INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE.
Adams (Massachusetts) memorial, complaining of the inju- rious effects of the measures of the Govern- ment, 1424. Adams county (Pennsylvania) memorial, in relation to the removal of the deposites, 1725. Addison county (Vermont) resolutions on deposites, 1594. Adjournment of Congress proposed by the House of Rep resentatives, 1833; consideration postponed, 1880; proposition agreed to, 1917; subject again discussed, and resolution laid on the table, 2077. Albany memorial, complaining of the removal of the de- posites, 1177.
Albany memorial, contra, 1226.
Boston memorial, against rechartering the Bank of the United States, 1712.
Bouldin, Thomas Tyler, his death announced, and the usual resolutions for his funeral, mourning, &c., 538.
Bridgeport (Connecticut) memorial, on the subject of the deposites, 1005; referred.
Brooklyn memorial, on the distressing state of the cur- rency, 942; referred.
Buckner, Mr., notice of his decease, and the usual motion of mourning by Mr. Benton, 11. Burlington (Vermont) memorial, on the removal of the deposites, 855; referred, 862.
American State Papers, a resolution authorizing the pur-Centre county (Pennsylvania) memorials, on the present chase of thirteen copies, agreed to, 1725. Appropriation bill taken up, 331; amended and passed,
333. a conference on ditto proposed by the House, and agreed to, 337; report of the committee, 336, 341. Appropriation bill for the army, from the House, reported with two amendments, which were agreed to, and the bill passed, 1718. Appropriation, general, bill, taken up, 2021, 2030; or- dered to a third reading, and passed, 2076. Appropriations, (See Indian.)
Augusta (Georgia) memorial, asking a restoration of the deposites, 1167.
Augusta (Maine) memorial, against the removal of the de- posites, 1838.
Bailey, Mountjoy, a bill for the relief of, taken up, 1835; rejected, 1838.
Baltimore, memorial of sundry merchants of, on embar-
rassments in the money market, referred, 716. proceedings of a public meeting, 1584. Baltimore and Washington railroad, a bill to aid in the con-
struction of, taken up, 1751; bill passed, 1761. Bank of the United States, resolution introduced by Mr. Clay, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for certain statements, 24; called up for con- sideration, 29; amended and agreed to. resolutions by Mr. Clay, calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for certain documents in relation to the banks, 44; agreed to, 53.
report made by the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to the above call, 94; ordered to be printed.
a bill for rechartering the bank. Mr. Webster asked leave to introduce a bill for this purpose, 984-the question on granting leave discussed at length. Subject resumed, 1057; motion laid on the table, 1145.
Bank memorials, report showing the number of signers, 2036.
Bath (Maine) memorial, complaining of the distresses of country, 1243; referred.
Beaver (Pennsylvania) memorial, on the distresses of the country, 1171; referred, 1177.
Blair, James, (South Carolina,) his death announced, and orders entered into for his funeral, 1240. Boston memorial, in relation to the removal of the de-
posites, 978; referred, 983.
report on the above memorial, 2125. in relation to gold coin, 1596.
state of public affairs, 1251, 1583. Chambersburg (Pennsylvania) proceedings of a meeting in relation to the distresses of the country, 1107. Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Hatch elected, 27. Cherokee memorial, complaining of the oppressions of Georgia, 1772. Chesapeake and Ohio canal, a resolution introduced from the Legislature of Maryland in its favor, 1205. Chittenden (Vermont) memorial, against the removal of the deposites, 1240.
Claim of Elizabeth Robinson, a bill for the relief of, taken up, 1746; passed, 1751.
Claims for lost property in the war with Great Britain, a bill for, laid on the table, 2071.
Columbia county (Ohio) memorial, sustaining the Execu- tive, 1733.
Columbia (Pennsylvania) proceedings of a whig meet- ing, 1761.
Coins, a memorial from the banks of New York respect- ing gold and silver coin, 1805. Committees, appointment of, by the Senate, took up; a resolution introduced by Mr. Sprague, 20; called up for consideration, 27, and agreed to; election postponed, 41; committees elected, 42. Congress, a bill for an earlier meeting of, introduced, 1896; laid on the table, 1917.
Congress, a bill for rebuilding the frigate of this name taken up and passed, 2127.
Connecticut, sundry petitions and resolutions in relation to the distresses of the country, 656.
banks, the memorial of, on the deranged state of the currency, 808.
Constitution, Mr. Benton introduced a resolution to amend it, 20.
Mr. Bibb also introduced a resolution to amend it,
Mr. Kent also introduced a resolution to amend it,
Mr. Bibb's amendment taken up, 1813, and refer- red to a committee.
Mr. Benton's proposition referred to same com- mittee, 1879.
Culpeper (Virginia) memorial, against Executive pro- ceedings in relation to the Bank of the United States, 1188.
Cumberland road, a bill appropriating money for a con- tinuation of it, 1142; rejected on motion to en- gross, 1239. The vote of rejection being recon- sidered, the bill was recommitted, 1240; again considered, 1716; ordered to a third reading, 1717; passed, 1718.
Delaware, a memorial respecting the public deposites, Gold coins, a bill to regulate the circulation of foreign
Dennis, Littleton Purnell, a member from Maryland, his death announced, and orders taken for his fune- ral, 1316.
Deposite banks, resolutions submitted by Mr. Southard, 1614; agreed to.
resolution instructing the Committee of Finance to sit during the recess, to investigate the condi- tion of the banks, agreed to, 2125. Deposites, (See Government deposites.) District code. On motion of Mr. Chambers, the report of the joint committee of last session, on a system of criminal laws, was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, 96. Door-keeper, assistant, Stephen Haight appointed, 19. Duties on lead, a bill concerning, taken up, 2022.
Edgecomb county (North Carolina) proceedings of a public meeting, 1538.
Election of President and Vice President, (See President.) Ellsworth, Chief Justice, a bill to procure a marble bust of him, to be placed in the Capitol, passed, 825. Essex county (New Jersey) memorials, on the deranged state of the currency, 809.
Exiles from Poland, a bill granting them certain lands, ordered to be engrossed, 1721; passed, 1724. Faneuil Hall resolutions friendly to the administration, 1244. Fife, James, a Creek Indian, a bill for his relief, passed, 2002. Finances; instructions proposed to be given to the com- mittee on this subject, 445; laid on the table, 448. resolution instructing the committee to inquire into the effect of the present state of commercial affairs on the revenue, 492.
Florida canals, a bill for making them, taken up, and laid on the table, 1907.
Force bill; Mr. Calhoun gave notice that he would intro- duce, on a certain day, a bill for the repeal of this act, 18.
a bill for repealing the force bill introduced, 20; taken up, 1266; referred to the Judiciary Com- mittee, 1287. Foreign presents; a resolution, offered by Mr. Poindex- ter, calling on the President for a schedule of the several articles received by ministers, &c., at foreign courts, 199.
a report from the Department of State in answer to the above call, 329, which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Foreign silver coins, a bill to regulate them, 2019; passed, 2020. Fortifications, a bill making appropriations for, was taken up, amended, and passed, 2124. Frederick county (Maryland) against the removal of the deposites, 1814.
France, report of commissioners to carry into effect the late treaty with, read, and ordered to be printed.
French spoliations prior to 1800; Mr. Webster report- ed the bill on this subject, with sundry amend- ments, and made the order of a distant day, 141; called up, 2000, 2024, 2033; postponed till next session, 2040.
Fulton (Ohio) memorial, in favor of the Senate's having joint authority with the President in the appoint- ment and removal of officers, 1918.
Gold and silver currency, a resolution respecting, for the appointment of a joint committee, 1205. Gold coins, a bill to regulate them, taken up and passed, 2122.
gold coins in the United States, was passed,
2122. Government deposites, a report from the Secretary of the Treasury concerning their removal, 12, (See the Appendix for the report.)
report called up for consideration, 25; postponed to Monday next. Again taken up, 45; again postponed. Subject resumed, 50.
resolution, offered by Mr. Clay, calling on the President to inform the Senate whether a paper purporting to have been read by him to the heads of Departments, respecting the deposites, be genuine or not, 27; called up for considera- tion, 30; agreed to, 37.
