to aid in the construction of a railroad from
the Wabash to the Missouri river...389,
398, 1205, 1362, 1373
for a railroad from Lafayette, Indiana, by
way of Peoria, Illinois, and Burlington,
Iowa, to the Missouri river, to aid in the
construction of certain railroads in that
State.....
.332, 333, 348,
362, 390, 450, 461, 503, 525, 543, 556,
569, 577, 590, 596, 619, 630, 659, 669,
695, 703, 709, 722, 750, 761, 772, 967
remarks by-

1185, 1204, 1247, 1377, 1424, 1444, 1532,
1651, 1807, 1808, 1832, 1834, 1846, 2268,
2390, 2428, 2469, 2487
resolutions by.....
..618, 2457, 2486.
remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line.....
...1260, 1268
Jamieson, Robert, and Benjamin Williamson, bill
..397, 725, 746
Japan, concerning the report on the colonial de-
pendencies of.

for the relief of..

.......

.....60, 244
concerning the object, &c. of the naval expedi-
tion to..
..928, 942, 952, 1005, 1054

remarks on, by-

Mr. Atchison.333, 348, 349, 763, 764, 767
Mr. Badger.
..765, 766
Mr. Bell. .....461, 762, 766, 767, 768
Mr. Borland.

Mr. Badger.

Mr. Bayard

Mr. Borland..

..945
...943,

.764

944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 1005, 1006, 1007

Mr. Cass...

.944, 945, 946

Mr. Brodhead.

....2172

Mr. Cass.

...2173

Mr. Davis......333, 334, 765, 767, 769
Mr. Dawson...

Mr. Hale.

.348, 349, 351
.333,

Mr. Mangum.

.943, 944, 945, 947
.942, 947, 1006, 1007

Mr. Mason.

..1005
.944, 946

..945

.943

.947, 948, 1007,

1186

Mr. Jones, of Iowa...

Mr. Mangum.

.2173, 2174
..2176, 2179
.2172,

Mr. Mason..

Mr. Rhett.

Mr. Seward.

Mr. Shields

Mr. Smith.

Mr. Soulé.

2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2177

Indians in Texas, appropriations for presents and

for negotiations with....

remarks by-

Mr. Atchison.

Mr. Bell.

Mr. Hunter.

Mr. Rusk.

.1134, 1788

....1135
..1134, 1135
...1788, 1789

.1134, 1135, 1788, 1789

Mr. Shields..
Indians, provisions in relation to. (See Choctaw
Indians-Creek Indians--Senecas of New York--
Mamies-Cherokees-Seminoles—Shawnees.)
Industrial Congress, memorial of the, in favor of
intervention in behalf of struggles for free-
.....128, 1532

Insane Asylum in the District of Columbia, ap-
propriation for.....
...2341, 2419
Insane persons, indigent, bills making a grant of
land to the several States and Territories of
the Union for the relief of.........461, 469,
1859, 2232, 2239, 2268, 2465

Inspection. (See Steamboats.)

Intercourse. (See Indian Tribes-Switzerland.)
Interest. (See New Hampshire.)

on claims, discussion in regard to....426, 1646

.....

bill for the relief of the counties of Des Moines
and Dubuque, in the State of.920, 1225, 1646
appropriation for running the northern bound-
ary line of.....
...1467
resolutions of the Legislature of..103, 486, 665
Irish prisoners in Van Dieman's land, petition in
regard to...... ..
.595
Irish exiled patriots, joint_resolution expressive
of the sympathy of Congress for William
Smith O'Brien and Thomas F. Meagher and
their associates, the.....
...11, 30,
130, 418, 471, 502, 511, 543, 992
resolutions of a meeting at Detroit in regard to,
407
.527, 530
..409
.407, 530
..409
.530,531
.525
.409, 530, 531
..531

.427, 430, 1651
.428, 429, 1648, 1649
Mr. Upham...
...430, 1649
Interior Department, reports, &c., from the..29,
272, 438, 447, 469, 524, 525, 568, 594, 967,
1044, 1586, 1599, 1919, 2143, 2324
call upon the, for information..... .308,
331, 346, 389, 417, 693, 814, 952, 985, 1208,
1519, 1555, 1589, 1645, 1859, 1882, 2100,
2140, 2195, 2232, 2457
instructions to the Secretary of the........487
Interoceanic ship canal, concerning.......30, 111
Intervention, joint resolution declaratory of the
principles of the United States Government
upon the doctrine of, with the internal rela-
tions of other States, and reaffirming the
known, settled policy of our country....184
petition in favor of, in the affairs of Russia and
Hungary...
...244

resolutions of the Legislature of Alabama on.282
Iowa, bill granting to, the unsold and unappro-
priated public lands remaining in that State.11
bills granting the right of way and making
grants of land to the State of

to aid in the construction of a railroad from
Dubuque and Keokuck, and from Daven-
port to the Missouri river.........4, 21

Mr. Shields

Mr. Underwood.

