Military Academy, joint resolution (S. No. 15)
relating to James J. Wheeler and the ap-
pointment of cadets in the................226
bill (S. No. 108) to increase the number of
cadets in, and to raise the standard of
admission to, the..
.........472

bill (H. R. No. 37) making appropriations
for the support of the, for the year end-
ing June 30, 1867. .....1203, 1507,
2647, 2888, 2889, 2957, 2983, 3008

remarks on the, by-

bill (S. No. 259) to authorize the Secretary

of War to settle the claims of the State
of Kansas for services of the, called out
by the Governor of that State, upon the
requisition of Major General Curtis, the
commander of the United States forces in
that State
1844, 1866
bill (S. No. 262) to provide for the national
defense by establishing a uniform, and
organizing an active volunteer, force
throughout the United States..........1877,
1883, 1953, 2383
joint resolution (S. No. 94) providing for the
payment of certain Kentucky, forces,
2612, 2888
.2889
2889
2889

Mr. Clark.................

2649

Mr. Conness

Mr. Cowan......

2648
.2650, 2651

.2648, 2649

Mr. Edmunds.

...2648

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Grimes.......

.2648, 2651

Mr. Fessenden

.2649, 2650

Mr. Guthrie.

.2648, 2649

Mr. Sherman..

Mr. Howe

Mr. Johnson....

Mr. Pomeroy..
2651
Mr. Sherman..
..2648
Mr. Trumbull..
.2650, 2651
Mr. Wilson........... .2647, 2648, 2651
yeas and nays on the....... .2650, 2651
joint resolution (H. R. No. 134) relative

to appointments in the, of the United
States........2589, 2596, 2664, 2710, 2795,
2819, 2888, 2889, 3112, 3126, 3155
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Anthony.......
Mr. Fessenden.........

Mr. Grimes........

Mr. Hendricks

.2795
....2796, 2797
.2795, 2796, 2797
...2710
Mr. Nesmith..............2795, 2796, 2797
Mr, Wilson
.....2710, 2795
..2819

yeas and nays on the.
joint resolution (S. No. 139) for the benefit of
the Illinois Soldiers' College and...4024,
4079, 4117, 4170

remarks on the, by—

Mr. Howe..

Mr. Morrill......

Mr. Trumbull...

Military Affairs and the Militia, the Committee

on............

instructions to......

Mining-Continued.

Mr. Sprague........
2888, 2889
bill (H. R. No. 725) to provide for the pay.
ment of the sixth, eighth, and eleventh
regiments of Ohio volunteer, of Cincin-
nati, Bard's company of cavalry, and Paul-
sen's battery, during the time they were
in the service in 1862......3430, 3431, 3559
joint resolution (H. R. No. 187) recommend-
ing the organization and instruction of the,
by the several States, and providing for
the distribution of ordnance and ordnance
stores.
.3734, 3783, 3893||
joint resolution (H. R. No. 200) authorizing
the Secretary of War to settle with the
Territory of Colorado for the, of said Ter-
ritory employed in the service of the
United States in the years 1864 and 1865,
4177, 4181, 4223, 4242
Mineral, bill (S. No. 257) to legalize the occu-
pation of, lands, and to extend the right
of preemption thereto..... 1844, 1865, 2851,
2888, 2957, 3127, 3225, 3451, 3453
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Conness....

4024
4024

4024

Mr. Hendricks....

.11, 16

Mr. McDougall.

....67,

Mr. Nye.........

Mr. Pomeroy...

226, 1877, 1954, 2335, 2888, 3726
reports from...
225, 242,
361, 806, 849, 913, 1037, 1100,
1132, 1184, 1320, 1481, 1664, 1706,
1707, 1844, 1953, 2050, 2353, 2414,
2560, 2612, 2664, 2706, 2734, 2918,
2935, 3071, 3098, 3221, 8251, 3379,
3426, 3522, 3548, 3549, 3559, 3605,
3663, 3782, 3824, 3893, 3986, 4023,
4065, 4116, 4129, 4219, 4223, 4227
adverse reports from....
...361, 471,

641, 699, 1320, 1953, 2265, 2935,
3221, 3379, 3426, 3605, 3893, 4224
discharged from subjects, 362, 471, 1844, 2050,
2265, 2664, 2760, 3221, 3522, 3549, 8574,
3664, 3695, 3725, 3782, 3824, 3898, 4224
Military and Naval Asylum, bill (S. No. 54) to
amend an act to incorporate a national,
for the relief of the totally disabled offi-
cers and men of the volunteer forces of
the United States.....
....108,

225, 282, 1865, 1877, 1481, 1512, 1561
Militia, bill (S. No. 49) more effectually to pro-
vide for the national defense by establish-
ing a uniform, throughout the United

States.

.77

Mr. Sherman..
Mr. Stewart....

