Stephens, Alexander H., a Representative from

..........

...

Georgia...........60, 61, 65, 195, 196, 197
remarks in regard to the Galphin claim and in
defense of Mr. Corwin, on the bill to prevent
frauds on the Treasury...
.217
Stevens, Thaddeus, a Representative from Penn-
sylvania......
...220
St. Lawrence, concerning the free navigation of
the.....
...211
Stuart, Charles E., a Senator from Michigan, 243,
292, 301
remarks on the proposition for extra compensa-
tion to the Superintendent of Public Printing,
291, 292
remarks on the proposition for the purchase of
Captain Ringgold's charts..
..317
Sugar interests of Louisiana, remarks in the House
of Representatives in relation to, by Mr.
Moore..
....209
Sumner, Charles, a Senator from Massachusetts,

290
Superintendent of Public Printing, and clerks, and
messengers, extra compensation to......284,
291, 292
remarks on-see Compensation, extra.
Survey of the coast, views on the... .......88
Surveys and explorations......
..8
Sweetser, Charles, a Representative from Ohio,
104, 105

T.
Tariff, remarks in the House of Representatives
concerning the, by-

Mr. Brown, of Mississippi.

Mr. Clingman....

Mr. Jones, of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Meade..

....

......

..55
.31, 55
.29, 38
.33

..35

..26

.52

.231

.231

Tehuantepec grant, remarks in the Senate in re-

gard to the...

By Mr. Borland................

Mr. Brooke...

Mr. Downs..

....134

..166

..165
..138

Thanks to the President pro tem. of the Senate, 323
Thomson, John R., a Senator from New Jer-
sey.....
.....243, 301
Thompson, John B., a Senator from Kentucky,
243, 266, 291
remarks on the proposition for per diem and
mileage to Mr. Yulee....
...283
Tortugas and Key West-see Fortifications.
Toucey, Isaac, a Senator from Connecticut...299
Townshend, Norton S., a Representative from
Ohio-

remarks on the bill establishing reciprocal trade
with the British North American Provinces
on certain conditions...... ..........210
Tuck, Amos, a Representative from New Hamp-
shire-

remarks on the bill establishing reciprocal trade
with the British North American colonies
upon certain conditions....
...197
Trade, reciprocal, with the British North Ameri-
can Provinces-

the bill establishing......

.....

War Department, annual report from the......5
Washington, the views of....
.56, 237
Warring, Joseph H., the heirs of, leave to with-
draw papers of...
......296
Weightman, Richard H., a Delegate from New
Mexico

remarks on the affairs of New Mexico.....103
Welch, Purser, letter of Mr. Kennedy, Secretary
of the Navy, exculpatory of..
..302
Weller, John B., a Senator from California..136,
245, 257, 279, 284, 290, 301
resolutions by.....
.290, 323
remarks on the proposition for publishing the
debates in the Intelligencer. 326, 327, 328, 330
Wellington, the promotions of the Duke of....57
West, James H., imprisoned in Cuba, resolutions
of the Legislature of Rhode Island in relation
to, &c...
...256, 262
Widows of revolutionary soldiers, pensions under
the law providing for the.....
Woodward, Joseph A., a Representative from
South Carolina-

on adjournment..

..295

..301

on the proposition for continuance of compen-
sation to Robert Beale.......

.305
on the proposition for the purchase of copies of
Ringgold's maps and charts... ...306
on the proposition for a reading clerk to the
Senate....
.......309
on the proposition for the purchase of copies of
Captain Ringgold's charts.... ......319
on the proposition for the purchase of Johnson's
machine for taking the yeas and nays...319,
321, 322

remarks, by-

Mr. Dodge, of Iowa..

Mr. Hamlin..

..322

.322

..321

.322

Yulee, David L., proposition to pay mileage and

Mr. Houston.

Mr. Mallory.....

per diem to..

remarks, by-

Mr. Adams.
Mr. Badger
Mr. Bright

.....

Mr. Borland..

Mr. Butler.

Mr. Douglas
Mr. Houston.
Mr. Mason
Mr. Morton...

.245, 246, 280

.281, 283
..281

.280, 281, 283

.281, 282

..281

..280

..282

..280

.280, 281

.....

Almanac, (Nautical,) appropriation for the...353
American Archives, appropriation for.......343
Appeal, what papers necessary on...........
...335
from courts of Washington Territory......340
Appointment, of assistant postmaster generals, 363
of new registers and receivers......... .334, 360
of surveyor general in California...
of assistant secretary of state, authorized...350
of additional appraiser general.....
Appraiser General, additional, to be appointed for
the Pacific coast..
Appropriations, for Indian affairs, the army, the
navy, pensions, light-houses, military acade-
my, harbors and rivers, fortifications, ocean
mail steamers, post offices, deficiencies. See
those titles

....347

survey of railroad route to the Pacific......352
deficiency appropriation for........

Armories, superintendent of....

.352

Arms, inquiry as to expediency of manufacturing
of, by contract...
distribution of, to Iowa...

.352

..352

.360

.347

neers.........

Western Military Asylum...

Army, general appropriation bill for... ....351
salary of military storekeepers in Oregon, Cali-
fornia, and New Mexico....
..351
companies of light artillery to be remounted, 351
arsenals may be abolished....
...351
report to be made respecting manufacturing arms
by contract......
.....352
extra pay to garrison of Fort Laramie.....352
promotion in the corps of topographical engi-
.352
..352

......

.342

pay of officers employed in astronomical expe-
dition to Chili. : ., ...
..... .343

printing of abstract of.......
appropriation for.

......

364

.365
..341
..364

Census Board, salary of secretary of
Central America, minister to, appropriation for,

347
to whom to be accredited..... .....347
Charts, wind and current, appropriation for..353
Chelsea, hospital at, disposition of lands belong-
ing to....
• •. • • • • •. . . .353
Chicago, salary of collector at
.......347
Chickasaw Indians, appropriation for the....356
Chili, pay of officers engaged in astronomical ex-
pedition to...
...343
China, commissioner to reside at, salary of...348
Chippewa Indians, appropriation for.. .343
of Saganaw, appropriation for....
Menomonies, Winnebagoes, and New York
Indians, appropriation for..
...356
of Lake Superior and the Mississippi, appro-
priation for....

...356

.356

.357

.356

.356

and Ottowas, appropriation for...
Choctaw Indians, appropriation for
Christian Indians, appropriation for..
Circuit Court, of District of Columbia, cases com-
menced in, may be continued beyond end of
term of..... . .. .

judge of, may appoint a crier...
attendants on.....

..334

.336

Claims on United States, transfers of, forbidden

before allowance.................

Compensation-Continued.

....

of depositaries of public money ......338
of deputy-surveyors at Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans,

342

of those engaged in astronomical expedition to
Chili...

..343

of territorial officers, in case of absence...
.....343
of treasurers of the mint..................347
of collector at Chicago..

of commissioner to China.

of ministers resident...
of auxiliary guard..

...347
...348

.347
...348

349

..361

..334

..349

of California land commissioners and secretary,

of surveyor general in California..
of surveyor general in Oregon....
of superintendent of coast survey..
of clerks in the departments as classified .349,350
of Vice President, Secretaries of Departments,
Postmaster General, and Attorney-General,
of Assistant Secretary of State............350
of those engaged in assay office in New York,
350
of assistant treasurer of New York........351
of pursers and their clerks in California....352
of garrison at Fort Laramie....

350

.352

of postmasters in Richmond, (Virginia,) and
Cleveland, (Ohio,).....

.363

of secretary of census board.

