The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-07
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence Of the Baltimore Ga.etts,1

WASHINGTON, March 4.-1he Thirty-ninth Con
gress closed it's second and last session at 1
o'clock to-day. At half cast ten O resolution wa
offered in the Senate by MIR. ANTHONY and adopted
appointing lin obedience to the mandate Of Re
publican caucus) BENJAMIN F. WADE Presiden
pro tenlpore of that body. He expressed 'thankt
and gratitude" in very brief terms, and in an aei
tated tone of voice. Very little business was trans
acted. The President was directed to be informed
Of this change in the presiding officer of the Sen.
ate and at 12 o'clock the new Senate was orranized
and committee appointed in conjunction with a
| slmliaf commlttee OF the House to apprise the
President OF that fact and that Congress- was ready
to receive any communication he might see fitto
| make. These proceedings we're conducted with
due decorum and excited little interest in tie few
| spectators in the. galleries.
In the, House the expiring hours Of the session
were marked by great tuproar. The galleries were
crammed. The floor was packed WITH o dense
| mass Of human beings, male and female. About n
quarter to twelve some one on the Republican side
introduced Ia bill reducing the salary Of the
no yeis Of nays Tese p ere @
was presented an opportunity of 6umtugging the
people, and as the call Of the roll propressed near
" every Radical answered in the affirmative
Before tho completion Of the call the hummer of
the Speaker FELL and ne announced the expiration
fore, expired in the midst Of this appropriate
piece Of knavely and may be said to have literally
died with lie in it's mouth
It is the province Of others to speak of the do
ings Of this defunct b2dy. It may here be said,
ignity, fanaticisn, and total want of every essen
tal OF statesmanshlp, it stands unriyalled in all
historic time. 1t may have had an equal in the
single quality OF fanaticsm in the Bump Parlia-
ment OF England, but that body had The palliating
M virtue o Of honesty: In audaeity and malignant
nents, it may have been rivalled by the National
Assembly OF France, in Robespierre's time. but il
was without the excuse Of danger, and without the
stimulus OF patriotism, which, undoubtedly. actu-
ated that frenZied assernblage.
But, "the King is dead-Iong live the King |"
No sooner had the Thirty-ninth Congress breatfed
it's last than the Clerk announced the advent of
the Forteth and commenced the call Of the names
OF the new members, and upon its completion MI.
BROOKS rose and entered q solemn protest, signed
by all the Democratic MEMBERS against the legali-
ty OF the body about to be organized as the House
of Representatives. He pronounced this.a frac-
inent OF the old rump Congress. In the defunct
body ten OF the States Of the Union were unrep-
resented; IN thus seventeen, including Nebraska
His remarks were digniAed and eminently beftting
the occasion.
The subsequent proceedings have been fully nm
ticipated. Colfax was duly elected Speaker. re-
esiT-ng the full Republican vote, with those Of
who are tor have been) accounted or the Demo,
cratic side. AIr. Marshall, of Illinois, was com
plime0t with the vote Of the Democrats proper.
The House concqrrad b the resolution for the
appointments OF committee to wait upon the Ex-
briefly that he has no communication to make.
Indeed, he had no data upon which to found any
suggestions, as I fully explained would be tho
case when the bill was passed changing the time
of the meeting of Congress.
During the speech OF MI Brooks Ae aderted to
dent, and urged that aE argument against the
legality Of the present Hor se, intnatnc that the
attempt to GUST him from his office under tho mo-
posed organization might lead to seaieMa DON
sequences.
Of Butler oR MassaoSusets @ quits aetase sensa sue
ton was produced: He answered ''here" in q
weak and tremulous tone, in striking contrast
with the manly lnd distinct voice of Morrissey-
the calling Of whose name also gave intsrest to the
otherwise e wearison1e pr9Seeangs By The way it
to tEEe the ribbons from the hands of Stevens and
also rim an opposition line against Sumner and
Wilson for the management Of Massachusetts af-
fairs: 1t is aso thought that If Congress shnl de-
ternline to adjourn shortly, the management Of
the impeachment will be LIFT in the hSnaa Of
as !oon e theH ahaahsfe Completed tho iSvesti-
gation: Tn respect to this matter tho Chronicle of
this morning speaks officially as follows
The subject necessarily goes over to the For
tetl Gangress and to tho new Committee on the
judiciary OF the House, which will probably be
composed OF most Of the ID ombers Of tho present
committee, all of whom have been ro-electsd with
the exception OF Hon. D. Morris, Republican, of
New York, and Hon, y. ): kogefs,' Demoorat of
New Jtrs!y. .Iha. pGotle Of tine United States,
attet h1ig and patient forhearsnea hnto indubita-
ian u ss S and s from the Pres
dential office. This judgment, sincerely and very
generally entertained up to within few daya, has
boon made almost universal nv the ,..poious dbe-
trines and still moro es;lstous threabs contained
in his T.c,,.e q The ongtfaetion BILL" g..