Rusk, Thomas J., of Texas—

remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2453,

remarks on the deficiency bill.

2456
...1131,
1134, 1135, 1148, 1354, 1355, 1788
remarks in relation to procuring copies of the
Spanish laws and decrees affecting private
and claims...
......1479, 1480, 1481
remarks on the appropriation for the Indians in
Texas... .......1134, 1135, 1788, 1789
remarks in regard to the Mexican boundary
line....
.........1404, 1405
remarks on the bill to increase the salary of the
district judge of New Hampshire........925
remarks on the appropriation for the floating
dry-dock at San Francisco.......1500, 1502
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill..2377,
2391, 2392, 2424
remarks on the appropriation for a salary and
ourit of a Commissioner to China.2420, 2422
Russell & Jones, surviving partners of Brown,
Russell & Co., bill for the relief of......1859
S.

Salaried officers prohibited from being interested
in public contracts. (See Contracts.)
Salaries of Territorial officers. (See Territories.)
Saries of clerks, petitions for an increase of. 1335
Salary of the Consul at Amsterdam. (See Con-
sul.)

Salary, increase of. (See Judges-Comptroller-
Minister-Auditor.)

Salines. (See Michigan-Wisconsin-Iowa--In-
diana.)

Sen Diego river, bill to provide for building a
levee across the mouth of the, to divert it into
False Bay.......
.709, 1522, 1525

Sand Key, Florida. (See Light House.)
Sandwich Islands, proposition of the King of the,
to transfer the sovereignty of the, to the Uni-
ted States....
.2232
proposition to send a Commissioner to the .2232
(See Commissioner.)

San Francisco, California. (See Dry Docks.)
navy-yard at. (See Nary-Yard.)
Sanger, Wm. P. J., bill for the relief of.760, 1810
Sappers, miners, and pontoniers, bill to repeal the

act for the organization of a company of.511
Savannah, joint resolution for surrendering the site
of the old Oglethorpe Barracks to the city of,
1519, 1525
Savannah river, bill to provide for the removal of
obstructions in the.......203, 217, 440, 1420
Schley, John, bill to extend a patent heretofore
granted to
.218, 233, 243
School reservations. (See Compacts.)
School lands, bill to allow exchanges of, and grant-
ing additional, to the State of Arkansas...33
bill allowing exchanges of, and granting addi-
tional, to the several States which contain
public lands, and for other purposes.....40,

927, 1659, 1773, 1784, 1879, 1897
bill to extend the provisions of an act approved
Feb. 26, 1845, entitled An act to amend an
act to carry into effect in the States of Ala-
bama and Mississippi, the existing_compacts
with these States with regard to the 5 per cent.
fund and the school reservations...772, 1390
bill to authorize the Legislature of the State of
Mississippi to sell the lands heretofore appro-
priated for the use of schools in that State,
and to ratify and approve the sales already
made............... 1161, 1186, 1225, 1302
Schools, an act appropriating lands for the sup-
port of, in certain townships and fractional ||
townships in the Territory of Minnesota, not
before provided for...... ....1601, 1646
bill to authorize the school authorities in the
State of Florida to make certain reservations
for school purposes.
...1659
Scott, William, deceased, leave to withdraw the
papers of..
Scott, Maj. Gen. Winfield, joint resolution con-
ferring on, the rank of Lieutenant General by
brevet....
..30, 33, 145, 461

.....

...1591

remarks in relation to the opinions of, and the

Presidency, by-

Mr. Dawson....
Mr. Gwin...

.......

Mr. Mangum.

road. (See Pre-emption.)
Sevier, George W., the case of..

.2215

.2213
.2215

...679
Sewall, Robert, bill for the relief of the heirs and
representatives of the late.... .....595,
1179, 1425, 1683, 1736
Sewall, Jonathan N., withdrawal of the papers of,

902

Sebastian, William K., of Arkansas..1, 90, 103,
111, 129, 155, 183, 198, 217, 243, 244, 259,
282, 308, 345, 346, 410, 447, 503, 524, 525,
541, 845, 860, 920, 927,991, 992, 1046, 1127,
1136, 1178, 1186, 1187, 1205, 1210, 1240,
1285, 1373, 1406, 1424, 1525, 1548, 1592,
1736, 1755, 1756, 1832, 1847, 1848, 1934,
1972, 2049, 2110
resolutions by..........298, 346, 845, 967, 985
remarks on the proposition to appoint a clerk to
the Indian Committee..
.......309
remarks on the bill providing for the assignabil-
ity of land warrants....
...299, 300
remarks on the proposition for the purchase of
Catlin's paintings.
..1548

sas......

remarks on the bill to restore to the public lands
certain reserved lands in the State of Arkan-
.......1588, 1589, 2231
remarks on the bill for the security of passen-
gers on board of steamboats.. .......1741
remarks on the appropriation to pay the as-
signees of the contractors for the removal of
the Choctaw Indians.
...1452*
remarks on the appropriation to pay balances
to the Creek Indians..1461, 1464, 1465, 1466
remarks on the appropriation for the Cherokees
west of the Mississippi..
....2183

remarks on the appropriation for the Cherokees
east of the Mississippi..........2152, 2153
remarks on the appropriation to supply a defi-
ciency to the Choctaw Indians.........2151
remarks on the deficiency bill.

