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Treasury Department-Continued.

joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the,
to transfer certain balances of an appropria-
tion for printing of the second session of the
Thirty-Sixth Congress to the same appro-
priation for the first session of the Thirty-
Sixth Congress......
....231, 398, 435
Treasury notes, bill authorizing the issuing of,
payable on demand, 181, 210, 218, 1613, 2614
bill (No. 240) to authorize the issue of, and for
the redemption or funding thereof, and for
funding the floating debt of the United States,

435, 522, 549, 568, 592, 593, 614,
617, 629, 655, 665, 679, 707, 736,
827, 874, 881, 899, 900, 901, 902,
909, 938, 947, 948, 953, 854, 957,976
bill to authorize an additional issue of......726,
730, 2665, 2716, 2766, 2794, 2880, 2886,

2889, 2903, 2904, 2906, 2953, 2954,
3109, 3128, 3154, 3158, 3182, 3185, 3297
Treaties, bill to amend the act of Congress ap-
proved 22d June, 1860, to carry into effect
provisions of the, between the United States,
China, Japan, Siam, Persia, and other coun-
tries, giving certain judicial powers to min-
isters and consuls or other functionaries of
the United States in those countries......2433
(See Indians.)

Treaty, bill making appropriations to carry out
the third and fourth articles of the, between
the United States and the King of Hanover,
for the abolition of the Stadt dues.........1084
bill (H. R. No. 326) to fulfill, stipulations with
Hanover.........................................................1145, 1154, 1243
joint resolution authorizing the appointment of
commissioners to negotiate a new, with the
British provinces of North America, based
upon the true principles of reciprocity, and
also authorizing the President to give the
necessary notice for terminating the present
unsatisfactory.........
.1847

bill to carry into effect the, between the United
States and her Britannic Majesty for the sup-
pression of the African slave trade......2955,
3155, 3209

(See Conventions.)
Treavitt, William, bill for the relief of......3244,
3370, 3393, 3394
Trent, remarks in relation to the seizure of the
British steamer, and the arrest of certain of
her passengers..
....5, 101, 207,
210, 333, 321, 419, 494, 603, 1097
joint resolution (No 27) in relation to the inter-
position by the Government of France in the
-matter of the seizure of the British steamer,
207, 210, 494
Trimble, Carey A., a Representative from Ohio,
477, 478, 949, 1041, 1042, 1340, 1929,
-2178, 2184, 2298, 2432, 2692, 2737,
2764, 3154, 3158, 3241, 3244, 3401
.........930, 1041

resolutions by..
remarks on the diplomatic bill...
.485
remarks on the engineer volunteers bill...1026,
1027, 1028
remarks on Colorado desert grant...2380, 2381
remarks on the District hospital bill, 2436, 2438
remarks on the bill to quiet California land
.titles.........
........2640, 2643, 2644

remarks on the bill relating to land surveys in
New Mexico............3208, 3209, 3237, 3238
Trowbridge, Rowland E., a Representative from
Michigan.......
159,
481, 487, 948, 2010, 2215, 2262, 2496,
2662, 2844, 2910, 3033, 3103, 3186, 3187
resolutions by..
..159, 487, 2262
remarks on the reference of the President's mes-
sage
.22
remarks on the death of Hon. Kinsley S.
Bingham........
.48
remarks on the bill to abolish the franking priv-
ilege.................
.322, 323
remarks on the engineer volunteers bill......955,
1026, 1027
remarks on the tax bill... 1258, 1488, 1527, 1528
remarks on the exchange of Colonel Corcoran,
1669, 1670

remarks on the bill to grant pensions.......2103
remarks on General Hunter's letter.........3123
Trust funds-see Indian Tribes.

U.
Upton, Charles H., a Representative from Vir-
ginia........15, 36, 62, 122, 183, 228, 262, 399
resolution by
........228

Upton, Charles H., a Representative from Vir-
ginia-Continued.
contested election of....

....565,
568, 608, 909, 947, 975, 1001, 1006
remarks on his claim to a seat
....608,

609, 610, 983, 1005, 1008
Utah, the Territory of, bill (H. R. No. 391) to
punish the practice of polygamy in the Ter-
ritories of the United States and other places,
and disapproving and annulling certain acts
of the Legislative Assembly of...........1581,
1847, 2587, 2766, 2769, 2906, 3023, 3082

V.
Vallandigham, Clement L., a Representative from
Ohio......... 3, 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 33, 34, 35,

