determine; and there shall be levied, collected, and paid in lieu thereof, the several and specific duties hereinafter mentioned; that is to say; on iron in pigs, fifty cents per hundred weight; on iron castings, seventy-five cents per hundred weight; on nails four cents per pound; on spikes, three cents per pound; on iron in bars and bolts, manufactured without rolling, one dollar per hundred weight; on anchors, two cents per pound; and on alum, two dollars per hundred weight."

A motion was made by Mr. Lowndes, further to amend the said bill, by striking out from the 1st section thereof these words, viz. "manufactured without rolling;" which motion was rejected by the House.

A motion was then made by Mr. Butler, to amend the same section by striking out these words, "one dollar." And the question being taken thereon,

Yeas............50.

It was determined in the negative, Nay....82.

Nays............82.

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

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

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

The amendments reported to the bill to increase the duties on certain manufactured articles imported into the United States, were read and concurred in by the House, and the said bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time to morrow.

A motion was made by Mr. Thomas M. Nelson, that during the remainder of the session the House will adjourn to meet at 10 o'clock A. M.

And the question being taken thereon,

It was determined in the negative.

And then the House adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, April 15, 1818.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary. Mr. Speaker: The Senate disagree to the amendment proposed by this House, to their bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Isaac Briggs;" and they have receded from their 7th amendment to the bill of this House, entitled "An act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes;" and they insist on their 8th amendment to the said bill. And then he withdrew.

Ordered, That Mr. Edwards have leave of absence from the service of this House from Friday next, and Mr. Allen of Massachusetts, from this day, for the remainder of the session.

Mr.Herbert, presented a petition of Lavinia Gassaway, widow of Henry Gassaway, deceased, a lieutenant in the army of the revolution, praying to be allowed and paid such sum as may be due for the services of the deceased in the capacity aforesaid.

Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims.

Mr. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, from the joint committee for Enrolled Bills, reported, that the committee had examined enrolled bills of the following titles, to wit:

An act for the relief of Michael Jones.

An act directing the manner of appointing Indian agents, and continuing the act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes.

An act regulating the pay and emoluments of brevet officers. An act in addition to an act giving pensions to the orphans and widows of persons slain in the public or private armed vessels of the United States; and,

An act for the relief of the legal representatives of George Pearson, and had found the same to be truly enrolled: when, The Speaker signed the said bills.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, from the committee of Claims, to which was referred the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act for the relief of John Hall, late a major of marines," reported the same without amendment.

Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the committee of the whole, to which is committed the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act for the relief of Richard M. Johnson."

Mr. Williams, also, reported a bill for transferring the claims in the office of the commissioner to the third auditor of the Treasury Department; which was read the first and second time, and also committed to the committee of the whole House last mentioned.

Mr. Lowndes, from the committee of Ways and Means, made a report on the petition of Manuel Torres, which was read; and the resolution therein contained was concurred in by the House, as follows, to wit:

Resolved, That the committee be discharged from the further consideration of the petition.

Mr. Pindall, from the conferees appointed on the part of this House, to attend a conference with the conferees on the part of the Senate, on the disagreeing vote of the two houses, on an amendment proposed by this House to the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to make valid certain acts of the justices of the peace in the District of Columbia," reported, that the conferees of the two Houses had been unable to come to any agreement upon the subject committed to them, and moved that the House adhere to their said amendment; when it was,

On motion of Mr. Bassett,

Ordered, That the said bill be postponed indefinitely.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Pope, from the committee to whom was referred, yesterday, the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act to enable the people of the Illinois territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state

into the Union on an equal footing with the original states," reported the agreement of the committee to the said amendments. The said amendments were then read and concurred in by the House.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

Mr. Forsyth, from the committee on Foreign Relations, to whom were referred the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and to repeal the acts therein mentioned," reported their agreement to the said amendments, except one, to which they have disagreed.

Ordered, That the said bill and amendments lie on the table. A motion was made by Mr. Bassett, that the House do now proceed to consider the unfavorable report of the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the petition of Richard G. Morriss; which motion was rejected by the House.

The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act in addition to An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States," was read the second time and referred to the committee on the Judiciary.

Ordered, That the committee of the whole, to which are committed the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled "An act fixing the compensation of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, and of the clerks einployed in their offices;" and the bill to regulate and fix the compensation of clerks in the different offices, be discharged, and that they be committed to the committee of the whole, to which is committed the bill supplementary to the several acts making appropriations for the year 1818.

Mr. Scott gave notice that he would, on to-morrow, move the House for leave to bring in a bill to suspend the sales of certain lands in the state of Louisiana and territory of Missouri.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary: Mr. Speaker: The Senate have received official information that the President of the United States did, on the 11th instant, approve and sign,

An act for the relief of Ashael Clark.

An act to provide for paying to the state of Indiana three per cent. of the nett proceeds arising from the sales of the United States' lands within the same.

An act to extend the time for locating Virginia military land warrants and for returning the surveys thereon to the General Land Office, and for designating the western boundary line of the Virginia military tract; and,

An act for the relief of Lemuel H. Osgood.

On the 13th instant,

An act to incorporate the Mechanic Relief Society of A'exan

And on the 14th instant,

An act to regulate the staff of the army.

An act to repeal part of the act, entitled "An act to provide for surveying the coasts of the United States;" and,

An act in addition to an act, entitled "An act for the relief of John Thompson."

The Senate have rejected bills of this House of the following titles, to wit:

wit:

An act for the relief of John Anderson; and,

An act for the relief of Gad Worthington.

They have passed bills of this House, of the following titles, to

An act to establish a port of entry and delivery at Cape Vincent, at the fork of Lake Ontario, and the head of the river St. Lawrence.

An act to abolish the port of delivery established at the mouth of Slade's Creek, in the state of North Carolina.

An act for the relief of Seth Sprague and others.

An act for the relief of major general Jacob Brown.

An act fixing the time for the next meeting of Congress; and, An act for the relief of Thomas Miller and Stephen Baker, with amendments to the three latter.

They have also passed bills of the following titles, to wit: An act concerning tonnage and discriminating duties in certain cases.

An act authorizing a subscription for the Statistical Annals, by Adam Seybert, and the purchase of Pitkin's Commercial Statistics. An act fixing the compensation of Indian agents and factors; in which amendments and bills they ask the concurrence of this House. And then he withdrew.

The House took up and proceeded to consider the bill from the Senate, entitled "An act in addition to An act to prohibit the introduction of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the 1st day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1808,' and to repeal certain parts of the same;" and the amendments agreed to on the 13th instant; were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time to-day.

The bill from the Senate, entitled "An act to suspend, for a limited time, the sale or forfeiture of lands for failure in completing the payment thereon;" was read the third time and passed.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.
Epgrossed bills of the following titles, to wit:

An act to increase the compensation of deputy postmasters in certain cases.

An act making the port of Bath in Massachusetts, a port of entry for ships or vessels arriving from the Cape of Good Hope, and fron places beyond the same, and for establishing a district whereof Belfast shall be the port of entry.

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