The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-12
By Telegraph.
Death Of RObt. j. Walker.
The Sugar Crop of Cuba
to be Destroyed.
Activity in the Navy.
PROSPERITY AND TRANQUILITY
OF THE SOUTH.
MISSOURI SOWS ONLY HALF CROP
OF WHEAT. .
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CANADIANS LOOKING AFTER An
NEXATI0N.
Farragut and Porter Quarrel.
Farragut and Porter Quarrel.
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF PUB.
LIC CHARITIES.
MRS. CLARK CONFESSES TIE Kill
LING OF HER CHILDREN.

report that Mrs. Clark, the mother Of III,
murdered children at Edinvile Marshal
county, has confessed the crime-that
physician who visited her on Sunday say
her reason was restored, and that she re
quested all her friends and relatives to as
semble in the room where she WAS, provided
they were prepared to hear something terri
bic. After those present had come into the
room, she told them that she had killed hei
children, and that she did not know wha
she killed them with, nor why; but knew
she had committed the act The doctor
called in the next morning, and found that
a mention of any of the circumstances con
nected with the tragedy caused her mind to
beeou 9 crazed, she complaining of her head
hurting her.
New YORK, Nov. 1.-THE Herald con.
cludes that the activity in naval matters
the order for the Miantonomah to be ready
for sea, the ordering into commission and
fitting out rapidly of the Sevatara and two
other vessels, the sudden transfer of stores
and army supplies to the frigste Albany,
with orders for that vessel to sail immedi.
ately for Cuba, and other important move.
ments--indicate that the Government is
about to take decisive course on the Gu.
ban question, and in favor of Cuban inde.
pendence.
The burning Of the sugar crop in Cuba,
as proposed by Cespedes, in order to kesp
the Spaniards from using it, will cost the
United States, according to Cuban esti.
mates, from fifty to sixty millions of dollars
IN customs, revenue and income from com.
mereial transactions.
New YoRK, Nov. ll.-A letter from Ma.
con, Ga, says:
"The evidences of returning prosperity
in the South are specially noteworthy. Al
though the cotton crop is much less than
the planters expected TO gather, and the
price is much smaller than they hoped to
receive, yet the country generally is pros.
porous. During the last week large pro.
portion of the notes Of the planters in this
part of the State to their merchants and
factors fell due, aud not one has been pro.
tested. Every one was paid in full at ma.
turity. The laborers are contented, aud
Notwithstanding the recent labor conven.
ton, are contracting largely to work another
year with the same employers. The labor.
ers who made these engagements were well
and tairl y treated, and were literally com.
pensated.
"The country is perfectly Tranquil. There
are remarkably few cases of crime, and
none of an aggravated character. Politics
are neither spoken or thought of. The
State Fair, the price of cotton fertilizers,
and the next crop, are the engrossing sub
ects for thought and discussion"
SPRINGFIELD. H., Nov. 1.-The after.
noon session Of the Board of Public Chair
ties was very interesting, and resulted in the
unanimous passage of the following resolu
tlons:
Resolved, In the judgement of this Con.
ference, go far as practicable, combination
in insane asyums of the cottage system,
with that at present in vogue, is desirable.
Resolved, That there are weighty reasons
to believe such combination is practicable,
and it would increase the economy and eff
cheney of asylums for the insane.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1.-THE millers and
grocers here are about making trial Of
direct trade 10 Brazil The millers are to |
5000 barrels Of flour, which is to |
be shipped to Rio Janeiro and exchanged |
for or held as margin for a cargo of coffee |
and loss, to be divided equally between the
milers and cotfee.dealers.
Reports received by commission house
here indicate that less than one half the
breadth of land has been sown in wheat this
year as compared with last.
New YoRK, Nov. ll.--lt is said that in
Farragut's claim for prize money, he sets
forth that Porter's mortar fleet bombarded
the rebel positions at New Orleans seven
days without doing any appreclsble damage
or incapacitating them from defense, and
that he did not capture any position of the
enemy's feet. Porter puts in paper stat
ing that he was the first to suggest the at
tack; that he worked eight days to get Far.
ragut's feet over the bar; also, that the
statement made by Farragut concerning him
have no foundation in fsot.
WASHINGTON, Nov. ll.-Robert j. Walk
ar died here this moroing. No ARRANGE
ment has yet been made for the funeral.
; 1t has been definitely ascertsined that only
one thousand sheets, with six on sheet, OF
sixty pound counterfeit tobacco stamps,were
issued. The government has captured five
hundred Of them in different places, so thst
but one.half Of them il still out, represent.
ing about s57 900.
Applications having been made by the
Cuba Telegraph Company to the Navy De-
partment to furnish vessel to take the.
soundings from West Lsdes to Rio, an off.
Ger will shortly be detailed with a vessel for
the purpose. The Navy Department is anx
ious to get the information which this will |
secure.
Some prominent Canadians were at the |
White House to-day, and called upon the |
President relative to annexation. They also