The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-28
TRECLOs1NG SCENES IN CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, July 28.-The House was in session
all last night After the second Conference Com
mittee the Civil Appropriation bill had been
appointed, about O'Clock in the morning, there
really remained no business before the House. The
Speakers table had been cleared, ana there was
nothing pressing for acton but 1t necessary to
keep the members together, and so the Speaker an
nOunced that the morning hour OF the legislative
day friday would now commence, the business of
which was the calling of Committees for reports of
private character.
This was followed by disposing Of the bills re-
ported from the Committee Tor the District of
Columbia. The disposition un tOTmy MADE of them
was to reject them or lay them on the table. The
Only one OF the batch that got through safely was
the senate bill donating cer:aln lots in Washington
10 the trustees OF the cololed sehoo s.
here was the usual amount OF practical jokes
discharginR of paper pellets at somnO ent mem ers
and dlscharPing arrows OF wit and repartee At
lively ones-and the tall member from Illinois ~
Wen. WORTHY created amusemont by his exhibition
OF restless watchiuness to defeat what he denounced
as the wicked scheme OF voting 1--WE thousand year
TO members of Congress, whne the poor soldiers
were not getting their bounty. I'LL.
On the whole, IL was most gOod-humored party,
picked out and enliVene0 with some comicalties.
IL was also patient party, Tor whenever member
tired OF waiting proposed recess or an adjourn
| chance Of getting a quorum together again, when
the proposal was immediately Withdrawn:
At 81 O'Clock the House was still waiting, sus-
tanned by the knowledge that the Conference Com
mitteel had agreed on a report, ana that It would
| posed of It..
In the meantime, Mr. Boutwell, (of Massachusettsl
brought up for action the resolutions reoorted by him
from the Judiciary Committee IeatiYe to the aeRed
completely OF Jefferson DAVIS in MIR. Lincoln's
| ASSASSINATION, and they were adopted.
I'll en MF. Bingham (OhiOl brought before the
House q bill TO pay Norman Wizard $50 OIL Tor ex.
penses N delivering the steamer augusta and Sd-
Udnnah at Hinton Head. IN January, 1865, and after
considerable discussion aud explanation he managed
20 get u passed.
The clock had just struck seven, when Mr.. Forney,
the Secretary Of the Senate, seen coming to the
hall with a message and there almost an attempt
| 10 app aud him. Having informed the House that
| the Senate had agreed TO the reports OF the Com
nlttees OF Conference on the Army bill and on the
| Civil Appropriation bill Mr.. Banks rose aud pre-
sented the Conference report on the Civil bill which
was hereupon bV the Clerk II retains the pro.
vision for the increase OF the compensation OF mem.
/ bers and Senators, with an additional amendment
fixing the paw of the Speaker at 5000 per annum.
| In relation to bounty, the committee reports an
additional section, snactinR that every soldier who
enlisted after the 18th of April 1851 for period OF
| mot less than three years, and who, after having
served his time Of enlistment has been hOnOraby