Dry dock in California-

proposition in the deficiency bill authorizing the
use of the, for private vessels, &c......1408
propositions in the naval appropriation bill con-
cerning....
..2450, 2451, 2452, 2456
Dudley, Thomas P., bill for the relief of.....984
Duer, William, the case of... .... .... . .679, 724
Duff, John, bill for the relief of..1532, 1683, 1736
Dumont, Lieutenant Colonel Ebenezer, bill for
the relief of....
...1755
Dunning, James, bill for relief of...226, 362, 389
Duties, bill to to remit or refund duties on goods,
wares, and merchandise destroyed by fire,
226, 410
bill to release the bonds given for, on goods,
wares, and merchandise destroyed by fire in
the city of San Francisco, in California, and
for other purposes.
.298, 308
remission of, on railroad iron. (See Raleigh
and Gaston Railroad Company.)
import, resolution proposing a modification of,
928
Duties on railroad iron. (See Wilmingion and
Manchester Railroad.)

Duty. (See Tonnage Duty.)
Dwelly, William, bill for relief of.984, 1460, 1666
Dwinell, Rufus, bill for the relief of.. .....186,
230, 243, 694
Dyson, Leonard, bill for the relief of, as assignee
of Edward McLaughlin or his legal repre-
sentatives...
...1128, 1460

E.

Eagle Steamboat Company, at Washington, Dis-
trict of Columbia, bill to incorporate the..524
Easton, William C., bill for relief of. 447, 785, 814
Easton, Langdon C., bill for relief of. 1646, 2239,
Edith, call for information in relation to the loss
of the schooner....

remarks by-

Mr. Badger..

Mr. Cass.
Mr. Gwin
Mr. Hale..

Mr. Hunter.

Mr. Seward..

Mr. Shields.

Mr. Pratt.....

the steamer.....

....847

..847, 849
...848
.847,848, 849
..848, 849
.847,848, 849
.847, 848
..848, 849

.848
.273

navy-yard,

2450
...11

Edwards's estate, near the Gosport
proposition for the purchase of.
Election. (See Contested Election.)
of a special committee on......
Electoral votes, joint resolution in relation to the

number of, each State will be entitled to in
the Presidential election of 1852.........619
Elliott, Jonathan, appropriation to pay......2402
Elliott, Mrs. Asenath M., widow of the late Cap-
tain E. G. Elliott, bill for the relief of...1972
Elliott, Theodore E., bill for the relief of....525,
1178, 1424
Ellis, Giles U. (See Cash, David C.)
Emigrants to California, protection of. (See Tele-
graph.)

Employees, about the Capitol.....

.2329

of the Senate, proposition for extra pay to.2469
Engineer Bureau, bill allowing the principal as-
sistant in the, the same compensation which
the principal assistant in the Ordnance Bu.
reau of the War Department receives...1488
Engrossed Bills, Committee on.... .32, 594, 2457
Enrolled Bills, Committee on.....
..32,

49, 1373, 1923, 2425
Entries of public land, suspended, bill to rivive
and continue in force for a limited time the
provisions of an act relative to..........104.
124, 244, 1736
bill to legalize certain, made in Florida....952,
1225, 1337, 1756, 1769
Errata..
.92, 125, 1488
Ervin, John, bill to confirm the claim of, to a cer-
tain tract of land in the De Bastrop claim.308,
425, 489
Espy, Professor J. P., bill for the relief of....630
bill granting compensation to, for the use of his
conical ventilator..
..630
appropriation to pay..
..2450
Estimates, proposition in regard to the.......903
Everly, Lieutenant Michael, a revolutionary offi-
cer, bill for the relief of the children of..1586
Everett, Edward, an act for the relief of.....243,
245, 259, 363, 389
Executions, public, of criminals, bill to prohibit,
1107, 1115

.2252, 2255
.2253, 2254, 2255
.2252, 2254, 2255
..2252, 2253
Mr. Pearce.....2252, 2253, 2254, 2255, 2256
Mr. Shields.
.2255
Explosion of steam-boilers, joint resolution au-
thorizing the President of the United States
to appoint a committee of practical, scientific
men, to make a series of practical experiments
for the purpose of ascertaining, if possible,
the cause or causes of the......104, 282, 308
memorial in regard to the, and remarks there-
.469, 487

on.

Exports to Mexico (See Drawback.)
Express, the New York, remarks of Mr. Mangum
upon the conduct of the editor of, &c...1159
Extra pay. (See Employees of the Senate-Em-
ployees about the Capitol-Reporters.)
F.

Factor, William Senna, bill for the relief of..1832
Fagnazi, Guiseppe. (See Portrait of H. Clay.)
Falls of Louisville, memorial for a canal on the

north bank of the Ohio around the......966
of the Ohio, bill to provide more effectually for
overcoming the obstructions to the naviga-
tion at the... ......81, 104, 2144, 2169
Farrar, Margaret, bill for the relief of..503, 1176
Fay, Theodore S., proposed compensation to,

2379
Fawns, James A., bill for the relief of. .984, 1186
Fayetteville and Central Plank Road, resolution
granting the right of way to the..1258, 1321
Fees and costs, bill to regulate the, to be allowed
to clerks, marshals, and attorneys of the cir-
cuit and district courts of the United States,
2195
Felch, Alpehus, of Michigan..1, 33, 40, 41, 49, 81,
91, 104, 112, 124, 128, 130, 153, 155, 183,
184, 198, 208, 209, 217, 228, 244, 245, 259,
272, 282, 297, 298, 303, 308, 330, 331, 348,
363, 365, 366, 400, 401, 424, 425, 438, 447,
450, 461, 469, 486, 487, 489, 503, 511, 524,
543, 569, 586, 595, 602, 619, 657, 728, 745,
746, 760, 772, 773, 774, 775, 813, 844, 860,
901, 927, 928, 941, 942, 952, 967, 991, 1005,
1049, 1054, 1068, 1082, 1141, 1161, 1176,
1180, 1186, 1187, 1225, 1241, 1301, 1321,
1390, 1398, 1420, 1445, 1460, 1488, 1510,
1511, 1520, 1522, 1523, 1532, 1541, 1592,
1599, 1628, 1645, 1646, 1659, 1681, 1736,
1737, 1742, 1743, 1756, 1768, 1770, 1775,
1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1810, 1812, 1859,
1949, 2030, 2100, 2169, 2204, 2232, 2238,

2373
..124.

resolutions by.
243, 282, 469, 985, 1141, 1769
remarks on the bill for the relief of William
Darby....
......209
remarks on the bill providing for the assignabil-
ity of land warrants..301, 302, 303, 314, 315
remarks on the bill for the relief of John Ervin,
490
remarks on the bill for the relief of T. H. Mc-
Manus...
..493, 682
remarks on the bill for the relief of Joseph H.
D. Bowmar..
.785, 2007
remarks on the bill granting lands to Wisconsin
for a railroad
...1399
remarks on the bill granting land to Michigan
for a railroad from Saginaw to Montreal..1520
remarks on the bill extending the time for se-
lecting lands granted to Michigan......1592
remarks on the bill to issue scrip to satisfy Vir-
ginia military land warrants......1682, 1683
remarks on the bill providing for the survey of
the public lands in California.........1770,
1171, 1172, 1773
remarks on the bill for the construction of a
canal around the Falls of St. Mary....1880,
1881, 1882, 1935

