Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-25
Washington Items.

The President, has finally decided to
visit Raleigh, N. c., on May 4, to be
present at the erection of a monument
over his fathers grave, He will be &C
companied by his family and member
OF the cabinet.
1t is believed the supreme court
will dismiss the Georgia and Mississippi
bills on Monday next. The arguments
are to be submitted on Friday. The At
torney General is known to be confident
that the cases will be discontinued.
Secretary Seward left Monday night
for Auburn, New York, taking with him
his shorthand writer. Not few think
that the pilgrimage will be one for
speech making, according to hisprevious
custom, at his place of residence.
Gen. Ord, in command of the mill
tary district of Mississippi and Arkansas
had an audience, Monday, with the
President and Gen Grant, and left that
evening to assume the control Of his
department. He has not yet yet issued
any orders relating to registration, but
intends to push affairs at once.
1t is stated that Minister Motley Is
to be kicked out of his place at Vienna
in fact that orders have gone out for
him to hand over the records of the
emba ssy to the secretary Of legation.
We do not fully credit this story, for
Mr.. Seward intimated on Saturday that
Mr.. Motley would remain till December,
if he chose to do so.
There is a great delay at the state
department is issuing commissions to
the newly confirmed officers. Some of
the appointees are notified that they will
have to wait two weeks. The result was
that the Presidents ante-room was well
filed Monday, by parties asking that
their commissions might be fastened by
executive influence.
The Senate did not adjourn day
too soon to save itself from the mortih-
cation Of being without quorum. All
its members were exhausted, with the
exception of two or three. Charles Sum-
ner would willingly remain all summer,
but Mr.. Fessenden of Maine was finally
so sick Of the wrangle over the vacant
Offices, that he conceded that it was no
longer a duty to remain, and so told his
friends.
The better class of Senator'S, the real
statesmen, became very much Disguised
with the workings of the tenure of Of.
fee act 1t led to vast deal of bar
gaining, and as the main question was
not as to fitness, but ability to obtain
favor at the White House and with the
Senate, some small and unworthy per-
sons crept into Office. It. was rumored
Monday that the President would close
some of the offices upon which he and
the Senate could not agree, and which
are not provided for by law. The point
is not yet determined.
The construction of the civil tenure
act, in so far as it applies to the vacant
offices, was under consideration Monday
by the law officers of the various de-
partments. Considerable variety Of opin-
ion exists, but the legal views of the At
torney- General will only be regarded by
the President. The State Department,
for instance, look upon the office of con-
sui at Havana, which Is at fixed sal
airy of 5000 in gold, as abolished by
| the tenure law. The President, how
ever, is of the opinion that it can be
filled by deputy or special or vice con-
sular agent. The Treasury Department
| solicitor maintains that the President
can place the vacant internal revenue
offices in charge of deputies, and that
| ev en- the New York naval office can be
filled in that way. The law relieves the
postal service of many difficulties. The
Postmaster General, under the act of
1854, can put special agents of the de-
part ment in charge of all the vacant
post offices, but as there are not enough
agents, the law also gives such agents
supervising power over all the post-Of-
fees. Where there are no agents he has
decided to abolish the offices.