WASHINGTON, _April 2, 1852_. _To the House of Representatives_: I transmit herewith the report of the inspector of the penitentiary of the United States in the District of Columbia for the year ending the 31st of December last. MILLARD FILLMORE. WASHINGTON, _February 8, 1853_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: I herewith communicate, for the information of Congress, a copy of the report of the Director of the Mint for the past year. MILLARD FILLMORE. WASHINGTON CITY, _February 10, 1853_. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: I transmit to the House of Representatives herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, accompanied by the annual report of the board of inspectors of the penitentiary of the District of Columbia for the year ending 31st December, 1852, as required by law. MILLARD FILLMORE. WASHINGTON, _February 1, 1854_. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: I transmit herewith the annual report of the Director of the Mint at Philadelphia, showing the operation of the Mint and branch mints for the year 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, _March 3, 1854_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit herewith the annual report of the board of inspectors of the penitentiary for the District of Columbia for the year ending December 31, 1853. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, _February 8, 1855_. _To the House of Representatives_: I transmit herewith the report of the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of the Mint and its branches for the past year. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, _March 27, 1856_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit herewith a report of the operations of the Mint of the United States and its branches, including the assay office, for the year 1855. FRANKLIN PIERCE. WASHINGTON, _February 3, 1857_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit herewith the report of the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of the Mint and its branches for the last year. FRANKLIN PIERCE. PROCLAMATIONS. [From Laws of the United States of America (John Bioren and W. John Duane, Philadelphia, and R.C. Weightman, Washington City, 1815), Vol. V, p. 511.] BY GEORGE WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas by an act supplementary to the act entitled "An act establishing a mint and regulating the coins of the United States," passed on the 3d day of March, 1795, "the President of the United States is authorized, whenever he shall think it for the benefit of the United States, to reduce the weight of the copper coin of the United States, provided such reduction shall not in the whole exceed 2 pennyweights in each cent and in like proportion in a half cent; of which he shall give notice by proclamation;" and