Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills. The House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; and, after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Gholson reported sundry bills, to wit: No. 181. A bill making appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year 1834, without amendment. No. 486. A bill for the reappropriation of an unexpended balance of a former appropriation for the payment of the Georgia militia claims for the years 1792, 1793, and 1794, without amendment. No. 518. A bill making additional appropriations for the armory at Harper's Ferry, for the year 1834, without amendment. No. 240. A bill making appropriations for building light-houses, lightboats, beacons, and monuments, for the year 1834, with amendments. No. 238. A bill making appropriations for the Military Academy for the year 1834, with amendments. No. 313. A bill concerning the gold and silver coins of the United States, and for other purposes, without amendment. No. 312. A bill regulating the value of certain foreign gold coins within the United States, without amendment. It was then Ordered, That the bill (No. 486) for the reappropriation of an unexpended balance of a former appropriation for the payment of the Georgia militia claims for the years 1792, 1793, and 1794, and the bill (No. 518) making additional appropriations for the armory at Harper's Ferry, for the year 1834, be engrossed, and severally read a third time to-day. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills of this House of the fol'lowing titles, viz. No. 51. An act for the relief of the widow and children of George Ludlum, deceased. No. 55. An act for the relief of Lucy Loomis. No. 105. An act for the relief of the heirs and legal representatives of Doctor John Berrien. The Senate have also passed bills of the following titles, viz. No. 76. An act to create two additional land districts in the State of Illinois, and two land districts north of said State, in the territory now attached to Michigan, which lies between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river; No. 102. An act for the relief of General James Taylor, late quartermaster general and district paymaster in the army of the United States; No. 103. An act to remunerate Stephen C. Phillips for the support and transportation of shipwrecked American seamen ; No. 104. An act for the relief of Aaron Fitzgerald; No. 105. An act for the relief of James Fife, a Creek Indian; No. 107. An act for the relief of William A. Duer, John Duer, and Beverly Robinson, trustees of the estate of Sarah Alexander, deceased; No. 108. An act for the relief of the legal representatives of James P. Hainesworth, deceased; No. 117. An act confirming certain land claims in the district of St. Stephen's, in Alabama; No. 125. An act for the repair of Mars hill military road, in the State of Maine; No. 146. An act for the relief of Andrew Armstrong; in which last mentioned bills I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. Engrossed bills, of the following titles, viz. No. 486. An act for the reappropriation of an unexpended balance of a former appropriation for the payment of the Georgia militia claims for the years 1792, 1793, and 1794; No. 518. An act making additional appropriations for the armory at Harper's Ferry, for the year 1834; were severally read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bills. And then the House adjourned until Monday next, 11 o'clock in the forenoon. MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1834. On motion of Mr. John Quincy Adams, Ordered, That the case of Charles Yancey be recommitted to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. A motion was made by Mr. Polk that the rules of the House prescribing the order of business be suspended, so as to enable the House, at half past one o'clock to-day, to proceed to the consideration of such bills as have been reported from Committees of the Whole House; and that the House do, at that hour, proceed to the consideration of said bills. And the question being put to agree to this motion, It passed in the affirmative. On motion of Mr. Polk, A call of the House was ordered; and the roll being called over twice, 161 members answered to their names, viz. Mr. John Carr Mr. William C. Dunlap William W. Ellsworth Horace Everett Millard Fillmore Thomas F. Foster Edward A. Hannegan Gideon Hard Benjamin Hardin Mr. James P. Heath Jabez W. Huntington Leonard Jarvis William Cost Johnson Seaborn Jones Benjamin Jones Abijah Mann, jr. Henry C. Martindale Mr. Thomas A. Marshall ་་་ Samuel W. Mardis Thomas M. T. McKennan John McKinley Jeremiah McLene Charles McVean John J. Milligan Samuel McDowell Moore Mr. Ferdinand S. Schenck Dudley Selden Joel B. Sutherland Henry L. Pinckney Elisha Whittlesey James K. Polk David Potts, jr. s in hobert Ramsay Edgar C. Wilson Further proceedings in the call were then dispensed with. The House proceeded to the consideration of the memorial of inhabitants of the county of Wayne, in the State of Indiana, in favor of a restoration of the deposite of the public money to the Bank of the United States, and of a recharter of said Bank, presented by Mr. McCarty on the 19th of May `ultimo. And, after debate on the said memorial, Mr. McCarty moved that it be printed, with the names, and that it be referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill (No. 443) to regulate the deposite