The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-07-20
An Impudent Telegram from the old
Blackguard.


NEw YORK July 2o.-The bay gedng, Dex.
ter, won the purse of three thousand dollars at
the trotting match under the saddle at the
Fashion Course yesterday, beating General But
Ter and Toronto Chief when he made the best
time on record Flora Temples famous three heats
being beaten. The second mile heat was made
in =: 20 which time never beaten except by
Dexter himself in his trot against time when he
made it in 2:lS ID.
The police made another capture yesterday
of large number of finely executed steel plates
two presses, dies, rollers, paper, bogus money
and prisoners. The material taken amounts
in value to $4,000 dollars.
Eleven cases of cholera and six deaths were
reported yesterday in New York, and four cases
three of which were fatal in Brooklyn. Active
measures TO prevent the cholera becoming. cpl
demic have been adopted.
NEw YORK, July 2o.-The morning papers
contain the following special. dispatches from
Washington.
Gen Rosseau has rendered his resignation as
a member of the house of representatives, to
Governor Bramlette of Ky.
The secretary Of the treasury has authorized
the acceptance of 7-So ; from any holders in ex-
change of $50 bonds of 1865 upon equal terms
as respects principal, the interest being adjusted
| according to the amount dtle on each securely
The assistant treasurer in New York has been
making the exchange for some days past, but
in consequence of the present high price of
1905 not many demands are received, there
| is 80 little advantage in favor of POS at
present that holders of the small amounts of
| 1905 do not find II to their interest," TO avail
| themselves of the opportunity offered to
| change them.
| A communication from the president
! in compliance with the law gives let OF
| the aggregate of all fees received by the
various oonsuls and consular agents during
| the last year. Those at Londan were over
33 900 dollars, Liverpool - 900. Manches-
ter %, 900, Montreal IL 900, Paris 1900,
Massmorss Il, 600, Havana 5000, Hamburg
| 900, aud Belfast 5000. These are the
largess amounts, and the scale dsscends to
very low figures.
P. d. Randolph. formerly Of New York,
I now of New Orleans, is on here to arrange,
| if possible, some plan whereby the freedmen
| may be educated at their own expense He
| has had several interviews with official. all
of whom encourage hin, in the sensible view
be advocates-thst of preparing the negroes
for the position Of good citizenship. He is to
have en- interview with the president to NOR
| row.
The second comptroller OF the treasury has
decided that when a soldier, on his return
from desertion or absence without leave, is
|
gal absence, he will be paid at the rates be
| obtained while he was absent, and he will not
be allowed the benefit of any law changing
those rates, until he shall have satisfied the
sentence or served a time equal to that which
| elapsed between his desertion and the pass
| age of the law.
| Quite a number of members of congress
are leaving for their homes.
Sec'y Harlan received q dispatch, to-day,
from Gen'l Dix, in New York, stating that
another 90 mile section of the Pacific railroad
had been completed, making in all las miles
Commissioners have left to examine and re.
port ii it be suitable for the government to
acceptis.
1t is understood that Mr.. Stanbsrry &C
cepts the Office of attorney general rendered
him by the president, and that his nomin alton
| will be sent to the senate tomorrow.
A World special says:
A dispatch from Nashville says that the
house lacked two of quorum on the vote on
the constitutional amendment. The two mem
bers needed to make a quorum were present
under arrest, but did not vote; hence there
was NO quorum voting.
CINcINNATI, July 20.-The Commercials
dispatch says:
Hon. Thomas Ewing has written letter
endorsing the Philadelphia convention.
LOUISVILLE, July le.-Ths city authorities
and many most prominent citizens make ex-
tensive preparations for North American
Sangerfest meeting ON the 24tb, which it is
supposed will be the largest musical festival
ever held in the country.
NASHVILLE, July 19.-In the house, this
morning, the constitutional amendment was
ratified by vote of 43 to 10, two members
refused to answer to their names.
The Press Times, the radical sheet Of
Nashville says:
The loyal men of Tennessee by their vote
repudiate the president who has so basely de-
serted them. - $50. YF.ag
Gov Brnwnlow sent the following telegram
to Washington C %
NASHVILLE, July 1912 o'clock ".
Hon. e. NJ Stanton, sec'y war, Washington,
i ID. G. 80 eas eg
MY compliments to the president. We
have carried the constitutional amendment
the house vote 43 to IL, two of his tools
refusing to vote.
[SignedI W. G. BRowNLow.
Il Gov. of Tenn.
i Judge Mossr, OF criminal court, before
whom the case of p. Williams, from Carter
county who applied for writ of habsas corpus
; had been tried, to-day delivered his opinion
sustaining the application
Warrants were to-day issued to arrest sew.
eral members of the house, aeo other parties
who arrested Mr.. Williams.
II Meesrs. Hyatt and Train, the Metropoli-
tain police commissioners, are Inundated
) with applications for appointments on the
force. The entire organization will be put in
operation by the last of August.