.....1132,
1354, 1355, 1460
remarks on the appropriation to the Seneca In-
dians of New York...
..1132
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill..2151
remarks on the appropriation for additional
compensation to the Miami Indians....1978,
1979, 1981, 1982
remarks on the appropriation to the Shawnee
Indians........2040, 2076, 2085, 2086, 2101
Secession, the right of, discussed. (See Compro-
mise Measures.)

Secretary of the Senate, instructions to the...34,
1736
report of the expenditures of the contingent
fund...
..258

(See Clerk.)

.........

resolutions of instruction to the...........694
Seeds, joint resolution to provide for the produc-
tion of seeds required for distribution at the
Patent Office.....
......878
Seminole warriors, appropriation to pay to the
heirs of the, who were mustered into the ser-
vice, &c....
.....2151, 2433
remarks by-

Mr. Sebastian....
.........2151
proposed appropriation to pay...........2185
Semmes, Lieut. Raphael, compensation for ser-

vices in continuing the survey on the Gulf of
Mexico...
....2452
Semoice, a friendly Creek Indian, bill for the re-
lief of the heirs of....... .984, 1186, 2205
Senate, hour of meeting.
..4, 1210, 2100
organization of the...
..4, 34
appropriation for the contingent expenses of
the.....
11, 42
Secretary of the, to purchase copies of the pen-
sion and bounty land laws.....
.2055
Seneca Indians, of New York, appropriation to
pay moneys withheld from them.......1131
remarks by-

Mr. Atchison.....
Mr. Berrien

Mr. Bradbury.

Mr. Cooper.

...1080
.1079, 1080
.1078, 1159

Mr. Dawson.

Mr. Miller..

Mr. Pearce........
Mr. Seward,
Mr. Sebastian.
Settlements, bill for the improvement and the es-
tablishment of a line of, along the route to
California and Oregon...
...1859

Seward, William H., of New York....1, 21, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 40, 41, 49, 60, 62, 79, 91, 104,
111, 112, 124, 128, 129, 130, 202, 244, 272,
282, 307, 308, 330, 468, 489, 502, 503, 511,
524, 525, 541, 543, 569, 586, 590, 595, 596,
601, 602, 605, 617, 637, 638, 651, 656, 657,
665, 666, 678, 680, 693, 694, 695, 703, 708,
717, 718, 721, 722, 745, 812, 825, 844, 901,
902, 920, 927, 952, 984, 1029, 1031, 1032,
1044, 1046, 1065, 1076, 1681, 1114, 1115,
1175, 1176, 1185, 1199, 1208, 1210, 1240,
1258, 1294, 1301, 1335, 1364, 1389, 1390,
1398, 1406, 1419, 1435, 1474, 1476, 1477,
1487, 1489, 1493, 1519, 1524, 1547, 1548,
1555, 1556, 1566, 1574, 1579, 1586, 1590,
1599, 1806, 1811, 1812, 1844, 1859, 1890,
1972, 1973, 1976, 2002, 2030, 2055, 2063,
2100, 2193, 2195, 2216, 2225, 2232, 2251,
2330, 2338, 2444, 2468, 2470
resolutions by..
.34, 203, 273, 310, 543,
694, 814, 847, 903, 1336, 1362, 1519, 1533,
1566, 1579, 1591, 2100, 2232
remarks in regard to the contested seat from
Florida...
....4
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
ment of Kossuth.
.....41, 66, 72, 88
remarks on the bill for the relief of John W.
Simonton...
....559, 560, 561
remarks on the proposition to print the letter of
Kossuth...
..587
remarks on the bill for the relief of Thomas H.
Leggett.....
.....603, 604
remarks in regard to visiting the steamship Bal-
tic.
.......657
remarks relative to a line of mail steamers to
Hamburg..
........826

remarks in relation to the loss of the schooner
Edith.....

.......847, 848

remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Car-
melite Nunnery....
..881
remarks on the proposition making appropria-
tion to pay for compiling the Opinions of the
Attorneys General....
....1476
remarks on the bill granting land to Michigan
for a railroad
......1521
remarks on the resolution proposing the pur-
chase of Catlin's paintings..1548, 1601, 1845
remarks on the death of Mr. Clay........1635
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,

1785

remarks on the bill for the exploration of the
seas in the region of the whale fisheries. 1973
remarks in relation to the North American fish-
eries.....
...1892, 1894

remarks on the apportionment bill....971, 973
remarks on the lowa land bill....761, 763, 764
remarks concerning the expedition to Japan..945
remarks on the bill granting further remedies to
patentees....
......1555, 1567, 1573
remarks on the proposition for building a war

steamer for harbor defense...... ...1575
remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line............1199, 1203, 1268, 1391, 1478
remarks on the appropriation to indemnify the
people of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, for
depredations committed by the Creek Indians,
1359, 1361
remarks on the proposition to regulate the ap-
pointment of midshipmen...2443, 2444, 2446
remarks on the deficiency bill......1132, 1354
remarks on the appropriation to the Seneca In-
dians of New York.
....1132
remarks on the appropriation for outfits to Min-
isters.....
.....2339, 2340
remarks on the proposition for the removal of
the remains of the Potomac Bridge.....2296
Seymour, Calvin B., and Willard Boynton, bill
for the relief of.....
..1115, 2205
Shade, Jacob, bill for the relief of......984, 2231
Shawnee Indians, memorial from a delegation of
the.......
.2143
appropriation to pay the moneys due them, &c.,
2038
remarks by-

Stock.

(See Louisville and Portland Canal.)
St. John's Church, in the city of Washington, bill
for the relief of..... .....440, 729, 786, 814
St. Peter's river, in Minnesota Territory, joint
resolution changing the name of the...1390,
1398, 1541, 1601, 2271

reservation at. (See Boundary.)
& Regis Indians, resolution and report concern-
ing....
.814, 967
Stockton, Francis B., bill for relief of..772, 1810
Stockton, Robert F., of New Jersey.....1, (cre-

dentials,) 111, 144, 203, 244, 259, 282, 298,
39, 418, 459, 468, 568, 595, 677, 682, 694,
7022, 745, 746, 760, 774, 826, 1046, 1164,
1199, 1363, 1532, 1554, 1566, 1574, 1628,
1889, 1973, 2030, 2140, 2169, 2225, 2486
remarks in regard to the case of Mr. Thrasher,
in Cuba...
.....40,
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
nent of Kossuth.......
.....51
remarks in regard to flogging in the Navy.111,
218, 223
remarks on the New Jersey resolutions on the
subject of non-intervention....
..438
remarks on the resolutions of the Legislature
of New Jersey in regard to the compromise
resolutions...
.543
remarks on the proposition to construct a war
steamer for harbor defense..... .....1325
"remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
1864, 1865
remarks on the compromise measures.118, 541
remarks on the bill granting further remedies to
patentees....
......1573
remarks on the bill for the security of passen-
gers on board of steamboats.....2426, 2427
remarks on the proposition to build a war-
steamer for harbor defense.. .....1542,
1574, 1575, 1578
remarks on the Army appropriation bill...2432
remarks on the appropriation for the construc-
tion of Fort Delaware...
.2435
remarks in relation to Piersson's steam con-
denser....
.....2446, 2449, 2450
remarks on the appropriation for the floating
dry-dock at San Francisco..1502, 1503, 1504
remarks on the appropriation for the Indians in
California...
Stryker's Annual Register, proposed subscription
.....903, 921
Subsistence in the Navy, appropriation for exper-
iments upon the character of alimentary sub-
stances used as.....
.2446
Sullivan, John T., bill for the relief of..

10.......

..2178

.308
425, 451
Sulphuric ether, the anaesthetic properties of. (See
Morton.)

Sumner, Charles, of Massachusetts..

...1,

(credentials,) 2, 46, 202, 217, 438, 447, 460,
576, 637, 677, 694, 695, 745, 781, 813, 825,
844, 860, 901, 908, 920, 927, 1065, 1076,
1098, 1115, 1140, 1185, 1186, 1199, 1224,
1239, 1240, 1258, 1321, 1372, 1389, 1398,
1419, 1420, 1459, 1519, 1533, 1547, 1784,
1832, 2193, 2203, 2212, 2309, 2371
resolutions by..
.298, 694, 702,
781, 800, 1005, 1301, 1533, 1566, 1859, 1934
Vremarks relative to the reception and entertain-
ment of Kossuth.....
remarks on presenting the memorial of the So-
ciety of Friends in relation to the fugitive
slave law.....
....1474
remarks on the bill for the relief of the legal
representatives of James C. Watson....1923
remarks on the death of Mr. Rantoul ....2140
remarks on the appropriation to pay the arrear-
ages due A. J. Downing, deceased.....2375
remarks in relation to the compromise meas-
.....641

ures......

....50

remarks concerning the fugitive slave law..1950
remarks on the Iowa land bill........761, 763
Superintendent, late, of the custom-house at New
Orleans, proposition to pay.... . ..
..2419
Superintendent of the Census, the pay of the, &c.
(See Census.)

Superintendent of Indian affairs in California, bill
to provide for the appointment of a.....308,
447, 461, 666
Surveying, bill to regulate. (See Public Lands.)
Surveying and sale of islands belonging to the
United States, bill to regulate the.......2370
appropriation for the purpose.....
Survey of the coast on the Gulf of Mexico, ap-
propriation to supply deficiency for the..2452

.2407

Surveyor general of public lands. (See Oregon.)
Surveyors general in the several districts, act to
amend an act entitled "An act for the discon-
tinuance of the, as soon as the surveys therein
can be completed, for abolishing land offices
under certain circumstances, and for other
purposes".
.1660, 1681, 2438
Surveys on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, propo-`
sition authorizing the Commissioner of the
General Land Office to cause, &c.......2377
Surveys of subdivisional lines. (See Alabama.)
Surveys of the public land in California. (See
California-Map.)

bill to authorize the payment, by the surveyor
general of California, for the surveys which
may be executed of any claims which have
been or may be presented to the Board of Land
Commissioners for adjudication under the act
of Congress, approved 3d March, 1851, to as-
certain and settle the private land claims in
California....666, 746, 966, 1599, 1848, 1882
remarks by-

Mr. Bayard..

Mr. Dawson.

.....

..1852, 1853, 1867
...1851, 1852
Mr. Felch..... .1849, 1850, 1853, 1866, 1867
Mr. Geyer.
..1849, 1850
Mr. Gwin .1849, 1850, 1851, 1866, 1867
Mr. Pratt.
.1849,
1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1866
.1848, 1849,
1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1866, 1867, 1868
Swamp-lands. (See Louisiana-Mississippi.)
Swan, Major Caleb, bill for the relief of the heirs

Mr. Weller.

of.
...2055
Switzerland, resolution in regard to diplomatic
intercourse with...
.469
Sykes, John J., bill for the relief of....760, 1809
Sylphide, hermaphrodite brig. (See Register:)
Sympathy of Congress. (See Irish Patriots-Kos-
suth.)

T.

Synoptical Index for the Statutes at Large, appro-
priation for......
..2341
Talcott, George, Brigadier General by brevet and
Colonel of Ordnance, the proceedings of the
court-martial upon..

resolution concerning.

..62
..389
.1199

bill for the relief of..
Taxes. (See Land Taxes.)
Taylor, David, appropriation to pay the claim of,

2185

.1336, 1337
..1337
......1834
...1363

.1336, 1337

..1363
..1834

Mr. Walker..
Tennessee, memorial of the Legislature of...651,

813

an act to authorize the Legislative Assemblies of
the several, to control the appropriations to
be made by Congress for the support of the
governments of the said....... ..1542, 2489
Texas, bill to provide for the payment of such of

the creditors of, as are comprehended in the
act of Congress of September 9, 1850...2231
bill to amend the act entitled an act proposing
to the State of, the establishment of her north-
ern and western boundary, &c......199, 702
(See Indian Tribes.)
resolutions of the Legislature of.......
.......825
an act to run and establish the boundary be-
tween the State of, and the Territories of the
United States...
..1542, 1682

protection of. (See Territories.)
proposed authority to the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue stock to, under the act of
September 9, 1850, proposing a boundary to,

Texas Navy, joint resolution relative to the offi-
cers of the..
Texas Indians. (See Indians.)

Thanks, vote of. (See President of the Senate.)
Thomas, Lewis A., and Thomas Rogers, bill for
the relief of..
.503
Thompson, Mary W., bill for the relief of..298,
369, 389, 425, 451
Thompson, Ambrose W., memorial in favor of a
steam mail contract with.
....966
Thompson, William, and other heirs of Joseph
Thompson, senior, deceased, bill confirming
their title to a tract of land.......1128, 1141
Thornton, Presley, deceased, bill for the relief of
the heirs and legal representatives of.....543
Thrasher, John S., petition in relation to the im-
prisonment of, in Cuba, and remarks there-
..40
communication from the President in relation
to....
...110
Thurston, Elizabeth F., bill for the relief of.1737
Thurston, Thomas, bill for the relief of.....1389
Timber on the public lands, bill to amend the act
of 1831, in relation to cutting... . . . ......61

on

Tippett, Edward D., petition concerning his in-
vention of steam engine....
..1487-
Title to certain lands in the city of Cincinnati,
Ohio, bill for the settlement of the......2370
Toby, J. B., & Co., and others, bill for the relief
of..
..1210

Tonnage duty, bill to repeal an act concerning, on
Spanish vessels, passed the 30th of June,
1834....
.91, 104, 2002
.273
on Spanish vessels
Toucey, Isaac, of Connecticut, (the credentials of,
1362,) 1490, 1491, 1844, 1923, 1634, 2002,
2011, 2143, 2269, 2425
remarks in relation to the North American fish-
eries.....
.1893, 1894
remarks on the bill for the construction of a ship
canal around the Falls of St. Mary's....1935
remarks on the proposition to build a war
steamer for harbor defense....
..1577
remarks on the light-house bill.... ..2459
remarks on the proposition declaring the Wheel-
ing Bridges lawful structures.....2441, 2442
remarks on the appropriation for outfits for
Ministers.....
..2340
remarks on the proposition to settle the accounts
for public printing at a reduction of fifty per
.2397
Towns of Fort Madison and Burlington, in the
county of Des Moines, and the towns of Belle-
ville, Dubuque, and Peru, in the county of
Dubuque, Wisconsin....
..826

cent..

