The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-25
Market Reports.

LONDON, March 24.-The clipper ship
Patriarch made the voyage from England &c
Sidney, Australia, in 67 days-the shortes,
| passage recorded.
correspondent at Tours, France, com
ments on the evident purpose of all the wit
nesses to suppress or distort the facts In the
Noir case.
The cable from Alden, Arabia. through the
Red Sea, to Suez, Egypt, has been success
| fully laid, completing the direct sub marine
line from Bombay to Suez.
TouRs, France, March 24.-The Procur
eur General has been notified that the cases
| of persons accused of conspiracy against the
| state and the life of the Emperor will come
before the High Courr now in session here
CINCINNATI, March "a "A tailor named
dam Herdt, committed suicide this after
noon at a quarter past 2 o'clock, by blowing
his head to pieces with q shot gun. The
walls were bespattered with his blood and
brains, and the spectacle was q shocking
one. He was in good circumstances, and
had once been IN an insane asylum, from
which he was discharged as cured. 1t is
supposed he committed the deed while suf
fering from another attack Of lunacy.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-A calculation
has been made at the Treasury Department,
and to Gay submitted to Secretary Boutwell,,
showing that Q sinking fund of twenty five
millions per snnum will cancel the public
debt In twenty three and half years, and
that a sinking fund of one hundred millions
per annumu will cancel the entire debt in
ten years.
Notw outstanding the strong opposition OF
some of the national banks to the Funding
bill clause relating to national banhs, the
Secretary has no doubt of Its adoption by
The committee of the House.
Senator Wilson has proposed q new army
bill, to be submitted TO his committee. 1t
provides for mastering out at least eight reg.
ments, SO that the maximum of the army
will not be more than 5000. The 400 or
500 supernumersry officers, as provided In
Morgau's bill, are not thrown out of service.
The pay of officers will remain the same
as in the House bill.
The ways and means committee heard
several interests to day respecting modi6ca-
tions of the tariff bill.
The Senate went into executive session @
few minutes after II to consider the San
Domingo treaty. Mr.. Sumner is making a
strong speech against its ratification. Two
other members spoke against 1t, besides
quite q mum Der of other Senators. Messrs.
Morton, Conkling and Cameron will speak
in behalf Of the treaty. The President saw
several Senators to day, and urged them not
to allow it to be rejected. A special bearer
of dispatches reached here yesterday morn
ing from San D ,mingo, bringing the ofhciai
vote on the annexation scheme de repre-
sents that there was great enthuslasm IN all
parts of the island on the announcement of
the vote, there being but little opposition to
it, The bearer of dispatches was sent to
the Capitol to lay the facts before the Sena-
tors.
The House territorial committee heard
arguments yesterday in favor of the Admis-
sion of New Mexico as a State. She has
the necessary number of inhab abitsnts to emit
tie her to admission.
NEW YORK, March 25.-So far as appears
ON the surface. the active search for the eb-
sconding Collector Bailey is practically aban-
doned, and unless he is betrayed or volun-
,srily surrenders himself, ii seems more than
probable that ne will not Do seen again In
this city.
A meeting in sympathy with a peace
policy toward the Indians will be held in
this city on Friday evening next at the
Friends meeting house. The Cherokee
delegates, now in Washington, are expected
to attend, and it is understood tha, the prin-
cipal Chiefs, Downing, Colonel Adair, Colonel
vaun and others will be present and ex olain
the mode of life, and social and political
az stem of the Cherokee Nation. These del
egates are very intelligent men. and two OF
them can speak English with fuency.
MANCHESTER, o March 25.-On Sunday
last, while J. C. Rinehsrt, q school teacher,
and F.. ]. Connell, carpenter, were walk
ing along the highway, they met drunken
man named James Hull, who drew pistol,
fred, and killed Connell. Rinehart drew a
pistol, but too late to save Connell. he then
returned The fire, the ball taking effect IN
Huff's left side, near the heart, but, however
giving Huff time for second shot, which
brought Rinehart to the ground. mortaily
wounding him. A farmer by the name oi
Pownell, residing near where the sad affair
occurred, hearing the firing FASTENED to the
scene of action, arriving just in time to gam
the particulars from Rinehart. who died IN
moments after his arrival Thus ended the
lives of three of our citizens.