The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-04
THIRD EDITION
the FORTY-fIRsT CONGRESS-
Vice-President COlfax Takes the
Oath Of Office.
FoRTY.FlRsTC CONGRESS- First Session,



At IL o'clock the President. elect, escorted by
Senator Cragin, and the Vics-Prestdent:eieot
escorted by Senator Mc0reery, entered d,qodi sne
In front of the Clerks desk, and Mr.. Oolfax re-
Tne Presidens Of the senate-"The Vice
President of the United States Will step for
ward and be inaugurated."
end Mr.. Wade IN a loud voice. administered t.
him first the iron'clsd test-oath, and then the
The Vice. President then said:-Senato ators-In
entering upon the duties In this chamber, TO
the performance of which have been called by
the people of the United States, realize fully
The delicacys as well as the responsibilities of
the position. Presiding over body whose
seniors in age and position in tue
body itself, i shall certainly need the
e agS eon5ence sn Bt pIeasinS lo
you all faithful and infexible impartielity
to the administration OF the rules, and earn
estly desiring to cooperate with you In max
Ing the deliberations OF the Senate worthy not
only OF its historic renown, but also of the
States whose commissions you hold, am now
ready to take the office repaired by law.
The Preside nt-The hour having arrived for
the termination of the Fortieth Congress. the
Senate of the United States stands adjourned
The Vice President then took the chair and
calltd d the Senate of the Forty first Congress TO
order. and said tne Secretary will call the roll
of Senators elect, VINO Will advance 10 the
chair Of the Vice-President and take The oath
the Secretary then called the Senators elect;
desk and were sworn in by the Vice. President
in the following der:-Thomas +. Bsyard. OF
Delaware; Arthur j: foreman, OF West ,I,. Ylr.
Matthew ii. Carpenter, OF Wisconsin; Edgene
Casserly. OF California. Zachariah Chandler, OF
| Michigan; Reuben f. Fonton. of New YORK;
| Abijah Gilbert, OF Florida; Hannibal Hamlin,
| Of Maine; ID. D. Pratt. of Indiana; Alexander
Ramsey. OF Mime Minnesota; Carl Schnrz. ,ial Of Mis- !
| SI prague, of Rhode Island; William NJ Stewart
of Nevada; John r: Stockton, Of New Jersey
| Charles sumner, OF Massachusetts,; Allen g
| Thurman, of Ohie and Thomas Upton, of Ne
| braska.
| the extra seats provid for distinguished Off
GERS. citizens and foreigners were filling NJ
quite rapidly. To the left of the centre aisle
| and in the rear of the desks of Senators wert
| seated q large number of the department anC
bureau officers, the Mayors OF Washington auC
Georgetown, ex. Governors of States and man,
| others more or less distinguished.
| To the right of the same entrance were twent.
| or thirty of the most distinguished Off GERS @
| the army and navy prominent among whom
were noticed Generals Sherman, George Il
| Thomas, Hancock, and Terry, who sat mex
Goldsborough; Gold Generals Meiss, Dyer. Dye Butter
| field, Sickels, Ord, Howard and q large mum
Der OF others, including all of General Grant
staff.
| Besides the various Senators. elect, VIII
naturally attracted much attention, particu
larly Hon. ID. d. Pratt. of Indiana. whose gau
size render ed him conspicuous, there wer
also many persons distinguished in ltterar,
scientific. and commercial pursuits. and dl'
pr, fesstons Among them were ex- -Governo
Hamilton Fish, Governor Geary, j. Lothro
Simpson. Rev. William A. Punshon of Ene
land. and many others.
seat on the floor. and, as was to be expected
evinced very lively interest in the scene A
Cam pbell, of the African Methodist Church
and Mrs DR.. Mary Walker. Among the crow
Of newspaper men in the reporters gallery sa
Horace Greeley and Henry @. Bowen, of tn
| Independent.