On motion of Mr. BENTON, the bill granting to the State of Missouri a certain quantity of public land for purposes of internal improvement, and the bill graduating the price of the public lands, were referred to the Committee on Public Lands. On motion of Mr. MOORE, the bill to establish a pension agency in North Alabama, was referred to the Committee on Pensions. On motion of Mr. MOORE, the bill authorizing a relinquishment of the sixteenth section of the public lands, granted for the use of schools, and granting other lands in lieu thereof, was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. On motion of Mr. CLAY, the bill to distribute the proceeds of the public lands to and among the several States, for a limited period, was referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. On motion of Mr. FORSYTH, the bill providing for the fulfilment of the compact of 1802, between the United States and Georgia, was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. On motion of Mr. WEBSTER, the bill to provide indemnity for French spoliations, was referred to a select committee consisting of Messrs. WEBSTER, CHAMBERS, GRUNDY, and BENTON. And, The special order of the day being announced by the Chair to be the consideration of the resolution relative to the removal of the deposites Mr. CLAY said he was aware that the subject was one which ought to be disposed of at as early a period as was practicable. Some information had been called for, in relation to this matter, which has not been had, and which it was necessary to obtain before he could go into the discus-|| sion of the question, and therefore he moved a postponement of it until Monday next; which was agreed to. On motion of Mr. WILKINS, the bill for the relief of A. G. Ralston and G. Ralston was referred to the Committee on Finance. On motion of Mr. BENTON, the bill to regulate and fix the pay of the Medical Staff of the Army was referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. On motion of Mr. KING, of Alabama, the bill for the relief of Thomas Rhoads and others, and the bill for the relief of John Hanmer and William Johnson, were referred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads; and The bill for the relief of Theodore Brightwell was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion of Mr. MOORE, the bill for the relief of Eli Robbins, and the bill for the relief of John McCarty, were referred to the Committee on Claims. On motion of Mr. TYLER, the bill for the relief of Robert White was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. On motion of Mr. TYLER, the bill for the relief of William Mosby was referred to the Committee on Claims. On motion of Mr. ROBINSON, the bill granting compensation to certain persons for horses lost in the late war, was referred to the Committee on Claims. On motion of Mr. TIPTON, the bill granting preemption rights to settlers on the public lands, was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. Mr. POINDEXTER submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be directed to communicate to the Senate 6th. The amount granted in donations for the cultivation of the vine and olive, to Lafayette, and for all other purposes. Mr. HENDRICKS submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to remove obstructions to documents on that subject now on file in the office the navigation of the Wabash river, and that the of the Secretary of the Senate, be also referred to the same committee. Mr. ROBBINS submitted the following resolutions: Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a naval depôt, and post of expedition and rendezvous, within the waters of Narraganset Bay. Resolved, That so much of the report of the Board of Navy Commissioners, made October 19, 1829, and of the report of the Secretary of the Navy, made December 6, 1830, as relates to the establishment of a depot within said waters, together with the report of the survey of said bay, communicated to the Senate December 19, 1832, with the several charts relating to the same, be referred to said committee. Mr. HENDRICKS submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Greensburg by Fugitsville, Hartville, Goshen, and Newburg, to Columbus. tion: Also, a post route from Indianapolis, by Danville, Bainbridge, and Chiltonville, to Rockville. Mr. TIPTON submitted the following resoluResolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making appropriations for the following objects, viz: 1st. An appropriation for constructing a ship channel to connect the waters of the River Raisin with La Plaisance Bay, in the Territory of Michigan, under the direction of the War Department. 2d. An appropriation for constructing a harbor at the mouth of St. Joseph's river, on Lake Michigan, in Michigan Territory. 3d. An appropriation to defray the expense of surveying the obstructions to the navigation of St. Joseph's river, and its tributaries, as far up as the said streams may be considered navigable. 4th. An appropriation for constructing a harbor at the mouth of Trail Creek, on Lake Michigan, in the State of Indiana. Mr. MOORE submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary of War communicate to the Senate the correspondence between that department and the several agents, and other persons who have been employed in the removal, or in the arrangement for removal of the Indian tribes. Also, all correspondence between the department and other individuals on the subject of Indian affairs, including the names of agents or other persons who have been employed in making Indian treaties, in the removal of Indians, taking the census of Indians, or in locating the reservations allowed by treaties to Indians, with a statement of the several sums disbursed by each, showing the amount expended, the persons to whom it has been 1st. The whole amount of public lands belong-paid, and the specific services or consideration for ing to the United States, exhibiting the net prowhich they have been paid. ceeds, and distinguishing between those which have been sold within the limits of Louisiana, Florida, and other parts of the United States, respectively, and including the latest returns. 2d. The whole amount of public lands which have been surveyed and exposed to sale in the several States and Territories; and showing the amount sold and the amount remaining to be sold, according to the last returns. 3d. The amount which has been actually patented in bounties to the army, during the late war. 4th. The amount granted to each of the several States and Territories, and for what purposes. 