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AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS, BEGUN AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1815.

MONDAY, December 4, 1815.

pointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State The first session of the Fourteenth Congress, of Tennessee, for the term of two years, in place conformably to the Constitution of the United of George W. Campbell, resigned; BENJAMIN States, commenced this day at the City of Wash-RUGGLES, appointed a Senator by the Legislature ington; and the Senate assembled. of the State of Ohio, for the term of six years, commencing on the 4th day of March last; respectively produced their credentials, which were read, and the oath prescribed by law was administered to them, and they took their seats in the Senate.

PRESENT:

JOSEPH B. VARNUM, from the State of Massa

chusetts.

WILLIAM HUNTER and JEREMIAH B. HOWELL, from Rhode Island.

DUDLEY CHACE and ISAAC TICHENOR, from Vermont.

DAVID DAGGETT, from Connecticut. NATHAN SANFORD, from New York. JAMES J. WILSON, from New Jersey. ABNER LACOCK and JONATHAN ROBERTS, from Pennsylvania.

OUTERBRIDGE HORSEY, from Delaware. JAMES BARBOUR, from Virginia. JOHN GAILLARD, from South Carolina. CHARLES TAIT, from Georgia. GEORGE W. CAMPBELL and JOHN WILLIAMS, from Tennessee.

BENJAMIN RUGGLES, from Ohio.

JAMES BROWN and ELEGIUS FROMENTIN, from Louisiana.

JOHN GAILLARD, President pro tempore, resumed the Chair.

ISAAC TICHENOR, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Vermont, for the term of six years, commencing on the 4th day of March last; NATHAN SANFORD, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of New York for the term of six years, commencing on the 4th day of March last; JAMES J. WILSON, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, for the term of six years, commencing on the 4th day of March last; JAMES BARBOUR, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Virginia, for the term of six years, commencing on the 4th day of March last; GEORGE W. CAMPBELL, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Tennessee, for the term of six years, commencing on the 4th day of March last; JOHN WILLIAMS, ap

The oath was also administered to Messrs. HUNTER, ROBERTS, and HORSEY; their credentials having been read and filed during the last session.

Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, and ready to proceed to business.

Messrs. VARNUM and HUNTER were appointed a committee on the part of the Senate, together with such committee as may be appointed by the House of Representatives, on their part, 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 communications that he may be pleased to make to them; and the Secretary was directed to notify the House of Representatives accordingly.

The PRESIDENT communicated a letter from the committee in behalf of the gentlemen concerned in erecting the new building on the Capitol Hill for the accommodation of Congress, offering the same to Congress until the Capitol may be ready for their reception; which was read.

Whereupon, on motion, by Mr. HORSEY,

Resolved, That a committee be appointed on the part of the Senate, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the House of Representatives, to inquire and report upon the state of the new building on Capitol Hill offered to Congress by letter addressed to the President of the Senate of this day, by a committee on their part, of the gentlemen concerned in erecting the same; and that the said joint committee be instructed to inquire and ascertain upon what terms and conditions the use of the said building

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for the accommodation of Congress may be obtained, until the Capitol may be ready for their reception.

Resolved, That Messrs. HORSEY, LACOCK, and FROMENTIN, be the committee on the part of the Senate.

DECEMBER, 1815.

A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate, that a quorum of the House of Representatives is assembled, and have elected HENRY CLAY, one of the Representatives for the State of Kentucky, their Speaker, and THOMAS DOUGHERTY, their Clerk, and are ready to proOn motion, by Mr. VARNUM, ceed to business. They have appointed a comResolved, That each Senator be supplied, dur-mittee on their part, to join the committee aping the present session, with three such newspapers, printed in any of the States, as he may choose; provided the same be furnished at the usual rate for the annual charge of such papers; and provided, also, that if any Senator shall choose to take any newspapers other than daily papers; he shall be supplied with as many such papers, as shall not exceed the price of three daily papers.

On motion, by Mr. LACOCK, a committee was appointed agreeably to the forty-second rule for conducting business in the Senate; and Messrs. LACOCK, HOWELL, and DAGGETT, were appointed the committee.

On motion, by Mr. FROMENTIN, a committee was appointed agreeably to the twenty-second rule for conducting business in the Senate; and Messrs. FROMENTIN, SANFORD, and TICHENOR, were appointed the committee.

Mr. FROMENTIN submitted the following_motion for consideration, which was read, and ordered to the second reading:

Resolved, That a committee of three members be appointed, who, with three members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by that House, shall have the direction of the money appropriated to the purchase of books and maps, for the use of the two Houses of Congress.

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On motion, by Mr. LACOCK, it was read a second time by unanimous consent, and considered as in Committee of the Whole, and no amendment having been proposed, the President reported it to the House accordingly; and on the question, "Shall this resolution be engrossed and read a third time?" it was determined in the affirmative. It was then read a third time by unanimous consent, and passed; and Messrs. FROMENTIN, HUNTER, and GOLDSBOROUGH, were appointed the committee.

pointed 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. They concur in the resolution of the Senate for the appointment of a joint committee on the arrangements for the library, and have appointed a committee on their part. They also concur in the resolution of the Senate for the appointment of a joint committee, to inquire and report of the state of the new building on Capitol Hill, offered for the accommodation of Congress, and have appointed a committee on their part.

Mr. VARNUM reported, from the joint committee, that they had waited on the President of the United States, and that the President informed the committee, that he would make a communication to the two Houses this day at 12 o'clock. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.

The following Message was received from the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
Fellow-citizens of the Senate

and House of Representatives:

I have the satisfaction, on our present meeting, of being able to communicate to you the successful termination of the war which had been commenced against the United States by the Regency of Algiers. The squadron in advance on that service, under Commodore Decatur, lost not a moment after its arrival in the Mediterranean, in seeking the naval force of the enemy then cruising in that sea, and succeeded in capturing two of his ships, one of them the principal ship, commanded by the Algerine Admiral. The high character of the American commander was brilliantly sustained on the occasion, which brought his own ship into close action with that of his adversary, as was the accustomed gallantry of all the officers and men actually engaged. Having prepared the way by this demonstration of American skill and prowess, he hastened to the port of Algiers, where peace was promptly yielded to his victorious force. In the terms stipulated, the rights and honor of the United States were particularly consulted, by a perpetual relinquishment, on the part of the Dey, of all pretensions to tribute from them. The impressions which have thus been made, strengthened as they will have been, by subsequent transactions with the Regencies of Tunis and of Tripoli, by the appearance of the larger force which followed under Commodore Bainbridge, the chief in command of the expedition, and by the judicious precautionary arex-rangements left by him in that quarter, afford a reasonable prospect of future security, for the valuable portion of our commerce which passes within reach of the Barbary cruisers.

Mr. HOWELL submitted a motion for the appointment of two Chaplains, of different denominations, to Congress, during the present session, one by each House, who shall interchange weekly; which was read, and passed to the second reading.

Mr. LACOCK submitted the following motion for consideration, which was read:

Resolved, That Mountjoy Bayly, Doorkeeper and Sergeant-at-Arms to the Senate, be, and he hereby is, authorized to employ one assistant and two horses, for the purpose of performing such services as are usually required by the Doorkeeper of the Senate; which pense shall be paid out of the contingent fund. Ordered, That it pass to the second reading.

TUESDAY, December 5.

It is another source of satisfaction that the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain has been succeeded by a

WILLIAM W. BIBB, from the State of Georgia, Convention on the subject of commerce, concluded by took his seat in the Senate.

the Plenipotentiaries of the two countries. In this

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