Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1873 — The Formal Notification. [ARTICLE]

The Formal Notification.

/ ' * Washington, February 15. - j This morning, between 11 and 12 o’clock, the Joint committee of Congress called upon President Grant, and read to him the following letter: Washington, February 15. Sir: We have been appointed a "committee by the Senate and Houeepof Representatives to notify yon that on Wednesday, the ISth Inst., the VicePresident, acting as President of the Senate, in the pretence of both houses, opened and counted the votes of the elec toss of the United States for Pres’dent and Vice President of the United States, liy the count it was ascertained and declared that yon were duly elected President for the term of four years from and after the 4th of March next. In performing this duty we lake occasion to tender yon our hearty congratulations for the eminent civil and military services yon nave had the good fortune to render to the United States, and to express our confident hope that yotrt Administration during the term for which yon are now elected will promote the peace, honor, and prosperity of all the people of the United States, without respect Ao section or party division. . -e John ShkrnaN, On behalf of the Senate. ' * H. L. Dawxs, Jama B, Beck. Ob,behalf of the House of Representatives.

The President thanked the committee for their attention, and said he accepted the office and would endeavor in the future, as in the past, to discharge the duties intrusted to him by the people to the best of his ability. The committee called on Hon. Henry Wilson, and read to him a letter similar In part to that addressed to the President, informing him of his election as VicePresident, concluding as follows: “We take this occasion, while performing this official duty, to congratulate you on the high honor conferred upon you by the people. Yon have long been honorably identified with the legislative branches of the Government during a period of unexampled difficulty. We are sure we state the universal feeling of the respective Ilonscs to which we belong, when we aasure you of their sincere respect and hearty good Will.’’ Mr. Wilson thanked the committee, and gratefully accepted the high trust confided to him. He said he should strive to discharge the duties of the position With zeal, fidelity and impartiality. He expressed, too, a hope that the coming four years would be consecrated by those entrusted with power, to peace, unity and the development of the country; that those in every department of the Government might retire at the close of their official career with the consciousness of duties well done, and with the approval of their countrymen.