Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-14
rAPPING THE WIRES.

ports 1rOEa cOE1llllEeecy the a0uS6oA hcPIc-
sentatives, at 1910, went into the committee
OF the whole on the funding bill, TO con-
slider the amendment offered Wednesday BY
SIR. Randall, Of Pennsylvania, authorizing
the issue Of hoods IN amount not exceeding
$3.50 900, 900, which shall bear interest at
the rate OF per cent, redeemable after
- years Mr. Randall amended this by
authorizing the Secretary OF the Treasury
to issue S4OO, 900, 900 Of bonds bearing per
cent. Interest, payable afterten and redeem
able after five years, and $500, 600 900 OF
certificates bearing per cent. per annum,
redeemable after one year and pay
able after ten years, these bonds
and certificates to be subject TO the
provisions Of the funding act Of July
14th, 1870. It was also provided that the
public debt should not be increased; that
all the 4l2H grain silver dollars in the
TreaEury, and all the gold in the Treasury
over ard above fifty million dollars, shall be
used Tor d tsmDtoa purposes, and that the
Interest On Az the q per cent bonds al
aorize5 10 re refunded san cease IN thlr.y
aa9s sfter sley shalt have been called L. As
tl-s s-sn5aE NERzadall's ame~5 was
aIlple1, ar vTfshouG CO. -,-.ng the con-
sideratiOn OF the Dill, the Rouse adjourned.
The Senate vas occupied mainly in dis
cussing the army appropriation bill, and,
pending acsion thereon, adiourned.
A population OF members Of the House
OF Commons called on Mr.. Gladstone yes
terisy, and dRelt on the necessity of
promptly remedyiug the land laws. They
said that II such 3 measure was passed the
agitation would subside. At present gen
eral feeling OF insecurity prevailed, and q
great majority Of the landlords would ac-
cept their programme. Mr.. Gladstone re-
piled that The great object Of the govern
ment was to promote the welfare OF the
tenants without inficting injustice on any
other section OF the public.
Three Gillian divisions are on Peruvian
soil, and are advancing on Lima. One
division landed at Curaxaeo, and took
Lurin at the point Of the bzyonet.
Governor Plaisted was inaugurated at
Augusta, Maine, yesterday, ard delivered
his message. The Hall Of Representatives
was crowded.
Reports from South Carolina, received
from all sections Of the State, show that fully
one-half the cotton crop Of the State un-
picked in December has been lost by the
bad weather Of that month. The rice
harvest, owing mainly to rainy weather, is
one Of the most unfortunate on record.
A daughter Of Mr. c. H. Bank, Of Mari
ana, Lee county, Arkansas, was brutally
outraged By a cOlOred man on the 18th inst
The prisoner was taken out OF jail and lit
orally riddled with outlets.
Turkish troops aad military stores are
being collected on the Greek frontier, and
there is unusual activity at the arsenal and
dockYsrds In COnstantinople. Fourteen
battalions of troops are about to leave for
Janina. The Athens papers regard the
proposal Of arbitration as having been re-
jected by the government, and approve the
decision.
Thomas C. PlAtt has been placed in nomi-
nation by the New York Republicans for
the United States Senatorship.
A fire at Trenton, Tenn, on Wednesday
and injured several persons.
The schooner Annie Bliss, from ssvan-
nah, fen in with the schooner Zeta Psi, Of
Boston, lumber laden, on December 20. The
Zeta Psi was IN distress, and in sinking
condition, the lumber having burst her
open. Captain O'Donnell, of the Annie
Bliss, took of the crew and carried them to
Baltimore.
There was little business Of general in
terest transacted In the Florida Legislature
Yesterday. Senator Jones teIegrephs that
he viii address the Legislature, If possible,
on the 1S.h instant.
The London TINES in its article Yesterday
morning, draws attention to the fact that
agrarian outrages committed in Ireland
during the month Of December, 1850, num-
beFed S65, which was more than the whole
OF 1873, and little less than an aggregate Of
the three preceding years.
Telegraph shares were again very active
IL the New York Stock Exchange yesterday
Tee Post, in its financial article, says: mo
great speculative movement ever caught so
many professional spectators IN trap as
the Western Union Telegraph. The profits
Of it have been made by comparatively
few, while the losses have been many and
the amounts large"
At the trial Of the traversers in Dublin
yesterday, Mr. McDonough opened for the
defense. The court room was crowded with
spectators, many OF whom were eTicted
tenants and the victims Of rack rents. Mr..
McDonough denounced the prosecution as
the landlords indictment against the ten
ants of Ireland.
The special agent OF the Department of
Justice who was sent to Georgia to investi-
gate the charges against Marshal Fitzsi-
mons has made voluminous report TO the
Attorney General, in which he shows that
the Marshal has avoided cooperation with
the internal revenue authorities In their
efforts to suppress Illicit distilling, and has
withheld considerable suEs OF money from
his deputies, amounting in the aggregate to
about $500. The Marshal's resignation is
daily expected BY the President.
The ice gorge still impedes navigation in
the James river, Va.
Very cold weather, with falling tempers-
ture, prevails in some portions Of the West
and Northwest.