Richmond petition, praying for an appropriation for the Tea, (See duty on.)
removal of obstructions in James river; referred Tonnage, &c. The Secretary of the Treasury made a
to the Committee on Commerce.
report of exports, imports, tonnage, &c., in con-
formity to a call heretofore made upon him,
Rules of the Senate, a proposition submitted for amending
the ninth rule, 155; taken up, and ordered to be
printed, 175.
a proposition to amend the twelfth rule was agreed
to, 1123.
St. Louis College, a bill granting to it a township of land,
225; laid on the table.
Salt, a bill to abolish the duty on alum; motion to refer it
to the Committee on Finance negatived; referred
to the Committee on Manufactures, 41; a report
against the abolition, and a proposition indefinite-
ly to postpone the bill, ordered to lie on the
table, 591.
Mr. Benton's queries respecting the manufacture
of salt, were referred to the Committee on Ma-
nufactures, 223.
memorial from the proprietors of the Kenhawa
Saline, in Virginia, remonstrating against repeal-
ing the duty on imported salt, was referred.
Spafford's patent, a bill for the relief of Horatio Gates
Spafford, was taken up and ordered for a third
reading.
Spain, discriminating duties with, (See Discriminating du-
Spoliations, (See French Spoliations.)
Topographical Engineers, a bill to organize the Corps of
Topographical Engineers, taken up, 994; bill
laid on the table, 995.
Treasury, resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee
to inquire into the expediency of abolishing cer-
tain treasury officers, 221; agreed to, 222.
resolution requesting the President to cause to be
prepared, and laid before the Senate, at the
commencement of the next session, a plan for
reorganizing the Treasury Department, agreed
to, 901.
Van Buren, Mr., his nomination as Minister to England,
1309.
proceedings and debate thereon; nomination nega-
tived, 1310; debate on the question, 1310 to
1386.
Vaccination, a bill to extend the benefits of vaccination to
the Indians, laid on the table, 791; consideration
resumed and the bill ordered to a third reading,
a motion made and carried, to reconsider the vote
ordering the bill to a third reading; the bill was
then amended, and recommitted; bill reported
with an amendment and passed, 834.
State claims, a bill providing for the settlement of, for in- Veto of the President of the United States, on the bank
terest on advances to the United States, during
the last war, debated, and ordered to be en-
grossed, 49.
State Department, a resolution to authorize the Secretary
of State to apply the balance which may remain
after the completion of the work on the Patent
Office, to the arrangement of the papers in the
State Department, laid on the table, 1123.
Tariff, resolution instructing the Committee on Finance to
inquire into the expediency of fixing a rate of
duties on, 19.
resolution for abolishing duties on such articles as
do not come in competition with similar articles
produced in the United States, 55; taken up
and discussed, 66; postponed, 77; subject re-
sumed, 77; again postponed, 107; resumed, 155.
report of the Committee on Manufactures, on se-
veral propositions referred to them; connected
with the tariff, 647.
a bill introduced by the Committee on Manufac
tures, to regulate the duties on imports, read
the first time, 870; the bill taken up, and amend-
ments proposed, which were ordered to be
printed, 1072.
bill, (See Bank of the United States.)
Washington, George, arrangements for celebrating his
centennial birthday, 297.
report of the committee, 367; the joint resolutions
considered and adopted, 399; the letter of the
Speakers of the two Houses of Congress, to
John A. Washington, Esq. for the removal of
the remains of Washington, with his reply; also
the reply of G. W. P. Custis, 414.
Rembrandt Peale's painting of the portrait of
Washington; a resolution instructing the Library
Committee to inquire into the expediency of
purchasing it, agreed to, 867; the resolution to
purchase the portrait finally adopted, 1155.
resolution proposing to employ a suitable person
to execute a full length pedestrian statue of
General Washington, in marble; referred to the
Committee on the Library; taken up, and order-
ed to be engrossed for a third reading, 1127.
resolution proposing to erect an equestrian statue
of Washington, executed in bronze, in the
square East of the Capitol, agreed to, 951.
Washington Free Bridge, (See Free Bridge.)
West India Trade, resolutions calling on the President for
information respecting, 10; resolutions taken
up, and again laid on the table, 19; again taken
up and agreed to, 20.
memorial from citizens of South Carolina against
the protecting system, ordered to be printed,
174.
the bill from the House of Representatives, report-
ed by the Committee on Manufactures, with
amendments, 1161; the bill taken up, 1174;
passed 1219. A message from the House agrees Yeas
to part of the Senate's amendments, and disa-
grees to others, 1220; the Senate proposes a
conference, 1221; on a conference had, the
Committee on the part of the Senate recommend
that they recede from all the amendments disa-
greed to by the House,and adhere to the amend-
ments concurred in by the House, which recom-
mendation was agreed to, 1293; bill passed.
Tazewell, honorable Littleton W., elected President pro
tem. of the Senate, 1205.
two resolutions on the subject, submitted by Mr.
Sprague, 328; withdrawn, 939.
and Nays, on the indefinite postponement of the bill
for the armament of fortifications, 31.
on the reference of the bill to abolish the duty on
alum salt, to the Committee on Finance, 41.
on the reference of the bill to reduce the duty on
Indian blankets, to the Committee on Indian
Affairs, 50.
on granting leave to introduce a resolution declara-
tory of the meaning of the charter of the Bank
of the United States, on the subject of paper
currency, 154.
Yeas and Nays, on agreeing to the resolutions for celebrat- Yeas and Nays, to recede from Mr. Webster's amendment
ing the centennial birthday of Washington, 377.
on a resolution calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury to inform the House why certain state-
ments in relation to foreign commerce, hereto-
fore called for, had not been furnished, 413.
on laying a resolution on the table, calling on the
same officer to say why he had not reported an
answer to the resolution of the 23d of Decem-
ber, 1831, calling for information in regard to
the British Colonial trade, 413.
on striking out from the apportionment bill the
clause of the amendment which provides for the
representation of fractions, 530.
on ordering to a third reading, the apportionment
bill, 530.
on agreeing to subscribe for the Documentary His-
tory of the Bank of the United States, 558.
on a motion to refer the whole subject of the tariff
to the Committee on Agriculture, 591.
on striking out all Mr. Clay's resolution, proposing
to amend the tariff bill, except the word "re-
solved," 591.
on a motion to lay Mr. Clay's tariff resolution on
the table, 625.
on Mr. Clay's tariff resolution, as amended, 629.
on Mr. Bibb's proposition for instructing the com-
mittee to which Mr. Clay's tariff resolution was
referred, to consider the propriety of lowering
the price of the public lands, 638.
on reconsidering Mr. Webster's proposed amend-
ment to the apportionment bill, 641.
on laying the tariff bill on the table, 678.
on amendment to the general appropriation bill,
augmenting the amount allowed for the expenses
of the courts, 684.
on a motion to strike out from the appropriation
bill, that for a mission to Guatemala, 774.
on do. to strike out the outfit of a Minister to
France, 781.
on do. to lay Mr. Clay's land bill on table, 786.
on do. to print 5000 copies of Mr. Clay's report
and land bill, 791.
on do. to strike out Columbia from the appropria-
tion bill, 794.
on concurring with an amendment to increase the
appropriation for the expenses of the Judiciary
Department, 795.
on the passage of the bill for vaccinating the In-
dians, 796.
on increasing the appropriation for the General
Land Office, 797.
on concurring with the Committee of the Whole,
in striking out the appropriation of an outfit to
France, 832.
on a motion to enable the President to send a
Charge to Venezuela, 833.
on do. to strike out Colombia from the foreign
missions, 833.
on Mr.Webster's amendment to the apportionment
bill, 865.
three several questions on apportionment bill,866.
motion to lay Mr. Clay's land bill on table, 872.
on receding from the amendment for striking out
the appropriation for the outfit of a Minister to
France, 873,
on the passage of a bill for the relief of Stephen
Pleasanton, 900.
on a motion to refer Mr. Clay's land bill to the
Committee on Public Lands, 907.
on the amendment to the Post Office bill, to abolish
newspaper postage, 919.
