The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-05-10
WASHINGTON.
House adjourned till Tuesday,
Reduction Of ReVenue--The
Georgia Bill--Pacific Rail-
road Frauds--The Chi
nese Cable.
METHODIST CONFERENCE SOUTH,
Foreign News.
Constitutional Convention
Market Reports.

AShiNGTON, May lb.-Ihe House has
adjourned until to morrow. A quorum was
present, but the understanding was that
no legislation should be enacted until Tues.
day.
The Ways and Means Committee did not
do anything either with the funding bill or
the revenue bill to day. They will take up
tomorrow the proposition reported by the
Senate Finance Committee to reduce the
revenue forty v-three millions.
General Butler is here. The Georgia
bill will be taken up tomorrow by the
Reconstruction Committee, and reported
in nmedistely TO the House.
The Senate Pacific Railroad Committee
have received document from the French
Engineers of the Memp phis and Ell Paso
railroad. who now represent the French bond
holders in the road. in which the inside
operations OF the company sre shown up.
They characterize the whole scheme as a
cheat and fraud, and urge the committee to
protect them by proper legislation.
The Senate Military Com mittee had under
consideration to-day, but did not finish, the
proposition to reimburse the State of India
ia for money expended in raising troops
during rebellion. The claim is large and
meets with opposition.
L
Gay agreed to report back Cyrus Field
China Cable bill, and asd to have it referred
to the Foreign Committee with the recon-
mendaton that the land grant asked for be
not granted.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., May l0.-The body
Of Wm. P Angel, Of North Providence, " ho
has been missed since January 81. was found
yesterday in pond in North Providence,
by some boys who were fishing. There
were six bullet holes in his breast. His jaw
wss broken, and there were other indics
tlons of murder. An inquest will he held
10 day. The father and widow of the de-
ceased had offered rewards tor the discovery
Of the bod7.
MEMPHIS. May I0.-The General Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, was called to order by Bishop Payne
After the usual religious exercises, Bishop
Andrews delivered short address, advising
conservatism in all actions, to make as few
changes as possible for the next four years
and then referred to the North Methodist
journals and their abuse of him. Did not IN
ike manner our editors giorify one another ?
He thought their energies should be devoted
to glorifying God
Bishop Marven then took the chair.
Under call of the Conference various
memorials and petitions were offered and
appropriately referred, including one from
Richmond. praying for the abolition of the
Office of Presiding Elder, and the admission
Of the laity to the Council of Bishops. aud
requesting the committee of revision TO in
quire into the expediency of restricting the
power of the Bishops for decision from the
| Mem phis Conference, for selecting persons
TO write the lie of the late Bishop Soule.
A resolution was adopted TO meet here
! after at the Second Street Methodist Church;
also, one that after the llth inst. no resou-
ton. or memorials shall be referred, and one
to adjourn sine die on the 23d.
SPRINGFIELD, H., May 9.-The Couven-
| ton met this morning pursuant TO adjourn
ment. The unfinished business OF Saturday
being the article on Education, the article
Vas adopted. The additional section IL ret
erence TO the use OF the Bible in the public
| schools was referred to the Committee OIL
| Education.
Mr. browning offered al additional sec
ton provioing that the Legislature may lie
galIze certain debts created by the city oi
| Quincy III the aid OF railroads. The section
was adopted.
The canal resolutions of Mr.. Whiting
wh ich were made 6 special order for to-mor
row, we're laid on the table.
| The report of the Committee on Fedora
| Relations were taken up and adopted, al
also were resolutions expressing the sense
| of the Convention upon the subjects therelI
| mentioned
| Mr.. Ross, from the Committee on Finance
to whom sections of the lsevenue article
were committed, reported back to the sec
tons with the recommendation that till ISL;
State and county taxation shall be limited
10 seventy-6ve cents per one hundred dol
lars; after that to fifty cents per one hundred
dollars.
The section reported from the Common
on Public Accounts anc Expenditures, lin
lting the expenditures upon the new stat
House TO three and one half millions G
dollars, was adopted.
The Revenue article, except the thTe
sections referred to the Committee on
nance, was adopted and referred,
The Convention then adjourned, haVin
now finished all the business before 1t, e1
cept the Schedule report.
LoxDoY, May 10 O-The Morning Pos
announces the betrothal of Lord Derby an
the Marchioness Salisbury.
In the House OF OOmmons. mr. ot"h
Under Foreign Secretary, in reply to
question of Mr.. Gilpin, said the SPANS
government was fully able to subdne lnsu
-. rection in Cuba The insurgents held I
|, i'm portant places. The interference OF M
majesty's government, which had been SUI
rested. would beinopportune. He promise
that the government would not fail to sei'
: any occasion to mitigate the horrors OF CIV
: war in that island, and that 1t would
= highly desirable TO have the CO operation
: the United States. The House resumed u
consideration of tho Irish land bill. III
discussion had to do mainly with technics
!, tiles and legal points, and was of hit
U interests
q PARIS. May 9-The following is the
;. suit of the voting, as far as received up
r five o'clock this morning: Yes, S,Oo5,6b
n no, 7O5, ,l56. The vote cast by the navy
Q all in except that of two ports. The rest
ir shows Is, ,457 yeas and 1870 nays. fal
ia tranquil.
ia LArER-The general result Is estimate
,e Yes. 6, 500, 900 no, l.500,00u.
10 The vote of the seventh bsttaiion OF on
seurs ia about evenly divided at the oarrac'
r. The result showed 1852 yes; LIZ no
n. Twerty Cent Gardes voted no; only mite
Garde de Paris voted no. 1t is report
that two regiments at VincenDes refused
vote. 1t is computed that the soldiers
Paris voted about, yes, $4,000; no, o,ooV