President's message in answer to the above, (See President's Message.)
resolutions declaring that the President, in dis- missing the Secretary of the Treasury because he declined removing the deposites, and ap- pointing his successor to effect that object, had exercised a power not granted to him by the constitution, &c., 58.
memorial presented on the subject, 141. report of the Committee of Finance on the Secre- tary of the Treasury's report on the removal of the deposites, 467; made the special order of a certain day, and six thousand copies ordered to be printed, 483; subject taken up, 892; resolu- tions agreed to, 1182.
joint resolution proposing a restoration of the deposites, offered by Mr. Clay, 1813, 1817; read first time, and ordered to a second reading; pass- ed, 1896.
a bill to regulate the public deposites in the State banks, taken up and laid on the table, 2127.
Hallowell, Maine, memorial against the removal of de- posites, 1559.
Hanover, Pennsylvania, proceedings of a meeting against the removal of the deposites, 1480. Hanover, Indiana, a bill granting lands to the college, laid on the table, 1834.
Harbor bill, a bill for making improvements of certain harbors, and clearing out certain rivers, con- sidered, 2081; ordered to be read a third time, and passed, 2083.
Hardware, a bill concerning the duties on, the amend- ments concurred in, 2124, and passed. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, memorial against the Execu- tive proceedings in relation to the bank, 1860. Harrodsburg, Kentucky, memorial, 2019. Hudson river, the bill to appropriate $70,000 for the im- provement of the navigation of this river was considered and passed, 2126. Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, proceedings of a public meeting, 1529.
Indian appropriations, a bill for making, passed to its third reading, 2074.
Indian intercourse, a bill to regulate it, amended and passed, 2125.
Indiana memorials, remonstrating against the measures of the Executive, 1805. Interest to States for advances, a bill providing for the- final settlement of, 1910; recommitted, 2007.
Jefferson county, Virginia, memorial for relief from em- barrassments, 1782.
Johnston, Mr., notice of his death, and the usual motion for mourning, by Mr. Clay, 11.
Kenawha, Virginia, memorial complaining of embarrass ments, 2019.
Kentucky resolutions, in relation to the removal of the de- | Maryland, Union Bank of, a resolution respecting, intro- posites, 605; referred, 606.
Kent county, Delaware, memorial praying for the restora- tion of the deposites, 1454.
Rhode Island, memorial on the currency of the country, 2029.
proceedings of a public meeting, 2069.
Mr. Clay gave notice that he would, on a certain day, introduce a new bill for the distribution of the proceeds of the public lands, 18. bill for distributing proceeds of land, introduced, 24. Land; on motion of Mr. Benton, a graduation of the price of public lands was ordered to be printed, 39. a resolution, moved by Mr. Poindexter, calling on the Commissioner of the General Land Office for sundry particulars in relation to the public land, 44.
duced, 1141; agreed to, 1206.
Massachusetts resolutions, in relation to removal of de- posites, 836.
Mercer, Pennsylvania, proceedings of a meeting against the removal of the deposites, &c., 1917. Michigan, the Territory of, a bill authorizing the people to form a separate State Government, a motion to take it up immediately for consideration; bill laid on the table, 1724.
Mobile memorial, complaining of a check given to their prosperity, 1206.
Montgomery county (Pennsylvania) memorial, complain- ing of the distresses of the country, 1803. (Pennsylvania) memorials, in relation to the public distress, 1187.
Muncy Muskingum county (Ohio) memorial, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, 1260.
for the naval service for 1834, without amend- ment, 291.
sundry resolutions introduced by the same gentle-Navy; Mr. Webster reported a bill making appropriations man, directing the Land Committee to inquire into alleged fraudulent sales of public lands, 754; agreed to, 824.
resolution calling on the Secretary of War for the name of the agent or agents who located the res- ervations granted to individual Choctaw Indians, 775; agreed to.
report of the Committee on Public Lands on the bill to appropriate the proceeds of the lands, and on the reasons assigned by the President for returning the bill, 1599.
