The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-07-06
By Telegraph.
WASHINGTON.
Income TaX--Pacific Railroad
Bill--Funding Bill--Army
Bill --VenezueIa Claims
appropriation Bills.
~ Il w YORK
Schenck's Funding Bill--Batler
bids fer the Taiiors yotes--The
ColIectorship Fight---Mc-
CIellan predicts Demo-
cratic Triumph--The
Railroad War.
Gen. Mcnamara releaSed--LOVars
Quarrel and Suicide--SaIe
Of the Oakland herd Of
ShOrt-H0rns.
Foreign News.
Foreign News,
Market Reports.

4hE election returns lnUlcRte no cnauge
in the majorisies reported yesterday, and the
result on the Constitution and various
clauses submitted separately may be con
sidered the same. Minority representation
received the hghtess vote of any clause.
Judge McAlhster was elected over Mr..
Hitchcock, in the Seventh Supreme Court
District. Hon. John NJ. Scott was elected
Judge for the Third District, and Hon
Benjamin E. Sheldon for the Sixth, or
Gslens dis.rict-both republicans. General
McClernand was elected, without opposition,
Judge of the Thirtieth Judicial Circuit. In
she Chicago circuit Messrs. FarwelI, Booth
and Rogers were elected.
We also omit the particulars of the large
number of casualties and fires on the Fourth.
Various parts of the country were visited by
fires, varying in losses from one thousand to
q quarter of q million dollars-Chicago,
$4,000; Oil City, Pa, $50, 600 Rochester,
\. Y, 5000; Iowa City, $4,000, and
heokuk, $3.50, 0,00C, were some of the hesvi
est, resulting from fireworks.
WASHINGTON, July 6.-As soon as the
port OF ehtry question Is disposed of, the
income tax will De again brought up on
motion to reconsider.
The house Pacific railroad commi,tee
have aEreel to strlke out the four brsnch
roads adopted by the senate, to the thirty
second parallel, OF the Pacific railroad bill.
On the question Of the passage of the bill
st the present session, the comn.lttee are
hvlded They are to meet again TO deter
mine what action they will lake IN the
matter.
The funding bill has gone to the confer
euce committee IL will be several days
before anything definite will be agreed
upon.
Senator Wilson tried to get an evening
set apart to consider the conference report
on the army bill, but failed.
The bill reported by Senator Fenton TO
incorporate the Tehusntepec Railroad and
CANA Company embraces nearly every cap
itsiist in the city of New Iork, epresentlpg
several hundred million dollars.
Claims against Venezuela occupied the
attention of the foreign relations committee
yesterday. 1. is urged by both the house
and senate foreign committees ths our gov
ernment ought to compel the payment OF
these claims.
The senate appropriation committee have
only three appropriation bills re naming
| unacted upon, all OF which they expect &c
pass this week, so that there is no da niger o'
! losing any but the Indian bill.
| New YORK, July 6.-Private Washington
advices say the Senate will certainly reJec
the fifth section of Schenck's funding bill
providing for gold certificates.
Buffers speech at Woodstock on the
Fourth is regarded as bid for Crispil
support for the Massachusetts Senator''hip
Cuban flags were displayed on the Fourth
The fight over the Collectorship is gr ow,
ing hotter More politicians are going OF
to Washington to prevent Murphy's confirm
alton.
General Mcclellan wrote letter to Ta m
many celebration warmly cspousing Demo
cracy, and predicting its triumph IN all @
the states.
Commodore Vanderbilt has increased th'
toll on Western cattle from one dollar t.
, forty dollars per car from Buffalo to Ne'
York. Erie is still carrying for one dolia
per car. There is no truth iu the statemen
that the Erie managers have been secret
shipping stock over the Central road on thel
own account at one dollar per car
BosToN, July "a young woman name
, Nellie Nelson. committed suicide by shoo
ing herself with a pistol, in consequence
an alienation with young man name
Jones, to whom she was to be married.
The Boston cricket club beat the Albion
Of Needham, yesterday, in u game, by l.
to SO.
XEyIA, O., July 6.-The Oakland herd
: short horns will be sold on Friday ext.
? LONDON, July 6.-Ad .ces from China a.
, nounce that the first tea ships OF the seaso
the Oil King and the Diomede, sail ed fro
Woosung June 8th.
The Pail Mall Gazette has authority t
: announcing that the censorship in Fran
over foreign papers is terminated.
A correspondent of the Manchester Eng
, Guardian predicts the early recall OF MIN
q ter Motley on the ground that his liiact lVi
> defers the adjustment Of the Alabama out
ton.
:. The brothers Leitz, tobacconists, OF NJ
York, were arrested on board the ssea m
st Ottawa, on her arrival from Quebec, and
n charged with forgery.
Is LONDON. july 6 The twenty-frst
d June was sipnalized by an organized tt 4
\, .acre of French in Pekin by the Chin I
- mob, who murdered the French Con
delegation and others.
The House of Lords have accepted
Of mod fled amendment of the Irish land bi
~ In the Greek Ministerial Crises the Cabin
is disputing about fixing the limit OF inves
70 cation Of the Marathon massacre.
! MONTREAL. July 6-Orders have be-
ut sent for the release Of the so called Ge
10 Mcnamara, there not being suffieient e'
A. dence to warrant his detention.
il. MADRID, July 6.-The Madrid goveI
ment will not proclaim Prince Charles I
ne henzeollen as King unless elected py
ioritv of tho CoPtaa