Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-11-27
Exposure of the pretended
Diamond Discovery.

New YORK, Nov pa Herald Wash
ington special says the President will read
To the Cabinet to-day a complete draft Of
his message. He has yielded this year, as
he did last year, to the advice Of expert
enced politicians, and has changed its
tenor 50 far as it relates to the South. He
gives that section a passing mention,
praises the wisdom of the enforcement
laws. alludes to the disappearance Of law
lessness in the South as well as the good
behavior at the polls in the November
election, and hopes for a continuance of
! this condition of affairs. Although he has
no special recommendation to make in be
| half of the South he desires that Con
/ gres shall do whatever it deems wlsest IN
/ the interest of the late rebel States reiter-
ates his previously expressed sentiment
/ that he has no policy To enforce against the
wishes of the people. The country Is tellc-
itated on the accomplishments under the
Treaty of Washington. Cuba Is lightly
passed over and the case Of DIR. Houard
receives but a brief mention. Mexico
does not receive a large share Of atten-
ton. Our relations with different foreign
nations are disposed of in the usual brief
paragraph The coming Vienna ExpOsl-
ton is commended and Philadelphia Cen
tenniel exhibition is also spoken of. Our
credit at home and abroad, the efficiency
of the management of the foreign and
home policy and the prosperity Of the ma
ton make up in substance the balance OF
the message.
The President to-day assured the re
porter Of this dispatch that his message
would not show change Of policy on his
part as his endeavor was now, as it had
been in the past, the performance Of his
duty to the extent of his ability. He wa'
not certain that he would recommend Il
Congress an extensive amnesty to the two
or three hundred persons excluded b!
recent legislation but if he did it woulC
be with the condition that they take al
: oath to support the Constitution Of th'
United States. Congress, however, haC
. ample authority in the premises.
E He would recommend to Congress tha
! action be taken with regard to the awar'
. made by the Geneva arbitrat0rs. Tn
. money will be paid by Great Britain t
the department Of State, and be deposlte
n in the Treasury, and Of course 1t canno
: be drawn theretrom except III accordanc
: with law, for purposes specified.
| In the course of conversation on tn
subject of civil service reform the Pres
dent said that while competitive eXamins
tons were desirable, he did not think
right that offices should be given to tn
enemies of the administration 10 the e2
: clusion # its friends.
He was now engaged in the examin;
:, ton of applications for pardon, taking u
= cases 5. rly with view TO making conclI
: sions upoc them. He intended to pardo
Col. Bowman, who about eighteen month
ago was convicted of embezzlement, viii
= he was an officer in the Baltimore Gu
,s tom House. He added that in additiC
to other reasons, Col Bowman was bra7
and faithful officer during the late war.
IN INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 26-At the electiC
he of United States Senator by the Legisl
IL ture this morning, the vote was Senat
st O. 2. Morton, y j. D. Williams, Den
IS ocrat, 81. House, Morton, 54 William
ot Al. Morton majority on joint ballot, l
O COLUMBIA, s. c., Nov. 26.-The legi
-, lature assembled to-day. Lee, colore
nd was elected speaker of the House.
or Governor elect Moses will be inaugur
,s- ted on Monday next Gov. Scott h
af- been sick, but is now improving.
RALEIGH, \. C., Nov. 26,-The ball
for Senator commenced In both houses
noon. OF l69 votes, Vance, Consery
tive, received 78; Merrimon, Conservatiy
IS; Pool, Republican, 73; necessary tC
choice, 81. Both houses adjourned
tomorrow.
ire New YORK, Nov. 26.-The steamsh
he Baltic, from Liverpool, has arrive
-sS Among the passengers is Charles Sumn'
for for The Northwestern corner eliminated
or day when the stock declined and offer
Ihe me at $l.OO, with S54 bid With the possiI
n a exception Of 200 shares reported yesterd
the at so to l IS, it is probable every tral
'"s action above 55 has been a hoax.
,ot-. the settlements possible to make have be
, o. % made privately. 1t is believed the chq
,ro- has taken in cash between 50, 100000 a
AL AL S., 100000.
y Henry n Smith says to reporter Il
and he will endeavor to settle his liabilities
the tender of Northwestern prefer
stock for Northwestern common. Abb
rus two weeks ago he was first approached
os- representatives of the Erie K. K. tou
N ing Gould's transactions, and he Il
he averred that he never took any Erie mol
os- except as a broker for Gould
ue, Commodore Vanderbilt published
,ful card this afternoon saying that he has
INC had and does not intend to have any as
ciation whatever with Jay Gould.
lui- says that he has also advised his friend
pir- have nothing to do with him. He der
yer having connection with any Wall sti
,,os speculative operations
u00 President Watson, of the Erie railrC
'on- says other suits will be begun sho
rus. against those who may have been conot
/ & ed in frauds upon the company. The
" rest of Daniel Drew will be asked in OF
w. to bring about thorough investigat
Watson intimates that Gould will be
arrested.
- Yesterday four youths, with ages rs
ing from l6 to 20, while passing over
newly constructed portion of the
York & Boston railroad discovered
e ap- cans of nitro -glycerine deposited in a
from rom two feet deep, Two of them, to see v
ture, effect the explosion would have, droI
~ On large stone upon the cans, and the
dG aF mendous explosion which followed
. heard for miles and shook the houses
the vicinity. Two of the party were
ribly mutilated and had their limbs b
ex, at in all directions. Their remains
IL ,IuGs ~ scarcely recognizable The other
SSnrI were fri +e,,lfy- r-o,,pdad b,Yt NAV re