Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-01-27
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HE RUTLAND HERALD.
JANUARY s5. 1870
: oTne progress Of Congress.

*foopress has accomplished Perry ilthe
~ IL. reassemkens. The Virginia bill
VIZ taken mp Immediately after the h f'i
day recess aud yet thg act OF admission ~
Incomplete. Bagham's proposition goes
beck n Re House etrangled with such
amendments abat tao vital provision Of
Reorganization wlfch If ernbodie.t is almost
sstinguishsd yet it lives and there is no
ew disability imposed and 40 obnoxious
oaths sxaSted. Al v;sginie has to do is
h promise once more that ahe VIII carry
but her owIn SSeonstsut;on, 80 the House
will doubtless sc%pt the Senate amend
nentaud the present week promises to
seeShe State dhce more in the Union.
The two effective amendments OF MIR.
Drake were adopted also tbat OF Mr..
GUNNER guaranteeing the common school
sSstem. The bill passed the Senate by
strictly partyovote.
The Ccsnmittee of Ways and Means
keye finished the revision of the tariff
bill, and it was pfob&bly reported on Mon
day II the forthcoming bill is Onot a
petSact one ssad fails to give general salts
faction, et will not certainly be the fault
ooLhe oo0mittee. They have deliberated
long and carefully the measure, and
have heard all interests with commenda-
be patience There will be as matter
of cogyse opposition xwhen it comes into
the House, but the friends of judicious
tariff are confident of their ability to pass
it. Q
The Banking and Currency Committee
make slow progress in the investigation
of the Wall street gamblers, and the
causes which led to the panic of Septem-
Der last. The committee had not any of
the chief engineers of the movement before
them until SatuSday, when Jim Fisk
and Jay Gould and Martin appeared be-
fore the committee, but they gave moth
ing startling 40 far as we have been able
to gather from the printed statements,
relatiysSto their developments jim Fisk's
performances andStestimony were simply
ludicrous.
A large number OF petitions, numer-
ou,ly signed, have been presented for the
abGtion of the franking privilege. Sem
ators in presenting them took occasion to
leal some very oncomplimentary hits at
tL.x Postmaster General for having stirred
HGfhis buzz about their ears. He has placed
the cost Of the franking privilege little
600 large, at five millions per year. There
j.. an unmistakahle feeling on the part OF
the u-ople in favor of the abolition of the
truSSng privilege We are inclined to
,DSnE with Senator Morrill, on this sub
;'2t, that no nateri ll saving will be effected
by H. ~ the mails will have to be carried,
aud If the gO7ernment do not pay for it
\ d ,s4oi one pocket it will out of another.
The condition of affairs in Utah are be-
ing considered by the committee on Ter
ritories The testimony shows the con-
dition Of sociQy among the Mormons to
he general defiance of United States
laws. There is prevailing impression
that AN sttempt 10 suppress polygamy and
the Qfcrcement Of law would be resisted.
- Indian affairs and the army bill are re-
Gei9ing attention, but the main business
in the House, Judging from the proceed
, ings, seems to be the reading of piles OF
manuscript to empty galleries and thin
house, and as this is NECESSARY to be done
at some Age of the session, it makes but
little difference when, but the earlier the
better From present appearances the
.e.srs will certainly be the "lOng one"
LorEz-Latea accounts show that the
.,fs-annihilated Lopez is still an active
corpse, and apparently likely to live for
some time. From the latest accounts from
Rio Janeiro, by the GSay of Lisbon, we
learn that he is now at Panadera with
many followers. who will stand by their
chief whsaeVer may be the consequences
- DEATH OF ,EDGE AYLEswoRTH.-