The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-08-03
BY Telegraph.
THE TAMMANY NEET-
ING IN NEW YORK.
EMPHATIC RESOLU-
TIONS ADOPTED.
Dent officials in Mississippi
Removed.
Chicago River to be TunneIed.
Large Railroad Sub
scription.
EMANCIPATION CELEBRATED.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
Chicago River to be TunneIed.
Large Railroad Sub
scription.
EMANCIPATION CELEBRATED.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
MINING ACCIDENT IN DRESDEN,
Three Hundred Men Killed.

CHICAGO, Aug 3.-Francis r. Childs
Secretary Of the Western Star Metal Co.
was arrested yesterday charged with alter
ing certificate Of stock in the Lumber
mans Insurance Co. from eight shares tc
eighty, which he had negotiated with a real
estate hrm. Childs has heretofore borne a
good reputation for integrity.
The council, at its meeting last night
ordered the construction Of tunnel under
the main Chicago river, between the north
and south divisions at La Sale street.
| Oscar Waldbsrn, silver plate worker in
the Calhoun Block, South Clark street. was
severely, perhaps fatally, burned yesterday
by the explosion of tin can of kerosene
oil. Several other minor accidents occurred
during the day.
The colored people quite generally oee-
brsted emancipation day by means of pic
MICS at Haas Park, Washington Heights,
and elsewhere. Messrs. Antoine and
Pinchbeck, coored senators from louisa
ma, made speeches.
A special from South Bend notices the
arrival Of Spinner's ten dollar greenbacks,
several of which were passed.
The Chicago commercial party reached
Omaha yesterday upon their return, aud had
an extended interview with Col. Hammond,
superintendent of the Union Pacific railroad
A Washington special says: The district
attorney of Mississippi, who was removed
Oh Saturday by the President, is one of the
leading men in the Dent movement. 1t is
reported that other officials favorable to
Dent will be removed.
An English house has subscribed 81, ,O00,.
600 in stock to the Norfolk and Great West.
ern railroad, so a. To control the road from
Norfolk to Bristol and make il the last link
in through line from Norfolk to Santiago.
NEw YORK, Aug. 5.-A party of white
rowdies assaulted negro pic mic near New.
ark, yesterday. A desperate fight eusued
between O'Donnell and O'Brien, who were
fatally stabbed. Several others we're wound.
ed. Several arrests were made.
Dovel's ink factory, in Newark, was
burned last night. Loss $4,000
Que Of the captured flibusters who re.
fused to sign an agreement not to violate
the neutrality laws, was sent to Blackwells
Island yesterday as vagrant
DRESDEN, Aug. 3.--A dreadful accident
occurred yesterday in the coal mines near
this city. Over three hundred persons we're
killed outright-no particulars. The acci-
dent is said to have been attributed TO the
stormy weather.
New YORK, Aug. 3-The resolutions
passed at the Tsmmany meeting last night
hold that the question of the British rejec.
ton of the claims of Irish American citizens
present an international question between
this country and Great Britain superior TO
those arising out of the conflict between the
two countries on the belgerent rights Of the
north and south commend the Alabama
claims that the sympathy of the democratic
party is with the Cubans struggling to over.
throw the exactions of Spanish revenue Off
GERS, the bloody tyranny, and patriot govern
ment for the native Cubans that so far as
we can without rendering ourselves amena.
BILE to neutrality laws, will endeavor to sue
cor and comfort the struggling people Of
Cuba that if the administration, on the sub
iects involving the sovereignty Of American
citizenship, would only exercise the aacrity |
which it has observed toward hunting refu
gees on the shelter of an Island, and in de-
tanning them in Fort Lafayette until they
took an oath, our national honor would be
better indicated, and the ust demand for |
the sYmpathies of the American people |
would be widely gratifed; that the recent |
outrages by the Spanish government IN Gu. |
ba, in the execution Of American citizens |
without form Of trial, should have received |
the most instant and urgsnt attention at The |
hands of Grants administration, and such as
would have been given in behalf Of outraged |
American people, had the Democrats been |
at the head OF the government; that IN vain |
would the administration, against the wishes
Of Cubsns, acquire their Island by purchase
and 80 make them citizens of the United |
States, if the oppressed inhabitants of that
unhappy island, come to seek a merlcsnship |
so recklessly regarded by our federal admin
istration; it is the duty Of every patriot to
demand that the government awake from It's
retc ent imbecility, and endeavor at once
TO right the American nation upon these
questions of outrage BY British and Spanish
officials on sovereignty Of American citizen
ship.
Governor Hoffman sent letter, saying
our government has been disgraced By It's
failure to protect Am aricsn citizens against
cruelty, injustice and oppression whether in
Great Britain or Cuba. The mission Of the.
dem, ratio party is to wipe out that disgrace
and that they will do it with the next ad.
mnistration. Let US have peace. when the |
rights Of American citizens are not tram pied |