Mr. Ellsworth reported, from the committee appointed yesterday to wait on the President of the United States, that the President proposed to receive the Address of the Senate this day, at 12 o'clock, at his own house. Whereupon, the Senate waited on the President of the United States, and the Vice President, in their name, presented the Address agreed to on the ninth instant. To this Address the President of the United States was pleased to make the following Reply:
"Gentlemen: The pleasure expressed by the Senate on my re-election to the station which I fill, commands my sincere and warmest acknowledgments. If this be an event which promises the smallest addition to the happiness of our country, as it is my duty, so shall it be my study, to realize the expectation.
"The decided approbation which, the Proclamation now receives from your House, by completing the proofs that this measure is considered as manifesting a vigilant attention to the welfare of the United States, brings with it a peculiar gratification to my mind.
"The other important subjects which have been communicated to you will, I am confident, receive a due discussion; and the result will, I trust, prove fortunate to the United States.
"G. WASHINGTON."
The Senate then returned to their Chamber, and resumed the reading of the papers communicated in the message of the President of the United States of the 5th instant, but adjourned before they were got through.
Wednesday, December 11.
Caleb Strong, from Massachusetts, attended to-day.
The credentials of Mr. Brown and Mr. Strong were read, the usual oath administered to them, and they took their seats.