Davis, Garrett, a Senator from Kentucky
Continued.

remarks on the President's veto of the Freed-
men's Bureau bill........933, 934, 935, 936
remarks on the concurrent resolution relating
to reconstruction.........
.......956
remarks on the bill for the relief of Peter
Anderson.....
.2541
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
51) to amend the Constitution..........1288
remarks on printing the reports of the joint
committee on reconstruction........... 1407,
1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1412
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
Fessenden..
1482, 1483
remarks on striking out Mr. Stockton's vote
on the question of his seat in the Sen-
ate.......
.1639
remarks on Mr. Stockton's right to a seat
as a Senator from New Jersey.........1667,
1676, 1677
remarks on the judiciary of the United
States........
...........1714, 1715
remarks on the President's veto of the civil
rights bill-see Appendix.
remarks on the bill for the relief of certain
naval contractors.
...2230
remarks on the bill relating to inter-State
communication.......
.2873, 2874
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
127) to amend the Constitution........2918,
2919, 3041
remarks on the legislative, &c., appropria-
tion bill........
..3134
remarks on the French Industrial Exposi-
tion ......
.3158
remarks on the tax bill......3370, 3383, 3384
remarks on the bill repealing an act to retro-
cede the county of Alexandria to the State
of Virginia............3578, 3579, 3735, 3736
remarks on the compensation of the em-
ployés of the Senate
..........3606

remarks on the bill to fix the military peace
establishment...... ..............3677, 3679
remarks on the bill to regulate elections for
Senators in Congress...............3730, 3731
remarks on the bill for the relief of the suf-
ferers by the fire at Portland....3917, 3920
remarks on the bill relating to the national
debt.........
......3926, 3927
remarks on the consular and diplomatic ap-
.........3958
propriation bill.................. .................. .........
remarks on the miscellaneous appropria-
tion bill..........
.3963,
3964, 4028, 4076, 4083, 4089
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Sol-
diers' and Sailors' Union.........3966, 3967
remarks on the bill to annul, in the District
of Columbia, a part of the Maryland dec-
laration of rights.......... .3970, 3971
remarks on referring the credentials of David
T. Patterson to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary......
.......4168, 4169
remarks on the deficiency bill for 1866...4180
remarks on the admission of the State of
Nebraska......
4212

remarks in relation to a statue of the late
.4235
President Lincoln...........
remarks on the bill to amend the habeas cor-
pus act of 1789.....
.4229, 4230
remarks on the bill for the payment of the
rewards for the capture of the assassins
....4292
of President Lincoln.....
memorial of citizens of New York, asking
....2191
the expulsion of..
Davis, Henry S., bill (S. No. 427) for the re-
lief of........
....3803, 3825
Davis, Henry Winter, eulogy on, order to
print.........

Davis, Jefferson, resolutions

trial of..........

remarks on the, by-

.1100, 1221
relating to the
....108, 243, 566

Mr. Howard
566, 567, 568, 569
Day, Ishmael, bill (H. R. No. 504) for the re-
.2066
lief of

De Ahna, Colonel H. C., joint resolution (H.
R. No. 150) to provide for the payment of
the claim of, for military services.....3075,
3077, 8251, 4171, 4227, 4242
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Sprague

Mr. Conness...

Mr. Brown......
Mr. Davis..............

3482
.245,

Mr. Saulsbury..

Mr. Wilson.....

710
.709, 710, 711, 712
.711
.709
.710, 711, 712
.711, 712
708

708, 709, 710
bill (S. No. 42) to amend an act to incor-
porate the Guardian Society and reform
juvenile offenders in the, approved July
1, 1862; and also to amend an act grant-
ing certain privileges to the Guardian So-
ciety, approved June 30, 1864 ......67, 519
bill (S. No. 43) to prescribe the mode of
settling the accounts of the clerk of the
..........67,
supreme court of the .....
391, 1786, 4237, 4245, 4292
bill to incorporate the National Protection
Insurance Company of the...........67, 519
bill (S. No. 51) to incorporate the Potomac
Navigation and Transportation Company
of the...
....77, 146, 1738
communication from the mayor of Wash-
ington in regard to suffrage in the......133
bill (S. No. 64) to incorporate the Great
Falls Ice Company of Washington...134,
391, 1233
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Johnson....

Mr. Morrill...

.4227

bill (S. No. 15) to repeal certain laws and
ordinances in the, and for other pur-
poses

......

་་་་་་

134

bill (S. No. 65) to amend an act to extend
the charter of the Alexandria and Wash-
ington railroad.........
.........161, 3426
bill (S. No. 75) to amend the act to reor-
ganize the courts in the, &c., and for other
purposes.....
...209

bill (H. R. No. 1) extending suffrage in
the.......
......312, 313, 952, 1934
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Sprague
.........1934

bill (S. No. 90) enlarging the powers of the
levy court of the county of Washington,
in the......337, 874, 1787, 2414, 2416, 2519
bill (S. No. 97) in addition to the several

acts for establishing the temporary and
permanent seat of Government of the
United States, and resume the legisla
tive powers delegated to the cities of
Washington and Georgetown, in the,
413, 2481, 3191

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Guthrie...... .. .......................

