The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-30
By Telegraph.
REpozrED TOR THE DAILY AReUs

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] CHIcAao, April 3O--The Times Detroit /
special says: -
] Details Of emurder at Birmingham on
Ssturday prove it to be an unusually horri. |
BILE affair. The victim, Mr. Oiton, was a |
farmer 81 years OF age, and was supposed to |
be possessed of considerable wealth. which /
he kept about his house. He was killed by |
shooting through a window iuto his sleeping |
room, and received over thirty shot in his |
breast The discharge aroused his wife and |
son. The murderers made their escape, and |
have not yet been arrested.
The N. Y. Tribune's Cincinnati special Of
the 29th says: - 81
A duel was fought this afternoon by two
of the Kentucky chivalry near Showhouse
ssation;.S miles from Paris, KY The parties
were NoahH II. Alexander and Isaac S. Han
son, brother OF Gen. Rogers Hanson for
merly of the confederate states sarmsl They
stood ON the fressel work over Townsend
Creek, Ito have fallen from which would have
| been DEATH ten PAGES apart. The weapons
used were navy pistols, and they fred 5 shots
each, when the seconds secured a reconciia-
ton. Hanson received slight wound in
the hip, the rest of his adversarys balls pas
| sing through bis clothes. ars4F
| New YORK, April 30.-Sec'y Browning is
rapidly recovering from his illness. - i
The Ny. Tribune's special SAYS:
Atty Gen1 Stanberry has been closely en-
goged to-day in the preparation of his opin-
ion upon disfranchisement under the recon
struetion laws. and it is stated it will be COM
pleted tomorrow and read at the cabinet
meeting in the afternoon. 1t is understood
the opinion will be adyers to the decision of
Gen. Sheridan, excluding from registration a
large number of municipal officers and ma
turalized citizens who fail to show their GER
| tifcates of naturalization.
. The postmaster general to-day finally de-
termined to take the responsibility Of ap
| pointing special agents to take charge of the
} post offices left vacant by the failure of the
senate to confirm nominations made to fl
5 these offices.
: Several prominent persons having been here
lately to enquire regarding the of JEFF. Davi
with a view to obtain his trial on release without
9 further delay.
1t is asserted the very highest authorit,
that the the government has offered to release Mr.
" declined to accept his freedom unless the sam
:, | is given Internationally.
Il The N Y. Hcralds special says:
= 1t is stated to-day by distinguished senate
/ that Mr.. johnson sincerely regrets that any G
+ the southern states have been SO unwise as to at
tempt to restrain the enforcement acts by lnlunC
l. tons.
a The same senator anticipates that by the meet
ing of congress, next December the souther
a. states will be ready for admission and the grei
\ problem of reconstruction viii be solved or
least very near Its solution
CNCISxArI, April 30.-A special to the Con
e mercial from Seymorc Indiana says:
a. About two hundred entered that tow
A | Yesterday afternoon and forcibly seized meg
k. man named Mitchell and took him 10 the woo'
&c and hung him. They also seized two white me
y named Stewart and threatened TO hang them
- the cause of this violence was the robbery OF
IS store in the northeast part of that county
H. which these three men were engaged
m LosDos-noon-April 3o.-Ill. Central 76l.
to Erie Al.
DIS Frank fort bonds 76s.
hi The Great Eastern arrived last night .E
10 BREsr-King Prussia is entirely silent regar
=. ing Luxemburg which causes considerable unea
ness in Paris.
We LoxpoS - evening - Money market qui'
OF steady.
fy Erie 4Os.
of Illinois &c qonds 7Is.
10 CINCISNATI, April Coco Geathe, SaI
:; Case and ak. Angus were hung in the jail yR
- | of this city at 20 minutes past l o'clock tod
Ell for the murder of James Hoghes in Februa
III last.
'H CHICAGO April 29.-The Journals Dubuq
Iowa special of the 30th says:
- At Winons, Mimi, colored deck hand her
II. | ishly attacked John Newton, the mate OF the
Keokuk with a razor, severely cutting his M
and cut one ear off. The niger then jump
. >, | overheard and was drowned.
A niger shot and wounded his wife, 81
., day evening. Cause-a family jar.
The river is yer high at this point, and slo'