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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13

With what show of reason or fairness, can
1t be demanded that Georgia, Mississippi and
Virginia shall give the negroes the right to
vote before beng allowed representation in
Washington, while Connections, Wisconsin
and Minnesota shall enter the congressional
halls unques,ioned, notwithstanding they,
on a direct vote, refuse that privilege to the
same class OF people?
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13
FARM FOR SALE.

| OFFER for sale. my farm, 10 Buffalo
Prairie township, consisting of loo acres OF good
land, all well fenced into 40 acre fields has $50
bearing apple trees, some small fruits, &c. &C. 1t
Is well watered, and has good tW story house.
good new barn so by 40, well finished, and all
necessary outbuIldings
1t Is the best OF the best farms in Buffalo
Prairie township.
For terms, apply 10 the undersigned, on the
premises JAMES y. IRWIN.
noyI3w5w,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13
WAGON MAKER.

E'RANCIS RICHARDS. who has. for four.
i teen years, been in the employ ment of Blvthe
4 Stoddard, has opened a shop for himself on
Elk street, near Johnston's -four store, where he
will manufacture wagons and do all sorts of re-
pairing wagons, carriages, SC, &c. Promising
the public to do good work at fair prices, he re-
spectfuIy solicits share ofPairoGage.
Nov2dwtt
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13
LUMBER,
CITY TAXES.

V'HOSE who have not paid their. city taxes
L are reminded that they have been due for
sometime, and the money is needed now. No
person should neglect this notice. as cost will
have to be made unless they pay up at once.
Office IN Charles Bufard's Block-entranee ne II
door to Plummer's grocery store.
GEO. w. COPP,
nov3dw2w- City Collector.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13
LIST OF LETTERS

LIST OF LETTERS
ID EMAINING UNCLAIMED IN THE
IL Post Office at Rock Island, State of Illinois,
on the 18th day of November, 1865:
Ordered to be advertised in the "Erening Argus''
agreeably to the following section of the Post
Office Law, as the newspaper having the largest
circulation OF any paper published in Rock
Island, ILL.,:
sac. D. And be 1t further enacted, that Lists OF
Letters remaining uncalled for in any post Off ce
in any city, town or village, where a newspaper
shall be printed, shall hereafter be published
only in the newspaper which, being issued weeSly
oitener, shall have the largest circulation with
in the range OF delivery of said Office to be deci-
ded by the postmaster at such ofice.-Lars Of the
United States.
Brown Cornelius Jones Katie Mrs
Burger Frank jerks Ellen V Mrs
Burr Elizabeth Mrs kauenbervJ
Brennan Edward Mrs Klein Julia Mis-.
Bushnell r. Heating vi Mrs
Bartlett Mrs hearney Patrick
Burns s B Mrs Lundblond Jo
Bradley VIM F. Mitchell Abner
Cushman Alice L Miss McKenny
CharroPPIn Mo. ney Thomas JJr
Chlcoat ErastusA Moloney Thos
Coho John McNurkey X Mrs
COPELAND Jas Morris Lizzie X Miss
Coon c McCIelaud John
Collins Mary Mrs McNown John
Chapman Mary Mrs MeadIey JB
Crowley Patrick McBole s Miss
Cons ell Robert Mcdaniel Will
Chittenden I 3 McClenden Young T.
Cruden Tobias Olsen 2
Dewey Addison Osburn I'd
Dewey Georgia A Prendeville Thos NJ
Deford Thomas Robinson Hugh
Dewey Saanh Stewart WIN
Eignus NJ Sullivan Margaret Mrs
EdInger M Suckney Ia
Feger 4 Ellis Suley Lue Miss
Furman Annie Shepperd Andrew
Ford Turner Mary Miss
Fields Joseph Tucker James
Yields John futile Jesse
Gordon c Tiff Mrs
Grudke Louisa Mrs Williams Cynthia b Mrs
Hamilton Dolly Mrs Wilson Emma Miss
HarTi~ Ii Mrs Warren J II
Hays Henry Mrs Weaver John
HRrper Henry Wilson John
Hamilton John X Walsh James
Hlse L Wallace James
Jackson or Graham Mrs Wilcox L w -.
Judd NJ d Webb Tobuha Miss -,
Johnston job
~ To obtain any of these letters, the appII-
cant must call for 90 idrertiSed Letters give the
date of this list, and pay one cent for advertls
ing.
~ If not called for within one month they
will lac SEMI to the dead letter Office.
J. b. HAWLEY, p. NJ.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13
Rustic Window Shades.
MUSICAL.

AIR f. GRUMPY having become resi-.
vi dent of Rock Island, takes this method to
inform the musical public that ne Is prepared TO
tune and repair Pianoes and Melodeons, and can
sell at factory prices the following first class in
struments:
Gold Medal Pianoes, VIM. Knabe & Co., BaIti-
more, Md.
A. II. Gale s Co.'S. PIanoes, NY.
Organs and MelodeOns from the factories of G.
II. Prince & Co., Buffalo, n. Y; Cahart s. Need =
ham, n, Y; Mason & HamlIn, Boston.
Second hand PIanoes and Melodeons taken in
exchange COR ones.
Orders for Victims, Flutes, Accorleons, Brass
instruments, &C, promptly filed at Chicago pri-
ces.
n. Borders for tuning OF instruments left at
Island City Hotel, z. o. box 49, or at reside nce
Madison street, 30 house south of Highland
street, promptly attended to. oct3d3m.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13

county clerk in Knox county, beating the
republican nominee.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13
FARM WAGONS.

NOTWITHSTANDING / am building a
~ large number of Pixies Peak Wagons, I still
continue the business of making
THE VERY BEST FARM WAGONS.
and would say the farmers OF this and adjoin
ing counties that can supply them with any
thing they want IN my line, of the best quality
and at reasonable rates. b. h. KIMBALL.
Rock Island, Jan. 20, dwtf.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13
Ju-z1ay's notwithstanding.
FOR SALE.

A Good Brick Dwelling House. in excellent
hrePair, well located and very cheap.
Inquire of J. B. HAwLIY.
novlI S65dwtf.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13

GLORIOUS News FROM WARREN The en-
ure fossum' ticket has been elected by an
asrage majority of two hundred The
''aiers and the democrats slayed the negro
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13
GriSt and saw Mill.

THE UNDERSIGNED respectfully inform
4 the people of the upper end of Rock Island
County, and the public generally, that they have
a first class Flour and Lumber Mill in Hampton
village where they will purchase all kinds OF
gram, 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.
LUMBER.
They also have, connected with the same mill,
a good saw mill, " here they will keep for sale
all kinds Of pine and hard wood lumber.
Particular attention given to saving wagon
lumber, supply Of which will be kept for sale.
GEO. r. WELLS & co.
Hampton, Aug. ], 1865.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13
STONE CUTTERS WANTED
FLORENCE SEWING MACHINE,

FLOhLNtE SEW mt MACHINE.
I'HlS Superior Sewing Machine is meeting
with great favor in community as Family
Machine, aud 10 receiving the highest praise from
those who know its merits
Farmers and others who think of getting a first
class Machine will do well to call and look at this
KIND before purchasing. They make four differ
ent stitches and have the reversible feed. Motions
all positive. Prices from sos to $3.50.
ALEC keep machines Of lower prices from SIS
to $50 A good machine tables for s2S.
want 10 employ agents to sell machines.
n. BRANCH,
MOLINE, ILL,
Opposite Deer's Plow Factory, at the Watch &
Jcwely store, where may be found also Seth
Thomas best clocks and best American Watches,
at reasonable prices, septl3w3m.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1865-11-13
WINDOW SHADE
ManufaCtorv

THE subscriber has established, In Rock
i Island, adjoining Buiord's Foundry, a manu-
factory of
Rustic Window Shades.
Shades manufactured to order OF any size
shape or color, and are the most durable, conven-
lent ana economical curtains IN use.
Orders solicited and promptly executed.
II. ii. ANDERSEN.
Rock Island, Oct: %, DIV.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
A Somewhat Unsayory Comparison.

Our readers have doubtless heard the
story of the Deacon's pig, would by hook
or crook, get from his pen into the ad-
joining corn field. The Deacon studied
long but in vain, to find out by what
means the pig accomplished his thieving
raids. Piggy always made his expedi-
tlonss In the night, but becoming fat and
bold, one day so far forgot himself as to
attempt the feat by daylight. The deacon
discovered him in the corn field and
patiently watched to see. by what means
his sagacious pig would get back again,
when, to his amazement, he saw the pig
crawl through very crooked hollow log
at the bottom Of his pen. The Deacon
saw it then, and so he quietly changed
the position of the log, so that both ends
terminated inside the pen, and then he
awaited the denouement About the
usual time the piggy started for the corn
field, but found at the end of the journey
that he was back again inside his enclo-
sure. Piggy snuffed the place all over
carefully for solution of the puzzle, and
not being satisfied tried the entrance at
the other end of the log, and, of course,
with the same result and so, over and o.
yer again with unsatisfactory grunts and
squeals, his efforts went on until he was
exhausted The Deacon elated at having
circumvented the pig, cried out, "Ah you
thieving rascal, I've got you now; you
may know how to steal corn, but you
haven't got sense enough to dig" The
situation of the pig in his dilemma illus
trates the position of our semi-seccsh,
Democratic friends. They do not exactly
like the political filth of the pen in which
they find themselves, and having so long
fed on the sweet corn of the public crib,
they are struggling in their accustomed
tortuous way to get back to it, but only
to find themselves still confined, and dee
per still in the mud of the pen which
they have so long tenanted at the dicta-
ton Of the slave power Although they
would like nightly to get out into the
companionship Of honost Union men, they
do not know enough to dig under the
hollow log of sham Democracy,
and make for themselves straight way
out of the sty.-Jersey city Times
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
The Climax,

a clergyman in Wisconsin, one Sum-
day, informed his hearers that he should
divide his discourse into three parts the
first should be terrible, the second horri-
BILE, and the third should be terrible hor-
rible. Assuming dramatic tragic atti.
titude, he exclaimed, in startling, ago
nizing tone-"What is that see there p,
Here little old woman in black, cried
out, with shrill treble tone--It's moth
ing but my little black dog, he won't bite
nobody"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
Abernethy "FIoored."

The following anccdote is told Of the
celebrated surgeon, Mr.. Abernethy -
One day, during an examination of a
class Of students, he asked one of them
what he would do in case of man be-
ing blown up by gunpowder. 81 should
wait till he came down again" was the
reply. "True," rejoined Abernethy; "and
suppose | should kick you for such an
impertinent reply, what muscles should l
put in motion z" "Tho fexors and ex-
tensors of my right arm" said the stu
dent, "for / should floor you directly"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
Making Currency.

The Secretary of the Treasury, in an
swer to resolution of the House, has
communicated report of the condition of
the printing division, from which it ap-
pears that there are 81 sub divisions, en-
ploying 527 operatives, 222 of whom are
males, and 305 are females, engaged en-
gagged in engraving, printing and proper
ing for the issue of United States securi-
tiles, and such checks and drafts as are
required in the department, as we'll as cir
culars, envelopes and other lettrrpress
printing The expenses of the division
up to the 9th of June last were $780,
600, and Tho. since that date have
been S395,00O
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
A Last Call to Deserters.;
By the President Of the United States of
Americn.
A PROCLAMATION.


Whereas the twenty first section of the
Act of Congress approved ON the Sd inst,
entitled ''An Act to amend the several
acts heretofore passed to provide for the
enrolling and calling out the National for
ees and Tor other purposes" requires that
In addition to the other lawful penalties
Of the crime of desertion from the militia.
ry or naval service, call persons who have
deserted the military or naval service of
the United States, WHO shall not return
to said service or report themselves to e
Provost Marshal within 60 days after the
proclamation hereinafter mentioned shall
be deemed and taken to have voluntarily
relinquished and forfeited their rights to
become citizens and such deserters shall
be forever incapable of holding any ofi,e
OF trust or profit under the United States;
or of exercising any rights of citizens
thereof; and all persons who shall here
after desert the military or naval service,
and all persons who being duly enrolled
shall depart the jurisdiction of the Dis
trict in which he enrolled, or go beyond
the United States with intent to avoid
any draft into the military or naval SER
vice duly ordered shall be liable to the
penalties of this section and the Presi-.
dent is hereby authorized and required
forthwith, on the passage Of this act, to-
issue his proclamation setting forth the
provisions Of this act, to issue his procla-
setting forth the provisions of this section,
in which the President is requested to no.
tify all deserters returning within 60 days
aa aforesaid that they shall be pardoned on
condition Of returning to their regiments
and companies, or to such organizations as
they may be assigned to, until they shall
have served for period of time equal to
their original term of enlistment.
Now, therefore, be it known, that l.,
Abraham Lincoln, President of the Uni
ted States, do issue this my proclamation,
as required by said act, ordering and re-
quiring all deserters to return to their
proper posts; and do hereby notify them,
that all deserters who shall, within the
next 60 days from the date Of this procla-
nation, viz: on or before the 10th day Of
May, 1865, return to service, or report
themselves to Provost Marshal, shall be
pardoned on condition that they return to,
their regiments and companies, or to such
other organizations as they may be as
signed to, and serve the remainder of
their original terms of enlistment, and in
addition thereto period equal to the time
lost by desertion.
In testimony whereof, l have hereunto
set my hand, and seal Of the United States
to be affixed
Done at the City of Washington this
11th day of March, in the year of our
Lord 1865, and of the independence of
the United States the eighty-ninth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
By the President:
WILLIAM Ii. SEWARD, See. of State.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
DaWsnn's Ale.

