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Blair, Francis P., jr., a Representative from Mis-
souri-Continued.

remarks on the medical department of the Army,
1268, 1269, 1270, 1271, 1272, 1273, 1583,
1584, 1585, 1586, 1587, 1588, 1613, 1670
remarks on the tax bill...
...1312, 1313,
1330, 1365, 1366, 1368, 1369,
1546, 1547, 1548, 1549, 1564
remarks on assigning the command of troops,
1504, 1506, 1507, 1536
remarks on the state of the Union..........1631
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia............... .......1631
remarks on the organization of the signal corps,
1681, 1682
remarks on the Army deficiency bill......1683,
1684, 1685, 1686
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.........1708,
1709, 1908, 1909, 1913
remarks on the seacoast fortification bill,
1788, 1904, 1905, 1906, 2107,
2431, 2537, 2589, 2592, 2594
..1748,

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remarks on Government contracts

1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753
remarks on the recognition of Hayti and Li-
beria.....
.2502, 2533
remarks on the pay of certain Army officers,
2647, 2648, 2649, 2650, 2663, 2664,
2665, 2683, 2684, 2685, 2686, 2687
Blair, Jacob B., a Representative from Vir-
ginia........ .198, 725, 947, 1010, 1040,
1339, 1380, 1442, 1772, 1861, 2495, 2496,
3056, 3060, 3101, 3109, 3396, 3397, 3398
resolutions by.....
.725, 3109
remarks on the emancipation resolution...1168,
1178, 1179
Blair, Samuel S., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania.......
..........171,
1103, 1660, 2180, 2537, 2560, 3165, 3407
resolutions by
..171
remarks on the La Nana grants.... ...33,
77, 384, 398, 717, 718
remarks on the tax bill..1245, 1259, 1273, 1274,
1277, 1325, 1326, 1385, 1386, 1387, 1409,
1410, 1433, 1461, 1480, 1535, 1536, 1565
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill....... .1891
remarks on the Nebraska election....... ..1998
remarks on the confiscation bills Nos. 471 and
472........
..2298, 2409
remarks on the bill for the collection of direct
taxes...
.2411, 2413
remarks on bill to quiet land titles in Maine, 2498
remarks on the bill relating to the land surveys
in New Mexico..3207, 3208, 3209, 3237, 3238
Blake, Harrison G., a Representative from
Ohio....
...33,

101, 109, 156, 157, 168, 172, 229, 230, 238,
274,324, 399, 454,578, 593, 750, 812,878,
909,949,1043,1084, 1168, 1251,1341,1544,
1581, 1643, 1669, 1670, 1743, 1829, 1973,
1862, 1888, 2065, 2066, 2081, 2128, 2178,
2180, 2230, 2322, 2409, 2587, 2613, 2622,
2709, 2737, 2739, 2769, 2886, 2892, 2904,
2905, 2986, 3087, 3154, 3186, 3213, 3239,
3240, 3243, 3244, 3258, 3302, 3304, 3363
resolutions by...
..33,
101, 109, 157, 172, 229, 274, 399, 593,
750, 1042, 1251, 1743, 2737, 2892, 2986
remarks on the legislative bill... ..520, 546
remarks on the Treasury note bill.... ......685
remarks on the postal money order system,
950, 951
remarks on bill relating to sutlers....1144, 1148
remarks on the tax bill..
..1241,
1242, 1310, 1311, 1323, 1325, 1326, 1330,
1342, 1361, 1362, 1383, 1384, 1414, 1442,
1453, 1463, 1488, 1489, 1513, 1535, 1548
remarks on the medical department of the
Army.
.1271, 1272
remarks on the state of the Union.... ..1829
remarks, personal and explanatory, 1829, 1830
remarks on the bill establishing certain post
roads.........
.2230, 2231

remarks on the bill for the relief of Carmack &
Ramsey....
..3295, 3296, 3297
Blue Book, joint resolution for the distribution of
the......... .....2152, 3023, 3213, 3238, 3297
Board of fortifications, bill (H. R. No. 416) au-
thorizing the appointment of a, to provide
for seacoast and other defenses of the United
States...

..1788,

1822, 1904, 2107, 2379, 2431, 2537, 2589
Bouligny, John E., bill for the benefit of....2587
Boundary-see New Mexico; Nevada.

Boundary line, bill to authorize the President of
the United States, in conjunction with the
State of California, to run and mark the, be-
tween the Territories of the United States and
the State of California.......
........57
Bounties, bill granting, or allowances to vessels
employed in bank or other cod fisheries:.400
Bounty, bill making appropriations for the pay-
ment of the, authorized by the sixth section
of an act to authorize the employment of vol-
unteers to aid in enforcing the laws and pro-
tecting public property, approved July 22,
1861......
......1724, 1742, 1772,
1833, 2069, 2077, 2432, 2588, 2621, 2638,
2690, 2769, 2847, 2903, 3128, 3129, 3297
joint resolution authorizing the payment of, to
soldiers discharged by reason of wounds or
other disability before the expiration of their
term of enlistment........

remarks on the civil bill......
remarks on tax bill.

......3396

(See Army; Gunboats; Pensions.)
Bowler, Thomas, bill for the relief of...........231
Bradford, R. B., bill for relief of, 1236, 1925, 2715
Branch mint, bill (H. R. No. 287) to establish a,
of the United States at Denver, in the Terri-
tory of Colorado..
.157, 902, 949,
1167, 1236, 1550, 1551, 1614, 1723, 1789
Branch post offices in cities, bill (H. R. No. 118)
to authorize the Postmaster General to estab-
lish.......34, 378, 379, 1548, 1589, 1646, 1699
Brent, Robert, bill for the reciprocal extinguish-
ment of certain claims between the United
States and the representatives of...........228,
1928, 2614, 2621
Brocchus, Perry E., bill for the relief of....2623,
3186, 3213, 3244, 3258
Brooke, E. H., bill to increase pay of, 1729, 2708
Brosé, F. F., bill for the relief of the representa-
tives of........
...........364, 1929, 2271
Browne, George H., a Representative from Rhode
Island......
.........158,
169, 170, 1629, 1771, 1822, 1846, 2213,
2622, 2740, 2769, 2880, 2903, 3238, 3397
resolutions by.....
.169
..777
.1217, 1259,
1274, 1322, 1323, 1385, 1412,
1413, 1434, 1459, 1566, 1583
remarks on confiscation.....
.1820
remarks on the lowa election..
..2021
remarks on the bill regulating the compensation
of district attorneys....2565, 2566, 2567, 2568
remarks on the pay of certain Army officers,
2668, 2683, 2684
Brown, Rice M., bill for the relief of..........3243
Brown, William G., a Representative from Vir-
ginia...........56, 399, 1484, 1563, 1577, 2021,
2069, 2230, 2231, 2526, 2933, 3107, 3258
resolutions by.........
.......399, 2021
remarks on the election of Joseph Segar...754
Buffinton, James, a Representative from Massa-
chusetts...
.32, 228, 478,
546, 775, 1041, 1097, 1112, 1432, 1483,
1766, 2433, 2560, 2692, 2709, 2956, 3243
resolution by....
...32
Burnett, Henry C., a Representative from Ken-
tucky, expulsion of.....
..........7
Burnham, Alfred A., a Representative from Con-
necticut........
.........36, 304, 931
Burnham, Sylvanus, bill for the relief of....1084,
2183, 2184
Byington, Legrand, contesting Representative
from Iowa-

remarks on the Iowa election.........2021, 2022
Byrne, Louisa Abert, bill for the relief of, 1084,
2184, 2185, 3023, 3213, 3238, 3297
C.

