Baker, Osmyn, of Massachusetts
Bankruptcy, bill to establish a uniform system of, 44 73, 102, 103 Banks, Linn, of Virginia, 11, 94, 113, 125, 159 203, 206, 209 Banks of the the District of Columbia, bill to revive and continue in force the corporate existence of 47, 222, 224, 229 . 1,28 Barbour, Hon. Philip P. of the Supreme Court, death of, announced . 209 Barnard, Daniel D. of New York, 1, 23, 24, 28 37, 43, 44, 48, 51, 73, 78, 79, 84, 96, 101, 102 109, 113, 181, 229 Beatty, William, of Pennsylvania, 1, 17, 24, 28 29, 75. 126, 133, 150, 168, 212, 225 Beirne, Andrew, of Virginia, 1, 12, 77, 78, 163 Bell, John, of Tenn. 1, 41, 113, 114, 115, 167, 204 Black, Edward, J. of Georgia, 116, 117, 124, 139 140, 158, 186, 187 Blackwell, Julius W. of Tennessee . 1, 52 Boardman, William W. of Connecticut, 28, 43, 76 78, 129, 167 1, 126 226, 229, 230 37, 38, 42, 43 89 1, 43, 226 Branch mints, debate on motion to abolish, 184, 185 Breckenridge, Henry M. of Pennsylvania, 14, 141 211.224
Bond, William K. of Ohio Books, propositions to give to members of Con- gress
Botts, John W. of Virginia
Bounty Lands, bill for satisfying the claims of
the soldiers of last war to
Boyd, Linn, of Kentucky,
Brewster, David P. 1, 28, 36, 37, 43, 44, 47, 75 Briggs, George N of Massachusetts, 1, 13, 14, 23 41, 42, 43, 44, 53, 76, 78, 84, 88, 98, 101, 116, 125, 140, 159, 161, 196, 209, 228 British seizures and searches 229 Brockway, John H. 167, 168 Brown, Aaron V. of Tennessee, 1, 43, 52, 64, 77 228 Brown, Albert G. of Mississippi, 43, 81, 187, 227 Burke, Edmund, of New Hampshire, 132, 163 164, 165 Butler, Sampson, of South Carelina. . 1, 75 Butler, William O. of Kentucky, 43 75, 94, 167 Bynum Jesse A. of North Carolina, 158, 164, 184
Chaplain, resolution to go into the election of. 12 Rev. Thomas C. Braxton elected 24 resolution to repeal the law fixing the sa- lary of 38,39 Chapman, Reuben, of Alabama, 1, 28, 125, 163 169, 207, 212, 217, 229 China, resolution of inquiry into our political relations with 24, 28, 29 Chinn, Thomas W. of Louisiana, 1, 52, 61, 78, 86 108 Chittenden, Thomas C. of New York, 43, 75, 78 81, 89, 168
Choctaw treaty, bill to revive the acts of 1837, 1838, for appointing commissioners to adjust certain claims under the 14th arti- cle of
Claims, Committee on
authorized to employ a clerk
resolutions of instruction to, bills reported from reports from
Conkling, Alfred, report of the Judiciary Com- mittee on certain charges against. 227 Connor, Henry W. of N. C. 116, 181, 226 Contested election between Messrs. Ingersoll and Naylor, 47, 76, 83, 84, 87, 88, 95, 96 97 101, 103 Contested elections, bill regulating the taking of testimony in cases of 86 Cooper, Mark A. of Georgia, 28, 29, 37, 38, 39 150, 155, 158, 159, 169, 181, 184, 185, 186 187, 208 Cooper, William R. of Pennsylvania. 47 Counterfeiting, bill to prevent the counterfeit- ing any foreign copper, gold, silver, or other coin, and to prevent the bringing in- to the United States, or uttering any coun- terfeit foreign copper, gold, silver, or other 61, 96 Courts of the United States, bill to regulate the forms and modes of proceeding in, to re- gulate the fee bills, and to limit the emolu- ments of certain officers.
