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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
General Sherman.

A correspondent of the New York Post
who accompanied Gen. Sherman on his west.
ern tour to Colorado, writes from Denver
City, Oct. 4th, thus
HOW SHERMAN TRAVELS.
Gen. Sherman travels in the simple style
charsstefistic OF the man. You remember he
started on the Atlanta campaign with a sim
pie tent "fy," and carrying the plainest of
mess equipments. Equally simple 10 his
"ouths" now. When about to leave St LOUIS
In answer to the servants question as to his
baggage, he said: "Oh. put me up a shirt %
No baggage wagons are allowed in the expe-
dition; each mans personal property being
carried in his ambulance. The general had
no escort, except in the most vigorous part
of the Indian region. He carried no tent.
bis ambulance serving az . bedroom; and
meals are served under a canvass CIV"
stretched from the top OF the ambulance to
the ground. The party travel from 80 to 40
miles daily.
While Cen Sherman 10 eminently genial
in social life, and affable to every one, he dis
likes presumption, and 10 very apt to put q
sudden check on unwarranted familiarity
At one of the posts on the road IN ll-man-
nered fellow wealthy contractor, BIZ the
wsy-pushed into the private qusrters whsrs
the general sat in after-supper chat, and in
sisted on the commanding officer introducing
him at once; which being done, he further
interrupted the conversation ss .Nv
avail, Gin'ral, thought I'd come up and
shake hands with you; heerd you was pas
sing threu."
Sherman quietly looked at the man, who
continued al follows:
81 want to tell you, gin'ral, that's nv opin-
ION you Dug htaf station . company of cavalry
here"-went on the infatuated man.
The general did nos move his eyes from
him; they began to twinkle. - tt. -aszsa
"This yar's an important post. Yer $780,
You don't know il, mayhap, but You ra-sly
oughteE have cavalry here. And kin sell
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
CHANCERY NOTICE.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, IS.
Rock leland County, J
To the January Term, A. d. 1867, OF tne NosA
Island County Circuit Court. In Chaneery.
Daniel H. Hunnswell and Joseph s. Hill Ns.
Ellen Marshall, Margaret Marshall, In her OWE
right and as Administrative Of the sstate Oh Sonn
MARSHALL, oecsased, William Marshall, D., Cy-
rus II. Mccormack, John N. Gould, Charles :.
Lowrey, William NJ. Saunders, trustees OF
schools of township eighteen, north range, ons
east 4,h principal meridian, William b: Msinc.'
,uryi,,ae partner Of the firm Of Wheeler. Mel
lick & Co, ChafIes NJ. Osborn, Henry Caf.i>,
ir.. the Sterling Rock leland Railroad Co.,
and George Marshall, administrator oil the es
tate OF John Marshall, deceased.
To the said Ellen Marshall, Margaret Mashsii,
William NJ. Saunders, Charles J. Lowrey, VIII
liam B. Mellick, George Marshall, and the ster-
ling g Rock isiaud Railroad Co., defendants IN
the above entitled SUIT,
NOTICE 10 hereby gwen that the above
IN entitled suit is now pending IN SAID coul'
and that summons has been Issued against you
| therein.
Now, unless YOU shall personally be and appeal
before the said court, on the first day OF the mex
term thereof, be holden in the court house, u
the city of Rock Island, in the county ana .tat'
| aforesaid ON the SECOND MONDAY lNJANUARl
| NEXT, to which time and place the said summons i
made returnable, and plead, answer or demur u
| the bill of complaint IN said suit filed, the sam
will be taken for confessed as against such OF yo
| 80 failing to plead, answer or demur, ana deere
entered accordingly. 80
| Rock Island, Ills, October 3 LIST. A. ID. 1900.
SAMUEL P. HODGES,
| Clerk OF said Court.
OSBORN s. CURTIS,
Solicitors for Conplalnann
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
LATER, l PA.