.3229,
3230, 3233, 3235, 3452

joint resolution (S. No. 119) relating to the
International Exhibition at Paris, in the
empire of France, during the summer of
1867, and the representation of the, inter-
ests of the United States thereat......3522
Mint, joint resolution (S. No. 65) for the dis-
continuance of the New Orleans branch,
and for the appropriation of the machinery
thereof to the construction of the branch,
in Nevada.....
......1954
Mississippi river, bill (S. No. 405) making an
appropriation for the reconstruction and
repair of the levee of the, in the States of
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas, and
for the improvement of the..............3522
select committee on the reconstruction of
levees on the..........
....3075
...3522
reports from the......
Missouri, bill to authorize the construction of
a bridge across the Mississippi river at the
city of St. Louis.......
....2, 849
bill (S. No. 31) to reimburse the State of,
for moneys expended in arming, equipping,
and provisioning a militia force to aid in
suppressing the rebellion, and for moneys
otherwise expended in behalf of the Uni-
ted States.
..35,
849, 1187, 1202, 1906, 1928, 2052
Mock, Catharine, bill (H. R. No. 219) for the
relief of.....
.....641, 1588, 1931
Money, public, bill (H. R. No. 621) to regu-
late and secure the safe-keeping of, in-
trusted to disbursing officers of the United
States......
.2984, 3008, 3071, 3100
remarks on the, by-

3231, 8452||
3230, 3236

..3230, 3231

..8229

..3236

.8225, 3226, 3227,
3228, 3229, 3232, 3235, 3452, 8453
Mr. Williams.
.3231, 3232,
3233, 3234, 3235, 3451, 8452, 3453
...3453
yeas and nays on the....
bill (S. No. 351) to authorize the Secretary

of the Interior to lease such of the public
lands of the United States as are known
as saline lands, or lands containing,
springs, and to provide for the preserva-
tion and development of the same, 2957,
3150, 3457, 8804

remarks on the, by-
Mr. Conness....3475, 3804, 3805
Mr. Doolittle.........
.8806
Mr. Grimes.......
.3475, 3805, 8806
..3805
.3806

Mr. Pomeroy..
Mr. Stewart..

forces in certain States, and to prohibit
their reorganization...............914, 1100

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Saulsbury

Mr. Wilson.........

.914, 915

..........914, 915

bill (S. No. 111) to provide for the national
defense by establishing a uniform, and
organizing an active volunteer, force
throughout the United States........
.495,
979, 1037, 1386

bill (S. No. 161) to indemnify the State of
Kansas for expenses incurred in enroll-
ing, equipping, subsisting, and transport-
ing the, forces of the State in repelling
rebel invasion and Indian incursion in the
year 1864........
......979

bill (S. No. 120) to grant one million acres
of public lands for the benefit of a, col-
lege in the State of Nevada.......................... ...520
.bill (S. No. 178) to incorporate the Metro-
politan, and Manufacturing Company, 1350
bill (S. No. 208) to enable the New York and
Montana Iron, and Manufacturing Com-
pany to purchase a certain amount of the
public lands not now in market.......1407,
2162, 2193, 2218, 2303, 2957, 2983, 3190
President's veto of the..
.3191
joint resolution (S. No. 118) relating to the
International Exhibition at Paris, in the
empire of France, during the summer of
1867, and the representation of the, inter-
ests of the United States thereat......8522

Mr. Van Winkle......
Morgan, Edwin D., a Senator from New York,
11, 16, 17, 23, 35, 65, 67, 128, 134,
242, 287, 436, 471, 494, 518, 520,
522, 591, 644, 699, 735, 736, 805,
807, 808, 810, 912, 930, 978, 1025, 1037,
1068, 1100, 1131, 1177, 1178, 1180, 1252,
1320, 1324, 1326, 1376, 1586, 1541, 1542,
1588, 1706, 1728, 1798, 1843, 1844, 1853,
1862, 1877, 1953, 2032, 2107, 2114, 2131,
2265, 2300, 2331, 2443, 2447, 2481, 2519,
2547, 2580, 2613, 2622, 2760, 2817, 2984,
3007, 3025, 3042, 3071, 3122, 3150, 3221,
3251, 3277, 3361, 3372, 3378, 3406, 3455,
3489, 3502, 3574, 3645, 3646, 3664, 3695,
3726, 3750, 3760, 3761, 3762, 3765, 3782,
3916, 4038, 4089, 4040, 4042, 4043, 4078,
4129, 4161, 4181, 4206, 4224, 4237, 4302
resolutions by..
.1178, 1862
remarks on extending the time for the
withdrawal of goods from bonded ware-
houses.......
.....522, 735, 1324
remarks on the loan bill....
1853
remarks on the death of James Humphrey,
a Representative from New York......8372
remarks on the tariff bill...........3645, 3646
remarks on the Niagara falls ship-canal, 3760,
3761, 3762
remarks on the bill to encourage immigra-
tion............
................................4042
Morrill, Lot M., a Senator from Maine...7, 87,
43, 66, 67, 75, 77, 89, 133, 134, 146,
162, 184, 208, 231, 232, 245, 288, 387, 349,
360, 390, 391, 413, 436, 471, 519, 525, 530,
84570,571, 591, 606, 687, 711, 712, 760, 807,
Inst808, 809, 810, 848, 874, 952, 1031, 1037,
9, 1068, 1100, 1178, 1201, 1208, 1221, 1233,
of 1234, 1253, 1254, 1825, 1826, 1850, 1362,
Bag 1876, 1377, 1420, 1436, 1484, 1507, 1508,
1509, 1517, 1518, 1520, 1521, 1537, 1539,
1540, 1543, 1544, 1545, 1560, 1588, 1601,
1602, 1710, 1711, 1728, 1729, 1786, 1787,
000) 1738, 1753, 1772, 1843, 1906, 1927, 1933,
1984, 2194, 2195, 2196, 2216, 2217, 2281,
2299, 2308, 2331, 2358, 2359, 2860, 2362,
2867, 2878, 2443, 2447, 2454, 2481, 2482,
2483, 2484, 2485, 2519, 2548, 2549, 2560,

