OF THE

SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OF AMERICA,

BEING THE

SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS;

BEGUN AND HELD

AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON,

DECEMBER 3, 1860,

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

WASHINGTON:
GEORGE W. BOWMAN, SENATE PRINTER.

1860-'61.

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

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

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1860.

Froin the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,