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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-09-05
Chicago, Rock Island S Pacific Railroad.

PRESIDENTS OFFICE, Chicago, Sept LIST, 1866.
NOTICE.
In conformity with the laws of Illinois and
Iowa, the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad
Company, of Illinois, and the Chicago, Rock
formerly known as the Mississippi & Mis-,
souri, Railroad Company were, on the Goth
day of August, 1866, consolidated into one
company, under the name and title of the
Chicago, Rock Island Pacific Railroad
Company"
OFFICERS OF THE CONSOLIDATED COMPANY.
John F. Tracy, Pres't and Gen'l sup't, Chicago.
=. w Durham, Treasurer, New York.
Francis H. lows, Secretary, g
G. H. BeardsIey, Asst GenI Sup't, Chicago.
W. H. Whitman, Asst Sup't Ill. Div, R. Island.
A. Kimhall, ASS, Sup't Iowa Div, Davenport.
E. II. johnson, Chief Engineer, Chicago.
+. d. Sherman, Cashier,
Lewis viele, Gen'l Freight Agent,
Rob't A. Gilmore, Gen'l Ticket Agent,
Communications relative to business OF
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TELEGRAPHIC FALSEHOODS.

Last evening an associated press telegram
was sent to the newspapers saying that Gen.
dental party at Cleveland and were on their
return. We threw it into our waste paper
basket, believing it falsehood-as it turns
out to have been.
A special TO the Chicago Post, the same
evening, dated at Toledo, says Grant and
Farragut were with the president. The 9TH
er report, therefore, must have been can
ard.
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RANKING HOUSE OF
JAY COOKE * CD.

Corner Wall and Nassau Sts., New York.
In connection with our houses in Philadelphia
and Washington, we have opened NEW YORK
HOUSE rt above location, and offer our services
to Banks Bankers, and Investors for the transae-
ton of their business in this city, including pur-
chases and sales of Government Securities Stocks,
Bonds, and Gold. Weare constantly represented
at tn. Stock Exchange and Gold Board, where
orders sen, promptly filed. We keep on
hand full supply OF
Government Securities OF all Issues,
buying and selling at current prices, and allowing
correspondents the most liberal rates the marx ct
affords JAY COOKE & CO.
maylOdwIy
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Judge ThOmpsOn's Let
ter of Acceptance.
HE FULLY REPUDIATES THE RADI.
CAL HERESIES.
He Stands SqdareIy on National Union
and Conservative Democratic
Principles.
Rock Island ILL.,, Aug. nth 1866.

Rock Island III, Aug. 17th 1866.
HoN. JOHN S. THOMPSON, Sir At a Union
Convention composed of democratic and Nation
al Union delegates, held at Monmouth on the
oath of August inst. the undersigned were ap-
pointed committee to inform you that you were
nominated by that convention q candidate for
congress in the 4th district of this state and ask
your acceptance.
Your attention is called to the enclosed reso-
lutions passed by said convention.
Most Respectfully You're,
JACOB NORRIS,
H. SULLIVAN,
81 Committee
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ssDIRTY WORK" LOGAN THREATENS
ANOTHER WAR.

