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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

Herschel Y. johnson has written a letter
to the dwellers in Atlanta on the subject of
military reconstruction and its dangers. He
says it Will be better for them TO accept con
fscstion in all It's disagreeableness rather
than submit to the ''utter degradation and
ruin" proposed by the military bill. ConGs
cation, he says, would not bear SO very heavi
~ upon the true patriots of the south. They
have come out of the war poor, have lost
everything, and it would puzzle the ingen
ious Butler to find mnch,to confscate and
besides this, they are a"willing to sacrifice
that little, if need be, Is a holocaust upon
the smOking altar ofthe eountry.' Bomb
proofs" and those "recreant to their homes
and hearth.stones," he argues, will thus be
the only sufferers by confscation, and thai
last argument of the radicals ought to have
no terrors for the southern patriot. One
piece of really sound adrine is contained in
Mr.. Johnson's letter. Thexhite he says
are largely in the majority throughout tbs
south apdif they VII they. con save ftllsi,
liberty by registeriag- and dessnhne ths
schemes of their adversaries at the POLLS
"This is the club of Hercules" says he. "b,
which we can, united and true 10 ourselves
crush this horrid hydra" If the people re
fuse to do this, and, as il Virginia, allow til,
negroes o.eutnnmbers them on the fegiatra
ton lists, they simply put the power out 0
their ownshands into those of their unscrupu
lous political opponents. As Mr.. johnson
says, s4thedo Of redress, in every form. vii
have been forever closed. Then all futur,
remonstanoe win be vain, and its voice 81
fenced by the retortlupon US, that we con
sented 70 the scheme, and that the state gov
etnment and constitution organized il
pursuance of it, are, in truth and IN fact, I'll,
REV aEga - ,szasj
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25
"Your poor

1t is sisted that letterof coincidence on
the death.ef Macmillan, addressed by Ma
poIeon TO the Emperor of Austria, was to the
following effect '2' ~" 3''sa a 'a 7
II send you the expression of my condo.
lence ON the dreadful news of the death Of
the Emperor Maximilian.a My grief is the
more lively because feel the responsibility
of the painful part I have had in this mis-
fortune. But as God knows, who penetrates
our hearts, never had any other object in
view than to extend to !, those dis
tant places the influence of our civilization
Tn doing this have found nonobler or more
worthy intercessor than your majesty's un.
fortunate brother" e.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

Henry 0'Connor, the radical Mainelaw
candidate for attorney general of. Iowa, in a
speech at DesMoines, on the ath Of July,
said -. eraaI.s1- h. .4F eas.fs4.k
$50 home, then, and together let us work
for the overthrow of wine halls, beer saloons
and every species of liquor selling. And
when we come to vote. / am in favor of uni.
yersal suffrage-letting every, Yoman yote -
for they viii choose the highland also every
child who has been reared in the Sabbath
schools .H = dt. f7ek
The above extract is only the forerunner
of radical intentions. Having got the negro
under their control, they are now going for
baby suffrage, and shutting up all billiard
saloons, and beer houses. 2-i ~.-
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| A Mexican paper; the Queretaro Espanza,
publishes the following pathetic adieu
my Bsfored Eavlotta l.
"If God permits your health TO get better
and you should read these few lines. you will
learn the cruelty with which fate has strick.
en- me since your departure for Europe
You took along with you, not only my heart
but my good fortune! Why did I not give
heed to your voice ? = So many untoward
events, so many sudden blows have shattered
all my hopes, so that death is but . happy
deliverance, not an agony to me. l shall
die ,gleriously-like . sofdier-ike q King
vaanduisfed But not dishonored. III your
sufferings are toe great and God should cal
you soon to JON me, shall bless His Divine
hand which has weighed so heavily upon me
UYour moor MAX
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25
Card from Mr.. Ridsnbaugh IN Regard to the
ae a7 r- Reaper Bet. ysf ~

Rock ISLAND, July %.
EDITOR ARGUS II do not wish to get in
to the reaper quarrel, as both parties are
my particular friends but, in Justice to Mr.
Geo. W. D. Harris, will say that he left in
my hands, on the 23d of july 5000, for the
purpose of testing the merits of ereapers az
soon as Messrs Underwood. g. Bogue, "ol
any other, man." should put. up an equal
amount, and settle preliminaries. j 81 ,s7
Mr.. Morris knew | held this money, his
statement to the contrary Notwithstanding
Nj. Harris's money is stiil in my posses
sion. seeses
f. RrDENBAUGU.
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ASSESSMENT LISTS.

