466, 1478, 1479, 1480, 1481, 1483
Mr. Wilson..
...1479
Anderson, Charles E., bill for relief of, 1204, 1609
Appeals, bill to authorize the circuit court of the

United States for the southern district of
Georgia to entertain, and grant writs of error
in certain cases.
.....736, 1012
Appropriations, list of, made during the first and
second session-see end of last Volume.
Apothecaries' Association of the District of Co-
lumbia, bill (S. No. 267) to incorporate the,
reported with an amendment, 1040, 1128, 1425
Appraisement, bill to regulate the, of imported
merchandise.......
...676, 754
Apprentices in the commercial marine, bill to re-
quire the employment of...........388, 393
Appropriation bills-see Legislative, &c., Appropri-

ation Bill; Civil Appropriation Bill; Consular
and Diplomatic Bill; Army Bill; Army Bill, Sup-
plementary; Naval Appropriation Bill; Post Of
fice Appropriation Bill; Invalid Pensions; Light-
Houses; Rivers and Harbors; Mails; Indian
Appropriations; Deficiency Bill.
resolution in relation to the initiation of, by the
Senate....
....16, 160, 349, 375
remarks by-

Mr. Bayard...
Mr. Brodhead..

Mr. Clayton....

Mr. Hamlin.
Mr. Hunter..

....163
...160
..161, 163
.....163

..162, 349, 375, 377

Arctic expedition-see Kane, E. K.
Arguella, Santiago E., bill for the relief of, 1506
Arkansas Hot Springs, bill (S. No. 318) to author-

ize the investigation and determination of as-
serted titles to the Hot Springs of Ouachita,
in the State of Arkansas.........1405, 1425
Armories, joint resolution relating to the public
lands appertaining to the Springfield and
Harper's Ferry armories, and the North Car-
olina arsenal...785, 786, 903, 962, 983, 1049
Armory, District, joint resolution (S. No. 13)
changing the location of the District armory
from the Mall to Judiciary square......808,
818, 828, 874, 893, 903

.907, 911
....906
..908, 911, 912
.....311

Mr. Hamlin....
Mr. Stuart................909, 911, 912
Mr. Weller..
....906, 910, 911
Mr. Yulee....903, 904, 905, 907, 909, 911
bill (S. No. 252) to repeal so much of the act
of March 3, 1855, as provides for the erec-
tion of an, in the city of Washington...921,
979, 1109, 1240, 1426, 1565, 1648, 1658
remarks by-
....979

Mr. Adams.
Mr. Brodhead......979, 1653, 1654, 1658
Mr. Brown....
..921, 979, 1109,

..1567

1110, 1426, 1427, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1648,
1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1655, 1658
Mr. Cass..........1110, 1651, 1653, 1654
Mr. Clay ......................................1651, 1653, 1654
Mr. Douglas.••••••••••
Mr. Evans......... ..1655
Mr. Fessenden....................1651
Mr. Fitzpatrick... ......1109, 1426,
1427, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1649, 1650,
1651, 1652, 1654, 1655, 1656, 1658
..1654

Mr. Geyer.....
Mr. Hale....... .........1565, 1566
Mr. Johnson..... ..1565, 1566, 1567
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee... ..1650,
1652, 1653, 1654, 1655

Armory, bill (S. No. 252) to repeal so much of
the act of March 3, 1855, as provides for the
erection of an, in the city of Washington-
Continued.

..875, 907
.1565
Arms, bill authorizing the issue of an additional
number of stand of, for the use of the State
....1039, 1498, 1506

of California.....

a joint resolution relating to the delivery of, to
of Utah ana New Mexico........1476, 1486
Army, bill providing for the better organization
of the medical and hospital department of
the..............489, 966, 2143, 2179, 2206
resolution for furnishing documents to the
chief engineers of the....
.....692
bill (S. No. 124) to increase the efficiency of
the, or the three million bill............514,
618, 634, 647, 794, 1002, 1013, 1644, 1675
remarks on, by-

Mr. Adams.......

.........

..1003
Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, 618, 624, 625, 1002||
Mr. Brown
...624, 625
Mr. Cass....
..620, 622, 623, 794
Mr. Clayton
.1675
Mr. Collamer..
.1676
Mr. Crittenden....
...618

........

Mr. Hale, 622, 623, 1002, 1003, 1013, 1676
Mr. Hunter.....620, 625, 634, 1675, 1676
Mr. Iverson.... ...623, 625, 626, 627
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee......1644, 1646
Mr. Mallory
...1676
Mr. Seward.....619, 626, 627, 1646, 1676
Mr. Toucey.....
...619
Mr. Weller...
.620, 618, 619,
626, 627, 1002, 1644, 1646, 1675, 1676
bill (H. R. No. 153) making appropriations
for the support of the, for the year ending
the 30th of June, 1857...
....1834,

Mr. Pugh..

........................2218

Mr. Sebastian...
Mr. Seward..

.........

....1953
....1931, 1953, 1969,
2170, 2211, 2218, 2229, 2230, 2231, 2232
Mr. Stuart........1969, 2170, 2211, 2218
Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky.......1969
Mr. Toombs..
.2229, 2231, 2232
Mr. Trumbull.....1969, 2211, 2230, 2231
Mr. Wade......
...1969

Mr. Weller........1931, 1953, 1969, 2211
Mr. Wilson...... ...1969, 2211, 2223
bill, supplementary, (S. No. 427,) making
additional appropriations for the support of
the, for the year ending 30th June, 1857, 2127,
2170, 2206, 2212, 2219
remarks on, by-
Mr. Adams.........
....2219
Mr. Bayard.............2213, 2217, 2219
Mr. Bell, of Tennessee...2215, 2216, 2117
Mr. Bigler.....
.....2219
Mr. Brodhead.............
...2215
Mr. Cass....
...............2213, 2215, 2216
Mr. Clay..
..2170, 2207
Mr. Clayton......
...2171
Mr. Crittenden..........
...2207, 2208, 2219
Mr. Hale...........

...1437
Mr. Brown..1415, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1437
Mr. Butler..1305, 1306, 1347, 1386, 1399,
1400, 1401, 1403, 1404, 1414, 1423
Mr. Cass........
.1279, 1437, 1438
Mr. Clay..
Mr. Douglas.
Mr. Evans.......
Mr. Fish...........

....

....

Mr. Foster....

.............

Mr. Hale...........

