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

The Senate spent four hours in ex-
ecu9ive session Monday on Philadelphia
appointments, and did nothing else.
-Congressmen have generally signed
circular to the Governors Of States,
inviting contributions of ststues of emf
nent men from each st&@te, to be placed
in the old hall of tie House, which has
been set apart as q hall of statuary.
Speaker Colfax will lecture at Nor
wien, o., and Concord, N. H., and then
60 West. His family wilt remain at
Washington until the health of his
step fsther, Mr.. Mathews, will permit
him 20 accompany them to Indiana.
There is no expectation of July
session Of Congress. A majority of the
| judiciary committee is known to be
against preferring articles of impeach-
ment based on any evidence yet adduced.
New developments must be made to in
duce a report in, favor of impeachment
In July.
Secretary McCulloch is happy over
his debt statement for the last month.
He says if Congress will let him alone
he will bring gold to l15 or 120 by De-
cember, and without 8 Stringent money
market. His idea is that the govern
m ent and the banks can easily resume
pecie payments within two years, with
out any panic or trouble among bust
ness men.
Booths diary contains something
about his flight and his condition on
Friday night subsequent to the assassi-
nation. Judge Holt says the pages now
missing were missing when it came
into the control OF his bureau. They
might have been cut out by Booth him
self, as some persons believe or by SOL
diers through whose hands the book
passed, or, as Mr. Butler believes, by
some one high in executive circles.
The new capitol police, % soldiers
who served in the late war, put on their
uniform and were sworn in, Monday.
They all took the iron. clad oath and the
ice-bound temperance pledge. The lieu
tenants are COL John Coughlin of New
Hampshire and John W. Westfall of
New York. Among the policemen are
Amasa X. Walker of Maine, Stephen A.
Baxter of Vermont, and Capt. John A.
Boyden of Massachusetts.
MFR. CONFESS of California intro
duced bill into the Senate to appoint
George P. Marsh of Vermont, Max Null
Ter and MIR. French Of England, and G.
A. Dana Of New York, commission on
the phonetic system, at a salary of &c.
600 per year each. Another nice little
thing is the proposition to send q Sen
ate committee to explore thu Indian
country this summer-meant, doubtless,
to cover the projected buffalo hunt in
Dacotah, and provide for payment Of the
expenses by the government.
Secretary Seward is delighted over
the proposed Russian treaty, but there
is not much chance that the Senate will
agree to it, as two-third vote is re-
quired. 1t was taken up in the commit
tee Of foreign relations, on Monday,
and considered, but final action was not
reac hed. It is not believed Mr.. Sumner
favors it. Secretary Seward told
friend that the seven and half millions
to be paid for the Russian territory
would only take half of what Mr.. Nc
Culloch saved in March. He referred to
the fact that the national debt was re-
duced fifteen millions last month.
"A bill placing certain regiments OF
volunteers in Missouri upon the same
footing as other soldiers in that State as
regards bounties is probably lost,snd in
q curious manner. 1t was passed by
both houses and it was supposed it was
sent to the President, who was willing
to sligo II. Saturday morning it was
found that the bill was missing. No
trace Of 1t was discovered till Monday
morning, when it was fonnd in the desk
OF Senator Ross Of Kansas, a member OF
the committee on enrolled bills. The
President has doubts as TO his right to
sign it after the the adjournment, but
the Attorney General thinks he has the
power. The question is to besubnitted
to the cabinet tomorrow.
In accordance with the joint rule
adopted by the two houses, Senator's
Howard, Cameron and Drake and Re-
presentatives schenck Logan and Butler
have been appointed as the joint com.
mittee on ordnance. It is the svowed
object of the committee on the part of
the House to break up the present or
ganizstion Of the Ordnance Bureaus Of
the War and Navy nenartmants md