JOHN EAGER HOWARD, appointed a Senator by the State of Maryland, in place of RICHARD POTTS, resigned, produced his credentials, and the oath required by law being administered, he took his seat in the Senate. JOSIAH TATTNALL, from the State of Georgia, attended. WEDNESDAY, December 28. JAMES ROSS, from the State of Pennsylvania, attended. WEDNESDAY, January 11, 1797. JOHN VINING, from the State of Delaware, attended. THURSDAY, January 12. AARON BURR, from the State of New York, and STEVENS THOMSON MASON, from the State of Virginia, attended. FRIDAY, January 27. JOHN HUNTER, appointed a Senator by the State of South Carolina, in place of PIERCE BUTLER, resigned, attended, produced his credentials, and the oath required by law, being administered to him, he took his seat in the Senate. THURSDAY, February 2. MR. SEDGWICK reported, from the joint committee appointed on the part of the Senate, on the subject of the election of PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT, that, in their opinion, the following resolution ought to be adopted, viz: "That the two Houses shall assemble in the Chamber of the House of Representatives on Wednesday next, at twelve o'clock; that one person be appointed a teller on the part of the Senate, to make a list of the votes as they shall be declared: That the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall announce the state of the vote and the persons elected, to the two Houses assembled as aforesaid; which shall be deemed a declaration of the persons elected President and Vice President, and, together with a list of votes, be entered on the journals of the two Houses." WEDNESDAY, February 8. A message from the House of Representatives informed the Senate that they are ready to meet the Senate in the Chamber of that House, agreeably to the report of the joint committee, to attend the opening and examining the votes of the Electors for PRESIDENT and VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, as the constitution provides. The two Houses of Congress accordingly assembled in the Representatives' Chamber, and the certificates of the Electors of sixteen States were, by the VICE PRESIDENT, opened and delivered to the tellers, appointed for the purpose, who, having examined and ascertained the number of votes, presented a list thereof to the VICE PRESIDENT, which was read as follows: For John Adams, 71 votes; for Thomas Jefferson, 68; for Thomas Pinckney, 59; for Aaron Burr, 30; for Samuel Adams, 15; for Oliver Ellsworth, 11; for George Clinton, 7; for John Jay, 5; for James Iredell 2; for George Washington, 2; for John Henry, 2; for Samuel Johnson, 2; for Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, 1; Whereupon the VICE PRESIDENT addressed the two Houses of Congress as follows: