Bounty Land. Bill to revive an act authorizing certain soldiers of the late war to surrender the, drawn by them, and to locate others in lieu thereof.. .....218, 221 Brahan, John, late receiver of the public money at Huntsville, Alabama. Bill for the relief of.. .16, 17, 19, 26, 37 Brevet officers. An act to amend an act entitled, an Act regulating the pay and emoluments of.... 199, 235 26, 36, 63, 68 216, 227, 229 Bridge, Potomac. See District of Columbia. Brig Despatch. Bill for the relief of the owners of the.... His remarks on the bill to postpone the fourth instalment of the deposites with the States.... Resolutions submitted by. ..32, 37 His remarks on the North Carolina Resolutions....... 116, 119, 120 His remarks on the North Carolina resolutions, representing the scarcity of specie change in that State.. .168 Buchanan, James, of Pennsylvania.......... I, 17, 18, 20, 25, 41, 42, 44, 46, 48, 92, 95, 97, 101, 103, 110, 111, 112, 114, 127, 128, 130, 132, 135, 142, 149, 157, 158, 159, 160, 164, 168, 172, 179, 180, 199, 207, 221, 223, 234, 238, 245 .48 His remarks on the bill for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands... .110, 112, 114, 130 His remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill... 44, 46 His remarks on the bill to prevent the interference of Federal officers in elections... ..189, 191 His report from the Committee on Foreign Affairs in relation to the difficulties on the Maine frontier..... His remarks on the bill giving the President of the United States additional powers for the defence of the United States in certain cases.. .....238, 239 His remarks on the proposition to admit reporters to seats in the Senate... ....101 Calhoun, John C. of South Carolina. .1, 17, 22, 29, 43, 44, 49, 51, 59, 61, 67, 68, 70, 98, 111, 112, 114, 127, 128, 130, 133, 136, 149, 162, 166, 200, 202, 201, 207, 210, 214, 216, 227, 234, 238 Resolution submitted by... His remarks on the bill to postpone the fourth instalment of deposites with the States... . 29, 31 His remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill. . . .43, 44, 59 His remarks on salt duties, and on the proposition to print certain documents relating to.. ...84 His remarks on Mr. Rives's resolution of inquiry into certain transactions between the United States Bank and the Secretary of the Treasury....... His remarks on the North Carolina resolutions, against the policy of ..118 .166 His remarks explanatory of his course on the late compromise act....166 His remarks on the presentation of the memorial of the citizens of the District of Columbia remonstrating against the movements of the abolitionists.... .......183 His remarks on the bill to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands.... ..26, 63, 98, 103, 107, 110, 112, 127, 130 Clay, Clement C. of Alabama.... 2, 3, 9, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 28, 33, 37, 38, 48, 49, 61, 63, 67, 68, 70, 81, 85, 91, 92, 95, 98, 102, 103, 106, 107, 110, 111, 112, 114, 120, 121, 125, 127, 128, 132, 133, 138, 139, 141, 142, 145, 156, 158, 159, 162, 168, 174, 179, 180, 182, 196, 202, 207, 214, 218, 223, 229, 234, 235, 237, 238, 245, 246 Resolutions submitted by.... 22, 28, 38, 49, 68, 92, 112, 127, 141, 179, 229 His remarks on salt duties, and on a proposition to print certain documents relating to.. .83, 84, 85, His remarks on the anti-duelling bill.. 138, 139 229 His remarks on the bill to incorporate the Washington Male Orphan Asylum and Manual Labor School... His remarks on the bill for the graduation and reduction of the price of the public lands.. .26, 63, 98, 103, 107, 110, 114, 121 His remarks on the bill to authorize the President of the United States to cause the reserved lead mines to be sold.. Clayton, Thomas, of Delaware... .245, 246 70 1, 29, 69, 158 Bill for the ..58, 194, 197 .194 162 .55 His remarks on the Vermont resolutions, for the abolition of slavery, and against the annexation of Texas to the Union....109 His remarks on the memorial of the citizens of the District of Columbia, remonstrating against the movements of the abolitionists, and commending Mr. Clay for his course in reference to said memorial.. Clerks in the Adjutant and Inspector General's office. Bill to fix the compensation of..... in the office of the Second Auditor of the Treasury. See Post Office Department-Indian Affairs. Coins, foreign. Bill to prevent the counterfeiting of, and for the punishment thereof.. ...17, 19, 25, 37, 50, 52, 139 Columbian College. Bill supplementary to the act granting lots to the, in the District of Columbia.. .177, 200, 202 Commerce. Resolutions of instruction to the Committee on.. 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 36, 51, 63, 68, 92, 111, 121, 128, 179, 191 Bills reported from the Committee on..68, 146, 161, 176, 177, 182, 193, 202, 205, 216, 221, 225 Reports by the Committee on... ....208, 237 Committees, Standing, the appointment of, and debate.. ..2, 3, 16, 17, 18 Compromise act. See Benton. Commercial intercourse of the United States with foreign nations........36, 49 Commissioners. See Land Titles. Commissions to agents. See Awards. 