155

secretaries relative to 286; Armory, resolutions of Penn-[lative to the treaty 194; president's communication posal to amend the constitution so as to prohibit, &c.
sylvania and New Jersey relative to 32; Army, ap- laid on the table, &c. 218; Mr. Bell's resolution to allay 31; petition to investigate 32; proceedings of a meeting
propriation bill 94; petition from certain officers rela- dissatisfaction of the 223; bill reported 231, 234, 235; in Virginia 43; resolution that no one engaged in, ought
tive to a repeal of the law allowing whiskey to soldiers Chesapeake and Ohio canal, memorial from the state to be appointed to office 44; petitions against 46; me-
on fatigue duty 172; the bill taken up 286, 257, 288; of Maryland that the United States contribute further morials on 47; Mr. Norvell's resolution laid on table 61;
taken up in the senate 300 302; yeas and nays and aid to 107; Choctaw land frauds, bill to investigate 333; the bill discussed 76; petitions ib.; bill discussed 94,
passage 301, 307, 312, 313; supplementary bill 332; Choctaw treaty, bill to extend the time for the commis-95; proceedings 96; yeas and nays, and the bill itself
Arts, an act to promote the useful, reported 126; Ather- sion instituted for claims under 137; Cilley, the hon. 107, 108, 110; report made and the substance thereof
ton, Mr. 227; Attorneys and marshals, inquiry direct- Jonathan, message announcing the death of 11; Mr. 138, 139; the report resumed 157, 158, 159, 174, 317;
ed into the propriety of vesting the appointment of in Williams' communication of ib.; death announced by Duelling, Mr. Prentiss' bill 1, 14; Duncan, Dr. speech
the courts 222; relative to fees of, in Louisiana 285 Mr. Fairfield 13; funeral procession ib.; investigation as in reply to Mr. Bond 315, 333, 375; Duties on imports,
Baltimore, tonnage on vessels entering through the to causes of his death ib.; committee announced 16; or- bill relative to, passed 208; on foreign coal, see coal:
ice 44; Banks, call for information as to the conduct of der of procession 61; report of the committee as to his passed, &c. 219; to remit on goods destroyed by late
the Metropolis 43; reported 44; remainder of it 60; death 139; Circuit court of Louisiana district, inquiry fire in New York 333; Duty bonds, inquiry as to paying
see Union bank of Georgetown; bill respecting the, ordered into the cause of the failure of the 251; bill to the merchants of Mobile the costs on renewing 28;
made the order of the day 137; communication rela- change the time of holding in Tennessee 310; in New committee discharged from the consideration of
tive to certain banks in Boston ib.; bill to incorporate York 319; Claims, see commissioners of; for spoliations Education, Mr. Johnson's resolutions to appropriate
certain in the District of Columbia, reported ib.; Mr. 80; Clay, Mr. of Alabama 156, 173, 205; Clay, Henry, lands for 12; Elections, resolutions relative to appoint
Clay's inquiry 156; to continue the existence of, in the his speech on sub-treasury bill 67, 108, 122, 136, 196, ment of committee of 30; leave to bring in a bill to
District of Columbia 185, 186, 204; resolutions to inquire 156, 202, 203, 205, 208, 216, 250, 281, 307, 308; Clayton, secure freedom of 32; Elections for representatives,
into the condition of 187, 201; the Union bank of Mr. 94; Clerks, resolution relative to equalizing the Mr. Prentiss' resolution relative to 252; Electro mag-
Georgetown, incorporated 204; see deposites with the bill compensation of 43; call for information relative to the netic telegraphs, bill to test the practicability of, report-
to continue the existence of the District banks reported number employed in the different departments 336; ed 109; Emigrating Indians, bill for security and pro-
to the house 220; yeas and nays on its passage 221; re- Clerks, in the office of commissioner of Indian affairs, tection of 156; passed 157, 172; reported in the house
solutions calling for information relative to the condition bill to appoint four additional, reported 137; Closing the 218; Evans, Mr. announces Mr. Carter's death 48,
of the District 222; yeas and nays on the passage of the session, resolution fixing the time of 123, 128; see ad-303; Everett, Mr. 29, 208, 217; Ewing, Mr. 76, 77, 110,
bill to extend the charters of the District banks 223; journment; Coal, foreign, petition to allow a drawback 243, 302, 303; Excuses of members for absence 334;
relative to the use of, as depositories, Webster's resolu- on, &c. 201; an exemption of duty on 216, 300; reported Executive power, resolution relative to 63; Expendi
tions 281, 286; Bank of the United States, petition to pre- 330; Collection of the public revenue, bill for the 251, tures, public, resolutions relative to 30, 298; see public
vent reissuing old notes 11; notice of an intention to in- 282; see banks, depositories 282, 293; Columbia river, in- expenditures: Exploring expedition, inquiry as to de-
troduce a bill to prevent the abatement of suits against quiry as to establishing a port at 189; see Oregon; Co- lays in sailing 31; relative to converting into a coast
12; the bill 16; passed ib.; memorial of the delegates of the lumbia steamer, call for information relative to attack squadron 96, 110, 111; call on the president for infor-
people of Pennsylvania against, presented 26; resolu- on 125; Commerce and navigation, the annual state- mation 111; communication from the president rela-
tion to inquire as to compelling to pay its liabilities, ment laid before the senate 203; Commissioners of tive to 127, 215, 254, 281; Extra pay to officers, proceed-
&c. 31; petitions of citizens of Essex county, for a 61; claims, bill to establish a board of 80; taken up 109, ings relative to
318, 334, 335
inquiry as to selling the bonds of the 96; bill to prohibit 123, 137; passed, 137; consideration of 155; passed 156, Fairfield, Mr. announces death of Mr. Cilley 13; re-
the circulation of the notes of the late 103, 113, read and referred 157; Commissioner of the general lative to northeartern boundary 45, 318; Falmouth and
122; report from the president of 127, 128; see bonds of land office, bill to increase the salary of, considered 173; Alexandria rail road company, passed 206; Fees, to
the, petition presented by Mr. Clay for the establish- Commissioner of Indian affairs, bill to appoint four ad- the clerks, attorneys, &c. in Louisiana, inquiry as to
ment of a, and his remarks 203, petitions for 250, ditional clerks in the office of the 137; Commissioner of allowing 285; Fillmore, Mr. 29, 46, 64; Florida, in-
330, 331; the bill to prohibit the reissuing of notes, patents to have the use of the library 126; Constitution quiry relative to giving another legislative branch 30;
&c. passed ib.; Banks, honorable Linn, appears and of the United States, amendment proposed to prohibit call for information relative to war in 31; relative to
qualifies 207; Bargy, Peter, bill passed for relief of 28; duelists from holding offices 31; Copy right law, petition any treaty with Indians, &c. 62; inquiry as to allowing
Bell, Mr. 14, 77; and Mr. Turney 259, 233, 234, 266, for & 61, 172, 261; unfavorable report 231; Corwin, Mr. troops, &c. who lost their horses, &c. additional pay
332; Benton, Mr. 108, 185, 186, 202, 204, 232; Beziers, of Ohio, speech of, on the Cumberland road bill 211; 63; appropriation for compilation of the laws of 111; re-
captain, relative to remunerating for saving the cap. Counterfeit copper, gold, &c. bill respecting, reported solution relative to pay of troops employed in 125; sun-
tain and crew of an American vessel 46; Blair, Fran- 30; Counterfering treasury notes, bill to prevent the, dry bills relative to 238, 250, 281; relative to compila-
cis P. communication from the postmaster relative to reported 185; taken up and passed 186, 187; Craig, Mr. tion of laws 301; bills passed 311; bill relative to fram-
157; petition from, for abatement in the amount for 29; Creeks and Choctaws, papers touching the claims ing a constitution, passed 319; Foreign affairs, bill for
which he is held reponsible 216; the subject considered of the, laid before the house 206; Crittenden, Mr. 43; the preservation of neutrality 1; Foreign paupers, report
and referred 270, 271; committee authorised to send for Crockett, Anthony, &c. communication from the post-on memorial from Boston relative to 109; debate, call
persons and papers 284; report 310, 335; Board of master general relative to 157; Crockett, John W.letter upon the president for all correspondence relative to
claims-see commissioners of claims; Bond, Mr. of from 212; Crooks, Wm. & James, bill for the relief of 158, 191, 203, 226; proceedings relative to 219; expla-
Ohio 109, 110, 124, 238, 291, 333; Bonds of the bank rejected 301; Cumberland road bill, taken up 75, 111, natory message from the president 220; bill relative to,
of the United States, bill to authorise the sale of 172, 112, 127, 128; passed 133, 211, 205, 206; the vote on the reported 313; Fort Gibson, relative to removal of troops
173; passed 175, 332, 333; see Bank United States; bill 215; taken up 219; bill reported 287; Cushing, Mr. from 74, 94; fortifications, &c. inquiry as to which
Books, bill to authorise the purchase of, for mem- 218, 254, 268, 303; Cushman, Mr. 227; Currency, petition might be dispensed with, 108, 125; Mr. Davis' remarks
bers, reported, &c. 319; passed b.; Boon, Mr. 76, to restore the 12; report relative to 32; see sub-treasury; in the senate relative to 131; report relative to 172;
190; Bouldin, Mr. 16, 111, 188, 236, 301; Bounda- the committee on, discharged 107; resolution relative to inquiry and estimates as to for the northern frontier
ry, notheastern, message relative to the postponed the discrimination made in the reception of 125; Mr. 252; the bill making appropriations for, passed 311;
16; referred 32, 45, 47; message from the president Clay's resolution that no discrimination be made, &c. taken up 319; passed 319, 333; Frauds, resolution di-
relative to 61; bill relative to the, postponed 108; bill for 157; report of the committee on 187; Clay's resolution recting inquiry for the preventing, on the revenue in
surveying the 126; documents relative to the, presented as to the making a discrimination in the 190, 191, 208; the entry of goods at the custom house 284; French
157; resolutions of Maine relative to 173; Mr. Web. communication from the secretary of the treasury rela- indemnities, bill to authorise the correction of errors 75;
ster's remarks relative to 184, 186; letter from the pre- tive to 203; Mr. Clay's resolution further considered Fulton, Robert, the heirs of 45; motion to reconsider
sident relative to the 206, 218; previous question 224; 215, 216; passed 221; yeas and nays, &c. 232; Cuth-95; bill reported 231, 311; Fulton steam ship, report of
bill for exploration and survey of the 251; resolution bert, Mr.
205 the secretary relative to
that the president communicate information, &c. 222;
Davis, Mr. 12, 27, 108, 131, 185, 194, 202, 206, 216, 309;
the resolution for a joint commission for the survey and Dawson, Mr. 14, 217, 319; Death, resolution relative
exploration of the 255, 265; referred to the committee to abolishing the punishment of 62; Debenture bonds,
on foreign relations 266; resolutions adopted 301, 308; a resolution for the discharge of, in certain cases 300;
bill relative to, passed 319; Boundary, northwestern-Debentures to fishing vessels, inquiry as to repealing
see Oregon; Boundary, southeastern, Mr. Garland's the law relative to 63; Delaware, bill to divide into two
resolution relative to 222; Boundary, southwestern, Mr.
Preston's resolutions relative to 137; Bounty lands, bill
reported to grant to those who defended the country
during the late war with Great Britain 109, 126; bill to
grant to settlers for the defence of the western frontier
257; Branch mints, bill relative to, passed 282; reported
against 317; Briggs, Mr. 227, 266, 303; Brown, Mrs.
widow of major general, resolution relative to pension
30, 96, passed 222; Buchanan, Mr. request to disobey
the instructions of the legislature as to the sub-treasury
12, 26, 136, 173, 186, 281, 303; Buckingham, Mr. east-
ern traveller, motion to grant the use of the hall to 29;
Buildings-see public.

