Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-12-15
Congressional.

7a=.. WASHINGTON, December 6, 1s47.
In the Senate ofthe United States on Monday,
THAT being the day fixed by the Constitution for
the meeting of Congress,) forty-one Senators
were present. The credentials of Messrs Hale,
of N Hampshire, Underwood, of KY; Downs, of
La; Clarke, of R. I; Davis, of Miss; Douglass, of
ILL., Bradbury, eff Me; and Fitch, of Mich; were
severally presented; the gentlemen respectively
took the oath prescribed, and were assigned seats
in the Senate The house was notified of the
meeting of the Senate.
At the hour .ofI2 M. precisely, the House was
called to order by BIB, French, Clerk
The roll being called by States, for the pur-
! pose of ascertaining whether quorum was pre-
| sent, all the members answered to their names
except Messrs. T. B. King, A. G. Brown, Gaines,
Cooke, Fiekln, and Pillsbury.
21e Representatives having answered, a quo
rum was declar ed to be present.
Mr. j. O. Adams moved that the House pro-
ceed to the election of Speaker, and that the
vote be taken vive voce; which was agreed to.
The Clerk called upon Messrs. King, of Mass;
Black, offs. C.; and r. w. Thompson, of la. to
act as tellers.
On the third call Of the roll, Mr. Winthrop, of
Massachusetts, having received 10 votes, was
declared duly elected. The cath of Office was
administered to him by the Hon. John a. Ad-.
AIMS, and he was conducted to the Speakers
Chair by Messrs. Mckay, of N G, and Vinton,
Of Ohio, previous to taking which he delivered
brief address, appropriate for the occasion. Mr..
Winthrop is a Wing and voted at the last sess-
ion shat war existed by the Acts of Mexicon
The rules of the last Congress excepting the
33d, limiting members in debate to one hour,)
were adopted till the third Monday in the present
month.
A committee was appointed to wait on the Pre-
sident and inform him that the House was now
organized.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 1s47.
The following Senators appeared in their seats
to-day, viz: John C. Calhoun, John M Niles,
Roger S. Baldwin, Jamer A. Pearce and w. T.
Colquitt
A message was received from the House of Rep
resentatives, by B. B. French, Esq, Clerk, an
nouncing that the House had organized by the
election of the Hon. G. Winthrop, as Speaker,
and had appointed a committee to wait upon the
President, us usual. --e.
Messrs. Sewer, Mangum and Fairfield, were
appointed to wait on the President in conjunc-
tion with the committee of the House 81
The Presidents message having been received
and read; on motion, $4,000 copies of the mes
sage, and 1900 copies of the message and docu-
ments, were ordered to be printed.
In the House of Representatives, the journal
of yesterdays proceedings being read, the Speak
er announced that the first business in order
would be the election of Clerk of the House
The House then proceeded to the election of
Clerk by viva voce vote.
"a After the call was had Mr.. Tombs reported
the result as follows:-Whole number of votes,
225; necessary to choice, 113. Mr.. Campbell,
of Tennessee, received 113; Mr.. French, 100;
Mr. Gouvernor, Il Mr.. N. Sargent, /; Mr.. Geo.
Kent, T. -..-. -....
Mr.. Campbell was thereupon declared elected,
and was conducted to the clerks desk by Mr.
French, his predecessor, and sworn into Office by
the Spea ker. -a..-