The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-01-16
WASHINGTON.
Market Reports.


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Special to Daily ARGUS.
SPRINGFIELD, Jan. lS.-In the House this
morning bu. little business wa. done. Af-
ter discussion OF the tariff question, test
vote on this important question was taken
and the republicans were defeated.
resolution in favor of free trade was in
sroduced. The republicans finding that
their vote was in the minority on this ques-
ton, allowed the resolution to pass with but
slight opposition. The House then ad.
lourned.
In the Senate q bill was passed providing
for the pay of representatives. No further
business Of Importance wss transacted, and
the Senate adjourned.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 16.-The steamer T. L.
McGill, on her way from St. Louis 10 New
Orleans, was burned at Shoe Fly Bar at 9
| o'clock last evening. The fire broke out aft
and owing to gale prevailing at the time,
the cabin was soon In flames. The psssen-
gers barely had time to rush to the bow of
the bow and plunge in the water, before the
FIRE was upon them. The weather was in
tensely cold, and many who plunged in sunk
to rise no more. The names of the survivors
cannot now be obtained. Conflicting
reports, state that the boat had been agroand
for two days, and had unloaded 200 tons Of
freight in order to get over the bar. She
was laden with 500 tons of merchandise in-
cluding pork and coal oil. The alarm of
FIRE was raised just as the passengers were
retiring, and a general stampede ensued.
LATER.
On the arrival oFtne Alice, tonight pilots
Murray, Kelly and Clerk Woodruff, reported
the following as the list of the lost Nelson
Brown, second engineer John S. Shockey,
carpenter; John Snyder, deck sweep,and the
second steward and porter, Casney Cavan-
augh, nephew of Capt. Dave Silver. The
following 10 a list of the survivors Second
watchman and three deck hands, and of
&c roustabouts, only l3 were saved. Charley
Haslett, book-keeper, WAS the last to leave
the boat, he jumped on a cotton bale and
the wind blew it ashore, But for officer
feager, few, if any would have been saved.
LIE MARS, Jan. 16.-Frederick Charles
entered lie Mars at IL o'clock Saturday,
with the Third and Tenth Prussians Army
Corps.
There was fighting yesterday 10 the
streets, but to-day the town is quiet
New YORK, Jan. l6.-A special from
Brussels of the 18th says: Gen. Chauseys
defeat is complete. The French losses
during the three days fighting were 1000
and those of the Germans very heavy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. I6.-The San Domiu-
60 commission viii leave for New York to-
morrow. The Presidents selection is uni
versally commended as showing entire tit.
ness. He avoided making any inquiry Of
the gentlemen on the command previous
to appointing them, and has informed each
Of them since their acceptance that he de-
sired to have a full and searching investiga-
ton made. DIR. Howe, the last man appoint
ed, is particular friend of Mr.. Sumner.
Accommodations being limited but few
representatives of the press could be taken,
but these have been selected with perfect
impartiality, and correspondents of papers
which have opposed the annexation have
been freely accorded permission to 60
The President to-day in talking with one
of the commissioners said: | trust | am
ready to be converted against the desira-
b,iity of the annexation as hope everyone
else ID to be converted to it.
with the approval OF the Presi-
dent at the suggestion of Mr. White
kilograms were sent to-day to Harvard
Yale, Cornell and Rochester Universities,
asking the officers to select limited number
of acientifc students, to accompany the
Commissioners as geoIogists, metrologists,
botanists and mining engineers. They are
expected in New York, on Monday evening.
The documents furnished the Committee
on appropriations, by the Postmaster Gen
araI in ansver to the House resolution call
ing for information as to why the Dempsey
& O'Toole contract was Withdrawn. They
show that this firm failed to comply with
the contracts in nearly every instance, where
they had one with the department here. the
prices paid under the new contract, are i've
per cent. greater than that under the old.
but it is claimed that the material furnished
is as much better. The entire loss to the
government by the change. is represented
to be only 900.