The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-03
ALCORN'S REPORTED ELECTION
DIsCREDITED,
TEN THOUSAND CONSERVATIVE
MAJORITY In TEXAS.
DEATH OF A. b. RICHARDSON.
SALE or GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
AT HARPER's FERRY.
THE Red RIVER WAR.

Of Washington Territory have adopted a
memorial to the authorities at Washington,
asking that the headquarters Of the Depart
ment of the Columbia be removed from
Portland to Vancouver
Governor Flanders, of Washington Terri.
tory, vetoed over one hundred acts Of the
Legislature, including the whole new code
OF laws prepared by the commission and en-
acted by q unanimous vote Of both houses
The Republican party of the Territory is
disorgauized. The action Of the Governor
is supposed to be a political movement,
DEs MoINEs, Iowa, Dec. 2.-One Of the
men killed by the collision on the Rock Is
land Pacific Railroad, on Monday evening
was +. IL. Spaulding, of Panora. Mr.. Nor
dyke will not survive his injuries. The re
mains of Mr. Smith, of Quincy, who was one
of the killed, were sent home yesterday
Rober, Tyren and two brskeSmen were also
injured, hut not fatally. The wreck was al
once cleared away, and trains are again en-
time. The responsibility OF the accident hal
not as yet been made known.
New YORK, Dec. "A d. Richardson
died at o'clock this morning. His re
mains will be taken to Midway, Mass, for
interment. The Coroner will view the body
this afternoon, ana hola an inquest on MON
day.
1t is stated that orders have been issued
to officers commanding troops stationed al
the various forts in New York harbor &c
hold their forces in readiness to move on
to morrow, supplied with ten days rations
The quertermsster and commissary depart
ments were busily engaged yesterday in
preparing for this mysterious movement
the direction and destination of which are
kept profoundly secret. Similar orders have
been issued to the officers at New London
and Sscketts Harbor. There are about
500 troops here.
The Herald says "Senator Sherman, OF
Ohio, in an interview with our Washington
correspondent, said that the time had not
yet arrived for resumption of specie pay.
ment, that it was dangerous to commercial
classes, and should be gradual"
A warrant has been issued for the arrest
of Conductor Parker, Of the New Jersey
railroad, who elected Patrick Lane from a
car recently while the train was on q bridge
so that Lane fell through and was drowned
Parker publishes a card saving that he did
not know the train was on the bridge at the
time.
OTTAWA, ILL.,, Dec. 1.-Two brothers
Charles and John Kelley, aged respectively
10 and years, the former skating snt
drawing the latter on hand sled, on the II
lnois and Michigan canal, were drowned il
| this city yesterday afternoon.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 2. 80 Dispatches from Mis-
| sissippi claim the State for Gen. Alcorn b,
| 20. 900 majority.
HousToN, Texas, Dec. 1.-The vote her,
in two days is 800. II is estimated tina
| Hamilton will carry the State by tweDt,
thousand.
In Jefferson the election is progressing
quietly, the colored votes being largely il
the majority.
| WHEELING, Dec. 2.--The sale of govern
ment property at Harper's Ferry, up Il
Wednesday, amounts in the aggregate t.
s2sO,000. The muskes and rife factory
with the Potomac and Shenandoah wate
power, was purchased by Captain +. 4
| Adams, There ia still a large number 0
| lots and valuable property to sell. Tn,
| Baltimore and Ohio railroad are heavy bid
ders.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.--Ths Psesiden
,eleerarhed Gov. Walker, Of Virginia, tha
ipssmuch as Virginia had complied with th,
provisions of the reconstruction laws, there
would not be, in his opinion. any great op.
position made in Congress to her admission
So far AZ he himself was concerned, he wa,
in favor of the immedia.e restoration Of be,
rights as a State.
Commissioner Delano has decided that
bonds of indemnity to the Government mus
be STAN ped the same az bond indemnify