The Committee of Arrangements.

be found the immediate representatives of the States, by

The Members of the Senate. The Diplomatic Corps.

The Mayors of Washington, Georgetown and Alexandria, and the other persons admitted to the floor of the Senate, in the order in which they are mentioned.

On reaching the front of the portico, the President elect and Chief Justice will take the seats provided for them. The Ex-Vice President, the Committee of Arrangements, and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, will occupy a position several feet in the rear of the President elect. The Vice President, Secretary, and Members of the Senate will occupy parallel lines next in rear.

The Diplomatic Corps will occupy the next position; and the space immediately in their rear is assigned to the late Speaker, Clerk, and Members of the Senate and House of Representatives.

On the conclusion of the address, the oath of office will be administered to the President of the United States by the Chief Justice; after which, the Members of the Senate, preceded by the Vice President, Secretary, and Sergeantat-Arms, will return to the Senate Chamber.

Should the weather, however, prove unfavorable, the ceremony of the Inauguration will take place in the Hall of the House of Representatives.

WILLIAM C. PRESTON,
RICHARD H. BAYARD,
A. S. WHITE,

Committee of Arrangements of the Senate.

WASHINGTON, MARCH 3, 1841.

Senate of the United States.

WASHINGTON, 2 March 4, 1841. S

The Senate convened in pursuance of notice from the President of the United States.

Mr. KING, of Alabama having been sworn in upon his appearing upon re-election to a new term, was then elected President pro tem. of the Senate.

Several other of the old members of the Senate were sworn in upon re-election.

The following entirely new members attended, were qualified, and took their seats, viz:

From Maine, the Hon. George Evans. From Illinois, the Hon. Samuel McRoberts. From Rhode Island, the Hon. James F. Simmons. From Michigan, the Hon. William Woodbridge. From New Jersey, the Hon. Jacob W. Miller. From Louisiana, the Hon. Alexander Barrow. From New Hampshire, the Hon. Levi Woodbury. From Georgia, the Hon. John McPherson Berrien. From Kentucky, the Hon. James T. Moorehead. The Vice President having taken the oath of office, and assumed his place as President of the Senate, delivered the following

Address.

SENATORS:-Called by the People of the United States to preside over your deliberations, I cannot withhold the expression of the high estimate I place on the honor which they have conferred upon me. To occupy the seat which has been filled and adorned-to say nothing of my more immediate predecessors-by an Adams, a Jefferson, a Gerry, a Clinton and a Tompkins, names that, although belonging to the dead, still live in the recollection of a grateful country, is an honor of which any man would have just cause to be proud. But this honor is greatly augmented by the consideration of the true character of this body-by the high order of moral and intellectual power which has distinguished it in all past time, and which still distinguishes it-by the dignity which has, for the most part, marked its proceedings, and, above all, by the important duties which have devolved upon it under the Constitution. Here are to

existence. Here exists that perfect equality among the members of this Confederacy which gives to the smallest State in the Union a voice as potential as that of the largest. To this body is committed, in an eminent degree, the trust of guarding and protecting the institutions handed down to us from our fathers, as well against the waves of popular and rash impulses on the one hand, as against the attempts at Executive encroachment on the other. It may properly be regarded as holding the balance in which are weighed the powers conceded to this Government and the rights reserved to the States and to the people. It is its province to concede what has been granted-to withhold what has been denied, thus in all its features exhibiting a true type of the glorious confederacy under which it is our happiness to live. Should the spirit of Faction—that destructive spirit which recklessly walks over prostrate rights, and tramples laws and constitutions in the dust-ever find an abiding place within this hall, then indeed will a sentence of condemnation be issued against the peace and happiness of this people, and their political institutions be made to topple to their foundations.— But while this body shall continue to be what by its framers it was designed to be, deliberative in its character, unbiassed in its course, and independent in its action, then may Liberty be regarded as entrenched in safety behind the sacred ramparts of the Constitution.

While I occupy this chair, Senators, I shall have frequent occasion to invoke your indulgence for my defects, and your charity for my errors. I am but little skilled in Parliamentary law, and have been unused to preside over deliberative assemblies. All that I can urge in excuse of my defects is, that I bring with me to this chair an earnest wish to discharge properly its duties, and a fixed determination to preside over your deliberations with entire impartiality.

Real Estate in New Orleans.

The Louisiana Advertiser of the 15th inst. notices a sale of Real Estate which it says " shows a lamentable evidence of the decrease in the value of real estate in that city. Twenty-two lots of ground in Carrolton brought $900, and a lot of ground in Faubourg Annunciation, which was sold two years ago for $15,000 was knocked down at $1,400. The property known as the New Orleans Iron Foundry covered with buildings which can store 10,000 bales of cotton, and having a steam engine upon it went for $9000.The two arpents on the river, being one of the lots made out of the Laceste plantation, and well improved with houses &c., brought only $8200."

Statistics of our Civil Courts.