177 His remarks on the bill to secure the public money and to punish defaulters .... 202 Ilis remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill, and on the proposition to strike therefrom the appropriation to the Documentary History of the Revolution.. Copyrights. Bill to amend the several acts in relation to. Courts, District. See Jackson-Mississippi—Alabama. Concordia, in Louisiana. Bill to transfer to the citizens of the Parish of, the interest of the United States to a certain tract of land.. 19, 22,145, 164, 168 Copeland, Capt. Jesse. An act authorizing the settlement of the accounts Copeland, of... 199 .29, 37 Criminal. See District of Columbia. 238 His remarks on the bill to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands... ...127, 130 His remarks on the bill authorizing the President to cause the reserved lead mines to be sold. .70 160, 162 C. Canals. See Michigan Canal Companies. See the Mississippi and Rock River—Portage-Chesapeake and Ohio. Catalogue.-See Librarian. Capitol (brick.) An act for the relief of the trustees of the, in Washington City. .188, 125 Census. Bill to provide for taking the sixth, or enumeration of the inhabitart of the United States. .245 Certificates of deposite. Joint resolution to authorize the Treasurer of the United States to issue, in lieu of others to be cancelled...... 188, 190, 193 Chaplains. The election of... . 16, 20 Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Bill to transfer, on certain condi tions, to the State of Maryland, the stock held by the Government in the. 102 103 Claims. See Revolutionary. Resolutions of instruction to the Committee of. 23, 141 Bills reported from the Committee of....25, 33, 48, 97, 107, 112, 125, 127, 129, 138, 157, 158, 162, 172, 179, 188, 205, 208, 225 Reports, on miscellaneous subjects, by the Committee of. 107, 113, 125, 136, 138, 140, 145, 157, 159, 172, 177, 227 Claims against the United States. Bill to establish a board of commissioners to hear and examine.. 18, 179, 214, 216 Bill to provide for the final settlement and payment of claims of the States, for interest on advances made by them during the last war with Great Britain... ......26 Bill for the settlement of the claims of New Hampshire.. Claims of the United States. Bill to authorize the Secretary of the Trea Crittenden, John J. of Kentucky, 1, 16, 17, 19, 42, 47, 55, 58, 59, 68, 103, 107,139, 160, 162, 168, 179, 196, 197, 199, 202, 207, 210, 216, 221, 226, 234, 245 Resolutions submitted by.. His remarks on the bill to graduate and reduce the price of the public lands... His remarks on the bill to prevent the interference of Federal officers in elections... ....107 .....189, 197 Crimes against the United States. An act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain... .....17, 19, 25, 37, 50 Cumberland Road. Bill making appropriations for the continuation of the, in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and debate..26, 38, 63, 132, 133, 136 Cumberland Road. Resolutions relating to the.... Cuthbert, Alfred, of Georgia... ..... .145 116, 190, 237 His remarks on the bill to prevent the interference of Federal officers in elections...... ....189, 200, 207 His opposition to record his vote on the bill for the defence of the United States against invasion.... D. .245 Davis, John, of Massachusetts....1, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 36, 38, 43, 44, 48, 49, 52, 58, 59, 67, 103, 110, 111, 113, 120, 128, 132, 135, 143, 148, 149, 157, 158, 160, 179, 182, 196, 200, 202, 205, 207, 216, 218, 221, 223, 227, 230, 234, 237, 238, 246 Resolutions submitted by... 20, 179, 210, 237 .43, 44, 59 His remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill... His remarks on the salt duties, and on the proposition to print certain 237 Defence. Mr. Benton's resolution requesting the President of the United District Judges of the United States. Bill fixing the salaries of certain.. 182 .107 Bill making appropriation for the support of the penitentiary of the..... .....19, 22, 48, 103, 107 Bill making appropriation for the purchase of a site for a magazine and keeper's house, in the City of Washington . 19, 22 Bill making an appropriation for the erection of a free bridge across the Eastern branch of the Potomac, in the City of Washington.. .33, 36, 136, 200 Joint resolution directing the inanner in which certain laws of the, shall be executed.... ..36, 127, 159 Bill to amend the act to establish a criminal court in the.... 48, 107, 114, 125 Bill to extend the jurisdiction of the corporation of the City of Washington over the Potomac bridge... ...51, 110, 200, 202 Bill for the erection of a new jail in the City of Washington....51, 207, 210 Bill to explain and limit the powers of the circuit court of the..69, 218, 221 Bill concerning the estates of idiots, lunatics, and infants, in the...110 Bill authorizing the Mayor of the City of Washington to execute deeds to certain citizens thereof. ..127 Bill to incorporate the Washington Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum.... .140, 200, 245, 246 Bill to incorporate the Washington Silk Company. 