40, 45, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 76, 87, 88, 99,
100, 101, 118, 119, 120, 122, 140, 145, 146,
147, 157, 158, 159, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171,
183, 189, 210, 228, 229, 230, 250, 298, 350,
352,353, 364, 374, 380, 398, 399, 400, 405,
439, 477, 480, 481, 487, 488, 503, 520, 527,
548,554, 555, 593, 665, 736, 838, 850,856,
857, 874, 957, 958, 986, 1030, 1041, 1042,
1331, 1341, 1342, 1431, 1489, 1508, 1544,
1551, 1555, 1562, 1563, 1575, 1590, 1598,
1612, 1613, 1614, 1657, 1659, 1730, 1743,
1753, 1764, 1766, 1815, 1942, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2206, 2213, 2215, 2246, 2247, 2322,
*2383, 2413, 2560, 2588, 2595, 2620, 2621,
2622, 2623, 2662, 2663, 2712, 2821, 2846,
2904, 2906, 2907, 2910, 2912, 2979, 3023
resolutions by.....
.15, 35, 101, 140,
183, 229, 353, 399, 1041, 1815, 2621
remarks on the reference of the President's mes-
sage.........
................................20, 21, 23, 24
remarks on the seizure of the Trent........ ..5,
101, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212
speech on the same...
..210
remarks on the bill to abolish the franking priv-
ilege...............60, 251, 252, 254, 1612, 1613
remarks on the gunboats bill, 123, 124, 147, 148
remarks on the diplomatic bill.. .......150, 151
remarks on the homestead bill. ...133, 134,
135, 136, 137, 138, 1030, 1031, 1035
remarks on tea, coffee, and sugar duties...168,
169, 170, 198, 199
remarks on battle at Ball's Bluff, 194, 196, 198
remarks on the civil bill....
.210, 779
remarks on the tax resolution..
.344, 349
remarks on the legislative bill.....
..441,

442, 443, 503, 504, 529, 545
remarks on newspaper postage bill....423, 426
remarks on the Treasury note bill............523,

526, 527, 593, 594, 614, 615, 618, 638, 640,
665, 680, 689, 692, 693, 694, 695, 874, 887
remarks on the Army bill................576, 907
remarks personal and explanatory,
..879,
880, 881, 1829, 1830, 1831
remarks on the tax bill....
1040,
1279, 1314, 1411, 1412, 1413, 1434,
1453, 1460, 1488, 1489, 1511, 1536, 2620
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the

.....1589

District of Columbia, 1589, 1590, 1647, 1648
remarks on Wisconsin land grant...1607, 1608
remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol-
ishment of slavery..........
remarks on Illinois ship canal, 1659, 2906, 3031
remarks on the Army medical department,
1670, 1671
remarks on the Army deficiency bill......1682,
1683, 1684, 1686
remarks on confiscation.......1698, 1767, 1788,
1819, 1820, 2359, 2360, 2363, 2560, 2561
remarks on the state of the Union.. .1828,

1829, 1830, 2387
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill...1889, 1950
remarks on bill for relief of R. L. Harvey, 2846
Vanderbilt, Cornelius, message of the President

recommending some suitable acknowledg-
ment to, for the gift of the ocean steamer
Vanderbilt to the United States...........3406
Vandever, William, a Representative from Iowa,
2, 7, 168
..168

resolutions by...........
remarks on the homestead bill...........135, 139
remarks on the civil bill.............235, 236, 237
remarks on the Iowa election........ ..2021
Van Horn, Burt, a Representative from New
York.........169, 1484, 1643, 1657, 1743, 29031
resolutions by.....
.....169, 2903
remarks on the state of the Union.....462, 3162
remarks on the tax bill, 1329, 1365, 1453, 1463
remarks on the Illinois ship canal...2903, 3031

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1258, 1436, 1452, 1513, 1546

Van Wyck, Charles H., a Representative from

New York.......

resolutions by

....593, 947, 975
...116, 593, 947, 975
....15,
116, 710, 714, 716
Varuna, joint resolution (No. 85) to compensate
the crew of the United States steamer, for
clothing and other property lost in the pub-
lic service..... ...2494, 2766, 3083, 3128
Verree, John P., a Representative from Pennsyl-
vania....

remarks on Government contracts...

4,695, 1044, 1488, 1887,
1924, 2904, 3243, 3244, 3263, 3265, 3266
Vessels, bill to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to change the names of certain,
2137, 2708, 2792

bill (S. No. 339) making provision for raising
property of the United States sunk in the
waters thereof.........
.2262, 2710, 2737
Victories, resolution of the House, in reference
to illuminating the public buildings in honor
of the recent, obtained by the Army and Navy
of the United States....... .........874, 878
bill (H. R. No. 286) making an appropriation
to illuminate the public buildings.........901,
902, 949
Victory, dispatch of Flag-Officer Foote announc-
ing the, of-

Corinth......

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.1584, 1931

.1152

.850

.717

..1730

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Vincent, Frederick, administrator, bill for the re-

229

lief of.......
......435, 1929
Volunteer force, bill to authorize the raising of a,
for the better defense of Kentucky..33, 77, 101
Volunteer forces, bill (H. R. No. 132) to provide
for allotment certificates among the...60, 118
bill (S. No. 84) providing for allotment certifi-
cates among the.... .120, 147, 157, 170
bill to extend the allotment system to the, in
the Territories.......
.........168
joint resolution (S. No. 41) in relation to allot-
ment tickets of pay to persons held as pris-
oners of war in the so-called confederate
States..........
....566, 603, 642
Volunteer regiments, bill (H. R. No. 241) for the
payment of field officers of, for services ren-
dered prior to the full organization of the
regiments.....
..436, 547, 1180
bill to authorize colonels of, under certain lim-
itations, to grant furloughs..................1562
Volunteer service, bill to better provide for filling
vacancies in the offices of colonel, lieutenant
colonel, and major in the...........
bill (No. 136) to provide for the appointment of
sutlers in the, and to define their duties...568,
775, 1085, 1143, 1145, 1179, 1250, 1251, 1277
bill providing for additional medical officers in
the...2681, 2712, 2766, 2772, 2906, 2937, 2954
Volunteers, bill to amend an act to authorize the
employment of, to aid in the enforcement of
the laws and protecting public property..167,
850, 1097
bill to discharge from service, on the 1st of
March, 1862, the bands of..........399
bill to authorize employment of engineer...533,
955, 1022, 1024, 1025
resolution (No. 65) to authorize the Secretary
of War to accept moneys appropriated by
any State for the payment of its, and to apply
the same as directed by such State......1193,
1227, 1249, 1277
bill to pay the band of the fiftieth regiment of
Illinois.
.......2065, 2715, 2716
bill (H. R. No. 495) providing that the officers
of, shall be paid on the pay-roll of the regi-
ments or companies to which they belong,
2496, 2711, 2766, 2845
bill to pay for the recruiting of, under the au-
thority of the Secretary of War..........2537

