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Atchison, David R., of Missouri-
1543, 1547, 1548, 1550, 1551, 1554, 1556,
1566, 1602, 1628, 1651, 1652, 1666, 1681,
1700, 1768, 1774, 1834, 1844, 1847, 1866,
2010, 2110, 2144, 2156, 2194, 2195, 2202,
2203, 2251, 2268, 2324, 2489, 2430, 2443
resolutions by.....
...1210, 2030, 2076
remarks on the disposition of private claims,
131, 132
remarks on the proposition to print the census

returns....

.265

..2463
..2463
.2463

remarks on the bill providing for the assignabil-
ity of land warrants.
.301
remarks on the Iowa land bill..
.333,

Mr. Underwood..
Armistead, Elizabeth, widow of General W. K.
Armistead, bill for the relief of.......1972,
2205, 2212
Arms, joint resolution for supplying, to the Wash-
ington Yagers and the Washington Boone
Riflemen.......1128, 1141, 1444, 1755, 1769
Armstrong, General, elected public printer..2425
Armstrong, Robert, bill for the relief of..503,
1176, 1423
Army, bill to increase the efficiency of the, by a
retired list.... ......145, 203, 259, 1128
officers of the. (See Accounts-Contractors.)
bill in relation to the several departments of
the....
..1336

....

bill for making appropriation for the support of
the, for the fiscal year ending 30th June,
1853.........2389, 2428, 2463, 2486, 2488
remarks by-
Mr. Badger.
Mr. Bayard.
Mr. Borland.
Mr. Bradbury.
Mr. Bright.
Mr. Cass.

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Mr. Dawson..
Mr. Downs.

Mr. Gwin.

Mr. Hunter.

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2429, 2430, 2432, 2433, 2434, 2437
Mr. Mallory.
..2431, 2433
Mr. Shields....2429, 2430, 2431, 2332, 2433
Mr. Stockton..
..2432
Mr. Weller....
.2430, 2432, 2433
officers and men of the, serving on the Pacific,
proposition for increased pay to........2445
(See Lieutenants.)

for discussion on amendments to the bill mak-

ing appropriation for the support of the. (See
Florida Survey-Fort Delaware.)
Arnold, Elizabeth, bill for the relief of..130, 227
remarks by-

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and to repeal all acts and parts of acts here-
tofore made for that purpose, approved July,
4th, 1836, and also the act to provide addi-
tional examinations, &c.
1547, 1572, 1574, 1601
bill in addition to an act entitled An act to pro-
mote the progress of the useful........2389,
2428, 2438, 2471

Assay offices. (See Mint.)
Assignability of Land Warrants. (See Land War-
rants.)

Assistant Postmasters General, bill for increasing

the compensation of, and to provide for their
appointment hereafter, &c..... .1555, 1566
Atchison, David R., of Missouri. .1, 11, 21,
27, 30, 33, 49, 63, 104, 128, 145, 155, 198,
202, 283, 363, 364, 388, 389, 400, 440, 447,
448, 460, 468, 487, 488, 503, 524, 541, 543,
553, 568, 586, 606, 619, 651, 656, 657, 665,
666, 703, 745, 746, 749, 773, 785, 786, 826,
828,844, 925, 937, 985, 992, 1014, 1044, 1082,
1106, 1115, 1123, 1128, 1177, 1179, 1180,
1210, 1226, 1231, 1271, 1287, 1288, 1292,
1373, 1406, 1419, 1422, 1423, 1424, 1444,
1449, 1469, 1489, 1499, 1511, 1533, 1542,

348, 349, 763, 764, 767
remarks on the proposition to print the proceed-
ings of the court-martial in the case of Cap-
tain Latimer..
...398
remarks on the bill for the relief of T. H. Mc-
Manus....
.492

remarks on the bill for the relief of Mrs. E. A.
McNeill...
..606

remarks on the proposition to pay the expenses
for the entertainment of Kossuth.... .720
remarks on the bill for the relief of Joseph H.
D. Bowmar..
.729, 730
remarks on propositions in the deficiency bill,

1131, 1133, 1135, 1227, 1364, 1467, 1477, 1478
remarks on the appropriation to pay the Seneca
Indians....
.1131, 1133

remarks on the appropriation for presents for
the Indians in Texas.
..1135
remarks on the bill to increase the salary of the
district judge of New Hampshire.......921,
922, 923
remarks on the bill for the relief of Joshua Ken-
nedy...
..2008
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill..2145
2146, 2150, 2171
remarks on the appropriation for presents for
Indians in California..

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Baden, Francis E., bill for the relief of.....595,
1034, 1047
Badger, George E., of North Carolina.....1, 29,

31, 32, 39, 50, 61, 62, 72, 82, 92, 104, 158,
209, 224, 233, 245, 251, 259, 262, 303, 307,
308, 331, 332, 362, 364, 366, 389, 390, 397,
399, 409, 418, 424, 425, 426, 430, 431, 438,
440, 447, 448, 450, 460, 461, 487, 488, 489,
492, 503, 510, 512, 524, 525, 543, 569, 570,
576, 577, 586, 594, 595, 596, 605, 617, 637,
638, 640, 665, 666, 667, 677, 678, 679, 680,
693, 695, 702, 703, 717, 723, 725, 727, 729,
761, 771, 772, 774, 775, 814, 826, 228, 832,
849, 860, 878, 901, 907, 920, 925, 928, 942,
952, 968, 984, 985, 1015, 1034, 1044, 1046,
1048, 1054, 1068, 1081, 1082, 1098, 1106,
1115, 1128, 1136, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1167,
1168, 1176, 1178, 1180, 1181, 1186, 1203,
1226, 1258, 1259, 1271, 1285, 1286, 1287,
1288, 1292, 1294, 1302, 1340, 1356, 1362,
1363, 1406, 1422, 1424, 1425, 1444, 1453,
1469, 1474, 1475, 1478, 1483, 1488, 1491,
1493, 1504, 1592, 1602, 1605, 1620, 1623,

Badger, George E., of North Carolina-

1646, 1652, 2055, 2100, 2101, 2103, 2169,
2205, 2225, 2231, 2232, 2234, 2235, 2269,
2270, 2308, 2309, 2310, 2329, 2370, 2376,
2390, 2434, 2438, 2455, 2457, 2468, 2487,
2488, 2489
resolutions by..31, 331, 378, 1047, 1208, 1235,

1469
remarks in regard to the election of officers of
the Senate.
...63
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
ment of Kossuth.....
...66,

72, 83, 85, 86, 88, 718, 720, 722
remarks on the appointment of a committee to
wait on Kossuth.
..106
remarks in relation to the compromise meas-
...125, 140, 440
remarks in relation to printing the census re-
......156, 206, 207, 476
remarks on the rules in regard to private busi-
..208

ures...

