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cail for the amount of expenses incurred by the
visit of the Superintendent of the, to Europe,
2232
Census marshals, remarks in regard to additional
compensation to....... .....487, 524
Censuses, joint resolution concerning the publica-
tion of the compendium of the several...525,
543, 967
Central railroad. (See Preemption.)
Champion, Silas, of the State of New York, an
act for the relief of ... ..243, 245, 1921
Chaney, Richard, and others, bill for the relief of,
186, 230, 243
Charlain, proposition for election of.11, 31, 34, 63
Chapains in the Navy, compensaation of..1005,

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1923
remarks concerning the fugitive slave law..1951
remarks on the appropriation to pay balance due
the Creek Indians....
....1954, 1956
remarks on the appropriation for the Cherokees
east of the Mississippi.......
..2153
Charter of the city of Washington, bill to amend,
by a grant of additional powers...1115, 1972
Chase, Salmon P., of Ohio...1, 4, 11, 29, 30, 33,
40, 50, 111, 128, 447, 460, 524, 543, 353, 556,
563,576, 586, 595, 618, 629, 665, 693, 703,
717, 745, 76, 773, 781, 813, 825, 828, 920,
92,942, 965, 966, 1001, 1065, 1082, 1083,
1321, 146, 1419, 1444, 1469, 1474, 1519,
152), 1521, 1524, 1532, 1547, 1554, 1652,
1662, 1666, 1681, 1686, 1736, 1755, 1756,
1859, 2143, 2169, 2171, 2201, 2202, 2206,

2255, 2167, 2268, 2269, 2456, 2470
resolutions by............746, 921, 942, 1519
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
ment of Kossuth..........
......90

remarks on the bill providing for discipline in
the naval service....
....449

remarks on the proposition to print the letter of
Kossuth......

.....587, 589

remarks in regard to the mileage of the Delegate
from Oregon.....
.....595, 596

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remarks by-
Mr. Badger.

Mr. Bell.
Mr. Cass..

Mr. Charlton....
Mr. Hunter.

Mr. Sebastian.

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Mr. Mason..

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Mr. Walker...
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, proposed appropria-
tion for the construction of a basin at the ter-
minus of the.....
.2379
Chew, Wm. W., leave granted to withdraw the
papers of.......
.......503
Cheyney, Richard, and others, bill for the relief
.......61
Chicago, bill to authorize the mayor and common
council of, to excavate a portion of the pub-
lic reservation in that place, to improve the
navigation of the Chicago river...... .618,
1736, 1755
Chilson, Samuel W., bill for the relief of....920,
1813, 1834
China, minister to. (See Ministers.)
Chipman, Henry. (See Woodbridge.)
Choctaw annuities, bill for the redemption of cer-
..198, 1046

tain...
Choctaw claimants, appropriation for interest on
the awards to..
..1452
remarks by-

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remarks on the bill providing for the settlement
of the accounts of public officers for military
Centributions in California....
..676
remarks in relation to the salaries of territorial
Gitara....
.827, 828

remarks by-
Mr. Adams

Parks on the bill granting to Ohio the unsold
Pods in said State.
...1065, 1067
remarks on the bill to issue scrip to satisfy Vir-
gina military land warrants......1682, 1683
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
1863

remarks on the apportionment bill....... .1007,
1009, 1013, 1014
remarks in relation to the compromise measures,
641, 647
remarks on the proposition for the improvement
of the dam at Cumberland Island.......1825
remarks on the bill for the establishment of a
mail line between New Orleans and Vera
Cruz......
......933, 936
remarks on the bill providing for the security of
passengers on board of steamboats....1671,
1706, 1741
remarks concerning the establishment of a mail
line to California.... ...1685, 1756, 1757

Mr. Badger.
Mr. Bayard.
Mr. Bell.
Mr. Cooper..
Mr. Hunter.
Mr. Mason..
Mr. Sebastian..

.2149
.2150
.2149, 2150
.2146, 2147, 2149, 2150
..2148
.2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150
.2148, 2149
..2151

.2147

..2103

Mr. Walker...
Choice, Cyrus, appropriation for..
Christian, William A., bill for the relief of...398,
727, 746, 761
Cincinnati, Ohio, lands in. (See Tille.)
Churchill, Sylvester, bill for the relief of. 702, 1808
Civil and diplomatic bill-

bill making appropriation for the civil and diplo-
matic expenses of the Government for the
fiscal year en ling 30th June, 1953......2195,
2231, 2233, 2251, 2286, 2294, 2310, 2338,
2371, 2391, 2392, 2419, 2438, 2448
.2252, 2393, 2420

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Adams...

.....

.2424
.2252, 2393

.2342,

2392, 2393, 2402, 2407, 2420, 2424
Mr. Rusk..
..2391, 2392, 2377, 2424
Mr. Shields.2298, 2378, 2379, 2393,2423, 2424
Mr. Soulé..
..2402
Mr. Underwood......2291, 2298, 2377, 2401
Mr. Walker..
..2252, 2419, 2420
Mr. Weller....... .2377, 2392, 2393, 2423
For debate on amendments to, see Ministers-
Commercial Agent-Commissioner to China-
Texas-Printing-Downing, A. J.-Exploring
Expedition-Winder's Building— Water—Mex-
ican Boundary Line-Bridges.
Claims, Committee on......
resolutions of instruction to the..
reports from....