.364

distribution of books to, what allowable..343
delegates to, from Washington Territory...340
Corwin, Thomas, payment of expenses of com-

mittee of investigation of conduct of.....343
Costs, taxable, items of................335, 337
Counterfeiting, of postage stamps, penalty for, 363
Courts, cases commenced in District of Columbia,
may be continued into the next term.....334
criers of, and attendants on...............336
in Washington Territory......
...339
Creek Indians, appropriation for the.. ...356
Criminal Court of the District of Columbia, salary
of judge of...
....333
cases commenced in, may be continued in the
next term....
...334
Criminal Law, penalty for bribery of members of
Congress..
.....338
arrest of prisoners, charged with two or more
offenses...

H.

......

.337
.338

.336

Ashtabula Harbor..

Buffalo Creek...

.332

.343
charge for casting gold or silver at the mint, or
assay offices..
.343
sizes, devices, &c., of the new silver coins..343
settlement of accounts of the late collector at
San Francisco....
..343
Delaware Indians, appropriation for the..342, 356
Delegate, from Washington Territory........340
Depositaries, of public moneys, compensation
of..

......

.....

.338

Deputy Surveyors, at Boston, New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans, pay
of..
.342
.335, 337
.336
...336

District Attorneys, fees of..

limit of compensation of........
accounts of...

......

appointment of, for Washington Territory, 339
fees of, for services within the past six years, 335
pay of counsel to assist..
..335
District Court of California, jurisdiction of, in
criminal cases..

of Iowa, regulation of terms of....
criers of, and attendants on....
District of Columbia, regulation of executions
in...

bail and arrest in civil cases for debt in....332
salary of judge of criminal court in........333
Dock in California, basin and railway to be built
in connection with.....
.353
Documentary History, appropriation for the, 343
Downing, A. J., appropriation for arrears due, 342
Dragoman, Assistant in Turkey, office of abol-
ished.....
.342
.333

Dubuque, (Iowa,) grant of land to.

E.

.......

Eel Rivers Indians, appropriation for the....357
Electoral Messengers, appropriation for payment

.of......

Embezzlement, taking a receipt (for money ap
propriated) for a greater sum than is paid
held to be.......

.359

Engineers, (Topographical,) promotion in corps
of..
.352
.341

...

Massachusetts.
North Carolina.

Frauds on the Treasury, act for prevention of, 337
transfer of claims, when and how allowable, 337
members of Congress not to act for claimants,

penalty for bribery.

for offenses concerning records..
taking false receipts, penalty for..
G.

Red River Raft.......

Evansville..

337, 338

.338

..338

Shawnees.

Sioux of Mississippi...

Six Nations of New York.
Stockbridges...

Texas Indians.

Weas....
Winnebagoes...

Wyandots....

..359 Inspectors of Steamboats, may grant further time
to owners of steamboats to comply with
steamboat act.......

Independent Treasury, compensation of deposit-
.338
...347

.......364
.364
no person interested in any patent for articles
required by steamboat act to be competent to
hold the office of.......
.....364
Interior Department, appropriation for the sup-
port of the.....

approval of boilers by.......

......345

Internal Improvements-see Harbors.
Iowa, regulation of terms of District Court in, 338
distribution of arms to....

.352

.357

Iowa Indians, appropriation for the..

.342

in California and Oregon, extra pay to

...337

naval, at Chelsea, disposition of lands of...353
appropriation for...

King, J. B., settlement of accounts of........343
King, William R., administration to, of oath of
office as Vice President......

.341

.353
:.365

L.

Land Districts, establishment of, in California, 360
Land Offices, provisions respecting when they are
abolished....

salary of assistant treasurer at New York..351
Indian Affairs, general appropriation bill for..355
publication of statistics...

medals of the President.

....359
..359

President may change location of.....348, 360
Lands-see Public Lands.

President may discontinue when sales are less
than expenses

..332

....345

Lane, Thomas W., payment to...

.342

.363

to be defaced when deposited..

.363

Lee County, (Iowa,) claim of, to be audited and
paid..

penalty for using or attempting to use twice, 363
Executions, in District of Columbia, regulation

negotiations with tribes west of Missouri and

Lee, Richard B.; payment of..

