Volunteer regiments, bill (No. 241) for the pay-
ment of the field officers of the, for services
rendered prior to the full organization of the
regiments....
...555, 557, 619, 1165
Volunteer service, bill (S. No. 136) to provide
for the appointment of sutlers in the, and to
define their duties.....
....17, 68,
182, 199, 271, 288, 377, 538, 1155,
1164, 1180, 1234, 1246, 1280, 1297
joint resolution (S. No. 55) in relation to the
appointment of assistant adjutants general
and other staff officers in the regular and,1037
bill (S. No. 343) to provide for additional med-
ical officers of the....
.2615, 2625,

2656, 2722, 2746, 2774, 2916, 2917, 3079
bill (S. No. 370) to provide for additional med-
ical officers of the......2917, 2957, 3049, 3062
Volunteers, bill (S. No. 157) in relation to, for
service in any particular State...............377
bill (S. No. 221) to exempt, during the pres-
ent rebellion, from the operation of the last
proviso of the act of the 30th of April, 1844,
1047, 2216
resolution (No. 65) to authorize the Secretary
of War to accept moneys appropriated by
any State for the payment of its, and apply
the same as directed by such State......1154,
1180, 1246, 1280, 1297

bill (No. 404) to provide for the deficiency in
the appropriation for the pay of the two and
three years, and the officers and men act-
ually employed in the department of the
West
...1688,

1695, 1979, 1980, 2011, 2018, 2037, 2139
bill (No. 321) for the relief of certain compa-
nies of Indiana, who lost their baggage and
other property at Hatteras Inlet...2305, 3087
bill (S. No. 328) to legalize and confirm the act
of the President in accepting the services of,
under the act approved 22d July, 1861, and
to authorize the acceptance of two hundred
thousand men in addition to those authorized
by that act...... .....2327, 2341, 2452, 2539
bill (H. R. No. 495) providing that the officers
of, shall be paid on the pay rolls of the regi-
ments or companies to which they belong,
2693, 2717, 2748, 2871
bill (No. 464) to pay the band of the fifteenth
regiment of Illinois...
........2722
bill (No. 413) making appropriations for the
payment of the bounty authorized by the
sixth section of an act to authorize the em-
ployment of, to aid in enforcing the laws and
protecting public property, approved July
22, 1861...2083, 2112, 2327, 2394, 2569, 2595,
2615, 2634, 2693, 2722, 2746, 2774, 2832,
2862, 2892, 2916, 2917, 3115, 3135, 3310
W.

Wade, Benjamin F., a Senator from Ohio....142,

144, 161, 166, 178, 188, 288, 357, 386,
391, 435, 467, 469, 489, 506, 579, 582,
592, 605, 606, 676, 750, 861,898, 899,
1036, 1037, 1072, 1165, 1380, 1205,
1415, 1413, 1522, 1555, 1556, 1598,
1607, 1649, 1754, 1832, 1843, 1854, 1871,
1895, 1913, 1935, 1951, 1983, 2010, 2031,
2038, 2039, 2083, 2125, 2126, 2139, 2140,
2160, 2173, 2174, 2187, 2215, 2248, 2306,
2327, 2328, 2363, 2365, 2366, 2394, 2451,
2478, 2539, 2569, 2570, 2615, 2618, 2625,
2651, 2652, 2693, 2800, 2549, 2864, 2868,
2941, 2986, 3006, 3061, 3099, 3100, 3111,
3195, 3220, 3287, 3306, 3307, 3313, 3403
resolutions by..
467, 490, 2800
remarks on arrests by the State Department, 94
remarks on the bill increasing the number of
cadets..........
.162, 164, 165

remarks on the bill for two additional Secreta-
ries of War......
..386, 409, 412
remarks on the bill relating to witnesses before
committees...
....387, 429
..419,
477, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 534, 535, 536
remarks on the bill relating to railroad and tele-
graph lines.....
427, 506, 507, 509,
511, 512 513, 414, 519, 520, 1015, 3274
remarks on the bill amending the judicial sys-
...469

remarks on secret sessions.

tem........
remarks on collection of war statistics, 489, 490
remarks on the Treasury note bill......775, 899
remarks on the cultivation of cotton lands, 940,
941, 959, 960, 1113, 1114, 1115

remarks on naval appropriation bill, 1395, 1420

Wade, Benjamin F., a Senator from Ohio-Con-
tinued.

remarks on the bill for the relief of the heirs of
Stephen Johnson.......1465, 1466, 1467, 2877
remarks on the arrest of General Stone...1666,
1667, 1680, 1697, 1732,
1735, 1737, 1738, 1740, 1742
remarks on the homestead bill, 1871, 1915, 1951
remarks on the confiscation bill.............1875,

1880, 1884, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919,
1921, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962
remarks on the surrender of slaves by the
Army....
.....1895
remarks on the Washington city railway bill,

1916, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2146
remarks on the bill to punish treason, 2164,2165,
2166, 2167, 2168, 2169, 2170, 2173, 2198
2202, 2203, 2204, 2225, 2227, 2228, 2229
remarks on the agricultural colleges bill, 1935,
2187, 2248, 2249, 2275, 2276, 2277,
2328, 2329, 2366, 2396, 2440, 2442, 2443,
2625, 2626, 2627, 2629, 2630, 2632, 2633
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill..... ..2216,

2638, 2788, 2807, 2809, 2813, 2835
remarks on the tax bill.. .2263, 2288, 2356,
2406, 2426, 2450, 2451, 2463, 2475, 2481,
2482, 2522, 2524, 2525, 2603, 2604, 2875
remarks on the employment of convicts...2597,
2598, 2616, 2617
remarks on the bill establishing certain post
roads
...2850,
2851, 2852, 2855, 2857, 2858, 2859,,2860
remarks on confiscation bill No. 471, 2916, 2928,

2929, 2930, 2931, 2932, 2966, 2998,
3000, 3002, 3003, 2004, 3005, 3111,
3112, 3113, 3114, 3115, 3116, 3195
remarks on the impeachment of Judge Hum-
phreys.........
....2950, 2952, 2953
remarks on the bill for certain national arsenals,
2987, 2989, 3014, 3015,
3016, 3018, 3019, 3020
remarks on the admission of West Virginia,
3035, 3037, 3038, 3135, 3307,
3308, 3309, 3314, 3315, 3316, 3319
remarks on organization of Arizona, 3093, 3094
remarks on final adjournment..............
......3285
remarks on the explanatory confiscation bill,
3375, 3382
Walker, James, bill for the relief of.............785
War, select committee on the conduct of the, 16,
29, 110, 153, 1165, 1465, 3392
reports from the.....
.427, 1871, 2139
resolutions declaratory of the objects of the, 88,
143, 156, 161, 736, 786, 1514, 1893
bill (No. 299) making an additional article of,
130, 959, 1048, 1142, 1180, 1246, 3320
Warden of the jail, bill (S. No. 197) for the ap-
pointment of a, in the District of Columbia,
762, 785, 816

War Department, calls for information upon the, 9,
19, 49, 68, 89, 110, 115, 125, 178, 185, 186,
199,240,271,287,555, 607,815,940, 1490,
1598, 1624, 1843, 1892, 1913, 1951, 2126,
2186, 2341, 2363, 2440, 2477, 2540, 2596,
2625, 2850, 2864, 3134, 3217, 3219, 3334
communications from the...
..88,
124, 153, 175, 240, 262, 357, 386,
488, 736, 785, 994, 1036, 1180, 1246,
1296, 1403, 1464, 1566, 1623, 1805, 2160,
2477, 2892, 2941, 2986, 3216, 3371, 3402
bill (S. No. 107) authorizing an increase of the
clerical force in the offices of the Adjutant Gen-
eral and Paymaster General...50, 89, 240, 334
bill (No. 164) to authorize the President to ap-
point two additional Secretaries of War, 386,
409, 412, 427, 444
bill authorizing an increase of the clerical force
in the, and Navy Department... ....334,
444, 447, 468, 489, 505
bill (S. No. 180) authorizing the detail of naval
officers for the service of the, 579, 723, 737, 760
bill (S. No. 294) for the better organization of
the Adjutant General's department......2439,
Warrington, Lewis, and others, bill to confirm
the decision in the case of.......
.2916,
2917, 3117, 3136, 3310
War statistics, resolution (S. No. 37) for the col-
lection of........
..489, 898, 911, 940
Warehouse system, bill (S. No. 189) in relation
to the, in the Pacific ports...... .........696
Washington and Georgetown Railway Company,
bill to incorporate the....
......555,

579, 720, 1047, 1660, 1871, 1916, 1951,
1984, 1991, 2018, 2112, 2140, 2163, 2186

Washington and Oregon war debt, joint resolu-
tion (S. No. 25) providing the mode of pay-
ing the awards authorized by the act of March
2, 1861, for settling the.... ...68, 579, 841
Washington, the Territory of, bill (S. No. 99)
providing for the protection of overland em-
igrants to California, Oregon, and..........37,
67, 358, 468, 489, 505
bill providing for the appointment of a board
of commissioners for the purpose of investi
gating claims growing out of Indian spolia-
tions in California, Oregon, and.......13, 161
Washington's birthday, celebration of, 738, 911
Water, bill (S. No. 231) amendatory of an act

to provide for the care and preservation of
the works constructed by the United States
for bringing the Potomac, into the cities of
Washington and Georgetown, for the sup-
ply of said water for all governmental pur-
poses, and for the uses and benefit of the in-
habitants of said cities........ ......1206,
1347, 1538, 1557
Water tax, bill (No. 211) to authorize the cor-
poration of Georgetown, in the District of
Columbia, to lay and collect a... ......940,
1047, 1541, 2163, 2216, 2275
Water Works, Potomac, joint resolution (H. R.
No. 73) transferring supervision of the, to the
Department of the Interior....... ..2163,
2305, 2719, 2749, 2871
Webber, S. C., bill for the relief of............1732
West Virginia, bill for the admission of the State
of, into the Union.......
...2864, 2941,
2959, 3034, 3134, 3307, 3311, 3313, 3315
Wheaton, Joseph, bill for the relief of the estate
of...........
3195, 3244
Wilkes, Captain Charles, of the United States
Navy, joint resolution (H. R. No. 10) tend-
ering the thanks of Congress to...10, 13, 874
Wilkes's Exploring Expedition, joint resolution
(No 67) to supply the Smithsonian Institu-
tion with volumes of....
....1712,

sota....

1720, 1732, 1754, 1913
Wilkinson, Morton S., a Senator from Minne-
..1, 25, 115, 125, 263, 287,
377, 391, 533, 555, 581, 619, 695, 786, 815,
891, 916, 1021, 1036, 1205, 1228, 1279,
1296, 1356, 1360, 1660, 1772, 1832, 1951,
2082, 2139, 2140, 2327, 2364, 2596, 2625,
2659, 2660, 2865, 2913, 3010, 3050, 3165,
3166, 3175, 3189, 3245, 3289, 3371, 3404
resolutions by, 25, 115, 125, 555, 891, 2364, 3050
remarks on the expulsion of Jesse D. Bright,
89, 287, 391, 396, 474, 476, 644, 666
remarks on the bill increasing the number of
cadets.
.165
remarks on the purchase of vessels for the Gov-
...249, 819, 820
remarks on the bill for the appointment of sut-
lers.........
....272
remarks on the qualification of Robert Wilson,
468

ernment..

