Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-17
TAPPING THE WIRES.


call Of committees for report, the United
states House Of Representatives went into
committee OF the whole on the funding
bin, the pending amendment being one
offered BIZ Mr. Anderson, OF Kentucky,
which provided for the retirement Of
national bank notes and the issue
of currency notes instead. After dis
cussion this amendment was re-
jected. Several other amendment were
offered aud rejected. Mr. Carlisle, OF
Kentucky, offered two amendments
authorizing the Secretary OF the Treasury
to make suitable rules and regulations for
carving out the Law, which was adopted.
Mr.. Hutchins, OF New York, moved to strike
out the ffsh section OF the bill. stating that
he did not believe s 8 per cent. bond could
be Hoated a. par. He was replied to by Mr..
Wood, and his motion was lost. Mr..
Carlisle, OF Kentucky, moved to strike out
the eighth section OF the bill, and insert in
lieu thereof . proTiso that after the first Of
Nay next the 8 per cents. shall be the only
bonds receivable SIS security for national
bank circulation, OF IS security for the safe
keeping Of public deposits. Pending dis
eussl0n on this amendment, the committee
rose. and the House adjourned.
The special committee OF the House upon
the tuteroceznic canal held a meeting SAtur-
-dev sa ceazl llch prov les for
sh lac -aragua canal. s.
s. PEaf-s pres ne company, had 8
efar littee in sdVocscY OF
the scheme. Ez-secrst1-y Thompson is to
have hearing g. 1dvocae5 % che PAnsmA
canal ta-daT, ard 1[- Ea5s Wll 7-ohablF
slso be heard TO-DAY r defense 90 ris pro-
posed interoeeAnie railroad across the 18Th
mus Of Tehuzatepec.
The preliminary report Of the Census Bu-
reau upon the specific cotton manufactures
Of the United States has been issued. 1t
shows the following totals: Number Of
looms, Isl, 223. number Of spindles, 1O, 921,-
IA: number OF bales Of cotton used, $50
4Sl: number Of persons employed, Isl, OPS.
Georgia has !, Tl3 looms, 200, ga spindles,
consumes 67,ST4 bales OF cotton, and en-
ployes co.'s persons. Florida has Sl6 spin
dies, uses $50 bales OF cotton, and employs
with 9f,7SS looms, i, 465, 29O spindles, uses
So, $50 bales OF cotton, and gives employ
ment TO 81, 794.
An attempt was made to blow up the
srmory OF the infantry barracks st Stafford,
England, on Saturday, with dynamite. A
woman was badly and boy fatally injured.
Il IS supposed to be the work Of Fenians.
The New York Cotton Exchange protests
against the late consolidation OF the tele-
graph companies. A committee was ap-
pointed to confer with other exchanges in
the country with view Of establishing
new merchants telegraph.
The receiving warehouse of the Old Do
minion Steamship Company at Norfolk,
Va, together with four thousand bales Of
cotton, was destroyed By fire on Saturday.
The sugar crop Of Louisiana is estimated
st 235, 900 hogsheads, an increase of so per
per cent. over last years crop.
The steamship Admiral made her first
trip from Pensacola to Havana with the
the fast mail on Saturday.
The e5Iored Republicans OF Tennessee
recommend John N. Langston for posi-
ton in Gsrfeld's Cabinet.
A fire in New York on Saturday damaged
the stock Of the Waterbury Clock Company
to the extent Of $4,000.
The French Minister of Foreign Affairs
has notified Greece that she must not count
on the support o. France, I: she persists in
going to war.
Cal Huey vas hanged on Friday after
noon at Osceola, Arkansas, for tie murder
Of John Broadway in 1879. He denied any
compli.ity in the killing.
The boiler in the dry goods store Of Nc
CreerY & Co. Broadway and Eleventh
streets, New York, exploded last night.
The buildings and plate glass windows in
the vicinity we're considerably shaken and
shattered, but no one was injured. The
cause OF the explosion is 3 mystery.
The explosion Of q lamp in the hosting
works o. the Hale * Norcross Company,
Virginia City, Nevada, destroyed property
worth $4,000.
The Crown Prince Of Germany strongly
condemns the anti-Jewish movement in that
country, and feels aggrieved because the
movement is inv aiding the schools and uni
versities.
The Attorney General wants Marshal
FitzsimoHs removed instead Of being allow
ed to resign. Il is understood that from in
duences brought 70 bear on the President
he will not accept the resignation, but wiz
remove the Marshal. This IS said to be the
cause Of the delay II sending the name of
H. I. Kimbsn Tor the position.
Disastrous snoE slides are reported from
the Wshsatch mountains, Utah. The min
ing town Of Alta is threatened with destruc-
ton, aud ingress and egress is now almost
impossible. Several hotels anu Boarding
houses have been swept away by the ava
lanches, and many lives were lost.