140, 200 Joint resolution authorizing the opening of an alley, and the execution of certain deeds, in the City of Washington.. .200, 202 Bill to incorporate the Georgetown College, in the... .174, 200, 202 Bill supplementary to the act granting lots to the Columbian College, in the... ...177, 200, 202 Bills reported from the Committee on the.......48, 110, 127, 136, 140 Resolutions of instruction to the Committee on the.. Reports by the Committee on the..... 95, 103 .127, 174 Documentary History of the United States. Proposition to strike out the appropriation for the.. Mr. Benton's remarks upon the. Dubuque, Julien. See Land Claims. Dhelling. Bill to prohibit the giving or accepting, within the. District of Bill to allow a drawback of duties on merchandise imported via E. ..158 Elections. Bill to prevent the interference of Federal officers in....59, 63, 160, 179, 183, 189, 226 Mr. Rives's substitute for said bill.... 189, 191, 194, 197, 200, 207, 210, 221 .61 Enrolled bills. Committee on.. Espy, James P., the meteorologist. The petition of, praying Congress to reward him if he succeed in causing it to rain, through an experiment at his own expense, and debate... F. .41, 42 Falmouth and Alexandria Rail Road Company. Bill giving the assent of Congress to an act of the State of Virginia incorporating the....49, 110 Finance. Řesolutions of instruction to the Committee on... .141, 160 Bills and resolutions reported by the Committee on.. 19, 29, 36, 42, 81, 127, 129, 136, 168, 176, 179, 193, 207, 208, 216, 221, 234 Reports by the Committee on, on miscellaneous subjects... 127, 129, 136, 193, 208, 216 An act for the improvement and survey of certain rivers, and the repair of certain roads, in.... 245 49 Frauds. See Pensions. Frontier, western. Bill to provide for the defence of the, from the mouth of the Sabine to Fort Snelling.... ....149, 225 210 Bill to set apari a belt of land on the western borders of the States of Missouri and Arkansas, to be granted to those who shall engage for a certain term of years in defence of the 29, 121, 221 An act making appropriation for the protection of the northern and...... .......234, 238 northeastern. Bill for the erection of certain military defences in the State of Maine.. Fulton, Robert, of Arkansas... 1, 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 36, 42, 48, 49, 51, 52, 63, 81, 92, 110, 112, 125, 127, 129, 140, 162, 164, 168, 174, 182, 190, 196, 202, 205, 207, 216, 218, 221, 238 Resolutions submitted by... .26, 36, 92 His remarks on the bill for the relief of sundry citizens of Árkansas, who lost their improvements in consequence of the treaty between the United States and the Choctaw Indians......113 His remarks on the bill for the graduation and reduction of the price of the public lands.... G. Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company. Bill granting to the, the right of way through the public lands .22, 49. 120 Government. See Financial Policy-Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Bill making appropriations in part for the support of, for the years 1838 and 1839, and debate..37, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 59 Bill making appropriation for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the, for 1839.. ...234, 235, 237, 238, 246 Grants. See Public Lands-Land Titles-Spanish Grants-WisconsinInternal Improvements. 110 H. Harriss, John. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to purchase a tract of land belonging to the heirs of.... 202 Hassler, F. R. Report of, as superintendent of the coast survey. . 17, 20 Hemp. Bill to allow a drawback on imported, when manufactured into cordage and exported.. .2, 18, 127, 162, 164 Horses. See Volunteers. Hospitals. See District of Columbia. Hubbard, Henry, of New Hampshire..1, 3, 16, 18, 19, 25, 28, 33, 36, 38, 42, 43, 48, 49, 51, 63, 69, 81, 82, 92, 99, 107, 110, 111, 112, 113, 125, 128, 129, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 145, 149, 157, 158, 160, 162, 168, 172, 173, 177, 179, 180, 182, 188, 193, 197, 202, 205, 207, 208, 214, 216, 225, 229, 237, 245, 247 Idiots, lunatics and infants. See District of Columbia. Imprisonment for debt. Bill to abolish, in certain cases.... Bill granting to the State of, a quantity of land to aid in the construction of a railroad from New Albany, in the State of Indiana, to Mount Carmel, in the State of Illinois. 103, 162, 210, 214 An act providing for paying three companies of militia in the State of, called into the service of the United States.. 