A message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Camp, their Clerk, as follows: MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House have, on their part, appointed the following named gentlemen as members of the committee to canvass votes for county officers and judges of probate : The Speaker has announced the appointment, agreeably to law, of the following named persons as Reporters of the House of Representatives, to wit: Andrew C. Brown of Montpelier, 66 The Clerk has appointed as his Assistants for the year ensuing, Henry N. Newell of Shelburne, Calvin J. B. Harris of Danville. The House have also considered joint resolutions from the Senate, granting the use of the Hall of the House of Representatives to the Vermont Historical Society, and to the Vermont Colonization Society, and have adopted the same in concurrence. Mr. Pingry introduced the following resolution : Resolved, That the Senate remain in the Hall of the House of Representatives after the dissolution of the Joint Assembly appointed to canvass the votes for Governor, Lieu tenant Governor and Treasurer, for the purpose of receiving the Message of the Governor; Which was read, considered, and by unanimous consent was withdrawn. The hour having arrived for a meeting of the Joint Assembly, the Senate repaired to the Hall of the House of Representatives, and having returned therefrom, Mr. Pingry offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Senate repair to the Hall of the House of Representatives at three o'clock this afternoon, to receive the Message of the Governor; Which was read and adopted.. Mr. Ladd introduced the following resolution, which was read and adopted: Resolved, That a committee of two Senators be appointed by the President to wait upon his Honor, George W. Hendee, and inform him of his election to the office of Lieutenant Governor for the year ensuing. The President appointed as the committee to wait on his Honor the Lieutenant Governor, and inform him of his election, Senator Ladd, 66 Farnham. The committee appointed to wait upon the Lieutenant Governor elect appeared at the bar of the Senate, accompanied by his Honor, George W. Hendee, who took and subscribed the oath of office required by the Constitution, and, upon taking the chair, addressed the Senate as follows: Honorable Senators: It is with pleasure that I accept this trust, and allow me to offer through you to the Freemen of Vermont, that deep gratitude which always springs from the inside, but never from the outside, for having so unanimously tendered me this pleasant and desirable position. I am sensibly impressed with the honor it brings, and the responsibilities of its duties, and when I look back upon the successes of those who have preceded me, I realize my own. inability to so preside over your deliberations, as to make myself their equal. But, if I have your aid in the discharge of my duties, which I ask, I may hope to succeed. Mr. Dickerman moved a reconsideration of the vote adoptng the resolution offered by Mr. Pingry, relative to the reception of the Governor's Message; Which was disagreed to. The Senate took a recess for the purpose of receiving the Message of his Excellency, the Governor; and, having returned from the Hall of the House of Representatives, the President resumed the chair. The President laid before the Senate the following communication from his Excellency, the Governor: STATE OF VERMONT, Executive Chamber, October 16, 1869. To the President of the Senate : SIR: I have the honor to inform the Senate that I have appointed John W. Marsh Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs. PETER T. WASHBURN. On motion of Mr. Dickerman, the following named Senators were elected the Committee on Rules: Mr. Dale, "Heath, Mr. Heath, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following report, and the rules reported were adopted as the Rules of the Senate: SENATE CHAMBER, To the Honorable Senate now in session: Your Committee on Rules respectfully recommend the permanent adoption of the following rules as the Rules of the Senate for this session. GEORGE N. DALE, RULES OF THE SENATE. 1. The credentials of senators shall be presented to the Secretary or Assistant Secretary previous to ten o'clock on the morning of the second Thursday of October, at which time the Senate shall be called to order. The names of the sen |