4

Bills passed,

103, 107, 109, 124, 130, 132, 149, 163, 178, 209, 212
220, 238, 255, 259, 292, 299, 306, 310, 319, 325, 329, 331
335, 338, 312, 355, 353. 363, 377, 390, 303. 421, 423, 431

441, 451, 457, 463, 478, 451 457 514, 527, 530, 536, 546
Bills reported, 79, 81, 82, 86.92 93, 96, 95, 93, 103, 104 107, 10)
112, 117, 120, 122, 124, 126, 129, 130, 132, 133, 141, 143
149, 149, 153, 159, 162, 164 166, 171, 17, 181 186 203
207, 200, 212 219, 220, 224, 225 2.6, 249, 230, 238, 244
250, 255, 259, 263, 274, 277, 278, 281, 281, 289, 291, 294
299, 302, 305, 310, 315, 319, 320, 32154327, 331, 355
337,311, 342, 351, 255, 358, 303, 370, 3.6, 577, 378, 355
393, 398, 402 407, 48, 414, 419, 425, 42, 431, 433, 439
441, 444, 448, 455, 457, 459, 461, 473. 176. 482 481, 457
490, 493, 499, 514, 515, 52, 53, 524, 533
Bloodhounds in Florida against Seminole Bidta, se splay-
mnt of, 183, 193, 201, 203, 207, 220, 225 226, 228, 233
255, 259, 274, 521, 390, 430, 487
183
- 183
- 133

remarks of Mr. Benton

Mr. Buchanan

Mr. Lumpkin

Mr. Preston.

- 183

17, 82

Bounty lands, bill to revive an act authorizing can sol
diers in the late war to s render the, urawn by
them, and locate others in lies thereof
Bounty land warrants for military service. during the last
war with Great Britain, bill to provide for satisfying
403, 408, 490, 523
outstanding claims to
Brant, Lieut. Col. resolution calling for information relative
10, 86
to court martial of
Brown, Bedford, of North Carolina, 1, 92, 155, 166, 186, 188, 1-9
201, 244, 306, 335, 3-2, 522
185, 189
his remarks on abolition of slavery
Buchanan, James, of Pennsylvania, 1, 54, 76, 81, 83, 85, 102
103, 111, 12), 122, 121, 126, 127, 130, 133, 39, 143
159, 171, 176, 183, 184, 187, 188, 189, 197. 199, 261
203, 205, 207, 218, 220, 223, 224, 225, 226, 228, 230, 243
244, 259, 274, 277, 294, 295, 31, 302, 305, 320, 321, 322
335,341, 342, 354, 563. 378, 332, 357, 323, 3, 3, 421, 426
425, 430, 431, 49, 444, 445, 446, 457, 458, 465 466, 467
476, 478, 482, 484, 487. 485, 491, 492, 4 6, 503, 510, 512
514, 516, 518, 519, 522, 524, 527, 528, 580, 535, 536, E42
his remarks on Maine boundary line, 122, 126, 127. 322.
323,503
143, 364

his remarks on silk importation

his remarks on employment of bloodhounds in the

his remarks relation to misstatement in the Nation
al Intelligencer

463, 470, 471

465, 503
521

his remarks on bill to charter the sev. ral banks in the
District of Columbia-

his remarks o. Navy appropriation bill

his remarks on bill to continue and alter the charter
631, 538
of the city of Washington, DC.
Clay, Henry, of Kentucky, 1, 46, 96, 97, 103, 193, 124, 126, 129
130, 133, 148, 149, 158, 161, 187, 191, 1984, 201, 204, 208
2 9, 212, 214, 250, 255, 28, 291, 29,294, 293, 302, 310
311, 319, 320, 321, 3:6, 37, 335, 342, 351, 152, 363, 392
393, 43, 405, 407, 439, 433, 434, 441, 414, 415, 160, 467
470, 471, 473 493, 533. 514, 503, 207, 510 512, 515, 516
513,519, 521, 522
las to the

his remarks on bill to cele the public
States in which they lie

his remarks on Ameri a Sik S.cety
his remarks on My boundary la
h's remarks on bill to purchase Louisville
land Cana! stock

9597, 202 203

- 124
125.322, 323

Mr. Henderson

Mr. Hubbard

Mr. Lumpkin

Mr. Merrick .

and Port-

158, 159
187, 191
- 250

166, 419, 421, 422, 423

421
422,423
421, 422

421, 422, 423

421

421, 423

423

Mr. Smith of Connecticut

bill to alter and amend the charter of Washington

226, 233, 444, 624, 530, 534,1538

534

634, 539

- 534

634,538

631, 539

513

his remarks on abolition of slavery
his remarks on the adjourament of Congress
- 345
his remarks on general bankrupt law -
460, 518
his remarks on mileage bill
his remarks on report in National Intelligencer in re-
lation to the remarks of Mr. Clay, of Alabama, 470, 471
his remarks on bill to ncorporate the several banks
of the District of Columbia
503, 501, 506, 507
his remarks on Navy appropriation bill
Clayton, Thomas of Delaware, 1, 104, 14., 29, 220, 229, 238
243, 291, 343-363, 300, 407, 98, 128, 411, 416, 595519
- 345
his remarks on general bankrup?law -
bill to incorporate the several banks in the District
of Columbia
Clinch, General Duncan L. bill for the relief of, 419, 421, 423
433, 44, 454
- 229
Coal, drawback on foreign, resolution in relation to
Coin, bill to prevent the counterfeiting of any foreign cop.
76, 79, S1, 99, 103
per, gold, silver, or other, etc.

in, &c.

remarks by Mr. Allen

Mr. Clay of Alabama

Mr. Knight

Mr. Merrick

- 534
- 534
244

marine hospital at Alexandria, in the
bill to incorporate and extend the charters of the
several tanks in the. 208. 310. 454. 461, 463, 464, 465
406, 467, 463, 503, 504 605.500, 567, 510, 515, 521, 322
624. 525. 527, 530, 539, 512, 543
Remarks by Mr. Allen, 98, 463, 465, 503, 606, 539
512.643
464, 465, 506
463, 466, 467, 542, 543

Mr. Benton

604.507

467, 303, 604, 542
503, 504, 506, 507

Mr. Clayton
Mr. Davis

Mr. Grundy
Mr. Henderson

503

Mr. Hubbard

his remarks on boundary line of Iowa and Missouri 110
his remarks on general bankrupt law

.

445, 446
his remarks on bill to charter the several banks in
the District of Columbia
465, 46, 467, 512
522
his remarks on navy appropriation bill
535, 583, 543
his remarks on army appropriation bill
542
Buffalo, bill for the relief of the owners of the schooner
Buildings, communication from the Commissioner of
Business of Congress, joint resolution in relation to the

C
Calhoun, John C. of South Carolina, 1, 75, 81, 85, 92, 96, 103
110, 112. 117, 120, 124, 138, 143, 149, 162, 154, 187, 183

191, 193 2.8, 225, 28, 233, 214, 20, 25, 267, 281, 299
309, 320, 335. 338 345, 352, 37v, 332, 397, 393, 401, 403
407. 403, 414. 431, 433, 44, 459, 471, 176, 473, 482, 488
494, 493, 495, 49, 502 503, 504 507, 510, 512, 516 513
519, 521, 52 525, 530, 535, 536, 539, 612, 543
his remarks on bill to cede the public hands to the
States in which they lie

his remarks on American Silk Society

his remarks ou abolition of slavery

his remarks on mileage bill

his remarks on bill to incorporate the several banks in
the District of Columbia

his remarks on Navy Appropriation bill

96, 97, 202, 203
121,354
187, 158, 191
459, 518
504, 506, 507
521, 522
his remarks on defences of the country, &c.
• 525
his remarks on printing report from the Secretary of
the Treasury in relation to custom-house officers,
tonnage, &c. .

