G.

Galena, Illinois, bill to establish a port of entry

at

377

229, 267
Georgia, resolutions of the Legislature of, con-
demnatory of the political course of
Mr. Berrien, discussed
Georgetown College, in the District of Colum-
bia, a bill to incorporate the - 267, 299
Graham, W. A., of North Carolina, 38, 41, 45
46, 63, 104, 118, 128, 133, 152, 157
161, 174, 181, 201, 206, 212, 233, 252.
253, 261, 262, 264, 267, 275, 276, 293
315, 320, 327, 330, 340, 353, 365, 376

resolutions submitted by

remarks on the bankrupt bill

377, 382

remarks concerning a rule to regulate
legislation on claims -

50, 51

remarks on the bill to indemnify Major

General Jackson

316, 321

the bill repealing a portion of the act
making appropriations for the tempo-
rary support of certain destitute Kic-
kapoo
concerning the sale of lands acquired
from the Wyandott, and an appropri
ation to satisfy treaty stipulations with
them
363, 370, 390
Cherokee. (See Awards-Lands.)
Indian appropriation bill

340, 363
Indian Affairs, calls on the Commissioner of,
by resolution
104
bills reported from the Committee on 84
166, 261, 362, 276

King, William R., of Alabama, 1, 31, 33, 38
45, 50, 63, 69, 70, 84, 88, 89, 95, 104
112, 127, 128, 133, 142, 148, 149, 152
153, 157, 162, 175, 181, 186, 194, 198
201, 206, 220, 261, 263, 264, 267, 275
276, 281, 287, 288, 299, 315, 321, 322
340, 341, 353, 354, 363, 364, 365, 371
377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 387
resolution by
remarks on the rule to regulate legisla-
tion on claims
remarks on the bankrupt act, 45, 238, 342
347

reports from the Committee on

Habersham, Richard W., of Georgia, death of,
and eulogy on

100, 320
resolutions of instruction to the Com-
mittee on
Infants, bill to provide for the sale of real es-
tate of, in the District of Columbia

-

362

-

237

275

62

372

Harbors. (See Commerce.)

Harrison, Major Thomas B., bill for the relief
of

General Jackson
remarks concerning the warehousing
system

316

330

372

Iowa. (See Militia.)
Insolvent debtors of the United States, bill to
continue in force the several acts now

in existence for the relief of, 104, 143, 149
354

J.

Internal improvements in the State of Michi-
gan, bill to apply certain alternate
sections of the public domain towards
completing the, 169, 193, 354, 362
Iron, railroad, duties on
238, 372, 393
Jackson, Major General Andrew, petitions and
resolutions of State Legislatures con-
cerning the fine on, by Judge Hall, 61, 63
84, 104, 110, 127, 133, 226, 275, 345
resolution calling for his letter to the
War Department concerning the dec-
laration of martial law at New Or-
leans
275
reports of the minority and majority of
the Judiciary Committee concerning
the fine
141, 148
bill to indemnify, for the fine of $1,000,
imposed on him by Judge Hall, of
Louisiana, in 1815, 41, 50, 75, 85, 206
296, 299, 315, 321
remarks concerning, by—
Mr. Archer
317
- 302
321

remarks on the bill reviving the act al-
lowing pensions to widows of the offi-
cers and soldiers of the Revolution
remarks concerning an appropriation to
satisfy the stipulations of the treaty
with the Wyandott Indians
remarks on the proposition to give to
the printers of the present Congress
20 per cent. above the contract price
for executing the public printing
L.

388

390

393

Lafayette, the city of, in Louisiana, bill making
it a port of delivery
377
Land claims in Missouri, private, bill for the
adjustment of
50, 161, 162, 341
in Mississippi, bill to confirm the, 79, 252
346

bill to revive the act to enable claimants
to land within the limits of Missouri
and Territory of Arkansas to institute
suits to try the validity of their claims,
and the act extending the provisions
of said act to claimants within Louis-
iana and Mississippi -
354, 362
Lands. (See Mineral lands.)
bill to set aside certain reservations of,
on account of live oak in the south-
east district of Louisiana
in the States of Ohio and Michigan
Iceded by the Wyandott tribe of In-
dians, bill providing for the sale of

Mr. Bagby

remarks on the Oregon bill

239

Mr. Berrien

315,

remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Andrew Jackson

Mr. Buchanan

- 316
316, 321

(See Debates-Debts.)

316, 321
316, 321

Mr. Miller
Jenkins, Charles J., and W. W. Mann, as-
signees of John McKinne, bill for the
relief of
321
Judges of the Supreme Court, proposed change
in the mode of appointment of, 39, 41
162
Judicial system of the United States, bill to es-
tablish the

- 300

Land Office. (See Commissioner of the Gen-
eral.)

50
63

Horses and other property lost in the military
service of the United States, the bill
to continue in force the act for the pay-
ment of

Hudson river, concerning an appropriation for
the improvement of
381
Huntington, J. W., of Connecticut, 30, 33, 38, 45
50, 62, 63, 65, 75, 79, 85, 88, 89, 99
106, 112, 113, 133, 147, 149, 157, 161
164, 166, 169, 180, 185, 194, 198, 201
205, 206, 219, 220, 222, 229, 233, 240
243, 252, 261, 266, 267, 275, 276, 280
281, 287, 299, 315, 321, 330, 341, 342
345, 354, 371, 372, 376, 381, 382, 387
390
104, 127, 133, 205

resolutions by
remarks on the bill to suppress private

Judiciary Committee, bills reported from the,

85, 104, 127, 133, 141, 148, 152, 157
166, 180, 181, 192, 198, 206, 226, 244
267, 276, 326, 331, 341, 354, 363, 365
371
resolutions of instruction to the - - 262
reports from the
141, 148, 267
report in the case of General Jackson - 141
K.

Kendall, Amos, resolutions of State Legisla
tures, and petitions concerning the im-
prisonment of, under the judgment
obtained by Stockton & Stokes, 157, 219
226, 237, 243, 275, 304, 353, 376
Kerr, John Leeds, of Maryland, 30, 33, 36, 45
49, 133, 141, 157, 160, 162, 180, 186

Library, the Committee on the, bills reported
from
73, 127, 292, 363
Light-house in the harbor of Chicago, bill ma-
king an appropriation to rebuild the 83
Linn, L. F., of Missouri, 40, 41, 45, 50, 54, 61
63, 70, 75, 79, 84, 85, 88, 94, 100, 104
106, 142, 161, 162, 169, 181, 185, 211
212, 220, 227, 233, 240, 267, 280, 282
287, 288, 289, 296, 311, 313, 315, 321
345, 371, 376, 379, 383
the credentials of
74
resolutions by, 54, 70, 74, 104, 262, 377
379

remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Jackson

remarks on the bill to revive the act of
July, 1838, allowing pensions to the
widows of the officers and soldiers of
the Revolution

ted

388, 389

(See Debates-Debts.)
Medical Bureau, the appropriation to the, deba-
322, 328
Memphis, Tennessee, bill authorizing an ex-
amination and survey of the harbor
of
141, 166, 336, 340, 354, 383
Merchandise. (See Duty.)
Merrick, W. D., of Maryland, 30, 52, 62, 70, 74
85, 104, 111, 166, 175, 185, 192, 211
229, 230, 233, 240, 252, 275, 276, 280
281, 322, 345, 363, 364, 376, 377, 379
382, 388, 390, 391, 392, 394
resolutions by 33, 104, 166, 304, 313
remarks on the bill to suppress private
expresses on the mail routes 211, 220
229, 233, 234, 245, 252, 253
remarks on the bill to reduce the rates of
- 363

postage

(See Debates.)

Message, annual. (See President.)

Mexican claims, resolution concerning

Michigan. (See Internal improvements-

Militia, concerning the disciplining of,

Georgia, bill for the payment of several

on

Military service of the United States, bill to
pay for horses and other property lost
in the
220
Military Affairs, bills reported from the Com-
mittee on, 133, 141, 166, 192, 261, 267
287, 288, 311, 320
resolutions instructing the Committee
133, 142, 158
reports from the Committee on . 288, 345
Military Academy at West Point, resolutions
of State Legislatures in favor of the
discontinuance of
280
Miller, J. W., of New Jersey, 33, 37, 40, 70, 79
84, 110, 133, 141, 147, 148, 169, 180
181, 182, 201, 219, 220, 226, 238, 245
262, 267, 276, 299, 320, 327, 363, 364
resolutions by

365
293
remarks on the bill to suppress private
expresses
- 246
remarks on the army appropriation bill, 268
remarks on the District banks bill, 364, 365
remarks on the bill to indemnify Gen.
Jackson
- 300
(See Debates.)
Mineral lands, bill for ascertaining and dispos-
ing of the
63, 73, 142, 149
Mints, branch, bill amendatory of the act es-
tablishing the Dahlonega and Char-
lotte, and defining the duties of assayer
and coiner

Northeastern and Northwestern boundary-

controversy concerning, as defined on
the map of Franklin, &c., 111, 119, 120
121, 169, 170, 171
Nourse, Joseph, bill for the relief of, 89, 162, 166
0.
Oregon Territory, resolutions of State Legis-
latures and petitions concerning the 84, 88
220, 267, 287, 340
resolution calling for information of
the late negotiations touching the
bill for the occupation and settlement of
the, and to extend a portion of the
laws of the United States over the
same - 61, 70, 99, 104, 112, 121, 133
142, 149, 153, 158, 162, 171, 176, 188
192, 194, 198, 206, 212, 220, 227, 229
234, 238, 244, 252
remarks on the, by-

· 331

118, 340

Mr. McRoberts
Mr. McDuffie

Mission to China. (See China.)
Mississippi river, obstructions in the, and ca-
tastrophes on the

bill to provide for the improvement of
the navigation of the, and their tribu-
taries

261, 268
bill relating to the application of the two
per cent. fund of the State of 267, 364
(See Land claims.
Missouri. (See Land claims.)
Missouri volunteers, bill for the relief of cer-
tain companies of
Morehead, J. T., of Kentucky, 31, 46, 75, 100
128, 158, 227, 275, 296, 302, 315, 321
322, 326, 349, 364, 372, 387
resolutions by
. 175
remarks on the joint resolution for the
establishment of agencies for the in-
spection and purchase of water-rot-
ted hemp
remarks on the Oregon bill

Naval Affairs, resolutions instructing the Com-
mittee on
75, 133, 161, 162
reports from the Committee on, 63, 70, 148
158, 161, 162, 180, 198, 212, 261, 340
bills reported from the Committee on - 158
162, 166, 186, 233, 235, 238, 275, 280
287, 304, 320, 340, 376, 387
Naval service. (See Enlistments.)
bill to provide for the establishment of
schools of instruction in the
84
bill making appropriation for the sup-
port of the 263, 321, 322, 327, 328
331, 377
(See Treaty and Right of search.)
Naval peace establishment, bill concerning the, 198
Naval pensions, bill respecting the payment of
invalid pensions to officers of the na-
val and marine services
233
bill making appropriation for the pay-
ment of
340, 364, 377
Naval hospital fund, joint resolution authoriz-
ing the investment of the
235
Naval nominations
· 112
Navy Department, calls upon the, for informa-
tion
79, 111, 119
bill to amend the act reorganizing the, 84, 263
Navigation, petitions and documents on the

Mr. Linn, 74, 99, 100, 104, 105, 112
121, 134, 153, 186, 201, 206, 222
227, 239, 240, 244

Mr. Morehead

Mr. Phelps
Mr. Rives

Mr. Sevier

100, 188

198, 240

Mr. Tappan

Mr. Woodbridge

Mr. Woodbury

Mr. Walker

-188

- 227
230
153, 230
149, 240

Mr. Young

Ohio. (See Lands)

P.
Patents and the Patent Office, bills reported
from the Committee on - 162, 238, 363
Patents, land, bill in relation to the exemplifi-
cation of, and other evidences of title
under the act for the reorganization of
the General Land Office, 311, 372, 377
for bounty land, joint resolution relating
299, 372
Patent Office, bill to extend the, on 9th street
148, 162, 354, 362
Pay of all officers of the Government, bill 548
for the reduction of the
- 296
Pea Patch Island, the bill to settle the title to 192
211, 363
327

Pensacola, proposition for the construction of a
floating dry dock at -
Pennsylvania avenue, bill to authorize the re-
paving and repairing of, 141, 169, 201
226, 245, 252
Pensions, the Committee on, bills reported
from, 88, 127, 157, 166, 180, 186, 211
226, 238, 267, 280, 287, 292, 311, 320
326, 340, 341, 353, 363, 370, 371, 376
391

reports from the, 88, 127, 157, 180, 211
238, 287, 299, 320, 326, 340, 353, 363
387
Pensions to certain widows of officers and sol-
diers of the Revolution, bill reviving
the act of July, 1838, granting pen-
sions to widows of
353, 364, 387
Pension agents, bill making compensation to, 63, 79
95, 100
263

Pensions, bill making appropriation for the
payment of

Pensions, the bill to continue the office of Com-
63, 79, 95, 100
Peters, Moore, & Co., bill for the relief of, 229, 372
Petersburg Railroad Co., bill for the benefit of
the
166, 175, 181, 186, 187
Phelps, S. S., of Vermont, 63, 69, 70, 88, 89, 94
95, 105, 106, 118, 133, 157, 162, 169
174, 180, 182, 188, 198, 211, 226, 253
292, 299, 311, 320, 326, 327, 341, 345
376

