Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-15
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
SoOO,OOO PUBLIC BUILDING
FOR SAVANNAH.

ImdemnificatiOn to be Asked for Mr..
Rawls-The Adjournment and Date of
Meeting-SenatOr Williams, of Ken
tucky, Confident of Re-election-Hoar'
Danville Investigation.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Representativ
Nichols will introduce Monday bill to
appropriate $50O,OOO for public building
at Savannah, and also bill to pay Mr..
Rawls for his house near Savannah which
was destroyed by the Union troops.
THE DANvILLE INVESTIGATE
Mr.. Horr, whose resolution looking to
an investigation of the Danville occur
renee went over to-day upon objection,
says that he is now through with the SUBJ
Ject, yet he will try to have the resolution
adopted under a suspension of the rules
next Monday. ''That resolution, :" he saws.
''is worded almost exactly like the O'Don-
nell resolution which they adopted the
other day. L want to see if they are more
interested in the fate of foreigners con-
victed of murder than in the killing of
innocent native citizens.v
MIR. Cabell, who represents the Danville
district, says: ''Our people have done
nothing to be ashamed of. They are per-
fectly willing that the occurrence of the
third of November last should be fully in
vestigated. | will vote for an inVestiga-
tiOn, although to order one would be
establishing very dangerous precedent.
The DanYille affair was altogether a State
matter. No election for any Federal
office was held in Virginia last November.
1t is the State not the government that is
concerned"
THE AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
The report of the Commissioner of
Agriculture has been sent to the Presi-
dent. 1t details the experiments made in
extracting the juice from sorghum, and
shows that from % to 30 per cent. is
gained by the diffusion process over the
milling method. He laments the loss of
large share Of the experimental crop
by hail storm, preventing the carrying
out OF the full plans of the season. Our
forest products for the year were $780,
OO0,OOO, ten times the value of the gold
and silver production.
WILLIAMS CONFIDENCE.
Senator Cerro Gordo Williams said to-
night that he had no doubt that the Ken
lucky Legislature. which meets the lat
ter part of this month, will re-elect him.
He says: Carlisle, if not now out of the
race, will be by the time the ballOting be-
gin. Mr.. Blackburn has more real
strength. In fact, there is practically no
opposition to me. All advices that I re-
ceIve point clearly to my reelection. L
wish Carlisle and Blackburn would both
90 before the Legislature. / would like
to show how badly l can beat them''
GEN. CLARK'S APPOINTMENTS.
The Clerk of the House. Gen. Clark,
made the following appointments to-day:
John A. Palmer, of Virginia, Index Clerk,
vice JudsOn HOcOmb. of Pennsylvania; F.
H. Richardson,O of Georgia, Assistant Clerk,
vice w. Z. Morris, of Pennsylvania
Gen. Clark says that he will retain few
assistant clerks until those recently ap-
pointed to the offices become acquainted
with their duties.
FOLGER'S ILLNESS.
The illness of Secretary Folger is occa-
siOning the usual amount of speculative
gossip as to coming Cabinet changes.
Your correspondent learned from the Sec
retary to-day that he is suffering from a
bilious attack of no serious consequence.
and that he has no idea of resigning.
APPROPRIATIONS ASKED FOR FLORIDA.
Representative Bisbee, of Florida, has
introduced bill to make the following
appropriations: To improve the mouth of
the st. Johns river, $500, 1000; Fernandina
bar, $250,000; Volusia bar, $4,000, and
Ocklawaha river, $4,000.
THE HOLIDAY ADJOURNMENT.
Congress will adjourn next Friday or
Saturday for the holidays. The adjourn
ment will be, it is generally thought, TO
January eth.