..32, 941
..920
.226, 244, 308,

318, 389, 397, 424, 425, 460, 466, 702, 708,
941, 1161, 1240, 1532, 1574, 1646, 1660, 2169
bills reported from.....226, 331, 389, 418, 460,
595, 619, 666, 702, 760, 826, 984, 991, 1046,
1106, 1128, 1160, 1210, 1460, 1488, 1532,
1541, 1628, 1660, 1859, 1934, 2002, 2055,
2140, 2169
discharged from subjects.
.602,

678, 1106, 1140, 1660, 1755
clerk to the, and his pay.......921, 2100, 2140
Claims for military services in the State of Cali-
fornia, bill to create a Board of Commission-
ers for examination and payment of..4, 1210
bill providing for the settlement of claims which
originated in the military operations in Cali-
fornia during the years 1846 and 1847..1206
remarks by-

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Claims against the United States, bill making it
unlawful for certain persons therein named
to prosecute....
......1258

Claims before Congress, proposition for a select
committee to inquire into abuses, bribery, or

fraud, in the prosecution of..
select committee elected...

.2100

..2102

contumacy of a witness in refusing to answer
before the select committee on....2201, 2212
Claims, proposition for a reinvestigation by the
judiciary of claims settled by the depart-
.145
Claims, bill to amend and extend the provisions
of the act of July 29, 1846, in relation to the
payment of..965, 984, 1128, 1285, 1302, 1337
remarks by-

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Claims for provisions furnished to the Indians in
California. (See Indians.)

Claims of the officers and soldiers of the Virginia
State and continental lines in the revolution-
ary Army, bill to provide for the........50,
81, 186, 364, 879, 903
Claims. (See Board of Claims-Private Land Claims
-Private Claims-Georgia-Florida-Mexican
Claims-Biloxi Bay Indians.)
Clamorgan, Jacques, bill for the relief of the legal
representatives of....
...2419
Clamorgan, James, bill for the relief of the legal

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Clark, Catharine, bill for the relief of...984, 1922
Clarke, John H., of Rhode Is'and..1, 33, 39, 40,
104, 226, 227, 229, 244, 251, 282, 298, 328,
332, 383, 418, 459, 553, 555, 568, 602, 605,
606, 608, 638, 695, 702, 703, 708, 749, 760,
772, 773, 828, 844, 866, 907, 949, 951, 952,
1046, 1065, 1068, 1076, 1231, 1406, 1459,
1566, 1661, 1736, 1756, 1791, 1844, 1923,
1937, 2100, 2206, 2310, 2336, 2340, 2391,
2401, 2469, 2486
resolutions by......298, 389, 1859, 1882, 2232
remarks on the bill for the relief of Elizabeth
Arnold....
.228
remarks on the bill for the relief of Sally F.
Floyd.....
..419

.749
..1046

remarks on the proposition to pay the expenses
for the entertainment of Kossuth....719, 720
remarks on the bill for the continuance of the
work on the Capitol..
personal explanation by...
remarks on the appropriation for the Long
Bridge.....
..1449
remarks on the proceedings of the Mexican
boundary commission......1660, 1919, 1920
remarks on the bill for the relief of the legal
representatives of J. C. Watson.......1923
remarks on the appropriation to pay the work-
men who have been engaged on the extension
of the Capitol......
..2391
remarks in regard to the payment of invalid
pensions...
..879
remarks on the appropriation for the running
the boundary line between the United States
and Mexico...
....1404, 1405
remarks on the bill to increase the salary of the
district judge of New Hampshire.......908,
909, 921, 924
remarks on the appropriation for the navy-
yard at San Francisco.....2450, 2451, 2452
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill..2288,

2291, 2379, 2391, 2392, 2402, 2420, 2424
remarks on the appropriation for outfits for
ministers...
..2311, 2338, 2339
remarks on the provision for a commercial
agent at Paraguay..
2376, 2377
remarks on the appropriation for Winder's
Building..
......2372, 2373
remarks on the proposition in relation to intro-
duction of water into Washington.....2288,
2289, 2291
remarks on the appropriation to support the
Mexican boundary commission........2402,
2403, 2404, 2406
Classification of the clerks. (See Clerks.)
Clay, Henry, of Kentucky......

remarks in regard to the contested seat from

Florida.....

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funeral rites over the remains of.

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ures......

remarks on the resolution in relation to the
amount of money received by Generals Scott
and Pierce..
.2215
remarks on the proposition to indemnify the
Spanish consul at New Orleans........2341
remarks on the appropriation to pay arrearages
due A. J. Downing, deceased....2375, 2376
remarks in relation to the compromise meas-
......647, 652, 655, 656
remarks on the bill for the relief of Joshua Ken-
nedy....
.2008, 2009
remarks concerning Temple's Memoirs...1337
remarks on the appropriation to indemnify the
people of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida for
depredations by Creek Indians.... ..1357,
1360, 1367, 1391
remarks on the appropriation for the Nautical
Almanac...
.....1496, 1498, 1499
remarks on the proposition to settle the ac-
counts for the printing at fifty per cent. reduc-
tion..... ..2394, 2396, 2398, 2399, 2400
Clerk to the Committee on Finance, to be em-
ployed during the recess...... .....2486
Clerk of the President of the Senate, compensa-
tion of the...
.878
Clerk, additional, Secretary of the Senate author-
ized to employ an.....
.2469
Clerks to committees, propositions for......128,
138, 145, 259, 273, 298, 308, 389, 920, 921,
942, 952, 967, 2140

remarks by-
Mr. Badger..

Mr. Bright.

Mr. Hale..

