Tripp, Albro, an act for the relief of.......2078
Tropic Bird, bill to issue register to bark, 1049,
1062, 1130, 1466, 1497, 1574
..19
Trotter, William B., bill for the relief of, 736, 883
Territories, the Committee on....
bills reported from......638, 1506, 1517, 1567
..2019
reports from....
discharged from consideration of subjects, 1599
Trumbull, Lyman, a Senator from Illinois..1, 2,
58, 136, 247, 302, 360, 386, 398, 469,
480, 489, 560, 577, 714, 837, 838, 901,
961, 985, 1072, 1287, 1304, 1567, 1581,
1608, 1669, 1901, 1942, 1943, 1980, 1984,
2017, 2049, 2079, 2127, 2226, 2228
..1, 58,
eligibility of...
343, 466, 514, 515, 547, 549, 552, 579
protest from a portion of the members of the
Legislature of Illinois against the elec-
.1, 58
tion of..
communication of the Governor of Illinois in
....343
reference to the election of...
remarks upon his eligibility to a seat in the
.343, 467
Senate...
.652,
remarks on the affairs of Kansas...
653, 654, 656, 657, 1369,
1370, 1371, 1373, 1374, 1375

(See Appendix.)

remarks on the deficiency bill....725, 726, 746
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
......693, 1299, 1300, 1507, 1567, 1574

sas...

(See Appendix.)

remarks

on

rial....

the Kansas Topeka memo-
....854, 855, 856, 857
remarks on the bill for the relief of Obed Hus-
.1286, 1666, 1667
sey.
remarks in relation to the assault upon Mr.
...1279, 1306, 1347, 1348
Sumner....
remarks relating to Pacific railroad bill..1720,
1721, 1722, 1723
remarks on the bill relating to the compensation
of pension agents, and prescribing the manner
of settling their accounts...1834, 1835, 1980
...1941,
remarks on the Chicago harbor bill..
1942, 1943
remarks on the Illinois river improvement
.1955, 1957
bill...
remarks on the resolution of inquiry in relation
to Colonel Frémont's accounts...2022, 2023
remarks on the congressional compensation
bill...
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1969,
2211, 2230, 2231

(See Appendix.)

....

..1312, 1313, 1546, 1548
..1308, 1309, 1547
.1253, 1550

Mr. Crittenden
Mr. Douglas...
Mr. Durkee
Mr. Geyer.
Mr. Hamlin...
Mr. Hunter....
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee.
Mr. Mason....

....1308
..1311
..1253, 1271
..1253, 1507, 1550
..1253, 1383
.1253,
1254, 1312, 1313, 1320, 1322, 1323, ||
1324, 1544, 1545, 1546, 1548, 1574

..1550
Mr. Reid...
...1253,
Mr. Seward
1312, 1324, 1383, 1544, 1545, 1549 ||
.1324,
Mr. Slidell...
1507, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1548
Mr. Stuart..1253, 1254, 1544, 1574, 1595
Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky........1547
.1271, 1300,
Mr. Toombs..
1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1311, 1312,||
1324, 1547, 1549, 1550, 1574, 1575
..1549, 1574, 1575
.1253, 1309,

Mr. Toucey.

Mr. Weller...

Mr. Wilson..

Mr. Yulee...

1310, 1507, 1543, 1546, 1550, 1574, 1575

..1312
..1549

of the Senate bill making an appropriation for
deepening the channel over the St. Clair
flats, in the State of Michigan........1270,
1550, 1574

of the bill (S. No. 2) making an appropriation
for deepening the channel over the flats of
the St. Mary's river, in the State of Michi-
..1279, 1280, 1550, 1574
gan....
of the House bill to continue the improvement
of the Des Moines rapids, in the Mississippi
..2023, 2100, 2142, 2205
river....
of the Senate bill for the improvement of the
navigation of the Patapsco river, and to render
the port of Baltimore accessible to the war
...2112,
steamers of the United States....
2129, 2169, 2179, 2200, 2205, 2211
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Bayard..

remarks relating to the appointment of com-
..2222, 2224, 2225
mittee clerks...
...699,
Tucker, John, bill for the relief of....
2212, 2217, 2227
Tucker, Beverley, resolution authorizing payment
.210
to, for printing Finance report.....
Turner, Mrs. Ann, bill granting five years' half
pay to....1019, 1103, 1285, 2212, 2217, 2227
Two Brothers, schooner-see Fishing Schooners.
U.

Utah Territory, copy of the acts, &c., of, com-
.321
municated..
division of, resolutions of the Legislature of
California relating to the..
V.

.1089

......1716

Mr. Stuart.

