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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-20
Odd Fellows

Rock Island Lodge No. l8, ]. Q. Q. F
meets every Monday Evening OF Odd Eel
lows Hall, southeast corner OF Illinois and
Eagle Sts., at o'clock P. NJ.
s DAVID HAYES, N. G
LEVI S. HARsoN. r. s.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-20

Orders for jon PRINTING VIII meet wiso P1o'np.
.,,ention at the ARsus OF1IcE, and be executed
:; ,be very heat manner and st reasona bic rates.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-20
LOCAL COLUMN.
New Kid Gloves.

FIFTEEN CENTS line will be charged for
each insertion of articles under this head.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-20

St. Louis Market.
Telegraphed to the Argus.
ST.. Louis. Sept. 20.
Flour. superfne SO Extra S,50a75; dou'
Bile extra s,05al0,00.
Wheat, spring, 1.7oa1.S2; fall 2,25aS7.
Corn, white l,Ioa12 yellow 1,09al0.
Oats 70a72t.
e. Barley, none offered. s5*
Rye 1870.
Hay IS,O0a19,00.
Moss pork 1915.
Bacon-declining.
Clear Sides 1850.
Shoulders 144.
Lard, 141.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-20
An MANHOOD!
HOW LOST! HOW RESTORED

Just Published, IN a sealed Envelope. Price.
sic cents.
II A LECTURE ON THE NATURAL TREAT
MENT, and Radical cure of sperrnatorrhoa, or
Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Emissions, Sex
ual Debility, and Impediments to marriage gen.
orally; Nervousness, Consumption, Epilepsy and
from self-Abuse, de-, by Robert J. Culverwell.
M. D., author of the "Green Book, DC
"a Boon to Thousands Of Sufferers"
/ Sent under seal, in q plain envelope, to any
address, postpaid, receipt of six cents, or two
postage stamps, to CHAS. J. @. KLINE Co.,
137 Bowery, New York, Post Office box 4566.
Also DR.. oalverwelps "Marrisge Guide" price
Is cents. e = aug12dw3m
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-20
JOB ROSS
GREAT JUNK STORE

The undersigned has purchased what is known
as the Cobb d Whistler Store, opposite Court
Square, where he will be happy to see the public
generally and exhibit his great variety of new and
second hand articles, too great to mention in de-
tail. Call and his museum of all sorts of
things. IF you want anything go to JOB Ross,
and you will be pretty sure to find it.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-20
LIVE CHICKENS !!

He is licensed city auctioneer, and if you have
anything to sell he will do it in the best manner
Remember the place, opposite Court Square
nov7dwtf. JOB ROSS
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-20

For clean cotton and linen rags, white or col
ored, he pays the highest price in cash. He also
buys old brass, copper, all kinds of old iron sec
ond hand clothing, second hand furniture, and all
sorts of traps bought or sold ut Junk Store.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

that hotel. But if its born in YOU, 90 at Il
like winkin, and niver forgit that it's hotel
your kapin and not a bank, and tell your
clerk the same. Also kape several clane
towels constantly on hand-the sight of a
ciane towel has a powerful soothing effect
on bunmer. And I'm thinkin it's an hon
orable bisness, and worth doing well and
whinever you begin to feel that it's not con.
3aynial, why quit it before you begin to feei
that way Otherwise the thrayeliers viii fall
into the same opinion, and quit before You
do. There are three hotels in Missouri
but one of them is in Nebraska City, which
is all the same to the travelling public
which are kept by gentlemen born to the
| thrade, otherwise whose Jaynlus Is univer'
sal, and they can do anything, VIZ: the -
Hotel, Boonville; the House, Bruins
wick, and the - House, Nebraska City
There are others that ought to have CIR
mark, more or less short, but as l expect tc
| be elected to visit you all again soon, TIL be
| afther putting that off till then. For I'm
| busy now wild fxin up the shmartest little
house for meself and Katie O'Denovan, who
| lives in Enniscorthy, county Wexford; but
I've jist got enough splitter topay the freight
| on her to St. Louis, and she'll be here soon
wild hur purity blue eyes, like the iris, and
chakes like patches, and lips-och, bothera
| ton don't want to tell you any more.
/ SANDY O'CALIIGHAN,
| Who lives at ALI Pine street whin I'm a
home
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

