North Carolina, citizens of Hicksville, mail route from Damascus to Hicksville...
of Johnston and Wayne counties, mail route from Golds.
boro' to Bentonsville....

of Johnston county, reduce rates of postage and abolish
franking privilege.

publishers of periodicals of Newbern, reduce rates of postage
and abolish franking privilege..

joint resolutions of Legislature of State of, in relation to impro-
ving the condition of Indian tribes...

Page.

315

293

336

351

394

joint resolutions of Legislature of State of, in relation to slavery
in the United States Territories....

480

citizens of State of, exclude slavery from California and New
Mexico

567

Oak Hill Cemetery, District of Columbia. (See bill H. R. No. 742.)
Oath, clerk to agents for paying pensions to take...

Ocean tracks, vessels to test practicability of Maury's...

See joint resolution H. R. No. 56.

....

mail steamers, as to amount paid for mail service...
Odd-Fellows, order of, incorporate lodge. (See bill H. R. No. 800.)
Official Register, or Blue Book, distribution of. (See joint resolution H. R.

No. 56.)

Officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, three months' extra pay to all
who received or are entitled to bounty land....
of United States, all to be elected by people.....

Ohio, State of, members from, appear, viz:

R. S. Canby, John Crowell, J. D. Cummins, Rudolphus Dick-
inson, Daniel Duncan, Thomas O. Edwards, Nathan Evans,
James J. Faran, Joshua R. Giddings, William Kennon, jr.,
Samuel Lahm, John K. Miller, Jonathan D. Morris, Thomas
Richey, Joseph M. Root, William Sawyer, Robert C. Schenck,
John L. Taylor, Samuel F. Vinton....
George Fries, David Fisher......
Order No. 172, issued by General Wool......
Order, questions of.......

334

303, 511

544

138, 656
88, 161

4

3

110, 116

135, 176, 247, 382, 501, 503, 540, 645, 669
debate on motion to reconsider could not be allowed to interrupt call of
States for resolutions, but must be postponed in same manner as an ori
ginal debate on a resolution would have been.....

message from President could not be laid before House, except by unani-
mous consent, till hour arrived when a motion to proceed to consider
business on Speaker's table would be in order....

member on whose motion a subject is brought before the House is entitled
to the floor, by parliamentary courtesy..

that the House, by a vote of two-thirds, having suspended the rules, to
allow a resolution to be introduced, still, the resolution contemplating a
change in the order of business would require a vote of two thirds for its
adoption....

amendment ruled out of order, on ground of irrelevancy, under 55th rule
that delegates from Territories, though not possessing the right to vote,
yet had right to make motions....

136

176

247

330

382

503

[PETITIONS FROM]

Odell, James M..

Ohio, citizens of Washington and Athens counties, mail route from Federal
creek to Bayley's ferry......

of Coshocton county, mail route from Humphreysville to Warsaw
of Pike and Sciota counties, mail route from Piketon to Guilford
settlement..

77

123

146

196

Ohio, citizens of Tuscarawas county, mail route from Chili to Cadwalader...
of Coshocton county, mail route from Chili to Cadwalader....
of Defiance county, mail route from Defiance to Panama........
of Williams county, mail route from Byron to Hillsdale......
of Mercer and Auglize counties, mail route from Fort Recovery
to Van Wert.

of Jefferson county, mail route from Steubenville to Mount
Pleasant...

of Gallipolis, mail route from Wheelersburg to Gallipolis........
of Morgan and Perry counties, mail route from Deaverstown to
Athens.

.........

of Mercer and Perry counties, mail route from Deaverstown to
Athens

of Guernsey county, transmit free of postage newspapers by mail
within thirty miles of office of publication...

of Harrison county, transmit free of postage newspapers by mail
within thirty miles of office of publication...

of Gallia county, transmit newspapers by mail free of postage
within thirty miles of office of publication....

of Muskingum county, uniform rates of postage and free delivery
of letters in the cities......................、

of Medina county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege.

262

of Marion county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege....

262

of Portsmouth, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking privi·
lege......

312

.....

of Guernsey county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege

326

of Muskingum county, reduce rates of postage and abolish frank-
ing privilege.....

336

of Highland county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege..

344

of Defiance county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege...

351

of Jefferson county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege......

351

of Knox county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking pri-

privilege..

370

of Adams and Sciota counties, reduce rates of postage and abol-
ish franking privilege......

370

of Carrollton, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking privi-
lege.......

379

of Coshocton county, reduce rates of postage and abolish frank-
ing privilege......

378

of Clermont County, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege......

409

of Lima, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking privilege

440

of State of, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking privilege 439, 529
of Meigs county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege

457

of Ross county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking pri-
vilege...

457

of Harrison county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege.....

465

of Wayne county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege

474

of Fairfield county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege.......

474

of Summit county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege.....

491

of Richland county, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking
privilege

498

of Dayton, reduce rates of postage and abolish franking privilege
of Guernsey county, prohibit the transportation of mail on Sab-
bath day.

641

522

of Richland county, prohibit the transportation of the mail on the

Sabbath day..、、、

.474, 491, 529, 609

Ohio, citizens of Wayne county, vs. the transmission of the mail on the Sabbath

day.....

of Ashland county, prohibit the transportation of the mail on the
Sabbath day.

of State of, establish court of arbitration to adjust national diffi
culties without war.....

of Oberlin, establish court of arbitration to adjust national diffi-
culties without war..

of Cleveland, erect light-house at the entrance of Niagara river..
of Perrysburgh, erect light-ship at the entrance of Niagara river
of Elyria, erect light-ship at the entrance of Niagara river......
of Milan, station light-ship at the entrance of Niagara river....
of Painesville, station light-ship at the entrance of Niagara river
of Ashtabula county, station light-ship at the entrance of Niagara
river
masters and owners of vessels of Ashtabula, station light-ship at the en,
trance of Niagara river....
merchants and owners of vessels of Toledo, station light-ship at the en-...
trance of Niagara river....

citizens of Clermont county, make public lands free to actual settlers....

of State of, vs, sale of the publie lands, except to actual settlers..
of State of, public lands made free to actual settlers..
of Mahoning county, public lands free to actual settlers..
of Belmont county, public lands free to actual settlers...

Page..

474

491

440

440

174, 276

203

210

210

235

275

216, 275

281

594

263

.263, 429, 323

351

371

of Stark county, prohibit speculation in public lands and make
them free to actual settlers...

263

..of Wayne county, make public land free to actual settlers and
exempt from liability for debts.

of State of, grant lands to actual settlers in California.....
of Middlebury, grant land to aid in the construction of railroad
from Mississippi river to Chicago, Illinois.....

of Maumee city, for territorial organization of California.....
of Portage county, abblish slavery in the District of Columbia...
of Medina county, exclude slavery from the newly acquired terri-
tories.....

of Warren and Clinton counties, abolish slavery and slave trade in
the District of Columbia...

567

295

295

461

252

262

of Clarksfield, abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.....
of Carroll and Jefferson counties, abolish slavery in the District
of Columbia, or remove the seat of Government..

282
298, 314

366

of Sandusky, require vessels navigating the lakes to carry signal
lights....

of State of, abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, &c......
of Jefferson county, abolish slavery in District of Columbia and
prevent its further extension

convention of colored people of State of, for the abrogation of the law of
1793, in relation to fugitives from justice...

Society of Friends, vs. extending slavery into the newly acquired territories,
and for its abolition in the District of Columbia................

meeting of Friends held at Mount Pleasant, prevent extension of slavery
into the newly acquired territories....

citizens of Chagrin Falls, revise patent laws to protect interests of inventors
of Cleveland, require vessels navigating the lakes to carry signal
lights.....

441, 542

513

384

231

594

499

379

415

of Huron, require vessels navigating the lakes to carry signal
lights.....

492

masters of steamboats on the Western lakes, require vessels navigating
said lakes to carry signal lights......

citizens of Muskingum county, revise laws in relation to mileage of mem-
bers of Congress....

P.

Page.

Pacheco, Antonio, representatives of. (See bill H. R. No. 197.)
Pacific and Atlantic oceans, survey of routes for canal or railroad to connect.
(See joint resolution H. R. No. 42)
Paintings, purchase of Catlin's Indian gallery. (See joint resolution H. R. No. 39.)
Panama, transportation of troops across the isthmus of.......

See bill H. R. No. 721.

Passengers in merchant vessels. (See bill H. R. No. 738.)
Patents, annual report of Commissioner of.......

extra copies to be printed......
drawings to accompany..
causes of delay in examinations of applications for.....
Patenting of medicines, amend patent laws so as to prevent.

