New-York tribune., 1877-10-29
CURRENT 7 PICS Ar THE CAPITAL.
TIE POsIOFFICE EsIfMAiEs.

WA-HINGrON, . q. -. l-14.
Mr.. Hazen. the Third Assistant Postmaster
G.era liza, completed t.e estimates o. appropriations
rptird Tor expenditures by bic Office during the next
n-ctl ear They aIre-te 4JJj 900, a. against ellJO-
600 appropriated for present fiscal year Ills Is
decrease Of s2I6OOO or about y cent, although
there will be- an estimated increase of 10 per cent n the
issue o. adhesive T. per cent n The issue of pm
vepes and 20 per cent IN ,he issue o postir Is This
favorable showing has men rendered possible by adyan
taeeous contracts for c manufacture o. postage sienns
and unstalcard=. TIE pructl eiua Oi the ts' mus
arr $4,000 for stamps. el1U0OO Tor ro'a cards dni
$4,000 ior Stamped enyeio,,s III RS maj 'y
ee,Lcr with those Tor tie other biachr- o. n d ART
ment sirrady published, nthr toai OF F36427,17l u
dptray an cxprI-es 81 te Postal service daring thc next
nsca year . tuls amount t"e Dr trlurt ~,
can provide from It's owu revenues tn sum or S-Jo3r
moueyorder rec ip's ZOO coo; ofir.I p,sl,-e jill
OOU leaving decency ~ tuc revenues uI 'Ho Dcp"rt
menis o. S4,39j o. -
A CLEAKISG-OUT or OLD DOCUMENTS.
The resolution adopted by the Senate last
week directing the sers antlAruls carefully To collae
ana numerically duplicate sets OF all bills ana
sultons II the seuae and House Of Representatives
now on ne u Document Room down to ana ineiud-
ing the XlIst uress. which termInated on the 4th II
vob 1871 f. fr the purpose ot clearing out portion
ot fine Caulto Building. aud dsposng OF large quin-
i-v Of Old documents which have been accumu-
iauug FOR wears. ana are or no U.s. WAtteFeI.
fho T.s1i,ti,n directs The Public Printer 10 bud sucn
dutc copies AMI also ten copies or an executive ana
Ie annual reports Of heads Of departments aud bureaus
r.po ts OF scientific nature and surveys thr proceeds
f H. sae are 10 he turned tie contingent fund OF
te nate MANY Of these documents have been on uand
,ft.r y,ar Complcte sets ~ ALI documents are always
bonnd and rlaced tue Library oi Congress where they
can be ref rred o al any time Tue resolution Is hnt IN
tended 10 interfere with documents printed since Io l.
TIE TRANsPOR IATiON OF ANIMALS.
The bill recently introduced in the Senate
bv Mr. Howe TO annu certain provisions Of te Revised
Statutes relating TO the transportation OF animals on
railroads and sailing vessels, provides that no
cattle sheep, swine, other animals, shall be confined
in any railroad car boat. or vessel for lou ger period
tban twenty-our consecutive hours without unloading
the same fer rest aud food Tor period o ~ least
seven consecutive hOurs, unless prevented by storm or
I,ws them 10 be couGnrd TWEEN y-cisht consecu
tive hours and provides tor five hours rest only -
further prescrbes the peraltl or violating the same
shall be fine less than 800, more than 5000
MIR Howe's uill prescrhes the same hne or that the
may bpth fned aud imprisoned HIS Dl further pro-
vdr- that railroad companies, ana owners ana masters
nf vessels transporting animals which shall have been
carried on any hnc OF trans OritOu IA Canada, IN est
mating twenty-iour consecutive hours beyond whcn
such animals shall not be cDEnned shall compute Tie
hours tacy may have been confined N trans
portatnn IN Canada.
THE FOREIGN TRADE GROWING.
The reports of DR.. Edward Young, Chief
OF the Bureau Of Statistics, sIow that the total
commerce fthe United states for nmo months ending
september 80, merchan Use, was S796OOOOOO In
tb. same period n 1876, the commerce OF tue country
only amounted 10 S73- 900 showing an increase Of
So 900 900 months The movement OF specie In
the nine months OF this year amounted to 900
and last year. Sj- 900 OOO the principal change IN
-uect To specie being this year there less
ped The excess uf the export over the import be NJ
ST 100000, while last year Il WIS S37.sOOOOO. J. C
l,iuce of trade largely ~ INOr 0f inr United
STATES Upuu ucrcuaudlsc the balance h. SO 100000 la
,ur favor u she nine months. The balance H. t
peI30d ast year being 1777OO0OO About nvr-eig
Of - enormous foreign trade the country appears To
nave been transacted through the port OF Nrw-lork
GENERAL DEVENs ON TIE CIVIL SERVICE
ORDER.
Attorney General Dcvens, writing from
Washinston cxcusing himself from active larc patton
IN the Massachusetts, state campaign, says:
learn with surprise aud rereJ that any Oi the Re
nulrau officials hesitate either Ia speak or vote aleg-
ing a. reason the ffesidents recent tVi service ot
I'm Distinct terms that order states tai tie rgni ~ O-
s Ia vote ana express tncir Views pdblc questions,
eiIhrr orally or through the prss not denied, provided
In docs MOI Interfere with the discharge ot thr ohiciu
drs III sucu gentlemen chOonc hnt 10 VOC, o. iot ID
xe. or enforce views ia support OF the plnci-
~. al t Repubiican party either orally or othtH ise,
ih, H least should not giye reason fur sich course
hc h NOT Justified by the order Referred 10, aEd which
is siIuIly pcrYcison OF H.
CATTLE RAISING IN THE BRITISH IsLEs
The Department Of State Is III receipt OF Of
ncia Information which shows tnat the conversion Of
zee Fiith Page.