.2205, 2206
..2206
.2205, 2206
2206
.2205, 2206
.2205
.2205
..2205, 2206
Victor of the Wave, bill to change the name of
the brig Hibernia to......514, 547, 567, 577
Vigie, brig-see Minnie.
Virginia, resolutions of the Legislature of, rela-
ting to the action of the naval board....643
Vincennes, Indiana, bill to transfer certain rights

Mr. Toombs..

and duties conferred upon the trustees of the
town of, to the Common Council of the city
....1012, 1053
of...
bill to continue the land office at, and to ascer-
tain and adjust the titles to lands in the States
of Indiana and Illinois, formerly included
within the Vincennes land district..644, 786,
1012, 1053, 1338, 1383, 2050, 2098, 2200, 2210
Volcher, Henry, (Kirby, Joshua,) and others, bill
for the relief of...874, 969, 1062, 1658, 1965
W.

Wade, Benjamin F., a Senator from Ohio

.1,

31, 49, 73, 136, 303, 348, 350, 439, 539,
542, 560, 596, 616, 631, 643, 644,
647, 652, 654, 680, 714, 785, 808, 874,
879, 886, 1053, 1054, 1069, 1089, 1102,
1165, 1226, 1240, 1258, 1280, 1284, 1285,
1288, 1316, 1517, 1658, 1708, 1716, 1722,
1747, 1769, 1773, 1807, 1849, 1883, 1935,
1979, 2082, 2127, 2166, 2218, 2219, 2236
..1109
resolutions submitted by.....
remarks on the joint resolution for enlarging
the custom-house, &c., at Cleveland, Ohio,
1062, 1063, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1089
remarks on the bills for the admission of Kan-
sas..1100, 1101, 1201, 1299, 1519, 1520, 1574
(See Appendix.)

remarks on the affairs of Kansas-see Ap-
pendix.

remarks on the resolution relating to the Danish
..1158
Sound dues..

Wade, Benjamin F., a Senator from Ohio-Con-
tinued.

.......1172,
1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219
remarks in relation to the assault upon Mr.
Sumner...

remarks on the Iowa land bill.

son...

.....1305
remarks on the bill to test the practicability
and usefulness of the atmospheric tele-
..1771
graph....
remarks on the bill for the relief of John Bron-
....1773, 1774, 1776
remarks on the Conneaut harbor bill..1847, 1848
for the relief of..1204, 542, 2212, 2217, 2227
remarks on the Army appropriation bill..1969
...6, 388
Wages of seamen, bill to secure the, in case of
wreck...
Wainwright, R. A., report on petition of....398
Walbach, Brevet Brigadier General John B., bill
2017, 2098, 2234
Waldo, Daniel, bill increasing the pension of,

Wallace, Cezaire, bill for the relief of......715,
883, 2078, 2126, 2170
Wanderer, bill for the relief of the owners of the
schooner, and others... 514, 878, 1799, 1849
883, 1900, 1930, 2018
Wandestrand, Joseph, bill for the relief of..736,
War Department, calls for information upon the,
270, 303, 323, 387, 388, 392 414,
480, 502, 515, 544, 584, 618, 644,
673, 838, 874, 894, 979, 1049, 1200,
1204,1517,1581,1630,1643,1846,2169

communications from the, 321,355,488,541,595
615, 631, 679, 698, 753, 792, 825, 838
875, 1069, 1101, 1109, 1128, 1186, 1257,
1280, 1386, 1541, 1819, 1929, 1951, 2017
communication from the, asking a special ap-
propriation of three millions to prepare for-
.507, 618
tifications, &c.......
communication from the, relative to the defense
......560
of Galveston harbor.
communication from the, relative to the con-
struction of new fortifications......598, 599
Washington city-see District of Columbia; Elec-

tions.

Weatherford, Nancy, bill granting a pension to,
1102, 1104, 1475, 1965, 1978
..2093
Weights and measures, resolution of instruction
relative to....
Weller, John B., a Senator from California,
1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 22, 25, 30, 131, 136,
302, 304, 322, 348, 350, 356, 357, 374, 392,
398, 414, 433, 450, 465, 466, 480, 482, 483,
489,514, 527, 528, 541, 559, 560, 561, 562,
567, 576, 577, 584, 596, 597, 699, 605, 615,
616, 631, 636, 640, 641, 662, 663, 676, 680,
681, 692, 699, 736, 754, 784, 785, 826, 834,

875, 903, 912, 924, 939, 951, 961, 962, 963,
965, 966, 967, 979, 982, 985, 987, 1003,
1012, 1013, 1025, 1039, 1040, 1049, 1051,
1052, 1065, 1069, 1089, 1103, 1111, 1128,
1165, 1166, 1200, 1203, 1226, 1252, 1253,
1262, 1281, 1288, 1297, 1298, 1299, 1304,
1316, 1332, 1398, 1399, 1405, 1418, 1423,
1425, 1463, 1464, 1467, 1476, 1477, 1486,
1498, 1506, 1508, 1517, 1518, 1519, 1522,
1542, 1567, 1599, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617,
1630, 1643, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1669,
1676, 1716, 1728, 1738, 1739, 1741, 1773,
1776, 1796, 1819, 1820, 1834, 1846, 1853,
1855, 1900, 1930, 1944, 1955, 1957, 1958,
1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1979, 1984,
2006, 2017, 2051, 2056, 2068, 2077, 2079,
2085, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2127, 2129, 2130,
2157, 2166, 2168, 2169, 2179, 2218, 2225
resolutions submitted by........14, 388, 692,
838, 1019, 1049, 1069, 1089, 1200, 1299,
1304, 1476, 1567, 1643, 1716, 1966, 2223
remarks on the action of the naval retiring
12, 392,
board....
438, 439, 472, 473, 680, 901, 1065, 1226,
1227, 1269, 1587, 1625, 1626, 1636, 1637
...136,
remarks on the affairs of Kansas...