.346
.352

payment of appropriations, how made.....359
taking receipts for larger sums than are paid,
penalties for....

of...

Letters uncalled for in California, advertisment
.....354

northwest building.

.......

.345

southeast building...

southwest building...

deficiency appropriation for..

Exploring Expedition, appropriation for publish-

ing works of.....

.344

Chippewas....

Library of Congress, appropriation for......344
preparation of catalogue of....☀☀
......359
appropriations for, in the deficiencies appropri-Life-boats, metallic, a substitute for, may be ac-

appropriations for, and provisions respecting

cepted by inspectors in certain cases...
....365
Light-Houses, appropriations for...343, 346, 347
part of act of 1852, ch. 110, sec. 2, repealed, 343
general appropriation bill for...

..344

Alabama..

..354

.355

..355

...341

.354

..355

Miami Indians, appropriations for the..
Military Academy, appropriations for the, 338, 341
Military Bounty Land Warrants-see Bounty.
Military Asylum, appropriation for a western, 352
Military Contributions, act concerning, extend-
...352
ed...
Military Reservations in California, for Indian
.359
.360
.334

.....

forbidden.

purposes.
settlements near,
in Oregon
Military Storekeepers in Oregon, California, and
......351
New Mexico, pay of...
Mills, Clark, to be employed to make an eques-
trian statue of George Washington......332
to be compensated for his statue of Andrew
....351
Jackson...........
..331
.364
.....346

Minnesota, appropriation for roads in.

appropriation for public buildings in.......360
appropriation for school lands in...
general appropriation for.......
Minot's Ledge, site for a light-house in place of
..355
the one authorized on.....

.....

appropriation for Ocean steamers....

.354

.355

Cleveland, &c., Railroad, made a post road, 361
all railroads made post roads......

.353

:353

..363

.353

compensation of postmasters at Cleveland and

.353

Richmond..

...363

.353

.353

compensation of deputy postmasters.......363
penalty for offenses concerning stamped envel-

..363

..353

stamped envelopes to be defaced when depos-
.363
ited.

..352

.363

....353

....361

to....

......

....

.360
..337

&c....

.335, 337
...337

.351

.335

.348

.357
.331

Omaha Indians, appropriation for the..
Oregon, school lands in...

appropriations for military roads in..

.331

provisions for settlers in.

Public Lands, school hands in Oregon.

.334

school lands in California....

.335

surveyor general of, an act concerning
to have a seal..

.334

school lands in Washington..

.361

school lands in Alabama.

land reservations in.

.234

.334, 335

provision for sale of lands in.

.234

claim of R. B. Forbes and others for a light-
boat at, to be investigated and paid..
Mint, issue of new silver coins from, and their

relocation of bounty land warrants.

disposition of papers, &c., where land offices

*

..343
.336
.335
..335
.335, 343

weight..

their size and devices..

purchase of bullion for..

private deposits for, forbidden..

regulations concerning

act when to take effect..

new gold piece of three dollars to be issued..335

charge for casting.

..335, 343

persons to make devices for new coins.....343

York...

fees of jurors, witnesses, marshals, &c., in, 337
act erecting northern part of, into the Territory
......338
of Washington....
government jurisdiction of, with Washington
Territory over Columbia River .........340
Osage Indians, appropriation for the.......357
Ottoe Indians, appropriation for the........357
Ottowa Indians, appropriation for the......231
and Chippewas, appropriation for the....357
P.

Pacific, survey of route for a railroad to the ..352
from the Mississippi River to the, appropriation

for..

N.

..333
..349

Patent Office, appropriation for.....341, 342, 345
Paupers in the District of Columbia, appropriation
.348, 349
for...
Pawnee Indians, appropriation for the.......358
Penalties for extortion-see Extortion.

for offenses respecting stamped envelopes-see
Envelopes.

for taking a receipt for more money than is
......359
paid

in the act to prevent frauds on the treasury..337
Pensions, Invalid, of widows of revolutionary sol-
diers....
appropriations for..

