Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-11

privssions. Neither tongue or pen 10 clio
queut enough to accurately depict the pre-
vsiling misery Imagine twice the popula-
ton Of Davenport, Rock Island, Moline,
and Milan, left exposed TO the sun, the rain,
the winds, and the night dews, without food
shelter, or protection, and you have faint
conception of one of the horrors Of Chi
csgo. Couple with this the fact that oil
their earthly possessions are swept away !;
that the future is blank and cherries; that
hope has almost deserted them f; that friends
are separated from friends; and that rels-
lives are uncertain of the fate OF each
other, and you cannot even then begin to
fsthom the depths Of this great calamity.
We are glad TO announce that the Ere Is
not spreading Las, evening it was st,i,
burning At Graceland, in the suburbs. The
| bremen Of other cities are brsvely at work
however, and hold it bay. II no wiOd'
arise, it will be subdued.
How about the roughs?' everybody IL
quires, The rougbs are under subsection.
Hundreds have arrived from all quarters OF
the niou, but they are properly dealt with.
The citizens Of tn. west and south sides
have been armed en- mdSse both with musk
cts and rsvolvers. Every street ls pslrolled
All suspicious characters are challenged.
II they attempt 10 fly, they are shot down
like dogs. If they halt, they are n medIa'tly
arrested, aud unless they can prove them
selves Hll right, they are detained for the
present. All last mig ht shots we're ringing
on the air, and shrieks we're heard 10 every
direction. Many of the tends have been
caught in the act Of spreading Ihe confis
grafton, and have been forth With strung ~
to lAmp-posts without Judge or jury. That
is,eKsctly the style to deal With them. This
10 no time for usudlin sentimentshty. Let
"old business" be the watch word, and that
neansa rope and lamp post. If roper
are no. handy, bullets will sswer. On
miscreant, Who was caught setting FIRE 10 q
residence. was 6Iied around the neck With
. rope A heavy stone was tied At the other
end and be was pitched into the river. This
is bArbsrous enough for the dark ages, but
Just about correct.
The citizens are determined to maintain
their sway. Phil Sheridan is in commAod
Martial Law has been established. Five
hundred soldiers are on duty in the city, Ant
more are expec cited. The present pstrol'
cannot be up both day and night, however
They will need to be relieved. This has
been provided for Volunteers who have
"seen service" are Fastening to the scene
| At twenty minutes past nine, this morning
the Rock Island Artillery left for Chicago
under command of Major BeArdsley. The
men were seventy-6v in number. were
armed with breech-loAding muskets. and
took four brass pieces With the together
with full csissons, ANN unition, and all re-
qaisite equipments. BY telegraph it i
learned that FIVE Thousand roughs LETT New
York City yesterday, for purposes of plumber
Il 10 very probable that they will be inter
cepted and sent back. If they reach tn
city, and commence operations, their tomb
stones will duly ornament the suburbs. The
viii nd Chicago q very unhealthy field O
labor.
Major Bsardsley retained from Spring
field this morning. and took the cOmpAn
up on special train. They will report y
MAYOR Mason, 364 Michigan Avenue. Tb
c.nuonadipg at dsyliph, this morning, ~s
for the purpose Of calling the oomPsn
together. Ii Is fesred that the roughs ma
make an attempt to break open some of III
bank vaults. They will be looked sf'ei
however. One thousand volunteers can b
raised in this city alone, If necessary. Their
Il are plenty Of arms on thu Island, and plent
of ammunition.
We have had conversation. to-day, wit
a traveller from Chicago, who confirms a
the above. he saw one man hanged from
lamp post for being detected at inoeudia'
ism. Another wretch was caught lightin
a Ere in an alley The crowd siezed hin
aud chopped his head of with butcher
clesver. A New York gentleman was al
rested while promenadipg up street, LAT
night, with bs bdle OF straw under his ara
saturated with kersoue. The back part c
his head took new departure" and hash
been seen since. A good many rascAls hAv
been laid out by the street patrols.
1t should be remembered that all Ii
cash contributions raised in Rock Islam,
so far, have been Of provisional chara
ter-simply to enable the committees
work with ease, and to facilitate the 70
wArdiDg of supplies. In our opinion, Il
national govern meut should take charge
the whole business, and relieve Chicago o.
of the public treasury. The money Ia
better be invested in that way than in maj
others.
The executive committee soknowledI
the receipt Of the following addition
sums. J. Frysinger, $40; Ben. Hsrpe
30; VIM Channon. 2; g. B. shaftr, B.
Tate, lO;s s. Guyer. s; Jacob ohl"sii'
S; d. dawes, s; L Adams, s; Col. Nc Com D.
r. R Cable, 100; J. Whitehead, 10; 10
G.sken, 10: W q Treusdale, 10; NJ. |
Merrill, 10; W B. Bailey, s; A. 0 Cox, I
J. N Conger. 10 J. N. Mahoney, g.; Y
Loosely. 10; &C. Short; s R. D Gran