From the State of- 'NEW YORK [Henry C. Murphy, David L. Seymour, Daniel D. Barnard, Charles Rogers, Lemuel Stetson, Chesselden Ellis, Charles S. Benton, Horace Wheaton, George Rathbun, Amasa Dana, NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA Byram Green, William S. Hubbell, Asher Tyler, William A. Moseley, Albert Smith. Isaac G. Farlee, Edward Joy Morris, Abraham R. McIlvaine, Jeremiah Brown, John Ritter, Richard Brodhead, Benjamin A. Bidlack, George Fuller, James Pollock, Alexander Ramsey, Henry Nes, James Black, James Irvin, Andrew Stewart, Henry D. Foster, John Dickey, Cornelius Darragh, Samuel Hays, Joseph Buffington. From the State of— DELAWARE MARYLAND VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA KENTUCKY TENNESSEE George B. Rodney. John M. S. Causin, John P. Kennedy, Willoughby Newton, Augustus A. Chapman, George W. Hopkins, Lewis Steenrod. (Thomas L. Clingman, Daniel M. Barringer, David S. Reid, Romulus M. Saunders, James J. McKay, John R. J. Daniel, Archibald H. Arrington. James A. Black, Isaac E. Holmes, Edward J. Black, Hugh A. Haralson, William H. Stiles. Linn Boyd, Henry Grider, George Alfred Caldwell, James W. Stone, John White, William P. Thomasson, Garrett Davis, Richard French, Andrew Johnson, From the State of— TENNESSEE-Continued OHIO LOUISIANA INDIANA MISSISSIPPI ILLINOIS ALABAMA Ezra Dean, Joshua R. Giddings, Edward S. Hamlin. John Slidell, Robert Dale Owen, Jacob Thompson. (Robert Smith, John A. McClernand, William L. Yancey, Several new members appeared, were sworn to support the constitution of the United States, and took their seats, viz: From the State of Maine, Benjamin White. From the State of New York, Levi D. Carpenter, in the place of Samuel Beardsley. From the State of Pennsylvania, George Fuller, in the place of Almon H. Read. From the State of Ohio, Edward S. Hamlin and Alfred P. Stone, in place of Henry R. Brinkerhoff and Heman Allen Moore. From the State of Alabama, William L. Yancey, in the place of Dixon H. Lewis. From the State of Louisiana, Isaac E. Morse, in the place of Peter E. Bossier. On motion of Mr. Hopkins, it was Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, informing that body that a quorum of the House of Representatives is assembled, and that the House is ready to proceed to business; and that the Clerk do go with the said message. On motion of Mr. Cave Johnson, it was Resolved, That a committee be appointed, on the part of this House, to join such committee as may be 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 that Congress is now ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make. Mr. Cave Johnson and Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll were appointed of the said committee on the part of this House. Mr. Holmes (by leave) moved the following resolution: Resolved, (provided the Senate concur,) That two chaplains of different denominations be elected by Congress, one by each house, to serve during the present session, who shall interchange weekly. A motion was made by Mr. Pettit that the said resolution be amended, by adding thereto the following: Provided, That such chaplains shall look to the members of the two houses of Congress for their compensation, and that the United States shall not be liable for their salaries or any part thereof. And, after debate, The previous question was moved by Mr. McConnell, and seconded; and the main question was ordered and put, first, Will the House agree to the said amendment? The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are— Mr. Amos Abbott John Quincy Adams Archibald Atkinson Daniel M. Barringer Elias Florence Solomon Foot Mr. Richard French George Fuller Willoughby Newton So the said amendment was rejected. Mr. Moses Norris, jr. John Pettit Mr. William W. Payne Alexander H. Stephens Lemuel Stetson Andrew Stewart William H. Stiles And the said resolution, as moved by Mr. Holmes, was then agreed to. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. |