44 Crabb, George W. of Alabama, 28, 44 47, 75, 93 98, 127, 123, 150, 162, 169, 184, 198, 207, 208 217, 224, 226, 228 1, 24, 37, 117 Island, 1, 13, 28 52, 76 Crary, Isaac E. of Michigan, 1, 75, 78, 106, 159 176, 184, 203 Crimes against the United States, act to amend an act entitled "An act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes, and for other purposes 61, 96 Crittenden, Thomas C. of N. Y. 1 Crockett, John W. of Tennessee 1, 24. 39, 151 Cross, Edward, of Ark. 1, 28, 44, 47, 78, 167, 220 Cumberland road, proposition to direct the
Committee on Public Lands to inquire into the expediency of making an appro- priation for 39, 47, 86 Currituck, bill to abolish the port of delivery 125, 226 Curtis, Edward, of N. Y. 28, 43 47, 89, 93, 106 138, 139, 152, 164, 163, 201, 203, 226, 227 Cushing, Caleb, of Mass. 13, 17, 23, 23, 29, 43, 52 75, 76, 77, 84, 86, 88, 99, 124, 134, 139, 140 147, 160, 161, 163, 167, 169, 170, 200, 203 208, 221, 229
D. Dana, Amasa, of N. Y. 1, 43, 78 Davee, Thomas, of Maine Davies, Edward, of Pa. 1, 43, 44, 80, 168, 186 196 Davis, John, of Pa. 1, 88, 113
Davis, John W. of Ia. 1, 28, 29, 41, 73, 75, 78.80 81, 86 89, 106, 208, 216, 228 Davis, Garret, of Ky. 1, 39, 43, 44, 76, 81, 84. 94 127, 176 200, 201 Dawson, William C. of Ga. 28. 37, 39, 43, 78, 88 94, 101, 113, 132, 140, 152, 169, 185, 217, 228 Deberry, Edmund, of N. C. 47, 75, 89 Debt, bill to amend the act for the abolish- ment of imprisonment for 37, 44, 58, 96 Delet, James, of Ala. 28, 29, 44, 47, 75, 80, 115 167, 224
1, 28, 52, 78, 224 1, 52, 75, 78, 158 212, 217, 224, 228 Dromgoole, Geo. C. of Va 162, 169, 181, 196 206, 208, 209, 212, 217, 229, 230 Duncan, Alexander, of Ohio, 1, 13, 17, 24, 29, 36 75, 120, 125, 126, 127, 130 Drawback, bill allowing drawback on foreign me:chandise exported in the eriginal pack- age to Chihuahua and Santa Fe, in Mexico
1, 28, 75, 167 Emigrants, statement of the number and de- scription of, during the year 1840 229 Evans, George, of Maine, 28, 39, 94, 113, 114 115, 118, 158, 164, 169, 176, 187, 196, 201 203, 205, 207, 212, 216, 217, 224, 227, 223, 230 Everett, Horace, of Vermont, 1, 24, 43, 44, 51, 52 71, 92, 119, 120, 121, 125, 140, 152. 161, 163 164, 171, 173, 184, 203, 217, 224, 230 Expenditures in the State Department, Com- mit'ee on
Expenditures in the Treasury Department Committee on
Expenditures in the War Department, Com
Granger, Francis, of N. Y.
