Military Academy, joint resolution (S. No. 15)|| Militia-Continued.

relating to James J. Wheeler and the ap-
.226
pointment of cadets in the...........
bill (S. No. 108) to increase the number of
cadets in, and to raise the standard of
..472
admission to, the...........

bill (H. R. No. 37) making appropriations
for the support of the, for the year end-
ing June 30, 1867...... 1203, 1507,
2647, 2888, 2889, 2957, 2983, 3008
remarks on the, by—

Mr. Clark......

Mr. Conness

Mr. Cowan....

Mr. Doolittle......

Mr. Edmunds.

Mr. Fessenden.........................

Mr. Grimes.......
Mr. Howe....
Mr. Johnson........
Mr. Pomeroy.
Mr. Sherman...
Mr. Trumbull.
Mr. Wilson............. .2647, 2648, 2651
yeas and nays on the....... .2650, 2651
joint resolution (H. R. No. 134) relative

2649
2648
..2650, 2651
.2648, 2649
...2648
..2647,
2650
.2648, 2651
.2649, 2650
.2648, 2649
...2651
2648
.2650, 2651

to appointments in the, of the United
States.......2589, 2596, 2664, 2710, 2795,
2819, 2888, 2889, 3112, 3126, 3155
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Anthony.

Mr. Fessenden.

..2795
„2796, 2797
Mr. Grimes.........
...2795, 2796, 2797
Mr. Hendricks
....2710
Mr. Nesmith.............2795, 2796, 2797
Mr, Wilson
...2710, 2795
yeas and nays on the........
..2819
joint resolution (S. No. 139) for the benefit of
the Illinois Soldiers' College and...4024,
4079, 4117, 4170

***********

on......

instructions to.........

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Howe.

Mr. Morrill

Mr. Trumbull...
Military Affairs and the Militia, the Committee
...11, 16
....67,
226, 1877, 1954, 2335, 2888, 3726
reports from........
225, 242,
361, 806, 849, 913, 1037, 1100,
1132, 1184, 1320, 1481, 1664, 1706,
1707, 1844, 1953, 2050, 2353, 2414,
2560, 2612, 2664, 2706, 2734, 2918,
2935, 3071, 3098, 3221, 8251, 3379,
8426, 3522, 3548, 3549, 3559, 3605,
3663, 3782, 3824, 3893, 3986, 4023,
4065, 4116, 4129, 4219, 4223, 4227
adverse reports from......
...361, 471,
641, 699, 1320, 1953, 2265, 2935,
3221, 3379, 3426, 3605, 3898, 4224
discharged from subjects, 362, 471, 1844,2050,
2265, 2664, 2760, 3221, 3522, 3549, 8574,
3664, 3695, 3725, 3782, 3824, 3893, 4224
Military and Naval Asylum, bill (S. No. 54) to
amend an act to incorporate a national,
for the relief of the totally disabled offi-
cers and men of the volunteer forces of
the United States...
225, 282, 1865, 1377, 1481, 1512, 1561
.108,
Militia, bill (S. No. 49) more effectually to pro-
vide for the national defense by establish-
ing a uniform, throughout the United

States......

.............77

4024
.4024
4024

bill (S. No. 259) to authorize the Secretary
of War to settle the claims of the State
of Kansas for services of the, called out
by the Governor of that State, upon the
requisition of Major General Curtis, the
commander of the United States forces in
that State
...... 1844, 1866
bill (S. No. 262) to provide for the national
defense by establishing a uniform, and
organizing an active volunteer, force
throughout the United States..........1877,
1883, 1953, 2383
joint resolution (S. No. 94) providing for the
payment of certain Kentucky, forces,
2612, 2888
.2889
2889
.2889
Mr. Sprague....
.2888, 2889
bill (H. R. No. 725) to provide for the pay-
ment of the sixth, eighth, and eleventh
regiments of Ohio volunteer, of Cincin-
nati, Bard's company of cavalry, and Paul-
sen's battery, during the time they were
in the service in 1862......3430, 3431, 3559
joint resolution (H. R. No. 187) recommend-
ing the organization and instruction of the,
by the several States, and providing for
the distribution of ordnance and ordnance
stores.
.........3734, 3783, 3893||
joint resolution (H. R. No. 200) authorizing
the Secretary of War to settle with the
Territory of Colorado for the, of said Ter-
ritory employed in the service of the
United States in the years 1864 and 1865,
4177, 4181, 4223, 4242
Mineral, bill (S. No. 257) to legalize the occu-
pation of, lands, and to extend the right
of preemption thereto.....1844, 1865, 2851,
2888, 2957, 3127, 8225, 3451, 3453
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Conness....

joint resolution (S. No. 32) to disband the,
forces in certain States, and to prohibit
their reorganization...............914, 1100
remarks on the, by-

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Fessenden

Mr. Guthrie.

Mr. Sherman..

Mr. Saulsbury
Mr. Wilson.......

............

