Statement showing the number of Acres of the Public Lands donated by Congress, the purposes for which donated, dc., in reply to resolution of the House of Representatives of Jan. 30, 1854. Salines. Internal im- Roads. Canals and Kentucky 48,909,535 4,060,704 57,260 422,325 4,669,449 251,355 5,836,873 8,383,151 35,798,253 45,440 279,790, 25,990,157 134,104,392 112 Clerks in the Department at Washington Total number in Treasury Department Stato Department, including diplomatic corps Persons employed in Pension Office Total War Department, exclusive of Army Post Office Department: Clerks at Washington, 10; deputy postmasters, 906; whole number employed in Post Office Department Miscellaneous appointments Whole number employed by General Government Persons employed by the General Government in 1854. Post Office Interior War 8 19 1,653,174 410,210 5,849,170 More than 1-4 and less than 1-3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, May 29, 1854. MR. PERKINS SIR: In reply to your inquiry concerning 37 the state of the business referred to the Committee on Pri vate Land Claims. I have to inform you that the claims re ferred to that committee this session amount to over one 4 hundred. They have been referred at different times during the whole course of the session. Early in the session, while 68 the committees were called for reports, there were but few claims pending before the committee, and we were able to 17 report upon them to the House nearly as fast as they were 17 referred. At a later period of the session, the committees not being called, we have not been able to report. The com mittee have agreed upon many reports, which are ready to be reported whenever there is an opportunity of doing 80. The Committee on Private Land Claims has not been called since the 6th of February last, because the morning hour since that time has been consumed by other business; and I am not able to give an opinion as to when our committee will be again called. Respectfully, 107 916 9 3,806 Judiciary State Whole number of persons employed by General 2:38 JUNIUS HILLYER, Chairman Committee on Private Land Claims. COMMITTEE ROOM COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS, TEE OF CLAIMay 25, 1854. 3,245 32,141 1,783,0.4 3,635 843 1,2.5.336 4.1.5.4 954, 9,060,330 15,115.734 2,25,3.3 1,981 734.9.5 256 15,965 178,383 4,11194 8,413 51,670 11,3042 4.00 1,105,003 10 32,96 139,366 1,645,273 14,131,606 52.114 231,400 3.916.(21 18,227 4,5.3.573. 6,99 5,706 2,467,497 5.671,306 7.-11504 105,520 553 114 1,1697 7,43,150 6,6-1,707 Aggregate. reports, was consumed, for a great part of the first session, by the Committee on Public Lands. The precise time I do not know, but I believe it to have been nearly five months. I think the Committee of Claims were not called for reports after the 1st of March in the first session of the Thirty-Second Congress. This denial of justice to private claimants was occasioned by permitting other committees to put the bills reported by them upon their passage, and particularly the Committee on Public Lands. A larger number of cases have been acted upon by this committee during the present session of this Congress. The number now ready to be reported is eighty-four; but the committee has not been called for reports since February, and probably will not be called for months; certainly not, if other committees are permitted to put bills upon their passage. I am, very respectfully, yours, Hon. JOHN PERKINS, Jr., N. P. EDGERTON, Chairman. WASHINGTON, April 27, 1854. This estimate includes the debates in the Thirty-Second Congress on the homestead, assignability of land warrants. for railroad grants, and on the proposal to grant lands to the indigent insane. It is not too high, because we have not included the speeches made on other subjects of legislation while the House was in Committee of the Whole on some one of the various projects connected with the disposition of the public lands, and which would have been made on other bills in committee. The estimate enclosed is lower than the probable average cost of the debates on the land question in the present Congress, judging from such an examination as I have been enabled to make, so far as the debate has gone. Very respectfully yours, MY DEAR SIR: In compliance with the request contained in your note, I have the honor to reply, that from the most careful examination which could be made, with the efficient aid of Mr. Buck, taking the two sessions of the Thirty-Second Congress as the best guide, the cost of the debates on the question of the public lands, in the Senate and the House of Representatives, as published in the Appendix to Hon. JOHN PERKINS, Jr. JOHN W. FORNEY, Clerk House of Representatives United States. INDEX. Abolition party. Rise and progress of. 5. Abolition platforms, 16. Brown, A. G., of Miss. Opinion of, upon slavery, . Brown, A. V. of Tenn. Resolutions prepared by, submitted to the Nashville Convention, 535. Brown, Simeon. Abolition sentiment of, 20. Speech of, on the admission of Ar- Buchanan, James. On abolition petitions, 8. Adams, Green, of Ky. On power of Congress over Territo- Aiken, William. Vote of, for Speaker, 73. Reply of, to certain interrogatories, 30. Alabama. History of admission of, 31. Laws of, relative to foreign paupers, &c., 251. Alien and Sedition Laws. History of, and votes on, 42. Allen, James C., of Illinois. Proceedings vacating seat of, 44. American Ritual, 47. Bargain and Intrigue. 