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Show TELEGRAPHIC CAl'lTAL CHATlKlt Uriiut Suyn He Will Vuy BUn Ouu Hash ItiSJs. No in tier o Nll Contractor.' liilJs. ;en.-riil Uurllrld Tries Ills Ha ud ui uu Army Kill. .Uluur Topics. j Wrtrfhiogtou, 37. OeuiTHl Gnua. ; iu tiii tetter ticceptiug Uiu tlltr id Hie nduimisiralion Id Ukc p-Bsatre ou the Uiiiltd States man ol-wur U'chnwnd loi a voyage to the eHt, iifeurtu the departiuent tLiat ha will be ready to eir.bark wbeiifcvtr tbo veasei is ready, f uh causiiJK lier uo deteutiou; that lib will use oidiDary means ot convey unco if bo deairee to visit parts lo .vbicli the vcb.el would not j;o if be was not on board, and tbut ho shall :ee to it that his entertainment on boa id the Richmond shall not cost lb- government anything. ibe house commiitee on commerce, this momini;, beard arguments for and ugaiuat Ibe bill antnorizinp the purchase and rogihtry by Americans ot loruigrj bnilt uhipa. John Gjdanin and Carter Hurritoa, ol Illinois, ad drtestd the coinniittee iu favor, and liui;ene Halo, William Ward, ol Peuudylvauia, Fitz Patrick, Philadel-phi:i, Philadel-phi:i, Calkens, of Now York, and Guodall, ot San Francisco, the luet three shipbuilders, opposed the moaB urc. The oommittee will give a for mer noarmg on luesuay utxt. oy iar the opponents of the bili are the most active. The senato committee on territories, do day, heard arguments upon the advisability ol bringing Xudian territory terri-tory under a civil form of government. Representative Singleton has introduced intro-duced in the house a bill to provide for the payment ol claims of southern mail coutractora. It authorizes the 1 payment of 50 per cent, of all such' claims aa have been audited nud whatever balance remains out of the amount appropriated uaniely, $375,-000 $375,-000 alter sucb payments Bhall be hold lor one year to meet claime which may hereafter be audited, the balance then remaining to be divided among the claimants. Chicago, 17. The Times' Washington Washing-ton says: Good judges have estimated tho amount to be taken from the treasury by yesterday's pension bid aa 100,000,000v It will certainly require from $30,000,000 to $50,000,-000. $50,000,-000. A democratic senator said lo day that William Pitt Kellogg wub not a euator representing Louisiana, but that he represented tho republican senators only. Wbcu tho latter nsa into the minority Kellogg'a occupation occupa-tion aa a senator will lie gone The Bourbon senator above-mentioned says that it has been formally agreed lo expel Kellogg at the first oppor tunity. Tribune's "Washington: Gen. Garfield Gar-field baa prepared a substitute for the army bill, which has received tbo approval of officers representing several sev-eral branches ol the service. It has tbe merit of brevity, coniaining only six sections. The eiic-sUnce of these ia as follows: First Directiona of tbe secretary of war to the army shall be deemed to bo orders of tbe president and ahall be respected and obeyed accordingly. Second The general comraandine the urmy shall have the assistance ol all Rtafl' corps of the army to enable him to be informed at all times of the materials and auppliea on-hand, on-hand, and the condition of appropria tions for varioue military purposes. Third Tbe president shall perfect a plan by which alt officers of tbe line below niBjor, except the medical corps, shall bo transferred from one arm ol the service to another, eo that every officer shall have experience in each branch; promotion in all cases to be by Beniority, except where a board pronounces an officer unfit for advancement. Fourth Tbe army is' to conBut of 25,000 men, of thirty (our regiments, twenty infantry, ten cavalry and four artillery, and the president ia authorized author-ized to distribute to complete (he organization. Fifth All officera who, by long and faithful Bervice, are entitled to be retired, may elect to leave the army absolutely, taking one year's pay of their grade for every five year's air-vice, air-vice, or they may be retired aa at preeeut. Tbe sixth Bection is the repealing o' conflicting laws. The bill does loI reduce either the lino or atafi. |