, 1869-10-25
Reports Of the Secretaries Of
War and Nay,y"A Grail.
flying Show.
Hearing On the Farragut
Bounty Claims.
Washburne's Demand for an In
creased Contingent Fund
Reaffrmed.
General DuiterfieId to be Inrcsti-
gated.
Forthcoming Report of the Pacific
Railroad Commissioners
The Yexser Caso---Probab1e Dsoisior
Of the Supreme Court.
General Du&terfieId to be Inrcsti-
gated.
Tho FoxEcr Caae---Probable Cepi4iou
Of tho supreme Court.

sFectA Despatch 10 The Chicago Tribune.
WAsnlko1os, u. e., Uct- n.
RkroR7 or THE SECRETARY or WAR
The forthcoming 1cpos1 Of the secz:tary Of
"aF Will shoT that The reduction In expenAes On
aecouot Of pay ADD s1batssenea alone, during tho
Je4. will be at the rzte Of iwentysx millions per
annu1n- While the expenses 0: the department
for tic nst quarter IF the lseal year, lsGS, we're
&s.sss ~. C, for tee corresponding qunt1er thus
year, ending September 50, they were oulJ
slo!H, ,ses ~ being de.suetton Of nearly thirteen
millions Tie CIV lien p!oyes Of the department
lave been reduced from ten .houaand 70 four
thou&4bd.
KHrokr or 7nE sEcRErAnr or TIE NAyY,
Tie report OF the Secretary Of tho Nayy will
show reduction Of e1peuses IN hts depas1mep,
fot six mouths ending September 10 OF 81, oo0;
10 ado1ton. there n sui n unexpeadcd tRi1ncc
Ct the appropriations Tor ,Agl year, aud tae ap-
preparations for the current year aee yet un-
touched
FAkRAGur boCsTr CLAIMS.
Or Saturday, there aas hearing IN the case
0! the F1r1eut bounty claims. before
Commiaslontr L D. Muaeey. Gcness, But
feY and Nathaniel Wilson, Of coun.cl teat,f3e&1
as TO the potlitoo and seiy1ces Of the Frate Col.
ofado; thas 4he tried IN vla to get over the bar
At southwest ra.t bur distributed her guns and
men anupR 1be feet making the attack on tbs
forts. General Butler Offered In evidence the re.
port Of The Court Of Inquiry. convened BY the
rebel FzcaItent, DAsls, al TIC request or General
Lowell, IN which repust Is fuu state
tuent Of the rebel nhsAl forces employed
IN resisting FAnARnks a4eent In this
touEt Of Inquiry tue rebc la.my endeayored
10 LAY the blaue Of the faal Of New Urteaus on the
rebel navy, and the trbel nav. rcforsed by chafs-
ing the rebel army With uEachely. There has
h-en some objection to the admission Of thla re-
port which Is now NAved-lae Secretary Of tho
E1tF &t hnt Ia -,f1sr
tonmltflonrt las q be-ston 90 Tuesday, to hear
tuch counsel AZ desire on tue number Ut rebels
men, and guns opposing The union force Probably
fhe CoInmsAioners report Will tie lied In few
days
DENIAL DENIED.
The denlal Of the utapasca tnsi Minister Wa.h-
hurnu had Asked foF large lncrease Of appropr1a-
s!on Tor contingent eKrntes, purIrir1tng to be BY
AUTHORITY, IL i&self deLied u, pr1unent pf1ctals,
10th at the Stale anu lit asury Departments
GEkkkA+ BCTTxh{Ixkll.
The Solicitor Of the TreA4ury lrlI Inst night for
New YORK, to investigate the anAlr In t;encr4l
Dutterteda ot1ee, auu tue nc:tnu ol lac ad,nInts-
tratiou Will be sut tfended ubt adytce4 received
rum the Solicitor.
FAclFlC RAtlRoAp cOMxlSzIoSEEs
The Commissioners Il POINTED ny The President
TO Examine the Pacific 1salrua4. uudts the 1csolu.
ton Of Congress, In April tast, preparing their
report Tn their rttnth Trip, rhry nlade seafch-
ing and DGBt lab0si0u. examination OF the whole
lIne aid VI everything cur ecttd with the enter
prise which caMc nHdet the acaFe 0f the resoI,s-
1ion. The report Is uoi yet hnI.netl; hut nembers
Of the cn11msht;u have expressed themselves az,
IN the u.atn. well Aausde'! with The work US they
found II.
TIE YKRGER CA~E.
The hCIef seema zltnust unanimous among the
lawyers practising bcf.,se the Supreme Court that
WHEN thc decision Is reached IN the Teracr caae
II Will oe atiytIse tu itc Rsircruturut- Moth
.rg can, o! coursc, he learned frotu the members
ot The court, a. 10 The character os deliberations
upon II, nor In iAct WAt&heT the casc hos yet
CONE up. At the regular SA1untay consultations,
she Cabinet has. IN = general WAT, considered the
ftate OF adalrs which might follow II case the
Court released YctErr: but there Eaa no Discus
Huxa1T =. ~ u. .hs naeesihz-
Information haA BEEN received here that Can.
1asn Jackson and Captain liuIlsr, formerly Of
Ohio, and members of the Tweut, fourth Ohio
lnfanuJ. werr murdered b. Ku-Kiux In Tcxas, q
fer xcst. .:ace.
TUE fosA Acco srAxr curSTERFkIrEKa.
RIcuNuNp. Uct 4s~-Tue cxa L'uasto1 of cou1-
tczte1t tobacco stamts w.s continued to-day. Ii
Ess shown that teo Of the party. = few weeks
from Richmond, to buy coantetIIt st2upz.
nosss a1a nanni, tas I've poe.pal men. xs;e
wit Of habeas corpus, On The ground OF exceaA,ro
ban being required 1t appeass that = short time
k1uce counterteHer Fxa capturel IL New YORK,
w!ih large quantity OF counc crfett stamps, and
une genuine, which rtaved have eeel ruf-
chased from The collectora 0tlCH In Virginia, and
kens on TO counietielters 10 xurk By.
TO THK ASSOCIATED PRESS.
CHAIN praIgf1AIIuH.
WAsH1HaroN, Oct A.-1u consideration or
representations OF the ti.appllcabaMy Of
The regulations for grain tsstlliatlon
made To the Com missioner Ut Internal ReF-
Gnuc, Mr. Delauo uas Male Important noti1ca-
lions, which he Ia authorized u til undcr tae law
The KIND Of materials u.ed Is tu % considered in
Estimating the capacity OF srt1t: nnt the hourA
only actuali! occupied IN disti.'atou are 70 be
cons:dtred tu es1tmaiing the amaunt TO
lie returned. This viii rellcve the fruit
ttt*tti.!ng tnfegest fsun the Obstructive deficiency
tax. litera! Treatment Is To oe apptcsi Ia Cases
Whcrc TIL. deficiency tax has been hssesssss. 1t
ls further directed ,hrt stntucrs selling wine Of
Their own manufacture arr not HLolt to Dealers
..cenlc.
TRKASCREK's KEroKT.
The fOfthc0DiuK rrsoFt OF III axuTcr Spinner
will show tnAt the tnCEes.c IT co1ccuona, aud DE-
s'scsre Of exrtuAisurea for The rl1 months ending
August 81, t1s6o, 1tnunn:..l IN faA,t 900, a.
compared with The curTe- pudding period Of 1868