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s, The Senate, having agreed to come to vo
D. on the Georgia bill, at six O'Clock on Tuesds
came so near to it as to decide it finally ear
ut Wednesday morning. When | say finally,
lie mean for this time. 1t has gone to the Hou
E. committee on reconstruction, and what they
r the House will DO with it, remains to be seel
n The result is very little gratifying to Messr
Bullock & Co. Ever since the matter came ~
they have been continually dining in the cal
e Of Congress the unsafety of all loyal men i
y Georgia and advocating as the only measuI
: adequate to put end to the difficulty, the pei
n petuaton of the present legislature. The Sen
It ate has concluded to accept their statement as
: the condition of things there, but thought that
the difficulty was quite as bad as they represent
: ed, the remedy was hardly adequate to the dis
ease and have accordingly concluded to return
the State to military government for the present
The beauty of the affair was that the Democrat
, voted for - military despotism, - with all its hor
that they have been so fond Of describing fol
the last three or four years, probably upon th'
, principle Of choosing the least of two evils and
though it is quite singular action, in view o.
their former course, certainly should not wish tc
say that they had made an unwise choice. It il
said that misery makes strange bedfellows, and
it would certainly seem as if that or something
else had brought about some strange associations
in this case.
Fabrication seems to be the order Of the day
at present. Senator Elmunds on Monday pre-
sented resolution, which was adopted, calling
for an Investigation of the question whether
Senators had been Improperly Influenced BY
Bullock and his clique in their votes upon the
Georgia question. The inquiry into General
Towards conduct continues from day to day,
and naturally awakens a good deal Of interest;
/ Of course peoples opinions as to the result are
greatly modified by their feelings and desires,
but the impression among those who are not i'll
disposed towards him seems to BE- that, while he
has acted unprudently in some matters, nothing
can be shown affecting his integrity. Certainly
it would be difficult TO md a man whose charac-
ter as a man and Christian has stood higher
than his, or whose fall would create a greater
shock throughout the country The examination
thus far has been mainly upon the matter
Of the materials used in the construction
Of the Howard University building 1t appears
to have been shown that the materials we're not
sufficiently strong, and that considerable sums
have been expended in repairing AMI strengthen
ina he huf frrT 10 n4a haar
that there was anything more than an error Of
judgment on the part Of General Howard
There was quite an excitement in the House
on Monday with regard to the case Of Sypher
give me credit for resisting the tenn ta,ion to
a bad pun herel, one Of the claimants Of a seat
in Congress from New Orleans The state of
the case was this At the election Sypher had
2,94s votes, and his opponent, St Martin,
l2,5l4; but very large proportion of the
voters in the dsiric, id not vote, and if all who
did not vote had voted and votei for Sypher, he /
would have been elected therefore. as Sypher f.
was Republican, Mr.. Stevenson. from the Com !
mittee on Elections, reported THAI he was elect
ell and, vote being taken, le vas declared
elected by majority Of but before he could
take the oath motion TO reoor siier vas made
and carried, and, IN a very short time, amidst a
very general confusion and the raising Of IN
points Of order, the House decided, by
quite a strong maj 1rity, tha; II ere had been no
election, which was uuquesiioI.ably the correct
iecision. So Mr.. Sypher. ike many others,
ound that " there's many q slip 'twixt the cup
-uI the lip Some have * pressed surprise 90
he sudden change IN votes. especially as there
we're no new arguments brought up ; but for my
art, l an no, at all surprised AZ it, under the
circumstances have no idea thar on the first
-ote one half the members knew anything what
'ss the question Al issue, except that it relajei
o whether a Republican or a Democrat should
e admitted % the House sri on sucl q ques-
Ion the Democrats, Of cOu rse, ST voted against
he Republican. and the Republicans mostly for
i'm. Another member holds his sest In that
louise Al the present tille, under precisely the
ime Circumstances as those under which Sypher
lme So near getting in, except tia; his majority,
all votes not cast had been thrown for him, I
ould have been much sra1.ler than Sypher's
nj some members who voted for his cdmis- .
on did so with total misunderstanding Of .
le point 81 issue. The fact is the hsll j. 50 s.
=
e ordinary amount Of conversation aud moving q
bout is going on, It Is Impossible for person p
,ying ever SO close attention 20 understand u
nat Is beng saii IN NJ my parts e the hall; and
Is a melancholy fact thar many members DO q
u pay the strictest attention, even when they -
n hear. They hsve their minds made up how =
ey are TO vote, and 30 not suppose that any l
ing that will be SAIL could change them, which s.
the credit Of their honesty. is not always true I,
the House Of RepIes sntstives is 90 be largely
creased in numbers, II viii become an impor-
ut problem how n embers are 20 know anything
what is going on az 81 -
Quite a sensation has been created here
ring the present week by the visit re
the Ohio Legislature, 20 the city. They s.
ne on in a body. with their wives. and a.
We been doing Washington to an alarming
tent visiting Mount Vernon, the Navy Yard, 4"
1 au the places OF in terest On THURSDAY
,ht the Ohio Eepub' lean Association gave To
m grani levee ST the Masonic Temple where pr
eches were made and dr goods displayed. and ia
rogrsmme Of sixteen dan ces gone through with &c
for the toilets Of the sdies, my descriptive by
'ers do no! run in that direction, but ii de- ait
ID might furnish an Itract from some Of ow
city papers, which wCu ID give a very definite NO
a to the initiated, l supp ose. mel
hey had quite funny Il me At the House last
ht. Members have he N quite dilatory in ~
IT attendance upon the discussion OF the ~ nv,
III bill for some time past, and some impor- -
. - Ia zen que "neh mere bel
+ LAST night, when the House met. it was -
overed that there was not quorum. snd the -
Seant-at-Arms WAS despatch ell to bringmem- -;
IN, and he shortly appeared with six mem M
:, among whom was Judge Poland. sud son -
r brought in several more Their excuses = y
e hesri. some Of which were decidedly Ia IL
:, and they were nearly all inei : 10 piece ~
mont people will be glad to know that Judge ,
nd was engaged in making a call on his
lster Upon his giving in this excuse, ge
ION was made to fine him forty-fye cents, -
nm temner - ,ba H. SUM 0i Tue peol
Yours &c N0'