Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-12
Washington Items,

senator Wilson LETT Washngtol
Tor Connecticut On Monday, u make cam
paign speeches for the Republicans,
Secretary McCullooh positively re
fuses to admit any more lady clerks in tn
Treasury Department. Every bureau nov
! has from Is 10 100 women in it,
The House committee on reoonstruc
ton reported bill Tuesday, providing
/, for the admission Of Alabama under th'
/, constitution lately adopted by those VIII,
voted,
The Senate ON Monday removed III,
i injunction Of secresy from the proceeding
in the Stanton ease. in executive session
with view, it il said, to furnish facts I,
/ the impeachment managers.
some Of the Maryland delegation ;,
the Chicago convention have called upor
Mr., Wade and assured him that after Civ
nag a complimentary sate IA Ex-senator
Cresswell, they win 90 for him Wade fol
Vice President.
Senator Sherman's funding bill wa,
called up yesterday, Several speeches ar,
ready for and against this measure \
vote will soon he taken ON RsAdall's bill
by the banking committee, and number
Of noted bankers are attempting to defeat
il.
In the recent publication of Ross
Brownies report Of the Western treasure
yield, the product OF Nevada since 1913
estimated at 800. ZOO, 900, was accidentally
omitted Including this amount, the en-.
tire production for 20 years foots up 81,
255, 100000
Andrew johnson has parloned exact
I ly 100 persons for c0unterfeiting or Tor
passing or being in possession OF counter
felt money. The aggregate of the terms
for which these persons were sentenced
was 300 years, and the aggregate Of con-
tinement RENTED to them by the Presi-
dents pardons was 1sl years
Senator Wilson's finance bill doesn't
increase the currency, but substitutes
bank notes for legal tenders. The House
is against it.
-Thad. Stevens has been quite i'll for
two or three days, and could not meet
with the reconstruction committee on
Monday morning. The spring weather is
very trying 70 ms shattered CONSTITUTION
Maryland reioioes at least in two live
Senator's, in spite Of Summers argument
While Sumner made his speech Gen
Vickers was conversing pleasantly with
Mr.. Fessenden. There was no serious at
tempt to keep him out
Stanton is losing his health from stick
ing so closely to the War Department 1t
is given out that he remains there night
and day because some of his subordinates
are watching for an opportunity to let
Thomas in.
The House had sudden fit of cow
ardice. on Monday Afternoon, when the res
olution proposing to pay of interest-bear-
ing notes in greenbacks came up. There
are over two hundred millions of SEVEN
thirties out, and forty-six millions of COM
pound interest notes, and fresh issue of
S246, 100000 of greenbacks would be re-
'quired to pay them off, besides violating
the contract in the case of the seven-thir-
ties. \ majority of the House proposed
to table the resolution, but it was feared
that the Western Democrats Would make
something by it, and it was referred to
the ways and means committee.
In deciding Texas insurance case
on Monday in the supreme court, Justices
Chase and Swayne dissenting, it was held
that the constitutional obligations of
Texas were not impaired by the war.
Some of the correspondents went crazy
over this language of the decision, but it
has. been used in previous decisions since
the war closed and it affords no indica-
ton of the position of the court on recon-
struction The McArdle case may be de-
cided during the month, and if it is in
McArdle's favor, it is expected that the
opinion will be held till next December.
--Rumors that the President will re-
sign before the trial are current, but
they are totally without foundation. He
intends to fight impeachment to the last
gasp, and he ~ informed friend on
Monday.
The ways and means committee have
agreed to report bill relieving all manu-
features from tax. except tobacco, petro-
leum, gas and malt and spirituous liquors.
On these articles the tax will remain as
present till the general tax bill is re-
ported.
The Commissioner of the Land Office
is in receipt of returns showing the dis
posnl of u. 404 acres Of public lands at
Brownsville, Nebraska, last February
The greater part Of the land was taken
for actual settlement and cultivation un-
der the home stead law, and the rest
has been located with agricultural college
script and military warrants.
- The retrenchment committee will
soon enter upon an investigation of the
charge made in the House by Gen Logan
that $lS, 1000 Of government bonds are
still in circulation which the Treasury
Department processes to have redeemed
and destroyed. The statement is utterly
denied by all the Treasury officials.
The Senate military committee has
decided to take no action at present on
the nomination of Themas Ewing as Sec
retary of War and nrnhahlv will not med