INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE.

Adams, Mr. of Mississippi, death of announced, and re- | District of Columbia, leave given to introduce a bill to
solutions adopted to honor his memory, 1.
Adjournment, joint committee appointed to notify the Duelling, resolution introduced to prevent and punish the
establish a system of penal law for the, 344.
President, committee reported, and the Senate
adjourned, 344.

Africans, resolution to inquire into the expediency of
making further provision for the support of cap-
tured, introduced, and agreed to, 40.
Appropriation bill, general, taken up, 213; motion to
strike out amendments reported by Committee
on Finance relative to Turkish mission, 213;
further amendments proposed, 214; again taken
up, and debate thereon, 215 to 285, 292 to 309;
questions taken on the amendments, 310, 311;
further amended, and ordered to a third reading,
317 to 320; amendment of House of Represen-
tatives disagreed to, and committee of confer-
ence appointed, 328, 330; report of the com-

mittee concurred in, 334.

Appropriations for internal improvements, surveys, &c.
bill making, twice read, and referred, 312.
again taken up, 333; amended and passed, 334.
Appropriations for the military service, bill making, ta-
ken up, 325.

practice of, in the District of Columbia, 292.
Duties on cinnamon and spices, (see Passports and Clear-
ances.)

Duties,

resolutions introduced, in relation to the power of
Congress to lay and collect, 285; laid on the ta-
ble, 312.

Geyer, Henry S. a witness on the trial of Judge Peck, 22.
Hempstead, Charles S. a witness on the trial of Judge
Horrell, Thomas, a witness on the trial of Judge Peck, 22.
Peck, 23.
Impeachment, (see Peck, James H.)
Indiana, resolution calling for information in relation to
the location of lands in the State of, introduced
and adopted, 31.

Indians, bill to provide for the payment of an annuity to
the Seneca tribe of, taken up, 29; laid on the
table, 30; again taken up, 78; ordered to a third
reading, 85.

Bates, Edward, deposition of, received on the trial of Indian intercourse act, resolution submitted in relation to
Judge Peck, 28.

Bank of the United States, leave asked to introduce a
resolution against the renewal of the charter
of, 46.

leave refused, 78.

Bent, John, deposition of, received on the trial of Judge
Peck, 28.

Benton, Thomas H. examined as a witness on the trial of
Judge Peck, 28.

excused from voting on the trial of Judge Peck, 45.
Bradley, Abraham, memorial of presented, 335.

letter of, to the President of the U. S, read, 165.

Carr, W. C. a witness on the trial of Judge Peck, 28, 33.
Chaplain to the Senate elected, 4.

Charless, Edward, a witness on the trial of Judge Peck, 23.
Choctaw treaty, Executive proceedings in relation to the,
345 to 348.

Congressional documents, bill authorizing a subscription
to a compilation of, taken up, 325; various amend-
ments proposed and negatived, and ordered to
a third reading, 326, 327.

Constitution, resolution, joint, introduced to amend the, in
relation to the Presidential term of service, 23;
referred, 24.

Cumberland road, law of Ohio in relation to the repair of,
communicated, 209.

Current coins, resolution introduced in relation to the, 1;
report on, (see Appendix, 131.)

Davis, Wm. A. letter from, proposing to furnish copies of

the laws, communicated, 214.

Death, document on the subject of the abolition of the

punishment of, ordered to be printed, 334.
District of Columbia, resolution introduced to prepare a
code of law for, 209; laid on the table, 209.
District of Columbia, bill for the punishment of crimes in
the, taken up, 209; debate thereon, and bill laid
on the table, 210 to 213; again taken up, amend-
ed, and passed, 260.

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the enforcement of the provisions of, 204; de-
Indian treaties, bill to carry into effect certain, taken up,
bate thereon, and resolution adopted, 205 to 208.
amended, and ordered to a third reading, 328.
Indians, Executive proceedings in relation to the treaty
with the Choctaw, 345 to 348.

