Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-09
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The special correspondent of the C0as-
rier and Cincinnati Enquirer telegraphs
from Washington, March 2;

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TENNESSEE.
| A bill has been prepared to reconstruc
/ Tennessee on the Georgia plan, and thi
proposition, it is understood, has The sup
port of Gen. Butler and most of the Con
gressional delegation of that State. IL i.
said in some quarters that bill of thi.
character is so extraordinary that it never
can pass the House; but the disposition
evinced to-day to pass the Georgia bill
| shows that opinion not TO be well founded.
The proposition, however, that Congress
can interfere in State fully represented,
meets with warm comment.
THE TENNESSEE PROGRAMME
| Since sending the previous dispatch il
is learned that the programme about
| Tennessee is this: It is not intended to
set up any provisional government, or to
Interfere with the present regime just
now, but bill is TO be prepared to secure
new registration of the voters in ac-
cordance with the present Constitution of
the State, and that after Che registration il
completed an election is to be held for a
Governor and Legislature, which, when
they are elected, are to take the place of,
the present administration. The justifi-
cation for this is said to be found in the
right of Congress to secure to each State
a republican form of government that
the present one is illegal, and totally in
adequate to protect the people in their
pursuit OF life, liberty and happiness.
THE CADETsHIPs.
The cadetship committee heard quite a
number of witnesses to-day, among them
Gen. SchOfeld, whose evidence merely re-
lated to an opinion once expressed by him
that, as an army officer had no actual
residence, it did not appear to him to be
strictly illegal to appoint the son of one
as cadet from most any district This
witness was called to state that with re-
gard to Tennessee Buffers case. An In
ternal Revenue Assessor named Elliott,
from Philadelphia, appeared before the
committee and explained the influence
brought to bear by him to secure the ap-
pointment of his son as a cadet to the
Naval Academy, by representative Bow
en-, of South Carolina. Other witnesses
will testify that thousand dollars was
paid for this appointment to some one ;
but thus far it does not appear that
Bowen was aware of the fact, or that he
received a cent of the money. The COM
mittee will probably report on Buffers
case on Wednesday, and it looks as though
the resolution would be one of expulsion.
In some other cases the committee will
wholly acquit members of trumped up
charges. That of Mungen, of Ohio, will
be among the latter.
Special to the Louisville Commercial
FURTHER ISvEsTIGATION OF THE CADET
SHIP SALES.
The military committee was in session
some time to-day. They examined Gen.
Schofield as to his knowledge of the cir
cumstanCes attending Roderick Buffers
cadetship sale, but said he did not remem-
Der much of anything about the case.
Nothing was elected which had any ma
terial bearing. The committee have not
yet prepared their report in this case, but
it is altogether probable a resolution will
be reported for Buffers expulsion.
Witnesses are here to testify about the
case of Bowen, of South Carolina, whose
cadetship was sold for one thousand dol
lars. The proof is not positive yet that
he received the money, though it looks as
if he would becaught. The circumstances
attending an appointment by Dan Vor-
hees of boy, residing in Pennsylvania,
are about to undergo an examination, but
the facts have not yet been closely
brought on.