Messengers, proposition to continue the folding of documents by, in the Senate... Mileage-see Yulee.
Military Affairs, Committee on.
Miller, J. W., a Senator from New Jersey- remarks on the exploration of the interior of Africa, and in favor of recognizing the inde- pendence of Liberia Millson, John S., a Representative from Virginia, 34, 192 remarks in regard to a modification of the tariff, 35 Mint of the United States, operations of the ...87 Missouri compromise, concerning the........129 Monroe doctrines discussed... ..74, 97, 100, 122, 123, 125
(See Colonization.) Moore, John, a Representative from Louisiana- remarks in regard to the sugar interests of Lou- isiana... ......209 Morton, Jackson, a Senator from Florida, 246, 309 resolutions by.. ......245, 280, 284 remarks on the proposition to give pay and mileage to Mr. Yulee.. 280, 281 Mexican Boundary, the progress of the survey of the .20 Select Committee on the. .279, 290 Commission, 'additional papers of the..290, 296 Mexican Claims, concerning the report of the Committee on................. .323
Committee on... Pensioners, revolutionary. Pettit, John, a Senator from Indjana....245, 283, 284, 296, 299, 300, 301, 303, 304, 305 remarks on the alleged frauds of Alexander Ramsay and others, on the Sioux Indians, 299 remarks on the proposition for the purchase of copies of Ringgold's charts.... ..317 Phelps, Samuel S., a Senator from Vermont- remarks on the proposition for purchasing a machine for voting .320 Phelps, John S., a Representative from Missouri, 218, 299, 308 Polk, William H., a Representative from Ten- .55, 56 .23,24
nessee............ Postal statistics Postmaster General-see Post Office Department. Post Office Department, annual report from the, 22
communication from the....
.262 Post Office and Post Roads, Committee on the, 245 Pratt, Thomas G., a Senator from Maryland, 306, 307 President of the United States, annual message of the...... ....1
inaugural address of Franklin Pierce as....243 committee to wait on the..... ...245 calls upon the...... ...245, 303, 312, 314 communications from the. ...290, 291 President pro tempore of the Senate, D. R. Atchi- son appointed.. .243
Rhode Island, resolutions of the Legislature of, 256 Rice, Francis W., late American consul at Aca- pulco, leave to withdraw the papers of...309 Ringgold's maps, charts, &c., of the coast of Cali- fornia, proposition for the purchase of copies of, and debate concerning..284, 304, 305, 317 Roads and Canals, Committee on... .245 Rossemeyer, Mr., leave granted to withdraw the papers of.. Rule regulating the privilege of admission to the floor of the Senate, proposition to amend, 279, 284 Rules of the Senate, proposition to amend the..321 Rusk, Thomas J., a Senator from Texas....180, 222, 224, 245, 262, 266, 327, 330 remarks on the proposition for the purchase of copies of Captain Ringgold's charts......318 S.
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, authority to the, to continue the messengers, &c.....307, 323 Seamen, the organization and discipline of....13 Sebastian, William K., a Senator from the State of Arkansas... ... ... ..243, 257, 284, 303, 311 resolutions by..... ..257, 312 Secretary of the Interior-see Interior Department. Secretary of War-see War Department. Secretary of the Navy-see Navy Department. Secretary of the Treasury-see Treasury Depart-
Secretary of State-see State Department. Secretary of the Senate, directions to the.....245, 284, 302, 304, 305 proposition to authorize the, to appoint a read- ing clerk...... ....303, 307 Senate, hour of meeting.......245, 306, 309, 323 proposition for and the election of officers of the, 262, 270, 283
rule in regard to admission to the privileges of the Chamber of the ... .279, 284 proposition for a reading clerk to the..301, 303 proposition for open doors during the Executive ..312, 319
Naval Academy at Annapolis, the condition of the....
Public Lands, the operations in the. Committee on the
Naval Affairs, Committee on.. Naval depôt at Beaufort, North Carolina, prop- osition for a...... .284 Naval dry-docks, proposition for the purchase of works on..... .284 Navy, the condition and operations of the .....7 concerning an increase of the........... .15 Navy Department, annual report from the .....7 calls upon the... .256, 284, 302, 305
communications from the... Navy pensions-see Pensions.