California land titles, bill to quiet..............1833,
2432, 2639, 2640, 2641, 2642
Calvert, Charles B., a Representative from Mary- ||
land.....
..........4, 14, 228,

399, 838, 856, 912, 955, 1042, 1062, 1084,
1193, 1236, 1251, 1252, 1480, 1723, 1743,
1767, 1886, 2157, 2433, 2690, 2763, 3084,
3085, 3120, 3156, 3215, 3244, 3329, 3397
resolutions by.....
..228, 399
remarks on the civil bill......... .231, 233, 235
remarks on the Treasury note bill......885, 902
remarks on the tax bill...1240, 1411, 1549, 1565
remarks on the naval bill....

..2213

remarks on the bill for the relief of J. W. Nye,
2691, 2692
remarks on the Treasury note bill No. 187..2889
Calvert, George, bill for the relief of..........2847

Campbell, James H., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania..
...6, 14,
171, 304, 345, 385, 555, 629, 840, 877, 999,
1062, 1089, 1342, 1480 1578, 1589, 1598,
1612, 1711, 1725, 1728, 1942, 1943, 2023,
2263, 2383, 2821, 2904, 3056, 3152, 3164
resolutions by.
.....6, 385, 629
remarks on the Virginia election, (Mr. Segar,)
4, 756
remarks on the fortification bill..........380, 381
remarks on the Pennsylvania election, (Butler
vs. Lehman)...
.372, 373
remarks on the state of the Union.....497, 1109
remarks on the Treasury note bill..............661, 686
remarks on Government contracts... ...716
remarks on the naval bill
remarks on the bill relating to sutlers, 1145, 1147
remarks on the medical department of the Army,
1269

.833

remarks on the tax bill......... 1328, 1365, 1366,
1408, 1409, 1410, 1411, 1433, 1442, 1565
remarks on the bill for constructing a railroad
to the Pacific....
.......1235, 1360, 1480,
1577, 1578, 1589, 1590, 1598, 1612, 1698,
1699, 1700, 1704, 1706, 1710, 1711, 1726,
1728, 1846, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892,
1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912,
1928, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948,
1949, 1950, 1971, 2879, 2904, 2905, 2906
remarks on the prohibition of slavery......2054
remarks on the tariff bill...............3054, 3055
Campbell, John, and John Ferguson, bill for the
relief of.
.....593, 2846
Canal, bill (H. R. No. 288) to construct a ship,
for the passage of armed and naval vessels
from the Mississippi river to Lake Michi-
gan.......
.902, 1659,
1669, 2537, 2711, 2713, 2714, 2903, 2906,
3023, 3031, 3055, 3057, 3082, 3083, 3107
Canal Company, Chesapeake and Ohio, bill for
the relief of the.......
..2879, 3292
Cannon, breech-loading, bill authorizing the Sec-
fetary of War to test Sanderson's........274,
* 1614, 1660, 1942, 3130, 3158
Capitol extension-see Interior Department.
Captured property-sce Prize.
Carmack & Ramsey, joint resolution (No. 89) in
relation to the claim of.........
.2849,
3103, 3243, 3294, 3297
Carter, L. F., bill for the relief of...... ....1308,
1504, 2178, 2716
Casey, Samuel, a Representative from Kentucky,
1143, 2671, 3107

Cavalry forces-see Army.
Caverly, Z. B., bill for the relief of............877,
938, 1168, 1192, 1243
Cemetery-see District of Columbia.
Censuses, bill to define the time when, hereafter
to be taken shall take effect for the purpose
of representation...........................................1971, 2432, 2494
Census record, joint resolution to require the Su-
perintendent of the Census to record or have
recorded in books to be prepared for that pur-
pose the names of all adult males or heads
of families of the free people of the United
States, in their alphabetical order, and in
such manner as will admit of easy reference,
1562, 1847, 2126
Certificates of indebtedness, bill (No. 212) to au-
thorize the Secretary of the Treasury to is-
sue, to public creditors........954, 1001, 1680
Chaboya, Pedro, bill (S. No. 106) to authorize
the Supreme Court of the United States to
adjudicate and decide upon its merits the case
now pending therein, of, against the United
States....
.....1672, 1766, 1796
Chamberlin, Jacob P., a Representative from
New York......
.902, 1890, 1930, 2128
remarks on the tax bill.
...1309
Chaplains, bill (No. 334) relating to the appoint-
ment and compensation of, to military hos-
pitals..
..........878, 1085, 1564

(See Army.)

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, bill for
the relief of...........
...2879, 3292
Church, St.Thomas, Protestant Episcopal, at Han-
cock, Maryland, bill for repairing the....2879
Civil expenses of the Government, bill (No. 154)
making appropriations for sundry, for the
year ending the 30th of June, 1863, and ad-
ditional appropriations for the year ending
the 30th of June, 1862.......
....140,

210, 214, 231, 274, 298, 726, 751, 776,
777, 781, 813, 1001, 1010, 1036, 1043

Civil expenses of the Government-Continued.
bill making further appropriations for sundry,
for the year ending 30th of June, 1863, and
additional appropriations for the year ending
30th of June, 1862....
......1589,

1722, 2663, 3107, 3108, 3120,
3154,3165,3188, 3210, 3238, 3297
bill (No. 572) making supplemental appropri-
ations for sundry, for the year ending June
30, 1863, and for the year ending June 30,
1862........3392, 3326, 3328, 3370, 3392, 3405
Claim, joint resolution regarding the adjustment
of a certain, therein mentioned............3207
Claims, the Committee of, instructions to....101,
751, 948, 1097, 1347, 1551, 2262
bills reported from..........850, 858, 950, 1084,
1656, 1669, 1924, 1925, 2136, 2137, 2322,
2737, 2846, 2847, 2907, 3207, 3259, 3362
reports from.........377, 1669, 2178, 2907, 2908
adverse reports from........
.1656, 3259
discharged from subjects............... 1097, 2153
Claims, bill to provide for the payment of inter-

est on certain classes of, against the Gov-
ernment....
..250
bill to prevent the payment of fraudulent or ex-
orbitant.......
...399
resolution No. 22, providing for the payment
of the awards of the commission to investi-
gate the military, in the department of the
West.....
.899, 1041, 1044,

1045, 1057, 1061, 1091, 1093, 1098, 1168
bill to provide the manner and mode of taking
evidence in support of, in certain cases,
against the Government...

1562

bill to provide for the quieting of certain, in the
disputed territory in the State of Maine, 1656
bill (No. 497) to authorize the Solicitor of the
Treasury to settle and adjust certain demands
due the United States................2496, 3263
Claims of States for supplies furnished their
troops, bill (H. R. No. 228) authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to settle the, 398,
454, 564, 565, 566
Clark, Ambrose W., a Representative from New
York.......56, 325, 477, 850, 858, 1590, 1928,

nessee.......

1966, 2434, 2560, 2594, 2910, 2953, 2954
remarks on the tax bill..........1322, 1459, 1576
remarks on the tariff bill.....
.2937
Clark, R. L. B., bill for the relief of...........2846
Clements, Andrew J., a Representative from Ten-
..297, 2341
remarks on the tax bill..........1293, 1342, 1369
Clerical force, bill to provide a further, for the
office of the Assistant Treasurer of the United
States at St. Louis........
.1843
bill to authorize an increase of the, in the War
and Navy Departments...
.......349,
364, 435, 467, 480, 500
bill to regulate the, of the Navy Agent at Wash-
ington
.1167
Clerk of the House, instructions to the........15,
35, 950, 1062, 3156
communications from the.........398, 1091, 2975
Clerks, bill to provide for the appointment of ad-
ditional, in the office of the Assistant Treas-
urer in New York......
.......1001,

1024, 1041, 1054, 1061, 1118
bill (H. R. No. 353) to provide for the appoint-
ment of, in the office of the Assistant Treas-
urer at Boston, to fix their salaries, and pro-
vide for the absence of the Assistant Treas-
urer..
......1193, 1236, 1270, 1305
bill (H. R. No. 388) making appropriation to
reimburse the contingent fund of the office of
the Secretary of the Treasury, including com-
pensation of additional, who may be employed
according to the exigencies of the public ser-
vice, and for temporary clerks for the current
fiscal year and for the year ending June 30,
1869, 1577, 1612, 1998, 2153, 2177, 2209, 2263
Clerks to committees...
.14,

32, 56, 77, 100, 145, 378, 400, 457,
727, 909, 3237, 3244, 3395, 3399, 3400
Clothing, extra, joint resolution (H. R. No. 98)
authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish,
to sick, wounded, and other soldiers...3129,
3239, 3266, 3328
(See Varuna.)
Coatzacoalcos-see America.
Cobb, George T., a Representative from New
Jersey..
.167, 170, 171,
174, 1042, 1227, 1252, 1270, 1277, 1461,
1462, 1580, 1925, 1976, 2157, 2183, 2392,
2567, 2620, 2737, 3184, 3209, 3244, 3294

.ana.....

Coin, bill to authorize the purchase of, 1103, 1116,
1192, 1194, 1235, 1241, 1245, 1252, 1254
Coinage-see Assay Office.
Cole, Elizabeth, bill for the relief of...........3292
Colfax, Schuyler, a Representative from Indi-
.4, 5, 7, 14, 36, 57, 59,
61, 115, 120, 139, 172, 174, 227, 228, 229,
274, 375, 554, 555, 785, 850,939, 949,950,
951, 1042, 1084, 1103, 1178, 1314, 1341,
1580, 1581, 1584, 1589, 1629, 1671, 1754,
1767, 1821, 1842, 1846, 1909, 1950, 1966,
2021, 2111, 2138, 2215, 2263, 2289, 2387,
2408, 2496, 2565, 2566, 2587, 2614, 2623,
2624, 2662, 2671, 2686, 2689, 2690, 2692,
2712, 2713, 2714, 2762, 2793, 2×19, 2849,
2890, 2891, 2892, 2936, 2955, 2956, 2975,
2978, 3033, 3105, 3109, 3125, 3155, 3184,
3187, 3214, 3258, 3261, 3292, 3298, 3299,
3302, 3303, 3327, 3370, 3396, 3399, 3400
resolutions by..................................5, 7, 61, 139, 229, 1846
remarks on the bill to abolish the franking priv-
ilege...........
.60, 61,
150, 250 251, 252, 254, 257, 259,
260, 261, 262, 321, 325, 1612, 1613
remarks on the death of Hon. E. D. Baker, 64
remarks on Government contracts...........117,
1744, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749,
1750, 1751, 1835, 1836, 1852, 1863,
1867, 1868, 1870, 1871, 1887, 1888
remarks on the abuse of the franking privilege,
141
remarks on the dead letter office bill.........148,
149, 150, 379
remarks on the civil bill......232, 233, 236, 783
remarks on the sale of postage stamps......353
remarks on the newspaper postage bill......353,

419, 420, 421, 423, 424, 425, 426, 494
remarks on General Frémont's campaign in
Missouri......
.118,

1121, 1124, 1125, 1128, 1129, 1130,
1744, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751
remarks on the Post Office appropriation bill,
931, 932
remarks on the tax bill...1040, 1369, 1486, 1487,

1488, 1489, 1564, 1576, 2681, 2890, 2891
remarks on the Army medical department, 1671
remarks on the bill for the relief of George

Marshall's sureties............1730, 1764, 1765
remarks on the confiscation of rebel property,
1788, 1789, 1792, 2764, 2765
remarks on the bill to grant pensions, 2103, 2104
remarks on the disqualifications of color in car-

rying the mails..................2231, 2232, 2263
remarks on the bill to secure the speed y trans-
portation of the mails.....
.2263,
2264, 2265, 2289, 2290, 2291, 2292
remarks on the bill regulating the compensation
of district attorneys.
...2565
remarks on the pay of certain Army officers,
2684, 2685
remarks on the Treasury note bill No. 187, 2668
remarks on the tariff bill......... ...2936,3051
remarks on the bill for the relief of Carmack
& Ramsey.......... ................3103, 3105
remarks on the bill reducing the rates of mile-
age..........
.....3333, 3364, 3365, 3356
Collection district, bill (No. 241) to change the
location of the port of entry for the Puget
Sound
.....1455, 1504, 2737, 2770

(See Port of entry.)
Collection districts, bill abolishing certain, and
reducing the compensation of collectors and
surveyors in California........
......999,
2137, 2494, 2496, 2532
Collection of the revenue, bill (H. R. No. 550) to

further provide for the, upon the northern
frontier....2909, 3128, 3213, 3293, 3326, 3363
Collector of the customs, bill (No. 545) to author-
ize the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint
a deputy, at Chincoteague Island, in the State
of Virginia............2908, 3128, 3153, 3297
Collectors of the customs-see Compensation.
Colorado, the Territory of, bill to establish a
branch mint of the United States at Denver,
in...........
..157, 902, 949,
1167, 1236, 1550, 1551, 1614, 1723, 1789
bill (No. 273) to establish a land office in the,
1822, 2432, 2494, 2496
bill making appropriation for the construction
of a wagon road from Denver, in, by the way
of Clear Creek and the Middle Park, to Salt
Lake City, in the Territory of Utah.....2027
bill making appropriations for a military post
in

....2030

Colorado, the Territory of-Continued.

.2363

joint resolution relating to the time of holding
the second session of the Legislative Assem-
bly of..................
......2206, 2230
bill (No. 311) to amend an act to provide a tem-
porary government for.......
bill to provide for an Indian agent in......2624,
2933, 3022, 3082
Command of troops, joint resolution (S. No. 68)
to authorize the President to assign the, in
the same field or department to officers of the
same grade without regard to seniority, 1504,
1505, 1536
Commerce, the Committee on, instructions to,
57, 157, 172, 399, 593, 975, 1042,
1252, 1562, 2623, 2663, 2955, 3153
..350, 454,
1192, 1722, 1723, 1924, 1994, 2137,
2138, 2155, 2156, 2177, 2323, 2496,
2847, 2908, 2909, 3102, 3151, 3260
665

bills reported from.....

reports from......
adverse reports from....
discharged from subjects...
Commission-see Claims.
Committees, standing.

select-

..1723, 2155, 2908
...2908, 3102

......... 19,

1046, 1083, 1815, 1924, 1995, 2414, 2526

to wait on the President........

ernment
instructions to the

.3, 4, 6
on the Pacific railroad....19, 178, 1062, 1083
reports from the......
..877,
1062, 1235, 1360, 1846
on contracts made for supplies of the Gov-
.875
.......15,
124, 132, 141, 153, 231, 384,
399, 841, 1054, 3080, 3258
reports from the..
....116,
189, 384, 399, 603, 710, 805, 850,
874, 909, 1010, 1504, 1833, 3151
final report of the, considered.. ..710,
1380, 1504, 1743, 1833,
1835, 1846, 1848, 1862, 1886
on the loyalty of Government employés, 159,
172, 178
reports on the...178, 527, 2262, 2321, 2327
on the establishment of a national armory
west of the Alleghany mountains, 19, 398
reports from the.....
.1022, 2763

.39
.1566

on a general bankrupt law......
report from the.........
on the defenses and fortifications of the great
lakes and rivers.....21, 60, 727, 776, 909
reports from the............1431, 1966, 2819
on the conduct of the war....
..40,

132, 145, 146, 171, 520, 750, 751, 1180,
instructions to the....939, 1251, 2737, 2738
on the celebration of Washington's birth
day.......
........727
on a plan for the gradual extinction of sla-
very..................1563, 1580, 1607, 1655
instructions to......
report from........

