Day of Humiliation, a resolution to appoint a joint com- Houston Samuel, a message from the House of Represen- mittee to wait on the President, and request him to appoint a day to be observed as a day of gene- ral humiliation and prayer to God, that He may, in his mercy, avert from our country the Asiatic plague, 1128; agreed to, 1130.
Department of State, (See State Department.) Discriminating duties with Spain, a message from the President, communicated a report from the Se- cretary of State, on the subject of the abolition
tatives, requesting that leave be given to four of the members of the Senate, to attend the House, for the purpose of giving evidence on the trial of Houston; leave given, 802.
Humiliation and prayer, (See day of.) Hunt, Jonathan, a member of the House of Representa- tives from Vermont, his death announced, and orders entered into for his funeral, 931.
of the discriminating duties now existing on Indians, Spanish vessels. Referred to the Committee on Finance, 1124.
Dividends, the amount of unclaimed, of the funded debt, the Secretary of the Treasury called upon to communicate, 224; taken up, after some discus- sion laid on the table, 639.
Durbin, Rev. Mr. of Kentucky, elected Chaplain on the part of the Senate, 9.
Duty on Tea, a report of a committee on memorials of merchants, pray for a further reduction of, 6; report considered and debated, 12; laid on the table, 19.
Indian blankets, a bill to reduce it, referred to the Committee on Manufactures, 49. Refunding of, a bill to exempt, in certain cases, from the operation of the tariff act of 1828, taken up, considered, and ordered to lie on the table, 590; taken up, amended, and ordered to be engrossed, 647, and passed.
remission of, a bill for the relief of B. J. Flaget, (intended to remit the duties on certain paint- ings, &c., presented to the Catholic Church, by two foreign potentates;) ordered to a third read- ing, 592, and passed.
Election of officers of the Senate, 6. Executive powers, resolutions submitted on the subject of the President's removal of public officers, 181. proceedings, 1310.
Extension of Patents, (See Patents.)
Flaget, Bishop Benedict, a bill for the relief of, introduc-
ed and ordered to a third reading, 592.
Foreign Intercourse, (See appropriation bill.)
Mr. Frelinghuysen submitted two resolutions in reference to treaties entered into with the Che- rokees, 223.
vaccination of, (See Vaccination.)
the bill making appropriations for the Indian De- partment for the year 1832, considered, and ordered to be engrossed, 978; passed.
a bill to appoint a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 988; ordered to be read a third time.
a bill to reappropriate the unexpended balances of former appropriations, taken up, discussed, and ordered to be read a third time, 991. Insolvent Debtors, a bill in addition to an act for the relief of insolvent debtors of the United States, 1089. Internal Improvements, a bill for the improvement of the Wabash river, &c.; referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals, 592.
bill from the House of Representatives, making appropriations for certain internal improvements, read a second time, and referred to the Commit- tee on Commerce, 938; discussed, 1120; passed,
a bill granting to the State of Missouri 500,000 acres of land for the purpose of internal im- provement, was twice read, 592.
a resolution was offered to allow 500,000 acres of land to the State of Louisiana, to aid in keeping open their water courses, &c.; and another, granting a like quantity to Mississippi, for pur- poses of internal improvement.
a bill granting certain public lands to the States of Missouri, Mississippi, and Louisiana, taken up, discussed, and ordered to be engrossed, 1091; again taken up and discussed, and laid on the table, 1092.
Fortifications, a bill for the armament of, introduced, 26; Interest on protested drafts, a resolution to authorize the
discussed and indefinitely postponed, 31.
France, outfit to, (See appropriation bill.) French Spoliations, motion made to take up the bill pro- Iron for viding satisfaction for claims due to American citizens for spoliations, negatived, 1080; taken Judges, up, discussed, and laid on the table, 1081; sub- ject resumed, the bill discussed and amended; the bill again taken up and ordered to be en- grossed, 1201; passed. Free bridge over the Potomac, a bill for constructing a new free bridge over the Potomac, at Washing- ton, discussed and passed, 1296.
