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The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-10-04

Alarge variety Of Gloves, Mlts, Hosiery, Dress
Trimmings, Notions, &cat reduced prices. Also
large stock of Cotonadaa, frota 81 10 80 cents;
large stock ofCotton Yarns Carpet and ooyeriet
Cham, at redneedprioes. A largo stock OF
Boots, Shoes and lasting Gniters
ANesstton cost, as wish to quit the business.
July 10, 1890 t7.Wr IA. t'N, fty
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Farm for Sale.
SOMETHING IMPORTANT.

photographs for two Dollars g. Twen-
ty.nve Gents per dozen, executed AZ short notice
and In the beAtttylo, Itdesred thoywil be southy
mdl postage paid Call at the rooms over Soeaal's
Drhq Store, on Center Alley, and examine my tine
specimens before ordering pictures elSowhere, and
no convinced TINT can suit you both in price and
artistic work, wcas any operator In this section.
II good work and low prices are wanted confidently
expect liberal share oftho public patronage.
Laneaster, Aug. 0. lse6.-ly q, W, BoRAH.
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IS warranted to be the only preparation known to cure
Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Asthma, WhooPing
Cough, Chronic Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis,
and Group. Being prepared from Honey and Herbs
tits healing softening and expectoratng and partlc
ularly suitable for all affections of the Throat and
| Lungs Forsale by Druggists everywhere.
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AGENTS WANTED FOR THE PICTO
RIAL HOOK OF ANECDOTES AND
INCIDENTS OF THE REBELLION, d,
Heroic, Patriotic Romantie 'Hamoroas, and Trdgica

spiendidly Illustrated with over 400 tiue Per-
traits and beautiful Engrauhgs,
The Valiant and Brave Hearted tho Picturesque
and Dramatic, the Willy and Marvellous the Tender
and Pathetet The Roll Of Fame and story, Camp,
prisos; Wonderful Escapes, Fambus Words and
Deeds Of Women, and the whole Panorama Of the
manner, at once historical and romantic, rendering
Il the most ample, unique, brilliant and readable
book that the war has called forth.
Amusement as well Qs Instruction may bo found IN
every page as graphic detail. brilliant Wit and au-
thentic history are skilimlly yperwoYen in ths work
0fterary art.
This work sclisitselt The people are tired Of dry
detaa and pArtShn works, and want soinething hu.
moTous, rouanuo, and sthrtng. Our agents are
making nom sl0oto $500 per month. clear Of ell eH.
an 80 u t SSuH tv apssortfon
Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING co.
las West Fourth 81, Cincinnati, Ohio
Sept, 81, le0e-iW3
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n 7fPIANos! IN fh
I. g "A E H L ES
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OF BALTIMORE, md.,.
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And twill be apparent to all, that men whose skill q
and abilities have been approved by the best manu- !.
acurers, Will not be less successful when their own
interest tand reputation areinyolved As atestimony
to the above, they were awarded the first premium
over all competitors by the Judges ofthe late exhbi!
ton heldat the Maryland Institute, of Baltimore,
Nd, in October, 1865.
These instruments beng sufficiently introduced in y
this city and having proved equal II not superior to
any heretofore known, those inwant of a first class
Piano manufactured with the greatest care and OF
the best material win save Dealers commission,
which only makes Pianos more costly but by no
means ,s more valuable, lycang on our friend Mr.
CHARLES PAIRAN North East Corner 0reene;s
Block, Main street, Lancaster Ohio, who will receive
orders or our Pianos, and giyefu further information
There mll also be n slsillful tuner from our Arm
here every three orfour months without fail, and
persons on wishing TO have Pianos tuned, repaired,
hand for examination. SSgs
~ Second hand Pianos taken at.
ther value, in part payment for new instruments:
GAEIlLE's PIANO MANUFACTURING co.
March, g. 1SGO-ly.
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mBBesides the above Trains, there areirreguiar
Trains, and persons approaching passing the
Rail Road Track, should, at all hours of day and
night he particularly their guard forthemsclves
and LIVE STOCK, as to trans in both directions.
Any injury inflicted will otherwise rest on their own
earelessness A. 8. BUSHEE,
Nov, 2,lS65 Master of Transportation.
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OS rnE PARTICIPATION PLAN.


These Companies divide thrce-fourths of net pro.
ats annually to the Policy Holders Ia scrip bearing
interest at per cent thereby landing the surplus
and giving policy holders greater security aml
cheaper Insurance.
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Prints from Is to 90 Ocents 5000 yards ofIaconet
Ilnwnt Mt 20 cents A very fine plain blue buil, or
Ongc, pink and brown organde Lawns, from 90 to "
3ents.
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Twill also close out my stOck ofhuff pink blue.
green, brown, plain and nlpd French Ginghams and
Bingham Lawns, at reduced prices g0n summer
Sacques, OF our own manucture, from fvcdollars to
twelve dollars; fourthousand dollars worth of Bhl-
merry Goods nt half price.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14
REPUBLICAN PAPER ON
THE TRIAL OF JEFFERSON DAVIS
Ibis DISCHARGE ASKED FOR.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Arbitrary Imprisonment may be justifable in
war, but with the end of the war il should cease.
| The president abandoned all intention of holding
Jefferson Davis to penalties for the war when he
| decided not to execute them by military means.
To hold the leader of belligerent power, which
has had half million of men in the field. anu
| has maintained public war for four years, and
has settled it by treaty between the two armies,
to trial by jury, is simply absurd. And when
this trial must by law be held among his adher-
ents, and the jury selected from them, the appar-
ent absurdity bears the appearance of method.
Those fearful declarations Of the monstrous
nature of treason, and of the severe penalties
that were now going to be executed, that traitors
might be punished and treason made Infamous
with which the public mind was diverted for q
month after the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln,
have now dwindled to the demand that Jefferson
Davis should be tried for treason by q Virginia
jury, to settle the matter beyond all peradven-
ture that no state has the right TO secede; with
the alternative That if the jury should fail to con-
vict him. the nation would be convicted of the
guilt of million murders and of all the cevasta-
tion of the land, in resisting the rights of the
states.
This absurdity has served its purpose, and it
is time it were exploded. Mr.. Davis could not
be convicted by Virginia jury, selected accord
ing to law, And even if he could be, main
tain that the leader in great war, which took
on all the character and conditions OF public
war, is not a subject for a jury trial. And this
government, after maintaining its right of exis-
tence by a four years war, cannot put its right
to do so on trial. by jury of its late enemies, or
any other man. The intention to execute justice
on him was abandoned by the refusal to do it by
rights which the called into existence This
was the moro marked from the fact that, at the
time when he was taken, private assassins, whose
case belonged to the courts of law, and could be
safely left to them, were hurried through mill
tary trial and execution.
The intervention of Virginia jury would be
simply a subterfuge for responsibility. Having
announced his intention not to proceed in the
proper manner to admisister the penalties of war.
the president has no right to hold MIR. Davis in
perpetual imprisonment. The responsibility is
wholly on him, and cannot be shifted to anybody
else
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14
From the Louisville Journal.
Letter from Hon. Cassius ~. Clay.


We have received the following letter from
this Distinguished gentleman, now and for
some yssrs past United States minister at
Tie cours of Russia. Mr.. Clay, % all our
readers know, has been . lifelong abolition
iss or smancipationiss Of the most zealous or
der, but We are glad to sec that years are dis
tilling wisdom into his truly fine mind. and
that he stands by the presidents veto of the
freedmen's bureau bill:
ST. PErEasBURe, Russia, March l3, 1866.
DEAR SIR: deem it my duty to denounce
the course Of Sumner and Stevens. If one
man remains loyal, he is the State. / stand
BY the presidents veto of the freedmen's bu.
reau bill. Let the states give the freedmen
all civil rights. and by degrees extend to them
the right Of suffrage. Or else let an amend.
ment OF the constitution make one rule of suf.
frage all over the state.
This attempt of congress to interfere with
the rights of the states after the war-powsl
ceases, Is q usurpation of power unknown te
the constitution and subversive of ths whole
theory of republicanism as based upon the
old constitution of the United States.
Your Obsdient Servant,
G. nj. CLAY.
Geo. D. Prentice, Esq, Louisville, Ky.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14

Very many of the radical newspapers have
engaged in speculations as to the probabilities
of the execution of the civil rights bill by the
the president. Suppose he should not be
swift to execute 1t. Suppose he should avail
himself OF every right granted by the law
and his prerogatives to delay and retard its
operation. What then? Do the radicals re.
mem Der Mr.. Greeley's letter to Mr.. Lincoln
of the 18th of August, 1862, in which he
charged the latter with gross and culpable
ren1issness, in the discharge of duties imp pos
ed upon him by :hs oonfscation act, and de.
manding of him whether he would execute
the law OF the land 2" Do they remember
Mr.. Lincoln's reply, which, in substance,
was that he should use his own discretion
about it?