(See Belleview, Iowa.)

Trade, with Mexico. (See Drawback.)

of the British colonies, proposition to print ex-
tra copies of the report from the Treasury
Department on the.......
.2465

Train, Enoch, and others, petition of, for grants to
mail steamships..
..966
Transfer drafts, call for the number issued..2144
Transfers from one head of appropriation to an

other, the provision of law authorizing the
President to make, repealed......2429, 2444
Tresurer, Assistant, of the United States, in New
York, proposition to increase the salary of
the.....
.2407

Treasury Department, calls upon the.......218,
273, 346, 398, 966, 967, 1065, 1116, 1208,
1336, 1352, 1549, 1555, 1579, 1879, 1972,
2100, 2139, 2140, 2144, 2232, 2457
communications from the... .29, 202, 328,
388, 397, 424, 468, 575, 590, 637, 941, 1140,
1185, 1224, 1474, 1566, 1586, 1659, 2030,

.....

2143, 2231, 2251, 2266, 2370, 2390, 2489
Treaty with Mexico. (See Mexican Indemnity.)
Tribou, Francis, bill for relief of..651, 902, 1683
Tripp, Albra, act for relief of.243, 245, 503, 1175
Tucker, John, bill for relief of...991, 2204, 2212
Twiggs, Priscilla D., proposition for the payment
to, the amount due to her son George D.
Twiggs
.2432
U.
Underwood, Joseph R., of Kentucky......1, 12,
21, 30, 32, 33, 40, 49, 50, 61, 62, 81, 90, 91,
104, 106, 111, 112, 124, 125, 128, 130, 144,
155, 183, 186, 198, 244, 245, 259, 272, 297,
298, 308, 328, 330, 345, 346, 362, 364, 388,
400, 418, 424, 425, 426, 440, 450, 460, 468,
487, 489, 492, 503, 504, 524, 569, 575, 576,
590, 596, 619, 630, 657, 659, 693, 695, 704,
722, 729, 745, 761, 773, 866, 878, 883, 901,
902, 903, 928, 952, 966, 967, 976, 985, 1015,
1044, 1048, 1065, 1068, 1098, 1106, 1115,
1122, 1140, 1141, 1178, 1180, 1185, 1186,
1205, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1240, 1259, 1270,
1285, 1286, 1287, 1292, 1302, 1321, 1372,
1376, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1444, 1445, 1453*,
1463, 1464, 1487, 1488, 1519, 1522, 1523,
1527, 1533, 1542, 1547, 1551, 1554, 1566,
1588, 1617, 2103, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2193,
2194, 2202, 2225, 2232, 2312, 2331, 2374,
2376, 2430, 2434, 2438, 2470, 2487, 2488,
2489
resolutions by......50, 61, 81, 145, 1362, 2331
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
ment of Kossuth...
.25, 26, 34, 52
remarks on the bill for the relief of Margaret
L. Worth.......
.112
remarks on the proposition for a re-investiga-
tion by the Judiciary of settled claims, &c.,

145
remarks on the proposition to print the geologi-
cal report of Dr. Owen....
...155
remarks in regard to the intercourse with France,
185

.......

....

Underwood, Joseph R., of Kentucky-
remarks on the bill for the relief Margaret Het-
zel....
.229
remarks on the bill providing for the assigna-
bility of land warrants.
.299,
300, 301, 302, 311, 312, 314, 669
remarks on the bill for the relief of Sally T.
Floyd.....
.419
remarks on the bill for the relief of John Er-
vin.
490
remarks on the bill for the relief of Thomas H.
Leggett....
......603
remarks on the bill for the relief of John F.
Callan
.681
remarks in relation to the claims of the Virginia
State and continental lines in the revolution-
ary Army...
.......879
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.......1029,
1031, 1032, 1033

....

...

personal explanation by.
remarks on the memorial of Leslie Combs, on
the Texas debt..
.1045
remarks on the bill to amend the act in relation

to the payment of claims..... ....1337
remarks on the bill to alter the mode of com-
pensating members of Congress........1374
on the appropriation for the Long Bridge. 1450*
remarks on the bill to authorize the issue of du-

plicate land warrants in certain cases....1523
remarks on the bill providing further remedies
to patentees.
remarks on the bill to restore to the mass of the
public lands certain reserved lands in Arkan-

sas...

1589

remarks on the bill for the relief of Mary
Woodward....
.......1600

remarks on propositions to amend the rules,
1605, 1607, 1608, 2170
remarks on the bill for the relief of Mark and
Richard H. Bean..........1618, 1620, 1621
remarks on the bill for the relief of Elizabeth
B. Lomax...
...1622
remarks on the death of Mr. Clay..1632, 1637
remarks on the resolution in relation to the
amount of money received by Generals Scott
and Pierce...
.2213, 2214, 2215
remarks on the bill to provide for the election of
public printer....
...2325, 2328, 2336
remarks on the appropriation to indemnify the
Spanish Consul at New Orleans..2340, 2341
remarks on the apportionment bill..1000, 1014
remarks in relation to the compromise meas-

119

remarks in relation to printing the census re-
.......205
remarks on the proposition for the improvement
of the dam at the head of Cumberland Island,
1525, 1526
remarks on the Iowa land bill.351, 762, 765, 767
remarks on the bill for the establishment of a
mail line between New Orleans and Vera
Cruz...

