the sales of the public lands, 119.

on cons to deaf and dumb institutions, 802.

Chambers, Mr. on internal improvement, 343,

on further regulating the Patent Office, 379.
on bill declaratory of the pension laws, 403.
on reorganizing the department of the Attorney
General, 404.

on the light house bill, 433.quiteluge
Ton Baltimore and Ohio railroad bill, 454.0%
Chase,

Clayton, M. bill declaratory of the pension laws, 404.
the public life of Mr. Bayard, 93, 94, 95.
on limiting sales of the public lands, 224.

on the mileage bill, 10. ob id out wo
on civilization of the Indians, 42. det no
on remonstrance of Georgia against Indian treaties,
245.
All potamiot
Tag on confirming land claims in the district of Jackson
court-house, 320, 821. ale od qual

Vossoon reorganizing the department of the Attorney
General, 323, 404.

on removal of Indians west of the Mississippi, 324,
01325, 877 bildeg to sing out uitberg so
on internal improvement, 341, 342. juli
on further regulating the Patent Office, 379, 380.
Frelinghuysen, Mr. on extinguishing Indian title in Indiana,
&ivilization of the Indians, 42, 43.
Nos odt peixit no

10 on remonstrance of Georgia against Indian treaties,
245, 246.

Hayne, Mr. on executive powers, 11.

on extinguishing Indian title in Indiana, 20.
on limiting sales of public lands, 31, 41, 42, 43, 73,
82, 210.

on the public life of Mr. Bayard, 95.

on marine service, 222.

on taking Louisville and Portland canal stock, 247.
on donations to deaf and dumb institutions, 304.
regulating the duties, &c. of pursers in the navy,
305, 306, 307, 308.

on creating the office of Surgeon General of the
navy, 321, 322.

on further regulating the Patent Office, 377, 378,
379, 380.

on bill declaratory of the pension laws, 396.

on reorganizing the department of the Attorney
General, 404.

on graduating the price of public lands, 413.
on reduction of duties on tea and coffee, 428.
on the light-house bill, 482, 438.

on bill to exempt certain merchandise from the ope-
ration of the tariff, 453.

Hendricks, Mr. on taking stock in the Washington turn-
pike, 7, 427.

on granting pre-emption rights, 11.

on extinguishing Indian title in Indiana, 16, 19, 20.
on taking Louisville and Portland canal stock, 247.
on relief to purchasers of public lands, 274, 275.
on internal improvement, 341, 344.

on relief to officers and soldiers in Virginia line, 423.
on graduating the price of public lands, 424.
Holmes, Mr. on fixing the military peace establishment, 2.
on limiting the sales of public lands, 4, 5, 6, 15, 27,

160.

on the bill granting pre-emption rights, 9.

on regulating the duties, &c. of pursers in the navy,
305, 308.

on creating the office of Surgeon General of the
navy, 321, 322.

on reorganizing the department of the Attorney
General, 323, 324.

on internal improvement, 340.

on the Massachusetts militia claims, 359.

on further regulating the Patent Office, 378.

on the President's power of removal from office, 385.
on the bill declaratory of the pension laws, 408.
on reducing the duties on tea and coffee, 428.
on the light-house bill, 433.

Johnston, Mr., of Louisiana, on marine service, 322.

on taking Louisiana and Portland canal stock, 247.
on limiting the sales of public lands, 277.

on reorganizing the department of the Attorney
General, 324, 404.

on internal improvement, 340, 341, 842.
on graduating the price of public lands, 409, 419.
on reducing the duties on tea and coffee, 428.
on bill to exempt certain merchandise from the
operation of the tariff, 453.

Kane, Mr. on fixing the military peace establishment, 3.
on limiting the sales of public lands, 11.

on confirming land claims in the district of Jackson
court-house, 321.

on the President's power of removal from office, 384.
on graduating the price of public lands, 418, 424.
on relief to officers and soldiers of the Virginia line,

423.

