INDEX

A.

Abolition of slavery in the District of Colum-
bia, petitions on the subject of, 133, 233
330
Africans recaptured on the coast of Africa,
concerning the appropriation for the
328, 335, 336, 345
support of
African squadron, concerning the, 41, 50, 63, 79
331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336
Agricultural Bank of Mississippi, bill for the
relief of the
89, 141, 180
Alabama, bill for the relief of certain citizens'
ot, who lost their improvements in
consequence of the war with the
Creek Indians

resolutions by

8

88

164

- 333

bill relating to the mode of payment of
the two per cent. fund relinquished to
the State of
330, 336, 340
Albemarle Sound and Atlantic ocean, bill di-
recting a survey of a direct commu-
nication between the
157, 180
Allen, Win, of Ohio, 2, 31, 63, 75, 128, 133
149, 161, 181, 205, 226, 237, 275, 311
328, 340, 342, 354, 364, 365, 366, 371
376, 377, 379
the credentials of
- 133
70, 304, 331
remarks on the bankrupt bill
346, 349
remarks on the subject of improving the
navigation of the Western waters
remarks concerning the speech of Sir
Robert Peel, on the construction of
the Ashburton treaty as to the right
of search
remarks on the bill making appropria-
tion for the fulfilment of the stipula-
tions of the Ashburton treaty
remarks on the bill to recharter the
banks in the District of Columbia, 361, 365
371
remarks on the proposition to give to
the present Congress printers 20 per
cent, above the contract price for ex-
ecuting the public printing 382, 391
remarks concerning the proposition to
pay for books distributed to members
of Congress
remarks on the bill reviving the act of
July, 1838, allowing pensions to wi-
dows of officers and soldiers of the
Revolution
388, 389
remarks on the bill to print the debates, 355
356, 357, 358

378.

383

(See Debts.)
Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, bill
to amend the charter of the town of, 141
181, 192
104

Apportionment bill, protest of a State Legis-

lature against -

-

SENATE.

Archer, Wm. S., of Virginia, 30, 38, 41, 45, 61
63, 70, 75, 81, 88, 100, 106, 111, 121
127, 133, 147, 153, 157, 166, 175, 182
185, 206, 220, 244, 252, 275, 276, 299
314, 315, 326, 328, 342, 345, 363, 364
366, 371, 372, 379, 394
remarks on the bill for the benefit of
the Petersburg Railroad Company, 186
remarks concerning the quintuple treaty, 63
64, 85, 262

188

remarks on the Oregon bill, 74, 100, 104
105, 212, 220, 222, 230, 239, 240, 244
remarks on the proposition to print the
report on the subject of the fine on
General Jackson

· 148
his recollections touching the contro-
versy, in secret session, between
Messrs. Rives and Benton, concern-
ing the red line map
remarks on the bill making appropria-
tion for the fulfilment of stipulations
of the Ashburton treaty
378, 379
remarks on the presentation to the Sen-
ate of the sword of Washington and
the staff of Franklin
. 255
remarks on the bill providing for a mis-
sion to China -
391, 392
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Jackson
316, 317
remarks concerning the speech of Sir
Robert Peel, on the construction of
the Ashburton treaty as to the right
of search
331, 332, 333, 335, 336
(See Debates-Debts.)
Arkansas, bill for the relief of citizens of, who
lost their improvements in conse-
quence of the treaty between the
United States and Choctaw Indians, 54
89,95

(See Debates-Debts.)
Baltimore, Md., bill to continue in force an
- 299
act therein mentioned relating to
Bangor, Me., bill to authorize the appointment
of an assistant collector for the port
of
- 166
Bank of the State of Alabama, bill authorizing
its notes to be received in payment of
lands sold in that State on certain con-
ditions -
330, 336, 340
Bank of the United States, concerning
- 220
Banks in the District of Columbia, the bill to
continue the charters of the several, 226
364, 365, 371, 377

Mr. Walker
Bankrupt law, petitions, &c., on the subject of

the repeal of the, 54, 63, 69, 75, 79
84, 88, 94, 99, 100, 103, 104, 110, 118
127, 133, 143, 152, 157, 161, 162, 166
169, 175, 186, 192, 198, 205, 211, 212
220, 226, 237, 238, 244, 262, 275, 280
69
Mr. Benton's remarks concerning
the bill to repeal the, 33, 38, 45, 46, 51
147, 181, 185, 238, 275, 281, 315, 321
327, 338, 344, 362, 375, 380

4 to 22

23, 24

Mr. Choate
Mr. Conrad
Mr. Crittenden

Mr. Graham

• 46

concerning the "Creole" case

24

26

Mr. Huntington

- 346

concerning impressment

28

Mr. King

45, 238, 342, 347

Mr. Smith of Connecticut

346, 349

Ashburton treaty. (See Treaty.)

