l'enezuela, claimants under late convention between l'nited States and...........

See H. R. 1562.
l'entilation of the Hall of the House, report of Allen C. Stimers...
Vermont, members from the State of appear, viz: Lake P. Poland, Worthington C. Smith....

Fr derick E. Woodbridge appeared .......
providing for terms of circuit districts courts of United States for.....

354
See S. 935.
l'esscle, proposed draw back upon articles used in thre construction of ......

19
See H. R. 1462.
proposed repeal of certain acts concerning tonnage duty on Spanish ......
prohibiting carriage of nytro-glycerine, petroleum, &e., on passenger...........

See H. R. 1554.
extending laws relating to registry of............

101
See H. R. 1571.
tonnage duties upon, of West Indian Spanish Islands ......

180
authorizing registry of certain......

204
See H. R. 1782, H. Res. 420.
repealing tonnage duties on Spamsh......

See HR. 1864.
providing for enrollment and license of certain foreign .......

See S. 9:26.
Vetoed bills, H. R. 1460, copper tariff ......

...418, 422, 423,440
L'uce-President of United States, Schuyler Colfax, declared elected for constitutional term to com-

mence on the 4th day of March, 1869.
Virginia, reconstruction committee to examine into affairs in and report legislation
proposed election in ................................

See H. R. 1472, 1485.
and Texas, respecting provisional governinents of

See S. R. 173.
creating additional judicial district in ..........

See H. R. 1494.
relative to persons holding civil offices in provisional government of ........

See H Res. 397.
amending act changing certain collection districts ia ...

See H. R. 1766.

(PETITIONS FROM)

Vance, Charles R....
Vanderburg, G.....
Van Dorn, Earle.....
Veefort, George ...........................
Vermout, citizens of, that women shall have the same right as men to vote .........

for amendment to the Constitution.
legislature, joint resolutions of, relating to reciprocity of trade with Dominion of

Canada .....................................................
relating to grants of public lands of the United States.

navigation between the United States and Canada.
Vice, John...
Vingent, W. S.
Virgiuia, citizens of, masters and owners of vessels, for protection from illegal taxes.
for continuance of Freedmen's Bureau ...

H. R. 1464.
Voightlander, Herman.
Vorlees, Ann R

See Sen. 909.

War, Secretary of, to inform the House, amount of money expended for suppression of Indian

hostilities for 1866, 1867, and 1868......
transmits reply to above .........
transmits communication from Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, asking

appointment of a committee to investigate administration of that bureau....
directing to sell Bergen Heights arsenal,

See H. Res. 373.
transmits papers relative to sale of Fort Snelling reservation.......
transmits report of Inspector General Hardie on purchase of army building in

New York..........................................................
transmits papers, requesting a pension for Charles McCarthy ..

petition for removal of disabilities from certain persons .....
account of river and harbor surveys for 1868...
papers, and recommending that Joseph Segar be allowed to keep

hotel at Fort Monroe
to report what has been done toward removing obstructions at Hell Gate, Long

Island Sound............................................................
transmits reply to above........
to communicate concerning improvements of Des Moines and Rock Island

Rapids.......

103

jort Crescentace at disposal of exptured ordnan

137

Page.
War. Secretary of, transmits report of Major General James Wilson in reply to above......
transmits report of disbursements from June 30, 1865, to June 30, 1868........

74
to forward any reports concerning bridge across Missouri river at Kansas City.
transmits reply to above ...
to report what reduction can be made of number of officers, salaries, &c., in

his office ..................
transmits reply to above...
to report number of commissioned officers detailed for duty in various depart.
ments in New York city...........

95
transmits reply to above......
tjansmits communication, with approval, from the Adjutant General, relative

to dropping from the rolls of the army Lieutenants Daniel Hitchcock, 5th
cavalry, and Wm. J. Mackay, 29th infantry, for desertion ......

103
transmits petition, praying continuance of Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia

104
relative to additional appropriations for bridge at Rock Island arsenal ........

104
transmitting petition of James Chew for removal of disabilities ........ ....

104
to inform the House how many enlisted men now on duty in Texas, Mississippi,
and Virginia, were citizens of the late rebel States during the rebellion, &c..

111
above resolution rescinded....

176
to forward report of General T. J. Cram on ship canal through sboal water of
Maumee Bay, Ohio.........

112
transmits reply to above........

231
reports deficiency in appropriation for government building, corner Seventeenth
and F streets .....................

120
transmits copies of correspondence with Lieutenant General Sherman, con-
cerning purchase of land at Omaha, Nebraska.....

121
transmits report of Brevet Major General Harney on Sioux Indians of Upper
Missouri ..............

121
transmits petition of Wm. F. Taylor, auditor of public accounts of Virginia..

121
E. W. Anderson, formerly cadet United States Military
Academy ......

121
transmite claims of officers and crews of United States gunboat De Soto and
transport Crescent .........

126
authorizing him to place at disposal of National Lincoln Monument Association,
at Springfield, Illinois, damaged and captured ordnance, &c................ 133, 244, 476

See H. R, 1641, 1831, 2009.
asks favorable attention to claim of Mrs. H. S. Gates, wido

Brevet
Brigadier General Wm. Gates .....

137
transmits report of Adjutant General on claim of Dr. Seth W. Langdon......
Brevet Major General L. Thomas on national cemeteries ..

137
extract from report of Postmaster General, relative to transferring
certain funds..... .............................

143
petition of Wm. H. Richardson, of Virginia....

143
letter from Chief of Ordnance, on sale of arsenal grounds at St. Louis.

143
list of payments made and balances certified, under act of March 30,
1868 ....

144
report of board to investigate claims of H. H. Sayles, of Killingly,
Connecticut.....

144
return of vote by which James Mann was elected to Congress from
Louisiana ......................

152
report of Quartermaster General, relative to manner of reducing
expenses of War Department at and in vicinity of New York...

172
request of Inspector General for one fourth class clerk ............

177
report of Chief of Ordnance, on insufficiency of clerical force.......

177
Engineers, recommending certain legislation ....

177
board of officers on new building or War Department....
to report under what authority Alexander Dunbar, of Canada, is employed to

instruct the borse doctors of the United States army, &c........
transmits reply to above......
recommending repeal of 61st article of war.

187
transmits information relative to claim of Joseph Anderson ....

189
statement of contracts and purcbases for ordnance department, for
1868 ..............

190
statement of contracts made by quartermasters' department in De-
cember, 1868 .....

190
letter of Commissary General of Subsistence, asking appropriation
of $9,000, for contingent expenses......

198
to report number, &c., of buildings in Washington occupied by his department. 198
transmits reply to above......

313
report of General Hazen on battle of Washita river......

214
Chief Engineer, concerning claim of Mr. Dowling, of Cali.

fornia, to Goat Island in San Francisco harbor..........
to report concerning survey of Rondout harbor, New York ..................

225
transmits reply as above. .....

475
authorized to place at disposal of National Lincoln Monument Association,
at Springfield, Illinois, damaged and captured ordnance.................

244, 476
See H. R. 1831, 2009.
asks appropriation of $6,000, to pay premiums to architects ..............

257
to furnish information concerning criminals in the reconstructed States .....

260
transmits reply to above...

501
reporting against expediency of furnishing army clothing to inmates of houses
for disabled soldiers.....

202
relative to additional appropriations for reconstruction purposes......

268
to furnish information relative to surveys at Delaware breakwater..

274
transmite reply to above....................................................

355
in reference to claims of J. E. Clarke and John T. Peabody.........

277
to furnish the memorial of Brigadier General B. 8. Roberts, on subject of

draiping the gurpluy waters of Lakes Superior, Huron, Michigan, and Erie,
into Ohio River, &....

177

177

225

transmits reply

me of J. E. Clarke and John T:

& Roberte, on subject

War, Secretary of, transmits papers in claim for salvage against United States steamer Leviathan.

to furnish information concerning publication of documents relating to the

rebellion.......
transmits reply to above..........................***.*:

communication from cominander fifth military district .............
to have surveys made of port of Chicago &c...........
transmits report of subsistence stores supplied the Indians .....

pe pere, relative to claim of Thomas Dowling to Yerba Buena.
report on cases of George O. Haine and Henry A. White...
account of expenses of national armory at Springfield ......

list of contracts made by engineer departinent during 1868...
relative to certain funds appropriated for support of certain Indians........
submits communication from Commissary of Subxistence...
authorizing him to grant right of way to New York and Oswego Midland
Railroad Company, across public grounds at Fort Ontario, Oswego, N. Y....

