LIST OF THE SENATORS.

MAINE-Ether Shepley, John Ruggles.
NEW HAMPSHIRE-Isaac Hill, Henry Hubbard.
MASSACHUSETTS-Daniel Webster, John Davis.
RHODE ISLAND-Nehemiah R. Knight, Asher Rob-
bins.

CONNECTICUT-Nathan Smith, Gideon Tomlinson.
VERMONT-Samuel Prentiss, Benjamin Swift.
NEW YORK--Nath'l P. Tallmadge, Silas Wright, jun.
NEW JERSEY-Samuel L. Southard, Garret D. Wall.
PENNSYLVANIA-James Buchanan, Samuel McKean.
DELAWARE-John M. Clayton, Arnold Naudain.
MARYLAND-Robert H. Goldsborough, Joseph Kent.
VIRGINIA-Benjamin Watkins Leigh, John Tyler.
NORTH CAROLINA-Bedford Brown, Willie P. Man-

gum.

SOUTH CAROLINA-John C. Calhoun, William C.

Preston.

GEORGIA-Alfred Cuthbert, John P. King.
KENTUCKY-Henry Clay, John J. Crittenden.
TENNESSEE-Felix Grundy, Hugh Lawson White.
OHIO-Thomas Ewing, Thomas Morris.
LOUISIANA-Alexander Porter, Robert C. Nicholas.
INDIANA-William Hendricks, John Tipton.
MISSISSIPPI-John Black, Robert J. Walker.
ILLINOIS-Elias K. Kane, John M. Robinson.
ALABAMA-William R. King, Gabriel P. Moore.
MISSOURI-Lewis F. Linn, Thomas H. Benton.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1835.

The first session of the 24th Congress commenced this day at the Capitol. At twelve o'clock the Senate was called to order by the VICE PRESIDENT, when it appeared that a quorum of the Senators were in attendance.

The CHAIR communicated the credentials of the Hon. JOHN C. CALHOUN, elected by the Legislature of the State of South Carolina a Senator from that State, to serve for six years from the 4th of March last;

Also the credentials of the Hon. NEHEMIAH R. KNIGHT, elected by the Legislature of the State of Rhode Island VOL. XII.--1

a Senator from that State, to serve for six years from the 4th of March last;

Mr. SOUTHARD presented the credentials of the Hon. GARRET D. WALL, elected by the Legislature of New Jersey a Senator from that State, to serve for six years from the 4th of March last; and

Mr. EWING presented the credentials of the Hon. JOHN DAVIS, elected by the Legislature of Massachufrom the 4th of March last; all of which were read. setts a Senator from that State, to serve for six years

Mr. WHITE said that at the last session of the Legislature of the State of Tennessee he had been reelected to the Senate of the United States for six years from the 4th of March last, but that the official informaheretofore been the practice in the State of Tennessee tion of his election was not in his possession. It had credentials of its Senators. But as this had not yet been to transmit to the presiding officer of the Senate the done, he submitted to the Chair whether he should take his seat. During his attendance in the Senate he had frequently known such cases to occur, and that members known to be elected were suffered to take their seats before the arrival of their credentials. If any additional testimony was necessary in corroboration of his statement, there were some of his colleagues in the other House who were present when his election took place, and could vouch for the fact.

The CHAIR said that, if no objection was made, the gentleman could take his oath with the other Senators to be qualified.

The usual oath was then administered by the VICE PRESIDENT to Messrs. WHITE, HUBBARD, KING, CLAYTON, ROBINSON, and RUGGLES, whose credentials were presented at the last session; and to Messrs. WALL, KNIGHT, and DAVIS, whose credentials were just read.

Mr. PORTER reminded the Senate that at the close of the last session a committee was appointed on the subject of certain alterations in the arrangements of the Senate chamber. A report had been made by that committee, of which he held a copy in his hand; but as it had not been then acted on for want of time, and the officers of the Senate had, during the summer, made certain alterations in conformity with the resolution of