Felch, Alpheus, of Michigan-
remarks on the bill granting further remedies to
patentees..
.......1570
remarks on the bill providing for the payment
of surveys of claims in California.....1849,
1850, 1853, 1866, 1867
remarks on the deficiency bill......1145, 1494
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill..2288,
2378, 2407
Fenwick, Martin, bill for relief of..503,1177, 1186
Ferguson, James, surviving partner of the firm of
Ferguson & Milhardo, an act for the relief of,
298, 410, 728
Field, Alexander P., late Secretary of Wisconsin
Territory, and sureties, joint resolution for
the relief of...
.130, 272, 365, 390
Finance, Committee on ...

clerk allowed to the..

the continuance of the clerk to the..
bills reported from..

.32
..130
...2486

.91, 12, 203,
272, 410, 424, 460, 629, 845, 991, 1488, 1554,
1736, 1922, 2231, 2271, 2309, 239, 2419

discharged from subjects...

resolution of instruction to the.

reports from the..

.4 60, 1541

...781
.1682

Fire. (See Library of Congress.)
Fish, Hamilton, of New York..1, (credentials,)

2, 30, 49, 50, 60, 61, 62, 80, 81, 103, 123, 124,
127, 202, 217, 243, 244, 245, 282, 297, 397,
398, 418, 438, 440, 447, 450, 468, 486, 510,
541, 558, 568, 569, 586, 602, 618, 619, 629,
651, 656, 677, 693, 717, 725, 745, 746, 772,
813, 860, 901, 929, 941, 966, 967, 1044, 1115,
1127, 1224, 1240, 1389, 1398, 1474, 1487,
1519, 1599, 1627, 1844, 2055, 2140, 2144,
2212, 2225, 2256, 2266, 2287, 2309, 2371
resolutions by.. ..62, 418, 746, 991, 1301
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2453
Fisher, Harriet, the widow of Marvin W. Fisher,
bill for the relief of....469, 1175, 1422, 1806
Fisheries, the North American, call upon the
President in relation to the, and response
thereto...1890, 2049, 2075, 2144, 2195, 2216,
remarks by-
Mr. Adams.
Mr. Bell.
Mr. Borland.
Mr. Butler...
Mr. Cass.....
Mr. Davis.....
Mr. Dawson......
Mr. Hamlin..

Fishing bounty, bill for the relief of the owners of
the schooners Ursula, Forester, Grampus, and
Stephen C. Phillips..
..1301
Fitz, Albert, leave granted to withdraw the pa-
pers of........
.....128
Fitzpatrick, Richard, bill for the relief of...1589,
1662, 1667
Flanagan, Thomas, bill for the relief of.....942,
1519, 1522, 1525
Fletcher, Thomas, deceased, an act for the relief

of the executors and heirs of......298, 1808
Flinn, Sarah, bill for the relief of...418, 728, 746
Flogging in the Navy, petition for the restoration
of...

...111
call, &c., in regard to....30, 34, 128, 203, 282
memorial in regard to.
..218

Florida, bills granting lands to-
for a railroad from Pensacola Bay, in the State
of Florida, to Montgomery, in Alabama..21,
30, 586, 1302, 1329

to aid in the construction of the Florida, Atlan-
tic, and Gulf Central Railroad.......21, 577
to aid in the construction of a plank road from
the city of Pensacola, in, to the town of Mont-
gomery, in Alabama.......
......198
appropriation for the satisfaction of the claims
of, for the service of her troops, &c.....2436

has of, call in regard to........
.128
s'utions of the Legislature of...
.345
joent resolution and other propositions to author-
ze the accounting officers of the Treasury to
pay to, the money actually paid and expended
i quelling Indian hostilities, under the act of
27 February, 1851..
..2101, 2431

bill to authorize the sale of certain reserved lands
.952

(See Entries of Lands-School Lands-Land Dis-
tricis.)

relief of..

Florida Keys. (See Preemption.)
Floyd, George R. Ca late Secretary of the Terri-
tory of Wisconsin, joint resolution for the
.......1756, 1922, 1934
Floyd, Sally T., widow of Lieutenant George C.
Floyd, late of the United States Army, bill
for the relief of.......
..50, 61
.61,

leave to withdraw the papers of......

91, 198, 209, 217, 362, 418
Faid meter, Linsey's, proposition for the pur-
chase or construction of....
Foot, Solomon, of Vermont..

.2450
....1, 282,

330, 337, 503, 602, 618, 629, 694, 746, 760,
71, 13, 826, 962, 941, 1390, 1423, 1424,
1400, 1488, 1566, 1586, 1623, 1879, 2202
Foote, Benry S., of Mississippi...
...1,
11, 12, 21, 30, 32, 41, 42, 49, 72, 91, 124,
125, 123 345, 389, 397, 543, 927, 1389
resolutions by.
..410, 502
Correction of his remarks..
.92
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
ment of Kossuth......22, 24, 26, 27, 41, 42,
44. 46, 53, 63, 66, 70, 71, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90
remarks in relation to the compromise meas-
ures..35, 37, 39, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 114, 115,
116, 118, 120, 133, 134, 136, 138, 139, 140
Foreign Relations, Committee on...... .32
authorized to appoint a clerk.
proposed instructions to.....

...2140
.111, 448,
469, 702, 903, 1047, 1199, 1301
bills and resolutions reported..... .398, 440,
595, £37, 678, 717, 902, 1336, 1488, 1554,
1599, 2251, 2271
discharged from subjects......609, 1844, 2309
reports from.......
..2002, 2239, 2465
Fort Delaware, appropriation for the construction
..2434

of........

..2432

Fort Madison. (See Preemption Claimants.).
Forts Winnebago and Howard, sale of military
reservation at. (See Wisconsin.)
Foster and Whitney's report, proposition to print,
124, 128, 130

Foundry, National. (See Arsenal.)
Fox ard Wisconsin rivers. (See Grants.)
France, intercourse with. (See Minister.)
Fraud. (See Claims.)

Frands on the revenue, call in regard to.....346
proposition for a committee to investigate, and
report from..... ....2457, 2484, 2486, 2489
Fugitive slave law, petition for the repeal of the,
901, 902, 991
memorial from the Society of Friends in regard
to, and remarks thereon...
....1474
instructions to the Judiciary Committee in re-
gard to....
..1934, 1950

remarks on the fugitive slave law by—

Mr. Borland...

Mr. Brooke...

Mr. Butler....

Mr. Charlton.
Mr. Douglas.
Mr. Gwin.

Mr. Mason.

Mr. Shields......

Mr. Sumner.

.1952
.1951

Tagitive slaves, appropriation to defray the ex-
penses of restoring, to their owners.....2371
G.

Gardère, François, bill for the relief of..1832, 1847

Gardiner, Francis P., bill for the relief of....389,

491, 493
Gardner claim, concerning the...
..1555
Garnett, Alexander Y. P., bill for the relief of,
460, 1175, 1186
Garrettson, Isaac. (See Bryan.)
Gaugers in the custom-house at New Orleans.
(See Collector.)

General Armstrong, the brig, resolution concern-
ing......
..1934
Geology of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota,
proposition to print the report of Dr. Owen
on the.
.155
appropriation to pay for printing the report,
1142
.2489

distribution of the report.....
remarks on the appropriation to pay for print-
ing the, &c., by-

Mr. Badger.
Mr. Borland.
Mr. Bradbury

Mr. Dodge, of lowa.

Mr. Hale....

Mr. Hamlin....

.........

.1144, 1478
..1143, 1144

.1478

..1142

..1142, 1143
.1143, 1144, 1478
Mr. Hunter...
..1142, 1143
Georgia, bill to provide for the payment to the
State of, for moneys expended and losses sus-
tained in horses and equipments by the vol-
unteers of the State militia, while engaged in
the suppression of Indian hostilities.....155,
186, 203
resolutions of the Legislature of......
..657
Geyer, Henry S., of Missouri...1, (credentials,)
2, 21, 30, 49, 91, 217, 226, 243, 297, 313,
314, 365, 503, 569, 576, 577, 618, 619, 630,
708, 709, 765, 773, 781, 812, 813, 825, 828,
844,860, 902, 927, 928, 952, 1044, 1065, 1115,
1128, 1141, 1160, 1181, 1209, 1285, 1352,
1362, 1488, 1510, 1524, 1525, 1542, 1554,
1666, 1770, 1776, 1807, 1922, 2238, 2271, 2310
resolutions by....
....577, 1736, 2055
remarks on the bill providing for the assignabil-
ity of land warrants....
.668
remarks in relation to the salaries of territorial
officers....
.826, 827, 828
remarks in relation to the St. Genevieve plank
road..........
.1046
remarks on the apportionment bill........974,
1009, 1012, 1014
remarks on the bill granting further remedies to
patentees....
....1571, 1573
remarks on the bill for the security of passen-
gers on board of steamboats.....1669, 1670,

1671, 1709, 1710, 1711, 1737, 1738, 1741
remarks on the bill providing for payment of the
survey of claims in California....1849, 1850
remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line.....
.1327, 1328
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2444,
2445, 2450, 2453, 2455, 2456, 2457
remarks on the proposition for the removal of
the remains of the Potomac Bridge......2296
Gideon, Jacob, bill for the relief of....1160, 2205
Gideon, Joseph, bill for the relief of..308, 425, 451
Gilbert, F. B., a page, resolution to compensate,

2239

Glynn, James, bill for the relief of.602, 1179, 1186
Gnadenhutten, in the State of Ohio, bill in rela-

tion to a certain lot of land in the town of,
224, 298, 1662
Goldsborough, L. M., G. J. Van Brunt, and J.
F. Blunt, bill for the relief of..702, 1661, 1667
Goods destroyed by fire. (See Duties.)
Graduation of the price of the public lands. (See
Public Lands.)

.1660
..2030

Graham, Lieut. Colonel J. D., and the Commis-
sioner to run the boundary between the Uni-
ted States and Mexico....
call for the report of.......
discussion in regard to his connection with the
management of the boundary commission,
2402
call on the Interior Department for the reasons
of his recall....
.....1859, 1882
Grants, to the State of Ohio of the unsold and un-
appropriated public lands remaining in that
State...
...4, 21, 30, 112, 1065, 1083
bill to authorize the Governor of the State of
Wisconsin to select and locate other lands
in lieu of such as had been sold in the tract
granted to aid in the improvement of the Fox
and Wisconsin rivers, in Wisconsin.......4
bill to grant to the State of Wisconsin a quan-

tity of land to aid in the construction of a

railroad from Milwaukie, in Wisconsin, by
way of Watertown, to Prairie La Crosse, on
the Mississippi river....4, 33, 61, 1398, 1628
bill to grant to the State of Wisconsin a quan-
tity of land to aid in the construction of a
railroad from Fond du Lac to Janesville, in
Wisconsin......4, 34, 666, 1209, 1226, 1240
of public lands to the States. (See Public Lands.)
bill to grant land to the State of Iowa, to aid said
State in the construction of a railroad from
Dubuque to Keokuck, and from Davenport to
the Missouri river..
..4, 21
bill granting the right of way and making a do-
nation of a portion of the public lands to the
State of Missouri, to aid in the construction
of a railroad from Hannibal to St. Joseph,
in said State...........11, 21, 308, 773, 782
bill granting the right of way to the Florida,
Atlantic, and Gulf Central Railroad Compa-
ny, through the public lands, and appropria-
ting lands to the State of Florida in aid of the
construction of said railroad and branches,
11, 21, 577, 1285, 1302
bill to grant to the State of Iowa, the unsold
and unappropriated public lands remaining in
that State...
.....11

bill granting the right of way and making a
grant of land to Florida and Alabama, to aid
in the construction of a railroad from Pensa-
cola Bay, in Florida, to Montgomery, in Ala-
bama..
..21, 30, 586, 1302, 1329
bill granting to the State of Missouri the right
of way and a portion of the public lands for
the purpose of aiding in the construction of a
railroad from St. Louis to the western limits

of that State....

see river.

..21, 30
bill granting to the State of Alabama the right
of way and a donation of public lands for
making a railroad from Selma to the Tennes-
...30, 33, 774, 782
bill granting a right of way and a donation of
public lands for making a railroad from Chat-
tanooga to Memphis..
......30
bill granting to the State of Alabama the right
of way and a donation of public lands for
making a railroad from Girard to Mobile
Bay.....
......30, 50, 1285, 1302
bill granting to the State of Michigan the right
of way and a donation of public lands for the
construction of a ship canal around the Fails
of St. Mary's, in said State..........33, 41
bill granting the State of Michigan the right
of way and a donation of public lands for the
purpose of constructing a plank road from
Saginaw to Montreal river, with a branch
from Grand river into the same..........33,
41, 1520, 1525
bill granting the right of way and making a
donation of land to the States of Wisconsin
and Michigan in aid of the construction of a
raidroad from Green Bay to Lake Superior.40
bill to grant to the State of Wisconsin the mili-
tary reservation at Fort Winebago, in that
State, to aid in improving the navigation of
the Fox and Wisconsin rivers....59, 61, 844
bill granting to the State of Mississippi the right
of way and a donation of public land for the
purpose constructing and locating a railroad
from Brandon to the eastern border of said
State, in the direction of Montgomery, Ala-
bama....
..91, 124, 128
bill granting the right of way and a portion of
the public lands in the State of Arkansas to
aid in the construction of certain railroads
therein......
....155, 308
bill granting to the State of Michigan the right
of way and a donation of public land for the
purpose of constructing a canal or railroad
across the Peninsula of Michigan.......184,
198, 308, 1241, 1258
bill granting lands to aid in the construction of
a railroad, with the right of way, from La-
fayette, Indiana, by way of Peoria, Illinois,
and Burlington, Iowa, to Missouri river..198
bill granting the right of way and a donation of
land to aid in the construction of a plank road
from the city of Pensacola, in Florida, to the
town of Montgomery, in Alabama......198
bill to grant a quantity of the public land to the
State of Arkansas, to aid in the construction
of a railroad from the Mississippi river to the
western boundary of Arkansas, by the Helena
and Fort Smith Railroad Company.....226,