remarks on the civil bill....................................... .705, 706
remarks on the bill preventing the sale of liquor
to the Indians......
.760, 761
remarks on the proposed expulsion of Senator
Powell..........
..891, 898
remarks on the loyalty of Senator Stark....968,
969, 1265, 1266
remarks on the bill to encourage enlistments,

1038, 1039
remarks on the legislative bill... 1018, 1019, 1021
remarks on the emancipation resolution...1373
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.......
.....1375,
1376, 1377, 1378, 1379, 1522
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill, 1692,
1693, 1695, 2087, 2090, 2091, 2092,
2093, 2098, 2118, 2119, 2124, 2149,
2150, 2162, 2163, 2659, 2840, 2841
remarks on the confiscation bill.............1878,
1901, 1902, 1903
remarks on the bill for the protection of civil-
ized Indians......
.....2082, 208S3
remarks on the agricultural colleges bill, 2249,
2276, 2328, 2329, 2366, 2395,
2625, 2626, 2627, 2630, 2631
remarks on the tax bill......
...2468, 2480
remarks on the jurors' oath bill...
.2479
remarks on the employment of convicts...2615,
2616, 2617

remarks on the organization of Arizona...2570
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.........2656,
2807, 2808, 2813

Wright, Joseph A., a Senator from Indiana-
Continued.

.1036

resolutions by, 1650, 2247, 2363, 2440, 2892,3061
credentials of, presented.....
remarks on the bill to establish an agricultural
bureau.....1331, 1370, 1690, 1755, 2016, 2017
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia...
.1451,
1467, 1496, 1518, 1519
remarks on the confiscation bill...............1876
remarks on the Washington city railway bill,
1892, 1987, 1991, 2141, 2145
remarks on the tax bill..........2339, 2525, 2547
remarks on agricultural colleges bill, 2441, 2442
remarks on the resolution relating to naval im-
provements......
.2538, 2539

remarks on the employment of convicts...2597
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill...2675, 2751
remarks on confiscation bill No. 471, 2933, 2959
remarks on the bill establishing certain arse-
nals

.......3017

remarks on the proposed expulsion of Senator
Simmons
....3061, 3167
remarks on the bill amending the judicial sys-
tem....
.3089, 3090, 3276, 3277, 3278
remarks on the bill for the relief of Andrew
Ten Broeck.....
..3095, 3096
remarks on Mr. Chandler's resolution....3219,
3221, 3222
remarks on the bill to amend the militia act,
3343, 3344, 3345, 3346, 3350, 3351
remarks, personal and explanatory.........3401
Wood, Oliver Spencer, bill for the relief of, 1805,
1854, 2719, 2776
Wood, W. Maxwell, joint resolution (No. 96)
relative to the claim of................3097, 3098
Woodbury, Daniel, bill (No. 486) to authorize a
rehearing of the application of, before the
Commissioner of Patents for the extension
of his letters patent for an improvement in
horse power..............
......2892, 2893, 3217
Worden, Lieutenant J. L., joint resolution (No.
66) expressive of the thanks of Congress to,
of the United States Navy, and to the officers
and men under his command in the Monitor,
1180, 1208, 1235, 3087, 3135, 3245

Woolsey, Theodore D., joint resolution (H. R.
No. 49) for the appointment of, of Connec-
ticut, a regent of the Smithsonian Institution,
in place of Cornelius C. Felton, deceased,
1415, 1443, 1464, 1465, 1490, 1650
Y.

Yeas and nays on-Continued.
agricultural colleges bill.

...2627,

2629, 2630, 2633, 2634
agriculture, bill to establish a department of,
1755, 2017
appeal from the decision of the Chair......2114
Arizona, organization of.......
...3095
Army appropriation bill.........
..898
Army, bill to increase the efficiency of the med-
ical department of the........
..997
Army corps, organization of the......... .1284
Army officers, bill to define the pay of......678,
821, 1082, 1083, 1187, 1190, 2301, 2830
arrests, resolution relating to.......
....98
arrests in Kentucky, resolution of inquiry in
relation to......
.2113
arsenals, bill establishing certain............3016,
3020, 3021
cadets at West Point, bill increasing the num-
ber of the.........
Capitol extension, supervision of the.
cavalry forces, organization of the......
civil appropriation bill.......
civil appropriation bill No. 393..
confiscation bill............1814, 1883, 1886, 1965
confiscation bill, explanatory..........3381, 3383
confiscation bill No. 471...
....2995,
2996, 3006, 3166, 3276
contracts with the War Department, inquiry
touching........
.309
cotton lands, cultivation of.............1114, 1115
criminal justice in the District, bill concerning,
319, 321
district attorneys, bill regulating the compen-
sation of......
.1583

expulsion of John C. Breckinridge..
expulsion of Waldo P. Johnson....
expulsion of Trusten Polk........
expulsion of Jesse D. Bright......
expulsion of Senator Powell.....
expulsion of Senator Simmons..
fortification bill..............

.206
.1350
.848

.706
.2636

Yeas and nays on-Continued.

militia act, bill to amend the....3231, 3232, 3233,
3234, 3237, 3249, 3322, 3342, 3343, 3351
Missouri railroads, resolution in relation to, 925
naval appropriation bill.........1429, 1430, 1431
naval appropriation bill No. 423............2704,
2705, 2708, 2725, 2729, 2730, 2732
Navy officers, bill to equalize the grades of,
3071, 3194
oath of office, bill prescribing..2872, 2873, 3014
Pacific railroad bill..2654, 2680, 2756, 2778,2783,

2806, 2811, 2813, 2816, 2835, 2839, 2840
post roads, bill to establish certain..3196, 3197
Powell, Lazarus W., proposed expulsion of,

1284
...409

presents to naval officers.......
prisoners, bill providing for the discharge of
State....
......3384, 3385
provisional governments, bill to establish..3146
purchases by the Government..................
..821
railroad and telegraph lines, bill relating to..519,

520
salvage, bill relating to........
..3010
slavery, resolution for the gradual abolishment
of...
1375, 1496
slavery in the District of Columbia, bill to abol-
ish....
....1333, 1356, 1379,
1474, 1479, 1518, 1519, 1522, 1523, 1526
slaves, fugitive, arrest of, by military or naval
officers...
.207
slaves, rendition of, by the Army... 1142, 1143
Smith, Fanny Mactier, bill for the relief of..3012
Stark, Benjamin, loyalty of ..........269,
993, 994, 1012, 1266
...3175, 3177
..2258,

.10

tariff bill
tax bill....

.263

.264

.655

.1284

..3167

.750, 761, 762
gun contracts, resolution relating to.........2957
Hayti and Liberia, bill for the appointment of
representatives to.............
homestead bill...................

impeachment of Judge Humphreys........2949,

Indian appropriation bill.........
judicial system, bill amending
judiciary, bill relating to the
jurors' oath bill

.1815
.1951

2950, 2953
.2119, 2121
the...3090, 3278

.3098, 3099
..2620
Kansas senatorial contest.... ..130, 291, 363
League Island, commission to examine....3248
legislative appropriation bill.....
.1021
mails, bill relating to the carrying of, by per-
sons of color......
.1626
mail steamship line to China..........1832, 1833
medical officers for the volunteer service, bill to
provide additional....

.3079

2368, 2375, 2400, 2407, 2419, 2428, 2430,
2448, 2450, 2454, 2457, 2477, 2480, 2483,
2492, 2519, 2521, 2522, 2523, 2526, 2549,
2551, 2556, 2558, 2559, 2560, 2573, 2575,
2576, 2578, 2579, 2586, 2587, 2605, 2610
taxes in insurrectionary districts, bill for col-
lecting.......
.2060, 2061

..240

tea, sugar, and coffee duties....
treason and rebellion, bill to punish.......2165,

2169, 2172, 2173, 2197, 2198, 2200, 2205
Treasury note bill.....
....800, 803, 804
Treasury note bill No. 187:.............................................. .3079
war, resolution for a committee on the conduct
of the..........
....32
Washington and Georgetown railway bill, 1953,
1987, 2147
water-works, bill for the preservation of the,
&c
1540, 1541
West Virginia, admission of...3308, 3316, 3320
witnesses before committees, bill relating to, 431
witnesses in admiralty trials, bill relating to,
3358
Young, Thomas and George, bill for the relief of,
2892, 2893, 2941

A.

Accounts, the Committee on, instructions to...32
bill to provide for the settlement of the, of John
A. Smith, clerk of the circuit court and the
criminal court, District of Columbia....182,
717, 2271, 2363
bill (S. No. 244) to provide for the equitable
settlement of the, of the officers and crews of
the frigate Congress and other vessels, 1323,
1360, 1384, 1403
bill to settle the accounts of the State of New
York for advances made to the United States
during war with Great Britain....1815, 3259
bill to authorize the Solicitor of the Treasury to
settle and adjust certain demands due the
United States
........2496, 3263

Advances by States, joint resolution declaratory
of the intent and meaning of a certain act
therein named.
.........1046, 1087
by the State of New York-see Accounts.
Agricultural colleges-see Public lands.
Agriculture, the Committee on, instructions to,
2415, 2496, 3154
reports from .....
..14, 751, 2098
bill to establish a department of, 218, 751, 755,
855, 874, 2030, 2098, 2106, 2110, 2178
Aldrich, Cyrus, a Representative from Minne-
....2, 16, 36, 56,
57, 77, 100, 109, 117, 168, 230, 231, 236,
436, 726,834, 835, 850, 857, 890, 909, 939,
955, 1032, 1042, 1097, 1193, 1340, 1643,
1723, 1724, 1729, 1743, 1754, 1815, 1820,
1821, 1906, 1929, 1930, 1942, 2008, 2101,
2215, 2233, 2379, 2414, 2495, 2624, 2639,
2648, 2688, 2716, 2746, 2766, 2847, 2906,
2997, 2911, 2955, 3050, 3387, 3157, 3238,
3239, 3240, 3333, 3366, 3370, 3398, 3407
resolutions by..
..57, 109, 168,
230, 726, 850, 909, 1042, 1340, 2215, 2233
remarks on the reference of the President's mes-
sage
.22

remarks on the diplomatie bill............151, 486

Aldrich, Cyrus, a Representative from Minne-
sota-Continued.

remarks on Indian intercourse bill, 199, 385, 480
remarks on the legislative bill, 442, 504, 528, 529
remarks on the state of the Union....... .407
remarks on the bill relating to sutlers, 1144, 1148
remarks on the tax bill... 1218, 1245, 1441, 1463
remarks on the bill for the relief of Chauncey
A. Horr.........
........1724, 1725
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill, 1728, 1822,
1891, 1907, 1911, 1913, 1943, 2945, 1946, 1948
Allen, William, a Representative from Ohio... 14,
15, 99, 109, 118, 119, 145, 274,
378, 399, 531, 574, 1656, 1660, 1730,
1829, 1842, 1925, 1933, 2010, 2029, 2080,
3083, 3102, 3153, 3188, 3209, 3242, 3266,
3267, 3269, 3292, 3298, 3397, 3406, 3407
resolutions by...
..109, 274, 399
remarks on amending the bounty act........ 141,
142, 146
remarks on the tax bill..........1362, 1453, 1489
remarks on the state of the Union...1828, 1899
remarks on the seacoast fortification bill... 1905
remarks on the prohibition of slavery, 2042, 2068
remarks on reducing the salaries of public of-
ficers........
.....3303, 3304

