Asher Robbins

TO RECOMMEND THAT THE PRESIDENT MAKE PROCLAMATION OF THE TREATY OF JUNE 11, 1838 WITH THE NEW YORK INDIANS, WHEN HE SHALL BE SATISFIED OF THE ASSENT OF THE SENECA INDIANS, AND THAT HE THEN CARRY SAID TREATY INTO EFFECT.

TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 892, WHICH APPROPRIATES $80,000 FOR BARRACKS, QUARTERS, STORE HOUSES, HOSPITALS AND STABLES, AS WELL AS FOR THE DEFENSE OF THESE POSTS.

TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 98 (APP. MAR. 3, 1939, 5 STAT L 339), A BILL MAKING CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL 1839, WHICH ELIMINATES THE APPROPRIATIONS OF $5,602 TO CLARKE AND FORCE FOR PRINTING THE DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE U.S.

TO AMEND H.R. 1179 (APP. MAR. 3, 1839, 5 STAT L. 355), A BILL GIVING THE PRESIDENT ADDITIONAL POWERS FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE U.S. AGAINST INVASION, BY WITHDRAWING THE PROVISION PERMITTING THE RESIDENT TO RAISE 50,000 VOLUNTEERS.

TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 892, WHICH APPROPRIATES $740,000 FOR FORTIFICATIONS AND MILITARY DEFENSES ON THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST.

TO ORDER THIRD READING OF H.R. 1176 (APP. MAR. 3, 1839, 5 STAT L. 355), A BILL GIVING THE PRESIDENT ADDITIONAL POWERS FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE U.S. AGAINST INVASION.

TO ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN THE U.S. AND SARDINIA, CONCLUDED ON NOV. 26, 1838.

TO PASS RESOLUTION, ASKING PRESIDENT TO TAKE SUCH ACTION HE MAY DEEM PROPER ON POSTMASTER-GENERALS' DISRESPECT TO THE SENATE.

TO PASS RESOLUTION, CENSURING POSTMASTER-GENERAL, FOR SAYING, IN A LETTER TO THE SENATE, THAT HE HAD NOT SENT AN ANSWER TO THEIR RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT WAS NOT READY.

TO AMEND H.R. 897 BY APPROPRIATING $140,000 FOR IMPROVEMENTS OF CERTAIN OLD FORTIFICATIONS AND FOR COMPLETING NEW WORKS.

TO ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY MADE ON OCT. 19, 1838, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE KORWAY TRIBE OF INDIANS.

TO NOT ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE NOMINATIONS OF ISAAC MC KIEVER AND JOHN P. JANTZINGER AS CAPTAINS IN THE U.S. NAVY.

TO AMEND H.R. 897 BY APPROPRIATING $200,000 FOR ERECTING MILITARY WORKS AT VARIOUS SITES.

TO AMEND H.R. 897 BY APPROPRIATING $200,000 FOR ERECTING MILITARY WORKS AT VARIOUS SITES.

TO ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY MADE ON JAN. 11, 1839, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND GREAT AND LITTLE OSAGE INDIANS.

TO ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY TO CERTAIN TREATIES BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE SAGINAW INDIANS, CONCLUDED ON FEB. 7, 1839.

TO AMEND H.R. 897, BY APPROPRIATING $272,000 FOR SERVICES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA DURING WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

TO ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY MADE AND CONCLUDED ON NOV. 23, 1838, BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CREEK NATION TO ADJUST THE CLAIMS OF THE CREEKS FOR PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS ABANDONED OR LOST IN CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR IMMIGRATION WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

TO AMEND H.R. 897 BY APPROPRIATING $272,716.14 FOR PAYMENT OF SERVICES OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA DURING THE WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

TO CONSENT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY ARTICLES TO A CERTAIN TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE CHIPPEWA CHIEFS OF SAGINAW, CONCLUDED ON FEB. 7, 1839.

TO TABLE THE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE POSTMASTER GENERAL TO INFORM THE SENATE WHY HE HAS NOT COMMUNICATED THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED FEB. 12, 1839, REQUESTING INFORMATION REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF DEPUTY POSTMASTERS SINCE MAR. 4, 1837.

TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE POSTMASTER GENERAL TO INFORM THE SENATE WHY HE HAS NOT COMMUNICATED THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF DEPUTY POSTMASTERS SINCE MAR. 4, 1837.

