Tuesday, November 13.
Two other members, to wit: from Massachusetts, Richard Cutts; and from South Carolina, William Butler, appeared, and took their seats in the House.
No quorum being present, the House adjourned.
Wednesday, November 14.
Another member, to wit, Phanuel Bishop, from Massachusetts, appeared, and took his seat in the House.
Thursday, November 15.
Two other members, to wit: from Massachusetts, Samuel Thatcher; and from Pennsylvania, Andrew Gregg, appeared, and took their seats in the House.
A Message was received from the President of the United States, as follows:
To the House of Representatives of the United States:
Agreeably to your resolution of the ninth instant, I now lay before you a statement of the circumstances attending the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia, with the names of the officers and the number of men employed on the occasion; to which I have to add, that Lieutenant Decatur was, thereupon, advanced to be a Captain in the Navy of the United States.