243, 273, 308

Grants-

bill to grant to the State of Arkansas the right
of way and a portion of the public land to aid
in the construction a of railroad from a point
on the Mississippi river, opposite the town of
Memphis, Tennessee, via Little Rock, to
some point on Red river, on the border of
Texas..
....272, 282, 308
bill granting lands and the right of way to the
States of Indiana and Illinois, in aid of the
construction of a railroad from a point on the
Ohio river, opposite Louisville, Kentucky, to
a point on the Mississippi river opposite St.
Louis, Missouri..308, 952, 1302, 1329, 2212
bill to extend the time for selecting grants. (See
Wisconsin.)

bill granting the right of way and making a
grant of land to the State of Iowa in aid of
the construction of certain railroads in said
State.
.332,

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
bill making a grant of land to the States of In-
diana, Illinois, and Iowa, in aid of the con-
struction of a railroad from the Wabash to
the Missouri river..389, 398, 1205, 1362, 1373
bill granting land to the several States of the
Union for the relief and support of indigent
insane persons..
.....461, 469
bill granting the right of way and making a
grant of land to the State of Michigan, in
trust for the Zilwaukie, Grand Traverse, and
Mackinaw Plank-Road Company, in aid of
the construction of a plank road from Zil-
waukie, on the Saginaw river, to Grand Tra-
verse bay, thence to the Straits of Mackinaw,
595, 860, 1241, 1258
bill granting lands to the State of Arkansas, and
the right of way and a portion of the public
lands, to aid in the construction of the Ar-
kansas Central Railroad, &c........773, 782
bill granting the right of way and making a dona-
tion of public land to the State of Wisconsin,
to aid in the construction of a railroad from
Manitowac to the Mississippi river, in that
State.....
..781, 814

of a military reserve. (See Louisiana.)
bill making the States of Louisana and Missis-
sippi a grant of lands to aid in the construc-
tion of certain railroads therein.........814,
860, 1420, 1469, 1475
bill granting the right of way and making a
grant of land to aid in the construction of a
railroad from Lake Michigan to the Missis-
sippi river...
...878
bill granting to the State of Wisconsin a dona-
tion of public lands to aid in the construction
of a railroad from the town of Sheboygan, on
Lake Michigan, to the Mississippi river.920
bill to grant the right of way through the public
lands of the United States for the construction
of certain railroads in California enumerated,
1115, 1128, 1701
bill granting to the State of Arkansas the right
way and a portion of the public lands to aid
in the construction of a railroad from Gaines's
Landing to Fulton, in said State.......1208,
1225, 1683, 1686
bill granting to the State of Louisiana the right
of way and a donation of the public lands for
the purpose of locating and constructing a
railroad from Shreveport to the Mississippi
river, in said State...
.1225,

1460, 1554, 1847, 1859
bill granting the right of way and a portion of
the public lands to the State of California, to
aid in the construction of railroad from San
Francisco to the city of San José, in that
State....
..1336, 1390, 1398
bill granting the right of way and making a
grant of public lands to the States of Ohio,
Indiana, and Illinois, in aid of the construc-
tion of a railroad from Cincinnati to St.
Louis....
.......1336, 1352, 1628
bill granting to the State of Louisiana the right
of way and making a grant of land for the
construction of a railroad from New Orleans
to Opelousas, and thence to the Sabine. 1449,
1554

bill granting the right of way to the State of
Missouri, and a portion of the public land, to
aid in the construction of certain railroads in
said State....
..1504, 1511, 1519

......

Grants-

an act making grants of land to aid in the con-
struction of railroads and for other purposes,
1628, 2100, 2438
bill making a grant of land for the construction
of a canal from Tulare Lake to the San Joa-
quin, in the State of California........1736
to Michigan for a canal. (See Canal.)
bill granting to the State of California the right
of way and a donation of public lands for the
purpose of constructing a canal across the
Sierra Nevada Valley.....
.2239

bill granting the right of way and making a
grant of land to the States of Arkansas and
Missouri, to aid in the construction of a rail-
road from a point on the Mississippi, opposite
to the mouth of the Ohio river, via Little
Rock, to the Texas boundary, near Fulton,
in Arkansas, with branches to Fort Smith
and the Mississippi river.....
.2389,
2409, 2438, 2463, 2488
...2463
..2463 1
..2463

remarks by-

Mr. Cass.

Mr. Gwin...

Mr. Underwood...

..2171

Grayson, Colonel William, bill for the relief of,
781, 1810, 2203
Greene, Major General Nathanael, petition for the
purchase of the papers of....
..844
Greene, William P., bill for the relief of....111,
227, 243, 2299
Grenedux, C. E., bill for the relief of... ...1115
Greenwell, Combs, bill for the relief of.....1210
Greneaux, C. E., bill for the relief of..2204, 2212
Greenough, Robert, proposition to pay.
Greer, William, an act for relief of......... .298,
666, 1445
Grignon, Charles A., bill for the relief of....553,
569, 2194
Grignon, Robert, bill for the relief of.......2006
Guion & McLaughlin, bill for the relief of...525,
1177, 1423
Gunpowder depôts, concerning..............746
Gunter, Charles G., bill to relinquish the rever-

sionary interest of the United States to a cer-
tain reservation therein mentioned, and to
confirm the title of, thereto... ..460, 469
Guthrie's safety valve, concerning. ...814, 845
Gwin, William M., of California..1, 4, 30, 32,