4

correspondence of the authorities of
Maine, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire, concerning the

12

remarks on the Oregon bill

companies of

Michigan, bill for the payment of cer-

tain companies of
Iowa, the bill to provide for the payment
of the -

Planters' Bank of Mississippi, bill for the relief

of the -

Porter, A. S., of Michigan,
79, 88, 94, 157,

remarks on the bill to prevent the em.
ployment of private expresses on mail
routes, &c.
229, 245, 252

Post Office special agents, concerning the sala-
ry of the

T

Resolutions submitted by-

89, 141, 180, 192
38, 45, 50, 63, 69
175, 211, 229, 233
287, 371, 372

255, 288, 341
- 288
104, 127, 133, 205
- 262

Mr. Kerr

Mr. Linn, 54, 70, 74, 104, 262, 377, 379
Mr. McDuffie, 252, 262, 272, 281, 288

382

308, 311
73, 99, 111
33, 104, 166, 304, 313

Post Office and Post Roads, Committee on,
bills reported from the, 79, 88, 104, 111
192, 226, 229, 252, 280, 304, 320, 376
resolutions instructing the
127, 141
report from the
320

Post Office laws, concerning the construction
of the -

Postmasters General of the United States, (as-
sistant,) bill relating to the appoint-
ment of
Postmaster General, resolution instructing the,

&c.
Postage, petitions, &c., concerning a reduction
of the rates of, 220, 243, 340, 363, 379
Pre-emption rights, bili to amend the several
acts granting -
54, 370
bill supplementary to the act granting,
to settlers on the public lands, 238, 320
370
bill to authorize the investigation of al-
leged frauds under the
320, 387
President pro tem. of the Senate, 45, 49, 52, 61
81, 88, 100, 110, 126, 127, 132, 140
147, 152, 153, 157, 158, 161, 166, 169
175, 180, 185, 186, 188, 192, 211, 219
229, 233, 238, 243, 251, 252, 261, 263
275, 280, 287, 292, 296, 304, 311, 320
325, 330, 342, 362, 376
his recollections pending the controversy
in secret session on the red-lined map
between Messrs. Benton and Rives - 170
President Tyler, his annual message, 33, 36, 37, 45
his message transmitting the British
treaty

2, 112, 119, 133, 237, 293

299, 304, 372

104, 376, 387
46, 104, 118, 205

Mr. Walker, 62, 192, 304, 311, 315, 321
326, 370, 376, 379

Mr. Woodbury
Mr. Woodbridge
Mr. Young

1, 79
65, 74
74, 85, 89, 280
133, 261, 371
320, 376
Retrenchment, resolutions of instruction to the
committee on -
65, 74
bill reported from the committee on - 349
the bill for the reduction of the pay to
members of Congress, and civil, mili-
tary, and naval officers, 296, 349, 392
(See Custom house.
Retrenchment and economy, the tariff, Govern-
ment resources, &c., resolutions of
Messrs. McDuffie, Evans, Dayton,
Rives, and Merrick, upon the subject
252, 262, 276, 281

resolutions calling upon, for informa-
tion, 41, 50, 54, 70, 74, 94, 99, 112
175, 238, 275, 281, 331, 345, 372, 376

85
70, 304, 331
· 345
Mr. Barrow, 74, 79, 111, 119, 133, 142
158
Mr. Bayard
39, 235, 326
Mr. Benton, 1, 2, 41, 54, 63, 74, 79, 85
94, 99, 119, 238, 252, 262, 275, 281
321, 327, 341, 345
46, 89
Mr. Buchanan
2, 104, 118
Mr. Conrad, 1, 54, 62, 63, 95, 133, 142
Mr. Crittenden
2, 75
Mr. Dayton
281, 288

Mr. Berrien

Mr. Merrick

Mr. Rives

- 282

- 282
- 282

281, 282

281, 282, 288

255, 276, 281, 282, 288
276, 281, 288
281, 282, 288, 289
281, 282, 288
282
282, 288
Revenue-cutter service, concerning the - 280
Revolutionary Claims, Committee on, bills re-
ported from the, 158, 169, 292, 320, 326
345

