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kansas to form a constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States. On motion of Mr. Lyon,

Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making appropriations for the following objects, viz.

1st. An appropriation for constructing a ship canal to connect the navigable waters of the river Raisin with Lake Erie or La Plaisance bay, in the Territory of Michigan, agreeably to the survey and estimate of the War Department.

2d. An appropriation for surveying the flats so called in Lake St. Clair, at the mouth of St. Clair river; and also for removing the bar, and building a pier, if necessary, at the mouth of Clinton river, on Lake St. Clair, in Michigan Territory.

3d. An appropriation for constructing a harbor at the mouth of the St. Joseph's river, on Lake Michigan, in Michigan Territory.

4th. An appropriation to defray the expenses of surveying the obstructions to the navigation of the St. Joseph's and Kalamazoo rivers, as far up as the said streams may be considered navigable.

On motion of Mr. Chilton,

Resolved, That the Committee of Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of allowing to the heirs of Thomas Clemmons, deceased, an artificer of the late war, compensation for services rendered by the said Thomas Clemmons, as artificer to Colonel Nicholas Miller's regiment, Kentucky militia.

On motion of Mr. Evans,

Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be directed to inquire into the expediency of paying to Morgan S. Gordon, from the Treasury of the United States, the amount received from the Brazilian Government as indemnity to him for injuries sustained, and expenses incurred, in consequence of the illegal capture of the schooner Sarah George, of which said Gordon was master.

On motion of Mr. Jarvis,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire what amount of postage has been paid into the Treasury of the United States; and also to inquire into the expediency of restoring to the Post Office Department such portion of the amount so paid into the Treasury, as will enable the Postmaster General to carry into effect an act of Congress, approved June 15, 1832, entitled "An act to establish certain post roads, and to alter and discontinue others, and for other purposes."

On motion of Mr. Stewart,

Resolved, That the report of the Secretary of War on the subject of a national road from Uniontown, by way of Pittsburg, to the lakes, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

On motion of Mr. Mason,

Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Sussex court-house, by Comanie's well, and Williamson's store, in Virginia, to Pleasant Hill, in Northampton county, in North Carolina.

Mr. Mercer moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid upon the table:

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to lay before this House a copy of any contract which may have been made for the construction of a bridge across the Potomac river, opposite to the city of Washington, together with the authority under which such contract may have been made, the names of the contractors, and of their securities, if any, and the plan and estimate of the cost of such bridge.

On motion of Mr. Edward Everett,

Resolved, That a committtee of three be appointed, who, together with a like number to be appointed by the Senate, shall direct the expenditure of the money appropriated for the Library of Congress.

Mr. Edward Everett, Mr. Wayne, and Mr. Loyall were appointed of the said committee on the part of this House.

Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said resolution.

On motion of Mr. Crockett,

Resolved, That a select committee be appointed by this House, consisting of seven members, whose duty it shall be to inquire into and report the most equitable and advantageous mode of disposing of that portion of the land belonging to the United States, situated south and west of the congressional reservation line, within the State of Tennessee.

Resolved, further, That all papers heretofore referred, and now on the files of this House, relative to said subject, be referred to said committee. Mr. Crockett, Mr. Choate, Mr. Chilton, Mr. Dunlap, of Tennessee, Mr. Martindale, Mr. Deberry, and Mr. Fulton were appointed the said committee.

On motion of Mr. Mardis,

Ordered, That the memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, for a donation of public lands, to enable said State to connect the waters of Tennessee and Coosa rivers by a canal or a railroad, presented January 15, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals.

On motion of Mr. Loyall,

Ordered, That the petition of Ann Mortimer Barron, presented December 13, 1830, be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Edward Everett, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill (No. 31) for the relief of Philip Bessom; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Watmough, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill (No. 32) for the relief of the legal representative of Joseph Rowe, deceased; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Watmough, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill (No. 33) for the relief of Horatio N. Crabb ; which was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Watmough, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill (No. 34) for the relief of John G. Reynolds; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the bill for the relief of Horatio N. Crabb.

Mr. Reed, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report on the petition of John Percival, accompanied by a bill (No. 35) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Polk, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill (No. 36) making appropriations, in part, for the support of Government for the year 1834; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. On motion of Mr. Archer,

Ordered, That the Committee on Foreign Affairs be discharged from the further consideration of the memorial of Stephen Kingston, and that it be referred to the Secretary of State.

Mr. Marshall, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of Francis and Judith Taylor, heirs of Henry Field, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 37) for their relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-mor

row.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the memorial of the heirs and legal representatives of Presley Thornton, deceased, accompanied by a bill (No. 38) for the relief of the said heirs; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made a report on the petition of Thomas Minor, accompained by a bill (No. 39) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Muhlenberg, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, made an unfavorable report on the petition of Jane Baker; which was read, and laid on the table.

Mr. Cave Johnson, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the petition of John L. Lobdell, accompanied by a bill (No. 40) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Patton, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, made a report on the petition of Captain Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, accompanied by a bill (No. 41) for his relief; which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Evans, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported a bill (No. 42) granting pensions to several persons therein named, [viz. Simon Deloach, Levi Strong, Leslie Combs, John O'Neil, Benjamin Goodrich, Benjamin Grover;] which bill was read the first and second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow.

Mr. Mardis, from the Committee on Private Land Claims, made a report on the case of the heirs and legal representatives of Frances Barham, deceased, and her husband, Fielding Barham, accompanied by a bill (No. 43) for their 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. Bell,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of Allen W. Hardie, and that it be referred to the Committee of Claims.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting his annual report on the state of the finances; which letter was read, and laid on the table.

