Yeas and nays, on the bill to change the organization of | Yeas and nays, on the bill to anticipate the payment of the indemnities due under the French and Neapoli- tan treaties, 1882. on the bill for establishing armories, arsenals, &c., 1884, 1909. rescinding resolution, 1897. providing for the building of a Patent Office, 1898. fortification bill, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1911. on the pension bill, 1929. barbor bill, 1935. 1385. INDEX TO THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. Benton, Mr., Missouri, presents the credentials of the | Benton, Mr., on bill for establishing the currency of the constitution, 1745. bill increasing the army, 1746, 1756, 1852, 1853. bill to establish armories, arsenals, &c., 1982. on acknowledging the independence of Texas, 1920. setting apart the surplus revenue for the defence of the country, 4625, 4631. 4638. report on public lands, 4655, 4656. Black, Mr., Mississippi, on the judicial system, 59, 61. Documentary History of District of Columbia, 499. Cumberland road, 724, 725. deposite banks, 847. Missouri land claims, 967. Mr. Clay's land bill, 1174, 1286. general appropriation bill, 1401, 1402. on suspending the sale of Choclaw lands, 1412. District of Columbia, 1452. regulating the public deposites, 1745, 1786. 33. slavery in the District of Columbia, 90, 95, 731. national defence, 447. Ohio boundary, 783, 784. Maine abolition resolutions, 1110, 1113, 1115, 1116. limited time, 1172, 1187, 1247, 1254, 1299, affairs of Texas, 1420, 1531. Buchanan, Mr., Pennsylvania, on incendiary publications, 28, 1722, 1732, 1736. the judicial system, 59, 62, 64. regulations in the Senate chamber, 70. 679, 780. bill to relieve the sufferers by fire at New York, 125, 129. the United States and France, 168, 177. memorial from Dauphin county, in relation to free negroes, 442. national defence, 576. gan, 1781. Buchanan, Mr., on the Cumberland road, 635. Calhoun, Mr., on the defence of the frontiers, 1463, 1503, 1504, 1505, 1507, 1511. his report from conference committee on the vol- unteer bill, 1523. recognition of Texas, 1531, 1535. the cases of Curry and Gwin, 1659, 1662, 1667. on increasing the army, 1756, 1853. bill to change the mode of selling the public lands, 1867. establish armories, arsenals, &c., 1882, 1884. acknowledging the independence of Texas, 1916. from Michigan, 8. his distribution land bill, 48, 1172, 1174, 1176, 1248, 1283, 1285, 1288, 1303, 1310. reduction of the revenue, 54, 55. memorial of Calo quarterly meeting, 100. speculations in Indian claimg, 101. the United States and France, 103, 588. bill for the relief of the sufferers by the New York fire, 115, 126, 782. for the suppression of Indian hostilities, 290. school lands, 390. fortification bill, 614, 1903, 1906, 1910. 803. slavery in the District of Columbia, 786. Maine boundary, 962. Missouri land claims, 965. bill for graduating the price of public lands, 1028, 1030. 207, 208, 209, 210, 302, 471, 432, 494, 496, grant of land to Missouri, 1121. petitions against slavery in Arkansas, 1134, 1135. petition of David Melville, 1178. bill for the relief of representatives of Colonels Bond and Douglass, 1252, 1253. statuary for the east front of the Capitol, 1317. defence of the frontiers, 1387. on imposing a duty on all imported hemp, 1997, 1393, 1399. treaty with Spain, 1427, 1647. Louisville and Portland canal, 1673. Michigan school lands, &c., 1737, 1738. pre-emption claims, 1741. increasing the army, 1756, 1832. 1745, 1763, 1764, 1765, 1766, 1767, 1778, memorial from Shelby county, praying for recog- nition of Texas, 1759. for regulating the public deposites, 1784, 1845, 1859, 1870. Northeastern boundary of the United States, 1779, 1864. report on acknowledging the independence of Texas, 1846, 1871. bill for building a Patent Office, 1866. 1869. petition from Kentucky, in favor of the American Culonization Society, 1901. acknowledging the independence of Texas, 1915. Clayton, Mr., Dela u are, on the admission of the Senators from Michigan, 10. fixing the commencement and close of the ses- sions, 45. 1 Clayton, Mr., on the judicial system, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, | Davis, Mr., on the bill providing for sick and disabled seamen, 1758, 1759. changing the organization of the Post Office De- partment, 1771, 1849, 1850, 1851. the light-house bill, 1930. harbor bill, 1930. 4639. Ewing, Mr., Ohio, on the northern boundary line of Ohio, 14. Michigan Senators, 36, 38. bill for relief of the sufferers by the New York fire, 120, 127. resolution for national defence, 130. Michigan memorial, 284. public lands, 303, 1198. national defence, 455, 556, 572. slavery memorials, 472, 763. Alabama pre-emption rights, 721. Cumberland road bill, 724, 803. Ohio boundary, 783, 799. land bill, 810, 811. deposite banks, 846. Missouri land claims, 969, 970, admission of Michigan, 1015. 1028. admission of Arkansas, 1056. specie payments, 1096. railroad contracts, 1101, 1102. grant of land to Missouri, 1122. petitions in favor of a lurnpike from Zanesville to Maysville, 1153. transfer drafts, 1209. receiving specie only for public land, 1269. Mr. Clay's land bill, 1302, 1312, 1338. defence of the frontiers, 1385. general appropriation bill, 1400. printing an extra number of copies of the Secre- tary of the Treasury's report respecting trans- fers of public money, 1409, 1412. fortification bill, 1433. Louisville and Portland canal bill, 1570, 1572, 1575, 1668, 1672, 1673. bill to regulate the public deposites, 1642, 1764, 1765, 1777, 1778, 1859. the cases of B. F. Curry and S. Gwin, 1659, 1660, 1666. bill to reorganize the General Land Office, 1676. pre-emption claims, 1696, 1739, 1740. 1697, 1866, 1867, 1869. Michigan school lands, &c., 1737, 1738. Post Office bill, 1850. fortification bill, 1903, 4640. Ohio resolutions, 4653. report on several memorials in relation to the pub. lic lands, 4655. tions, 31. Michigan Senators, 41. judicial system, 59. resolution for national defence, 136. slavery in the District of Columbia, 208, 704. District of Columbia, 469. removal of David Melville, 1183. Vermont militia bill, 1340. the bill vetoed by the President fixing a day for the annual meeting of Congress, &c., 1878. Grundy, Mr., Tennessee, on incendiary publications, 27, | King, Mr., on slavery in the District of Columbia, 209, 579, 302, 714, 787, 836. Michigan memorial, 282, 283. school lands, 390. national defence, 441. District of Columbia, 470, 964, 1449, 1450, 1453. Florida railroad, 704. Alabama pre-emption rights, 721. Cumberland road, 722, 723, 725. Ohio boundary, 783. Missouri land claims, 799, 800, 967, 969. day of adjournment, 962, 963, 980. bill for graduating price of public land, 1030. specie payments, 1096. slavery in Arkansas, 1135. Spain, 1154. receiving specie only for public land, 1271. affairs of Texas, 1286, 1529. Vermont militia, 1339. harbor bill, 1384. general appropriation bill, 1401, 1408. 1505. Indian bill, 1459. resolution for issuing rations to sufferers from In- dian hostilities, 1537. extending the charters of the District banks, 1692, 1720. regulating the public deposites, 1763, 1859. 1868. bill for establishing armories, arsenals, &c., 188), 1884. King, Mr., Georgia, on the bill for relief of sufferers by the New York fire, 121, 129. incendiary publications, 384, 1124. slavery memorials, 477, 652. Documentary History of District of Columbia, 498, 499. general appropriation bill, 1402, 1403, 1407. fortification bill, 1578, 1580, 1584. pre-emption claims, 1741. 1908. harbor bill, 1931, 1935. Knight, Mr., Rhode Island, on the Cumberland road, 722. specie payments, 1096. railroad contracts, 1102. duties on wines, 1123. removal of David Melville, 1182, 1183. general appropriation bill, 1402. recognition of Texas, 1055. Grant's patent right, 1864. 385. the judiciary system, 60. slavery in the District of Columbia, 93, 185, 303, 518, 532, 785, 786, 787, 803, 838. the United States and France, 106. bill for relief of the sufferers by the New York fire, 122. Michigan memorial, 287. Smithsonian legacy, 386, 1375. national defence, 441, 442, 576. District of Columbia, 469, 470, 1449, 1450. Ohio boundary, 783. expunging resolution, 1058. fire, 128. Leigh, Mr., on public deposites bill, 1616, 1758, 1764, | Naudain, Mr., Delaware, on the Cumberland road, 726. fortification bill, 1435. on behalf of the widow of C. P. Bennett, 1642. Nicholas, Mr., Louisiana, on the Western frontier, 1425. increasing the army, 1754, 1853. Niles, Mr., Connecticut, on the judiciary system, 62. bill for relief of sufferers by the New York fire, 124. Michigan memorial, 284, 287. memorial in favor of Captain Nathan Hale, 323. District of Columbia, 468, 1451. slavery in the District, 512, 533. national defence, 560. safe keeping of the journal, 973. admission of Michigan, 1015. specie payments, 1093, 1097. on renting out the public grounds in the District of Columbia, 1155. incendiary publications, 1156, 1157, 1159, 1163. resolution for receiving nothing but specie for public land, 1263, 1268. Mr. Clay's land bill, 1284, 1318. Louisville and Portland canal, 1672. of recognising Texas, 1759. ment, 1769. meeting of Congres, 1880. acknowledging the independence of Texas, 1916. road, 4635. Porter, Mr., Louisiana, on incendiary publications, 29. the judicial system, 59, 60, 61, 65. slavery in the District of Columbia, 74, 93, 578, 661, 781, 785. resolution for national defence, 141. Michigan memorial, 285. public lands, 303, 1172, 1304. custom-house at New Orleans, 534. national defence, 576. Cumberland road, 724, 801, 802. Western boatmen, &c., 750. expunging resolution, 935. adinission of Arkansas, 1056. specie payments, 1095. grant of land to Missouri, 1123. receiving specie only for publ.c land, 1274, 1286. Mr. Clay's land bill, 1339. affairs of Texas, 1417, 1418, 1420, 1455. Indian bill, 1460, 1463. Louisville and Portland canal, 1672. pre-emption claims, 1696. bill for regulating the public deposites, 1743. increasing the army, 1755, 1756. partment, 1769, 1770, 1850, 1851. changing the mode of selling the public land, 1867. bill for establishing armories, arsenals, &c., 1883. Prentiss, Mr., Vermont, on the palent laws, 42. 664. |