Potter, John F., a Representative from Wiscon- sin-Continued.
remarks on the homestead bill, 14, 39, 133, 135,
136, 137, 139, 1033, 1034, 1035, 2069, 2158 remarks on the loyalty of Government em- ployés............178, 179, 180, 527, 2262, 2327 remarks on the tax bill. .1365,
1369, 1441, 1453, 1536, 1565, 1566, 1576 remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia..........1643, 1645, 1646 remarks on the Pacific railroad bill, 1704, 1711 remarks on the Colorado desert grant......2381 remarks on, the bill for collection of taxes, 2412 remarks on the bill amending the judicial sys- tem.... .....2563
remarks on the occupation of the White House in Virginia...... .2738, 2739 remarks on the tariff bill... .....3055 remarks on naval appropriation bill, 3058, 3059 Preemption claims-see Public Lands. President of the United States, calls for informa- tion upon the......... .15, 35, 229, 436, 930,932, 1041,1527, 1659,1766, 2233, 2292, 2495, 2621, 2622, 2623, 2792, 3406, 3407 communications from the.....
20, 24, 56, 146, 159, 167, 189, 207, 210, 256, 321, 379, 398, 419, 435, 496, 603, 707, 731, 828, 838, 949, 975, 976, 999, 1043, 1085, 1097, 1100, 1118, 1243, 1286, 1305, 1406, 1431, 1563, 1583, 1634, 1671, 1677, 1699, 1725 1743, 1763, 1789, 1815, 1847, 1853, 1926, 2127, 2153, 2174, 2178, 2263, 2291, 2321, 2379, 2532, 2588, 2611, 2613, 2641, 2660, 2709, 2716, 2737, 2744, 2818, 2845, 2879, 3079, 3082, 3127, 3297, 3298, 3328, 3363, 3364, 3405, 3406, 3407 reference of the annual message of the........20 message of the, transmitting the resolution for the gradual abolishment of slavery......1102, 1112, 1504, 1634, 1660 message of the, accompanying the approval of the act to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.........
message of the, relative to the employment of George D. Morgan and Alexander Cum- ings... ..2383
message of the, accompanying the bill to pro- vide compensation for slaves emancipated by the States.... ...3333
message of the, accompanying the approval of the confiscation act...... ....3406
President pro tempore of Senate, election of, 2846 Price, Thomas L., a Representative from Mis- souri.........419, 1480, 1563, 1657, 2356, 2843 resolutions by...... ......1480, 1563, 1657 remarks on the resolution relating to railroads in Missouri....................... .427, 454, 709, 710, 1040 Prisoners, bill for the relief of the Union soldiers now held as, at Richmond, Virginia, and else- where in the rebel States.... ......100
joint resolution (No. 41) in relation to allotment certificates of pay to persons held as, of war in the so-called confederate States, 566, 603, 642 bill (S. No. 199) to provide for the safe-keeping and maintenance of United States, 1058, 1166 bill to provide for the discharge of State, and others, and to authorize judges of the United States courts to take bail or recognizances to secure the trial of the same, 1228, 3105, 3183 bill to provide for furnishing, of the United States Army in the revolted States with cloth- ing and other necessary supplies............364 Printer of the House, instructions to the.....1788 Printing, the Committee on, instructions to...33, 56, 400, 999, 1041, 1087, 2953 reports from.... ..14, 56, 132, 230, 477, 827, 858, 999, 1041, 1103, 1167, 1360, 1544, 1753, 1820, 1842, 1928, 1966, 2126, 2262, 2321, 2434, 2594, 2717, 2820, 2904, 2953, 2955, 3362, 3370, 3399, 3407 discharged from subjects..... ....1103 joint resolution (H. R. No. 29) authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer certain balances of an appropriation for, of the sec- ond session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress to the sum appropriated for, the first session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress......231, 398, 435 Printing, Superintendent of the Public, instruc- tions to the........... .189, 229 communications from the........................ .76, 274 Private Land Claims, the Committee on, instruc- tions to...... .........3151, 3154 reports from,77, 157, 364, 717, 718, 3158, 3207 adverse reports from..... ..1657, 1925
Private Land Claims: bill (No. 114) authorizing floats to issue in satisfaction of claims against the United States, for lands sold by them within the Las Ormigas and La Nana grants in Louisiana, 33, 77, 384, 398, 717, 1241, 1254 bill (No. 511) to amend an act to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale of the pub- lic lands of the United States,3207, 3208, 3237 Prize, bill to facilitate judicial proceedings and adjudications upon captured property, and for the better administration of the law of,36, 454, 874, 1046, 1321, 1342, 1406 joint resolution (No. 97) in relation to the law of...... ..........3328, 3369, 3396, 3400, 3404 Process, bill (S. No. 291) providing for the issu- ing of, to and service of the same by indif- ferent persons..... ...2766, 3261 Prohibition of slavery: bill (H. R. No. 374) to render freedom national and slavery seo- tional ...1340, 1906, 2030, 2041, 2066, 2069, 2769, 2845 Providencia, bill for the relief of the owners, offi- cers, and crew of the Spanish bark......1022, 1243, 1504, 1967, 1976, 2183, 2185 Provisional governments—see Rebellion. Provost court-see Court. Public Buildings and Grounds, the Committee .19, 1995 reports from........1084, 1658, 2107, 2111, 3293 discharged from subjects........ ...2111 Public Buildings, Commissioner of, communica- tion from the....... .1227, 1431 instructions to the...... ........1390 Public debt, bill to provide a fund in part to pay
172, 229, 398, 1166, 1788, 1926, 2381, 2496 reports from....39, 477, 1607, 1788, 1892, 1925, 2178, 2379, 2381, 2431, 2432, 3102, 3103 adverse reports from...... ......1084, 1723 bill to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain, and to provide a bounty for soldiers in lieu of grants of the..........14, 39, 40, 132, 133, 909, 948, 1010, 1030, 1042, 1972, 2069, 2081, 2157, 2158, 2209, 2215, 2262, 2263, 2321 bill (No. 7) to secure homesteads to actual set- tlers upon the......... ........14
bill granting, and loaning the credit of the Gov- ernment to the People's Pacific Railroad Com- pany ......169,
bill (No. 138) donating, to the several States and Territories that may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts,
33, 99, 2432, 2595, 2663, 2769, 2770, 3055 bill for the survey of grants or claims for land, 218, 951, 1822, 2431, 2532 bill granting, in alternate sections to the State of California, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State.......... ...230 bill granting titles to town lots within incorpo- rated cities and towns situated upon the, of the United States lying within the State of California............... ........494
bill (H. R. No. 275) for the relief of preempt- ors on the home reservation of the Winneba- goes in the Blue-earth region, in the State of Minnesota.........850, 1929, 3305, 3326, 3363 bill (No. 281) supplemental to an act granting the right of way to the State of Missouri and a portion of the, to aid in the construction of certain railroads in said State...............877, 2431, 2494, 2527, 2535, 2613
bill to protect the, of the United States, and to prevent waste.... ....1043
bill (S. No. 187) to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale of the, in the United States,
1192, 1235, 1723, 2381, 2432, 2433, 2496 bill to repeal an act to graduate and reduce the price of the, to actual settlers and cultivators, 1340
joint resolution (S. No. 26) explanatory of and in addition to the act of June 3, 1856, grant- ing, to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the construction of railroads in said State, 1243, 1370, 1607, 1744, 1770 bill to make a grant of, to the State of Michi- gan, to aid in the construction of a military road from Green Bay to Marquette, 1657, 1723
Public Lands-Continued.
bill to grant to the State of California a tract of, known as the Colorado desert, for the pur- pose of introducing a sufficient supply of fresh water upon and over the same... ....1788, 2379, 2879, 3158
bill to quiet the land titles in the State of Cali- fornia......1833, 2432, 2639, 2640, 2641, 2642 bill for the relief of congressional township No. 8 south, of range three east, in Mercer county, Ohio...... ..2178
bill (H. R. No. 399) to provide for the quieting of certain land titles in the late disputed ter- ritory in the State of Maine..... ..1656,
2184, 2496, 2497, 3238, 3266, 3328 bill concerning the closing of the office of sur- veyor general at St. Louis....... ..2233 bill granting the right of way and making a grant of, to the State of Minnesota, to aid in the construction of a railroad from a point on Lake Superior, in Minnesota, to a point on the Mississippi river, between the falls of St. Anthony and the Sauk rapids......2415, 2495 joint resolution (S. No. 80) authorizing the State of Minnesota to change the line of cer- tain branch railroads in said State.......2495, 2766, 3102, 3260 bill (No. 307) to grant the right of preemption to settlers on certain, in Wisconsin.....2561, 2907, 3102, 3128 bill to amend an act to reduce the expenses of the survey and sale of the, in the United States, approved May 30, 1862............2623 joint resolution relative to a certain grant of, for railroad purposes to the State of Michigan, made in 1856....2662, 2819, 3103, 3120, 3157 bill concerning certain lands heretofore granted to the State of Iowa, 2737,3102,3128,3153,3297 bill (No. 119) confirming a land claim in the State of Iowa.....3109, 3120, 3151, 3240, 3260 bill to grant the proceeds of the sales of certain, to aid in the construction of a Northern Pa- cific railroad...................... .2955
bill in relation to preemption claims........3102 joint resolution explanatory of a certain reso- lution approved June 2, 1862...............3103 bill (No. 318) for relief in the land claim in Cal- ifornia, known as the land claim of Francisco Soberanes to a tract of land known as Saujon de Santa Rita....................3128, 3215, 3260 bill limiting the operation of the homestead and preemption laws. ........3153 bill (S. No. 123) to extend the provisions of the act of August 4, 1855, to grant the right of way to all rail and plank roads, &c., for the term of five years, and to amend the same, 1576, 1590, 3262, 3362 joint resolution (No. 98) to repeal and modify certain portions of an act mentioned therein, 3362, 3369, 3404, 3405 joint resolution (No. 100) suspending the sale by sealed bids of the lands of the Kansas and Sac and Fox Indians.........................................3404, 3407 bill (No. 355) for increasing the revenue by res- ervation and sale of town sites on.........3404 (See Dakota; Nevada.) Punishment, bill to subject certain persons to mil- itary trials and... ........34
Railroad and telegraph lines, bill (No. 169) to au- thorize the President of the United States, in certain cases, to take possession of.......545, 547, 594, 939
- joint resolution (No. 39) to declare the mean- ing of an act to authorize the President of the United States, in certain cases, to take possession of, and for other purposes, ap- proved January 31, 1862, and to repeal a part of said act... .939, 3299, 3326, 3363 Railroad, bill (H. R. No. 364) to aid in construct- ing a, and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes....... .....665,
1062, 1235, 1360, 1480, 1577, 1589, 1590, 1598, 1612, 1698, 1699, 1704, 1726, 1822, 1846, 1888, 1906, 1928, 1943, 1971, 2879, 2904, 2905, 2906, 2912, 3023, 3082 bill to secure increased, facilities between the cities of New York and Washington......939, 1228, 1252 bill to aid in the construction of the Pittsburg and Connellsville............... ....2383, 3080
bill to facilitate the transportation of the troops and mails from Washington city to New York....... ..1612, 1833, 2108 Railroad Company, bill to incorporate the North- ern Pacific ....1544 bill for the relief of the president and directors of the Panama..........1846, 2714, 3031, 3082 Railroad facilities between New York and Wash- ington, bill to secure increased............1228 Railroads, joint resolution (H. R. No. 37) in rela- tion to certain, in Missouri, 427, 454, 604, 614,
655, 708, 805, 859, 878, 938, 939, 947, 1040, 1045, 1046, 1061, 1062, 1087, 1118 joint resolution (S. No. 80) authorizing the State of Minnesota to change the line of cer- tain branch, in said State........ .........2495, 2766, 3102, 3208
(See Public lands; District of Columbia.) Rebellion, joint resolution concerning the......15 bill to punish treason, and to provide a more effectual mode for the collection of taxes im- posed by Congress, and to furnish a fund to remunerate all losses of loyal citizens, and to provide homesteads for soldiers employed in suppressing the present bill to establish a territorial government in each of the districts of country embraced within the limits of the recent States of South Car- olina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida,. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee....... ........399
bill to confer the right of citizenship upon aliens
who serve as soldiers in the armies of the United States during the war for the sup- pression of........ ...........488 bill relating to claims for the loss and destruc- tion of property belonging to loyal citizens and damages done thereto by the troops of the United States during the present......947, 1669, 2136, 2153, 2363, 2379, 2638, 2820, 2821, 2847, 2889, 2904, 2933, 2953, 2955, 2975, 2978, 2986, 3056 bill to establish temporary provisional govern- ments for the districts of country in, against the United States........... ......986, 1193 bill declaring certain persons ineligible to office, 1166 bill (H. R. No. 321) to indemnify certain citi- zens of the United States residing in the State of Delaware for expenses incurred by them in defense of the United States....... ..1192, 1728, 2713, 2714, 3407 bill relating to treason and... ....1820 bill for the punishment of treason, and for the more effectual suppression of...............1942 bill to define and punish certain crimes against the Government of the United States of Amer- ica........... .........2066
bill to pay to the State of Missouri the amount of money expended by said State in arming and paying the troops employed in suppress- ing an insurrection against the authority of the United States....... ..2595,
2713, 3305, 3367, 3396 bill (S. No. 394) to amend the act calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, approved February 28, 1795, and the acts amendatory thereof..... ....3394, 3397, 3404 bill to organize the United States tribunal to enforce by civil and martial power the pay- 'ment of debts and damages due to loyal American citizens, and the restoration and effects in certain cases arising out of the, 274, 385, 399
(See Confiscation; Slaves.) Rebels, bill (H. R. No. 139) authorizing the Sec-
retary of the Interior to strike from the pen- sion rolls the names of such persons as have taken up arms against the Government, or who may have in any manner encouraged the........ ........99, 612, 707 Recess, proposition for a...... .2246, 2262 Registers, bill to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue, to the schooners Dolphin and North Star, of Oswego, State of New York....... ........399 bill to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to issue American, to certain vessels.......2137, 2766, 2845 Representative, bill to allow the State of Califor- nia an additional, in the Thirty-Seventh Con- gress...................................2432, 2494, 2496, 2532
Representatives, bill fixing the number of the House of, after the 3d of March, 1863...980, 985, 1006, 1085 bill in reference to the election of, to Congress by single districts......2737, 3302, 3326, 3363 Reservations-see Public Lands. Revenue, bill (No. 176) increasing the duties upon tea, coffee, and sugar.. ....168,
169, 173, 174, 189, 198 bill to expedite the collection of the, and the final disposition of suits arising therefrom, 78, 2156, 2639 joint resolution suspending for twelve months the collection of the direct tax in the State of Missouri..............................117, 167, 172 joint resolution explanatory of an act to increase the duties on tea, coffee, and sugar, approved 24th December, 1861........ .198, 258 joint resolution (H. R. No. 32) declaratory of the purpose of Congress to impose a tax, 344, 349, 372, 379, 384, 435 bill to enforce the collection of direct and other taxes imposed by the act to provide increased, from imports, to pay the interest upon the public debt, and for other purposes, approved August 5, 1861, and to liberate the slaves of rebels and colonize the same..
bill to provide additional, for defraying the ex- penses of the Government, and maintaining the public credit by the collection of an in- come tax, poll and stamp taxes, and duties on liquors, manufactures, railroad passen- gers, tonnage, and other internal duties...384 bill to tax salaries of Government officers, 947 bill to provide internal, to support the Gov- ernment and pay the interest on the public debt....... .1040, 1041, 1087, 1194, 1217, 1218, 1222, 1228, 1236, 1241, 1243, 1245, 1252, 1254, 1273, 1277, 1286, 1303, 1305, 1322, 1323, 1342, 1360, 1383, 1385, 1403, 1406, 1432, 1433, 1438, 1452, 1455, 1461, 1462, 1480, 1484, 1508, 1510, 1527, 1531, 1544, 1548, 1563, 1564, 1566, 1576, 1583, 1614, 2620, 2680, 2681, 2708, 2890, 2903, 2906, 2954, 3022, 3082 bill (H. R. No.44) to amend an act to provide increased, from imports, and to pay interest on the public debt....... .1904, 1942, 1998, 2023, 2127 bill supplementary to an act approved the 13th of July, 1861, for the collection of duties on imports....1924, 2153, 2177, 2209, 2263 bill (No. 292) for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts in the United States,
2081, 2363, 2409, 2497, 2560 bill increasing temporarily the duties on imports, 2845, 2936, 2937, 2978, 3050, 3208, 3213, 3216, 3267, 3268, 3326, 3363 bill to impose additional duties on sugars pro- duced in the United States...... .3293,
1258, 1276, 1291, 1309, 1322, 1329, 1343, 1361, 1365, 1453, 1529, 1576 remarks on the bill for the relief of John Gould- ing .......1926 Rice, Nancy, bill for the relief of................178 Richardson, William A., a Representative from Illinois............2, 3, 15, 25, 33, 34, 76, 99, 100,
101, 189, 227, 229, 250, 274, 352, 375, 384, 385, 400, 478, 564, 694, 784, 785, 838, 840, 841, 857, 879, 880, 912, 1042, 1044, 1045, 1047, 1061, 1093, 1131, 1168, 1193, 1205, 1227, 1245, 1252, 1505, 1506, 1577, 1608, 1612, 1628, 1629, 1643, 1656, 1847, 1887, 1888, 1933, 2021, 2029, 2030, 2065, 2078, 2081, 2179, 2184, 2185, 2206, 2263, 2274, 2341, 2382, 2409, 2414, 2415, 2433, 2434, 2439, 2587, 2622, 2623, 2664, 2665, 2666, 2715, 2716, 2739, 2740, 2743, 2765, 2770, 2771, 2772, 2792, 2819, 2821, 2849, 2907, 3125, 3128, 3153, 3216, 3240, 3301, 3304 resolutions by .227, 229, 1847, 2415 remarks on the reference of the President's mes- sage.... remarks on the election of Mr. Segar.......3, 4 remarks on the death of Hon. E. D. Baker, 64 remarks on the Kentucky volunteers bill...102 remarks on the battle at Ball's Bluff.........191, 193, 194, 195, 198 remarks on the civil bill....... .282 remarks on the sale of postage stamps......353 remarks on the war claims of the States...456, 457, 565, 566, 568 remarks on the bill relating to railroad and tel- egraph lines......... ..........548 remarks on the resolution relating to railroads in Missouri........ remarks on the Army bill
.........810, 812 .........907, 908
remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol- ishment of slavery....... .....1149, 1150, 1153, 1154, 1177, 1178, 1179 remarks on the tax bill... .1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1222, 1223, 1323, 1577, 2682 remarks in relation to the battle at Pittsburg Landing. .1933 remarks on the Nebraska election.. 1975, 1978, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 remarks on discharge of disabled soldiers, 2065 remarks on the state of the Union .2206, 2207, 2386, 3163, 3164, 3165 remarks on the District hospital bill.......2435, 2436, 2437, 2438, 2439 remarks on the employment of convicts...2668 remarks on Illinois judicial districts bill, 3185, 3186
3332, 3364, 3367, 3370, 3394, 3405 joint resolution to correct a clerical error made in the enrollment of the tax bill...........3363 | Riddle, Albert G., a Representative from Ohio, joint resolution to amend section seventy-seven of an act to provide internal, to support the Government and pay interest on the public debt........ ....3400, 3401, 3404, 3406 (See Collection of the Revenue.) Revenue cutter service, bill (No. 561) in relation to commissioned officers.. ..3156, 3260, 3328, 3367, 3393 Revolutionary Claims, the Committee on, in- structions to .25, 975 reports from.................. .156, 167,
228, 378, 398, 435, 1097, 1656, 2708, 3292 adverse reports from......850, 1656, 1657, 2180 discharged from subjects, 228, 1236, 2180, 3292 Revolutionary Pensions, Committee on, 178, 975 reports from.............. .717, 1085, 3151, 3207 adverse reports from........ ..435, 3207 discharged from subjects................. ....457, 1686 Rice, Alexander H., a Representative from Mas- sachusetts.... ..2, 785, 813, 828, 975, 1091, 1193, 1227, 1330, 1341, 1390, 1555, 1677, 1681, 2181, 2209, 2710, 2891, 3244 resolutions by... remarks on the tax bill.
1325, 1343, 1346, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1383, 1385, 1387, 1388, 1405, 1406, 1462, 1489, 1513, 1528, 1533, 2891 remarks relating to Navy contracts, 1860, 1861 remarks on equalizing the grades in the naval service ..2743
remarks on the tariff bill........... ......................................................2938
36, 399, 1042, 1659, 2010, 2030, 2684, 2686, 2739, 2763, 3033, 3363 resolutions by... ......36, 1659 remarks on the reference of the President's mes- sage........ .....24 remarks on the death of Hon. E. D. Baker...66 remarks on the consular and diplomatic bill, 151 remarks on the civil bill.. remarks on the Pennsylvania election, (Butler vs. Lehman).. ..370, 371 remarks on the newspaper postage bill......425 remarks on the state of the Union.. .497, 498, 1109, 1111 remarks on the election of Charles H. Upton, 979, 982, 1007, 1010 remarks on the Treasury note bill, 639, 684, 692 remarks on the bill relating to sutlers.....1144, 1145, 1146, 1148 remarks on the tax bill...... ..1255, 1434, 1441, 1527, 1529 remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia...... .....1640 remarks on confiscation bills No. 471 and 472, 2240 remarks on the bill to quiet California land titles.... .....2645 remarks on the bill to equalize the compensa- tion of collectors...... ..2909 remarks on the Illinois ship canal...3033, 3035 [The copy of the remarks referred to on page 3035 was not furnished by Mr. R.]
