resolutions of instruction to, 30, 152, 182, 213
bills reported from, 18, 46, 65, 82, 89, 102
104, 112, 137, 139, 156, 164, 180, 181
202, 207, 208
Public Lands, bill providing for the gradu-
ation and reduction of the price of, 13
15, 40
bill to dispose of, to the States in which
they lie upon certain conditions, 40, 45, 65
proposition to distribute the proceeds of
the sales of among the States
bill for the relief of certain settlers on,
who were deprived of the benefits
of the act granting pre-emption rights, 46
202

112

Revolutionary Pensioners, bill making appro-
priation for the payment of, for the year
1841

Rives, William C. of Virginia,

Roads and Canals, Committee on

bills reported from

165, 176

133, 199, 215

12

104, 175
Roane, William H. of Virginia 12, 18, 25, 48, 77
104, 160, 203, 213, 214

remarks on the bill to reorganize the judi-
cial circuits of the United States, 213, 214
remarks on announcing the death of the
Hon. Philip P. Barbour
. 208
Robinson, John M. of Illinois, 1, 77, 96, 102, 113
139, 140. 199, 223
Ruggles, John, of Maine, 1, 16, 25, 54, 71, 77, 90
96, 100, 105, 112, 133, 137, 139, 152, 181

Senate, report of the Secretary of

resolution of instruction to
Sergeant-at-Arms, resolution to defray the

212

29

40

97

funeral expenses of the late
resolution to proceed to the election of, 105, 107
Sevier, Ambrose H. of Arkansas, 1, 12, 13, 25
39, 40, 53, 69, 71, 77, 85, 90, 94, 96, 97
100, 104, 107, 108, 112, 115, 126, 127
133, 144, 147, 152, 153, 163, 175, 176
181, 190, 191, 192, 198, 207, 217, 219
222, 223, 226, 231
remarks on bill for the relief of citizens of
Arkansas who lost their improvements
in consequence of the treaty with the
Choctaws
remarks on bill to tax bank notes
remarks on bill to establish a board of
commissioners to hear and determine
claims against the United States . 69
remarks on the bill to establish a uniform
system of bankruptcy.
153, 158
his remarks on the resolution to dismiss
Blair and Rives as Printers to the Se-
nate

remarks on the bill to establish a perma-
nent prospective pre-emption system
Tariff, resolutions of the Legislature of Alaba-
ma adverse to.

report from the Secretary of the Treasury
in relation to the revision of
Tennessee, bill to authorize the Legislature of,

to dispose of lands heretofore granted
for the use of schools
65, 97
bill to authorize the State of, to issue
grants and perfect titles to certain lands
therein described, and to settle the
claims to the vacant and unappropriated
lands within the same, passed the 18th
day of April, 1806, 18, 25, 40, 60, 63, 175
180, 182, 183

54

57

. 250
Simmons, James F. of Rhode Island, 133, 232
Smith, Oliver H. of Indiana, 1, 2, 14, 18, 25, 39
70, 72, 77, 81, 100, 103, 105, 113, 126
129, 139, 154, 175, 181, 213, 216, 218
resolutions submitted by
2, 60
remarks on the bill granting a portion of
land to the State of Indiana for the ex-
tension of the Wabash and Erie Canal, 70, 72
Smith, Perry, of Connecticut, 39, 65, 77, 107, 114
140, 154, 160, 180, 181, 225, 226, 245, 248
remarks on bill to establish a uniform sys.
tem of bankruptcy
154, 160
remarks on the resolution to dismiss Blair
and Rives as Printers to the Senate, 245, 248
Smithsonian legacy, bill concerning the dispo-
sition of the
182
Southard, Samuel L. of New Jersey, 14, 45, 85
101, 105, 163, 202, 220
remarks on the bill to revive and continue
in force the charter of Washington
South Carolina, report and resolutions of the
Legislature of, on Federal relations
Spence, John S. of Maryland, annunciation of
his death
11

State Department, resolution of instruction to, 197
communications from
14, 59, 65, 77
Steam, bill to provide for the better security of
the lives of passengers on board of
vessels propelled in whole or in part by

steam

54
bill to authorize the application of, to har-
bor defence
65, 71
bill to authorize the Secretary of the Trea-
sury to procure steam vessels for the
revenue service
13, 15, 40, 60, 68
Sturgeon, Daniel, of Pennsylvania, 1, 25, 48, 53
71, 81, 85. 89, 90, 94, 107, 112, 415, 129
135, 139, 152, 160, 175, 188, 212, 225
resolution submitted by

communications from, 18, 59, 77, 87, 89, 97

99, 109, 113, 127, 142, 152, 156, 165, 223
Treasury, Independent, resolution for repeal of, 14
remarks of Mr. Allen

Mr. Anderson

Mr. Calhoun .

Mr. Clay of Kentucky

Mr. Hubbard

Mr. Wright

23

21

21

19

22

20

Treasury Notes, bill to authorize the issue of, 152

160, 165

Tropical plants, bill to encourage the introduc
tion and promote the cultivation of, 105, 107
Tyler John, elected Vice President of the
United States ..

160

231

Y.

Howard Institution of, bill to incorpo-

rate

deba e on ordering it to be engrossed 85
Webster, Daniel, of Massachusetts, 12, 14, 26, 20
59, 89, 90, 91, 94, 116, 119, 124, 134, 138
152, 198
26, 35
57

59

91

199

remarks on the finances of the country,
remarks on the bill to tax bank notes
remarks or commercial reciprocity
remarks on Northeastern boundary
letter of resignation of his seat
White, Albert S. of Indiana, 12, 14, 25 30, 39. 82
87, 89, 94, 99, 100, 107, 108, 112, 119, 130
135, 144, 146, 152, 164, 165, 199, 202, 248
220, 223

resolution offered by

30

Yeas and nays on the engrossment of the bill
for the relief of Hannah Leighton . 51
on laying the bill to tax bank notes on the
table

58

103

resolutions submitted by
remarks on appropriations for internal
improvements

16, 30, 82

208

Woodbridge, William, of Michigan
Woodbury, Levi, of New Hampshire, 231, 232, 250
remarks on the resolution to dismiss Blair
and Rives as printers
250
Wright, Silas, of New York, 1,2 14, 18, 20, 24
25, 28, 30, 35, 40, 49, 50, 53, 59, 65, 71, 82
87, 88, 89, 97, 99, 100, 102, 104, 113, 114
116, 119, 124, 127, 128, 129, 132, 135, 139
143, 144, 146, 147, 152, 154, 160, 164, 175
176, 197, 199, 202, 204, 216, 217, 218, 219
220, 222, 223, 226, 236, 237, 249, 257
resolutions submitted by .
2, 197
remarks on the resolution to repeal the In
dependent Treasury law
20
remarks on the finances of the country, 28, 30
35
remarks on the bill to establish a uniform
system of bankruptcy. 143, 144, 154
remarks on the resolution to dismiss Blair
and Rives as printers to the Senate 236
237,249

remarks on the resolution to dismiss Blair
and Rives as Printers of the Senate, 243
255

Wall, Garret D. of New Jersey, 1, 14 15 18, 25
40, 41, 53 54. 77, 85, 89 90. 91, 96 102
104, 113, 124, 127, 137, 146, 152, 160, 181
212, 213. 222, 223
resolutions submitted by, 12, 25, 26, 146
remarks on the bill in addition to an act
to abolish imprisonment for debt
141
War Department, resolutions of instruction to, 30
82, 146 196, 213
communications from, 14. 24, 71, 87, 89, 113
117, 127, 146, 159, 180, 197
Washington, bill to revive and continue in
force the charter of
12, 45, 59, 65

165
on the passage of Tennessee Land bill 183
on the resolution to go into the election of
Printer
. 195

.