See II. Res. 459.
relative to reimbursement to quartermasters' department, on account of sup.

plies to Indians.
asks appropriation to pay premiums for approved plans for new War Depart.

ment building......
transmits papers in case of C. B. Ferguson and others.

letter from General Roberts, relative to waste lands on Mississippi

River ......................................................

petition of T. B. Manlove, for removal of disabilities......
to take charge of Gettysburg and Antietam national cemeteries .

See 8. R. 119,
transmits report concerning adjournment of constitutional convention of Texas.
applications for removal of disabilities ..........

of N. K. Trout, of Staunton, Virginia, for removal of

disabilities............
Warren and Costello, report of Secretary of State, on their imprisonment in Great Britain.......

release ...
Washington, delegate from the Territory of, appears, viz: Alvan Flanders.....
repealing act passed by Territory of, relating to piluta, &c........................

See H. R 1591.
Secretary of Treasury transroits letter from Secretary of, enclosing estimates of

expenses for legislative Assembly of, and Secretary's office for year ending June

30. 1870...................................
oeding the buildings at Fort Steilacoom to, for insane asylum..........

See H. Res. 414.
authorizing counties of Walla-Walla, Klickitat, Skamania, and Clarke, to aid
Columbia River railroad ........

See H. R. 1791.
regulating elections in........

See S. 810.
Washington City, repealing Sec. 2 of act making appropriatlong to complete defences of........

See H, R. 1685.
Washington, George, the Father of his Country, resolution concerning effects of....
Wells, Fargo & Company, contract for carrying overland mails, transmitted by Postmaster Gen-

eral....................................................
proposal to appoint committed to investigate contract with.......

minority report on contract with......
West Virginia, members from the State of, appear, viz: Chester D. Hubbard, Bethuel M. Kitchen,

and Daniel Polsley....
providing for sale of lands, tenements, and water privileges belonging to the Uni.
ted States at and near Harper's Ferry, in the county of Jefferson......

Sto S. 186.
providing for holding term of United States district court at Lewisburg..........

See H. R. 1875.
Wisconsin, members from the State of, appear, v z: Halbert E. Paine, Benjamin F. Hopking,

Amasa Cobb, Charles A. Eldridge, and Cadwallader C. Washburn..
Philetus Sawyer appeared ....
granting lands to, in aid of certain railroads.....

See H. R. 1899.
(Green Bay and I.ako Pepin railroad.

See 8. 405.
breakwater, barbor, and ship canal at bead of Sturgeon Bay......

See S. 707.
Withdrawal of papers, viz:

Alabama and Winchester Railroad.........................
Alcau, L............
Anderson, James B...
Baden, J. W., adninistrator of G. L. Machenheimer ..
Bary, Sarah .......
Baugh, White and......
Beal, William B.......
Bolton, James W. W....
Bowling, Golladay and.....
Br.wling Green, M. E. Church South st....
Bray, McHenry..........
Brewer ......
Butt, Sarah A., administratrix of Richard Butt.
Byrd, W. J...........
Carpenter, B. D......
Chapman, John B...
Church, M. E. South at Bowling Green..
Cobb, 0. P. et al..........................

iu

Daniel Obey................

ho Alaban. L.james

Withdrawal of papers, viz:

Colclazer, Jacob...
Colclazer, Daniel V.
Colelazer, D. V., for D. L. Howe..
Crandall, E. W
Dove, S. M..
Drew, Janies A..
Dufour, Oliver.....
Dumplin, John...
Duncan, Blanton, copies to be left...
Earle, James P..
Gibbons, F. A...
Gibbons, copies to be
Golladay and Bowling...
Grisham, Captain....
Hahn, Bershold.......
Herman, Melinda....