Right of way-see Public Lands. Ripley, John, bill for the relief of the heirs of, 717, 1929 Road, military and mail, bill to establish a...147 bill for the construction of a, in the States of Kentucky and Tennessee.....................457 bill to aid in constructing a military, west of the Missouri river from Fort Leavenworth, by the way of Fort Riley, to Denver City, 494 Roads and Canals, the Committee on, instruc- tions to....... .......56, 230 reports from...... ...344,
· 457, 1228, 1846, 2108, 2383, 3080 Roads, rail and plank, bill (S. No. 123) to ex- tend the provisions of the act of August 4, 1852, to grant the right of way to all, &c., for the term of five years, and to amend the ....1576, 1590, 3262, 3362 Roanoke, joint resolution causing the steam frig- ate, to be iron-clad...... ....1321 Roberts, Marshall O., joint resolution (No 67) in relation to the claim of, for the loss of the steamer Star of the West......... .........1308, 1504, 2137, 2157, 2208 Robinson, James C., a Representative from Illi- nois, 87, 262, 398, 406, 975, 1171, 1340, 1342, 2006, 2128, 2322, 2383, 2595, 2770, 2798 Rollins, Edward H., a Representative from New Hampshire...168, 364, 398, 1093, 1484, 1598, 1643, 1886, 2157, 2262, 2536, 2614, 3105 resolutions by...... ...398 remarks on the tax bill .1343,
1346, 1360, 1362, 1363, 1488 remarks on confiscation...... ...2301, 2356 remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 3057, 3058, 3080 Rollins, James S., a Representative from Mis- souri... 400, 419, 533, 665, 736, 1022, 1657, 2356, 2536, 2595, 2690, 2912 [The copy of the speech referred to on page 2356 was not furnished by Mr. R.] resolutions by........ ..400, 1022 remarks on the resolution relating to certain railroads in Missouri..806, 807, 808, 809, 812 remarks on the confiscation of rebel property, 1818, 1819 remarks on the state of the Union...........1822 Ruff, Charles F., bill for the relief of........ 1589, 2137, 2157 Rules of the House, amendments proposed to the............ .....109, 554 Rules, 16th and 17th joint, suspension of the..3293, 3298 S. Sally McGee, joint resolution to change the name of the schooner, to that of the Ocean Eagle, 2955, 3259, 3293 Salvage, bill (No. 349) in addition to an act pro- viding for, in cases of recapture, approved March 3, 1800.. ....3023, 3156 Samson, George W., bill for the relief of..156, 1928 Sargent, Aaron A., a Representative from Cali- fornia...... .........33, 57, 158, 230,
385, 494, 569, 949, 950, 1042, 1612, 1649, 1671, 1861, 1971, 2029, 2030, 2042, 2068, 2137, 2138, 2178, 2184, 2068, 2103, 2327, 2379, 2381, 2385, 2569, 2614, 2663, 2910,
2911, 2912, 3154, 3163, 3237, 3244, 3399 resolutions by...33, 1042, 1861, 2178, 3154, 3237 remarks on the death of Hon. E. D. Baker...65 remarks on the civil bill................................ .238, 275
remarks on protection to overland emigrants, 481 remarks on the legislative bill.....529, 530, 531 remarks on the state of the Union..... remarks on the tax bill.....
1245, 1257, 1258, 1275, 1278, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1328, 1329, 1330, 1361, 1365, 1366, 1460, 1462, 1488 remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.. ..1594,
1890, 1891, 1892, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1911, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 remarks on the bill to quiet California land
titles...............2641, 2643, 2644, 2645, 2646 remarks on the tariff bill........ ....2938, 2939 remarks on the bill reducing the rate of mile- age... 3364, 3366 Sawyer, William, bill for the relief of........2846 Schools-see District of Columbia. School lands-see Public Lands. Seacoast and other defenses, bill authorizing the appointment of a board on fortifications, to provide for the, of the United States... 1788,
1822, 1904, 2107, 2379, 2431, 2537, 2589 Secret sessions, joint resolution relating to....554
Security to keep the peace, bill (No. 266) for the more convenient enforcement of the laws of the United States concerning, and for good behavior....... ......398, 2153, 3262 Sedgwick, Charles B., a Representative from New York....122, 123, 133, 140, 170, 171, 228, 350,
364,694,717, 727, 775, 874, 912 954, 1041, 1192, 1193, 1200, 1236, 1321, 1360, 1431, 1432, 1504, 1527, 1846, 1906, 1924, 2042, 2128, 2129, 2262, 2587, 2595, 2671, 2710, 2714, 2715, 2716, 2766, 2798, 2818, 2905, 2955, 3058, 3083, 3084, 3087, 3125, 3237, 3243, 3261, 3326, 3367, 3369, 3396, 3398 resolutions by.. ....1041, 2671, 2740 remarks on the death of Hon. Kinsley S. Bing- ham....... .48 remarks on the gunboats bill.. .123, 124, 147, 148, 760 remarks on the civil bill...... ..282, 283, 284, 285, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304 remarks on Government contracts.. .715, 717, 1848, 1888 remarks on the naval bill........ .......813, 814, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 834 remarks on the election of Charles H. Upton, 983, 984, 985, 1006 remarks on the tax bill..... .1240, 1311, 1325, 1362, 1363 remarks relating to Navy contracts,..........1671 remarks on the seacoast fortification bill...1995 remarks on the naval bill for 1863, 2208, 2209,
2210, 2211, 2212, 2214, 2215, 3057, 3059, 3082 remarks on confiscation, 2323, 2324, 2325, 2326 remarks on the occupation of the White House in Virginia........ .2738 remarks on equalizing the grades in the naval service.....2740, 2741, 2742, 2744, 3327, 3328 remarks on the reorganization of the Navy De- partment... ..2744, 2745, 2746, 2906 remarks on claims for losses by the rebellion, 2825, 2904, 2933, 2934, 2935, 2936, 3056 remarks on the tariff bill....... .........2981 remarks on the resolution of thanks to Captain Du Pont.......... .3085 Segar, Joseph, a Representative from Virginia, 2904, 3397 remarks on the Virginia election, 729, 756, 759 credentials of, presented.........1339, 1340, 1656 Sergeant-at-Arms, instructions to the......... 140, 399, 2622, 2623, 2986, 3154 resolution in relation to the..... .......1680 report from the. .2975 Shanks, John P. C., a Representative from Indi- ........140, 158, 567, 911, 2297, 2327, 2389, 2437, 2843 resolutions by 158, 172, 911 remarks on the state of the Union and the con- duct of the war .....574, 575, 576, 1062, 1070 remarks on the engineer volunteers bill....1026 remarks on General Fremont's campaign in Missouri ..............117, 118, 575, 1062, 1070 remarks on Government contracts..........1837, 1842, 1851, 1852, 1868, 1870 remarks on the Pacific railroad bill, 1890, 1908 remarks on the employment of convicts...2668 remarks on naval appropriation bill..3058, 3060 || Shaw, Levi, bill for the relief of...................36 Sheffield, William P., a Representative from Rhode Island .467,
760, 1034, 1071, 1270, 1340, 1483, 1643, 1754, 1831, 1886, 1888, 1971, 2108, 2138, 2139, 2155, 2156, 2158, 2305, 2614, 2639, 2670, 2671, 2684, 2687, 2711, 2716, 2845, 2880, 2912, 3082, 3083, 3184, 3207, 3213, 3237, 3258, 3266, 3267, 3268, 3269, 3328|| resolutions by. ..760, 2671 remarks on state of the Union.....500, 502, 503 remarks on the Treasury note bill... .....640, 680, 900, 901 remarks on the election of Charles H. Upton, 982, 983, 1009 remarks on the organization of the staff of the Army. ..1101 remarks on tax bill..1243, 1245, 1254, 1258, 1275, 1276, 1286, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1327, 1347, 1363, 1364, 1369, 1384, 1386, 1389, 1403, 1404, 1406, 1409, 1410, 1456, 1457, 1458, 1459, 1460, 1461, 1509, 1511, 1513, 1527, 1528, 1532, 1534, 1535, 1564, 1576, 2891 remarks on confiscation....... ........1303, 1788 7 remarks on the California election case....1968 remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.........1727, 1907, 1908, 2905
remarks on the Illinois ship canal..........2711, 3057, 3082, 3107 - remarks on Treasury note bill No. 187...2794, 2795, 2885, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2903 remarks on the bill for the relief of James N. Müller....... .2848, 2849 remarks on the bill to abolish certain ports of delivery..... .2908, 2909 remarks on the bill to provide for the collection of the revenue on the frontier.............2909 remarks on the bill to equalize the compensa- tion of collectors...... ..2909,2910 remarks on the tariff bill..... .2938, 2984, 2985, 2986, 3052 remarks on the bill relating to land surveys in New Mexico........ ..3237 Shellabarger, Samuel, a Representative from Ohio..... ...8, 907,975,
1042, 1273, 1340, 1834, 2029, 2066, 2128, 2129, 2737, 2763, 2770, 3265, 3297, 3369 resolutions by.......... ...8, 2128, 2737 remarks on the Treasury note bill......690, 901 remarks on the resolution relating to railroads in Missouri....... ...811 remarks on the naval bill.....814, 831, 833, 834 remarks on the state of the Union..... .932 remarks on the engineer volunteers bill....1030 remarks on the tax bill, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221,
1222, 1243, 1244, 1310, 1386, 1387, 1389, 1435, 1436, 1459, 1509, 1510, 1529, 1535 remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia..................1636, 1644 remarks on the bill amending the Court of Claims act.............................. .1671, 1675 remarks on the payment of soldiers' bounty, 1834
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.........1891, 1907, 1911, 1912 remarks on the prohibition of slavery, 2043,
2046 remarks on the state of the Union and the habeas corpus......... .2069 remarks on the bill to quiet California land titles.... .2644 remarks in relation to the Ohio troops at Shiloh, 2770, 2771 .2936, 2937, 2983, 2985 remarks on claims for losses by the rebellion, 2978
remarks on the tariff bill
Shelley, B. Y., bill (H. R. No. 274) to pay, for
his claim and improvement taken from him by the Omaha reservation in the Territory of Nebraska..........850, 1929, 2844, 2845, 2879 Sherburn, John P., and H. Clay Wood, bill for the relief of..... .3243
Sherman, Socrates N., a Representative from New York..... .145, 189, 190 1084, 1087, 1484, 2910, 3165, 3187, 3244, 3300 resolutions by.... ....145, 189 remarks on the medical department of the Army,* 1270, 1271, 1272, 1584, 1585 remarks on the tax bill, 1362, 1363, 1365, 1527 Shiel, George K., a Representative from Oregon, 16 .16, 62
remarks on the death of Hon. E. D. Baker, 62 remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.........1944 Ship canal, bill to construct a, for the passage of armed and naval vessels from the Mississippi river to Lake Michigan...........................902, 1659, 1669, 2537, 27, 2713, 2714, 2903, 2906, 3023, 3031, 3055, 3057, 3082, 3083, 3107 Ships, resolution (H. R. No. 59) authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to test plans and ma- terials for rendering, and floating batteries in- vulnerable.... .1341,
1390, 1531, 1555, 1566, 1634 bill (No. 75) to establish a line of steam mail, between San Francisco, in California, and Shanghae, in China, touching at the Sand- wich Islands and Japan........ ..1841
Siam, joint resolution (S. No. 57) providing for the custody of the letter and gifts from the King of....... ....1058, 1166, 1193, 1227 Sickles, Frederick E., bill for the relief of, 594, 710 Signal corps, bill to provide for the organization
ofa, to serve during the present war, 1193,1681 Signal service of the United States Army, bill making appropriations for the.. .:427, 736, 859, 878 || Signals, bill (H. R. No. 97) authorizing the pur- chase, for the use of the Navy, of Coston's night.. ..........................1613, 2595 (See Navy.) Simmons, J. F., bill for the relief of..........2889 Simmons, Seneca G., bill for the relief of....2709 Simpson, George B., bill for the relief of...1115, 1925, 1926 Skirving, John, bill for the relief of.............13, 1243, 1504, 1928, 1998, 2023, 2127 Slavery, joint resolution (H. R. No. 48) declar- ing that the United States ought to coöperate with, affording pecuniary aid to, any State which may. adopt the gradual abolishment of...... ...1102,
1112, 1149, 1152, 1153, 1168, 1179, 1192, 1504, 1510, 1514, 1589, 1608, 1634, 1660 bill to render freedom national and, sectional, 1340, 1906, 2030, 2041, 2066, 2769, 2845 bill (No. 108) for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Co- lumbia..... .......1192, 1564, 1589, 1613, 1614, 1629, 1655, 1660, 1686, 1924 bill to prohibit the reduction of free persons to the condition of....... ......2495 bill granting the aid of the United States to cer- tain States upon the adoption by them of a system of emancipation, and to provide for the colonization of free negroes....3394, 3399 select committee on a plan for the gradual ex-
tinction of....1563, 1580, 1607, 1655 instructions to the....... report from the..... (See District of Columbia.) Slaves, within military districts, resolutions re- lating to the disposition of.........5, 6, 33, 115 bill to forfeit the property and, of persons who shall engage in or aid and abet rebellion against the United States .7, 56, 1303, 1321, 1682 bill 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 fu- gitive..... .....................16, 1682 joint resolution touching the treatment of, in the seceded States...... .........16 bill to confiscate the property of rebels, to lib- erate their, and employ and colonize the .....35, 39, 487 resolutions relating to, in 'the District of Co- lumbia.. .....35, 36 joint resolution relative to the right and duty of the President in regard to persons held as, in any military district in a state of insurrection, 5, 78, 115, 1682 resolutions relating to...........5, 15, 16, 33, 35, 36, 78, 115, 158, 159, 168, 172, 228, 399, 1251, 1252, 1480, 1563, 1743, 1886, 2587, 2620, 2623, 2739, 3153 bill to free from servitude the, of the rebels en- gaged in or abetting the existing rebellion against the Government of the United States,
1886, 2128, 2233, 2265, 2292, 2323, 2341, 2356, 2361, 2393, 2408, 2560, 2671, 2764, 2789, 2790, 2792, 2825, 2879, 2906 bill to declare and limit the number of volun- teer soldiers of the Army of the United States, and to prohibit the arming of, in any part of the United States......... ......2415
bill to repeal an act to amend and supplement- ary to an act respecting fugitives from jus- tice and persons escaping from the service of their masters, approved February 12, 1793, 2069, 2623, 2662, 2769 rendition of, by the Army: bill to make an ad- ditional article of war. .955, 957,
958, 975, 999, 1168, 1199, 1243 (See Confiscation; Rebellion.) Slave trade, bill (S. No. 352) to carry into effect the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty, for the suppression of the African....... ........2955, 3155, 3209 bill (S. No. 385) to amend an act to amend an act in addition to the acts prohibiting the, 3394, 3397, 340
Slidell, John, resolution for the imprisonment of, 6 Slidell, John, and James M. Mason, remarks in relation to the seizure of the British steamer Trent and the arrest of..........