Iron, memorial of mechanics and others of Philadelphia,
Johns, Rev. H. Van Dyke, elected chaplain, 4.
praying a reduction of the duties upon, present-
ed and referred, 41; committee report, and de-
bate thereon, 313 to 317, 321 to 323. (See Ap-
pendix, 105.)
memorial of inhabitants of New Jersey, praying a
drawback of the duties on, presented, 41; debate
on its reference, 42, 43; laid on the table, 44.
memorials of citizens of Philadelphia adverse to re-
ducing the duties on foreign, communicated, 214.
Insolvent debtors of the United States, bill for the relief
of, taken up, and ordered to a third reading,
Internal improvements, surveys, &c. (sce Appropriations.)
323 to 325.
Internal improvements, views of the committee to whom
was referred the President's message on the sub-
ject of, 214.

Lawless, Luke E. a witness on the trial of Judge Peck, 19.
Laws of the United States, notice given of joint resolu-
tion authorizing a subscription to a stereotype
edition of, 213.

Lindell, Jesse E. a witness on the trial of Judge Peck, 28.
Lucas, J. B. C. a witness on the trial of Judge Peck, 28.

Magennis, Arthur L. a witness on the trial of Judge Peck,

22.

Merry, Samuel, deposition of, received on the trial of
Meredith, Mr. appears as counsel for Judge Peck, 3.
McLean, Mr. of Illinois, death of announced, and resolu-
Judge Peck, 28.
tion adopted to honor his memory, 3.

ordered to be printed, 149.

Monroe, James, bill for the adjustment of the claim of, | Postmaster General, report of, made at the last session,
taken up, 103; again taken up, and referred to
a select committee, 148; again taken up, 329;
third read, and passed, 333.

Navy, resolution introduced for increasing the pay of
masters commandant and first lieutenants in the,
102; modified and adopted, 149.
Noble, Mr. death of announced, and arrangements for his
funeral, 320.

Ohio, law of the State of, in relation to the repair of the
national road, communicated, 209.

bill declaring the assent of Congress to, introduced,
twice read, and referred, 213; taken up, debate
thereon, and ordered to a third reading, 287 to
292; passed, 312.

Order, points of, decided, 148, 175, 179, 194, 334.

Pay of members of Congress, report of Judiciary Com-
mittee on joint resolution in relation to, 85.
Passports and clearances, bill to abolish the charge for,
and to repeal duties on cinnamon and spices, ta-
ken up, and ordered to a third reading, 25.
Peck, James H. court of impeachment opened for the
trial of, 3.

transmits a statement of the amount of postage,
&c. 327.

Potomac bridge, bill to alter, taken up, 335.
President of the United States, annual message of, com-
municated, 1, (see Appendix.)

returns Louisville and Portland Canal bill, with ob-
jections, 1, (see Appendix.)

transmits Choctaw treaty and papers in relation
thereto, 345, 346.

message from, in relation to Indian intercourse,
(see Appendix, 73.)

President of the Senate pro tem. elected, 328.
adjourns the Senate sine die, 344.

Randolph, Martha, bill concerning introduced, and refer-
red to a select committee, 181.

Rector, Wharton, a witness on the trial of Judge Peck, 24.
Robinson, Mr. excused from voting on the trial of Judge
Peck, 45.

Rule, motion to suspend, as respects the presentation of
bills to the President on the last day of the ses
sion, 334; laid on the table, 335.
seventeenth, joint, suspended, 335.

Salt, leave asked to introduce a bill for the repeal of the duty
on alum, 120; the subject laid on the table, 148;
bill withdrawn, 179; leave renewed, 193; re-
fused, 194.

Smith, Mr. elected President of the Senate pro tem. 528.
Sugar, bill introduced to reduce the duty on, 102.

report on, reducing the duties on, (see .Appendix,72.)

appears with his counsel at the bar of the Senate,
3; managers on the part of the House of Re-
presentatives to conduct the impeachment pre-
sent a replication to the answer and plea of, 4.
court for the trial of, again opened, and pro-
ceedings thereon, 9 to 29, 33 to 45; Luke E.
Lawless examined as a witness, 19 to 22; Henry
S. Geyer, Thomas Horrell, and Arthur L. Ma-
gennis examined, 22; Charles S. Hempstead,
Edward Charless, and Wharton Rector examin-
ed, 23; resolution proposed permitting Senators
to assign their reasons for their votes on the
question of guilty or not guilty, 24; laid on the
table, 25; defence of opened by his counsel, 26;
Robert Wash, John K. Walker, Spencer H. Pet-
tis, J. B. C. Lucas, W. C. Carr, Jesse E. Lin-
dell, examined, 28; depositions of Edward Bates,
John Bent, and Samuel Merry, received in evi-
dence, 28; Thomas H. Benton examined, 28;
opinions of, ordered to be printed, 28; message
from the House announcing its intention to attend Vice President appeared, and took the chair of the Sen-

the trial from day to day, 31; arguments of mana-
gers in support of the impeachment, and of the
counsel for the respondent, 33 to 44; motion for
the court to pronounce judgment upon, adopted,
45; acquitted, and the court adjourned sine die,

45.

Tazewell, Mr. elected President of the Senate pro tem.
328; excused from serving, 328.
Trade on the Northern and Northwestern frontier, bill to
regulate the foreign and coasting, third read, and
passed, 334.

Treasury,

Vessels

letter from the Secretary of, in relation to state-
ments of commerce, &c. communicated, 333.

in distress, bill to enable the President to supply
and succor, introduced, 31; third read, and
passed, 33.

ate, 24.

retires from the chair, 328.

Walker, John K. a witness on the trial of Judge Peck, 28.
Wash, Robert, a witness on the trial of Judge Peck, 28.
Wirt, Mr. appears as counsel for Judge Peck, 3.

bill making provision for the payment of expenses
incurred in the trial of, taken up, third read, and Yeas and Nays, on resolution to inquire into the condition
passed, 34.

Peters and Pond, bill for the relief of, taken up and de-

bated, 31.

Pettis, Spencer H. a witness on the trial of Judge Peck, 28.
Post Office Department, resolution to inquire into the con-

dition of, taken up, 4; debated and adopted, 4
to 8; proposition submitted to send for persons
and papers, adopted, 40; motion to exclude per-
sons who have been dismissed from office, 78;
taken up, 86; debate thereon, 86 to 101, 103 to
119, 149 to 179, 181 to 193, 194; amendment
proposed and adopted, 197; further debate there-
on, 197 to 204; resolution agreed to, 208; com-
mittee report, and report ordered to be printed,
335; motion to rescind the order to print, 336;
debate thereon, 337 to 343; printing suspended,
343.

Postmaster General, report of, communicated in relation
to contracts and clerks, 101; debate on its refer-
ence, 102.

of the Post Office Department, 8; on agreeing
to same, 208.

on passing bill to enable the President to relieve
vessels in distress, 33.

on the question of guilty or not guilty in the case
of Judge Peck, 45.

on granting leave to introduce a resolution against

rechartering the Bank of the United States, 78.
on third reading annuity bill to Seneca Indians, 85.
on adopting resolution in relation to the Indian in-
tercourse act, 208.

on amendments to general appropriation bill, 310,

INDEX TO THE NAMES

OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE DEBATES IN THE SENATE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.

Barnard, Mr. on increasing the pay of masters command- Forsyth, Mr. on annuity to Seneca Indians, 29, 30, 79,

Bell, Mr. on inquiring into the condition of the Post Of

Benton, Mr. on reducing the duties on iron, 41, 43.
rechartering Bank of the United States, 46.

repealing duty on alum salt, 120, 179, 193, 194.
inquiry into the condition of the Post Office, 181.
Indian intercourse law, 204, 208.

powers of Congress to lay duties and regulate com-
merce, 285, 312.

internal improvements, 334.

Choctaw treaty, 345.

Iredell, Mr. on impeachment expenses, 34.
internal improvements, 334.

Johnston, Mr. on internal improvements, 334.

Kane, Mr. announces the death of his colleague, Mr.
McLean, 3.

on the Turkish mission, 213, 214, 232, 239.
King, Mr. on inquiring into the condition of the Post Of
fice, 6, 7, 8.

reducing the duties on iron, 42, 313, 317.

the Turkish mission, 213, 311.

military appropriations, 325.

subscription to Congressional documents, 326.
internal improvements, 334.

Knight, Mr. on reducing the duties on iron, 43.
Choctaw treaty, 346, 348.

INDEX TO THE DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.