Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-12-25
THE MESSAGE.
BY Special and Extraordinary Express.
Forty-EiGht Hours Ahead of the Mail!
OrgRnizatiOn Of CONGRESS.

Tho Thirtifth Congress commenced its ses.
sion on Monday, the 9th inst. In the Senate
forty one Senators were present. The morning
. was occupied with the presentation Of creden.
tails, &c.
At IL o'clock precisely the House of Repre-.
arntatives wal called to order by b. b. French,
clerk.
Tho roll being called by States, for tho pur.
pose Of uscertaining whether Il quorum was
present, all tla members answering to their
names except Massrs. T. D. King, A. q. Brown,
Comes, Cooke, Ficbiin, mud P~illsbury.
80 Representatives having answered, a quo
rum was deolured to BIO present.
Mr.. J. q. Adams moved that tho House pro.
coed TO the election Of a Speaker, and that The
vote be taken Uipe D0ce which was agreed 10.
The Clerk called upon Messrs. King, OF
Massachusetts,, Black, Of South Carolina, and
X. w. Thompson, Of Indiana, to act us t%ellers
aud the roll was then called.
Tho call hnying been completed, Mr., King,
Of Massachusetts, reported that the whole num-
Der Of votes cast was 220-necessary to n choice
III. Mr.. Winthrop, Of Massachusetts: ~receiv-
1903 votes, and that being tho highest cast, there
was no election.
The House proceeded to the second vote, and
the roll having been called, Mr.. King. of Mussa-
chusettp, reported ll9 votes cast-necossary to
a choice 40,
Tho highest vote cast being for Mr.. Winthrop
1909, there was again no election.
The Clerk proceeded to call the roll the 81
time. Number of votes cast, :2t9; Mr.. Win
throp having received 40 votes, being a major
ity of all, was declared duly elected Speaker.
MIR. King, Of Massachusetts, announced the
fact that Mr.. Winthrop had been chosen
Speaker, and
The Clerk %thoreupon declared him duly
elected Speaker Of the House Of Representa-.
tfves orthe 3Oth inst,
Messrs, Mckay, of North Carolina, and Vim
ton, Of Ohio, escorted the Speaker elect to the
chair.
In mking the chair, Mr.. Winthrop addressed
the House happily aud at some length.
The Hon. J, q. Adams being called upon by
the Clerk, n administered the oath of Office to the
Speaker elect, who, in turn, proceeded 10 qua
lily the Repre- scntatiyes present from the several
States and Territories.
Mr.. Levin submitted u resolution appointing
Mr.. &. B. French clerk of the present House of
Representatives pending the consideration Of
which, a motion To adjourn was carried on a
division-ayes Ill, noes 96.
Ga Tuesday tho proceedings of the Senate
were Of formal character, receiving a message
from the House aud waiting by u committee
upon the President. The message was received
and $4,000 copies of il ordered 10 be printed.
In tho House the proceedings were more IN
terestiug. After swearing in several members,
the House then proceeded to the election Of IA
Clerk by a eira Uoce vote.
Mr.. Tombs, Of Georgia, nominated Thomas
jefferson Campbell, of Tennessee.
Mr.. Broadhead, Of Pennsylvania, nominated
Benjamin b. French, of Washington City.
Mr.. Holmes, of South Carolina, nominated
Samuel l.. Gouveneur, of Washington City.
Tho Speaker requested Messrs, Tombs,
Broadhcad aud Holmes to- act as ~tellers.
AGer the call was had, Mr.. Tombs reported
the result, as follows: Whole number ~orvotes,
225; necessary to Il choice, lI3. Mr.. Camp
bell received lI3; Mr.. French 100; Mr.. Gouve.
neur |; Mr.. N. Sargent ] Mr.. George Kent /.
Mr.. Campbell was thereupon declared elected,
aud conducted to the clerks desk by MIR.
French, il predecessor, and sworn into Office
by the Speaker.
Fifteen thousand copies OF the message and
accompanying documents were ordered to be
printed.