National Intelligencer-see Debates.
New Mexico, remarks in the House of Repre-
sentatives on the affairs in, by Mr. Weight-
Newton, Eben, a Representative from Ohio- remarks on the subject of granting homesteads out of the public lands.... ....181 Nippes, Daniel, withdrawal of the papers of..279 (See Knipps, Daniel.)
.....183 ........234 ........186 ...212 Ralston, Lewis, withdrawal of the papers of..311 Ramsay, Alexander, the alleged frauds of, on the Sioux Indians, &c. ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ... .... .296, 302, 312 (See Frauds.)
Recess of the Senate, proposition for a..284, 321 Reciprocal trade with the British North American Colonies-see Trade.
Repairing the Capitol rooms, proposition to pay ....302
Mr.Adams........ Mr. Badger.
..262, 301, 303, 307 ..243,
257, 284, 292, 302, 307, 309, 314, 323 Mr. Brodhead..... .257, 309, 310 Mr. Bright. .321, 323 Mr. Chase....... .257, 262, 312, 319 Mr. Clayton.. .245, 246, 284, 323 Mr. Cooper .256 .279
.284, 304, 305, 311, 317
Mr. Hamlin......291, 292, 309, 311, 319 Mr. Houston...
Mr. Hunter...
Mr. James..
Seward, William H., a Senator from New York, 281, 296, 299, 301, 306, 307, 309, 315, 316, 324, 330 resolutions by... .303, 314, 321, 323 remarks in regard to the Tehuantepec grant, 140, 164
remarks on the amendment providing for the payment of the creditors of Texas.......239 remarks on Mr. Cass's resolution in relation to colonization in North America, 125, 129, 131 remarks on the alleged frauds of Alexander Ramsay, on the Sioux Indians, 296, 297, 298 remarks on the call for information in regard to the amount of United States bonds held in Europe, &c...... .....311
remarks in regard to the reporting and publish- ing the debates.... ...316 Shields, James, Senator from Illinois...103, 280,
283, 284,296,304, 305, 308, 311, 316, 322, 323 resolutions by...... ...243, 284, 296, 310 remarks on the resolution of Mr. Cass relative to colonization in North America.......130, 132, 133 remarks on the proposition to continue pay to Robert Beale.... .305
Sibley, Henry H., a Delegate from Minnesota- remarks in favor of the policy of grants of land for railroad purposes in the West.......188 Skelton, Charles, a Representative from New Jer- sey-
remarks relative to the proposition for the crea- tion of the office of Lieutenant General....61 Smart, Ephraim K., a Representative from Maine
remarks in reference to the seizure and confis- cation of the barque Georgiana...........40 Smith, William R., à Representative from Ala-
remarks on the bill for a railroad and telegraph line to the Pacific.... Soulé, Pierre, a Senator from Louisiana.....245 resolution by.
remarks on the bill to confer the title of Lieu- tenant General by brevet..... .....55 Smith, Truman, a Senator from Connecticut, 283, 317
Mr. Shields. Mr. Soulé.. Mr. Walker. Mr. Weller..
.245, 280, 284 ...257, 312
.303, 314, 321, 323 .243, 284, 296, 310 .323 .245, 284, 296 ..290, 323 .57
remarks on Mr. Cass's resolution in regard to colonization in North America, 102, 103, 118 letter of, resigning his seat as Senator......330
Stephens, Alexander H., a Representative from Georgia...........60, 61, 65, 195, 196, 197 remarks in regard to the Galphin claim and in defense of Mr. Corwin, on the bill to prevent frauds on the Treasury... .217 Stevens, Thaddeus, a Representative from Penn- sylvania.... ......220 St. Lawrence, concerning the free navigation of the..... ....211
Stuart, Charles E., a Senator from Michigan, 243,
292, 301 remarks on the proposition for extra compensa- tion to the Superintendent of Public Printing, 291, 292 remarks on the proposition for the purchase of Captain Ringgold's charts.. .317 Sugar interests of Louisiana, remarks in the House of Representatives in relation to, by Mr. Moore.... .209 Sumner, Charles, a Senator from Massachusetts,
290 Superintendent of Public Printing, and clerks, and messengers, extra compensation to...... ...284, 291, 292
remarks on see Compensation, extra. Survey of the coast, views on the...... Surveys and explorations..