Navy-Continued.

bill (H. R. No. 197) to provide for the bet-
ter organization of the pay department of
the......1787, 1738, 2009, 2109, 2304, 2335
bill (S. No. 269) to define the number and
regulate the appointment of officers in
the....
1982,
2912, 3151, 3987, 4022, 4025, 4116
remarks on the, by
Mr. Doolittle.....
MERITOPSKA 3152
Mr. Fessenden...
Mr. Grimes........... .8151, 8152, 3154
Mr. Hendricks.......
3153
3154
.3154

Mr. Trumbull...................
yeas and nays on the......
joint resolution (S. No. 34) expressive of the
gratitude of the nation to the officers, sol-
diers, and seamen of the United States, 954,
1057, 2304, 2335, 2414
joint resolution (H. R. No. 130) to carry into
immediate effect the bill to provide for
the better organization of the pay
de-
partment of the...2335, 2340, 2481, 2547
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Conness...

Mr. Grimes

.2547
............... 2547

bill (H. R. No. 567) to amend an act to es-
tablish the grade of vice admiral in the
United States......... ..2482, 2519, 2562
bill (S. No. 318) to authorize the appoint-

ment of an additional Assistant Secre-
tary of the...............2580, 2764, 2869
remarks on the, by-

2580

Mr. Grimes.....
joint resolution (S. No. 92) authorizing the
appointment of examiners to examine a
site for a fresh-water basin for iron-clad
vessels of the United States..... ..2610
bill (S. No. 360) in amendment of an act to
provide for the better organization of the
pay department of the..
.3026,
3150, 3190, 3237, 8379
bill (S. No. 448) to credit sea service to
officers of the, who have served during
the war to suppress the rebellion who
may have resigned prior to said rebel-
lion.........
.......4064, 4115

bill (H. R. No. 667) to prevent officers of
the, from being deprived of their regular
promotion on account of wounds received
in battle, and for other purposes......4117,
4128, 4223, 4242
Navy Department, communications from the
Secretary of the.......
.......50,
518, 2299, 2482, 3454, 3750
calls upon the, for information...
.1484,
bill (S. No. 174) to establish a hydrographic
2133, 2980
office in the..
..1068,

1376, 1708, 8222, 3223, 3255, 8379
joint resolution (S. No. 126) to authorize the
use of certain plates of the United States
exploring expedition by the.......3726,
4079, 4117, 4170

Nelson, William D., joint resolution (H. R. No.

160) for the relief of........3190, 8191, 3221
Nesmith, James W., a Senator from Ore-
gon......23, 129, 184, 275, 287, 289, 290,

bill (8. No. 440) to reorganize the, and fix
Navy-yard, bill (S. No. 267) authorizing the
establishment of a, and a coal and naval
depot at Annapolis........
.1954,
3825

Nebraska, bill (S. No. 447) for the admission
of the State of, into the Union........4044,
4072, 4116, 4205, 4206, 4219, 4237, 4245
remarks on the, by-
.4212, 4213
....4212
.4209,

Mr. Buckalew..

Mr. Davis...........

Mr. Doolittle........

4210, 4211, 4212, 4221, 4222

Mr. Howard.....

Mr. Kirkwood.......

Mr. Nye...........

