Alimentary substances used in the Navy, pro-
posed analysis of the character of.......2494
Allen, Wade, deceased, joint resolution for the
relief of the legal representatives of.....2325
Allen, Willis, of Illinois...
...468,

601, 1174, 1532, 1599, 1681, 1934, 2075
Allen, Charles, of Massachusetts. ...1, 5, 10,
121, 201, 338, 407, 435, 438, 523, 636, 781
resolution by..
..121
remarks on the Mexican indemnity bill, and in
regard to Mr. Webster........371, 375, 383
Allison, John, of Pennsylvania......1, 5, 10, 60,
108, 183, 236, 258, 304, 391, 446, 483, 568,
575, 636, 701, 717, 738, 769, 770, 791, 800,
960, 978, 980, 1001, 1023, 1127, 1137, 1140,
1233. 1279, 1280, 1362, 1487, 1529, 1532, 1581,
1592, 1595, 1599, 1616, 1631, 1657, 1663, 1696,
1733, 1877, 1884, 1898, 1899, 2138, 2256, 2282, ||
2286, 2307, 2314, 2387, 2410, 2472
resolution by......
...303
remarks in relation to mileage...572, 573, 2410
remarks on the bill allowing soldiers of the last
war with Great Britain to surrender their
bounty land warrants, &c....
..2273

remarks on the homestead bill......1139, 1280
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2138
remarks on the bill making land warrants as-
signable.....
..486

Alphabetical list of private claims. (See Private
Claims.)

Alton. (See Port of Delivery.)

American Archives, appropriation for.......2139
Amsterdam. (See Consul.)

Anderson, William E., appropriation to pay. 1696
Andrews's report on the internal trade, proposition
to print.

Andrews, Charles, of Maine.

.2495
.1,

5, 80, 127, 318, 502, 708, 1271, 1595
remarks on the harbor bill...
.1992
Appletn, John, of Maine,.....1, 5, 140, 183, 397,
629, 650, 635, 692, 715, 760, 779, 850, 859,
1114, 1127, 1174, 1595, 1599, 1631, 1991, 2096
resolutions by.....
..1593
remarks on the reception of Kossuth......179
remarks on the harbor bill.... ...1969, 1989
Apportionment under the Seventh Census, act
supplementary to the act providing for taking
the seventh and subsequent censuses of the
United States, and to fix the number of mem-
bers of the House of Representatives, and pro-
viding for their future apportionment among
the several States, approved 23d May, 1850,
1777, 1792, 1888, 1933
Appraisers, proposition for the appointment of ad-
ditional...
Appropriation bill. (See Illinois River-Indian De-
partment-Pensions-Military Academy-Civil
and Diplomatic Bill-Territories--Harbor Bill-
Army-Navy-Pensions-Transfers of-Forti-

fications.)

..2093

Arctic expedition, extra compensation to the offi-
cers and seamen engaged in the..... .2281
Arkansas, bills granting lands to the State of,
for the construction of railroads, viz:

from St. Louis, Missouri, via Little Rock,
to Fulton, on the Red river, and from
some point on the Mississippi river, in
Tennessee, via Little Rock, to Fort
Smith....
.29
for the construction of railroads in Louisiana,
Mississippi, and......
.225
for the construction of railroads in that State,
1235, 1274

bill to release from reservation, and to restore to
the mass of the public lands, certain lands in
the State of........ ....1154, 1168, 1681
remarks by-

Mr. Johnson of Arkansas.........1154, 1168
(See Donations.)

Arkansas river, bill for the improvement of the
navigation of the.
...437

Arms. (See New Mexico.)
Arms, proposition that the distribution of, to the
States shall be upon the basis of free white
inhabitants......
..2211
Armstrong, Robert, an act for the relief of..1458
Armstrong, General Robert, elected public print-

er.

..2389

Army Officers. (See Accounts.)
Armory. (See National Foundery.)
Army on the route to Oregon, inquiry and remarks
in regard to an.....

