The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-01-18
I.2l 3-4 at Close.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill Jan. 1.-THE Con
ven,ion met at the usual hour, Mr.. Brom
well in the chair, the President being sb
sent The President pro tenn laid before
the Convention g communication annouuc
ing the death of Hon. Wm. II. Patterson
! delegate from the lst district, who died O.
| Momence on the 10th inst. VIM. Goodell
of Iroquois, in few touching and feeling
| remarks, paid his tribute to the worth AND
character of his late colleague, and offered
the following resolutions:
! Resotred, That this Convention ha.
heard with deep regret the intelligence Of
the death of Hon. Wm. II. Patterson, of the
4lst district.
| Resolred, That he was distinguished 70,
his intelligence and virtues as a man and
citizen, and that In his death the people Of
the State of Illinois and this Convention
! have lost the services Of wise and prudent
counselor.
Resolred, That VIC sympathize with hi.
family in their great loss.
Resolred, That these resolutions be
spread upon the journal, and copy sent BY
the Secretary TO his family, and that as q
token Of respect We now ad jouru.
Mr.. J. c. Allen, with much feeling, sec.
onded the resolutions.
Mr.. Anthony paid fine tribute to the
virtues Of the deceased, in which he WAS
joined by Messrs. Rice, Sedgwick, Wait,
and Perley; after which the resolutions
we're unanimously adopted, and by virtue
thereof the Convention adjourned at II o.
clock.
There is nothing of general interest to.
day concerning the doings of the Conven-
ton. Leave of absence was granted seven
members this morning, and only about fifty
are now IN attendance.
New YORK, Jan. lS.-The man who was
shot in Bleeker street, on Saturday night, is
lying in a dangerously i'll condition q.
Bellevue hospital. The case has developed
phase much like the sensational feature of
the Mcfarland case. a young woman,
dressed in q widows gsrb, arrived at his
bedside to watch, yesterday. She insists on
his marrying her.
Hon. Ssmel Shellsbarger, T. s. Minister,
resident at Portugal, aud family. Bishop
Cox, of Ohio, and Captain G. J. G. Nc
Dougall, of the Danish navy, were pssseu
gers by the Cunsrd steamship Cuba, which
arrived here on Saturday. Capt. McDougsll
is commissioned by his government TO
examine the navy and navy yards of the
United States.
ROCHESTER,, Jan. l8.-George A Stsder,
secretary of the Maennechor, was found dead
in his workshop this morning. Heart disease
was the cause.
Buckbout, the Sleepy Hollow murderer,
made another attempt to commit suicide,
and exhibited not little ingenuity in the
enterprise. Notwithstanding he was hand
cuffed, he got necktie about bis throat in u
slip knot, and tied it to the bedpost, SO tha,
in rolling out of the bed he would be
,,rangled. He was detected by the watch
man Just in time to save his worthless neck
He appears to be in a hurry to be hanged.
John Bright has again paid his compli-
ments to the American Fenians in speech
at Birmingham. He bitterly denounced
Them as "citizens of another country persist
ing in disturbing the peace Of this As an
offset to this, however, he promised his CO.
operation in the efforts to obtain the release
of the Fenian prisoners. Rossa may thank
Bright for his seat in Parliament yet.
RIVERSIDE, ILL.,, Jan. IS.-The ten o'clock
express train on the Chicago Burlington
and Quincy railroad, yesterday morning,
from Chicago, had on board party of rail
road officials, citizen8, and journalists, en-
routa for Burlington and Omaha, via the
new Burlington and Missouri River railroad.
The purpose af the excursionists is to N axe
q tour of inspection over this new ronte to
Omaha. The opinion of this road is a very
im portant event in railroad history, as it
completes another link between the Missouri
and the Niagara river, and inaugurates
trunk line of four great railroads now vir
tually consolidated and controlled by one
interest.