Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-05
Washington Items,

QameStkcs ~ eA-irc~ldvnts.
-Breyct Maj ,Grncr1l George Syket
Licu,cnant-Co Colonel II the Filth rrgula
infantry, has been ordered TO report with
nut delay ta Maior-G,norl Hancock an,
AXE command II the Goth Cuit,d State
infantry,
The recent burning OF the building
IA te corner Of Fifteenth and L street,
N Washington, destroyed a large omouu
II proofs aud document, in cotton case,
principally those from Savannah an.
Charleston,
Countless aud orrditlcSs rumors ar
- abundant as ever al Washington
among those prevalent Thursday evening
ss- -eift' that Secretary Stanton had ron
ented TO resign at the request Of ,everl
Republican Congressman.
Tho vote in the House ways anJ
means committee ON the reduction Of thu
Shiskcy tax from 81 per gallon, stood fou,
n favor TO five against, the former bcin,
Messrs, Allison Of Iowa, Niblaek Of Ind.
md Brooks and Griswold Of New York
md the latter MeSsrs, ,Schenck of Ohio
| Hooper of Mass, Moorchcad of Penn, and
Maynard of Tenn,
Mrs. Cobb, the famous pardon broker,
-, whose intrigues with tho Presiden,
ave provoked 50 much scandal, watched
he proceedings on impeachment in the
House Of Representatives, Monday, Will
lecp interest until the final vote was an.
1uunUrd, whFn Sic turned "a gentleman
landing near, and said with deep sigh
SO the poor old man is gone at last"
A couple of colored delegates from
he South Carolina convention have arriv.
d at Washington to confer with Congress.
men a. to the propriety OF elccting color
ID men To Congress from that State TIL,
members are rs good as their word, and
The delegates are assured that any proper
" elected royal representative will he adj.
mitted without regard TO his color.
The question has been raised at
Washington whether the expression Of
opinion by any Senator as to the guilt oi
tirr rrvirirur rfUVg u5r dIg-
qualify him from sitting on the trial, bu,
senator Sumner provided far exactly this
contingency by a resolution passed at the
July session of Congress, that up to the
.imo of taking the Judicial oath, Senators
nay fully and openly express their OPT
Mon of the conduct OF any civil officer.
Considerable opposition is made in
he House TO the report of the committee
N elections in the case OF Mr. Butler OF |
Tennessee. The report proposes the pas
sage of joint resolution relieving Butler |
rom taking the iron-clad oath Many |
'adieal Republicans object to this. Even
stokes and Mullins of Tennessee refuse to
'ote for it. The report will be passed in
he House when the impeachment articles
AVE been agreed upon
The Senate committee, which is ar
angling the rules for the trial OF the Pres
dent, is having some trouble One of its |
members insists that the Chief Justice is |
Untitled to a vote Two or three insist
hat a long time shall IL given Mr.. John
,on TO prepare for trial The Democrats
lain that Mr. Ross of Kansas hate,
Mr.. Stanton so badly that he is opposed
10 impeachment Messrs. Fessenden, /
rrumbull, Frclinghuyscn, Howe, Grimes,
and others insist that there shall he moth
ing which savoro of hate or mftirness in
the trial -...
-SAerman's speech in the Senate upon
his funding bill is much criticised He
took very strong ground in favor OF the
payment OF maturing six per cent gov
ernments in greenbacks, if holders refuse
to exchange them for five per cent. bonds
de was asked how he would get the
sreenbacks, and he replied that he would
,ell enough of the five per cent. in the
general market to accomplish his purpose.
Mr.. Fesscnden of Maine will oppose the
ill, but the Western Senator's generally /
tand by Sherman's speech, aud would
gree to his bill if he would put the rate
( interest lower
Many Republican Senators protest
gainst the charge of the Democrats that
hey insist that no man but Stanton shall
'c Secretary Of War. They simply insist
hat the President shall obey the laws. II
Ie had sent in the name of Gov. Cox Of
)hio as Secretary in January, and had
recognized Stanton as Secretary
AL the new nomination. was confirmed,
here would have been no trouble. All
-fIis moment tho President tells his Demo-
,ratie friends that he will triumph over
The Senate, or take the penalty. He won't
obey the law until the supreme court de-
oides that he must. For this, and other
things, the House has impeached him /
WHITEHALL. ITEMS On Friday even
ing last between nine and ten o'clock, /
Peter Mesick and his wife got into an al
when he was stabbed in the ab-
lomen by Martin Garrigan. Garrigan
was Immediately arrested
THE VETO SUSTAINED. The Supreme |
court of Massachusetts, has decided that
-he bill to repeal the State Constabulary
net does not become law because it was
not returned or signed within five DAYS
.fter it was sent to the Secretary of State
to be by him presented to the Governor
The court decided that the five days COM
mencc at the hour when the bill is actu-
ally presented to the Governor They
therefore suSta;n G,v Ru1lnnl,, ,o,n