Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-06-06
Washington Items.

Neither Gen. Grants headquarters
or the State Department succeeded in
obtaining on Monday any cOnflrmatory
intelligence Of Maximilian's execution.
The deposed Mayor Withers of Mo
bile has arrived at Washington. The
President deferred consideration of the
Mobile case till after his return from
North Carolina and the expected report
Of Attorney General Stanberry as to the
power of commanders to remove civil
officers.
The ram Stonewall has been de-
livered to the japanese commissioners,
and the government grants Commander
George Brown the necessary leave of
absence, and the purchasers pay him q
hands ONE price for taking her to Japan.
One month will be required to put her
in good order.
Washington passed through an i'm
portant local event on Monday in its
first Municipal election under the uni
versal suffrage act. The colored people
cast about 5000 votes, and the returns
so far show the Radical ticket to be
elected. The candidates voted for were
Tax Collectors and members of the City
Council.
Gen. Schofield arrived in town early
Monday morning from Richmond, and
had consultation with Gen. Grant
during most Of the day on questions
arising under the recent order which
the former has just issued regarding the
military government in Virginia. 1t is
stated that he asks for more officers to
assist him in the enforcement of the Re-
construction act. The work of prepar-
ing the registration alone has been verv
great.
The report of Gen. J. H. Wilson of
his survey with view to canal con-
Meeting Green Bay, Wisconsin, through
Rock River with the Mississippi, has
been published. There is not water
enough available for ship canal, and
he advises the construction of the larg-
est canal that can be filled, which will
be sufficient for ordinary river steamers.
There will be 285 miles of canal, to cost
$14,738,OO0.
The action of the judiciary COM
mittee shows conclusively that there
will not be a July session of Congress
unless some extraordinary event tran
spires between now and the 4th of next
month. Those members of Congress
who were most Jealous in their endeav-
ors to have a summer session have be-
come disheartened, and do not think
there is the slightest chance for it. The
judiciary committee will merely meet
form ally, and adjourn until the latter
part of November, when they will make
up their report.
The following gentlemen have been
appointed on the board of visitors to the
West Point military academy for 1867 /:
George W. Burleigh, New Hampshire
N. A. Thompson, Massachusetts,; Rev.
DR.. F. Vinton, New York; Rev. H.
Slicer, Maryland; Prof W. G. Kerr,
North Carolina James W. Campbell,
South Carolina; Joshua Hill, Georgia +;
E. II. Angarnan, Louisiana; Gen. T. NJ.
Paris, West Virginia; Prof ]. Kendrick,
Ohio; H. G. Wells, Michigan; Rev. Geo.
t. Magoun, Iowa; Gen. H. II. sibley.
Minnesota; J. W. McCorkle, Nevada
Richard Cheney, California.
The levee commissioners deposed by
Gen. Sheridan have petitioned the Pres
ident to replace them. Their petition
sets forth that Gen. Sheridan's commits
sioners have organized and demanded
from Gov. Wells and his appointees the
surrender of the property, &C., pertain
ing to their trust, including 100000
in bonds; that there is reason for an.
prehen ding difficulty and a conflict of
authority between the State officers and
Gen, Sheridan's board and that the in
terests of Louisiana and her people will
be jeoparded if Sheridan shall be per
mitted to enforce an order compelling
the surrender Of said bonds to an illegal
board.