Livingston, Mr. on limiting sales of public lands, 30, 247. ·
on the public life of Mr. Bayard, 94.

on donations to deaf and dumb institutions, 802, 303.
on internal improvement, 341, 342, 343.

on prohibiting the transportation of the mail on the
sabbath, 427.

on the bill to exempt certain merchandise from the
operation of the tariff, 453.

on Baltimore and Ohio railroad bill, 453, 455.
Marks, Mr. on allowing interest to certain States, 2.

on donations to deaf and dumb institutions, 302, 304.
on reduction of duties on tea and coffee, 428.
on the light-house bill, 433.

on the President's power of removal from office, 467.
McKinley, Mr. on granting pre-emption rights, 11.
on limiting the sales of public lands, 15.

on extinguishing Indian title in Indiana, 19, 21.
on relief to purchasers of public lands, 274, 275.
on donations to deaf and dumb institutions, 302,
303, 304.

on removal of Indians west of the Mississippi, 305,
324, 381.

on reorganizing the department of the Attorney
General, 323.

on internal improvement, 340.

on further regulating the Patent Office, 378.

on the President's power of removal from office, 384.
on graduating the price of public lands, 415.

McLane, Mr. on relief to purchasers of public lands, 276.
on internal improvement, 340.

Noble, Mr. on limiting the sales of public lands, 5, 168.
on bill granting pre-emption rights, 9.
on the mileage bill, 10.

on extinguishing Indian title in Indiana, 19.
on dorations to deaf and dumb institutions, 305.
on further regulating the Patent Office, 380.

on relief to officers and soldiers of the Virginia line,
428.

on Fredericktown turnpike road bill, 427.
Robbins, Mr. on removal of Indians west of the Missis-
sippi, 374.

on mode of deciding controversies between States,
409.

on limiting the sales of public lands, 435.
Rowan, Mr. on extinguishing Indian title in Indiana, 20, 21.
on limiting the sales of public lands, 129.

on taking Louisville and Portland canal stock, 247.
on reorganizing the establishment of the Attorney
General, 276, 323, 404.

on further regulating the Patent Office, 378, 379.
Sandford, Mr. on fixing the military peace establishment, 2.
on disposing of memorial of citizens of New York
asking protection for the Indians, 7.

on donations to deaf and dumb institutions, 302.
on reorganizing the department of the Attorney
General, 324, 404.

on the light-house bill, 433.

on the bill to exempt certain merchandise from the
operation of the tariff, 453.

Silsbee, Mr. on the Massachusetts' claim, 9.

regulating the duties, &c. of pursers in the navy, 306.
on Massachusetts' militia claim, 358.

on reducing the duties on tea and coffee, 428.
on the light-house bill, 483.

Smith, Mr. of Maryland, on allowing interest to certain
States, 2.

on fixing the military peace establishment, 2, 3.
on limiting the sales of public lands, 30.
on the public life of Mr. Bayard, 94.

on marine service, 220.

on mounted infantry, 274.

regulating the duties &c. of pursers in the navy,
306, 309.

on creating the office of Surgeon General of the
navy, 322.

on reducing the duties on tea and coffee, 428.

on the light-house bill, 433.

on the bill to exempt certain merchandise from the
operation of the tariff, 452, 453.

on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bill, 453.
Smith, Mr., of South Carolina, on limiting the sales of pub-
lic lands, 196.

on the light-house bill, 432.

Sprague, Mr. on extinguishing Indian title in Indiana, 16, 17.
on limiting sales of public lands, 31, 95, 119, 451.
on creating the office of Surgeon-General of the
navy, 322.

on removal of the Indians west of the Mississippi,
343, 381.

on the bill to exempt certain merchandise from the
operation of the tariff, 453.

on amendments of the House of Representatives to
bill for removal of the Indians, 456.
Tazewell, Mr. on taking Louisville and Portland canal
stock, 247.

regulating the duties, &c. of pursers in the navy, 308.
on impeachment of Judge Peck, 388, 384, 385, 405.
on graduating the price of public lands, 409.
Troup, Mr. on disposing of New York memorial, asking
protection for the Indians, 7.

