The New York herald., 1872-12-02

ing az the CaplC0I-ESumaLes ana
Appropriations Of the
United States Statutes, &c.
WASHINGTON, Dec. I, 1872
Programme OF the Congressional Matt.
nee-COmmittes to BE RECONSTRUCTED
and New Members to BE Sworn In.
The Stars and Stripes will be hoisted over each
wing ofthe Capitol at noon tomorrow, and the
presiding officers will take their seats. When prayer
has been offered up by the respective chaplans the
oath of office will be administered to those new
members who may be present. and joint commit
tee will then be appointed to wait on the President
and inform him that Congress is ready for the
transaction Of business. He will then send his
Message, and the second session of the Forty-sec-
Dnd Congress will be commenced, to expire by
limitation on the Sd OF March next or rather at
one minute before noon on the 4th OF March. The
Senate cannot entertain any new business until
Its standing committees have been chosen by bal
tot. Only one ballot will be cast, and that will be
presented by the chairman OF the repubM-
can caucus, after the list Of COMMITTEES
has been bully overhauled and reconstructed
by that conclave. Trumbull, Fenton and
Rice, now chairmen OF committees. viii be de-
posed, and some propose to have Fenton taken
from the Committee Foreign Relations. Ed
unuHuS VIII buCceeu lTumDuH as chairman Oh the
Committee on Appropriations, and Window or
Buckingham will succeed Fenton as chairman OF
the Committee on Contingent Expenses. The
House committees are only elected at the CON-
mencement Of each Congress, and 1t is hardly
probable that the rccalcitrant Representatives who
are charmen OF committees will be deposed al
though they may resign. They are Blair, OF Michi.
gan, chairman OF the Committee on Claims; Banks
OF Massachusetts, chairman OF the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and FarnswOrth OF ILL
nois chairman OF the Committee on Post
Onlces and Post Roads. The great value OF
charmanshp is that it insures the services OF the
clerk OF the committee as private secre-
tary and man OF all work. There will
only be one new Senator to be quail
ned-General Matchen, who succeeds Garrett
Davis, OF Kentucky. In the House there will be
four new members to be sworn-viz.. Hawley, OF
connecticut as the successor OF Strong, deceased;
Beck, OF Georgia, as the successor of Speer, de-
ceased; Dodd, of Ohio in place OF Perry, resigned,
and Esty OF Massachusetts, in place OF Brooks re-
signed. or course the usual euogies will have to
be pronounced on Davis, Strong and Speer, and
The usual monuments bearing their names will be
erected in the Congressional cemetery although
their remains have been inferred near their late
residences. One OF the matters to be disposed OF
at the present session is the Congressional
Globe as the contract for it's publication expires on
the 4th OF March, Some of the abest members
edvocate the abolition Of the system OF reporting
And publishing debates at the public expense, be-
heving that private enterprise would supply re-
ports OF all really worth reporting. But those
whose verbose trash would not thus get into print
clamor Tor an extension OF the present plan and,
after the usual pretence Of reform, they will carry
The day.
House Cleaning and Renovation at the
Capitol.
The indications are that there will be a large at-
tendance OF Senators and members at the opening
oi the session tomorrow, though many win not put
In an appearance before Tuesday. The CapitoI
presents cleaner and neater appearance inside
than 1t has done for several years. and many i'm
provements, adding to health, comfort ana conve-
nience, have been made during the recess. These
are especially noticeable in the south wing,
where the House, with its committee and
cloak rooms and various of1ices, is located. The
corridors surrounding the legislative chamber
have been painted handsome gray the old hall
OF the House, which has been for several years
shabby repository for and statuary rubbish has
been touched up and put in beseeming order;
several Of the committee rooms have been hand
somely frescoed, and two OF them Appropriations
and Military Affairs elaborately adorned. The
speakers apartment, one OF the show rooms OF
the Capitol, has been wholly reiurnished,
and elegant bronzes and marbles added to
the ornaments Of the room. In the
Legislative Hall, the handsome carpet is on the
noor again, the desks are all recovered and var
nished. and the sofas for privileged loungcrs nut
in complete repair. But what will most rejoice the
hearts OF all compelled to remain for hours In the
hitherto close and 0nensive atmosphere OF the
hall is the prospect OF future exemption from such
discomfort. The architect, who has never
been satisfied with previous arrangements
now pronounces his apparatus q practical,
complete success BY the use of exhaust-fans un-
Ierneath, with an exhausting capacity OF $4,000
cubic feet, the impure air Is drawn from between
1he ceiling and the roof through nues twelve feet
square, and expelled from the building into the
outer atmosphere. The heating apparatus has also
undergone extensive improvements and modinca-
ton OF the furnaces heretofore used for warming
the old part the Capitol building.
The officers of the senate have been looking |
fter their part OF the building which is the north
W. hg the end nearest to the railway station OF the
l,eW YORK and Washington line. The Senate floor |
Retains its old carpet, but several OF the more i'm
poTtsnI committees are treated to new carpets;
and the furniture has been put Ia order through.
Dut By the introduction OF registers, In connec-
Ion with hot and cold air ues the Temperature IA
" be equalized. and the chronic headaches OF tho
ress reporters,' gallery will now disappear. The
]. .ception parlor IL undergoing the frescoing pro.
b. ss at the hands On Brumidi, the embell,sher OF
Ihe dome, who Is at work upon group represent
ing Washington, Jefferson. and Hamilton In council,
Md intends following II w with medallion heads