copies extra of Lieutenant Allen's report and map; and the said motion was agreed to. A motion was made by Mr. Heath that the rule prescribing the order of business be suspended, to afford him an opportunity of submitting the following resolution, viz. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to deposite in the Bank of the United States and its branches, from the 1st day of May next, and until the expiration of its charter, all the accruing revenues of the Government. And on the question, Shall the rule be suspended? Nays, . The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Heman Allen John J. Allen Chilton Allan William Baylies Amos Davis Mr. Thomas Davenport William W. Ellsworth George Evans John Ewing Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Adams William Allen Joseph B. Anthony Andrew Beaumont Charles Bodle Ratliff Boon James W. Bouldin Samuel Bunch Churchill C. Cambreleng John Carr John Chaney Mr. David W. Dickinson Mr. Levi Lincoln James Love Henry C. Martindale Thomas M. T. McKennan Samuel McDowell Moore Mr. George L. Kinnard Gerrit Y. Lansing Cornelius W. Lawrence Thomas Lee Humphrey H. Leavitt Mr. Lincoln moved to suspend the rule prescribing the order of business, to afford him an opportunity of submitting a resolution, directing the Postmaster General to furnish this House with certain information; which motion to suspend was disagreed to by the House. Mr. Jarvis moved that the rule prescribing the order of business be suspended, to afford him an opportunity to submit the following resolution, viz. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to investigate the situation of the Bank of Washington, the Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of Georgetown, the Patriotic Bank, and the Bank of Alexandria, situated in the District of Columbia, and to inquire into the causes which have led to the recent suspension of specie payments by the aforesaid banks, with power to send for persons and papers, and that the committee be directed to report the result of their proceedings to the House. And on the question, Shall the rule be suspended? It passed in the affirmative, {eas, 151, 22. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Adams John J. Allen Mr. John Coffee Mr. Hiland Hall Henry Hubbard Edward Kavanagh George Loyall Joel K. Mann Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Heman Allen Chilton Allan Isaac C. Bates James M. Bell George N. Briggs Mr. Tristam Burges Amos Davis John Dickson Horace Everett George Grennell, jr. Mr. Francis Thomas James Turner Taylor Webster Mr. James Love Mr. Jarvis then proposed his said resolution; when A motion was made by Mr. Hardin to amend the same by adding thereto the following, viz. And to inquire into the present condition of the Bank of the Metropolis, and what is the amount of its debts and obligations, and the means it now has to pay them, and particularly the species of property it possesses, and what amount is due to the Bank from its officers, or any of them. A motion was made by Mr. Jarvis that the rule setting apart Friday and Saturday for the consideration of private business, be suspended; which motion was disagreed to by the House. On motion of Mr. Polk, Ordered, That the consideration of the motion that the House do reconsider the vote on the question that the bill (No. 190) for the relief of David Kilbourn be engrossed, and read a third time, be further postponed until Friday next, the 25th instant. Fri A motion was then made by Mr. Polk that the rule setting apart day and Saturday for the consideration of private business be suspended, and that the House do proceed to the further consideration of the bill (No. 283) making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year 1834; which motion was disagreed to by the House. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a detailed estimate of the repairs of the Cumberland road east of the Ohio river, called for by the House on the 9th instant; which letter and estimate were laid on the table. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the engineer employed to make a survey, plan, and estimate, with a view to the improvement of the steamboat navigation of the Monongahela, called for by the House on the 20th of Decem ber last; which letter and report were referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. A motion was made by Mr. Wise that the rule prescribing the order of business be suspended, to afford him an opportunity to submit the following resolutions, viz. 1. Resolved, That the custody and control of the moneys of the United States, not appropriated by law, are by the constitution placed under the order and direction of the Congress of the United States. 2. Resolved, That no change of the constitution of the United States is necessary to authorize the Congress of the United States to entrust the custody of the public money, not appropriated by law, whenever, or howsoever obtained, to other agency than that of the Executive Department; and that the custody of the public money must not be, necessarily, under the constitution, entrusted to the Executive Department. 3. Resolved, That Congress can take out of the hands of the Executive Department the custody of the public property or money, without an assumption of executive power, or a subversion of the first principles of the constitution, by the repeal and enactment of such laws as may be necessary to that end. A call of the House was then ordered, and the roll being called twice, the following named members (amounting in number to 169) answered to their names, viz. Mr. John Quincy Adams John Adams Jesse A. Bynum Churchill C. Cambreleng John Carr Zadok Casey John Chaney Thomas Chilton Nathaniel H. Claiborne William Clark Mr. Henry W. Connor Amos Davis Thomas H. Hall Edward A. Hannegan Mr. Samuel S. Harrison William Hiester Edward Howell Henry Hubbard Thomas Lee Excuses were offered and received for Horace Binney, John W. Brown, Robert Burns, Richard B. Carmichael, Joseph W. Chinn, Rufus Choate, Clement C. Clay, Benjamin F. Deming, Philemon Dickerson, William J. Grayson, Thomas L. Hamer,Gideon Hard, Albert G. Hawes, Joseph Hen. derson, William Jackson, Dixon H. Lewis, George McDuffie, Jesse Miller, Henry Mitchell, Robert Mitchell, Henry A. Muhlenberg, Abraham Rencher, William N. Shinn, Joel B. Sutherland, Christopher Tompkins, and James M. Wayne. Motions were severally made by Mr. Ward, Mr. Love, Mr. Mann, of New York, and Mr. Everett, of Massachusetts, that further proceedings in the call be dispensed with; which motions were severally disagreed to by the House. A motion was made by Mr. Marshall that such members as are in attendance at the door of the hall, be permitted to enter; which motion being agreed to, Martin Beaty, John Bell, John Blair, John Galbraith, Benjamin Hardin, Cornelius W. Lawrence, and Patrick H. Pope, entered. On motion of Mr. Connor, messengers were then despatched for the absent members for whom excuses had not been received; and before the return of said messengers, A motion was made by Mr. McVean that further proceedings in the call be dispensed with; which motion was agreed to, and the doors were then opened. And the question was then put on the motion made by Mr. Wise to suspend the rule, When there appeared, {Nays, 104, 93. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, |