, 1876-12-27
WASHINGTON.
AVast Amountof Unfinished Frac.
tlonal Currency to Be
Burned.
Present Status Of Governmental
Action Concerning tho
lstlllnisln Canal.
Brief Proceedings In the Senate Yester'
day--E1tradition with England,

hA1HlN0lufs -. S.f LUZ. ~Ja~"LE11 LILO
printing Of fractional currency WINS dtacon'
tInucd last February, unt1cr tho opesa-
t!uns Of tue Inv substituting a,il, therefor, there
nus on hand IN the bureau of Engraving and
Printing about O,o0o, ,0U sheets of unfinished
fractional currency III yarloua stages Of inco1n.
plcscncss, which were counted and locked up In
tho vaults of the Department. Rcccntly the
Secretary Of tho Treasury appointed q commit
tee OF three, one each fsonI tic Sccretary's,
Registers, and Tfcasurcr's Offices, to verify tho
count Of the sheets with ylcw tn their CREME
tlon at ali early DAY. Tho Committee arc tluw
engaged upon tic work Ut ycrllcattor,, and wilt
be ready to consign the now useless paper to
tue flames very shortly.
MINING CLAIM.
The Secretary Of tho Interior has made an i'm.
portant tlcrison In the matter OF tho application
of ". II. Pitts and others, thu. tho locas oiliccra
Of Salt Like City have patent for the mining
claim known Us thu West Lode, in the Little
Cottonwood Mining District. Tho Secretary d.
reefs TINT the application Of Pitts be suspended
until the final adjudication and determination
Of the rights Of thu parties involved In the suit
now petlltng IN the Third District Of rtal, bo
mnde, Or II be shown that the said suit Ia not
prosecuted with reasonable diligence.
OCEAN MAILS. -
Tostmaster- Gtn. Tyner had a cable dispatch
tneut announcing that It Ind discontinued
ocean subsidies and aloptcd the United States
plum Of paying for the service performed.
THE pAn1kN CANAL.
Some time since thu President appointed a
| Board Ut Engineers, OF which lcli. Humphreys
was Chairman, to cxasnine tho rcptlrts VI al
the schemes for canal aeross tho 1sthmus u
parlsn, and to report which Is the most teasi-
Ut the Nicaraguan route. Thu rrcsi-
dent has communicated witt, seycsal Euro.
pcan governments upou tho subject, aud
i,as recommended the building OF the caual as
au International work, With mutual guarantee
between the Powers That It sall be permanent
| " neutral. Several Of these European Goycr,l-
,lents have , sent ;, encouraging responses. rhe
this subject III special mrssagc Mt curly day.
| DKtriaI ExTsAnlTloN.
| The President sent to the sGnatc to-day q
message with communication from tue Sccrc-
tary u State covering correspondence With t!ic
| British Government relative 10 tho extradttion
treaty between the two countries mud mnttcra
pertaining to the oxtraditfon Of criminals Ths
paper was placed before tho Scnate In executive
session, and ordered TO be returned under the
l,sual seal Of secrecy ...
Until further action Of the Senate, Senators
! ure pledged to make no revelations relating to
the matter.
sgnArE FRocEEp1Nos.
| TO fh6 WtstsFH AssociQted Frts4+
WAsnlsaToN, .. &, Des. B.-The Senate
IT, a. r1oou ttsen Senators M t,l be'nS present
tho Chairman vi The Committee On Privileges
md Elections, salll tl,at it was important to
laye anutncr member added to the Committee.
Tie great body Of the Committee had gone
South to make tho Investigations ordered,
aud tlltro was NIT quorum Of the Sub
Committee assigneA to duty in Washington
now In the eity. He, therefore. n,oysd TINT
tee. Agreed to, md thc Chair appointed
Senator Mitchell, Ut Oregon, as the new ncnl-
| bcr. The EcnAtc went into executive session at
| 1!:l5, mud, when the dnors were rcopene1, ad
journcd until Friday next.
AN APPOINTMENT. .-
The President has nominated Nelson Trues1e1
10 bo United States Attorney Tor Indiana.
INDIAN 4PFAtHs.
The President sent 10 tho Senate to-day Q
message embracing the rcpor. and journal o
proceedings Of tue Commission app0lntcd III NJ
curdance With thu provisions OF the 1nuion Ap
preparation bill Of last year, 10 treat With tht
Sioux Indians for REIMBURSEMENT Ut their right
to tic Black Hills, etc. lie calls tho special IT.
tention Ut tllr Senate to the nrttcespf agrce,nen
advantages to ba galncd BY them Ia tile clca
right OF citizens to 60 nso ttlu country OF wlel
they llayu taken possession, from which the.
c.,,iut be excluded. Ordered to be printed allt
=. liz OIL the tab!e The report Of tho Commission
I lns already been published.
! CONVERSATION. ....
t The Senate confirmed thu nomination Of Mel
SON Trucs!cr Is Gnltgd stutcs Attorney for III
y diana.
T.. TUE ELECTORAL. VOTE or FLORIDA,
as cast by the Republican Electors ot thut Stnte
!, ! vas deposited oy the messenger with senRt0
! Ferry, tlce.prCe!acnt pro tetu., Yesterday. n
rccrlpt fur the vote WIS given to the messcl1
ger, Us there nre nun two sets of electoral re
turns from E!orita