Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-05-06
Washington Items.

Comptroller Hurlburt Of the Treas
ury Department has received responses
from all the National Banks east Of Col
orado, except sixteen, to his notification
that they must make returns Of their con-
dition on the 10th of April. A second
notice has been sent to the sixteen de-
linquent banks.
The following removals were made
in the examining force of the Patent office
this morning, viz: N. Peters, examiner !;
D. Curle and c. L. Cooms, LIST asst. ex-
aminers, and J. H. Sypherd, I'd asst. ex-
aminer. ]. G. Tasker and G. A. Notion
have been appointed examiners, and }. w.
Albert first assistant examiner. Commits
sioner Fisher will have consultation
with his examiners this afternoon, when
the question of reorganization of the office
will be considered.
President Grant enjoyed comparative
ly quiet day on Monday, there having
been but few ofice-seekers, autograph
hunters, or discharged clerks at the White
House. In chat with Bostonian who
called on him, the President expressed his
regret that he could not go to hear
Mr.. Gilmore's monster concert, and then
pass few days at the seaside residence OF
his friend, Mr. Forbes. He said that he
should go to Cape May and to Long
Branch, and perhaps take run up tc
West Point, but that he was not sure
that he should venture the passage through
New York.
"A gigantic canard has been set afoat
concerning the interview between Presi
dent Grant and Gen. Lee, on Saturday
last. President Grant had not solicited
the visit, nor had he any wish to discuss
with him the affairs of Virginia and OF
the South in general When Gen. Lee
entered the room, accompanied by gen
tleman and lady from Baltimore, gen
tleman, who was conversing with the
President, rose to go, but the President
asked him to remain, and introduced him
The conversation which ensued was con-
corning the weather, crop prospects, and
a Virginia railroad, concerning which
Gen. Lee has recently visited Baltimore
Neither suffrage nor reconstruction, mol
the Virginian constitution, nor the 18th
amendment were even alluded to during
the brief interview. Gen. Lee, who is 6
Christian gentleman, cannot have au.
thorized this false report, and it has un,
questionably been the work of some over
jealous friend of his, or of some CORE.
spondent, driven to the mercies of his in.
ventive faculties by the lack of news.
Official information has been received
here from Bogota, showing that the Cush.
ing interoceanic canal treaty may yet be
ratified by the United States of Colon
bia. By the constitution of that republic
treaties have to be acted upon by both
houses of Congress. The Gushing treaty
received an adverse vote in the Senate,
but the Houses ratified it and then sent
a message to the Senate, requesting that
body to reconsider its action. 1t is to be
remembered that the Senate of the United
States of North America has not acted
upon the subject yet, either afiirmatively
| or negatively - h"~ine boon pa1oed 10y
for consideration, especially with refer
ence to the possible action in Bogota. By
the terms of the treaty it is open for rati-
fcation for the period of twenty months
from it's date, that is, from Jan Ia, 1869,
to Sept. Ia, 1870, affording ample time
for further negotiation between the two
governments.