Blake, Wm. (See bill H. R. 202.) committee discharged Blanchard, A. G, and others, memorial Bleakley, Josiah. (See Jean F. Perry.) Block island, Rhode Island, improvement of the harbor at. (See bill S. 423.) Blodget, Sylvanus. (See bill H. R. 616) Blue Book distribution of. (See joint resolution H. R. 43.) Blythe, Calvin, petition Page 370 371 149 committee discharged Boggs, Eve. (See bill H. R. 659.) Books to Senators, resolution to furnish... credentials presented... oath taken, &c..... Boston, Jacob. (See bill H. R. 607.) Boston, petition of publishers of periodicals in, relative to postage. report and bill (see bill S. 375). Bounty lands. (See Lands) .... Bowdoinham, Maine, citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage, &c... Brandon, right of way and land for a railroad from Brandon to the eastern border Brazos de Santiago, port of entry at. (See bill S. 299.) Breese, Hon. Sidney, attended.. resignation of his appointment as regent of the Smithsonian Institution mail route from Kane to Witt's mill or Jalapa.. to refer the President's message so far as relates to the public lands.. extension of the provisions of the 9th section of the act of 11th Feb- copies of a map for the Commissioner of the General Land Office.. 164 181 bounty land for services in the last war with Great Britain..... 214 extra pay to the navy and marine corps for services in the war with 245 report report of the Postmaster General.. compilation and translation of the laws in force in New Mexico and to print a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office with Bremen, contract with Edward Mills for the transportation of the mails between postal arrangement with, resolution by Mr. Niles Brennan, Charles, and others, leave to withdraw........... Bren', Thomas L. L., memorial referred.. Brigham, James H., wife of. (See Sarah D. Caldwell.) 307 209, 225 245 293 mail steamers from Southampton, Bremen, and Havre. (See bill S. 155 187 122 75 6, 351 Bright, Hon. Jesse D., presented the credentials of the Hon. James Whitcomb despatches from the United States minister at Rio de Janeiro relative- Page. 306 76 notice to the President of the United States and to the House of Rep 81 designated depositories appointed under the sub-treasury act of August 122 printing the pension laws and bounty land laws.. 175 annual report of the Commissioner of Patents to be bound, and the 307 to fix the hour of meeting...... employment of B. F. Brown as a clerk in the Senate. British provinces. (See Colton's Map.) 356 367, 368 214 139 Brocchus, Perry E., memorial in behalf of the marine corps for extra pay and Brooklyn, communication from the mayor of Brooklyn, with the proceedings of Brown, B. F., resolution by Mr. Bright for the employment of, as a clerk in the Bruce, John, petition referred.. Brunswick Maine, citizens of, petition for reduction of postage. Brush, John M. (See Eugene Van Ness) Brush, Nehemiah, executors of. (See Eugene Van Ness.) Brush, Nehemiah. (See bill S. 259 ) Bryan, Joseph. (See bill H. R. 198) Bryan, John A. (See joint resolution S. R. 19.) Bryant, A. C., and others. (See bill H. R. 359.) Buffalo, citizens of, memorial for a railroad from the Missouri to the Pacific..... petition for the abolition of the spirit ration in the navy, and Common Council of, petition for the abolition of the spirit ration in the 198 Bull, Archibald, and Lemuel S. Finch. (See bill H. R. 129.) Buoys. (See Light-houses.) Burgess, Charles J., memorial. Burns, William H., petition.... 699 79 Burriss, Elizabeth, heirs or assigns of. (See bill H. R. 191.) Burying ground in Mexico for the use of citizens of the United States. (See joint Bush, William Henry, memorial. resolution by Mr. Dickinson.. message from the President with report of the Secretary of State. ...... Business, motion by Mr. Atherton to rescind the orders of last session discharging before committees last session, and not reported on, recommitted- Caddo boy, reparation for the killing of a, by volunteers in Texas. (See bill S. Caldwell, Sarah D. (See bill H. R. 310.) 