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Moorhead, James K., a Representative from
Pennsylvania.......
256, 369, 371,
375, 436, 544, 1074, 1161, 1201, 1211, 1212
remarks on breach of privilege..........371, 375
remarks on assistant inspectors of steamboats,
436

remarks on a ship-canal around Niagara
falls..........

mont...

.544

remarks on the loan bill..........................................................
...1201
remarks on the bill for relief of R., J., & J. Wat-
son, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 1211, 1212
Morrill, Justin S., a Representative from Ver
..2, 3, 24, 32,
33, 37, 55, 68, 106, 116, 156, 172, 173, 174,
278, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307,321, 322,
323, 324, 325, 326, 340, 341, 342, 344, 345,
346, 348, 351, 355, 369, 370, 418, 419, 420,
421, 422, 423, 424, 435, 436, 444, 445, 462,
501, 566, 618, 628, 645, 667, 694, 695, 696,
697, 698, 699, 700, 702, 706, 708, 709, 711,
727, 728, 738, 739, 741, 753, 756, 757, 758,
759, 760, 762, 763, 764, 778, 779, 780, 781,
782, 783, 784, 797, 798, 799, 800, 801,802,
805, 827, 831, 832, 834, 835, 836, 837, 838,
839, 840, 841, 842, 843, 844, 845, 873, 878,
879, 880, 882, 883, 884, 885, 904, 905, 906,
907, 929, 930, 1025, 1032, 1037, 1038, 1039,
1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1071,
1072, 1073, 1113, 1114, 1146, 1147, 1150,
1152, 1153, 1154, 1157, 1160, 1166, 1167,
1168, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1204, 1205, 1206,
1207, 1208, 1212, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256,
1270, 1271, 1316, 1318, 1331, 1333, 1334,
1335, 1402, 1405, 1406, 1407, 1417, 1418
resolutions by....3, 340, 628, 1407
remarks on the reciprocity treaty..........32, 33
remarks on consular and diplomatic bill....55
remarks on the bill amendatory of an act ap-
proved June 30, 1864...
.68

remarks on deficiency bill....106, 278, 418, 419
remarks on a motion to reconsider the amend-
ment to the Constitution.........172, 173, 174
remarks on the legislative, executive, and judi-
cial expenses of the Government...302, 303,

304, 305, 306, 307, 321, 322, 323,
324, 325, 326, 340, 341, 342, 344,
345, 346, 348, 1150, 1152, 1153, 1154
remarks on ways and means, bill (H. R. No.
677)..
...351, 355
remarks on the bill for the relief of the Wash-
ington Gas-Light Company,
..462
remarks on Cabinet officers in Congress...420,
421, 422, 423, 424
remarks on assistant inspectors of steamboats,
435, 436, 444, 445
remarks on the fortification bill....645
remarks on the internal revenue bill........695,

Morris, James R., a Representative from Ohio, 4,
116, 348, 391, 485, 486, 487, 539, 667,
690, 702, 735, 995, 997, 1027, 1070,
1071, 1149, 1266, 1332, 1415, 1418
resolution by..........
.......116
remarks on the amendment to the Constitu-
tion.........
.........485, 486, 487
remarks on the bill to establish a Bureau of
Freedmen's Affairs.....
...690
remarks on the Metropolitan Railroad Com-
pany........
...995
remarks on the condition of the Indian tribes,
1070, 1071
remarks on the legislative, executive, and judi-
cial expenses of the Government..........1149
remarks on the bill to reimburse the State of
Missouri.....

..1266

......265

Morrison, William R., a Representative from
Illinois...
........702
Mowrey, George, bill (H. R. No. 458) for the
relief of.......
.265, 280
Munson, Frances, bill (H. R. No. 516) for the
relief of.........
Murray, George W., bill (H. R. No. 380) for the
relief of.......
.......47, 83, 103
Myers, Amos, a Representative from Pennsyl-
vania......
.......84, 85, 86,
147, 316, 666, 703, 709, 759, 782, 783, 843,
872, 879, 881, 882, 884, 974, 979, 1120, 1406
resolution by....
....316
remarks on the state of the Union....84, 85, 86
remarks on the internal revenue bill.........759,

782, 783, 843, 879, 881, 882, 884, 1406
remarks on the bill for the relief of J. Wells &
Sons........
......872
remarks on enrolling and calling out the na-
tional forces........
........979, 1120
Myers, Leonard, a Representative from Penn-
sylvania...
.12, 39, 83,
237, 335, 374, 736, 799, 800, 801, 832, 872,
873, 914, 974, 1074, 1112, 1217, 1218, 1219
resolution by.......
...914
remarks on the resolution explaining the in-
ternal revenue act of June 30, 1864.........12
remarks on the legislative, executive, and judi-
cial expenses of the Government..
....325
remarks on breach of privilege..........374, 974
remarks on internal revenue bill...799,800, 801
remarks on the extension of a patent to Josiah
Copeland.......
...1074
remarks on the resolution for the relief of
Woodruff & Beach and others........ ...1217,
1218, 1219
N.
National Academy, joint resolution authorizing
the, to publish certain papers.................562
National banks, bill (H. R. No. 629) to authorize,

to close their banking institutions on certain
days named, and to make all notes and other
negotiable instruments falling due and pay-
able on such days due and payable on the pre-
ceding secular day respectively........107, 838
Naval Affairs, Committee on, instructions to, 189
reports from........
.......79,

1032 adverse reports from......

696, 697, 698, 699, 700, 756, 757, 758,
759, 760, 762, 763, 764, 778, 779, 780,
781, 782, 783, 797, 798, 799, 800, 801,802,
803,804,835, 836, 837, 839, 840, 841,842,
843,844, 845, 873, 878, 879, 880, 882, 883,
884, 885, 904, 905, 906, 907, 1405, 1406
remarks on the bill for the relief of Almond D.
Fisk.....
....727, 728
remarks on ocean mails to China............
.....831
remarks on refugees from Texas.......
remarks on Indian appropriation bill, 1037, 1038,
1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045
remarks on condition of the Indian tribes, 1071
remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 1072,
1073
remarks on the renewal of a patent to Delia
Jacobs..............
...........1113
remarks on the enrollment bill..............1160
remarks on the loan bill......... ..........1166,
1167, 1168, 1198, 1199, 1200
remarks on duties on imports...
1205,,
1206, 1207, 1254, 1256
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1417,
1418
remarks on the bill for the relief of R., J., & J.
Watson, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania....1212
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill.......................1270, 1271, 1318, 1331
remarks on resolution to amend the rules, 1316
Morris, Daniel, a Representative from New York,
116, 149, 503, 1214
.116
...503

resolution by.......

remarks on duty on paper..........
remarks on the resolution for the relief of
Woodruff & Beach and others.......... ..1214
Morris, Harriet and Emily W., bill (H. R. No.
314) for the relief of........

....1155

82, 83, 349, 505, 1208, 1209, 1213, 1214
.....1074, 1263
Naval depot on the lakes, resolution for the ap-
pointment of a special committee on a.......27
Naval force on the lakes, joint resolution (H. R.
No.91) in relation to the treaty of 1817 con-
cerning a
......337, 348
Naval service, bill (H. R. No. 583) to so amend
the laws in regard to the naturalization of sol-
diers as to include sailors.....................7,35
bill (H. R. No. 607) to provide for an advance
of rank to officers of the Navy and Marine
corps for distinguished conduct...........83,
216, 349, 371, 414
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Cox........

.83

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Mr. Pruyn....

....601

Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts.............506,
507, 508, 624, 625
Mr. Spalding....509, 598, 627, 628
Mr. Stevens..
.......506, 507,
508, 509, 598, 599, 600, 601, 619, 623, 627
Mr. Thayer........
.....508
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois................... ....506,
507,508,509, 598, 599, 600, 601,602, 627
Mr. Wilson.........506, 508, 509, 599, 600
Mr. Wood, Fernando-See Appendix.
yeas and nays on the.......... .......627, 628
joint resolution (S. R. No. 90) to authorize and
direct an inventory of articles in the quarter-
masters' depots, and in possession of the naval
storekeepers.....
......................................305, 1336
bill (H. R. No. 605) to increase the pay of mid-
shipmen.....65, 1208, 1209, 1332, 1336, 1401
bill (H. R. No. 606) to create the grade of vice
admiral.......
.65, 79, 82
bill making further legislation in regard to the
Navy and Marine corps.......................65
joint resolution (H. R. No. 94) authorizing the
Secretary of the Navy to advance to Paul
S. Forbes $250,000 additional out of the sum
to be paid him under his contract for build-
ing a steam screw sloop-of-war.............65,
602, 1207, 1213, 1262, 1263, 1270, 1336
bill (S. No. 465) to create the office of Solicitor
and Naval Judge Advocate General....1118,
1337
bill (H. R. No. 800) to create the office of So-
licitor and Naval Judge Advocate Gen-
eral............
......................................1208, 1270
bill to amend certain acts relative to the, and
for other purposes..........................1209
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Garfield..................................

Mr. Kasson.....

.......1209
....1209

Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts.............1209
bill to compensate the officers and crew of the
United States steamer Kearsarge for the
destruction of the Alabama..............1209
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Cox..

..1210, 1211

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..1211

yeas and nays on the.........
bill (S. No. 478) in relation to the Naval Ob-
servatory
...........1337

(See Asylum; Thanks of Congress.)
Navy, bill (S. No. 382 to provide for the better
organization of the pay department of the,
378, 449, 1213, 1402, 1403
....1213
.1213

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Davis, of Maryland........
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Mr. Kelley.

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Mr. Pike

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Mr. Washburne, of Illinois............

Navy-Continued.

sabill to reorganize the medical department of
..........393

the

bill (H. R. No. 535) to further regulate the ap-
pointment of admirals, and for the appoint-
ment of certain volunteer officers in the, 1208
Navy Department, joint resolution authorizing

the appointment of a commission to settle and
adjust the claims of certain contractors with
the..........
...............98, 213
Navy, Secretary of the, joint resolution (H. R.
No. 114) authorizing the, to expend a portion
of the contingent fund for enlarging the Navy
Department building.....
.15, 66
calls upon the, for information.......83, 98, 115
communications from the, 67, 98, 276, 348, 752
Navy-yard, bill (H. R. No. 985) to provide for
the establishment of a, and navy depot at
Cleveland...........
..............7, 83
Cresolution creating a committee to investigate
alleged frauds at the, at Philadelphia......7
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Broomall.....

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Mr. Spalding....

7

Mr. Stevens....

Mr. Washburne, of Illinois.......