Indian

Assumption. (See Debts of the States.)
Atherton, Charles G., Senator elect from New
Hampshire, credentials of

164

Auditor's office, the second, joint resolution for
continuing an additional clerk in 326
383

342, 346, 347
347

-

for the fulfilment of the stipulations of
the Ashburton treaty, 366, 371, 372, 377
378, 379

Appropriation bills, the civil and diplomatic, 79
81, 377, 381, 382, 390, 391, 392, 393
the army and military academy, 233, 244
267, 268, 315, 342
the naval, 263, 321, 322, 327, 328, 331, 337
340, 363
261, 263
233, 366
340, 364

Barrow, Alexander, of Louisiana, 37, 41, 50
54, 61, 70, 141, 161, 261, 267, 275, 276
296, 299, 304, 365, 377
resolutions by, 74, 79, 111, 119, 133, 142

158

- 170

his recollections touching the contro-
versy, in secret session, between
Messrs. Benton and Rives, concern-
ing the red-lined inap
(See Debts.)
Bates, J. C., of Massachusetts, 30, 39, 47, 50, 61
63, 69, 84, 95, 110, 112, 127, 143, 147
157, 161, 166, 180, 185, 186, 198, 211
220, 226, 233, 238, 267, 280, 287, 311
327, 341, 345, 353, 363, 364, 366, 370
371, 372, 376, 387, 391
remarks on the bill to revive the pen-
sion act of July, 1838
388
Bayard, R. H., of Delaware, 30, 38, 39, 45, 46

50, 54, 63, 75, 79, 81, 84, 85, 110, 112
121, 127, 128, 133, 134, 142, 153, 161
166, 181, 186, 188, 198, 206, 212, 235
238, 243, 263, 264, 299, 304, 321, 322
327, 328, 340, 341, 345, 346, 354, 363
371, 376, 377, 382, 383, 387, 390
resolutions by
39, 235, 326
remarks on the joint resolution to estab-
lish agencies for the inspection and
purchase of water-rotted hemp, 227, 262

372, 377, 383

resolutions submitted by, 1, 2, 41, 50, 54
63, 74, 79, 85, 94, 99, 119, 237, 252
262, 275, 281, 321, 327, 341, 345
- his bill to repeal the bankrupt law 38
remarks concerning the repeal of the
bankrupt act - 51, 52, 147, 342, 347
remarks on the expunging resolution, 41
remarks concerning the quintuple treaty, 64
65, 79, 85, 252, 262
remarks on the Oregon bill, 74, 106, 112
154, 172, 176, 234, 238, 239
remarks concerning the speech of Sir
Robert Peel, on the construction of
the Ashburton treaty as to the right
of search
331, 332, 333
his recollections pending the contro-
versy, in secret session, between
Messrs. Benton and Rives, concern-
ing the red-lined map, 111, 119, 120, 121
169, 170, 171
remarks on the bill reviving the act
of July, 1838, allowing pensions to
widows of officers and soldiers of the
Revolution
389
remarks on the subject of making an
appropriation for the improvement of
the navigation of the Western waters, 165
remarks concerning the establishment
of agencies for the inspection and
purchase of water rotted hemp, 226, 263
remarks on the bill to provide for the
mission to China
391, 392
remarks on the army appropriation bill, 267
268
(See Debates-Oregon.)
Berrien, J. M., of Georgia, 37, 41, 49, 63, 69
81, 85, 88, 89, 94, 100, 104, 127, 128
141, 142, 143, 148, 157, 158, 162, 181
192, 198, 201, 206, 207, 220, 233, 211
288, 296, 314, 315, 321, 322, 331, 340
342, 345, 351, 363, 365, 372, 377, 381
390
46, 89
· 212

resolutions by

62

remarks on the Oregon bill
remarks on the bill to repeal the bank-
rupt act, 45, 51, 52, 275, 281, 341, 342
347, 349
eulogium on Richard H. Habersham
of Georgia, deceased
remarks on the proposition to print the
report of the Judiciary Committee con-
cerning the repeal of the bankrupt law, 238
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Jackson
315, 321

Berrien, J. M., of Georgia-

remarks on the resolutions adopted by

the Legislature of Georgia, censuring
his political course

(See Debates-Debts.)

