G.

at

- 377

Galena, Illinois, bill to establish a port of entry
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
377, 382

- 288

46

resolutions submitted by
remarks on the bankrupt bill
remarks concerning a rule to regulate
legislation on claims -
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Jackson

316, 321
on the bill to revive the act of July,
1838, allowing pensions to the widows
of officers and soldiers of the Revolu-
tion
- 388

(See Debts.)

62

Grand Gulf Railroad and Banking Company,
bill for the relief of the, 89, 147, 206, 220
336
Greensburg land district, bill explanatory of
the act in relation to the
292, 296
H.
Habersham, Richard W., of Georgia, death of,
and eulogy on
Harbors. (See Commerce.)
Harrison, Major Thomas B., bill for the relief
of
Haywood, William H., jr., Senator elect from
North Carolina, the credentials of - 287
Hemp, water-rotted, petitions, &c., concerning, 63
75, 141, 266, 376
joint resolution, agencies in Kentucky
and Missouri for the inspection and
purchase of 186, 226, 262, 263, 322
remarks upon, by-
262
262, 263
262, 263

Mr. Tappan
Mr. McDuffie

- 262

Mr. Bayard

Mr. Morehead

Mr. Crittenden

Mr. Woodbury

Mr. Bagby

Mr. Buchanan
Mr. Benton

50, 51

-

- 262

262, 263
- 263

- 263

- 263
joint resolution to authorize the transla-
tion of a pamphlet in the State De-
partment on the culture and prepara-
tion of
- 372
Henderson, J., of Mississippi, 79, 89, 134, 143
149, 233, 261, 276, 322, 327, 336, 353
363, 371, 381, 383
remarks on the bill to suppress private
expresses on the mail routes, 212, 220, 229
remarks on the Oregon bill
239
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Andrew Jackson
(See Debates-Debts.)
Hermosa, concerning the slaves taken from on
board the
Holt, Charles, a bill to refund to, a fine imposed
on him under the sedition law
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

- 316

372
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
resolutions by
104, 127, 133, 205
remarks on the bill to suppress private
expresses on mail routes
234, 252
remarks on the bankrupt bill
346
remarks on the warehousing system, 330, 331
remarks on the Oregon bill

194

I.

-

-

372

1

326

Illinois, bill declaring assent to the State of,
lo tax lands sold by the United States, 88
119, 153

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
J.
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
316,
Mr. Bagby
Mr. Berrien

Mr. Buchanan

275
372

317
302
315, 321

Mr. Conrad

Mr. Dayton
Mr. Graham

. 316
316, 321
316, 321
316, 321
Mr. Henderson
- 316
Mr. Linn, 299, 301, 315, 316, 317, 321
Mr. McRoberts
- 301
Mr. Miller
- 300
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

-

50

Judiciary Committee, bills reported from the, 63
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

37

resolution submitted by -
his eulogy on the life and character of
Mr. Williams, a deceased represent-
ative from Maryland -
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
262

resolution by
remarks on the rule to regulate legisla-
tion on claims

remarks on the bankrupt act, 45, 238,

remarks concerning a proposed distri-
bution of the catalogues of the libra-
ry of Congress
remarks on the Oregon bill, 74, 105, 239
remarks on the joint resolution estab-

94

lishing agencies for the inspection and
purchase of water-rotted hemp, 226, 227
remarks on the proposition to print the
report of the Judiciary Committee on
the bankrupt law
- 238
remarks on the army appropriation bill, 268
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Jackson

316

remarks concerning the warehousing
system

330

remarks on the bill reviving the act al-
lowing pensions to widows of the offi-
cers and soldiers of the Revolution - 388
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

- 390

50
342
347

·

L.
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

393

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
- 261
in the States of Ohio and Michigan
ceded by the Wyandott tribe of In-
dians, bill providing for the sale of - 370
390

