Mr. Nicoll Halsey Thomas L. Hamer William Hiester Henry Hubbard Benjamin Jones Gerrit Y. Lansing Cornelius W. Lawrence George W. Lay Luke Lea Humphrey H. Leavitt James Love George Loyall Mr. Edward Lucas Henry A. Muhlenberg Gorham Parks Job Pierson Franklin E. Plummer Mr. James K. Polk Robert Ramsay Augustine H. Shepperd Aaron Vanderpoel Isaac B. Van Houten David D. Wagener Aaron Ward Daniel Wardwell Henry A. Wise The previous question was then put, viz. Shall the main question be The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Adams William Allen James M. H. Beale Abraham Bockee John W. Brown Samuel Bunch Robert Burns Jesse A. Bynum Churchill C. Cambreleng Richard B. Carmichael John Carr Zadok Casey John Chaney Henry W. Connor Mr. Philemon Dickerson David W. Dickinson Thomas H. Hall Mr. Benjamin Jones Edward Kavanagh Cornelius W. Lawrence Luke Lea Humphrey H. Leavitt Edward Lucas Henry Mitchell Robert Mitchell Mr. Littleton P. Dennis Philo C. Fuller John H. Fulton George Loyall Mr. James Turner Aaron Vanderpoel Mr. Henry C. Martindale John Y. Mason William McComas George McDuffie Thomas M. T. McKennan Charles F. Mercer John J. Milligan Samuel McDowell Moore John M. Patton Henry L. Pinckney Franklin E. Plummer David Potts, jr. Abraham Rencher Dudley Selden William B. Shepard Augustine H. Shepperd William Slade Jonathan Sloane David Spangler Samuel Tweedy The main question was then put, Shall the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the removal of the deposite of the public funds from the Bank of the United States and its branches to certain State banks, be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means? And passed in the affirmative, {eas, 131, 98. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Adams William Allen William Baylies James M. H. Beale Mr. Benning M. Bean Samuel Beardsley Mr. James Blair John Blair Mr. Ratliff Boon John W. Brown Jesse A. Bynum Zadok Casey John Chaney Joseph W. Chinn Thomas L. Hamer Edward A. Hannegan Samuel G. Hathaway Micajah T. Hawkins Albert G. Hawes Mr. Joseph Henderson George L.. Kinnard Cornelius W. Lawrence Henry A. Muhlenberg Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Heman Allen John J. Allen Chilton Allan William S. Archer Charles A. Barnitz George Burd Tristam Burges Harry Cage George Chambers Thomas Chilton Nathaniel H. Claiborne Mr. William K. Clowney Thomas Corwin Edward Everett Mr. John Murphy Franklin E. Plummer Patrick H. Pope Ferdinand S. Schenck William Schley Dudley Selden Aaron Vanderpoel Daniel Wardwell Mr. James Graham William J. Grayson Henry C. Martindale George McDuffie Thomas M. T. McKennan Charles F. Mercer John J. Milligan Samuel McDowell Moore Henry L. Pinckney Mr. Frederick Whittlesey Richard H. Wilde And so the said report was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means without the instructions moved by Mr. McDuffie, and the amendment thereto moved by Mr. Jones, which were set aside by the previous question. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1834. Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Commerce, made an unfavorable report on the petition of George Innes; which was read, and laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Muhlenberg, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of John Stroman, and that it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. On motion of Mr. Cave Johnson, Ordered, That the Committee on Private Land Claims be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Corbin Griffin, and that it be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. On motion of Mr. Bell, of Ohio, Ordered, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the case of the reverend John Young, and that it lie on the table. Mr. Chaney, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made a report on the case of Amasa A. Tifft, accompanied by a bill (No. 311) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Campbell P. White, from the Committee on Coins, reported a bill (No. 312) regulating the value of certain foreign gold coins within the United States; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Campbell P. White, from the Committee on Coins, reported a bill (No. 313) concerning the gold and silver coins of the United States, and for other purposes; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. Mr. Jarvis, from the Committee on the Public Buildings, to which was recommitted the resolution reported by that committee, granting to Robert Mills a compensation for his services in furnishing a plan for the recent alterations in the hall of the House of Representatives, and in superintending the execution of the same, made a report; which was read, and laid on the table. Mr. Dickson, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee had examined an enrolled bill (No. 73) entitled "An act to authorize Gassaway B. Lamar to import an iron steamboat in detached parts, with the necessary machinery, tools, and working utensils therefor, into the United States free from duty, and to provide for the remission of the same," and found the same to be truly enrolled: when the Speaker signed the said bill. The House resumed the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Mardis on the 14th of January; when Mr. Mardis modified his said resolution to read as follows: Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to deposite the public moneys of the United States in the State banks, and also as to the expediency of defining by law all contracts hereafter to be made with the Secretary, for the safe keeping, management, and disbursement of the same. And, after further debate thereon, the hour elapsed, and the debate was suspended till to-morrow. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of the report and drawings of the survey of a route for a railroad from the Hudson river to the Portage summit of the Ohio canal, made by De Witt Clinton, United States civil engineer, in 1832, furnished in obedience to the order of the House of the 14th instant; which letter and report were referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill (No. 256) to provide for the settlement of certain revolutionary claims; when it was Ordered, That the further consideration of said bill be postponed until Tuesday, the 25th instant. An engrossed bill (No. 56) entitled "An act to render permanent the present mode of supplying the army of the United States, and fixing the salary of certain clerks therein named, was read the third time; and the question was stated, Shall the bill pass? When A motion was made by Mr. Blair, of South Carolina, that the said bill be recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs. A motion was made by Mr. Wilde to amend the said motion by appending thereto the following, viz. "with instructions to divide the two distinct subjects contained in this bill, and to report a bill for each, inserting in both a clause limiting the continuance thereof to three years, and until the end of the next session of Congress thereafter." And on the question to agree to these instructions, It was decided in the negative; and The said bill was then recommitted to the Committee on Military Affairs, as proposed by Mr. Blair, of South Carolina. An engrossed bill (No. 181) entitled "An act making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States for the year 1834," was read the third time; and the question was stated, Shall the bill pass? When A motion was made by Mr. McDuffie that the said bill be recommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. And pending the question on this motion, The House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1834. The House met pursuant to adjournment; and after the reading of the journal of the proceedings of yesterday, On motion of Mr. Mason, of Virginia, and for the purpose of affording |