Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-04-06
FRIDAr, NEriL s.

thet dGg as relates to TIE Embargo.
A message was received from tic Sc
nate, notifying the House that the Sc
nate have passed the bill entitled can act
laying an embargo OH all ships and YES
sells in the ports and harbors OF TIC .. S.
for q limited time - with amendments,
in which they desired the concurrence OF
the House.
The House proceeded to consider The
amendments.
A motion was made by Mr.. Lewis that
the said bill and amendments be postpon-
ed indeGniteIy.an the question being TAX
ea it was determined in the negative.
Yeas 42 Nays re.
A motion was then made by Mr.. Smi-
lie that the house DO concur with the Sc
nate in their amendments to the bill.
Amotion was made by Mr.. Randolph
and seconded that TIC bill and amend
ments be postponed til Monday next.
A motion was made by Mr.. E,nott
that the said bill and amendments be post
9oned for thirty days, Which superseded
the motion Of Mr.. Randolph.
TIE previous question was called fer
! ,y Asr. Roberts and taken and carried liz
ske Affirmative Yeas-57 Nays III.
Tae Speaker then decided that the
main question 20 he now tut was "wili
the House n0w concur with the Senate in
in the amendments made 20 The D:l! aud
act upon TIC propos;;io, for postpone
mcEt.
From which decision Mr. Rar,ioIp;,
appealed, and on Tie question IS tbe ,:eei
sion Of the char correct? it was decided
in the affirmative.
MIR. Stanfor,; was then about TO debate
the question apo: concurrence with tho
Senate IN their amendments, when he was
stoppeti hy the spcate? and informed that
it was inati.a;ssib!c 10 discuss the qucs-
tiGn anu that Il must be forthwith put
without debate.
From WHICH decision CT The Speaker, an
appeal was aoyeG by AEr. Stanford, ard
tic question, is tj,e .'eoisioa Of chair cor-
recs? wag determined in The affirmative
| Yeas Sc Nays u.
A tli.;sicn % lie question was called
fci ~ .M". {'::tt;;..in: NheToHpon i. was TIA
ken ;Eyun cone'iI:'inS with ;!3e first aIaa&d
| meat Of the Senate, which amendment
proposes to strike ont tho word g sixty"
FOL: the purpose Of inserting 80 Ninety" SO
as 10 extend tie Duration OF the embargo
fgoa, Sixty to Ninety days, ana passed in
the aaf:TMati1e.-Yeas SO, Nays 50.
YEAs-Aj sto1,, Anderson, Bacon, Bard,
Bibb, BIackIedge, Boyd, Brown, Burwell,
Calhoun, Cheves, Crawford, Davis, Dawson,
Earle, Findley, Gho:son, Goodwin, Green,
Grundy, B. Hall, o. Hall, Harper, Hyne-
man, King, I.acock, Lefeyer, Little, Lyle,
Macon, M.Kisn, Morrow, Nelson, Newton,
Ormsby, Pickens, Piper, Peasants, Pond,
Porter, Rhea, Roane, Roberts, Sage, Seaver,
Sewer, Seybcrt, Smile, Stanford, Strong,
Taliaferro, Troup, Turner, Williams, Wild
gerry, W'inn-5o.
NAYs-Messrs. Archer, Baker, I'assett,
Bigelow, Blocker, Breckenridge, Brigham,
Butler, Champion, Chittenden, NJ. Clay, Da-
venport, Desha, Dinsmoor, Ely, Emott, Fitch,
Gold, Halves, Jackson, Johnson, Kent, Key,
Law, Lewis, Livingston, Lowndes, M'Bryde,
M'Kee, Metcaif, Minor, MitchilI, Mcseley,
New, Pearson, Pitkin. Potter, Quincy, Ran
dolph, Reed, Ridgley, Rodnian, Shefey,
G. Smith, J. Smith, Stuart, Sturges, Taggart,
Talimadge, Tracy, Wheaton, White, Wilson
SO.
The second and last amendment was
concurred in.
SATURDA1, APRIL A, 1879.
Mr.. Crawford from the committee of
enrolment, reported that the committee