.510
pay of the, in Oregon and California, provision
in relation to...
.2212
Army, remarks in regard to posting the, on the
route to Oregon.
..507, 512
remaks thereon by-
Mr. Brooks..
.514, 515, 517
...509, 517
..515

Mr. Bayly, of Virginia..
Mr. Cartter..
Mr. Dunham..
Mr. Disney.
Mr. Evans.
Mr. Gorman..

Mr. Haven..

Mr. Hebard.

Mr. Howard.

..517, 518
.519, 520

.518, 520, 521, 523
.512, 513, 514, 520
..513
.508
.509, 510, 523
Mr. Lane.......507, 512, 514, 518, 521, 523
Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky........515, 517
Arnow, Joseph, and Peter Arnow, bill for the re-
lief of..
..544, 964, 1299
Aroc, the brig, concerning..
..154
Arts, bill to amend an act entitled an act to

promote the progress of the useful, and to
repeal all acts and parts of acts heretofore
made for that purpose, approved July 4, 1836;
and also an act to provide additional exam-
iners in the Patent Office, and for other pur-
poses, approved May 27, 1848........1556,
1565, 2412
Ashe, William of North Carolina.1, 5, 182. 397,
417, 441, 442, 446, 468, 486, 523, 623, 660,
690, 708, 745, 771, 781, 783, 859, 898, 1169,
1210, 1300, 1389, 1472, 1473, 1486, 1487, 1544,
1596, 1613, 1616, 1625, 1630, 1631, 1655, 1947,
1959, 1998, 1999, 2168, 2280
resolutions by......
..:1169
remarks on the contested election from Pennsyl-
vania....
....1613, 1614, 1615
remarks on the harbor bill..........1970, 1998

Assay Offices. (See Mint.)
Averett, Thomas H., of Virginia..1, 5, 238, 296,

328, 483, 484, 486, 572, 585, 601, 608, 609,
610, 660, 686, 723, 771, 963, 964, 979, 980,
981, 982, 1004, 1017, 1021, 1198, 1271, 1278,
1311, 1317, 1486, 1506, 1511, 1518, 1529, 1544,
1552, 1567, 1653, 1658, 1666, 1700, 1751, 1766,
1777, 1805, 1806, 1814, 1854, 1883, 1900, 2096,
2097, 2100, 2190, 2229, 2231, 2282, 2323, 2324,
2354, 2386, 2389, 2413.
remarks on the appropriation for the special
agents of the Post Office Department....1752
remarks on the bill for the relief of John Moore
White....
.2347
remarks on the homestead bill.....1018, 1019,
1312, 1320
remarks on the appropriation for the various
public buildings at Washington.........857
remarks on the bill making land warrants assign-
able......
.495

B.
Babcock, Leander, of New York..1, 5, 307, 407,
585, 640 671, 685, 686, 692, 717, 771, 941,
1311, 1456
remarks on the harbor bill..
...1996
Baden, Francis E., an act for the relief of..1235
Bailey, David J., of Georgia....
..1.
5, 121, 160, 186, 783, 978
resolutions by......
.10
Baldwin, Ira, bill for the relief of...423, 962, 964
Baldwin, Enoch, an act for the relief of......462
Baldwin, Anna Maria, withdrawal of the papers
of...
.......1672
Banta, Jacob, withdrawal of the papers of...686
Bartlett, Thomas, jr., of Vermont...
..1,
5, 664, 693, 800, 877

Bartlett, Thomas, jr.—
remarks on the bill to pay the heirs of James
Watson for certain slaves........1035, 1041
Barnett, Thomas, joint resolution for the reel of,
2385

