New-York tribune., 1876-06-21
The message having been read in the House it was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
Mr.. CHRIsTLANCY's SILVER BILL

wAsHIxGTos, TUESDAY, June 20. 1876.
The bill introduced by Senator Christiancy
"a a substitute for tho Finance COmmttees silver
BILL now pending In the Senate. makes silver coins OF
tho denominations Of 25 and so cents legal tender for
$40 and smaller coins for the amount Of IS silver
dollar Of double the value of the halfdoliar Is 70 be
coined and made legal tender for anouns not exceed
ing SO; silver bullion IN bars stamped by the mlnts
with tone weight and hneness ana also the exist
ing trade dollar, 10 be made legal tender Tor the
payment OF all debs according to their market value as
compared with the present gold standard; the mar
ket value OF silver 10 TO be determined and
| publicly announced from two TO five days before
the first Of each month by board consisting
OF the Secretary OF the Treasury the Director OF the Mint
and the United States Treasurer. The bill also author
izes the certificates payable In mint silver
for United States notes at their nominal value, when
shall ereupon be permanently retired ana mad part oi
the sinking fund. IL also provided that the Treasury
may silver bullion at the mar Ae value III excliSe
for silver dollars United States notes or gold COM or
that It may be purchased by means Of the present
/" bullion fund"
AMENDMENTS TO THE NAVAL BILL.
The Senate Committee on Appropriations,
which reported the Naval Appropriation bill today
propose Increase the various items from the amounts
voted by the House follows For the pay OF ohcers
and seamen and for the Coast Survey Service. from
So 10000 10 81 200 000 for civil establishments OF the
yards from 900 to 100000; for equipment OF
vessels coal &C. and for labor in navyyards from
1910 t. 81 100000; for the general mantenarce of
wards aud docks from $440000 10 S7G0,OOo; Tor ex-
pendure by the Bureau Of s;eam Englnerfhg' H"m
1885 900 TO Sl,5O0.0OO, and for expenditure oY
the Bureau Of Construction and Repair, IRON
Al 500 600 TO S25OO,OOO. The Committee en-
rev srtke out the House proviso that 100000 OF the
above sum shall 10 used in the employment OF labor 10
place live oak timber In wet DOCKS and tnat during Oct"
bor and November not more than NIFTY persons sha pe
borne on the lists as abOrers at any naVyyhri. Inc
Committee retain the House provision In regard 70 the
Marine Corps, except that they modiiy IL Dy allowing
promotions 10 be made during the pfOposed reducton
by natural causes and provide thai theeafcr oil appoint
nents OF second ieuenants IN inc Corps small oo auo
from graduates OF the Naval SCHOOL
WEST POINT GRADUATES.
The following is list of the graduates of
the rst class at the West Point Military Academy. ar
ranged according to merit in engineering: Henry u.
ludlow PENNSYLVANIA; william Crozier, Kansas; j. X
wrIiams at large Lawrence l. Brun Maryland; Her
man Dowd New-York: Leonard A. Lowering, New
Hampshre W. M Metcalf, New-York; j. L. French, Jr
Massachusetts,; Henry ID. Borup, Minnesota; Alex O.
Bacon Michigan Wm. L. Hamilton, at large Charles
| B saterIee Pennsylvania Samuel r. Douglass. Mon
tana e. E. Gayle North Carolina W. r. Howard south
Carolina; Granger Adams. Eew-York; u ". fo''er'
Michigan Edward E. Davo. Pennsylvania; s. NJ Rains
Georgia; F. e. Smith, Illinois Cbas H. Bonesteei'
| Dakota; HoratiO q. Sickle, Pennsyivana; oscar
J. Long, New-York; Carver H0wland. Rhode isiaud :
suter NswJeysy FSsteT a ssnnsSltana ssnSns ha
Eben Swift Jr al large; Hugh l. scott al iaIge oO
Georgia Ge"rSe Palmer. Wisconsin; Jonp Pitcher, al
large: John q. Gresham, Virginia; G. s. Hail. indiana
fareer, usr Ne. jersey; s l. Bailey. 9ho Ssosss
drews, Arizona L. B. Mccormick. Ohio; Il. b. fsrrow,
Hutton 1si Ssions 1nS Russell
| and c. L. Hammond. New-York
| sUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATIONS
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, In ad-
dton " the appropriation for public buildings contains