Allen, Richard C., heirs and legal representatives. (See bill H.

R. 370.)

Almy, Blake, & Co., petition of

388

American archives, distribution of, resolution

267

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, memo-
rial referred

110

138

214

233

251

254

American Peace Society, memorial for the peaceful adjust-
ment of international difficulties

American Shipwreck Society, memorial

American vessels, searched by British cruisers, resolution

message from the President

protection of, trading to Buenos Ayres, petition

American citizens, protection of, in United States territory
west of the Rocky mountains. (See bill H. R. 7.)

American Philosophical Society, memorial, duty on books,

maps, and scientific and literary apparatus

Ames, David. (See resolution S. 36.)

Anderson, John, legal representatives, petition

Andrews, Asa, petitions

Anderson, James, administrator of. (See bill H. R. 173.)

motion to discharge the committee, and refer
report and bill (see bill S. 115)

leave to withdraw

Annapolis harbor, beacon light at, resolution of Maryland

referred

Appalachicola Indians. (See Thomas L. Judge.)

Appalachicola, Florida, memorial of the mayor and council,

relative to fortifications for the defence of that city
Appeal from the decision of the Chair, yeas and nays on
Appendix

Appleby, Joshua, petition

Appropriation act, civil and diplomatic, of 3d March, 1845, ex-
planatory of the 4th section of. (See bill S. 46.)

Appropriations, civil and diplomatic. (See bill H. R. 50.)

Appropriations for certain objects specified.

yeas and nays

yeas and nays

Appropriations, to supply deficiencies of. (See bill H. R. 179.)
Archer, Hon. William S., attended

363

183

85, 108

150, 172

186

499

222

226

382

416

531

130

483, 484

(See bill H. R. 515.)

432

4

37

184

presented the credentials of Mr. Berrien, of Georgia,
and Mr. Pennybacker, of Virginia

resolutions submitted by, viz:

compensation of clerks of the circuit and district courts
change in the time of holding the spring terms of the
United States district courts at Richmond and Nor-
folk, Virginia, and at Knoxville, Tennessee -

296

establishment of mail routes - 69, 91, 142, 161, 164, 217, 314
increase of compensation to surveyors of public lands

164, 174

application of lands granted for a seminary to the sup-
port of common schools

(See bill S. 56.)

completing road between Memphis and Little Rock,
and opening a road from Little Rock to Fort Smith
construction of levees on the Arkansas and Missis-
sippi rivers, to reclaim inundated lands
reduction of postage

pre-emption to settlers on confirmed Spanish and
French grants; and confirmation of titles to lands
commonly called "Bowie claims".
See bill S. 94.)

against the distribution of proceeds of the public lands
against a national bank, internal improvements, and
the present tariff

establishment of mail routes

Arkansas, establishment of an additional district court in, reso-
lution

sale of lands (supposed to contain lead ore) in, res-
olution

assent of Congress to a change in the
the United States and Arkansas.
establishment of mail routes in,

compact between
(See bill S. 56.)
69, 91, 142, 159, 161, 164,
184, 217, 314, 323

sale of mineral lands in. (See bill H. R. 8.)
grant of land to, for purposes of internal improvement
(See bill S. 206.)

reduction of the price of swampy and inundated
lands in, (see bill S. 216) and report

368

Arkansas, unconfirmed French and Spanish land claims in,
lution

sale of certain lands in. (See bill S. 236.)
Arkansas river, improvement of. (See bill S. 2.)

yeas and nays

Page.

reso.

388, 391

construction of levees on, memorial of the legis-
lature of Arkansas

Armories. (See National armories.)

