Baker, Samuel L., concerning entry of land in Utah by. Letter of

the Secretary of the Interior....
Baltimore. Letter of the Secretary of War relative to increasing the

depth of water to......
Barten River, Kentucky, survey of. Report of R. H. Fitzhugh, as-

sistant engineer..
Batchelder, R. X. Memorial
Bay of Superior. (See Superior Bay.)
Baytield Harbor, Wisconsin, exainination of. Report of Assistant En-

gineer L. Y. Schermerhorn..
Beardslee, Commander L. A. Report of present condition of affairs

in Alaska
Bell, J. M., and other Cherokee Indians from the Cherokee Nation.

Letter of the Secretary of War in regard to the arrest and removal
of
Bell River, Michigan. Resurvey of the bar at the mouth of..
Bellows, Edward, under what circumstances the name of, was dropped

from the roll of paymasters in the Navy. Letter of the Secretary of
the Xary.
Benraurd, Maj. W. H. H. Reports of, survey of falls on Red River,
Louisiana, and of Black River, Arkansas, and of Tchula Lake, and

Yallabusha River, Mississippi..
Benyaurd, Major W. H. H. Report of, survey of Mississippi River near

Lake Concordia and Cowpen Bend...
Ben yaurd, Maj. W. H. H. Report of, survey of the mouth of Red

Riser, Louisiana..
Big Hole, Montana. Letter of the Secretary of War relating to com-

pensation of those who participated in the battle of..
Binding books for the departments of the government. In relation to
the act relating to the:

Letter of the Secretary of War...
Letter of the Secretary of War..
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior.
Black River, Missouri, and Arkansas, examination of. Report of Maj.

W. H. H. Benyaurd..
Bonds and other securities of the government. Letter of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury relative to the legal-tender and national bank-
notes and stamps..
Books, an amendment to the act relating to the binding of, for the
departments of the government:
Letter of the Secretary of War.
Letter of the Secretary of War.
Letter of the Secretary of the Navy...

Letter of the Secretary of the Interior..
Bonnty, prize-money, and other claims of colored soldiers and sailors,

estimate for collection and payment of. Letter of the Secretary of
Bounty due white and colored soldiers, necessity of an appropriation
for the payment of certificates for arrears of, issued since January
1, 1880, and to be issued up to June 30, 1881. Letter of the Secre-
tary of War .....
Both, A. C., assistant engineer. Report of survey of Moose-a-bec Bar,

Jonesport, Me
Bradley, Lieut. Thomas H., examiner of State claims, report of, on

the claims of States against the United States...
Bridge across the Ohio River at Beaver, Pa. Report of Board of

Engineer officers relative to a...
Bridge over Detroit River. Letter of the Secretary of War in rela-

lation to
Broad Bay, Virginia, survey of. Report of F. W. Frost, assistant

engineer
Broad Creek, Maryland, survey of. Report of Maj. Wm. P. Craig-

hill.
Broad River, South Carolina, examination of. Report of J. P. Carson,

assistant engineer

War

Bromberger, Max, claim of, against Mexico. Message from the l’resi-

dent of the United States.
Bronson, Calvin. Letter of the Secretary of tho Treasury in relation

to the claim of .
Brotherton, Capt. D. H. Petition
Buell, D. C., letter of, in relation to Green River, Ky.
Buell, Col. George P., letter of, against the reinstatement in the

Army of John W. Eckles....
Building for the use of the departments of State, War, and Navy,

progress made in the construction of the north wing of the Re-

port of Lieut. Col. Thos. L. Casey .....
Building at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, for use as a chapel and school,

construction of a permanent. Letter of the Secretary of War.
Buildings on the Fort Snelling military reservation, construction of.

Letter of the Secretary of War...
Buildings for quarters for troops at Fort Leavenworth, necessity of

constructing. Letter of the Secretary of War..
Buildings in the District of Columbia used by the United States,

number, location, and annual rent of all. Letter of the Secretary

of the Treasury.
Byrne, Captain Edward, petition of officers of the Fifth Cavalry rela-
tive to the restoration of, to the Army...
Letter of Lient. Col. F. W. Forsyth, First Cavalry, on same sub-

ject....
Petition of officers of Sixth Cavalry against restoration of, to the

Army...

C.

Cabin Creek, Maryland, survey of. Report of Maj. Wm. P. Craighill.
Cadets admitted to the Military Academy in 1876. Letter of the Sec-

retary of War in relation to the pay of
Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Canal street, Jeffersonville, Iud., improvement of. Letter of the Sec-

retary of War.....
Cannon donated for monumental purposes. Letter of the Secretary

of War in regard to condemned..
Cape Fear River, North Carolina, survey of inland water-routes from

Norfolk, Va., to the Atlantic Ocean, south of Hatteras, and to the.
Reports of Capt. Chas. B. Phillips and F. W. Frost, assistant

engineer
Carr, Col. E. A., and other officers of the Sixth Cavalry, petition

against the restoration of certain officers to the Army.
Carson, J. P., assistant engineer. Report of examination of Broad

River, South Carolina
Casey, Lieut. Col. Thos. L. Report touching progress made in build-

ing north wing of edifice for use of the departinents of State, War,

and Navy
Catawba River, North Carolina and South Carolina, examination of.

