A Message was received from the President of the United States, by Mr. Lewis, his Secretary, as follows:
Mr. Speaker: I am directed by the President of the United States to hand you a communication, in writing, from the President to the two Houses of Congress.
And he delivered in the same, together with the accompanying documents. The said communication was read. [For which, see proceedings in the Senate of this date.]
Ordered, That the said communication, with the accompanying documents, be referred to the Committee of the whole House on the state of the Union.
Thursday, December 16.
Two other members, to wit: Lucas Elmendorph, from New York, and Daniel Heister, from Maryland, appeared, and took their seats in the House.
Friday, December 17.
Two other members, to wit: from South Carolina, Benjamin Huger, and John Rutledge, appeared, and took their seats in the House.
Violation of the Right of Deposit at New Orleans.
Mr. Randolph observed that there had been a recent occurrence, in which every member of the House was interested, though every member might not, perhaps, possess competent information respecting it. He said it would be useless in him to impress the magnitude of a subject that related to the free navigation of the Mississippi, which materially affected a district of country growing every day in wealth and importance, and which it behooved the whole United States to cherish and protect. He moved, therefore, the following resolution: