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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
REPORTED ESCAPE or JEFF.
DAVIS.

"a New York Sunday paper" has a dis.
patch from Washington stating that runor
prevails that JEFF Davis, on Friday last. by
the connivance OF high officials, escaped from
Fortress Monroe, in the disguise of negro
stevedOre, and got on board an English stea-
mer lying in the roads, which Immediately
set sail, probably for Nassau.
The story is probably a canard, but it
would be a blessed re.iei to the United States
government if It was true. The man who
took JEFF. has already received more curses
than coppers, even if he did get the reward
All the government wanted was for him to
get out of the country-as was well illustra-
TED by the story Mr.. Lincoln told Gen. Sher.
man. In one of General Sherman's speeches
he said
Il asked Mr.. Lincoln explicitly when went up
To- City Point, whether he wanted me to capture
JEFF Davis or let him escape, and IN reply he told
me story
And the general quotes the president as
saying
al ~ tell you, general, what think about tai
rug JEFF Davis. Out IN Saugamou county there was
4: old temperance lecturer who very strict
IN doctrine and practice OF total abstinence. One
day, after long drive the hot sun, he stopped
at the house of friend. Who proposed max ng hun
lemonade. As the mild beverage was being
mixed, the friend insInuaIlngy asked if he would
not Tse Just the least drop OF something stronger,
to brace up his nerves after the exhaustInC heat
and exercise. No. replied the lecturer, Il could
not thIrk oft; IN opposed h II principle
But he added, with longing glance at the black
bottle THAI stood conveniently at hand, If you
could manage to put in drop unbeknownst TO me
guess L wouldn't hurt me much 'Now, gener-
al" Mr.. Lincoln continued, al IN bound not TO
oppose thu capture OF JEFF. DAVIS; 5ut if you could
manage To let him slip LnbeknOwnst lke,l gu ess
il wouldn't hurt me much.''
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
Indiana and the Negro.

Gov. Morton recently made great speech
at Richmond, Indiana, in which he rebuked
the negro suffrage party of his state severely.
lie called upon the people of Indiana to set
their own house In order before they called
upon the states south to do SO. Listen 10 the
governor Of Indiana:
Let me enquire. for q single moment, in
what condition is Indiana to urge negro suf-
frage In South Carolina, or In other state p
Let Us consider, for a single moment, the DO
sltion we occupy: We have, perhaps, TWEEN
ty to twenty-five thousand colored people IN
this state. Most of them can read and write
many OF them are very intelligent and ex-
ceilent citizens well-to do in the world
well qualified to exercise the right OF suffrage
and political power. But how stands the
matter? We not only exclude them from vo-
ting, but we exclude them from testifying in
the courts of justice. We exclude them from
our public schools, and we make IL unlawful
and a crime for them to come into the state of
lnciana at any time subsequent to 1850. No
negro who has come into our state since 1850
can make valid contract; he cannot &C.
quire q title to q piece of land, becau SO the
law makes the deed void and every man who
gives him employment is liable to prosecution
and fine. / sent out the 28th Indiana color.
ed regiment, recruited with great difficulty
aud at some expense. Ii has been in the
field two years. 1t has fought well on many
occasions. and won the high opinion of off, !
GERS who have seen il. We got credit on our /
state quota for every man who went OUT
Yet according to the constitution and laws of 1
Indiana more than one-half of the zen in that
regiment have no right to come back again,
and if they do come back they are subject to
prosecution and fine, and any man who re-
oeives them, or employs them. is also liable
TO punishment Now. can Indiana, in this
,ond ton, with twenty five thousand colored
men in her borders, to whom she denies suf-
rage and political power, ard, to a certain
extent, civil rights-with what face. say.
IAN Indiana 90 to congress and insist upon
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
TWO PER CENT FUND.