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.347
remarks on the bill for relief of Julia Aiken.365
remarks on the French spoliation bill......399
remarks in regard to paying interest on the
claim of Ira Day...

...428, 429, 1646

remarks on the bill providing for good discipline
in the naval service... ...448, 449, 450
remarks on the bill for the relief of Commodore
Warrington..
....491
remarks on the proposition to print the letters
of Kossuth.....
.....587, 588, 589
remarks in regard to the mileage of the Delegate
from Oregon..
....596
remarks concerning the Mexican claims....679
remarks on the bill for the relief of Nathaniel
Kuykendall....
..726
remarks on the joint resolution providing for the
continuing the work on the Capitol.747, 749,
1033
remarks in relation to the salaries of territorial
officers....
..827

remarks in regard to the plan for the extension
of the Capitol....

.845, 846
remarks in relation to the loss of the schooner
Edith.....
.847, 849
remarks on the appropriation for the floating
dry-dock at San Francisco.....
.863,
865, 866, 906, 1499, 1500
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Car-
melite Nunnery..
.....881
remarks on the bill for the relief of John W.
Simonton..

.....953

remarks on the appropriation to pay the ex-
penses of collecting the Spanish or Mexican
laws, decrees, &c., relating to land claims in
California..
...1145, 1146
remarks in relation to the newspaper publica-
tion of the laws of the United States...1187,

1188
remarks on the bill providing for the holding of
the district court in case of the disability of
the judge.
.1211
remarks on the appropriation for the Long
Bridge.....
.......1449
remarks on the joint resolution for the appoint-
ment of a trustee for the estate of Joseph
.......1591
Ball, deceased.....
remarks on propositions to amend the rules of
the Senate...........1605, 1606, 1607, 2170
remarks on the proposition for the free trans-

mission of the Globe and Appendix.2030, 2032
remarks on the bill declaring the Wheeling
..2310
Bridge a lawful structure.
remarks on the apportionment bill....968, 974,
976, 1008, 1009, 1014, 1162
remarks on the Iowa land bill... ...765, 766
remarks concerning the Japan expedition. .942,
944, 947, 1007
remarks on the bill for a mail line between
.935
New Orleans and Vera Cruz.....
....1104,
remarks on the deficiency bill..
1105, 1106, 1134, 1142, 1144, 1145, 1146,
1355, 1404, 1408, 1454, 1467, 1477, 1478
remarks on the appropriation to pay the as-
signees of the contractors for the removal of
....1407
the Choctaw Indians........

Badger. George E., of North Carolina-

reaks concerning the printing of Dr. Owen's
galogical report................ .....1144, 1478
remarks on the appropriation to the Collins
line.....1162, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1231, 1241,
1964, 1265, 1267, 1283, 1292, 1293, 1294,
1995, 1311, 1327, 1328, 1468, 1469, 1482
remarks on the appropriation for the Choctaw
Indians..
...2150
remarks on the bill for the relief of Joshua Ken-
nedy....
......2009
remarks on the appropriation to procure copies
of the Spanish laws and decrees affecting pri-
vate land claims in New Mexico.......1479
remarks on the bill to increase the salary of the
district judge of New Hampshire..922, 924
remarks on the proposition to repeal all acts
supposed to authorize greater compensation
to naval officers than is allowed by the act of
March, 1835..... ....................1401, 1402, 1403
remarks on the appropriation for the Nautical

Almanac.......1495, 1466, 1497, 1398, 1499
remarks on the appropriation to purchase sup-
pitea for the Indians in California......2172
remarks on the appropriation for fulfilling treaty
obligations with the Cherokees west of the
Mississippi...... .....2182, 2183, 2184
remarks on the appropriation for the Cherokees
east of the Mississippi......
.2152
remarks on the bill for the security of passen-
gers on board of steamboats...
.2426
remarks on the Army appropriation bill..2431,
2433
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2292,
2298, 2371, 2377, 2419, 2423, 2424||
remarks on the proposition for the removal of
the remains of the Potomac bridge.....2297
remarks on the appropriation for Winder's
Building.....
....2373
remarks on the post office appropriation bill.2439
remarks on the proposition declaring the Wheel-
ing bridges lawful structures.2439, 2440, 2442
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...2453,
2454, 2455, 2456
remarks on the provision regulating the appoint-
ment of midshipmen.......2443, 2444, 2446
Baldwin, Enoch, bill for the relief of........104,
112, 243, 362, 390
..984

Baldwin, Ira, bill for the relief of..
Balestier, Joseph, special agent of the United
States to Asia, proposition to settle the ac-

count of....

...2379

Ball, Joseph, deceased, joint resolution appointing

a trustee for the estate of..

..1591

Balster, John, bill granting a pension to the widow

and children of.......1128, 1336, 2205, 2212
Baltic. (See Steamship.)

Banking in the District of Columbia, bill to au-
thorize, and to regulate the issuing and circu-
lation of notes as money...
....2371
Banta, Jacob, bill to authorize, to locate two revo-
lutionary bounty land certificates.......298,
844, 1811

Barry, William T., former Minister to Spain,
resolution authorizing the bringing of the re-
mains of, to the United States....2331, 2371
Bates, Lewis H., and William Lacon, bill for the
lief of..........586, 1179, 1425, 1806, 2203
Battle, Isaac L., bill for the relief of........1922
Bayard, James A., of Delaware.....1, 225, 226,

227, 298, 308, 331, 365, 366, 397, 492, 659,
678, 679, 694, 702, 725, 727, 728, 745, 928,
952,984, 1082, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179,
1190, 1199, 1259, 1554, 1556, 1674, 1602,
1628, 1709, 1710, 1806, 1807, 1808, 1809,
1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, 2101, 2202, 2203,
2204, 2342
resolation by.....
..694
remarks on the bill for the relief of Rufus
Dwinell....
...231
remarks on the bill for the relief of Julia
Aiken.....
...365

remarks in regard to paying interest on the
claim of Ira Day..429, 1647, 1648, 1649, 1650
remarks on the bill for the relief of John W.
Simonton...556, 558, 559, 561, 952, 957, 959
remarks in regard to visiting the steamship
Baltic.....
...657, 658
remarks on the bill for the relief of J. F.
Callan.....
..680, 681
remarks on the bill for the relief of Nathaniel
Kuykendall....
.......726, 727
remarks on the bill for the relief of St. John's
Church, in the city of Washington......786

Bayard, James A., of Delaware-

remarks on the bill for the relief of Bryan
Callahan..