Frontier, a bill introduced authorizing the President to
raise five companies of rangers for the protec- tion of the Northwestern Frontier, read twice, and referred to the Committee on Military affairs, 1068; a message from the House of Representa- tives, proposed certain amendments to the bill, which were discussed, 1075, and laid on the table.
Guatemala, appropriation for a mission to, (See appropria- tion bill.)
Gwin, Samuel, his nomination as register of a land office, rejected, 1417; nominated as register at a differ- ent office; laid on the table, 1418.
Harbor bill, (See Internal Improvements.)
Secretary of the Navy to allow interest in certain cases; laid on the table, 954. rail roads, (See Rail-roads.)
a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the expediency of providing a more permanent tenure of office, or for a differ- ent mode of appointing them; agreed to, 462. Judiciary, the general appropriation bill under considera- tion; the increased expenses of courts discussed,
the proposed increased appropriation negatived, a motion carried, to reconsider the above vote, 796. resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire if any further measures be necessary to enforce the judgment or decrees of the Supreme Court; agreed to, 964.
Johnston, honorable Charles C. one of the members of the House of Representatives, from Virginis, his death announced; measures taken for his fune- ral, 1093.
Land Patents, the Vice President laid before the Senate, a report from the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, stating that there are 10,590 patents waiting for the signature of the President, 1119. and, Public, a bill from the Committee on Public Lands,
President's messages to the Senate, in relation thereto, 1336, 1387, 1388, 1389. proceedings and debates thereon, 1367, 1394.
Officers of the Senate, (See election of.) Order, points of, decided, 105, 333, 651, 660, 740, 786, 950, 1277, 1281, 1295. Ordnance, a bill providing for the better organization of the Corps, taken up and passed, 65.
for reducing the price of lands, was taken up and considered; seventy-five cents, as the price per acre, was stricken out, and fifty cents insert- ed; the bill was ordered to a third reading. resolution proposing to instruct the Committee on Manufactures to inquire into the expediency of distributing the lands, or the proceeds thereof, among the several States; laid on the table, 638. Patents, the amendments of the House to the bill supple- mentary to the several laws to dispose of public lands were considered, one of them agreed to, Patents, and the other laid on the table, 647; it was again Patent considered, and agreed to, 684.
extension of, a bill authorizing letters patent to be issued to Thomas and James Long; recommitted, 996. land, (See Land.)
Office, resolution for recording patents for useful inventions, was taken up, and passed, 487. Mr. Clay's bill for appropriating, for a limited Pensions, (See Revolutionary Pensions.) time, the proceeds of the sale of public lands Peters, amongst the several States; read the first time,
785. a motion made to take up Mr. Clay's bill for the purpose of referring it to the Committee on Public Lands; the motion to take up the bill was carried, and the motion to refer it as proposed, was laid on the table, 870; resumed 903, and motion carried; report of the Land Committee, 931; bill taken up and discussed, 1096, 1129, and passed, 1132.
Richard, (Reporter,) offered a proposition for publishing an edition of the laws, treaties, &c. of the United States, which was referred to the Library Committee, 412.
Pleasanton, Stephen, a bill for his relief, (Fifth Auditor making him an allowance for extra services, in acting as Solicitor of the Treasury;) was read a third time and passed, 900.
Portuguese vessels, a bill to exempt Portuguese vessels from the payment of duties on tonnage; ordered to be engrossed, 796; passed, 822.
the bill to provide for the appointment of a Re-Post corder of the General Land Office, was consi- dered, and laid on the table, 902; bill called up, amended, and laid on the table, 1059; ordered to be engrossed for a third reading; the question on engrossment was reconsidered, and the bill was recommitted to the Land Committee, 1126; the bill was again considered, amended, and ordered to be engrossed, 1128, and passed. aurens, Colonel John, a bill for 'the relief of his per- sonal representatives, 110; laid on the table, 113; taken up, discussed, and ordered to a third reading, 939.
ewis, John, Jr., a bill for his relief, to refund the amount of certain duties; considered and laid on the table, 902.
