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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

A letter from Tennessee to q republican
Journal says:
President Johnson's policy of reconstruct
ton, 90 grand aud patriotic in Its coucep-
ton, is only clogged in It's execution by the
disunion marplots of the extreme radical par
ties, in congress and out, who, with all their
seeming phiIanshrophy and so-called patriot
ism. are diligently engaged in creating new
strife. opening afresh old wounds and provok-
ing ,nto fever heat those passions which have
been partially allayed In the name of peace,
and in these times of peace. these men seem
TO he thirsting for more blood. They seem to
ignore the closing scenes of the great war, so
grand 10 ali their combiuatices or if not they
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20
another Wonder fu! Change.

Ia August last,at the state election in Ken
lucky, John Stroube, radical candidate for the
legislature in Brsoken county was elected by
aid of bayonets, placed at every precinct in
the county. His majority was tteenty three.
The election was contested by VIM. IL Reyn-
ODDS, the democratic opponent to Stroube, on
the ground of military interference The
Legislature declared the seat Of the latter va
cant. and the Two candidates ran the race
over again on Saturday last. There were no
blyoaets at the polls this time. Behold the
result. Reynolds is elected by secen hundred
mgj0rity' Again we are led to excaim, SO
much for tree elections. - Cincinnati En-.
qtirer.
The same result may be expected all over
the country, and especially in Illinois. at the
ensuing election. Let the democracy bC
hopeful.
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= Game of Bluff i'll the Pulpit.

Not long since an eminent divine in the
state OF llllnois(It won't do to mention dates,
places or names) visited distant town for
the purpose of preaching q dedicatory sermon
in a new church. Court was III session, and
on Saturday evening the judge and lawyers
congEegated together in room and amused
themselves by card playing and story telling
The divine at the request of f. o lawyer, Wis
tied the room. Coming upon them SO sud
denly, they were unable to hide the cards and
whisky. The divine looked on awhile, and
then, raising his hat invited the gentlemen to
attend church the next day and hear him
preach. This they agreed to do and Sunday
found judge and lawyers seated in the ''amen
corner"
The sermon over. the minister announced ::
Friends, the citizens of this town have
built fine church. There is still fifteen hun
dred dollars due. We propose TO raise it by
subscription to-day, and (eyeing the judged /
go one hundred dollars. Why goes better ?''
The judge, CHANGING at the lawyers, slowly
responded;
81 see your hundred"
Thank you, brother" says the divine
"Will any one raise it ?" docking at LAWYER
No.1.)
The lawyer saw he was in for it, and quiet
~ responded:
Il go hundI ed blind" and SO ON through
the list
The divine raked down both the bar and
the money, until the scene closed by shrill
and sharp voice, announcing, II see the last
hundred and cali you"
Our readers can imagine the astonishment
OF that congregation.
We venture to say, however, that those
lawyers will not soon invite the divine to wit.
social game of poker" where men
see" each other, Ego it blind" and ''calP'
the hand
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

If the religious press wish to bring con-
tempt upon the cause of religion, let them
continue to publish such paragraphs US this,
which Is taken from the clerical correspond
ence of the Western Watcbnsan (Baptistl:
81 erred in letting his head gst dry before
| impressed upon him the duty of subscrib.
ing for the Watchnan and of paying for it
always in advance"
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STEAM BAKERY FOR SALE.

I OFFER for sale. at a bargain the new
steam bakery In Rock Island, as ie lows =
One full lot, so by 100 feet story brick bak-
cry with all the machinery ready for work-a
steam engine, boiler, shafing, and all the maehin-
cry necessary for rapid and first class work. There
is also good stable on the lot. and two good
wells-one a splendid a-tesian we'll.
The property will be sold at great bargain
application is made
The engine, boiler, bakery machinery. Sc,
&C., will be sold separately if desired.
For further particulars, enquire Of the nnoef'
signed. JACOB kEisEh.
Rock Island, Nov. 10, dwtf.
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Because the president will not promise to
bestow official patronage upon those no have
openly advertised him of their purpose to op-
pose his policy, the cry goes up that"the sup
port of the executive policy is hereafter to be
the price of patronage" There is mock
innocency in this Pecksnifian declaration
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seem to again stab at the empire before it has
fully recovered its glory. They arrogantly
refuse to ratify the glorious result of bloody
four years war, and in their jubilee of hate
and unforgiveness, they blaspheme the name
of God by their invocations of his almighty
power to aid them in their infamous de-
signs"
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FLOUR AND FEED.