Heretofore | submitted to Gov. Yates three
reports on the subject, which were printed
together By the last Legislature and distribut-
ed among YOU. That body also passed, una
nimOusly, certain resolutions reappoInting
me TO continue the prosecution of snch claim
and ON the 18th of July last, | again repaired
10 Washington for that purpose, and have
Just returned. Tie reason 1 did not 20 ear
iier was On account of the sad and melan.
choly death of the illustrious President Lin
coin, and the consequent confusion and I'M
settled state of things growing out OF that
bloody and tragic event.
When, in April, -lS64 decision was rend-
cred against the state in the land Office, /
caused to be entered on it's records a protest
against il, and at the same time filed a mo
ton for a rehearing, By this means | pro-
cured a stoppage OF the account In the treas.
ury. The molten l called up and had dis
posed of on tine l4th of Aug. last. 1t was of
course, decided against the state by the land
commissioner. / Immediately took an ap-
peal from his decision to the interior secre-
tary, Hon. James Harlan, and after elabor-
ate argument and due consideration the Sec
rotary sustained the motion, and sent the
case back to the land Office, with instructions
to recall the case from the treasury and re
hear it. The commissioner Gvowed that no
arguments or facts could induce him to de-
eide for the state, and before the case was
ready to be heard departed for his home in
Michigan, saying, previous to his starting,
that he had left 1T to be determined by his
chief clerk, Joseph Wilson, Esq, whose opin-
ion agreed with his. | did not believe
could, with due respect to myself and the
state, argue a question before an officer who
had openly prejudged it. Consequently
letter was filed with him, asking, for the
reason stated, that he should enter up
judgment pro .torma against the state. The
interior secretary thought tue case should |
pass regularly through the land Office, saying
he had no official knowledge that it had been |
prejudged there, and thus come up TO him in |
the regular way. This was accordingly |
done. Arguments were made before Mr.. |
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17

\ CHICKEN CONF HoxE TO RoosT.-The L,9c
Beaac'f mourn- over the conservative vote Of
Connecticut, aud attributes it altogether to the
influence of President Johnson opinions upon
the people OF the state, and afirms the follow
ing
'No well informed man csn deny this fact
Duaiug the last four years, the great majority Of
the loyal people Of the north have accustomed
themselves To say, We mu.t sustain the govern
ment and therefore, whatever policy the govern
ment finds it expedient to adopt, that is the pol
icy We vote for Accordingly, if the admins
tration dad chosen policy OF justice, instead Of
injustice, and had asked from the people YER
dict in favor of equal suffrage as a basis of per
manent peace, the response would have been
sweeping approval throug out the north"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
Quincy, Oct. 3, 1865.

Greeley gives up Connecticut to the demo-
crazy. He says: We surrender Connec-
ticut to the democracy, and hope they will
have good time managing IT." This is
we'll The ma nrity for the aboIItionists last
spring was about 10000; the majority now
against the fundamental idea Of that faction
l. over 5000. ami this Is conceded 10 be
democratic majority A net gain of about
$1,000 in one little srate l. indication Of what
viii be the voice of the country and the posi-
tinn Of the abolition parry when that voice
can be freely uttered.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
THE LATE ELECTIONS.

The negro suffrage newspapers claim the
result of the recent elections In Iowa, Ohio,
Indiana and Pennsy lvania as an Endorsement
of their plans of negro suffrage, when the
facts are precisely the reverse. They are
barely saved from annibi!ation, IN all these
states, and it needs only another turn of the
wheel to crush them. They have barely es-
capped defeat, their majortiss not being one
quarter what they previously were. Tn
iadei and dsorgaaizei condition of their
forces will nos admit of another fight and
the inevitable consequence of further discus
sion of principles in controversy is annihil-
ating to them.
In Ohio their state Convention endorsed
President Johnson. and their candidate for
governor repudated negro-sufrage. Even
with this advantage they barely escaped de-
feat
In Pennsylvania they DID the same.
Also in Indiana (which state only held
county elscsions) while Gov. Morton took the
stump 10 opposition 20 negro-suffrage.
Ia Iowa, excepting the gazette, all their
newspapers and their stump speakers insist
ell that negro suffrage was not in issue. and
thus they escaped with about one quarter
their last majority.
The result of the elections in the four
states named is suDstan,lY triumph OF
democratic principles aud of the democratic
party, and il evidence that the democracy
will surely triumph and that radical men
and radical parties must go down.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
The Grain Market.