.788
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Car-
melite Nunnery.
....883, 884
remarks on the bill to change the name of
Joseph Lewis Breese......
.928, 929
remarks on the apportionment bill... ..974
remarks concerning the expedition to Japan.945
remarks on the bill granting further remedies to
patentees..
.-1567, 1570, 1571

remarks on the bill for building a war steamer
for harbor defense..
...1574
remarks on the bill providing payment for sur-
vey of claims in California..1852, 1853, 1867
remarks on the bill for the relief of Mark and
Richard Bean.....
......1620, 1621
remaks on the bill for the free transmission of
the Globe and Appendix........ ..2031
remarks on the bill providing for the election of
public printer....
..2326, 2327, 2333
remarks on the Army appropriation bill...2434
remarks on the deficiency bill....
.......1146
remarks on the proposition for increased pay
to the Collins line....1292, 1304, 1309, 1310
remarks on the appropriation for the Choctaw
Indians.....
.2149, 2150
remarks on appropriation to ascertain the claims
for Indian depredations in California...2108
remarks on the proposition to issue stock to
Texas....
.2381, 2382
remarks on the appropriation for the construc-
tion of Fort Delaware...
.2434
Baylor, G. C., bill for the relief of...
.577
Bean, Mark, and Richard H., of Arkansas, bill
for the relief of....
..33, 41,
569, 1178, 1618, 1806, 2202
remarks thereon, by-
Mr. Bayard.

Mr. Borland

Mr. Houston.

......

..1620, 1621
..1618, 1620, 1621
..1621
Mr. Underwood..
.1618, 1620, 1621
Bedient, William, late a Surgeon in the 4th regi-

ment of artillery...398, 418, 602, 1179, 1422
Behring's Straits, bill to authorize an exploration
and reconnoissance of the courses of naviga-
tion used by whaling vessels in the region
of.......
.1935, 1973, 2041
.2041

remarks by-

Mr. Borland....
Mr. Hunter....
Mr. Seward...

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proposition for purchase of a suitable vessel for
prosecuting the survey of, of the North Pacific
Ocean, and of the China seas, &c.,...2452
Belknap, Brigadier-General, bill granting a pension
to the widow of..
.273, 813, 1810
Bell, James, leave granted to the heirs of, to with-
draw their papers.
..144, 878
Bell, James, deceased, bill to amend an act entitled
an act for the relief of the heirs of......1811

Bell, John, of Tennesssee....1, 32, 90, 155, 198,
328, 330, 346, 362, 461, 469, 525, 543, 570,
594, 656, 657, 666, 709, 774, 781, 813, 826,
828, 968, 985, 1054, 1301, 1363, 1364, 1391,
1393, 1489, 1556, 1599, 1847, 1936, 1978,
2040, 2376, 2428, 2433, 2466, 2468, 2470
resolutions by...
.145, 1186, 1336, 1460
remarks on the French spoliation bill......399
remarks on the bill for the relief of Sally T.
Floyd...........
.419
remarks on the apportionment bill........998.
999, 1000
remarks on the Iowa land bill.... ....461,
762, 766, 767, 768
remarks on intervention....
...1053
remarks on propositions to amend the rules,
of the Senate.. ......1606, 1607, 1608
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
1862, 1863
remarks in relation to the North American fish-
eries...
...1895
remarks on the bill in relation to the Census
Board.....
..2056, 2063, 2064
remarks on the bill establishing certain post
routes....
....2330
remarks on the bill for the construction of a
ship canal around the Falls of St. Mary's. 1935
remarks on the bill for the security of passengers
on board of steamboats....
.....1708
remarks concerning the establishment of a tele-
graph and mail line to California.......1763
remarks concerning Temple's Memoirs...1336,
1834, 1835

Bell, John, of Tennessee-
remarks on the deficiency bill.......1134, 1135
remarks on the appropriation to pay the assign-
ees of the contractors for the removal of the
Choctaw Indians..........1405, 1406, 1407
remarks on the additional appropriation to the
Collins line....
.1269, 1489, 1490
remarks on the appropriation for presents to the
Indians in Texas...
..1134, 1135
remarks on the appropriation to pay the people
of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, for dep-
redations committed by Creek Indians..1356,
1358, 1362, 1365, 1368, 1359, 1370, 1371,
1372, 1391
remarks on the appropriation to purchase sup-
plies for the Indians in California.. ..2174
remarks on the appropriation to pay the bal-
ances due the Creek Indians......1957, 1958
remarks on the appropriation to pay the Shaw-
nee Indians.....
..2079,
2082, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2102
remarks on the appropriation for the Cherokees
east of the Mississippi..
....2152
remarks on the appropriation for the Eel River
Miamies....
...2155
remarks on the appropriation to the Choctaw
Indians....
..2146, 2147, 2149, 2150
remarks on the appropriation to ascertain the
claims for Indian depredations....2106, 2109
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2377,

2378, 2419, 2420
Belleview, Iowa, bill for the benefit of the town
of..
...860, 1682, 1853, 1859
Bennett, B. B., bill for the relief of.....984, 1666
Berrien, John McPherson, of Georgia.....1, 11,
33, 40, 42, 49, 61, 203, 209, 217, 218, 259,
272, 397, 410, 438, 440, 1117, 1225, 1258,
1287, 1337, 1376, 1390, 1420, 1449, 1487
remarks in regard to the contested seat from
Florida...
.......2
remarks in regard to the election of officers of
the Senate.
.62, 63
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
ment of Kossuth....
.43, 66, 69
remarks on the bill for the relief of Rufus Dwi-
nell.......
.....232
remarks on the proposition to print the proceed-
ings of the court-martial in the case of Cap-
tain Latimer...
...398
remarks on the bill providing for the holding of
the district court in the case of the disability
of the judge.....
....1211
remarks on the bill to regulate the compensation
of the district judge for the district of Massa-
chusetts....
..1420, 1421
remarks on the deficiency bill..1106, 1133, 1354
remarks on the proposition for additional pay
to the Collins line...
..1292, 1293
remarks on the appropriation to procure copies
of the Spanish laws and decrees affecting pri-
vate land claims in New Mexico.......1479
remarks on the appropriation to pay to the Sen-
eca Indians of New York the moneys with-
held from them..
..........1133
remarks on the appropriation to pay the people
of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida for depre-
dations by Creek Indians........1372, 1374
resignation of....
....1493
Berryman, Otway H., bill for the relief of. .2144
Biddle, John, late register of the land office at
Detroit, bill for the settlement of the accounts
of...
..282, 366
Biloxi Bay Indians, joint resolution authorizing
an examination of the claims of the....1525
1736, 1755
Biloxi. (See Port of Entry.)
Binding of Congressional documents, joint reso-
lution providing for the...125, 129, 282, 332
Birdsall, Rebecca J., bill for the relief of....2268
Bishop, George G., and the legal representatives
of John Arnold, deceased, bill for the relief
of...
...461, 1175, 1186
Blaney, Mary E. D., widow of the late Major
George Blaney, bill for the relief of....1046,
2204, 2212, 2225
Blannerhassett, Harman, and Joseph Lewis Blan-
nerhassett, bill for the relief of.........2169
Blodget, Sylvanus, an act for the relief of....243,
245, 503, 1175, 1422
Board of accounts, bill to establish a......61, 92
Board of claims, bill to create a board of commis-
sioners for the examination and payment of
claims against the United States growing out
of the conquest of California... ...186

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Borland, Solon, of Arkansas..1, 32, 33, 34, 39,
40, 41, 50, 61, 81, 90, 91, 104, 111, 112, 123,
124, 128, 129, 130, 183, 198, 199, 202, 226,
228, 243, 272, 273, 282, 298, 303, 308, 332,
346, 349, 364, 388, 389, 398, 399, 400, 418,
447, 469, 486, 487, 488, 502, 503, 504, 525,
541, 569, 576, 577, 586, 595, 606, 608, 618,
619, 629, 656, 658, 666, 667, 694, 695, 702,
709, 722, 725, 729, 746, 749, 771, 773, 774,
786, 813. 845, 901, 902, 907, 920, 927, 928,
929, 942, 947, 952, 784, 985, 1005, 1035,
1044, 1046, 1049, 1052, 1054, 1068, 1081,
H16, 1136, 1161, 1162, 1167, 1175, 1177,
1178, 1180, 1186, 1199, 1208, 1209, 1224,
1225, 1240, 1259, 1269, 1285, 1302, 1323,
1376, 1393, 1398, 1419, 1420, 1424, 1444,
1445, 1483, 1489, 1504, 1510, 1525, 1533,
1548, 1550, 1566, 1599, 1618, 1622, 1646,
1661, 1662, 1666, 1683, 1686, 1700, 1755,
1756, 1768, 1806, 1812, 1813, 1880, 1921,
1949, 1972, 2002, 2004, 2049, 2055, 2100,
2101, 2103, 2194, 2195, 2202, 2205, 2212,
2216, 2225, 2231, 2233, 2238, 2240, 2251,
2269, 2270, 2287, 2299, 2310, 2312, 2320,
2329, 2370, 2371, 2376, 2434, 2438, 2463,
2464, 2469, 2488
resolutions by....104, 128, 637, 761, 845, 921,
928, 942, 1208, 1460, 2030, 2140, 2232
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
ment of Kossuth...
.90
remarks on the bill for the relief of Margaret L.
Worth.....
.....112
remarks in regard to the binding of certain docu-
ments....
.129, 332
card explanatory of his vote to lay on the table
the memorial of the Industrial Congress..199
remarks on the bill providing for the assign-
ability of land warrants...302, 310, 667, 668
remarks on the bill for the security of passen-
gers on board of steamboats.
..331,

504, 505, 1702, 1710, 1742
remarks on the bill for the relief of Erastus A.
Capron....
..367
remarks on the proposition to print the proceed-
ings of the court-martial in the case of Cap-
tain Latimer.....
....328
remarks on the French spoliation bill......399,
1048, 1082, 1083, 1084
remarks on the bill for the relief of Sally T.
Floyd......
...418
remarks on the proposition to print the letter of
Kossuth......
....588

remarks on the bill for the relief of Thomas H.
Leggett......
.....604

remarks on the bill for the relief of Mrs. E. A.
McNeill.....
...606

remarks on the joint resolution defining the
number of electorial votes that each State
will be entitled to, &c..
.....619
remarks in relation to visiting the steamship
Baltic......
..657
remarks on the apportionment bill....... ...708
remarks on the proposition to pay the expenses
for entertainment of Kossuth..718, 719, 722
remarks on the bill for the relief of Nathaniel
Kuykendall....
...727

....

remarks on the bill providing for the continu-

ance of the work on the Capitol..747, 749,
750, 1024, 1027, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1033, 1052
remarks on the bill for the relief of Bryan Cal-
lahan....
........787, 788, 789, 790
remarks in regard to the extension of the Capi-
tol.......
......845, 846, 847
remarks on the bill for the relief of the Carmel-
ite Nunnery.............881, 882, 883, 885
remarks in relation to the action of the Commit-
tee on Printing, and resignation as one of the
committee....
......1047
remarks of a personal character in relation to
the public printing, and the action of the Com-
mittee on Printing..
.....1096
remarks in relation to the publication of the
laws of the United States........1187, 1188
remarks on the bill providing for the settlement
of claims growing out of military operations
in California...
...1205
remarks on the bill to regulate the compensa-
tion of the district judge for the district of
Massachusetts...
...1420, 1421
remarks on the appropriation for the Long
Bridge....
..1450*

Borland, Solon, of Arkansas-

remarks on the bill to restore to the mass of the
public lands certain reserved lands in the State
of Arkansas.....
......1589
remarks in relation to the publication of a com-
pendium of the public documents..1611, 1612
remarks on the bill for the relief of Mark and
Richard H. Bean..........1618, 1620, 1621
remarks on the bill for the relief of Elizabeth
B. Lomax...
...1622
remarks on the bill for the relief of Ira Day.1651
personal explanation by..................
..1700
remarks on the bill providing for the survey of
the public lands in California.... .1772
remarks in relation to Catlin's collection of
paintings.....
...1548, 1846

remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
1785, 1865
remarks on the bill allowing an exchange of
school lands....
........1879, 1880
remarks on the resolution for the free distribu-
tion of the laws and debates...........2003
remarks on the bill for the exploration of the
seas in the region of the whale fisheries.2041
remarks in relation to the North American fish-
eries....
.1892, 1894, 1895
remarks on the bill exchanging certain lands
with the city of Memphis...... ....2194
remarks on the bill establishing certain post
routes....
......2329, 2330, 2331
remarks on the bill to provide for the election
of public printer.....
....2324,
2325, 2328, 2329, 2336, 2337, 2338
remarks on the apportionment bill.......1000,
1013, 1014, 1161, 1162
remarks in relation to printing the ceusus re-
..203, 204,

turns.

