General directions. For things happening in Great Britain, France, &c. or the several states, see their own
proper heads; in congress, see congress, &c.
Adams, the murderer 145, 187; hung 218
Africa-the Caffers 43; ferocity of Afri
Cambreleng, Mr. his report on French
relations 5; his controversy with Gales and
Seaton 27, 47-see congress.
Benevolence, contests of
189 Calhoun, Mr. compliment to at Norfolk
Bermuda-seisure of slaves 148, 185 62; and the people of Petersburg 74;—ste
Boston-convent rioters 2-(see Catho-congress.
lics); house of industry 91; dividends of the
African colonization-see Liberia.
banks at 118; taking stock at 167; specu-
Agricultural productions of U. S.
lations 167; South Cove company 168; im-
Alabama-arrival at Mobile 42; Wetum-provements, &c. 169, 274; mechanics at
ka 187; elections
435 189; fires 202; transplanting of trees 203;
380 Fusileers at Baltimore 273; paupers at 291,
399 434; Bunker Hill monument 309; com-
merce and revenue 362; Irish riots at 393;
bealth of 394; meeting at and the speeches
of Messrs. Fletcher and Sprague 465
Branch, gov. vs. president Jackson
Brazil-insurrection at Para
Bremen, emigration from
Brent, Wm. in the case of Heard
Bristol whale ships
Albany-election 186; riot at
Alps, description of
Alston, Mrs.
American Institute 187, 342, 362; stocks
in England
115, 220, 412
Anchors, large ones
114
Anti-slavery society-subscriptions for
234; refused Fanuiel Hall 234; the British
314; remarks upon the proceedings of 449;
see slavery, riots, &c.
Annapolis-criminal cases at 184; the
college at
292
Anthracite coal in steamboats 104--see
Appointments by the president 2, 115,
161, 380-see various heads.
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Back, capt. arrives at Montreal, &c. 435
Ballooning 60, 188-see names of persons.
Ballot, the vote by
362
Baltimore-supply of water 1; fires and
and attempts to fire at 1, 42, 58, 91, 113, 145,
161, 188; steamboat Relief 2; public schools
in 146; severe weather 2; "old Hagar"
burnt 42; firemen's fancy ball 2; firemen's
fund 202; improvement bill 21; mayor's
veto! 129; Baltimore convention-see con-
vention. Canton company 129, 145, 161,
168, 233; inspections 130; Merchant's bank
184, 218, 250, 310, 321; trade with the west
204; post office robbed, by Jones 218; sales
of lands and houses 233; valuable arrivals
251; Mr. Marshall killed at 310; nomina-
tions 321, 393; accidents and affrays at 325;
Bank of Maryland 393; meeting on the fai-
lure of the mails 394; brick houses removed
394; riots-narrative of particulars 409, 412
to 420 433, 441 to 444
Bankruptcies, numerous
168
Bank of the U. S.-prices of stock 17,
189; loans 18, 91; certain offices 146: state
of the bank 63, 128, 217, 233, 276, 453; the
old bank 168; extract from the "Globe"
and remarks upon 217; winding up 233,
310, 410, 433; British lies concerning 362
Barry, W. T. his letter, and the reply of
Mr. Whittlesey 139; toasted by Mr. Bu-
chanan 145; appointed minister to Spain
Canada-climate at Quebec 132; debates
in the British commons 157; the "Montreal
Gazette" 163; improvements 204; lands
undermined 363;-see Canada, British af-
fairs.
