, 1869-04-11
WASHINGTON.
The Closing Hours OF Con-
gresS.

..., n.~,.r1h to The Chicago Tribune
1>@aA WASHINGTON, April 10
anuHG uorHs or coS0hxsA
, r,osnr hours Of tho f1st 8cssion Of the fof1J~
mi cons1ess WERE marked n5 leas taaa %oe asuA
,.s .n6 turbulence. both branches met 1t 10
w.. .dturncd ut noon There wAs, Of course,
.-,,d t3e.1 Of excitement during the Last thirty
,nutea III rae4 hodJ On the part nf the friends and
rropens Of various Bills hut It s pleasant TO re-
rord TINT there VAS no great amount Of LII tem-
rer saown, and thu: Al soon IS adjournment hid
takep rlaoc amlAoe relations ali round were casiy
restored. The sen1te was Delayed IN It's business
a, nrFt for twenty minutes by the pertlnacloua
manner I'll which Ar. Edmunds Insisted on the
recalling Of the iournal, and after~Ari
ty the ohsnnate manner In which MI. Morton
trsd to forre the giving Of back pay to Southern
Senaio.a- ue tas been defeated On th1a motion
over and oEef aGun, but secna to have thought
he could drive it through when everybody else
would lie glad to get It ont of the WAY. He wos
defeated, however, b. talk Against time The
hukness Of the two Hou1es waa not very impos-
tint, but happily there was none Of importance
pending. The House was half an hour In gather
Ing quorum Nj. Ranks got the noor soon al
the journal had been read, with hia
Cuban sympathy resolution, which It
took him lust III hour to wor7J though Tie Wal
rewarded oJ the eloquent thahks Of 4 number OF
Cuban ladies and gentlemen In the gallery. Dur
Ing his contest shAsp struggle cane up on mo-
ton OF \ member Of the Election Committee TO a1-
init 10 seat enc Of the claimants from South
CasolInA. At first be had few against him except
Dcmoczass but they were enough In numhcra and
sharp enough In parliamentary practice to defc4t
notion Ill General PaJue came IN and protested
against the attempted Iroccealnsa+ when
the motion To admit waa withdrawn,
and things thereafter went On In
the Ordinary fashion for the last
daJ Of the session til noon came and adjournment
was declared, with Rrcst clarpIng Of hands On the
razs Of svtYybody On The door and tn the Gallctca
7Hx rnxs1uKsT AT T1tx CAr1To1-
The President was ii the Capitol IN bis usual
room With The members Of hia Cabinet, reaching
therc about hA1f pakt 10, and remaining TIL the
cloee Of proceedings good many curious per-
sous pressed around the door to get glance At
him - # waa occasionally opened His accord
with the majority tn Congress Ia 40 hearty that no
lody wAs worned, rs in past years, With srecula-
ttons about vetoes and signatures, and he re2dly y
signed a1l the measures which GANG 10 him, some
1!iteen In number.
Bills rHArPK0yKn
Three bills were passed which did not reach the
President until after adjournment had been dc
clared, and Of cou1se were not signed. One 81
them extended a patent, another provided for BE-.
lec,tng slte On which to build the new State De-
pa1tment, while the third appointed General o.
born, Of Chicago, one Of the manasors Of the Ss'
tionA SAilorz' and Soldiers AsElurn.
EXECUTIVE BCsINEsS
The adjournment of the 6enate KILLED dftJ three
nominations which wcre pending and unactcd
upon. Ashley, for the Montana GoTetnorshlp, got
through ~ 5sZ ons 1ao .ssss es9s ...in a.
1aa noanln.sioaa 1s0'n which a' failed we're 9 IL
i one Tor Nc. % Yo1k caty, Which seem m t" have been
lost b. Conamg's course on last nights sessfon;