French Spoliations.
Mr. Giles, from the committee appointed on the fifth of February last, to whom were referred the memorials and petitions of sundry citizens of the United States, and resident merchants therein, praying relief in the case of depredations committed on their vessels and cargoes, while in pursuit of lawful commerce, by the cruisers of the French Republic, during the late European war, made a report thereon; which was read, and ordered to lie on the table.
Friday, April 23.
Judiciary System.
The question was then put on the passage of the bill.
Mr. Bayard called for the yeas and nays, which were taken, and stood—yeas 46, nays 30, as follows:
Yeas.—Willis Alston, John Archer, John Bacon, Theodorus Bailey, Phanuel Bishop, Walter Bowie, Richard Brent, Robert Brown, William Butler, Thomas Claiborne, Matthew Clay, John Clopton, John Condit, Richard Cutts, John Dawson, William Dickson, Lucas Elmendorph, John Fowler, William B. Giles, Edwin Gray, John A. Hanna, Daniel Heister, William Helms, James Holland, David Holmes, Michael Leib, John Milledge, Anthony New, Joseph H. Nicholson, John Smilie, Israel Smith, John Smith, (of New York,) John Smith, (of Virginia,) Samuel Smith, Henry Southard, Richard Stanford, Joseph Stanton, jr., John Stewart, John Taliaferro, jr., Philip R. Thompson, Abram Trigg, John Trigg, Philip Van Cortlandt, John P. Van Ness, Isaac Van Horne, and Robert Williams.
Nays.—James A. Bayard, Thomas Boude, John Campbell, Manasseh Cutler, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, Thomas T. Davis, John Dennis, Ebenezer Elmer, Abiel Foster, Calvin Goddard, Roger Griswold, Seth Hastings, Archibald Henderson, Thomas Lowndes, Lewis R. Morris, Thomas Morris, James Mott, Thomas Plater, Nathan Read, John Stanley, John Stratton, Benjamin Tallmadge, Samuel Tenney, Thomas Tillinghast, George P. Upham, Peleg Wadsworth, Lemuel Williams, and Henry Woods.