Connecticut western news., 1880-02-11

and 6,19S company officers, making a total of 8,S69 commissioned officers 1; of non- commissioned officers, musicians and privates there are 117,037. The unorganized force, or the number of men available for military duty, is put down at 6,516. 75S.
 The counsel in the Kellogg case will submit their briefs to the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee on Monday and reports will probably be made to the Senate upon the case week after next. There will be two reports. That of the majority was outlined in these dispatches several weeks ago. It will recommend the unseating of Kellogg and the seating of Spofford. The minority will urge that Kellogg be allowed to retain his seat.
 The Washing ton Star says that Senator Beck has received a letter from Peter Cooper urging the Senator to push the war against the National banks. MT. Cooper reaffirmed his faith in greenbacks and writes that these banks will be the ruin of the country if Congress does not check them.
 The total receipts from the internal revenue for January were $10, 202, 859. O9 and from the customs, $16, ,O17, 100, ,0S.
 The House Committee on Manu- factures devoted an hour to the con- sideration of Representative Beale's bill to provide for the welfare of the people in preventing the adulteration of food and drink" Representative Beale urged favorable report, and submitted the result of an analysis by the chemist of the Agricultural Depart ment-made at the request of the com mittee-of samples of sugar, tea, coffee and alcoholic liquors obtained from dealers showing deliberations more or less injurious in each sample.
 The Secretary of the Treasury gives notice that proposals for the sale to the Government of $11, ,000, ,OO0 of any of the bonds of the United States de- scribed below will be received at the office of the Assistant Treasurer at Now York until noon of Wednesday, the 11th inst, at which time the bids will be opened and awards declared, the bonds thus purchased to be applied to the Sinking Fund as provided in sec- tion 3,694 of the Revised Statutes of the United States Act of February 8 1861, sizes of 1880. Act of March 2, 1861 July IT, 1861, and March 3, 1863, sizes of 1881. Act of July IA, 1870, five per cents of 1881.
 The House Committee on Post- Off, ces and Post Roads has decided to re- port adversely upon MT. Spripger's bill proposing to repeal the acts authorizing the Post Office Department to print and furnish without extra charge envelopes bearing printed request for the return of unclaimed letters.
 The House Commi ttee on War Claims has just decided to report ad. versely upon thirty Southern war claims for amounts ranging from $30, ,00O to 10000.
 Secretary Sherman appeared before the Committee on Finance of the Sen- ate ostensibly in regard to the Funding bill pending before Congress, but really in response to an invitation of the com- mittee to confer on the subject of the finances generally. The proceedings were of a somewhat informal nature, the questions and answers being argumenta- tive. Senator Bayard asked the Score tary whether the national banks that were established under the act of 1864, which authorized them to redeem in lawful money at the end of the term, 1884, in the event of the passage of the Bayard resolution would be allowed to redeem in greenbacks. Secretary Sher- man replied in the affirmative, for the reason that greenbacks were lawful money contemplated under the law. Senator Beck called attention to section 5,182 of the Revised Statutes, which make national bank notes legal tenders in payment of all dues from the Govorn- ment to individuals, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt, and asked whether that statute would be allowed to remain in existence if the Bayard resolution passed? MT. Beck argued that it would be unwise, not to say unlawful, for Congress to discredit the national currency by taking away its legal-tender powers and at the same time leave the circulation of private banking corporations legal tenders to the extent that they were made so by statute 5,182. Instead of answering this proposition directly, the Secretary evaded the main point, and by straddling the question left the committee in doubt as to his opini on. He then spoke at length on the Funding bill, expressing views substantially the same as those laid down by MT. Merrill in his recent speech in the Senate.