Arms manufactured at the national armories, report of the Sec-

retary of War

Armstrong, Brigadier General. (See General Armstrong.)
Armstrong, Robert, petition

committee discharged

Armstrong, Andrew C., leave to withdraw

407

76

125

55

477

77

131

Armstrong, Robert, and William Armstrong, memorial

Armstrong, Edward, heirs-at-law of, memorial -
Armstrong, Thomas and Elizabeth, legal representatives of
Josiah Fletcher, petition

Army, memorials, &c. of officers, relative to brevet and staff rank

memorials of officers for the establishment of a military
asylum for invalid soldiers

age beyond which officers shall not be called into active
service during war, resolution
non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, pay
of, and the administering of oaths to recruits, resolu-
tion

-

increase of pay, and bounty land to.

alterations in the pay department of.
yeas and nays

petition of lieutenants holding adjutant's appointments

pay and allowances to officers of the army, letter from

202, 228

153, 254

73, 78

84

increase of general and staff officers, resolution
appropriations for the army. (See bill H. R. 49.)
distribution to the, of public property captured, resolution
furnishing supplies for the army by contract, resolu-
tion

-

army under General Taylor, killed, wounded, and miss-
ing of the, in the battles of the 8th and 9th May
report of the Secretary of War

Army Register, copies of, communicated

Arredondo, Jose de la Maya. (See Joseph Chaires.)

Arsenals, inquiry into, and taking bail for offences committed in

dockyards, arsenals, and other places under the exclusive
jurisdiction of the United States, resolution

Ascension and Iberville, Louisiana, petition of inhabitants of
the parishes of, referred

Page

51

324, 354, 38

sale of lands in Arkansas, supposed to contain lead ore

publication of the laws -

counterfeiting United States coin

overflowed lands in Arkansas

establishment of post routes in Arkansas

transportation of merchandise on Grand and Cowskin
rivers, through the Indian country

46.0

103

105

112

142

145

159, 164, 32

10

17

19%

199,23

preparation and printing of a collection of land laws,
and the opinions and instructions under them
extension of the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of
the United States district courts

that the Senate sit on Fridays, and the business to be
transacted on that day

disposition of petitions for the establishment of post of
fices, or the appointment of postmasters
pension to Elizabeth Pistole

extension of the criminal laws over the Indian territories

Atchison, Hon. David R., attended

compilation of a map of the travelling route to Oregon 234, 25

Atherton, Hon. Charles G., attended

Attachments on processes from United States courts, resolution 348,34
Attorney General, report of, relative to the contract with Little

duties of. (See bill S. 197.)

Atwood, Hannah, widow of Francis A. Drew, petition of

132

215

6

31

uditor, Second, report on disbursements for the Indians.
committee discharged

usman, Abraham. (See bill H. R. 349.)

uthentication of papers by the Secretary of the Senate and
Clerk of the House of Representatives. (See bill H. R. 449.)
valine, James, and others, petition of, for the removal of the
Miami Indians from Indiana, and the payment of their debts
resolution relative to

yot, Alexis, petition of

(See bill S. 174.)

Page.

118

486

139

154, 164
262, 272

to print copies of Frémont's report for the new Senators

defence of Mobile harbor

clerk to the Committee of Claims

payment for losses in the Creek war

Dr. William P. McConnell's propeller

papers

of John C. Whitsett

hour of meeting

B.

abbitt, Elijah C. (See bill H. R. 138.)

Bagby, Hon. Arthur P., attended

5

excused from the Committee of Claims
resolutions submitted by, viz:

88

58

77, 80

86

99

109

161

yeas and nays

allowance to the mother of James Tims

allowances to Ellen, Mary Ann, and Elizabeth Sanders,

sisters of Lewis Sanders

Alabama volunteers and troops

committee on a plan for reporting the proceedings and
the substance of the debates of the Senate
construction of the 24th rule

Bail, amendment of act 20th February, 1812, for the appoint-
ment of commissioners to take affidavits, &c., resolution

Baker, Zeba, petition of

Baker, Daniel B., petition of

Baldridge, Isabella, widow of John Baldridge. (See bill H. R.

Baldridge, John. (See Isabella Baldridge.)