Barrington, Jeremiah Kingman Middleton, Alvah Scates ardson New-Durham, Nicholas Noyes Centre-Harbour, Simon Drake, 2d New-Hampton, Henry Y. Simpson Conway, Jonathan T. Chase Farmington, John H. Nutter North-Effingham, Wm. Harmon, 2d Rochester, John H. Smith, Benja- Sandbornton, Joseph W. Clement, Sandwich, Somersworth, William W. Rollins, Tamworth, John Woodman Meredith, Ebenezer S. Mooney Tuftonborough, Gilford, Ephraim Mallard Lee, Gardner Towle Madbury, Sargeant Hanson Jonathan Folsom Wakefield, Amasa Copp Wolfeborough, Tho's J. Tebbets Antrim, Thomas Mc Master, Jr. Greenfield, Ephraim Holt HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. Amherst, John Secombe Goffstown, David Carr Bedford, Hancock, Brookline, Hillsborough, Hollis, Ralph E. Tenney El-Hudson, Litchfield, Moses Chase Lebanon, Gideon Dickinson, Zi-Orford, ba Alden Lisbon, Caleb Aldrich Littleton, Alexander Albee Lyman, Piermont, James Kent Plymouth, Samuel C. Webster Peeling & Ellsworth, Thomas Pinkham Lyme, Arthur Latham, Jr. Asa Rumney, Edward Webber Shaw New-Chester, Orange, Samuel Andrew Thornton, Jasper Elkins Warren, Enoch R. Weeks Wentworth, John T. Sanborn COOS COUNTY. Milan, Piercy, Dummer and Winslow's Location, Francis Lang Colebrook & Columbia, Abraham Boynton Dalton & Carroll, Asa Tay- Shelburne, Shelburne-Addition,Suclor cess and Berlin, Robert Ingalls Jefferson, Kilkenney, Randolph.and Stewartstown, Drxville, Millsfield, Nash and Sawyer's Location, Clo- Errol & Clarksville, Barzilian And a quorum consisting of a majority of the whole number of the members of the House being present; On motion of Mr. Harvey of Sutton Ordered, That information be sent to the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives have convened and are ready to proceed to business. Ordered, That the Clerk inform the Senate thereof. Mr. Sanborn of Wentworth, introduced the following resolution. Resolved, That when the House adjourn in the forenoon, they adjouru to meet at half past two o'clock in the afternoon. Which was read, on the question. Shall this resolution pass? It was decided in the negative. On motion of Mr. French- Resolved, That when the House adjourn in the forenoon, they adjourn to meet at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and that when they adjourn in the afternoon, they adjourn to meet at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the day next following, until the House shall otherwise order. And then the House adjourned. AFTERNOON. A Message from the Senate by their Clerk "Mr. Speaker-I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate have assembled and are ready to proceed to business. On motion of Mr. Sanborn Resolved, That a committee be appointed on the part of the House, to join such committee as the Senate may appoint, to wait on his Excellency the Governor, and inform him that quorums of both branches of the Legislature have assembled, and are ready to receive any communication he may please to make. Ordered, That Messrs. Harvey of Sutton, Nesmith and Page of Gilmanton be the committec. Ordered, That the Clerk inform the Senate thereof. Mr. Graves of Brentwood, introduced the following resolution, Resolved, The Senate concurring, that the Rev. Messrs. Bouton, Thomas, Dow, Cummings and Kelly of Concord, be invited to officiate alternately as Chaplains to the Legislature the present session. Which was read. And on the question, Shall this resolution pass? It was decided in the negative. On motion of Mr. French of Newport- Resolved, That a committee be appointed on the part of the House to be joined by the Senate to nominate a suitable person to officiate as Chaplain of the Legislature during the present session. Ordered, That Messrs. Graves of Brentwood, French of Newport, and Dodge of Society Land be the committee. Ordered, That the Clerk inform the Senate thereof. Mr. French of Newport, gave notice that he should to-morrow ask leave to introduce a bill entitled "An act for altering the times of holding a term of the court of Common Pleas, in the counties of Cheshire and Sullivan, and for altering the times of holding certain terms of the Court of Probate at Newport, in the county of Sullivan." A Message from the Senate by their Clerk- "Mr. Speaker--The Senate concur with the House of Representatives in the passage of a resolution appointing a committee to wait upon His Excellency the Governor, and inform him that quorums of both Branches of the Legislature, have assembled, are organized, and are ready to receive such communication as he may please to make, and have on their part joined Mr. Farrington." His Mr. Harvey from the joint committee appointed to wait upon Excellency the Governor, and inform him that quorums of both Branches have assembled, and are ready to receive any communication which he may please to make, Reported, That they have attended to that duty, and that His Excellency in reply informed them that he would make a communication in writing to both Houses of the Legislature at four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Tibbetts introduced the following resolution: Resolved, That the door keepers of the House of Representatives take care of the fires in the State House, or cause the same to be done during the present session, as may be necessary for the security of the publick property. Which was read, and on motion of Mr. Wilson of Keene- The following Message in writing, was received from His Excellency the Governor, by the Secretary of State, which was read, and is as follows: Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: IN conformity with the existing law relating to the choice of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, you have again assembled, and under circumstances which I am happy to believe, are generally gratifying to us, both in our State and national relations. Since you last separated, the various returns from our agricultural industry have been such as to satisfy all the reasonable hopes of those concerned in that cardinal interest, and to give us the assurance of an abundant supply of the fruits of the earth, until the return of another harvest. A merciful Providence has hitherto granted us an exemption, which, it is hoped, the salubrity of our climate, and the frugal, temperate, and moral habits of our popu lation may continue to us, from the dangers threatened by a destroying pestilence which has come near us in its progress, and carried terror and death into many less favored portions of our country. We have again passed happily through the agitating scenes of an excited political contest. An important issue involving the choice of the two first officers of our Republic, and, with it, the character of our national policy for the next presidential term, in regard to many questions supposed to be of vital consequence, has been recently submitted to the American people for their decision. The result will, I trust, be found to be auspicous to the continued prosperity of the best interests of our beloved country. The express purpose of your present meeting, though of high importance, will, from its nature, detain you but a short time; yet you will probably not separate, wiihout entering upon the consideration of such other subjects as have usually engaged the attention of the Legislature at each recurrence of this particular period, or of those upon which legislative action has commenced, and which may therefore be considered as already before you. It has heretofore been usual, at the November sessions corresponding with this one, to make a new apportionment of taxes throughout the State, in compliance with a provision of the Constitution which requires a new valuation of estates to be made once in five years or oftener. The act of your last session, providing for the return of inventories, was doubtless intended as a step preparatory to this measure; and it may therefore be presumed, that |