The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-02
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| pen, formerly president OF the FIRST Nauou.
81 Bank, of Elmira, and Croton NATIONAL
Bank, of this city, has been arraigned before
| the United States commissioner, charged
| with embezzlement of $4,000 from the for
mer and 100000 from the latter bank.
The Croton Bank was closed last year by
| the bank examiner. ~ .fE'
j. f. Brown. messenger of the Merchants
Union EXPRESS, was robbed by unknown
parties ON the Hudson River railroad Thurs
day, of $4,000 in gold and $4,000 in curren-
cy. The thieves surprised and attacked him
at point ten miles above this city, and he
was found insensible in the car on its ARR.
| val.
| LANCASTER, Pa, May 2.-The city election
| took place to-day. The democratic majority
| for city auditor is 324 there is o democrat
ic loss on Mayor, since last year, of ls7
votes. The republicans gain 8 members Of
| the council which makes q tie vote on the
| joint ballot One branch of the council is
| republican by three majority, the first time
in many years. The republicans are jubi,
liant, aud are parading their bands Of music.
| CHIcAGo, May 2.-The case Of Theodore
| Cameron, held for shooting Joseph Bruce,
at No. III Madison street, on Friday night
of last week, was examined before the grand
| jury, yesterday Nc indictment was found,
and Mr.. Cameron was accordingly set at lib
erty.
ELxrnA, N. Y, May 2.-Seymour B. Forr.
man, proprietor and editor OF the Elmra
Daily Advertiser, died to-day. at Port Jervis,
of iuries received at the recent accident on
| the Erie railroad at Carrs Rock.
| SrAIEsvILLE, N. c., May Thomas
Dula was hung here to-day, for the murder
of Laura Foster, in May 1866. Over three
thonsand persons we're present. aE8ES
Nfw YoRE, May s-The SHerslds Wssh-
ington's despatch says: Ii is believed that
if the President is to be removed, his cab
met will refuse to quit on the ground that
the acting President not being a consti
tutional President, has no right to remove
them. The same despatch says that il is
thought that the public debt statement will
show a reduction of ten millions.
NEw YoRK, May 2.-Australian Kelly,
the noted prize fighter, and VIM. McGinnis,
entered the real estate Office of VIM. Il.
Garvey, in Mulberry street, last evening,
Knocked Garvey down and robbed him Of
$4,000. They were arrested.
| WASHINGTON, May 2.-Judge Black has
written another letter to President Johnsen,
relative to The Alta Vela affair. In it he
says that he knew nothing of the letter
signed by certain radicals of the house IN
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| selling the President in relation TO the affair,
| and that he had no Communication whatever
| with them on the subject After reviewing
the case, at ssme length, Mr.. Black asserts
that Mr.. Seward made false statement to
him, in writing, concerning the conclusions
the President had reached. and that when
the deception was exposed, the President
ordered the written exposure Of it to be put
on record.
ATLANTA, Ga, May 1.-The Tribune 5
special SAYS: The republicans have made a
clean sweep, electing their governor and q
| majority of the state senate and the lower
! branches Of the legislature, and four out of
seven congressmen. Over 4I,C0o white
men voted the republican ticket. Over
Is 900 black men have been forced and
: swiudled into voting the disunion ticket.
CANTON, ILL.; May 1.-The Fulton county
republican convention was held here to-day.
The following delegates were appointed 10
the state convention: A. c. Bsbcock, Col.
Thos. ]. Kinney. Ia. Boyd, Wm. c. Day,
George W. Sax, David NJ. Vump, Jonas
Powell and Maj. C. B. Cox. The couvcn-
ton unanimously instructed the delegates to
vote for Col. Robert Ingersol for governor,
and Gen. E. Lippincott for auditor.
81 WASHINGTON, May 2.-On returning from
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resolution, offered by Mr.. Brooks, relative
to the signing of the Alta Vells letter by
the managers of the impeachment case.
The debate thereupon was quite lengthy and
very personal, and was carried on by Lo-
,, gan, Butler, Brooks and others. Mr.. Butler
charged Mr. Brooks with calling him gold
robber Mr.. Brooks acknowledged this.
and claimed that his expose had caused Mr.
Butler 70 surrender the cole be had seized
I, from the citizens of New York at New Or
leans. Mr.. Butler alluded 10 Mr.. Brooks
connection with Mr. Clark, TO settle the bus
mess growing out of the ownership of the
+, New York Express. Finally, the house
: tabled Mr.. Brooks resolution by yeas 60
: nays 26.
SAN Francisco, May 1.-The democratic
: convention last night nominated as presi
Dental electors the following named gentle
men; /. J. Henley, L. c. Keven. ". T
, | Wallace, f. J. Bidden and Geo. Pearce
For congressman from the Sd district, Jas
, A. johnson was nominated TO day. Reso
: buttons were adopted denouneing the recon
struetion policy of congress; declaring the
policy of congress in violation of the Crit
. | tenden resolutions of 1861; asserting the
Impeachment trial to be an act of party NO
! lence calculated TO make the United States
, | government ridiculous in the eyes of the
! world; endorsing Haight as one of the grea
q men Of the nation; resolving never TO b
: governed by negroes, and favoring the ap
, plication of the eight hour rule to all public
works. Nothing is said about the payment
; of the public debt. The convention is large
: and enthusiastic and excites much publit
a interest.
New YoRK, May 2.-On the I'D oc Marcel
; the safe of Ambrose, Kingsland & Co. wal
, robbed of sic, geo worth of bonds. A few
: since q record Of the numbers of some of tht
bonds were found on the books of Manning
& Deforrest, brokers. who were
, arrested. An investigation showed theI
. purchased them of another party who pur
! chased them of still another party. The de
PENDANTS were held in bail.
A hotel near Fort Lee was destroyed b.
: fire, yesterday. Loss $1,000, insured fol-
! $4,000. 49, - S
: Colonel Nephogie is still detained oil
charge of forging. he says be can show
= entire inocence.F EfE u