Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1871-03-10
END OF THE xLIsT AND REGIN.
MING OF THE xLLID CONGRESS-.
From Washington letter.

From Washington Isetter.]
AtII:4o a motion was made to con
cur In the Senate amendment to the
House bill abolishing the rank of Ad-
miral and Vice Admiral in the navy
This brought Butler to his feet. twas a
pet measure of his, intended to surike
down Porter. The Senate had taken
out the point; therefore he set about to
kill it, and the shortest way to this end
was to call the yeas and nays. These
were ordered, and at II:45 the Clerk
commenced calling the roll He had
reached the name of KaT when the
Speakers hammer fell-once, twice,
three times. the hour OF twelve having
arrived. There was instant silence. Not
a whisper was to be heard. The House
was as silent as the chamber of death.
All eyes were fixed upon the Speaker,
who, in few well chosen and most ap-
propriate remarks, returned thanks for
the kind manner in which he had been
treated by members, and closed by say
Il perform the only remaining duty
of my Office in declaring, as now do,
that the House Of Representatives of the
Forty-frst Congress is adjourned with
out day
With the last word the hammer fell.
Mr.. Blaine instantly vacated the chair
and took a seat on the floor with his
delegation.
The fall of that hammer dissolved the
connection of over one hundred mem
bers with the Congress of the United
States, Many Of these had been active
and prominent; some had been mem
bers for ten years; a few had voluntarily
retired, but most of them had been de-
feated for a denomination or at the polls.
In moment they had become ex-m mem
bers. No more could they address the
Speaker. No more would their names
be heard in the hall. In obedience to
the dictates of the people they gave
place to others, Their faces, as they
gathered up their papers. indicated re-
gret and disappointment. This was es--
pecially the. case with those who had
been inYoluntarily retired,
I arrived at the conclusion that the
feelings of a retiring Congressman on
such an occasion are not to be envied.
| A lady whose husband is a member and
was reelected remarked that she would
not care to witness the closing scene OF
! Congress if her husband had been
defeated. Such undoubtedly are the
feelings of a good many husbands, and
not few leave Washington in advance
of the 4th of March
As soon as the Speaker left the chair
| the Clerk of the last House rose behind
| the Clerks desk and called the members
of the Forty-second Congress TO order
He then called the roll, and this having
been concluded. he announced that the
| first business in order would be the cleo
ton of a Speaker For this Office Blaine
was nominated on the Republican side,
and Morgan, Of Ohio. on the Democrats
/ ic side. Tellers were appointed, and as
names were called members answered
Blaine" or Morgan. Blaine was
of course. elected. It was strict party
vote. and stood o6 for Morgan and I2e
for Blaine. The Democratic side was
nearly full. A good many Republicans
were absent. With full House the
Republican majority will be about 40
4 This is not two-thirds, but it is better fol
the country and better for the party
than two-thirds. 1t will keep the partS
closer together, and will check reclkles:
| Legislation,