Barrere, Nelson, of Ohio......1, 5, 58, 258, 266,
304, 328, 354, 391, 499, 500, 507, 510, 523,
594, 640, 686, 708, 781, 926, 1004, 1050, 1059,
1209, 1257, 1630, 1631, 1667, 1766, 1887, 1899,
2388, 2472
remarks on the resolution for the reception of
Kossuth.......
..188
remarks on the Mexican indemnity bill....324
remarks on the bill making land warrants as-
signable....
..499, 500
Basin, canal. (See Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.)
Bawry, Mary, bill for the relief of..........1523
Bayard, Anthony Walter, bill for the relief of,
436, 964, 1299
Bayly, Thomas H., of Virginia.....1, 5, 10, 12,
14, 21, 31, 96, 141, 152, 153, 155, 158, 159,
160, 168, 169, 170, 176, 197, 200, 210, 212,
224, 233, 241, 242, 272, 285, 286, 328, 337,
343, 373, 386, 390, 414, 415, 417, 420, 421,
433, 435, 486,508, 531, 547, 649, 671, 777,
780, 814, 914, 978, 979, 981, 1050, 1051, 1062,
1096, 1112, 1114, 1192, 1193, 1233, 1235, 1238,
1247, 1248, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1271, 1275, 1330,
1455*, 1459, 1472, 1473, 1629, 1630, 1751,
1823, 1844, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1985, 1987, 2044,
2069, 2071, 2073, 2075, 2093, 2094, 2696, 2191,
2206, 2217, 2229, 2231, 2236, 2257, 2258, 2263,
2281, 2324, 2352, 2353, 2385, 2413, 2415, 2416,
2417, 2472, 2477, 2481, 2482, 2492
resolutions by..
.96, 201
remarks on the joint resolution providing for the
assignability of bounty land warrants. 151, 152
remarks on reception of Kossuth.162, 177, 180
remarks on the proposition to print the laws of
New Mexico.
..241
remarks in regard to the deficiency of estimates
from the Interior Department...
..278
remarks on the Mexican indemnity bill, and in
regard to Benjamin E Green..215, 321, 338,
341, 342, 344, 359, 360, 372, 380, 411, 412
remarks on the bill in regard to the liberated
Cuban prisoners.
......415
remarks in regard to stationing troops on the
.509, 517
route to Oregon.....
remarks on the Florida railroad bill.......1002
remarks on the report of the Committee on
Printing...
......1087
remarks on the bill to promote discipline in the
Navy.....
..913, 914, 916
remarks on the proposition to print the Patent
Office report, and concerning the powers and
duties of the Committee on Printing...1253,
1254, 1256, 1257

remarks on the annunciation of the death of Mr.
Clay....
....1640

remarks on the amendment in relation to the
floating dry-dock at San Francisco.....1676
remarks on the additional appropriation to the

Collins line..........1716, 1718, 1720, 1724
remarks on the harbor bill. .......1963, 1998
remarks on the deficiency appropriation bill.894
remarks on the proposition to pay Collin M.

Ingersoll a balance as Chargé..........2095
remarks on the proposition to refund to Ala-
bama the moneys advanced to volunteers.2129
remarks on the light-house bill......2319, 2323
remarks relative to the mode of appointing mid-
shipmen.....
.2249, 2:50
remarks on the fortification bill...
.2482
remarks in relation to the expenditures in the

Quartermaster's Department.......823, 839
remarks on naval appropriation bilj..2263, 2264
remarks on the proposition for the purchase of
Winder's Building..
..2119, 2120
remarks on the general appropriation bill..2095
remarks on the subject of light duties.....2073
Beale, James M. H., of Virginia.........1, 31, 608,
782, 925, 978, 980, 983, 1275, 1278, 1557,
1596, 1603
personal explanation by..
.686
his card in relation to the compromise resolu
..983
....1276

tions.....

remarks on the homestead bill..
remarks on the joint resolution for the continu-
ance of the work on the Capitol..........740
Bedient, William, late a sergeant of the 4th regi-
ment of artillery, an act for the relief of..1458
Bedwell, Presha, proposition to pay the amount
..869
awarded to.....

Beecher, Mary Ann, withdrawl of the petition
of.....

..57
Behring's Straits, proposition for a survey of the
courses of navigation of.....
Belknap, the widow of General..

.2281
..506

Bell, Hiram, of Ohio..1, 5, 108, 109, 126, 211, 212,
224, 281, 284, 291, 292, 391, 406, 446, 479,
539, 616, 651, 660, 665, 693, 701, 708, 781,
1193, 1198, 1208, 1319, 1331, 1472, 1532,
1604, 1625, 1744, 1745, 1797, 1842, 1856,
1989, 2250
remarks on the reception of Kossuth......191
remarks on the additional appropriation to the
Collins line.....
...1719
remarks on the joint resolution providing for
the assignability of land warrants.......536,
626, 627, 634
Belleview, bill to relinquish to the town of, in
the State of Iowa, a narrow strip of land on
the Mississippi river....
..1883,

1914, 1982, 2011
Bennett, B. B., a bill for the relief of....436, 964
Bennett, Henry, of New York..1, 5, 80, 109, 122,
155, 669, 670, 701, 781, 812, 1051, 1083,
1518, 1536, 1537, 1538, 1539, 1562, 1563,
1580, 1595, 1603, 1604, 1613, 1626
..1083

resolutions by...
remarks on the bill granting lands to the several

States for railroad purposes.......1539, 1560
remarks on the bill establishing certain post
roads......
.1664

Berks county, Pennsylvania, appropriation to re-
fund to, the moneys advanced to volunteers,

Bernhisel, John M., of Utah.

2130

.2130

.2130

..126,

211, 240, 241, 590, 1616, 1700
resolutions by...
.241
remarks concerning a report of affairs in Utah,
211, 240, 274
proposition to inquire into the election of, and
remarks thereon...
..306.353
Bibb, the steamer, appropriation for the repair
of....
.1747
Bibighaus, Thomas M., of Pennsylvania...1, 5,
361, 594, 628, 724, 745, 859
Biennial Register, appropriation for, &c.895, 1696
Bill to extend to officers and enlisted men of the
Army, and volunteers, and militia called into
the service of the United States, by competent
authority, and doing duty in New Mexico,
the provisions of the act of September 28,
1850, making appropriations for the support
of the Army...
......144
Bill authorizing certain soldiers in the war with
Great Britain to surrender the bounty lands
drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu
thereof...
........284, 1457,* 1469
Biloxi Bay Indians, resolution authorizing the ex-
amination of the claims of the.........1814
Binding of the public documents, joint resolution
to provide for the..
.123, 354
..1, 31,

Bissell, William H., of Illinois.

58, 60, 80, 102, 121, 126, 127, 142, 147, 148,
149, 168, 197, 211, 224, 225, 238, 270, 274,
275, 284, 288, 289, 296, 337, 345, 356, 384,
385, 458, 459, 478, 501, 523, 547, 548, 593,
701, 812, 833, 919, 940, 1389, 1396, 1398,
1408, 1455, 1448, 1456, 1486, 1509, 1527,
1528, 1529, 1533, 1534, 1544, 1624, 1627,
1665, 1823, 1844, 1883, 1898, 1899, 1908,
1909, 1926, 1940, 2014, 2044, 2162, 2163,
2207, 2209, 2211, 2257, 2315, 2347, 2348,
2388

remarks on the policy of granting lands for rail-
roads......
...77
remarks on the joint resolution and bills pro-
viding for the assignability of land warrants,
141, 142, 143, 151, 152, 275, 479, 480, 481,
482, 483, 484, 485, 497, 538
remarks on the reception of Kossuth......175
remarks on the bill for the relief of Edward
Everett...
....233, 234
remarks on the bill in relation to the sale of the
lands belonging to the Kentucky Deaf and
Dumb Asylum..
...688

remarks on the bill to relinquish to New Mexico
certain lots in the town of Santa Fé.....1456
remarks on the bill for the construction of mili-
tary roads in Oregon..........
remarks on the bill granting the right of way to
plank and railroad companies..........1838

.....1397

Bissell, William H., of Illinois-

remarks on the bill for the protection of the
.1910, 1911
...1905,
1939, 1940, 1967, 1968, 1990
remarks on Army appropriation bill.2208, 2209
remarks in relation to the expenditures in the
Quartermaster's Department...........1449
remarks on appropriations in the deficiency bill
for certain Indians.
.2365
Bleadwell, Elias, withdrawal of papers of...1725
Blodgett, Sylvanus, bill for the relief of.....211,
236, 239, 1458, 1472
Blue Lick Springs, and adjacent grounds, pro-
vision for a board of officers to examine with
reference to a western Military Asylum.2492||
Board of Commissioners to examine claims grow-

Territories....

remarks on the harbor bill..

ing out of the conquest of California...2235
Board of Claims. (See Claims.)
Bocock, Thomas S., of Virginia.......1, 5, 28,
58, 59, 80, 120, 121, 153, 154, 174, 197, 216,
268, 289, 296, 412, 435, 461, 506, 628, 782,
911, 912, 913, 979, 988, 990, 1001, 1004, 1058,
1152, 1491, 1505, 1613, 1614, 1627, 1654,
1658, 1714, 2015, 2016, 2229, 2258, 2275
remarks on the reception of Kossuth......194
remarks on the bill for the relief of Hannah
Sampson....

