Florida war, a bill making further appropriations for, Lands; to appropriate, for a limited time, the proceeds of 1299; passed. banks; a resolution instructing the Judiciary Com- a bill prohibiting the incorporating of banks in Foreign paupers; a resolution in relation to foreign pau- Fortification on Lake Champlain; a resolution proposing from the House, reported with amendments, 1877; France and the United States; (see United States.). Globe newspaper, Mr. Webster's complaints against, Grant, Joseph; a bill to extend his patent right for ma- Haight, Stephen, re-elected assistant doorkeeper, 8. Harbor bill, for the improvement of certain harbors, &c., 1397. Hill, Hon. Isaac, the resignation of his seat, 1616. subject to a select committee, 26; agreed to, 33. a bill prohibiting postmasters from transmitting Indian claims, speculations in; a memorial from Missis hostilities; a bill for suppressing them, 103; passed, 291. appropriations; a bill making appropriations for Land land sales, 48; motion to take it up, 810; con. the committee on, moved to be discharged from two bills on the subject of pre-emption rights, 836. resolution authorizing the payment of the ex- a bill to change the mode of conducting the sales Office; a bill to reorganize the General Land Office, Lake Champlain; resolution directing the Secretary of Library of Count Bourtoulin; a resolution directing the Light-houses; a bill making appropriations for them, Louisville and Portland canal, a bill to authorize the 1563. Lowrie, Walter, Esq., re-elected Clerk of the Senate, 8. Mail contracts; resolution instructing the Post Office authorizing contracts to be made with railroad Maine boundary; resolutions of the Legislature of Massa- Maine resolutions, on the subject of abolition, 1109. Marine corps, a bill to regulate and increase the pay of Marshall, Humphrey; an unfavorable report of the Com- Metropolis Bank; a memorial for a recharter thereof, 58. Mexico; a bill to carry into effect the treaty with that Insolvent debtors, a report from the Treasury Depart-Michigan applies for admission as a State, in a message ment concerning, 34. Journals, a resolution to inquire into the expediency of Judiciary; a bill supplementary to the act to amend the Kane, Hon. Elias K., from Illinois, his death announced, 7. Lands; a bill to provide for the adjustment of the claims from the President, 5. credentials from its Senators presented, 6; ques- bill for the admission of Michigan into the Union, school lands; a bill supplementary to the bill to Michigan Senators; resolution for paying them agreed Post Office accounts; a communication from the Postmas. a bill to provide for the execution of the laws of ter General, 1048. the bill changing the organization of the Post Of- Military land warrants, a bill to extend the time for issu- Post routes; a joint resolution for the establishment of Mint; (see Bullion.) Missouri land claims, a memorial respecting, 799. a bill confirming the claims of, 964; passed. a bill granting a certain quantity of land to, for 1123. resolution directing the Commissioners of the National defence; resolutions offered by Mr. Benton, Naval service; a bill for the enlistment of boys, 1413; Naval academy; a bill to establish one, 1453. a bill for organizing the navy, 1855; laid on the Naudain, Hon. Arnold, from Delaware, resigns his seat, New Hampshire resolutions in favor of the expunging New Orleans custom-house; presentments of its dilapida- New York; a resolution instructing the Committee of Fi- memorials on same subject, 46, 391. a bill for the relief of the sufferers by the fire, a bill to extend the relief of the act now in exist- Northeast boundary of the United States; a message Ohio; report from Secretary of War respecting the a bill to define the northern boundary line of, 14; a joint resolution respecting do., 35. Page, Hon. John, from New Hampshire, took his scat, Office; a bill to provide for the erection of a build- Pension bill, which grants half pay to the widows and certain post routes in Missouri and Arkansas, Pre-emption claims, a bill to extend the time for receiv President's annual message received, 4; (see Appendix.) on the mediation of Great Britain in relation to concerning sale of lands in the vicinity of Fort with the result of the mediation of Great Britain, respecting French spoliations, 662. on discriminating duties with Portugal, 679, informing Congress that France had paid the