WE 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
flour, rye -four, rye meal, corn meal, hominy
bran SC all of which we warrant.
mse- Orders left at X. Koehler's or j. B.
NJ. C. Tricks grocery stores, at the mill, will
be promptly attended to.
BIDDlSoN & GILMORE.
Rock Island, Dec.26, 1864, dtf.
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The Two Positions.

The rebellion has been suppressed-the
courts have been re-established-the people
Weld obedience to the laws. Representation
will result in a harmonious restoration OF the
relations of the states to the National Union.
president johnson.
| have nothing to quality nothing to mod
ify: nothing to retract, In former days
there was but one Kansas to suffer under il
legal power Now there are eleren hdnsdSeS
suffering only as one suffered; therefore, sir,
as eleven are more than one, so as the e'aormi-
ty of tie present time more than the enorn'ty
of tie days of Franklin Pierce. FL Senator
Sumner on the Presidents policy.
Dreaming theorists imagine these states
have never been out Of the Union. They
must be governed as territories, or the demo
Gratis and the southerners will, at the very
first election, take possession Of the White
House and the halls of congress- Thaddeus
Stevens, Republican leader in congress.
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The New York Ecening Post, a repu blical

TIE New York Ecenlng Post, republican
paper, says:
UNLESS wiser, juster and more liberal
counsels prevail at Washington, there will
soon be no republican party to hold 10. II
the Union, for which we have spent so much
money and poured out SO much blood, be not
fully restored before the close of the present
session of congress, the people-whose in.
stincts discern only grand general results
will sweep the party that has the power out
of sight"
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.sLoyaI'' Thieves--How the Money Goes.
When Cameron, like a bloated leeoh. fell
from the public treasury from mere surfeit
he was, in spite of his proved thefts and NAL
feasancee, made minister to Russla-the only
European court that was not hostile TO the
federal cause. About this time or while the
example was luminous Gov Stone-probab-
~ from affinity selected as his private seq
rotary, one of two brothers, rejoicing in the
euphonious title of Orwlg. When he assum-
ed the ofice-which to a man Of genius must
be of an elevated nature-he was generally
considered to be poor, and possibly honest.
In q short time he put forth buds of finan-
cial promise, by leasing about fifty feet front
Of side lot in the city of Des Mones of a
modest Spectator for the sum of five hundred
dollars per year. He bloasomed by building
upon it a five or six thousand dollar store.
which still stands unfinished, and an Office
smaller, but pretentious, where the pleasant
fiction was entertained that law was admin
istered at the hands of the Brothers Orwig.
This and divers other transactions placed
Orwig in the front rank of spectators. a
few weeks ago he bought a paper mill located
at Des Moines for sos, 900, which might-in
keeping up the metaphor, be considered the
full fruitage of his career-now nipped by
the frost of discovery. Gov. Stone, we learn.
is exercised by the exposure of the nice little
speculations by Orwig, who. in relation 20
government funds, was more properly an ear
wig, and who has in consequences thereof az.
signed his property for the benefit OF his hon
ored friend the governor. For some time.
we learn, the governor has been ferretiny out
the deficit, and the result is-tbe result.
Orwig or Earwig, was pleased to be pretty
severe on US oopperheads during the last
election and previously, and we suspect in
dulged In the most severity when his arms
were plunged deepest into the treasury. The
rustic of his loyalty drowned the rustic of
his piltered green backs - Dubuque Herald.
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TEfs
who did It2
THADDEUS & co.

1t has been pretty extensively circulated
through the press that the White House was
stripped if it's furniture about the time of its
evacuation by Mrs. Lincoln. That it was not IN
condition to be inhabited, is proved by the de-
elarations of persons who had visited it, and CON
trned by the fact that congress appropriated
$50, 09O to refurnish and repair. That 1t was III
an empty and dilapidated condition, no one dis
putes.
A committee of congress comes forward
and states that the report is cruel and brutal
SANDER the widow of the late President Lin
coin and that there is no foundation for it what
ever. We are very willing to accept the asser-
ton of the committee, while ut the same time,
we should like to know who did steal the furni.
ture Who did deface the rooms: Who car
red off the property? Of course il has been Ia
mittee should have carried their investigations
little farther, and instead of stopping when
! they ascertaincd who did not do it, they should
have pursued their inquiries until they found whl
| did do it. THIS would have been more generally
satisfactory .-Eeoy'iG National Denorcof.
| TaE Best He CoULD Do.-An army chaplain
relates the following funny story: Seeing dirty
| faced butternut urchin at the fence in front of
| house, the preacher stopped and said
| as your father at hOme?'
| NO; he's gone to church.
SIS your mother in ?"
"No; she's gone too
"Then you are all by YOURSELF"
/ "No; Sans il thar huggin' the niger gal"
That's bad y
''Yes, it's bad, but it's the best lie can do.
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A Profitable Lite.
An exchar ge says

