A division of the question was called for; and being taken on striking out,

It was determined in the affirmative.

A motion was made by Mr. Ruggles to amend the amendment proposed to be inserted, by striking out the following clause: " it being hereby declared that such transfer is not to be considered as the expression of an opinion on the part of the Senate, of the propriety of the said message, or of the language used, the principles avowed, or measures suggested in said instructions;"

And it was determined in the negative: Yeas, 13; Nays, 10.

On motion by Mr. Chase,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are-Messrs. Barton, Burnet, Chase, Foot, Hendricks, Marks, Noble, Robbins, Ruggles, Sanford, Seymour, Webster, Willey.

Those who voted in the negative, are-Messrs. Barnard, Benton, Bibb, Dickerson, Dudley, Iredell, Kane, King, Livingston, McKinley, McLane, of Delaware, McLean, of Illinois, Rowan, Smith, of Maryland, Smith, of South Carolina, Tazewell, Tyler, White, Woodbury.

A motion was made by Mr. Webster to amend the proposed amendment, by inserting after the word "propriety," the words "or impropriety;" And it was determined in the affirmative: Yeas, 21; Nays, 11.

On motion by Mr. Webster,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are-- Messrs. Barnard, Barton, Benton, Burnet, Chase, Dickerson, Dudley, Foot, Hendricks, Iredell, McLane, of Delaware, Marks, Noble, Robbins, Rowan, Ruggles, Sanford, Seymour, Webster, Willey, Woodbury.

Those who voted in the negative, are-Messrs. Bibb, Kane, King, Livingston, McKinley, McLean, of Illinois, Smith, of Maryland, Smith, of South Carolina, Tazewell, Tyler, White.

The amendment, thus amended, was then agreed to.

On the question to agree to the original motion, as amended,
It was determined in the affirmative: Yeas, 22; Nays, 10.

On motion by Mr. King,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are-Messrs. Barnard, Barton, Benton, Bibb, Burnet, Chase, Dickerson, Dudley, Foot, Hendricks, Iredell, King, McKinley, McLane, of Delaware, Marks, Noble, Robbins, Ruggles, Sanford, Seymour, Webster, Willey.

Those who voted in the negative, are-Messrs. Livingston, McLean, of Illinois, Rowan, Smith, of Maryland, Smith, of South Carolina, Tazewell, Tyler, White, Woodbury.

So the resolution was agreed to, as follows:

The late President of the United States having, by his message of the 3d March, 1829, communicated to the Senate a copy of the instructions to the Ministers of the United States, appointed to attend at the Assembly of American Plenipotentiaries, first held at Panama, and thence transferred to Tacubaya, with "a view to their general publication," which is claimed by him as an act of "justice to the government from which they emanated:" Therefore, resolved, That the said message, and documents accompanying it, as containing the views of the late Executive, be transferred to the Legis

lative Journal of the Senate; it being hereby declared that such transfer is not to be considered as the expression of an opinion on the part of the Senate, of the propriety or impropriety of the said message, or of the language used, the principles avowed, or measures suggested in said instructions. On motion by Mr. Tazewell,

Ordered, That the proceedings of the Senate, on the subject of the message transmitting the instructions to the Ministers of the United States at the Congress of Panama, be transferred to the Legislative Journal;

On motion by Mr. Seymour,

That the message and the instructions be printed:

It was determined in the negative: Yeas, 13; Nays, 18.

On motion by Mr. King,

The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the Senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative, are-Messrs. Barnard, Barton, Burnet, Chase, Foot, Hendricks, Marks, Noble, Robbins, Sanford, Seymour, Webster, Willey.

Those who voted in the negative, are-Messrs. Benton, Bibb, Dickerson, Dudley, Iredell, Kane, King, Livingston, McKinley, McLane, of Delaware, McLean, of Illinois, Rowan, Smith, of Maryland, Smith, of South Carolina, Tazewell, Tyler, White, Woodbury.

The following motion, submitted by Mr. Sanford, was agreed to:

Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to wait on the President of the United States, and inform him that the Senate is ready to adjourn, if he has no farther communication to make.

Ordered, That Mr. Sanford and Mr. Dickerson be the Committee.

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1829.

Mr. Sanford, from the Committee appointed to wait on the President of the United States and inform him of the intended recess, reported that they had performed the duty assigned them, and that the President replied that he had no further communication to make.

