Alexandria, La. memorial asking for a military post | ported with amendments 313; made at the 1st session
Alford, Mr. representative 15, 28, 76; on the treasury note bill 77, 95, 207, 284; to be excused on the New Jersey question
Arab, the ship, burnt off Mobile Arabia-trade with
Arabian horses, account of
Arabian ship Sultanee, corporation welcome 176; overhauled and repaired 352; departure, cargo Archimedes steamer
Abolition-petition from the citizens of Michigan re- lative to 57; debate on presenting a memorial 78; ano. ther appeal b; convention and presidential nomination 96; letter from vice president Johnson on refusing to deliver a petition 100: petition that the rule respecting petitions may be rescinded 110; see Anti-slavery. Abolition convention, at London Aliens, decided that, have not the right to vote_in Abolition state convention, of New York 347 Accounts report of the committee on, submitted 111; 1; items 18, 19; French force in, expedition contemplat- Algiers-marshal Vallie's victories over Ab-del Kader counter report ib.: debate 125-26-27, 141; resolution re-ed against Ab-del Kader 65; Ab-del Kader's treaty with Argand lamp, to improve the light of jected Argyle, the British ship, seized Accusation, capt. Rogers of the ship Beacon Morocco 113; duke of Orleans reaches, proceedings Arkansas-bill authorising a change of lands appro- Adams, John Q.-asks to report on the Smithsonian/Ab-del Kader uses marshal Vallie's troops rather se- 192; bill for the completion of certain roads in, passed Adair, gen. John, death of 224 there 178; failure of marshal Vallie's expedition 257-8; priated to, &c. passed the senate 108; ordered to be engrossed 171; rivers very high, plantations overflowed bequest 11, 12, 15, 29, 30, 47, 59: call for information respecting navy pension fund 59; for correspondence of the navigation of the, presented 321 Allegany river, memorials asking for the improvement 187; fire at Little Rock, river high 200; bill relative to respecting delivering up persons charged with crimes 27, 44, 93 pre-emption rights 204; storms 231; bill relative to roads ib.; resolution relative to pairing off ib.; relative to the Allen, Mr.-senator 10, 11, 44; on adjournment re-relative to entering certain lands in, engrossed 298; in 237; Red river raft, tornado at Little Rock 279; bill L'Amistad 59, refuses to vote 61 2; bloodhounds 77; on solution 76; inquiries respecting the District of Colum- Red river raft, coal 309; Red river raft' the decision of the chair relative to the presenting a me- bia banks 76, 92, 107, 171; public lands in Ohio 107, morial 78; another similar case 78-9; presents 511 pe- 188, 252; on the tenure of office 219; on the Harrisburg titions and memorials 79; respecting duties 79, 93, 94-5; convention ib., 253, 270; call for information on the ex- frauds on the revenue 95; fraudulent use of the Ameri-penditures on the District of Columbia can flag by slavers 96; on the dispute respecting the northeastern boundary' 108-9, 111, 125, 126; on expen-285, 298; on the district banks 299, 314-15, 315, 326, 328; Allen, Mr.-representative, on the sub-treasury bill 330; on the District banks resolution Allen, Otis, arrested Allen, William, acquitted Allentown, population
Adilie, a new discovered island Adjournment of congress-resolution proposing a day for the 11; proceedings thereon, yeas and nays 26; postponed ib.; debated and again postponed 45; debate thereon 75-6; laid on the table ib.; proceedings on a proposition respecting 227; conversation on 236; Mr. Wise's proposition 255, 271; period of, fixed 288; con- versation relating to the period 298; various proceedings on the resolution which finally passed the house 300; notice of the 336; sine die
Administration party; see Van Buren.
grossed 93; general Eustis ordered to Maine, forces 99; medical board to convene at Philadelphia, paymaster Forsyth 100; gen. Taylor relieved in Florida by gen. Armistead, col. Pierce, appointments in the army re- stricted to persons not married 133; general orders No. 22, relative to the command in Florida, report of troops Worth's regiment on its way to remove the Winebagoes being ordered to the northeastern frontier, colonel 145; capt. Rains' fight in Florida 145-6; col. Kearney's movement from Fort Leavenworth 146; position of of- ficers, capt. Rains' fight with the Indians, capt. Holmes, mutiny at Pilatka, gen. Atkinson 179; compliment to gen. Worth and correspondence 180; court martial at St. Augustine, operations of gen. Armistead in Florida 193; capt. Holmes' movement in Florida 164; bill to regulate enlistments 203; operation in Florida 224; en- listment bill engrossed 237; sword presented to lieut. K. Hanson 242; gen. Atkinson and the Winebagoes, Americans in England, Virgil Maxcy at the agricul- cadets, operations in Florida, col. Bailey's return, &c. tural meeting 388 disposition of the troops, capts. Holmes and Bonneville for the surrender of the 59; British interference in the Laughlin's boats attacked, Harney, Rains, Sharman Amistad, call for information respecting the demand 243; Indians in the actors' dresses, rencontre, captain case of the 2; call for information respecting 59; British 243; court of inquiry in the case of major Lendrum and letter on the subject 140; decision of the U. S. court 160; capt. Dusenbury 243; board to select site for marine an act concerning the prisoners, &c. reported 218, 219 hospital, general orders, regulation for the corps of bill 92, 107; on the death of judge White 122; draw-manders in Florida, gen. Armistead, capt. Rains' re- Anderson, S. W. senator, on the Cumberland road topographical engineers 259; official letters from com- back Anderson, Mr. representative 13, 79; notice respect listed in a state of intoxication, discharged by the court 124, 252, 269 port, col. Harney, lieut. col. Riley 261; the White flag 261; accident at the Carlisle barracks 275; a man en- 416ing frauds on land settlers Anderson, hon. S. H. death of 220, 315 416 275; bill to regulate the pay of, &c. 283; expedition Andrews, Mr. of Ky. rep. 28, 58, 61; previous ques- Sheras honorably acquitted 505; number of men and under col. Twiggs, return to Black Creek 292; lieut. 127, 285, 301, 332; on the New Jersey question tion on the New Jersey case 76. 78, 109, 110, 125, 126, others 306; board of visiters at West Point, gen. At- Li-273; continent, discovery of, by the exploring expedi lative to the Cumberland road proposed 317; to Grand Antarctic land, discovery of by sundry navigators in Florida 306; appropriation bill 316-17; a clause re- kinson's movements in Wisconsin, col. Harney's scout stock-capt. Bellemy 307; letter from an officer of the explor-25 per cent., arsenals, proceedings on the bill making 320 tion 290; discovery of, contested by capt. Palmer 306; river harbor, proposition to reduce the appropriations 26 ing squadron 144, 240 appropriations for the 328-9; bill for enlisting volunteers items respecting 390; items 400; first arrival of at Phi- the senate 328; appropriation bill debated 330; again, Anthracite iron 256: from Roaring creek 288, 343; for the Florida war ordered to be engrossed 327; passes ladelphia 416; nails 352; rails, items ib.; various proceedings on 331; movement under col. surgeons 337; enlistment in the, number and cause of Worth 336; approved candidates for appoinment as resignations, row amongst soldiers at Buffalo, death of capt. Hood, a wealthy quartermaster 339; proceedings on concurring in the amendments of the senate to the service in Florida, promotions, appointment, &c. appropriation bill 350; capt. McRea, forces ordered into operations in Florida 357, 362; generals Macomb and in Florida 388; orders, &c. appointments, Fort Adams, listment of minors not legal, disposition of the forces Scott, items from Florida 372; death of capt. Day, en- ex-lieut. Martin 403; movement of gen. Atkinson, Wi- nebagoes
