- 170

his recollections touching the contro-
versy, in secret session, between
Messrs. Benton and Rives, concern-
ing the red-lined map
(See Debts.)
Bates, J. C., of Massachusetts, 30, 39, 47, 50, 61
63, 69, 84, 95, 110, 112, 127, 143, 147
157, 161, 166, 180, 185, 186, 198, 211
220, 226, 233, 238, 267, 280, 287, 311
327, 341, 345, 353, 363, 361, 366, 370
371, 372, 376, 387, 391
remarks on the bill to revive the pen-
sion act of July, 1838
388
Bayard, R. H., of Delaware, 30, 38, 39, 45, 46

50, 54, 63, 75, 79, 81, 84, 85, 110, 112
121, 127, 128, 133, 131, 142, 153, 161
166, 181, 186, 188, 198, 206, 212, 235
238, 243, 263, 264, 299, 304, 321, 322
327, 328, 340, 341, 315, 346, 354, 363
371, 376, 377, 382, 383, 387, 390
resolutions by
39, 235, 326
remarks on the joint resolution to estab-
lish agencies for the inspection and
purchase of water-rotted hemp, 227, 262

263

175

remarks on enlistments in the army,
navy, and marine corps
remarks on the naval appropriation
bill concerning a floating or dry dock, 327
(See Debates-Debts.)
Benton, Thomas H., of Missouri, 1, 31, 33, 62
63, 70, 74, 75, 84, 95, 99, 104, 112
113, 119, 143, 147, 148, 162, 166, 175
230, 238, 261, 267, 268, 275, 287, 288
326, 327, 328, 345, 365, 366, 370, 371
372, 377, 383

resolutions submitted by, 1, 2, 41, 50, 54
63, 74, 79, 85, 94, 99, 119, 237, 252
262, 275, 281, 321, 327, 341, 345
his bill to repeal the bankrupt law
38
remarks concerning the repeal of the
bankrupt act - 51, 52, 147, 342, 347
remarks on the expunging resolution, 41
remarks concerning the quintuple treaty, 64
65, 79, 85, 252, 262
remarks on the Oregon bill, 74, 106, 112
154, 172, 176, 234, 238, 239
remarks concerning the speech of Sir
Robert Peel, on the construction of
the Ashburton treaty as to the right
of search
331, 332, 333
his recollections pending the contro-
versy, in secret session, between
Messrs. Benton and Rives, concern-
ing the red-lined map, 111, 119, 120, 121
169, 170, 171
remarks on the bill reviving the act
of July, 1838, allowing pensions to
widows of officers and soldiers of the
Revolution
- 389
remarks on the subject of making an
appropriation for the improvement of
the navigation of the Western waters, 165
remarks concerning the establishment
of agencies for the inspection and
purchase of water rotted hemp, 226, 263
remarks on the bill to provide for the
mission to China
391, 392
remarks on the army appropriation bill, 267
268
(See Debates-Oregon.)
Berrien, J. M., of Georgia, 37, 41, 49, 63, 69
84, 85, 88, 89, 94, 100, 104, 127, 128
141, 142, 143, 148, 157, 158, 162, 181
192, 198, 201, 206, 207, 220, 233, 244
288, 296, 314, 315, 321, 322, 331, 340
342, 345, 354, 363, 365, 372, 377, 381
390
46, 89
remarks on the Oregon bill
- 212
remarks on the bill to repeal the bank-
rupt act, 45, 51, 52, 275, 281, 341, 342
347, 349
eulogium on Richard H. Habersham
of Georgia, deceased
remarks on the proposition to print the
report of the Judiciary Committee con-
cerning the repeal of the bankrupt law, 238
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Jackson
315, 321

resolutions by

62

Berrien, J. M., of Georgia-

remarks on the resolutions adopted by

the Legislature of Georgia, censuring
his political course

(See Debates-Debts.)

377

Bills introduced on leave, 41, 45, 49, 50, 54, 61
62, 63, 70, 74, 79, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89
104, 111, 127, 141, 148, 153, 157, 169
211, 212, 229, 238, 252, 262, 267, 293
331

Bills reported from committees, 54, 62, 63, 73
79, 84, 85, 88, 94, 99, 100, 104, 111
118, 121, 127, 133, 141, 147, 148, 152
158, 161, 162, 166, 174, 180, 181, 192
206, 211, 220, 226, 229, 233, 235, 238
244, 252, 261, 267, 275, 276, 280, 287
288, 292, 293, 299, 301, 311, 320, 325
326, 330, 331, 340, 341, 345, 353, 362

365, 370, 371, 376, 377, 387, 391
Bills and joint resolutions passed, 74, 75, 95, 100
133, 149, 158, 166, 182, 192, 206, 220
240, 244, 252, 263, 267, 276, 281, 292
296, 299, 311, 315, 330, 331, 337, 340
341, 362, 363, 364, 370, 371, 372, 376
377, 378, 379, 383, 387, 391
Bills and joint resolutions rejected, 149, 158, 206
226, 267, 276, 287, 311, 320, 341, 345
353, 354, 361, 371, 372, 383, 387
Books and public documents received from the
House of Peers of France, concerning

the

· 261
Books distributed to members of Congress, de-
bate concerning the appropriation to
pay for
382, 383
Boundary. (See Northeastern Boundary.)
line of Ohio, bill concerning the, and
the admission of Michigan into the
Union -
50, 166, 370
bill directing the running of the north-
ern line of the reserve of the half-
breed Sac and Fox tribe of Indians, 365
383

between the United States and Texas,

79
133

Boyd, Gordon B., late receiver of public mo-
neys at Columbus, Mississippi, joint
resolution to authorize the settlement
of the liabilities of the securities of 149
152

Bresee, Sidney S, Senator elect from Illinois,
the credentials of
88
Buchanan, James, of Pennsylvania, 2, 30, 40, 54
61, 69, 73, 75, 84, 94, 110, 118, 127
140, 142, 161, 164, 175, 181, 185, 188
198, 211, 219, 220, 230, 238, 243, 255
263, 264, 266, 275, 311, 321, 328, 331
336, 337, 341, 342, 365, 371, 376, 377
382, 394
credentials of
. 158
resolutions by
2, 104, 118
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the
Petersburg Railroad Co., and con-
cerning the importation of railroad
iron free of duty
181, 187
remarks on the joint resolution for es-
tablishing agencies for the inspection
and purchase of water-rotted hemp - 263
remarks on the army appropriation bill, 268
remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 322
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Jackson
316
remarks on the bill to repeal the bank-
rupt law
347, 348, 349
remarks on the bill to extend the char-
ters of the District banks
365
remarks on the treasury note bill, 380, 381
remarks on the bill to revive the act of
July, 1838, allowing pensions to the
widows of officers and soldiers of the
Revolution
388,
389

(See Debates-Debts.)
C.
Cadets in the West Point Academy, concern-
ing the appointment and apportion-
268, 315, 342
Calhoun, John C., of South Carolina, 54, 110, 121
128, 142, 161, 166, 186, 192, 222, 235
240, 244, 252, 268, 275, 276, 322, 327
328, 341, 379,
382
his recollections pending the controver-
sy, in secret session, between Messrs.
Rives and Benton, concerning the red-"
lined map.
111, 170
remarks on the Oregon bill, 133, 134, 142
149, 227, 239

surveyor of the port of, 299, 331, 372
Canal, the Louisville and Portland, debate con-
cerning onerous exactions on the com-
merce of the Western rivers by the 287
Caroline affair, the
119, 188
Catalogues of the library of Congress, debate
on the proposition for the distribution
of
Centre College, Kentucky, bill to transfer to
the trustees of the, lands heretofore
granted to the Kentucky Asylum for
educating the deaf, dumb, and blind - 372
Census, Compendium of the Sixth, the petition
and proposition for pay for printing
the

94, 100

61

281

joint resolution for the distribution of the,
and appropriation to defray the ex.
pense
148, 276, 315, 381
the appropriation to defray the expense
of printing the Compendium of the 381
383, 391, 393
Chaplain to the Senate
38
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, bill
for the relinquishment to Maryland,
&c., of the stock held in the, by the
United States, 175, 185, 198, 275,
Chicago, Illinois, bill to establish a new collec-
tion district at
293
China, bill to provide the means for future in-
tercourse with
363, 391, 392
Choate, R., of Mass., 45, 49, 99, 141, 143, 162
176, 186, 229, 233, 239, 275, 280, 311
320, 327, 342, 376, 382
remarks on the bankrupt bill
346
remarks on the Oregon bill, 134, 171, 176
235, 238, 239