The radicals appear to be more concerned
about which party the blacks at the south
are likely to vote with than to secure the i'm
provement of the blacks intellectually and
physically. But day ago they declared the
blacks unsafe among the whites and that it
required the army and freedmen's bureau to
protect them-now they the whites are lead
ing the blacks astray by fattery and indul
gence. 1t is not the perfect emancipation o.
the blacks the radicals care for, or the secu
rity to them of their civil rights and equality
in all respects-but, their uotes. Radical
philanthropy resolves itself into mere dema
goguism as soon as selfish end is desirable
and negro is a saint or sinner, with radi
calls, according to his political development
We say, deal fairly and generously with tht
negro; make him capable of exercising al
intelligent judgement and then let him vott
as he pleases, without bribery Or coercion.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

The evident change in public opinion al
over the country, and the prospect ola pretty
speedy dissolution of the radical party, has
caused some of their members to talk right
out in meeting" For instance, the Rev
Henry Ward Beecher, with the fidelity and
bolGness of John the Baptist, arraigned the
radical party on Sunday night, the 14th inst
speaking of the corruption of politics" and
the unblushing venality of radical leaders
with savage denunciation. He said
The men at Washington and Albany sold thei,
country; they sold their humanity and their honor
and the trusts that were put upon them by their
constituents. They were debauchers of the young
they the traitors, they that lifted the sword
were not half much traitors; they that des-
poiled the old banner and trod it under foot they
that fired upon the Government of the United States
not much traitors those uerBsin who
crawling under the foundations and destroying
by corruption the vital power of the government
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

Mr.. Alexander Long, and some dozen or
two other extreme politicians have been
holding convention in Ohio and avowing
their opinions upon national affairs, political
principles, party discipline, &c.-kindly tell
the people what constitutes democracy and
what is antagonistic to it. Those who like
their definition and are willing to march un.
der their banner have right to enlist in
their ranks. But our impression is that the
mass of the democracy will not look to such
guides to pilot them in their political course
or to prescribe for them their party affinity
Mr.. Alexander Long and Mr.. Thaddeus Stew
ems may stand at the outposts of parties, but
the great body of the American people viii
march between them without hating to JOIN
GENERALIZATION Post
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

The following rules will be found interest
ing to travellers. The courts have decided
that applicants for tickets on railroads can
be elected from the cars if they do NOT offer
the exact amount of their fare. Conductors
are not bound to make change. All railroad
tickets are good until used, conditions 'sgood
for this day only are of no account. Pas.
sengers who lose their tickets can be elected
from the cars unless they purchase second
one. Passengers are bound to observe de
corum in the cars, and are obliged to com
ply with all reasonable demands to show
their tickets. Standing on the platforms o,
otherwise violating the rules of the company
renders person liable to be put off the
train. No person has a right to monopolize
more seats than he has paid for; and any
article left in the seat while the owner i.
temporarily absent, entities him to it OF
his return.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

The following is the best example of ma
tional susceptibilities we have heard off,
"An American who is now here, and who
claims to be the most adroit man in the world
= t--....-,
in the handling of the musket and bayonet
went the other day to seek an engagement
at one of the Paris eireuses, offering to fight
in the arena with wooden bayonets) against
FIVE of the best musketmen in the French
army, all at once, one against five. The
director of the circus said, mo, / can't dc
that; but if You will dress up as French
soldier and whip FIVE soldiers dressed up as
Americans, TIL give you an engagementF'-
The Yankee retired in disgust, and at last
accounts was still swearing.-Paris Letter
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24
The New York legislature has chartered

The New York legislature has chartered a
company to lay cable from New York City
to Brest, in France, by way of the Azores.
This cable is to nssunder the control of our
own government, and one end of it under
the protection of our own flag. The present
cable is under the exclusive control of the
British government, and its management is
British all over. Hence the extortionate
charges, and hence the small amount of bus.
mess transacted. The cable is not employed
more than three hours out of the twenty
four; whereas, at reasonable rates il might
have full employment and while giving sat-
isfaction to the public, the receipts would be
largely increased. The dispatches to the
American press are exceedingly meagre, and
consequently of comparatively little value.
Yet these dispatches cost over 100000 per
annum in gold. For this sum we should re-
ceive, atleast, fair summary of the import
ant European news of each day.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

We find the following sohloquy upon
"copy' in the Clipper, and have no doubt it
win be appreciated in the proper quarter =
To write or not to write, that's what's the.
matter. Whether it's easier for the editoriais
mind to suffer the call for. copy of an out
rageous foreman, or to collide our inky pen
against a white sea Of paper, and by our
writing end lem. To think, to write, ana
thus to end the heart ache, and the many
unnatural shocks that silver DER the halr,
too. is a consummation most sanctimonlous-
" to be wished. To write to lie-back in
our old arm chair to doze, perchance to
dream of lucky numbers in "My Policy
av. that's the ticket /; for in that easy doze
"4-ll-44" may come ere we have scrubbed
off ream or two of copy. ~ Let us pause
and reflect. There's the respect we feel for
types It's calamity when long waits in
working hours ensue, to rob the jours of their
fat takes; for who can bear the squibs and
scorns~of waiting printers the foreman's
cries the devils 7-sneers-those pangs of
he'll; the insolence Of the whole Office, whose
every tongue shouts out aloud-"the chief 8
PLAYED QUITO time he cannot come" and
much more than the patient editor of the I'M
| worthy takes, when he himself might peace
| terms make with bare bad pen. Who
would bear to think and write a weary life
| away in the sanctum, but for the dread of
nothing coming in hereafter, when the pa
per's out-the undiscovered countryman
| from whose purse no ten cent stamp comes
forth to pay US for our trouble. IT'S this
| that makes us think, invent and trace these
lines, to keep the patrons that we have, rath-
| er than see them take some one-horse sheet,
and, fomsits reading, die. Thus impecuni
osity makes towards of us all, and landlords
stand head and shoulder DER the eds po,
| Ssh. Thus our firm resolve to lay back and
| let others do the work becomes afflicted by
the bowel complaint, as we cast the pale
| thought over in our mind and dramatic
enterprises of the moment turn other thoughts
away, and urge US on to action.
| 'Tis now the dead of night, yet not one
half of our fast readers are in that lonely
solemnedarkness hung, of which VIM. Shake
speare so seriously spoke. Still must we on
as bright Lexington youth once remarked
as he emerged from car, from which hi
was urged by knock -down conductor. Yes
reader, while you are drinking milk punch
es, prescribed for you by skiliful physicians
while you are worrying down the fried, the
stewed, the roasted and the broiled, beholt
us DER our penny dip, dipping into hmpid
streams of ink, racking our brain for susie
nance for you yes, that you may live ant
learn, and enjoy the good things of this i'm
provident and sinful world. But truce Il
moralizing-for some must work while other
play, thus runs the world away, to use tn
language of one who lived before the day
of the ssOld Park Pit"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

The squabbles of prominent members OF
the radical party, for Office and spoils are
premonitory symptoms of its speedy col.
lapse. The treatment which the soldiers OF
the late war have received at the hands Of
that party, in the senate, and in the election,
has injured it very materially. The factious
course of congress has brought that body in
to general contempt, and it only requires
union and harmony among the democracy te
put the finishing blow upon Stevens, Sum
ner, Phillips & Co. and their allies.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

