The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-05-02
81 TELEGRAPH
Reported for ths Daily ArgIs.

New YORK, May 2-The N. Y. Herald's
special says:
Mr.. Bingham, of Ohio will tackle the re-
construction colamittee and report the first
thing next Tuesday morning with "a PROPOSE
ton to amend 1t, 80 that it will conform to
bis views on the subject of the basis of rep
| resentation.
The radicals believe they can easily make
the reconstruction committee work acceptable
to the president, pass IL after couple Of
days, get Tennessee TO ratfy it aud admit
her representatives TO congress within twenty
| days.
| The house committee on foreign affairs to
whom the Mexican loan Enforcement scheme
| was referred are about ready to report, and
| probably Will do so on Thursday. 1t ia ua-
derstood that the republican mem bers Of the
csmmittes with the exception of Gen. Banks
voted to report favorably upon the PROPOSE
| ton.
The following appointments were made by
the president, Today:
! Chief engineer IN the revsnue cutter ser :
vice Of the United States Patrick Brennan :;
| Deputy post master Henry W. Gest of Ma.
COB, ILL.,; Abrshsm Thomson, Delaware. o.;
j NJ. Patterson, Lima, o.; j. d. Robinson,
Buckeye; Charles Griffin, Newark. O.; H..
r. Shames, Fremont; Thos. c. McEwen,
Sandusky, O.; 5. Ii. Fletcher, Topeka, Kan,
sas A. L. Stevens, Nashua, n. III; Jno w j..
Neaer, Schenectady, n Y.
Twenty-Five assessors and collectors of in
ternal revenue In the southern states were a.
SO appointed today, fifteen of which were
for Virginia alone.
1t appears that the postage on the Europe
an mails for the last fiscal year amounted to
81 449, 900, of which the United States post
Office received only Sl65, 600, the balance &C.
curing to foreign steamers.
bill Will probably be reported establish.
ing Il weekly line OF mail steamers 10 Europe
with the rate of compensation based on tie
probable postal rece' pts, and in no event t.
exceed them.
The department of state is in receipt OF
news from Earope which renders var ex
-tremely improbable between Austria aud
Prussia The conduct of the latter power is
generally deprecated.
+ The queen CT England has written lette,
. to that government expressing her disappro-
haticn Vi the beRriag of the diplomatic inter.
course with Aus,rin and strongly counseliins
peace.
The New York Times's Washington spec
ial says:
There j. further talk OF q motion to expel
Senator DAVIS from that body On account Of
: sentiments uttered On the 9th of lat month
!
ard denounced yesterday IS revolutionary
and reasonable.
/, The n. Y. Tribune's Washington ,pecia
says:
Tue senate committee of foreign relation:
t were agreed TO report adversely upon the cas-,
of Mr.. Smith, of kanses who was nominated
e minister to Greece on the recommendation O
D Senator Lane, of kusas.
Lewis d. Campbell, of Ohio, was nominal
!. ed as minister Ia Mexico, 1T was agreed should
be reported to the senate without any recon
{ mendation, pro or con. the COMMITTEES being
tie on the matter.
: Gen DanI E. Sickles, as minister to Ha
+ gne laid on the table.
: CINCINNATI, May "A dispatch to. th
B., Commercial Gays:
? A riot occurred at Memphis, last evening
c between policemen and negro sodiers. TIN
i ~ policemen fought two hours with abou
one hundred and fifty negroes. One police
. man and ten negroes were killed and q mum
: Der wounded. The 10th regulars were call
. ed out and at 10 o'clock everything was qui
e ct.