Conduct of the war-Continued.

resolution of Mr. Chandler calling for certain
orders of the Executive relating to the, 3134,
3219
speech on the, by Mr. Chandler ............3385,
3386, 3389, 3390
joint resolution (S. No. 35) for the payment
of the expenses of the.....
.386,
428, 468, 489, 505
resolution (S. No. 39) providing a stenographer
for the.......467, 505, 849, 861, 875, 891, 940
joint resolution in addition to a resolution for
payment of the expenses of the......582, 605
Confiscation of rebel property, select committee
on the.........
......1965, 1991
instructions to the.......... .....2064, 2083
report from the......
...2112

Confiscation, bill (S. No. 26) to provide for the,
of property belonging to rebels......334, 1556
bill (S. No. 28) to suppress the slaveholders
rebellion......
..334, 1556
bill (S. No. 29) for the, of property of persons
in rebellion against the Constitution and laws
of the United States.... .......334, 1556
bill (S. No. 35) for the punishment of conspir-
acy and kindred offenses against the United
States, and for the, of the property of the
offenders.........
...............334, 1556
bill (S. No. 78) for the, of the property of rebels
and giving freedom to the persons they hold
in slavery..... ............. .......................1, 18, 334, 1556
bill (S. No. 134) declaring certain persons to
be alien enemies, forfeiting their property to
the United States, and creating a lien on said
property in favor of loyal persons, to indem-
nify them for such damages as they may
have sustained by the existing war of rebel-
lion..........
.....176, 178, 334, 1556
joint resolution (S. No. 23) to provide for the,
of the property of rebels or insurgents, and
to satisfy the just claims of loyal persons
therefrom
.............................1, 49, 334, 1556
bill (S. No. 151) to confiscate the property and
free the slaves of rebels .334, 849, 942,
945, 986, 998, 1021, 1040, 1049, 1074,
1136, 1157, 1544, 1557, 1569, 1604, 1626,
1652, 1680, 1714, 1742, 1757, 1776, 1808,
1845, 1856, 1873, 1895, 1916, 1953, 1991
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Anthony..... ......1922, 1924, 1958
Mr. Browning .......1077, 1136, 1814, 1856
Mr. Carlile....1141, 1157, 1813, 1885, 1898
Mr. Clark..............849, 942, 1883, 1884,

1902, 1903, 1904, 1954, 1958, 1965, 1991
Mr. Collamer........946, 1627, 1652, 1759,

1760, 1782, 1783, 1785, 1808, 1811, 1812,
1813, 1920, 1921, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963
Mr. Cowan ...

...946, 1049,

1605, 1607, 1784, 1786, 1814, 1846, 1856,
1878, 1880, 1882, 1899, 1917, 1922, 1965
Mr. Davis..
....176, 946, 986,
1605, 1627, 1720, 1742, 1757, 1758, 1760,
1776, 1777, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1785, 1812,
1883, 1895, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1965
Mr. Doolittle..... ...1607, 1626, 1785,

1786, 1787, 1814, 1883, 1885, 1916, 1959
Mr. Fessenden, 1787,1922, 1963, 1964, 1965
Mr. Foster........ ..1923, 1940, 1960, 1965
Mr. Grimes..............
.1544, 1902
Mr. Hale
.....1605,

1742, 1779, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1856,
1881, 1882, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1965
Mr. Harris...1569, 1575, 1652, 1653, 1957
Mr. Henderson .....1569, 1884, 1919
Mr Howard......
.1714,

1780, 1782, 1787, 1812, 1881, 1883, 1902
Mr. Howe............1786, 1900, 1922, 1940
Mr. King......1626, 1627, 1813, 1814, 1921
Mr. Lane, of Indiana...
Mr. McDougall.........

....998
........942,
1021, 1040, 1049, 1544, 1881, 1882
....49,
1054, 1074, 1897, 1898, 1899
...944, 945
....946, 1627, 1628, 1680
..1812,

Mr. Morrill

Mr. Pomeroy...

Mr. Powell

Mr. Saulsbury

18, 334, 849, 942, 944, 945, 946, 998,
1077, 1544, 1557, 1604, 1605, 1606, 1607,
1627, 1628, 1742, 1758, 1782, 1783, 1813,
1883, 1885, 1903, 1904, 1922, 1924, 1958,
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1991
Mr. Wade, 1878,1880, 1884,1916,1917,1918,
1919, 1921, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962
Mr. Wilkinson......1878, 1901, 1902, 1903
Mr. Willey..
.....945,
1604, 1605, 1606, 1627, 1628
Mr. Wilmot... .....1861, 1873, 1884
Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts.........986,
1049, 1162, 1607, 1680, 1785, 1786,
1814, 1878, 1883, 1895, 1900, 1922,
1924, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1965
Mr. Wright....
..1876
yeas and nays on the, 1814, 1883, 1886, 1965
bill (No.233) to confiscate the property of rebels,
1228, 1678
bill (S. No. 288) to amend an act to confiscate
property used for insurrectionary purposes,
approved August 6, 1861.............1854, 3245
bill (S. No. 310) to suppress insurrection and
punish treason and rebellion...... .2112,

Mr. Carlile.
Mr. Chandler...
Mr. Clark......

2163, 2188, 2217, 2842
bill (H. R. No. 471) to confiscate the property
of rebels for the payment of the expenses of
the present rebellion, 2364, 2366, 2878, 2896,
2916, 2917, 2959, 2989, 3111, 3166, 3178
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Anthony.....
..2997
Mr. Browning..
.....2917, 2918,
2919, 2920, 2921, 2923, 2929, 2930,
2965, 2966, 2967, 2969, 2970, 2994
..3002, 3275, 3276
..3006
..2878, 2902, 2916,
2917, 2921, 2923, 2970, 2990, 2994,
2995, 2996, 2997, 2998, 2999, 3002,
3005, 3006, 3166, 3274, 3275, 3287
Mr. Collamer.....
2971, 2998, 3166
Mr. Cowan...
....2916,
2959, 2960, 2961, 2962, 2992, 2893, 2994
Mr. Davis......
.....2961
Mr. Dixon.......
..2924, 2928, 2929,
2931, 2932, 2933, 2973, 2974, 2975, 3005
Mr. Doolittle.....
.2902,
2963, 2964, 2994, 2996, 2997, 3000, 3006
Mr. Fessenden.....
..2930,
2975, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3287
Mr. Foster....
...2997, 3287

Mr. Grimes...........2916, 2997, 2999, 3006
Mr. Hale, 2916, 2928,2931,2933, 2973, 2974
Mr. Harris.
.2992

Mr. Henderson............ .2996, 3002, 3275
Mr. Howard..
..2878, 2902, 2931,
2932, 2933, 2966, 2967, 2970, 2999, 3006
Mr. Howe...

Mr. Kennedy,

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

Mr. Lane, of Kansas..
Mr. McDougall.
Mr. Pomeroy..
Mr. Powell.....