Ordered, That ten thousand copies of the said report be printed for the members of this House.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of the commissioner of pensions, containing a list of the persons who have made application for a pension, or increase of pension, and whose cases have been rejected by the department since the last annual report upon the subject; prepared in obedience to the joint resolution of Congress of May 29, 1830; which letter and report were laid on the table. The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the First Comptroller of the Treasury, transmitting a list of balances on the books of receipts and expenditures in the office of the Register of the Treasury, which have remained unsettled, or appear to have been due more than three years prior to the 30th September last; which letter was read, and laid on the table.

The House resumed the consideration of the motion made by Mr. Polk, on the 11th instant, that the House do reconsider the order adopted on the 10th instant, by which the report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in relation to the removal of the deposites of public money from the Bank of the United States and its branches to certain State banks, was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. And after further debate on the said motion,

The question was put, Will the House reconsider the said order?

And passed in the affirmative, {Xas,

126, 102.

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

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Mr. Samuel Fowler

William K. Fuller
John H. Fulton
John Galbraith
James H. Gholson
Ransom H. Gillet
Joseph Hall

Thomas H. Hall
Nicoll Halsey
Thomas L. Hamer
Edward A. Hannegan
Joseph M. Harper
Samuel S. Harrison
Samuel G. Hathaway
Micajah T. Hawkins
Albert G. Hawes
Joseph Henderson
Edward Howell
Henry Hubbard
Abel Huntington
William M. Inge
Leonard Jarvis
Richard M. Johnson
Noadiah Johnson
Cave Johnson
Benjamin Jones
Edward Kavanagh
George L. Kinnard
Amos Lane
Gerrit Y. Lansing
John Laporte

Cornelius W. Lawrence
Luke Lea
Thomas Lee

Humphrey H. Leavitt

Mr. George Loyall
Edward Lucas
Chittenden Lyon
Abijah Mann, jr.
Joel K. Mann
Samuel W. Mardis
John Y. Mason
Jonathan McCarty
William McComas
James J. McKay
Isaac McKim
John McKinley
Jeremiah McLene
Charles McVean
Jesse Miller

Robert Mitchell
Henry A. Muhlenberg
John Murphy
Gayton P. Osgood
Sherman Page
Gorham Parks
James Parker
John M. Patton
William Patterson
Dutee J. Pearce
Balie Peyton
Franklin Pierce
Job Pierson

Franklin E. Plummer
James K. Polk
Patrick H. Pope
Robert Ramsay

Ferdinand S. Schenck

William Schley

Augustine H. Shepperd

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Those who voted in the negative, are,

Mr. John Quincy Adams

Heman Allen

Chilton Allan

William S. Archer

William H. Ashley
John Banks
Noyes Barber

Charles A. Barnitz
Daniel L. Barringer
Isaac C. Bates
Martin Beaty
James M. Bell
Horace Binney
Thomas T. Bouldin
George N. Briggs
Henry A. Bullard
John Bull

George Burd

Tristam Burges

Harry Cage

George Chambers

Thomas Chilton
Rufus Choate
William Clark
Augustine S. Clayton
William K. Clowney
Thomas Corwin
Richard Coulter
Joseph H. Crane
David Crockett
Edward Darlington
John Davis

Warren R. Davis
Amos Davis

Mr. Thomas Davenport
Edmund Deberry
Benjamin F. Deming
Harmar Denny
Littleton P. Dennis
John Dickson
Joseph Duncan

William W. Ellsworth

George Evans
Edward Everett
Horace Everett
John Ewing
John M. Felder
Millard Fillmore
Samuel A. Foot
Thomas F. Foster
Philo C. Fuller
Roger L. Gamble
George R. Gilmer
William F. Gordon
Benjamin Gorham
William J. Grayson
George Grennell, jr.
John K. Griffin
Hiland Hall
Gideon Hard
Benjamin Hardin
James Harper
Abner Hazeltine
James P. Heath
William Hiester
Jabez W. Huntington
William Cost Johnson
Seaborn Jones

Mr. Aaron Ward
Daniel Wardwell
James M. Wayne

Taylor Webster
Reuben Whallon
Campbell P. White
Henry A. Wise

Mr. Henry King

Dixon H. Lewis
James Love

Henry C. Martindale

Thomas A. Marshall

George McDuffie

Thomas M. T. McKennan

Charles F. Mercer

John J. Milligan

Samuel McDowell Moore

Henry L. Pinckney
David Potts, jr.
John Reed

Abraham Rencher
Dudley Selden
William B. Shepard
William Slade
Jonathan Sloane
David Spangler
Andrew Stewart
William P. Taylor
Philemon Thomas
Christopher Tompkins
Samuel Tweedy
Joseph Vance
Samuel F. Vinton
John G. Watmough
Edward D. White
Frederick Whittlesey
Elisha Whittlesey
Richard H. Wilde
Lewis Williams

Edgar C. Wilson

Ebenezer Young

The report of the Secretary of the Treasury being then again before the House,

A motion was made by Mr. Polk that the said report be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means; when

A motion was made by Mr. McDuffie to amend the motion to refer to the Committee of Ways and Means, by adding the following instructions: "to report a joint resolution providing that the public revenue hereafter collected be deposited in the Bank of the United States, in conformity with the public faith pledged in the charter of the said bank.”

And pending the question on these instructions,

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

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1833.

Mr. John Davis presented a petition of Samuel Hunt, of the State of Massachusetts, praying for an increase of pension.

Mr. Pearce presented a petition of Caleb Arnold, of the State of Rhode Island, praying for an increase of pension.

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