5th. The amount set apart or reserved for schools in the several States and Territories. Mr. CLAY submitted the following resolutions: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to communicate to the Senate a copy of the entire letter, addressed by Mr. Crawford, when Secretary of the Treasury, under date the 13th February, 1817, to the President of the Mechanics' Bank of New York, an extract from which is recited in his report to Congress of the 3d December, 1833; and copies of the other correspondence of Mr. Crawford with the banks, about that period, to passages in which the Secretary alludes in the same report. Resolved, also, That the Secretary be directed to communicate to the Senate a copy of the correspondence between the agent appointed during the last summer, to inquire upon what terms the State banks would undertake to perform the services to the Government which had been performed by the Bank of the United States, and the said banks; a copy of the report made, if one was made, by the said agent to the Secretary or the Executive; the name of the agent, his compensation, and in virtue of what law he was appointed. The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. BANK OF THE UNITED STATES. Mr. BINNEY presented a memorial from the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, asking redress for the violation of their charter by the removal of the public deposites. He did not desire any action upon it now, but would move that it should be laid on the table and printed. Mr. POLK moved that the memorial should be referred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and demanded that the question should be taken by yeas and nays, which were ordered: yeas 95— nays not counted. Mr. WATMOUGH rose to address the House, but the SPEAKER informed him it was not in order to debate a motion to lay on the table. Mr. POLK called for a division of the question. Mr. BINNEY asked for the reading of the memorial, which was as follows: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: The Board of Directors of the Bank of the United States, respectfully represent That by the charter of the Bank, it was stipu and the stockholders of the Bank of the United lated between the Congress of the United States, rendered by them, in money and services, they States, that in consideration of a full equivalent which were not to be withdrawn from it, unless were entitled to the custody of the public moneys, gress, and Congress alone, was the final judge. for the reasons, of the sufficiency of which Con That the Bank has in all things faithfully performed the stipulations of the charter. Nevertheless, since the adjournment of Congress, the Secretary of the Treasury has issued an order on the 26th of September last, withdrawing from the possession of the bank the custom-house bonds deposited therein, and has subsequently transferred to certain State banks a large portion of the public moneys then in the safe-keeping of the bank, with the purpose of making them hereafter the permanent depositories of the public revenue. The Board of Directors therefore deem it their duty forthwith to apprize your honorable bodies of the violation of the chartered rights of the stockholders, and to ask such redress therefor as to your sense of justice may seem proper. By order of the board: N. BIDDLE, President of the Bank of the U. States. PHILADELPHIA, December 9, 1833. The question on that part of the motion-to lay it on the table-was put, and decided in the negative, as follows: YEAS-Messrs. John Q. Adams, H. Allen, C. Allan, Archer, Ashley, Banks, Barber, Barnitz, Barringer, Beatty, James M. Bell, Binney, Bouldin, Briggs, Bullard, Bull, Burd, Burges, Cage, Chambers, Chilton, Choate, Wm. Clark, Clowney, Corwin, Coulter, Crane, Crockett, Darling. ton, Amos Davis, Davenport, Deberry, Deming, Dickson, Ellsworth, Evans, Edward Everett, Horace Everett, Felder, Gordon, Gorham, Grayson, Grennell, Griffin, Hiland Hall, Hard, Hardin, J. Harper, Hazeltine, Heath, Hiester, J. W. Huntington, Wm. C. Johnson, Seaborn Jones, King, Love, Martindale, Marshall, McComas, McKennan, Mercer, Milligan, Patton, Pinckney, Potts, Rencher, Shepard, Shepperd, Wm. Slade, Sloane, Spangler, Philemon Thomas, Tompkins, Turner, Tweedy, Vance, Vinton, Watmough, Edward D. White, Frederick Whittlesey, Elisha Whittlesey, Wilde, Williams, Young-84. NAYS-Messrs. John Adams, John J. Allen, William Allen, Bates, Baylies, Beale, Bean, Beardsley, Beaumont, John Bell, James Blair, John Blair, Bockee, Bodle, Boon, Brown, Bunch, Burns, Bynum, Cambreleng, Carmichael, Carr, Casey, Chaney, Chinn, Claiborne, Samuel Clark, Clay, Clayton, Connor, Cramer, Day, Dickerson, Dickinson, Duncan, Dunlap, Ewing, Fillmore, Forester, Fowler, Philo C. Fuller, William K. Fuller, Fulton, Galbraith, Gholson, Gillet, Gilmer, Joseph Hall, Thomas H. Hall, Halsey, Hamer, Hannegan, Joseph M. Harper, Harrison, Hathaway, Hawkins, Henderson, Howell, Hubbard, Abel Huntington, Inge, Jarvis, Richard M. Johnson, Noadiah Johnson, Cave Johnson, Benjamin Jones, Kavanagh, Kinnard, Lane, Lansing, Laporte, Lawrence, Lea, Leavitt, Lee, Loyall, Lucas, Abijah Mann, Joel K. Mann, Mardis, Mason, McCarty, McIntire, McKay, McKim, McKinley, McLene, McVean, Miller, R. Mitchell, Samuel McD. Moore, Muhlenberg, Murphy, Osgood, Page, Parks, Parker, Patterson, Pearce, Pierce, Pierson, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Schenck, Schley, Shinn, Charles Slade, Smith, Speight, Standifer, Stoddert, Sutherland, William Taylor, William P. Taylor, John Thomson, Turrill, Vanderpoel, Van Houten, Wagener, Ward, Wardwell, Webster, Whallon, Campbell P. White, Wilson, Wise-126. The memorial was then ordered to be printed. Mr. CHILTON moved to amend Mr. POLK'S motion, by instructing the Committee of Ways and Means, in substance, to report a joint resolution, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to restore the public deposites to the Bank of the United States. [Mr. C. addressed the House at length in support of his amendment, and went into the general subject of the bank; but having concluded with a request to the reporters, that, although they might, if they thought proper, present their own views, they should abstain from giving his remarks, until further directions from him; and, as will be seen in the subsequent proceedings that the amendment was withdrawn by Mr. C., the reporter feels pleasure in acceding to his wishes.] Mr. STEWART submitted the following resolution; which lies one day for consideration: Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to communicate to this House 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 river. On motion of Mr. BEAUMONT, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the propriety of making compensation to the heirs of Benjamin Harvey, deceased, for bounty lands, and services rendered the United States during the Revolutionary war. On motion of Mr. FULTON, Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office expediency of establishing a post route from Aband Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the ingdon, Va., to Grayson Court-house, in the same State. On motion of Mr. R. M. JOHNSON, Resolved, That the Committee on the Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an additional appropriation of land to satisfy the warrants in scrip which have issued, or which may hereafter issue, according to the resolutions and laws of the United States and Virginia, for revolutionary services. Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of amending and continuing the act of Congress, entitled 66 An act in addition to an act entitled an act for the relief of certain insolvent debtors of the United States," which expires the 4th of March next. On motion of Mr. C. JOHNSON, Resolved, That all the papers and documents now on the files of the House in relation to the establishment of an armory on the western waters, be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise. The yeas and nays having been ordered on the ment stated, Mr. McDUFFIE requested the gentleman from Kentucky to withdraw his proposition, as it seemed to forestall the other proceedings, which were then undisposed of, and about to come up for discussion. Mr. CHILTON consented to withdraw his amendment; and the memorial was then referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. On motion of Mr. SLADE, of Vermont, Resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of restoring to the roll of invalid pensioners the Lames of those who have relinquished their claim to such pensions, for the purpose of obtaining the benefit of the pension laws of the 18th March, 1818, and 1st of May, 1820. On motion of Mr. JARVIS, Resolved, That a committee be appointed, whose duty it shall be to consider all matters referred to them touching the public buildings and public grounds within the city of Washington, with leave to report by bill or otherwise. On motion of Mr. McINTIRE, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making appropriation by law for paying NichoIrs Scammon, the bearer of a prize certificate, the amount due thereon, which certificate issued from the War Office of the United States, under date of the 29th of April, 1780, for $500, with interest annually, payable to Thomas Cutts, or bearer, numbered 228. On motion of Mr. DEMING, Mr. E. WHITTLESEY submitted the followResolved, That so much of the 13th rule of the House as follows, to wit: "and other persons introduced by the Speaker or by a member of the House, shall be admitted within the Hall of the House of Representatives," be and the same is hereby rescinded. On motion of Mr. HANNEGAN, Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for the necessary survey and construction of a harbor at the mouth of Trail creek, on Lake Michigan. On motion of Mr. KINNARD, Resolved That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of embracing the State of Indiana and the Territories of Michigan and Huron, in one surveyor general's district; and of locating the office of surveyor general, for said district, at Indianapolis, in the State of Indiana. On motion of Mr. SLADE, of Illinois, Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of causing a survey and estimate of the expense of improving the navigation of the Kaskaskia river, in the State of Illinois, from the town of Shelbyville to its junction with the Mississippi river. Resolved, That the same Committee be insructed to inquire into the expediency of causing a re-survey of the national road from Vandalia, the seat of government, in the State of Illinois, to the Mississippi river. On motion of Mr. DUNCAN, Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediPensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of affording some efficient aid to the State of they of granting a pension to Jonathan Elkins, of Illinois, in the construction of a steamboat canal Caledonia county, in the State of Vermont, on acfrom lake Michigan to the Illinois river. count of his services and sufferings during the war of the Revolution. On motion of Mr. WARDWELL, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions inquire into the expediency of granting a pension to Abel Potter, of the State of New York, for his services in the revolutionary war. Mr. ASHLEY submitted the following preamble and resolution, which was agreed to: Whereas the President of the United States entertains doubts of the action of Congress on the claims of six companies of Missouri militia, for services rendered during the late war with the Indians on the northern frontier, consequently pay ment to those companies has been withheld; therefore, Resolved, That the Committee on Ways and Means be instructed to inquire whether an appropriation for the purpose aforesaid was made at the last session of Congress, and if not, to inquire into the expediency of appropriating a sufficient sum for that purpose. Mr. EWING submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing a national currency of $35,000,000, to be founded upon the faith of the United States, and to be unconnected with, and independent of, all direct Executive control, except as may be required for the nomination of directors; said currency to be struck, perfected, and issued in a department of the mint of the United States, under regulations to secure an impartial distribution thereof among the several States respectively, according to representative population, if the same be required in virtue of the plighted faith and resources of each State so requiring, to the United stipulations on its face, and the payment of such States for its redemption, according to the legal bonus to the treasury of the United States to defray expense, and to guaranty ulterior responsibility, as may be prescribed; and said currency so authorized and loaned according to the prescribed ratio to States requiring its use, when loaned to the people through State instrumentality, shall be received in payment of public lands, and in payment of all other revenue accruing to the General Government, and shall be obligatory upon the State issuing the same to redeem on demand at her office of discount and deposite, which said State office, when established, under State guarantee, to loan and to redeem said currency, shall be the place of ing to the General Government, within the limits deposite of all public money collected or belongof the State where it existed; also, to inquire into the comparative expediency of establishing a national bank, based upon a specie capital, to be furnished by the several States, as sole stockholders thereof, on a scale proportionate to the representative population of each, with a branch in each State, the institution to be regulated in strict accordance with uniform general rules, adopted by Congress under a directory of State appointment, and each State to enjoy the benefit of a capital, and exercise a power in accordance with her vested interest therein; said committee to report by bill or otherwise. Mr. EWING said this was a momentous question. This Union was dependent on no corporations. This House had the power of creating a sound currency for the country, if the local currency should become disordered. He could show that the institution which he proposed would produce a safer and more uniform currency than we now had. It would also enrich the States, and promote those improvements on which the prosperity of the