Mr. Sebastian

.144

Colburn, Samuel, leave to withdraw the petition
and papers of....
Cole, A. H., bill for the relief of....226, 362, 390
Collection districts-

bill to annex the Island of Martinicus, in Lin-
coln county, Maine, to the collection district
of Waldoboro', in said county,....330, 1336
bill to extend the collection district of George-
town to the city of Washington.........586
bill to amend an act entitled "An act to create
an additional collection district in the Territo-
ry of Oregon, and for other purposes"...595,
708, 1390
acts to authorize the President of the United
States to designate the places for the ports of
entry and delivery for the, of Puget's Sound
and Umpqua, in the Territory of Oregon, and
for other purposes........1398,* 1601, 1768
Collector, of New Orleans, bill authorizing the, to
appoint three head gaugers.......2140, 2142
of the port of Natchez, appropriation for addi-
tional compensation to...
...2408
Collectors, deputy, compensation for. ....2376
Collins line of steamers, memorial and resolutions
in relation to....
.745, 1140
appropriation for additional compensation to,
for carrying the mail between New York and
Liverpool............1146, 1376, 1393, 1489
remarks by-
Mr. Badger..

..1162,
1189, 1190, 1191, 1231, 1241, 1264, 1265,
1267, 1288, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1295, 1311,
1327, 1328, 1468, 1469, 1482

Mr. Bayard
Mr. Bell.

Mr. Berrien.

Mr. Borland..

.1292, 1304, 1309, 1310

..1269, 1489, 1490
..1292, 1293

..1164, 1190, 1192, 1204,

1268, 1292, 1328, 1390, 1468, 1483, 1494

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Mr. Hamlin...

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Clerks, propositions for the pay of.
Clerks, additional, and increased compensation to
other, appropriation for.....
.2392
Clerks in the several departments, temporary and
permanent, propositions in relation to the
appointment, pay, &c., of, in the deficiency
bill..
.1355, 1452*
call for a report from the heads of the depart-
ments in relation to a classification of the,
2232, 2486, 2489

..1632
..1634
.1634
.1636
.1434

.1633

report in relation to.......

.1636

.1635

.1631, 1637
......1624
resolution authorizing to be pald to Thomas H.
Clay the amount of pay due.. .....1645
resolution to communicate to the Legislature of
Kentucky information of the death of...1645
proceedings on the death of, to be printed, &c.,
1645, 1949

accounts for printing the obituary notices of,
2489

(See Portrait.)
Cleck, Henry, of Cocke County, Tennessee, bill
for the relief of...
.984, 2231
Clemens, Jeremiah, of Alabama..1, 4, 21, 30, 33,
34, 49, 50, 111, 128, 140, 145, 146, 155, 184,
203, 217, 226, 244, 282, 313, 389, 398, 424,
440, 460, 486, 510, 511, 512, 525, 543, 568,
586, 618, 641, 709, 745, 746, 813, 814, 826,
920, 930, 967, 991, 1030, 1046, 1140, 1160,
1174, 1175, 1181, 1186, 1225, 1285, 1288,
1291, 1301, 1356, 1364, 1373, 1376, 1390,
1422, 1475, 1495, 1499, 1521, 1522, 1523,
1532, 1541, 1542, 1599, 1628, 1660, 1666,
1756, 1833, 1879, 1972, 2004, 2011, 2171,
2206, 2341, 230, 2333, 2401, 2419, 2431,
2464, 2469, 2470
resolutions by.203, 243, 502, 651, 666, 709, 967

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appropriation to increase the compensation of
the..
Clerks, first, in certain navy-yards, increased pay
....2446

to...

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.1190, 1328

...1148, 1149, 1162,
1164, 1227, 1228, 1231, 1241, 1242, 1243,
1246, 1247, 1289, 1296, 1309, 1310, 1390

Mr. James...

..1260, 1268

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1192, 1203, 1227, 1228, 1241, 1242, 1246,
1247, 1268, 1269, 1292, 1293. 1294, 1295,
1328, 1468, 1482, 1483, 1489, 1490, 1493
Mr. Seward....1199, 1203, 1268, 1391, 1478
Mr. Shields..
..1266
Mr. Underwood..
..1149, 1262,

1203, 1204, 1292, 1294, 1295, 1490, 1491
Mr. Wade..
...1302, 1303, 1304
Colton, Walter, bill for the relief of....772, 1810
Commerce, Committee on.....
....32
instructions to the.........61, 709, 772, 1301,
1525, 1566, 1591, 1736, 1859
bills and resolutions from the........111, 112,
124, 218, 243, 244, 272, 273, 330, 410, 418,
424, 440, 525, 577, 586, 593, 708, 860, 1205,
1240, 1301, 1336, 1389. 1532, 1599, 1682,
1768, 1833, 1972, 2002, 2169, 2268, 2457
discharged from subjects.... .244, 330, 410,
460, 577, 602, 629, 657, 666, 814, 845, 1141,
1168, 1460, 2268
reports from....272, 298, 927, 1115, 1525, 2195
proposition for a clerk to the..
.273
Commercial statements. (See Hamilton, A. Boyd.)
Commercial agent to explore the country on the
Paraguay, South America, provision for the
appointment of a....
remarks by-

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Mr. Butler........
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Mr. Dawson.

Mr. Hunter.
Mr. Mangum.
Mr. Mason..
Mr. Pearce.

Mr. Pratt..

Mr. Rusk..

Mr. Weller...

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.2420, 2422
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.2421, 2422
.2420
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.2421

Condenser, steam. (See Piersson.)
Conference. (See Committees.)

