MASSACHUSETTS--John Quincy Adams, Nathan Appleton, Isaac C: Bates, George N. Briggs, Rufus Choate, Henry A. S. Dearborn, John Davis, Edward Everett, George Gronnell, jun., James L. Hodges, Joseph G. Kendall, John Reed, (one vacancy.) RHODE ISLAND-Tristam Burges, Dutee J. Pearce. CONNECTICU г--Noyes Barber, William W. Ellsworth, Jabez W. Huntington, Ralph I. Ingersoll, William L. Storrs, Ebenezer Young. VERMONT-Heman Allen, William Cahoon, Horace Everett, Jonathan Hunt, William Slade. NEW YORK-William G. Angel, Gideon H. Barstow, Joseph Bouck, William Babcock, John T. Bergen, John C. Brodhead, Samuel Beardsley, John A. Collier, Bates Cooke, C. C. Cambreleng, John Dickson, Charles Dayan, Ulysses F. Doubleday, William Hogan, Michael Hoffman, Freeborn G. Jewett, John King, Gerrit Y. Lansing, James Lent, Job Pierson, Nathaniel Pitcher, Edmund H. Pendleton, Edward C. Reed, Erastus Root, Nathan Soule, John W. Taylor, Phineas L. Tracy, Gulian C. Verplanck, Frederick Whittlesey, Samuel J. Wilkin, Grattan H. Wheeler, Campbell P. White, Aaron Ward, Daniel Wardwell. NEW JERSEY--Lewis Condict, Silas Condict, Richard M. Cooper, Thomas H. Hughes, James Fitz Randolph, Isaac Southard. PENNSYLVANIA-Robert Allison, John Banks, George Burd, John C. Bucher, Thomas H. Crawford, Richard Coulter, Harmar Denny, Lewis Dewart, Joshua Evans, James Ford, John Gilmore, William Heister, Henry Horn, Peter Ihrie, jun., Adam King, Henry King, Joel K. Mann, Robert McCoy, Henry A. Muhlenberg, T. M. McKennan, David Potts, jun., Andrew Stewart, Samuel A. Smith, Philander Stephens, Joel B. Sutherland, John G. Watmough. DELAWARE--John J. Milligan. MARYLAND--Benjamin C. Howard, Daniel Jenifer, John L. Kerr, George E. Mitchell, Benedict I. Semmes, John S. Spence, Francis Thomas, George C. Washington, J. T. H. Worthington. VIRGINIA--Mark Alexander, Robert Allen, William S. Archer, William Armstrong, John S. Barbour, Thomas T. Bouldin, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, Robert Craig, Joseph W. Chinn, Richard Coke, jun., Thomas Davenport, Philip Doddridge, Wm. F. Gordon, Charles C. Johnston, John Y. Mason, Lewis Maxwell, Charles F. Mercer, William McCoy, Thomas Newton, John M. Patton, John J. Roane, Andrew Stevenson. niel, Nathan Gaither, Albert G. Hawes, R. M. Johnson, Thomas A. Marshall, Christopher Tompkins, Charles A. Joseph Lecompte, Chittenden Lyon, Robert P. Letcher, Wickliffe. TENNESSEE-Thomas D. Arnold, John Bell, John Blair, William Fitzgerald, William Hall, Jacob C. Isacks, Cave Johnson, James K. Polk, James Standifer. OHIO--Joseph H. Crane, Eleutheros Cooke, William W. Irvin, William Kennon, Humphrey H. Leavitt, WilCreighton, jun., Thomas Corwin, James Findlay, William liam Russel, William Stanberry, John Thomson, Joseph Vance, Samuel F. Vinton, Elisha Whittlesey. LOUISIANA--H. A. Bullard, Philemon Thomas, Edward D. White. INDIANA-Ratliff Boon, John Carr, Jonathan McCarty. ALABAMA-Clement C. Clay, Dixon H. Lewis, Samuel W. Mardis. MISSOURI--William H. Ashley. DELEGATES. MICHIGAN-Austin E. Wing. ARKANSAS--Ambrose H. Sevier. FLORIDA-Joseph M. White. MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1831. This being the day appointed by the constitution for the meeting of Congress, at 12 o'clock the Clerk called the House to order, and having called the roll of the members by States, to ascertain if a quorum was present, two hundred and two members answered to their names. A quorum being present, The House proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and, on counting the ballots, the following result was announced, viz. The whole number of votes given in, 195; necessary to a choice, 98. For ANDREW STEVENSON, of Virginia, 98. [Mr. Cook, of Ohio, offered his ballot to the tellers, after they had commenced counting the votes, (he having been accidentally without the Hall while the ballot boxes were handed round;) but some hesitation being manifested by the tellers as to the regularity of receiving the vote of Mr. C. at that period of the proceeding, he waived pressing it.] The Hon. ANDREW STEVENSON, of Virginia, having received 98 votes, (the exact number necessary for a choice,) was declared to be duly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives: whereupon, being conducted to the chair by the Hon. THOMAS NEWTON, of Virginia, the SPEAKER addressed the House as follows: NORTH CAROLINA-Daniel L. Barringer, Laughlin Bethune, John Branch, Samuel P. Carson, Henry W. "GENTLEMEN: In accepting, a third time, this exalted Conner, Thomas H. Hall, Micajah T. Hawkins, James J. station, I cannot adequately express the deep sense I enMcKay, Abraham Rencher, William B. Shepard, Augus-tertain of the honor you have been pleased again to contine II. Shepperd, Jesse Speight, Lewis Williams. SOUTH CAROLINA--Robert W. Barnwell, James Blair, Warren R. Davis, William Drayton, John M. Felder, J. R. Griffin, Thomas R. Mitchell, George McDuffie, William T. Nuckolls. GEORGIA-Thomas F. Foster, Henry G. Lamar, Daniel Newman, Wiley Thompson, Richard H. Wilde, James M. Wayne, (one vacancy.) KENTUCKY--John Adair, Chilton Allan, Henry HARVARD fer upon me, or my warm feelings of gratitude for this distinguished proof of your continued confidence and unchanging kindness. "It is an honor, too, gentlemen, which has been conferred in a manner, and under circumstances peculiarly calculated to gratify and flatter me; and I shall ever cherish it as the most valuable reward for my past services. The office of Speaker of this House has, at no period in our been without its embarrassments and trials; and EP 12 1934 LIDIA papers. Adjourned. [H. or R. if, in times of profound tranquillity and