The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-10
By Telegraph.
REPORTED FOR TIE DAILY ARGUS

WASHINGTON, Aug. Nv =:
President been entirely MISTAKEN o ~ ns
sertion that he never saw IA, 800 L.. a.
| ton to mercy in Mrs. SurlA.. nase' uus WIG
very words he used affer iea su, hase
| transn;red. and were these we must DE
.opptad rom female assassins as we'll as
| male assassins.
The Surratt jury sent an application to
T,dga Fisher, last evening, for discharge
The ;udse replied that the trial had lasted
eight weeks and the jury ought to take an
other day and endeavor to make up YER
dict. -
Sanford Conover has written a letter to
the President revealing an alleged conspira-
cy On the part of General Butler and others
| to implicate Mr.. johnson in the assassina-
| ton plot Upon his letter, among other
things, Conover bases his application for
pardon.
The state department in answer to re-
quest of the house committee on foreign at
| fairs has reported that, upon investigation,
no case has been found where an American
citizen has been tried and convicted in Ire
land for uttering fenian sentiments in the
United States.
Posr MASTER General Randall received
a telegram to-day announcing the serious
illness of Mrs. Randall, who is now in Scot
land, and started Immediately to join her,
He will sail from New York tomorrow.
| New York Times special says, Among
the documents on file in the War Depart
| ment relative to the assassination 'conspira
cy, is the confession of Atzeroth, who wal
executed, in which he states that Booth tolG
him on the day of the assassination tina
Johnny, meaning Surratt,) was in town
and occupied rooms at the Hemdon House
The New York Tribune's special says the
Cabinet have decided that the President has
, power to suspend Stanton.
The President denies that Gen. Grant ha
opposed the removal of Sheridan.
BALTIMORE, Aug. "a Democratic pro
, cession was fred into last night by part
of men, seriously wounding two persons.
Oh CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 9.-krause
Co.'s Planning Mill burned last night. Los
$4,000. No insurance.
DETROIT, August l0.-The printers
o strike continues. None of the Offices hay
a complement of men. As fast rs men al
rive they are met at the depots and escorte
0 away. The papers ase issuing half sheets
: except the Free Press, which is enabled t
publish in full.
e Sr. Louis, August 10.--A Dispatch fror
j, Fort HAYES says: all the stock on the r. F
a beyond here has been driven off by indians
!, who attacked the engineers. contractors an
J, | wounded several men.
i The number of men killed at the Plul
Creek affair is 5.
# A man, supposed to be a section hant
b was found four miles north of Plum Creel
scalyed and fayed.
II Gen. Augur has gone west to examir
,e personally the position of affairs He dot
re not think Spotted Tails people had al
ID thing TO do with the late massacre. He a
.r tributes the act to the Sioux and Cheyenne
The people OF southwest Nebraska asks
s, permission to raise company of vountee
N for defense, and General Augur asked &c
Sherman to authorize the purchase of hor
" es for the purpose.
al Gen. Sully and Col. Parker report on
K detinet and was like condition of the mort
IS ern tribes. They demand the possession
the country, a withdrawal of the troops al
,g a suspension of the railroad constructio
III QUEBEC, Aug. 10.-The steamer Seer,
belonging to the Canadian steamship lin
os while on the way from Montreal, last nigi
n ran into the steamer Lake St. Peter, cuttil
Z, her into and sinking her in three minute
The crew took refuge on the wheel hou
Sc and were all saved.
Ii A fire occurred here, last evening, destro
ing ten houses. The fire alarm telegram
e, being unavailable for some cause, no alar
n was given.
SAN Francisco, Aug. S.-Gov. Stanl
,o addressed large meeting last night in c
position to Gorham and Congressional p
Oh icy of reconstruction, but favored quailti
Ell negro suffrage.
One death by yellow fever occurred y,
terday on the Aeraea, the first ever know
q in this State. The Kansas lies sever
n miles from the city.
n The grape crop is very large.
Wheat unchanged
CHICAGO, Aug. l0.-Considerable excl
- ment was occasioned at Chambe Comm
as sion about noon to-day by the arrest of
tie | C. Scranton, B. p. Hutchinson, J. j. Ris
In ards, C. B. Pape, A. Eichold to j. She
an and Howard Priesthy, all we'll known era
r. dealers, and prominent members of t
1t Board of Trade, under law passed Il
tr- winter by the legislature, prohibiting spt
he ulation and fraud. The parties are all hi
e. to bail in the sum of $4,000 each to appe
NJ in the Recorders court, September term.
h, A young man who held prominent a
he responsible position in the Office of
h, American Express CO., in this city, hi
,e- within the past few days, been found to
defaulter to the amount of 5000. Out
regard for his relations, who promptly ga
indemnity to the Express Co. to the extent
p. the sum embezzled Superintendent Far
4; | refrained from having the absconding