The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-22

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keep quiet and never mind. 1.-The showed
a disposition to behave himself, the presi-
dent would give him good Office, down in
Louisiana. Pinehback did not appear to
appreciate the offer. In brief, he
TOLD CASEY TO GO
to very warm place, and intimated in
very strong language that nothing but
seat in the United States senate would
close his mouth. Casey then ran away,
while Packard and Ray held an all night
session with Pinchback. He became
crazy again this morning, and then it was
resolved to get him out OF town, up to
New York, where he would be kept until
he should
This plan appears to have been success
full, as Pinchbaok has disappeared in the
most mysterious manner. 1t is said that
if he had finally refused to 60, a file Of
soldiers would have been detailed to sup
press him, upon the ground that he was
an element of the Louisiana insurrection,
broken loose here. If Pinchback adheres
to his original proposition Of peaching up
Oh his pals, he will be able to tell an inter-
esting story.
SAM Cox's vICToRY-A FUNNY MISTAKE.
The smart chaps of the Radical majority
in the house received one of the most ludi
crous set-b backs to-day that is recorded in
the annals of congress. Mr.. Wheeler, of
New York, with the whole overbearing
crowd of Republicans cheering him on, had
charge Of the army appropriation bill.
Sunset Cox, as soon as the reading had
progressed few items, arose and present
ed an amendment to one of the vital clau-
ses of the bill. The amendment was in the
shape OF a proviso that no money should
be allowed to troops used by the national
executive to Interfere in state elections, or
in any way to subvert the rights of legis-,
latures the cunning boy. Wheeler, amid
the plaudits of the majority, demanded of
Cox if such had always been his senti-
ments. The latter maintained that he had
never thought or spoken differently in all
his life. At this Mr. Wheeler sent to the
clerks desk copy of the Globe, contain
ing the house debates of July, 1866 the
use of the military to disperse the Kansas
legislature. He asked the clerk to read
the remarks OF Mr.. Cox on that
occasion. which proved to be a vigorous
TRADE in favor OF allowing the president
almost Unlimited control of the troops in
cases ct state misrule or anarchy. Tie
Republicans touk this as the hugesG joke #
the season. Their grins grew to filters,
aud their titters to outlaws, as the clerk
proceeded. Vainly did Cox beseech to be
| heard. Jocose cries of Read on-read
un!'' choked him down. 1t was the fun
niest time the Radicals had enjoyed for
years. They had mammoth laugh on
Cox, for once, and they meant to make the
| most of it. At last, after deal of exer-
ton, Cox managed to quiet them enough
20 cheerfully inform them that all the stuff
| the clerk had been reading was uttered by
Leander Cox, of Kentucky, and that he.
5. s. Cox, was not in congress that
year at all. Wheeler and his friends
grew suddenly and horribly serious, and de-
clared that there had been too much of this
undignifed and supplementary trihing.
WASHINGTON Feb. 20.-The Louisiana
committee will report, through Foster, on
tuesday, and the minority report will be
submitted by G. E, Hoar. The report of
the committee, which will be signed by
Foster, Phelps, Potter and Marshall, will
adhere to the original views presented in
the subcommittee s report, and will con-
tain a recommendation that resolutions
urging the proper authorities in Louisiana
to give the control of the lower house to
the Conservative members be adopted by
the house. Some Of those signing the
report will express their willingness te
support the resolution formally recogni
zing the Kellogg government, but this
resolution their report does not urge, fol
the reason that the rights OF Kelloye
have not been established by any evidence
taken by the committee, but are admit
ted upon general rumor as the best pos
/ sible solution of the present Difficult
: ties
The Republican senators held caucu
this morning on the order of business
There was much discussion about tn,
comparative importance of various meas
ures, including civil rights, but no agree
ment was arrived at.
/ CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-Three years agt
, the mangled remains of man wer
!, found in the south branch of the Chica
90 river. No clue to the murderer wa
:, discovered until last night, when youn
man named Daniel Hassett, being arres
cd at the instance of his father. Patric
5 Hassett, for misdemeanor, and fined an
It locked up for the night, sent for the sci
d geant of police and made a statemen
Il which he afterwards swore to, that h
father had chopped this man to pieces
e and putting the remains in barrel ha
# thrown them IN the river. Hassett va
n subsequently arrested on the charge
le murder and committed without bail uni
il the 3Oth of March. He is said to ha,
,e murdered man in Paris, Ohio, in 1856
le New YORK, Feb. 2O.-A dispatch fr
1t Augusta, Ga, says that Ike Hooper W
executed there yesterday, for the murd
of Howard Latter w hite (also colored,
of the night of the 18th of Dec. 1873.
an ALTON, Ill, Feb. 20 Charles Steiner,
n this city, aged 81 years, an old resider
.. was thrown from sleigh on Wednesd
Ie and SO badly injured that he died yeste
ed day.
IN IN MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 2O.-Last TUE
e. day the body of an Irish peddlar nam
Pat Klafferty was found in the woods wi
i'm a bullet hole through his head, the pocI
book missing, and the body almost &C
sumed by hogs and dogs. .
On Wednesday night negro was d
lis covered fastening cross tie on the tres
er bridge of the Mississippi and TennesS
q railroad. He confessed to having thro'
lie train off near there recently. He {
ell pected this train to be dashed to pieces a
ly then intended to rob the bodies of the p
Gu sengers.
DETROIT, Feb. 20 -Ex county Treasul
nd John Thorn committed suicide at Wy,
lr' dotte this morning. 1t is reported that
rs. was $4,000 short in his accounts, a
or this was the cause of the act.
no Troy, Mo-, Feb. 20.-During an e.,
we ton here to-day to raise money to secs
I'm the machine shops of the St. Louis, II;
si- nibal & Keokuk railroad at this pla
en- oreat exc;tan,ent nreva;led. Several '