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

.2962, 3287
.2971, 3276
..2995, 2996
.3275
.2997
..2996, 3006, 3166
Mr. Saulsbury, 2879, 2896, 2971,2972,3275
Mr. Sherman....
..2902, 2973,
2992, 2995, 2997, 2999, 3000, 3004, 3166
Mr. Sumner....
..2878, 2918, 2919,
2920, 2960, 2061, 2963, 2964, 2966, 2992,
2993, 2995, 2996, 2998, 3002, 3005, 3006
Mr. Ten Eyck
.2916
Mr. Trumbull....
.2878, 2902, 2916,

Mr. Wade

2917, 2960, 2961, 2970, 2971, 2972,
2973, 2974, 2975, 2998, 2999, 3000,
3003, 3005, 3006, 3166, 3276, 3287
....2916,
2928, 2929, 2930, 2931, 2932, 2966,
2998, 3000, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005
Mr. Wilkinson..
..2990,
2992, 2993, 2994, 2995, 2996, 2997, 2998
Mr. Willey.
.2997, 2998
Mr. Wilmot....
.2971, 2995
Mr. Wright.......
2933, 2959
yeas and nays on the.
..2995,

2996, 3006, 3166, 3276
joint resolution (H. R. No. 110) explanatory
of an act to suppress insurrection, to pun-
ish treason and rebellion, to seize and con-
fiscate the property of rebels..........3352,
3373, 3379, 3389, 3402, 3403

Mr. Sumner............................
Mr. Trumbull.

...3374, 3376

.....3374
..3377, 3379

..3374

.3376

3382

..3374,

3379, 3380, 3381, 3382, 3383
..3375, 3382

Mr. Wade.......
Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, ....2375
yeas and nays on the...... ..3381, 3383
Congress, frigate, bill (S. No. 244) to provide for
the equitable settlement of the accounts of the
officers and crews of the, and other vessels,
1315, 1350, 1370, 1415, 1490, 1537
Congress, bill relating to.......240, 445, 643, 1094
Consular and diplomatic expenses of the Govern-
ment, bill (H. R. No. 150) making appropri
ations for the, for the year ending 30th June,
1863, and additional appropriations for the
year ending 30th June, 1862... .......153,
333, 388, 489, 505, 533, 582, 619, 622, 666
Contingent Expenses of the Senate, the Commit-
tee to Audit and Control the............9, 3151
reports from..................................... ..68, 376, 505, 2506
adverse reports from........
...2477
discharged from subjects......................................... 607, 1132
Contractors, joint resolution (S. No. 60) author-
izing the Secretary of the Navy to appoint a
commission to inquire into forfeitures incurred
by, under that Department...... ...1072
joint resolution (H. R. No. 66) authorizing the
Secretary of the Navy to discharge, with his
Department when they have furnished the
amount estimated in their contracts and fifty
per cent. additional......
........1688,
1695, 1832, 1845, 1854, 2160
joint resolution (S. No. 102) for the relief of
the holders of drafts, orders, or bills of ex-
change drawn by Russell, Majors & Wad-
dell, with the Government, commonly known
as the Floyd acceptances....
..3401
Contracts, bill (S. No. 192) concerning, and or-

ders for Government supplies...............720
bill (H. R. No. 238) to pay the expenses of the
special committee of the House of Represent-
atives, appointed July 8, 1861, to ascertain
and report in regard to, with any department
of the Government for provisions, supplies,
transportation, &c.....408, 427, 468, 506, 666
joint resolution (No. 51) authorizing the Secre-
tary of the Navy to inquire into the causes of
the failure of certain, for steam machinery,
and to remit penalties connected therewith,
1191, 1229, 1246, 1320
bill (S. No. 350) to suspend temporarily the op-
eration of an act to prevent and punish fraud
on the part of officers intrusted with the mak-
ing of, for the Government, approved June
2, 1862......
.2674, 2773,
2826, 2914, 3305, 3310, 3351, 3379, 3403
joint resolution (S. No. 93) in relation to, with
the United States.....
....2913,
2957, 3006, 3217, 3312
bill (S. No. 358) to prevent members of Con-
gress and officers of the Government of the
United States from taking consideration for
procuring, from the United States.......2774,

2914, 2957, 3271, 3325, 3341, 3378, 3403
bill (S. No. 374) to punish persons who give or
offer to give members of Congress and offi-
cers of the Government of the United States
consideration for procuring, office, or place,
from the United States...... 2987, 3007, 3061
bill (S. No. 43) to prevent and punish fraud on
the part of officers intrusted with making of,
for the Government......206, 2440, 2478, 2506
resolution of inquiry in relation to, with the War
Department..................271, 288, 306, 357

Conventions, joint resolution (S. No. 53) to amend

an act to carry into effect, between the Uni-
ted States and the republics of New Granada
and Costa Rica...........940, 1191, 1208 1260
Convicts, joint resolution (S. No. 86) regulating
the employment of the, in the penitentiary of
the District of Columbia....2596, 2615, 2693,
2717, 3323, 3341, 3378, 3384, 3402, 3403
Cooly trade, Chinese, bill (No. 109) to prohibit the,
by American citizens in American vessels,
375, 377, 555, 581, 849, 911
Cooper, Thomas B., death of, announced.... 1680
Copyrights, bill (S. No. 389) supplementary to
an act to amend the several acts respecting,
approved February 3, 1831.................3218
Corporation notes: bill (S. No. 186) to authorize

the issue of small notes by the corporation of
the city of Washington, District of Colum-
bia......
.......... 666
bill (S. No. 209) to authorize the corporation of
Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, to
issue certain notes for circulation..........917
Correction of the Journal............579, 719, 1536
Cotton and other lands, bill (S. No. 201) to pro-

vide for the occupation and cultivation of the,
in possession of the United States, lying along
the southern coast of the United States, 815,
940, 959, 1113
Cotton and tobacco seed, bill (No. 225) making
an appropriation for the purchase of, for gen-
eral distribution.....................555, 557, 760
Court, provost, joint resolution (No. 19) in rela-
tion to property held by the, in Alexandria,
Virginia...
124, 125, 2773
Court of the United States, bill (S. No. 93) for
changing the place for holding the September
term of the district, in the district of Maine,
36, 643, 3257, 3287, 3340
bill (S. No. 106) to authorize the district, for
the northern district of California to hear and
determine upon its merits the claim of Pedro
Chaboya to a certain tract of land in Califor-
nia called La Posa San Juan Bautista.....68,
1514, 1661, 1754, 1772, 1844
bill (S. No. 333) to increase the terms of the
district, for the district of Kansas...2364, 2538
bill (No. 1) to divide the State of Pennsylvania

into three judicial districts, and to establish a
district, to be holden in the city of Erie, 2451,
2477
Courts of the United States, bill (S. No. 128) to
change and regulate the terms of the circuit
and district, in the northern district of New
York.....
.........................................161, 785, 842
bill (H. R. No. 70) for the more effectual organ-
ization of the, in the districts of Kentucky
and Missouri.......
.............................26, 2010
bill (S. No. 182) to repeal an act providing for
additional terms of the circuit and district, in

the State of Kentucky, approved June 15,
1860.....
........581

bill (S. No. 167) to authorize the examination
of parties to suits in the.......408, 2247, 3287
bill (No. 233) to establish an additional judicial

district in the State of New York, and in rela-
tion to the, in said State........994, 995, 2112
bill (S. No. 270) concerning the, in and for the
district of Michigan.
.....1650,
1678, 3271, 3287, 3340
bill (H. R. No. 258) to regulate the time of hold-
ing the, for the district of Kentucky......994,
995, 2010, 2055, 2112, 2216
bill (S. No. 89) to amend the act of the 3d of"
March, 1837, supplementary to the act to
amend the judicial system of the United
States.......26,124, 187, 288, 469, 2675, 2717,