...7
.......7
bill (H. R. No. 599) to provide for the estab-
lishment of a, and naval depot at Oswego,
New York.......
......48, 83

bill (H. R. No. 611) to establish a, and naval
depot at Chicago....
...65, 83
bill providing for a, at Erie, Pennsylvania, 83
bill (H. R. No. 536) authorizing a survey at
and near New London, Connecticut, and
the establishment of a, for iron-clad vessels
thereat........... ...........................
............................................15, 27 |

ey remarks on the, by-

Mr. Brandegee......17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
out of Mr. Broomall...
.29, 30, 31
c... Mr. Kelley.............15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23
Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania..
.27, 28
......31.

lus Mr. Pike.........

Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania-see Ap-
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yeas and nays on laying on the table......31
bill (H. R. No. 587) to provide for the estab-
olishment of a, and naval depot at Grand
Haven, Michigan.........
........24, 83
bill (H. R. No. 594) to provide for the estab-
lishment of a, and naval depot at Milwaukee,
26, 83
Navy-yards, joint resolution providing for a com-
with mission to locate.......
Negotiations for peace-see Peace.
Nelson, Homer A., a Representative from New

.83

York. ..........156, 700, 701, 702, 710, 764,
€779, 838, 972, 974, 975, 1039, 1040, 1041,
1042, 1043, 1156, 1328, 1331, 1335, 1403
resolution by..
.1328
remarks on internal revenue bill...700, 764, 779
remarks on breach of privilege........ ...972
remarks on enrolling and calling out the na-
Iational forces.................974, 975, 1156
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill, 1039,
1040, 1041, 1042, 1043
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
est bill.......
....1331

Nevada-see Court.

New Mexico-see Territories.
Niagara, bill authorizing the construction of a
It communication around the falls of.........337
Nichols, William, bill for the relief of........1073
Noble, Warren P., a Representative from Ohio,

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276, 304, 307, 347, 350, 653, 694,
727, 728, 740, 929, 1005, 1026,
1078, 1079, 1084, 1116, 1395, 1396
resolutions by..... ........276, 337, 350, 653
remarks on the legislative, executive, and judi-

cial expenses of the Government....304, 347
Tremarks on the bill for the relief of Almond D.
Fisk...........
...727,728

1 remarks on the enrollment bill...............1078,
1079, 1084, 1116
Nokes, James, bill (H. R. No. 439) for the relief
of...
....466

Norris, Ellis, bill for the relief of............1419
Norris, Samuel, bill for the relief of............727
Norton, Jesse O., a Representative from Illi-
...653, 966, 967, 992, 993
remarks on the National Mississippi Bridge
Company..... ........................................966, 967, 992, 993

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Oath of loyalty, bill (H. R. No. 578) prescribing
an, to all persons practicing law in any of the
States declared to be in rebellion.......4, 350
Oath of office, bill (S. No. 72) supplementary to

an act to prescribe an, and for other purposes,
approved July 2, 1862116, 350, 378
Observatory-see Naval Service.
Odell, Moses F., a Representative from New
York...
..2, 8, 174,

175, 341, 342, 357, 393, 570, 698, 700, 702,
740, 758, 844, 878, 978, 994, 1031, 1084,
1121, 1122, 1123, 1400, 1401, 1415, 1419
resolution by
......8
remarks on motion to reconsider the amend-
ment to the Constitution................174, 175
remarks on the legislative, executive, and judi-
cial expenses of the Government....341, 342
remarks on the internal revenue bill........698,
758, 844, 878
remarks on bill for enrolling and calling out
the national forces........
.......978,

1084, 1121, 1122, 1123
remarks on the Metropolitan Railroad Com-
.....994
pany................
remarks on custom-house officers...........1031
remarks on the resolution in regard to officers'
servants.
.1400, 1401
O'Neill, Charles, a Representative from Penn-
sylvania
.....7, 8,
21, 24, 27, 28, 83, 149, 338, 461,
627, 709, 838, 972, 1026, 1031
remarks on the resolution creating a commit-
tee of inquiry in relation to the Philadelphia
navy-yard..........
............7, 8
remarks on the bill to establish a navy-yard at
New London, Connecticut...............27, 28
remarks on breach of privilege.
.972
O'Neill, John, a Representative from Ohio..320,
651, 705, 736, 838, 1162
remarks on the Old Capitol and Carroll pris-
.......320

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Mr. Washburne, of Illinois......1112, 1113
bill (S. No. 387) amendatory of an act to amend
an act to promote the progress of the useful
Patterson, James W., a Representative from New
arts, approved March 3, 1863..............1337
Hampshire......
.....463,

482, 483, 484, 485, 500, 562, 595, 778,
934, 993, 994, 995, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1334
resolutions by....
.....595, 778
remarks on a bill for the relief of the Washing-
.463
ton Gas-Light Company............
remarks on the amendment to the Constitu-
tion...........
.482, 483, 484, 485
remarks on the Metropolitan Railroad Com-
pany...................994, 995, 1026, 1027, 1028
Pay, bill to place the soldiers of the Missouri
State militia on the same footing with other
volunteer soldiers in the United States ser-
vice with reference to bounties and back, 175
bill (S. No. 382) to provide for the better or-
ganization of the, department of the Navy,
378, 449, 1213
bill amendatory of the acts providing for the
payment of arrearages of, and bounty due
heirs of deceased soldiers....
..562
bill (H. R. No. 624) to provide for the payment
of the value of certain lands and improve-
ments of private citizens appropriated by the
United States for Indian reservations in the
Territory of Washington........464, 586, 941
bill to increase the, of certain officers of the
Army, and for other purposes............908
remarks on the, by-

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yeas and nays on the..
bill to increase the, of midshipmen............65,