repose, its duties of, for each member, not to exceed the price of three daily have justly been regarded by the most eminent of the distinguished individuals who have filled the chair, as arduous and responsible, how greatly must its labors and responsibilities be enhanced in times of high political and party divisions! "I certainly am not vain enough to suppose that it will be in my power to discharge the duties of this high office in a manner suitable to its dignity and importance, or as I could myself wish; indeed, there is no man, I am very confident, be he whom he may, who could at such a time assume its responsibilities, without distrusting greatly his own abilities. I shall not, however, despair. Actuated by an honest and manly zeal, I shall endeavor at least to justify the choice of my friends, and merit the confidence and the respect of the House. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6. On motion of Mr. TAYLOR, it was Resolved, That two Chaplains, of different denominations, be elected by Congress, one by each House, to serve during the present session, who shall interchange weekly. Mr. WARD, from the joint committee appointed yesterday to wait on the President of the United States, and inform him that Congress is assembled, and ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make, reported that the committee had performed the duties of its appointment, and that the President answered that he would make a communication to the two Houses of Con"Whoever shall fill this chair to his own honor or the gress to-day at 12 o'clock, M. advantage of the nation, must possess not only this confi-ceived from the President of the United States, by Mr. Immediately after, a communication in writing was redence of the House, but the esteem and respect of the honorable and high minded men over whom he presides. Donelson, his private Secretary; which was read. [See Appendix.] Neither station nor power can coerce esteem or respect. On motion of Mr. JOHNSON, of Kentucky, the said They can only be acquired by integrity, impartiality, and independence here. These alone can shed honor or lus-message was committed to the Committee of the Whole tre on this station, and make it, both as it regards the House on the state of the Union; and ten thousand copies thereof, with the documents accompanying the same, were House and the nation, what it should be. ordered to be printed for the use of the members of this Adjourned. "I unfeignedly assure you, gentlemen, that I shall need and expect your cordial and kind co-operation in preserving order and dignity in our deliberations, and sustaining the authority of the Chair; and I earnestly hope so to discharge its duties as to ensure to its decisions not merely a reluctant support, but a steady and cheerful acquiescence in their justice and propriety. House. tary: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. FIFTH CENSUS. "I tender you gentlemen, my cordial co-operation in of the United States, by Mr. Donelson, his private Secre. The following message was received from the President the discharge of your high duties, and ardently pray that we may, by our conduct and deliberations, render this House worthy of the high name and character of our beloved country." The oath to support the constitution of the United States, as prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths," was then administered to the Speaker, by Mr. NEWTON, one of the Representatives from the State of Virginia, and the same oath (or affirmation) was thereupon administered by the SPEAKER to all the other members present. On motion of Mr. SPEIGHT, it was Resolved, unanimously, That M. St. C. CLARKE, Clerk to the late House of Representatives, be appointed Clerk to this House. On motion of Mr. TAYLOR, it was Resolved, That the rules and orders established by the late House of Representatives be deemed and taken to be the rules and orders of proceeding to be observed in this House, until a revision or alteration shall have taken place. On motion of Mr. POLK, it was Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate to inform that body that a quorum of this House has assembled; that ANDREW STEVENSON has been elected Speaker thereof; that this House is now ready to proceed to business; and that the Clerk do go with said message. On motion of Mr. WARD, it was Resolved, That a committee be appointed, on the part of this House, to join 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 Congress is assembled, and ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make. Mr. WARD, of New York, and Mr. BELL, of Tennessee, were appointed the committee on the part of this House. On motion of Mr. JOHNSON, of Kentucky, it was Resolved, That the Clerk cause the members of this House to be furnished, during the present session, with such newspapers as they may direct, the expense where WASHINGTON, December 7, 1831. I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, two letters from the Secretary of State, accompanied by statements from that department, showing the progress which has been made in taking the fifth census of the inhabitants of the United States. And also, by a printed copy of the revision of the statements heretofore transmitted to Congress, of all former enumerations of the population of the United States, and their Territories. ANDREW JACKSON. The message being read, was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed. The following is the recapitulation, Exhibiting the general aggregate amount of each description of persons in the United States, by classes. FREE WHITE PERSONS. Males under 5 years of age, 972,194 of 10 |