...336 appointment of, for Washington Territory, 339 .337 of Iowa, regulation of terms of.. Massachusetts. Frauds on the Treasury, act for prevention of, 337 penalty for bribery....... ...... Sioux of Mississippi... Six Nations of New York..... Stockbridges... Texas Indians.. Winnebagoes.. Wyandots.... .359 Inspectors of Steamboats, may grant further time Gaines, John P., payment to.......... ...364 no person interested in any patent for articles Globe, Congressional, and Appendix, appropria, Iowa, regulation of terms of District Court in, 338 tion for... .352 Internal Improvements-see Harbors. ....341, 343 Ashtabula Harbor...... .342 Jackson, Andrew, appropriation for statue of, 342, 351 .342 Genesee River.. .342 Judiciary, appropriation for the... .346 Milwaukie Harbor. .342 Jurors, pay of.. .337 in California and Oregon, extra pay to........... .337 bail and arrest in civil cases for debt in....332 .342 Eel Rivers Indians, appropriation for the....357 of....... Embezzlement, taking a receipt (for money ap- Kanzas Indians, appropriations for the......357 Independent Treasury, compensation of deposit- Land Offices, provisions respecting when they are propriated) for a greater sum than is paid .359 Lane, Thomas W., payment to.... ...342 ing.... .363 to be defaced when deposited.. .363 military reservations for Indians, in California, Lee County, (Iowa,) claim of, to be audited and ..359 paid penalty for using or attempting to use twice, 363 negotiations with tribes west of Missouri and Lee, Richard B., payment of.. ....346 Letters uncalled for in California, advertisment payment of appropriations, how made.....359 of..... ..345 appropriations for, and provisions respecting deficiency appropriation for.. ..341 the- Exploring Expedition, appropriation for publish- ing works of.. ..344 F. of Saganaw... .356 Menomonies, &c.. ........ .356 ...... .354 Alabama..... Connecticut.. Delaware. Fees, act of 1853, ch. 80, regulating.........335 and Ottowas &c.. .357 Florida ... .354 ..355 .355 .341 .354 ..355 236 of Andrew Jackson, appropriation for, 342, 351 of public printing, to receive and keep samples ............ of lands in California.... ..360 of railroad route to the Pacific.. T. Taliaferro, John, payment to. act concerning pay of officers absent from a, Sac and Fox Indians, appropriation for the..235, lector at.... of census board, pay of.. 365 Secretary, of California land claim commission, of State, pay of, increased.. assistant to, to be appointed.. ...... of the Interior, pay of, increased. the. ... Seneca Indians, appropriations for the... .359 poses. .... .344 Williams, William, payment to... ...357 provision respecting persons coming from abroad as..... .337 PRIVATE. .... .341 .341 ..359 V. Vice President, salary of, increased..........350 Brazil Packet, The, register to issue to the, under ............ ...369 payment to Captain McRae's company of vol- Walker, Courtney M., payment to..........359 Click, Henry, increase of pension of... MacKay, Sarah D., pension of.......... ......368 Cross, Osborn, settlement of accounts of......366 Leadbetter, D., payment to..... D. 373 Fanny, The, register to issue to, under the name .370 .372 .372 Roger Williams, The, name of, changed to El Par .372 S. Gardiner, Frances P., pension of... .367 Noel, Thomas, settlement of accounts of.....367 Glynn, James, settlement of accounts of .... .373 .371 0. granted to.... .373 Shade, Jacob, Jr., pension of... 368 Oglethorpe Barracks, site of, surrendered to Sa- .370 .368 vannah.. ....373 Ontario, The, name of, changed to Carrier Pig- payment to.... .309 pay of..... .363 Ozias, John, payment to.. ......372 Smith, J. L., payment to....... .370 payment to.. .370 P. Smith, Philo, payment to... .306 Herring, Gardiner, pension of... .371 Southern Michigan Railroad, payment to....373 ..... ..371 Sowards, Rosanna, pension of.. .362 Pensions of ...371 Spaulding, Harlow, payment to.... .371 Hutchinson, Thompson, to be paid arrears of Armistead, Elizabeth.. .366 Speiden, William, allowance to...... .366 Baden, Frances E.. .370 Stafford, Abigail, payment to..... .367 Baury, Mary.. ..317 Bedient, William. St. Louis, &c., Railroad, right of way granted Storer, Jacob J., payment to.. Suarez, Captain, payment to company of, for ser- .369 .366 Swayze, C. L., location of Choctaw scrip by, ap- ty .367 ......370 vices in Florida..... .367 ......367 Sullivan, John T., payment to.. Carr, John.... .....367 K. proved.... Cobb, Ursula E.. .371 Kate Wheeler, register to issue to.. .365 Sykes, John J., payment to.... .368 .306 .371 Dade, A. M... T. .369 L. Darling, Nathan H. Dudley, Thomas P.. .366 Lacon, William, claim of, to be audited and paid, Elliott, Asenath M. .368 371 Gardener, Frances P. .367 Lands, Public, acts respecting, in favor of— Gibson, Robert... .372 Taylor, Maria, title of, confirmed...... Thompson, Mary W., pension of.. ..372 ..369 .371 Alcott, S. S... . .. ...366 Herring, Gardner.. Allegheny Valley Railroad. ..371 ..369 Belleview. ..368 Visitation, Sisters of the, incorporated.......370 .....368 Johnson, Joseph.. W. .370 Chelsea.. .....370 Lands, Public, act respecting, in favor of— Kerbaugh, John. .368 Cleveland, &c., Railroad.. .360 Lomax, E. V... Dubuque.... ..369 Georgetown, &c., Railroad.. Mackay, Sarah D. ..368 McNeil, Elizabeth. .368 Maltby, Jasper A.... ..371 McFarland, William.. ..367 Monroe, Elizabeth.. .372 McKee, Colonel W. R.. ..367 Waln, S. Morris, duties to be refunded to....371 .367 Price, William G... ..372 Wigg, William Hazzard, settlement of claims Quinney, John W... .372 ...367 Sackett's Harbor, &c., Railroad. .365, 366 Wilcoxon, Joseph M., land entries of, confirm- Shade, Jacob, Jr.. ..370 ed St. Louis, &c., Railroad. .368 Williams, John, pension of. Swayze, C. L..... .369 .368 Smith, Gilman.. Taylor, Maria. ..372 Wells, Edmund... .372 Wells, Sally. Woodward, Mary, pension of.. Wingate, Jeremiah, land title of, confirmed...368 .367 .372 .372 Williams, John.. .369 Wells, William H.. Worth, Margaret L., pension of. .366 .372 Woodward, Mary. .372 Wilcoxon, Joseph M.. .368 Worth, Margaret L.. Y. ..366 Wingate, Maria.... .368 Young, Jacob.. APPENDIX TO THE CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE. 32D CONG.....2D SESS. This is the first number of the Appendix to the Congressional Globe for the second session of the Thirty Second Congress. It will contain all the Messages of the President of the United States, the Reports of the Executive Departments, and all the peeches of Members of Congress withheld by them for revision. All the Laws that may be passed during the session will be published in the same form, so that they may be bound up with the Congressional Globe and Appendix. Subscription price of the Congressional Globe and Appendix and the Laws for this session, (payable in advance,), $3.00. A sufficient number of copies will be printed to supply all who may subscribe before the 15th of January. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives: The brief space which has elapsed since the close of your last session has been marked by no extraordinary political event. The quadrennial election of Chief Magistrate has passed off with less than the usual excitement. However individuals and parties may have been disappointed in the result, it is nevertheless a subject of national congratulation that the choice has been effected by the independent suffrages of a free people, undisturbed by those influences which in other countries have too often affected the purity of popular elections. Our grateful thanks are due to an All-merciful Providence, not only for staying the pestilence which in different forms has desolated some of our cities, but for crowning the labors of the husbandman with an abundant harvest, and the nation generally with the blessings of peace and prosperity. Within a few weeks the public mind has been deeply affected by the death of Daniel Webster, filling at his decease the office of Secretary of State. His associates in the Executive Government have sincerely sympathized with his family and the public generally on this mournful occasion. His commanding talents, his great political and professional eminence, his well-tried patriotism, and his long and faithful services, in the most important public trusts, have caused his death to be lamented throughout the country, and have earned for him a lasting place in our history. In the course of the last summer considerable anxiety was caused for a short time by an official intimation from the Government of Great Britain that orders had been given for the protection of the fisheries upon the coasts of the British Provinces in North America against the alleged encroachments of the fishing vessels of the United States and France. The shortness of this notice and the season of the year seemed to make it a matter of urgent importance. It was at first apprehended that an increased naval force had been ordered to the fishing grounds to carry into effect the British interpretation of those provisions in the convention of 1818, in reference to the true intent of which the two Governments differ. It was soon discovered that such was not the design of Great Britain, and satisfactory explanations of the real objects of the measure have been given both here and in London. The unadjusted difference, however, between the two Governments as to the interpretation of the first article of the convention of 1818 is still a matter of importance. American fishing vessels 1 Message of the President. within nine or ten years have been excluded from wate to which they had free access for twentyfive years after the negotiation of the treaty. In 1845 this exclusion was relaxed so far as concerns the Bay of Fundy, but the just and liberal intention of the Home Government, in compliance with what we think the true construction of the convention, to open all the other outer bays to our fishermen, was abandoned, in consequence of the opposition of the colonies. Notwithstanding this, the United States have, since the Bay of Fundy was reopened to our fishermen, in 1845, pursued the most liberal course toward the colonial fishing interests. By the revenue law of 1846, the duties on colonial fish entering our ports were very greatly reduced, and by the warehousing act it is allowed to be entered in bond without payment of duty. In this way colonial fish has acquired the monopoly of the export trade in our market, and is entering to some extent into the home consumption. These facts were among those which increased the sensibility of our fishing interest, at the movement in question. These circumstances, and the incidents above alluded to, have led me to think the moment favorable for a reconsideration of the entire subject of the fisheries, on the coasts of the British Provinces, with a view to place them upon a more liberal footing of reciprocal privilege. A willingness to meet us in some arrangement of this kind is understood to exist on the part of Great Britain, with a desire on her part to include in one comprehensive settlement, as well this subject as