1332, 1336, 1401
bill to amend an act to increase the, of soldiers
of the United States Army, approved June
20, 1864, and to increase the commutation
value of rations for general and post hos-
pitals..........
..........115
bill to increase the, of officers and soldiers in
the Army twenty five per cent. from and after
the 1st day of January, 1865..................................116
bill to provide for the payment of bounties and
arrearages of, to mothers of certain soldiers
who have fallen in battle or have died in the
service.....

bill (H. R. No. 583) defining the, and emol-
uments of certain officers of the Army, 35,
337, 644, 905, 930, 931, 932, 933
remarks on the, by-

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Louisiana; Bruce.)
Peace, resolution in relation to..... ........275
yeas and nays on the........... .....275, 276
resolution approving of the negotiations for,
617, 776, 777
resolutions declaring that this Government has
exhausted all the resources of a just and
wise statesmanship, except as regards the
further prosecution of the war, in the effort
to restore.....................
.........777
yeas and nays on the....

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Peck, Major General J. J.-see Thanks of Con-
gress.
Pendleton, George H., a Representative from
Ohio......
........3,

5, 6, 53, 79, 82, 83, 99, 100, 221, 222, 223,
224, 225, 241,264, 265, 338, 414, 419, 435,
437,562, 653, 701, 703, 756, 801, 827,884,
885,910,911, 912, 914, 966, 967, 992, 993,
1161, 1199, 1325, 1328, 1335, 1405, 1422
resolutions by........
...3, 914, 1405
remarks on a resolution of inquiry in relation
to an early exchange of prisoners....99, 100
remarks on a motion to reconsider the amend-
ment to the Constitution.......... ....221,

222, 223, 224, 225, 241, 264, 265
remarks on internal revenue bill..801, 884, 885
remarks on the bill to increase the pay of cer-
tain officers of the Army.. ................910
remarks on railroad communication with the
capital of the United States....911, 912, 914
remarks on the National Mississippi Bridge
Company.......
.966, 993
remarks on rebellious States, bill (H. R. No.
602).........
.....967

remarks on the loan bill............................................ ....1199
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill..........
......1325
remarks on Cabinet officers in Congress-see
Appendix.
Pennington, Lawrence...
.......1211
Pensions, bill (H. R. No. 597) making appropria-
tions for the payment of invalid and other,
for the year ending June 30, 1866..35, 54, 119
bill to increase the, twenty-five per cent. from

and after the 1st day of January, 1865...137
bill (S. No. 365) in relation to..........216, 567
joint resolution relative to revolutionary....500
bill (H. R. No. 728) directing to be paid to

each of the surviving soldiers of the Rev-
olution, five in number, $300 as a gratuity,
in addition to the, now paid them, 562, 1084
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Johnson, of Pennsylvania..........562

Mr. Law......

..........562

bill (H. R. No. 756) supplementary to the sev-
eral acts relating to...
.....991,
1333, 1336, 1398, 1401
Perea, Francisco, a Delegate from New Mex-
ico.............

remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill..............
.1260
Perham, Sidney, a Representative from Maine,
98, 727, 992, 1074, 1331, 1419
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill..........
...1331
Perry, Lucretia M., widow of Nathaniel H.,
joint resolution for the relief of....1397, 1398
Perry, Nehemiah, a Representative from New
Jersey......
740, 1161, 1264
remarks on the resolution extending the time
of the committee on the conduct of the
war..........
...............1264
Pierce, William, bill (S. No. 422) for the relief
of......
.....995, 1336

Pike, Frederick A., a Representative from
Maine.......
....31, 81, 107,

116, 117, 189, 214, 257, 278, 323, 324, 351, |
418, 419, 420, 435, 436, 504, 506, 509, 570,
596, 598, 619, 623, 624, 627, 702, 703, 802,
883, 904, 979, 1073, 1114, 1210, 1213, 1214,

1217, 1254, 1255, 1397, 1399, 1401, 1408
resolutions by.......81, 116, 189, 214, 1114
remarks on the bill to establish a navy-yard at
New London, Connecticut......
..31
remarks on the deficiency bill (H. R. No. 620),
107, 278, 418, 419
remarks on the legislative, executive, and judi-
cial expenses of the Government, 323, 324
remarks on ways and means, bill (HR. No.
677)......
.............351
remarks on Cabinet officers in Congress....420
remarks on assistant inspectors of steamboats,

436
remarks on the naval appropriation bill....506,
509, 598, 623, 624, 627, 1073
(See Appendix.)

Pike, Frederick A., a Representative from
Maine Continued.

remarks on the internal revenue bill.........802,
883, 904
remarks on enrolling and calling out the na-
tional forces
.......979
remarks on compensating the officers and crew
of the Kearsarge...
..........1210
remarks on the pay department of the Navy,
1213
remarks on the bill for the relief of Paul S.
Forbes....
.....1213, 1214

remarks on the resolution for the relief of
Woodruff & Beach and others.............1217
remarks on duties on imports................1255
remarks on the resolution in regard to officers'
servants...
......1399, 1401
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1408
Pitcher, Charles A., bill (S. No. 338) for the re-
lief of..
.461, 465, 1146, 1253, 1397
Pomeroy, Theodore M., a Representative from
New York......700, 706, 934, 998, 999, 1402
remarks on rebellious States, bill (H. R. No.
602)..
.....998, 999
Port, bill (S. No. 410) to extend the boundaries
of the, of Philadelphia ....
....149,

461, 832, 838, 880
bill to constitute the harbor of Michigan City,
Indiana a, of entry, and to release the claim
of the General Government to the tonnage
duties of said harbor to the Michigan City
Harbor Company to aid in its improve-

ment

.........500
Porter, Rear Admiral David D.-see Thanks of
Congress.

