JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Congress of the United States, BEGUN and held at the city of Washington, in the district of Columbia, on Monday, the 6th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1818, being the Second Session of the THIRTEENTH CONGRESS, held under the constitution of government of the United States: On which day, being the day appointed by law for the meeting of Congress, Henry Clay, the Speaker, and the following members of the House of Representatives, appeared and took their seats, to wit: From NEW HAMPSHIRE, From MASSACHUSETTS, From CONNECTICUT, From VERMONT, Roger Vose. Nathaniel Ruggles, Epaphroditus Champion, Jonathan O. Moseley, William C. Bradley, From NEW YORK, From NEW JERSEY, From PENNSYLVANIA, From DELAWARE, Daniel Avery, Oliver C. Comstock, Thomas P. Grosvenor, Moss Kent, John Lefferts, John Lovett, Lewis Condict, James Schureman, William Anderson, David Bard, Robert Brown, John Conard, William Crawford, Roger Davis, William Findley, Hugh Glasgow, Charles Jared Ingersoll, Samuel D. Ingham, Aaron Lyle, William Piper, Jonathan Roberts, Isaac Smith, Adamson Tannehill, Thomas Wilson. <Thomas Cooper. From MARYLAND, From VIRGINIA, From NORTH CAROLINA, From SOUTH CAROLINA, From GEORGIA, From KENTUCKY. From TENNESSEE, Stevenson Archer, Alexander M.Kim, Joseph Lewis, junior, John Smith, Francis White. Willis Alston, William Barnett, George M. Troup. Joseph Desha, William P. Duvall, Thomas Montgomery, John H. Bowen, Thomas K. Harris, Perry W. Humphreys, John Rhea From Onio, From LOUISIANA, John Alexander, Rezin Beall, James Caldwell, William Creighton, junior, <Thomas Bolling Robertson. Two new members from Pennsylvania, to wit: Daniel Udrec and Edward Crouch, elected to supply the vacancies occasioned by the resiguation of John M. Hyneman and John Gloninger, appeared, produced their credentials and took their seats, and were qualified according to law. And a quorum consisting of a majority of the whole number of members being present, Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith. Jonathan Jennings, the delegate from the territory of Indiana, Edward Hempstead, the delegate from the territory of Missouri, and Shadrack Bond, the delegate from the territory of Illinois, severally appeared and took their seats. William Lattimore, appeared and produced his credentials as the delegate from the territory of Mississippi, and took his seat, being previously qualified by the Speaker according to law. On motion of Mr. Findley, be Ordered, That a committee be appointed on the part of this House, to join such committee as may appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled and ready to receive any communications that he may think proper to make to them. Mr. Findley and Mr. Stockton were appointed the said committee on the part of this House. Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith. On motion of Mr. Findley, Ordered, That the Clerk be directed to procure newspapers from any number of offices that the members shall elect, provided that the expense do not exceed the amount of three daily papers. A message from the Senate by Mr. Otis, their Secretary. Mr. Speaker: The Senate have formed a quorum, and in the absence of the Vice-President they have elected Joseph B. Varnum, a Senator from Massachusetts, their president pro tempore. And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning, eleven o'clock. TUESDAY, December 7, 1818. Several other members, to wit: from Massachusetts, Timothy Pickering and Laban Wheaton; from Vermont, William Strong; from Rhode Island, Richard Jackson, junior; from Connecticut, Benjamin Tallmadge; from New York, Thomas I. Oakley; from Maryland, Alexander C. Hanson; from Virginia, John Clopton and Hugh Caperton; from North Carolina, Richard Stanford and Meshack Franklin; from South Carolina, John C. Calhoun, and from Tennessee, John Sevier, severally appeared and took their seats. A message from the Senate by Mr. Otis, their Secretary. Mr. Speaker: The Senate have appointed a committee on their part to join the committee appointed on the part of this House, to wait on the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled and ready to receive any communications he may think proper to make to them. Mr. Findley, from the joint committee appointed to wait on the President of the United States, reported, that the committee had performed that service, and that the President answered, that he would make a communication this day at twelve o'clock. |