The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-11

The official north German Gazette declares that
the European powers are nominally bound to inter
pose.
The cold weather of the last few days has had
the effect of increasing the number of cholera ca
ses ON Governors Island. Five men at the garri-
SON were attacked by the disease yesteIasy un-
doubtediy the over crowded condition OF the depot
accommod ations for the men and inciemency OF
weather irr,tated the disease Orders OF santa
~ precautionary nature have been Issued, ana the
Island will be considered in quarantine while tina
cholera remains.
Recruiting men for the army in this city anu VI
cinity will be entirely suspended.
The New York Trbune's Washington speeiai
says:
Rumors o f cabinet changes are again ahoat.-
Seward and Stanton said to be on the POM OF
retiring, the former to his home in Auburn anu the
latter to Spain, in place OF Hale. ii Is too 'oo'
however, for anything startling to occur
The N. Y. Tribune's Leavenworth speciai gives
the following extract from the Halena, Moh'd"A'
Republican: &-
Cen Sherman's disparch from Fort Laramie to
Gen. Grant was false and he was crlmlnaiiy ne
glectful of his duty in sending it.
The Powder River road to Montana Is infestea
with Indians who daily committing the most
fearful depredations. For distance OF ~ mics
between Powder River and Fort Laramie there -
hardly mile that has not it's newly-made grave 10
tell of reject murder.
| Fifty men were killed in days, parties are
| compelled to fight against ten times their mum
her of savages and no is safe unless travelling
| in a tram of 100 or more. The Indians are up
| on the war path in good earnest with their sa-
hers revolvers aud rifles just obtained from tne
| treaty council at Fl. Laramie. There are only
| $50 mounted men at TT. Reno. The indians
| know this and are with boldnesss stealing STOCK
| by the Wholesale, burning trains and numbering
| emigrants One men was pierced with 81 ar
! rows and had his hands and feet cut oil ana
| body terribly mangled. Three men descending the
| Missouri river were captured killed and scaiped
| bv the Indians, their names were Robbins Oh
| Maine. Cadaden of Minnesota and P. ". Greeke,
| an unknown. ~
CINCINNATI Oct. 1.-THE returns from 40
| ccunties gives union majority of thirty-hve
thousand seven hundred, the remaining 43 coun-
ties will probably increase the majority to forty-
five thousand
Gen. Morgan, democrat, is elected to congress
| in 18th district.
| LOUISVILLE, Oct l0.-The fire at Halbrook s
tobacco factory last evening resulted is less
dsastrously than was apprehended. Damages
slight and confined to buildings. Stock all
| saved.
The tornado at Franklin Indiana yesterday r.
NJ, destroyed % buildings, one person killed
and two others mortaily wounded.
CISc1NNArrI, Oct. 1.-THE Kentucky
state fair, held on the Bourbon fair grounds,
| near Paris, in that state, is pronounced to be
| a success, both pecuniarlly and otherwise
The show of Durham cattle was pronounced
the finest ever seen in America, while many
of the horses could not have been excelled.-
The 10 aged jjsckasses were valued at S2OOoO.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. ll.-Capt. Barlow, OF Gen
Sherman's staff, arrived yesterday from Fort
Dodge, where he saw two white girls named
| Day. one II and the other l3 years old, who
had been ransomed from the Kiowa Indians.
| The girls say that on the 9th OF August the
| kiowas attacked their home in Northwestern
Texas, and killed, scalped and burned their
father They, their mother and sister
years old were carried into captivity and
treated in cruel and most revolving man
ner. On arriving at the Indian camp, the
| camptives were knocked senseless with cIu be
repeatedly ravished by the hends and were treated
| in this manner four five times every day. On
he airing IF their condition, the commanding Officer
o Fort Dodge, not having sufficient force to res
| cue them, effected their ransom, and will sene
| them TO their friends in TexaE soon az they re
| cover from their terrible suferings sufficiently
| While in the Indian camp the officer sent to ar
ran &c their ronso saw the captives knocked dowI
! three times and violated.
| General Sherman will arrive home the l6tl
|