Canals-prices of stocks in certain 59;
weigh-locks 397; steamboats on the Che-
sapeake and Ohio 2, 18. 89, 113, 129, 134,
135, 219, 241, 431; the New York 17, 18,
113, 133, 162, 205; revenue 133, 362; of
Illinois 18, 134; Portland and Louisville
397; the Mahoning 19, 90, 205; Alleghany
river 60; of Pennsylvania 62, 132, 133, 205,
379; Schuylkill nav. 135, 397; Sandy and
Beaver 75, 113; Wabash and Erie 205;
Chesapeake and Delaware 76; Rhine and
Danube 380; Codorus navigation 90; the
Susquehannah 90, (the law, &c.) 113, 135,
American boundary 94; army 188; Ame- 151, 251; Harrisburgh 398; the Welland 133;
rican stocks 220; arrivals 277; anti-slavery the Schuylkill 133; the Miami 205; the At-
society 314, 322; beer brewed 20; Brough-lantic and Pacific 339; collection of articles
am, lord 45; bank of England 116, 189; concerning canals, interesting
bishops 201; Baring, A. made a lord of 220,
235; books, rare ones 236; ballot, the vote
by 362; Boyne, the battle of! 436, 452;
Cochrane, lord, his invention 43; church
reform 45; Cobbett 61; bie successor 437;
Canada 117; compliments 117; curates Catholics-statistics 59, 277; Catholic
325; coal mines 210; condemnations 219; "Sentinel" 78, 202; Ursuline convent 41,
chancellors 236, 323; Coke, Mr. 237; China, 251; seminaries of learning 130, 204; supe-
relations with 259; commerce 277; coinage rior's reply to Miss Read 59; remarks, &c.
411; dissenters 131; Durham, lord 63; draw-78; case of the Abbe de la Menais 186; the
ing room 130, 338; elections 3, 63; Eu- pope 186; holy inquisition, the murders of
phrates, &c. 45; expenditures 117; execu- 203; "Spaniards sent to heaven" 273, 290;
tions and condemnations 219; explosions nunnery at Georgetown 273; pew rents
274 395; exports and imports 377; enlist- 312; and the "Morning Herald" 322; a
ments 436; families variously employed 43; convent in Michigan 325; chapels in Eng-
Fox, Charles 291; forgeries 312; foreign en- land
listments 366; Grey, lord 203; Gill, sir R.
116; game laws 277; gold coinage 411;
Hume, Mr. 95; Ireland, horrid state of 61;
the tithe question 314; "timber laid upon
him" 325; exports of Waterford--and star-
vation 436, 452, 453; the church bill 436,
452; Jordan, Mrs. 92, 116; Jersey, the coun-
tess of 236; Jews 277; London and Green-
wich rail road 45; Londonderry, lord 117,
240; Liverpool and Manchester rail way
274; London, supply of water 325; ladies
admitted into the house of commons 452;
military and naval officers in parliament
45; ministers 219, 313; museum 395; king's
speech 93; manufactures 173, 314; money
market 314, 325; navy estimates 95; the
nobility 162. 236, 338; negroes 115; O'Con-
Church, contract for building a
nel, Mr. 132, 313, 314, 322, 437; order in
China-British relations with 259; popu-
council 366; Peel, sir Robert 45, 93, 190, lation of
291
191, 237, 274; princess Victoria 19, 61; parli-
Cincinnati-markets, &c. 187; former
ament, military & naval officers in 45; Lon-value of the land 187; firemen's parade
don members 63; proceedings, interesting 202; trade, &c. 234; mayor's proclamation,
89, 93, 94, 115, 239, 313; printing establish- &c.
ment 277; Plutarch, the ship 366; queen,
the 45, 61 92, 130; Radamanthus steam fri-
gate 48; Russell, lord John 95, 117, 239,
274, 313, 436; revenue 117, 277; statistics
43, 276; Sugden, sir Edward 132, 236;
slaves, the emancipated 115; Stanley, lord
203; slaves captured 436; Spain, troops en-
listed 436; tithes 277; tunnel caves in 452;
unstamped newspaper 452; Westminster
review 19; wrecks on the coast 115; Wil-
son, sir Robert 45; West Indies 115, 253,
259
British records, a copy lost 17; compli-
ments to the U. States
117
Brown, James, of Lou.
91
Buffalo-prices at 187; trade of 205, 234;
310 the "Whig" 251; the Queen Charlotte at
325 311: riots
440
Cattle, valuable, imported 148; Mr.
Clay, Mr. his report on our relations
with France 26; of his land bill 175, 176;
complimented 237; his fine cattle 362;
speech at Lexington 368; on executive
patronage 458-see congress.
Clark, Mr. S. Clair
323
Clayton, Mr. and his balloon 147, 337,
398
219
Clerks at Washington
Cleveland, O.
75, 134, 234, 395
Coal, extended uses of, and trade in, &c.
59, 60, 75, 104, 133, 151, 187, 219, 373, 398;
mines of England 210, 396; strikes on the
Schuylkill-see Schuylkill; ashes 396, 398
Cobbett, Mr. his modesty
Coffee consumed in U. 8.
Cohens, the bankers
Coin, spurious, exported
Compliments to the U. States of British
manufacture
117
64
Comets, the approaching
Relations with France-various 1-see
France, ante. Register of debates 4; re-
port-on the case of Mr. Poindexter 35-on
frauds in the public lands 159; on execu-
265
tive patronage
Currency, the 29, 30, 73, 74; aların at
Dane, Nathan, a sketch of his life, &c. 39
Danforth spinner
256
Darien, bank robbed
Congress.
Acts passed, a list of 12; Adams, Mr. J.
Senate Mr. Tyler chosen president and
Q. 32, 38; on female passengers in the navy
38; on the boundary of Ohio and Michigan his speech 19; debate on the fortification
67; adjournment refused 32; appropriation bill 52; speeches of Messrs. Webster, Cal-
bills 4, 30; message from the senate, Mr.houn, Leigh, Wright, Lynn, Southard,
Debate-France-Am. indemnity
32 Clay, Buchanan, Preston, Cuthbert, King,
Cambreleng's motion, &c.
the house to amend' the appropriation bill ny 189, 237; extra session of the legislature
Delaware-bank of 189; whaling compa-
of Alab. Poindexter, &c. on the bill from
52; on Messrs. Clay, Webster and Ben-
ton on the Indian question 81; of Messrs.
Briggs, Polk, Pearce, Clayton, &c. on the
election of printer to the house 105; of
Messrs. Chambers and Cambreleng con-
cerning the importation of locomotive en-
gines, &c. 110; of Messrs. Frelinghuysen,
Benton, King, Bibb, Black, Ewing, Hend-
ricks, Buchanan, Clay, on the circuit court
on board of vessels of war
Banks, the local 4; Barry, Mr. 7, 139;
Barringer, Mr. 32; Benton, Mr. 5; in reply
to Mr. Clay concerning Indians 86; on ex-
ecutive patronage 281; Beardsley, Mr. 50,
51; Bell, Mr. his valedictory to the house
48; Binney, Mr. on the Michigan boundary
67; Brown, O. B. 28; Burd, Mr. on females
38
Cambreleng, Mr. his report on foreign
relations 5; and the appropriation bill 30;
Clay, Mr. 4, 58; great speech on the rela-
tions with the Indians 81; on executive pa-system 125; of Messrs. Webster, Wright,
tronage 458; close of the session, bills lost,
&c. 1, 31, 32; circuit court system 125, 128;
Cumberland road 31; great debate on 191;
currency, the
Declaration of Independence, see Meck-
lenburg, and
Democrats and federalists 74, 433; de-
mocracy, "genuine"
"Democratic Press"
Detroit, landa at
Distances on the Ohio, &c. of places
Doctors of laws!