Mr. James

.1405

..1305

..1418

.1437

..1306

...1306

...1414, 1415, 1418

Mr. Slidell...
Mr. Stuart..
Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky. ...1437
Mr. Toombs.... ......1305, 1417, 1437
Mr. Trumbull.....1279, 1306, 1347, 1348
Mr. Wade.....
...1305
Mr. Weller...... ...1279, 1296, 1297,
1317, 1415, 1418, 1437, 1438
Mr. Wilson, 1279, 1306, 1399, 1400, 1401,
1403, 1404, 1405, 1437, 1439
Atmospheric telegraph, bill to test the practica-
.1012,
bility and usefulness of the....
1262, 1616, 1739, 1770, 1819, 1820
remarks on the, by-

report of the Post Office Committee in relation
to the......
...1771
Attorney General, calls for information upon
the......
......480, 515, 544
communications from the............501, 595

B.
Babcock, Charles P., an act authorizing the set-
tlement of the accounts of, late Indian agent
at Detroit, in the State of Michigan...1369,
1461, 1497, 1575
Baird, Thomas H., bill for the relief of....1979,
2229, 2233, 2235
Baldwin, John P., bill for the relief of, 1506, 1518
Bank of the State of Missouri, bill to authorize
and direct the settlement of the account of,
for money advanced for the subsistence and
transportation of volunteers...........361,
374, 398, 482, 2078, 2098, 2126, 2170

Barnard Christine, bill to continue pension to, 1819
Bayard, James A., a Senator from Delaware,

1, 14, 18, 19, 23, 35, 210, 270, 322,
323, 369, 374, 392, 414, 489, 616, 631,
699, 736, 826, 837, 903, 921, 1103, 1165,
1643, 1647, 2077, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2130,
2167, 2168, 2169, 2205, 2218, 2232, 2235
resolutions submitted by..
..414, 903
remarks relating to the appointment, &c., of
clerks for committees...24, 2222, 2223, 2225
remarks on the initiation of the appropriation
bills.....
..163
remarks on the action of the naval retiring
board...
....270, 345, 346,
369, 400, 401, 402, 489, 1015, 1073, 1105,
1131, 1164, 1587, 1588, 1589, 1592, 1593,
1594, 1619, 1621, 1624, 1636, 1637, 1638
remarks on the resolution for the election of
officers of the Senate...
........394
remarks on the bill amending an act to estab-
lish a Court of Claims......... .......650
remarks on the deficiency bill.......686, 687,

688, 690, 727, 736, 737, 738, 740, 744, 745
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
sas-see Appendix.

remarks on the resolution relating to the diplo-
matic system....
......787

act...

remarks on the request of the British Govern-
ment to present a token to Dr. Kane....794
remarks on the call for the court-martial pro-
ceedings in the trial of Captain Ritchie..810
remarks on the memorial of the Kansas Topeka
Assembly......
.826,
850, 852, 854, 855, 856, 857
remarks on the bill amending the bounty land
....923, 988, 991, 992
remarks on printing the report of Marcy's
exploring expedition....
.1051
remarks on the bill for enlarging the custom-
house, &c., at Cleveland, Ohio...1073, 1074
remarks on the resolution relating to the Danish
sound dues...... .....1152, 1153, 1154
remarks on the Mississippi river improvement
bill vetoed by the President..............1546, 1548
remarks on the Delaware breakwater bill,

1670, 1671

remarks on the legislative appropriation bill,
2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2049, 2210
remarks on naval appropriation bill, 2066, 2067
remarks on the congressional compensation
bill............2082, 2083, 2084, 2154, 2155
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...2110
2111, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2141,
2142, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2157
remarks on the Post Office appropriation bill,
2177, 2178, 2179, 2201, 2202, 2204||
remarks on the Patapsco river veto.2205, 2206
remarks on Army appropriation bill, 2211, 2232
remarks on the supplementary Army bill, 2213,
2217, 2219
remarks on the mail steamer bill..... ..2221
Bayly, Thomas H., late Representative from
Virginia, death of, announced.........1500
Beatty, James, bill for the relief of the represent-
ative of......
..2098
Beers, Joseph D., bill for the relief of, 1738, 1769
Bell, James, a Senator froin New Hampshire.1,
903, 1657, 2099
resolutions submitted by..... .. ....2099
Bell, James, bill for the relief of........837, 968
Bell, John, a Senator from Tennessee,........1,

4, 6, 35, 50, 204, 450, 465, 480, 481,
502, 584, 641, 644, 647, 673, 715, 736, 758,
788, 797, 818, 921, 924, 1111, 1129, 1158,
1226, 1297, 1332, 1398, 1414, 1461, 1467,
1476, 1541, 1616, 1696, 1728, 1796, 1797,
1804, 1819, 1833, 1905, 1930, 1955, 1959,
1964, 2068, 2077, 2081, 2098, 2169, 2232
resolutions submitted by..
..6, 2067
remarks on the jurisdiction of the Court of
Claims......
....6, 35, 138
remarks on the action of the naval retiring
board..........50, 204, 271, 273, 274, 275,
407, 631, 632, 633, 634, 663, 789, 797, 1007,
1015, 1043, 1052, 1226, 1625, 1626, 1634
remarks on the affairs of Kansas...... ..292,
654, 932, 1387
remarks on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty...47
1228
remarks on the bill for the relief of Anson
Dart........
........482
...513

remarks explanatory..

remarks on the bill providing for the construc-
tion of additional sloops of war.........546

Bell, John, a Senator from Tennessee-Con-
tinued.

remarks on the three million bill.........618,
624, 625, 1002
remarks on the bill amending an act to estab-
lish a Court of Clairas..
....648
remarks on the Savannah river improvement
bill.......
..667
remarks on the deficiency bill.... .....706,
708, 725, 726, 739, 740, 743
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
sas...
..758, 1467
remarks on the Kansas memorial.. .....852
remarks on the bill amending the bounty land
act.....
.....945, 946, 951, 1101
remarks on the bill for the relief of Hannah F.
Niles......
......1022, 1023
remarks on Marquette harbor bill..1111, 1112
remarks on the bill for employing Lieutenant
General Scott in the pacification of Kan-
......1387
remarks on the amendment of the rules..1478
remarks on the resolution relating to the dec-
laration of martial law in Washington Ter-
ritory......

sas.....

.......

......1517

remarks on the South West Pass improvement
bill, vetoed by the President...... .1310,
1311, 1312, 1323, 1324, 1544
remarks on the Racine harbor bill.......1680
remarks relating to the Pacific railroad bill, 1719,
1720, 1721
remarks on Sheboygan harbor bill..1725, 1727
remarks on the Grand river harbor bill..1746,
1748, 1749
remarks on the Newark harbor bill, 1831, 1832
remarks on the Missouri river improvement
bill.....
...1853
remarks on the Mississippi river improvement
bill.......
...1906, 1907, 1908
remarks on the Tennessee river improvement
bill.......
..1910
remarks on the Army appropriation bill..1931
remarks on the resolution of inquiry relative
to the conquest of California..........2016
remarks on the legislative, &c., appropriation
bill........
....2029, 2031, 2032
remarks on the naval appropriation bill..2061,
2065, 2066, 2067
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...2132,
2133, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2152, 2156
remarks on the Post Office appropriation
bill.....
2174, 2175
remarks on the supplementary Army bill, 2215,
2216, 2217
Bender, A. S., bill for the relief of, 820, 967, 1280
Benjamin, Judah P., a Senator from Louisiana,

1, 4, 31, 348, 386, 388, 400, 433, 680.
736, 787, 788, 794, 808, 839, 874, 883, 903,
907, 911, 966, 967, 1013, 1039, 1052, 1069,
1130, 1158, 1200, 1201, 1205, 1252, 1258,
1278, 1280, 1281, 1303, 1333, 1464, 1518,
1519, 1581, 1608, 1609, 1615, 1616, 1644,
1658, 1659, 1669, 1716, 1719, 1739, 1744,
1772, 1778, 1779, 1819, 1820, 1834, 1835,
1836, 1846, 1849, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1876,
2052, 2078, 2097, 2098, 2229, 2230, 2233
resolutions submitted by....
....31,

349, 398, 736, 1012, 1277.
remarks on the action of the naval retiring
board..........203, 204, 206, 207, 287, 344,
370, 371, 372, 388, 399, 400, 401, 402, 404,
405, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 439, 472, 473,
840, 1240, 1263, 1269, 1270, 1590, 1591,
1592, 1593, 1594, 1617, 1618, 1620, 1621
remarks on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, 394, 1206
remarks on the Savannah river improvement
bill...
...671, 672, 1716
remarks on the deficiency bill....
.683,
684, 717, 718, 720, 746
remarks on Kansas Topeka memorial, 859, 860
remarks on the bill for the relief of Samuel A.
Morse and others.......
....886
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
......1041, 1092, 1094,
1095, 1096, 1998, 1099, 1299, 1300, 1467
remarks on printing the report of Marcy's ex-
ploring expedition.....
....1050

sas....

remarks on the Marquette harbor bill....1116
remarks on the resolution relating to the Danish
Sound dues.....
.......1156
remarks on the Mississippi river improvement
bill, vetoed by the President.....1253, 1254,
1270, 1307, 1308, 1312, 1313, 1322, 1324,
1544, 1545, 1546, 1548, 1550, 1574, 1575

Benjamin, Judah P., a Senator from Louisiana-
Continued.

remarks on the bill to provide for a uniform
code of marine signals.. ........1304
remarks on the report in the case of Richard
W. Thompson........
.......1334
remarks on the amendment of the rules..1477,
1480, 1481, 1484
remarks on the bill for the relief of Obed Hus-
sey....... ..........1660, 1664, 1665
remarks on the bill regulating fees, costs, &c.,
1672, 1673, 1674, 1675
remarks on the Kenosha harbor bill.....1701,
1702, 1704, 1705, 1709
remarks on the bill for the relief of Donn Piatt,
1716, 1718
remarks on the bill authorizing protection to
be given to the American discoverers of
guano.....
........1741, 1742, 1743
remarks on the Grand river harbor bill...1746
remarks on the bill for the relief of John Bron-
son...
........1773, 1774, 1775, 1776
remarks on the bill to amend "An act to re-
model the diplomatic and consular system of
the United States"........1797, 1798, 1799
remarks on the legislative appropriation bill,
2030, 2033
remarks on the congressional compensation
bill.......2082, 2083, 2084, 2153, 2154, 2155
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...2113,
2114, 2118, 2132, 2133, 2139, 2140, 2150
Berry, Benjamin, bill granting a pension to..501,
878, 2212, 2217, 2227
Bidamon, Emma, bill for the relief of......1102,
1104, 1165, 1285 1338, 1438
Biggs, Asa, a Senator from North Carolina...1,
450, 480, 715, 875, 879, 880, 961, 962, 966,
968, 1012, 1019, 1054, 1102, 1258, 1262,
1288, 1297, 1405, 1425, 1545, 1575, 1604,
1605, 1611, 1614, 1616, 1676, 1716, 1743,
1772, 1799, 1828, 1829, 1850, 1852, 1905,
1909, 1910, 1934, 1943, 1958, 1966, 1968,
1978, 1979, 2057, 2097, 2154, 2200, 2226,
2227, 2232
resolutions submitted by...........388, 2200
remarks on the action of the naval retiring
board.......
......347, 1014, 1016,
1043, 1053, 1065, 1594, 1621, 1622, 1623
remarks on the resolution for the election of
officers of the Senate...
..393, 394
remarks on the deficiency bill.
...718
remarks on the bill for the relief of Samuel A.
Morse and others.....
....965
remarks on the Marquette harbor bill....1121
remarks on the Iowa land bill, 1168, 1172, 1173
remarks on the resolution authorizing the re-

ception of a testimonial from the British
Government by Dr. Kane............1278
remarks on the Kenosha harbor bill, 1707, 1709
remarks on the Conneaut harbor bill, 1847, 1848
remarks on the claim of Richard W. Thomp-

son.....

.......1901, 1981, 1982
remarks on the Cape Fear river improvement
bill.......
......1961, 1962, 1963
remarks on the legislative appropriation bill,
2031, 2032
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...2116,
2117, 2144, 2151, 2152
remarks on the Post Office appropriation bill,
2178
remarks relating to the appointment, &c., of
clerks for committees......2222, 2224, 2225
Bigler, William, a Senator from Pennsylvania,

413, 449, 489, 501, 502, 513, 528, 616, 636,
644, 652, 662, 692, 699, 753, 921, 929,
963, 978, 1023, 1166, 1186, 1203, 1226,
1463, 1516, 1599, 1608, 1643, 1776, 1811,
1835, 1901, 1905, 1985, 2005, 2032, 2099,
2127, 2169, 2219, 2225, 2226, 2234, 2236
resolutions submitted by..........2006, 2226
remarks on the resolution for amending the
rules......
.....466
remarks on presenting the memorial of George
C. Read, a captain in the Navy........526
remarks on the action of the naval retiring
board......
......397, 526, 616, 633
remarks on the resolution in relation to Dr.
Kane's narrative of the Arctic expedition,
636, 638, 645, 646
remarks on the deficiency bill............710,
721, 722, 724
remarks on the Kansas memorial.........854
remarks on the bill amending the bounty land
act.......
....928

sas.......

remarks on the bill for the relief of John Hast-
ings...
......1281, 1282, 1283
remarks relating to the assault on Charles
Sumner.....
..1437
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
......1467, 1519
remarks on the amendment of the rules..1484
remarks on the resolution of inquiry in relation
to Colonel Frémont's accounts........2006,
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...2133,
2134, 2157

Binding-see Printing.
Black Lake harbor, Michigan, bill (S. No. 40)
making an appropriation for the construction
of a harbor at the mouth of Black river, 22,
358, 514, 1803, 1827

remarks on, by-

Mr. Bell, of Tennessee..
Mr. Butler......

....1804
..1804, 1808, 1809

Mr. Mason.......1804, 1808, 1810, 1841
Mr. Pearce..

....1803, 1804
Mr. Pugh....1806, 1807, 1808, 1809, 1827
Mr. Reid.............
..1804
Mr. Seward...
..1811
Mr. Stuart...1803, 1804, 1809, 1811, 1827
Mr. Toombs..
.1803,
1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808
Mr. Wade.....
....1809
Blount, Sarah, bill granting a revolutionary pen-
sion to....595, 1103, 1285, 2212, 2217, 2227
Bond, George, an act for the relief of......2078|
Books, for Senators, resolutions relative to..714,
753, 1424

joint resolution from the House of Represent-
atives (No. 4) for supplying new members
of the Senate and House of Representatives
with such, of a public character, as have
been heretofore supplied....
...1424
Boomer, Collins, an act for the relief of....2078
Boundaries: of Iowa, bill to extend the western

boundary of the State............8, 22, 350
of Kansas, bill (H. R. No. 197) to authorize
the President of the United States to cause
the southern boundary line of the Territory,
to be surveyed and marked...........1438,
1463, 1498, 1575
bill (H. R. No. 574) making an appropriation
for the survey of the southern boundary
line of Kansas Territory........2170, 2211
of Washington Territory and the British pos

sessions, bill to provide for carrying into
execution the first article of the treaty be-
tween the United States and her Majesty
the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, of June 15, 1846..1739,
1819, 1909, 1930, 1966
Bounty lands, bill granting, to Rebecca Free-
...754, 884
bill granting, to Jared L. Elliott.........1262
bill (H. R. No. 276) granting, to the officers

man...

and crews of private armed vessels commis-
sioned by the United States......2200, 2206
bill (H. R. No. 351) to extend the rights
granted by an act approved January 7, 1853,
entitled "An act authorizing certain soldiers
of the late war with Great Britain to sur-
render the bounty lands drawn by them,
and draw others in lieu thereof"......1901,
1967, 2234
bill to amend the "Act in addition to certain
acts granting bounty land to certain officers
and soldiers who have been engaged in the
military service of the United States," ap-
proved March 3, 1855..........6, 449, 450,

592, 596, 808, 827, 835, 838, 921, 940, 980,
986, 1073, 1101, 1105, 1128, 1146, 1166
remarks on, by—
Mr. Adams...

....836,
929, 930, 943, 944, 945, 995, 997
Mr. Bayard.... .923, 988, 991, 992
Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, 945, 946, 951, 1101
Mr. Bigler......
...928
Mr. Brodhead...
...450,

to certain acts granting bounty land to cer-
tain officers and soldiers who have been en-
gaged in the military service of the United
States,"approved March 3, 1855—Continued.
remarks on, by-

....

...

Mr. Collamer.
..945, 990
Mr. Crittenden....945, 946, 988, 995, 996
Mr. Fitzpatrick. .948,949, 980, 987
Mr. Foot....827, 835, 940, 945, 995, 1101
Mr. Hale..
..923, 981, 990
Mr. Hamlin......828, 929, 931, 986, 987
Mr. Houston......
....988
Mr. Iverson..
....835, 838, 921,
922, 923, 926, 929, 947, 980, 986, 987,
990, 991, 992, 994, 995, 996, 997, 1101
Mr. Jones, of Iowa..
..927, 931
Mr. Mason......
.945
Mr. Pugh...... ..924, 925, 926, 929,
930, 931, 944, 946, 948, 949, 950, 980
Mr. Seward....
..994, 995
Mr. Stuart...
..450, 451, 835,
838, 839, 922, 923, 924, 928, 930, 942,
946, 948, 981, 989, 990, 991, 994, 996
Mr. Toombs....
...923, 927, 993
Mr. Weller.
...987
Bounty land warrants, bill to relieve the Com-
missioner of Pensions from the performance
of certain clerical duties....... .375, 483
Bowen, Nancy, bill for the relief of.. .....979,
1220, 2212, 2217, 2227
Bowne, George L., and William Curry, bill for
the relief of.....
...2128
Brandywine, fishing schooner, bill for the relief
of the owners of the.... ......577, 878
Breakwater-see Rivers and Harbors.
Bright, Jesse D., a Senator from Indiana..............1,
818, 1053, 1203, 1498, 1696, 2157
remarks on his reëlection to the chair of the
Senate....
...1385
remarks on the amendment of the rules..1483
remarks relating to the claim of Richard W.
Thompson.
.....1846, 1847,

1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1890,
1901, 1902, 1903, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984
remarks on the Creek spoliation bill.....1877
remarks on the Michigan City harbor bill, 1934,
1935
remarks on Ohio river improvement bill, 1936,
1937, 1938, 1939, 1940
remarks on the Post Office appropriation bill,
2174, 2204
remarks on the appointment and payment of
clerks to committees.......2222, 2224, 2225
British enlistment question, resolution of inquiry
concerning the....
..489
remarks on, by-
Mr. Butler...
Mr. Cass.
Mr. Crittenden.
Mr. Hamlin...........

.495

.........

.490, 495
.493, 494
.494
..490
.489, 493, 494, 495
.495

.494

..493

call for the correspondence relating to the..489
British Minister, message of the President an-
nouncing the dismissal of the..........1339
remarks on, by—

Mr. Butler.
Mr. Cass.
Mr. Mason.

....

.......

..........

..1340

.1339, 1340, 1341
.1339, 1340, 1341
Mr. Pratt..
.1339, 1341
Mr. Toombs..... ..1339, 1340, 1341
Brodhead, Richard, jun., a Senator from Penn-
sylvania......1, 4, 6, 14, 18, 21, 25, 50, 58,
110, 131, 137, 247, 302, 303, 397, 413, 433,
449, 450, 480, 489, 502, 513, 519,527, 528,
560, 576, 596, 597, 615, 616, 618, 644, 652,
679, 698, 735, 754, 758, 786, 794, 886, 923,
939, 946, 950, 961, 962, 963, 966, 979, 986,
1019, 1023, 1024, 1039, 1089, 1102, 1105,
1128, 1165, 1166, 1173, 1200, 1226, 1239,
1240, 1252, 1258, 1262, 1267, 1280, 1285,
1287, 1299, 1331, 1397, 1398, 1399, 1424,
1461, 1475, 1485, 1506, 1518, 1541, 1599,
1600, 1609, 1610, 1611, 1614, 1616, 1630,
1648, 1657, 1659, 1667, 1716, 1739, 1769,
1772, 1773, 1776, 1798, 1820, 1833, 1876,
1883, 1901, 1936, 1980, 2028, 2098, 2100,
2127, 2129, 2142, 2205, 2209, 2215, 2234
resolutions submitted by..
....16,
502, 715, 2142

Brodhead, Richard, jun., a Senator from Penn-
sylvania-Continued.