Mr. Hendricks...

Mr. Morrill...

Mr. Wilson...

bill (S. No. 159) to amend an act to incor-
porate the Guardian Society and provide
for reforming juvenile offenders in the, and
for other purposes.. ..........954, 1221
joint resolution (H. R. No. 76) authorizing
the Secretary of War to transfer to the
National Home for Soldiers' and Sailors'
Orphans, of Washington city, certain stores
not needed for the Government.......1027,
1029, 1132, 1178
bill (S. No. 167) to incorporate the Women's
Hospital Association of the........................ 1037,
1068, 1737, 2795, 2818, 2890, 2914, 2936
bill (S. No. 175) to incorporate the Pharma-
ceutical Association of the......1068, 1753
bill (S. No. 178) to incorporate the Metro-
politan Mining and Manufacturing Com-
1100, 2612,
2716, 3187, 3727, 3923, 8966, 4026
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Clark.....

bill (H. R. No. 358) to amend an act to
extend the charter of the president_and
directors of the Firemen's Insurance Com-
pany of Washington and Georgetown, in
the.........
.....1203, 1407, 1438
resolution requesting the President to cause
to be detailed three experienced and skill-
ful engineers of the Army of the United
States to examine the Washington city
canal, and report what means should be
adopted for its temporary and permanent
improvement......
.........1221

bill (S. No. 190) to incorporate the, Canal
and Sewerage Company.. .1221,
1664, 1707, 1780, 1798, 1965
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Brown....

..1732
Mr. Clark, 1782, 1733, 1734, 1966, 1967
Mr. Conness...
1734, 1735
Mr. Grimes.......1730, 1731, 1735, 1736

Mr. Hendricks..........

Mr. Johnson.........

Mr. Sprague......

Mr. Willey......

.1731, 1732

....1966, 1968.
.1736
....1966

Mr. Wade, 1731, 1732, 1733, 1735, 1967
..1732,
1734, 1735, 1736, 1966, 1967
Mr. Williams.....
.....1732
bill (H. R. No. 183) concerning the fire
department of Washington city........1224,
1234, 2331

bill (H. R. No. 223) to amend an act to in-
corporate the Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany of the...
1224,
1234, 1436, 1738, 1880, 1883
joint resolution (H. R. No. 84) for the relief
of the sufferers by the late explosion at
the United States arsenal in the......1224,
1234, 1376, 1416
joint resolution (S. No. 49) for the tempo-
rary relief of destitute people in the, 1507,
1928, 2052

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Morrill....

Mr. Saulsbury.

Mr. Willey....

yeas and nays on the..........

bill (S. No. 214) to incorporate the General
Hospital of the.

sale on execution......

.1537,
1707, 3968, 4162, 4170, 4180
bill (S. No. 218) exempting the property of
debtors in the, from levy, attachment, or
bill to incorporate the Washington Glass
.1561, 1737
Company.
........1588, 2887, 3026, 3476
bill (S. No. 245) to incorporate the Brewers'
Association of the.........

..1753

bill (S. No. 246) relating to public schools in
the... 1753, 2331, 2719, 3922, 3966, 4026
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Morrill......

..2719

bill (S. No. 247) donating certain lots in the
city of Washington for schools for colored
children in the.........
1753,

District of Columbia-Continued.

bill (S. No. 253) to incorporate the First
2331, 2719, 4242, 4248, 4296
Congregational Society of Washington,
bill (S. No. 264) to grant certain privileges
1798, 2381, 2882
to the Alexandria and Washington Rail-
road Company in the... 1927, 2331, 2719
remarks on the, by-
.2720, 2721

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

Mr. Grimes........

Mr. Henderson..............................................

Mr. Hendricks....................................................

Mr. Johnson...................................

Mr. Morrill......

..2719, 2720.
.2722

...2720, 2721

..2721

.2719, 2721, 2722

bill (S. No. 265) to protect the manufactur-

ers of mineral waters in the, and for other

purposes......

.......1927,

2481, 2716, 2912, 4248, 4298, 4296

bill (S. No. 271) to authorize a special tax
for the purpose of improving the Wash-
ington city canal......
......2009

bill (S. No. 272) to authorize the corpora-
tion of Washington to reduce the width
and improve the avenues and streets of
that city...
..... 2009, 4023

bill (S. No. 280) to repeal an act to retro-
cede the county of Alexandria, in the,
to the State of Virginia, and for other
purposes...
....2107,
2108, 3426, 3576, 8701, 3735, 3783
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Davis.........3578, 3579, 3735, 3736
Mr. Harris.
.....3702

Mr. Henderson...........3701, 3702, 3704
Mr. Howard......3580, 3702, 3737, 3738
Mr. Johnson, 3702, 3703, 3704,3736,3737
Mr. Saulsbury.
....3707,