Dozier, Mr. and his family
Dragoons, the
Drowned, several persons
Duck enclosed in a tree
Duels
Clay, Clayton, Buchanan, Bibb, Calhoun,
Shepley, Tyler, King, &c. on the appoint-
ment of a minister to England 177-181;
of Messrs. Hendricks, Buchanan, Ewing,
Debate in the senate on the amendment Preston, Webster, Clay, King, &c. on the
Cumberland road 191; Mr. Calhoun's, (with
by the house of the fortification bill 52; on
the Indian question (Mr. Clay's) 81; on the the report), on executive patronage 265-
election of a printer 104, 105; on the impor- Mr. Poindexter's 280; Mr. Benton's 281;
tation of locomotive engines, &c. free of Mr. Southard's 303; Mr. Calhoun's, with
duty 110; on the circuit court system 124; an extract from Mr. Benton's report 303 to
on a minister to England 177; on the Cum- 308; of Messrs. Kane, Bibb, Shepley,
berland road 191; on printing certain docu-White, Wright and Preston, 350 to 360;
ments 204; on executive patronage 265, Mr. Wright, in explanation, and Mr. Ew-
280, 303, 350 to 360, 373, 384, 458; Dela-ing 373; of Messrs. Webster, Grundy, Bu-pulation of the British provinces
ware breakwater 4; District of Columbia, chanan and Clay 384 to 392; speech of
debate in the senate on the state of the Mr. Clay 458-see the names of persons.
38 Sinking fund, report on 111; Stewart, Mr.
Taney, Mr. 1; Tallmadge, Mr. 5; Tyler,
Mr.
19
Editors, on the employment of 12; Eve-
rett, Mr. report on foreign relations 6; Ew-
ing, Mr. of Indiana assailed 11; statement,
&c. 20, 80; expunging resolution of Mr.
Benton 4; the vote thereon, &c. 5; execu-
tive patronage, see debates, ante.
Fortification bill 1, 27, 30, debate in the
senate on the proposition of the house to
amend the bill by appropriating three mil-
lions 52; French relations-Mr. Cambre-
leng's report 5; Mr. Everett's do. 6; pro-
ceedings 11; the committee discharged,
&c. 12; warm debate and unanimous pas-
sage of a resolution concerning
Gholson, Mr. 31; Gilmer, Mr. 31; Gor-
don, Mr. 31; Hawes, Mr.
49
Indian annuities 4; affairs, debate on, in
the senate 81; Johnson, R. M. and the
Louisville and Portland canal bill 28; John-
Veto power-to restrain the
U. S. bank-petitions concerning pre-
sented
4
Waggaman, Mr. 58; Washington-city
debt 2; Webster, Mr. 5, speech on the ex-
punging resolutions 5; do. on deposites in
the state banks 29, 214; White, Mr. his
speech against the grant of three millions
do. 47; on the expunging resolutions of
Mr. Benton 48; on Indian affairs 85; Wise,
Mr.
Yeas and nays in the senate-On the bill
appropriating three millions 1; on local
banks 4; election of a printer 4; a minister
to G. Britain 4; on the expunging_resolu-
tions 5; on Mr. Poindexter's case 37; on a
son, Mr. of Maryland, his speech on the proposition of the house to amend the ap-ing 226; see Lynch's law!
Parker, Mr. 32; Pensioners of the U. S.
103; Peyton, Mr. 49; Porter, Mr. of Lou.
eloquent extract from a speech of 104; pre-
vious question 11; printer, election of a,
laid over 1; to the senate elected 4, 18; de-
bate 104, 105; Poindexter, Mr. his case 1,
33, 34-see Poindexter; his report on frauds
in public lands 159; on executive patronage
280; post office 4; notices of the speeches
of Messrs. Ewing, Robertson, Southard
and Clayton 28; a letter of the P. M. G.
presented 32; Mr. Johnson's (of Md.)
speech and the debate generally 49; the re-
sult of it 51; Mr. Barry's letter 139; Porter,
Mr. in reply to Mr. King, of Gen.