Sweetser, Charles, a Representative from Ohio, 104, 105
Tehuantepec grant, remarks in the Senate-Con- tinued.
Telegraph, to the Pacific-see Railroad. Territories, Committee on.......... Texas debt, remarks in the Senate on the bill and amendment to provide for the payment of the,
Mr. Seward.. Thanks to the President pro tem. of the Senate, 323 Thomson, John R., a Senator from New Jer- sey. ......243, 301 Thompson, John B., a Senator from Kentucky, 243, 266, 291 remarks on the proposition for per diem and mileage to Mr. Yulee... Tortugas and Key West-see Fortifications. Toucey, Isaac, a Senator from Connecticut...299 Townshend, Norton S., a Representative from Ohio-
Underwood, Joseph R., a Senator from the State of Kentucky... .......224 remarks on the resolution of Mr. Cass relative to colonization in North America...132, 177 V.
Voting, machine for-see Yeas and Nays.
W. Walker, Isaac P., a Senator from Wisconsin..202, 245, 305, 306, 307, 309 ..245, 284, 296 remarks on the proposition for per diem and mileage to Mr. Yulee.... ....282 remarks on the alleged frauds of Alexander Ramsay, on the Sioux Indians..296, 297, 303 remarks on the proposition for a reading clerk in the Senate.. .307, 308
War Department, annual report from the......5 Washington, the views of.... .56, 237 Warring, Joseph H., the heirs of, leave to with- draw papers of...... ......296 Weightman, Richard H., a Delegate from New Mexico-
remarks on the affairs of New Mexico.....103 Welch, Purser, letter of Mr. Kennedy, Secretary of the Navy, exculpatory of...... ....302 Weller, John B., a Senator from California..136, 245, 257, 279, 284, 290, 301 resolutions by....... ..290, 323 remarks on the proposition for publishing the debates in the Intelligencer. 326, 327, 328, 330 Wellington, the promotions of the Duke of....57 West, James H., imprisoned in Cuba, resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island in relation .to, &c.... ..256, 262 Widows of revolutionary soldiers, pensions under the law providing for the.. ....18 Woodward, Joseph A., a Representative from South Carolina-
remarks on the proposition to raise a select com- mittee on the tariff........ ........52 Woolley, C. A., leave granted to withdraw the papers of.. ......304 Wright, William, a Senator from New Jersey, 243 Y.
Almanac, (Nautical,) appropriation for the...353 American Archives, appropriation for.......343 || Appeal, what papers necessary on..... .335 from courts of Washington Territory .340 Appointment, of assistant postmaster generals, 363 of new registers and receivers.........334, 360 of surveyor general in California... .360 of assistant secretary of state, authorized...350 of additional appraiser general.. ..347 Appraiser General, additional, to be appointed for the Pacific coast. Appropriations, for Indian affairs, the army, the navy, pensions, light-houses, military acade- my, harbors and rivers, fortifications, ocean mail steamers, post offices, deficiencies. See those titles
Agricultural statistics, collection of..
Armories, superintendent of...
Arms, inquiry as to expediency of manufacturing of, by contract. distribution of, to Iowa.... Army, general appropriation bill for.........351 salary of military storekeepers in Oregon, Cali- fornia, and New Mexico.... ..351 companies of light artillery to be remounted, 351 arsenals may be abolished...
..351 report to be made respecting manufacturing arms by contract.....
extra pay to garrison of Fort Laramie.....352 promotion in the corps of topographical engi-
mint laws to apply to....
Cayuse Indians, payment on account of Cayuse
of California land commissioners and secretary,
to be subject to rules of director of the mint, 350 assistant treasurer to be treasurer of.......350 his salary..... appropriation for... Assistant Dragoman, office of, abolished.. .342 Assistant Postmaster General, to be appointed by the President, with advice and consent of the Senate..... ....363 Assistant Secretary of State, to be appointed..350 his salary and duties... ..350 Assistant Treasurer, of New York to be treasurer of assay office.... ....350
his salary increased to $6,000, from the time that office opens.. ..351 Astronomical Expedition, to Chili, pay of officers engaged in..