313

Gannet, Deborah, application for a pension, an in-
teresting notice of 221; Garland, Mr. 109, 137, 255;
Georgetown, memorials from, praying it might be re-
stored to Maryland 103; Girard estate, petition from
43; Glascock, Mr. 79, 217; government and the press,
to separate 138; Grantland, Mr. of Georgia 29; Graves,
William J. see duel and Cilley; report of the committee
on duelling 139, 185; Grinnell. Mr. 15, 29; Grundy,
Mr. remarks on the death of Mr. McKim 94, 96, 108,

collection districts, passed 282; reported against 330;
Deposite act, leave asked for a bill to modify the 299;
passed 300; considered in the house 304, 307; yeas and
nays 303, 315, ib.; yeas and nays on the 317; Deposite
127, 157, 185, 205, 238, 250, 281
of public moneys-Mr. Webster's resolution of inquiry Hale, capt. Nathan, joint resolution for the erection
as to the, &c, 216; inquiry as to repealing the act 222; of a monument to, ordered 237; hall, the use of grant-
Mr. Wright's report as to the depositories 238; and ed to the Temperance society 12; resolution to enforce
resumed 245; resolutions relative to 252; Depositions, in- the rules as to 16; granted to Mr. Buckingham 29; re-
quiry directed to be made as to the mode of taking 234; solution to alter, for the house of representatives 45;
District of Columbia—resolutions relative to laws of motion to grant for the use of Mr. Espy 126; granted
&c. 16; relative to the organization of the orphans' ib.; the house adjourns for the cleansing of the 159; the
court 30; bill for suppressing gaming in 46; to incorpo-use of, for Drs. Sherwood and Dwight to explain mag-
rate certain banks in 46; to establish a criminal court netic variation, rejected 269; relative to altering the 287;
Calhoun, Mr. of Mass. 227; Calhoun, John C. speech in 95; passed 96; inquiry as to retrocession 109, 110, Hall, Mr. of Vermont, 77, 108; Halsted Mr. of New
on the sub treasury bill 55 and again 180, 115 122, 127, 111, 125; mode of recording deeds 110; bill respecting Jersey 76; speech on the appropriation bill 167; Ha-
196, 216; Cambreleng, Mr. 77, 96, 175, 203, 235, 314, the banks in, made the order of the day 137; see mer, Mr. 109, ib. 124; harbor bill reported 309; amend-
317, 303, 332; Campbell, Mr. and Mr. Maury 353, 126; banks: as to sending a delegate to congress 75; bill re-
ed and rejected 310; reconsidered and ordered to a
Canada, relative to seizure of the Caroline 39; see Ca-lating to the affairs of the 174; act to incorporate the third reading 311. 314; report from 317; passed in the
roline; resolution relative to the burning of the 46; Ca- medical society of, passed 201; day set apart for the house 319, ib. 333; Harlan, Mr. 224, 284; Hassler, Mr.
nal, petition for, &c. around the falls of the Ohio 11; business of 233; nine bills relative to the business of statement from relative to weights and measures 307,
communication from the president relative to across the, passed 253; relative to Alexandria orphans' court 309; Haynes, Mr. 224; Havti, petition of citizens of the
the isthmus of Darien 47; bill to grant the right of way 265; bill providing for lunatics in 281; committee dis- District for an agent to 264; hemp, relative to draw-
to through the public lands 157; passed 172; Caroline, charged from consideration of the retrocession 301; back on 333; Hoffinan, Mr. 226, 203, 219; Hopkins,
the steamboat, call on the president for information, several acts passed 301, 310; to erect a court house at Mr. 125, 128; horses destroyed in the military service
&c. 30; petition relative to 46; proceedings 64; petitions Alexandria, passed 311; relative to medical society 330; of the United States, as to the payment for 217, 218,
75; Carr, Overton, late doorkeeper, death of 76; Carter, Falmouth and Alexandria rail road bill laid on table reported 234, 281, 301; hospital in the city of Washing
Mr. of Tenn. 251; Carter, T. J. death of 44; announc- 330, 333; bill to incorporate certain banks in the, re-ton, bill to authorise the erection of considered 173;
ed by Mr. Evans 48; interred 49; Cass, Lewis, inquiry ported 137; District court of New York, bill passed postponed 185; Howard, Mr. 29; remarks on death of
relative to his visit to the Mediterranean, &c. 252; Cat- 319; District court to be held at Jackson, Tennessee Mr. McKim 95, 340, 234, 256, 267, 302; Hubbard, Mr.
lin's Indian portrait gallery, inquiry directed relative to 217; passed 231; engrossed 223; to reorganize in Mis-
the purchase of 222; Census, bill relative to the pro. sissippi, passed 231, 253; District judges, bill rela-
per taking of the, passed 232, 293; Cherokees, remon- tive to salaries of 123; Documentary History of the
strance against the establishment of a territorial go- Revolution, resolution in relation to the contract for
vernment west of the Miss. 155; relative to late treaty 60; resolution for the distribution of the 236; Door-ments made on land sold a second time by the United
with the 172 memorials 175, 186, 187; communication keeper appointed 96; Dromgoole, Mr. 126, 128, 226, States, the question discussed as to whether they should
from the president relative to 204; appropriations 227; Dry dock, resolution relative to a, at Philadelphia be paid for 231; independent treasury bill-see sub
proposed 203; president's communication consider- 157; Duel, notice of a bill to prohibit 12; substance of treasury; Indian annuity bill, taken up 319; passed
ed 215, 217; see Indians; debate in the senate re- Mr. Prentiss's bill 27; reported as amended 28; pro- | 319, 333; Indiana, resolution of the legislature asking

216

Ice breakers, petition froin Philadelphia relative to
keeping the harbor open by 137; imprisonment for debt,
bill to abolish proposed 264, 365; passed 266; improve-

consider

that notes of specie paying banks may be received in | documents 332; Michigan, act of the legislature of, for | District of Columbia 137; passed 138; Pre-emption law,
payment of public lands 28; allowed to re-locate certain the charter of the university, for which a grant of land resolutions of the legislature of Louisiana relative to
lands 43; Indians, as to safe keeping of money appro- had been asked from congress, presented 216; bill for 27; call on the land office for information, &c. 80; to
priated for 23; the Choctaws relative to appointing the completion of certain roads in 231; passed 232; grant pre-emption rights to settlers on the public lands
commissioners, &c. 44; relative to the intermeddling of for the grant of land in aid of canal, passed 254; the 238, 254, 255, 256; the bill to grant, taken up 264; yeas
foreign nations with 62; memorial of the Cherokees 75; bill to create the office of surveyor general of the lands and nays, and proceedings on the 266, 267; passed
committee discharged 88; protest of the Cherokees 110; of, laid on the table 264; rejected ib; engrossed 301, 271, amended and returned to the house 265; relative
petitions 122; bill for the security of the emigrant 123; 310; bill reported against 335; Military academy, at to settlers deprived of its benefits 330; Prentiss, Mr. 27,
bill to regulate the intercourse with 124; message from West Point, see West Point; inquiry as to increasing 94, 137, 252; Prentiss. Mr. of Mississippi, appears and
the president relative to depredations of the, on an in- the number of cadets 62; appropriation bill taken up qualifies 224, 232, 267, 331; President, communica-
dividual 136; petition for the amelioration of the condi- 319, 334; Military affairs, report from the committee on tion from the, relative to the state of the treasury 175;
tion of 137; bill for the establishment of a territorial go- 111; Military appropriation bill, see appropriation; re-sce the various departments; call for information rela-
vernment 156; passed 157—sce emigrating Indians; bill ported 94; Military posts on the frontier, communicative to the employment of engineers, &c. 188; relative
reported relative to moneys received for 313: see Che- tion from the secretary of war relative to 158; Militia, to the Cherokees 204; message from the, communicat-
rokees, &c.; Indian hostilities, letters explanatory of the resolution to re-organizing 31; inquiry as to increasing ing correspondence relative to the northeastern boun-
debate on 243; the bill to suppress 203, 218, 232: passed the pay of certain 285; Mint at New Orleans, inquiry dary 218; explanatory message from the, relative to the
232, 234, 236; amendments and yeas and nays 237, as to increasing salary of the officers of 95; Missouri documents accompanying the message in relation to
233, 239; interest, the rule adopted by government as company, petitions to be allowed to enter 500,000 acres foreign paupers 220; message from the, containing esti-
to the payment of, on claims 76, 108; as to the allow of land 61; Missouri river, amount of money expended mates of the cost of removing the Cherokees 222; call
ance of, on the commutation pay of revolutionary of- for 47; Morris, Mr. 215, 216; Mulberry, bill to autho- for any correspondence with the governors, &c. relative
ficers 138; reconsidered 139; international copy right rise the president to lease gratituously certain pub to extending the time of removing the Cherokees 236;
law, petition for a 61, 172; investigation, resolution for lic lands for the cultivation of the 137; passed 318, call upon the, for information relative to Mr. Cass' visit
a, into legislative abuses 95; Iowa, bill to establish,
319 to the Mediterranean 252; for information relative to
&c. 61, 217; passed 231, 232, 238; ib.; iron, imported
National bank, petition presented by Mr. Buchanan the force employed in the Seminole war 252; relative
for the construction of iron steamboats, to exempt from to establish 43; see banks and Bank United States; Na to the treasury building 283; relative to a newspaper
duty 236; the house refuses to suspend the rules to tional foundry, inquiry into the expediency of erect- communicated by a Texian minister 284; relative to
253, 304, 312 ing, &c. 304; committee authorised to adjourn till next undue attempts to keep down the price of land 284,
Jenifer, Mr. 16, 220; Johnson, Mr. of Louisiana 239, session, &c. 335; Naval affairs, inquiry as to creation 288; requested to communicate a report of the last
251; Johnson, William Cost, resolutions relative to ap of rank of admiral 31; report 80; Navy commission-campaign in Florida 310, 311; as to attempts to keep
propriating lands for education 12, 13, 30, 47, 63, 64, 76, ers, inquiry as to repealing the law for the establishing down the prices of public lands 317, 336; Press, to se-
95, 243, 157, 189, 335; Jones, George W. see duels; re- of the board of 125; Navy, petition for the preservation parate the government from all connexion with 138;
solution of the committee on duelling relative to 148; of timber for the 12; the committee on, directed to in- Preston, Mr. 96, 127, 136, 137, 243; speech of, on the
Judiciary system, bill to amend the 23; amended, &c. quire as to fixing number of officers 62; resolution treasury note bill 261, 205; Printing, extra copies order-
34; bill to change the time of holding court in the ninth relative to appointment of midshipmen 125; see appro-ed as to tropical plants in Florida 61; as to the public
circuit 45, 47; bill relative to, in the western district of priation; Navy pension fund, the committee directed 109; Public buildings, bill relative to treasury 80; report
Virginia 45, 46, 74; passed 47; relative to the ninth cir- to inquire as to modifying the act in relation to 155; on the expenditures for the 110; report ordered to a
cuit reported in the senate 61; resumed ib.; laid on the Navy yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, bill to pur second reading 122; proceedings 126; an amendment
table b.; disagreement of the senate's amendment 78; chase a piece of land at 43; Naylor, Mr. 111, 233, 312, to the bill for taking down the treasury building report-
inquiry as to interchange of judges 125; the bill to mo- 313, 331; Neutrality, bill for the preservation of 1; ed 138; communication from the commissioners rela-
dify so as to abolish the chancery system in Louisiana taken up 12; continued 13; a bill to preserve the, re- tive to, communicated 157; report relative to regulating
passed 237; the substitute from the house relative to ported 16; with amendments 28, ib.; copy of the bill laborers on 189; bill reported making appropriations for
holding the court in the ninth district, rejected 261; bill 29; amendments considered 32, 45; Newark, proceed- the 207: bill respecting the removal of the new treasury
to change the time of holding the circuit court in Ten-ing of a meeting at 12; New Castle, petition that it be building, &c. 207, 236, 238: yeas and nays on the remo-
nessee, passed 250; Jurors, paying of
61 made a port of entry 137, 282; New Echota treaty,
val of the treasury building 251, 283: the committee on,
Keim, hon. George M. appears 49, 61; Kennedy, see Indians; New Hampshire, order that the claim of, directed to inquire as to the mode of ventilating the
John P. appears 155; his resolution on deposite of pub- for the reimbursement of expenses for maintaining house, &c. 286, 335; Public expenditures, resolutions
lic money 252, 286; King, Mr. of Alabama, announces jurisdiction, &c. be referred to committee on fo- relative to 30: discussed 95, 126: Mr. Bond's speech up-
the of death Mr. Lawler 174, 185, 205; appointed presi- reign affairs 222; Niles' Register, resolution authorison 291: see Dr. Duncan: the report of the treasurer re-
dent pro tem. of the senate 300; thanks of the senate ing the clerk to subscribe for ten numbers for each lative to 320: Public lands, call for information as to
312; Knight, Mr.
185, 187 member on certain conditions 12; same resolution in number of acres granted, &c. 11: memorial of Missis-
Land office in Michigan, see Michigan; in Missis the house 77; laid on the table 78; Norvell, Mr. 156, sippi relative to pre-emption claims, &c. 11: relative to
sippi 330; in Louisiana 333; Lawler, Mr. of Alabama 290; Notes of the late United States bank, see Bank appropriations for purposes of education 12: bill report-
77; his death noticed 161; announced in the senate United States; 103, 113, 122, 128, 136, 330, 331; Notes, ed 27: committee on the, directed to inquire as to the
174; in the house b.; funeral 175; Laws of the United treasury, see treasury notes.
surrender to the states of the inundated 27: bill taken up
States, resolution for the purchase of a complete copy Officers of the house, rules, &c. as to 95; Ohio, re-b.: relative to the amount of public land granted to In-
for each of the standing committee 64; Legare, Mr. 96; solution ceding all public lands to, in the state of 250; diana 27: to inquire as to granting pre-emption rights to
Legislative abuses, resolution for an inquiry into 95; re- Oregon territory, bill for the occupation of, &c. 215, a company in Wisconsin 28: resolution of the state of
port 109; Lewis, Samuel, resolution relative to allow- 213; adopted ib.; report made 232; Original papers, Indiana that the notes of specie paying banks may be
ance to 110; Liberian, inquiry directed as to the ap-relative to private claims, the disposition to be made of received in payment for ib.: the committee on, to in-
pointment and duties of the 158; committee discharged 216, 251; yeas and nays, &c.
231 quire as to issuing patents to persons holding titles to In-
from the consideration of 219; Light houses radiators, Panama, that the chart be lithographed 110; Parker, diana reservations 62: as to making donations to per-
inquiry as to expediency of importing models of 74; Mr. of New York 14; Patents, inquiry directed as to sons settling west of the Rocky mountains ib.: as to
report relative to, ordered to be printed 185; approval altering the laws relative to 254; Patton, Mr. 30, 78, 79, making a grant to Illinois, &c. ib.: as to granting a
of the report relative to 310; bill making appropriations resignation 109; Pay and emolument of brevet officers, tract :o those who served in Indian wars ib.: as to best
for, reported 213; bill reported, &c. 330, 333, 334; Lin- bill to regulate, passed 308; Peace society, for the settle mode of disposing of, &c. 60; the bill discussed, &c. 76:
coln, Mr. 76, 77; Linn, Mr. 94; Loomis, Mr. 15; Loui- ment of international difficulties, report of the 254; me- Mr. Grundy's substitute for the bill to graduate the
siana, resolutions of the state of, relative to pre-emp-morial from the 299; Pensions, inquiry as to amending price of 94: memorial from the legislature of Arkansas,
tion law 27; the bill to establish an additional land of law 31; call for information relative to names of agents relative to the 107: resolution relative to the, in the vici-
fice in, passed 261; Lumpkin, Mr. 194, 205; Lyon, Mr. for payment of, &c. 31; communicated 45; inquiry as
nity of Vincennes 110: yeas and nays on the passage
of Alabama
80, 174, 233, 312, 314 to extending to wagoners, &c. 62; reports, &c. from the of the bill to reduce and graduate the price of 111, 122:
Madison papers, resolution relative to 307, 308; Ma- committee on 64; bill passed 76. 94; pension bill taken up yeas and nays ib.: reported 126: Mr. Hayne's resolution
disonian, remarks of Mr. Snyder relative to 267; Mag- 94, 96, 109, 110; passed 221, 223, 236, 252, 311, 333; Pen- relative to distribution of 222: the bill ceding the, in
netism, relative to discoveries in 301; Mail contracts sion agents, communication from the secretary of the Ohio, passed 250: inquiry as to efforts to keep down the
with rail road companies, inquiry into the propriety of navy relative to the 191; Pension agency, a bill to es- prices of 317: passed 336: bill to grant the right of way
making permanent with 174; Mail route, inquiry into tablish at Montpelier, Vermont, passed 137, 207, 222; through the, for canals and rail roads
the expediency of making a, from Huntsville, &c. in bill reported to establish a, at McMinnville, Tenn. 206;
Quorum, proceedings relative to
Mo 174; from Kellysville, Tenn. &c. 217; Maine, rejected 207, 300; Pension fund, the navy, inquiry as to
Rail road iron, the committee discharged from the
speaker to certify of a vacancy 62; resolutions of the repealing the act, &c. 155; Petrikin, Mr. 111, 268; Phi- consideration of the remission of duties on 155; see
legislature relative to the northeastery boundary 173; ladelphia, petition for a dry dock at 11; petition relative iron: Ramsay, captain William, the secretary of the
Mallony, Mr. 77; Map of the harbor of Havre de to keeping the harbor open 137; resolutions relative to navy required to communicate the proceedings of the
Grace, ordered to have lithographed 12; Marine corps, a dry dock at 157, 189; Pickens, Mr. 78, 276, 158, 255; courts martial relative to 264; presented 265; Reed, Mr.
bill for augmenting the 46; bill to re-organize the Piracy, inquiry whether further legislation is necessary 15, 77; Reports, on Mr. Ruggles' case 147; of the
185; Marine hospital, petition as to site of 26; Mary- for the suppression of 252; Pope, Mr. 235, 319, 332; minority of the committee of ways and means ib.;
land. resolutions of the legislature of, on the finan- Postage, on newspapers, petition to repeal 11; petition on Mr. Webster's resolution 245; of the committee
ces 94; Mason, Mr. 32, 266; Mason, Mr. letter from, from Hampshire county, Va. relative to exacting specie as to our relations with Mexico 340; of the com-
correcting misrepresentation 242; Maury, Mr. and Mr. for 28; relative to reducing on newspapers 30; call for mittee on currency 187; Retrenchment and reform,
Campbell 353; McComb, maj. gen'l. Alex. bill for the information as to amount of by express mail 31; as to see public expenditures: resolutions relative to 126;
relief of 27; rejected 264; McKay, Mr. 29; McKennan, lessening 62; petition to be relieved from the payment Revenue cutters, inquiry as to pay of officers, &c. di-
Mr. remarks on duelling 15; McKim, hon. Isaac, of in specie 1 5; on newspapers, &c. 222, 250; Postmas-rected 62; Right of way, bill to grant the, through the
notice of the death of 81; Mr. Grundy's remarks 94; ters, inquiry as to increasing compensation of 76; Post-public lands for canals and rail roads 157; reported 172,
Mr. Howard's remarks 95; order of procession ib.; master general, call for information relative to the 189; the bill granting the, to Illinois postponed 232;
Medical society of the District of Columbia, act to in- weight of free parcels, &c. 62; communication from the, Rives, William C. speech on sub-treasury bill 34, 308;
corporate the, passed 201; see District of Columbia; relative to contracts 122; statement of mails 123; as to Roane, Mr. 174; Robertson, Mr. 30, 285, 316, 336;
Manifee, Mr. 30, 228; Mercer, Mr. 77, 112, 220, 234; collection of a claim against Crocket & Blair 125; com- Ruggles, Mr. committee on case of, authorised to em-
Messages, see president and secretaries; from the pre- munication relative to postage 127; as to the irregulari- ploy clerk 12, 44; report 111, 121, resolution acquitting,
sident, relative to Indian depredations on the property ties and failures of the great western mail 143; and of passed 137; report 147; supplemental do. 156; Rules
of an individual 136, 143; relative to foreign paupers the express ib.; communication relative to claims of the house, amendment to 31, 46, 62, 73, 75, 312,
226; correspondence with Mexico 157; Metereological against Crockett & Blair 157; report relative to the re-335; Russell, Mr.
observations, inquiry as to encouraging 78; Metropolis ceipt of notes, &c. 216; for information as to mails 234;
banks 44; see banks; Mexican armed vessels, call for information communicated as to expenses 336; Poto
information relative to attack upon the steamer Colum- mac, resolution relative to the survey of, &c. 284; Post
bia 125, Mexico, our relations with 108; message from office law, passed 318, 333; Post roads, the committee
the president relative to the attack on the Columbia, and on, instructed to inquire into the expediency of em-
the proceedings thereon 139; correspondence relative ploving additional clerks 231; Post route, from Corydon
to appointing an arbitor 147; report of the committee to Harrison, in Indiana 61; across the isthmus of Pa-
as to our relations with 340; a petition that arbitration nama 62; from Hackettstown to Belvidere 136; Mr.
may be employed in settling difficulties with 156; cor- Allen asks leave to submit a resolution for a 207;
respondence relative to, communicated 157, 159; report through Brownsville, Alabama, 266; the bill to estab-
to allow vessels bound to, to enter and secure their car-lish, considered 271, 310, 311; Potter, Mr. of Pennsyl-
goes in the United States 281; engrossed 282; enquiry vania, on duelling 15; Powder magazine, resolution to
as to our relations with 302, 312; relative to printing the authorise the president to purchase a site for, in the

157

334

227

Sabine, Mr. Preston's resolutions relative to the
boundary on the 137; Saint Peter's and Mississippi
rivers, resolution for the purchase of an island at the
confluence of the ib.: Schlosser, see Caroline, Canada,
Seminoles Indians, see Florida: see Indians: Ser-
geant, Mr. 79: Settlers on public lands, act for the
relief of certain 330: Sevier, Mr. 209, 280: Shinplasters,
one alleged to be of Stockton and Stokes presented
by Mr. Clay 75; Sir Robert Peel, inquiry relative to
the destruction of the 253: Slavery, petitions against
46, 61: that clerk make a list of, &c. 63, 136, &c.; Slave
trade, inquiry as to the, with Texas 61: Small note
restriction, leave asked to offer a resolution to repeal

|

256
224

Constitutional chart, a notice of Mayo's
Convention the banks 97-see bank convention; no-
tice as to time of meeting of the whig national 178; the
state whig at Ohio 240; resolution of the Virginia com-
mercial 257; resolution of the Ohio state whig
Coal trade, resolutions of the Kentucky legislature
relative to

321

257

211

50
Coinage at the U. States mint, whole amount of 258
Colonization, six hundred negrocs emancipated 65
Commercial convention, resolution of the Virginia
Corwin, Mr. of Ohio, speech on the Cumberland road
bill
Cotton-notice of the Liverpool market for 384; trade
of Natchez 403; the first bale of the year
416
Court of inquiry, on case of major Crossman, as-
sembled
Creek nation, letter from the, contradicting reports as
to their discontent, &c.

