Factor, William Senna, act for the relief of..365,
397, 1864, 1886, 1924, 1927
Falcon, act to change the name of the American-
built steamer, to that of Queen City....123,
140, 168, 182, 219
Faulkner, Charles J., a Representative from Vir-
ginia..
..2, 44, 86, 140, 156,
178, 203, 256, 271, 285, 348, 475, 564, 629,
980, 1129, 1185, 1332, 1496, 1499, 1536,
1585, 1586, 1587, 1641, 1726, 1727, 1728,
1729, 1753, 1762, 1834, 1860, 1868, 1873,
1874, 1891, 1916, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1995,

2000, 2024, 2071, 2107, 2117, 2139, 2144
resolutions by.........47, 572, 883, 980, 1332
remarks on the bill further to prohibit officers
of the Army and Navy from having an in-
terest in contracts......
..348
remarks on the deficiency bill....
.379
remarks on the homestead bill..
remarks on the resolution to furnish certain

.542, 543

books to new members............883, 884
remarks on death of John F. Snodgrass..1364
remarks concerning the business before the
Committee on Military Affairs.........1572
remarks on the bill for the relief of Charles Lee
Jones.....
.....1730

remarks on the bill for the relief of Mrs. Helen
Mackay..... ......1733, 1734, 1736
remarks on the bill authorizing the payment of
the balance of the property accounts between
the United States and the State of New
York......
..1737
remarks personal and explanatory relating to
his absence from his seat.
.1737
remarks on Army appropriation bill, 1765, 1784,
1785, 1786, 1794, 1795,
1826, 1827, 1828, 2131

(See Appendix.)
remarks on the bill to increase the pay of sol-
diers.....
...1989

remarks having reference to an Executive com-
munication relative to the superintendency of
the national armories, &c., &c.........2109/
remarks on the Nebraska and Kansas bill, 885
(See Appendix.)

remarks on the bill to regulate the pay and in-
crease the efficiency of the Army......1924,

1925, 1926, 1927, 1946, 1947,
1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1956
remarks on the bill for the relief of Pamela
Brown...
......1837, 1839
remarks on the bill for the construction of roads
in New Mexico....
.562, 563
remarks on the Naval appropriation bill..1917
remarks on Post Office appropriation bill, 2115
Faulkner, Jesse R., of Missouri, bill for the re-
lief of........437, 480, 481, 2096, 2103, 2114
Fanning, Colonel A. C. W., United States Army,
act for the relief of the executrix of the late,
821, 1496, 1868, 1887, 1924, 1928
Fanny, resolution for the relief of the owners of
......350, 1371, 1866

the steamer......

Farley, E. Wilder, a Representative from Maine,
2, 49, 297, 562, 759, 845, 1030, 1031, 1131,
1161, 1165, 1167, 1172, 1174, 1177, 1190,
1193, 1200, 1239, 1333, 1714, 1872, 1915,
2024
resolutions by.
..49, 759
remarks on the steam-frigate bill..........831
remarks on the bill providing for the construc-
tion of certain roads in the Territory of Min-
nesota.....
.....1031, 1032
remarks on the Nebraska and Kansas bill, 1155
(See Appendix.)

....

remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...1478
Farnsworth, Nathaniel-see Smith, Elliot.
Fenley, Lieutenant Andrew, bill for the relief of
the heirs of..
...1727, 1991, 1995
Fenton, Reuben E., a Representative from New
York..
.2, 35, 48,
113, 333, 894, 1129, 1167, 1169, 1172, 1176,
1178, 1180, 1255, 1494, 1496, 1606, 1671,
1727, 1731, 1872, 1915, 2002, 2111, 2112
resolution by......
..48
remarks on Nebraska and Kansas bill, 427, 428
(See Appendix.)

remarks on the bill authorizing the payment of
balance of property accounts between the
United States and the State of New York, for
supplies in the war of 1812.............1737
remarks relating to the bill creating Dunkirk,
New York, a port of entry.......1762, 1763
remarks on river and harbor bill....1696, 2124
Field, Alexander P., late secretary of Wisconsin,
and sureties, joint resolution for the relief of,
6, 18, 21, 219
Finances, report on the.....
.....15
Finnall, Walker H.-see Graham, James S.
Fire Insurance Company, Mutual, in the District
of Columbia, bill to incorporate the, 1497, 1916
Fisher, Marvin W.-see Bouton, Richard M.
Fitzpatrick, Richard, act for the relief of.....350
Flagler, Thomas T., a Representative from New
York
.2, 297, 564, 788,

1120, 1167, 1179, 1180, 1186, 1244, 1245,
1428, 1626, 1728, 1758, 1765, 1872, 2142
resolutions by.....
..183, 412
remarks on the river and harbor bill.....1692,
1693, 1696
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...2066
Fleurian claim-see Land Claims.
Florence, Thomas B., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania....
.2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16,
18, 21, 36, 44, 48, 74, 75, 80, 86, 114, 125,
177, 178, 182, 183, 184, 187, 189, 234, 244,
306, 307,329, 331, 350, 378, 388, 394, 427,
446, 454, 461, 462, 463, 488, 492, 532, 562,
580, 590, 626, 637, 650, 703, 720, 788,
883, 896, 910, 989, 1014, 1070, 1120,
1155, 1160, 1170, 1191, 1242, 1272, 1297,
1333, 1353, 1382, 1402, 1446, 1449, 1496,
1536, 1565, 1576, 1577, 1588, 1589, 1728,
1729, 1785, 1871, 1872, 1874, 1892, 1992,
2071, 2106, 2138, 2221, 2222, 2223, 2224
resolutions by... .8, 114, 177, 846, 2106
remarks relating to the reference of the bill ex-
tending the provisions of the bounty land
laws.....
..70
remarks on the reference and printing of a com-
munication from the Clerk of the House, rela-
tive to distribution of documents in certain
cases....
......94, 95
remarks in relation to printing extra copies of
the census report....
...161
remarks relating to the estimates of deficiencies
for printing.
......201, 202
remarks on presenting a memorial from the
Friends, of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
Delaware...
..413
.368,

.........

remarks on the deficiency bill.....

369, 375, 382, 389, 394, 410, 411
remarks relating to the bill extending the pro-
visions of the bounty land laws........451,
452, 453, 463
remarks on the homestead bill. .....505, 548
remarks on the second deficiency bill..430, 615,
616, 635, 671,672, 674,
1277, 1289, 1290, 1294
remarks on steam-frigate bill, 490, 826, 827,832
remarks on the bill to provide a post office and
court-house in Philadelphia........723, 724
remarks personal and explanatory, referring to
charges concerning his position on appropri-
ations for the District of Columbia.....1397
remarks on asking the correction, upon the
Journal, of his vote on the postage bill..1455

Florence, Thomas B., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania-Continued.

remarks on the Army appropriation bill..1786,
1826, 1827
remarks relating to his motion to reconsider the
vote by which an amendment to the pension
bill was passed.... . .. . . . . . . . 1913, 1915
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill..1409,
1470, 1485, 1503, 1506, 2027, 2048, 2660
remarks on the bill for the relief of Sarah K.
Jenks and others..1753, 1755, 1756, 1757
remarks on the bill to secure the safe transmis-
sion of the mails of the United States upon
railroads......
.304, 318
remarks on the naval appropriation bill..1918,
1919, 1920, 2126
Florida-see Indians; Grants; Marine Hospital;
Land District; Ports of Delivery; Land Offices.
Floor-see Privilege.

Floyd, George R. C., late secretary of Wisconsin
Territory, and sureties, joint resolution for
the relief of.....
.....168, 1750
Folders-see Extra Compensation.
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on...34, 75, 1632
resolutions of instruction to........ ......114,
180, 285, 286, 614
reports from...121, 127, 182, 1031, 1760, 2109
bills reported from...
..12,
424, 845, 1334, 2040, 2109
.424
.425

adverse reports from.....
discharged from subjects..
Foreign regulations of Commerce, bill to amend
the act requiring the, to be laid annually be-
fore Congress, approved 16th of August, 1842,
and for other purposes......1371, 2139, 2140
Fortifications, bill making appropriations for, and
other works of defense, and for repairs of bar-
racks and quarters, for the year ending June
30, 1855....
...121,
1131, 1889, 1897, 1914, 2099, 2103, 2114
remarks by-
Mr. Houston..

..1889,
1890, 1897, 1898, 1914, 2099
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee..
..1890,
1897, 1898, 1914
Mr. Phillips....
....1890
Forty-five, range one, in Warren county, Vir-
ginia, bill for the relief of the inhabitants of
school township......1496, 1868, 1887, 2143
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, bill to pro-
vide for the appointment of a, and for other
purposes......
.......854

......

Fox and Wisconsin rivers-see Wisconsin.
Franklin, John R., a Representative from Mary-
land...
.2, 392, 1130, 1712
remarks on the Nebraska and Kansas bill..772
(See Appendix.)
Franking privilege, bill abolishing the......2141
bill granting the, to the Superintendent of the
Coast Survey, and the assistant in charge of
the office of said Coast Survey.....244, 307
remarks by-

Mr. Upham...

Mr. Jones, of Tennessee..

Mr. Mace...

Mr. Olds.....