Call, Richard K. resolution for information as regards re-
moval of as Governor of Florida

bill for the relief of

Census, bill to amend the act to provide for taking the sixth,

• 630
149, 162
325, 378
112 166, 178, 220

- 164
76 93
93

Charleston, S. C. bill for the relief of the vestry and church-
wardens of St. Philips, at

Commissions to agers and attorneys of persons in whose
favor awards have been made, etc. bill to authorize

Copy night, bill to amend the act entitled an act to amend
the several acts respecting
96, 103, 107
Courts, bill to arrange the circuits of the Federal
- 278
Crimes against the Unn d States, and for other purposes,
bit more eff.ctually to plovice for the punishment
of certain
76. 79, 81, 93, 244, 478, 492
Crittenden, John J. of Kentucky, 1. 11, 79, 86, 87, 92, 103, 107
103, 109, 116, 129, 109, 155, 158, 159, 160, 166, 178
201, 213, 220, 245, 230, 235, 211, 32, 325, 331, 341
312, 352, 270, 3-7, 3-8 39), 392 393, 414, 42, 4:3
428, 433, 439, 441. 145, 446. 455, 459, 400, 476, 477
478, 479, 433, 515, 16, 518, 519, 523
his remarks on hill to authorize the purchase of the
Louisville and Portland canal stock
159
his remarks on bill to continue the ofice of Commis.
missioner of Pensions
- 235
his remarks on sale or exchange of Treasury drafts, 368
his remarks on bill for the relief of the Howard Insti
tution of Washingto, D. C.
his remarks on general bankrupt bill
Croghan, General, bili for the relief of
Cumberland road, bill and resolution for conti uation of
the, 79, 85, 117, 153, 176, 277, 291, 292, 297, 204, 290, 302
Cuthbert, Alfred, of Georgia, 196, 259, 277, 320, 428, 431, 450

- 505

- 504

463, 463, 539

· 306

507
483,465
- 504

298, 463, 464, 539

E06, 507
464.466, 504
466, 504, 506

- 466
545, 507

464, 604, 507, 539, 512
603, 505, 508

147, 335, 338
Cherokee warriors, bill to provide for the allowance of in-
valid pensions to certain
521, 523
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal stock standing,in the name of
the United States, joint resolution directing the
transfer of the, to State of Maryland, 621, 635, 536

Dade Institute, bill granting one township of land to Territ y
of Florida, for the establishment of the -
112,364
Davis, John of Massachusetts. 1, 20 50, 60, 79, 81, 82, 85, 86
92 93, 103, 104, 107, 109, 117. 120, 122, 147, 129, 130, 141
143, 148, 155, 153, 185, 186, 193. 201, 204, 209, 218, 220
225, 226, 229, 230, 244, 252 274, 201, 202, 291, 295, 301
309, 317, 315, 327, 330, 331, 375, 377, 393, 402, 405, 457
408, 421, 425, 424, 431, 459, 151, 462, 471,473, 478, 492
488, 492,493, 496, 504, 510, 512, 514. 516, 519, 623, 529
530, 533, 534, 537, 538, 512, 543
his remarks on Maine boundary line
his remarks on general appropriation bill
his remarks on mileage bill

his remarks on bill to cede the public lands to the States
in which they lie

his remarks on hour of meeting of the Senate
his remarks on general bankruptlaw
Documentary History of the United States, by Messrs Clark
and Force, resolution relative to the.
remarks by Mr. Buchanan

bill to amend the charter of Alexandria, in the, 378, 419
of Georgetown, in the
459
bill to remove restrictions upon discounting notes and
other securities in the
633
joint resolution to recharter the banks in the, 535. 539. 512
Dixon, Nathan F. of Rhode Island. 95. 202, 223, 244, 335, 358, 963
375, 379, 357, 391, 405, 482, 527

.

202

391

452

877, 378, 393

378

Mr. Hubbard

- 378

Mr. King

- 377

Mr. Sevier

378

Mr. Tappan

377

1.7
375

Documents free of postage, bill to authorize the transmis

sion of certain

274

against the United States, bill to establish a board of
commisssioners to hear and determine, 32, 60, 79, 81
93, 143, 113, 14, 153
yeas and nays ou engrossing
Clay, Clement C of Alabama. I. 12. 17 54, 56 76. 81. 83 86.92
9.96 93 103, 101, 105. 107, 10, 111, 112, 120, 122, 123
126, 13, 143, 149, 153, 155 155. 159. 189, 162, 161, 166
171, 172, 176, 13, 184, 185, 27. 213 218, 20, 24, 25
229, 23), 233 234, 235, 245, 255, 263. 267, 274, 277, 278
2.9, 291, 292, 295, 297, 293, 299, 302 303 318, 321, 324
830, 331, 335 311, 342, 245, 351. 852, 370, 898, 402, 426
431, 439, 444, 418, 451, 457. 459. 460, 461, 462, 463, 465
467, 468, 470, 471, 473, 493 503. 504, 510, 51, 512, 514
515, 516, 518, 519, 521, 522, 524, 525, 527, 531, 525, 538
his remarks on boundary line of lowa and Missoni - 111
542, 543
his remarks on bill to continue the office of Commis.
sioner of Pensions
231, 235

530
543
Deaf and dumb persons, bill for the education and instruc
tion of .
Debenture on exportation of foreign merchandise in cer
120, 212
tain cases, bill to extend the privilege of 320,514
Debt in certain cases, bill, & -, supplementary to the act to
abol.sh imprisonment for, 120, 201, 233, 251, 259, 48?
remarks by Mr. Norvell.
484
Debtors to the United States, bill to extend for a longer time
120,251
the several acts now in in force for the relief of in-
Solvent
Defaulters (see money.)
233,238

459, 519

524

Drawbacks of duues on merchandise, &c. bill to allow, 104, 270
Duties, bill to remit such, cancel such bonds as have been
254, 291
required of persons engaged in the whale fishery, and
to restrain all future exactions of duties of such ves-
sels and their cargoes 20,79 56, 107, 122, 121, 299

116
54
Enlistments into the army and navy, bill to regulate 407,425, 464
Enterprise, resolutions in relation to seizure and detention

Finance, the Committee on

Fisheries and fishing bounties: (see Salt.)
Florida Territory, bill for the armed occupation and settle-
ment of that part of, which is now overrun and in-
20,96
fested by marauding bands of hostile Indians,
105, 107, 109, 113 117, 127, 130, 302
bill providing for the enlistment of 1.500 men for de-
164, 302, 305. 310, 330
fence of
employment of bloodhounds in, against Seminole In-
dians; (see Bloodhounds.)

Mr. Merrick

212
bill granung a section of land for schools in St. Clair
319, 503, 510
county, in
86, 401
Imports and exports
Imports, bill to ensure the more faithful execution of the
laws relating to the collection of duties on, 41, 493, 496
439, 503, 510, 512, 514
Indiana, bill to confirm to the State of the lands selected by
her for the Wabash and Erie Canal, &c. 107, 330,037
51
Indian Affairs, Committee on

Mr. Davis

bill for division of, and admission of Statos of East
112, 244, 499
and West Florida
bill for admission of, into the Union, on certain condi
tions
185, 186, 259, 306, 499
196
Remarks by Mr. Clay of Alabama
185, 186

Mr. Sevier

Mr. Tappan

186
186
186

Mr. Walker -

186

resolution to procure the passage of a law to autho-

rise the sale of certain lots in the town of St.
Marks, in

238

Foreign books for the library, exchange of extra copies of
books for

530,534

joint resolution to continue two clerks employed in
363
the office of Commissioner of
Indian depredatters, bill for the payment of damages to in-
dividuals who had cuffered losses by 104, 263, 278, 279
Indian reservations, bill to grant other lands to the inhabi-
455
tants of townships deprived of the 16th section, by
457
Ind ans west of Arkansas and Missouri, bill for the protec
tion of emigrant and other
126, 139, 140
Indian, bill to provide compensation for injuries to pro-
perty committed by marauding
Indian wars since 1830, bill for the relief of persons who
have sustained damage by

278

86, 277

54

257,258,259

Independent Treasury bill. (See Money.)
Internal improvement, bill making gran's of public lands
to certain States, for purposes of -
12, 81, 120, 212
Iowa, bill to define and establish the southern bour.dary
line of Territory of
20, 46, 110, 111, 112, 320
Remarks by Mr. Allen-

257

259

- 111
111
111

255, 455, 468, 473

537,533

Mr. Buchanan

Mr. Calhoun -

Mr. Smith of Indiana
Mr. Walker

110, 111

Liens and incumbrances on any real estate which is now,
or hereafter may become, the property of United
States, bill to enable United States to discharge, 259, 482
484
Light-houses, &c., bili to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to use chemical or any other oil in, 209, 455
and lightboats, and the establishment of certain buoys
and beacon lights, bill authorizing the erection of 341
471
Linn, Lewis F. of Missouri, 1, 34, 46. 54, 56, 60, 63, 81, 82, 85
86, 87, 92, 93, 98, 99, 103, 104, 107, 108, 110, 111, 116
117, 120, 121, 122, 129, 143, 148, 149, 158, 159, 161, 162
166, 176, 178, 186, 203, 207, 212, 218. 223, 225, 226, 229
230, 233, 238, 250, 255, 274, 277, 278. 279, 291, 292, 296
297, 298, 36, 310, 311, 318, 319, 320, 321, 327, 331
342, 351, 354, 363, 407, 414, 419. 428, 430, 431, 440
441, 441 446, 454, 455. 461. 463, 468, 470. 471, 473
474, 4:6, 493, 501, 512, 514, 518, 523, 524, 529, 53, 542
his remarks on boundary line between Iowa and
110, 111
Missouri

111
112

- 112

bill concerning a seminary of learning in Territory

of

171, 408

471

529

bill granting two townships of land to Territory of,
319, 503
for university
bill in addition to the act to anthorize the construc-
tion of a road from Dubuque to northern boundary
490
of State of Missouri -
Iron Mountain Company to enter on credit a quantity of
land. &c. bill to authorize
- 152
Iron steamer New Jersey, bill in relation to the, 320, 325, 329

J.

on bill to incorporate the several banks of the Dis.
trict of Columbia

504

on the bill to authorize the purchase of the Louis-
ville and Portland canai stock

in relation to
Remarks by Mr. Lumpkin
Mr. Williams

Fulton, Robert, relief of heirs of
Fulton, William S. of Arkansas,

1, 17, 82, 83, 92, 103, 104, 112
120, 122, 130, 132, 155, 159, 161, 162, 171, 181, 198, 201, 220
262, 281, 306, 324, 341, 368, 363, 439, 441, 455, 462, 516, 521

G.
Gainesville and Narketa Railroad Company, hill for the re-
12, 86, 117
lief of the -
99, 120
Galena Railroad Company, bill in relation to the
Gehan. Francis, late marshal of Territory of Wisconsin,
bill to authorise the accounting officers of the Trea
sury Department to settle the accounts of
Geological and mineralogical survey of the mineral region
of Iowa and Wisconsin
Grundy, Felix. of Tennessee, 95, 98, 103, 101, 105, 117, 120, 122
124, 129, 130, 133, 143, 149, 153, 155, 158, 164, 171, 176
178, 213, 224, 225, 230, 231, 235, 28, 243, 244, 259, 263
267, 274, 277, 279, 299, 311, 318, 319, 321, 311, 353, 3:3
425, 434, 444, 445, 459, 461, 463, 465, 471, 492, 196, 515
516, 518, 521, 522, 523, 527, 530, 534, 537, 533, 539
his remarks on bill to cede public lands to the States
in which they lie

his remarks on Tennessee instructions

his remarks on American Silk Society

his remarks on bill to continue office of Commission-
er of Pensions

Haight, Stephen, elected Sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper 32
Hats, duty on foreign articles connected with the manufac
363, 403, 455
Hazard's United States Commercial and Statistical Register, 201
Henderson, John, of Mississippi, 46, 103, 117, 120, 124, 127, 130
133, 141, 143, 149, 161, 225, 226, 223, 230, 288, 255, 159
274, 269, 292, 307, 311, 317, 319, 320, 321, 325, 335, 312
355, 338, 390, 393, 407, 415, 419, 421, 422, 428, 482, 486
487, 483, 503, 506, 510, 512, 514, 521, 522, 536, 539, 543
his remarks on sale or exchange of Treasury drafts- 333
his remarks on bill for the relief of the Howard Insti-
tution of Washington, D. C.
421, 422
466

his remarks on general bankrupt law
his remarks on bill to incorporate the several banks
of the District of Columbia

506
521, 522

his remarks on navy appropriation bill
Hubbard, Henry, of New Hampshire, 1, 6, 17, 32, 54, 60, 79

80, 81, 83, 85, 86, 91, 93, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 17
120, 122, 124, 126, 129, 130, 139, 143, 148, 149, 153, 158
159, 162, 164, 166, 171, 172, 131, 193, 203, 207, 208, 209
213, 218, 223, 229, 230, 235, 255, 263, 267, 274, 277, 278
279, 284, 201, 292, 294, 295, 26, 302, 306, 303, 317, 318
319, 324, 330, 331, 335, 337, 339, 312, 345, 348, 351, 352
254, 355, 363, 375, 377, 378, 382, 385, 357, 391, 393, 398
402, 403, 405, 407, 409, 414, 419, 421, 422, 423, 426, 428
433, 441, 444, 445, 454, 455, 459, 473, 476, 479, 482, 484
487, 493, 196, 499, 503, 507, 510, 512, 514, 515, 518, 522
523, 527, 530, 535, 537, 543, 546
his remarks on abolition of slavery
his remarks on bill to continue the office of Commis-
sioner of Pensions

Judges of the United States, bill fixing the salaries of the
several district
94, 96
Judicial system of United States, bill to amend the act enti
tled an act supplementary to the act to amend the
363, 364, 482, 490
Judiciary, the Committee on the
K.
Kentucky, bill to allow further time to Centre College in,
to sell certain lands heretofore granted to Deaf
319, 503
and Dumb Asylum
joint resolution for restitution of certain arms fur
mshed the United States by .
402, 514
1, 51. 54. 86, 93 95, 93, 103, 104
King, William R. of Alabama,
107, 112, 116, 120, 124, 126, 129, 130, 143, 155, 158, 165,
172, 176, 184 212, 213, 220, 223, 224 244. 2:5 251, 259
263 267.279, 299 306.310, 311. 32. 325, 327. 339, 331, 335
33S, 345, 351, 363, 370. 377, 357, 801, 393. 401, 402 403
426, 444, 418, 451, 457, 463 465. 463,470, 471. 473. 476.
452, 457, 491, 493, 499, 502, 540
his remarks on bill to authorize the purchase of the
stock of the Louisville and Pordand Canal -

&c

on printing the report from the Secretary of the Trea-
sury in relation to custom-house officers, tonnage,
529, 530
Louisiana, bill to provide for the defence of the Western
17, 104
borde, & of
bill to confirm certain land claims in the Ouchita
56, 81, 92, 153, 162
land district, in the State of
bill to confirm certain land claims in the Greensburg
56, 81. 92, 162, 209, 212
district in

bill to transfer to the citizens of the Parish of Concor
dia in, the interest of the United States to a certain
56, 81, 92, 153, 162
tract of land
bill to authorize the Legislature of, to sell lands here.
tofore appropriated for the use of schools, 162, 184, 419
421
Louisville and Portland canal, bill to authorize the pur-
chase of the private stock of, by the United States, 11
79, 155, 159, 277, 496
- 159
158, 159

the

L.

Mr. Smith of Indiana

Mr. Tappan

Mr. White of Indiana

Lumpkin. Wilson, of Georgia, 1, 54, 75, 76, 87, 95, 103, 104, 105
107, 129, 138, 164, 183, 204, 207, 213, 218, 220, 229, 230
250, 257, 262, 263, 274, 275, 278, 279, 292, 296, 297, 299
330, 331, 235, 339, 315, 351, 359, 363, 370, 375, 391, 393
407, 403. 414, 421, 444, 445, 453, 457, 478, 484, 496, 503
5:0, 514, 515, 516, 518, 519, 524, 525, 528, 535, 537
his remarks on the employment of bloodhounds in
183
Florida Territory against the Indians
his remarks on adjournment of Congress 229, 230, 250
274, 275, 296, 297, 496

his remarks on general bankrupt law

his remarks on resolutions of Legislature of Georgia,
in relation to fugitives from justice
his remaks on general appropriation bill

- 257

his remarks on time of meeting of the Senate
his remarks on bill for the relief of the Howard Insti-
tution of Washington, D. C.

- 375
391, 453

421

445, 484

54
Land claims, the Committee on Private
Land offices, bill to abolish the office of the Solicitor of the
General, etc.
12, 86, 93, 267, 299, 302
Lands, Public, the Committee on
Lands, bill for the substitution of other, in the place of school
sections which ars useless and unproductive, 12, 79, 99
bill for the graduation and reduction of the price of
12, 79, 104, 329, 331, 352, 355
bill for the relinquishment of the sixteenth sections
granted for the use of schools, and the entry of other
12, 307, 310
lands in lieu thereof
bill making grants of to certain States, for purposes of
internal improvement
12, 61, 120, 212, 327
bill to grant to the States and incorporated companies
the right of way through the public, 17, 86, 130, 387
bill supplemental to the act to grant pre-emption
rights to settlers on the public, approved 22d June,
1633
17, 79, 112, 331, 335, 342

390

his remarks on bill for better organization of the ma-
rine corps

Mackenzie, Wm. Lyon, 292, 294, 327, 341, 368, 370, 377, 385, 387
390, 401
Madison papers

Mail, bill the better to expedite the Southern

238

439

in steam boats, bill relative to the transportation of
294, 603, 510
the

6

Remarks by Mr. Allen

Mr. Buchanan

Maine boundary, resolutions in relation to the, correspond-
ence between the Secretary of State, British
Minister, Governor of Maine, &c. 122, 126, 127, 134
135, 136, 137, 138, 151, 152, 248, 249, 191, 292, 298
318, 322, 323, 324, 457, 491, 503
126, 127,323, 503
122, 126, 127, 322, 323, 503
126, 322, 323, 324
127
136, 322, 323, 503
503
122, 127
322

Mr. Clay of Alabama

Mr. Clay of Kentucky

Mr. Davis.

Mr. Ruggles

322

Mr. Walker

Mr. Williams

Mr. Wright

bill for the settlement of claims of the State of, for the
services of her militia

- 363

533

do at
National defence
Nations, Congress of

54

bill appropriating $25,000 for exploration and sur-
vey of Northeastern boundary line of

Manufactures, the committee on-

117

Marine Corps, bill to explain and amend the 5th section of
the at for the better organization of the, 123, 229, 457, 158
Mary and cargo, which were captured, &e. bill to refund
to Noah Miller and others, art of the proceeds of
the sale of the schooned
Massachusetts, bill authorizing harbors of Sippican and Mat-
tapoisett in the State of, to be known hereafter as
393, 393
ports
Merrick, William D. of Maryland, 6. 54, 75, 81, 86, 92, 98, 103
105, 108, 111, 112, 116, 127, 129, 139, 141, 143, 148, 149
155, 158, 161, 162, 164, 172, 166, 203, 207, 220, 233, 244
267, 279, 292, 236, 298, 310, 324, 37, 331, 352, 363,378
393. 408, 414, 419, 421, 423, 431, 441, 411, 454, 455, 457
459, 460, 461, 463, 464, 465, 46, 471, 476. 515. 521, 522
521, 525, 527, 530, 534, 53, 537, 538, 539, 542, 543
his remarks on bill to incorporate the banks of the
District of Columbia
298, 463, 464
his remarks on bill to incorporate the bank of the
District of Columbia
461, 468
his remarks on bill for the relief of the Howard In-
stitution of Washington, D. C.

421, 423
521
his remarks on bill to continue and alter the charter
534, 535, 539
of Washington, D. C.
Mexican Republic, bill to carry into effect a convention be-
tween United States and
428, 431
Miami treaty of November 6, 1828 bill to fix the minimum'
price of public lands acquired by the
Michigan, bill granting to the State of, a quantity of land to
aid in the construction of a capal around the falls
of St. Marie 12, 92, 99, 306, 310, 325, 342, 354, 368
12
bill for the relief of certain companies of militia in,
31. 162, 390, 392
bill to amend an act confirming certain land claims in
56, 81, 86, 92, 296,
bill granting to the county of Kalamazoo in, the
right of pre-emption to a quarter section of land
56, 66, 99, 356, 310
bill granting certain persons in, pre emption to a frac-
tion of land in Ottoway, in
56, 86, 99
bill supplementary to an act to provide for the ad-
justment of titles to land in the town of Detroit
and Territory of, and for other purposes
bill making appropriations for the completion of
certain roads commenced by the United States in 17
81, 122

&c.

bill creating an additional land office in 139, 143, 393, 398
defence of frontier of

bill granting to the county of Kent in, the right of
pre-emption to a quarter section of public land, 322,536
bill for the construction of certain harbors in .
Mileage of members of Congress, bill for the establishment

56, 79, 103, 292
Money, effectually to secure the public
bill to provide for collection, safekeeping, transfer,
and disbursement of the public, 120, 122, 124, 127, 130
133, 139-141
Mormons, (see Latter Day Saints.)
Mouton, Alexander, of Louisiana, 38, 54, 86, 92, 107, 120, 158
170, 221, 226, 277, 278, 281, 292, 298, 306, 311, 317, 390, 393
414 425 426, 473, 477, 482, 504, 533
Muscat, message from President of United States in relation
414, 428, 431
to presents from Imaum of
N.
Nantucket, bill for the relief of the steamboat company of,
103, 107, 331, 335
Natchez, joint resolution for the relief of sufferers by torna-
476, 488
385, 524
196, 201, 209, 220, 226
resolutions in relation to laws of, and discussion, 233, 267
327, 328, 329
Naturalization, resolution for printing laws relating to, 377, 387
Naval Affairs, the Committee on
Navy Department, reports from the Secretary of the, 80, 85
130, 147, 243, 274, 292, 363, 401, 453, 463
153, 277, 278, 407
resolutions of inquiry from the
bill regulating the pay of masters in the, 86, 93, 112, 524
bill to regulate the pay and emoluments of pursers
112, 129, 262, 199
joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of the, to
purchase repeating rifles and pistols for the use
of the

in the

of the

54

476
274, 503, 510
ration, bill to establish and regulate the
.407
bill in addition to the act regulating the pay of the
408, 499, 512
514.515
bill making appropriations for support of the,
521, 539, 543
New Albany and Mount Carmel Railroad Company, bill
to authorize the, to enter on a credit a quantity of
land, &c.
63, 79, 117, 364, 36, 370, 474, 492
New England Mississippi Land Company, bill for the relief
398
New Hampshire against the United States, bill for the set.
164, 319, 363
tlement of the claims of
363, 528
New Orleans, bill to extend the limits of the port of,
Nicholas, Robert C. of Louisiana, 38.78 99, 104, 122, 130, 139
162, 166, 176, 198, 212, 226. 233, 259. 298, 299, 306, 319, 331
345. 396. 430, 446 448, 461, 470, 457, 493, 529
North Carolina, bill making provision for the adjustment of
the title to a site for a light house on Roanoke
320.536
marshes in
Norvell, John, of Michigan 1, 12, 17, 50, 56.63. 81, 83, 86, 92, 93
96, 99. 102. 103. 1 4. 107, 111, 117, 120, 124, 139, 143, 149
166, 171. 185. 156, 203, 207, 209, 212, 223, 224. 226, 230
233, 244, 245, 270, 255, 263, 267, 274, 275, 277, 278, 279
209, 232, 296, 293. 299, 306, 307, 310, 317, 318, 321, 325
327, 331, 341, 342, 351, 355, 355, 368, 370, 375, 377, 387
390, 31, 393, 398, 403, 405, 414, 419, 421, 423, 425, 439
444, 445, 446, 455, 459. 468, 473, 496, 503, 506, 507 511
512, 514, 516, 519, 523, 524, 534, 538
his remarks on boundary line between Iowa and Mis

his remarks on military and naval preparations on
Northern frontier

Pensioners-

bill making provision for the payment of pensions to
executors and administrators of deceased, in certain
414, 448
cases
Phelps, Samuel S. of Vermont, 20, 104, 108, 117, 123, 130, 139
155, 160, 162, 166, 205, 208, 229, 289, 297, 310, 453, 454, 457
462, 468, 478, 454, 496, 499, 512, 514, 527, 530, 546
Pierce, Franklin, of New Hampshire, 1, 54, 75, 79, 86, 87, 91, 92
93, 95, 103, 104, 107, 109, 110, 122, 124, 126, 129, 130, 143
166, 198, 203, 207, 212, 223, 225, 233, 234, 235, 243, 244
294, 298, 299, 306, 310, 319, 327, 337, 338, 342, 358, 363
370, 385, 387, 390, 393, 403, 407, 414, 421, 425, 426, 431
441, 444, 445, 443, 454, 457, 461, 468, 476, 478, 487, 490
491, 493, 499, 503, 511, 514, 518, 523, 524, 527, 529
presents resolutions from Legislature of New Hamp
shire, instructing its Senators to oppose the bill to
divide proceeds of sales of public lands among the
States, &c.

his remarks on bill to continue the office of Commis
sioner of Pensions

his remarks on general bankrupt law.

his remarks on bill to incorporate the several banks
of the District of Columbia.

his remarks on defence of the country
Pilotage, bill in addition to an act concernir g
Pilots, repeal of the law for licensing 3-7, 448, 490, 493, 510, 611
Plumb Island Bridge and Turnpike Company, bill for the re-
lief of the.
1:0, 124, 287, 390
Porter, Augustus R. of Michigan, 171, 212, 230, 241, 255, 279, 289
301, 306, 310, 325, 327, 331, 342, 351, 398, 478
his remarks on bill to create an additional land office
.398
in Michigan
Postage, reduction of rates of, £3, 233, 238, 262, 267, 296, 306
317, 321, 457
95 107,358
Postmaster General, reports from the
Postmaster of the Senate, resolution fixing the salary of
the

64
Post Office and Post Roads, Committee on the
Post Office Department, the several acts amendatory of the
490, 514
act establishing and regulating the
85, 250 255, 279, 298
Pre-emption laws
bill to provide for a standing and permanent system
of, with sales to actual settlers on public lands at
11, 79
reduced prices
bill supplemental to the act to grant pre-emption
rights to actual settlers on the public lands, ap-
17, 79, 112
proved 2d June, 1838
Prentiss, Samuel, of Vermont, 26, 56, CO, 61, 76, 79, 81. 56, 103
104, 108, 116, 120, 130, 143, 148, 149, 178, 186, 218, 220
233, 235, 244, 245, 253, 263, 292 306, 319 3.7, 31, 358
363, 378, 393, 403, 407, 431, 139, 444, 454. 457. 461. 476
477, 475. 490, 5.4

his remarks on bill to continue the office of Commis
sioner of Pensions

his remarks on general bankrupt law.
President of the Senate takes his seat
President of the United States, messages from the, 34, 38, 42, 50
54. 66. 78. 80, 95, 103, 108, 116, 130, 134, 147, 149, 151
159, 171, 201, 204. 238, 248, 262, 29, 2.9, 32, 327, 337
356, 378, 387, 391, 403. 414, 444, 491, 495, 499
83
reference of annual message from the
resolutions calling on the, for information, 11. 38, 46, 6€0
82, 66, 117, 149, 255, 368, 60, 490, 495, 542
joint resolution authorizing the, to cause certain sur-
12
veys to be made
Preston, William C. of South Carolina. 63, 72, 79.93 98, 103, 104
105, 109, 112, 116, 117, 120, 130, 148, 149, 173, 155, 158
161, 164, 166, 171, 172, 176. 183, 184. 198. (3, 220, 225
235, 244, 279, 284, 295, 299. 306, 310, 327, 335, 337, 338
342, 352, 358, 363, 370, 382, 385. 387. 390, 402 403, 408
441, 444, 448, 455, 460, 461, 468, 478, 493, 496, 518, 525
527,543
his remarks on bill to cede the public lands to the
States in which they lie
his remarks on abolition of slavery

251
263
his remarks on adjournment of Congress, 274, 275, 296, 297

- 317

496

342

of a uniform system of, and discussion, 459, 460, 511
516, 518, 522

his remarks on bill to tax any lands within their
limits sold by the United States

425

Military Affairs, the Committee on
Military and naval preparations on northern frontier
Militia, the Committee on the

54

his remarks on general bankrupt law.

262, 263

report in reference to the

54
448, 455, 460, 461, 463
Mint of United State, bill supplementary to the act to esta
blish branches of the
93, 108, 331, 335
Mississippi, bill to relinquish to the State of, the two per
cent. fund arising under compact of, for admission
into the Union
12, 79, 99, 103
bill to cede to the State of, a quantity of land equal to
that granted to Ohio, for internal improvement, 12, 79
bill to authorize the substitution of other lands in place
of school sections, which are useless or unproduc
tive -

his remarks on bill to incorporate the bank of the
District of Columbia

his remarks on employment of bloodhounds in Flo-

468, 506

rida

183

his remarks on bill to continue and alter the charter
of Washington, D. C.

534, 538

0.

Ohio, bill granting the right of pre-emption to certain lots
in the town of Perrysburg, in
319
bill to expose to sale all the public lands in, hitherto
reserved from sale
319, 493
Oregon Territory, joint resolution for occupation of the, 341

bill to confirm the survey and location of claims for
land in the State of, east of Peail river, &c. 225,402
and Rock River Canal Company, bill granting a por-
tion of public land for purposes mentioned, to the 224
278, 493
bill making appropriation for continuance of opera-
rations for deepening channel at the mouth of the
river -
393
Missouri, bill to continue in force the act for the final ad.
justment of private land claims in
56, 81, 92
56, 81, 92

bill confirming certain land claims in
bill creating a new land district in, and for changing
the boundaries of the southwestern and western
land districts in
56, 82, 104, 329, 331
bill to authorize payment to be made to certain vo-
lunteers for services in the years 1829 and 1830
82, 133, 476, 478
bill to revive the act entitled an act to enable ciaim-
ants to land within the limits of, and Territory of
Arkansas, to institute proceedings to try the va
lidity of, &c. 99, 104, 143, 212, 250, 311, 319, 321, 325
boundary line between Iowa Territory and, 110, 111, 112
bill for the establishment of ports of entry in Arkan-
Bas and
402,514
bill to regulate legal proceedings, and to provide for
the more speedy trial of cases in Circuit Court of
United States for district of
Mobile, bill making appropriation for the improvement of
the harbor of
Money, in the hands of officers and agents of the Govern-
ment, and to punish public defaulters, bill more

Mr. Crittenden

Mr. Grundy

Mr. Hubbard

Mr. Pierce

Mr. Prentiss

Mr. Preston

120

Private Land Claims, the Committee on
Public Buildings, the Committee on
Public Land, the Committee on

64

54, 56

64

R.

P.

Railroad Company, bill for the benefit of the Gainesville and
Narketa
12, 86, 117
bill for the benefit of the Alabama, Florida, and Geor
gia

Remarks by Mr. Clay of Alabama

414

Mr. Wall

Mr. White

Mr. Wright

235
285

235

of the

etc. bill to authorize

select committee

235

Pensioners, bill making appropriations for the payment of

Revolutionary and other

234

209, 21

and Lumber Company, bill for the relief of the Eagle, 280
joint resolution for the relief of the West Feliciana - 514
bill for the relief of the Mebile and New Orleans, in-
cluding that of West Feliciana

624
Red River Raft, bill making appropriation for the removal
82, 86, 103, 105, 107

Registers and receivers of land offices to administer oaths,

Reporters of debates, resolutions in relation to 471, 476, 603
126, 330, 331, 454
503
Reservations of land under the 14th article of treaty of 1830
with Choctaw Indians, bill to amend an act for the
appointment of commissioners to adjust claims to, 66, 81
218, 470

bill to authorize the Mine a Lamotte and Mississippi
to enter a quantity of land, etc.

