It having appeared by the foregoing vote that a quorum consisting of a majority of the whole number of members, not being present,

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

WEDNESDAY, June 28, 1809.

A motion was made by Mr. John Ġ. Jackson, and seconded, that the House do come to the following resolution:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, be autho. rized to adjourn their respective Houses on Friday next, instead of this day.

The said resolution was read, and permitted to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Stanford, and seconded, Resolved, That the Post-master General be, and is hereby directed to prepare and report to the House

of Representatives, at the next session of Congress, such a system as will enable the House to comprize into one, the several laws which have been made, and are now in force respecting the post-office and postroads within the United States, adding thereto any other roads on which he thinks it expedient to carry a mail, with such additional notes and amendments as, in his opinion, will tend to obviate any difficulties in the transportation of the mail and newspapers.

Mr. Morrow presented a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, directed to the Chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands, enclosing a letter from the register of the land office for the eastern district of Orleans territory, which were received, and ordered to lie on the table.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have concurred in the amendments of this House, to the bill, entitled "An act to amend and continue in force "An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies, and for other purposes:" And then he withdrew.

The House resumed the consideration of the report of the Committee of Elections, on the contested election of William Baylies, and the second resolution therein contained was again read, in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That William Baylies is not entitled to a seat in this House."

And on the question that the House do agree to the said resolution,

It was resolved in the affirmative, {

Yeas, 60. Nays, 40.

The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of

the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

John Ross,

Thomas Sammons,
Daniel Sheffey,

John Stanley,

William Stedman,

James Stephenson,

Jacob Swoope,

Samuel Taggart,
Jabez Upham,

Nicholas Van Dyke,

Killian K. Van Rensselaer,

Laban Wheaton,

Ezekiel Whitman,

James Wilson.

The third resolution contained in the said report, was then read in the following words:

"Resolved, That Charles Turner, junior, is enti tled to a seat in this House."

And on the question that the House do agree to the said resolution,

It was resolved in the affirmative,

Yeas 62.

Nay's 41.

The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Barzillai Gannett,

Gideon Gardner,

Thomas Gholson, junior,

William Helms,

Benjamin Howard,

Jacob Hufty,

Richard M. Johnson,

Walter Jones,

William Kennedy,

Aaron Lyle,

Nathaniel Macon,

Robert Marion,
Samuel McKee,
Alexander M'Kim,
John Montgomery,
Nicholas R. Moore,
Jeremiah Morrow,
Thomas Newton,
Peter B. Porter,

John Rea, (Pennsylvania)
John Rhea, (Tennessee)
Matthias Richards,
John Roane,
Erastus Root,

John Campbell,

John C. Chamberlain,

William Chamberlin,
Epaphroditus Champion,
Samuel W. Dana,
William Ely,

James Emott,
Thomas R. Gold,
William Hale,
Nathaniel A. Haven,
Daniel Heister,
Jonathan H. Hubbard,
Richard Jackson,
Robert Jenkins,
Herman Knickerbacker,
Joseph Lewis, junior,

Edward St. Loe Livermore,

Robert Le Roy Livingston,
Matthew Lyon,

Vincent Matthews,

John Nicholson,

Joseph Pearson,

Benjamin Pickman, junior,

Timothy Pitkin, junior,
Josiah Quincy,

John Randolph,

John Ross,

Thomas Sammons,
John Stanley,

William Stedman,

James Stephenson,
Lewis B. Sturges,
Jacob Swoope,
Samuel Taggart,
Jabez Upham,

Nicholas Van Dyke,

Killian K. Van Rensselaer,

Laban Wheaton,

Ezekiel Whitman,

James Wilson.

The said Charles Turner, junior, then took his seat as a representative for the state of Massachusetts; the oath to support the constitution of the United States being first administered to him by the Speaker.

Mr. Fisk, from the joint committee for enrolled bills, reported, that the committee had examined the following enrolled bills, to wit:

"An act to amend and continue in force an 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;"