Show LATEST EASTERN NEWS ELECTION OF d SPEAKER by the mail from the east which arrived on monday last about I 1 pm ne new york and other eastern papers were received to the eth st louis to the oth and st joseph to the fth dinst the latest advices advises from washington Wa shingi ton ron were up to the evening of the oth otie received at st joseph by the st louis st joseph and salt sait alt ait lake telegraph line on the first day of february gov penn pennington ing representative from the fifth congressional district new jersey was elected speaker S p eaker the struggle t during the three days previous pravio us to the termination of the len ien lengthened 0 conflict was very exciting each party to the best of their ability to secure the to the last moment mr air sherman for whom the republicans I 1 had voted as a unit from the commencement of the session up to of january withdrew from the contest on that day it having become apparent that he could not be elected after the republicans dropped sherman shermman Sher maan raan they nominated pennington who on the first ballot received votes two more than smith two other ballots ballos were taken on the saidie same bame day with the same result before a vote was taken on the nir air smith withdrew his name as there was no hopes of making any change in the minds of the dissenting 0 members in his bis favor and without which he could not be elected mr mcclarnand ernand of ill iii was then put in nomination by the democrats and received 91 votes on the first ballot but when the vote was taken which put an end to the conflict mc Cl ernand received only 85 votes mr lir gilmer receiving the votes of the S A members the election of mr nir pennington was effected by mr lur briggs of new york who changed his vote from mcclarnand ernand to mr air pennington which increased the vote for that gentleman to the exact number necessary to a choice and thus an end was put to the struggle in the house on the eth amon among 4 the notices of intention to introduce bills under the suspension of the rules were the following by mr JM orrill of vermont A bill to punish and prevent the practice of polygamy in the territories and other places probably in foreign countries and disapproving in 11 of certain acts of the legislature 0 of utah in the senate mr sumner introduced a resolution which was adopted instructing the post office committee to inquire into the expediency ped lency ency of establishing t a semiweekly semi weekly mail between st joseph ifo mo and placerville erville I 1 cala Aless iless rs grow miles illies 11 iles lles and ethridge bridge Et were appointed in conjunction with one from the senate to wait walt on the president and inform him that congress was ready to receive any communication he was pleased to make which duty was vas performed the president desired them to express his gratification that con congress gress was ready to proceed to business and that he would be happy to coop cooperate operate co op erate with the legislative department in the consummation of measures calculated to promote the public welfare the house took an adjournment till aill thursday the ath to give the speaker time to form the standing C committees A bill passed the house appropriating to be devoted demoted exclusively to the th compensation of the post JM 21 asters and their clerks mail departments special agents the tb transportation of the mails and it was confidently expected it would dould pass the senate tha the next day some seif of the washington correspondents assign sig big n the chairmanship 0 of the leading M cam committees git nit t ees as follows ways and means sherman k territories grow 3 foreign affairs corwin elections wilson post office haskins Ha indian affairs colfax commerce cart carter er of N Y liv div 0 r washburn Wash ash burr buri of illinois y invalid pensions fenton penton revolutionary claims dames 1 military curtis judiciary tappan ar or stevens of penn district of columbia E joy morris naval affairs morse library petit Yar garmers mers meng toast at an agricultural dinar dinner following the toast was given the game of I 1 fortune shuffle the cards as louwill you will trill keado q will ivill always win P |