Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-03-07
CIose of the Old Congress and Opening
OF the NeW-Seenes RHd Incidents.

Nnaa of the Old congress anu OIloAAAAA
of the NeW-Seenes REld incidents.
Correspondence Of the Cincinnati Commercial.
WAsHrNaToE, March 4.-The Senate
spent most Of last night until the hour Of
adjournment at o'clock A. NJ, IN execu-
tive session.
The halls outside were thronged with
anxious ones whose fate was being decided
within, and notes ofinquiry were cautiously
passing from them to their Senatorial !
friends in the secret session. Soon after
midnight the crowd began 10 decrease in
size. The Senate had by that time got TO
working in earnest. Most Of the discus
sion in particular cases had ceased, and the
voting had commenced. 1t was easy TO
tell from the couutenance Of any individual
as he walked of what had been his luck
RETIREMENT OF MR.. FOSTER.
Shortly after 2 A. NJ. a recess, until =
o'clock, was taken. The Senate then reas-
sembled, and after a little legislative busi
ness of an mimportant character, Mr.. Eos
ter took leave Of the chair he had filled %
the satisfaction Of every body for two years.
His yaledict0ry speech was short, but i'm
pressVe in is wording and manner OF de-
livery, and many Of those 10 whom il was
addressed, who had been intimate with him
during his twelve years Of service, were
moved TO tears as they heard him pronounce
his last Good bless the Senate of the
United States
rHE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
Ben. Wade was soon ready for induction
10 the chair. His eyes were dry if nobody
eIse's were. lie was a little scared, how
ever, in finding himself in a seat which he
had never been called upon TO Gil, even for
tive minutes, in the sixteen years he has
been a Senator. He Is one of-a very few
Senators who have never been called tenn
porarily, to the chair. because they would
never 90. About an hour before his inau-
guration friend asked him how he felt
with the honor about to be conferred upon
him: be replied that he had what they
called ont West the "buck fever" which he
described as 4 choking sensation apt to
come upon man when he encounters his
first buck in the forest. His inaugural
was composed Of about fifty words Of thanks
for the honor bestowed upon him, and the
hope that his defective parliamentary eX
perience would be overlooked. The first
bill he was called upon to sign was one in
relation 10 the Young Mems Christian As
sociation Of Washington, and as he put his
name to il he whispered that il was pretty
good beginning. a.
How A DOMINATION FAILED TO BIZ CON-
FIRNTED.
Soon after the election Of Mr. Wade, an
e1ecutiye session was held, lasting until
~ O'clock. The doors were still closed,
and the nomination of Gen. w. IL. Bartlett
as Minister 20 Stockholm was under CON
sideration. He was about TO he confirmed,
when some one called for the yeas and
NAYS. While the clerk was calling the
roll, the hour Of u arrived, and Mr.. Wade
declared the Thirty ninth Congress adj
iourned. Probably no nomination ever
failed under precisely the same circum-
stances before, ..-
THE NEW SENATE.
The doors were reopened soon after, and
the organization Of the new Senate COM
menced. The new Senators were escorted
10 the chair by their colleagues, and took
the oath Of office There was an excep-
ton in the case of Mr.. Cole, Of California,
between whom and his colleague, Mr..
CONFESS there is some uniriendly feeling,
the result Of which was, that he had 10 walk
up 70 the iron clad oath without support.
THE END AND THE BEGINNING.
The last meeting Of the Thirty-ninth
Congress commenced at nine o'clock this
morning. At u o'clock the hammers of
the presiding officers Of the two Houses
had hardly fallen on the Thirty-ninth
Congress, before the Fortieth Congress was
raped 10 order.
THE CROWD AT THE CAPITOL.
Il is doubtful If a larger or more brilli-
ant attendance of peoplew was ever witnessed
on any other occasion within the capitol |
building. The vast rotunda, as well as the
spacious galleries and corridors Of both |
Houses were crowded beyond precedent
Ii was impossible for the officers Of the
two Houses, at one time, 20 communicate
with each other, when the Presidents Sec
Rotary. lust before u o'clock, had 70 deliver
Co the House the message in writing an-
nounciRg the signing Of bills. The doors
81 both Houses were opened on this extra
ordinary occasion 10 ladies and they filled
nearly all of the members seats and the
spaces without the bar. On the floor ofthe ]
House alone one thousand ladies and gem
tlemen remsined standing for two hours, 70 |
witness the proceedings. II was not the |
Inauguration Of new men, as officers of the |
House, OF anything unusual in the formula |
Of organizing a new Congress that attracted
the assembled thousands, and added inter-
est 10 the occasion; hut il was mainly the
historical fact of being able 10 see one Cons
gre.s expire and another Congress immedi.
ately take lie pl9ce.
JOHN MoRRISsEY
Was the center Of great attraction, and |
when the Clerk called the roll, thousands
would rise in their seats 10 get glimpse of
him.