of the money of the United States in certain local banks; but, before the question was taken on this motion, Mr. Grennell moved that the said memorial do lie on the table, and be printed; which motion was agreed to. The House proceeded to the consideration of the memorial of inhabitants of the county of Franklin, in the State of Massachusetts, in favor of a restoration of the deposite of the public money to the Bank of the United States, and of a renewal of the charter of said Bank, presented by Mr. Grennell on the 26th of May ultimo. And, after debate, the said memorial was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, on the subject of the removal of the deposite of the public money from the Bank of the United States, and the establishment of a National Bank, presented by Mr. Burges on the 26th of May ultimo. And, after debate, the hour of half past one o'clock P. M. arrived, and the further consideration of the said resolutions was postponed until Monday next. Bills of the Senate, of the following titles, viz. No. 76. An act to create two additional land districts in the State of Illinois, and two new land districts north of said State, in the territory now attached to Michigan, which lies between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river; No. 102. An act for the relief of James Taylor, late quartermaster general and district paymaster in the army of the United States; No. 103. An act to remunerate Stephen C. Phillips for the support and transportation of shipwrecked American seamen; No. 104. An act for the relief of Aaron Fitzgerald; No. 105. An act for the relief of James Fife, a Creek Indian; No. 107. An act for the relief of Wm. A. Duer, John Duer, and Beverly Robinson, trustees of the estate of Sarah Alexander, deceased; No. 117. An act confirming certain land claims in the district of St. Stephen's, in Alabama; No. 125. An act for the repair of Mars hill military road, in the State of Maine ; No. 146. An act for the relief of Andrew Armstrong; were severally read the first and second time, and referred No. 76. To the Committee on the Public Lands. No. 102. To the Committee of Claims. No. 103. To the Committee on Commerce. No. 104. To the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. No. 107. To the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. No. 146. To the Committee on Naval Affairs. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lowrie, their Secretary : Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed bills and a resolution of this House of the following titles, viz. No. 1. An act granting pensions to certain persons therein named, with amendments. No. 25. An act for the relief of Francis Barnes. No. 28. An act for the relief of the heirs of Alexander Boyd, deceased. No. 330. An act to extend the time allowed for the discharge of the duties of the commission for carrying into effect the convention with France. No. 435. An act supplementary to the act entitled "An act to carry into effect the convention between the United States and his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, concluded at Naples on the 14th day of October, 1832." No. 6. Resolution providing for the distribution of the Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, from the peace of 1783 to the 4th of March, 1789. And then he withdrew. The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill from the Senate (No. 79) entitled "An act for the continuation and repair of the Cumberland road." The third section of the said bill was read as follows: SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the entire completion of repairs of the Cumberland road east of the Ohio river, and other needful improvements on said road, to carry into effect the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road," passed the 4th day of April, 1831, and of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, entitled "An act for the preservation and repair of that part of the United States road within the limits of the State of Maryland," passed the 23d day of January, 1832; also, an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, entitled "An act concerning the Cumberland road," passed February the 7th, 1832; the sum of six hundred and fifty-two thousand one hundred and thirty dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War; the money to be drawn out of the Treasury in such sums and at such times as may be required for the performance of the work. A motion was made by Mr. Polk to amend the said section by striking out "six hundred and fifty-two thousand one hundred and thirty dollars,' and inserting in lieu thereof "three hundred thousand dollars." And, after debate, a motion was made by Mr. Jones, of Georgia, that the said bill do lie on the table. And the question being put, Yeas, It was decided in the negative, Nays, 58, 132. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Daniel L. Barringer Benning M. Bean Jesse A. Bynum William K. Fuller Roger L. Gamble Mr. James H. Gholson William M. Inge Edward Kavanagh Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams Heman Allen John Adams John J. Allen William Allen Joseph B. Anthony William H. Ashley.. Mr. James M. Bell Horace Binney George N. Briggs George Burd Richard B. Carmichael John Carr Zadok Casey Mr. Dixon H. Lewis Mr. John Chaney Thomas Chilton Thomas Corwin Richard Coulter David Crockett Edward Darlington Harmar Denny John Dickson |