3708, 3709, 3738, 3739, 3740
Mr. Stewart.
......3704, 3705
Mr. Wade........ ..3577, 3578, 3580,
3581, 3705, 3706, 3707, 3739, 3741
Mr. Willey....
..3579, 3580, 3740
yeas and nays on the.....
....3741
bill (S. No. 281) to authorize the Chesapeake
Bay and Potomac River Tidewater Canal
Company to enter the, and extend their
canal to the Anacostia river............. ..2108,
2718, 4066, 4117, 4169
bill (S. No. 289) to provide for the probate
of and for the recording of wills of real
estate situated in the, and for other pur-
poses......2192, 2481, 2706, 3123, 3969
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Johnson......

District of Columbia-Continued.

..3969
bill (S. No. 290) to incorporate the National
Life and Accident Insurance Company of
the......2217, 2612, 2723, 2734, 3187
bill (S. No. 295) repealing the thirty-fourth
section of the declaration of rights of the
State of Maryland.... ........2303, 2481
bill (S. No. 296) to incorporate the Ameri-
can Marine Insurance Company of Wash-
ington......
....2303, 2612, 2718
bill (S. No. 305) to amend an act concern-
ing notaries public for the, approved April
8, 1864.....
.2378, 2481, 2672, 2723
bill (H. R. No. 558) to amend the charter
of the Washington Gas-Light Company,
2383, 2612, 2719, 2764
bill (H. R. No. 352) to incorporate the Na-
tional Theological Institute...... .2415,
2416, 2482, 2519
bill (H. R. No. 388) to authorize the exten-
sion, construction, and use of a lateral
branch of the Baltimore and Potomac
railroad into and within the.....2415, 2416
bill (H. R. No. 482) to incorporate the How-
ard Institute and Home, of the......2415,
2416, 2481, 3186, 3237
bill (H. R. No. 510) to incorporate the
Academy of Music of Washington city,
2415, 2416, 2481, 2716, 2736
bill (S. No. 325) to give certain powers to
the levy court of the county of Washing-
ton, in the..
.....2613,
2912, 8185, 3923, 3966, 4026
bill (S. No. 333) to incorporate the Ameri-
can Cotton Company of the......2706, 3893
bill (H. R. No. 379) to establish in the, a
reform school for boys..
..2711,
2718, 3406, 3965, 4025
bill (H. R. No. 564) to annul the thirty-
fourth section of the declaration of rights
of the State of Maryland so far as it ap-
plies to the....... ........2711, 2718,

2760, 2912, 3969, 3970, 8987, 4025
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Buckalew..............
Mr. Davis........

Mr. Johnson....................................................... .....

Mr. Willey.............

........3970
.3970, 3971
.8970, 3971
...3970

bill (H. R. No. 601) to grade East Capitol
street and establish Lincoln square, 2711,
2718, 2866, 3026, 8970, 4025

bill (S. No. 337) to incorporate the National
Gas-Light Company....
.2760

bill (H. R. No. 527) to promote the con-
struction of a line of railroads between
the city of Washington and the Northwest
for national purposes......2914, 2935, 3338
joint resolution (S. No. 101) directing the
removal of certain obstructions from the
public square known as Market square in
the city of Washington, 2936, 2980, 3193
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Kirkwood....................8193, 3194
Mr. Wade...
....3193, 3194
bill (H. R. No. 587) to incorporate the Sol-
diers' and Sailors' Union of Washing
ton............2957, 3123, 3966, 4044, 4072
remarks on the, by-

joint resolution (H. R. No. 143) making an
appropriation for the repair of the Poto-
mac bridge....2852, 2855, 2980, 3155, 3178
bill (S. No. 361) to authorize W. J. Sibley
and others, trustees, to sell lot No. 9, in
square No. 76, in the city of Washing-
ton.......3026, 3307, 3476, 4044, 4113, 4169
bill (H. R. No. 559) to authorize the exten-
sion, construction, and use by the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company of a
railroad from between Knoxville and
the Monocacy Junction into and within
the...3126, 3135, 3605, 3969, 4025
bill (H. R. No. 615) legalizing marriages,
and for other purposes, in the.........3126,
3725, 3965, 4025
bill (S. No. 371) to incorporate the Metropol-
itan Hall and Market Company of Wash-
ington........
....3151
bill (S. No. 372) supplemental to an act re-
lating to the admission of patients to the
Hospital for the Insane in the, approved
January 28, 1864...
..8151

bill (S. No. 377) to amend an act to enable
guardians and committees of lunatics, ap-
pointed within the several States, to act
within the, approved March 8, 1864...3227
bill (S. No. 378) to provide for the adop
tion of children and change of names in
the........
.8277

bill (S. No. 380) to incorporate the Wash-
ington County Horse Railroad Company,
in the......
.....3277, 3426, 3969
bill (S. No. 384) to incorporate the Wash-
ington Land and Building Company of
the.....
.3333, 3725, 8967

bill (S. No. 393) to incorporate the Metro-
politan Club of the........3407, 3605, 3968
bill (S. No. 395) relating to the aqueduct
bridge of the Alexandria Canal Company
over the Potomac river at Georgetown, in
the..........
......3426, 8710, 3974
bill (H. R. No. 726) to extend to certain per
sons the privilege of admission, in certain
cases, to the United States Government
Asylum for the Insane............3414, 3431
bill (S. No. 417) to incorporate the Washing-
ton and Georgetown Ferry Company...3695
bill (S. No. 434) to incorporate the Wash-
ington Temperance Society of the city of
Washington
3788,

