sin..

Commerce: bill (H. R. No. 64) to limit the lia-
bility of ship-owners, concerning mari-
time liens, and for other purposes, 100, 533
bill (H. R. No. 337) regulating trade with
the British North American possessions,
1067, 1210, 1241, 1297, 1303,
1333, 1337, 1841, 1842, 1343
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Alley......
.1214
Mr. Allison.....
.1297, 1298
Mr. Banks..........
1213, 1334
Mr. Blaine.........1251, 1833, 1334, 1336
Mr. Brooks........1250, 1251, 1839, 1341
Mr. Chanler......
.1335, 1340
Mr. Conkling.
1343, 1345
Mr. Cook...
.1340
Mr. Davis.

Mr. Denny.
Mr. Driggs.
Mr. Eliot...

Mr. Ferry.
Mr. Garfield..
Mr. Grinnell..

..1301

1301

.1244

on Expenditures in the Treasury Depart-
ment.......
on Expenditures in the War Department,

.22

1299

22

.1334, 1335, 1336

.21

on Indian Affairs.......

...21

.21

.9, 21

.21

..21

..9, 21

.21

61, 130, 137, 332, 359, 1067, 3682
remarks on the bill to restrict the expenses
of collecting soldiers' claims............1261
remarks on the tax bill...................... .2841
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Canal
and Sewerage Company of the District of
Columbia......
..8119, 3120
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill,
3358, 3359
remarks on the tariff bill............3544, 3545
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill.
.3798, 3799
Cobb, J. & O. P., & Company, joint resolution
for the adjustment of the claim of.......349
Coffroth, Alexander H., a Representative from
Pennsylvania..
..930, 1005,

1032, 1099, 1115, 1147, 1865, 1496, 1745,
2282, 2341, 2924, 3084, 3085, 3090, 3114,
3115, 3206, 3353, 3492, 3493, 3536, 3538,
3547, 3561, 3571, 3627, 3628, 3629, 3681
resolutions by
.1115,

1365, 1496, 2841, 3084, 3538
remarks on the Cleveland and Mahoning
railroad bill........

remarks on the tariff bill.......

remarks on pensions to soldiers of the war
of 1812...

3628

Cohen, Emil, joint resolution (H. R. No. 661)
changing the name of......3054, 3325, 3401
Coinage, bill (H. R. No. 397) to authorize the,
of five-cent pieces......
.....1452,

1875, 2546, 2575, 2603, 2654
joint resolution to authorize the President
to appoint a special commissioner to
facilitate the adoption of a uniform, be-
tween the United States and foreign
countries.
...2653

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Banks......

Mr. Kasson........

2654

.2653, 2654

Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio........2653, 2654
yeas and nays on the...........

2654

Coinage, Weights, and Measures, the Com-

....21

1875, 2653, 2654

mittee on..................................................
reports from..................
Colfax, Schuyler, a Representative from In-
diana..........5, 860, 1036, 1099, 1861, 2414
nomination of, for Speaker......

election of, for Speaker.................

speech of, on taking the chair......

remarks

on the deficiency bill.....

.1300, 1336, 1340
..1214,
1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1339
Mr. Harding, of Illinois.... .1299
Mr. Hogan........
.1247, 1248, 1249
Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts......1339
Mr. Hubbard, of West Virginia....1300
Mr. Hulburd...
Mr. Kelley...

Mr. Smith...
Mr. Spalding..
Mr. Stevens..
Mr. Strouse.
Mr. Thomas, F.

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

1247
...1218,
1219, 1220, 1300, 1302
1338

Mr. Warner....
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois... 1212, 1213
Mr. Wentworth ....... ..1244, 1245
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa.....1339, 1342
Mr. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, 1337, 1338
Mr. Winfield......

1343

1345

on the Rules.......

yeas and nays on the......
bill for the survey of Rock river, with refer-
ence to water communication between the
Mississippi river and the great lakes, 1494
resolution that the Secretary of the Navy
be requested to send a sufficient naval
force to the fishing grounds to protect
our citizens in the enjoyment of their
rights as recognized by the treaty of
1783........
.................1720, 1867

..5

..5

remarks on the, by-

remarks on the resolution in relation to claim

agents....

......1796

Colgen, Francis, bill (H. R. No. 794) for the

relief of........

.......4058, 4278

Collamer, Jacob, late a Senator from Vermont,

death of, announced...

remarks on the, by—

Mr. Alley

Mr. Grider...

Mr. Morrill...

Mr. Raymond.

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

.62

..64, 65
.....64

.62, 63

Mr. Woodbridge..

College-see Military Academy.

.63, 64
.65
..63

Colorado, communication from the President

in relation to............

.214

bill to provide for the admission of, as a State
into the Union........

.350

bill (8. No. 74) for the admission of, into
..2203, 2371, 2385

the Union.......

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Ashley, of Ohio....

Mr. Pike .......
Commerce, the Committee on...
instructions to......10, 20, 23, 34, 69, 70, 71,

129, 130, 136, 137, 171, 233, 255, 324, 422,
446, 518, 580, 626, 646, 1033, 1067, 1148,
1682, 1940, 2119, 2182, 2203, 3194, 3465
reports from.
.82, 83, 531, 532, 533,
835, 923, 1463, 1576, 1767, 1876,
1893, 1994, 2069, 2078, 2121, 2146,
2201, 2235, 2246, 2771, 2807, 2887,
3295, 8417, 3418, 3419, 4091, 4181
adverse reports from...... ........533, 3419
........8419
discharged from subjects.
Committees, standing-

.2372, 2373

yeas and nays on the......2372, 2373, 2374

on the deficiency bill...
on the bill (H. R. No. 184) to authorize
the sale of marine hospitals and revenue-
cutters.............................
..........1919

on the naval appropriation bill........1856,
1943, 1945

on the sale of liquor in the Capitol....1997
on the bill relating to habeas corpus, &c.,
2147, 2182, 2330, 2384
on the bill relating to a telegraph to the
West Indies
.2345, 2371
on the bill for disposal of public lands to
settlers in the southern States......2771,
2809, 3166
on the bill (H. R. No. 363) supplementary
to the several acts relating to pensions,
2859, 2926
on the joint resolution relative to appoint-
ments in the Military Academy.....2911,
3122, 8144

Committees Continued.

of conference-

on the Military Academy appropriation
bill.....
.2911, 2979
on the fortification appropriation bill, 2911,
3051, 3055

on the bill granting a pension to Anna E.
Ward.....
.2926, 2927, 2949, 2980
on the bill for the relief of Ambrose L.
Goodrich and Nathan Cornish......2966,
3401, 3417
on the river and harbor appropriation bill,
3207, 3269
on the Army appropriation bill........3440,
3589, 3590
on the tax bill..............3449, 3464, 3633
on the bill to continue the Freedmen's
Bureau......... .3465, 3501, 3521, 3561
on the bill to prevent smuggling......3501,
3650, 3684, 3803
on the Northern Kansas railroad bill,
3501, 3742
on the bill to quiet land titles in Cali-
fornia...............3749, 3796, 3845, 3874
on the legislative appropriation bill...3766,
3796, 3886
on the consular and diplomatic appropri
ation bill....
.3771, 3943
on the Indian appropriation bill......3892,
4102, 4104

on the joint resolution for the relief of
officers of the Army.....3909, 3985, 4110
on the bill relating to passengers on steam-
ships........
....3935, 3985
on the bill increasing the pensions of wid-
ows and orphans........ ...3985, 4059
on the Paris Industrial Exposition...3302,
3306, 3372, 3521
on the miscellaneous appropriation bill,
3796, 4265, 4280, 4282, 4286, 4307
on the deficiency bill (H. R. No. 791)
4264, 4277, 4278
on the compensation of collectors of cus-
toms.... .............. 4258, 4274, 4276
on referring the petition of Benjamin Hol-
liday to the Court of Claims .........4190
on the Senate bill to reorganize the Army,
4151, 4158, 4261, 4264, 4281
on the bill relating to officers employed
in examination of imported merchan-
dise
....4155, 4199
on the bill to protect the revenue.....4155,
4198, 4252, 4266
Communication among the States, bill (H.
R. No. 11) to facilitate commercial, postal,
and military. .............18, 82, 149, 216,
234, 1259, 1548, 2902, 2921, 2928, 3240
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Garfield......

..82, 1549

Mr. Harding, of Illinois......1259, 1548
.82, 83, 1548, 1549

Mr. O'Neill....................

Mr. Rogers......

Mr. Thayer.....

Mr. Thomas, J. L..

.85, 1549
.1549
82, 83

Mr. Washburne, of Illinois......... 82, 83
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa...........1259, 1549
yeas and nays on the............83, 1549, 1550
Commutation, bill authorizing the Secretary of
War to refund money received as, from
citizens of the twenty-first congressional
district of Pennsylvania.....
bill (H. R. No. 811) for the relief of certain
drafted men..
.4204, 4274, 4306
Compensation, bill to amend the postal laws
regulating the, of postmasters............324
resolutions relating to the, of employés of
the House......
....3084,

.3332

3090, 3238, 8397, 3844, 4047, 4157,
4199, 4248, 4249, 4274, 4277, 4278

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Rollins.......

.3398
.....3398

Mr. Woodbridge......
yeas and nays on the...............3397, 3398
bill to provide for the regulation of the, of
Senators and Representatives and Dele-
gates in Congress......
.........3818

bill to equalize the pay of the officers and
employés of the House of Representatives,
to prohibit an allowance of extra, and for
other purposes.....

yeas and nays on the...........
Confiscation-see Pensions; Property.
bill to repeal a portion of the joint resolu-
tion explanatory of an act to suppress in-
surrection, to punish treason and rebellion,
to seize and confiscate the property of
rebels, and for other purposes, approved
July 17, 1862......
Conkling, Roscoe, a Representative from New
York......9, 15, 20, 33, 44, 45, 70, 103,