.295

remarks on the proposition to give the census
printing to Donelson & Armstrong......406
remarks on the report of the Committee on
Printing...
........1058

remarks on the bill to promote discipline in the
Navy.....988, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1056, 1150
remarks on the proposition to print the Patent
Office report, and concerning the public print-
ing generally....
..1255
remarks on the bill for the relief David Myerle,
2015, 2221, 2222, 2224
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2276
Bonded goods, an act authorizing goods, wares,
and merchandise, entered and bonded for
warehousing in pursuance of law, to be ex-
ported by certain routes to ports and places
in Mexico....
...2385, 2386, 2410
Books for new members, resolution for the pro-
curement of......
...1768,
1844, 1926, 2138, 2192
Bossett, Zachariah, bill entitled "An act to grant
bounty land to, for services and privations in
the revolutionary war"......
....701
Boundaries. (See Military Reserve-St. Peter's.),
Boundary, the northern, of the State of Ohio, ap-

propriation for running the....... ..1747
Boundary between the State of Texas and the

territories of the United States, bill to run
and establish a..............................1377, 1450, 1531
Boundary line of the naval hospital lands at New
York, bill to provide for the straightening of
.....1235

the eastern....

Boundary line between the United States and
Mexico, appropriation for running the, and
provision for confining the commissioners to
the treaty line...
remarks by-

Mr. Brooks..
Mr. Howard..

5, 32, 49, 129, 122, 144, 407, 510, 628, 771,
800, 1140, 1562, 2075, 2230, 2264, 2281, 2300
remarks on the reception of Kossuth......193
Boyd, Linn, of Kentucky....
..1, 1205
elected Speaker and his inaugural........9, 10
Boyd, John H., of New York.......1, 31, 446,
568, 601, 617, 628, 898, 1044, 1822, 2478
Bragg, John, of Alabama..
...1,
5, 60, 103, 107, 153, 242, 268, 420, 438, 443,
800, 1221, 1389, 1513, 1540, 1666, 1972, 2014
remarks on the bill for the relief of the heirs of
Thomas Fletcher....
.293

Bray, Samuel, an act for the relief of... ...1234
Brazilian Indemnity, bill amendatory of the act en-
titled an "Act to carry into effect the convention
between the United States and the Emperor of
Brazil," approved March 29, 1850.......1629,
1630, 1654
..1,

Breckinridge, John C., of Kentucky.....

5, 58, 100, 150, 345, 636, 670, 674, 708, 780,
1270, 1299, 1300, 1553, 1584, 1637, 1655, 1659,
1666, 1885, 2015, 2048, 2049, 2116, 2220, 2221,
2241, 2249, 2265, 2266, 2317, 2323, 2324, 2353,
2413, 2477, 2481, 2485
remarks in relation to the Democratic Review,
General Butler, and Judge Douglas.....711,
712, 713, 714
remarks on announcing the death of Mr. Clay,
1637
remarks on the harbor bill....1964, 1965, 1969
remarks on the appropriation for the cemetery
at the City of Mexico..
.2132
remarks on the bill for the relief of David My-
erle......2015, 2016, 2017, 2220, 2221, 2223
remarks in relation to an appropriation for the
bridges over the river Potomac....2115, 2116
Breese, Joseph Lewis, a midshipman in the Navy
of the United States, bill for the relief of..1235
Brenton, Samuel, of Indiana.......
.1,

5, 149, 186, 466, 468, 553, 577, 578, 601, 629,
640, 650, 665, 692, 699, 738, 760, 900, 1076,
1456, 1491, 1507, 1666, 1795, 2018, 2167, 2190
resolutions by
...1181
remarks on the joint resolution and bill providing
for the assignability of bounty land warrants,
143, 466, 477, 483, 484, 485, 498
correction of his votes...
....186
remarks on the reception of Kossuth......195
remarks on the proposition to classify the clerks
in the several Departments...
..2189
remarks on the general appropriation bill...2189
Bridges over the Potomac.................2114, 2121, 2192
remarks by-

....1666, 1667
..1677, 1679, 2135

Mr. Breckinridge
Mr. Cable of Ohio
Mr. Cleveland..

