Yeas.—Messrs. Anderson, Bibb, Bradley, Campbell of Ohio, Campbell of Tennessee, Condit, Crawford, Cutts, Franklin, Gaillard, German, Gilman, Gregg, Horsey, Howell, Leib, Lloyd, Pope, Reed, Robinson, Smith of New York, Tait, Taylor, Turner, Varnum, and Worthington.
Nays.—Messrs. Dana, Goodrich, Hunter, and Lambert.
Rangers for the Frontier.
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the bill authorizing the President of the United States to raise certain companies of spies or rangers for the protection of the frontier of the United States; and the bill was amended; and the President reported it to the House accordingly.
On the question, Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time as amended? it was determined in the affirmative.
Tuesday, December 24.
Hudson River and Lake Ontario Canal.
The following Message was received from the President of the United States:
To the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States: