Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-03-07
LATEST NEWS.
BY LEGIAPU
TO THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY.


Extra Session OF the Senate.
WASHINGTON, March 6.-The new commit
tees OF the senete were announced to-day, as
follows:
Foreign Relations essrs. Sumner, chair
man, Doolittle, johnson, Bayard, Davis, and
Harris.
Finance- Messrs. Fessenden, chairman,
Collamer, Sherman, Harris, Cowan, McDou-
gall and Hicks.
Conmeyee-Mcssrs. Chandler, chairman,
Morrill,, TenEyck, Salisbury, Trumbull, and
Morgan.
Military Affairs and the Mlfia-Messrs.
Wilson OF Massachusetts, chairman, Lane OF
Indiana, Sprague, Howard, Bowden, and Mes
NTH.
Naval 4fairS-Messrs. Hale, chairman,
Grimes, Sherman, johnson, McDougal, Ram
sey and Sprague.
JudiciaJy-Messrs. Trumbull, chairman,
Foster, Hicks, Harris, Howard and Powell.
Post Offices and Post RoadS-Messrs. Col.
lamer, chairman, Dixon, Trumbull, johnson,
Ramsey, BUwden and Buckaew.
Public LandS-Messrs. Harlan, chairman,
Clark, Pomeroy, Carlisle, Harding, Ramsey
and Hendricks.
Pirate Lands-Messrs. Harris, chairman,
Sumner, Morrill, Howard, and Bayard.
Indian AfdirS-Messrs. Doolittle, chair
man, Wilkinson, Lane of Kansas, Harlan,
Nesmith, Davis, and Wilson OF Massachusetts.
PensionS-Messrs. Foster, chairman, Lane
Of Indiana Howe, Pomeroy, salisbury,
Buckalew, and Bowden.
Revolutionary CaimS-Messrs. Wilkinson,
chairman, Chandler, Lane of Kansas, Mes
NTH and Wright.
QaimS-Mcssrs. Clark, chairman, Howe,
Pomeroy, Anthony, Hicks, Harding, Hen
bricks.
District Of ColemJiaMessrs. Grimes, chair.
men, Dixon, Morrill,, Wade, Anthony, Rich
ardson and Wright
Patents ndHe Patent OHCe-MesSrs. Cow
an, chairman Sumner, Harris, Salisbury and
Carlisle.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Mess
Foote, chairman, Anthony, Chandler, Sauls-
bury, and Wilson of Missouri.
Territories 49, MesSrs. Wade, chairman,
Wilkinson, Hale, Lane of Kansas, Carlisle,
Wilson of Missouri, and Richardson.
To audit and control the contingent en-
peaSeS of the Sendte-Messrs. Dixon, chair
man, Clark and Harding.
EngroSSed Bills Messrs. Lane of Indiana
chairman, Sumner and Harding.
A committee of agriculture was added, con-
sistingot Messrs. Sherman, chairman, Harlan,
Morrill,, Lane of Kansas, and Powell. The
Joint standing committee on printing on the
part of the seuate consists of Messrs. Antho-
ny, chairman, Harlan, and Powell; on enroll
ed bills on the part of the senate. Messrs
Howe, chairman, Cowan, and Salisbury; on
the library on the part Of the senate, Messrs.
Collamer, chairman, and Fessenden.
Mr.. ANTHONY introduced a resolution to
print ten thousand copies of the mechanical
part Of the patent office report, and four thou
send of the acts and joint resolutions of the
present session.
Mr.. BAYARD took the oath to support the
constitution, now entering upon his new term.
Mr.. SUMNER called up the additional rule
proposed by him. 1t prescrbes that the
the loyal oath passed last July shall be taken
and subscribed by the members of this body
in open senate. Mr.. SALISBURY moved its
pOstpOnement till tomorrow. Debate fol-
lowed Without action went into executive
session.
When the doors opened Mr. DAVIS re-
sumed his speech againstthe administration of
the oath, and was replied to by TRUMBULL and
SUMNER. Mr.. FoOTE, presiding officer, then
took the oath administered by FOSTER, and it
was then administered by him to the following
new senators: Bowden Buckalew, Morgan,
Sprague, Wright, Morrill,, Wade and Sum
ner. Dixon, Hicks, Chandler, Harding,
johnson, Hendrick Doolittle and Bayard
were absent. Ramsey and CONFESS have not
yet arrived.