Postal laws, bill (S. No. 390) relating to the..693,
965, 966, 1035, 1198, 1256, 1266, 1333
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Ashley.

Mr. Brooks.....

Mr. Cole, of California.......

Mr. Farnsworth

Mr. Finck.........

Mr. Kasson

Mr. Pruyn.........

..1257

...1257
.1256, 1257
.1257
......1257
...1257
.1257

Post Office and Post Roads, the Committee on
the, instructions to........

.........3,

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communications from the.....

..44,
47, 348, 465, 1085, 1328
bill (H. R. No. 659) making appropriations for
the service of the, during the fiscal year end-
ing June 30, 1866.............214, 437, 461, 501
bill (S. No. 389) relative to clerkships in the,
305, 966, 1336
bill (S. No. 424) to facilitate the collection of
certain debts due the United States.......727,
752, 832, 964, 965, 974
bill to amend an act to provide for carrying the
mails from the United States to foreign
ports, approved March 25, 1864..........82
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Alley

...........82
......82

Mr. Stevens...............................................
Poston, Charles D., a Delegate from Arizona...2,
27, 108, 414, 587, 1319,
1320, 1321, 1322, 1323
resolutions by.........
.........108, 414
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill..................1319, 1320, 1321, 1322, 1323
Post road, bill to establish a certain.............465
bill (S. No. 413) to establish a bridge across the
Ohio river at Cincinnati, Ohio, a..........693,
727, 805, 832
Post roads, bill to amend an act to aid in the
construction of a railroad and telegraph line
from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean,
257
bill to declare certain roads military, and...653
bill (S. No. 392) supplementary to an act ap-
proved July 14, 1862, to establish certain,
797, 805, 832
bill (H. R. No. 774) to establish certain...966,
1397, 1398, 1401, 1403
Pott, Charles M., bill (H. R. No. 478) for the
relief of.............
.................80, 98, 119
Powell, W. H., joint resolution authorizing a
contract with, for a picture for the Capitol,
510, 618, 776, 1205
yeas and nays on the.........

Pratt, Alexander F., bill (H. R. No. 574) for the
relief of......
.465, 466
President of the United States, calls upon the, for
information...........
..3,
4, 6, 47, 501, 617, 665, 838, 929
communications from the.......
...13,

119, 175, 688, 729, 807, 1398, 1423
elect, committee to notify the, of reelection,
756, 776
annual message of, and accompanying reports-
see Appendix.

President Lincoln, acceptance by, of the office of
President......
.........1263
Price, Hiram, a Representative from Iowa...38,
41, 43, 44, 69, 277, 303, 304, 305, 341, 346,
347, 351, 353, 354, 355, 414, 586, 616, 992,
1080, 1119, 1149, 1160, 1167, 1168, 1270,
1271, 1318, 1319, 1331, 1402, 1404, 1419
resolutions by.
.69, 616, 1402
remarks on the state of the Union.........43, 44
remarks on the deficiency bill (H. R. No. 620),
277

remarks on the legislative, executive, and judi-
cial expenses of the Government..........303,
304, 305, 341, 346, 347, 1149
remarks on ways and means, bill (H. R. No.
677).......................351, 353, 354, 355
remarks on the enrollment bill, 1080, 1119, 1160
remarks on the loan bill................1167, 1168
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill..................1270, 1271, 1318, 1319, 1331
Printing, the Joint Committee on, resolutions of

instruction to.............33, 277, 616, 666, 870
reports from..............257, 340, 964, 992, 1415
Printing, Public, Superintendent of the, annual
report of the.......
........340
joint resolution (H. R. No. 174) authorizing
the, to purchase paper......964, 1396, 1403
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Baldwin, of Massachusetts.........964
Mr. Kasson.......

.......964
Prisoners, joint resolution (S. No. 97) advising
retaliation for the cruel treatment of, by the
insurgents

exchange of..............

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Mr. Kasson.....
Mr. O'Neill, of Ohio
Mr. Stevens......
.318, 319, 320
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois.......... ...320
yeas and nays on the............. ...320, 321
Private Land Claims, the Committee on, reports
from.......
......667, 1073, 1074
Private land claims, bill for the adjustment of,
in the Territories of Arizona and New
Mexico.......
............500
Private property, bill in relation to the appropri-
ation of, to the public use.....................997
Privilege, breach of-see Field, A. P.; Butler,
Major General B. F.

Pruyn, John V. L., a Representative from New
York......... .65, 66, 84, 98, 126, 146, 150,
154, 246, 510, 545, 546, 601, 618, 651, 652,
668, 669, 683, 698, 699, 702, 707, 736, 760,
761, 781, 782, 834, 836, 837, 839, 840, 906,
907, 934, 974, 992, 995, 1037, 1042, 1043,
1044, 1071, 1114, 1146, 1150, 1152, 1161,
1162, 1163, 1167, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201,
1257, 1259, 1271, 1411, 1420, 1421, 1423
resolution by.......
remarks on the state of the Union.............126
remarks on a motion to reconsider the amend-
ment to the Constitution..........150, 154, 246
remarks on a ship-canal around Niagara
falls...........
....545, 546
remarks on the naval appropriation bill......601
remarks on Army appropriation bill...651, 652
remarks on the internal revenue bill..........698,

...84

699, 760, 761, 781, 782, 834,
836, 837, 839, 840, 906, 907
remarks on breach of privilege..................974
remarks on the Metropolitan Railroad Com-
pany......
.........995
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill... 1037,
1042, 1043, 1044
remarks on the condition of Indian tribes...1071

Pruyn, John V. L., a Representative from New
York-Continued.

remarks on the enrollment bill............ ...1114
remarks on the legislative, executive, and judi-
cial expenses of the Government, 1150, 1152
remarks on the loan bill..
..1162,

1163, 1167, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201
remarks on the bill relating to postal laws, 1257
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill.......
.....1259, 1271, 1423
Public Buildings and Grounds, the Committee on,
instructions to.........
..........449, 667

Public Expenditures, the Committee on, report
from

discharged from subject.........
Public Lands, the Committee on...