setts

Allen, William J., a Representative from Illinois,
2494
Alley, John B., a Representative from Massachu-
....124,
153, 378, 379, 593, 695, 1042, 1092, 1093,
1483, 1484, 1489, 1589, 2770, 3243, 3294
resolutions by..
......124, 153, 593
remarks on the state of the Union.............457
remarks on the diplomatic bill...
..485
remarks on the Treasury note bill......658, 901
remarks on the tax bill.... .........1389, 1452
remarks on the bill for the relief of Carmack &
Ramsey............ ..3294, 3295, 3296, 3297
Allotment certificates-see Volunteers.
America, bill to change the name of the steamer
Coatzacoalcos to...............2908, 3404, 3406
Ancona, Sydenham E., a Representative from-
Pennsylvania...... .......159, 399, 782,
857, 957, 1030, 1035, 1341, 1411,
1508, 1649, 1730, 1821, 2246, 2247,
2211, 2262, 2622, 3363, 3396, 3397
resolutions by...399, 1341, 2246, 2622
remarks on the resolution relating to the ex-
change of Colonel Corcoran
.1341, 1670
remarks on the death of Thomas B. Cooper, 1688
Andrews, Isaac, and others, bill for relief of, 3238
Annals of Congress, &c., resolution for the pur-
chase of...
.2321,

2434, 2537, 2621, 2820, 2954, 3023, 3058
select committee on the charge of bribery in
connection with the resolution for the pur-
chase of the....... ........3023, 3058, 3101
Annuities for life, bill to authorize the sale of,
and to fix the value thereof...
.1505
Appeals and writs of error, bill concerning,1251,

Apportionment of Representatives, bill fixing the
number of the House of Representatives from
and after the 3d of March, 1863...........980,
985, 1006, 1085
Appropriations, for the consular and diplomatic
expenses of the Government for the year end-
ing the 30th of June, 1863, and additional, for
the year ending the 30th of June, 1862...118,

150, 482, 527, 546, 593, 603, 612, 707
for the payment of invalid and other pensions
of the United States for the year ending the
30th of June, 1863....118, 140, 193, 198, 256
for sundry civil expenses of the Government
for the year ending the 30th of June, 1863,
and additional, for the year ending the 30th
of June, 1862..
.140,

210, 214, 231, 274, 298, 726, 751, 776,
777, 781, 813, 1001, 1010, 1036, 1043
supplemental, for sundry civil expenses of the
Government for the year ending June 30,
1863, and for the year ending June 30, 1862,
3292, 3326, 3328, 3370, 3393, 3405
for the construction, preservation, and repairs
of certain fortifications and other works of
defense for the year ending the 30th of June,
1863, and additional, for the year ending the
30th of June, 1862..
.....147,

353, 380, 781, 838, 874, 878 949
for the same on the northern frontier.......1431
for the legislative, executive, and judicial ex-
penses of the Government for the year end-
ing 30th of June, 1863, and additional, for the
year ending 30th of June, 1862, 258, 400, 427,

436,457,503, 520, 527, 545, 1041, 1042, 1087,
1089, 1091, 1102, 1167, 1180, 1227, 1243
for the support of the Army, for the year end-
ing June 30, 1863, and additional, for the ser-
vice of the year ending June 30, 1862 ...297,
552, 569, 576, 907, 949, 976
for the support of the Army for the year end-
ing the 30th of June, 1863....
..1925,

1942, 2134, 3109, 3120, 3157
for the support of the Military Academy for
the year ending 30th June, 1863... ...380,
457, 494, 503, 695, 707, 731
for the naval service for the year ending the
30th of June, 1863, and additional, for the
year ending the 30th of June, 1862.......454,

813, 827, 828, 831, 832, 1455, 1461,
1608, 1644, 1677, 1631, 1698, 1725
for the naval service for the year ending the 30th
of June, 1863...
.1833, 2178, 2185,
2206, 2209, 2769, 3056, 3057, 3058, 3080,
3109, 3182, 3215, 3237, 3261, 3266, 3363
for the service of the Post Office Department
during the fiscal year ending the 30th of June,
1863.............593, 835, 858, 903, 931, 1279,

1589, 1657, 1660, 1677, 1681, 1699, 1725

Appropriations-Continued.

bill to amend an act for the service of the Post
Office Department during the year ending 30th
June, 1863..............2178, 2271, 2291, 2363
for the current and contingent expenses of the
Indian department, and for fulfilling treaty
stipulations with various Indian tribes, for
the year ending June 30, 1863 .......593, 932,

2206, 2215, 2494, 2588, 2682,

2879, 2906, 3050, 3120, 3157
further, for the same ........3398, 3404, 3407
further, for sundry civil expenses of the Gov-
ernment for the year ending 30th of June,
1863, and additional for the year ending 30th
of June, 1862...1589, 1722, 2663, 3107, 3108,
3120, 3154, 3165, 3188, 3210, 3238, 3297
to provide for a deficiency in the, for the pay
of the two and three years volunteers and the
officers and men actually employed in the
western department......
......1682,

1684, 2023, 2029, 2127
for postal service on post routes established the
present session of Congress........ ..2496,
2662, 2766, 2845
Aqueduct-see District of Columbia.
Arizona, bill to provide a temporary government
for the Territory of....
...167,
1193, 1341, 1342, 1846, 2023
Armory, bill to establish a national, and found-
ery at Chicago, Illinois........
.229
bill for the establishment of a national, and ar-
senal at Quincy, Illinois..
..250
bill (H. R. No. 346) for the establishment of a
national foundery at Chicago, Illinois, and at
other places......
.....1166, 1614
joint resolution (H. R. No. 42) providing for
the establishment of a national foundery east
of the Alleghany mountains, and a national
foundery, a national, and a manufacturing
arsenal west of that line, and in the valley of
the Ohio and Mississippi.....
1022,

1614, 2763, 3154, 3398
Armory west of the Alleghany mountains, select
committee on the establishment of a national,
19, 398
reports from the.........
.....1022, 2763
Arms, bill to establish a national foundery and
depot of, on the lakes.........
...999
bill (S. No. 120) in addition to an act to refund
and remit the duties on, imported by States,
approved July 10, 1861......1438, 1452, 1461
(See Contracts.)

Army, bill to organize the medical department of
the.....
...35
bill (H. R. No. 135) to amend the act of July
20, 1861, granting a bounty of $100 to certain
soldiers who have enlisted in the............62,
118, 141, 145, 146
bill for the better organization of the medical
staff of the........... ..........172, 364, 1614
bill for the better organization of the military
establishment.....
..167

bill regulating the pay of officers of the......321,
1614

bill to promote the efficiency of the troops serv-
ing in the department of Kansas..........344
bill (No. 217) to provide for furnishing pris-
oners of the, in the revolted States with cloth-
ing and other necessary supplies...........364
bill to provide for paying loyal citizens of the
United States for property taken from them
in the State of Missouri by officers and sol-
diers of the.....
............736

bill (S. No. 153) for the better organization of
the cavalry forces...... ........883, 947, 948
bill (S. No. 188) to increase the efficiency of the
medical department of the.....
..1024,

1097, 1166, 1193, 1268, 1270, 1583,
1584, 1585, 1613, 1660, 1670, 1681, 1698
bill (S. No. 122) providing for the organiza-
tion of the staff attached to divisions of the,
regular, and volunteers.......1044, 1046, 1098
bill to define the pay and emoluments of cer-
tain officers of the............ 1085, 1218, 1235,

1321, 1681, 2647, 2662, 2663, 2682, 2684,
2686, 2879, 2886, 3154, 3185, 3186, 3260
bill to encourge enlistments in the regular, 1153,
1166, 2714, 2904
joint resolution extending the provisions of
certain acts to the military departments of the
United States......... ........1504, 1562, 1581
bill (No 235) providing for the organization of
army corps, and f staffs attached to corps,
and divisions of the...................1504, 3241

Army-Continued.

joint resolution (S. No. 68) to authorize the
President to assign the command of troops
in the same field or department to officers of
the same grade without regard to seniority,
1504, 1505, 1536

bill (H. R. No. 88) providing for the monthly
payment of the troops..

....1531

bill for the better organization of the Adjutant
General's department........
....1906
bill (H. R. No. 228) authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to settle with States for
supplies furnished their troops.............398,
454, 565, 566
bill (S. No. 297) to limit the appointment of
major generals and brigadier generals in the,
and volunteers......... ....2026, 2153, 3240
bill (No. 304) to authorize the appointment of
medical storekeepers and chaplains of hos-
pitals,..... .........2030, 2153, 2156, 2208
bill (No. 289) to facilitate the discharge of en-
listed men for physical disability........2065,
2079, 2101
bill relating to adjutants and quartermasters of
regiments of cavalry..........
..2537
bill to promote the efficiency of the corps of
engineers and of the commissary department,
2711, 2798, 2904, 3209, 3210
joint resolution to create the grade of lieutenant
general in the, to be filled upon the cessation
of present hostilities......
..2737
joint resolution (S. No. 88) to encourage en-
listments in the, and volunteer forces...2766,
2789, 2825
bill (No. 325) in addition to an act approved 5th
of August, 1861, supplementary to an act to
increase the present military establishment
of the United States......
..3240
bill making appropriations for the support of
the, for the year ending June 30, 1863, and
additional appropriations for the year end-
ing June 30, 1862.....
..297, 552,

569, 576, 907, 949, 976
bill (No. 450) making appropriations for the
support of the, for the year ending the 30th
of June, 1863...
.......1925,
1942, 2134, 3109, 3120, 3157
(See Volunteers.)
Arnold, Isaac N., a Representative from Illi-
nois....
..34, 56, 100,
145, 158, 229, 385, 400, 727, 776, 838, 932,
999, 1042, 1340, 1575, 1608, 1743, 1767,
1846, 1966, 2327, 2594, 2623, 2819, 2820,
2904, 3023, 3087, 3216, 3259, 3261, 3367
remarks on the reference of the President's
message.......
resolutions by..

....

.21
....21, 56,
145, 385, 400, 727, 932, 2623
remarks on the homestead bill.
.137
remarks on the fortification bill... .......382
remarks on the civil bill......238, 277, 278, 299
remarks on the Army bill...
...576
remarks on the state of the Union......:597, 858
remarks on the naval bill.......................

........

....830
remarks on the bill to establish a national
foundery......

...999, 1000
remarks on the tax bill.
....1326,
1367, 1412, 1413, 1510, 1548

. remarks on the prohibition of slavery.....1340,
2044, 2045, 2046, 2051
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill.........1889,
1912, 1913, 1943
remarks on the bill regulating the compensa-
tion of district attorneys..
remarks on the tariff bill..
remarks on the Illinois ship canal.

2566

.3055

.3024,

3025, 3026, 3033
Arrests in the State of Delaware, remarks in re-
lation to certain, by Mr. Fisher..........1933,
1934, 1935

Arsenal-see District of Columbia.
Arsenals, bill (No. 342) for the establishment of
certain national...
..3050, 3209
Article of war, bill to make an additional....955,
957, 958, 975, 999, 1168, 1179
Ashley, James M., a Representative from Ohio,
20, 375, 759, 859, 939, 986, 1084, 1178,
1192, 1193, 1340, 1342, 1833, 1846, 1847,
1848, 2030, 2081, 2126, 2157, 2327, 2495,
2537, 2622, 2623, 2690, 2765, 2792, 2849,
2891, 3109, 3156, 3215, 3216, 3363, 3399
resolutions by.......
....20, 2537
remarks on the death of Hon. Kinsley S. Bing-
ham.......
.48

Ashley, James M., a Representative from Ohio-
Continued.

remarks on the city railway..........1043, 1044
remarks, personal and explanatory.........1117
remarks on the organization of Arizona...1341,

1342, 1846, 2024, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia.......... .1643, 1647
remarks on prohibition of slavery...2047, 2050
remarks on the death of Hon. Goldsmith F.
Bailey.....
..2158
remarks on General Hunter's letter.........3125
Assay office at New York, bill to establish a
coinage department in the.............228, 2155
Attorney General, instructions to the......39, 169
calls for information upon the
.1480

communications from the................... .877, 1544
Attorneys and solicitors-see District of Columbia.
B.

