Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-30

ity Of the judges to this effect was giyer
10y Chief Justice Chase Tuesday morning
The arguments upon the ease will neees
sarily be somewhat protraoted, and th'
decision of the court may not be an
uounccd till late in March.
Tho committee of ways and means
had under consideration, Tuesday. tha
part of their new internal tax bill relating
10 manufactures. While it is certain tha
they will recommend that taxes generally
be taken off from manufactures, there /,
evidently disposition on the part Of the
committee TO keep the tax on articles o.
luxary, such as jewelry, plate. carriages
and the like, and also ON gas and coal oil
There is probability that the tax will bc
removed from raw cotton. The bill will
not bereported for several weeks TO come
The watch worn by Roger Sherman
when he signed the Declaration of Inde,
pendenee, was presented 10 Gen. W. t
sherman at the residence of Representa-.
tive Griswold at Washington, Tuesday
evening senator Ferry of Connecticut
on behalf Of DIR. Charles Rowland OF
Brooklyn. made the presentation speech,
and Gen. Sherman, in his reply, expressed
his thanks and promised TO hand down
the watch 20 his son. General Sherman
is not, however. a descendant of Roger
sherman, but Of Richard sherman, a
prominent Connecticut patriot Of rcvolu-
tionary days,
The reconstruction bill has gone over
To the Senate, To give Butler "a fair
chance with his amendment, the House
rcconsidered the previous question. II
was done, however, by aid of the Demo
cratic votes. The vote ON this amend
ment was SO for and liz against The
Democrats, who voted IS let in the amend
ment, voted solidly against it when il was
before the House The bill then passed
precisely as the reconstruction committee
reported it, yeas 1913. nays As. No Re
publicans voted against it, unless Carey
of Cincinnati is called Republican. He
f-rtrr-r IRstptl, Rstptl,iiie.t, ,iiiie.t bit bit n ,e,ss-itdi-
cred to be an average Democrat
The bill will rest in the Senate till
after the Alabama election Such at least
Is the opinion of Republican Senators.
II Alabama gets into Congress the bill may
not be taken up There is strong feel
ing upon this measure ON both sides The
Democrats claim that it viii destroy the
Republican party, but the solid vote. this
afternoon shows that the Republicans of
tile House are not alarmed on that point
Senator Wilson made a strong Re
publican speech at a meeting Of the Wash
mgton soldiers and Sailors Union, Mon
day evening iii which he took decided
ground IN favor Of the scheme of Congress
on reconstruction. He professed the be-
hct that ten southern States would be re-
constructed 10y their loyal negroes in less
than six months, and that in the grand
Presidential struggle Of this year the Re
puh!ran party would be victorious at ey-
cry point IL claimed for the Rcpubli-
can, thirty Of the States, and surrendered
to the Democrat, only Kentucky, Mary
land and Delaware with possibly three
of the southern States The Senate, Mr.
Wilson said. would be for = long time Re
plliican, and hc hoped that the party
would for As long period command ma
jprity Of hundred in the House of Rep
la regard t. the national
debit he considered that this generation
had donc enough, and if We pay the inter
n,t. po>t"rity must take care of the prin-
tjlol Evidently the Senator was less
car ful in his estimates and freer in his
opinions than had he not been exercising
himself i'll a purely political speech.