Slavery, &c., in New Mexico and California-

petition of citizens of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania....

petition of citizens of Pennsylvania....

resolutions of State Legislatures-

Page.

107

232

140

140

164

185

259

278

154

108

113

Middletown, Connecticut...

Rhode Island......

154

306

Pennsylvania....

Pennsylvania society for promoting the `abolition of slavery.......

Kennet monthly meeting of Friends....

New Garden monthly meeting of Friends.

Slavery throughout the Union, &c-

petitions of female inhabitants of the United States..

259

278

154

175

109

109

113

...

of Michigan....

266

Smith, Lieutenant, resolution by Mr. Douglas for the report of, on the drainage
and improvement of the valley of Mexico...

John J., leave to withdraw...

....

Jonathan, heirs of, resolution for leave to withdraw

appointment of regents in. (See joint resolution S. R. 41.)
resignation of Mr. Breese as regent....

271

266

307

368, 369

145

Vice President to appoint a regent in place of Mr. Breese..

145

Mason appointed as regent.

145

...

of the board of regents....

234

from the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution relative to
cancy in the board of regents

357

ion by Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, relative to the filling of

Incies in the board of regents..

eas and nays.......

earce appointed a regent.

359

359

Smyly, J. S.. petition of citizens of Edgefield district, South Carolina, for a post
office at the residence of..

Snavely, William. (See bill H. R. 514.)

Snodgrass, Thomas, petition..

committee discharged and again referred
additional documents..

Soldiers, resolution by Mr. Breese to extend the provision of 9th section, act 11th
February, 1847, to the devisees of deceased soldiers....
report....

Solicitor of the Treasury, reports of-

with the decision of the arbitrator on the claim of the Catholic
church at St. Augustine...

165

report showing the operations of that office since its organiza-
tion, communicated by the President..

295

South Carolina Legislature, resolution relative to slavery.
Southmayed & Son, Horace, memorial referred ..

146

185

54

Spain, laws of Spain and Mexico in force in New Mexico and California on the
13th of May, 1846, resolution by Mr. Breese, for a compilation and translation

of
Spalding, Azel, petition referred..

Spanish vessels exempt from discriminating duties in certain cases. (See bill H.
R. 792.)

committee discharged, and again referred

Spanish vessels, tonnage duty on, resolution by Mr. Westcott.

report of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Spanish vessels trading between Cuba and the United States, resolution by Mr.
Westcott, relative to the tonnage duty on, modified and agreed to.
Spanish vessels trading between the United States and Spain, petition of citizens

of Charleston, for the removal of restrictions on

Speiden, William. (See joint resolution H. R. 14.)

Spencer, Joseph, heirs and representatives of. (See James M. Lillard.)

Spencer, John, petition....

Spirit ration. (See Navy.)

Springfield, Mass., citizens of, memorial for an amendment of the patent laws..

Spruance, Hon. Presley, attended....

Stafford, Aaron. (See bill H. R. 617.)

Stafford, Abigail. (See bill H. R. 540.)

Stalker, Gilbert, administrator of.

(See N. B. Hill.)

307

54

284

55

306

55

193

188

244

3, 350

Stanert, John, adverse report concurred in..

State Department, disbursements from the contingent fund of the department,
&c., report of the Secretary..

clerks employed in the department, report of the Secretary..

State, Secretary of, reports of-

disbursements from the contingent fund of the State Department; dis-
bursements for all objects; disbursements from the contingent fund
for foreign intercourse; and disbursements from the contingent fund
for all the missions abroad...

number and description of passengers who arrived in 1848.
returns of American seamen..

56

49

117

49

60

68

clerks employed in the department..

117

with despatches from the minister at Rio de Janeiro, relative to the
conduct of Com. G. W. Storer, communicated by the President....
relative to John B. Emerson's invention, communicated by the Presi-.
dent.......

159

174

with correspondence relative to the imprisonment of Wm. H. Bush,
communicated by the President..

States, land to the States for railroads and canals. (See bill S. 415.)
return of the bill from the House of Representatives asked..
motion to reconsider

cession of the public lands to the States in which situated, resolution by
Mr. Walker...

land to the States for internal improvements, resolution of the Legislature
of Arkansas

Page.