83

Land patents. (See Patents.)
Land tax. (See Illinois.)
Land Office. (See Commissioner of the Gen-
eral.)
Lead mines, bill proposing to rent the United
States -
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
74

the credentials of
resolutions by, 54, 70, 74, 104, 262, 377

379
50

remarks on the bill to regulate legisla-
tion on claims
remarks on the Oregon bill, 74, 99, 100
104, 105, 112, 121, 134, 153, 186, 201
206, 222, 227, 239, 240, 244
remarks on the proposition to print the
report on the subject of the fine on
General Jackson
148, 149

Linn, L. F., of Missouri-

remarks concerning the destruction of
steamboats on the Ohio and Mississip-
pi rivers

164

remarks on the army appropriation bill, 267
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Andrew Jackson, 299, 301, 315
316, 321

389

remarks on the expedition of Lieut.
Fremont to the Rocky Mountains
Live oak. (See Louisiana.)
Louisiana, bill to set aside certain reservations
of land on account of live oak in the
southeastern district of
372

joint resolution directing certain papers
relating to titles to land in, to be re-
turned to the General Land Office, 261, 372
(See Lands-Land claims.)

M.

111

383

·

Mails, the United States, bill to authorize the
Postmaster General to make perma-
nent contracts with railroad compa-
nies for the transportation of the
Maine. (See Northeastern boundary.)
Mangum, Willie P., of North Carolina
31
Marine corps, the bill for the
166, 263
Marine hospital at Key West, in Florida, bill
for the erection of a
330,
bill to amend the act making an appro-
priation for the erection of a, at Ücra-
coke, North Carolina -
Massachusetts, bill to refund the balance due,
for disbursements during the war, 50, 133
561
175, 366, 371
McDuffie, George H., of South Carolina, 158, 194
220, 227, 252, 261, 321, 364, 371, 391
the credentials of
106
remarks on the Oregon bill
198, 240
remarks on the joint resolution for the
establishment of agencies for the in-
spection and purchase of water-rotted
hemp -

262, 263
remarks on his resolutions
308,
311
remarks on the resolution concerning
the tariff, economy, retrenchment, and
reform -
252, 262, 276, 281, 288
remarks on the bill reviving the act of
July, 1838, allowing pensions to wid-
ows of officers and soldiers of the Rev-
olution
388
McRoberts, Samuel, of Illinois, 45, 54, 61, 63, 79
84, 88, 106, 118, 127, 128, 133, 134
141, 142, 212, 220, 229, 253, 267, 275
293, 304, 354, 371, 372
resolutions by
73, 99,
111
remarks on the propriety of removing
obstructions from the Des Moines
rapids

·

73
remarks on the Oregon bill
100, 188
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Jackson
. 301
remarks on the bill to revive the act of
July, 1838, allowing pensions to the
widows of the officers and soldiers of
the Revolution
388, 389
(See Debates-Debts.)
Medical Bureau, the appropriation to the, deba-
ted
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
postage
. 363

·

·

.

(See Debates.)

Message, annual. (See President.)
Mexican claims, resolution concerning
Michigan. (See Internal improvements--
Lands-Militia.)
Militia, concerning the disciplining of,
104, 152
Georgia, bill for the payment of several
companies of
133, 175, 201, 206
Michigan, bill for the payment of cer-
tain companies of
Iowa, the bill to provide for the payment

287

of the

311

330

62

220

on

Military service of the United States, bill to
pay for horses and other property lost
in the
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

365
293

·

(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

- 331

·

Mission to China. (See China.)
Mississippi river, obstructions in the, and ca-
tastrophes on the
118, 340
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-
88
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
remarks on the Oregon bill

N.

·

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

300

·

(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
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
subject of improving the, in the West-
ern waters 164, 165, 166, 266, 268
287, 362
Natural curiosities furnished by the exploring
squadron, a bill for the preservation
of the collection of
252, 363
Newspapers, supply of, to Senators
33
Northeastern and Northwestern boundary, cor-

respondence of the Secretary of State
with the special minister from Eng-
land concerning the
correspondence of the authorities of
Maine, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire, concerning the

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

·

74

1-

Mr. Tappan
Mr. Woodbridge
Mr. Woodbury
Mr. Walker
Mr. Young
Ohio. (See Lands)

