Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-20
Judge Barnard removed
from Office.
Ex-senator G. w. Jones of
Iowa abandons the Bour-
bons and comes out for
Greeley.
Horace Greeley returns to
New York-His comments
ON Wendell Phillips's
Letter.
Illinois Democratic State Committee

Illinois Democratic State Committee.
HEADQUARTERS ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
% WEST WAsHINGroN STREET
CHICAGO, Aug. II, 1872
A meeting of the Illinois Democratic
Stase Central Committee will be held al
Headquarters, in Chicago, on Tuesday, Aug.
81, at IL o'clock, noon.
The meeting is for consultation on mat
sers of importance connected with the cam
pAjgn.
CYRUS H. MCCORMICK, Chairman.
New YORK, Aug. l9.-The committee
appointed to arrange for the Greeley and
Brown mass meeting September 18th, met
this evening. A plan to erect q wigwam in
| Union Square capable of accommodating
10000 persons wss reported. 1t was de-
cided to invite the leading men of both par
ties to attend.
EVANSVILLE, Aug. 10. - The colored
order, owing TO numerous calls for Alfred
| Carter, a fsvorte colored Republican
speaker.
SARATOGA, Aug. l9.-The Court Of i'm
peschment found Judge Barnard guilty and
removed him, and pronounced him disquali-
fed from holding office.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. l9.-The Presbytery
meets tomorrow to try Rev. Gilbert d
Robertson on charges based on the scandal
in which he WAS recently involved,
! PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10. - The Dis
patch says the Msce-O' Baldwin fight
takes place on Wednesday in West Nir.
ginis, the locality to be determined to-
night.
CHICAGO, August l9.-The three firms
owning the abstracts TO the real estate made
propositions to-day to the County COmmis
sioner to sell cartain books for $40
600, or make more comprehensive set Al
S45, 600.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
DUBUQUE, Aug. IA large and enthu
siassic meeting was held al Globe Hall thin
evening, at which a Democratic Greeley
and Brown club was organized. Genera
E George W. Jones, who was strongly opposed
to the nomination OF MIR. Greeley. wa
chosen temporary Chairman, and made
) speech urging it upon all Democrats q
t their duty 10 support Greeley and Brown q
, their regular candidate.
! Our New Colored Citizens Ideas Of Ere
Speech.
CIScISNArI, Aug, l9.-Tsbbs Gross,
colored Orator from Little Rock, Ark, an
g q delegate to the Cincinnati Convention i
4 May, spoke at Newport, Ky, Ssturda
night, at Greeley meeting. His wife re
sides in Cinoinnati. He says that on Satul
i day night hs came over on the ferry to Gin
cinnati, where two colored men met hin
and told him it would be dangerous for hir
: to come TO Cincinnati. At 2 o'clock hi
: morning he said twenty colored men Gale
= on him at his wifs's residence, walked hil
d up, sent two of their number into the hous
d who told him they were q committe sent
forty white men to tell him 10 leave the Gil
By O'Clock in the evening, or hs won
meet certain death. He sent for his frien
George Peterson, to come TO see him b,
~ Peterson replied he dare not, and advise
III him to leave the city. He went to Gown
ton at this afternoon. He says that o0or'
men in Covingston have visited him al
ne told him he should not speak there tome
ne row night. The Covington police have 7
IN ceived special instruction to maintain orde
- HORACE GREELEY.