.1263

..643

....79

...795

instructions to.............7, 24, 79, 108, 414, 616
reports from, 562, 684, 796, 838, 992, 1414, 1415
discharged from subjects........
Public lands, bill granting a quarter section of,
to every soldier, sailor, and marine who shall
have served one year in the Army or Navy
during the rebellion........

..24

bill making a grant of, to aid in the construc-
tion of the St. Louis and Iron Mountain rail-
road.........
....24
bill to confirm to the State of California selec-
tions of, made in part satisfaction of dona-
tions by Congress......
...........26
bill (H. R. No. 604) to prevent deserters and
others from acquiring, under the preemption
and homestead laws. ..............47, 838
bill to amend an act making a grant of alter-
nate sections of the, to the State of Michi-
gan to aid in the construction of certain rail-
roads in said State...
..........65

joint resolution for the adjustment of certain
land claims........
...........202

bill perfecting the title of certain locations of
land in the State of Missouri................275
bill perfecting the titles of lands in Missouri

under the act of February 17, 1815.......275
bill to amend an act granting, to the State of
Oregon to aid in the construction of a military
road from Eugene City to the eastern bound-
ary of the State.....
....275
bill to secure to the several States the benefits
of an act to enable the State of Arkansas and
other States to reclaim the swamp and over-
flowed lands within their limits.............275
bill donating, to the several States and Terri-
tories for founding homes for disabled soldiers
and seamen ...............................
..........297
bill making a grant of, to the State of Minne-
sota to aid in the construction of a railroad
from St. Cloud to the line of the Lake Supe-
rior and Mississippi railroad in said State, 297
bill for the support of common schools in Mis-
souri.......
..........316

...316

bill granting aid to certain railroad companies
in Missouri......
bill to construct a wagon road from Lewiston,
in the Territory of Idaho, to Virginia City,
in the Territory of Montana...... ......349
bill (S. No. 463) to amend an act to amend the
act making a grant of alternate sections of,
to the State of Michigan to aid in the con-
struction of certain railroads in said State,
and for other purposes........349, 1041, 1337
joint resolution (H. R. No. 99) reserving the
mineral lands from the operation of all acts
passed at the present session granting, or ex-
tending the time of former grants.........378,
464, 478, 522

bill to extend the time for the completion of
certain railroads to which land grants have
been made, in the States of Michigan and
Wisconsin......
...........449

bill to confirm to California the swamp and
overflowed lands within that State.........500
bill (H. R. No. 761) extending the time for the
completion of certain land-grant railroads
in Minnesota, and for other purposes...500,
796, 832, 1336, 1337, 1410
yeas and nays on the........ ......832, 1410
bill (H. R. No. 730) to provide for the subdi-

vision of the gold and silver lands of the
United States, and others containing valu-
able minerals, for the coining of the pro-
ducts of such lands, and for other pur-
poses......
.........562, 684, 795

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Julian.........

.684, 685, 686, 687
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois..............684

Public lands-Continued.

bill to quiet the titles to certain, granted to the
State of Wisconsin to aid in the construc-
tion of certain railroads...............562, 1035
bill for the organization of the Territory of
Arizona into a land district..................587
joint resolution (S. R. No. 92) to postpone
and prevent the sale for less than their ap-
praised value of certain Indian lands in Min-
nesota.......
..........596
bill (H. R. No. 745) granting, to the State of
Michigan to aid in building a harbor and ||
ship-canal at Portage Lake, Kewenaw
Point, Lake Superior, 618, 838, 1262, 1401
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Cox.......
Mr. Driggs.........

Mr. Holman....................................
Mr. Stevens.....

.1262
...1262, 1263
.1263
.1262, 1263
..1263

yeas and nays on the......
bill (S. No. 241) granting to the State of Wis-
consin a donation of, to aid in the construc-
tion of a ship-canal at the head of Sturgeon
bay, in the county of Door, in said State,
to connect the waters of Green bay with
Lake Michigan in said State........687, 795
yeas and nays on the.........
......795

.......

bill (H. R. No. 593) granting, to aid in the con-
struction of certain railroads in the State of
California.........
.727
bill making a grant of, to the State of Michi-
gan to aid in the construction of a railroad
in said State........
.........776, 873
.......873

yeas and nays on the......
joint resolution (S. R. No. 42) to extend the
time for the reversion to the United States of
the, granted by Congress to aid in the con-
struction of a railroad from Pere Marquette
to Flint, and for the completion of said road,
795, 832, 838, 879
bill (H. R. No. 710) relating to certain grants
of, made to the State of Michigan in the
year 1865....
.796, 807, 1418

remarks on the, by-

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Quarantine and health laws, bill (H. R. No. 563)
in addition to the act respecting, approved
February 25, 1799..
....15, 66

R.

Radford, William, a Representative from New
York

........

