Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-07-25
pay rebel debts, whether State or other.


in New Orleans give the whites ma
jorlty OF twenty or thirty.
Frank Cowan, a son OF the ex-
Pennsylvania Senator, and a young
man Of literary ability, has been nomi-
mated as Secretary 70 the President to
sign land patents.
The nomination Of Ottenburs as
Minister to Mexico has no, as YET been
laid before the Senate, and the friends OF
Gov Andrew, Mr., Mowry and Col.
Nugent are diligently al work.
The impeachers were at work In
council Tuesday evening TO devise some
way by which the subject can he taken
from the hands OF the Judiciary Com
mittee, and the House brought to
square vote on the question OF tmpesch-
ment.
The President told Speaker ColfaI
on Tuesday that the veto message would
not be sent in until Thursday. There
are good reasons for believing that
Judge Black is aiding In the prepare
tioB OF the veto.
The Republican Congressman hope
to raise contributions amounting to one
thousand dollars each to be expended by
their Executive Committee In organizing
the Republican party at the South.
"A story started at Washington that
England is negotiating 10 sell to the
q nited States some OF her western ter
ritory to pay for the Alabama claims, Is
regarded as merely sensational, with
little or no foundation in fact.
Gen. Rousseau is to go to Itaska as
United States Commissioner to take pos
session and to hoist the stars and stripes.
Ex Senator Stark OF California and
ex. Senator McDougall of California are
candidates for the Governorship, but it
is not probable that either OF them, Il
appointed, would be confirmed.
Hon. Charles II. Van Wyck and
Hon. j. V. Pruyn, of New York, sp-
peared in the House Thursday for the
first time. The former has just returned
from his visit to the Plains, and his
presence reduces the number of Repub-
lcans who have not responded to their
names . t this session to four.
AT the June term of the Criminal
Court on Tuesday, Judge Carter presd-
ing, the application for new trial
for Sanford Conover, convicted Of per-
jury in swearing before the judiciary
committee, was refused. The prisoner
will now be sent to the penitentiary
at Albany to serve out his original SEN
tence of ten years.
While waiting for the message Con-
gress will probably perfect legislation
providing for the appointment of COM
mission to treat with the hostile Indi-
ans, and to assign them lands where
they will be undsturbed. 1t is undo.
nable that the Indians now at war with
the whites have been treated very badly,
and that hunting grounds reserved to
the m by treaties have been encroaChed
upon.
Last week the President assured
several gentlemen that he should
promptly veto the Reconstruction bill
within tweuty-four hours after he re-
ceived it, but he is now inclined to give
his legal advisers more time, and mean
while, he denounces Congress. Tuesday
morning he told Democratic Congress
man that he would willingly resign his
position as President could he but enter
the Senate again and meet the leading
Radicals in debate.
The Evening Post OF Washington, q
Democratic sheet, says, GOV Andrew is
spoken of in connection with the Mexi-
can Mission. The only objection we
have to his taking the place ia our re-
luctance to see such q man leaving the
country. The bitterest opponent of Gov.
Andrew comedies to him the highest or
der of ability, as well as honesty and
fidelity to his convictions. At this
juncture such men we can i'll afford to
spare"