New Jersey memorials, 614, 1049, 1261, 1426, 1434, 1839, 1840.
memorial of young men of Philadelphia, 1145. Cumberland road, 1236, 1238.
Rhode Island Senator, 1255. printing old journals, 1305. President's protest, 1356. marine corps, 1833, 1834.
bill for making certain Florida canals, 1907. Post Office report, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1973. general appropriation bill, 2040, 2045, 2063. pensions to French seamen, 2042. bill for the benefit of Washington, 2079, appointing a committee to sit in the recess to inves-
tigate the condition of the deposite banks, 2125. Sprague, Mr., on the Rhode Island election, 13, 806.
his resolution to restore to the Senate the appoint- ment of its committees, 20, 28.
call on the Secretary of the Treasury for informa- tion respecting the West India trade, 139; on the report, 373, 375.
on slavery in the District of Columbia, 198. public distress, 228.
removal of the deposites, 380, 443, 480. Pennsylvania petitions, 608.
petitions from Maine, 616, 620, 623, 627, 632.
Waggaman, Mr., on the New Orleans memorial, 1007. Toulon accident, 2035.
Webster, Mr., on the Government deposites, 33, 35, 466, 467, 474, 482, 485.
election of committees, 40. accidents in steam vessels, 54, 57. public distress, 259, 291, 338, 379, 528. appropriation bill, 331, 333, 336, 341. New York resolutions, 405, 435.
giving instructions to Committee of Finance, 445,
Wilkins, Mr., on public distress, 376.
removal of deposites, 444, 469, 472, 481, 483, 485, 486, 574.
extending the payment of revenue bonds, 508. North Carolina resolutions, 565. resolutions from Pittsburg, 615. York county memorial, 960, 966.
Cumberland road, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1231, 1238.
Beaver memorial, 1171.
Huntingdon county proceedings, 1529, 1534.
Hanover county proceedings, 1542.
Pittsburg proceedings, 1761.
Post Office reports, 1996.
general appropriation bill, 2041, 2051, 2065.
Wright, Mr., of New York, on Rhode Island election, 7, 12, 14, 19, 804, 807, 1918. Senate's appointing its own committees, 22. New York resolutions, 397.
giving instructions to Committee of Finance, 445,
New York memorial on the finances of the coun- try, 464, 466.
general appropriation bill, 2021, 2030, 2031, 2041, 2044, 2053, 2064.
French spoliations prior to 1800, 2038, 2039, 2050. death of General Lafayette, 2054, 2071, 2074. New Hampshire resolutions, 2063.
bill for the benefit of Washington, 2079.
Post Office resolutions, 2118, 2120.
Boston memorial, 2125.
improvement of the Hudson river, 2126.
White, Mr., on rechartering the Bank of the U. S., 1117.
Elizabeth Robinson's claim, 1746, 1747.
relief of Mountjoy Bailey, 1836, 1837.
general appropriation bill, 2064.
Indian appropriation bill, 2072, 2074.
removal of the deposites, 479, 1156.
extending the payment of revenue bonds, 523.
North Carolina resolutions, 553.
Louisville memorial, 731, 736. Troy memorial, 747. public lands, 821, 822. public printing, 832, 833. Burlington memorial, 861. Brooklyn proceedings, 957.
rechartering the Bank of the United States, 1019. Albany memorial, 1184, 1207, 1228.
Rhode Island Senator, 1252, 1256, 1257.
ascertaining the number of petitioners on the de-
posite question, 1302.
President's protest, 1615.
pension agency, 1729.
Pennsylvania and New York memorials, 1786, 1787.
gold and silver coins, 1805.
pension roll, 1827, 1831.
Post Office reports, 1993.
compensation of Mr. Potter, 2020.
INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Adams county, Pennsylvania, memorial opposed to the re- | Appropriations; a bill making appropriation, in part, for charter of the bank, 3532.
New York, memorial respecting the deposites and currency, 4036.
Addison county, Vermont, memorial on the subject of the deposites and currency, 3948.
Adjournment of Congress, resolution fixing a day for it, 3537; taken up, 5817; and negatived. resolutions fixing the 16th of June for adjourn- ment, 4041; debated, but no decision; agreed to, 4079; amended fixing the 30th of June as the day of adjournment, 4430.
