The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-26
The Steamship City Of Bostsn-'
She is Supposed to have Gene
Down in a StOrm--The New
York Rings--The House
Tammany divided in
itself.
Riot in heOkuk.
STRIKE AMONG THE RAPIDS I'M
PR0VEMENT LABORERS.
Market Reports.

large number OF Senators at the White
House to day In consultation with the Pres
ldent on the San Domingo treaty. They
wished to obtain evidence and facts to meet
the statements made in Mr. Sumner q
speech, delivered yesterday Some Sena-
tors freely stated to the President that un-
less the facts and figures set forth by Sum
ner could be answered, many votes would
be mustered against ratification that were
before counted in favor of it. The Presi.
dent, it is understood, has promised to sup
ply additional information for the friends OF
the treaty.
Deputy Commissioner Douglass telegrsphs
| 20 the department from New York that the
deficit in Collector Bailey's accounts, go Ear
as examined, reaches one hundred and
twenty thousand. To this will be added
some three thousand dollars for deficit in
bis dlsbursing accounts.
The coin balance in the Treasury to day
is $l04, ,000, 600, $40, ,000, 900 of which rep
resents gold certificates. The outstanding
currency balance is S5,000,000. The next
payment OF coin interest falls due Oh the lst
Of May and amounts TO $25,000, 900. The
Secretary Of the Treasury estimates that be
viii have a coin balance of Sis, 900, 900
out of which to pay this. The coin certi6-
Gates included in the above will not reach,
it is thought, over $40, 100000
The House Judiciary Committee is pur
suing its investigation of newspaper men
implicated III the premature publication OF
evidence in the gold conspiracy case.
Nothing i'm portant has been elected.
New YORK, March 26-Cspt. B Bulmer, of the
Helvic Marion, which arrived At Spithead III
distress, from New York for Antwerp, states
that he left New York on the same day as
the steamer City of Boston. On the night
of the 29th of January they met with hurri-
cane from the southeast to the northwest,
which, while he hove to, took away his fore
topmast and libboom, although he had n o
sail set al the time, and his new sails were
taken completely out of the Jacket, and
blown away. He believes the City of Bos
ton must have been in the same hurricane.
A writer of letter from Halifax says {:
The City of Boston, which sailed hence on
the 18th of January last, has not yet arrived
IN Liverpool There is great anxiety felt
here for her safety, more especially as there
are SO many OF our merchants on board.
She was deeply laden with wheat IN bags,
being eighteen or twenty inches deeper than
the insurance allows. She sailed from here
Oh Friday noon, and we had fearful storm
on the following Saturday night. If she
encountered this, there is no hope whatever
of her turning up. | believe she was in it,
as the Orontes, which sailed from here two
days before, WAS caught i'll it off Newfound-
land and nearly went down"
The ship Prims Donna, Captain Lunt,
| which arrived at this port On Thursday
from Liverpool, reports that on the 5th
| instant, in latitude 49 north, longitude 33
west, he made light at halfa point on the
port bow, kept off, and then made another
! light on the lee bow. One was that Of a
steamer, the other that of q sailing vessel
| Both vessels were firing rockets. II is
thought one WAS short of provisions, and
that the other was supplying her. As 1t WAS
| blowing q gale from the southeast and very
dark, Capt. Lunt could not make out what
| they were.
| NEw YORK, March 26.-The Andrew
| Jackson Club House, on Lexington avenue,
which is the headquarters of the ''Y Young
| Democracy" was last night crowded with
the friends and followers Of Sheriff O. 'Brien,
who discussed with great interest the events
OF the past thirty six hours at Albany. A
| large mum Der OF the most active members oi
the party were present, and council was
held to consider what course of action
should be decided upon. An important
statement was made, to the effect that paper
had been signed by 22O members of the
lammany Hall General Committee, calling
npon VIM. NJ. Tweed to issue an offca
notice for holding a meeting of the com
mitsee next Monday in order to take q chow
of hands Is to the relative strength of the
two parties in Tammany Hall. As the
signers of the paper constitute two third
of the whole number of the members, it il
no. believed that Tweed will refuse to issue
the call for the meeting. Should he, how
ever, refuse, it is understood that by tn,
Constitution of the committee twenty fiv,
mem bers can order q meeting to be held
The World says the subject of the meeting
OF the com mit,ee on Monday is to denounc,
the unsurpations and improper condition o
M.ssrs. Tweed, Sweeney h Co., and 1t i
also stated expressly that the young Demo
cracy do not intend to omit paying their re
spects to Mayor A. Oakley Hall, who the,
believe has had large share in the mach
nations of his associates of the ring.
A. T. Stewart has reduced the rents upo'
all of his city property. The reduction i
from ten to thirty per cent. In all cases th'
reductions were made without the solicita
tion of the tenants.
KEoKUK, Iowa, March 25.-March Is,
general strike occurred ofthe employees OF
the Rapids Government Improvement, owiDI
to an increase of hours of labor, withou
an increase of pay. The number ofstriker
amounted to between eight hundred and on
thousand, of Swedcs and Irishmen. Yester
dsy some one hundred and fifty of the strik
ers, variously armed, made an attack on
few laborers who had resumed work. Th
belligerents, all offcered, advanced on tn
workmen with red flag to force them of
Resistance WAS made, and several haud t
hand conflicts took place, but the workmel
we're soon overpowered BY numbers, and q
of them nnit the works from tha locks. Th