The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-26
THE WAR.
THE Siege OF PARIS.
BOmbardment to Com
mence Nov. lSt.
A LASS ACRE.
Details of the Hurricane
Details of the Hurricane
in Cuba.
Senator Morton Declines
the English Mission.
Market Reports.



Tours, Oct &c The news from Paris to
the 18th refers generally to the preparstious
Ter offensive movements on q large scale,
out no particulars are given, for fear the
Intelligence might be Of service to the
enemy.
Tne New York Worlds special says at
is now generally announced IN the German
banks that the bombardment of Paris is
liked to begin on the LIST of November; thst
l34 siege guns are already with the army
and 20 more were expected on the 20th."
Oresns is now occupied BY $4,000 Prus
SLAMS, with 60 pieces of artillery. The enemy
have made fresh acquisitions on the city.
The government carefully avoids giving
Information of the French forces Oh the
Louvre, but it may be stated that they are
IN motion, and the result will soon be
known.
The Progress du Nord relates the stcry Of
he massacre of 1900 Mobiles, taken pris
,sers st Soissons, four days after their
;apitulstion.
Some of the journals give the particulars
Of an alleged massacre of the French gsrri
.on which recently cspituisted at SoIssons
The soldiers are said to have been shot IN
the woods near that city, and buiehered IL
cold blood. Government has faith enough
IN the story to make it the subject Of official
INQUIRY with view to retaliation.
ST. QUENTIN, Oct. 26.-This city was
evacuated yesterday.
The siege of La Ferte has also been
abandoned.
The corps under the Duke of Mecklenburg
Is returning to Paris.
A munity among the Scissor prisoners
mas resulted IN bloodshed. Seven Mobiles
we're killed and three wounded.
The following news is made public by the
ministry The Prussians while preparing to
oesiege La Herte ST. Auben, suddenly re
.reated, leaving behind sll their utensils and
quantities of stores. They went toward
Laon. 1t is said that q messenger arrived
n the German camps, and that his iutelh
gence caused the sudden departure.
News is received from Verdun that the
garrison made q sortie, in which they drove
be enemy from some of their positions,
.illing many, aud capturing two morssrs
and % cannon.
New YoRk, Oct. 26.-The details of the
terrible storm which desolsted Cuba last
week have been received. From 1000 to
1000 people were killed or drowned; IL 900
lesd of cattle were lost; several vessels
wrecked, and in Mstau zss alone 400 houses
we're destroyed. Among the most horrible
features of this calamity Was the uprootIng
and sweeping away of a cemetery, and the
catering of the corpses through the ada
cent country.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 26.-The population OF
st. Louis cCnnty, outside of the city, by the
.ensus Just completed, numbers 4,41I.
The total population Of the county Is 341,-
$40. -
The report that Gallagher. the pugilist. is
,ick, is now coutradicted. The final deposit
vas made last night, and the fight will come
If on Tuesday, November /, according to
he original argument.
A young man from New York, name not
reported, committed suicide yesterday g..
Kansas City. Among his papers was letter
rom Mrs. Hewlett, of LanoiDg, Iowa, sup
posed TO be his sister.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 26 Mica jah
PEBBLES, q stranger, was knocked down and
robbed of $l60, and watch, last night.
The villain who perpetrsted the deed es
capped.
The off cial returns are in at last. The
democratic majority for Secretary of state
8 2.50S. The ma orisy for the lowest eau
didste on the stats ticket is 1867, and the
highest 1873. There were 24,679 less votes
poiled this year than tn 1869, notwithstand-
lrg the negro vote, which is estimated to be
rom six to seven thousand.
PEORIA, H., Oct. pa boy, name
unknown, was thrown from horse in Tsze'
-eIl county, on Sunday, and instantly killed
bv kick from the animal.
McAvoy, the man shot in an afray the
| other night, is in q fair way to recover.
WAsHIEGToN, Oct. 26.-Senstor Morton
| of Indiana has formally declined the mission
to England, giving, as his reason for doing
so, that in she event of his resignation a,
I senator, the Democrats being in the ma jor
| ity in the Legislature of Indiana, wonld moi
| fail to elect his successor from their owl
party. Setting forth the improperly o
such course on his part, in connection
| with the interests of the Administration, h'
cordially thanks the President for the mari
of the distinguished favor in tenderiug th'
mission to him, and it is understood that th'
President replied in terms equally friendly