.3783

3893, 3970, 4162, 4170, 4206
bill (S. No. 426) to punish adultery in the,
and for other purposes......
bill (H. R. No. 779) to incorporate the
National Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan
Home......
.3792, 3893, 4044, 4072
bill (H. R. No. 125) authorizing the con-
struction of a jail in and for the......3932,
8967, 4025
bill (H. R. No. 230) to amend an act to
extend the charter of the Alexandria and
Washington railroad, passed March 3,
1863................. 3922, 3971, 3987, 4025

remarks on the President's veto of the civil
rights bill, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807,1808,1809
remarks on granting land to the State of
Michigan to aid in the construction of a
ship-canal.........
......1864
remarks on the Kansas militia claim bill, 1879
remarks on the bill making an appropriation
for Indian treaties....
..2009,

2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
remarks on the bill relating to habeas corpus,
&c., 2055, 2056, 2058, 2059, 2063, 2065, 2066
remarks on the bill relating to inter-State
communication.........
...........2197

remarks in relation to land-grant railroads in
Wisconsin......
.........2414
remarks on the Post Office appropriation
bill.....
.2451, 2452, 2454, 2455,

2493, 2494, 2496, 2526, 2527, 2528, 2529
remarks on the bill (S. No. 268) for a bridge
across the Mississippi............2562, 2563
remarks on the Military Academy appropria-
tion bill.........
.2648, 2649
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
127) to amend the Constitution.......2892,

2893, 2895, 2896, 2897, 2900, 2901,
2914, 2015, 2916, 2917, 2918, 2942,
2943, 2944, 2984, 2985, 2986, 3040
remarks on the bill to reorganize the clerical
force of the Interior Department......2936,
2937, 2958, 2960, 2984, 2985, 2986
remarks on the bill to quiet land titles in
California.......
.....3083, 3084
remarks on the French Industrial Exposi-
tion.........
..........3139, 3158, 3159
remarks on the bill relating to officers in the
Navy..........
.......3153
remarks on telegraph lines for military pur-
poses........
....3429, 3486, 3487
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill,

3905

3507, 3508, 3552, 3553, 3554,
3555, 3556, 3557, 3558, 3559
remarks on leasing public lands containing
saline or mineral springs.......... 3806
remarks on the death of Senator Lane, of
Kansas.....
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
83) restoring Tennessee to her relations to
the Union....
...3996, 4007
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill, 4075, 4081, 4122, 4139, 4144, 4240, 4241
remarks on referring the credentials of David
T. Patterson to the Committee on the
Judiciary......
........4167, 4168
personal explanations of...
.639,
1131, 2281, 2282, 4298
Dunbar, Dr. Alexander, joint resolution (H. R.
No. 203) authorizing the Secretary of War
to contract with.....4177, 4181, 4223, 4242
Dunn, Elisha W., bill (S. No. 202) for the
relief of........1407, 1928, 3190, 3237, 3379
Dyer, Captain A. B., joint resolution (H. R.
No. 161) for the relief of.........3222, 3223
Dyer, Lewis, bill (S. No. 383) for the relief
of.
.....3807, 3869

Eastman, Mrs., bill (S. No. 304) for the relief
of, mother and sole heir of Alfred W.
.2378
Eastman, deceased
Eddy, E. W., bill (H. R. No. 394) for the
1602,
relief of the estate of.........
1663, 1707, 1844, 1883
remarks on the, by-

.1707

.1708

.1707, 1708
Edmunds, George F., a Senator from Ver-
.1808, 1882, 1913, 2017,
2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2033, 2053,
2063, 2064, 2065, 2175, 2176, 2191, 2481,
2484, 2485, 2491, 2520, 2521, 2522, 2549,
2565, 2566, 2567, 2568, 2570, 2571, 2587,
2592, 2593, 2594, 2595, 2615, 2635, 2636,
1272648, 2669, 2670, 2737, 2871, 2944, 2957,
NATE 3007, 3040, 3072, 3073, 3074, 3075, 3097,

3100, 3182, 3133, 3183, 3184, 8310, 3319,
3320, 3321, 3333, 3339, 3866, 8878, 3394,
3395, 3396, 3407, 3432, 3552, 3574, 3584,
8585, 3605, 3600, 3624, 3664, 3726, 8750,

Edmunds, George F., a Senator from Ver-
mont-Continued.