198 Indians. Bill for the protection of emigrant and other, west of Missouri and Arkansas... .....17, 19, 48, 216 Choctaw. Bill to amend an act entitled "An act for the appointment of commissioners to adjust the claims to reservations of land," under the 14th article of the treaty of 1830, with the.... 19, 92, 164, 168, 179 An act to provide for the location and temporary support of the Seminole... Indian hostilities. See Florida. Indian reservations. Indian Affairs. ..174 Bill for the suppression of, for the year 1839.. .234, 235 Bill authorizing the sale of certain.. ..58, 205 Resolutions of instruction to the Committee on .... .92, 159, 229 Bills reported from the Committee on..... .29, 48, 58, 68, 129, 132, 159, 172, 176, 188, 193, 202, 210, 229 Reports of the Committee on, on miscellaneous subjects.. 136, 188, 193, 205, 226, 229 Bill providing for the appointment of additional clerks in the office of the Commissioner of... .132, 162, 161 Bill supplementary to the acts to provide for the organization of the Department of.. ..162, 161 207 8 Internal Improvements. Bill making grants of lands to certain States or purposes of.. Invalid pensions. Bill to authorize the payment of, in certain cases. Foreign Affairs. Resolution of instruction to the Committee on. Bills reported from the Committee on...... 145, 160, 161, 179, 180, 221 Resolutions reported by the Committee on, in relation to the diffieulties on the Maine frontier.... 229 Fortifications. Mr. Benton's proposition to appropriate $740,000 for putting certain old, in a state of efficiency, &c. 234, 238 Propositions to appropriate for the construction of, in Maine, and on the Atlantic coast and western frontier....238 Fort Independence, Missouri. Bill to establish a port of entry at, and to allow a drawback on such merchandise as is used in the Indian trade with the internal provinces of Mexico.... ...92 Foster, Ephraim H., of Tennessee....1, 17, 19, 48, 61, 63, 81, 98, 109, 113, 121, 141, 142, 174, 180, 234, 238, 248 Iron Mountain Company. Bill to grant the right of pre-emption on 5,000 acres of land to the, in Missouri.. 180 Island at the confluence of the St. Peter's and Mississippi. Joint resolution providing for the purchase of the... .129, 132, 136, 139 J. Jackson. An act to require the District Judges of the United States, for the Eastern District of Tennessee, to hold a court at.. 17, 20, 29, 38, 50, 127 Johnson, Richard M., Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate..48, 61, 94, 99, 101, 102, 103, 106, 109, 111, 113, 128, 129, 130, 135, 138, 145, 148, 162, 174, 179, 201, 214, 216 Jones, Roger, Adjutant General of the U. S. Army. Bill for the relief of..149 Jones, Walter. An act to provide for the settlement of the claims of, against the United States.... Judiciary. Resolutions of instruction to the Committee on the......18, 63, 112 Bills and resolutions reported from the Committee on the...25, 29, 58, 63, 69, 92, 107, 113, 114, 127, 138, 145, 149, 160, Reports by the Committee on the, on miscellaneous subjects....95 127, 145, 172, 179, 196, 205 Judicial system. Bill to amend the act respecting the, of the United States... 138, 180, 188, 209, 210, 214 K. 188 King, William R., of Alabama...1, 51, 58, 59, 61, 63, 67, 68, 70, 81, 94, 97, 98, 100, 107, 111, 112, 114, 120, 121, 127, 128, 130, 132, 133, 135, 136, 139, 111, 143, 146, 157, 158, 161, 162, 168, 173, 174, 177, 179, 182, 193, 197, 199, 200, 205, 207, 208, 210, 214 Resolutions submitted by.. 111, 128, 157 His remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill... His remarks in reply to Mr. Rives, on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to the resolution of inquiry as to certain transactions between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Bank of the United States..... His remarks on the Vermont abolition resolutions. 59 Langham, Elias B., late Surveyor General for the States of Missouri and lilinois. Bill for the relief of.... .......164, 168 Lead mines. Bill authorizing the President of the United States to cause the reserved, in the State of Illinois, and Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa, to be sold as other public lands, and debate. 