Irvin, John, bill to confirm the claim of, to a cer-

tain tract of land on the Bastrop claim....493
Irwin, Jane, bill for relief of..418, 490, 493, 1225
Islands in the Pacific, concerning the leasing of the,

resolution concerning intercourse with.....966,

communication from the President on the sub-

ject of intercourse with....
...1044
Jefferson, John R., bill for the relief of.....1922
Jeffries, James, and Jeremiah M. Smith, bill for
the relief of.......
..2268
Jennings, Thomas D., bill for the relief of...418,
728, 746
Jennings, W. K., and Aphia, bill for the relief of,
1809
Johnson, T. S., leave granted to withdraw the pa-
pers of.
..2299
Johnson, Z. F., bill for relief of..878, 1646, 2488
Johnston, Joseph, an act for the relief of.....243,
245, 503, 1175
Johnston, Allen G., bill for tho relief of..230, 243
Jones, James C., of Tennessee..1, 4, 50, 60, 61,
90, 91, 130, 145, 155, 217, 218, 243, 282, 297,
362, 366, 367, 410, 424, 438, 576, 595, 647,
651, 703, 763, 773, 782, 966, 967, 984, 1076,
1199, 1270, 1285, 1321, 1335, 1389, 2100,
2143, 2193, 2213
credentials of ....
.90
resolutions by.
...145, 781, 814, 920
remarks on the bill to convey certain land to
the city of Memphis
..2194
remarks on the resolution in relation to the
amount of money received by Generals Scott
and Pierce.
.2213, 2214, 2215
remarks on the bill for a mail line between New
Orleans and Vera Cruz
...936
remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line....
....1267, 1268, 1295
Jones, Adjutant-General Roger, bill for the relief
of..
.145, 229, 243, 2431
Jones, George W., of Iowa,...
.1,
11, 40, 130, 186, 198, 258, 298, 307, 389, 418,
440, 447, 450, 459, 503, 525, 543, 553, 556,
569, 570, 595, 602, 619, 658, 656, 659, 665,
666, 677, 682, 694, 702, 703, 709, 722, 723,
745, 813, 920, 941, 967, 1076, 1106, 1115,
1116, 1140, 1161, 1176, 1178, 1179, 1180,
1186, 1199, 1225, 1226, 1362, 1373, 1469,-
1477, 1519, 1521, 1522, 1524, 1554, 1599,
1600, 1646, 1683, 1736, 1853, 1923, 1934,
2010, 2011, 2100, 2143, 2225, 2232, 2371,
2392, 2419, 2425, 2466
resolutions by.....
.....61,
155, 760, 1106, 1934, 2232, 2239, 2271
remarks in regard to the compromise meas-
..103
remarks on the bill for the relief of Erastus A.
Capron.....
.368
remarks on the bill providing for the assignabil-
ity of land warrants.
..669
remarks on the death of Mr. Clay. ..1636
remarks on the proposition for a daily recess,

ures....

2299

remarks on the Iowa land bill....763, 764, 766
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill..2171
Jones, Thomas Ap C., bill for the relief of..2225
Jones, William, bill for the relief of the children
and executrix of.. ......878, 1811, 2206
Jones, Uriah, bill for the relief of the children and
heirs of...
...878, 1812

.2008
.2009
.2008, 2009
.2008, 2009
.2009
Kennedy and Darling, bill for the relief of...198
Kentucky. (See Deaf and Dumb Asylum.)
Kerbaugh, John, bill for the relief of...651, 2231
Key West. (See Naval Depôt.)
King, William R., of Alabama..

vote of thanks to, as President of the Senate,
and response thereto...
....2489
sentatives of..

shire....

remarks by-

Mr. Atchison..

.921, 922, 923
.922, 924
.909, 923, 924, 925
.908, 909, 922, 924
.921, 922, 923, 924
.908, 809, 921, 924||
..908, 923

..909
...908

.908, 909, 922, 924, 925
.908, 922, 924

disability of. (See Courts.)

....602,
1180, 1425, 1807, 2202, 2206
King, Richard, bill for the relief of.....637, 1445
King, Nancy, withdrawal of the papers of.....21
Kinney, Henry L., bills for the relief of....920,

929, 1431
Knowlton, Christopher, bill for the relief of. 1389
Knapp, Amos, an act for the relief of.......243,
245, 694, 1686
Kossuth, the brig. (See Register.)
Kossuth, Louis, Governor of Hungary, joint res-
olutions in relation to the reception and
entertainment of, in the United States.....5,
12, 21, 30, 34, 41, 50, 63, 82, 92, 157, 199
..66, 72, 83, 85, 86, 88
.43, 66, 69
.90

.925

.908

remarks by-

.924

bill to increase the salary of the judge of the
United States district court for the southern
district of Florida........217, 245, 272, 450
bill to make the salary of the judge of the crim-
inal court of the District of Columbia equal to
that of an assistant judge of the circuit court
of said district.
..218
resolution concerning the salaries of the dis-
trict....
.602, 630
district and circuit. (See Library of Congress.)
resolution concerning the salaries of the....942
newspaper attack upon the judge of the district
of Maine......
.......1198

Judges in California, provision in regard to..2408
Judicial districts, bill to divide the State of Ohio

into two, and to provide for holding the dis-
trict and circuit courts of the United States
therein..
..629, 860
bill to divide the State of Arkansas into two,
and for other purposes...
.1934, 1972
Judicial system, bill to amend the act entitled An
act to provide for extending the laws and, of
the United States to the State of California,
passed 28th September, 1850.........33, 41
(See New Mexico.)

of the United States, bill to alter and amend the,
298, 418
appropriation to defray the expenses of the. 1451
Judiciary, Committee on......
.32, 1511
resolutions of instruction to the......145, 525,
543, 602, 618, 651, 903, 920, 942, 967, 985,
1005, 1047, 1116, 1161, 1601, 1934, 2329
bills reported from.........186, 218, 272, 331,
389, 410, 460, 618, 629, 666, 708, 746, 772,
860, 991, 1115, 1336, 1352, 1390, 1921, 1949,
2238, 2310, 2370
discharged from subjects...... ..410, 460,
525, 618, 629, 845, 1390, 1666, 2100, 2238
proposition for a clerk to the.. .942, 952
reports....
..1390, 1666, 1768
Jurisdiction of the United States district courts.
(See Courts.)

