Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-04
aS.liilgton Items.

Mr. Henderson has rctured from
/ Cuba, and j. in his seat in the Senate.
Gen. Banks is now understood to be
a candidate for the speaker,hip Of the
/ House, and has developed considerable
strength.
Gen. Butler was with Cen Grant for
half an hour on Saturday, upon matters
connected with the appropriation bill,
The interview was purely a business one.
Il number of articles, formerly the
property OF General Washington, which
were taken from the Arlington House,
Virginia, General Lees residence, during
the war, have been restored TO Gen. Lee
on his application, by the Secretary OF the
Interior.
The pardon brokers are busy with the
President Several of them had interviews
with him on Saturday, and batch of
fresh pardons are expected Monday and
Tuesday. Callicott is pretty sure of iber-
alton.
The Ohio delegation held a caucus
saturday, ard agreed to support Blaine
for speaker, and Eckly, member of Con-
s.es> il thi, Congress from Ohio, for
clerk This Is the only unbrol<en delcga-
ton EclSly las, and he can't beat Nc
Phcrson..
Mr.. johnson states that ho has not
yet determined to go or not to 20 TO Eu-
rope at the close of his term. He will
remain q week in Washington after the
18th, and will then return TO Tennessee,
after which his movements will be CON
trolled by circumstances.
The report upon the Alaska inyesti-
cation is in the morning papers. with
much Of the evidence. One interesting
bit of TESTING ny, drawn from r. j..
EvaoAer, has been published. He was
asked ii some years ago he went abroad in
the secret service Of the government, and
admitted that he did, that lie went to
Russia, and WI lie there he originated the
Alaska sale and purchase. A. he was
then under pay IF this government it
mcnt pay him S2G,0G0 in coin. Lobby
agents rarely succeed in getting paid from
both sides.
Gen Sherman was closcted with the
President elect two or three hours to the
disappointment Of the gossip mongers.
The fact tlat the General sent for Bout
well in the cloak room Of the House,
Friday, has Sc at mp boutwell, stock but
not a word pa SGD betwecu them having
the slightest reference to the Cabinet. 1t
was upon the Georgia reconstruction.
Several rnernt ers congratulated Boutwell,
when the inte rview ended, as one of the
coming men. but he instantly repealed the
intirnation, and said with his usual frank
ness that he rad no reason to believe that
he was among those persons selected to
enter the Cabinet
Tho preparations for the Inaugural,
ton are nearly complete. A senator has
six, and Il representative two tickets tC
dispose Of, and the demand for them i,
very great These tickets admit to the
Senate galleries at II a. m. Thursday
Windows in Pennsylvania avenue now
are sold 1T large prices, and CARR ages can
not be hired except at fabulous prices |
/ the weather is good the inauguration pro
cession will be the finest ever witnessed
The inauguration ball will probably b.
successful, though some of our mischiev
Gus Democrats are trying to stir the col
ored people into a demand for admission
Thus far the committee has taken no &C
ton one way or the other, but the promi
nent coored me II evince no disposition t
attend the ball
4 The Demo cratic newspapers are max
ing an unnece. ssary fuss over clerk Nc
Pherson's official roll for the next Con
gress He is forbidden by law to plac
on the roll any name from Virginia, MisSis
sippi or Texas, as they are .unrecon
! structed. Georgia has not elected Re
publicans, and the question of reconstruc
ton in that State will not. come up now
The only State about which there is
t dispute is Louisiana, and the House re
e fused to permit Menard, who had tn
: Governors certificate, to occupy sea
4 even during the contest He was electe,
/ at the same time that all the claimants il
e the State to seats in the next Congress
: were elected. Mcpherson may take thi
9 as an instruction not to put the represent