See bill H. R. No. 755.

Pay department of the army, reorganization of (See bill H. R. No. 727.)
Penitentiary system of the District of Columbia, revision of..

See bill H. R. No. 814.

Pennsylvania, State of, members from, appear, viz:

257,339

448

523, 551, 552

604

131. 437

72, 79, 385

118, 147, 604

Chester Butler, John Blanchard. J. E. Brady, Richard
Brodhead, Charles Brown, John Dickey, George N.
Eckert, J. W. Farrelly, Moses Hampton, jr., C J. In-
gersoll, J. R. Ingersoll, Lewis C. Levin, Job Mann,
A. R. McIlvaine, Henry Nes, James Pollock, John
Strohm, William Strong, James Thompson...
David Wilmot, Andrew Stewart

Pennsylvania avenue, enclosure of triangular spaces on.

Pension and bounty land laws, abstracts of, and opinions of Attorney General on

construction of....

claims rejected, list of..

Persons employed on the Pacific and gulf coasts during the war with Mexico,
places of birth and number of.....

65, 125, 206

Philadelphia, relief of captors of frigate. (See bill S. No. 348.)

Port of entry, Memphis, Tennessee....

Port of delivery, Fort Covington, New York. (See bill H. R. No. 791.)

Plans accompanying report of Secretary of the Navy, engraving of.......
Police officer to attend in galleries of the House of Representatives..

charges. (See bills H. R. Nos. 653 and 717.)

Postage on letters and newspapers, reduce rates of, and establish uniform postal

72,305

Postages, system of reduced..

Post-routes, Plainfield to Baskenridge..

131, 146

113

New Germantown to German Valley.

113

Fort Snelling to Fort Gaines....

371 372

Exeter Corner to Abbott.....

387

Postmaster General, communicates report of First Assistant Postmaster General

in relation to a system of reduced postages.
estimates of appropriations required for the
service of the Post Office Department for
the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1849...
names and compensation of clerks and other
persons employed in the Post Office De-
partment during the year 1848.....
report of abstracts of offers for carrying mails;
contracts; land and water mails; additional
allowances; curtailments; fines, &c........
his decision on the claim of Solomon T. Corser
and David Shaw...
receipts and expenditures for the Post Office
Department during the year 1848...
reduction of the fees of letter carriers in cities
amount of money contracted to be paid since
June 30, 1845, for ocean steamers' mail
service....

Pre-emption rights to settlers on public lands unsurveyed, &c.......

on islands in the Great Miami. (See bil! H. R.
No. 526.)

President of the United States, notified of meeting of Congress..

Page.

7,8,9

President of U. S., communicates-
his annual message.

message in answer to resolution of the House, on subject
of establishing a tariff of duties in the ports of the Mexi-
can Republic during war with Mexico..

report of inspectors of penitentiary, D. C......
annual report of director of mint U. S.....

imprisonment of American citizens in Ireland by British
authorities

reports of Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy, as
to amount of moneys received at different ports of entry
in Mexico during war, and how expended
report from Secretary of State, accompanied by all docu-
ments, &c., relating to treaty between the United States
and Mexico, concluded at Guadalupe Hidalgo..
correspondence between State Department and late and
present consuls at Rio de Janeiro; and also between
State Department and Hon. H. A. Wise, in relation to
slave trade.

list of consuls, vice consuls, and commercial agents of U.
States, and their fees, &c......

President and Vice President of the United States, committee to report mode of

Previous question moved and seconded 64, 68, 81,

moved and seconded, refused.....

247, 248

10

183

259

292

161

349

397

602

602

amend constitution to change
mode of electing.
memorial of messengers bear-
ing votes of certain States
for, in relation to mileage..
compensation to persons ap-
pointed to deliver votes for.
(See joint res. S. No. 47.)
93, 132, 167, 230, 325, 375, 488, 524,
568, 634, 641, 672

Printing of Congress, extension of time for receiving proposals..

See joint resolution S. No. 55.

Printing, public. (See joint resolution H. R. No. 62.)
Printing of Congress, compensation to William Hickey for computing proposals

252, 501

367

for.......

654

See joint resolution H. R. No. 64.

Privilege, questions of

152, 153

Proceedings and debates of House of Representatives, publication of..
Protocol to treaty between the United States and Mexico.....

Public buildings, report on improvement of.........
Public debt of the United States, how every public debt since continental Con-
gress has been contracted...