The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-21
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Forty-Seventh Congress.

SENATE.
WARRINGTON, April 20.--At 2o'clock the
senate temporarily laid aside the regular
order, the Mississippi Improvement bill.
and Mr., McDill addressed the senate upon
the regulation of interstate commerce,
bill introduced by the same. creating
board of railway commissioners being
informally taken up. Upon the conclusion
OF his remarks the bill was referred
a message was received from the presi.
dent relative to a convention to define the
boundary lino between the Emitted States
and Mexico. Referred.
bill appropriating Si65,0C0 to supply the
deficiency Tor printing for the current wear
was called up and passed.
The chair then announced the Mississippi
river Improvement bill as the order of busi-
ness and ai,era statement by Miller, of Cal
aiorpia, that he would defer pressing con-
slderation of the Chinese bill until after
the pending order was disposed OF,
Mr. George spoke in advocacy of n bill as
proposed to be amended by increasing the
apportionment TO $4,000, and the applying
OF money, under supervision Of the govern
ment commission to the rebuilding of
leveos. He said the question was 10 his
constituents most important one; that
the area covered by the recent overflow, ex-
tending east and west an average OF sixty
miles, was larger than the states of May,a.
chusetts New Hampshire, Vermont. Con-
necticut and Rhode Island all confined.
IL contained 2i,0O0000 acres of arabic
land, OF which not more than 1000, 600 are
i, M 1a,,''oe anu y Mas es'innted mat
n .me 'heeS ~ W.T. ispuiil, over iV,VV,Vp
49, no 80 y, .n' v.s' ,u,'u III tue world would
non o'' ny eu','.wu.ion w when are not
no,o1 uom Ia,u,oaeHi ss anu which can 7 be culti-
i"o" io"oos W;sI,i' Mianou' tne nuildingoi
sbod WOW I'm" IN wi'in,, J "ur even al the sup
sno1 mHy ~ Wiicn cultivation has pro-
oee1vu enoa III 'hat section since thewar,. $780,
u,,IVV Pounus sugar would be
p.V'"oeu u auui,,on 10 the pres
Wv Piouuu'Ion, ,",VVV acres OF cotton
Nunus woulu pe saved, would
p,Uouce honun uri huhuai yieiu worth ABOUT $Ibo,-
Wu,.vv. iahirR uW' tne COTTON and sngnr
polslohs w lau SUI, ,vouuo acres ~ Ten
uossen, ~, in.uols unu Mlssonri, smitable for
,nu p,Vuuutlpn oi the cereals. Ihis much
Woulu pc uuueu 70 .ne productive wealth OF
'ne vnun'ry oy projecting 'his area from
oVeinoW' ahu ,he question was whether
eonstess Mouiu appropriate necessary
~ ,U,s INV ai ~ oa,' ;n Hu Yl vonSign tnat country
n,' eterhi Jungle ana forest. In reply
10 the inquiry why, u this country was
chpuolcoi such productions us inhabitants
were hos aoie 10 make necessary improve
wealth was NOT actual Int nn,en, ms
,ial and, therefore that rlasa 10.
ncnlcI npon MD from ,he govoro- ru
mrmt for jts dcyelonmsnt Iin % soiI HVnheo ,hara
wus nothing in The cbaranicris,ics or s.o ~
the Mississppi or natnre of its hoJ u S1J .1,o, 7.
: prevented tbc successful annlcation ~ n 81
The lcvec system which XXI %aon on,,';ah w. !; u
with such Satisfactory results 10 ~ pWna
and Rhine Uc arg,;ej that ,bs no,var ,"V 's
congress- TO make Icveos rasuI,s u to"e. so,'s "
the conceded nowor ~ imnrnvo "vl, un.
The channel. hut Tho naviaa,,nn s uo NV
riVer and its tributaries and tben rer,;ad H. ''o 40
the arguments against the maasupa NJ ~
asserted The consiiutionaI nn,ar nc a,'
rress 10 mako ,mnrovcnants viii Pwh;io y, aI, uVn-
ling TINT II could not do this snIoir %',,,', na
means of nrotec,,ny tho ia,,5. 'Vres ~
Ioods I'm his co,,pen,ion s ha n;,aa mva' ,h .no
o,ininp or eyn.r,s al ~, mv 'neu we