Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-05
THE DIPLOMATIC BILL.
Everything Arranged Except the Mica
raguan Waterway Item.

Everything Arranged Except the Mica
raguan Waterway Item.
WASHINGTON, July 4.-The conference
committee in charge of the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill concluded
that measure at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
With the exception of the Senate amend
ment appropriating $3.50, 900 for the Mica
raguan waterway project, an agreement
was reached on the entire bill. The House
conferecs refused to agree to that feature
of the bill, -and the Senate con-
ferees concluded to consult
with other members of the Senate before
expressing their decision on the amend
ment. They also requested that they be
allowed until tomorrow morning to make
their report. The reduction, as compared
with the Senate bill, including the Mica
Taguan project, amounts to about 5000, 600.
The Senate conferees receded from the
Senate amendment providing for the APP
polntment OF commission to visit and
ascertain the best modes of securing more
intimate international and commercial
relations between the United States and
the several countries of Central and South
America.
The River and Harbor Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, July 4.-The following
are among the principal items for South
ern States in the river and harbor bills as
finally agreed upon: Mobile harbor,
$200,000; Tombigbee river, $4,000; Black
Warrior river, $4,000; Cumberland river
above Nashville, $4,000; Tennessee river
above Chattanooga, $4,000; below Chatta-
nooga, $350,000; st. Johns river, Florida,
mouth, $l50,0O0; Upper st. Johns
$4,000; Pensacola harbor, $4,000;
Savannah harbor, $20O,OOO; Savannah
river, $4,000; Altamaha, Georgia, S15,.
600; Chattahoochee, Georgia and Ala
bama, $4,000; CoosaW, Georgia and Ala
bama, SOC, 1000; Charleston, S. c., harbor,
$250,000; and the following in Virginia
Norfolk harbor and its approaches, $25, ,000; !;
Elizabeth river, $4,000; AppomattOX
S25, 600; James, $4,000; MattaDoni, $2,-
500; Rappahannock, $4,000; York, $20.-
900; Dan, $4,000; Staunton, $4,000;
Georgetown, S. c., $1,000; Ashley river.
s., 1000; Edisto river, $5, 900; Great Peedee
river, $4,000; Salkehatchie river, $3,OOO;
Waccomaw river, $4,000; Wappoo cut,
$4,000; Walenee river, $4,000; Santee
river, $4,000; Cape Fear river. N. c..
above Wilmington, $4,000; Cape Fear,
600; Edenton Bay, $4,000; Trent river,
$4,000; Contentnea or Moccasn
river, $4,000; Currituck Sound,
50, 600; Neuse river, $4,000; New
river, $4,000; Pamlico and Tar rivers,
$4,000; Roanoke river, $4,000; Scupper-
nOng river, $4,000; Brunswick, Ca, $10,-
600; Cumberland Sound, $4,000; Flint
river, $780, 900; Ocmulgee river, S., 900; Geo
nee river, 10000; Romney Marsh, $40, 900;
Apalachicola Bay, Fla, $4,000; Cedar
Keys, $4,000; Tampa Bay, $40, 1000; Apa-
lachicola river, $1,000; Caloosahatchie
river, $1,000; ChOctawhatchie river,
Florida and Alabama, ,$15, ,000; ;Conecuh and
Escambia rivers, Florida and Alabama,
$4,000; Escambia river, $4,000; Su-
wannee river, $4,000; Volusia bar,
$1,000; WithlacoOchee river, $4,000;
Alabama river, Alabama, $4,000; Ca
tawba river, $4,000; Tallapoosa river,
$4,000; Big Sunflower river, $4,000; NoX-
ubee river, Mississippi, $500; Pasca-
goula river, $4,000; Pearl river, $12, 500; ;
Biloxi Bay. uneXpeDded balance of former
appropriations; Tallahatchie river, $780,
900; Tchula Lake, 81, 900; Steele's Bayou,
81, 500; Big Black river, So, 600; Horn
Island pass, $4,000; Yallabuss river,
$4,000; Yazoo river, $4,000.