415, 439, 440, 528, 584, 590, 597,
639,652, 653, 654, 656, 657, 658, 932
(See Appendix.)
remarks on the President's annual message, 109
remarks on the resolution to furnish firewood
......356
to the poor of Washington....
remarks on the resolution for amending the
rules, 465, 466, 1478, 1479, 1480, 1481, 1483
remarks on the fortification bill, 515,516,517,518
remarks on the bill establishing collect on dis-
....578, 579
trists..
remarks on the new fortification bill, 597,598,599

Weller, John B., a Senator from California-

Continued.

⚫ remarks on the three million bill, 618, 619, 620,
625, 627, 634, 1002, 1644, 1646, 1657, 1676
remarks on the deficiency bill
..664,
683, 685, 686, 687, 688, 705, 707, 708, 709,
710, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 722, 725,
726, 738, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 746, 1129
remarks on the printing of report on present-
ing a sword to Colonel Roberts....754, 755
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
....758, 1100,

sas.

1201, 1202, 1254, 1258, 1299, 1300, 1467
remarks on the Kansas Topeka memorial, 852
remarks on the bill for the relief of Langdon
C. Easton.....
......876, 877
remarks on the action of the naval retiring
board.....
.....901
remarks on the District armory resolution, 906,
910, 911
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill...962, 963
remarks on the bill amending the bounty land

act......

...987
remarks on the Nicaraguan revolution...1069,
1070, 1071, 1072
remarks on the Marquette harbor bill....1119
remarks on printing Lieutenant Warren's re-
port..

1204, 1205
...1201,
1202, 1203, 1211
remarks on the Mississippi river improvement
bill, vetoed by the President....1253, 1309,
1310, 1507, 1543, 1546, 1550, 1574, 1575
remarks on presenting the memorial for a
wagon-road to the Pacific.......1297, 1485
⚫ remarks in relation to the assault upon Mr.
Sumner..
...1279,
1296, 1297, 1317, 1415, 1418, 1437, 1438
remarks on the St. Louis and Iron Mountain
railroad bill............
.1317,

remarks on the Iowa land bill..

1318, 1319, 1320, 1337, 1518, 1537, 1538
remarks on the report in the case of Richard
W. Thompson............1252, 1333, 1888
remarks on the bill to amend the naturalization
laws.......
.......1414

- remarks on presenting the memorial relative to
land titles in California...
....1438
remarks on the bill for an additional issue of
arms for California........1498, 1499, 1500
remarks on the bill for the relief of James M.

Hunt and others...... ........1509, 1511
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill, 1582,
1583, 1586
remarks on the bill for the relief of Cyrus H.
McCormick...
..1601
remarks on the Minnesota road bill.....1630,
1631, 1632
remarks on the bill regulating fees, costs, &c.,
1674

remarks on the Kenosha harbor bill.....1708
remarks on the bill for the relief of Donn Piatt,
1717, 1718, 1719
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill......1719,
1720, 1721, 1722, 1723, 2023, 2056
remarks on the Nicaraguan revolution-see
Appendix.

son....

remarks on Grand river harbor bill, 1747, 1748
remarks on the bill for the relief of John Bron-
......1773, 1774, 1775
remarks on the bill relating to the California
war debt......
.1777, 1778
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1931,
1953, 1969, 2211
remarks on the resolution of inquiry in relation
to Colonel Frémont's accounts... .2019,
2020, 2022
remarks on the legislative appropriation bill,
2024, 2025, 2027, 2028, 2029,
2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034
remarks on the naval appropriation bill..2062,
2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2112
remarks on the congressional compensation
bill............2079, 2080, 2083, 2153, 2156
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...2113,
2114, 2118, 2119, 2130, 2131,
2133, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2156
remarks on the Army supplementary appro-
priation bill.....
....2070, 2071,
2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2212,
2213, 2214, 2215, 2216, 2219
remarks on the Post Office appropriation bill,
2201, 2202, 2203, 2204
remarks relating to the appointment of a clerk
to a committee...
.2222, 2224, 2225

Whitaker, Ruhama and Rebecca, bill for the
relief of...
..1906, 1966, 2234
Whipple, Betsy, bill for the relief of...785, 885,
2078, 2101, 2170
Whipple, Captain Joseph H., bill for the relief
of the representatives of.
...1102,
1104, 1204, 1608, 1648
White, Joseph, bill for the relief of. ...1599
Wilkinson, Ansel, bill granting pension to, 1102,
1104, 1930, 1965, 2017, 2050
Wilkes's expedition, remarks on the expense of
printing the report of..............720, 785
Wilson, Henry, à Senator from Massachu-
.....247,

setts....