22, 26, 48, 68, 69, 70 Library of Congress. Expenditures of money appropriated to the..... .96 Report of the Committee on the.. 229 196 Librarian. Mr. Allen's resolution authorizing the, to make a catalogue of documents, &c. in the Library of Congress.. Light-houses and light-bosts. Bill authorizing the erection of certain, and the establishment of certain buoys and beacon lights...... ..221, 226 Linn, Lewis F., of Missouri....18, 19, 22, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70, 81, 92, 95, 97, 102, 121, 136, 141, 148, 149, 156, 157, 158, 159, 162, 164, 172, 173, 179, 180, 182, 199, 200, 202, 205, 207, 208, 210, 214, 218, 221, 234 Resolutions submitted by.. .63, 92, 136, 141, 157, 174 His remarks on the bill authorizing the President to cause the reserved lead mines to be sold... Louisville Savings Institution. Bill for the relief of the.. Louisville and Portland Canal. Proposition to have the United States purchase the stock of the... .69, 70 157, 230 .245 .98 .110 .49 Lumpkin, Wilson, of Georgia..1, 20, 22, 68, 97, 98, 112, 113, 129, 136, 137, 156, 168, 172, 176, 179, 180, 182 Resolution submitted by..... His remarks on the Vermont abolition resolutions.. Lunatics and infants. Bill concerning the estates of.... Lyon, Lucius, of Michigan....9, 17, 19, 22, 25, 33, 36, 49, 58, 61, 67, 68, 69, 70, 95, 97, 102, 111, 112, 126, 128, 129, 149, 182, 199, 205, 206, 214, 221, 234, 245 .68 .70 .150, 162, 229 Debate on the resolution for the distribution of the. 246, 247, 248 Magazine. See District of Columbia. Mails. Bill regulating the transmission of the, upon railroads.....48, 107, 110 Maine. See Frontiers-Defences. ..208 ...216 Bill for the erection of certain military defences in the State of....210 Proposition to appropriate $100,000 for fortifications in..... .229 And the Province of New Brunswick. Strictures of Mr. Williams, of Maine, on the conduct of the National Intelligencer in misrepresenting the course of Maine in the difficulties be.....216, 217 The President's message in relation to the difficulties between the State of.. ...222, 223 Message of the President, enclosing a memoranda agreed upon by Mr. Fox, the British Minister, and Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of State, temporarily to settle the difficulties between.. Resolution reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in relation to the difficulties between.. .226 .229 Bill to regulate the price of the, acquired by the treaty with the Miami Indians... 140 Maney, Col. and others, officers of the army stationed at Fort Jesup, and .171 ....143, 210, 214 Bill making grants of, to certain States for purposes of internal improvements...... Land Claims. Bill confirming certain, in Louisiana... .19, 22, 157, 164, 168 Bill to confirm certain, in the Ouachita land district, in the State of Louisiana... . 19, 22 Bill to confirm certain, in the district between the Rio Hondo and the Sabine rivers... ....... 19, 22, 68 Bill to provide for the legal adjudication and settlement of a claim granted by the Spanish Government to Julien Dubuque.... ......19 Bill to provide for the legal adjudication of certain, in Louisiana and Arkansas.... ...19 Bill to amend the act confirming certain, in the State of Michigan....... ..33, 36, 69, 218, 221 Bill to confirm certain, in the State of Missouri. Bill to confirm certain, in the Washita district, Indiana.. Bill to confirm certain, in the Greensburgh land district, in the State of Louisiana.. 68 ..68 .125 Bill to revive the act entitled An act to enable claimants to land within the limits of Missouri and Arkansas, to institute suits to try the validity of their.........69, 81, 97, 221 See Indians. Land Claims, private. Bills reported from the Committee on. 67, 68, 69, 92, 97, 112, 120, 129, 157, 162, 164, 174, 179, 180, 182, 190, 196, 199, 207, 208, 214, 221 Bill to continue in force the act for the final adjustment of Land Offices. See Michigan-Peoria-Missouri. 68 157 Marine Corps. Bill to explain and amend the act for the better organization of the... ...37, 48, 110, 209, 214, 216 Massachusetts. Mr. Webster's proposition to pay $270,000 for the services of the militia of, during the late war.... Masters in the Navy. See Navy. Resolutions submitted by.. ..230 McKean, Samuel, of Pennsylvania...1, 22, 25, 26, 91, 94, 95, 97, 127, 135, 166, 176, 179, 208, 225 .26, 176 Menard, Pierre, and others. Bill for the relief of..... 16, 17, 139, 141 Merrick, William D., of Maryland...1, 2, 33, 36, 49, 67, 68, 69, 70, 92, 95, 107, 110, 111, 120, 128, 132, 138, 159, 160, 172, 179, 182, 188, 190, 199, 200, 205, 216, 247, 248 His remarks on the bill giving the President of the United States ....238 ..92, 95 His remarks on the bill authorizing the President of the United States to cause the reserved lead mines to be sold... .....69, 70 Michigan. See Surveyor General-Land Claims-Volunteers. Bill for the completion of certain roads, begun by the United Bill to alter the times of holding the circuit court of the United Michigan City. The improvement of the harbor of.. .180, 188 .145, 158 Militia. See Indiana-Florida-Massachusetts. Reports, &c...... Mississippi and Rock River Canal Company, in the State of Illinois. Bill granting a quantity of land to, on certain conditions..... Mississippi. See Land Titles. ..22, 49, 145 Bill to relinquish to the State of, the two per cent. fund.. 59, 81, 92 Bill to reorganize the district courts of the United States in the State of...... .......100, 107, 162, 164 Bill in relation to certain railways in the State of.... ..137 Missouri. See Volunteers-Land Claims-Iron Mountain Company. Bill to authorize the Washington County Turnpike Company in the State of, to construct a road through the public lands.. 