From Washington

Washington, Jan. 81. - Among yesterday's norainations is that of Manche K. Bruce, the colored ex-Senator of Mississippi, to be reeorder of deeds in the District of Columbia. Washington, Feb. 3. - In a statement to the public on Saturday concerning the Rt'publican positiön in the controversy in the House Speaker Reed says he believes he is justified in the course he has adopted, and quotes Mr. Carlisle as a precedent. "In Mr. Carlisle's own State," he says, "in Democratie Tennessee, In Democratie New York, in Democratie Ohio, in Massachusetts and in the courts everywhere - the doctrine upheld by the House is the law of the landand it ought to be if good government is not to perish from the face of the earth. Not a ruling has been made in the House to siippress filibustering whieh has not tho full sanction of parliamentary law." Wasuinctos, Feb. 3.- The statement of the public debt issued on Saturday ehowed the total debt to be 81,611,281,183; cash in the Treasury, S31, 894,200; debt less cash in Treasury, 81,040,717,018. Decrease during January, 812,245,895. Decreaso since June 30, 1SS9, $35,939,605. Washington, Feb. 4.- Director of tho Mint Leech estimates that on February 1 there was $1, 132, 185, 174 worth of gold and silver coin and bullion in the United States divided as follows: Gold coin, $6:24,900,433; gold bullion, $66,080,987; silver coin, 429,040,045; silver bullion, $11,557,759. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.- Iiank er Hepburn having reported that President Leiand had made the Sixth Natiunal Bank solvent by paying $208,000, the Comptroller of the Curreney has authorized the bank to resume business this morning. Mr. Leiand has been reelected president. Washington, Feb. 4.- The Suprema Court of the United States yesterday rendered an opinión confirming the constitutionality of the Edmunds-Tucker Idaho test oath intended to prevent Mormons from voting. The case ome up on an application for a writ of habeas corpus, made by Samuel D. Davis, who is in jail in Idaho, having been a$ntenced for unlawfully taking the prescrlbed test oath when he was a memIer of the Mormon church. The Ojurt denies tho appücation for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that polygamy is a crime and that the constitutional provisión guaranteelnjf freedom of religión is not intended to prevent pun ishment of any person who, in the name of religión, commits a crime in the eyes of the law. Washington, Fob. 4. - Mr. Carlisle has prepared for publication a statement of the present position of the Democratie membors of the House in which he declares that tbe rulings of Speaker Reed are dangerous to the integrity of future legislation; says that by his arbitrary rulings the Speaker has subverted nearly erery principie of constitutional and parliamentary law heretofore rocognized in the House: declares that every presiding offieer in the Senate and every Speaker of the House exeept the present one has held that when less than a quorum voted on a cali "of the yeas and nays, no matter how many might be actually present, it was his duty lo take notice of the fact and declare tliat the pending bill or motion had not passed, says that constitutional idea of a quorum is not the presence of a majority of all the members of the House, but a majority of the members present and participating in the business of the House, and declaros that the minority is not contending for the right to govern, but are contending that the majority shall take the responsibillty whlch properly belongs to thera, and shall come to the House of Representativos and vote if they dosiro to control the proceedings, but are pcotesting against theirrightto carry their measures by counting the minority when they do not TOte.