The President, of the Senate 
dent of the United States will 
be inaugurated. 
Vice-President Colfax etepp 
ident's desk and Senator Wad 
administered to him firsl the i: 
anrl t hen the oath of office. 
The Vice-President 
— The Vice Presi- 
Btop forward and 
o lV.vtl v «uueu u laiuuui collection of the revennr. 
ui?Iln' a 9 0 5 Ull,,ll ' iiit v t" the Treasury f.Vr ov.>rv .i..V 
OTOb^blr wm" kVV* yoal ' !H »«o. *i"«i calculate what ft 
aoiihr b ® twonty-ltve yours hence, who can 
wqjjf ,ty ,,f Purina every dollar then 
rie*? a MrhJ S i? e i lb l" Wu , BOW P ! 'J X©r urolos lux.j- 
y!rwt i ™ ii k, 1 M though Provldonco bad bo- 
SKEd »•&“* r,nx - Precious iiioUUs 
(rhfr , w , , Uc : '"O'eitalns of tile far West. 
™ very * or K tn «r the key to uoluftc. to meet 
*a»»•»now upon us. 
‘dltle?to neoeawtry to Increnso the f:i- 
dso that ttfoi Ai' J^r/ ' " ' - mi< * ,l may he necessary 
The case of Charles Reade, author of Griffith 
Gaunt, against the editors of the Round Table, 
for libel, was concluded on the 4th, and a verdict 
ors'x cents damages rendered for the plain tiff. 
| T he officers of the Erie Railway have forbid¬ 
den tl.eir employees at Elmira to permit the 
-or. hern. Central Railway to use their track 
through that city, as has been the arrangement 
terctofore, and the la ter is consequent iy unable 
to make Its connections North. No reasons arc 
assigned for this action. 
Maine. 
Hon Sam cel Titcomb was nominated on 
Thursday evening, the 3d inst., at Augusta as the 
Republican candidate for Mayor of that oitv 
DOMESTIC NEWS. 
Washington. 
Feb. 27.—The Schenck Public Credit Bill 
discussed all the afternoon, and was put 
uni i! the evening session, when, at 11.45 o’ci 
it was passed. 
The biii donating condemned cannon to 
-Mei hereon monument wnu nuaao/1 h 4 4l, n 
then delivered a brief 
address. 
The President —The hour having arrived for 
the termination of the Fortieth Congress, the 
Senate of the United States stands adjourned 
without day. 
The Vice-President then took the chair and 
called the Senate of the Forty-First Congress to 
order and said: 
“The Secretary will call the roll of Senatora- 
elect, who will advance to the chair of the Vice- 
President and take the oath of office.’' 
The Secretary then railed the Kenators-elcct 
who were present, and the took the oalii. 
flio old House mot. at ten o'clock and passed a 
large number of bills, among which were those 
to prevent the extermination of fur-bearing 
animals In Alaska; to give the consent of the 
United States to the erection of a bridge over 
the Willamette River, at Portland, Oregon ; the 
Miscellaneous Appropriation Bill; and one ex- 
tending the time for the completion of the flrst 
(Mo.) custom twenty miles of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad In 
-ville, Tenn. | Illinois, 
A vote of thanks was then tendered to Spenker 
made by VlntUe Pomeroy, and ho made u brief address on leav¬ 
ing the chair. 
Fi f teenth Consl.i tu- _ Th « mem I >crs then formed, headed by Speaker 
MoPHBBSON, the Clerk, and 
uria navy, prominent among 
t l.em were noticed Lieut.-Gen. Sherman, Gen. 
Goo. 11. Thomas, Gen. Hancock,and Gen. Terry, 
who sat next to each other; also Admlra! Farw 
ragut and Adrrjjral Goldsborongh. Elsewhere 
on the floor were Gens. Meigs, Dyer, Butterfield, 
sickles, O. O. Howard, and a large number of 
others, including all of Gen. Grant's staff, be¬ 
sides the various Senators elect., who naturallv 
attracted much attention, particularly l>. jj, 
Pratt of Indiana, whose giant size rendered him 
conspicuous. 
There were pointed out many persons dis¬ 
tinguished in literary, scientific, and commercial 
pursuits, and distinguished representatives of 
all the learned professions. Among them were 
Ex-Gov. Hamilton Fish, of New York; Gov. 
Geary, of Pennsylvania; J. Lothrop Motley, A. 
