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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-02-01

sixteenth Semi-Annnal statement
--uI TnE-
FINANCIAL CONDITION
r-Uf THE
Phoenix Insurance Company,

oF HARTFORD, CONS.,
-OS The
First Day Of January, i-G2.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1862-02-01
CARD PHOTOGRAPH PORTRAITS.

II. T. CONNI.I.LN.
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

The following named gentlemen, compris'
ing the board Of supervisors for this county,
vii meet in this city on Monday, the Sd in.
slant, for the transaction Of county business,
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Nine EOIIies.

To think that the more man eats the fatter
and stronger he will become.
To believe that the more hours children study
at school, the faster they learn.
To imagine that every hour taken from sleep
il an hour gained.
To act on the presumption that the smallest
room in the house is large enough to sleep III.
To argue that whatever remedy causes one
to feel Immediately better, is good for" the
system, without regard to more Interior Ell
fects.
To commit All act which is felt in itself TO be
prejudicial, hoping that somehow or other it
may be done in your case with impunity.
To advise another to take a remedy which
you have not tried yourslf, or without making
special inquiry whether all the conditions are
alike.
To eat without an appetite, Or continue to
eat after it has been satisfied, merely te crafty
the taste.
To eat hearty supper for the pleasure ex'
perienced during the brief time it is passing
down the throat, at the expense OF a whole
night of disturbed sleep land a weary waking III
the morning
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The Merrimac Not Seriously KEurI in her
Fight with the Monitor.

NOrtolk correspondence N. Il. Ilules.
Last Saturday night man in gray naval
uniform, accosted Gen. Viele, at the Atlantic
Hotel, and wished to know if he would be ar
rested. The General told him certainly, if he
wore that uniform. This Sunday morning
he made his appearance in the same uniform
again, ard ~Gs arrested. He proved to be the
sailing master of the Merrimac. He knew
nothing of her having been destroyed, but said
that her latest orders from the Government
were to go up the James river for protection
against the Federal gunbeats Tatnal had
rendered his resignation rather than take her
up the York River, but had withdrawn it on
receiving notice of this change in her destina-
ton. The prisoner was taken on board the
Monitor, and had long conversation with
Lieut.. Jeffers about the contest between the
two vessels. He said no shot from the Moni.
tor had penetrated the Merrimac, or injured
her in any ay,except by starting her timbers;
and that the only shot which entered her was
one from the Cumberland, which struck her
port hole, split the gun, killed to men and
wounded seventeen, INCLUDING Capt. Buchanan.
IAis man did not concede that tue Merrimac
was afraid to fight the Monitor, bat he intima-
ted very plainly that there had been great dis
satisfaction among the crew, and great Difficult.
ty in bringing them to obey orders. He
thought they would not blow her up so long as
there was any chance of making her useful IN
the james River or elsewhere; but that if this
project had been given up. they would be very
lE.ely to dispose Of her in that way
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Over the River.

Over the river they beckon to me- ...
Loved ones who have crossed to the turtle
( side;
The CLEAN of their snowy robes / see,
| But their voices are lost by the dashing tide.
| There's one with ringlets OF sunny gold,
And eyes the reflection of heavens own blue
| he crossed in the twIic hit, gray aud cold,
And the pale mist hid him from mortal view.
! We saw not the angels that met him there,
The gate of the city we could not see
! Over the river, over the river,
| My brother stands waiting to welcome me-
| Over the river the boatnan pale
| Carried another, the household pet
Her brown curls waved in the gentle gale
Darling Minnie-I see her yet
She crossed on her bosom her dimpled hands
And feariessly entered the phantom bark;
we watched 1t glide from the silver sands,
And all our sunshine grew strangely dark.
We know she is safe on the other side,
Where all the ransomed and angels be;
Over the river the mystic river,
My childhoeds idol is waiting for me-
For none return from those quiet shores
Who cross with the boatman cold and pale
We hear the dip fthe golden oars
And catch CLEAN of the golden sail
And 10 they have passed from our yearning
hearts
They cross the stream and are gone for aye
We may not sunder the veil apart
That hides from our vision the gates of day
We only know that their banks no more
May sail with us o er life's stormy sea.
Yet, somewhere, know, on the unseen shore
They watch, and beckon and wait for me-
And sit and think when the sunsets gold
Is flushing river and hill and shore
shall one day stand by the water cold
And list for the sound of the boatman's oar.
shall watch for CLEAN of he Tapping sail;
shall he r The boat 40 1t gains the strand;
shall pass from sight with the bOatman pale
+" the better shore OF the spirit land.
| shall know the loved vino have gone before.
A, djoyfully sweet will the meeting be,
When over the river the peaceful liver
The Angel of Death shalt carry me
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WA HINGToN May 13--The President has
issued proclamation declaring that The block
ade of the ports of Beaufort, Port Royal and
New Orleans shall so far cease and determine
from and after the LIST of June next, that COM
rnerciaI intercourse with those ports, except as
to persons and things, and information contra
band of war; may from that time he carried on,
subject to the laws of the United States and to
the limitations, and in pursuance OF the regua-
tions which are prescribed by the Secretary OF
the Treasury.
The new secession plot to induce the inter
venlion of the powers of Western Europe, on
the ground of an exhaustion of cotton, which
comes to light in this country by the arrival o
the Etna, is felicitously met by the President
proclamation announcing the opening of New
/ Orleans and other cotton ports on the 1st o
June. Thus fails the second grand conspirac,
abroad .s@-
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Five Hundred Virginia Rebels Desert in
Body and tnkc the Oath.

WAsHINGToN, May 13.-The Wyanduuk ar
rived this morning from the RappahannoGk -
Her officers report that tho Freedom and Is
land Belle went up the Prankatounk on Satur-
day, and cut off two rebel schooners, ono with a
valuable cargo of whiskey, and other stores.
The Belle proceeded up the latter river some
distance, and discovered body of about FIVE
hundred rebel deserters from the Gloucester
Point batteries. who stated that when the order
was given to eyscuate, they being disguised
with the service, determined to march to the
Federal lines and surrender They belonged
to Virginia regiment.
They offered to lay down their aruis and ex.
pressed willingness to take the oath of allie.
glance, which Captain Harris, OF the Belle, ad-
miniStered to all of them
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Terrible Fire ON Long IsIand.

From The New York Evening Post aar- 2 '..a ".
T. A destructive fire has ragged on Long Island
since Friday the 9Th 1t originated on the farm
of Jose l., g. Smith, Of Mills Pond, township
of Smithtowu, in the forenoon of Friday. An
! old field had been fired for the purpose of con-
Stunning the stubble and rubbish, from which it
communicated with the adjoining woods, and
was soon beyond control. '7.a
| The condition of the country was peculiarly
favorable to the rapid spread of fire. There was
no foliage on the trees and the ground was thick
/ y covered with leaves, rendered dry as finder
| by the recent dry weather
| By the middle of the afternoon of Friday the
| fire had reached the section north of New Vii.
lage, within two miles of the county road, and
four miles from the commencement, running
over the woodlands of Messrs Jeremiah Lee,
Samuel A. Hawkins, r. w Howell, Issac Ham
mond. The latter had between four hundred
and five hundred acres overrun The fire con.
tinued eastward and north Of Selden, oyerrun-
ming large tracts of woodland and burning fen
ces owned by Hankins Smith, Alex. rutland,
E. w. Rutland, Nelson Norton j. NJ Norton,
Davis Norton and Henry Longbotham North
ward of Coram the sufferers were Smith Still,
l.. H. Davis and Alfred Davis.
North of Sweezytown and the Ridge, Horace
Randall had 600 acres of woodland burned over,
| and 100 cords of corded wood destroyed Dan
iel Pity, 300 acres of woodland, and also large
tracts of woodland were burned in this sec ton
belonging to Lester Rutland, Ezra Randall, o.
Randall j. Randall, S. Randall, j. Sweezy,
Daniel Edwards, Austin Randall and James
Davis. The fire advanced still further due east.
but We have no details Of the damage A dis
patch from Port Jefferson states that the fire
covered an area thirty miles long and over Ave
miles wide, caused by burning new ground at
Mills Pond Shutdown, and has extended from
there through the woods as far east as River
head, burning woods, houses and barns. Dam
age varously estimated at $4,000 to $780,
600. The woods in the town of Brookhaven,
Suffolk county, are entirely burned. The loss
of buildings and property is terrible. At the
Manor, sixteen barns and three dwellings, and
between Morichss and Bellport, including Mas
tic, twenty-four buildings, mostly barns, are
burned. Thousands of cords of cordwood in
the woods are burned and the FIRE is still burn
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gOhn NJ. ROtts--COndiGiOns of His ne.
tense.
ON the Richmond Exawiner, May 3.