...1679
...2134

Mr. Woodward..
Bounty lands. (See Land Warrants.)
resolution concerning further grants of.. 123, 127
Bounty land warrants. (See Land Warrants.)
Bouton, Richard W., George Wright, and the

widow of Marion W. Fisher, an act for the
relief of..
...1840
Bowen, Nancy, an act for the relief of......1458
Bowie, Richard I., of Maryland..1, 5, 57, 110,

121, 379, 544, 590, 647, 649, 771, 783, 1185,
1257, 1868, 2051, 2064, 2065, 2090, 2115,
2127, 2272, 2312, 2315, 2316, 2345
resolutions by....
...103, 122, 123
remarks concerning newspapers for members.14
remarks on the bill for the relief of Osborne
Cross....
..1216

remarks on the additional appropriation to the
Collins line....

remarks on the harbor bill..

.1720
..1997

remarks on the bill regulating the fees of mar-
shals, attorneys, &c.....
.2111, 2158
remarks relative to the mode of appointing mid-
shipmen....
..2247

Mr. Johnson of Arkansas...

Mr. Jones of Tennessee....

Mr. Skelton.....
Mr. Stanton of Kentucky...

.2115, 2116

..2117

...2115

..2115

.2098,

2099, 2114, 2116
.2115,
2116, 2117, 2118
.2098, 2099, 2116
.2097,
2098, 2115, 2116, 2117
..2117
.2117, 2118
...2114

Mr. Stephens of Georgia...
Mr. Strother...

Mr. Venable....
Brig Washington. (See Washington.)
Briggs, George, of New York..1, 5, 21, 48, 57,
60, 153, 168, 201, 224, 258, 290, 306, 307,
352, 354, 397, 510, 531, 575, 608, 629, 760,
781, 938, 983, 988, 1107, 1207, 1515, 1516,
1518, 1524, 1540, 1564, 1695, 1813, 2075,
2100, 2143, 2168, 2187, 2221, 2225, 2307
resolutions by.
.306, 353
resolution and remarks relative to the Delegate
from Utah...
.353
card of, concerning the speech of Mr. Cullom,
of Tennessee..
.1419
Brilliant, an act to change the name of the steam-
boat...
.1565
Brooks, James, of New York..1, 5, 60, 80, 174,
354, 369, 412, 707, 770, 790, 791, 804, 816,
821, 849, 869, 871, 874, 899, 900, 951, 979,

Campbell, Thompson, of Illinois-

remarks on the bill making land warrants as-
signable..
...........464, 465, 467
Canal, bill to provide for the construction of a free,
around the Falls of the Ohio river........21
at Louisville....
..1208, 1748
ship, bill to provide for the construcuon of a,
around the Falls of the St. Marie river, at the
foot of Lake Superior..
...21, 59,
121, 225, 437, 673, 2241, 2347, 2355
resolutions of the Ohio Legislature relative to
the construction of a, on the Indiana side of
the Falls of the Ohio......
.......669
Capitol, resolutions proposing the continuance of

.......107

the workmen on the...
joint resolution authorizing the Architect on the,
to continue in employment the mechanics and
laborers upon the two wings thereof....108,
109, 120, 123, 127, 212, 215, 715, 730, 738
remarks by-

Mr. Ficklin.

Mr. Florence

Mr. Stanton of Kentucky.

Mr. Venable....