1, 29. 43. 76 80 81 171, 172 203 205 Graves, William J. of Kentucky. 77, 176, 177,173 179, 180, 181, 184, 185, 187, 196 203, 204 206, 207, 211, 212. 217, 224 Green Willis, of Kentucky, 1, 28, 75, 96 97, 101 150, 181, 186 Griffin John K of South Carolina, 1, 43. 119 Grinnell, Moses H. of N. Y. 28, 43 44 47,86 93, 163 172, 201, 216 230 Grundy, Hon. Felix, annunciation of his death, and resolutions adopted thereon 64
H. Ilabersham, Richard W. of Georgia, 75 94, 96 106, 184 Half-pay, bill extending for five years the act of 1838, granting half-pay to certain wi dows and orphans, 156, 169, 187, 195, 229 Hall, Hiland, of Vermont 1, 47, 167, 196 Hammond, Robert H. of Pennsylvania 38 Hand, Augusius C. of New York, 1, 13, 23, 24 29, 36, 43, 47, 75, 78, 81, 88, 151, 168, 196 222 Harbors on the Northern and Northwestern lakes 37, 43, 125 98
Hastings, William S. of Massachusetts Hastings, John, of Ohio
Hawes, Richard of Kentucky, 1, 81, 170, 171, 211 Hawkins, Micajah T. of North Carolina
Henry, Thomas, of Pennsylvania, 1, 28, 38, 52, 75
Horses, bill further to continue in force the "Act for the payment of horses and other property lost in the military service of the United States" Howard Institution of the City of Washing ton, bill for the benefit of Hubbard, David, of Alabama, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 96, 133, Hunt, Hiram P. of New York,
39, 49. 58 61, 78 134, 169, 176, 177 181. 217 38 43. 78 187 200, 203, 216. 220 28, 43, 230, 231
Hunter, R. M. T. of Virginia, I. Illinois, memorial of Legislature of Independent Treasury Law, resolution requir. ing information as to the manner in which its provisions have been enforc ed 13, 29, 36, 58, 229
Indian Affairs, Committee on
bilis reported from
Indian disbursements
Indian schools in Kentucky Indiana, bill to confirm to the State of India- na the lands selected by said State for the continuation of that portion of the Wa- bash and Erie Canal that lies between the mouth of the Tippecaoe river and Terre Haute, and for other purposes 44, 83, 96 184 199
Ingersoll, Charles J. 37, 41, 47,
Invalid Pensions, Committee on resolutions of instruction to bills reported from reports from
Lincoln, Levi, of Massachusetts, 1, 13. 28, 29, £ 43, 47. 78, 93, 113, 115, 116, 146, 147, 1 162, 163, 164, 176, 180, 184, 198, 208, 2: Louisiana, bill to revive an act entitled "An act to authorize the inhabitants of the State of, to enter the back lands," 86, 10 bill entitled "An act to unite the South- eastern land district, and that of the Greensburgh district, in the State of, and for other purposes"
McCarty, William M. of Virginia,
McClellan, Abraham, of Tennessee McClare, Charles M. of Pennsylvania,
1, 57 James, Francis, of Pennsylvania 15 Jameson, John, of Missouri, 1, 71 73 75, 73, 103 150, 162, 167, 200 222, 228 1. 11, 13, 43. 104 134, 149 178, 179 180 Johnson, Joseph, of Virginia, 1, 42, 43, 135, 163 196 Johnson, William Cost, of Maryland, 24, 28.3 39. 43 47, 48, 51, 58. 83. 84 86 87, 88, 93 96, 123, 130, 146, 147, 150, 151 163, 181, 184 187 206, 210, 220 Johnson, Cave, of Tennessee, 1, 24, 39 5 94 101 106, 158 169 201 202, 203, 204 224 Johnson, Charles, ot New York, 1, 163 Joint meeting of the two Houses to count the Electoral votes . 160 Jones, Nathaniel, of New York, 1, 24, 81, 114, 166 227
Jenifer, Daniel, of Maryland,
McCulloch, George, of Pennsylvania. McKay, James J. of North Carolina Maine, bill to provide for the settlement of claims of the State of, for services of her militia 88, 89, 227, 29
Mallory, Francis, of Virginia, 113, 148, 208 210 211, 212 230
Mallory, Meredith, of New York, Manufactures, Committee on
Marchand, Albert G. of Pennsylvania 1, 28, 38 Marvin, Richard P. of N. Y. 1, 43, 78, 83, 125,
210 Mason, Samson, of Ohio, 1, 75, 84, 104. 176 1-1 201, 208, 217 Medill, William, of Ohio, 1, 37, 42, 43 75 83 84 103, 132, 206 Mileage, Committee on bill reported from
bill to establish a more uniform rule of computing mileage and per d'em com- pensation of member of Congress Military Asylum, bill to found a, for the relief and support of invalid soldiers of the army of the United States Military Academy, bill to provide for the sup- port of, for the year 1841 Military Affairs, Committee on
resolution of instruction to bilis reported from reports from
Military Bounty Lands, resolution to provide scrip for outstanding land warrants, 38 bill for the relief of the owners of bounty land warrants.
final adjustment of private land claims in Missouri, approved 9th July, 1832, and the act supplemental thereto, ap- proved 2d March, 1833 97, 167 Mitchell, Charles F. of New York 1, 75, 226 Mobile harbor, bill making appropriations to complete the improvements of 23, 44 Monroe, James, of N. Y. 1, 24, 28, 36, 37, 43 44, 53, 62, 71, 75, 76, 75, 89, 96, 141, 164 176, 181, 196, 201, 206, 212, 222 Montanya, James D. L. of N. Y. 1, 75 78, 167 Montgomery, Wm. of N. C. 1, 43, 44, 93, 106 167, 216
tablish a system of general permanent pre-emption rights in favor of occupants of the public lands 230 Petrikin, David, of Pa. 17, 23. 29, 147, 155 162 170, 184 196 199, 200 Pickens, Francis W. of S. c. 37, 52 53, 58 64 73, 75, 78, 80. 81, 93, 134. 155, 168 169 170, 171, 172, 173, 187, 196 211' 220, 221 Pope, John, of Ky. 43, 77, 92, 125, 127, 123, 180 220, 226, 223
Post Office and Post Roads, Committee on 16 resolutions of instruction to reports from
Post Office Department, resolations of instruc-
communications from, 51, 58, 83, 89, 129 130 Prentiss, John H. of New York
appointed to inform him of the organi. zation of Congress
Navy. (See Appropriations.) Navy Department, communications from, 13, 46 61, 78, 89, 107, 134 resolutions of instruction to . 93 Navy Pensions. (See Pensions.) Naylor, Charles, of Pennsylvania, 1, 37, 42, 43 47, 71, 78, 95, 96, 97, 101, 103, 104 New Hampshire, bill relating to the judicial courts in the district of Newhard, Peter, of Pennsylvania
New Orleans, bill to amend an act to extend
Northwest Territory, joint resolution for print- ing a map of
Northeastern Boundary, bill making further provision for the exploration and survey of that part of the Northeastern boundary line of the United States which separates the States of Maine and New Hampshire from the British provinces, 168, 169, 199, 200 Northwestern Territory, joint resolution to print a map of
election of, Congressional proceedings connected therewith, 134, 139, 140, 159, 160
Private Land Claims, Committee on bills reports from . reports from
Privateer Pension Fund, resolution relative to, 93 Proffit, George H. of Ia. 1, 39, 47, 48 52, 61, 78 106, 130, 150, 152, 155, 156, 163 170, 176 177, 196, 199, 207, 211, 217, 228, 230 Public Buildings and Grounds, Committee on, 16 resolutions of instruction to 33, 52 Commissioner on, communication from, 41, 98 Public Expenditures, Committee on Public Lands, Committee on .
resolutions of instruction to reports from
Mr. Hammond Mr. Henry Mr. Hopkins Mr. Hunt Mr. Johnson, C Mr. Johnson, W. C. Mr. Kemble Mr. Leadbetter
Public Lands-bill for the relief of certain set- tlers on the, who were deprived of the benefits of the act granting pre-emption rights, which was approved on the 19th of June, 1834 bill to grant other lands to the inhabitants of townships deprived of the 16th sec- tion by Indian reservations bill to change the mode of disposing of bill to revive and continue in force for a limited time, an act approved on the 3d day of March, 1837, entitled "An act for the appointment of commissioners to adjust the claims to reservations of land under the 14th article of the trea ty of 1830, with the Choctaw Indians;" and also an act approved on the 22d day of February, 1838, entled an act to amend an act entitled 'An act for the appointment of commissioners to adjust the claims to reservations of lauds under the 14 h article of the trea- ty of 1830 with the Choctaw Indians' " 98 R.
Mr. Marchand
Mr. Mason, 8. Mr. Mitchell Mr. Montgomery Mr. Moore Mr. Peck Mr. Petrikin
Mr. Pickens Mr. Pope Mr. Proffit Mr. Randolph Mr. Rariden Mr. Reynolds Mr. Russell Mr. Sergeant Mr. Smith, A. Mr. Smith, Truman Mr. Saltonstall Mr. Stauly Mr. Taliaferro
Mr. Thompson, J. W.
Mr Thompson, W. Mr. Tillingbast
Osborne, Thomas B. of Conn
Railroad, bill for the relief of the Selma and Tennessee 29, 75, 163 Ramsey, William S. of Pennsylvania, death' of announced
17 Randall, Benjamin 28, 76 Randolph, Joseph F. of New Jersey 1, 36 77, 81 Rariden, James, of Indiana 1, 28, 39. 43 78 86 115, 152, 217 224, 226 Rayner, Kenneth, of North Carolina 1, 147, 150 158 Red river. (See Arkansas.) Reduction of salaries, debate, on the proposi- tion for 201, 203. 204 Reed, John, of Massachusetts 24. 38, 39, 47, 62 63, 64, 71, 73, 76, 78, 81, 86, 89, 167, 181 196, 200, 207, 212, 229 Resolutions submitted by- Mr. Adams, 11, 13, 24, 52, 70, 94, 133, 134 Mr. Andrews 39, 159, 208 Mr. Atherton 12 Mr. Banks 159, 208
Reynolds, John, of Illinois, 28, 43, 52, 58, 61, 75 78, 113, 115, 147 Revisal and unfinished business, Committee on, 16 Revolutionary Claims, Committee on 16 44, 52
resolutions of instruction to bills reported from
Rhett, R. Barnwell, of South Carolina, 117, 118 132, 196, 200 Rhode Island, resolutions of the Legislature of, 159 Ridgway, Joseph, of Ohio 1 Rives, John C. letter from, on the subject of the printing and binding of the House, 72, 78 report of Select Committee thereon
veyor general in the several districts, so soon as the surveys therein can be com- pleted, for abolishing land offices under certain circumstances, and for other pu poses,"" approved June 12, 1840, 107, 163 Swearingen, Henry, of Ohio Swartwout, Samuel, bill to ahthorize the Se- cretary of the Treasury to make an ar- rangement or compromise with any of the sureties on bonds given to the United States by Samuel Swartwout, late collec- tor of the customs for the port of New York 125, 166 1,16, 75, 166
Taliaferro, John, of Virginia 1, 28, 47, 52, 81, 92 168 Taney, Hon. Chief Justice, letter from, an- nouncing the death of Hon. P. P. Bar- bour
Samuels, Green B. of Virginia Schools for Indians, resolution concerning School lands, bill to authorize the Legislatures of the States of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee, to sell the lands heretofore ap- propriated for the use of schools in those States 98, 159 163 13, 81 106, 113
Select Committees
on Printing
on Stationery
on Steamboat Disasters
on Tobacco Trade
reports from
Sergeant, John, of Pennsylvania, 1, 95, 96, 138 199, 200, 226, 227 50
Shaw, Tristram, of New Hampshire. Shepard, Chas. of North Carolina, 1, 63, 64, 70 78, 81, 145
Silks, bill to lay a duty on imported manufac Iured silk
Simonton, William, of Pennsylvania. Slade, William, of Vermont.
Smith, Albert, of Maine, 1, 42, 43, 44, 61, 79, 135
137, 149, 151, 152, 156. 159, 170, 176, 177 208, 216, 220, 221, 224, 228
Smith, John, of Vermont 1, 28 Smith, Truman, of Connecticut, 1, 28, 43, 44, 47 106 Smith, Thomas, of Indiana, 1, 86, 149, 159, 161 162, 196, 198, 203, 207, 211 South Carolina, report and resolutions of, on Federal relations.