....702,
703, 705, 709, 710, 736, 737,
738, 739, 740, 741, 870, 879
remarks on the internal revenue bill..........879
Railroad, joint resolution (S. No. 473) to extend
the time for constructing the Burlington and
Missouri river, in lowa, and filing a map of
relocation
.....1041
bill (H. R. No. 763) to amend an act to aid in
the construction of a, and telegraph line from
the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and
to secure to the Government the use of the
same for postal, military, and other purposes,
approved July 1, 1862, and to amend an act
amendatory thereof, approved July 2, 1864,
1256, 1317, 1324
bill (S. No. 295) making additional grants of
lands to the State of Minnesota in alternate
sections, to aid in the construction of a, in
said State.....
.............1337
bill (H. R. No. 710) making a grant of public
lands to the State of Michigan to aid in the
construction of a, in said State..........776,

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Mr. Arnold.....

Mr. Brown, of Wisconsin......

Mr. Cobb....

Mr. Higby...

.796, 807
.....796
.796, 797
.........808
....796
.797, 807, 808

Mr. Garfield

Mr. Holman......

.......

Mr. Kellogg, of Michigan................796
Mr. Spalding...................

Mr. Stevens...

yeas and nays on the..

....796
...807
...807, 808

bill (H. R. No. 604) to prevent deserters and
others therein named from acquiring, under
the preemption and homestead laws......1414
bill (H. R. No. 702) in relation to preemption

rights in Colorado Territory...............1415
bill (H. R. No. 775) for the relief of the occu-
pants of, in the ex-mission of San José, in
the State of California.........992, 1398, 1401
bill (H. R. No. 222) to entinguish the Indian
title to, in the Territory of Utah, suitable for
agricultural and mineral purposes.........967,
996, 1028
bill (S. No. 114) making a grant of, to the State
of Michigan to aid in the construction of cer-
tain railroads in said State..........1035, 1337
bill (S. No. 380) supplemental to the act ap-
proved July 1, 1864, for the disposal of coal
lands and of town property in the public do-
....................1111, 1147

main....

bill (S. No. 483) to amend an act donating, to
the States and Territories which may provide
colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the
-mechanic arts..... .............. 1263, 1337
bill (H. R. No. 558) to authorize the issuing
of patents for certain, in the town of Stock-
bridge, State of Wisconsin, and for other
purposes......
.1335, 1415, 1418
joint resolution (S. R. No. 88) suspending the
sale by sealed bids of the lands of the Kansas
and Sac and Fox Indians....
1336
bill (S. No. 295) making additional grants of,
to the State of Minnesota, in alternate sec-
tions, to aid in the construction of a railroad
in said State........
..............1337

bill (H. R. No. 812) allowing the further time
of five years to those holding lands by entries
in the Virginia military district of Ohio, which
were made prior to the 1st of January, 1852,
to have the same surveyed and patented..1415
Punishment of crimes-see District of Columbia.

Mr. Pendleton...................911, 912, 914
Mr. Schenck........
.....912

Mr. Thomas...............................
............912, 913, 914

Mr. Wadsworth...

522

bill to provide for the construction of a line of,
communication between the cities of Wash-
ington and New York, and to constitute the
same a public highway and a military road
and postal route of the United States...509,
bill relating to the railroad bridge across the
Mississippi river, from Rock Island, in the
State of Illinois, to Davenport, in the State
of lowa, to establish and declare the same a
post route.....
..........653
bill (S. No. 413) to establish a bridge across
the Ohio river, at Cincinnati, Ohio, a post
road.....
........693, 727, 805, 832
bill providing for the construction of a, and tel-
egraph line through the Territories of Ari-
zona, New Mexico, and Colorado.........753
bill (H. R. No. 691) to authorize and aid in
the construction of a, connecting the Pacific,
in California, with the Columbia river, in
Oregon............... ............................................337, 1161

yeas and nays on the.
bill to aid in the construction of a, in the State
of Iowa, for the purpose of facilitating the
construction of the Union Pacific...........437
bill (H. R. No. 763) to amend an act to aid in
the construction of a, and telegraph line from.
the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and
to secure to the Government the use of the
same for postal, military, and other pur-
poses, approved July 1, 1862.........257, 964
(See Public Lands.)
Railroads, bill (S. No. 463) to amend an act to
amend an act making a grant of alternate sec-
tions of public lands to the State of Michigan
to aid in the construction of certain, of said
State, and for other purposes, 349, 1041, 1337
bill (H. R. No. 761) extending the time for the
completion of certain land-grant, in Minne-
sota, and for other purposes................500,
796, 832, 1336, 1337, 1410
bill (S. No. 114) making a grant of public lands
to the State of Michigan to aid in the con-
struction of certain, in said State.........1035,
1073, 1337

Railroads-Continued.

bill to authorize the extension of the Northern
Pacific railroad eastward to Ontonagon, State
of Michigan, to provide for its connection east-
ward with the Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and
Canadian system of, at Port Huron, Detroit,
Toledo, Fort Wayne, and Dayton...449, 500
joint resolution (H. R. No. 161) in relation to
certain
.....617, 1420

bill (H. R. No. 593) granting lands to aid in
the construction of certain, in the State of
California................
.727
bill granting lands to aid in the construction of
certain, in the State of California............26
(See District of Columbia.)

bill to amend an act making a grant of alter-
nate sections of the public lands to the State
of Michigan to aid in the construction of
certain, in said State.........
.......65

(See Public Lands.)

bill extending the time for the completion of
certain land-grant, in the State of Minne-
.........202

sota.......