..343 Attorney General, increase of salary of..............350 || Attorneys, District-see District Attorneys.
fees of, which are to be taxed as costs... .335 Auxiliary Guard, pay of...
Averill, Loriston, payment to..
Beacons-see Light-Houses. Belleview, grant of land to...... Biennial Register, appropriation for.........349 Binding of public documents, regulation of...344 Books, distribution of, to members of Congress, what allowable.... ..343 Boundary Survey with Mexico, restriction on ap- propriation for removal in part..........331 appropriation for........ ...209, 349 extension of time of appointment, of officers of...... .349 Bounty Lands, surrender of warrants for, and re- location thereof.. ...331 correction of erroneous locations, and entry of, 363
Breakwaters-see Harbors. Bribery, of members or officers of Congress, or officers in the departments, penalty for...339 Bridges, across the Potomac, appropriation for,
over the Western waters..... Brooklyn Navy-Yard, appropriation for lands
of clerks in the departments as classified .349, 350 of Vice President, Secretaries of Departments, Postmaster General, and Attorney-General,
to whom to be accredited..... Charts, wind and current, appropriation for..353 Chelsea, hospital at, disposition of lands belong- ing to.. ..353 Chicago, salary of collector at. ..347 Chickasaw Indians, appropriation for the....356 Chili, pay of officers engaged in astronomical ex- pedition to... ...343 China, commissioner to reside at, salary of...348 Chippewa Indians, appropriation for.. .343 of Saganaw, appropriation for.... ...356 Menomonies, Winnebagoes, and New York Indians, appropriation for... ...356
of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, appro- priation for.
and Ottowas, appropriatlon for... Choctaw Indians, appropriation for Christian Indians, appropriation for. Circuit Court, of District of Columbia, cases com- menced in, may be continued beyond end of term of...... .334 ..336 .336
judge of, may appoint a crier. attendants on....
Congress, members of, not to act as agents for
claimants....
penalty for bribery.
distribution of books to, what allowable..343 delegates to, from Washington Territory...340 Corwin, Thomas, payment of expenses of com- mittee of investigation of conduct of.....343 Costs, taxable, items of....... .335, 337 Counterfeiting, of postage stamps, penalty for, 363 Courts, cases commenced in District of Columbia, may be continued into the next term.....334 criers of, and attendants on............ ...336 in Washington Territory.... Creek Indians, appropriation for the... Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, salary ...333 cases commenced in, may be continued in the ..334 Criminal Law, penalty for bribery of members of Congress... ....338 arrest of prisoners, charged with two or more offenses...
Custom-Houses, appropriations for, at―
Clerks in the departments, classification of...349, 350 temporary in office of third auditor of the treas- ury...
chief, in the departments. disbursing...
taking receipt for larger sum than is paid, to be
Buckley, James S., payment to.....
Bullion, disposition of, when deposited in New York Assay Office....
Coast Survey, appropriations for...342, 347, 354 salary of superintendent of......
annual report concerning..
Coins, Gold, a three-dollar piece authorized..335 Coins, Silver, weight of....... ... ... ... ... .... ... .... .334 purchase of bullion for.. private deposits for, not allowed... ... ... .... ... ... .... how to be paid out............................................ ..335
fee bill of 1853, ch. 80, respecting compensa- tion-
..343 charge for casting gold or silver at the mint, or assay offices....
sizes, devices, &c., of the new silver coins..343 settlement of accounts of the late collector at San Francisco. ......343
Delaware Indians, appropriation for the..342, 356 Delegate, from Washington Territory........340 Depositaries, of public moneys, compensation of....
Deputy Surveyors, at Boston, New York, Phila- delphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans, pay
appointment of, for Washington Territory, 339 fees of, for services within the past six years, 335 pay of counsel to assist...
Maryland.
Massachusetts. North Carolina,
Frauds on the Treasury, act for prevention of, 337 transfer of claims, when and how allowable, 337 members of Congress not to act for claimants, penalty for bribery.... for offenses concerning records.. taking false receipts, penalty for..........359 G.
