INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE. Abolition in the District of Columbia; a memorial from Dana, Judah, elected from the State of Maine, to sup- ply the place of Ether Shepley, resigned, took his seat, 79. for certain information respecting them, 68. a bill to extend the provisions of the act regula- ting public deposites, 79; referred to the Com- mittee on Finance, Dickins, Asbury, elected Secretary of the Senate, 6. motion to strike out the second section of the bill, which provided for a deposite of the sur- plus revenue, on the 1st January next, with the several States-motion carried, 1008; the House disagreed to the above amendment; the Senate insisted on it, and notified the House accordingly, 1021; the House insisted on its disagreement, and the Senate, after further debate, adhered to its vote, by yeas and nays, 1034. Committee on Manufactures, 70. a bill for the remission of duties on goods destroy- ed by fire at the late conflagration in New York, 847; ordered to a third reading, and passed. his intention of renewing his motion for this purpose at an early day, 4; resolution intro- duced, 128; taken up, 380, 428; agreed to, 504; and the journal was expunged accord- ingly. Extra session of the Senate, 1035. pany to construct their road within the District of Columbia; the bill was ordered to its third reading, 1021; and passed. of the State of New York, in relation to Cath- olic emigrants, referred, 533, ordered to a third reading, 1008; bill lost by the disagreement of the two Houses on an amendment, 1034. the payment of stipulated indemnities, 513; or- dered to a third reading and passed, 1009. nounced by his colleague, Mr. Kent, 3. for improvements in firearms, 988; bill laid on the table, 991. bors, and for removing obstructions at the mouths of rivers, 1014; ordered to a third reading, 1015; and passed. arrangements appointed for, 992. tbird reading, and passed. berland road in Obio, Indiana, and Illinois, 802; Kinnard, Mr., a Representative from Indiana; a token of mourning to be worn for thirty days to bis mem- VOL, XIII-1 ory, 7. Land; Mr. Clay's bill for dividing the proceeds of the Pierce, Franklin, elected a Senator from New Hamp. shire for six years from the 4th of March next; Mr. Hubbard presented his credentials, 872. 1009. destruction of the late General Post Office building, 19. ence between the United States and foreign countries, providing for additional clerks, and for the erection of a new building, was ordered to be engrossed, and subsequently passed, 1009. President's annual message received, (see Appendix,) 3. the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, 343. message in relation to Mexico and Texas, 524. letter to Mr. Calhoun, in reference to a speech made by that gentleman, in which be charges those in power with speculating in the public lands, 753. message convening an extra session of the Senate, 1035. President and Vice President, a joint committee appoint- ed for counting the votes for, 617, 698, 777. Road bill; a bill making appropriations for the repair and construction of certain roads, (including the Cumberland road,) ordered to a third read- ing and passed, 1019. copy of the proceedings of the late court of in- quiry at Frederick, in relation to the Florida war, 840; referred to the Committee on Mili- tary Affairs, 846. Sick and disabled seamen; a resolution calling on the Sec- retary of the Treasury for information as to the cost of erecting hospitals for relief of seamen, 690. calling on the President for information in regard to the authorities of Bermuda baving committed aggression on a Southern vessel freighted with slaves, and driven by distress into that port, 725. supply the place of the late Mr. Goldsborough; his credentials presented by his colleague, Mr. Kent, 360; re-elected for six years from the 4h of March next, 981. qualified, and took their seats, 550, 563. Steam boiler bill ordered to a third reading, 777; and afterwards passed. of the last session, introduced, 376. ticles; the bill taken up and considered, 872. ent State, 360, 797; postponed, 986; resolu- tion agreed to, 1013. negatived, 1019. 21, 70, 89, 104, 128, 172, 327, 360, 533, 577, 619, 636, 778; bill passed, 778. ment lately received from the Treasury Depart- ment on this subject, 150; agreed to, 167. Vice President, retirement of, and bis address on the oc- casion, 617. and ability, in the chair, 635. Vice President pro tempore, Mr. King elected, 618; his Yeas and nays, on armory bill, 800. on the bill to amend the act for the punishment of 805. bill for relief of the executrix of R. W. Meade, 846. 872. 975, 981. on recognising the independence of Texas, 986, 1013. two per cent. land fund of Alabama and Missis- sippi, 986. on a motion to strike out the 2d section of the fortification bill, which provided for a deposite of the surplus revenue, on the 1st of January next, with the several States, 1006; the House disagreed to this amendment, and insisted on its disagreement, and the Senate adhered, by yeas and nays, 1034. general appropriation bill, 1018. road bill, 1019. Railroad Company, 1021. INDEX TO THE NAMES OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE DEBATES IN TIE SENATE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. gan, 278. Bayard, Mr., Delaware, on the admission of Michigan, Black, Mr., Mississippi, on bill for the relief of the ex- ecutrix of R. W. Meade, 846. Choctaw reservations of land, 852, 872. Captain Hall's improved rifle, 991. 