Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1877 — EXTRA SESSION OF U. S. SENATE. [ARTICLE]

EXTRA SESSION OF U. S. SENATE.

Thursdat, March 15.—Provisions were made for printing the volume containing the proceeding* of the Electoral Commission and the two booses of Congress relating thereto. Among the nominations confirmed in Executive session wsa that or ex-Srnator Geo. 6. Bontwell as Com mtssloner for preparing and pnblishtng a new edition of the first volume of Revised Statutes. Friday, March 10. —The President sent a message to tbe Semite, stating that he had no farther commnnlestion to make at this session. Accompanying this meesage were a boot 100 nomination-, mostly for minor offices. Heveral nominations were confirmed In Executive session. Saturday, March 17.—After a longdiscnsslon, a revelation was agreed to—B9 to B—anthorlxlng a sub-committee of three of the Com mittee on Privileges and Elections to visit Oregon during tbe .ecess.if they deem It expedient, and «lne into tbe charges against Senator Grover, ist State. After debate. In Executive session, the nomination of Frederick Donglass to he Marshal of the .District of Colombia was confirmed— 80 to If those voting nay clal t>lng that their opposition wa* not because of color, tint of unfitness for the position and because of the opposition of tbe Bar Association of the District. The thanks of the Senate were voted to the VicePresident, who replied briefly, and then declared the Sep&te adjourned sine die.