Congress, letter of thanks to, by Kossuth....575
bill to repeal all laws allowing compensation to
members of, and substituting an entirely new
system of compensation in lieu thereof.1240,
1374
remarks by Mr. Underwood..
...1374
Congressional Caucus, Whig, remarks in regard
to the proceedings of the, &c., by—
Mr. Dawson...

on.

Mr. Gwin.

Mr. Mangum

..1080
..1079, 1080
..1076, 1159
Commissioner of the General Land Office, proposi- Congressional Globe and Appendix, free postage
tion to print extra copies of the report of the,
(See Laws and Debates.)
469, 486 Congressional Library. (See Library.)
report from the......
..594 Connelly, Owen, proposition to make him a
Commissioner of Patents, report of....760, 1174 messenger in the Senate...
...145
Commissioner to the Sandwich Islands, appropri- Consul at Amsterdam, bill to regulate and fix the
ation for....
.2377, 2391 annual salary of the American...
.2232,
2239, 2457
..11 Consul, Spanish. (See Spanish Consul.)
Constitutional governments vs. monarchies..111,

Commissioners, Board of. (See Claims.)
Committees, to wait on the President..
special, on elections..
starding....

select...

....

..11
...32

...104, 272, 461, 637,
702, 1566, 1921, 2002, 2101, 2239, 2487
of conference, and their reports......677, 772,
1847, 2437, 2438, 2448, 2463, 2465, 2486,
2487, 2489
Common Council of New York, bill to reimburse
the expenditures made for the first regiment
of New York volunteers...
..308
Compacts with the States of Alabama and Mis-
sissippi, an act to extend the provisions of
an act approved February 26, 1849, for carry-
into effect the existing, in relation to the five
per cent. fund and school reservations..1628,
1646
Compendium of the public documents, joint reso-
lation providing for a........259, 1610, 2370
remarks by-
Mr. Bradbury...
Mr. Borland......
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Contracts, mail. (See Mail Contracts.)
Contracts for dry docks, call for, and report in

regard to..... ..595, 602, 675, 2100, 2206
debate concerning. (See Dry Docks.)
with mail steamships, call for the..
..967
Contracts for supplies, proposition restricting the
several departments in making, and remarks
in relation thereto..
......1099
Contracts, public, bill amendatory of an act con-
cerning, approved April 21, 1848.......
...1768
Contracts with officers of the Army.. ...903
Contractors, bill making it penal for officers of the
Army to become, either directly or indirectly,
1336
Contracts of Quartermaster's Department, debate
in relation to. (See Deficiency Bill.)
contumacy of a witness concerning the...2201,
2212
Convention, bills to amend an act entitled An act
to carry into effect the convention between
the United States and the Emperor of Brazil,
of the 27th January, 1849..1554, 1628, 1645
Coombs, Leslie, memorial of, in regard to the
debts of Texas, and remarks thereon...1045
Cooper, Charles, & Co., of Bangor, Maine, bill
for their relief..
..1488
Cooper, James, of Pennsylvania,........1, 198,||
272, 282, 417, 447, 459, 486, 490, 524, 605,
618, 629, 813, 848, 849, 907, 927, 951, 952,
985, 1015, 1031, 1054, 1076, 1082, 1128,
1141, 1199, 1205, 1207, 1321, 1372, 1477,
1489, 1510, 1519, 1520, 1524, 1783, 1784,
2002, 2156, 2338
...602, 952, 1005, 1533
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Car-
melite Nunnery..
...885

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remarks on the appropriation for the Indians in
Texas...

.1132
remarks on the appropriation for the Cherokees
west of the Mississippi.2181, 2182, 2183, 2184
remarks on the appropriation for the Cherokees
east of the Mississippi......2154, 2155, 2156
remarks on the appropriation to supply a defi-
ciency to the Choctaw Indians.........2148
remarks on the civil and diplomatic appropria-
tion bill...
.2401
remarks on the appropriation for outfits for
Ministers..
...2340
Corderey, Joseph, joint resolution for the relief of
the heirs of.
......586, 1178, 1186
Cormick, Mrs. Margaret, leave to withdraw the
papers of..
......1756
Corporation of Washington. (See Charter.)
Corrections of remarks.
.92
Courts, bill to restrict and limit the jurisdiction of
the United States district, for the district of
Wisconsin....
....4, 781, 920
bill to change the time for holding the district
courts of the United States in the western
district of Virginia, and for other purposes.33,
40, 186, 461

bill amendatory of an act entitled an act to pro-
vide for holding the courts of the United
States in case of sickness or other disability
of the judges of the district courts.......124,
128, 218, 450, 461, 845, 849, 878, 984
bill concerning the sessions of the United States
courts within the State of Delaware.....226,
308, 389, 424, 451, 1258
bill to change the times of holding the United
States district courts in Alabama....525, 543
bill to provide for holding an additional term of
the circuit court of the United States for the
district of Missouri.....
.....569, 577
bill to regulate the terms of the district court of
the United States in the district of Iowa.618,
666, 1683, 1736
bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
provide suitable accommodations for the courts
of the United States.....
.......860
bill in addition to an act to establish the judicial
courts of the United States.... ......860
bill providing for holding the district courts in
the District of Columbia in case of the sick-
ness or other disability of the judge....1199,
1205, 1211, 1285, 1489
bill for the holding an additional term of the
circuit court at Little Rock, Arkansas, and
for further defining the jurisdiction thereof,
and of the district court...
..1240
appropriation for defraying the expenses of
the.
..1451
bill supplemental to the act entitled "An act to
extend the jurisdiction of the district courts
to certain cases upon the lakes and navigable
waters connecting the same, approved Feb-
ruary 26, 1845". .......920, 928, 2238
Cranch, William, of the District of Columbia, the
petition of..
.33
Crandall, Sarah, bill for the relief of. ..1922
Crawford, John, bill for the relief of........1628
Creditors, of the Western Cherokees, concern-
ing..

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Creek Indians, appropriation for-remarks by-
Mr. Dawson..

...1465
Mr. Hunter....1462, 1464, 1953, 1956, 1958
Mr. Pearce......
..1465, 1466
Mr. Sebastian........1461, 1464, 1465, 1466
Crimes, in the District of Columbia, bill to amend
an act for the punishment of... .....273,

410, 1578, 1589, 1601, 1602, 1603, 1645
bill to amend the act approved April 20, 1818,
entitled "An act in addition to the act for the
punishment of certain, in the United States,
and to repeal the acts therein mentioned,"
238, 991
Crosby, Andrew D., withdrawal of the papers
of..
.330
Cross, Osborn, of the United States Army, bill for
the relief of..
.1225, 1240, 1336
Cuban expedition, proposition for an investigation
concerning the..
..903
Cuban prisoners, appropriation for, &c......202
memorial in regard to the expatriated......217
bill for the relief of American citizens lately
imprisoned and pardoned by the Queen of
Spain....
...418, 424, 440

Cumberland Island. (See Dam.)
Custom-house at New Orleans. (See Superintend
ent.)
Custom-houses, propositions in the deficiency bill
for the erection and completion of......1355,
1356, 1494, 1499, 2376
..1494

remarks by Mr. Hamlin

D.

Dade, Mrs. A. M., the widow of the late Major
F. L. Dade, United States Army, bill for the
relief of...
..33, 40, 186, 230, 243
Daly, William, bill for the relief of..
4.50
Dam at the head of Cumberland Island, in the
Ohio river, bill to provide for the improve-
ment of. .91, 104, 773, 1141, 1205, 1525, 1533

remarks by-

Mr. Cass...

Mr. Chase.

Mr. Davis.

Mr. Downs.

Mr. Shields

Mr. Underwood....

Darby, William, bill for the relief of.

resolutions by......

..1225, 1226
..1525
.1525
.1525
..1526
.1525, 1526
.....199,
207, 208, 224
..104

Darley, William, bill for the relief of..
D'Autrive claim. (See Private Land Claims.)
Davis, John, of Massachusetts..1, 33, 40, 50, 60,
61, 103, 104, 112, 144, 183, 218, 233, 243, 244,
245, 274, 297, 299, 307, 308, 331, 345, 362,
385, 397, 410, 440, 468, 489, 503, 555, 576,
586, 629, 637, 656, 666, 667, 678, 693, 695,
701, 702, 717, 745, 773, 813, 844, 860, 927,
928, 965, 966, 967, 984, 992, 1044, 1065,
1081, 1141, 1160, 1179, 1186, 1205, 1398,
1423, 1425, 1445, 1459, 1474, 1475, 1519,
1522, 1524, 1525, 1533, 1590, 1591, 1592,
1609, 1661, 1666, 1684, 1686, 1701, 1736,
1755, 1775, 1810, 1812, 1832, 1833, 1848,
1859, 1860, 1921, 1950, 1973, 2010, 2011,
2049, 2055, 2075, 2076, 2169, 2202, 2212,
2216, 2233, 2235, 2238, 2240, 2251, 2256,
2269, 2270, 2292, 2310, 2312, 2327, 2328,
2340, 2390, 2455
....34, 50, 61,
110, 111, 218, 702, 814, 1065, 2193
remarks on the proposition to set apart Fridays
for the consideration of private claims...131
remarks in regard to intercourse with France.185
remarks on the bill providing for the assignabil-
ity of land warrants. ......302, 311, 667
remarks on the bill for the relief of Enoch Bald-
win and others..
....363
remarks on the bill providing for discipline in
the naval service.....
...449
remarks on the apportionment bill. .....709,
968, 994, 997
remarks on the proposition to pay the expenses
for the entertainment of Kossuth....721, 722
remarks on the bill granting to Ohio the unsold
lands in that State....
...1067
remarks in relation to the newspaper publication
of the laws of the United States........1189
remarks on the item of appropriation to pay for
compiling the Opinions of the Attorneys Gen-
eral..
....1476, 1477
remarks on the bill to authorize the issue of
duplicate land warrants in certain cases..1523
remarks on the bill providing further remedies
to patentees.
.1550

.....

Davis, John, of Massachusetts-
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
1786, 1861
remarks in relation to the compensation of the
Secretary to the Census Board.........1950
remarks in relation to the North American fish-
eries.....

turns....