States, land to the States for certain purposes. (See bill S. 323.)

Stealy, John, leave to withdraw...

Steam boilers, report of the Commissioner of Patents, relative to patents for the
prevention of the explosion of

report of the Commissioner of Patents, relative to the explosion of
steam boilers for boats and railroads..

155

106

106

documents submitted by Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, relative to
the prevention of the explosion of steam boilers, to be printed.

364

committee discharged, and again referred

Stevens & Ellison, and others, petition.

Stevenson, W. W., documents.

Stinson, Benjamin, petition

Stephens, John L. (See Wm. H. Aspinwall.)

Sterling, citizens of, memorial relative to postage on letters and newspapers..
Sterrett, William C., petition

Steuart, Adam D., petition referred...

184

53

271

176

224

291

53

61

389

Stockbridge Indians, petition relative to their lands..............

treaty with, injunction of secrecy removed from the pro-
ceedings of the Senate

...

Stocks, United States, establishment of an office for the transfer of, in New York,

resolution by Mr. Dickinson

report of the Secretary of the Treasury.

...

Stockton, Commodore, despatches of, relative to the naval and military operations
in California, resolution by Mr. Westcott.....
report of the Secretary of the Navy......

...........

Stokely, Captain Nehemiah, heirs of. (See bili H. R. 496.)
Storer, Commodore G. W., despatches from the United States minister at Rio
de Janeiro, in relation to, resolution by Mr. Clarke
message from the President

Stout, Isabella, heir-at-law of James Samson, petition referred.............
Sturgeon, Hon. Daniel, attended

Substitutes, extra pay and bounty land to. (See joint resolution S. R. 52.)
Sub-treasury act of August 6, 1846, designated depositaries appointed under,

resolution by Mr. Bright...

report of the Secretary of the Treasury

Superior, Lake, land district, reduction of the price of the mineral lands in.
(See bills S. 487 and H. R 741.)
Supreme Court of the United States-

bill in addition to the act to regulate the exercise of appellate
jurisdiction by the Supreme Court. (See bill S. 384.)

decisions of the judges of the Supreme Court in the case of
"Smith vs. Turner," and "Norris vs. the city of Boston,"
to be printed-

Survey, joint resolution for a geological survey in detail. (See joint resolution
S. R. 71.)

Surveyor General of Arkansas, resolution of the Legislature of Arkansas for the
continuance of the office of

76

159

66%

3,350

122

138

226

368, 368

368

180

Sutton, Jesse. (See bill H. R. 498.)

Swearing, punishment for false swearing in certain cases. (See bill H. R. 211.)
Syracuse, New York, proceedings of a meeting of citizens, for the abolition of
the spirit ration in the navy, and corporeal punishment in the military and
naval service.

199

T.

Talbot and others, Thomas. (See bill S. 45 )
Tampico mounted rangers. (See Lewis Morris)

Tariff of 1842, petition of citizens of mercer county, Pa., for

103

Tariff of 1846, construction given to, in respect to duties on articles, upon the
exportation of which any foreign country pays a bounty, reso-
lution by Mr. Niles....

report of the Secretary of the Treasury.

Tariff, President's message, so far as it relates to, referred.

Tariff, petitions of citizens in relation to-

Columbia county, Pa........

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72, 76

178

67

53, 65, 107, 175

368, 369

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Tatem, Henry, resolution for leave to withdraw

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Taylor, Zachary, declared to be elected President of the United States.

committee to inform, of his election

.....

Taylor, Creed, (See bill S. 69.)

Taylor, Edward. (See bill H. R. 454.)

Taylor, Charles, petition..

Taylor, Maria, report and bill (see bill S. 468)

Taylor and others. Isaac W., report and bill (see bill S. 489).

Taylor, William W., injunction of secrecy removed from the proceedings of the

Teakle, Littleton D., adverse report concurred in, and committee discharged..........
Tee, William. (See bill H. R. 507.)
Tehuantepec, isthmus of, memorial of Wells & Co., and others, of New York,
for aid in constructing a railway across..
petition of P. A. Hargous, relative to a railroad across
memorial of Jesse E. Dow, relative to a road across.