Volunteers-Continued.

bill (No. 321) for the relief of certain compa-
nies of Indiana, who lost their baggage and
other property at Hatteras Inlet...3109, 3214
(See Bounty.)
Voorhees, Daniel W., a Representative from In-
diana.....
.........34, 859, 907,

975, 1150, 1563, 1649, 1933, 2206, 2246,
2292, 2567, 2568, 2688, 2739, 2740, 3153
resolutions by.......
..1563, 2739
remarks on the state of the Union.... .... 594,
903, 904, 1200, 2265, 2271, 2272, 2383,
2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, 2391, 2392, 2393
remarks on Bull Run.....
..839
remarks on emancipation resolution, 1150, 1178
remarks on the Nebraska election. .1671,

ment........

1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
remarks in relation to the battle at Pittsburg
Landing.
....1933
remarks on the financial policy of the Govern-
..2265, 2271, 2272, 2383,
2387, 2388, 2389, 2390, 2391, 2392, 2393
W.
Wadsworth, William H., a Representative from
Kentucky... 15, 349, 374, 593, 614, 707, 855,
1506, 1580, 1612, 1629, 2022, 2178, 2297.
2383, 2414, 2415, 2665, 2666, 2667, 2744
resolutions by....
......593, 2178
remarks on the state of the Union......354, 462,
599, 1130, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201,
1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 2390, 2391, 2393
remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol-
ishment of slavery......1149, 1150, 1151, 1177
remarks on the tax bill.........1259, 1273, 1306,

1325, 1328, 1361, 1364, 1384, 1385, 1407,
1408, 1411, 1435, 1549, 1565, 1576, 2891
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia, 1644, 1645, 1646, 1648
remarks on the Nebraska election..........2007,
2008, 2009
remarks on the prohibition of slavery......2051
remarks on confiscation........2326, 2358, 2409
Wall, William, a Representative from New York,
148, 1168, 2910, 3152, 3399
...3399

resolution by......
remarks on the Treasury note bill..........2887
remarks on the tax bill...

..2890
remarks on the tariff bill........2982, 2983, 3052
Wallace, John W., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania....593, 1660, 2274, 2292, 2846, 3155
resolutions by.

remarks on the tax bill..

.57. 171
.1307,

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Wallace, William H., a Delegate from Washing-
..57, 171, 398,
1040, 1143, 2622, 2623, 2953; 3153, 3328
resolutions by...
..398, 2953, 3153
remarks on the Indian intercourse bill......385,
478, 479
remarks on Indian appropriation bill, 2494, 2495
Walton, Charles W., a Representative from
Maine..........718, 719, 726, 2498, 2589, 2594
remarks on the Treasury note bill............692
remarks on the tax bill....
..1243,
1245, 1274, 1330, 1513, 1529
Walton, E. P., a Representative from Ver-
mont.....
.14,
15, 117, 132, 168, 750, 999, 827, 1103,
1360, 1390, 1544, 1656, 1660, 1677, 1728,
1730, 1763, 1820, 1821, 1842, 1843, 1847,
2042, 2128, 2262, 2292, 2321, 2434, 2435,
2498, 2589, 2594, 2638, 2639, 2646, 2662,
2714, 2717, 2820, 2821, 2846, 2904, 3154,
3329, 3330, 3362, 3363, 3370, 3399, 3407
resolutions by...168, 750, 827, 1390, 2292, 2954
remarks on the civil bill...
.282, 781
remarks on the legislative bill... .503, 504
remarks on the tax bill...1041, 1259, 1488, 1564
remarks on confiscation.....
..1768, 1769
remarks on printing the Patent Office report,
1820, 1821
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.........1892
remarks on the bill relating to the census in-
dex.........
..2126, 2127, 2128
remarks on confiscation bills Nos. 471 and
472...........
..2321, 2341, 2356

Walton, E. P., a Representative from Vermont-
Continued.