four returning the bill appointing a day for the annual enclosing a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to Texas, 1871. President pro tem., Mr. King, from Alabama, appointed, Printing; a report of the committee on the contingent Protection of the frontiers; (see Defence.) a supplementary bill, 1913; passed. a resolution proposing a reduction of the revenue, a resolution directing the surplus revenue to be Rescinding resolution, offered in place of the expunging Ripley, General; a bill to audit and settle his accounts, School lands; a bill to authorize the relinquishment of Shackford, John, re-elected Sergeant-at-arms, 8. sider a bill in addition to an act for providing for Arkansas; petitions against admitting the State into the Union except on certain conditions, | Wabash, a bill to improve the navigation of, 563; order. Smith, Hon. Nathan, from Connecticut; his death an- nounced, 4. Smithsonian institution; the President communicates cer- a joint resolution authorizing the President to ap- Suspension of the rules; a suspension of the 17th rule several memorials praying Congress to acknowl- proceedings of a meeting in Warren county, Mis- a memorial from Shelby county, Kentucky, pray- resolutions of Legislature of Connecticut, on the report of the Committee on Foreign Relations, report from the Secretary of State on the subject, proceedings of a meeting of citizens at Nashville, Tobacco trade; a resolution requesting the President to 1381. Transfer drafts; a resolution calling on the Secretary of proposition for printing an extra number of copies Transfers of public money; a resolution on the subject, Treasury, Secretary of, his annual report, 4; (see Ap Treaty with Spain; a bill giving effect to the 8th article a proposition for appointing a board of commis- Tyler, Hon, John; his resignation, 636. militia; a bill to provide payment for their servi- Western boatmen; a memorial on the subject of a marine Western frontier, the bill for the better defence of, Wetmore, Alphonso, petition of; the Committee of Claims Wildman, Hon. Zalmon, of the House of Representa Wisconsin, bill to establish a Territorial Government in, bill to create the office of surveyor of public Yeas and nays, on a resolution to supply the Senators the judiciary bill, 63, 65. regulations of the Senate chamber, 71, 72. on reference of the Michigan memorial, 289. resolutions in relation to national defence, 572. Ohio boundary, 785, 799. slavery in the District of Columbia, 787, 804, 810. bill for relief of the corporations of the District resolution for the safe keeping of the journal, 977. bill for graduating the price of public lands, 1032. bill for the admission of Arkansas, 1056. bill for payment of revolutionary pensioners, 1094. establishing the Territory of Wisconsin, 1177. Mr. Clay's land bill, 1254, 1301, 1302, 1305, navy appropriation bill, 1299, 1427. fortification bill, 1524, 1550, 1576, 1592. the bill to reward the recaptors of the frigate cases of B. F. Curry and S. Gwin, 1668. extending the charters of the District banks, 1695, bill for extending the time for receiving proof of the bill supplementary to the bill to establish the Yeas and nays, on the bill to change the organization of | Yeas and nays, on the bill to anticipate the payment of the bill to increase the military peace establishment, 1853. indemnities due under the French and Neapoli- on the bill for establishing armories, arsenals, rescinding resolution, 1897. providing for the building of a Patent Office, fortification bill, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1910, 1911. on the Delaware breakwater bill, 1930. Zanesville and Maysville road, a petition in favor of, INDEX TO THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. Benton, Mr., Missouri, presents the credentials of the Michigan Senators, 6, 8, 9, S6, 38, 39, 41. on the recharter of the Patriotic Bank, 34. recharter of the Bank of the Metropolis, 59. regulations in the Senate chamber, 69, 71. Documentary History of District of Columbia, 499. fortification bill, 593, 615, 1428, 1431, 1432, 1512, 1550, 1551, 1576, 1579, 1582. Cumberland road bill, 723, 801, 802. Western boatmen, &c., 750, 751. Ohio boundary, 784. deposite banks, 840. expunging resolution, 722, 877, 1593. day of adjournment, 963, 979. safe keeping of the journal, 974. specie payments, 999, 1005, 1094, 1095, 1097. bill for the admission of Michigan, 1006, 1008, bill for the