Office and Post Roads, a bill from the House of Re- presentatives, to establish certain post roads, and establish others; the bill taken up, 761; subject again resumed; an amendment proposed and debated, to abolish newspaper postage, 875; negatived, 919; bill ordered to be engross- ed, 919; passed, 930.
a bill introduced to repeal the postage on newspa- pers, 930; twice read and referred to the Post Office Committee; the committee report against it, and recommend its indefinite postponement, 933; agreed to.
President's fac simile, (See Lands.) Privilege of the Senate's officers, a resolution permitting the assistant doorkeeper of the Senate to attend as a witness before a committee of the House of Representatives, 1127; laid on the table, 1128. Public Documents, (See Congressional Documents.) Public Expenditures, (See Barracks.)
ɔwrie's, Mr. (Clerk of the Senate,) refutation of a cer- Protection of the frontier, (See Frontier.) tain charge reported against him, 8.
ilitia,resolution instructing the Committee on, to inquire into the expediency of a new organization of, 6. int, the annual report of the directors, 108. itchell, honorable G. E., from Maryland, the annuncia- tion of his death; orders for his funeral, &c.,
1155. vy, a bill providing for the compensation of the Pur- sers, taken up, discussed, and laid on the table, 45, 56. Commissioners of, a bill to provide for the distribu- tion of their duties; read a second time, 49; again taken up, discussed, and postponed, 56. Agents, a bill for the compensation of; ordered to a third reading, 55.
Ortheastern boundary, resolution calling on the Presi- dent to know whether further negotiation is pro- posed in regard to this subject, 5; the resolution called up, and transferred to the Executive Journal, 6.
resolutions calling on the President for the ar- rangement made with Great Britain on this sub- ject, 108.
Rail-road, a bill authorizing a subscription on the part of
the United States, to the stock of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-road Company introduced, 951; refused to consider the bill, 954, 988. Randolph, Martha, a bill concerning, introduced and re- ferred to a select committee, 20; motion to take up the bill negatived, 1128. Revolutionary pensions, a bill supplementary to the act for the relief of the surviving officers and sol- diers of the revolutionary army; taken up, again considered and discussed, 706; bill taken up, and after some discussion, laid on the table, 737; again taken up, 761, and again, 919; motion to recommit the bill negatived, 930; ordered to be engrossed, 933; passed.
a joint resolution to transfer to the Secretary of War, the duties imposed by the pension bill on the Secretary of the Treasury, was taken up, and agreed to, 1072.
the subject again taken up, and the resolution committed to the Committee on Pensions, 1080;
the resolution was again taken up, and carried, 1120.
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 he on the table, 591.
Mr. Benton's queries respecting the manufacture of salt, were referred to the Committee on Ma- nufactures, 223.
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
memorial from the proprietors of the Kenhawa Saline, in Virginia, remonstrating against repeal-Vaccination, a bill to extend the benefits of vaccination to 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- ties.)
Spoliations, (See French Spoliations.)
the Indians, laid on the table, 791; consideration resumed and the bill ordered to a third reading, 795.
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.
memorial from citizens of South Carolina against the protecting system, ordered to be printed, 174.
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, 390; 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.
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.
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.
feas 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.
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,
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, 1071.
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 1160 to 1167.
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 nomination, 1418.
OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.
subscribing for Documentary History of the Bank, 532, 536. 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,
Chambers, Mr., on election of officers of the Senate,6,7. on reducing the duty on tea, 18. State Claims, 47, 48.
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.
Clay, 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, 1125.
day of humiliation and prayer, 1130. President's veto on the bank, 1265, 1293, 1295. free bridge over the Potomac, 1297.
Mr. Van Buren's nomination, 1320, 1352. Northeastern boundary, 1412.
Clayton, Mr., on the apportionment bill, 515, 517,841. the appropriation bill, 807, 812, 829.
newspaper postage, 878, 918.
Bank United States, 975, 992, 1021, 1024, 1035. internal improvements, 1122.
President's veto on the Bank bill, 1258.
Mr. Van Buren's nomination, 1318. Northeastern boundary, 1396.
Dallas, Mr., on Mr. Benton's resolution declaratory of the
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