The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-03-30
WASHINGTON.
FORTF-SECOND CONGRESS-.
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Reported Expressly for the ARGUs.l
Special to Daily AReus.
SPRISGFIELD, Ill, March 30.-HoUsE.-
The Senate bill to transfer the State debt
fund to the revenue fund, passed.
The Senate bill to regulate railroad
freight, passed.
The Sprin6eld City Council sent in pc.
sition, offering to purchase any additions
ground necessary for the new State House.
SENATE "A number of bills were read
second time and ordered to third reading.
The negroes are having grand celebra.
sion to-day.
STOCKHOLM, March 3O.-Her Majesty,
the Queen OF Sweden, died At ll:20 A. M.
The disease that caused her death was OF
short duration. Her physicians pronounced
Ihs symptoms to have become suddenly
alarming and aggravated. This morning
she was vislbly worse and very weak, NOT
Elthstandlng most earnest and unremistiuR
attention from her physicians Her Majesty
expired surrounded by her household al
ll:2O A. NJ. The members of the Royal
Family are greatly depressed by this sudden
bereavement, and the whole court will
assume mourning for the loss of Her Maj
esty.
PARIS, March 3O.-Ths newly elected
oommunical council has issued an order
for the disarmament and removal of all bar
ricAdss throughout the city. The work is
now progressing the barricadss in vicinity
Of the hotel de vile are being dismouu,ed :;
those at the Rue RivaIi and the place De La
Concorde are now also being disArmed and
removed, and similar operations are being
actively pushed in various parts of the city
where barbados had been erected. The
battery of artillery which stood in the Rue
De Lo Croix have been removed BY order
Of the council.
VERSAILLES, March 30.-A number of
Dutch bankers have lefs the city, pro baby
70 consequence Of excited state Of afare
caused by the effected collision with the in
.urgents. Several of these had IN lde tend
srs to the Government for subscriptions to
he indemnity loan which they withdrew
before leaving tho city.
PARIS, March 30.-The nrss meeting OF
the commercial council took place Yesterday
Il. Bsslsy, president of the council
made proposal for an immediate attack
On Versailles. The proposal created con-
siderable discussion among the members,
several of whom openly dessented from the
course indicated by NJ. Beslsy. The ooun-
Gil separated without having arrived at any
conclusion or any action upon the question
at issue.
VERSAILLES, March 30.-General Finoy
mas resigned and Gen. Bsnalo has been ap-
pointed to succeed him.
LONDON, March 30-The release of the
French prisoners by Germany has been re-
,Rmed, and numbers of troops are beiI g
daily transported to France from various
points in Germany, at the expense of the
German Government
The Times correspondent at Versailles
oontrAdicts the dispatch lately received
here, and announcing the resignation of
Gen. Vinoy aud Naviney. Gen. Banalo is
appointed as successor. Gems. Chausey
and Trochu are advocating an attack by
the Government troops on the Paris insur
gents. They have used their united efforts
20 induce the Government to adopt this
course, aud it 10 asserted the Government is
agreeable. The troops at Versailles are
receiving daily additions to their strength,
and it is possible that they may be put under r
marching orders for Paris at any moment
New YORK, March 30. - The police
learned yesterday for the first time that on
the evening of st. PAtrick's Day q brutal
affair occurred in liquor saloon, No. "a
Bethiens street, during which John COY,
living on Washington street, was assaulted
and badly beaten by q gang Of rufains. He
has lately become much worse, and lsst ave
ming was considered critical. One of his
AssAilauts, Charles Collins, was arrested last
evening.
WASHINGTON, March 3O.-The debate o
the last few days on Mr.. Summers resolu
tions has strengthened q large number o
republicans in the opinion that the SaI
Domingo question should be settled befor'
| adjournment in order to relieve the Repub
hoan party from any further embarrassment
from that source.
Mr.. Wade is also pressing upon the Pres
ident the necessity that the report should b
acted upon at the present. session. Th
report will probably be ready for submissio
to the President by the last Of the week.
New YORK, March 30.-There was
favorable turn in the new funding loan t
day, and several large subscriptions b
banking houses of this city were mad,
The bitter feeling toward the loan is attril
uted to the removal of all restrictions as (
The time and mode of subscribing, the resi
alton or removal BY limitation Of the grei
foreign firms originally appointed as agen,
for the loan 10 Europe. The popular fee
ing appears to be in favov of the sppoin'
ment of Americans alone as agents.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-SENATE.-Ti
Senate took up in the morning hour A
thon's resolution 70 amend the order of bu.
ness so that any bill on the South, pass
by the Housee of Representatives, may
considered at the present session.
A discussion ensued, which consumed 4
morning hour, when the San Domingo di
cussion was renewed
Mr.. Schurs resumed the floor, aud pr
ceeded to argue that the annexation
Texas furnished no precedent or justi6 cati
!. for belligerent interference by the Preside
: to protect Dominica against Hayti.
tsaid one of the main objects Of the s
pc 7omingo expedition appeared 70 have be
!. teurotect Baez from his aubjects. Ref
b. rius 10 the statement made by Mr.. Ho
pa- yestsdAy, that Baez was inauen ced in