And having further amended the bill, and filled the blanks, it was agreed that the question on its final passage be postponed until to-morrow. SATURDAY, February 18. _Erection of Louisiana into two Territories._ The Senate resumed the third reading of the bill erecting Louisiana into two Territories, and making provision for the temporary government thereof; and on the question to agree to the final passage of this bill, it was determined in the affirmative--yeas 20, nays 5, as follows: YEAS.--Messrs. Anderson, Armstrong, Baldwin, Bradley, Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Condit, Ellery, Franklin, Jackson, Logan, Maclay, Nicholas, Potter, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Sumter, Venable, and Wright. NAYS.--Messrs. Adams, Hillhouse, Olcott, Plumer, and Stone. So it was _Resolved_, That this bill pass, that it be engrossed, and that the title thereof be “An act erecting Louisiana into two Territories, and making provision for the temporary government thereof.”[6] THURSDAY, February 23. JOHN SMITH, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of New York, in the room of De Witt Clinton, took his seat in the Senate, and his credentials were read, and the oath prescribed by law was administered to him by the President. FRIDAY, February 24. Agreeably to the resolution of yesterday, the Senate proceeded to elect a doorkeeper, or assistant to James Mathers, Sergeant-at-Arms; and Henry Timms was appointed. SATURDAY, February 25. JOHN ARMSTRONG, appointed a Senator by the Legislature of the State of New York, in the room of Theodorus Bailey, took his seat in the Senate, and his credentials were read, and the oath prescribed by law was administered to him by the President. SATURDAY, March 10. _Election of President of the Senate, pro tem._ The VICE PRESIDENT being absent, the Senate proceeded to the election of a President _pro tempore_, as the constitution prescribes, and the ballots having been collected and counted, a majority thereof was for the Honorable JESSE FRANKLIN, who was accordingly elected President of the Senate _pro tempore_. _Ordered_, That the Secretary wait on the President of the United States, and acquaint him that the Senate have, in the absence of the VICE PRESIDENT, elected the honorable JESSE FRANKLIN President of the Senate _pro tempore_. _Ordered_, That the Secretary make a like communication to the House of Representatives. TUESDAY, March 13. _Impeachment of Judge Chase._ A message from the House of Representatives, by Messrs. J. RANDOLPH and EARLY, two of their members, was received, as follows: