The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-07-02
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furnished to day with iist of senators whit
voted for the San Domingo treaty. 1t i:
understood that he is severe OF Senator,
Sumner, Schurz and Ferry, bu. does no
blame the other senators who followed them
He informed leading member Of the house
from New England, yesterday, that he
hoped the annexation scheme would now
be pressed.
Friends of the Atlantic and Pacific r. R
bill made another effort to pass their bill il
the senate yesterday, but failed.
The President has sent the following
nominations to the senate: For New York
city-Thomss Murphy, collector of Gus
toms; Thos. Hillhouse, assistant treasurer
Moses Il Grinneli, naval officers: Felix
Murphy, consul at Tsngiers; John I Robe
son, at Leith; Edward johnson. at Tslcu-
busra; Charles F. Tneocatt, Rio de janet
70; Jonah Davis, U. 5. district attorney,
New York; Henry Bichn, postmaster AT
Ripley, Ohio.
OF the forty-eighs candidates for cadet>
ships at West Point who we're rejected, this
week, BY the board of examination, a. leas,
half have arrived in Washington to gee the
members who appointed them. A majority
of those who were rejected were from the
south, and include the colored Nominations.
There is q deficiency in the appropriation
for the ninth census of over a million
dollars, which the superinte ndent asks
congress 10 provide for at once. The
amount will last till the middls of next
Decem Der.
The Senate passed the House amendme n
to the bill for the improvement of wat e
communication between the Mississip p
I'D .La h.
and Fox rivers.
The conference committee on the dis
agreeing votes of the two houses on the leg
isla,ive appropriation BILL have agreed to
strike out 81 100000 for extending the
capitol grounds and for constructing the new
state department building.
The Holman amendment to the funding
bill, to pay bonds in currency, vac defeated
by q vote of l2S nays to ~ yeas.
Mr.. Bayard's amendment, taxing the in
come on all bonds. ) per cent, whether held
by foreigners or otherwise, was defeated by
a vote of So nays TO Il yeas.
Senator Wilson offered an amendment re-
viving the in come tax at q per cent. which
is now being discussed. It's friends hope to
carry it
The vote on the funding bill was no.
reached until late hour yesterday.
The reduction of the public debt for June
is 500. 100000.
The total receipts from internal revenue
for the fiscal year. ending June 3O,h, are
within . fraction of $lSS,O0O,O0O. The
total receipts from customs ars estimated al
sl7O. 100000 and from public lands and
all other sources abont $30,000,0 900. This
will make an income for the Government o.
nearly $400, 100000. The sinking fund, NJ
to Yesterday, inclusive. shows S37, ,665 ,l9l.
81 The special sinking fund shows $685.
537,776 81. or a total of $l24 202 96S.54 te
ne educated from the national debt The
reduction Of debt for the past month vii
reach nearly Sl5000,000.
Postmaster General Creswel has, at ths
solicitation of Mr.. Farnsworth and othe'
Western members. ordered the salaries
the postal disturbing agents to be equai'zed
Previously Western agents received Sl,olZ
Eastern, $1.2I4. Hereafter the latter rat
will be uniform.
New YORK, July 2.-Cummings, leade
of the Crispius, insimated in his Tompkins
Square speech. last night, that if any NOR
Chinese shoemakers were brought to Massa
chusetts they would be murdered.
Fully 5000 people were at the free baths
which opened yesterday.
Brazilian advices indicate the early eman
cipa,ion of her two million of slaves. Dol
Pedro favors emancipation.
Las. nights Commercial charges tha
District Attorney Pierrepcnt's aids her
sent word to Bailey to "keep dark" as b
was to be indicted. Ex Solicitor Jorda
tells me tha. the fugitive has never been II
his firm, ss reported.
Topeka, Kan, July 2.-Tracklaying |
being vigorously pushed on the hanss
Pacific road. which is now laid thirty-hv
miles west Of Kit Carson The road wi
be completed to Denver by Sept. |
Reports Of drought and grasshoppers i
this state are untrue. There has beel
plenty of rain. there are no grasshoppers
and crops throug hout the state are in spler
| did condition Wheat, now generally hs
vested, is of full average, and the qualit
exceeds that of any previous year.
t The grazing range near Oheiina an
Selma, Kansas, ia covered with over 50,o0
/ Texas cattle that have arrived this season
and over that number are on the way up. Th
Kansas Pacific railroad has commence
moving these cattle east BY fast stoe
trains.
SPRINGFIELD, July 2.-The Toied'
Wabash & Western X. r. Co. have issue
| new stock to the amount of three miiiio
three hundred thousand dollars for the pn
pose of stocking the Decatur Il East 8
Louis railroad, which has Just been con
pleted and WAS opened for business yeste
day.