K.

Kearsley, Jonathan, late receiver of public moneys
at Detroit, bill for the settlement of the ac-
counts of.
.282, 366, 389
Keepers of the public moneys, bill to provide for
the compensation of such persons as may be
designated by the Secretary of the Treasury
to receive and keep the public moneys, under
the 15th section of the act of August 6, 1846,
91, 104, 112, 125
Kellett, Charles A., bill for the relief of.....104,
112, 218, 362, 390
Kendall, Amos, and John E. Kendall, bill for the
relief of..
.1128, 2205
Kendrick, Brevet-Major H. L., bill for the relief
of...
.991, 2204, 2212
Kennedy, Joshua, deceased, bill for the relief of
the legal representatives of...... ..657,
1445, 1807, 2007, 2041

Mr. Badger..
Mr. Berrien..

Mr. Borland.

Land Claims in California, call concerning...389
(See Surveys.)

Land district, bill to establish a, in Florida, to be
called the district of Tampa...........1373
in the State of Missouri, bill to create an addi-
tional
...1659
to establish additional districts in the State of
Wisconsin... . . .
......1660, 1949
an act to erect three additional land districts in
Iowa.
.2041

bill to establish three additional land districts in
the State of Iowa....
.50, 1682
bill to establish an additional land office in
Michigan.....
.184, 198, 1646

bill to create an additional, in the Territory of
Minnesota..
.2239, 2256
Land officers, concerning additional compensation
to the several, for locating bounty land war-
...244
Land scrip, bill appropriating, in final and full
satisfaction of Virginia military bounty land
..1047, 1519, 1682, 2212

rants

warrants.

remarks by-

Mr. Chase..
Mr. Felch

..1682, 1683
...1682, 1683
Mr. Hunter.
.....1682, 1683
Land taxes, bill declaring the assent of Congress
to the State of Missouri to impose taxes on
lands hereafter sold by the United States in
said State, from and after the day of sale,
226, 243, 272, 1352, 1373, 1488
Land warrants, joint resolution......
...21

an act explanatory of the act approved Septem-
ber 28, 1850, granting bounty lands to cer-
tain officers and soldiers who have been en-
gaged in the military service of the United
States.
....21, 30,

33, 50, 129, 259, 272, 299, 331, 666, 677
remarks by-
Mr. Atchison....
Mr. Badger..

.90
..52, 53
..27, 71
.70
.22, 24, 26, 27, 41, 42,

..301

300, 301, 302, 311, 312, 314, 669
Mr. Walker....
.300,
301, 303, 310, 312, 313, 668
bill providing for the assignability of.. ..81.
129, 503, 511, 569, 666, 782
reports of the conferees concerning disagreeing
votes between the two Houses, &c...772, 782
bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
issue duplicate, in certain cases.........813,
1119, 1522

military. (See Virginia-Locations.)
Lands. (See Wyandott Lands-Reserved Lands-
Indian Lands.)

reserved, bill authorizing the sale of...503, 543
overflowed. (See Louisiana.)

Lane, General Joseph, letter of, in regard to the
necessity for additional defenses for the peo-
ple in Oregon.
.470
Latimer, William K., the report of the court-
martial on, &c. ........... 155, 346, 389, 398
call for the proceedings of the court of inquiry
in the case of, and proposition to print...308,
398
Law agent, skilled in the Spanish, proposition
for the appointment of....
..2342
Laws of the United States, bill to amend an act
entitled An act to provide for the due exc-
cution of the, in the State of Ohio.......298
joint resolution authorizing the purchase of the
ninth volume of the.........34, 50, 410, 772
proposition fixing the mode of selection and
compensation to newspapers for publishing
the...
..1168, 1187, 1504
remarks by-

Mr. Badger.

Mr. Borland.

Mr. Davis.

..1187, 1188
...1187, 1188

..1189

Laws of Congress, joint resolution providing for
the distribution of the, and the debates there-
.....1937, 1950, 2002

on.

Laws, the pension and bounty land, proposition
to procure copies of...
....1736
Laws and decrees. (See Mexican Government.)
Lawson, L. E. L. A., sole surviving heir of Gen-
eral Eleazer W. Ripley, deceased, bill for the
relief of...
...410
Lynch, John A., bill for the relief of..1046, 1652
Lee, Richard B., bill for the relief of........1460
Leggett, Thomas H., bill for the relief of....129,

130, 272, 364, 489, 1175, 1422, 1618, 1806
Leggett, Thomas H., survivor of the firm of
Thomas H. Leggett & Co., bill for the relief
of.....
...602,879, 2202

remarks by-

Mr. Borland..

Mr. Dawson..

Mr. Hunter...

Mr. Rhett.

Mr. Seward..

Mr. Smith.....

Mr. Underwood.