country depends. The resolution was agreed to. IN SENATE. THURSDAY, December 19, 1833. Petitions and memorials were presented by Messrs. PRENTISS, LINN, BIBB RIVES, HILL, PRESTON, CHAMBERS, WRIGHT, FRELINGHUYSEN, BELL, TOMLINSON, SPRAGUE, TYLER, CLAY, WILKINS, SILSBEE, and KING of Alabama. Mr. POINDEXTER, on leave given, presented a bill for the relief of Elihu Hall Bay, which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Mr. CHAMBERS, on leave given, introduced a bill providing for payment of interest on the claims of the several States for moneys advanced during the last war; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. POINDEXTER submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-Arms be authorized to subscribe for three daily papers published in the District of Columbia, for the use of the Senate. On motion of Mr. TYLER, the bill for the re-mencement of Mr. Barry's administration of it, lief of Moses Sheppard, was referred to the Com- and he hoped all would suspend their opinionsmittee on Claims. would wait until the information to be obtained should justify either censure or approbation. The resolution was then agreed to. Mr. SOUTHARD, from the Committee on val Affairs, reported a bill for the relief of John A. Webster. Mr. TYLER, on leave given, presented a bill to repeal the act for the better organization of the Treasury Department, passed in May, 1820. On motion of Mr. TYLER, the bili was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Mr. CLAY presented a petition from citizens of Schenectady, New York, requesting the atten- || tion of Congress to the frequent fires on board steamboats. Mr. C. hoped that the committee to whom it might be referred would also direct its attention to another subject of immense importance, and intimately connected with this, which was the frequent lamentable accidents and loss of life resulting from the bursting of steamboat boilers. He suggested the reference of the petition to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. BIBB thought the most proper reference would be the Committee on Commerce. He thought that so far as Congress was authorized to interfere on such a subject, it must be with a view to regulate the commercial intercourse of the community; therefore he thought the Committee on Commerce was the most appropriate one. Mr. CLAY said, it was indifferent to him. The petition was referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs. Mr. GRUNDY submitted the following resolution, calling for information which, he said, every member of the Senate would desire to be laid before the House, and he hoped no objection would be made to its being immediately considered: Resolved, That the Postmaster General be directed to communicate to the Senate a statement of all the allowances made by him beyond the sums stipulated in the original contract, since the 6th of April, 1829, specifying, in every case, the service to be performed by the original contract, and the sums to be paid thereon; the nature and extent of each facility or improvement, and the extra allowance made therefor, and the names of the persons to whom the allowance has been made, and at what time. 2d. A statement of the curtailments of facilities lately made by the department, specifying each route and the names of the respective contractors, and the amount of the diminutions of service, and of compensation in each case; also, what routes, if any, have been discontinued. 3d. The expense incurred in putting into operation the post routes established by the act of the 15th of June, 1832, and the cost of transporting the mail on said routes in each year. and rendezvous within the waters of Narraganset bay. Resolved, That so much of the report of the Board of Navy Commissioners, made October 19, 1829, and of the report of the Secretary of the Na-Navy, made December 6, 1830, as relates to the establishment of a depôt within said waters, together with the report of the survey of said bay, communicated to the Senate, December 19, 1832, with the several charts relating to the same, be referred to said committee. Mr. WEBSTER submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of passing a law for preventing, as far as may be, accidents to vessels employed in the foreign or coastwise commerce of the United States, from the explosion of steam. By Mr. HENDRICKS: Resolved, That the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a post route from Greensburg by Fugitsville, Hartville, Goshen, and Newburg, to Columbus. Also, a post route from Indianapolis, by Danville, Bainbridge, and Chiltonville, to Rockville. Mr. MANGUM said it was with profound regret that he rose to call the attention of the Senate to a subject involving important principles. He alluded to the message of the President of the UniMr. HILL presented a memorial from the Leted States to the Senate of the 12th instant. Hegislature of New Hampshire, requesting the Senregretted that the duty devolved upon him. He ators and Representatives in Congress from that had hoped some other gentleman than himself State to use their exertions to procure a more perfect organization of the militia of the United States; which was referred to the Committee on would have directed the attention of the Senate to the Militia. Mr. TIPTON submitted the following resolu tions: Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation for building a light-house at the mouth of the Kalamazoo and Grand rivers, on Lake Michigan, Michigan Territory, and for surveying the bars at the mouths of both these rivers. it. The subject was one involving matters of grave moment, as it touched the great constitutional rights of the Senate, and as it touched that high courtesy and mutual respect which ought to subsist between the various branches of the Government. That the Senate should prove deficient in these respects, would to him be matter of great regret. That the Senate had transcended its constitutional rights, in the request which it had made on the Executive in the matter alluded to, must not be admitted. It was, therefore, due to the dignity of the Senate, and due to the institutions of the country, to review its whole course in this matter, and if the Senate had done wrong-if it had transcended its rights-to retrace their steps. But if it had not transcended its just rights, it was our duty to maintain the constitutional rights of the Senate. He (Mr. M.) was one who, in the simplicity of his heart, had voted for the resolution calling for information of the President-never dreaming of its being an invasion of Executive power. And he would suppose it impossible that Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be the Senate should lose sight of that respect which instructed to inquire into the expediency of making was due to the highest functionary of the Govern-appropriations for the following objects, viz: ment. His object was to take up the message for consideration, and to move its reference to a select committee. Which was