Quorum on the last night of the ses-
32
Jackson, president, his age 41; of his let-chambers
ter to the rev. Mr. Gwinn 74, 81; his health
74; bis address to the Cherokees 88; re-
433
ported order of 219; at the Rip Raps 325;
his Philadelphia toast 378; return to Wash-
236, 259, 363
Jamaica-affairs at
Java-earthquake in
Jesuits, the order of
Jews, in Englaud
U. S. and remarka 233, 234. [7-The pre-
ceding gives a reference to all the speech-
es and remarks, speculations and facts, of
too various a character to be individually
described.] Algiers 274, 452; Bordeaux,
duke of 433; bank of France 433; Ceres and
d'Assas, at N. York 42; conspiracies 436;ington
cholera 451, 452: debt due Poland! 44; Du-
puytren 75; Dupin, M. 196; Neuville, Hyde
de 3, 23; Elba, anniversary of the return
from 203; iron bridge 205; Lyons 61; ma-
nufactures 61, 173; ministry, changes in.
&c. 95, 96, 116; press, liberty of 98, 100;
reward offered by the king 453; slavery
241, 453; statistics 79; Talleyrand's retire-
ment 40; Tallien, Mad. 132; trials before
the peers 313, 339; West Indies 241, 453;
see congress, Livingston, &c. &c.
Franklin, Dr.
Frederick Herald
Freights
Johnson, R. M. accepts his nomination
Jones, William Gwynn
Juleps, mint
Lion, presented to gen. Jackson, sold 91
Livingston, Mr. correspondence of, &c.
to the duke de Broglie 318; do. to a Phila-
delphia committee 318; to com. Elliot 327;
12, 23; see France, &c. and 290, 318; letter
to Mr. Thorn 328; at Philadelphia 361, 383;
dinner at New York, and speech
Libraries in Europe
Lion killed by a leopard
Leavenworth, cantonment, a letter from
Lexington, celebration of the battle of
151, 169; history of a powder horn 170; Mr.
Lizard, embedded in a rock
Kent, gov. his speech on the veto power
69; note appended
Locomotive engines, debate concerning
Louisiana-effects of the weather in 43;
Kentucky-legislature adjourns-Mr.
a stenographer appointed 114; banking ca-
Bibb appointed a chancellor 17; important laws against gambling 43; the city bank 63;
acts passed 17; improvements in 75; the
bank of 75, 410; the Northern bank 321,pital 145; governor's veto 174; Hampton's
393; appointment by the governor 114; sugar estates 189; Mr. Caldwell's enter-
chancellor Bibb 146; the bank 189; Mr. prize 203; great improvements projected
Louisville, markets 189; ferryage receiv-
401, 402
Davis dies 292; movements to abolish sla-205; appropriations
very 312; electioneering 337; elections 434
Kennedy, John P. and the "Buckeyes" ed at 309; price of lands 397; meeting st
225; complimented
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Law cases-case of certain young thieves
at Baltimore 17; judge Cranch's opinion in
176 the case of major Heard 34; Mitchell and
205 others vs. the United States, a great land
433, case 58; the secretary of war's construc-
235 tion of a law 65; what is a delivery of goods
Gold for the bank of Kentucky 75; coin- 76, 181; of Hurlick, at Phila. 76; judge Mc-
ed 113, 252, 337; of the mines 188, 260; 451; Lean's opinion on the administration of an
exported and imported 130; British coinage oath 147; writ de homine replegiando 181,
451 432; in case of a horse running away 181;
Manufactures of the U. S.
