I pray you, gentlemen, to accept of my best wishes for your health and happiness.
JOHN ADAMS.
Washington, Nov. 27, 1800.
The members then returned to their Chamber.
A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have proceeded to the appointment of a Chaplain to Congress, on their part, and the Right Reverend Bishop Clagett has been duly elected.
The House proceeded, by ballot, to the appointment of a Chaplain to Congress on the part of this House; and upon examining the ballots, a majority of the votes of the whole House was found in favor of the Reverend Thomas Lyell.
Friday, November 28.
Another member, to wit, Abraham Nott, from South Carolina, appeared, and took his seat in the House.
Monday, December 1.
Several other members, to wit: from Maryland, John Dennis; from Virginia, Joseph Eggleston; from North Carolina, William H. Hill; and from Georgia, James Jones, appeared, and took their seats in the House.