Mr. Simmons -
Mr. Walker

reports from the, 118, 133, 157, 292, 345
Right of search, debate concerning the speech
of Sir Robert Peel on the construction
of the Ashburton treaty touching the, 331
332, 333, 334, 335, 336
Rives, Wm. C., of Virginia, 1, 2, 30, 54, 62, 110
164, 192, 212, 227, 289, 379
resolutions by, 2, 112, 119, 133, 237, 293
299, 304
remarks concerning the speech of Sir
Robert Peel on the construction of the
Ashburton treaty as to the right of
search
111, 120, 121, 171
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the
Petersburg Railroad Company 187
remarks on the Oregon bill'
230
remarks on the bill making appropria-
tion for the fulfilment of the stipula-
tions of the Ashburton treaty - 379
(See Debts.)
Roads and Canals, resolutions instructing the
Committee on
46, 104, 370
bills reported from the Committee on, 198

233
Robbinston, in the State of Maine, bill to de-
clare, a port of entry - 180, 354, 362
Rocky Mountains, concerning Lieutenant Fre-
mont's expedition to the
389
Royall, bill for the benefit of the widow of
Captain William
· 371
Rules of the Senate, proposition to suspend and
amend the, 45, 50, 70, 74, 377, 387
S.

Salary of the surveyor of the port of Camden,
bill for the reduction of the, 299, 331, 372
School lands, bills concerning, 50, 54, 63, 70, 83
104, 118, 153, 158
Seamen, an act amendatory of the act for the
relief of sick and disabled
345
Search. (See Right of search.)

remarks on the subject of improving the
navigation of the Western waters - 165
(See Debates.)

Shreve, H. M., a bill authorizing the purchase

of his snag-boat
211, 213
Simmons, J. T., of Rhode Island, 40, 84, 112, 192
219, 220, 244, 251, 252, 287, 363, 365
372, 382
Skinner, John P., bill for the relief of 198, 206
Slave-trade, the African, negotiations between
Ashburton and Webster, concerning
the suppression of the
23, 24
Smith, O. H., of Indiana, 40, 45, 49, 54, 61, 63
70, 73, 84, 94, 104, 106, 118, 142, 147
159, 153, 164, 169, 174, 192, 205, 226
233, 243, 252, 261, 266, 292, 304, 311
320, 330, 340, 354, 362, 370, 371, 372
377
resolutions by
46, 104, 118, 205
remarks on the subject of improving the
navigation of the Western waters - 164
remarks on the joint resolution for the
establishing of agencies for the in-
spection and purchase of water-rotted
hemp

381
relief of
95, 100
Steamboats, bill to amend the act for the better
security of lives of passengers on
board of
345, 376, 379
Steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers,
the destruction of
Stock by the United States, petitions praying
the issue of 200 millions for the relief
of the States, 84, 161, 198, 219, 220
233, 238, 243, 262, 266, 275, 280, 299
304, 387
Sturgeon, D., of Pennsylvania, 30, 41, 54, 61
62, 79, 84, 180, 205, 211, 226, 233, 238
243, 251, 252, 275, 292, 304, 311, 320
322, 330, 387
Swartwout, Samuel, late collector of N. York,
bill authorizing the Treasurer to com-
promise with the securities of, 89, 95
T.

Tallmadge, N. P., of New York, 2, 30, 33, 45
62, 75, 79, 84, 85, 88, 94, 99, 103
110, 118, 127, 166, 175, 185, 192, 198
205, 226, 237, 240, 244, 251, 253, 266
288, 314, 315, 327, 328, 340, 342, 381
382, 390
resolution by
39
remarks on the bankrupt act, 45, 46, 51, 84
238, 342, 347, 349
remarks on the exchequer bill

Treaty, the Ashburton-

bill to make appropriation to carry into
effect the treaty which was concluded
at Washington the 9th Aug., 1842 - 366
371, 372, 377, 378, 379

U.

Usher, Alice, the bill for the relief of

-

W.
Walker, R. J., of Mississippi, 61, 63, 89, 94, 105
142, 148, 149, 152, 157, 162, 180, 186
192, 206, 220, 233, 243, 252, 267, 304
311, 314, 321, 322, 326, 327, 328, 354
371, 372, 376, 377, 383, 392, 393
resolutions by 62, 192, 304, 311, 315
321, 326, 370, 372, 376, 379
remarks on the British treaty and red-
line map
119, 244
remarks on the subject of improving the
- 165
navigation of the Western waters
remarks on the Oregon bill 105, 239
remarks on the bill to suppress private
expresses on the mail routes - - 246
remarks on the report of the Judiciary
Committee concerning the fine on Gen.
Jackson
141
remarks on the army appropriation bill, 267
remarks concerning the Louisville and
Portland canal
- 287
remarks on the bankrupt act, 342, 346, 347
remarks on the District bank bill
- 365
remarks on the bill reviving the act
granting pensions to the widows of of-
ficers and soldiers of the Revolution - 388
389