291, 292, 293, 362, 413, 494, 566, 591,
640, 642, 643, 644, 848, 886, 913, 979,
1069, 1131, 1184, 1185, 1252, 1258, 1281,
1376, 1379, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1885, 1480,
1489, 1490, 1491, 1509, 1542, 1543, 1663,
1664, 1707, 1708, 1844, 1929, 2011, 2014,
2017, 2341, 2355, 2357, 2380, 2415, 2613,
2614, 2621, 2636, 2706, 2795, 2796, 2797,
8221, 3254, 3255, 3379, 3450, 3522, 3552, ||
3553, 3554, 3556, 3574, 3582, 3583, 3670,
3671, 3676, 3677, 3680, 3726, 3785, 3786,
3950, 4007, 4023, 4089, 4118, 4119, 4123,
4219, 4220, 4227, 4228, 4229, 4231, 4232
resolutions by
..184, 566, 3726
remarks on the joint resolution relating to
provisional governments........ ..289,
290, 291, 292, 293
remarks on the bill for the relief of J. B.
Rittenhouse.....
.......643, 644.
remarks on the bill (S. No. 138) to fix the
military peace establishment of the Uni-
ted States.......
1379,
1381, 1382, 1383, 1384, 1385
remarks on providing for an annual inspec-
tion of Indian affairs......1489, 1490, 1491
remarks on the bill for the relief of Gold-
smith Brothers......
......1543 ||
remarks on the bill for the relief of the estate
of E. W. Eddy........... ..........1707, 1708
remarks on the bill to prevent the absence
of territorial officers from their official
duties.........
...........1929
remarks on the bill making an appropriation
for Indian treaties..
.2011
remarks on the Army appropriation bill,
2341, 3255
remarks on the bill to reimburse West Vir-
ginia for war expenses.........
.2357
remarks on the consular appropriation bill,

yeas and nays on the...
bill (H. R. No. 761) authorizing the reim-
bursement to the Territory of, of certain

expenses incurred in repelling Indian hos-
tilities.. ......4079, 4117, 4177, 4205

2621

remarks relating to appointments in the
Military Academy......2795, 2796, 2797
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill,
3552, 3553, 3556
remarks on the bill (S. No. 401) to fix the
military peace establishment of the United
States....
..3670, 3676, 3677
remarks on the payment for Army sup-
plies.........
..3582, 3583
remarks on the White Bluffs and Helena
wagon road.........
.3785, 3786
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
83) restoring Tennessee to her relations to
the Union.......
.....4007
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill.....
......4118, 4119, 4123
remarks in relation to a statue of the late
President Lincoln........... .4231, 4232
remarks on the resolution to reimburse Mrs.
Mary Phelps.........

..4228

Nethaway, Jane W., bill (S. No. 115) for the

Neutrality, bill (H. R. No. 806) more effect-

relief of...........519, 831, 1801, 1865, 1927

ually to preserve the neutral relations of
the United States......
.4181, 4206
Nevada-see Courts.

Mr. Chandler.....

226; 227

joint resolution (S. No. 16) declaring, be-
tween the United States and the Gov-
ernment of Great Britain, on account
of the refusal of that Government to
make reparation for damages inflicted
on our commerce by her subjects....243
yeas and nays on laying the, on the ta-
ble.......

sota.

243

Norris, Samuel, joint resolution (S. No. 21)
for the relief of...........
.288
joint resolution (S. No. 108) for the relief
of......
.3222, 3255, 3310, 3379
Norton, Daniel S., a Senator from Minne-
..68, 107, 208, 360,.
472, 494, 519, 606, 699, 913, 914, 952,
1025, 1037, 1201, 1258, 1436, 1536, 1664,
1773, 1865, 1866, 1906, 1926, 2050, 2192,
2559, 2563, 2635, 2664, 2665, 2666, 2667,
2760, 2761, 2866, 3134, 3150, 4297, 4298
resolutions by.
.208

bill (S. No. 155) concerning the boundaries
of the State of......
.........914,
1386, 2358, 2381, 2414
bill (S. No. 215) concerning certain lands
granted to the State of...
.1537,
2033, 3474, 3476, 3530
joint resolution (S. No. 84) authorizing the
payment of certain claims against the late
Territory of..
.2414, 3649, 4170
Nevins, Albert, bill (H. R. No. 268) for the
relief of...........930, 931, 1536, 1930, 1961
Nitro-glycerine or glynoin oil, bill (S. No. 313)
to regulate the transportation of......2481,
2635, 3414, 3474, 3612
Nock, Joseph, joint resolution (S. No. 71) re-
ferring the petition and papers in the case
..2107,
of, to the Court of Claims.....
2356, 3222, 3255, 8379

Noland, Henry, petition of citizens of Oregon
praying that a pension may be granted

