On motion of Mr. Clay,

Ordered, That the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, which accompanied the message of the President of the United States at the commencement of the session, be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

The House resumed the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Mardis on the 14th of January, relative to the selection of banks in which to deposite the public money; and, after further debate, the hour of one o'clock P. M. arrived, and the debate was further suspended.

The Speaker then laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting duplicate copies of a report from the register and receiver of the land office for the district of St. Stephen's, in Alabama, prepared in obedience to the third section of an act of March 2, 1829; which letter and report were laid on the table.

The Speaker laid before the House a report from the Secretary of the Navy on the claim of the heirs of Henry Eckford; which report was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

The House resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee of Ways and Means of the 4th instant, on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury of his reasons for ordering the public deposites to be removed from the Bank of the United States; the memorial of the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, complaining that the chartered rights of the stockholders have been violated, and asking redress; the memorial of that portion of the Directors of the Bank appointed by the United States, making certain charges of misconduct against the Bank; and, also, sundry other memorials and resolutions from other banks and citizens in relation thereto; and of the resolutions appended to said report.

The question recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Wilde, yesterday, to the first of the resolutions recommended in said report. And, after further debate,

The House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1834.

Mr. Briggs, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, made an unfavorable report on the petition of White and Pomeroy; which report was ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Foot, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred the bill from the Senate (No. 85) entitled an act to amend an act entitled "An act to annex a part of the State of New Jersey to the collection district of New York; to remove the office of collector of Niagara to Lewistown; to make Cape St. Vincent, in the district of Sackett's Harbor, a port of delivery; and out of the districts of Maine and Mississippi, to make two new districts, to be called the districts of Sandusky and Teche, and for other purposes," reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Harper, of New Hampshire,

Ordered, That the Committee on Commerce be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Massachusetts, for the improve

ment of Taunton Great river; and from the further consideration of the petition of inhabitants of Wilmington, in Delaware, for the improvement of the navigation of Christiana river; and that the said petitions be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

On motion of Mr. Thomas, of Louisiana,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be discharged from the further consideration of the case of A. M. Pennyman, and that it lie on the table.

Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, to which was referred sundry memorials upon the subject, reported a bill (No. 382) supplementary to an act entitled "An act to fix the limits of the port of entry and delivery for the district of Philadelphia ;" which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, to which the subject was referred on the 6th of February, reported a bill (No. 383) making Dorchester, in the State of Massachusetts, a port of delivery; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, to which were referred memorials from inhabitants of Newark, in New Jersey, reported a bill (No. 384) to establish the collection district of Newark, in the State of New Jersey; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Sutherland, from the Committee on Commerce, to which were recommitted sundry bills, viz.

Bill No. 240, making appropriations for building light-houses, lightboats, beacons and monuments, for the year 1834;

Bill No. 241, making appropriations for building light-boats, beacons and monuments, and placing buoys, for the year 1834;

Bill No. 282, making appropriations for the improvement and survey of certain harbors therein mentioned, for the year 1834; reported the said bills amended.

Ordered, That the said bills be severally committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which was referred the petition of the Moulton Railroad Company, in the State of Alabama, reported a bill (No. 385) to authorize the construction of railroads and canals through lands of the United States; which bill was read the first and second time.

Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to which had been referred sundry memorials and resolutions upon the subject, reported a bill (No. 386) making grants of land to the disbanded officers and others for services and sacrifices during the late war; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, to which was referred the petition of inhabitants of the counties of Oneida, Madison, and Onondaga, for a mail route from Utica to Salina, and the petition of the States of New York and Connecticut, for a post route

from Hudson to Salisbury, be discharged from the further consideration thereof, and that the said petitions do lie on the table.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, accompanied by 250 printed copies of the Army Register for 1834, for the members of the House; which letter was laid on the table.

The House resumed the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Mardis on the 14th of January, relative to the selection of banks in which to deposite the public money; and, after further debate, the hour of one o'clock P. M. arrived, and the House proceeded to the special order of the day.

The House then resumed the consideration of the report and resolutions of the Committee of Ways and Means of the 4th instant, on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury of his reasons for ordering the public deposites to be removed from the Bank of the United States; the memorial of the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, complaining that the chartered rights of the stockholders have been violated, and asking redress; the memorial of that portion of the Directors of the Bank appointed by the United States, making certain charges of misconduct against the Bank; and, also, sundry other memorials and resolutions from other banks and citizens, in relation thereto.

