The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-05-02

say Gov iiarycy'o body has been recovered
aud is on the way to Wisconsin,.
HALIFAX, May l--Thc steamship Ameri.
ca from Liverpool 18Th aud Queenstown the
10Th. arrived here at ) +. N. to-day.
Madrid, April l9.-Spain will not with.
draw her troops from Mexico until the salts.
faction demanded is obtained.
Liverpool, April -. w. y. X Co. rcpor,
flour upward tendency.
Wheat advancing, la2i higher since Tues
day
Corn steady.
Beef tending downward.
Pork easier.
Bacon buoyant.
Lard steady.
London, April I9--Con.oIs closed at 3d.!
AL for money.
American securities dull.
Pa,is, April l9.-Boursc inactive; rentcs
II SOC.
London, April 10 barring Bros circular
reports wheat firm and Is higher
Flour advanced 81 to Is
Corn dull amt unchanged.
Sugar tending downward
Tea firm.
Coffee huoyant.
Rice steady.
TallU" flat at iGai6N 81.
American securities have been dull during
the week, and price, slightly lower. Erie
shares 5lu32 | { i>!a47! disc.
The bullion III the bank has increase -.
900 pounds,
The London Times cdjtorially eypatate4 on
the Importance Of the struggle for New Or
leans, and says the occupation of that place
by the tcdcras would BE- Il tOrnquet tighten.
ed over the great artery Of the seeded state.
The morning Herald, conservative organ,
has sarcastic editorial on the prolonged cx.
istence ot the American struggle, federal pre-
dictons to the contrary, notwithstanding. 1t
sees no signs Of exhaustion in the north, and
no encouragement in the south, and believes
that no probable military achievement On
either side Wal suffice 10 bring either side to
terms. with these views our commercial and
political policy should be regulated on the
the conviction that speedy peace is hopeless.
The Herald further says that the government
of Washington should be permitted to have
one more trial, and if they tail the great pow
erS should percmpturlally interfere on behalf
OF the general well being Of mankind That
this has not been done before is due TO the
generosity Of England, as France was ready:
but 1t is time that England should cease TO
stand between her own people and the relief
they need.
The general news, as well the commercial.
is almost blank.
Further experiments in the iron plating Of
SHIPS are engaging attention in both England
and France.
Austria.-The Austrian government have
sent two naval engineers to America to in.
spect the Monitor and Merrmac and the new
coast dctenses.
foRr MONROE, May lst.-A flag of truce
from Craney Island this afternoon, brought
down an English uoblenan. and several news.
papers giving the particulars of the capture
Of Fort Mac, Il, and some additional particu-
lars Of the fall Of New Orleans, with other in.
teresting items.
The Norfolk Day Book of Tuesday morn.
ns says no Geographic message was received
to. night
The Wilmington journal of Tuesday has
the following confirmation Of tho report of
-he fall of Fort Macon, telcgarphcd from
mere yesterday:
he tort was opened quarter before six o.
lock on Friday morning, and the engace.
nent between the fort and the federal batter.
es was kept up until o'clock that evening,
when the fort became wholly untenable. and
vas surrendered as above stated. All the
'uns INSIDE the fort opposite to the side
'ttacked, were dlsnIounted and all but three
the guns bearing upon the enemy's batter.
$, were also dlsmounted.
The enemy's central battery Of preaching
uns was within 100 yards Of the fort. The
light and left and thanking batteries were
lore distant.
1t turns out that the report that fifteen of
ur men were killed in scout. some DAYS
nee, against the enemy's pickets, is untrue.
ne man only was wounded and none were
He'd.
Until Friday last, the day of the attack
pom the fort, from other accounts, it is gath
red that during the bombardmcnt IF Fort
acon, rebels were killed and a great many
ounded.
Col White and $50 men were released on
lroe, by Gen Burnside.
a suttOld correspondent of the Petersburg
xpress under date of April 80, says all T
ere expecting to hear something from the
eFrlnac TINS morning, but the Norfolk Day !,
)ok is silent. ;,
The Petersburg Express of to-day says ma O
rumors were in circulation yesterday, and Il
nong them one that Memphis and COrinth
d bean evacuated; also that Wilmington,
c., had been captured by Gen. Burns!de's
ces.
Gems. Breckenridge aud T:ndman have [
en- made major generals. and Col. VIM A. \
ua brigadier.
The Richmond Dispatch Of to-day SAYS the
mic on the subject Of a scarcity of food is r
: the most causeless imaginable. The road m
NJ panviIIe to Greens bor9 is rapidly pro- s'
,see and even Georgia and South Carolina
supplies to feed the whole state of Virgin. u
low causeless the panic above alluded da
may be infer red from the fact that in an |