remarks on claims for losses by the rebel-
lion.........
.2821, 2822, 2823, 2824
remarks on the Treasury note bill No. 187,
2889, 2903
remarks in relation to the New York Tri-
bune.....
..2954
remarks on the tariff bill.........
.2983
Ward, Elijah, a Representative from New
York,....
.......228, 665, 939, 957,
1562, 1577, 1723, 1743, 2155, 2537, 2908
resolutions by...
..939, 1562, 1660
remarks on the bill for the relief of Francis
Hüttman.
.1722
.2939,

remarks on the tariff bill

2940, 2979, 2980, 2981, 2984, 2986,
3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3268
Warden-see District of Columbia.
War Department, calls for information upon the,
5, 6, 16, 35, 62, 145, 153, 159, 171, 178,
182, 191, 218, 227, 228, 230, 274, 298,
344, 384, 398, 399, 436, 593, 710, 726,
727, 877, 1010, 1116, 1166, 1192, 1236,
1251, 1252, 1340, 1341, 1380, 1480, 1527,
1563, 1608, 1657, 1669, 1681, 1743, 1815,
1846, 1847, 2021, 2128, 2587, 3622, 2623,
2737, 2738, 2818, 2912, 2986, 3080, 3130
communications from the...
..56, 76,
99, 182, 188, 274, 398, 494, 629, 775,
805, 1021, 1040, 1083, 1249, 1303, 1431,
1479, 1504, 1544, 1583, 1815, 1846, 1861,
1862, 1994, 2175, 2205, 2321, 2363, 2660,
2680, 2737, 2762, 2843, 3022, 3207, 3406
communication from the accompanying the let-
ter of General Hunter.....
...3087
bill to authorize the President to appoint two
additional Secretaries of War......
.425,
427, 435, 467
bill authorizing a detail of naval officers for the
service of the.........
...........727
bill (H. R. No. 221) to transfer the penitentiary
buildings of the District of Columbia to the,
to be used as an arsenal......................3293
War, bill to make an additional article of.....955,
957, 958, 975, 999, 1168, 1179, 1243
joint resolution (No. 22) in relation to the ob
jects of the.....
.........726
War statistics, joint resolution for the collection
of..........
..........500, 838, 878
Warrington, Lewis, and others, adverse decision
in the case of............2908, 3128; 3153, 3297
Washburne, Ellihu B., a Representative from Illi-
nois...2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 22, 24, 25, 34, 61, 87,
88, 100, 116, 133, 141, 149, 150, 159, 167,
168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 189, 198, 210,
250, 262, 274, 321, 333, 353, 357, 378, 379,
399, 400, 407,408, 421, 427, 436, 480, 481,
839, 850, 851, 873, 874, 877,878, 902, 907,
902, 911, 912, 932, 947, 948, 949, 950, 953,
954,958,999, 1000, 1010, 1022, 1341, 1370,
1431, 1443, 1459, 1460, 1480, 1483, 1484,
1489, 1504, 1505, 1536, 1550, 1628, 1629,
1656, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1669, 1669, 1680,
1681, 1787, 1815, 1829, 1833, 1835, 1842,
1843, 1847, 1853, 1862, 1924, 1949, 2000,
2009, 2010, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2030, 2048,
2215, 2291, 2363, 2381, 2382, 2432, 2439,
2496, 2498, 2536, 256), 2587, 2588, 2589,
2612, 2613, 2614, 2623, 2651, 2662, 2663,
2682, 2686, 26-9, 2690, 2691, 2692, 2711,
2713, 2737, 2740, 2818, 2819, 2844, 2846,
2847, 2848, 2849, 2879, 2887, 2891, 2905,
2906, 2907, 2908, 2912, 2940, 2953, 2954,
2986, 3023, 3034, 3050, 3051, 3056, 3080,
3082, 3083, 3085, 3086, 3101, 3102, 3109,
3120, 3127, 3129, 3130, 3151, 3152, 3153,
3154, 3155, 3156, 3187, 3188, 3207, 3208,
3209, 3213, 3214, 3215, 3216, 3258, 3260,
3261, 3293, 3302, 3303, 3328, 3333, 3366,
3369, 3370, 3397, 3399, 3400, 3401, 3407
resolutions by ..........61, 116, 150, 170, 172,

873, 874, 877, 2623, 2663, 2912, 3080, 3154
remarks on Government contracts, 116, 117, 189,

460, 1833, 1835, 1836, 1840, 1842,
1846, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852,
1865, 1867, 1868, 1870, 1886, 1887
remarks on the homestead bill......... 138, 1035
remarks on the consular and diplomatic bill,
153, 482, 485, 486
remarks on the bill amending the judicial sys-
tem.......173, 174, 949, 2561, 2563, 2564, 2565
remarks on the civil bill.....
....237,
275, 279, 281, 282, 284, 285, 304

Washburne, Ellihu B., a Representative from Illi-
nois-Continued.

remarks on the Treasury note bill...........435,
888, 6889, 890, 891, 901, 902
remarks on the victory at Fort Donelson, 930,
931
remarks on the tax bill
..1459,
1460, 1536, 1550, 2632
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia..................1644, 1647
remarks on the Illinois ship canal..........1659,
2906, 3033, 3056, 3082, 3083, 3107
remarks on printing the Patent Office report,
1821, 1822
remarks on the bill to grant pensions......1927
remarks in relation to the battle at Pittsburg
Landing.

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2021, 2022

remarks on the lowa election
remarks on confiscation ...... ..2323, 2561
remarks on equalizing the grades in the naval
service......
...2740, 2742, 2743, 2744
remarks on the bounty bill..........
.2847
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...3057,
3058, 3059, 3081

remarks on the Illinois judicial districts bill,
3185, 3186
Washington and Oregon war debt: joint resolu-
tion (No. 25) prescribing the mode of pay-
ing the awards authorized by the act of 2d of
March, 1861, for settling the, 858, 1040, 1656
Washington's Farewell Address.. ......913
printing of........
........999, 1022, 1167
Washington's birthday, resolution in regard to
the celebration of....
..726,
785, 805, 835, 874, 877, 901, 909, 999
proceedings on....
...911
Washington, the Territory of, bill (No. 99) to pro-

vide for the protection of overland emigrants
to California, Oregon, and..365, 427, 481, 500
Water tax-see District of Columbia.
Water works-see Interior Department.
Watts, John S., a Delegate from New Mex-
ico...
.16, 33, 57,
100, 167, 168, 231, 494, 520, 1046, 1144,
1680, 1724, 1942, 2614, 2623, 2624, 2639,

3153, 3154, 3258, 3330, 3331, 3333, 3563

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remarks on the legislative bill..........530, 1088
remarks on the tax bill
.......................1293, 1550
remarks on the bill amending the Court of
Claims act.....
...1673
1702,
1705, 1706, 1948
remarks on the bill for the relief of Chauncey
A. Horr.........
1724
remarks on the organization of Arizona, 2024,
2025, 2026, 20:27
remarks on the Treasury note bill No. 187,
2883, 2884
remarks on the bill relating to land surveys in
New Mexico.......
....3:208, 3209
Ways and Means, the Committee on..... .19
instructions to...

remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.

.....36. 57, 158, 168,
228,229,230, 353,385,398.400,948, 1235,
1251, 1340, 1370, 1563, 2953, 2955, 3237
bills reported from, 117, 118, 140, 147, 157, 163,
169, 189, 198, 218, 227, 258, 297, 344, 380,
435, 454, 482, 593, 751, 776, 874, 902, 949,
954, 1001, 1040, 1087, 1103, 1167, 1193,
1235, 1577, 1589, 1608, 1680, 1682, 1772,
1833, 1904, 1925, 2177, 2178, 2363, 2494,
2662, 2665, 2845, 2903, 2904, 2933, 3057,
3128, 3292, 3293, 3302, 3326, 3332, 3395
reports from....
..231
Webster, Edwin H., a Representative from Mary-
land.... ..36, 60, 1508, 1614, 1973, 2153,
2363, 2622, 3107, 3109, 3134, 3299, 3407
resolutions by.......
.36
remarks on the civil bill.............216, 217, 233
remarks on the defenses of Washington....613
remarks on Treasury note bill.................. .642, 901
remarks on the naval bill..........
.814
remarks on the Washington city railway bill,
1044

remarks on the emancipation resolution...1176
remarks on the tax bill....
......1484
remarks on claims for losses by the rebellion,
2155, 2379, 2820, 2821
remarks on the naval bill for 1863..........2213,
2214, 2215

Webster, Edwin H., a Representative from Mary-
land-Continued.

remarks on the District hospital bill........2438
remarks on the bill for the relief of Carmack &
Ramsey...
..3296, 3297, 3298
West Virginia, bill (No. 365) for the admission
of the State of, into the Union............2933,
3362, 3397, 3398
Whaley, Kellian V., a Representative from Vir-
ginia...............1583, 1649, 2341, 2389, 2537
[The copy of the remarks referred to on page
2341 was not furnished by Mr. W.]
resolutions by.............

..2660
remarks on the defense of Fort Sumter....2660
remarks on the division of Virginia........3269
Wheaton, Joseph, bill for the relief of the estate
of....
...........3207
Wheeler, William A., a Representative from New
York.......304, 1340, 1342, 1483, 1563, 1577,
1643, 2023, 2359, 2361, 2363, 2741, 2792
resolutions by.....
.......1166
remarks on the organization of Arizona...1342,
2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
remarks on the tax bill..........1365, 1486, 1577
remarks on bill to grant pensions....2101, 2102
White, Albert S., a Representative from Indi-
..141, 158, 169, 171,
172, 426, 564, 568, 840, 901, 1042, 1192,
1296, 1563, 1580, 1607, 1657, 1729, 1743,
1846, 1973, 2105, 2106, 2185, 2436, 2595,

ana...

2642, 2710, 2739, 2740, 3333, 3394, 3395
resolutions by.......158, 172, 1042, 1563, 1743
remarks on the reference of the President's mes-
sage.........
.........24
remarks on the legislative bill...........521, 522
remarks on bill relating to sutlers...1147, 1148
remarks on the tax bill, 1219, 1225, 1242, 1243,

1244, 1253, 1256, 1257, 1259, 1273, 1274,
1275, 1278, 1288, 1293, 1313, 1324, 1326,
1328, 1345, 1346, 1360, 1361, 1364, 1365,
1369, 1385, 1438, 1463, 1485, 1486, 1531,
1532, 1533, 1535, 1545, 1546, 1565, 1576
remarks on confiscation.......
1698, 1804
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.........1710,
1726, 1727, 1728, 1889, 1890, 1891,

1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1946, 1948
remarks on Government contracts...1745, 1870
remarks on the bill to secure the speedy trans-

tem.....

