New Orleans Republican., 1868-12-18
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papers; also Simon Jones, when the who'll
matter, without argument or recognition
will go to the Election Committee. ,..
The House bill repeating militia restric
tions passed the Senate without comment
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, havinG
| peen summoned before the Reconstruction
Committee of the House and requested t
give his opinion as TO the proper mode o
overcoming the difficulties in Georgia, re
| commended that there should be a literal
| execution Of the reconstruction acts, which
required the primal organization OF the
State Legislature, to be made by the admis.
sion of only those who could take the test
oath, or had been relieved of disabilities by
Congress.
This course would restore the colored
men to their seats without any special legis.
lation and place the Legislative department
OF Georgia in the hands of loyal men. After
the adoption by such body of the funda.
mental conditions precedent to the State,
40 mission to the Union, all members eligible
7def the State Constitution and the four.
teenth amendment will be admitted to seats
and L further action of Congress would be
necessary.
Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune1
WASHINGTON, December 14.-The House
Committee on Freedmens Affairs have de.
termined, almost unanimously, to report
against bill for continuing the bureau.
~ Pun ASo lhbCLCobCu Ill ReLLluS IL
Will now labor with the Senate, and some of
them express confidence that Senator vii.
son can and will carry it through for them.
The judgment of the House is unQuestion-
ably against its passage, and that of the
Senate is believed to be so. If it should
pass the Senate, it might possibly be carried
In the House, though that is doubtful.
The committee has been greatly beset by
the friends of continuance for several days
but the chairman to-day told them that in
the present temper of the House it would
be wholly useless to bring a bill forward,
as 1t would certainly be killed. The COM
mittee will probably report in favor of con-
tinuing the treedmen's hospitals at Washing.
ton, Richmond, Vicksburg and New Or
leans for six months, as the expenses will
not be large and the benefits will be great.
They have not yet determined what they
will do about investigating the affairs of the
Bureau.
The House Postofice Committee to-day
took up the question of postal telegIaphs,
and are likely to have it under considera-
tion for some time. Hon. E. B. Washburne
approved and spoke briefly about his bill
tor new government telegraph line from
here to New York, and William Orton, of
the Western Union Line, made long speech
against all schemes of postal telegraphing.
Mr.. Washburne is to be heard again, and
Gardner Hubbard will be heard bye and.
lines through the Postofice Department. It
may be said in this connection that several
postal bills are to be brought in during the
session. One of them, for a government
line between Boston and New York, came in
to-day. 1t is not yet possible to tell what
the views of the committee are, nor TO say
how any of the projects will be received by
the house.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, December 14.-The conclu.
sion of the whole matter about Caleb Cush.
ing is that nobody knows where he has
gone, and that Mr.. Seward is immensely
tickled with the muddle he has created in
the public mind about the matter. 1t was
given out last night by a Senator who had
talked with the Secretary Saturday evening,
that Mr.. Gushing had certainly gone to
England to aid Reverdy Johnson. 1t is
given out tonight by a Senator who talked
with him to day when at the capitol that
Mr.. Cushing has gone to Bogota, or some
where else in South America, to negotiate
for making canal across the isthmus of
Darien. Correspondents and Congressman
are doing their best to get at the facts about
the mission, but the Secretary is as yet too
much for them. Somebody will make him
show his hand, however, after while.