.....

.332
..332

officers to be appointed..
grant of school lands.
location of school lands.

.......

.360

..360

.360

.350

of Andrew Jackson, appropriation for, 342, 351
Statutes at Large, appropriation for the purchase
of,......
.349
Steamboat Inspectors, authorized to dispense with
certain requirements of the act relating to
.steamboats......
.....364, 365
persons interested in patents for things required,
not to be competent to hold the office of..363
Stockbridge Indians, appropriation for the....358
Stocks, (Public,) purchase of, authorized.....350
Stuntz, George R., payment to............. ..324
Superintendent of the coast survey, pay of...349
of public printing to superintend the binding of
public documents....

..344

of public printing, to receive and keep samples
of paper for maps, &c...
...344
of armories, inquiry as to appointment of..351
Surveyor-General for California, appointment of,

and his duties..

Wind and Current Charts, appropriation for.353
Winnebago Indians, appropriation for...357, 359
and other tribes.
Witnesses, fees of.

..357
..337

provision respecting persons coming from abroad
.337
respecting officers of government..... ...337
in California, and Oregon, extra pay of....337
Wreck, appropriation for acknowledging services
of foreigners in rescue from......
Wright, Hendrick B., payment to..
Wyandots appropriation for the....

PRIVATE.

.....

......

.341
.341

.359

.360

..334

.360

..364

364

.342

.338

to the....
..369
Armistead, Elizabeth, pension of..... .....366
Armstrong, Robert, settlement of accounts of, 372
Arnow, Joseph, claim of heirs of, to be adjusted,
366
B.
Baden, Frances E., pension of.... ....370
Barnard, Christine, payment to...
..........370
Barnett, Thompson, payment to. ......373
Bates, Lewis H., claim of, to be audited and paid,
371

S.

Sac and Fox Indians, appropriation for the..235,
236
San Francisco, settlement of accounts of late col-
lector at....
.343
extension of time for bids for a mint at.... .343
basin and railway at....
.353

......

Utah, military reservation in, for Indian pur-
poses.
.359

Boundary, Brig, register to issue to..........372
Box, Edward, pension of..............

.370

Seamen, appropriation for.

.348

fees of, when they return to be witnesses...337
Seekonk River, amendment of appropriation for,
365

Secretary, of California land claim commission,
pay of.....

V.
Vice President, salary of, increased..........350
administration of oath of office to William R.
King.....
....341
Virginia, settlement of claim of.

Brazil Packet, The, register to issue to the, under
the name of May......
....370
Burlington, Iowa, grant of land to............368
Bush, Captain, payment of company of, for ser-
vices in Florida..
....369

C.

..349

of census board, pay of.

...364

of State, pay of, increased..

.350

assistant to, to be appointed.

.350

.350

of the Interior, pay of, increased.

of the Treasury, pay of, increased..
of War, pay of, increased..
Seminole Indians, of Florida, appropriation for
the.
...357
Seneca Indians, appropriations for the..... .359
and Shawanees, appropriation for the......359
of New York, appropriation for the...... .328
Shawnee Indians, appropriation for the......358
and Senecas, appropriations for the........358
Shipping, registers and enrollment to issue to for-

eign vessels wrecked, and purchased by Amer-
ican citizens and repaired at a certain cost, 331
pay of seamen sent home as witnesses.....337

.352
payment to Captain McRae's company of vol-
unteers from...
...352
Vouchers, false, penalty for officers taking re-
ceipts for more than they pay...........359
W.

..359

.342

Chelsea, Massachusetts, right of way granted to,
370
Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad, right of way
.369
granted to..
Click, Henry, increase of pension of.........371
Cobb, Ursula E., pension of....
...371
Colton, Walter, payment to representatives of, 370
Converse, John P., payment to............ ..373
Corderey, David, payment to representatives of,
373

......

.......

reservation of power of United States respecting
Indians.....
missionary stations..

.338

....

.338

Creecy, Colonel James R., payment to ..... ..368