Old Roanoke inlet, improvement of the harbor. (See bill S. 422.) Ohl, John F. (See bill H. R. 566.) Oliphant, Catharine, petition..... Onondaga Indians. (See Seneca Indians) Ontario county, New York, citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage..... Page. 141 215 63 75 222, 230 66 65 (See bill 142 Orange county, Vermont, petition of citizens of, for a mail route from East Co- Oregon, establishment of a line of telegraphs to Oregon and California, memorial extension of the laws relating to Indian affairs over Oregon. railroad to Oregon, petition of citizens of Troy, New York, for a charter geological reconnaissance of the territories of the United States contig- O'Reilly, Henry, memorials. committee discharged... ...... Orphans. (See Widows.) Owen, David Dale, resolution by Mr. Foote to procure additional copies of the Ozark county, Missouri, citizens of, to enter land. (See bill H. R. 406.) P. Pacheco, Antonio, legal representatives of. (See bill H. R. 197.) ..... bill to authorize the Galveston and Red River Railway Company (See bill S. 451.) bill for a road from the Mississippi to the Pacific, with a branch to report of the Secretary of the Navy. 232 65% 79, 86, 82 193 memorial of citizens of Buffalo, for a railroad from the Missouri 126 memorial of Hartwell Carver, for land for a railroad from Lake 141 memorial of Ebenezer Allen and others for a railroad from the Rio 146 railroad from Memphis to the Pacific- memorial of citizens of Arkansas.. 149, 225, 265 205 memorial of William Pelham and others... land to Asa Whitney for a railroad from Lake Michigan to the resolution to provide for topographical surveys and reports of routes memorial of William A. Bradly, relative to a road and mail com- report and bill. (See bill S. 467)... 185 Page. Pacific coast, geological reconnaissance of the territory of the United States con- Page, Wm. Byrd, memorial.. 176 Page, Charles G., memorial.... 231 select committee on 231 report. 273 Paintings in the Library of Congress, communication from W. W. Chester and S. Pamphlets, postage on, resolution of the Legislature of Indiana.. Panama, isthmus of, turnpike across, memorial of John C. Riddle, D. H. Carter, Panama, isthmus of, telegraph across, memorial of Montgomery Gibbs and others documents submitted. bill reported. (See bill S. 352.) resolution by Mr. Baldwin in relation to the contract between 108 146 228 93 51 60 69 letter from Aspinwall and others, with additional documents... Parker, Peter, memorial..... Parkeson, William, documents referred. Parsons, William. (See William Flanigan ) Passengers, carriage of, in merchant vessels. (See bill H. R. 738.) Passengers, number and description of, report of the Secretary of State..... against alien passengers becoming a public charge.. resolution by Mr. Foote..... yeas and nays...... Patent laws, petitions and memorials for an amendment of― Henry O'Rielly, remonstrating against bill H. R. 102.. Stevens & Ellison and others.. citizens of New York.... Derby, Connecticut Pennsylvania. Monroe county, New York. Patent rights, applications for the renewal of. (See bill H. R. 509.) Patents, Commissioner of, reports- applications for paten's for the prevention of steam explosions...... ordered to be bound, and the Commissioner to be furnished with 307 Pawlings, Henry, legal representatives of, petition. Pay department of the army, bill concerning. (See bill S. 258.) purchase of Winder's building for the use of the Government. Executive of Maryland to be informed of the resignation of the Hon. -245, 251 360 Pelham, and others, William, memorial for a railroad to the Pacific...... Page. increase of duties on foreign manufactures.... 112, 112, 121, 126, 164, 232 112 slavery.... 158. 224, 224, 232, 232, 232, 255, 265, 265, 265, 265, 265, 265, amendment of the patent laws. adoption of the ordinance of 1787 in the organization of territorial 266, 291, 306 231 dissolution of the Union... Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, petitions for the Pennsylvania Legislature, resolutions for a permanent settlement of the Indians 199, 265 Penobscot, transfer of Vinal Haven, North Haven, and Islesboro', from the Pe- 168 (See bill H. R. 314.) Penrod, David. (Se bill S. 206 ) Pensacola, right of way and land to Alabama and Florida for a railroad from Pension laws, extension of, resolution by Mr. Davis, of Mississippi.... report Pensions, office of Commissioner of, bill to continue. (See bill S. 373.) rejected pension claims, communicated by the Secretary of War.... Pensions, revolutionary, and other, appropriation bill (See bill H. R. 697.) sions.. invalid. (See bill S. 387.) for disabilities, resolution by Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana.. (See bill S. 416.) evidence in applications for pensions by widows. (See joint resolution navy. appropriation bill. (See bill H. R. 698.) report of the Secretary of the Navy, with a report of the Commissioner Periodicals, publishers of, New York, petition in relation to postage. Boston, petition in relation to postage... postage on, petitions of publishers of periodicals in New York.,. Perriwig hoals, survey and examination of. (See bill S. 441.) Perry county, Illinois, citizens of, petition for land for Illinois Central railroad.. committee discharged.... Perry, Jean F., heirs of, Josiah Bleakley, Nicholas Jarrot, and Robert Morrison. Perry, Reuben, and Thomas P. Ligon. (See bill H. R. 110.) Perry, Samuel (See bill H. R. 704) Peters, Thomas, resolutions relative to the compensation of.. Petty, Elijah. (See bill S. 48.) Petty, Hannah. (See bill S. 48.) 278, 308, 370 Peyton, Balie. (See bill S. 116.) Phelps, Hon. Samuel S., attended.. presented the credentials of the Hon. William Upham 3, 350 194 Phelps, Abel, executors of. (See Winthrop W. Chester and S. E. Guild.) Philadelphia navy yard, petition of George W. West and others for an enlarge- ment of... .... Philadelphia Board of Trade, proceedings of the directors of, relative to the coast (See bill S. 348.) ............. Philadelphia, frigate, captors of. Philadelphia city, citizens of, petition for an increase of duties on foreign manu- factures... Page. 176 233 250 99, 168, 175 164 107 171 191 232 citizens of, memorial relative to the mileage of members of committee discharged ..... citizens of, petition for an ice harbor in the Delaware Point Isabel, Texas, proceedings of a meeting of citizens of, in favor of a port 149 Port Washington, improvement of the harbor of. (See bill S. 467.) Porter, David D., petition.... 107 Porter, David, widow of. (See Evelina Porter.) Porter, Evelina, memorial referred.... 223 Portraits of Presidents in the Library of Congress, communication from W. W. Postage on letters, memorial of citizens of Sterling, Michigan Postage on newspapers, petitions of citizens of Postage on pamphlets, resolution of the Legislature of Indiana. New York.. 93, 99, 107, 112, 114, 121, 221, 227, 291 .... 184 141 146 91, 99 125 146 146 185 102 Postage, reduction of the rates of, petitions of citizens of-Continued. Lincoln county, Maine.... Page. New Orleans.... 204 209 Ontario county, New York......... 215 228 Bowdoinham, Maine......... resolutions of the Legislature of Illinois... Postage, bill to reduce the rates of. (See bill S. 289.) Postal arrangements with Bremen, resolution by Mr. Niles.. report of the Postmaster General... Postmaster General, reports of with report of S. R. Hobbie, Assistant Postmaster General...... Postmaster General, Assistant, report of S R. Hobbie called for by resolution of Postmasters, election of, by the people, petition of citizens of Huntingdon county, Post Office department- report of the Treasurer with accounts of receipts and disburements order to print reconsidered. 264 291 291 141 155 187 84 137 139 187 ordered to be printed 63 65 appropriation bill. (See bill H. R. 754.) yeas and nays. .... 303 Post office, petition of citizens of Edgefield district, South Carolina, for a post 154 Post routes. (See mail routes.) Post routes, bill to repeal a provision of the act of August 14, 1848. (See bill Pottawatomie annuities. petition of the Kickapoo and Pottawatomie Indians, 255 Pre-emption- petition of citizens of Michigan for an extension of the pre-emption laws 63 resolution of the Legislature of Illinois'relative to the pre-emption rights 168 Prentiss, Susanna. (See bill H. R. 614.) Presidents of the United States, portraits of, in the Library of Congress, commu- President of the United States- appointment of a joint committee to inform the President that Con- on the part of the House of Representatives on the part of the Senate report..... notice of the appointment of the Hon. David R. Atchison as President resolution by Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, relative to appointments by appointment of a joint committee to inform the President that Con- on the part of the Senate on the part of the House of Representatives summons from the President for a special session of the Senate |