WASHINGTON, _Nov. 13, 1811_.
The Message and papers therein referred to were read, and ordered to
lie on the table.
FRIDAY, November 22.
JONATHAN ROBINSON, from the State of Vermont, took his seat in the
Senate.
MONDAY, November 25.
WILLIAM HUNTER, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in place of Christopher Grant
Champlin, resigned, produced his credentials, was qualified, and took
his seat in the Senate.
FRIDAY, November 29.
The oath prescribed by law was administered to Mr. BAYARD, his
credentials having been read and filed during the last session.
THURSDAY, December 19.
_Battle of Tippecanoe._
The following Message was received from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES:
_To the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before Congress two letters received from Governor
Harrison, of the Indiana Territory, reporting the particulars
and the issue of the expedition under his command, of which
notice was taken in my communication of November 5th.
While it is deeply lamented that so many valuable lives have
been lost in the action which took place on the 7th ultimo,
Congress will see, with satisfaction, the dauntless spirit
and fortitude victoriously displayed by every description of
the troops engaged, as well as the collected firmness which
distinguished their commander, on an occasion requiring the
utmost exertions of valor and discipline.
It may reasonably be expected that the good effects of this
critical defeat and dispersion of a combination of savages,
which appears to have been spreading to a greater extent, will
be experienced not only in a cessation of the murders and
depredations committed on our frontier, but in the prevention
of any hostile incursions otherwise to have been apprehended.
The families of those brave and patriotic citizens who have
fallen in this severe conflict, will doubtless engage the
favorable attention of Congress.