Crime, the statistics of

357

324

323

258

Crockett, col. interesting anecdote of
Crockett, John W. letter from, to Dr. John B. Fon-
ville relative to the circulation of speeches, &c. 212
Crops of Europe and the United States, a long and
general notice of the

372

Cross, major, letter from relative to his accounts 243
Crossman, major, court of inquiry on case of 387
Cumberland coal, an article relative to the value of

the, and the yeas and nays thereon, 207, 311, 313, Wabash, bill for improvement of 74: Washington | 239; resolutions relative to French indemnity b.; reso
332: Smith, Mr. of Indiana 28: Smithsonian bequest, monument, the bill to allow the erection of the, on the lutions relative to sub-treasury 241; statistics of the in-
call upon the president for information as to 31: as to public mall, indefinately postponed 164, 265, 280: Ways sane and idiotic poor of
the investment of 288: reported 313: call for informa- and means, report of the minority of the committee on
tion 336: Snyder, Mr. of Illinois, remarks relative to 147: Webster, Daniel, his speech in reply to Mr. Cal-
the Madisonian 267: South Carolina militia, inquiry houn 132: speeches on the sub-treasury bill 7, 88, 100: in
ordered as to paying those employed in the Florida reply to Mr. Calhoun 132, 173, 184, 187, 205, 206, 216,
war 222: Southport in Wisconsin, bill relative to es- 232, 235, 250, 281, 299, 300, 307, 309: Western frontier,
tablishing a harbor at, discussed 216; passed 217: plan for the defence of, by general Gaines 109: West
Spain, bill to give effect to the 8th article of treaty Point, the committee discharged from the considera-
with, passed 76, 94: Specie circular, motion to suspend tion of the resolution relative to studies at, &c. 206: in-
the rules so as to introduce a resolution to repeal the, quiry as to abolishing acadamy at 223, 319: White,
and the yeas and nays thereon 207, 217: Specie-paying judge, his speech upon the sub-freasury bill 169, 260;
banks, resolution that it is inexpedient to discontinue to White, Albert S. letter from 213: Whitman, George,
receive the notes of 30: Standard balance, resolution bill to authorise him to import an iron steamboat 136:
to make a, for each state 309: State banks, call upon Whittlesy, Mr. 96: Williams, Mr. annunciation of
the secretary of the treasury for a condensed statement Cilley's death 11: Williams, Sherrod 217: Wisconsin,
of the condition of 172: see banks: State of the union, inquiry relative to census and admission 30: relative
Mr. Cambreling's motion to go into the committee of to the southern boundary of 32: bill relative to roads
the whole on the, at length prevails 208: on the bill for in 44, 64: discussed, &c. 76, 123: bill to authorise to
suppressing Indian hostilities 218, 219, 224: Stationery, form a constitution, reported 189: in regard to a semi-
inquiry as to cost of, for session 31: Steamboats, bill for nary of learning in 217: to a canal 239: bill to mark the
the better security of the lives of passengers 126: to southern boundary of 233: to complete public building,
authorise George Whitman to import an iron 136: an passed 255: relative to roads in, rejected, &c. 281: joint
act to provide for the better security of the lives of pas committee relative to 282, 302, 309: passed 319: Wise,
sengers 269; and to appoint persons to test, &c. ib. re- Mr. 111, 127, 128, 143, 158, 159, 218, 234, 235, 236, 331,
ported to the senate and amendments of the house re- 334: Word, Mr. appears and qualifies 224, 232; Wreck-
jected 250, 282, 301: passed 304, 309: the bill to guarded property at Key West, bill relative to 309: Wright,
against explosions, passed 318: amended and adopted Mr. report on Mr. Webster's resolution 173, 233, 245,
330; Steam engines, the secretary of the treasury or
dered to report information relative to 302: for trial of
309: passed 320: Stenographers, rules as to 16: Stock-
ton and Stokes, petition relative to money awarded
them &c. 216: Strange, Mr. 205: Sub-treasury bill, ta-
ken up 11: resumed 12: to be reported ib. resumed 16,
27, 25: vote on postponing 29: report relative to cur-
rency 32; bill resumed 43: resolutions of Kentucky 43:
bill resumed 44: proceedings of a meeting in Philadel-
phia in favor of b.: petitions against 46: bill resumed
61: petition from Pittsburg ib.: resumed ib.: yeas and
nays on Mr. Rives substitute 61: motion to fix a day
to consider in the house 64; copy of the bill 66: resumed
74: reported to the house 78: yeas and nays on 79; re-
marks &c. on 82: petition of citizens of Cleveland
against 136: judge White's speech 169: Mr. Wright's re-
port 244: notice of its rejection in the house 273: petitions
for the passage of the 255, 264: presentation of the
resolutions of the legislature of Connecticut against
266: taken up 271, 272, 232, 235: yeas and nays and
bill rejected 285: petition against 307: Sunday, the
house in session on 190: whether a legislative day 309:
Survey, in the Illinois and Kaskaskia rivers 28: of the
harbor of Providence, R. I. 94; of the harbor of Linn, to
be lithographed 109: relative to survey of the lakes
234: Surveyor general of Illinois, to create a 23: to re-
move the office of the, of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin,
&c. 204, 232: of public lands in Wisconsin, passed 238:
of Michigan, the bill to create a, laid on the table
264: System of defence, see fortifications.

Yell, Mr. of Arkansas

299
234

Yeas and nays in the house-on the neutrality bill 12;
on the suspension of the rules, to consider resolution
relative to Cilley's death 13; on postponing the same
15; on agreeing to the resolution 16; on the vote to
postpone the sub-treasury bill 29; on the neutrality
bill 30; on the sub-treasury bill 79; on laying on the
table the motion for referring the annexation of Texas
to a select committee 124; on amendments to, and the
passage of the Cumberland road bill 138; on ques-
tions relative to the duel 188; on the treasury note bill
192; on the bill to extend the charter of the District
banks 221, 223; on the currency resolution 233; on the
appropriation bill to suppress Indian hostilities 238; on
suspending the rules, to allow Mr. Hamers' resolution,
&c. 109; to allow a resolution relative to the currency
125; to take up a resolution relative to the war 128; rela-
tive to the reissue of treasury notes 189; so as to intro
duce a resolution to repeal the small note restriction 207;
to allow Sherrod Williams' motion relative to specie
circular 217; to introduce a resolution respecting foreign
paupers, &c. 219; on the removal of the treasury build-
ing 251; on amendments to the pre-emption law 267;
on the sub-treasury bill 285; on its reconsideration 296;
on the army bill 304; relative to the army bill 313, 314;
on the deposite act 317; on the bill to prohibit the reissue
of the notes of late bank of the United States 332. Yeas
and nays in the senate-on an amendment to the sub-
treasury bill 32; on the resolution relative to the slave
Tallmage. Mr. 23, 250, 264, 308; Telegraphs, inquiry trade with Texas 61; on Mr. Rives' substitute for the
as to establishing a system of 122; Telegraph steam- sub-treasury bill 61; on Mr. King's amendment to the
boat, inquiry relative to the destruction of the 253; Ten- sub-treasury bill 74; on striking out the 23d section 75;
nessee, act to authorise to issue grants and perfect titles on the proposition that the government receive the bills
304, 312; Territorial government, west of the Missis-of specie paying banks ib.; on various other amend
sippi, remonstrance of the Cherokees and Choctaws ments to the same, and on its passage 74; on various
against 155; Texas, petition against admission of 11; amendments to the duelling bill 107; on the bill itself
resolutions of Alabama relative to its admission 32; pe- 10; on the bill relative to the northeastern boundary
titions relative to 45, 61; petition from the Arkansas b.; on the bill to graduate the price of public lands
relative to boundary line 76; resolution of Tennessee 111; on fixing the time of closing the session 123; on
in favor of annexing 122, 124; Mr. Preston's resolution the resolution to fix a day of adjournment 123; on the
concerning the annexation of, made the order of the bill to prevent the circulation of the notes of the late
day 136; Mr. Preston's resolution relative to boundary bank of the United States 136; on Mr. Calhoun's mo-
line on the Sabine 137; petition against the annexation tion to establish a sy-tem of joint rules to decide claims
of 172; resolution that the president communicate any 137; on the bill to establish a board of commissioners
correspondence in relation to, &c. 222; cominunicated of claims 156; on the bill increasing the salary of the
236; report of the committee relative to 254; yeas and commissioner of the land office 173; on laying on the
nays in the senate on the resolution to annex 255; pro- table the resolution of inquiry into the District banks
ceedings on the report of the committee relative to 267; 202: on Mr. Buchanan's amendment requiring the
resolutions of Rhode Island 269, 271; resolutions cal- hanks to have one-fourth specie, &c. 202, 203; on va-
ling for information, &c. 281, 312; Thomas, Francis rious amendments, &c. to the treasury note bill 203;
220, 296, 287, 331; Thompson, Mr. 235, 318; Tilling. relative to District banks 204; on various amendments,
hast, Mr. 269, 270, 316; Tipton, Mr. 185, 261; Tobac- to Cumberland road bill and its passage 206; on the
co, call for information relative to the duties on 31; Tri-Cumberland road bill 215; on striking out the appro-
pical plants, a bill to encourage the cultivation of, pass-priation for the exploring expedition ib.; on the striking
ed 251; Treasury circular, resolutions of Indiana rela- out of sound specie paying banks, in the currency re-
tive to 32; report of the committee of ways and means solution ib.; on Mr. Morris' currency resolution, and
83; Treasury notes, bill to authorise the issue of 77; re- on the resolution itself 216; on the bill making South
port relative to 80; bill relative to 123; the new bill 139; port a harbor 217; on the bill granting a township to
the bill to authorise the issue of, passed 177; the judici- the university of St. Louis 232; on postponing the bill
ary committee instructed to inquire as to prevent the to create the territory of Iowa ib.; on the bill to en-
counterfeiting 173; reported 185; bill to reissue 189; courage the cultivation of tropical plants 251; yeas and
referred to the finance committee 202; passed 203; apnays on the bill to grant western bounty lands to set-
proved 217; bill to issue, &c. considered 189; proceed-ters for defence, &c. ib; relative to the annexation of
ings on the 190, 191; yeas and nays 192; Mr. Wil- Texas 255; relative to the land office in Michigan 264;
liam's resolutions relative to government paper curren- yeas and nays relative to pre-emption law 265; on the
cy 223; Treaty of Gent, bill to carry into effect the 8th bill to abolish imprisonment for debt 266; as to the dis-
article of 95; Truth Teller, Mr. Hoffman's remarks re- position of original papers 281; relative to the collec-
lative to the president's coinmunication of the, an article tion of the revenue 299; repeal the deposite act 300;
from the 208, 219, 221; the articles from the 230; Turney, on the bill for the discharge of debenture bonds in
Mr. letter relative to recontre with Mr. Bell 259, 234 certain cases ib.; on the bill creating the office of sur-
Underwood, Mr. 29, 111, 175, 243, 255, 266, 332; U. veyor general of Michigan 301; on modifying the de
States bank, see banks; Union bank of Georgetown, bill posite act 303; relative to the harbor bill
to extend its charter 123; University of Pennsylvania,
mcmorial for a piece of the public domain 184; Univer- Congressional elections, a notice of those yet to take
versity of St. Louis, bill granting lands to, postponed 232
290
Vapor bath, the bill to purchase the right to use Dr. Connecticut-number of banks in 2; nominations
B. Reilley's rejected 252; reconsidered 300; Vice pre- for governor and lieutenant governor 17; annual elec-
sident, relinquishes the chair 300; Virginia report from tion 81; election of governor 97; the legislature con-
the commissioner of the land office as to the quantity vened and the votes for governor 176; Dennis Kim-
of land scrip required for satisfying outstanding mili-berly elected a senator 193; refuses to expunge the word
tary bounty lands
255"white" in constitution as to voters 193; copper mine