.1743
.3394

on the confiscation of rebel property...1788,
1820, 1846, 1861
reports from the............ ......2128, 2764
on the impeachment of Judge Humphreys,
1966, 2262

on the charge of bribery in connection with
the resolution for the purchase of the An-
nals of Congress............3022, 3058, 3101
of conference-
on the bill (H. R. No. 150) making appro-
priations for the consular and diplomatic
expenses of the Government for the year
ending June 30, 1863, and additional appro-
priations for the year ending June 30,
1862.....
....................520, 546, 593, 603
on the bill (No. 165) making an appropria-
tion for completing the defenses of Wash-
ington
............614, 642, 718
on the bill (No. 154) making appropriations
for sundry civil expenses of the Govern-
ment for the year ending the 30th of June,
1863, and additional appropriations for the
year ending the 30th of June, 1862....813,
1001, 1010
on the bill H. R. No. 240) to authorize the
issue of United States notes, and for the
redemption or funding thereof, and for
funding the floating debt of the United
States...............909, 938, 947, 953, 954
on the joint resolution in relation to certain
railroads in the State of Missouri....1045,
1046, 1861, 1062

Committees Continued.

of conference-

on the joint resolution (S. No. 22) providing
for the payment of the awards of the com-
mission to investigate the military claims
in the department of the West........1057,
1061, 1091, 1093, 1098
on the bill (H. R. No. 208) making appro-
priations for the legislative, executive, and
judicial expenses of the Government for
the year ending 30th of June, 1863, and
additional appropriations for the year end-
ing 30th of June, 1862....1102, 1167, 1180
on the bill (No. 136) to provide for the appoint-
ment of sutlers in the volunteerservice, and
to define their duties........1179, 1250, 1251
on the bill (No. 341) to authorize the purchase
of coin.......
.1235, 1241, 1245, 1252
on the bill (S. No. 188) to increase the effi-
ciency of the medical department of the
Army..
.1613, 1660, 1670
on the bill (H. R. No. 242) making appro-
priations for the naval service for the year
ending 30th of June, 1863, and additional
appropriations for the year ending 30th of
June, 1862.....
....1644, 1677, 1681
on the bill making appropriations for the
support of the Post Office Department for
the year ending 30th of June, 1863..1657,
1660, 1677, 1681
on the bill No. 178, to incorporate the Wash-
ington and Georgetown Railroad Com-
pany...
.....2021, 2110, 2157
on the bill (No. 125) to secure homesteads to
actual settlers on the public lands, and to pro-
vide a bounty for soldiers in lieu of grants of
the public lands......2069, 2081, 2157, 2158
on the bill (No. 413) making an appropria-
tion for the payment of the bounty author-
ized by the sixth section of an act to au-
thorize the employment of volunteers to
aid in enforcing the aws and protecting
public property, approved July 22, 1861,
2621, 2638, 2690, 2769, 2847
on the bill (H. R. No. 260) making appro-
priations for the current and contingent
expenses of the Indian department, and for
fulfilling treaty stipulations with various
Indian tribes for the year ending June 30,
1863......

.....2682, 2879, 2906, 3050
on the bill (H. R. No. 312) to provide inter-
nal revenue to support the Government and
pay interest on the public debt..2708, 2890
on the bill (No. 175) to define the pay and
emoluments of certain officers of the Army,
2879, 2886, 3154, 3186
on the bill (S. No. 171) to reorganize the
Navy Department of the United States,
2906, 2954, 2973, 2986
on the bill (No. 371) to prescribe an oath of
office......
...2907, 2975, 3023, 3050
on the bill (No. 423) making appropriations
for the naval service for the year ending
June 30, 1863, 3109, 3182, 3215, 3237, 3261
on the bill (No.393) making further appropria-
tions for sundry civil expenses of the Gov-
ernment for the year ending June 30, 1863,
and additional appropriations for the year
ending June 30, 1862...3154,3165,3188,3210
on the bill (No. 187) to authorize an addi-
tional issue of United States hotes....3154,
3158, 3182
on the bill (H. R. No. 471) to confiscate the
property of rebels for the payment of the
expenses of the present rebellion......3185,
3266, 3293

on the bill (No. 89) to amend the act of 3d
March, 1837, supplemental to an act to
amend the judicial system of the United
States......
...3209, 3243, 3298
on the bill (H. R. No. 531) increasing tem-
porarily the duties on imports.........3213,
3216, 3267, 3268
on the bill (H. R. No. 550) to further pro-
vide for the collection of the revenue upon
the northern, northeastern, and north west-
ern frontier
.....3213, 3293
on the bill (H. R. No. 280) to establish and
equalize the grades of line officers of the
United States Navy.....
.3267,
3268, 3326, 3327, 3328
on the bill to grant pensions..... .3267
on the bill for the relief of Carmack & Ram-
sey....
....3258, 3294

Committees Continued.
of conference-

on the resolution (No. 86) regulating employ-
ment of convicts in the penitentiary of the
District for their improvement and benefit,
3363, 3364, 3397
on the bill (H. R. No. 561) in relation to the
commissioned officers of the United States
in the revenue cutter service.............3367
on the bill (No. 524) prohibiting the confine-
ment of persons in the military service of
the United States in the penitentiary of the
District of Columbia, except as a punish-
ment for certain crimes, and to discharge
therefrom certain convicts by sentence of
courts-martial............
......3394
Compensation, joint resolution (S. No. 36) limit-
ing the, of collectors of the customs and naval
officers....
...........853, 1166, 2138
joint resolution regulating the, of the district
attorney for the western district of Virginia,
1040
bill (H. R. No.33) providing for, to loyal citizens
for property destroyed to prevent the same
from being used by the enemy.....1085, 1614
bill (No. 166) to regulate the, of district atter-
neys... ........1590, 1660, 2565, 2567, 2587
bill in regard to the, of special agents for the
Post Office Department for temporary pur-
poses........
.......2021
joint resolution limiting the amount of, and
mileage to be paid to unsuccessful claimants
to seats in Congress......
.........2415

bill to equalize and establish the, of collectors
of the customs on the northern, northeastern,
and northwestern frontiers.................2909
bill to increase the, of the surveyors of customs
at Albany and Troy, in the State of New
York..........
.........2955

joint resolution (No. 76) relating to the, of Sen-
ators elected or appointed to fill vacancies,
3023, 3214, 3260, 3262

joint resolution relating to the, of members of
the Senate and House of Representatives who
have been or shall be in the military service,
3299
bill reducing the number and salaries of Govern-
ment employés...........
..3303

joint resolution further to provide for the, of
members of Congress...3363, 3400, 3401, 3404
joint resolution (No. 58) to regulate the, for
paying pensions.....
..3404, 3407
(See Collection Districts.)
Conduct of the war...
joint committee on the.....

