OF THE

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA,

BEING THE

SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS;

BEGUN AND HELD

AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON,

DECEMBER 6, 1858,

IN THE EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON:
WILLIAM A. HARRIS, SENATE PRINTER,
1858-'59.

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

The SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS commenced this day, conformably to the Constitution of the United States, and the Senate assembled at the city of Washington,

From the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,