.244, 245
..244
.244, 245
.244

on the Pension Office and on individuals, bill to
prevent and expose, by providing for the
advertisement of the names and residences of
pensioners...
........625
Frauds on the Treasury of the United States, bill
to prevent...
......2138
Frazer, John, bill for the relief of, and the admin-
istrator of the estate of John G. Clendenin,
deceased.......1498, 1869, 1887, 1924, 1987
Frazer, Thomas, bill for the relief of........162,
268, 272, 333, 1365
Freeman, Rebecca, act for the relief of......219,
1496, 1868, 1887, 1927
Frémont, John Charles, bill authorizing the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to pay, for beef fur-
nished to the California Indians.......1728,
1992, 1995, 2006, 2013
Frink, John, bill for the relief of... ..1916,
1994, 1995, 2096, 2103, 2114

Fuller, Thomas J. D., a Representative from
Maine...
.2,
6. 13, 35, 69, 78, 110, 127, 141, 168, 169,
170, 180, 182, 228, 298, 348, 396, 405, 414,
426, 427, 436, 439, 446, 470, 541, 542, 601,
684, 723, 736, 910, 917, 1129, 1228, 1229,
1242, 1349, 1371, 1405, 1428, 1433, 1463,
1476, 1586, 1594, 1614, 1615, 1632, 1642,
1842, 1862, 1872, 1915, 1916, 1944, 1990,
1994, 1995, 2002, 2038, 2076, 2112, 2135
resolutions by....
.228, 1654
remarks on the reference of certain estimates
for rivers and harbors....... .....136, 139
remarks on the bill constituting Quincy, Illi-
.203, 204
nois, a port of delivery..
remarks on the deficiency bill.
.321
324, 325, 326, 365, 370, 387
remarks on the bill to extend the warehousing
system, by establishing private bonded ware-
houses...
...725, 736
remarks on the steam-frigate bill.. ...807
remarks on the bill to aid the Territory of Min-
nesota in the construction of a railroad, 564,
565, 578
remarks on the bill to authorize the construc-
tion or purchase of four additional revenue
cutters...
...1464, 1654
remarks on the Nebraska and Kansas bill, 1239
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill...1614,
1615, 2026, 2027, 2046,
2048, 2061, 2063, 2074
remarks relating to the bill making appropria-
tions for the further improvement of Cape
Fear river......
......1637

remarks on the river and harbor bill......2122
Fuller's survey of the Ohio river......1450, 1559
Fugitive slave case in Boston, proceedings relative
to the..
..1332

(See Batchelder.)
Fugitive slave law, act to repeal an act entitled

An act to amend, and supplementary to,
an act entitled an act respecting fugitives from
justice, and persons escaping from the ser-
vice of their masters, approved September 18,
1850....
..1989, 2002

..490
proceedings in regard to his right to a seat..40,
62, 86, 187, 475, 490
proceedings in regard to allowing him an inter-
preter......
.....128, 492
Galt, Thomas J., superintendent of folding-room,
resolution to increase the pay of........1988
Gamble, James, a Representative from Pennsyl-
.........2, 21, 36, 1872

vania.....

remarks relating to the railroad riots at Erie,
Pennsylvania....
...235
Gardner, Henry, bill for the relief of..1495, 1867
Gardiner claim, proceedings in relation to...549,
606, 2138

Gas-light-see Georgetown.
Gass, Patrick, bill for the relief of.........1495,
1867, 1868, 1887, 2135||
General Land Office, joint resolution to enable the
Secretary of the Interior to retain the present
force in the, until the next session of this
Congress..
..2139, 2140, 2141

Georgetown-see Taxes; Pioneer Manufacturing

Company.

rate the...

remarks on his resolution to expel A. O. P.
Nicholson from the Hall.... ...1360,
1361, 1362, 1363, 1382
remarks on the bill to establish the office of
surveyor general in Utah, and for other pur-
poses....
....1092, 1096
remarks on the bill to enable the President to
fulfill the third article of the treaty with Mex-
ico......
..1541, 1542
Gideon, Joseph, bill for the relief of... ...205,
219, 256, 1750, 1993
Gillis's report....
...2105
Girard, Joseph, bill for the relief of the heirs
of..........168, 269, 331, 1731, 1737, 1834
Glamorgan, bill to change the name of the Amer-
ican-built brig, to that of Wizard......2135
Glenn, Thomas K., act for the relief of..1759, 1779
Glenwood Cemetery, act to incorporate the pro-
prietors of the....575, 602, 1886, 1924, 1927
Goddard, Nathaniel, and others, bill for the relief
of....
...1371, 1866
Goode, William O., a Representative from Vir-
ginia.....
.2, 36, 548,
1454, 1497, 1691, 1872, 2030, 2104, 2121
resolution by.......
...413
remarks on the Nebraska and Kansas bill..1233
(See Appendix.)

remarks on the bill to change the day of the
annual assembling of Congress........1446
remarks on the bill making appropriations for
carrying the mails by ocean steamers, and
otherwise...
.2007, 2108, 2109
Goodrich, John Z., a Representative from Mas-
sachusetts
..2,

Graham, Robert, bill authorizing, to locate six
thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
acres of land, in lieu of the one undivided
half part of certain lands patented to John
Edgar and John Murray St. Clair, by the
Governor of the North Eastern Territory,
873, 1501, 1863, 1995
Grampus, act for the relief of the widows and
orphans of the officers and seamen of the
United States schooner, who were lost in that
vessel in March, 1843...
.....247,
1369, 1865, 1886, 1927
Grants, bill granting lands to the States of Indi-
ana and Illinois to aid in the construction of
a railroad from the Falls of the Ohio river to
a point on the Mississippi river, opposite the
city of St. Louis...
.......4, 38
bill to encourage agriculture, and all other
branches of industry, by granting to every
person who is the head of a family, one hun-
dred and sixty acres of land, on the condi-
tion of occupancy and cultivation for the
period herein specified....... ....5, 47, 70
bill to encourage agriculture, commerce, manu-
factures, and all other branches of industry,
by granting to every man who is the head of
a family and a citizen of the United States, a
tract of one hundred and sixty acres of land
out of the public domain, upon condition of
occupancy and cultivation of the same, for the
period herein specified...5, 47, 52, 179, 419,

423, 427, 439, 444, 453, 458, 500, 521, 532,
542, 1913, 2024 2071, 2104, 2118, 2139
remarks by-

Mr. Ashe.......

Mr. Barry

Mr. Bennett.

..548

..503

.546

Mr. Bissell........522, 524, 525, 530, 534
Mr. Boyce.

Mr. Breckinridge..

Mr. Bridges....

...536

...540

.537, 539, 2104

Mr. Campbell... ... ... . . . . .527, 528, 529
Mr. Chamberlain..434, 523, 534, 545, 546
Mr. Chandler..
.528
Mr. Clingman, 52, 504, 529, 533, 534, 535,
538, 539, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 548, 549
Mr. Cobb.
.500, 501, 522,

524, 526, 529, 543, 544, 545 546, 1913
Mr. Colquitt...

Mr. Davis, of Indiana...
Mr. Davis, of Rhode Island.

523

.234

.504

Mr. Dawson......52, 419, 459, 461, 462,
501, 503, 504, 522, 523, 526, 527, 529,
530, 531, 533, 534, 535, 538, 539, 540,
542, 543, 544, 548, 549, 2024, 2104, 2118
Mr. Dean..
..501,
528, 530, 531, 538, 541, 543, 544, 548
Mr. Dent...
..502, 503, 504, 505
Mr. Disney
.524, 541, 542, 2024
Mr. Dowdell..

Georgetown Gas-Light Company, act to incorpo

Georgia-see Savannah; Navy Yard.
Gibson county, Indiana-see Reservations.
Gibson, Captain Walter M., proceedings relating
to the case of.
..1312
Gibson, George W., bill for the relief of....256,
271, 272, 333, 1680
Giddings, Joshua R, a Representative from Ohio,
2, 4, 8, 15, 53, 70, 123, 168, 169, 182, 444,
717, 1014, 1183, 1187, 1188, 1247, 1267,
1333, 1428, 1441, 1732, 1751, 1835, 1867,
1868, 1872, 1923, 2099
resolution by..
...115
remarks on the resolutions of thanks to General
Wool....
....110
remarks on the resolution supplying books to
new members.....
..126
remarks on the homestead bill.
...........504

remarks on the civil and diplomatic appropria-
priation bill.....

..1509

remarks on the bill to establish the office of
surveyor general in Utah, and for other pur-
poses..
...1098
Goggin, James M., act for the relief of .....849,
906, 949, 1501, 1863, 1886, 1927
Gonder, Joseph W., and John Duff, act for the
relief of.. 121, 140, 1496, 1868, 1869, 1887, 1927
Gossett, John, bill for the relief of..........181
Gove, William, bill for the relief of........1728,
1992, 1995
Graduation of the price of public lands-see
Grants.
Graham, James S., and Walker H. Finnall, bill
for the relief of..... ...854, 1501, 1862, 1887

......

......

419, 439, 501, 502, 503, 505, 521, 522,
524, 525, 526, 528, 530, 532, 533, 535,
537, 538, 539, 542, 544;, 545, 546, 548
Mr. Keitt..
504, 546
Mr. Kerr
.544
Mr. Lane, of Indiana...529, 538, 543, 544
Mr. Letcher... .506, 527,541, 542, 549
Mr. Lilly..
Mr. Lindley..
Mr. Mace..

...

Mr. Matteson...

Mr. McMullin.
Mr. Millson.

Mr. Norton...