.604
.605

..603

.604

.603, 604

...604
...603

Le Roy, John, bill for relief of...694, 1621, 2299
Leutze's proposition to duplicate for Congress the
painting of Washington crossing the Dela-
...1004

ware

Levee. (See San Diego River.)
Levely, Mary F. B., bill for the relief of....1046,
2204, 2212
Lewis, James, an act for the relief of...298, 991
Lewis, Jonathan, an act for relief of..1115, 2205
Leykins, Johnston, withdrawal of papers of..33
Library, Committee on the......
.32, 49
instructions to the....... ..903, 1533, 1547
Library of Congress, destruction of the, by fire,

and consequent action in regard to..157, 158
joint resolution of, for an inquiry upon the sub-
ject........
.....158

..225

concerning the enlargement of the room of.398
an act making appropriation to meet the ex-
penses incurred in consequence of the late fire
at the Capitol............158, 203, 245, 298
bill to provide a room for the..
.226,
298, 460, 502, 503, 717
bill granting the use of the books in the Library
of Congress to the justices of the circuit court
and criminal courts of the United States for
the District of Columbia..... . . . . ....942
Library of the Canadian Parliament, acknowl-
edgment by the British legation of certain do-
nations to the.....
Liens in Admiralty, and to regulate proceedings
thereon, bill to enforce..... .1186, 1199
Lieutenant General. (See Scott, Maj. Gen.)
Lieutenants of the Engineer, Topographical En-
gineer, and Ordnance Corps, bill for their re-
lief...
bill providing for the promotion of..1686, 1736
Light-House Board, proposition for the establish-
ment of a, and debate...
...2458
proposition to print the report of the......468,
486, 1352
Light-house on Sand-Key, Florida, bill and other
propositions, making appropriation in part for
the erection of the .......418, 451, 2433
Light-houses, light-boats, buoys, &c., bill making
appropriation for, and providing for the erec-
tion and establishment of the same, and for
other purposes.......2371, 2424, 2457, 2488
remarks and propositions by-

...

...1488

Mr. Davis.....2458, 2459, 2460, 2461, 2462||
Mr. De Saussure...
.2461

Mr. Toucey.

Mr. Weller.

remarks on other propositions in the bill.
Railroads.)

call for report on the improvement of....1579
Light-houses at Galveston, appropriation for.2392
Little Rock. (See Port of Entry-Courts.)
Live-oak, bill to amend the act of March 2, 1851,
entitled "An act to provide for the punish-
ment of offenses committed in cutting, destroy-
ing, and removing live-oak and other tim-
ber, and trees reserved for naval purposes,'
226, 2239
Lives and property of persons navigating the west-
ern waters, joint resolution to provide addi-
tional security to.....1756, 1768, 1847, 1859
Loan Office and final-settlement certificates, bill
for the payment of outstanding, issued for
money loaned, or for services or for supplies
during the revolutionary war...
.226,
243, 460, 543
appropriation to meet outstanding. ..1167
Loan Office certificates, appropriation to pay.2401
Lobos Islands, call upon the President in relation
to the.....

cases...

.2140

resolution in relation to the.... .2239, 2419
Locations, erroneous, of military bounty land war-
rants, bill to authorize the correction of, by
actual settlers of the public lands, in certain
....1199, 1525, 1333, 1922
Lomax, Elizabeth B., bill for the relief of....525,
1177, 1423, 1622
Loomis, Daniel, bill for the relief of the legal rep-
resentatives of..
..1934
Lord, Edwin, and Francis Bacon, bill for the re-
lief of......
....1736

Lot of land. (See Gnadenhutten.)
Louisiana, bills granting land to-

for a railroad from New Orleans to Opelousas,
and thence to the Sabine.. ......1449, 1554
for constructing a railroad from Shreveport to
the Mississippi river, in said State.....1225,
1460, 1554, 1847, 1859
for the construction of certain railroads there-
in.... .....814, 860, 1420, 1469, 1475
bill to aid the State of, in reclaiming the over-
flowed lands therein, and for other purposes,
33, 40, 272

(See Preëmplions-Patents.)
resolutions of the Legislature of.. ......586,
618, 665, 693, 717, 760, 813, 825, 901, 941
bill granting to the State of, a military reserve at
Fort Jesup for a seminary of education...813
Louisville and Portland Canal, petition for the

improvement of the navigation of the....244
bill to extinguish the individual stock in the, in
order to make the navigation free, and to en-
large it....
.......104, 259, 2193

bill to relinquish to the State of Kentucky the
stock held by the United States in the, with
the view to make the canal free to navigation
and commerce.......
..2044, 2169

Low, Captain James W., and others, bill for the
compensation of, for the capture of British
private armed schooner Ann during the late
war with Great Britain
..282, 368, 389

M.
Macauley, Cornelius, bill for relief of..702, 2202
Mackall, John G., bill for the relief of the legal
representatives of....
....1660
Mackall, Richard, bill for the relief of......595,
1179, 1425, 1807, 2203
McAvoy, John, bill for relief of..984, 1813, 1834
McBlair, T. P., bill for the relief of...2204, 2212
McCormick, Cyrus H., bill for the relief of..666,
920, 1445, 1808, 2203
McColgan, John, leave to withdraw the papers
.389
McFarland, William, bill for the relief of the heirs
of......
.......984, 1373
McGaw, John A., bill granting relief to.....112,
227, 243, 2299
McGregor, James, bill for the relief of.......666
McIntosh, John, bill for the relief of........651,
902, 1646, 1812
McKay, Sarah E., the widow of Lieut. Col. Mc-

of.

