The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-11-29
By Telegraph.
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TBE ADMINISTRATION
AND VIRGINIA.
No Opposition to be Made
to its Admission.
Georgia to be kept Out.
Another Batch Of CustOm Frauds.
Georgia to be kept Out
Another Batch Of Custom Frauds
THE SPANISH GUNBOATs.
The Expedition to 81. Domingo.
Arrest of a Custom House Broker.
THE CONDITION OF RICHARDSON.

New YORK, Nov. 27.-New Jersey Oil
GERS are waiting to catch Fisk and Goulc
on an indictment for fraud and conspiracy
Richardson is no better this afternoon
The doctors fear peritontas will set in
They say tomorrow will determine whethe
he can live. Mrs. Mcfarland snd he
mother are attending him
! Another batch of Custom House derraud
ers were unehrthed 10 day. Ae.a startling
revelations are coming.
The Spanish Consul here states that tht
| Spanish Government has appropriated So,
! 100000 for building Six screw corvettes a
! New York, but it is doubtful if they would
/ be built here now, the United States Gov
ernment had treated them so badly. Ht
also states that the Spanish Government did
not own the thirty gunboats. They weIC
! the property Of Mr.. Delsmater, though il
was true that money had been paid him
( If the United States Government endeavor
ed TO prevent them from going to Cuba di
| rect, aud threw them on Delamater's hands
there were Englishmen who stood ready 10
| buy them, and who would undoubtedly sell
them to the Spanierds.
| for St. Domingo, was accompanied by Gen
Ingalls, aud had in his possession sealed in
struclions from the President, directing him
as to what course he should pursue in the
pending negotiation with Baez's government
These instructions were not to opened until
the steamer should get to sea. As regards
the proposition for annexation, he having
assurance previously Of its favorable con.
siderstion by our Government, President
Baez has made preparation TO submit the
question to the votes of his people, and thus
obtain a popular Endorsement Of the meas
ure. This election viii occur Immediately
after the arriv.l AZ St. Domingo of Gener.
ais Babcock and Ingalls,. After the elec.
ton, supposlng the result to favor annexa.
ton, Bsez's Commissioners will visit the
United States and present their petition for
admission. The terms Of the annexation
will be the assumption Of the debt of the
Republic, amounting to less than million,
and the purchase Of the public buildings,
forts, etc, Of the State, which will amount
to not more than million.
OTTAWA, Nov. 27.--The government has
received dispatches from Mr.. McDougall
relative to the Winnepeg insurresction, con
firming the reports alreadr received Go
ernor McDougsll expressed the belief that
the the agitation will die out as soon as
proper explanations are made to the half
breeds.
+ WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-A delegation rep,
resenting the minority Of the late republi.
can convention held in Richmond, who bolt
ed from that convention, and are in favor OF
the immediate admission Of Virginia into
the union, called ct the executive maasion
and had an interview with the president this
morning The oh ect of the yisit was TO
counteract any move made, or to be made,
by the majority of that convention with a
view to delaying the admission Of the state
upon the assem- bling of Gangrsss. DurinS
tiie interview the President expressed him
self as is favor Of the admission Of NlrRiuin
at the earliest practi cable moment.
Gov. Walker has also been here and had
an interview with the President and receiv-
ed assurances that no opposition wall be
made to the admission Of his state. He left
this city last night.
1t has trenspired. within short time, that
an effort is to be made to keep Georgia un'
represented in the coming session OF Con
gress, on the ground that she has not been
properly reconstructed. The movement
proposes q committee to send for person and
papers,n order to take official cognizance OF
the expulsion of colored members by the
Legislature Of that state.
Hon. John G. Breckenridge of Kentucky,
has engaged rooms, and will arrive here on
Tuesday next
1t appears that the government has no
information, of an official character, relative
to the movement of the Spanish fleet, which,
it has been stated, was about to visit New
York. The usual monthly report of the
Admiral commanding the West India squad
ron was received at the Navy Department
yesterday, but no mention is made OF the
departure ofsny Spanish feet for month.
The Secretary of the Navy pronounces
the newspaper abstract Of his report, bogus.
LoUlsvILLE, Nov. q Chief Engineer
Fisk, of the Ohio river bridge, reported the
the span over the Indiana channel was
swung on its bearings this morning. 1t Is
400 feet long, and is the largest erected IN
America. The temporary superstructure
will now be removed, and in few
days the channel will be passi
bic for boats. The clearance under the
bridge above low water line i3 96} feet, and
above high water 4ja. Boats expecting to
pass underneath will have to regulate the
height of their chimneys accordingly. The
whole bridge will be passlble for trains by
Dec. 18th.
John L. Barton, Custom House broker
was arrested Yesterday on complaint OF B.
g. Jayne, an officer of the Custom House,
that be had at various times given bribes to
the amount OF 1890 to the weigbers in the
Custom House for procuring false returns oi
! weights Of coffee. Commissioner Belts com
mitted Barton in default of IS 900. Sever.
al other warrants have been issued, and it
is said to be the intention Of the authorizes
after the prosecution for bribery, to bring 6