.530, 541

..534
....419
..534, 539
.502,548

..505,

521, 523, 526, 527, 532, 533, 544, 549

..535

Grants, bill granting to the State of Ohio the un-
sold and unappropriated public lands remain-
ing in that State.....
......36, 46
bill to encourage agriculture, commerce, manu-
factures, and all other branches of industry,
by granting to every man who is the head of
a family, and a citizen of the United States,
a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres
of land out of the public domain, upon con-
dition of occupancy and cultivation of the
same, for the period herein specified, and to
graduate and reduce the price of public lands,
38, 169, 179, 549, 562, 847,
894, 897, 902, 912, 917, 2132

remarks by-

..904, 912, 915, 916
.915
.903
.169,

549, 562, 847, 894, 895, 897, 903, 904,
905, 912, 913, 914, 915, 916, 917, 918
Mr. Dean....

Mr. Ready.

.522, 524
..537
.502, 536, 539

Mr. Richardson..

..52, 419, 502, 503

Mr. Sa e.....

.539

Mr. Bissell.............
Mr. Chastain..
Mr. Clingman.
Mr. Cobb.

.439

.544

.521

..419

Mr. Disney.

..903

.895,

902, 903, 904, 905, 906, 913, 915, 916

Mr. Houston....

..903, 904
....916

.....895, 897, 917
.905
.914, 917
..847

Mr. Jones, of Louisiana....913, 915, 916
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee.
..903.

503, 524, 525, 529

Mr. Letcher...

Mr. Lilly.

504, 537, 539, 541
Mr. Yates
......502, 503, 505
bill granting the right of way and making a
grant of the public lands to the State of Iowa
and the Territory of Minnesota to aid in the
construction of the Northwestern railroad
from Galena, in the State of Illinois, by the
valley of Tete de Mort, through the State of
Iowa, to the Great Bend of the Minnesota
river, in Minnesota Territory .........7, 87
bill donating a portion of the public lands to aid
in the construction of the Mississippi, Oui-
chita, and Red River railroad, in the State of
Arkansas...
.......7, 45
bill to grant a homestead to settlers on the pub-
lic lands, and to provide for the sale of the
same to actual settlers only............7, 45
bill to grant to the State of Iowa a quantity of
the public lands, in alternate sections, to aid
in the construction of certain railroads in said
State.....
.......7, 45
bill granting the right of way to the State of
Alabama, and a portion of the public lands to
aid in the construction of a railroad from
Selma, on the Alabama river, to Gadsden, on
the Coosa river, in said State..........7, 76
bill granting the right of way and alternate sec-
tions of the public lands for railroads between
the waters of the Atlantic and the Gulf of
Mexico.......
.........16, 45
bill to grant to the States of Florida and Ala-
bama alternate sections of the public lands, to
aid in the construction of a railroad from
Montgomery, Alabama, to Pensacola, Flor-
ida...
....16, 45
bill to grant alternate sections of the public
lands to aid in the construction of a railroad
from Mobile to New Orleans......
...16
bill granting the right of way and a portion of
the public land to aid in the construction of
a railroad from Girard, Alabama, to Mobile,
17,38

bill granting to the State of Louisiana the right
of way and a donation of the public land, for
the purpose of locating and constructing a rail-
road from Shreveport to the Mississippi river,
in said State...
........21, 46
bill granting the right of way and making a
grant of land to the State of Arkansas, to aid
in the construction of a railroad from a point
on the southwest boundary of the State of
Missouri, and a line from Springfield, Mis-
Bouri, to Bentonville, Arkansas, via Benton-
ville, Fayetteville, Van Buren, and Fort
Smith, to the southern boundary of the State,
north of the Red river raft, to be denomin-
ated the Western Border railroad, 22, 88, 466

Mr. Phillips..

Mr. Skelton.

Mr. Wade.....

Mr. Wentworth, of Illinois..

915, 916, 917
.916, 918
.912, 913
...905
.913, 915
.913, 914
..847

an act making a grant of public lands to the
several States and Territories of the Union,
for the benefit of indigent insane persons, 45,
787, 907, 952, 985

remarks by-

Mr. Bennett......
Mr. Bissell....
Mr. Clingman..
Mr. Cobb..
Mr. Disney
Mr. Haven..

......787,788
....953, 954
...953, 954
.787, 788, 953

..787, 788
....787, 788
Mr. Orr......
......787, 788
bill granting land to actual settlers...... ..46
bill granting land to the States of Michigan,
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa, to aid in
the construction of a railroad from Detroit to
the mouth of the Big Platte, in Iowa......46
bill to grant to the State of Alabama, and other
States having public lands, the unsold and
unappropriated public lands that have been
in market for twenty years and upwards, for
purposes of education and internal improve-
ment....
.......47,698
bill to authorize the States in which sixteenth
school sections are situated, to relinquish such
lands reserved or granted for the use of
schools as may be comparatively valueless
or unfit for cultivation, and to select other
lands in lieu thereof...... ........47, 698
bill granting the right of way and a donation of
land to the State of Alabama, in aid of the
construction of the Coosa and Tennessee
river railroad, in said State, leading from
Gadsden to the Tennessee river, at or near
Gunter's Landing......
.....47,