..5, 101, 207, 210, 333, 494 Sloan, A. Scott, a Representative from Wiscon- 548, 1022, 1370 Smalley, Henry, bill for the relief of..........2846 Small, Robert, bill for the benefit of, and others, 2211, 2215, 2363, 2392 joint resolution for the emancipation of, and ..2496 Smith, Edward H., a Representative from New York....... .975, 1042, 1484, 2792 Smith, Fanny Mactier, bill for the relief of, 3023, 3155, 3243 Smith, John A.-see Accounts. Smithsonian Institution, regents of the........146, 1192, 1390, 1431, 1455, 1462 report of the...... ....2560 joint resolution (H. R. No. 67) to supply the, with volumes of Wilkes's Exploring Expe- dition................631, 1698, 1744, 1753, 1815 Snowhook, William B., and others, bill for the relief of...... ..2230, 3259 Spaulding, Elbridge G., a Representative from New York.......109, 181, 198, 210, 274, 365, 385, 399, 665, 776, 874, 909, 1000, 1001, 1527, 1629, 1847, 2327, 2765, 2766, 3109 resolutions by......... ....365, 909, 1527 remarks on the reference of the President's message.......... ..23, 24 ..344
remarks on the tax resolution......... remarks on the fortification bill..... remarks on the Treasury note bill....
1454, 1455, 1456, 1481, 1583 remarks on Treasury note bill No. 187...2766, 2794, 2889, 2903, 2904 Speyer & Co., Philip, bill for the relief of....564, 726, 828 Spirituous liquors, sale of: bill (H. R. No. 186) to amend an act to regulate trade and inter- course with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers, approved June 30, 1834199, 384, 478, 480, 481, 777, 807 (See District of Columbia.) Staff-see Army.
Stamps-see Postage stamps.
State Department, calls for information upon the........ ........877, 1847, 2671 communications from the.. .......24, 99, 545, 592, 930, 932, 2065 Steamers, bill to authorize the construction of twenty iron-clad........ ..123 Steele, William G., a Representative from New Jersey 141, 262, 384, 726, 1643, 1840, 2536, 2904, 3153 resolutions by ..141, 384 Steele, John B., a Representative from New York,
59, 169, 231, 262, 304, 325, 349, 439, 549, 568, 614, 695, 957, 958, 1029, 1763, 2100, 2157, 2670, 2671, 2793, 3107, 3128, 3216 resolutions by........ ....169 remarks on the tax bill.........1243, 1245, 1278,
1312, 1330, 1385, 1386, 1387, 1453, 1528 remarks on the medical department of the Army...... ..........................1584, 1586, 1588 Sterry, William, bill granting a pension to, 1236 Stevens, Thaddeus, a Representative from Penn- sylvania............................2, 3, 5, 6, 15, 25, 36, 57, 76, 115, 118, 121, 140, 147, 148, 150, 157, 159, 169, 171, 172, 178, 183, 189, 210, 229, 230, 231, 257, 297, 322, 333, 349, 350, 357, 380, 400, 419, 427, 454, 457, 481, 488, 494, 503, 509, 549, 554, 555, 567, 593, 594, 603, 610, 611, 614, 629, 710, 717, 726, 784, 785, 813, 831, 835, 852, 857, 858, 874,903, 907, 909, 937, 938, 939, 948, 954, 955, 958, 959, 1001, 1010, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1044, 1054, 1055, 1062, 1084, 1086, 1103, 1168, 1193, 1205, 1227, 2236, 1241, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1258, 1279, 1314, 1320, 1321, 1330, 1452, 1461, 1464, 1480, 1504, 1550, 1551, 1563, 1577, 1578, 1589, 1612, 1613, 1614, 1629, 1649, 1711, 1722, 1723, 1729, 1743, 1770, 1820, 1843, 1904, 1906, 1925, 1942, 1943, 2021, 2081, 2111, 2134, 2136, 2177, 2178, 2363, 2388, 2409, 2414, 2439, 2498, 2537, 2564, 2588, 2594, 2595, 2621, 2622, 2041,
Stevens, Thaddeus, a Representative from Penn- sylvania-Continued.
