The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-18
By Telegraph.
REPORTER FOR THE DAILY ARGUS.

REPORTER FOR THE DAILY ARGUS.
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NEwloRk, April 1s.-The New York Times
special says Sc
The senate judiciary committee hare demanded
from Secretary Browning his authority for in
vesting Mr. Bogy with the prerogasiye Of Indian
commissioner, as noted yesterday.
THE senate has rejected the sale of Kansas
lands to the southwest Pacific railroad for one
million dollars on credit. This is the land which
Secretary Harlan sold to the Connecticut emlgra-
ton society and which sale was set aside by ms
successor, who then sold it as above. 7sEt-s 4
1t was developed to-day, through. the remarks
of one Of the judges of the supreme court, that,
had the attorney general interposed any objec-
lions to the Hing OF the Georgia injunction case,
the court would have sustained those objections,
as it did in the Mississippi case. 8 $3.50
The New York Tribune's special says
Attorfey General Stanberry is said to have re-
Gently remarked to the district attorney of Viz
gnia that jeff sDavis must be disposed Of during
the coming of the circuit court of the United
States, WHICH meets at Richmond the first Mon
day in May teA1@ s.
The governor of Arkansas says that she ARK
is ready to organize under the reconstruction
act. ssts@ q . e
Further Investigation concerning the coin and
bullion captured on the downfall of the confeder-
acy shows conclusively that it belonged to the
rebel government, notwithstanding 1t was claimed
by the Richmond and New Orleans banks.
The New York Herald's special correspondence
from Dublin and Thurles indicates very plainly
that another and more extensive fenian rising il
expected in Ireland and that the British eomman,
derin-c chief is forced to keep fully prepared for
active exertion at any moment.
An action which took place between three
armed fenians-McClure and two others and
the men of British flying column, in wood
near Mitchelstown, was a most exciting affair
The determined bravery of the fenians as we'll al
the rapidty of their fire excited the admiration
of the soldiers. The three fenians fought 800 sol
diers until one of their numbsr was killed and
the remaining two captured.
The New York Herald special says
The rumor still prevails in Washington thai
negotiations are pending for the purchase o.
British America by the United States, Mr.. Sew.
ard proposing to give the Alabama claims in par
payment. ....
An expedition is being organized by the STATE
department to explore Russian America and ac
quaint our people with the value of their recent
acquisition. 1t viii start about the first week il
May.
The New York Herald's Queenstown, Ireland
correspondent says
There 10 an almost general exodus to the Unit
cd States. The class Of people emigrating is gen
| orally of the comfortable farming class.
The New York Worlds Washington spccia
| gives extracts from the testimony given befor,
the judiciary committee of the house of represen
tatives relative to the arrest of John H. Surratt
whose trial is expected to take place next June
| It would appear from the evidence given by DR.
| McMullen that Surratt was ignorant of the con
spiracy to assassinate President Lincoln though
| a party to the plot to abduct him.
Chicago, April ls.-A private dispatch from
| Houghton. Mich states that the ice along Lake
| Superior has commenced to break up, and indica
| tons therefore favor earlier resumption 0
navigation than usual.
WASHINGTON, April lS.-In the United State
| supreme court, to-day, an amended bill on behal
of the state of Mississippi against the secretar,
of war, Gent Grant and Major Gent Ord. Atty
General Stanberry moved to dismiss both thi
and the bill for the state of Georgia for want o
jurisdiction and by consent of the counscls oil
both sides, Friday, the 26th inst, is fixed for tn
hearing of the motion.