyed
Resolution of the legislature of Maine, in relation to foreign paupers and
criminals...

Resolution of the legislature of Maine, in relation to the bounty on cod fish-
eries...

Resolutions of the legislature of Maine, in relation to the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Dred Scott...
Resolution of the legislature of Maine, in relation to claims of citizens of the
United States to indemnity for spoliations by French cruisers prior to
1800....

Resolutions of the legislature of Massachusetts, in favor of the recognition of
Hayti and Liberia as sovereign and independent States...
Resolutions, by Mr. Crittenden : That, owing to the financial condition of the
country and its industrial interests, as well as the wants, &c., of the
treasury, the rates of duty under the tariff act of March 3, 1857, ought
to be materially increased, &c..........

Memorial of the legislature of Missouri, in regard to Wolf island, the juris-

diction of which is in dispute between that State and Kentucky, pray-
ing, &c...

Resolution of the legislature of Michigan, in favor of the division of the State
into two judicial districts...

Resolution of the legislature of Texas, also report of a committee of the same,
in relation to Captain J. G Tod, &c...
Resolution of the legislature of Missouri, in favor of the construction of a
building for the accommodation of the United States courts and the
post office at Jefferson City
Memorial of Henry O'Rielly, concerning military highways, or "stockade
routes," for protecting travellers and settlers, facilitating mail and tele-
graph communication through interior territories, &c....
Memorial of Henry O'Rielly, John J. Speed, and Tal. P. Shaffner, concerning
the completion of telegraph lines to Fort Laramie and Salt Lake..
Resolutions of the legislature of Ohio, relative to Kansas affairs....
Memorial of the legislature of the State of Alabama, in favor of the establish-
ment of an armory for the manufacture of cannon and other arms in
that State..

Resolutions of the legislature of Iowa, instructing the senators, &c., to oppose
the admission of Kansas into the Union under the Lecompton constitu-
tion....

Resolution of the legislature of Iowa, in favor of weekly and semi-weekly
mail service from Dyersville to Decorah, in that State..........
Resolutions of the legislature of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,
instructing the senators, &c., to vote against the admission of Kansas
into the Union under the Lecompton constitution....
Resolution of the legislature of Tennessee in favor of the passage of a bill
granting a pension to the soldiers of the war of 1812 and of the various
Indian wars..

Resolution of the legislature of Iowa in favor of granting bounty lands to
the volunteers of the Spirit Lake expedition, in March, 1857
Memorial and resolution of the legislature of Iowa asking that the State may
be indemnified for expenses incurred in consequence of the hostile inva-
sion of the Sioux Indians, in March, 1857.

Resolution of the legislature of Michigan in favor of an appropriation for the
improvement of certain harbors.

Resolution of the legislature of Michigan in favor of an appropriation for the
repair of the St. Mary's Falls ship canal

Resolution of the legislature of Michigan relative to a northern Pacific rail-
road.

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Resolutions of the legislature of Michigan in favor of a donation of land for
the endowment of the Michigan Agricultural College....
Memorial of the legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the establishment of a
mail-route from Dunleith, Illinois, to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
Joint resolutions of the legislature of Texas instructing their senators, &c,
to have all the charges against Judge John C. Watrous investigated by
Congress during the present session..

Resolution of the legislature of Michigan relative to the extension of slavery
Resolutions of the legislature of Kentucky respecting pensions to soldiers of

the revolution and of the war of 1812

Memorial and joint resolution of the legislature of Iowa in favor of addi-
tional mail facilities in that State

Joint memorial of the legislature of Iowa praying a grant of land for Mc-
Gregor, St. Peter's, and Missouri River railroad
Resolutions of the legislature of Tennessee instructing the senators, &c., to
vote for the admission of Kansas into the Union under the Lecompton
constitution

Resolution of the legislature of Iowa asking Congress for a grant of land to
aid in the construction of the Prairie du Chien and Mankota railroad..
Memorial and joint resolution of the legislature of Iowa in behalf of James
B. Thomas and family, sufferers by Indian depredations..
Memorial of the legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the donation of land to
the Territory of Nebraska to aid in the construction of railroads
Resolution of the legislature of Iowa for land grants to aid in the construc-

tion of the Lansing, Northern Iowa, and Southern Minnesota railroad.
Resolution of the legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a
mail-route from Marysville to Forest city.

Resolutions of the legislature of California in favor of the establishment of
mail-routes from the town of Union to Orleans Bar, and from Union to
San Francisco..

Resolution of the legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a
mail route from San Bernardino to Fort Yuma...
Resolution of the legislature of California in favor of the establishment of
mail-routes from Auburn to Nevada city, from Sacramento city to
Cacheville, and from Sacramento city to Stockton...

Resolutions of the legislature of the Territory of Washington relative to the
proclamation of martial law by Isaac I. Stevens, late governor of that
Territory...

Memorial of the legislature of Wisconsin in favor of the erection of a light-
house at the mouth of Kewannee river.....

Memorial of the legislature of Iowa in favor of restricting the sale of the
public lands to actual settlers

Memorial of the legislature of Iowa praying that a grant of land be made to
the Territory of Nebraska to aid in the construction of a railroad from
the Missouri river, via the South Pass, to some point in Washington
Territory....

Resolution of the legislature of Iowa in favor of the erection of a post office,
United States court-house, and custom-house, at Burlington..
Joint resolution of the legislature of Iowa in favor of a grant of land to aid
in the construction of a railroad from the northern boundary of Iowa,
&c., to Sioux city, on the Missouri river....
Resolution of the legislature of California in favor of the enactment of a law
granting land to actual settlers in that State.............

Resolution of the legislature of California in favor of the establishment of a
territorial government in Carson valley.

Resolution and memorial of the legislature of Nebraska praying that an
appropriation be made to bridge the Platte river....

Resolution of the legislature of Rhode Island, &c., in favor of a donation of
public lands to the several States and Territories to aid and encourage
scientific education in agriculture and the mechanic arts
Resolution of the legislature of Maine in favor of the distribution of a por-
tion of the public lands among the several States for educational purposes.
Memorial and joint resolution of the legislature of Iowa in favor of the
establishing of a mail-route from the city of Des Moines, in that State,
to White Cloud, in Kansas.