357, 388, 433, 698, 736, 961, 1019, 1025,
1062, 1089, 1102, 1165, 1166, 1226, 1239,
1303, 1397, 1436, 1581, 1599, 1615, 1744,
1769, 1904, 1943, 1958, 1968, 1917, 1980,
1985, 2018, 2128, 2210, 2217, 2224, 2225
resolutions submitted by..
.136,

433, 1304, 1769, 1900
remarks on the affairs of Kansas... ..292,
415, 416, 433, 440, 451, 591, 1900

(See Appendix.)
remarks on the resolution for a bust of Chief
Justice Rutledge...
..364
remarks on the initiation of appropriation bills
by the Senate......
..381
remarks on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty....394,
468, 471
(See Appendix.)

..1170

remarks on the deficiency bill..745, 746, 1130
remarks personal and explanatory...982, 1439
remarks on the Iowa land bill..
remarks relating to the assault upon Hon.
Charles Sumner.... ...1279, 1306, 1399,
1400, 1401, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1437, 1439
remarks on the memorial of the Emigrant Aid
Society.....
....1463

sas.....

remarks on the amendment of the rules..1479
remarks on the Mississippi river improvement
bill vetoed by the President...........1312
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
......1399, 1400
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1969,
2211, 2232
remarks on the resolution. of inquiry in rela-
tion to Colonel Frémont's accounts....2019,
2020, 2022
remarks on the naval appropriation bill..2066
2067
remarks on the congressional compensation
bill....
..2081
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...2105,
2106, 2107
Wimberly, Robert S., an act for the relief of, 2078
Winship, Mary B., an act for the relief of, 2078,

2234
Wisconsin, memorial of the Legislature of, pre-
sented, praying for a mail route from Min-
eral Point to Richland Center..........679
Wood and Gas Company-see District of Colum-
Wooster, Samuel, bill for the relief of..837, 968
Wozencraft, Oliver M., joint resolution author-

bia.

izing the Secretary of the Interior to settle
the accounts of......1369, 1461, 1497, 1575
Wright, William, a Senator from New Jer-
sey...
....22, 350, 388,
921, 983, 1019, 1024, 1239, 1847, 2226
resolutions submitted by...
.387
Writs of error, bill (S. No. 459) to authorize,
in all cases prosecuted by indictment...2143

on the resolution changing the location of the
District armory..

on the bounty land bill...

.912

.929,

945, 950, 994, 995, 997
on the bill to compensate George P. Marsh for
judicial services..
..1020
on the bill for the relief of Hannah F. Niles,
1023

on printing the report of Marcy's exploring
expedition.....
..1051

on the joint resolution for a custom-house, &c.,
at Cleveland, Ohio...... ......1064, 1092
on the bill to surrender the Cumberland road
in Illinois to said State...... .......1072
on the resolution relating to the Danish Sound
dues.....

....1147, 1700
on the Iowa land bill....
....1173, 1220
on the resolution sanctioning the presents of
the British Government to Dr. Kane...1278
on the bill for the relief of John Hastings, 1284
on the bill for the relief of Cyrus H. McCor-
mick
.1288, 1608
on the bills for the admission of Kansas, 1574
on the resolution for supplying new members
with books....
...1425
on the reading of the letter of George Sumner,
1438
on the bill for the issue of additional arms for
California......
...1499
on the bill for the relief of James M. Hunt and
others.....
.1512, 1518
on the St. Louis and Iron Mountain railroad
bill....
........1519, 1538
on the Mississippi river bill, vetoed by the
President.....
..1544
on sustaining decisions of the Chair, 1550, 2006
on the St. Mary's flats bill, vetoed by the Pres-
ident....
.....1550
on the bill amending the act to promote the
efficiency of the Navy..
.1622,
1624, 1625, 1626, 1636, 1637, 1638
on the Minnesota road bill..
...1632
on the bill repealing the District armory act,
1656, 1659
on the bill for the relief of the heirs of Colonel
John Hardin....

on the Grand river harbor bill.
on the Black Lake harbor bill.
on the bill to test the practicability and useful-
ness of the atmospheric telegraph.....1820
on the Des Moines rapids improvement bill, 1820
on the New Buffalo harbor bill.
on the Clinton river harbor bill.
on the St. Joseph's harbor bill.
on the Monroe harbor bill.
on the Conneaut harbor bill.
on the Huron harbor bill.
on the Ashtabula, Black river, Fairport, Oak
Orchard creek, Buffalo, and Dunkirk harbor
bills..
......1849
on the Little Sodus bay and Big Sodus bay
harbor bills....

.....

on the Oswego harbor bill...

.1822

.1827

.1829

..1829

.1848

1848

on the bill for a steam dredge on Lake On-
tario.....

..1850

...1851

.....1851
on the bill for a breakwater at Burlington, on
Lake Champlain........

.1852

on the Missouri river improvement bill...1854
on the Arkansas river bill..

.1855

on the Reedy Island harbor bill..

.1856

on the claim of Richard W. Thompson..1984

Army, bill explanatory of the act to increase the
pay of the rank and file of, and encourage
enlistments in the......
..473
bill to provide for the payment of commissions
to the paymasters in the United States, who
paid the volunteers in Oregon..........488
resolution for documents for the chief engineers
of the.......

..673

bill providing a necessary increase and better
organization of the medical and hospital de-
partment of, 984, 1018, 1451, 1914, 2161, 2181
bill (the three million) to increase the efficiency
of the....
........1711
bill for the better organization of the, and for
other purposes
.......531, 1996
House bill making appropriations for the sup-
port of the, for the year ending 30th June,
1857.... ...629, 1200, 1277, 1435, 1452,
1667, 1738, 1751, 1788, 1811, 1985, 2037,
2183, 2189, 2190, 2191, 2195, 2239, 2240
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Aiken.....

..1814
...1794
.1794, 1795
..1751,

1752, 1755, 1757, 1758, 1788, 1813
..1755, 1813
..1758, 2195
...1813
....1751,

Mr. Campbell, of Ohio

1755, 1756, 1790, 1791, 1792, 1794, 1795,
1811, 1812, 1814, 2037, 2038, 2198, 2239
Mr. Carlile..

....

Mr. Clarke, of New York..

Mr. Clingman...

Mr. Cobb, of Georgia.....

.1756, 1792
......1813
.2038, 2239
..1813,

1814, 2037, 2038, 2239

Mr. Florence...
Mr. Fuller, of Maine...
Mr. Giddings..

...2037
...1755, 1788
..1813

..1757, 1795

..2038

...1754

.1793, 1812

.2038

..1794

...1792
....1751
..1813, 2197, 2198
...1755
...2038
.1752, 1753,
1758, 1789, 1790, 1792, 1812,
1813, 2037, 2195, 2196, 2197
..2038
.1755,
1757, 1794, 1811, 1813, 1814, 2038
...1791, 1813
...1788

Mr. Goode...
Mr. Greenwood..

Mr. Grow.....

Mr. Harlan

........

Mr. Winslow...
Army and Navy, bill to prohibit the officers of
the, from having an interest in contracts, 614
Arsenal, bill to provide for the purchase of a site
for an, at Mount Vernon...... .....1944
(See Armory.)
joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of
War to sell a portion of the site of the, at
Fayetteville, North Carolina, and to purchase
other lands with the proceeds of such sale, 487
bill authorizing the purchase of land adjoin-
ing the grounds of the Washington, and pro-
viding for the drainage of the swamp land
adjacent thereto...
...2189

Assault, upon Hon. Charles Sumner, a Senator

from Massachusetts, by Hon. Preston S.
Brooks, a member of the House from South
Carolina, 1289, 1293, 1341, 1343, 1348, 1419,

1434, 1436, 1467, 1539, 1556, 1575, 1577,
1597, 1611, 1612, 1613, 1627, 1639, 1645
resolution for the appointment of a select com-
mittee to investigate the circumstances attend-
ing the.....
..........................1289
committee to investigate the circumstances of
the......
....1293, 1341
report of the select committee with regard to
the......
...1348
resolutions of the State of Massachusetts in
relation to the, presented..... .......1384
resolutions of the State of Connecticut relating
...1405
to the, presented...
resolutions of the State of Rhode Island in ref-
erence to the presented....
...1418
votes of the House on the resolutions reported
by the select committee in relation to the,
1628, 1639, 1641
(See also Sumner, Charles.)
upon Hon. Amos P. Granger, a Representative
from New York, by Hon. Fayette McMul-
lin, a Representative from Virginia, resolu-
tion for, and the appointment of, a select com-
mittee to investigate the alleged........2238
Asylum for deaf, dumb, and blind, in Minnesota
...2125
Territory, bill for an.......
Austin, William, bill for the relief of the repre-
..1295

sentatives of..

B.

Babcock, Charles P.-see Accounts.
Baird, Thomas H., bill for the relief of....1996,
2195, 2237, 2239
Baldwin, John P., bill for the relief of, 1533, 1683
Banks, Nathaniel P., Jun., a Representative from
Massachusetts..

.2

..227

remarks, personal and explanatory........31,
46, 53, 75, 76, 77, 89, 90, 178, 234, 253
remarks in reply to questions propounded by
Mr. Zollicoffer's resolution.....
.224
remarks in reply to questions propounded by
Mr. Bingham.....
remarks on taking the chair as Speaker...342
Ball, Edward, a Representative from Ohio, 2, 353,
354, 373, 662, 676, 764, 770, 822, 829,
834, 895, 1109, 1255, 1257, 1301, 1302,
1440, 1596, 1657, 1917, 1948, 2085, 2193
resolutions by...
...334,
353, 770, 834, 895, 1257, 1576, 2193
remarks relating to the election of Speaker,
102, 122, 251, 301

Ball, Edward, a Representative from Ohio-Con-
tinued.

remarks on the position of parties.........55
remarks on the deficiency bill....873, 917, 20
remarks on the resolutions of inquiry in rela
tion to the expenditures for the Capitol ex-
tension...1301, 1302, 1576, 1577, 1595, 1596
(See Appendix.)

remarks on the bill for the relief of West
Drinkwater and others...
..1430
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...1976,
1977, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2182
remarks on the Army appropriation bill,
1794, 1795
Ballard, Jane W., bill for the relief of......1681
Baltzell, George F., bill for the relief of....1760
Barbour, Lucian, a Representative from Indiana,
2, 520, 532, 652, 679, 763, 833,
1043, 1061, 1367, 1924, 2192, 2241
..1191

resolutions by..
remarks on the penitentiary bill......746, 747
remarks on the Kansas contested-election
case-see Appendix.
remarks on the Army appropriation bill,
1751, 1752, 1755, 1757, 1758, 1788, 1813
remarks on the civil appropriation bill....1995
Barclay, David, a Representative from Pennsyl
..2, 937, 938, 984,

vania....

1314, 1405, 1452, 1467, 1890, 1920, 2158
remarks relating to the election of Speaker, 70,
76, 159, 169, 260, 302, 329,
331, 332, 333, 336, 337, 338
resolution by....
..914
remarks on the position of parties......51, 62
remarks on the bill for the admission of Ore-
gon......
...1445
remarks on the report of the Kansas investi-
gating committee...
..1534, 1536
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
sas......1515, 1523, 1524, 1525, 1539, 1540
Barksdale, William, a Representative from Mis-
sissippi...
..2, 464,

476, 498, 531, 595, 829, 868, 1019, 1031,
1061, 1069, 1106, 1184, 1252, 1256, 1272,
1277, 1315, 1332, 1345, 1346, 1384, 1434,
1596, 1656, 1657, 1688, 1710, 1711, 1715,
1729, 1738, 1949, 1950, 2048, 2188, 2237
resolutions by.........1657, 1710, 1728, 2237
remarks relating to the election of Speaker,
78, 79, 88, 91, 104, 118, 123, 149,
173, 195, 196, 221, 224, 225, 226, 227,
231, 270, 280, 295, 330, 331, 341, 342
remarks on the position of parties....141, 142
remarks on the deficiency bill... ..898, 900
remarks relating to the assault upon Charles
Sumner...
...1576, 1628, 1640
remarks on the report of the Kansas investi-
gating committee....1529, 1531, 1533, 1534
Bayard, Anthony W., bill for the relief of..1682
Bayly, Thomas H., a Representative from Vir-

ginia, death of, announced...... .....1501
Beatty, James, bill for the relief of the repre-
sentatives of..
.....1786
Bean, Mark and Richard, bill for relief of, 1681
Beers, Joseph D., an act for relief of..1779, 1892
Bell, James, an act for the relief of the repre-
sentatives of......
.......984, 1018

Bell, Peter H., a Representative from Texas,
115, 1294, 1325
Bender, A. S., an act for the relief of......1302,
1326, 1682
Bennett, Hendley S., a Representative from Mis-
sissippi.....
...444, 474, 643, 651,
659, 660, 691, 750, 822, 938, 961, 983, 997,
1011, 1343, 1557, 1611, 1640, 1837, 1859,
1891, 1892, 1898, 1922, 1923, 1989, 2159
remarks relating to the election of Speaker, 69,
168, 309, 320
remarks on the Washington city election bill,
731, 734
remarks on the report of the Kansas investi-
gating committee...
......1530
(See Appendix.)

remarks on the bill repealing the Washington
city armory act.......
.....1923
Bennett, Henry, a Representative from New
York...
....488,

500, 503, 505, 829, 1077, 1080, 1122,
1123, 1127, 1128, 1161, 1162, 1195, 1261,
1271, 1327, 1344, 1461, 1468, 1524, 1525,
1554, 1628, 1681, 1787, 1817, 1944, 1945
resolutions by........298, 448, 488, 662, 1787
remarks on propositions relating to the election
of Speaker....
...320

.....