............914, 915
bill (S. No. 111) to provide for the national
....914, 915
defense by establishing a uniform, and
organizing an active volunteer, force
throughout the United States...........495,
bill (S. No. 161) to indemnify the State of
979, 1037, 1386
Kansas for expenses incurred in enroll-
ing, equipping, subsisting, and transport-
ing the, forces of the State in repelling
rebel invasion and Indian incursion in the
year 1864............
......................................................................... 979

Mr. Hendricks....
Mr. McDougall.
Mr. Nye..
.3229
Mr. Pomeroy.
Mr. Sherman..
.3236
Mr. Stewart...... .3225, 3226, 3227,
3228, 3229, 3232, 3235, 3452, 8453
Mr. Williams.
.3231, 3232,
3233, 3234, 3235, 3451, 8452, 3453
.3453
yeas and nays on the.......
bill (S. No. 351) to authorize the Secretary
of the Interior to lease such of the public
lands of the United States as are known
as saline lands, or lands containing,
springs, and to provide for the preserva-
tion and development of the same, 2957,
3150, 3457, 3804

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Conness................
.8475, 3804, 3805
Mr. Doolittle...............
...3806
Mr. Grimes.......
.3475, 3805, 3806
Mr. Pomeroy...
..3805
Mr. Stewart...
.3806
Minerals, joint resolution (S. No. 27) for the

exhibition of specimens of gold and silver
and other, the product of the United
States
592
Mines and Mining, the Committee on.........17
reports from...
.2851, 3379
Mining, bill (S. No. 21) to establish a, Bureau, 17
bill (S. No. 120) to grant one million acres

of public lands for the benefit of a, col-
lege in the State of Nevada...............520
bill (S. No. 178) to incorporate the Metro-
politan, and Manufacturing Company, 1350
bill (S. No. 203) to enable the New York and

Montana Iron, and Manufacturing Com-
pany to purchase a certain amount of the
public lands not now in market.....1407,
2162, 2193, 2218, 2803, 2957, 2983, 3190
President's veto of the...
.3191
joint resolution (S. No. 118) relating to the
International Exhibition at Paris, in the
empire of France, during the summer of
1867, and the representation of the, inter-
ests of the United States thereat......3522

Mining-Continued.

........
..........................

....................

joint resolution (S. No. 119) relating to the
International Exhibition at Paris, in the
empire of France, during the summer of
1867, and the representation of the, inter-
ests of the United States thereat......3522
Mint, joint resolution (S. No. 65) for the dis-
continuance of the New Orleans branch,
and for the appropriation of the machinery
thereof to the construction of the branch,
in Nevada.
.1954
Mississippi river, bill (S. No. 405) making an
appropriation for the reconstruction and
repair of the levee of the, in the States of
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas, and
for the improvement of the..............3522
select committee on the reconstruction of
levees on the.........
.3075
.3522
reports from the.........
Missouri, bill to authorize the construction of
a bridge across the Mississippi river at the
city of St. Louis........
...2, 849
bill (S. No. 31) to reimburse the State of,
for moneys expended in arming, equipping,
and provisioning a militia force to aid in
suppressing the rebellion, and for moneys
otherwise expended in behalf of the Uni-
ted States..
..35,
849, 1187, 1202, 1906, 1928, 2052
Mock, Catharine, bill (H. R. No. 219) for the
relief of......
.....641, 1588, 1931
Money, public, bill (H. R. No. 621) to regu-
late and secure the safe-keeping of, in-
trusted to disbursing officers of the United
States
.......2984, 3008, 3071, 3100
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Fessenden.
Mr. Trumbull.
Monroe, Matilda J., bill (H. R. No. 740) for the
relief of........3480, 8490, 3574, 3626, 3664
Moore, Virginia K. V., bill (H. R. No. 267)
granting a pension to.........
.770,
771, 1877, 1934, 1961

.................

.8071
.8071

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Van Winkle....
1934
Morgan, Edwin D., a Senator from New York,

11, 16, 17, 23, 35, 65, 67, 128, 134,
242, 287, 436, 471, 494, 518, 520,
522, 591, 644, 699, 735, 736, 805,
807, 808, 810, 912, 930, 978, 1025, 1037,
1068, 1100, 1131, 1177, 1178, 1180, 1252,
1320, 1324, 1326, 1376, 1536, 1541, 1542,
1588, 1706, 1728, 1798, 1843, 1844, 1853,
1862, 1877, 1953, 2032, 2107, 2114, 2131,
2265, 2300, 2331, 2443, 2447, 2481,-2519,
2547, 2580, 2613, 2622, 2760, 2817, 2984,
3007, 8025, 3042, 8071, 3122, 8150, 3221,
3251, 3277, 3861, 3372, 3378, 3406, 3455,
3489, 3502, 3574, 3645, 3646, 3664, 3695,
3726, 3750, 3760, 3761, 8762, 3765, 3782,
3916, 4038, 4039, 4040, 4042, 4043, 4078,
4129, 4161, 4181, 4206, 4224, 4237, 4302
resolutions by..
.1178, 1862
remarks on extending the time for the
withdrawal of goods from bonded ware-
houses.......
....................522, 735, 1324
remarks on the loan bill.
.1853
remarks on the death of James Humphrey,
a Representative from New York......8372
remarks on the tariff bill............3645, 3646
remarks on the Niagara falls ship-canal, 3760,
3761, 3762
remarks on the bill to encourage immigra-
tion.........
.4042
Morrill, Lot M., a Senator from Maine...7, 37,

