Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-12-05
Washington Items.

AuC SohniltSt VI ways aho nioohS
will report bill, Monday or Tuesday,
for the repeal OF the tax on cotton.
Senator Nye has collected facts and
figures for speech exposing the frauds
committed on the Internal Revenue.
The ways and means committee had
preliminary meeting Wednesday morn
ing, and got into position for work, but
did nothing else.
"A letter from 8 medical officer at
New Orleans says that out of 226 deaths
for the week ending 10th instant, 81
were from Asiatic cholera.
The Presidents message and McCul-
loch's report will probably be sent North
and West Saturday night, under prom
Use OF secresy till delivered to Congress
Secretary McCulloch emphatically
denies that he authorized the sale of one
dollar of gold to prevent the premium
from going up on the impeachment re-.
port.
M. Blaque Bey, the Turkish minis
ter, was upon the floor OF the House,
Wednesday, and was introduced to the
members by Mr.. Banks, chairman OF the
committee on foreign affairs.
Col. Taylor, OF the Indian peace
commission, has returned, and reports
the cost of the commission as inside of
$4,000. The expense Of the Indian
war were about 81 100000 per week.
There are understood to be about
thirty nominations pending before the
Senate for confirmation. They are left
over from the summer session, none hay
ing been sent in by the President at the
present session.
The committee on elections have de-
cided to admit three of the Kentucky
members elect, Messrs. Gollsday, Beck
and Jones, Immediately. The other mem.
bers are kept out and their seats are I'M
der consideration.
Representative Ashley OF Ohio,
Chairman of the Committee on Territor-
les in the House, has prepared bill to
organize the recently acquired Russian
possessions under the name of Territory
of Alaska, and providing for Governor
Legislative Assembly and Delegate to
! Congress.
The National Intelligencer accuses
Mr.. Churchill, of the judiciary commit.
tee, OF changing his vote on impeach.
ment because he has been an unsuccess.
full beggar for place and patronage. II
will need some better testimony than
that Of the Intelligencer to make people
believe that Mr.. Churchill has not hon.
estly changed his opinion,
The House will not abolish the
banks, this year, but it will stop con
traction and attempt to put new ISSUE
of greenbacks upon the market. The
Senate will possibly compromise by as
senting to the repeal of the law which
authorizes the Secretary Of the Treasury
to retire four millions per month. ThiI
is as far as it will go.
Mrs. Lucy Cobb, who is implicated
by ex-detective Baker with Presiden
Johnson, in his evidence before the I'm
parchment Committee had a warrant is
sued Wednesday for the arrest of Baker
on the charge of perjury. The officer
could not find him in the city. She ha
summoned as witnesses the greater por
ton of the House Judiciary Committee
Speaker Coifax is blamed by som
for making up the ways and means com
mittees to favor high tariff and imitation
His defense is a good one, that it is no
proper for 6 speaker to represent his ow,
views in the formation of committees
but the dominant sentiment OF tn
: House. There can be no doubt that tn
ways and means represents the House
BY orders from the War Department
all the regiments of infantry and arti
, lery and the eight light battery will b
reduced to the minimum allowed by Law
to fifty privates per company. All vo
, unteer Offices now retained in serviC
: will be mustered out, to take effect Janr
airy l. 1868, except the commissioner
: and discussing officers Of the bureaus {
refugees, freedmen and abandoned land