.....

......160

remarks on the action of the naval retiring
board....50, 199, 203, 633, 1587, 1592, 1626
remarks on the proposition to print ten thou-
sand extra copies of the President's mes-
.........131
sage......
remarks on the jurisdiction of the Court of
Claims.....
..6, 14, 58, 137, 138
remarks on the initiation of appropriation
bills.......
remarks on the bill modifying the bounty land
law.....450, 451, 924, 925, 926, 928, 980 988
remarks on the bill providing for the construc-
tion of additional sloops of war........545
remarks on the resolution in relation to Dr.
Kane's narrative of the Arctic expedition,638,
645, 646
remarks on the bill amending the act to estab-
lish a Court of Claims...547, 648, 649, 650
remarks on the deficiency bill..
....681,
703, 705, 707, 716, 744
remarks on the resolution for establishing
national founderies......
....715
remarks on the memorial of the Kansas To-
peka Assembly.....
.....847, 848
remarks on the bill for the relief of Langdon
C. Easton......

.......

.876, 877
remarks on the District armory resolution,
908, 979, 1653, 1654, 1658
remarks on the bill for the relief of George P.
Marsh......
.....1019, 1021
remarks on the Iowa land bill..... ....1171
remarks on the bill for the relief of John
Hastings..... .....1281, 1282, 1283
remarks on the Mississippi river improvement
bill vetoed by the President......1543, 1547
remarks on the Minnesota road bill, 1631, 1632
remarks on the bill for the relief of Obed Hus-
sey.......
...1661, 1667
remarks on the bill regulating fees, costs, &c.,
1671

remarks on the Racine harbor bill.......1677
remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 2057,

remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 2211,
2231
remarks on the mail steamer bill.........2221
remarks on the appointment and payment of
clerks for committees......2222, 2223, 2225
Bronson, John, bill for the relief of...1280, 1272
Brooks, Preston S., communication from, in rela-
tion to the assault upon Hon. Charles Sum-
..1347
Brothers, schooner-see Fishing Schooners.
Broutin, Mrs. Magdalena, bill for the relief of,
1900, 1966, 2234, 2236
Brown, Albert G., a Senator from Mississippi,1,
73, 111, 136, 199, 209, 302, 304, 322, 323,
350, 352, 358, 360, 386, 388, 393, 398, 414,
464, 465, 480, 481, 482, 489, 502, 513, 539,
541, 595, 597, 598, 599, 616, 617, 627, 644,
647, 690, 698, 699, 754, 785, 786, 874, 882,
884, 901, 921, 938, 951, 978, 979, 1001,
1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1039, 1040, 1041,
1101, 1102, 1104, 1128, 1165, 1186, 1252,
1297, 1303, 1316, 1317, 1324, 1380, 1383,
1423, 1425, 1426, 1436, 1461, 1463, 1467,
1475, 1506, 1516, 1599, 1600, 1614, 1615,
1632, 1643, 1647, 1648, 1658, 1796, 1829,
1833, 1834, 1835, 1845, 1854, 1855, 1900,
1911, 1939, 1940, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1978,
1979, 2006, 2022, 2057, 2100, 2142, 2143,
2166, 2168, 2206, 2228, 2229, 2232
resolutions submitted by... ...160, 398,

502, 519, 541, 577, 1130, 1405, 1423, 2006
remarks on resolution for presenting a sword
to Colonel Benjamin S. Roberts, 107, 163, 164
remarks on printing ten thousand extra copies
of the President's message...
.133
remarks on the action of the naval retiring

board, 209, 276, 290, 352, 367, 368, 1015, 1016
remarks on our relations with Great Britain-
remarks on the bill to establish a library for

young men in the District of Columbia, 480
remarks on the Pacific railroad bill........596
remarks on the three million bill.....624, 625
remarks on the affairs of Kansas...
..639,
640, 656, 657, 1387

Brown, Albert G., a Senator from Mississippi-
Continued.

remarks on the deficiency bill.... .....683,
686, 687, 689, 700, 701, 703,
704, 705, 726, 744, 745, 1129
remarks on the District armory resolution and
bill..
..921, 979, 1109,
1110, 1426, 1427, 1565, 1566, 1567, 1648,
1650, 1651, 1652, 1653, 1654, 1655, 1658
remarks on the bill amending the bounty land
...987
remarks on the bill relating to the Washington
avenues....... .........1025, 1028, 1029, 1240
remarks on printing Marcy's exploring report,
1050

act.......

sas.......

.....

remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
.....1041, 1100, 1101
remarks on the Marquette harbor bill, 1118, 1119
remarks on the resolution relating to titles
under the graduation act.........1130, 1131
remarks on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty...1228
remarks on the claim of Richard W. Thomp-
....1334, 1847,
1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890,
1901, 1902, 1903, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984

son.....

remarks on the St. Mary's flats appropriation
bill....

...665
remarks on the Savannah river improvement
bill....
...668, 669
remarks on deficiency bill..702, 704, 725, 726
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
sas.
...757,758, 828,
829, 840, 1094, 1096, 1100, 1397, 1399
remarks on the request of the British Govern-
ment to present a token to Dr. Kane, 793, 794
remarks on the memorial of the Kansas To-
peka Assembly... .......826, 839, 840, 847,

848, 849, 850, 851, 852, 856, 861, 862, 863
remarks on the District armory resolution, 909
remarks on the bill amending the bounty land
act....930, 931, 943, 944, 989, 991, 992, 993 ||
remarks on the bill for enlarging the custom-
house at Cleveland, Ohio...... ...1075
remarks on the Marquette harbor bill....1114,
1115, 1116, 1117, 1119, 1120
remarks in relation to the assault upon Mr.
Sumner....
1305, 1306, 1347, 1386,

McCormick....

...1286, 1287,

....

1288, 1601, 1603, 1604, 1606, 1607, 1608
remarks on the resolution for employing Lieu-
tenant General Scott in the pacification of
Kansas....
.......1387
remarks relating to the assault upon Mr. Sum-
ner............1415, 1416, 1417, 1418, 1437
remarks on the bill for the relief of Obed Hus-
sey......
...1663, 1664, 1665
remarks on the Grand river harbor bill...1802
remarks on the Creek spoliation bill, 1877, 1882
remarks explanatory....
...2019
remarks on the congressional compensation
bill.......
...2082, 2084, 2155
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...2107,
2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2143, 2144, 2145,
2146, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2153, 2156, 2157
remarks on the Post Office appropriation bill,
2175
Browning, Mrs. Lewright, bill for the relief
of..... .....939, 961, 979, 1019, 1049
Buoys-see Light-houses.
Burlington, on Lake Champlain, bill making an
appropriation for the completion of the break-
water in the harbor of.....6, 350, 514, 1851
remarks on, by-

Mr. Biggs....

Mr. Cass.....

Mr. Clay....

Mr. Geyer..

Mr. Foot.

......

........

Mr. Hunter...........

Mr. Toombs.......

..1852
......1852
.1851, 1852
...1852
.1851, 1852
..1852
...1852

Butler, Andrew P., a Senator from South Caro-
..1, 18, 21, 23, 25, 50, 58,

lina......

270, 286, 287, 292, 323, 345, 350, 386, 387,
393, 399, 449, 466, 514, 515, 566, 557, 583,
627, 663, 705, 706, 715, 736, 797, 874,
886, 1024, 1072, 1463, 1660, 1676, 1696,
1772, 1820, 1829, 1831, 1834, 1835, 1836,
1846, 1911, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1942, 1944,
1966, 1979, 2020, 2026, 2027, 2050, 2066,

2085, 2098, 2099, 2167, 2229, 2235, 2236
resolutions submitted by.......364, 736, 2056
remarks on the appointment of the clerks to
committees....
...23

remarks on the action of the naval retiring
board..
....50,
270, 273, 278, 287, 290, 345, 372, 386, 398,
398, 402, 406, 409, 416, 417, 418, 423, 424,
436, 473, 786, 797, 1005, 1006, 1014,
1015, 1052, 1053, 1592, 1593, 1594, 1619,
1620, 7621, 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1638
remarks relating to Kansas affairs....291, 292,

293, 497, 528, 584, 590, 592, 639, 640, 1369
remarks on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty....395,
396, 469
remarks on the resolution for the relief of the
poor of Washington.......
........363
remarks on the resolution for a bust of Chief
Justice Rutledge............364, 369, 1567
remarks on the resolution for amending the
rules.....
.....465, 466
remarks on the eligibility of Lyman Trumbull
to the Senate..
..466, 564, 565, 567
remarks on the British enlistment question, 494
remarks on the bill amending an act to estab-
lish a Court of Claims.....
..650

......

in relation to the dismissal of the
British Minister
..1340
remarks on the power of the Vice President to
appoint to the chair.......1369, 1379, 1380
remarks explanatory..
...1463
remarks on the amendment of the rules..1478
remarks on the Mississippi river improvement
bill, vetoed by the President.... .1308,
1323, 1324, 1544, 1546, 1574
remarks on the Minnesota road bill, 1631, 1632
remarks on the bill regulating fees, costs, &c.,
1673, 1674
remarks on the Racine harbor bill.......1677,
1678, 1679, 1680
remarks on the Kenosha harbor bill.....1702,
1703, 1704, 1708, 1709, 1723
remarks on Sheboygan harbor bill, 1726, 1727
remarks on the Grand river harbor bill..1746,
1747, 1803
remarks on the Black river harbor bill.. 1804,
1808, 1809
remarks on the Clinton river harbor bill..1823,
1825, 1826
remarks on the Missouri river improvement
bill....
...1853, 1854
remarks on the claim of Richard W. Thomp-
..1983, 1984
remarks on the Dubuque harbor bill, 1911, 1934
remarks on the bill for the improvement of
Charleston harbor..............1954, 1955
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1961,
1969, 2230
remarks on the congressional compensation
bill......2080, 2083, 2084, 2154, 2155, 2168
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...2108,
2144, 2151

son...

C.

Cabargo, bill to issue register to the bark...514,
547, 567, 577
Caledonia, bill (S. No. 381) for the benefit of the
captors of the British brig, in the war of
1812....
.....1541

California, resolutions of the Legislature of, pre-
sented, relating to wagon road to, &c...1252
resolution of inquiry relating to the conquest
of..........
......1900, 2006

remarks on, by-

Mr. Bell, of Tennessee..............2016
Mr. Foot........... .....2016, 2017
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, 2009, 2015, 2016
Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky..2015, 2016
Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey, 1900, 2007
claims in, joint resolution authorizing and di-
recting the Secretary of War to furnish in
certain cases verified copies of original papers
filed before the board for the examination of
claims contracted in, under Lieutenant Col-
onel Frémont.....
......392,483

war debt of-see Indian Hostilities.
Campbell John, an act for the relief of......2078
Campbell, Joseph O., bill for the relief of...1658
Cannon, Olivia W., bill for the relief of.....903,
969, 2078, 2101, 2170
Cape Fear river, North Carolina, bill (S. No. 227)
making further appropriations for the im-
provement of the........792, 834, 903, 1959
Mr. Bell, of Tennessee...
..1959
Mr. Biggs......

.1961, 1962, 1963

Mr. Fessenden .1959, 1960, 1961, 1963
Mr. Iverson.......1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
Mr. Reid.
..1959, 1960, 1961, 1963
Mr. Seward..... ....1953, 1960, 1963
Mr. Stuart.........1960, 1961, 1962, 1963
Mr. Toombs
........1959
Mr. Weller
.......1963
Cape de Verde Islands, joint resolution for the re-
lief of the sufferers at the...1252, 1257, 1262
Capitol extension, communications from the su-
perintendent of the........ ......652
resolution of inquiry concerning the......2099
Capitol grounds, report relative to the purchase
of certain lots adjacent to the..........1647
Cass, Lewis, a Senator from Michigan .......1,
6, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 50, 58, 108, 131.
132, 293, 357, 358, 362, 375, 501, 599,
617, 622, 662, 698, 715, 792, 834,
837, 978, 979, 1003, 1004, 1033, 1102,
1105, 1131, 1190, 1226, 1263, 1280, 1316,
1334, 1369, 1397, 1436, 1485, 1459, 1510,
1511, 1517, 1541, 1542, 1550, 1599, 1614,
1617, 1648, 1660, 1661, 1677, 1716, 1744.
1797, 1798, 1819, 1821, 1847, 1850, 1852,
1876, 1904, 1908, 1934, 1941, 1942, 2026,
2051, 2099, 2127, 2128, 2168, 2210, 2232
resolutions submitted by....
.374,979,

1146, 1205, 1398, 1517, 1677, 2098, 2127
remarks on the Central American treaty..108,
109, 110, 285, 286, 303, 1205,
1206, 1207, 1306, 1307, 1422
remarks, personal and explanatory.......133,
513, 542, 1254, 1306, 1307
remarks on the affairs of Kansas... ...291,
293, 639, 698
remarks on the resolution for a bust of Chief
Justice Rutledge........
......364
remarks on the British enlistment question,
491, 495
remarks on the fortification bill..... ...516
remarks on the resolution relating to the Danish
Sound dues....
...604
remarks on three million bill..620, 622, 623, 794
remarks on the St. Clair flats appropriation
bill...
.....664
remarks on the St. Mary's flats appropriation
bill......
.665
..739

act.....

