The Senate returned to their own Chamber, and soon after adjourned.
MONDAY, December 14.
JOHN RUTHERFORD, from New Jersey, attended.
TUESDAY, December 15.
AARON BURR, from New York, and JOHN VINING, from Delaware, severally
attended.
WEDNESDAY, December 16.
WILLIAM BRADFORD, from Rhode Island, attended.
FRIDAY, December 18.
GEORGE WALTON, appointed a Senator of the United States by the Executive
of the State of Georgia, in place of JAMES JACKSON, resigned, produced
his credentials, and, the oath required by law being administered, he
took his seat in the Senate.
MONDAY, January 4.
The following Message was received from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, by Mr. Dandridge, his Secretary. Captain Sedam, of the first
Sub-legion, bearing the colors mentioned in the Message:
_Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the House of
Representatives:_
A Letter from the Minister Plenipotentiary of the French
Republic, received on the 22d of the last month, covered an
Address, dated the 21st of October, 1794, from the
Committee of Public Safety to the Representatives of the
United States in Congress; and also informed me that he was
instructed by the Committee to present to the United States
the Colors of France. I therefore proposed to receive them
last Friday, the first day of the new year, a day of
general joy and congratulation. On that day the Minister of
the French Republic delivered the Colors with an Address,
to which I returned an answer. By the latter, the Senate
will see that I have informed the Minister that the Colors
will be deposited with the archives of the United States.
But it seemed to me proper previously to exhibit to the two
Houses of Congress these evidences of the continued
friendship of the French Republic, together with the
sentiments expressed by me on the occasion in behalf of the
United States. They are herewith communicated.