The Arkansas banner., 1843-12-23

At l2 o'clock, M., the House was called to order, in the usual form, by Matthew St. Clair Clarke, Esq, Clerk of the House of Re- presentatives of the 27th Congress.
 The Clerk proceeded to call the roll.
 The members from Maine having been called, the next in the geographical order of the States, was the State of New Hampshire. And the Clerk having called the name of EDMUND BURKE, Mr. Campbell, of South Ca rolina, called upon the members from New Hampshire to state whether they had been elected in accordance with the second section of the "apportionment aet' of the last Con- gress.
 Upon this, cries rose from various parts of the House, oi-'. go on with the call.''
 The Clerk here stated that he had in his possession a certificate, received from Mr. Burke, setting forth that he had been duly elected as member from the State of New Hampshire.
 Here, Mr. Campbell rose again, in refer ence to the same subject; and remarks, and objections, were made in reply and reioinder, until the cries of-..go on with the call, , ttc.i 'Gi IouS IetllS Ol tllG iIOuSG. DTCNdllGu. and the Clerk proceeded to call the roll.
 The Clerk announced that l89 members had answered to their names and that a quorum being now present, the House would, if it were it's pleasure, proceed to bal lot for Speaker
 Here, MT. Barnard, of New-Y orE, pro- posed to read a paper to the House, which la 4lo right of the gentlemen from ew-Iampshre, Georgia, Mississippi, and Missouri, to seats in the House. This was objected to, by several members; and a somewhat protracted and exciting debate arose upon it. At length the vote of the House was taken upon the ques- tion whether MT. Barnard should be permit ted to read his paper; and was decided in the negative-Ayes 69, noes 124.
 Mr. Barnard here stated that his paper acaS such protest as it had been supposed to be-
 Election of Speaker-On motion of Mr. Weller, of Ohio, the House agreed, unani- mously, to proceed to the election of Speak CT, by a uiUa UOce vote.
 The whole number of votes boiled was l88; of which number 95 were necessary to choice.
 The vote stood
 For John w. Jones. of Va, 128
 John White, of Ny, 59
 Wm. Wilkins, of Pa, 1
 So John w. Jones, having received ma jority of all the votes boiled, was declared to be duly elected Speaker of the 18th Congress-
 MT Jones was then conducted to the chair, by MT. Coles, of Va, and Mr. Adams. of Mass.
 And Mir. Dixon H. Lewis, of Alabama. ad- ministered to the Speaker the usual oath of office.
 Whereupon the Speaker delivered short and pertinent address.
 message was received from the Senate. (by A. Dickens Secretary,) informing the House that quorum of the Senate had as sembled, and that body was ready to proceed to business.
 The Speaker then administered to the mem- bers of the House, in the order of the States. the usual oath of office
 On motion of Mir. Dromgoole, of Va. amended by Mr. Wise, the Rules of the last Congress were adopted, until the report of a committee of nine, on the subject of a revi- sion of Rules, be adopted.
 On motion of Mir. Weller, it was resolved that the daily hour of the meeting of the House should be l2 o'clock, M,, until fur ther notice.
 Mir. C. J. lngersoll, of Pa, gave notice that he would, at as early day as practicable, perhaps tomorrow, ask leave to introduce a bill for the benefit of General Andrew Jack son.
 The notice was entered on the journal
 And then, at a late hour, the House ad- journed.
 aSlf the Gazette has always been openly and boldly, one and the same thing, in poli- tics, where was the necessity of ssdefning it's position" at this late day' We ask for in- formation; for indeed if ;s |. n,,,lo to :,