Bedford (Massachusetts) memorial, from the seve- ral banks, on the distresses of the country, 745, 1607; referred.
Newcastle county (Delaware) memorial, sustaining the administration in the removal of the deposites,
York resolutions, in relation to the removal of the deposites, 397; after debate, laid on the table, 416; referred to the Committee on Finance,
memorial, on the condition of the finances of the country, 464; referred to the Committee on Fi- nance, 466.
memorial from the clerks, &c., of New York,
memorial from Troy and Schenectady, 1310. Pennsylvania, and Michigan memorials, 1722. memorials, opposed to the measures of the Execu- tive, 1780.
county (Kentucky) memorial, opposed to the re- moval of the deposites, 1732.
Norfolk memorial, on the embarrassments of the curren- cy, 749; referred. North
Carolina resolutions, in relation to the removal of the deposites, 529.
memorial from thence, on the distressed condition of the country, 681.
memorials, from Wilkesborough and Halifax, 1140. another memorial from Wilkes, 1205.
memorials, complaining of pecuniary embarrass- ments, 1290.
a bill establishing the northern boundary of, 1781; taken up, 1899; ordered to be engrossed, 1906.
Ohio memorials, approving the course of the Executive, | President's message, in relation to a refusal of the Bank
Ontario county (New York) memorial, complaining of the effects of recent measures of Government, 1475. Order, questions of, 13, 14, 29, 485, 525, 970, 1115, 1387, 1420, 1606, 2066, 2067.
Pennsylvania petitions, in relation to the removal of the deposites, G07; laid on the table, 612. memorials, on the same subject, 717, 1581. and New York memorials, complaining of the measures of the Executive, 1782.
and South Carolina memorials, ditto, 1954. and Kentucky memorials, 2027.
Pension fund; see message of the President on this sub- ject, 462; report of the Judiciary Committee on the subject, 573; 6,000 copies ordered to be printed.
bill making appropriations for the payment of rev- olutionary and other pensioners for the year 1834; read second and third time, and passed, 715. agency, report of the Judiciary Committee on the subject, taken up, 1729, 1735.
of the United States to give up the books, &c., in relation to the pension fund, 462; referred to the Judiciary Committee, 464.
his protest against the resolutions of the Senate in relation to the deposites, 1317. his explanatory message, 1393.
and Vice President, election of, Mr. Bibb's reso- lution, 1954.
resolution moved by Mr. Benton to strike out of the journals the resolution passed on the 20th of March, relating to the conduct of the President in relation to the removal of the deposites, 2128. Prince George's county (Maryland) memorial, complain- ing of the removal of the deposites, 1365. Printing old journals, a proposition for, 1305. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, proceedings of its citizens, 1761- Privateer Roger, a bill for the relief of the owners and crew of, negatived, 1906. Providence (Rhode Island) memorial, in relation to the removal of the deposites, 569.
roll, a resolution respecting the, taken up, 1824; Public laid on the table, 1833; agreed to, 1899.
Pensions to French seamen, a bill for that purpose, 2041;
ordered to third reading, and passed, 2075.
a resolution offered by Mr. Preston, relative to the mode of printing the pension information called for by him, passed 2127.
Petersburg memorial, on the removal of the deposites, 876; referred, 892.
memorial, approving ditto, referred, 1112. Petitioners, an order for ascertaining the number of, for or against the removal of the deposites, 1302; adopted, 1305.
Philadelphia resolutions, remonstrating against the re- moval of the deposites, 802; referred. mechanics' memorial, on the present state of the country, 826; referred, 832. Another memo- rial, 1006; referred. memorial, 958; referred, 959.
memorial from silversmiths, &c., referred, 1141. memorial of young men, 1145; referred, 1156. Pitts, Seth, memorial of, a soldier of the Revolution,
Polish exiles, a bill reported for their relief, (See Exiles from Poland;) bill taken up, 2124; passed, 2127. Portsmouth (New Hampshire) memorial, in relation to the removal of the deposites, 566.
Post Office; a resolution of Mr. Grundy, calling on the Postmaster General for sundry statements, 47. a resolution of the same gentleman, calling on the Postmaster General for a report of money paid by that Department since July, 1828, for ser- vices rendered prior to that date, &c., agreed to, 807.
reports on the, read and discussed, 1914.
affairs, 2075; resolution appointing a committee to act in the recess, passed, 2076.
Portage county (Ohio) memorial, complaining of the pub- lic distress, 2063.
Potter, Elisha R., a resolution submitted for his compen- sation, 2020; agreed to, 2037.
Potomac bridge, a bill making appropriations for, mod- ified, and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, passed, 2127.
President's annual message received, 12.
message, in answer to a call upon him to state whether a certain document was signed by him, 37; ordered to be laid on the table, 39.
printing; a resolution to repeal one passed in May, 1830, directing the Secretary of the Senate to contract with the printer of the House for doc- uments printed by order of the House, 810. distress; Mr. Clay moved that the Committee of Finance inquire into the expediency of affording temporary relief to the community, by prolong- ing the payment of revenue bonds, 223; after discussion, the resolution and a proposed amend- ment were laid on the table, 233.
buildings, a bill making appropriations for, read a third time, 2124.
officers, (See Removal of.)
Report on deposites; Mr. Wilkins moved to print 5,000 copies of the Secretary of the Treasury's second report, 199.
Removal of public officers; four resolutions, introduced by Mr. Clay, on the subject, 834; made the order of the day for the first Monday in April, Restoration of deposites, (See Government Deposites.) Restriction of Executive power.
Revenue; a resolution to inquire into the expediency of extending the time for the payment of revenue
statements from the Secretary of the Treasury,
Rhode Island election, contested, 2, 12.
committee of reference appointed, 19. report of the committee on the subject, 804. a counter report presented, laid on the table, 1230; taken up, 1252; and ordered to be print- ed, 1257; again considered, and agreed to, 1813. memorials, respecting pecuniary embarrassments, 1108; referred, 1112.
memorials, respecting pecuniary embarrassments, 1456, referred, 1717.
resolutions, remonstrating against the measures of the Executive in relation to the Bank of the United States, 1910.
Robinson, Elizabeth, (See Claim of.) Ross county (Ohio) memorial, on the subject of the cur- rency, 1597.
Rule of the Senate proposed to be amended, 1288.
Salem memorial, on the state of public affairs, 1258. proceedings on ditto, 1315.
Schuylkill county, a memorial on the distress of the country, 748.
Scott county (Kentucky) memorial, against the claims recently asserted by the Executive power, 1896.
Secretary of the Senate, Walter Lowrie appointed, 19. Senators, list of, 1.
Sergeant-at-arms, J. Shackford appointed, 19. Shaler, William, a bill granting to him a pension, 2001; ordered to be engrossed.
Shenandoah county (Virginia) resolutions, 960. Shepherd, Moses, a bill for relief of his representatives, 2023; ordered to a third reading. Slavery in the District of Columbia, petitions presented against it, 198, 1260.
Spencer, Oliver M., a bill for relief of, rejected, 1919. Steamboat accidents; a resolution offered by Mr. Webster, instructing the Committee on Naval Affairs to inquire into the expediency of passing a law for preventing, as far as may be, accidents in steam vessels employed in commerce, 54; agreed to, Stirling's, Lord, heirs, a bill for the relief of, ordered to be engrossed, 2000.
Tarborough (North Carolina) memorial, approving of the measures of the administration, 1259. Tariff; Mr. Frelinghuysen offered a resolution calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury for the construc- tion put on the tariff of last session, 200; agreed to 201.
Secretary of the Treasury's report on ditto, 202; which was ordered to lie on the table.
Tolland county (Connecticut) memorial, 2024. Tompkins county (New York) memorial, against the re- moval of the deposites, 1993.
Toulon accident, a message from the President, 2035. (See Pensions to French seamen.)
