From SOUTH CAROLINA,

From GEORGIA,

From KENTUCKY,

From TENNESSEE,

From OHIO,

From INDIANA,

(Joseph Bellinger,
Henry Middleton,
Sterling Tucker.

(Zadock Cook,
Joel Crawford,

John Forsyth,
William Terrell.

(Joseph Desha,

Richard M. Johnson,
Anthony New,
Tunstall Quarles,

George Robertson,
Thomas Speed,
David Trimble,
David Walker.

Thomas Claiborne,

Francis Jones,

John Rhea,

(John W. Campbell,

William Henry Harrison.

From MISSISSIPPI,

William Hendricks.

George Poindexter.

The following new members also appeared, to wit:

From Massachusetts, Enoch Lincoln, in the room of Albion K. Parris, resigned.

From Connecticut, Sylvester Gilbert, in the room of Uriel Holmes, resigned.

From Pennsylvania, Samuel Moore, in the room of Samuel D. Ingham, resigned, and Jacob Hostetter, in the room of Jacob Spangler, resigned.

From Virginia, John Pegram, in the room of Peterson Goodwyn, deceased; and,

From Louisiana, Thomas Butler, in the room of Thomas B. Robertson, resigned, who severally produced their credentials and took their seats; the oath to support the Constitution of the United States, being first administered to them by Mr. Speaker.

John Scott, the delegate from the territory of Missouri, and John Crowel, the delegate from the territory of Alabama, also appeared and took their seats.

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

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary. Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform this House that a quorum of the Senate is assembled and that they are ready to proceed to business: they have passed an order for the appointment of a

committee, on their part, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the House, to wait on the President of the United States, and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses is assem bled, and ready to receive any communications he may be pleased to make to them.

The House proceeded to consider the said order, and concurrred therein; and,

Mr. Taylor and Mr. Baldwin, were appointed of the said com. mittee on their part.

Ordered, That the clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

The Speaker laid before the House a copy of the constitution of the state of Illinois, adopted in convention at Kaskaskia, on the 26th day of August, 1818; which was ordered to lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Tallmadge,

Ordered, That the daily hour to which the House shall stand adjourned, until otherwise ordered, be eleven o'clock in the forenoon. On motion of Mr. Newton,

Resolved, That the Clerk furnish the members with such newspapers as they may elect, the expense of each member not to exceed the price of three daily papers.

And then the House adjourned.

TUESDAY, November 17, 1818.

Several other members, to wit: from Massachusetts, Walter Folger, junr. and John Wilson; from New York, Benjmain Ellicott, and David A. Ogden; from Delaware, Louis M Lane; from Virginía, Thomas M. Nelson, Ballard Smith, and Edward Colston; from North Carolina, James Owen; from Georgia, Thomas W. Cobb; from Tennessee, Samuel Hogg; and from Ohio, Philemon Beecher, and Levi Barber, appeared and took their seats.

Mr. Taylor, from the joint committee, appointed to wait ou the President of the United States, and make known to him, that a quorum of the two Houses was assembled, and ready to receive any communication he might think proper to make to them, did, yesterday discharge that duty; when the President informed the committee, that he would this day, make a communication to the two Houses of Congress.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Cutts, their Secretary:

Mr Speaker: The Sehate have passed a resolution for the appointment of a joint committee for enrolled bills, and have appointed Mr. Noble of the said committee on their part. And then he withdrew.

The House proceeded to consider the said resolution, agreed thereto; and,

Mr. Wilson, of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Speed, were appointed of the said committee on their part.

Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate therewith.

On motion of Mr. Taylor,

Resolved, That the House do now proceed to the appointment of the standing committees, pursuant to the rules and orders of the House.

Whereupon,

A committee of Ways and Means was appointed, consisting of Mr. Smith of Maryland, Mr. Burwell, Mr. Pitkin, Mr. Sergeant, Mr. Trimble, Mr. Crawford, and Mr. Tallmadge.

A committee of Elections was appointed, consisting of Mr. Taylor, Mr. Alexander Smyth, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Boss, Mr. Whitman, and Mr. Tarr.

A committee of Commerce and Manufatures was appointed, consisting of Mr. Newton, Mr. Seybert, Mr. M Lane, of Delaware, Mr. Mason, of Massachusetts, Mr. Irving of New York, Mr. Baldwin, and Mr. Kinsey.

A committee of Claims was appointed, consisting of Mr. Williams, of North Carolina, Mr. Rich, Mr. M.Coy, Mr Samuel Moore, Mr. Walker, of Kentucky, Mr. Culbreth, and Mr. Gilbert.

A committee for the District of Columbia was appointed, consisting of Mr. Herbert, Mr. Peter, Mr. Boden, Mr. Cobb, Mr. Claiborne, Mr. Colston, and Mr. Stuart, of Maryland.

A committee on the Public Lands was appointed, consisting of Mr. Poindexter, Mr. Mercer, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Hendricks, Mr. Terry, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Butler, of Louisiana.

A committee on Private Land Claims was appointed, consisting of Mr. Robertson, Mr. Pindall, Mr. Hogg, Mr. Hubbard, Mr. Bayley, Mr. Robert Moore, and Mr. Ballard Smith.

A committee on the Post Office and Post Roads was appointed, consisting of Mr. Livemore, Mr. Blount, Mr. Barber, of Ohio, Mr. Townsend, Mr. Sampson, Mr. Terrill, and Mr. Settle.

A committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims was appointed, consisting of Mr. Rhea, Mr. Wilkin, Mr. Ruggles, Mr. William P. Maclay, Mr. Ellicott, Mr. Owen, and Mr. Orr.

A committee on Public Expenditures was appointed, consisting of Mr. Desha, Mr. Anderson, of Pennsylvania, Mr. Garnett, Mr. Cushman, Mr. Smith, of North Carolina, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Williams, of Connecticut.

A committee on the Judiciary was appointed, consisting of Mr. Hugh Nelson, Mr. Hopkinson, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Beecher, Mr. Storrs, Mr. Quarles, and Mr. Moseley.

A committee of Accounts was appointed, consisting of Mr. Little, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Darlington.

A committee of Revisal and Unfinished Business was appointed, consisting of Mr. Taylor, Mr. Hale, and Mr. Whiteside,

A communication, in writing, was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Joseph Jones Munroe, his Secretary, who delivered in the same at the Speaker's table, and withdrew. The said communication was read, and is as follows: