Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-21
TAPPING THE WIRES.

In the House Yesterday the morning hour
was dispensed with, and the House went
into committee OF the whole on the naval
appropriation bill. After some discussion
thereon the committee rose, reported the
bin to the House, and 1t was finally passed.
The contested election case OF Boynton vs..
Loring. from the sixth Massachusetts, dis
trict, was then called up. Mr. LOring made
: lengthy speech in his own behalf, At the
conclusion OF which the House took recess
until O'Clock, the evening session to be de-
voted to the consideration Of district busi-
ness. In the Senate communication rela-
ting to sn offer to sell to the Department
Of State valuable historical papers
bequezthed BY Benjamin Franklin TO his
grandson William Temple Franklin, and
now in the possession OF Henry Stevens
Franklin, was read. Il was referred to the
Committee on the Library. II not pur-
chased by this government, the papers win
be offered for sale in London for 5000
sterling. A resolution for the creation OF
standing committee TO receive, consider and
report upon all petitions relative to the
citizenship OF women was taken up and re-
ferred to the Committee on Rules. The
funding bill vas received from the House,
and the regular order being the bill to pro-
vide for the allotment of lands IN severslty
to Indians, was taken up and discussed TO
adjournment.
The House Committee on Post Offices snd
Post Roads yesterday agreed to make IA
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to inquire into the expediencY Of the estab-
lshment BY the government Of postal
telegraph system.
Suit has been begun in the Supreme
Court Of New York to prevent the proposed
consolidation Of the Western Union, Ameri-
can Union aud Atlantic and Pacific Tele-
graph Companies. Judge Barrett granted
an injunction restraining the consolidation.
The court martial for the trial Of the
eolOred cadet johnson Cheenut Whitaker,
convened yesterday in Washington, and
adjourned until February 4th.
A proposition BY the rector Of the Berlin
University to the students to abandon the
anti Jewish agitation created a terrible up
roar. Several challenges have passed be-
tween the advocates and opponents Of the
agitation.
It was finally settled that debate in the
House Of Commons on that portion of the
Queens speech relating 70 the Home Rule
amendments should be closed last night.
IN the traversers' trials yesterday urgent
appeals were made By Messrs. L. 5. Dillon
and A. NJ Sullivan, u. P, for the scquittsl
OF the accused.
The Bolton and Blackburn cotton masters
have refused to accede 10 the demands Of
their employees for an increase Of wages.
The stockholders Of the Valley Railroad
met in Stanton, Va, yesterday and deter
mined to place mortgage on the road and
complete # to Lexington, thirty miles from
StauntOn. It wiz probably be completed in
year.
A severe storm has prevailed in England.
Telegraph wires have been Frustrated. Rail
way trains, IN some cases, have been sban-
d0ned in snow drifts, and many persons
have frozen to death. Damage to the ex-
tent Of $4,000 has been done to Dover pier
By the fury Of the sea, aud the pier at the
South End, on the Thames, has been car
ried away by the ice. Several disasters to
shipping are reported.
The Columbia Is. c. Register publishes
additional particulars Of the horrible out
rage and murder Of Miss Bette Wertz, at
Prosperity, by the two negroes, Dave Spear
man and Sam Fair. Both having con-
fessed their crime, we're taken from jail and
shot. Spearman was killed outright and
Fair was left for dead. He was found at
his mothers house, still living, but badly
wounded, the next day, and was taken from
bed and carried to Prosperity and hanged
by a crowd Of both whites and blacks.
Lord 4 Robinson, the Baltimore firm
which failed in September last, had meet
ing Of their creditors YESTERDAY, and effected
settlement at forty cents on the dollar.
The Peruvians have again been defeated
by the Chilians with great loss near ChOril-
los, which place they now hold.
The joint Congressional committee on the
Yorktown Centennial held a meeting yes
terday, and discussed st some length, but
without arriving at any conclusion, the
question Of accepting . model OF the pro
posed monument. Mr. Peyton :. Coles,
Grand Master Of Masous for the State of
Virginia, was invited to participate in the
ceremonies, snd TO extend a similar invita-
ton to all the Grand Masters of the original
thirteen colonies. An executive commit
tee, composed Of three Senators and three
Representatives. to supervise the carrying
out Of the programme of ceremonies, was
appointed.
The announcement Is confirmed that the
report OF the Duke of Richmond's con
serVative commission on agricultural de-
preston In Ireland recommends govern
mental scheme Of emigration, and of migrs-
ton from over-peopled districts. Also a
plan for the reclamation Of waste lands and
q court of arbitration for fixing rents. The
minority Of the commission recommend the
adoption Of s'the three rs" proposition.
The Senate in executive session yesterday
took steps to investigate how it was that
copies Of the new Chinese treaty, which
had been printed especially for the Sens-
tors, had found their way into the hands Of
certain newspaper correspondents, and
been made public. j resolution was adopt
ed to imprison any correspondent who re-
fuses to tell in what manner he came by
the document.