cerning legislation on, 45, 50, 63, 70
bill providing for the settlement of the
claims for supplies furnished the Flo-
rida militia
383
(See Land claims-Mexican claims-Massa-
chusetts claims.)
Clay, John Randolph, late secretary of lega
tion of the United States to the court
of Vienna, bill for the relief of, 275, 372
Clayton, T., of Delaware, 30, 41, 50, 63, 79, 83
103, 152, 166, 211, 243, 264, 267, 363
- 362
Clinch, Duncan L, bill for the relief of
Cloth cases
140, 169
Coin, the bill to regulate the currency of for-
eign gold and silver 63, 79, 112, 245
the bill to fix the computation at the cus-
tom-house of certain German, 304, 345
379
Commerce, the Committee on, resolutions in-
structing the
74, 85, 235
reports from the, 99, 147, 261, 267, 330
bills and joint resolutions reported from
267
the, 62, 73, 99, 147, 180, 220, 261,
280, 299, 330, 345, 354, 363, 377, 387
Commerce on the northwestern lakes, bill for
the protection of

prz

50

41

99

- 372

met and Encomium, bill making indemnity
for slaves taken from on board the
100, 128, 133, 267
ommittees, standing, announced
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
call upon the, for information
rommissioner of the Public Buildings, bill to
fix the compensation of the
onrad, C. M., of Louisiana, 1, 2, 45, 54, 61
63, 70, 73, 75, 88, 127, 133, 143, 153
157, 161, 166, 186, 192, 220, 233, 239.
244, 287, 292, 294, 327, 328, 342, 372
392
resolutions submitted by, 1, 54, 62, 63, 95
133, 142

-

per-
304, 330
Debates and proceedings of Congress, bill to
provide for the publication of the, 292, 326
345, 354, 355, 366
remarks on, by—
Mr. Allen
355, 356, 357, 358
- 356
- 358
- 354
354, 355, 357, 358
· 358
354, 356, 357, 358

remarks on the bill to suppress private
expresses
246, 252, 253
remarks on the ariny appropriation bill, 268
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major

Gen. Jackson -

remarks on the bankrupt bill
remarks on the District banks bill

Cooper, Dr. Thomas, petition to refund the fine
imposed on him under the alien and
sedition law

110

Copyright to Richard H. Wilde, 41, 141, 181, 192
to John Rowlett, bill to continue it to 372
Court, at Williamsport, Pa, bill providing for
the holding of a

bill to amend the act establishing a dis-
trict court of the United States at
Wheeling

Mr. Buchanan,
Mr. Calhoun
Mr. Crittenden
Mr. Henderson
Mr. King
Mr. McRoberts
Mr. Morehead

- 331

Mr. Sevier

Mr. Smith of Connecticut
Mr. Tappan

127

Mr. Walker

Mr. Woodbridge

262, 371

bill to repeal the act changing the time
of holding the circuit and district
courts in Ohio

bill for altering the time for holding the
circuit courts of the United States for
the district of Connecticut - 206, 252
bill to alter the place of holding the dis-
trict court of the United States for the
district of New Jersey
226, 252
bill to change the place of holding the
circuit court of the United States for
the district of Maine -

bill to change the time of holding the
district and circuit courts for the east-
ern district of Tennessee

Mr. Woodbury,
Mr. Wright

concerning the

355, 356, 357

355, 356, 357, 358
354, 355, 356, 357

Debts, State, the assumption of, resolutions, &c.,
70, 74, 81, 293
communication from the President of
the United States concerning
81
remarks on the several resolutions of
Messrs. McDuffie, Bayard, Allen,
Rives, Merrick, and Walker, con-
cerning
293, 299, 315, 326

Mr. Allen, 293, 295, 296, 299, 306, 313

244

remarks on, by-

Mr. Archer

371

Mr. Bagby

Mr. Barrow

180, 219

Mr. Bayard

Crafts, Samuel C., of Vermont, 30, 94, 133, 164

the credentials of
Crittenden, John J., of Kentucky, 2, 31, 43, 45
52, 64, 74, 75, 85, 88, 100, 104, 106
112, 127, 128, 133, 140, 141, 161, 175
181, 182, 192, 198, 201, 220, 226, 261
262, 282, 289, 299, 311, 315, 320,
325, 342, 345, 362, 364, 365, 366, 371
the credentials of
resolutions submitted by