The following, says the Germantown
Telegraph, is too good 10 be lost, although ii
occurred some years ago in Germantown, in
a hotel not many miles from the railroad
"Wnl ycu give me glass of ale, if you
please g" asked 4 rather seedsh-looking per-
son, with an cid but wcll-brushcd coat, and
a most too shiny hat.
1t was produced BY the bartender. cream
ing over the edge of the tumblcr.
Thank ye," said the recipient, as she
placed il to his lips. Having finished it at
a swallow, he smacked his lips, and said
This is very fine ale-very. Whose Is
itr'
at is Dawson's ale"
"Ah! Dawson's, 5, Ell! WELL give US an
other glass Of it,
Il was dcac and holding itup to the light
and looking through il, connoisseur said:
"'POn my word, II is superb ale-SuPerb |!
clear as Madeira. | must have some more
of that Give me mug of it."
The mug was furnished; but before put
ting ii TO his lips the iInbi5er said:
"IFhoSe ale did you say this was!"
"Dawson's," repeated the bartender.
The mug was exha usted, and also the vo-
cablory of praise; and it only remained for
the appeciative gentleman to say, as be wiped
his mouth and went toward the door.
"Dawson's ale, is il! knoD Dawson
very WE'LL shall see him soon, and will
settle with him for two glasses and mug Of
his incompatible brew! Good morning!"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
THE LITTLE CHILDREN.

God bless the little Children,
Meet them everywhere
We hear their voices round our hearth
Their footsteps on the stair;
Their kindly hearts are swelling DER
With mirthfullness and glee;
God bless the little children,
Wherever they may be.
We meet them meath each GYPSY tent,
With sisage swarth and dun,
And eyes that sparkle as they glance
With roguery and fun;
We find them fishing in the brook
For minnows, with pin,
Or creeping through the hazel-brush
The linnet's nest to win.
We meet them in the lordly hail,
Their stately fathers pride;
We meet them in the poor mans cot
lie has 30 wealth beside,
Along the city's crowded street
They hurl the hoop or ball;
We find them meath the pauper's roof
The saddest sight Of all.
For there they win 10 fathers love,
No mothers tender care,
Their only friend the God above
Who hears the orphans prayer;
Bat dressed in silks or degraded rags,
In childish grief Or glee,
God bless the little chjllrcn,
Wherever they may be.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
A New Article.

A manufacturer in New York has sue
ceeded in making cloth from the Milk
weed, as it is variously called, from the
white, glutinous substance which exudes
from the stem, and the silk-like substance
which is enclosed in the seed pod, This
seed covering feels exactly like silk, and
looks something like cotton. It has gen.
orally been considered unfit for use in
making textial fabrics, because of the
shortness and want of strength ofits fibre.
But it appears by the New York Tribune
that the fabrics made for it are very soft
and pleasant to the touch, and aslo quite
firm and strong. 1t takes dyes admira-
bly-much better than cotton-and sheds
its seeds without ginning or other diff
fcult labor The Silkweed is very com
mon plant, growing over the whole coun-
try. When the rebellion broke out and
the supply of cotton was cut off, the Led
ger called the attention of manufacturers
to this plant as a possible substitute, for
some inferior articles of manufactured
CLOTH We have no-doubt that the glut-
inous milk of its stalk may be converted
into a substance similar to rubber. Let
some one try it. The cost of India rub
ber would warrant experiments to obtain
a substitute nearer at hand to the manu-
facturer.-Philadelphia ledger.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