.19

104, 115, 116, 124, 150, 159, 171, 172,
173, 194, 195, 214, 224, 233, 252, 277,
278, 284, 286, 287, 300, 301, 311, 326,
327, 828, 850, 354, 356, 357, 358, 359,
376, 378, 379, 405, 406, 407, 447, 481,
483, 492, 493, 508, 509, 511, 512, 581,
538, 578, 579, 611, 613, 614, 625, 688,
718, 719, 724, 725, 755, 756, 757, 758,
775, 777, 779, 780, 781, 846, 864, 865,
945, 949, 966, 1005, 1033, 1035, 1092,
1094, 1095, 1096, 1148, 1157, 1160, 1161,
1190, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1239, 1240,
1241, 1259, 1290, 1331, 1332, 1338, 1343,
1344, 1345, 1367, 1368, 1375, 1376, 1399,
1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406, 1425,
1426, 1428, 1458, 1459, 1463, 1467, 1499,
1500, 1501, 1502, 1507, 1523, 1527, 1530,
1531, 1532, 1533, 1534, 1551, 1552, 1649,
1650, 1651, 1654, 1655, 1656, 1662, 1683,
1685, 1697, 1705, 1719, 1720, 1727, 1751,
1772, 1819, 1820, 1855, 1861, 1869, 1870,
1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1914, 1916,
1917, 1918, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950,
1952, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1998,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007,
2026, 2027, 2030, 2031, 2038, 2049, 2066,
2067, 2078, 2079, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121,
2125, 2129, 2131, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2154,
2155, 2180, 2181, 2245, 2287, 2292, 2293,
2295, 2296, 2297, 2298, 2299, 2368, 2442,

2600, 2634, 2653, 2655, 2656, 2664, 2682,
2705, 2756, 2843, 3025, 3276, 3326, 3332,
3501, 3538, 3795, 3934, 3946, 3985, 4009,
4013, 4017, 4063, 4093, 4100, 4101, 4106,
4108, 4109, 4110, 4151, 4152, 4154, 4155,
4156, 4158, 4160, 4161, 4182, 4194, 4196,
4200, 4201, 4202, 4203, 4204, 4259, 4260,
4261, 4270, 4272, 4278, 4277, 4279, 4282,
4283, 4285, 4287, 4303, 4307, 4308, 4309
resolutions by......
....9,

115, 171, 233, 252, 4009, 4017
remarks on the joint resolution relating to
destitute Indians...

case......

.103
remarks on the New York contested-election
.....613, 614
remarks on the bill for the relief of Char-
lotte Bence.......
....194
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia...........
.278
remarks on reporter for committees......300
remarks on the naval appropriation bill, 327,
328, 725
remarks on the basis of representation, 354,
356, 357, 358, 359, 378, 405
remarks on the resolution in relation to dam-
ages by the Army or Navy in the rebel
States........
509, 511
remarks on the bill to establish a uniform
system of bankruptcy.....
.....756,

757, 758, 780, 846, 1872, 1873
remarks on the deficiency bill..... ...864.
remarks on the bill concerning the fire de-
partment of Washington city............1208
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Company of the Dis-
trict of Columbia......
........1209
remarks on the Great Falls Ice Company
of Washington......
......1289

Conkling, Roscoe, a Representative from New
York-Continued.

remarks on regulating trade with British
North America.....
.....1343, 1345
remarks on the French Industrial Exposi-
tion.....1401, 1402, 1403, 1404, 1405, 1406
remarks on the bill relating to the habeas
corpus.......
.1426
remarks on the loan bill.......
..1459,
1463, 1500, 1501
remarks on the bill declaring money on hand
not exempt from taxation, 1530, 1532, 1533
remarks on the rebel debt, Federal debt, and
taxation..........
..1650
remarks on an air-line railroad to Pitts-
burg..
..........1655
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 281) to amend
the postal laws......
1656

remarks on granting lands to Oregon for a
military road....

.1916

.1869
remarks on the bill for the relief of paymas-
ters of the Army.....
remarks on the bill to reorganize the Army
of the United States.....
.1950,
2000, 2001, 2002, 2030,
2121, 2151, 2152, 2153
remarks on a statement in the New York
Times in relation to the bankrupt bills,
1971, 1978

remarks on the bill for the organization of
the Pension Office..........
..2038
remarks on the personal explanation of Mr.
Blaine........
........2180, 2181
remarks on a communication from Provost
Marshal General Fry............................... ....2295,
2296, 2297, 2298
remarks on the tax bill.....
..2843
remarks on appointing an assistant stenog-
rapher to the House committees.......3538
remarks on the miscellaneous appropriation
bill...........

.....3795, 4260
remarks on resolutions relating to charges
against........
......3946
remarks on the deficiency bill for the year
1866.........

........4100, 4101
remarks on the bill relating to the national
currency.

...4106, 4151, 4154, 4155
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Wash-
ington Land and Building Company...4158
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Dis-

trict of Columbia General Hospital...4160
remarks on the bill to preserve the neutral

relations of the United States...........4196
remarks on the bill for a railroad from San

Francisco to Humboldt bay......... 4202
remarks in relation to admitting David T.
Patterson to a seat in the Senate......4272,

joint resolution amendatory of the, estab
lishing a standard of voting for Federal
officers..
joint resolution submitting to the Legisla
tures of the several States a proposition
to amend the.........
.18
joint resolution to amend the............................ 18
joint resolution for amending section nine of
article one of the..........
....... 19
joint resolution to so amend the, that no
State shall make any distinction in the ex-
ercise of the elective franchise on account
of race or color....
...49

joint resolution (H. R. No. 9) to amend
the..........
..84, 3327

87

Mr. Ingersoll.

.998

Mr. Marshall

..967,

.85

Mr. Shellabarger

.87

Mr. Thayer...

Mr. Rogers.....

Mr. Sloan........

Mr. Shellabarger...........................85

Mr. Smith

Mr. Steve.......................

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa......... 84, 85, 86, 87
Mr. Wright.

yeas and nays on the.......
joint resolution proposing an amendment to
the, in regard to the apportionment of rep-
resentation......................................................... 135
joint resolution (H. R. No. 51) proposing an
amendment to the, with respect to the basis
of representation in Congress...... 136, 535
joint resolution for the amendment of the,
authorizing Congress to define the qualifi-
cations and provide for the election of elect-
ors of President and Vice President, and
of members of Congress........... ..... 171
joint resolution submitting to the Legislatures
of the several States propositions to amend
the..............
.........235

joint resolution proposing an amendment to
the....
...........286

joint resolution proposing an amendment to
the......
.349

joint resolution proposing an amendment to
the........................

970, 991, 992, 993, 994, 1003, 1004

Mr. Voorhees...

.1002
.969, 970
.991,

1005

997, 998, 999, 1000, 1002
Mr. Washburn, of Indiana, (contest-
ant)........ ......994, 995, 996, 997
yeas and nays on the......
Michigan, between Augustus C. Baldwin
(contestant) and R. E. Trowbridge, from
.20,
the fifth congressional district.....

835, 839
reports on the.......647, 778, 814, 815
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Baldwin (contestant)..

.823,
824, 825, 826, 827, 828
Mr. Beaman......815, 816, 817, 818, 819
Mr. Cook
.843
Mr. Davis
Mr. Dawes..
Mr. Eldridge.

3772, 8773

.844

Mr. Stevens....

....928

.895, 927, 928

joint resolution to amend the..

joint resolution proposing an amendment to
the.......

.813
.919

joint resolution to amend the...........
joint resolution declaratory of the right of
amending the Federal Constitution.....919
joint resolution (H. R. No. 63) proposing an
amendment to the, 1033, 1054, 1083, 2979
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Bingham.......
.1034, 1088,

1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094
Mr. Davis..1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087
Mr. Hale...1034, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066
Mr. Higby...... .1054, 1055, 1056

Mr. Hotchkiss.
Mr. Kelley....

1095
.1057,

1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063
1066, 1067

Mr. Price...

Mr. Woodbridge.........

Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania.......1057
.1088
.1035, 1095

yeas and nays on the.......
joint resolution (H. R. No. 143) proposing
an amendment to the, concerning com-
pensation for slaves........1367, 1605, 1695
joint resolution proposing amendment to the,
concerning basis of representation ... 1375
joint resolution proposing an amendment to

the..

....1494

joint resolution proposing to amend the, in
relation to eligibility to office.... 1495
joint resolution proposing an amendment to
the, to apportion Representatives accord-
ing to the number of voters in the several
....1968

States........
joint resolution (H. R. No. 127) proposing

2286,

an amendment to the........
2332, 2433, 2458, 2498, 2530, 3055,
3144, 3177, 3241, 3276, 3356, 8357

yeas and nays on the...

(See Reconstruction.)

.3149

joint resolution proposing amendment to the,
in relation to export duty on cotton...2431
concurrent resolution relative to the amend-
ment (H. R. No. 127) of the...3197, 3241
remarks on the, by-
*****...3198

Mr. Le Blond.......

concurrent resolution proposing an amend-
ment to the, in relation to an export duty

H

on cotton...

8240

820, 821, 822, 823, 843
842, 843

Mr. Scofield ......819, 820, 822, 843, 844
844, 845
.839, 840, 841, 842
...845

Mr. Trowbridge.........
yeas and nays on the.......
Missouri, between Sempronius H. Boyd (con-
testant) and John R. Kelso, from the
fourth congressional district............. 9,
1125, 3460
papers in the, presented.
..9, 30,
755, 1125, 1147, 1333, 1652, 2008, 2859
reports on the.........
.98, 3399
remarks on the, by-

New York, between W. E. Dodge (contest-
ant) and James Brooks, from the eighth
congressional district...

.8,
546, 584, 607, 1746, 1768,
1772, 1791, 1796, 1812, 1816
papers in the, presented.
.9, 886
-reports on the........
1662
remarks on the, by-
Mr. Brooks... .608, 609, 610, 611,
613, 614, 615, 1747, 1748, 1749, 1791
(See Appendix.)

Mr. Dawes......607, 608, 610, 611, 1746,
1747, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1770, 1813,
1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819
Mr. Farnsworth...1769, 1770, 1771, 1772
Mr. Garfield....................... ..1768, 1769, 1793
Mr. Grinnell....
Mr. Marshall...

888, 889, 890, 891, 892, 893, 894
yeas and nays on the..
.930
Contractors, bill (S. No. 220) for the relief of

nois...

certain, for the construction of vessels-of-
war and steam machinery, 2251, 2371, 2374
Conwell, Rev. F. A., bill for the relief of, 2282
Cook, Amarilla, bill (S. No. 238) granting a
pension to....1950, 1952, 3353, 3375, 3404
Cook, Burton C., a Representative from Illi-
19, 180, 254, 287, 849,
887, 410, 411, 632, 699, 798, 843, 873,
899, 900, 901, 902, 903, 919, 951, 978,
1123, 1124, 1162, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198,
1340, 1368, 1387, 1889, 1424, 1425, 1426,
1468, 1507, 1526, 1527, 1528, 1529, 1530,
1703, 1705, 1723, 1727, 1751, 1772, 1789,
1872, 1913, 1968, 2323, 2324, 2330, 2384,
2517, 2576, 2578, 2579, 2734, 2757, 2812,
2839, 3115, 3166, 3195, 3351, 3472, 3490,
3501, 3548, 3659, 3660, 3771, 3844, 3845
resolutions by.........19, 130, 287, 2579, 8166
remarks on the homestead bill...
...254
remarks on basis of representation...410, 411
remarks on the Michigan contested-election

Mr. Hubbard, of Connecticut.
Cook, W., bill for relief of, 2203, 2374, 3935, 8985
Cooper, Edmund, a Representative from Ten-
.......4148
nessee, sworn in.......
Cotton, concurrent resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution in relation
to an export duty on...........
.8240
.3240, 3241

yeas and nays on the.....
Counterfeiting, bill to punish, with death... 171
bill (H. R. No. 719) to punish certain crimes
in relation to the public securities and
currency..

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

4096

LXII

Court, bill (H. R. No. 32) to extend the juris-
diction of commissioners of the circuit,
of the United States...........49, 4148, 4277
bill (H. R. No. 62) directing a district, to be
held at the city of Erie, Pennsylvania...100,
1367, 4275, 4282

bill (S. No. 90) enlarging the powers of the
levy, of the county of Washington, in the
District of Columbia.......
1766, 2431
bill to increase the salary of the judges of the
supreme, of Colorado Territory .........920
bill (H. R. No. 334) to fix the number of
the judges of the Supreme, of the United
States, and to change certain judicial cir-
cuits.........1035, 1259, 3723, 3909, 3933
remarks on the, by-

....1259
......3909

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa.......
yeas and nays on the.....
bill regulating the salaries of the judges of the
supreme, of the District of Columbia, 1290
bill (S. No. 107) to provide for a term of the
district, for the district of Minnesota to be
held at the city of Winona, in said district,
1605, 1725
bill (S. No. 184) to define more clearly the
jurisdiction and powers of the supreme, of
the District of Columbia.................1743,
1796, 1820, 2865, 2876, 2010, 2922
bill (S. No. 43) to prescribe the mode of set-
tling the accounts of the clerk of the su-
preme, of the District of Columbia...1766,
1796, 4274, 4280

ana.

bill (S. No. 186) amendatory of an act to
provide for the reports of the decisions of
the Supreme, of the United States...1796,
2655, 2678
bill (H. R. No. 468) to provide for the suits,
judgments, and business of the United
States provisional, for the State of Louisi-
....1857, 4148, 4282
bill (H. R. No. 563) regulating the time and
place for holding the circuit, of the United
States in the district of Virginia, and for
other purposes.......2430, 2634, 2688, 2727
bill to alter the places of holding the circuit,
for the Rhode Island district...... .2944
bill to enlarge the appellate jurisdiction of
the supreme, of the District of Columbia
in chancery
.3044
bill (S. No. 825) to give certain powers to
the levy, of the county of Washington, in
the District of Columbia .........3208, 3985
bill (S. No. 382) to change the place of hold-
ing, in the northern district of Georgia,
3449, 4059, 4113
joint resolution authorizing the justices of
the supreme, of Colorado to fix the terms
of the supreme, of said Territory........3682
joint resolution (S. No. 133) to change the
place of holding the terms of the circuit, for
the district of West Virginia.............4051,
4161, 4283
Court of Claims, bill to amend an act to re-
strict the jurisdiction of the, and provide
for the payment of certain demands for
quartermasters' stores and subsistence sup-
plies furnished to the Army of the United
States, approved July 4, 1864..............71
bill to amend an act amending the act estab-
lishing a, for the investigation of claims
against the United States....... ..644
bill (S. No. 33) in relation to the. .895,

1233, 1887, 1401, 1426

bill (H. R. No. 473) to extend the jurisdic-
tion of the.........1869, 2201, 2393, 2431

remarks on the, by-

Mr. Bingham.....

Mr. Schenck......

2202
....2202

....

.19

bill (H. R. No. 24) to amend an act pro-
viding for the selection of jurors to serve
in the several, of the District of Colum-
bia.........
.............................20, 57, 58, 75
bill in relation to the, in Washington Terri-
60
tory.........
bill (II. R. No. 84) to regulate the time
and places of holding the district, of
the United States within the district of
Maine.........
134, 277
....277
yeas and nays on the..
bill (H. R. No. 134) to regulate the terms
of the United States, in the eastern dis-
trict of New York, and for other pur-
poses........
..196, 1602, 2023, 2037
bill securing to non-resident litigants the
benefit of the jurisdiction of the United
States, in States lately in rebellion in cer-
tain cases....

tana....

.482

bill to regulate the fees of officers in the
United States, in the Territory of Mon-
.........531
joint resolution (H. R. No. 66) relative to
the, and post office in New York city....836,
2512, 2575, 2603, 2654

bill to establish United States revenue, and
for other purposes..

