yeas and nays on the....

2573
2573

Banks, Nathaniel P., a Representative from
Massachusetts.
.22, 82, 98,

99, 100, 126, 127, 171, 173, 195, 203, 204,
859, 375, 389, 406, 460, 518, 583, 585, 714,
752, 776, 811,838,886, 899, 918, 921, 922,
923, 943, 944, 966, 973, 1006, 1034, 1035,
1091, 1149, 1150, 1189, 1190, 1200, 1213,
1214, 1251, 1803, 1334, 1837, 1870, 1871,
1872, 1378, 1874, 1875, 1890, 1398, 1399,
1400, 1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406,
1422, 1423, 1435, 1534, 1535, 1552, 1553,
1560, 1579, 1580, 1604, 1615, 1703, 1796,
1856, 1917, 1923, 2131, 2160, 2161, 2244,
2245, 2264, 2316, 2384, 2410, 2433, 2442,
2532, 2533, 2534, 2541, 2546, 2547, 2634,
2652, 2654, 2793, 2825, 2827, 2851, 2865,
3025, 3046, 3085, 3086, 3094, 3096, 3097,
8197, 8207, 3251, 3300, 3302, 3303, 3304,
3305, 3306, 3326, 3352, 3357, 3361, 3401,
3403, 3406, 3426, 3498, 3501, 3521, 3548,
3796, 3812, 3818, 3821, 3852, 3889, 3890,
3891, 3892, 3974, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012,
4013, 4057, 4058, 4062, 4063, 4104, 4107,
4156, 4193, 4194, 4195, 4196, 4197, 4198,
4255, 4256, 4274, 4277, 4286, 4287, 4288

resolutions by

...22,
82, 98, 126, 171, 389, 518, 3086, 3406
remarks on the resolution in relation to the
House reporters.
99, 100
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia..

203

Banks, Nathaniel P., a Representative from
Massachusetts-Continued.
remarks on the joint resolution relating to
intercontinental telegraph..
remarks on regulating trade with British
North America....

remarks on
tion....

922

1213, 1334
the French Industrial Exposi-
1371, 1872, 1873, 1374, 1375,
1399, 1402, 1405, 1406, 3304, 3305
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
Smith

..1422

remarks on telegraph to the West Indies, 1579
remarks on the death of Senator Foot-see
Appendix.

remarks on the Northern Pacificrailroad bill
[A report of these remarks was not fur-
nished by Mr. Banks.]

remarks on reconstruction... 2532, 2533, 2534
remarks on a uniform coinage between the
United States and foreign countries...2654
remarks on the bill to establish a Bureau of
Education...

3046

3498

remarks on the tax bill...3446, 3447
remarks on the tariff bill...
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
8796, 4255, 4256, 4287
bill.
remarks on the assault case of Rousseau and
Grinnell...
.......3890, 4011, 4012, 4013
remarks on bill to preserve the neutral rela-
tions of the United States, 4194, 4195, 4197
Barclay, J. Judson, bill (H. R. No. 683) for
the relief of........435, 3197, 3568, 3572
Barker, Abraham A., a Representative from
Pennsylvania..

Michigan

...8,

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Benjamin

Benjamin, John F., a Representative from Mis-
souri... 19, 149, 193, 194, 203, 234, 235, 300,
311, 324, 360, 422, 493, 535, 615, 618, 655,
724, 754, 771, 772, 773, 1125, 1148, 1193,
1723, 1724, 1810, 1812, 1840, 1841, 1842,
1902, 1903, 1904, 1948, 1944, 1994, 1995,
2025, 2158, 2161, 2190, 2376, 2517, 2578,
2603, 2605, 2606, 2629, 2633, 2656, 2688,
3197, 3205, 3297, 3306, 3352, 3353, 3360,
3361, 3474, 8517, 3519, 3539, 3540, 3600,
3601, 3602, 3627, 3689, 3891, 3949, 3985,
4011, 4093, 4109, 4249, 4259, 4261, 4278
19, 360, 422
remarks on the bill for the relief of Charlotte
Bence
194

remarks on the increase of pensions....3297
remarks on the tariff bill...3517, 8600
Bergen, Teunis G., a Representative from New
York........723, 724, 858, 978, 1096, 1098,
1099, 1129, 1259, 1342, 1348, 1349, 1505,
1573, 1656, 1695, 1898, 2287, 2623, 2656,
2771, 2786, 2787, 2789, 2790, 2813, 3376,
8377, 4147, 4263, 4274, 4275, 4283, 4288
remarks on naval appropriation bill, 723, 724
remarks on the deficiency bill..

