The Russellville Democrat., 1878-02-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Boiled Down for the Democrat.
WEDxE.DAY, Feb. 20.


 WEDxE.DAY, Feb. 20. WAsHrxGTox.--I the Honse the contested election case of Acklin, lcontcstee, vs. Darrall, from the Fourth Eonisiana District, was taken up and after lengthy debate the contestee was declared entitled to the seat occupied by Darrell. The Senate Committee on Foreign
 Relation have agreed to report favor ably un the nominations of Bayard Taylor for Minister to Germany, and Col. Goodloe for Minister to Be,ginm- The House Committee on Public
 Lands have agreed to report to the House bill declaring the land grants to number of railroads for
 feited, and recommending that the
 bill be printed and recommittcd to
 to the Committee on Railroads for consideration North Pacific, Texas 1 Pacific, Atlantic and Pacific, Oregon
 Central, Hastings and Dakota, St.
 Pane and Pacific, St. Vincent Exten sion and Brainard Branch, Wiscon sin Central, North Wisconsin, Tough
 ton and Onatagon, Detroit and Mil
 waukee, Little Rock .ant Ft smith, St. Louis and Iron Mountain, New
 Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicks-
 burg, North Louisiana and Texas,
 Florida and Gulf. Central, Pensacola
 and Georgia, Alabama and CLatta
 nooga, Mobile and Girard, Coosa and Tennessee, Alabama and Florida.
 and Gulf and Ship Island. It is es
 timated that if the bill Is passed it
 will restore to the public domain
 l0O,00O,00O acres of land. The Committee also agreed to report
 favorably upon bill granting addi tional lands to Arkansas for the use ' of schools.
 l A sub Committee of seven mem
 bers of the House Committee on
 Pacific Railroads, has reported to
 the full Committee an important substitute for all pending bills. This
 substitute embodies all the main features of the bill introduced by Representative Stephens, in aid oi
 the Texas Pacific Railroad Company.
 It provides that the Eastern termi- nus shall be on the east bank Of the
 Mississippi River. not further north
 than Memphis. nor below Vicksburg,
 the precise point of crossing the
 river to be determined by commis
 sion of engineers. No provision is
 made for any branches, and the aid proposed for the main line, from Fort Worth to San Diego, is as fol
 lows: The Government is to guar ansee the payment of } per cent in terest on bonds 10 be issued to an amount not exceeding $20,000 per
 mile for l l,l50 nils, and not exceed ing $3,500 per mile for the remain ing 25O miles of the road trayersing 8 mountainous country.
 The sub Committee make. new
 feature and provision, that lS,000,
 GOO acres of land in Arizona and
 New Mexico, heretofore granted to the Company shall revert to the United States. to be sold by the Gov ernment; one half of tho proceeds Of the sales, together with all the net earnings ot the road and the amounts earned for Government transporta- ton of all kinds, 10 be retained in the United States Treasury for the payment of interest and the creation of sinking fund. The full Com
 mittee~-will probably act upon this this report on Friday next.
 FoREIGN.-The situation in the East is not materially changed. Bismark in speech has said that Germany did not wish to engage in war relative to the Eastern question. Nothing could induce him tn hazard rupture with any power relative to questions in which Germany had no direct interest.
 The Russians are massing 300, GOO men in Roumania.
 On the second day of the Conclave, at the third ballot, Cardinal Peeci was elected Pope. The newly cho. sen Pope will assume the title Of Pope Leo Thirteenth. Ills election was enthusiastically received by the pamao panntaca