Bidwell, John, a Representative from Califor-
nia-Continued.

resolutions by....

.49,
435, 518, 2118, 2285, 2368, 3267
...1097
remarks on the deficiency bill....

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
remarks on the tax bill......
..2657,
2658, 2659, 2728, 2780, 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
remarks on the bill to quiet land titles in Cali-
fornia........
.............................3651, 3653
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
........3798
remarks on the purchase of a certain mu-
seum by the Commissioner of Agricult-

bill..........

ure........

.4190

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, 1095, 1115, 1189, 1190, 1200, 1240,
1266, 1271, 1290, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1295,
1296, 1346, 1367, 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,
2541, 2542, 2543, 2544, 2546, 2598, 2599,
2600, 2980, 3086, 3122, 3175, 3196, 3197,
3198, 3201, 3204, 3207, 3238, 3240, 3241,
3246, 3250, 3300, 3374, 3402, 3414, 3415,
3473, 3500, 3586, 3587, 8589, 3604, 3635,
3645, 8655, 3686, 3723, 3742, 3793, 3794,
3795, 3803, 3912, 3948, 3949, 3950, 8974,
38975, 3976, 8977, 3978, 3979, 8980, 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,
1240, 8241, 4161, 4192, 4194
remarks on reconstruction...... 123, 124, 156,
157, 158, 159, 2541, 2542, 2548, 2544
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia.....

..222

remarks on the basis of representation...428,
remarks on transferring Berkeley and Jef
429, 430, 431, 432, 484
ferson counties to the State of West Vir-
ginia...........
...697
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.
.1290,
remarks on the bill for the relief of paymas-
1291, 1292, 1293
ters of the Army.....1896, 1897
remarks on the resolution for the relief of
Mrs. Martha McCook............1943, 1944
remarks on the bill to reorganize the Army,
remarks on the bill to extend the jurisdiction
2074, 2075
of the Court of Claims.........
remarks on the Northern Pacific railroad
.....2202
bill...........
remarks on bounties to colored soldiers,
.....2236, 2237
3402

remarks on the bill relating to the Union Pa-
cific railroad, eastern division....3586, 3587
remarks on the tax bill.......................3635
remarks on the tariff bill.......
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
...3686
bill.............

..8795

remarks on the joint resolution declaring
Tennessee entitled to representation in
Congress........
remarks on the bill for the relief of Norman
.3978, 3979, 3980
Wiard.......

..4285

Blaine, James G., a Representative from
Maine.....18, 60, 136, 141, 233, 252, 275,
278, 358, 376,377, 385, 492, 493, 582, 588,
644, 696, 697, 886, 948, 966, 291, 1115,
1188, 1190, 1191, 1193, 1206, 1207, 1213,
1250, 1251, 1290, 1298, 1303, 1332, 1333,
1334, 1336, 1337, 1338, 1844, 1845, 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, 2982, 2933, 2976, 2978, 2979,
8043, 3053, 3054, 3090, 3176, 3194, 3195,
3206, 3338, 3329, 3331, 3332, 3397, 3449
resolutions by.
....18,
60, 233, 966, 1190, 1682, 2577
remarks on the basis of representation...141,
142, 376, 377
remarks on the bill to regulate the registry
of vessels..........
........582, 583
remarks on transferring Jefferson and Berke-
ley counties to West Virginia...... ....697
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1193
remarks on the Military Academy appropri-
ation bill.......

1206

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, 1973, 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...

2460
.2480,

2658, 2780, 2781, 2850
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........ .3206
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
of......
.3568, 3595, 4191, 4202
Blanchard, Edward, bill for the relief of, 4280
Blanchard, Henry P., bill for the relief of, 2809
Blow, Henry T., a Representative from Mis-
souri....
.19, 69, 135, 349, 646, 752,
2286, 2375, 2376, 2688, 2817, 3448, 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.)
Bonney, Jethro, bill for the relief of.......... 18
Bouligny, John E., bill for relief of heirs of, 324
Bounties, resolution in relation to the payment
of...
.....15

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, 3203
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-

Mr. Schenck.....

yeas and nays on the..

.2824, 2825, 2826
.2827

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...