205, 207, 246, 251, 261, 262, 263, 265, 476
remarks concerning the fugitive slave law. 1952
remarks on the Iowa land bill..... ...764
remarks concerning the expedition to Japan,
943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 1005, 1006, 1007
remarks on the bill for a mail line between New
Orleans and Vera Cruz.....
...931.

933, 935, 936, 937
remarks on the bill granting further remedies to
patentees.. ....1566, 1571, 1572, 1573
remarks on the bill for the establishment of a
telegraph and mail line to California...1685,
1686, 1758, 1759, 1762, 1764
remarks concerning Temple's Memoirs..1834,

1835

remarks on the Army appropriation bill..2431
remarks on the deficiency bill......1136, 1143,
1144, 1146, 1162, 1168, 1467, 1468, 1494, 1700
remarks on the appropriation to ascertain the
claims for Indian depredations in California,
2108, 2110
remarks on the appropriation to pay the assign-
ees of the contractors for removing the Choc-
taw Indians......
.....1406
remarks on the appropriation to pay for print-
ing Dr. Owen's geological report..1443, 1144
remarks on the additional appropriation to the
Collins line..... ..1164, 1190, 1192. 1204,
1268, 1292, 1328, 1390, 1468, 1483, 1494
remarks on the appropriation for the balances
due the Creek Indians.....
...1462,

1465, 1466, 1956
remarks on the appropriation to procure copies
of the Spanish laws and decrees affecting pri-
vate land claims in New Mexico.......1479
remarks on the bill to increase the salary of the
district judge of New Hampshire.......909,
923, 924, 925
remarks on the appropriation for the Nautical
Almanac....
..1496, 1498
remarks on the appropriation to pay the Shaw-
nee Indians...
....2085, 2102
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill..2252,
2298, 2311, 2378, 2392, 2408, 2420
remarks on the proposition to settle the accounts
for public printing at a reduction of fifty per
cent......2394, 2397, 2398, 2399, 2400, 2401
remarks on the appropriation for the publication
of the works of the Exploring Expedition,
2252, 2255
remarks on the proposition in regard to intro-
duction of water into Washington.2289, 2290
remarks on the proposition for salary and outfit
of a Commissioner to China......2420, 2421
Boundary. (See Mexican Boundary Commission.)
line of the naval hospital at New York, joint

resolution for streightening the..774, 782, 906

Boundary-

an act to reduce and define the boundaries of the
military reserve at the St. Peter's river, in the
Territory of Minnesota..
.1390,

1398, 1541, 1601, 2271
line of the Creek country, appropriation to de-
fray the expense of running the........2151
between the United States and Mexico, resolu-

tion in regard to the conduct of the Commis-
sioner in running the.......
..2271
between the States of Missouri and Iowa, pro-
posed appropriation for running the .2379,2419
Bounty. (See Fishing Bounty.)
Bounty Lands. (See Land Warrants.)

bill granting, to certain officers, seamen, and
others, who have been engaged in the naval
service of the United States. ....694, 2309
Bouton, Richard M., George Wright, and the
widow of Marvin W. Fisher..984, 1813, 1834
Bowen, Nancy, bill for the relief of....629, 1444
Bowmar, Joseph H. D., bill for the relief of..440,

remarks by-

Mr. Atchison.....
Mr. Cass..
Mr. Downs..

ness...

729, 785, 2041

.729, 730

.2005

.723,

730, 785, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Mr. Felch..
.785, 2004, 2006
Mr. Pratt.
..729
Boyd, J., of Louisiana, bill for the relief of..991,
1460, 2204, 2212
Brace, Rev. C. L., resolution concerning....1208
Bradbury, James W., of Maine..1, 60, 91, 103,
.104, 111, 153, 186, 198, 202, 209, 226, 227,
228, 230, 244, 259, 272, 298, 307, 363, 364,
366, 389, 397, 409, 410, 418, 424, 430, 431,
486, 510, 541, 602, 651, 682, 693, 694, 702,
703, 709, 724, 725, 746, 772, 773, 774, 775,
790, 844, 845, 849, 879, 920, 929, 965, 991,
992, 1046, 1052, 1054, 1068, 1081, 1082, 1141,
1161, 1192, 1198, 1199, 1205, 1226, 1259,
1285, 1301, 1336, 1352, 1354, 1363, 1364,
1489, 1495, 1524, 1533, 1547, 1590, 1591,
1602, 1666, 1686, 1736, 1768, 2168, 2169,
2204, 2216, 2225, 2252, 2267, 2269, 2327,
2370, 2374, 2390
resolutions by...424, 694, 709, 967, 1769, 2370
remarks on the propriety of printing a compen-
dium of the public documents..
..202,
1610, 1611, 1612
remarks on the rules in regard to public busi-
....208
remarks on the bill for the relief of Margaret
Hetzel.....
.229
remarks on the bill providing for the assign-
ability of land warrants..
.300
remarks on the joint resolution providing for
binding the Congressional documents....332
remarks on the French spoliation bill......399
remarks on the bill for the relief of Commodore
Warrington...
.490, 491
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Carmel-
ite Nunnery....
.884
remarks on the joint resolution for the continu-
ance of the work on the Capitol........1026
remarks on the spoliation bill..1048, 1082, 1083
remarks on the bill providing for holding the
district court in case of the disability of the
judge.....
...1211
remarks on the death of the Hon. Charles An-
drews....
....1239
remarks on the bill providing further remedies
to patentees..
.....1549,
1550, 1551, 1555, 1569, 1570, 1572
remarks on the bill for relief of Ira Day..1651
remarks explanatory in relation to the Census,
&c.....
.2169
remarks in relation to the amount of money re-
ceived by Generals Scott and Pierce....2214,
2215
remarks on the bill establishing certain post
.2330, 2331
remarks on the apportionment bill.......968,
969, 972, 973, 975, 993, 998, 1014, 1161
remarks in relation to printing the census re-
....265

routes....

turns...
remarks on the Iowa land bill.............767
remarks on intervention.....

