The number of Senators present not being sufficient to constitute a quorum, they adjourned to 11 o'clock to-morrow morning.
Tuesday, December 6.
Alexander Martin, from the State of North Carolina, and William Blount, from the State of Tennessee, severally attended.
The Vice President communicated a letter from Pierce Butler, notifying the resignation of his seat in the Senate, which was read.
The credentials of the after-named Senators were severally read:—Of Benjamin Goodhue, appointed a Senator by the State of Massachusetts, in place of George Cabot, resigned; of Isaac Tichenor, appointed a Senator by the State of Vermont, in place of Moses Robinson, resigned; of James Hillhouse, appointed a Senator by the State of Connecticut in place of Oliver Ellsworth, whose seat is become vacant; of Uriah Tracy, appointed a Senator by the State of Connecticut, in place of Jonathan Trumbull, resigned; of John Laurance, appointed a Senator by the State of New York, in place of Rufus King, whose seat is become vacant; of Richard Stockton, appointed a Senator by the State of New Jersey, in place of Frederick Frelinghuysen, resigned; also, of William Blount and William Cocke, appointed Senators by the State of Tennessee;—and, the oath required by law being respectively administered to them, they took their seats in the Senate.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives is assembled, and ready to proceed to business.
Ordered, That the Secretary wait on the President of the United States, and acquaint him that a quorum of the Senate is assembled.
Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, and ready to proceed to business.
A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that they have appointed a joint committee, on their part, together with such committee as the Senate may appoint, to wait on the President of the United States, and notify him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled, and ready to receive any communications that he may be pleased to make to them.
Resolved, That the Senate concur in the above resolution, and that Messrs. Read and Livermore be the joint committee on the part of the Senate.