African slave trade, memorial of the friends, of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware, for the suppression of the, presented
Africans, see Amistad; incorporated into British regi- 204 ments 96; death of 600 slaves by suffocation. 258 Agriculture, in Connecticut 261; premiums for
to attend the convention in London 145; annual meet Anti-Slavery society, American delegates appointed ing in New York, division of the society, political ac- tion 208; of New Hampshire, convention, disunion, &c. 240; convention at Syracuse
131, 145, 162, 178, 193, 227, 259, 273, 290, 303, 337, 355 Appointments by the president, 2, 51, 67, 81, 99, 114, Appointments in the army
Agricultural bank of Natchez, memorial of Air cannon, the invention of W. F. Wilkins Alabama-election in Mobile 100; bill in congress relinquish the two per cent fund to 11; resolution rela- tive to proceeds of land in 24; report thereon commu- nicated 26; report of the commissioners 26; proceedings on the bill relative to reservations ib.; report on the set- tlement for horses lost by the volunteers in the Seminole campaign communicated 58, reservation bill passed the senate 92; memorial from Sumpter county asking a lo- cation of land in lieu of, &c. 106; memorial from in fa- vor of a general bankrupt law, presented 123; bill to recede the Muscle Shoal canal to, reported 123; bank- ing provisions, Mobile recovering 169; whig convention 245; legal decision in favor of the real estate bank of Duncan 110; Mr. Gedding's speech and motion to Appropriation bill-notices of the 94; debate, Mr. Alabama, Florence bridge company completed, whig strike out the enacting clause, negatived, Messrs. Wise state convention 300; bill authorising payment of certain and Jones, ib.; Messrs. Stanley, Steenrod, Dawson, claims, reported 315; bill to amend the act granting cer- Graves, Marvin, Ogle 111; Messrs. Ogle and Lincoln tain unappropriated lands to, debated and laid upon 124; Messrs. Petrikin, Weller and Brown 125; Messrs. the table 320; election returns, senate, &c. Alabama Florida and Georgia rail road, bill for the Jameson, Davis, of Ky. Ogle, Reed, Duncan, An- Everett, Keim, Ogle, Saltonstall 126-7; Messrs. Stewart, benefit of Alabama volunteers, committee ask to be discharged ton 141; Messrs. Morgan, Clifford and Evans 141-2; Mr. drews, and Hopkins 127; Messrs. McKay and Ather- 283; unfavorable report Albany, election 146; fifty-seven years ago 342; fall of in in custody 143; debate resumed ib.; 172; various Dillet 142; various proceedings on 142; members brought London 1; nate on the bill 170; bill amended and passed, ib.; pro- 404 amendments, bill passed 172; conversation in the se- 18, 176 ceedings on the amendment in the house, adopted 352 and the bill finally passed 173; resolution to reconsider, Alexandria, D. C.-memorial asking an amendment &c. proposed 190; withdrawn 191; bill for patent office of their charter 170: whig festival at 267; town meeting 204; library ib.; bill passed ib.; notice of 220; amend- resolutions to retrocede to Virginia 258; memorial of ment authorising the president to suspend any works citizens of, to be receded authorised by the bill, discussed 350; for the navy re-
Austin, (Texas)-population of
Austria-mortality at Vienna, 18; national debt,
291sideration of the resolution respecting the, of the District Bemis and the fugitive case in Penn. 351; gov. Porter's message veloing the Lancaster coun- Benton, Mr. senator, views on bankrupt bill 24, 25, ty loan bill 261; the Union bank of Mississippi 374; cor- 26; memorial against paper currency as a violation of respondence with president Van Buren respecting a, the constitution, ib.; for pre-emption laws 26; resolu- of the United States 393; resolutions to relieve the, of tion asking for information relative to the quantity and Natchez, reported
venue 130; military movements, bank, Cuvier 161; old age, Jewish liberality 162; tobacco trade 201 Avalanche on the Three Rivers
Banking capital, amount of
Bacourt, Louis Adolphe Amie Tourcer, envoy, arrives from France
Bail, bill relative to, in Pennsylvania Baker, Osinyn, representative, memorial against the right of, to a seat, presented Baltimore city, fire at, German Lutheran church burnt 80; the public schools in 80; whig national convention at 152; seven prisoners escape the jail of 305; trade and commerce of, another rail road completed, tide water canal in operation, exports, imports, inspections, ship- ments, &c. 167, 269; resignation of Dr. McCulloch depu- ty collector of the port, notices of the death of Lauglilin 165; miller's year
Bank of England, notice published by the 33; liabili- 122; on the bill to reduce the drawback on refined ties &c. 96; pay off the French loan
Banks of France
Banks of Kentucky
270 price paid to the several Indian tribes for land, &c. 381 26; ask leave to report a bill to repeal the duty on salt 161 45, 57-8, 75; on the adjournment resolution 76, 92, 261 Florida bill 93, 106; report on fishing bounties 107, 178 sugar 124, 140; call for information on expenditures 400 140; on the currency and treasury drafts 170, 171; geo- 200 logical 171; on the bankrupt bill 204; 251-2, 269; on District bounty lands 283, 234, 295, 299; on the banks of the 299, 329, 349 Bequests, to the Mass. Lunatic Asylum, Mrs. Ann Lee to various charitable objects 229; Benj. Bussey b.; Berrien's correspondence with gen. Harrison Betts, Mr. Thaddeus, senator 25; his death announc- ed in the senate 93; in the house Beverly, population of
nishable by fine and imprisonment in Mississippi, de- Bank notes-bill making the issuing of small notes pu- feated 4; bill for the collection of, of and under $20 in the District of Columbia 11; bill to regulate issuing of, in said District 11; legislature of Virginia direct the issuing of one and two dollar notes
Bank of the United States in Pennsylvania-state- ment of affairs 1st of February 2; price of stocks of, in England 33, 81; Mr. Jaudon about to return from Lon- don 97; bonds in France remain firm 98; price of stocks 160; Bicknell's notice of demands on, from Boston 224; reform of expenses 262; decide to declare no dividend! 304; price of stock; see chronicle page, Bank.
Baltimore and Ohio rail road company, application of the, to the legislature of Pennsylvania for time to con- plete 80 Baltimore and Susquehanna rail road, finished 144; 273 transportation Banks, Mr. representative 14, 28, 61-2, 77, 95, 126, 143 Banks-suits commenced by, in Tennessee 4; bill proposing to restore charters of, in Kentucky, legislative Bank of Virginia-Dabney returns 181; examination proceedings on, in Ohio 4; in Michigan 4; report of, to of Mr. Dabney 199; proceedings against Green 224; U. S. senate 10; memorial of stockholders of agricultu- officers resign 304; proceedings of stockholders ral, of Natchez 26, of E. Littell on the absorption of Bankrupt law-seven memorials from Pennsylvania banking capital 27; Manhattan bank stock depreciat-for a 10; from New York 10, 26, 57-8, 75, 92-3, 107, ing, defalcation, &c. 32; Pennsylvania banks, of Mis-122, 169, 261, 269; Mr. Webster's explanations ib.; pe- sissippi ib.; petition that the, of the District be compelledition for, presented by Mr. Calhoun 11; from Ohio 11, to resume payments or relinquish their charters 44, 58; 92; petition presented by Mr. Southard 11; Mr. Curtis proceedings thereon ib.; inquiry in relation to United notifies that he will report a bill in the house 12; peti- States deposite in, of Missouri 47; resignation of officers tion for a 26; from New York 24, 47; Mr. Benton's of the Manhattan 48; $5,000 reward offered for New- views on ib.; memorial from chamber of commerce of comb 112; the, of Birmingham, England, suspended Philadelphia 24; from New Jersey 26, 27, 47, 123; bill 49; conference committee on the, in Pennsylvania, &c. progress 26; petition for, from Seneca 45; several pe- 51; project suggesting the sale of state's stock in the 52; titions 45; Mr. Wall's notice respecting the progress of Virginia law relating to, passed ib., 73; report of the, of the bill 45; Mr. Tallmadge notifies that he will report a the District of Columbia, presented 57; inquiry respect- bill 57; Mr. Clay on the 57; joint resolation of the legis ing the sale of treasury notes to, and arrangements to lature of Michigan in favor of a, presented 55, 75, шe- deposite with &c. proposed 60; Mahattan bank report norial for, from Georgia 75; from Illinois 75, 107, 123; 61; Mr. Jaudon and the Barings 72; state security from Massachusetts 75; Mr. Webster and Mr. Wall banks in New York 73; Mr Allen's inquiry in the U. b.; a great number of memorials for, Mr. Webster Bond, Mr. rep. 12, 47; on financial subject, ib.; 5 States senate as to the, of the District 67; Mr. Benton's proposes a bill, notice of its provisions 76; memorial resolutions respecting treasury notes in 79; bill to con- from Vermont 92; from Pittsburg 93; from Michigan explanation 109; on committee on expenditures 11 223, 32 tinue the charters of the, of the District of Columbia on 93; from Alabama ib.; from Indiana 93; from Missis- certam conditions, reported 94; general banking law of sippi, by Mr. Walker 107; from Maumee city ib.; from Boston-commerce and revenue of 100; increase New York decided to be constitutional 100; flight of Mississippi 107; resolves of the legislature of Massachu-commerce 134; rail road trade 146; arrival of the fir Dabney and deficit in, of Virginia 100; memorial asking setts in favor of, presented 110; of the legislature of New of Cunard's steamers 225; population 225; ancient a charters for the, of the District of Columbia, presented York 122; Mr. Wall reports two bills from the judicia-tillery company 229; duties collected at 255; centenn 106; bill to that effect reported ih: report of the secre-ry commitee 122; memorial from citizens of Tennes-anniversary of printing at 292; growth of 304; first & tary of the treasury on the condition of the bank of thesee for 123; from Alabama 123; from the logislature of rival of the new line of steamers 321; population of, United States, communicated 109; report of the treasurer Louisiana 123; Mr. Clayton reports a bill from the rivals and clearances 341; flattering prospects of on the condition of the 109; notices of the defalcation majority of the committee on the judiciary 123; memo- Bosworth, judge acquitted of Dabney and the condition of the bank of Virginia, rial from the citizens of Michigan for a 141; Mr. Wall's Botts, Mr. 301, 58.9, 61; on New Jersey case, i Green arrested 115; provisions of the law relating to, substitute, debate, Mr. Wall, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Critten-76, 111; on the record in the case of lieut. Hooe 2 passed in Ohio 115; message from the president con- den, Mr. Webster 171; notice of progress in senate 176; 287, 330-2-3; statement on the New Jersey question 3 taining list of, that have refused to pay specie on de- debate continued, Mr. Smith, of Indiana, Mr. Webster, Bounty on fish, resolution of the legislature of Mai mand 122; Mr. White proposes inquiries respecting Mr. Strange, Mr. Norvell, Mr. Dixon 188; debate re-in favor of continuing the, presented deposites of specie and treasury notes in 123; substitute sumed, Mr. Henderson, Mr. Wall, Mr Crittenden, &c. therefor proposed 140; Mr. Reed on the commonwealth 187; memorial for such a law from the Baltimore board bank 141; forgeries upon the Philadelphia 160; memo- of