Alabama and the Executive of the United States; a resolu- tion instructing the Committee on Indian Affairs to inquire into the provisions of treaty of March, 1832, with the Creeks, whether they be incon- sistent with the sovereign right of said State, 2301. Albany, New York, memorial against the course of the administration, 3526.
Alexandria, a bill for the benefit of, 4794; passed, 4796.
the Government for 1834; ordered to be en- grossed, 2246, 2494.
the Speaker's statement in relation to the bill, 2683; passed, 2685.
naval appropriation bill, considered and ordered to be engrossed, 2365; passed, 2397.
Indian appropriation bill, considered, 2501, 4067; ordered to be engrossed, 4080; passed. general, the bill taken up, 3543, 3651; passed, 4024.
Armory in Kentucky; a resolution instructing the Com- mittee on Military Affairs to inquire into the ex- pediency of erecting one, 2549. commissariat; a bill to render permanent the pre- sent mode of supplying the army, &c., 2753. appropriation bill, 2954; passed, 3001.
Army Augusta, Georgia, memorial praying that the former relations between the United States and the Bank of the United States may be restored, 2894.
Baltimore and Washington railroad, a bill further to con- Clark county, Kentucky, memorial on the subject of the tinue in force an act to authorize the extension, construction, and use of a lateral branch of, 2500; passed.
Baltimore, memorial of the merchants on the deposites,
2729. memorials approving of the course of the adminis- tration, 2840.
a bill making appropriations for building a marine hospital at, 4797; passed.
Bank of the United States, a memorial from the Govern- ment directors respecting it, 2181. memorial from the president of the bank, 2207. a history of, a resolution for furnishing each mem- ber with a copy, 2549.
and pension agency, a message from the President on the subject, 2615.
committee appointed to look into the affairs of the bank, 3516.
a bill proposed to modify and extend the act incor- porating the bank, 3779.
report of the committee appointed to examine the affairs of the bank, 4240. resolutions proposed as a substitute for those re- ported by a majority of the committee of inves- tigation, 4321, 4257; concurred in, and thirty thousand copies ordered to be printed, 4274. Banks of deposite, a resolution calling for copies of their charters, &c., 3271.
Banks of District of Columbia, resolution proposing a committee to investigate their situation, 3749. Bangor, Maine, memorial praying that the charter of United States Bank may be renewed, 2762. Bath, Maine, memorial complaining of stagnation of bu- siness, 3327.
Bell, John, elected Speaker in the place of Mr. Steven- son, resigned, 4373; his address on the occasion. Bells; a bill to remit duty on bells presented to the Roman Catholic Church at St. Louis, Mo.,4801; passed. Bellefonte, Centre county, Pennsylvania, proceedings of a public meeting, 3537.
Berks county, Pennsylvania, memorial praying that the deposites may be restored, 2774.
memorial against rechartering the bank, 3531. and Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, memorials on pecuniary distress, 3129.
Blair, General James, from South Carolina, his death an- nounced, 3328.
Blair and Pinckney, Messrs., a difference between them settled, 3137.
Books, a resolution proposing to furnish the new mem- bers with certain books of reference heretofore furnished to old members, 2561; called up, 3001; agreed to, 3009. Bouldin, Mr. T. T., from Virginia, notice of his death, &c.
J., elected in the place of his late brother, took his seat, 3271. Brandenburg, Kentucky, memorial against the removal of the deposites, 3839.
Burlington, Vermont, memorial on the derangement of the currency, 3952.
Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Stockton elected, 2166.
Chester, Pennsylvania, memorial for the restoring of the deposites, 2783, 3532.
Cincinnati, memorial on the removal of the deposites, 2539. Chesapeake and Ohio canal, memorial of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, 2701.
Claims for buildings burnt by the enemy during the war; a resolution instructing the Committee of Claims to inquire into the expediency of providing for such by law, 3081; agreed to.
Clerk, Walter S. Franklin elected, 2137.
Clinton county, Ohio, memorial touching the scarcity of
Creek Indians in Alabama; a resolution to inquire into the provisions of the treaty of March, 1832, 2707; laid on the table, 2708.
Cumberland road, a bill making appropriations for con- tinuing it, 4080; ordered to be engrossed, 4537. Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, memorial on the de- ranged state of the currency, 3128.
Decatur, Susan, a bill for the relief of, 2759; taken up, 3684.
Delaware county, Pennsylvania, memorial praying for the restoration of deposites, 3538. Delaware, Kent county, memorial complaining of the re- moval of public deposites, 3648. Dennis, Littleton Purnell, from Maryland, his death an- nounced, 3650.
Deposite bank bill reported, 3752; passed 4760. Deposites, (See Government.) Doorkeepers, Overton Carr and William Hunter appoint- ed, 2138.
Duties on sculpture, a bill for remitting duties on certain articles of, 3128; rejected.
Elliot's Debates, a resolution directing three hundred copies to be procured, 2375; agreed to, 2376. Explosions by steam, a bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to make experiments to prevent, 4797; passed, 4798.
Five per cent. stock, (See Sinking Fund.) Fletcher, Noah, his memorial stating his case to the House, 2290; laid on the table, 2375. Florida and Arkansas land claims, a bill for the adjust- ment of, passed, 4793.
Fobes, Abraham, a bill for his relief, 2298; passed. Foot, Samuel A., resigns his seat, 4043. Foreign silver coins, a bill to regulate their value, 2548; passed.
Fortifications, a bill making appropriations for certain, 2755; passed, 4789.
France, claims on; a bill to carry into effect the conven- tion with France, 3971.
Franklin county (Pennsylvania) memorial, praying for the restoration of the deposites, 2693, 3130. Franklin county (Massachusetts) memorial, complaining of the removal of the deposites, 4258. Frigate and schooner, a bill to purchase the frames of, 4795; passed, 4796.
Gardiner (Maine) memorial, complaining of the scarcity of money, 3640; discussed, 3715. Garland, Mr., from Louisiana, appeared, was qualified, and took his seat, 3821.
Genesee (New York) memorial, praying relief from present embarrassments, 3953.
Georgia clains, a bill for the payment of, 4789. Gloucester (Virginia) memorial, on the currency, 4186. Gold coin bill, a bill regulating the value of certain gold coins, 4498; passed, 4673.
Government deposites, on the removal of, 2170.
report on the removal of them, 2868. resolution directing deposites to be made in the Bank of the United States, 3676.
bill directing deposites to be made in certain local banks, 4600; passed, 4760. Hallowell (Maine) memorial, against the unauthorized in- terference of the Executive with the currency, 4257. Harbor bill, 4081; passed, 4796. Harrison county (Ohio) memorial, praying for the restora- tion of the deposites, 3535.
Havana and Porto Rico, a bill to equalize the discrimina- ting duties on American vessels in, 4798; passed. Hudson river, a bill for the improvement of, 4795; pass- ed, 4796.
Indian appropriation bill, (See Appropriation.) Indian liabilities, a resolution calling on the Secretary of War to report a statement of the liabilities of the United States to Indians under existing treaties,
annuity bill, 4068; passed, 4071.
- affairs; a report, with three bills, viz: to provide for the organization of the department of Indian af. fairs, to regulate trade and intercourse with them, and to provide for the establishment of the Western Territory, for their security and protection, &c., 4200; passed, 4797.
Iron for railroads, a bill to allow it to be imported duty free, 4787.
Jefferson, Thomas, a bronze statue of him proposed to be presented, 3136.
a resolution respecting do., 4787; agreed to. Jones county (Mississippi) memorial, sustaining the course of the Executive, 4252.
Judges, Territorial, a bill making increased appropriation for their salaries, 4566; passed.
Kalb, Baron de, a petition from the heirs of, 4263. Kentucky, 14 instead of 13 members present, 2130. contested election in the 5th congressional district brought before the House, 2139.
resolutions respecting the removal of the deposites,
election; resolution on the disputed election of Letcher and Moore, 3967.
Louisville (Kentucky) memorials, complaining of pecu- niary distress, 2896, 3838.
Lowell (Massachusetts) memorial, against the recharter of the bank, 3638.