33, 39, 40, 41, 49, 60, 61, 62, 72, 81, 91, 103,
104, 111, 124, 128, 144, 155, 183, 198, 202,
203, 217, 218, 224, 226, 227, 243, 244, 259,
272, 273, 274, 282, 298, 307, 308, 330, 331,
346, 388, 389, 390, 399, 410, 418, 424, 425,
447, 450, 460, 461, 468, 471, 487, 488, 503,
504, 511, 512, 553, 568, 570, 576, 586, 595,
596, 602, 619, 637, 638, 640, 657, 665, 666,
680, 695, 702, 703, 708, 709, 746, 760, 761,
766, 771, 775, 784, 813, 844, 878, 903, 921,
928, 929, 941, 965, 966, 968, 985, 992, 1064,
1096, 1106, 1107, 1114, 1115, 1129, 1161,
1175, 1192, 1199, 1205, 1209, 1210, 1240,
1258, 1259, 1285, 1336, 1352, 1364, 1372,
1389, 1390, 1391, 1511, 1522, 1524, 1525,
1541, 1542, 1547, 1554, 1590, 1591, 1599,
1600, 1602, 1617, 1623, 1628, 1645, 1646,
1659, 1662, 1686, 1701, 1736, 1737, 1755,
1756, 1783, 1784, 1787, 1810, 1811, 1832,
1834, 1835, 1847, 1859, 1860, 1866, 1879,
1883, 1922, 1934, 1949, 1951, 1973, 2002,
2004, 2010, 2033, 2041, 2049, 2143, 2231,
2233, 2234, 2266, 2269, 2270, 2300, 2390,
2438, 2442, 2450, 2457, 2470
resolutions by.........30, 128, 259, 308, 389,
410, 461, 709, 966, 1116, 1555, 1784, 1934,
1950, 2232, 2370
remarks in regard to printing the census re-
......156, 157
remarks on the bill providing for the assignabil-
ity of land warrants
.301, 314, 315
remarks on flogging in the Navy. .......346
remarks on the resolution to pay Mr. Rives for
reporting......
.347

turns......

remarks on the bill providing additional de-
fences for the people of California and Oregon,
470

Gwin, William M., of California-
remarks in regard to refunding duties to Cali-
fornia....
....511
remarks on the bill providing for the settlement
of the accounts of public officers for military
contributions in Mexico............676, 677
remarks relative to the bill for a navy-yard at
San Francisco......
....554, 555, 784
remarks in relation to the loss of the schooner
Edith......
.847, 848, 849
..878

personal explanation by...
remarks on the joint resolution for the continu-
ance of the work on the Capitol.......1030,
1031, 1033

remarks in relation to the opinions of General
Scott, and the proceedings of the Whig Con-
gressional caucus..
....1079, 1080
remarks on the bill providing for the ascertain-
ment and settlement of private land claims in
California....
...1129, 2033, 3038
remarks on the bill to provide for the settlement
of claims originating in the military opera-
tions in California. ........1206, 1207, 1209
remarks concerning the leasing of the islands in
the Pacific...
.....1590
remarks on the bill for the relief of Mary
Woodward
.....1600
remarks on the bill for the relief of J. M. Golds-
brough and others....
.....1661
remarks on the bill providing for the survey of
the public lands and granting donations in
California..... .....1770, 1771, 1772, 1773
remarks on the bill providing for the survey of

public lands in California..............1772
remarks in relation to a right of way across the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec..
......1833
remarks on the proposition for an adjournment,
1784, 1861, 1862, 1863
remarks on the proceedings of the Mexican
boundary commission... ...1920, 1921
remarks on the resolution for the distribution of
the laws and debates....
.2003, 2004
remarks on the apportionment bill....970, 971,
972, 973, 974, 975, 995, 998, 1010, 1014, 1161,
remarks in relation to printing the census re-
turns.......... .156, 157, 476, 204, 206, 207
remarks concerning the fugitive slave law. 1952
remarks on the Iowa land bill........765, 766
remarks concerning the expedition to Japan,
943, 948, 1007
remarks on the bill for the establishment of a
mail line between New Orleans and Vera
Cruz......
.....933
remarks on the bill for the security of passen-
gers on board of steamboats.....2425, 2423
remarks on the bill providing payment for the
surveys of claims in California..... .1849,
1850, 1851, 1866, 1867
remarks on the bill in relation to protection to
the Territories....
....1790
remarks on propositions for railroads to connect
the Mississippi and Pacific ocean..2466, 2467
remarks on the Army appropriation bill..2430,
2432

remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line......
..1146, 1149, 1191
remarks on the appropriation to indemnify the
people of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, for
depredations committed by the Creek Indians,

1391

remarks on the appropriation for the construc-
tion of a basin and railway at navy-yard, San
Francisco
..554, 555,

784, 828, 861, 862, 904, 907, 2450, 2451
remarks on the provision to regulate the ap-
pointment of...
.2443, 2446
remarks on appropriations for California in the
deficiency bill..
...1116,

1122, 1130, 1131, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1354
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill. .2437
remarks in relation to the claims for supplies
furnished to the Indians in California..2105,
2110
remarks on the civil and diplomatic appropria-
tion bill........2287, 2378, 2379, 2408, 2423
remarks on the proposition to issue stock to
Texas.
.2380

H.
Hale, John P., of New Hampshire....1, 31, 34,
43, 49, 50, 60, 61, 62, 63, 72, 81, 82, 91, 112,
123, 124, 125, 131, 242, 243, 248, 273, 282,
308, 346, 348, 352, 364, 365, 366, 368, 388,
399, 400, 424, 425, 426, 430, 431, 447, 448,

Hale. John P., of New Hampshire-

19, 488, 490, 493, 760, 782, 813, 849, 878,
3. 902, 903, 907, 920, 921, 925, 928, 929,
341. 942. 947, 991, 1029, 1031, 1033, 1048,
162, 106, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1160, 1127,
1125, 1140, 1161, 1167, 1168, 1174, 1175,
11:6, 1177, 1178, 1180, 1181, 1203, 1205,
1:10, 1225, 1226, 1238, 1240, 1258, 1259,
1969, 126, 1258, 1295, 1321, 1362, 1364,
1373, 1376, 1391, 1399, 1419, 1420, 1422,
143, 1424, 1425, 1445, 1446, 1449, 1451,
1453, 1474, 1475, 1476, 1477, 1489, 1495,
1504, 1510, 1519, 1521, 1522, 1527, 1548,
1556, 1574, 1601, 1602, 1621, 1623, 1624,
1755, 1787, 1807, 1808, 1810, 1811, 1813,
252, 2233, 2240, 2251, 2266, 2267, 2271,
29, 2308, 2310, 2370, 2442, 2443, 2463,
2469, 2470, 2486, 2487
resolutions by...
..30, 31, 34, 131,
331, 39, 425, 448, 471, 878, 1005, 1107, 1198,
1460, 1521, 1549, 1572, 1601, 2239, 2331
remarks on the French spoliation bill......400
remarks in regard to the exiled Irish patriots,
409
remarks in regard to discipline in the naval ser-
..448, 449
remarks on the bill for the relief of John Er-
..490
remarks on the bill for the relief of John W.
Simonton.
.494
remarks in regard to the contested seat from
Frida...
......3
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
ment of Kossuth......
.................22, 23, 44, 70, 106
personal explanation by..
..125
remarks on flogging in the Navy......283, 346
remarks concerning the appointment of a clerk
to the Indian Committee....
....310
remarks on referring the petition of Daniel Pope,
a Mexican claimant.....
.330
remarks on the joint resolution providing for the
binding of the Congressional documents..332
remarks on the resolution to pay Mr. Rives for
reporting...
...347
.362

vice...