..109, 110
..110
..109, 110
..109, 110

remarks on the fortifications, and the jurisdic-
tion of the Military Committee.... .78, 79
remarks on the joint resolution providing for
the assignability of bounty land warrants,
151, 152, 539, 628
remarks on the reception of Kossuth..161, 175
remarks on the proposition to print a short re-
port of the census..
....305, 306
remarks in regard to Morinon affairs...
remarks on the bill in regard to the liberated
Cuban prisoners....
.....415, 416
remarks on the bill for the relief of Hascall &
Moore.....
.........437

.354.

remarks on the power of the President over the
Army.....
....515

remarks on the bill to regulate the publication
of the laws of the United States..
.553
remarks in relation to mileage...
.....571
remarks in relation to printing extra copies of the
Patent Office report...1249, 1250, 1252, 1253
remarks on the bill to reduce and modify the
rates of postage.

..1743

remarks on the bill making appropriation for the
Military Academy...
...1857

remarks on the harbor bill....1940, 1971, 1999
remarks on the appropriation for the Census
Board........
..2133
remarks on the mode of appointing midshipmen
in the Navy...
.2259, 2261
remarks on the homestead bill...
.1281
remarks in relation to the salaries of Territorial
officers....
........1412, 1413
remarks on the bill making land warrants assign-
able......
....495
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2265,
2274, 2277
remarks on the subject of light duties.....2074
remarks on the proposition for increased pay to
the clerks, &c....
.2167
remarks on the bill for the relief of the Raleigh
and Gaston Railroad....
...690
remarks on the joint resolution for the continu-
ance of the work on the Capitol.........743
remarks on the bill for the relief of John Jack-
son...
....563, 564
Caucus, Whig Congressional, remarks in relation

..740
.733
.743

.742

.743

Mr. Mason...

Mr. McMullen...

731, 740, 741
..743
.731, 743
.744
.744
.744

Carleton, Washington, late postmaster at Hawes-
ville, Kentucky, bill for the relief of....2282
Carmelite Nunnery at Baltimore, bill for the bene-
fit of the..
......420

Caroline of Barnstable. (See Register.)
Carr, Dabney S., proposition to compensate,
2095, 2192
...1,
5, 13, 29, 32, 47, 56, 59, 96, 97, 98, 100, 107,
18, 109, 120, 123, 141, 142, 143, 147, 149,
158, 160, 168, 170, 177, 182, 183, 186, 195,
199, 200, 209, 211, 212, 213, 223, 236, 252,
256, 274, 234, 285, 289, 290, 296, 307, 324,
354, 391, 402, 407, 412, 413, 415, 422, 437,
441, 442, 459, 462, 464, 468, 494, 500, 507,
551, 575. 577, 578, 594, 597, 627, 649, 664,
699, 708, 723, 1114, 1154, 1173, 1197, 1198,
1231, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1248, 1250, 1251,
1252, 1253, 1254, 1276, 1284, 1298, 1300,
1394, 1409, 1449, 1471, 1472, 1473, 1514,
1515, 1534, 1556, 1564, 15-6, 1599, 1603,
1616, 1624, 1627, 1630, 1654, 1656, 1666,
1667, 1679, 1688, 1692, 1715, 1730, 1732,
1777, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1797, 1822, 1832,
1838, 1842, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858,
1859, 1863, 1869, 1886, 1887, 1925, 1938,
1972, 1984, 1985, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2029,
2043, 2044, 2051, 2064, 2065, 2075, 2123,
2134, 2135, 2139, 2160, 2168, 2197, 2225,
2230, 2231, 2250, 2257, 2265, 2266, 2272,
2273, 2274, 2281, 2282, 2285, 2286, 2300,
2301, 2314. 2316, 2323, 2321, 2351, 2352,
2353, 2370,2388, 2411, 2412, 2413, 2415, 2416,
2417, 2418, 2478, 2480, 2481, 2494, 2496, 2497
resolutions by..
..141,
158, 160, 186, 199, 2484

Cartter, David K., of Ohio.....

to the, by-

Mr. Washburn

...1157
..1157, 1159
...1388
..1379

..1386, 1387
.1385

..1156, 1157, 1158
.1158
Caucuses, discussion in regard to the action of the
Whig and Democratic, on the compromise
question..