43, 66, 67, 75, 77, 89, 133, 134, 146,
162, 184, 208, 231, 232, 245, 288, 337, 349,
360, 390, 391, 413, 486, 471, 519, 525, 530,
570, 571, 591, 606, 687, 711, 712, 760, 807,
808, 809, 810, 848, 874, 952, 1031, 1037,
1068, 1100, 1178, 1201, 1208, 1221, 1233,
1234, 1253, 1254, 1825, 1326, 1850, 1362,
1376, 1377, 1420, 1486, 1484, 1507, 1508,
1509, 1517, 1518, 1520, 1521, 1537, 1539,
1540, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1560, 1588, 1601,
1602, 1710, 1711, 1728, 1729, 1786, 1787,
1738, 1753, 1772, 1843, 1906, 1927, 1983,
1934, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2216, 2217, 2281,
2299, 2308, 2331, 2358, 2359, 2860, 2362,
2367, 2378, 2443, 2447, 2454, 2481, 2482,
2483, 2484, 2485, 2519, 2548, 2549, 2560,

Morrill, Lot M., a Senator from Maine-
Continued.

2563, 2564, 2565, 2568, 2569, 2570, 2571,
2582, 2583, 2585, 2588, 2589, 2590, 2591,
2592, 2593, 2594, 2595, 2596, 2612, 2613,
2672, 2674, 2715, 2716, 2717, 2718, 2719,
2720, 2721, 2722, 2723, 2734, 2760, 2794,
2817, 2818, 2852, 2853, 2854, 2855, 2870,
2871, 2876, 2890, 2899, 2912, 2916, 2936,
2980, 2989, 2991, 3007, 3076, 3077, 3098,
3099, 8123, 3125, 3127, 3151, 3155, 3160,
3181, 3182, 3185, 3186, 3187, 3188, 3189,
3190, 3191, 3192, 3193, 3194, 3221, 3223,
3262, 3263, 3267, 3276, 3277, 3278, 3306,
3406, 8407, 8427, 3432, 3433, 3434, 3725,
3730, 3854, 8893, 3916, 3930, 3950, 3961,
3962, 3963, 3965, 3966, 3967, 3973, 3974,
3989, 3999, 4000, 4003, 4023, 4024, 4030,
4032, 4038, 4040, 4041, 4042, 4069, 4070,
4091, 4115, 4119, 4129, 4130, 4131, 4170
resolutions by.
.807, 1037,
1729, 2672, 2818, 3025, 3151, 3277, 4024
remarks on the bill to protect all persons in
their civil rights......... .........570, 571
remarks on the bill granting lands for the
benefit of public schools in the District of
Columbia....
.............711, 712
remarks on extending the time for the with-
drawal of goods from bonded warehouses,
810, 1325, 1326
remarks on a telegraph between New York
city and the West India islands.......1031,
1520, 1521, 1539, 1540, 2216, 2217
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Great
Falls Ice Company of Washington....1233
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No. 51)

......

to amend the Constitution-see Appendix.
remarks on the relief of destitute people in
the District of Columbia......... 1507, 1508
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Home-
stead Company of the District of Colum-
bia........
........ 1544
remarks on Mr. Stockton's right to a seat as
a Senator from New Jersey.............. 1602
remarks on bill relating to the supreme court
of the District of Columbia......1710, 1711
remarks on the District of Columbia canal
bill........
....1736
remarks on the bill relating to accounts of
the Treasurer of the United States...1736
remarks on the bill relating to inter-State
communication......................
.....2194,
2195, 2359, 2360, 2362, 2852, 2853, 2854
remarks on the bill for the relief of certain
naval contractors......
...........2231
remarks on the resolution relating to cholera,
2483, 2484, 2485, 2548, 2549, 2583, 2533
remarks on the bill (S. No. 222) to prevent
smuggling.
.2563, 2564,
2565, 2570, 2591, 2592, 2593, 2594, 2595
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Metro-
politan Mining and Manufacturing Com-
pany....
2717, 3187, 3188, 3189
remarks on the bill relating to public schools
in the District of Columbia..............2719
remarks on the bill relating to the Alexan-
dria, Washington, and Georgetown rail-
road....
.2719, 2721, 2722
remarks on telegraph lines for military and
postal purposes......
......3076, 8077
remarks on the District of Columbia police
bill........
.........3185, 3186
remarks on the bill relating to the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia, 3191,8192
remarks on Pacific railroad bill....3262, 3263
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia......
.......3432, 3433, 3434
remarks on miscellaneous appropriation bill,
3930, 3961, 3962, 3963,4032,4129,4130,4131
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Sol-
diers' and Sailors' Union................3967
Iremarks on the bill to amend an act to

...........

extend the charter of the Washington and
Alexandria railroad...............3973, 3974
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
83) restoring Tennessee to her relations
to the Union......
.........3999, 4000
remarks on the joint resolution for the benefit
of the Illinois Soldiers' College........4024
remarks on the bill relating to the compen-
sation of collectors of customs.........4038

Morrill, Lot M., a Senator from Maine-
Continued.

nue.........

remarks on the bill to encourage immigra-
tion........
.......4040, 4041, 4042
remarks on the bill to protect the reve-
...4069, 4070
Morris, Joseph R., joint resolution (S. No. 66)
for the relief of....
1982, 3178
Morrison, Ambrose, of Nashville, Tennessee,
bill (S. No. 18) for the relief of...........12
Murphy, Miss Sue, bill (S. No. 413) for the
relief of...
..3664, 3869
Murray, Cordelia, bill (H. R. No. 216) for the
relief of..........641, 1586, 1930, 2671, 2988

Mr. Pomeroy.. ..................................................................3925
Mr. Sherman.

...2331,
2332, 3895, 3923, 3924, 3925
(See Appendix.)
Mr. Van Winkle..... .3135, 3136, 3137
yeas and nays on the.
.....3924, 3927
Naval, bill (S. No. 63) in relation to the office
of, Judge Advocate General and of Solici-
.129
tor of the Navy Department..........
bill (S. No. 54) to amend an act to incor-
porate a national Military and, Asylum for
the relief of the totally disabled officers and
men of the volunteer forces of the United
States.....
108,
225, 232, 1365, 1377, 1481, 1512, 1561
bill (S. No. 94) to amend the act for the relief

of seamen and others borne on the books

of vessels wrecked or lost in the, service,
approved July 4, 1864, and for other pur-
poses.....362, 391, 436, 1737, 1753, 1801
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Conness

Mr. Grimes...

.437
.436, 437
joint resolution (S. No. 25) tendering the
thanks of Congress to Vice Admiral David
G. Farragut, and to the officers, petty offi-
cers, seamen, and marines under his com-
mand for their gallantry and good conduct
in the action in Mobile bay on the 5th of
August, 1864.....
..........472
bill (H. R. No. 82) allowing persons having
lost one foot and one hand in the, service
of the United States the same pension now
allowed to persons having suffered the same
loss in the military service.. .......641
bill (H. R. No. 122) making appropriations
for the, service for the year ending the
30th June, 1867....806, 807, 1068, 1445,
1509, 1801, 1810, 1843, 1926, 1961
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Anthony1509, 1510, 1511
Mr. Fessenden................ ....1446, 1512
Mr. Grimes.......
..1447,
1448, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1926
Mr. Guthrie...........
1447
Mr. Sumner...
.1446, 1447
Mr. Wilson.
.1447
yeas and nays on the.......
1511
bill (S. No. 267) authorizing the establish-
ment of a navy-yard and a coal and, de-
pot at the harbor of Annapolis... 1954, 3825||
joint resolution (S. No. 95) amendatory of

*******

a resolution regulating the investment
of the, pension fund, approved July 1,
1864...
..2636, 2887, 2957, 8894
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Fessenden
Mr. Grimes.........

Naval-Continued.

bill (S. No. 340) amendatory and explana
tory of an act to regulate prize proceed-
ings and the distribution of prize money,
and for other purposes, approved June 30,
1864..
.......2817
bill (S. No. 846) to amend section seven of
the, appropriation bill, approved March
3, 1845......
.2866
bill (H. R. No. 452) to authorize the Secre-
tary of the Navy to accept League Island,
in the Delaware river, for, purposes, and
to dispense with and dispose of the site
of the existing yard at Philadelphia...3026,
8277, 3525
joint resolution (S. No. 107) in relation to the
purchase of certain lands at Point Look-
out, Maryland, for a military and, hos-
pital..
........3072, 3221
bill (S. No. 408) making an appropriation
for the erection of a marine hospital at
Yokohama, in Japan, and for other pur-
poses......
...........8574, 3825
bill (S. No. 419) repealing an act repealing
certain provisions of law concerning sea-
men on board public and private vessels
of the United States, approved June 28,
1864......
..3726, 3750, 4039

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Edmunds......
....4039
Naval Academy, joint resolution (S. No. 15)
relating to James J. Wheeler and the ap-
pointment of cadets in the.................226
bill (S. No. 233) in relation to the appoint-
ment of enlisted persons at the, and for
other purposes.....
....1665
report of the Board of Visitors of the...3075
Naval Affairs, the Committee on............. .11
reports from......
.108, 265, 391,
519, 1100, 1376, 1407, 1561, 1773,
2009, 2033, 2162, 2481, 2482, 2580,
2664, 2887, 2912, 2935, 8150, 3277
adverse reports from ...1100, 1221, 4115
discharged from subjects..
....391,
699, 1221, 1436, 2162, 2887, 3825, 4115
Naval Observatory, report of the Superintend-
ent of the, in relation to canals and rail-
roads between the Atlantic and Pacific
......3750

oceans...