An exchange says:
Robert Dale Oxen is TO have two years for
writing his history OF the life OF President
Lincoln, and his publishers pay 81 900 when
ne begins his work and SIS, 900 when he
ends ii.
Another says.
1t is said that DR.. Holland has made 500
600 IL his admirable Life of Abraham Liu-
coln."
Itls likely that Messrs, Owen and Holland
will make more profit in writing Mr.. Lin
coins life than he did by living it. 1.-The"
money "of we'll spent life is very sweet" as
Cicero didn't say.-Nashritle Times.
These are the sums paid by the publish
ers What has the "life of Lincoln" cost
the people Peoria National Democrat.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-01-20

Conventions of farmers and shippers were
held in Ottawa and Morrison on tbs Sth. In
the Ottawa convention, Mr.. Perkins declared
that the west had stood by the government In
the past FIVE years of battle, and deserves 10
be, must be, and will be heard. The resolu
tions were to secure cheaper and more eff
fsctive outlet to the sea for our produce to
obtain q modification of the present one. SO
as to raise the largest revenue, and expurge
determinations against western interests
and to secure healthy restraint, by state
legislation, upon railroad and other compan-
les, TO prevent extortion by monopolies. The
resolutions of the Morrison convention de-
clare the same principles, and favor the i'm
provemens Of the Mississippi river, Rock
river, and the construction OF a ship canal
from Lake Michigan.
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SLIGHTLY MIXED.

The Moline Republican, speaking of the
suffrage question, says:
Discriminating legislation has never, in any
age of the world, failed to MARE the prescribed
the special enemy of the governing class; and
cannot IN the nature of things, fail to array the
Inhabitants OF a common country In perpetual
chickering's and feuds.
And in the very same paragraph the he
publican avows itself in favor of "discrimln-
ating legislation" as follows:
We would grant enlightened suffrage to all
men. Without intelligence and due considera-
ton OF the Importance of his office OF elector, the
voter is mere machine, and COW would do as
well, and intelligently illucidate political
problem by voting it up, or voting it down.
Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1866-12-22

Ths following drsrnbei kUfsy wss ia
hon ~ by w, A. n. Foster, 90 tie III
day ol December, and vas efsyed w bim
before A. w. Fguyiba, laBRsG within
and lpf the County ., Amue, and B'ale oI
NiwssIppi, % the iglb day Of Docembsf
1860, vzi
A HED COW about ten years old .-
marked With ssallOwslofk.ln ,be ugnt
md 40 upper slope In the lott osf= mark
I'd q q 90 The right hlp-lhe right horn n
q lltIo dropped, of lufned jowh--no OIhef
marks or brands pefoeivabg. Appraised
at Twelve DolIat', by u u. NIXON abd
J. II, Pfowetl, on the 18th day Of DcCgm
Dor, A, ~, 1866.
Tho ovnef Of the above described Is
tray ia requested TO come forward, prove
propony, pay charges, and take her away
or shg " VI be dealt with as tbs law directs
A, w. fOR5YTUE, Ranger.
December 22, 1866 ~
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RANGERS SALE

|NN THE First Monday in January
~ next, will offer for sale, at public
auction, to the highest bidder for cash, be-
fore the door of the Court House, IN the
Town of Liberty, Mississippi, the follow
ing described Estray-viz:
A GRAY MARE. twelve years old
blind in the left eye-about thirteen and
a half hands high-no marks or brands
perceivabIe.
The above described Estray was taken
up by George w. S. Evans, and was stray
ed by him before Jas. A. Terrell, an act
ing Justice OF the Peace, within and Tor
Amite County and State Of Mississippi, on
the 5lh day OF June, and was appraised at
Thirty Dollars, by John Evans and Moses
Ruskin, on the 5rh day OF June, A D., 1866,
A w. FORSYTHE, Hanger.
December 8, 1866 AZ
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NOTICE.