.5

Cayuse Indians, expenses of the war against the.
(See Oregon.)

Cemetery, American, near the City of Mexico, an
act appropriating a sum of money for the
completion of the interment of officers and
soldiers who died in Mexico, in the.....1234
appropriation for the object....895, 2132, 2192
Census returns, memorials in regard to the publi-
cation of the......
.669

resolution for a condensed report of the, to be
printed.....
.....1051

Census tables, proposition to print one hundred
thousand copies of the, &c.........258, 303
remarks by-

Census tables, joint resolution authorizing a con-
tract with Donelson & Armstrong for printing
the, remarks thereon by-

Mr. Haven..

Mr. Nabers...

Mr. Skelton

..406

.396, 401, 402, 406

.403
..405

..394, 396, 405

Mr. Stanton of Kentucky.
Mr. Venable....

Census, the Seventh. (See Apportionment.)
Census Bureau. (See Clerks)

Chairs, revolving, for the members, proposition to

..1207

..47

.48.80

Champion, Silas, bill for the relief of.211, 236, 239
Chaney, Richard, and others, bill for the relief of,
289, 610, 649
Chapman, Charles, of Connecticut......1, 5, 660
Chandler, Joseph R., of Pennsylvania... ..1,
5, 9, 57, 60, 80, 102, 120, 126, 127, 144, 153,
242, 281, 290, 328, 361, 379, 407, 417, 446,
459, 468, 510, 539, 544, 550, 553, 567, 575,
594, 601, 608, 629, 636, 640, 650, 651, 664,
671, 692, 701, 738, 750, 752, 760, 780, 781,
800, 834, 855, 961, 1004, 1015, 1017, 1051,
1052, 1054, 1064, 1076, 1127, 1174, 1181,
1198, 1205, 1212, 1217, 1221, 1235, 1282,
1283, 1321, 1386, 1446, 1456, 1474, 1506,
1524, 1 32, 1540, 1562, 1586, 1592, 1595,
1599, 1655, 1662, 1666, 1712, 1754, 1783,
1813, 1844, 1856, 1859, 1906, 1999, 2014,
2054, 2258, 2284, 2286, 2287, 2409, 2480,

.2024, 2025
.779
remarks on presenting to the House from G.
W. Childs, an engraved likeness of Wash-
ington....
.2156
remarks on the bill for the relief of David
Myerle...
.2224
remarks on the homestead bill......1021, 12-2
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2244,
2245
remarks on the general appropriation bill, 2152,
2162
remarks in regard to the publication of the laws
of the United States in the newspapers..2053
remarks on the proposition for increased pay to
the clerks, &c...
..2167
remarks on the joint resolution for the con'in-
uance of the work on the Capitol........742
remarks on the bill for the relief of John Jack-
.564, 565, 566
Charts, the wind and current, proposition to con-
tinue the..
..2247
Chastain, Elijah W., of Georgia..1, 5. 144, 284,
438, 468, 496, 649, 735, 736, 1054, 1140,
1449, 1487, 1562, 1681, 1725, 1859, 1868,
2161, 2229, 2273, 2415, 2416, 2418, 2480
remarks on the homestead bill............
.684
Chatfield, Silas, leave to withdraw the papers of,

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, bill directing a sur-
vey and estimate of the cost of constructing a
canal asin at the terminus of the, at George-
.....1883
Chicago, Illinois, bill to authorize the Mayor and
Common Council of, to excavate a portion of
public reservation at that place, with the view
to the improvement of the navigation of the
Chicago river......
.1836, 1874
Chickasaw Indians, appropriation to pay to the,
on account of the defalcation of Captain R. D.
C. Collins....
...1829
remarks by-

Mr. Johnson of Arkansas...1829, 1830, 1831
Mr. Phelps.....
...1830, 1831
Chiefs of Bureaus of Navy-Yards and Docks,
proposition to authorize the President to ap-
point captains....
.......2281
Childs, G. W., presents to the House an engraved
likeness of Washington....
..2156
Chilson, Samuel W., bill for the relief of....1840
China, appropriation for salary of a Commissioner
..2094, 2192
..2094

to....

remarks by Mr. Houston...