Randall, Samuel J., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania......
.......4, 5, 7, 8,
107, 267, 276, 277, 323, 370, 416, 417, 448,
544, 545, 546, 570, 618, 1044, 1045, 1081,
1082, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1335,
1337, 1410, 1411, 1414, 1415, 1416, 1418
resolution by......
remarks on the resolution creating a committee
of inquiry in relation to the Philadelphia
navy-yard
.7, 8
remarks on the bill to establish a navy-yard at
New London, Connecticut-see Appendix.
remarks on the legislative, executive, and judi-
cial expenses of the Government...........323
remarks on the deficiency bill (H. R. No. 620),
416, 417, 448, 570

remarks on a ship-canal around the falls of
Niagara........
............ ..............544, 545, 546
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill...1044
remarks on the enrollment bill..
..1081,

1082, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121

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Mr. Upson......

Randall, William H., a Representative from Ken-
tucky.....

resolution by..........

Rations, bill to define the commutation value
...........65

of

(See Army.)

....

Rebel, bill for the relief of loyal and innocent
part owners of personal property forfeited on
account of the criminal acts of other part
owners of it.........
(See Insurrectionary.)
Rebel debt, concurrent resolution against any
recognition of the....
....905, 1416

joint resolution (H. R. No. 391) in regard to
the General Government passing a law to as.
sume the debts of States incurred to aid in
suppressing the rebellion.....................910
Rebel landholders, bill (H. R. No. 579) to pro-
vide for the forfeiture of the fee of....... .4,
1005, 1025
yeas and nays on the.....................1025, 1026
Rebellious States, the select committee on.....14
report from.......
..........53
bill (H. R. No. 602) to guaranty to certain
States whose governments have been
usurped or overthrown a republican form
of government....
.........53,
81, 234, 280, 298, 643, 934, 967, 997
..281
.280, 281, 299, 300,

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Arnold.......

Mr. Ashley.

Mr. Blair..

301, 935, 967, 968, 969, 997, 1001, 1002

Mr. Blow-see Appendix.

1002, 1003

Mr. Cox.................967, 998, 1000, 1002

Mr. Cravens................

........971

Mr. Davis, of Maryland..... .....281,
301, 969, 970, 971, 1002
Mr. Dawes.........934, 935, 936, 998, 1001

Mr. Edgerton...

(See Appendix.)

Mr. Eldridge.

......967

..997, 998

Mr. Eliot.......281, 291, 298, 299, 300, 968

Mr. Ganson....

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..300,967
...1000
...967, 968
.281, 282,

283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289,
290, 291, 300, 936, 937, 968, 1002
........281, 999

Mr. Kernan......

.415

.415

.415

..415

.415

..415

.415

.415

Mr. Washburne, of Illinois..............415
Reconstruction-see Rebellious States.
Refugees-see Freedmen.
Register, Army-see Army.

Registers, joint resolution (H. R. No. 173) direct-
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
American, to the British schooners Minnie
Williams and E. M. Baxter........ ...914,
1035, 1155

Reporter, resolution authorizing the Speaker to
appoint a competent stenographic..........116
(See Stenographer.)
Reprimand of A. P. Field, of Louisiana.......991
Retaliation-see Prisoners.

Revenue, resolution instructing the Committee of
Ways and Means to consider the propriety
of reducing the tariff on coffee, sugar, tea,
and similar articles..........
..........3

yeas and nays on laying on the table the......3
resolution instructing the Committee of Ways

and Means to report an amendment to the,
bill taxing stocks of domestic liquors on
hand........
.........3

yeas and nays on laying on the table the...3
yeas and nays on the adoption of the.......3
joint resolution (H. R. No. 124) explanatory

of the act to provide internal, to support
the Government, to pay interest on the
public debt, and for other purposes, ap-
proved June 30, 1864...........4, 11, 14, 53
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Brooks

Mr. Dawes...............................................
Mr. Kasson.......
Mr. Myers, L...........
Mr. Stevens......
...............................11, 12, 14
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois....................................11
joint resolution (S. No. 78) for the appoint-
ment of a commission on the subject of
raising, by taxation.........
.....37

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bill to levy duties upon tobacco and its manu-
factures
......98
bill to constitute the city of St. Joseph, in the
State of Missouri, a port of delivery......115
joint resolution to promote the diffusion of
knowledge in the United States by the sus-
pension of duties on imported printing pa-
per....
........137
bill (H. R. No. 729) to amend the act relating to
officers employed in the examination and
appraisement of imported merchandise in
the district of New York.........562, 1030
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Chanler............................................
..1030, 1031
Mr. Holman.......................................................................... 1030
Mr. Odell..........

1031

Mr. Washburne, of Illinois......1030, 1031
Mr. Wood, Fernando.......
...1031
bill (H. R. No. 739) to regulate the fees of cus-
tom-house officers on the northern, north-
eastern, and northwestern frontiers of the
United States.............596, 1034, 1401, 1402
bill (S. No. 454) supplemental to an act to an-
nex a part of the State of New Jersey to the
collection district of New York, and to ap:
point an assistant collector to reside at Jer-
sey City, approved February 21, 1863...880,
992, 1033
bill (H. R. No. 690) to revive certain provis-
ions of the act further to provide for the
collection of duties on imports and ton-
nage, approved March 2, 1815, and for
other purposes........1032, 1118, 1123, 1202
remarks on the, by-

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remarks on the, by-

11

.12

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Mr. Broomall........1199, 1202, 1204, 1205
Mr. Coffroth...........

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