.3402

.3403
Mr. Schenck..
.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, 8194
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, sai
ors, and seamen of the United States who
served in the late war of 186149
bill granting, to officers and soldiers of the
.........349
United States....
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, 1303, 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,
3176, 8177, 3203, 3206, 3238, 3246, 3251,
3295, 3326, 3360, 3444, 3490, 8494, 3569,
3571, 3588, 3589, 3691, 3692, 3793, 3798,
3800, 3812, 3848, 8949, 3975, 3976, 3977,
8978, 4010, 4018, 4019, 4148, 4203, 4204,
4251, 4252, 4268, 4275, 4288, 4284, 4285
resolutions by...
49, 1854 8089
253,254
remarks on the homestead bill....

.....

LVI

Boutwell, George S., a Representative from
Massachusetts-Continued.

.2993

remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia...........
...308, 309, 310
remarks on the loan bill.....1458, 1459, 1498
remarks on the bill to reorganize and establish
the Army...
1999
remarks on reconstruction................. ,2095,
2096, 2507, 2508, 2509, 3176, 3177, 3246
remarks on appointing commissioners to the
Paris Exposition..
.2342, 2343
...2474,
remarks on the tax bill..
2475, 2476, 2603, 2752, 2753, 2782
remarks on the bill to secure the safe-keeping
of the public money........
remarks on the bill to establish a Bureau of
Education.....
.....3048
remarks on the tariff bill............3569, 8691
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill.....
.3798
remarks on the joint resolution declaring
Tennessee entitled to representation in
Congress........
.3976, 3977
remarks on a question of privilege, 4018, 4019
remarks on the bill to remove certain cases
from the State courts.....
.4203
Bower, Rebecca, bill for the relief of...... 1867
Bowles, Brevet Major Theodore C., bill (H. R.

No. 395) for the relief of........1452, 2238
Boyd, S. H., contesting the seat of John R.
Kelso, from the fourth congressional dis-
trict of Missouri........
..9, 30
resolution in relation to.......................
..81, 98
papers of.........
.698, 755
Boyer, Benjamin M., a Representative from
Pennsylvania....
.87, 175,

176, 177, 178, 181, 182, 240, 460, 579,
688, 845, 950, 1272, 1428, 1507, 1559,
1587, 1607, 1608, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1969,
1973, 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
remarks on reconstruction...
..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
House....

Connecticut...

........9

Bradford, Allen A., a Delegate from Colo-
rado...
.350, 645, 812, 919, 920,
1036, 1220, 1450, 1468, 2120, 2723, 3406
resolutions by........
...2120
Brandegee, Augustus, a Representative from
.10, 14, 15, 49,
81, 130, 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, 8024, 3778
resolutions by..

.49,

130, 137, 195, 214, 375, 923
remarks on the bill to continue the Freed-
men's Bureau.......
2809
remarks on the establishment of a naval
depot at League Island...
.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......
Bridge, bill (H. R. No. 38) to declare a cer-
tain, over the Hudson river a public high-
....59, 1342

way...

.3536

joint resolution declaring the railroad, and
ferry over the Mississippi rivor to be a
post route and national highway of 'com-

merce.....

..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, aud 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
bill to authorize the Winona and St. Peter's
Railroad Company to construct a, across
the Mississippi river, and to establish a
........3166
post route...
bill to authorize the construction of a, across
the Missouri river, and declaring the same
......3406
a post route.......
Bridges, bill (S. No. 236) to authorize the con-
struction of certain, and to establish post
roads..........
2299,
2330, 2474, 3769, 3811, 4020, 4054
remarks on the, by-

mac....

Mr. Alley....
.2375,
3769, 3811, 3812, 3813, 3816, 3817
Mr. Blow.....
..2375, 2376
Mr. Grinnell
..2375
Mr. Harding, of Illinois........2374, 2375
Mr. Hogan
.3812, 3813
Mr. Johnson......
.3815, 3816
Mr. Kasson........2374, 2375, 2376, 3769
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois...........2374,
2375, 3814, 3815
..2374

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa........
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, 481,

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, 3812,
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
remarks on the tax bill
...2832, 2837
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, 613,
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, 1583,
1534, 1535, 1582, 1583, 1585, 1586, 1615,
1747, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1768, 1791, 1795,
1796, 1812, 1814, 1815, 1817, 1818, 1819
nomination of, for Speaker.
....5
memorial of W. E. Dodge, of New York,

contesting the seat of, presented.......8, 9
remarks on the admission of southern mem-
bers.........

case......

.1534

.1534

remarks on the Post Office appropriation
bill...........
remarks on the New York contested-election
..608, 609, 610, 611,
613, 614, 615, 1747, 1748, 1749, 1791
(See Appendix.)
.........1615
personal explanation of .......
Broomall, John M., a Representative from
..10, 75, 98, 148,
Pennsylvania.

150, 196, 214, 233, 276, 277, 287, 349,
376, 377, 384, 429, 433, 466, 467, 468,
469, 470, 493, 904, 920, 947, 948, 1005,
1125, 1126, 1160, 1161, 1176, 1199, 1200,
1262, 1263, 1264, 1265, 1367, 1423, 1495,
1496, 1497, 1498, 1535, 1606, 1727, 1797,
2068, 2097, 2119, 2156, 2240, 2241, 2246,
2353, 2377, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2579,
3085, 3086, 3426, 3501, 3782, 3981, 4157,
4159, 4265, 4266, 4277, 4278, 4285, 4287
resolutions by.....10, 98, 104, 150, 233, 1495
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.

Washburne, of Illinois .............. 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
.1606
war purposes.....
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-
lief of, and others.........
......3374
Brown, Rice M., bill for the relief of........644
Bryant, Colonel R. E., bill (H. R. No. 214)

for the benefit of..........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
remarks on reconstruction...
..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
bill......
.1502
remarks on reconstruction-see Appendix.
remarks on the tariff bill.....
.3498
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......
remarks on the deficiency bill..
remarks on the legislative, &c., appropriation
bill..........

remarks on the management of Indian af-
fairs

.3055,

3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3062
remarks on an appropriation for Indian
treaties.....
.3087, 3088
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill,3359
Burnet, Ann, bill for the relief of........... 1368
Burnett, Ward B., bill (S. No. 418) for the
relief of.......
....4276

Burrall, Thomas D., bill for the relief of.....2625

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

..3373

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

19

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, 8141, 4017, 4021, 4048, 4052, 4102
bill (S. No. 140) to grant the right of way to
the Humboldt, Company through the
public lands of the United States...1533,
1577, 3043, 3085

remarks on the, by-

.....3043

Mr. Ashley, of Ohio..........
Mr. Bidwell...............................5043

Mr. Julian.........

around the falls of Niagara-Continued.
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Spalding...

Mr. Stevens..

..2330

2041
..........2329
Mr. Van Horn, of New York, 2039, 2040,
2147, 2324, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2328
yeas and nays on the...
bill (S. No. 193) granting lands to the State
of Michigan to aid in the construction
of a harbor and ship, at Portage Lake,
Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior, in
said State..........2078, 2148, 3462, 3501
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Driggs..
.3462, 3463
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...
....... 2315

bill granting the right of way and making a
grant of land to the Sierra Nevada and
Contra Costa Irrigation and, Company,
in the State of California.....
.2571
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, Company......3419, 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-

bill (S. No. 219) granting certain lands to the
..3043
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...
bill. (H. R. No. 344) to construct a ship,
.........3463, 3464
around the falls of Niagara.........2039,
2146, 2319

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Allison........

.2319, 2320, 2321

Mr. Cook............................................................

Mr. Delano........

Mr. Dodge..

Mr. Driggs....

Mr. Hulburd..

....2323, 2324,
2329

.2146, 2147

Mr. Harding, of Illinois...............2329

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

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

Mr. Moulton...........

Mr. Raymond................
Mr. Ross............................

.2040, 2041

.2329, 2330

.2328, 2329

.........2023
Cattle, bill (H. R. No. 23) to prevent the
spread of foreign diseases among the, of
the United States.......
19, 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
York......
.........46,

47, 48, 181, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220,
221, 222, 284, 351, 352, 379, 380, 381, 513,
624, 639, 655,716, 718, 722, 723, 837, 923,
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, 2884,
2385, 2508, 2572, 2573, 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

remarks on the deficiency bill.......
remarks on regulating trade with British
North America..
.1335, 1340
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.......

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
Chenery, Richard, bill (H. R. No. 588) for the
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......
......... 1587
joint resolution (H. R. No. 116) to prevent
the introduction of, into the ports of the
United States.....
.......2121,
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,

2723

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
bill (H. R. No. 612) to amend an act mak-
ing appropriations for sundry, of the Gov-
ernment for the year ending the 30th of
June, 1859.....
.2741, 4308
bill (H. R. No. 787) 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, 4809

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Boutwell...

Mr. Clarke, of Ohio..

Mr. Cobb......

...8795
.3798, 3799

Mr. Conkling..

.3795, 4259, 4260

.4258

.4288

..3798

..3798

Mr. Spalding.
Mr. Stevens...

.4258

..3796
..3795,

Mr. Ferry....

Mr. Henderson...

Mr. Higby

Mr. Hotchkiss.....