858,
1098, 1099, 1129

remarks on the fortification bill....1348
remarks on the bill relating to agricultural
colleges....

remarks on the tax bill..

1898
2790

remarks on the death of James Humphrey,
of New York.....

..3376, 3377

Berry, Major General Hiram G., bill (S. No.
375) to amend an act granting a pension
to the widow of the late...3306, 3353, 3404
Higgins, joint resolution (H. H. R. No.
108) for the relief of........2330, 4278
remarks on the, by-

Berry &

Mr. Delano

4279

...4279

Mr. Rice, of Maine.
Berryman, Otway H., deceased, bill (S. No. 284)
for the relief of the children of, 2780, 2927
Bestor, George C., and Charles W. McCord,
resolution directing the Secretary of the
Navy to organize a board of not less than
three persons, whose duty it shall be to
inquire into and determine how much the
vessels-of-war and steam machinery Shi-
loh, built by George C. Bestor, and the
Utlah, built by Charles W. MeCord, at
St. Louis, Missouri, in the years 1863,
1864, and 1865, cost the contractors over
and above the contract price and allow-
ances for extra work, and report the same
to Congress at its next session..

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Garfield....

Mr. Hogan...

Mr. Hotchkiss.............

Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts.

4284

4284

4284

4284

4284

4308

joint resolution for the relief of....
Bidwell, John, a Representative from California,
49, 71, 114, 224, 235, 299, 300, 350, 435,
460, 508, 518, 580, 775, 778, 886, 919,
949, 976, 978, 1006, 1036, 1097, 1240,
1333, 1346, 1494, 1503, 1504, 1505, 1506,
1550, 1574, 1575, 1576, 1719, 1725, 1875,
1897, 1898, 1899, 2118, 2146, 2285, 2344,

2368, 2385, 2512, 2571, 2608, 2657, 2658,
2659, 2728, 2730, 2741, 2745,

3269, 3298, 3299, 3300, 3326, 3405, 3406,

3461, 3513, 3536, 3562, 3565, 3566, 3567,

567

Mr. Ingersoll.

3590, 3591, 3592, 3593, 3651, 3652, 3653,

Mr. Washburne, of Illinois

3655, 3682, 8747, 3749, 3798, 3874, 3932,

3933, 4050, 4189, 4190, 4204, 4258, 4309

remarks on the naval appropriation bill..752
remarks relative to the sale of postage stamps,
&c., on credit.....

49,
435, 518, 2118, 2285, 2368, 3267
remarks on the deficiency bill..............1097
remarks on the fortification bill........... 1346
remarks on the legislative, &c., appropriation
bill.....

1504, 1505

remarks on the bill relating to agricultural

colleges..

1574,
1575, 1576, 1898, 1899
.2657,

remarks on the tax bill.....

2658, 2659, 2728, 2730, 2745, 2787
remarks on the Humboldt canal bill.....3043
remarks on the California and Oregon rail-
road...
3269, 3298, 3299
remarks on the Army appropriation bill,

3405

Bigelow, Hopestill, bill (S. No. 359) for the
relief of.......
...3644, 4107
Bingham, John A., a Representative from
Ohio.....
.14, 32,
86, 123, 124, 156, 157, 158, 159, 193, 222,
253, 255, 276, 349, 377, 428, 429, 430, 431,
432, 482, 484, 508, 530, 624, 697, 811, 813,
1033, 1034, 1035, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067,
1068, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093,
1094, 1995, 1115, 1189, 1190, 1200, 1240,
1266, 1271, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1295,
1296, 1346, 1867, 1427, 1533, 1604, 1607,
1609, 1614, 1662, 1857, 1861, 1896, 1897,
1943, 1944, 1996, 2003, 2049, 2074, 2075,
2120, 2159, 2161, 2185, 2202, 2215, 2236,
2237, 2238, 2295, 2313, 2367, 2372, 2433,

1943

2541, 2542, 2543, 2544, 2546, 2598, 2599,
2600, 2980, 3086, 3122, 3175, 3196, 3197,
8198, 3201, 3204, 3207, 3238, 3240, 3241,
3246, 3250, 3300, 3374, 3402, 8414, 3415,
3473, 3500, 3586, 3587, 3589, 3604, 3635,
3645, 8655, 3686, 3723, 3742, 8793, 3794,
8795, 3803, 3912, 3948, 3949, 3950, 3974,
8975, 3976, 8977, 8978, 3979, 3980, 3981,
3983, 3985, 4046, 4056, 4102, 4104, 4110,
4111, 4155, 4156, 4157, 4159, 4160, 4251,
4252, 4253, 4277, 4278, 4285, 4286, 4309

resolutions by

14,

.222

1240, 8241, 4161, 4192, 4194
remarks on reconstruction......123, 124, 156,
157, 158, 159, 2541, 2542, 2543, 2544
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia
remarks on the basis of representation... 428,
429, 430, 432, 484
remarks on transferring Berkeley and Jef-
ferson counties to the State of West Vir-
ginia
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
63) to amend the Constitution.
1034,
1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094

remarks on the civil rights bill.

Maine......18, 60, 136, 141, 233, 252, 275,
278, 358, 376, 377, 385, 492, 493,582, 583,
644, 696, 697, 886, 948, 966, 291, 1115,
1188, 1190, 1191, 1193, 1206, 1207, 1213,
1250, 1251, 1290, 1298, 1303, 1832, 1333,
1834, 1836, 1337, 1388, 1844, 1345, 1390,
1399, 1463, 1504, 1554, 1555, 1556, 1557,
1578, 1579, 1603, 1605, 1648, 1650, 1652,
1682, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1973, 1974,
1976, 1978, 2002, 2007, 2047, 2048, 2070,
2071, 2073, 2076, 2077, 2149, 2151, 2152,
2153, 2180, 2181, 2185, 2246, 2287, 2292,
2293, 2296, 2297, 2298, 2299, 2316, 2341,
2351, 2353, 2434, 2460, 2480, 2575, 2658,
2659, 2688, 2743, 2780, 2781, 2782, 2825,
2850, 2858, 2864, 2865, 2902, 2903, 2904,
2909, 2910, 2932, 2933, 2976, 2978, 2979,
3043, 3053, 3054, 3090, 3176, 3194, 3195,
3206, 3338, 3329, 3331, 3332, 3397, 3449
18,

remarks on regulating trade with British
North America...... 1251, 1333, 1334, 1336
remarks on the bill to reimburse the State
of Pennsylvania for moneys advanced for
war purposes......1554, 1555, 1556, 1557
remarks on telegraph to the West Indies, 1578
remarks on bill for relief of J. G. Holland, 1603
remarks on the bill to reorganize the Army,
1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1978, 1974,
1976, 2002, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2076,
2077, 2149, 2151, 2152, 2143, 3329
remarks on a communication from Provost
Marshal General Fry....
.......2298, 2299
remarks on reconstruction.
remarks on the tax bill.

of..

2460
2480,

2658, 2780, 2781, 2850

3206

4202

remarks on the bill relating to the pay of the
Army.........
2909, 2910, 2978, 2979
remarks on claim of Colonel De Ahna, 3053
remarks on the motion to recommit the peti-
tion of Henrietta O. Gardiner to the Com-
mittee on Invalid Pensions......
personal explanation of.......2180, 2181
Blake, Charles M., joint resolution (H. K. No.
163) for the relief of, 3195, 3401, 3406, 3465
joint resolution (S. No. 116) for the relief
.3568, 3595, 3595, 4191,
Blanchard, Edward, bill for the relief of, 4280
Blow, Henry T., a Representative from Mis-
Blanchard, Henry P., bill for the relief of, 2809
souri.
19, 69, 135, 349, 646, 752,
2286, 2375, 2376, 2688, 2817, 3443, 3595
resolutions by.
69,646
remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 752
remarks in relation to bridges over the Mis-
sissippi.
2375, 2376
Bonds, bill to authorize the issue of certain, in
denominations greater than $100......3747
bill (H. R. No. 772) to authorize the issue
of certain, in denominations greater than
$1,000.......
..3794, 4102, 4154

(See Currency.)
Bouligny, John E., bill for relief of heirs of, 324
Bonney, Jethro, bill for the relief of..........18
Bounties, resolution in relation to the payment
......15

of.

bill giving bounty lands and money to the
United States soldiers who served in the
late rebellion...

18

bill to equalize, to non-commissioned officers,
musicians, and privates in the volunteerser-
vice of the United States, and for the relief
of certain officers therein mentioned......19
resolution securing to soldiers and sailors
who served the Government in the late
war against the rebellion, and who have
* received no, such additional bounty as will
render as nearly as practicable the, paid
to all such soldiers and sailors equal in
proportion to the time of service.........22

Bounties-Continued.

bill to equalize, to soldiers of the Army of the
United States during the rebellion.......60
bill to repeal the fishing..
70,581
joint resolution (H. R. No. 105) giving con-
struction to the law in relation to, payable
to soldiers discharged for wounds......1789,
1861, 1868, 1945
joint resolution (S. No. 51) respecting, to
colored soldiers, and the pensions, boun-
ties, and allowances to their heirs.....1796,
1874, 3112, 3144, 3148, 3402
joint resolution (S. No. 87) to provide for
the payment of, to certain Indian regi-
2927, 3166, 3194, 8203
bill (H. R. No. 602) to equalize the, of sol-
diers, sailors, and marines who served in
the late war for the Union.............2678,
2688, 2743, 2808

ments.....

