And then the main question being taken, that the House do agree to the said resolu The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Thomas Blount, Benjamin Bourne, William J. Dawson, James Gillespie, James Gordon, Christopher Greenup, James Hillhouse, William Hindman, Amasa Learned, Richard Bland Lee, Matthew Locke, Nathaniel Macon, James Madison, Joseph M'Dowell, Alexander Mebane, William Montgomery, Peter Muhlenberg, Benjamin Williams, and A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary : Mr. Speaker: The Senate have passed a bill, entitled "An act in addition to the act for making further and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States;" to which they desire the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. On a motion made and seconded that the House do come to the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury furnish the Executives of the several States with a copy of the book marked A, deposited in the Treasury Department by the Commissioners who settled the accounts between the individual States and the United States: Ordered, That the said motion be committed to Mr. Macon, Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. Hillhouse. The several orders of the day were further postponed until to-morrow. TUESDAY, MAY 13. An engrossed bill for the relief of Reuben Smith and Nathan Strong was read the third time. Resolved, That the said bill do pass, and that the title be, "An act for the relief of Reuben Smith and Nathan Strong." 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 in addition to the Act for making further and more effectual provision for the protection of the frontiers of the United States," was read the first time. On motion, The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. William Smith, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill laying additional duties on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels; which was received, and read the first time. On motion, The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committce of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. New, from the Joint Committee for Enrolled Bills, reported that the committee did, yesterday, wait on the President of the United States, and present for his approbation an enrolled bill, entitled "An act to erect a light-house on the head-land of Cape Hatteras, and a lighted beacon on Shell Castle Island, in the harbor of Occacock, in the State of North Carolina." Mr. Walker, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill for determining the Northern boundary of the Territory ceded to the United States by the State of North Carolina; which was received, and read the first time. On motion, The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform this House that the President of the United States did, this day, approve and sign an act which originated in the Senate, entitled "An act to erect a light-house on the head-land of Cape Hatteras, and a lighted beacon on Shell Castle Island, in the harbor of Occacock, in the State of North Carolina." The Senate have also passed a bill, entitled "An act further to authorize the adjournment of Circuit Courts;" to which they desire the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew. Mr. Gordon, from the committee appointed, presented, according to order, a bill granting relief to James Bell; which was received, and read the first time. On motion, The said bill was read the second time, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Friday next. The House, according to the order of the day, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House on the bill making provision for the payment of the interest on the balances due to certain States, upon the final settlement of the accounts between the United States and the individual States; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Parker reported that the committee had, according to order, had the said bill under consideration, and made several amendments thereto; which he delivered in at the Clerk's table. Ordered, That the said bill, with the amendments, do lie on the table. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14. The bill sent from the Senate, entitled “An act further to authorize the adjournment of Circuit Courts," was read the first time. On motion, The said bill was read the second time; and On motion, The said bill was read the third time. Resolved, That the said bill do pass. Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith. A petition of Brown and Francis, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, merchants, was presented to the House and read, praying a remission of the duties accruing on a quantity of teas imported in the ship Washington, from Canton, in China, which were consumed by fire at Albany, in the State of New York, in a store-house in which they were deposited. Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House. A memorial of sundry manufacturers of tobacco and snuff, of the town of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, whose names are thereunto subscribed, was presented to the House and read, praying that the proposition now under the consideration of the House, for raising a revenue by an excise duty on the said articles, may not be passed. Ordered, That the said memorial do lie on the table. Mr. Ames, from the committee to whom was referred the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the petition of George Blanchard, in behalf of Edward Blanchard, made a report; which was read, and ordered to be committed to a Committee of the Whole House to-morrow. Mr. Heister, from the committee to whom was referred the memorial of Bartholomew Van Heer, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. On a motion made and seconded that the House do come to the following re solution: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury cause to be delivered to the Senators and Representatives of the State of South Carolina all the vouchers which were, by the Agent of the said State, lodged with the Commissioners for settling the accounts between the United States and the several States, and since deposited in the Trea sury, and which have been required by the Legislature of South Carolina: Ordered, That the said motion be committed to Mr. Clark, Mr. Benjamin Bourne, and Mr. Hunter. Mr. Lyman, from the committee appointed to select such parts of the confidential communications received from the President of the United States, on the twentyfourth of February last, as are proper to be made public, made a report; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table. The House proceeded to consider the amendments reported yesterday by the Com mittee of the Whole House to the bill making provision for the payment of the inte rest on the balances due to certain States, upon the final settlement of the accounts between the United States and the individual States, which lay on the table; and the said amendments being twice read at the Clerk's table, were, on the question severally put thereupon, agreed to by the House. A motion was made and seconded further to amend the said bill, by adding to the end thereof the following section, to wit: "And be it further enacted, That the balances reported by the said Commissioners, and carried to the debit of certain States, be, and the same are hereby, relinquished:" And on the question thereupon, The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Alexander Mebane, William Smith, Silas Talbot, George Thatcher, John E. Van Allen, Those who voted in the negative, are, Fisher Ames, Peleg Coffin, Joshua Coit, Samuel Griffin, John Heath, Daniel Heister, James Hillhouse, William Hindman, Amasa Learned, Peter Van Gaasbeck, Benjamin Williams, and William Lyman, James Madison, Francis Malbone, William Montgomery, Andrew Moore, Peter Muhlenberg, Joseph Neville, Francis Walker, Artemas Ward, and Another motion was then made, and the question being put, farther to amend the said bill by adding to the end thereof the following section, to wit: "And be it further enacted, That the payment of interest on the aforesaid balances out of the said fund, shall cease and determine, after the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight; and that, thereafter, the balances reported to be due by the said Commissioners from certain States, be appropriated for the payment of the interest and principal of the balances due to the said States:" The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Amasa Learned, William Lyman, Nathaniel Macon, Francis Malbone, Joseph McDowell, Benjamin Williams, Joseph Winston. And on the question, that the said bill, with the amendments agreed to, be engrossed, and read the third time, The previous question was called for by five members, to wit: "Shall the main question, that the said bill, with the amendments, be engrossed, and read the third time," be now put? And on the previous question "Shall the said main question be now put?" It was resolved in the affirmative, Yeas 2 Nays 52, 37. The yeas and nays being demanded by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative, aro, |