Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-03-22
United states Senate.

United States Senate.
| WASHINGTON, March Dist The Tariff
| Commission bill was considered, and Morgan
addressed the Senate upon the necessity of a
prompt Tariff Revision Committee CT Con-
gress in preference to the Commission plan.
| The bill was then laid aside.
| Pendleton introduced a int resolution
| proposing an amendment to the Constitution,
| as follows
Article Section l. Postmastars Marshals, Dis
! trict ATTORNEYS of the United states Clerks of
other civil Off, of the United States exercising
executive or ministerial powers within the several
States Territories and Districts composed of the
whole or part Of any State Territory as Congress
may designate shall be elected by the people of the
several districts, and the electors Of each district
shall have the qualifications of the electors of the
NEST numerous branch OF the Legislature OF the
State and Territory in which such district is estab
| lished.
Sec. 2. Congress shall have power to provide for
the establishment Of districts in the several States
Territories i'll which such elections shall be held
for the suspension removal of such officers, for
filling temporarily all vacancies which may happen,
| for filling the offices until election can be held,
and to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Sec 8. The time, places and manner of holding
such elections under this article shall be prescribed
in each State by the Legislature thereof, but Con-
gress may at any time, by law alter such regulation.
| Adjourned.
The Chinese Bill.
| WASHINGTON, March 21st.-Five speeches
were delivered in the House of Represent.
atives on the Chinese bill to-day-four by Re-
publicans. all in favor of its passage and the
fifth, still more unexpectedly, by prominent
Southern Democrat, who opposed it on every
imaginable ground in an eloquent speech,
which echoed almost to the letter all the hu
manitarian and the commercial arguments
that have hitherto fallen from the lips OF the
delegation from Massachusetts,.
| Flood Reports.
| MEMPHIs, March 2lst.-The river is sta
tionsry at point eleven ioches below the
highest mark this season. It has rained
steadily this evening, but it is thought this
will not affect the river.
VIcKsBURG, March o1st.-The basin of the
Suuhowe river, 200 by 40 miles, and embrac-
ing six navigable streams, is entirely sub
mereed. the population Of the basin is over
100 900. and is one of the best cotton distSnie
| in the South. The water in parts of 4&,e
basin is encrcaching upon the house-tops, the
psople escaping on rafts. At Gaines Land.
ing rations are only given cut when the boat
is hailed or people are known to be in actual
need. So far there have been none here who
manifested disposition to impose on the Gov.
eminent 10 this mission of charity Many a
planter was found like Jamison, on the Cold
Water. DON'T put off pound at my
place." he said. 81 can get my people
through this. They are all safe upon the gin
house; but there's lots Of poor people above
that will starve to death unless help gets to
them" 1t is a matter of pride with the large
planters to get along independently, and at
the same time to take are OF their people, as
they term the negro tenants. Some of them
have to ask for little help. but only ID tide
them over until they can get supplies from
Visksburg. Another planter, George w.
Starr refused to take any thing in the way of
supplies, but begged for newspaper, saying
he would rather have paper than barrel of
| -four.
Bat GuanO Caves i'm Texas.
New YORK, March 2lst.-M. Frewer, of
this city, gave a reporter to-day some in.
| formation about immense cave deposits of bat
glano 10 Uvalde county, Texas, just made
accessible by recent railroad extensions
There are several caves, inhabited by bats of
different species The entrance Of the
smaller of two large caves is about fifty feet
in hight and twenty-five feet wide, on the
side of low hill. The bats begin coming
out of this entrance every afternoon about
4:30, and pour forth like thick black cloud
until after 10 o'clock at night They go to
the vast marshes. where they obtain food and
| fCbutH w tuc CAVES Ill bub IQOrQl0S. An
! analysis made shows that the deposits contain
| over II per cent. of ammonia, and beside
bear phosphates OF value in considerable
quantities. The analysis compares very
| favorably with any Peruvian guano now in
the market. Until recently q man named
Ney owned the largest cave, and wanted S12,-
600 for the property. He said that the guam.
tisy of suano in that one cave was so enor.
nous that he would lease it to a company to
work, without limiting the quantity OF guano
to be removed annually, for 50 900 year.
He was satisfed that the deposits could not
be worked out in hundred years. The work
of getting out the guano has only just begun.
The first shipment was made from Cibolo
csve few days ago. On the ANALYSIS made.
this bat guano will be worth from $50 to $50
per ton. The Uvalde caves have not yet been
touched. Large gangs Of men will be at
wolk in them very soon.
The Trial of Crow Dog.
DEADwooD ID. IT, March 2lst.-In the
trial of Crow Dog for the murder of SPOTTED
Tail. the defendant testified yesterday with
great particularly, and with much gesticula.
ton and graphic illustration. The substance
of the evidence was that with his woman and
Child, riding on wagon without box, he was
p-oci cling home from the Council lodge, when
the seat fell, and defendant stopped his team
engaged Spotted Tail approached mounted,
with pistol in his hand. and vixen within
fifteen feet of Crow Dog leveled the weapon
and was in the act of firing when defendant
seized .deceased's rife and shot him dead.
There had been i'll feeling between Crow Dog
and deceased for some time, and when Spotted
Tail approached, the expression on his face
and his hostile. manner generally convinced
Crow Dog that the trouble was sought. The
examination of the defendant will be resumed
this morning.
Frisbtful Railroad Accident.
BISMARCK ID. ID March 2lst.-News
reached here at IL o'clock tonight Of a ter
rible wreck at Sweetbriar, about forty miles
west of here, on the Northern Pacific. An
engine came here from Mandan for physicians
and assistance to attend the sufferers in the
wreck. The wires are down between Bis
marck ard Mandan, but it was stated by the
engineer from Mandan that Black Jacks
work.train, bound west, went through a
bridge, and a passenger train, but little be-
hind, followed. Thirty persons are reported
killed, and many more injured, All the
physicians to be found in this city have just
started on special engine for the wreck.
Full particulars at this writing are impossible.
Items from Chicago.
CHICAGO March 2lst-Tre skeleton of
msstodon was unearthed Saturday at Gene
SEQ, H., but was so badly decayed that it fell
to pieces on being taken out. One tooth was
three inches across.
Tomorrow morning 200 600 more bushels
of corn will be posted as heated and weevily.
1t is in the Danville elevator.
Sixty eight names have been obtained for
the Stock Board, which will organize Satur-
day. Some prominent names figure in the
scheme.
Fifty.o one officers and teachers in the Chi
nese Suud .y-school here united to-day in a
petition to the President to veto the Chinese
BILL
Ge;ster's temperance here tonight with
the Strakosch Opera Company at Haverly's
brought out a large and fashionable audience,
which was enthusiastic in its reception of the
prima donna. The opera was 1.-The Barber
of Seville its first production in Chicago
for many years.
Rates east are being cut, and the pool is in
imminent danger of being dissolved.
Sympathy for Sergeant Mason.
New York, March 21st-The Aldermen
have adopted rts ,lution petitioning the
President to pardon Mason.
WASHINGTON, March 2lst.-W. Z. Dick
son, of Chicago, waited upon the President
to day, and presented 8 monster petition from