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

monies.
Gen. Comstock, of the staff of Gen. |
Grant, who has been South on wedding !
tour, was expected in Washington on
Tuesday.
Gen Sherman is devoting the greater
portion of his time to the consideration !
of matters connected with the army.
The funeral of Capt. Wirz, of An
Jacksonville prison notoriety, took place
Monday afternoon, in presence of few
friends. Catholic ceremonies were OBJ
served.
The workmen commenced Monday
morning erecting platform to TIE east
front of the capitol, upon which the in
auguration ceremonies are to take place |
The windows of the houses fronting
on Pennsylvania avenue, dong which the |
procession is to pass next Thursday, arc
renting quite freely at twent y-fvc dollars
each
The President has ordered Assistant
Paymaster General Nathan w. Brown to
assume the charge of the pay department
until a successor to Gen. Price shall have !
been considered by the Senate.
The House will probably 90 to the
Speakers desk on Wednesday. One humid
red and ten bills lie there, but not one
fourth of them can pass.
The Star of Monday says Gen. Grant.
has given the marshalship of the District
to an intimate friend in Illinois, name not
mentioned. There are several hungry
candidates IA Washington.
Tho tory that Cen Grant is in favor
of Cuban independence and of recoeniz- .
ing Cuba at once is totally false, and was
sent out in the interest of the Cuban re-
bellion.
Con Grants headquarters were
througed all the morning on Monday.
Among the callers were several State
delegations, congressman and politicians
\ great number of people also called at
the White House to pay their respects to
the retiring President.
All the treaties before the Senate are
dead, SO far as Congress is concerned, hut
the Senate is a continuous body, and they
can be reported from the committee to the
Senate next eek.
1t i, ascertained that il is not ncccs-
sary for Gen. Grant to resign the position
OF General before becoming President.
The Generalship becomes vacant irnme-
diately upon his being sworn in as Pre-
sident, the latter being regarded as merely
a military promotion. I'LL
Nearly all the hotels and boarding
houses in the city have doubled their
prices for the next ten days In fact, all
strangers coming to the city to witness
the Inauguration, may rs well 80 pre-
pared to be libcrally feeced
Both republicans and democrats hay.
agreed by common consent to pay Theo-
dore NJ. Pomeroy, of New lcrk, the COM
pliment of an election as Speaker, by ac-
clamation, to serve for twsnty-four hous~ .
after Speaker Colfax's resignation.
A largo number Of people waited On
Gen. Grant on Monday, among thcm
southern delegation. He intimatsd that
Gen. Sheridan would not be sent to New
Orleans Immediately. Mr.. Cress we'll, Of
Maryland, and'Mr. Maynard, of TS'anes.ee
were urgently, recommended So the
General for his Cabinet, but few believe
that they are among the selected.
Mr.. Schenck does not like the aIueud-
mcnts of the Senate to his financial bill
relating to bonds and gold contracts, and
he hasn't decided what he will do with it,
He would like its reference to a confer
ence committee if, he felt sure that it f
would be acted on in the Senate Even
iii passes in its present shape, il is'pro-
bable that the President will pocket. il /
He Is bitterly opposed to the first section. .
So many States viii be unrepre,ent,d
in the new House on its organization
that an attempt will be made to induce
the Speaker not to announce the commit
tees for several weeks. lie Will take the
ground that most of them should no. be
it. The committees on elections,
printing. reconstruction, and accounts
viii he announced next Monday. and ii is
thought that the announcement Of the !
others will follow in a few day
An Indiana member of the House
saw Gen. Grant Monday morning, and
asked him if he should consult members
Of Congress in regard to appointments ia
their states and districts The General
replied that he should do SO except in d
few eases where ne might desire to APP
point army officers with whom he was
well acquainted. 10 Southern mem
Der, who asked if there would ben South /
ern member in the Cabinet. he replied /
loosely Il should think the South would /,
be satisfied with having u President for>I
nearly four years !.
In the published reports, Monday
of the sums Of money sub
scribed to the Methodist church, which
was dedicated yesterday, Gen. Grants
did not appear, for the
reason that he sent it up privately, with
the request that no notice should be made
of il. He gave $500 toward paying off
the debt of the church The vast audi
ence was kept waiting nearly an hour
while the begging process was kept up.
Chief Justice Chase and Senator Sprague,
who were present, declined TO submit to
the ops 3ation At the proper time They
viii give generously to help the church.
but they declined to be Il party to the at
tempt to extort money from strangers.
Letter from Woodstock
WOODSTOCK, March L. 1869.