Bennett, Henry, a Representative from New
York-Continued.

remarks on the Kalamazoo land office bill, 503,
504, 505
remarks on the bill relating to suspended en-
tries of public lands...
....1077
remarks on the Iowa land bill..1122, 1123, 1124
remarks on the Florida and Alabama land
bill....
..1220, 1221, 1222
remarks on the Wisconsin land bill......1259
remarks on the Alabama land bill........1275
remarks on the Louisiana land bill......1328,

1330, 1331
remarks on the Minnesota land office bill, 1441,
1442, 1443
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
sas-see Appendix.
Bennet, Hiram P., contestant from Nebraska,
1715

order for mileage and per diem to........1729
Benson, Samuel P., a Representative from the
State of Maine.....391, 410, 427, 473, 476,
478, 521, 522, 557, 614, 691, 696, 697, 791,
823, 825, 899, 959, 960, 961, 1062, 1081,
1179, 1186, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1272, 1295,
1326, 1627, 1657, 1669, 1682, 1684, 1765,
1766, 1795, 1796, 1891, 1897, 1992, 1993,
2035, 2041, 2086, 2096, 2119, 2159, 2160
resolutions by...
.....409, 635, 1122
remarks relating to election of Speaker, 72, 339
remarks on the deficiency bill..
....574
remarks on the invalid pension bill...797, 798
remarks on the Military Academy appropria-
tion bill...
.799

remarks on the bill establishing collection dis-
tricts.....
...1068

remarks on printing extra copies of the Patent
Office report..
....1199
remarks on the jurisdiction of the Court of
Claims.....
...1248, 1249
remarks on the fortification bill, 1842, 1843, 1844
remarks on the naval appropriation bill..1970,
1971, 1972
Bernhisel, John M., a Delegate from Utah, 473,
1495, 1497

resolutions by.....
Berry, Benjamin, an

to....

.520, 568
act granting a pension
..909, 951, 1682, 2187, 2191
Bidamon, Emma, bill for the relief of..999, 1085,
1088, 1302, 1331, 1384
Billinghurst, Charles, a Representative from Wis-
consin...... .3, 464, 611, 700, 1248, 1379,
1451, 1657, 1683, 2005, 2039, 2191, 2199
resolutions by...................
...1271, 1325
remarks relating to the election of Speaker, 72,
91, 124
remarks on the President's message-see Ap-
pendix.

remarks on the penitentiary bill..747, 748, 749
remarks on the bill for the relief of Anson
Dart.....
......1562, 1563
remarks on the naval appropriation bill..1973
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...1990
Binden, Joseph, bill for the relief of the heirs
of....
.....1986
Bingham, John A., a Representative from
Ohio,2,372,373,462,611, 629,830,1451, 1715
resolutions by..
......360
remarks on propositions relating to the elec-
tion of Speaker..
..191, 222, 226
remarks on the Kansas contested-election case

1813
Birchett, Robert T., bill for the relief of....1760
Bishop, James, a Representative from New Jer-
sey....
....691,
868, 1272, 1292, 1611, 1873, 1986, 2184
resolution by...
..833
remarks in relation to the assault upon Mr.
Sumner....
..1292
Bliss, Philemon, a Representative from Ohio, 2,
474, 487, 1165, 1200, 1277,
1332, 1729, 1993, 2040, 2120
resolution by....
..532
remarks on the affairs of Kansas-sce Ap-
pendix.

34TH CONG.-1ST AND 2D SESS.

Blount, Saralı, act for the relief of.........1326,
1682, 2187, 2191
Bocock, Thomas S., a Representative from Vir-
ginia..
......2, 113,
358,373, 383, 569, 612, 635, 711, 750,
960,984, 1011, 1019, 1164, 1192, 1223,
1277, 1288, 1385, 1405, 2002, 2160
resolution by......
.328
remarks on propositions relating to the elec-
tion of Speaker....
..4,
14, 27, 35, 59, 66, 70, 71, 77, 79, 80, 81,
82, 98, 141, 142, 143, 186, 229, 234, 259,
295, 304, 310, 318, 321, 326, 327, 328, 335
remarks on the question of the reception of the
President's annual message.
.114
remarks on the position of parties. ..156,
264, 265
remarks on the Washington city election bill,
733, 1230, 1332
remarks on the bill establishing collection dis-
tricts......

....1066
remarks on the deficiency bill......1178, 1179
remarks in relation to the assault on Mr. Sum-
ner....... ..1292, 1419, 1581, 1612, 1613
(See Appendix.)

remarks on the bill for the admission of Oregon,
1444, 1445
remarks on the report of the Kansas investi-
gating committee..
....1526, 1631
remarks on the naval appropriation bill..1971,
1972
Bond, George, bill for the relief of....1296, 2076
Boomer, Charles, (Collins,) bill for the relief
of.......
.1294, 2076
Books for members, resolution for supplying,
382, 385, 391, 432, 446, 487, 488,
673, 677, 711, 1191, 1303, 1550

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Campbell, of Ohio......711, 712, 713
Mr. Haven....

....