trade ib; resolutions in favor of, pass the senate of rial of 49 citizens of Georgetown against the, of the Pennsylvania 199; a memorial from Connecticut 204; District, and that they may be forced to wind up, pre- debate on the bill resumed, Mr. Tallmadge 204; Mr. sented 171; the Concord bank failure 194; free bank Hubbard, Mr. Wall ib.; debate resumed, Mr. Strange's statistics 164; report on the general banking law New amendment and debate thereon 205; Mr. Webster's York 165, lesumption, bill in Pennsylva 166; bank speech 211; debate resumed, Mr. Strange's amend dividends b.; affair of fic, of Vagina 169; bankingent 213; Mr. Norvell's amendment, Mr. Webster ib.; privilege in Georgia 169; petition for a natio sai bank, 169, 175; arrangements between the New York city and country banks 190, the union bank of Mississippi, the Brandon bank 132; report of the secretary of the treasury, of banks where specie deposites welc de in anticipation of treasury notes 183; proceedings of the legislature of Pennsylvania on 199; the state bank of Michigan assign over 200; memorial asking recharter of fariners' and merchants' bank in Georgetown, D. C. 201; business, &c., in New York 203; on striking the, out of the bankrupt bill 219, 220; the Georgia rail road and banking company 230, bank of Virginia, meeting, trial of Green 230; vote of the Van Buren party on, at St. Louis 231; peution for extension to the, of Natchez 236; the, of Missouri 245; banks of the District of Columbia 251; again 252; bill passes the senate, title ib.; 255; offi cial report of the, of Virginia 262; condition of the, of Ohio 263; dividends of the, of North Carolina 279; Cen-note tral of Georgia 279; gov. MeNutt's proclamation against certain, in Mississippi 279; bill granting indulgence to the, of Natchez 253; proceedings in the senate on re chartering the, of the District of Columbia 299, 300; real estate bank of Alabama decided to be constitutional 309; banks in Mississippi 300; the, of Pensacola 310; proceedings on the District, resumed 315; memorial for a recharter ib.; Mr. Allen's amendments ih.; fate of the, of district finally decided 320 330; memorial of the, of the District of Columbia, presented, deoate thereon 323; resolution passed the senate 330; debate on the, of the District, various amendments, yeas and nays on engrossing 326; bill rejected by yeas and nays 327; debate on reconsidering 327; rejected 323; notice of the final proceedings in congress on the District Bell, Mr. rep. 12; on the Cumberland road 13, 15, 29; banks 333; prompt payment in Charleston ib; in Maine Winebago resolution 29, 31, 45; call for information 310; cashier of the City bank at Natchitoches default, relative to Cherokees 60-2, 77; on the bill to secure the condition of the city banks of New Orleans 316; joint purity of elections 79; again : 109, 110, 142; on the resolution for continuing the charter of the Washington | 127 h rule, &c. 222; appeal, sustained ib.: 171; on the city banks on their resuming specie payments, passes sub-treasury bill 255; relative to the Winebago treaty the senate 319; efforts in the house to obtain a con-271; on the New Jersey question
Mr. Strange 213; question on striking out banks 219; mo- tion to recommit the bill b; debate resumed, Mr. Clay, Mr. Wright, Mr. Webster 236; Mr. Clay's motion to strike out compulsory provisions negatived, various pro- ceedings, whole referred to committee ib.; reported 251; Mr. Walker 251; yeas and nays in the senate on pass- ing the bill 257; notice of the 269; memorial relative to, from New York ib.; debate resumed, various amend ments, bill ordered to be printed, yeas and nays on or- dering it to be engrossed 270; passes the senate, yeas and nys 253; motion to refer and print the bill in the house 256; notice of its passing the senate 304; on motion of Mr. Pickens is laid on the table in the house Bankruptcies in France Barbadors, proceedings at Baring & Brothers, Mr. Jaudon and
Boundary line-see northeast; Mr. Norvell's call fc information 44; the president's message relative t surveys, &c. 46; dispute between Illinois and Wiscon sin respecting their 73; between Texas and U. States difference respecting the 99, 227; see Terus. Boyd, Mr.
Boz's madness accounted for Brandon bank, ex-officers of the Brattleborough typographic company's operations
Breadstuffs, low prices of in the west
Breckenridge, rev. R. J. trial for libel
Bredin, Mr. speech of at the national convention 151 Brensmades island, newly discovered
Briggs, Mr. rep. 12, 13, 14, 27, 28, 29, 79, 94-5; inqui- 72 ry as to additonal duties 95, 109; on public expenditures
Barnard, Mr.-representative, 25, 47; on the treasury ib. 110, 126; on printing the report on the affray 142, bill 61 23; interrogatories 63, 174, 190; on the sub-172-4, 188-9, 206; on printing 190, 220, 223; on the city 253-4 bank bill 300, 330-1-2 treasury bill Batavia, wages of labor in 40 274 British consul and municipality of N. Orleans Bath, Maine, population 400 British mint, summary of the proceedings of, for the Beatty, Mr.-of Pennsylvania, representative 14. last twenty-one years, presented 61-2, 332 British Queen steamer
Bushel measure, law regulating the, in Indiana
Bussey, Benj. liberal bequests
Butler, Mr. rep.