142 143 252 51 103- 103 4,350 141 352 65 96 218 Caldwell, Joseph F. (See bill S. 83.) Calhoun, Hon. J. C., attended..... Calhoun county, Florida, land for a county site in, resolution of the Legislature California, admission of, into the Union as a State. (See bill S. 350.) yeas and nays on motion to refer .... views of a minority of the committee. select committee on the bill... bill to establish the territorial government of. (See bill H. R. 685.) establishment of a government for, and exclusion of slavery from the Page. 52, 350 131 67 114 127 148 312 314 territorial government for California and New Mexico, memorial of resolution of the Legislature of North Carolina for the adoption of the 140 140 278 143 278 report of the select committee on the publication of the results of Col. bill for ascertaining claims and titles to land in California and New road from Fort Smith to, memorial of the Legislature of Arkansas... laws in force in, on 13th May, 1846, resolution by Mr. Breese for a memorial of Peter Von Schmidt relative to the gold mines in........ committee discharged.. resolution by Mr. Underwood for a board of commissioners to ascertain resolution of the Legislature of New York..... petition of citizens of Montgomery county, Pennsylvania railroad from the Mississippi to, memorial of William Bayard & Co.. ... report of the Secretary of the Navy..... 167 233 83 140 140 151 278 164 185 259 232 107 109 108 193 220 Calkins & Co., E. P., surviving partner and legal representative of. (See Sam- uel Jones.) adverse report recommitted... Callaghan, Bryan. (See bill S. 310.) Cameron, Hon. Simon, attended resolutions submitted by, viz: to supply Senators with newspapers....... to change the number of copies of the Journal, docu- resolution of December 14, 1847, to furnish Senators to suspend the 16th joint rule ..... Campbell, William A., surviving partner of James C. Watson Campbell, John. (See bill H. R. 285.) Campbell, William R., petition.... (See bill S. 407.) Campbell, Thomas J. (See Clerk of the House of Representatives) Canada, bill to admit certain articles the growth of Canada, into the United reciprocal free trade with Canada in certain agricultural products— petition of merchants, &c., of Baltimore... annexation of, petition of citizens of Ogle county, Illinois. Canals, land to the States for railroads, &c. (See bill S. 415.) Canandaigua, New York, petition of John A. Granger in behalf of the village of, petition of John A. Granger, in behalf of the village of, for a pro- Canfield, Lizur B. (See bill H. R. 282.) Capella, Peter. (See bill S. 48.) Capella, Andrew, administrator of. (See Peter Capella.) Capital punishment, abolition of, petition of citizens of Schuylkill county, Penn- Page. 55 3 5 51 135 217, 297 308 314 250, 255 141 209, 253 264 261 198 193 Carnahan, A. M., and others, petition for the transportation of emigrants to Carnes, Peter A., leave to withdraw.. committee discharged, and ordered to lie on the table. petition.... report and bill (see bill S. 491). 265 280 121 64 102 116 48 115 309 Carrington, H. (See bill H. R. 272.) Cayuga county, N. Y., citizens of, petition for a reduction of postage, &c....... 153 Cazean, Francis, administrator of, petition referred... Cedar Keys, port of entry and delivery at, resolution of the Legislature of Florida 287 66 141 bill H. R. 813 referred to the select committee ...... memorial of the New York Agricultural Society for the collection of agri- Center, George. (See bill S. 107.) Central and Northern Cross Railroads, resolution of the Legislature of Illinois, Centre county, Pennsylvania, citizens of, petition relative to newspaper postage. Champlin, Stephen. (See bill H. R. 77) Chaplains, memorial of the Kehnkee Primitive Baptist Association, in relation to Chaplains to Congress, resolution of the House of Representatives for the elec tion of.. concurred in by the Senate.. election of the Rev. R. R. Gurley by the House of Rep- election of the Rev. Henry Slicer by the Senate. Chaplains in the army, additional. (See bill S. 393.) Chapman, Ezra, petition. Chapman, William, petition Charleston Chamber of Commerce, proceedings of, relative to the coast survey. Chase, honorable Salmon P., credentials presented, &c..... resolutions by, on the death of the honorable Rudol- Chase, Ann. (See joint resolution S. R. 18.) leave to withdraw.... adverse report.. Chauncey, Henry. (See William H. Aspinwall.) Cheever, William D., widow and executrix of. (See Jeannette C. Huntington.) treaty of 1846, resolution by Mr. Bell...... report of the Second Comptroller and Second Auditor.. referred.... communication from the Second Comptroller..... memorial of Johnson K. Rogers for himself and other Chero- kees, for an investigation of their wrongs.. select committee on. 221, 225 claims made against, especially the "Old Settlers," resolution 135 report of the Secretary of War... 204 221 amount advanced to the "Old Settlers," or Western Chero- kees, resolution by Mr. Bell... 143 report of the Secretary of War.. 175 memorial of W. S. Coodey and John Drew, representatives of Chester, Wintrhop W., and S. E. Guild, communication...... Chester county, Pennsylvania, citizens of, petition for an increase of duties on Chicago, railroad connecting the upper and lower Mississippi with the lakes at Chicago. 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