explanation by....

remarks on the proposition to print the proceed-
gs of the court-martial in the case of Captain
Laumer....
..398
remarks on the bill for the relief of St. John's
Caurch, in the city of Washington......786
remarks in relation to the loss of the schooner
Eath........
.......848, 849
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Carmel-
e Nunnery...
.......881
remarks on the joint resolution for the continu-
ance of the work on the Capitol.......1026,
1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1052
remarks on the bill to regulate the compensation
of the district judge for the district of Massa-
chusetts..
......1421
remarks on the appropriation for the Long
Bridge........
......1450*, 1451*
remarks on the appropriation for the judiciary,
1452*
remarks on the bill providing further remedies
to patentees..... .1449, 1450, 1570, 1571
remarks on the proposition to amend the rules,
1605, 1606, 1608
remarks in relation to the publication of a com-
pendium of the public documents..1610, 1611
remarks on the death of Mr. Clay........1634
remarks on the bill for the relief of Ira Day.1650
remarks on the joint resolution to supply arms to
the Washington City Juvenile Guards..1769
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
remarks on the bill to provide for the election of
public printer.... ......2325, 2335, 2336
remarks on the apportionment bill........972,
973, 974, 999
remarks in relation to the compromise meas-
ures...........116, 117, 118, 119, 139, 140
remarks in relation to printing the census re-
....260

1785

turns..
remarks on the lowa land bill... ......764
remarks concerning the expedition to Japan,
943, 944, 945, 947
remarks on the bill for a mail line between New
Orleans and Vera Cruz....
.934, 935
remarks on the bill for the security of passen-
gers on board of steamboats.1703, 1704, 1708,

1710, 1711, 1737, 1738, 1739, 1740, 2426
remarks concerning the establishment of a mail
and telegraph line to California....1757, 1764
32D CONGRESS-ST SESSION.

Hale, John P., of New Hampshire-

remarks concerning Temple's Memoirs...1363
remarks on the bill for the relief of the West
Feliciana Railroad Company ... ....1774
remarks on the proposition to build a war
steamer for harbor defense..
...1543
remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line....
.1267,
1268, 1270, 1291, 1293, 1483, 1490, 1494
remarks on the appropriation to indemnify the
people of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, for
depredations committed by the Creek Indians,
1359. 1360
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2445,
2453, 2454, 2455
remarks on the appropriation for the navy-yard
at San Francisco.
..862, 905
remarks on items in the deficiency bill....1104,
1105, 1131, 1142, 1143, 1166, 1404, 1454*,
1468, 1477, 1478
remarks on the appropriation to pay for printing

Dr. Owen's geological report.....1142, 1143
Hale, James W., appropriation for pay of..1168
Hamilton, A. Boyd, proposition to pay for print-
ing and binding commercial statements..1145
proposition for relief of. (See Printer.)
Hamilton, James, proposition to reconsider the
motion to refer the memorial of, to a select
committee

..2032

.2033

.2032

.2033

.2032

Hamlin, Hannibal, of Maine..1, 23, 39, 49, 60,
61, 111, 124, 128, 130, 156, 184, 198, 208,
221, 226, 227, 244, 272, 273, 297, 330, 365,
400, 407, 410, 417, 418, 424, 438, 440, 460,
468, 486, 489, 503, 541, 576, 586, 602, 618,
629, 637, 656, 657, 665, 666, 678, 679, 693,
695, 708, 771, 774, 775, 784, 813, 814, 844,
846, 860, 901, 902, 927, 952, 966, 1033, 1034,
1044, 1082, 1083, 1115, 1128, 1141, 1161,
1168, 1174, 1179, 1185, 1198, 1208, 1269,
1210, 1224, 1240, 1258, 1285, 1301, 1325,
1329, 1336, 1352, 1356, 1389, 1390, 1424,
1425, 1449, 1460, 1488, 1525, 1532, 1541,
1573, 1579, 1589, 1659, 1666, 1682, 1683,
1736, 1737, 1768, 1810, 1811, 1832, 1833,
1847, 1879, 1920, 1934, 1949, 2002, 2030,
2032, 2049, 2075, 2140, 2144, 2169, 2193,
2225, 2232, 2251, 2268, 2269, 2299, 2309,
2329, 2340, 2342, 2370, 2376, 2409, 2419,
2457, 2463, 2464, 2469, 2486
resolutions by...
..5, 273, 308, 331,
468, 525, 577, 1116. 1209, 1588, 1736, 1784,
1833, 1847, 1859, 1949, 2140, 2469, 2489
remarks in regard to the binding of certain
documents.
....129, 332
remarks on the disposition of private claims,
132
remarks on the bill for the relief of Rufus Dwi-
nell......
..231, 232
remarks on the bill providing for the assignabil-
ity of land warrants..
.300
remarks on the bill for the relief of Erastus A.
Capron
..367

remarks on the French spoliation bill......400
remarks in relation to the newspaper publication
of the laws of the United States........1189
remarks on announcing the death of Hon.
Charles Andrews...
..1239
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,

1784
remarks on the resolution for the distribution of
the laws and debates... ...2003, 2031
remarks on the proposition for the free transmis-
sion of the Globe and Appendix..2030, 2031
remarks in relation to the North American
fisheries....
......1890
remarks on the resolution in relation to the
amount of money received by Generals Scott
and Pierce....
.....2215
remarks on the bill to provide for the election of
public printer....
.2325, 2326||
remarks in relation to printing the census re-
turns....
.....206, 264, 476
remarks on the bill for a mail line between New
Orleans and Vera Cruz .....
......935
remarks on the bill providing for the security of
passengers on board of steamboats.....724,
1702, 1739

remarks on the proposition to build a war
steamer for harbor defense...... ...1543

B

Hamlin, Hannibal, of Maine-
remarks on the light-house bill......2458, 2462
remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line.....
.1190, 1328
remarks on appropriations for the completion of
custom-houses
.1494
remarks on the deficiency bill.
..1142,
1143, 1144, 1168, 1355, 1494
remarks on the appropriation to pay for print-
ing Dr. Owen's geological report......1143,
1144, 1178
remarks on the appropriation for the floating
dry-dock at San Francisco..1500, 1501, 1502
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill..2171
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2377,
2392, 2393, 2419, 2424
remarks on the provision for a commercial agent
at Paraguay...
..2376, 2377
remarks on the proposition to settle the accounts
for the public printing at a reduction of fifty
per cent..
...2398, 2399, 2400
Hampstead, Samuel H., bill for the relief of.. 1921
Hanson, Noah, resolution to pay the funeral ex-
penses of.
..2169
Hanson, Mrs. W. Maria, proposition to pay to,
&c..
...1784, 1847
Harbor defense. (See War Steamer.)
Harbors and rivers, bill making appropriation for
the improvement of certain........128, 130,
2010, 2169, 2232, 2240, 2256. 2271, 2293,
2299, 2312, 2329, 2438, 2471
remarks by Mr. Miller....
..130
joint resolution directing the Secretary of War
to cause the harbor and river of Providence,
in the State of Rhode Island, to be surveyed,
1736, 1756, 2032
Harrington, James, bill for relief of...1128, 2:205
Hart, Monmouth B., Joel Kelly, and Wm. Close,
securities for the late Benjamin Y. Hart, a
Purser in the United States Navy, bill for the
relief of...
..985, 1186, 2205, 2225
Hayden, Catharine Proctor, the only child of John
White, deceased, bill for the relief of..2049,
2202, 2205, 2212
Hays, John C., adverse report in the case of,
1613, 1617