• 377

Bills introduced on leave, 41, 45, 49, 50, 54, 61
62, 63, 70, 74, 79, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89
104, 111, 127, 141, 148, 153, 157, 169
211, 212, 229, 238, 252, 262, 267, 293
331

Bills reported from committees, 54, 62, 63, 73
79, 84, 85, 88, 94, 99, 100, 104, 111
118, 121, 127, 133, 141, 147, 148, 152
158, 161, 162, 166, 174, 180, 181, 192
206, 211, 220, 226, 229, 233, 235, 238
244, 252, 261, 267, 275, 276, 280, 287
288, 292, 293, 299, 304, 311, 320, 325
326, 330, 331, 340, 341, 345, 353, 362
365, 370, 371, 376, 377, 387, 391
Bills and joint resolutions passed, 74, 75, 95, 100
133, 149, 158, 166, 182, 192, 206, 220
240, 244, 252, 263, 267, 276, 281, 292
296, 299, 311, 315, 330, 331, 337, 340
341, 362, 363, 364, 370, 371, 372, 376
377, 378, 379, 383, 387, 391
Bills and joint resolutions rejected, 149, 158, 206
226, 267, 276, 287, 311, 320, 341, 345
353, 354, 364, 371, 372, 383, 387
Books and public documents received from the
House of Peers of France, concerning
the
261
Books distributed to members of Congress, de-
bate concerning the appropriation to
pay for
382, 383
Boundary. (See Northeastern Boundary.)
line of Ohio, bill concerning the, and
the admission of Michigan into the
Union
50, 166, 370
bill directing the running of the north-
ern line of the reserve of the half-
breed Sac and Fox tribe of Indians,
between the United States and Texas,

Bresee, Sidney S, Senator elect from Illinois,
the credentials of
88
Buchanan, James, of Pennsylvania, 2, 30, 40, 54
61, 69, 73, 75, 84, 94, 110, 118, 127
140, 142, 161, 164, 175, 181, 185, 188
198, 211, 219, 220, 230, 238, 243, 255
263, 264, 266, 275, 311, 321, 328, 331
336, 337, 341, 342, 365, 371, 376, 377
382, 394
credentials of
- 158
resolutions by
2, 104, 118
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the
Petersburg Railroad Co., and con-
cerning the importation of railroad
iron free of duty
181, 187
remarks on the joint resolution for es-
tablishing agencies for the inspection
263
and purchase of water-rotted hemp
remarks on the army appropriation bill, 268
remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 322
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Jackson
- 316
remarks on the bill to repeal the bank-
Jupt law
347, 348, 349
remarks on the bill to extend the char-
ters of the District banks
- 365
remarks on the treasury note bill, 380, 381
remarks on the bill to revive the act of
July, 1838, allowing pensions to the
widows of officers and soldiers of the
Revolution
388, 389

(See Debates-Debts)
C.
Cadets in the West Point Academy, concern-
ing the appointment and apportion-
268, 315, 342
Calhoun, John C., of South Carolina, 54, 110, 121
128, 142, 161, 166, 186, 192, 222, 235
240, 244, 252, 268, 275, 276, 322, 327
328, 341, 379, 382
his recollections pending the controver-
sy, in secret session, between Messrs.
Rives and Benton, concerning the red-
lined map
111, 170
remarks on the Oregon bill, 133, 134, 142
149, 227,

