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Show TELEGRAPHIC CAPITAL CHATTER. Xo Show lor the Ilurubitie Hill The tUort to Delay (tie Pro-greta Pro-greta ot ibe Hoiiilivru 1'Rcilic. Try lu&r lo Get Aroand El-uiuud' El-uiuud' Keaoluilou Siinor Topics. Washington, 19. In hddit on to the publicly authorized announcement of the house committee on appropriations appropria-tions that tbey believe the Buruside bill hag no chance ot passage, it cau be stated on private, but equally explicit ex-plicit authority, that there is not one member ol that committee who desires de-sires its passage, or who will fail to oppose it if brought before the house for consideration. The committee will.oo the contrary, favor their own project for army reductions as heretofore hereto-fore outlined in theBe dispatches, and this measure will probably pass the house, aud with soiub amendments has a good chance of passing the senate also; but (ho Buruside hill is already, to ail practical intents and purposes, dead. Among the official docurnonts 6ent to the senate by Secretary tScburz, in answer lo I he resolution of inquiring by what authority a railroad is being constructed through ihe public ; domain in Arizona territory, ure two letters from Register Poaton, of the Florence land otiice, dated November 19th and 23rd, in which he encloses to the commissioner of tue general land office certain profile maps, filed by Charles Crocker, president ol' tiie Southern Pacific railroad conipauy of Arizona, as having been adopted, by that company, for te construction of a road uuJcr the authority of the general law of March 5lh, '75, granting the tiht of way through public lands to any company duly incorporated by state or territorial authority. Rtguter Poston, in each letter, says the turvey of the proposed road is within the iimils of the grant by congrets to the Texas Pacific railroad rail-road company, aud he therefore, in submitting the case, neks for iuttruo lions. Secretary ricbuiz informs the senate that r:o action has been taken on any of theee maps, aud that he Iisb nut recti td a copy of the organization organi-zation papers ol the compauy, but is informed by Mr. Huntington, that a copy will be furnished atau early day. Secretary Schurz also transmits to the senate a letter from the secretary of the territory stating that the company are pushing the road as fast as possible, pos-sible, and expect to reach Maricopa Wei la by Bummer, wheo they wili stop work for a while. The resolution of inquiry Wiis oflered by Butler, of South Carolina, in behalf of the Texas Pacific managers, as a meauB of embarrassing, em-barrassing, or possibly preventing the further construction ol this road over Scot'.' a land grant, but from present appearancts it is not likely to be effectual. Washington, 20. Democratic senators sena-tors in caucus, to-day, agreed upon a substitute for EJmuuds' resolution, declaring the 13ih, 14th and 15th amendments equally valid with other amendments to the constitution. The substitute, while recognizing the binding bind-ing force of the amendments named, regards Senator Edmunds' resolution as proposing legislative action in cod met with decisions of the Supreme court, particularly in the Cruiksbauk case, holdiDg that the constitution rlnpR not confer thfl rieht to vn!fl nn any one, but simply coolers the privilege of freedom from any dis crimination on account of race, color or previous condition, aud that the regulation ol suffrage be-loDgs be-loDgs exclusively to the several states. The teuth annual report ol the board of Indian oommiioners when published, pub-lished, will show that more than one, ballot all Indians have discarded the 1 blanket and adopted civilized garb. About half have changed their wigwams wig-wams for houses, the number of the latter having trebled in ten years, within which time the pupils in Indian In-dian schools have doubled, and the lands cultivated by Indians increased five fold. They raised vegetable food enough hist year lo supply ten bushelB to every Indian in the country, and possess an averaga of one horse or mule, one cow, one sheep and one hog to every Indian. The president has ncminated Wm. G. Thompaou, of Iowa, chief juatico of the supreme court of Idaho. The ieoate and house sub-commil-tee on caucus, in joint meeting, to day, substantially agreed upon all Die main features in the bill, introduce! by Representative Cjx, excepting the provision io regard to the manner of appointing cerieU3 supervisors. Subscription lo the 4 percent. li:n, to-day, ?6,956S50. Helena, Mont., assay otlice, reports to the treasury department that he j assumed the duties of h;e office on the 8th, and bos commerced the purchase of gold boll'.iMi for r-: eubacks at par. The fiuaLcial bill introduced in tho Bcnii'o lo-d-iy, by Cuttn.il, provides an.u g other'thiujitt f.r the retirement &: i caucsiUtinu ol all ou'atandiug leynl ten ters, and national bank notes, ai:d the issue in their place of treasury notes, reddvmarde iu coin at the pleat-ure of the United Slates and' receiv;,b e ia payment of all govern-1 ment due3, suJ xcepl tnch obliga-! tious as are enressly p;iyab!u in Cu'.n, by statute. U als-o proposes to make these new notes interchang.ible with standard silver doharB, to require ti.e secretary ol the treasury to pay silver dolurs in redemption ol government bonds, in the exercise of bis rightful option for the benefit o( the people. New York, 20 A special from Washington says: The committee on coinace lias agrri d upon three bills, which Chairman S.epin t.a is authorized author-ized to report to the house when that committee is caKid. T;ie first is to rede-em trade d I Lrs at par and re-coin re-coin Uii.ni inlj standard silver dollars. The second provides for the redemption redemp-tion ol subsidiary silver chiis fnd their recoinsge into legal leLdt r dol lur. Hie third is intended to equalize equal-ize the dnihie metal s'andard by m.ikuit; u 1G of silver to of gold, iotul ot 15 tu 1 aj at present. Ttrpnrio the metric system, upon which this committee h.s been ( ran g f r some lime, will be ready on tuueday, and will be pri-:enled to the h:. lice a c con a po-si! hj. It is very i omprer.e ni vp, ai.d is de-fiencd de-fiencd not ordv t-t n'.vp an anthen'ic hisUtry ( tms ?ystem, hut io f ;rni-h convenient and accurate da'a for re (ere nee. I Cmct 20 Jouru:i's Wainc I ton: Ti.e cenate committre on el"C- ti--.n wj tieclrd to rcme t? a final j jv.-t ic-dAy ;n tiiec.i-o of Corbin rs. 1 Butler, but rifn:oerat:c mDmbr-r." pnr-i pnr-i pr.seiy remained aw.y ftoin tne nieiit- ing, leaving the committee without a quorum, and thus preventing action, it appears Hie o ia of the democrat is to d !-;.. iii-tiou until near lb cloee ol ih-j tt-s-ioo and then bj manifesting a willingness to coceider the casi', i brow the responsibility upon the republicans of the extra session. Tn present outlook is not favnrab'e lor teal:ug CorbiD, notwilh-B'andit'g notwilh-B'andit'g the repul'licans have one majority, tMUtitirg Conover, who now repents o! i is former vot in favor of Butler. |