the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British Provinces. I have thought that whatever arrangements may be made on these two subjects, it is expedient that they should be embraced in separate conventions. The illness and death of the late Secretary of State prevented the commencement of the contemplated negotiation. Pains have been taken to collect the information required for the details of such an arrangement. The subject is attended with considerable difficulty. If it is found practicable to come to an agreement mutually acceptable to the two parties, conventions may be concluded in the course of the present winter. The control of Congress over all the provisions of such an arrangement, affecting the revenue, will of course be reserved. The affairs of Cuba formed a prominent topic in my last annual message. They remain in an uneasy condition, and a feeling of alarm and irritation on the part of the Cuban authorities appears to exist. This feeling has interfered with the regular commercial intercourse between the United States and the Island, and led to some acts of which we have a right to complain. But the Captain General of Cuba is clothed with no power to treat with foreign Governments, nor is he in any degree under the control of the Spanish Minister at Washington. Any communication which he may hold with an agent of a foreign Power is informal and matter of courtesy. Anxious to put an end to the existing inconveniences, (which seemed to rest on a misconception,) I directed the newly-appointed Minister to Mexico to visit Havana, on his way to Vera Cruz. He was respectfully received by the Captain General, who conferred with him freely on the recent occurrences; but no permanent arrangement was effected. In the mean time, the refusal of the Captain General to allow passengers and the mail to be landed in certain cases, for a reason which does not fur|nish, in the opinion of this Government even a good NEW SERIES.......No. 1. presumptive ground for such prohibition, has been made the subject of a serious remonstrance at Madrid; and I have no reason to doubt that due respect. will be paid by the Government of her Catholic Majesty to the representations which our Minister has been instructed to make on the subject. It is but justice to the Captain General to add, that his conduct toward the steamers employed to carry the mails of the United States to Havana has, with the exceptions above alluded to, been marked with kindness and liberality, and indicates no general purpose of interfering with the commercial correspondence and intercourse between the Island and this country. Early in the present year official notes were received from the Ministers of France and England, inviting the Government of the United States to become a party with Great Britain and France to a tripartite convention, in virtue of which the three Powers should severally and collectively disclaim, now and for the future, all intention to obtain possession of the Island of Cuba, and should bind themselves to discountenance all attempts to that effect on the part of any Power or individual whatever. This invitation has been respectfully declined, for reasons which it would occupy too much space in this communication to state in detail, but which led me to think that the proposed measure would be of doubtful constitutionality, impolitic, and unavailing. I have, however, in common with several of my predecessors, directed the Ministers of France and England to be assured that the United States entertain no designs against Cuba; but that, on the contrary, I should regard its incorporation into the Union at the present time as fraught with serious peril. Were this Island comparatively destitute of inhabitants, or occupied by a kindred race, I should regard it, if voluntarily ceded by Spain, as a most desirable acquisition. But, under existing circumstances, I should look upon its incorporation into our Union as a very hazardous measure. It would bring into the Confederacy a population of a different national stock, speaking a different language, and not likely to harmonize with the other members. It would probably affect, in a prejudicial manner, the industrial interests of the South; and it might revive those conflicts of opinion between the different sections of the country, which lately shook the Union to its center, and which have been so happily compromised. The rejection by the Mexican Congress of the convention which had been concluded between that Republic and the United States, for the protection of a transit way across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and of the interests of those citizens of the United States who had become proprietors of the rights which Mexico had conferred on one of her own citizens in regard to that transit, has thrown a serious obstacle in the way of the attainment of a very desirable national object. I am still willing to hope that the differences on the subject which exist, or may hereafter arise, between the Governments, will be amicably adjusted. This subject, however, has already engaged the attention of the Senate of the United States, and requires no further comment in this communication. The settlement of the question respecting the port of San Juan de Nicaragua, and of the controversy between the Republics of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, in regard to their boundaries, was considered indispensable to the commencement of the ship-canal between the two oceans, which was the subject of the convention between the United |