Whatever the law commands President
johnson to do, that he will do Wherein DIS
cretlonary power is granted him. he will ex-
erciss it. He condemned the civil rights bill
as mischievous and unconstitutional. His
judgement was ovsrruled by authority which,
IT he does not respect, he will yet obey until
the supreme court has passed upon the bill
and declared it to be unconstitutional. Obe-
dience to law ia cardinal principle in his
political creed. He will obey the civil rights
bill after fashion which will satisfy it's let
ter and his own conscience, though peradven
ture radicals may discover that it's spirit is
not potent in the manner designed by its au-
thors.- Chicago Itm&.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14
MARSHAL'S NOTICE,

A LII persons within the city limits. are
u hereby notified and requested to iemoye. on
or before the LIST of May next, all manure or
other offensive matter which msy have aeeumu-
lated on or in the alleys contiguous to the prem
ises upon which they may seyerally reside also
to clean all slnks, sewers and vaults on their
premises, which have, may become offensive
or unhealthy to persons living in the vicinity of
the same. Whosver fails to comply with the
above notice, within the time aforesaid, may eI-
Psct to be punished in accerdanee with the FRO
visions of the city ordinances made and provided
for such ofenses.
All hogs found running at large ten days after
this date will be taken up and sold, as the law
directs. &C CROPPER, City Marshal.
Rock Island, April 10, 1866, c2w.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14
$4,000
Mr.. Mix offered the following resolution,

~~~' AN@AA SAoko oo tuo RESOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, The committee have reported the
estimated amount of the whole survey at Il O 600
and divided it equally between the states of nj,
nois and Wiiconsin. "
Hesot0ed, That the committee from Wisconsin
appoint from themselves president, secretary
and treasurer, whose duty it shall be to emnlov
All necessary engineers to survey the Rock River.
IN Wisconsin, and to receive and disburse the
tne necessary funds to pay the same and the
SAID committee from Illinois shall appoint a like
committee, with like powers and duties. for the
state OF Illinois; and these two Committees
from Illinois and Wisconsin, shall appoint a con-
sui'ihg engineer, no shall supervise the whole
survey, and who all be paid equally by the
committee from Wisconsin and Illinois
inis resolution was discussed at considerable
length, and finally adopted.
Whereupon the members of the committee
from Illinois organized by appointing Joseph
utley OF Lee president S. NJ. Church of Winnie
oago, treasurer, ,and IT,. Robinson of Rock Island,
secretary.
On motion the following resolution was adopt
ed
Resolved, That the committses from the sever
81 counties report to the treasurer 80 soon as
their portion of the funds is provided for.
On motion, the chairman of the COMMITTEES
Was requested to draft memorial to CON.
gress, TO which no was empowered to attach
tne signatures of the committee, and forward
" 70 she representatives in congress from ILL.
no's and Wisconsin, ssking for an spprop.is-
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14
FINE RESIDENCE FOR SALE.

THE So .criber offers for sale his fine resi-.
| dence, situated on the corner of Orleans ,ne
Beaver streets. The lot is 80 by $50 feet, rin
excellent sidewalks, nearly new, plenty OF SHADE
treas, and q clean, dry alley.
The house 10 4 large, two story brick eomPieu5
finished, and one of the most convenient aau
comfortable houses to be found. IL has IL large
rooms, besides plenty of closets, euPboaros, Paa
of piazza room; perfectly dry cellar which never
feezssj a good cistern and never faling Sen =.
the purest water to be found sny"b lhele
a good stable, room enough for siI horses; g"oI
sheds, coal house, hen house az. yo, o,s Of The
finest and warmest in town, beirg protected on .ns
grapes, and all kinds oflsrse and small fruits.
" Tspm. made sstisf.e,ory, and possession given
JOS. B. DANFORTH.
