money expended in making and clearing the road from Athens to Orleans; and to furnish all the information he possesses respecting the present state of the mail route from Washington city by Athens to Orleans.

Mr. Stanley, from the committee appointed on the fourteenth instant, on the petition of John Kerr, presented a bill authorizing the discharge of John Kerr from his imprisonment, which was received, and read the first time.

On motion,

The said bill was read the second time and ordered to be engrossed and read the third time on Friday

next.

On motion of Mr. Sheffey,

Ordered, That the petition of Patrick Carrol, presented on the twenty-sixth of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, be referred to the Committee of Claims.

Mr. Fisk, from the managers appointed on the part of this House to confer with the managers appointed on the part of the Senate, on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, to the amendments of the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act providing for the third census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States," made a report thereon, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Johnson, from the Committee of Claims, made a report on the petition of John Elliot, referred on the fourteenth instant, which was read, and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted.

Mr. Johnson, from the same committee, also made a report on the petition of Z: bulon Wade, referred on the ninth ultimo, which was read and the resolu tion therein contained concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted.

Mr. Johnson, from the same committee, made a report on the petition of John Hardyman, referred on the twelfth instant, which was read and the resolution therein contained concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted.

Mr. Johnson, from the same committee, made a report on the petition of Richard Wright, referred on the fifteenth instant, which was read and the resolu. tion therein contained concurred in by the House, as follows:

Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted.

Mr. Johnson, from the same committee, also made a report on the petition of Thomas King, referred on the twenty seventh ultimo, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

The House resumed the consideration of the mes. sage from the Senate, adhering to their amendments to the bill, entitled "An act respecting the commer. cial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and for other purposes."

A motion was made by Mr. Love, and seconded, that the further consideration of the said amendments be postponed until Tuesday next.

And the question being taken thereon,

It was resolved in the affirmative,

Yeas 62.

Nays 56.

The yeas and nay's being demanded by one fifth of

the members present,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Lemuel J. Alston,

Willis Alston, junior,

William Anderson,

Burwell Bassett,

Adam Boyd,

John Brown,

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Edward Coles, his Secretary, who delivered in the same, and then withdrew.

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

Mr. Speaker: The Senate recede from their se cond, sixth, and seventh amendments to the bill, en titled "An act providing for the third census or enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States," and also recede from their fourth amendment to the said bill, with a modification: And then he withdrew.

An engrossed bill authorizing a detachment from the militia of the United States, was read the third time.

And on the question that the same do pass,

It was resolved in the affirmative, S Yeas 70.

Nays 47.

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are