411; mines of Virginia
Gayarre, Mr. a public dinner given to, of transportations 181; privileges of foreign
101 ministers 182; of murder on the high seas,
Maryland-the Merchants bank 18-see
and his speech
before judges Wayne and Lee 182; to be
supported out of an estate" 182; against Baltimore. Improvement bill 18, 21, 22;
the proprietors of a stage coach 182; dama- some particulars of 41, 57; Snow Hill suf-
ges against a town 182; concerning the In-ferers 19; real estate bank 41; Carroll coun-
dians in Ohio 182; a policy of insurance ty 41; presentation of swords to gen, Tow-
183; case of Mr. Buchanan, at Annapolis son and capt, Gallagher 45; one voted to
sketch of some of its proceedings 57; of the
183; criminal cases 183; of slander 188; capt. Kennedy 46; legislature adjourns-
loans 250, 339, 394; whig meeting in 63; an-
landlord and tenant 189; in relation to
Frederick co. 114; kidnapping in 114; trial
slaves 208; contracts for labor 208; on an
order for insurance 209; money obtained, cient executive message 100; paupers in
case of Drew 209, 262; drunkenness an ex-
pers 251; lime and marl
cuse for crime 209; an artist guilty of coun- of cases removed to Annapolis 184; pau-
terfeiting 209; smuggling 218; of frauds on
the pension laws 225; of certain seamen at
Boston 253; extraordinary case of embez-
zlement 262; opinion of judge Baldwin, in
Drew's case 262; in a matter of religious
belief 310; concerning bonds of indemnity
in cases of libel 311; right of proprietors
of steamboats 316; presentation of bank
checks 316; the heirs of Poultney, at N. O.
324; a newspaper thief 327; a breach of
promise 337, 363; mobocrats punished 341;
maratime, arrears of wages 373; new sys-
tem of jurisprudence 412; in the case of
432
certain seamen
Lawrence, Richard, his case 74, 113; his
119
trial at length
204
Lawrence, the river, projected improve-
ments on
311
397
40
337
Hemans, Mrs. dies 314; some account of
326
Hendricks, Mr. passage from a circular
158
Holland-the navy 220; Dutch ships ar-
450
rived at N. York
76, 147
Holmes, John
364
322
61
Home, sir Everard
Hudson-a slide of the earth
Hypocrisy
Illinois-state bank, &c. 18, 61, 362; of
the cattle in 378; Rock Fort
Inventions-quicksilver vs. steam
Labor, free and slave 211; the ten hour
434 system, &c. 249, 273; value of the products
205 of
Irish in the United States, O'Connell's
remarks on 323; see riots aud
Italy-of the pope 132; manufactures and
commerce 261; Vesuvius
Incendiary publications-see slavery.
Indiana-education 148; of lands in 311;
riots 365; state loan 411; elections
Indian names 60; cession of lands 371;
of the Creeks 234; Osages 39; the Chero-
kees 63, 87, 88, 317; in Massachusetts 236;
their lands 252; outrages 173, 187; in Ala-
bama 317; the Choctaws in Texas 317; the
Pawnees 406; the western 406; emigrating
60
Lacock, Mr. of Penn.
Leigh, Mr.-see Virginia.
Liberality, remarkable
Liberia-slaves offered for 42, 60, 273,
21, 411, 452
311; emigrants to 60, 234, 452; health of
115; interesting particulars
Lands, public-distribution of the pro-
Matter, great pressure of
Lane, lieut. court of inquiry
Manufactures, progress of, &c. 57; Eng-
Lakes, the-trade of 134; open 185; com-
munications between
Meteors, beatiful display of 149; seen a
Bogota
Mexico-explosion in Zacatecas 115
condition of the country 116; another revo
Politics, the business of an officeholder
Niles' Register, compliment to and pros-
pects of 58, 161, 162; the town of 130, 310
New Jersey-indictment of wreckers 114;
meeting of officeholders 115; education in
148; tornado at New Brunswick 292; the
"democracy" of
337
237
lution in 149, 236, 274, 324, 342, 437; the | 371; celebration at Corinth 379; proceed-
priests 189, 314; Santa Anna's proclama-ings of a town meeting in
tion 274; Zacatecas 275, 342, 366, 437; ca-
nal at the isthmus 339; the plan of Toluca
342; captain Zanorio 363; confusion and
alarm in 363; interesting particulars
Mecklenburg declaration
277
Michigan-dispute with Ohio; see Ohio
my and Michigan; who shall be senators? 291;
constitution of 245; lands and improvem'ts
378; riot at 379; distances of places in 397
Mississippi and its waters 219, 241; tra-
velling on, distances, &c.