To a common expression, grain mar
kets to-day were ''sick,'' and prices alterIaIly
lower. Wheat declined Sc per Hushel Corn "a
&c. Provisions E'at, stale and unproita bic. -
Buyers of flour held of for lower prices, aud a
general depression pervaded during 'change hours.
This change OF affairs due to the tIghtness of the
money market, large accumulation here Of gram
and the nign and advancing lake ana canal
Observation-Disclosures Journal I6tH
It is q remarkab bic facs that, no matter
what Is the advance On grain IL the east, the
farmer Is never allowed TO g; it. II grain
rises in New York, the sOulless transp1rta-
ton companies increase the price Of freight
leaving the farmer barely enough. and some
times not enough, To pay Tor raising. The
advance goes into the hands of spectators
and transportation companies. The remedy
for this is to encourage mani laetuFIng IN the
west and make market Tor our meat and
gealn at home, and also To improve aud IN
crease our facilities Tor transportation to the
south-to ST. Louis, New Orleans, and the
eastern markedly the sea. We can now get
freight from Boston and Now York, via New
Orleans and 81. Louis, Tor less than by
any other route. Let the transportation Ia
cllitles on that route, by water, be Increased,
and also build double track, wide guage
railroad from New Orleans directly up the
Valley Of the Mississippi, to, St. Paul, with
brenches to important places On or near the
route, and the farmers of the west will then
have the benefit of strong competition each
way, summer and winter, and in summer, of
competition between rail ani steamboat.
In addition to this the west wants cotton
and WOODEN factories at every important
point. The raw material cotton, wool, flax,
&C., &C., is raised at our doors, and we
have unlimited motive power, in water aud
coal. But, now we pay freight on the cot
ton, the flax the wool, &c, to the cast F.; then
we pay freight east on the grain and meat TO
feed the manufacturers then we pay freight
on the cloth back again, and commissions
TO all through whose hands the raw material
the food. and the manufactured article pas
ses Is it any wonder that the west suffers,
under such a state of affairs None at ALL
And the west will continue to suffer until she
gets independent of New England, does her
own manufacturing and increases her means
of TRANSPORTATION. And she don't want any
protective tariff to do it, either. She can
manufacture wooden, cotton or linen goods as
cheap as any other locality, thus making
large home market for her grain and meat,
and for her wool, fax, hemp and cotton, and
furnishing her people cheap cloths without
paying tribute to eastern lords of the loom,
or to spectators and soulless transportation
companies.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
Taxes-Who Paw Them

The internal revenue derived from direct taxa
ton this year, will reach the enormous sum o.
/ over two hundred and ninety millions Of dol
lars.
Who foors the bill
Manufacturers pay a certain per cent tax on
all goods manufactured by them, which per cent
they add to the price Of the goods, thus clearing
themselves entireiy-they do not foot the bill
Retailers buy the goods with the per cent ADDED
and add the taxes with which they chsrged-so
by the time the consumer gets hold of them, he
has u paw the tax of every individual through
whose hands the goods pass.
And the consumers pay the taxes.
Who are the principal consumers OF the cOun-
try:
Farmers and Iasorers. They foo; the bill.
This Is revenue tax. How j i with the tax on
personal property
United States bonds are exempt from national
state, county, township and municipal! taxation.
Rich men invest their money ia these bonds
ami while they draw 50 interest per anuum on
their money they nay no taxes.
Who pays the interest on the bonds
Men of moderate meaus-iarmer- and mechan-
The withdrawal of tine capital invested /,
bonds from thu tax duplicate throws an increased
burden upon the remaining personal property
and real estate.
Who owns the greater part Of real estate in
the country?
EaEllfl- l4tF pay the taxes NalCl should
fl! upon the capitalists
To collect the revenue tax there are EMPLOYED
a host OF collectors, assessors ami commission
eTs, who receive large salaries for their servic-
e
Their salaries paid from the earnings of
the farmer and mechanic.
Their labors could be performed by state and
county officers at less than enc third the expense
and thus greatly reduce the taxes.
This oppressive system Of taxation was origin
ated and legalizei BY the abolition party. Who
propose 10 make the man Of moderate mean.
bear it, burdens, while the capitalists are ex-
empt, thus creating an aristocracy based on
wealth
The democratic party propose to make every
man pay his proportion of the expenses of the
government according to biz means They do
not recognize the right or justice of creating
classes, TO be supported upon the in
dustry of the land. They are opposed TO the
present expensive machinery of collecting taxes
by which large proportion is eaten up by Office
holders
We are also opposed 70 paving taxes for men
better able TO pay them than you are. If YOU
are opposed to the present expensive and unjust
system Of taxation, make it known al the polls
By voting against those who have laid this heavy
burden upon the working elasses.--1baHy Ar !
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
Fer the Benefit Of the New Band.
TAI SALE NOTICE.