remarks on the civil rights bill..............606
remarks on the bill (S. No. 263) for a bridge
across the Mississippi...
..2563,
2665, 2666, 2760, 2761, 2866
Noyes, Nathan, bill (H. R. No. 525) for the
relief of....
.2233
Nye, James W., a Senator from Nevada, 16, 67,
161, 225, 227, 265, 287, 390, 495, 496,
497, 518, 520, 592, 594, 641, 642, 734,
829, 914, 965, 979, 1029, 1038, 1039,
1051, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074,
1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1252, 1485, 1493,
1509, 1541, 1542, 1561, 1589, 1599, 1602,
1637, 1647, 1665, 1678, 1706, 1774, 1779,
1883, 1884, 1892, 1926, 1963, 1965, 1980,
1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1993, 2021,
2022, 2037, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2142,
2143, 2144, 2145, 2167, 2194, 2217, 2221,
2222, 2223, 2224, 2227, 2228, 2229, 2231,
2265, 2331, 2358, 2492, 2494, 2495, 2496,
2497, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526, 2527,
2560, 2580, 2581, 2900, 2901, 2957, 2960,
2980, 2982, 3150, 3182, 3183, 3230, 3231,
3236, 3237, 3481, 3482, 3483, 3484, 3485,
3486, 3487, 3488, 3489, 3490, 3534, 3535,
3664, 3680, 8695, 3791, 3864, 3865, 3971,
3972, 8973, 3974, 4005, 4044, 4045, 4089
resolutions by...... ....592, 4124, 4125, 4127,
4146, 4216, 4221, 4248, 4293, 4294, 4295
remarks on the bill relating to the sale of
postage stamps and stamped envelopes on
credit
..495, 496, 497, 594
remarks on the bill for the relief of J. B.
Rittenhouse................641, 642, 734, 735
remarks on the concurrent resolution in rela-
tion to reconstruction.....1069, 1070, 1071,

1072, 1078, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078
remarks on providing for an annual inspec-
tion of Indian affairs..
1485
remarks on placing hulks, &c., at the dispo-
sal of the commissioners of quarantine in
ports of the United States........ 1541, 1542
remarks on striking out Mr. Stockton's
vote on the question of his seat in the
Senate.......
.1647
remarks on the bill for the relief of certain
..1884,
naval contractors
1984, 1985, 2227, 2228
remarks on the admission of the State of
Colorado into the Union............ .2142,

2983

2143, 2144, 2145
remarks on the Post Office appropriation
bill.........
.2494, 2495,
2496, 2497, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2526
remarks on the joint resolution for the relief
..2982
of Paul S. Forbes.........
remarks on the bill to reorganize the clerical
force of the Interior Department.....2960,
remarks on the French Industrial Exposi-
tion..........
......3182, 8183
remarks on the occupation and preemption
of mineral lands..
.3230, 3231
remarks on telegraph lines for military pur-
poses...3481, 3482, 3483, 3484, 3485, 8489
remarks on mail steamship service to China,
3434, 8585, 8864, 3865

Nye, James W., a Senator from Nevada-
Continued.

remarks on the bill to amend an act to
extend the charter of the Washington
and Alexandria railroad........... .3971,
3972, 3978, 8974
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill.........
........4124
remarks on the bill relating to the revenue
collectors who have failed to take the re-
quired oath........
...4045
remarks on the admission of the State of
Nebraska.......
4219, 4220
remarks on the use of the Soldiers' and Sail-
ors' Orphan fair building... 4293, 4294, 4295

0.

Oath of office: resolution requesting the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the Postmaster
General to report to the Senate the names
of persons, if any, who, since report of
December last, have been permitted to
enter upon the duties of office without
taking the oath prescribed by Congress,
and the oath they have taken and the rea-
sons for allowing the same............... 1729
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Hendricks.....

Mr. Sumner.......

1730
.1729, 1730
yeas and nays on the.....
.....1730
joint resolution (S. No. 103) in relation to
the pay and accounts of collectors of in-
ternal revenue who have failed to take the
required......
........ 2980

Observatory-see Naval.
Office, bill (S. No. 293) declaring certain per-
sons ineligible to, under the Government
of the United States....... .........2265

bill (S. No. 315) to regulate appointments to
and removals from.... .2481, 2589, 3649
Officers of volunteers, bill (H. R. No. 680) for
the relief of certain officers in the volun-
teer service who failed to make proper
returns of stores and other public prop-
erty.....
....3222, 8223, 3379
Ohio, bill (H. R. No. 725) to provide for the
payment of the sixth, eighth, and cleventh
regiments of, volunteer militia, of Cin-
cinnati, Bard's company of cavalry, and
Paulsen's battery, during the time they
were in the service of the United States
in 1862......... .3430, 3431, 3522, 3559
Order in the galleries, resolution that the Ser-
geant-at-Arms be instructed to arrest, with-
out further order, any person who by ap
plause or dissent in the gallery shall dis-
turb the order of the Senate............... 957
remarks on the, by—

Mr. Clark......

Mr. Grimes.........
Mr. Sherman.

..957
957
..957

Ordnance, report of the chief of, as to the
condition of the public works at Harper's
..3522
Ferry.......
Orphan Home, joint resolution (S. No. 88)
authorizing the Secretary of War to grant

the use of certain lumber for the fair for
the Soldiers' and Sailors', 2560, 2589, 2636
bill (H. R. No. 779) to incorporate the Na-
tional Soldiers' and Sailors' ........3792,
3893, 3967, 4044

joint resolution (H. R. No. 191) relating to
the building occupied for a national fair
in aid of the orphans of the soldiers and
sailors of the United States.... .2959,
3966, 4023, 4037
joint resolution (H. R. No. 208) in relation
to the use of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Or-
phan fair building in Washington...4242,
4293, 4298, 4301
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Johnson.....