There is a company at Freedom, N. II.
engaged in manufacturing tar from pine
stumps. They produce 40 barrels OF tar
and seven or eight of spirits of turpontine
per week. The stumps are drawn and
cut up as for stove wood-put into a
retort and their essence fried out. A
cord of pitch wood gives three bbls. tar
worth sl4 per Dbl. and Is gallons of spirits
of turpentinc worth some ST or $S the
gallon.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

A fac simile of the following inscription
on toomstonc in Williamsport, Pa, is in
circulation;
SACRED TO the Memory Of Henry Harris
Born june 28th 1881 Of Henry Harris and
jane his Wife. Died on the 4lh of May
1887 by kick ola colt in his Bowles peace
able and quiet, Friend to his Father &,
Mother-& respected by ali who knew him
and went 10 the world where horses can't
kick and sorrows and weepings is no more. y
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
The Deepest Mine in the United States.

A. Pardee & Co., of Hazleton, are now
working what is considered by competent
judges to be the deepest coal mine in the
United States. Itis situated on the lands
of the Diamond" Coal Company, and is
known as the Sugar Leaf slope. It is
go feet in perpendicular depth, which
is below tho surface of the Lehigh river
as Penn Haven The slope is in the
neighborhood of 5000 feet in length
This mine has been worked successfully
for nearly thirty years, thus proving the
inexhaustible wealth of our anthracite
coal deposits.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
& Speculation.

Thirty gentleman last year put in ST.
600 each, bought tract of land, expen:-:
dod $4,000 more in boring for oil, but
meeting with no success at the time, con-
cluded to let it rest awhile. Last week
they disposed of their claim to parties in
New York for $3.50, 900, oil having show
ed itself in great quantities.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
The Printer.

The master of all trades, he beats the
farmer with his fast HOE, the carpenter
with his RULE, and the riasons in setting.
tall COLUMNS; he surpasses the lawyer
and doctor in attending to his CASE, and
beats the parson in the management of
the DEVIL.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16
The stock of wines and LIQUORS belong

The stock of wines and liquors belong
ing to the estate Of Daniel Webster, which
were packed at Washington II years ago,
and have been in the hands of trustees at
Boston since, sold at Boston on Tuesday
The liquors were sold for the benefit OF
Ashburton Webster, and brought good
prices, the wines selling for S5 80 to 81
per bottle, and one demijohn of brandy
containing 2 gallons, selling for s52 5O
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

1t was lately stated at Bible Associa-
tion Anniversary, that a calculation had
been made respecting the proportionate
value of the services of gentleman and la
dies as collectors for charitable and reli-
gious purposes, when it was found that
one lady is worth thirteen and a half gen
tlemen.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

The Chinese are queer people to go to
market. A gentleman at Canton writes
that neighbor of his has got in winters
provisions quarter of a horse and two
barrels of bull dog
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

The following letter was written by a
young lady:
"Der kuzzen: We is well, and mo-
Tiers got the his Terrix brother Tom is
got the Hupin Kaugh and sister Ann has
got babee, and hope these few lines will
find you the same. Rite soon. Your
apfhectionate kuzzen."
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

Chicago pays 100000 year for hand
labor in grain shoyeling. 1t is now pro-
posed to save time and labor by employ
ing machinery for this work.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

1t is stated that while only five revolu-
tionary pensioners are alive, there are one
thousand four hundred and eighteen wild
ows of such pensioners alive and drawing
pensions.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

"po you think III get justice done
me 7" sgid culprit to his counsel. "T
don't think you viii, replied the other,
'for I see two men in the jury who are
opposed to hanging"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

The cultivation Of frogs as an article oil
food, is largely carried on in the neigh
borhood to New York One Of the princi-
pal hotels possesses ponds for its exclusive
use where the succulent reptiles can grow
up from lively tadpoles, unmolested by
pickerel or cruel boys.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

An exchange says there is a ''marked des-
titution Of religion in the oil region, and
scanty accommodations for holding services
in that famous region OF country"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

In recent case of assault, the defend
ant pleaded guilty, 81 think ] must be
guilty." said he, because the plaintiff
and me were the only ones, in the room,
and the first thing / know was stand
ing up, and he was doubled over the
stove. You'd better call it guilty"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-03-16

The price Of a substitute in New Or
leans is about $4,000. The draft has
created profound excitement there.