2646, 2662, 2663, 2665, 2711, 2716, 2739, 2744, 2792, 2819, 2843, 2844, 2845, 2879, 2891, 2903, 2906, 2911, 2975, 2978, 3050, .3051, 3056, 3060, 3080, 3087, 3129, 3130, 3209, 3213, 3266, 3292, 3293, 3302, 3326, 3327, 3328, 3329, 3330, 3331, 3332, 3333, 3366, 3367, 3370, 8394, 3395, 3396, 3397, 3398. 3399, 3400, 3401, 3405, 3406, 3407 resolutions by.....6, 20, 939, 1062, 3398 remarks on the reference of the President's message............. ........20, 21, 22, 23, 24 remarks on the resolution relating to General Halleck's order .....57, 58 remarks on the Kentucky volunteers bill...103 remarks on the consular and diplomatic bill, 118, 150, 151, 152, 153, 482, 485, 487, 546, 603 remarks on fortification bill...147, 353, 380, 874 remarks on abolishing certain ports of entry, 180 remarks on the civil bill......140, 210, 214, 215, 216, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 274,276,277,278, 279, 281, 282, 283, 284, 298, 303, 304, 305, 751, 776, 777, 778, 779, 782, 783, 784, 813, 1001, 3120, 3165, 3188 remarks on tea, sugar, and coffee duties, 198, 199
remarks on the battle at Ball's Bluff.........191,
196, 197, 198 remarks on the London exhibition resolution, 227, 305, 326, 332 remarks on the legislative bill....258, 400, 427, 436, 442, 443, 457, 503, 504, 520, 521, 522, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 533, 546, 1042, 1089, 1090, 1092, 1093, 1102, 1167 remarks on the Army bill... ...297, 552, 569, 577, 578, 907, 908, 909 remarks on the state of the Union..... ...439, 495, 497, 599, 1130, 1199, 1200 remarks on the newspaper postage bill......425 remarks on the naval bill... ......454, 813, 827, 828, 829, 830, 831, 832, 834, 835, 1608, 1609, 1610, 3182, 3183 remarks on the Treasury note bill, 526, 527, 549, 551,552, 568, 593, 594, 614, 615, 617, 629, 634, 636, 637, 640, 687, 688, 689, 691,692, 693, 694, 695, 707, 828,874, 881,888, 889, 891,899,900, 901,909, 938, 939, 948, 953 remarks on the resolution relating to railroads in Missouri...... .....709,
710, 805, 806, 810, 812, 939, 1040 remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol- ishment of slavery....1102, 1103, 1154, 1168 remarks on the city railway... ...1044, 2020, 2021, 2110, 2111 remarks on purchase of coin...1103, 1116, 1235 remarks on the tax bill ..1194, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1227, 1228, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1244, 1245, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1258, 1259, 1273, 1274, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1289, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1295, 1296, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307, 1308, 1310, 1311, 1312, 1313, 1314, 1322, 1323, 1324, 1327, 2328, 1329, 1342, 1343, 1344, 1345, 1346, 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1366, 1369, 1283, 1452, 1453, 1454, 1455, 1458, 1459, 1460, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1464, 1480, 1481, 1483, 1486, 1487, 1488, 1489, 1508, 1509, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1514, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1530, 1531, 1532, 1533, 1534, 1535, 1536, 1544, 1545, 1546, 1549, 1550, 1564, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1577, 1583, 1614, 2620, 2680, 2681, 2682, 2890, 2891 remarks on the medical department of the Army.......... ...1273, 1583, 1584 ..1303,
remarks on confiscation.....
1802, 1804, 2765, 3267 remarks relating to Government contracts, 1381, 1382, 1383, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1751, 1752, 1753, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1871, 1887, 1888 remarks on assigning the command of troops, 1506, 1507, 1508 remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia..... ..1613, 1643, 1645, 1646, 1648, 1649 remarks on the Pacific railroad bill, 1889, 1890,
1891, 1892, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950 remarks on Army appropriations for 1863, 1925,
1942, 2129, 2134, 2185, 2186
Stevens, Thaddeus, a Representative from Penn- sylvania-Continued.
remarks on the prohibition of slavery.....2047, 2052, 2053, 2054 remarks on the seacoast fortifications bill, 1906, 2431, 2593, 2594 remarks on the bill for the collection of taxes in insurrectionary districts........ .2409, 2410, 2411, 2412, 2414, 2497 remarks on the District hospital bill.......2437, 2438, 2439 remarks on the Indian bill, 2494, 2495, 2588, 2682 remarks on the recognition of Hayti and Libe- ria.......... .........2503, 2505, 2506 remarks on the Illinois ship canal..........2711, 2906, 3033 remarks on Treasury note bill No. 187...2768, 2794, 2797, 2880, 2886, 2887, 2889, 2903, 2904, 3128, 3182 remarks on the tariff bill.......2936, 2938, 2939, 2940, 2979, 2982, 2983, 2985, 2986, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3268, 3269 remarks on the naval appropriation bill for 1863...... ....3056, 3057,
3058, 3080, 3081, 3082, 3109, 3261, 3262 remarks on General Hunter's letter........3125, 3126, 3127 Stevens's battery, joint resolution (No. 99) relin- quishing to the heirs-at-law of Robert L. Ste- vens, deceased, all the right, title, and inter- est of the United States in and to the...3362, 3397, 3404 Stickney, George W., bill for the relief of...1743 Stiles, John D., a Representative from Pennsyl- vania.......2526, 2906, 3060, 3101, 3268, 3303 resolution by....... ....3101 Stratton, John L. N., a Representative from New Jersey, 8, 1658, 1680, 2054, 2185, 2739, 2955 remarks on the tax bill... ..1222,
1306, 1307, 1308, 1529, 1535 remarks on the naval bill.......1609, 1610, 1612 remarks on the tariff bill... ..2984 Strong, William Y., bill for the relief of, 477,527 Supplies, bill (No. 228) authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to settle with the States for, furnished their troops, 398, 454, 564, 565, 566 Surveyor general at St. Louis, bill concerning the closing of the office of the........... ...25, 364 (See Private land claims; Public lands.) Sutliff & Case, bill for the relief of, 1084, 2184, 2953 Sutlers, bill (S. No. 126) to provide for the ap- pointment of, in the volunteer service, and to define their duties....... ..568, 775,
1085, 1143, 1145, 1179, 1250, 1251, 1277 Sweeny, Rittenhouse, Fant & Co., claim of, 1631, 1822 T. Talbot, Adelaide, bill for the relief of.........1892 Tariff -see Revenue.