.....1891

remarks on the bill in relation to the Census
Board..........2056, 2057, 2060, 2061, 2063
remarks on the proposition to pay the arrear-
ages due A. J. Downing, deceased......2374
remarks in relation to printing the census re-
..263, 265
remarks on the proposition for the improvement
of the dam at Cumberland Island.......
..1525
remarks on the Iowa land bill..
..333,
334, 765, 767, 769
remarks on the bill for the establishment of a
mail line between New Orleans and Vera
Cruz.....
....930, 931, 936
remarks on the bill providing for the security of
passengers on steamboats.....331, 505, 666,

1667, 1670, 1671, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1706,
1707, 1708, 1709, 1710, 1737, 1738, 1739,
1740, 1741, 1742, 2425, 2426
remarks on the bill providing payment for the
surveys of claims in California....1849, 1853
remarks on the proposition to build a war
steamer for harbor defense....... ..1578
remarks on the light-house bill.......... ..2458,
2459, 2460, 2461, 2462
remarks in relation to Piersson's steam con-
denser......
..2446, 2450
remarks on the deficiency bill.
...1477
remarks on the bill to increase the salary of the
district judge of New Hampshire...908, 923
remarks on the appropriation for the floating
dry-dock at San Francisco, California..1501,
1503, 1504
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill..2298,
2374, 2392, 2419
Davis, David L., the case of..
...679
Davis, Mary E., the widow of E. W. Davis, bill
for the relief of....
.1115
Davis, Mrs. Mary A., bill for the relief of.. 1662,
1949, 2002, 2205, 2212, 2389
Dawson, William C., of Georgia......1, 21, 61,
63, 90, 91, 111, 128, 131, 144, 145, 155, 184,
186, 198, 199, 203, 218, 233, 251, 259, 308,
309, 331, 332, 352, 364, 367, 388, 398, 426,
430, 489, 490, 503, 524, 559, 560, 569, 577,
596, 602, 629, 657, 659, 666, 832, 901, 907,
920, 927, 941, 1045, 1046, 1065, 1082, 1106,
1115, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1128, 1174,
1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1187, 1199,
1241, 1292, 1293, 1294, 1393, 1453, 1459,
1460, 1464, 1474, 1475, 1479, 1489, 1496,
1519, 1520, 1553, 1624, 1646, 1651, 1652,
1775, 1784, 1811, 1813, 1832, 1879, 2144,
2268, 2337, 2436, 2437, 2464
remarks on the resolution relative to the recep-
tion and entertainment of Kossuth....21, 71
remarks in regard to intercourse with France,

184, 185

remarks on the bill for the relief of Margaret
Hetzel...
.229
remarks on the bill providing for the assignabil-
ity of land warrants..
..302, 313
remarks on the bill for the relief of Erastus A.
Capron.....
.367
remarks on the bill for the relief of Thomas H.
Leggett...
....605
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Carmel-
ite Nunnery.
..884, 885
remarks on the joint resolution for the continu-
ance of the work on the Capitol........1028
remarks on the public expenditures.......1046
remarks on the bill granting to Ohio the unsold
lands in that State.
...1067

remarks in relation to the proceedings of the
Whig Congressional caucus ...... ..1080
remarks on the bill authorizing a survey for a
basin for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.1353
remarks on the bill granting land to Wisconsin
for a railroad....

..1399

remarks on the memorial of the Society of
Friends, in relation to the fugitive slave law,

1475
remarks on the bill granting land to Michigan
for a railroad...
...1520, 1521
remarks on the bill amendatory of the patent
laws....
.1542
remarks on the bill for the relief of Elizabeth B.
Lomax....
..1623

Dawson, William C., of Georgia-

remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
1786, 1863, 1864

remarks on the bill providing for an exchange of
school lands
....1880
remarks on the bill for relief of the legal repre-
sentatives of James C. Watson...1652, 1923
remarks in relation to the North American fish-
eries..
.......1893, 1894

remarks on the bill in relation to the Census
Board....2056, 2057, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063
remarks on the bill providing for the election of
a public printer.....
.2333, 2334
remarks on the apportionment bill........995,
997, 999, 1012, 1013, 1014
remarks in relation to printing the census re-
.......261
remarks in relation to the construction of a ship
canal around the Falls of St. Mary.1881, 1882
remarks on the Iowa land bill....348, 349, 351
remarks concerning the expedition to Japan.946
remarks on the bill providing payment for the

turns.

surveys of claims in California....1851, 1852
remarks concerning the establishment of a tele-
graph and mail line to California..1761, 1762
remarks on the bill for the relief of the West
Feliciana Railroad Company..... ...1773,
1774, 1775
remarks on the Army appropriation bill...2431
remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line....
.1295, 1489, 1490, 1493
remarks on the appropriation to pay balances
due the Creek Indians..
.1465
remarks on the appropriation to indemnify the
people of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, for
depredations committed by the Creek Indians,
1359, 1360, 1361, 1391, 1392
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2456,
2457

...

remarks on the proposition to regulate the ap-
pointment of midshipmen....
.2443
remarks on the deficiency bill.
..1133,
1145, 1355, 1408
remarks on the appropriation for the Seneca In-
dians of New York...
.1133
remarks on the bill to increase the salary of the
district judge of New Hampshire........909
remarks on the appropriation for the floating

dry-dock at San Francisco, California...1502
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill...2150
remarks on the appropriation for the Indians in
California....
......2172, 2177

remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2393,
2408, 2420, 2423
Day, Ira, bill for the relief of....
.346,
426, 606, 1175, 1422, 1646

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Mr. Rusk....

Mr. Upham...

.1651

.1651

..1650

.427, 428

.427, 430, 1651

.428, 429, 1648, 1649
.430, 1649
Day, Silvester, bill for the relief of the legal rep-
resentatives of.
..1646
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, the Kentucky, bill to
extend the time for selling the lands granted
to the.
.450, 569, 577, 694
Debate on propositions in the deficiency bill. (See
Mileage-Collins Line-Geological Report-

Creek Indians-Mexican Government-Seneca
Indians-Texas Indians-Indian Tribes-Mexi-
can Boundary Line-Custom Houses-Naval
Officers-Nautical Almanac-Dry Dock.)
Debates, the distribution of the. (See Laws of Con-
gress.)