agreed to. The Senate then balloted, when the following gentlemen were announced as the committee: SOUTHARD, RIVES, and BIBB. Mr. FORSYTH asked to be excused from serving upon the committee. Mr. GRUNDY hoped the gentleman would not be excused, or all might be excused. Mr. CLAY said he was glad that the gentle-Messrs. MANGUM, WHITE, FORSYTH, EWING, man from Tennessee had offered this resolution. There was no branch of the General Government, the correct administration of which was of more importance than that of the Post Office Department. If there were abuses in it-he did not say there were any-they ought to be corrected. He would, however, suggest to the gentleman, that if the resolution was not limited as to time, much delay would ensue. If there was any truth in what rumor said on the subject, great abuses existed in that branch of the Government. The Postmaster General, if the inquiry were not limited, might go back to the time of Mr. Habersham's administration in search of information supposed to be wanted, and thus we would never have a report. Mr. GRUNDY thought the gentleman from Kentucky had not attended to the phraseology of the resolution; if he had, he would have perceived that it only went back to the commencement of Mr. Barry's administration. The gentleman had observed that if what rumor said was true, there were great abuses in the department. He (Mr. G.) hoped gentlemen would not trust to rumor. We want the truth; we want facts. His object was this: He wanted the facts to come out, and if there be anything wrong there, let it come out, and let the people know it. But if nothing censurable shall appear, let all rumors be put down. Let us see what the present head of that department has done, and then let opinion be formed. He could not believe it possible that any delay could occur. In a very few weeks we could have all the information required, and more, if the Senate desired it. The resolution embraced the whole administration of that department from the com Mr. FORSYTH said, gentlemen did not seem to perceive the awkward situation in which he was placed. He would be compelled to sit in judgment between the President of the United States and the majority of the Senate upon a matter in which his opinion was unchanged and he might say unchangeable. Mr. BIBB opposed Mr. FORSYTH's request, which was not agreed to. On motion of Mr. ROBBINS, the Senate concurred in the joint resolution from the House of Representatives for the appointment of a Library Committee, and Messrs. ROBBINS, POINDEXTER, and BIBB, were chosen on the part of the Senate. Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of an appropriation for surveying the flats in Lake St. Clair, at the mouth of St. Clair river; and also for removing the bar, and building a pier, if necessa ry, at the mouth of the river Clinton, in Lake St. Clair, in the Territory of Michigan. The following resolution, offered yesterday by Mr. TIPTON, was taken up, considered, and adopted. We are compelled, for want of time, to omit Mr. TIPTON's remarks upon the resolution. 1st. An appropriation for commencing a ship channel to connect the waters of the River Raisin with La Plaisance bay, in the Territory of Michi gan, under the direction of the War Department. 2d. An appropriation for constructing a harbor at the mouth of St. Joseph's river, on Lake Michigan, in Michigan Territory. 3d. An appropriation to defray the expense of surveying the obstructions to the navigation of St. Joseph's river and its tributaries, as far up as the said streams may be considered navigable. 4th. An appropriation for constructing a harbor at the mouth of Trail creek, on Lake Michigan, in the State of Indiana. The following resolution, submitted yesterday by Mr. POINDEXTER, was taken up and agreed to: Resolved, That the Commissioner of the General Land Office be directed to communicate to the Senate 1st. The whole amount of public lands belong ing to the United States; exhibiting the net proceeds, and distinguishing between those which have been sold within the limits of Louisiana, Florida, and other parts of the United States, respectively, and including the latest returns. 20. The whole amount of public lands which have been surveyed and exposed to sale in the sev eral States and Territories, and showing the amount sold and the amount remaining to be sold, accord Mr. KING submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to paying to the last returns. over to the State of Alabama, to be applied to the construction of a railroad from the Tennessee to the Alabama river, two per cent. of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, which has been set apart for making roads to and from said State, under the direction of Congress. The following resolutions, submitted yesterday, were taken up and agreed toBy Mr. ROBBINS: Resolved, That the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of establishing a naval depot and post of expedition 3d. The amount which has been actually pat ented in bounties to the army during the late war. 4th. The amount granted to each of the several States and Territories, and for what purposes. 5th. The amount set apart or reserved for sehools in the several States and Territories. cultivation of the vine and olive, to Lafayette, and 6th. The amount granted in donations for the for all other purposes. The following resolutions, submitted yestesday by Mr. CLAY, were taken up, when Mr. C. spoke at length in their support, and was replied to by 1833. Mr. FORSYTH. Their remarks we are compelled to omit, for want of time. Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to communicate to the Senate a copy of the entire letter addressed by Mr. Crawford, when Secretary of the Treasury, under date the 13th February, 1817, to the President of the Mechanies' Bank of New York, an extract from which is recited in his report to Congress of the 3d December, 1833; and copies of the other correspondence of Mr. Crawford with the banks about that period, to passages in which the Secretary alludes in the same report. Resolved, also, That the Secretary be directed to communicate to the Senate a copy of the correspondence between the agent appointed during the last summer to inquire upon what terms the State banks would undertake to perform the services to the Government which had been performed by the Bank of the United States, and the said banks; a copy of the report, if one was made, by the said agent to the Secretary, or the Executive; the name of the agent, his compensation, and in virtue of what law he was appointed. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the annual statement of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings. The Senate then adjourned over to Monday next. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. On motion of Mr. C. P. WHITE, On motion of Mr. WILSON, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expediency of placing the name of Robert Reynolds on the roll as a revolutionary pensioner. On motion of Mr. POPE, Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands inquire into the expediency of appropriating two` sections of the public domain in aid of the support of the Marine Hospital, at Louisville, Kentucky. On motion of Mr. CONNOR, Resolved, That the papers in relation to the establishment of assay offices in the gold regions of North Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, be again referred to a select committee. On motion of Mr. CHILTON, Resolved, That the Committee on Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making compensation to James McCarty, for a horse belonging to him, which was wounded in an engagement with the Indians during the last war, while in the possession of Duff Green. On motion of Mr. PATTON, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Claims be instructed to inquire into the expediency of paying to George Stephens, executor of James Burten, deceased, the five years' commutation of full pay in lieu of half pay for life due to said Burten, under the resolves of Congress. On motion of Mr. BOON, Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to authorize a survey of the two White rivers in the State of Indiana, with a view to ascertain the practicability and expediency of removing certain obstructions to the navigation of these rivers. Mr. SEVIER submitted the following resolution, which lies one day for consideration: Resolved, That the Secretary of War be instructed to inform this House whether a survey of White and St. Francis rivers in Arkansas has been made, in obedience to an act of Congress of the last session, and if so, to report the same to this House; and if not, to state the reasons why they have not been surveyed. The resolution offered yesterday by Mr. WHIT TLESEY, of Ohio, that so much of the 13th rule, Mr. W. remarked that he was induced to sub- Mr. WILDE moved as an amendment to omit also from the rule the words, "Treasurer, Comptroller, Register, and Auditor.” [So that these personages should be deprived of the entrée into the privileged places outside the bar.] Mr. WHITTLESEY accepted this amendment as a modification. The SPEAKER here said, that there was so much noise beyond the bar of the House that he could not hear what was addressed to the Chair. Mr. C. C. CLAY. That convinces me of the necessity that exists of adopting the original motion, but the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia he did not understand. Mr. J. Q. ADAMS objected to any alteration of the rule as it stood. Mr. WILDE consented to make his amendment a distinct question. Mr. HARDIN complained that there was generally so much noise outside the bar that he and those who sat near it could not hear what was passing at the Speaker's table, and expressed a hope that, if the noise was not discontinued, from a sense of politeness, some of the members in the pit or gallery of the Hall would exchange places with those who were unfortunately on the mountain. Mr. THOMAS, of Louisiana, said that as he was the father of the rule which it was desired to abolish, and consequently had been the cause of the present discussion, he might be permitted to say, that when he had introduced this part of the rule for their adoption, it was because he felt it was the duty of every representative to accommodate and satisfy the ladies in every particular; but things were now altered, as they had a large erection for their satisfaction, an extensive gallery for them, where they could see and be seen, and hear everything that passed in the Hall; he therefore could now concur in the propriety of the proposed amendment of the honorable member from Ohio. After some desultory conversation, the question on the motion made by Mr. WHITTLESEY was taken and carried in the affirmative. Mr. WARD desired to know from the honorable member from Georgia for what reason it was sought to exclude the persons named in his amendment-persons who had so long been in the enjoyment of that privilege, as it seemed to be rather an invidious uncalled-for exclusion. Mr. JARVIS inquired if it was in order to act on the amendment without being laid on the table for one day? The SPEAKER replied it was. Mr. WILDE said he did not wish to prolong the Mr. WARD called for the yeas and nays on the Mr. WATMOUGH reported a bill from the Committee on Naval Affairs, granting certain allowances to captains of marine corps. Mr. PARKER, from the same committee, reported a bill to extend the time for persons on the pension fund. Mr. PATTON, from the same committee, reported a bill to compensate Susan Decatur and others. Mr. MUHLENBERG, from the Committee Mr. WARD, from the Committee on Military 43 Mr. CAVE JOHNSON, from the Committee on Mr. POLK, from the Committee of Ways and Mr. R. M. JOHNSON, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported a bill to satisfy the claims of the State of Connecticut against the United States, for the military services of the militia, with some private bills. Mr. CARR, from the Committe on Private Land Claims, reported a bill for the relief of Archibald Small. All which bills were severally read twice, and committed. THE BANK DEPOSITES. The House proceeded to consider the motion of Mr. POLK, to recommit to the Committee of Ways and Means the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the removal of the deposites, tomittee, moved by Mr. McDUFFIE: gether with the following instructions to the Com "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." Mr. McDUFFIE said, although he agreed with the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. CHILTON] that in point of strict justice, the bank was entitled to indemnity for the past removal of the deposites, yet he would not add to the embarrassment of the community by restoring the money already transferred to the State banks. He thought, however, that, to direct the future deposite of all public money in the Bank of the United States, was a measure demanded by justice and expediency. The deposites had been removed, and he should The President, in his Message, formally and solproceed to prove that their removal was illegal. emnly informs us that the Secretary of the Treasury had removed the deposites. There was reason to believe that this was not the fact. Technically and strictly, the deposites were not removed by the Secretary. We had the word of the President, in a public document, [from which he read some passages,] that he had himself directed the Secretary of the Treasury to remove the deposites. After giving the reasons why he thinks the deposites should be removed, he adds, "the Presi"the President dent thinks," &c., and concludes, wishes this measure to be considered as his own," &c.; and he therefore names a particular day for the revenue bonds to be placed in the State banks. Now, he would put it to every man acquainted with the ordinary import of language to say, whether the President had not usurped the power of removing the deposites, which, in the same document, he admits to belong exclusively to the Secretary of the Treasury. From some passages in the paper one would think that the President would rather cut off his right hand than interfere with a subject belonging, as he acknowledges this to belong, to the office of the Secretary of the Treasury. He admits that the power of the Secretary over the subject is unqualified, and that he must exercise the power under his responsibility to Congress. But three days before the Secretary of the Treasury went out of office, the removal of the deposites is officially announced in the Government gazette. The Treasury Department is an Executive Department: it has distinct duties from those devolved upon the President; but yet the President assumes the exercise of those duties, and renders the office of the Secretary of the Treasury a merely ministerial office. The object of Congress in giving this separate power to the Secretary, was evidently to keep asunder the purse and the sword. He doubted whether any monarch now in existence would dare to usurp the One French king had lost power of the purse. his throne by a usurpation of a smaller extent than this. It was curious to read what the President says on this subject. [Here Mr. McDUFFIE read long extracts from the paper submitted by the President to his Cabinet on the subject of the deposites.] It seemed, he said, the President had exercised this authority with extreme pain and reluctance, and merely from the necessity of the case. Usurped power was always accepted with reluctance. Cæsar thrice refused the kingly crown. Richard the Third accepted the honors forced upon him, although they were against his conscience and his soul." The President's explanations were, however, more difficult to be understood than these. They had but one precedent, and that was the manner in which Henry the Fourth set forth his title to power, which he read from Hume. He distrusted pretensions which were set forth with such glosses. The President says to the Secretary, The law has vested this power in you: I would be as unwilling to dictate to you as to have you dictate to me; but, in the face of this, he turns out the Secretary because he will not sign the paper, and puts in another man who will. He never had met anything like this, except a story of the decision of a magistrate in some little town in New York-Kinderhook, perhaps-on the subject of liberty of conscience: "Oh, yes," said the judge, "every man has a right to tink for himself, provided he tinks with the court." The President gives the Secretary the right to think for himself, provided he thinks just as he directs him to think. The Secretary did not remove the deposites. It was a false statement. The President removed them, who had no more right than I have. The history of usurpation contained nothing equal in impudence to the pretensions by which all power was now attempted to be concentrated in the President. The law showed that the deposites were to be removed only for reasons connected with the convenience and safety of the treasury, and at the order of the Treasury Department alone could they be removed. Had the Secretary shown that the bank was corrupt, that it violated its faith, or even that he could make a better arrangement with the State banks, his reasons would have been sufficient. But so far from giving these reasons, no person, not the Secretary, not a member of the House, will pretend that the bank is unsafe. On the other hand, it is charged against the bank, that it embarrasses the country by hoarding up specie. What one of the stipulations of the charter has the bank violated? No government in the world, be its sphere of operations large or small, has had its money concerns so well and cheaply transacted as ours have been by this bank. The government creditors have never waited one moment for their money from the disbursing officers, so far as the bank was concerned, and when they got their money, it was money. God grant they may say the same thing two years hence. Not a dollar has been lost for sixteen years, of all the money collected for the Government, and deposited in this bank. But still the safest bank in the world was to be put down, the public money was to be hazarded, the interests of widows and orphans were to be destroyed, to gratify, the malice of a tyrant, madly seeking his personal revenge in the destruction of the institution. Mr. McD. here took up the charge made against the bank of having interferred with elections. In the first place, he contended that the bank directors had not interfered in elections-they had, he said, studiously avoided them, and endeavored to conciliate all parties. In fact, they attended to their business. But what right had the President to disfranchise bank officers? They had as good a right as any men to vote at elections, and take a part in public affairs. The truth was, that the charge meant nothing more than that the bank would not interfere in elections, according to the directions sent to it from Washington. It refused to turn out Jonathan and put in John at the order of the President. The President says, "it is his desire that the control of the bank and the currency be entirely separated from the political power of the country." A wiser sentiment never was uttered. Here is the precept, what was the example? He punishes the Bank of the United States, because it could not be made a political instrument. He had done more. He had distributed the whole funds of the country among the local banks according to their political character. So help me God, he would rather trust Andrew Jackson with fifty thousand soldiers, than with the privilege of disposing, through his pliant instrument-for the Secretary of the Treasury would never be anything more than a pliant instrument-the revenue of the country among banks, judiciously chosen by him. The deposite banks had been selected expressly with a view to their party character, and the officers of those banks had already begun to figure in the political arena. 