19, 170, 180 Bill to grant to the State of, a certain quantity of the public lands to be expended in railroads... ...59 Bill to establish an additional land office in the State of, and altering the boundary of the western and southwestern districts, in same State.. .....81, 92 Mobile. Bill to reimburse the corporation of the City of, for certain advances made in equipping a volunteer company which served in the Creek war... at.. ...63 Bill for the relief of the corporate authorities of.. ..68, 70 Montpelier, in the State of Vermont. Bill to establish a pension agency .18, 51, 174, 179 Morriss, Thomas, of Ohio. .1, 19, 38, 45, 52, 82, 92, 94, 97, 99, 111, 112, 114, 120, 121, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 138, 139, 149, 164, 168, 173, 174, 176, 179, 180, 182, 188, 193, 199, 202, 205, 206, 207, 237 His remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill. His remarks relative to the duties on salt, and on the motion to rescind a resolution ordering the printing of certain documents relating to salt...... 45 .82, 85 His resolution relating to slavery in the States. 173, 174, 179 His remarks on the bill for the reduction and graduation of the price of the public lands.... .114, 121, 126 Mouton, Alexander, ef Louisiana..48, 68, 69, 92, 95, 98, 99, 120, 125, 132, 156, 162, 174, 180, 190, 202, 207, 221, 225, 234 .98, 191 Resolutions submitted by.. N. ..... Nantucket Steamboat Company. Bill for the relief of the.....52, 58, 194, 197 Naval Affairs. Resolutions of instruction to the Committee on...20, 26, 28, 81 Bills reported from the Committee on..48, 110, 125, 137, 145, 149, 174, 179, 190, 202, 207, 210 Reports on miscellaneous subjects. 136, 207, 200, 237 Naval service. Bill making appropriations for the, for the year 1839......207, 218, 221, 226 Navy. Bill to regulate the pay of the masters in the........ 22, 26, 48, 174, 179 Navy Department. Communications from the Secretary of the... 19, 109, 116, 126, 138, 145 Navy pension fund. Bill making further provision in relation to the.......149 Navy pensions. An act to repeal certain acts in respect to, and to make further provision in respect to.. .210 ..51 His remarks on the petition of Dr. Theller, touching the rights of naturalized citizens.. His remarks on the bill to prevent the interference of Federal officers in elections..... .59 .160 .....189, 200 His remarks on the petition of reporters for admission to seats in the Senate..... .100 0. Ohio. Bill to cede to the State of, and other States, certain portions of the public domain............... Oregon, or Columbian Territory. Bill to provide for the protection of the citizens of the United States in the, or residing on the Columbia River.... .19, 22, 149, 210, 218 Memorial of J. L. Whitcomb, and others, citizens of the, as to the nature and extent of the country west of the Rocky Mountains.. 148, 149 Oxford, Ohio. An act to authorize the trustees of the township of, in the county of Butler, to enter a section of land in lieu of section 16 in said township, for the use of schools..... P. .....59 Pay of brevet officers. Bill to regulate the.... Pensioners. Bill making appropriations for the payment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States.. Pension Agencies. See Montpelier-Springfield. Peoria, Illinois. Bill to establish a Land Office at.. Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company. Bill to refund certain duties on iron imported by the... .42, 63, 68 Pierce, Franklin, of New Hampshire.... 1, 18, 19, 22, 45, 49, 51, 68, 81, 92, 106, 107, 121, 137, 138, 140, 156, 171, 172, 196, 197, 202, 207, 208, 225, His remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill. His remarks on the presentation of the petition of Col. Maney.. .171 His remarks on the bill to prevent the interference of Federal officers in elections..... His remarks on a certain abolition petition.. Resolutions calling upon the, for information.. 245 45 Newman, Francis, late collector of the direct taxes in Maryland. Bill for the relief of the heirs of..... ..68, 92 Nicholas, Robert, of Louisiana... 18, 22, 48, 52, 127, 138, 182, 193, 208, 210, 229 Niles, John M., of Connecticut..1, 17, 19, 22, 23, 29, 49, 52, 59, 63, 67, 68, 70, 95, 98, 100, 102, 110, 114, 125, 133, 139, 145, 149, 157, 158, 161, 162, 166, 168, 197, 200, 202, 210, 221, 234 Resolutions submitted by.... .22, 23, 216 His remarks on the bill to postpone the fourth instalment of the deposites with the States.... His remarks on Mr. Rives's resolution of inquiry into certain transactions between the Secretary of the Treasury and the Bank of the United States.... ........ 