.. CRY CLERKS OFFICE,
City of Rock Island, July 18th, 1867.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
In assessment lists of taxable real and per
sonal estate in the city of Rock Island, for the
year 1867, have been completed and returned by
the Assessor to the City Council; and that OBJ
jections thereto will be heard by the City Council
at the Council Room, in said City, on the 3Oth day
of July inst, at O'Clock p. M.
All persons feeling themselves aggrieved by the
assessment Of their property are hereby requested
to make or file their objections at the time ant
place aforesaid. - .--.,.y &c..
.,rr- J. R. JOHNSTON, City Clerk.
iyl9dlpt.
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Washington, ID. c., July Is, 1867.

viii now be seen, has grossly slandered both
President Johnson and the democratic par.
ty-whether through ignorance or malice,
antly done, that paper will Immediately cor
rect its misrepresentation and publish what
the President reallydid say LII was m a.
liciensly done, correction need De hooked
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25
FINE FARM FOR SALE,

THE SUBSCRIBERS FOR SALE A
l. splendid Number One farm, Of loo acres,
well watered in every part well fenced, and hav-
ing first class improvements. The farm il situat-
ed in Richland Grove township, Mercer county,
in the vicinity of villages; school houses and
churches, and only Is miles from the city of Rock
Island. The farm is desirable one, in every re
spcct. For further particulars, enquire of the
subscriber, on the premises, or by letter, to Rich
land Grove post Office. Call socn and see for
yourselves. DANIEL MOWRY.
Richinnd Grove, May 81, dw2m.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25
Card from Capt. r. C. Morris on the Reaper
Bat

Mr.. EDIToR--I noticed an article in the
Union of the 10th, from g. W. d. Harris,
offering TO bet 5000 on his Woods Reaper,
against the New Yorker. Believing it to be
the easiest way for me to pay for a New
Yorker, took the money and went to Rock
Island, found Mr.. Harris, and tried my best
to get him to take the bet, but he backed
square o,a. T. C. NORRIS.
Edrinoton July ID 1867 ' r~.tF'
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

A lot of negroes ia Quincs, the other
night, attempted to break upanegroi meeting,
stabbed one or two negroes, and when pass.
ing down the street attacked several white
persons, which resulted in the shooting and
instant death Of one of the black rioters.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

government and constitution adopted by the
people," Whether Mr.. Johnson's views
concerning the harmlessness of Stevens's
scheme of confscation are adopted, or not
the south would do wen % adopt the sss1
gestion aboutregistration belbre It is too laAe.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

The radical party, in this county, are en-
gagged in war of determination upon bill
lard tables and beer houses. Their determ-
ination is that NO public billiard table or beer
house shall be kept in the county. They
have steadily and persistently refused, IN the
board of supervisors, TO license the sale of
spirituous liquors,-and they have now in
augurated course of law suits against citl-
Gems of Moline who keep billiard tables or
beer. Two or three suits have already been
decided against Smith & Ohlweiler, for keep
ing billiard table, and others are about to
be commenced against persons whosell beer.
All these cases will go{to thecircuit court
This fanaticl radical party, where they
have complete control, as in Iowa, Massa-
chusetts, Maine and Vermont, enforce their
principles by shutting up billiard rooms, and
beer houses, and by controlling the manner
in which people shall spend their Sundays.
They have insisted on prohibition in the
county, where the supervisors have CONTROL
and they have now commenced their fanatic
al, prohibitwy war in Moline. They tried to
carry it in Camden, but failed. They tried
to tighten the screws in Rock Island, but
failed. In Moline they have full control and
are carrying out their principles. They will
do the same in every town and school dis
triet, where they can get control. The only
way tosstop it is to vote them down son geye
rything, at every election.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

