The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-25
By Telegraph.
Another Railroad Accident
WashingtOn'S Patent Rail
road Brake Tested.
The u. 8. and Mexican
Claims Commission.
4 SPEtIE-PAYMENT BILL FROM
G4N, GARFIELD.
NAVIGATION ON HE ILLINOIS AND
MICHIGAN CANAL,
The 81. Louis Building Disaster.
POLITICS OF TIE CONSTITUTIONAL
NAVIGATION ON HE ILLINOIS AMI
MICHIGAN CANAL,
The 81. Louis Building Disaster.
POLITICS OF TIE CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION.
The louisville Bridge.
George Peabody's Remains.
Death OF Gen. Dulce.

IuEr WAYNE, Ind, Nov. 24.--A special
passenger tram OF seven cars and locomo
tive, passed through here to-day, en- route
from fhlIedelpha TO Chicago. ha,inp at.
tsched new patent atmospheric brake.
which IS being tested with view to its adop.
ton by the Pennsylvania Central and the
Fort Wayne Roads. The brake has been
tired at various points, and is found to be
aoIe to stop regular passenger train going
at forty miles per hour in the space of seven
! cars length without any jar whatever. To.
morrow the train will be tried upon the
Northwestern Road, near Chicago. The
! patentee, George Washington, Jr Of Pitts.
burgh, accompanied by number Of other
interested persons, is on the train. which
will arrive at It's destination about 1 o'clock
this evening.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2l.-Some three hun
dred American claims have already been
filed with the United States aud Mexican
Claims Commission, for amounts varving
from five hundred to three million dollars
Some claimants demand very exorbitant
damages, blt most claims appear well found
ed. Some fifty cases grew out Of }. Napol.
con Seaman 8 expedition. which sailed from
San francisco to Lower California in aid OF
the Alvarez revolution about 1857, Seaman
himself appearing among the claimants,
The secretaries, and Commissioners on the
part of both governments have been busy for
some months dOcketing and arranging the
claims, and will be ready to proceed with its
work when itreconvcuos the first Monday in
December.
1t is understood that General Garfield, of
Ohio, will introduce, at the coming session,
a bill offered by him FEBRUARY, 1863, pruvid-
ing for resumng specie payments. 1t is
modelled on the system used by England
when she resumed in 1921. After the bill is
introduced General Garfield will eudegvor to
have i referred to the Committe Ou banking
and Currency, of which be is Chairman, and
not to the weys and means, where it was
strangled before
ia SALE, Ills, Nov 24.--All the boats
have now passed out Of the Illinois and
Michigan Canal, excepting three or four
which are discmbarking their cargoes at
Ottawa, and will probably winter there. The
Banner, Neptune and Paramount, loaded
with lumber, for st. Louis, passed out of the
canal yesterday, and are now awaiting an
opportunity to 90 down the river, but as
there are formidable ice gorges at various
points along the Illinois river, and only
about thirty.fye inches of water on Tree
Top Bar, it Is doubtful whether they will be
able to get through this fall.
ST. LUrIs, Nov 2f.-The inQueat on the
diaastor by the fall of the building on the
corner Of Fifth and Olive streets has ad
journed, The Investigation shows that the
accident happened primarily from defect
i've foundation under one pillar, and Imme
diately by attempting 10 raise the iron girder
above by means of jack screws Of unequal
length, breaking the llanRe and throwing
over the wall.
The Supreme Court Of this State y6ster.
day gave decision upholding the right of
the city to levy special taxes upon property
owners for opening, widening or repairing
streets,
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Nov. 24.-All the piers
of the Ohio river bridge and the four hun
dred feet span over the middle span were
completad to day. The entire structure
will be ready for the rassage OF trains in
about twenty days.
SPRINGFIELD, Nov. 24.-Returns are yet |
to be received from three districts for mem |
bers Of the Constitutional Convention, which, |
when made, will show the Convention to be |
divided on strict party grounds into forty. |
four Republicans and forty one Democrats.
1t is useless to talk of independents, for
upon any party question the above cIassif'
cation indicates the certain division.
HAVANA, Nov 24.--An attempt was re.
Gently made to incite the negroes to rebellion
on the plantations about Segua, The plot
WIGS discovered, and the rugleaders arrested
and promptly executed.
ERIE, Pa, Nov. 24.-About halt past
last evening toe mail tain west, on th9
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad. collided
with a freight train going east, near Patio
mia, about seventvGve miles from Erie.
Both locomotives are complete wrecks, and
the baggage car was telescoped into the
car, No one was killed, though
about dozen persons, mostly employed on
the road was injured.
LoNDoy, Nov. 2i,-The sailing Of the
steamship Monarch, with the remains OF the
late George Peabody, has been postponed
urtil Friday, Dec. ,.
MADRID, Nov. 24.-GeneraI Dulce, re
Gently ut the head Of the Government in
Cuba, died yesterday.
The Government will soon preaent 70 the
Cortes a number of documents bearing on
:he Cuban question.