A motion was made by Mr. Gold, and seconded. to amend the said bill, by striking out from the fourth line of the second section, the words "have been," and to insert " may be." And the question being taken thereupon, It was determined in the negative. A motion was then made by Mr. Milnor, and seconded, to insert after the word "nine," in the third line of the fifth section of the same, the words "together with their cargoes." And the question being taken thereupon, It was determined in the negative. Ordered, That the said bill and amendments agreed to, be engrossed, and read the third time, to-morrow. The several orders of the day were farther postponed until to-morrow. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning, eleven o'clock. TUESDAY, June 27, 1809. The bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act freeing from postage all letters and packets from Thomas Jefferson," was read the first time. On motion, The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be read the third time, this day. Mr. Randolph, from the committee appointed on the thirty-first ultimo, "to inquire whether monies drawn from the Treasury since the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and one, have been faithfully applied to the objects for which they were appropriated and regularly accounted for," made a report, in part, thereon, which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary. Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill, entiled "An act in addition to the "Act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the state of Maryland, to the state of Ohio," to which they desire the concurrence of this House: And then he withdrew. The bill sent from the Senate, entitled "An act freeing from postage all letters and packets from Thomas Jefferson," was read the third time. And on the question that the same do pass, It was resolved in the affirmative. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. 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," together with the amendments made to the same, were read the third time, And on the question that the same do pass as amended, It was resolved in the affirmative,. Nays, 15. The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are Lemuel J. Alston, Willis Alston, junior, William Anderson, John Brown, Richard Cutts, John Dawson, Thomas Gholson, junior, Thomas R. Gold, John Roane, Ebenezer Sage, John Smilie, George Smith, James Stephenson, Nicholas Van Dyke, Laban Wheaton, Robert Whitehill, Robert. Witherspoon. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. Mr. Gholson, from the joint committee for enrolled bills, reported, that the committee had examined an enrolled bill, entitled "An act concerning the naval establishment," and had found the same to be truly enrolled: Whereupon, Mr. Speaker signed the said enrolled bill. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. The House proceeded to consider the amendment of the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act making appropriations for defraying the expense of stationary, printing and all other contingent expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives, during the present session of Congress, and an additional appropriation for the purchase of books, maps and charts for the library of Congress," and the same being twice read, was, on the question put thereupon, concurred in by the House. The amendment to the title of the said bill was then read, and concurred in by the House. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. The House proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Elections, on the contested election of William Baylies, one of the members from the state of Massachusetts. A motion was made by Mr. Taylor, and seconded, that the farther consideration of the said report be postponed indefinitely. And debate arising, A motion was made by Mr. Dana, and seconded, that the House do now adjourn; And the question being taken thereupon, It was determined in the negative, { Yeas 21. Nays 55. The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are William Chamberlin, Samuel W. Dana, William Hale, Nathaniel A. Haven, Daniel Heister, Robert Jenkins, Edward St Loe Livermore, Robert Le Roy Livingston, Pleasant M. Miller, William Milnor, John Randolph, John Ross, Daniel Sheffey, William Stedman, James Stephenson, Lewis B. Sturges, Jacob Swoope, John Taylor, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Those who voted in the negative are, Lemuel J. Alston, Robert Brown, William Butler, James Cochran, William Crawford, John Davenport, junior, John Dawson, Meshack Franklin, John G. Jackson, Thomas Newton John Rhea, (Tennessee) Matthias Richards, John Roane, Erastus Root, Thomas Sammons, Samuel Shaw, John Smilie, George Smith, Robert Whitehill, Robert Witherspoon. Jacob Hufty, The question then recurred on the motion to post pone indefinitely; And the same being taken, It was determined in the negative, The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are |