Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-05

g Knott, of Kentucky, stating that his Con-
Sgressional career would in an hour and
SShaf close forever, appealed to the
sfcourtesy and magnahimity Of the men,
II oers TO LET him have the poor privilege of
az vote ON the bill in which the people of
q ms own district-of his own Congress
ESslonal district and State--were pro-
.xfoundly interested.
MIR. White. ~
piled.
q "Whatw exclaimed White in tone Of
Nsurprise andi horror, 'srhe whisky biIll
Sand on Sunday! Never! never, IIoud
siiaughter. call for the regular order"
NJ An eiort was then made to get the Lee
%and Richardson case ont of the way of
Sother business by motion TO lay it on the
Satable, but that motion was voted down.
n At ii o'clock there was an immense
acrowd in the galleries, all the doorways
3SDeing packed up and the halls and cor
Sridors of the building were almost impas-
%sable by reason of the multitude of people
@tnat mad come to witness the last scene Of
Athe Attn Congress. On the floor of the
s Hotse itself there was less uproar and
acon1usion than usual on such occasions,
CAT H. 80, Mr.. Reese. of Georgia. offered
sthe following resolution, which was nnani-
Smously adopted:
n ReSoteed, That the House has lust
zlearned, with the deepest sorrow. of tbe
.ssayath Of Hon. Alex. I'll. Stephens. Gov
xernor of the State of Georgia, and 50 long
81 useful and distinguished member of this
SHouse; that this House express its heart
zfelt sympathy with the people not only of
SGeOrgia but with the people of the whole
$country in the loss of a statesman and
&patriot.
d At :55 the committee to wait upon
2the President reported that he had no
Sfurther communication 10 make, and
speaker Keifer made a brief farewell ad-
Sdress, thanking the House for its vote of
Sthanks and each member for the kindness
Sand courtesy which all had shown him
1during his occupancy of the chair. He
Ethen declared the House adjourned sine
sidie.
n When the Speaker closed his remarks
4there was very general manifestation of
1applause ON both sides of the House. For
50 long time afterwards members were en-
gagged in taking leave of each other. and
Sthe utmost cordiality and good feeling
Twere manifested in these farewell greet
Nings.
u At 1l:l5 p. IN. the Senate went into ex-
Sscutiye session. When the doors were re-
sopened the shipping bill was taken up, the
amendments OF the Commerce Committee
Sagreed to, and the bill passed. Several
xprlvate bills were passed, and at 2:40 a.
Sm. another executive session was held. .
EIhe doors were reOpened at 3:15, when 8
sshort recess was taken, and the Senate
2kllled time in various ways until the con-
aterence report on the sundry civil bill was
areceived, with the message that the House
chad yielded its objections. The report was
adopted and the Senate then at AMI
ztook a recess until 10 O'Clock.
The President pro TEN. called the Sem
gate 10 order promptly at 10 O'Clock but
snearly half an hour elapsed before there
9Was quorum. Some miscellaneous
sbusiness was transacted, but no action OF
Sgeneral interest was had.
Mr.. FAIR, at his own request, was ex-
scused from further service on the Com
smlttee on Education and Labor, and Mr.
sPugh, OF Alabama, was appointed In his
sstead.
At II 40 the committee to wait upon the
president reported, and the remainder of
I the time was passed in conversation. At
spreclsely noon the President pro tenn. de-
sclared the Senate adjourned without day q
7 The Presidents reached the capitol
zabout O'Clock last night and occupied
sthe PRESIDENTS room near the Senate
- ChamDer Tor the purpose of promptly ex-
canning and signing bills. At 2:35
~. CLOCK THIS morning the tax and tariff
solli was signed by the presiding officers
sool b0th houses, and few minutes later
ut was signed by the President and it is
.now law.
4 NOMINATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
The President to-day nominated Alexis
eE. Lemee rs Receiver of Public Moneys
sat Natchitoches, La; Morris Marks as
! gRecefyer Of Public Moneys ut New Or
sleans.
The Senate confirmed John Paul as
sUnited States District Judge for the
W estern district Of Virginia: James B.
sEdmonds as Commissioner Of the District
sof Columbia; 7. I. Herwig as Assistant
!. .United states Treasurer at New Orleans;
sE. .. Graves to be Chief Examiner of the
sUnited States Civil Service Commission.
/ The latter, however, has declined the ap-
sp0intment.
ae The Senate last night confirmed the fol-
flowing nominations: Receivers of Public
sMonles-AleXis e. Lemee, at Natchi-
stoches, La; and Morris Marks at New
s0rleans; Geo. Drury to be Collector Of
internal Revenue for the district of Louis
siana.
The following nominations Of Postmas-
ters We're rejected by the Senate: j. 4.
sharp at Wilson, \. c.; n. Atkinson at
Asheyille, n. c.; J. S. Mobley at Union
court 5. c.; Z. IL. Deas at Darlington,