New Jersey, yesterday, to an amendment moved by Mr. Sutherland; when A motion was made by Mr. Gilmer that the House do reconsider the vote taken yesterday on an amendment moved by Mr. Polk to said bill, to strike out from the third section the words "six hundred and fifty-two thousand one hundred and thirty dollars," and to insert "three hundred thousand dollars." And, after debate, The previous question was moved by Mr. Pearce, of Rhode Island; and being demanded by a majority of the members present, The said previous question was put, viz. Shall the main question be now put? And passed in the affirmative. The said main question was then put, viz. Will the House reconsider the vote taken yesterday on an amendment to said bill moved by Mr. Polk? And passed in the affirmative, Yeas, Nays, 109, 96. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. Samuel Fowler Edward Kavanagh Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams John Adams Heman Allen Mr. William Allen Joseph B. Anthony Mr. Joel K. Mann Samuel McDowell Moore Gorham Parks James Parker John M. Patton Henry L. Pinckney Abraham Rencher Ferdinand S. Schenck William Schley Augustine H. Shepperd William N. Shinn Aaron Vanderpoel Campbell P. White Mr. John Banks William Baylies Mr. Martin Beaty all Richard B. Carmichael William W. Ellsworth Millard Fillmore Philo C. Fuller Rice Garland W Mr. Gideon Hard James P. Heath M Mr. Dutee J. Pearce + The House having resolved to reconsider the said vote, the question then recurred, Will the House agree to the amendment proposed by Mr. Polk? And being put, It passed in the affirmative. A motion was then made by Mr. McKennan further to amend said bill by striking out from the third section these words, viz. " entire completion of," so as to make the section read, "That for the repairs of the Cumberland road," &c.; also, to strike out the whole of the fourth section, which is in the words following, viz. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the sum by this act appropriated, or so much thereof as is necessary, shall be expended in the repair of said road, agreeably to the provisions of this act, the same shall be surrendered to the States, respectively, through which said road passes; and the United States shall not, thereafter, be subject to any expense for repairing said road. And on the question that the House do agree to so much of the amendment proposed by Mr. McKennan as proposes to strike out the words "entire completion of," Yeas, It was decided in the negative, Nas, 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 William Allen Joseph B. Anthony John Banks William Baylies Mr. Martin Beaty Horace Binney Mr. George Burd Zadok Casey Mr. Rufus Choate William Clark William W. Ellsworth Edward Everett Horace Everett John Ewing Edward A. Hannegan Joseph Henderson Edward Howell Jabez W. Huntington Mr. William Jackson William Cost Johnson Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Adams John J. Allen Mr. Samuel Fowler Philo C. Fuller Mr. Dudley Selden Mr. William McComas Samuel McDowell Moore Gayton P. Osgood James Parker Dutee J. Pearce Henry L. Pinckney Robert Ramsay Abraham Rencher Ferdinand S. Schenck Augustine H. Shepperd The question then recurred on the second member of the motion made by Mr. McKennan, viz. to strike out the fourth section of the bill; when A motion was made by Mr. Gholson to amend the said fourth section by striking out all thereof after the words And be it further enacted, and inserting the following: That, from and after the expenditure of the money herein appropriated, all jurisdiction and authority whatever, heretofore claimed for the Federal Government, over, or in relation to, the said Cumberland road, be, and the same are hereby, forever surrendered and abandoned. A motion was then made by Mr. Ewing to amend the amendment proposed by Mr. Gholson, by adding thereto the following, viz. Provided, however, That the compacts with the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, restraining them from taxing the public lands, shall be null and void from and after the period of relinquishment, unless said road be perfectly completed to the satisfaction of all the States immediately concerned. And, after debate, The previous question was moved by McKim; and being demanded by a majority of the members present, The said previous question was put, viz. Shall the main question be now put? And passed in the affirmative. The said main question was then put, viz. Shall the bill be read a third time? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Mr. John Adams Heman Allen George N. Briggs George Burd John Carr Zadok Casey George Chambers John Chaney Thomas Chilton Rufus Choate Samuel Clark William Clark Thomas Corwin Richard Coulter John Cramer Joseph H. Crane Mr. Edward Darlington Benjamin F. Deming John Dickson Philemon Dickerson Joseph Duncan William W. Ellsworth Horace Everett John Ewing Edward A. Hannegan James Harper Mr. George L. Kinnard Amos Lane Gerrit Y. Lansing Humphrey H. Leavitt Levi Lincoln Robert T. Lytle Henry C. Martindale Thomas A. Marshall Jonathan McCarty William McComas Thomas M. T. McKennan Isaac McKim Jeremiah McLene Charles F. Mercer Jesse Miller John J. Milligan Robert Mitchell Samuel McDowell Moore John Murphy Gayton P. Osgood Sherman Page James Parker William Patterson Dutee J. Pearce John Reed Ferdinand S. Schenck Those who voted in the negative, are, Mr. John Quincy Adams William S. Archer Jesse A. Bynum Churchill C. Cambreleng John M. Felder Mr. Millard Fillmore William M. Inge Edward Kavanagh Mr. Samuel F. Vinton Mr. George W. Lay Augustine H. Shepperd James M. Wayne The said bill was then read the third time, and passed. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith. A motion was made by Mr. Dickerson, of New Jersey, that the House do reconsider the vote this day taken on the resolution reported by Mr. Clay, from the Committee on the Public Lands, to discharge the Committee of the Whole House from the consideration of the bill (No. 92) to reduce and graduate the price of the public lands; and to make the said bill the special order of the day for Friday, the 20th instant. And, pending the question on this motion, The House adjourned until to-morrow, 11 o'clock in the forenoon. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1834. The Speaker laid before the House duplicate copies of all such accounts as have been rendered by persons charged or entrusted with the disbursement or application of money, goods, or effects for the benefit of the Indians, from the 1st of October, 1832, to the 30th of September, 1833, with a statement containing a list of the names of all persons to whom goods, money, or effects have been delivered, within the same period, specifying the amount and objects for which they were intended, the amount accounted for, and the balance under each specific head still remaining in their hands; which letter and accompanying documents were referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. Mr. Elisha Whittlesey, from the Committee of Claims, made a report |