The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-04-09
of COngress--Extra
Session of the Senate Called.
WASHINGTON, March 81.

w ASHLNdTON, MdEcn o.
Both Houses of the Fortieth Congress
adjourned yesterday at noon, until
Wednesday, the Sd of July. The clos
ing hours were not signalized by import
ant legislation, nor any scene Of unusual
interest. The Senate met at 10 o'clock,
but soon went into executive session, and
there remained until noon. There was q
large attendance in the House, but it was
difficult to obtain quorum on the floor.
There were eighty-Gve members present,
which is in excess OF quorum but four
votes, thus leaving some sixty members
absent. A joint Committee was appoint
ed to. wait on the President, to inform
him that Congress was ready to adjourn,
and asking him if he had any communi-
cation to make; but, before the Commit
tee had time to see the President, both
Houses adjourned. 1t was pretty well
understood, however, that the President
had nothing to say to the retiring mem
bers. gr i.n
THE EXPENDITURES FOR MILITARY RE-
CONSTRUCTION SIGNED UNDER PROTEST.
The President sent the following mes
sage to the House Of Representatives.:
To the House of representatives: z3aI
In giving my approval to the joint res.
olution, providing for the expenses of
carrying into full effect the Ac! to pro-
vide for the more efficient government of
the rebel States" I am moved to do so
for the following reason: The seventh
section of the Act supplementary to the
Act ''for the more efficient government OF
the rebel States" provides tina. all expen.
ses incurred under or by virtue of that
Act shall be paid out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
This provision is wholly unlimited as to
the amount to be expended, whereas the
resolution now before me limits the ap-
lpropriation to S500,000. I consider this
| Limitation as very necessary check
against unlimited expenditures and liza
bilities. Yielding to this consideration
I am bound to approve this resolution
without modifying in any manner my OBJ.
jections heretofore stated against toe orig
inal and supplementary acts. -
ANDREW JOHNSON.
AN EXTRA SESSION OF THE SENATE CALL
ED.
Owing to the large number Of Execu
tive appointments to be1acted on, and the
cession of Russian America to the Uni
tied States, the President to-day ISSUED
the following proclamation, copy o
which was addressed tosevery Senator:
i WHEREAS, Subjects Of interest to tn
United States require that the Senat
should be convened at II o'clock on Mon
day, the 1st day of April next, to receiY'
and act upon such communications as ma.
be made to it on the part of the Execu
tive; ed
i Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson
! President of the United States, have con
sidered it to be my duty to issue this m.
proclamation, declaring that an extraor
! dinary occasion requires the Senate of tn
Il United States to convene for the trans
action of business, at the Capitol, in tb
i City of Washington, on Monday, the Is
j day of April next, at IL o'clock on tha
day, of which all who shall on that da
/ be entitled to act as members of tha
/ body are hereby required to take notice.
i Given under my hand aud the seal
] the United States, at Washington, tn
J, Both day Of March, in the year of ou
Lord, 1867, and Of the independence Q
the United States Of America the ninety
first. ANDREW JOHNSON.
j By the President
Il WILLIAM Fl. SEWARD, Sec. of State.