Taxes-see Rebellion; Revenue. Telegraphic communication, bill to appropriate
$50,000 for the survey of the northern waters, coasts, and islands of the Pacific ocean and Behring's straits, in view of, between the mouth of the Amoor river, in Asia, and the confines of the Russian possessions in Amer- .....230
ica.... Telegraph-see Ra road. Templeton, Andrew, bill for relief of...1925, 2715 Territorial government-see Rebellion. Territories, the Committee on.......19, 1815, 1924 instructions to........16, 56, 57, 157, 168, 1042 reports from..1193, 1341, 1847, 1906, 2027, 2030 adverse reports from.............1083, 1084, 2030 Territories, bill (H. R. No. 374) to render free-
dom national and slavery sectional in the, 1340, 1906, 2030, 2041, 2066 bill to secure freedom to all persons within the, of the United States...........2069, 2769, 2845 Territory, bill to provide for a temporary govern- ment for the, of Arizona.... .167,
1193, 1341, 1342, 1846, 2023 bill to provide a temporary government for the, of Lanniwa...... ......2415, 2495 Thanks of Congress, joint resolution expressive of the recognition by Congress of the gallant and patriotic services of the late Brigadier General Lyon, and the officers and soldiers under his command, at the battle of Spring- field, Missouri...... ..158, 167, 189 joint resolution (H. R. No. 23) giving the, to Colonel James A. Mulligan, and the officers and men under his command, for their heroic defense of Lexington, Missouri............158
Thanks of Congress-Continued. joint resolution tendering the, to Colonel James A. Garfield, and to the officers and men under his command, for their gallant conduct at Middle Creek...... ....593
joint resolution (S. No. 44) tendering the, to Captain Samuel F. Du Pont, and officers, petty officers, seamen, and marines under his command, for the victory of Port Royal, 710, 873, 878 joint resolution (S. No. 51) giving the, to the officers, soldiers, and seamen of the Army and Navy, for their gallantry in the recent brilliant victories over the enemies of the Union and the Constitution.....858, 873, 878 joint resolution tendering the, to Generals Hal- leck and Grant, and the officers and men un- der their command, for achieving the glori- ous victories at Fort Donelson.......930, 958 joint resolution (No. 61) tendering the, to Cap- tain Louis M. Goldsborough and officers, petty officers, seamen, and marines under his command, for the victory at Roanoke island, 1054, 1102, 1166, 1167, 3084, 3128 joint resolution presenting the, to Captain John Ericsson for the enterprise, skill, energy, and forecast displayed by him in the con- struction of his iron-clad boat the Monitor, 1192, 1431 joint resolution tendering the, to Brigadier. General Curtis, and the officers and men un- der his command, for their bravery at the re- cent brilliant victory at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, 1217 joint resolution expressing the, to Lieutenant J. L. Worden of the United States Navy, and the officers and men under his command in the Monitor........................1222, 1235, 3084, 3128|| joint resolution expressive of the, to Captain A. H. Foote, of the United States Navy, and the officers and men under his command in the western flotilla.....1222, 1235, 1252, 3079 joint resolution tendering the, to Captain Sam- uel F. Du Pont for his services and gallantry in action ....1339, 3084 joint resolution tendering the, to General Burn- side and the officers and soldiers of his com- mand, and to Commander Rowan and the officers and sailors under him, for the tri- umphant victory of the Union forces at New- bern..... ...1340 joint resolution presenting the, to Lieutenant George N. Morris, his officers and men, for gallant services on board the United States ship Cumberland in her engagement in Hampton Roads, 8th of March, 1862.........1340, 2710 joint resolution of, to the officers and soldiers who achieved the victories at Island No. 10 and at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee...1608 joint resolution of, to Captain David G. Farra- gut, of the United States Navy; and to the officers and men under his command...2175, 2271, 3084, 3128 resolution of, to Major General Halleck...2621 joint resolution tendering the, to Commander Charles H. Davis, of the United States Navy, his officers and crew..... ....2879 joint resolution tendering the, to the several captains and commanders of the naval forces of the United States in the squadron com- manded by Flag-Officer Farragut.........3085 joint resolution (No. 102) tendering the, to Captain A. H. Foote, United States Navy, 3243, 3328, 3367, 3393, 3405 joint resolution tendering the, to Captain James L. Lardner, and other officers of the Navy, in pursuance of the recommendation of the President of the United States.............3398 Thanks of the House, resolution tendering the, to Major General George B. McClellan, for the display of those high military qualities which secure important results with but little sac- rifice of human life................ .......2041 Thomas, Benjamin F., a Representative from Massachusetts.. ..........5, 61, 159,
426, 457, 482, 554, 555, 853, 854, 874, 953, 1046, 1047, 1061, 1093, 1118, 1321, 1322, 1360, 1369, 1370, 1581, 1586, 1608, 1660, 1680, 1682, 1724, 1725, 1743, 1747, 1753, 1754, 1888, 1929, 2042, 2415, 2433, 2498, 2532, 2535, 2537, 2614, 2651, 2663, 2669, 2682, 2766, 2792, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2891, 2904, 5908, 2955, 3101, 3158, 3237, 3261, 3266, 3293, 3295, 3332, 3333, 3368, 3369
Thomas, Benjamin F., a Representative from Massachusetts-Continued. resolutions by...
remarks on tea, sugar, and coffee duties.... 169 remarks on the seizure of the Trent..........209 remarks on the civil bill........ ..284, 3108
remarks on the Pennsylvania election, (Butler vs. Lehman)..................... ....373 remarks on the war claims of the States....457 remarks on the Treasury note bill...........618, 638, 639, 661, 665, 681, 688 remarks on the bill relating to suders......1146 remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol- ishment of slavery. ..1149, 1152, 1153, 1173, 1178, 1192 remarks on the tax bill... .1218, 1219, 1221, 1236, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1275, 1276, 1377, 1293, 1322, 1323, 1325, 1326, 1327, 1328, 1347, 1361, 1386, 1387, 1408, 1411, 1433, 1434, 2891 remarks on confiscation.......1698, 1769, 1788, 2324, 2325, 2326, 2341, 2765, 3107, 3370 remarks on the Pacific railroad bill..1703, 1708 remarks on the prohibition of slavery.....2044, 2052, 2053
remarks on the death of Hon. Goldsmith F. Bailey.... ....2158 remarks on the bill regulating the compensa- tion of district attorneys.....2565, 2566, 2567 remarks on the bill to quiet California land titles........ ........2646 remarks on equalizing the grades in the naval service...... ..........2743 remarks on the Treasury note bill No. 187..2794, 2887 remarks on claims for losses by the rebellion, 2847, 2977
Thomas, Francis, a Representative from Mary- land... ........101, 1022,
1193, 1252, 1649, 1942, 1971, 1972, 1978, 2638, 2690, 2879, 2953, 3243 resolutions by.... ....100, 1608, 2953 remarks on the bill for completing the defenses of Washington............ .......612, 613, 614 remarks on the emancipation resolution...1177 remarks on the state of the Union..........1614 Todd, John B. S., a Delegate from Dakota...32,
resolutions by......... Todhunter, Charles, bill for the relief of........13 Tom Dyer, bill (No. 242) changing the name of the American-built schooner, to that of Dol- phin...... .....1504, 2908, 3023 Totten, Brigadier General Joseph G., bill for the relief of.....................850, 1929, 3083, 3157 Town sites-see Public Lands. Trade marks-see Fraud. Train, Charles R., a Representative from Massa- chusetts......5, 168, 169, 231, 262, 298, 377, 727,760, 835, 856, 857, 874, 878, 947, 958, 985, 1042, 1044, 1046, 1084, 1115, 1131, 1171, 1193, 1227, 1236, 1341, 1346, 1360, 1370, 1390, 1577, 2066, 2107, 2111, 2126, 2152, 2153, 2341, 2439, 2613, 2668, 2670, 2713, 2716, 3034, 3107, 3128, 3153, 3157, 3183, 3188, 3267, 3293, 3294, 3302, 3328, 3331, 3363, 3368, 3370, 3397, 3398, 3400 resolutions by... .727, 874, 1115, 1390 remarks on the civil bill.. .283, 782
remarks on diplomatic bill...482, 483, 484, 486 remarks on the legislative bill.....531, 546 remarks on the removal of the Capitol bake- ries........ remarks on the tax bill..
..1084 ....1343, 1361, 1362, 1387, 1388, 1510, 2681 remarks on the bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia......... 1645 remarks on transferring the supervision of the Capitol extension...... ..1658, 1659 remarks on transferring the penitentiary build- ings........ ..2107
remarks on the death of Hon. Goldsmith F. ....2159
remarks on the impeachment of Judge Hum- · phreys..........
remarks on the tariff bill... Treason-see Confiscation; Rebellion. Treasury Department, calls for information upon the. .....116, 172, 178, 183, 229, 253,384, 399, 593, 1041, 1251, 1562, 1743, 2233, 2321, 2415, 2496, 2594, 2624, 2892 communications from the......36, 321, 419, 454, 494, 592, 618, 726, 877, 1097, 1166, 1268, 1320, 1886, 2560, 2953, 3080, 3258, 3298
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