remarks on the, by-

2827

Mr. Schenck....2824, 2825, 2826
yeas and nays on the.
bill (H. R. No. 622) to compute the, of vet-
eran volunteers so as to protect the rights
of such.......
2839, 4204
joint resolution (H. R. No. 176) amendatory
of a joint resolution respecting, to col-
ored soldiers, and pensions, bounties,
and allowances to their heirs, approved
June 15, 1866.
3402,

3404, 4102, 4107, 4154

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Bingham
Mr. McKee.....
Mr. Schenck.

3402

3403

.......3402, 3403

Bounty, bill relative to the payment of the
$100, provided by the act of July 22, 1861,
to the legal representatives of men who en-
listed without a, during that year, and who
left their commands without authority, but
subsequently returned, and were killed in
battle or died from wounds received while
in the service........

117

bill (H. R. No. 116) granting, and additional,
to soldiers, seamen, and marines, in the
war of 1861, or their heirs...137, 286, 1150
bill to provide that in case of the death of
any soldier, sailor, or marine while in the
service, or his absence for two years with-
out having been seen or heard from, the
heirs be entitled to pension and......... 159
bill granting, to volunteers who entered the
Army of the United States in the years
1861 and 1862, for the purpose of putting
down the rebellion...

.....349

bill to pay a, to the volunteers of 1861 and
1862 equal to the highest, paid to the vol-
unteers of 1863 and 1864, equalizing the,
according to the time of service, &c...918
bill to give a, in land to the officers and sol-
diers of the one hundred days' men....919
joint resolution (S. No. 87) to provide
for the payment of, to certain Indian
2824, 3194
regiments.
joint resolution (H. R. No. 149) declaratory
of the law of......
3043, 3590, 3598

Bounty land, bill to extend the benefits of the,
act of March 3, 1855, to the soldiers, saif
ors, and seamen of the United States who
served in the late war of 1861...49
bill granting, to officers and soldiers of the
United States.

349

Boutwell, George S., a Representative from
Massachusetts....49, 116, 136, 149, 173, 201,
252, 253, 254, 255, 276, 277, 309, 310,
813, 835, 839, 1098, 1147, 1162, 1206,
1220, 1258, 1308, 1458, 1459, 1468, 1498,
1535, 1560, 1810, 1842, 1854, 1855, 1856,
1857, 1869, 1970, 1999, 2095, 2096, 2152,
2190, 2215, 2313, 2341, 2342, 2343, 2368,
2474, 2475, 2476, 2507, 2508, 2509, 2579,
2597, 2603, 2624, 2634, 2656, 2752, 2782,
2791, 2993, 3048, 3049, 3055, 3085, 3089,
8176, 8177, 32083, 3206, 3238, 3246, 8251,
3295, 3326, 3360, 3444, 3490, 3494; 3569,
8571, 3588, 3589, 3691, 3692, 8793, 8798,
3800, 3812, 8848, 8949, 3975, 3976, 3977,
3978, 4010, 4018, 4019, 4148, 4203, 4204,
4251, 4252, 4268, 4275, 4288, 4284, 4285
resolutions by.......
49, 1854 3089
remarks on the homestead bill........253, 254

Pennsylvania....

87, 175,

176, 177, 178, 181, 182, 240, 460, 579,
688, 845, 950, 1272, 1423, 1507, 1559,
1587, 1607, 1608, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1969,
1978, 1977, 2024, 2038, 2079, 2348, 2349,
2352, 2430, 2465, 2466, 2467, 2468, 2469,
2546, 3879, 3880,3881, 3882, 3892, 3980
resolutions by........
2038, 2480, 2546
remarks on suffrage in the District of Co-
lumbia.......
.......175, 176, 177, 178
remarks on the bill to reimburse the State of
Pennsylvania for moneys advanced for war
......1607, 1608
purposes......
remarks on the bill to reorganize the
Army
1949, 1977, 2348, 2349
.2465,
2466, 2467, 2468, 2469
remarks on the assault case of Messrs. Rous-
seau and Grinnell.
3879, 3880
Boynton, Rev. C. B., elected Chaplain of the

remarks on reconstruction.