...5, 16
.40,

132, 145, 146, 171, 520, 750, 751, 1180
instructions to the..........939, 1251, 2737, 2738||
joint resolution (No. 35) for the payment of the
joint committee of Congress appointed to in-
quire into the........ .439, 481, 500, 608
joint resolution (No. 39) providing a stenogra-
pher for the joint committee appointed to in-
quire into the...... .....527, 838, 851, 878
joint resolution (No. 42) in addition to the joint

resolution for payment of the expenses of the
joint committee to inquire into the...608, 1166
Confiscation of rebel property, select committee
on the..............1788, 1820, 1846, 1861
reports from the......
.....2128, 2764
bill (H. R. No. 126) to forfeit the property and
slaves of persons who shall engage in or aid
and abet armed rebellion against the United
States.....1303, 1682, 1698, 1754, 1766, 1767
bill (H. R. No. 107) to forfeit the property and
slaves of persons who shall engage in or aid
and abet armed rebellion against the United
States......
..7, 56, 1303,

1321, 1682, 1698, 1766, 1788, 1796, 1801
bill (H. R. No. 106) to facilitate the suppres-
sion of rebellion and prevent its return, 1303,
1682, 1698, 1766, 1788,
1789, 1796, 1801, 1815
bill (H. R. No. 110) making it a penal offense
for any officer or private of the Army or Navy
to capture or return, or aid in the capture or
return of fugitive slaves........
.16,

1303, 1682, 1698, 1766
bill (H. R. No. 128) to punish treason, and to
provide a more effectual mode for the collec-
tion of taxes imposed by Congress, and to
furnish a fund to remunerate the losses of
loyal citizens, and to provide homesteads for
soldiers employed in suppressing the present
rebellion.............57, 1303, 1682, 1698, 1766

Confiscation of rebel property-Continued.
joint resolution (H. R. No. 11) relative to the
right and duty of the President in regard to
persons held as slaves in any military district
in a state of insurrection...
..5,
78, 115, 1303, 1682, 1698, 1766
joint resolution (H. R. No. 13) concerning the
rebellion....... ..1303, 1682, 1698, 1766
joint resolution (H. R. No. 14) in relation to
persons claimed as slaves in the States now
in rebellion.... ..1303, 1682, 1698, 1766
joint resolution (H. R. No. 15) in relation to
the confiscation of the property of rebels, 33,
1303, 1682, 1698, 1766
joint resolution (H. R. No. 18) to facilitate the
suppression of the rebellion and prevent its
......1303, 1682, 1698, 1766
resolution (No. 9) as to the powers of the Presi-
dent of the United States over the Army and
Navy........... ....8, 1303, 1682, 1698, 1766
resolution (No. 3) relative to the confiscation of
the property of rebels...
....6,
1303, 1682, 1698, 2766
resolution on the subject of military orders for
the return of slaves.....

return....

....158,
172, 1303, 1682, 1698, 1766
resolution relative to the expediency of making
void all sales, transfers, and dispositions of
property of every kind, by persons engaged
in insurrection against the United States..400,
1303, 1682, 1698, 1766
joint resolution (H. R. No. 54) in relation to
the powers of the President of the United
States
.1303, 1682, 1698, 1766
bill (No. 107) to provide for the capture and
condemnation of enemy property, and to in-
demnify the United States for expenses in-
curred in the suppression of rebellion...1770
bill to confiscate the property of rebels for the
payment of the expenses of the present re-
bellion......
......1886, 2128,
2232, 2233, 2265, 2292, 2321, 2323, 2341,
2356, 2383, 2393, 2764, 2906, 3107, 3185,
3187, 3266, 3267, 3293, 3326, 3405, 3406
joint resolution for the purpose of correcting
the, act......
....3370
joint resolution (No. 110) explanatory of an act
to suppress insurrection, to punish treason
and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the prop-
erty of rebels........ .........3400, 3404, 3405
Congress, bill relating to....
....1614
Congress, frigate-see Accounts; Cumberland.
Congressional Globe and Appendix, resolution
directing the Clerk to procure for each mem-
ber of the House not heretofore supplied one
copy of the...........
...1754
Conkling, Frederick A., a Representative from
New York......
.170, 171, 230,
262, 378, 384, 478, 503, 576, 599, 751, 850,
856,857,878, 909, 911, 932, 937,948, 1006,
1022, 1025, 1045, 1046, 1086, 1097, 1109,
1118, 1168, 1193, 1236, 1245, 1340, 1483,
1657, 1673, 1698, 1722, 1729, 1730, 1754,
1829, 1833, 1864, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928,
1943, 1998, 2022, 2023, 2136, 2137, 2138,
2139, 2178, 2179, 2180, 2181, 2182, 2184,
2289, 2321, 2323, 2359, 2379, 2381, 2382,
2434, 2496, 2497, 2498, 2622, 2624, 2639,
2663, 2671, 2686, 2688, 2689, 2691, 2692,
2709, 2710, 2712, 2714, 2715, 2716, 2818,
2819, 2820, 2844, 2845, 2846, 2847, 2849,
2906, 2907, 2910, 2954, 2955, 3083, 3086,
3087, 3154, 3155, 3156, 3158, 2165, 3186,
3209, 3237, 3239, 3240, 3243, 3244, 3259,
3260, 3261, 3262, 3263, 3264, 3265, 3266,
3292, 3293, 3294, 3295, 3326, 3328, 3329,
3330, 3331, 3363, 3368, 3369, 3370, 3393,
3396, 3397, 3398, 3399, 3401, 3405, 3407
resolutions by....384, 751, 1245, 2622
remarks on the reference of the President's
message
.21
remarks on Kentucky volunteers bill... 102, 108
remarks on the gunboats bill... ...... 124, 147
remarks on the consular and diplomatic bill,
152, 153, 482, 486
remarks on the civil bill
..215,
216, 217, 277, 283, 304, 776, 777, 783
remarks on the legislative bill
.441,
443, 503, 504, 521, 522, 527,
528, 531, 532, 1087, 1090, 1091
remarks on providing for supplies furnished by
States.
.455, 456
remarks on the resolution relating to railroads
in Missouri......710, 806, 808, 809, 810

Conkling, Frederick A., a Representative from
New York-Continued.
remarks on the naval appropriation bill....813,
828, 830, 831, 3183
remarks on the organization of the staff of the
Army.....
.: 1098, 1102
..1220,
1259, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1295,
1407, 1408, 1409, 1411, 1545
remarks on the medical department of the
Army
...1269
remarks on the bill for the relief of Francis
Hüttman
.1722, 2611, 2612, 2613
remarks on the bill for the relief of Chauncey
A. Horr.....
......1724, 1725
remarks on the confiscation of rebel property,
1794, 3370
remarks on the payment of soldiers' bounty,
1834

remarks on tax bill.........

