The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-12-11
Reported for ts Daily Argus.
ARRIVAL OF GEN'L SHERMAN AND
MINISTER CAMPBELL
In MEXICO.
MaXimiliian's Baggage shipped for
Austria,
Gen'l SedgewiCk Under
Arrest.
ARKANSAS AGAINST THE AMEND
MENT.
An ImpOster Exposed.
Great Snow Storm in
EsuTalo.
THE TENNESSEE SCHOOL FUND In
DANGER,
A Servant Girl Sheets d Landlord, in
Terre Haute.
A Servant Girl Sheets d Landlord, in
Terre Haute.

| LOUISVILLE, Dec 1O.-An mposter who obtained
introductions here General Thayer, of Virginia
was exposed, day, by old acqusin tance of the
general. He had visited several of our merchants
| under pretense of purchasing cotton The exposi-
| ton was early enough to prevent any fraudulent
| transactions.
Our pork packers have determined TO Kill no more
| hogs on Sunday.
| MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 10.-A special to the Avail
anche, from Little Rock, says:
| In the Arkansas senate the committee on federal
relations reported to-day in favor OF rejecting the
| amendment
The Vance Hotel, in Hopefeld, opposite here was
| destroyed by fire, tonight
! TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Dec, 1e.-About l o'clock
this afternoon Mr.. Crafair Brather, proprietor OF
the Terre Haute House. shot and, is supposed,
| nortally wounded by servant. She WAS discharg-
| ed this morning for some improper conduct and had
Returned for her clothing. The pistol was concealed
| IN her muf. She Immediately arrested and
| placed In custody.
NEW YORK Dec. IA very destructive fire oe-
Cured, last night, al 2l5 Division street, double
tenement building. The fire originated in a cellar
and communicated to the kerosene store next door
and though the violence of the flames was soon
| stepped, SO great was the dense volume of smoke
| that nine persons were suffocated.
| A special telegram from Vera Cruz, dated Decem-
| Der 4th via Mobile the 10th, contains news of i'm
| portanee:
The Susquehanna, with Gen Sherman and Min
| lister Campbell aboard, arrived Thursday. No one
| came ashore however and on Monday night the Sd
! on Friday last.
| General Sherman and Minister Campbell were to
| leave for Monterey via Matamoras
Contemporaneously with the arrival of the Sus
| quehanna at Vera Cruz proclamation was issued
declaring that MAMMALIAN would not leave tho
| country, bnt would resume the rens Of government
Meantime the emperor's baggage is being shipped
| for Austria.
The French troops are cOncen trating preparatory
to leaving.
General Sheridan arrived at Brownsville on the
9th and placed General Sedgewick under arrest, and
also ordered the release of Ortcga.
Escsbedo ordered Canales to Monterey to take
command of a force operating against San Luss,
| and ordered Cortnas to report in Chihuhua under
arrest, for depredations committed.
| A New York late Panama correspondence states
that the aspect of political affairs in Columbia is lu
gubrious. Mesquors determined to hold his
Office of president for life and has boldly advanced
the idea of declaring the government a monarchy.
The blacks and the lower class of natives favor his
opposition and at public meeting he hailed with
the title of Thomas LIST.
A recent order directs all mails including those
only in transit across the isthmus to be sent to
local post offices for distribution. This will cause
serious delay in the transmission of mails between
New York and California.
BUFFALO, Dec IA heavy falling, nearly
two feet deep already. 1t will doubtless interrupt
travel
NASHVILLE, Dec. 10.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Dec. 10.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives:
The governor, secretary of state and comptroller,
by your direction have held, for safe keeping S6lS,
250 in United States bonds, konwn as our school
funds, and treated sacred fund by you. l call
your legislation relation thereto Last week for the
first time in my life learned that the treasurer of
the state had loaned this fund to one of the Mem
phis banks without consultation with any of the state
officials at the capitol and even without their knowl
edge. The treasurer demaned the fund from the
comptroller who held it for safe-keeping in good
and sufficient safe in fire proof building, claiming
it under law you enacted at your last sessing re
curing the to take charge of this detica
fluid. Your law is either exceedingly lame or its
provisions working for the keeping of this
cred fund have not been complied with, and there
fore invite your earliest and vigilant attention to
this subject.
ST. Louis, Dec. 11.--Gov. Fletcher issued proc
amation stating that portion of the state of Mis-
eouri is infested 9Th murderers and robbers who de-
fly civil authorities and have the sympathy and aid
of many of the people of the counties where they
have their haunts, and have so intimidsted or OBJ
tainud the sympathy of the local authorities that
peacabe, abiding citizens not secure in per-
son on IN property. He therefore, calls for "a
tnies Oh cavalry and 10 companies of infantry, to
80. Sanlzed In regiments, to preserve peace, pro-
- execute legal process oil volators OF
law, ana DING them to trial
sor ,ha uenssaA Simpson issued general orders
| force f'A 'quipPnieh' Vi 'hiS
The sale of the Iron Mosatain railroad and tho
os.o q t uLton railroad, to MsKay CO., has been
NEW YORK, Dec 1o-The yacht Cor the oce.,
race started from Sandy Hook at o'cio,k.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. ll.-Senate--The suffrage bill
| came up this morning
Senator Anthony in a sero comic s,,.oob aa,-ooo,=
ed enfranchisement of females as well as negroes
L intend no reflection on the bank as ali banks
| nave right to borrow and lend money on their
legitimate operations, but protest against the
authority assumed by the treasurer who i,
June 1866. During the last forsy eight hours
nave consersed fully with the treasurer, and his