[After the consideration of Executive business,] The Senate adjourned, sine die.

Senators of the United States whose seats will become vacant in

LIST OF ACTS

Passed at the Second Session of the Twentieth Congress.

An act making appropriations for the support of the Government, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

An act to preserve from injury and waste, the School Lands in the Territory of less Arkansas.

An act for the relief of John B. Lemaitre, Jun.

An act extending the time within which merchandise may be exported with the benefit of drawback.

An act restricting the location of certain land claims in the Territory of Arkansas, and for other purposes.

An act to allow a salary to the Marshal of the district of Connecticut.

An act allowing an additional drawback on Sugar refined in the United States, and exported therefrom.

An act to establish a Port of Entry at Magnolia, in Florida..

An act to authorize the citizens of the Territories of Arkansas and Florida, to elect their Officers, and for other purposes.

An act in addition to the act, entitled "An act to amend the Judicial System of the United States."

An act to allow a salary to the Marshal of the Eastern District of Virginia. An act for altering the times for holding the Sessions of the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Georgia, at the places provided by law.

An act to amend an act, entitled "An act for the better organization of the Medical Department of the Navy," approved 24th May, 1828.

An act for the relief of Daniel Goodwin, executor of Benjamin Goodwin, deceased.

An act to allow further time to complete the issuing and locating of Military Land Warrants.

An act authorizing the laying off a town on Bean river, in the State of Illinois, and for other puposes.

An act releasing the lien of the United States, upon a part of the land of Benjamin Owens, in Anne Arundel County, State of Maryland, to the Trustees of Mount Zion Meeting House, in said County and State.

An act for the relief of Robert L. Kennon.

An act for the relief of Augustus Aspinwall.

An act to authorize the appointment of a Surveyor for the Virginia Military District, in the State of Ohio.

An act to alter the time of holding the Sixth Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina.

An act for the relief of Jacob Rentleman.

An act to provide for the purchase and distribution of certain copies of the Digest of the Laws of the United States, by Thomas F. Gordon.

An act making additional appropriations for the payment of the Revolutionary and other Pensioners of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

An act making appropriations for building light-houses and beacons, and placing buoys, and for improving harbors, and directing surveys.

An act for the relief of the heirs of John Gywnn.

An act to continue the present mode of supplying the Army of the United States.

An act making additional appropriations for certain fortifications of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

An act for the relief of the Navy Hospital Fund.

An act for the benefit of the Trustees of the Valley Creek Academy, in the State of Alabama.

An act making additional appropriations for the support of Government, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

An act making additional appropriation for the Military service of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. An act for the relief of John Smith T. and Wilson P. Hunt.

An act authorizing the subscription of Stock in the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company, and in the Dismal Swamp Canal Company.

An act making provision for the payment of Pensions to the widow or children of pensioners, in certain cases, and for other purposes.

An act to authorize the establishment of a Town on land reserved for the use of Schools, and to direct the manner of disposing of certain reserved quarter sections of land for the Seat of Government in Florida.

An act providing for the printing and binding sixty thousand copies of the abstract of Infantry Tactics; including Manoeuvres of Light Infantry and Riflemen, and for other purposes.

An act for the construction of the Cumberland road westwardly of Zanesville. An act for the continuation of the Cumberland road.

An act making appropriations for completing certain roads, and for making examinations and surveys.

An act to authorize a subscription for stock, on the part of the United States, in the Louisville and Portland Canal Company.

An act making additional appropriations for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine. An act confirming the reports of the Register and Receiver of the Land Office for the District of Saint Stephens, in the State of Alabama, and for other purposes.

An act for the relief of William Otis.

An act for the relief of George Wilson, of Pennsylvania.

An act to provide for the apprehension and delivery of deserters, from certain foreign vessels in the ports of the United States.

An act making appropriations for the Indian Department, for the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

An act making appropriations for the erection and completion of certain barracks and quarters, and for other purposes.

An act for the relief of Thomas Griffin.

An act making appropriations for carrying into effect certain treaties with Indian tribes, and. for holding a treaty with the Potawatamies.

An act for the relief of Samuel Chesnut.

An act or the relief of the representatives of James A. Harper, deceased. An act making appropriations for the public buildings, and for other purposes An act to incorporate the Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Steam Packet Company.