The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-06-10
ARRIVAL OF PASSENGERS,
Market Reports.

WASHINGTON, June l0.-In executive
session, last night, sn effort was made to tx
the time for confidering the San Domingo
treaty. This brought up the old feud of the
morning between Messrs. Ferry, Sumner,
| Chandler and Nye. Some hard things were
said on both sides, and Ferry took occasion
to make a violent assault upon the Presi.
| dent. He accused him of being cognizsnt
/ of the alleged jobbing of Babcock, and inti-
mated that the whole San Domingo business
was huge job, got up for the benefit of
/ certain army parasites OF the President. lie
was called to order several times by Thsyer,
| Morton, and others, for using language dis
respectful TO the President. Senators who
witnessed it say that in no time of Andy
johnson administration WAS such violent
assault made upon him. sumner also mad {
some remarks bitterly opposed TO the PresI
dent. A motion was made to fix next
Thursday as the time for considering the
treaty, but the plug muss beanie so great
that al adjournment WAS made without
| action.
| Another executive session will be held to
| day, and al effort will be made to fix next
! Wednesday for discussing the treaty.
The coal interest eudeavored 10 day TO
compel the ways and means committee to
report the free coal bill at once. The mem
| bers of the committee answered that they
we're not ready: when they could get ready
they would report.
Garfield introduced his currency banking
bill, defeated yesterday to day. when his
committee was called on for reports, he got
IL in as an amendment to the Senate bill,
which has been before his committee some
time.
The President, with Senators Cameron,
Edmunds, Howe and Robertson, Represen-
tstve Hooper, and Gen. Porter, leave here
this evening for Pennsylvania, to 60 Oh q
| fishing excursion.
| New York, June l0-The Tribune s
London correspondent confirms, by tele-
graph, the statement that the alleged
| Roumauian butchery WAS simply student s
Joke. The Jewish local committee thank
the government for sitting the movement IL
the beginning. There is nothing later.
The executive committee of the CONNER
cial Union of the State of New York has
! issued call for the meeting OF the CONNER
, cial and business men, to be held a.
Rochester on the 18th of next month, to
discuss the whole question OF canal manage
rnent and reform, the introduction OF steam
= on the canals, and the general subject o.
: cheap transportation between the West sne
q East. There will be large attendance o
memb bers of the Commercial Union, lnclud
ing the chiefs of the various lodges through
] out the state, together with a delegation
from the Produce Exchange in this city ant
, MANY leading merchants. The governor
ofa number Of the western and northwestern
!, s,ates will also be present, and will presen
, for the consideration Of the Union III
> ;mproyeuent of the Wisconsin and Fo,
z hot IN
G Mississippi and the lakes. 1t is expected
l. be one of the most important commercls
gatherings ever held in this state.
An alteration took place Wednesda
u mornlpg in the Office Of the clerk of III
=, United States circuit court. in the course I
which the clerk, Kenneth White, struck wit
, a stick and felled to the ground a. u Gri
j, void. the well known lawyer. Mr.. Griswold
ID wound was severe, though not necesssrl
n fatal. He was conveyed to his home. Whit
40 was not arrested.
Three thousand passengers arrived IN th
10 ci,v on Wednesday from foreign ports.
s. Mail sdvices confirm the arrest of tV
re men. as reported by cable, at the Psddin
!. ton railway station, London, on suspicion
y being Fenians They were brought up +
examination at the police court, on Mi
= 9th. when distinct charge OF treason al
felony was made against them. Coryoo
- the informer, identified the prisoners as ha
ing taken part in the Fenian councils pre-
GUS to the proposed attack on Chester Ias as
in '67. One of the prisoners was 1dentih
r by the English detectives as having De
> active in the dispatch of arms to the cas-
ng and Manchester. They were again
'or manded.
i. CoSsrANTINoPLE, June 9.-The great
. IN the Pera district is subdu'
Over seven thousand buildings of all so
. were destroyed, many being among
best in the city. The loss of life has grea
exceeded the estimate made some days a
The remains of $50 human beings hs as
been discovered. II is supposed II
number represents onehslf the actual le
II The total loss caused by the fire is compu
III at twenty FIVE millions pounds stern
English underwriters suffer heavy los'
Tho archives of the British embassy
50, saved. The American Church OF Inc
maculate Conception was on hre sew
times. and i. considerably damaged, ou'
Its, Gobeiin tapestry, the gifs Of the Emp
!, Eugene, With which the church wss u
" rated, was saved unharned.