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Show TELEGRAPHIC CAPITAL IHITTEK. PolntH anil Sens Notes From WHMllillCtOU. PAYIXG THE DEBT TOO FAST. Washington, 30. The committee of wnys and means, by a vole of eight iigainat three, have decided lo report to the house the following joint redo Iiition: Whereas, On the first day of April, 187S, there had been paid into tho (linking fund as provided for under aect'oo 3,694 of the Revised Statutes, the sum of $2-il,4S9,lG8.34 in exc&je of the requirements of aaid law, which sura is equivalent to about eight years in advance of the amount required by law and Whereas, It is unnecessary for the maintenance of the public credit, as it is unjust to the people to continue the imposition of taxes for this object at a time of great depression, like the preeeDl; therefore, Be it enacted, etc , That the secretary of the treasury ia hereby authorized and directed lo suspend the purchase of United States bonds for the sinking Itmd, as provided by section 3.694 of tho revised statutes, until the close of the fidcal year ending June 30th, '85, unless otherwise directed bv congress. Subscriptions to the 4-per-cent loau, to day, 343,700. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. The president sent the following nominations to the aeoate, to-day: Norman Buck, to he United StatrB attorney of Idaho territory; E. S. Chaee of Wyoming, to be United States marshal of Idaho territory. OEN. SHIELDS. I The majority of the senate cemmit ! tee on military aflairs, to day, author i ized Senator Cockrell to report tho bouse bill placing Uen. James Shields on the retired list of the army, favorably and without amendment. The authorization was coupled with a formal understanding that members of the committee shall be at liberty to o(I.;r amendments or oppose the bill in the senile, if they so daBire. AttuTUER BOND REDEMPTION. The secretary of the treasury, today, to-day, m idea call for $5,000,000 of the 5 liO'a, consols of 1S65. CUTTINQ OFF THE "FERQ9," The house judiciary committee, today, to-day, agreed to report favoraoly ou dbuulur Xnurmau'a bill amendatory uf lli reviatd statutes, so as to prohibit pro-hibit members of coneresa from becoming sureties in otficial bonds hereafter executed to the United Slates. The order closing the public schools of this district has been rescinded, connreES having voted the appropriation. appropria-tion. THE CONSULAR CORRUPT ION 1ST, The house committee on expenditures expendi-tures in tne department of state, today, to-day, examined Gowey, chief clerk id tha tilth auditor'a office, with regard to the rent accounts uf the consular building at Shanghai, and ol the build ine occupied by the legation at Pekin. It appears from the statement state-ment of Cowey that during the administration ad-ministration ot Seward tho rent of the consular building was increased from $100 to $250 per quarter, and a building ol leea value was obtained, and that the rent for the legation building was charged to government at $3,000 per year, and tilt) vouchers uall lor that sum annually, but the owner of the prtinisen, S. WellB Williams, Will-iams, prof ssor of Chinese languages At Yale college, only receives $100 of thin Bum, Seward reluming the balance, an he a liges, feir repair lo the building, but tnere are no vuuebera in tne treasury department which (show thai Seward has had any apiiring done to the building. THE BANKRUPT LAW. Chicago, 30. Journal's Washing-ion: Washing-ion: Tne debate in the senate on the bill repealing the bankrupt law evidenced evi-denced that a St roue sentiment has oeeu developisd against an unconstitutional unconsti-tutional repwal and for a modification. Davis (file. ) and Allison are particu larly opposed to it. I SOUTHERS PACIFIC. In tho senate, to day, Sargent and Booth presented petitions of the eili 1 zfDt of California favoring the passage I of a law lo enable the Soi. them Pa-ci Pa-ci fit-, railroad lo ixtend its road eastward, east-ward, li' fcrrtd. |