Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-04-16
Washington Items.

Paul Bagley, a self-constituted official
Of the Daniel Pratt order, has been mysti-
flying the President Senator Wade and
Mr.. Stanton, by carrying pretended mes
sages from one to another about a COM
promise Of existing political difference
The appropriations for collecting GUS
toms is about exhausted, and unless Con
gress promptly supplies the need the col
leeters and their employees will have to
wait for their salaries. The fund for
continuing the extension Of the Treasury
building is also about exhausted, and the
work will have To stop unless more money
is appropriated.
The Presidents counsel held meet
ing at the White House on Saturday eve.
ming and decided that, under the ruling
Of the Senate, they would not again cali
Gen. Sherman 10 the stand, az they had
intended at the closeof proceedings, but
abandon all of the witnesse, they have
summoned to testify as to the Presidents
declarations snteccdent 10 his attempted
removal of Stanton. They will, therefore,
close the case with the evidence by Tues
day evening.
Gen. Lorenzo Thomas does not stand
well with the Senate. Nobody supposes
he is wilful liar, but he is vain, garru-
Ions, and without memory His intima-
ton that the President is waiting for the
Impeachment trial to close before he does
anything further in the Stanton matter,
evidently has had an effect upon the CON
sentative Senators No doubt, il the
President is acquitted, Stanton will, hc
kicked out speedily, unless he vacates.
His friends assert that in such coutn-
gency he will instantly abandon the war
office.
To the surprise of every body, the
managers asked the Senate to modify its
rule so as to give all of them an unlimited
opportunity to make speeches. The van
ity of three or four Of the managers i,
greater than their patriotism. The Sem
ate strongly desires only two speeches on
a side, and il expects the managers to put
forward their ahlest men to reply t
Eyarts and Stanbery, but Logon insist,
on making stump speech, and even Thad
Stevens would like chance to have
written speech of his to read The Sen
ate desires to treat the managers courtc
ously, but il is doubtful whether they
accede to thi, proposition, which, it wa
understood, the managers had abandoned
Should General Grant and Wade b,
elected President and Vice President
Ohio would have the honor Of fnrnisinn
the President, Nice-President, Chief Jus.
tice, Chairman of the Finance Committee
Of the Senate, and Chairman Of the Com
mittee Of Ways and Means of the House
Quite enough glory for one State
The Senate in sustaining on Satur.
day the objections OF the Managers to tn,
introduction Of Gen. Shermans converse
tons with Andrew johnson, fastened tn
progress of the trial, and interfered will
the plans of the Presidents counsel 70
consuming time. The President is, a
Gen. Butler asserted, ga great converse
ZIONIST" and il would be easy to consum
month, or even more. i'll giving hi
talks with newspaper correspondents an
Office brokers, TO whom he has confdei
tally communicated, for publication an
PRONUNCIATION, his plans OF action. Tn
Senate has now ruled out all this descriI
ton Of evidence, and among those VIII
thus voted to sustain the Managers wer
several Democrats, who thus admitte
the legal force Of Gen. Buffers argumen