12, 86, 514
bill for the benefit of the Selma and Tennessee, 17, 86
117, 364, 368
bill to authorize the New Albany and Mount Carmel
to enter on a credit a quantity of land. etc. 63, 79, 117
364, 368, 370, 474, 492
bill giving the assent of Congress to the act of Vir
ginia incorporating the Falmouth and Alexandria, 63
bill relative to the Galena
83, 149, 408, 476
bill granting the right of way over the public lands to
the Chicago and Galena

19

112

209

Mr. Davis

60, 83, 205, 309, 429, 529, 542

Mr. Clayton

Mr. Fulton

Mr. Henderson

Mr. Hubbard

220, 244
117, 233, 259, 510, 542
76, 103, 160, 164, 274
429
178, 244, 320

83, 120, 306
130, 512, 543
83, 122, 294, 305, 377
Mr. Linn, 44, 60, 63, 93, 98, 166, 229, 274, 278, 279

Mr. Knight

259

310, 327, 530
76, 105, 229, 278, 299

Shubrick, Irvine, bill for the relief of

Silk Society, &c. American, 124, 143, 147, 158, 171, 176, 186, 187
198, 201, 25. 218, 225. 226, 243, 250, 255, 259, 262,274
277, 278. 279, 294, 296, 320, 341, 354, 387. 430
Remarks by Mr. Buchanan
143,354
124, 354
- 124
. 124

Mr. Calhoun -

Mr. Clay of Kentucky
Mr. Grundy

Slavery, (See Abolition.)

Blaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the
United States, bill to prohibit the importation of, 97,107
Slave trade
198, 306, 421
Smith, Perry, of Connecticut. 11. 54, 81, 95, 102, 104 120, 143
159, 160, 190, 309, 317, 414, 421, 433, 464, 466, 476, 496
504, 519, 523, 539
his remarks on purchase by the United States of the
Louisville and Portland Canal stock

his remarks on abolition of slavery
announces death of Hon. T. Betis

86, 292, 460, 543
122, 238, 299, 461
Mr. Norvell, 92, 93, 103, 117, 124, 208. 245, 255, 277

278, 279, 310, 355, 368

his remarks on bill for the relief of the Howard Insti-
tution of Washington D. C..

117, 149, 153, 164, 244, 337, 335, 390

Mr. Preston

Mr. Ruggles

Mr. Southard

Mr. Strange

Mr. Sturgeon

Mr. Tallmadge

Mr. Tappan

Mr. Walker

Mr. Wall

Mr. Webster

Mr. White of Indiana,

Mr. White of Tennessee

Mr Williams

Mr. Wright

238, 250, 267. 302, 390, 473
32, 83, 86, 159, 233
104, 107, 109, 112, 178, 338, 471
93, 109, 277
148, 253, 279, 457
120, 162, 226, 238, 342, 355
63, 122, 327, 407
Mr. Young
83, 98, 104, 107, 109, 120, 162
Retrocession of Alexandria and Georgetown, 525, 530, 534, 537
bill making provision to ascertain the wishes and will'
of the people of the District of Columbia in refer-
530, 534
Revenue, bill to provide for the collection, safe keeping,
transfer, and disbursement of the public. 103, 120, 122
124, 127, 130, 139, 141, 457
Revenue law
Revenue cutters for services in the Navy of the United
States, bill granting extra pay to certain officers of
Revolutionary claims, the Committee on
Revolutionary war, bill to revive and continue in force an
act granting relief to those disabled by wounds in the, 86
103, 329

Roane, Willliam H. of Virginia, i, 63, 81, 82, 86, 92, 110, 112
120, 152, 159, 164, 187, 274, 279, 281, 299, 327, 337, 403, 448
455, 462, 473, 476, 534, 535
Robinson, John M. of Illinois, 1, 54, 72, 81, 82, 83, 92, 102, 101
107, 120, 130, 133, 152, 166, 176, 220, 250, 271, 281. 291, 402
407, 426 439, 454, 487, 490, 503, 514, 542
Rio Honde and Salbine rivers, bill to confirm certain land
claims in the district between the, 56. 81, 92, 298, 299
Ruggles, John, of Maine, 1, 78, 81, 104, 107, 108, 120, 123, 124
126, 139, 149, 209, 244, 267, 310, 318, 363, 398, 457, 477
479, 495, 503, 510, 516, 530, 534, 543, 546
his remarks on Maine boundary line 126, 322, 323, 503
his remarks on General Bankrupt Law
479
Rules, amendments of the, 159, 212, 218, 233, 244, 503, 510

Salt, bill to repeal an act laying a duty on imported, grant-
ing a bounty on pickled fish exported, and allow-
ance to certain vessels employed in the fisheries,
&c.
17, 186, 199, 205, 209, 318, 345, 348
Remarks by Mr. Anderson
348
. 345
348
Sappers, miners and pontoniers, bill for the organization of
a company of
226, 457, 463
Schools, bill authorizing the relinquishment of the sixteenth
sections of lands granted for the use of, and the en-
try of other lands in lieu thereof
12, 307, 310
Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company, bill for the bene
fit of the
17, 86, 117, 364, 368

Senate, members of the, in attendance

Rev. Mr. Cookman elected chaplain to the
resolution to compel the attendance of members
Bevier, Ambrose H. of Arkansas, 26, 56, 75, 76, 79, 82, 86, 95
103, 107, 120, 122, 126, 129, 130, 139, 143, 147, 148
149, 155, 158, 176, 183, 186, 209, 212, 213, 250, 255
274, 302, 309, 311, 320, 321, 331, 338, 341, 351, 363
877, 378, 388, 389, 391, 402, 403, 408, 414, 419, 421
426, 441, 444, 446, 453, 454, 455, 457, 458, 459, 460
his remarks on adjournment of Congress, 250, 274
his remarks on sale or exchange of Treasury drafts 388,389
his remarks on time of meeting of Senate 319, 453
his remarks on bill for the better organization of Ma
rine Corps

mileage bill

421
his remarks on bill to incorporate the several banks
of the District of Columbia -
464, 466, 504
Smith, Oliver H. of Indiana, 1, 63, 76, 79, 87. 92, 96. 99, 105, 107
112, 117, 120, 129, 141. 153, 155. 153. 164, 166, 172, 176
185, 186, 187, 203, 230. 241, 259, 267, 274, 277, 278, 281
264, 289, 92, 295, 26. 297, 299, 302, 310, 318, 31, 351
352, 363, 370 393, 403, 445, 454, 466, 482, 492. 496, 503
501, 506, 515, 518, 519, 521, 522, 527, 533, 543
his remarks on boundary line between Iowa and
Missouri
112
274

his remarks on adjournment of Congress

his remarks on navy appropriation bill
521, 522
his remarks on army appropriation bill
. 543
Soldiers in the late war to surrender the bounties lands, &c.
bill to authorize certain
101, 329, 331
Solicitor of the General Land Office, (See Surveyor General.)
Southard. Samuel L. of New Jersey 1. 86.92 93. 95. 96, 155, 158
198, 203, 229, 230. 255. 259 274. 278. 284 294. 302, 358
363, 382, 390, 426, 430, 455, 457, 458, 461, 466. 471. 499
535, 536, 539. 543
his remarks on army appropriation bill
535, 536
Specie basis for circulation, &c. resolution in relation to. 220
224.225
Specie payments in the District of Columbia, 259,262 2-1.387
403,408
20. 86. 147, 225, 250
Spence, John S. of Maryland
St. Louis, bill fixing compensation of collector for port of. 393
State debts, resolutions in relation to assumption o', &c $2
103, 105, 155, 158, 160, 162, 164, 178. 184. 186, 204, 209, 209
212. 220, 226, 230, 235 244. 245
State Department, reports from the Secretary of the. 78 80. 85
104, 105 110, 130, 134, 503
States to tax any lands within their limits sold by the United
States, bill to authorize the
186, 203
Steam vessels, for the revenue service, bill to authorize
the Secretary of the Treasury to procure 327, 491
for harbor defence, bill authorizing War Depart
ment to make experiments in
Steam, resolutions of inquiry in relation to laws respecting
vessels propelled by steam, &c.
bill to provide for the better security of the lives of pas.
sengers on board of vessels propel ed by, £29, 277, 398
Stone cutters on the public buildings, joint resolution to
provide compensation for the.
Strange, Robert, of North Carolina, 1, 31, 54, 86 96, 107, 109
113, 126, 129, 139, 143, 149, 153, 155, 164, 218, 223, 225
233, 250, 269, 291, 302, 390 398, 402, 403, 407, 408 414
415, 423, 426, 428, 431, 448, 484, 487, 496, 499, 503. 504
507,536