2914, 2940, 3089, 3255, 3274, 3310, 3351
bill for the protection of soldiers in the military
service of the United States, and to suspend
civil proceedings against them in the....2247
bill (S. No. 322) to reorganize the, in the Dis-
trict of Columbia...... ........2305, 2774
bill (S. No. 281) prescribing an additional oath
to be taken by grand and petit jurors serving
in...........1772, 2394, 2479, 2507, 2539, 2618
bill (S. No. 281) defining additional causes of
challenge, and prescribing an additional oath
for grand and petit jurors in the.......
......2620,
2693, 2724, 2776
bill (No. 556) to change the place of holding
the circuit and district, for the district of West
Tennessee.... ..3097, 3098, 3188, 3227, 3310
Courts-martial, bill (S. No. 83) relative to, in the
Army.....
........26, 75, 162, 176 ||

Courts-martial-Continued.

bill (No. 524) prohibiting the confinement of
persons in the military service of the United
States in the penitentiary of the District of
Columbia, except as a punishment for certain
crimes, and to discharge therefrom certain
convicts by sentence of.....3135, 3137, 3165,
3278, 3310, 3312, 3352, 3379, 3384, 3402
Court of Claims, reference of papers to the..1871
reports from the.
13, 444

adverse reports from the............13, 444, 1624
communications from the............... 13, 2394
bill (S. No. 145) to amend an act to establish a
court for the investigation of claims against
the United States, approved February 24,
1855.........
..240
bill (No. 265) to authorize the, of the United
States to hear and determine the claim of the
heirs of Stephen Johnson, deceased......737,
1465, 1555, 2877, 3334

bill (No. 226) to amend an act to establish a
court for the investigation of claims against
the United States, approved February 24,
1855..........
1678, 1688
Cowan, Edgar, a Senator from Pennsylva-
nia.....
...143, 161,
219, 239, 262, 306, 334, 385, 444, 446, 488,
520, 555, 606, 618, 643, 736, 760, 1154,
1205, 1260, 1296, 1314, 1649, 1711, 1754,
1832, 1843, 1845, 1871, 1935, 1916, 2160,
2186, 2215, 2247, 2327, 2439, 2440, 2539,
2625, 2636, 2651, 2656, 2692, 2914, 2916,
2959, 3010, 3014, 2079, 3091, 3217, 3218,
3221, 3324, 3337, 3352, 3354, 3401, 3402
resolutions by.
.161, 3217, 3324
remarks on the death of Hon. E. D. Baker, 53
remarks on the expulsion of Jesse D. Bright,
89, 287, 470, 471, 563, 654
remarks on Kansas senatorial contest, 342, 360
remarks on an inquiry relating to contracts with
the War Department....... ...........307
remarks on the bill concerning criminal justice
in the District......
....320
remarks on the bill relating to railroad and tele-
graph lines........507, 508, 515, 516, 517, 518
remarks on the bill for the construction of gun-
boats.........
..620, 621, 622
remarks on the pay of Army officers.........671
remarks on Treasury note bill....770, 788, 801
remarks on the confiscation bill.......946, 1049,

1605, 1607, 1784, 1786, 1814, 1846, 1856,
1878, 1880, 1882, 1899, 1917, 1922, 1965
remarks on the loyalty of Mr. Stark...966, 967
remarks on the medical department of the
Army...........
.........996
remarks on the organization of the Army corps,
1283, 1284
remarks on the establishment of a national
foundery....
.......1315, 1316, 1317
remarks on the Washington city railway bill,
1986, 1989

remarks on the bill to establish a department of
agriculture........
....2015

remarks on bill to punish treason....2201, 2202
remarks on the tax bill.........2259, 2318, 2319,

2320, 2352, 2353, 2354, 2396, 2398,
2420, 2456, 2457, 2461, 2464, 2465,
2469, 2470, 2471, 2472, 2473, 2475,
2476, 2477, 2479, 2480, 2482, 2521,
2526, 2544, 2546, 2602, 2603, 2605
remarks on the jurors' oath bill... ....2508
remarks on the resolution relating to naval im-
provements
...2538
remarks on the bill to prevent fraud in con-
tracts........... .2827, 2829, 2914, 2915, 2916
remarks on the bill establishing certain post
roads........
..2850, 2851, 2852,

erniments

2855, 2856, 2857, 2858, 2859, 2860, 3111,
3112, 3113, 3114, 3115, 3116, 3195, 3196
remarks on the impeachment of Judge Hum-
phreys.............2944, 2949, 2950, 2951, 2952
remarks on confiscation bill No. 471.......2959,
2960, 2961, 2962, 2992, 2993, 2994
remarks on the bill to establish provisional gov-
........3142,
3143, 3144, 3147, 3148, 3150, 3151
remarks on the tariff bill... ......3173, 3177
remarks on bill to amend the militia act...3227,
3233, 3249, 3250, 3251, 3252, 3253, 3254
remarks on acceptance of League Island, 3248
remarks on the discharge of State prisoners,
3362, 3384
remarks on the Kentucky volunteers bill...3373
Cradlebaugh, John, bill for the relief of......2160

Crimes against the United States, bill (S. No.
286) supplementary to an act passed the 30th
of April, 1790, for the punishment of certain,
1832, 1845
bill (S. No. 334) to amend an act in addition to
the act for the punishment of certain, ap-
proved March 26, 1804..... 2440, 2651
Criminal justice, bill (S. No. 137) in regard to the
administration of, in the District of Colum-
bia.........
.........182, 199, 264, 310
Cronans, Denis, bill to confirm the decision in
the case of........2916, 2917, 3117, 3136, 3310
Crooks, Sylvester, bill for the relief of.........533,
1180, 1230, 1913, 1935, 2083
Cumberland and Congress, bill (S. No. 256) for
the relief of the widows and orphans of the
officers, seamen, and marines of the United
States ships......1464, 1514, 3087, 3135, 3245
Cumberland, bill (S. No. 238) to furnish cloth-
ing and supplies to the sailors and men on
board the sloop-of-war......
..1266,
1280, 1296, 1370
Curtis Mann, bill changing the name of the
schooner, to Supply.
....1296,
1443, 2916, 3010, 3062
Curtis, Brigadier General, joint resolution (No.
52) tendering the thanks of Congress to, and
the officers and men under his command, 1223
D.