The postmaster general, in addressing a
circular to the post Offices left without post
mosters, by action Of the senate, says it is
proposed to close the offices after ascertain.
ing certain facts.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

Hills Hair Dye, so cents. Black or brown n
Simultaneous. Natural, beautiful durable. The
best and cheapest in use. Contains as much as
any dollar size. Depot No. sc John ST., New
York City. Sold by all druggists, patent medi-
cine, fancy goods and perfumery stores every
where. nov9dwly.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

The present senate is the home Of bargain, bar
ter and sale. No one living here and looking on
can doubt this. The casual visitor here, who
knows anything of lobby management, can see the
truth of this remark.
The senate chamber, occupied by the present
extraordinary session, ID little else than an ex-
change for the sale and transfer of offices.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

Here is what the Anti Starery Standard
thinks about the present senate. Coming
from friend of the body thus characterized,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-24

THE UNDERSIGNED HAS ON HAND A
i large stock of pure ice, and will deliver, to
families in any part of the city, in quantities de-
sired.
Orders can be left with Updike b Lamont, at
their boat store, on the Levee.
armers and others from the country can always
get supply by calling there.
Citizens and others can get ice, by calling at
Updike 4 Lamont's, at any hour of day or night.
FIN. SINNET
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To-Day's Advertisem'ts.
THE ST3A162R
Ben Campbell,
g g.
CAPT. W. II. PTHRCH.
NOTICE.

ALL PERSONS LIABLE TO PAY LICENSE
n for wagons, carts, drays, omnibusses, run
ners &C., &C., or for saloons, billiard tables, or
who keep and use bagatelie tables, Jenny Linds,
pigeon holes or any tables which balls are
used and all who are liable for any kind of Ii
censes are notified that they must call at the city
clerks Office before the LIST day of May next and
take and pay for such licenses, they will be
prosecuted at once, and without further notice.
By Order. - E.sG. CHOPPER,
Is - as fs& - - f. City Marshal.
Rock Island, April ~, 1867, div
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Wednesday Evening, April "a, 1867.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-18

NEGRO SoRcEnY.-The Columbus (Miss.)
I,der, December 5, states that freedWo-
man had "Aunt Eliza" another negress
before the Mayor there, charged with being
concerned in stealing her clothes.
1t appears that when the plaintiff disco
vercd her clothing gone, among others, she
searched the room of Eliza. TO this the
old lady took serious exception, and re:
marked, Indignantly, that if "you hat
come to see me about your clothes, coult
tole whar they was without all thi
racket
Induced to town on an imaginary war
rant, and brought to " front" before nj!
Honor, she was asked if she really die
know the whereabouts Of said clothing.
ooh, yes, MASTER"
swell, tell US all about it," mildly re-
marked his Honor.
Looking around the room, she asked
the court could furnish her cup, sau
Ger, little water, and single hair
I" makes no difference eff it's gray" A!
nothing but the water and I" har were
convenient, she could not satisfy their Gu
riosity then, but proceeded to explain
81 take a saucer, pours little water II
it, then puts de har in, lays the cup over
both, then I shuts my eyes, cungers TO my.
self, and the lost property's certain te
come"
The Mayor declined testing Aunty's
powers, and the thief remains unknown.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-18

ssThe only happy people now in the South
a are tho negroes, and they are buoycd up
sby political excitement and the hope of
oonfiscation. They cannot, however, es-
cape from suffering. If the soil does not
afford the means Of support they must
likewise starve; and with the indolent
habits they have fallen into, we can per-
ceive no other alternative.
In Virginia our condition is deplorable
enough, but not half so bad as in the
States farther south. If, however, we
should have negro constitution imposed
on us, we shall all be on the same level.
In the present emergency, therefore, it
behooves the white men of the State to
stand shoulder to shoulder, and submit to
the harshness Of military government
sooner than accept the offspring of the
present mongrel Convention. If over
powered, so be it but let us not sign the
instrument of our disgrace. S.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-18

