Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-02
Market Reports.
Reported Expressly for the AReUs.

New YORK, Aug 2.-The latest reports
place the killed by the Wessfeld explosion
at seventy FIVE and the wounded at about
one hundred and fifty.
United States Commissioners Belknsp
and Lowell were busily engaged all day in
making arrangements for q thorough inves-
tlgatlon into the cause which led TO the ex-
ploson. They have determined to make
full and searching inquiry, and elliott such
facts as will disclose where the negligence or
culpAbility existed. For this purpose mum
erous witnesses have been summoned 20
testify in the case, and the probability is
that the investig alton will begin tomorrow
Up to one O'Clock this morning the dead
by the explosion numbered seventy-two. A
dozen wounded were not expected to live
from one moment TO another. All the bodies
have been recognized but two. A chubby
baby about nine months old awaits claim
ant IT is not seriously injured. Over eighty
wounded remain ct Bellevue, and probably
fifty more are scattered about In private
houses in this city and Brooklyn.
The World publishes the names ofseventy-
one killed by the explosion, and says there
are eight bodies unknown. The Herald
gives the number killed at even greater, and
the names of ono hundred and twenty
seven injured are also published. The ma
jority of the killed and wounded are from
this city. Brooklyn and Staten Island. IL is
believed that many more bodies will be
taken out of the water, and, of course, others
will never be found. The most painful
features OF the tragedy are the appearance oi
hundreds of anxious and half crazed peO
pie at the hospitals and station houses, in
quiring after missing friends and relatives.
One poor fellow, Michael Finley, who lost
his wife and children by the explosion, has
gone mad and attempted yesterday to com
NIT suicide by throwing himself into the
river.
The inspectors, Matthews and Bale, com
mence examination into the cause Of the
explosion to-day at their Office, % Pine
street, by order of the Secretary of the
Treasury
WAsHlSGroN, August l.--Judge Van
Trump, of the Ku Klux sub-committee, an
thorizes the statement that the recently
published report Of the results of the com
mittee's Investigations in North Carolina ar'
un true in many essential particul lars, and
psrversion of facts in others, and was evi
denty for the purpose of producing par
sisan and false impression. He states tha
| there are four counties, Lawrence, Chester
York, and Spartensburg, where acts OF Vio
lence we're committed. The testimou.
given by negroes is utterly unworthy OF be
lief They we're attracted BY fee OF tw
dollars per diem, and many were there eVl
IDENTITY for that purpose. At Spartensour
q number Of them cougregated i'll the Pos
Office while being called as witnessed, an
dou btess learned g lesson, which was o.
terwards rehearsed substantially in tn
same words, OF various negroes. On
white mau at Columb bia, while claiming t
be q refugee on account of terror, was hold
ing an office there at the expense of th
State
The debt statement shows a decrease {
me debt during July, of So, ,70l ,976, d.
:. o.esse since March lst, ri, of $37 ,379 ,98'
D. H~u TI Sqce March let, $50, OF $242, 134 40
IL Ano IAe'he railroad bonds outstandiu
ID amount to $64 4,6ls. .s32. on which the a,
re oluou .n'eies, ~ not yet paid ia -323,09 I'll
o in'esss, n pa,u oy the United States amour
a. 20 Slz,oS.,4lo, OF which $3,063,8 ,865 hi
II oeen 70 e-paiu " Hansportation of mails
= The total amounts OF bonds purchased, ca
! cellsd and destroyed is $2l7, 1872 $50. viii,
!. cost in currency $243, ,998 ,s07. Mature
- :. bonds 80 the amount of SOL 1913 900 ha,
- also been cancelled and destroyed.
= = At the Cabinet meeting TO day, it vi
= = decided to tender to Charles Francis Adam
y y of Massachusetts, the apPolntmens OF arb
" traitor on the part Of the United States