239

surveyor of the port of, 299, 331, 37%2
Canal, the Louisville and Portland, debate con-
cerning onerous exactions on the com-
merce of the Western rivers by the 281
Caroline affair, the
119, 188
Catalogues of the library of Congress, debate
on the proposition for the distribution
of
94, 100
Centre College, Kentucky, bill to transfer to
the trustees of the, lands heretofore
granted to the Kentucky Asylum for
educating the deaf, dumb, and blind - 372
Census, Compendium of the Sixth, the petition
and proposition for pay for printing

joint resolution for the distribution ofthe,
and appropriation to defray the ex-
pense
148, 276, 315, 381
the appropriation to defray the expense
of printing the Compendium of the 381
383, 391, 393
Chaplain to the Senate
38
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, bill
for the relinquishment to Maryland,
&c., of the stock held in the, by the
United States, 175, 185, 198, 275, 281
Chicago, Illinois, bill to establish a new collec-
tion district at
293
China, bill to provide the means for future in-
tercourse with
363, 391, 392
Choate, R., of Mass., 45, 49, 99, 141, 143, 162
176, 186, 229, 233, 239, 275, 280, 311
320, 327, 342, 376, 382
remarks on the bankrupt bill
-346
remarks on the Oregon bill, 134, 171, 176
235, 238, 239
remarks concerning an editorial criti-
cism in the Globe, of his production of
the map in the Senate
Civil and diplomatic appropriation bill, 79, 81
377, 381, 382, 390, 391, 392, 393
Claims, Committee on, bills reported from the, 63
69, 118, 133, 152, 161, 174, 181, 206
220, 233, 252, 261, 267, 275, 292, 293
330, 370, 376
reports from the, 104, 133, 161, 181, 206
220, 267, 287, 293
Claims against the Government, new rule con-
cerning legislation on, 45, 50, 63, 70
bill providing for the settlement of the
claims for supplies furnished the Flo-
rida militia

320, 383
(See Land claims-Mexican claims-Massa-
chusetts claims.)
Clay, John Randolph, late secretary of lega.
tion of the United States to the court
of Vienna, bill for the relief of, 275, 372
Clayton, T., of Delaware, 30, 41, 50, 63, 79, 83
103, 152, 166, 211, 243, 264, 267, 363
-362
Clinch, Duncan L, bill for the relief of
Cloth cases
140, 169
Coin, the bill to regulate the currency of for-
eign gold and silver 63, 79, 112, 245
the bill to fix the computation at the cus
tom-house of certain German, 304, 345
379
Commerce, the Committee on, resolutions in-
structing the
74, 85, 235
reports from the, 99, 147, 261, 267, 330
bills and joint resolutions reported from
the, 62, 73, 99, 147, 180, 220, 261, 267
280, 299, 330, 345, 354, 363, 377, 387
Commerce on the northwestern lakes, bill for
the protection of
354

Commerce and navigation, the annual state-
ment of

342

50

40

99

Comet and Encomium, bill making indemnity
for slaves taken from on board the
100, 128, 133, 267
Committees, standing, announced
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
call upon the, for information
Commissioner of the Public Buildings, bill to
fix the compensation of-the
- 372
Conrad, C. M., of Louisiana, 1, 2, 45, 54, 61
63, 70, 73, 75, 88, 127, 133, 143, 153
157, 161, 166, 186, 192, 220, 233, 239
244, 287, 292, 294, 327, 328, 342, 372
392
resolutions submitted by, 1, 54, 62, 63, 95
133, 142

remarks on the bill to suppress private
expresses
246, 252, 253
remarks on the ariny appropriation bill, 268
remarks on the bill to indemnify Major

Gen. Jackson -

remarks on the bankrupt bill
remarks on the District banks bill
Cooper, Dr. Thomas, petition to refund the fine
imposed on him under the alien and
sedition law

316,.321

Mr. Bagby
Mr. Bayard
Mr. Benton

.

347, 349

Mr. Berrien

364

Mr. Buchanan,

Mr. Calhoun

- 110

- 354
354, 355, 357, 358
- 358
354, 356, 357, 358
- 355
357, 359
356, 357, 358
354, 356, 357, 358

- 331

Mr. Sevier

354, 357, 359

Copyright to Richard H. Wilde, 41, 141, 181, 192
to John Rowlett, bill to continue it to
Court, at Williamsport, Pa, bill providing for
the holding of a

bill to amend the act establishing a dis-
trict court of the United States at
Wheeling

bill to repeal the act changing the time
of holding the circuit and district
courts in Ohio

bill for altering the time for holding the
circuit courts of the United States for
the district of Connecticut - 206, 252
bill to alter the place of holding the dis-
trict court of the United States for the
district of New Jersey
226, 252
bill to change the place of holding the
circuit court of the United States for
the district of Maine -

bill to change the time of holding the
district and circuit courts for the east-
ern district of Tennessee
Crafts, Samuel C., of Vermont, 30, 94, 133, 164
180, 219