From the first of January, 1839, to the first of January, 1840, five thousand seven hundred and fifty suits were brought in the District Court. From 1840 to the first of January, 1841, five thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven suits were brought before the same tribunal. In the Court of Common Pleas, during the year 1840 to 1841, one thousand two hundred and fifty-four suits were entered; they were principally appeals from magistrates. It will be borne in mind that some of the cases above enumerated have been settled, others discontinued, and many of them tried by jury. A great many of them still remain to be disposed of. In the Insolvent Court, from the year 1839 to 1840, there were one thousand one hundred and twenty-eight applicants for the benefit of the insolvent laws; and in the succeeding year, from 1840 to 1841, their number was one thousand and thirty-two.

Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Report of the Commissary General of New York. The following summary includes the bulk of the ordnance, arms, and other munitions of war, the property of New York: Iron ordnance, from 6 to 32 pounders, 547; brass, do. large and small, 255; muskets, 49,980; rifles, 2,888; carbines, 1,134 swords, 2,125; sets of Infantry equipments 15,987; round shot of all sizes, 18,883.

Quarantine.

By the report made to the legislature, in regard to the Marine Hospital at Staten Island, by Dr. Doane, health of ficer, it appears that that establishment is confined in its operation to the reception of passengers, arriving from certain foreign ports during particular months in the year, and to such other persons who may at any season of the year be actually laboring under some contagious or malignant fever. The quarantine season which has more particular reference to yellow fever, continues from the first of April to the first of November.

From the able report received from the health commission, Dr. Turner, it appears that the whole amount of receipts from the 14th of March last to the 1st of November, deducting commissions allowed by law, is fifty eight thousand one hundred and thirty-eight dollars, thirty-one cents. The disbursements for the same period amount to $28,192 50, leaving a present surplus of $29, 945 81. Should we allow the same amount of disbursements for the remainder of the year, as was expended during the same period last year, it is estimated there will remain on the 14th March next, a surplus of twenty-eight thousand dollars, to be placed

to the credit of the State,

This is a surplus larger by eighteen thousand dollars than was paid over to the Comptroller last year by the former

health commissioner.

There have been admitted into the Marine Hospital, from the 14th March to the 1st November, 826 patients, who were treated for a period equal to 14,756 days, which is an average of about 64 patients per day. The estimated expense for each patient is sixty cents per day, or $4,20 per week.— This is larger than the ordinary expense in hospitals generally. But it must be remembered that in many respects, the Marine Hospital on Staten Island differs from hospitals constituted for other purposes.

The number of patients received at the Marine Hospital, depends on the degree of health enjoyed in our Southern ports-the number of passengers arriving here, whether they are or not provided with suitable food and clothing-the length of the voyage, and the regulations observed on board the vessel in regard to cleanliness and ventilation. These circumstances are so numerous that it is impossible to calcu late with any degree of certainty on the number of patients who will present themselves. During the present year forty patients were received from the "Silas Richards," sixty from the "American," and thirty-four from the "England," all from Liverpool. In 1837, sixty-two were received from the ship"Splendid," and one hundred and fifty-eight from the "Ann Hall." both from Liverpool; and by reference to the early records of the hospital, we find that in 1802, two hundred and fifty-nine were received sick from the ship" Penelope," from Newry; two hundred and twenty from the "Nan

cy," from Sligo; one hundred and eighty-nine from the "Flora," from Sligo; fifty-three from the "Venus," from Newry; and forty-three from the "Resolution," from Londonderry. Hence, the Marine Hospital must always be prepared to receive any number of patients.

Since the 15th of March, 56,274 foreign passengers arrived at this port, and from that period to the first of November, 830 patients were received at the Marine Hospital. Of these there were cases of

1840

Ship fever.. Remittent. Intermittent. Yellow... Small pox..

.144

93

..111 3 .....135

Of the whole number 830, 65 died. Of these 65, four were received in a dying state, and expired a few hours after admission; and five were so far advanced with tubercular consumption as not to be considered fair subjects of medical treatment. If these be deducted from the whole number of deaths, the mortality will be 6-75 per cent.

In regard to the claims of patients to be admitted to the hospital, some obscurity exists. The law says nothing as to the length of time after arriving that the emigrant passengers shall be entitled to the benefits of the Marine Hospital. The present commissioners found that the law as established by usage, was to admit only those who were sick on their arrival in this port, or were taken sick on their voyage.

To meet this defect an amendment of the law is recommended.

Table showing the number of passengers from foreign ports since 1827, previous to which no record

No. of patients

admit'd to Ma

rine Hospital.

has been kept:

56,274

830

57

23

79

64

60

47

63

53

43

NOTE.-The Philadelphia banks suspended specie payments October 9th. On the preceding day, at New York, United States bank notes were at par, and the notes of other banks throughout the country bore about the same prices as are given in the table under date of October 2. On the Saturday following, Philadelphia bank notes were quoted 7 a 10 d.; but no quotations were given of the notes of the other banks in Pennsylvania, in West Jersey, or of any South or West of Pennsylvania. The New England banks were quoted generally a 1 d. (See notes to table C.)