ITO ALL CONCERNED. You are hereby
i notified that the 23d day of May, 1864, at
the collectors sale Tor the taIes due the state of
Illinois and county of Rock Island for the year
1868 and costs, purchased the ofsec o 25
in tp IL, LANCE ", OF the 4th Principal Meri-
dian. Also, On Island De OF slough, of sec
%, IN tp II. W, 40 acres and lot IN n
Of sec 20, said Island d, iRtP Il, W, OF
the 4th p. NJ, (29 6-lO0 acres.l Also, e
sec :, tp 10, W, 9Th P. NJ, 40 scres.) Also,
the n of sec !, tp 10, W Of the 4th p. NJ,
(l63 so-lO0 acres. and that the time of redemp-
ton will expire the 23d day OF May, 1866. ]
also purchased, at said sale, the 9ith day OF
Nav, 1864, lot !, in block ], IN Bracke;i's add
ton to RocS Islard, IN said county. Also, the
10 IT ~ J. lot in block s., and lot 3, IN block |,
both in Chicago or lower addition to Rock Island
in the county and state Aforesaid, and that the
time Ofredem ption sand lots will expire on the
23d dayof May, 1866. $. L. BRETTUN.
Hampton, H., Oct. 10, 1865, DIT.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17

The New York Tribune wishes to know
what ls dollarP We can inform it
Before the accession to power of the party
represented by the Tribune, a dollar was a
small gold or large silver coin worth IoO
copper or nickel cents. Since the nar,r
presented by the Tribune has been In novar
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
a dollar is q green piece of paper worth any
where from 30 to 60 cents.
A VOICE FROM ROCK ISLAND COUNTY
SOLDIERS now In THE
ARMY.
How They Vote for County Of1cers.
CAMDEN, Ala. Oct. 9th, 1865.

CAMDEN, Ala. Oct. 9th, 1865.
J. B. DAsFoRrH, Jr. Esq, Dear SIR =
We held an election in the company to-day
for county officers Of Rock Island county,
state of Illinois, and forwarded the votes TO
their respective destinations. The vote in
the company stands as follows:
Number of votes cast in the company IS
Democratic y
Republican 8
Democratic majority 10
We accidentally got the ticket from the Chi
cago Times and had ballots printed here, to-
gether with osths, powers of attorney, &c.
In hope that the county may be as sound on
the question as Co. &c !" 47th regiment, Illi-
nois Infantry Volunteers have the honor to
be
Very Respectfully,
Your Obt''t Sery't
j. W. BALLARD.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
-AHA tu0 EFH5IhI lNVtSs VIC pc
saying
al ~ tell you, general, what | think {
rug JEFF DAVIS. Out IN SaUgamou county
The Illinois Two Per Cent. Fund--To the
People Of Illinois.

Ii is known to you That have for some
time past been engaged in prosecuting the
claim OF the state against the United States
for the
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
WATCH LOST,

OST, between James Taylor's in Edging-
IL ton, and the school house this side OF hi.
place, on the 18th inst, a gold, hunting case
lever watch, with no chain. Gne side of the
case is nearly smooth-the other has a design In
which are three men lying down, with gun. in
their hands.
$4,000 reward will be paid for it's return to the
ARGUS office, in Rock Islaad
sept29dwtf
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17
SIDEWALK NOTICE.
CITY CLERKS OFFICE,
Rock lsland Dct 1888

3 T..
Rock Island. Oct. Z, 1865.
Public notice Is hereby given that the city coun-
ell OF sad city, on the Sd day of October, 1865,
passed an order for a sidewalk. az follows:
'Ordered. That sidewalk of the second class
be constructed on the west side Of Adams street
from Illinois street to the alley between Orleans
and Rock River street, and from the alley between
before the Sd day OF November next and In con-
iormIty with the ordinance relating TO sidewalks
Now, unless the same shall be constructed by
the own ersor holders ofthe lots and parts OF lots
IN front OF and adjacent to suer sidewalks, in the
manner and within the time above required, they
will be built by the supervisor ofstreets and the
expenses assessed on the holders OF the lots or
parts Of lots chargable Herewith.
J. r. JOHNSTON, City CLERK.
oct7d20t
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17

