The Portland daily press., 1865-12-02
by TELEGRAPH,
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From Washington.


WASHINGTON. Dec. il.
So far about seventy members of the House
have arrived .l-0.,-}
A caucus of the Republican members of
Congress, is called for Tomorrow night to Sc
lect candidates for the Speakership. and other
Offices. ss4aa .g
There are probably 100 members of the
House of Representatives in Washington, with
several from the late insurrectionary States.
Excepting the credentials of the members
elect from Tennessee and Virginia. none have
been received from the South. 1t is notprob
able that others will reach here from the late
insurrectionary States before Monday evening
next, owing to the deranged condition
OF the mails, and consequent delay in getting
official returns of elections, and the time re.
quired to send the credentials to Washington.
So it does not appear that on the meeting of
the House on Monday, any difficulty will occur
in the admission OF members from Southern
States, ana TINS IS the general opinion of the
members now in Washington.
. The members from Ohio held a private
meeting tonight, to agree as to what candi-
dates they will support for officers of the
House,, SO as to act 'understandingly among
themselves at the general caucus to be held
tomorrow night. Ils = BAEt rs.'
Judge Yarmouth is here as delegate from
Louisiana On the day of the late election in
that State, it will be recollected that irregular
polls were opened, at which both whites and
blacks voted. The judge maintains the theory
that by rebelling Louisiana relapsed to a
Territorial condition, and this is the basis ON
which he will present himself as delegate
Hon. Charles ID. Pastor, who in the last
Congress represented Arizona, is here distri-
buting among Congressman an address to the
people of that territory, in which he states that
a perfidious plot was Matched by Gov. Good
win to defeat him and elect himself at the
very time he (Col. PASTOR was hard at work
in Washington, soliciting more troops for the
territory, and getting the mail service restored
to its southern section. Col. Pastor says it
remains to be seen whether, under the circum-
stances stated, the Governor OF remote ter
ritory can cross the congressional threshold,
without a certificate, sign his own name,
founded upon fraudulent votes, registered by
his own judges and clerks, and counted by
himself. 'i7.-- t1 -
Official information received here, repre-
sents that there will be great suffering in Ala
bama, during the present winter, owing to
the swall corn and grain crops, the result of
the want of necessary labor, and the severe
drought which prevailed over the most pro-
ductive lands in the State. 1t is estimated
there are no less than two hundred thousand
persons, both white and black, who must be
furnished with food, until they raise it for
themselves. rauAo5a4
The Freedmens Bureau, however, under in
structions of the Secretary of War, are taking
the necessary steps to relieve these people as
far as possible at an early day. 9a
1t is stated that the Treasury has now on
hand in coin al, 71S,OoO, and in, currency
$50, 162, 900. There is at present outstanding
$50, 316 900 of new certificates, and $51 100000
of coin certificates. c' 5'b = sni-snl
In the War and Navy departments there
was a reduction in expenditures of over SILL
100000 in November, as compared with those
of November, 1854. q.