portation of the mails................2264, 2265
remarks on the bill amending the judicial sys-
...2565, 2566
Wickliffe, Charles A., a Representative from
Kentucky.,
...6, 33, 34, 35,
56, 77, 79, 100, 101, 158, 159, 181, 195,
198, 229, 231, 379, 384, 488, 547, 548,554,
592, 593, 708, 717, 785, 835, 838, 850, 859,
879, 899, 939, 985, 1023, 1044, 1045, 1103,
1117, 1252, 1320, 1340, 1346, 1383, 1483,
1504, 1551, 1555, 1562, 1563, 1564, 1575,
1589, 1607, 1629, 1670, 1847, 1886, 1904,
1935, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977,
2023, 2030, 2041, 2065, 2068, 2104, 2107,
2128, 2129, 2157, 2178, 2206, 2207, 2208,
2230, 2247, 2341, 2388, 2415, 2432, 2498,
2537, 2564, 2565, 2566, 2568, 2587, 2589,
2595, 2614, 2620, 2621, 2622, 2623, 2671,
2713, 2714, 2715, 2717, 2739, 2740, 2742,
2762, 2793, 2794, 2795, 2821, 2843, 2879,
2891, 29:8, 2911, 2912, 2954, 2955, 2978,
3129, 3158, 3187, 3188, 3213, 3215, 3316,
3258, 3260, 3261, 3265, 3298, 3301, 3302,
3327, 3329, 3332, 3362, 3365, 3366, 3367,
3369, 3395, 3396, 3398, 3400, 3405, 3407
resolutions by
.198, 229,
323, 592, 1347, 1551, 1886, 2065, 2066,
2128, 2537, 2587, 2671, 3188, 3258, 3407
remarks on the expulsion of Henry C. Bur-
.7
remarks on the Kentucky volunteers bill...33,
77, 78, 101, 102, 104, 106, 107, 109
remarks on the loyalty of Government em-
ployés...........
179, 180
remarks on the civil bill.....
..215,

nett........

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Wickliffe, Charles A., a Representative from
Kentucky-Continued.

remarks on the diplomatic bill....482, 485, 486
remarks on the legislative bill..
.....521,
529, 530, 1091, 1093
remarks on the defenses of Washington...611,
613, 614, 718
remarks on the Treasury note bill, 642, 655, 689,
693, 694, 695, 707, 888, 889, 890, 902, 938
remarks on the naval bill....
.814, 832
remarks on the conduct of the war. ...838,
839, 840, 841, 851, 855
remarks on the rendition of slaves by the
Army........
........956, 957, 958
remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol-
ishment of slavery....1150, 1152, 1168, 1169,
1171, 1172, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1514
remarks on the tax bill.
.1217,
1223, 1243, 1253, 1254, 1276, 1279, 1294,
1295, 1296, 1303, 1304, 1305, 1306, 1307,
1325, 1363, 1364, 1367, 1368, 1369, 1384,
1386, 1389, 1412, 1435, 1436, 1438, 1441,
1442, 1454, 1455, 1456, 1484, 1485, 1528,
1530, 1535, 1546, 1548, 1549, 1564, 1565,
1566, 1576, 1577, 2681, 2682, 2708, 2890
remarks on confiscation...
....1303,
2326, 2356, 2409, 2764, 2765, 3107
remarks on the organization of Arizona, 1341,
2023, 2027, 2028, 2029
remarks personal and explanatory. .....1320,
1480, 2106, 2819
remarks on assigning the command of troops,
1505, 1507
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia....
...1638,

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1639, 1646, 1647, 1648

remarks on transferring the supervision of the
Capitol extension..........
........1658
remarks on the bill to provide for losses during
the rebellion........
..1669,
2137, 2155, 2821, 2822, 2823, 2889,
2934, 2935, 2936, 2955, 2975, 2978
remarks on Government contracts.. ..1848,
1862, 1867, 1887, 1888
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.........1947,
1950, 1971
remarks on the impeachment of Judge Hum-
phreys........... .........1966, 1967, 2621
remarks on the prohibition of slavery.....2030,
2041, 2042, 2043, 2046,
2047, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2068
remarks on the bill relating to the census index,
2126, 2127
remarks on the Army appropriations for 1863,
2134, 2135, 2136
remarks on the bill for the codification of the
laws of the District.......
..........2156

remarks on disqualifications of color in carrying
the mails.......

2232

remarks on the bill for the collection of taxes,
2410, 2414, 2497
remarks on the bill to quiet California land
titles......
..........2640
remarks on the pay of certain Army officers,
2650, 2662, 2663, 2684, 2686, 2687
remarks on the bill to encourage enlistments,
2790

remarks on the Illinois ship canal..........2713,
2714, 3025, 3026
remarks on General Hunter's order and letter,
2587, 2620, 3102, 3120,
3121, 3123, 3124, 3126, 3127
remarks on the pay of the Missouri soldiers,
3241
Wilkes, Captain Charles, joint resolution tender-
ing the thanks of Congress to........ ...5
William F. Russell, bill to change the name of
the steamboat Charlotte Vanderbilt to...2908
Williams, Zina, bill for the relief of...1846, 2715
Williamson, Mrs. Susan T., bill for the relief of,
1166, 3086
Wilson, James F., a Representative from Iowa,
159, 364, 548, 655, 784, 879, 951, 1025,
1193, 1251, 1286, 1303, 1484, 1657, 1682,
1943, 2356, 2495, 2565, 2587, 2665, 2737,
2738, 2906, 2907, 3050, 3120, 3151, 3209,
3240, 3262, 3263, 3298, 3301, 3302, 3394
resolutions by.........159, 655, 1251, 1657, 2738
remarks on the resolution relating to railroads
in Missouri.................
........604, 710
remarks on the bill amending the judicial sys-
tem...879, 1193, 2561, 2563, 2564, 2565, 2566
remarks on the engineer volunteers bill....955,

1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1028, 1029, 1030

Wilson, James F., a Representative from Iowa-
Continued.

remarks on the tax bill...

