From FLORIDA TERRITORY,

Richard K. Call.

A new member, to wit: from Pennsylvania, Alexander Thompson, in the place of John Tod, resigned, appeared, produced his creden. tials, was qualified, and took his seat.

And a quorum, consisting of a majority of the whole number of members of the House being present, it was

Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate, to inform that body that a quorum of this House has assembled, and is now ready to proceed to business; and that the Clerk do go with the said message.

A message was then received from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary, notifying that a quorum of the Senate has assembled, and is ready to proceed to business; as, also, that the Senate have passed a resolution 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 have assembled, and are ready to receive any communi

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cations he may be pleased to make to them, and have appointed a committee on their part.

The House proceeded to consider the said resolution from the Senate, and being read, it was agreed to.

Ordered, That Mr. Taylor and Mr. Rankin be of the committee on the part of this House, and that the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Mitchell, of Maryland, it was unanimously 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 consider and report what respectful mode it may be proper for Congress to adopt to receive General Lafayette, and to testify the very high gratification which he has afforded to it, by his present visit to the United States, made in pursuance of the invitation given to him by Congress, during its last session.

Ordered, That Mr. Mitchell, of Maryland, Mr. Andrew Stevenson, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Storrs, Mr. Trimble, Mr. M'Lane, of Delaware, Mr. Webster, Mr. Mallary, Mr. Ingham, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Mangum, Mr. McDuffie, and Mr, Eddy, be the committee on the part of this House.

Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Taylor,

Resolved, That two Chaplains, of different denominations, be clected for Congress, during the present session, one by each House, who shall interchange weekly.

Ordered, That the Clerk do acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Little,

Resolved, That this House do now proceed to the election of a Sergeant-at-Arms, to supply the vacancy in that office, occasioned by the death of Thomas Dunn, late Sergeant-at-Arms.

The House then, in pursuance of the above resolution, proceeded, by ballot, to the election of a Sergeant-at-Arms, and, upon an examination of the second ballot, it appeared that John Oswald Dunn, the Assistant Doorkeeper, had obtained a majority of the votes given in, and was, therefore, declared to be duly elected: Whereupon,

The said John Oswald Dunn was duly qualified by the Speaker, according to the rules of the House, and entered upon the discharge of the duties of his office.

Mr. Taylor, from the joint committee appointed, this day, to wait upon the President of the United States, and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses have assembled, and are ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make to them, reported, that the committee had performed the duties of their appointment, and that the President answered, that he would make a communication, in writing, to the two Houses of Congress, to morrow at 12 o'clock.

On motion of Mr. Ingham,

Resolved, That the Clerk be directed to cause the members to be furnished with such newspapers as they, respectively, may elect-the expense of each not to exceed the price of three daily papers per annum.