Report of J. M. Wolbrect....
Cathance River, Maine, survey of. Report of E. C. Jordan, assistant

engineer.
Cemetery of prison camp of Johnson's Island. Report of Quarter-

master-General relating to..
Census, Superintevdent of. Letter relative to the removal of census

supervisors.
Census supervisors, removal of. Letter of the Superintendent of the

Census.
Chadwick, Lieutenant-Commander F. E. Report of, on the foreign

systems of training seamen for the Navy
Chapel and school, construction of a permanent building at Columbus

Barracks, Ohio, for use as a. Letter of the Secretary of War.
Charlotte Harbor and Peas Creek, Florida, examination of. Report

of J. L. Meigs, assistant engineer
Cheesequakes Creek, New Jersey, survey of. Report of R. H. Tal-

cott, assistant engineer....

Cherokee Indians from the Cherokee Nation. Letter of the Secretary
of War in regard to the arrest and removal of..
Chickering, First Lieut. John W., petition of officers of the Fifth
Cavalry in relation to the restoration of, to the Army.
Letter of J. W. Forsyth, lientenant-colonel of First Cavalry, on

same subject.....

Petition of officers of the Sixth Cavalry against the restoration of.
Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia, survey of. Report of Maj. Wm. P.
Craighill..
Chippewa and Schoolcraft, Michigan. Report of the Commissioner of

the General Land Office in regard to the amount of unsold public
lands in the connties of....
Choptank River, Maryland, survey of. Report of Maj. Wm. P.
Craighill...
Citizen volunteers. (See Volunteers.)
Claims of States against the United States. Report of Lieut. Thomas

H. Bradley, examiner of State claims. Letter of the Secretary of War.
Claims before the American-Spanish Commission. Report of the Sec-

retary of State in relation to....
Claims of the Spanish inhabitants of East Florida. Message from the

President of the United States inviting attention to the unsettled ..
Clayton, Hon. Powell. Letter and affidavit of, in relation to an affi-

davit of J. J. Sumpter, filed with the report of the Hot Springs
Commission. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior
Clerical force employed in the settlement of pension applications.

Letter of the Secretary of War recommending the continuance of
the .....
Clerks and others employed in the different departments of the gov-
ernment:

War Department.....
Department of Justice..
Navy Department ....
Post-Office Department.
Treasury Department

Department of the Interior
Clintou River, Michigan, resurvey of. Report of B. H. Muehle, assist-
ant engineer
Clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, appropriation required to re-

imburse the appropriation for. Letter of the Secretary of War
Coast and Geodetic Survey. Report of the Superintendent of the, for

the year ending June 30, 1879....
Coffee. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury touching the effect

apon the revenues of an act repealing the duty on tea and
Colleges and schools. (See Education.)
Colored soldiers. (See Soldiers.)
Colored soldiers and sailors, estimate for collection and payment of

bounty, prize-money, and other claims of. Letter of the Secretary
of War..
Columbus Barracks, Ohio, construction of a permanent building at,

for use as a chapel and school. Letter of the Secretary of War.
Columbia River, Oregon, survey of the mouth of the. Report of G.
M. Jessen, assistant engineer
Commissary-General of Subsistence. Letter of, in relation to the

purchasing of supplies for remote posts ...
Commissary-General of Subsistence. Letter of, for additionalclerks in

his office..
Commissioner of the General Land Office. (See General Land Office.)
Conrad, Captain Joseph, memorial praying the passage of a bill for

his retirement as of the grade of colonel,
Consnlar and diplomatic officers of the United States during the year
ending December 31, 1878, fees collected by. Letter of the Secre-
tary of State
Consular officers not eitzens of the United States, names of. Letter
Constellation. Report of the commander of the relief ship. Letter

of the Secretary of State

of the Secretary of the Navy ·

Contingent expenses, office of Adjutant-General, deficiency in the

appropriation for. Letter of the Secretary of War..
Cotton, J. P., assistant engineer. Report on the improvement of

Taunton River, Massachusetts
Contracts made by the bureaus of the War Department. Letter of the

Secretary of War
Contracts for Indian supplies. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior

in relation to..
Court of Claims. Letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to

rooms rented for the
Cowlitz River, Washington Territory, examination of. Report of

Robert A. Habersham, assistant engineer
Craighill, Maj. Wm. P. Reports:

Ship-canal to connect the waters of the Delaware and Chesapeake

Bay..
Improvement of the Great Kanawha River
Survey of the Shenandoah River, Virginia; and Tread Haven Creek,

Choptank River, and Secretary Creek, Maryland...
Survey of Nanticoke River, Broad Creek, Northern River, Tucka-

hoe Creek, Slaughter Creek, and Cabin Creek, Maryland; and

Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia ....
Cuivre River, Missouri, survey of. Report of C. W. Durham, assist-

ant engineer
Cumberland Sound, Florida, survey of the entrance to. Report of

George Daubeney, assistant engineer...
Curry, John, and C. P. Sykes, claimants of private land-claim, No.