Mr. Berrien
Mr. Buchanan
Mr. Calhoun -
Mr. Crittenden
Mr. Conrad

Enlistments in the army, navy, and marine

corps, bill to regulate 127, 133, 175
Evans, George S., of Maine, 20, 37, 45, 47, 54
61, 63, 79, 81, 89, 94, 103, 110, 111
113, 118, 127, 141, 142, 147, 149, 152
153, 157, 158, 161, 166, 175, 181, 182
185, 186, 188, 192, 198, 205, 206, 219
226, 227, 229, 237, 238, 243, 244, 251
261, 263, 275, 280, 292, 304, 308, 311
320, 321, 322, 325, 326, 327, 328, 336
340, 342, 345, 353, 362, 363, 364, 366
371, 377, 379, 380, 382, 387, 390, 391
392, 393
resolutions by
255, 288, 341
remarks on his resolution on the subject
of the tariff, the currency, economy,
and retrenchment
255, 276, 281
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the
- 187
Petersburg Railroad Co.
remarks on the army appropriation bill, 267
268, 315
remarks concerning the construction of
the Ashburton treaty as to the right of
search
334
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill, 363
remarks on the navy pension bill
364
remarks on the treasury note bill, 380, 390
remarks on the appropriation to pay for

-

printing the Compendium of the Sixth
Census
- 381
Exchequer, the bill to modify the several acts
establishing the Treasury Department,
so as to create a board of, 33, 45, 85, 175
192, 198, 240, 243, 244, 267
petitions, &c., concerning the plan for a
board of, 141, 161, 164, 166, 180, 185
186, 192, 205, 211, 251, 340
Exploring and surveying expedition, bill for
the relief of certain officers of the late, 371
377, 383
Expresses, private, bill to prevent the employ-
ment of, on mail routes, and for the
prevention of frauds on the revenues
of the Post Office Department 111, 211
220, 229, 233, 234, 245, 252,

remarks by-

Mr. Conrad

308, 326, 327

Mr. Henderson

Mr. Huntington

Mr. Merrick 211,

Mr. Porter

295, 306, 307
304, 305, 326
306, 326
306, 314
- 306

293, 294, 308
306, 307, 311
294, 307

322

Mr. Cuthbert

• 308

Mr. Walker

Extra allowances to officers of the Government,
bill to prohibit any

246

362, 383

Expunging resolution, Mr. Bayard's proposi

tion to rescind -

- 39, 46, 328, 341
Mr. Benton's amendment to

F.

41

Fillebrown, Thomas, bill for the relief of
Fine. (See Jackson.)
Finance, Committee on, bills reported from
the, 79, 111, 118, 127, 141, 147, 166, 229
238, 244, 251, 292, 304, 320, 325, 340
350, 362, 371, 377, 387
reports from the -
325, 326
Florida militia. (See Claims.)

bill making appropriations for the com-
pletion of the public buildings in
Foreign Relations, Committee on, bills reported
from 100, 206, 275, 326, 363, 371
resolution instructing the
reports from

uments

- 104
- 206

- 252

Fort Gibson, concerning an appropriation for 364
Fortifications, bill making appropriations for
certain -
310, 364
Frank, bill to authorize the chief clerk to the
Secretary of State to frank official doc-
Franking privilege, petitions and resolutions of
the State Legislatures on the subject
and the bill to correct the abuse and
to regulate the use of the, 111, 133, 157
192, 364
Fremont, Lieut., his expedition to the Rocky
Mountains, and Mr. Linn's remarks

upon
389
Fulton, Robert, bill for the relief of the heirs of, 280
320
Fulton, W. S., of Arkansas, 40, 41, 45, 46, 50
54, 63, 74, 112, 127, 133, 148, 153, 162
261, 262
remarks on the Oregon bill

G.

Galena, Illinois, bill to establish a port of entry

at

-`377

229, 267
Georgia, resolutions of the Legislature of, con-
demnatory of the political course of
Mr. Berrien, discussed
Georgetown College, in the District of Colum-
bia, a bill to incorporate the - 267, 299
Graham, W. A., of North Carolina, 38, 41, 45

46, 63, 104, 118, 128, 133, 152, 157
161, 174, 181, 201, 206, 212, 233, 252
253, 261, 262, 264, 267, 275, 276, 293
315, 320, 327, 330, 340, 353, 365, 376

377, 382
288

resolutions submitted by
remarks on the bankrupt bill
remarks concerning a rule to regulate
legislation on claims

46

50, 51

316, 321

remarks on the bill to indemnify Major

General Jackson

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

- 388

the bill repealing a portion of the act
making appropriations for the tempo-
rary support of certain destitute Kic-
kapoo -
concerning the sale of lands acquired
from the Wyandott, and an appropri-
ation to satisfy treaty stipulations with
them
363, 370, 390
Cherokee. (See Awards-Lands.)
Indian appropriation bill
340, 363
Indian Affairs, calls on the Commissioner of,
by resolution
104
bills reported from the Committee on 84
166, 261, 362, 276
reports from the Committee on -

