Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-04-08
Court, the two Regents of the University,
and nearly all the circuit judges, by the
usual majority.


Waahingssn Itenas.
Gen. Longstreet had an interyie,
with Secretary Boutwell, to-day, previou
to his return to New Orleans. The SCI
Rotary is satisfied with his political sound
. ness.
The Administration have decided
J after due consideration, to prevent,
possible, any fllibustering expedition t
Cuba from this country, as they are con
trary to law and to our policy.
The joint committee on reconstruc
ton have large disability bill ready t
report, covering Virginia, Texas and Mis-
sissippi. A vigorous attempt will b
made to get it through this session.
The President signed the Tenure-o of
Office bill early Monday morning. I
was submitted to the Attorney Genera
some days ago, and then to the Cabinet
but the President was reluctant to sign it
and did it principally to save any furthel
controversy upon the subject.
Some of the friends of the Union and
Central Pacific railroads are trying to ar
range their quarrel, and it is evident that
Congress is Disguised with them, and il
the controversy is carried too far it will
result with great injury to both roads.
Senator Sumner, on Monday, intro
duced a bill, which was referred to the
Judiciary committee, to prevent United
States courts from enforcing contracts
wholly or in part for the price Of any per-
son held in slavery or involuntary servi-
tude, providing that the holder of any
promlssory note, etc, for the same, who
took 1T before maturity, shall not be
stopped from recovery from the giyer of
the same. If any such case is pending
the court must dismiss the same.
Among the marvellous changes in the
world, the greatest, believe, are in men.
Ex-Governor Wise has at last surrendered
to old John Brown. He says: "For N.Y.
self, l praise God for the war every day,
Notwithstanding its disaster and deaths.
as special providence, indispensable to
free me and my heirs forever from the
if not wickedness of African
slavery"
The Supreme Court will adjourn over
rom the 18th till October, and will not
render a decision upon the legal tender
lct till next winter. 1t is suspected that
| majority of the court will hold the act
o be unconstitutional, as it has been gem
rally understood that if this was the
ase decision would be postponed as
ong as possible.
The nominations sent in Monday af-
ernoon were not important. Mr.. Ash
~, ex-M. @. from Ohio, came in as Gov
rnor of Montana Territory, and was on
lie list for Saturday, but his enemies per- :,
faded the President to listen to their
larges against him over Sunday but, on
cooking over the whole ground. the
resident did not find enough against
m to warrant a refusal to nominate
= The evening train which leaves T
ashiugton for New York, and which
mmonly carries away the daily exodus
disappointed Office seekers and their :,
lends, Is now known on that route as {
be swearing train" 1t is said that the n;
e of Friday evening, after the announce r
'nt of the New York city appointments, 70
IS packed with ''the most detected, pitt q,
, profane and demoralized crowd of "
n that ever left Washington If so.
was bad crowd
Monday mornings trains have I'D
'ught large reinforcements for the arIay vi
office seekers now besieging the Execu- 81
e, with a good number of those now &c
ding places, who are evidently troubled OF
the numerous rotations of last week. ao
lshington Is also graced by the pre- COZ
&c OF lew scores of small potato we
ticlans, who have come ostcnsibly to Sp
nsel the representatives from their res II
tive districts about appointments, but +,
} generally do nothing more than 49,,
'rtain who the successful applicants fro
to be, perhaps to levy black mail on to
n under pretence of having secured gre
r appointments. The self-constituted up
mo
lsers are generally regarded by the w.
as unmitigated liuisanccs. sell
good men who are applicants for JOIN
es should not employ them. yas
and
President Grant sent to the Senate sci,
her large batch of nominations Mon goo
afternoon. The list of nominations cle'
G out tor the representatives of the -
has generally been copied BY them sne,
lie office of the secretary Of the Senate, Boil
on account of the great crowd Of Office sex
er-, who have rushed into the room .h"
tay,
caused great annoyance by their go
'ing aronnd to hear the list read out, I W
IS taken up stairs in the rear at the leav
tiers gallery, and read to the as all |
led knights of the quill by Father 90
light of the Associated Press, stand
II the reporters table. The Office
rs rushed up stairs also, and it was
necessary to place "a couple of C,pi- be !,
dice a5 the entrance of the corridor of d
I'd tie reporters gallery to keep them pass
and there they stood. with beating VINO
S and necks stretched out to the 9ne
t extent listening TO the reading of or !;
ames. Gold
The
PULATIoN.-GenerafB Banks stated in Po"t
st Congress that. out of twenty five ha i;
ms of people in the United States, the :.
y-one millions were descendants of tn, :
ners who had entered the country o'ae
the formation of the Government. then
IT true, strikingly illustrates bot me
character of our POPULATE on A
ne great debt we owe to foreign i'm. for f
ton. Ii the next census could oo at II
arther, and give the natiyit.. of the aig
IS, and grand parents it would show -