A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1907 . the United States require that the S^in-ate should be convened at 12 oclock on the 5th day of March next to-receive and act upon such communications as may be made to it on the-part of the Executive: Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States,3iave considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, declar-ing that an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the Unitedestates to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol, in theficity of Washington, on the 5th day of March n


A compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1907 . the United States require that the S^in-ate should be convened at 12 oclock on the 5th day of March next to-receive and act upon such communications as may be made to it on the-part of the Executive: Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States,3iave considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, declar-ing that an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the Unitedestates to convene for the transaction of business at the Capitol, in theficity of Washington, on the 5th day of March next, at 12 oclock at noon«on that day, of which all who shall at that time be entitled to act asmiembers of that body are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Washing-ff T?A 1 ^*^^ ^^^ 2^ ^^y °^ March, A. D. 1877, and of the Independenceof the United States of America the one hundred and first. U. S. the President: Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. Rutherford B. Hayes March 4, 1877, to March 4, 1881 43:. Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford B. Hayks was bom in Delaware; Ohio, October 4, father had died in July, 1822, leaving his mother in modest circum-stances. He attended the common schools, and began early the studyof Latin and Greek with Judge Sherman Finch, of Delaware. Pre-pared for college at an academy at Norwalk, Ohio, and at a school inMiddletown, Conn. In the autumn of 1838 entered Kenyon College, atGambler, Ohio. Excelled in logic, mental and moral philosophy, andmathematics, and also made his mark as a debater in the literary socie-ties. On his graduation, in August, 1842, was awarded the valedictoryoration, with which he won much praise. Soon afterwards began thestudy of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, at Columbus, Ohio, andthen attended a course of law lectures at Harvard University, enteringthe law school August 22, 1843, and finishing his studies there in Jan-uary, 1845. As a law student he


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