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Archer 74, 100, 104, 105, 212
220, 222, 230, 239, 240, 244
Mr. Bagby
239
Mr. Benton, 74, 106, 112, 154, 172, 176
234, 238, 239
212
133, 134, 149, 227, 239
Mr. Choate, 184, 171, 176, 235, 238,
Mr. Fulton

Mr. Berrien
Mr. Calhoun

239

105

239
194

74, 105, 239

Mr. Henderson
Mr. Huntington
Mr. King
Mr. Linn, 74, 99, 100, 104, 105, 112
121, 134, 153, 186, 201, 206, 222
227, 239, 240, 244
100, 188
198, 240

.188

Mr. McRoberts
Mr. McDuffie
Mr. Morehead
Mr. Phelps
Mr. Rives
Mr. Sevier

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,

to

372
141

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
Pensacola, proposition for the construction of a
floating dry dock at
322, 327
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

- 227
- 230

153, 230

149, 240

·

- 239
- 192
105, 239
220

-

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
Pensions, bill making appropriation for the
payment of
261, 263
(See Naval.)
Pensions, the bill to continue the office of Com-
missioner of
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
227

remarks on the Oregon bill

Planters' Bank of Mississippi, bill for the relief

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

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

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,

- 226

Mr. Bayard
Mr. Benton, 1, 2, 41,
94, 99, 119, 238,

&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

resolutions calling upon, for informa-
tion, 41, 50, 54, 70, 74, 94, 99,
175, 238, 275, 281, 331, 345, 372, 376
377

112

382

174

Printing. (See Debates.)
Printers of Congress, proposition to give to the
present, 20 per cent. above their con-
tract price for executing the printing
of Congress
382, 391, 392, 393
Private Land Claims, resolutions instructing
the Committee on
104, 205
report from the Committee on
- 261
bills reported from the Committee on - 161
162, 233, 261, 287, 288, 341, 353, 363
Public Buildings and Grounds, bills reported

from the Committee on the, 275, 299, 363
bill to fix the compensation of the Com-
missioner of
Public lands. (See Distribution.)

- 299

54

on

bills reported from the Committee on
62, 73, 94, 118, 152, 174, 186, 192, 220
233, 252, 261, 292, 311, 320, 330, 340
370
resolutions instructing the Committee
74, 79
reports from the Committee on, 94, 118, 169
233, 261, 292
R.
Railroads, bill to authorize the making of per-
manent contracts with the, for trans-
porting the United States mail
iron. (See Duties.)

Reilly, Boyd, bill for the relief of

- 345
- 376
Reporter of the Supreme Court, concerning
the salary of the
- 381
Reporters, resolution to appoint a corps of, 46, 50

85

Resolutions submitted by-

Mr. Allen

70, 304, 331
Mr. Bagby
345
Mr. Barrow, 74, 79, 111, 119, 133, 142

158
39, 235, 326
54, 63, 74, 79, 85
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

166

Resolutions submitted by-
Mr. Evans

Mr. Graham

Mr. Huntington,
Mr. King

Mr. Kerr

Mr. McRoberts
Mr. Merrick

Mr. Morehead
Mr. Miller

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
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
remarks on the Oregon bill
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-
389
mont's expedition to the
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.)

assignment of certain duties to, 321, 327, 376
Senators in attendance -

resolutions by

164

226

Senate of the United States, proceedings of the,
in secret session, upon the British
treaty -
1, 2
Sevier, Ambrose H., of Arkansas, 61, 63, 79, 84
88, 91, 95, 106, 127, 148, 149, 158, 162
175, 180, 181, 182, 186, 201, 212, 239
240, 244, 267, 299, 315, 321, 322, 341
346, 353, 354, 362, 363, 364, 370, 372
376, 379, 382, 391
the credentials of
74
resolutions by
104, 376, 387
remarks on the Oregon bill 153, 230
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
46, 104, 118, 205
remarks on the subject of improving the
navigation of the Western waters
remarks on the joint resolution for the
establishing of agencies for the in-
spection and purchase of water-rotted
hemp -
concerning the Louisville and Portland
canal
- 287
Smith, Perry, of Connecticut, 63, 104, 152, 162
302, 315, 321, 341, 388
remarks on the bankrupt bill 346, 349
remarks on the proposition to print the
report on the fine on Gen. Jackson
his recollections pending the controver-
sy in secret session between Messrs.
Benton and Rives, concerning the red-
lined máp
- 170
(See Debates.)
Spoliations, French, prior to 1800, petitions
concerning
- 40, 62, 141, 205
bill for the settlement of the claims for - 111
121, 153
Sprague, W., of Rhode Island
40, 84
State Department, calls upon the
46, 62
Statue of Washington, appropriation for the re-
moval of
381
Steamboat Company of Nantucket, bill for the
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,