Damages, bill (S. No. 134) declaring certain per-
sons to be alien enemies, forfeiting their prop-
erty to the United States, and creating a lien
on said property in favor of loyal persons to
indemnify them for such, as they may have
sustained by the existing war of rebellion,
176, 178, 334, 1556

Dart, Anson, joint resolution (S. No. 87) in re-
gard to the act in favor of, passed June 16,
1860.....
....2477
Davis, Garrett, a Senator from Kentucky, 159, 176,
178, 185, 199, 333, 336, 419, 430, 435,
447, 468, 607, 642, 719, 737, 786, 843,
941, 1014, 1047, 1072, 1081, 1131,
1180, 1514, 1649, 1696, 1772, 1773,
1843, 1845, 1871, 1893, 1937, 1982,
2041, 2056, 2173, 2250, 2343, 2344,
2365, 2366, 2451, 2479, 2507, 2508,
2539, 2618, 2672, 2724, 2862, 2892,
2952, 2953, 3022, 3043, 3091, 3092,
3093, 3097, 3137, 3190, 3194, 3258,
3287, 3288, 3289, 3320, 3354, 3355,
3358, 3373, 3384, 3392, 3393, 3401
resolutions by..... 199, 786, 1893, 2451, 2672
credentials of, presented for the term ending
March 3, 1867...
....159
remarks on the Kansas senatorial contest, 294,
295, 297, 342, 343, 360
remarks on an inquiry touching contracts with
the War Department......
.....309
remarks on completing the defenses of Wash-
ington.........
.....412
remarks on the expulsion of Senator Bright,
418, 419, 431, 435, 447, 453, 470,
473, 541, 543, 544, 545, 589, 590,
591, 592, 625, 626, 627, 629, 646
remarks on the bill reloting to railroad and tel-
egraph lines.......
....506, 509, 3274
remarks on the organization of the Army staff,
537, 538
remarks on the case of Benjamin Stark....866,
867, 965, 991, 992, 993
remarks on the confiscation bill...946, 986, 1605,
1627, 1720, 1742, 1757, 1758, 1760, 1776,
1777, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1785, 1812, 1883,
1895, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1965, 2961
remarks on the rendition of slaves by the Army,
1048, 1142, 1893
remarks on the proposed expulsion of Senator
Powell.........
......1112, 1113,
1205, 1208, 1209, 1216, 1230, 1232, 1234
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia...1191, 1334, 1335, 1336,

1337, 1338, 1358, 1378, 1379, 1446, 1474,
1496, 1497, 1498, 1499, 1500, 1502, 1503
remarks on the emancipation resolution, 1333,
1371, 1373, 1375, 1493
remarks on the bill relating to small notes in
the District of Columbia.....
remarks on limiting debate......
remarks on the bill for the appointment of rep-
resentatives to Hayti and Liberia, 1806, 1807
remarks on the volunteers deficiency bill, 2012,
2013

1543
..1557

remarks on the bill relating to jurors in the Dis-
trict of Columbia......
.....2019, 2020
remarks on the collection of taxes in the insur-
rectionary districts....... ....2017, 2040
remarks on the bill relating to appointments in
the marine corps........2056, 2057, 2652, 2653
remarks on final adjournment..... ...2061,
2062, 2063, 2064
remarks on Washington city railway bill, 2142
remarks on the bill to punish treason, 2167, 2168,

2169, 2173, 2188, 2196, 2197, 2198, 2200,
2205, 2218, 2222, 2223, 2224, 2225, 2228
remarks on the tax bill... ..2258, 2288, 2310,

2311, 2318, 2336, 2354, 2355, 2368,
2369, 2373, 2375, 2376, 2421, 2445,
2468, 2474, 2475, 2485, 2488, 2489,
2491, 2492, 2520, 2521, 2523, 2555,
2557, 2558, 2559, 2580, 2581, 2876
remarks on the jurors' oath bill.. ....2394,
2479, 2508, 2539, 2618, 2619, 2620
remarks on the delivery of General Buckner for
trial......
...2672, 2673
remarks on the bill prescribing an oath of office,
2694, 2861, 2862, 2872, 3012, 3013
remarks on the volunteers bounty bill, 2747, 2863
remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 2728,
2730, 9732
remarks on the bill to prevent fraud in contracts,
2915, 2916
remarks on the bill to establish certain national
arsenals.....
..2988, 2989
remarks on Treasury note bill No. 187....3077
remarks on the bill amending the judicial sys-
..3090
remarks on the bill relating to the judiciary,
3098, 3100, 3101
remarks on the post roads bill........3112, 3113
remarks on the bill to establish provisional gov-
...3144, 3145
remarks on the bill to amend militia act...3203,
3204, 3205, 3206, 3229, 3252, 3255, 3256, 3257
remarks on Mr. Chandler's resolution....3225,
3226

tem.........

ernments......

remarks on the bill to allow the Missouri war
expenses..........
.......3272, 3273
remarks on the resolution defining a constitu-
tional quorum...................... .........3282, 3283, 3284
remarks on the Kentucky volunteers bill, 3371,
3372, 3373

Dead letter office, bill to promote the efficiency of
the....
..153, 238, 358, 386, 506
Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, bill (S. No. 80) to
amend an act to incorporate the Columbia In-
stitution for the instruction of the, and to make
appropriations for the benefit thereof......26,
110, 556, 1180, 1208, 1260
Debates, Annals of Congress and Register of, res-

olution for the purchase of..........1047, 1229
joint resolution (S. No. 30) making appropria-
tion for the publication of the, of the first
Senate of the United States..................306
Defense, bill (H. R. No. 156) making appropria-

tions for the construction, preservation, and
repairs of certain fortifications and other
works of, for the year ending the 30th of
June, 1863, and additional appropriations for
the year ending the 30th of June, 1862...386,
719, 739, 761, 875, 891, 994
bill (S. No. 239) to provide for the public, and
to accept a loan of money therefor from, the
several States......
.1280
Defenses of Washington, bill (H. R. No. 165)

making an appropriation for completing the,
160,162,286,409, 444,555,557, 622,722,737
Deficiency, bill (H. R. No. 404) to provide for
the, in the appropriation for the pay of the
two and three years volunteers and the offi-
cers and men actually employed in the west-
ern department.
....1688,

1695,1979, 1980, 2011, 2018, 2037, 2139
Denham, John, and George Townley, bill for the
benefit of the heirs and administrators of,
2305, 3404

Department of agriculture, bill to establish a, 859,
861, 1296, 1331, 1370, 1390, 1598, 1690,
1755, 1916, 1991, 2013, 2083, 2112, 2216
....2913

bill to repeal the act to organize a..
Deputy collector of the customs, bill (No. 545)
to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to
appoint a, at Chincoteague island, in the State
of Virginia.......2916, 2917, 3110, 3135, 3310
Dickson, Susan, bill for the relief of....3245, 3257

333, 388, 489, 505, 533, 582, 619, 622, 666
Diplomatic representatives, bill (No. 184) to au-
thorize the President of the United States to
appoint, to the republics of Hayti and Liberia
respectively..
.........619,

1755, 1773, 1806, 1814, 2538, 2569, 2596
Disbursing officers, bill (H. R. No. 577) to pro-

vide for the more prompt settlement of the
accounts of....... ..3379, 3384, 3389, 3403
Discharge of enlisted men, bill (S. No. 289) to
facilitate the, for physical disability.... 1854,
1914, 2040, 2061, 2064, 2083, 2160
District attorneys, bill in relation to...90, 153, 155
bill in relation to the compensation of.......408,
1297, 1567, 1582, 1583
District of Columbia, the Committee on the, 9, 608
instruction to........
...67, 2275
...110,
199, 555, 737, 959, 1047, 1347, 1464, 1660,
1854, 1871, 2247, 2506, 2746, 2892, 3117
reports from......
.2850

bills reported from...

.2506

discharged from subjects.....
joint resolution (H. R. No. 25) for the sale of
the ruins of the Washington Infirmary in
the....
...174, 175, 357, 375, 408

bill (S. No. 66) declaring the act to retrocede
the county of Alexandria, in the, to the State
of Virginia, to be unconstitutional, and for
repealing the same.......

bill (S. No. 80) to amend an act to incorporate
the Columbia Institution for the instruction
of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, and to
make appropriations for the benefit thereof,
26, 110, 556, 1180, 1208, 1260

bill (S. No. 87) to provide for the protection of
the public property in the city of Washing
ton from destruction by fire....... ........26
bill (S. No. 98) to amend an act to prohibit the
sale of spirituous liquors and intoxicating
drinks in the, in certain cases... ...........37,
155, 3257, 3258, 3287, 3340
bill (S. No. 108) for the release of certain per-
sons held to service or labor in the.........89,
153,785,995, 1191, 1249, 1266, 1285,
1299, 1319, 1333, 1350, 1375, 1446,
1467, 1496, 1516, 1650, 1652, 1680
bill (S. No. 115) in relation to landlords and
tenants in the......
....110, 785
bill (S. No. 124) relating to highways in the
county of Washington and.... ....161,
959, 1541, 1871, 1893, 1913, 1936
bill (S. No. 137) in regard to the administra-
tion of criminal justice in the...............182,
199, 264, 310
bill (No. 165) making an appropriation for com-
pleting the defenses of Washington......160,

162, 286, 409, 444, 555, 557, 622, 722, 737
joint resolution (S. No. 8) to provide for the
release of certain persons confined in the
county jail for the county of Washington, i
, in
the.......

10

bill to quiet titles in the. ..........178, 2247
bill to incorporate the Guardian Society for the
reformation of juvenile offenders in the, 125,

2163, 2247, 2798, 2825, 2916, 3010, 3088
bill (S. No. 91) authorizing the construction of
a horse railroad through certain avenues and
streets in Washington and Georgetown...26,
555, 875
bill (S. No. 111) incorporating the Washing-
ton and Georgetown Railway Company...90,
555, 875
bill (S. No. 160) to incorporate the Washing-
ton and Georgetown Railroad Company, 386,
555, 875
bill (S. No. 165) in relation to a railway along
Pennsylvania avenue and other avenues and
streets in the cities of Washington and George-
town, in the.
.408, 555, 875
bill (S. No. 170) to incorporate the Union Rail-
road Company, and to authorize the con-
struction of a railroad in certain streets and
avenues in the cities of Washington and
Georgeton, in the, and the running of vehi-
cles connected therewith, and to regulate the
....444, 555, 875

same...............

District of Columbia—Continued.
bill (No. 178) to incorporate the Washington
and Georgetown Railway Company......555,
579, 720, 1047, 1660, 1871, 1916, 1951,
1984, 1991, 2018, 2112, 2140, 2163, 2186
bill (S. No. 172) to revive the charters of cer-
tain banks in the.......
.467

bill (S. No. 176) to incorporate the Citizens'
Gas Light Company.
....533
bill (S. No. 186) to authorize the issue of small
notes by the corporation of the city of Wash-
ington........
......666
bill authorizing the banks of the, to issue notes
of a less denomination than five dollars, 719,
736
bill (S. No. 197) for the appointment of a war-
den of the jail in the.......... ..762, 785, 816
bill (S. No. 210) to repeal certain laws and
ordinances in the, relating to persons of color,
875, 917
bill (S. No. 209) to authorize the corporation of
Georgetown, in the, to issue certain notes for
circulation....
..........917
bill (S. No. 211) to authorize the corporation
of Georgetown, in the, to levy and collect a
water tax...940, 1047, 1541, 2163, 2216, 2275
bill (S. No. 216) to abolish slavery in the, 1011
bill (S. No. 193) to repeal that part of an act
of Congress that prohibits the circulation of
banks notes of a less denomination than five
dollars in the......
....1541,

2674, 2693, 2717, 2893, 3021, 3178
bill (S. No. 222) to provide for the codification
and revision of the laws of the............1048,
1077, 2163, 2186, 2247
bill (S. No. 226) authorizing the opening of
Sixth street west.......1132, 1246, 1260, 1299
bill (S. No. 230) to amend an act to continue,
alter, and amend the charter of the city of
Washington.......1206, 1347, 1543, 1556
bill (S. No. 231) amendatory of an act to pro-

vide for the care and preservation of the works
constructed by the United States for bringing
the Potomac water into the cities of Wash-
ington and Georgetown, for the supply of
said water for all governmental purposes, and
for the uses and benefit of the inhabitants of
the said cities....... ..1206, 1347, 1538, 1557
joint resolution (H. R. No. 68) authorizing the
payment of certain moneys heretofore appro-
priated for the completion of the Washington
aqueduct..........1720, 1831, 2061, 2658, 2774
bill (S. No. 240) to provide for the public
instruction of youth in primary schools
throughout the county of Washington, in the,
without the limits of the cities of Washington
and Georgetown...
.....1280,
1347, 1544, 2163, 2186, 2247
joint resolution (S. No. 86) regulating the em-
ployment of the convicts in the penitentiary
of the, for their improvement and benefit,
2596, 2615, 2693, 2717, 3323,
3341, 3378, 3384, 3402, 3403
bill (S. No. 250) to amend an act to create a
metropolitan police district of the.......1370,
1464, 3290, 3334, 3341, 3378, 3403
bill (S. No. 252) abolishing slavery in the...1415
bill (S. No. 257) for the better organization of
the militia of the...........
.....1464
bill (S. No. 265) to incorporate the Mount
Olivet Cemetery Company in the........1581,
1854, 2634, 2651
bill (No. 271) prescribing the qualification of
electors in the cities of Washington and
Georgetown, in the.......................
.....1661,
1689, 2163, 2186, 2247
bill (S. No. 279) providing for the selection of
jurors to serve in the several courts in the,
1732, 1979, 2018, 2674, 2693, 2717, 2722
bill (S. No.284) to incorporate a bank in the, 1832
bill (S. No. 290) providing for the education of
colored children in the city of Washington,
1854, 1871, 2020, 2037, 2163, 2216, 2275
bill (S. No. 305) to abolish the office of mar-
shal in the, and creating the office of sheriff
of the.......
.......2010, 2892
bill (No. 467) prescribing the qualifications of
attorneys and solicitors in the courts of the
United States and in the.....................................................2163
bill (S. No. 316) to provide for the payment of
fines and penalties collected by or paid to the
justices of the peace of the, under the acts of
Congress approved the 3d and 5th of August,
1851... .......2186, 2506, 3061, 3217, 3312

District of Columbia-Continued.

bill (S. No. 322) to reorganize the courts in the,
2305, 2774
bill (S. No. 337) extending the time for carry-
ing into effect the provisions of the third sec-
tion of the act relating to highways in the
county of Washington and.........2451, 2506
bill (S. No. 344) to incorporate the Metropol-
itan Gas Light Company of the...........2615
bill (S. No. 351) supplementary to the act for
the release of certain persons held to service
or labor in the.......
........2674,

2892, 3136, 3138, 3217, 3312
bill (No. 468) to extend the charter of the
Alexandria and Washington Railroad Com-
pany...
.....2675, 2717
bill (H. R. No. 449) for the relief of the sufferers
by the burning of the Washington Infirmary
on the night of November 3, 1861.......2722,
2746, 2774, 2871
bill (No. 543) relating to schools for the educa-
tion of colored children in the cities of Wash-
ington and Georgetown, in the............3097,
3098, 3117, 3135, 3310

bill (Nd. 524) prohibiting the confinement of
persons in the military service of the United
States in the penitentiary of the, excepting as
a punishment for certain crimes, and to dis-
charge therefrom certain convicts by sentence
of courts-martial...............3135, 3137, 3165,

3278, 3310, 3312, 3352, 3379, 3384, 3402
joint resolution (No. 108) requiring the super-
intendent of metropolitan police to pay over
certain moneys collected for fines and penal-
ties, to constitute a contingent fund for cer-
tain purposes....3341, 3352, 3371, 3384, 3402
joint resolution (No. 72) transferring the super-
vision of the Potomac water-works to the De-
partment of the Interior.........
..2163,

2305, 2719, 2749, 2871
resolutions in relation to the marshal of the...12,
25, 26, 310, 357, 444, 815
resolutions in relation to the regroes confined
in the jail in the......10, 12, 25, 26, 264, 310,
357, 444, 762, 785, 816, 860, 875, 917
remarks in relation to the exclusion of visitors
from the jail by the marshal of the.......310,
357, 444, 815
Dixon, James, a Senator from Connecticut,
25, 26, 68, 110, 126, 127, 143, 144, 145,
274, 286, 357, 364, 376, 377, 385, 477,
505, 506, 556, 607, 719, 1047, 1048, 1072,
1154, 1206, 1246, 1333, 1465, 1843, 1871,
2477, 2625, 2627, 2637, 2652, 2692, 2850
resolutions by....364, 1206, 1843, 2652
credentials of, presented, for the term of six
years from the 4th of March, 1862.........2341
remarks on the death of Hon. E. D. Baker...53
remarks on arrests by the State Department,
90, 91
remarks on the death of General Lyon......155
remarks on the purchase of vessels..........246,
247, 699, 701, 820
remarks on the bill relating to sutlers.......273
remarks on the Kansas senatorial contest...364
remarks on expulsion of Senator Bright....624
remarks on the bill to define the pay of Army
officers.........
.........674, 675, 677
remarks on the fortification bill..........741, 750
remarks on the Treasury note bill......800, 802
remarks on the organization of the cavalry
forces..........
..848
remarks on the case of Benjamin Stark....871,
972, 974, 1012
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...1424,
1427, 1429, 1430
remarks on the civil bill No. 393.... ....2038
remarks on the tax bill.........2314, 2316, 2334,
2335, 2336, 2337, 2338, 2346, 2347, 2349,
2398, 2486, 2487, 2488, 2552, 2553, 2554
remarks on the agricultural colleges bill...2443
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.........2654,
2736, 2737, 2785, 2836
remarks on the bill establishing certain post
roads............
...2860
remarks on confiscation bill No. 471, 2924, 2928,
2929,2931, 2932, 2933, 2973, 2974, 2975, 3005
remarks on the Army appropriation bill No.
450..........
....3042, 3043
Documents, joint resolution (H. R. No. 63) pro-
viding for the distribution of certain public
books and.........
........1566
bill (S. No. 336) to provide for the further dis-
tribution of the public........................2451

sin......

Dodd, William B., bill for the relief of......2693,
2717, 2825, 2913, 3010, 3088
Dome, resolution (S. No. 50) transferring the
supervision of the Capitol extension and the
erection of the new, to the Department of the
Interior, 841, 1072, 1347, 1660,1678, 1689, 2055
Doolittle, James R., a Senator from Wiscon-
...25, 67, 69, 124, 125,
206, 219, 408, 505, 559, 695, 736, 785, 815,
873, 959, 1014, 1021, 1072, 1131, 1133,
1134, 1205, 1356, 1464, 1490, 1514, 1607,
1626, 1649, 1678, 1731, 1831, 1854, 2013,
2038, 2039, 2057, 2065, 2147, 2217, 2305,
2367, 2439, 2539, 2540, 2569, 2571, 2572,
2624, 2625, 2626, 2651, 2674, 2695, 2717,
2732, 2734, 2773, 2798, 2825, 2903, 2912,
2913, 2941, 2945, 3175, 3178, 3189, 3195,
3217, 3225, 3283, 3284, 3306, 3314, 3315,
3324, 3334, 3335, 3377, 3378, 3389, 3392
resolutions by.
....2147, 2625, 2798
remarks on arrests by the State Department,
93, 94, 96
remarks on the bill to promote the efficiency of
the Navy..........
...74, 75
remarks on Kansas senatorial contest, 127, 343
remarks on the bill increasing the number of
cadets...............
.....202, 203, 206

ernment.......

remarks on the purchase of vessels for the Gov-||
...........248, 249
remarks on the bill relating to sutlers, 288, 539
remarks on the bill concerning criminal justice
in the District..........
......310
remarks on secret sessions........ ......494, 536
remarks on the bill relating to railroad and tel-
egraph lines.........

506, 514, 515, 519

remarks on the pay of Army officers.......667,
670, 672, 676, 677, 678
remarks on the fortification bill...... ...741,
742, 744, 745
remarks on the Treasury note bill...........764,
772, 773, 775, 793, 794, 801, 802, 803
remarks on the organization of the cavalry
forces........
..844, 845, 848, 849, 877
remarks on the loyalty of Benjamin Stark, 873,
925, 964, 967, 970, 993, 994, 1014
remarks on the cultivation of cotton lands, 941,
959, 960, 1115
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia.........
..1191,

1266, 1285, 1319, 1333, 1522
remarks on the emancipation resolution...1371
remarks on the confiscation bill.............1607,

1626, 1785, 1786, 1787, 1814,
1883, 1885, 1916, 1959, 3377
remarks on the arrest of General Stone...1696,
1697, 1738, 1741
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill, 1692,
1693, 1694, 1695, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2088,
2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2097,
2098, 2116, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122,
2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2148, 2149, 2150,
2151, 2162, 2163, 2803, 2804, 2840, 2842
remarks on the bill for the collection of taxes
in insurrectionary districts, 1854, 2017, 2018,
2039, 2040, 2041, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2478
remarks on the Washington and Georgetown
railway bill.........
.........1953, 1985
remarks on the bill to punish treason......2170,
2228, 2229
remarks on the tax bill.........2317, 2354, 2367,
2400, 2448, 2457, 2466, 2485, 2493, ||
2494, 2510, 2511, 2524, 2526, 2540,
2541, 2542, 2549, 2552, 2555, 2556,
2560, 2575, 2578, 2599, 2600, 2605
remarks on additional volunteers bill, 2452, 2454||
remarks on organization of Arizona, 2570, 2571
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill......2655,

2659, 2680, 2756, 2761, 2762, 2776,
2779, 2780, 2781, 2782, 2786, 2787,
2814, 2815, 2816, 2818, 2834, 2836
remarks on the bill establishing certain post
roads..........
.2860
remarks on the bill prescribing an oath of office,
2871, 2872
remarks on the confiscation bill No. 471, 2902,

2963, 2964, 2994, 2996, 2997, 3000, 3006
remarks on the impeachment of Judge Hum-
phreys......... ....2950, 2951, 2952, 2953
remarks on the bill to establish provisional gov-
ernments.........
.......3145
remarks on the bill to amend the militia act,
3229, 3230, 3233, 3347
remarks on the bill amending the judicial sys-
..3277, 3278

tem........