TO AMEND S. 131, A BILL PREVENTING THE INTERFERENCE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL OFFICERS IN ELECTIONS, BY WITHDRAWING PENALTY OF $500 AND INCAPACITY TO HOLD GOVERNMENT OFFICE, AND INSERTING A CLAUSE PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL OF OFFENDER FROM OFFICE.

TO AMEND S. 131, BY MAKING PROVISIONS AND PENALTIES APPLICABLE ONLY TO OFFICE HOLDERS NAMED WHEN THEY SHALL SUBSCRIBE MONEYS TO CARRY ON ELECTIONS.

TO PASS S. 9, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO HEAR AND EXAMINE CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.

TO TABLE S. 292, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE DEPOSITION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE BEQUEST OF JAMES SMITHSON, ESTABLISHING AN INSTITUTION FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE.

TO TABLE A MOTION TO PROCEED TO ELECT AN ASSISTANT DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE.

TO PASS S. 23, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF EMIGRANTS AND INDIANS WEST OF THE STATES OF MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS.

TO PASS S. 231, A BILL RELATING TO CLAIMS OF THE HEIRS OF JOHN J. BULOW.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND A THIRD READING OF H.R. 1146 (APP. MAR. 3, 1829, 5 STAT L. 364), A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW JAIL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TO AMEND BY SUBSTITUTION H.R. 1146 (APP. MAR. 3, 1839, 5 STAT L. 364), A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF A NEW JAIL IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, D.C. THE SUBSTITUTE PROVIDES THAT THE "COUNTY OF WASHINGTON" AND THE U.S. TREASURY SHALL SHARE THE COST OF THE JAIL.

TO PASS S. 258.

TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, S. 258, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO AMEND BY PROVIDING THAT COLLECTORS DEPOSIT GOVERNMENT REVENUES AND SECURITIES IN BANKS TO THE CREDIT OF THE U.S. TREASURER AND NOT TO THE PRIVATE CREDIT OF THE OFFICERS DEPOSITING THE SAME.

TO TABLE S. 82, A BILL RELATING TO THE CLAIMS OF LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF OWNERS OF THE SHIP "ALLEGHANY."

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT OF S. 267, A BILL RELATING TO THE CLAIMS OF MIRA ALEXANDER FOR COMPENSATION ON ACCOUNT OF REVOLUTIONARY SERVICE.

TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION INDEFINITELY OF S. 234, A BILL INCORPORATING THE WASHINGTON SILK COMPANY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY S. 160, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE ARMED OCCUPATION OF THAT PART OF THE FLORIDA TERRITORY, OVERRUN BY HOSTILE INDIANS.

TO TABLE A MOTION TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY TO INQUIRE INTO CERTAIN MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY IN THE STATES.

TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, CONSIDERATION OF S. 160, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE ARMED OCCUPATION OF THAT PART OF THE FLORIDA TERRITORY OVERRUN BY HOSTILE INDIANS.

TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE TO PASS S. 231, A BILL RELATING TO THE CLAIMS OF THE HEIRS OF JOHN BULOW.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. 11, A BILL FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE CLAIM OF JOHN MC CLOUD.

TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF S. 231, A BILL RELATING TO THE CLAIM OF THE HEIRS OF JOHN J. BULOW, TO THE FIRST MONDAY OF DECEMBER NEXT.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. 10, A BILL ALLOWING A DRAWBACK OF DUTIES ON IMPORTED HEMP WHEN MANUFACTURED INTO CORDAGE AND EXPORTED.

TO CONSENT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONVENTION FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF CLAIMS OF CITIZENS OF THE U.S. UPON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC, CONCLUDED SEPT. 10, 1838.

TO PASS S. 224, A BILL AUTHORIZING AN EXTENSION FOR PAYMENT OF DUTIES ON RAILROAD IRON IMPORTED BY THE ALABAMA, FLORIDA, AND GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY.

TO ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE NETHERLANDS, CONCLUDED ON JAN. 19, 1839.

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO INQUIRE WHAT WOULD BE THE DEFICIENCY IN THE U.S. TREASURY IF THE BILL DISTRIBUTING THE PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF PUBLIC LAND HAD BECOME LAW.