Hix, Nancy ....
Hockaday, Elizabeth...
Holden, A. G., copies to be left.....
Howe, D. L., D. V. Colelazer for...
Hyman, Abram.....
Infantry, 2d regiment North Carolina, mounted..
Kentucky University ...
Love, Hiram W., copies to be left....
McChesney, John H.....
McChesney, Robert....
McKinney, N. D, copies to be left.....
Machenheimer, John W. Baden, administrator of G. L...
Mans, Charles......
Martin Henry......
Matthews, Sarah.
Methodist Episccpal Church South at Bowling Green .....
Mitchell, M......
Montana militia..
Morrison, J. R. D...
Mounted infantry, 22 regiment North Carolina
Mulloy, James ...
Neill, Charles C., copies to be left..
Newman, Wm. H. & Co.........
New Mexico.......
North Carolina mounted infantry, 2d regiment..
Norton, Henrietta......
Patten, Mrs.......
Patton, Colonel....
Pendleton, E. G......
Pilling. James...
Poss, Jacob...
Ray, Enos......
Reed, Nancy....
Riley, William H..
Rohr, Fred, G..
San yer, E...
Segar, Joseph, copies to be left..
Selden, James....
Shoemaker, A. C. V.........
Sims, Daniel W...
Smith, Jeremiah, copies to be left ...
Stewart, Charles J
Strutman, John.......
Talbert, J. Thomas..
Taylor, Captain......
Thompson, James....
Thompson, James B.
Titman, Thomas Senior, by Augustus Titm
Trevor, William A..
University, Kentucky..
Victor, Miss......
Van Hoffman, L. A. & Co.......
Van Rensselaer, Solomon ....
White and Baugh.....

Winchester and Alabama railroad ...
Woman, in executive departments, concerning compensation of..

See H. Res. 454.
District of Columbia, concerning rights of..........

See S. 177
for better protection of..

See H. R. 1524, 1761.
Wyoming Territory, concerning boundary of.....

See H. R. 1625.
credentials of J. S. Casement, claiming to be delegate from, presented.....
propoxal to change name of ......

See H. Res. 440.

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126
173
126
126
118
448
286
126
257
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217
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497
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126
285
555

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Wakeman, W., et al ....
Walker, Nahum .....
W all, Elias..................................................................................
Wallace, Hugh ....
Walters, Maria.....

See H. R. 1954.
Walton, J. Whittlesey, et al.........
Walsh, Catharine.....
Wamaling, Julia L...

See H. R. 1557.**
Ward, James T ............

See H. R. 1560.
Ward, Lafayette
Ward, R. G..
Ward, T. A..

See H. R. 1699.
Ware, J. W..
Warfield, Azel....
Washburn, H. S......
Washington Territory, citizens of, for repeal of act passed by legislature of said Territory......
Waters, Richard.
Watson, Charles .
Webb, Catharine..
Webb, John..

See H. R. 1479.
Webb, Thomas J..........

See H. R. 1543.
Webster, Charlotte ....

See H. R. 1917.
Weeks, John J...
Weeks, Nancy ...
Weichsel, Mary ..
Wellington & Cox...
Welsh, Captain William
Wendell, Edmond W..

*** See H. R. 1919.
Wentz, John W......
Western Union Telegraph Company ......
West Virginia, citizens of, for revision of sections 78 and 94 of act approved June 20, 1869.

for removal of circuit court from Parkersburg to Wheeling ....
against removal of circuit court from Parkersburg to Wheeling.
for amendment to Constitution ....
for appropriation of lands to African race.
legislature of, joint resolutions, for aid to complete Chesapeake and

Ohio railroad ...
for law incorporating Washington and Cincinnati Railroad Company..

for donation of lands to West Virginia Central railroad
Wetmore, Ann M ....
Wetmore, Thaddeus....
Whaley, James ...
Whalley, Mary...
Wheat, Joseph..

See H. R. 2017.
Wheeler, Charles...
Wheeler, Mary......

See H. R. 1750. ***
Wheeler, William A...
Whistler, Julia.....

See 8.815.
White & Bauer ....
White, Edward W.

See H. R, 1959.
White, George
White, H. A.

See H. R. 1868.
White, James ....
White, Joseph L...
White, Joseph......
White, William A...
Whiting, Eliza .....

See S. 907.
Whiting, E. M

See H. R. 1913.
Whiting, Nathaniel R., et al..........
Whitney, Charles W.....

See H, R. 1964.
Whitten, Eli ....
Whitten, Mary....

Seo H.R. 2019.
Wbittemore, B. F.....
Wiard, Norman.

See H. R. 1680.
Wickersham, A. R., et al
Wickbam, William C...
Wilcox, Sarah A.......

See H. R. 1961.
Wilder, Lucinda A ........

See H. R. 1942.