The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-24
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WASHINGTON, March 24.-Secretary
Boutwell, had another conference With the
ways and means committee to-day on the
funding bill No conclusion has been
reached by the committee, and from present
appearances it will be some time before they
will report on it, and when they do report it
will be amended materially.
Senator Cole, of California, has com.
planned to several Senators that Mr.. Cor
ham, Secretary of the Senate, had frequently
lnsulted him, and Senatorial caucus was
held Yesterday morning TO consider the mat
ter, when q committee, composed OF Sena-
tors Howard, Sumner and Ramsey, was
appointed to investigate it, aud report TO q
Senate caucus what action, if any, should be
taken on the subject.
Senator Sumner says he intends to move
to 90 into executive session al | o'clock TO
consider the St. Domingo treaty, according
to an understanding with President Grant,
but that if majority of the Senate desire
to proceed with other business, he has no
objection. he says he does not believe the
President has many disciples.
Parties appeared before the Committee to-
day, in favor of a change of the pilot sys-
tenn, represented by counsel from Philidel-
phis and New York. Mr. Spoford present
ed a mass of statistics. The matter is still
under consideration.
Comptroller Hulburd favors a reduction
of the tax on National Bank circulation
from one per cent. 10 one eighth of one per
cent, which he says will be ample to defray
the expenses of running the Comptroller s
office. The aggregate amount received from
National Banks in the way of tax is about
eight million dollars.
There were only sixteen Senstors present
at the White House last night, although
there were many more invited, to confer on
the San Domingo treaty.
The House Appropriation Committee to-
day finished the Diplomatic and Consular
bill. 1t sppropriates one million dollars,
being one hundred thousand dollars less
than the appropriation for last year. There
is no appropriation for Minister TO Para
quay.
James P. Bradley, the new Associate
Justice, took his seat on the bench of the
Supreme Court, this morning, after being
sworn. 1t is thought one of the legal ten
der cases will come up this week, and as it
is known that Bradley is opposed to Chase 8
opinion, it is deemed important to have him
here. He was telegraphed to come over
here.
ST.. LOUIS, March 24.-Lsfayette Burns,
of Syracuse, and James W. Long, of Bruins
wick, both postrnasters, have been sentenced
by the L. s. District Court, at Jefferson
City, to ten years in the penitentiary, for
taking money from letters.
New York, March 24-By the arrival OF
the steamer Merrimsc, from Rio Janeiro, we
have some information about the dreadful
condition of Paraguay. The country is one
vast ruin. The towns are depopulated, and
the people are literally starving. There are
thousands living on roots and whstever trui.
they can find. Twenty thousand widowed
women are hanging about Asuncion, vsInly
striving to procure passage to Buenos Ayres
or Montevideo. Gangs of deserters are
prowling through the country robbing and
numbering. Lopez is safe in the mountains
succored by the Indians, but the Brazilians
had possession of the whole country, with
that exception.
INDINAPoLIs, IND, March 24.-An old
man named Critics, from Sullivan. Ind, who
was on his way to Ohio, dropped dead in the
Union Depot, about o'clock, this morning
as he was step ping on the train. A Coron-
er's Jury returned a verdict that death re-
suited from some unknown internal cause.
PHILADELPHIA, MArcn II. - Oeuera
Thelman, Pleasa ton, Custar, Davis, Tor
bet, and other cavalry leaders, are consum-
mating plans for ors'anizing q cavalry SO
ciety. All cavalry officers and privases are
invited to meet in a onvention called for
the 9Th of April, and to meet in this city.
MILWAUKEE, March 2.t-At l o'clock thil
afternoon fire broke out In the engine room
of the Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad re
pair shop, while all the men except ont
we're at dinner. The whole shop was sooI
enveloped in flames, the en- ngineer in charg,
barely having time to pick up his coat ant
get out, -Four engines we're burned. abou
dozen box cars, and considerable otbe
material. together with all the workmen'
tools. Loss estimated at fully 100000
Some of the workmen tried to get their tool
ort and got severely scorched The build
ing was twenty years old and burned hk
tinder. If this fire results in the building o
new and FIRE proof buildings, it may preven
other disaterous fires in in that vaclnity.
LEAvESwoRrH, Kansas, March IA
man named Haubke was killed in a row wit
soldiers, at Fort Leavenworth, last night
The Lesvenworth Coal Company reached
by shaft, last night, an inexhaustible bee
not excelled in quality BY any west OF Pitts
! burg. There il great satisfaction amonl
the citizens and manufacturing interest
| thereat.