remarks on the naval bill for 1863.........2209,
2210, 2211, 3081
remarks on the bill for the collection of taxes,
2413
remarks on the Indian bill.............2494, 2495
remarks on the bill for regulating the compen-

sation of district attorneys..........2567, 2587
remarks on the Illinois ship canal...2714, 3026
remarks on the bill for the relief of James N.
Müller......
.......2847, 2848, 2849
remarks on the tariff bill.......2940, 2980, 2983
Conkling, Roscoe, a Representative from New
York.......
.......5, 6, 21, 33, 34, 36,
39, 101, 124, 142, 168, 174, 352, 504, 527,
610, 752, 813, 857, 910, 911, 912, 953,
1041, 1180, 1251, 1341, 1563, 1564, 1566,
1589, 1590, 1610, 1628, 1657, 1658, 1730,
1820, 1834, 1943, 1971, 1973, 2010, 2078,
2111, 2289, 2414, 2434, 2435, 2439, 2768,
2820, 2821, 2822, 2846, 2887, 2904, 3080,
3083, 3109, 3151, 3152, 3207, 3214, 3238,
3239, 3242, 3243, 3258, 3259, 3260, 3264,
3266, 3268, 3293, 3296, 3299, 2302, 3303,
3328, 3329, 3331, 3333, 3362, 3363, 3364,
3365, 3366, 3369, 3370, 3393, 3394, 3397
resolutions by....
..6, 36, 191,
218, 813, 911, 930, 1041, 1149, 1251
remarks on the bill relating to military frauds,
34, 35
remarks on the homestead bill...........137, 139
remarks on the city railroad......................................171, 172
remarks on the fortification bill........ ......383
remarks on the diplomatic bill... .......182,
153, 482, 484, 485
remarks on the battle at Ball's Bluff........189,
190, 191, 193, 194, 198
remarks on the civil bill............278, 283, 3108
remarks on the London exhibition resolu-
tion......
..332
remarks on the bill to abolish the franking privi-
lege........ ..251, 252, 257, 258, 324, 326
remarks on the legislative bill....
.442,

1089, 1090, 1093
remarks on the Treasury note bill..........523,
527, 549, 615, 617, 618, 633, 634,
636, 640, 661, 691, 692, 693, 694,
695, 883, 888, 889, 890, 899, 901
remarks on war claims of the States...567, 568
remarks on the conduct of the war.....854, 855
remarks on the victory at Fort Donelson...930
remarks on engineer volunteers bill...1029, 1030
remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol-
ishment of slavery.....
...1149, 1152,

1153, 1154, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1514, 1589
remarks on the bill relating to the courts in
New York...................
.........953
remarks on the tax bill...
...1219, 2220,

1221, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1237, 1238, 1239,
1240, 1365, 1366, 1433, 1435, 1440, 1481,
1483, 1484, 1510, 1547, 1548, 1549, 1550
remarks on assigning the command of troops,
1505, 1506, 1507, 1508
remarks on the bill for the relief of Chauncey
A. Hofr.......
.......1725
remarks on the bill for the relief of George
Marshall's sureties......
.1764, 1765
remarks on the confiscation of rebel property,
1818, 1819, 1820, 2359
remarks on Government contracts.... .1744,
1745, 1753, 1838, 1862, 1863,
1864, 1865, 1868, 1887, 1888
remarks on the prohibition of slavery......2042,
2014, 2045, 2054
remarks on the payment of soldiers' bounty,
2077, 2078, 2079

Conkling, Roscoe, a Representative from New
York-Continued.

service......

remarks on the bill to secure the speedy trans-
portation of the mails....... ..2289, 2291
remarks on the District hospital bill........2437
remarks on the bill regulating the compensa-
tion of district attorneys............2565, 2568
remarks on equalizing the grades in the naval
.2742, 2743
remarks on providing for losses incurred from
the rebellion.....
.2822, 2904, 3056
remarks on the bill relating to the abstracted
Indian bonds.....
...3157
remarks on the bill for the relief of William
Snowhook........
.3259, 3260
remarks on the bill reducing the rates of mile-
age.........
.......3363, 3364, 3365, 3366
Consular and diplomatic expenses of the Gov-
ernment, bill (H. R. No. 150) making appro-
priations for the, for the year ending 30th
June, 1863, and additional appropriations for
the year ending 30th June, 1862...........118,
150, 482, 527, 546, 593, 603, 612, 707
Consul at Tampico, bill increasing temporarily
the salary of the United States....1925, 2715
Contested election-

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case of Charles H. Foster, claiming a seat as
a Representative from North Carolina...3,
4, 35, 1103, 2846, 2879, 2910, 3102
reports on the..
........132, 2737
case of Jacob B. Blair, claiming a seat as a
Representative from Virginia......... ....3
case of Joseph Segar, claiming a seat as a Rep-

from California.....

resentative from Virginia..........3, 4, 198,
398, 727, 729, 751, 755, 760, 785, 1022
reports on the.....398, 1339, 1340, 1656, 1971
case of Legrand Byington, contesting the seat
of William Vandever, a Representative
from Iowa.......
...4, 39,
198,655, 760, 850, 947, 1822, 1833, 2021
reports on the.......
........775, 1629
case of F. F. Low, elected as a third member
.4,
76, 1846, 1928, 1943, 1967
report on the........
.........1656
case of Andrew J. Clements, claiming a seat as
a Representative from Tennessee....6, 297
report on the.........
...297
case of John Kline, contesting the seat of John
P. Verree, a Representative from Pennsyl-
vania......
...8, 15, 188,
1010, 1046, 1054, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1061
report on the,......
....1010
case of S. F. Beach, contesting the seat of
Charles H. Upton, a Representative from
Virginia......... ..........32, 435, 1040
report on the..
.....1040, 1452
case of John M. Butler, contesting the seat of
William E. Lehman, a Representative from
Pennsylvania..210, 365, 372, 374, 379, 380
report on the.......
....210
case of Charles H. Upton, claiming a seat as a
Representative from Virginia............565,
568, 608, 909, 947, 975, 1001, 1006
reports on the.....
.................565, 568, 975
case of J. Sterling Morton, claiming a seat as a
Delegate from Nebraska, against Samuel
G. Daily, the sitting Delegate..........1656,
1973, 1995
report on the........
.........1671, 2321
Contracts, bill to pay the expenses of the com-
mittee to investigate Government....400, 480
joint resolution (H. R. No. 51) authorizing the
Secretary of the Navy to inquire into the
causes of the failure of certain, for steam ma-
chinery, and to remit penalties connected
therewith..................1103, 1192, 1241, 1245
joint resolution (H. R. No. 44) to annul cer-
tain orders for fire-arms, and to authorize the
Secretary of War to suspend other......1847
bill (No. 43) to prevent and punish fraud on
the part of officers intrusted with making,
for the Government...................
.2494, 2496
bill (No. 358) to prevent members of Congress
and officers of the Government of the United
States from taking consideration for procur-
ing, office, or place, from the United States,

2978, 3129, 3130, 3165, 3260, 3362, 3367
joint resolution (No. 93) in relation to, with
the Government... .....3023, 3214, 3260
bill (No.350) to suspend temporarily the opera-
tion of an act to prevent and punish fraud on
the part of officers intrusted with making, for
the Government......
........3368, 3396

Contracts-Continued.

special committee for the investigation of, made
for supplies for the Government.........975
instructions to..........15, 124, 132, 141, 153,

231, 384, 399, 841, 975, 1054, 3080, 3258
reports from....... .116, 189, 384, 603, 710
805, 850, 874, 909, 1010, 1504, 1833, 3151
final report of the committee on, considered,
460,710, 1380, 1504, 1743, 1833,
1835, 1846, 1848, 1862, 1886
Contractors, joint resolution (H. R. No. 66) au-
thorizing the Secretary of the Navy to dis-
charge, with his Department when they have
furnished the amount estimated in their con-
tracts, and fifty per cent. additional......1680
bill to punish fraudulent, for supplies to the
Government...........
.2638, 2671
Contumacious witness, case of Benjamin Higdon,
.400,909
case of Henry Wickoff, a......... ..775, 831
case of Aaron Higgins, a.......1504, 1508, 1588
case of Michael C. Murphy, a... ........2986
Conventions, joint resolution to amend an act to
carry into effect, between the United States
and the republics of New Granada and Costa
Rica...
........949, 1166, 1192, 1227
Convicts-see District of Columbia.
Conway, Martin F., a Representative from Kan-
sas......5, 16, 344, 554, 679, 1178, 1179, 3405
resolutions by
.....679
remarks on the disposition of slaves within mil-
itary districts.....
.82, 87

a.......

