246

Page.
Washington county, D. C., memorial of citizens, punishment

of trespasses on farms, &c. .
Watches, jewelry, and precious stones, relative to the duty on,
petition -

317
Waterman, Silas. (See bill H. R. 156.)
Watson, Benjamin, petition -

111
committee discharged
Watson, Joseph, heir of, petition referred

(See bill H. R. 43.)
report and bill (see bill S. 164)

260
Wayne county, New York, citizens petition against renewal of
a patent to Jethro Wood -

• 222, 229
Webster, Hon. Daniel, attended

resolutions submitted by, viz:
correspondence relative to Oregon ·

• 118, 124
correspondence relative to the northeastern boundary. 207
correspondence relative to right of search

236
relief of insolvent debtors

296
attachments on processes from United States courts

348
relative to the issuing of treasury notes ·

491
Weights and measures, report of the superintendent of

497
Wendell, T. L., and others, memorial of

177
Wentling, George, petition of -

136
report and bill (see bill s. 117)

186
West, Oliver, & Co. (See bill s. 177.)
West, James. (See Mary Jane West.)
West, Mary Jane, widow of James West, resolution -

77, 80
adverse report -

• 148, 166
West Feliciana, Louisiana, citizens of the parish of, petition for
patents for lands on which they have settled -

66
West Feliciana Railroad Company, memorial referred

168
West Florida Collegiate Institute, trustees of, memorial

290
West Point. (See Military Academy.)
West Tennessee College, memorial of the General Assembly of

Tennessee for a grant of land to .
Westcott, Hon. James D., jr., attended

credentials presented, and oath

administered -
resolution to classify

resolutions submitted by, viz:
superior courts in Florida . . . .
change of Mr. Levy's name -
authority of the territorial judges of Florida as federal

judges . . . . - - 77, 80
cultivation of tropical productions in Florida i
appointment of a commissioner on the boundary of

Florida . . . . . .
light-house and buoys at South Cape

161
survey and sale of lands in Florida -

184
spoliations by American troops in West Florida in
1814 and 1818

309

123

127
104

129

265

208

Page
Westcott, Hon. James D., jr., resolutions submitted by, víz:
• dock at the Pensacola navy yard -

334
letter from Gen. Gaines of 7th June, 1846 .

360
bust of John Rutledge

1, 415
Western and Atlantic railroad, repayment of duties on iron for,

resolution of Georgia
Western rivers, petition of captains of steamboats navigating, for

a canal round the falls of the Ohio
improvement of, resolution of Indiana ·
petitions - - -

: 150, 207
Western merchants, petition for making Louisville, Cincinnati,

Wheeling, and Pittsburg ports of entry -
Wheeling, board of trade of, memorial for a bridge over the Ohio 108

port of entry and collector at, memorials
Whelpley, David, petition -
Whiley & Taylor.(See Jonathan Little.)
White, Elijah, petitions

. 44, 45
(See bills S. 43 and 71.)
report
leave to withdraw .
yeas and nays ·

346, 372, 386
White, David L., petition of
report, and committee discharged -

497
White, James M., and others, heirs of John Smith T, petition of 123

report and bill (see bill s. 128)
White, O. B. (See bill S. 177.)
White river, erection of a light-house at the mouth of, petition -

protection of lands in Arkansas overflowed by the,
resolution .

145
Whitney, A., memorial for an appropriation of the public land

for a railroad from lake Michigan to the Pacific
On report and bill (see bill S. 246) - -
Whitney, Franklin, petition of -

56
Les committee discharged, and again referred 185
Whiton & March, petition of ..
Whitsett, John C., call for papers of, resolution

161
is report of the Secretary of War -

(See bill S. 106.)
Whitten, Ebenezer, petition of -

-
Whitten, George W., petition of

229
Wicomico river, buoys at the mouth of, resolution of Maryland

referred - .
Wild, Richard. (See James Robinson and wife.) ta
Wilkes, Charles, commander United States navy, relative to the
Columbia river

G EVU
ordered to be printed .

.

.
William and Mary College, leave to withdraw -

additional documents -
Williams, Agnes, documents

leave to withdrawa-
Williams, Mary, petition .

8

90
report and bill (see bill S. 101) -

120

161

169

149

143

308

192

Page.
Williams, John R. (See bill H. R. 182.)
Williams, John, & Co., petition of -
Williamson, David F. (See bill S. 36.)
Williamson. (See Jameison f. Williamson.)
Willing & Curwen. (See Joseph Curven.)
Wilmington, N. C., shipowners and shipmasters petition against

the repeal of the pilot law -
Wilmington and Newcastle, memorial for making, a port of en-
try · · ·

130
Wilmott, Robert. (See John F. Wilmott.)
Wilmott, John F., executor of Robert Wilmott, leave to with-
draw

57, 115
Wilna, Jefferson county, N. Y., petition of citizens of, against

the admission of Texas as a slave State
Wilson, Thomas E., petition of -

263
additional documents -

265
committee discharged

382
Wilson, Alexander, petition · ·

232
adverse report -

415
Wilson, William. (See Willis Wilson.)
Wilson, Willis, heirs and legal representatives, petition of
adverse report

· · 213, 228
Wilson, Joseph, petition of :

report and bill (see bill S. 121)
Wilson, Thomas, memorial .