.1053
remarks on the bill for the establishment of a
telegraph and mail line to California....1685,
1759, 1763
remarks on Army appropriation bill.2431, 2433
remarks on the deficiency bill...........1133,

1144, 1393, 1478

Bradbury, James W., of Maine-

2297

s on the appropriation to pay for print-
g the geological report of Dr. Owen...1478
s on the appropriation to pay the Seneca
Indians of New York the moneys withheld
from them...
.......1133
marks on the bill to increase the salary of the
district judge of New Hampshire......908,
909, 922, 924
remarks on the appropriation for the Nautical
Almanac...
......1498
remarks on the proposition for the introduction
of water into Washington........2288, 2291
remarks on the proposition for the removal of
the remains of the Potomac Bridge....2295,||
remarks on the appropriation for the publication
of the works of the Exploring Expedition,
2253, 2254, 2255
remarks on the proposition declaring the Wheel-
ing Bridges lawful structures.....2439, 2442
Bray, Samuel, bill for the relief of..424, 728, 746
Brazil. (See Commission—Convention.)
Breese, Joseph Lewis, a midshipman in the
Navy of the United States, an act to change
the name of, to Samuel Livingston Breese,
928, 942
Bribery. (See Claims.)
Bridge, the Long, across the Potomac, appropri-
ation for the keeper, to repair, &c.....1449,*
2291, 2423
appropriation for the removal of the remains of,

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2294
.2297
.2295, 2297
..2294, 2296, 2297
.2294
.2296
.2294, 2296, 2297
.2296, 2297
.2294
.2296
.2295, 2298
.2296
.2294, 2295, 2296, 2297
.2295

Bridges across the Potomac, resolution concern-

....

(See Wheeling Bridge.)
Bright, Jesse D., of Indiana.....

..1973

.1, 11,

21, 32, 34, 40, 49, 61, 63, 81, 104, 125, 132,
133, 155, 203, 217, 245, 259, 266, 272, 297,
299, 503, 568, 575, 586, 595, 596, 602, 618,
637,656, 1285, 1286, 1389, 1444, 1459, 1524,
1532, 1555, 1666, 1586, 1628, 1662, 1701,
1783, 1832, 1979, 1936, 2002, 2049, 2063,
2064, 2075, 2076, 2101, 2144, 2172, 2201,
2205, 2206, 2212, 2232, 2233, 2251, 2309,
2390, 2436, 2757, 2486, 2489
resolutions by.........41, 62, 155, 1972, 2232
remarks in regard to the contested seat from
Florida....
remarks in regard to the election of officers of
the Senate.....
..62, 63
remarks in regard to the printing of the census
..155, 156, 157,
203, 205, 206, 251, 260, 262, 263, 265
remarks concerning the appointment of a clerk
to the Indian Committee...
.309
remarks on the bill for the relief of John F.
Callan.......
...682

returns..

.24

remarks on the proposition for the free trans-
mission of the Globe and Appendix.....2032
remarks on memorial of James Hamilton.2033
remarks on the bill to provide for the election of
pubic printer....
.2325,

2327, 2328, 2329, 2339, 2333, 2355
remarks on the bill providing for the security
of passengers on board of steamboats..1671,
1701, 1702, 1703, 1706, 1709
remarks on the Army appropriation bill..2432,
2433
remarks on the propositon to pay the Shawnee
Indians...
..2101
remarks on the appropriation for the Eel river
Miamies.....
......2155, 2156
remarks on the appropriation to ascertain the
claims due for Indian depredations in Cali-
fornia.....
....2103, 2106
remarks on the proposition to issue stock to
Texas....
...2380
remarks on the proposition for the introduction
of water into Washington...
..2291

Bright, Jesse D., of Indiana-

remarks on the proposition for the removal of
the remains of the Potomac Bridge.....2294,
2296, 2297
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2238,
2371, 2393, 2423
remarks on an appropriation for the salary and
outfit of a Commissioner to China......2422||
remarks on the appropriation for the satisfaction
of the claims of Florida........ .2436, 2437
remarks on naval appropriation bill.2455, 2456
Brilliant, act to change the name of the steamer,
1551, 1554, 1566
British colonies. (See Trade.)
Brodhead, Richard, of Pennsylvania...1, 39, 91,
92, 93, 111, 144, 197, 198, 202, 217, 226, 227,
230, 243, 244, 274, 297, 300, 307, 328, 346,
363, 424, 426, 447, 469, 486, 492, 502, 568,
602, 618, 619, 630, 637, 638, 651, 657, 659,
666, 667, 678, 679, 693, 708, 709, 727, 745,
750, 771, 826, 860, 866, 878, 901, 927, 941,
942, 984, 985, 991, 1044, 1046, 1052, 1099,
1115, 1127, 1129, 1140, 1160, 1186, 1210, 1224,
1240, 1258, 1259, 1285, 1287, 1321, 1340, 1352,
1353, 1356, 1362, 1364, 1420, 1449, 1453, 1459,
1460, 1475, 1488, 1499, 1510, 1519, 1541, 1547,
1586, 1599, 1627, 1628, 1652, 1662, 1681, 1683,
1743, 1755, 1773, 1774, 1809, 1811, 1813, 1832,
1847, 1866, 1879, 1949, 2002, 2049, 2144, 2169,
2172, 2202, 2204, 2205, 2256, 2266, 2310, 2456,
2470, 2488
resolutions by.....
.448, 502,
595, 921, 1140, 1161, 2100, 2105, 2140, 2370
remarks in relation to diplomatic intercourse
with Switzerland.
..470
remarks on the joint resolution for the continu-
ance of the work on the Capitol..... .1026
remarks on the resolution for the free transmis-
sion of the Congressional Globe and Appen-
dix.....
..2030, 2031
remarks on the bill for the relief of Joshua Ken-
nedy...
.2008, 2009
remarks on the bill for the security of passengers
on board steamboats..1703, 1704, 1740, 1741
remarks in regard to the dry-dock and navy-yard
at San Francisco...
.554,
555, 832, 860, 861, 862, 864, 865, 866, 903,
1499, 1500, 1501, 1502, 2451, 2452
remarks on the bill in relation to the Census
Board......
.2056
remarks on the bill to provide for the election of
public printer...
......2334

remarks on the proposition to pay the workmen
who have been engaged on the Capitol..2391
remarks in regard to the compromise meas-
....115, 116

yres.....

remarks on the Iowa land bill....765, 766, 767
remarks on the appropriation to purchase sup-
plies for the Indians in California. ....2172
remarks on the appropriation to fulfill treaty
obligations with the Cherokees west of the
Mississippi...
2183
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2252,
2371, 2391, 2392, 2393, 2408, 2420
remarks on the proposition to settle the accounts
for public printing at a reduction of fifty per
.....2395, 2398
remarks on the appropriation for the publication
of the works of the Exploring Expedition,
2252, 2254, 2255
remarks on the appropriation for the removal of
the remains of the Potomac Bridge.....2294
remarks on the proposition declaring the Wheel-
ing bridges lawful structures.2439, 2440, 2442
Brooke, Walker, of Mississippi....

cent..

