The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-15
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WASHINGTON,
Boutwell, and Sumner Dis.
agree on Finance.
MORMONS In WASHINGTON.
They Fear National In
reference.
THE FRANkING PRIVILEGE.
THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE.
OLD JOHN BROWN AND OLD JIM
LANE TO BE HING IN EFFIGY.
DARIEN EXPEDITION.
Beecher to get s20,G90 a Year.

SPRINGFIELD, Jan. l4.-The Convention
net at 10 O'Clock. Mr.. Church offered a
resolution to form rule 49, which is ss fol-
lows: That motion to lay an amendment
on the table does not carry the original
proposition with it. An hour was speut in
the discussion of this question which was
participated in by j. c. Allen, Tincher, Bry
an, Turner and others.
At the conclusion of this debate the prop
osition was committed to the Committee ON
Rules.
Mr.. Pit,sbury called attention to the er
rors in the miority report of the Committee
on Suffrage, in the Convention Register of
January 18th, making that report read en-
tirly contrary to the one presented.
Mccoy, from the Committee on State,
County and Municipal Indebtedness, report
ed an article in substance as follows: that
the credit of the State shall not be given or
tloaned, in aid of any individual or corpora.
ton; that the debt of the State for defoien-
cies, etc, shall never exceed $500, 900, ex
cept in case of war or invssions, and for no
other purpose that no county town or school
district shall contract debts for more than
FIVE per cent. of its taxable property. The
report was received and made the special or.
der for Wednesday, the l9th at II o'clock
IN the N orning to be considered in commit
tee of the whole.
Mr.. Underwood, from the Committee tn
Preamble, reported back an article which is
the same as the preamble to the present
constitution, and substantially the same as
that drafted for that of 1862. The report
was received and made tke special order
for Tuesday morning next.
Mr.. Allen from the Committee on Rules
reported back the resolution allowing each
member to offer five resolutions whose name
is called, and recommended 10 amend BY in
serting two resolutions. The recommends
tion was received and adopted.
The following, among other resolutions,
were received and referred:
To prohibit the Legislature from creating
any office of honor or profit without submits;
ing the same to the people.
To provide for exempting from taxation
5000 worth of property for each family.
To prevent any township from being
transferred to another county without the
consent of its inhabitants.
To prevent the Legislature from passing
any law to dishurse the per cent. of the
Illinois Central Railroad Company except
for State indebtedness.
To provide for the appropriation Of q GER
tain per cent. Of the Illinois Central railroad
IN maintaining State University.
To provide for voters voting on each arti-
Gle of the Constitution separately and on the
assembling of the Convention after said
election.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l5.-Secretary Bout
well does not regard Senator Summers
financial bill with favor; neither does the
Senate Finance Committee, but will report
Funding bill next week.
A delegation from Utah has arrived here
to look after the proposed legislation In
Congress concerning that Territory. They
aliege that if Congress pass measures to
punish polygamy, it will produce civil war
in that Territory. This they wish to avoid,
BY urging Congress not to adopt any ex-
treme legislation.
1t is expected that vote will be reached
in both houses to-day on Virginia, and that
she will be admitted without conditions.
|. is believed that the treaty for the an
nexation of St. Domingo will be discussed
in open session by the Senate, and that
some rich developments will be made as to
the manner in which the treaty was nego-
tiated.
In the Senate, resolution was presented
by Mr.. Hamlin, for an appropriation for the
support of the destitute poor of Wash
ington.
a petition was presented by Mr.. Scott,
from the Lehigh and Schuylkill region of
Pennsylvania, setting forth that the Special
Commissioner of the Revenue Department.
in his report, had incorrectly represented
the cost of the manufacture of pig iron.
Mr.. Drake presented q petition in favor
of the abolition of the franking privilege.
COLUMBUS, Jan. l4.-At ll:30 this morn
ing the Ohio Senate adopted resolution
ra,ifying the Fifteenth Amendment; vote,
l9 yeas, Is nays.
ST LOUIS, Jan. 1.-THE Kansas State
Senate yesterday ratified the Fifteenth
Amendment, and also adopted a resolution
privilege, and another providing for the
portraits of thu late Senator Lane and John
Brown to be hung in the capitol.
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 14.-The funeral of
Rev. Mr.. Davidson, the fighting preacher,
will take place on Sunday next
Mr.. Davidson will be buried by the Grand
Lodge of F. & A. Masons, of which body
he was Grand Chaplain at the time Of his
death. assisted by Elwood Commaudery, of
this CITY, of which he was also a member
Judge Emerson is quite sick again, at his
residence in Decatur. 1t is doubtful if he
will resume his seat for some time to come
New YORK, Jan. l5.-The amount sub
scribed to the Stanton relief fund IN this city
is about $4,000.
The authorities of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard are now busily engaged in pushing to
completion the preparations for the Darien
exploring expedition.
1t is supposed that the notorious divine'
Cook has been quietly conveyed to an insane
q ylum. Miss johnson is now quite Ill, and
the principal characters of this painful scan
dal disappear from view.
The Plymouth Church Society voted last
night to increrse the salary of its pastor,
Rev Henry Ward Beecher, to $4,000. In
the course of the discussion among the
leading members the idea was thrown out
that this increase is made in consideration
of Bsecher's advancing years, and the cir
cumstance that it is his intention ere long,
to retire from the public. One member
hoped that next year his salery would be
fixed at $4,000.
HUDSON. Jan. l4.-A suit for slander, In
stituted by Mrs. Mary Ann Rivers against
her father, Henry G. Becker, Of Livingston.
which has been on trial before Judge Hage-
boom, was terminated this morning BY the
Jury bringing in verdict of q, 500 damages