...9

House......
Bradford, Allen A., a Delegate from Colo-
rado....
350, 645, 812, 919, 920,
1036, 1220, 1450, 1468, 2120, 2723, 3406

2120

resolutions by......
Brandegee, Augustus, a Representative from
Connecticut.....
10, 14, 15, 49,

81, 180, 136, 137, 147, 171, 194, 195,
203, 214, 375, 387, 748, 777, 920, 923,
946, 966, 968, 1033, 1035, 1068, 1240,
1969, 2287, 2724, 2725, 2726, 2733, 2741,
2780, 2782, 2809, 2814, 2946, 2994, 2996,
2997, 2998, 2999, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3006,
3016, 3017, 3018, 3022, 3023, 3024, 8778

resolutions by..

49,
130, 137, 195, 214, 375, 923
remarks on the bill to continue the Freed-
men's Bureau.
remarks on the establishment of a naval
depot at League Island...

2809

....2996,
2997, 2998, 2999, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3006
Brent, Jane D., bill (S. No. 298) granting a
pension to.....2688, 2876, 3353, 3404
Brewer, Charles, & Co., bill (H. R. No. 555)
for the relief of......2235, 2385, 3548, 3908
Brewster, Captain Charles, bill (H. R. No.
148) for the relief of....
287, 2233
Bribery and corruption, bill to protect the pub-

lic credit, and prevent...

3536

Bridge, bill (H. R. No. 38) to declare a cer-
tain, over the Hudson river a public high-
way.........

.......59, 1342
joint resolution declaring the railroad, and
ferry over the Mississippi river to be a
post route and national highway of com-

70

Bridge-Continued.

bill to declare a certain, over the Mississippi
river a post route and highway...........137
bill to authorize the Keokuk and Hamilton
Mississippi, Company to construct and
operate a railroad, wagon, and foot, across
the Mississippi river, and to declare the
same a military road and post road.....919
bill to authorize the Milwaukee and Prairie
du Chien Railway Company to construct a,
across the Mississippi river, and to estab-
lish a post route......

..1333

bill (S. No. 38) to authorize the construction
of a, across the Mississippi river at the
city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, and
at the city of East St. Louis, State of Illi-
nois.
1587, 1723
bill to make the railroad, across Lake Cham-
plain, at Rouse's Point, a post route, 1876
joint resolution (S. No. 113) for the construc-
tion of a railroad, across the Cuyahoga
river over and upon the Government piers
at Cleveland, Ohio... 2282, 3418, 3439, 3473
joint resolution (H. R. No. 143) making an
appropriation for the repair of the Poto-
2838, 3166, 3201, 3298

mac

bill to authorize the Winona and St. Peter's
Railroad Company to construct a, across
the Mississippi river, and to establish a
post route.

....3166

bill to authorize the construction of a, across
the Missouri river, and declaring the same
a post route....

3406

Bridges, bill (S. No. 236) to authorize the con-
struction of certain, and to establish post
roads....

yeas and nays on the......3770, 3817
bill to repeal the second section of an act to
authorize the construction of certain, and
to establish them as post roads.........4285
Bromwell, Henry P. H., a Representative from
Illinois......19, 276, 277, 409, 410, 411, 431,
508, 645, 748, 887, 919, 1019, 1020, 1021,
1022, 1023, 1024, 1507, 1820, 1952, 2041,
2316, 2344, 2377, 2480, 2514, 2597, 2625,
2626, 2688, 2834, 2837, 2839, 2859, 2886,
2904, 2905, 2906, 3090, 3472, 3681, 8812,
3891, 3913, 3975, 4156, 4190, 4269, 4275

resolutions by...
......2859, 3681
remarks on the basis of representation....409,
410, 887, 919
remarks on reconstruction.........1019, 1020,
1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 2904, 2905, 2906
remarks on the bill for the relief of Philos
B. Tyler....
2344
remarks on the bill for the relief of Thomas
D. Burrall..

2625, 2626
2832, 2837

remarks on the tax bill
remarks on the purchase of a certain museum
by the Commissioner of Agriculture, 4190
Brooks, James, a Representative from New
York, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 14, 33, 47, 61, 75, 81,
100, 135, 136, 137, 233, 255, 376, 377,
379, 380, 460, 493, 531, 533, 538, 546,
584, 585, 607, 608, 609, 610, 611, 618,
614, 615, 646, 647, 714, 813, 856, 895,
922, 976, 1126, 1189, 1190, 1192, 1238,
1245, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1333, 1339, 1341,
1346, 1365, 1368, 1369, 1495, 1501, 1533,
1534, 1535, 1582, 1583, 1585, 1586, 1615,
1747, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1768, 1791, 1795,
1796, 1812, 1814, 1815, 1817, 1818, 1819

148

remarks on the basis of representation....433
remarks on reconstruction

.466,
467, 468, 469, 470, 2498, 2499, 2500
remarks on the deficiency bill......1125, 1126
remarks on the civil rights bill
1262,
1263, 1264, 1265

remarks on the loan bill.....1496, 1497, 1498
remarks on the bill to reimburse the State
of Pennsylvania for moneys advanced for
war purposes.......

lief of, and others..

for the benefit of

1606
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
bill
2240, 2241
remarks on printing the reports of the com-
mittee on the Memphis riots.....4265, 4266
Broome, John M., joint resolution for the re-
....3374
Brown, Rice M., bill for the relief of ........644
Bryant, Colonel R. E., bill (H. R. No. 214)
616, 2393, 2431
Buckingham, Imogene, bill (H. R. No. 701)
granting a pension to ...3353, 3913
Buckland, Ralph P., a Representative from
Ohio...
918, 1024, 1623,
1624, 1625, 1626, 1627, 1694, 1820, 1968,
2079, 2161, 2887, 3237, 3267, 3444, 4149
1623,
1624, 1625, 1626, 1627
Bundy, Hezekiah S., a Representative from
Ohio...1036, 1099, 1130, 1162, 1189, 1303,
1319, 1333, 1376, 1494, 1495, 1502, 1522,
1560, 1820, 1861, 1894, 2131, 2264, 2394,
3426, 3498, 3499, 3502, 3519, 3682, 3683
resolutions by.
1189, 1495, 1894
remarks on the legislative, &c., appropriation

remarks on reconstruction..

Burleigh, Walter A., a Delegate from Dakota

Territory, 46, 103, 136, 138, 460, 1098, 1502,
1503, 1576, 1684, 1899, 2023, 2120, 2187,
2377, 2393, 2675, 2945, 8007, 8012, 3055,
3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3062,
3063, 3064, 3087, 3088, 3359, 4279, 4280
resolutions by...46, 138, 460, 2120, 2393, 2945
remarks on the joint resolution relating to
destitute Indians.....

Cain, Barney, bill (S. No. 53) for the relief
of.....
101, 255, 617, 1787
California, bill (H. R. No. 269) for the relief
of citizens of Benicia, in Solano county,
775, 2385
bill to enable the State of, to reclaim the
dry and sterile lands within the limits of
said State......
......1494

bill to quiet the title to the Pueblo lands of
the town of Santa Barbara...
......2571
...3373

bill to relinquish the title to the town of
Santa Cruz........

19

Campbell, John W., bill (H. R. No. 215) for
the benefit of.
.616, 1812
Canal, bill to construct a, to improve the Up-
per rapids and Lower or Des Moines rap.
ids of the Mississippi river..
bill to construct a ship, around the falls of
Niagara.......
350, 1147
bill to construct a ship, for the passage of
armed and naval vessels from the Missis-
sippi river to Lake Michigan, and for other
purposes...

......512

bill (S. No. 85) granting to the State of
Wisconsin a donation of public lands-to
aid in the construction of a breakwater
and harbor and ship, at the head of Stur-
geon bay, in the county of Door, in said
State, to connect the waters of Green bay
with Lake Michigan, in said State......855,
1130, 1725

bill (H. R. No. 365) granting the right of
way to ditch and, owners in the State of
California over the public lands.......1259,
1332,3141, 4017, 4021, 4048, 4052, 4102
bill (S. No. 140) to grant the right of way to
the Humboldt, Company through the
public lands
anyth
of the United States...1533,
1577, 3043, 3085

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Ashley, of Ohio

Mr. Bidwell.

Mr. Julian

3043

3043

..3043

bill (8. No. 219) granting certain lands to the
State of Michigan to aid in the construc-
tion of a ship, to connect the waters of
Lake Superior with the lake known as
Lac La Belle, 1574, 1682, 1874, 3463, 3501
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Driggs.

.......3463, 3464

bill. (H. R. No. 344) to construct a ship,
around the falls of Niagara.........2039,

remarks on the, by-

2146, 2319

Mr. Allison................2319, 2320, 2321

Mr. Cook....

Mr. Delano.

2323, 2324,

2329

Mr. Dodge.

Mr. Driggs....

Mr. Hulburd.

Mr. Harding, of Illinois...

Mr. Humphrey, J. M.--see Appendix.

Mr. Ingersoll.............2321, 2322 2323

Mr. Moulton..

Mr. Raymond.

Mr. Ross.....

.2040, 2041

2329, 2330

2328, 2829

bill (S. No. 281) to authorize the Chesa-
peake Bay and Potomac River Tidewater,
Company to enter the District of Colum-
bia and extend their canal to the Anacos-
tia river at any point above Benning's
bridge........
2926, 3935, 4093, 4156

bill (H. R. No. 690) to explain and limit the
act granting the right of way to the Hum-
boldt, Company through the public lands
of the United States... .......3720, 3461
joint resolution in reference to the Dismal
Swamp, Company3419, 4094, 4102
bill to aid in the construction of a, in the
counties of Tehamo, Colusa, Yola, and
Solano, State of California.. ....3536
Capitol, resolution appointing a committee
on the decoration of the south wing of
the......