241
Mississippi-the state, of a senator from
291, 339; riots at Vicksburg, &c. 363, 377,
381, 401; at Rodney 397; proclamation of
the governor, conspiracies and acts of vio-
lence, Murrel
403, 404
Missouri-Fire at St. Lonis 130; steam-
boats 250; Marion college 251; Santa Fe
traders 337; elections
Mint--a director appointed
Money restored 61; interest on
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New Orleans, population, &c. 89; speech
of Mr. Gayarre 101; cost of the city watch,
&c. 115; the Planters' Hotel 219; scaven-
gers 380; interments at 393; paper mill at
397; meetings at 401; trade of
451
Newark N. J. statistics of 261, 291; great
fire at
433
New York, (city)-of a supply of water
for 17, 59; C. H. Hall 19; election, &c. 114,
130; riots 41, 289; a storm at 148; ship letters
received at 42; packets 60; the Crawcours
60; speculations 168, 218, 252, 339, 450;
slave vessel fitted at 60; imports and ex-
ports 64; duties and value of goods 115,
432; sales at auction 75; scene in the com-
mon council 78; Courier and Enquirer 91;
of a supply of water 114; the trades union
171; effects of moving-May day 172; cost
of fuel 187, 277; fires 187, 203, 234, 251,338,
410, 436, 450; debt and probable wants 218;
"reforms" 219; a "great operator" in 234;
hydraulic dock 237; fall of stocks 233; ferry
boats 238; the American 253; arrivals 277;
Irish in 289; the Sabbath 315; a "Peeping
Tom" at 323; Dr. McCaffrey killed 325;
"Astor House" 277; thieves 338; gambling
in stocks 338, 410; "mobocrats" 341; insti-
tute 342, 362; meeting of mechanics 380;
the banks 410; granite pillars at 433; the
new custom house 436; great importations
450; smuggling
New Bedford whale ships
New Grenada-Santander's protest 260;
steamboats on the Magdalena 339; laws
against usury abolished 363; paying off her
debt
New Zealand
132, 339
Nine, the figure 9
428
Norfolk-lumber
380
North eastern boundary 76, 119, 371
Nova Scotia
238
North Carolina-opinion concerning the
public land 176; of a convention in 250;
Mecklenburg celebration, with the toasts,
letters, &c. 277 to 280; state convention
345, 371; elections
410, 435
Potatoes, early
Potomac fisheries
Poindexter, Mr. see congress, and 19;
statement of his case, with the correspon-
dence of Mr. Pierce and others 33; report
in the senate on his communication 35; at
Philadelphia 41, 58; proceedings of the city
councils of Washington in respect to Colt-
man 47, 158; report on his case 74; at Phi-
ladelphia 74; leaves the city 115; bis report
on the public lands 159; at Lexington 339,
368; his speech at
420 to 428
Poland-M. Isambert's remarks
Post office department 4, 28; abuses of
franking 161; notice from the P. M. G. 162;
statistics 216; liabilities 313; P. M. at Old
Point Comfort 235; debates concerning 28,
49; case of the P. M. at Glenn's falls 60;
letter from Mr. Barry and the answer of
Mr. Whittlesey 139; organization of 343;
decision respecting a seal 379; advertise-
ment 435; Mr. Kendall and Mr. Gouver-
neur's correspondence and remarks 447,
448; a P. M. opens a love letter 451; see
congress.