Debt. (See Public Debt.)

Decisions of the President of the Senate....2, 11
Defalcation, joint resolution repealing a joint reso-
lution approved March 3d, 1846, directing the
Secretary of the Treasury, whenever any
State shall and may be in default of the pay-
ment of interest, or principal on investment
in its stocks or bonds held by the United
States in trust, to retain certain moneys to
which said State is entitled, for the purpose
therein named.....
..61, 81
Defences for California and Oregon, bill and re-
marks in regard to provision for.........470
Defences, National, joint resolution concerning
the....
..826

Defany Bill, bill entitled an act to supply defi- | Dodge, Henry, of Wisconsin—

aces in the appropriations for the service
the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1852..903,
921, 1098, 1116, 1130, 1142, 1162, 1174, 1209,
1210, 1226, 1241, 1259, 1288, 1302, 1325,
1357, 1364, 1374, 1390, 1399, 1422, 1449,
1460, 1475, 1489, 1493, 1510, 1776, 1787,
1835, 1847
proposition to amend, and remarks on the, by-
Mr. Atchison..
......1131, 1133,
1135, 1227, 1364, 1467, 1477, 1478

Mr. Berrien. . . . . ... .....1106, 1133, 1354

Mr. Badger.

Mr. Bell...

Mr. Borland.

..1104, 1105, 1106, 1134,
1142, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1355, 1404,
1408, 1454,* 1467, 1477, 1478
..1134, 1135
.1136, 1143, 1144,
1146. 1162, 1168, 1467, 1468, 1494, 1700
Mr. Bayard..
.1146
Mr. Bradbury. .....1133, 1144, 1393, 1478
Mr. Cass..
..1131, 1133, 1144, 1354
.1132, 1167, 1468
lowa.......1142, 1543, 1147
..1477
..1133, 1145, 1355, 1408
.1145, 1494
..1116,
1122, 1130, 1131, 1145, 1146, 1147. 1354
Mr. Hamlin.....
.1142,

Mr. Cooper..
Mr. Dodge, of
Mr. Davis.

Mr. Dawson.

Mr. Feleh..

Mr. Gwin...

...

1143, 1144, 1168, 1355, 1494
Mr. Hunter...1099, 1103, 1106, 1122, 1130,
1134, 1135, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146,
1147, 1148, 1149, 1167, 1168, 1227 1354,
1355, 1404, 1460, 1467, 1478, 1494, 1788
Mr. Hale... ...1104, 1105, 1131, 1142,
1143, 1166, 1404, 1454, 1468, 1477, 1478
Mr. Miller....
....1132
...1132, 1133
.1131,
1134, 1135, 1148, 1354, 1355, 1788
..1132, 1354
.1135, 1408

Mr. Pearce.....

Mr. Rusk..

Mr. Seward... ...

Mr. Shields.

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Depositary of the Treasury in California, con-
......1972

cerning...

Depredations. (See Creek Indians.)
Derby's reconnoissance of the Gulf of California,
proposition to print........1784, 1847, 1879
De Rassy, Gustvus A., late an acting purser in
the navy, bill for the relief of..........602,
702, 1808
De Saussure, William F., of South Carolina,
1449, 1646, 1847, 2204, 2329, 1741
......2461

remarks on the light-house bill.
Derein, Thomas, bill for the relief of........984
Devlin, John S. (See Weed.)

Derg, John, bill for the relief of.61, 1813, 1834
Dickey, Robert, leave to withdraw the petition

of...

...1186

Discipline in the Navy. (See Navy.)
District of Columbia, Committee on the, resolu-
tions of instruction to the.......61, 81, 1973
bills reported from the.
..282,

440, 524, 878, 1046, 1115, 1161, 1591, 1972
bill to prevent malicious mischief and to protect
property in the.......

.991

(See Acts Af Congress-Crimes-Banking-Wash-
ington City-Pennsylvania Avenue.)
District Attorney for the northern district of Ala-
bama, bill to provide for the appointment of
a United States..

.....184

Documents, public. (See Binding-Compendium)
Dodge, Henry, of Wisconsin... ...1, 39, 50,
61, 91, 130, 144, 155, 183, 198, 202, 282, 330,
418, 438, 460, 606, 651, 656, 678, 693, 717,
745, 781, 825. 844, 878, 901, 920, 941, 967,

1127, 1208, 1321, 1487, 1524, 1659, 1972

remarks on the bill granting land to Wisconsin
for a railroad...

.1399
remarks on the bill for the relief of Robert
Grignon.....
.2195

Dodge, Augustus C., of lowa..1, 4, 11, 33, 39,
41, 49, 50, 60, 61, 72, 81, 89, 104, 128, 130,
145, 155, 186, 198, 202, 244, 258, 272, 273,
282, 328, 330, 346, 364, 400, 407, 418, 424,
447, 486, 502, 504, 524, 525, 541, 569, 595,
618, 651, 656, 657, 659, 666, 669, 825, 826,
860, 920, 967, 1027, 1029, 1032, 1033, 1046,
1081, 1082, 1115, 1199, 1205, 1225, 1240,
1270, 1291, 1295, 1301, 1335, 1362, 1372,
1389, 1420, 1459, 1488, 1510, 1519, 1521,
1524, 1525, 1554, 1566, 1624, 1628, 1659,
1666, 1682, 1737, 1756, 1921, 1922, 1949,
2169, 2202, 2240, 2267, 2469, 2470, 2489
resolutions by
...155, 1107, 2169, 2469
remarks on the bill providing for the assignabil-
ity of land warrants... ....301, 302, 314
remarks on the French spoliation bill.....1082
remarks on the bill granting land to Michigan
for a railroad........1521, 2010, 2049, 2424
remarks in relation to printing the census re-

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for the relief of............ ..619, 1181, 1186
Donations of land to certain persons in the State

of Arkansas, bill to revive for a limited time
an act in relation to.331, 346, 1161, 1612, 1624
Donations. (See Grants.)

