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Constitution, resolution proposing amendments to the constitution. (See joint re-
solution S. R. 64.)

Consuls, vice consuls, and seamen, bill to amend the acts of February 28, 1803,
and July 20, 1840, concerning. (See bill H. R. 532.)

Consular system, resolution by Mr. Clarke, relative to the United States consular
system in China and Turkey, and violations of the laws of those empires by
United States consuls...

Coody, Susan, and others. (See joint resolution S. R. 69.)

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Coodey, W. S., and John Drew, representatives of the Cherokees, memorial for
the settlement of their debts....

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Coodey, W. S. (See William P. Ross)

Cooke, Lieut. Col. Philip St. George, official journal of, resolution by Mr. Mason

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Corson, Levi H. (See bill H. R. 493.)

Corwin, Hon Thomas, attended..

report of the Secretary of War..
ordered to be printed........

presented the credentials of the Hon. Salmon P. Chase.
Court, Supreme, appellate jurisdiction of. (See bill S. 384.)
Courts, circuit, transfer of exemplifications of records of the United States cir-
cuit courts to the State courts in Florida, memorial of P. B. Dumas
mode of practice of the United States circuit and district courts in Lou-
isiana, resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana....
(See bill S. 421.)

bill to authorize the judge of the United States courts of the fifth circuit
to hold the United States circuit court in Kentucky. (See bill H. R.
805.)

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350

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4, 351

356

128

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district courts in Alabama. (See bill H. R. 701.)
additional district court in Texas. (See bill S. 93.)

mode of practice of the United States circuit and district courts in Lou-
isiana, resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana...

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better organization of the district court in Louisiana. (See bill S. 282.)

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Crimes, bill to amend an act more effectually to provide for the punishment of
certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes, approved 3d
March, 1825, and an act authorizing the issue of treasury notes, a loan, and for
other purposes, approved January 28, 1847. (See bill S. 312.)

Crittenden, Major George B.; injunction of secresy removed from the proceedings
of the Senate and documents in the case of.......
yeas and nays..

Crockett, Joseph, heirs and legal representatives of, petition

Cross, Trueman, heirs of, report and bill (See bill S. 418).

Cuba, tonnage duty on Spanish vessels trading between the United States and,
resolution by Mr. Westcott modified and agreed to
negotiations for the purchase of, resolution by Mr. Miller...
yeas and nays..

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387

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67, 104

105

143

252

149

357

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correspondence with the Spanish authorities in Cuba relative to the impris
onment of William H. Bush, resolution by Mr. Dickinson......
message from the President, with a report from the Secretary of State

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Dade county, Florida, exclusion of the mail system from, resolution by Mr. Yulee
Dallas, Hon. George M. (See Vice President)

Dameron, Charles, widow of. (See Polly Dameron.)

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Dameron. Polly. (See bill H. R. 545.)
Dameron, Martha. (See bill H. R. 613.)
Dana, Joseph. (See bill H. R. 611.)

Darby, Salsy. (See bill H. R. 723.)

Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, citizens of, petition for an increase of duties on
foreign manufactures..

Darden, Simeon. (See John B. Smith)

Davenport, Isaac, adverse report concurred in .

Davenport, James B. (See bill H. R. 187.)

Davis, Hon. John, attended

resolutions submitted by, viz:

amendment of the bounty land laws..

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committee to make arrangements for the reception of the President elect
on the 5th of March.

appointment of the Hon. David R. Atchison as President of the Senate
pro tem., &c..

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352

4, 351

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Davis, Hon. Jefferson, attended

presented the credentials of the Hon. Augustus C. Dodge..

filling of vacancies in the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution 357, 359

Davis, Samuel D., petition....

Davis, Lot. (See bill H. R. 439.)

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Dawson, Frederick, James Schott, and Elisha D. Whitney. (See bill S. 169.)
Dayton, Hon. William L., attended....

resolution by, for the purchase of Colton's Map of the United States, the
British Provinces, and Mexico......

Dead Sea, report of Lieutenant Lynch of an examination of-

resolution by Mr. Westcott...

report of the Secretary of the Navy.
referred and ordered to be printed..

Deaths announced, and proceedings thereon-

of Senator Lewis, during recess...

of the Hon. Alexander D. Sims, of the House of Representatives.....
of the Hon. Rudolphus Dickinson, late of the House of Representatives..
Debates and proceedings of the Senate, resolution by Mr. Niles relative to the re-
porting and publishing of...

motion to reconsider...

