The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-12-18
The Poor italian Immi-
grants.
Resignation of the Chicago
Postmaster.
Death of E. A. Pollard, An
thor of the Lost Cause"
More Fenians Imprisoned
in England.

NEW YORK, Dee I7.-Hon William
Orton went to Washington last evening
1t is understood he will there complete ar
raDgements with Mr.. Colfax, who will be
come editor of the Tribune
Thurlow Weed has a long communica-
ton in the Herald to. day, showing the i'm
practically of carrying out the Civil Ser
vice Reform.
WASHINGTON, Dec I7.--Mr Brooks, Of
New York, rose 10 a question of personal
privilege connected with the statements in
the New York Herald and World that H.
5. Macomb had testified before the Credit
Mobiler investigating committee that he
Brooks had certain shares of stock in or
der to influence him. and through him the
Democratic side of the House in legislation
beneficial to the Union Pacific Railroad
Company He utterly denied the state
ment and ridiculed the idea of his at
tempting to influence the Democratic mem
bers for bribe Of fifty shares of Credit
Mohilier stock. representing 5000.
Western material wants and necessities
are receiving full attention at the present
session Of Congress Thus far about ft-
teen bills have been introduced looking to
the establishment of water lines of com
munication from the Mississippi to the At
lantic seaboard, and to the regulation of
passenger and freight rates on railroads
50 as TO prevent the annual raise in prices
always incident TO the locking of water
navigation
For practical solution of the transpor-
tatiOn difficulties by its action to-day the
Senate demonstrated that it has full ap-
probation of the situation The vote of
81 to ,, by which Mr. Windom ; resolution
was adopted, is considered as equivalent To
an unanimous indorsemeW of any possible
scheme by which the Whst can be relieved
of its annual embarrassment in getting its
products to market
Senator Window S resolutions. which
were adopted by an overwhelming vote,
contemplate the appointment of special
committee Of seven TO investigate the
whole subject OF transportation between
the East and West, and to report thereon
speedily as possible.
The latest on the railroad transportation
question IS the resolution introduced by
/ Senator Stewart to-day, and which in
| structs the Judiciary committee TO inquire
how far Congress, under constitutional
provisions giving it authority to regulate
/ commerce, can either build railroads be.
tween the States or can interfere with the
rates of freight If one-half of the bills
opening up these questions of such vita
I importance to the West and East can be
voted upon this session, the troubles now
experienced in this direction will speedily
be i'll a fair way Of solution.
An argument in favor of the proposed
ship canal around Niagara falls was mad,
before the house commerce committee to
day by Col L. A Thomas, of Iowa, Hon
G. F. Post, of New York State, and J II
Garry, of Virginia. The argument wa.
based upon the bill recently introduced b,
Mr. Donnan. of Iowa, providing that the ca
nal shall be government work, construct
ed under the direction of the secretary o
war, and shall be free, or tolls to al
amount sufficient to keep it in repair Onl,
being collected. 1t is said that Mr.. Don
non was elected to Congress upon this is
sue. and because ne was an outspoken ad
v0cate of the project.
The canal as contemplated will be abou
six miles in length and sixteen feet deep
to accommodate lake vessels, and will cos
from $l2,000,000 to $l5,000,000, and ca
be completed within two years from tn
commencement of the work
The principal consideration advanced i
support of the scheme is the lack of chea
transportation facilities between the Eas
and the West, whereby, while thousand
are famishing in the East millions q
bushels of grain are being burned as fue
in the West, and the fact that facilitie
, for water transportation tend greatly t
keep in check railroad monopolies, and t
produce low transportation rates, was ais
dilated upon The arguments were quit
full and exhaustive. No indication ha
ever yet been given as to what action tn
, committee will take in regard to the mat
ter.
New YORK, Dec. 1.-THE Board {
/ Emigration has now under its care tw
thousand Italian emigrants, who are Il
, most or entirely destitute Over hur
. dred of them went yesterday as railroa
: laborers to Virginia. The capacity of til
Aims House on Ward Island is taxed t
, its utmost, but it is expected that a major
I / ity of those will be cared for and provide
, with employment before the middle of tn
, winter. If the immigration continues,
is projected to rent a large house an
{ quarter the emigrants there,
0 CAIRO, Dec. l7.-Joseph S. Davis,
g the firm of Parsons, Davis x Co, in tn
city, was instantly killed this afternoon
the barrel factory by the bursting of fl
wheel, a fragment of which struck an
r literally tore the upper part of his heaC
He leaves a wife and three children.
t CHICAGO, Dec, 17.-F. A Eastman
4 Postmaster of this city handed in his re
!, ignation to the President to-day, who a
/ cepted it. Gen Macarthur will probabl
be commissioned.
n Col. Thomas A Scott and other Penn
sylvania Railroad managers held counc
= here to-day in respect to the erection of
L passenger depot worthy of Chicago
|. CINCINNATI, Dec. 1.-THE bill to r.
move the capital of West Virginia fro
! Charleston to Wheeling passed the Hous
yesterday, by vote Of thirty-three
= thirty 1t is believed it will not pass Il
. Senate.
RICHMOND, Dec. l7-Edward A. Pc
e lard, the editor and author, died at Lyme
v burg yesterday, aged 40.
o LONDON, Dec. 17.--Eourteen rir
leaders in the disorderly demonstrations
the Fenian meeting at Stockton have bee
imprisoned.