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Congress discusses the repeal of the Test Oath as southerners fight for readmission.

Congress discusses a revised version of the District Suffrage bill.

The Dispatch believes that the Suffrage bill will pass by a "large majority".

The suffragist movement makes progress in the House and trials of those accused of treason continue to hold the attention of southerners.

The Special Committee on Freedmen passes a bill expanding the powers of the Freedmen's Bureau.

Black on black crime begins to emerge in the city of Richmond.

The Northern and Southern media debate the status of reconstruction in Virginia.

Southerners argue that they have a disadvantage due to a lack of manufactories and try to figure out how Virginians could attract more factory workers.

The Freedmen's Bureau begins the restoration of land to former Confederate plantation owners.

The Dispatch highlights the repercussions of readmission and the shift of representation that would occur should freedmen be counted as people.