Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-19

sachusetts, and others In favor of having
the Improvement carried on upon the COM
mission plan.
Mr.. Hepburn, of California, offered an
amendment prohibiting the construction or
repair of levees. Rejected.
Similar amendments offered by Messrs.
Peelle, of Indiana, and DiDgley, of Maine,
were lost, and the question recurring on
Mr.. Brownies amendment, it was rejected
% ayes; 106 nays.
Mr.. Page, of California, offered an amend
ment directing the Secretary of War TO
carry on the works contemplated In the bill
by contract when not detrimental to the in
terests of the government. Adopted.
The committees then rose and reported
the bill to the House. and the bill was
passed-Yeas 1l9, navs AZ.
Mr. Robson, of New jersey, from the
Committee on Appropriations, reported
the naval appropriation bill, and 1t was
ordered printed and recommiGted. The
House at GAO adjourned.
THE STAR ROUTE CASES.
The grand jury came into the Grim
nal Court this afternoon, and made
route cas- n two of these present
ments Thomas J. Brady and George V.
Meserale were connected. aud in the third
James B. Price, alias j. B Price, and Thos.
j. Brady were mentioned. Preseutments
were also returned against Marshall G
Condee and Jno. H. Wallace for perjury.
The lat er charge is connected with the straw
bond cases Within half an htu from the
time OF the presentments the indic'm ms
based on them were returned. The indie
ment against James Price and Thomas J.
Brady is for conspiracy to defraud the
United Sta es in connection with route No.
81, 14S from San Antonio, Texas, to Corpus
Christi; route No. 80 1873 from Mouroe TO
Shreveport, La Tha two indictments
against George V. Meserale and Thomas j
Brady make the same charge OF conspiracy
based upon frauds committed on route
3S 1l8. from Monument to River Bend, aud
route No. 80, 157, from Gardner 10 Rosits,
Cal. Upon he return of these indictments
the grand jury was discharged.
The date of the conspiracy In the Meser-
ale Brady indictments is fixed at June % l.,
1879, and in the Price-Brady indictment to
July LIST, 1879 The nature of the conspi-
racy is similar to that charged in the cases
now being tried, namely: Illegal expedition
and increase of service upon the routes.
THE NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
A Committee on Ap9ropri 4tions to-dly
adopted the re port of the sub COMMITTEES In
charge of the naval appropriation bill and
directed Mr.. Robson to report the bin to
the House for printing and recOmmittal
The agVrepqte amount which 1t annropriates
is SIS 351, ,996, against Sl4.937637 for the
current year.
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.
The Republican caucus was announced to
take place on Tuesday evening next.
THE COMING WEEK IN CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, June IS. - The coming
legislative week in Congress promises to be
a very busy one, and more than usuallv pro
ductive OF important results. The House
bill for the extension of national bar CHAR
ters will be laid before the Senate as unfin-
ished business at two o'clock tomorrow,
aud an effort will be made to press it to a
fl nal vote before adjournment.
There are well defined indications that
the Republicans will endeavor to make the
Senate bill for the admission OF Dakota as
State in the Union the next regular order,
but in view OF pronounced Democratic
opposition to this me- sure the success of
the foreshadowed eff 'r+ TO bring 1t before
the Senate Is very dOub fdl.
The legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill and the general deficiency
BILL although sill in he haUd> OF the
Senate Com mittee on Appropriations, are
expected to be ported by the middle or
end OF the week, and either If them when
reprinted with the committees amendments
will be given priority of considera ion over
all other busines IS on the calendar.
The expectation Of the friend of the
bankruptcy bill that action up n it by the
| Senate would be obtaint during the pres
eut session seems to have been practically
abandoned, in view OF the shortr ess OF the
remaining time and the impo sb'litV OF
procuring action on the sui jet before next
Wlnter by the House of Representatives.
The rivalry for precedence In the Senate
! between the measure for the protection of
| immigrants, and the bill to enlarge the
powers of the Agricultural Department, will
| probably be determined in favor of the
! former.
While in the business of the morning
hour the discussion of the pending b Ii for
| the payment OF Southern mail contractors
will be followed, or perhaps superseded, by
deb lte on Mr.. Pendleton's resolution con-
demnatory Of political assessments.
The qIestion OF cor fl ming the Presi-
dents nomination of Tariff Commis
sioners is expected to be the subject OF
much controversy in ons or more executive
sessions his week. The U6ah Commission
will probably be confirmed without serious
opposition next Wednesday.
The Window commi7te will continue
(and very possibly conclude) their iuvesti-
cation OF charges concerning the now
buried whisky bill tomorrow, and the
House Committee on Foreign AffAi expect
to close the Chill Peru investigation by q
supplemental examination of Mr.. Trescott
on Tuesday.
To morrow's session OF the House of
Representatives will be devoted to the con
sideration of the measures offered by dir c.
tion of the various committees for p ssage
under a suspension OF the rules. Among
the bills that may be thus brought before
the House for action tomorrow are the
measure prepared by the NV York
delegation on the subject of pro-
lection of immigrants, the bi / re-
ported from the Committee of Ways and
Means to fix the term OF Office of Iuternal
RAvenue Collf tors, the bill to authorize the
Secretary of the Treasury to redeem trade
dollars at their face value, with view to
retiring them from circulation, and the bill
introduced by Mr.. Crapo to provide for the
reorganization of the revenue marine SER
vice. The bill to provide additional accom-
modations for the Congressional library will
be called up for action on Tuesday, and the
further order of business will be determined
by the Republicans on Tuesday evening.
1t is the general expectation, however, that
he bill for the reduction of internal reve-
nue. taxation will Immediately follow the
library measure, and that by Friday next
the House will take up the pension appro-
priation bill. The last named is not ex-
pected to occupy more than a few
hours, and it is therefore thought
probable that the navy appropriation
bill NAV also come up this week, in which
event lis consideration may be sufficiently
advanced to admit of the passage by the
House OF the sundry civil appropriation
bill, the last of the regular annual series
before the end of the week following.