II is telegraphed that immense deposits
of tin have been discovered in Madison Co.,
not far from Pilot Knob and the Iron Noun
tain, between FIVE and six hundred feet wide.
Several smaller ones, already found on the
surface, are yielding from three to fifteen per
cent. These are the largest deposits known
in the world" We doubt the truth of the
story-but If true it will be a most valuable
discovery and of inestimable worth to this
country. At present England has the only
valuable tin mines known in the world-at
Cornwall a9l 81 ssszss.s Il se. 9z-5,4.{ s=,--s
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

The government is today being run as
radical partisan machine, and millions have
been spent and are now being spent daily
for the purpose of securing the ascendancy
Of the radical party in The south.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

The exrebel Commissioners for the ex.
change Of prisoners Of war publishes letter
in the National lntelligencer in which he
says that in 1864 the rebel authorities yolun-
tarily proposed to deliver $4,000 sick and
wounded soldiers without requiring aHy
equivalent. He offers to prove this pY esi'
dence of Union officers. The poor prisoners
were left, by Lincoln and Stanton, to die IN
rebel prisons.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25
. PETER FRIES,

p EeTIFIER AND MANUFACTURES OF
IL Domestic Liquors, Importer and Dealer IN
Foseign Wines and Liquors. Front street oppo--
site Ferry Landing, Beck Leland, n essf asoE
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

The Chicago Republican complains that
the most Of the witnesses for the defense in
Surratfs ease care rebels or rebel sympathi
zers, and give their evidence with great alsc
rity." 2
This objection is thoroughly characteristic
of the radical party. No one can speak the
truth unless he is 'loyal man. like San
ford Conover, the perjurer, OF Weiehman
the spy and scoundrel. .-
The Republican evidently regrets that the
day of David Hunter and his court has gone
by, and that there are no more women to
hang. n. .4
1t is unfortunate for the Republican tina
its friend Conover has gone to reside in th'
Albany penitentiary, where Weichman viii
soon follow him, unless he flies the country
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

We now suggest to the democratic county
committee, the city committee, the commit
tees in the various townships in the county,
and the leading and wealthy democrats of
the city and county, that, if they would do
enything towards redeeming the country
from radical misrule, their best field of la
Dor is in their own county, by raising funds
to put democratic newspapers in the hands
of the people. No equal amount of money
can accomplish so much good in any other
way. And new is fthe time to commence
the work if they would accomplish the de-
sired object. Now, while the people are not
excited by a political campaign, is the time
to reach their minds and produce changes
which will tell in the coming Presidential
struggle of next year.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25
Notice to Contractors.
as 80 a--E-sE5;7EE 'AE
Proposals Ask ed for Matchmaking

NOTIoR rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT, IN
L y accordance with a resolution of the City
Council of the City of Rock Island, passed July
rs, 1857, sealed proposals will be received by the
City Council Mt the City Council Room, in Rock
Island, until 2 o'clock p. NJ. of July 30th, in
slant. for McAdsmizing, by the liueal foot, por-
ton of the Camden Road, commencing at the
South end Of Exchange Street, in said City, near
the Fair Ground and continuing South, on said
road,-thc Matchmaking to be of good hard,
finely broken rock, eighteen feet in width and of
an average thickness of one foot.
The right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
WILLIAM EGGLESTON,
DAVID HAYES,
/. HUBER,
4. q Committee
Rock Island, July 10, 1887, dwtd
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

The report that a case of cholera had oc-
CURED at the Stock YARDS, in Chicago is de-
MED by DR.. Keeler, and it is emphatically
declared that no cholera exists in that city.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-25