.887, 4148
bill to authorize the appointment of stenogra-
phers in certain, of the United States, 899
bill supplementary to an act to regulate the
fees and costs to be allowed clerks, mar-
shals, and attorneys of the circuit and
district, of the United States, and for
other purposes, approved February 26,

1853

.1053

bill fixing the compensation for the bailiffs
and criers of the, of the District of Colum-
bia.....
1206
bill (S. No. 179) in relation to the district,
of the United States in the States of Cali-
fornia and Louisiana....... ....1587,
1725, 4094, 4112, 4158, 4283
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Higby....

Mr. McRuer.....

......4094
..4094
..4094

Mr. Wilson, of Iowa..
bill (H. R. No. 438) in relation to the, of
Washington Territory.................... 1719,
2994, 4111, 4154
bill (S. No. 310) to change the place of hold-
ing the, of the United States for the north-

ern district of Mississippi...2573,2575, 2579
bill to amend an act to establish the judicial,
of the United States........
bill to authorize judges to be allotted to hold
circuit........

.2723

.2904

bill relative to records in appellate......2928
bill to enlarge the powers of the national,
as to process......

.2928
bill in addition to an act to establish the
judicial, of the United States and the
acts in addition to and amendatory there-
of............
.2944

.2945

bill to amend the practice in the United
States.........
bill to provide for the erection at Nebraska
City, in the Territory of Nebraska, of a
building for a post office, internal revenue
offices, and for the holding of United
States....
.2945
bill (H.. R. No. 203) to regulate the fees of
officers of the United States, in the Ter-
ritory of Montana.....
....3197

bill (H. R. No. 605) to establish judicial, of
the United States, approved September
24, 1789.....
.................3501, 4150
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio....... ..4151
bill authorizing non-residents to have deeds
recorded in the office of the clerk of the
United States district and circuit, &c., 1968
bill to amend an act to establish the judicial,
of the United States, approved September
24, 1789........

yeas and nays on the........... .4203, 4204
Crocker, Harriet B., bill (S. No. 326) granting
a pension to.....2688, 2876, 8252, 3404
Crooke, Major General George, reception of,
in the Hall of Representatives...........776
Crosland, Washington, bill (S. No. 431) for
the relief of......
..3907, 4109
Croswell, William, bill (S. No. 354) for the
relief of.....
..3644, 4107, 4273
Crowell, Captain John H., bill (S. No. 278)
for the relief of......2393, 2634, 3207, 3275
Crowley, Cornelius, bill (S. No. 275) for the

relief of........2688, 2876, 3354, 3375, 3404
Crutchett, James, joint resolution (S. No. 60)

referring the petition and papers in the case
of, to the Court of Claims........1874, 2235
Cullom, Shelby M., a Representative from

70, 138, 325, 910, 911, 912, 1024,
1162, 1495, 1535, 1662, 1703, 1820, 1866,
1867, 1876, 2191, 2215, 2247, 2511, 2571,
2578, 2608, 2658, 2741, 2743, 2759, 2808,
2827, 2839, 2878, 2887, 2980, 3007, 3044,
8070, 3295, 4148, 4262, 4283, 4288, 4308
resolutions by.....
....15, 70,

138, 325, 2511, 2839, 3044
remarks on reconstruction......910, 911, 912
remarks on the revenue bill
.2578
Culver, Dr. F. B., bill for the relief of....3683
Cundiff, Lewis J., bill for the relief of......350
Curley, E. J., bill (S. No. 433) for the relief
.....3907, 4109
Currency, bill to amend section sixteen of an
act to provide a national, &c.........69, 171
resolution in relation to the contraction of
the, with a view to a resumption of spe-
cie payments..............................................

bill to prevent the passing of counterfeit
United States....
......349
further supplement to an act to provide a
national, secured by pledge of United
States bonds, and to provide for the cir-
culation and redemption thereof.....1189
yeas and nays on the........
bill relating to the, of the United States...1494
bill to amend the act in relation to national
banks and, approved June 3, 1864....2182
bill declaring certain obligations of the Uni-
ted States and national bank, subject to
taxation under State authority......
bill relative to the national.......
bill to amend an act to provide a national,
secured by pledge of United States bonds,
and provide for the liquidation and redemp-
tion thereof, approved June 3, 1864...2723
bill to amend section forty-one of an act to
provide a national, &c., approved June 3,
1864.....
.2859
bill (H. R. No. 677) to amend an act to pro-
vide a national, secured by a pledge of
United States bonds, and to provide for
the circulation and redemption thereof,
and for other purposes...

Currency, bill to amend an act to provide a
national, secured by a pledge of United
States bonds, and to provide for the cir-
culation and redemption thereof, and for
other purposes-Continued.
remarks on the, by-

Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania......4106,
4107, 4152, 4153

Mr. Rollins

Mr. Stevens..

..4153
.4106, 4153
...4154

yeas and nays on the......
bill (H. R. No. 719) to punish certain crimes
in relation to the public securities and,
and for other purposes...3404, 4095
Currency and Banks, the Committee on... .21
instructions to.......
.835

Currency, the Comptroller of the, report of...13
Curtis, fra B., bill (S. No. 342) for the relief
of.........
.2878, 2927, 3354, 3404
Custom-house, bill (H. R. No. 40) making an
appropriation for a, and warehouse at Jer-
sey City, State of New Jersey.......60, 1463
bill to provide for the construction of a, post
office, and court-house at the city of Cairo,
Illinois..........
.645, 1463
bill making an appropriation for the enlarge-
ment and repair of the, and post office
building at Bangor, Maine....... ..... 2887
Customs, laws relating to, the joint committee
to codify the..
..4307
(See Revenue.)

D.

Darling, William A., a Representative from New
York........45, 214, 233, 264, 278, 279, 281,

300, 310, 482, 721, 724, 748, 751, 835,
887, 856, 858, 951, 1005, 1036, 1126,
1148, 1149, 1303, 1333, 1400, 1401, 1485,
1461, 1462, 1463, 1579, 1602, 1603, 1687,
1696, 1703, 1744, 1745, 1751, 1764, 1765,
1772, 1820, 1855, 1857, 1867, 1876, 1896,
1921, 1925, 2161, 2182, 2203, 2214, 2246,
2299, 2314, 2315, 2353, 2878, 2546, 2573,
2575, 2576, 2577, 2623, 2627, 2628, 2634,
2813, 2815, 2828, 2829, 2835, 2836, 2838,
3149, 3150, 3177, 3194, 3197, 3352, 3376
resolutions by
.45,
214, 233, 1400, 1696, 1855, 2203, 2315
remarks on suffrage in the District...278, 279
remarks on the naval appropriation bill...721,
724, 751
remarks relative to the courts and post office
of New York city.........

.837

remarks on the deficiency bill.....................................858
remarks on the French Industrial Exposi
tion...........

1401
1462

remarks on the loan bill.....
remarks on the telegraph to the West In-
dies.........

.1579

remarks on the bill for the relief of James
G. Holland.....
1603
remarks on the bill to create the office of
brigadier general commandant in the Ma-
rine corps.....
..........1744
remarks on the bill for the relief of paymas-
ters of the Army..
.1896
remarks on the bill relating to immigration,

&c

2314

remarks on the tax bill......2576, 2628, 2835
remarks on the death of James Humphrey,
of New York
.3376

Davis, Henry S., bill for the relief of ......4279
Davis, Henry Winter, resolution that there be
printed for the use of the members of the
House twenty thousand copies of the ad-
dress of the Speaker, and the eulogy of
J. A. J. Creswell on the life and char-
acter of...............
.......1240

Davis, Jefferson, resolutions in relation to the
.100, 101, 138, 172,

trial of..

482, 1855, 2120, 2282, 3089, 4252, 4285
remarks on the, by—

Mr. Julian.......... 2282, 2288, 2284, 2285
yeas and nays on the....
bill (H. R. No. 801) authorizing the payment
.....3089
of the rewards offered by the President of
the United States and the officers of the
War Department in April and May, 1865,
for the capture of, and the assassins: of
the late President, Abraham Lincoln, and
the Secretary of State, William H. Sew-
ard.........

Davis, Thomas T., a Representative from New
York.
.9, 18, 23,
45, 49, 59, 60, 61, 137, 149, 171, 203,
207, 214, 215, 216, 253, 257, 264, 311,
324, 327, 360, 427, 434, 487, 531, 713,
714, 723, 724, 725, 759, 844, 856, 862,
863, 865, 887, 1067, 1068, 1083, 1084,
1085, 1086, 1087, 1119, 1130, 1162, 1194,
1195, 1199, 1200, 1209, 1238, 1259, 1265,
1301, 1303, 1369, 1370, 1376, 1560, 1583,
1584, 1587, 1648, 1662, 1683, 1692, 1693,
1694, 1703, 1721, 1726, 1727, 1751, 1770,
1772, 1788, 1790, 1820, 1861, 1871, 1874,
1876, 1894, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925, 1946,
1947, 1948, 1969, 1977, 1979, 2026, 2031,
2032, 2071, 2073, 2074, 2076, 2077, 2078,
2573, 2601, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2608, 2628,
2638, 2634, 2655, 2656, 2657, 2675, 2682,
2724, 2727, 2728, 2731, 2732, 2733, 2745,
2753, 2757, 2759, 2785, 2787, 2788, 2792,
2808, 2809, 2815, 2838, 2840, 2841, 2842,
2878, 2886, 2887, 2956, 2970, 2971, 2972,
2977, 2978, 2980, 3012, 3025, 3044, 3085,
3115, 3119, 3120, 3121, 3122, 3149, 8162,
3163, 3164, 3201, 3207, 3208, 3217, 3218,
8221, 3237, 3238, 3239, 3270, 3271, 3272,
3278, 3274, 3275, 3276, 3305, 3306, 3325,
3329, 3330, 3377, 3378, 3402, 3404, 3422,
3443, 3512, 3589, 3601, 3636, 3652, 3658,
3719, 3723, 3905, 3908, 3934, 3943, 3945,
3948, 3981, 4017, 4091, 4098, 4099, 4113
resolutions by.
...9,
45, 137, 171, 214, 2573, 2724, 3044, 3238
remarks on suffrage in the District of Colum-
bia.......
......215, 216
remarks on the basis of representation,
434
remarks on the naval appropriation bill,
723
....844
remarks on the deficiency bill..... .862,
863, 865, 1583, 1584
remarks on the joint resolution (II. R. No.
63) to amend the Constitution.........1083,
1084, 1085, 1086, 1087
remarks on the Army appropriation bill,

remarks on the Michigan contested-election

case......

1194
remarks on the bill concerning the fire
department of Washington city.........1209
remarks on the bill to incorporate the Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of the District
of Columbia.....
..1209, 1238
remarks on the civil rights bill.. .......1265
remarks on regulating trade with British
North America.....
.1301
remarks on the fortification bill......
........ 1369
remarks on subjecting certain lands in Kan-
sas to the laws thereof.....
....1683
remarks on the bill to establish a uniform
system of bankruptcy.......
....1692
remarks on the bill donating lands to Wis-
consin for a ship-canal....................1726
remarks on the bill for the relief of John C.
McFerran......
.1871
remarks on the bill for the relief of paymas-
ters of the Army...
.1894, 1895
remarks on the bill (II. R. No. 361) to reor-
ganize the Army....
..1947,

1977, 2031, 2032, 2071, 2074, 2076, 2077,
3070, 3272, 3273, 3274, 3275, 3276, 3329
remarks on the tax bill......
.2603,

2605, 2682, 2745, 2785, 2788, 2840, 3636
remarks on a uniform bankrupt law.....2655
remarks on a reform school for boys in the
District of Columbia............ .....2675
remarks on the bill to continue the Freed-
men's Bureau...... .........2808, 2809
remarks on the bill relating to the pay of
the Army.
.2970, 2971, 2972
remarks on the bill for the relief of Jonathan
Ball.......
..3201
remarks on the protection of American
industry-see Appendix.

........3377, 3378

remarks on the death of James Humphrey,
of New York......
remarks on the Folsom and Placerville rail-
road bill.........

........3512
.........3601

remarks on the tariff bill........
remarks on the resolutions relating to charges
against Roscoe Conkling......... 3943, 3944

Dawes, Henry L., a Representative from Mas-
sachusetts...... .31, 44, 81, 98, 150, 156,
196, 200, 238, 253, 255, 276, 300, 427,
584, 585, 607, 608, 610, 611, 618, 637,
644, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 749, 750,
821, 822, 835, 845, 854, 855, 886, 887,
891, 892, 895, 923, 924, 925, 928, 946,
966, 967, 968, 969, 970, 978, 991, 994,
997, 998, 999, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004,
1005, 1376, 1450, 1504, 1522, 1587, 1603,
1615, 1653, 1662, 1723, 1727, 1743, 1746,
1747, 1748, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1768, 1769,
1770, 1772, 1796, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815,
1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, 1866, 1876,
1894, 2119, 2147, 2159, 2191, 2206, 2207,
2214, 2215, 2282, 2313, 2324, 2342, 2343,
2344, 2345, 2346, 2347, 2463, 2480, 2540,
2541, 2578, 2574, 2575, 2623, 2625, 2626,
2653, 2678, 2734, 2831, 2859, 2904, 2922,
2934, 3112, 3140, 3175, 3176, 3177, 8198,
3199, 3200, 3201, 3270, 3275, 3325, 3329,
3331, 3351, 3360, 3376, 3421, 3422, 3423,
3439, 3449, 3465, 3473, 3500, 3514, 3515,
3571, 3585, 3596, 3639, 8661, 3682, 3683,
3687, 3694, 3695, 3719, 3766, 3770, 3771,
8772, 3778, 3779, 3780, 3781, 3782, 3802,
3850, 3884, 3891, 3912, 8981, 83983, 4015,
4016, 4063, 4093, 4103, 4106, 4112, 4154,
4155, 4160, 4182, 4197, 4199, 4202, 4249
resolutions by.....
.44,
98, 1522, 1866, 1894, 3329, 4249
remarks on the Missouri contested-election

case........

case........

.81
remarks on the homestead bill.... ...253
remarks on transferring Berkeley and Jeffer-
son counties to the State of West Vir-
ginia..........
..694
remarks on the bill for the relief of Abelard
Guthrie.........
.749, 750
remarks on the Michigan contested-election
.821, 822
remarks on the Pennsylvania contested-elec-
tion case (Koontz vs. Coffroth)......... 895,
928, 929
remarks on the Indiana contested-election
case........
....967, 968, 969,
970, 991, 997, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004
remarks on an air-line railroad to Pitts-
burg.......
.....1653
remarks on the New York contested-election
.....607, 608, 610,

case......

611, 1746, 1747, 1749, 1750, 1751, 1770,
1813, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819
remarks on the bill for the relief of Philos
B. Tyler.....
.2343, 2344
remarks on the bill (H. R. No. 361) to re-
organize the Army.........2345, 2346, 2347
remarks on reconstruction.....
.2463,

2540, 2541, 3175, 3176, 3177
remarks on the resolution censuring Mr.
Chanler........
.........2574, 2575

remarks on the bill for the relief of Thomas
D. Burrall.......

.1495

remarks on the bill enlarging the powers of
the Freedmen's Bureau...
....588,
589, 540, 541, 542, 543
remarks on death of Senator Foot..1923, 1924