Mr. Crittenden
Mr. Henderson
Mr. King

355, 356, 357

Mr. Smith of Connecticut

Mr. Tappan

- 358
356, 357

354, 356, 358
356, 357

Mr. Woodbury,
Mr. Wright

Debts, State, the assumption of, resolutions, &c.,
concerning the
70, 74, 81, 293
communication from the President of
the United States concerning
81
remarks on the several resolutions of
Messrs. McDuffie, Bayard, Allen,
Rives, Merrick, and Walker, con-
cerning
293, 299, 315, 326

Enlistments in the army, navy, and marine

corps, bill to regulate 127, 133, 175
Evans, George S., of Maine, 20, 37, 45, 47, 54
61, 63, 79, 81, 89, 94, 103, 110, 111
113, 118, 127, 141, 142, 147, 149, 152
153, 157, 158, 164, 166, 175, 181, 182
185, 186, 188, 192, 198, 205, 206, 219
226, 227, 229, 237, 238, 243, 244, 251
261, 263, 275, 280, 292, 304, 308, 311
320, 321, 322, 325, 326, 327, 328, 336
340, 342, 345, 353, 362, 363, 364, 366
371, 377, 379, 380, 382, 387, 390, 391
392, 393
resolutions by
255, 288, 341
remarks on his resolution on the subject
of the tariff, the currency, economy,
and retrenchment

255, 276, 281
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the
- 187
Petersburg Railroad Co.
remarks on the army appropriation bill, 267
268, 315

remarks concerning the construction of
the Ashburton treaty as to the right of
search
334
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill, 363
- 364
remarks on the navy pension bill
remarks on the treasury note bill, 380, 390
remarks on the appropriation to pay for
printing the Compendium of the Sixth
Census
. 381
Exchequer, the bill to modify the several acts
establishing the Treasury Department,
so as to create a board of, 33, 45, 85, 175
192, 198, 240, 243, 244, 267
petitions, &c., concerning the plan for a
board of, 141, 161, 164, 166, 180, 185
186, 192, 205, 211, 251, 340
Exploring and surveying expedition, bill for
the relief of certain officers of the late, 371
377, 383
Expresses, private, bill to prevent the employ-
ment of, on mail routes, and for the
prevention of frauds on the revenues
of the Post Office Department 111, 211
220, 229, 233, 234, 245, 252, 263
remarks by-

244

remarks on, by-

Mr. Allen, 293, 295, 296, 299, 306, 313

Mr. Henderson

Mr. Huntington

Mr. Merrick 211, 212,

220, 229, 233

Mr. Bayard

234,

33

245, 252, 253
229, 245, 252

246

the credentials of
Crittenden, John J., of Kentucky, 2, 31, 43, 45
52, 64, 74, 75, 85, 88, 100, 104, 106
112, 127, 128, 133, 140, 141, 161, 175
181, 182, 192, 198, 201, 220, 226, 261
262, 282, 289, 299, 311, 315, 320, 322
325, 342, 345, 362, 364, 365, 366, 371
the credentials of

resolutions submitted by
remarks on the army appropriation bill, 267
remarks on the Oregon bill
€ 105

Mr. Berrien
Mr. Buchanan
Mr. Calhoun -
Mr. Crittenden
Mr. Conrad
Mr. Cuthbert
Mr. Graham
Mr. Henderson

175

2, 75

petition on the subject of the
Curiosities. (See Natural curiosities.)
Custom-house, New York, bill to reduce the

number and compensation of the of-
ficers and others employed in the, 280, 299
330

Cuthbert, A., of Georgia

299, 322, 327
remarks concerning the speech of Sir
Robert Peel on the construction of the
Ashburton treaty as to the right of
search -
- 335

he presents and debates the resolutions
adopted by the Legislature of Georgia,
censuring the political course of Mr.
Berrien
(See Debts.)