Rock Island, April ., 1866, dwtf
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14
THE IMPROVEMENT OF ROCK
RIVER

The Rock River Improvement Convention
held at Beloit on the 18th ult. appointed a
committee of one from each county border
ing on Rock River, from its mouth to it's
source in Wisconsin, to raise funds TO make
thorough survey from its mouth to Green
Bay, with estimates of the cost OF making
good steamboat navigation between the Mis-
sissippi, by this route, and Lake Michigan
at Green Bay. That committee met at the
fremont House, Chicago, on the 10th inst,
with gentlemen from other location interest
cd In the proposed or similar works of in
ternal improvement. The following gentle
men, constituting the entire committee, were
present: Joseph Uttley. of Lee county, H.;
>. NJ. Church, OF Winnebago county. H.;
W. j. Mix, of Osls county, HI; W. s. VIII
Hanson, of Whiteside county. ILL.,; T. J.
Robinson, Of Rock Island county, ILL.,; j. M. i.
Allan, of Henry county, H.; Fl. Richardson,
of Rock county, Wis; W. A. Dennis. of JEFF
ferson county, Wis; E. C. Lewis, of Dodge
county, Wis; W. d. Conkling, of Fond du
Lee county, Wis.
On motion, Joseph Uttley, ESQ.,, of Lee
county, ILL.,, was appointed chairman of the
committee, and Capt. T. j. Robinson, of
Rock Island, secretary.
The chairman stated the object of the
meeting, ~ he understood it, to be to fix up
on some plan, and to secure some person TO
make An accurate survey of Rock River, with
view to determine the feasibility, and pro-
bable cost of making it navigable
Messrs. Robinson, Conkling. Church and
Lewis were appointed 8 committee to make
an estimate of the cost Of survey of Rock
River, and to apportion the amount proper
for each state, and the proper proportion of
said cost to be met by each county interest
ed.
At the opening of the evening session the
report Of this committee was adopted as fol-
lows:
Total cost of survey estimated at 800, 600, to
be paid by the various counties in the following
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14
The President Eight Years Ago.

Andrew johnson was q member Of the
United States senate in 1858, when the terri
tory of Minnesota made application for ad-
mission into the United States. Objections
were made By some against her constitution,
because it conferred the right of suffrage on
unnaturalizsd aliens; but Senator johnson
oontendsd, as he does now, that outrage soas
the Constitutional prerogatiue of the states
alone, scith sOhich congress had no fright to
nsedde. The following extract from his
speech will show that he is only consistently
acting upon the convictions announced eight
years ago, and we commend it to the careful
reading of his radical opponents:
1 desire to enter my protest against doctrine
which may be supposed to be advanced here in
reference to the qualifications of the voters Of q
state. The government has power under the
constitution of the United States to q the quail
fcation of voters in any sovereign state OF tie
confederacy. want to enter my protest against
the doctrine being INDUCED in or cultivated to
any extent, that this government has pow
er to 60 inside a sovereign state and prescribe
the qualifications of her voters at the ballot box.
1t is for the state and not for the government to
do that. If the doctrine be once conceded tha,
the federal government has the power to fix the
qualifications of voters in a state, the idea oi
state sovereignty is utopian. There is no such
thing as state sovereignty if this government fix
the qualification of voters. There are simply
two things to be ascertained here: First, have
we evidence that a state has been formed? Sec
ond, have we evidence that it is republican in
form These two things being ascertained,
every thing else is for the state that applies fol
admission.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14

THE BLooD-HoUNDs of ZIoN.-The New
York conference of the methodist protestant
church, in session in New York, has
Resolved That inssmuch as treason is declared
to be shs greatest crime known to cisil govern
meht-and upon the leaders OF the rebellion
rests the blood of million human beings-it Is
our calm and settled conviction uninfiuenced by
passion, party strife sectional prejudice, that eI
pediency, constitutional law, justice and the bible,
all unite in demanding that at least ssme of the
principal leaders of this rebellion be punished with
death.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14

The frst case involving the consStusionsh-
q Of the CIVIL rights law has arisen in local
court of Indiana. A negro man named
Burns brought suit before justice of the
peace 10 enforce the obligations of contract
with white man. Tue defendant, for an
swsr, sss up that the negro came into the
state in violation of the 18th article Of the
constitution of Indiana, which, under pains
and penalties, prohibits negroes from coming
into the state, and debars them from all
rights to enforce contracts, go. The plain.
tiff dsmurrsd 70 the answer, maintaining
that the 18th article 10 void and of no sffeot,
because:
F;rst-It 10 in contravention of the letter and
spirit of the constitution OF the United States.
Second-It is in direct conflict with the con.
stitutional amendment abolishing slavery.
1Rird-It 10 void under the first section Of the
civil rights bill, which gives to all persons born
in the United States full right to make and en-
force contracts, any law, statute, ordinance,
regulation, or custom to the contrary notwith.
standing
The magistrate sustained the demurrer
and entered judgment upon the process fol
the plaintiff, whsreupon an appeal was pray
cd and allowed to the circuis court, where il
was submitted upon the argument of counsel
and taken under advissment. Of course the
circuit judge must fnd for the negro because
if he does not. the second section of the civil
rights bill subjects him to fns of 81 900 OF
imprisonment not exceeding one year, OF
both, in the discretion of the pair of shoulder
straps which may try him.
1t is understood that the case will, on
agreement, 60 to tho United States court as
soon as possible.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14

The Saturday Rerie'o by its comments on
President Johnson's 22d of February speech,
shows that come Englishmen are as fastidious
as our own Jacobins--of whom John Van
Buren plausibly suggested that their dis
pleasure at Mr.. Johnson's lack of dignity"
was owing 10 their having been spoiled by
the high arisioeratic tone of his predecessor.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14
niOn or Revolution.

The National lntetligencer closes an arti-
clio on the action of the revolutionary con-
gress now in session in Washington, with
the following pertinent question:
"The issue is, we think, at last approaching
A crisis must soon come. Is the Union DESTROYED
or IS congress reuslafio'ized? Time, short time,
must ahoW,n
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14

A democrat in Connecticut who fulfilled
his agreement to black the boots of colored
barber if English should be defeated, told
the applauding bystanders: "Gentlemen-It
is as told you it would be; if Mr.. Hawiey
was elected you would see white men polish
ing black mens's boots
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14

tion for the purpose Of making . survey Of
Rock River, the fund % granted to Be placed
in Ihs hands of the committee from the two
states for disbursemsns.
After the transaction Of some unimportant
business. the convention adjourned sine de.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14

Tue LADIES PRoNUNCIAMENTo.-W While
protesting against all the old worthless denti-
frices now in the market. the ladies, with one
consent, have adopted the sozodont IS the
thing needful to insure the integrity of the
teeth and a fragrant breath.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14
We Rejoice Too.

The radical disunionsts of this city, on yester-
day, hred great many guns and had good deal
of rejoicing, the fact that there is split be-
tween them and their president. But they did
not rejoice any more heartily than did the demo-
Gratis at the same thing. 1t is glorious for the
country, the constitution and the democracy-
Qaincy Herald
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14
Bricks +! Bricks!!

HAVE 100000 excellent brick for sale,
i at the Energy Brick fsrd--and will contract
orany quantity which may be wanted. Please
give me q call.
VIM. ATKINSON.
Rock Island ,coct 10 dwtf.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14

NEW CIGAK AND TOBACCO STORE.
THE subscriber has opened Cigar Fac
tory and Tobacco Store, near Johnson's
American, next door to Zeis's grocery store,
where he Offers choice brands OF Cigars and To-
baeeo at reasonable prices, together with every
thing usually kept at FIRST class tobacco store
ERNST RODDEWIG.
Rock Island, April l3, dim.
The evening Argus., 1866-04-14

The above is one of the associated press
dispatches. This is not the FIRST exhibition
the chief justice of the supreme court of the
United States has made of his appreciation of
the dignity of his official position. in descend
ing to the political arena. Chief Justice
Chase knows that the constitutionality of the
civil rights bill has been brought into ques-
tion by some of the ablest legal talent in the
land, many of its features antsgonis,ic to the
spirit of the constitution having been forcibly
pointed out by President johnson. He
knows it is not unlikely, but on the contrary
very probable, that the supreme court may
be required TO pass upon the validity of the
act;. yet he does not hesitate to prsiudge
in the matter, for We take it he would not
nave -sIIuueu ~ Ins Vivn rights Dill at slI
had he not reioiosd 10 it. To cay that his ad-
vocacy OF negro suffrage was in bad taste is
to make only slight comment on this psrti-
san electioneering business.
The radicals have been pitching into Pres
ident Johnson for having made a speech on
the 22d of February TO number of people
who called at the White House to do him
honor, and for having used some expressions
not complimentary to Wendell Phillips, Thad.
Stevens, Chas. Sumner and John W. Forney-
But they will find nothing to condemn in the
stump speech of Chief Justice Chase, for in
the latter their OK is not goted.