Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-05
THTRTY-sIXTH CONGRESS Extra Session
WASHINGTON, Friday March 4.
SENATE
Closing Scenes.
WASHINGTON, March 4.


SPEAKERS CLOSING ADDRESS.
Gentlemen The hour has arrived for us to
sever the political and personal relations which
have existed between us for the last two years.
l congratulate you on the contamination of
most of the measures of legislation neces-
sary to carry on the government without
embarrassment | embrace this last occasion
L shall have, to return my grateful acknowl-
Judgments for the uniform courtesy and kind
ness which you have extended to Inc as your
presiding officer. Difficult and trying as has
been the position, its labors have been great
diminished by the cordial support you have
given me- The dignity and decorum which
have marked your deliberations, will compare
most faVorably with those of your predeces-
sors. TO this fact l attribute whatever success
| have obtained, in this chair, in making my
administration acceptable to you, and for this
| thank you. / have, throughout, endeavored
to act with equal and exact justice to every in
diyidual, party, and section. If the Chair has
been in error, and l have failed in my duty to
any one of you, l now beg your pardon.
Trusting gentlemen, that our deliberations
here may realize, for this noble country
prosperous development of its rich and great
resources, and invoking the blessings of a kind
Heaven upon you, now perform my last Off
cial act, by declaring the House adjourned
sine die.
The address was received with great enthu-
siasm by cheers, and clapping of hands. Many
Of the members bid each other farewell and
soon the Hall was deserted by all save the
laborers who set to work to remove the paper
rubbish which lay thlckly scattered in all di-
rections. All the general appropriation bills
which passed both Houses have received the
signature of the President. The post office
appropriation and the post route bill failed to
become laws The former of about
$20,000,000. Amid the confusion in the
Clerks Office, it cannot yet be definitely set
tied whether any private bills which passed
both Houses, failed to receive the Presidents
signature. The miscellaneous appropriation bill
contains a section for extending the Treasury
note law 2 years, and provides $452, 600 for the
Coast Survey, besides appropriations for the
light house establishment, for the survey of
the public lands, for taking the next census,
&c.
The ocean mail steamer bill was killed by
the bill to carry into effect the treaty with the
Dacotah and Tonawanda Indians, which has
appended to it appropriations complying with
the existing contracts for carrying the mails to
California via Panama and Tehuantepec.
The House, to-day failed as it has done
heretofore, to send the President message ask
ing him whether he had any further COMMUNE
cation to make, and saying that Congress was
ready to adjourn. The House has removed
every trace of legislation tending to the aboli-
ton of the franking privilege and the increase
ofpostage. The galleries were densely crowded
to witness the closing scenes. Many members
leave this afternoon for their homes.
John Marion, third Assistant Postmaster
General, died suddenly last evening. He was
at his office, yesterday, attending to his bust
ness.
The Senate this morning confirmed Robert
Odds, United States District Attorney for the
District of Columbia, vice p. b. Key, de-
ceased.
The post Office appropriation bill which was
lost, contained an item of 100000 for the de-
ficiences of the present year, which was abso-
lutely needed to meet accumulated obligations.
With this the department could have got along
comfortably till the first of July. No means
can be available till the LIST of April, when the
proceeds of the quarter will be paid in. After
the 30th Of June, none of the incoming revenue
can be expended, as the present law will have
ceased to operate. The land as well as the
ocean service, and, consequently, the whole of
the department are thus disastrously affected
Sweeny. Rittenhouse, & Co., of this city, to
whom was awarded $3,000,000 ofthe late gov
eminent loan, have negotiated for the whole
amount in New York.