Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-12
TAPPING THE WIRES.

In the United States Senate yesterday the
military academy appropriation bill was
reported and referred. After some minor
business, the tramp act for the punishment
of vagraneY was taken up, and after long
debate, laid aside without action. The bill
for the relief OF Ben Holiday was then
taken UP and discussed to adjournment. In
the House Mr.. Blackburn, OF Kentucky, Of
fered resolution for the appointment Of
committee Of five to investigate and report
upon alleged abuses OF the ranking privi
Iege. It was adopted, and the House went
into committee of the whole on the Indian
appropriation bill. After considerable dis
cussion, this bill was passed, and after the
announcement Of the above .-aned
special COMMITTEE e# .e-s- --s5unsd'
The ra1c- ~ tennessee yesterday sent
Il .4eszags 10 ths House o. Representa-
5iYes. Es alluded to the economfczl Il
.4irlssra..on o. me State govern la'-
t1v 4rs past thr=s resrs, --. rza11--~Aded
tas.e larsls 5f = railway commission
81. lie purpose Of properly regulating
freight and passenger rates. Abiding to
the Safe debt, he said q bill had been
adopted By C1e General Assembly at its
last regular session, providing for settle
ment OF the debt, aud any settlement more
burdeusome on the people than the one
proposed in that bill, would fail to meet
with popular approval.
A fire occurred at Bartlett, Tennessee,
yesterday, which destroyed store house,
occupied by several business firms, and in
flcting q loss OF 10000. It originated in
the store of Shore & Bros, in which there
was a key OF powder which exploded and
walked up the town. Only BY strenuous ex-
ertions was a general cOnfagration pre-
vented.
The Worlds Fair Commission, now In ses-
sion in New York, yesterday adopted the
sections OF the Executive Committees re-
ports recommending an application to Con-
gress for additional financial assistance, and
for admitting free Of duty aII foreign goods
intended for the commission, constituting
the exhibition building a bonded ware
house.
The express Offices Of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad have all been sold out
to the Southern Express Company.
The dealings on the New York Stock Ex-
change yesterday were unprecedentedly large
The most active stocks were Erie, OF which
Il, 600 shares were sold up to noon. Western
Union and American Union, the sales of
the former aggregating As, goo shares, at
from % to 103. The cause of the upward
movement was a rumor to the effect that
basis of consolidation had been agreed upon
between the two companies, By which
Western Union was to be rated at los and
American Union st 90. The railroad shares
also advanced. The total transactions for
the day aggregated 600 shares.
John Sherman was yesterday nominated.
By reclamation, By the Republicans of the
Ohio Legislature for United States Senator.
Gen. Joseph Hawley was also nominated in
Connecticut. General Miller was elected
in California, and Mr.. Fair In Nevada.
It is rumored that Earl Cowper desires
to resign the Office Of Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland.
The English and Irish Liberals express
dissatisfaction at the incompleteness Of the
proposed land system.
In the House Of Commons yesterday the
debate on the address was again postponed,
after speeches by Mitchell W. Henry, LIB
eral and Home Ruler, and Sir Farrar
HerseheI, Solicitor General, on the admins
tration of the law and the present move
ment in Ireland. A violent speech was
made by Mr.. Healy, Home Rule member for
Wexford.
James Brown, who murdered City Mar
shall Mcguire in Providence, La, s year ago,
was taken from jail BY mob on Saturday
night, during the absence of the Sheriff,
and hung to lamp post.
a row originated in Bethany Baptist
Church, Pulaski county, KY, on Sunday
last, on account Of the Deaeons attempting
to sit in the same pews with the ladies whom
they had brought there. which was contrary
to the rules. Knives we're freely used, and
one man vas fatally cut
The bill 10 place General Grant on the re-
tired list OF the army, with the rank and
pay of General. was up before the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs yesterday
morning. After a warm discussion the sub
ject was postponed until the next meeting
of the committee.
Considerable opposition was manifested
towards the Panama canal project, before
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
yesterday.
General Grant publishes a three-column
article in the Chicago Tribune. giving his
views on the proposed Nicsraguan canal.
He commends an American canal on Ameri-
can soil to the American people, and says !:
al shall feel that 1 have added one more
act Of my life to those ! have already re-
corded If l shall succeed in impressipg upon
Congress and the people the high value, as
q commercial and industrial enterprise, of
this work, which, if not accomplished by
Americans, will undoubtedly be accom-
plished By some Of our rivals in power and
influence"