...679
...1769

Hays, Adam, the case of....
Hayti, concerning.
Hazen, John, bill for the relief of......984, 1390
Herd, J., bill for the relief of...
..1532
Hernandez, Joseph M., bill for the relief of..2140
Herring, Gardner, bill for the relief of...243, 245
Hetzel, Mrs. Margaret, the widow and adminis-
tratrix of A. R. Hetzel, late assistant quar-
master in the Army of the United States, bill
for the relief of.... ...145, 229, 243, 2389
remarks by-

Mr. Bradbury.

Mr. Dawson..

Mr. Underwood..

creased...

.229

229

.229

Hickey, William, clerk of the Senate, pay in-
.2470
Higginbotham, James, bill for relief of. .746, 1809
Hobbs, Nathaniel, leave granted to withdraw the
...920
papers of..
Hobbs, Eli, withdrawal of the papers of......81
Hodges and Lansdale, bill for the relief of, and
the legal representatives of Rinaldo Johnson,
deceased...
..1106, 2205
Homestead Bill, an act to encourage agriculture,
&c......
...1352, 1521, 2100, 2266
petitions in relation to..
...1681, 1859
Hooe, Emily, bill for relief of...1161, 2205, 2212
Horses and other property lost or destroyed in the
military service of the United States, bill to
amend an act entitled an act to provide for
the payment of, approved March 3, 1849,
1834, 1847

Hospital. (See Naval Hospital.)
Hospital and navy-yard at Pensacola, disagree-
ment on the amendment in relation to...2488
Hostilities. (See Indian Hostilities.)
Hotchkiss, Gideon, bill for the relief of......991,
1813, 1834
Hot Springs, bill to grant to the State of Arkansas
the, in that State, and the four sections of
land reserved from sale by act of 1832....81,
282, 2239
Houston, Isaac, bill for the relief of........1186
Houston, Sam, of Texas....1, 89, 103, 104, 128,
130, 132, 199, 2010, 2201, 2202, 2233, 2489
..2100
resolution by
remarks on the bill for the relief of Mark and
...1621
Richard H. Bean

Houston, Sam, of Texas-
remarks in relation to the compromise measures,
133, 135, 137, 138, 139
remarks on the light-house bill......2461, 2462 |
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2453
remarks on the appropriation for the Indians in
California.....
......2180, 2181
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill....2424
remarks on the proposition to issue stock to
Texas....
..2380, 2381
remarks on the proposition to pay for the pub-
lic printing at a reduction of fifty per cent.,
2399
Howard, Thomas G., bill for the relief of...398,
727, 785, 814
Hughes, Cornelius, of Tennessee, bill for the re-
lief of...
..651, 2231
Hulsemann, Chevalier, correspondence of...1627
Humbert, Augustus, appropriation to pay..1167
Humphreys, Gad, bill for the relief of..619, 1444
Hunter, Charles G., bill for the relief of.....666,
760, 1181, 1186, 1225
Hunter, Robert M. T., of Virginia....1, 11, 33,
40, 49, 61, 90, 91, 92, 104, 111, 112, 128, 202,
225, 226, 229, 230, 244, 259, 273, 274, 298,
299, 307, 309, 322, 362, 364, 365, 400, 407,
410, 424, 425, 426, 430, 440, 447, 460, 468,
469, 486, 487, 488, 489, 492, 502, 543, 570,
594, 595, 601, 602, 605, 606, 619, 629, 630,
665, 666, 667, 675, 693, 694, 702, 825, 826,
849, 880, 907, 927, 951, 752, 985, 991, 992,
1024, 1052, 1054, 1065, 1068, 1081, 1083,
1098, 1115, 1136, 1141, 1167, 1168, 1174,
1175, 1179, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1189, 1204,
1210, 1225, 1226, 1231, 1259, 1285, 1286,
1287, 1288, 1296, 1301, 1302, 1307, 1335,
1356, 1362, 1364, 1376, 1390, 1399, 1401,
1403, 1420, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1425, 1444,
1449, 1452, 1453, 1459, 1461, 1475, 1476,
1489, 1493, 1504, 1510, 1524, 1532, 1541,
1542, 1554, 1555, 1574, 1631, 1645, 1646,
1682, 1770, 1776, 1784, 1787, 1806, 1807,
1809, 1860, 1889, 1890, 1922, 1935, 1937,
1949, 1953, 1973, 1976, 1982, 2002, 2004,
2032, 2033, 2049, 2141, 2145, 2172, 2193,
2225, 2231, 2233, 2240, 2251, 2252, 2256,
2266, 2269, 2270, 2287, 2292, 2308, 2309,
2310, 2324, 2328, 2340, 2342, 2371, 2376,
2389, 2390, 2404, 2409, 2419, 2425, 2435,
2436, 2438, 2442, 2449, 2457, 2463, 2464,
2486, 2487, 2309
resolutions by....
...130.

ness....

203, 346, 398, 903, 1645, 2463, 2436
remarks on the disposition of private claims. 132
remarks on the rules in regard to private busi-
...208
remarks on the bill for the relief of Rufus Dwi-
nell...
..231, 232
remarks on the bill providing for the assignabil-
ity of land warrants.. ..300, 302, 667, 668
remarks on the bill for the relief of Enoch Bald-
win and others...
..362, 363
remarks in regard to paying interest on the
claim of Ira Day....
..427, 428
remarks on the bill for the relief of Thomas H.
Leggett....
..364, 603
remarks on the bill providing for the settlement
of accounts of public officers for military con-
tributions in Mexico.......... ........676, 677
remarks in relation to the extension of the Cap-
itol.....
...847

remarks in relation to the loss of the schooner
Edith.....
.......847, 848, 849
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Carmel-
ite Nunnery....
.....880, 882
remarks on the joint resolution for the continu-
ance of the work on the Capitol.......1024,
1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1033
remarks on the bill granting to Ohio the unsold
lands in said State..
...1067
remarks in relation to the newspaper publication
of the laws of the United States... ..1187
remarks on the death of Mr. Clay. ..1633
remarks on the bill to issue scrip to satisfy Vir-
ginia military land warrants.
remarks on the bill providing for the survey of
the public lands in California..... ...1772
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
1784, 1785, 1786

.1683

remarks on the bill for the exploration of the
seas in the region of the whale fisheries..2041
remarks on the proposition to amend the rules,

Hunter, Robert M. T., of Virginia-

..935

remarks on the Iowa land bill.........333, 349
remarks on the bill for a mail line between New
Orleans and Vera Cruz....
remarks on the bill granting further remedies to
patentees...
.1555, 1569, 1570
remarks on the proposition to build a war
steamer for harbor defense.......1574, 1575
remarks on the Army appropriation bill..2428,
2429, 2430, 2432, 2433, 2434, 2437
remarks on the proposition to pay the assignees
of the contractors for the removal of the Choc-
taw Indians.
....1405
remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line......
..1148, 1149, 1162,
1164, 1227, 1228, 1231, 1241, 1242, 1243,
1246, 1247, 1289, 1296, 1309, 1310, 1390
remarks on the appropriation to pay balances
due the Creek Indians..
..1462,

....

