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Show CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. In the Senate, pending the reception recep-tion of the President's Message, a ; large number of bills were introduced ! by unanimous consent, to be hcreaf-j hcreaf-j ter referred, including one of Buck-! Buck-! ingham, to provide for free banking, to secure an elastic currency by appropriate ap-propriate national obligations, and to reach specie payments without commercial com-mercial embarrassment. Thc President's Presi-dent's Message was received and read, and the Senate went into Executive Session for a few minutes and then adjourned. Accompanying the President's Message is a letter from President Bai?,, dated Aug. ISth, to President Grant, desiring his Government to as fume a protectorate over St. Domingo-1 to preserve that country from hoiiiio incursions from. Hay ti. ItOt'SE. Washington, 2. In the Huiise notices were given of a number of hills to be presented, including one for a special bankrupt law. Butler's resolution to admit Sypher, Sheldon and Pinchback, from Louisiana, was j discussal at length. T.e question ' was Liken up separately on Syp:icr, ' who w;is admitted by nearly a strict party vote. Sheldon was admitted j without yeas and nays. 1'inchback was not reached when the House ad-;.mmed. ad-;.mmed. . |