Rock Island Argus., 1872-04-19
Liberal Republican Convention
at Dubuque
FOREIGN NEWS.
General Summary.
lReportedEIprsssly fOrths AEe1s.l

NEw YORK, April lS.-The Times and
H>-Ald this morning comment upon the
great Republican mseting ct Cooper Insti-
tute last night, as sffording o correct idea Of
the public opinion and as being the nat
ursl ex preston of satisfaction with the ad
ministration which the people feel. The
speeches and resolutions speak simply the
common judgment of the country, and the
whole demonstration is rebuke BY the
people of the attempted disruption of the
Republican parry by the leaders Of tie Gin
cinnsti movement.
The World says the meeting was perhaps
as large. but certainly not larger, than the
meeting Of the Liberal Republicans last week;
but in political significance it bears no com
parison to the latter, and that If the place
men Of the administration had been absent
the meeting would have been hfeless aud
insignificant IN numbers.
The Tribune compares the two meetings,
and says that on the whole the Liberals
made no special exer;ion and incurred hard.
y any expense, while the Grant men strain-
ed every nerve and exhausted all their &c
vices for attracting attsntion, yet did not
succeed in getting into the hsl! as large an
audience as that which spontsreousY pack
ed it last Friday night
Cbss. Avery of PieasantyiHe, on ide Har
lem Railroad, fatally shot his wife on Nor
day night. The cause was jealousy.
In the trial of Fanny Hyde to-day, two
physicians testified concerning the coudi-
ton OF the prisoners mind, stating the be-
lief that she was lsboriug under sn ipcipient
homicidsl mania when the killing occur
red.
| WASHINGTON, April l8.-The Post Office
committee this morning agreed to report
| the postal telegram bill with amendments
| In the Senate arms committee James II.
! SAville, chief clerk of the treasury depart
ment, testified as TO the practice OF the DO
| partment in discussing offices, long allowed
for convenience to expsnd for one purpose
money appropriated tor another, it was a
dangerous power, though finally the sc-
counts are djusted under the proper head
of expenditures The gross expenditures
| Of the War Department for the last fiscal
year were $44,0O0,0OO The $4,000, 900
received from the sale OF arms were rot
drawn but remain to the credit of the Ord
nance Department. Adjourned.
The uouEe Foreign Committee to-day
briefly considered the resolution offered in
the House by Mr.. Peters, few days since,
proposing that the claims of the United
States for indirect damages bsfors the
Geneva tribunal be Withdrawn. The chair
man of the COMMITTEES was requested to com.
municats with Secretary Fish on the sub,
iect, and report - the committee at the
meeting next Tbp'sdsy.
The report having been circulated that
Senator Schurz was in default TO the treas
ury to the amount of $4,000 on Eccouu, oi
his mission TO Spain, he called upon the
Fifth Auditor to-day, and ascertsined that
his account, like many others, was KEEP
open because the last ak months Of hll
salary bad not been receipted for, ard q
small item Of contingent expenGes had 20
been certified 10 by the legation in the usua
form. and that, instead of Sehurz being in
default totthe government, sIbaRnce ls stil
due him from the government.
DUBUQUE, April l8-A call will be pub
lished tomorrow for q mass convention il
this city on Saturday evening next, OF al
those in sympathy with the Liberal Repub
lican movement, TO select delegates to th'
State Convention to be held at Davenpor
= on the 23l. The call is signed by }. A
= Rhom berg, W Poor, W L Bradley, Wa
J., Andrew, A Tread way, F Hnds, W Crsw
lord, J q Lul, G Grosvernor, Black
!, liuRer, Peter Keiue,.Jr., John Ihoup
: VIM Hyde Clark, Theo Steimmlbgs, Joh
J. Mehlhop, John Haas, d c Crane, WI
Vandever, Jr, and many others, and II
cludes many leading 2epublicens 10 thi
city.
Clayton county has appointed full dele
CATION to the Davenport convention, includ
I ing several who we're delegates to the lat
/! Republican State Convention.
LONDON, April Is Tho Daily TeIegraP
edltorially this morning asserts IN decide
terms that its statements made teW day
since relating to the relations betWee
France and Germany is founded upon III
deniable facts, and says We deem !: OF
3 duty to declare the certain and solemn lac
that upon President Thiers decision ih
week, depends tie fate Of France. We 81
not speaking theoretically, We measn
anxiously these most grave and rnomen'o'
-, words.
= nis reported that Bismarck has seat
ultinatum to Theirs that tue French eru
be forth with reduced to 250, 600 and hin
that in case of refusal il will be necessa
fer Germ any to establish French Cover
., ment which Germany can trrst.
WASHINGTON, April lS.-Authense
formation has been received from St Peter
, burg that Ostacazy has been disgraeed
account of his course here, and his gone
II Paris with three thousand roubles ye'
conditional..upon his giving no new cause
otfsnse.