The New York herald., 1876-08-14
FROM OUR REGULAR coRREsPoNDEN

WASHINGTON August 13 1875
TIE QUESTION OF ADJOURNMENT WITH THE
sENATE-ABsENrrEs FROM BOTH HOUSES.
The adjournment of Congress now depends largely
upon the action OF the Senate which by voto laid
the tablc the House resolution 10 adjourn
four O'Clock II the session last much longer quorum
cannot be had for the transaction OF business Already
seventeen Senators have 1cIt arc absent-v,z,
Acorn, Bayard Bruce. Cameron, OF Pennsylvania,
Conovcr, Dorsey, Goldthwate, Johnston, Merrimon,
Norton Randolph, Sharon Sherman, Thurman, Wal
lace and Wright and on tomorrow Senators Dennis,
Ransom md White Will leave.
Tho understanding with somo Is that the resolution
for adjournment will be taken from tho table about
half hour before the Senate will rcady adjourn
and Its passage attempted But othcrs of opn-
ion that II will bc Tuesday before the Senate can
journ, II not Wednesday, at tho very earliest Tho
business on hand cannot be wound up before them
Tho House will open In the morning with nearly
seventy authorized absentees and perhaps as many
more nbscns without leave. This will leave barely a
quorum 10 do business should anybody raise point
PREVIOUS LONG SESSIONS OF CONGRESS-
The present Is tho longest session OF Congress IN
twonty years, aud the second longest In twenty-six
years. Omission Is made in this comparison OF the
session OF the Forteth CONGRESS- 1s66-67 which sat
continuously in order 70 prevent President Andrew
Johnson from making any oHlcat appointments ana TO
obstruct generally his famous "policy" The session
twenty years ago. to which reference Is first above
made lasted until the 3oth OF August 1885, owing to
tho delay legislative business occasoned by the pro.
tractcd deadlock Of the rival parties endcavoring
elect Speaker, Nathaniel =. Banks being tho cand,-
date finally chosen Six yenrs previously, In 1850,
Congress sat until September go the session bcng pro-
trsctcd by tho great debate over tho Missouri com
promise The long session Of the last Congress astcd
until July "a and that OF the Forty Congress until
July Is.
Mn. RANDALL TO SPEAK ON RxrRKNcHMENT-
REPLY TO SENATOR WINDOWS sPxHcH.
Tomorrow, or as soon as opportunity is presented
him, Mr. Randall, will make set speech in tho House
tho reduction in the appropriations, and during his
remarks he will reply the attack madc upon the demo-
cratic party by Senator Window ofMnnesota chair man
ofthc Senate Committee Appropriations Hc will gvo
resume OF all the work of the House, showing how
much IL has saved the government by enforcing =
policy of economy and rctrenchmcnt. Ho has been,
IT Is said, preparing his speech quite n while and
Will, the course Of 1t, present a valuable and In
tercstLg array of facts aud figures from the Appro
pristion Committees records
The tables which Senator Window has nskcd to bc
allowed TO print at tho end of tho speech which he
mado as chairman Of tho Senate Appropriation
Committee arc being prepared, and nearly
ready. They will show footngs OF tho ap-
preparations for tho present fiscal year, what
they last year. what they during and before
the war, and what has been saved he Claims to tho
government by tho republican party exclusive OF any
meddlng coercion on the part Of tae democrats
Both Senator windoms and Congressman Randalrs
speeches will bc made campaign documents by each
political party respectively.
THE DISCHARGED EMPLOYEES OF THE BUREAU
OF ENGRAVING AND PEINTINo--sHABBY
TREATMENT BY CONGRESS.
Tho following facts stated by those representing
a committee Of the employees relation TO the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing They we're discharged in
February last from that bureau and Congress provided
the sundry Civil bill that they should each receive
months pay. to meet which Congress appropriated
$4,000. After tho bill became law II asccrtaincd
that tho sum not suTiccnt'to pay each employc
more than half a months salary. Mr. Townsend. OF
Pennsylvania therefore introduced concurrent reso.
luton Wednesday last, at the request OF committee
OF the aforesaid employees 10 give thom half months
pay condition that they would receipt for OF the
full month. There Is no trouble regard to obtaining
Information 10 how much money required to carry
out the clause in the Civil sundry bill
Any member OF Congress can get It by scnd.
ing to the Treasury Department. These unfortunate
employees think that II is better get portion of IL
than none NJ AL Incy wcrc discharged without
warning in the winter The principal cause Of this was
tho stoppagc OF fractional currency making About
500 employees discharged, 500 were taken back
Many OF those permanently discharged destitute
circumstances. II has been customary TO give tho
clerks months salary when discharged any great
numbers After keeping those turned adrift from the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing ting six months
It Is proposed to give them half months pay.
SPEAKER KEER's HEALTH-HIs SON SUMMONED
TO HIS bedside.
Mr.. Samuel b. Kerr, and secretary OF Speaker
Kerr, reached Washington to-day from Indiana en- route
for Rockbridec Springs, vn whittier he has been sum-
moued join his father, whose prccarous health IL
tho subject Of great soIicitude with him. Although
Speaker Kerr known to bc better this morning as
compared with his condition few days ago. his sending
for his this time Is taken that be fcars
crisis In his ineea
Mr.. HENRY wATTERsoN IN WASHINGTON.
Mr. Henry wattcrson, Of Louisville elected for tho
unoxpired term OF the late Congressman Parsons OF
Kentucky, arrived n town tonight, and will probably
be in and take his scat In tho House tomorrow
morning.
GENERAL SHINGTON DISPATCHES.