Friday, November 20.
Mr. Mathewson, from the State of Rhode Island, took his seat in the Senate, and the oath prescribed by law was administered to him.
Friday, November 27.
Chauncey Goodrich, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of Connecticut, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late Hon. Uriah Tracy, attended, and his credentials were read; and the oath prescribed by law was administered to him.
Case of John Smith.
Mr. Maclay offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire and report to the Senate their opinion whether John Smith, a Senator from the State of Ohio, ought not to be expelled from the Senate, in consequence of the part which he took in the conspiracy of Aaron Burr, against the peace and prosperity of the United States, or what other steps, in their opinion, it may be necessary and proper, under the present circumstances, for the Senate to adopt.
Mr. Hope moved to amend this resolution; to make way for which amendment, Mr. Maclay withdrew his resolution.
Mr. Thruston offered the following resolution as an amendment, omitting that part in italics, which Mr. Jones moved as an amendment to the amendment:
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to inquire whether it be compatible with the honor and privileges of this House, that John Smith, a Senator from the State of Ohio, against whom bills of indictment were found at the Circuit Court of Virginia, held at Richmond in August last, for treason and misdemeanor, should be permitted any longer to hold a seat therein; and that the committee do inquire into all the facts regarding the conduct of Mr. Smith, as an alleged associate of Aaron Burr, and report the same to the Senate.