The Bloomington Journal of the Oath, says
tina. in a speech which 'Dirty Work" Logan
made in that place, on Monday, 20th, he used
this language
SsI not in favor of revolution, but before the
south shall be admitted in the congress of the Uni
ted States, except the terms osred by the loyal
men the disunion radlcals) of the NORTH l will
again fight the battles of the last five years.
If Dirty Work" John should, in such d
case, start out in favor of the north, he would,
if consistent. serve it as he did the south,
desert and betray it for the other side.
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The purchaser of a ticket at a cost OF SIS,
obtains guild pro quo in his choice OF NUN
Der Of steel plate engravings, and besides this
10 entitled to chance in a lottery dlstribu-
ton of large number of valuable prizes,
chief among which is the magnificent opera
house. costing $500, 900. While we are not
in general disposed to favor such class o.
snterprises, we look upon this as the only
feasible plan Mr. Crosby could have adopted
to have disposed of his property at anywhere
near its value, and shall manifest our faltn
in his ability to carry it through by invest
ing in it, If we had any doubt of Mr. eros
by's honesty. the appending guarantee win
the accom- 2anying correlation would satisfy
us. We have no doubt, however On the
contrary, we believe that everything will be
fairly conducted.
- In concluding this article, written without
solicitation, We may properly take occasion
to recommend the enterprise to our readers as
one in which we believe they may safely
trust. As evidence Of the fact we append
an article from the Chicago Journal. OF the
23d inst:
As will be seen by the following certfcates,ths
success of the enterprise OF the Crosby Art Assoc
citation is guaranteed beyond doubt The fact
of Samuel NJ. Nickerson, Esq. having become re-
sponsibe to peeuniary point of view for the dis
tribution OF the premiums announced or the re-
funding OF the money paid by subscribers, and be-
| ing himself Endorsed by a number of wealthy and
influential citizens, leaves doubt that with Mr.
Crosby's known ability in managing such an I'M
dertaking, the enterprise will be brought TO sue
cesstul contamination
| To the members of the Crosby Opera House Art
Association
The sale of certificates in the Association has
already been so great to enable me to state that
| the distribution of premiums heretofore anneunc-
ed viii made TO their satisfaction or the money
| refunded.
/
| U. III. CROSBY, Actuary A. A.
| Having the utmost confidence the ability of
| Mr. Crosby to carry out his enterprise, l hereby
| guarantee his undertaking above announced.
SAMUEL NJ NIckERsoS
Chicago, August 81, 1866.
! The undersigned, members Of the committee
| appointed to superintend the awarding of premi-
u1ns to members of the Crosby Opera House Art
Association, take pleasure in stating that we have
full confidence in the integrity OF Mr. Crosby and
in the responsibility OF Samuel NJ Nickerson, Esq
his guarantor, and assure the public that we be-
leve the above proposal will be carried out in gooc
faith.
James H. Bowen, president Third National
Bank.
J. c. Fargo, superintendent American express.
Amos T. Hull, treasurer c. b. q. r. r.
J. C. Dore, president of Board of Trade.
]. 4. Ellis, president I'd National Bank.
Clinton Briggs, Ewing, Briggs Co.
E. G.. Hall Hall, kimbark Co.
Francis A. Hoffman, Ex-LIeut Gov.
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FOR SALE,

THE subscribers offer for sale at their shop,
corner of Eagle and Mississippi Street,
One Turning Lathe, One Drilling Lathe, both i n
complete order, having all the necessary tools,
which they will sell very cheap for cash.
For further particulars enquire Of Keen and
Mckay, or J. r. Johnston.
KEEN, LAWHEAD s. co.
Rock Island, Aug. %, lS66-dl0t.
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Whole number OF delegates

Whole number OF Delegates o.
The caucuses, when met, also requested to
choose township and school district committees,
and perfect the organization OF the party IN each
township and school district.
Ma- II Is earnestly requested that the conserv-
alive men of the several townships see to it that
these cacuses are fully attended and that men are
chosen who will be present, at the county conven-
ton, so that every township may be fully repre-
sented.
J. B. DANFoRrH, JR., Rock Island.
Ira CRAWFORD, Hampton.
S.F. HARTMAN, Buffalo Prairie.
CHARLES NJ. OSBORN, Rock Island.
DAVID L. CUNKLE, Camden Mills.
County Central Committee.
Rock Island, August 81, 1866.
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CARD TO THE LADIES.

THOSE wishing choice tomato for canning,
&c. will please send In their orders, as only hair
the crop will have time to rIpen tins year:
JAMES b. JONES,
suo95dow Mammoth Garden.
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gp-g&s's 3dukrtlssmsats.
FARM FOR SALE.

IT OFFER my farm, in Edgin gton, for sale.
i 1t comprises so acres Of land, all under good
cultivation, with good fences, a good house, a
large new barn, good orchard, two good wells,
Sc, sc. Price 81 ,000-one-half down, the bai-
anee in easy payments. Enquire on the premise.
Alse, about miles from the place, have IL
acres of timber land for sale.
E. VANCAMP.
Edgington, Sept. 3-dwtf
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
SINGERS LETTER -"
Family Swing Machine.

This splendid machine combines all the good
qualities OF our well known manufacturing ma
chimes, with many new and valuable improve
ments. Its swift, quiet and positive IN its oper-
alton sews the very finest and coarsest materi-
ais and ANYTHING betw the two extremes,
beautiful and bstantia manner. 1t Hens, FEELS,
Cords, Brnids, Tucks, Gathers, STITCHES, etc, and
will do greater range of work than any machine
heretofors offered 10 the public. We respectfully
invite all IN want OF
Superior Family Sewing Machine
To pay US visit. Every machine warranted land
full ins,ru ctons gwen by competent and courteous
attendants.
". T. NORRIS, Agen, for Rock Island county.
Over BlaDding's Croekery Store, adjoining Bah
cocks Hall may29dwit.
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General Superintendent Department, will be
addressed TO g. FL. Besrdsley, Asst Gen'l
JOHN f. TRACY, Pres't.
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Having the utmost confidence the ability of
Mr.. Crosby to carry out his enterprise, hereby
guarantee his undertaking as above announced.
SAMUEL NJ NIcKERsoS.
rhicspo August 81. 1866.
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DEMOCRATIC AND CONSERVATIVE
TICKET,
COUNTY CONVENTION.

The Democrats, together with all men who ap-
prove of the Declaration OF frinciples made by
the National Union Convention recently SEES
sion at Philadelphia, are requested to meet in
their several townships at such time and place as
they may choose, and appoint delegates to a
county convention to be held in the court house,
in Rock Island, on
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SATURDAY., September 18th, 1856,

at O'clock, p. m, to agree upon candidates for
the following Offices, viz
One candidate to represent this county in the
next General Assembly of Illinois.
One candidate Tor Sheriff.
One candidate for Coroner.
Each township will be entitled to one delegate,
and one additional delegate Tor every 20 demo
cratic votes cast at the last election as follows
, 1866-06-01
w.1Ir1.A coRREsPONDENCE.

WALLULA, NAY Soeui AONN'
Fn,roR STATESMAN we must surely nave
been annexed to Oregon by our ne'er-'O-oe
forgotten Congress. We have no direct com
munieatiou with the seat of Government ou'
there is one thing sure, Oregon weather mas
crossed the line and seems to have taken pos
session of this country in the name oil oregou'
Early this morning, long ere the peep Oh uAy'
we were aroused from our slumbers by the yeiP-
ing of our s'purp"-it being an unusual tniug
for our aforesaid guardian to be aroused from
bis ,,nmbers. as he is a sound sleeper. We
crawled out to quiet his nerves, When 10 ana
behold, it was the unusual weather that had
disturbed him; the rain was falling In torrents
"a few kind words to the 'purP' put him to
rest and | crawled back to bed again. had
scarcely recovered the detached end of my
morninU nap. before was startled by the, angry
crvs of a clone woman" who from her excited
language / judged must have met with some
heavy loss, or great bodily harm. | again
.sarose and futtrredr and learned that the wo
man aforesaid had lost her purse, containing
some sixteen dollars, and that she accused an
Indian of "capswallOwing' the same and wanted
him arrested Immediately. l suggested that
perhaps the purse had been washed out BY the
rain but that would go over and examine the
premises. l soon got ready and went over, bui
before got there the lost had been found, and
all was lovely and serene in that householdi il
proved to be only case of displacement.
"Rcturning home in triumph, j." as young Nor
val has it, another startling announcement wa!
made me- One Of the o. S. N. Co.'S employees
an old resident of this place, had turned up mis-
ing and the supposition was that be had eithe
been drenched to death on land by tte rain o.
had been washed overheard off the wharf boat
Search was Immediately instituted-all the gul
lies On lGhd-log heeps along shore, and fnall.
drift piles in the River were looked intoi but al
proved of no avail; neither land nor water woulC
yield up the missfng-a serious gloom seemed
settling upon our community, not only for th
loss of one of our, citizens, but also for owl
future welfare; for be it known that no citizel
of Wallula has ever died here natural deatl
within the knowledge of the ''oldest inhabitant.
No wonder then that we begun to feel uneasy
and uncertain, WIN SuCh reCoru ShTlES US II
the face, but just at this point our missing mai
turned upin good shape. he was little damp
looked like be had had some good exercisei h
was lille damp-nothing more-he had beer
iHHoeeptLy, but prO6tably employed thus early il
the morning in teing up some logs, that wer
lying around loose near an Indian rdnchsree,
short distance up the river.
By this time it was c o'clock, A. NJ, so W
quietly threw ourselves around cup of coffee
and felJ refreshed and relieved that all the mis-
haps of the morning had turned out so well, ant
are now waiting for something to turn up 10
ITENS
, 1866-06-01


FROM BLAcKrooT.-lIOn. J. A. Simms,
formerly resident of this county, bus more
recently of Bitter Root Valley, arrived at
his old home on Monday last, having come
through by way of the Mullan road. On
his way down Mr.. S. met a number Of per-
cons who had gone through by way of the
Pen d'Oreille. Their reports were uniform
ly adverse to the lake route; it being pro
nounced longer and more difficult than the
Mullan road, even ia its present condition.
Not one of the packers who went through
by the Pen d'Oreile will return by that
route Many of them declare that sooner
than 90 by way Of Pen d'Oreillc they will
take the Salt Lake route. The trains now
on the way back all cross the C@ur d'Alcne
mountains and follow the Mullan road. Mr..
S. expresses the opinion that the people of
this valley should unite with those Of Black
foot in opening and improving the Mullan
road. He says the business men and set
tiers on. this side of the divide will contrib
ute literally toward the enterprise. We
commend this suggestion to the earnest con-
sideration of all those who have permanent
interests in this valley. The experience of
this spring has demonstrated the fact that
if the Montana trade is 10 reach the Colum>
bia river it must come by way of the Mul
Ian road. The packers have already opened
a trail over the noun tains, but it becomes
the people of this valley to make the road
practicable for loaded wagons. For the
present pack trail may answer the purpose,
but if we would. permanently receive the
trade Of that country we must have good
wagon road the entire distance. Two prop
ositions may now be regarded as settled :
First, that large population will settle in
Montana, and second, that the agricultural
districts there are too limited to meet the
demands of the Territory. 1t is here that
for years to come we must find the outlet for
the surplus products of our valley, and here
1t is that We have permanent interest in
opening a thoroughlare that will at all times
afford the means Of communication with the
Blackfoot country.
, 1866-06-01

FoR NEsMITH.-We notice that the cam
didates of both parties in Wasco county, Or.
egon, are out in favor Of the reelection Of
General Nesmith to the U. S. Senate. On
the stump, the democratic nominees have
declared him their first choice, and the re-
publican candidates are equally emphatic in
declaring in his favor. 1t is rare, indeed,
that public man has the good fortune to
please both parties, and if Wasco county can
be taken as an index of the balance of Ore
gon, Mr.. Nesmith's reelection may be res
garded as a fOregone conclusion. If our
neighbors are wise they will return MIR.
Nesmith to the Senate. Certainly, no new
.-.~-, :. --.I-.s uUG nvw gIIteG, could sArv-
them SC we'll. A member of Congress has
much to learn, and after having the requisite
training it e always bad policy 70 set him
aside for new nan. The influence the
New England States WELD in the councils
of the Nation is mainly due the fact that
their public men, when found able and faith
full, are continued in Office The same policy
at one time gave the Southern States an
overweening influence in the affairs of the
Nation, and a steady pursuit of the same
course on the part of the Pacific States will
enable them to secure recognition of their
just rights
, 1866-06-01
MIL FOR BUAcKyooT ~Hon 7 A Gin

MILL FOR BIAcKFooT-Hon. j. A. Sims
is now on his way to the lower country for
the purpose of procuring the machinery for
Touring mill, to be located at Frenchtown,
settlement distant some forty miles from
the newly discovered Elk Creek mines. This
mill will be in the center Of fine agricultu.
raj district, and with dense mining popu>
latiOn on all sides cannot prove other than
success. We understand that the framework
is all up and ready for the machinery, and
that Mr.. S. expects to have his mill in opor-
alton by the time the grain crop of this sea-
son is harvested.
, 1866-06-01
New Quartz Discoveries.
JAcKsoN's Rancho, SPRING Valley,
l3O MILES FROM WALLA WALLA,
Nav 23d. 1866

JACKSON s RAMCHE, Spring VALLEY, Y
l3O MILES FROM WALLA WALLA,
May 23d, 1866.
Ed. STATESMAN Some four or five Califor-
niausi en- route for Blackfoot, having occasion to
rest our animals day or two in this beautiful
valley, in which Mr.. Jackson is the only resi-.
dent, concluded we would as, pastims, prospect
for gold and silver quartz. In our explorations
we found no less than four distinct lodges, or
lodes, which we traced for some distance. We
send few specimens TO Mr.. Isaacs, per express.
Mr.. Jackson will send large quantity by wag-
on in a few days, for assay. think the quartz
indicates distinct traces of both gold and silver;
and upon comparison with that of California
and Nevada, consider livery rich in its miner
al qualities.
We have formed a company and have takes
up four iedges, or lodes, Of 5000 feet each, and
propose, after the quartz has been assayed and
thoroughly tested, to commence work on them.
The specimens sent are only the groupings. a,
We did not have implements for deeper develop
uaeuts
. You need not be surprised if this section of
your beautiful Territory should turn out quartz
that will equal if it does not excel, in richness
that Of Idaho and Nevada.
CALIFORNIA;.
, 1866-06-01

about thirty passengers and rather g light
freight. We had an interesting talk with Capt
White. the Pioneer Capt. on the upper Colum-
bia river. It is about 270 miles from the Little
Dalles byi steamer TO -Laporte or Death Rapids,
the miner point of navigation, and which is only
,ome fifteen miles from French Greek, in the
Rio Bend mines. Passengers are carried for $25,
and freight at 10 cents per pound, and each pas
senoer is allowed fifty pounds of baggage with
ont charge: From Little Dalles to Baporte
you pass Fort SHEPPARD, the mouth of KoOtenai
river, and through two lakes; called the Arrow
Lakes, the Upper and Lower, which are from
two TO three miles in width, and supposed to be
deep, though the Capt said he had never ound
ed them, and with no perceptible current in them,
and one of these lakes is about 80 miles in
length, and the other 45. The portion of the
river between the lakes, some Is miles, has the
appearance OF having one day been lake. Capt
| White says his steamer has done very well, aud
| he has every confidence in the success of the en-
terDrise. An effort is being made to establish a
| competing route by Victoria and Yale and up
the Shuswop Lake some 1870 miles, thence about
6fty miles over the Selkirk range of mountains
! TO Laporte We talked with number of per-
| sons who had passed over this route, and while
different opinions were expressed, it would seem
that the mines can be reached couple OF
| mouths earlier by our route, and that the pas
sage Of fifty miles over the Selkirk mountains is
|
which is the better route and the miners will
find it out and go that way, and it would seem
now that the Columbia river will be that route
BIG BESD MINES.
We saw a number of returning miners from
these diggugs and some of them brought rather
discouraging Impressions, but the fact that they
had not succeeded, and had left the mines, is a
circumstance not worth "shucks" against the
mines, as all said, with whom we talked, thai
there was too much snow there yet for them tc
operate, that they had no grub to stay lOhger
and that the diggings were deeper than they an
ticipated. Many of them said, in fact, tha
they were satisfied it was gold region ant
would not be at all surprised to hear of rict
strikes later in the season.
The mines are probably, in character, NOR
like the Carriboo than the Salmon or Bois
mines. There is every reason to believe that I
new gold field will beopened up there.
As the routes of travel are now established
the best way to reach the Big Bend mines il
by the Columbia from Portland to Wallula
thence to Colvile; thence to the Little Dalles
and thence by Capt. Whites steamer to Laporte
which is only about fifteen miles from the mines