.....

.99

remarks, personal and explanatory
bill for the relief of.......1656, 2184, 3397, 3398
Coolie trade, bill to prohibit the, by American citi-

zens in American vessels, 16, 350, 593,838,855
Cooper, Thomas B., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania, death of, announced... .....1686
Copy-right, bill to amend act respecting, 1112,1431
Corning, Erastus, a Representative from New
York....

resolutions by.............................

remarks on the tax resolution...............
Correction of the Journal...

.939

.939

.344

..850,

1061, 1581, 1583, 2708, 2843, 2975
Correction of the report.......
.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,
1131, 1166, 1167, 1235, 1286
Cotton and tobacco sced, bill (H. R. No. 255)

making an appropriation for the purchase of,
for general distribution.....610, 735, 760, 825
Court-house, bill to provide for the payment of

expenses incurred by the marshal of Boston
for repairs to the United States............1723
Court of Claims, withdrawal of papers from
the.......

reports from the.......

adverse reports from the.
communications from the.....

15, 3406

13, 477

13, 377
.2408
bill to amend the act to establish a court for
the investigation of claims against the Gov-
ernment of the United States, approved Feb-
ruary 24, 1855.......
......385,
488, 850, 879, 899, 1671, 1672, 1677
Court of the United States, joint resolution con-
cerning the district, for Virginia............399
bill (No. 93) for changing the place for hold-
ing the September term of the district, in the
district of Maine.........707, 1166, 3261, 3293
bill to establish a circuit, in and for the States
of California and Oregon.... ........1677

bill to regulate the time for holding the district,

for the western district of Virginia...1380,1656
Court, provost, joint resolution (H. R. No. 19)
in relation to property held by the, of Alex-
andria, Virginia......
.........56, 115
Courts-martial, bill (S. No. 83) relative to, in the
Army......
...99, 147, 157, 171
bill providing that, shall not hereafter sentence
to the penitentiary any person for an offense
against military law, and providing for the
discharge of the persons now held in the pen-
itentiary by virtue of commitments made by
such courts for offenses not made infamous
by the common law.
..2714
Courts of the United States, bill in addition to an
act to establish the judicial........
61
bill (No. 233) to establish an additional judi
cial district in the State of New York, and in
relation to the, in said State......... .399,
879, 952, 953, 954

Courts of the United States-Continued.

bill to regulate the times of holding the, for the
district of Kentucky.....
..... 593,

951, 2066, 2110, 2178
bill to divide the State of Michigan into two ju-
dicial districts, and to provide for holding the
circuit and district, therein......... ...736,

2565, 2587, 3401, 3405
bill to amend the thirtieth section of an act to
establish the judicial, approved September
24, 1789, in relation to taking depositions,
877, 951

bill (S. No. 167) to authorize the examination
of parties to suits in the..............3305, 3368
bill to provide for the reorganization of the Su-
preme, circuit, and district....1022
bill (S. No. 128) to change and regulate the
terms of the circuit and district, in the north-
ern district of New York.............858, 1166
bill to amend the act to establish judicial...1046,
3262

bill (No. 270) concerning the, in and for the
district of Michigan...........1822, 3262, 3293
bill to change the place of holding the circuit
and district, in the district of West Tennes-
see...3056, 3080, 3102, 3105, 3208, 3238, 3297
Courts, probate, bill to define the jurisdiction of
the, in the Territories.........
......1022

(See Judicial Districts; Nevada; District of Co-
lumbia.)

Covode, John, a Representative from Pennsyl-
vania.....
........1030, 1411,

1658, 2209, 2381, 2383, 2537, 2906, 3395
remarks on the homestead bill...........134, 135
remarks on the conduct of the war, 839, 840, 841
remarks on the Army deficiency bill.......1683,
1684, 1685, 1686
Cox, Samuel S., a Representative from Ohio...2,
4, 5, 15, 16, 20, 33, 34, 35, 36, 56, 60,
76, 87, 101, 109, 115, 159, 172, 198, 199,
229, 230, 353, 375, 379, 380, 384, 385,
400, 436, 488, 554, 655, 727, 759, 760,
784, 785, 812, 835, 840, 857, 859, 877,
909, 912, 939, 975, 1036, 1041, 1046,
1062, 1084, 1116, 1131, 1153, 1180, 1251,
1252, 1340, 1342, 1390, 1432, 1505, 1506,
1563, 1589, 1608, 1655, 1659, 1671, 1677,
1698, 1725, 1726, 1743, 1754, 1771, 1787,
1788, 1847, 1870, 1871, 1888, 1925, 1929,
1934, 1935, 1967, 1970, 1995, 2041, 2068,
2069, 2103, 2209, 2210, 2262, 2271, 2292,
2322, 2359, 2379, 2385, 2433, 2434, 2439,
2495, 2496, 2498, 2526, 2529, 2536, 2537,
2560, 2620, 2621, 3108, 3109, 3125, 3155,
3188, 3215, 3216, 3243, 3293, 3233, 3370,
3393, 3394, 3398, 3400, 3405, 3406, 3407
resolutions by....
.................15, 36, 172, 229,
1116, 1743, 1788, 2292, 2560, 2621, 3406
remarks on the detention of the Perthshire,
119, 120, 121, 122
remarks on the diplomatic bill..... ..151,
152, 153, 482, 483, 485, 486
remarks on the Indian intercourse bill......384,
385, 479, 480
remarks on the civil bill........ ..214, 215,
216, 218, 231, 232, 237, 280,
282, 283, 205, 776, 1723, 3108
remarks on the resolution to impose a tax, 349
remarks on the conduct of the war......569, 570
remarks on the Treasury note bill......692,.694
remarks on the victory at Fort Donelson, 930,
931
remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol-
ishment of slavery......1153, 1168, 1177, 1178
remarks on the organization of Arizona, 1341,
1342, 2027
.1345, 1346,

remarks on the tax bill...

