Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

I0ue WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Correspondence Of Courier.
WAsHIEGToN. D. o.
Aua. -; 1876. J
| Asthe boy once said, .'all the world ane
his big brorher'' were at the Capltol iss
might, 6n4ious to witness the hnai 40
llournment; bat no such thing took place
Both Houses were IN session until IN hou
lor two past midnight and tile scene In eac'
Epartook largely of the nature and style O
q grand political barbecue where sunni
|speech. on both sides followed escl
lother IN quick succession. No edloies
however, as is usual on the occasion
above alluded to, were visible but tina
ldrinkables we're abundant was p'a,ni!
manifest. In the Senate they only got q
far as hard words, but in the House the.
went little further. Mr.. kasson, o.
Iowa. had made long political speech
which was replied to bv Mr.. Cox, OF New
York, who said that Mr.. Kssson was tht
spologist Of Belknap and Post traders IL
the House. Mr.. Kasson called him to or
der for stating an intrn,h with regard te
a member OF the House. There was gree'
lconfuslon, during which Mr.. Cox wenl
over to Mr.. Kasson' 8 scat, shook his fist
in his face and called him deliberate liar
and wound up by striking Ills eye glasses
with his finger nail Several members in
terffred and presently order was restored.
The President was in his room ready to
|sign such bill. as might be brought him,
but after signing few. ana St cling nc
prospect Of IN adjournment, he left.
The adjournment now pretty much de-
ponds upon the Senate. hich by a vote
laid on the table the House resolution
fixing The time for adjournment at -four
|o'cicck vest. rday, the l4ih. If the ses-
sion lass much longer quorum cannot
re bad for the transaction Of business.
Seventeen Senator'S have LEFT or are alb.
sent and eighty members of the House.
The understanding with some lie, that the
resolution for adjournment will be taken
from the table about half an hour before
the Senate is ready TO adjourn, and its
passage attempted, but others are of the
opinion that the business cannot be wound
up before the Gay after Tomorrow. The
present is the longest session of Congress
in twenty years, and the s. eond longrs, in
twt nty-six years. OMISSION is ma lie in
this comparison OF the session Of the
Fortieth Congress in 1866 z which sat
IN order to prevent Presi-
dent Johnson from making any appoints
ment, and to obstrnct generally his policy.
The session twenty years ago, 10
which reference is first made above. lasted
until the 3o:h Of August t1S56}, owing to
to the delay IN legislative business occa-
sioneJ Dy the protracted dead lbck' in
the election of Speaker, n. +. Banks be
ing finally chosen.
"A reliable equaw" has tak-n the pace
Of the intelligent contraband." One
Df them, full OF decentralization and news.
s said 10 have recently came INTO camp
IF friendly Crows and reported tlis; Gen.
Crook had almost anhitilated The hostile
Sioux. but no dispatches have been r.
,cived here during the past forty -eigh,
lours relative to operations in the l. dian
Runners of fight between
Crook and the Indians is dis
'redited at the War Office, where il is
hought that Crock would not be able toI
ftack the Indians for s"verals days yet.
The House Committee on Military AT
airs has agreed TO the Senate bill increas-
ny the strength of thu cavalry regiments.
'nt has aided an amendment. provide. o
hat such Increase shall rot ex coed twenty
I'VE huhdrt men. and that the newly en-
cred men shall be mustered out whepl
lostlllf'es ctafe:: As G, neral Crook now
occupies Q prominent position as the Ger.
raj IN commshd of our forces ia this In
Ian war, the following short sketch of
i'm may not be. unnterestlns: He is a
l:t!e, lean, light haired man of both MILL
ary and hunter appearance. He will col
ut on the desert alone. and sleep in tbeI
age brush, and from seeing and study.
'g Indians SO constantly the traits of his i
ana have become some ching like their, |
ie IS a" expert at trailing ifloians and has
al much experie' ce IN their STYLE OIL
warfare, having successfully battled for
ONE years with the Apaches whete cav
Try was equal to the Man!elukes.
A dispatch, dated July 31st, from near
'ongue river. announces the death bvl
nicide Of Captain Lewis Thompson MOI
etails Of the event are mentioned. Capt.
thompson was a native: Of Pennsylvania
no received his appointment from Maine
The Baltimore Sun D otes the fact tha,i
ne Cahatlian Government intends to senaI
res nts to the Sioux and B ackfeet In.ii
ms On British soil for declining 10 ioinl
''t'ng Bull in war against the United
iates. and thai the Canadian Indian poli.
has always been more successful than
Or own. In Canada separate natiooali |.
es are not rec0gnizcsi, and the red men
'e SllhIncr IN tho S0 ~ n l.,,,. =. - In