Richmond Enquirer

session of the Seventeenth Congress, the two Houses assembled in their respective Chambers at the Capitol.

IN THE SENATE.

The President pro tem. (Mr. Gaillard, of South Carolina,) took the chair at a few minutes after 12 o'clock: and, on calling over the roll, it appeared that the following Members were present, viz.

From New Hampshire--Messrs. David L. Morril, John F. Parrott.
Rhode Island--Messrs. Nehemiah R. Knight, James D'Wolf.
Connecticut--Messrs. James Lanman, Elijah Boardman.
Vermont--Messrs. William A. Palmer, Henry Seymour.
New York--Messrs. Rufus King, Martin Van Beuren.
New Jersey--Messrs. Mahlon Dickerson, Samuel L. Southard.
Pennsylvania--Mr. Walter Lowrie.
Virginia--Messrs. James Pleasants, Jr. James Barbour.
North Carolina--Messrs. Nathaniel Macon, Montfort Stokes.
South Carolina--Messrs. John Gaillard, William Smith.
Kentucky--Mr. Richard M. Johnson.
Tennessee--Messrs. John Williams, John Henry Eaton.
Ohio--Mr. Benjamin Ruggles.
Louisiana--Messrs. Henry Johnson. James Brown.
Indiana--Messrs. James Noble, Waller Taylor.
Mississippi--Messrs. Thomas H. Williams, David Holmes.
Illinois--Mr. Jesse Thomas.
Maine--Messrs. John Chandler, John Holmes.
Missouri--Mr. David Barton.

A quorum being present--

On motion, a committee was ordered to be appointed, jointly with such committee as should be appointed by the House of Representatives to wait on the President of the United States, and inform him that the two Houses were assembled, and ready to receive any communication, he might have to make.

On balloting for the committee, Messrs. Macon, of North Carolina, and King, of New York, were chosen.

And the Senate adjourned.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

At twelve o'clock the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Mr. Thomas Dougherty, took his place, and called the roll of the Members, pursuant to usage.

Whereupon the following gentlemen answered to their names:

From New Hampshire--Messrs. Josiah Butler, Matthew Harvey, Wm. Plumer, jr, Nathaniel Upham, Thomas Whipple, jr.
From Massachusetts--Messrs Saml. C. Allen. Gideon Barstow, Francis Baylies. Lewis Bigelow, Henry W. Dwight, Wm Eustis. Timothy Fuller, Benj. Gorham, Aaron Hobart, Jeremiah Nelson, John Reed, Jonathan Russell.
From Rhode-Island--Messrs. Job Durfee, Samuel Eddy.
From Connecticut--Messrs. Noyes Barber. Daniel Burrows. Henry W. Edwards, Gideon Tomlinson.
From Vermont--Messrs. Samuel C. Crafts, Elias Keyes, Rollin C. Mallary, John Mattocks, Charles Rich, Phineas White
From New-York--Messrs. Charles Borland, jr. Churchill C. Cambreleng, Samuel Campbell, Alfred Cooksng, John D. Dickinson, John Gerhard, John Hawks, Thomas H. Hubbard, Joseph Kirkland, Elijah Litchfield, Richard McCarty, John J. Morgan, Walter Patterson, Jeremiah H. Pearson, Nathaniel Pitcher, Wm. B. Rochester, Elijah Spencer, John W. Taylor, Albert H. Tracey, Solomon Van Rensselaer. Wm. W. Van Wyck, Reuben H. Walworth, Silas Wood, David Woodcock.
From New-Jersey--Messrs. Ephraim Bateman, George Cassedy, Lewis Condict, George Holcombe; James Matlack, Samuel Swan.
From Pennsylvania--Messrs. Henry Baldwin, John Brown, James Buchanan, William Darlington, George Dennison, Patrick Farrelly, Samuel Gross, Joseph Hemphill, James McSherry, William Milnor, James S. Mitchell, Samuel Moore, Thomas Murray Thomas Patterson, John Phillips, George Plumer, Thomas J. Rogers, John Sergeant, John Tod, Ludwig Wornal.
From Delaware--Messrs. Lewis McLane, Cesar A. Rodney.
From Maryland--Messrs. Jeremiah Causden, Jos. Kent, Peter Little, John Nelson, Samuel Smith, Henry R. Warfield, Robert Wright.
From Virginia--Mark Alexander, William S. Archer, William Lee Ball. Philip P. Barbour, Burwell Bassett. John Floyd. Robert S. Garnett, Jabez Leftwich, William McCoy. Charles F. Mercer, Thomas L. Moore, Hugh Nelson, Thomas Newton, Arthur Smith, Wm. Smith, Alexander Smyth, Andrew Stevenson, George Tucker, Jared Williams.
From North Carolina.--Messrs. Hutchins G. Burton, Henry Conner, Josiah Crudup, Weldon N. Edwards, Charles Hooks, John Long, Archibald McNeill, Romulus M. Saunders, Lemuel Sawyer, Lewis Williams.
From South Carolina.--Messrs. James Blair, Joseph Gist, George McDuffie, Thomas R. Mitchell, James Overstreet, Joel R. Poinsett, Sterling Tucker, John Wilson.
Georgia.--Messrs. Joel Abbot, George R. Gilmer, Edward F. Tattnall, Wiley Thompson.
Kentucky.--Messrs Benjamin Hardin, Francis Johnson. John T. Johnson, Thomas Metcalf, Thomas Montgomery, Anthony New, John Speed Smith, David Trimble, Samuel H. Woodson.
Tennessee --Messrs. Robert Allen, Newton Cannon, John Cocke, Francis Jones. John Rhea.
Ohio.--Messrs. Levi Barber, John W. Campbell David Chambers, Thomas R. Ross, Joseph Vance.
Louisiana.-Mr Josiah Stoddard Johnson.
Indiana.-Mr. William Hendricks.
Mississippi -Mr. Christopher Rankin
Illinois,--Mr. Daniel P. Cook.
Alabama.-Mr. Gabriel Moore.
Maine.-Messrs. Joshua Cushman, Joseph Dane, Ebenezer Herrick, Mark L. Hill, Enoch Lincoln.
Missouri.-Mr. John Scott.
DELEGATES.
Michigan Territory.-Mr. Solomon Sibley.

A large majority of the Members being present, the Clerk pronounced that a quorum was assembled for the transaction of business.

On motion, the House then proceeded to the choice of a Speaker.

Messrs. Newton, of Virginia, and Nelson, of Massachusetts, were appointed Tellers, who declared the vote on the first ballot to stand as follows:

Whole number of votes 161
Necessary 81

The House thereupon proceeded to a second ballot, when the following result was declared:

181--no choice
159--no choice.

A fourth ballot having been taken, the following result was declared:

160--no choice.

The fifth ballot presented the following result:

163--no choice

Mr. Cannon, of Tennessee, thereupon moved
On the 7th ballot, the result was declared as follows:

For J. W. Taylor
C. A. Rodney
S. Smith

103
97
1

--no choice.

On motion of Mr. Rogers, of Pennsylvania, the House then adjourned.

Of the whole number, there were For J. W. Taylor, of New York, C. A. Rodney, of Delaware, Lewis McLane, of Delaware, Samuel Smith, of Maryland, H. Nelson, of Virginia, Scattering

60 45 29 20 5 2-161

For Caesar A. Rodney	60
J. W. Taylor	53
I. McLane	51
Samuel Smith	10
Scattering	9

On the third ballot, the votes were declared by the Senior Teller to stand as follows: For John W. Taylor 61 C. A. Rodney 61 L. McLane 30 Samuel Smith 5 Hugh Nelson 2

For Caesar A. Rodney	69
John W. Taylor	60
L. McLane	23
Samuel Smith	8

For C. A. Rodney	72
J. W. Taylor	67
L. McLane	16
S. Smith	10

The House then proceeded to a sixth ballot, when the votes were declared as follows: For J. W. Taylor 72 C. A. Rodney 65 L. McLane 8 Samuel Smith 19