195
. 198

216

bill to relinquish the two per cent. fund
reserved by the act for her admission
into the Union, to be applied to the
making of a road or roads leading to
said State

28, 58, 89
bill to establish an additional land district
in
58, 89, 229
bill authorizing the settlement and pay-
ment of certain claims of . 134, 229
Alexandre, bill to refund certain duties in the
case of French ship
81, 125, 228, 230
Alexandria, D. C bill to ex'end the charter of
the bank of
125 163, 168
Alford, Julius C. of Georgia, 61, 73. 74. 24 88
139, 141, 142, 186, 203
Alleghany, bill making an appropriation for
the improvement of the navigation of the
Alleghany river, between Pittsburg and
Qlean
. 168

the
13, 79
Anderson, Hugh J. of Maine, 1, 28, 63, 71, 78
81, 162, 205, 221
Anderson, Simeon H. of Kentucky, death of
announced
17
Andrews, Landaff W. of Kentucky, 1, 28, 42, 47
53, 89, 133, 151, 152, 159, 168. 176, 178
179, 180, 185, 204, 205, 206, 208, 212, 224
Appropriations, bill making an appropriation

23

in part for the support of the Govern-
ment for the year 1841
bill making appropriation for the payment
of Revolutionary and other pensioners
of the United States during the year
1841
39, 158
bill making an appropriation for the re-
moval of the Rait in Red river, 44, 75, 79
bill making appropriation for the improve-
ment of the navigation of the Hudson
river

44

bill making appropriation for the current
and contingent expenses of the Indian
Department for 1841,
51, 217, 227
bill making appropriation for the naval
service for the year 1841, 51, 207, 208
210, 211, 212, 216, 227
bill making appropriation for the support
of the army for the year 1841, 86, 216
217, 227
bill making appropriation for the civil
and diplomatic expanses of the Govern-

ment for the year 1841, 95, 162, 163, 176
177, 181, 184, 185, 186, 187, 198, 200
201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 224
bill making appropriation for certain for-
tifications for the year 1841, 156, 220, 221
bill making appropriation for the support
of the Military Academy for the year
1841
224, 225, 227
bill making appropriation for survevs,
light-houses, and other purposes, 225, 227
bill making appropriation for destitute
Kickapoo Indians,
227, 228
Appropriations, bill making certain appropri-
ations for the Patent Office
125
Arkansas, bill to authorize the inhabitants of
township eight north, range thirty-two
west, in the State of, to enter a section
of land in lieu of the sixteenth section
in said township, upon condition that
the same be surrendered to the United
for military purposes
bill authorizing the inhabitants of frac-
tional township ten south, of range one
east, in the State of, to enter one-half
section of land for school purposes . 58
bill for the relief of sundry citizens of,
who lost their improvements in conse-
quence of a treaty between the United
States and the Choctaw Indians
bill in relation to donations of land to cer-
tain persons in the State of
bill to quiet the titles of certain land
claimants in the States of Missouri
and, and for other purposes
bill to settle the title to certain tracts of
land in the State of

Bankruptcy, bill to establish a uniform system of, 44
73, 102, 103

Banks, Linn, of Virginia, 11, 94, 113, 125, 159
203, 206, 209
Banks of the the District of Columbia, bill to
revive and continue in force the corporate
existence of
47, 222, 224, 229
Baker, Osmyn, of Massachusetts
. 1, 28
Barbour, Hon. Philip P. of the Supreme
Court, death of, announced
209
Barnard, Daniel D. of New York, 1, 23, 24, 28
37, 43, 44, 48, 51, 73, 78, 79, 84, 96, 101, 102
109, 113, 181, 229

Beatty, William, of Pennsylvania, 1, 17, 24, 28
29, 75, 126, 133, 150, 168, 212, 225
Beirne, Andrew, of Virginia, 1, 12, 77, 78, 163
Bell, John, of Tenn. 1, 41, 113, 114, 115, 167, 204
Black, Edward, J. of Georgia, 116, 117, 124, 139
140, 158, 186, 187
Blackwell, Julius W. of Tennessee
. 1, 52
Boardman, William W. of Connecticu', 28, 43, 76
78, 129, 167
Bond, William K. of Ohio
1, 126
Books, propositions to give to members of Con-
226, 229, 230
37, 38, 42, 43

gress

Botts, John W. of Virginia

Bounty Lands, bill for satisfying the claims of

the soldiers of last war to

Boyd, Linn, of Kentucky,

89
1, 43, 226

Branch mints, debate on motion to abolish, 184, 185
Breckenridge, Henry M. of Pennsylvania, 14, 141
211, 224

Brewster, David P. 1, 28, 36, 37, 43, 44, 47, 75
Briggs, George N. of Massachusetts, 1, 13, 14, 23
41, 42, 43, 44, 53, 76, 78, 84, 88, 98, 101,
116, 125, 140, 159, 161, 196, 209, 228
British seizures and searches
. 229
Brockway, John H.
167, 168
Brown, Aaron V. of Tennessee, 1, 43, 52, 64, 77
228
Brown, Albert G. of Mississippi, 43, 81, 187, 227
Burke, Edmund, of New Hampshire, 132, 163
164, 165
Butler, Sampson, of South Carolina.
1,75
Butler, William O. of Kentucky, 43, 75, 94, 167
Bynum Jesse A. of North Carolina, 158, 164, 184

C.

Calhoun, William B. of Mass. . 1, 76, 116, 167
Campbell, John, of S. C. 96, 97, 106, 151, 195, 228
Campbell, William B. of Tenn. 1, 28, 43, 200
Caroline, steamboat, resolution requesting the

President to communicate, and the cor-
respondence with the British Govern-
ment on the subject of. 44, 73, 74, 75, 79
report of the Committee on Foreign Rela
tions thereon

170
debate on ordering it to be printed, 171, 172
Carr, John, of Illinois, 1, 36, 75, 78, 89, 92, 116,
119, 120, 125, 151, 159, 168, 181

Chaplain, resolution to go into the election of. 12
Rev. Thomas C. Braxton elected
24
resolution to repeal the law fixing the sa-
lary of
38, 39
Chapman, Reuben, of Alabama, 1, 28, 125, 163
169, 207, 212, 217, 229
China, resolution of inquiry into our political
relations with
24, 28, 29
Chinn, Thomas W. of Louisiana, 1, 52, 61, 78, 86
108
Chittenden, Thomas C. of New York, 43, 75, 78
81, 89, 168
Choctaw treaty, bill to revive the acts of 1837,
1838, for appointing commissioners to
adjust certain claims under the 14th arti-
cle of

Claims, Committee on

authorized to employ a clerk

44

Clark, John C. of New York, 1, 36, 159, 227, 228
Clerk of the House, letters from
47, 48
Clifford, Nathan, of Maine, 1, 28, 29, 43, 78, 81
89, 113, 155, 168, 169, 199, 203, 205
Coles, Walter, of Virginia
139,
Commerce and navigation, annual report on
Commerce, Committee on

92, 106

146

230

16

44, 52, 93
. 89, 93, 106

resolutions of instruction to
bills reported from
reports from

Committees, Standing, order for, and appoint-

Conkling, Alfred, report of the Judiciary Com-
mittee on certain charges against.
227
Connor, Henry W. of N. C. 116, 181, 226
Contested election between Messrs. Ingersoll
and Naylor, 47, 76, 83, 84, 87, 88, 95, 96 97
101, 103
Contested elections, bill regulating the taking
of testimony in cases of .
86
Cooper, Mark A. of Georgia, 28, 29, 37, 38, 39
150, 155, 158, 159, 169, 181, 184, 185, 186
187, 208
Cooper, William R. of Pennsylvania.
47
Counterfeiting, bill to prevent the counterfeit.
ing any foreign copper, gold, silver, or
other coin, and to prevent the bringing in-
to the United States, or uttering any coun-
terfeit foreign copper, gold, silver, or other
coin
61, 96
Courts of the United States, bill to regulate the

forms and modes of proceeding in, to re-
gulate the fee bills, and to limit the emolu-
ments of certain officers