place

Dinner-reply of Mr. Poinsett to an invitation to a
at Charleston 323; to Mr. Webster at New York ;
to Mr. Webster at Boston 337; tendered to col. R.
M. Johnson at Philadelphia 391; to Mr. Prentiss at
Portland ib; to hon. Henry A. Wise at Petersburg ib.;
the toasts and proceedings at the Preston barbacue 392;
to general William H. Harrison at Massilon 397; letter
from John C. Calhoun relative to, at the Richland dis-
trict 406; to John Bell at Nashville
Dougherty, judge, at St. Louis, the murder of 337
Dromgoole, Mr. the speech of, on the bill to seperate
the government from the banks

East India snakes, the way in which they are
managed
Elections-copy of the bill to secure the freedom of
51; the annual in Connecticut 81; Edward Robinson
elected to congress from Maine 98; of mayor of New
York 97, 113; in Connecticut 115; election in Balti
more 129; of a majority of whigs in the legislature 115
the Albany charter ib.; the Virginia congressional 161;
the Mississippi b.; of governor in Connecticut 176; in
Rhode Island i6.; a general statement of the votes for
and against the administration in all the states ib.; the
Virginian 177; in Mississippi 193; in Maine 209; in
Mississippi 239; the result of the, in Louisiana 321; in
North Carolina 337; official statement of the Missis-
sippi 338; the time of the various state elections 356; in
North Carolina 269, 401; in Kentucky, Alabama, In-
diana, Illinois, Missouri, &c.

F.
Falkland Islands, notice from the governor of, to a
whaling vessel to go off
403
Fire, at West Point 7; at Nachitoches 112; at
Charleston 160, 239; at Nantucket 239; further at-
tempts at Charleston 258; in London 368; in the pines
in New Jersey 400; at Hudson, New York 400
Fisheries, the number of vessels employed in the
cod and mackerel

323

401

Flour in Baltimere 2; prices of, at the latest dates b.;
supply of

McKim, the hon. Isaac, death of
Medical staff-see army; see surgeons.

Imprisonment for debt in Ohio, abolished 80; in
Maryland ib.; resolution in Vermont against 352 Mexico-arrival of French fleet 48; French brigs of
Indiana-a notice of rich iron ore in 352; elections in war at 128; the ultimatum of the French 129; corres-
401 pondence relative to appointing an arbiter in the case
Indians-see Florida; number of 3; see different of difference with the United States 147; ports declar-
tribes; report as to concert of action among
401 ed under blockade 161; official account of the blockade
Indian relics, mound opened in Ohio
176 of the ports of 163; manifesto of the president of, to the
Indian treaties, with Chippewa, Sioux and Winneba- nation 164; vessels ordered off, &c. 177; terms of set-
goes
241 tlement 194; extraordinary power given to the president
Insanity singular case of persons in the water, 226; French squadron 239; the Mexican affairs ge-
brought on by firing cannon over them
324 nerally and blockade 336; the report of the committee
Insurance company, the New York, sale of its pro- of foreign affairs in the house of representatives as to
perty
402 our relation with 340; items of news relative to the
blockade, &c. 355; extract of a speech from the pre-
sident of 385; minister awaiting for power to settle with
the United States 387; speech of president Bustamente
Midshipmen, examination of 129; list of the passed,
274

50

Florida-Indians at Charleston on their way west 1;
army returned from the everglades ib.; letter from an
officer south of Fort Jupiter 4; letter from Fort Pierce
33; number of Seminoles come in 49; items ib.; com-
munications of general Jesup, colonel Gadsden and
the secretary of war relative to 51; Indians taken,
troops discharged, &c. 97; capture of Indians near
camp Jupiter 113; surrender of Alligator 145; mail
carrier murdered ib.; movement of troops 193; late
from, relative to Indians coming in ib.; lieutenant Interest, a decision that, computed by Rowlett's tables
colonel Twigg's command 239; Indians at St. John's was usurious
389
Ferry 258; battle near Newnansville 290; burning and Iowa-a new territory erected 225; population ac-
destroying 320; measures for defence of the Okefeno-count of 339; the lands called Black Hawk's purchase
kee swamp 354; a murder near colonel Gadsden's and to be offered for sale
403
other outrages 386; comments on the statement of the Iron, imports of 2; resolutions of the Kentucky legis
war's being nearly ended 387; colonel Harney gone lature
on an expedition to the Wathlacoochie
J.
Jackson, Andrew, his image on a rock 114; visit to
2 Nashville 129; the sacrament administered 389
Force, Peter, elected mayor of Washington 225 Jamaica-duty on flour at 112; the apprentice system
Foreign paupers-see congress-debate on the mes-290; proclamation for emancipation in
397
sage of the president relative to the introduction of 226 Jenkins, A. M. his letter declining to be a candidate
Fort Towson-account of the troops at
144 for governor of Illinois and making known his senti-
France-duties, journals, &c. 49; forgeries in the ments
210
statements relative to the commercial distress 145; Jesup, general, his arrival at Washington
209
coronation, proceedings of the slavery committee; de- Johnson, col. Richard M. invitation to a dinner in the
feat of the Russians by the Circassians 177; arrival of county of Philadelphia and his reply
391
governor Tacon at Bordeaux; rail road; reception of
K.
Haytien commissioners: arrival of the emperor of Kentucky-resolutions of the legislature relative to
Russia at Berlin 305; its treaty with Texas 321; items the currency 49; concerning the iron and coal trade
from 329; misunderstanding with Switzerland; marshal 50; lands disposed of 193; the early settlement of 340;
Soult's expedition to England; destruction of the thea-memoir and death of captain Charles Gatliff 356; the
tre Vaudeville at Paris 371: see British affairs.
elections in
Franking public documents, abuse of
Kneeland, Abner, tried for blasphemy 112; petition
Franklin Bank of Boston, indictment against offi- for the release of
240
L.
Lakes, an article on the rise of waters in the 395
Lake Erie-rise of water at 239; steamboat on, char-
tered for United States service
289
Law cases-mandamus, Kendall postmaster general
vs. Stockton & Stokes 33; point raised that the bank
had forfeited its charter 210; against a steamboat to re-
cover the value of a trunk, left on board one night, and
lost 339; case of insurance for average loss, &c. 340;
case of contempt, Josiah Baily, jr. 357; relative to the
appointment of a clerk to the circuit court of Louisiana
239, 373; decision in the United States circuit court at
Natchez that interest calculated by Rowlett's tables is
usurious 389; the Presbyterian
397

cers

352

23

352

51

Franklin, Benjamin, proposition of the Mobile Typo-
graphical society to build a monument to
Freedom of elections, bill to secure
French indemnity, resolutions of Connecticut rela-
tive to 239; New Hampshire resolutions
321
Frost, Richard K. à Thompsonian, trial for man-
slaughter
144

G.