-

255

Woodbury, Levi, of New Hampshire, 30, 41, 50
73, 74, 79, 81, 84, 85, 88, 94, 104, 106
113, 119, 128, 142, 143, 148, 157, 158
164, 169, 186, 188, 192, 211, 226, 252
253, 267, 275, 280, 281, 296, 311, 314
321, 322, 327, 328, 341, 353, 363, 365
366, 370, 371, 381, 383, 392
resolutions by
74, 85, 89, 280
remarks on the joint resolution for the
e-tablishment of agencies for the in-
spection and purchase of water-rotted
hemp -

262,

263

347

· 331

remarks on the bankrupt bill
remarks concerning the warehousing
system
remarks concerning the speech of Sir
Robert Peel on the construction of the
Ashburton treaty, as to the right of
search
336
remarks on the treasury note bill, 380, 390
remarks on the appropriation to pay for

printing the Compendium of the Sixth
Census
- 381
remarks on the proposition to give to
the present printers to Congress 20
per cent. above their contract price for
executing the public printing
remarks on the Oregon bill

(See Debates-Debts.)

- 393
- 192

Wright, Silas, of New York, 30, 39, 40, 45, 49
54, 61, 63, 65, 75, 84, 85, 102, 112
118, 133, 157, 161, 169, 192, 211, 212
226, 233, 237, 213, 275, 287, 292, 296
299, 345, 346, 353, 354, 362, 363, 365
366, 371, 372, 376, 379, 383, 393, 394
resolutions by
65, 74
288

the credentials of
remarks on the proposition to give the
present Congress printers 20 per cent.
above the contract price for execu-
ting the public printing 382, 391, 393
remarks on the rule to regulate legisla-
tion on claims.
remarks on the bill to reduce the rates
of postage

Yeas and nays-

(See Debts-Debates.)
Warehousing system, petitions, reports, &c.,
concerning, 45, 54, 85, 112, 113, 118
166, 330, 331
War Department, resolutions calling upon the,
for information, 70, 104, 133, 142, 192
205, 311, 320, 321, 387
Washington's sword and Franklin's staff, their
presentation to the Senate, and the re-
marks of Mr. Archer concerning
Watchmen in the several departments, proposi-
tion to raise their salaries
Weaver, Casper W., bill for the relief of
Weaver, Thomas, and Jacob Heyberger, sure-
ties of the Norristown and Valley
Railroad Company, bill for the relief
of
372, 393
Webster, Daniel, his negotiations with Lord
Ashburton, and correspondence touch-
ing the several subjects embraced in
the treaty at Washington, 4, 22, 23, 24
26, 28
West Feliciana Railroad Company, bill for the
relief of the 89, 147, 206, 220, 336
White, A. S., of Indiana, 40, 45, 84, 94, 100
113, 166, 288, 308, 320, 363
377, 387
remarks concerning an appropriation to
fulfil the stipulations of the treaty
with the Wyandott Indians
390,
391
Wilcox, L., of New Hampshire
30, 287
Wilde, Richard H., granting him the benefits
of the copyright law, 41, 141, 181, 192
Williams, J. W., deceased Representative from
Maryland, eulogy on -
37
Williams, Ruel, of Maine, 1, 61, 63, 70, 94
127, 148, 157, 158, 162, 164, 169, 180
205, 206, 226, 233, 238, 244, 261, 275
280, 287, 292, 293, 304, 320, 322, 327
328, 340, 341, 371, 372, 376, 387
resolutions submitted by
1, 79
remarks concerning naval pensions - 364
Wiscasset collection district, bill to extend the, 387
Wisconsin, bill to authorize the election or ap-
pointment of certain officers in, 341, 383
Woodbridge, W. W., of Michigan, 40, 41, 73, 88
89, 94, 127, 133, 147, 161, 169, 229
251, 253, 261, 262, 266, 292, 315, 326
345, 354, 363, 366, 371, 382, 387
resolutions by
133, 261, 371
remarks on the rule to regulate legisla-
tion on claims
remarks concerning a distribution of
the catalogues of the library of Con-
gress

on questions touching the assumption
of the State debts

75

on the resolutions concerning the as-
sumption of State debts, 296, 299, 308
315, 327
on questions connected with the bill to
indemnify Major Gen. Jackson, 85, 149
316, 321

on the proposition to distribute cata-
logues of the library of Congress 94
on the joint resolution to limit the
term of office of the judges of the su-
preme and inferior courts
· 162
on the bill for the benefit of the Peters-
burg Railroad Company
on the Oregon bill