Porto Rico 78; free and slave labor 211
Portugal-marriage contract of the queen
with the duke de Leuchtenberg 46; of his
conduct 117; coin found in the cathedral
237; affairs of 95; the chambers 117; of the
queen's second marriage
Powder shipped in steamboats
Press, beauties of the
Poughkeepsie-population of
Pound sterling
Prosperity, manufacturing
Products of the U. S. value of
Property, great speculations in
Prussia-system of education
Public executions
Quadrant, a newly invented
Parrish, Dr. his examination concerning
J. Randolph
Paterson, N. J. 291; of the "strike" at 450
home from Boston 61; in Washington coun-
Paupers, foreign 43, 61, 91, 114, 434; sent
ty 251; landed at Boston
Passports, formula of
Pens, metallic
219
Pennsylvania--collections of articles
about her political quarrels, &c. 20, 21, 42,
65, 74, 114, 129, 137, 147, 190, 201, 249, 257,
273, 291, 311, 344, 378, 393, 436; state of
education in 58; loans required 90; of in-
ternal improvement 62, 90, 135, 379; the
shool law 64; Mr. Lacock's speech 66; the
coal trede-see coal; yeas and nays on
Susquehannah canal 90; a law concerning
education 114; fracas in the house of rep.
114; legislature adjourns 130; "sold to the
English!" 145; act concerning banks 158;
taking stock 167; resolution upon the pub-
lie land 175; loans 189; case of F. Murray
148; Mr. Muhlenberg accepts the Lewis-
town nomination 201; revenue from canals
379; house of refuge
212
60, 218
Penitentiary system in the U. S. 173
Pensions, report of the commissioners,
and number in the several states 102; frauds
Ralston, Gerard, on steamboats and care
431
Rail roads-general remarks upon 129;
Baltimore and Washington 17, 61, 133, 202,
308, 337, 361, 397, 449; Wilmington and
Susquehannah 42, 9, 134; 309; London
and Greenwich 45; New York to Buffalo
59, 89; Frankfort and Lexington 60; of
Pennsylvania 62, 74; across New Jersey
63; Baltimore and Ohio 74, 89, 113, 129,
132, 134, 135, 184, 204, 218, 250, 252, 321,
325; locomotive engines 77, 133, 397; from
Maine to Canada 90, 134; passengers tra-
velling on 114, 132, 133, 134, 135, 204, 205,
301, 398; Camden and Amboy 131, 202;
Columbia 132, 134, 185; Norfolk 133, the
Erie 132, 134; Richmond 134; in Cuba 133;
Charleston and Hamburg 133; to Harper's
Ferry 134, 135; to the Alleghany river 134;
Mad river and Lake Erie 135; Danville and
Pottsville 135; New Orleans and Nashville
135, 321; Lexington and Frankfort 135;
Pontchartrain 397; Baltimore and Port
Deposite 185; Long Island 204; Providence
313, 397; bull fights a locomotive! 204; the
Cattawissa 205; Hudson and Berkshire 205;
Hudson and Erie 205; collection of articles
Philadelphia-nest of gamblers and for- concerning 238, on steamboats and wa-
gers at 17; the alms house 17; of its prox-gous, by O. Evans 289, 296; rail road acci-
dents 338, 364; Boston and Worcester 372;
Portland and Quebec 396; Havre to Paris
397; Philadelphia and Trenton 398; the
Liverpool 398; cow-catcher on
New York (state)-outrage on Mrs. Ty-
ler 18, 92; Williams' Register, 18; Sche-
nectady 42: taxable property in 59; specula-
tions 218, 396; the Hudson river 63; banks
64, 73; delegates to the Baltimore conven-
tion 114; Lake Champlain opens 148; law
about bank notes 158; Lake Erie, 162; pro-imity to Baltimore 113; fires 187,251; house
ceeds of the public lands 175; Hudson river of refuge, act concerning 212; ship building
185; legislature adjourns 187; speculations at 219; porcelain factory 225; lands and
202; state prison for females 211; act con- lots 252; Mr. Swaim 252; fuel 277; Mr.
cerning the Erie canal 211; revenue of the Stewart and the riots 338; valuation of the
canals 212, 219, 252; clergymen 212; attor-city and county 405; meeting at
neys 212; militia 212; legislature rises, &c.
212; report on public executions 213; the
law 226; a law concerning promissory notes
226; statistics 235; Holland Land company
237; "floating population" 289; of the cen-
sus of 396; Chenango canal loan
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