Navigation, bill (S. No. 139) to provide for
surveys of the upper Mississippi and the
Minnesota rivers..............829, 2706, 4040
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Ramsey.......2707, 2708, 2709, 2710
bill (S. No. 144) to provide for the improve-
ment of the Rock Island or Upper rapids
and the Lower or Des Moines rapids of
.849
the Mississippi river.......
bill (S. No. 143) granting certain lands to
the State of Minnesota to aid in the im-
provement of the, of the Zambro river in
said State.......
.........914
joint resolution (S. No. 54) to provide for a
survey of a route for steam, through the
Wisconsin river, from the Mississippi river
to Green bay, on Lake Michigan........1665
bill (II. R. No. 492) making appropriations

for the repair, preservation, and comple-
tion of certain public works heretofore
commenced under the authority of law,
and for other purposes, 2303, 2305, 2760,
3098, 3154, 3179, 3237, 3255, 3310
remarks on the, by-

.3099,

Mr. Chandler.
3100
Mr. Grimes
.3099
Mr. Sherman..
....3099
Mr. Wade.......
.3098, 3099, 3100
bill (H. R. No. 92) to ascertain the practi-
cability of having a steamboat, from the
Chesapeake bay, at the mouth of the Sus-
quehanna river, to Lake Ontario, in the
State of New York...4117, 4128
Navy, bill (S. No. 136) to repeal the act au-

thorizing the settlement of claims against
the United States by the quartermaster's
department for property used or destroyed
by the Army and
.734
bill (H. R. No. 163) to further regulate the
appointment of certain volunteer officers to
the regular..........
..1787, 1738

..........................

Navy-Continued.

bill (H. R. No. 197) to provide for the bet-
ter organization of the pay department of
the......1737, 1738, 2009, 2109, 2304, 2335
bill (S. No. 269) to define the number and
regulate the appointment of officers in
the........
.1982,
2912, 3151, 8987, 4022, 4025, 4116
remarks on the, by

Mr. Doolittle.....

Mr. Fessenden..
Mr. Grimes..........

.3153
.3152
.3151, 8152, 3154

Mr. Hendricks
Mr. Trumbull...
yeas and nays on the..

.3153
.3154

.3154

joint resolution (S. No. 34) expressive of the
gratitude of the nation to the officers, sol-
diers, and seamen of the United States, 954,
1057, 2304, 2335, 2414
joint resolution (H. R. No. 130) to carry into
immediate effect the bill to provide for
the better organization of the pay de-
partment of the... 2335, 2340, 2481, 2547
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Conness..

.2547
.2547

Mr. Grimes....

Mr. Grimes......

bill (H. R. No. 567) to amend an act to es-
tablish the grade of vice admiral in the
United States....... ....2482, 2519, 2562
bill (S. No. 318) to authorize the appoint-
ment of an additional Assistant Secre-
tary of the.................2580, 2764, 2869
remarks on the, by-
.2580
joint resolution (S. No. 92) authorizing the
appointment of examiners to examine a
site for a fresh-water basin for iron-clad
vessels of the United States.............2610
bill (S. No. 360) in amendment of an act to
provide for the better organization of the
pay department of the.......... ....3026,
3150, 3190, 3237, 8379
bill (S. No. 448) to credit sea service to
officers of the, who have served during
the war to suppress the rebellion who
may have resigned prior to said rebel-
lion.......
.......4064, 4115
bill (H. R. No. 667) to prevent officers of
the, from being deprived of their regular
promotion on account of wounds received
in battle, and for other
purposes......4117,
4128, 4223, 4242
Navy Department, communications from the
Secretary of the..
.....50,
518, 2299, 2482, 3454, 3750
calls upon the, for information...
.1484,
bill (S. No. 174) to establish a hydrographic
2133, 2980
office in the...
.1068,
1376, 1708, 3222, 3223, 3255, 8379
joint resolution (S. No. 126) to authorize the
use of certain plates of the United States
exploring expedition by the........3726,
bill (S. No. 440) to reorganize the, and fix
the pay of its officers
Navy-yard, bill (S. No. 267) authorizing the
establishment of a, and a coal and naval
depot at Annapolis.............
......1954,
Nebraska, bill (S. No. 447) for the admission
3825
the State of, into the Union........4044,
4072, 4116, 4205, 4206, 4219, 4237, 4245
remarks on the, by-
.4212, 4213
..4212
..4209,

4170

....3916

Mr. Buckalew........

Mr. Davis...........

Mr. Doolittle.......

4210, 4211, 4212, 4221, 4222
Mr. Hendricks...4207, 4208, 4209, 4220
Mr. Howard......
.4210, 4211
.4212

Mr. Kirkwood..

Mr. Nye..........

Mr. Pomeroy..

Mr.

Mr. Wade.......

Nelson, William D., joint resolution (H. R. No.