134 Stanly, Edward, of North Carolin”, 13, 17, 23, 36 37, 38, 44, 47, 52, 53, 73, 74, 75, 93, 94, 101 113, 130, 133, 162, 166, 176, 177, 178, 186 187, 195, 196, 200, 203, 206, 227, 230 Starkweather, David A. of Ohio 75, 222 State Department, communications from, 78, 134 229 State banks, report, transmitting returns of . 229 Stationery, debate upon the prices paid for 163 Steam, bill to provide for purchasing the patent
for Raub's self-acting safety-valve, 43,93 150, 161, 201 bill to authorize the President of the United States to employ persons to con- struct apparatus with a view to extin- guish fires on board steamboats, and to test its utility. 93, 150, 161, 201 bill to amend the act entitled "An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam," approved July 7, 1838, and for other purposee 93, 150, 161, 201 bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to procure steam vessels for the revenue service Steenrod, Lewis, of Virginia, 1, 140, 148, 152 187 204
209 Tariff, bill for the more faithful collection of the duties on imports. 52, 167 letter of Mr. Jaffray in connection with 52, 76 propositions to impose a tariff on wines spirits, and other luxuries, 96, 101, 109, 150 bill to repeal so much of the act entitied "An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports," ap-- proved July 14th, 1832, as exempts pins of foreign manufacture from the payment of duties; and proposes to subject them, when imported, after the first day of April next, to a duty of twenty per cent. ad valorem 126 Taylor, Jonathan, of Ohio 1, 36, 51, 104 Tennessee-bill to amend an act to authorize the State of, to issue grants and perfect ti- tles to the lands therein described, and to settle the claims to the vacant and unap- propriated lands within the same, 24, 39, 75 106, 151, 176 Territories, Committee on resolution to make bills concerning, a spe- cial order
Thompson, Jacob, of Mississippi, 37. 43, 44, 58 86, 89, 96, 100, 119, 163, 200, 201, 204, 211 Tillinghast, Joseph L. of Rhode Island 1, 13, 17 24, 28, 29 36, 43, 51, 52, 53 63, 64, 79, 81 88, 126, 159, 163, 164, 170, 175, 176, 184, 185 196, 203, 207, 217, 220, 221, 224 227 Tobacco trade, select committee on 13, 16 Toland, George W. of Pennsylvania, 1, 38, 43, 75 78, 169 Treasurer of the United States, communica- tion from Treasury Department, resolutions requesting information of the, 13, 29. 37, 38, 39, 52 93, 94, 113, 119 communications from, 24, 41, 58, 72, 78, 88 107, 134, 229, 230
101, 108, 113, 114, 117, 118, 120, 125 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 145, 146, 147 148, 149, 150 amendments proposed to 149, 150 Triplett, Philip, of Kentucky, 1, 43, 75, 136, 138 139, 167, 228 Tropical plants, bill to encourage the introduc- 113, 163 Turney, Hopkins, L. of Tennessee, 1, 36, 39, 71 75, 78, 84, 93, 140, 159, 166, 176, 227 U. Underwood, Joseph R. of Kentucky, 1, 42, 43, 44
communications from, 24, 47, 78, 106, 13
incorporate 107, 151 Watterson, Harvey M. of Tennessee, 63, 104, 11:
Ways and Means, Committee on
bills reported from, 23, 39, 51, 86 93, 95, 15€ Weller, John B. of Ohio, 1, 39, 51, 75, 78, 80, 8 141, 178, 180, 201, 210 216 White, Edward D. of Louisiana White, John of Kentucky. Wick, William W. of Indiana, 1, 23, 167, 211 Williams, Jared W. of New Hampshire, 1. 43, 7 106, 169 Williams, Thomas W. of Connecticu, 1, 24, 43 44, 115, 135, 16 Williams, Henry of Massachusetts 1, 43, 116 Williams, Lewis of North Carolina, 1, 11, 17, 58 73, 83, 84, 86, 87, 104, 106, 140, 151, 154, 163 176, 181, 184, 187, 206, 226 Williams, Joseph L. of Tennessee, 17, 28, 39, 156 163 Williams, Christopher H. of Tennessee, 1, 28, 89 167, 179, 204 Williams, Sherrod of Kentucky 135 Winthrop, Robert C. 17, 28, 51, 93, 94, 106, 117 203 Wise, Henry A. of Virginia, 17, 37, 42, 43, 48, 52 53, 62, 93, 100, 101, 103, 104. 106, 115, 116 117, 121, 128, 129, 130, 132, 133, 135, 140 141, 146, 149, 150, 152, 158, 176, 178, 179 180, 203, 204, 205, 206, 208, 209, 224, 225 227, 228, 229, 230 Wiskonsan, communication from the Secretary of the Territory of . 41 Worthington, John T. H. of Maryland 78
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