..933

remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2455
remarks on the provision to regulate the appoint-
ment of midshipmen..
.2443, 2444
remarks on propositions in the deficiency bill,
1103, 1454*

remarks in relation to procuring copies of the
Spanish laws and decrees affecting private

land claims in New Mexico....
..1480
remarks in relation to the Mexican boundary
line...
...1404, 1405
remarks in relation to paying the workmen on
the Capitol....
....1453*, 1454*
remarks on the bill to increase the salary of the
district judge of the district of New Hamp-
shire....
.924
remarks on the appropriation for the Indians in
California....
...2173, 2174
remarks on the appropriation to the Shawnee
Indians...
....2078,
2079, 2084, 2085, 2081, 2101, 2103

Underwood, Joseph R., of Kentucky-

remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2291,
2298, 2377, 2401
remarks on the proposition to settle the accounts
for the public printing at a reduction of fifty
per cent...
....2400, 2401
remarks on the proposition for the introduction
of water into Washington......
.2269
remarks on the appropriation to support the
Mexican Boundary Commission.... ..2407
remarks on the proposition for the removal of
the remains of the Potomac Bridge. ...2295
Upham, William, of Vermont...
..1, 33,

resolution by......

49, 111, 308, 346, 389, 426, 488, 586, 595,
606, 678, 772, 1065, 1115, 1225, 1519, 1686,
1810, 1922, 2203, 2423
..967
remarks in regard to paying interest on the
claim of Ira Day...
..430, 1649
remarks on the proposition to pay the expenses
for the entertainment of Kossuth..... ..719
V.

Vallejo, Mariano G., leave to withdraw the pa-
pers of....
........1199
Van Brunt, Rulif, bill for the relief of.......1541
Vanderbilt steamers, proposition in regard to the,
826

Vanderlyn, J., joint resolution authorizing the
President to grant to the use of, a site on the
public lands in the city of Washington for a
gallery of arts...
...2100
Vasquez, Antoine, Hypolite Vasquez, Joseph"
Vasquez, and John Collighan, bill author-
izing, to enter certain lands in Missouri.503,
1177, 1186
Veazie, Joseph, withdrawal of the papers of..226
Ventilator, conical. (See Espy.)
Vermont, resolutions of the Legislature of...389
Vincent, Federick, administrator of Le Caze and
Mallett, bill for the relief of... .....966,
1446, 1808, 2202
Virginia, resolutions of the Legislature of....1532
(See Courts.)
Virginia military land warrants, bill to make an
appropriation of lands to satisfy the claims
of those holding...
.......826,
878, 1186, 2389, 2438, 2464
(See Land Scrip.)
bill further to extend the time for locating.1519
Virginia Woolen Company, bill for the relief of
the....
.243, 245, 259, 364, 389
Volunteer companies of Washington. (See Arms.)
Volunteers, Louisiana, decision in the case of
the.....
.679
Votes for President. (See Electoral Votes.)
W.
Wade, Benjamin, of Ohio...

.1, (cre-
dentials,) 2, 81, 103, 124, 202, 217, 226, 227,
244, 272, 297, 298, 308, 328, 330, 388, 389,
397, 418, 460, 486, 402, 503, 510, 524, 541,
568, 569, 576, 586, 595, 601, 617, 618, 637,
656, 657, 665, 693, 702, 717, 745, 813, 825,
966, 984, 1065, 1115, 1128, 1199, 1207, 1321,
1351, 1362, 1393, 1419, 1459, 1474, 1487,
1519, 1524, 1532, 1566, 1627, 1646, 1659,
1674, 1755, 1859, 1879, 1921, 1936, 1937, 2140
resolutions by..
.1352, 1645
remarks on the bill for the relief of the legal
representatives of James C. Watson....1923
remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line.....
..1302, 1303, 1304
Walker, Isaac P., of Wisconsin.....1, 4, 29, 40,
50, 60, 61, 81, 104, 111, 130, 144, 155, 158,
183, 184, 186, 225, 226, 244, 245, 297, 315,
331, 346, 364, 368, 389, 399, 400, 440, 460,
493, 502, 543, 568, 601, 602, 629, 651, 665,
666, 693, 702, 761, 774, 781, 813, 814, 878,
901, 927, 937, 952, 966, 985, 1005, 1044, 1065,
1098, 1115, 1128, 1140, 1167, 1174, 1186,
1208, 1209, 1224, 1286, 1354, 1372, 1389,
1399, 1419, 1446, 1493, 1532, 1554, 1556,
1573, 1574, 1591, 1628, 1645, 1659, 1784,
1807, 1808, 1810, 1844, 2049, 2140, 2144,
2193, 2194, 2195, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2212,
2226, 2231, 2293, 2327, 2468, 2469, 2470
resolutions by.......111, 226, 346, 1460, 1469
remarks on the appointment of a committee to
wait on Kossuth...
.104
remarks on his resolution on intervention..129
remarks in regard to the intercourse with
France.....
..184
remarks on the bill providing for the assigna-
bility of land warrants..
.300,
301, 303, 310, 312, 313, 668

.......