-

100, 320
362
resolutions of instruction to the Com-
mittee on
- 237
Infants, bill to provide for the sale of real es-
tate of, in the District of Columbia 275
372
Iowa. (See Militia.)
Insolvent debtors of the United States, bill to
continue in force the several acts now
in existence for the relief of, 104, 143, 149
354
Internal improvements in the State of Michi-
gan, bill to apply certain alternate
sections of the public domain towards
completing the, 169, 193, 354, 362
Iron, railroad, duties on
238, 372, 393
J.
Jackson, Major General Andrew, petitions and
resolutions of State Legislatures con-
cerning the fine on, by Judge Hall, 61, 63
84, 104, 110, 127, 133, 226, 275, 345
resolution calling for his letter to the
War Department concerning the dec-
laration of martial law at New Or-
leans
275
reports of the minority and majority of
the Judiciary Committee concerning
the fine
141, 148
bill to indemnify, for the fine of $1,000,
imposed on him by Judge Hall, of
Louisiana, in 1815, 41, 50, 75, 85, 206
296, 299, 315, 321
remarks concerning, by—
Mr. Archer

bis eulogy on the life and character of
Mr. Williams, a deceased represent-
ative from Maryland -
King, William R., of Alabama, 1, 31, 33,
45, 50, 63, 69, 70, 84, 88, 89, 95,
112, 127, 128, 133, 142, 148, 149, 15
153, 157, 162, 175, 181, 186, 194, 1
201, 206, 220, 261, 263, 264, 267, T
276, 281, 287, 288, 299, 315, 321,
340, 341, 353, 354, 363, 364, 365,
377, 379, 380, 381, 382,

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

remarks on the bankrupt act, 45, 238,

239

Mr. Berrien

315,
321

Mr. Buchanan

316

261

-

- 316

ceded by the Wyandott tribe of In-
dians, bill providing for the sale of

370

1

390

Land patents. (See Patents.)
Land tax. (See Illinois.)

Holt, Charles, a bill to refund to, a fine imposed
on him under the sedition law
Horses and other property lost in the military
service of the United States, the bill
to continue in force the act for the pay-
ment of
Hudson river, concerning an appropriation for
the improvement of
Huntington, J. W., of Connecticut, 30, 33, 38,
50, 62, 63, 65, 75, 79, 85, 88, 89, 99
106, 112, 113, 133, 147, 149, 157, 161
164, 166, 169, 180, 185, 194, 198, 201
205, 206, 219, 220, 222, 229, 233, 240
243, 252, 261, 266, 267, 275, 276, 280
281, 287, 299, 315, 321, 330, 341, 342
345, 354, 371, 372, 376, 381, 382, 387
390

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

85, 104, 127, 133, 141, 148, 152, 157
166, 180, 181, 192, 198, 206, 226, 244
267, 276, 326, 331, 341, 354, 363, 365
371
resolutions of instruction to the - - 262
reports from the -
141, 148, 267
report in the case of General Jackson 141
K.

Kendall, Amos, resolutions of State Legisla-
tures, and petitions concerning the im-
prisonment of, under the judgment
obtained by Stockton & Stokes, 157, -219
226, 237, 243, 275, 304, 353, 376
Kerr, John Leeds, of Maryland, 30, 33, 36, 45
49, 133, 141, 157, 160, 162, 180, 186

Land Office. (See Commissioner of the Gen-
eral.)

Lead mines, bill proposing to rent the United
States -

83
Library, the Committee on the, bills reported
from
- 73, 127, 292, 363
Light-house in the harbor of Chicago, bill ma-
king an appropriation to rebuild the 83
Linn, L. F., of Missouri, 40, 41, 45, 50, 54, 61
63, 70, 75, 79, 84, 85, 88, 94, 100, 104
106, 142, 161, 162, 169, 181, 185, 211
212, 220, 227, 233, 240, 267, 280, 282
287, 288, 289, 296, 311, 313, 315, 321
345, 371, 376, 379, 383
the credentials of
74
resolutions by, 54, 70, 74, 104, 262, 377
379

remarks on the joint resolution for the
establishment of agencies for the in-
spection and purchase of water-rotted
hemp -