ditional and judicious circulation at that
time would have saved the county 10 the
democracy. $50
We have no doubt of the correctness of
his views. An experiment Of our own In
tIe cnnsass of 1864 most signally illustrated
tie valdeapf giving vide circulation to cor
set politcA doctrines among the people,
m that canvas. during aspace OF hive weeks,
- cave 1svav ! nearly 8 600 copies of the
Republicdn Sending, them 70. lists furnished
as.1 of persons whom it was thought might
he induced to vote for constitutional men
and measures. 1t is fresh in the memory of
all. that our county ticket was elected by a
handsome majority.
It would hardly seem necessary to suggest
an inference from the foregoing The mon.
prels are sharp enough to see the value of
giving widespread circulation to their own
prints. In this county they have not hesita,
ted to procure such circulation at ian ex-
pense vastly greater than the profits on Athe
publication they express the determination
TO keep that circulation up to an influential
basis insnumbers, even if. it has to be done
on the same terms.
1t seems almost useless to urge upon dem
ocrats in this county the duty Of giving their
paper such circulation as it ought to have,
except npon. terms that would bankrupt any
honorable publisher nSsix- months. There
never has been a time when we could not
have had from 1000 to 1000 subscribers in
this county upon credit system. In fact
not week passes that does not witness ap.
plications to US for papers to be sent to So
and-so, to be paid when he '.comes to court,
or at some other time. And yet, these peo
pie, when subscribing for some paper print
ed out of the county or state, do not hesitate
to send the money! Now, why should an
exception of this sort be made as against the
county publisher? If the money has to be
paid at all, why should not your own pub
Usher have it in preference to the publisher
who knows nothing and cares less about
your political, pecnniary, or social inter
ests
Our only object in abiding to this subjec
now, is to reiterate what must be apparent
| to every intelligent mind that the success.
of our party depends in large degree or
| the diffusion of correct principles among th'
| people that an intelligent understanding o
issues cannot be had in the absence of tn,
proper mediums of information. 1t seem
that democrat would hardly feel willing t.
| accept political teachings from mongre
sheet; nor would he be disposed at al
| times to give the utmost credence to it
statements of assumed facts. Nevertheless
in the absence of newspaper of his own pc
litical faith he would have to depend upo
mere public rumor-often exceedingly bias
ed and unreliable,-as his only means of il
formation as to what is actually transpirin
in political affairs in his own county. -7..
4
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-06-26

LUDIcRoUs BLUNDER.-The other day
We had an item in the Journal, announcing 9
the marriage of II. M. Holden, ESQ.,, for
mcrly of this place, to young lady of
Indiana. The Burlington Hack Eye dish
es up the following article concerning the
affair:
III. H. Holden, formerly of Muscatine
and Washington in this State, and now
cashier of the First National Bank mt
Kansas City, Missouri, was recently mar
ried in Indiana"
''Ye Local. being single is not prepared
to judge Of the similarity between getting
married and getting murdered, but we
presume the writer of the above is mar
ried, and therefore, no doubt, knew his
little "biz," when he attempted to get off
joke on Mr.. Holden, by insinuating that
ne had been blotted from existence upon
entering the matrimonial sphere. Howe
yer, the whole thing may be merely typo
graphical blunder.
The above, from the local columns of
the Muscatine Daily Journal is a very
wicked insinuation toward the angelic sex
and we coll upon ye local aforesaid to take
IL back Tis too bad that gentleman
can not get married in peace without send
ing missile after him implying that he
has "gone up
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-06-26

The Mac-a- Cheek (O.) Press edited BY
Don Piatt, who he'd a prominent position
at Washington under Lincoln, and there.
fore knows whereof he speaks, while dis.
cussing the narrative of Detective General
Baker, and the necessity of detective OF
that order during the administration ol
Mr.. Lincoln, says:
"It was almost impossible to lay hands
on an official and not touch man moi
made rich through his position. This was
especially the case with the moneyed off,
ces. Honest men stood aghast ut the I'M
punity with which stealing went on. All
cries OF shame and outrage seemed una
valiing. All opposition was thrown away.
Ihleves were turned out to be succeeded
oV thieves, ii d colossal fortunes were
made mao. IN an hour. The amiable old presi-
uens .rncked jokes o-a- the rascalitv. and
sald IN his appointments he ha0 10 i.., his
hand into sack of snakes to find one eel.
Among the later acts of congress that pre-
ceded his death, was an investigation of
the cotton frauds, and out Of a great num-
Der OF permits to steal, e-fourths were
signed by the president
This testimony coming from Republi-
can source and an eye witness to what is
related, should set sensible, fair-minded
men, at least to thinking. And yet it is
but one Of hundreds of similar statements
made time and time again by prominent
actors in the Republican or Radical party.
Is it possible that in the face Of such as
founding revelations of corruption and pro-
fiigacy, by their own most intimate friends
that majority of the American people
will again vote to continue the radical par
ty in power.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-06-26
WHOLE No. 558.