...717,

745, 814, 828, 844, 860, 920, 937, 952, 1005,
1116, 1210, 1291, 1292, 1293, 1321, 1372,
1389, 1449, 1469, 1524, 1591, 1624, 1773,
1775, 2338, 2438
resolutions by...... .....921, 1549, 2465
remarks on the death of Mr. Clay.......1636
remarks concerning the fugitive slave law.1951
remarks on the proposition for additional pay
to the Collins line..
..1325
remarks on the appropriation to pay the Shaw-
nee Indians...
.2103
remarks on the bill for the security of passen-
gers on board of steamboats......1704, 1707
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2408
remarks on the proposition declaring the Wheel-
ing bridges lawful structures.... .2440
Brooks, Jehiel, adverse report in the case of..746
Bryan, John A., joint resolution for the relief of,
746, 1809

Bryan, John R., administrator of Isaac Garrett-
son, deceased, late a purser in the United
States Navy,.............128, 130, 282, 366
Buchanan, McLean, bill for the relief of....2231
Burlington, bill to grant to the city of, in Iowa, the

land heretofore reserved between that city and
the Mississippi river...50, 104, 198, 569, 577
Butler, Andrew P.. of South Carolina. 1, 32, 33, 40,
63, 90, 111, 123, 186, 198, 218, 242, 410, 430,
447, 450, 460, 469, 486, 488, 490, 511, 524,
525, 561, 629, 666, 1301, 1444, 1449, 1468,
1475, 1489, 1491, 1493, 1498, 1510, 1524,
1527, 1532, 1783, 1921, 1949, 1950, 1955,
2033, 2041, 2077, 2085, 2100, 2173, 2195,
2201, 2202, 2233, 2234, 2235, 2269, 2373
remarks in regard to the intercourse with France,
185

remarks in regard to the exiled Irish patriots,

409

remarks on the proposition to print the letter of
thanks of Kossuth....
..587
remarks on the bill to regulate the compensation
of the district judge for the district of Mas-
sachusetts.
.......1421
remarks on the bill providing further remedy to
patentees...
...1550, 1558
remarks on the bill for the punishment of crimes
in the District of Columbia............1578
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
1784, 1785, 1861, 1863, 1864, 1865
remarks on the resolution for the distribution
of the laws and debates.....
....2003
remarks on the memorial of James Hamilton,
2032
remarks in relation to the North American fish-
eries......
....1892
remarks in relation to the Census Board..2060,
2061, 2062, 2064, 2169
remarks in relation to the amount of pay re-
ceived by Generals Scott and Pierce....2213
remarks on the compromise measures..36, 37,
39, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 119, 138
remarks on printing the census returns.....264
remarks concerning the fugitive slave law. 1952
remarks concerning the establishment of a mail
and telegraph line to California...1759, 1762
remarks on the appropriation to pay the as-
signees of the contractors for removing the
Choctaw Indians.
.....1407
remarks on the proposition for additional pay
to the Collins line... ...........1490, 1491
remarks on the appropriation to purchase sup-

plies for the Indians in California.......2179
remarks on the appropriation to fulfill treaty ob-
ligations with the Cherokees...........2184
remarks on the proposition to issue stock to
Texas......
....2381

remarks on the appropriation for the salary and

outfit of a Commissioner to China.2422, 2422
Butler, Rev. C. M., elected chaplain..........63
sermon by, over the remains of Mr. Clay..1644
Butterworth, Samuel, bill for the relief of....1115
C.

California, bill to authorize and direct the pay-
ment of certain moneys into the treasury of the
State of, which were collected in the ports of
said State as a revenue on imports since the
ratification of the treaty of peace between the
United States and the Republic of Mexico,
and prior to the admission of said State into
the Union.....
.......4, 30
bill to establish a branch of the Mint of the Uni-
ted States in.....
.......4, 30
bill to create a Board of Commissioners for the
settlement of claims for military services in,
4, 30, 1210
bill to establish a navy-yard and a naval depot
on the bay of San Francisco, in...4, 33, 203
bill to establish assay offices of the Mint of the
United States at Sacramento City and Stock-
ton, in.
.4
bill to provide for the survey of public lands in,
the granting of donation privileges therein, and
for other purposes.
.4.

30, 730, 1756, 1770, 1784
bill to pay the expenses incurred for the sup-
pression of Indian hostilities im.. ...4
joint resolutions of the Legislature of......388,
389, 781, 967, 1389, 1524
bill to provide for the better protection of the
citizens of Oregon and...... ......470
bill providing for the apportionment of Repre-
sentatives to. (Sec Apportionment.)

California-

bill to refund to the State of, the expenses in-
curred in suppressing Indian aggressions in
that State.
.298, 1225

protection of. (See Territories.)
bill making grants of land to, for the construc-
tion of a railroad from the city of San Fran-
cisco to San José..........1336, 1390, 1398
bills making grants of land to, for the construc-
tion of certain enumerated railroads in..1115,
1128, 1701

(See Mail Steamers-Telegraph-Judicial System
-Mail Contracts--Board of Claims--Indian
Affairs-Surveys-Surveyor General-Military
Depol-Private Land Claims-Military Posts-
Indians.)

Callaghan, Bryan, leave to withdraw the papers
...128, 460, 787, 814

of.

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bill providing for a donation of land for the con-
struction of a ship, around the Falls of the
Sault Ste. Marie..
.1628,
1880, 1935, 2185, 2227, 2232, 2239
..1935
..1880, 1881, 1882, 1935
..1881, 1882
..1880, 1881, 1882, 1935
..1882
...1935

Mr. Cass.