1131, 1765, 1886, 1888, 1889
bill granting the right of way to the State of
Alabama, and a portion of the public lands,
to aid in the construction of a railroad from
Winchester, in the State of Tennessee, to
some point on the Tennessee river, at or near
Fort Deposit, Alabama..... ...47, 698
bill granting the right of way, and a donation
of the public lands, to the State of Alabama,
to aid in the construction of the Wills Valley
railroad, and for other purposes..........47
bill granting the right of way, and a portion of

the public lands, to aid in the construction of a
railroad from Memphis, in the State of Ten-
nessee, to intersect the Charleston, Chatta-
nooga, and Nashville railroad, in Alabama, 47
bill granting the right of way, and a donation
of the public lands, to the State of Alabama,
to aid in the construction of the Cohabo Val-
ley railroad in said State..... ..47, 698

bill making a grant of alternate sections
to the States of Alabama, MISSISSI
Louisiana, to aid in the construction of 1
road from Mobile to New Orleans.......
bill granting to the State of Mississippi ther
of way, and alternate sections of pu'le 2
for the purpose of locating and constr...
the Southern railroad....

bill granting to the State of Louisiana them
of way, and a donation of the pubhe
for the purpose of locating and constru
a railroad from New Orleans to the Mis
sippi State line, in the direction of the ta
of Jackson, in said State...

bill granting the right of way and make
grant of land to the States of Ohio, Inoma
and Illinois, in and of the construir os
railroad from the town of Coshocton,va M
Vernon, Mount Gilead, Marion, ani
Wayne, in Indiana, to Chicago, Brut.
bill granting the right of way and makingagy
of the public land to the States of Indimian
Hlinois, to aid in the construction of a m
from Indianapolis, in Indiana, to Spring
in the State of Illinois.....

bill granting to the States all the unsold a
every land office district where the exten
for any quarter exceed the receipts ..........
bill granting to the State of Missouri therm
of way and a portion of the public dom
aid in the construction of certain r
therein......

bill granting the right of way to the Sat
Michigan, and a portion of the pubile an
to aid in the construction of the Osks in
Ottawa railroad and branches, in said Sate,
bill to be entitled an act giving a right of
and granting alternate sections of certam ;
lic lands, to the State of Wisconsin, anc
grantees and assigns, to further the comm
tion of certain railroads therein spec fel..
bill granting the right of way and making a
nation of public land to the States of M»
sippi, Alabama, and Louisiana, in aid e
construction of certain railroads therein se
tioned.....

bill granting lands equally to the several Stre
to aid in the construction of railroads, audi
the support of schools....103, 111, 45, -

893, 9×9, 1000, 1013, 1014, 1051, 1.4.
1209, 1222, 1267, 1382, 1450, 16 6, 27.
remarks by-

bill granting the right of way and a donater :
the public lands to the States of Louisa
and Mississippi, in aid of the construction
certain railroads therein.......
.14
bill granting lands to the States of Louisiana,
Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, t!«
Minnesota Territory, in aid of the ce
struction of a railroad from New Orleans
St. Paul......
bill giving the right of way and granting a T
nate sections of certain public lands to ??
State of Wisconsin, and its grantees and
signs, to further the construction of a certa
railroad therein specified......

Grants, act making a grant of land to the State of
Arkansas, to aid in the construction of cer-
tain railroads in said State.........499, 500
act making a grant of land to the State of Cali-
fornia, to aid in the construction of railroads
from San Francisco to San José; Benicia to
Marysville; Sacramento City, via Auburn, to
Nevada City, and Stockton to Sonora...499,

Grants, bill granting to the State of Mississippi ||
lands in alternate sections, to aid in the con-
struction of a railroad from Brandon, in said
State, to Mississippi City, or to a point oppo-
site Ship Island, on the Mississippi coast, 711
bill granting to the States of Indiana and Illi-
nois a portion of the public lands to aid in
the construction of the Indiana and Illinois
Central railway........715, 896, 1373, 2140
bill to establish the office of surveyor general of
New Mexico, to grant donations to actual
settlers therein, and for other purposes..848
bill to aid the Territory of Minnesota and the
State of Indiana to construct a railroad for
military, postal, and other purposes.....885
bill (second) to aid the Territory of Minnesota
in the construction of a railroad therein.. 1119,
1450, 1561, 1565, 1874, 1888, 1891

Mr. Henn....

Mr. Jones, of Tennessee..

Mr. Letcher

Mr. McMullin.

..1888
...1119,
1120, 1121, 1450, 1451
...1120, 1450, 1889
.1888, 1889
Mr. Richardson......
..1120
Mr. Stevens, of Michigan..
..1119,
1120, 1121, 1450, 1451, 1452, 1891
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois.... ..1119,
1120, 1452, 1888, 1889
bill granting the unsold public land in the Vin-
cennes land district, in the State of Indiana,
to aid in the construction of a railroad from
Vincennes to Crawfordsville, and from Vin-
cennes to Indianapolis, in said State....1355
bill granting to the State of Alabama public
lands, in alternate sections, to aid in the con-
struction of a central railroad from some point
on the boundary line of the States of Alabama
and Tennessee, to a point on the boundary line
of the States of Alabama and Florida...1372
bill to grant other lands in lieu of certain six-
teenth sections, heretofore disposed of by the
United States, for other than school pur-
poses
.....1372
bill granting the right of way over, and depot
grounds on, the military reserve at Fort
Gratiot, in the State of Michigan, to the Port
Huron and Lake Michigan Railroad Com-
pany.......
.1372, 2071, 2077
act to revive, for a limited time, an act in rela-
tion to donations of land to certain persons in
Arkansas... .. . .
...1641, 2139
act making a grant of land to the State of Iowa,
in alternate sections, to aid in the construction
of certain railroads in said State.......1874
bill granting land in alternate sections to the
States of Mississippi and Tennessee respect-
ively, to aid in the construction of a railroad
from Grenada, Mississippi, to Memphis,
Tennessee...
...1915

....

bill granting to the State of Missouri the right
of way and a portion of the public domain to
aid in the construction of a railroad from Alex-
andria to Bloomington....
......1916
bill granting to the State of Alabama public
lands in alternate sections to aid in the con-
struction of railroads from Mobile to Girard,
from Selma to or near Gunter's landing, with
branches from or near Gadsden, through Wills
or Chattanooga valleys to the eastern State
line of Alabama, from Memphis to a point in-
tersecting the Nashville, Chattanooga, and
Charleston railroad, at or near Stephenson,
Alabama; from Beard's bluff, via Elyton, and
Tuscaloosa, to some point on the Mobile
and Ohio railroad, and from Montgomery to
the northern state line of Alabama, via De-
catur and Athens, in said State.... ..2038,
2040, 2075

bill granting land in alternate sections to the
States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkan-
sas, to aid in the construction of a railroad
from New Orleans to Mobile...........2139
bill granting land in alternate sections to the
State of Missouri, to aid in the construction
of a certain railroad in said State........2139
bill granting the right of way to the Marysville
and Benicia railroad through and over the
grounds of the United States, at Benicia, Cal-
ifornia...
..2140, 2220

sylvania-Continued.

remarks on the homestead bill........419, 458,
459, 461, 523, 524, 525, 526, 546, 547, 548
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill..681,

860, 934, 1040, 1129, 1174, 1268, 1344,
1345, 1367, 1368, 1430, 1500, 1576, 1577,
1588, 1589, 1615, 1634, 1682, 1727, 1758,
1861, 1873, 2075, 2111, 2116, 2138, 2139
resolutions by...
...286, 606
remarks on the bill for the relief of Madison
Parton....
.272
remarks on the deficiency bill........382, 383
remarks on the bill indemnifying the State of
Indiana for failure of title to a certain town-
ship of land.......
.....404
remarks on homestead bill, 501,503,521, 524,538
remarks on the bill to divide the State of Ar-

kansas into two judicial districts....700, 701
remarks on the Indian appropriation bill...745
remarks on the bill to aid the Territory of Min-

nesota in the construction of a railroad...583
remarks on the (second) deficiency bill....1289
remarks on the bill for the relief of John Fa-
gan.
..1758
remarks on the civil and diplomatic bill..1510,
1590, 2072
remarks on the Army appropriation bill...2131
remarks on the bill to extinguish certain titles
of the Chippewa Indians....
....1035
remarks on the Nebraska and Kansas bill, 1234
(See Appendix.)

remarks on the river and harbor bill.....1678,
1691, 1697, 1711
Grey, Ben Edwards, a Representative from Ken-
tucky..
..2, 286, 414, 592, 627, 837,
849, 853, 854, 855, 925, 980, 1129, 1872
resolutions by.............. ......844, 908, 957, 979
remarks on the proposed reference of certain

estimates for rivers and harbors......
.....139
remarks on the homestead bill........529,536
remarks on the resolutions of instruction to
the Postmaster General... ......908, 909
remarks on bill to aid the Territory of Minnesota
in the construction of a railroad....590, 591
remarks on the bill for the relief of Jeffries and
Smith.....
...964
remarks on a resolution to extend an existing
mail contract in Alabama.... .822, 823,
824, 825, 949, 950, 951, 957, 958, 959, 960
(See Appendix.)
remarks on the Post Office appropriation bill,
2115, 2116
Greytown, call for information relative to the de-
struction of..
.....1945, 1988
communication from the President of the United
States furnishing information in regard to the
destruction of.
..2034
memorial of New York merchants relative to
destruction of property at..............2024
Grier, James, bill for the relief of the heirs of,