At IL o'clock the board of commissioners, af-
ter spending about hour with counsel ut his
office, got into carriage, bearing document un J
derstood TO be formal demand for the delivery of
the police commissioners books and all sppertain
ing thereto into their possession. They took cir
cutous route reach the office where the old com
missioners were in session. After making n detour
of about mile to avoid the large crowds that
gathered together 81 various points, they approach
ed the Office of the old board of police commissioners
where their appearance the signal for tremeu-
dous demonstration of approval by the now largely
increased crowd. The new police commissioners
were again admitted to the enclosure and at the
door of the Office met by the clerk of the old
commissioners, who received the document of the
new commissioners telling them that the commits
sioners inside would consider the matter and make
their reply in writing. Messrs Valiant and Young
then returned to their carriage, and amid groans,
jeers, Kisses and boots the carriage
drove of to the Of North and Baltimore SITS,
TO the conservative headquarters where the new
commissioners were received with loud cheering by
the crowd gathered there.
1t is understood that the new commissioners
were busy organising a new police force some
FIVE or six members of the old police force resign.
ed last night and reported for duty this morning
to Messrs Young Valiant, There are report:
of an arrival of United States troops at Har
mans bridge on the Washington road, but they
cannot as yet be verified.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
The Chicago Republican, a leading radical
organ, takes ground against those of its party
who pirate 50 Justify about impeaching the
pras,dent. The Republican SAYS:

organ, takes ground against those OF It's party
who pirate 50 Justify about impeaching the
Presidents. The Republican says:
"The public press have come to sgitats, of
the common topics of the hour, the impeachment Of
President Johnson. There are very few who regard
his impeachment probable, and q good many
would doubt whether it is even politically practices
ble e., whether two thirds of both houses of con-
gress under any conceivable contingency, would re-
sort to so grave q remedy The agitation about i'm
peachment principally emsnates frem two classes OF
Journals those radical journals which hurl the
the threat ut the President mere means OF max
ing their editorials sensational and sustaining their
claims to the most advanced radical position and
those administration democratio, copperhead, or
rebel journals who likewise spice their editorials by
charging the republican party at large with design
to impeach and the President for party pur-
poles. ...--.-
1t may be safely assumed that no political party
will seek to impeach any president of the United
States for party ends, simply because such an end
would break down any political party that had not
the gravest and most patriotic ends in view. So TAR
from an impeachment of president being step
which could aid any political party 1t would require
to be based the strongest and most patriotic
grounds of justice and public welfare to enable po-
tical party bear up under the necessary odium Of
such act. 1t may safely be assumed therefore
that republican congress- If 1t had nothing but par
ty ends in view, instead of seeking excuse for i'm
peaching President johnson, would dread nothing
so much a state of facts which would render his
Impeachment necessary. We are sure that such
prospect would fill every republican in and out Of
congress with far deeper grief than any rebel OF
copperhead could have reason to feel. These might
possibly joice at II means of weakening the
republican party, while no man who voted for An
drew johnson for viee-presiaent could fail to bow
his head in shame and sorrow over the Presidents
disgrace, and the nations humiliation" - =.
Aa d #&s
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

To. ksap half . score Of states under fed-s
eral authority, but without national ties and
responsibilities, TO oblige the central authori
y to govern half the territory Of the Union
BY federal CIVIL officers and BY the army, 10 =
policy not only uncongenial 20 our ideas and
principles, but pfseminently dangerous to the
spirit Of our government. However humane
the ends sought, and the motives. 1t is, In
fact, course OF instruction, preparing our
government to be dsspotic, and familiarizing
the people to sstretch of authority which can
never Be otherwise than dangerous to liberty
-[Rsv. Henry Ward Beecher.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

The ire of the black republicans of Iowa 10
fearfully excited because the President has re-
moved a stay-at-home patriot named Hanes, from
the position of federal collector. and given the
place to the gallant Colonel w. FL. Merritt
Colonel Merritt fought for the Union, and this
seems to be distasteful to the disunionists of
Iowa. In that state they measure mans
patriotism by the length of time that he was not
in the army and the number Of battles that he
was not engaged in.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

'sm hsy and forage cheaper than any man
around"
The man said no more, for in his quick.
! nervous way, sherman broke out: "You'd
| better 90 to ploughing, sir! You'd better g
to ploughingI think your 81 for that =
What were you saying, colonel ?"-turninl
| TO his neighbor.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

The N. Y Tribune says IAN impeachment
of the President-no matter how just and
necessary will almost certainly plunge the
country afrssh into commissions and civil war
just when its need of peace and thrift is mos
uyrant -
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

To gather pearls from oceans vases
Divers go down in divers places;
But at our mouths of streams and bays,
No pearls do Asian swimmers raise
Like those in beauty's mouth that shine
Made by the Sozodont divine.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

Vermont has ratified the constitutional amend
ment. This is another grand and glorious and
overwhelming victory for congress. After this
action by Vermont, if the President adheres to
his policy it must be because he fails to zee the
hand of Providence in the Vermont legislature.
1t is more than probable that he will fail to see
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
EVENING SCHOOL.