Mr. McDougall...

Mr. Nye..........
Mr. Stewart.....
Mr. Wilson.............

yeas and nays on the......

Passports, bill (S. No. 306) relating to the
granting of.....
........2378

2519, 2612, 2852
Patent examiners: bill (S. No. 350) to author-
ize the Commissioner of Patents to pay
those employed as examiners and assist-
ant examiners the salary fixed by law for
the duties performed by them.........2935,
3154, 3178, 3279
Patent Office, resolution that there be printed
for the use of the Senate ten thousand
copies of the annual report of the Com-
missioner of the, for the year 1865....1980
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Anthony
.1980, 1981
resolution that the number of copies hereto-
fore ordered of the reports of the, for the
years 1863 and 1864 be reduced from ten
thousand of each to four thousand of
each....
........2415
Patents, bill (H. R. No. 342) in amendment
of an act to promote the progress of the
useful arts, and the acts in amendment of
and in addition thereto...2340, 3361, 3382
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Cowan....
..3361
resolution that the report of the Commis-
sioner of, for 1866, when prepared, be
printed, and that four thousand extra
copies be printed for the use of the Sen-
ate......
.3098, 3123
Patents and the Patent Office, the Committee
..........11
.1258,
2163, 2935, 3123, 3178, 3361, 3950
adverse report from.....
.3277
discharged from subjects
..3178
Patrick, Mary A., bill (H. R. No. 495) for the

on ........

reports from.......

....4293
.4295

yeas and nays on the.

.4293, 4294, 4295

Mr. Howard....
Mr. Howe

three months' extra, to officers of volun-
teers when mustered out of service.....184
(See Paymasters.)

bill (H. R. No. 197) to provide for the better
organization of the, department of the
Navy...1757, 1738, 2009, 2109, 2304, 2335
joint resolution (H. R. No. 130) to carry into
immediate effect the bill to provide for the
better organization of the, department of
the Navy
2335, 2340, 2481, 2547
bill (H. R. No. 450) to reduce and estab-
lish the, of officers, and to regulate the,
of soldiers of the Army of the United
States........
.......2983, 2984

bill (H. R. No. 156) to amend the ninth sec-
tion of the act to increase the, of soldiers
in the United States Army, and for other
purposes.........
.3222, 3223, 3893
bill (S. No. 440) to reorganize the Navy De-
partment and fix the, of its officers...3916
bill (S. No. 444) to reorganize and fix the,
of certain officers of the Post Office De-
partment
....4023
Paymaster General, communication from the,
3670

Paymasters, bill (H. R. No. 475) to facilitate
the settlement of accounts of, of the Army,
2200, 2215, 2265
bill (S. No. 360) to regulate the appointment
of, in the Navy, and explanatory of the
act for the better organization of the pay
department of the Navy...............8026,
3150, 3190, 3237, 3379
Peace-see Army.
bill (S. No. 67) to increase and fix the mili-
tary, establishment of the United States,
161, 225, 242, 265, 266, 806
bill (S. No. 188) to increase and fix the mili-
tary, establishment of the United States,
806, 849, 851, 852, 1289, 1365, 1378,
3701, 3950, 4064, 4117, 4118, 4293, 4296
bill (S. No. 323) to fix the military, establish-
......2613
ment of the United States........
bill (S. No. 401) to increase and fix the mili-
tary, establishment of the United States,
3474, 3548, 3581, 3650, 3667
Pearce, Liston H., bill (H. K. No. 517) for the
relief of......... .2233, 3605, 3869, 3922
Pech, Frederick, joint resolution (S. No. 74)
providing for the acceptance of a collec-
tion of plants tendered to the United
States by
.2192, 2795, 2807, 2869
Pennsylvania, bill (H. R. No. 360) to reim-
burse the State of, for moneys advanced
Government for war purposes.........1602,
1663, 1844, 1863, 1880, 1883
Pension, joint resolution (S. No. 95) amenda-
tory of a resolution regulating the invest-
ment of the naval, fund, approved July 1,
1864.....
.2636, 2887
Pension laws, bill (S. No. 116) to extend the
benefit of the, to artificers..........519, 874
remarks on the, by-

Pensions, bill supplementary to the several acts
relating to...
....17, 208, 242, 264, 1930
bill (S. No. 24) to amend section five of an act
supplementary to an act to grant.....17, 76
bill H. R. No. 36) making appropriations
for the payment of invalid and other, of
the United States for the year ending June
30, 1867.................. .66, 68, 208, 334, 671
bill (S. No. 69) to provide for the payment
of..........
...208, 212, 313, 333 ||
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Hendricks...
..333
Mr. Lane, of Indiana......... ..314, 333
Mr. Lane, of Kansas...
Mr. Trumbull.

.333
..314

Mr. Guthrie...........