TO PASS THE MOTION INQUIRING WHAT WOULD BE THE DEFICIENCY IN THE U.S. TREASURY, HAD THE BILL FOR DISTRIBUTING THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF PUBLIC LANDS BECOME LAW.

TO CONSIDER S. 26, A BILL REPEALING THE DUTY ON SALT, FISHING BOUNTIES AND ALLOWANCES DEPENDENT THEREON.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. 81 (APP. MARCH 3, 1839, 6 STAT 760), A BILL TO PAY THE CLAIM OF PETER BARGY JR.

TO PASS S. 2.

TO ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE MIAMI INDIANS, CONCLUDED ON NOV. 6, 1838.

TO AMEND S. 4, A BILL RELATING TO THE CLAIM OF PIERRE MENARD AND OTHERS, BY ELIMINATING ALL PROVISIONS FOR THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST.

TO AMEND S. 2 BY WITHHOLDING PUNISHMENT FROM DUELLERS, WHO ALTHOUGH PLANNING TO DUEL WITHIN THE SAID DISTRICT, PERPETRATE THE ACT ELSEWHERE. S. 2 IS A BILL PROHIBITING DUELLING IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TO POSTPONE TO THE NEXT SESSION, S. 185, A BILL RELATING TO CLAIMS OF GAD HUMPHREYS.

TO PASS S. 53.

TO TABLE S. 185, A BILL RELATING TO THE CLAIMS OF GAD HUMPHREYS, FOR DEPREDATIONS COMMITTED DURING THE LATE WAR WITH THE SEMINOLE INDIANS.

TO AMEND S. 53 BY ELIMINATING ITS PROVISION FOR REPAYMENT OF THE APPROPRIATIONS OUT OF THE TWO PER CENT RESERVED FOR MAKING ROADS, BECAUSE THIS FUND IS EXHAUSTED.

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE STRIKING OUT THE ENACTING CLAUSE OF S. 53.

TO AMEND S. 53 BY REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION BY $150,000, THUS REDUCING EACH STATE'S ALLOTMENT BY $50,000. S. 53 IS A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE CUMBERLAND ROAD IN OHIO, IND. AND ILL.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. 53.

TO AMEND S. 53, BY STRIKING OUT THE ENACTING CLAUSE.

TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE S. 53.

TO PASS S. 1.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. 1.

TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON S. 1.

TO AMEND S. 1 BY CEDING TO ANY NEW STATE 2,000,000 ACRES REMAINING AFTER SALE, TO BE DISPOSED OF IN ANY MANNER AS STATE AUTHORITIES MAY DIRECT.

TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON S. 1.

TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON S. 1.

TO AMEND S. 78 (APP. JULY 20, 1839, 5 STAT L. 319), A BILL AMENDING AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CRIMINAL COURT IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BY WITHDRAWING SECTION 11 WHICH INCREASES THE SALARY OF JUDGE FROM $2,000 TO $2,700.

TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF S. 1 INDEFINITELY.

TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENT MADE IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, TO S. 1, GIVING THE RIGHT OF ENTRY AT A REDUCED PRICE TO ACTUAL SETTLERS OR THOSE WHO RESIDE UPON, OWN OR CULTIVATE ADJOINING LAND, ALL APPLICATIONS TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

TO RESCIND THE RESOLUTION, ADOPTED ON DEC. 21, 1838, THAT THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS BE DISCHARGED FROM CONSIDERING THE PETITION OF THE EXECUTORS OF JOHN J. BULOW JR., AND OTHERS FOR DEPREDATIONS COMMITTED DURING THE LATE WAR WITH THE SEMINOLE INDIANS, AND THAT PETITIONS BE POSTPONED UNTIL SOME GENERAL MEASURE IS ADOPTED BY CONGRESS FOR THE FINAL ADJUSTMENT OF SUCH CLAIMS.

TO ADJOURN, MADE DURING DEBATE ON S. 1.

TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENT TO S. 1, WHICH PERMITS ENTRY BY ACTUAL SETTLERS OF LANDS ON THE MARKET FOR 15 YEARS AT 50 CENTS AN ACRE.

TO AMEND S. 1 BY PERMITTING ACTUAL SETTLERS TO ENTER LANDS ON MARKET 15 YEARS AT FIFTY CENTS AN ACRE, AND LIMITING QUANTITY TO 80 ACRES EACH.

