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CAUTION FROM THE
American Watch Co.

1t having come TO our knowledge that Imitation,
OF the American Watch have been put upon m.
market in great number, calculated by their utter
worthlessness to inure the reputation Of our zen
uine products, to protect our own Interests sud
the public from imposition, again publish the
trade marks by which our Watches may invariably
be known. go
We manufacture four styles of Watches.
The First has the name
AMERICAN WATCH CO., Waltham, Mass
engraved on the inside plate
The Second has the name
APPLETON, TRACY & CO., Walham,
Mass, - engraved on the inside plate.
The Third has the name
"P. BARTLETT, Waltham, Mass" ell
greved on the inside plate.
All the above STYLES have the name American
watch Co. painted on the DIAL, and are warranted
IN every respect.
The Fourth has the name
SWIM. ELLERY, Boston, Mass ;. engraved on
the inside plate, and is not named on the dal.
All the above described Watches are mace Of
various sizes, and sold In gold or silver cases.
as may be required.
1t is hardly possible for Us to accurately des-
cnoe the numerous limitations to which We have
alluded. They are usually inscribed with names
SO nearly approaching our own to escape the
observation of the unaccustomed buver. some
are represented as made by the ssUnIOn Watch
Co., OF Boston, Mass.''-no such conp.ny eIl.t
ing. Some are named the SOLDIERS Watch" 10
os 500 as our fourth or WIN. Ellery style, usu-
ally known the Soldiers Watch" Others
are named the Appleton Watch Co - others
the 'P 5. BARLEY, - instead OF our ''P $. Bart
lett" besides many varieties named in such
manner as TO convey the idea that they are Iae
Variable productions of the American Watch
Company.
We also caution the public, and particularly
soldiers, against buying certain srtIces called
SO freely advertised In illustrated papers
as Army Watches - s. Ofieers' Watches
Magic Time obseryers,'' ssArcana Watches"
&C., the prices OF which are stated to be from
seven to sixteen dollars. A good Watch, IN these
tunes, cannot be afforded for any such money.
"A little attention on the part Of buyers vii
protect them from gross position.
ROBBINS s. APPLETON,
agents for the American Watch Co.,
ls2 Broadway, New YORK.
augl7dw3m- ...
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Horace Greeley, in recent article in the
Independent, stated in substance that prohobi-
tory liquor laws and laws prohibiting prosti-
tuition would not prove adequate to the ex
tinctlon OF the evils at which they were aim
ed; still he was in favor of them, or, in other
words, he was opposed the recognition of
vice by legislation. Sensimentalism or nv
pocrital morality, incapable of reduction to
practice, never has done much good in the
world. 1t is better to regulate aud curb evils
which we cannot extinguish than. bv an at.
tempt to extinguish them, leave them without
regulation. There is now some very nla;n
but entirely proper discussions in the French
and English newspapers in relation to reeu
lating houses of ill-fame. In those countries
as here. the evil of prostitution is spreading
and true moralists and philanthropists are
inquiring practical method of curbing it
Stringent, prohibitory laws against it but
drive it from the surface of society, and rem
der 1t more lucrative by affording the demi
monde the privilege of pleading the risk they
incur. The tax on highwines has not lessen
ed their consumption. Though we think Mr..
Greeley more rigidly moral than practical.
we are glad to see SO eminent philanthro-
pist directing public opinion to this delicate
question through ESQ generally esteemed to
Del religious Chicago Times.
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A MODEST MAN.

Mr. E. D. Powers writes to the Un,on,
over the signature of Bison" and proves by
a quotation from our weekly paper of June
2Sth, that we did not use the language he
had previously charged upon US, in regard TO
celebration on the 4th of July, thus show
ing that what we said in the weekly of July
18th was strictly true, viz we did not use
the language he charged US with using, and
that he either lied Intentionally or ignorantly
Mr.. Powers has proved that fact. Does he
see the point now?
Mr.. Powers has recently been appointed
post master at Buffalo Prairie, very much to
the disgust of nearly all the people in that
township, and he takes occasion, in his
"Bison" article, to villify and traduce Mr..
Whitney in manner which will do E. ID.
Powers no good. He also puffs himself, as
follows:
ssMr. E. D. Powers, the present incumbent, is
a man of education, and well fitted to discharge
the duties OF his offce.''
Modest Powers
Mr.. E. D. Powers, in his bison" article
says:
The individual who related such pathetic tale
noE republican, but man by the name OF De-
Graft, who does not scruple to talk loud on both
sides when 1t suits his interest to do SO, and who
has not had the manlIness to vote at a general
election but once for fourteen years and then
voa ed for himself for some unimportant Office to
which he was not elected.
Mr.. E. D. Powers, In the above extract
lice Intentionally or ignorantly-he can take
which horn OF the dilemma he pleases. 1t
was we'll known aud decided republican
from the lower end of the county, and one of
much more prominence, honor, honesty and
intelligence than E. D. Powers, who related
to US the facts about the Buffalo Prairie post
office
But Powers is modest, unassuming
"criGter." He even had the modesty to sign
petition for himself to be elected post mas
ter, certifying that he was loyal, competent,
faithful, &C., &c. Modest Powers
This truthful "eritter," this imam of edu-
cation" says the Buffalo Prairie post Office
is now ''more central and affords mueh bet
ter mail facilities to the people" than when
1t was at Whitney's. In this he either lies
intentionally or ignorantly - he can take
which horn of the dilemma he pleases. We
venture to say that the quarterly returns
from the Office will, after trial of the two
places, show a great falling off on the re-
celpts OF the Office, thus showing that the
people are not so we'll accommodated. At
Whitney's the Office was located close by
school house and church, and almost every
person within the range of the post Office de-
livery could get their mail every day This
cannot be done in the out-of-the way place
which Powers rents
By the way, Powers. could you not send
US one of your procla nations, setting forth
the rules of your office? We have heard of
taem, and should be glad co publish copy.
Send US one-can't you?
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SOLDIERS, READ.


icans celebrated the Fourth of July in .
style of their own. Wendell Philips was
one of the orators, and, among other snings'
said :
s.The negro bears the palm IN virtue, gaiiantry,
and ,atr,of7sm IN this war. In every action he
b.. sod NV our SIDE and never quaied. II is
I'm ve ask protection for, and his protection is
tbs white mans safety. grow sick of any game
where the coun tiers are living men. one thiro
of our standing army is to be oil the negro race.
This is putting the negro above the white
soldier in virtue. gallantry and patriotism
Phillips also advised the republican party to
organize themselves immediately against
President johnson, because he refuses to 90
in for negro voting, and said-"Let US move
Immediately upon his works"
A negro orator was also at the same meet
ing, who said that if the negroes were denied
the privilege of voting, two hundred thous-
and black soldiers would give US some trou-
BILE, and hoped that if the government fails to
protect the black man we shall have the
blood and massaores of St. Domingo over
again. He himself would 60 down south
and help in the work.
These sentiments were vociferously ap-
plauded by the republican audience.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-18
SEWING MACHINES.

DE CAUTIOUS when you are told by any
ID one that they have good Sewing Machines
for sale az any one, etc. The Singer and the
original How are the oldest and most reliable
machines and best now in use, will do all kIncs
oil work from the finest 10 the heaviest that any
family ever wants done, and will last liieume Il
properly taken care Of I have been agent tor
other machines and have got rid of them Please
give me call and examine for Yourselves.
Sewing neatly done TO order.
1 also have machine twist and thread for 'sle
Any one wishing to purchase please give me
call W.T.. NORRIS, AGENT
next door to Bsbcock's new hall, up stars, on
Hlinols street. .s- frfs
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German servant girl fell out of third
story window at Cleveland, Ohio. the other
gay. ana would have been killed had not a
gentleman caught her in his arms. She AL
ed him 1T he .'wasn't ashamed of bimself -
and told him to be of with bis impertin-
Major General Logan has ,.nds-.a ~.
resignation and it has been acoeptsd 4'''
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WANTED.

BORROW ONE THOUSAND Dollars
on School bonds by district No /. town 10
north east, 18th P. M. Application can be made
IN person or by letter to Henry B. Hobart, cIcrk
OF the board OF directors
Port Byron, Aug. I4th, 1865. Wv
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FOR SALE.

LOTS in the city of Moline, near Kea,o,,.
u Steam Saw Mill. 'ofs
In the City of Rock Island.
lot, 70 by $50 feet on Front street, near E.
landing In the city of Rock Island f!
Z lots, in Bailey Davenport's addition % =,
city OF Rock Island. " 'ne
In the City of Davenport, Io,ca.
lots on Main street, near Cook & D..
once. O'aty'i
lots on Sd street, between Main and H,,,i..-
streets. i''eh
lots on corner OF Ripley and 9th street,
lot on east corner of Warren and "a .trez,.
In LeClaire.
As lots in the city of LeCl4ire, Iowa.
For Lease.
Also Tor lease for the term Of 20 wears 10,
the city of RocF Island. fronting 400 feet on ~ "a
slough, east OF the city bridge. In front of ,b's
lott the best harbor for logs in the CITY. AnnIs
10 DAVENPORT
dusoui". Rock Island
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Hopes Sttll Entertained that the Cable will
yet be successfully Laid.
HEARTS CONTENT. Any tx
via AsPY BAY, Aug. IL.

via AsPY BAY, Aug. IL.
The British war steams or Terrible and Gal.
eta, from Hearts Content. %, arrived at ST
Johns, N. F.. at 8 o'clock Tuesday even;ng
the 10Th. The steamer Great Eastern return,
ed to Sheernes on the l1th inst Can't. Ma
pier reports as follows: The cable parted ON
Wednesday. the I'D inst. at noon in $50
fathoms of water, il was then grappled for
three different times and raised twelve hun.
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Catarrh Cured.

They are treating Catarrh on a new system which
Is a Sure Cure for the Disease.
Experience ha- proved that Catarrh cannot he
cured by local treatment alone; hence the many
advertised cures tor Catarrh, all of which are
remedies, give relief only while the patient is ms
ing them, but never cure.
Understanding the disease, and we know IL can
not be cured by local treatment alone tberefore
we also prescribe a constitutional remedy tn bs
taken, and by the combined local md constitution
al treatment, we enabled to remove the c,n..
OF Catarrh, aud thereby effect
PERMANENT CURE,
Their consultations for years have averaged tram
i've to seven thousand year, which gives them an
experience unsurpassed by any, and eaualIed ON,
ly by few.
Vs. Remember they do not promise to cure all
stages of disease While all diseases are eurabIe
IL taken IN season, all stages are not Your case
may De durable this week, not next-to-day. NO,
Tomorrow; hence the danger of delay.
No Case ,ciH be Receiued schen there are ann
doubts Of Cure or Relief
Our terms are cash hence the money must he
TENT with all orders for medicines. Ii cost. from
hSe to htteen dollars per month, to doctor with
US, which includes medicines
&&- The poor will be favored.
CONSULTATION FREE.
Patients must write their name state. post oe
nee ADDRESS, plainly. Ali letters requiring an an
'wer, must contain letter stamp and be addre.. |
I'd to DIR. KNAPP & SON, Boz 64s3. Chicago. mn
Any OF the above diseases can be treated suc- |
essuiiy oy Inc Pauents' describing their case in
eter, when they cannot see US
DR.. Knapp, who will visit Rock Island reguI,r,x
D the future can be consulted at the Island CIV
louise. Siy
MONDAY, September 9Th,
MONDAY, October 3Oth.
MONDAY, December 25th. Ii
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OFFER FOR SALE. my house and let,
i situated near the corner OF Orleans and Madi-
son streets. The houfe is a good II story wood,
containing rooms. There il also n stable, coal
eonvenences.
Terms made known on enquiry Of the under
signed. PHIL KEEN.
Rock Island, Aug. 5, DIFF.
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DISSOLUTION.

VIE firm OF X. Simpson & Co. is this day
dissolved by mutual agreement. All
by Biddison & Gilmore.
r. SIMPSON.
J. A. BIDDISON,
w. r. GILMORE.
Rock Island, Aug. IL, 1865.
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steam Boilers.

They will do all kinds OF Sheet Iron WORK,
steamboat Work and Blacksmithing, TO order.
FROM their long experience in the manufacture
oil Boilers and Sheet Iron Work, they feel that
they can give satisfaction to all who favor them
with their patronage.
JAMES OTHICK,
CHRIS SCHILLINGER.
Rock Island, March 1, dw6m
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-08-18

Another election for local officers will
take place in Richmond on the oath instant,
to fill the places of those not permitted to act
by the military authorities.
"Maine Law" having completely failed to
satisfactorily control the traffic in hqoor at
Salt Lake City. the city council have adopted
the license system with success.
A wholesale dealer 10 metallic coffns in
New Orleans recently sent lot TO a custom
er In Baton Rouge, one of which was found
to contain body in a full army captains
uniform.
The London papers talk wildly of the dan
seuse Parepa's beautiful limbs and her grace
tul display of them.
The great iron bridge over the Ohio
river, at Steubenville, will be ready for the
passage of trains by the first af September
An English paper says that the wife of the
Prince of Wales is soon to have another herr
Grin and bear it, Mrs. Wales.-LOuisUiLle
Journal.
A good. story is told of country methodist,
at whose house an itinerant preacher was
passing the night; who, when bed time came
and family prayers were suggested, in
searching for bible. finally produced cou-
pie of torn leaves of the good book, with the
n0lUe remark. II didn't know | was so near
out OF ulbies."
The editor of the Deseret NeUs says his OBJ
ject in publishing his paper has been to
"oeneft Israel and do good to mankind. -
That is what we drive at in printing the
Argus.
The New York Netcs perseveres in it's ad-
Vocacy OF the extension of suffrage to coored
persons. We 60 for the same as soon as the
white women have been emaucipated and
that relic of barbarism which prevents their
equality with men has been abolished One
race at Il time, was the motto of Mr. Lincoln
and so we say-one race at a time Fix ND
things properly for our defrauded and op-
pressed females and then we go for enfran-
chlslng all the rest of mankind
A SHARP C1NTRABAND.-A little negro
about 9 years old applied at the provost
marshaPs office yesterday afternoon, for
pass to leave the city. He didn't like Louis.
vile, and he said the white folks put on too
much style, aud the negroes too many airs TO
suit me-" He had grown tired of his free.
dom, and boasted he belonged to Dr. Smith.
of Lexington, Ky. He procured pass and
left for Lexington on the evening train
Louisville Journal.
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The business of the Union ste.m cracksr h.l
cry will be continued by the undersigned.
BIDDISON& GILMORE.
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Grist and saw Mill.

fNHE UNDERSIGNED respectfully inform
J. the people of the upper end of Rock Island
County, and the public generally, that they have
FIRST class Flour and Lumber Mill in Hampton
village where they will purchase all kinds OF
grain, paying the highest market prices, in cash.
They will also do general custom grinding
business, warranting their mill TO make first class
-four and do all work in the best manner.
Flour for sale by the sack, and at wholesale.
e. lAE-- - LUMBER. ~
They also have, connected with the same mil,
good saw mill, ~heIe they will keep for sale
all kinds ofplne and hard wood lumber
Particular attention given to saving wagon
lumber, a supply of which will be kept for sale.
GEO. r. WELLS CO.
Hampton, Aug. 4, 1865.
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PARsON BROWNLOw ON ABOLI-
rIoNIsTs ATD sECEssIONIsTs.