44
Crabb, George W. of Alabama, 28, 44, 47, 75, 93
98, 127, 128, 150, 162, 169, 184, 198, 207, 208
217, 224, 226, 228
Craig, Robert, of Virginia
1, 24, 37, 117
Cranston, Robert B. of Rhode Island, 1, 13, 28
52, 76
Crary, Isaac E. of Michigan, 1, 75, 78, 106, 159
176, 184, 203
Crimes against the United States, act to amend
an act entitled "An act more effectually
to provide for the punishment of certain
crimes, and for other purposes
61, 96
Crittenden, Thomas C. of N. Y.
Crockett, John W. of Tennessee 1, 24. 39, 151
Cross, Edward, of Ark. 1, 28, 44, 47, 78, 167, 220
Cumberland road, proposition to direct the
Committee on Public Lands to inquire
into the expediency of making an appro-
priation for
39, 47, 86
Currituck, bill to abolish the port of delivery
125, 226
Curtis, Edward, of N. Y. 28, 43. 47, 89, 93, 106
138, 139, 152, 164, 169, 201, 203, 226, 227
Cushing, Caleb, of Mass 13, 17, 23, 28, 29, 43, 52
75, 76, 77, 84, 86, 88, 99, 124, 134, 139, 140
147, 160, 161, 163, 167, 169, 170, 200, 203
208, 221, 229

Davis, John W. of Ia. 1, 28, 29, 41, 73, 75, 78, 80
81, 86 89, 106, 208, 216, 228
Davis, Garret, of Ky. 1, 39, 43, 44, 76, 81, 84, 94
127, 176, 200, 201
Dawson, William C. of Ga. 28. 37, 39, 43, 78, 88
94, 101, 113, 132, 140, 152, 169, 185, 217. 228
Deberry, Edmund, of N. C.
47, 75, 89
Debt, bill to amend the act for the abolish-
ment of imprisonment for 37, 44, 58, 96
Delet, James, of Ala. 28, 29, 44, 47, 75, 80, 115

Dennis, John, of Md.
Deposite banks, bill to extend further indul-
gence to
Detroit, an act supplementary to "An act to
provide for the adjustment of titles to land
in the town of Detroit, and Territory of
Michigan, and for other purposes," passed
April 21, 1806

Dickerson, Philemon, of N. J.

District of Columbia, Committee on

bills reported from

97

61
167, 230

16

: 47, 89, 163

banks of the, bill to continue the corpo.
rate existence of
Doan, William, of Ohio

Dodge, A. C. of Iowa).

Doe, Nicholas B.

Doig, Andrew W.

163

. 181

222, 224, 229

43, 81, 93, 168

1, 16, 51
Doty, J. D. of Wiskonsan 1, 28, 52, 78, 224
Downing, Charles, of Florila, 1, 52, 75, 78, 158
212, 217, 224, 228
Dromgoole, Geo. C. of Va 162, 169, 181, 196
206, 208, 209, 212, 217, 2×9, 230
Duncan, Alexander, of Ohio, 1, 13, 17, 24, 29, 36
75, 120, 125, 126, 127, 130
Drawback, bill allowing drawback on foreign
merchandise exported in the original pack-
age to Chihuahua and Santa Fe, in
Mexico.

Emigrants, statement of the number and de-
scription of, during the year 1840
229
Evans, George, of Maine, 28, 39, 94, 113, 114
115, 118, 158, 164, 169, 176, 187, 196, 201
203, 205, 207, 212, 216 217, 224, 227, 223, 230
Everett, Horace, of Vermont, 1, 24, 43, 44, 51, 52
71, 92, 119, 120, 121, 125, 140, 152. 161, 163
164, 171, 173, 184, 203, 217, 224, 230
Expenditures in the State Department, Com-
mittee on

Expenditures in the Treasury Department
Committee on

Expenditures in the War Department, Com

Granger, Francis, of N. Y.