188
240, 252

on the joint resolution for the establish-
ment of agencies for the inspection
and purchase of water-rotted hemp - 263
on the resolution of Mr. McDuffie con-
cerning the tariff, the Government re-
sources, retrenchment, and economy, 289
on the naval appropriation bill, touch-
ing the question of dry or floating-
docks -

328
on the proposition of Mr. Benton and Mr.
Bagby to recommit the naval appro-
priation bill, with a view to strike out
all appropriations for the fulfilment of
the stipulations of the treaties, so far
as regarded the support of recaptured
Africans

on the bankrupt bill

- 336
347, 349
on the bill to print the debates of Con-
gress
355, 356, 357, 358
on the bill to recharter the District banks 365
371

on the proposition to print the resolu-
tions of the Legislature of Georgia
condemnatory of the course of Mr.
Berrien
· 377

on the proposition to give the present
printers to Congress 20 per cent. above
their contract price for executing the
public printing
382, 391, 393

Mr. Briggs's resolution in relation to the
laws of Florida

Accounts, Committee on

Adams, John Quincy, of Massachusetts, 21, 37, 42
83, 86, 89, 90, 158, 161, 173, 182, 183
184, 195, 219, 223, 224, 235, 236, 237
242, 256, 260, 264, 269, 270, 274, 275
277, 310, 317, 320, 322, 323, 325, 328
329, 330, 337, 344, 345, 350, 359, 366
367, 369, 385, 386, 387, 396, 400
resolutions by
31, 219, 232, 385
resolution in relation to vacancies on
the bench of the Supreme Court - 359
remarks on the resolution to refund
General Jackson's fine
123, 128
remarks on the motion to print 10,000
extra copies of the reports of the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means on the
proposition to issue two hundred mil-
lions of Government stock

Agriculture, Committee on

- 269
41

-

Alabama, bill providing for the payment of the
two per cent. fund of -

memorial of the Legislature of, on the
subject of the public lands

Alexandria, D. C., bill to amend the charter of

the town of

338

- 384

- 240

bill to incorporate the orphan asylum
and free school of
266, 394
Allen, Elisha H., of Maine, 31, 317, 367, 370
Apportionment law, bill to suspend the opera-
tion of certain portions of, 121, 195, 298

343
Andrews, Sherlock J., of Ohio, 265, 274, 328, 340
Andrews, Landaff W., of Kentucky, 44, 65, 89

113, 159, 180, 182, 183, 226, 276, 320
328, 329, 338, 340, 350, 353, 361, 367
369, 370, 386, 387, 395, 399
Appropriations, bill for the civil and diplo-

matic expenses of the Government, 52, 55
57, 304, 344, 350, 359, 368, 394, 395
396, 399
bill for the army and military acad-
emy, 113, 169, 172, 223, 228, 230, 270
278, 302, 339, 367
bill for the naval service, 143, 242, 248
256, 329, 330, 339, 350, 373, 386, 394
bill for the Indian Department,

143,

bill for revolutionary and other pen-

sioners

bills for fortifications

bill for navy pensions
bill for harbors and rivers

-

329
330, 373
143, 211
158, 329, 330
240, 330, 376
241, 330, 339
Arkansas, bill for the relief of sundry citizens
of, for losses of improvements in con-
sequence of the Choctaw treaty · 102
bill supplementary to the act to settle the
titles to certain lands in
121, 367
bill for the relief of persons residing
within the reputed limits of Arkansas
and Louisiana, and beyond the new
boundary line between the United
States and Texas

Army appropriation bill. (See Appropria-
tions.)

bill to amend the act respecting the or-
ganization of

157

176, 298

Army appropriation bill-

-

bill to repeal certain parts of the act
respecting the organization of 336, 386
Arrington, Archibald H., of North Carolina, 31
Armories, national
54
Arnold, Thomas D., of Tennessee, 68, 73, 81, 89
114, 131, 135, 158, 162, 168, 174, 185
216, 223, 228, 237, 248, 251, 276, 282
283, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291, 325
345

