Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-05-07
Washington items,


day, May nh
Mr. stmhyry called Al ths Ek,.Ut,y,
mansion, Monday morning ouI @ulse
qu,utb visited SECRETARY M.Cnuel /. II,
is lu s,ry feeble
-Gau Gran, La, uot hou Al ihe cap
itol since rhe impeachment trial orsued
Even the Democrat, commend liz wisdom
in this respect,
Anthony Trollop, VA. fu@snt ttll rr
cess, Monday lie is busy part II each
d,v a, the Post Office Department suau
giug a new postal treaty between tht
United States and ERgl'ud
Indian Agent Wyukogp reports ta lls
Indian bureau from For, Iamed, Km#-
that Tho Indians in his agency arr happy
pcao,ahle and coutyn',l sine, tla receipt
II 'lejr subsistence
on Monday tly finest audience wa
present sine, tho trial lcgm Every scat
MA, taken aud The silence was almost POI
feet Tie momi,, Of Impeachment con
cclo that it is noble Argument and ha
already had a marked effect upon certain
scuator. bingham say, that he can I'm
i,h ou Tuesday, bu, that Is doubtful
Tie lnl, member Of the President,
counsel present, on rmiay,wore Messls
Gruu,bcck and Nelson Manager rutlr
and steven. were absent Ii va. umor,d
At one time that Bu'lc, would ask lear,
to make personal explanation TO Ia,
Selrate, but ii he ever entertained such an
idea, he hns abandoned 1t
Manager Bingham hl, acquitted him
self very finely, Iii, special adviser
were afraid he would indulge too largely
IN mere rhetoric hat hc evidently put
guard upon himself, and the result So far
i the hest argument on the trial, His
allusion 10 the Margaret Garner case in
Cincinnati, O., va, pathetic, and The pic
ture he drew Of the rendition OF Anthony
Burns through the street, of Boston, was
as effective as anything said during the
trial Women in the galleries -olbed
nd certain Senators could not hide their
ears
II is understood that Senator Grimes
i Iowa has gone over 10 the Democrats
n impeachment, and will vote Not Guilty.
/ was stated in Democratic and Repul-
lean circles, Monday night, that he would
.ote for acduittal. lie is also said To
ave expressed the opinion that the Pres
dent would be acquitted II is not known
hat any other Republican Senator agrees
With him, but it is rumored that Van
Ninkle and Fowler do, The Republican
from Illinois and Maine
Npress the utmost confidence that Trum-
null and Fessenden will vote for convic-
ion, though neither have expressed nm
pinion either way
The feeling in both Houses in regard
, the Washburne.Donnelly quarrel and .
aturday's debate is still very strong. 1t
regarded not merely as disgraeeful hut
5 dangerous t. the party, to which they
9th belong. The House agreed to
ommittee OF investigation upon the
harges by Mr. Washburnc against Donnel-
T, after lengthy debate by Messrs. Win
ON, Dawes, Woodbridge and others
'onnelly's speech of saturday j. rc-
arded as the worst that has ever been
fa,ic in Congress, and Mr. Bawrz -
cterized it in his speech.
LIGHTNING The lightning beats it.
IF sometimes On Friday last, for in
lance, u hurricane and thunder storm
assed Waukcgan thirty miles distant
I hurricane speed, moving like the tide
t commerce toward Chicago Ii reached
'hicago; but ere the first flash of the
torn had been seen or the first peal
Ieard, an account Of its effects in Wau-
.egan had been received by telegraph and
,ut in type.
ATTEMPTED RoBBERY or \ GRAVE.
We learn that burglars recently at
cmptod to buglarize the vault wherein
'cpose the remains of Mrs Catharinc
in the Rural Cemetery. 1t APP
pears that some few mornings ago. work
men discovered the door of this vault
,artly open; the lock had been blown or
ut oil. and an attempt had been made to
ny open the door, which attemptfwas
,artly successful The door consists Of
me solid piece Of stone, about eight
light inches thick Inside of the door the
'ault has been walled up by masonry, and
hole large enough to admit small
lied man had been made in this wall
,ut ii would seem that having proceeded
% far in their work, the burglars had de-
sisted, probably becoming alarmed, as the
'otfin containing the remains had not been
disturbed The remains are encased in
three collins; first mahogany. then
eaden one. and lastly one of stone, which
is OF immense weight and requires the
strength of seven men to move the lid
Mrs Hamilton died in ls41, and expend-
ID So much money on the vault that a
story became circulated that treasure was
)uired with her The fact that She re-
luested the key-holc Of the door Of her
vault to be filled up with lead and the
key thrown into the rivcr-the former of
which was DONE but the latter hot-added
some color to the story. It was unbound
ed. however, as we are informed on reli-'
able authority that nothing in the shape
Of yaluahleS was buried with her 7roB
1dsfy
\ BEEeHEElsN - Henry Ward Bcechtr
says, i'll a recent Serman when men
are insane >+ley ought not to DC allowed
to hang themselves, but when men are
fool there i, question
THArS.--The Dublin people succeeded
in rorking up Train, body, but all Ire
and cannot cork up his mouth