Evening star., 1868-07-27
THE ADJOURNMENT.
Closing Scenes.

oispOSeu OF AL the lndlan rreat1eS maoe by t1e
Indian Peace Commi> sion. comprising eight
IN number. The Senate corridors were filled
with Office seekers and Lobbyists until near
O'Clock. The pressure Of the lobby was
intense At one time in the early part OF the
night, and cards Were being sent in to Senators
at the rate Of hundreds a minute; and it was
only when the Senate cropped the cousidera-
ton OF nomir atious, and took mp the treaties
thar the crowd began to thin out
Shortly after a. m. this morning, the Senate
took a recess until O'Clock this morning The
Senate met at balf-pLst nine, with but few
members present for the first half hopr The
lobby was present again in Iarye numbers, and
it was almost impossible to move about in the
Snrate halls aud passags.
The business was generally Of an upimpor.
tant character, the principal measures having
already been dfpo ed OF. The Hou, e bill for
the further reconstruction Of Texas, Missis-
sippI, and Virginia WIS taken up, but there ap.
pearing to be no prospect of its p ssage, the
Senate soon wentinto Executive session, : ,na-
tor Fowler having previously OBJ lined the
floor FOR personal explanation, which he was
allowed 10 print.
Scenes i'm the House.
The Hou>e assembled at nine O'Clock this
morning, but NO quorum was PR ent, aid 1t
V as about ten O'Clock before one was ob aimed.
The meni srs dropp into the House ore by
one, and epg: Scd in conversation until the
conversation ard moi bee ne so Great that
MIR. Co)iax was compell"d d o resrme the Chair
TO restore order. Mr.. Schenck, <,om tie Ways
and Means ommitt e, succ I'D ID in get 1T 2 in
a bill which placed the tar' # on copper a fol.
lows: On copper or thr,, cent; regular, four
cents; old copper, for nanufactur ing purposes,
four cents: bar ingots. &C.. not for mann. lc.ur-
ing purpoec%, five cents.
An effort was made 70 put the bill on its pas
sage, but the minority, under the lad of Geo.
Banks, resortcd % all manner Of f,libusiering
tactics by calling yeas and nays, until Gen
Schenck. becoming alarm; lest the hour OF
adjournment would come, thus pre- We lting the
passage of the conference report on the ind.
ing bill. so he consented to It's temporary post.
ponement. The tundIrs bill was then reported.
As soon as the Funding Bill was read its
enemies resorted 10 dilatory mo.ions TO prevent
It's pas s.e. At least dozen motions TO
al Journ or take reess were made on the
DemoCTa,lc side, but all were defeated. and AT
eleven O'Clock the main question was ordered
on the passage OF the BILL by vote of lis ayes TO
26 nays Ii was then passed by q vote OF IT,,
ayes 20 - nays.
Mr.. Nelson Tiff, or Georgia, having ius,
arrived was sworn In as a member of the
House five minute before the hour for ad
lsurnment.
The copper rariu bill wa> yet up before the
House, = Id Mr. Banks, by contiuu, d rcsolt 10
the most ingenious parliamentary tlctics, hay.
ing Just enough followers TO keep calling ayes
and noes, delay IL uI Il tie roll having been
called partly through on iys final passage. the
hour oftweive O'Clock arr,yc d, and the Sp-aksr
suspended pros cdipgs, and Announced tha,
in u III thp
of the Two Hous"s, the House Lad now taken a
recess until Monday. the 21st OF September. A
burst of applause followed the annou ncement
sHd the members, like many delight d
school boys on the ,rrival OF tbe HOLIDAYS T.
gan 10 vacaIe their - Ats aud exchange good
byes- preparatory for start homeward
The President at the CapitoI.
The President, accom- panied by all the men.
bers OF his Cabinet, arrived al the Capitol about
half-past ten O'Clock this morning, and pro-
ceeded TO his rom, in the rear of the s;enats
chamber. where he was busIly engaged until
the ad ournmea at in approving bills. Commis
sioner Rollins and ot1er functionaries were
also pr ent.
TIE ST. MARIE REwAED.-To-day Oh the
application OF Mr.. Mussey, a rule to show
cause and Tor temporary injunction, issued
from he Equity COuTt, of this Disr.ct re.
straning II. Il. ST Idarie from receiving from
the Treasury the amount (SIOGn0) appropria.
ted by Congress as an award for his services
in securing the arrest of Surratt Mr. Mn. ev
claims thar he has not been paid his fees as
sci IN procuring the passage of the resolu.
ton.
y q PROCLANATION.-The President will not
issue proclamation eonvening the Senate for
{ xt Sutive business, mo I of the impor,ant
nominations were acted upon before adjourn.
meRt, and but Two months will eIapse before
the end OF the recess.
TIE FUNDING BILL.-The impression pre-
vails that the PRECEDENT has not approved the
Funding bill which pas ed the House this
morniag, as neither house OF Congress was
noufed of its approval before ad lournment.
Ii is GER i'm tbat IL had not received the Presi
dents gnature mp 10 a few minutes before
he hour of adjournment
REDUCTION or EoRCR-Owing 20 the reouo-
ton IA the appropriation bill. ninety-thr~e
emporary clerks We're discharged from the
z QuarIermaster Generals Once on Saturday,.
thus reducing the force 10 the smallest number
required 10 perform the work
The same cause compels the dismissal OF a
large number Of clerks employed in the Adm.
ant Generals ONCE, and a list Is now beng
prepared.
THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF the House Of
have all signed an agreement
stating that they will not be bere at the Sep
,ember session OF Congress unless notified that
heir presence will oe necessary by Senator
Morgan and General Schenck, OF the Congress
ional Republican Committee.
THE BILL providing for Provisional Gov.
.rnment for the States Of Texas. MISSISSIPPI.
,ud Virginia, which passed The House on Fri.
lay Iasr,wes taken mp In The Senate this morn
ng, but land over owing TO a disposition on the
part Of the Democrats TO debate the bill until
he CLOSE Of the session-their object being To
ak 1t TO death.
The PRESIDENT has recognized Frederick 5.
Rabery, Esq, as Gems ul for Peru in Baltimore,
TIE ECONMIssIONERsHIPO OF INTERNAL REV.
zNUE.-The nomination Of Alexander NJ. Cum.
ninss to be Commissioner Of Internal Reve.
hue, IN place of Z. A. Rollins, was under dis
,ussion in the Senate when the hour ol I'd
ournn ent arrived. A motion TO lay the nOmi.
pa on on the table was defeated by vote Of
q to 81, hence the nomination goes over 10 Sep
ember.
r. T. McLAlN, Esq. Chief Clerk OF the Ag-