Butler, Mr. of Ky. speech at the V. B.
national con- 150-1, 206, 329 253 Butler, Vinton, removed from office Buxton's remedy for the slave trade, republished 320 Bynum, Mr. rep. 23; rencontre 126; see affray; on 183-9 the ailtay 384 33
Cabrera, the Spanish general, convalescent California-report of negotiation for ceding, to Britain, observations thereon 2; notice of "history of," &c. pre-
of American and British citizens
Casting by galvanism
Catlin's gallery, visited in London
Clay, Henry-senator 25, 26; on the subject of a Catholic council of bishops assemble at Baltimore 181 duty on silk 26; bloodhounds ib., 57; bankrupt law 57; 240 meinorial from "hardfisted" mechanics and agricultu Celeste, Madam, returns to France Census-provisions of the act for taking the 163; of rists of Stark county, Ohio 58; other memorials ib.; on 360 the Cumberland road bill 76, 92; on the Seneca treaty 96 105, 106-7; memorial from P. George's county for a the towns in Massachusetts 339; of the counties Centenary of printing, Central America-civil war in 81; interesting disco-duty on silks 107, 103; indisposed 122; bankrupt bill 338 Missouri land office 187, 204; on the memorial of the late veries of antiquities at Quiraqus 259; arrival and pro- 124, 140; at the national convention 158-9; on a new gress of Mr. Stephens Centre college, Kentucky, bill granting further time to postmaster at Reynoldsburg 219; on the bankrupt bill 299 porters 252-3; on electing reporters 269; dinner to, at dispose of lands granted to the deaf and dumb asylum 236; invitation to a dinner at Hanover, Va. 240; on re- passed 192 Hanover, Va. 278, 293; on the District banks 299; on Channing, Rev. Dr. resigns Chapman, Mr. representative, 27, 29, 78, 127, 143; call the right to change the rules of the senate 299, 313.14; upon the committee on the Hooe case to report 319, 330 speech of at Fredericksburg 322; notice of Charlestown, Massachussetts, population Charleston, South Carolina-made a naval station 336 51; fire 125; banks resume specie payments 80 Charitable contributions, by Samuel Ward Chart of the southern coast, debate on printing 271 Charters, Pennsylvania law authorising courts to grant, to benevolent societies
Cherokees Mr. Southard, resolution asking for information relative to the arrangement with the, submitted 27; adopted 44; Mr. Bell's call for information respecting 60; communication from the secretary of war in compliance 76; memorial from a portion of Cherokee warriors, engaged in the late war with Great Britain, bill granting pensions to as if citizens 315 Cherry valley, centennial celebration
Clay, Mr.-senator, of Alabama, 10, 11, 25, 26, 44, 57, 75; on the Cumberland road bill ib., 76, 92-3, 105, 106-7; bankrupt law 123, 140; at the Van Buren nation- al convention 150, 169, 187, 218; motion to strike banks out of the bankrupt bill 219, 237; on reporters 252-3, 281; on the rules of the senate 299; on the District banks 299, 313-14, 326-7, 329, 349 Clayton, Mr.-senator 58; on abolishing certain land offices 92, 106; reports a bankrupt bill, from majority of judiciary committee 123, bankrupt bill 171, 213-4, 218 231, 263, 346 Cleveland, fire at 391; trade at Clerks, bill to continue certain, Indian bureau 141-2 Clerks of courts, report relative to the compensation of, received
sent political condition, natural advantages, population, Chesapeake and Ohio canal-memorial of the citi-79; on the appropriation bill 141-2; preamble and resolu character, productions 70; trade with 356; seizure &c.zens of Washington against surrendering United States Calhoun, John C. senator 10, 11; declaratory resolu-stock in, to the state of Maryland 27; progress of the tions relative to slavery 11, 25-6-7; his slavery resolutions 244; election 273; twelfth annual report 279, J. P. Ingle eferted 45, 58; speech in reply to Mr. Webster 74; resigns as clerk 305; resolution to relinquish stock own- Cumberland road bill 76, 93; relative to negroes liberated by the United States to the state of Maryland 314; ed at Bermuda 107-3; speech on the resolution relative items 344; debate on the resolution to cede the stock o jurisdiction over vessels 137, 140, 171, 204, 219, 269, 330; passes the senate 330; proceedings in the house 350 Chikasaws, inquiry relative to lands ceded by the 122, 230 293; cali for circulars 2J9, 314, 326, 329 Caihoun, Mr. rep. 31, 79, 110, 141, 143; to be excused Chicago, Illinois, memorial that, be made a port of 334 on the N. Jersey question Camancha Indians, fight at San Antonio 203; the entry, presented aumber of
Clinton and Kalazama canal, commenced Cloth, new method of manufacturing
Coal, Pennsylvanian bituminous 128, 166; price at
Coal trade on the Schuylkill
Coal company-see Mount Corbon, &c.
Cochran's patent canon 64; exhibition at the arse-
Cod fisheries, historical account of 69; failure of 356 Coffee imported into Cincinnati
Coinage, statistics of, exports, imports, mint, amount gold in England
Collector of customs, resignation of Dr. McCulloch, at Baltimore
Colored population, omi vration
Colonization, decision in the case of capt. Ross and his daughters will 192; address of the clergy of the dis- trict of Columbia to the clergy of the union, meeting in Colquitt, on the sub-treasury Philadelphia, resolutions adopted
Colt's improved fire arms, proceedings on the resolu- 349 Colt's patent rifles and pistols, ordered for the Imaum of Muscat
China-British vessels compelled to come up Cameron, Simon, expelled as director Campbell, Mr. of S. C. rep. 11, 12, 15. 27-8-9, 31, 45 6, Wampoa or leave the country, Elliot orders them to 38, 79, 94; on printing report on the affray 142; address Toung Koo bay, report of an affair with an American on the N. Jersey contested election 119, 174; resolution frigate, supposed to be erroneous, Chinese persist on milenge 233; on the sub-treasury bill 236, 331-2 3 in suppressing the opium trade, foreign trade cut off Campbell, Mr. of Ten. to be excused on the N. Jersey except with Americans 2; further intelligence from 18; 335 British preparations for war, com. Elliot's conduct ap- question Canadas-project of uniting the two 19; official comproved 18; inquiry in parliament 33; conversation in nunication relative to the British forces in 76, 80, 113; congress between Mr. Cushing and Mr. Pickens rela- 160-1 tive to 46; proposition of the British, &c. 49; trade sill British forces in 129; items from Canada-15th regt, en route for England 227; trade carried on ib.; report that trade with all nations had 1 breadstuffs through 290; emigration of Indians to 305; been stopped, which is questioned 50; American trade he governor going to England, population, Living-still continued, trade threatened, incidents after the ton Palmer's sentence commuted; meeting respecting battle at Bogue ib.; notice of a move for papers relating Brock's monument, extraordinary murder and suicide to, in parliament 65; trade to be closed, Americans re-tion 313; resolution agreed to 356 monstrate, Macoe trade, Fokun soldiers 66; conversa- of northern explorers 