3755, 3782, 3808, 3804, 3808, 8825, 3867,
3916, 3021, 3922, 3928, 3929, 8950, 3995,
4000, 4001, 4005, 4023, 4025, 4027, 4028,
4036, 4037, 4038, 4039, 4040, 4044, 4045,
4046, 4068, 4069, 4087, 4088, 4089, 4090,
4091, 4125, 4126, 4146, 4163, 4165, 4175,
4220, 4221, 4225, 4226, 4233, 4234, 4235,
4286, 4237, 4240, 4247, 4248, 4288, 4290
credentials of, presented.............................................................
...1772
resolutions by..
..3664
remarks on the death of Senator Foot..1913
remarks on the bill relating to habeas
corpus,
&c., 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2064, 2065, 2114
remarks on the Post Office appropriation
bill...
..2114, 2115
remarks on the admission of the State of
Colorado into the Union.........2175, 2176
remarks on the resolution relating to chol-
........2484, 2522, 2549 ||
remarks on the bill imposing a duty on live
animals...
...2520
remarks on the bill (S. No. 222) to prevent
smuggling...
.2565, 2566, 2568,
2570, 2571, 2502, 2593, 2594, 2595, 2596
remarks on consular appropriation bill, 2615
remarks on the Military Academy appropri-
ation bill...
2648
remarks on the pension bill (H. R. No.
363)...
.2669, 2670
remarks on the bill relating to inter-State
communication........
2871

era.........

remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
127) to amend the Constitution........2944
remarks on the bill relating to steamboat
inspection.........
.3073, 8074, 3075

remarks on the legislative, &c., appropria-
tion bill...
.......3132, 3133
remarks on the French Industrial Exposi-
tion.........
.........3183, 3184
remarks on a line of railroads from Wash-
ington to the Northwest.........
.....3333
remarks on the tax bill......3319, 3320, 3395
remarks on payment for Army supplies,
remarks on the bill for the relief of the suf-
3584, 3585
ferers by the fire at Portland............3921
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill.........
3929, 4027, 4028, 4087, 4088, 4090,
.3928,
4091, 4125, 4126, 4240, 4247, 4248
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
83) restoring Tennessee to her relations to
the Union......
remarks on the bill relating to seamen on pub-
.4000, 4001
lic and private vessels.....
remarks on the bill for the relief of George
.........4039
W. Fish.......
remarks on the bill relating to reverfue collect-
..4039
ors who have failed to take the required
.........4044, 4045, 4046
remarks on the Dismal Swamp canal....4046
remarks on the bill to protect the reve-
remarks on referring the credentials of David
.......4068, 4069
1. Patterson to the Committee on the Ju-

oath...........

nue......

diciary..

..... 4163

remarks in relation to a statue of the late
President Lincoln...4225, 4233, 4234, 4235
Education, bill (H. R. No. 276) to establish a
Department of..........
Eight hours, bill (S. No. 183) to fix, labor as
.....3255, 3267
a day's work in all cases where laborers,
mechanics, or artisans may be employed
by or under authority of the Government

of the United States...

.1178

Eiswald, Theodore G., bill (S. No. 150) for
the relief of....913, 1258, 2066, 2108, 2193
Elder, Christina, bill (H. R. No. 345) for the
....1132,

relief of......

Elections, bill (S. No. 414) to regulate the
1147, 1178, 2161, 2672, 2938
times and manner of holding, for Senators
in Congress...3664, 3727, 4064, 4113, 4169
remarks on the, by-

.3729

Mr. Howe........

Mr. Johnson...
Mr. Saulsbury
Mr. Sherman

.3733, 3784

..3732, 3733
....3732, 3733
............3729, 3730
..3731, 3732
Mr. Sumner...............................................
.3729
Mr. Trumbull.................. ........................... ..............
.3727, 8728
Mr. Williams
.3728, 3729
yeas and nays on the.......
.......3730, 3734
Elective franchise, bill (S. No. 1) to regulate
the, in the District of Columbia............1
bill (S. No. 345).to enforce the amendment
to the Constitution abolishing slavery by
securing the, to colored citizens.......2869
Ellis, John H., bill (S. No. 213) for the relief
of.......
....1537
Elmore, Alfred, resolution requesting the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to communicate to
the Senate a duly certified copy of the
official oath taken by said, as collector of
Mobile

Mr. Anthony.
Mr. Clark......3727, 3731, 3784
Mr. Davis........
Mr. Fessenden..................3727, 8728
...3780, 3731
Mr. Guthrie.........................................................
39TH CONG.-1ST SESS.

.8730

..3379

17, 25, 26, 27, 28, 35, 36, 37, 50, 53,
54, 68, 76, 78, 80, 90, 97, 108, 109, 129,
134, 160, 184, 185, 186, 191, 208, 212,
232, 287, 288, 323, 334, 337, 348, 364,
865, 366, 367, 368, 369, 413, 471, 494,
500, 501, 502, 505, 518, 519, 522, 566,
605, 644, 673, 687, 702, 703, 704, 705,
706, 707, 708, 735, 742, 760, 761, 762,
768, 769, 770, 771, 806, 810, 811, 881,
849, 850, 852, 874, 875, 876, 913, 914,
915, 953, 954, 955, 956, 957, 965, 979,
981, 982, 983, 984, 985, 986, 987, 988,
989, 990, 1025, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030,
1037, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1051, 1053,
1068, 1078, 1082, 1083, 1100, 1109, 1110,
1111, 1112, 1114, 1115, 1139, 1140, 1141,
1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1177, 1179,
1180, 1184, 1188, 1203, 1223, 1224, 1233,
1252, 1253, 1258, 1272, 1275, 1276, 1277,
1278, 1279, 1280, 1281, 1282, 1284, 1288,
1289, 1824, 1825, 1826, 1327, 1351, 1859,

B

XVII

Fessenden, William Pitt, a Senator from
Maine-Continued.

1360, 1865, 1376, 1379, 1380, 1881, 1382,
1383, 1384, 1386, 1407, 1410, 1411, 1412,
1416, 1417, 1418, 1419, 1420, 1421, 1422,
1489, 1440, 1441, 1442, 1443, 1444, 1445,
1446, 1447, 1448, 1449, 1450, 1481, 1482,
1483, 1484, 1485, 1486, 1507, 1509, 1510,
1511, 1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 1516, 1517,
1518, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1536, 1538, 1539,
1540, 1541, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1567, 1568,
1571, 1572, 1573, 1588, 1591, 1592, 1594,
1596, 1597, 1599, 1601, 1637, 1640, 1645,
1646, 1647, 1663, 1664, 1678, 1706, 1707,
1713, 1716, 1731, 1761, 1762, 1763, 1764,
1780, 1798, 1810, 1844, 1845, 1847, 1848,
1849, 1850, 1852, 1854, 1866, 1879, 1909,
1910, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933,
1934, 1935, 1936, 1939, 2265, 2300, 2302,
2303, 2312, 2330, 2332, 2333, 2355, 2357,
2367, 2379, 2380, 2382, 2414, 2415, 2420,
2422, 2425, 2443, 2447, 2448, 2452, 2456,
2497, 2520, 2559, 2561, 2562, 2571, 2579,
2580, 2589, 2594, 2595, 2596, 2609, 2610,
2611, 2612, 2613, 2614, 2615, 2616, 2617,
2618, 2619, 2620, 2621, 2622, 2623, 2635,
2636, 2637, 2638, 2639, 2640, 2641, 2642,
2643, 2644, 2645, 2646, 2647, 2648, 2650,
2651, 2652, 2674, 2710, 2711, 2712, 2714,
2715, 2719, 2720, 2721, 2722, 2723, 2787,
2741, 2762, 2763, 2764, 2769, 2770, 2794,
2796, 2797, 2798, 2804, 2805, 2806, 2869,
2874, 2875, 2889, 2890, 2893, 2894, 2895,
2896, 2897, 2898, 2913, 2921, 2937, 2938,
2941, 2943, 2957, 2958, 2992, 3010, 3011,
3026, 3028, 3038, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3071,
3076, 3083, 3084, 3100, 3101, 3102, 3103,
3104, 3105, 3106, 3107, 3110, 3111, 3112,
3126, 3127, 3128, 3129, 3130, 3131, 3133,
3134, 3152, 3153, 3154, 3221, 3222, 3251,
3255, 3258, 3278, 3280, 8281, 8283, 8284,
3285, 3286, 3287, 3288, 3289, 3292, 3293,
3295, 3307, 3308, 3309, 3310, 3311, 3312,
3313, 3314, 3315, 3316, 3317, 3318, 3319,
3320, 3321, 3323, 3324, 3386, 3337, 3338,
3339, 3340, 3341, 3342, 3343, 3344, 3345,
3346, 3349, 3361, 3364, 3365, 3366, 8007,
8368, 3369, 3370, 3371, 3372, 3382, 333,
3384, 3385, 3390, 3391, 3392, 3393, 3394,
3395, 3396,3413, 3450, 3454, 3534, 8535,
3536, 3548, 3550, 3551, 8552, 8554, 3555,
3556, 3557, 3558, 3559, 8606, 3607, 8608,
3609, 3611, 3612, 3614, 3622, 3623, 3648,
3649, 3665, 3666, 3667, 8671, 3672, 8678,
3695, 3698, 3699, 3700, 3703, 3709, 3710,
3727, 3728, 3729, 3732, 3733, 3736, 3751,
8752, 8753, 3759, 3760, 3763, 3764, 8765,
3766, 3782, 3783, 3784, 3785, 3792, 3808,
3810, 3836, 8837, 3838, 3860, 8863, 3866,
3893, 3894, 3896, 8897, 8898, 3902, 3916,
3917, 3918, 3919, 3922, 8923, 3924, 3925,
3926, 3927, 3928, 3929, 3930, 3931, 3932,
8950, 8951, 3952, 3953, 3954, 8955, 8957,
8958, 3959, 3960, 3961, 3962, 3963, 3965,
3989, 8992, 8993, 4001, 4002, 4063, 4069,
4070, 4071, 4073, 4113, 4114, 4115, 4118,
4122, 4123, 4125, 4126, 4127, 4128, 4130,
4131, 4132, 4133, 4140, 4141, 4142, 4143,
4145, 4146, 4162, 4163, 4167, 4168, 4169,
4170, 4171, 4172, 4178, 4174, 4175, 4176,
4177, 4178, 4179, 4180, 4181, 4205, 4206,
4219, 4222, 4223, 4225, 4230, 4237, 4239,
4240, 4241, 4242, 4243, 4245, 4247, 4288,
4289, 4290, 4291, 4292, 4296, 4297, 4298
resolutions by........
.208, 2355
remarks on the concurrent resolution ap-
pointing a joint committee on reconstruc-
tion.......
.........26, 27, 28
remarks in relation to the reports of the Asso-
ciated Press.......
.......35, 36, 37
remarks on the death of Senator Collamer,

