New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-24
OUR WAsHINGrON CORREsPOND.
ENCE.

KeeOnStruetlOn of the HOuse-The Mem.
berA Newly Beate6-ObsequIes uDsn
Thaddeus Stevens-NOmInations sent
IR-The COmnissIOne ershIp-The Militia
BIn-LOulsiAnn Appointments.
WASHINGTON December 10, 1868.
Since Last wrote you the House of Rep
resentatives has passed through its regular
reconstruction" and the drawing of seats
was attended with its usual amount of ludi-
crous incidents. For instance, great merri-
ment was caused when Congressman Mullen,
of Tennessee, resumed'his old seat, the best
in the House, on the front row and in front
of the Speaker, from whence he has so often
afforded to the House q treat of his crude
but forcible back-woods oratory; as well as
when the name of rare Ben Butler Was
called, he took an available seat on the
Democratic side of the House. WheR
his name was called, early on the
list, Mr.. Sypher took Thaddeus stevens's
old seat; but a moment later Mr..
| y. j. Dickey's name was drawn and General
| Sypher politely vacated the seat in favor of
Mr.. Stevens's successor, the General moving
to the next one adjoining, formerly occu-
| pied by General Paine, of Wisconsin. Mr.
Vidal occupied seat just in front of Gene
raj Sypher, while Mr.. Newsham is driven
over into the Democratic side, in company
with Horace Maynard, but in close proxim-
ity to Judge Woodward and Messrs. Ed
ridge and Fernando Wood. ,-e-.,
Yesterday was the day set aside for the
paying of funeral obsequies to the late
Thaddeus Stevens. Mr.. Dickey announced
the decease of the great leader, and was fol-
lowed by Judge Poland, of Vermont.
Messrs. Maynard, of Tennessee, Ashley, of
Ohio, Morehead, Koontz. Woodward of
Pennsylvania, Robinson and Wood, of New
York, Sypher, of Louisiana, and others.
Allof these gentlemen rendered the fullest
need of justice to the eminent deceased.
Quite a number of nominations have been
forwarded recently from the White House.
In addition to the list sent into the Senate
Monday, headed by Smythe for the Russian
mission and Cummins for Commissioher of
Internal Revenue, the following names
have Just been referred to their appropriate
committees: -
Thomas G. Mccall, to be Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the Sixth District of
Iowa; James N. Marks, Collector of Gus
toms at Philadelphia, in place of Cake, to
be removed: Archibald Al. Green, Collector
of Internal Revenue for Twenty-fourth Dis
trict of New York; Samuel 7. Maddox, AS
sessor of Internal Revenue for Third Dis
trict of New York, vice Wettmore, suspend
ed; Jose Manual Gallegos, Superintendent
of Indian Affairs New Mexico; Isaac New
ton, Warden of the Jail for the District of
Columbia; Samuel 7. Hooper, Marshal fer
Wisconsin; Frederick N. Dockery, for the
Southern District of Florida; Ct. Gordon
Adams, Attorney for the Southern District
of Mississippi; John p. O,Neil, ATTORNEY for
the Southern District of Pennsylvania; Wal
ter N. Smallwood, Postmaster at New Or.
leans, vice Taliaferro, and Orion Hackett,
Postmaster at Baton Rouge, vice Breckin--
! ridge, deceased.
1t is safe to say that about niHe-tenths of
these names will be rejected. 1t is as yet
impossible to say what action will be taken
on the nomination of Mr.. Cummins. There
is manifest disposition on the part of MANY
of the Senators 70 confirm any moderate man
sent in. 1t is said, however, that Senator
Sherman, who ischairman of the committee
to whom the nomination Is referred ia not
favorably disposed. Mr.. Cummins is abIy
backed by. Senator Cameron and several
Senators of the East. Mr. Smythe will nm
doubtedly be rejected in q few DAYS,
The militia bill, which recently passed
} both Houses OF Congress, is measure cal
culated 10 strengthen the hands of the loyal
governments of the South. To its imme.
diate passage In its present form our people
4 are indebted to the persistent efforts of
General Paine of Wisconsin, aided by Gem
eral Sypher of Louisiana. -
IL ts now a law--or viii be, unless Ptesi.
dent johnson subjects it to a "poeketp pro-
cess; and then it viii be merely question
4 Of Of time. e. f. 2a@s.a aail2 q i,aEa y
President Johnson has determined 10 ill
Ct once the various VACANCIES existing in
! Louisiana, besides those he is resolVed to
create in few days. Candidates ars .bycno
means numerous, most ofiiee=seekers dqnht-
ing the propriety Of accepting poaition. il
the decl11ing days-of the great blnnderef,
lest this fact should initiate AgAinkt fllsn
hereafter. ROB BOY.