Walker, Isaac P., of Wisconsin-

.....827

remarks on the resolution to pay Mr. Rives for
reporting, &c. .....
..347
remarks in relation to the salaries of territorial
officers...
remarks on the joint resolution for the continu-
ance of the work on the Capitol...1025, 1026
remarks on the bill granting lands to Wiscon-
sin, for the purpose of constructing a railroad
from Fond du Lac to Janesville........1226
remarks on the bill authorizing a survey for a
basin for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
1352, 1353
remarks on the bill granting land to Wisconsin
for a railroad.....
...1399
remarks on the resolution for the free transmis-
sion of the Congressional Globe and Appen-
dix.....
.2030

remarks on the bill in relation to the Census
Board......
.....2062, 2063
remarks concerning a certain paper alleged to
have been signed by certain Senators...2293
remarks concerning Temple's Memoirs...1834
remarks on the appropriation for the Cherokees

west of the Mississippi..........2182, 2184
remarks on the appropriation for the Cherokees
east of the Mississippi...
......2153
remarks on the appropriation to supply a de-
ficiency to the Choctaw Indians... .2147
remarks on the naval appropriation bill..2453,

remarks on the appropriation for additional com-
pensation to the Miami Indians...1779, 1980
remarks on the appropriation to the Shawnee
Indians...2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2102, 2103 ||
remarks on the proposed appropriation for an
investigation of certain claims for provisions
alleged to have been furnished to the Indians
in California.........2103, 2104, 2105, 2107
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2252,
2419, 2420
remarks on the proposition to settle the accounts
for the public printing at a reduction of fifty
.....2400
Wince, Cadwalader, bill for relief of. 1205, 2144
Ward, Harriet, bill for the relief of.. ...1524
War Department, calls upon the..
.41,

per cent....

61, 155, 328, 346, 389, 447, 618, 709, 746,
760, 814, 903, 991, 1116, 1141, 1208, 1224,

1240, 1301, 1460, 1588, 1736, 1960, 2030
communications from the...
.111,
225, 258, 297, 397, 407, 468, 502, 556, 760,
781, 845, 901, 984, 1004, 1114, 1127, 1159,
1174, 1240, 1389, 1510, 1519, 1547, 1586,
1899, 1755, 2308, 2390
Warehouses, Government, concerning.... ..398
Warehousing of imported merchandise, bill to
modify the several acts regulating the.619, 630
bill to extend the, by the establishment of pri-
vate bonded warehouses, and for other pur-
poses..
..2239
War-steamer for harbor defense, joint resolution
for the building of a....
..760,
1199, 1259, 1321, 1322, 1542, 1574

remarks by-

Mr. Atchison..

Mr. Bayard.

Mr. Davis.

Mr. Dawson

Mr. Hale.

Mr. Hamlin.
Mr. Hunter.

.1543
.1574
.1578
..1541
...1543
.....1543
.1574, 1575
..1576
..1575

Mr. Mallory.
Mr. Seward.
Mr. Stockton.
.1525, 1542, 1575, 1578
Mr. Toucey..
..1577
Mr. Underwood.
.1543, 2578
War-steamer contracted for with Robert L. Ste-
vens, proposition for the completion of..2446
Warrington, M. K., and C. W. J. Shubb, exec-

utors of Captain Lewis Warrington, bill for
the relief of........50, 61, 91, 389, 490, 493
Washington, the brig. (See Pensions.)
Washington's birthday observed.... ......618
Washington, Samuel T., the application of, for
relief.....
...902

Washington Gaslight Company, bill to amend
an act to incorporate the, approved July 8,
1848........298, 308, 440, 1686, 1736, 2040
32D CONGRESS-1ST SESSION.

.2288

Mr. Cooper..

Mr. Dawson.

Mr. Hale.

