The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-14
10, 600 French Captured
Election Returns
Funeral Of Gen. r. L. Lee.
Market Reports.

Reported Expressly for the ARaus.l
LONDON, Oct. l4.-The Times corr es-
pondent with the German side writes tn st
the bombardment of Paris will positively J
commence on the 18th or 10Th.
A correspondent writes that the number
of men and amount of material captured at
Ssrssburg should be reduced q, least one
half from the Prussian figures.
The town of Ables has been burnt, 40
cording to the threat of the Prussians. The
people not regular soldiers of France had
fred at the Prussians.
Gen. Burnside has frequent interviews
With Count Bismarck.
The Germans are certainly advancing on
Amiens. The rumored disorders st Rheims
are denied.
The correspondent of the London Stan
dard reports that $50 volunteers from the
United States recently arrived at Tours, and
met with an enthusiastic reception.
A letter to the London Telegraph says q
reign of terror exists a, Lyons, where Gen.
Ciuseres, in defiance of authority, carries
things as he wishes. HIS chief friends and
supporters are released galley slaves. An
archy reigns throughout the city. All labor
is suspended. The citizens are in dread of
their lives. Army officers are resipning and
quitting the town in disgust. Collisions
between the Red Republicans are hourly
expected, ss they are qusrreling over the
spoils.
New York, Oct. ..l4-The World this
morning says that although the election re
turns are still incomplete, new is coming IN
better and better for the democrats.
The StAats Anzeiger euumerates the
French losses, exclusive of Toul and
Strasburg, and 9 long list of killed and
wounded, q, Marshal, 80 Generals, 1886
officers, l04, $50 men, $4,000 wounded At
Sedan, 1920 horses, l02 mitrailleuses, $50
field and fortEess guns, with q vsat amount
of munitions and stores.
4 Lima letter of September l4th gives
shs annexed details of . Coolie insurrecsion
in the Valley Of Sufe, $50 miles from Lima.
on the plantations of Patot and Galepon.
Here nearly 200 Chinese were employed,
and on the neighboring estates more than
1000 Of the Coolies vere contracted. Dis
satisfaction was shown among them months
ago, but little was though of it. 80 overseers
and owners took NO precautions against .
surprise. The Chinese matured their plans
at leisure. The agent of Patiot arrived with
funds to pay the lsborers and purchase
cotton. While he and others we're at supper.
on the night of the l4th, some two hundred
of the Coolies armed with stakes, and every
Imaginable weapon, burst in the doors and
commenced an indiscrininate massacre.
They were all killed but one. The coolies
then marched on the haciendas and villages.
laying them all in ruins, until they encoun
tered An armed force. and . fight ensued, in
which 60 were killed and the remainder
dispersed.
The funeral of the late Superintendent of
Police, Jourdan, to day, WAS one of the most
imposing pagesnts ever witnessed in the
city.
Brick Pomeroy and J. J. Tucker have
sold the Daily Democrat to Jas. b. Lam
| bert.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. l4.-The election o'
| the democratic state ticket is conceded By
all parties Eighty five counties heard from.
| most of which are official, give the demo
cratic ticket 1876 majority. The seven
counties ye; to hear from gave q democratic
majority at the state election in 1868 o.
4.l56. The democrats have majority in
the House. the republicans have the senate
Gen. Shanks, republican, majority in the
9th congressional district will not exceed
| TWO nuuutbu no Icshik SohEAoeo AZ
4th district is still undecided.
Gen Coburn, republican, majority in the
5th district 10 1868.
WARRINGTON. Oct. Ia "A dispatch from
Senator Morton to Secretary Boutwell, ssy'
the democratic state ticket in Indiana II
elected by about 1000 majority. The legis
| lature is still in doubt.
VERsErLLEs. Oct. 14.-Yesterday the
French army of the Loire were driven out
| of Orleans after nine hours fight. Orleanl
was subsequently storned. The Prussiani
took upwards of ten thousand prisoners
| Their loss 10 small q
LEXINGTON, Va, Oct l3.-Gen. Lee vii
be buried Saturday, the 18th, at noon. Hi
remains will be placed in vault beneath
the college chapel, which stands in the
midst of the college grounds, and which u
the first building he had erected after hi
removal to Lexineton-he having declared
it was proper that the first thing the collee'
| did should be to dedicate . house to the
service Of religion The corpse was removed
TO day from his residence to the chapel
where it will lie in state until Saturday.
MANSFIELD. O., Oct l4.-The funeral o
the late Ex-Gov. Mordecai Hartley tool
place Yesterday. Business WAS suspended
| FRANKFORT. KY, Oct l4.-Ths synod o
Kentucky Presbyterisns has been sitting I
day and half.
The great Macklen whisky suit for $45,
900 resulted 10 hung jury.
INnIAxApoLIs, Oct. Ex-senator Morto,
asserts that the democratic state ticket i
elected by . majority Of 1900 Lew Wall.c'
10 defeated in tho Ninth District. Th'
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