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Show n AsitiVGiOV. ! Washington, 10 Tlte rppresenta tives ot tue po calit-d PuiNdi. lphii Land ajcint!on aie (uauinv; vigorous : And extremely pcrcio'-enl td rts to induce in-duce the house committee ou private land claims to report t"e StuulUro hill b-ick in t'ie liou3t without auj exp:-iBson nl npiinon, cmitr tor ur .ig!i:ii3i, in ttrdrr th-t they umy then h.ive it n-temd lo the juaicwry coraniittf-'1, in ttio hope ot po?-yibly po?-yibly obhiiniug fiivorahle action from the lnher committee, or at W-l of prtat-rving their e -calltd claim Irom a darangiui! record, anil thus be prepared to r-new it with pi.uie cliauLt ut bucceaa in cungr. ss. I hev have no hope ot obtaining a f'avorab:e report hum ine pri sent privwiu muu committee winch, on the contrary, by a formal vote last sssaion, decidid to report it unfavorably, and il they canuot persuade the mujoritv of the committee to report it back without a reoommendiition of an sort, they will urgo that the bill b' kept on the files of the committee, until it expires with the termination of this congress. Horace Davis is busily work undermining thia movement, and Ib to-day confident that it will utterly tail; aud tbt, although tho chairman o( the committee com-mittee is apparently in favor of the bill, a large majority will adhere to their former action and report the bill back to the bouse with an emphatic em-phatic disapproval. Senator liOOtll, m uay, preHeuteu the memorial ot Ross, Dempster & Co., Pope & Taltmi aud twenty-fiv.-other mercantile firms ol Sau Francisco, Francis-co, praying for ieglalalion to authorize Ibe payment of var premium claims out of ibe balance of the Geneva award. He also presented tbemomo-nal tbemomo-nal of Governor Downey, and fifty other citizens of Lua Angelts and vicinity, uaiuet the adoption of the I proposed commercial treaty witb Franco affecting the present ratCB of dutica on importod wines and brandies. bran-dies. The president baa recognized Richard Reade, consul of England j for the states of Pennsylvania, Otiio, Indiana, Michigan, Illiuoia, Iowa jaiid Wisconsin, to reoide in Phila (delphia. The senate committee on finance havo agreed to report favorably on l.ho nrun.lun 1,1 Hillhoilriti tO bC iiB-is'aut treurer at Nkw York city. Cuicago, 10 The TrilnmSs Washington Wash-ington says that Beualor Cameron's report on the Corbiu-BuUer election is composed of a fuil document aud will generally be eupported by the republicans. It concludes that no representative Irom Laurent) and EJgfiiild counties were hgaly elected, and that consequently the election of M C. Butler waa illegal and that the election of Coroin was valid iu all respects. The Inter- Ocean's Washington : Matthews' committee met thia morning morn-ing and diSL-usaed ibe q icsliou of sending to Nevaia for Anjeisn b witness. No rtccidiou waB reached. It. whs, bowev.-r, dtcidtd to Bend 10 the house for a copy of the teatimouy ;iven by Audernou. There is great curiosity to see what the cnurc of Senator Con it ling will bo ou the uomiiiatiuiiH Inr toe New York custom hou;e. H.s committee meets to morrow. |