262, 263
308, 311

remarks on his resolutions
remarks on the resolution concerning
the tariff, economy, retrenchment, and
reform - 252, 262, 276, 281, 288
remarks on the bill reviving the act of
July, 1838, allowing pensions to wid-
ows of officers and soldiers of the Rev-
olution

388
McRoberts, Samuel, of Illinois, 45, 54, 61, 63, 79
84, 88, 106, 118, 127, 128, 133, 134
141, 142, 212, 220, 229, 253, 267, 275
293, 304, 354, 371, 372
73, 99, 111

resolutions by

remarks on the propriety of removing
obstructions from the Des Moines
rapids

remarks on the Oregon bill

73
100, 188

301

remarks on the bill to indemnify Major

General Jackson

on

220

Military service of the United States, bill to
pay for horses and other property lost
in the
Military Affairs, bills reported from the Com-
mittee on, 133, 141, 166, 192, 261, 267
287, 288, 311, 320
resolutions instructing the Committee
133, 142, 158
reports from the Committee on 288, 345
Military Academy at West Point, resolutions
of State Legislatures in favor of the
discontinuance of
- 280
Miller, J. W., of New Jersey, 33, 37, 40, 70, 79
84, 110, 133, 141, 147, 148, 169, 180
181, 182, 201, 219, 220, 226, 238, 245
262, 267, 276, 299, 320, 327, 363, 364
365
resolutions by
remarks on the bill to suppress private
expresses

246
remarks on the army appropriation bill, 268
remarks on the District banks bill, 364, 365
remarks on the bill to indemnify Gen.
Jackson
(See Debates.)
Mineral lands, bill for ascertaining and dispos-
ing of the
63, 73, 142, 149
Mints, branch, bill amendatory of the act es-
tablishing the Dahlonega and Char-
lotte, and defining the duties of assayer
and coiner

Mission to China. (See China.)
Mississippi river, obstructions in the, and ca-
tastrophes on the

Northeastern and Northwestern boundary-

controversy concerning, as defined on
the map of Franklin, &c., 111, 119, 120
121, 169, 170, 171
Nourse, Joseph, bill for the relief of, 89, 162, 166
0.
Oregon Territory, resolutions of State Legis-
latures and petitions concerning the 84, 88
220, 267, 287, 340
resolution calling for information of
the late negotiations touching the
74
bill for the occupation and settlement of
the, and to extend a portion of the
laws of the United States over the
same - 61, 70, 99, 104, 112, 121, 133
142, 149, 153, 158, 162, 171, 176, 188
192, 194, 198, 206, 212, 220, 227, 229
234, 238, 244, 252
remarks on the, by—
Mr. Archer 74, 100, 104, 105, 212
220, 222, 230, 239, 240, 244
Mr. Bagby
- 239
Mr. Benton, 74, 106, 112, 154, 172, 176
234, 238, 239
Mr. Berrien
- 212
Mr. Calhoun 133, 134, 149, 227, 239
Mr. Choate, 184, 171, 176, 235, 238, 230
Mr. Fulton

- 331

Mr. Huntington

Mr. King

118, 340

88

Mr. Woodbridge

- 239

Mr. Woodbury

Mr. Walker

- 192
105, 239

Mr. Young

- 220

bill to provide for the improvement of
the navigation of the, and their tribu-
taries -
261,
268
bill relating to the application of the two
per cent. fund of the State of 267, 364
(See Land claims.
Missouri. (See Land claims.)
Missouri volunteers, bill for the relief of cer-
tain companies of
Morehead, J. T., of Kentucky, 31, 46, 75, 100
128, 158, 227, 275, 296, 302, 315, 321
322, 326, 349, 364, 372, 387
resolutions by
175
remarks on the joint resolution for the
establishment of agencies for the in-
spection and purchase of water-rot-
ted hemp
remarks on the Oregon bill

Naval Affairs, resolutions instructing the Com-
mittee on
75, 133, 161, 162
reports from the Committee on, 63, 70, 148
158, 161, 162, 180, 198, 212, 261, 340
bills reported from the Committee on 158
162, 166, 186, 233, 235, 238, 275, 280
287, 304, 320, 340, 376, 387
Naval service. (See Enlistments.)
bill to provide for the establishment of
schools of instruction in the
bill making appropriation for the sup
port of the 263, 321, 322, 327,
331, 377
(See Treaty and Right of search)
Naval peace establishment, bill concerning the, 198
Naval pensions, bill respecting the payment of
invalid pensions to officers of the na-
val and marine services
233
bill making appropriation for the pay-
ment of
340, 364, 377
Naval hospital fund, joint resolution authoriz-
ing the investment of the
- 235
Naval nominations
112
Navy Department, calls upon the, for informa-
tion
79, 111, 119
bill to amend the act reorganizing the, 84, 263
Navigation, petitions and documents on the
subject of improving the, in the West-
ern waters 164, 165, 166, 266, 268
287, 362
Natural curiosities furnished by the exploring
squadron, a bill for the preservation
of the collection of
252, 363
Newspapers, supply of, to Senators
Northeastern and Northwestern boundary, cor-
respondence of the Secretary of State
with the special minister from Eng-
land concerning the

Ohio. (See Lands)

to

-

P.
Patents and the Patent Office, bills reported
from the Committee on - 162, 238, 363
Patents, land, bill in relation to the exemplifi-
cation of, and other evidences of title
under the act for the reorganization of
the General Land Office, 311, 372, 377
for bounty land, joint resolution relating
299, 372
Patent Office, bill to extend the, on 9th street 141
148, 162, 354, 362
Pay of all officers of the Government, bill 548
for the reduction of the
- 296
Pea Patch Island, the bill to settle the title to - 192
211, 363
Pensacola, proposition for the construction of a
floating dry dock at
322, 397
Pennsylvania avenue, bill to authorize the re-
paving and repairing of, 141, 169, 201
226, 245, 252
Pensions, the Committee on, bills reported
from, 88, 127, 157, 166, 180, 186, 211
226, 238, 267, 280, 287, 292, 311, 320
326, 340, 341, 353, 363, 370, 371, 376.
391
reports from the, 88, 127, 157, 180, 211
238, 287, 299, 320, 326, 340, 353, 363
387
Pensions to certain widows of officers and sol-
diers of the Revolution, bill reviving
the act of July, 1838, granting pen-
sions to widows of
353, 364, 387
Pension agents, bill making compensation to, 63, 79
95, 100

Pensions, bill making appropriation for the
payment of

Pensions, the bill to continue the office of Com-
63, 79, 95, 100
Peters, Moore, & Co., bill for the relief of, 229, 372
Petersburg Railroad Co., bill for the benefit of
166, 175, 181, 186, 187
Phelps, S. S., of Vermont, 63, 69, 70, 88, 89, 94
95, 105, 106, 118, 133, 157, 162, 169
174, 180, 182, 188, 198, 211, 226, 253
292, 299, 311, 320, 326, 327, 341, 345
remarks on the Oregon bill

Secretary of the Senate, subpoenaed to appear

before the circuit court of the United
States in the District of Columbia
with certain papers on the files of his
office -

Senate of the United States, proceedings of the,
in secret session, upon the British
treaty -
1,
Sevier, Ambrose H., of Arkansas, 61, 63, 79,
88, 94, 95, 106, 127, 148, 149, 158, 162
175, 180, 181, 182, 186, 201, 212, 239
240, 244, 267, 299, 315, 321, 322, 341
346, 353, 351, 362, 363, 364, 370,
376, 379, 382, 391
74

Resolutions submitted by-

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

Mr. Graham

Mr. Huntington,

Mr. King

262

Mr. Kerr

37

Mr. Linn, 54, 70, 74, 104, 262, 377, 379
Mr. McDuffie, 252, 262, 272, 281, 288

- 382

Mr. McRoberts
Mr. Merrick
Mr. Morehead
Mr. Miller

308, 311
73, 99, 111
33, 104, 166, 304, 313
- 175
- 293

Post Office and Post Roads, Committee on,
bills reported from the, 79, 88, 104, 111
192, 226, 229, 252, 280, 304, 320, 376
resolutions instructing the
127, 141
report from the

Post Office laws, concerning the construction
of the

Postmasters General of the United States, (as-
sistant,) bill relating to the appoint-

ment of
Postmaster General, resolution instructing the,

&c.
Postage, petitions, &c., concerning a reduction
of the rates of, 220, 243, 340, 363, 379
Pre-emption rights, bill to amend the several
acts granting -
54, 370
bill supplementary to the act granting,
to seulers on the public lands, 238, 320
370
bill to authorize the investigation of al-
leged frauds under the
320, 387
President pro tem. of the Senate, 45, 49, 52, 61
81, 88, 100, 110, 126, 127, 132, 140
147, 152, 153, 157, 158, 161, 166, 169
175, 180, 185, 186, 188, 192, 211, 219
229, 233, 238, 243, 251, 252, 261, 263
275, 280, 287, 292, 296, 304, 311, 320
325, 330, 342, 362, 376
his recollections pending the controversy
in secret session on the red-lined map
between Messrs. Benton and Rives · 170
President Tyler, his annual message, 33, 36, 37, 45
his message transmitting the British
treaty

