352

Page,
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 ..

79
Coody, Susan, and others. (See joint resolution S. R. 69.)
Coodey, W. S., and John Drew, representatives of the Cherokees, memorial for
the settlement of their debts...

179
Coodey, W.S. (See William P. Ross )
Cooke, Lieut. Col. Philip St. George, official journal of, resolution by Mr. Mason 238

report of the Secretary of War... 368
ordered to be printed.....

364
Cooley, Randolph M. (See Henry W. Barnes.)
Coon, James, widow. of. (See Sarah Crandall.)
Cooper, Hon. James, credentials presented..

121
attended

350
oath taken, &c.
Corson, Levi H. (See bill H. R. 493.)
Corwin, Hon Thomas, attended..

4, 351
presented the credentials of the Hon. Salmon P. Chase..

356
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

128
mode of practice of the United States circuit and district courts in Lou:
isiana, resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana.....

179
(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.)
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....

179
better organization of the district court in Louisiana. (See bill $. 282.)
Couvillion. Amelia. (Sce bill H. R. 678.)
Cox, Martha, memorial......

133
Crandall, Sarah, petition referred.

54
report and bill (See bill S. 475)...

235
Crawford, John, leave to withdraw.

49
(See bill S. 315.)
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....

384
yeas and nays...

387
Crockett, Joseph, heirs and legal representatives of, petition

61
Cross, Trueman, heirs of, report and bill (See bill S. 418)....

183
Cuba, tonnage duty on Spanish vessels trading between the United States and,
resolution by Mr. Westcott modified and agreed to

55
negotiations for the purchase of, resolution by Mr. Miller.

67, 104
yeas and nays....

105
correspondence with the Spanish anthorities in Cuba relative to the impris.
onment of William H. Bush, resolution by Mr. Dickinson...

143
message from the President, with a report from the Secretary of State 252
Custer, John W., documents.

149
leave to withdraw.

357
Customs, Commissioner of. (See bill H. R. 764.)
yeas and nays...

317, 318, 318, 319, 319, 320

D.

113

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.)

led....

Page.
Dameron. Polly (See bill H. R. 545.)
Dameron, Mariha. (See bil H. R. 613.)
Dana, Joseph. (See bill H. R. 611.)
Darby, Salsy. (See bill H. R. 723.)
Darden, Simeon. (See John B. Smith )
Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, citizens of, petition for an increase of duties on
foreign manufactures.

99
Davenport, Isaac, adverse report concurred in

56
Davenport, James B. (See bill H. R. 187.)
Davis, Hon. John, attended ..

3, 349
resolutions submitted by, viz:
amendment of the bounty land laws...

205
committee to make arrangements for the reception of the President elect
on the 5th of March...

267
appointment of the Hon. David R. Atchison as President of the Senate
pro tem., &c..

352
Davis, Hon. Jefferson, attended

4, 351
presented the credentials of the Hon. Augustus C. Dodge....

81
resolutions submitted by, viz:
expenditures and results of coast survey.......

85
extension of the pension laws.....

122.
filling of vacancies in the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution 357, 359
yeas and nays

339
Davis, Samuel D., petition..

71
adverse report

190
Davis, Lot. (See bill H. R. 439.)
Davis, Solomon. (See bill H. R. 795.)
Davis, Ashley, documents.....

291
Dawson, Hon. William C., credentials presented.

290
attended......

350
oath taken, &c.

353
Dawson, Frederick, James Schott, and Elisha D. Whitney. (See bill S. 169.)
Dayton, Hon. William L., atte

6, 350
resolution by, for the purchase of Colton's Map of the United States, the
British Provinces, and Mexico...

100
Dead Sea, report of Lieutenant Lynch of an examination of
resolution by Mr. Westcott..

194
report of the Secretary of the Navy:

258
referred and ordered to be printed..

267
Deaths announced, and proceedings thereon-
of Senator Lewis, during recess..

49
of the Hon. Alexander Ď. Sims, of the House of Representatives....

