Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-25
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. Adjournment Prospects. What Yet Remains for Congress
 to Do. COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTE. Passage of the Bill in the
 Senate. THE REPUBLICANS IN LOUISIANA. A Bolt by the Supporters of
 Grant.
THE REPUBLICANS IN LOUISIANA.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,

Congress-Promfse of the Present Week. l WASHINGTON, May 24.-f Congress is to
 adjourn on the 1st instant, we have entered
 on the last week of the session. Two appro-
 priation bills remain to be acted upon in the
 House of Representatives and several in the
 Senate. Both the Bayard marshals bill and the Morgan electoral count concurrent reso- I Iution have failed to commend themselves to | Republicans and will be passed, if at all, as ! strict party measures, with the great proba- bility of the former meeting Q veto at the ! White House. The Senate has no time to
 use on general legislation of any description if the appropriation bills are to be passed I this month, while the House will have little leisure for the boat racing on Wednesday, or l the commemorative services of Decoration l day, which will be observed this year on Sat l urday. An attempt may be made to pass the Ute bill, but even this measure meets with ! opposition and may be lost, like so many | others, by stale-mate.
 This being Monday few more bills were ! introduced although of course such intro \ duction except in rare cases is at this ad- vanced stage of the session, with l, 700 bills already reported from committees awaiting ! action the emptiest kind of farce. Still it gratihes the constituent in the distant dis trict. It is unnecessary to say that no tariff 1 or refunding legislation can be looked for | during the week.
 Worse Or Than Ireland-People Eating Corpses-Pathetic Appeals for Help. WASHINGTON, May 24.-Mr. Heap, charge d'affairs at Constantinople, in dispatch to the Department of State dated April 6, re- ] ports that the following letter has been re- ceived by telegraph at the United States lega- | tion:
 MossoUL, April 5, 1880. The terrible famine in which we exist is killing all the inhabitants of the town and those of the neighboring villages who are as- sembEng in masses. Their sufferings are indescribable. Finding no cereals at all some are eating corpses and become ill in consequence. Their lamentations are heart rending. Most of them are dying as they have nothing to eat. Those of the inhabitants who have lived until now be- tween life and death pray you to give them such assistance as will enable them to live. They take the liberty to present their prayers with tears of expectation which are flowing from the eyes covered with blood. HE ARCHBISHOP OF THE SYRIANs. This letter, Mir. Heap states, was addressed to the United States legation at Constantino- pie, and he adds that the sufferings of these people are indescribably greater than any thing of the kind in Ireland.
 Preparations for To-Morroyv's Race. WASHINGTON, May 24.-An the arrange ments for the Hanlan- Riley boat race on the Potomac Wednesday afternoon have been completed except the choice of a referee, and that will be settled tomorrow. The race
 is not attracting quite so much attention as
 was drawn out by the Courtney match, but
 the race itself promises to be vastly more ex-
 citing than that fasco. Both Hanlan and
 Riley are in splendid condition and both
 to win, and that the public will not be dis
 appointed by any sawed boats or sick head
 aches Hanlan is the favorite in betting and
 probably will be up to the day of the race
 though Riley stock is looking up and it is
 difficult now to get odds of two to one, which |
 was freely offered two or three days ago.
 Hanlan and his friends seem to be con- l
 fdent of his winning the race and
 talk as though victory for Hanlan |
 was already assured. On the other hand. 1
 old oarsmen who have been watching both l
 men at practice say there is no ground for l
 evenly matched, and barring accidents, saw
 ings and headaches, the race will be one of 1
 the closest ever rowed in this country. l
 Riley is reported to have made two miles and |
 a half to the turn in remarkably quick time |
 recently, and he himself seems to be much f
 more confident than he was week ago. l
 There will undoubtedly be large crowd to l
 witness the race, which is set for 6 o'clock l
 sharp though it is hardly possible there will |
 be as large crowd as witnessed the Court 1
 ney fzzle.