Fessenden, William Pitt, a Senator from
Maine-Continued.

remarks on the joint resolution (H. R, No.
51) to amend the Constitution.....702, 703,
704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 876, 965, 982,
984, 985, 986, 987, 988, 989, 990, 991,
1275, 1276, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1280, 1281
remarks on charges of fraud against agents

of the Cotton Bureau.........761, 762, 1223
remarks on extending the benefit of the pen-
sion laws to artificers........ ..........875
remarks on the joint resolution relating to in-
tercontinental telegraph. ...............953
remarks on the concurrent resolution relat-
ing to reconstruction..
....955,
1027, 1042, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146
remarks on a telegraph between New York
city and the West India islands.. .1030,
1520, 1538, 1539, 1540
remarks on fixing the military peace estab-
lishment of the United States.........1379,
1382, 1383, 1384, 3671
remarks on the deficiency bill.....1417, 1418,
1419, 1489, 1441, 1442, 1443, 1444, 1445
remarks on the naval appropriation bill,
1446, 1512

remarks on the bill in relation to officers em-
ployed in the examination of imported
merchandise..................1513, 1514, 1515
remarks on the bill authorizing the sale of
marine hospitals and revenue-cutters, 1516
remarks on the bill for the relief of Gold-
smith Brothers.....................
............1543
remarks on Mr. Stockton's right to a seat as a
Senator from New Jersey, 1567, 1568, 1597
remarks on striking out Mr. Stockton's
vote on the question of his seat in the
Senate.........
....1640, 1645
remarks on the loan bill.....1847, 1848, 1850
remarks on granting the use of the Hall to
Mrs. M. C. Walling........
.1866
remarks on the death of Senator Foot, 1909,
1910

remarks on distributing documents to certain
judges of the United States.......... ..1927
remarks on the Post Office appropriation
bill.........
...2312, 2447
remarks on the joint resolution (S. No. 81)
providing for representation of the several
States in Congress.................2332, 2333
remarks on providing accommodation for
the State Department...
.2355
remarks on purchase of the library of James

L. Pettigru...........2561, 2562, 3550, 8551
remarks on the bill to prevent smuggling, 2595
remarks on the resolution relating to iron-
clads..........
......2610, 2611, 2612
remarks on the consular appropriation bill,
2614, 2615, 2616, 2617, 2618, 2619, 2620,
2621, 2622, 2623, 2638, 2639, 2640, 2641,
2642, 2643, 2645, 2646, 3954, 3957, 3958
remarks on the Military Academy appropria-
tion bill.....
..2647, 2650
remarks on the President's veto of the bill
for the admission of Colorado...2711, 2712
remarks on the bill relating to the Alexan-
dria, Washington, and Georgetown rail-
road.....
.2720, 2721
remarks on the bill (S. No. 263) for a bridge
across the Mississippi...... ....2763, 2764
remarks relating to appointments in the Mili-
tary Academy....
.2796, 2797
remarks on publishing the official history of
the rebellion......
.2805
remarks on the bill relating to inter-State
communication........ ......2874, 2875
remarks on the payment of Kentucky militia
forces.......
....2889
remarks on the bill to reorganize the clerical
force of the Interior Department, 2937, 2938
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
127) to amend the Constitution.........3010
remarks on the bill to secure the safe-keeping
of the public money........
.3071
remarks on the bill to quiet land titles in Cali-
fornia..........
.......3083, 8084
remarks on the legislative, &c., appropriation
bill.............3101, 3102, 3103, 3104, 3105,
3106, 3107, 3127, 3128, 3129, 3130, 3181
remarks on the bill relating to officers in the
Navy.........
....8152

....8752

3764

remarks on the compensation of employés of
the Senate.......
.....3784

remarks on the White Bluffs and Helena
wagon road...................
.......3735
remarks on the Northern Kansas railroad
bill...........
..3810
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill.......
.......3836, 3837, 3888
remarks on the investment of naval pension
fund.........
...3894
remarks on the bill to equalize the compen-
sation of officers of the Senate.........3897
remarks on the bill relating to the national
debt..............
.....3926
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill............ ....3927, 3928, 3929, 3930,

ers.....