TO AMEND S. 1 BY LIMITING THE REDUCTIONS IN THE PRICE FOR LANDS ONLY TO LANDS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE MARKET 15 YEARS AND TO QUANTITIES OF 80, 160 AND 320 ACRES, AND BY DISTRIBUTING PROCEEDS OF SALE AMONG THE STATES.

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO PRINT THE RESOLUTION OF LEGISLATURE OF VERMONT CONCERNING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.

TO AMEND AMENDMENT TO S. 1, BY EXTENDING THE PRIVILEGE TO ALL PERSONS, WHO OWN, RESIDE UPON AND CULTIVATE ADJOINING LAND, TO PURCHASE CONTIGUOUS TRACTS AT REDUCED PRICE.

TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY THE RESOLUTION WHICH ADMITS REPORTERS INTO THE EASTERN GALLERY OF THE SENATE.

TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS S. 1, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO AMEND IT SO AS TO RESTRICT ITS BENEFITS TO ACTUAL SETTLERS, AND LEAVE THE NUMBER OF ACRES TO BE SO GRANTED TO COMMITTEE'S DISCRETION.

TO LAY QUESTION OF RECEIVING MEMORIAL ASKING FOR ABOLISHMENT OF INTERSTATE SLAVE TRADE ON THE TABLE.

TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC LANDS, S. 1, A BILL GRADUATING AND REDUCING THE PRICE OF PUBLIC LANDS.

TO RESCIND ORDER TO PRINT 30,000 COPIES OF A CERTAIN DOCUMENT ORIGINALLY LAID BEFORE THE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS.

TO PASS S. 7 (APP. FEB. 6, 1839, 5 STAT L. 746), A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE RELIEF OF WILLIAM EAST.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF S. 36, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR COMPLETION OF CERTAIN ROADS IN MICHIGAN.

TO AMEND AS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, A BILL POSTPONING THE FOURTH DEPOSIT WITH THE STATES UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 1836, UNTIL JAN. 1, 1840; INSTEAD OF INDEFINITELY.

TO AMEND H.R. 89, BY PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF $40,000 AND INSTRUCTING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO ACQUIRE TITLE TO THE ISLAND ON WHICH FORT DELAWARE STANDS.

TO RECONSIDER VOTE REJECTING H.R. 394.

TO ORDER THIRD READING OF H.R. 591, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE CLAIM OF MARY HUNTER, WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JAMES HUNTER.

TO CONCUR TO THE AMENDMENT, AS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, TO H.R. 89, ELIMINATING THE APPROPRIATION OF $40,000 FOR FORT DELAWARE.

TO AMEND H.R. 89 BY ELIMINATING THE APPROPRIATION OF $40,000 FOR FORT DELAWARE.

TO AMEND H.R. 269 (APP. JULY 7, 1838, 5 STAT 298), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT, AND FOR FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS, BY APPROPRIATING $150,000 FOR THE SUPPORT OF INDIANS REMOVED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. JOURNAL SHOWS APPROPRIATIONS OF $260,000.

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H.R. 394.

TO AMEND H.R. 89 (APP. JULY 7, 1838, 5 STAT 284), A BILL APPROPRIATING CERTAIN SUMS FOR FORTIFICATION OF THE U.S. FOR 1838, BY PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF $40,000, AND INSTRUCTING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO ACQUIRE TITLE TO THE ISLAND ON WHICH FORT DELAWARE STANDS.

TO RECOMMIT H.R. 394, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO ELIMINATE THE PROVISION THAT EXPENDITURES BE MADE UNDER DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND TO PROVIDE THAT ON ALL SINGLE APPROPRIATIONS OVER $12,000, ONLY 50 PERCENT BE EXPENDED IN 1838, AND THE REMAINDER IN 1839.

TO AMEND H.R. 394 BY APPROPRIATING $48,000 FOR A SEA-WALL AT BUFFALO, N.Y.

TO AMEND H.R. 394 BY PROVIDING THAT EXPENDITURES UNDER THIS BILL BE MADE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PRES. AND SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE REGULAR ANNUAL EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT.

TO SUSPEND JOINT RULE 16 FOR ONE DAY, IN ORDER TO ALLOW SENATE TO SEND BILLS TO THE HOUSE FOR CONCURRENCE DURING THE LAST THREE DAYS OF THE SESSION.

TO TABLE S. 356.