The MYsTIC TIE. c. b. i c. D. c.
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sam-the cheapest and best preparation in
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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-10-17

The democrats of Massachusetts have nomina-
ed General Couch for governor. General
Couch is gallant officer, and has served his
country faithfully all through the war--a war
prosecuted, if are 10 believe the assertions of
the Massachusetts, republicans, TO enforce their
political views upon the country. The repub-
cans, on the other hand, have nominated Mr.
Bullock, one of the stay-at-homes during the
war, as their candidate. This il certainly a
very remarkable state of affairs. The man who
endangers his life 10 sustain the ideas of the
pubhcLns, according to their own claiming, i
kicked one side by them when the honors Of
office under consideration, and person who
remained at home, enjoying his case and living
in luxury, is taken up ia his stead. l. such the
reward which the republicans of radical Masss-
chusetts mete out to their gallant soldiers p
The anteccdents OF the state such that no
person can have any doubt a. to the result but
!: reveals the ingratitude and baseness OF the
dominant party towards those who have been
foremost in the battle uphold Massachusetts,
principies.-N. y. Herald
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TERMS {:
PROSPECTUS s,

Our object, BY TINS publication, - to promote
pure religion, sound morals, christian reforms
the universal abolition OF siayeholdIn- caste the
rGm-trsihc, and kindred crimes; equality 81 all
men before The law: the application Of christian
principles TO all the relations, duties. business
engagements and aims Of IIfe-to the individual.
tHs fanny, the church, the state, the nation; 10
the WORK of converting the world 70 God. restor-
ing the common brotherhood IF man, and render
ing society the type OF heaven. Oar text book Is The
bio'e; our standard Divine law; our eHpediency,
obeoIeGcei our plan, the Gospel our trust, the
Divine promises: our paRoPIy, the whole armor
of God p. O. Address.
-. W. ALDEN * Co,
Box ASH,
New York City.
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Bricks +! Bricks :!

HAVE 20O,00 excellent brick for sale,
Il at the Energy Brick Yard-and will contract
for any quantity which may be wanted. Please
give me a call.
VIM. ATKINSON.
Rock Island, Oct. 10, dwtf.
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FLOUR AND FEED,

I'VE are now manufacturing and are pre-.
w pared to deliver, on short notice in any
part OF the city, the very best quality Of wheat
-four, rye -four, rye meal, corn meal, hominy
BRAN sc, all Of which warrant
~ Orders left at r. Koehier's or J. B.
NJ. c. Tricks grocery stores, or at the mill, will
be promptly attended to.
BIDDlSOy & GILMORE.
Rock Island, Dec. 96, 1864, dd
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The internal revenue derived from direct taxa
ton this year, will reach the enormous sum of
over two hundred and ninety millions of dol
lars
Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-07-11

Fortress MONROE, July 9.-An effort was
made yesterday to raise the old United States
frigate Congress, which was sunk off New port
Nows in the spring of 1862 by the rebel ram
Merrimac. Three steam pumps weTo set Mt
work upon her ut two o clock, and in one hour
succeeded in oXhaustng three feet of the
water from the frigate below the tide line
outside.
At this time, unCol .unately, the largest Of
the three pumps gave out, and the work had
to be discontinued in order to repair dam
ages. 1t is believed she will bo raised with
in few days.
The steamer +. G. Biddlo has arrived with
one hundred and fifty rebel prisoners for City
Point. Tho schooner j. Il. BOwley, from New
York, has also arrived with forage for City
Point.
The schooner Amoricus, from Baltimore,
arrived to-day.
Tho steamer Fanny Garner, with the
steamer Farmer in tow disabled, sailed for
Washington to-day.
The propeller Miss Wood is now employed
as quarantine guard d-buat at the entrance Of
Hampton Roads. DR.. Casey is the cxnmin.
ing physician.
The stoamcr General Mcigg, Capt. Watson
from Now York has arrived. She reports
that on Barnegat Light an unknown pro-
pellcr run into hor and Immediately loft
without reporting. The schooner j. L. Bey-
ery, from Now York; the schooner A. Cor
derry from baltimore for Boston with coal
and the schooner L. A. Anderson, from Now
York Cor City Point, arrived today. The
latter reports having lost her main sail yes
terdNy,