3931, 3960, 3961, 4122, 4123, 4125, 4127,
4130, 4131, 4132, 4133, 4141, 4239, 4247
remarks on the bill granting the right of way
over public lands to ditch and canal own-
......3951, 3952
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
83) restoring Tennessee to her relations to
the Union............... .......................3992, 3993, 4002
remarks on the resolution relating to the
adjournment of Congress...4114, 4115
remarks on referring the credentials of
David T. Patterson to the Committee on
the Judiciary...
......4167, 4168
remarks on the deficiency bill for the year
1866.......
..4171, 4172, 4178,
4174, 4175, 4176, 4177, 4178, 4180, 4237
remarks on the bill to exempt pensions from
taxation........

.4296
personal explanations of.......
....1481,
1482, 1484, 3950
Finance, the Committee on..
.11, 16
instructions to......208, 436, 1100, 1561, 2483
reports from...
......160, 208, 931,
980, 1068, 1201, 1376, 1507, 1664, 1707,
1730, 2131, 2132, 2192, 2303, 2443, 2580,
2612, 3026, 3071, 3221, 8450, 3649, 3750,
3782, 3855, 3893, 3950, 4064, 4067, 4128
adverse reports from... ........670, 1729
discharged from subjects.......
..806,

1252, 3251, 3854, 4298
Finances, annual report of the Secretary of the
Treasury on, communicated......... ..8
Fish, George W., bill (S. No. 466) for the
relief of...
.....4039

Fitzgibbon, James, bill (H. R. No. 711) for
the relief of..
.3382, 3397
Fitzgibbon, Sarah, bill (S. No. 82) granting a
pension to....
.287,

874, 1708, 1788, 1753, 1773, 1775, 1863
Fix, Colonel L. F., joint resolution (H. R. No.
207) to pay.....4205,4206, 4219, 4236, 4246
Flags, joint resolution (H. R. No. 192) rela-
tive to certain, captured during the late
.4025, 4026
Fogg, Mrs. Isabella, bill (H. R. No. 266)
granting a pension to.....
....770,
771, 1758, 1982, 1961

war..

....1704

1910

1912

1913

.1909, 1910

...1909

...1913

...1908

Mr. Conness....

Mr. Grimes...

2981
.2981, 2982, 2983

...2982
.2981, 2982
...2981, 2982

Foreign affairs, bill (S. No. 409) to provide for
the publication of papers relating to...3574
Foreign Relations, the Committee on......... 11
instructions to..
..1222, 4298
reports from........146, 494, 671, 1350, 1376,
1407, 1664, 1773, 1980, 2443, 3725, 4204
discharged from subjects....... .1980, 4064
Forest trees, bill (S. No. 396) for promoting the

growth of, on the public lands...3427, 3782
Fortifications, bill (H. R. No. 255) making
appropriations for the construction, pres-
ervation, and repairs of certain, and other
works of defense for the year ending June
30, 1867.
....1378, 1386, 2303,

2651, 2715, 2888, 2890, 3026, 3042, 3075
Foster, J., bill for the relief of, 1810, 2009, 2671
Foster, La Fayette S., a Senator from Connec-
ticut........
..1644, 1645,

2610, 2611, 3861, 3862, 3863, 3864, 3865
remarks on striking out Mr. Stockton's
vote on the question of his seat in the
Senate.
.1644, 1645
remarks on the resolution relating to iron-
clads..........
......2610
remarks on mail steamship service to China,
3861, 3862, 3863, 3864, 3865
resolution that the thanks of the Senate be
presented to, President of the Senate pro
tempore, for the dignified, impartial, and
courteous manner in which he has pre-
sided over its deliberations during the
present session.........
..4303
Fowler, Joseph S., a Senator from Tennes-

see...

credentials of, presented.

sworn in......

.4162, 4163

4113

..4113

remarks on referring the credentials of David
T. Patterson to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary
.4163
Fox, Fontaine T., jr., joint resolution (H. R.
No. 164) for the relief of....
.3222,
3223, 8379, 4177, 4205
Frank, George R., bill (H. R. No. 472) for the
relief of........1880, 1882, 1953, 2109, 2132
Franklin, Benjamin, bill (S. No. 389) granting
a pension to, 2794, 2851, 3837, 3382, 3454
Freedmen, bill (S. No. 9) to maintain the free-
dom of the inhabitants in the States de--
clared in insurrection and rebellion by the
proclamation of the President of the 1st
of July, 1862.....
remarks on the, by-