T. Stewart, Bishop Ames, Bishop Simpson, and 
the Rev. W. M. Punslion, of England. Tbe 
venerublo .lease Gj-ant, the father of the Presi¬ 
dent, also occupied a seat on the floor, and 
seemed to toko, as was to bo expected, u Tory 
lively interest In the scene and occasion. 
The diplomats, how 
i be House gave the contested election case of 
-toss.R. iiunt and Menard of Louisiana, a thor¬ 
ough d.seuasfon, and both gentlemen wore re¬ 
fused seals. 51 r. Menard is a colored man, and 
vas permuted to speak in his own behalf -the 
e itJ'u mC ° °/r, a ri,lorc ' 1 raau addressing 
lisf-n J r ,° US '; u lon,rrw HI* remarks wore 
listened to with great attention. 
MAncn 1. - The Senate called upon Secretary 
rhl %, * Urn,sh th « correspondence between 
the state Department and the United States 
Minister at Madrid. 
At the evening session of the House appropri¬ 
ations were made for the Bfu»g v 
house and public buildings at iw 
March 2. — The Senate appropriated $5,000 for 
the statue of President Lincoln 
Ream. 
The ratification of the F " 
.. . v A.»«.vi*vu WAMM-II.U* 
tonal Amendment by Nevada was announced. 
Ihe Deiideney Appropriation bill was passed 
at 2 o clock on the morning of the 3d. 
The House passed the joint resolution provid¬ 
ing that the debates of Congress bo reported and 
printed by the Globe. 
The bill giving the assent of the United States 
for the construction of the Cincinnati and New 
York bridges was passed. 
The business upon the Speaker's table was 
taken up and a large number of bills passed, or 
the amendments of the Senate concurred in. 
March 3 .— After considerable discussion the 
report of the Conference Committee upon the 
Schenck Bill, to Strengthen the Public Credit, 
was agreed to. (This bill faded to become a law 
as President Johnson did not sign it.) 
' The Army Appropriation Bill was passed after 
a prcd "acted debate. 
At the evening session a vote of thanks was 
tendered to Senator Made in anticipation of his 
the liil* f, ° m ,,K * P, ' widon °y of Hie Senate on 
Immediately after t he opening of the House 
Mr. Col lax tendered his resignation of the 
!* . i,IE i sleeping car on the southern night express 
t i>1?,' n ,. M T treal w “ 8 thrown ftoni the track near 
3 } ittslord station, on Saturday morning, the27th 
- ulr., by a broken rad. and rolled down an em- 
; bank merit nearly thirty feet high, turning com¬ 
pletely over. One more turn would have lodged 
; it in the river. Dispite this thorough shnkingup, 
Ill,! inmates received but slight, injuries, the 
most severe being scalp and flesh wounds, en¬ 
dured by General Averill, United States consul 
at Montreal and Conductor Buggies. 
Miuiacli it set t*. 
A BETUotrs accident occurred on Thursday the 
3rd inst, on the Housatonlc Railroad, near Len- 
pov, Mass., when the morning train going north 
was thrown from the track by a broken rail. 
Gneol Ihe passenger ears was precipitated down 
an embankment, and twelve persons seriously 
injured. 
The shoe trade is so active at Boston, that 
« url street is literally blocked up with goods 
moving to the various shipping points. The 
Commercial Bulletin says that from fifty to 
seventy-five wagons were unloading at the Bos- 
ton and Albany Uuiiroad at one time. 
121io<le I&lstnd. 
The Rhode Island Republican State Conven¬ 
tion met at. Providence on Thursday the 4th 
mst., James M. Pendleton of Westerly, presided, 
and c. Y. Burroughs and J. M. Aldcman were 
Secretaries. Hon. Seth Padelford of Provi¬ 
dence, was nominated for Governor by acclima¬ 
tion, in place of General Burnside, who declined 
a re-election. The other State officers were 
nominated as follows: Lieutenant-Governor, 
Pardon W. Stevens of Newport; Secretary of 
State, John It. Bartlett cf Providence; Attor¬ 
ney-General, William Sayles of Providence, 
General Treasurer, Samuel A. Parker of 
torunniiuon to do I* worth more than divider] eonv 
« upon the metficKl of doing. Zuition m L 
"“t bo iMKiflCMaryimw nor ov™ adv t i,- 
' Wl ,u ' wl "-n the civil law b more fufiv 
restored in jJI part* of f.lio country, and fr idc n>- 
K%£2Ll*fs v W, iV^ eiJ It wJli bi* niv t'mipjivor 
r( '® n ' r<3 to torelgu policy. I w. hi Id deni with rm- 
wifhV-u.l^n °.. W ’’'''t'U'ev indlvIdiinU to deal 
with eaoli other, and I would protect tin- III w-abidlnir 
citizen, whether of m,tiv« or of ft.roim, i’ r , f 
wh^fDvo) hl» riKtit.fi are J< % opar«ll/.fHl 1 nr fluff of 
oureounir.v Horn.*. 1 would respect the rights o? all 
nations lienmndliig cqiiul rcspeet for t.,,r own If 
others depart from this rule tathetr dealing with 
U nii We muy be OOinpolled to follow their prerodi ,,t 
t h i-"lund' 1 ’iTi !' n i H ‘" 1 U \ tll ° original oeeniMlia.- of 
ronaidenStIon r ~ ]i ‘< ' ,L ' : ,,n " oe-erving of ear dul 
CnoM, , 1 CI i 'T rir , 1 bivor any counoi toward- them 
amM! l <ti BzoiibIi lp V 11 zu 110r ‘- Chn^aateitio., 
"uffriiKe is one which i = 111 : lv ( 0 
ever, entered their gallerv 
in a body\ and attracted immediate attention by 
tlie sifiondor of their uniforms and by their dig¬ 
nified bearing. All the legations were repre- 
Ken icd, and the Ministers of the principal foreign 
nations wore all present, except Baron Gerdt, 
oi Prussia, who was detained at home by sb k- 
noRs. Among those present wljo were particu¬ 
larly noticed, were Edward Thornton, Minister 
from Great Britain; Monsieur Berthelmy, the 
Crunch Minister; Chevalier Cerruti, Minister 
from rtaly; and Blaequo Bey, the Turkish Am. 
Fortieth t on gross. 
I W iiiJU this was eriutpleted the Senate and olli- 
eers proceeded in procession to the centra] 
, portico of the Capitol to at lend the irmugnra- 
tionof President Grant, and on their return 
adjourned. 
The House met at 3 o’clock, and the session 
was opened by the call of the roll of members, 
all being present except Cox of New York, Kel¬ 
ley of Pennsylvania, Morgan of Ohio, and Ham¬ 
ilton of Florida. The .States of New Hampshire, 
< onneotleut, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, Mis¬ 
sissippi, Louisiana and Texas were not repre¬ 
sented. The organization of the l louse was at¬ 
tended by n scene of disgraceful disorder, in 
OOnsoqneuco of the turbulent mil ion of certain 
members in eon test ing the decisions of I he Clerk 
of the House. After the disturbance had boon 
partially’ subdued, the House proceeded to bul- 
lot lor a Speaker, when James G. Blaine of 
Maine, received one hundred and thirty-six 
votes, and Michael 0. Kerr ot Indiana, fifty- 
seven. Speaker Blaine was conducted to the 
chair by Messrs. Dawes and Kerr, and upon as¬ 
suming the Speakership made an appropriate 
speech. The Oath of office was then solemnly 
administered by Representative Wnshbumoof 
Illinois, the senior member of the House. 
The members were then duly sworn in, except, 
that objection was made to Messrs. Hamill of 
Maryland, Winchester and Bloc of Kentucky 
Van Horn and Dyer of Maryla nd, and these gen¬ 
tlemen stepped aside and did 
h liiinriy I'nion ; unrl I m-i* t 
prayj-^of Um* nut km to Almighty (»'oi> m beliiiJi .if 
this hnpj^y Cunrttimmatlon. u 
When he had finished the delivery of his nd- 
. dress the President was warmly eongral idated 
i by bis lricnds, and soon after drove to the 
White House in Company with Vice-President 
■ Colfax. He was met at the door bv General 
Scofield, Secretary of War. who had* been I, ft 
in charge of the Executive office b,v Ex-Presi¬ 
dent Johnson. As fie entered. J’re-ident Grant 
was lutruled the following congratulatory dis- 
patoh from Ihe Prime Minister of Prussia: 
n'liHn'n 1 *' M,u vi; h I 'n--ident General Grant., 
"inic House, Washington, D. r ; yj v ,.,, r( ijal 
Congrat illations on iliis solemn da.v. 
UrgMAROK.” 
President Grant did not remain at the White 
House nor hold a levee in I he evening, but pro¬ 
ceeded to his own residence, where he will ro- 
inaiu a few days. Lieut.-Gen. Sherman, for 
" hom the house has been purchased as a present, 
remaining with him as his guest. 