Gales & Seaton, letter relative to the charges of the
Globe as to not executing the printing according to
law, &c.
399
Gambling on the western waters, carried to an
alarming extent
388
Garland, James, letter relative to Dr. Duncan's
speech
398

Garnett, James, speech on digging gold
Gatliff, Charles, an early adventurer in Kentucky,
memoir and death of

4

356

Georgia-see Cherokees-correspondence relative to
the Cherokee treaty 244; whig congressional ticket 321;
a reward offered by the governor of, for letter written
to Slade relative to abolition
Gilmer, governor, correspondence relative to Chero-
kee treaty

Gipsies, American, account of

Lawler, Mr. of Alabama, death of
Legget, Wm. letter respecting J. W. Webb
Liberia-as to the health of

Light house, examination of coast, &c. assigned
Lightning, the damage done by, on July 20th
Limestone, found in Genesee, New York
Lobby services, the amount paid for
Louisiana-veto of the bank bill 48; bill to autho-
416 rise lotteries passed 80; relative to the appointment of a
clerk to the circuit court of 239, 373; the result of the
244late election
321
Lown, Wm. letter relative to the destruction of the
256 George Washington
355
Wes-
346

3

276

Lynch, lieutenant, his description of the Great

4 tern

Giraffes, the arrival of two at New York
Globe, newspaper, Mr. Ewing's letter
Gold, speech of James Garnett on digging
Graves, Mr. duel with Mr. Cilley 1; statement of the
parties

of

Grayson, Peter W. of Texas, the death and memoir

394

240
356

M.
Mackerel fishery, number of vessels engaged in the
Maelzel, Mr. notice of the death of
Madstone, for the cure of a bite of the mad dog, re-
sorted to

Montevideo, defeat of the national army

Mooers, Benjamin, a revolutionary patriot, death of 48
Morris, and Hull, commodores, article relative to 404
Moselle steamboat, the destruction of the 145, 160,
176
Muhlenburg, hon. Henry A. minister to Austria, sail-
129
Munificent bequests, of Kohne, formerly of Charles-
338
Murder in Arkansas-an account of the, by the
speaker, &c. 193, 258; by Stewart at Baltimore 275;
of Geo. Collins on Magothy 321; of judge Dougherty 337
Muskingum river, article relative to the improvement
of the navigation of

ton

403

N.
Natchez--cotton trade of 403; the vessel "Natchez"
built at Baltimore arrives at Natchez
403

Nantucket-early reminiscence of 23; fire at 239
Naval-arrival of the Shark 80; destination of the Co-
lumbia 80, 81; arrival of the Falmouth at Valparaiso
144; list of officers of the Concord ib.; correspondence
relative to the blockade of the Mexican ports 163; the
ship Columbia goes to sea, arrival of the Fulton 176;
letter from the commander of the Natchez that he would
convey letters to Tampico 177; the Concord at Pensa-
cola ib.; general orders 242; the United States sloop of
war Levant at Matanzas 321; letter from commodore
Nicholson on board the United States ship Indepen-
dence 325; promotions in the ib.; navy orders 349;
death of commodore Rodgers 353, 372; arrival of the
Constitution, and list of officers 354; departure of the
Porpoise 384; old Ironsides ib.; examination of coast
for light houses and officers assigned for 388; commo-
dore Barron becomes the head of the navy and com-
modore Stewart second 400; commodore Biddle ap-
pointed governor of the asylum at Philadelphia ib.; see
exploring expedition; an article relative to com. Morris
and Hull 404; list of midshipman passed 274; genera!
orders
274
Naval surgeons, the list of approved candidates 258
Navy, J. K. Paulding appointed secretary of the 257;
see naval.

416
Mails, not received 1; robbery of the from Columbus
to Toledo 3; a new arrangement between Washington
and Philadelphia 178; from Toledo to Buffalo destroy-
ed by fire
357
Maine-see boundary; state prison of 4; Edward Ro- New Hampshire-Mr. Hill re-elected governor 49;
binson elected a member of congress from 97; election number of votes 65; Levi Woodbury nominated as
for congress 209; John S. Fairfield nominated for go-chief justice of 193; meeting and organization of the
vernor 290; reply of governor Fairfield to his nomina- legislature 256; number of votes, &c. 258; the whig
tion, relative to 305; nomination of Smith for governor convention 273; judge Page nominated for senator
Hail Columbia-judge Hopkinson, the author of and
289; notice of the proceedings of thelegislature of 321;
the circumstances under which written
Mandamus case, Amos Kendall, postmaster general disease among catile
Hall, Mr. of Vermont, remarks relative to vote on vs. Stockton & Stokes 33; motion for attachment 65; New Jersey-act of the state, relative to punishment
sub-treasury
82 proceedings 81; appropriation for, to restore a clerk in
Halstead, Mr. of New Jersey, speech on the bill the circuit court of Louisiana
making appropriations for the expenses of the govern-

ment

H.

289

339

167

Marriot, general William H. nominated for congress
from Baltimore

176

210

Martineau, Miss, a retort upon
Marryatt, capt. his toast at Toronto
Marshall, chief justice--see Wm. Smith and
Maryland-amendments to constitution and guberna-
210 torial districts 33; bank law 114; remonstrance against
384 the governor's appointment of col. Abert as engineer
Heath, James P. his card on behalf of the sufferers 321; statement of the banks of
322
of the Pulaski
348 Mastodon, discovery of a skeleton of, at Bucyrus,
Holland and Belgium-see British and French af- Ohio
405
fairs.

Health, of different cities

161

Niles' National Register, editorial notice relative to
publishing the journal of congress, &c.

257

North Carolina-as to, the draining of the swamp
lands of 144; hon. John Branch run for governor of 321;
awakening on the subject of internal improvement ib.;
election in 337; governor Branch's letter accepting 344;
election in
369, 401
Northeastern frontier-see boundary.
Northern frontier-see Canada; see boundary; out-
rage on the sir Robert Peel
224

Notes-see treasury notes; sce banks.

Ohio-common schools 4; agricultural wealth of
22; imprisonment for debt abolished 80; the whig state
convention 240; whig convention, resolution of the
the canal commerce
Ohio river-now open, &c. 48; unusually low
Ornithological society, a notice of the

321;

338
384
256

P.
Panama, the Chilian blockake of Callao and other
items
389
81

Parkins, the ex-sheriff discharged
Patton, honorable John M. elected a member of the
executive council, Virginia
49
Patriots see Canada.
Paulding, J. K. appointed secretary of the navy 257
Paupers, relative to the introduction of foreign 226
Payne, William E. noble act of payment by 400
Penal system of Pennsylvania, the advantages of the
Pennsylvania-nomination of David R. Porter as
governor 17; copy of the constitution of 84; proclama-
tion of the governor relative to resumption 305, 320;
the advantages of the penal system of

368

388

Pennsylvania hall-account of the destruction of 195;
excitement

241

Pensions-circular from treasury department rela-
tive to payment of 114; a statement of the amounts ap-
propriated by the law

352

352

3

304

Pensioners, statement of the number of
Peru-expedition from Chili
Petersburg, visited by an awful storm
Philadelphia-destruction of Pennsylvania hall 195;
the excitement at 241; account of the museum at
Pickens, Mr. a correction of his remarks upon the
Texas question
276

356

Pierce, Franklin, letter from, relative to the Cilley
duel

54
356

Piracy-committed on the brig Isabella 356; reported
by the brig Ceylon

ton

Poinsett, Mr. secretary of war; notice of indisposi-
tion 81; reply to an invitation to a dinner at Charles-
323
Poland easy access to the emperor, &c.
371
Polk, the honorable J. K. of Tennessee, tribute of
the democratic citizens of Philadelphia to
Pork trade, in Cincinnati

Port-au-prince, French fleet expected

374

22

3

at

S.

