Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-03-01
Akely, district of Michigan, and Pinkney O.
Hall, district of Vicksburg. Postmaster Of
Flint, Michigan, Francis H. Rankin.

CORBIN' 3 PAT.
An item of $4,000 has been inserted in the
sundry civil bill to pay D. T. Corbin, the ex-
penses of contesting the seat in the Senate
from South Carolina. Instead of $3.50, 900 for
continuation of the custom house and sub
treasury at Chicago, $685., 900 is recommended
for completion of the building, $4,000 in
stead of $4,000 for continuation of public
building at Nashville, and $4,000 instead of
$50, OCO for continuation of the public building
at Topeka.
FOUR PER CENTS.
Subscriptions to tho per cent. loan since
yesterdays report, $196, 900.
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
The chief of the bureau of statistics in his
seventh monthly statement of the current ifs
cal year in regard to imports and exports of
the United States, says the excess of exports
over imports of merchandise appears to have
been as follows: Month ending January 81,
1879, 25,876,864; month ending January 81,
uary 81, 1879, $l76, $685. 557; seven months end
ing January 81, 1878. sls5, 699, 52s; twelve
months ending January 81, 1879, 1927 $50 O63;
twelve months ending Jan. 'Sl, rs, s146 78l, 274.
coNKL1Na AID BURNSIDE.
There il the best of authority for saying that
the published statements of reconciliation
between Senators Conkling and Burnside are
without foundation, and upon the same au-
thorlty it can be stated Gen. Burnside has
made no retractions of anything said by him in
executive session.
THE LEGISLATIVE BILL.
The Senate committee on appropriations to-
night completed consideration of the legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation bill
| and will report it to the Senate with numerous
amendments, the purposed effect of which is TO
make the bill substantially conform to the cor
responding bill last session it finally became
a law. The COMMITTEES strike out the House
sections which provide for repeating the fed
eral election law and test oath requirement of
the revised statutes, and the House provision
for changes in the law concerning the method
of drawing jurors is likewise omitted. The
committee also strike out the clause by
which the House proposes to consolidate the
various scientific surveys of territories
RANDAIL's COMPLETE ExoNERAT1oN.
meeting was held to-day by special COM
mittee of the House consisting of Messrs
Gambler, Throckmorton, Lynde, Frye and Mon
roe, appointed at the instance of Speaker RAN
DALI, to examine into the charges preferred by
Special Agent Williams regarding Randall's
connection with certain illegal appropriation
| warrants. Among the witnesses examined were
Treasurer Gillian, chief of the warrant division;
Power, ex-chief clerk of the comptroller's
office, Col. Hemphill Jones, the bookkeeper of
the bureau of engraving and printing, and
Moore d Williams. The testimony is stated by
members of the committee to show there was
no irregularity whatever on the part of Randall
and the charge is without the slightest founda-
ton. The COMMITTEES concluded their examine
ton into the affair at their meeting to-day and
will proceed at once to prepare their report,
which will fully exonerate Randall.
EXTRA SESSION.
The of oop foronoa -, =,
preparation bill, consisting of Senators Blaine,
Allison and Withers and Representatives
Hewitt, of New York. Sparks and Foster, held
q prolonged session so-night and adjourned at
very late hour until tomorrow afternoon,
without arriving at any agreement or
feeling encouraged to expect any. In
the opinion of the best informed
members of the appropriation committees of
both houses an extra session ia now inevitable.
and the prospects are that not only one or two,
but probably all the unfinished appropriation
bills will go over together. This will of course,
necessitate the convening of the next Congress
at an early date, instead of in the fall, as has
been contemplated in the event of the failure
of only one of the bills.