The inauguration ball was given in the even¬ 
ing, in the now wing of (he Treasury building, 
and was a very brilliant affair, the President and 
Vice-President, with their wives, appeared on 
the scene about half-past ten, and were con¬ 
ducted to the private room set apart fur them by 
the Committee. They were accompanied by In¬ 
vited friends, the Diplomatic Corps forming a 
part of this conspiracy. 
On Friday afternoon President Grant sent 
the following names to the Senate to compose 
his Cabinet: 
of^iSSS*^ 0f state - ELlmj B - Washburne 1 
t. • 
oraeSjS,;' W-W-Axom, E. BOM. 1 
j' hr SecnUiry of tin Inter 
, ,IE tran3 *t duties in New Jersey were, on 
i hursday the 4th inst., abolished by the passage 
oi a bill through both Houses of the Legisla¬ 
ture, aud the same has received the Governor’s 
signature. No tax on freight or passengers is to 
to all appearance, neither to 
Jize, but exhibited ids usual 
id unassuming demeanor. A 
that prepared for Gen. Grant 
was in readiness for President Johnson, but was 
not occupied; nor was the latter in the Cupitol 
during the morning, but signed the bills as they 
were sent to him at the White House. 
After the organization of the new Senate, it 
proceeded to I he cast front of the Capitol, where 
the inauguration of President Grant took place. 
Near Gen. Grant, and u little behind him, sat 
Mra. Grant, accompanied by her sister, Mrs 
CTisey. her sister-in-law, Mrs. Gen. Dent, and her I 
children, Misses Jennie and Nellie, ami AWm.-a 
not take the oath. 
THE INAUGURATION. 
The day opened with a heavy rain, aud by noon 
the streets were very muddy. The rush of vis¬ 
itors was unprecedented, and thousands of 
strangers were housed In the hotels anti private 
residences, and hundreds walked the streets at 
an early hour in the morning, unable*to Obtain 
lodgings. The galleries of both houses wen- 
crowded during the all-night sessions, and the 
lust hours of the Fortieth Congress were watched 
With deep interest. 
The first body of troops which appeared at 
i lie Army Headquarters w r as Co. K, of (he Fifth 
U. S. Cavalry. They were all well mounted and 
finely equipped, and dn.-w up in line about half- 
past nine, their fine band welcoming General 
Grant upon his arrival a few moments later. 
The General proceeded to his office, accompu- 
• ior — Jacob D. Cox of 
AS nf fr * (fc,imiKrOM A - J - Cues well 
of^sl?SeS^^ EBBN Rockwoo ° 
There was no nomination for Secretary of Wai¬ 
ns General Sohomemi will retain the position 
lor the present, the President wishing to make 
certain changes in the army which can lie better 
accomplished with the present Secretary of War 
than with a civilian in the olhoe. 
All the Cabinet nominations were immediately 
confirmed, as was also the nomination of 
Columbus Delano, of Ohio, to be Commis¬ 
sioner of Internal Revenue. 
The President also made the following military 
just at the moment the Presirtent-cloet was 
entering his Carriage the clouds gave way, aud 
with such glory as to 
ion. The cavalry band 
o the Chief." and the 
a signal gun from Dupont’s battery 
announced that the procession had begun to 
move. 
The procession was composed of eight grand 
The first, under the uiarshaiship of 
escorted the Presl- 
—I. and was formed 
~i. Chvalry, ar- 
ere in the line, 
were five volunteer mill- 
tury organizations—tbe Washington Greys* of 
New Yortc; the National Guards, of Philadel¬ 
phia; the Albany Burgesses Corps, and two col, 
ored organizations. The oorteyr is said to have 
been the finest ever seen in Washington, and 
was an hour lu passing a given point. 
The crowd at the Capitol was very great. But 
2,000 persons, howover. were admitted to the 
the sun shone through 
ew, Chairman of the Select evoke general exclarnai 
nted to investigate charges of gaily struck up “ Hail 
s in connection with the im- I boom of 
made an oral report to the 
r as their investigation had 
eo had failed to find even the 
3r imputing to any member of divisions, 
ny person connected with any Col. George W. Wallace, r- 
-f or subjection any corrupt, dent and Vice-President elect, i 
aproper influence in connee- of regular troops with fine bands, 
lachmont, to which he added tillery, Infantry, and marines w 
fis personal opinion that there In the second division 