76. Barney. Mr.. of Md. On gradual extinction of slavery in the Barksdale, William, of Miss. Extract from speech of, 543. On the deposit bill, 129. Berry, Henry, of Va. Bargain and Intrigue letter of, 76. Independent Treasury speech of, 78. Sanford letter of, 79. Hon. II. M. Fuller's charge against, 80. On abolition petitions, 7. Ostend manifesto, 434. On the deposit bill, 130. On naturalization. 320. On distribution, 465. On the political power of the Supreme Court, 561. Nicholson letter of, 422. Extract from speech of, on power of Congress Catron, Associate Justice. On the Dred Scott case, 190. Black, J. S., Attorney-General. Opinion of, on Thompson's of, 100. claim, 578. Bocock, Thomas S., of Va. Extract from speech of, 539. ritories, 547. Bronson, Green C. Letter of, on slavery, 74. Brooks, Preston S. Speech of, at Columbia, S. C., 75. Extract from speech of, in H. R., 538. Brown, A. G., of Miss. On alien suffrage, 34. Clay, Henry. Clayton compromise, 102. Cobb, Howell. On the relations of a government employee Colonial laws ou relative position of slaves and whites, 140 Fuller, Henry M. Allegheny City speech of, 94. Garrison, Wm. Lloyd. Sentiments of on abolition, 19-21 Geary, Gov., of Kansas. Inaugural address of, 407. Laws of, relating to foreign convicts, 252. Gerry, Elbridge. On naturalization, 319. On the dissolution of the Union, 15. Extract from speech of. 368. Gilbert, Ezekiel. On naturalization, 312. ries, 549. Harper, Robert Goodloe. On naturalization, 312. Resolutions of American party of. 273. Independent or Sub-Treasury, 283. Desire to have slavery therein, 285. Inge, S. W., of Alabama. Upon slavery, 508. Iredell, Mr., of N. C. On fugitive slaves, 262. Upon slavery, 508. On a religious test, 485. Jackson, Andrew. Remission of fine imposed upon, 288. Proclamation of against nullification, 288. Veto of Maysville Road bill, 499. Jackson, James, of Georgia. On naturalization, 310. Johnson, W. Cost, Opinion of upon slavery, 508. Reasons for supporting the Dem On the relation of the Democratie Kennett, L. M., of Missouri. Definition of Americanism, 279, Ketchum, Hiram. Upon slavery, 509. Kilgore, David, of Ind. On negroes and foreigners, 24. Letcher, John, of Va. Extract from speech of, 540. History of admission of, 304, On the power of Congress over terri Convention act of Kansas, 408. Connecticut. Law of, relative to foreign convicts and pau- Gardner, Gov. II. J., of Mass. On Abolitionism, 21. Constitution of the United States, 110. Convention system, 117. Conventions. Ilistory of, 115. Corrupt Congressional combinations, 334. Cox. L. M., of Ky. Extract from speech of, 538. Craik. Wnt., of Md. On naturalization, 313. Crawford. M. J., of Ga. On power of Congress over terri- tories, 548. Creole case, 120. Crittenden, Attorney-General. Cuba. Proclamation respecting On the Drayton and Sayres On the fugitive slave law of 1850, 267. an invasion of, 121. Curtis, Associate Justice. On the Dred Scott case, 211. Daniel. Associate Justice. On the Dred Scott case, 168. Davis, W. R., of S. C. On the political power of the Supreme Debate in the House of Representatives on the first Nebraska Debates upon Nebraska and Kansas bill, 371. Decision of court in Prussia in regard to a slave, 447. Declaration of Independence, 124. Defance of American party, by a writer signed "Madison," 307. Delaware. Laws of, relative to foreign convicts, &c., 252, Deposite bill, 128. Dexter, Samuel, Jr. On naturalization, 311. Distribution of proceeds of public lands, 133. Distribution of public lands. Congressional history of, 473. Douglas, Stephen A. Letter of, on tonnage duties, 580. Chicago resolutions of, 133. Report of, and Kansas bill, 368. Dowdell, James F., of Ala. Extract from speech of, 539. Dred Scott case. Opinions of Supreme Court on, 135. Dunn, Geo. Grundy, of Ind. Celebrated amendment of, 243. Duval, W. O. On abolitionism, 20. Election of Gen. Whitfield as delegate from Kansas, 383. Elliott, Thos. D., of Mass. Proposition of, to repeal Fugitive Keitt, L. M., of S. C. Extract from speech of. 541. Emancipation party of St. Louis, Missouri. Resolutions of, Slave Law, 244. Emigrant Aid Society. Origin of, 245. slave trade, 524. Remarks of, upon, 530. Eustis, Geo. Jr., of Louisiana, on Americanism in his state, Leigh, Mr., of Va. Upon slavery, 509. Expunging Resolution, 246. Faulkner, C. J., of Virginia, Address of, against Distribution of Public Lands, 457. Speech explanatory of vote on Erie Letter of, 246. Featherston. W. S., of Miss. Opinion of upon slavery, 508. Madison, James. Upon slavery, 509. Letter of, to Hon. John Gayle, 247. Speech of, at Albany, 247. Florida. History of admission of, 248. Foreigners. Arrival of in the United States, 250. Foreign criminals and paupers. Extract from Report of 250. State laws relating there- Foss, Rev. Andrew T. Abolition sentiments of, 20. Fugitive slave law of 1850, 265. Fuller, Henry M. Answer of, to certain interrogatories, 269. tories, 549. On a religious test, 485. Madison letters. Defence of the American party, 307. History of admission of, 334. Mann, Horace. Abolition sentiments of, 25. territories, 553. Maryland. Laws of, relating to foreign paupers, 262. Mason, J. Y. Ostend manifesto, 435, Mason, James M. On naturalization, 319. Mason, Geo., of Va. On alien suffrage. 34. On the doctrines of the Kansas bill, 550. Massachusetts. Laws of, relating to foreign paupers, 252. Maysville Road bill. Gen. Jackson's veto of, 499. |