Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-03
Opening Of Congress the Senate to

Opening Of Congress the Senate to-
day, at moor, after the newly elected men,
berS Msssrs. Foster, of Ct; Bell, of N. H;
Butler, Of 6. c.; Iverson, of Ga; Pugh, of
Ohio; Harlan, Of Iowa; Trumbull, of ILL.,;
Crittenden, of Ky, and Seward, of N. Y
were severally sworn in, the Secretary was
ION motion) directed to notify the House that
the Senate were ready to proceed to business !;
and IL o'clock, m, was fixed on as the hour Of
daily meeting.
House OF REPREsEyTATIvEs.-At noon
precisely, to-day, the. Clerk of the last House
Of Representatives, stationed in his desk,
raped the House to order, and having stated
what it was his duty to do in tho matter of or
ganizing the body, called the roll, and
quorum 1894 members) answered to their
names. Tho absentees being Messrs. Thomas
Childs, Jr., of New York, Samuel C. Brad
shaw and John c. Kunkel, Of Pa, Daniel B.
Wright of Miss, Thomas G. Davidson, of La,
John S. Harrison, of Ohio, John NJ Elliott, of
Ky, Lyman Trumbull, of ILL.,, and John G
Miller, of Mo.
Mr.. Jones Of Tenn. moved to proceed to the
election of Speaker vivo voee; agreed to.
The Clerk appointed as tclers Messrs. Rob
bins of N. j., Hickman of Pa, Washburn of
ILL.,, and Dowdell of Ala.
Messrs. Ii. Marshall of Ky, Richardson Of
H., Fuller Of Pa, Pennington of N. j., and
Banks of Mass, were then nominated respcc-
lively, and q first ballot was had, with the
following result:
Whole number of votes cast, 225; necessary
to a choice, 49,
Mr.. Richardson received "a; Mr. Campbell
53; Mr.. Banks 81; Mr.. Pennington Z; Mr.. Ii.
Marshall 80; Mr.. Hiram Fuller IL; Mr.. Wash
burne, of Me, 2; Mr.. Harlan 2; Mr.. Wheeler
3; Mr.. Howard 2; Mr.. Mace l; Mr.. Bennett
i; Mr.. Harlan /; Mr.. Galloway | /; Mr. Nicholl
!; Mr.. Miller, Of New York, 1; Mr. Sage l :;
Mr.. Thurston L Mr.. Jones, of Tennessee, l.
No choice being effected, the House pro-
ceeded to a second ballot for Speaker.
Whole number of votes cast 224; necessary
to a choice 1l3.
Mr. Richardson received "a. Mr.. Campbell
80; Mr.. Banks q; Mr.. Pennington Z; Mr..
II. Marshall 80; MIR. Fuller 10; Mr.. Orr l;
MIR. Wheeler 3; Mr.. Harlan 2; Mr.. Howard 2;
Mr.. Washburnc l. Mr.. Galloway l; Mr. Mace
!; MIR. Nichols l; Mr.. Williams l.
Military Indian Reservation in Califor.
MIA instructions havo been issued from the
General Land Office, by order of the President
reserving strip Of land one mile on each side
of the klamath river, California, commencing
at the mouth Of the river and extending up
stream about twenty miles, to contain 25, 900
acres; reserved as one Of the two military
reservations for the Indians of California,
authorized by the Indian appropriation act Of
Sd March, 1855.
The Current Operations of the Treasury Do
partmont.-On Saturday, LIST of December
there were of Treasury Warrants entered on
the books of the Department.
For the redemption of stocks.... SIO,I27 "A
For the Treasury Department.. 45,727 76
For tho Interior Department.. 1864 46
Forthe Customs. ............... $3.50 81
War Warrants received and en-.
tered ...................... 59,25O 90
Covered in from miscellaneous
sources EXPERIMENTATION. % 10