Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-09

has been sueh as to preclude the tender of
my resignation until some oppostunity is
granted vindicatiug my administration of
tue internal revenue bureau. In Justice to
the public interests placed under my charge,
and the Importance to the taxpayers of q
proper solution of these difficulties, / must
respectfully decline to tender You my resig-
nation, and trustiugit will not be deemed
inapprspriate, l will request that your pre-
sent determination may be reconsidered,
and, an investigation of the matter OF differ
enee between the Secretary and myself be
referred to the Attorney General for his
legal opinion. With great respect.
b Signed. A. PLEAsANToN
LoursvILLE, Aug. s. About two o'clock
this A. NJ, two hundred armed and masked
men, went to the jail in Frankfort, took the
keys from the jailor, took out the negro sho
raped Mrs. Pfeiffer few days ago. and the
negro Washington who fred the FIRST shot in
the riot at Frankfort, yesterday, took them
about halfa mile from the Jail and hanged
them. There is much excitement in Frank
fort over the events of yesterday and to day,
but no further outbreak is anticipated.
The total vote of the cityis IL, ,949, which
is fully the average vote. Of this Leslie re-
ceiyed s,597, and Harlsu 4,65l. Leslie's
majority in the city, 1921. Harlan ran
slightly ahead OF his ticket All the Dem
ocratic candidates for the Legislature are
elected. The Republicans concede Leslie'G
election by about 10000 The Democratic
majority in the State is variously estimat
here at from 10000 10 10000, which is q
falling of from the Graut Seymour election
of 26,000, and 10000 or $4,000 from the
last Gubernatorial election.
Returns from the election indicate a de-
crease of 5000 en- the Democratic majority
In the Gubernstorial race of 1868. The
Democratic loss is 5000 on the same race,
notwithstanding the deliberate exclusion of
thousands of colored voters on the merest
pretext. Negro voters were compelled to
read the names of each candidate or be de-
MED q vote-a require meut not made of
others. General Harlan has crestad won
dertul enthusiasm among Republicans
throughout the State, and the result is
victory, even though heis not elected.
There will be an increased Republican rep
resentation in the Legislature The Dem
ocratic majority in the State will not exceed
$4,000.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. g. A Winneconne,
Wis, dispstch to-day says terrible lorna
do travelling from the east to west, passed
over that locality last Monday night. The
log boom on Wolf River, located Eve miles
above Winneconne, containing fifty million
feet of logs, was broken up. The steamer
Star was capsizeo, and Capt George Smith
vas drowned, and Michael Seaman, RATS
man, was also drowned. Forty raft houses
were blown over aud completely demolished
at WinnecoBne. The smoke stacks OF Bel
lows, Macarthur & Co.'s and Sandford l.
Hinckleys mllls we're flown down. Thous-
ands of window panes were broken, and
thirty chimneys blown down. Grain 10 the
stack was scattered over the fields. The
corn is fat. The lumber interest suffers
great loss. The Catholic Church in the
town of Granville, in Milwaukee county, was
destroyed.
LONDON, August S.-The House of Com
mons to-day was the scene of severe en-
counter between the leaders of the Toy and
Liberal parties. D'Israeli ssvagely charged
Gladstone with bad leadership, both in the
House and in his party-with wasting many
weeks on subjects subsequently, abandoned;
with needlessly invoking the exercise of the
royal prerogR,ives, and with postponing i'm
portant and even vital legislation.
Gladstone retorted that D'Israeli's so
called facts we're but the offs prEFs of his
i'm gin alton and lingusl powers, and that the
| last time of which D'Israel com planned va.
due to the resistance made by the Tories to
the electoral reform.
| Gladstone impiored the House to pass the
ballot bill forthwith.
A violent personal and partisan debate
| followed, after ~hich Mr. Forester su nmeC
up the farm bill as one demanded By tht
people. The bill passed.
| Sir John Gray, member from Kilkenny
City, gave notice of his intention to call tht
attention of the House of Commons on Fri
dsy, to the subject of the riots which oc
Cured in Dublin on Sunday last
foot and mouth disease of an extremel,
violent type has broken out among the cat
tie in comfy Meath, Ireland, and is spread
ing rapidly.
DUBLIN, August 8.-The city is quiet. Al
persons arrested for obstructIng thorough
fares have been fined small amounts an
discharged from custody on payment OF ii
same.
Smith, the member of Parliament, VII
was instrumental in getting up the amnest
demonstration, and who was among thos
beaten BY the police, has written letter t
the authorities demanding immediate in
quiries into the facts of the case.
PARIS, Aug. 9.-The Germans have CON
menced the evacuation of the forts mort
and east Of Paris.
, VERSAILLES, Aug. 9.-The Lower Cal
5 fornia comp pany propose to Theirs TO recei'
all communist prisoners ss colonlst. Ihiei
has promised to lay the mstter before th
Assembly.
The Prussiau occupation of France
{ every day rendering the situation more I'll
D pleasant, and strife and boodshed betwee
the small numbers of Germans and tt
/ French people are frequent and the murd
Of PrussiRn private soldiers which ha'
s taken place render the Prussian soldie
3 more and more EN- bitterness in their fee
ing. The French government is said
/ have sent word of this to Bismarck and VI
!, Moltke, and dWelt upon the impossloiiity
: restraining a population unduly oppress'
and tyrAnnieslly treated. Some Prussl'
i commanders drank TO excess and encou
g aged the conduct Of the men in using fl
Q arms on small provocation, and that +
4 more these troubles continued, settlement
It the war indemnity question would be dli
70 cult.