Gaines, John P., payment to.... .......359 Gardener, Public, to have management of grounds of the Capitol and Executive Mansion....348 Georgia, settlement of claim of....... reappropriation for militia of........... Gibbon, Lardner, payment to.... Globe, Congressional, and Appendix, appropria- tion for...
Quapaws...
Sacs and Foxes.. of Mississippi. Seminoles... Senecas..... •
Sioux of Mississippi...
Six Nations of New York. Stockbridges..
Texas Indians..
Inspectors of Steamboats, may grant further time to owners of steamboats to comply with steamboat act...
.352 .342 ..353 .341, 343
no person interested in any patent for articles required by steamboat act to be competent to .364 hold the office of...... Interior Department, appropriation for the sup- port of the.....
District Court of California, jurisdiction of, in criminal cases.....
of Iowa, regulation of terms of..... criers of, and attendants on......... District of Columbia, regulation of executions in......
Harbors and Rivers, appropriation for improve- ment of
Judiciary, appropriation for the.. ......346 ...337
in California and Oregon, extra pay to.....337 K.
Kanzas Indians, appropriations for the......357 communication between Kansas River and Fort Leavenworth... ... ...
bail and arrest in civil cases for debt in....332 salary of judge of criminal court in........333 Dock in California, basin and railway to be built in connection with.... ....353
Documentary History, appropriation for the, 343 Downing, A. J., appropriation for arrears due, 342 Dragoman, Assistant in Turkey, office of abol- ished. ..342 ........333
Dubuque, (Iowa,) grant of land to.
Milwaukie Harbor..
Red River Raft..... Seekonk River..
Hernden, William L., pavment to Home Department-see Interior. Hospitals, marine, at—
Kent, Edward, payment to.....
King, J. B., settlement of accounts of........343 King, William R., administration to, of oath of office as Vice President... .341
Eel Rivers Indians, appropriation for the....357 Electoral Messengers, appropriation for payment of.. Embezzlement, taking a receipt (for money ap propriated) for a greater sum than is paid held to be..... .....359 Engineers, (Topographical,) promotion in corps of... .352 .341
Ennis, Gregory, payment to........ Enrollment, of foreign vessels wrecked and bought, and repaired by citizens. ....331 Envelopes, stamped, penalty for offenses concern- ing.. ...363 to be defaced when deposited... .......363 penalty for using or attempting to use twice, 363 Executions, in District of Columbia, regulation
payment of appropriations, how made.....359 taking receipts for larger sums than are paid, penalties for..... appropriations for, in the deficiencies appropri- ation bill..... .342 appropriations for, and provisions respecting the-
Exploring Expedition, appropriation for publish-
.............. ..........
Chickasaws Chippewas. of Saganaw... Menomonies, &c....
of Lake Superior, &c. and Ottowas &c....
Miami Indians, appropriations for the... Military Academy, appropriations for the, 338, 341 Military Bounty Land Warrants-see Bounty. Military Asylum, appropriation for a western, 352 Military Contributions, act concerning, extend- ed... ...352 Military Reservations in California, for Indian
Military Storekeepers in Oregon, California, and New Mexico, pay of.. Mills, Clark, to be employed to make an eques- trian statue of George Washington......332 to be compensated for his statue of Andrew Jackson...
Minnesota, appropriation for roads in....... appropriation for public buildings in. appropriation for school lands in... general appropriation for..
...346 Minot's Ledge, site for a light-house in place of ...355
the one authorized on....
claim of R. B. Forbes and others for a light- boat at, to be investigated and paid......335 Mint, issue of new silver coins from, and their
New Castle, Delaware, arsenal site of, to be recon- ...352 conveyed to... New Mexico, military reservations in, for Indian ....359 purposes provisions respecting legislative assembly of, 363 pay of commissioners to draft a code of laws
extra session of, authorized... New York Indians, appropriation for the. Norris, E. S., payment to....
....354 act of 1852, ch. H, sec. 3, respecting route .354 agents, repealed......
advertisement, of letters uncalled for in Califor-
appropriation for Ocean steamers..
