Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-03-26

eral Hove, referring to his intention to
 shorten mall service between New York
 and San Francisco day and a half, . says he will make the connections
 throughout the country wherein practic- ble.
 Tho Terrible Floods.
 ST. LoCIs. Mo, March oI The clerk
 of the steamer City Of Providence, just
 from Vicksburg, gives some information abou, the floods in the lower river, not [ before published. The worst point in the
 whole river.is MilIigens bend. There is an overflow and counter overflow in tha, distric; The waters from the Mis- sIssippi are going over the levee, and the floods of the backwater from the Yazoo are coming in from behind When these two meet a whirlpool is formed, which destroys everything in its course. The locality of the whirlpool IS changing constantly, and every day il completes new destructions. A large yawl, filed with negroet, was caught in i, ;he other day and up set, and all the occupants were drowned. The whirlpool struck church few days ago, ID which several people with their stock hap beer ;aking refuge. The church was in few mir utes torn to pieces and carried away, the stock drowned and the people foa,ed around in the water some hours, but were finally rescued. The uortex struck the residence and stable of an old paral- ytic farmer by the name Of Jamieson, and totally annihilated them. The oId ! gentleman was drowned.
 The Chinese Bnl
 NEW YoRK March 22.-Tte Commer- cial advertisers Washington special says: | Some friends of the Chinese bill are dis turbed over the report that the President | does not look with favor upon some of its provisions. Of course he has said | nothing to indicate what his actual po- sition ig, or what he will do if the bill Is presented to him for his signature, but there is an uneasy feeling that he does not state the view that the advocates of the measure regarded noteworthy, if not significant. The opinion is quito general among members of the diplomatic corps that the passage of thls bill will rebound to the commercial injury of the United States in the not distant future. It is suspected from certain remarks current that Secretary of State Freylinghuysen does not believe that the limit when the Chinese can again come to this country
 Postal Reforms.
 BOSTON, March 22. POstmaster-Gen- eral Howe in conference to-day, with merchants and others regarding nail transportation promised to give atten- tiOn to the complaint that the Australian mail bound east was delayed by stop page at Chicago. He expected to save 24 hours' time in the service between New York and San Francisco.
 Consolidation.
 NEW YORK, March 2l.-There is au- thority for stating that the Mutual Union Telegraph Company is about to be con- solidated with the Western Union.
 The Lost Crew.
 WAsHIEGToS, March 2l.-A very long , and complete report of Engineer Mel vile of .he Jeanette has been submitted to the Secretary of the Navy. The re- port furnishes detailed account of the cruise, sufferings and hardships of the explorers, and furnishes little or TO hope of the rescue of De Long and the re- mainder of the crew.
 Rosecraas Army Record. '
 CHICAGO, ILL, March 22.-Cnl. Thos. C NJ. Nichols. says he had a conversation ! with General Grant in New York soon !. after .Gaf6eld's election, during which a Grant said that Garfield could never l speak 70 Rosecrans or Hewett without < an entire sacrifice Of his own self respect d Hewetts oonsuct had been outrageously a indecent, but that of RosecTans had been Il verse. Garfield had been his best friend, n had defended, excused and aDologised b for RoseoraEs blunders for the past seven a teen years; that bu; for the friendship of b Garfield he would have sunk into de- e served ob5curity long ago; that he was VI never iit n command an army and could '. not obey orders. But for the intelligence al of Garfield and Thomas, Rosecrans would fa have utterly destroyed the entire army of U he Cumberland through ignorance and obstancy.
 Speeches on the Chinese Bill al WAsHNGroS, March 22.-Five speech ID IS were made to-day on the Chinese bill, .. our by Repubhcans-Dawes, of Ohio. h, 3ayne, Buttcrworth, Scranton and Me qr Cure, all in favor of the bill, and one gl y Hooker, prominent Southern Dem Ge ge 'crat. The latter strongly opposed the Ii, measure on humanitarian and conner sh ial grounds. Page will move the previ- tn JUS question tomorrow, but would not ie insist on it if further debate IS desired. Ie,
 Reduction Of Revenue. in WASHINGTON, March 22-House Com fo nittee of Ways and Means adopted D' y vote of six to five, the following re- i;II olution: Resolved the sub-Committee st, n changes m the Internal Revenue be cr to report a bill abolishing all internal Revenue except the tax on dis h' filed liquors, malt liquors and manu- lctured tobacco, and taxes on bank o ircuIation, on alcohol medicines, saving ba pr their discretion a reduction of the tax shi D sugars and special taxes on dealers. wi etc. .Th
 Railroad Rumors .;r, DALLAS, Tex, March 22-Rumor says m le Atchison, Topeka X Santa re Iail- To pad will build to Dallas and San Antonio. yo' were previously made to T ,ach Dallas by the Gulf and Pacific to wh e constructed from Sabine Pass to AL me uquerque. It was stated last night per nat the Chief Engineer and General - assenger Agent of the Texas < Mexican entral road had resigned because of le failure of the syndicate to relieve le indebtedness. Prominent citizens of X 'allas threaten to resign unless matters uh. tighten. The home office of this road ia in Chicago An,
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