Cariositiss.
Mr.. Penniman hands us p,rt of jaw
bone picked up by himself ut Prairie dr
Chen. The teeth in the jaw are abou
four inches square and they look as if .
pretty large ''critter" had the honor o
carrying them. If a human tooth be {
quarter inch broad and the human cur
reach the not unusual weight of 800 lbs
"the animile" that carried the teeth under
review must have weighed about 4SO(
pounds. Glad we didn't live at Prairie du
Chen when that old dentist was prac
ticing: if we knew his name we would
tell it-possibly a calf Mastadon.
Henry Ruble, of North McGregor, also
hands US an odd affair in the shape of an
upper jaw Of some creature once on earth
Or in the water. This was given Mr.. Ru.
bic by Mr.. Shugars, who found it ON the
bluffs. The bone-marks of something like
ears are visible. Its teeth look like pearls,
the central ones being large, round and
transparent, while those at the outer side
are not larger than the head of small
pin; the extreme outer edge was once pro-
vided with very fine, sharp teeth but most
of the these are lost. What was it?
Since the above was penned, Mr.. D. 7.
Lindley, Of the TINES Office, hands Us
smaller and more beautiful specimen such
as last described; this is complete and we
find the edges Of the jaw filled with sharp
teeth all round, with double set ut the
corners of the mouth. Mr.. L. assures us
that he took this curious jaw from the
head Of fish caught in the Mississippi
He does not remember the name of it.
This being fact, oil our wonder, above
written, is exploded, except as to how Ru-
blc's specimen-very old and much worn
should have swan nearly to the bluff to
leave his jaw and how long ago did the
waters subside and leave him there?
What sort of o fish is it? And has il
ears?
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-06-26

LOOKING AT THE BRIGHT SIDE.-IIere is
a letter from wife in Massachusetts to
her husband in California. She don't in
tend going through the world with the
blues
MY DEAR HusBAND,-As it is some time
since you left for California suppose you
would be glad to hear how we are getting
along in your absence. am happy to say
we are enjoying very good health on the
whole. just Mt present two of the boys
have got the smallpox Amanda Jane has
got the typhus fever Samuel got hooked
by cow the other day, and little Peter
has just chopped off three Of his fingers
with o hatchet. With these trifling exccp-
tions, We are all well and getting along
nicely.
You needn't be ut all anxious about Us.
| almost forgot to say that Sarah Matilda
eloped last week with tin pcddler. Poor
girl I! She's been waiting for chance and
Pm glad she's married at last. She need
not have taken the trouble to elope though
for l am sure was glad enough to have
her 20. She was great eater and l find
baked beans don't 20 of near as fast as
they did. The way that girl could dip in
to pork and beans was u caution to the
rest Of the family. The cow took it into
her head to run away, which was very
fortunate, | am sure, for the barn caught
tire last night and was consumed. Twas in
hopes that the house would 90 too, for it's
inconvenient but the wind was wrong
so it did not receive much injury. Some
boys broke into the orchard the other day
and stripped all the fruit trees. Iwas
very glad oft, for if they hadn't pre-
sumo the children would have made them
selves ill.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-06-26

Visit New York, Boston, Philadel-
phia, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago,
and you are startled by the general cry Of
hard times, among bankers, merchants and
mechanics. Go south, and gaunt famine
stares you in the face, and your feelings
are continually narrowed up by the cry FOR
bread and the most revolving spectaclcs of
wretchedness. Travel through the coun-
try and the smaller cities and villages
East or West and you are never beyond
the painful warning that business is fear
fully depressed, times are tightening up
and financial crash is approaching. In
comes have fallen off to mere nominal
sum, manufacturers find it impossible to
make sale of their goods, merchants are
struggling on the one hand to induce trade
and on the other to keep off their creditors,
and labor is sadly depressed.
If the people Of this country, the sturdy
farmers, mechanics and laboring men Of
the United States, much longer suffer
themselves to be duped and blinded by
party clamor, they will have richly earned
the designation of block-heads and deserve
the fate which is in store for them. We
trust they are not entirely given over to
blindness and insanity.-lowa S.atcsmaa.