The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-02-03
Constitutional Convention.
Petitions for Division of
Counties---Various Re-
ports from Commit
tees---More of the
Canals----Other
News, etc.
WASHINGTON.
Navy Work--Income Tax--ReV-
enue Bureau DefenSe--DeVel-
opements Promised--A Can
didate--Currency Bill Re-
ceives Auention---2O
Millions more for
the West.
n H w Y O R X
n Il w Y OR X d.
Observation-Disclosures MIL
LION FIRE--CGLORED CONVEN-
TI0N--ANOTHER FIRE.
FOREIGN NEWS.


ton met at 10 O'Clock this morning.
| Several petitions in regard to the forms
ton and division of counties were receive
and referred.
Mr.. Browning, from the committee OF
Municipal Corporations, reported sewers
sections on that subject. The committe
amended that all taxes shall be uni
form, and that the private property shal
not be taken to satisfy claims against corpo
rstiops. A minority report was also sub
mItted.
Mr.. Archer made full report from III
committee on Future Amendments. Twt
minority reports were also submitted. Th
committee disag reed on the question of al
oath, some tayoEing and others opposing an
oath whatever
| The legislative committee returned it
report which had been withdrawn fo
amendment. The report has been ma
terlslly altered from what was first pub
! lshed.
| The convention went into committee OF
the whole on the canal question, Mr.. Hanns
in the chair.
Mr.. Haines, of Lake, opened the discus
sion. His speech was well mstured. Severa
efforts were made by the opponents of the
canal to destroy the etfec; of his speech, but
every one failed. An afternoon session will
be held, when Messrs. Tincher and Wheaton
will speak.
The friends of the canal feel ssnguine, aud
say they will have q vote TO day, if the dis
cussion is continued till midnight.
At one o'clock the committee rose, and
the convention adjourned TO two this after,
noon.
al.
more ofvsluabe books were added yesterday
to the State Library.
The Governor has appointed for the St.
Louis and Southern Railroad three Directors
viz: Daniel Hay, of Washington county,
JOS T. Castle. of Gallitin county, and Aaron
q. Cloud, of Hamilton county, under the
Sth section of the act to fund, etc g, railroad
debts.
The Springfield aud Southeastern Rail
road Is completed between this place and
Pana, and trains are now running regularly
between these points.
The Tradesmen's Fire Insurance Com
pany and the Lorrillard Insurance Company,
both of New FORK, and the Chicago Fire In
surance Company OF Chicago, filed their an
uuai statements In the Office Of the State
Auditor Yesterday.
The receipts fof January into the State
Treasury were: Illinois Central Railroad,
S254,9 .j6 school fund, 1857; interest,
Sc So u; State debt, $7,7S6.75; revenue,
SIS .sg7 IA: total 32s, ,366.24. Warrants
issued in january: For revenue, Ss4,56l.-
81; for State debt, 58.S37,90; for interest
fund, l4l ,839. II; for school fund, 2,9j3.S9;
total, 287,742.5a.
WAsHINGroS, Feb. 3.-Secretary Robe
son and Admiral Porter did not appear be-
fore the House committee OF Appropria-
tions to day, and hence nothing was uone
with the matter of allowing the transfer of
four millions to the Construction and Engi-
neering Bureau TO allow the men suspended
in the navy yards TO resume work.
Tne Ways and Means committee at the
next meeting, will take up the Revenue bill,
with the view Of making such changes as
are indicated in the Commissioner report
in regard to the income tax. The com
mittee favor q material reduction OF the
tax.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has as
sumed the defensive in the matter OF suits
brought against it's officials by certain par
ties who felt the emselyes aggrieved at the
decisions, and has removed them from the
State to the United States courts, with the
in trntion of prosecuting them to the end.
| Mr.. Swami, from the com mittee on foreign
affairs, reported a resolution calling upon
/ those present for information relative to the
imprisonment of American citizens IN British
! prisons. He stated that the President had
information on this subject which would be
of interest to the country. Several
gentlemen made speeches in favor of the
resolution.
Strong pressure is made by prominent
noh,;ciaps on the President in favor of his
appointing Judge Carter, OF Ohio, as Asso
ciate Justice Of the Supreme Court, in case
HoaI is rejected.
The Senate has rejected the amendment
of Senator Morton to Sherman finance
bill, which provided that the amount OF cur
reucy to be re-distributed shall be hfty-t"t
millions. and has adopted the proposltlon d
the committee to make 1t forty hve miiilons
A new section has been added provloihe
that twenty millions shall be taken IRON
States having gu excess, and Distributed
among the Southern aud Western States
making IN all sixty five millions.
New YORK, Feb. 3.-The murders com
u tilted daily in this city are becoming
prominent feature of the morning news.
Popular Indignation at the tardy melting
out of Justice is aroused, and undoubtedly
vigilance committee has been organized
Their deliberations have been in secret, bu
the police officials have taken steps to gusrc
against violation of the peace.
Ochtrhausen Bros.'s great sugar ware
house, Nos. 10, q, and % Rose street, ano
several tenement houses in VandewateI
street, we're destroyed by FIRE yesterday
morning, which is not yet subdued. The
wss already amounts to over 100000, and
loill probably reach half q million.
VIENNA, Feb.-Arch Duchess Elizabeth
of Austria has fled to America, having
em mbarked at Hamburgh.
LONDON, Feb. 3.-A letter has been re.
ceived from Captain Cochran, of the Royal
Navy, commanding Petral station off the