Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-04-11
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commissioner OF agriculture III paw va
Isaac Newton.
The Senate was in open session
few minutes Tuesday, but no business OF
public Importance was transacted and
they soon went into executive session.
The proposed Russian treaty will
unqucstionsbly be postponed till Deem
Der and the chances are very strong
that it will then be defeated. No good
reasons have yet been stated for its APP
proval.
TUESDAY being cabinet day no WIS.,
itors were admitted to the executive
mansion. All the members OF the cab
met were present, and the session con-
tiuued for some time. A few members
aud senators had an interview with the
President in the morning.
During the past year there were 8l4
brick houses and 5Sl wooden houses
built in Washington, valued at 81, 1885,
100. Just now builders are waiting an
expected reduction OF wages, as many
hands are being discharged from the
navy yard and arsenals,
The public debt statement for April
will be ready to-day. The coin balance
in the treasury will amount TO Sl0I ,OOO,-
900 including 100000 gold certii-
Gates. The receipts from customs dur
ing March have been unusually large,
being about $l6,OOO,O00, while those
from internal revenue have been small,
not over sl5,000,00O.
Judge Martin OF the Baltimore su-
perior court gave au intimation on Mon
day that he might refuse to entertain
the motion for an Injunction to restrain
proceedings looking to a state conven-
ton on the ground that 1t is a political
question. For this reason, also, the
supreme court of the United States will
refuse to entertain the constitutionality
of the military reconstruction act.
Senator Cameron is making trouble
in some OF the congressional districts in
his State by his arrangements with the
Democrats and Republicans respecting
the offices. Mr.. Cameron insists that he
has the right 20 arrange, instead OF the
representative OF the district. Thad.
Stevens won't tolerate any OF Cameron
arrangements In his district, and there
is prospt cts of broken Crockery.
The commissioner of patents daily
receives large number OF letters from
parties asking appointments under the
recent act of Congress authorizing an
increase of the force IN the patent office
The appointments of masy OF the appli-
csnts are urged by distinguished per
sons but Thus far no appointments have
beea made, it being the desire Of thC
com missioner 70 select from the candi
dates those who are practical men, anC
entirely qualified 10 discharge the du
ties
The President - happy over the re
suit of the election in Connecticut. The
rebels are crazy with Joy Senator:
Dixon of that state and Doolittle O.
Wisconsin were radiant in the Senate
Tuesday afternoon. Everybody concedet
that it is a great triumph for Dixon
The Republicans are inQulring into thu
causes, and some Of the more conserva
tive think that it was Mr.. Sumner
nreclsmation of universal negro suffrage
The radicals cay :he character Of tn
Connecticut Republicanism was poor
and 1t is time TO commence anew. Rep
rese6tative Bingham of Ohio says tina
} it iss warning to Messrs Butler ana
Ashley to have done with their impeach
ment antics. The result has very little
effect among the Republicans at the cap
. ital and was not unexpected. Genera
Grants friends say that it is an indica
. ton of change of public sentimen
. that will compel the Republicans to oem
! mate him for the Presidency.
The editor Of the EveningJstar hsv
ing taken pains to gather facts regard
ing public sentiment in the South pre-
sents his conclusions through the col
umns of that jourpalas follows; "whil
1 we Mace no confidence whatever in th,
present spirit Of the remarkable apparen
= change of sentiment in the rebels gen
orally, it Is not to be doubted that it Il
= doing immense good. 1t is insuring til
adsption of State constitutions by ever
/, lately rebelious State that will EN-
; brace universal, manhood suffrage. L
. will extirpste by the roots the belief
e until recently prevalent especially il
Virginia, that things might 80 be man
aasd in the end that the negroes woul,
: continue to labor for the benefit Of agri
{ cultural employers for wholly made
!. guste compensation. 1t will open th
: minds of all Southern whites substsn
tislls interested ia the speedy Improve
meut OF everything around them to tn
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