New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-19


the Yeas and Nays we're ordered, and ju'i a' INC
0le,k WAS about to call the first name inc uin
sipri6ed to the Speaker duty which without ne'''
tat;on be performed. 1t WAS II ociocs' '"' i"
cu, the business off by adjourDing the House. ald
thus the Army bill was lost
The cit, was soon filed with rumo'S "' d" hA'''
sess;on Not until the A o'clock train was 'e'',
;n, ,,as IL fully known that the feesideh' "oa'd
- co..,o, sb.ns lively sceoe WAS witnessed.
NV 49,, u.. filled with members, each w tn bag
- h.nn.ce good deal OF t'mper WAS mani
81. S,rsrd the President by both sides, aud
,.;r;ro commenced and very few returned, If any.
IT. Presidents Proclamation has since been
..,.5 announcing that host llties on Our Indian
n-on,;er, demand sn Immediate Session of Congress,
~ nroyide means Of support for the army aud
1aursday next at II O'Clock is the time named for
TIE two Houses to assemble.
1t is consider doubtful If there will be quo
rum present Every man who votes on the side of
Freesonl should return to Washington and be 10
his seat on Thursday, or there will be no quorum.
Gen. Granger. Member Of the House from New
York, an elderly gentleman 65 years OF age aud
small in stature, WAS assaulted in all omnibus on
his way to the Capitol this morning BY Fayetse
McMullen, Member of the House from Virginia.
NcMullen is a stout, well built, mddle-aged man.
The arsaut grew out of political discussion.
McMullen, after using severe language, said the
South would stand by the Constitution Granger
replied: eff you don't, We will make you" AT
that, McMullen struck Granger two blows in the
face, when they clenched and after a brief scufle
were parted by Mr.. Broom and Col. Chester, who
were present.
1t is said that Granger wac handling McMulen
when they were separated Both parties were
marked on the face.
Mr.. Simmons of n. Y. moved a resolution of
inquiry on the subject in the House this morning,
and Committee was appointed to report tho re-
suit next session.
Gen. Cullom, Clerk Of the House, was to-day
presented with an elegant silver service by the
Clerks in the Map Office This deserving tribute
of respect learn is soon to be ecpsed by another
from the Clerks of the House, who, by the way,
have performed the arduous duties of the closing
session without employing extra help. General
Culom may well be proud Of his staff.
To the Associated Press:
This morning, Messrs. McMullen and Granger, while
riding to The Capitol in an omnibus got into dispute
about politics, when McMulen seized and struck
Changer in the eye. The parties oinched, but were
promptly separated by the Passengers.
Congress &C ,urned at H. ALI the general appro-
priai bills passed, excepting that for the Army
which Rppropriates about fourteen millions Many
private bills fdileo TO receive the Preldeut signature
Tor want Of time. The President and Cabinet were in
the antetoom during the whole morning. attending to
business.
There circulating that an extra session ls
to be called owing to the defeat of the Army blI but
the report cannot be traced to any authentic source
There was q meetr Of the Cabinet this afternoon,
and the following was decided upon:
A PROCLAMATION.
By the Pre- .fdeat of the United Sfdfes.
Whereas While bostiEtes exist with VARIOUS Indian
tribes on the remote frontiers of che United Ststes,
and while in other respects the public peace Is serious
iy threatened, Congress has adjourned without grant
ipg the necessary supplies for the army deprvng the
Executive OF the power to perform his duty in relation
to the common defense ana security; and an extra
ordinary occasion has thus arisen for assembling the
two Houses of Congress, 90, therefore, by this proc
lamston convene the said Houses to meet at tle Capl.
to in the City of Washington, Fhursday u 2st of
August ins hereby requiring the respective Senators
and Representatives tnen and there to assemble to
consult and determine on such measures as the state
Of the Union may seem to require
In testimony whereof have caused the seal Of the
United States to be hereunto affixed, and signed the
same with my hand.
Done at the City Of Washington, the 18th day of
August in the year Of our Lord 1885, and Of the Inde
penoence of the United States the slst.
w L. MARCY Secretary of State.
The proclamation Issued b. the President day,
csrg an Extra Session of Congress has detained here
those members who this afternoon were on the eve of
their departure ior their homes