377

306, 326
306, 314
306

293, 294, 308
306, 307, 311
294, 307

- 308

- 306

294

294, 299

307, 311, 312, 313
294, 306, 313, 326
293, 294
293, 299, 304, 305
Mr. Walker, 294, 304, 307, 313, 314, 315

DeKalb, Maj. Gen. Baron, deceased, bill for
the relief of the legal representatives
of
Detroit, Michigan, joint resolution in relation
to certain property purchased for the
United States in the city of - 377, 383
District of Columbia. (See Banks-Infants-
Imprisonment for debt.)
bills reported from the Committee on the, 141
148, 169, 226, 267, 275
Distribution to the States, concerning
- 157
Docks, floating or dry, debate concerning the
erection of a, at New York, 322, 327, 328
377
Drawbacks on foreign merchandise exported
in original packages to Chihuahua
and Santa Fe, in Mexico, 50, 62, 74, 89
95
generally on goods exported in original
packages
- 261

Fillebrown, Thomas, bill for the relief of
Fine. (See Jackson.)
Finance, Committee on, bills reported from
the, 79, 111, 118, 127, 141, 147, 166, 229
238, 244, 251, 292, 304, 320, 325, 340
350, 362, 371, 377, 387
reports from the -
325, 326
Florida militia. (See Claims.)

bill making appropriations for the com-
- 371
pletion of the public buildings in
Foreign Relations, Committee on, bills reported
from 100, 206, 275, 326, 363, 371
resolution instructing the
reports from

389
upon
Fulton, Robert, bill for the relief of the heirs of, 280
320
Fulton, W. S., of Arkansas, 40, 41, 45, 46, 50
54, 63, 74, 112, 127, 133, 148, 153, 162
261, 262
remarks on the Oregon bill

105

G.

Galena, Illinois, bill to establish a port of entry

at

-

229, 267
Georgia, resolutions of the Legislature of, con-
demnatory of the political course of
Mr. Berrien, discussed
- 377
Georgetown College, in the District of Colum-
bia, a bill to incorporate the 267, 299
Graham, W. A., of North Carolina, 38, 41, 45
46, 63, 104, 118, 128, 133, 152, 157
161, 174, 181, 201, 206, 212, 233, 252
253, 261, 262, 264, 267, 275, 276, 293
315, 320, 327, 330, 340, 353, 365, 376
377, 382
- 288

resolutions submitted by
remarks on the bankrupt bill
remarks concerning a rule to regulate
legislation on claims -

46

50,

51

316, 321

remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Jackson

on the bill to revive the act of July,
1838, allowing pensions to the widows
of officers and soldiers of the Revolu-
tion

(See Debts.)

- 388

Grand Gulf Railroad and Banking Company,
bill for the relief of the, 89, 147, 206, 220
336

Greensburg land district, bill explanatory of
the act in relation to the

H.

292, 296

62

372

372

Haywood, William H., jr., Senator elect from
North Carolina, the credentials of - 287
Hemp, water-rotted, petitions, &c., concerning, 63
75, 141, 266, 376
joint resolution, agencies in Kentucky
and Missouri for the inspection and
purchase of - 186, 226, 262, 263,

remarks upon, by-

Mr. Tappan

Mr. McDuffie

322

joint resolution to authorize the transla-
tion of a pamphlet in the State De-
partment on the culture and prepara-
tion of
Henderson, J., of Mississippi, 79, 89, 134, 143
149, 233, 261, 276, 322, 327, 336, 353
363, 371, 381, 383
remarks on the bill to suppress private
expresses on the mail routes, 212, 220, 229

Iowa. (See Militia.)
Insolvent debtors of the United States, bill to
continue in force the several acts now

J.

in existence for the relief of, 104, 143, 149
354
Internal improvements in the State of Michi-
gan, bill to apply certain alternate
sections of the public domain towards
completing the, 169, 193, 354, 362
Iron, railroad, duties on
238, 372, 393
Jackson, Major General Andrew, petitions and
resolutions of State Legislatures con-
cerning the fine on, by Judge Hall, 61, 63
84, 104, 110, 127, 133, 226, 275, 345
resolution calling for his letter to the
War Department concerning the dec-
laration of martial law at New Or-
leans
reports of the minority and majority of
the Judiciary Committee concerning
the fine
141, 148
bill to indemnify, for the fine of $1,000,
imposed on him by Judge Hall, of
Louisiana, in 1815, 41, 50, 75, 85, 206
296, 299, 315, 321
remarks concerning, by-
Mr. Archer
316, 317

Kerr, John Leeds, of Maryland-

211, 226, 238, 251, 252, 275, 276, 354
363, 382, 390

37

resolution submitted by -

his eulogy on the life and character of
Mr. Williams, a deceased represent-
ative from Maryland -
37
King, William R., of Alabama, 1, 31, 33, 38
45, 50, 63, 69, 70, 84, 88, 89, 95, 104
112, 127, 128, 133, 142, 148, 149, 152
153, 157, 162, 175, 181, 186, 194, 198
201, 206, 220, 261, 263, 264, 267, 275
276, 281, 287, 288, 299, 315, 321, 322
340, 341, 353, 354, 363, 364, 365, 371
377, 379, 380, 381, 382, 387

remarks on the bill reviving the act al-
lowing pensions to widows of the offi-
cers and soldiers of the Revolution
remarks concerning an appropriation to
satisfy the stipulations of the treaty
with the Wyandott Indians
remarks on the proposition to give to
the printers of the present Congress
20 per cent. above the contract price
for executing the public printing
L.

Lafayette, the city of, in Louisiana, bill making
it a port of delivery

388

390

393

377

Land claims in Missouri, private, bill for the
adjustment of
50, 161, 162, 341
in Mississippi, bill to confirm the, 79, 252
346

bill to revive the act to enable claimants
to land within the limits of Missouri
and Territory of Arkansas to institute
suits to try the validity of their claims,
and the act extending the provisions
of said act to claimants within Louis-
iana and Mississippi - - 354, 362
Lands. (See Mineral lands.)

bill to set aside certain reservations of,
on account of live oak in the south-
east district of Louisiana

Mr. Bagby

- 302

remarks on the Oregon bill

239

Mr. Berrien

315,

321

261

remarks on the bill to indemnify Major
General Andrew Jackson

Mr. Buchanan

- 316

- 316

(See Debates-Debts.)

Mr. Dayton

316,

321
321

Mr. Graham

316,

321

Mr. Henderson

- 316

in the States of Ohio and Michigan
Iceded by the Wyandott tribe of In-
dians, bill providing for the sale of 370
390
Land patents. (See Patents.)
Land tax. (See Illinois.)

Hermosa, concerning the slaves taken from on

372
381

Holt, Charles, a bill to refund to, a fine imposed
on him under the sedition law
Horses and other property lost in the military
service of the United States, the bill
to continue in force the act for the pay-
ment of
Hudson river, concerning an appropriation for
the improvement of
Huntington, J. W., of Connecticut, 30, 33, 38, 45
50, 62, 63, 65, 75, 79, 85, 88, 89, 99
106, 112, 113, 133, 147, 149, 157, 161
164, 166, 169, 180, 185, 194, 198, 201
205, 206, 219, 220, 222, 229, 233, 240
243, 252, 261, 266, 267, 275, 276, 280
281, 287, 299, 315, 321, 330, 341, 342
345, 354, 371, 372, 376, 381, 382, 387
390
104, 127, 133, 205

Jenkins, Charles J., and W. W. Mann, as-
signees of John McKinne, bill for the
relief of
- 321
Judges of the Supreme Court, proposed change
in the mode of appointment of, 39, 41
Judicial system of the United States, bill to es-
tablish the

162

50

Judiciary Committee, bills reported from the,
85, 104, 127, 133, 141, 148, 152, 157
166, 180, 181, 192, 198, 206, 226, 244
267, 276, 326, 331, 341, 354, 363, 365
371
resolutions of instruction to the - - 262
reports from the -
141, 148, 267
report in the case of General Jackson - 141
K.

Kendall, Amos, resolutions of State Legisla-
tures, and petitions concerning the im-
prisonment of, under the judgment
obtained by Stockton & Stokes, 157, 219
226, 237, 243, 275, 304, 353, 376
Kerr, John Leeds, of Maryland, 30, 33, 36, 45
49, 133, 141, 157, 160, 162, 180, 186

83
Library, the Committee on the, bills reported
from
73, 127, 292, 363
Light-house in the harbor of Chicago, bill ma-
king an appropriation to rebuild the 83
Linn, L. F., of Missouri, 40, 41, 45, 50, 54, 61
63, 70, 75, 79, 84, 85, 88, 94, 100, 104
106, 142, 161, 162, 169, 181, 185, 211
212, 220, 227, 233, 240, 267, 280, 282
287, 288, 289, 296, 311, 313, 315, 321
345, 371, 376, 379, 383
the credentials of
resolutions by, 54, 70, 74,