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consideration, and made several amendments thereto, which were read at the Clerk's table, and on the ques. tion severally put thereon, concurred in by the

House.

The said bill was then farther amended at the Clerk's table, and ordered to be engrossed and read the third time, to morrow.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole House, on the bill for the relief of Jared Shattuck; and after Some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. W. Alston reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made an amendment thereto, which was read, and on the question put thereon, concurred in by the House."

O dered, That the said bill be engrossed and read the third time, to-morrow.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole House, on the bili sent from the Senate, entitled, “An act to extend certain privileges therein mentioned to Joseph Joshua Deyster ;" and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. W. Alston reported, that the con.mittee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto, which were read at the Clerk's table, and on the question severally put there. on, concurred in by the House.

Ordered, That the said bill and amendments be read the third time on Tuesday next.

The House, according to the order of the day, re. solved itself into a committee of the whole House, on the bill authorizing the discharge of William Hawkins from his imprisonment; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. W. Alston reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration and made no amendment thereto.

Ordered, That the said bill be engrossed, and read the third time, to-morrow.

The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a committee of the whole House, on the bill for the relief of Isaac Briggs; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. W. Alston reported, that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made no amendment thereto.

The question was then taken, "Shall the bill be engrossed and read a third time?"

And determined in the negative.
So the bill was rejected.

A motion was made by Mr. Stanley, and seconded, that when the House adjourns, it will adjourn to meet again on Monday next.

And the question being taken thereon,

It was determined in the negative.

And then the several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow.

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

SATURDAY, January 27, 1810.

The Speaker laid before the House a letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting his report on the petition of Henley McFarlane, referred to him on the twenty-fourth instant, which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Morrow,

Ordered, That the Committee on the Public Lands be discharged from the further consideration of the petition of John Thompson, referred on the fifteenth instant, and that the petitioner have leave to withdraw his petition.

Mr. Morrow presented a petition of the widow and heirs of the late Jeremiah Duggan, deceased, by Peter Mills, their agent, praying, for the reasons there.

in set forth, to be permitted to cancel a certificate for a half section of land granted to them under the act for the relief of the refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia, and that another certificate may issue to them, to be located on any unlocated land belonging to the United States.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Committee on the Public Lands.

Mr. Haven presented a petition of Luke M. Laighton, of the state of New Hampshire, praying to be remunerated for his trouble and expense in the construction of an improved travelling carriage for cannon, which said improvement is now in use in the army of the United States.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to Mr. J. C. Chamberlain, Mr. Stedman, Mr. Garland, Mr. Mumford, and Mr. Robert Brown, to consider and report thereon to the House.

On motion of Mr. Whitman, and seconded, Ordered, That the message from the President of the United States, of the twelfth instant, respecting captures and condemnations of the ships and mer. chandise of the citizens of the United States, under authority of the government of Denmark, be referred to the committee appointed on that part of the President's message, at the commencement of the session, which relates to our foreign relations.

On motion of Mr. Morrow,

Ordered, That a bill or bills be brought in pursuant to the resolution agreed to yesterday, respecting a digest of the land laws of the United States, and that the Committee on the Public Lands do prepare and bring in the same.

Mr. Johnson, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of William Blackney, referred on the twenty-eighth ultinio, which was read, and the resolution therein contained agreed to by the House, as follows:

"Resolved, That the prayer of the petition oughtnot to be granted."

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

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before this House, copies of the several communications made to the governments of France and Great Britain, with respect to the several orders and decices of either, violating the lawful cominerce and neutral rights of the United States, in pursuance of the authorities vested by Congress in the executive, except such parts as may, in his judgment, require secrecy.

A motion was made by Mr. Smilie, and seconded, that the said resolution do lie on the table.

And the question being taken thereon,

It was resolved in the affirmative,

Yeas 73.

Nays 53.

The yeas and nays being demanded by one fifth of

the inembers present,

Those who voted in the affi mative, are,

Willis Alston, junior,

Richard Cutts,

William Anderson,

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John Dawson,
Joseph Desa,
John W. Eppes,
William Findley,
Jonathan Fisk.

Barzillai Gannett,
Thomes Gholdson, junior,
Daniel tleister,
William Heimis,
James Holland,
Benjamin Howard,
Jacob Hufty,

Kichard M. Johnson,
William Kennedy,

Aaron Lyle,

Robert Marion,

Samuel M.Kee,

Alexander M'Kim,

John Montgomery,

Nicholas R. Moore,
Thomas Moore,
Jeremiah Morrow,
Gurdon S. Mumford,

Thomas Newton,
John Nicholson,
John Porter,

Peter B. Porter,

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

John Roane,
Erastus Root,
Ebenezer Sage,
Lemuel Sawyers
Ebenezer Seaver,

Adam Seybert,

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Those who voted in the negative, are

Daniel Blaisdell,

James Breckenridge,

John C. Chamberlain,

William Chamberlin,
Epaphroditus Champion,
Martin Chittenden,
Samuel W. Dana,
John Davenport, junior,
William Ely,
James Emott,
David S. Garland,
Charles Goldsborough,
Thomas R. Gold,

Edwin Gray,

William Hale,

Nathaniel A. Haven,

Jonathan H. Hubbard,
Richard Jackson, junior,
Robert Jenkins,
Herman Knickerbacker,
Joseph Lewis, junior,
Edward St. Loe Livermore,
Robert Le Roy Livingston,
Matthew Lyon,
Nathaniel Macon,

Vincent Matthews,

Archibald M'Bryde,

Pleasant M. Miller,

William Milnor,

Jonathan O. Moseley,

Roger Nelson,

Thomas Newbold,

Joseph Pearson,

Benjamin Pickman, junior,
Timothy Pitkin, junior,
Elisha R. Potter,
Josiah Quincy,

John Ross,
Daniel Sheffey,
John Stanley,
William Stedman,

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

Nicholas Van Dyke,
Archibald Van Horn,
Killian K. Van Rensselaer,
Laban Wheaton,
Ezekiel Whitman,
James Wilson.

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