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toxage On the E /, Canal. 4 recomnaenl.bc,
VIII also be made IN favor OF the Fort st, ph;l;r
Canal. prosid;d t1e:e is any monov Isr, 49,. ss
tho Niasla and Erie projects hays been c,rr;sd si
out. The report will be presented at an esrIs
day. e1!s
THE cH1EF-JCsIICEsHP
Republican Senators have Of late wrest1ea
with the President IN the question Of tn
confirmation OF Will.ame quite f~earentiv
Tomorrow, four seuato.p who have aihn3, aisha13:,
been stannch supporters OF the Administrator
but VINO have nor ye: lobbied His Excellencr ~:
the subject, will call on him and urre she
withdrawal Of the nomination. TheY viii
represent, it is said as q last arm.
demanding vota, Williams will undoub:ea1v IN ~
rejected The fac: Ii senator Cameron viii
be or the party shows now strong the tealioo +
in the Senate, bu: it will avail nothing, iha
President will not withdraw the nomination. H;s
blood ls up. aad al L.s obstinacy fully dsve'ooed
and he will staud o. his RESERVED fights ~ ~
commauder-1n-chief OF the whole business,
MODEST FAEEDMEN's OFFICERS.
Ihe remarkable statement Is authorized that
while those members Of Congress- who wero +
the Confederate a1mv do not object to ha;in7
their army records set forth in the Congressional
Directory, those who served in the Freedmeu'a
bureau ia any capacity utterly refuse to hava
the fact stated
Ito tho associated Pressl
WAsHEsoToS, Jan. 4.-The United States and
Mexican commission inns resumed busiuesa. and
will doubtless dispose OF all case5 on the doc;et
BY the explrau,n OF its extended term.
Within the last two months the Coumission-
ers have decided at least 10J cases, including tia
adveroe decision in the case OF Daniel E. WOOD
house against Mexico, known a. the Tehuante-
pee claim, In which the petitioner stated tie
amount Of damages at over $500, ,000, ,o00
TIE IT, claim Of Mexico for $27.oo0.-
Indian incursions is now in the hands Of Sir
Edward Thornton. the umpire, the American
and Mexican Commissioners bc;nr divided in
opinion. Mexico claims that. under toe t1eaty
Of Guadaloupe Hidalso, tho United States
pledged themselves to forciby restrain 1ndj&a
such raids could no: be prevented, the Indians
should be punished ~ our Government, and
''sati8factlon 70. the game e1acted." Tbs
United States, on the contrary, insists thas
our Government could not promise to do for
Mexico more than it was required to do for its
own citizens, and therefore NO damages could be
claimed. Should the umpire, as il predicted,
decide against Mexico in tho pending case,
Mexico will present the same principle as an
ane9er to the United States for claims for dam
ages TO citizens Of Texas growing out Of the in
ctsfsions Of Nexicans into that State On the Rir
Grande border.
THE nEAssEMBLNo or CONGRESS-.
There is no reason 20 suppose there viii no.
be quorum in both Houses tomorrow. Tia
general sentiment among members is. that they
should first see to what extent appropriations
c.n be reduced before they consider tha subject
OF additional taxation or temporary ccnvartlbla
loan,-tAe latter finding more favor than tha
former mode Of relief.
TIE SUPPLEMENTARY CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
After the morning hour, in tao House consider
alton of the Supplementary Civil Rights bill win
tor $1>1o osn14 =.
based on Monday and Tueslay,-on the latter
day till $ o'clock in the afternoon. when shs
discussion will close. Representatives. Stephens,
Of Georgia, and Lamar, OF Mississippi, are az
pec!ed to speak against the bill, which, it Il
said by its friends. will undoubtedly pass.
THE SUPREME couET
will resume business to- morrow.
THE CHIEF JCsT1cEsun.
There are no new developments with regard to
the Enthusiastically. though the preponder-
ance Of opinion now is that the nomination at
WiI1lams will De confirmed.
THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
The House Committee on Appropriations havs
had four meetings during the recess, and consid-
cred the Army, Indian Fertilization, and NARY
Appropriation bills. Though none OF item hAEe
yet been perfected. every item has been cut
down to the lowest possible figure, IN accordanca
with the expressed wish ct the House to mako
the appropriations comparatively small The es-
Inmates Of the Lighthouse Board have been cot
down about 81, 200, 900. leaving them one-haK
the Sum submitted at tho beginning ct the asA-
sion.
TUE BANKRUPT BILL
The Senate Judiciary Committee has had ser.
eral meetings during the recess, and conssdsszd
the Bankrupt bill, with view OF pezfectng and
reporting it to the Senate at an early day.
ANOTHER POLAR EXPEDITION.
It is said before Congress adjourn an appzo.
pnaton will be asked for fitting out another e1'
s%tr $f.n J., pofr fnrs xY}1ft