1360, 1361, 1385, 1411, 1413, 1442, 1565
remarks on the state of the Union..........1618,
1829, 3133, 3134
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia..........1643, 1647, 1649
remarks on confiscation.....
....1682,

1792, 1796, 1819, 1820, 2128, 2409, 3267
remarks on the seacoast fortification bill, 1905,
1906, 2379
remarks in relation to the battle at Pittsburg
Landing.......
....1932
remarks on the Nebraska election..........1973,
2000, 2007, 2009
remarks on the prohibition of slavery.....2030,
2042, 2043, 2044, 2051, 2054, 2063, 2069
remarks on the bill establishing certain post
roads....................................
2231

Cox, Samuel S., a Representative from Ohio-
Continued.
remarks on the recognition of Hayti and Li-
beria........
...2498, 2500, 2502,
2503, 2505, 2529, 2532, 2533, 2535, 2536
remarks on the bill relating to the engineer
corps..........
.3212
remarks on the bill for the relief of Dr. William
Treavitt......
..3244
Cradlebaugh, John, a Delegate from Nevada,
100, 1022, 1612, 1646, 1686, 1847,
2136, 2157, 2496, 2614, 2622, 2624,
2879, 3153, 3213, 3263, 3266, 3331
resolutions by.
.1847, 2496, 2622
remarks on the diplomatic bill...
..487
remarks on the legislative bill.........
.527, 1092
remarks on the tax bill........
.1257
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.........1699,
1700, 1892, 1909, 1910, 1949
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia.................1643, 1645
remarks on Government contracts...........1749
remarks on the prohibition of slavery.....2049
remarks on the bill relating to land surveys in
New Mexico......
3208, 3209
Crary, Archibald C., bill for relief of...398, 1929
Cravens, James A., a Representative from In-

diana......116, 146, 158, 172, 262, 1061, 1084,

1149, 1193, 1227, 1279, 1342, 2185, 2341
[The copy of the speech referred to on page
2341 was not furnished by Mr. C.]
resolutions by.........
..158, 1252
remarks on Bull Run.....
...840
remarks on the homestead bill................1032
remarks on the organization of Arizona, 1341,
1342, 2030
Crimes-see Rebellion.
Crisfield, John W., a Representative from Mary-
land....
..285, 399, 760,
1042, 1084, 1252, 1330, 1340, 1341, 1342,
1788, 1935, 1979, 1995, 2108, 2129, 2263,
2274, 2359, 2379, 2793, 3085, 3109, 3216
resolutions by...
..399, 760, 1341
remarks on the civil bill....
..275, 276, 304
remarks on the Treasury note bill...........642,
656, 689, 690, 692
remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol-
ishment of slavery.....1149, 1151, 1171, 1176
remarks on the tax bill.........1245, 1305, 1306,

1307, 1313, 1329, 1330, 1367, 1368, 1369
remarks on the confiscation of rebel property,
1819, 2129, 3107
remarks on prohibition of slavery....2048, 2050
remarks on the naval bill for 1863... .2212,
2214, 2215,
remarks on the bill granting Colorado desert to
California........2379, 2380, 2381, 2879, 3158
Crittenden, John J., a Representative from Ken-
tucky......
......400, 835, 878,
958, 1084, 1563, 1697, 1698, 1766, 1925,
2065, 2181, 2182, 2536, 2564, 2680, 2793
resolutions by.
400, 727, 835, 2065
remarks on the homestead bill..
remarks on the fortification bill..
remarks on battle of Ball's Bluff, 192, 193, 194
remarks on election of Joseph Segar, 753, 756
remarks on the commemoration of Washing-

.138
.383

ton's birth-day...726, 727, 805, 835, 912, 913
remarks on the conduct of the war.. .....852,
853, 854, 855
remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol-

ishment of slavery.............1168, 1172, 1173
remarks on the tax bill..........1276, 1550, 1564
remarks on the state of the Union...........1634
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia......
..1634,

1635, 1636, 1637, 1638
remarks on the confiscation of rebel property,
1802, 1803, 1804, 1818, 1819
remarks on the recognition of Hayti and Li-
beria.........
..2534, 2535
Crooks, Sylvester, bill for the relief of.......1243,
1504, 1925, 1942
Cronans, Dennis, adverse decision in the case of,
2907, 3128, 3153, 3297
Cumberland and Congress, bill (No. 256) for the

relief of the widows and orphans of the offi-
cers, seamen, and marines of the United States
ships..............1531, 1589, 3084, 3128
Currency, bill to provide a national, secured by a
pledge of United States stocks, and to provide
for the circulation and redemption thereof,
3258, 3293, 3362
(See Postage Stamps.)

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remarks on the Pacific railroad bill..... 1890
remarks on the Nebraska election, 1975, 1978,

1979, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2322
Dakota, the Territory of, bill making a grant of
land to, in alternate sections, to aid in the
construction of certain railroads in said Ter-
ritory........
..........1042
bill granting public lands to, to aid in the con-
struction of a railroad in said Territory, 2495
Damages, bill (H. R. No. 401) relating to claims

for the loss and destruction of property be-
longing to loyal citizens and, thereto by the
troops of the United States during the pres-
ent rebellion......947, 1669, 2136, 2153, 2363,

2379, 2638, 2820, 2821, 2847, 2889, 2904,
2933, 2953, 2955, 2975, 2978, 2986, 3056
(See Rebellion.)
Davis, Commander Charles H., joint resolution
tendering the thanks of Congress to, of the
United States Navy, his officers and crew, 2879
Davis, William M., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania.......
.......56, 76, 117, 232,
533, 1041, 1766, 1820, 2681, 3263, 3264
resolutions by.
.....1041, 1508
remarks on the fortification bill................380
remarks on Government contracts...........714,
715, 716, 1749
remarks on case of Captain E. M. Davis, 726
remarks on the naval bill.........
.830, 833
remarks on the tax bill....
.1365,
1410, 1438, 1463, 1488, 1528
Dawes, Henry L., a Representative from Massa-
chusetts.......2, 4, 7, 32, 35, 39, 45, 132, 141

149, 274, 426, 427, 435, 555, 564,566, 576,
592,593, 707, 726, 727, 760, 775, 912, 1010
1030, 1040, 1339, 1340, 1342, 1369, 1452,
1483, 1504, 1507, 1508, 1583, 1588, 1589,
1656, 1676, 1847, 1930, 1943, 1966, 1967,
2023, 2041, 2065, 2103, 2104, 2107, 2157,
2182, 2183, 2383, 2566, 2623, 2737, 2791,
2792, 2798, 2819, 2820, 2824, 2844, 2845,
2879, 2891, 2933, 3051, 3084, 3101, 3102,
3109, 3128, 3129, 3154, 3156, 3214, 3260,
3268, 3293, 3294, 3299, 3300, 3398, 3401
resolutions by....
.274
remarks on the election of Mr. Segar.......3, 4,

198,398,727, 728, 729, 735, 754, 755, 756,
757, 758, 759, 760, 1022, 1656, 1971, 1972
remarks on the Pennsylvania election, (Kline
vs. Verree).
....15,
1010, 1046, 1054, 1055, 1059, 1061, 1062
remarks on Government contracts......116, 715,
716, 1380, 1381, 1382, 1383, 1385, 1386,
1387, 1388, 1389, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852,
1853, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1869, 1870, 1888
remarks on the gunboats bill.....
remarks on the civil bill......

124, 147
..238,

279, 280, 281, 282, 284, 285, 298, 299,
300, 302, 303, 304, 751, 778, 779, 780, 781
remarks on the election of Andrew J. Clem-
ents......
.....297
remarks on the Pennsylvania election, (Butler
vs. Lehman)....370, 371, 372, 374
remarks on the diplomatic bill... ........484
remarks on the election of Charles H. Upton,

608, 609, 610, 982, 983, 984, 985, 1001,
1002, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010
remarks on the California election case...1656,

1846, 1928, 1943, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971
remarks on the Nebraska election...1656, 1973,

1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1995, 1996,
1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2009
remarks on the Army deficiency bill.....1683,
1684, 1685, 1686

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