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,
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......
remarks in regard to the mileage of the Delegate from Oregon..... .....595, 596
lowance,
remarks by- Mr. Badger.
Mr. Bell. Mr. Cass..
Mr. Charlton.... Mr. Hunter.
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-
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
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
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...
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-
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...
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-
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
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
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
Mr. Seward...
Mr. Underwood..
funeral rites over the remains of.
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
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
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
report in relation to.......
.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
appropriation to increase the compensation of the.. Clerks, first, in certain navy-yards, increased pay ....2446
...1148, 1149, 1162, 1164, 1227, 1228, 1231, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1246, 1247, 1289, 1296, 1309, 1310, 1390
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-
Mr. Butler........ Mr. Cass..... . . . Mr. Dawson.
Mr. Hunter. Mr. Mangum. Mr. Mason.. Mr. Pearce.
Mr. Pratt..
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...
..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....
...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...... Mr. Hale.
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
Cooper, James, of Pennsylvania-
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..
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
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. Underwood....
Darby, William, bill for the relief of.
..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.....
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,
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....
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
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
.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
..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.
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
Depositary of the Treasury in California, con- ......1972
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
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.......
(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..
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-
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,
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-
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
.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,
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
.2375, 2376 ...2374 .2375, 2376
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