Drugs, medicines, &c., bill (S. No. 287) supple-
mentary to an act for the examination of, &c.,
approved the 26th of June, 1848...1844, 2651
Dupont, Captain Samuel F., joint resolution (S.
No. 17) tendering the thanks of Congress to,
and the officers, seamen, and marines un-
der his command, for the victory at Port
Royal...........6, 13, 696, 861, 875, 891, 940
joint resolution (No. 93) tendering the thanks
of Congress to, for his services and gallantry
in action......
.........3087
Duties, bill (H. R. No. 176) to increase the, on
tea, coffee, and sugar.......162, 166, 174, 206
joint resolution (H. R. No. 26) explanatory of
an act to increase the, on tea, coffee, and sugar,
approved December 24, 1861.... .....185,
206, 207, 221, 240, 263, 306
bill (S. No. 296) supplementary to an act ap-
proved on the 13th of July, 1861, to provide
for the collection of, on imports...1893, 1915
bill (No. 446) supplementary to an act approved
on the 30th of July, 1861, to provide for the
collection of, on imports...... .........1913,

1916, 2031, 2083, 2163, 2186, 2364
bill (S. No. 120) in addition to an act to re-
fund and remit the, on arms imported by
States..125, 1390, 1417, 1443, 1464, 1490, 1537
Duty, bill (No. 573) to impose an additional, on
sugars produced in the United States...3271,
3334, 3338, 3352, 3379, 3402
joint resolution (S. No. 69) to authorize the
importation of certain arms by States free
of......
.....1280, 1297
Dyer, Joseph W., and others, bill for the relief
of......
.....2477, 3012

E.
Eaton, Joseph B., bill for the relief of.......1935,
1936, 2305
Ehre, Herman J., bill granting a pension to..2722,
3120

Election, bill (H. R. No. 525) in relation to the,

of Representatives to Congress by single dis-
tricts..2916, 2917, 3061, 3117, 3280, 3310,3371
Electors, bill (S. No. 271) prescribing the quali-

fication of, in the cities of Washington and
Georgetown, in the District of Colum-
bia..................1661, 1689, 2163, 2186, 2247
Emancipation, joint resolution to grant aid to the
States of Maryland and Delaware to emanci-
pate certain persons held to service or labor
in said States.....
...........1133
bill (S. No. 108) for the release of certain per-
sons held to service or labor in the District
of Columbia...89, 153, 785, 995, 1191, 1249,
1266, 1285, 1299, 1319, 1333, 1350, 1375,
1446, 1467, 1496, 1516, 1650, 1652, 1680
bill (S. No. 351) supplementary to the act for
the release of certain persons held to service
in the District of Columbia, approved April
16, 1862...2674, 2892, 3136, 3138, 3217, 3312
resolution (H. R. No. 48) declaring that the
United States ought to coöperate with, af-
fording pecuniary aid to, any State which
may adopt the gradual abolishment of sla-
very...
......1112, 1180,
1298, 1332, 1371, 1390, 1490, 1598, 1650
bill providing for the payment for persons
held to service or labor, liberated by any
State.......
..3322, 3323
Emigrants, bill (S. No. 99) to provide for the
protection of the overland, to California, Ore-
gon, and Washington Territory.......37,
67, 358, 468, 489, 505
Engineers, Army corps of, bill to promote the
efficiency of the.........
...1331, 1624
bill (No. 523) to promote the efficiency of the,
and of the ordnance and quartermaster's de-
partments.......
.....3217, 3244, 3358
Engineer troops, bill to confirm the act of the
President in accepting the services of certain
volunteer..
........1566
Engraving, electrotyping, and lithographing, bill
to provide for....
..2247
Enlisted men, bill (S. No. 289) to facilitate the
discharge of, for physical disability....1854,
1914, 2040, 2061, 2064, 2083, 2160
Enlistments, bill (S. No. 217) to encourage, in the
regular Army....1015, 1037, 1133
joint resolution (S. No. 88) to encourage, in the
regular Army and volunteer forces of the Uni-
ted States.. ........2539, 2776, 2840, 2864
bill concerning, in the military service of the
United States....
...2773, 3320

...9
Enrolled Bills, the Committee on...........
....161
instructions to........
Enrollment of bills, proposed, amendment of the
rules in relation to the, 161, 1315, 2139, 2160
Ericsson, Captain John, joint resolution (No.50)

presenting the thanks of Congress to, for the
enterprise, skill, energy, and forecast dis-
played by him in the construction of his iron-
clad boat the Monitor................1415, 1443
Evans, Jane B., bill for the relief of... 2625, 2914
Evans, Robert M., bill for the relief of......1754,
1772, 3353, 3379, 3402
Evans, W. A., bill for the relief of....3010, 3061
Evidence in support of claims, bill to provide the
means and mode of taking, in certain cases
.....2651
against the Government..
Executive Departments, bill (S. No. 367) in rela-
tion to the duties of the heads of the several,
2850, 2871
Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, joint
resolution (S. No. 38) in addition to a reso-
lution relative to the, to be held in London
.........505, 580, 607
during the year 1862....
Expenses, of the joint committee of Congress ap-
pointed to inquire into the conduct of the
war, joint resolution (No. 35) for payment
of the.... ............386, 428, 468, 489, 505
bill (H. R. No. 238) to pay the, of the special
committee of the House of Representatives,
appointed July 8, 1861, to ascertain and report
in regard to contracts with any Department
of the Government for provisions, supplies,
transportation, &c...408, 427, 468, 506, 666
bill (S. No. 142) relating to the, of Congress,
240, 445, 643, 1094
Expulsion, of John C. Breckinridge, a Senator
.........9, 16
from Kentucky.......
of Waldo P. Johnson, a Senator from Mis-
........37, 70, 239, 263
souri........
of Jesse D. Bright, a Senator from Indi-
...89, 287, 391, 412, 431,
447, 470, 494, 539, 559, 582, 622, 644, 666
of Trusten Polk, a Senator from Missouri, 126,
238, 263
of Lazarus W. Powell, a Senator from Ken-
tucky, 891, 898, 1112, 1180, 1205, 1208, 1230
of Benjamin Stark, a Senator from Oregon,
1983, 2216, 2248, 2571, 2596
of James F. Simmons, a Senator from Rhode
..3061, 3167, 3320
Island.........

ana.....

ment.......