207, 227, 229

1, 23, 43, 76, 80, 81
171, 172, 203, 205
Graves, William J. of Kentucky. 77, 176, 177,178
179, 180, 181, 184, 185, 187, 196, 203, 204
206, 207, 211, 212, 217, 224
Green Willis, of Kentucky, 1, 28, 75, 96, 97, 101
150, 181, 186
Griffin John K. of South Carolina, 1, 43, 119
Grinnell, Moses H. of N. Y. 28, 43, 44, 47, 86
93, 163, 172, 201, 216, 230
Grundy, Hon. Felix, annunciation of his
death, and resolutions adopted thereon

64

H.
llabersham, Richard W. of Georgia, 75, 94, 96
106, 184

Half-pay, bill extending for five years the act
of 1838, granting half-pay to certain wi-
dows and orphans, 156, 169, 187, 195, 229
Hall, Hiland, of Vermont
1, 47, 167, 196
Hammond, Robert H. of Pennsylvania
38
Hand, Augustus C. of New York, 1, 13, 23, 24
29, 36, 43, 47, 75, 78, 81, 88, 151, 168, 196
Harbors on the Northern and Northwestern
lakes
37, 43, 125
98
1, 87

Hastings, William S. of Massachusetts
Hastings, John, of Ohio

222

Hawes, Richard of Kentucky, 1, 81, 170, 171, 211
Hawkins, Micajah T. of North Carolina

Hayti, claims on

37

229

Henry, Thomas, of Pennsylvania, 1, 28, 38, 52, 75

Horses, bill further to continue in force the
"Act for the payment of horses and other
property lost in the military service of the
United States"
Howard Institution of the City of Washing.
ton, bill for the benefit of
Hubbard, David, of Alabama,
83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 96, 133,
Hunt, Hiram P. of New York,
Hunter, R. M. T. of Virginia,

169

Leadbetter, Daniel P. of Ohio
Leet, Isaac, of Pennsylvania,

97

39, 48, 58, 61, 78
134, 169, 176, 177
181, 217
38, 43, 78, 187
200, 203, 216, 220
28, 43, 230, 231

remarks on announcing the death of Mr.
Ramsey
Leonard, Stephen B. of New York, 47, 78, 86, 168

17

181, 230

228

24

52

81

resolutions of instruction to the
reports from

Lincoln, Levi, of Massachusetts, 1, 13, 28, 29, 41
43, 47, 78, 93, 113, 115, 116, 146, 147, 151
162, 163, 164, 176, 180, 184, 198, 208, 217
230
Louisiana, bill to revive an act entitled "An
act to authorize the inhabitants of the
State of, to enter the back lands," 86, 108
bill entitled "An act to unite the South-
eastern land district, and that of the
Greensburgh district, in the State of,
and for other purposes"

proposition to refund money paid for ser-
vices of her militia

Lowell, Joshua A. of Maine

16

38, 44

81, 89

81, 89

228

McCarty, William M. of Virginia,
McClellan, Abraham, of Tennessee
McClure, Charles M. of Pennsylvania,
McCulloch, George, of Pennsylvania .
McKay, James J. of North Carolina.
Maine, bill to provide for the settlement of
claims of the State of, for services of her
militia
88, 89, 227, 228
Mallory, Francis, of Virginia, 113, 148, 208, 210
211, 212, 230

78, 163, 181

1

43, 52

1,78
53, 163

Jackson, Thomas B. of New York
1, 57
15
James, Francis, of Pennsylvania
Jameson, John, of Missouri, 1, 71, 73, 75, 78, 103
150, 162, 167, 200, 222, 228
Jenifer, Daniel, of Maryland, 1, 11, 13, 43, 104,
134, 149, 178, 179, 180
Johnson, Joseph, of Virginia, 1, 42, 43, 135, 163
196
Johnson, William Cost, of Maryland, 24, 28, 38

39, 43, 47, 48, 51, 58, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 93
96, 128, 130, 146, 147, 150, 151, 163, 181, 184
187, 206, 210, 220
Johnson, Cave, of Tennessee, 1, 24, 39, 58, 94, 101
106, 158, 169, 201, 202, 203, 204, 224
Johnson, Charles, of New York,
1, 163
Joint meeting of the two Houses to count the
Electoral votes
160
Jones, Nathaniel, of New York, 1, 24, 81, 114, 166

