Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-07-16
Washington Items.

The Nicholson pavement patent has
been extended seven years longer by the
commissioner of patents.
The new test oath passed few days
since wa enrolled, Tuesday, and was sent
10 the President yesterday.
The committee on foreign relations
Of the Senate, will report adversely on
the nomination of Collector Smythe OF
New York as minister 10 Austria.
The segoniy-nve young ladies from
Elmira, \. Y, female college, now on
southern vacation. tour, visited the
White House and President Johnson,
Monday.
The House of Representative, ON
Monday, passed resolution requiring all
bridges across the Ohio river 10 be built
of 800 feet span, excepting that now in
progress at Cincinnati.
The Senate reconsidered its rejection
of Gen. John L. Mulford, as collector of
revenue at Richmond, Va. and on Mon
day confirmed him. Leandcr Valentine,
collector. and Charles ]. Barbour. assist
ant appraiser ut Portland, Me, were
also confirmed
The Republican Senators held a eau
Gus, Tuesday, 10 consider the question of
adjournment Many Senators favored ad-
iournment Of the session as soon IA the
tax and appropriation bills were passed.
The funding bill has already been made a
special order by the Senate, Immediately
after disposing of the tax bill.
Although to-day has been set aside
for vote on the Alaska appropriation,
Gen. Banks will not hazard vote at this
time, As defeat to the project would be GER.
tain in the absence of so many friends of
the bill. lie will, therefore, wait until
all the friends of the appropriation return,
when he is sure, he says, Of handsome
majority.
The conference committees on the
legislative, excessive and judicial appro-
priatiop bills held quite lengthy session
Tuesday There are nearly 100 amend
ments in the issue between the two
houses, and the committees were unable
to dispose of more than half of them. The
committees agreed to report in favor OF
continuing the offices of Second Assistant
Secretary of State and Solicitor OF the
Navy until the fourth of March next.
The Congressional executive com
Inittee have news from the Republican
committee in Mississippi, which says that
the indications are that the election has
gone "rebel," but even yet they have some
ray Of hope that the radicals have tri-
umphed. They say that enormous frauds
have been perpetrated and that loyal men
and negroes have been kept from the polls
by violence. He deplores the removal of
Gen. Mcdowell, who, he says, was the
only good military man they ever had.
The river counties, where most Of the
soldiers were and voters were protected,
give 10000 majority for the constitution.
Senator Henderson returned from his
bridal trip, Tuesday and came into the Sen
ate about two o'clock, and was soon sur
rounded, receiving the congratulations, Of
his associates. Senators Bayard, Dixon, Doc
little, and Patterson Of Tennessee are all
absent at the New York convention. SEN
ator Conkling was in the receipt every
five minutes, of dispatches from New
York, giving the successive ballots, and
which he kindly passed over to Senator
Hendricks, who sat looking very uncon.
cerned, and also was receiving dispatches
momentarily. The Senators gathered
around in such numbers to hear the news,
that business was almost suspended, and
Mr. Sherman several times had to call the
attention Of the Senators to important
provisions in the tax bill, which the clerk
was reading without any notice being
taken Of them.
The warrants issued by the Treasury
Department during the month Of June
1858, to meet the requirements Of the
government, amounted to thS following
sums: Civil, miscellaneous and foreign
intercourse, $5,O40,O00; interest on The
public debt S5,225, COO; war department,
} els, ,166,0 900, navy t2,7S5; interior pen
sion and Indian 1851 900; total ss2Oa1,
4 OO The warrants issued for the re
deuption Of the public debt were not in
ciuded y the above. The Senate com
mtttee on post onees and post roads, Il