354; mail regulations Canal, memorial asking a survey of the isthmus of tion in parliament respecting 81; expedition against Darien with a view of constructing a, to connect the from England, forces employed against, Chinese pre- Atlantic with the Pacific 55; the Pennsylvania 64; bili parations 97; the governor general of India in the name granting lands to the state of Michigan to aid in con- of the British government declares war, the expedition structing a, around the fall of St. Marie passes the U. S. to rendezvous at Calcutta, Americans continue their senate 93, opening of the Tide Water 96, 136; commit- trade 98; communication relative to the trade with, by tes on foreign relations ask to be discharged from the Mr. Lawrence 103; items 113, British manufactories memorial respecting a, between the Atlantic and Pacific prohibited even in American vessels 130; virtual de- 123; bill to cede the Muscle Shoal, to Alaba na, report-claration of war against, by Great Britain 144; proceed-141; at N. York 116; the, of Africa 162; of Philadelphia ed ; tonnage &e. of the Erie 123; new tariff of tolls on ings in England against the original offenders in the the Pennsylvania 136; receipts of the Erie 144; senate dispute 173, rumor relative to letters of marque to pass the bill granting lands to aid in constructing a, French merchants ib; cost of the war with, to Great round the fall of St. Marie 169; resolutions of the legis Britain 161; opium trade carried on through Manilla lature of New York in favor of the grant, presented 169; 162; Bible operations in 201; items from 203; debate on enlargement of the Erie 165; notice of the Wabash and the dispute with, in parliament 225; preparations for de- Erie 169; the Pennsylvania and Ohio 166; toll of trans- fence, decision relative to com. Elliott's opium scrip, portation on ib.; the Lake Erie and Wabash nearly cholera at Bombay, bank at Bombay, Chinese army completed 162; the Clinton and Kalamazoo, commenced 226; measures of resistance 253, determine to resist the b.; New Haven and Northampton 244; application of British 239; report of the secretary of the treasury on the the legislature of Michigan for money to make a, round trade with 300; death of the empress, smuggling opium, the falls of St. Marie 219; tolls on the N. York, daring expedition again sail, attempt to burn shipping, Ameri- May 229, 240; twelfth annual report of the Chesapeake cans alarmed 322; direct trade between the U. States and Quio 279; tolls on New York, reduced 277; ain't. and, from 1821 to 1839, tonnage employed 338; Mr. Ste- of tolls received ib.; bill to purchase stock for the U. S. venson's note to the British minister 371; items in the Louisville and Portland, laid on the table 281; experiment of a steamboat on a 258; the commerce of the, in Ohio 300; the cross cut b; the Pennsylvania 343 400 Canandaigua, N. Y. population of Canibals, two missionaries eaten by New Zealan 130 04
Canso, official notice to American vessels of the de- mand of the British, of light duty on passing the streights of, and to pay, but under protest denying the right to demand
338 Commerce, bill relative to bond of whale fishermen reported 12; bill to regulate the intercourse with Cayenne and Guann 26; our general relations of, with foreign countries 70; of Boston 100, 134; in Great Britain in 1790 and 1837-8 129; call for information relative to 133 amount of imports, &c. since formation of government Commercial relations with foreign countries 166; of the city of Baltimore Commerce and navigation, report of the sec. of the report of the treasury department on 300; abstract from 305 treasury on the, of the country received 253; annual the annual report
Chinn, Mr. representative, relative to mails 27; no- tice of bill to abolish the Greensburg land district 59-9, Foundland 238, 332 127, 159, 207; call for information respecting the post- master at Baton Rouge 220; inquiry Compromise act, call for copies of all the circulars Chittenden, Mr. representative 60, 78, 140; speech issued since the passage of the 286, 330 at Alexandria 268; on the sub-treasury bill Chivia, opposition to the Russian invasion 113, 162 253 Choctaw reservations, bill engrossed Choctaw treaty, Mississippi asking for claims under
Capital punishment, proposition to abolish 49; lished in Connecticut
Carburetted hydrogen, "setting the river on fire" Carr, Mr. R.
Chronometers, report on the cost of Churches, number of in Philadelphia Cincinnati-census item 304; Wm. Green elected 240 mayor of 347; of sugar and cotlee imported into Circassians, take a Russian fort
Congressmen, Mr. Rayner fined for assaulting Mr. Montgomery 272; death of S. H. Anderson Congressional, contested election 3d district Pa. 199; Mr. Speaker Hunter declines being a candidate 311; 230 candidates, South Carolina 230: Georgia
Carrier pigeon, a specimen of
Connecticut-see national foundry; election 96; elec- City trust and banking company, affairs of Claims-Mississippi asking for, under the Choctaw tion returns 100; fast day ib.; second centennial anni- Carroll, gov. Win. elected president of the Van Buren treaty 11; report of the committee as to officers of the versary of the adoption of the constitution 114; election 143 house being engaged in prosecuting of private 59; bill returns 135; legislature meet and organize, historical national convention, his speech 331 to provide for satistying, due to American citizens for centennial anniversary. Dr. Webster, Mr. Day's mas- Carter, Mr. of Ten. 354 spoliations prior to 1801, reported 95; bill for esta-querade fete 146; gov. Ellsworth's speech 194; state pri-
204 tor, notice of gov. Ellsworth's message 164; balloting for son, rail road 195; J. W. Huntington elected U. S. scua- 306 U. S. senator, bill to elect justices of the peace by the
Casey, Mr. rep, on the Cumberland road 13, 61-2, 206 blishing a board of commissioners on, reported 271; the Castings, bed plate of an engine 235; for the new fri- Crooks, for the Lord Nelson 331
people, rejected 180; Wm. L. Storrs, esq. succeeds Huntington as judge, registration of voters, rail road 229; New Haven and Northampton canal 244; rail road, agriculture 261; missions 277; copper mine 307; capital punishments abolished 342; whig state convention 360; reminiscences, Dr. Webster 389; earthquake 400 Connecticut river, freshet, new channel Conner, Mr. rep. 79; on the affray 126, 142, 143 Constitution, United States-bill to amend the, so as to secure a specie basis for currency 10; resolution of Georgia in favor of amending the, so as to authorise United States circuit judges to surrender fugitives from justice, presented 27; Mr. Crabb's resolutions to alter the, so as to limit the presidential term to one year 95 Constitution of Massachusetts, amended as to legisla- tive representation
Conspiracy, conviction for Consuls-relative to compensating the, at Mexico 24; Mr. Trist 96; recognised by the president 51, 67, 81, 99, 145, 193, 241, 273, 305; duties of, in relation to ship- ment of seamen, &c. 355; see Trist, Mr.
Contested elections, third district Pennsylvania 199; see New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania. Contingent expenses,
327-8, 332 Davis, Mr.-representative, on the sub-treasury bill 253, 271, 313-14-15, 318-19, 328-9, 249 Davis, Mr. of Ind. 59, 77, 94, 142, 173, 271, 284 Davis, Mr.-of Pennsylvania, on recess 174, 191; on the sub-treasury bill 186
Davis, Mr. of Kentucky 13; on the office of com- missioner of pensions 13, 77; on marshals, district at- torneys, &c. 95; on the appropriation bill 127; on post office agency 172, 332, resolution relative to freedom of speech, &c.
Davis, J. A. death of, by W. P. Darnes Davis, capt. Isaac, the first officer who fell in the American revolution
114, 194; for trial of lieut. McBlair 146; decision 194; for | 187-8, 204; seamen 218, 298; on the Distrist bank bill trial of capt. M. S. Howe 193; for trial of lieut. Fitzallen Deas 194; case of Livingston 261; result in com. El- liott's case 290; honorably acquit lieut. Sheras 305; com. Elliott found guilty 320; on midshipman Ringgold, sen- tence of com. Elliott 358; on midshipman Weston 389 Courvoisier, trial of 321 Crabb, Mr.-representative 11, 12, 13, 15, 29, 63, 94; for limiting presidential term to one year 95, 143, 174, 188, 206, 222; on Raymond's economy 285; on the sub treasury bill 286, 318 Craig, Mr.-representative 12, 15, 59, 61-2, 78, 174; on the affray 189, 220, 255; on the Hooe case 286, 331 Cranston, Mr. rep. 79; notice of leave for a bill Crary, Mr. rep. 143; Tennessee land grants 223, 271 Cresson, Elliott, colonization Crimes, bill to punish certain, against the United States reported 24; call for correspondence respecting the surrender or demand for persons charged with 59; imprisonment for, in Massachusetts 72; comparison of, in Europe and America 144; convicts at Sing Sing prison 262; the bill to punish certain, debated and en- grossed 270; statistics of, in N. York 277; Dublin 353 Crittenden, Mr.-senator 10, 24; on debts of the states 25, 107, 140; on the currency and treasury drafts 171; on the bankrupt bill 171, 204; on gen. Harrison's opi- nions 219; on the bankrupt bill b., 209, 251, 270, 313-15 Crockett, Mr. 206; on Tennessee land grants 223: on the sub-treasury bill
Davidson, R. O memorial for an appropriation to test an experiment for carrying the mail through the air 269 Dawson, Mr.-representative 28, 47, 59, 61-2-3, 76, 79, 95, 110-11, 125, 143, 174, 206; to be excused on the New Jersey question
Deaths of capt. Deacon, U. S. navy 3; of Wm. D. Hodges 4; hon. John Rutherford 16; James Maury ib.; Mrs. Clay, sir Frederick Maitland, sir Wm. W. Wy Crockett, col.-report that he is still alive, and in 64; of Thaddeus Betts, U. S. senator from Connecticut ron, earl of Mansfield 18; gov. Wolf 48; John Lowell Mexican mines 128; this Texas rumor a hoax 224 93; of capt. James Riley 112; judge White 122; gov. Croghan, col.-proceedings on bill for the relief of, Noble 125; bishop Lartigue, rev. Dr. Kirkland 144;rev. &c. 122 Mr. Tuckerman 160; gen. Cunningham ib.; gen. Janes Crops-of grain 128; general appearance of, very M. Street 193, 176; gen. John Adair 224; Wm. Cheat- promising 144; in France 178; promise of abundance ham 240; Thomas Godfrey 241; sir Sidney Smith 25; 240; of Illinois 384; in England 384; prospect of, in Anson Brown, representative in congress 265; in the England and Ireland 385-6; France and Russia 386; house 370; Wm. Russell 277, 288; James R. Pring), Nova Scotia 386 collector 308; capt. Washington Hood, U. S. arm, Cross, Mr. of Arkansas, representative 14, 79; on lieut. Maury, U. S. navy 339; col. Gassaway Watkis petitions 125 344; Wm. Hugh Jordan, Thomas Belton 368; M Cuba, splendid map of 354 Harriet King 368; Paganini 368; Lucien Bonaparte 3′; Everheart 376; Win. Fay, judges Cantine and Clar 384; capt. Day, U. S. army 388; S. H. Anderson, c. Wm. Cheatham, Timothy Flint ib.; capt. Thomas (- ford
Contort's ice cream establishment Conventions at Richmond 3; democratic whig, of Pennsylvania 4; whig state, of Ohio 21; Van Buren, of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Mississippi 22; whig, of Balti- more 100; in favor of a protective tariff, proposed 114; education convention 131, 145; young men's national convention at Baltimore 136; tobacco interest conven- tion 145; Van Buren state convention of Maryland 146; Van Buren national convention 147; young men's whig national convention 152; administration in New Jersey 198; in Vermont 197; of tobacco growers 163; at Bun- ker's Hill proposed 180; address of the Van Buren na- tional convention to the people of the United States 182; of tobacco dealers 201; of south western states proposed 227; of manufacturers in North Carolina 230; Van Bn- ren, at Dayton, whig, at Tippecanoe battle ground 231; anti-slavery society of New Hampshire 240; whig, at Utica, of banks New York 244; Van Buren in Michi- Cumberland, Md. population of 336 gan 246; the whig state, of Massachusetts 261; whig Cumberland road-proceedings on instructing the young men and old soldiers, at Springfield, Illinois 263; committee respecting the 13; proceedings on the memo- at Tippecanoe 264; the whig state convention of rial respecting 45, 46; question on various amendments Maine 276; administration and whig conventions of offered 47; instruction negatived and memorial referred New Hampshire ib.; whig, at Worcester, Mass. 277; ib.; memorial of the legislature of Michigan for an ap- Rhode Island ib.; address of the whig, at the Tippeca-propriation to the 58; Mr. Rariden asks leave to report noe battle ground 281; whig, at Fort Meigs 282; in Mis-a bill making appropriation to the 