..1343, 1346,
1347, 1364, 1365, 1366, 1369, 1438, 1462
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill. .....1704,
1706, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1910, 1946
remarks in relation to the battle at Pittsburg
Landing......
.1932
remarks on prohibition of slavery...2046, 2047
remarks on the bill declaring certain persons
ineligible to office......
.2564, 2565
Wilson, John, bill for the relief of .1562, 2183
Windom, William, a Representative from Min-
nesota.............2623, 2709, 2985, 3056, 3128
remarks on the Treasury note bill............888,
889, 890, 891

remarks on the homestead bill.........1032, 1033
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill..........1891
remarks on confiscation bills No. 471, and 472,

2243

remarks on the bill relating to the Winnebago
fund........

..3240
Winslow, Robert M., bill for the relief of...1505,
1928, 2184, 3398
Witnesses, bill to repeal a portion of the second
section of the act more effectually to enforce
the attendance of, on the summons of either
House of Congress, and to compel them to
discover testimony..
.....56, 228
bill amending the provisions of the second sec-
tion of the act of January 24, 1857, enforcing
the attendance of, before committees of either
House of Congress................364, 454, 496
bill in relation to the competency of, in trials in
equity and admiralty..
.1581,
2955, 3261, 3393, 3397, 3398, 3405
bill (S. No. 167) to authorize the examination
of parties to suits in the courts of the United
States......
..3305, 3368

(See Contumacious witnesses.)
Wood, Benjamin, a Representative from New
York...35, 375, 427, 736, 814, 958, 1551, 1888,
1905, 2184, 2215, 2409, 2790, 2892, 2903
...3362
resolutions by....
remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol-
ishment of slavery.......
remarks on the tax bill.....
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.
remarks on bill to grant pensions....1927, 1928
remarks on the state of the Union...........2175
remarks on certain charges of disloyalty, 2667,

.1149, 1179
.1237, 1488
..1891

3362

charge against, of communicating intelligence
..2666
to the rebels:.....
Wood, Henry Clay, bill for the relief of.....2737
Wood, Oliver Spencer, bill for the relief of, 2153,
2710, 2737
Wood, W. Maxwell, bill for the relief of, 1846,
3086, 3087, 3102
Woodbury, Daniel, bill authorizing a rehearing
of the application of, for the extension of his
letters-patent for improvements in horse
power.....
.......2183, 2845
Woodruff, George C., a Representative from
Connecticut......
....1041, 1723, 2622
remarks on the Treasury note bill............692
remarks on the tax bill....
..1304,
1305, 1314, 1329, 1346, 1513, 1533
remarks on the state of the Union...........2435
Worcester, Samuel T., a Representative from
Ohio.......
..36, 569,
734, 850, 1563, 1581, 1590, 1629, 1649
resolutions by...
..36
remarks on the Pennsylvania election, (Butler
vs. Lehman)......210, 365, 368, 370, 371, 372
remarks on the election of Charles H. Upton,

565, 568, 909, 947, 975, 976, 979, 982,
983, 984, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1006
remarks on the tax bill.........1258, 1274, 1275,
1276, 1286, 1287, 1288, 1293, 1343, 1346,
1347, 1361, 1362, 1364, 1388, 1529, 1576
remarks on Nebraska election, 1978, 1997, 1998
Worden, Lieutenant J. L., joint resolution ex-
pressing the thanks of Congress to, of the
United States Navy, and the officers and men
under his command in the Monitor...... 1222,
1235, 3084, 3128
Wright, Hendrick B., a Representative trom
Pennsylvania...8, 25, 36, 147, 171, 172,

274,349,352,385, 400, 426, 594, 609, 614,
758, 813, 850, 853, 939, 954, 999, 1030,
1044, 1071, 1101, 1191, 1259, 1577, 1581,
1584, 1590, 1612, 1614, 1658, 1659, 1660,
1670, 1676, 2656, 2712, 2746, 2906, 2982

Wright, Hendrick B., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania-Continued.

resolutions by......25, 36, 171, 1001
remarks on the reference of the President's
message.......

remarks on the seizure of the Trent....211, 212
remarks on the bill to abolish the franking priv-
ilege........
......................................61, 262
remarks on the Kentucky volunteers bill, 104,
105, 106
remarks on the fortification bill...............381,
382, 383, 384
remarks on the civil bill...... ........238, 813
remarks on the bill to abolish the franking priv-
ilege...........
.259, 260, 261
remarks on the legislative bill.....442, 531, 532
remarks on the state of the Union....... .404,
405, 406, 407, 595
remarks on the Treasury note bill, 637, 661, 662
remarks on the Pennsylvania election, (Kline
vs. Verree).......
....1058, 1059, 1061
remarks on the bill relating to sutlers, 1147, 1148
remarks on the tax bill..
1254, 1256,
1257, 1258, 1291, 1313, 1328, 1329, 1345,
1346, 1363, 1365, 1385, 1409, 1411, 1441,
1463, 1481, 1487, 1528, 1565, 1577, 2906
remarks on the medical department of the
Army...........
.1585
remarks on the franking privilege............1613
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia............... .1643, 1644
remarks on the death of Hon. Thomas B.
Cooper............

remarks on confiscation.......
Writs of error-see Appeals.