53, 54 His remarks on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to said resolutions of inquiry.... ..66, 67, 81, 82 ..59 New York. Bill to alter the times of holding the October terms of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of..... ..138 Newspapers. The supply of, to Senators... ..193 .29 Mr. Sevier's resolution declaring said reply disrespectful to the Senate..... Communication from the, in explanation. ...234 .234 ...238 Post Office Department. Bill to provide for additional clerks in the....95, 125 221, 226 Bill making an appropriation for the erection of a fire proof building' Mr. Allen's resolution declaring the same satisfactory to the Senate... .138 for the..... His remarks on the North Carolina resolutions, representing the scarcity of specie change in that State.... 245 .166 His remarks on the bill giving the President of the United States additional powers for the defence of the United States, in certain cases, against invasion..... .240 His remarks on the bill for the graduation and reduction of the price of the public lands.... 114 His remarks on the bill authorizing the President to cause the reserved lead mines to be sold... .100 His remarks on the proposition for the admission of reporters to seats in the Senate.... North Carolina. Resolutions of the Legislature of, disapproving the policy of the administration of Martin Van Buren, and the debate. ..116, 117, 118, 119, 120 Resolutions of the Legislature of, representing the scarcity of specie change, and debate.. ..........166, 167, 168 Northeastern Boundary-See Maine and New Brunswick. Norvell, John, of Michigan.. 1, 9, 16, 17, 18, 22, 36, 49, 51, 61, 80, 94, 99, 100, 110, 111, 112, 113, 120, 128, 129, 132, 136, 140, 141, 143, 146, 149, 158, 160, 162, 166, 172, 174, 176, 179, 180, 189, 196, 202, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 214, 216, 221, 223, 225, 234, 237, 245, 246 Resolutions submitted by.. 18, 51, 103, 120, 189, 237 His remarks on the Vermont abolition resolutions. His remarks on the anti-duelling bill....... President of the United States. Annual Message of Mr. Van Buren, the..3, 18, 20 Messages from the, on miscellaneous subjects....19, 63, 109, 114, 127, 133, 150, 158, 193 Resolutions calling upon the, for information..49, 51, 95, 138, 162, 237 Pre-emption certificates. See Arkansas. Prentiss, Samuel, of Vermont. 1, 9, 18, 20, 22, 28, 36, 51, 68, 98, 103, 106, 129, 135, 138, 140, 168, 180, 196, 199, 214, 221 Resolution submitted by.. .20 .109 .138 President of the United States His message enclosing a memoranda agreed upon by Mr. Fox, the British Minister, and Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of State, temporarily settling the difficulties between Maine and New Brunswick..226 Bill giving the additional powers for the defence of the United States, in certain cases, against invasion, &c... ,235, 238, 239, 240 Communication from the, enclosing an explanatory letter from the Postmaster General, to the Senate.. .931 President of the Senate, pro tempore. W. R. King, of Alabama, elected 16, 216 Preston, Wm. C., of South Carolina.... 18, 19, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30, 33, 37, 47, 95, 100, 101, 102, 107, 112, 114, 121, 129, 132, 133, 136, 139, 149, 160, 168, 172, 174, 191, 221, 225, 227 Resolutions submitted by...... .95, 112 His remarks on the bill to postpone the fourth instalment of the deposites with the States.... ..30, 37 His remarks on salt duties, and on the proposition to print certain documents relating to... 84 His remarks on the proposition to admit reporters to seats in the Sev ....100, 101, 102 Printing, Ex ve. Proposition to contract with the lowest bidder for. 238, 246 Printer to the Stace. Proposition of Mr. Wright to elect a... 223, 225 Printers to the Senate. Blair & Rives elected...... Pateer Lydia. Bill to remunerate the captors of the.......... .26, 3€, 63, 68 Public toneys. See Deposites. 226 Bill more effectually to secure the, in the hands of officers and agents of the Gvernment, and to punish public defaulters.....28, 155, 179, 191, 194, 202, 208, 209 Public Buildings. Report of the Commissioner of.... 22 Brits reported from the Committee on. .51, 125 Bill to authorize the examination and payment of the claims of the workmen on the.... .26, 51, 120, 125, 127 Public Officers. See Elections. Public Lands. See Illinois-Okio-Missouri-Mississippi and Alabama-llers. Resolutions of instruction to the Committee on..38, 49, 102, 103, 125, 136 Bills reported from the Committee on...... 19, 22, 29, 33, 48, 68, 81, 92, 98, 112, 120, 127, 129, 145, 162, 168, 174, 182, 196, 199, 202, 207, 229 Reports of the Committee on miscellaneous subjects. 136, 158, 162, 207, 221 Bill for the reduction and graduation of the price of the, and debate. 3, 16, 18, 19, 25, 33, 63, 92, 95, 98, 103, 107, 110, 112, 114, 121, 125, 127, 130 Mr. Benton's report upon said bill. Bill making certain grants of, and for other purposes.. Bill to confirm the sale of certain reservations of.. R. ..36 Railroads. See Alabama- Selma and Tennessee-Galena and ChicagoPhiladelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore-Mails-Falmouth and Alexandria-Missouri-Mississippi and Alabama-Arkansas-Wrightsville and York-Washington and St. Genevieve. Railroad and Canal Companies. Bi'l to give the, incorporated by the States, the right of way through the lands of the United States....58, 61, 112, 129 Railroad Iron. See Wrightsville and York Railroad Company. An act to authorize the extension of time for the payment of duties on, imported by the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Railroad Company.. 159 Rations. See Nary. Reilly, Dr. Boyd. His apparatus for the application of steam and modi. cated vapor to the human body..... Reporters. Petition of, praying to be admitted to seats in the Senate.. Report of the Committee on the contingent fund, on the above petition, and debate..... 100, 101, 102 ..50 Reservations. Bill confirming the sale of certain. Resolutions submitted by Mr. Allen...... Mr. Benton.. Mr. Buchanan. Mr. Calhoun.. Resolutions submitted by-- Mr. Wall.. Mr. White.. 81, 141, 188, 225, 216 .18, 26, 61, 92, 145 .26 .26, 36, 92 .112, 141 20, 61, 138, 160 .99 .1, 30, 177 20, 23, 26, 36, 49, 82, 92, 125, 136, 145 Revenues. Modes of collecting and disbursing, in foreign Governments...136 Revolutionary Claims. Bills reported from the Committee on.....99, 132, 136, 143, 149, 164, 168, 196, 199, 205, 208, 214 Reports of the Committee on miscellaneous subjects.. 132, 138, 145, 172, 174, 196, 229 Rights of naturalized citizens. See Theller, Dr. Rives, William C., of Virginia.. 1, 2, 18, 19, 22, 26, 37, 48, 49, 51, 69, 95, 110, 114, 120, 145, 174, 183, 188, 190, 202, 207, 209, 221 Resolutions submitted by.. .49, 52, 95, 189 His remarks on the bill to postpone the fourth instalment of the deposites with the States.... .32 His resolution relating to certain transactions between the Bank of ..194, 202 His remarks on Mr. Crittenden's bill to prevent the interference of Federal officers in elections, and Mr. R.'s substitute for said bill..189, 197, 221, 226 Roads, See Michigan. Roads, Military. See Arkansas. An act to authorize the construction of a road from Dubuque, in the Territory of Iowa, to the northern boundary of the State of Missouri.. ..205 ...18 Roads and Canals. Resolution of instruction to the Committee on.. Bills reported from the Committee on.. 25, 26, 48, 103, 112, 129, 145, 180, 182, 205 Reports of the Committee on miscellaneous subjects.. 13, 145, 182, 205 Roane, William H., of Virginia.. 1, 19, 22, 25, 26, 36, 41, 48, 49, 51, 92, 97, 103, 110, 111, 125, 1977, 128, 140, 157, 158, 159, 166, 174, 176, 182. 196, 199, 247 His remarks on the bill for the graduation and reduction of the price of the public lands...... ..103 Robbins, Asher, of Raode Island....... S. 1 1 .1, 19, 26, 67, 113, 129, 149, 202, 216 Resolutions submitted by.. 112, 129 Robinson, John M., of Illinois.. I, 17, 18, 19, 38, 48, 49, 51, 61, 63, 68, 70, 95, 112, 120, 127, 129, 132, 139, 140, 145, 149, 172, 174, 180, 189, 190, 193, 204, 207, 208, 210 His resolution in relation to the selection of certain deposite banks in Illinois, and debate..... ...189 His remarks on the bill authorizing the President to cause to be sold the reserved lead mines.. 70 Ruggles, John, of Maine..1, 19, 26, 36, 37, 49, 51, 69, 94, 112, 120, 126, 128, 129, 157, 158, 177, 202, 216, 227, 238, 245 Resolution submitted by. 69 Rumsey, James, the inventor of steamboats. Joint resolution requesting the President of the United States to present a gold medal to. 188, 196, 214 Salt Duties. Mr. Benton's resolution in relation to the....... ..69 Remarks of Mr. Benton on his preposition to print certain documents......69, 200, 207 Mr. Morris's motion to rescind said proposition, and debate..82, 83, 84, 85 Bill to repeal, and the fishing bounties dependent thereon..92, 143, 149, 157, 158, 159, 193, 196 Savings Institution. See Louisville. School Lands. See Oxford. Secretary of the Senale. Report of, upon the contingent expenses of the Resoutions calling upon the, for information... Selma and Tennessee Railroad Company. Bill for the benefit of the.. 22, 26, 48, 174, 179 1, 2, 3, 9, 18, 29, 48, 94, 113, 116 1, 2 Time of meeting of the. ..1, 189, 190, 216 Settlers on the public lands. Bill for the relief of certain, who were deprived of the benefits of the acts granting pre-emption rights.. 63, 68, 159, 194, 197 Senators in attendance.. Senate organized. 20 .95 112 .49, 52, 95, 189 112, 129 .189 .69 .234 .51, 92, 199 ..63 Bill supplemental to the act granting pre-emptions to. .98, 120 Bill for the relief of certain, living on the Salt Lick reservation, in Tennessee... 180, 268 Sevier, Ambrose H., of Arkansas..113, 120, 132, 135, 145, 149, 158, 159, 162, 172, 176, 182, 188, 193, 202, 207, 210, 214, 221, 229, 234, 235, 245 Mr. Crittenden.. Mr. Davis... Mr. Foster. Mr. Prentiss. Mr. Preston.. Mr. Robinson. 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