Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-18
Washington Items.
PARIS, March %, 1867.


Butler for one Of his counsel
The Pennsylvania Union State Cen
tral Committee have decided to hold a
State convention at Williamsport on the
26th of June.
Booths diary will not be published
until the testimony of the man who
took it from Booths body, who is now
in Ohio, can be obtained. He will swear
that the book was mutlated when he
took it.
The President hesitates whether to
make visit to New York after the adj
journment of the Senate, or to wait till
June, when he intends to visit Boston
and assist at the dedication of the new
Masonic Temple.
The statement OF Wirz's counsel
that he was offered pardon if he would
implicate JEFF. Davis in the cruelties of
Andersonville causes some excitement,
and there is demand for names and
evidence. 1t said that Butler is explor-
ing the matter.
Secretary Seward has been warmly
complimented on his successful nego.
tiation of the Russian treaty. Waldo
mar De Bodisco, the Secretary of the
Russian Legation at Washington, will
leave at once for St. Petersburg with the
treaty.
Chief Justice Chase has turned over
the numerous applications for register.
ships under the bankrupt act to Marshal
Parsons of the supreme court, who is
having them classified and brief made
Of each application. The Chief Justice
will commence at once to make his
nominations State by State.
The President on Wednesday was
quite i'll and had the attendance Of his
physician most of the time. His dis
ease is that Of liver complaint, and is
one from which he has severely suffered
heretofore. He has been recommended
to take salt water trip along the At
lantic seaboard and will doubtless do
so as soon as the Senate adjourns.
The drawing room of Secretary
Seward was crowded with Diplomats
and Senators, Tuesday evening, to con-
graduate him on the success of his Rus
sian treaty. Baron Stocked, the Russian
minister was present, and said he should
send his Secretary, Mr. Bodisco, at once
to st. Petersburgh with the ratified
treaty. There is a general agreement as
to the Importance Of the acquisition.
The continental domain Ceded by
the Russian American treaty is about
$50 900 square miles, and the islands may
increase The area 70 100000 miles, Tor
which the United States are to pay So
100000 in gold at the treasury ut
Washington within ten months after the
exchange OF the notifications which are
to be exchanged at Washington before
the 3Oth Of June next, OF the treaty
fails.
The details OF the scene in the Sem
ate, Tuesday night, on the adoption OF
the Russian treaty, are leaking out, and
1t is not denied by the leading Senators
that it was in many respects ludicrous.
After test vote that showed that it
was sure to be adopted, there was
stampede, only two Senators having the
disposition and moral courage to vote
against it. Several Senators who op-
posed it, down to within an hour OF the
vote, turned around and cast their votes
with the majority. One of this class
actually made & labored argument
against the treaty within two hours Of
the final vote and went against his own
argument. Senators Ferry of ConDecti-
cut and Fessenden of Maine were the
only voters against it.