....755

remarks on the deficiency bill...
remarks on printing the report on presenting a
sword to Colonel Roberts.....
remarks on the call for the court-martial pro-
ceedings in the case of Captain Ritchie..810
remarks on the memorial of the Kansas Topeka
Assembly..826, 839, 853, 854, 861, 862, 864
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
sas.......758, 1097, 1190, 1201, 1519, 1569
remarks on the District armory resolution,
911, 1110, 1651, 1653, 1654
remarks on the bill amending the bounty land
...987
remarks on the joint resolution for enlarging
the custom-house, &c., at Cleveland, Ohio,
1063, 1065, 1074, 1075, 1090, 1091
remarks on the Marquette harbor bill...1111,
1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116
remarks on the Iowa land bill..1169, 1172, 1190
remarks on the Mississippi river improvement
bill, vetoed by the President... .1254,
1324, 1507, 1542, 1543, 1544, 1550
remarks in relation to the assault upon Mr.
Sumner.....
......1279, 1437, 1438
remarks relating to the dismissal of the British
Minister....
......1339, 1340, 1341
remarks on the amendment of the rules..1479
remarks on the announcement of the death of
Thomas H. Bayly....... .........1500
remarks on the resolution relating to the dec-
laration of martial law in Washington Terri-
tory......
....1517

remarks on the Delaware breakwater bill..1671
remarks on the bill regulating fees, costs,
&c.........
..1674
remarks on the Racine harbor bill......1677,
1679, 1680
remarks on the Kenosha harbor bill..1701, 1702
remarks on the Sheboygan harbor bill...1724,
1725, 1726
remarks on the Grand river harbor bill..1744,
1745, 1746, 1747, 1748, 1749, 1799, 1802

ued,

son.........

remarks on the bill to test the practicability and
usefulness of the atmospheric telegraph..1770
remarks on the bill for the relief of John Bron-
..1774, 1775, 1776
remarks on the Black river harbor bill...1804,
1806, 1807, 1810, 1811
remarks on the Clinton river harbor bill..1822,
1823, 1825, 1826, 1827
remarks on the Newark harbor bill.....1830,
1831, 1835
remarks on the resolution concerning the rights
of neutrals....
.2018
remarks on the civil appropriation bill...2108,
2117, 2118, 2146, 2150
remarks on the supplementary Army bill..2213,
2215, 2216
remarks on the Army appropriation bill..2229,
2230, 2231
Cavan, Timothy, bill for the relief of...786, 970
Cazelar, Pierre, bill for the relief of the legal rep-
resentatives of......
....1280
Central America, resolution to print a map
.....465,1226

of.....

Central American affairs-see Clayton-Bulwer
treaty; Nicaragua.

on.

Cerri, Pascal L., bill to authorize the legal rep-
resentatives of, to enter certain lands in Mís-
souri...
......1369, 1669, 2233
Challenges of jurors, bill to provide for peremp-
tory, in criminal cases, in the courts of the
United States, within States admitted into
the Union since September, 1789..1040,1103
Chaplain to the Senate, election of the..
resolution providing for extra compensation
to the.
..2233, 2235
Chase, William H., bill for the relief of....1239,
1610, 2078, 2127, 2130, 2235
Chatard, Frederick, bill for the relief of....1517
Chauvenot's great circle protractor, report
.1930
Cherokee Indians, joint resolution (S. No. 6)
declaring in what manner the pension laws
for the benefit of, shall be executed, 450, 809
Childs, Mrs., bill for the relief of...........680
Choctaw cession of 1830, settlers on the, bill for
the relief of certain actual settlers and culti-
vators, who purchased lands subject to grad-
uation, within the limits of the, at a less rate
than the true graduation price under the
"Act to graduate and reduce the price of the
public lands to actual settlers and cultiva-
tors,"approved 4th August, 1854...1277, 1383
Churchill, Lieutenant Thomas J., bill for the re-
lief of....
..1536, 1833
Civil appropriation bill, (H. R. No. 201,)
making appropriations for certain civil ex-
penses of the Government for the year end-
ing 30th of June, 1857,.........2019, 2077,
2101, 2112, 2130, 2143, 2156,
2204, 2222, 2227, 2229, 2235
.....2116,

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Adams.

2106, 2107, 2115, 2117, 2131, 2132, 2134,
2147, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2156
Mr. Brown...
..2107,

2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2143, 2144, 2145,
2146, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2153, 2156, 2157
Mr. Butler
..2108, 2144, 2151
Mr. Cass....2108, 2117, 2118, 2146, 2150
Mr. Clay.. ...2135, 2141, 2152, 2157
.2113, 2114,

Mr. Clayton.
2131, 2139, 2142, 2145, 2146, 2149, 2150
Mr. Collamer.

Mr. Crittenden......

..2139

..2135,

making appropriations for certain civil ex-
penses of the Government for the year end-
ing 30th of June, 1857-Continued.
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Geyer..

Mr. Hale...

..2138
....2103,

2104, 2105, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2133, 2148
Mr. Houston.... .2109, 2111, 2118
Mr. Hunter
..2101, 2102, 2108,
2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2117, 2118,
2119, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2134, 2140,
2141, 2142, 2145, 2146, 2156, 2157
Mr. Iverson.. ....2114, 2153, 2156
Mr. James..
..2117, 2148, 2149
Mr. Jones, of Iowa..2118, 2137, 2150, 2157
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, 2116, 2118, 2133,
2135, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2140, 2156, 2157
Mr. Mallory
.2111,

...

2117, 2118, 2135, 2141, 2152, 2157
Mr. Mason........
..2148, 2149, 2151, 2152
Mr. Pearce...
2101, 2102, 2103,
2104, 2105, 2106, 2113, 2114, 2117, 2150
Mr. Pratt....2116, 2117, 2142, 2156, 2157
Mr. Pugh...2114, 2118, 2141, 2151, 2157
Mr. Reid.....
..2152

Mr. Sebastian.....2131, 2152, 2153, 2157
Mr. Seward......2109, 2113, 2115, 2118,

2119, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2134, 2138, 2139,
2140, 2141, 2147, 2148, 2150, 2156, 2157
Mr. Slidell
.2113, 2114, 2133
Mr. Stuart
.2117,
2118, 2143, 2144, 2152, 2156
Mr. Thomson, of New Jersey..2141, 2151
Mr. Toombs..
.2135,
2139, 2140, 2143, 2144, 2146, 2148,
2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2157
Mr. Weller.......2113, 2114, 2118, 2119,
2130, 2131, 2133, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2156
Mr. Wilson
..2105, 2106, 2107
Mr. Yulee..
..2118
Claims, the Committee on.....
..19
bills reported from.........513,560, 616, 652,
699,758, 808, 961, 1039, 1969, 1089,
1165, 1166, 1200, 1203, 1239, 1252,
1280, 1506, 1599, 1630, 1658, 1769,
1876, 1901, 1979, 1980, 2127, 2129
discharged from the consideration of subjects,
560, 939, 1089, 1200, 1203
resolutions reported from...58, 525, 698, 1658
Claims, of California, bill (S. No. 397) explana-

tory of so much of an act passed August 5,
1854, making appropriations for the support
of the Army for the year ending 30th June,
1855, as refers to the payment of expenses
incurred by the State of California for the
suppression of Indian hostilities in said
State.....
..1777, 1846

of citizens of Georgia and Alabama, bill (S.
No. 81) to provide for the reexamination and
payment of certain, on account of losses sus-
tained by depredations of the Creek Indians,

392, 398, 1716, 1846, 1876, 1968, 2052
of the State of Maryland, bill directing a re-
examination of the account between the Uni-
ted States and State of Maryland...640, 882
of the States of Maryland and Virginia, bill
(S. No. 394) to refund money advanced by
the States of Maryland and Virginia to the
use of the United States......636, 652, 1658
of Texas creditors, House joint resolution (No.
27) extending the time for the creditors of
Texas to present their claims.........2056,
2077, 2167, 2200, 2211
of Vermont, an act (H. R. No. 360) to reim-
burse the State of Vermont the expenses in-
curred by her in paying her militia called out
in 1838 and 1839 to preserve the neutrality
of the country............2078, 2127, 2179
bills making appropriations for the payment of
certain, reported by the Court of Claims, 699,

835, 838, 1338, 1383, 1386, 1387, 1485
for French spoliations, resolution relating to
the claims of American citizens against the
French Government under the convention
of 1803......
......903, 1507
(See Revolutionary Claims; Court of Claims;
Private Land Claims; California Claims; In-
dian Depredations.)
Clay, Clement C., Jun., a Senator from Ala-
bama.... ......1, 111, 270, 322, 323,

344, 349, 350, 351, 356, 361, 375, 413, 489,
501, 513, 527, 542, 597, 598, 645, 652, 784,
837, 981, 1022, 1023, 1052, 1054, 1062,

Clay, Clement C., Jun., a Senator from Ala-
bama-Continued.

1101, 1341, 1383, 1581, 1582, 1631, 1744,
1779, 1820, 1821, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1835,
1836, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852,
1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1876, 1904, 1911,
1933, 1934, 1935, 1941, 1958, 1963, 1964,
1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 2030, 2051, 2052,
2068, 2099, 2155, 2167, 2168, 2169, 2234
resolutions submitted by... ..323, 1581
remarks on the appointment and payment of
clerks to committees..111, 2222, 2224, 2225
remarks on the action of the naval retiring
board....
.344, 351
remarks on the resolution for the relief of the
poor of Washington....
..363
remarks on the affairs of Kansas, 415, 416, 592
remarks on the Cherokee Indian pension reso-
lution.......
......809
remarks on the bill for the admission of Kan-
.840, 981, 982, 1099, 1398
remarks on the bill for the relief of Hannah
F. Niles.....
.........1023
remarks in relation to the assault upon Mr.
Sumner....
.......1405
remarks on the Mississippi river improvement
bill vetoed by the President...... ..1312,

sas...

1313, 1546, 1548
remarks on the District armory bill......1651,
1653, 1654
remarks on the Kenosha harbor bill......1709
remarks on the Sheboygan harbor bill...1723,
1726, 1727

1743

1748, 1749, 1800

remarks on the Kalamazoo river harbor bill,
remarks on the Grand river harbor bill..1746,
remarks on the Black river harbor bill...1804,
1809, 1810
remarks on the Clinton river harbor bill, 1822,
1826
remarks on the Burlington breakwater bill,
1851, 1852
remarks on the Creek spoliation bill.....1877,
1882, 1883, 2052, 2056
remarks on the Rock river rapids improvement
bill.......
.1909, 1910
remarks on the Tennessee river bill......1910
remarks on the Dubuque harbor bill.....1931,

1932, 1933
remarks on the Army appropriation bill, 1969,
2218, 2229
remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 2061,
2062

remarks on the civil appropriation bill...2136,

2141, 2152, 2157
remarks on the supplementary Army appro-
priation bill..
....2170, 2207
Clay, John Randolph, bill for the relief of, 1002,
1281

Clayton, John M., a Senator from Delaware,

1, 6, 8, 49, 50, 110, 111, 292, 303,
322, 323, 352, 364, 680, 757, 787, 894,
1103, 1109, 1165, 1205, 1258, 1406, 1424,
1462, 1463, 1506, 1675, 1696, 1717, 1797,
1847, 1856, 1904, 1965, 1967, 1968, 2028,
2129, 2171, 2200, 2209, 2210, 2234, 2236
resolutions submitted by..
.109, 111,

199, 247, 248, 355, 894, 2169, 2200, 2233
remarks on the jurisdiction of the Court of
Claims..........
......6
remarks on the action of the naval retiring.
board, 50, 275, 287, 344, 345, 351, 352, 676,
680, 786, 789, 797, 1267, 1594, 1637, 1638
remarks on the Clayton-Bulwer treaty....107,
108, 283, 285, 663, 1205,
1206, 1207, 1419, 1421, 1422
remarks on the printing of extra copies of the
President's message..
..132, 133
remarks on the origination of appropriation
bills by the Senate...
remarks relating to Kansas affairs...291, 292,
293, 1387, 1392, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1462, 1507
remarks on the resolution for the relief of the
poor of Washington....
...355,
356, 357, 360, 362, 363
remarks on the deficiency bill..
..687,
720, 721, 722, 724, 725, 739, 743
remarks on the expenditures for printing...785
remarks on the resolution relating to the Danish
Sound dues.
....1148,

......161, 163

1150, 1151, 1154, 1155, 1157, 1203
remarks on the power of the Vice President to
appoint to the chair....
....1369