Tho following desert bod Estrnys were
taken up by A.. Everett, on the lst day
OF November, aud were slrayed by bin
before II. q, Quinn, an Ocung Justice Of
~ Pence, within and Tor tho County Of
Amlle, and State Of Mississippi, on the 18th
day OF November, 1866, VIZ:
A RED COW, with some white under
her beIIy-about ten years old marked
with crop and saw set in the left, and a
crop and split in the right ear-no other
marks or brands pefcelyabIc. Appraised
at Eight Dollars.
"A RED YEARLlNG. with some white
on its back and under the belly-a bout
eighteen months old - marked with swal-
l0w-lork and uDder-bt in one, and a swat
low fork in the other ear. Appraised at
Four Dollars and Fifty Cents,
The above described E'trays were ap-
praised by James Everett and b. NJ. VII
son, on the TIN day of November, A. D.
1866.
The owner'of the above described Els
trays is requested TO come forward, prove
property, pay charge, and take them a.
way, or they viii be dealt with as the law
directs.
A. w. FORSYTHE, Ranger.
December 60, 1866. ~
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NOTICE.

The following described Eslrays were
taken up by E B Nixon, on The 9Th day
of November, and were strayed by hin
before A. w. Forsylhe, Ranger, wijhlr
and for the County OF Amite, and State o
Mississippi, on the lsth day OF December
1866, viz:
One white Ok with red specks abou
his head and neck-ab bout five years Ole
marked with crop and two splits il
the right, and crop in The lett ear-nC
olher marks or brands percevabe. Ap.
praised al twenty Five Dollars.
One red brindle Ok, with white pieds
about on him-about five years old-mark
ed with a crop and two splits in the right,
and crop in the left ear-no other
marks or brands perceivabIe. Appraised
at Twenty Five Dollars.
One brown and white pied Ok, about
ten years old marked with IL swaIlow-lork
IN the right, and crop and TWO splits in the
left ear-no other marks or brands per-
ceiyable. Appraised at Twenty Five Dol
lars.
One black and white pied OK about ten
years old-marked with crop and split
in the right, and under-bi: in the left ear
no other marks or brands perceivabe.
Appraised at Twenty Five Dollars.
The above described Esuays were ap-
praised by J. Il. Prewett and W. Fl. H..
Foster, on the 18th day of Dece mber, A.
D., 1866. -.
The owner Of the above described Es-
trays is requested TO come forward. prove
property, pay charges, and take them a
way, or they will be dealt with as the law
directs.
A. W. FORSYTHE, Ranger.
December 22, 1866. ~
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NOTICE.

The following described Estray was
taken up by is. CASTOR, en- the 5lh day
OF November, and was strayed by hun oe
fore ]. b. Hoff, an acting Justice oil the
Peace, within and for the County OF Am'e'
and State of Mississippi, on the lo'h Gay
'of November, 1866, viz:
A RED SORREL HORSE. about s'x-
teen hands high-about Twelve or sixteen cen
years old-blazed face-three ~hfe 'ee'
has The marks OF saddle and gear-no
other marks or brands perceIvaole. Ap
praised at Twenty five Dollars by ). "
Reeves and Daniel Mcneil, on the io'n
day of November, A. D., 1866.
The owner OF the above described cs'
tray is requested 10 come forward prove
properly, pay charges, and taSe MN a
way o. no will be dealt with as the la~
directs. ~
5r A. w. FORSYTAE" RsHger.
December 8, 1866. *
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ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

DURSUANT to Decrelal order OF thu
Probate Court OF Amite County, Mis-
slssippl, made at the December Term
1866, the undersigned, Administrator o
the Estate OF R. L. Huff, Deceased, will
on the Bird Monday 10 January, 1867, be-
tween the hours of IL, A. NJ, and A, P
NJ, al the door Of the Court House, in the
Town of Liberty, in said County, expose
for sale at public auction TO the highest
bidder, for cash, the following described
real property of said Deceased, viz:
All Of fractional Section number 33, the
Norh West Quarter OF the North Wesl
Quarter of Section number 40, and all
that part of Section number 80, lying
Wesu OF Beaver Creek, all in Township
number 8, Of Range number 9, East; also,
the East Half OF The North East Quarter,
and the East Halt of the South East Quar-
ter OF Section number I, in Township
number 3, of Range number 2, East;
the West Half Of Section number 6, in
Township number 3, OF Range number 8,
East; the North West Quarter Of the
North East Quarter and the East Hal OF
the South West Quarter Of Section mum
Der 10, in Township number 4, Of Range,
number 3, East.
The Widows Dover is included ia said
land and has been set off 10 her.
ROBERT MIDDLETON,
administrator.
Dscamhcr Is. 1855. IS
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lOMMIsALnNEAA AALE


In Tnf CHAsospg cogar ~ AArf Coga
~ Nississlprl- 10 Rgv, Term. 1900
H. .. WfArnefshy, AdmiHiH,ciot }
w.
VieAIAn WiLnEsoa, dam'r \ ais
DY VIRTUE u Decree u the Ghan
ID co.'s Court ~ ANTE County, Nl'tn
sippi, made al iho Nayombof form, 1860,
tbo undersigned, Commissioner, vii, on
Monday. tho sgh day OF January, 1867,
between The hours prescribed by Law, o.
the door Of the Court House, 10 Liberty,
~ said County and State, proceed 10 sell
Tor cash, tho following described lands.
yiLi
Tho North West Quarter Of Section
number rs, 10 Township number D, OF
Range number o, East The South Wet
Quarter Of the North East QInflef aud the
North West Quarter Of the South West
Quarter Of Section number 20, ~ Town
ship number 8, Of Range number o, East
Tho East Hall Of tho South Wost Quarter
and Tho South West Quarter Of the Soul
West Quarter OF Section number IA, II
Township number b, of Range number 3
E1st. The North Hall Of the North Yves
Quarter and the South Easl Quarter OF The
North West Quarter OF Section numoel
26, 10 Township number s, Of Range nun
Der 8, East. The North Eas, Quarter Of
the North East Quarter Of Section number
II, 10 Township number 8, of Range NUN
Der 5, East, containing in all ga l8-ioC
ncres-said lands lying and being II
Franklin Comfy, State Of Mississippi,
PETER RATCLIFF,
Commissioner.
December 22, 1866. "a
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In THE CHANcERY Court OF ANTE CoUN-
TY, MIssIssIPPI-To NOu. Term, 1866
HENRY P. PARKER, Ear &c, of
ELIZABETH PARKER, Deceased,}
ALEXANDER SMITH, Francis E J
SMITH, and LlDoRA HoFFMAN,}
Defendants.
RSUANT TO Decree OF the Chan
Gerry Court of Amie County, State
OF Mississippi, made at the November
Term of the Circuit Court Of said County,
on the 7th instant, whereby the under
signed was appointed Commissioner to
sell the lands described in a certain De-
cree of said Court, TO secure the pay menl
of certain promissory notes in said Decree
described, due to Henry P. Parker, Execu.
tor, &c, of Elizabeth Parker, Deceased
The undersigned will, by virtue of said De.
cree, expose 10 sale, TO the highest bidder
for cash, on the 28lh day Of January, 4
D, 1867, at the door of the Court House
Of said County, The following described
lands, lying and being in said County, VIZ;
All the wood land lying North of the
Branch, in the North Half of the North
East Quarter Of Section number 81, in
Township number 4, Of Range namber 6
East-conainng by superstition, twenty
FIVE acres more or less, with all the priv.
ieges and appurtenances lhereunto belong
ing. .t
will convey such title only to the pur-
chaser as am authorized 10 do, by virtue
of said Decree.
PETER RATCLIFF,
Commissioner.
December GO, 1866. Al
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PROBATE s3LR.

EAUK5UANf 10 decfelsl order n lh'
Pfobsts COun NJ ANTE County. Ns
assippi, mpds ~ tbs December FERN, 1863
lbs Uodssignrd, administrator u tho ~
lals ~ John ~ CovisgioH, Deceased, viii
M Monday lho alst day oi Jsnosfy, 1907
balweon tbs hours ol ~, A. w., and 4 T.
w., NJ iha door NJ The C0ud llousa, N Llb
cry, N sad County, expose lpf salo s
public auctipl 10 the highest bidder. io'
cash. The fpllowing described real proper.
ny Of SAID Dacodenta- Wa
The East Hail Of The East Third par
1l lots number ! add s. ~ Square nun.
Der 0 Of The plat OF the Town u Liberty.
also, Lot number z, 10 square number 8
VI said plat; also, all tho interest which
said Dscodent had 10 The South Bis' Quar-
tor OF Section number 4, m Iown,h o nun.
Der z, of Range number 4, East.
SAID Lands will be- sold sublcc, 10 the
Widows Dover and th0 rights Of oil per
sous under the Exemption Law.
NJ. S. SIllRK,
Administrator.
December IS, 1866 43
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COMMISSIONERS SALE

December 22, 1866.
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COMMISSIONERS SALE.

liz THE CHANcERY COURT OF ANTE CoUN-
Ts, MISSISSIPPI To Nou Term, 1866
EDWARD MALE, }