on a motion to recommit the pension bill, 930.
to the apportionment bill, 936.
several questions arising on the pension bill,
932, 933.
motion to take up the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road
bill, 954.
motion on the bill for continuing the charter of the
Bank of the United States, to make the bonus
payable annually, 977.
motion to amend the Indian appropriation bill,
978.
to take up the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road bill,
988.
to strike out of a proposed amendment to the bill for
continuing the Bank of the United States, so
much as requires the assent of the States to the
establishment of branches within their limits, 989.
nine different questions on the United States' Bank
bill, 1005, '6, and '7.
on Mr. Benton's proposed amendments to the
Bank bill, 1010, '11, and '13.
on Mr. Marcy's amendment, to same bill, 1013.
on Mr. Tazewell's amendment to shorten the term
of the charter, 1020.
on Mr. Bibb's motion to strike out the bonus, and
to insert in its stead that the bank should make
loans at five per cent., 1032.
on Mr. Sprague's motion to strike out the bonus,
with a view of increasing it; a division of the
motion was called for, 1036.
on filling the blank for the bonus with $525,000,
1042.
several other questions were taken; the blank was
finally filled with $200,000.
on a motion indefinitely to postpone the bank bill,
1071.
the engrossment of the bill for a third reading,
the passage of the bill, 1073.
an amendment to the bill providing satisfaction for
French spoliations, 1087.
ordering to a third reading the bill for the relief⚫
of Horatio Gates Spafford, 1091.
laying on the table the bill granting lands to Mis-
souri, Mississippi, and Louisiana, 1092.
leave to take up the harbor bill, 1093.
going into Executive business, when the land bill
was called for, 1096.
to lay the bill on the table, for making appropria-
tions for internal improvements, 1122.
to strike out the appropriation from the above
bill, 1122.
on the third reading of the bill, and on its pas-
sage, 1123.
sundry questions on internal improvements, 1181
to 1184.
on engrossing the resolution for a marble statue of
Washington, 1127.
to take up the bill for the benefit of Martha Ran-
dolph, 1128.
on sundry questions on the land bill, from page
the passage of Mr. Clay's land bill, 1174.
sundry questions on the tariff bill, 1174 to 1180,
and 1185 to 1201, and 1202 to 1205, and on the
passage of the tariff bill, 1219; on a conference
on do. 1221; several questions, 1281 to 1293.
on the question "Shall the bank bill become a
law, President's veto, notwithstanding," 1296.
on sundry questions in the proceedings on Mr. Van
Buren's nomination, 1300.
do. on the Northeastern boundary question, 1386.
do. on Samuel Gwin's nòmination, 1418.
OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.
the tariff, 566, 626, 632, 664, 672, 1192, 1204,
1205.
appropriation bill, 771.
Bank of the United States, 965, 977, 979, 1001,
1008, 1034, 1045, 1068, 1070
Topographical Engineers, 994.
bill for the protection of the Northwestern fron-
tier, 1078, 1086.
public lands, 1145, 1156, 1162, 1164, 1166.
President's veto on the bank, 1293, 1295, 1296.
Bibb, Mr., on Mr. Benton's resolution repecting the mean-
ing of the charter of the Bank United States,
154.
the celebration of the anniversary of the birthday
of Washington, 373.
subscribing for documentary history of the bank,
tariff, 625, 629, 1177, 1186.
appropriation bill, 772, 830.
newspaper postage, 875, 902, 907.
Bank of the United States, 996, 1022, 1032.
Northeastern boundary, 1398.
Brown, Mr., on the election of officers of the Senate,
Mr. Benton's resolution respecting the meaning of
the charter of the Bank of United States, 151.
Colonization Society, 644.
appropriation bill, 772, 775, 777, 793, 803.
motion to refer Mr. Clay's land bill to the Commit-
tee on Public Lands, 871.
Baltimore and Ohio Rail road,951.
on providing satisfaction for French spoliations,
1081, 1082, 1083.
free bridge over the Potomac, 1296.
Mr. Van Buren's nomination, 1314.
Northeastern boundary, 1396.