1587, 1090

Grier, Hon. R. C., one of the Justices of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, memorial
of the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Com-
pany asking for an investigation of the charges
preferred against....
..1710
Grignon, Robert, bill for the relief of. ....110,
142, 267, 330, 1731, 1737, 1834, 1924
Grow, Galusha A., a Representative from Penn-
sylvania..
.2, 5. 7,
35, 45, 47, 61, 70, 284, 306, 307, 350, 614,
934, 980, 1015, 1169, 1171, 1172, 1180,
1233, 1520, 1698, 1872, 2132, 2136, 2143
resolutions by.
.284, 413
remarks relative to the difficulties at Erie, Penn-
sylvania, causing interruption to travel, &c.,
217, 218, 229, 237

738, 740, 741, 742, 743, 744, 1896
remarks on the steam-frigate bill..........808
remarks on the graduation bill.... .....916
remarks on the bill for the relief of Jeffries and
Smith.................982, 983, 1497, 1497
remarks on the resolution to extend an existing
mail contract in Alabama.......
...959
remarks on the Nebraska and Kansas Terri-
torial bill......
.................726, 1154
(See Appendix.)
remarks on the bill to regulate the pay and in-
crease the efficiency of the Army......1926,
1927, 1956
remarks on the civil and diplomatic appropria-
tion bill........ ...2027, 2042, 2055, 2072
remarks on Post Office appropriation bill..2116
Guano trade, resolutions of the Legislature of the
State of Maryland relative to the monopoly
in the...
.........392
proposition for printing extra copies of the re-
port of the select committee upon the..2040,
2041, 2075
Gunnison, Captain John W., act granting five
years' pay to the widow of....
.247.
425 479, 481, 490
Gunter, Charles G., bill to relinquish the rever-
sionary interest of the United States, to a
certain reservation therein mentioned, and to
confirm the title of, thereto.... ....475.

1495, 1727, 2071, 2077
Guzman, John, of Louisiana, act for the reitef
of...
.....806, 825, 893, 894, 951
remarks by-

Mr. Haven..

Mr. Nichols..

.894
.893, 894
Mr. Perkins, of Louisiana.......893, 894
Gwyn, Francis M., of Indiana, joint resolution
giving one hundred and sixty acres of land
to........1587, 1888, 1990, 1995, 2006, 2033
H.

Half pay, bill to amend an act entitled an act to
continue, to certain widows and orphans, ap-
proved the 3d of February, 1853....46, 2111
bill to amend the several acts of Congress al-
lowing and continuing, to widows of deceased
officers and soldiers of the United States, in
certain cases, for a specified time........179
bill declaratory of the second section of the act
of Congress, approved February 3, 1853, en-
titled an act to continue, to certain widows
and orphans......
......414, 1372
bill in addition to an act entitled an act to con-
tinue, to certain widows and orphans...1496
Hall, Lot, deceased, bill for the relief of the heus
of...
.......1368, 1500, 1502
Hallowell, bill to change the name of the Amer-
ican-built brig, to that of James Rose, and to
grant her a new register....1586, 1642, 1715
Halstead, Henry N., bill for the relief of...162,
267, 272, 333, 2096, 2103, 2114
Hamilton, A. Boyd, joint resolution for settling
the accounts of......541, 569, 575, 626, 717
Hamilton, John, bill for the relief of......203,
270, 272, 330
Hamilton, Mary C., act for the relief of....219,
247, 425, 479, 481, 490
Hamilton, William T., a Representative from
Maryland...
...2, 6, 8,
13, 22, 35, 38, 114, 115, 123, 141, 142,
157, 162, 178, 182, 184, 229, 245, 246, 258,
269, 284, 286, 288, 298, 306, 345, 346, 348,
349, 378, 396, 397, 410, 415, 419, 430, 434,
436, 446, 458, 463, 478, 480, 489, 511, 541,
711, 758, 759, 788, 871, 872, 894, 907, 917,
952, 953, 964, 965, 989, 1002, 1014, 1015,
1051, 1070, 1071, 1112, 1128, 1130, 1142,
1153, 1161, 1167, 1177, 1185, 1188, 1190,
1196, 1222, 1240, 1242, 1248, 1255, 1267,
1297, 1312, 1354, 1355, 1361, 1363, 1367,
1368, 1369, 1372, 1378, 1379, 1381, 1382,
1425, 1429, 1430, 1451, 1452, 1467, 1477,
1494, 1495, 1501, 1502, 1524, 1536, 1872
remarks relating to the deficiency bill... 387,
3-8.392,394, 411
remarks on homestead bill.. 528, 544, 546, 549
remarks on the graduation bill...895, 897, 917
remarks on the bill to recompense the discov-
erer of practical anesthesia.
..963