61; Mr. Proffit's pro- souri 292: whig state convention in Vermont 307; Rhode position 63; proceedings on, in senate 75; Mr. Reynold Island ib.; Delaware 308; Alabama 309; Illinois ib.; Van asks leave to report a bill for the survey and continua- Buren state, of Georgia, south western whig, at Nash- tion of the 76; debate on the bill resumed, amendment ville 311; anti-slavery, at Syracuse 320; a whig jubilee negatived by ayes and nays, Mr. Preston's amendment at Concord, New Hampshire 340; of whigs at Benning. reducing the appropriation one-half carried, debate re- 340 sumed, yeas and nays on ordering the bill to be engross- Convict, violating the condition of pardon, remanded ed, bill rejected 92; notice of the, "the great future 112; to punishment 303 proceedings on the bill 206; conversation respecting an Convict ships, sailed 49 appropriation for the 317 Cooper, Mr-representative 13, 30, 62; on the treasu- Cumanche Indians, see Texas and 66; sanguinary ry note bill 77; on the affray 189; on the District bank affair at San Antonia 113 bill 300; to be excused on the N. Jersey question 334, 239 341 Cooper, Mr.-of Pennsylvanin, representative 127; on the sub-treasury bill
Corn laws, motion for repeal of
Corn market-Liverpool, &c. 18, 33, 97-8, 113; France ib.; London 321. [The reports of the British and French, will generally be found on the first page of each No. among the first items of Foreign articles.] Corporal punishments, navy orders relative to 210 Corwin, Mr.-of Ohio, representative 127, 172, 188; illness of 272 Cotton-prices in London 1, 18, 81: in France ib.; United States markets 16; crops and trade items, the East India project 32; Liverpool market 33, 65-6; in France_b.; great import of, in England 97; prices, &c. in England 98, 113; in France ib.; cotton machine- ry in France 130; in England 177; London market 321;
history of the speculations in, this year 288; Liverpool and London markets 336; export of, from Liverpool to New York 338; London market 369; caution to ship- pers of 416. [A regular weekly report of prices, ship- ments, prospects, crops, &c. will be presented in the Chronicle page of each number of the Register.-The state of the foreign market will generally be found un- der the foreign head.]
Curtis, Mr.-representative, notice of the bankrupt bill 12, 13, 15, 29, 30; on the treasury note bill 45, 59, 61-2, 172-3-4, 190; on the pilot law 207, 223, 238, 255; on the death of Anson Brown 270, 316, 319 Cushing, Mr.-representative 31; on the treasury note bill 45, 47, 77; remarks relating to the China affair 46, 78-9, 94, 95, 109 on public expenditures 109, 110, 126, 141; on McKenzie's case 123, 171, 172; on frauds on the revenue 174, 189, 190; on the sub-treasury bill 191; on reconsidering the vote on the pilot bill 221, 239, 285, 318, 331; to be excused on the N. Jersey question 334 Customs, report of the emoluments of officers of the, communicated
Custom house-regulations 64; documeuts in rela-received tion to the memorial of clerks in the, of Philadelphia 92; at Savannah, memorial 125; petition for a, at Phil-19; petition that the banks of, be compelled to resume delphia
specie payments or relinquish their charters 44; pro- ceedings thereon ib.; report of the banks of, presented 57; another memorial against the banks, presented 58; Dabney-letter of the bank of Virginia, flight of, &c. Mr. Allen's inquries respecting the banks of 76; bill 100; returning to Virginia 160; returns and surrenders to continue the charters of the banks of, on certain con- 181; examination 199; examined and committed 272 ditions, reported 94; also bills to incorporate certain be- Dade institute, bill granting land to, debated 141 nevolent associations 95; memorial asking for charters Daguerreotype-improvement 160; reproducing im- for the banks of the, presented 106; bill to that effect pressions, Barre's discovery 240; item 272, 304; minia-reported 106; deferred 125; bill authorising the building tures, Mr. Cornelius' experiment
208 of a court house at Alexandria, and a bill to light the Daily Evening Gazette, by Wm. Ogden Niles 401 capitol and Pennsylvania avenue by carbonated hydro- Dalmatia, duke of, thanks to com. Nicholson 134 gen gas reported 141; bill incorporating the banks of, Damages, recovered for upsetting a stage 356 made the order of a day 141; memorial that the banks Dancing-Fanny Elssler at New York 240; Madame of, be compelled to wind up 171, 188; petition Celeste returns to France ib.; to a profitable tune, Miss for charter of a bank 201; debate relative to the Elssler 256, 336; Taglioni 336 banks of 251; again 252; bill passes the senate 78, 254, 271 ib.; title ib.; liberality, catholic fair, mayoralty, Mr. Daniel, Thomas, a soldier under gen. Wayne, peti- Seaton, Mr. Force 278; call for information respecting tion of, asking remuneration
Dartmouth, population
Dartmouth college, students expelled Davee, Mr. representative
106 the expenditures on the, &c. 283; address of the 304 clergy of, in behalf of the colonization society 291; pro- 341 ceedings in senate on the bill rechartering the banks 63, 79, 111 of 299; debate resumed, proceedings, decision of Davis, Mr.-senator 10, 11, 25; on the sub-treasury the question 301; again b; 302; bill passed 303; bill 37; Mr. Buchanan's speech 40; Mr. Davis' reply report of the secretary of the treasury of the expen- 43-4, 58, 76; Mr. Buchanan again 83; and Mr. Davis' ses of 313, fate of the banks finally decided 320; remon reply 87; drawbacks 106; on fishing bounties 107-8, 170, strance of the aldermen and council against the passage
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