ter, Richard French, Henry Frick, Thomas W. Gilmer, John P. Hale, Hannibal Hamlin, Hugh A. Haralsou, Samuel Hays, Thomas J. Henley, Joshua Herrick, Isaac E. Holmes, Joseph P. Hoge, George W. Hopkins, George S. Houston, Edmund W. Hubard, William S. Hubbell, James M. Hughes, Orville Hungerford, James B. Hunt, Charles J. Ingersoll, John Jameson, Cave Johnson, Andrew Johnson, George W. Jones, Andrew Kennedy, Preston King, Littleton Kirkpatrick, Alcee Labranche, Moses G. Leonard, William Lucas, John H. Lumpkin, William C. McCauslen, Robert McClelland, John A. McClernand, Felix G. McConnell, Joseph J. McDowell, James J. McKay, James Mathews, Heman Allen Moore, Joseph Morris, Henry C. Murphy, Henry Nes, Moses Norris, jr., Kobert Dale Owen, William Parmenter, William W. Payne, John Pettit, Emery D. Potter, Smith M. Purdy, George Rathbun, David S. Reid, John R. Reding, James H. Relfe, John Ritter, Jeremiah Russell, Henry St. John, Romulus M. Saunders, homas H. Seymour, David L. Seymour, Samuel Simons, Richard F. Simpson, John Slidell, John T. Smith, Thomas Smith, Robert Smith, Lewis Steenrod, Lemuel Stetson, John Stewart, William H. Stiles, James Stone, Selah B. Strong, George Sykes, William Taylor, Jacob Thompson, John W. Tibbatts, John B. Weller, John Wentworth, Horace Wheaton, Henry Williams, Henry A. Wise, Joseph A. Woodward, Joseph A. Wright, Jacob S. Yost, and Mr. Speaker.

The following named members voted for JOSEPH FOLLANSBEE, of the city of Washington: .

John Quincy Adams, John B. Ashe, Daniel M. Barringer, Daniel D. Barnard, Milton Brown, Jeremiah Brown, Charles H. Carroll, Samuel Chilton, Thomas L. Clingman, Henry Y. Cranston, Garrett Davis, Edmund Deberry, James Dellet, John Dickey, David W. Dickinson, Hamilton Fish, Elias Florence, Solomon Foot, Joshua R. Giddings, Willis Green, Joseph Grinnell, Henry Grider, John J. Hardin, Alexander Harper, Charles Hudson, Washington Hunt, Joseph R. Ingersoll, James Irvin, Michael H. Jenks, Perley B. Johnson, Daniel P. King, Abraham R. McIlvaine, Edward J. Morris, William A. Moseley, Willoughby Newton, Thomas J. Patterson, Joseph H. Peyton, Kenneth Rayner, Charles Rogers, Samuel C. Sample, Robert C. Schenck, William T. Senter, Albert Smith, Andrew Stewart, William P. Thomasson, Daniel R. Tilden, Asher Tyler, Joseph Vance, Samuel F. Vinton, John White, Robert C. Winthrop, and William Wright.

Recapitulation of the vote for Doorkeeper.

For Jesse E. Dow

For Joseph Follansbee

Whole number of votes

Necessary to a choice

125

.52

177

89

Jesse E. Dow, having received a majority of the whole number of votes, was declared duly elected doorkeeper of this House.

And, thereupon,

The said Jesse E. Dow appeared; and the oath of office, as prescribed by the rules of this House, was administered to him by the Speaker, and he entered upon the discharge of the duties of his office.

Mr. Weller moved that when this House adjourn to-day, it adjourn to meet on Monday next; that, in the mean time, the Speaker may have an opportunity to appoint the standing committees.

The Speaker, by general consent, stated that a memorial having been this day presented by John M. Botts, of the State of Virginia, contesting the right of the Speaker to a seat in the House, it appeared to him proper that he should ask the House that, in any order which might be hereafter taken for the appointment of the standing committees, he might be relieved from that portion of the duty which would otherwise devolve upon him, of appointing a Committee of Elections, which would have to pass on his own case. He was impelled to this course, both from a sense of justice to his opponent, and because of the delicacy of the situation in which he was himself placed.

The Speaker then left the chair, and substituted Mr. Beardsley, of New York, as Speaker pro tem.

Mr. Weller withdrew his said motion; and,

On motion of Mr. Parmenter, it was

Resolved, That the Speaker be authorized to appoint the standing committees, named in the 76th rule of the House of the twenty-seventh Congress, except the Committee of Elections.

On motion of Mr. Weller,

Ordered, That when this House adjourn to-day, it adjourn to meet on Monday next.

Mr. Hopkins moved the following resolution:

Resolved, That the House now proceed, viva voce, to elect a Committee of Elections, to consist of nine members.

A motion was made by Mr. R. D. Davis, at a quarter after 4 o'clock, that the House do adjourn;

Which was decided in the negative.

Mr. Gilmer, at his own request, was excused from voting upon any question touching the appointment of a Committee of Elections.

A motion was made by Mr. Weller, at twenty minutes after 4 o'clock, that the House do adjourn;

Which was decided in the negative.

The question recurred on agreeing to the resolution moved by Mr. Hopkins; when

A motion was made by Mr. Carroll that the resolution be amended, by striking out all after the word "Resolved," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "that the gentleman who now occupies the chair (Mr. Beardsley, of New York) appoint the Committee of Elections, to consist of nine members;"

Which motion to amend was agreed to by the House.

The resolution, as amended, was then agreed to.

And so it was

Resolved, That the gentleman who now occupies the chair (Mr. Beardsley, of New York) appoint the Committee of Elections, to consist of nine members.

Whereupon, a Committee of Elections was appointed, consisting of Mr. William W. Payne, of Alabama; Mr. Lucius Q. C. Elmer, of New Jersey; Mr. Samuel F. Vinton, of Ohio; Mr. Augustus A. Chapman, of Virginia; Mr. Willoughby Newton, of Virginia; Mr. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine; Mr. Chesselden Ellis, of New York; Mr. Stephen A. Douglass, of Illinois; and Mr. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky.

The Speaker laid before the House sundry communications, viz: I. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in answer to so much of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d of March last, as requires "the Secretary of War to report to the next Congress on the fitness of cotton as an article for tents, &c.," a report of the Quartermaster General of the army, who had been charged with the inquiry by the department: which letter and report were ordered to lie on the table.

II. A letter from the Treasurer of the United States, transmitting copies of his accounts for the service of the Post Office Department for the years ending 1st July, 1841, and 1842: which letter and documents were ordered to lie on the table.

III. A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting estimates of additional appropriations proposed to be made for the service of the present fiscal year ending 30th June, 1844, amounting to two hundred and eighty-nine thousand and twelve dollars and ninety-six cents; also a statement showing the indefinite appropriations for the service of the last three quarters of the fiscal year ending the 30th June, 1844, made by former acts of a permanent character: which letter and estimates were ordered to lie on the table.

IV. The annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances, to which are appended sundry statements; among which are the amount of receipts and expenditures for the year 1842; of the revenue from customs and other sources; expenditures; public debt; nominal and actual balances in the treasury each year, from 1st January, 1837, to 30th September, 1843; of general deposite banks; and of United States loan of 1843: which report and statements were ordered to lie on the table.

V. A letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, transmitting the statements which he is required, by the act of May 9, 1836, to lay before Congress at the commencement of each annual session of Congress, of the expenditures for the preceding year from the fund appropriated for the contingent expenditures of the House: which letter and statement were ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. John Quincy Adams,

Resolved, (the Senate concurring,) That two chaplains, of different denominations, be elected to Congress during the present session, one by each House, who shall interchange weekly.

And then, at fifteen minutes before 5 o'clock, p. m., the House adjourned until Monday next, at 12 o'clock meridian.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1843.

Another member, to wit:

From the State of Georgia, Alexander H. Stephens,

appeared, was sworn to support the Constitution of the United States, and took a seat in the House.

Mr. Samuel F. Vinton, at his request, was excused from serving on the Committee of Elections; and,

Thereupon,

Mr. Robert C. Schenck was appointed in his place upon the said committee.

A message, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. John Tyler, jr., his private secretary, and delivered in at the Speaker's table.

In conformity with the order of the House of Thursday last, the following standing committees were appointed :

Committee of Elections.-[For which see Journal of the 7th instant, page 40.7

Committee of Ways and Means.—Mr. James J. McKay, of North Carolina; Mr. Dixon H. Lewis, of Alabama; Mr. Joseph R. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania; Mr. George C. Dromgooie, of Virginia; Mr. Daniel D. Barnard, of New York; Mr. David L. Seymour, of New York; Mr. John B. Weller, of Ohio; Mr. Absalom H. Chappell, of Georgia; and Mr. Moses Norris, jr., of New Hampshire.

Committee of Claims.-Mr. Joseph Vance, of Ohio; Mr. Thomas Smith, of Indiana; Mr. Howell Cobb, of Georgia; Mr. Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee; Mr. James B. Bowlin, of Missouri; Mr. Selah B. Strong, of New York; Mr. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia; Mr. Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina; and Mr. A. Ramsey, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Commerce.-Mr. Isaac E. Holmes, of South Carolina; Mr. Robert P. Dunlap, of Maine; Mr. Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts; Mr. J. Phillips Phoenix, of New York; Mr. Preston King, of New York; Mr. John P. Hale, of New Hampshire; Mr. Alcee Labranche, of Louisiana; Mr. Charles M. Read, of Pennsylvania; and Mr. Robert McClelland, of Michigan.

Committee on Public Lands.-Mr. John W. Davis, of Indiana; Mr. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky; Mr. Jacob Collamer, of Vermont; Mr. Edmund W. Hubard, of Virginia; Mr. George S. Houston, of Alabama; Mr. Kenneth Rayner, of North Carolina; Mr. John Jameson, of Missouri; Mr. John A. McClernand, of Illinois; and Mr. Thomas J. Patterson, of New York.

Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads-Mr. George W. Hopkins, of Virginia; Mr. Andrew Kennedy, of Indiana; Mr. Joseph Grinnell, of Massachusetts; Mr. William H. Stiles, of Georgia; Mr. John J. Hardin, of Illinois; Mr. Amasa Dana, of New York; Mr. David S. Reid, of North Carolina; Mr. James H. Relfe, of Missouri; and Mr. Michael H. Jenks, of Pennsylvania.

Committee for the District of Columbia.-Mr. John Campbell, of South Carolina; Mr. Littleton Kirkpatrick, of New Jersey; Mr. Andrew Stewart, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Willis Green, of Kentucky; Mr. George W. Jones, of Tennessee; Mr. Samuel Chilton, of Virginia; Mr. Orville Robinson, of New York; Mr. William C. McCauslen, of Ohio; and Mr. Gustavus M. Bower, of Missouri.

Committee on the Judiciary.-Mr. William Wilkins, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Romulus M. Saunders, of North Carolina; Mr. Richard French, of Kentucky; Mr. Paul Dillingham, jr., of Vermont; Mr. Armstead Burt, of South Carolina; Mr. Samuel F. Vinton, of Ohio; Mr. John Pettit, of Indiana; Mr. John Dickey, of Pennsylvania; and Mr. George S. Catlin, of Connecticut.

Committee on Revolutionary Claims.-Mr. Richard D. Davis, of New York; Mr. Archibald H. Arrington, of North Carolina; Mr. Daniel P. King, of Massachusetts; Mr. William Lucas, of Virginia; Mr. James Stone, of Kentucky; Mr. Lemuel Stetson, of New York; Mr. Richard Brodhead,

of Pennsylvania; Mr. Robert Smith, of Illinois; and Mr. William T. Senter, of Tennessee.

Committee on Public Expenditures.-Mr. James G. Clinton, of New York; Mr. John R. Reding, of New Hampshire; Mr. Henry Y. Cranston, of Rhode Island; Mr. Almon H. Read, of Pennsylvania; Mr. James Mathews, of Ohio; Mr. Henry Grider, of Kentucky; Mr. Smith M. Purdy, of New York; Mr. George Sykes, of New Jersey; and Mr Perley B. Johnson, of Ohio.

Committee on Private Land Claims.-Mr. Edward Cross, of Arkansas; Mr. John Slidell, of Louisiana; Mr. James Dellet, of Alabama; Mr. James A. Black, of South Carolina; Mr. William J. Brown, of Indiana; Mr. Jeremiah E. Cary, of New York; Mr. Elisha R. Potter, of Rhode Island; Mr. Luther Severance, of Maine; and Mr. Charles Rogers, of New York.

Committee on Manufactures.-Mr. John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts; Mr. Jacob Collamer, of Vermont; Mr. James E. Belser, of Alabama; Mr Charles Hudson, of Massachusetts; Mr. Joseph A. Woodward, of South Carolina; Mr. James Irvin, of Pennsylvania; Mr. William A. Moseley, of New York; Mr. John H. Lumpkin, of Georgia; and Mr. Henry Y. Cranston, of Rhode Island.

Committee on Agriculture.-Mr. Edmund Deberry, of North Carolina; Mr. Joseph H. Anderson, of New York; Mr. Isaac G. Farlee, of New Jersey, Mr. Henry St. John, of Ohio; Mr. Jeremiah Brown, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Byram Green, of New York; Mr. Samuel Hays, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Thomas J. Henley, of Indiana; and Mr. Elias Florence, of Ohio.

Committee on Indian Affairs.—Mr. Cave Johnson, of Tennessee; Mr. Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi; Mr. Solomon Foot, of Vermont; Mr. James B. Hunt, of Michigan: Mr. Benjamin A. Bidlack, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Washington Hunt, of New York; Mr. Charles S. Benton, of New York; Mr. James M. Hughes, of Missouri; and Mr. John I. Vanmeter, of Ohio.

Committee on Military Affairs.-Mr. Hugh A. Haralson, of Georgia; Mr. Walter Coles, of Virginia; Mr. James Irvin, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky; Mr. Felix G. McConnell, of Alabama; Mr. John J. Hardin, of Illinois; Mr. Peter E. Bossier, of Louisiana; Mr. Joseph J. McDowell, of Ohio; and Mr. Hamilton Fish, of New York.

Committee on the Militia.—Mr. Ezra Dean, of Ohio; Mr. John Stewart, of Connecticut; Mr. William A. Moseley, of New York; Mr. John W. Tibbatts, of Kentucky; Mr. Heman Allen Moore, of Ohio; Mr. Solomon Foot, of Vermont; Mr. Gustavus M. Bower, of Missouri; Mr. Samuel Hays, of Pennsylvania; and Mr. Henry Frick, of Pennsylvania.

Committee on Naval Affairs.-Mr Henry A. Wise, of Virginia; Mr. William Parmenter, of Massachusetts; Mr. Daniel M. Barringer, of North Carolina; Mr. Henry C. Murphy, of New York; Mr. Richard F. Simpson, of South Carolina; Mr. Joseph H. Peyton, of Tennessee; Mr. Thomas H. Seymour, of Connecticut; Mr. Archibald Atkinson, of Virginia; and Mr. George P. Marsh, of Vermont.

Committee on Foreign Affairs.-Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, of Pennsyl vania; Mr. R. Barnwell Rhett, of South Carolina; Mr. Samuel Beardsley, of New York; Mr. Thomas W. Gilmer, of Virginia; Mr. John White, of Kentucky, Mr. John B. Dawson, of Louisiana; Mr. Samuel C. Sample, of Indiana; Mr. William P. Thomasson, of Kentucky; and Mr. Henry Williams, of Massachusetts.

Committee on the Territories.-Mr. Aaron V. Brown, of Tennessee;