ner, Taylor Webster, Joseph Weeks, Thomas T. Whittlesey, Jared W. Williams, John T. H. Worthington. The following-named members voted for Matthew St. Clair Clarke, viz: Messrs. J. Q. Adams, James Alexander, jr., Heman Allen, John W. Allen, J. Banker Aycrigg, John Bell, Richard Biddle, William Key Bond, Nathaniel B. Borden, George N. Briggs, William B. Calhoun, John Calhoon, William B. Campbell, William B. Carter, Richard Cheatham, Timothy Childs, John C. Clark, Charles D. Coffin, Thomas Corwin, George W. Crabb, Robert B. Cranston, John W. Crockett, Edward Curtis, Caleb Cushing, Edward Darlington, William C. Dawson, Edward Davies, Edmund Deberry, John Dennis, George H. Dunn, John Edwards, George Evans, Horace Everett, John Ewing, Richard Fletcher, Millard Fillmore, Joshua R. Giddings, Patrick G. Goode, William Graham, William J. Graves, George Grennell, jr., Hiland Hall, William Halsted, James Harlan, Alexander Harper, William S. Hastings, Richard Hawes, Thomas Henry, William Herod, Ogden Hoffman, Daniel Jenifer, Henry Johnson, William Cost Johnson, John P. Kennedy, Levi Lincoln, Richard P. Marvin, Samson Mason, Abram P. Maury, William L. May, John P. B. Maxwell, Thomas M. T. McKennan, Richard H. Menefee, Charles F. Mercer, John J. Milligan, Charles F. Mitchell, Mathias Morris, Calvary Morris, Charles Naylor, Joseph C. Noyes, James A. Pearce, Luther C. Peck, John Pope, David Potts, jr., Harvey Putnam, James Rariden, Joseph F. Randolph, Abraham Rencher, Joseph Ridgway, John Robertson, Edward Robinson, Edward Rumsey, David Russell, John Sergeant, Augustine H. Shepperd, Ebenezer J. Shields, Mark H. Sibley, William Slade, William W. Southgate, Edward Stanly, William Stone, Charles C. Stratton, John Taliaferro, Joseph L. Tillinghast, George W. Toland, Joseph R. Underwood, Albert S. White, John White, Lewis Williams, Sherrod Williams, Joseph L. Williams, Christopher H. Williams, Henry A. Wise, Thomas J. Word, Thomas Jones Yorke. A majority of the whole number of votes having been given to Hugh A. Garland, he was declared to be duly elected Clerk of the House. William W. Chapman appeared as the Delegate from the Territory of Iowa, was sworn to support the constitution of the United States, and took a seat in the House. On motion of Mr. Briggs, Ordered, That, until otherwise ordered, the daily hour to which the House shall stand adjourned be twelve o'clock meridian. And then, at half-past three o'clock, the House adjourned until tomorrow, twelve o'clock. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1838. Several other members appeared, and took their seats, viz: From the State of Massachusetts-John Reed. From the State of Kentucky-John Chambers. From the State of Virginia-Walter Coles, James Garland, Robert M. T. Hunter, and Francis Mallory. Hugh A. Garland, who was yesterday elected Clerk to the House, appeared, when the oath to support the constitution of the United States, together with the oath of office, as prescribed by the act entitled "An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths," were administered to him by the Speaker; and he thereupon entered upon the duties of his office. Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate informing that body that a quorum of the House of Representatives is assembled, and that the House is ready to proceed to business. The House proceeded to the consideration of the resolution from the Senate, for the appointment of a joint committee to wait on the President of the United States, and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make; and the same being read, was agreed to by the House; And Mr. Cambreleng, Mr. Lincoln, and Mr. Connor, were appointed of the committee on the part of this House. The Speaker laid before the House a communication from Mr. John Quincy Adams, in the words following, viz: To the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled: In compliance with the request of Mr. George Washington Lafayette, and of the respected family of our late illustrions and ever-venerated friend General Lafayette, I have the honor of presenting to Congress, in their name, a copy of the memoirs and writings of their honored parent, recently published by them, to be deposited in the Library of Congress. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U. STATES, Monday, December 3, 1838. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. The said communication having been read, Mr. John Quincy Adams submitted the following concurrent resolution: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of this Congress be presented to George Washington Lafayette, the son, and to the surviving family of the late illustrious and lamented General Lafayette, for the copy of his memoirs and writings recently published by them, and presented in their name to this Congress, to be deposited in the library, and that the same be deposited in the said library accordingly. The said resolution was read and passed unanimously. Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate therein. On motion of Mr. Harlan, Resolved, That the Clerk cause the members of this House to be furnished, during the present session, with such newspapers as they mar respectively direct; the expense for each member not to exceed at the rate of three daily papers per annum. On motion of Mr. Grennell, Resolved, That two chaplains, of different denominations, be elected to serve during the present session of Congress, one by each House, who shall interchange weekly. Mr. Taylor submitted the foliowing resolution; which was read, and disagreed to by the House, viz: Resolved, That a committee be appointed to report a plan for carrying into effect, as far as practicable, the order of the House of the 2d July last, directing that, in the new arrangement of the Hall, the members should be entitled, as near as may be, to the same relative positions to the Chair which they then occupied; or to devise and report such other mode of assigning seats to members as to the committee may seem equitable and proper. Mr. John Quincy Adams moved the following resolution: Resolved, That all the petitions, memorials, and remonstrances against the annexation of the republic of Texas to the United States, presented at the first and second sessions of the present Congress, together with the resolution of the Legislatures of the States of Alabama, Tennessee, Vermont, Rhode Island, Ohio, Michigan, and Massachusetts, now on file in the Clerk's office, relating to that subject, be taken from the said files and referred to a select committee of members, to consider and report thereon. The said resolution was read; and A motion was made by Mr. Howard, that the said resolution do lie on the table; And the question being put, It was decided in the affirmative, S Yeas, 136, 61. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Robert Craig Thomas Davee Franklin H. Elmore Mr. McKennan submitted the following resolution; which was read, and disagreed to by the House, viz: Resolved, That the drapery, &c., in the galleries be so renewed and arranged, under the direction of the Speaker, as to correspond with the improvements in the Hall. Mr. John Quincy Adams gave notice that he would to-morrow ask leave to introduce a bill to prohibit the giving or accepting, within the District of Columbia, of a challenge to fight a duel, and for the punishment thereof. Mr. John Quincy Adams moved the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That a committee of members be appointed, with leave. to send for persons and papers, to inquire and report to this House 1. Whether Andrew Stevenson, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from the United States at London, is, or has recently been, engaged in a public newspaper controversy involving his personal integrity and the honor of his country, whose representative he is, with Daniel O'Connell, a member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2. Whether the said Andrew Stevenson, holding the privileged character of an ambassador, has, in concert with three other persons, citizens of the United States, one of whom an officer in their navy, engaged in a conspiracy with intent to stop the wind, or, in the language of the laws of God and of man, to murder the said Daniel O'Connell in a duel, or by a premeditated provocation to a brawl. 3. Whether the said Andrew Stevenson, after a written demand of explanation in the form usual among duellists as preliminary to a challenge, and with the intent to follow it up by a challenge, preconcerted with the said three other citizens of the United States, did accept of an answer from the said Daniel O'Connell equally unsatisfactory to the codes of genuine and of spurious houor, and thereby tacitly admit the truth of the imputation upon his honor. at which he had professed to take offence. 4. Whether the said Andrew Stevenson, in these transactions, has violated the duties of his office as an ambassador of peace, the laws of nations, the laws of the land to the Government of which he was accredited, the privileges of the British House of Commons in the person of one of its members, and the honor and interest of his country. 5. Whether the said Andrew Stevenson has, in these transactions, so conducted himself as to require the constitutional interposition of this House by impeachment or otherwise. A motion was made by Mr. Howard that the consideration of said resolution be postponed until Monday next, and that it be printed. A motion was made by Mr. Hopkins that the resolution do lie on the table. The yeas and nays being desired by one-fifth of the members present, Those who voted in the affirmative are Mr. Walter Coles Mr. Richard Hawes Micajah T. Hawkins George W. Hopkins Henry Johnson |