Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-16
Attack on the British Government
-Gladstone's Purchase
syAtem Consolidated Fund
Bill-German news
Cholera.
Market Rep orts.
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New YoRK, August l5th.-A movement
is on foot among many English mericAn
citizens who have always advocated q Dem
ocratlc Republic In England, and some Of
whom were prominent ChartIsts II the old
country, to get up meeting, prepare an Ad-
dress, and draw up resolutions expressive OF
their sympathy with the cause of Ireland,
endorslng the late Hyde Park dem onstrasIon
and condemnlng the action of the police
authorities With peci to the Du Slin FEM
an amnesty.
Al meeting of the Local De. nocrAsic
Association last evening, the Cha Der OF
Commerce was denounced for It's re fasal to
exsmiue the city accounts, the Times was
condemned for sIsnderous attacks on the
Mayor and Com pIroller, and a resolution
WAS passed declaring that the Mayor and
/ Comptroller should be heard before adj ndg-
ed guilty. At another meeting Governor
| Hoffman was declared responsible for the
bloodshed of July 18th, and It was resolved
to strsnpously oppose him for any public Of
! fee.
| A gentleman Just retorned from Europe
where he has been on intimate social rsAa-
tions with the French Imperial family, in-
! for ms interviewers of morning papers, ths
! n spoleon believes in his early restoration
| to that government; that the government Of
| Theirs Is regarded ss a mere make shift !;
that his deaGh at this time would be folio wed
BY another civil war. Gambetts is looked
upon as an ambitious, intrig uing, able man.
Bazains waits history to Justify him; Le-
beouf is q wretched creature. The Empress
is well, and intends sending the Prince I'm
perisl on q tour thro ugh the I United States,
when be is hstle older. Tie Imperial fam
lily receives the attentions of the royal fami-
ly and nobility of England. There are nov
two parties in France-the Imperisllst and
Red Republican. The others are nowhere.
European dipomstists sb, Dad favor his re-
turn, believing Napoleon would keep in
subisctisn the disorderly elements 1t is
also stated tina, Englsnd is threatened with
serious revolutionary troubles, aud it was
believed that conciIiation by the govern
ment would fail to satisfy the demands ot
the people.
! FIRST suit for damages against the Staten
leland ferry company for injuries by the
West6eld explosion was brought by Mis.
Esther Wright. to-day.
The Italian General Committee had q
meeting last night to arrange details fol
n the celebration on the 25th inst They are
Il
u parade.
= The Italians sre discussing the proiec
: of placing a statue of Columbus in Centra
|, Park "a connection with Italian unity.
J. Fisk is cutting down expenses, reducing
y salaries, aud discharging perfuous clerks
o at the Erie railroad headquarters.
q BUFFALO, Aug. l5.-A private dispatcl
from Maysville says the boiler of the steam
J. er Chautauqua was new last spring, an
l. that there were only sixty pounds of stear
u when the explosion occurred. The cauS
n of the explosion is unknown. Thus to
a. q eight deaths are reported.
es WASHINGTON, Aug. l6 The First Ns
a. tional Bank at Evansville, Indiana, ba
ut given notice that it will subscribe $4,000
10 to the FIVE per cent. new loan, by transfer
that amount in 20s held by the Treasure
Of the United States as security for It's cll
On culstion.
n Acting Secretary ofshe Interior Cows
~ ~ has written letter to Governor Davis,
is Texas, asking him to postpone the exec
At ton of the sentence of death upon the KioV
md Chiefs, Satanic and Big Tree.
cd A Washing gton special says there is lit
a,s 'nI doubt that the President has rendered y.
,ha Ashley, former member of Congress fro
the Ohio, the Brazil mission. 1t is stated I
are, President said to Ashley he was now sat
My he'd OF the fAlsity ofthe reports against hi
wi and OF the dishonest means employed
Igs politicians to effect Ashleys removal frc
ihs. the Governorship of Montana.
'ais KEoKUK, Aug. 10 Last evening /,
the negroes named Jerry and Porter, hsd
ms alteration on the steamer Merrill, conf
ing up the river. When the boat landed ct
Ole- levee, both continued the qusrrel, when Jer
drew revolver and shot Porter, kill
him instantly Harvard, clerk of I
n. Packet Compasy, endeavored TO preve Mt I
kst escaPe VI 'no "uruers.' VIVA 9o''J 80
arrested.