Evening School will commence an
u Monday, Nov. 9th, at St. James Church, on
Rock River Street, and will be open from till .
every evening, Saturdays eIesPssd. TINS WIN
afford young mea whose employnsnts VIII not Al
to pursue any branch Of study they may desire
Partieular attention. given TO Arithmetic, writ,
hg and Beok-kssping. Terms moderate ana
made knswn b. spPlieati to the te:enef;
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

One of the radical newspapers of Chicago calls
the efforts of President johnson and Secretary
Seward to save the lives of Lynch and McMahon
scott soapipg the fenians." This is the radical
view of the matter. The fenians will not probab
" see it in the same light.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

Another Falsohood Nailed--The Disunion
Canard Concerning Hon. L. n. Morris,
Exposed--He is all Right--He is for
Union of SO states--Despicable Lies of
the Jousnals Sent Home to Roost--The
journal Misinformed--Note from Hon. L.
u. Morris. & -
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
Respectfully,


Il has also been aated that Hon. c, NJ.
Harris, late member of congress, and Hon
Ii. Geodhue, have also abandoned the demo-
cratic party. This Is likewise 'misinforms-
ton" in other words, a foul falsehood. The
old plan of the Journal folks to accomplish
by direct, full cloth, falsehoods, what cannot
be done by plain truth, is now resortsd to-
Let them DO assured that their policy is I'M
derstood by the people. 1t won't win. Ly
ing is their vocation, but lying has played
out.-Nlinois State Register Oct. 81.
The disunion party has been hunting all
summer for one man who had left the democ-
racy and Joined their disunion gang. Their
best men are leaving them by thousands all
over the country, and they have looked in
vain for some Offset. At last they pitched
upon Col Morris and Judge Harris-and
now they are left in the very bad predica
ment of baving started talsehood about
these gentleman.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
DISSOLUTION.

THE firm of Kerr Smedley is dissolved ~
mutual consent. The affairs Of the late hrm VII
be settled by T. 4 w. J. Kerr, who will continue
the business at the old stand.
w. J. KERR,
= r NTFt = J.SL. sMEDLEY.
Camden Mills, Nov. /, 1S66-dw3w.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
FOR SALE.

A HOUSE, ware house. stable and lot. -. 10
n Edgington village, Rock Island county my s ne
house 20 by 81 feet. The warehouse ~ W ~
feet. The lot about FIVE -elg hths OF an acre. Ing
: Apply to Dr.. Edwards, Edgington village.
Is good site for store. ho''""'
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
FINE STOCK FARM ON BLUFF FOR
SALE,

CONTAINING eighty acres, thirty under Guilt
" Walton, three hundred apple and pear trees
bearing irnit, house and well, and other neces-
sary Improvements, miles from Rock Island
For further particulars enquire of Henry schroe-
der on the farm, or o. J. DIMICK,
Real Estate Agent, Rock Island.
suv20d w3m.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
ITCH. ITCH: ITCH!
SCkAICH! SCRATCH SCRAT CH
WheatOn'S Ointment
Wa Cure tAe Hch :, as -,

~ wa tare Che ifcA an as hours.
Also cures Salt Rheum. Ule.,, rb,,h,.;n .na
all Eruptions of the Skin. Price SO cent?. For
Sale BY all druggists. By sending 60 cents to
WEEKS q POTTER, Sole Agents. ITO W..hinr
ton street. Boston, il will be forwardad h. mai
free of postage, 70 any part of the United states
juns4wly.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
BOARDING. HOUSE.

TINE sabssribsr hes opened sesulal
Il boarding honss. in ths brisk block on
The AoTth aida Of uaiea squ are, where psrp snent
trsasient, or aay-bosfders can be accom- hodatsa
Meals furnished 1t regular hours, IS
- A few GOOD boardsrs can fal rooms and
board al "a pef week If application 10 nade soon
ass ..-.-.z 4. H. OSBORN
Rock Island, Aug. 3i-.ltf. SO tiz-
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
ATTACHMENT NOTICE.

