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Show Washington Advices. Washington, 24. The senate committee com-mittee on nominations has decided to report adversely on the New York nominations. The house committee on public lands, to day, adopted a resolution, 6 against 3, requesting the chairman to prepare a biil referring oil claims to the Pauoche Grande quicksilver minea to tho court of claims to determine de-termine tbe ownership, and requiring Iho attorney general to appear in behalf be-half of government. j Subscriptions to the 4 per cent. loan Bince yesterday's report, f 3,705,100. ! Want of time compels the commit. : tee on commerce to postpone further consideration of the bill to give registers to foreign built Bhips purchased pur-chased by American citizens. Vice-Consul General Lord, at Melbourne, Mel-bourne, informs the department that , the royal commission has been appointed ap-pointed to superintend the international interna-tional exhibition there in October, 1880, and our manufacturers will do well to eend their most complete pro ducts of skilled industry. In tbe Potter committee, yesterday, the resolution of Representative Reed, providing that Tilden be allowed to be represented at the meeting of the committee by counsel, was tabled instead in-stead of accepted ns Btated in the report re-port last night. Democrats all voted to t.ible the resolution; republicans against it, Butler being silent. The cabinet scrsion was one of the longest in duration that has been held for a yenr. All members were present. There was considerable discussion of the pension bill. In-dian In-dian a Hairs and Sitting Bull were much discussed. The secretary of the treasury, this afternoon, issued the eighty-fourth call for tbe redemption ol 5-20 bondB of If consols of lSi.7. Tho e.ill is for $20,000,000. |