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GRAVE SENATORS.
Work In the Extra Session Of the
United States Senate.

TIE President sent the following nominations
TO the Senate on the 9Oth ult. To be ENJOYS
Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary OF
the United States: Thomas J. Jarvis. OF North
Carolina, TO Brazil; Alexander r. Lawton, OF
Georgia TO Russia and Anthony N. Kelley, OF
Virginia, TO Italy. TO be Ministers Resident OF
the United States: Isaac Bell, Jr-. Rhode Island.
TO the Netherlands: Rufus Maeee. Of Indiana.
OF Nevada, 10 the Hawaiian Islands. To be Min
listers Resident and Consuls General OF the
United States: Edward Parke Custis Lewis.
New Jersey, TO Portugal: and Rasmus ID. Ander-
son, OF Wisconsin, TO Denmark. TO be ConsulB
General of the United States: Thomas M. Wal
Of SiaryIand' AZ Berlin RI 1 and Edmund Jnssen,
Of Illinois, at Vienna To be Consuls or the
United States A. Halter Gross, Of Pennsylva-
Georgia. at Manchester, England. Brown, Ship
ley a. Co.. of London, England. TO be special
fiscal agents OF the Navy Department. 10 be
Collectors OF Internal Revenue: Nathan Gregg,
of Tennessee, for the Second District OF Ten
nessee, and Isham @. Searcy, OF Texas, for the
Third District q Texas; Alex McCune, OF New
Settle, OF North Carolina. to be Marshal OF the
United states for the Western District of North
Commissioner of Railroads; Lewis Mullen, OF
New York, 10 DO Appraiser OF the District OF
New York City; VIM. Caldwell. OF Ohio. to be
Surveyor OF Customs at Cincinnati. Ohio; Glenn
ent Dowd. OF North Carolina, to be Collector OF
Internal Revenue for the Sixth District OF North
Carolina J, Henderson, of Indiana, Collector OF
Internal Revenue for the Eleventh District OF
Indiana; Capt. William j. Volkmar, OF the Fifth
Cavalry, TO be Major and Assistant Adtutant
george sG bs MSoS sS ID
General. To be Postmasters: Michael ]. Dough-
erty. at Galesburg, Ill; Wilbur F. Horn, at
City, Colo; and Ansel Watrous, at Fort Collins,
Colo The Senate confirmed the following:
Postmasters- Frederick @. Kendrlck, at Mount
Clemens, Mich Aquila Jones, ST., at Indianap-
oils, Ind Mrs. Lizzie III. Ficklin, at Charleston.
ILL.,. Claiborne Bowman, at Yagoo City, Miss;
and N. G. Ridenour. at Clarinda. Iowa
Mr.. AIIIsoN's resolution providing for the
appointment Of a committee or seven to take
measures looking to reduction OF the Senate's
contingent expenses was adopted by the Senate
on the 3lst ult. On motion of Mr.. Van Wyck,
the Senate took mp the report made by that
gentleman from the Committee on Mtssis-
sippi River improvements, providing for
the tabling of all resolutions passed since
March authorizing the COMMITTEES 70 SIT
during the recess OF Congress. The resolution
led to general discussion Of the whole subject
or the expenditures by this Congress as COM
pared with former Congresses. and OF the Sen
ate as compared with the House. The discus
wss ad OSe The Pssdsns
sent to the Senate the following nominations;
To be ENJOYS Extraordinary and Minis
William r. Roberts, Of New York, to Chill:
Charles w. b. Buck. OF Kentucky, to Peru:
Charles T. Russell, Of Connecticut, to be Consul
Postmaster at New York; Norman j. Coleman.
of Missouri. to be Commissioner OF Agriculture;
iector Of Internal u Revenue for the District Of
West Virginia. Henry p. Kernochan, Of LOUISE
ana, TO be Naval Officer at New Orleans;
Collector of Internal Revenue for the Fifth Dis
trict of North Carolina; Richard B. Hubbard, of
Texas, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentary of the United States to Japan;
William M. Lang, of Texas, to be United States
Consul at Hamburg, Germany AT caucus OF
the Republican Senators decision was reached
to resist removals from offices which have
fixed tenure by law. except for cause. until the
expiration Of the term.
THE following proceedings were had in the
Senate on the LIST inst After the reading Of the
journal the Chair laid before the Senate several
communications which he had received in re-
gard to the falling health of Gen. Grant,
and asked IL 1t was the pleasure OF the
Senate that the Secretary should read them.
Several Senators responded in the affirmative,
whereupon the Associated Press bulletins were
read from the Secretary's desk. On motion Of
Mr.. Sherman the Chair was authorized to APP
point the committee provided for by the Allison
resolution, TO sit during the recess and take
into consideration the contingent expenses OF
the Senate The following Senators are
named: Messrs. Allison, Platt Plumb Miller Of
President sent in the following nominations:
A. Leo Knott, Of Maryland, to be Second
sfs JSa s6oMsssr at Estrcbe Ps
Adelbert Shepperd, at Waverly, Iowa; Bayard
Gray ,sa at PORTLAND Ind THONGS @ FRENCH.
Pherson, Kan; @. Marion Moore, at Pleasanton,
Kan. The Committee on Postofices made a
favorable report on the nomination of Henry q.
Pearson TO be Postmaster OF New York.
THE United States Senate adjourned sine die
on Thursday, April 2. The Senate cleared it's
desk Of nearly all the nominations that had
been submitted. Among those which were not
acted upon were the following: W. w, Lang of
Texas, for Consul at Hamburg; A. H. Gross. OF
Pennsylvania, for Consul at Athens; E. p. How
ell, OF Georgia, for Consul at Manchester: H p
kernochan, for Naval Officer at New Orleans:
Louis McMullen, for Appraiser at New York;
James o. Henderson, for Collector of Internal
Revenue OF the Eleventh Indiana District: j. III
MaRraw, for Collector OF Internal Revenue for
West Virginia, and c. I. Russell. for Consul at
Liverpool The Republican Senators had de-
ctded to resist the removal Of Republican officers
whose terms have not expired and who have not
resigned, except in cases where cause for removal
was assigned. which In their judgment was suffi-
Gent to justify removal of incumbents. Consuls
have no fixed term and may be removed at any
time by consent Of the Senate, but not without
such consent. 1t is understood that the Consuls
at Hamburg, Manchester, Liverpool and Athens,
Ma1se Y IS % ss e
that there will be renewal next winter of the
long and tedious debates which occurred some
A message was received from the President
withdrawing the nomination of Alexander r.
Lawton for the Russian Mission. This with
drawal was the result OF an objection by Sena-
tor Edmunds to the confirmation. The Senator
held that the appointee's political dis
abilities had never been removed. The
Georgia Senators responded that he had received
a full pardon from President johnson in
1867. Senator Edmunds insisted that this did
not remove the political disabilities. He quoted
section OF the fourteenth amendment The
portions which he held to apply to this case are:
No person shall hold any Office under the United
States who, having previously taken an oath as
an officer OF the United States to support the
Constitution Of the United States, shall have en-
gagged In instruction OF rebellion against the
same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies
thereof; but Congress may, by vote of two
thirds OF each house, remove such disability,
Then the Georgia Senators commended that Gen
Lawton had never taken an oath to support the
Of the United States; and that the
bath he took was q mere oath OF allegiance.
But the Republicans seemed determined TO de-
Ieat the confirmation, so the nomination was
withdrawn- The President and Secretary OF
State will examine the question Of law care-
'ully before acting further I'm the matter The
Secretary OF State is understood to hold that
.he pardon granted by johnson removes the
disability. IL the President agrees with him