Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-11
Washington Items.

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, 4 hill was introduced into the lIuu.,
Of Representatives, Monday, which par
TALLY rencws the reciprocity treaty, aut
PROV idos fI tht free navigation If tak'
Michigan and the St Lawrence
CONGRESS will soon pass q Till TO meet
the deadlock unreeonstruc,ionist in Lou
isturrT and tfTr sstvtr governments trrrt'tty
elected under the congressional recon
>truetion viii be ,et upon their feet,
The Conservative members Of III,
Washington board Of aldermen have filed
protest against what they call the lille,
gal assumption Of the government by
Mayor Bowen and his Republican asso-
ciates. II is not known how the matter
will be settled.
The tax bill has made little progress
Eliot Of Massachusetts, told Chairman
sehcuck in debate, Monday afternoon,
that the House, in less than a week,
would rceommit the bill \ majority
would like TO do this now, but they dis
liz. 10 displea,c the, committee. cSpo-
.cially its chairman,
The House committee ON road, and
canals have unanimously agreed to recon-
mend the passage of bill giving the New
York and Boston air line railroad compa-
ny the right to construct bridge across
tho Connecticut river at Middlctown. 1t
is believed that it will pass the House at
an early day.
John Hendrick of Waterbury, Con-
necticut, and Edmund Burk of New
Hampshire are the most prominent candi-
dates for the office of commissioner of pa
tents, which is vacant. 1t is rumored that
the President is inclined to Hcndriek, but
the Senate will probably reject him if
nominated.
-Alanson II. Reed, a clerk in the Post
Office Department at Washington, has
been arrested and hailed in $1,000, Tor
sending forged circulars to the Postmas-
tiers throughout the country, asking them
for - each for political purposes: His
scheme was nipped before lie had secured
over $50, which included s. from the
Bridgeport Ct Postmaster,
The warrants issued by the Treasury
Department for the month of May, not
including those for the redemption of the
public debt, amounted to $40 49S. 900, and
We're for the following purposes civil.
miscellaneous and foreign intercourse,
S5,l34,0o0; interest on the public debt,
S29,oO0,000; War Department, $685.
600; Navy, 81 $4,000, and anterior pen
sions and Indians, S5G5, 900.
The lnteliieeneer is quite happy oAer
the removal Of prominent clerk in the
Interior Department, for expressing his
opinion that the President should have
been convicted. II asks Secretary Nc
Cnlloch to initiate Browning, but not too
suddenly, lest the Treasury Department
would find itself without sufficient force
to run II. Democrats are urging that the
Republican clerks in al the departments
shall be dismissed but McCulloch refuses
70 dismiss good clerk He is willing
that the vacancies occurring shall all be
filled by Democrats The clerks arc all
anxious that the question Of politics shall
not be revived, for if Republicans are
now dismissed, the Democratic clerks
know that next March they will be sent
adrift
The House spent nearly the entire
afternoon Of Monday upon Woolley, its
prisoner. He has been DESTROYS for some
days 10 be set free, and his excuse for
backing down at last is that his client. for
whom he was lobbying at Washington.
has consented that he shall answer the
questions OF the managers. After hours
spout in debating the subject, Woolley /
finally purged himself Of his contempt
and was to 90 before the committee YES
to-day morning Thcre is little cxrrcta-
ton hat he will give dircc, and honest
replies TO the managers a. to his DISPOSE
tion Of the $4,000 in his hands. IT il
certain that he viii swear that not dol.
lar Of il va, used upon impeachment.
The Imprisonment Of Woollev Ina, not
bcen very hard To bear \ friend who
Naa i'll his prison. Monday morning saw an
abundance ofchampagne aud strswbcrric,
and cream, lie has entertained his
friends lIberally in the "ta~tilc Fdiayo
IS 50 fond IT ,lluding te,
Observation-Disclosures Dickens has no.
tilted DR.. $. G.. Howe OF Boston that he
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