The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-12-13
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hkFOkTkD FOh The DAILY ARGUS.
WAsH1NGros, Dec. l3.-The whiskey con-
ventiou adjourned yesterday afternoon, to
meet again on the Sd Wednesday in Janua-
ry.
The paymaster general calls for an appro-
priation of $l,252,254 for deficiencies, in
GLIDING $4,000 to complete the payment
for registration &c. in Gen. Pope's district,
and similar sum fer Gen. Schofield's dis
trict --. ...s-
The President yesterday sent to the senate
message giving his reasons for the
suspension of Secretary Stanton.
The document, which is lengthy, covering
26 foolscap pages, cannot now be procured
| for publication. The President refers to the
brief correspondence between himself and
the secretary, wherein Stanton, quoting the
president, remarked that Considerations of,a
high public character constrained him not to
resign" and which the President considers
official misconduct, to say the least.
As a special ground for the suspension of
Stanton the President sets forth that the Sec
rotary withheld from him Gen. Beams dis
patch asking instruction in regard to the
New Orleans convention held in the sum
mer of 1865 and that the secretary failed to
ttiCStdpH the
fore the President places the responsibility
Of the New Orleans riot upon Secretary
Stanton. The President holds, SO far as the
public interests are concerned, that there is
no cause 10 regret the removal of Mr.. Stan
ton, for the present secretary ad interim has,
by his measures of economy, saved millions
of dollars to the government.
CHICAGO, Dec. l3.-The manifestations of
his spookship continued at the court house
last evening. A large crowd gathered in
and about the Jail to listen to the usual
nightly waiEngs. Skeptics on the subject Of
ghosts attribute the mystery to tricks of VEN
triloquists or some like cause, while those
who believe that disembodied spirits do visit
this earth find an explanation of the phe
nomenon in unnatural causes. Spiritual
mediums present last evening promise a
solution on Monday next. The haunted
jall affords a first class sensation and is the
subjeut of general conversation.
At a meeting of the board of supervisors,
last night, the committee on jail and jail &C
counts was charged with an investigation of
his ghostship.
CHICAGO, Dec. l3.-Weston at Jackson
vile, III. was a complete failure, not having
audience enough to pay for the hall rent
The Illinois State Agricultural Society
will hold its winter session at Springfield,
commencing January It'll.
The weather is very cold, at Pittsburg
about nine inches of snow fell Yesterday.
Four inches of snow fell at Springfield,
In. yesterday.
The Montgomery, (Ala.) Council of the
Union Loyal League denounce the new
constitution, and call upon the colored leag-
uers to aid in defeating it. The new consti-
tuition is deemed too radical.
CHICAGO, Dec. l3.-The Wabash Avenue
skating rink took fire about eleven o'clock
this morning, from defective chimney fiue,
and in less than twenty minutes was one
mass of ruius. About three hundred per.
-~"s -ere on the ice at the time the fire
broke out, though it is probable that all es-
capped with their lives. There are rumors
that some were burned to death. The loss
by the FIRE is $4,000: insured for $500.
NEw YORK, Dec. l3.-The y. y. Trib-
une's special says the senate finance COM
mittee yesterday considered the nomination
of Hon. Edward Cooper, as assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury, and the Chairman was
instructed to report against his confirmation.
Gen. Jefferies received the endorsement of
the committee as register of the treasury.