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Show WASHINGTON. Washington, 18. Tno house com-, mitteo on claims will report favorably ; on the bill relieving the lata Assistant j Treasurer Chandler, at Boston, irom liability for the acta of his disbursing clerk, Hartwell, who secretly loaned Mellon Ward i Co., $io0,000oi funds Tho sub-treasury committee tako tho ground that Hartwell was appointed j by Chandler's superiors, hence Chandler should not be held responsible responsi-ble for misdemeanors of his eubordi- nat0, . , A very interesting ard lmportani contest will soon to taka place in tho seuale concerning tiie claim of D. T. Corbiu to too aeat now occupied by Butler ol South Carolina. The latter jwaa boated upon the prima facie evidence evi-dence ot h's credentials, with the aid of trie voles of Patterson and Cooover, Sharon being abjent and Davis ol Illinois declining to vote. Tho repub lican members of the committee ou privileges and elections bave postponed post-poned pressing a consideration ot the merits of the controversy until there should appear to be Borne chance ol securing the adoption of a report in f.ivnr nf ilnrbin bv a mniorilv of tho ceuate, and that time, they think, has ! uow arrived. They will accordingly, next week, present a report declaring that Butler was not elected by a constitutional con-stitutional majority of tbe South Carolina Caro-lina legislature and that Corbin was duly elected. The seuato now cou- ei&ta of 39 republicans and 3li democrats, demo-crats, and 1 independent, Davis of Illinois. It is conceded lhat Batler-Bon Batler-Bon will again vote with the democrats in favor of Butler, but Butler cauuot vote on his own case, so the certain votce for Butler will number 36. Con-over's Con-over's vote waa oast for Butler a year ago, but tho republican leaders believe that he was then bidding for democratic demo-cratic support in Florida to reuluot him to the senate, and lhat when he finds himself disappointed disap-pointed next week, aa they anticipate antici-pate ho will be, they can then secure his full return to the republican republi-can fold and obtain his vote agaiuat Butler. Judge Davis' vote is tho remaining re-maining uncertain quantity aud it is possible that ho may withhold it altogether, aa he did a year ago. Corbin baa therefore 37 certain votes and unless both Conover and Davis vote against him his admission ap-pnreotly ap-pnreotly cannot bo prevented, lor Vice-President Wheeler would decide a lie in favor of the republicans. In this case, however, the question ques-tion would be raiBed whether the vice-president haa a right to vote upon the admission of a member of a body of which no himself ia ouly a member, ex-ofilcio. On the whole the solution of the problem seems mainly to depend upon tho position Lhat will be taken by Couovcr. The Bpecial importance of thia matter arises from its bearing on the control of the senate alter the 4ih of March, 1881. On the 4th of next March, il Corbin then occupieB tho seat now held by Buller, the senate will Bland 41 democrats, 34 republicans and 1 independent. The terms ol Kernan of New York, Eaton ol Connecticut, Wallace of Pennsylvania, Pennsylva-nia, l'hurman of Ohio and Randolph of New Jersey, will expire on March 4th, 1SS1, and they will all probably be succeeded by republicans, aa these BtateB went republican at tbe last elections and are likely to remain so in 18S0, when legislatures will bj choaen to elect their auccesseri. Tbe democrats will gain one senator in place of Bruce of Mississippi, wlioec term aisu expires in j.ooi, out oy imu calculation it appeara lhat, conceding Judge Davis to the democrats the! party vote in the senate will there j alter be 38 against 38, and in the I event of the election of a republican vice president, the republicans will resume control of the senate. The captive women and children at Fort Robineon will ba released at the request of Red Cloud and Ogalailas earnestly desiring that the widows aud orphans, who are their relatives, be turned over to them as their natural protectoia to take them (o their homea and care for them. It iB believed the adoption of this course! will aerve to allay all the excitement and really attach the Red Cloud Indians to the government. |