Tyler, Mr. on internal improvement, 343.

announces the death of General Alexander Smyth,
357.

on relief to officers and soldiers of the Virginia line,

421.

on the light-house bill, 432.

on the Maysville road bill, 433.
Webster, Mr. on the mileage bill, 10.

on presenting petition of South Carolina railroad
company, 21.

on limiting the sales of public lands, 35, 58, 92.
on the abolition of taxes, duties, &c., 245.

on re-organizing the establishment of the Attorney
General, 276, 324, 404.

on graduating the price of public lands, 424.
on the light-house bill, 433.

on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad bill, 454.
White, Mr. on extinguishing Indian title in Indiana, 16,
17.

(See Appendix.)

Address of the Speaker on his election, 470.
Adjournment of the House sine die, 1148.
Appropriation for fitting out the frigate Brandywine, bill
making an, taken up, and ordered to a third read-
ing, 481.

Appropriations for the civil list, bill making, taken up, 556,
debate thereon, and ordered to a third reading;
556 to 559.

Appropriations for examinations and surveys, bill making,
taken up, and reported to the House, 682; pro-
positions to amend, and debate thereon, 721, 722;
ordered to third reading, 722.
Appropriations for the improvement of certain harbors, bill
making, taken up, and reported to the House, 682.
Appropriations for fortifications, barracks, &c. bill making,
taken up, amended, and reported to the House,

722.

Appropriations for light-houses, &c. bill making, with
amendments from the Senate, taken up, and
amendments concurred in, 1148.
Armory, resolution introduced in relation to the establish-
ment of an, upon the western waters, 474; taken
up and adopted, 479, 480.

Army, bill to amend the rules and articles for the govern-
ment of the, introduced, and ordered to a third
reading, 575.

resolution calling upon the Secretary of War to re-
port such an organization of the, as will reduce
the number of its officers, taken up, 756; amend-
ments proposed, and debate thereon, 756, 757;
774 to 776; 788, 789; 791 to 795; 807, 808 to
818; motion to lay on the table negatived, 819;
resolution amended, and agreed to, 819.
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, motion to take up the bill au-
thorizing a subscription to the stock of, and debate
thereon, 1136; motion laid on the table, 1137.

⚫ to the constitutionality of, 921; laid on the table,

922.

report on the, (Appendix) 104.

Buffalo and New Orleans road, bill to lay out and establish,

taken up, and debate thereon, 637 to 655, 656 to
665, 668 to 682, 688 to 700, 705 to 718, 723 to
734, 739 to 745, 760 to 774, 766 to 788; motion
to strike out enacting clause negatived, and bill
reported to the House, 788; various propositions
to amend, 789, 790; bill rejected, 790; motion to
reconsider, 803; agreed to, 806; bill laid on the
table, 807.

Burch, Benjamin, appointed Doorkeeper to the House, 472.
Call of the House, moved on considering the resolution to
repeal the duty on salt, 994, 1037.

on bill to reduce and modify the tariff of duties on
imports, 556.

on bill reducing the duties on molasses and rum,

1121.

Houses were ready to adjourn, 1148.

Committees, motion to appoint the standing, 472; an-

nounced, 474.

on the various subjects embraced in the President's
message, 472; debate thereon, 473, 474.

on education proposed, 475; proposition laid on the
table, 477.
Compensation of members of Congress, bill in relation to
the, taken up, amended, and reported to the
House, 481, 482, 483; again taken up and de-
bated, 487 to 489, 492; proposition to strike out
first section negatived, 493; ordered to a third
reading, 494.

Congress, list of members of twenty-first, (Appendix) 1.
Courts, bill to establish circuit, and abridge the jurisdic

tion of district courts, &c. taken up, 530, 540,
542 to 551, 560 to 575; proposition to amend,
580; debate thereon, 587, 598 to 605; 612, 624.
martial. (See Army.)

Crimes in District of Columbia. (See District of Columbia.)
Currency, report on the, (Appendix ) 98.

Deaf and Dumb Asylum. (See Kentucky.)
District of Columbia, resolution setting apart one day in

each alternate week for the consideration of busi-
ness concerning the, taken up, 722; motion to lay
on the table negatived, 728; resolution agreed
to, 734.

bill for the punishment of crimes in, taken up and
amended, 753; other amendments proposed and
adopted, 754 to 756; again taken up, 822; amend-
ments proposed, and debate thereon, 822 to 827;
laid on the table, 896; taken up, amended, and
ordered to a third reading, 1121.

bill for appointment of commissioners to prepare a
code of laws for, taken up and amended, 756.
Documents accompanying the President's message at the
opening of Congress, (See Appendix) viz.
report of the Secretary of War, 19.

Navy, 29.

Postmaster General, 38.
"Chief Engineer, 42,

.

Navy Commissioners, 54.
Doorkeeper to the House appointed, 472.

Drawback, resolution introduced to allow a, on rum dis-

tilled from foreign molasses, 598; taken up, and
debate thereon, 605 to 612, 614 to 622, 623; re-
solution and proposed amendments, laid on the
table, 624.

Dunn, John Oswald, appointed Sergeant-at-arms to the
House, 472.

Duties on imports, to reduce. (See Tariff.)
Duties, bill to remit, on goods destroyed by fire, taken up,
622; rejected, 623.

on imports, bill in alteration of the several acts lay-
ing, taken up, and debate thereon, 795 to 808;
new bill proposed as a substitute, 819; again ta-
ken up, and debate thereon, 836, 842 to 862
870 to 872, 873 to 921, 923 to 964; amendment
negatived, 964; various amendments proposed
and adopted, 964, 935, 966; debate thereon, 966
to 974; further amendments proposed and de-
bated, 974 to 978; bill ordered to a third read-
ing, 979; passed, 987.

on tea and coffee, bill to reduce the, taken up,
amended, and reported to the House, 803; fur-
ther amended, 807; ordered to a third reading,
808; amendments of Senate concurred in, 993.
on molasses and rum, bill to reduce the, introduced,
and ordered to a third reading, 1121; passed,1189.
on salt. (See Salt.)
Finances. (See Treasury.)
Forage to officers of the army, bill to regulate the allow-
ance of, taken up, 497; motion to amend, nega-
tived, 499; to recommit, 499; agreed to, 500.

Indians,

580.

memorial of citizens of New York, praying pro-
tection for southern, presented, 506; motion to
commit to Committee on Indian Affairs, and de-
bate thereon, 506 to 511; motion agreed to, 511.
-resolution introduced, calling for a statement of the
number and condition of the, within the States
of Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York,
Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania, 541; motions to
amend, and to lay on the table, 541; laid on the
table, 541.

bill to provide for removal of, west of the Missis-
sippi, introduced, 581; debate on printing ten
thousand additional copies of report accompany-
ing, 581 to 583; bill taken up, and debate there-
on, 819, 988, 993, 994 to 1049; bill reported to
the House, 1049; taken up, amendments pro-
posed, and debate thereon, 1049 to 1120; again
taken up, and debated, 1122 to 1138; motion to
lay on the table negatived, 1133; previous ques-
tion put, and sustained, and bill ordered to a third
reading, 1133; motion to recommit, with instruc-
tions to amend, 1134; call of the House moved,
1135; previous question put, and lost, 1135;
again put, and sustained, and the bill passed,

1135.

motion to print law of Georgia, Alabama, and Mis-
sissippi, extending jurisdiction over, 585; amend-
ment proposed, 586; laid on the table, 587; again
taken up, and various amendments, &c, proposed,
594 to 598; resolution committed with instruc--
tions, 598..

memorial of yearly meeting of Society of Friends
in New England, concerning the, presented,
590; motion to refer and to print, made and
question divided, 590; debate on motion to print,
590 to 594; motion agreed to, 594.
report on removal of, (Appendix) 91.
Internal improvement. (See Buffalo and New Orleans
road.)
Judiciary. (See Courts.)

