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

WAsHINGToN, D. c., July The Ku-
klux Committee still stay here, patiently
working away in the hot weather, without
any prospects for termination of its labor
appearing. Yesterday some leading citi
zens of Alabama and Mississippi arrived in
the city to appear ss witnesses.
The Proclamation OF the Treaty Of Wash
ington was issued on the Fourth of July.
1t is as follows:
By the President Of The United States Of
America.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, A treaty between the United
States of America and Her Maiesty the
Queen of the United Kingdom of Grea,
Britain and Ireland, concerning the settle
men, OF al cases of difference between the
two countries, was concluded and signed at
Washington by the High Commissioners
and Plenip potentsries of the respective
governments on the 8th day of MAY last,
which Treaty is, word for word, as fol
lows
Here follows the Treaty. The Procla-
nation thus concludes
AND WHEREAS, Said Treaty has been duly
Aob1AcA Ou UOtu pdEtBt bAo EcbpSCblk6 EAktU-
cations of the same were exchanged in the
city of London, on the l7th day of June,
1871, by Robert Schenck, Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Pleuipotentiary of the
United States, and Earl Granville, Her
Msjesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs on the part of their respect
i've governments.
Now, therefore, be il known, that I, Ulys-
ses S. Grant, President of the United
States of America, have caused said treaty
TO be made public, to the end that the same
and every clause and article thersof may
be observed and fulfil ed with good faith
by the United States and the citizens
thereof
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the Z United States
to be affixed
Done in the city of Washington, the fourth
| day of July, in the year of our Lord, ont
| thousand eight hundred and seventy-one
and Of the independence OF the United
States the ninety eighth.
(Signed) Z. S. GRANT.
! By the President,
HAMILTON Fish, Secretary of State.
Baron Geralt and family sailed vesterda
in the steamer Berlin, for Europe, frou
Baltimore
Gen. Spinner will leave Europe on tn
18th inst for this country.
The Board of Supervising .Steambos
Inspectors expect to make a report to th
Secretary of the Treasury in week or tie
days.
The regultr monthly statement of the col
diti, of crops will not be ready before tt
continue unfavorAble.
, Attorney General Akerman is the on
;. mem Der of the Cabinet now in Washingto
!. The other members are at their respeotiN
homes.
The Bowen pardon has not yet been re
. ceived. The blank form Was mailed to Il
/ President last Saturday.
r Prof Stuart Eldridge, of Wis, will go
Japan with Gen. Capron as member of Il
scientific expedition.
CoHoEs, NY. July An explosiC
occurred in the Union Hotel yesterday NOR
( ing, followed, by fire which consumed Il
i hotel and four dwellings. Loss, $1,000
Insurance 81 900. The cause oc the expl
? sion is upknc Tn. Scully, proprietor of t
D hotel, was badly burned.
SAN FRANcIsCo, July 6,-Swsin'ssmeltir
works at Truckee were burned yesterda
also McCsnn's reduction works at Hamilto
Nevada, on the Sd.
> The City of Yorke was burned yesterd
! morting-loss 100000.
A FIRE in Grass Valley yesterday morniI
- burned several clothing stores. Loss $l'
700.
q MoGREGoR, Iowa, July IA FIRE D
y Cured in Lansing, on Sunday morni'
. which destroyed three barns, the Chronic
. office, Gruchlings block, a cabinet shop
:. saloon, and some dwelling houses-twel
:, buildings in all. Three valuable horses q
fourteen sheep were burned. Farrelrs ho
= was badly damaged. Loss SIS, ,OOO-insr
a ance $4,000.
e ST. PAUL, July IA break took place
st. Anthony Tunnel Thursday. The mi
II in St. Anthony are compelled to stop ru
r ming, the water being Withdrawn. I
q danger was sverted by building dam CT
o ting water eff from St, Anthouy's cham
g ST, LOUIS, July THE report OF {
o murder of Harry Blow, at CRANKY, Mo-, i
10 mistake.
y New York, July John n. Dow,
y Thirty-fourth street, formerly of Angus
Ca, and worth at one time nearly mill
1t of dollars, most Of which had been lost
d speculation, committed suicide on Maids
10 Square last night by q dose OF laudanum
PARIS, July "Details of the army v
are coming in. The garrison of Lisle q
= seven hundred votes for the Republi<
candidates, and only ten for the Legitimi
~ The city Of Calais gave 3,ll3 Republic
~ vOtes against 800 Monarchial.
In various other places which have b
heard from, the Republicans are in
Is. ascendant.
}. Dssson, oommandant of the troops
DorueAax, suggested to the soldiers, bel
'ne eisc'ion'thas as Republic only &C
Nv save the country, they had better vote
! the hepueilcan Candidates.
The people of Bordeaux have sent a !
TO Cissey, asking him to disayov the co,
90 pursued by Bssson.
"a The latest returns from the Departmer
the Ssine elect Moresu to the Assemb,
place of Bonvelet, which increases the
q. publican defs vat;nu