324

339

amount of the New Orleans trade with 240; colonel
Saint Francis river, an account of the rafts of 23 Hockley appointed secretary of war of 320; ratification
Salt, manufacture of in New York
22 of the convention between the United States and 321:
Saratoga springs, table of the arrivals and departures its treaty with France ib.; Peter W. Grayson appointed
400 minister from 323; items from ib.; proclamation of the
Scott, general-on his way to Washington 49; reso-president of the United States and a treaty with
lution of Michigan approving of his conduct ib.; in Thanksgiving, the proclamation for, by the governe!
Washington 81; tribute to, from the pen of colonel of Bassa Cove
Worth ib.; communication to colonel Hughes 87, 113; Theller, Dr. interposition to save the life of, and
his address to the Cherokees relative to their removal letter from the secretary of state
210; correspondence relative to Cherokees 244; his
visit to the north postponed 385-see Cherokees; letter
from, to governor Gilmer

Silk manufactures, circular relative to duties on 403
Silk culture-in new Jersey, notice of the 321; sale at
Westchester 352; by the Messrs. Chaneys of New
Jersey
354
Sioux and Chippewas-a conflict between
Sirius and Great Western-see steam ships.
Sir Robert Peel steamboat-daring outrage on the
224, 226; official papers relative to 277; the money
stolen, &c. regained
289
Slade, Mr. a reward offered by the governor of Geor-
gia for a letter written to
416
Slave case, an important case by Mr. Culbreth, of
Maryland, against Griscom and other inhabitants of
Salem for rescuing a slave
144
Slavery, New Hampshire resolutions postponed 321
Smith, William, his letter relative to chief justice
Marshall, &c.

210

Smithsonian legacy-the money paid 258; notice by
the secretary of the treasury of the receipt of, and pro-
posals for investment

Treasury-report from the committee of ways and
means on the state of 83; letter from the secretary of
the, as to the state of the treasury 100; requires imme-
diate aid to sustain it 161; circular after repeal of specie
circular 209; effect thereof 225; circular to collectors
and receivers of public money 387; letters from relative
to duties on silks 403; see congress.

Treasury notes-amount of 1, 209; report of treasury
relative to 80; monthly statement 81; statement of the
145; forged treasury notes ib.; the bill to authorise the
issuing of, passed 177, 193; speech of Mr. Preston 261;
the amount issued 289; statement of

Treaty with the Sioux, Chippewa and Winnebago
Indians, notice of a

353

241

369

339

371

South Carolina, resolutions against the sub-treasury
Spain-route of Beaza and Ubeda 49; army move-
ments and general affairs of
Specie circular

Specie, imports and exports of 144; amount of, in
Philadelphia and New York 177; from Mexico 275
Specie payments-resumption of 22; resolution of
nine banks of Maine 23; banks of Mississippi ib.; re-
Porter, commodore-expected in this country 239; solution in New York relative to 33; in Boston and
his arrival at Boston 321; at Chester, Pennsylvania 353 New Orleans 65-see banks and bank convention-letter
Postmaster general-see mandamus.
of secretary Woodbury 97; notice of a million sent out
Pottawatamies, a council of the, and unwillingness by the Barings 128; letter of John Barney to Mr. Lor-
to go west
387 man, president of the Bank of Baltimore relative to
Prentiss, Mr. of Miss. to attend the Webster dinner 165; the United States bank not about to resume 193;
321; correspondence with the whigs of Portland 391 resumption of, by the banks at New Orleans 273; pro-
President of the United States-his visit to the clamation of the governor relative to 305, 320; resump-on
springs 321; reception at Old Point Comfort 337; histion of 337; a resumption of
385
letter declining to attend 4th of July dinner at Phila- Steamboat-the American lost 65; the Black Hawk
delphia
347 lost 144; the loss of the Moselle 145, 160; the outrage
Preston, William C. letter from, relative to Indian on the sir Robert Peel which see 224, 226; the loss of
hostilities 243; speech on the treasury note bill 261; the Pulaski and dreadful destruction 257, 259, 273; the
the Richland barbacue to 359, 369, 392; correspon- destruction of the Washington by fire 259; the act to
dence with the Halifax whigs
392 render safe the boilers of steam engines against explo-
Prince de Joinville and suite, arrive at Washington sion 347; the racing of
388
Promotions in the British army and navy, account
387
Public expenditures, the treasurer's report of the
amount of, for each year, &c.
320
Pulaski-the loss of the 257, 259, 273, 278, 321, 348,
368, 384, 416
Punctuality, J. Q. Adams' opinion of
193
Punishment of death, the act of New Jersey relative
144

178
U.
Underwood, Mr. relative to maj. Cross' accounts 243
Unenviable situation, a workman suspended
V.

3

Steam navigation-an account of Rumsey, &c. 275;
letter from London relative to 359; benefits of the Atter
lantic 384; the application of steam to trading ships
389; meeting relative to, in Philadelphia
Stewart, William, the parracide, account of
Stock-sale of United States bank 97; notice of the
American, held abroad

402
275

322

Sub-treasury bill-see congress-speech of Mr. Web-
ster 7; New York legislature resolutions against 21;
Rathbun, B. a notice of the trial of
notice of its passage, &c. 65; a copy of it as passed 66;
Raft of the St. Francis-an account of the 23; of remarks from the Globe 82; the supposed vote in 1835,
Red river, cleared away 144; official report
ib.: remarks of Mr. Hall of Vermont ib.; Mr. Webster's
Rating vessels, the manner of
speech on 88; Mr. Tallmadge's letter to recorder Riker
tions relative to the 241; notice of its rejection in the
100; Mr. Calhoun's speech 180; Connecticut resolu
house 273; resolution of South Carolina legislature in
339
Supreme court, rule term in August
Surgeons-the list of approved naval 258; army 404;

276

Red river raft-as to clearing the 144; official report
Register, Niles' National, editorial notice relative to
publishing the journal of congress and the laws 257
Resumption-see specie payment-letter from Nicho
las Biddle relative to

226

Revenue of 1837, duties on imports and tonnage,
&c.

65

Revolutionary relics, the names of those in the pro-
cession at Troy, New York

the

323

Rhode Island, the election of governor in
Rives, Mr. notice of his speech on sub-treasury 33;
speech

176

34

Voyage of

T.

240
257

Tacks, the manufacture of
Talleyrand, notice of the death of
Tallmadge, Mr. of New York-remarks in defence
of the people against the charge of bank influence 23;
his letter to recorder Riker giving his opinion of the
sub-treasury 100; always opposed to the expunging
372 resolution

390
Washington steamboat, destruction by fire 259; let-
355
of William Lown relative to
Webb, J. W.-see Cilley.

336

Webster, Daniel, speech on the sub-treasury bill 7,
88; concluded 100; his speech in reply to Mr. Calhoun
132; rumor that he would withdraw as a candidate for
presidency 321; invitation to a dinner at N. York 323
Wesleyan missionary society, large collection
West Point-fire at 7; visiters of the military acade-
my 193; the graduates of, ordered to the Cherokee
country 289; favorable report of the board of visiters
348, 356
321; the report of the board
Whig national convention, notice from the National
Intelligencer as to the meeting of the
178

169; upon the issue of bills, notes, &c. by expired cor-
White, judge, his speech upon the sub-treasury bill
porations 247; dinner at Nashville

406

241

White, Richard H. notice of his trial for setting fire
to the treasury buildings 240; acquittal of
Willis, N. P. law suit against Miss Clifton 144
Wines, sale of famous by Mr. Thomas & Son, Phi-
ladelphia

Wingate, judge, death and notice of

276
48

Wisconsin-Madison the seat of government of 321;
population and some account of

339

Wise, Henry A. address from, to his constituents 52;
tendered a public dinner at Petersburg, the correspon-
dence 391; correspondence relative to the affairs of
Messrs. Segar and Savage 394; see congress.

Whittlesey, Elisha, of Ohio, declines being a candi-
date for re-election, &c.

Rochester, hon. William B. lost in the Pulaski 275
Rodgers, commodore, death of 353; the funeral of
372
Royal William, steam ship, arrival of the 337; the
ownership of 368; the sailing of 369; account of the
Rowlett's tables, a decision that interest calculated Texas--resolution of New York relative to the ad- the office
by, was usurious
389 mission of 112; intercourse with New Orleans ib.; ob-
Ruggles, Mr.-Mr. Jones' statement relative to the servation relative to admission 114; the resolution
patent lock 6-see congress-report in the case of 147 passed for their withdrawal of application for annexa-
Rumsey, an early account of
275 tion to the United States 161; rejected in the Texan
Russia-Mr. Bodiscoe, the minister from 161-see senate 193; general Hunt, the Texan minister leaves ib.:
British affairs, and
371 the president declines executing land patents 219; the

sites

337

Woodbury, the hon. Levi, nominated as chief justice
177 of the superior court of New Hampshire 193; declined
322
Wool, gen. on the northeastern frontier selecting
305
Woolsey, com. Melancthon. a distinguished naval of-
ficer, notice of the death of 193; his biography
211
Worth, col. assigned to the command of the new re-
giment for the defence of the frontier
353