Mr., on reducing the duty on tea, 15.
on referring the bill for abolishing the duty on
alum salt, 32, 35, 182, 185.
reducing the duty on Indian blankets, 53.
his resolution for abolishing certain tariff duties,
66, 105, 106, 257, 296, 607, 610; 656, 670.
resolutions respecting Northeastern boundary, 109.
report on celebrating the centennial anniversary
of Washington's birthday, 368.
on the resolution for celebrating the day, 375.
apportionment bill, 640.
Colonization Society, 641.
appropriation bill, 766, 767, 768, 771, 773, 775,
778, 781, 783, 791, 792, 830.
motion to refer his land bill to the Committee on
Public Lands, 870, 883, 904.
Bank United States, 953, 975, 979, 1018, 1023,
1035, 1044.
exempting rail road iron from duty, 990.
tariff bill, 1073, 1154, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177,
1180, 1186, 1195, 1199, 1204, 1219, 1220, 1275,
1276, 1277, 1278, 1281, 1283, 1286.
French spoliations, 1081, 1082.
bill granting land to the States of Missouri, Missis-
sippi, and Louisiana, 1091, 1092.
taking up the land bill, 1094, 1095.
the land bill, 1096, 1129, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163,
1166, 1190.
internal improvements, 1120, 1122.
the bill to appoint a Recorder to the Land Office,
meaning of the charter of the United States' Frelinghuysen, Mr., on purchasing Peale's portrait of
Bank, 144.
Bank currency, 332, 333.
the tariff, 462, 668, 678, 1284.
the apportionment bill, 835.
bill to modify and continue the act to incorporate
Bank of United States, 943, 1014, 1016, 1029.
exempting Rail-road iron from duty, 990.
Dickerson, Mr., on the bill for abolishing the duty on
alum salt, 33, 39, 182.
compensation of Pursers in the Navy, 46.
reducing the duty on Indian blankets, 49, 51.
the Tariff, 104, 105, 106, 155, 618, 651, 670, 678,
-1072, 1174, 1175, 1180,1185, 1186, 1189, 1190,
1191, 1192, 1193, 1194,1201, 1220, 1275, 1278,
1279, 1283.
asked to be excused from serving on the committee
for celebrating the centennial birthday of Wash-
ton, 328.
on the resolution for observing the day, 375.
Apportionment bill, 522, 859, 934.
Washington, 866,1155.
Pension bill, 762, 927.
Indian appropriation bill, 978.
reappropriating unexpended balances, 992.
Bank United States, 1023.
Insolvent Debtors' bill, 1090.
Day of Humiliation and Prayer, 1131.
Tariff bill, 1199.
Mr. Van Buren's nomination, 1384.
Grundy, Mr., on resolutions relative to the Northeastern
boundary, 108, 109.
the Tariff, 393, 1154, 1206, 1221. ;
Revolutionary pension bill, 708, 763.
on the Post Office and postage, 877, 885.
Bank United States, 953, 1013, 1033.
Internal Improvements, 1121.
Land bill, 1161, 1162.
Northeastern boundary, 1397.
report from the Committee on Manufactures, in Hayne, Mr., on the election of officers of the Senate, 8.
relation to the tariff, 647.
Colonial Trade, 709, 710.
on reducing the duty on tea, 16.
Armament of Fortifications, 29,
abolishing the duty on alum salt, 33.
providing for compensation of Pursers in the Na-
vy, 45.
erecting barracks at New Orleans, 64.
the Tariff, 75, 77, 104, 174, 256, 344, 607, 621,
626, 652, 1175, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1185,
1186, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1195,1200, 1201,
1203, 1204, 1207, 1279, 1280, 1283,1284, 1289,
1290, 1292.
apportionment bill, 517, 526.
Colonization Society, 642, 646.
Revolutionary pension bill, 706, 708.
Appropriation bill, 782, 800.
Pension bill, 869.
Bank United States, 977, 993, 994, 1017, 1020,
1033, 1044.
exempting Rail-road iron from duty, 990.
Topographical Engineers, 994, 995.
extension of Patents, 996.
bill for the protection of the Northwestern fron-
tiers, 1078, 1086.