Kentucky asylum for teaching the deaf and dumb, bill to
amend the act incorporating the, reported, 757;
ordered to a third reading, 760.

Lands,
Lands,

refuse, in Tennessee. (See Tennessee.)
public, resolution introduced proposing an inquiry
into the expediency of distributing among the
several States, 477; amended, and ordered to lie
on the table, 479; taken up, and debate thereon,
484 to 487, 489 to 492, 494 to 497, 500 to 506,
511 to 530, 537; amended, and agreed to, 540;
committee report by bill, 626; project of mino-
rity presented, 626.

bill from the Senate for the relief of the purchasers
of, taken up, 612; amendments proposed, 612;
men, amendments agreed to, and bill read a third time,
and passed, 623.95

Land claims in Florida, bill for the final settlement of, taken
up, 866; motion to recommit, with instructions,
negatived, and bill passed, 866.

Lands in Tennessee, bill relative to, taken up, debated,
and rejected, 869, 870; motion to reconsider
laid on the table, 878.

Lands, public, bill from the Senate to reduce the price of

5. a portion of, taken up, 922; motion to lay on the
table negatived, 922; substitute moved, 922.
Lands, bill from the Senate to graduate or reduce the price
of the public, taken up, and ordered to lie on the
table, 1148.

Laws passed at the first session 21st Congress. (See Ap-
pendix.)

Light-house bill. (See Appropriations.)
Louisville and Portland Canal Company, bill from the
Senate authorizing a subscription to the stock of,
passed, 1148.

Maysville and Lexington turnpike road, bill authorizing a
subscription to the stock of, taken up, 820; de-
bate thereon, 820 to 822, 827 to 836; ordered to
a third reading, 836; debate on its passage, 836
to 840; motion to lay on the table negatived, 840;
bill passed, 842; returned by the President with
objections, 1188. (See Appendix.) Again taken
up, and debate thereon, 1140 to 1147; rejected,
two-thirds not voting in its favor, 1148.

Marine corps, resolution respecting the pay of the officers
of the, taken up, amended, and debate thereon,
1133, 1134; ordered to a third reading, 1135;
passed, 1139.
Massachusetts, bill from the Senate authorizing the pay-
ment of the claim of the State of, passed, 1148.
Message of the President United States at the opening of
Congress, (Appendix) 3,

in relation to the colonial trade, communicated, and
debate on its commitment, 1137, 1138.

returning the Maysville road bill, with his objec-
jections, 1138.

confidential, from, announced, 1149.

explanatory of his signature to the survey bill,

1148.

Military Academy. (See West Point.)
Molasses and rum. (See Duties.)
Navigation laws and duties on imports, bill to amend re-
ported, and debate on motions to commit it, and
postpone, 863 to 866, 868, 884, 896, 902, 952,
979 to 986, 988 to 993; bill laid on the table,

993.

Navy, resolutions introduced to discontinue the use of ar-
dent spirits in the, 584; taken up, and debate
thereon, 587 to 589; amendment proposed, and
negatived, 589; motion to lay on the table nega-
tived, 589; resolutions agreed to, 590.
Navy, report of the Secretary of, accompanying the Presi-
"dent's annual message, (Appendix) 29.
Navy commissioners, report of, accompanying the Presi-
dent's annual message, (Appendix) 54.
Newspapers, proposition to discontinue the practice of fur-
nishing, at the public expense, negatived, 472.
New York, memorial of citizens of, praying protection for
southeru Indians, presented, 506. (See Indians.)
North Carolina, resolution in relation to the establishment
of a mint in the gold region of, reconsidered, 483;
agreed to, 484.