Telegraph register. (See Astronomical Clock.)
Tennessee, citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage..
Tensaw river, right of way and land to Alabama and Florida for a railroad from
Montgomery to Pensacola, &c. (See bill S. 349 )

Territorial governments, petition of citizens of Pennsylvania for the adoption of
the ordinance of 1787, in the organization of.

Testimony, bill concerning. (See bill S. 20.)

Texas Legislature, resolutions for the establishment of military posts between the
Red river and the Rio Grande, committee discharged, and again referred.....
Texas, extension of the limits of-

petition of citizens of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, against........
claims of Texas to the territory acquired from Mexico, resolution of the
Legislature of New York..

resolution of the Legislature of Rhode Island.

185

226

293

384.

387

56

112

186

225

137

224, 255

165

107

140

yeas and nays

140

278

Texas, memorial of Ebenezer Allen and others, citizens of Texas, for a railroad
from the Rio Grande to the Pacific

146

United States district judge for, memorial of members of the bar of Gal-
veston for an increase of the salary of

154

additional district court in. (See bill S. 93.)

and the adjacent Mexican States, report of the Secretary of War, show-
ing the operations of the army in..

278

ports and harbors of, survey and examination of. (See bill S. 432.)
map of, by J. De Cordova, resolution by Mr. Houston...

147

Thomason, Elisha. (See bill H. R. 189.)

Page.

Thompkins, Christopher, widow of. (See Martha Dameron)

Thompson, Charles, widow of. (See Emma C. B. Thompson.)

Thompson, Emma C. B., petition.....

Thompson, Philip W. (See Henry C. Miller.)

163

Thompson, Samuel H., petition referred..

112

leave to withdraw.

223

115

Thornton, Captain Presley, heirs and legal representatives of. (See bill H. R.

536.)

69

(See bill S. 361.)

Tift, Annie, ship. (See bill S. 361.)

Todd, Barnard, legal representatives of. (See bill H. R. 248.)

Ticonic, schooner. (See bill S. 211.)

Tift, Asa F., petition

Timber reserved for naval purposes, preservation of. (See bill S. 142.)

Toledo, Ohio, citizens of, petition for free trade with Canada in certain agricul-
tural products

Toler, Jesse. (See bill S. 205.)

Tompkins, Nancy. (See bill H. R. 61.)

Tonawanda Indians, petition of citizens of Rochester, New York, in behalf of,
adverse report concurred in

Tonnage duty on Spanish vessels-

resolution by Mr. Westcott..

report of the Secretary of the Treasury..

trading between the United States and Cuba, res-
olution by Mr. Westcott modified and agreed to
Topographical engineers, petition of James Crandal Lane against the employment
of, on works unconnected with the military service...

Topping, William H. petition.....

Totten, Colonel Joseph G., communicating the memorial of Isaac S. K. Reeves..
Towle, David. (See bill H. R. 554.)

Tracy, William, leave to withdraw..

Trader's Point, bill to authorize the laying off of a town at. (See bill S. 408.)

document.

Transport vessels, transfer of, from the War to the Navy Department. (See
joint resolution S. R. 58.)

Transportation for the United States squadron on the northwest coast, resolution
by Mr. Niles

Treasury Department, report and resolution relative to Robert Mayo's work on.

(See joint resolution S. R. 57.)

209, 258

56

55

306

55

188

167

63

60

200

82

193

49

62

63

65

189

resolution by Mr. Mangum for the purchase of Robert

Mayo's work on...

367

contracts made by, report of the Secretary of the Treasury
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Commissioner of
Customs for the Treasury Department. (See bill H.
R. 764.)
yeas and nays

204

317, 318, 318, 319, 319,

320

Treasury, Acting Secretary of, committee discharged from a report of, presented

December 29, 1847..

Treasury, Secretary of the, reports of-

state of the finances.....

additional copies ordered to be printed, yeas and nays......
with the annual report of the superintendent of the coast survey..
expenditures and results of the coast survey..

number of vessels and persons employed in the coast survey, com-

281

50

50

62

193, 215

municated by the President...

205

warehousing system

244

.....

report of the superintendent of the coast survey relative to the sur-

vey of the coast of Florida.....

223