133
Wilson & Hallett, petition of ..
Wilson, James, resolution relative to

352
Wilson, William, & Sons, and others, memorial of duty on cop
per . . .

411
* ordered to be printed .

415
Winans, Ross, petition of .

70
(See bill S. 73.)
yeas and nays

405
Wines and liquors, relative to duty on, memorials

387
Wing, John, pension agent'at Cincinnati authorized to pay to,

any arrears of pension due Dorothy Terrill. (See bill H. R.

159.)
Wingard, George, petition

(See bill S. 1
Wingate, Hezekiah, petition ..

147
adverse report

276, 297
Winimac, removal of the land office from, to Rochester, petition 150
Winston, Thomas B., petition -

317
Wisconsin, sale of mineral lands, petition of citizens .

55
(See bill S. 31.)
letter from the governor, with resolutions of the legis-

lature, relative to the extinguishment of the Indian
title to certain lands :

158
letter from the governor, with resolutions of the legis-

lature, relative to the erection of a light-house on
Grassy island

189

127

- 158

158

Page
Wisconsin, to enable the people to form a constitution and State

government. (See bill H. R. 106.)
establishment of mail routes in . 134, 187, 188, 217
granting land to, for a canal from lake Michigan to

Rock river. (See bill H. R. 237.)
mineral lands in, report of the Secretary of the

Treasury .
referred -

311
sale of. (See bills H. R. 8

and S. 222.)
Wisconsin legislature, resolutions of

extinguishment of the Indian title to certain lands -
erection of a light-house on Grassy island - -
an act of, affirmed. (See resolution H. R. 29.)
laws granting banking privileges disaffirmed. (See
bill H. R. 439.)
yeas and nays -

- 499, 500
Wisconsin river, grant of land for the improvement of. (See

bill H. R. 374.)

yeas and nays -
Wood, Jethro, executors of, petition -

(See bill S. 72.)
yeas and nays .
petitions against the renewal of a patent to 203, 207, 209,
211, 214, 220, 222, 226, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235,

238, 239, 240, 249, 250, 254, 259, 278, 303, 315
Woodbridge, Hon. William, attended' .

resolutions submitted by, viz:
mineral regions of lake Superior - - 86, 254, 255
inland communication between Fort Gratiot and

Sand Hill, and the military road from Fort Gra-
tiot to Detroit - -

102
establishment of a mail route .

134
naval depot at the mouth of Grand river.

, 146
erection of light-houses at the mouth of the straits

of Ste. Marie, at Point Wabeshance, and at the
head of Green Bay -

259
furnishing Michigan with authenticated evidence

of the boundary between that State and Canada 308
removal of the Chippewa Indians

, 336
Woodcock, Bancroft, petition of

164
(See bill S. 105.)
Woodhead, J. and T., petition of
Woodruff, Major. (See Benjamin D. Herriot.)
Wool, relative to the duty on, petition -
Worden, John L., memorial of
Wormley, Hugh Wallace, leave to withdraw

referred .
additional documents
committee discharged

278

212

185

Page.
ight, Nathaniel, memorial of

183
committee discharged -

217
ight & Sturgis, petition of -

329
randott cession, selection of lands for schools in. (See bill
1. R. 22.)
randott Indians, memorial of the chiefs and delegates for pay.

ment of improvements and lands ceded by
the treaty of 17th March, 1842 - : 107, 180

referred - . .

report and bill (see bill S. 83) -
to sanction an agreement between the Wyan-

dotts and Delawares. (See resolution S. 21.)
ratt, John D., petition of .

243
committee discharged
leave to withdraw

462
rckoff, J. V. D., petition of .

398
iman, James. (See bill H. R. 40.)
roming valley, Pennsylvania, proceedings of a meeting of the
lemocratic citizens of, against a change in the tariff -

448

151

301

159

Y.
mall, A. H., document .

committee discharged
Tk, Maine, citizens of, petition relative to French spoliations

(See bill S. 68.)
peaceful adjustment of international difficul.
ties -

101
ung, Cuyler W., memorial of
ilee, Hon. David Levy, attended .

credentials presented, and oath ad-

ministered -
resolution to classify
change of name

resolutions submitted by, viz:
agents employed in the preservation of timber -
map of Florida -
cession of Cuba
improvement in the construction of war steamers
naval defences of the gulf of Mexico ·
drydock at Pensacola -

127, 132
progress of the fortifications at Key West and the straits
of Florida -

. ; 136, 140
right of Florida to the surplus revenue distributed by act
of 23d June, 1836 . .s . . . . . . 212,

212, 224
general expenditures of the government since 1796 - 3, 223
Loper's steamers and cannon and mortars 10,

306
granting public lands for internal improvements

326, 336
mail communication between St. Augustine and Key.
West, and Key West and Pensacola -

335, 339
printing maps of the coast survey for the Senate .388, 508