From VIRGINIA,

From NORTH CAROLINA,

Burwell Bassett,
John Claiborne,
John Clopton,
John Dawson,
John W. Eppes,
James M. Garnett,
Peterson Goodwyn,
David Holmes,
Walter Jones,
Joseph Lewis, junior,
Thonias Newton, junior,
John Randolph.

Villis Alston, junior,
Thomas Kenan,
Duncan Mac Farland,
Nathaniel Macon, (Speaker.)
Richard Stanford,
Joseph Winston,
Thomas Wynns.

Two new members, to wit, from Connecticut, Theodore Dwight, returned to serve in this House, as a member for the said state, in the room of John Cotton Smith, who has resigned his seat; and from Vir. ginia, William A. Burwell, returned to serve in this House, as a member for the said state, in the room of Christopher Clarke, who has resigned his seat, appeared, produced their credentials, and took their seats in the House; the oath to support the constitu. tion of the United States being first administered to them by Mr. Speaker, according to law.

Daniel Clark, returned to serve as a delegate from the Orleans territory of the United States, appeared, produced his credentials, and took his seat in the House; the oath to support the constitution of the United States being first administered to him by Mr. Speaker, according to law.

And a quorum, consisting of a majority of the whole number being present,

Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate to inform them that a quorum of this House is assembled, and ready to proceed to business, and that the Clerk of this House do go with the said message.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary.

Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform this House that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, and ready to proceed to business. And then he withdrew.

On motion,

Resolved, That Mr. Dawson and Mr. George W. Campbell, be appointed a committee, on the part of this House, jointly with 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 ready to receive any communications he may be pleased to make to them.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House do acquaint the Senate therewith.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary.

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have appointed a committec on their part, jointly with 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 be pleased to make to them: And then he withdrew.

Ordered, That a Committee of Elections be appointed, pursuant to the standing rules and orders of the House;

And a committee was appointed of Mr. Findley, Mr. Elmer, Mr. Eppes, Mr. Chittenden, Mr. Schuneman, Mr. Bidwell, and Mr. Ellis.

Ordered, That a Committee of Claims be appointed, pursuant to the standing rules and orders of the House;

And a committce was appointed of Mr. Holmes, Mr. More, (of Maryland) Mr. Moore, (of South Carolina) Mr. Bedinger, Mr. Stanford, Mr. Stanton, and Mr. Tallmadge.

Ordered, That a Committee of Commerce and Manufactures be appointed, pursuant to the standing rules and orders of the House;

And a committee was appointed of Mr. Crowninshield, Mr. M'Crcery, Mr. Early, Mr. Dana, Mr. Newton, Mr. Marion, and Mr. Richards.

Ordered, That a Committee of Ways and Means be appointed, pursuant to the standing rules and orders of the House;

And a committee was appointed of Mr. Joseph Clay, Mr. Roger Nelson, Mr. Quincy, Mr. David R. Williams, Mr. Mosely, Mr. Garnett, and Mr. Meriwether.

Ordered, That a Committee on the Public Lands be appointed, pursuant to the standing rules and orders of the House;

And a committee was appointed of Mr. Boyle, Mr. Morrow, (of Ohio) Mr. Darby, Mr. Bassett, Mr. Russell, Mr. Campbell, (of Tennessee,) and Mr. Hastings.

Ordered, That a Committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business be appointed, pursuant to the standing rules and orders of the House;

And a committee was appointed of Mr. Tenney, Mr. Alston, and Mr. Claiborne.

Ordered, That a Committee of Accounts be appointed, pursuant to the standing rules and orders of the House;

And a committee was appointed of Mr. Conrad, Mr. Davenport, and Mr. Cutts.

Ordered, That the Clerk of this House cause the members to be furnished, during the present session, with three news-papers to each member, such as the members, respectively, shall chuse, to be delivered at their lodgings; and that if any member shall chuse to take any news-paper, other than a daily paper, he shall be furnished with as many of such papers, as shall not exceed the price of a daily paper.

Mr. Dawson, from the joint committee appointed to wait on the President of the United States, and notify him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled, and ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make to them, reported, that the committee had, according to order, performed that service, and that the President signified to them, that he would make a communication, in writing, to this House, to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, by way of message.

Resolved, That unless otherwise ordered, the daily hour to which the House shall stand adjourned, during the present session, be eleven o'clock, in the fore

noon.

And then the House adjourned until to-morrow morning, eleven o'clock.

TUESDAY, December 2, 1806.

Several other members, to wit; from New-York, Henry W. Livingston and Uri Tracy; from Maryland, John Campbell; from Virginia, John Morrow, Thomas M. Randolph, John Smith, Philip R. Thompson, and Alexander Wilson; from North Carolina, James Holland; and from South Carolina, Elias Earle, appeared, and took their seats in the House.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Otis, their Secretary.

Mr. Speaker: The Senate have resolved that two chaplains of different denominations be appointed to Congress for the present session, one for each House, who shall interchange weekly: And then he withdrew.

Ordered, That the said message do lie on the table, A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Coles, his Secretary, as followeth :

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled.

IT would have given me, fellow citizens, great satisfaction to announce, in the moment of your meeting, that the difficulties in our foreign relations, ex. isting at the time of your last separation, had been amicably and justly terminated. I lost no time in taking those measures which were most likely to bring them to such a termination, by special missions, charged with such powers and instructions as, in the event of failure, could leave no imputation on either our moderation or forbearance. The delays which have since taken place in our negociations with the British government, appear to have proceeded from causes which do not forbid the expectation, that, during the course of the session, I may be enabled to lay before you their final issue. What will be that of the negociations for settling our differences with Spain, nothing which had taken place, at the date of the last dispatches, enables us to pronounce. On the western side of the Mississippi, she advanced in considerable force, and took post at the settlement of Bayou Pierre, on the Red river. This village was originally settled by France, was held by her as long as she held Louisiana, and was delivered to Spain only as a part of Louisiana. Being small, insulated, and distant, it was not observed, at the moment of redelivery to France and the United States, that she continued a guard of half a dozen men, which had been stationed there. A proposition, however, having been lately made, by our commander in chief, to assume the Sabine river as a temporary line of separation between the troops of the two nations, until the issue of our negociations shall be known, this has been referred by the Spa