1724
concurrent resolution prohibiting the sale of
spirituous and other liquors in the, build-
ing and grounds... 1919, 1949, 1969, 1997
remarks on the, by-

remarks on the fortification bill.....1348
remarks on the French Industrial Expo-
sition
1393, 1394, 1395
remarks on the resolution to facilitate com-
munication with certain Territories...1918
remarks on prohibiting the sale of liquor in
the Capitol building and grounds......1920
remarks on the bill to reorganize the Army,
1948, 1973, 2005, 2006, 2042, 2124
remarks on the bill relating to immigration,
&c......
....... 2314, 2315
remarks on the Freedmen's Bureau appro-
priation bill.........
.......2317, 2318

on appointing commissioners to the

Chaplain, election of a....
joint resolution (H. R. No. 210) to authorize
payment of the......
.....4309, 4310

Chaves, J. Francesco, a Delegate from New
Mexico........350, 811, 919, 2373, 4307
remarks on the bill setting aside certain pro-
ceeds from internal revenue to erect peni-
tentiaries in certain Territories...4307
resolution by....

811

Mr. Thayer
Mr. Wentworth.

1920
....1919

Carter, Commander J. C., bill for the relief
Cattle, bill (H. R. No. 23) to prevent the
spread of foreign diseases among the, of
the United States19, 20, 58, 75
bill (H. R. No. 321) to amend an act to pre-
vent the spread of foreign diseases among
the, of the United States, approved De-
cember 18, 1865.

923, 1207
Cemeteries, bill to provide suitable monuments
for national..
......3399

bill (H. R. No. 788) to establish and to pro-
tect national.
.......8974, 4191
Census, bill providing for a special enumera-
tion of the inhabitants of the United States
prior to October 1, 1866.... ...644

Certificates of thanks-see Mail.
Chanler, John W., a Representative from New

47, 48, 181, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220,
221, 222, 284, 351, 352, 379, 380, 381,513,
624, 639, 655, 716, 716,718, 718, 722, 723, 887, 928,
945, 946, 947, 948, 949, 951, 1033, 1034,
1059, 1067, 1087, 1092, 1096, 1098, 1148,
1207, 1290, 1335, 1340, 1346, 1348, 1393,
1394, 1395, 1507, 1547, 1548, 1866, 1893,
1894, 1914, 1918, 1920, 1945, 1946, 1948,
1973, 1974, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2025, 2026,
2031, 2032, 2041, 2042, 2119, 2120, 2124,
2180, 2246, 2314, 2315, 2317, 2318, 2330,
2342, 2343, 2367, 2368, 2372, 2373, 2384,
2385, 2508, 2572, 2578, 2574, 2575, 2578,
2579, 2772, 2809, 2859, 2877, 3090, 3404
remarks on the resolution relating to equal-
ity before the law.....46, 47, 48
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia.........216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222

relief of.....

.2623, 4190
Cholera, joint resolution providing for the
appointment by the Secretary of War,
under the direction of the Surgeon Gen-
eral, of a commission to visit Constanti-
nople and inquire into the best means to
prevent the spread of, and for other pur-
poses....
joint resolution (H. R. No. 116) to prevent
the introduction of, into the ports of the
United States.
...2121,

1587

2733, 2771, 2807, 2824
Citizens, bill (H. R. No. 437) to declare and
protect all the privileges and immunities
of, of the United States in the several
States................ ....1719, 2434, 4148
bill to protect the rights of action of loyal,

2728

City of Richmond, joint resolution (S. No. 52)
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to change the name of the steamboat, to
City of Portland, and the schooner Lu-
cinda Van Valkenburg to Camden...2727,
2926, 3419

Civil expenses, bill (H. R. No. 86) making
appropriations to supply deficiencies in the
appropriations for sundry, of the Govern-
ment for the fiscal year ending 30th June,
1866.........135, 508, 855, 861, 1096, 1099,
1125, 1496, 1550, 1580, 1605, 1790, 1812
act mak-

an

bill (H. R. No. 612) to amend
ing appropriations for sundry, of the Gov-
ernment for the year ending the 30th of
June, 1859...
2741, 4308

bill (H. R. No. 737) making appropriations
for sundry, of the Government for the
year ending June 30, 1867, and for other
3490,
purposes..

3793, 3796, 4189, 4193, 4253, 4265,
4280, 4282, 4286, 4307, 4308, 4309

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Banks.....3796, 4255, 4256, 4287
Mr. Bidwell...

LVIII

ending June 30, 1867, and for other pur-

Mr. Schenck.....859, 860, 862, 864, 865

21

1450,

1495, 1547, 2341, 2430, 2877

reports from...195, 302, 615, 616, 1149, 1150,
1401, 1550, 1703, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2233,
2234, 2235, 2877, 3090, 3206, 3207, 3327,
3328,3329, 3373, 3374, 3375, 4104, 4280

adverse reports from.......

.68,

195, 324, 615, 616, 1149, 1150, 1401,
1893, 1894, 2201, 2233, 2235, 2877,

2980, 3206, 3207, 3327, 3375, 3981
..615, 616,

sundry, of the Government for the year

ted States-Continued.

instructions to........

remarks on the, by-

poses-Continued.

Mr. Lynch....

1099, 1129

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Morrill

..860

Mr. Boutwell..

1097, 1582

Mr. Clarke, of Ohio.

...3795

Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania.......1586

Mr. Cobb.....

3798,8799

Mr. Rice, of Maine......... 859, 860, 861

Mr. Conkling.....

3795, 4259, 4260

Mr. Ross....

1097

Mr. Driggs...

4258

Mr. Ferry..

Mr. Henderson..

.3798

Mr. Spalding.

Mr. Higby

3798

4258

3796

Mr. Hotchkiss.

Mr. Humphrey.

Mr. Newell-see Appendix.

Mr. Niblack

Mr. Schenck

Mr. Spalding....

Mr. Stevens....

Mr. Thayer.

3799
...8797

Mr. Trowbridge..4257, 4258

Mr. Washburne, of Illinois.........8793,
3797, 3798, 3800, 8801

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa.3797, 4287
3802,
4258, 4260, 4280, 4281, 4288

yeas and nays on the......

Civil rights, bill (S. No. 61) to protect all per-
sons in the United States in their,

and to

furnish the means of their vindication, 626,
646, 688, 1115, 1151, 1262, 1290, 1366,
1422, 1452, 1828, 1882, 1855, 1857

1855

Mr. Bingham......1290, 1291, 1292, 1293

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Cook

Mr. Broomall..... 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265

Mr. Davis.

1123, 1124, 1125

Mr. Scofield....

4096, 4097, 4099

1265

Mr. Spalding.

4098, 4099

Mr. Stevens.......4098, 4100, 4101, 4102

Mr. Trimble......

4057

resolutions by.....

remarks on, the joint resolution relating to

101, 103, 104

..3141

remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-

..3141

bia..

302, 303, 305

remarks on subjecting certain lands in Kan-

sas to the laws thereof...

1683

remarks on reconstruction.

1837,

1838, 1889, 1840

remarks on the death of Senator Lane, of
Kansas.

......3918, 3914, 3915

Civil service, the select committee on the, 1365,

instructions to......

reports from..

Claim agents, resolution instructing the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary to report a bill
to protect the soldiers and sailors in se-
curing the payment of all moneys which
may come into the hands of, or attor-
neys.....

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Colfax.......

Mr. Farnsworth.......

Mr. Grinnell........

Mr. Morrill.

...1796

..1796

1796

1796

1796

Claims, resolution relating to, for horses, &c.,
impressed into the service of the United

States..

255

286, 287, 302, 303, 304, 305, 350, 580,
713, 978, 1068, 1200, 1376, 1683, 1703,
1727, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1905, 2282,
2571, 8682, 3913, 3914, 3915, 4061, 4191
.580, 713, 3682

811

Clerk, resolution that the Committee on Mines
and Mining be allowed to have a, who
shall receive the usual compensation fixed
by the House for clerks of committees...811
yeas and nays on the...
resolution that the committees of the House
having clerks, be instructed to report to
the House whether a, is necessary for
the transaction of their business; what
portion of the time of the, is occupied
in the business of the committee, and
what portion in attending to the private
business of the members....

1032

1032

yeas and nays on the...
resolution, allowing an additional, to the
Sergeant-at-Arms........
2066, 2067
Clerks, resolution directing the heads of De-
partments to report the number of, male
and female, now in their respective Depart-
ments, from which States they were ap-
pointed, and what was their occupation
before appointment; and also the names,
number, and residences, if any, of such as
have been in the late rebel army, and by
whom the latter class were recommended
for appointment
remarks on the, by-

858, 1126

862,

1584

Mr. Garfield.

1585, 1586

Mr. Grinnell

865

1097, 1583
.857,858

...2430

1582

dent of the, re-

609

port of...........

Mr. Hubbard, of Iowa...