Cleveland, &c., Railroad, made a post road, 361 all railroads made post roads..
compensation of postmasters at Cleveland and
compensation of deputy postmasters.......363 penalty for offenses concerning stamped envel- ......363 opes.
stamped envelopes to be defaced when depos- ...363 ited.. carriage of, on railroad from the Mississippi to .333 the Texan boundry........
Post Roads, all railroads made, or which shall be made, declared to be...
Cleveland, &c., Railroad, and its continuation,
general bill for constituting..
Pattawotomie Indians, appropriation for the..358 of Huron, appropriation for the.......... Preemption lands in California, how far subject
act of 1846 respecting, suspended preemption .364 claims extended....
right of, extended to the alternate reserved sec- tions on the lines of railroad.... ....360 in reservations, on account of French or Span- ish claims..... Printers, fees of.....
Oath of Office, of William R. King, administra- ...341 tion of.
Observatory-see National Observatory. Ocean Steamers, appropriation bill for.......355 investigation and report to be made concerning 355 lines to Havre and Bremen may be discontinued, 355 Officers, act to prevent frauds on treasury by, 337 penalty, for offenses of, as to records.. .....338 penalty for taking a receipt by, for more than is paid .........359 ..361 land, how long to hold their offices. Ohio, surrender of part of Cumberland Road to, 332
Prisoners, how committed, brought into court,
Prize cases, costs in, how paid..... Proctor, Amos, explanation of act of 1844, ch.
Public Buildings, appropriations for, 341, 348, 349 Public Documents, binding of, execution of..344 Public Grounds, appropriation for......348, 349 purchase of alanthus trees forbidden.......348 attached to the Capitol and Executive Mansion to be under the management of the public gar- dener.....
Public Lands, school lands in Oregon...
school lands in California.....
school lands in Washington..
school lands in Alabama..
provision for sale of lands in.
relocation of bounty land warrants.
grant to Arkansas, and Missouri, for a railroad, 533 ....333 price of alternate sections doubled... .340 grant to towns of Belleview, Burlington, and ..333 Dubuque.... rights of settlers, their widows, &c., in Ore- gon......
fees of jurors, witnesses, marshals, &c., in, 337 act erecting northern part of, into the Territory ..338 of Washington..... government jurisdiction of, with Washington Territory over Columbia River Osage Indians, appropriation for the.... Ottoe Indians, appropriation for the........357 Ottowa Indians, appropriation for the......231 and Chippewas, appropriation for the....357 P.
provisions respecting assay office of, at New Pacific, survey of route for a railroad to the ..352
from the Mississippi River to the, appropriation Paper, appropriation for... .350
in California, extension of time for bids for, 343 refining by private establishments.... Missionary Stations in Washington Territory, grant of. Missouri, grant of land to, for a railroad. ...333 Missouri Indians, appropriations for the.....357 ..349 Mudd, J. T., payment to......
National Observatory, appropriation for the..353 salary of assistant astronomer at... ...352 Nautical Almanac, appropriation for the.....353 Naval Academy, appropriation for the...... .353 .352 Navy, general appropriation bill for the..... .352 salary of assistant astronomer... ... ... ... .... ... ... ....
Patent Office, appropriation for.....341, 342, 345 Paupers in the District of Columbia, appropriation for.. .348, 349 Pawnee Indians, appropriation for the.......358 Penalties for extortion-see Extortion.
for offenses respecting stamped envelopes-see Envelopes.
for taking a receipt for more money than is ..359 paid
in the act to prevent frauds on the treasury..337 Pensions, Invalid, of widows of revolutionary sol- diers..... appropriations for..
sales of, in Oregon, authorized. officers to be appointed.... reservations.
compensation of surveyor general in Oregon, 334 military reservations in California, Utah, or New Mexico, for Indian purposes......359 right of preemption in the alternate reserved sections in lines of railroad.........
on lines in California........
in reservation, on account of French or Span- ..360 ish claims.... President authorized to change location of land offices...
or to abolish them in certain cases..
in California, survey of, authorized and regula- ted......
officers to be appointed.
focation of school lands.
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