To the January Term, A. D. 1867, OF the Rock ISL
and County Circuit Court.
Matthew Sehlegel,1
Matthew Engsl. J
NJ Office is hereby given th.ta writ OF at
IN tachment has been issued out of said court,
at the instance OF the said plaintiff, Matthew
Schlegel, and against the estate of the said de-
PENDANT, Matthew Engel, for the sum OF One
Hundred and Thirty-FHe Dollars and Eighty
Cents, and is now pending therein; which writ has
been returned by the sheriff OF said county eIecu-
ted .
Now, unless you, the said Matthew Enge shall
be add appear before said court, on the FIRST
DAY OF THE NEXT TERM thereof, to be hold
On in the court hoose, in the city OF Rock Island,
in the county and state Aforesaid, TO which time
and place said writ il made able, and plead
to the said plaintiffs action, judgment will be en-
tered against you for the amount of said plant
ifs claim and the costs of this suit, and the es-
tate SO attached will he sold
Rock Island, Ills, October 3lst, A. D., 1866.
SAMUEL P. HODGES,
Clerk of said Court.
OSBORN CURTIS, P',h>s Aa'ys.
nov1w4w. - Pa =
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

We published in tho Times of yesterday
morning an account of riot ut Hagsrstown,
in Maryland, in which radical mob killed
enc policeman, and wounded, it 10 feared NOR
tally, another, and shot several citizens. The
mob WAS composed of citizens of Pennsylva-
mia and Maryland, and assembled for the pur-
pose of cleaning out" the conservative re-
publicans and democrats in that vicinity, |
''cleaning out" meaning the perpetratlon of |
such atrocities upon peaceable and unofsnd |
mon and women as were detailed in our &C |
count Of the affair on yesterday. |
We have not heard it allegsd that Presi-
dent johnson is responsible for the mob and
murder a Hagerstown, nor have We see IN
any radical Newspaper statement that
Pennsylvania and Maryland are unfit 10 be
intrusted with the privileges ofstates because
| interests of God and humanity" after some
| what jealous fashion. Had the murder oc-
| ourred ! hundred miles south of Hagerstown,
| and had black republicans been the victims,
it would have been made clearlv to appear
that the President knew ell about it before it
came Of, and that he encouraged the enter
prise, and that Virginia had become sadly
demoralizsd onaccount OF his policy of restor-
alton. II would moreover, have been strongly
asserted that no union man could live with
safety in Virginia, and that the My proper
|
the programme of Thaddeus Stevens for her
government. The mob in Maryland was an
unprovoksd deliberate assault upon psaoeable
men That in New Orleans was caused BY
an attempt on the part of the sufferers to sub
vert the government of the state and place i
in the hands of incendiarles. - Chicago Time
Nou. 2.
The Enquirer keeps 1t before the people tina
$4,000 union voters have 216 members of con
geess, while 900 democratic voters have but
members. Well, what of it ?-Cincinnati Times.
There is tins about it: l, 1t stops, or SHOULD
stop, the assertion of lgnoramuses that thu
! people of the country are opposed to tn
Presidents restoration policy. They are not
y put majority of million are IN favor of ii
. 2. 1t shows that the pretended represents
tives of the people NO longer represent the
of WILL but fagrantiy misrspresent 1t.
of 3. 1t Indicates that there 10 ''somethin
I'd rotten in Denmark ;" something that mu,
y be corrected, or else we must abandon q
a claim to be considered 4 country under den
a ocratic Institutions. 1t $500, 900 voters q,
n to rule $500, 900 voters. the sooner it is u,
of derstood the better Cincinnati Enquirer.
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QuIscY. Oct. 27, 1866.

Editors of State Register:
DEAR SIR-My attention has just called to an
enisoral in the Journal in which it ia in sub
stance stated that am not acting with the or
ganization of the democratic party or supporting
it's nominees. In this the Journal has been mis-
informed
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

THE MONITOR.

THE underlined, formerly OF the Franklin sa,
loon. - returned 70 Rock Island, and purehased
the Mentor, house,and fixtures, opposite the lei
and City Hotel, which il now open to the Peone
On Saturday evening next he viii give airee lunch
to which he invites his friends and patrons geh'r
ally. r.ppp
nov3dlw. CHRIS. kEnDEn.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

- :.
sDEM0CRATIC AND CoNSERVATIvEA
TICKET.
ELECTION TursDxYlNov. 6rH, 1865.
For Congress-State at Large:
COL. THEoPHILUs LYLE DICkhY,
OF LAsALLK CouNrY.s
For State 1rsasursr
GEN, JESSE ]. PHILLIPS,'
OF MONTGOMERY County,.
Per Superintendent Of Public InstrSetio~:
COL. JOHN M. CREBs,
OF WHITE COUNTY.
For Congrsss,-4th Districf
HON. JOHN 8. THOMPSON,
OF MEacER COUNTY.
COUNTY TICKET.
For Repressntative--47th District,
SAMUEL BOWLES, .ot Hampton.
For Sheriff,
CAPT. J. w. BALLARD, .ofI Andalusia
For Coroner,
If Tal AM
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.Eoa EEarA AH
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03

We will begin our comparatively short Gaia
logue, (ior the sake of Harmony with
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-03
IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT,

For Coroner,
Priy.te JOHN .. BUCK, OF Rock Island.
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.4Ii .s-i ISAIAH <ss
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-03-07

RECoNsrRUCTIoN IN MISSISSIPPI 1t
we are to believe the accounts received
from Mississippi, the lcaven Of loyalty Is
net working to II very encouraging extent
in that reconstructed State. \ CORES.
pendent, writing from jackson, Jan, g.,
concerning the negro, says:-
Il will not attempt 10 record, or even
to cnumerate, the abuses OF which have
knowledge: whippings without mercy,
tying up by the thumbs, beating with
clubs, pounding with pistols, cutting with
knives, shooting, and in every way NAL
treating, and sometimes numbering This
statement sounds harshly, but certified
records will prove lis dreadful truth
Sill it would be safe 10 say that but a
small minority of these cases are ever re-
ported and, of all that are reported, the
majority are lost sight Of in the dusty files
Of official records 1t is not my purpose
to excite any undue ilI-teeling toward the
Southern people, but l will simply chron-
icIe facts and leave every one TO form his
own conclusions"
lie then adds, that if negro makes
the least step away he is soon on his way
To Immortality. The Freedmen's Bureau
is shorn Of its power, while the military,
with its small and scattered garrison, can
not afford adequate protection. AS an
illustration OF the prevailing sentiment, Il
number of Federal soldiers have recently
been killed by citizens, and the murderers
have gone unpunished.
The correspondent from whom we
have quoted says, in one instance the
civil authorities refused to permit mill
tsry detail to arrest the murderers Of a
soldier, and, by the time the detail was
reinforced, the culprits had been spirited
away. A few weeks since, an old man,
a good, loyal citizen, who had been forced
to leave the country on account Of his
Union sentiments, returned to his home
near Bahalia. In few DAYS atterward,
he was murdered-not for money or re-
venge, but simply for being "A Union man.
No one seemed TO care, The civil au-
thorities took no cognizance of the affair
there was not even coroner's inquest.
To secnre pardons, obtain seats in Con
gress, save their properly from cunhscation
and get everything under their control,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-03-07
The Situation.

Since the bilious attack of the Presi-
dent on the 22l ult, the most healthy
quiet has prevailed. Congress good-na-
turedly swallowed the bitter pill and the
President after giving vent TO his pent-
up resentment, ingloriously subsidized.
Ills concilatory Conversations have been
more frequent and more emphatic if pos
sibe than the imhamatory ones were be-
fore. In a conversation with Gov. Cox
of Ohio, he gave his views of the situation
candidly and expressed desire to remain
on friendly terms with the Union party.
lie wanted the country restored. tram
guilty and a permanent settlement Of all
difficulties We gladly receive this evil
dence of honest, earnest desire for the
nations good, but we want more than
mere words. We care not SO much for
conversations and unofficial speeches as
for official acts. His expressed determin
alton to punish traitors and make treason
odions, should be followed by an effort to
bring them TO trial. His avowed intcn-
ton of becoming to the cnslavcd negroes
Il "Moses' 10 bring them out of BONDAGE.
would be quite as satisfactory if accom-
panied by the exerci C of his power to ef-
feet their relief and to ameliorate their
condition. His reiterated expressions of
a desire to maintain friendly relations
with the Union party would be better
sustained by cooperation with them in
the difficult labors of reconstructiyc leu
i,lation. But we forbear to enumcrate.
Both Congress and the President are cvi
IDENTIFY more than eyer before convinced
that candor and moderation are necessary
to the accomplishment of the objects so
dear to the hearts of both, and we rejoice
if good has come out of evil.