The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-29
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| CINCINNATI, Oct. 29.-The chamber com
merce committee on the bridge to day re
ported in favor of the appropriation Of SO,
900 for the prosecution of the suit for ar
injunction GU the building of the bridge.
LONDON, Oct. PA dispatch received
| from Ostend announcing that feet O
twelve French men-of war, which have beer
| ying Of Sanquerun for some time, has sud
denly weighed anchor end gone northware
toward the Danish coast.
WASHINGTON, Oct 29.-Gen Humphreys
Of the engineer department, to-day received
q letter from Col. Crane, detsiling the cir
cumstances of the St. Clair canal matter
and ridiculing the statements of serious in
tentions ON the part of the British steamer
entering the canal. Before doing so per-
mission was asked and given on account
of the difficulty of passage by ,anothel
| route.
The authorities hesitate to give any in
formation concerning the number of IN,
federal forces to be employed in New Yorl
on the Sth of November, but q careful
survey of the orders which have beed issued
| in this matter places the number at very
nearly 1000. 1t is not denied at the wal
department that the troops and marine.
will be called out on the first indication o
| disorder.
| The question of Secretary Cox's retire
ment has dwindled away, and no interest i,
now manifested in what has transpired
| The secret history of the affair is still
spread in mystery, and the only psrtie,
initiated, outside the president and cabinet
are the members of the republican execu
| tive committee, who were in the beginning
responsible for the cabinet disatfections
| The truth Will leak out before long, but
| certainly not until after the election mex,
| month.
Commissioner Delsno will leave Wash
ington for Petersburg, Va, in few days
and take the stump in favor of the radics
candidate for congress from ths. district.
| Col Bristow, Of Louisville, was sworn intc
Office to day as solicitor general of the de
partment of Justice. This is the new office
creatad at the las. session.
LONDON, Oct. 29.-The special CORES
| pondent Of the Tribune before Metz tele-
graphs on the 23d, seven days ago, as fol-
lows Gen. Cotfinierre, eommandsnt of the
| city and fortress of Metz, informed Marsha
Bazaine, commanding the army encamped
outside, that he could supply no more provi
! sions, and that they mus. shift for themselves
whereupon BezsiDe ordered in his pickets
and tacitly allowed his men to desert IL
groups of dozen or two, who were a ccep,ed
by the Prussian outposts as prisoners
Larger bodies were refused. On the af.er
noon of the 24th, trustworthy information
came from Metz, By a civilian spy. that ar
M hrau xr0pi6 ha rDafa
the night toward Gravelotte. as Bazsine' :,
offer to cspitulate with his army alone has
been repeatedly perem ptorily refused. The
outbreak was to be made without the hope
of saving any portion of the organized troops
but simply to enable these superfu
| Gus mouths to get behind the German lines
and force the Germans 20 take them prison
ers, whereby the fortress might hold cut 4
little longer with small garrison, but at I
o'clock in the evening Bnzaine had sue
| ceeded in convincing Gen. Cofiniere thai
the inevitable bloodshed consequent on suct
an attempt would be too dear q price to be
paid for u few days prolongation of resist
ance messenger was sent to Prince
Frederick Charles, intimating the intention
of the fortress TO capitulste. This was th'
FIRST proposition ever made, including th'
fortress and outside army. Accordingly a
midnight the Prussian troops, which
had been msssed silently towart
| Gravelotte, received orders to retire to thei
camps. At l o'clock on yesterday after
noon, Gen. Chanparnier arrived, spent q,
| hour with the prince, and departed, himsel
much disturbed, e1cusipg some absen:
mindedness of his own by saving an,
wonder the prince was severe" By tn
arrangements of this meeting. Gen. Vol
StiehIe, Col. Hersspsig, chief of staff, ant
the quartermaster-general of the prince
army, rode to Tescay chateau, three mile
south of Metz, JUS, within the Prussial
lines, whittier the two French commander
with Hum bert, second in command in tn
fortress, had been brought by Prussia
field post.chaise. The meeting lasted fror
6 to ! in the evening, and resulted only
parting agreement that the disputed point
would be discussed again at noon to-day
Matters, however, were SO far advanced ths
the second corps received orders to marc
for Paris yesterday noon, and started earl
lin the evening. Other troops concentrate
at the nearest attainable points to Metz lss
night, to prevent desertion en- mass
Bazaine's last means of prolonged negotif
tious. All the way from Mars la-Tour
Courcelles, and from Ivry to Mosieros, a
the village quarters were lit up, and all th
bivouac FIRE burning. This morning, NOV
, ing masses covered the roads and field
No disturbance occurred. None of th
troops suspecting the truth.
Sr. LOUIS, Oct 29-The westward boun
passenger train on the Fandslia and Teri
Haute railroad collided yesterday mornin
at Greenville, with an east bound exit
freight. NJ. P. Mansham, messenger
Adams Express, was instantly killed; Ge'
. Willis, messenger of the American Expres
and Wilkes Eddy. brakeman, were badl
hurt. Both engines and baggage and e:
press cars we're smashed. The extra shoul
, have been on the side track at Greenvill
but instead of turning the switch at the we
end ran by the station, and while attempt
ing to enter the switch at the east, Il
passenger train came up. and before spec
|, |, could be materially slackened, the collisio
: occurred. No passengers reported hurt.