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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-05-01
Another | Great Triumph
F. C. LIGHTE & CO.'S
PIANOS

HAVE just received the highest premium at
- the Iowa and Illinois State Fairs, over all
the most celebrated makers in the United States,
On the Committees Award Book, after the en-
try of the Lighte & Co. Piano, under the head of
Best Squire Pianos, are the following remarks:
lst Premium-Splendid instrument Reasons
why this Piano received the first premium: 1st
best case; I'd, best ringing tone, most vibration,
taking the same tone and striking with same
power; Sd, best tone; 4th, most mellow tone );
5th, best melody; 9th, best general finish" The
president of the Committee says that ''the mem
Pers each took to themselves piece of paper and
went from instrument to Instrument. each making
their own notes without seeing each others pa
pers, on the following points, viz: First, case
second vibration; third, tone /; fourth, power |;
fifth, sweetness sixth, melody; seventh, general
finish. The committee unanimously gave the F.
c. Lighte Piano the first premium. These
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-05-01
SINGER.S
New Family Machine.

Which has been over ten years in preparation,
and which has been brought to perfection regard
ess OF time, labor or expense, is now conf
IDENTIFY presented to the public as incomparably
the best sewing machine in existence.
The machine in question is simple, compact,
durable and beautiful. 1t is quiet, ight-running
and capable of performing range and variety of
work never before attempted upon a single ma
chine.-using either silk, twist, linen cotton
thread, and sewing with equal facility the very
finest and coarsest Of materials, and anything be-
tween the two extremes in the most beautiful and
substantial manner. Its attachments for hem
ming, braiding, cording, tueking, quilting, fell
ling, trimming, binding, &C., are novel and prac-
teal, and have been invented and adjusted espe-
cially for this machine.
! New designs of the unique, useful and popular
Folding Tops and Cabinet cases peculiar to the
machines manufactured by this company have
been prepared for enclosing the new machine
These are gotten up in every variety of wood,
such as black walnut mahogany, rosewood, and
the like, and from the plainest to the most et.-
borate pattern and fnish,-the machines ITEM
selves being more less highly orpameraed, to
correspond with the cabinets tables Sr which
they are intended.
JAMES BOLTON.
General Northwestern Agent, SO Clark st., chi
go, under the Sherman House.
w II. NORRIS.
IL A ID ~ I'll
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

A MATERNAL GoBBLER.-The Butte Record
tells of a turkey gobbler up in that region
which sat upon nest of chicken eggs, Matched
them out and reared brood of chickens last
summer This old gobbler must have had
the ambition of F" man miliner,' or his ideas
of economy would not permit him to see the
raw material go to waste. 1t has been gen
orally. understood that the male turkey, in a
wild state, is naturally disposed to destroy
instead ofrearing its own young. If the COB;
bier was not disguised with his progeny, his
brood must have entertained some exalted
ideas Of their parent, when he chose to spread
himself.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

EVERYTHING Coop BUT BUzzARD.-When
Prince Achile Murat resided in Florida,
(847, where he often engaged inhuning, it
is said that nothing swims the water, flies the
air, craws or walks the earth, but that he
served up on his table. Alligator steaks,
frogs shins, boiled owls and roasted crows are
found palatable but there is one animal that
the prince don't like The buzzard is one toe
many for him.. He says: Il try him fried
l try him roasted, | try him stewed, and
make soup Of him, but the buzzard isnot goot
l have no prejudice against him, but cook
him every way, and then no like him."
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

With its grand army of place holders, its
grand army Of the republic, and its grand
army Of prostitutes, the radical North is max
ing a grand but horrible march toward the
utter pollution of its own morals, the destruc
ton Of the liberties Of its people, and the
bankruptcy of the national treasury.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

A funny dispute has been going on between
Bergh, the President of the Society to prevent
cruelty to animals, and Barnum, of museum,
humbug notoriety, who feeds his ''snaix' on
live rabbits. Bergh says they should be fed
on dead food. Barnum says snakes won't eat
dead food. Let them starve then, says Bergh.
Rarnum has written to Agassiz for advice,
who replies with an argument ad homnem
| do not think the most active member OF
the society would object to eating lobster salad
because the lobster was boiled alive, or refuse
roasted oysters because they were cooked alive,
or raw oysters because they must be swallowed
alive
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

By recent act of Congress, any person
who sells, gives away or disposes Of a stamped
cigar box. or reflls a box without defacing the
stamp, is liable to fine and imprisonment.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