Kay, bill for relief of....217, 226, 629, 1444

McRae, John I., of Mississippi....127, (creden-
tials,) 144, 197, 202, 244, 389, 410, 418, 419,
440,576, 630, 717, 771
McReynolds, John, of Detroit, bill for the relief
of....
.....418, 728, 746
McVey, John, bill for the relief of.618, 1180, 1444
Mail, United States, bill to authorize the Post-
master General and the Secretary of the Navy
to contract for the transportation of the, in
steam vessels between the ports therein men-
tioned......
....1574
bill to provide for a contract to carry the, be-
tween some southern port of the United
States and the port of Para, on the river Ama-
zon, and other ports.....
...1574
bill to authorize the Postmaster General to con-
tract for carrying the, between Jersey City
and port of New York, and Galway, in Ire-
land.
.259, 298
bill to provide for a tri-monthly mail from New
Orleans to Vera Cruz, via Tampico, and back,
in steam vessels.. ...469, 929, 942, 2371
remarks by-

Mr. Underwood
bill making appropriation for transportation of
the, by ocean steamers and otherwise, during
the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1853..2310,
2371, 2389, 2442, 2471
Mail_contracts, joint resolution to authorize the
Postmaster General to legalize certain con-
tracts for the transportation of the mail in Cali-
fornia and Oregon....125, .128, 226, 243, 298
call and report in regard to...... .502, 846, 1186
Mail lines on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, bill
to establish......
...984

bill for the establishment of mail routes on the
Mississippi river.....
.....1574
Mail route from Key West, Florida, to New
Orleans, Louisiana, bill to establish a....709
Mail routes, joint resolution to establish certain,
469, 493
bill to authorize the Postmaster General to con-
vey the mail in steamers between New Orleans
and Key West, and certain intermediate
points
......657
Mail steamers, bill to establish a line of ocean,
from San Francisco, California, via the Sand-
wich Islands, to Shanghai, in China..4, 1208
proposition for a line of, to Hamburg......826
between the Missouri river and California. (See
Telegraph.)

Mail service, between New Orleans and certain
Gulf ports of Florida, proposition for...2242
between New York and Liverpool. (See Col-
lins line.)

on the Potomac, proposition for additional,
2454
Maine, resolutions of the Legislature of......991
proposition for the adjustment of the accounts
of.....
.2431
appropriation to pay balance found due to, for
expenses on account of northeastern bound-
..2402
ary...

Maison Rouge Grant. (See Pre-emption.)

Mail, bill to provide for a monthly, from San
Francisco, via the Sandwich Islands, to
Shanghai, in China....
Mallory, Stephen R., of Florida...

..1115
.1, 49,

50, 61, 91, 104, 123, 128, 197, 198, 224, 274,
282, 307, 308, 328, 397, 410, 440, 447, 486,
492, 493, 511, 541, 618, 651, 657, 813, 844,
848, 878, 941, 942, 967, 1106, 1224, 1240,
1285, 1301, 1302, 1321, 1322, 1337, 1352,
1356, 1362, 1364, 1373, 1389, 1390, 1423,
1487, 1532, 1533, 1541, 1590, 1605, 1681,
1773, 1922, 2049, 2100, 2101, 2143, 2144,
2231, 2233, 2488, 2489
resolutions by...128, 145, 618, 903, 1301, 1588
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
ment of Kossuth......
82
remarks in regard to flogging in the Navy .223
remarks on the bill for the relief of Rufus Dwi-
nell...

.232
.362

personal explanation by....
remarks in regard to paying interest on the
claim of Ira Day...... ..427, 430, 1631
remarks on the bill for the relief of John W.
Simonton...494, 558, 559, 561, 953, 957, 959
remarks in relation to visiting the steamship
Baltic.....
...658

remarks on the bill for the relief of the Carmel-
ite Nunnery.. . .. . . .
...880
remarks in relation to outrages upon Spanish
subjects....
...1301
remarks on the bill to regulate the compensation
of the judge for the district of Massachusetts,

1422

remarks on the bill providing further remedies
to patentees.
...1550, 1570, 1573
remarks on the bill for the establishment of a
mail line between New Orleans and Vera
Cruz....
..933, 934, 935
remarks on the bill for the security of passen-
gers on board of steamboats.1702, 1741, 1742
remarks on the proposition to build a war
steamer for harbor defense.
...1576
remarks on the light-house bill.....2461, 2462
remarks on the Army appropriation bill..2431,
2433

remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line.......
...1265, 1295, 1311, 1328
remarks on the appropriation to satisfy the
claims of Florida for advances.... .2436
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2450,

2453, 2454, 2455

remarks on the proposition to regulate the ap-
pointment of midshipmen....
..2443
remarks on the appropriation for the Nautical
Almanac....
..1496
remarks on the appropriation for the floating
dry-dock at San Francisco.......1501, 1502
remarks on the appropriation for purchasing
supplies for Indians in California.......2174
Mangum, Willie P., of North Carolina...1, 110,

turns

124, 128, 129, 130, 153, 184, 197, 227, 228,
328, 330, 362, 366, 399, 407, 410, 419, 447,
459, 594, 596, 630, 659, 678, 695, 702, 703,
745, 749, 773, 901, 902, 992, 1052, 1065, 1068,
1076, 1081, 1116, 1160, 1175, 1192, 1226,
1227, 1268, 1325, 1364, 1372, 1446, 1474,
1475, 1503, 1504, 1510, 1519, 1522, 1554,
1556, 1627, 1662, 1973, 2251, 2256, 2392,
2425, 2436, 2457, 2469, 2470
resoltions by.....
.878, 1645, 2469
remarks on disposition of private claims...132
remarks in regard to printing the census re-
.156
remarks in regard to the intercourse with
France...
..184
remarks on the question of referring the peti-
tion of Daniel Pope, a Mexican claimant.329,
330
remarks on the proposition to pay the expenses
for the entertainment of Kossuth........719,
720, 721
remarks on the bill providing for the continuance
of the work on the Capitol..... ...747.
749, 1027, 1028, 1029
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Car-
melite Nunnery.
.885
personal and political explanation by.1077, 1159
remarks in relation to the newspaper publica-
tion of the laws of the United States.....1189
remarks on propositions to amend rules...1606
remarks relative to the publication of a compen-
dium of the public documents.........1612
remarks on the bill providing for the election of
public printer....
...2328, 2329

Mangum, Willie P., of North Carolina-
remarks on the lowa land bill.............766
remarks concerning the Japan expedition..942,
947, 1006, 1007
remarks on Temple's Memoirs.....1336, 1337
remarks on the appropriation to indemnify the
people of Georgia, Alacama, and Florida, for
depredations committed by the Creek In-
dians..
...1391
remarks on the appropriation for salary and out-
fit of a Commissioner to China...2420, 2422
remarks on the proposition to settle the accounts
for public printing, at a reduction of fifty per
...2400

cent.

.2289

remarks on the proposition for the introduction
of water into Washington.
remarks on the proposition for the removal of
the remains of the Potomac Bridge.2296, 2297
Manufactures, Committee on.....
.32
.1755

.....

bills from the....
Map of land surveys, proposition for a..226, 243
Map of New Mexico, concerning a.
..746
Map of the Indian country, appropriation for the
preparation of a..
.2152
Map of the District of Columbia and city of Wash-
ington, resolution for the distribution of. 1362
Marine Corps, proposition regulating the pay of
the..
...243, 2450
Marines now authorized by law, proposition for

the increase of the..
.2452
Marine hospital, at Portland, Maine, bill making
an appropriation for the erection of a... .244,
774, 782, 2342
appropriations for, at Vicksburg... .2408
Maryland, resolutions of the Legislature of..568,
1240, 1362, 1474, 1659
Maryland avenue, bill and other proposition for
the improvement of the, from the Capitol to
the turnpike road leading to Baltimore, &c.,
1046, 2379
Marsh, James M., appropriation to pay....1469
Marsh, J. W., appropriation to cover loss of
property
....2171

Marshals. (See Census Marshals-Fees.)
Marthaette Morse, the brig. (See Register.)
Martin, Mary, administratrix of Robert Lindsay,
deceased, bill for the relief of. ....2251
Martinicus. (See Collection Districts.)
Mason, James M., of Virginia.....1, 49, 50, 91,

106, 123, 127, 128, 184, 197, 226, 243, 388,
389, 503, 524, 595, 619, 637, 665, 695, 708,
717, 722, 746, 766, 790, 813, 878, 879, 901,
902, 903, 968, 985, 1014, 1336, 1340, 1487,
1510, 1541, 1549, 1554, 1586, 1599, 1617,
1622, 1623, 1627, 1645, 1646, 1652, 1756,
1835, 1844, 1847, 1934, 1949, 1973, 1982,
2002, 2010, 2011, 2075, 2076, 2185, 2195,
2202, 2234, 2267, 2292, 2308, 2309, 2310,
2340, 2391, 2457, 2463, 2466, 2470, 2486,
2488, 2489
resolutions by.....
....620, 702, 1198,
1769, 1833, 1890, 2140, 2271, 2465
remarks in regard to the contested seat from
Florida ...
. . . . . . .3
remarks in regard to intercourse with France. 184
remarks on the proposition to pay the expenses
for the entertainment of Kossuth...717, 718
remarks on the bill for the relief of Nathaniel
Kuykendall...

....

..726
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Car-
melite Nunnery.......
..882
remarks on the proposition to amend the rules,
1608, 1609
remarks in relation to a right of way across the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec..
.1833

remarks on the proposition for adjournment,

1862
remarks on the resolution for the distribution of
the laws and debates.....
.....2003
remarks in relation to the North American fish-
eries.... ......1890, 1893, 1895, 1896
remarks on the proposition to indemnify the
Spanish Consul at New Orleans........2341
remarks on the resolution for the appointment
of a committee to investigate frauds on the
.......2486
remarks in regard to the compromise measures,
112, 114, 115
remarks concerning the fugitive slave law..1951
remarks concerning the expedition to Japan,
1005
remarks concerning the establishment of a tele-
graph and mail line to California.......1757,
1758, 1760

revenue...

Mason, James M., of Virginia-
remarks on the appropriation to pay the as-

signees of the contractors for the removal of
the Choctaw Indians............1406, 1407
remarks on the appropriation to supply a defi-
ciency to the Choctaw Indians....2148, 2149
remarks on the proposition declaring the Wheel-
ing bridges lawful structures...
.2440
remarks on the appropriation for the floating
dry dock at San Francisco, California....501
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill..2377,
2379, 2391, 2402
remarks on an appropriation for the salary and
outfit of a Commissioner to China......2422
remarks on the proposition to issue stock to
Texas
.2380
remarks on appropriation to support the Mexi-
can boundary commission..2502, 2404, 2405
remarks on the appropriation for the removal
of the remains of the Potomac bridge...2294
Massachusetts, resolutions of the Legislature of,
967, 1239, 1240, 1258
appropriation to pay balance due for protecting
the northeastern boundary...
..2402
Mathews, Sally J., bill for the relief of....1128,
2204, 2212
Mathews, Charles S., Charles Wood, and James

Hall, bill for relief of...651, 984, 1813, 2203
Mayer, John H. C., bill for the relief of....1921 2
Meade, Richard W., bill for the relief of....760,
903, 1390
Meagher, Thomas F. (See Irish Patriots.)
Means, John O., bill for relief of...308, 425, 451
Mechanics and laborers employed on the public
works in Washington, proposition to give an
advance of wages to..
.2424
Medical officers of the Navy who rendered service
on land in Mexico, bill to provide for placing
certain, on the same footing of medical offi-
cers of the Army for the same service....282
proposition of assimilated rank for..2453, 2454
Medical corps of the Navy, proposition for the
increase of the..
.....2453
Meehan, John S., letter communicating informa-
tion of the destruction of the Library of Con-
gress..
.....157
Melrose, Charles, bill for the relief of.61, 198, 209
Members of Congress prohibited from prosecuting

claims. (See Claims.)
compensation of. (See Congress.)
Memphis Female Orphan Asylum, resolution con-
cerning..
..920
Memphis, bill to convey certain lands in the city
of, on certain conditions....
..2193
Menomonee purchase, settlers on. (See Preëmp-
tion.)

Merchant, Charles G., bill for the relief of..1335
Merchandise. (See Appraisement.)
Meredith, William M., the petition of........49
Meriwether, David, of Kentucky.1783, 2213, 2215
resolutions by..
...2100, 2193, 2212
remarks concerning the credentials of. ...1783
remarks on the appropriation for outfits for
Ministers....
.2238

Message. (See President.)
Messengers, &c., of the Senate, inquiry in re-
gard to....
.878
Métayé, Auguste, bill for the relief of......2140
Mexican Boundary Commission, call for the in-
structions, &c., to the.........814, 860, 952
call for the charges in relation to the proceed-
ings of the, and report. 1589, 1628, 1660, 1791,
1919, 1923, 1934, 1937, 2232, 2271, 2309
remarks by-

Mr. Clarke....

Mr. Gwin

Mr. Pearce

Mr. Rusk..

Mr. Weller.

(See Graham.)

..1660, 1919, 1920

..1920, 1921

..1921

.1660, 1920

.1919, 1920, 1921, 2309

Mexican boundary line, appropriation for running
the boundary line between the United States
and Mexico, and restrictions in regard to the
true boundary..

remarks by-

Mr. Clarke....

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

Mr. Pratt.

Mr. Rusk..
Mr. Underwood.
Mr. Weller....

.1404, 2402

.2402, 2404, 2405

.2404, 2405

..2406, 2407

...1404, 1405
.1404, 1405, 2407
.2405, 2406, 2407

Mexican boundary line, &c.-

...184

reports on the, from the several departments,
ordered to be printed...
..2463
Mexican claims, petitions, and remarks thereon,
in regard to...
resolution of inquiry and report in regard to
the adjustment of the...
.502,524
a select committee in relation to action of the
Board of Commissioners on........630, 637
report of the committee in relation to.....2463
message of the President concerning the pur-
loining of papers upon which certain, were
founded, &c......
......878

Mexican Government, the Spanish, appropriation
for procuring copies of the laws, decrees, &c.,
affecting private land claims......1445, 1479
remarks by-
Mr. Badger..
Mr. Berrien.

Mr. Borland.

Mr. Hunter.

Mr. Rusk

Mr. Soulé..

Mr. Underwood

.1479

.1479

..1479
.*.1480

.1479, 1480, 1481

..1481
....1480

Mr. Seward.

...1520
...1521
.1520, 1521
...1520

..1521
..40

from Green Bay to Lake Superior.....
bill granting to the State of, the right of way
and a donation of public lands for the con-
struction of a ship canal around the Falls of
St. Mary....
.....33, 41
bill granting to the State of, the right of way
and a donation of public land for a canal or
railroad across the Peninsula of.........184,
198, 308, 1241, 1258

bill granting the right of way and making a
grant of land to, in trust for the Zilwaukie,
Grand Traverse, and Mackinaw Plank Road
Company, in aid of the construction of a
plank road from Zilwaukie, on the Saginaw
river, to Grand Traverse Bay, thence to the
Straits of Mackinaw....595, 860, 1241, 1258
bill to extend the time for selecting lands grant-
ed to the State of, for saline purposes....33,
41, 104, 331, 1592
an act to confirm to the State of, certain lands
granted for saline purposes..
...2299

(See Land Office-Wyandott Lands.)
resolutions of the Legislature of...91, 282, 297
provision for the payment to, for advances to
troops, &c....
..2431

Midshipmen, provision regulating the appoint-

ment of....