869, 872, 964, 993, 1011, 1013, 1014, 1285
remarks on the bill to punish frauds in Govern-
......206, 207

ment contracts......

ernment..

remarks on the purchase of vessels for the Gov-
..249
remarks on the bill relating to sutlers...272, 273
remarks on completing the defenses of Wash-
.........286, 287, 411
ington..........
remarks on an inquiry touching contracts with
..309
the War Department.....
remarks on the bill in regard to criminal justice
.....311, 316, 317, 320
in the District.......
remarks on the consular and diplomatic bill,
333, 388, 389, 390, 489, 505, 582
........376
remarks on the tax resolve.
377
remarks on the compensation of Mr. Stanton,
remarks on the bill relating to Congress...446,
447, 643, 1094, 1095, 1096
..491, 535, 536
remarks on secret sessions......
remarks on the bill relating to railroad and tel-
egraph lines.......508, 509, 512, 513, 514, 515
remarks on the organization of the Army staff,
537, 538, 1136
remarks on the bill for the appointment of sut-
.........539
lers.........
remarks on the printing of obituary notices..556
remarks on the bill defining the pay of Army
.678, 679, 821, 822,
officers......
823, 824, 825, 827, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081,
1181, 1183, 1184, 1186, 1187, 2831, 3137
remarks on the civil bill.....703, 704, 705, 706
remarks on the fortification bill.........719, 739,

740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745,
747, 748, 749, 750, 761, 762
.762,
remarks on the Treasury note bill....
764, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 788, 800,
801, 802, 803, 898, 899, 929, 940, 947
........815,
remarks on the legislative bill.....

1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1094, 1164
remarks on the organization of the cavalry
forces...............843, 844, 846, 847, 848, 849
remarks on the bill in relation to railroads in
......860
Missouri........
remarks on the reorganization of the Navy De-
..........875, 876
partment.......
remarks on the Army appropriation bill...894,
895, 896, 897
remarks on certificates of indebtedness......945
remarks on the medical department of the
Army....................987, 988, 995, 997, 998
remarks on the bill to encourage enlistments,
1037, 1038, 1039, 1133, 1134, 1135
remarks on the transfer of the supervision of
.1073,
the Capitol extension.......

1074, 1347, 1349, 1350
remarks on naval appropriation bill,1072, 1393,
1397, 1398, 1399, 1400, 1401, 1403, 1418,
1424, 1427, 1428, 1429, 1430, 1431, 1624
...1156,
remarks on the purchase of coin.......

1157, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1228, 1246
remarks on the Post Office appropriation bill,
1247, 1248
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill, 1260,

1678, 1692, 1693, 1694, 1695, 2085, 2086,
2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093,
2094, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2115, 2116, 2117,
2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2123, 2124, 2125,
2126, 2148, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2162, 2595
remarks on the bill for the payment of the Mis-
.1281
souri soldiers......
remarks on the bill for the appointment of light-
house inspectors.......1318, 1319, 1444, 1445
remarks on the appointment of generals, 1416,
1417, 1992

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

remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia..................1471, 1472
remarks on the bill for the relief of the heirs of
Stephen Johnson...............1465, 1466, 1467
remarks on the bill for a branch mint in Col-
..........1695
orado.........
remarks on the arrest of General Stone...1697,
1732, 1739
remarks on the bill to establish a department of
agriculture, 1692, 1756, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
.........1787,
remarks on the confiscation bill..
1922, 1963, 1964, 1965, 2253, 3287
remarks on the mail steamship line to China,
1713, 1714, 1721, 1832
remarks on the Washington city railway bill,
1985, 2141, 2143, 2144, 2145
remarks on the tax bill.........1966, 2254, 2255,
2256, 2257, 2258, 2259, 2260, 2261, 2262,
2278, 2279, 2280, 2281, 2282, 2283, 2284,
2285, 2286, 2287, 2288, 2308, 2309, 2310,
2311, 2312, 2313, 1314, 2315, 2316, 2317,
2318, 2319, 2320, 2321, 2330, 2331, 2332,
2333, 2334, 2337, 2338, 2339, 2340, 2344,
2345, 2346, 2347, 2348, 2349, 2350, 2351,
2352, 2353, 2354, 2355, 2356, 2367, 2368,
2374, 2375 2376, 2377, 2378, 2396, 2397,
2399, 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2406, 2407,
2408, 2419, 2420, 2421, 2422,-2423, 2425,
2427, 2428, 2430, 2443, 2444, 2446, 2447,
2448, 2449, 2450, 2451, 2454, 2455, 2456,
2457, 2458, 2459, 2460, 2461, 2462, 2463,
2464, 2465, 2466, 2467, 2468, 2470, 2471,
2472, 2473, 2474, 2475, 2476, 2477, 2480,
2481, 2482, 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2487,
2488, 2489, 2490, 2491, 2492, 2493, 2494,
2508, 2509, 2510, 2511, 2512, 2513, 2514,
2515, 2516, 2517, 2518, 2519, 2520, 2521,
2522, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2540, 2541, 2544,
2545, 2548, 2549, 2550, 2551, 2552, 2553,
2554, 2555, 2556, 2557, 2558, 2559, 2573,
2575, 2576, 2577, 2578, 2579, 2580, 2581,
2585, 2587, 2598, 2606, 2607, 2608, 2609,
2671, 2675, 2873, 2874, 2875, 2876, 2877
....2081,
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill...

2082, 2216, 2217, 2618, 2655, 2737
remarks on the volunteers deficiency bill, 1979,
1980, 1981, 1982, 2011, 2012, 2013
remarks on the collection of taxes in insurrec-
tionary districts.....
remarks on arrests in Kentucky.

..........2039, 2040

remarks on civil bill No. 393...

.....2083,
2084, 2114
...2037,

2038, 2039, 2634, 2635, 2636, 2637
remarks on final adjournment.......2061, 2062,
2063, 2064, 3284, 3285, 3286, 3352, 3402
remarks on the bill to punish treason.....2163,

2164, 2172, 2173, 2197, 2202, 2203,
2204, 2205, 2224, 2225, 2227, 2228
remarks on the agricultural colleges bill, 2329,

2440, 2442, 2443, 2626, 2627, 2630
remarks on the bill for additional volunteers,
2453, 2454
remarks on the employment of convicts...2616
remarks on the naval appropriation bill No.
423...2695, 2696, 2700, 2702, 2703, 2704, 2706,
2707, 2708, 2727, 2728, 2730, 2731, 2732
remarks on the volunteers' bounty bill...2723,
2724, 2748
remarks on the resolution prohibiting the further
..2775
issue of Treasury notes....
remarks on confiscation bill No. 471.......2930,
2975, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006
remarks on the impeachment of Judge Hum-
phreys....2946, 2949, 2950, 2951, 2952, 2953
remarks on the bill for the relief of Mrs. Fanny
...3011
Mactier Smith.......
remarks on the admission of West Virginia,
3034, 3036, 3037, 3038
remarks on the Army appropriation bill No.
.3039, 3040, 3041,
450......
3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049
remarks on Treasury note bill No. 187...3071,
3072, 3074, 3075, 3079, 3138
remarks on the tariff bill, 3167, 3168, 3170, 3173,

3174, 3175, 3176, 3177, 3197, 3254, 3255
remarks on the bill to amend the militia net,
3200, 3201, 3256
remarks on the resolution defining a constitu-
.......3280
tional quorum.......
remarks on the additional duty on sugar, 3371,
3338, 3352
remarks on supplemental civil bill...3339, 3340