Lycoming county (Pennsylvania) memorial, against the removal of the deposites, 3531.
in favor of rechartering Bank U. States, 4174. Madison, (Indiana) proceedings, in relation to the em- barrassed state of the country, 2896.
Madison county (Kentucky) memorial, in favor of restor- ing the deposites, 4198.
Maine resolutions in relation to the removal of the de- posites, 2570. Marine hospitals, a bill for erecting, 4788; passed. Maryland, proceedings of the 5th congressional district, $642. Massachusetts resolutions, leave asked to introduce them, 2970, 3009. memorial of 3d congressional district, 3933. Members, list of, 2129. Mifflin county (Pennsylvania) memorial, against the ex- periment made on the currency of the country, 4039.
Military Military Mills, R., a resolution for compensating him for his services as architect in designing and carrying into effect the alterations in the Hall of Representatives,
Academy at West Point, a bill making appro- priations for, 4483; passed, 4498. land-warrants, a bill to extend the time for issuing, 4797; passed.
counter report on do., 4007. resolutions on the subject, 4200.
Lafaytete, General, his death announced, and a joint committee appointed to report what token of respect will be proper on the occasion, the re- port of the committee, 4760, 4642. Lands, public, a bill to reduce and graduate the price of, 2245.
service; a bill authorizing transfers of appropriation in the naval service, 4795; passed, 4796. Nelson, General, his claim for services during the Revolu- tion referred to a select committee, 2377. Bedford resolutions on the removal of the deposites, 2539. memorial praying for a change in the policy of the Government, 2897.
York memorial, from merchants, complaining of the deranged currency, 2531; memorials on the present condition of the country,
on the Wabash, a motion to refer the schedule! of them to the committee on the subject, 2542, New a bill making grants of, to disbanded officers and others, for services during the late war, 3082. a bill relinquishing the reversionary interest of the United States in an Indian reservation, 3539; passed.
Land claims, (See Florida and Arkansas.) Lead mines; a bill to authorize the President to cause the lead mines in Illinois and Michigan to be sold, 4388; passed.
Lexington (Kentucky) memorial, against the removal of
Light-house bill, 4789; passed, 4802.
York and New Jersey boundary line; a bill reported, giving the assent of Congress to a treaty entered into between the two States, 4336; passed, 4793. Haven, proceedings of a meeting of the citizens in favor of rechartering Bank United States, 2773. Jersey and Rhode Island memorials for the restura- tion of the deposites, 3327.
proceedings of Hunterdon and Somerset counties, 3643.
Locomotive steam engines imported, duty to be remitted, Norfolk (Virginia) memorial, in favor of restoring the
North Carolina, Burke country, memorial against removal | Prince George's county, Maryland, memorial for restora- of deposites, 3649.
memorials from the Tarborough district, 3821. Northumberland county (Pennsylvania) memorial, ap- proving of the administration, 3531.
Ohio boundary; a bill to settle the northern boundary of Ohio, 4436; passed.
Oneida county, New York, memorial against the unwise interference of the Government with the cur- rency, 3959.
Onondaga county, New York, memorial on the disturbed currency, 3955.
Ontario county, New York, memorial against the remo- val of deposites, 4150.
Order, questions of, 2494, 2496, 2497, 2498, 2543, 2557, 2583, 2597, 2616, 2617, 2619, 2620, 2728, 2735, 2784, 2785, 2868, 2976, 3001, 3472, 3517, 3538, 3752, 3753, 3760, 3761, 3764, 37 65, 4034, 4035, 4135, 4136, 4139, 4273, 4274, 4276, 4435, 4446, 4447, 4455.
Owens, Hardeman, a resolution in relation to the case of, 2709; agreed to, 2734.
Patents and copy-rights, a bill respecting, 4793; passed. Paterson, New Jersey, memorial in relation to the United States Bank, 3136.
Pennsylvania memorials, in favor of continuing the United States Bank, 2831.
Pennsylvania avenue, a bill to complete the improvement of, 4794; passed.
