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Show Court ol Claims. Washington, 11. Vhe court of claims, to day, rendered an import Ant decision in the c.e ol the I nion Pacific railroad g i..st government. 1 he court decided th;tt government is entitled to recover five per centum ot the road 'a net tarnings from the 6lh of November. 19, to the 5th of Xovemler, 1S7-4, iuelusive, atncuut ing to the sum of $1,307,710, and that the company ii entitled to recover re-cover $oiK,0-7 as one half ol the compensation due from government for services rendered, ai.d that the difference between these sums, to wit, $;74,09, judgment is rendered in favor of government aud agaiusfc the claimants. . . Tne court a'so rendered a decision in tbe case of the Pac.uc Mail Steamship Steam-ship company against government to tto eBect that the cUimanls are en titled to recovery, fir a voyage ol tne steamship Italy, of Peking, the sum of $41,000 ft r carrying United Stuu-i mails between San Francisco ard China, in 1S75. Judemeut to the above amount is given in favor of tne claimants and against government. |