The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-22
Dismissed with the poxoloey.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-Only seven Sena-
tors were in their seats when the chaplain
offered up the final prayer of this session.
Messrs. Allison and Salisbury were appoint
ed with Messrs. McMilln of Tennessee,
Clements of Georgia and Ryan of Kansas
on the part of the House, as committee to
wait on the President and inform him that
Congress was ready to adjourn.
Mr.. Blackburn presented the minority re-
port of the select committee on the opera
tions of the civil Service law, and it was Or
dered to be printed with the majority report.
The last bill of the session to be introduced
was one by Mr. Mitchell proposing an
amendment to the constitution providing for
the election of United States Senators by
the people Referred.
| The House sent into the Senate the en-
| rolled joint resolution (signed by the Speak
| err as TO the government exhibits at the Gin
| cinnati exposition, and it was immediately
| signed by the presiding officer aud despatch
| ed to the President.
Nh Allison reported that the committee
had been informed by the President that he
had no further communication to offer.
| A resolution rendering the thanks of the
| Senate to Mr.. ingalls,, ''for the uniformly
able. courteous and impartial manner in
which he had presided was offered by Mr..
| Salisbury and unanimously adopted.
| AT 1906 o'clock a message from the Presi-
dent announced his approval of sundry
1 Senate bills and joint resolutions.
Mr.. ingalls, then made brief farewell ad-
dress and declared the Senate adjourned
| sine die
When the House met this morning. on
the last day of the most pretracted session
| in the annals of Congress, in addition to the
| speaker, there were Is members in attend
ance. In the. galleries there were not more
than hundred persons to witness the
closing scenes. After the announcement
that the President had no further communi-
cation ty offer, the House passed vote of
thanks to Speaker Carlisle for the courtesy,
ability and fairness with which he has pre-
sided over the deliberations of the first ses-
sion of the 50th Congress, and adopted a
resolution rendering the thanks Of the House
| to its officers for the courteous manner liz
| which they have discharged their duties.
The speaker then declared the House ad-
| journed sine die. The announcement was
received with applause, and the correspon-
| dents in the press gallery evinced their
thankfulness by chanting the doxology.
General PIeasanton's Case.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O.-The President has
approved the act authorizing him to appoint
Alfred Pleasanton major in the army and
placing him on the retired list with that
rank and grade. Subsequently the Presi-
dent sent the nomination to the Senate, and
that body promptly confirmed it.
Gen. Alfred Pleasanton is native of the
District of Columbia. He was graduated
from the West Point Military Academy in
June, 1874, standing seventh in his class. He
entered the cavalry branch of the army and
saw hard service dnring the Mexican war.
During the rebellion he early mads his mark
and In July, 1862 was commissioned briga.
dier general volunteers, being subsequently
promoted to major general. He remained II
command of large force of cavalry through
out the war, operating in Virginia, Mary
land, Pennsylvania and Missouri.
After the war closed Pleasanton resigned
as he found his relative rank and position II
the army to be lower than that which he hat
held before the war; He had been an OLE
army cCmrade of Gen. Grant, and during thu
war they became warm personal friends
After Grants Inauguration as President h'
made Pleasanton collector of internal rev
enue for the Fourth district of New York
and in December, 1870, he appointed hin
commissioner of internal revenue. Genera
Pleasanton, however, did not get along sue
cessfully in the internal revenue Office III
soon became involved in bitter controversy
with Secretary of the Treasury Boutwell,
who claimed the right to review and reverse
his decisions, which the commissioner denied
The dispute at last became so bitter that
President Grant finally interfered, and il
August, 1871, requested Gen. Pleasanton t,
resign. This the latter refused to do, where
upon he was formally suspended under th'
provisions of the tenure of Office act.
Soon after his removal from Office Gen
Pleasanton applied for restoration to tn
army. and it was before Congress for year
before it was favorably acted upon. Fo
several years past he has been in broker
health and has been living in poverty il
Washington. Gen. Pleasanton's record as
: soldier amply warranted the action whic
has at last been taken. He was one of tn
most gallant and efficient soldiers in tn
: Union army throughout the war, and pal
ticipated in 105 different engagements, bu
was never wounded.
The Signal Service.
: WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 = General GreelN
chief signal officer, in his annual report, say
that the percentage of successful weathe
predictions for the year were,-for weathe
: 1873; wind, 75.5: temperature, 742; genera
average, 767. The number of cold wave sil
t mails displayed was 1743, of which II 3 pe
cent were verified. About HOO cities an
towns are furnished daily weather indie,
tious by telegraph.
The Sioux Decline.