390

162. 198

539

his remarks on bill to incorporate the several banks
in the District of Columbia
505, 507
Sturgeon, Daniel, of Pennsylvania, 123, 143, 148, 149, 155, 176
187, 207, 220, 223, 250, 262 274, 277. 306, 310, 327, 331
337, 370, 387, 403 407. 430, 490
Surveyor General, bill for the discontinuance of the office
of, for abolishing land offices, and the office of the
Soliciter of the General Land Office, 12, 86, 98, 267, 299
302, 306, 454, 459, 493
Surveys, joint resolution authorizing the President of the
United States to cause to be made certain, 12, 81, 86, 107
109
Swartwout, Samuel, bill to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to make arrangements or compromise with
any of the sureties of, &c.
225, 233, 238

T.

Tallmadge, Nathaniel P. of New York, 147, 149, 161, 164, 176
184, 187, 188, 189, 192, 193, 201, 220, 223, 224, 225, 226
233,2 8, 250, 255, 259, 267, 274, 278, 291, 292, 294, 2-6
297, 298, 302, 306, 390, 401, 407, 403, 430, 431, 473, 482
518, 519, 522, 536
his remarks on abolition of slavery, 187, 188, 189, 192, 193
238
297

473
. 536

his remarks on adjournment of Congress
announces death of Hon. Anson Brown
his remarks on army appropriation bill
Tappan, Benjamin, of Ohio, 1, 32, 75. 80. 92, 83, 86, 88, 93, 105
110, 112, 113, 116, 117, 120, 129, 130, 133, 139, 141, 143
149, 153, 159, 160, 171, 172, 183, 184, 185, 186, 198, 218
220, 223, 225, 226, 225, 233, 238, 262, 267, 277, 279, 281
292, 294, 298, 325, 327, 33, 341, 342, 345, 351, 358, 363
370, 377, 37, 393, 402, 403, 405, 408, 414, 419, 425, 426
439, 441, 444, 457, 458, 460, 451, 463, 464, 468, 473, 476
478. 484, 490, 492, 493, 499, 504, 506, 512, 515, 516, 519
521, 522, 529, 530, 534, 535, 539, 542, 546
his remarks on purchase by United States of the
Louisville and Portland Canal stock

bill for the relict of certain settlers on, the Salt Lick
reservation, in the Western District of
Texas, to the United States annexation of
Three Sisters, bl for the relief of the owners of the schoon-

Tonnage of Spanish vesele, bill concerning.
Treasury Department, reports from the Secretary of the, 76, 80
85, 93, 103, 110, 116 130 159, 160, 166. 175 176. 226, 248
257, 27, 269, 309, 310, 320, 337, 3.8, 403, 430, 453, 473, 487
515, 524
resolutions of ir quiry from the, 11. 38. 60. 63. 82. 86, 93
99, 104, 120, 130, 164, 33, 274, 279, 310, 327, 331, 338, 342
354, 471, 510, 542, 543
Treasury notes, bill in addition to the act relating to, 294
drafts, report from the Secretary of the Treasury in
relation to sale, or exchange of
337, 383, 389
Remarke by Mr. Benton
387, 3-8
.38

U.
United States, bill to establish a board of commissioners to
hear and determine claims against the, 32. 60, 79, 81
93. 143, 148, 149, 153

bill more effectually to provide for the punishment
of certain offences against the, 76, 79, 93, 99. 244
478, 482
bill for the settlement of claims of New Hampshire
against the
164

bill to enable the, to discharge liens and incumbrances
on any real estate which is now or may hereafter
become the property of the

bill to regulate the legal proceedings, and to provide
for the more speedy trial of cases in the circuit
courts for the District of Michigan.

Walker, Robert J. of Mississippi 1. 11, 54, 56, 76. 79, 85. 98
99. 13. 104. 107. 109 112, 120 124 127, 130. 133, 148
149, 162 176, 173, 184 185 186, 193, 203, 207. 212
209, 317, 319, 3 7. 331, 335, 338, 241, 312 352 398
401, 402 403, 407, 408, 414. 423, 426, 4 8, 431, 440
444, 445, 446, 44, 44, 457, 471, 473, 476, 477, 478
482 467, 488, 493, 499, 53 504, 505, 506, 507, 510
511, 510, 518, 5.9, 521, 522, 525, 530, 534 535 36
539, 542, 543
his remarks on bill to cede the public lands to the
States in which they lie
98
398

530
his remarks on bill to continue and alter the charter
of Washington, D. C.
. 534
his remarks on army appropriation bill
543
Wall, Garret D. of New Jersey, 1. 54, 75, 76, 79, 61, 63, 92, 93
99, 103, 107, 108, 112, 152, 153, 109, 161, 17, 186, 203, 209
218, 220, 223, 225, 233, 235, 239, 241, 250, 255, 259, 274
277, 279, 294, 295, 317, 318, 320, 335, 337, 345, 351, 375
377, 390, 392, 38, 415, 423, 426, 439, 444, 445, 468, 476
477, 478, 479, 482, 463, 484, 486, 490, 504, 507, 511, 515
516, 533, 542, 543
his remarks on bill to continue the office of Commis
sioner of Pensions

a.

235
274

his remarks on adjournment of Congress
his remarks on general bankrupt law, 345, 445, 478, 479
482, 486
his remarks to incorporate the Bank of the
District of Col
468, 505
War Department, reports on the Secretary of the, 78, 85, 104
15, 107, 110, 116, 120, 130, 138, 147, 149, 151, 158, 160
166, 175, 176, 153, 203, 1, 226, 279, 269. 291. 293, 310
220, 368, 419, 444, 448
resolwlors of inquiry from the, 32, 63, 09. 117, 120, 122
162, 16 259, 279, 355, 420, 200

Washington, D. Ce District of Columbia)
Washington. Gcral, join..so uno au.horizing the Com
mitted on the Library to take measures for importa-
tion of statue of, by Greenhow
3.0, 320, 325
Webster, Daniel, of Massachusetts, 147, 148, 153, 155, 172, 186
189, 198, 201, 213, 220, 224, 220, 228, 229, 230, 233, 244
274, 279, 24, 291 92. 294 295, 298, 199, 363, 368, 3:0
352, 387, 386. 392. 333. 38. 402. 407, 419. 426, 431, 434
441. 444, 445, 448, 455, 471, 473, 474, 477, 478
184
his remarks on abo: ion of slavery
his remarks on adjournment of Congress
.274
his remarks on sale or exchange of Treasury drafts. 887
888
414, 445, 478
his remarks on general bankrupt law