164

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
244

·

· 340
Thames, bill making an appropriation for the
improvement of the navigation of the
river, in Connecticut -

- 330

Titles to land south of the Arkansas river, bill
to protect the
252

in Louisiana, joint resolution directing
the papers relating to, to be returned
to the General Land Office 261, 372
Todd, Isaac, and James McGill, bill for the re-
lief of the heirs of the assignees of - 370
376
261, 281

-

Tonnage, freights, and commerce
Treasury Department. (See Exchequer.)
resolutions calling upon the, for infor-
mation, 54, 63, 85, 89, 95, 104, 118
280, 288, 304, 320
Treasury notes, bill for the reissue of, and other
purposes
362, 379, 390, 392
Treaty, the quintuple, resolutions calling for
information concerning, and answers
thereto, 54, 63, 79, 85, 95, 147, 262
remarks by Mr. Archer concerning, 63, 64
85, 262
remarks by Mr. Benton, 64, 65, 79, 252, 262
(See Ashburton.)

Treaty, the Ashburton, proceedings of the Sen-
ate in secret session upon

-

the President's message and other offi-
cial papers connected with the
correspondence between Lord Ashbur-
ton and Daniel Webster, Secretary of
State, pending the negotiations for
the
correspondence of the Secretary of
State, the Maine commissioners,
and the Governor of Massachusetts,
concerning the Northeastern bounda-
ry
correspondence concerning the African
12, 14
slave-trade

23

correspondence concerning the "Creole"

case

24

correspondence concerning the "Caro-
line" affair

26

correspondence concerning "impress-
ment"

the treaty as ratified by the Senate
resolution calling for the correspondence
connected with the
discussion concerning the boundary es-
94, 99
tablished under the, and the red-line
map, 111, 119, 120, 121, 169, 170, 171
discussion concerning the construction

of the, as connected with the right of
search; and on Mr. Benton and Mr.
Bagby's propositions to strike from the
naval appropriation bill all appropri-
ation for the fulfilment of the stipula-
tions of the, concerning the African
squadron, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336
377, 378

1

2

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 inproving the
navigation of the Western waters - 165
remarks on the Oregon bill
remarks on the bill to suppress private
105, 239
expresses on the mail routes -
246
remarks on the report of the Judiciary
Committee concerning the fine on Gen.
Jackson

(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-
- 255
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
Webster, Daniel, his negotiations with Lord
372, 393
Ashburton, and correspondence touch-
ing the several subjects embraced in
the treaty at Washington, 4, 22, 23, 24
West Feliciana Railroad Company, bill for the
26, 28
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 -
Williams, Ruel, of Maine,

37
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
remarks on the Oregon bill
remarks concerning the red-line map
(See Debates.)

50

- 341

382
267

94
239

244

Woodbury, Levi, of New Hampshire, 30, 41, 5
73, 74, 79, 81, 84, 85, 88, 94, 104, 10
113, 119, 128, 142, 143, 148, 157, 15
164, 169, 186, 188, 192, 211, 226, 25-
253, 267, 275, 280, 281, 296, 311, 31
321, 322, 327, 328, 341, 353, 363, 36
366, 370, 371, 381, 383, 39
resolutions by
74, 85, 89, 28
remarks on the joint resolution for the
e-tablishment of agencies for the in-
spection and purchase of water-rotted
hemp -
262, 26
remarks on the bankrupt bill
34
remarks concerning the warehousing
system
- 331