The full returns Of the Connecticut election
give English, Democrat, 45,787; Hawley,
Republican, 44.8O8. The whole vote is the
largest, by 5,17s, ever cast in the State,
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

A little girl four years old was recently
called as witness in a police court, and, in
answer to the question as to what became Of
little girls who tell falsehoods, she innocently
replied that they were sent to bed.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08
A POOR WHITE MAN.
frl p;,b,,crJ Tip,op ran,,rI-c

ne lllcnmODu LINES REMARKS
There are many (not few in Richmond
in Virginia who seem to know that Hunnicutt
was Grst, AS LAST, hypocritical in all-Metho-
dist Baptist, Campbellite, Thomaste, Hittite
and Gushite. He started with the former
may nave jumped and shipped a litte-bat
ufmgers"'
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

Doth houses Of the Wisconsin Legislature
have adopted a resolution to amend the con
4titation SO as to extend the elective franchise
10 Women
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

According to the estimates Of the Governor
of South Carolina, there are one hundred
thousand persons in that State that have not
tasted meat for thirty days. Several cases of
starvation are reported.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

Ex- Confederate Generals Loring and Sibley
are engaged in business in New York.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

II A NJ [ L TON & co. ,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
STAPLE ANE, FANCY DEsY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
Boo.s, Shoes, EEats, Caps,
HARDWARE, CRoCKERY, GLASSWARE, &c,
TEXAS STREET. I
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
IL store, and are now offering for sale;
DOMESTICS,
Brown and Beached
Cotton Yarns, Osnaburgs,
Denms, Stripes, &c
All kinds of American Prints,
French and English Prints
DRESS GOODS. -,
LINEN GOODS,
Linen Damasks,
Towels, crash,
Handkerchiefs, Diapers,
Shirt Fronts
WHITE GOODS,
Jaconets, Cambrics
Nansooks, Checks,
Stripes, Lawns, &c.
EMBROIDERIES, i -
OF every description,
Hamburg Trimmings, &c
IMPORTED HOSIERY and GLOVES,
Containing every article in the Trade.
DOMESTIC HOSIERY,
And Underwear of every description.
CLOTHING,
And MEMS FURNISHING GOODS, of all kinds.
sILK HANDKERCHIEFs,
Pongees, Bandannas, Tws, Corahs, &c.
FLANNELS,
All grades, widths and coors, imported and domestic
WOOLENS,
Summer Cassimeres and Cloths, French and English
YANKEE NOTIONS,
Including Buttons Brads, Spool Cotton Bindings, &c
HARDWARE, of every description.
CROCKERY and GLASSWARE,
WOOD and WILLOW WARE
TLERY,.
Table and Pocket from best manufacturers
SMOKING and CHEWING TOBACCO. Tmh21 If
W. G. sPILKER
Texas Street, Burnside's old stand,) near Spring.
Shreveport, Louisiana,
DEALER IN
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
WINES, LIQUORS, AND CoRDIALs,
Chewing and Smoking Tobacco,
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

il was generany oeneveu tFa1 Vie c7Pta1ff
of the land pirates" did secretly bury large
sums of coin, near their headquarters, but by
his sudden death it was forever lost, like the
immense treasure buried by the great pirate
LATTE, on the lovely and romantic island in
Sabine Bay.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

The Petersburg Index publishes the follow
ing letter. showing what manner of men are
stirring up the darkeys in that part of Virginia:
prrrpcpupc Va Anril 10 1867 =
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08

