The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-03-07

1Vl O(1Nl lLllhD lL<A1Il
correspondent, during very near al
quarter Of q century's observation Of
the Capitol, that the last fow weeks Of
n Congressional session arc sure to be
more or less profigately spent by
members generally, but with decided
preponderance to the lower house. r
am prepared to say that the final days
Of the Thirty-ninth Congress aro no
exception to this inevitable result, and
il is matter Of no small solictude for
me to know whero tho Congressional
orgies will end, and il the sitting ofthe
Fortieth Congress is to transpiro with
such promptitudo on tho ith Of March
that a representative glass need only
pause half way to enable the reelected
member to answer "aye," to the new
roll. call. The impelling cause Of these
Congressional excessss is in the feeling
that pervades at least one-hRlf tho
members ofthe House and Senate that
Congress is bore, and recess tho
only OASIS to be looked forward to in
tho whole desert term. Ifyou .havo
ever noted tho proceedings Of either
body from the galleries, it must have
been patent that more uuinterosted
congregation Of mon, as body, could
scarcely be found, and what is irksome
during several months of tho session,
becomes intolorably bore as the de-
bates drag on to compulsory conclu-
sion.
HoNoRABLEs HoD.NoBB1Nd.
Thus il is, that nearing that release,
it is natural enough that there should
be a general striking Of hands among
all tho fellows of tho Honorable"
stamp, and decided prediction to
celebrate the good timo coming with a
jolly round Of hob-nobbing in some
ono of the magnificent apartments
bounding tho chamber in which they
are held prisoners. Committee rooms
to partiesl like these, arc at'once snare
and retreat. The first, because all
sharp, insinuating clerks TO Congress
ional committees intuitively under.
stand that without demijohn ofwhiS-
Ky lurking behind the water cooler,
their respective tenure Of Office would
not be worth rush, however moral a
committee, and despite the fact that
Sunday evening temperance meetings
are now the order of reform in both
wings of the Capitol.
COMMITTEE ROOM MYSTERIES.
And then, too, tho commlttee-rooms
shut out the tedium Of reconstruction
harrangue, and tho most impassioncd
call for tho "previous question" is Of
feetuslly dcadoned within their mass
i've walls. Large, lofty and exquisite
" appointed apartments, all of them
still as tho grave, and looking ont up
on tho most lovely Of Washington
views, rs from a fortress, so deep and
solid are tho ombrasures Of the win
dows. Here is perfect tranquility and
marvellous luxury skirting every COR
ridor that incloses tho Representative
Chamber, and so 1t comes that oft in
the noisy sweep and tear of debate, q
select cotorie, made up in part Of Jldst
old fellows, who have been in and out
of Congress slneo they and the report
ors can remember, with sprinkling oi
newcomers, disappointed that the
maiden speeches which they had mem,
orized from the beginning of the term
down to no few days ago, when they
were left off, did not invoke tho silent
and enthusiastic admiration of the
Houso-these, with an infusion Of that
ubiquitous element known as Con.
gressional jobbers, will retire to the
Christening influences of COMMITTEES
rooms. 1t may bo only game of po-
kor, round Of drinks from tho sfore,
said demJohn, or n delicious little
lunch from Sanderson's refectory be-
low stairs, But in oil oandor it is more
likely to be tho jolliest of revels, from
which, like Lazarus issuing from the
tomb, stand forth from time to time
certain attendants enveloped in wind
ing g-sheets Of napkin, and rodolent o.
the viands they have spread Within
Lot the laugh DO the loudest, or The
chorus sufficient to awake tho echoes
not 4 sound is andihla 10 the onfal