Order, points of, decided, 719, 734, 757, 797, 803, 865,
922, 966, 994, 1037, 1049, 1140, 1145.

Pay of army and navy officers, bill to regulate the, intro-
duced, 613; motion to refer to the Military Com-
mittee, negatived, 614.

Pay of members of Congress, resolution introduced to

reduce the, when the first session exceeds one
hundred and twenty days, and the second ninety
days, 626; taken up, and debate thereon, 666 to
668, 683 to 688, 700 to 705, 718 to 720; resolu-
tion negatived, 720.

from, defending his official conduct, presented,
789; report of Judiciary Committee on the case
of, taken up, and debate thereon, 810, 814, 815;
report concurred in, 818; committee appointed
to impeach at the bar of the Senate, and to pre-
pare the articles against, 819; article of impeach-
ment reported, 863; article committed, 866;
taken up, amended, and agreed to, 869; managers
to conduct the impeachment appointed, 869;
motion to notify the Senate agreed to, 869; re-
port of managers, 872; motion for House to at-
tend the Senate during the trial of, 1134; resolu-
tion modified and agreed to, 1134; House attend
the Senate, to hear the plea and answer of,
1135,

Pensioners, joint resolution introduced, calling for a list
of, &c. from heads of departments, annually,
682;
amended, and ordered to a third reading, 683.
law, resolution to revise the, extending its bene-
fits to every soldier who aided in establishing our
liberties, &c. taken up, 734; amended, and agreed
to, 739.

Pension

Postage,

resolution introduced to inquire into the expe-
diency of reducing the rate of, on periodical pub-
lications, 479.

Postmaster General, report of, accompanying the President's
annual message, (Appendix) 37.

President of the United States, annual message of, com-
municated, 472; (See Appendix.) Debate on the
reference of, 473, 474.

Rule,

returns Maysville road bill with objections, 1138.
(See Appendix.)

message of, communicated in relation to the colo-
nial trade, and debate on its commitment, 1187,
1138.

transmits a confidential message, 1139.

message from, explanatory of his signature to the
survey bill, &c. 1148.
Removal of Indians. (See Indians.)
Retrenchment. (See Pay.)
Revolutionary pensioners, bill declaratory of the act to pro-
vide for, taken up, 624; amendment proposed,
adopted, and bill reported to the House, 626;
taken up, propositions to amend, and debate
thereon, 626 to 628; ordered to third reading, 629;
debate on its passage, 629 to 635; passed, 635.
bill to exempt from arrest on civil action, &c. taken
up, 636; ordered to a third reading, 687.
resolution reported to suspend the joint, which pre-
vents the sending bills from one House to the other
during the three last days of the session, 1139;
debate thereon, and resolution passed, 1140.
(See Duties on Tea and Coffee.)
resolution introduced to repeal the duty on, 986;
laid on the table, 986; question of consideration
taken, 994; call of the House moved upon, 994;"
motion to suspend the rule for consideration ne-
gatived, 994; again taken up and proposition to
modify withdrawn, 1016; modification again pro-
posed, and motion to lay the resolution on the
table negatived, 1016; substitute offered, and ori-
ginal motion withdrawn, 1037.

Salt.

i

bill to reduce the duties on, introduced, 1049; second
reading objected to, 1049; motion to lay on the
table negatived, and bill ordered to second read-
ing, 1049; motion to commit, with instructions to
amend, 1120; previous question put, sustained,
and bill ordered to a third reading, 1121; again
taken up, various motions proposed, and bill
passed, 1139.

Sergeant-at-arms to the House appointed, 472.
Silk, motion to print ten thousand copies of a manual on
the growth and manufacture of, debated, 869;
taken up, amended, and agreed to, 1121, 1122.
Mr. Alexander, of Virginia, death of, announced,