tion, which affect injuriously their characters as officers of the navy: which was referred to the Committee on the Library, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, presented a memorial of merchants and others, citizens of Baltimore, Maryland, praying the purchase by the United States of Morse's electro-magnetic telegraph, and its establishment throughout the United States: which was referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, presented the memorial of the heirs of Thomas W. Norman, deceased, praying indemnity for French spoliations prior to 1800: which was referred to the select committee on the subject.

Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, presented the memorial of the Faculty and trustees of the College of St. James, Maryland, praying that books and philosophical apparatus imported for the use of colleges and other literary and scientific institutions may be admitted free of duty: which was referred to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, presented the memorial of the Maryland Insurance Company of the city of Baltimore, and the memorial of the Marine Insurance Company, of the city of Baltimore, severally praying indemnity for French spoliations prior to 1800: which were referred to the select committee on the subject.

Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, presented the petition of the heirs of Robert Sewall, deceased, praying compensation for property destroyed by the British in 1814: which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

On motion by Mr. Dix,

Ordered, That the petition of Oliver C. Harris, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office.

On motion by Mr. Sevier,

Ordered, That the petition of David Butler, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Johnson, of Maryland,

Ordered, That the resolutions of the legislature of the State of Maryland, on the files of the Senate, relative to the establishment of a free bridge across the eastern branch of the Potomac, be referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia.

Mr. Allen submitted the following resolutions for consideration; which were ordered to be printed:

Resolved, That, with a view to a speedy and an honorable peace, the war with Mexico ought to be prosecuted with increased energy and expedition; and, to that end,

Resolved, That additional regiments of volunteers ought immediately to be called to the field.

Resolved, That a portion of the national domain ought to be set apart as an additional reward to the officers and soldiers who shall have served in the war, and to the widows, heirs, and legal representatives of those who shall have lost their lives in this service.

Resolved, That the residue of the national domain, and the proceeds of the sales thereof, ought to be pledged for the payment of the public debt and the interest thereon, which may be incurred in the prosecution of the war; the government retaining, as heretofore, the right to grant pre-emptions, graduate the prices, and make the usual grants of such domain to particular States.

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs and the Committee on Finance be instructed to report bills appropriate to effect these objects. Mr. Sevier submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of repealing or modifying the twenty-third rule of the Senate.

Mr. Phelps submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That 3,000 copies of the map of the mining region of lake Superior, projected by A. B. Gray, and now being engraved for the House of Representatives, be ordered to be struck off, and, with the accompanying report, be furnished for the use of the Senate; and that the bureau having in charge the mineral lands cause to be placed upon said map all further locations made during the past year under authority of the Secretary of War, and which may have been reported by the superintendent.

On motion by Mr. Westcott,

Ordered, That the report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating information respecting the loss of the United States brig Somers, be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Westcott, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Blanchard, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill (S. 74) for his relief.

The bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Jeanette Huntington, widow and sole executrix of William D. Cheever, deceased, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill (S. 75) for her relief.

The bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

Ordered, That the report be printed.

Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Henry Wright, administrator of William Bunce, submitted an adverse report: which was ordered to be printed.

On motion by Mr. Phelps,

Ordered, That the Committee of Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Lloyd Slummer, and that it be referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Fairfield, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 280) for the relief of W. P. S. Sanger and George F. de la Roche, reported it without amendment.

Mr. Fairfield, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Thomas Brownell, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill (S. 76) for his relief.

The bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

Ordered, That the report be printed.

Mr. Butler, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of James Leander Cathcart, junior, executor of James Leander Cathcart, deceased, submitted an adverse report: which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. Butler, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Alexander Watson, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill

(S. 77) to provide for the settlement of claims for losses of property by reason of its military occupation in the Territory of Florida.

The bill was read, and passed to the second reading.
Ordered, That the report be printed.

Mr. Butler, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Susan E. Gordon, submitted a report, accompanied by a bill (S. 78) for her relief.

The bill was read, and passed to the second reading.

Ordered, That the report be printed.

Mr. Lewis, from the Committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bill (S. 35) authorizing the payment of interest upon the advances made by the State of Alabama for the use of the United States government in the suppression of the Creek Indian hostilities of 1836 and 1837, in Alabama, reported it with an amendment: which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. Dix, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (S. 79) to provide for an additional military force, and for other purposes: which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent: and,

On motion by Mr. Dix,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to and made the order of the day for Thursday, the 14th instant.

Mr. Dix, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill (S. SO) to appoint a lieutenant general to command the military forces of the United States during the war with Mexico: which was read the first and second times, by unanimous consent: and,

On motion by Mr. Dix,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to and made the order of the day for Thursday, the 14th instant.. After the consideration of Executive business,

Mr. Archer announced the decease of the Hon. Isaac S. Pennybacker, which took place in this city, at four o'clock this morning.