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newspapers that have contracted to publish the debates of the Senate to
be furnished with documents, resolution by Mr. Westcott
relative to the contract for publishing the debates and proceedings of the
Senate, resolution by Mr. Badger..

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Debates and proceedings of Congress, subscription for, authorized. (See joint

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yeas and nays on motion to lay the bill on the table.
yeas and nays on ordering the bill to a third reading

De Cordova's Map of Texas, resolution by Mr. Houston...

Decatur, Stephen, representative of.

Deep Creek, Conn, citizens of, petition for reduction of postage.

Deficiencies of appropriations, bill to supply. (See bill H. R. 665.)

259

177, 195

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196

196

147

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128

123

yeas and nays..

De Kalb, Major General Baron, grandchildren of. (See bill H. R. 185.)

De Repentigny. (See Agnes Slacke.)

De la Roche, G. F., and W. P. S. Sanger. (See bill H. R. 121.)

Delaware city, ice harbor at, memorial of pilots and masters of vessels navigating

the Delaware bay and river..

106

Des Moines rapids, improvement of. (See bill S. 452 )

Delaware city, ice harbor at, petition of citizens of Philadelphia

(See bill S. 445.)

Delaware bay and river, pilots and masters of vessels navigating the, memorial
for an ice harbor at Delaware city...

memorial of pilots and masters of vessels navigating the, for a light-

house on the Delaware breakwater

Delaware bay and river, piers and harbors in, citizens of Pennsylvania, petition..
Delaware breakwater, light-house on, memorial of owners and masters of vessels
navigating the Delaware river and bay..

Delezenne, Christopher, resolution for leave to withdraw.

Dent, Frederick, petition...

Depositaries, designated, appointed under the sub-treasury act of August 6, 1846,

resolution by Mr. Bright..

report of the Secretary of the Treasury

Derby, Conn., citizens of, petition for an amendment of the patent laws

Des Moines river, bridge over, petition of citizens of Iowa....

resolution of the Legislature of Iowa..

Des Moines and Rock river rapids, improvement of, resolution of the Legislature
of Iowa.....

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Detroit, pay to the clerk and messenger of the superintendent of Indian Affairs at,
resolution by Mr. Felch.....

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Detroit, citizens of, petition of, for a reduction of postage, &c..

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Devlin, John S., petition....

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report and bill. (See bill S 462).

216

Devlin, John, motion to reconsider the vote on ordering bill S. 148 to a third
reading, yeas and nays..

101

Dickinson, Hon. Daniel S., attended..

3, 350

resolutions submitted by-

establishment of an office of transfer for United States stocks in the

city of New York.......

advertising of mail lettings by contract.

imprisonment of Wm. Henry Bush at Havana..

settlement of the claims of A. S. & A. W. Benson..

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Dickinson, Hon. Rudolphus, death of, letter from the Clerk of the House of Rep-

Disability imposed upon certain bidders for mail contracts. (See bill S. 399.)
Discharged committees, motion by Mr. Atherton to rescind the order of last ses-
sion discharging the Committees on Commerce, Pen-
sions, Military Affairs, and Naval Affairs from certain
business.

Committee on Naval Affairs discharged from certain bu-
siness.....

.........

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Committee on Indian Affairs discharged..

Committee on Revolutionary Claims discharged...

District of Columbia, retrocession of, to Maryland, resolution by Mr. Douglas

for.......

petition of citizens of Norristown, Pa., against..

District of Columbia, individual notes in, memorial of citizens of Rockville, Mary-

land, against the issue of.....

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329

329

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107.

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147

ordered to be printed

District of Columbia, slavery in-

petitions and memorials of citizens and others-

Norristown, Pennsylvania...

107

Eliot, Maine...

Pennsylvania 158, 224, 224, 232, 232, 255, 265, 265, 265, 265, 306
New Jersey

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Sadsbury monthly meeting of Friends..

237

Kennet monthly meeting of Friends...

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New Garden monthly meeting of Friends...

237

Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery
members of the boards of aldermen and common council of
Washington.....

committee discharged and leave to withdraw

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Disturnell, J., memorial of, relative to the collection of statistics of North Amer-
ica and the West Indies..

Dix, Hon. John A., attended..

resolution by, for an allowance to Robert Beale..

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Dix, Mary B. (See bill S. 457.)

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report....

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attended.

Documents printed by States, resolution of the Legislature of Indiana relative to
the postage on.......

Documents, &c., printed for the Senate, resolution by Mr. Cameron to change the
number of copies of......

newspapers that have contracted to publish the debates of the Senate
to be furnished with the documents, resolution by Mr. Westcott....
Dodge, Hon. Henry, attended

presented the credentials of the Hon. George W. Jones.
Dodge, Hon. Augustus C., credentials presented, &c..

resolutions by Mr. Allen for ascertaining the classes in which the Sena-
tors from Iowa shall be inserted..

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mail routes from Albia to Traders' point, and from Garnevella to Mo-

nona...

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...

mail routes from Belleview to Independence, and from Bloomington to
Prairie du Chien...

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Doland, Daniel, petition...

Dollar, gold, resolution by Mr. Douglas relative to the coinage of..

(See bills S. 414 aud H. R. 746.)

Doniphan, colonel, his officers and men, resolution of thanks to. (See joint reso-
lution S. R. 39.)

Donkee, Benjamin, resolution for leave to withdraw.

Dougherty, John, petition.....

Doughty, Amos, adverse report concurred in..

Douglas, Hon. Stephen A., attended..

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report of Lieutenant Smith in relation to draining and improving the
valley of Mexico..

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Douglass Point, road from the falls of the St. Louis river of Lake Superior to

Point Douglass, on the Mississippi. (See bill S. 412.)

Douglas, Thomas. (See bill S. 94.)

Dow, Jesse E., memorial, road across the isthmus of Tehuantepec.

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business before the committees last session and not reported on, recom-

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Drugs and medicines, adulterated, report of the Secretary of the Treasury, rela-

tive to the operation of the act to prevent the importation of .

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....

Dubois, Martin, petition.....

215

Dubuque, railroad from, to Keokuk. (See bill S. 372)
memorial of the Legislature of Iowa....

Dubuque harbor, resolution of the Legislature of Iowa..
Duffer, James H., petition

adverse report.

Dumas, P. B., memorial for the transfer of exemplifications of the records of the
United States circuit court for St. John's county, Florida, to the State courts..
Duncan, Silas, widow and heirs at law of. (See bill H. R. 200.)
Duties, tonnage duty on Spanish vessels, resolution by Mr. Westcott..
report of the Secretary of the Treasury..

....

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

committee discharged, and again referred......

tonnage duty on Spanish vessels trading between Cuba and the United
States, resolution by Mr. Westcott, modified and agreed to....
certain bonds for duties on goods destroyed by fire while in the public
store at Norfolk, Virginia, to be cancelled. (See joint resolution H.
R. 48.)

return of duties on merchandise destroyed by fire of 1845 in New York-
memorial of Barclay & Livingston, and others, merchants in New York
proceedings of the corporation of New York..

documents relative to...

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memorial of merchants of New York...

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memorial of the chamber of commerce of New York..

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bill to refund duties on goods, wares, and merchandise destroyed by fire,
(see bill S. 480,) with report....

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bill to remit duties on certain goods destroyed by fire in New York. (See
bill H. R. 803.)

increase of duties on foreign manufactures, petitions of citizens of

Columbia county, Pa....

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107, 175
167, 175, 204

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Dauphin county, Pa..
Elizabeth township
Philadelphia county, Pa.
Essex county, N. Y.
Lehigh county, Pa...
Huntingdon county, Pa..
Union county, Pa...
Philadelphia city..
Pennsylvania...
Chester county, Pa...
Mifflin county, Pa......
Luzerne county, Pa.
Montgomery county, Pa...

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Clarion county, Pa....

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Blair county, Pa..

175

Lycoming county, Pa..

175

Mercer county, Pa....

103, 175

select committee appointed...

discriminating, resolution by Mr. Clarke, relative to repealing the 1st

section of the act of May 24, 1828, concerning..

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

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Dye, Lieutenant Jonathan, widow of. (See Sarah Ann Dye.)

Dye, Sarah Ann. (See bill H. R. 538.)

E.

Eagle, Double, resolution by Mr. Douglas relative to the coinage of......
(See bills S. 414 and H. R. 746.)

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