65
of the Hon. Rudolphus Dickinson, late of the House of Representatives.. 369
Debates and proceedings of the Senate, resolution by Mr. Niles relative to the re.
porting and publishing of..

55, 70,

256
motion to reconsider....

239
newspapers that have contracted to publish the debates of the Senate to
be furnished with documents, resolution by Mr. Westcott .

79
relative to the contract for publishing the debates and proceedings of the
Senate, resolution by Mr. Badger...

150, 165,

256
motion to reconsider ,

259
Debates and proceedings of Congress, subscription for, authorized. (See joint

resolution H. R. 58.)
Debt, abolition of imprisonment for. (See bill H. R. 739.)
De Buys, William. (See bill H. R. 85.)

motion to reconsider.......
yeas and nays...

196
yeas and nays on motion to lay the bill on the table .
yeas and nays on ordering the bill to a third reading

196
De Cordova's Map of Texas, resolution by Mr. Houston..
Decatur, Stephen, representative of...

102
Deep Creek, Conn , citizens of, petition for reduction of postage.

128
Deficiencies of appropriations, bill to supply. (See bill H. R. 665.)
yeas and nays..

123
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. 121.7
Delaware city, ioe harbor at, memorial of pilots and masters of vessels navigating
the Delaware bay and river, .

106

177, 195

196

147
3, 350
Page.

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

232
(See bill S. 415.)
Delaware bay and river, pilots and masters of vessels navigating the, memorial
for an ice harbor at Delaware city.......

106
memorial of pilots and masters of vessels navigating the, for a light-
house on the Delaware breakwater ...

128
Delaware bay and river, piers and harbors in, citizens of Pennsylvania, petition.. 237, 265
Delaware breakwater, light-house on, memorial of owners and masters of vessels
navigating the Delaware river and bay.....

128
Delezenne, Christopher, resolution for leave to withdraw.

368, 369
Dent, Frederrek, petition....

112
Depositaries, designated, appointed under the sub-treasury act of August 6, 1846,
resolution by Mr. Bright......

122
report of the Secretary of the Treasury

138
Derby, Conn., citizens of, petition for an amendment of the patent laws

198
Des Moines river,
bridge over, petition of citizens of Iowa...

111
resolution of the Legislature of Iowa...

128
Des Moines and Rock river rapids, improvement of, resolution of the Legislature
of Iowa.....

186
Des Moines rapids, improvement of. (See bill S. 452 )
Detroit, pay to the clerk and messenger of the superintendent of Indian Affairs at,
resolution by Mr. Felch....

143
Detroit, citizens of, petition of, for a reduction of postage, &c.

232
Devlin, John S., petition....

75
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..

resolutions submitted by-
establishment oi an office of transfer for United States stocks in the
city of New York.....

51
advertising of mail lettings by contract.

54
imprisonment of Wm. Henry Bush at Havana..

143
settlement of the claims of A. S. & A. W. Benson.

271
Dickinson, Hon. Rudolphus, death of, letter from the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives, announcing.

369
proceedings of the Senate

369
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..

51
Committee on Naval Affairs discharged from certain bu-
siness.....

127
Committee on Foreign Relations discharged.

329
Committee on Commerce discharged...

329
Committee on Naval Affairs discharged.

329
Committee on Public Lands discharged.

281
Committee on Indian Affairs discharged...

329
Committee on Revolutionary Claims discharged..

329
District of Columbia, retrocession of, to Maryland, resolution by Mr. Douglas
for.....

79
petition of citizens of Norristown, Pa., against..

107
District of Columbia, individual notes in, memorial of citizens of Rockville, Mary-
land, against the issue of.....

142
ordered to be printed

147
District of Columbia, slavery in-

petitions and memorials of citizens and others
Norristown, Pennsylvania..

107
Pennsylvania 158, 224, 224, 232, 232, 255, 265, 263, 265, 265, 306
New Jersey

220
Eliot, Maine...

* 265
Sadsbury monthly meeting of Friends.

