, 1869-04-12
WASHINGTON.
The Closing Hours Of Con-
gTeSS.
spec,al Despatch to The Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON, April 10.

snnclal Despatch to The Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON, April 10.
crosHq uouEs or cpnukEss.
se closing haurs Of the frst session Of the Forty
first Consxess were marked b. Ieaa t1an the Usual
noi.c and turbulence. Both branches met II 10
and adjourned ss neon There was, Of course,
good deal of excitement ons1nS INC 4st INT!
,,nore In rarh body % the par1 Of the friends sat
nnnonenta Of yat1ous bla, but 1t Is pleasant to re
f.,r,l thst there was I'D g1est amount OF III teua-
per shown and thnt as soou Is Aoloasnmeht naa
taten nlace Arrable relatson8 nj round we're easily
1ea,oTed. The senate was denged In It's oosness
at trgt for twenty minutes by the pefuhac1oas
manner IN which Ar. Edmunds t1,sasted on tae
reading Of the tournh, Aad aNes"Asu
ty the obstinate manner In whke1 HE Morton
tried to force the giving uf back pa5 70 Southern
Senators BE hAa been defeated on sols motlon
oyer and oyg1 again, but seems to hsVe thought
he could drt1e Il through when everybody ease
would be el4d to get It cut OF the wAy. He WIS
defeated. however, BY ta1k aEasnst hHcs THO
bus,ress Of tho txu Houses Vas not very tmpoF-
tant but happily thtEe was none OF importance
pending. The House Was hs1f nn hour in gather-
ing cuorum III. Banks gut tie door a. soon as,
the 1octnsl had been read, with be-
Cuben sympathy resolution, which 1t
took him just An hour to Wu15 though he Was
rewarded 81 the eloquent thaash q number ns
teS hta contest sharp struggle came up on mo-
ton Of member Of the Election couEuittce to nd
nit 10 . Beat one Of the claimants from South
Carolina. AT nrst he had few aeatnat him except
Dcmoeata but sheJ were enough In numbers aod
sharp enough in pariIamt-tarJ practice 70 defeat
action tn General Payne came in aud protested
against tho attempted proceedings, when
and things thereafter went Oh In
the ordtns15 fashion for the last
Day Of the sesaton til noon came aud adjournment
was declared. with great clapplng OF hands on the
paSt Of everybody on the loor a1d In tbs gaerteA
THI rRKDKSr Ar THE CAr11pL
The President WIS n fhe Capitol IN his rsoai
room with the membern oS his Cabinet, rcacttnK
there about hslf past 10, and remaining IN the
close OF proceedings 4 good many curious per.
| sons pressed AROUND the door to get glance u
him ~ 1t w1a occsaion4tfy openRd- His ACCORD
With the majority in ConRrees b 80 hearty thst no
BODY WAS wosr1ed, II IN past years, With specul8
uons about vetoes and signatures and he readn,
| sencd ali the measures which catne TO him, some
nfteen IN number.
B111s uNArPRovKn
| Three bills were passed which did not reach the
| rresident until after adjournment hsd been do-
| cared, and Of course wEre not signed One of
| them extended patent another provided for &C.
lecttng site on which to build the new State De-
| pa1tnent, vhEe the third appointed General 0s-
born, OF Cnleszo, one Of the nlanagoEs Of the NJ
| tIonal Sa11ors' and Eoldiers' AsFlnn-
kIEcC11tB prntNkSa
The adjournment Of the Senate killed cfty-three
nomin ztlous which were pending and unacted
upon. Ashley, for the Aontans Gosernorahip. got
through By barely one maturity At O'Clock An
enurt was rlA1e to get Into secret session again
noua,u.tbEs nuttg which laIsed were a
internal Ferenue appointment for Rroo6yn and
one for New York city, which seem to hhve been
MBt by ConkllnEs course OF l1N nights session.
Most OF the persons who did not get condrncd
viii probably be renomlnAted At the se3hon htEaa-
ming MONDAY.
fAlLuHx or T11E z1auf HpURs HILL.
The new eight hour I'LL did not get through
Congress-. 1t declared the purpose Of tho former
law TO be thas eight houts' wotf 1hnola haFe ten
hou5sr par and II w1a passed without dtscusHon
In the House last night and taken sset 70 the
Senate, where Nj. Wilson dted 10 get 1t mp for
action but fAUed-
0HxxHAL GHKRNAKT furCKx RkstnEEcx-
The House In The back paTr Of the city, formerly
occuptcd BY Geueral Grant, haz been pnt IN com.
rtete order and General 8hHEnHn 8Qd family viii
move into II On AontH3-
TO TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
tlHr OF xKHHKBS VOTING "ATH" ON IlR OCEAN,
sYNFArHf KEsoLDT1ON.
WAsHNoTox, April 1o-Tha. .fnl1owinF members