PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS, BEGUN AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1798. MONDAY, December 3, 1798. This being the day appointed by the Constitution for the annual meeting of Congress, a number of members of the House of Representatives assembled in their Chamber. The following are the names of the members present: House adjourned accordingly till to-morrow at 11 o'clock. TUESDAY, December 4. Several other members, to wit: from Massachusetts, STEPHEN BULLOCK; from New Jersey, JAMES H. IMLAY; from Pennsylvania, JOHN From New Hampshire.-ABIEL FOSTER JONA: WILKES KITTERA; from Maryland, GEORGE BAER, THAN FREEMAN, WILLIAM GORDON, and PELE Jr., WILLIAM CRAIK, and SAMUEL SMITH; from SPRAGUE. Virginia, ANTHONY NEW, ABRAM TRIGG, JOHN From Massachusetts.-DWIGHT FOSTER, SAMTRIGG and ABRAHAM VENABLE; from North CaUEL LYMAN, HARRISON G. OTIS, GEO. THATCHER,rolina, THOMAS BLOUNT; and from South CaroJOSEPH B. VARNUM, and PELEG Wadsworth.... lina, WILLIAM SMITH; appeared and took their From Rhode Island.-THOMAS TILLINGHAST sears in the House. From Connecticut.-SAMUEL W.DANA, GHAUN CEY GOODRICH, and ROGER GRISWOLD. From New York.-DAVID BROOKS, HENRY GLEN, JONATHAN N. HAVENS, and HEZEKIAH L. HOSMER. From New Jersey.-JONATHAN DAYTON, (the Speaker.) From Pennsylvania.-DAVID BARD, JOHN CHAPMAN, WILLIAM FINDLEY, ALBERT GALLATIN, JOHN A. HANNA, BLAIR MCCLENACHAN, and RICHARD THOMAS. From Maryland.-GEORGE DENT. From Virginia.-JOHN CLOPTON, JOHN DawSON, DAVID HOLMES, JAMES MACHIR, and DANIEL MORGAN. From North Carolina.-MATTHEW LOCKE, NATHANIEL MACON, and RICHARD STANFORD. From Tennessee.-WILLIAM CHARLES COLE CLAIBORNE. From Georgia.—Abraham Baldwin. Three new members, to wit: JONATHAN BRACE, returned to serve in this House as a member for Connecticut, in the room of Joshua Coit, deceased; ROBERT WALN, returned to serve as a member for Pennsylvania, in the room of John Swanwick, deceased; and JOSEPH EGGLESTON, returned to serve as a member for Virginia, in the room of William B. Giles, who has resigned his seat; appeared, produced their credentials, and took their seats in the House. A little after 12 o'clock the SPEAKER of the House took his Chair, the names of all the members were called over by the Clerk, and there appearing only forty present, (fourteen short of a quorum,) a motion was made to adjourn, and the 5th CoN.-77 A new member, to wit: ROBERT BROWN, returned to serve in this House as a member for Pennsylvania, in the room of Samuel Sitgreaves, appointed a Commissioner of the United States under the sixth article of the Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, with Great Britain, appeared and took his seat in the House. But a quorum of the whole number not being present, the House adjourned. WEDNESDAY, December 5. Several other members, to wit: from Massachusetts, ISAAC PARKER, JOHN REED, SAMUEL SEWALL, and WILLIAM SHEPARD; from Connecticut, NATHANIEL SMITH; from New York, LuCAS ELMENDORF, JOHN E. VAN ALEN, and JOHN WILLIAMS; from New Jersey, JAMES SCHUREMAN; and from South Carolina, ROBERT GOODLOE HARPER and JOHN RUTLEDGE, Jr., appeared, and took their seats in the House. And a quorum consisting of a majority of the whole number, being present, The oath, or affirmation, to support the Constitution of the United States, as prescribed by the act, entitled "An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths," was administered by Mr. SPEAKER to the following new members, to wit: JONATHAN BRACE, ROBERT BROWN, ROBERT WALN, and JOSEPH EGGLESTON, who took their seats in the House on the third and fourth instant. Ordered, That a message be sent to the Senate to inform them that a quorum of this House is assembled, and ready to proceed to business. |