Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-03
Washington Items,

Col. Samuel $, smoot left Washing
ton. Wednesday night, for southern Kan
sas, on important business connected with
the Indian Bureau,
Many applications are coming in
| for the agricultural report OF lsG" No
part Of the copy has yet been furnished TO
the government printer,
Before the time for receiving claims
for abandoned property by the court OF
claims expired, enough were filed 10 cover
one,half moro cotton than the government
ever received,
Perry Fuller, who had made applica-
ton for the suspension OF the revenue rnl
the New Orleans oolleotoyslip, has hcn
appointed To the latter by the President,
and some Of the Louisiana men are
asking il Mr. johnson has adopted the
Icarpet,lag system q appointments.
-Brcyct Maj. W, ], Twiuing, captain
of engineers, has been ordered 10 report
in person To Mai Gen, Terry, command.
ing the department Of Dakotah, for duty
on hi, staff Tho recent order relieving
Brig Gen Morris $ Miller from duty in
the Quar,cmastcr-Generals Office in
Washington, and directing him 10 report
to the commanding general OF the fifth
military district, for assignment TO duty
a, Chief Quartcrmaster ui that district,
/ has boon revoked
Charles Gilpcn, the present iucum-
bent, declines TO surrender the office Of
United States Attorney for the Eastern
District Of Pennsylvania, To Charlie o.
Nitll, recently appointed to that office by
the President, and Mr. O'Nicll has writ
ten to the Attorney-General, who has
submitted his letter to the President. Mr..
johnson returned the letter to Mr. Eyarts
for his opinion on the points Of law in
yolygd. Judge Calwahder has declined
TO administer the oath Of office To O'Niell,
on the ground that the appointment was
Illegal.
While it is doubtless true that Gen.
Rosoeran, has talked over political affair,
freely with Southern officers at the Vir-
giuia Springs, it is known that his real
business WIS To meet delegation of
southern railroad men 10 consult regard
ing southern route to the Pacific, in
connection with projected line along our
Southern boundary, in which Gen. Rose
Gran, himself is the agent Of a large cor
poration About twenty-five Of the lead
ing railroad mon Of the South are thGrc,
and among them are several cx-rclcl Of
feers Of high rank
The order issued by the War Drplrt-
ment to-day to the various military COM
manlar- in the South, is designed TO meet
all eases Of disturbances which may ar
rive, An officers in command Of posts
throughout the South Willie expected to
keep their ,uporiors informed of the exact |
condition Of officers in the vicinity Of /
their stations, and those exercising the
authority Of moving troops to change
their stations as prudence seems to d;c-
tate. 1t is believed by the military au-
thoritics that this order will entirely SUI
necessity of armed militia in
any OF the Southern States.
'Ehc President having submitted to
the Attomoy-General certain questions as
To the payment Of subsidy to the Pacific
railroads, Mr.. Eyarts replies it is not easy
to lay out practical course for executive
action which shall observe at once the
conditions Of rapid opening of the roads
to travel, and security for the ultimate
sutticicucy Of the structures; but this he
hopes ere long to do. In the meantime
the propriety of satisfying the government
as to the progress of work on the sections
heretofore accepted to bring them up to
the standard Of permanent completion will
doubtless depressed ON the company by
the government directors
FohriGN-Tho United States steam
'hip Canandaigua, Capt. Strong, las ar
rived in Schcllt
The Paris Pays, in an editorial sn
the European situation, says France will
accept the possibility of war il Prussia re-
fuses to disarm
Letters from Paris state that the
Queen Of Spain frequently requested the
Emperor Napoleon to meet her at Biar-
ritz and that the Emperor declined the
An American vessel is reported ashore
on the coast OF Scotland, near the mouth
OF the river Dec. She Is a schooner, and
is supposed to he the c. G. Colgate of
New Haven. Ct,, from Liverpool, bound
for Ncw York Tho schooner is 4 wreck.
No one has been seen on board, and il isl
believed that all hands are lost.
Reports have reached Hong Kong.
from the north, that the imperial troops
of China have gained n great victory.
The army of rebels which for several
months meuaccd Tien Tsin, the port Of
Pekin, while retiring toward the south,
was oyortaken by the imperial forces
The latter were assisted by the European
officers and engineers. \ great battle