Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-11
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Adyices from Augusta are to the effect
that 1t is now believed there that an alliance
between the Central Railroad OF Georgia,
the Georgia Railroad and the Louisville and
Nashville system has been consummated.
While there viii be no consolidation Of
stock, the entire system will be worked
efectuaIIv under one management from the
West 70 Savannah and Charleston and inter
mediate cities.
The correspondent Of the London Ttnaes,
writing from Chic, states that the town sp-
pears as IL It had been bombarded. The
majority Of the houses left standing are
cracked and threaten 70 fall. Not less than
thirty thousand people are without shelter.
The work Of digging out the dead and sue
eorng the needy is progressing. oeca-
sIensl shocks are still felt.
In the trial Of the parties charged with
completely in the murder OF the late Gar,
which is in progress at st. Petersburg, the
accused made admissions which, In the
opinions Of the procurssor, would tend to
shorten the trial. Jeliabof, the coolest OF
the prisoners, stated that Roussakof
knew nothing Of the preparations for the
murder until the day it was effected, and
that Miehaelof, another prisoner, was en-
tlrely uneounected with It. The kilograms
Of the foreign press representatives were
detained, and they were informed that they
would not be forwarded unless counter
signed BY the assistant prosecutor. The
trial was concluded yesterday morning, and
the sentence Of death by hanging was pro-
aounced upon all the accused. The SEN
fenee Of the woman Piefosky has been re-
ferred to the Gear, as she is Of noble birth.
Mr.. Bradlaugh has been returned to Par
lament from Northampton.
The steamer Australia arrived in New
York Saturday. There was a Coleman on
board, but instead OF the Mansion House
plotter, he turned out to be an inoffensive
Englishman, a resident Of New York State.
Dispatches from Rome state that the res
ignations OF the Carroll Ministry have been
accepted, and that efforts are making to-
wards the formation Of . new Cabinet. Re
s~istance to the French programme for
marching over Tunis is advocated. The
French Government has Informed
the Bey OF the contemplated march of
French troops through his territory, who
VIII rely on the support of his forces. The
BeY protests, aud hiss appealed to the Porte
for protection. It is claimed in Paris that
the Bey is encouraged by theItslian Consul.
A Paris dispatch says there is no longer
any doubt Of Greece accepting the proposed
settlement Of the frontier question. It is
thought the Athens Cabinet will shortly
resign.
Afre occurred Friday night in s building
on the grounds Of st. Joseph's Orphan
Asylum, in New York, which at one time
threatened ninety young children with q
horrible death. The building was about
one hundred feet from the asylum proper
The children's ages ranged from two to
seven years. They were in their beds, and
many we're asleep when the Ere
was discovered. They we're carried
out into the open air by ONE Of the Sisters
IN charge, Aided by the fremen and police
One Of the oldest Sisters was attacked with
paralysis and Iockjaw through fight, and
two novices were overcome by fear, one of
whom was subject to heart disease, and
WAS thought to be dying.
The stock market Saturday opened strong,
but in the late dealings was extremely dull,
and closed fairly steady. Sales were 16O,-
AS shares.
Advices from Panama state that the Pc
ruyian provisional government has been
sworn in at Magdalena, q little village two
miles from Lima. A forced loan Of $4,000
each has been levied on fifty gentlemen,
under penalty of the destruction Of triple
that amount OF property II the
loan is not paid. The terms
prescribed to them are reported to be the
cesslon Of Antofsgasta, Terapaca and Taena,
the payment Of the total expenses Of the
war, including pay Of troops, cost OF Chill
fan vessels destroyed, compensation to ex-
PEELED ChiIiaDs, no Peruvian ports to be
fortified, and Peru not to acquire a navy FOR
fifty years, the extraction Of guano to be
carried on for the account Of the Gillian
Government, and a Gillian army Of occupa-
ton to be posted where Chilisns see ft.
A dispatch from Gallatin, Tenn, states
that a revenue officer was called out Of bed
in Macon county, taken to the woods and
shot to death by five men.
The report Of the massacre Of the Trans
Sahara Expedition is confirmed.
Lord B~eaconsfeld continues to take nour-
ishment but his weakness yet occasions
anxiety.
Chicago advices state that Jay Gould is
backing q line Of refrigerator cars to be run
from the South over his system Of roads to
the Western cities, for the transportation Of
fruits and p~erishable products.
At q meeting of United Irishmen in Brook
Ign yesterday, O'Donovan Rosa avowed
that England's flag should be attacked
wherever seen, and Jas. McDermott pre-
scribed dynamite as preferable to agitation.
The Fbst says the conservatives will assail
the land bill as hostile to the rights Of
property. Mr.. Parnell, speaking at Cork,
said the first section Of the bill was full Of
pitfalls. He said the Irish members should
seek to improve the bill as far as possible.
He eounselled the people not to think the
battle won't had only commenced.
In response to Senator Conkling's
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