Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-03-10

Spanish government is powerless on the
island, the volunteers having supreme
control, 20 that it would be useless to open
negotiations or to intercede at Madrid.
This il . change Of front from the position
assumed last fall, that should the United
States recognize the belligerent rights Of
the Cuban insurgents, Spain would retail
ate by sending forth feet of privateers
to sweep from the ocean all Of our marine
left by the Alabama.
Gen. Buffers letter, explaining his
allusion. in the House, to newspaper men,
has been made public. The General says
that in defining newspaper men as chose
who get precsrious living by hanging
around this city and writing lies to their
newspapers" he segregated from the gen.
eral term newspaper men the particular
species upon which he wished to animad-
vert. 1t was as though he was speaking
of lawyers being thus and so, and some
one should ask him what he meant by
using the term lawyers, and he said those
shysters, who, having been admitted to
the bar, used their privileges to defraud
their clients.
During the discussion on February
1s, on the appropriation to pay female
clerks, Representative Rogers Of Arkan-
sas made very severe attack upon them,
charging them with all manner of short
comings, and declaring his intention,
within month, to present bill prohibit.
ing their employee ent by the government.
During the past week the female en-
ployes of the treasury department pre-
sented Mr.. Rogers with four leather med
ais. handsomely gotten up, and inscribed,
SIN Honor Of the 18th Day Of February,
1870"
Senator Ferry of Connecticut had an
interview with the President, this morn
ing. 1t appears that the official notifica-
ton of the ratification of the fifteenth
amendment by Texas has not been re-
ceived. The President stated that in his
opinion Congress ought, in some way, to
signify its approval of Georgia's recon-
struotion, 80 that its ratification of the
fifteenth amendment can be counted.
Here are, however, excellent reasons
for believing that the Cubian volunteers
are really the sovereigns in that Island,
and it will not be surprising ii they
should some day dspose Captain General
DeRodas and shake off the Spanish rule.
Now these gallant volunteers are shooting
what insurgents they can get hold Of,
with the unfortunate men, woman and
children who sympathise with them, and
evincing in every way their hatred of
foreigners. The Governor General is
powerless, and the lives of all citizens of
the United States in Cuba may at any
time be placed in great peril.
The Senate not only devoted Monday
afternoon to the discussion of the Fund
ing bill, but was in session again in the
evening to enable some of those Senators
who have concocted financial schemes to
make, or rather to read, speeches in sup
port of them. Thus far those acquainted
with the Senate cannot predict what will
be its action,.bu their impression is that
a 10-40 loan will be authorized, to bear |
not over per cent. interest. Gentlemen
the national banks in various
sections, who are now at Washington, say
that if the banks replace their present Sc
curities with these bonds, Congress
should abolish the tax of per cent. on