Jones, John W. of Virginia, 23, 39, 51, 86, 93, 95
98, 101, 108, 117, 118, 120, 124, 125, 128
129, 132, 134, 135, 138, 139, 140, 145, 147
150, 154, 155, 156, 158, 162, 163, 169, 176
181, 184, 186, 187, 196, 198, 199, 200, 201
202, 204, 205, 207, 210, 212, 216, 217, 220
16
Jndiciary, Committee on
23, 93
96
166, 227
Judicial courts, bill to amend the act entitled
"An act to amend the act approved May
13, 1800, entitled an act to amend an act
entitled an act to establish the judicial
courts of the United States"

resolutions of instruction to
bills reported from
reports from

Mallory, Meredith, of New York,

Manufactures, Committee on

bills reported on

reports from

Marchand, Albert G. of Pennsylvania
Marvin, Richard P. of N. Y.

1, 43, 78, 88, 125,

K.

Hoffman, Ogden, of New York,

28, 36, 43, 47
113, 166, 208, 212
Holmes, Isaac E. of South Carolina, 74, 94, 129

195

Holt, Charles, report of committee, to whom
his petition to refund a fine imposed under

.

135

King, Thomas Butler, of Georgia

1, 88
88

the Sedition law was referred

Holt, Hines, of Georgia
Hook, Enos, of Pennsylvania
Hopkins, George W. of Virginia,

Militia, Committee on
Miller, John, of Missouri
Mississippi, the bill to confirm the survey and
location of claims for lands in the State
of Mississippi, east of the Pearl river,
and south of the thirty-first degree of
. 113
north latitude .
bill to relinquish to, the two per cent.
fund
125, 163

final adjustment of private land claims
in Missouri, approved 9th July, 1832,
and the act supplemental thereto, ap-
proved 2d March, 1833
97, 167
Mitchell, Charles F. of New York 1, 75, 226
Mobile harbor, bill making appropriations to
complete the improvements of
23, 44
Monroe, James, of N. Y. 1, 24, 28, 36, 37, 43
44, 53, 62, 71, 75, 76, 78, 89, 96, 141, 164
176, 181, 196, 201, 206, 212, 222
Montanya, James D. L. of N. Y. 1, 75, 78, 167
Montgomery, Wm. of N. C. 1, 43, 44, 93, 106
167, 216
Morgan, Christopher, of N. Y. 29, 53, 73, 75, 78
81, 140, 161, 163, 168, 176, 178, 181, 196
204, 205, 217, 225
36, 43, 77, 216, 224
Morris, Samuel W. of Pa.
1, 168
Morris, Calvary, of Ohio, 1, 78, 83, 132, 168, 230
Morrow Jeremiah, of Ohio

Moore, John, of La.

N.

National defences, bill making appropriations
for certain fortifications of the United
States generally for the year 1841, and for
armament of fortifications; also, for rais-
ing a company of sappers, miners, and
pontoniers, and appropriating $500,000
for steamships of war

tablish a system of general permanent
pre-emption rights in favor of occupants
of the public lands

Resolutions submitted by

Mr. Barnard

. 230

Mr. Beirne

Petrikin, David, of Pa. 17, 23, 29, 147, 155, 162
170, 184, 196, 199, 200
Pickens, Francis W. of S. c. 37, 52, 53, 58, 64
73, 75, 78, 80, 81, 93, 134, 155, 168, 169
170, 171, 172, 173, 187, 196, 211' 220, 221
Pope, John, of Ky. 43, 77, 92, 125, 127, 128, 180
220, 226, 228

Post Office and Post Roads, Committee on 16
resolutions of instruction to
39, 159
reports from
Post Office Department, resolutions of instruc-
tion to .
38, 44, 52
communications from, 51, 58, 83, 89, 129, 130
Prentiss, John H. of New York

Mr. Blackwell
Mr. Boardman
Mr. Botts
Mr. Briggs

Mr. Brown, A. V.
Mr. Burke

Mr. Campbell, John
Mr. Casey

Mr. Chapman

Mr. Cooper, M. A.
Mr. Crabb

Mr. Cranston

Mr. Cushing

1, 28, 78

Mr. Davies

13, 52
29, 167
44

President of the United States, joint committee

Mr. Dawson

39

annual message of

Mr. Everett

169, 229

Mr. Fillmore

resolution limiting his eligibility to one

Mr. Fornance

term

38

Mr. Galbraith

Navy. (See Appropriations.)
Navy Department, communications from, 13, 46
61, 78, 89, 107, 134
resolutions of instruction to
93
Navy Pensions. (See Pensions.)
Naylor, Charles, of Pennsylvania, 1, 37, 42, 43
47, 71, 78, 95, 96, 97, 101, 103, 104
New Hampshire, bill relating to the judicial
courts in the district of

Newhard, Peter, of Pennsylvania

New Orleans, bill to amend an act to extend

the limits of the port of.

Private Land Claims, Committee on
bills reports from.
5 167
reports from
Privateer Pension Fund, resolution relative to, 93
Proffit, George H. of Ia. 1, 39, 47, 48. 52, 61, 78
106, 130, 150, 152, 155, 156, 163. 170, 176
177, 196, 199, 207, 211, 217, 228, 230
Public Buildings and Grounds, Committee on, 16
resolutions of instruction to
38, 52
Commissioner on, communication from, 41, 98
Public Expenditures, Committee on
Public Lands, Committee on .

resolutions of instruction to
reports from

Mr. Henry
Mr. Hopkins
Mr. Hunt
Mr. Johnson,
Mr. Johnson, W. O.

Mr. Kemble

с

Public Lands-bill for the relief of certain set-
tlers on the, who were deprived of the
benefits of the act granting pre-emption
rights, which was approved on the 19th
of June, 1834

58, 163

Mr. Mason, S.

Mr. Mitchell

Mr. Montgomery
Mr. Moore

Mr. Peck

Mr. Petrikin

bill to grant other lands to the inhabitants
of townships deprived of the 16th sec-
tion by Indian reservations
bill to change the mode of disposing of
bill to revive and continue in force for a
limited time, an act approved on the 31
day of March, 1837, entitled "An act
for the appointment of commissioners
to adjust the claims to reservations of
land under the 14th article of the trea-
ty of 1830, with the Choctaw Indians;"
and also an act approved on the 224
day of February, 1838, entitled an act
to amend an act entitled 'An act for
the appointment of commissioners to
adjust the claims to reservations of
lands under the 14th article of the trea-
ty of 1830 with the Choctaw Indians' " 98
R.
Railroad, bill for the relief of the Selma and
Tennessee
29, 75, 163
Ramsey, William S. of Pennsylvania, death
of announced
17
Randall, Benjamin
28, 76
Randolph, Joseph F. of New Jersey 1, 36 77, 81
Rariden, James, of Indiana 1, 28, 39, 43. 78. 86
115, 152, 217 224, 226
Rayner, Kenneth, of North Carolina 1, 147, 150
158
Red river. (See Arkansas.)
Reduction of salaries, debate' on the proposi-
tion for
201, 203, 204
Reed, John, of Massachusetts 24, 38, 39, 47, 62
63, 64, 71, 73, 76, 78, 81, 86, 89, 167, 181
196, 200, 207, 212, 229
Resolutions submitted by-

195

Mr. Proffit
Mr. Randolph
Mr. Rariden
Mr. Reynolds
Mr. Russell
Mr. Sergeant
Mr. Smith, A.
Mr. Smith, Truman
Mr. Saltonstall
Mr. Stanly

Mr. Taliaferro

Mr. Thompson, J. W.
Mr. Thompson, W.
Mr. Tillinghast

Mr. Toland

Mr. Williams of Con.
Mr. Winthrop

Mr. Weller

Mr. Williams, J. L.

Reynolds, John, of Illinois, 28, 43, 52, 58, 61, 75
78, 113, 115, 147
Revisal and unfinished business, Committee on, 16
Revolutionary Claims, Committee on

resolutions of instruction to
bills reported from

reports from

16

44, 52

. 47, 81, 167

. 81, 166, 167

81, 88
117, 118
132, 196, 200
Rhode Island, resolutions of the Legislature of, 159
Ridgway, Joseph, of Ohio
1
Rives, John C. letter from, on the subject of
the printing and binding of the House, 72, 78
report of Select Committee thereon 106