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.....

..6,

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

on.....

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

R.

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

Railroad Continued.

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

....57

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..

...350

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

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.

...1677
..1324,

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

....281

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,

same...

· 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.....

.....599
1237,

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,

ana........

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

resolutions by........

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-

..1743
..3394

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,

same......

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..........

sin......

others

..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....

.380

.435,

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...

...1252, 2159

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,

1042
.1042

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

Bailey......

remarks on the death of Hon. Goldsmith F.
....2159

remarks on the impeachment of Judge Hum- ·
phreys..........

...2943
....2985

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