the various articles that the army regulations
required to be kept in the knapsack, from
overcoat to backing brush.) AS | had been
unwell for several days, disliked very much
to carry through a fatiguing drill knapsack
weighing from twenty to twenty five pounds,
so thought would substitute my pillow for
the usual contents, and went thus upon drill
What was my CONSERVATION while drilling tc
hear the command, INSPECTION
There was no help for it; the pillow was
found, and was corporal no longer
He afterwards went on to state of his earlier
army life, that, "from exposure during IN
clement weather, I was afflicted with severe
rheumatism, which amounted to paralysis Of
one side; and it was while in this condition,
having access to the large library attached to
the hospital that l INDUCED taste for the
British poets, that l had hitherto no time tc
crafty. After remaining about three years
in the army, through the exertions of inau'
entail friends, procured my discharge, which
was written on parchment, and on the lower
margin, in the space left for statement of char.
acter, was written, : A good soldier This
discharge have carefully kept from, that day
10 this, and feeling proud Of the endorsement
of my officers then, have tried to maintain the
same character throughout the present war
We give the above conversation entire, anc
as nearly in the words used as our memory
will allow, since it presents an interesting cpl
sode in the earlier part of a life that has since
become immortal.
| There was no man in the Southern army
who labored SO indefatigably for the benef
and improvement Of the troops under his com
mand. His regiment, (the 1st Arkansas, at
forwards the 18th, while under his command
was perhaps the best drilled in the Army Q
/ Tennessee 50 with his brigade, and after
wards his division. Whenever his commant
was positively not in motion, he required 0
his subordinate officers to keep up a constan
course Of drill, discipline and study. He
himself, while the army lay at Wartrace
Chickamauga, Dalton and elsewhere, had hi
daily Rotations, al which each brigadier gen
eral and field officer in his division was com
PEELED to attend. The writer has in his min,
some vivid pictures of the schoolgirls
groupe of scared veterans collecting aroun,
the schoolhouse near Dalton built BY Gen. c.
order orthis express purpose eagerly scannin;
Z Hardee,' or the !" III vol. SCOTS Light In
fantry Tactics for the lesson announced th
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-15

unfraDcbised for any reason not grounded in
his personal inCapactty to vote inteliigently or
TO vote patriOhcally. And whatever disabilities
NAV be im rosed should be expressly termin able
within Drefperlod, unless the prescribed shall
perslstln deTnOnstrating his un6tness to exercise
the trust Oba voter
We doubt the existence OF an Intelligent
American who does not real re that the day
must come, and cannot be far distant wherein
ne inhabitant OF any OF our States will be denied
the right OF suffrage because he is n negro or,
because he was Rebel And ff we All know
tnat impartial suffrage must ultimately he the
rule, why should not all considerate c1tizens
unite TO hasten its adopiiOn2 Suppose We re-
construct the Union, and leave out four milIions
o Rebels or four millions of negroes DENY them
any voice in making, amending, or execntine
the laws whereby they are to be eoVerned-wbo
Goes not know that new and fierce struggle
Tor their entranchisement will Commences
d rec'ly-that we shall have made peace only
to clear the decks for new fight Nav who
does not know that the champions Of enfran.
ohlsement--whether it be of the blacks or of the
I1Di mfUJis-Wli surely, and not remotely, tri.
years OF fierce, sterile agitation which the in
teLYeniDg Acknowledgement will have caused.
we appeal to patriots, to thoughtful men of
al parties, for prompt, decisive action i'm the
Pneunlses. we nave had six years of civil strife
Dloodv; let us try now to have peace. But an
adJ ustment that leaves four millions undpr the
pan will be hardly a truce. It is higb time that
every one should be melted to 90 TO work,
with full assurance that the Government will
not strip hum of his property, nor tamelv con.
sent to see him stripped by others. 1t Is hign
time that good, men of all parties sbould confer
and consult, in the hope that they NAV thus
contribute to speedy aud complete pacidca-
tloH' H' Anu what basis for that adjustment can
be found more comprehensive, more beneticent,
tnan that OF universal amnesty with impartial
suffrage? - - r -"
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-15
THE NEW YORK PRESS.
rDrToRIAn OPINIONS OF THR LEADING
JOURNALS UPON CURRENT TOPICS.

COMPLIED EVERY DAY FOR EvENwe Tr1penArH.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-15