Mr. Humphrey..

Mr. Kasson

3797, 3798, 8799, 4254, 4255
.4254
.3794, 3795
.3801
....3799
.....8797

Mr. Kelley

Mr. Laflin....

Mr. Le Blond..

Mr. Lynch...

Mr. McRuer...

Mr. Eldridge......1154, 1155, 1156, 1158
Mr. Kerr...1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1271
Mr. Latham..
1295, 1296
Mr. Niblack..
.1158
1266, 1267
Mr. Rogers........1120, 1121, 1122, 1123
Mr. Shellabarger, 1160, 1293, 1294, 1295
Mr. Thayer, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155
Mr. Thornton...
.1156, 1157
.1115,

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa....

1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1160, 1161
Mr. Windom......1157, 1158, 1159, 1160
yeas and nays on the......1296, 1867, 1861
remarks on the President's veto of the, bill,
by-

Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio....

..856
...1582
.858,

859, 1097, 1098, 1126, 1128, 1130,
1581, 1582, 1583, 1584, 1790, 1791
Mr. Thayer......1128, 1585, 1790, 1791
Mr. Thomas, J. L...
.857, 858
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois.....856, 857,
865, 1096, 1126, 1128, 1129,
1180, 1581, 1582, 1583, 1584
..1583
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa..
Mr. Windom......... .1127, 1128, 1129
resolution that a select committee be ap-
pointed by the Speaker to consider the
subject of the, of the United States, and
measures to promote its efficiency, and
report by bill or otherwise.......
bill (H. R. No. 791) to supply deficiencies
in the appropriations for the service of
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1866, and
for other purposes......4009, 4056, 4096,
4249, 4263, 4264, 4277, 4278, 4303
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Conkling.

Mr. Delano......

Mr. Farnsworth.
Mr. Kelley..

Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio...

.4100, 4101
.4057, 4097, 4099
..4097
..4098
.4101
..4100, 4101
.4098

remarks on the tax bill....
remarks on the rebellion.......

..4100

..4100

Mr. Le Blond..

Mr. Morrill...

Mr. O'Neill..
Mr. Radford.
Mr. Schenck.
Mr. Scofield..

Mr. Spalding..

4097, 4098
.4096, 4097, 4099
.4098, 4099

Mr. Stevens.... .4098, 4100, 4101, 4102
.4057
Mr. Trimble.......
Mr. Wright..........
.4100, 4102
Civil service, the select committee on the, 1365,

4262
.3141
...3141

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........
..........1796
remarks on the, by—

Mr. Colfax......
Mr. Farnsworth..
Mr. Grinnell........
Mr. Morrill.....

..1796
.... 1796

1796

.1796

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

ment.......

...255

..1150

bill (S. No. 88) to restrict the expenses of
collecting soldiers', against the Govern-
........719
bill (H. R. No. 262) to perpetuate testimony
in cases of, against the quartermaster's and
commissary departments...........720, 1550
bill to provide for the payment of certain,
against the United States.......
bill to authorize the employment of additional
counsel in cases of, depending against the
Government of the United States......2546
bill further to provide for the payment of cer-
tain, for quartermasters' stores, subsist-
ence supplies, &c., furnished to the Army
of the United States........
1494
bill (H. R. No. 540) in relation to, for horses
turned over to the United States......2285,
3196, 3632
bill (H. R. No. 686) to establish a commis-
sion for the settlement of, against the Gov-
ernment of the United States held by loyal
citizens of East Tennessee......3237, 4204
joint resolution (S. No. 84) authorizing the
payment of certain, against the late Ter-
ritory of Nevada.....
.4108, 4156

.3064,

3065, 3066, 3067
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
..3795
bill.........

sas.

Clarke, Sidney, a Representative from Kan-
.....60, 101, 102, 103, 104, 130,
286, 287, 302, 303, 304, 305, 850, 580,
713, 978, 1068, 1200, 1376, 1683, 1703,
1727, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1905, 2282,
2571, 3682, 3913, 3914, 3915, 4061, 4191
resolutions by......
.580, 713, 3682
remarks on, the joint resolution relating to
destitute Indians.....

.101, 103, 104

...................... 302, 303, 305

remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia.........

remarks on subjecting certain lands in Kan-
sas to the laws thereof....
remarks on reconstruction..

1683

1837,

1838, 1889, 1840
remarks on the death of Senator Lane, of
Kansas......
.3918, 3914, 3915
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

,811

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
.1032
business of the members........
.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-