John G. Davis,

Schuyler Colfax,
Charles Case,
John U. Pettit.

Ellihu B. Washburne,
Owen Lovejoy,
Isaac N. Morris,
John A. McClernand,
James C. Robinson,
Philip B. Fouke,
John A. Logan.

Thomas L. Anderson,
John B. Clark,
James Craig,

Samuel H. Woodson,

John S. Phelps,
John W. Noell.

Albert Rust.

(William A. Howard,

Francis W. Kellogg,
De Witt C. Leach.

George S. Hawkins.

....

John F. Potter,

Cadwalader C. Washburn,

Charles H. Larrabee.

John C. Burch.

Cyrus Aldrich,

William Windom.

Lansing Stout.

The following new members also appeared, were sworn to support the Constitution of the United States, and took their seats, viz: From the State of Kentucky, John Young Brown.

From the State of Missouri, J. R. Barrett, in the place of Francis P. Blair, jr., resigned.

From the State of Pennsylvania, Jacob K. McKenty, in the place of John Schwartz, deceased.

Miguel A. Otero, a delegate from the Territory of New Mexico, William H. Hooper, a delegate from the Territory of Utah, Isaac I. Stevens, a delegate from the Territory of Washington, and Marcus J. Parrott, a delegate from the Territory of Kansas, also appeared and took their seats.

On motion of Mr. Grow,

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate that a quorum of the

House of Representatives has assembled, and is ready to proceed to business.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Hickey, their Chief Clerk: Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate has assembled, and that the Senate is ready to proceed to business. The Senate has adopted a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee consisting of three members to join such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives to wait on the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of each house has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased tɔ make; and have appointed Mr. Bigler, Mr. Mason, and Mr. Collamer the committee on the part of the Senate.

Mr. Moorhead submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz:

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 upon the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of the two houses of Congress has assembled, and that Congress is prepared to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.

Ordered, That Mr. Moorhead, Mr. Bocock, and Mr. Green Adams be appointed the said committee on the part of the House. Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Florence,

Ordered, That the daily hour of the meeting of the House, until otherwise ordered, be fixed at 12 o'clock m.

Mr. Sherman submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and, under the operation of the previous question, agreed to, viz:

Resolved, That the Clerk of the House place in a box the name of each member and delegate of the House of Representatives written on a separate slip of paper; that he then proceed, in the presence of the House, to draw from said box, one at a time, the said slips of paper; and as each is drawn, he shall announce the name of the member or delegate upon it, who shall choose his seat for the present session: Provided, That before said drawing shall commence, the Speaker shall cause every seat to be vacated, and shall see that every seat continues vacant until it is selected under this order; and that every seat, after having been selected, shall be deemed vacant if left unoccupied before the calling of the roll is finished.

Under the foregoing resolution, seats were then selected by each member and delegate who was present.

On motion of Mr. Israel Washburn, jr., by unanimous consent, he was excused from further service on the Committee of Ways and Means.

The Speaker appointed Mr. William A. Howard, of Michigan, to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby.

On motion of Mr. McPherson, by unanimous consent, he was ex

cused from further service on the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.

The Speaker appointed Mr. Jacob K. McKenty, of Pennsylvania, to fill the vacancy occasioned thereby.

The Speaker also appointed Mr. Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania, to fill the vacancy in the Committee on Naval Affairs, occasioned by the death of Mr. Schwartz; and Mr. J. R. Barrett, of Missouri, to fill the vacancy in the Committee on Public Lands, occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Francis P. Blair, jr.

Mr. Grow called up the motion submitted by him at the last session to reconsider the vote by which the bill of the House (H. R. 24) to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, and moved the previous question thereon.

Pending which,

On motion of Mr. Ellihu B. Washburne, at 1 o'clock and 25 minutes p. m., the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1860.

Several other members appeared, viz:

From the State of Virginia, Shelton F. Leake.
From the State of Maryland, Edwin H. Webster.
From the State of North Carolina, Zebulon B. Vance.
From the State of Massachusetts, Daniel W. Gooch.
From the State of New York, Thomas J. Barr.
From the State of Mississippi, Reuben Davis.
From the State of Illinois, William Kellogg.
From the State of Pennsylvania, Samuel S. Blair.

The following petitions were laid upon the Clerk's table, under the twenty-fourth rule of the House, to wit:

By Mr. William Smith: The petition of C. W. C. Dunnington, praying compensation for services rendered as superintendent of the government gas lamps; which was referred to the Committee of Claims.

By Mr. Pennington: The petition of Sally Rowley, heir of Squire Horton, praying for a pension for services rendered by her father in the revolutionary war; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

By Mr. McPherson: The petitions of Juliana Watts and Juliana McCampbell, of Pennsylvania, heirs of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Miller, praying that they may be placed on the same footing as was intended by the act of 1818, in regard to officers in service at the close of the war; which was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Claims.

The Speaker, by unanimous consent, laid before the House a copy of the estimates of appropriations; which was referred to the Committee of Ways and Means.

Notices were given, under the rules, of motions for leave to introduce bills and a joint resolution, as follows, viz: