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Show CONGRESSIONAL. Washington, 7. The senate ro-eleeled llov. Hewman chaplain of the senato. The pending question wus upon tho motion to postpone tho question admitting admit-ting Spencer to a Feat- Jriowo said yesterday yes-terday ho favored postponement, but having examined the case ho was new prepared to yuto. COuKlirjg c-ilored a resolution for adjournment sine die on Tuesday next; Morton objected and it wont over. Goopor offered a resolution, requesting request-ing the President to furnish tho senate the correspondence between the attorney-general of tho United States an! certain parties in Louisiana, in relation re-lation to tho fusion of the two bodies, each claiming to bo tho legislature of the Slate. ' Gonkling objected to immediate imme-diate action on tho resolution, and it went over. Bayard's motion to postpone the further consideration of the admission admis-sion of Spencer, was lost, as follows; ayes, "24: nays, o2 Bayard moved that tho credentials cf Spencer aud Sykcs bo rcferrod iq a ge; lect committee. Cameron entered a "motion to recon sider tho appointment of Kev. Dr. New--man as chaplain of the senato. Bayard's motion was lost, yeas, ifll; nays, The question then being upon ad m in i -term g the oath to Spcncor.Thur- : man moved to lay it on the table, until the regular committees of tho senate, are appointed, so that a motion might bo made to refer the credentials to the committee of privileges and election;. The senate without division voted lo admit Spencer, and he wa sworn in. West prcsenwd the credentials of William Mcilillen, claiming to be : senator elect from Louisiana, elected l-tho l-tho McEnery lecislature. Tho crcuen- tials were received and West then mnv-eillthat mnv-eillthat they lie on the table and be prin-tid. prin-tid. (which was agreed lo, L"onklir.g moved to go into executive sossion ar.d declined to yield to Morton who "askfd him to jieid for him to make a motion to late up Caldwell's case; and th senate wont into execu-I execu-I live session and soon afW adjourned to Monday. |