2165

Boyce, William W., a Representative from South
Carolina
.2, 116,
374, 446, 521, 569, 575, 594, 610, 635, 658,
662, 690, 692, 759, 778, 825, 837, 961, 972,
1036, 1192, 1344, 1379, 1533, 1557, 1614, 1863
resolutions by
.281, 302, 635
remarks relating to the election of Speaker, 75,
77, 90, 96, 104, 111, 116, 139, 165,
168, 192, 211, 222, 224, 246, 270, 279,
294, 298, 316, 320, 335, 336, 338, 341
remarks on the position of parties.........143
remarks on the reference of the fortification
message.
....512
remarks on Kansas contested-election case, 611
(See Appendix.)

remarks on Washington city election bill, 731,

733

Mr. Houston.

Mr. Jones, of Tennessee.
Mr. H. Marshall..
Mr. Nichols.....

..713
..711
.711, 712, 713

Mr. Orr.....

Mr. Sherman..

..712
.713

.711, 712, 713, 714
Mr. Washburn, of Maine........712, 713
Mr. Zollicoffer..
. . . . . .711, 712
joint resolution for supplying new members of
the Senate and House of Representatives
with such, of a public character as have been
heretofore supplied......
..1440
.1899
appropriations for.....
Boundary, of Washington Territory and the
British possessions, bill of the House to pro-
vide for carrying into effect the first article
of the treaty between the United States and
her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and
Ireland, of the 15th day of June, 1856..521,
1692, 1788, 1911, 1920, 1944, 2035
of Iowa, bill to extend the northwestern limits
of the State..
....2125
of Kansas, bill to authorize the President of
the United States to cause the southern, to
be surveyed and marked...........728, 729,
1440, 1511, 1536, 1558
bill directing the President of the United States
to cause the southern, from the western
boundary of the State of Missouri to the
eastern boundary of the Territory of New
Mexico, to be surveyed and marked...1440
bill making an appropriation for the survey of
the southern..
.....2162, 2183, 2184
Major Emory's report of the survey of the,
between the United States and Mexico,
propositions to print....
.2158
Bounty land, bill to amend the act granting, to
certain officers and soldiers who have been
engaged in the military service of the United
States, approved March 3, 1855........446,
474, 674, 711, 1007, 1018, 1060,
1073, 1077, 1105, 1158, 1178, 1222
bill granting, to Rebecca Freeman........901,
951, 1681
bill granting, to the officers and crews of private
armed vessels commissioned by the United
States....
...932, 2189
Bounty land scrip, claims of citizens of Virginia
..611
Bounty land warrants, bill in relation to....385
Boulthee, Horatio, bill for the relief of.....1891
Bowen, Nancy, an act for the relief of....1302,
1326, 1682, 2187, 2191

for

C

sas...

Branch, Lawrence O'B., a Representative from
North Carolina...
.2, 234,
382, 396, 411, 412, 474, 479, 484,
613, 1043, 1062, 1105, 1123, 1221, 1222,
1245, 1515, 1533, 1728, 1759, 1813, 1993
resolutions by...
.328, 641, 651
remarks relating to the assault upon Charles
Sumner...
...1614, 1641
(See Appendix.)

remarks on the homestead bill-see Appendix.
remarks on civil appropriation bill, 1916, 1926
remarks relating to the presidential election-
see Appendix.

..........

Brenton, Samuel, a Representative from Indiana,
2, 594, 677, 697, 1011, 1016, 1018, 1060,
1249, 1379, 1681, 1683, 1759, 1768, 2186, 2187
remarks on questions pertaining to the election
of Speaker.... ..69, 91, 159, 229, 244
remarks personal and explanatory....230, 309
remarks on the deficiency bill.
..537
remarks on the bill amending the bounty land
act.....
..1077, 1078, 1079
remarks on the Vincennes land office bill, 1341
remarks on the bill for the admission of Ore-
gon......
.......1458
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
......1515

sas....

British Minister, special message of the President
announcing the dismissal of the.......1343
Brooks, Preston S., a Representative from South

Carolina....2, 412, 531, 711, 791, 934, 1237
resolutions by...
..531, 675
remarks relating to election of Speaker, 158, 331
remarks on the position of parties.....77, 189
remarks explanatory and personal....211, 219
remarks on the bill for the relief of Mary E.
Tillman.....
..933

remarks in relation to the assault upon Mr.
Sumner...1291, 1292, 1581, 1598, 1628, 1629
(See Appendix.)

the assault of, upon Hon. Charles Sumner,
remarks and proceedings relating to...1289,
1293, 1341, 1343, 1348, 1419, 1434,
1436, 1467, 1539, 1556, 1575, 1577,
1597, 1611, 1612, 1613, 1627, 1639
re-sworn as a member.....
......1863
Broom, Jacob, a Representative from Pennsyl-
vania.....2, 34, 52, 229, 388, 409, 568, 634,
763, 821, 1019, 1054, 1255, 1552, 1554,
1611, 1630, 1682, 1751, 1900, 1919, 1986