Show WASHINGTON The Sitrluccr Finloj Fight Chinese Treaty Com iuisioaers Etc Washington 29Tho debt statt meLt will show a decremo during April S12009000 or more The treasury purchased 425OCO ounces of silver for the Pniladelphia and San Francisco mints In the WashburneDjnuelly matter mat-ter Finley denied that he ever wrtt > l inspired or saw the letter Ho had referred io Donnellys constituents in bis long letter to Springer under the nead Those personally most interested in-terested He explained vinous pagages of his letters claiming they were written in all earnestness and honesty he had understood Springer to fay ho favored Eeating Don nelly and would eo vote he nave believed Springer doubted Don nellys right to his seat he had not meant Tilden by the expression Friends in New Yoik It was reported re-ported that Tilden was working against Donnelly Tdeu never expressed ex-pressed to witness any wish on the subject The air was filled with rumors ru-mors about December that Wash burne WAS ready to use money to iu flueuce tho committee Wm H King told the witness that if money WitS any object Washburne would not hesitate to use it Ho was at Spring ers house March lOtb and was politely and cordially treated and there UI3 no intimation respecting the letter of March 6th yet three bours later Donnelly told witness lilaC Springer was angry with witness for writing the letter Adjournul Iho iieuso committed on appropriations appro-priations today agreed to recommend i recom-mend hat the Senate provision iu the consular and diplomatic billof 4000 for tho expenses uf the ChInese treaty commissionersbe increased by adding 1COO for he salary of a secretary 1500 for interpreter and 4500 lot the incidental expenses ol the coismiicfciou thus making the loUl appropriation 31UOO including th1 salary of 10000 far each commissioner Secretary Evaiti rI ked the House coumiUtea for f an increased gr tnt of nt leatt 20000 to provide for the necessarily heavy ex penEes of the comrui iol1er3 and tho r ntUniieu such as renting uncl lur nishing a house in Pekin expendi hIres in traveling 10 and from Chin but it 18 believed that ttc deficit will be made good through the iasttu mentality ot a committee of conference con-ference before the bill goo to the President Secretory Events given n rlinn r pnrty to Messr Swift aid TretCiitt io mnrrow evening to which she Pacific Cost senators and rcprtatiit utivo Justice Field and tvert l prominent members of the onsigo aflairs comrl1l teES of f both loiiten are invited Iu the ways and means commit OP today a njOtiou of Fryo wa3 lott to adopt U3 u separate measure the first section of the ilOul l > iron bill giautiug relief to contractors Tne eccoud section imposing 25 per cent Ill valorem duty on hoop ironWAS agreed to and the entiro bill having been approved will bs reported to the I House M Tile House committee on education ordered a favorable report upon the bill tD constitute a commission to report re-port on the amendment of the orthography ortho-graphy of public documents SeDfVtor lugalla bit to facilitate treasury business provide fur the appointment ap-pointment by the President ot a commissioner of accounts at a BalMY of GOOO whose duty it shall be to examine the system of bookkeeping and accoucting of tho treasury including in-cluding the custom hou ° e mints sub trcaaiiiies and assay oflices and prepare pre-pare a system fjr tIe entire service 1 Tho bill provides olio for a deputy cominissiouer of accounts at a eaitrv of 3COO both to be experts I |