Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-09

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Charlotte, aud Rutherford Rail
road Company, and tn,
Spartinburg Union Railroad Com
panies, to consolidate for the pur
pose of constructing and com
pleting continuous railway com
municatiOn via Ashvllle, N. C., and
D%ucktown, Tenn, to Cleveland.
Tenn, or Dalton, Georgia, con.
meeting the ports of Newbern,
Wilmington, and Charleston witt
San Diego, California, by way OF
the contemplated Southern Trans.
continental Railway.
An amendment to the House
river and harbor appropriation
bill, by Sawyer, was adopted ap.
propriating $4,000 for the i'm
! provement Of Town Creek, near
Charleston, ). c.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-Revenuc
$1,000
Grant returns to. morrow.
Fifty thousand dollars was ap.
propriated for the Arctic Explora-
ton. The President appoints O
commander, and the Secretary OF
War details two vessels.
Akerman assumes the Attorney
Generalship next Friday.
SENATE Conference Commit.
tee on the Funding bill, Thurman,
Sumner and Davis.
The conference report On the
Army bill, was made special order
for tomorrow evening.
The river and harbor bill was
reported as it came from the
House.
Sawyer moved that an appro.
priation Of 1880 be made for the
Town Creek, near Charleston har-
Dor, which was adopted. Also, for
the survey aud examination Of the
Charleston haFbor, with q view to
the removal Of distractions, which
was adopted,
On motion Of Abbott, $780, 900
was given Cape Fear river, and a
number Of others was adopted,
including $4,000 for Bayou
Teche. An additional $4,000
was made for James river.
The bill finally passed. During
the discussion, Chandler, who
had charge OF the bill, said:
II was well known that these oh.
structions were put in these South
ern harbors during the war. We
have no report from the Engineer
on them, but it Is provided for new
surveys to be made of all these
harbors, and until the result of
these surveys was known, the est.
mates could not be made, and it is
best to make no appropriations in
advance. OF cOurae il, the Senate
choose to load down tne bill
with amendments and kill It, they
could do 1t, but he asked them to
stand by the committee.
Conference report on PostoGlcc
appropriations was adopted.
The Conference on Currency re
ported the bill rs adopted by the
Senate, exceDt that new currency
is fixed at s54, 900. 600 instead OF
S45, 900, 900. Report adopted.
HoUsE-The committee on Pub
lie Lands reported a bill defining
swamp aud overlooked lands,
which, provoking much opposi.
ton, was postponed to next SEES.
sion.
Darral!, from Louisiana, was
seated.
Four thousand dollars were al.
lowed Judge Bailey, who held the
Governors certificate of election.
Pat Woods occupied balance Of
the day.
The London Morning Post has
a telegram dated at Teintsein,
June %, giving the particulars Of
q terrible massacre Of Christians
by the natives of Pekin on the
2lst. Count DeRochechanont, the
French Secretary Of Legation, and
a number of Priests and Sisters of
Mercy, we're slaughtered, the Ca
thedral burned, and a nuInber of
Russians killed.
New York, July 6.-Charles
Delong injured by an explosion
on the 4th Of July by a cannon, is
dead.
PARIS, July G,-The Constitu-
tional, semi. official organ says the
government would consider the
Spanish enthronement of Prince
HohenEollen, as a menace to
France.
Prim and the Prussian Minister
attended Minister Olliyiers ban
quet.
The early departure of the Prus.
sian ambassador caused comment.
Many asserting that France has
just cause Of war, il Hohenzollems
candidature is pressed.
Late yesterday, after interviews
with the Emperor, Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, and Spanish EN-.
bassador, they resumed the ener.
getic note of the protest to the
Prussian ambassador, who depart.
ed Immediately to meet the King
of Prussia.
New YORK, July 6.-on Friday
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