The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-06

of. the powers must therefore be copanuni
Gated to the Porte. The note is so decid ed
and dwells so clearly on the impossibility G
further concessions that, it plainly show
Greece the futility of objecting to it. Tn
present creek ministry will probabI
resign and Selpannis, formerly minister o
foreign AFFAIRS. and Greek pleniposcntiar
ct the Berlin congress, will form a uey
ministry. Selysnnis will be more dispose,
TO agree to eenciliation, which would b.
Impossible for Premier Conloundouros o
Tricoupis.
LINCOLN'S IDEAS.
| WASHINGTON, April 6.-Gen. McCook
who has been on Gen. Sherman's staff fo
years, has been ordered to join his regi
ment at White River. and Chaplain Null
Inns has been ordered to take charge o
education in the army. Army officers sa,
that Secretary Lincoln has expressed hi
intention to reyolutionize the sta # appoint
| ments. He thinks some officers have beer
anJoying fat and easy berths too long, an(
that 1t is fair to give them taste OF ser
vice. and let those who have seen hare
service perform staff duty awhile
ARMY OF TENNESSEE.
CINCINNATI. April 6. 6.-The socisty ol
the Army of Tennessee marched. this
morning. 90 10 number, with Gen. Sher-
man at it's head, from the Burnet tc
Pixies opera house and Sherman presided
at the business meeting, After the reports
and appointment Of committees Sherman
read a sketch of the battle of Pittsbura
Landing, correcting some mistakes of
reporters and stated that Whitelaw Reid g
report for the Cincinnati Gazette was all
wrong in essential particulars. A large
number of regrets were read. There were
subsequently speeches at the chamber of
commerce.
TENNESSEE'S DEBT.
NASHVILLE. April 6.-The governor
has signed the bill which passed yesterday
to settle the state debt at par and 3 per
cent. The house passed the senate bill to
settle the debt of the extinct municipality
of Memphis at 333 cents and per cent
interest.
CANAL RESOLUTIONS.
NEW YORK, April.-The following are
the resolutions in full adopted unanimous-
y at special q Getting of the Produce Ex-
change called to consider the subject of g
free canal:
ReeoEred, That the portion heretofore
held by; the city and State of
New York is in serious jeopardy, and
cannot be much longer retained without
prompt and vigorous action. Rival sea-
board cities, By herculean efforts. by lavish
use of capital and By availing themselves
of all resources of engineering skill, have
gone far toward neutralizing the geogra-
phical advantages of our State, and toward
wrestling from US the traffic in products of
4 he 1n -
enlightened public policy, and vast expen~
dItures. has nearly completed the i'm
provement of the Weland canal, which
will be ready for operationin few months
aud last, though not least. the Mississippi
and New Orleans routs now looms up as
one of our most formidable competitors.
ReSolUed, That the time has now artriv-
ed when New York, unless prepared to
retire from her prominent position and to
assuming an inferior rank, must at once and
forever throw off the apathy which has SO
long bound her, abandon the policy of mas
terly activity which has so long character
Izod her councils and by the adoption of
a vigorous and liberal policy in connection
with her water water ways, retain her hold
upon the internal commerce of the country
By offering cheaper and better facilities for
transportation than any competitor what
seever.
Resolved, That in the judgment of the
New York Produce Exchange the first
step in this direction is the adoption by
the Legislature and people of the consti~
tutional amendment now pending in the
Senate, repeating the present restriction
of expenditure upon canal to the amount
realized from the polls the previous year
and removing all tolls upon property
transported over the canals OF the State.
The second step is the enlargement of
canals to an extent sufficient to equal or
exceed the Increased facilities offered by
com petlDg routes.
Resolued, That members of the New
York Produce Exchange have noticed
with great satisfaction the growing public
Sentiment throughout the state in favor of
free canals, and they now earnestly request
the legislature that. discarding all ideas Of
false economy, putting aside all local Jeal-
ousies, and refusing to be frightened by
the bugbear of direct taxation (Which
would be returned indirectly to the CHI
zens of the state tenfold III easure). but i'm
pelIed by high standard of true states
manship and pure patriotism. it will
promptly approve at this session the con
stitutlonal amendment abolishing tolls upon
canals of the state In order that this ques-
ton of vital importance may be again
acted upon By the legislature of 1882.
which, if thereupon ratified by vote of
the people, will give free canals for the
ensuing year.
ELECTIONS.
MILWAUKEE. April 5.-The election to-
day passed off quietly, The Democrats
made local gains because of the recent
passage of the anti treating law. Orsamus
Cole is elected chief justice of the supreme
court, and j. B. Cassidy. associate Justice
of the supreme court. Both are Repuoll'
cans and had no-opposition. Everywhere
the Germans cut tho Republican tickets
because of the passage OF the anti treat
Law.
NEBRASKA,
OMAHA, April 5.-The Democrats elect
ed James 4. Boyd, their candidate tor
mayor, at the city election to-day and car
ried the general city ticket and all ward
candidates, with one or two exceptions:
The whole city government is reorganized
under the new law at this election, and the
victory is regarded as most important,
DAKOTA
BISMARCK, April 5.-R. b. Thurton
and the entire Republican ticket was