The question recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Wilde on the 18th instant to the first of the resolutions recommended by the Committee of Ways and Means.

And, after further debate,

The House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1834.

Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of James Dermott; which was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Grennell, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of Richard Hardesty, accompanied by a bill (No. 387) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr Grennell, from the Committee of Claims, made an unfavorable re'port on the petition of Horatio Tilden; which was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Parker, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Lieutenant Jonathan D. Ferris; which was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Chaney, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made unfavorable reports on the cases of James K. Higgins, William D. White, J. G. Odall, and John Taylor; which reports were laid on the table.

Mr. McKim, from the Committee of Ways and Means, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Thomas Sandford; which was read, and laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Evans,

Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Frederick Sammons, and that leave be given to withdraw the same.

[The papers were then delivered to Thomas Sammons, the brother of the petitioner.]

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made an unfavorable report on the case of John P. Schuyler; which report was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, made reports on the cases of John F. Wiley and George Field, accompanied by a bill (No. 388) granting a pension to said Wiley, and increasing the pension of said Field; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Chilton,

Ordered, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be discharged from the further consideration of the case of Hartwell Miles, and that it lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Ashley,

Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 168) for the continuation of the Cumberland road from the river Mississippi to the city of Jefferson, in the State of Missouri, and the bill (No. 174) for the survey and location of the Cumberland road from Vandalia, in the State of Illinois, to the river Mississippi, be discharged, and that said bills be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

On motion of Mr. Hawkins,

Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of granting to the heirs or legal representatives of Captain Jacob Turner the pay or commutation to which the said Turner was entitled at the time of his death.

The House resumed the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Mardis on the 14th of January, relative to the selection of banks in which to deposite the public money; and after further debate, the hour of one o'clock P. M. arrived, and the House proceeded to the special order of the day.

The House then resumed the consideration of the report and resolutions of the Committee of Ways and Means of the 4th instant, on the report of the Secretary of the Treasury of his reasons for ordering the public deposites to be removed from the Bank of the United States; the memorial of the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, complaining that the chartered rights of the stockholders have been violated, and asking redress; the memorial of that portion of the Directors of the Bank appointed by the United States, making certain charges of misconduct against the Bank; and, also, sundry other memorials and resolutions from other banks and citizens, in relation thereto.

The question recurred on the amendment moved by Mr. Wilde on the 18th instant to the first of the resolutions recommended by the Committee of Ways and Means.

And, after further debate,

The House adjourned until to-morrow, 12 o'clock meridian.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1834.

Mr. Binney, from the Committee of Ways and Means, to which was referred the memorial of the Commercial Bank of New Orleans, made an unfavorable report thereon; which was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. King, from the Committee of Claims, to which was referred the petition of David Bartlett, made a report thereon, accompanied by a bill. (No. 389) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Chinn,

Ordered, That the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 332) to incorporate the Washington National Monument Society, be discharged from the consideration thereof.

The House proceeded to the consideration of the engrossed bill (No. 200) for the relief of Jonathan Walton and John J. De Graff; when An amendment was proposed to the said bill by Mr. Elisha Whittlesey; which being agreed to unanimously,

The said bill was ordered to be re-engrossed.

The House resumed the consideration of the resolution moved by Mr. Mardis on the 14th of January, relative to the selection of banks in which to deposite the public money; and, after further debate, the hour expired, and the House proceeded to the orders of the day.

A motion was made by Mr. McKim that the rule setting apart this day for bills of a private nature, be suspended for the purpose of proceeding to the consideration of the three undermentioned bills, viz.

No. 221. A bill making appropriations for continuing the Cumberland road in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and repairing the same road east of the Ohio, and continuing certain territorial roads for the year 1834.

No. 303. A bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Potomac, and repealing all acts already passed in relation thereto.

No. 168. A bill for the continuation of the Cumberland road from the Mississippi river to the city of Jefferson, in the State of Missouri.

A division of the question on this motion was called for by Mr. Parker. And, on the question that the House do agree to so much thereof as proposes to suspend the rule for the purpose of proceeding to the consideration of the bill No. 221,

There appeared, {Yeas,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are,