INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. debate on the Senate's amendments to the General and Naval, 617, 618. for Fortifications, debate on the Senate's amendments to the, 667 to 670. debate on Senate's amendments to the additional military, 670, 671. Appropriation for the Military Service, bill amended and ordered to a third reading, 411. motion to establish a school of practice for Light Artillery, 518; negatived, 519; motion renewed and negatived, 521. motion to establish a Fort at Beaufort, N. C.; negatived, 519. motion to reduce the appropriation for the Indian Department, 520; negatived, 521. bill read a third time, and laid on the table, 521, motion to recommit, 536. debate thereon, 536 to 546. bill passed, 546. 522 for the support of the Navy, amended and ordered to a third reading, 411. Bankrupt Law, remarks on the necessity of a general, bill ordered to a third reading, 629. Chesapeake and Ohio. See Chesapeake and Ohio Chesapeake and Delaware. See Chesapeake and Illinois. See Illinois Canal. enumeration of former treaties with the, 7. debate on the treaty of 1804 with the, 536 to 546 Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, debate on the bill for subscribing to the stock of the, 216. history and importance of the, 216 to 223. read a third time, 274. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, motion to refer the bill to a committee of the whole; debate thereon, 487. bill laid on the table, 487. debate resumed, 516. motion to commit negatived, 516; renewed, 517; adopted, 518. debate on the bill declaring the assent of Con. gress to the act of Virginia relative to the, 590 bill ordered to a third reading, 590. sundry amendments to, and debate thereon, 681 to bill ordered to a third reading, 683. Claims, Georgia. See Georgia Militia Claims. 683 Massachusetts. See Massachusetts Militia Claims, Columbia (or Oregon) river, debate on the bill for occu- motion to refer the bill to the committee on that bill amended and reported to the House, 36. fifth section, relative to a Territorial Government motion to strike out the third section, offering land to settlers, 39. bill amended, 150. abstract of the original bill, 152. amendments proposed, 154 to 158, 188, 338 to 340, 348, 355, 365. proposed modification of the bill, 165. debate thereon, 165 to 168. bill reported as amended, 168. postponed, 189. resumed, 335. motion to recommit to the Judiciary Committee, 335; withdrawn, 348. debate thereon, 335 to 341. of, 438 to 440. Fortifications in North Carolina. See Appropriation Bill. Crimes against the United States, debate on the amend- [ Florida Judges, resolution for inquiring into the conduct ment exempting arson from punishment by death, 348 to 355; negatived, 355. debate on the amendment to punish forgery by imprisonment, 363 to 365; negatived, 365. bill ordered to a third reading, 365. resolution requesting the President of the United States to report thereon, 734, 735. Cumberland River, resolution on improving the Navigation of the, 212. resolution laid on the table, 215. Cumberland Road, debate on the bill for the continuation proposed substitute for the bill, 193. motion to strike out that part which pledges the 199 motion adopted and bill reported, 239. vote on last amendment reconsidered, 245. debate continued, 245 to 261. bill ordered to a third reading, 261. bill read a third time and passed, 334. Debenture. See Warehousing System. to 242 Deposites in Public Stores, bill to extend the right of, 621; ordered to a third reading, 622. read a third time, 633. debate thereon, 633 to 636, 645. bill laid on the table, 645. House refuses to take up the bill, 696. Detroit to Chicago, remarks on the bill for opening a from, 374, 375. road bill as amended ordered to a third reading, 375 District of Columbia, resolution relative to the jails of the, 59. remarks on the Penitentiary System, and on the Drawback, bill authorizing the completion of entries for, 560 Edwards, Mr. transactions of the committee of last session on the memorial of, 56 to 59. Election of President, report of the committee appointed debate on striking out the clause from the third rules read; debate thereon 509 to 515. sundry amendments, 509, 510, 511. rules adopted, 515. report of Joint Committee, 516. order relative to the reception of the Senate, 522 J. C. Calhoun declared duly elected as Vice Pre- House proceeds to the election of President, 526 General Appropriation Bill. See Appropriation. concurred in, 616. Ghent, Treaty of, in reference to the occupation of the Kentucky Occupying Claimant Laws, remarks on the, 366 to 263 Kremer, Mr. letter of, to the Committee for investigating the charges against the Speaker, 522 to 525 Lafayette, General, a committee appointed to receive him, 1. J. Q. Adams elected President of the United Lake report thereon, 2. his reception by the House, 3. his reply, 4. bill making provision for, reported, 34. debate thereon, 34, 35, 45 to 51, 51 to 55. amendments proposed, 35. bill laid on the table, 35. bill from the Senate on the same subject, read a first time, and laid on the table, 44. motion to appoint a Committee to state his sccounts, 45. motion to recommit the bill, 45. motion to postpone it indefinitely, 45. motion to lay the bill on the table; negatived, 51 motions to recommit, and to lessen the appre priation; negatived, 55. INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Land erroneously sold by the United States; bill autho- | Piracy Bill, all after the first section stricken out, 728. rizing repayment for; passed, 6. in Ohio, bill to authorize the sale of; passed, 6. sold by the United States, cause of conflicting to claims, 616, 617. bill for quieting, ordered to a third reading, 617. Maison Rouge, resolution concerning the claims of the representatives of; postponed, 43, 44. resolution modified; amended; adopted, 68. bill read a third time and passed, 683. Massachusetts Militia Claims, motion to take up the bill providing for; negatived, 616. message relative to, 645. debate on referring it to the military cominittee, 645, 646; referred, 646. committee discharged from the further consideration of, 735. Maston S. Clarke, resolution for the relief of, 536. Message (from P. U. S.) at the commencement of the session. See Appendix, p. 2. relative to the President accounts, 150. relative to the Massachusetts Claims, 645. Military Appropriations. See Appropriations. Lands, resolution on the expediency of exempting the original claimants from taxation for, 69; adopted, 70. debate thereon, 69, 70. Missouri, bill reported for marking out a road to Mexico, from, 735. bill laid on the table, 735; passed, 737. Naval School, resolution on establishing a, 112. amendment offered; withdrawn, 127. Navy, motion to take up the bill for building ten additional Sloops of War; negatived, 6. [N. B. The same proposition was afterwards incorporated in the bill from the Senate for the Suppression of Piracy, and passed. See Piracy.] Navy, message on the conduct of officers of the, 164. appropriations for the. See Appropriations. Niagara Sufferers. See Property lost. Ohio Canals, resolution on the subject of granting to the State the United States' lands intersected by the, 590 Lands. See Lands in Ohio. Order; decisions of. See Speaker. Oregon. See Columbia. Pea Patch, inquiry relative to; answered, 520. Pennsylvania District Courts, debate on a motion to Pensacola, bill for completing the road to St. Augustine from; ordered to a third reading, 547 bill for establishing a Navy Yard at; amended, passed, and sent to the Senate, 738 Piracy, bill twice read, for the suppression of, 169. sundry resolutions relative to, 487, 488. debate thereon, 490. mode of conducting it in Cuba, 489. bill from the Senate for the suppression of; read motion to reduce the number of sloops of war; debate thereon, 729 to 731. motion carried in committee, 731. motion negatived by the House, and bill ordered to a third reading, 782. debate on the third reading, 732 to 734. bill passed and sent to the Senate; title altered, 734 Postmaster General, resolution requiring from him an annual statement of the amount of postage, 734 Post Office Department, bill for regulating the; ordered to a third reading, 373. President Elect, letter from the, 546, 547. motion to refer to a Select Committee, 170. 179 debate thereon, 170 to 179. motion to refer it to a select committee, with instructions, 179; adopted, 186. debate thereon, 179 to 196. a committee of seven appointed, 186. Prevost, General, remarks on his proclamation respecting the Niagara Frontier, 107, 132, 142, 143. Property lost or destroyed during the war; amendment offered to the bill authorizing payment for, 9. debate thereon, 9, 10. sketch of the amendatory act of 1817, 61. debate thereon, 70 to 74; 82 to 90; 101 to 109; motion withdrawn, 115. sundry amendments, and debate thereon, 115, 125, 135, 137, 138, 141, 145, 146. call on the Secretary of the Treasury for information relative to, 137. bill as amended, 149, 150. bill ordered to a third reading, 