The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-29
TELEGRAPHTC.
ET HIEgS IT,
A Decent Man goes to Spain
in pl Fce of Dan Siskles.
Suspicion Of Another Fill
buster Steamer.
She is Detained in Boston.
Movements of the Eilibus-
ters in New York, @
The Silk Weavarsiand ont
Vnat Protection doesn't
Protect them.
And they ask Congress for
Free Trade.
More Frauds on the Rev
.gaa onu0.
The Official Murder in our
State Prison. s@a5
Gage hands his property
over to the City.
More Frauds on the Rev
a.Eea onue.
The Official Murder in our
State Prison. sa5
Gage hands his property
over to the City.
Murders, Hangings, go.

has appointed Caleb Gushing Minister to
| Madrid, having accepted the resignation of
Gen. SIckles. The nomination will be sent
to the Senate Immediately upon its reas-
sembling. 1t is understood that Gushing
has accepted the position.
Caleb Gushing has just had short in
terview with the President in reference to
the Spanish mission, which he has accepted.
| Orders have been issued from the Navy
Department to discontinue the recruiting
depot at points opened at the beginning
OF the complications with Spain. The num-
Der of men in the navy is now ten thousand
| Enlistments for the marine corps have
been stopped The corps is below the
ndmber authorized by law, twenty five hun
dred enlisted men.
! Congressman Wilson, of Indiana, and El-
bridge, of Wisconsin the sub committee
appointed by the Judiciary Committee OF
the House of Representatives, left Wash
| ington tonight tor New Orleans to investi
gate the charges against the U. 5. District
Judge, Durrell.
! New YoRK, Dec. 27.-Information has
! been received from Baltimore that the
steamer Edgar Ste fart is expected to sail
I shortly. She is cleared Tor Jamaica, tax
ing n,thIng but passengers
/ 4 deIe-ati. II II CunauS viii leave Baltl-
/ more tp IN ,rr1w, Gor New \ Jrk, TO meet
the steamer Junlata. aud escort her u bal
tin0re. SenJrs Manuel Silverlu aud ANA
dcrSacS, formerly Of the Edgar Stewart,
who are among the Survivors of the Nlr-
ginlus have fought In CuDa ana their es
cape from death Is t. be attributed to their
extreme youth, Sllverio being only seven
teen.
Gen Aquilera, Vice President Of the Gu
oan Repuollc, las been recalled to active
duty, and will possibly sail On the Edgar
Stewart.
BosToN, Dec. 27.-The steamer Edgar
Stewart now lies at Jenkins " hart
watched by custom officials. Her register
is 10 hands Of the collector Of the port, and
she will not be allowed to leave, under any
: circumstances, without the tull knowledge
and conSent OF the proper department at
Washington. Repairs to her boilers and
: machinery are now going on and cannot be
completed under four or five weeks.
New YORK, Dec. 27.-Communication
: will not be allowed with the Virginius pris-
!. oners approaching this port until the Dis
trict Attorney concludes his investigation.
The steam tug Frolic has been stationed in
h the lower bay, awaiting the arrival of the
squadron, with orders to this effect direct
ed to the commanders of the Juniata and
0 Ossippee.
5 The survivor sof the Polaris Arctic ex.
:. pedition will meet in Metropolitan Hote
k On Tuesday next and petition Congress fol
additional compensation, owing to theil
: impaired health.
The Paterson silk weavers are advocating
a reduction of tariff on silk from 35 to |;
per cent, and the matter will be pressed
! before Congress.
ALBANY, Dec. 27.-Gov. Dix has order
ed special election in New York for mem
ber OF the assembly in place of Harry Ge
net, convicted of felony.
5. BosToN, Dec. 27.-The Traveller state
that Special Agent Norman II. Bingham
seized the books of Jordan, Marsh Il Go.
G this morning for alleged frauds on the rev
- enue, the amount being set, without an eS
II animation of the books, at over one millio
~ and u halt, with probability of large
& sum. The alleged frauds are said to hav
extended over several years.
The firm, it is said will court the fulles
,s investigation, and assert that there was n
of occasion for seizng their books. The affai
e causes considerable excitement In busines
RI circles.
mt JOLIET, ILL.,, Dec. 26.-The body of Wi
liams arrived at the office of the Corone
about half past clock In the presenc
OF jury of twelve men, and Drs, Richard
Curtis and Casey, and u Tribune represel
tative, post mortem examination wa
held. The head of the subject was foun
to be scalped, but the skull bone was III
disturbed. The brain was taken out as
first step, and it was found congested Th
clothes being removed from the breast, tn
!. breast plate was found broken or cut throug
IS' the centre,-that is, the cartileges WEI
th detached from the sternuln, instead OF til
me me ribs. The whole breast was horribly MAJ
no gled. In the opinion of the physicians, tn
pie liver and gall bladder were in healthy col
,,Ty ditlon lungs healthy, with adheaiuns wit
the pleura on the left side; kidneys health,
Iin;estnes healthy The heart had bee
rem we'd from the body The doctors, u
on examining the heart, expressed ii
iq,pinlon tnat the alleged rupture tro
twhich death was reported IT, have ensue
bore thu. marks ut the use Of an instr
ulelt at either eBI ot tie Stsil, Inc et
deuces were veey plain chat the apertui
or ruu:,.re was unnatural. The exarnin
ri ii IN viii he continued To oulaFruWscohi nIeIi
in. ing at 9 o'cl. ok, at the prison. Commi
= = . 81 ,ners Cannislus and SOuthworth have r
tn, uuested DIR Mason 20 resign. These gel
TN tlemen will be present at the examanatl'
is., to morrow, and 1t is more than probah
ny that Mason will he removed ii he tails
&c &c accept the invitation to resign.
he CLEVELAND, Dec. 27.-About noon
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