Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-05-05
Washington items.

The government has received no dis
patches in the least confirming the report
that the volunteers in Cuba have seized
Moro castle in Havana.
The American medical association
has refused tie receive delegates from the
District of Columbia society, the Howard
university medical department, and the
Georgetown college, in consequence of the
recognition of colored physicians by those
bodies. [.@
The Senate is sure to pass the pension
bill giving Mrs. Lincoln $4,000 year TO,
life. The President desired that it should
pass, but declined to send in special
message on the subject. Several demo
Gratis voted for the pension, and many re-
publicans against it. |aa
The Dawes resolution, closing the
indefinite leave of absence, brought bach
a number of members, and among them
John Morissey of New York. He voted
for Mrs Lincoln's pension, and soon left
the hall. His health is said to be bad,
and he will soon go back to New York.
Tho ways and means have talked
over the seventh section of the funding
bill, and it is the opinion of some Of its
members after the conversational debate
which took place, that the section will re-
main substantially as it passed the Senate.
Mr.. Boutwelps recent efforts in regard to
the compulsory section are having some
effect upon the committee.
Notwithstanding members of the
House are prating about the loss of time
and failure to pass important bills, about
one-third of each session is consumed in
calls of the House and in taking the yeas
and nays on unimportant subjects. The
average time lost in taking the yeas and
nays is seventeen minutes, or about one
fifteenth of each session.
The areas of the several judicial dis
triots, reported by the marshals, for the
purpose of determining mileage at the ap-
preaching census, shows a considerable
difference thus far in favor of the Govern
ment from these reported for the eighth
census in 1869. OF thirteen districts of
which the area has been returned, eleven
claim smaller area than in 1860 The
only cases where an excess over 1860 is
reported are those of Rhode Island, which
reports 26 square miles in excess, due to
the setting off of two towns in Massachu-
setts, and the southern District of Illinois,
which is due to the transfer of two entire
counties from the Northern District
The ways and means committee say
hat if the House will attend closely to
business their bill can pass by May Is,
nd that the substitute tax bill which they |
will introduce need not occupy over
week. They insist that both bills can
'ass and Congress adjourn by the 1st of
'uly, if it determines to do so. There is,
however, little chance of this. II the tax
nd tariff bills are to pass, Congress must
emain till August.
Some time since it was reported that
dr. Chas. @. Harris, Minister of Foreign
Affairs for the Hawaiian Government,
ad died at Honolulu. He being New
highlander, and well-known in this coun-
ry, this announcement caused much sor-
ow and regret. Treasurer Spinner has
eoeived letter from him, together with
file of Honolulu papers, in which an ac-
cunt is given of the death of the wife of
Tr. Harris and her burial in Honolulu.
FRS Harris was a native of Boston, where
lany of her relatives now reside.