INDEX

A.

Abdel-Kader, proposed negotiation for the liber-

Mion of......
.34, 41, 130
Acapulco, call in relation to the difficulties at..1847
Accoats of certain officers of the Army, joint res-
euron authorizing the closing of..1141, 1460
Accounts of public officers. (See Military Con-
tribution-Board of Accounts.)

Acts of Congress, bill to procure a revision of
the, and also the statutory laws in force in
District of Columbia...........
....33, 61
Ada, the brig. (See Registers.)
Adams, Mrs., respect to the memory of....1372,

1423

Adims, Isaac, bill for the relief of...........845,
Adams, Stephen, of Mississippi... ...771, 781,||
825, 678, 920, 925, 1033, 1048, 1049, 1068,
1851, 1082, 1083, 1106, 1140, 1160, 1174,
1179, 1302, 1390, 1393, 1422, 1424, 1453,
146, 1475, 1556, 1574, 1646, 1652, 1686,
172, 1736, 1755, 1770, 1807, 1811, 1812,
2055, 2100, 2103, 2201, 2308, 2310, 2444,
2455, 2466, 2469, 2470, 2488, 2489
resolutions by..
..1012, 2030, 2076
remarks on the bill for the relief of John W.
Simonton....
...957
remarks on the bill to amend the act in relation
to the payment of claims....
..1340
remarks on the appropriation to pay the as-
signees of the contractors for the removal of
the Choctaw Indians.....
...1406

remarks on the bili to regulate the compensation
of the district judge for Massachusetts..1421
remarks on the proposition to amend the rules
of the Senate....
....1605, 1609
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
1784, 1786, 1860
remarks in relation to the North American
isheries.......
..1892
remarks on the resolution in relation to the
acount of money received by Generals Scott

and Pierce.....

......2214

remarks on the bill to provide for the election

......2324

of public printer.....
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2252,
2298, 2393, 2420
remarks concerning the claims preferred against
the United States for provisions furnished to
the Indians in California.........2106, 2108
remarks on the appropriation to supply defi-

ey for the removal of the Choctaw In-

dians.......

Adjournment, proposition for a final.....

.2149

1811, 2201, 2203, 2206
.61,
1136, 1784, 1860

remarks on the resolution for, by-

Mr. Adams..

Mr. Bell..
Mr. Borland..

Mr. Miller
Mr. Pratt..
Mr. Rusk..
Mr. Seward.
Mr. Shields...
Mr. Smith...
Mr. Soulé..
Mr. Stockton.
joint resolution for a final.
Adjournments over....... .29,90, 145, 153, 155,
224, 366, 1106, 1424, 1510, 1522, 1807
Advances of money by the States. (See Florida—
Massachusetts-Maine-North Carolina--Mich-

..1784, 1786, 1860
...1862, 1863
...1785, 1865

Mr. Butler.1784, 1785, 1861, 1863, 1864, 1865

Mr. Cass.
Mr. Chase.
Mr. Clemens

Mr. Davis.
Mr. Dawson.
Mr. Douglas..
Mr. Downs..

Mr. Gwin
Mr. Hale.

..1860

..1863

..1864

.1786, 1861
.1786, 1863, 1864
1784, 1862
.1865

..1784, 1861, 1862, 1863

..1785

.2454

Appointments in the Navy, proposition that all,
shall be for ten years....
Appointments in the Army, tenure of....448, 471
Apportionment of Representatives among the sev-
eral States, report from the Secretary of the
Interior respecting the delay in making the,
569, 708
bill providing for the.....
....708,
968, 992, 1007, 1161, 1187, 1897
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Badger..

...1860
1787, 1860
.1864, 1865
.1542, 2041

Mr. Bayard.

.....968,
974, 976, 1008, 1009, 1014, 1162
..974
..998, 999, 1000
.1000, 1013, 1014, 1161, 1162
...968,

.....32

Aiken, Julia, bill for the relief of...272, 365, 389
Alabama, resolutions of the Legislature of..228,
460, 468, 503, 569 586
bills granting the right of way and making
grants of land to the State of

for a railroad from Pensacola Bay, in the
State of Florida, to Montgomery, in the
State of Alabama.21, 30, 586, 1302, 1329
for making a railroad from Selma to the
Tennessee river.... ..30, 33, 774, 782
for making a railroad from Chattanooga to
Memphis..

..30

for making a railroad from Girard to Mo-
bile Bay...
..30, 50, 1285, 1302
bill authorizing the sale of certain reserved
cedar lands in...
....298, 941||
bill to release from reservation and restore
to the mass of the public lands certain
lands in the State of..
..569
the percentage fund. (See School Lands.)
bill to establish the sub-divisional lines and
corners of certain fractional sections in the
southern surveying district of the State
of Alabama......991, 1488, 1667, 1683
(See Courts.)

Alcott, Sidney S., bill for the relief of.81, 198, 209
Allain, Valerian, withdrawal of the papers of..717
Allen, Wade, bill for the relief of the legal repre-
..760, 1810

sentatives of.....

Alton, Illinois. (See Port of Delivery.)

Amelia, the American-built vessel. (See Register.)
Amelung, Henry A., bill to authorize the Secre-

tary of the Treasury to test the plan of, to
prevent steamboats and other vessels from
sinking......
..1972
Americans abroad, concerning relief to......771
America, the brig. (See Register.)
Amistad, the case of the schooner..........702
bill to indemnify the master and owners of the
Spanish schooner, and her cargo...902, 1812
Amos, John B., the case of....
..1617
Anderson, Thomas, bill for the relief of the legal

representativss of...... .......902, 1186
Anderson, William E., appropriation to pay.1167
Andrews, Charles, a Representative from Maine,
death of, announced to the Senate......1239
Anniversary of the 8th January...
Annuities. (See Choctaw Annuities.)
Appeals in Courts in California. (See Courts.)
Appointments in the naval service, concerning.298

.224

Mr. Bell..
Mr. Borland.
Mr. Bradbury

Mr. Chase....

969, 972, 973, 975, 993, 998, 1014, 1161
.1007, 1009, 1013, 1014
Mr. Davis...
.968, 971, 994, 997
Mr. Dawson.995, 997, 999, 1012, 1013, 1014
Mr. Downs.968, 970, 971, 972, 974, 975, 994,
1000, 1001, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1014
Mr. Geyer.
...974, 1009, 1012, 1014
Mr. Gwin.
.970, 971, 972,
973, 974, 975, 995, 998, 1010, 1014, 1161
.972, 973, 974, 999