Mr. Johnson........

.2669, 2670
.2667, 2668
.1938, 1939

Mr. Henderson....................
.2669, 2670
......1940, 2668
Mr. Lane, of Indiana...........1939, 2668
Mr. Lane, of Kansas............................................... ...2668
Mr. Pomeroy....
Mr. Van Winkle.

..1939
.1937, 1938,
1939, 1940, 2667, 2668, 2669, 2670
yeas and nays on the.....
....1939
bill (S. No. 239) for the classification and
graduation of invalid......1708, 1798, 2670
bill (H. R. No. 692) increasing the, of widows
and orphans, and for other purposes, 3310,
3426, 3626, 3922, 3950, 3999, 4072
bill (H. R. No. 787) exempting, from internal
revenue tax...........3829, 3842, 4296
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Fessenden

Mr. Guthrie.......

Mr. Yates..........

yeas and nays on the........

.4296
.4296
.4296
.4296

joint resolution (H. R. No. 206) in relation
to, of the widows of revolutionary sol-
diers...........
..4181, 4206
Pensions, the Committee on...........
instructions to..........
.11
.17, 67, 436
reports from... 76, 208, 225, 265, 287, 486, 519,
699, 952, 1132, 1178, 1252, 1321, 1376,
1407, 1536, 1588, 1706, 1729, 1753, 1798,
1844, 1862, 1877, 2009, 2033, 2161, 2162,
2265, 2331, 2481, 2612, 2685, 2794, 2866,
2980, 3007, 3026, 3097, 3150, 3277, 3361,
3426, 3450, 3574, 3725, 3726, 4115, 4161
adverse reports from
.76,

(H. R. No. 694) for the relief of, 3333, 3336
Poland, Luke P., a Senator from Vermont...1,

264, 391, 519, 1068, 1536, 1877,
2009, 2481, 2612, 2760, 8426, 3574
discharged from subjects........208, 264, 591,
1706, 2009, 2162, 2481, 8123, 3277, 3426
Perham, James L., bill (H. R. No. 699) for

the relief of....3337, 3349, 3426, 3625, 3664
Perry, Lucretia M., widow of the late Nathan-
iel H. Perry, United States Navy, joint
resolution (H. R. No. 24) for the relief
.161, 170, 1100, 2794

of...............

Personal explanations—

of Mr. Chandler...

of Mr. Conness

of Mr. Davis

.334, 2265
.1980
.2281, 2282
639, 1131, 4298

of Mr. Doolittle.................
of Mr. Fessenden.......1481, 1482, 1484, 3950
....1178, 2265, 2300
..2865

of Mr. Howe...........

of Mr. Lane, of Kansas......

of Mr. McDougall.............

of Mr. Saulsbury.

of Mr. Sherman...............................................

of Mr. Wade.......................................................
of Mr. Wilson.............

2032

3225

.8179

.1854
.2716, 3867

Pomeroy, Samuel C., a Senator from Kan-
sas-Continued.

84, 56, 57, 436, 566, 699, 747, 918, 931,
943, 1027, 1036, 1037, 1147, 1177, 1178,
1252, 1287, 1437, 1538, 1561, 1645, 1646,
1704, 1772, 1844, 1908, 1913, 1937, 2033,
2192, 2331, 2358, 2367, 2378, 2381, 2382,
2383, 2417, 2418, 2419, 2420, 2450, 2519,
2591, 2592, 2614, 2615, 2635, 2664, 2856,
2857, 2887, 2944, 2961, 2962, 2963, 2964,
3123, 3139, 3150, 3178, 3221, 3267, 3277,
3307, 3309, 3338, 3340, 3379, 3380, 3381,
3502, 3581, 3582, 3609, 3613, 3619, 3620,
3649, 3695, 3726, 3750, 3784, 3803, 3804,
3830, 3868, 3896, 3951, 3952, 4008, 4024,
4025, 4026, 4064, 4114, 4142, 4146, 4174,
4175, 4181, 4213, 4215, 4236, 4242, 4245
credentials of, presented.
1
resolutions by..... .436, 566, 1252, 1704,
1908, 1937, 2192, 3379, 3502, 3784, 4024
remarks on the death of Senator Collamer,
56, 57
remarks on striking out Mr. Stockton's
vote on the question of his seat in the
Senate........
.1645
remarks on the death of Senator Foot...1908
remarks on the bill providing for payment
for Army supplies..
..2382,
3379, 3380, 3581, 3582, 8619, 3620
remarks on the Post Office appropriation
bill.......... .....2367, 2417, 2418, 2419
remarks on the bill (S. No. 222) to prevent
smuggling.......
..2591, 2592
remarks on the consular appropriation bill,
2614, 2615
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
127) to amend the Constitution........2961,
2962, 2963, 2964
remarks on the tax bill..... 3338, 3340
remarks on the resolution relating to Alfred
Elmore, collector at Mobile.............3502
remarks on the bill to equalize the compen-

Petroleum, joint resolution (H. R. No. 137) |
to provide for the exemption of crude,
from internal tax or duty, and for other
..2416, 2446, 2482

purposes........

remarks on the, by—
Mr. Conness....
Mr. Cowan
39TH CONG.-1ST

SESS.