Treasury, Secretary of, his annual report received, 44. suits; a bill introduced to repeal the act for the better organization of the Treasury, passed in 1820, 45.
Mr. Webster's resolution calling on the Secretary for monthly returns of the Bank of the United States, from August, 1833, to February, 1834,
747. Mr. Poindexter's call on the Secretary for copy of any order or Treasury draft for the removal of public money from the Planters' Bank at Natch- ez, 747; agreed to, 750.
his report, responsive to Mr. Clay's resolution, in relation to the Union Bank of Maryland, 1242; ordered to be printed.
call upon him for the names of the agents employ- ed to transact the business of the Treasury with the deposite banks, 1260.
call for the amount of proceeds of the sale of pub- lic lands, and the number of acres sold in 1833, &c., 1538.
Troy (New York) memorial, from the citizens, on ac- count of the evils experienced from the removal of the deposites, 681; referred.
Union county, Pennsylvania, memorial on the distresses of the country, 1453.
Utica, New York, memorial on the distresses of the coun- try, 1527.
Van Horne, Ralph, his petition as a mail contractor, 1953. Vermont resolutions on the removal of the deposites, 958. memorial, 1289, 1594.
Veto on the land bill, the President's message announcing it, 14, (See Appendix for the Message.) Vice President, pro tem., Mr. Poindexter elected, 2122; his address.
Virginia memorial and resolutions in relation to the re- moval of the deposites, 604.
resolutions adopted by the Legislature, in relation to the deposites, 636.
Virginia, resolutions of the young men of Richmond and Manchester, 1527.
scrip; resolution calling on Treasury Department for the amount issued, 2021.
land warrants; a bill to appropriate land to satisfy them, considered and laid on the table, 2127. Volunteers and militia; a bill granting compensation to such as had lost horses, &c. in the war with Black Hawk, 1896.
Wake county, North Carolina, proceedings of a public meeting approving of the removal of the de- posites, 1762.
Washington city, a bill for the benefit of, taken up, 2078; considered and passed, 2079. Washington county, Ohio, memorial complaining of the effects produced by the removal of the de- posites, 1811.
Watervliet, New York, memorial in relation to public distress, 1188; referred.
Westchester resolutions on the subject of removing the deposites, 803.
West Indies, trade with, a resolution introduced by Mr. Sprague, calling on the Secretary of the Trea- sury for the amount of trade between the United States and the West Indies, 139; resolution agreed to, 140. Report was received as a whole, but Mr. Shepley moved a resolution for the information in detail, 333; agreed to, 336. report on the call made by the last resolution, 373. Wheeling, a memorial on the embarrassments of the cur- rency, 749.
Wilmington, Delaware, proceedings in relation to the protest of the President, 1735. Windham county, Connecticut, memorial complaining of stagnation of business, 2065.
Wisconsin, a bill for establishing the Territorial Govern- ment of, taken up and laid on the table, 1906.
Yeas and nays on committing the subject of the Rhode Island election to a special committee, 11. on excusing the President pro tem. from voting on the question of the Senate's appointing its own committees, 29.
on resolution calling on the President to know whe- ther a certain document was signed by him, 37. on Mr. Benton's amendment to Mr. Clay's resolu- tions in relation to the deposites, 143.
on printing three thousand copies of the report of the Judiciary Committee in relation to the pen- sion fund and the Bank of the United States, 574. on postponing a question in relation to the public printing, 811.
on an amendment to one of Mr. Poindexter's reso- lutions in relation to public lands, 824. on receiving the York county memorial, 978. on laying on the table the motion asking leave to introduce a bill for rechartering Bank United States, 1145.
on agreeing to the resolutions of the Committee of Finance in relation to the removal of the de- posites, 1187.
on engrossing the Cumberland road bill, 1239. on passage of the bill authorizing the Governors of the several States to transmit certain documents free of postage, 1258.
on indefinitely postponing a bill for the relief of John McCartney, 1288.
on laying on the table the bill authorizing the re- linquishment of the sixteenth sections of public lands for the use of schools, 1316.
on an appeal from the decision of the Chair on a point of order, 1450.
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