1

381

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
remarks on the proposition to give to
the present printers to Congress 20
per cent. above their contract price for
executing the public printing - 393
remarks on the Oregon bill
- 192
(See Debates-Debts.)
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, 363, 393, 394
resolutions by
the credentials of
65, 74
288
remarks on the proposition to give the
present Congress printers 20 per cent.
above the contract price for execu-
ting the public printing
remarks on the rule to regulate legisla-
382, 391, 393
tion on claims .
remarks on the bill to reduce the rates
of postage
363
remarks on the bill providing for the
mission to China
(See Debates-Debts.)
363, 391
Y.

51

94

on questions touching the assumption
of the State debts
75
on the resolutions concerning the as-
sumption of State debts, 296, 299, 308
on questions connected with the bill to
315, 327
indemnify Major Gen. Jackson, 85, 149
on the proposition to distribute cata-
316, 321
logues of the library of Congress
on the joint resolution to limit the
term of office of the judges of the su-
preme and inferior courts
on the bill for the benefit of the Peters-
burg Railroad Company
- 188
on the Oregon bill
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

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

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

·

162

328

377

A.

Abolition, Mr. Adams's motion to rescind the

21st rule

106

31, 37, 39, 42
resolutions of the Legislature of Ver-
mont, presented by Mr. Slade
Mr. Adams's resolution in relation to
vacancies on the bench of the Supreme
Court -

- 359

- 317

great reel petition
Mr. Briggs's resolution in relation to the
laws of Florida
- 337
Accounts, Committee on
41
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
Alabama, bill providing for the payment of the
two per cent. fund of

338
memorial of the Legislature of, on the
subject of the public lands
Alexandria, D. C., bill to amend the charter of
the town of -

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, 329
330, 373
bill for revolutionary and other pen-
sioners
143, 241
158, 329, 330
240, 330, 376
bill for harbors and rivers 241, 330, 339
Arkansas, bill for the relief of sundry citizens

bills for fortifications

bill for navy pensions

102

of, for losses of improvements in con-
sequence of the Choctaw treaty
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-

- 269
41

-

157

tions.)

bill to amend the act respecting the or-
ganization of
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
Assistant Postmasters General, bill in relation
to the
of -
- 298
Assumption of State debts, 38, 95, 182, 213, 308
373

- 226

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
360
367, 368

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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
- 297
Captain Mackenzie
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

Young, R. M., of Illinois-

remarks on the bill to suppress private
expresses on mail routes, and to pre-
vent frauds on the revenues of the
- 253
Post Office Department
remarks on the bill to revive the act
granting pensions to the widows of
the officers and soldiers of the Revolu-
tion
- 388

339

Boardman, William W., of Connecticut-
resolutions by
- 59, 83, 230
Bowne, Samuel S., of New York, 31, 48, 52, 54
57, 68, 85, 113, 114, 247, 282, 386
resolutions by
57, 107
remarks on the bill to repeal the bank-
rupt law
114, 126
Borden, Nathaniel B., of Massachusetts
31
Brewster, David P., of New York, 31, 75, 194
217, 222, 298
remarks on the steamboat bill
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
31, 303
Bronson, David, of Maine, 31, 53, 57, 89, 159
207, 228, 248, 271, 289, 325, 344, 345
361, 367
resolution by
54
Branch mints, bill amendatory of the acts es-
tablishing
298, 339
Brown, Milton, of Tennessee
132

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remarks on the bill to repeal
rupt law
- 107
Brown, Aaron V., of Tennessee, 106, 228, 290
329, 352, 359, 370, 385, 394
Brown, Jeremiah, of Pennsylvania
31
Brown, Charles, of Pennsylvania, 31, 42, 79
174, 185, 222, 224, 260, 265, 278, 290
360, 367, 373, 375
resolution by
- 278
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
31, 367
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
Buoys, spindles, and fog-bells, bill authorizing
the placing of
C.
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
Casey, Zadok, of Illinois

75
297

:

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40
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
75, 259

Campbell, Thomas J., of Tenn.