Mr. Dawson

Mr. Felch.....

Mr. Pratt..

Mr. Toucey

............

a,

bill granting land to aid in the construction of
from Tulare lake to the San Joaquin, in Cali-
fornia.....
...1736

for a, across the Sierra Nevada Valley....2239
Canal basin at the terminus of the Ohio and
Chesapeake Canal, at Georgetown, bill di-
recting a survey and estimate of the cost of
constructing a.
...1046, 1352, 1373

(See Louisville and Portland Canal.)
Capers, Jim, bill for the relief of......1225, 1241
Capitol, the fire at the. (See Library of Congress.)
joint resolution to provide for continuing the
work on the....
.....469, 487,
493, 746, 761, 952, 992, 1024, 1047, 1052

remarks by-
Mr. Badger.

Mr. Borland..

Mr. Bradbury..

Mr. Brodhead.

Mr. Cass.....

Mr. Clarke..

Mr. Dawson.

Mr. Douglas..

Mr. Gwin..

.747, 748, 1033
..747, 749, 750,
1024, 1027, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1033, 1052
..1026
..1026
.1027, 1029, 1032
..749
.....1028
..1026
.....1030, 1031, 1033
Mr. Hale. 1026, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1052
Mr. Hunter.
..1024, 1026,
1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1033
Mr. Mangum. .747,748, 1027, 1028, 1029
Mr. Rusk..
.1024,
1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033
Mr. Shields..
.749, 1030, 1031, 1032
Mr. Underwood......1029, 1031, 1032, 1033
Mr. Walker....
...1025, 1026
instructions to Committee on Public Buildings
to examine the work, &c., on the, and report
thereon...
.......761, 921, 952
call upon the President, and report from, in re-
lation to the plan of extension of the, the
moneys expended, &c...

remarks by-

Mr. Badger...

.845, 903
..845, 846

Capitol, extension of the-remarks by-
Mr. Borland....
.845, 846, 847
Mr. Hunter..
...847
Capron, Capt. Erastus C., bill for the relief of the
children of....
....282, 366, 389
Captors of the frigate Philadelphia, bill for the re-
lief of the.. ....966, 1445, 1808, 2203
Cargoes of steamers, bill to prevent unnecessary
delays in the discharge of the.... ...595
Carmelite Nunnery, in Baltimore, bill for the ben-
efit of the......424, 460, 880, 907, 952, 1174
remarks by-
Mr. Badger.
Mr. Bayard..
Mr. Borland..
Mr. Bradbury.
Mr. Cass..

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Caroline of Barnstable. (See Register.)
Carrigan, James, withdrawal of the papers of.1076
Cash, David C., and Giles U. Ellis, an act for the
relief of.........243, 245, 308, 425, 488, 503
Cass, Lewis, of Michigan....
.1, 2,
29, 33, 62, 91, 103, 128, 130, 153, 158, 229,
243, 273, 297, 308, 388, 407, 409, 431, 447,
450, 460, 468, 469, 503, 505, 511, 553, 556,
568, 576, 637, 651, 667, 693, 703, 709, 717,
750, 773, 782, 813, 826, 866, 901, 929, 985,
991, 1044, 1068, 1106, 1130, 1136, 1140, 1167,
1174, 1176, 1178, 1240, 1258, 1269, 1270,
1271, 1301, 1376, 1391, 1393, 1398, 1419,
1459, 1483, 1493, 1501, 1510, 1519, 1521,
1532, 1547, 1556, 1591, 1628, 1832, 1844,
1923, 1936, 1949, 1980, 1981, 2002, 2049,
2076, 2145, 2169, 2151, 2172, 2185, 2195,
2201, 2202, 2205, 2216, 2227, 2231, 2233,
2234, 2255, 2256, 2267, 2269, 2290, 2309,
2342, 2394, 2424, 2444, 2446, 2455, 2457,
2458, 2461, 2466
resolutions by....
..41, 81, 158,
310, 461, 525, 543, 826, 1186, 1208, 2329
remarks in regard to the outrage on the Prome-
theus...
...81
remarks relative to the reception and entertain-
ment of Kossuth......24, 26, 27, 66, 69, 72
remarks on the resolution to pay Mr. Rives for
reporting....
...347

remarks on the bill for the relief of Erastus A.
Capron..
..368

remarks on presenting the petition of the exiled
Irish patriots.....
..407

remarks on the proposition to print the letter of
Kossuth....
...587

remarks on the bill providing for the assign-
ability of land warrants.
.669
remarks on the proposition to pay the expenses
for the entertainment of Kossuth........718,
720, 721
explanatory remarks by, in regard to the Nich-
olson letter..
.......783
remarks in relation to the loss of the schooner
Edith.....
......848
remarks on the bill for the benefit of the Carmel-
ite Nunnery...
....881
remarks on the joint resolution for the continu-
ance of the work on the Capitol.......1027,
1029, 1032
remarks on the bill granting land to Michigan
for a railroad...
.1520
remarks on propositions to amend the rules
of the Senate..
..1609, 2170
remarks on the death of Mr. Clay ... . . . . .1632
remarks on the proposition for adjournment,
1860

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remarks on the bill for the construction of a ship
canal around the Falls of St. Mary....1880,
1881, 1882, 1935
remarks on the proposition for the improvement
of the dam at the head of Cumberland Island,
1525, 1526
remarks on the Iowa land bill.............764
remarks concerning the expedition to Japan,
944, 945, 946
remarks on the bill for a mail line between New
Orleans and Vera Cruz........930, 935, 936
remarks on non-intervention....
..1053
remarks concerning Temple's Memoirs..1336,

1337
remarks on the Army appropriation bill..2432,
2433
remarks on the deficiency bill...........1131,
1133, 1144, 1354
remarks on the proposition to pay the assignees
of the contractors for the removal of the
Choctaw Indians....
..1407
remarks on the appropriation for the Collins
line......1270, 1288, 1291, 1293, 1303, 1328
remarks to indemnify the people of Georgia,
Florida, and Alabama, for depredations com-
mitted by the Creek Indians.....1357, 1358,
1364, 1365, 1367, 1368, 1369, 1370, 1371, 1372
remarks on the appropriation for the Shawnee
Indians...2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2083, 2085
remarks on the appropriation for the Cherokees
east of the Mississippi... ........2153
remarks in relation to the claims for provisions
furnished to the Indians in California..2106,

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