UNITED STATES, _February_ 5, 1798.
_Ordered_, That the Message and papers referred to lie for
consideration.
MONDAY, February 19.
JOSHUA CLAYTON, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of
Delaware, in the place of John Vining, resigned, produced his
credentials, which were read, and, the oath required by law being
administered, he took his seat in the Senate.
MONDAY, March 5.
_Affairs with France._
The following Message was received from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES:
_Gentlemen of the Senate, and Gentlemen of the House of
Representatives_:
The first despatches from our Envoys Extraordinary, since
their arrival at Paris, were received at the Secretary of
State's office at a late hour the last evening. They are
all in a character which will require some days to be
deciphered, except the last, which is dated the 8th of
January, 1798. The contents of this letter are of so much
importance to be immediately made known to Congress and to
the public, especially to the mercantile part of our
fellow-citizens, that I have thought it my duty to
communicate them to both Houses without loss of time.