FAkSON BkOV NLOV ~ ADO1A@
rIoNIsTs ATD sECEssIONIsTs.
We. this moaning, received q copy of
Baownlow's Knoxville Whig, of August 2nd,
and take pleasure in copying from it the fol-
lowing editorial. heartily endorsing tn
same:
Abolitionists and Secessionists.
For years past the extreme men of the
north, holding ultra abolition sentiments,
and the worst class of fire-eaters at the sonth,
holding disunion sentiments, have been Ia
boring to destroy our blood-bought Union
These men men have represented the original
abolitionists and secessionists. The first
class hold that the constitution is''a covenant
with death and league with hell" the last
named have long since repudiated the constr.
tuition, grown sick of q republican torn OF
government, and called for a change. The
joint conspiracy of these two parties reached
its extreme point in it's wicked designs
against the liberty of the American people
when this war was inaugurated. For years
these two malignant factions have worked
heartily together, plotting the same end, tho
for different purposes. The one sought to
perpetuate slavery, and the other to destroy
it. And, strange to relate, each thought
that in order to succeed the Union must be
destroyed. The plans of the seeessionists, in
this criminal partnership. eliminated in the
act of levying war against the United States,
and in the establishment of the most abomin-
able military despotism over the southern
portion of the country that ever disgraced a
civilized race of men. The plans of the other
portion eliminated in bringing one million of
men into the field to defend the Union, and
in hurrying hundreds of thousands to their
graves from the loyal and disloyal states.
leaving widows and orphans to mourn and to
suffer for the necessaries OF life. This fear
full state of things, brought about by the Co
operating forces of these two malignant par
ties, ought to be visited upon them bv the
people to the latest generation. Think OF
the blood and treasure it has cost TO try and
save the country from this foul conspiracy
Let it be always and distinctly remem bered
who these partners in iniquity were, and let
them always and distinctly feel The conse.
quences. The war of abolition leaders, few
In number, upon the SOCIAL ORDER of the
south, gave pretert for secession. But the
south is the more criminal, because, without
the stupenduous folly of the rebellion, the alb
clifton party would have been utterly power
less for mischief But the plor was contrived
with satanic ingenuity on the part of the
south. She contrived to divide her national
conventions, first at Charleston and then a,
Baltimore, and to secure the election of re.
publican candidate, and then turned abou,
and claimed that this was a sufficient cause
for war. Hence the dismal dilemma into
which they have plunged the country.
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STEAM BOILER MANUFaCTORT.

NE subscrlbers have formed q co par'ner-
l. ship under the style and firm o. 6.su-
SehliIinger, and have taken the Boiler Shop asir
Buford's Foundry, where they will carry on the
business of manufacturing
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-04-27
To the Public.

THINKING IT MY DUTY, AS A CITIZEN,
j and seeing man whose name Is now promi.
nent before the voters of the city Of Virginia for
an important public Office, ! think II my duty to
you 10 give the following statement. In which
defy contradiction, and II the party sees fit TO
deny the same, / stand ready to give proof of il.
In the fall of the year 1863, while in the capacity
Of Policeman, CHARLES W. COOKE, now your
City Marshal, and whose name now stands proml-
nent % candidate for Chief of the Police, did
arrest certain woman Of this city, and took from
her sum of money amounting TO ona hundred
dollars and used the same for bis personal benefit
and HUSH MONEY, and other matters will be
brought TO the pubic notice II he continues to be
a candidate for public oaice
apll2 m PAT BARRY.
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Notice to Xotern-

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
~ Commissioners Of Storey county, virKiniA,
Apfi Goth, 1865 5-Notice h hereby given to the
voters Of Storey county, that this Board win
neet at their ofiee, In thia city, on Monday, the
lst day Of May, a, D. 1855 and win set ~ Board
Pm, 10 conformity 10 the provisions Of an. Act
Of The Legislature Of the State OF Nevlda. enti-
.fled An Act 70 provide fnr the ReEiStrstion Of
,the psxas OF ElestsrA and for thu lsoafainment
By proper proofi Of the pefSons who shall be en-.
did ta ~ Eghts Of sutfrANsr, By order Of the
Deard LUC1EN Hermann.
siNh 5'lqr& c