2. That the Secretary aforesaid be requested to accompany said report with a statement of the amount of money arising from the sale of said canal lands, together with a map of the same, distinctly marking their contiguity to the canal line, and communicating such other information of said lands in his possession, as will enable the House to form an estimate of their intrinsic value. On motion of Mr. EWING, Resolved, That the Committee on the Territories be instructed to inquire into the expediency of extending the northern boundary of the State of Indiana, so as to embrace a slight tract of land (now attached to the territory of Michigan) south of St. Joseph's river, so as to render said river the boundary line, from its junction with Lake Michigan, and allow concurrent jurisdiction to Indiana, at its mouth. On motion of Mr. DUNCAN, Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of ma Mr. STEWART submitted a motion, that when the House adjourned, it should adjourn over unul Monday. Agreed to. He did not charge General Jackson with duplicity, in stating his principles. He believed that he assumed them in sincerity, but that in the language of the late Secretary of the Treasury, he had no fixed principles-impulse and passion ruled him. Mr. McDUFFIE here adverted to the support which he gave General Jackson, as a candidate for the Presidency. One of the principles on which he was brought into power was, the necessity of 3. That a select committee be appointed to inkeeping out of public office all those who interfered quire into the expediency of making provision by with elections. But now the officers of the Gov-law, to reimburse the State of Indiana for the ernment were transformed into an army of elec- loss which she may sustain in consequence of the tioneering agents. The reform had ended in turn- sale of the lands aforesaid: to report by bill or ing out independent men, and putting political par- otherwise. tisans in their places. What (Mr. McD. asked) will be the result, if we suffer the public deposites to be removed at the will of the President? Would not every election be controlled by money influence? Even now, the whole power and means of the Government are exerted to secure the succession to the Presidency, which had been resolved upon. Almost every reason given by the President for removing the deposites was conclusively answered by the fact, that the charter of the Bank of the United States expires in 1836. The bank, before that time, could do nothing to undermine the liberties of the country. The real object was, therefore, as he believed, to concentrate the money-king Chicago a port of entry. ed power where the political power was concentrated, and to exert both in the control of the Presidential.election. The State banks would be actuated with one common spirit; they would be Government banks, and political agents of the Government. Every man acquainted with the practical operations of the bank, must know that the removal of the deposites would not in the least degree relieve the commercial embarrassments which must take place upon the expiration of the charter. This was, therefore, no good reason. But the Secretary says it is necessary to provide a new currency to take the place of the bills of the Bank of the United States. Bills of better credit? No, that was not pretended. They are, then, to carry on the exchanges. But they had not stipulated to do it. Would the deposite bank at Richmond take the bills of the Bank of the Metropolis? They will for the Government, but not from individuals. It was idle to attempt to give the notes of the State banks any general credit. So far from having their credit improved by the destruction of the United States Bank, the State banks will be the first to suffer by it, and would soon find themselves, if they did not already, in a very critical situation. There was a rumor that the deposite banks had actually petitioned the Government to restore the deposites to the Bank of the United States. Here we have a bank too strong, too solvent, with too much specie in its vaults; but the next reason for removing the deposites is, that the notes of the bank will depreciate when the bank winds up. This was like telling a countryman, who holds the note of a rich farmer, that, when the day comes for its payment, it will be depreciated in value. No one who knew anything of banking, believed that the paper of the bank would be depreciated one-fourth of one per cent. It was idle to say so. Here Mr. McDUFFIE gave way, at the instance of Mr. DAVIS, of Massachusetts, to a motion for adjournment; and the House then adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Mr. WHITTLESEY, of Ohio, submitted the following resolution, which lies one day for consideration: Resolved, That the Secretary of War report to this House the survey of a canal route from Pittsburg to Akron, made by Colonel James Kearney, with the estimates of the expenses of construction, accompanied with the maps and profiles. Mr. KINNARD submitted the following resolutions, which also lie one day on the table: Mr. BEARDSLEY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported bills for the relief of W. Sanders, W. R. Porter, Joel Wright, and for the legal representatives of Nathaniel Patton, deceased. Mr. MUHLENBERG, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, a bill for the relief of Mortimer. Mr. McKENNAN from the Committee on the District of Columbia, a bill, granting donation of lots to the Alexandria Free School, and Orphan Asylum. Mr. CAVE JOHNSON from the Committee on Private Land Claims, bills for the relief of the heirs of Ermendorf, and of Eliza Dickenson. Mr. TURRILL, from the Committee on Revolutionary Claims, bills for the relief of the legal representatives of Walter Livingston, deceased, and of Thomas Wallace, deceased. Mr. BULL reported a bill for the relief of Isadore Moore. All of which bills were read twice, and committed. The resolutions heretofore submitted, and given in our paper, by Mr. MERCER, in relation to the bridge over the Potomac: by Mr. STEWART, of Pennsylvania, in relation to the improvement of the Monongahela river: and by Mr. SEVIER, calling on the Secretary of War for information in relation to a survey of St. Francis and White rivers, were severally adopted. Mr. STEWART submitted the following resolution, which lies one day on the table: Resolved, That the Secretary of War be directed to communicate to this House the reports of Colonels Abert and Kearney, and also the recent report of Captain William Gibbs McNeil, of the corps of Topographical Engineers, on the plan, construction, costs, and actual condition of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. On motion of Mr. CHILTON, Resolved, That the Committee on Roads and Canals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation to aid in the turnpiking and improvement of the road leading from Louisville, in the State of Kentucky, to Nashville, in the State of Tennessee, in the manner proposed in an act of the late Legislature of said State of Kentucky; and that said committee have leave to report by bill or otherwise. Mr. WHALLON submitted the following resobelution, which lies one day: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury requested to communicate to this House, a statement of the quantity of lands included in the grant made to the State of Indiana, to enable her to construct the Wabash and Erie canal, which have been sold under the proclamation of the President, dated 3d September, 1833, or any previous proclamation, ordering sales of land, at Bucyrus and Wapawkonetta, in the State of Ohio. Resolved, That the Secretary of War be instruct ed to lay before this House the survey and estimates for the erection of a pier or breakwater in the harbors of Burlington, Port Kent, and Plattsburg, on Lake Champlain. On motion of Mr. H. EVERETT, Resolved, That the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions be instructed to inquire into the expedi |