.2288, 2289, 2290, 2291
..2289
.2290, 2291
.2290, 2291
.2289

Mr. Underwood..
Watson, Joseph, deceased, bill for the relief of
the legal representatives of.....155, 230, 243
Watson, James C., of Georgia, bill for the relief
of the legal representatives of.........1047,
1115, 1651, 1922, 1936
remarks by-
Mr. Dawson..
..1652
Weed, Elijah J., late Quartermaster of Marines,
deceased, bill for the relief of the securities
of.....
.397, 725, 746
Weekes, David P., bill for the relief of......525,
1177, 1186
Weightman, R. H., Delegate from New Mexico,
appropriation for mileage for.. ..2408
Weller, John B., of California....771, 781, 813,
844, 952, 967, 985, 991, 992, 1015, 1031, 1048,
1270, 1271, 1329, 1389, 1404, 1425, 1444,
1479, 1489, 1579, 1590, 1591, 1592, 1602,
1659, 1844, 1847, 1848, 1919, 1922, 1978,
1982, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2030, 2076, 2100,
2101, 2172, 2205, 2206, 2216, 2232, 2310,
2329, 2331, 2340, 2371, 2373, 2377, 2390,
2391, 2393, 2394, 2395, 2428, 2436, 2468
resolutions by.
.814, 952, 967, 985,
1301, 1586, 1589, 1628, 1660, 1847, 1934,
1972, 2030, 2055, 2100, 2144, 2463
remarks in relation to salaries of territorial of-
ficers.....
..827
remarks in regard to the establishment of mili-
tary posts in California..
.1588
remarks concerning a lease of the islands in the
Pacific.....
....1590
remarks on the proceedings of the Mexican
Boundary Commission....
..1919,
1920, 1921, 2309
remarks on the bill to provide for the settlement
of private land claims in California.....2037
remarks in relation to the amount of money re-
ceived by Generals Pierce and Scott....2214
remarks on the bill providing for the election of
public printer.........2335, 2336, 2337, 2338
remarks on the apportionment bill....996, 997,
1000, 1009, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014
remarks concerning the expedition to Japan,
947, 948, 1007
remarks on the bill providing for the security
of passengers on board of steamboats..1670,
1671, 2428
remarks on the bill providing for the payment
of the surveys of the claims in California,
1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1866,
1867, 1868
remarks on the light-house bill......2458, 2461
remarks on the Army appropriation bill..2430,
2432, 2433
remarks on the proposition declaring the Wheel-
ing bridges lawful structures.
..2441 l
remarks on the deficiency bill.
..1499
remarks in relation to procuring copies of the
Spanish laws and decrees affecting private
land claims in New Mexico.1479, 1480, 1481
remarks on the appropriation for the dry-dock
at San Francisco.....1500, 1501, 1502, 1503
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill..2146,
2171

remarks on the appropriation for the Indians in
California.2172, 2173, 2174, 2175, 2176, 2177
remarks on an appropriation for investigation
into certain claims for provisions alleged to
have been furnished the Indians in California,

2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2109, 2110

C

.845, 1624, 1773

.1774

.1773, 1774, 1775
......1774

Western waters, security of persons traveling on

the. (See Lives.)
Weston, Nathan, jr., late additional paymaster
in the United States Army, bill for the relief
` of.....
...984, 1813, 1834
Weymouth, Ichabod bill for the relief of..657,
902, 1683
Whaling grounds, survey of. (See Behring's
Straits.)

Whaling vessels. (See Exploration.)
Wheeling bridges, memorial in regard to.602, 826
bill declaring the, lawful structures, and for
other purposes..
.2256, 2310
remarks by-

Whipple, Captain Joseph, bill for the relief of the
legal representatives of.
..1628
.1, 11,

Whitcomb, James, of Indiana..

40, 49, 61, 104, 158, 198, 202, 231, 330, 362,
389, 398, 419, 1210
White, Anthony W., deceased, bill for the relief
of the legal representatives of......991, 2204
White, John Moore, bill for the relief of.....878,
1811, 2212

Whitney, Asa. (See Railroads.)
Widows of deceased soldiers, (See Pensions.)
Wigg, William Hazard, bill for relief of....2268
Williams, Ezra, bill for relief of....331, 426, 451
Williams, John, bill for relief of......1362, 1651
Williams, William G., bill for relief of.760, 1810
Williams, Staples and Williams, an act for the
relief of..
.298, 410, 728
Willson, Jefferson, the administrator of Hannah
A. Wray, deceased, bill for relief of....1599
Wilmington and Manchester Railroad, bill for the
relief of....
.2271, 2371

Winder's Building, appropriation for.......2372
remarks by-

Wingate, Jeremiah, bill for the relief of the heirs
of...
....984, 1161, 2205
Winslow, Daniel, bill for the relief of the securities
of...
.....666, 1445
Wisconsin, resolutions of the Legislature of the
State of.. .......568, 656, 781, 844, 967
bill to extend the time for selecting lands granted
to the State of, for saline purposes.......40,
50, 104, 331, 346, 1064
bill to authorize the State of, to select the resi-
due of the lands to which that State is enti-
tled, under the act of the 8th of August, 1846,
to aid in the improvement of the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers...
.586, 774, 782
bill to grant to the State of, the military reser-
vations at Forts Winnebago and Howard.844
bill to authorize the Governor of, to select and
locate other lands in lieu of such as had been
sold in the tract granted to aid in the improve-
ment of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers.....4
bills granting the right of way and making grants
of land to aid in the construction of railroads
in-

from Milwaukie to Prairie la Crosse, on the
Mississippi river...4, 33, 61, 1398, 1628