OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

MADE

DURING THE SECOND SESSION

OF

THE THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS,

1854-255.

COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

WASHINGTON:

A. O. P. NICHOLSON, PRINTER.

1855.

INDEX

ΤΟ

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION.

COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

A.

Reports made by—

Mr. James C. Allen, on the case of the heirs of Philip R. Rice..

Mr. Ashe, on the case of Andrew Armstrong.

on the case of G. H. Penfield..

Subjects of reports.

Abert, Colonel J J., letter relative to the increase and organization of the ariny

Accardi, Salvador..

Alden, Hiram O., and James Eddy.

Allen, Isaac....

Amazon river, free navigation of..

Apprentices in the merchant marine.

Appropriations for the army....

for Indian service....

for the Military Academy

for the Post Office Department.

139

for sites for court-houses and post offices in Boston, New York,

and Philadelphia....

B.

Reports made by—

Mr. Bocock, on the case of the legal representatives of William A. Christian..
on the case of Harrison Hough.

on the case of Sarah Morris, heir of Robert Mitchell..
on the case of Rebecca Winn, widow of Timothy

Mr. Boyce, on the case of Cassius M. Clay...

Subjects of reports.

No. Page.

12

108

13

49

150

Boston, Massachusetts, appropriation for site for court-house and post office in.

Bowes, John R..

Brown, William

Bullock, Williata

Bush, George..

Butler, Anne W., widow of Captain James R..

C.

91

146

140

129

51

125

142

68

71

133

137

20

141

143

57

15

64

54

121

Reports made by-

Mr. Caskie, on the case of the legal representatives of Joseph Nourse, de-
ceased...

Mr. Chandler, on the case of Francis Dainese..

on the case of investing the Smithsonian fund in State stocks..
Mr. Corwin, on the case of the administrator of Charles Fierer...

on the case of the heirs of Thomas Park.............

on the case of the legal representatives of David Noble, deceased

Caffey, Medford....

Subjects of reports.

California Land Commission, to continue..

Choate, Rufus, letter resigning the office of Regent of the Smithsonian Institu-

Cooper, General Samuel, letter relative to the organization and increase of the

army...

Court-houses and post offices in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, appropri-
ations for the purchase of sites for.....

Coxe, Richard S, trustee of the Union Land Company..

Craig. Colonel H. K., letter relative to the increase and organization of the

army.

Craig, William....

Crough, Isabella, mother of Lieutenant Michael P. Doyle...............

D.

Report made by-

Mr. Dawson (should be Mr. Drum) on the case of William Craig.

102

Mr. Eastman, on the Indian depredations in Texas..

Mr. Eddy, on the case of the heirs of Thomas Morris..

on the case of the heirs of Captain Frederick Schonmaker..

on the case of the legal representatives of Clement Sewall..

Mr. Edgerton, on the case of William Hagerty..

Mr. Edmands, on the case of Jesse French..

on the case of Phineas M. Kent..

on the case of Mary P. B. Levely..

Mr. Edmundson, on the case of Joseph C. G. Kennedy.

on the case of Elizabeth Bankstone..

Mr. John M. Elliott, on the case of the legal representatives of Gustavus B.
Horner....

Mr. Etheridge, on the case of John Dugan..

on the case of James Hughes....
on the case of George W. McCerren..

Mr. Farley, on the subterranean telegraph to the Pacific ocean.

Mr. Faulkner, on the increase and better organization of the army..

on the sale of the site of the arsenal at Fayetteville, N. C..

on the case of Anne W. Butler

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40

53

121