Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-02-13
Washington Items.

. their Territory into the Union,
i The Potomac at Washington /, irogc
over strong enough to bear up foot "a,
. sengers. There has been no such irccsin
ON the river since 1851. when a looomc
/ tive was safely transported on the ic
from Washington 10 Alexandria.
The deficiency appropriation bill IL
comos law to-day, without the Presi
dents signature, unless he yc,oes il, whicl
: II Is rumorcd he intends 10 DO, as il con
,ains an appropriation OF 100000 Tor rc
construction purposes,
The subcommittee on rctonstructio,
sat several hours on Monday, examinin.
witnesses II was agreed that the pro
ceeding should be secret Statements q
what was done should. therefore, be taker
with caution, Bingham laughs at tn,
speculations over his course. No mar
knows what he will do, for he doosn'
know himself.
The President last letter went I,
Gen Grant on Monday, and a. the Hons,
has called for il, the document will soor
see light II is pretty severe in is Ian.
guage, and attempts To substantiate Ia,
position occupied by the President. bv III,
corroborating evidence of several member,
OF the cabinet
Senator Wilson was in his sea,
on Monday. He brings cheering rcpor,
from New Hampshire; says the State
will 20 Republican by majority as large
as last year, The Senator stopped long
enough in Connecticut TO be convinced
that Jewell will be elected Governor
next April.
The House opened the old impcaeh-
ment evidence To the committee ON recon.
struction on Monday, and considerable
significance is attached to the fact but
IT docs not necessarily mean ANYTHING
There was no division on the proposition.
The committee wish 10 ascertain if there
is evidence OF conspiracy TO defeat
the execution Of the reconstruction acts.
The ways and means committee have
agreed to reduce the tax on smoking and
chewing tobacco from 40 to % cents per
pound, and to collect it entirely bv
stamps, each ounce package to have a two
cent stamp. They will report, this week,
a bill regulating the export OF distilled
spirits, providing for half dozen bonded
Warehouses in as many differeot cities ON
the seaboard
The commission ON the condition of
the statutes will soon publish the first
volume, as specimen of their labors. but
which is only small part of what they
have completed. 1t will contain the law
respecting patents and copyrights, and
will consist of nree chapters and Sc See
tions, comprising all that is now law of
the thirty acts Of Congress on these sub
iccts.
The committee on elections is exam
ming case from Tennessee. where the
member elect, who is radical, is accused
of disloyalty when the rebellion first
broke out. The ease is that of Powell
against Butler. The latter claims that
the alleged disloyal acts were done while
he was under duress, and that he was all
the time. sincerely loyal. Some of the acts
were as bad as those of Brown in Ken
lucky but since 1862 Butler has been a
thorough Unionist.
The House took an hour and half
to draw seats, Monday last Mr.. Poland
of Vermont, who offered the resolution for
a new seat, was called first Many of the
members got their old places. There is
little change among the Massachusetts,
members. Mr. Dawes has IA better seat
than before McsSrs Boutwell, and Eliot
are on the same row Mr. Washburnc of
Greenfield sits behind Mr.. Dawes: Mr..
Starkweather of Connecticut gets good
seat on the Republican side He has been
heretofore, to sit among the
Democrats. Messrs. Baldwin and Ames
keep their old seat. ON the Democratic
side
The Republicans are talking over the
opinion OF the supreme court III the case
of the injunctions from Georgia and Mis-
sissippi The general opinion is that the
principle announced will affect all the
other cases before the court involving the
reconstruction acts. There are able law
yers and shrewd politicians, however, who
say that the opinion does not cover the
McArdle ease. Judge Black put in new
bill, which he thinks is not liable to the
which led the court TO reject
the injunction. He put it in five minutes
after the opinion was delivered, and peo-
pie are wondering how he knew in ad-
vance what the court would say.
DEMOCRATIC. - The National Demo-
crntie Committee met at Washington on
the 22a, to select the time and place for
the National Democratic Convention.
FLoRiDA-The Florida Constitutional
convention has nominated from its own
members ticket for State officers Col. /
Liberty Billings, their candidate for gov
ernor, is native of Maine and citizen
OF New Hampshire, and the only white
man on the list. For Lieutenant-G Governor
they nominated William w Saunders
a mulatto from Baltimore, who was sent to
the State by the Union League last Au-
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