The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-09
rRH OREsOENT's DISPATCHES.
FROM WASHINGTON.

Supr. Ceurt-The Ssstus sf Georsia
Aea,n-Tb- Oregon Reso. o.ulIo..-seaaI0r
ksl-sz'- ESao,U,ion.
WAsHINGros, Dec. S.-rhe Senate did nothing
but scjnuru.
The House is engaged in fight over the tax
snd tariff on copper.
The motion Is pending to return 10 the Legisls-
tufe OF Oregon their resolution ceusnring an1 re
1nesiirg ibe resgnatiOn OF their senator's as i'm.
pertinent. Cries from the De nocrauc side that
Ores on is sovereign state are dsre srded. The
motion will pass.
Evsrts has assigned his assistants, j. Hubby
Ashton TO the Supreme Court, and s. l.. Dickey to
the court Of claims.
TIE senste is in caucus for the reorganization
# the committees.
A full csbinet was present Today.
The Supreme Court was occupied in helriag
the argument in a number OF cases involving the
constiiutiOnsi'y of the legal tender act, and its
spphcatCn n to trusts and contracts made before
its passage. The argument will probably occupy
TWO days more.
Internal revenue receipts to-day, sl9S 900.
A memorial was presented to Congress from
members of the Georgia Legislature, protesting
against the manner of organizng the provisions Al
government Of Georgia. aud the subsequent acts
Of the L. gisature, wherein the following occurs I;
" Yonr memorialists sso respectfully submit TO
the decision OF Congress, whether the coDsttu
tional amendment has been adopted by the Legs
laiure OF Georgia and whether further legisa.
legally resume her status "a State 10 the Union,
entitled 10 all the privileges of loyal state.
Your memoTialists present these facts in be-
half Of themselves and over 900 loyal cti.
xens of Georgia, and trust their appeal will not
be In vain"
The memorial is signed by Benz Coney. presi-
dent of the Senate. aud fifteen other senator's and
}. II. Bry snt, J. H. Caldwell, and forty four me n
hers Of the Rouse, including soma expelled mem
beTs.
Senote-Bils we're introduced for toe election
Of president and vice-Uresident Directly by the
people, removing political disabilities, sOOi.h-
ing the iraUking privilege, continuing the freed
mems bureau in certain States and extending the
imisdictiOp of the Court Of Claims over Louisiana
ard Arkansas.
2 The president requested to communicate by
Senator PomeToy, information regsring our rela-
tons with The South American republics and Bra.
I'll. Adjourned.
House-The bill making the tariff on coffee to
8 cents, passed. Several department comnuai.
cations were presented.
The Oregon legislative resolutions declare that
Wiloms and COrbett have betrayed aud misrep-
resented the people Of that Site. Among the
acts specfed afe voting for Impeachment ut and the
rec0nsifuctiOn acts. The House passed the fOl-
lov ing resolution by l27 70 35;
" "ResOired, That the paper he returned TO the
presiding officers Of both houses OF the Oregon
legislature the same being scandalOus, imperii'
uent and IL decorOUsh
Butler introduced Dill reDehunR tle tenure vi
Cfiice act. Referred TO judiciary committee.
The iii restoring lndiau affairs 10 the war de
partmtnt pass q. ll6 20 %.
Robinson spoke in favor Of active measures for
the reiief of Fsnians imprisoned ia Great Britain
for words spoken and deeds done IN America.
Adjourbs d.
In tie Senate day Kellogg introduced ijin'
resolution exteBniBg the provisions of the a3t o
Jolly A. 1854 respecting the jurisdiction Of the
court # claims to loyal citizens Of Louisiana and
Arkansas. and exsmpting the said citizens fron
the opoi alton of the act of February II 1867, IL
regard to payment Of claims arising from the con
duct Gf the war. TIE effect of tbi. resolution, I
1t bec,m,s law. will be to permit the institution
Of large class of suits. and the payment o
claims Of Union men now debarred.