Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-29

N. c., who testified to the past a. we'll az TO
the present condition of that State. saving.
among other things, that the people had TAX
en- the law into their own hands only in cases
where criminals had been psrdoned, and
public opinion demanded such action against
outrages.
Only one more witness is here, Giles
Leach, OF North Carolina, who will testify in
regard to Robson county outlaws. eight
or ten are on their way here from North
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississip-
pi respectively.
The Commissioners of Internal Revenue
has decided that officers of the Territorial
Governments are not entitled to exceptions
from the Income tax, as are officers of State
Governments, under the decision of the Su-
preme Court in the case of Burlington against
Day.
The receipts at the Treasury Of subscrip-
tions to the new loan are generally of q
nall figure, the average being below $5, 900
to-day. No official communications have
been received from Judge Richardson
for several weeks upon the subject of the
loan.
number of distilleries are coming into
the possession of the Government by pur
chase. The GASES where property has been
distrsined for non payment of taxes are very
large. The Internal Revenue Bureau, how
ever, refuses to give any information respect
ing the property, and is extremely reticent
concerning the exact number of distileries
at present in the possession of the United
States. 1t is understood that q party OF
spectators are negotiating with the Bureau
for the purpose of getting possession of this
property therefore information respecting
the same is denied to outside psrtiess
All the mem bers of the Cabinet are now
here except Robson, who is expected to-
morrow.
The contract for free stone for the govern
ment building at Omaha has been awarded
10 q. c. Mueller, of Cincinnssi.
ST.. LOUIS, July 28.-The Jacksonville
III. correspondent of the Democrat says q
suit involving probably nearly a million of
dollars was commenced to-day in the Nor
gan county Circuit Court, by Rebecca W.
Vail, W. Il. Carson, and others, against Kit
to Flynn, Thos. NJ. Carson, Thos Roe, ano
urteen others. The bill alleges that on a
day too remote to be mentioned with GER
tainty, but about one hundred years ago, one
A NJ. Roe, of the State of Virginia, became
possessed By discovery of certain precious
stone remarkable foI its hardness and brill
iancy, and so far as has been tested, its
characteristics are those of diamond OF
the first water; that this stone is J inches
iu diameter one way, and something greater
the other way, and ia of eight hundred thou
sand dollars value, and that this stone is
now in possession of Thos. NJ. Carson, of
Jacksonville. The plaintiff asks that the
defendants be compelled to bring the gem
into Court, and q receiver appointed BY the
Court, to see and distribute the proceeds
among the heirs. The value of this stone
was but recently sscertained, although it
has been 10 possession of Wm. Roe and his
| heirs over q century.
QUEBEC, July 29.-The American schoou
er Samuel Gilbert, of Gloucester, has been
seized on the north shore of the ST. Law,
renee, near Parsquet Island, by the DOmin-
| ion cruiser La Canadienne, for violation ot
the fishery law. She was loaded with frest
fish. She was taken into Gsspe, and Is now
on her way to Quebec for adjudication. The
master ad mits q violation of our laws, bu
says be thought he had a right to fish since
the treaty in Canadian waters.
LONDON, July 2s.-The Echo gives au
thoritative denial of the truth of what j
| terms Romantic tissue of exaggerstions,
published by the Times respecting N. Devi
euue, President OF the Paris Court Of Cas-
sstion, and fatty Oontradicts the report ths
| the Empress Eugene ever contemplated 6
divorce from the Emperor.
| Paris, July % The journal des Pari
announces that Favre is no longer minis
ter that he Is replaced in the Office o
Foreign Affairs by NJ. Geonland, one o
the French negotiators for peace at Brus
sells.
The rumor that Bismsrk has consented
to the evacuation of the eDvirops OF Pari
on or before the 3lst of August is promo
unced to be without foundation. The Ger
man troops will not be withdrawn from thei
present positions in the vicinity of Psri
until $50 10000 francs indemnity is pait
and it will be impossible for the Frenc
government to pay that amount as early a
the 3lst inst
MADRID, July 28.-The new Spanish Mir
stry has resolved to put down the insured
ton in Cubs regardless of all sacrifice {
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