Babbitt, Elijah, a Representative from Pennsyl-
vania...
23, 87, 167, 171, 399,
1251, 1614, 1846, 2305, 2614, 3086, 3102
resolutions by.
..171, 399, 1251
remarks on the tax bill..
...1309,

1311, 1463, 1536, 1564, 1614
Bailey, Goldsmith F., a Representative from Mas-
sachusetts......
....901, 1815
death of, announced.............
..2158
Bailey, Margaret, bill to secure one month's pay
and pension to...
..2737,
2889, 3154, 3305, 3367, 3393, 3405
Baily, Joseph, a Representative from Pennsylva-
nia..
..230,
1483, 1484, 2023, 2769, 2792, 3216, 3363
Baker, Edward D., late a Senator from Oregon,
death of, announced:
62
Baker, Stephen, a Representative from New
York..145, 344, 610, 857, 937, 975, 1022, 1179,
1235, 1370, 1484, 1766, 1971, 2912, 3155
resolutions by ....... .145, 344, 610, 1370
remarks on the civil bill... ...277, 300, 304
remarks on Treasury note bill....901, 938, 939
remarks on the purchase of coin......1116, 1117
remarks on the tax bill.........1218, 1438, 1546
remarks on Treasury note bill No.187,2880,2883
remarks on tariff bill....2936, 2937, 2985, 3054
Bakeries, Army, joint resolution (No. 32) direct-
ing the removal of the, from the Capitol,
610, 760, 1084, 1341, 1347
Ball's Bluff, resolution in relation to the battle
of........
.189, 274
Baltimore riot, act of the Legislature of Mary-
land relating to the..
.......1995
Bands-see Volunteers.

Bank notes, bill to prohibit the circulation of for-
eign, within the jurisdiction of the United
States.....
......1042
Bankruptcy, bill to establish a uniform system
of, throughout the United States.. ..527,
1566, 1578, 1657
bill to provide for the relief of honest but un-
fortunate debtors, and the distribution of
property among their creditors, by the estab-
lishment of a uniform system of, throughout
the United States.......
.2595, 2623
Bankrupt law, select committee on a general...39
report from the
1566
Banks, bill to provide for printing the annual re-
port upon the, of the United States.......3266
Banks and bank notes-see District of Columbia.
Batts, Amanda, and others, bill for the relief
of....
.........1846, 2715
Baxter, Portus, a Representative from Vermont,
948, 2910
Beaman, Fernando C., a Representative from
Michigan........
........33,
975, 1699, 2007, 2092, 2341, 2613, 2936
resolutions by.....
....46, 975
remarks on the death of Hon. Kinsley S. Bing-
ham.........
.45
remarks on the tax bill........... ..1483, 1528
remarks on the state of the Union...........1551
Beck, Preston, jr., bill for the relief of...14, 2907
Beelen, F. A., bill for the relief of ..... 1022, 2183
Bennett, Hiram P., a Delegate from Colorado, 57,

157, 168, 398, 877, 950,
2178, 2327, 2415, 2496
[The copy of the speech referred to on page
2327 was not furnished by Mr. B.]

resolutions by, 57,168, 398,877, 2178, 2415, 2496

.235, 236
.1294

remarks on the civil bill.

remarks on the tax bill......

remarks on the Iowa election..

..2025, 2026

Bentz, Samuel, bill for the relief of..............378
Berault, Mary A., bill for the relief of, 1656, 2708
Bernard, Etienne, bill to confirm and establish a

patent heretofore granted to, dated the 24th
day of July, in the year 1860, and to secure
to George Summerville Morris, the assignee
of said patent, the benefit of the full term for
which said patent was granted............2537,
2845, 3393, 3394, 3405
Bernhisel, John M., a Delegate from Utah....16,
56, 157, 168, 564, 2620
resolutions by..
.16, 56, 157, 168, 564
Berryman, Sarah F., bill for the relief of...2710,
2711, 2844
Biddle, Charles J., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania....
.425, 1962, 1152, 1252,
1505, 1848, 1887, 1923, 1930, 1931, 2526,
2713, 3106, 3242, 3263, 3265, 3300, 3397
resolutions by..
......35, 1166
remarks on the reference of the President's mes-
sage..........

remarks on the fortification bill..
remarks on the civil bill......
remarks on the diplomatic bill.
remarks on Bull Run........

.23
.382
..275

.485

...853

remarks on the tariff bill....

..2709

..2985
remarks on the bill providing for the discharge
of State prisoners.....
...3183, 3184
Bingham, John A., a Representative from
Ohio....
..7, 15, 33, 35, 40, 56, 76,
115, 116, 167, 173, 262, 398, 426, 549, 555,
611, 613, 614, 718, 725, 727, 839, 939, 949,
1041, 1042, 1046, 1061, 1062, 1093, 1098,
1193, 1339, 1340, 1360, 1562, 1563, 1590,
1623, 1629, 1681, 1754, 1766, 1770, 1772,
1847, 1943, 1947, 1966, 1967, 1972, 2008,
2021, 2066, 2104, 2134, 2215, 2230, 2231,
2232, 2587, 2622, 2638, 2686, 2687, 2714,
2739, 2770, 2956, 2986, 3056, 3105, 3129,
3156, 3214, 3216, 3244, 3260, 3261, 3266,

3293, 3363, 3397, 3399, 3401, 3405, 3407
resolutions by, 1966, 2205,2621,2666, 2986,3156
remarks on the memorial of the Baltimore Po-
lice Commissioners.....
.40, 45
remarks on the Kentucky volunteers bill...77,
78, 104, 106, 107
remarks on the homestead bill......
...138
remarks on the judicial system of the United
States.........
..173, 174, 398, 949
remarks on the civil bill
.281, 282, 283
remarks on resolution to impose a tax, 345, 349
remarks on the state of the Union ...... ..345,

455

406, 407, 439, 502, 503, 904, 1128,
1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205
remarks on providing for supplies furnished by
States
remarks on the Treasury note bill............615,
636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 642, 888, 901
remarks on the rendition of slaves by the
Army..........
..........955, 956, 957
remarks on engineer volunteers bill...955, 1029
remarks on the election of Charles H. Upton,
976, 1010
remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol-
ishment of slavery......
....1149,
1150, 1151, 1152, 1178, 1179
remarks on the bill in relation to the military
claims in the West....
..1044, 1045
remarks on the tax bill...
1237,

1241, 1274, 1275, 1277, 1278, 1279, 1287,
1288, 1294, 1327, 1329, 1343, 1366, 1367,
1512, 1513, 1527, 1528, 1534, 1536, 1547,
1548, 1549, 1550, 1564, 1576, 2681, 2890
remarks on the impeachment of Judge Hum-
phreys.....
1062,

1966, 1967, 2134, 2205, 2206, 2277, 2621,
2943, 2944, 2945, 2946, 2947, 2948, 2954

.45

Bingham, John A., a Representative from Ohio-
Continued.
remarks on confiscation..
.1303, 1321,
1682, 1754, 1766, 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770,
1788, 1789, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 2561
remarks on the bill to abolish slavery in the
District of Columbia...1589, 1637, 1638, 1639
remarks on the bill amending the Court of
Claims act...
..1674, 1676
remarks on the bill for the relief of George Mar-
shall's sureties..........1730, 1763, 1764, 1765
remarks on Government contracts.. ...1744,
1748, 1753, 1870
remarks on the recognition of Hayti and Li-
beria........
2503, 2505
remarks on the charges against Hon. B. Wood,
2666, 2667, 3362
remarks on seacoast fortification bill, 1905, 1906
remarks on the prohibition of slavery....2046,
2047, 2048, 2052
remarks on claims for losses by the rebellion,
2136, 2153, 3056
remarks on the bill regulating the compensation
of district attorneys...
.2565,
2567, 2568, 2569, 2587, 2588
remarks on the tariff bill....
.3053
remarks on General Hunter's letter.........3126
remarks on the bill to provide for the discharge
of State prisoners......3105, 3106, 3183, 3184
remarks on the bill prohibiting the confinement
of soldiers in the penitentiary......3129, 3130
Bingham, Kinsley S., late a Senator from Michi-
gan, death of, announced....
Blair, Francis P., jr., a Representative from Mis-
souri
.25,
32,133, 34, 56, 57, 60, 115, 117, 118, 140,
141, 142, 146, 147, 157, 172, 198, 230, 262,
350, 364, 365, 400, 427, 435, 436, 480, 481,
488, 549, 566, 577, 736, 760, 859, 877, 878,
902, 911, 947, 948, 1042, 1085, 1112, 1179,
1193, 1227, 1245, 1251, 1252, 1314, 1320,
1321, 1330, 1340, 1403, 1452, 1484, 1504,
1580, 1581, 1590, 1659, 1681, 1743, 1754,
1805, 1843, 1886, 1906, 1972, 2023, 2107,
2139, 2153, 2156, 2231, 2327, 2361, 2537,
2589, 2614, 2623, 2641, 2645, 2646, 2647,
2663, 2665, 2686, 2711, 2712, 2713, 2714,
2904, 2906, 2956, 3034, 3080, 3153, 3263
resolutions by.....
........5, 34, 230,
400, 1245, 1251, 1340, 1743, 2623, 3080
remarks on the expulsion of John W. Reid...5
remarks on the reference of the President's mes-
sage......
........20, 21
remarks on the recognition of the services of
General Nathaniel Lyon.........
....57
remarks on General Halleck's order No. 3, 58,
59, 76, 87
remarks on the Kentucky volunteers bill...77,
102, 106, 107, 108
remarks on the civil bill....
.216,305
remarks on the newspaper postage bill, 423, 424
remarks on the legislative bill...527, 1087, 1088
remarks on the bill for the payment of field offi-
......547
remarks on the bill relating to railroad and tel-
egraph lines.......
.547, 548, 549
remarks on the defenses of Washington...610,
611, 612, 613, 614, 718, 719
remarks on the resolution relating to railroads
in Missouri...808, 809, 810, 811, 812, 813, 939
remarks on Bull Run.....
.838,
839, 840, 841, 851, 852, 855
remarks on the rendition of slaves by the Army,
955, 956, 957, 958
remarks on the Illinois ship canal............902,
1659, 2537, 2711, 2713, 2714,
2906, 3023, 3024, 3033, 3055
remarks on the engineer volunteers bill....955,
1023, 1024, 1026, 1029, 1030
remarks on the state of the Union..........1070,
1118, 1121, 1125, 1128, 1129, 1130
remarks on the organization of the Army staff,
1046, 1098, 1100, 1101, 1102
remarks on General Frémont's campaign in
Missouri......
.117, 118,
1118, 1121, 1125, 1128, 1129, 1130,
1748, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1752, 1753
remarks on the bill relating to sutlers......1143,
1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1251
remarks on the resolution for the gradual abol-,
ishment of slavery........

cers...

.1153,
1154, 1176, 1177, 1178
remarks on the bill relating to the military
claims in the West....

1044, 1045