And the yeas and nays being required on the main question, by one fifth of the senators present,

It passed in the affirmative, yeas 18, nays 9.

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

So leave was given to bring in the bill, and it was read the first time.

On motion,

The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1805.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Beckley, their clerk :

Mr. President-The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Theodorick Armistead," in which

they ask the concurrence of the Senate: And

he withdrew.

The bill was read.

Ordered, That it pass to the second read. ing.

Mr. Logan gave notice, that he should to morrow ask leave to bring in a bill, to suspend the commercial intercourse between the United States of America and the French Island of St. Domingo.

On motion,

The bill to prohibit the importation of slaves, into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1808, was read the second time.

On motion,

Ordered, That the further consideration of this bill be postponed to the first Monday in December next.

After the consideration of the executive business,

On motion,

The Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to.morrow morning.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1805.

The bill, entitled "An act for the relief of Theodorick Armistead," was read the second time.

Ordered, That it be referred to Mr. Tracy, Mr. Baldwin, and Mr. Anderson, to consider and report thercon.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Beckley, their clerk :

Mr. President-The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled "An act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States, during the revolutionary war;" also a bill, entitled “An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act regulating the grants of land appropriated for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia;" in which bills they desire the concurrence of the Senate: and he withdrew.

The bills last mentioned were read.

Ordered, That they severally pass to the second reading.

Mr. Tracy reported from the committee, appointed on the 5th instant, to examine the act to enable the people of the eastern division of the territory north west of the river Ohio, to form a constitution ard state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states; and for other purposes: and the report was read, and

Ordered, That it lie for consideration.

Mr. Tracy, also, from the committee last mentioned, reported a bill to regulate the lay.. ing out and making a road from Cumberland, in the state of Maryland, to the state of Ohio: and the bill was read,

ing.

Ordered, That it pass to the second read

Mr. Bradley submitted the following reso lutions, which were read, and,

Ordered, That they lie for consideration: Resolved, That one or more land offices be opened, for the sale of the lands of the United States, on which the Indian title shall have been extinguished, in the state of Tennessee.

Resolved, That commissioners be appointed with ample powers to settle ail disputes, relative to the lands ceded by North Carolina to the United States, and to quiet all claims agreeable to the conditions of the cession.

Resolved, After satisfying all just claims, and the expenscs incident thereto, that one part of all the public lands belonging to the United States, within the limits aforesaid, ought to be appropriated for the use of a college or university in said state, forever: one part for the use of schools for the instruction of children, forever: and five per cent. on the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands, for the purpose of making roads: Provided, the

state of North Carolina shall consent to the ap. propriation aforesaid.

After the consideration of the executive business, the Senate adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20th, 1805.

The honorable John Smith, from the state of New York, attended.

The bill, entitled "An act making provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds, received in the actual service of the United States, during the revolutionary war," was read the second time.

Ordered, That it be referred to Mr. Anderson, Mr. Tracy, and Mr. Baldwin, to consider and report thereon.

The bill, entitled "An act supplementary to the act, entitled An act regulating the grants of land appropriated for the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia," was read the second time.

Ordered, That it be referred to Mr. Bradley, Mr. Baldwin, and Mr. Tracy, to consider and report thereon.

The bill, to regulate the laying out, and making a road from Cumberland, in the state of Maryland, to the state of Ohio, was read the second time; and