159

235

his remarks on bill to incorporate the several banks
in the District of Columbia

West Feliciana Railroad Company, joint resolution for the

relief of the

514

Whale Fishery, (See Fishery and Duties,)
White, Albert S. of Indiana, 1, 75, 92, 99, 103, 107, 108, 109, 120
122, 121, 133, 148, 162, 164, 166, 187, 212, 213, 220, 226
230, 235, 233, 259, 254, 291, 296, 298, 299, 309, 319, 320
321, 331, 342, 351, 352, 355, 358, 363, 393, 398, 402
407, 414, 419, 425, 426. 428, 430, 439, 457, 461, 474, 476
430, 492, 506, 515, 516, 519, 522, 530
his remarks on purchase by the United States of the
Louisville and Portland canal stock
his remarks on bill to continue the office of Commis-
sioner of Pensions

79
Wool, General, bill for the relief of
223, 235
Woollen goods
Wright, Silas, jr. of New York, 1,20, 32, 51, 54, 56, 58, 76, 78
79, 83, 86, 91, 95, 103, 107, 109, 117, 120, 124, 126, 127
129, 139, 147, 148, 149, 152, 158, 164, 166, 171, 194, 187
182, 193, 19S, 201, 212, 218, 219, 223, 225, 226, 228, 229
230, 233, 234, 238, 245, 250, 251, 255, 203, 267, 274, 278
279, 281, 292, 296, 297, 298, 301, 320, 321, 335, 337, 341
368, 370, 375, 387, 392, 401, 405, 407, 419, 421, 430,-431
434, 141, 445, 448, 156, 457, 461, 462, 165, 476, 477, 478
482, 4-8, 490, 193, 496, 499, 503, 504, 506, 510, 514, 515
518, 519, 521, 522, 524, 525, 527, 530, 535, 536, 539, 542
513, 546
192, 193
his remarks on abolition of slavery
his remarks on bill to continue the office of Commis
231
sioner of Pensions

506

White, Hugh L. of Tennessee, 1, 50, 51, 54, 75, 92, 93, 104, 107

116

98

his remarks on navy appropriation bill
his remarks on army appropriation bill,
Y.

98

on various propositions connected with the bill to
provide for the collection, safekeeping, transfer,
and disbursement of the public money, 120, 122, 124
126, 127, 141
on passage of bill for the armed occupation and set-
tlement of that part of the Territory of Florida in-
fested by marauding bands of hostile Indians
on final passage of bill to provide for the collection,
safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the pub.
lic money, (Independent Treasury bill)
on engrossment of bill to establish a board of com-
missioners to hear and examine claims against
United States.

130

on bill to ensure the more faithful execution of the
laws relating to the collection of duties on im-
ports.

on various motions connected with mileage bill, 518, 519

116

117

117

.339

.339

.339

339

Whitehead, W. A. late collector of the port of Key West,
Florida, bill for relief of
107, 109
Williams, Ruel, of Maine, 1, 54, 63, 81, 83, 86, 87, 103, 109, 110
112, 117, 12, 122, 124, 126, 129, 13, 143, 149, 152, 153
155, 162, 164, 184, 185, 220, 225, 26, 229, 233, 244, 259
262, 274, 277, 278, 291, 292, 327, 335, 351, 363, 355, 393
398, 402, 403, 407, 408, 419. 425, 428, 441, 446, 454, 457
458, 459, 476, 178, 482, 483, 490, 499, 510, 512, 521, 524
his remarks on Maine boundary line

Young, Richard M. of flinois, 1, 54, 75, 82, 83, 99, 104, 105, 107
109, 112, 117, 120, 122, 124, 127, 133, 143, 149, 152, 153
161, 162, 166, 176, 184, 185, 198, 201, 203, 207, 209, 212
218, 20, 224, 228, 238, 274, 277, 278, 279, 289, 291, 292
294, 298, 299, 301, 32, 306, 320, 327, 341, 351, 370, 391
393, 403, 414, 419, 421, 426, 454, 463, 471, 486, 492, 493
518, 542
his remarks on general bankrupt law
Yeas and nays on some of the more important questions.
on reference of bill to cede the public lands to the
States in which they lie

4:6

56

on various motions connected with the bill to charter
the several banks in the District of Columbia, 465, 466
467, 503, 527, 530, 535, 539, 542

on various motions connected with the bill to charter
the Bank of District of Columbia

his remarks on Maine boundary line
his remarks on general appropriation bill
414, 478, 452
his remarks on general bankrupt law,
his remarks on bill to incorporate the several banks
in the District of Columbia
503, 504, 506, 539
his remarks on mileage bill

322
.375

on various motions connected with bill for the gradu
ation and reduction of the price of the public lands, 352
on various motions connected with general appropri
ation bill

on printing extra copies of the report of the Secreta
ry of the Treasury on expenditures of the Govern-
ment from 1824 to 1839, inclusive

518
521

: 398

535, 536, 543

by Mr. Adams, 133, 141, 143, 144, 150
by Mr. Johnson of Maryland, 150, 151
Petitions presented for the, and for the
repeal of the resolution controlling
the action of the House upon the sub-
ject, and proceedings thereon, 119, 120
121, 277, 295, 321, 402, 403
Accounts. Resolutions of instructions to the
Committee on, 183, 223, 235, 416
Reports from the Committee on, 325, 330
332, 335
Adams, John Q. of Massachusetts, 65, 89, 90, 93

94, 106, 114, 121, 122, 123, 133, 151, 158
162, 164, 184, 210, 213, 214, 215, 225
229, 231, 236, 239, 240, 248, 251, 252
277, 280, 281, 286, 289, 290, 293, 295
296, 297, 299, 305, 309, 310, 311, 321
330, 340, 350, 357, 368, 382, 384, 385
390, 392, 397, 400, 402, 416, 417, 448
453, 472, 479, 480, 481, 483, 484, 497
499, 500, 502, 508, 509, 512, 514, 516
517, 527, 533, 540, 541, 544, 547

.

527

Adams, John Q. of Massachusetts-Continued.
appointed Chairman of the meeting of
Representatives prior to the organiza-
tion of the House, and his decisions
and remarks when acting in that ca-
pacity, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
35, 36, 38, 39, 40
his remarks on the New Jersey contest-
ed election, when not chairman, 61, 62
65, 66, 67, 91, 106, 212, 531
resolutions submitted by, 13, 18, 133, 179
251, 252, 254, 255, 281, 305, 307, 416
417, 499
remarks on the army appropriation bill
touching the manner in which the
Florida war had been conducted
remarks in relation to the national de-
fences
311
remarks on the bill to secure the more
faithful execution of the laws regu-
lating the collection of duties on im-
ports
385, 386, 387, 389, 390, 391
remarks against abolishing the Com-
mittee on Public Expenditures
remarks on a petition preferring charges
against Judge McLean, of Ohio
remarks on the resolution authorizing
the reception and disposal of certain
presents from the Imaum of Muscat
and Emperor of Morocco
454, 455
his remarks on Abolition and Abolition
petitions
133, 134
his remarks on the civil and diplomatic
bill, 359, 360, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374
his remarks on the proposition to in-
crease the appropriation to construct
public buildings
370, 371
Adjournment of Congress, propositions for the, 479
492,496
Agriculture, resolution of instruction to the
Committee on .
307
Alabama, bill to annex a tract of land to the
Coosa land district in

Alabama-

47

Alvord

See late representatives from
Massachusetts. Tribute to the memo-
ry of the deceased
Anderson, S. H. of Kentucky,

74

402

- 103.
76, 169, 182
his remarks on the subject of public
printing
- 76
Anderson, Hugh J. of Maine, 119, 296, 418, 500
511

his remarks on the proposition to con-
struct a dry dock at New York - 513
Andrews, Landaff W. of Kentucky, 127, 169
178, 239, 268, 276, 286, 289, 290, 295
301, 303, 305, 314, 320, 321, 325, 337
340, 341, 351, 386, 390, 391, 397, 398
400, 401, 402, 417, 418, 420, 441, 446
462, 477, 482, 483, 487, 489, 498, 501
519, 520, 532, 533, 541
his remarks on the civil and diplomatic
bill
327, 343, 372, 374
resolutions submitted by, 181, 252, 308
Appeal, an act to limit the right of, from the
circuit court of the United States, in
the District of Columbia

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