711, 713, 714. abolition in the District of Columbia, 508, 510. land bill, 667. reduction of the tariff, 911, 914, 915. igan, 169, 171, 235, 310. 325, 326. the land bill, 378, 379, 559, 560, 561, 693, 731. expunging resolution, 440. French and Neapolitan indemnities, 521, 523. marine corps, 535. American Colonization Society, 566, 567, 568. abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, 709. bill for promoting trade with Belgium, 800, 805, 806. bill to amend the act for the punishnient of cer. tain crimes against the United States, 801, 802. report on the relations between United States and Mexico, 854,982, 983. reduction of the tariff, 873, 880, 948, 961. recognising the 'independence of Texas, 1012, 1013. Calhoun, Mr., South Carolina, on reduction of duties, 69. Crittenden, Mr., Kentucky, on the late court of inquiry on General Scott, 841. 864. distribution question, 1008, 1020, 1027. Cuthbert, Mr., Georgia, on the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, 715, 716. bill for promoting trade with Belgium, 806. on the late court of inquiry on General Stott, 841, 844, 846. reduction of tariff, 875, 878, 883. distribution question, 997. Dana, Mr., Maine, on the admission of Micbigan, 223. expunging resolution, 391. land bill, 551. Davis, Mr., Massachusetts, on unexpended appropria- tions, 157. the admission of Michigan, 317. Texas, 419. French and Neapolitan indemnities, 522, 524. reduction of the revenue, 577. sick and disabled seamen, 690, 691, 692. land bill, 694, 695, 760. steam boiler bill, 777. bill for promoting trade with Belgium, 806. reduction of tariff, 874, 876, 877, 878, 894, 902, 936. navy appropriation bill, 1014. barbor bill, 1014. Ewing, Mr., Ohio, on repealing the Treasury circular, 8, 534, 562, 563, 778. the admission of Michigan, 170, 231. land bill, 529, 530, 535, 557, 558, 560, 667, 695, 726, 729. abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, 707. Cumberland road bill, 803, 804. Choctaw reservations of land, 853. distribution question, 1030. 290. land bill, 661. 128, 167, 169, 204, 205, 563. building for United States courts at Philadelphia, 326. Texas, 419. land bill, 529, 530, 534, 758. counting the votes for President and Vice Presi- dent, 617, 698, 699, 700. copy-rights to foreigners, 670, 671. distribution of books, 725. bill to amend the act for the punishment of cer. tain crimes against the United States, 801, 802. reduction of tariff, 876. inauguration of President Van Buren, 992. 471. the harbor bill, 1014. cular, 128, 778. unexpended appropriations, 152, 165. abolition in the District of Columbia, 507, 709. bill proposing a cession of the public lands, 752, 780, 792. bill for relief of the executrix of R. W. Meade, 846. gan, 256. Kent, Mr., Maryland, announces the death of his col. , Prentiss, Mr., Vermont, on the bill to amend the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, 801, 805. Preston, Mr., South Carolina, on the admission of Michi- recognising the independence of Texas, 526, 797, 1010, 1013. the marine corps, 535. copy-rights to foreigners, 670, 697. election of President and Vice President, 701. the distribution of books, 725. the Cumberland road bill, 803, 804. bill to increase the military establishment, 839. 840, 841, 842, 845, 846. on report of committee on Mr. Madison's wri- tings, 859. reduction of tariff, 875, 928, 932, 957, 962. Captain Hall's improved rifle, 991. Rives, Mr., Virginia, on public deposites, 89. Treasury circular, 120, 343, 563, 635, 636. expunging resolution, 405. American Colonization Society, 568. abolition in the District of Columbia, 717, 720. on the late court of inquiry on General Scott, 843. 867. reduction of the tariff, 916. navy appropriation bill, 1014. Robbins, Mr., Rhode Island, on the publication of Mr. Madison's writings, 849. 506. land bill, 558. Ruggles, Mr., Maine, on the Treasury circular, 375, 562. land bill, 667, 668, 669, 693, 695, 726, 727. bill for the improvement of the useful arts, 796. 696. land frauds, 667, 732, 734. the distribution of books, 726. bill for ceding the public lands, 786. reduction of tariff, 874. Southard, Mr., New Jersey, on the Treasury circular, 172. abolition in the District of Columbia, 712, 713. fortification bill, 779, 794, 795. bill for ceding the public lands, 790. reduction of the tariff, 967. memorial from Cherokee Indians, 1010. supplying the committee rooms with certain books, 1010. gan, 221, 305. expunging resolution, 473. American Colonization Society, 567, 568. on the late court of inquiry on General Scott, 845. reduction of the tariff, 923. Swill, Mr., Vermont, on the land bill, 727. petition from town of Georgia, Vermont, praying for abolition in the District of Columbia, 739, 777. certain crimes against the United States, 802. |