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CONGRESS.

SENATE—November 7, 1808.

Present, George Clinton, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate; and Messrs. Gilman, Parker, Pickering, Hillhouse, Goodrich, Howland, Mathewson, Bradley, Mitchill, John Smith of N. York, Condit, Kitchell, Maclay, White, Giles, Turner, Sumter, Gaillard, Crawford, Thruston, Pope, D. Smith, Tiffin.

Mr. James Lloyd, of Massachusetts, appointed in the room of Mr. John Quincy Adams, presented his credentials and took his seat.

Messrs. Bradley and Pope were named a committee to join such committee as may be appointed by the House, to wait on the President and inform him that the two Houses have respectively formed a quorum and are ready to receive any communications he may please to make. The committee a short time after their appointment, informed the Senate that they had waited on the President, who had advised them that he would to morrow at 12 o'clock make a communication in writing.

The usual resolution for supplying the members with newspapers was agreed to.

The President communicated the memorial of the House of Representatives of the Mississippi territory, praying an extension of the time of payment of the several instalments for purchase of lands due January 1809.

Ordered to lie on the table.

The usual resolution for the appointment of Chaplains was agreed to.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Monday, November 7.

At about 11 o'clock this day, a quorum appearing within the bar, the Speaker took the chair; and on calling over the list, the following gentlemen answered to their names and took their seats:

From New Hampshire, Messrs. Durell, Gardner, Smith, and Storer.

From Massachusetts, Messrs. Varnum, Bacon, Barker, Cook, Cutts, Deane, Ely, Green, Lisley, Livermore, Quincy, Sawyer, Stedman, and Upham.

From Connecticut, Messrs. Champion, Dana, Davenport, Moseley, Pitkin, Sturges, and Tallmadge.

From Rhode Island, Mr. Wilbour.

From Vermont, Messrs. Chittenden, Elliot, and Fisk.

From New York, Messrs. Blake, Harris, Humphreys, Kirkpatrick, Mumford, Riker, Russell, Swart, Thompson, Van Alen, Van Rensselaer, Verplanck, and Wilson.

From New Jersey, Messrs. Helms, Lambert, Newbold, Sloan, Southard, and Boyd.

* Elected in the room of Mr. Thomas, resigned.

From Pennsylvania, Messrs. Bard, Findley, Heister, Hoge, Milnor, D. Montgomery, Porter, Pugh, Rea, M. Richards, Smilie, S. Smith, & Whitehall.

From Maryland, Messrs. M'Creery, Montgomery, Moore, and Van Horn.

From Virginia, Messrs. Bassett, Burwell, Clopton, Dawson, Eppes, Garnett, Goodwin, Gray, Holmes, Jackson, Lewis, Love, Morrow, Newton, Smith, Trigg, Wilson, and Grayson.

From North Carolina, Messrs. Alston, Blackledge, Blount, Macon, Sawyer, and Stanford.

From South Carolina, Messrs. L. J. Alston, Butler, Calhoun, Taylor, and D. R. Williams.

From Georgia, Messrs. Bibb and Troup.

From Tennessee, Messrs. Campbell, Rhea, and Wharton.

From Kentucky, Messrs. Desha, Howard, and Johnson.

From Ohio, Mr. Morrow.

Being one hundred and three members, and one delegate, viz. Mr. Poindexter, from the Mississippi Territory.

On motion of Mr. Dawson, a committee of three were appointed to wait on the President, and inform him that the House was formed and ready to receive any communications which he might have to make.

Messrs. Macon, Quincy & M'Creery were named the committee.

A short time after, Mr. Macon reported that the committee had waited on the President, who returned for answer that he would make a communication in writing at 12 o'clock to-morrow.

On motion of Mr. Smilie, the usual rule was adopted for furnishing the members with newspapers.

The daily hour of meeting having been fixed at 11 o'clock,

On motion of Mr. Smilie the House adjourned.

Elected in the place of J. Claiborne, deceased.