OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1837, AND IN THE SIXTY-SECOND YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES, WASHINGTON: 1837. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS commenced this day at the city of Washington, agreeably to a proclamation of the President of the United States, of the 15th day of May, 1837; and the Senate assembled. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1837. PRESENT: The Honorable Richard M. Johnson, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. From the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, |