From the Richmond Exawiner, Maya
We mentioned some days ago that Mr.. john
Minor Bolts, who had been confined for two
months on Il charge of high treason, had been
released on parole, but stated at the time wa
were unacquaipted with the condition attached
TO bis parole; we, however, presumed, and SO
stated, that they were those recommended bv
the Court of Inquiry. We have since sscer-
tanned the exact condition of his release. He
was to return to his family and make business
arrangements to take up his abode at soma
place ''r the INTERIOR" to be indicated by the
Confederate government, holding no eommu-
nication with others than his own family, except
on strictly business mattera When his ar
engagements shall have been completed he is to
report himself to the Secretary Of War for Or
| ders. .ra...
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Moving array in the Mud---The Road
from. Yorktown 20 MiIIinmshmrn

Henry J. RsyznOnds letter to the N. Y. Times
! | certainly never conceived any thing half
so bad as the road from Yorktown to this place.
1t is Of sandy cay-the road generally lying
some three feet lower than the adjoining fields
and crossing occasional streams, which, when
Il little swollen, food the road and convert it
into thick and sticky paste. The rains of the
past few weeks have mode this whole region Of
country exceedingly soft and miry and the
passage over it of the supply trains of the Con-
federate army for the past few months has cut
mp the roads 10 degree l should have never
deemed possible For very large part ofthe
distance the mud was foot deep on the level,
while frequent holes and spots of quicksand let
down horses and wagons twice or three times
rs much farther. And over this intermnable
and unfathomabe bog must be dragged all the
artillery. All the ammunition, aud all the
tents and camp equpage. all the provisions, all
the forage for horses-everything. in short
needed fer the consumption and subsistence of
an army of hundred thousand men wish
most ferventy at every step of the way that
some of those WHO speak SO glibly of the move
ments Of the army-of the duty and necessity
of dashing upon the foe without regard to the
obstacles of which vulgar minds make so much,
could go over this route and witness the almost
superhuman efforts required to transport the
subsistence of even q single regiment
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-05-22
Fire i'm the Auburn s,a,, p--.o.

AUBURN n. Y, May 10.--A fro broke out
in the cooper shop of the Auburn State prison
at o'clock last evening, destroying that build.
ing and large amount of stock and tools be-
longing to the cooper contractors, Messrs. A /.
Miller d Co. The prison is but little damaged.
Inc loss to the State in the destruction of tho
ssop VIII amount to about $4,000. The loss to
the contractors is about $4,000. The citizens
OF AUBURN and the convicts in the prison work
ed manfully to prevent the fire from spreading.
There was no insurance on any Of the proper
tY. ------ =
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THO AS PRICTUKE,

IJPORTER md Deater In Wines, LtQuors, Porter,
Ale, ste. Msrget Street.
All IMPORTED Liquors for sale in bond. at New York
AMI 30 Prices with FIRE ght fare. Double Rrched
Wnskey, IN any quantity at Chicago and Milwaukee
prices. lyl2iu37
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LYMAN 81 BONE,

8oDts, shDe5 Letter F1,djHgs,oEc. Fiery oGriety q
every Article pertaining their business may be had
OF then hs lowest prices. Custom work order.
LeLthet Tor sale. Hides bought, &c. Corner ofMHr
<et 1tui.r 1ui Nam street. See advertssm 'nts.
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CROTSENBURGH HOUSE.

WH Hsnd 10 rotihs ja his {rofe ast0R. Re~idencs-
Fhe uuu recently occupied by a CaN2beli, Uu III,
Northeast OF the PARK OFF con the sant
Dl ok on Nam Street. v2lr49ly
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CAPTAIN BoGG5 returned from New Orleans,
tells good story of Faragut. 1t seems that
before the bombardment OF the forts the com.
manders OF the EogIish and French vessels Of
war near at hand had desired to communicate
with the forts This was agreed to. After the
foreign captains returned, they informed Cap
tain Farragut that it was useless for him to at
tempt TO take the forts-that no wooden YES
sells ahoat could reduce them or pass them. -
| FaTagut replied II was sent here to make
the attempt. You may be right, but came
here TO take New Orleans,to pass the forts, anc
! / shall try 1t on !"
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a. ". CROT z q u e GER.
CORNER OF MARKET STREET & MAIDEN LANE,
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN,.
Boarding by the Day or week, and roomy and commo-
diuus 5tabling.
Cars free. Ski 1yu39y2l
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The Rev Regime at Norfolk.

NORFOLK (vIA. Fl. MONROE May 18TH
The city is very quiet Most OF the stores are
closed, but it is expected that they will open
in day or two, except where the occupants
have left the city with the army. Some ex-
citement still prevails, but it is supposed in a
few days, when communication is fully opened
with the North, confidence viii bs completely
restored.
Prices of almost every thing are extraordi-
narIy high. Candles, for inst snce. of msera-
bic quality, are sixty cents per pound com
mon brown envelopes fifty cents n package
brown sugar twenty-nine cents per poaud. A
number of stores will be opened, howe Yer. in a
few days, by parties from Old Point and Balti-
more, who will bring supplies of articles muc h
wanted here.
The Post Office and Custom House will doubt
less be re-Opened very shortly.
Very little Union sentiment is openly ex-
pressed All over the city, our so ldiers, both
privates and officers, freely talk with the citi-
zens, which must produce a good effect. All
the Notifications in the vicinity occupied
by Union troops and all public property is in
possession of the Federal authorities.
The policy of the Confederate government
seems to be to concentrating their troops at
Richmond some even say that all the Gulf
States will be given up before Virginia, and that
Richmond will be held to the very last. All
insist that desperate resistance wilt be made
at Richmond ifno where else Several negroes
arrived from Suffolk this morning, and report
that no troops, guns or forti6cotions are there
or on the road this side. Among most of the
citizens little confidence is felt in the officers
OF the Confederate government. Confederate
notes refused i'll many places. Gold and
silver are welcomed with great enthusiasm by
all classes of the population. many of whom
have not seen either for many months.
Elizabeth river between Norfolk and Ports
mouth, is of deep copper color on account of
the tobocco which has been thrown into it in
large quantities. Some of it was recovered to-
day, III damaged state.
Gen. Viele, the military Governor pursues
course calculated to produce the impression of
the superiority of the Federal Government
He throws no obsh uctons in the way of trans
acting private business, or in the enforcement
of the ordinances of the city government
The Day Book newspaper. )@il be continued
as afternoon instead OF morning edition
condition that shall be respectful in its tone
The first number printed to-day, contains
nothing except extracts from Northern papers,
aud an editorial statement of the fact of the
evacuation and occupation Of the city. .
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If YOU want TO he oood-Iookine be good.

IF you want to be good-looking be good.
EVERY door may be shut but deaths door.
WRINKLES are the ruts made by the wheels
of time. wrap esq
THE crow is a brave bird; he never shows
the white feather.
"No fun is honest which is not fun for both
parties" p"
To make your coat last, avoid using IL; -
make your virtues endure, use them continual
I1Y.
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G I'D age is relentless tyrant it forbids the
plea wires Of youth on pain of death
To the greater part of mankind it is less
danger GUS to do an injury than much service.
Iris spautys privilege to kin time, and times
n,iyi]epe to Kill beauty.
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rennesee Returning to r'or Allegiance.

CINCINNATI, May IA.
The Gazette ha- the following report from
Nashville:
The State Unioa Convention, for which a
call signed by over one hundred of the leading
men Of Tennessee, who had become Disguised
with the rebellion, had been recently circulated
according to advertisement, assembled at the
Capitol on Tuesday. AS was anticipated from
the high standing of the with whom the
movement originated, the meeting was large
and enthusiastic. Delegations were present
from all parts of the State. Ex-Governor Will
liam B. Campbell president.
The Convention set from eleven to four in
the day, and will meet again tonight.
The Commute on Resolutions offered one
that the people of Tennessee return to their
allegiance another, inviting the assistance of
all good citizens TO that end a third, to ap-
point a Commute TO Onfer with the Govern
ment for the release Of Tennessee prisoners, on
condition of their returning to their allegiance
fourth, complimentary Of the National soldiers
for their forbearauce. moderation, and gentle
! conduct.
/ Addresses were made by Governor Campbell,
Mr. Wesener, of Bedford county; William B.
Stokes, at De Kab; Edward Booker, of Bed
ford; William Polk, OF Nearing 0. S. Br.en
Of Nashville; Governor johnson, and others
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1862-05-22
WAR CLAIM AGENCY.

TENHE UNDERSIGNED procures Arrearages, Bounty,
4 Passions, &c, for Soldiers and their Heirs the
STATE Bounty FAMILIES; attends the and
collection Of MILITARY ACCOUNT AGAINST STATE and
the United States aud any BUSINESS WITH THE STATE
DEPARTMENTS, .5fy~ Send foc Circulars.
Address, tn return stamps
ly42 Il. Il. gunner, Madison.
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51surnBcs.-He is AgeHt fer 1drtotAs COBtpd1eies q
uul ubJed credit, and s prepared TO issue Policies
Lifs and erty, favorable terms. See adver
tisement
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILRo
Change of Time.
f1%s - III q
sc

On and after Sunday, November Sd 1861, will
leave the Great Central Depot foot OF Lake and South
Water sureefs, as follows:
THROUGH EXPRESS. daily except Sundays) at $3.50
A. NJ, arriving at Ca iro at 4:30 a. NJ
This train connects for PEORIA Alton, ST. Louis Mem
phis New Orleans and Mobile.
CoMMODhTIoN every 'ay) at 4:O0 P. N. for Cairo
and way stations, arriving at Cairo at s:45 p. NJ
the next day
This train on saturl laws will run only to Urbana.
Trains arrive Chicago at 1l:05 A. NJ and $3.50 P. NJ
For tickets I'd information apply at the office in
the Great Central Depot.
W. R. ARTHUR, Gen. Sup't
SoHS- on. Gem Passenger Agent 2stf
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L. G. MERRILL.

ElgraUer Wood and e0eyy kind of Metal. Station
ry, Fancy Articles &c. Main street.
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EDMARD I'll. RuDI

Starring, Hntr- cutting and SEGnp00tng saloon, OppO-
site the City Hotel Main street. Old Razors sharpeHed
and repaired. Stf
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ADAM DICKHoUT,

LG0yer.-Ssrerdt Lmpr0ged and UntnaprOoed Farm
for sale Office, Main street. ntvl6tf
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POSTERS AND HANDBILLs.
Aenosba Business llrettorp.

JON B. JILSUN,
a. orH6y and Counsellor at Lar, Kenosha, Wis
.z.- tafI . JASON LOTHROP,
BOOK Bi'aatng-aItte sign oftAe BookSnear Al Ward
school house. ... ......
IL. f, SCHOFF,
attorney &c C0Uselt0r at Lam, and S0icitor in Chan
cery. ofiee, Main street
SILAS AMES,
Llatics OF TIE Peace.-0.6 os-. door north of
Slosson Cos Grocery store
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-10-31
TICE.
Cavalry Horses Wanted.

DUBLIc NOTICE is hereby given that Lieu
4 Col. Preston. or the Is; w. Cavalry Reg't
). duly authorized by the proper Department o
tho Public Servic, % purcha horses for The u,c
o.. said Regiment. Horses offered for sale % the
United States for this service must conform July
70 the Revised Specifications in these regards;
" sound in all particulars; from 10 20 g hlrds
Li- not less than six nor more than nine years
old Color O. be Bay. Brown, Black Or SorTel,
good Square trotiers. bride wise, AID size safi-
Client for the purpose above named. for which
fir prices viii be paid.
Lieut.. Col Preston and the under isaei will DO
az St J.Llstury, Caledonia Co. ol the jotA and
3lst inst, (Thurslay and Friisy); at Barton,
Orleans Co. on tao 9Th and 9Th (ruesily and
W errestay) q November, AID &C Derby Line on
tie ,,h and sth (triiay and Saturday.. TO- the
purpose Of Inspecting sni purchasing such suita-
BE horses as riIy be oGerel. Ut cr times and
places Of purchase, may DO healer designated, Of
which due 1otice vii, ii necessary, be- given.
Capt. r. W CLARKE.
Asst. Or. Mr. Vols, L. $. a.
Brat. !eJor5, Vt. Get. 90. tSr.T
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LEGAL NOTICES.
ABEL MYMAN,s ESTATE :.

STATE OF VERMONT, ! Tho Probate
- DISTRICT or cHIrrENDES. IS. Court for the
Disrs. OF Chittenieu, to all persons interested IN
the estate % Abel Wynan, late OF Hiaesoarsa. IA
ssid district, deceased. GTe-tius
where's aid Court hath assigned the 18TH day
Of November neat, for the settlement OF tho Al
miuistr- a account q tho estate Of Abel Nymsn,
deceased aud ordered tia; publ; notice thereof Be
given O. all persons interested in said estate. bT
publishing this order three weeks succ ssivelT
previous 90 the day assigned, IN the weekly Bur
iiurton lec Press printed n Burlington in sai
district,
Therefore. you arc hereby notiled 70 appear a,
Ito Probate Court Rooms, in BgrlcS,on on tas
dsy a-sirned, then md there 70 coacst tho allow
a-.e u said account. If you sos cause.
Given urI-s my had tais sch day Of october
4 p. i5s-
vlsvs l. B. FAY, Jadgs.