Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-21

Acceptance of invitation from the
National Board of the q. o. to
Appoint Commission.
Market Reports.


[RepOrssd Expressly for the ABGUs.l
New YORK, July Plat G convention of
the Catholic temperance societies. last mig ht,
. motion censLrIng the military Tor firing,
on the l2Ih INST, WAS voted down.
John Boy ian, In q letter to the Newark
IN. j. Advertiser, denies that Gen. Nc
Quade was sent BY Gov. Hoffman TO see
Mayor Hall on Monday morning, before the
riot, or that he saw the Mayor at all thai
morning. This information, Mr.. Boylan in-
Inmates, he has from Gen. McQuade himself
Mr.. Boy ian adds;
"Gen. McQuade wrote Gov. Hoffman
long letter on Monday night, and advised
him to come to New York, as he anticipated
trouble. He sAys that at that time Mon
day night he had no knowledge of Halls
proclAmaaion suspending the parade; CON
seq uently he did not write anything of the
KIND to Hoffman"
Bark Nehemiah, of Boston, arrived yes
serday from Columbo, Ceylon, with ten ele-
plants in charge of Mr.. Chaunon and three
natives. Mrs. Gee. W Prescott, wife of she
q. s. commercial agent in Cey Ion, Is pass
enger.
The Assessor of Internal Revenue in
Brooklyn made important seizures of Illicit
stills this morning.
The Board of Aldermen yesterday ap
pointed Special Committee TO draft and
report an ordinance to define and regulate
the use of streets, roads, avenues and pub
lie places in this city for purposes of public
| professions other than funeral corieges,
and psgssntry other than military or
ganized in pursuance of the laws of thls
State.
The ship Don Quixote, from Calcutta
reports that on June 10Th, at 4:20 A. NJ, st
| 20 deg. 80 min. south longitude, Ia deg. AZ
min. west, she experienced heavy seAqusk'
which caased the ship to tremble violently
| The motion seemed from east to west, RnC
lasted some seconds. In about Is minutes
there was another shock, not as violent a.
| the first, but lasted longer the sensation
was as though the ship was moving over
rough bottom. The wind southeast AM
was moderate For some days before th
wind had been continually snifting. Al
the day following the shock the sea wa
sgitased in heavy rolls from the west an
south west. There was and had been, n
wind sufficient to cause such q rough sea
Tennie @. Clafin publicly announces her
self ss o candidate for Congress in the 81
District of this city.
At meeting of Gideon Loyal League @
Orangemen last night, resolution Wa
adopted thanking Gov. Hoffman and tn
militia and police for the protection atforde
during the parade last Wednesday.
A. the Indignation meeting Of the Iris
Americans in the 10Th ward last night, Ste
phen Macy, in speech, said "How cs
we svenge the blood of the men which ha
been shed ? How are we to secure prope
protection in this country for men of our oW
race? Shall Orangemsn and know-nothing
rule this city Never! Neverl Shal
the scenes of Wednesds sy last be permitss
again? When he saw the dead on Wed neI
day, his blood curGled in his soul, and b
prayed God that he would live to see th
! day when the act would be avenged
(Cheers,l 1t was hard to see armed rufhar
striking down innocent men aud women IL
+. The crime of looking upon foolish OraDg
men. Women had been made WILLOWS an
children orphans fog the caprice of one ma
= in Albany, who came to New York to revoi
the humane order Of the Mayor"
i A vOice-"Hang him on lamp post"
Macy mo, no, my friend, pledge m
, ssn mat every drop of blood shed on tn
cay snail be legally avenged, if there be la
IN view ork. Never again shall such I
! occurrence De permitted in New York
never again shall organized ruff, rms
allowed to insult Irish citizens who ha
y fought to uphold the Constitution IF h
United States. (Gheers The Legal stu
must prohibit such professions in fntur,,.
cannot do less than the English Hous, !,
Z. Commons. which prohibits Orange pro,
,, sions in Ireland. When was an Orangem
found Sighting the battles Of the Uniot
The Hibernians and Catholics kept Alo,