Evening star., 1869-04-10

washington News and Gossip.
THE REsIsEArHoks OF Midshipmen Charles
W. Brown and J. X. Spears, at the Naval
Academy, have been accepted.
Mr.. OrFLKY, Chief Clerk Of the Navy De-
pal tment, has been called to Annapolis by the
death OF relative.
TITS REPeRrBD that Cabinet meeting yes
tsrday Ex-Governor A. q. Curtin, OF Pennsvl-
valis, was agreed upon the minister for the
mission TO St. Petersburg.
TUE SKoRBrARY OF THE NAVY has or iered
Commander Joseph p. Fyfe to comman the
United States iron-clad ship Saugus, at the
Nary Yard. Washington, ID. q.
THERE WERE BUT FEW visitors at the Whit
House to-day. The President lett the Execu-
tive Manson at 81 O'Clock this morning for thu
Capitol, where he was engaged until I2k
O'Clock, signing bulls.
THE HOUSE this morning passed a resolution
instructing the Comm ttee on Public Build
ipgs and Grounds to ARA nge and have ready
for occupancy, six additional committee rooms
in the House wing of the Capitol.
naming companies Of the 18th Infantry (B, q,
ID. f, G, and H. left In the o'clock train, en-
route to Omaha, Lieut.. Col Wallace command.
ing the detachment. The other companies left
on Thursday, it will be remembered.
CONFIRMED.-Tben nomination Of Hon. James
M. Ashley to be Governor Of the Territory of
Montana was confirmed this morning by one
majority. after long and sharp debate. His
confirmation was opposed by all of the Demo-
Gratis and a large number Of prominent Repub.
lican Senators.
SENATOR CONKLING made a desperate fight
against some Of the most important New York
revenue nominations and succ -eded in prevent.
ing action upon them by the Senate last night,
hence the nominations expired with the end of
the session to-day, and tie President mus
either renominate them or seLd in other names
for the positions.
The SENATE remained In executive session
last d light, and until 40 this morning, when a
recess was taken until ten O'Clock, at which
hour the session was resumed for legislative
business, terminating at noon.
The House at half.past three this morning
took a recess until ten O'Clock also, and ad-
journed at noon.
IToL.-The President, accompanied by his con-
fidential Secretaries, Generals Porter and Bah
cock, Attorney General Hoar, ant. Secretary
Fish, arrived at the Capitol shortly after 10
o'clock, and were soon followed by other mem.
bers Of the Cabinet. The Cabinet was in ses-
sion IN the Presidents room at the Capitol.
where the bills were considered Immediately
upon their passage by Congress.
In THE SENATE this morning, when the hour
Of adjournment arrived, Mr.. Wilson was en-
deavorin TO get up the House bill ex planatory
Of the eight hour law. Mr.. Trumbull. from the
Committee 70 wait upon the President, re ported
that ihey had performed that duty, and the
President had no further Communication 10
make. The President pro tenn, therefore. at the
hour of twelve O'Clock, declared the Senate ad-
jou rned sine die.
BILLS NOT SIGNID.-The bill for the relief of
Rollin Whit, being an extension of a patent
the joint resolution in relation to a site for a
new State Department, ana a JOINT resolution
appointing General Thomas Osborn, OF Chi
cago, as a manager OF the National Asylum
for Disabled Soldiers, in place OF Governor
Oelesby resigned, were not signed by the Pres
ident to-day, being the last bills which passed
the House, and which failed to reach the Pres.
ident before the hour Of ad adjournment.
ANXIOUS sOFPIC8 SERKRRs-The lobbies
around the Senate were filled with anxious
ofiice-seekers, this morning, whose nomina-
tions were before that body, looking after their
combinations, and every effort was made TO
get Sen ators out in order to button hole them
for an executive session. The fact OF their
nominations expiring at that hour, they there
BY having to risk the chance Of being reuomi-
mated by the President, causing some OF them
much anxiety.
COMMODORE THORNTON A. JENKINS has been
appointed to his old position as Secretary Of
the Light House Board, as stated some days
since. Commodore Jenkins was one OF the
comm missioners, which some twenty years since
visited Europe, examined its various systems
OF lights, and upon whose exhaustive report
our present system was based. He was the
nrst Secretary Of the Board, virtually its exc
cutive officer, and IL Us expected will soon make
our system OF lights what IL was becoming at
the breaking ont Of the rebellion, the most per.
feet in the world.
FIFTY-THRRB NoMINATIONs for various
offices, not having been confirmed by the Sen
ate, expired at noon to-day with the adjourn
ment OF that body, and new names must be sent
in for the Offices. those sent In heretofore be
renominaled. No nominations for the District
OF Columbia, II is said, included in the lis,
ali of those for offices here having been con-
hrmed by the Senate. All Of the New York
city and Brooklyn Internal Revenue nomlna-
tons, and those Of g. w. Babcock, to be Sur
veyor General tor Kansas, and A. r. Calhoun,
to be Pension Agent at Philadelphia, not
having been confirmed expired with the ad.
tournament.
TIE CLOSING SCENES of the session were of
the usual hurry .scurry sort, very little legis.
lation being effected in the last hours, and all
kinds Of fillibustering being resorted to by the
opponents of particular measures in order to
kill time until the minute and hour hands
should come together. In the Senate, Mr.
ConkliDg labered very successfully to prevent
an executive session. by which means the New
York appointments. to which he was Cd.
posed, fell dead at twelve m. In the
House, there was the usual adjournment
day pandemonium, with scores of members
on their legs at the same moment, shouting
esticulating, &C.. like so many performers in
one Of Verdis noisiest operas. Speaker Blaine
managed his turbulent school with the ease
and lf.possession Of practised hand, aud
business with notable rapidity
meanwhile. 1t was curious illustration of
the American belief THAI some things can be
done well as others, to see how the Sneaker