160) for the relief of........3190, 8191, 3221
Nesmith, James W., a Senator from Ore-
gon......23, 129, 184, 275, 287, 289, 290,

291, 292, 293, 362, 413, 494, 566, 591,
640, 642, 643, 644, 848, 886, 913, 979,
1069, 1131, 1184, 1185, 1252, 1258, 1281,
1376, 1379, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1480,
1489, 1490, 1491, 1509, 1542, 1543, 1663,
1664, 1707, 1708, 1844, 1929, 2011, 2014,
2017, 2341, 2355, 2357, 2380, 2415, 2613,
2614, 2621, 2636, 2706, 2795, 2796, 2797,
3221, 3254, 3255, 3379, 3450, 3522, 3552,
3553, 3554, 3556, 3574, 3582, 3583, 3670,
3671, 3676, 3677, 3680, 3726, 3785, 3786,
3950, 4007, 4023, 4089, 4118, 4119, 4123,
4219, 4220, 4227, 4228, 4229, 4231, 4232
resolutions by
.184, 566, 3726
remarks on the joint resolution relating to
provisional governments...
.289,
290, 291, 292, 293
remarks on the bill for the relief of J. B.
Rittenhouse.....
.......643, 644.
remarks on the bill (S. No. 138) to fix the
military peace establishment of the Uni-
ted States...
1379,
1381, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1385
remarks on providing for an annual inspec-
tion of Indian affairs......1489, 1490, 1491
remarks on the bill for the relief of Gold-
smith Brothers......
..1543
remarks on the bill for the relief of the estate
of E. W. Eddy.
1707, 1708
remarks on the bill to prevent the absence
of territorial officers from their official
duties........
...........1929
remarks on the bill making an appropriation
for Indian treaties...
2011
remarks on the Army appropriation bill,
2341, 3255
remarks on the bill to reimburse West Vir-
ginia for war expenses...
.2357
remarks on the consular appropriation bill,
2621

remarks relating to appointments in the
Military Academy..........2795, 2796, 2797
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill,
3552, 3553, 3556
remarks on the bill (S. No. 401) to fix the
military peace establishment of the United
States...... ............3670, 3676, 3677
remarks on the payment for Army sup-
plies.........
.3582, 3583
remarks on the White Bluffs and Helena
wagon road....
.3785, 3786
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
83) restoring Tennessee to her relations to
the Union
.4007
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill.......... ..........4118, 4119, 4123
remarks in relation to a statue of the late
President Lincoln............ 4231, 4232
remarks on the resolution to reimburse Mrs.
.4228

Nethaway, Jane W., bill (S. No. 115) for the

relief of....

...519, 831, 1801, 1865, 1927

Neutrality, bill (H. R. No. 806) more effect-

ually to preserve the neutral relations of
the United States..............4181, 4206
Nevada-see Courts.

bill (S. No. 155) concerning the boundaries
of the State of..
......914,
1386, 2358, 2381, 2414
bill (S. No. 215) concerning certain lands
granted to the State of.... .......1537,
2033, 3474, 3476, 3530
joint resolution (S. No. 84) authorizing the
payment of certain claims against the late
Territory of........... ..2414, 3649, 4170
Nevins, Albert, bill (H. R. No. 268) for the
relief of...........930, 931, 1536, 1930, 1961
Nitro-glycerine or glynoin oil, bill (S. No. 313)
to regulate the transportation of......2481,
2635, 3414, 3474, 3612
Nock, Joseph, joint resolution (S. No. 71) re-
ferring the petition and papers in the case
of, to the Court of Claims. .....2107,
Noland, Henry, petition of citizens of Oregon
2356, 3222, 3255, 8379
praying that a pension may be granted

to....

.28

.4219, 4220 ||

..4210
.4207, 4221
.4206, 4207,
4208, 4209, 4210, 4211, 4221, 4222
yeas and nays on the....
bill (H. R. No. 761) authorizing the reim-
.4205, 4222
bursement to the Territory of, of certain
expenses incurred in repelling Indian hos-
tilities..................4079, 4117, 4177, 4205

Non-intercourse, resolution in relation to, with
Great Britain...
remarks on the, by-

.226

Mr. Chandler....

.......226; 227
joint resolution (S. No. 16) declaring, be-
tween the United States and the Gov-
ernment of Great Britain, on account
of the refusal of that Government to
make reparation for damages inflicted
on our commerce by her subjects....243
yeas and nays on laying the, on the ta-
ble........

243

Norris, Samuel, joint resolution (S. No. 21)
for the relief of.....
.288
joint resolution (S. No. 108) for the relief
of........
...3222, 3255, 3310, 3379
Norton, Daniel S., a Senator from Minne-
sota....
..68, 107, 208, 360,.
472, 494, 519, 606, 699, 913, 914, 952,
1025, 1037, 1201, 1258, 1436, 1536, 1664,
1773, 1865, 1866, 1906, 1926, 2050, 2192,
2559, 2563, 2635, 2664, 2665, 2666, 2667,
2760, 2761, 2866, 3134, 3150, 4297, 4298
resolutions by.
...208
remarks on the civil rights bill..... .....606
remarks on the bill (S. No. 263) for a bridge
across the Mississippi....
.2563,
2665, 2666, 2760, 2761, 2866
Noyes, Nathan, bill (H. R. No. 525) for the
relief of..
.2233
Nye, James W., a Senator from Nevada, 16, 67,

161, 225, 227, 265, 287, 390, 495, 496,
497, 518, 520, 592, 594, 641, 642, 784,
829, 914, 965, 979, 1029, 1038, 1039,
1051, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074,
1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1252, 1485, 1493,
1509, 1541, 1542, 1561, 1589, 1599, 1602,
1637, 1647, 1665, 1678, 1706, 1774, 1779,
1883, 1884, 1892, 1926, 1963, 1965, 1980,
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1993, 2021,
2022, 2037, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2142,
2143, 2144, 2145, 2167, 2194, 2217, 2221,
2222, 2223, 2224, 2227, 2228, 2229, 2231,
2265, 2331, 2358, 2492, 2494, 2495, 2496,
2497, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2527,
2560, 2580, 2581, 2900, 2901, 2957, 2960,
2980, 2982, 8150, 3182, 3183, 3230, 3231,
3236, 3237, 3481, 3482, 3483, 3484, 3485,
3486, 3487, 3488, 3489, 3490, 3534, 3535,
8664, 3680, 8695, 3791, 3864, 3865, 3971,
3972, 3973, 3974, 4005, 4044, 4045, 4089
resolutions by.. ....592, 4124, 4125, 4127,
4146, 4216, 4221, 4248, 4293, 4294, 4295
remarks on the bill relating to the sale of
postage stamps and stamped envelopes on
credit
.495, 496, 497, 594
remarks on the bill for the relief of J. B.
Rittenhouse................. .641, 642, 734, 735
remarks on the concurrent resolution in rela-
tion to reconstruction.....1069, 1070, 1071,

1072, 1078, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078
remarks on providing for an annual inspec-
tion of Indian affairs........
.1485
remarks on placing hulks, &c., at the dispo-
sal of the commissioners of quarantine in
ports of the United States........1541, 1542
remarks on striking out Mr. Stockton's
vote on the question of his seat in the
Senate......
....1647
remarks on the bill for the relief of certain
naval contractors
...1884,
1984, 1985, 2227, 2228
remarks on the admission of the State of
Colorado into the Union.................2142,
2143, 2144, 2145
remarks on the Post Office appropriation
bill...
.2494, 2495,
2496, 2497, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526
remarks on the joint resolution for the relief
....2982
of Paul S. Forbes......
remarks on the bill to reorganize the clerical
force of the Interior Department...,.2960,

2983
remarks on the French Industrial Exposi-
tion..........
.....3182, 3183
remarks on the occupation and preemption
3230, 3231
of mineral lands..
remarks on telegraph lines for military pur-
poses...3481, 3482, 3483, 3484, 3485, 8489
remarks on mail steamship service to China,
3434, 8585, 8864, 3865

Oath of office: resolution requesting the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the Postmaster
General to report to the Senate the names
of persons, if any, who, since report of
December last, have been permitted to
enter upon the duties of office without
taking the oath prescribed by Congress,
and the oath they have taken and the rea-
sons for allowing the same............... 1729
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Hendricks.......
1730
Mr. Sumner.....
.1729, 1730
yeas and nays on the.......
.1730
joint resolution (S. No. 103) in relation to
the pay and accounts of collectors of in-
ternal revenue who have failed to take the
required.......
......... 2980
Observatory-see Naval.
Office, bill (S. No. 293) declaring certain per-
sons ineligible to, under the Government
of the United States.......

2265
bill (S. No. 315) to regulate appointments to
and removals from.........2481, 2589, 3649
Officers of volunteers, bill (H. R. No. 680) for
the relief of certain officers in the volun-
teer service who failed to make proper
returns of stores and other public prop-
erty..
.3222, 3223, 3379
Ohio, bill (H. R. No. 725) to provide for the
payment of the sixth, eighth, and eleventh
regiments of, volunteer militia, of Cin-
cinnati, Bard's company of cavalry, and
Paulsen's battery, during the time they
were in the service of the United States
in 1862.......... .3430, 3431, 3522, 3559
Order in the galleries, resolution that the Ser-
geant-at-Arms be instructed to arrest, with-
out further order, any person who by ap
plause or dissent in the gallery shall dis-
turb the order of the Senate............... 957
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Clark.

Mr. Grimes...................................................
Mr. Sherman....

..957

Ordnance, report of the chief of, as to the
condition of the public works at Harper's
Ferry........
......3522
Orphan Home, joint resolution (S. No. 88)
authorizing the Secretary of War to grant
the use of certain lumber for the fair for
the Soldiers' and Sailors', 2560, 2589, 2636
bill (H. R. No. 779) to incorporate the Na-
tional Soldiers' and Sailors' ....3792,
3893, 3967, 4044
joint resolution (H. R. No. 191) relating to
the building occupied for a national fair
in aid of the orphans of the soldiers and
sailors of the United States............ 2959,
3966, 4023, 4037
joint resolution (H. R. No. 208) in relation
to the use of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Or-
phan fair building in Washington...4242,
4293, 4298, 4301

.957

...957

.4293
.4295
.4293, 4294, 4295
.4298
.4295
.4298

P.

Pacific Railroad, the Committee on the......17
..806,
reports from......
1100, 1273, 1729, 2050, 2274, 3071, 8522
discharged from subjects....1729, 2009, 2217
Parkhurst, Stephen R., bill (S. No. 389) for

.3361

the relief of....
Parkins, Joseph, joint resolution (H. R. No.
163) for the relief of....
.3222,
3223, 3379, 3475, 3480
Parrott, R. P., bill (S. No. 445) for the relief
of........
..4039
Parsons, Lewis E., a Senator-elect from Ala-
bama..
....805
credentials of, presented.
..805
Passengers-see Steamships.
Passports, bill (S. No. 306) relating to the
granting of...
.........2378
bill (H. R. No. 568) to repeal section twenty-
three of chapter seventy-nine of the acts
of the third session of the Thirty-Seventh
Congress relating to......
..2482,
2519, 2012, 2852
Patent examiners: bill (S. No. 350) to author-
ize the Commissioner of Patents to pay
those employed as examiners and assist-
ant examiners the salary fixed by law for
the duties performed by them.........2935,
3154, 3178, 3279
Patent Office, resolution that there be printed
for the use of the Senate ten thousand
copies of the annual report of the Com-
missioner of the, for the year 1865....1980
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Anthony
.1980, 1981
resolution that the number of copies hereto-
fore ordered of the reports of the, for the
years 1863 and 1864 be reduced from ten
thousand of each to four thousand of
each.......
...2415
Patents, bill (H. R. No. 342) in amendment
of an act to promote the progress of the
useful arts, and the acts in amendment of
and in addition thereto...2340, 3361, 3382
remarks on the, by-

...3361

ate......

on..........

Mr. Cowan.....
resolution that the report of the Commis-
sioner of, for 1866, when prepared, be
printed, and that four thousand extra
copies be printed for the use of the Sen-
........3098, 3123
Patents and the Patent Office, the Committee
.............................11
reports from.......
.1258,
2163, 2935, 3123, 3178, 3361, 3950
adverse report from.....
.3277
discharged from subjects
..3178
Patrick, Mary A., bill (H. R. No. 495) for the
relief of........1980, 1982, 3277, 8625, 3664
Patterson, Captain F. A., bill (S. No. 117) for
the relief of....519, 852, 1775, 1865, 1927
Patterson, David T., a Senator from Ten-

.4162
.4162

nessee....

credentials of, presented....
motion to refer the, to the Committee on
the Judiciary
....4162
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Conness

......

..4168
.4163, 4165
.4168, 4169
...4167, 4168

Patterson, David T., a Senator from Ten-
nessee, resolution admitting, to a seat in
the Senate-Continued.
remarks on the, by--

Mr. Poland

.4245
Mr. Trumbull.....4214, 4215, 4216, 4243
Mr. Wade.....

Mr. Williams

.4219
.4219
....4293

.4243, 4214
.4244, 4245
yeas and nays on the......
...4245
joint resolution (S. No. 144) in relation to
the admission of, to a seat in the Sen-
ate.............................
yeas and
nays on the..........
sworn in......
Paulding, Rear Admiral H., joint resolution
(S. No. 53) authorizing, to accept a deco-
ration from the King of Italy...........1664,
1708, 1880, 1906, 1954
Pay, joint resolution (S. No. 13) respecting the
three months' extra, to officers of volun-
teers when mustered out of service.....184
(See Paymasters.)

bill (H. R. No. 197) to provide for the better
organization of the, department of the
Navy...1757, 1738, 2009, 2109, 2304, 2335
joint resolution (H. R. No. 130) to carry into
immediate effect the bill to provide for the
better organization of the, department of
the Navy
.2335, 2340, 2481, 2547
bill (H. R. No. 450) to reduce and estab-
lish the, of officers, and to regulate the,
of soldiers of the Army of the United
States.......
.......2983, 2984

Paymasters, bill (H. R. No. 475) to facilitate
the settlement of accounts of, of the Army,
2200, 2215, 2265
bill (S. No. 360) to regulate the appointment
of, in the Navy, and explanatory of the
act for the better organization of the pay
.3026,
department of the Navy...........
3150, 3190, 3237, 3379

Peace-see Army.
bill (S. No. 67) to increase and fix the mili-
tary, establishment of the United States,
161, 225, 242, 265, 266, 806
bill (S. No. 138) to increase and fix the mili-
tary, establishment of the United States,
806, 849, 851, 852, 1289, 1865, 1378,
3701, 3950, 4064, 4117, 4118, 4293, 4296
establish-
bill (S. No. 323) to fix the military,
.......2613
ment of the United States.......
bill (S. No. 401) to increase and fix the mili-
tary, establishment of the United States,
3474, 3548, 3581, 3650, 3667
Pearce, Liston H., bill (H. R. No. 517) for the
relief of....... .2233, 3605, 3869, 3922
Pech, Frederick, joint resolution (S. No. 74)
providing for the acceptance of a collec-
tion of plants tendered to the United
States by
.2192, 2795, 2807, 2869
Pennsylvania, bill (H. R. No. 360) to reim-
burse the State of, for moneys advanced
Government for war purposes......... 1602,
1663, 1844, 1863, 1880, 1883
Pension, joint resolution (S. No. 95) amenda-
tory of a resolution regulating the invest-
ment of the naval, fund, approved July 1,
1864
2636, 2887
Pension laws, bill (S. No. 116) to extend the
benefit of the, to artificers..........519, 874
remarks on the, by-