Donelson & Armstrong, proposition to contract
with, to execute the census printing. (See
Census.)

Dorsey, H. P., adverse report in the case of..637
Douglas, Stephen A., of Illinois..1, 33, 40, 63,

90, 106, 125, 146, 244, 282, 311, 332, 352,
418, 440, 525, 586, 640, 651, 656, 702, 781,
920, 927, 928, 967, 984, 1005, 1044, 1098,
1199, 1226, 1240, 1258, 1541, 1599, 1682,
1683, 1686, 1737, 1756, 1783, 1791, 1847,
1890, 2032, 2251, 2266, 2271, 2289, 2290,
2299, 2375, 2394, 2489
resolutions by..
..469, 1362
remarks in regard to the election of officers of
the Senate....
....63
remarks on the reception, &c., of Kossuth..70
personal explanation by.
....125
remarks on the bill to change the name of Jo-
seph Lewis Breese.
.928
remarks on the joint resolution for the continu-
ance of the work on the Capitol........1026
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,

1784, 1862

remarks on the resolution in relation to the
amount of money received by Generals Scott
and Pierce..
.....2213
personal explanation by, on presenting Mr.
Stanly's denial of a certain letter..2292, 2293
remarks on the bill to provide for the election of
public printer....
.2325.

2326, 2327, 2328, 2329, 2333, 2334, 2338
remarks concerning the fugitive slave law..1952
remarks on the lowa land bill...
.350,

762, 764, 766, 767, 768, 769
remarks concerning the establishment of a tele-
graph and mail line to California..1683, 1684,

1685, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1760, 1761, 1763
remarks concerning Temple's Memoirs...1834
remarks on appropriation for Collins line. 1191
remarks on the naval appropriation bill....2456
remarks on the civil and diplomatic appropri-

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Downs, Martha L., bill for the relief of.586, 1425
Downs, Solomon W., of Louisiana...1, 32, 33,
40, 49, 50, 90, 104, 111, 123, 124, 130, 146,
183, 186, 199, 202, 208, 209, 217, 224, 272,
298, 308, 328, 330, 352, 366, 388, 389, 409,
410, 418, 438, 440, 447, 460, 468, 488, 489,
490, 493, 503, 510, 569, 576, 586, 595, 602,
618, 629, 630, 637, 678, 682, 703, 709, 717,
728, 746, 750, 813, 860, 901, 927, 967, 968,
991, 1015, 1068, 1115, 1141, 1174, 1175, 1177,
1179, 1268, 1225, 1449, 1460, 1591, 1627,
1628, 1736, 1737, 1847, 1933, 2212, 2232,
2235, 2455
..41, 492, 1645

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.208
remarks on the question of referring the petition
of Daniel Pope, a Mexican claimant,...328,
329, 330
remarks on the bill providing for the assigna-
bility of land warrants.........300, 301, 314
remarks on the bill for the relief of T. H. Mc-
Manus...
..492, 493, 682
remarks on the proposition to print the letter of
Kossuth...
588, 589

remarks in relation to visiting the steamship
Baltic.....
.658
remarks on the bill for relief of Joseph H. D.
Bowmar....
729,

730, 785, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Car-
melite Nunnery...
..882

remarks on memorial of James Rhinehart..1844
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,

......2226

....698,

1865
personal explanation in relation to an amend-
ment to the census bill...
remarks on the apportionment bill.
708, 970, 971, 972, 974, 975, 994, 1000, 1001,
1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1014
remarks in regard to printing the census returns,
2226

remarks on the proposition for the improve-
ment of the dam at the head of Cumberland
Island.....
...1525
remarks on the bill to provide for the security
of passengers on board of steamboats...504,
505, 2427
remarks on the Army appropriation bill..2434,
2437

remarks on the appropriation for the survey of
the Delta of the Mississippi......2434, 2437
remarks on the proposition to regulate the ap-
pointment of midshipmen...
...2443
remarks on the bill to increase the salary of the
district judge of New Hampshire.......908
Drawback, bill for extending like principles to
those conferred by the act entitled "An act al-
lowing drawback upon foreign merchandise
exported in the original packages to Chi-
huahua and Santa Fé, Mexico, and to the
British North American Provinces adjoining
the United States, approved March 3d, 1845,"
to foreign merchandise exported to Mexico
by certain indicated routes....410, 590, 608,
1336

an act authorizing imported goods, wares, and
merchandise, entered and bonded for ware-
housing, in pursuance of law, to be exported
by certain routes to ports and places in Mex-
ico....
.2389
Dry Docks, naval, joint resolution for the pur-
chase of certain copies of a work on....1525
Dry dock, the floating, at San Francisco, Cali-
fornia, the appropriation in the deficiency bill
for...
....1499

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...2374

.2375, 2376
...2374
.2375, 2376

Mr. Rusk..

Mr. Stockton

Mr. Weller..

.2374

.2375

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