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Srte@H DfsrHeh TO The Chteaoo Tribune.
WAsnIxoros, d. G., jan. 6.-AIr. Now, Of
Indiana, 1,as pending III the House n bill 10
amend Sees. 800 and 4,ojl of tho Revised
Statutes, by striking ont the word "fr.uti-
Isn't" In the second line of each: As amend
etl, tho first section will enable the Post
nlnstcr- General, upon satisfactory evidence,
to instruct Iostlnasters, at Offices where rug
Iatered letters arriye directed to persons Gil
gagged lu Conducting g~uay. lottery. to return
tho saalo to tho wr1ter3! with tho word
fraudulent" written or stamped OIL tito
outside. The second section refers IN like
manner to money orders. as these sections
n0w stand, thoy apply only to persons colt
dEct[ng fraudulent lotteries, gIft-enterprises,
or schemes for tho distribution Of money.
Dy striking out tho word "fraudulent,", tie
application becomes gencrAa, and embraces
all lotteries, glft-cntcrprlscs, etc.
PUBLIC Du1LDlN0 At QUINCY.
Mr.. Davis, OF Illinois, has introduced q bill
for the erection Of II public building In the
City OF, QuI,.cy, ILL.,, The bill provides that
the SDcretury Of the Treasury shall bo clll-
powered to purchase u site aud erect build
Ing, with iire-proof vaults, for tho accoll,mo-
dat!on OF post~O Office, United States Courts,
Custon-lIousc. Bonded Warehouse, Interl,al-
Revenue Olllcc, etc., not to exceed n cost Of
S25o,0o0: and tint 100000 be Immediately
available for that purpose.
STATE CLAIMS Aak:Ssr. TIE NATION.
1lr. Springer Inns introduced a bill to cna-
| bic the States OF Ohio, litllana, and Illinois
| to. prosecute quits agafnst tho United States
in tho Supreme Court, subject to the rules OF
| law existing In respect to Claims aRalust tho
| United States, excepting statutes of lfinlta-
| ton. for recovery of any moneys lawfuflyduo
sntsl States OIL account Of sales for money Of
public lands III cach Of them.
a STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. j.
In tho Senate, lii. pendleton has intro
duccu bill providing that all claims against
tho United States Government shall bo
buried, unless presented within six years
after such claims llnyo accrued; mid, In
case Of delay or account OF lnfu,lcy, covert
| uro, or Insanity. within six years after tho
removal Of such disability. Also that alt
| c1Athls Of the Government against individuals
sltal 10 barre,l In like manner, It actlon IL
not brought within six years attcr they layo
accrued; and, IN case of absence from tho
country Of sllch individual. within tho sa1ne
period after Ills roturn. :"
Tlll: .nEMnc1sATs'
nre disposed to proyo,'t any public record
from being male OF the attempts 0f their
Committee to mako fraudulent use Of the
malls last summer. Lato this .evuntng tho
rpply Of tho PostMaster-fcnornl III answer
to tho resolution Ut tic ll0ttsp was received.
Tho Republicans called for the reaalr;
Of II, III order thai 1t might 90 In the record.
Tho Democrats objected, Mud begun to nlI-
buster. They also declined to permit 1t to
bu printed, Finally tho. House adjourned,
leaving tho .unttcr atill nil tho Speakers
table. and 1t may furnish tho basls for so1lc
spArrlng tomorrow.
mn, ~ t">'.
gh fAs 1Ftstsfs Asroetated irtas.
! WARRINGTON, d. u, Jan. 6-'The Treasury
tive to the Endorsement and payment Ut Treas
ury drafts md Posto!tl:e Department war.
rants., e
80 Mrs ilAYEa
gnye 4lnner tlfs afternoon in honor o>
young '1atlles nOW her EueHts. There wert
sixty Invitations, The portion OF tho mansto,
occupied by tho family was handsomely dec
GRATED, aud the a1nr!no baud 'Tas III attend
aNce. r. 'H
TIE TnEAsuRY DEPARTMENT
, to-day purchased 215 ounces OF tlno silver To-
delivery at the Now Orleans Ai!nt.
~ yAENolt DuPL1oTrY.
In one ot' the prospoetusea OF III. de Les
seps, Just received here, lle estimates thu
100, ,0ooQ. 600 trnncs will be spent In France to
tlss purchase Of machinery, etc.; to ho slsc,
: lncutttnK the Panama Calial. THIS is col,
, traty to the statements hereto tbse made, ,whlc
wcre to the effect that the machinery, sur
} plies, etc.. for the CANAL would be bought Il
this country ~.
J IMMEDIATE TlsANsi;oRrAT1oa.
! The bill. Introduced to-day by Senate
. Davis {lli!nolsl, ameAdatory OF the revise.
statute In relation to ttls immediate tral,spor
t tatton OF dutiable goods IL . copy Of th