Mr. Woodbridge
Mr. Young

299, 304, 372
104, 376, 387
46, 104, 118, 205
- 321

74
74, 85, 89, 280
133, 261, 371
320, 376
Retrenchment, resolutions of instruction to the
committee on
65, 74
bill reported from the committee on 349
the bill for the reduction of the pay to
members of Congress, and civil, mili-
tary, and naval officers, 296, 349, 392
(See Custom house.
Retrenchment and economy, the tariff, Govern-
ment resources, &c., resolutions of
Messrs. McDuffie, Evans, Dayton,
Rives, and Merrick, upon the subject
252, 262, 276, 281
- 282
- 282
- 282

resolutions calling upon, for informa-
tion, 41, 50, 54, 70, 74, 94, 99, 112
175, 238, 275, 281, 331, 345, 372, 376

377

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

from the Committee on the, 275, 299, 363
bill to fix the compensation of the Com-
missioner of
- 299

281, 282, 288

255, 276, 281, 282, 288

276, 281, 288
281, 282, 288, 289
281, 282, 288
282
282, 288
280
Revenue-cutter service, concerning the
Revolutionary Claims, Committee on, bills re-
ported from the, 158, 169, 292, 320, 326
345

reports from the, 118, 133, 157, 292, 345
Right of search, debate concerning the speech
of Sir Robert Peel on the construction
of the Ashburton treaty touching the, 331
332, 333, 334, 335, 336
Rives, Wm. C., of Virginia, 1, 2, 30, 54, 62, 110
164, 192, 212, 227, 289, 379
resolutions by, 2, 112, 119, 133, 237, 293
299, 304
remarks concerning the speech of Sir
Robert Peel on the construction of the
Ashburton treaty as to the right of
search
111, 120, 121, 171
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the
Petersburg Railroad Company 187
remarks on the Oregon bill'
remarks on the bill making appropria.
tion for the fulfilment of the stipula-
tions of the Ashburton treaty
- 379
(See Debts.)
Roads and Canals, resolutions instructing the
Committee on
46, 104, 370
bills reported from the Committee on, 198

281, 288

of his snag-boat
211, 213
Simmons, J. T., of Rhode Island, 40, 84, 112, 192
219, 220, 244, 251, 252, 287, 363, 365
372, 382
Skinner, John P., bill for the relief of - 198, 206
Slave-trade, the African, negotiations between
Ashburton and Webster, concerning
the suppression of the
23, 24
Smith, O. H., of Indiana, 40, 45, 49, 54, 61, 63
70, 73, 84, 94, 104, 106, 118, 142, 147
152, 153, 164, 169, 174, 192, 205, 226
233, 243, 252, 261, 266, 292, 304, 311
320, 330, 340, 354, 362, 370, 371, 372
377
resolutions by
46, 104, 118, 205
remarks on the subject of improving the
navigation of the Western waters
- 164
remarks on the joint resolution for the
establishing of agencies for the in-
spection and purchase of water-rotted
hemp

concerning the Louisville and Portland
canal

Steamboat Company of Nantucket, bill for the
relief of
95, 100
Steamboats, bill to amend the act for the better
security of lives of passengers on
board of
345, 376, 379
Steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers,
the destruction of
Stock by the United States, petitions praying
the issue of 200 millions for the relief
of the States, 84, 161, 198, 219, 220
233, 238, 243, 262, 266, 275, 280, 299
304, 387
Sturgeon, D., of Pennsylvania, 30, 41, 54,
61
62, 79, 84, 180, 205, 211, 226, 233, 238
243, 251, 252, 275, 292, 304, 311, 320
322, 330,
387
Swartwout, Samuel, late collector of N. York,
bill authorizing the Treasurer to com-
promise with the securities of,
89, 95
T.

Tallmadge, N. P., of New York, 2, 30, 33, 45
62, 75, 79, 84, 85, 88, 94, 99, 103
110, 118, 127, 166, 175, 185, 192, 198
205, 226, 237, 240, 244, 251, 253, 266
288, 314, 315, 327, 328, 340, 342, 381
382, 390
resolution by
39
remarks on the bankrupt act, 45, 46, 51, 84
238, 342, 347, 349
remarks on the exchequer bill
244