PRINTED BY ORDER OF

THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

DURING THE

SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS,

BEGUN AND HELD

AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON,

DECEMBER 2, 1850.

IN THE SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOLUME II.

CONTAINING NO. 2 TO NO. 7.

WASHINGTON:

PRINTED AT THE UNION OFFICE.

1851.

INDEX

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EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS

PRINTED

BY ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

DURING THE

SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS-1850-'51.

Academy at West Point. Report of the Chief Engineer and Board of Visiters of the United States, in relation to the condition and opera-1 tions of the Military.

1 valerem duties. Views of the President of the United States in relation to frands practised under the system of.

African slave-trade. Correspondence between the Secretary of State and Mr. Tod, the American minister at Brazil, and others, in relation to the......

....

Agricultural bureau. The President of the United States recommends the establishment of an ....

Albion, in Oregon, for a violation of the revenue laws Correspondence in relation to the seizure of the British ship

Asistad, for compensation on account of the liberation of the negroes on board that vessel. Correspondence in relation to the claim of the owners of the.....

Appraisers at different ports. Statement of advances and inequalities of appraisals by

Appropriations for the naval service, viz: balances on hand July 1, 1849, and June 30, 1850; appropriations for the fiscal year 1849-50, and amounts drawn from the treasury during said fiscal year. Statement of

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Armories at Springfield and Harper's Ferry in the year ending June 30, 1
1850. Report of the operations of the...
Armories, and of the arms and appendages made thereat, during the year
ending June 30, 1850 Statement of the expenses of the national... 3
Army. Annual report of the general-in chief, with tabular statements show-
ing the organization, general returns, position, and distribution of
troops in the Western and Pacific divisions, and the number of re-
cruits enlisted in the.......

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474

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Army in the four western military departments of Oregon, California, New
Mexico, and Texas, as compared with the other seven departments.
Statement of expenses of the...
Army, and of making provision for the exercise of civil functions by off-
cers of the army. Report of a board of officers on the expediency of
providing additional grades of commissioned officers of the...
Army for the year 1830. List of contracts on account of the medical and
hospital de, ariment of the

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Army during the year 1850. Statement of all contracts made in the sub-
sistence department of the.

Army during the year 1850. Statements of contracas made in the Ordnance
and Engineer departments of the.

Army in the four military departments of Oregon, California, New Mexico,
and Texas, as conipared with the expenses of the other seven depart-
ments. Statement of the expenses of the...
Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1850 Report of the operations of
the Quartermaster General's department of the
Army for the year ending June 30, 1850 Report of the operations of the
Quartermaster General's department of the
Army for the year ending June 30, 1850.
Commissary General's department of the..
Army for the year ending Jane 30, 1850.

Report of the operations in the

Report of the operations of the

Report of the operations of the

Paymaster General's department of the....
Army for the year ending June 30, 1850. Report of the operations of the
Surgeon General's department of the....
Aimy for the year ending June 30 1850.
Chief Engineer's department of the....
Army for the year ending June 30, 1850. Report of the operations of the
Topographical Engineer's department relating to the
Army for the year ending June 30, 1:50. Report of the operations of the
Ordnance department of the

Arsenals. Report of the operations, &c., of the Watervliet, Alleghany,
Washington, Fort Monroe, St. Louis, Watertown, and North Caro-1
lina....

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Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Views, &c., of the President of the United
States in relation to the ship-canal between the.............

Auditor of the Treasury Department, for the year ending June 30, 1850.

Statement of expenditures of the navy under head of "contingent
expenses," as settled by the Fourth

Auditor for the year 1850, with a statement of the number of accounts pre-
sented within the last three years ending September 30, 1850, which
remain unsettled, &c.; also of the number of disbursing officers and
agents in each bureau of the War Department. Annual report of
the Third....

Austrian chargé d'affaires, respecting the agent sent to Hungary during the
recent struggle for independence. Correspondence between the State
Department and Mr. Hulseman, the........

B.

Bache, superintendent of weights and measures, communicating a report of
the computation of tables to be used with the hydrometers recently
adopted for use by the revenue officers of the United States. Letter
from Professor

Beacon-lights. (See Light-houses, also Black Rock.)

....

Black Rock ledge, Long Island Sound. Correspondence in relation to the
beacon-light destroyed by the storm at...

Brazil. Information and views of the President in relation to the commis-
sioner appointed to carry into effect the convention with the govern-
ment of...

Breadstuffs. (See Exports.)

British Hudson's Bay Company. (See Oregon.)

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