MONDAY, March 4.
In conformity to the summons from the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
the Senate assembled in the Senate Chamber.
The Hon. JOHN LANGDON, President _pro tempore_, read the summons of the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, as follows:
_The President of the United States to the President of the
Senate:_
Certain matters, touching the public good, requiring that
the Senate shall be convened on Monday the 4th instant, I
have desired their attendance, as I do yours, by these
presents, at the Senate Chamber, in Philadelphia, on that
day; then and there to receive and deliberate on such
communications as shall be made to you on my part.