admission of Arkansas, 1053. appropriating the proceeds of public lands for a limited time, 1172, 1187, 1247, 1254, 1299, railroad contracts, 1207. resolution for receiving nothing but gold and sil- Louisville and Portland canal bill, 1570, 1572, bill for increasing the military establishment, 1637. bill for regulating the public deposites, 1744, Benton, Mr., on bill for establishing the currency of the constitution, 1745. bill increasing the army, 1746, 1756, 1852, 1853. on acknowledging the independence of Texas, setting apart the surplus revenue for the defence making an appropriation for the Cumberland road, report on public lands, 4655, 4656. Black, Mr., Mississippi, on the judicial system, 59, 64. deposite banks, 847. Missouri land claims, 967. Mr. Clay's land bill, 1174, 1286. general appropriation bill, 1401, 1402. on suspending the sale of Choctaw lands, 1412. regulating the public deposites, 1745, 1786. Brown, Mr., North Carolina, on incendiary publications, 33. slavery in the District of Columbia, 90, 95, 731. Ohio boundary, 783, 784. Maine abolition resolutions, 1110, 1113, 1115, Mr. Clay's land bill, 1306. affairs of Texas, 1420, 1531. Buchanan, Mr., Pennsylvania, on incendiary publications, 28, 1722, 1732, 1736. Michigan Senators, 41. the judicial system, 59, 62, 64. regulations in the Senate chamber, 70. slavery in the District of Columbia, 82, 302, 496, memorial of Caln quarterly meeting, 99. bill to relieve the sufferers by fire at New York, the United States and France, 168, 177. memorial from Dauphin county, in relation to free national defence, 576. Calhoun, Mr., on the defence of the frontiers, 1463, his report from conference committee on the vol recognition of Texas, 1531, 1535. the cases of Curry and Gain, 1659, 1662, 1667. bill to change the mode of selling the public establish armories, arsenals, &c., 1882, 1884. statuary for the east front of the Capitol, 1313, Clay, Mr., Kentucky, on the admission of the Senators Smithsonian legacy bill, 1377. defence of the frontiers, 1394, 1505, 1508. the affairs of Texas, 1422, 1536, 1916. bill for the relief of Stockton and Stokes, 1448. bill to regulate the public deposites, 1635, 1777, bill for changing the organization of the Post Of- bill supplementary to the act for admitting Michi- bill for organizing the navy, 1856, 1857, 1874, 1875. bill to regulate and increase the pay of the offi- bill making an appropriation for the Cumberland Calhoun, Mr., South Carolina, on incendiary publica- reduction of the revenue, 52, 54, 55. 207, 208, 209, 210, 302, 471, 482, 494, 496, memorial of Caln quarterly meeting, 100. bill for relief of the sufferers by the New York United States and France, 169. District of Columbia, 469, 470, 964, 1450. national defence, 571, 572, 577. establishing post routes in Missouri and Arkansas, deposite banks, 842, 843, 1383. keeping safe the journal, 970. graduating the price of public land, 1028. specie payments, 1096, 1097, 1099. bill to regulate public deposites, 1101, 1616, railroad contracts, 1101, 1102, 1205. Maine abolition resolutions, 1109, 1110, 1111, grant of land to Missouri, 1123. petition of David Melville, 1177, 1183, 1184. bill for the relief of representatives of Colonels receiving specie only for public land, 1271, 1274. Smithsonian legacy bill, 1376, 1377. harbor bill, 1383. general appropriation bill, 1408. fortification bill, 1446, 1550, 1551, 1579, 1903, Indian bill, 1459, 1461. from Michigan, 8. his distribution land bill, 48, 1172, 1174, 1176, 1248, 1283, 1285, 1288, 1303, 1310. the United States and France, 103, 588. bill for the relief of the sufferers by the New for the suppression of Indian hostilities, 290. District of Columbia, 467. fortification bill, 614, 1903, 1906, 1910. Cumberland road, 615, 623, 628, 722, 724, 801, 803. Western boatmen, &c., 748, 749. slavery in the District of Columbia, 786. Maine boundary, 962. day of adjournment, 962, 981. bill for graduating the price of public lands, 1028, admission of Michigan, 1046, 1047. bill for the relief of representatives of Colonels statuary for the cast front of the Capitol, 1317. on imposing a duty on all imported hemp, 1597, treaty with Spain, 1427, 1647. Louisville and Portland canal, 1673. increasing the army, 1756, 1832. bill providing for sick and disabled seamen, 1759. for regulating the public deposites, 1784, 1815, Northeastern boundary of the United States, report on acknowledging the independence of |