Pension list, a resolution proposing to extend the provi- sions of the act of 1832, 2244, 2492; passed, 2702. Pensions, a bill granting pensions to certain persons there- in named, on its third reading, 2538; passed. a bill giving to the Secretary of War all authority in regard to paying pensioners, 2702; passed. to French seamen, a bill granting, 4704; passed. Philadelphia memorials, from the merchants, &c., for the
restoration of the deposites, 2697. memorial from the cordwainers, 2725. memorials from working men, 2835. memorials from sundry mechanics, 3132. memorials from the councils, 3528.
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, memorial praying for restoration of the deposites, 2693.
Polish exiles, a memorial for the relief of, 3748. Portland resolutions, 3014.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, memorial complaining of the distress of the times, 2715. Post Office; a resolution calling on the Postmaster General for an account of clerks, &c. employed in his Department, 3845.
Potomac bridge, a bill authorizing its construction, 4412; passed, 4795.
Pre-emption rights, a bill to revive the act of 1830, 4469; passed, 4480.
President's annual message received, 2138, (See Appendix.) messages from, 2166.
resolutions on the annual message offered, 2168. message, in relation to presents from foreign Pow- ers, 2317.
message, respecting the bridge across the Potomac, 2318. message, respecting foreign coins, 3328. message with a convention with the King of the two Sicilies, 4071.
message with treaty with Emporor of Russia, 4071. message with a convention with Spain, 4222. message with Count Rochambeau's and the heirs of Baron de Kalb's petitions, 4263.
Providence, Rhode Island, memorial approving of the course of administration, 3641.
Public Treasury; resolutions declaring that all moneys not appropriated are under the order and direction of Congress, &c., 3678; agreed to, 4430. Public buildings, a bill making appropriations for, 4795; passed, 4796.
Railroads and canals; a bill to authorize the construction of railroads and canals through lands of the United States, 3082.
Railroad, (See Baltimore and Washington.) Reduction of revenue, a resolution to instruct the Com- mittee of Ways and Means to inquire into its ex- pediency, 2825; the House refused to consider it. Remuneration for lost property in the late war, a bill for that purpose, 3602; passed.
Resignation of Mr. Speaker Stevenson, 4335; bis address on leaving the chair, 4368. Revolutionary claims, a bill providing for their settlement, reported, 2551; passed.
Rhode Island memorials, complaining of the derangement of the currency, 2717, 3327. resolutions on do., 4504, 3517. Richmond memorial, from merchants and others, 2734. Rochambeau, Marquis of, his petition, 4263. Rockingham and Shenandoah, Virginia, memorials against the restoration of the deposites, 3533.
Rules, the old ones adopted for the present, 2138.
motion to amend the rules, 2161; negatived, 2184.
Salaries of officers, a resolution proposing to equalize the salaries of, 3680; agreed to.
Salem, Massachusetts, memorial praying for redress of grievances, 3645.
Sandy creek, (on Lake Ontario,) a memorial praying for the construction of a harbor, &c., 2293. Sandy and Beaver canal, a proposition for a grant of land to aid in its construction, 2924. Savannah, Georgia, memorial against the measures of the administration, 3650, 3836, 4150.
Sergeant-at-arms, Thomas Beverly Randolph elected,
Seneca Falls, New York, memorial against the ruinous measures of the administration, 3952.
Shelby county, Kentucky, memorial deprecating the re- moval of the deposites, 3532.
Silver coinage, a bill regulating the value of foreign silver coins, 3846; passed, 4279.
Singleton, Mr., from South Carolina, his death an- nounced, 2166.
Sinking fund; a resolution of Mr. Selden, instructing the Committee of Ways and Means to report a bill authorizing the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to redeem the five per cent. stocks of the United States, &c., 2294; taken up, 2366, adopted, 2368.
Slavery in the District of Columbia, memorials from Con- necticut on this subject, 2539.
Southwark and Moyamensing resolutions praying for res toration of the deposites, 2727. Spain and the United States, a bill to carry into effect the Convention between, 4795; passed, 4796. Spanish West India trade, a bill relating to the trade of, 4522; passed, 4798.
Speaker, Andrew Stevenson elected, 2136; his address. John Bell elected, after several ballots, 4371. Specie tender; a bill making certain foreign silver coins a legal tender, 3905; laid over, 3912. Springfield, Massachusetts, memorial complaining of the distressed situation of the country, 3637.
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