.1835

of the Delegate from Oregon, bill entitled an act
to regulate the. ...590, 595, 602, 921, 1240
Military Academy, bill making appropriation for
the support of the, for the year ending 30th
June, 1853.
..1866, 1890, 2049
Military Affairs, Committee on..
.32
resolutions of instruction to the..
..155,
203, 243, 418, 448, 1586
bills reported from..145, 186, 203, 259, 308,
398, 447, 471, 511, 618, 619, 629, 826, 920,
984, 1115, 1128, 1199, 1225, 1258, 1335,
1336, 1373, 1460, 1488, 1574, 1586, 1628,
1646, 1666, 2144, 2193
discharged from subjects..144, 203, 218, 308,
397, 410, 511, 576, 618, 619, 702, 920, 984,
1240, 1972, 2049, 2231, 2268
reports from the...
...447,
511, 577, 1335, 1628, 2049, 2144, 2489
proposition for a clerk for the...... ...967
Military Asylums, board of officers upon the sub-

ject authorized to examine the Blue Lick
springs as to its fitness for a............ .2430
Military contributions, bills amendatory of an act
to provide for the settlement of the accounts
of public officers and others who may have
received moneys arising from military con-
tributions or otherwise in Mexico, approved
3d March, 1849......50, 61, 511, 675, 1628
remarks by-

Mr. Chase
Mr. Gwin

....676
...676, 677
Mr. Hunter.
...676, 677
provision in relation to the settlement of the ac-
counts of officers who may have received
moneys arising from.....
.2430
Military depôt at Benicia, California, bill_to con-
firm the purchase of a tract of land for a,
920

Military posts, proposition for a bill for the or-
ganization of an additional regiment of mount-
ed men for military posts in California..1586
remarks by-

Mr. Weller..
....1586
Military reconnoissances, journal of....760, 1161
Military sites, bill to amend an act entitled "An
act authorizing the sale of certain," approved
March 3d, 1819...
.1628, 1646
Militia, Committee on the..
Miller, Jacob W., of New Jersey.

.32
.1,

33, 39, 60, 61, 81, 128, 130, 217, 258, 307,
346, 418, 438, 524, 543, 629, 638, 693, 694,
813, 845, 1048, 1114, 1149, 1189, 1203, 1238,
1285, 1294, 1459, 1474, 1487, 1490, 1555,
1736, 1774, 1775, 1811, 1934, 2201, 2203,
2338, 2423, 2466, 2487
resolution by. ... ... ... .....
.928
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
..45

ment of Kossuth...
remarks on presenting the harbor bill......130
remarks on the New Jersey resolutions on the
subject of non-intervention.............439
remarks on presenting the resolutions of New
Jersey on the compromise resolutions...541
remarks on the bill providing further remedies
to patentees......
.....1550,
1551, 1567, 1570, 1571, 1573
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
1786
remarks on the bill providing for the election of
public printer....
.2333

Miller, William, bill for the relief of.......331,
426, 451
Miller, Noah, of Lincolnville, in Maine, bill for
the relief of the legal representatives of..586,
1179, 1424
Miller, Henry C., Philip W. Thompson, and
Jesse B. Turley, bill for the relief of....845,
1811, 2203, 2206
Miller, Henry, bill for the relief of the heirs

of..

..1373
Milligan, Robert, an act for the relief of.....243,
245, 569, 1178, 1424
Mills, Lydia Ann, leave granted to withdraw the
papers of..
...2370
Minister Resident at Frankfort-on-the-Maine,
proposed appropriation for a..... ....2379
Minister Resident at Turkey, salary of.....2423
Minister to France, memorial for the recall of the
American, and suspension of diplomatic in-
tercourse with

remarks by-
Mr. Butler..
Mr. Davis..
Mr. Dawson.

Mr. Mangum..

Mr. Mason..
Mr. Underwood

Mr. Walker...

....184

..185

...185

.184, 185

..184

.185

..185

..184

Mr. Clarke..
Mr. Cooper.
Mr. Hunter.
Mr. Meriwether.
Mr. Pearce..
Mr. Seward....
Mr. Toucey.
Minnesota, bill for the benefit of the Territory
of.
....586
revised statutes of the Territory of........701
an act making appropriation for the completion
of the public buildings in the Territory of,
1542, 2489
an act making appropriation for the construction
of roads in the Territory of......1542, 1682
(See Territorial Governments-Schools-Roads—
Indian Lands on Lake Pepin-Indian Lands—
Land Districts.)
Mint, of the United States, bill to establish a
branch of the, at San Francisco, in Califor-
nia..
....4, 91, 104, 1602
bill to establish assay offices of the, at Sacra-
mento City and Stockton, in California....4
bill to establish a, in the city of New York.30,
40, 61, 81, 629

in California, appropriation for.....2341, 2408
in New Orleans, appropriation for. .2401
annual report of the Director of the..... ..525
Mission to Eastern Asia, concerning.. ...389
Mississippi, reduction in the price of lands. (See
Mississippi)

resolutions of the Legislature of..745, 781, 920
(See School Lands.)

joint resolution giving the assent of Congress
to an act of the Legislature of, appropriating
a portion of the swamp and overflowed lands
granted to the said State by the act approved
September 28, 1850...... ....1211, 2239
bills granting land to-

for a road from Brandon to the eastern border
of said State, in the direction of Montgom-
ery, Alabama..... . .. . . . . .91, 124, 128
for the construction of certain railroads there-
in mentioned...814, 860, 1420, 1469, 1475
Mississippi river, the upper, bill for the improve-
ment of the navigation of the..........4, 41,
81, 450, 1525, 1599
resolution to print the report on the inundations
of the.....
......346
bill to provide for the improvement of the navi-
gation of the, and the navigable waters leading
into the same...
.....1115, 1141
bill to enable the Government to deepen the
passes of the...
.....1488, 1493
petitions, &c., concerning the improvement of
the navigation of the..
the percentage fund of. (See School Lands.)
Missouri, resolutions of the Legislature of...91,

1547
(See Land Taxes-Courts-Land Districts.)
bill to provide for the payment to the State of,
two per centum of the net proceeds of the
sales of the public lands therein.....709, 781