sion for the support of public credit, and for the redemption of the public debt." Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do carry the said bill to the Senate and desire their concurrence. The bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to change the post route from Annapolis to Rockhall, by Baltimore to Rockhall," was read the third time. On motion of Mr. Stanford, and seconded, Ordered, That the farther consideration of the said bill be postponed indefinitely. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole House, on the bill to amend and continue in force the act, entitled "An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies; and for other purposes," to which committee of the whole House was committed the bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act to amend and continue in force the act, entitled 'An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies; and for other purposes;" and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Bassett reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the said bills under consideration, and made some progress therein. Resolved, That this House will to-morrow again resolve itself into a committee of the whole House, on the said bills. Mr. Baylies presented to the House sundry documents in relation to his contested election, which were ordered to be referred to the Committee of Elections. The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow. And the House adjourned until to-morrow morn. ing, eleven o'clock. WEDNESDAY, June 21, 1809. Mr Newton, from the Committee of Commerce and Manufactures, to whom were referred so much of the message from the President of the United States, as relates to a revision of our commercial laws, for the purpose of protecting and fostering the manufactures of the United States; and the several memorials and petitions of the manufacturers of hats and salt, made a report thereon, which was read at the Clerk's table, and the resolutions therein contained are as follow: 1. Resolved, That additional duties ought to be laid on the following articles imported into the United States, to wit: On ready made clothing and millinary, two and one half per cent. ad valorem : On cotton manufactures from beyond the cape of Good Hope; On bed ticking, and on corduroys and fustians, two and one half per cent. ad valorem; and On shot and other manufactures in which lead is the article of chief value, one half cent per pound. 2. Resolved, That a duty of eight cents per bushel on imported salt, would give encouragement to the manufacture of that article, in the United States. A motion was made by Mr. Newton, and seconded, that the said report be committed to the consideration of a Committee of the whole House. A division of the question, to commit to a committee of the whole House, was called for by Mr. Stanford, the first member thereof to consist of so much of the said report as is contained within the first resolution. A motion was then made by Mr. Randolph, and seconded, that the question of commitment be postponed indefinitely: When, Mr. Speaker declared the motion out of order. From which decision of the chair, an appeal was made to the House by Mr. Randolph, and the same being seconded, The question was taken, chair correct?" "Is the decision of the And resolved in the affirmative. The question then recurred, on committing the said first member consisting of the first resolution, to, a committee of the whole House, And the same being taken, It was resolved in the affirmative, { The Yeas, 77. Nays, 41. yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are Jacob Hufty, John G. Jackson, William Anderson, Ezekiel Bacon, David Bard, Burwell Bassett, Adam Boyd, John Brown, William A. Burwell, Thomas Gholson, junior, Daniel Heister, William Helms, Richard Jackson, Walter Jones, John Rhea, (Tennessee) William Chamberlin, Epaphroditus Champion, Howell Cobb, John Davenport, junior, Jonathan H. Hubbard, Edward St. Loe Livermore; Robert Le Roy Livingston, Vincent Matthews, Archibald M'Bryde, Pleasant M. Miller, John Nicholson, Joseph Pearson, John Rea, (Pennsylvania) Thomas Sammons, Archibald Van Horn, Robert Witherspoon. The question was then stated from the chair, that the second member of the said report, consisting of so much of the same as is contained within the second resolution before recited, be committed to the same committee of the whole House. A question of order was raised by Mr. Randolph, whether it was in order to put the said question. Mr. Speaker decided that in his opinion it was in order. From which decision of the chair, an appeal was made to the House by Mr. Randolph, and the said appeal being seconded, The question was stated, "Is the decision of the chair correct?" When, A motion was made by Mr. Pitkin, and seconded, to re-consider the vote last taken: Whereupon Mr. Randolph withdrew his question of order and appeal. The question was then taken upon re-considering the said last vote, And determined the negative. Mr. Randolph then renewed his question of order, and his appeal from the decision of the chair. And on the question, "Is the said decision of the chair correct?" It was resolved in the affirmative. The question to commit the said second member consisting of the second of the said recited resolutions, to the committee of the whole House, was then taken, And determined in the negative, Yeas 32. Nay's 85. The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are |