The Latest Phase of Reconstruct tiOn.
From the Tribune
1t is definitely settled ana proclaimed that the
late slaVeholding States, Tennessee only eX.
cepted, will not, as at present organized, ratity
the Constitutional amendment matured and
adopted by Congress last winter. On the CON
trary, they will each and all reject it, Most of
them, in fact, have already formally done so.
In single instance only-that OF Texas-has
this rejection been couched in indie or
insulting terms. Usually, the manner has been
unexcepuonable, if not even courteous The
wiser and more consderate Southrons say to
the North in substanCe:-''What you propose
may seem proper and just from gOur point OF
view; we WllI not here dispute tnis, nor deny
your power in the premises; it NAV even be
right that you should distranchIse us or debar
our accession to office; we do not Judge you nor
decide what you can or should do: but, when
you ask as to exclude from office our foremost
men because they were our leaders in the late
struggle our reply must be that honor and good
faith preclude our assent. Dlstranchise us ali
Ii you Will-debar US from holding office ever
more but do not ask as to punish our leaders
for doing the work we assigned them"
This rejection, then or rather, this reason for
such rejection has manly aspect that appeals
TO every generous mind. But whether you agree
in this view OF not the fact remains. There are
fourteen States that will not Iatily the Amend
heads by ignoring them in the count, and
assuming that three-fourths of the States at pre-
sent represented in Congress will suffice to ratify.
That assumption, however will certainly be
controverted in the Supreme Court, and pro-
badly oVelruled. After our recent experience,
this is a rock to be avoided. . .-.... ..I
1t is, therefore, plain that Congress must and
Will undertake the work OF reorganizing the
States now unrepresented in either House.
Whether it shall regard the existing OrganiZa-
tions as temporary scafloldings, TO be used in
making more substantial, permanent structure,
or shall resolve to build from the foundation, Is
lmmaterial. The essential matter is, that they
build wisely, justly, bene6oently !. .-
The first point to be regarded is the ultimate
ifnot instant enifanchisement of all the South
ern people If be deemed necessary tenn
porarily to withholdlthe right of suffrage from
some OF those who were Jealous, active Rebels,
! we have nothing to say. so If IL should be
| deemed fit that portion OF the more ignorant,
! yagrant, irresponsible southerners, white or
| black, should be denied the same right we have
| no protest TO make. But no man should be left
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-15
DRY GOODS.
PRICE & WOOD

II 1 y Il q w UUU,
N, w, Corner EIGHTH and EILBERT,
HAVE JUST OPENED
One bale ofDomet Fannels 81 cents; same goods
as have been selling at as cents
Good All-wool Flannels, 3S, S7B, 49, and SOC,
Yard'wide all-wool Shaker Flannels, So, so and 65
cents.
7'Sand A Ballardvale FlanneIs
Best qualify Shirting Flannes
MUsLINs, MUsLINs!
Good yard.wide Bleached Muslins 20, 28, 25, and
20 cents.
5-4 Pillow case Muslins 25 %, S5 cents.
ga, s.4, 9 4, and 10.4 sheeung Muslns
Hard.wide Unbleaohed MuslIns, 10, %, and 20
cents.
Best Quality American Prints, 1872 cents
A good sssortme Mt OF Table Linens, Napkins and
Towels.
Russia Crash, 12 A. 16 1S, 10, and 20 cents.
Scotch Diaper by the piece or yard
Linen Bird'eye, for Aprons
Best makes Shirting Linens.
WHITE GOODS! WHITE GOODS!
Cambrics, Jaconets Nainsook, Victoria Lawn,
ana Swiss Muslins.
A cheap lot OF Plaid Muslins
Ladies' and Gents Linen Cambria Hdkfs
Ladies hemshtched Hdkfs OF Bertrand Mill.
cents make, at 49, A. A. 60 So 50, rs, SIZE, and ST.
Gents aemstItched Hdkts., SOC. TO 81. no %
A large assortment of Cloth Gloves very cheap,
PRICE &c WOOD.
n. W. CORNER EIGHTH AND FILBERT.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-15

nv,,uous News from EurOpe-Threatened
Destruction of Turkey-PrOspect OF n
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-15
THE Powers and Policy of Congress In
Reference TO the South. - :
From the Herald.

From the Herald ..... r.-
The conflict between Congress and the Ad.
ministration in reference to the present status
of the excluded States has resulted in a con.
fusion of ideas and theories on the subject
which car be settled only by first ascertainlug
the status of said States with their submission
as members Of hostile confederacy to the
armed forces of the United States. What, then.
was the position of those insurgent States with
the surrender of the last detachment of the
armed forces of the sO.oalled Confederate statesY
According to President johnson, taking into
the account certain issues decided by the war
they were thrown back to the legal condition
in which they stood just before their rebellion:
but az their local Governments existing at the
close oil the war had been derived from, and ha
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-20
coNFIsCATIoN PREACHED.

