Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-13

there was a grand swell of popular enthusi-
Gsm for Greeley coming up from the West,
that would astonish thin that all the great
States Of the West would be for him that
Missouri would give the ticket one hundred
thousand majority and Illinois thirty thou
sand, and that he would not be surprised if
Grant did not carry three States.
New YORK, July I2.-B Gratz Brown
returned from New Haven this morning.
The Evening Telegram announces that B.
Gratz Brown was suddenly taken with the
cholera morbus at | o'clock, and now lies
dangerously i'll at Fifth Avenne Hotel. Drs.
Steele and Henry are in attendance. Carl
Schurz was refused admittsnce to his room
LATER.-The illness of Gratz Brown,
though quite severe for time, was merely
temporary, caused By eating cherries and
exposure to the sun. He is rapidly recover
ing and was visited by several friends. In
consequence of his illness the Democratic
Committee postponed their call upon him.
WASHINGTON, July I2-The Democratic
Congressional Committee was in conference
to-day with Liberal Senators and the Gree
ley campaign club. Randall, Of Pennsyl.
vania, has resigned the chairmanship, and
Gen. Slocum has been elected his successor.
| reparstIons are made for the immediate
| publicatisn OF documents for distribution,
and resolution was passed asking the
chairman of the Democratic central com
mittee of each State and each county in all
| the States to forward at once the names and
address of the members Of their respective
committees, for the purpose of enabling the
congressional com mIttee to forward docu-
meuts tor distribution
! Senator Sumner is reported to have used
the following language to the Democratic
/ delegation from Texas. who called upon him
Yesterday to ask his aid in the campaign
II have a very high OPT MON OF Mr.. Greeley,
and | know he labors q behalf Of the same
cause to which | have devoted my life. OF
course / sympathize with the movement,
but the time has Eot come for me 10 speak
out. 1t may come, however, bat At present
no man is authorized to speak for me-"
NASHVILLE, July l2.-Judgs Nelson de-
c!iues the nomination as presidential elec-
tor at large, and expresses himself thor
oughly salts fed with the action al Baltimore
He urges all opponents Of Grant TO unite in
the support of an honest, capable citizen,
successful in surmouut!ng poverty and
obscurity.
BURLINGTON, Vt, July l2.-The Liberal
Repu olcaus Of Yer mont have called a msss
co0ven,ion tor the 24.h OF July here, to
nominate a State ticket and electors.
LONDON, July I2.-The London Journals
comm as follows on the nomin alton Of
Greeley at Baltimore The Advertiser con
fesses its mpethy entirely with Greeley 1t
q newspaper tasn. The Post declares lha
"such lsgranr r,dactio Gd absurdaR Wi
largely tend TO bripg sboutso abandonment
, Of the system whereby the people q
/ Ane.i lea have SO long been deprived Of a.
real choice for their President" The Tele
graph styles Greeley a political weather
cock, and says, ''ss Democrat, supported
. by the South, he is endeavoring to unsea
the General who saved the Union" Th'
, STANDARD thinks "Greeley would not be al
eligible caudi ate, we're il not for his eec
. tioneaTing strength. He is Is honest as
4. partisan can be, ani shows occssions
=. glimpses of rough good sense, but is violen
70 IN his dis position, vilhout regular educEtIo
I and devoid Of experience 10 the sdministrs
n ,loa OF pubic affairs. Ia tact, be IS r'
! sponslble yeomsu of the last generator
+ Although Greeley IS inferior to Adams, L
, is not interior to Grant. We DO not beiev
- II he Is elected MS rUOOF1 q atee viii be ~
h pointed from the Tribune oehce.
i NEw YoRK, July Y About 200 Orspg
b men pescesbiy parsded to-day, sceompsnie
= by 1900 police.
o SALT LAKE CITY, July l2.-The create
z boly Of N neral ever discovered has receU
/ ly been located by two men from lIInoi
g named MoHenry end Hughes, il the VS.
d sstch range, twenty-five miles from Ech
on tne Central Pacific railroad The leds
q covers bot seventy feet, with an sverse
n width Of thirty feet. Numerous assays
the yield iu silver give from $3.50 to Sill
J. per ton of perfectly free ore, The visito
to it estimate the rock, in weight, to be ov
to 20 600. tons valued at over hve million
Old mining experts and prospeo'oEs g
Y greatly excited.