On motion by Mr. Archer,

Resolved unanimously, That a committee be appointed by the President of the Senate pro tempore to take order for superintending the funeral of the Hon. Isaac S. Pennybacker, which will take place to-morrow, o'clock, meridian, and that the Senate will attend the same.

at 12 Resolved unanimously, That the members of the Senate, from a sincere desire of showing every mark of respect due to the memory of the Hon. Isaac S. Pennybacker, deceased, late a member thereof, will go into mourning for him one month, by the usual mode of wearing crape on the left

arm.

Resolved unanimously, That, as an additional mark of respect for the memory of the Hon. Isaac S. Pennybacker, the Senate do now adjourn. Mr. Sevier, Mr. Mangum, Mr. Breese, Mr. Crittenden, Mr. Benton, and Mr. Webster, having been appointed the committee of arrangements, Ordered, That the Secretary communicate these proceedings to the House of Representatives.

Whereupon,

The Senate adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1847.

The Senate having attended the funeral of the Hon. Isaac S. Pennybacker, returned to their chamber: and,

On motion by Mr. Badger,

Adjourned.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1847.

The Hon. George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate, resumed the chair.

The Vice President laid before the Senate a report of the Secretary of War, made agreeably to law, accompanied by a list of all persons employed in the Indian department during the year 1846: which was read, and ordered to be printed.

Mr. Dickinson presented the memorial of Jacob Latting, praying indemnity for French spoliations prior to 1800: which was referred to the select committee on the subject.

Mr. Dix presented the petition of the Seneca Indians residing upon the Tonawanda reservation, in the State of New York, praying that they may be exempted from the operation of the treaties of January 15, 1838, and May 20, 1842, between the United States and the Seneca Indians: which was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, presented the petition of Rodolphine Claxton, widow of Alexander Claxton, late an officer in the navy of the United States, praying a renewal of her pension: which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, presented the memorial of the administrator of Hugh Thompson, deceased, praying indemnity for French spoliations prior to 1800: which was referred to the select committee on the subject. On motion by Mr. Fairfield,

Ordered, That the petition of Isaac Davenport, on the files of the Senate, be referred to the Committee on Pensions.

Mr. Jarnagin submitted the following resolution; which was considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to communicate to the Senate such correspondence with, and reports of officers of the army or agents of the government, on file in any branch of his department, as may afford information as to the agreement with the Seminole Indians yet in Florida, under which they are permitted to remain in said State, and as to the numbers and condition of such Indians; and likewise any information in his department in relation to the practicability of removing said Indians west, and of the best means of effecting such removal.

Mr. Woodbridge submitted the following resolutions; which were considered, by unanimous consent, and agreed to:

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury report to the Senate all such surveys as may heretofore have been made under the authority of the United States of the private land claims at the Sault de Ste. Marie; and also of such reservation for military purposes as may have been made by the President of the United States at said Sault de Ste. Marie, in the State of Michigan, showing the connexion of the same with said private land claims.

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury report to the Senate all such surveys (or maps thereof) as may heretofore have been made of the private land claims in the lower peninsula of Michigan, &c., showing their connexion with the general surveys of the public lands, and especially the surveys thereof of "Greely and of Fletcher," and such as may have been made in the county of Michilimackinac.

Mr. Atherton submitted the following resolution for consideration:

Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to furnish, on a reduced scale, a copy of the late survey of the harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, by the corps of topographical engineers, and a copy of the report of the survey.

The Senate proceeded, by unanimous consent, to consider the said resolution, and

Ordered, That it be referred to the Committee on Commerce.

Mr. Yulee presented the memorial of James P. Espy, praying the purchase by the United States, for the use of the navy, of his invention for ventilating ships: which was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

On motion by Mr. Westcott,

Ordered, That the report of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office, with the communication of the Commissioner of Patents, on the petition of Thomas Blanchard, made the 11th instant, be printed.

The Senate proceeded to consider the resolutions submitted, the 11th instant, by Mr. Allen: and

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed to, and made the order of the day for Monday, the 18th instant.

Mr. Bright reported from the committee that they had presented to the President of the United States, the 12th instant, the enrolled bill (S. 73) to encourage enlistments in the regular army.

A message from the President of the United States by Mr. Walker, his secretary:

Mr. President: The President of the United States approved and signed, the 12th instant, the bill (S. 73) entitled "An act to encourage enlistments in the regular army."

Ordered, That the Secretary notify the House of Representatives accordingly.

Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of John P. Baldwin, submitted an adverse report: which was or dered to be printed.

Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the memorial of William E. Davis, and Mary Ann his wife, reported a bill (S. 81) for their relief: which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Claims, to whom were referred the documents relating to the claim of Hobson Johns, reported a bill (S. 82) for his relief: which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Homans, submitted an adverse report: which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. Phelps, from the Committee of Claims, to whom was referred the petition of William Saunders and William A. Porter, sureties of William Estis, submitted an adverse report: which was ordered to be printed.

Mr. Jarnagin, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was re