Yeas and nays on-

adjournment....

Y.

......

.1688

..........1769

.34,

159, 171, 375, 957, 958, 1045, 1763, 1771,
1772, 2409, 3034, 3083, 3188, 3216, 3400
adjournment, final...
...2819
adjournment over....

..109,

1330, 2614, 2843, 2849, 2978, 3101, 3109
agricultural colleges bill................2769, 2770
agriculture, bill establishing a department of,
857
Annals of Congress, purchase of............2434,
2435, 2621, 2820
appeals from decisions of the Chair.........2614
Arizona, bill to provide a temporary govern-
ment for.........
......1342, 2029, 2030
Army deficiency bill.........
..1686
Army medical department.....................1671
Army officers, bill to define the pay of.....2663

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California land titles, bill to quiet............2646
calls of the House.........170, 1045, 1227, 1314,
1340, 1483, 1614, 2409, 2498, 2587, 2682,
3055, 3186, 3188, 3209, 3366, 3393, 3400
civil appropriation bill.........304, 305, 776, 782
civil bill, supplementary..
...3293, 3331
command of troops, assigning the...........1508
conduct of the war committee....
confiscation of rebel property.....

....198
...159,

1766, 1767, 1770, 1771, 1772, 1788, 1820
confiscation bill No. 471...2359,2360, 2361, 3267
confiscation bill No. 472..
..2361,

2362, 2363, 2409, 2561, 2793
contracts of the Government, resolutions re-
ported relating to....... .......1887, 1888
Court of Claims act, bill amending the....1677
defenses of Washington........ .......614
district attorneys, bill regulating the compen-
sation of..........
......2587, 2588
duties on tea, sugar and coffee..........170, 199
election by single districts.
engineer volunteers bill..........
franking privilege, bill to abolish the.......262,
325, 326
..1671

.2912
.........1030

bill to regulate the..........
fugitive slave law, instructions to repeal...2623
Hayti and Liberia, bill to send diplomatic rep-
resentatives to
...2536
homestead bill........
.....14, 139, 1035
Hüttman, Francis, bill for relief of...2612, 2614
Illinois judicial districts bill...
..3186
Iowa election.........
.2023

legislative appropriation bill.......................... ..1093
losses by the rebellion, bill providing for, 3056
mails, bill removing disqualifications of color in
carrying the.......
.2263
bill to secure the speedy transportation of
the.........
2292
mileage, bill reducing rates of...3333, 3363, 3366
for the extra session...
naval appropriation bill.....
for 1863.......

..231, 250
..834, 1612
.....3081
naval service, equalizing grades in the.....2744
Nebraska election case
....2010, 2322

newspaper postage bill....................425, 426

Yeas and nays on-Continued.
Pacific railroad bill...............1910, 1971, 2905
Pennsylvania election, Butler vs. Lehman, 379
Kline vs. Verree......
.1061
President's message, reference of the.........24
provisional government, bill to establish a, over
the seceded States.
.........1193
railroad facilities between Washington and
New York, bill to increase the............2110
railroads in Missouri, resolution relating to, 812
railway in Washington city............ .1044
recess, proposition for a.............
Segar, Joseph, election of...............759, 1972
ship canal....
.....1659, 3033, 3056, 3082
slavery, in the District of Columbia, abolition
of....
....1589, 1590, 1643, 1648
resolution for the gradual abolishment of,
1168, 1179

....2262

prohibition of...........2030, 2042, 2068, 2769
select committee on a plan for the abolish-
ment of..............
..........1563
slaves, surrender of, by the Army...........168,
957, 959, 975, 999
resolutions relating to fugitive...... ........5,
33, 59, 116, 158, 159, 168, 399

.3397
..2363

arrest of, in the District of Columbia....1252
slave trade act, bill amending..........................
Small, Robert, bill for the relief of......
staff of the Army, organization of the......1102
State prisoners, bill providing for the discharge
of......
...........3184
sugars, bill for additional duties on.........3333
supplies furnished by the States, bill providing
for.......
.....568
suspension of the rules...400, 1149, 1658, 1660,
1943, 3155, 3156, 3370, 3398, 3401, 3405

tariff bill....
tax, resolution to impose a.........
tax bill.....

on........

....3055
..349, 372
.1565, 1566,
1576, 1577, 2682, 2891, 2903, 2906, 2954
taxes in insurrectionary districts, bill for the
collection of.......
........2414
tea, coffee, and sugar, bill increasing the duties
...170, 199
Treasury note bill.......695, 736, 901, 902, 939
Treasury note bill No. 187........ .2903, 3128
Upton, Charles H., election of...............1010
war, resolution relating to the conduct of the..5
resolution of Mr. Holman on the objects of
the...........
..........15, 1042
bill authorizing the President to appoint two
additional Secretaries of...........
.......427
West Virginia, admission of........ ....3397.
Wood, W. Maxwell, bill for the relief of..3102
Young, T. and G., bill for the relief of, 932, 2847

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