And Mr. Speaker declaring himself with the nays, the House was equally divided, and the question lost. The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Ezekiel Bacon,
William Baylies,
William W. Bibb,
Daniel Blaisdell,
James Breckenridge,
John Brown,
John Campbell,

John C. Chamberlain,
William Chamberlin,
Epaphroditus Champion,
Martin Chittenden,
Orchard Cook,

John Davenport, junior,
John Dawson,
William Ely,
James Emott,

Jonathan Fisk,

Gideon Gardner,
Charles Goldsborough,
Thomas R. Gold,
William Hale,

Nathaniel A. Haven,

Daniel Heister,

James Holland,

Jonathan H. Hubbard,

Richard Jackson, junior,
Robert Jenkins,

Herman Knickerbacker,
Edward St. Loe Livermore,
Robert Le Roy Livingston,

Vincent Matthews,

Archibald McBryde,

Alexander M'Kim,

Pleasant M. Miller,
William Milnor,
John Montgomery,
Jonathan O. Moseley,
Gurdon S. Mumford,
John Nicholson,
Joseph Pearson,
Timothy Pitkin, junior,
Peter B. Porter,
Elisha R. Potter,
Josiah Quincy,
John Ross,
Ebenezer Sage,

Benjamin Say,
Daniel Sheffey,
John Stanley,

William Stedman,
James Stephenson,
Lewis B. Sturges,
Samuel Taggart,
Benjamin Tallmadge,
John Thompson,

Uri Tracy,

Jabez Upham,

Nicholas Van Dyke,
Killian K. Van Rensselaer,

Laban Wheaton,
Ezekiel Whitman,

James Wilson.

Joseph Desha,
John W. Eppes,
William Findley,
Meshack Franklin,
Barzillai Gannett,

Thomas Gholson, junior,
Peterson Goodwyn,

William Helms,
Benjamin Howard,
Jacob Hufty,
John G. Jackson,
Richard M. Johnson,
Walter Jones,
Thomas Kenan,
William Kennedy,
Aaron Lyle,

Nathaniel Macon,

Robert Marion,
Samuel McKee,
Nicholas R. Moore,
Thomas Moore,
Jeremiah Morrow,
Roger Nelson,

Thomas Newton,

John Porter,
John Randolph,

John Rea, (Pennsylvania)
John Rhea, (Tennessee)
Matthias Richards.

John Roane,
Erastus Root,

Thomas Sammons,

Lemuel Sawyer,

Ebenezer Seaver,

Samuel Shaw,
John Smilie,
George Smith,
John Smith,
Samuel Smith,
Henry Southard,
Richard Stanford,
Jacob Swoope,
John Taylor,
Robert Weakley,
Robert Whitehill,

Richard Winn,

Robert Witherspoon.

The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow.

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning, eleven o'clock.

THURSDAY, June 15, 1809.

Mr. Gholson, from the joint committee for enrolled bills, reported, that the committee did, this day, present to the President of the United States, for his approbation, the following enrolled bills, to wit:

"An act supplementary to an act, entitled An act making appropriations for carrying into effect a treaty between the United States and the Chickasaw tribe of Indians;' and to establish a land office in the Mississippi territory;"

"An act authorizing the appointment of an agent for the land office at Kaskaskia, and allowing compensation to the commissioners and clerk ;"

"An act to continue in force An act declaring the assent of Congress to a certain act of the state of South Carolina, passed the twenty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and four."

On motion of Mr. Rhea, (of Tennessee)

Ordered, That the several resolutions and petitions, from the farther consideration of which the Committee on Post-offices and Post-roads were yesterday discharged, be referred to the committee of the whole House, to whom is committed the bill to alter and establish certain post-roads.

Mr. Love presented a petition of John Brent, late collector of the customs at Nanjemoy, and John Randall, now collector of the customs at Annapolis, state of Maryland, stating, that in the year one thousand eight hundred and six, they seized and took possession of two vessels, one in each of their said ports, for a violation of the acts of Congress, suspending commercial intercourse with the island of Saint Domingo, which said vessels were libelled, and condemned as forfeited, and judgments obtained in the district and circuit courts, for the district of Maryland, which judgments were reversed, upon the appeal of the adverse parties, by the supreme court of the United States, on the ground of the said acts being no longer in force, and praying that the necessary inquiry may be made in the premises, and such relief afforded them, as may seem just and proper.

Mr. Southard presented a memorial of the manufacturers of hats, in the counties of Essex, Middlesex and Somerset, in the state of New Jersey, whose names are thereunto subscribed, to the same effect with a memorial of the manufacturers of hats in Frederick town, state of Maryland, presented the twenty-fifth ultimo.

Mr. Richard Jackson, presented a memoriai to the like effect, from the Providence hat manufacturing company.

Mr. Bacon presented a petition of sundry woollen manufacturers in Berkshire county, state of Massachusetts, whose names are thereunto subscribed, praying that such measures may be adopted by Congress, as will afford protection and encouragement to the manufactories in which they have engaged.

The said petitions and memorials were read, and severally referred to the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures.

On motion of Mr. Whitman,

Ordered that the petition of William Hawkins, of Portland in the district of Maine, presented the twenty-first of February last, be referred to the same committee.

Mr. Ross presented a memorial of Philip Weeks, and his wife Amelia Weeks, of Luzerne county, in the state of Pennsylvania, praying to be allowed the half pay to which Robert Durkee, the father of the said Amelia, would have been entitled, as a captain in the Connecticut line of the continental army, during the revolutionary war with Great Britain, and who was killed in the said war.

Mr. Mosely presented a petition of Alexander Phelps, of the state of Connecticut, praying an increase of the pension heretofore allowed him, in consideration of wounds received in the revolutionary war with Great Britain.

Mr. Whitman presented a petition of William Whitmore, of the state of Massachusetts, praying to be placed on the pension list of the United States, in consequence of personal injuries sustained in the revolutionary war with Great Britain.

The said memorial and petitions were read, and severally referred to the Committee of Claims.

Ordered, That Mr. Seaver have leave to be absent from the service of this House from Monday next for the remainder of the session, and Mr. Key from the same day for one week.

A message from the Senate by Mr. Otis, their Secretary.

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed the bill, entitled "An act authorizing the discharge of John Heard from his imprisonment:" And then he withdrew.

A message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Graham, notifying, that the President did, this day, approve and sign the following acts, which originated in this House, to wit:

"An act supplementary to an act, entitled 'An act making appropriations for carrying into effect, a treaty between the United States and the Chickasaw tribe of Indians, and to establish a land office in the Mississippi territory;"

"An act to continue in force An act declaring the assent of Congress to a certain act of the state of South Carolina, passed the twenty-first of December, one thousand eight hundred and four;" and

"An act authorizing the appointment of an agent for the land office at Kaskaskia, and allowing compensation to the commissioners and clerk."

The House, according to the order of the day, again resolved itself into a Committee of the whole House, on the bill supplementary to the act, entitled "An act making further provision for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt;" and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Pitkin reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration and made some progress therein. An adjournment was then called for: When The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow.

And the House adjourned until to-morrow morning, eleven o'clock.