1564, 1953, 1956, 1958
remarks on the appropriation to indemnify the
people of Georgia and Alabama for depreda-
tions committed by the Creek Indians...1357
remarks on the appropriation for the Cherokees
west of the Mississippi. ......2181, 2182
remarks in relation to the Mexican boundary
line.....
..1405
remarks on the appropriation for the dry-dock
in California...
..1500, 1501
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill..2145,
2146, 2150, 2171, 2185
remarks on the appropriation for the Indians in
California....
.2173, 2175, 2180
remarks on the additional compensation to the
Miami Indians for the sale of their lands,
1976, 1981, 1982
remarks on the appropriation for the Shawnee
Indians..
..2038
remarks on the appropriation for the redemption
and extinction of the annuities of the Eel River
Miamies... ..
..2144, 2155
remarks on the civil and diplomatic appropria-
tion bill...
...2252, 2287, 2288, 2291,
2292, 2298, 2310, 2311, 2341, 2342, 2371,
2373, 2377, 2379, 2392, 2401, 2419, 2524
remarks on the appropriation for outfits of Min-
isters......
....2338, 2339, 2340
remarks on the appropriation for salary and out-
fit of a Commissioner to China..... .2421
remarks on the proposition to issue stock to
Texas....
.......2381
remarks on the proposition to settle the accounts
for the public printing at a reduction of fifty
....2400
per cent..
remarks on the proposition for a supply of water
to Washington city...2288, 2289, 2290, 2291
remarks on the proposition for the removal of
the Potomac Bridge........2294, 2296, 2297
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... ..2146,
2147, 2148, 2149, 2150
remarks on the Post Office appropriation bill,
2438
remarks on the bill making appropriation for
the naval service...
.2442,

2444, 2445, 2453, 2454, 2455, 2457
remarks on the appropriation for the navy-yard
at San Francisco, California.... ..903,
904, 906, 907, 2452
remarks on the provision to regulate the ap-
pointment of midshipmen........2443, 2446
remarks on the mileage of Senators and Repre-
sentatives...
....1835
remarks on the deficiency bill and in relation to
the expenditures in the Quartermaster's De-
partment..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
remarks in relation to printing Dr. Owen's ge-
ological report..
....1142, 1143

remarks in relation to procuring copies of the
Spanish laws and decrees affecting private
land claims in New Mexico....
.1480
remarks on the appropriation for the Indians in
Texas....
..1788, 1789
Hutchinson, Thompson, bill for the relief of.618,
1180, 1186
I.
Ice-boats on the Potomac river, joint resolution
authorizing the Postmaster General to con-
tract for the placing of.........198, 346, 410

bills making grants of land to-
for a railroad from the Wabash to the Mis-
souri river......389,398, 1205, 1362, 1373
for a railroad from a point on the Ohio, oppo-
site Louisville, Kentucky, to a point on the
Mississippi, opposite St. Louis.......308,

952, 1302, 1329, 2212
for the construction of a railroad from Cin-
cinnati to St. Louis......1336, 1352, 1628
Indemnities. (See South Carolina.)
Indemnity. (See Mexican Indemnity.)
Index. (See Opinions of the Attorneys General.)
synoptical, of the laws, resolution for the dis-
tribution of the....

.245

Indiana, resolutions of the Legislature of....1389,
1832

an act to enable the Legislature of, to dispose of
unsold saline lands in said State..1511, 1659
an act to supply a deficiency to the State of, in
a township of land granted to said State for
the use of a State University by an act of
Congress, approved April 9, 1816.....1542,
1646, 1662

bills making grants of land to—
for a railroad from the Wabash to the Mis-
souri river.....389, 398, 1205, 1362, 1373
for a railroad from a point on the Ohio, oppo-
site Louisville, Kentucky, to a point on the
Mississippi, opposite St. Louis.......308,
952, 1302, 1329, 2212
for the construction of a railroad from Cin-
cinnati to St. Louis......1336, 1352, 1628
Indian affairs. (See Superintendent.)
Indian Affairs, Committee on.

.....32
resolutions of instruction to the.......282, 985
reports from.....
..1566
bills and resolutions reported from........155,
244, 389, 503, 525, 554, 586, 657, 746, 844,
1046, 1115, 1128, 1525, 1768, 1832, 1972,
2144, 2268
..298, 308
.487, 586, 666,
746, 1199, 1285, 1373, 1628, 2231
Indian agents in California, proposition for the
investigation of the conduct of.. ......1355
Indian appropriations to be paid directly to them
and not to attorneys..
..2185, 2421
Indian claims, resolution concerning..
.282
Indian Department, bill making appropriation for
the current and contingent expenses of the,
and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with the
various Indian tribes, for the year ending
June 30th, 1853.....1847, 1922, 1937, 1953,
1976, 2004, 2038, 2076, 2101, 2145, 2171,
2389, 2425, 2428, 2438, 2471
remarks by-
Mr. Atchison....... .2145, 2146, 2150, 2171
Mr. Dawson..
Mr. Gwin.....

proposition for a clerk to....
discharged from subjects..

.2150

.2437

Indian hostilities, bill to pay the expense for the

suppression of, in California...

bill to suppress, in the State of California and
Territory of Oregon, to establish an assistant
Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Pa-
cific coast, and for other purposes.......198
Indian lands, joint resolution for the purchase of
the half-breed tract on Lake Pepin, in Min-
nesota Territory.......... ..1667, 1768
Indian policy, discussion in relation to. (See Mi-
ami Indians.)

Indian tribes, bill to extend the benefit of the act
to regulate intercourse with the, and to pre-
serve peace on the frontiers, approved 3d of
June, 1834, to the people of the State of Tex-
as, and others....
.389, 398
appropriations in the deficiency bill for the va-
rious, and for negotiations, &c.........1135,
1136, 1355, 1452*, 1453*, 1460, 1477, 1499
the appropriations for the, not to be paid to
.1467

agents..

Indians. (See Beloxi Bay Indians.)