Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-11

and his band In removing them to the ma
larious Indian Territory, and he hoped thar
the House would take this opportunity to
right that wrong.
Mr.. Haskell, OF Kansas, and Mr.. Nagin-
mis-, OF Montana, opposed the amendment,
which was supported by Mr.. Hooker, Of
Mississippi.
Mr.. Baker, of Indiana, opposed the
amendment, and said it would be unwise to
remit this small remnant of the band back
to the country which they had desolated.
Mr.. Maginnis suggested that nearly every
Indian of that band was under indictment
in Idaho, and the most cruel thing that
could be done to these Indians would be to
remove them to that country where personal
antagonism existed against them. He de-
MED that Western men were cruel to the
Indians. II was the ignorant interfer-
ence of the Eastern philsnthropists
The Western men were men of grit and
courage, and men of grit and courage were
men of tenderness. humanity aud justice.
The average Western man would be kind to
a dog, and'Would not be unkind to any man,
black, red or white, who bore semblance to
his God. Mr. Frost's amendment was then
rejected without division.
Mr.. Hiscock, of New York, moved to
strikeou the paragraph repeating the laws
SAG0tAHE COmmiSS1Ou u bCu ClblZSuS dHQ
insert proViso appropriating $40, 600 for
its expenses.
Mr.. Hooker, OF Mississippi, made point
OF order against the amendment, pending
which the committee, having excluded the
consideration Of 46 out Of so pages of the
bill, rose, and the House, at 4:35, adjourned.
TWO JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
Senator Bruce to-day introduced a bill
providing for the division of the State of
Mississippi into two judicial districts,
to he called the Northern and Southern
districts. The Northern district includes
the counties Of Kemper, Neshoba. Winston,
Noxabee, Carroll, Bolivar, Coahoma, Tu-
MICA, De Soto, Lowndes, OKtibbeha, Choc-
taw, Tallahatchee, Pamela, Lafayette, Pom
totoc and ChickasaW, as they existed In
June, 1888. The Northern district is sub
divided into eastern and western districts.
The Southern district includes the residue
of the State.
THE MONEY ORDER SYSTEM.
Representative Money introduced a bill
to-day to modify the postal money order
system. 1t provides that money orders
shall not be issued for sums in excess of
500, and makes the rates on an order not
exceeding s. five cents, s. and not exceed
ing $40 eight cents, SO to SIS eleven cent?,
and so on up to an amount exceeding $50
anu not exceeding $tOU Iorty-nVe cents.
NOMINATIONS.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate to-day: Col. Delos B.
Sackett to be Senior Inspector General OF
the army, with the rank of Brigadier Gen
eral; Capt Jos. G. Breckenridge, Of the
Second Artillery, to be Assistant Inspector
General, with the rank OF Major; Robert e.
Csrman, to be Postmaster at Marshall,
Texas
THE CHINESE TREATIES.
The President sent the new Chinese
treaties to the Senate to day and in the
executive session of that body this after
noon they were referred to the Committee
on Foreign Relations.
THE CAPTAIN GENERALCY.
The subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Military Affairs had under con.
sideration to-day the bill to make Grant
Captain General. They will report adverse
ly to the full committee.