7, known as Tumacacori and Calabazas in Pima County, Arizona
Territory, petition of

D.

Damrell, Capt. A. N. Report of examination of Charlotte Harbor

and Peas Creek, Florida ..
Dan River, Virginia, survey of. Report of S. T. Abert, United States

civil engineer
Daubeney, George, assistant engineer. Reports of:

Survey of entrance to Cumberland Sound, Florida..

Survey of Port Royal River, South Carolina...
David's Island, New York Harbor. Letter of the Secretary of War,

transmitting plans for buildings, &c., to complete the principal

depot of the general recruiting service at...
Davidson, George, Assistant United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Letter of, relative to a harbor of refuge on the Pacific Coast..
De Ahna, Henry C. Report in regard to the resources, condition, and

affairs in the Territory of Alaska..
Delaware River, survey of, at Chester and Marcus Hook for an ice har-

bor. Report of Capt. William Ludlow...
Deputy marshals.” Message from the President of the United States,

returning bill (S. 1726) entitled "An act regulating the pay and ap-

pointment of, with bis objections
Detroit River.' Letter of the Secretary of War, transmitting report

of Board of Engineer officers on bridge over the..
Diplomatic and consular officers of the United States, fees collected

by, for year ending December 31, 1878. Letter of the Secretary of

State
Dismal Swamp line. Survey of inland water routes from Norfolk to

the Atlantic Ocean south of Hatteras and to the Cape Fear River.

Report of Capt. Charles B. Phillips and F. W. Frost
District of Columbia, reclamation of the marshes in the harbors of the

cities of Washington and Georgetown. Message of the President

of the United States.
District of Columbia. Letter of the Secretary of the Treasury as to

whether the bill for the proposed repeal of certain laws pertaining
to permanent and indefinite appropriations would affect the appro-
priation for the sinking fund for the 3.65 bonds of the.

District of Columbia, number, location, and annual rent of all build-

ings in the, used by the United States. Letter of the Secretary of

the Treasury.
Donble-turreted monitors, necessity and propriety of completing cer-

tain. Letter of the Secretary of the Navy.
Drawing, as applied to the industrial or fine arts in the colleges of

agriculture and the mechanic arts, &c. Statement prepared by the
Commissioner of Education relative to the development of instruc-

tion in....
Durham, C. W., assistant engineer. Report of the survey of Cuivre

River, Missouri..
Duluth Harbor, improvement of. Report of Joseph P. Frizell, assist-

ant engineer

E.

Eads, James B., payment of compensation to, for maintenance of

channel at South Pass, Mississippi River. Letter of the Secretary
of War...
Eads, James B., payment of second installment to, for maintenance of

the channel at South Pass, Mississippi River. Letter of the Secre-
tary of War...
East Florida claims. Message from the President of the United States,

transmitting correspondenco in relation to.
East Florida claims..
Eckles, John W. Letter of Col. George P. Buell, United States Army,

against the reinstatement in the Army of..
Education, Commissioner of. Report of, in relation to the state of
technical or industrial education in the schools and colleges endowed
by the United States, &c......
Relative to development of instruction in drawing as applied to

the industrial or fine arts in the colleges of agriculture, &c....
Education in the schools and colleges endowed by the United States
and in other schools and colleges in the several States and Territo-
ries and the District of Columbia. Report of the Commissioner of
Education in relation to the state of technical or industrial.....
Ekin, James A. Memorial....
Engineer Officers, Board of. Reports:

Bridge over the Detroit River...
Survey of Alton Harbor.....
Improvement of Red River, Louisiana.

Harbor of Refuge for the Pacific coast.
Engineers, Chief of. Reports :

Bridge over Detroit River
Damage done to the town of Venice, Ill., by reason of the gov-

ernment improvements on the Mississippi River..
Bridge across the Ohio River at Beaver, Pa...
Relating to harbor of refuge at entrance to Portage Lake and

Lake Superior Ship Canal, and Bayfield and Ashland Harbors,

Wisconsin, and Manistique River, Michigan....
Surveys of Moose-a-bec Bar, Jonesport, and Cathance River, Maine,

and Lake Winnepesankee, New Hampshire ....
Surveys of Cowlitz River, Washington Territory, and Umpqua

River and Alsea Harbor and Bar, Oregon; also survey of bar at

the month of Columbia River
Surveys of falls on Red River, Louisiana, and of Black River, Ar-

kansas, and of Tchula Lake and Yallabusha River, Mississippi..
Survey of Cuivre River, Missouri...
Construction of a sluiceway at the Falls of Saint Anthony
Ship canal to connect the waters of Delaware and Chesapeake

Bays...
Louisville and Portland Canal
Repair of locks and dams on Great Kanawha River
Improvement of Harlem River, New York.....
Improvement of Taunton River, Massachusetts