The Radicals are attempting to catch
the colored vote by the story OF conhsca'
ton. This is not denied, and no denial
will be allowed to circulate. At Radl-
cal meeting in Pulaski, last week, Col.
Mullins, candidate for Congress against
Ed. Cooper, told the negroes, SO the
Citizen informs us, that the lands OF the
rebels would be confscated and divided
out among them by the first OF Septen-
Der. Was no one there to contradict this
monstrous story, and brand 1t as it de-
served2 There will be no conhscatien
by the first of September, or by the irst
or last of any month or year, SO long as
any black man or white man breathes
the breath of life in Tennessee. No act
of con6scation has passed Congress, and
that body will not assemble before July,
if then. Assembling then, a bill could
not be forced through and 60 into opera
ton before next year. Itnever could 60
into operation. 1t could not pass Congress
over the veto by the requisite majority,
and if it could, is any one fool enough
not to know that no black man, no white
man, no red man, and nothing in the
form of man, could live twenty-feur hours
on farm from which the lawful owner
had been driven ? Does any man know
any man who thinks be would be bold
enough to make the attempt2 Does any
colored man think be could face the
music a robbed and plundered man
would make around him when he
placed his foot on the plsnder But
the army of the United States Is
any man fool enough to believe that the
white soldiers of the North would shoot
down Southern white maB TOR defend
ing his property? They would not do it,
never. But if eonfscation should &C.
tually occur, is any colored man fool
enough to think that the Radical leaders
would allow him to have farm They
want the farms for themselves They
want to take the places of the present
owners, employ the colored people to
work for them, vote for them, and be
their slaves. That's all there is about
it. They can't de it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-20
THE TOURNAMENT.

The note of preparation sounding
around US, indicates that the tournament
to be held on Wednesday will be grand
in the highest degree The gentlemen to
whom all preliminary arrangements have
been committed, are well adapted to
their duties, and will, no doubt, afford
the thousands who will gather to the
scene pleasure rarely enjoyed in this
country. Ladies, regardless of the con-
dition of the weather, will enliven the
occasion, and he who desires to view the
aggregated beauty of the city and
country rolled and packed into a vast
and variagated bouquet, can there feast
his eyes until his heart, thoroughly drunk
with the picture, shall cry, content"
From the neighboring States streams Of
people will pour to the tournament We
shall see the loneliness of Mississippi,
Alabama and Arkansas clustering about
the beauty Of Tennessee. We shall see
the heroes Of the lost cause, now more
peaceful than all others, gathered to-
gether, some with limb left behind, and
all with scars that speak Of battle, death
and destruction. Upon their counte-
nances fit the lights and shadows Of the
past There is no shrinking in their
manner, nor eowardly apprehension in
the aspect Of their faces. They braved
the storms Of war. They stand erect
among the terrors Of the afterpeace. Let
US, who have no right to suggest an ar
rangenent, ask the people to pAtrOnize
the tournament, and, If not for the dis
play, paironize it for the noble object il
is designed to subserve.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-20
sTANBERRY's OPINION.

Stanberry's opinion on the franchise
clause OF the Reconstruction act will be
promulgated to-day. The delay of the
opinion has been principally caused by
an examination of the statutes of all the
Southern States, in order to ascertain
what local State and municipal officers
have taken an oath to support the Con-
stitution of the United States. Those
who have taken such an oath and after
ward participated in the rebellion are
DISTINGUISHED by the Supplemental Re-
construction act. The opinion is very
elaborate.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-05-20
IMPORTANT pEoIsIoH.

The Supreme Court Of the United
States on Friday rendered decision sus'
tanning the Legal,tender act. A nercan'
tile firm in Washington claimed to have
made special depositin gold with Riggs
& Co., bankers, prior TO the Legaltender
act Subsequent to its passage the de
PENDANTS declined to pay in kind, but
made tender Of treasury notes which the
plaintiffs refused to accept, and brought
their action to compel payment in gold
in order 10 show, on the trial, a special
contract to pay in geld. Evidence was
offered of an arrangement made, gen
orally, in the District Of Columbia, where
the action was brought, between the de-
PENDANTS and their bankers at the time
gold commenced rising to a premium BY
which deposits were to be paid in Kind
This evidence was excluded, and the
Lecal-tender act being held constitu-
tional, Judgment was given for the depos'
hors. The case was appealed. Justice
Clifford read the opinion Of the Court
affirming the judgment below, holding
that the evidence offered was properly
excluded, as the judgment below was
that the Legaltender act was constitu'
tional. This affirmance is equivalent to
direct finding in the case by the SUI
preme Court to that effect, although the
question is not discussed further than to
say that the deposit was payable in legal
money of the United States, meaning
thereby treasury notes, which were ten
dered by the defendants.