........... 2446

sation of officers of the Senate.........3896
remarks on a uniform bankrupt bill....4025,
4026
remarks on the resolution relating to the
.4114
adjournment of Congress........
remarks on the deficiency bill for 1866...4174
remarks on admitting David T. Patterson to
a seat in the Senate.....
.4245

3229, 3252, 3253, 3256, 3258, 3259, 3260,
3264, 8265, 8266, 3267, 3278, 3279, 3280,
3333, 8334, 3835, 3336, 3337, 3339, 3362,
3364, 3365, 8378, 3408, 3409, 3427, 3429,
3433, 8450, 3474, 3480, 3487, 3488, 3489,
3502, 3503, 3509, 3574, 3575, 3612, 3623,
3649, 3665, 3666, 3667, 3679, 3696, 3705,
8707, 8708, 8750, 3751, 3758, 8759, 3782,
3783, 3784, 3785, 3804, 3805, 3808, 3809,
3810, 3825, 3826, 3829, 3869, 3870, 3873,
3893, 3899, 3903, 3904, 3925, 3953, 3966,
8968, 3990, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4008, 4026,
4040, 4064, 4065, 4071, 4075, 4078, 4113,
4114, 4116, 4121, 4123, 4124, 4125, 4145,
4170, 4208, 4210, 4211, 4216, 4222, 4223,
4226, 4246, 4289, 4290, 4291, 4292, 4293
resolutions by.......
.12

Pomeroy, Samuel C., a Senator from Kan-
sas, 2, 11, 12, 23, 35, 36, 37, 38, 68, 89, 128,
129, 134, 162, 184, 232, 265, 287, 288,
814, 333, 337, 374, 446, 471, 494, 520,
522, 525, 526, 527, 566, 607, 670, 702,
734, 806, 831, 849, 873, 912, 913, 979,
981, 1037, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1131, 1177,
1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1186,
1187, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1221, 1233, 1234,
1236, 1237, 1252, 1253, 1272, 1287, 1320,
1328, 1331, 1349, 1351, 1352, 1354, 1355,
1356, 1362, 1377, 1878, 1879, 1380, 1381,
1384, 1407, 1417, 1418, 1436, 1437, 1441,
1445, 1486, 1489, 1490, 1507, 1517, 1537,
1538, 1561, 1588, 1589, 1641, 1666, 1752,
1753, 1773, 1798, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866,
1879, 1907, 1912, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1939,
1979, 1982, 2014, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2052,
2131, 2134, 2135, 2137, 2163, 2165, 2166,
2178, 2192, 2193, 2194, 2200, 2218, 2304,
2305, 2331, 2332, 2353, 2354, 2355, 2357,
2358, 2880, 2382, 2383, 2414, 2416, 2481,
2482, 2635, 2636, 2637, 2651, 2664, 2668,
2706, 2717, 2735, 2736, 2737, 2788, 2805,
2807, 2819, 2820, 2821, 2851, 2852, 2867,
2868, 2887, 2913, 2957, 2958, 2959, 3007,
3009, 3010, 8026, 3076, 3078, 3081, 3082,
3084, 3100, 3123, 3124, 3125, 3126, 3150,
3178, 8180, 8181, 8185, 8222, 8224, 3225,

C

1187

remarks in relation to the reports of the
Associated Press
.......36
remarks on the bill to prevent the spread of
the cattle disease......
.37, 38
remarks on printing addresses on the death
of Senator Collamer......
....89
remarks on the joint resolution in relation
to the Burlington and Missouri River rail.
road.....
...333
remarks on the bill enlarging the powers of
the Freedmen's Bureau......
..337
remarks on the bill to protect all persons in
their civil rights........
......525, 526
remarks on the joint resolution (S. No. 24)
to amend the Constitution......... .702
remarks on enlarging the Winnebago reser-
vation in Nebraska.....
remarks on the joint resolution (H. R. No.
51) to amend the Constitution....... 1180,
1181, 1182, 1183, 1184
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Great
Falls Ice Company of Washington.... 1233
remarks on the Folsom and Placerville rail-
road bill......
.1236
remarks on the admission of the State of
Colorado into the Union.........1351, 1352
remarks on fixing the military peace estab-
lishment of the United States
1378,
1379, 1380, 1381, 1384
remarks on the deficiency bill......1417, 1445
remarks on providing for an annual inspection
of Indian affairs......
.1486, 1490
remarks on granting land to the State of
Michigan for a ship-canal........... 1864
remarks on the Kansas militia claim bill, 1879
remarks on the death of Senator Foot....1912
remarks on the pension bill (H. R. No.
363)......
remarks on the bill making an appropriation
for Indian treaties....