237
Kennet monthly meeting of Friends..

231
New Garden monthly meeting of Friends..

237
Pennsylvania society for promoting the abolition of slavery 231
members of the boards of aldermen and common council of
Washington... ..::

142
committee discharged and leave to withdraw 140

140
140
154
179
259
278
229
278

66

3
308

District of Columbia, slavery in-Continued.

resolutions of State Legislatures
New York ...
yeas
and

nays..
New Hampshire
Virginia..
Wisconsin
Rhode Island.
Florida

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

yeas and nays..
Dobbin, Hugh W., petition....

report.....
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..

attended
resolutions by Mr. Allen for ascertaining the classes in which the Sena-

tors from Iuwa shall be inserted...
credentials presented...
oath taken, &c...
resolutions submitted by—

to grant Fort Alkinson to Iowa.....
mail routes from Albia to Traders' point, and from Garnevella to Mo-
mail routes from Belleview to Independence, and from Bloomington to

Prairie du Chien...
Doland, Daniel, petition...
Dollar, gold, resolution by Mr. Douglas relative to the coinage of.

(See bills S. 414 aud H. R. 746.)
Doniphan, cojonel, 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...

presented the credentials of the Hon. James Shields.....
resolutions submitied by

retrocession of the District of Columbia to Maryland..
coinage of the gold dollar and double eagle.....
to change the hour of meeting...
report of Lieutenant Smith in relation to draining and improving the

valley of Mexico.....
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.
Downs, Hon. Solomun W., attended.....

presented the credentials of the Hon. Pierre Soulé. :
resolutions submitted by-

nona..

66

149,

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

125, 149
Dnbuque harbor, resolution of the Legislature of Iowa.

150
Duffer, James H., petition

96
adverse report......

169
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.. 128
Duncan, Silas, widow and heirs at law of. (See bill H. R. 200.)
Duties, tonnage duty on Spanish vessels, resolution by Mr. Westcott.......

55
report of the Secretary of the Treasury....

306
Spanish vessels exempt from discriminating duties in certain cases. (See
bill H. R. 792.)
committee discharged, and again referred.....:

284
tonnage duty on Spanish vessels trading between Cuba and the United
States, resolution by Mr. Westcott, modified and agreed to........

55
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

63, 82
proceedings of the corporation of New York...

65
documents relative to......

103
memorial of merchants of New York...

128
memorial of the chamber of commerce of New York.

128
bill to refund duties on goods, wares, and merchandise destroyed by fire,
(see bill S. 430,) with report. ...,

251
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....

65, 107, 175
Schuylkill county, Pa...

65, 99, 107, 167, 175, 204
Berks county, Pa....

99
Lebanon county, Pa...

99
Dauphin county, Pa.....

99
Elizabeth township

99
Philadelphia county, Pa..

99, 168, 175
Essex county, N. Y..

107, 108
Lehigh county, Pa..

107, 175
Huntingdon county, Pa.

107
Union county, Pa..

107
Philadelphia city...

107
Pennsylvania...

112, 112, 121, 126, 164, 232
Chester county, Pa...

154
Mifflin county, Pa......

168
Luzerne county, Pa.....

175
Montgomery county, Pa...

175
Clarion county. Pa...

175, 199
Blair county, Pa..

175
Lycoming county, Pa...

175
Mercer county, Pa...

103, 175
discriminating, resolution by Mr. Clarke, relative to repealing the 1st
section of the act of May 24, 1828, concerning...

93, 98
select committee appointed...

98
construction given to the tariff of 1846 in respect to duties on articles

upon the exporiation of which any foreign country pays a bounty, reso.
lution by Mr. Niles......

76
report of the Secretary of the Treasury,

178
Duval, John P.,
petition....

86
report and bill (see bill S. 459).

207
Duvall, A. T. H. (See Thomas P. Harrison )
Dye, Lieutenant Jonathan, widow of. (See Sarah Ann Dye.)
Dye, Sarah Ann. (See bill H. R. 538.)

. . . . . . . . . .

C

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

72,

E.

Eagle, Double, resolation by Mr. Douglas relative to the coinage of............

(See bills $. 414 and H. R. 746.)

94