Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-07-11
Washington Items.


Mr.. Sumner announced in the Sen
ate on Friday that the commissioner who
Is to formally deliver Russian America
TO the United States, has left st, Peters
burg.
Secretary McCulloch does not intend
to make any recommendation to Con-
gress regarding the tlnauces. The laws
now in force are deemed sufficient for
his official purposes.
The receipts from customs for June
were Sll 100000, and from internal rev.
enue about s2l 900 900. During the first
three days of the present month the re-
ceipts from these two sources were 49,,
100000.
Already members are talking Of
closing the session this week, but tney
are mistaken. They suppose the Presi-
dent will not keep the bill sent him over
two days, and he says he won't, but he
said the same thing last spring, and
didn't keep his word.
The japanese commissioners have
already paid 100000 on account of the
iron-clad ram Stonewall, and on their
return to Japan will make arrangements
for paying the 100000 balance of the
purchase money. The vessel will leave
Washington Navy Yard for Japan in Au-
gust.
Judge James NJ. Wayne, who died
at Washington on Friday, at the age of
II, was native of Georgia, and grad
uate of Princeton College. He was for
merly Mayor of Savannah and Judge of
the Georgia Superior court, afterwards
member OF Congress from 1929 to 1885,
when he was appointed to the bench by
President Jackson.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
thus far received over twelve hundred of
the sixteen hundred quarterly reports of
Nationa! Banks made on the 1st of July.
This is a remarkably prompt result, and
it is gratifying to note that the reports
show the banks to be In an unusually
strong coundition.
Impeachment stands no chance at
this session. The heavy fight between
the impeschers and anti-impeachers will
occur on the question of adjournment.
The impeachers demand an October ses-
sion, and their opponents are not dis
posed to 60 further than the passage OF
a resolution like that under which Con-
gress met last Wednesday.
The navy department at Washing
ton has received from Commander Roe
Of the United States steamer TaCOny, a
COPY Of his communication to President
Juarez, soliciting that the remains OF
Maximiian might be delivered to Capt.
Crueler of TIE Austrian corvette Eliza.
beth. The request was not acceded to,
but the official reply is not furnished.
1t is thought that the Surratt trial
will end this week Surratts counsel
profess to be certain of his acquittal
They will bring witness who will
swear that Booth left q package with
him to be handed to the National In
telligeucer and which he opened after
the assassination and destroyed. He
says the paper showed that Surratt was
| not q party to the conspiracy.
The committee on elections met
Yesterday morning, to consider the case
of the Kentucky members. Itis thought
! probable that two or three will be swOrr
into their seats soon. The committee
on elections is strongly urged to send 8
sub committee into Kentucky to investi
gate the charges against the delegation
and another to Bridgeport, Ct,, to in
quire into alleged bribery in the elec
tion Of william H. Barnum.
- The Senate judiciary committee anC
House select committee have agreed
each to a supplemental bill to the re
construction acts They are unlike, bu
both limited in scope to the acts of las
spring, and are simply intended to carr!
out their intent. The Houae bill is ;
little more radical than the Senate's
One section has been very generally dis
cussed in congressional circles, tha
whi ch prohibits the President from re
moving a commanding general withou
the consent of the Senate. A few BE
publicans deny that this is constitu
tional, and there is some doubt whethe
the Senate will agree to it. The tw
committees will probably have join
meeting and attempt to amalgamate tn
two bills. If they are successful, muc
time will be saved.
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