report of the Committee of Ways and
Means on the petitions asking for the
creation of two hundred millions of
United States stock for the relief of
the States, 222, 269, 273, 283, 322, 339
report of Mr. Johnson, of Maryland, on
the same subject
385
Atherton, Charles G., of New Hampshire, 31, 95
143, 152, 159, 167, 207, 241, 319, 385
400
remarks on the plan of the exchequer, 209
Aycrigg, John B., of New Jersey, 31, 57, 58, 60
225, 260, 264, 265, 297, 329, 340, 360
367, 368
B.
Baker, Osmyn, of Massachusetts, 31, 247, 338
Babcock, Alfred, of New York, 31, 177, 373
Barnard, Daniel D., of New York, 31, 38, 49, 65
72, 114, 159, 162, 163, 167, 168, 182
183, 190, 195, 228, 236, 254, 256, 264
265, 270, 282, 283, 302, 309, 310, 317
318, 330, 350, 367, 373, 395
resolutions by
157, 173
remarks on the bill to repeal the bank-
rupt law
65, 71
remarks on the plan of the exchequer, 201
remarks on the treasury note bill 318
Barton, Richard W., of Virginia, 31, 53, 65, 143
225, 348, 366
Bankrupt law, bill to repeal the, 49, 65, 71, 86
90, 102, 107, 114, 124, 146, 162
bill reported by Mr. Barnard, 167, 176, 178
Bankruptcy, fees in, resolution in relation to, 54,57
Beeson, Henry W., of Pennsylvania, 31, 56, 113
268, 286, 400
resolutions by
103, 399
Betts, Judge, refusal of, to hear the charges
brought by Mrs. Cromwell against
Captain Mackenzie
297
Bidlack, Benjamin A., of Pennsylvania, 31, 37
48, 56, 81, 82, 102, 113, 128, 151, 155
158, 159, 176, 190, 191, 323
resolution by
- 128
remarks on the plan of the exchequer, 190
191
Birdseye, Victory, of New York, 38, 194, 310
373, 394
Black, Edward J., of Georgia, 44, 55, 72, 150
161, 174, 183, 232, 236
Blair, Bernard, of New York -
31, 303
Boyd, Lynn, of Kentucky, 31, 106, 227, 236
337, 359
Botts, John M., of Virginia, 31, 43, 46, 47, 48
135, 146, 158, 159, 184, 189, 196, 260
280, 291, 302, 303, 319, 340, 361, 387
395, 399
his articles of impeachment against the
President of the United States, 144, 145
remarks on the resolution to refund
General Jackson's fine
195, 217
Boardman, William W., of Connecticut, 31, 61
81, 131, 216, 240, 247, 283, 340, 360
361, 367, 395

-

Borden, Nathaniel B., of Massachusetts
Brewster, David P., of New York, 31, 75, 194
217, 222, 298
remarks on the steamboat bill
- 339
British treaty. (See England.)
Briggs, George N., of Massachusetts, 31, 39, 49
52, 72, 132, 158, 162, 167, 168, 176, 182
183, 185, 189, 194, 222, 233, 235, 236
237, 241, 256, 265, 266, 271, 286, 292
296, 310, 328, 337, 338, 350, 359, 367
370, 373, 386, 394, 395
resolutions by, 38, 134, 172, 337, 394
Brockway, John H., of Connecticut
303
Bronson, David, of Maine, 31, 53, 57, 89, 159
207, 228, 248, 271, 289, 325, 344, 345
361, 367

remarks on the bill to repeal the bank-
rupt act
68, 72
remarks on the naval appropriation bill 259
remarks on the resolution in relation to
the removal of Jonathan Roberts from
office
309, 310
remarks on the subject of the coast sur-
vey
351
remarks on the resolution of thanks to
the Speaker
397, 398, 399
Butler, William, of South Carolina
Butler, William O., of Kentucky, 31, 56, 132
150, 176, 240, 247, 290, 298, 303, 386
resolution by
383
Burke, Edmund, of New Hampshire, 31, 113
159, 163, 166, 276, 297, 310, 366, 397
Burnell, Barker, of Massachusetts, 31, 38, 60, 75
86, 131, 189, 215, 261, 367, 373
resolutions by
219, 297
remarks on the general appropriation
bill

Calhoun, Wm. B., of Mass., 31, 128, 146, 173, 176
277, 297, 303, 360, 394, 395
resolutions by
106, 195
Cary, George B., of Va.
31, 44, 167, 196
Caldwell, Patrick C., of South Carolina 31, 226
Caldwell, Green W., of North Carolina
40
Casey, Zadok, of Illinois
31, 65, 143, 159
228, 240, 271, 350
Caruthers, Robert L., of Tenn. 44, 386, 394
Campbell, John, of South Carolina 44, 59, 86
90, 96, 121, 183, 235, 283, 292, 298, 330
337, 339, 340, 343, 344, 350, 359, 385
remarks on the plan of the exchequer, 138
Campbell, Wm. B., of Tenn. 44, 83, 183, 291
308, 340, 345
Campbell, Thomas J., of Tenn.
75, 259