James Buchanan actually said...

an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol, in the city of...

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with the accompanying documents, in obedience to the resolution of the House of...

Surely the present is the most unpropitious moment which could have been selected for the passage of this bill.

I can not so read the words 'dispose of' as to make them embrace the idea of 'giving away.'