152. resolution, requiring information of the amount paid, and how appropriated, 169. bill read a third time, 262. debate on its passage, 262 to 274. Public Lands, resolution to empower certain states to tax, 696. money in the hands of Clerks of Courts, &c. bill for the security of; passed, 737. officers, bill to secure the accountability of; recommitted, 737. bill resumed in committee, 737. third section stricken out, 737. bill laid on the table, 738. St. Lawrence, resolution relative to the correspondence with Great Britain on the navigation of the, 735 St. Mary's River, debate on the bill for surveying a road to Tampa Bay from, 547. bill ordered to a third reading, 547. Speaker, vote of thanks to the, 739. his reply, 739, 740. Spirits, bill authorizing the importation of foreign distilled, 686. bill laid on the table, 687. Slave Trade, resolution for printing the report of the Supreme Court, resolutions for regulating the jurisdic committee on the, 625. debate thereon, 625 to 628; adopted, 628. resolution recommending negotiations for the abolition of the, 697; rejected, 736. on the same subject, deprecating the exposure of our vessels to be searched, 739. Sloops of War. See Navy. Smith, J. L. See Florida Judges. tion of the, 365, 366. debate thereon; deferred, 366 to 370 Territorial Governments, resolution on legislative provision for the administration of justice in, 164. land taxes, resolution on regulating sales for nonpayment of, 186. Snow, Elisha, jun. bill for the relief of; ordered to a Unclaimed Stock Dividends, debate on resolution rela third reading, 630. appeal to the House, 440, 441. debate thereon, 441, to 444; 463 to 486. 479 tive to holders of 591, to 593. resolution laid on the table, 593. Virginia Claims for advances during the late war; referred to the Committee of Claims, 12, 13. debate on bill for payment of interest due on, 630 amendment; negatived; renewed, 630. to 667 Warehousing System, resolution calling for information on the; laid on the table, 713, 714, resolution adopted, 735. Western Armory, resolution on the location of a; laid on the table, 687. Western National Road. See Cumberland Road. motion to refer it and the accompanying docu- Wrecks on the coast of Florida, bill concerning, order ment to a committee of nine, 441. motion to postpone; negatived, 479. motion to postpone indefinitely, 479 to 483; negatived, 485. motion to refer to a select committee, 482; adopted, 486. a committee of seven appointed, 486. report of the committee, 522. letter of Mr. Kremer, relative to, 522 to 525. decision on renewing an argument in the House in reply to one used in committee of the whole, 510. ed to a third reading, 697. Yeas and Nays on the bill making provision for General Lafayette, 55. for the relief of the Niagara sufferers, 145, 274 for extending the Cumberland Road, 261, 334 Lafayette, Gen. resolution of the General Assembly of | Piracy, report of the Committee of Foreign Relations in Indiana in refererce to, 82. Laws. See Acts. Letters from Mr. Rush to Mr. Adams, 8 to 12; 18, 23, 24. Mr. Huskisson to Mr. Rush, 18. Mr. Sheldon to Viscount Chateaubriand, 43. Mr. Brown to Mr. Adams, 43, 44, 45, 46. Comptroller of the Treasury on Canal Boats, 47, 48 Mr. Everett to Mr. Adams, 66, 70, 71, 72. Mr. Adams to Mr. Everett, 69. Mr. Everett to the Chevalier Reinhold, 72. the H. of R. on, 49 to 51. letter from Mr. Z. Bermudez, to Mr. Nelson on, Reinhold, Mr. letter to Mr. Everett from, 72. Reports of committee of the H. of R. on the Slave Trade, the Secretary of War, 27 to 30. from the Engineer Department, 31, to 33. of the Secretary of the Navy, 33 to 35. of the Postmaster General,on a post route from of the Secretary of the Treasury, annual, 37 to 41 of committees on Piracy. See Piracy. of the Navy Department, 52 to 56. of War, on the Indians, 57 to 59. from the Office of Indian Affairs, 59 to 63. of the Committee of Ways and Means on the PubIc Debt, 72, 73. of the Committee on Roads and Canals, 75 to 81. Roads and Canals, report on, 75 to 81. Members of the Senate and House of Representatives, Rush, Mr. letters to Mr. Adams from, 8 to 12, 18, 23, 24, list of, 1. Mr. Canning, 25. Senate, proceedings of the, on the convention with G. Slave Trade, convention between the United States and proceedings of the Senate thereon, 17, 19, 21, 22 Treasury Department, annual report from the, 37. Piracy, report of the Committee of Naval Affairs in the Yeas and Nays in the Senate on the convention for sup H. of R. on, 48, 49. pressing the Slave Trade, 21, 22. |