Turney, Hon. H. L., attended credentials presented, and oath adminis- motions to be excused from the Commit- tee of Claims - resolutions submitted by, viz: limiting military appointments to the age of 60 334, 339 exemption of volunteers from arrest for debt, &c. Tustin, Rev. Septimus, elected chaplain Tymochtee township, Wyandott county, Ohio, trustees of, to adverse report U. 184 68 212 335, 378 Ulster county, New York, citizens petition against a change in Union county, Illinois, petition of citizens, national armory at Fort Massac United States- memorials of citizens of the, relative to the naturalization 445 203 107, 119, 149, 254 memorials of citizens of the, relative to Oregon furnishing Michigan with evidence of the boundary be- (See resolution S. 25.) claim of the, on Great Britain for duties illegally charged, President's message 108, 123 308 204, 316 98 adverse report 276, 297 3 excused from the Committee on Pensions 58 Updike, James, petition of Upham, Hon. William, attended pay of non-commissioned officers, musicians, and pri arrearages of pension to Nathaniel Stafford 84 271 Utzah. (See Sour John.) V. Van Buren, Crawford county, Arkansas, establishment of an 46 Van Buren county, Michigan, citizens petition for a mail route 217 Vanderlyn, J., and others, citizens of the United States in Paris, Van Ness, C. P., petition of Van Valkenburg, Benjamin. (See Catharine Van Valkenburg.) adverse report Vattemare, Alexandre, memorial Vermont, memorials and petitions of citizens against the admis- sion of Texas as a slave State Page. 355 159 167 238, 263, 266, 268 56 48, 54, 62, 69, 83 Religious Society of Friends of, for the peaceful ad- Vermont legislature, resolutions of- against the admission of Texas relative to the cannon taken at the battle of Bennington Vermont militia, agent of. (See James Smalley.) Vessels navigating along the coast, expediency of requiring, to Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate, presented the credentials of Messrs. Levy and Westcott, Vicksburg, marine hospital at, resolution Vigo, Francis, legal representatives, documents referred resolution of Indiana adverse report ordered to lie on the table Vincent, Frederick, administrator of James Lecaze, of the firm committee discharged, and again referred - (See bill S. 190.) western district, clerks of the United States circuit and Virginia military bounty land warrants, extension of the time for locating. (See bill H. R. 454.) Viscount de Lomague. (See Marie Loubet.) Volunteer force, promotion of the efficiency of, resolution. organization of. (See bill S. 211.) yeas and nays Volunteers illegally called into service by an officer of the army, resolution yeas and nays - messages from the President exemption of, from arrest for debt, &c., resolution - Volunteers, refunding expenses incurred under calls for militia increase of pay of, and bounty land to: (See bill S. 212.) Alabama volunteers, resolution report of the Secretary of War authority to individuals to raise, resolution report of the Secretary of War Page- 371 381 371, 379 420 377 125, 226, 315 163 315 145 153 payment of Tennessee volunteers, resolutions of Ten- nessee payment of certain, and militia. (See resolution H. R. 47.) Von Schmidt, Peter, petitions report and bill (see bill S. 93) Voss, Emilio, appointment of, to receive the Mexican indem- Wabeshance Point, erection of a light-house at, resolution Wade, Ezekiel, leave to withdraw Wade, Mary D., petition of Wadhams, Beebe, legal representative of Heman Allen, peti- report and bill (see bill S. 145) Walworth, Horace F., leave to withdraw Ward, Harriet, petition of committee discharged, and again referred Ward, Harriet, widow of Joseph Ward, petition of War steamers, improvement in, resolution construction of additional, resolution of Loui- 229 315 War, memorial deprecating the evils of, and for the adoption of War Department, reports of the Secretary- fortifications at outlet of lake Huron and Fort Gratiot transfers of appropriations Page. 338, 340 37 36 44 87 92 244 persons employed in all the branches of the War De- expenditures from contingent funds Red river raft - balances of appropriations contracts made by the department expenditures for the contingent expenses of the mili- 306 92 inland communication between Fort Gratiot and Sand 107 report of the 14th June, 1844, referred 109 expenses of the national armories, and the number of progress of the fortifications at Key West and the straits proceedings of a court of inquiry on Major J. W. Ripley 293 Page. War, Secretary of, reports of- harbors of Dunkirk and Cattaraugus, ordered to be 311 communicating a letter of General Gaines 363 troops mustered into service from Alabama 381 killed, wounded, and missing, in the battles of the 8th 385 amount appropriated since 1st July, 1836, for the re- 417 referred 418 437 420 114 316, 345 153 77,80 Ware, E. A., documents adverse report Ware, James, widow of, documents Warehouse system, establishment of a, resolution proceedings of a meeting at Georgetown, S. Warford, Mr., relative to, and other persons employed at the report of the Secretary of the Navy Warren county, Ohio, citizens of, petition establishment and Warren, Daniel H. (See bill H. R. 204.) Washington city- report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings on the members of the bar of, relative to the residence of the committee discharged, and again referred committee discharged, and ordered to be printed citizens of, petition relative to the orphans' court leave to withdraw (See bill H. R. 192.) amendment of the act of incorporation of. (See bill H. R. 310.) Washington navy-yard, mechanics and laborers at, petition of - adverse report - Washington Monument Society, document relative to the affairs - report from the secretary of the society Washington, George, erection of a monument to. (See reso- yeas and nays Washington, equestrian statue of, employment of Hiram Powers report |