The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-02
By Telegraph.
WASHINGTON.
THOSE CADET THEIVES.--U. 4.
Observation-Disclosures
ICY AND P0LITICS--THE
18TH AMEND DMENT--
THE ONEIDA DIS
ASTER.
Public Debt Statement.
Gold Plot Investigati0n--WOrk Re-
suned in the Navy Yard--The
Missing Steamer,
Constitutional Convention.
lnCeadiarism- German Colony.
roRHIoN NEWS.
Constitutional Convention
lnceadiariSm-- German Colony.
FoRHIoN NEWS.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The House has
lust passed a resolution concerning De-
weese, of North Carolina, for selling naval
csdetshps.
! The military Committee had one witness
before to day In the case of Gollsday. His
testimony was only a confirmation of other
| ev idence agsinst GOlladay.
! The friends of both Judges Strong and
/ Bradley are fearful that the long delay In
their cases will result in their defeat. Siren
uous efforts were made yesterday to secure
favorable action, but their opponents carried
them over. Both are believed TO have a
clear majority when the vote is reached.
The case of Judge William Fullerton,
which originated during the Investigations
into the alleged whisky trauds on the part of
ex Com mssioners Rollins and Harland, was
| called for trial before Judge Woodruff, yes
| terday, and was postponed until Monday
next, on account of the illness of Charles
0'Connor, one of Fullertous counsel, who is
confined to his residence on Washington
Heights, with small pox.
The Pacific Railroad Committee denies
leave to allow the Atlantic and Pacific rail
road the time asked to finish the construc
tisn Of their road. The vote in committee
was tie, and the opposition to Atlantic and
Pacific announce their determination to
fight it in the House.
| The Judiciary Committee OF the House
is maturing bill to enforce the provisions
of the Fifteenth Amendment. At meeting
of the committee this morning, Judge Bing
ham urged the bill recently introduced by
him, but no action was taken. The object
is 10 overcome local State laws that will
prevent negroes from voting, notwitkstand-
ing the Fift senth Amendment.
The public debt statement shows a decline
If S6,500,C0 The amount OF the coin IN
the Treasury is Sl02 2,000,0 900, and currency
$40, 100000.
New YORK, March 2.-The testimony be
fore the special congressional committee in
regard to the gold plot is published 1t is
very voluminous, and clearly indicates the
cause of the panic and the untruth of the
stories regarding the completely of the
administration.
The Times this morning, in reviewing the
report, says that the whole story comes to
this : Boutwell, undoubtedly acsed as he
believed, in the interest of the public. Fisk
and Gould thought they were going to make
a fortune By sending up the price of gold,
and they believed that Corbin woald further
their schemes. They also tried TO get Gen.
Bntterfeld on their side, and it must be
owned that he does not come out OF the affair
with perfectly clean hands. Fisk and his
associates did not find the plot work well,
but Gould modestly declined to say how
much they made out of it. On the whole,
finally the President and one or two others,
who were scaudalously trad at the time,
are shown to have acted throughout with the
highest integrity.
Judge Spencer has vacated the order of
attachment in the case of Henry Clewes q
Co. vs.. Li,ermore Il Co. The cause of &C.
ton arose out of the gold excitement in
September last.
The Navy Department has nothing by
which to relieve the terrible suspense of
those most interested in the particulars of
the Oneida disaster, A letter was received
here by Collector Tullock, from his son,
Paynaster Tullock, OF the Oneida, dated
Jan. %, in which he mentioned that the
home pennant had been hoisted and tarewells
made with their friends OF the squadron,
who were to remain on the station Admir-
al Porter says the present complement OF the
Oneida, will not fall much short OF Que
hundred and sixty souls.
The committee on Naval Affairs has post
poned the further consideration of the bill
of reorganization of the Navy until after
the New Hampshire election, in order to
allow Stevens, a member of the com mittee,
to go home.
One thousand men discharged from the
Brooklyn navy yard, are to resume work on
W ednesday, by special orders from Wash
ington to Captain Strong, in command of
the yard.
No intelligence has yet been received,
either directly or from commanders of pass
/ ing vessels, either of the City of Boston or
| of the Bremen steamer Smidt, which latter
vessel cleared at Bremen, for this port, on
| Il Goth ult., and sailed on the 22d, and has
consequently now occupied thirty eight days
IN the passage.
SPRINGFIELD, March 1.-The Convention
met at ten o'clock a. IN.
Mr.. Anthony introduced resolution call
ing upon the Auditor for Information as to
the number and amount of bonds issued by
counties, cities and towns for building rail.
roads, and now registered in his office, and
also a full and complete statement as to the
amount and number of such bonds. The
resolution also calls upon the Attorney Gen.
eral for his opinion as to whether the Law
providing for building railroads with State
taxes has been complied with
Mr.. Hanna moved to refer to the Judici-
ary Committee.
Mr.. Anthony called for the ayes and
noes. :,
Mr.. Bromell thought it was not well te
know how this thing was being carried on
Mr.. Coolbaugh thought the motion to re-
fer was a very extraordinary one. lie coulc
not account for it.
Mr.. Browning thought the resoultien lar
: fetched, and that it could result IN no oenen
to any one. :
Mr.. Skinner said there was volume IL
that resolution, and it was well to discuss
. now.
The question being, "Shall the resolution
be comm,tted?": it was lost by 80 ayes u
, Al noes.
A division of the resolution was called 10
, and the entire resolution adopted.
, The hour having arrived for the specia
order, the report on the Legislative depart
ment, it was taken up. and the amendment
made thereto in committee of the Whole
{ considered, and one to six, inclusive
J. adopted The substitute offered for sectio
j. seven was considered. The radical chang
proposed therein provoked much discusslot
Mr. Medill thought Ford. Putnam, Cai
Q houn and Hardin would be the only coun
# ties not entitled to representative unoe