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Show CONGRESSIONAL. SENATE. The resolution asking tho President to inform tho senate of tbo cost of telegraph tele-graph service to the government passed. A bill was introduced to provide an adequate supply of tho circulating medium me-dium for Statos needing iL It directs that tho secretary of tho treasury on the application of the governors of States, may supply them with treasury notes to an amount which, with the national na-tional banks' notes already furnished, shall make eight dollars for each inhabitant; in-habitant; provided real estate security is given lor tho repayment of such sums in fifteen years. Tho sonato resinned consideration of tho legislative appropriation bill. Tho amendment appropriating $50,000 for tho publication of iho laws in newspapers newspa-pers was adopted; and uu amendment by Edmunds, that tho publication of tho laws in newspapers shall cease after tho laws of tho present congross ar publivhod, was adopted. A discussion followed on an amendment raising the salaries of a number of officers in the departments lo -1,000 a year; and without with-out action on it, the sonato adjourned. HOUSE. The speaker called tliu attention of tho house to tho fact that yesterday the namo of Cebulon li. Vance was included in the general amnesty bill, lie considered con-sidered this an abuse of tho privilego conferred by tho house as it had boon implied that no person should bo included in-cluded in tho bill who bad been a member mem-ber of congress and had resigned, and given aid io tbo rebellion, lie was glad lie did not know who sent up tlio oamq of Vance; nor from which side of the house it came. Leach slated that ho was tho member who sent up the namo of Vanco, and contended that ho was perfectly justi-tied. justi-tied. Bingham moved to reconsider tho vole by which it passed. The post office appropriation bill v;ijs taken up in committeo of the whole. Wood oll'ered an amendment, and in his remarks criticized the statements of Dawes a few days since as to the receipts and expenditures of the government lor tbo coming liscal year. Ho disputed Dawes' lijiures and argued in fuyur q$ a further reduction of taxation. Congar, from the committee on cuni-niorcc. cuni-niorcc. otic red a amendment to increase the subsidy for tho China mail service lo !-,0UO,tHXt, provided that the service bo semi-monthly and in ships of American Amer-ican construction. A discussion ensued in which Sargent, Brooks, Garlield, Dawes and Kelly favored, and Wood, Kerr, Butler, of Massachusetts, and Holman opposed ihoamendment. Without With-out disposing of it, the house adjourned It is said that mayor Hall will begin suita againt the Tribune and Harper's Weei.hi, and Jones, of iho Times, personalis, per-sonalis, if the case now on trial results favor&blv. Col. Alfred Ho fly, who commanded the British regiment guardinp .Napoleon at SL Helena, died in Brooklyn on Sun-dav. Sun-dav. The investigation in the case of Miller, Mil-ler, superintendent of insurance, to-day took a singular turn, when Stickler, a Tiwj reporter, who collected material for the articles against ililler, testified in substance that he was employed a; local to work up the case against Miller, that he visited nearly all the officers of the different companies, and none of them except Jones of the National Life company had complaints to make. He desired orders and received them from the managers of the Times to work up rumors. The representations of English, who claimed to want an inves ligation by the legislature to got Miller turned out, proved false, and the Times editor ordered or-dered him to cut him. The CfBttnnltl. Philadelphia, 12. Tho committee on architecture, from the United States centennial cen-tennial commission, will visit New York and Boston in a few daya, to confer with such architects as may desire to compete in submitting plans for the immense building, which will cover an extent of not less than fifty acres. Colored M&aa Meet lug, Richmond, A' a., 12. A mass meeting of colored employes in the tobacco manufactories, to-day, adopted resolutions resolu-tions deprecating the tardiness of congress con-gress in disposing of the tobacco tax, and asking that tho question on which the sustenance of so many of the poor of the State depends, he at onco acted on. The Skies of Arms. Washington, 12. The house committee commit-tee on expenditures in the war department, depart-ment, to-day, examined Squires, agent for Remington. Ho testilied that after October 13th, 1S70, when tho order was given by tho war department not to sell arms lo Remington, be employed other parlies to buy for tbem, taking care lo conceal their connection fr3tn the otli-iers otli-iers of government. During tho proceedings pro-ceedings the following dispatoh, dated March 2d, 1S72, was read: "Richardson, caro of Remington, llion, N. Y: Sumuer is deceived when staling that the committee of the French national assembly on war contracts, adopted resolutions asking the results of an inquiry from the United Statos government gov-ernment about the sales of arms. I have been roneatedly told by tho most influential in-fluential members of this committee, that no resolution of inquiry has passed nor been thought of. Make of my declaration de-claration what you choose. (Signed) Henry Moreau, Advocate, Paris." Washington Ktwi. Washington, 12. Tho following nominations nom-inations wero sent to tho senate to-day ; John G, Al. Parker, surveyor of customs; cus-toms; Joseph B. Leard, associato justice of Washington Territory. Tho secretary of tho navy sent lo tbo senate, to-day, his report as to the moans of establishing ahm biiilding,aiid ' restoring compiorcu. flo favors the ' erection by government aid of building yards, situated with reference to a ready supply of material, and so arranged as lo unilo in one establishment all the1 moans to convert the material through , all the processes into iron ships, He shows by statistics that the commerce of Britain has now reached, in and for tho present tiical joar, tho sum of 2,. lJ10,000,OlX) aluwH a third of tho entire eommorco of the world; and says we must retort to iho same means us she did to increase our commerce. i General Sickles has boon granted an extended leave of absence. In the New York custom house investigation in-vestigation to-day, Townloy resumed. Tho only important tejtitcony was, that Murphy said, in speaking about tho approaching ap-proaching Republican State convention, that the Presidents's desire was that tho heads of tho different departments should work as a unit and exercise their influence in the convention, and that: something should be done by thorn col- 1 lectively towards the selection of dejcr gates. ftl)irdtr and Sulclile. Albany, 12. At Greenbush, to-day, Samue-l Morgue shot his wife- dead, Ilred at tho daughter without ettect, and cut his own throat with a rusty jack-knife, jack-knife, inflicting a frightful wound. For Gi ant and Colfnoc. IjRiicater, Pn,, 12 Tho district delegates del-egates chosen to-day to the national Republican Re-publican convention, tiro lustrqctod la vote for Grant and Colfax. Louisville, 12 Tho Republican State convention to bo held hero to-morrow, I will ho strong for Grant, j Monptary a.ud Stocks, New York, 12, Gold flrni governments govern-ments dull and steady; stocks iirmer,' closing higher. Pacific Mail ono of the features. There wero many conflicting rumors as to Erie, which fluctuated from 3-31 to 37, and closed at 30J. AV. U. T., 7i; Quicksilver, 34; W. F.. 73: Pacific Mail, 01J. |