Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-02-20
Washington Items.

ie introduced a hill in the Senate. reducing
" the army expenses over 2.00n.000
,e Philip r, Fendell, one of the mos
/! distinguished mrmbUrs Of the Washing
/. ton bar, died Sunday, aged 10 years,
'e The President has been advised tina
Il sherman has written him letter full,
!, explaining his views respecting the brevc
u nomination.
81 The select committee on the treat
!, ment of Union prisoners by the rebe
! authorities will go 10 Richmond mex
!, week to pursue their inquiries,
!, The Investigations Of the committe,
! on whisky meters will probably result il
I, the adoption Of the Tice patent, as orig
/ inally recommended by Profs Henry and
: Tiilgard.
The bill for the Incorporation of tn,
new Territory Of Wyoming confcrs thC
i right 10 hold office as we'll as vote, on col.
; ored persons, and Congress is expected to
! ratify the provision, which is not in fore.
in any other Territory.
/ Commissioner Rollins oldest child, a
girl, died Monday Morning, at 4 o'clock,
OF typhoid fever, terminating in pneu-
monh, She had been at the point of
death for several days, and deep sympathy
is felt for Mr.. Rollins family.
4 The House has reduced the secret
service fund of the State Department tn
$4,000. II is claimed that large
amour, of this fund, voted in former
years, is in Stewards hands, and that some
of it is in London to his credit.
I The District Of Columbia has sixty.
one colnrcl schools, with ahant- :, GOO pa
pills, Of which twenty-five are supported
by benevolent associations at the North
During January fourteen night schools
were opened, which have 622 pupils.
|mostly adults
The inventor Of the revolving iron
fort for harbor defense has written reply
to the board of engineers appointed by
the government to examine its merits
The report of the board was adverse,
claiming that the fort had numerous de-
fects
Gen. Joffries was prudent enough to
take his oath as Register of the Treasury
and receive his full commission, within
few hours after his confirmation by fhe
Senate. and the movement to reconsider
his confirmation will probably amount to
nothing. +
Minister Thornton of England has
got over his little unpleasantness with
Secretary Seward about as easy as he got
into it, and dined agreeably with him at
Senator Summers, Sunday evening Rev
erdy Johnson and Senator Sherman of /
Chic were also in the company
Mr.. Yates of Illinois presented in The
Senate, Monday, petition from the citi-
zens of sitka, praying for the establish
ment of civil government in Alaska. and
a municipal form of government for Sitka;
which was referred to the committee ON
Territories
The report of conversation ON the
President, between Senator Wade and
Secretary Stanton, is going the rounds, in
which the former said, !" He is able to do
more mischief in a short time, than any
other man in the country" YES" bit
terly replied Stanton, land his capacity
is more than equal to his means"
Private advices from Alabama say
that the constitution will be carried The
State will be admitted to representation
IN Congress in any event. The Senate
judiciary committee have reported bill
providing that a majority of the votes cast
shall be sufficient to ratify the constitu-
ton. Mr.. Bingham, in the House, intro
iuced a bill admitting Alabama at once.
1t is generally believed that the Senators
md Representatives will h in their places
n three weeks.
The decision of the supreme court in
he McArdle ease has startled Senator
Irumbull into action. His bill defining /
he jurisdiction of the supreme court is {
Exceedingly significant 1t goes further i
han the House bill, and will pass the d
and Senate. Trumbull is 50
that his radical measures are ,
.ure to be carried, He sees danger in the ,
present position OF the court, and means I
o head it off by this bill, by declaring &
hat 1t shall not entertain questions ,
rising under the reconstruction laws.
Secretary Stanton sent to the House,
an immense mass of papers l
all the general and special Il
riders, circulars and instructions issued d
~ the commanders OF the Southern mill
airy districts. They contained nothing
Jew of Importance or interest except an :
rider from Gen. Gillem, commanding in ;
Mississippi and Arkansas, modifying Gen
)rd's order that freedmen must 90 to :;
work for the best wages they could get T
n he liable to arrest and punishment, and !,
extending its provisions to all Migrants !,
without regard to color"
EUROPE. Count Won Bismark is seri-
usly i'll. 49, d
Paris letters insist upon contem- :,
lated change in the Imperial Cabinet and :,
olicy. e.
Mr. Sullivan, editor of the Dublin .
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