Insolvent Debtors' bill, 1090.
Internal Improvements, 1120, 1184.
Land bill, 1129, 1163, 1164, 1165.
on an outfit for a Minister to France, 1297.
Mr. Van Buren's nomination, 1380.
Hendricks, Mr., on the tariff, 614, 618, 625, 627.
Apportionment bill, 863.
newspaper postage, 907, 930.
Bank United States, 1056.
Appropriation bill, 772, 775, 778, 783, 792, 799, Holmes, Mr., on British Colonial Trade, 24.
801, 802, 812, 816, 817, 832, 936.
Bank United States, 980, 989, 1028, 1044, 1045.
taking up the Land bill, 1094.
Internal Improvements, 1120, 1122, 1181, 1184.
Harbor bill, 1167.
Free Bridge over the Potomac, 1297.
Mr. Van Buren's nomination, 1244, 1356, 1575.
1382.
Frelinghuysen, Mr., on the apportionment bill, 526, 559.
subscribing for Documentary History of the Bank,
Armament of Fortifications, 29.
the tariff, 194, 253, 608, 610, 658, 1186, 1194,
1280, 1281, 1289.
the celebration of the centennial anniversary of
Washington's birthday, 374.
subscribing for Documentary History of Bank,534.
Colonial Trade, 711, 740.
Appropriation bill, 770, 774, 776, 780, 793, 794,
Pension bill, 867,929, 930.
Post Office bill, 885, 930.
Holmes, Mr., on referring Mr. Clay's I and bill to the Poindexter, Mr., on the Tariff, 619,625, 1154, 1186,1200,
Land Committee, 906;
bill to appoint a Recorder to the Land Office, 1126.
Land bill, 1129, 1160.
King, Mr., on Mr. Benton's resolution respecting the
meaning of the charter Bank United States, 154.
St. Louis College, 225, 226.
Tariff, 617, 661, 1186, 1203, 1206, 1221, 1292.
Appropriation bill, 778, 831.
on referring Mr. Clay's Land bill to the Committee
on Public Lands, 870, 871, 883, 903.
reappropriating unexpendled balances, 992.
on the Land bill, 1095, 1160, 1161, 1162.
bill to appoint a Recorder to the Land Office, 1125.
Knight, Mr., (R. I.) on the Tariff, 344, 377, 1187, 1188,
Bank United States, 1042.
1284, 1290.
printing the report of Bank Committee, 899.
bill granting lands to Missouri, Mississippi, and
Louisiana, 1092.
Appropriation bill, 793, 797.
the Land bill, 1095, 1096, 1129, 1160, 1162.1164,
1165.
bill to appoint a Recorder to the Land Office,1126.
Mr. Van Buren's nomination, 1339.
Mangum, Mr., on the tariff, 302, 663, 1277, 1278, 1282, Sprague, Mr., on his resolutions calling on the President
Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road, 953.
Bank United States, 1023, 1030.
Internal Improvements, 1183, 1184.
Northeastern boundary, 1395.
Marcy, Mr. on Mr. Benton's resolution respecting the
meaning of the United States' Bank charter,153.
Apportionment bill, 503.
Tariff, 608, 676, 1188.
Revolutionary pension bill, 708.
Bank United States, 977, 1013, 1033.
extension of Patents, 995.
Insolvent Debtors' bill, 1089.
Mr. Van Buren's nomination, 1313, 1325, 1356.
Miller, Mr., on Mr. Benton's resolution respecting the
meaning of the United States' Bank charter, 153.
resolution to amend the ninth rule of the House,
175.
the Tariff, 438, 655, 659, 660, 1192, 1202, 1283.
Appropriation bill, 774, 776,783, 823.
Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road, 951.
Bank United States, 994.
taking up the Land bill, 1095.
Internal Improvements, 1182, 1183.
Mr. Van Buren's nomination, 1367, 1382.
Northeastern boundary, 1396.
Moore, Mr., (Ala.) on the Tariff, 559, 1204.
Bank United States, 964, 980, 1042.
taking up the Land bill, 1096.
Land bill, 1129, 1156.
Mr. Van Buren's nomination, 1385.
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