Mr.. Bogel, an eminent chemist of Baton
Rouge, proposes to get up company in
that city, and manufacture paper out OF
the common wild cane, Of which there is
an inexhaustible supply in the lowlands OF
tho South. The Comet says the process is
unattended with any Of the tedious chcmi-
Cal appliances used in the ordinary way OF
paper manufacturing. The cane is blown
from what is called "gun," and comes
out a fibrous mass. This is taken to an
ordinary rag machine and beaten into a
coarse pulp and washed. 1t is then run
off into what is called "wet board" Thus
prepared, the material is convertible at
once into paper Of almost any description
and quality.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-18
BY James II. Taylor Son. Auctioneerr'
once No. 81 Main street, three doors Delo" sn'
Spotswood Hotel.

rRUsTEES 8 A l. F.-vALUABLE
REAL ESTATE, OF THE MoRT5aREsA-SS5T C vdp
NER OF MAIN AND FEST STREETS foh
SaIE Ar AUCTION by virtue of deed OF trust
ssHscuted to me as trustee, to secure the payment
Of certain notes therein mentioned, bearing aate
oIe,t's office Of the Hastings Cont Of the city OF
Richmond and st. the IF the DDSe sneFon
s 20 tbe nremises on THURSDAY the 2sth OF De-.
cember 1857, at4 o'clock P NJ II taiI Il not ths
next fair day thereafter, the large =,
corner of Main and First streets, and the BRICh
ESTtIIIpING 10 the rear used as school. house.
NJ eajS buildings, having boon r.csntly re-
naissd. are now in good order. The lot fronts on
Main street about 60 foet running back about LOU
feet. 81. ov,.nsos NJ sa1e
and 70 two FOR Iii, due
s Fly, The i3th day OF July 1857; and the balance
on such terms Is may be agreed upon on the day
of sale. JAN no ~. n T Tf ~ Soy
oaie oo de l8
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PETERSBURG. December II, 1867,

PETERSBURG, December II, 1867.
\ wall of anguish is now coming up from
the whole South louder and deeper than at
any time since the end Of the war. The
box of Pandora, no longer myth, has
been opened on our land, and every i'll
that flesh is heir to visited on the devoted
heads Of our people. And all this through
the agency Of reckless party that politi-
cal power may be retained in their hands.
After several brave efforts to retrieve their
fortunes, the farmers and planters Of the
southern States have fallen deeper and
deeper in embarrassment, until now great
number Of them are ruined. With SOIL
of almost uneXampled fertility, and IN the
middle Of the temperate zone, not Dreao
enough has been raised to feed the popu-
lation Of the country, while the valuable
staples that have been grown for eXpor'
have been subjected to burdensome taxa.
ton, and the net proceeds thereof not sur
ficient to pay the expenses OF cultivation
And as if to plunge us in utter despair, the
privileges of the Intelligent classes have
been taken from them and conferred on q
race ignorant even Of the alphabet, to say
nothing of the science of government
and all this to sustain the absurd theory
that one race is as literally endowed by
nature as another.
A large portion Of the trade Of Peters
burg comes from our sister State OF North
Carolina, which makes us almost as well
acquainted with its affairs as we are with
the counties lying Immediately to the south
of US. Every month some Of our mer-
chants 60 there on business, and the reports
they bring back are painful in the extreme.
Broken merchants in every town and vii
lage, fine plantations sold for less than a
moiety of their value, planters horelessly
involved in dcbt-these are matters OF
every day observation. In some towns
every store is shut up by the sheriff, and
the goods when sold bring but mere song.
An short, there is no money in circulation.
IL planter has few bales of cotton, and
the claims upon it would swallow it up
oves ana over, as is very often the case, he
senaS II 10 market under another name.
lhat ne may save something for the SUD.
port OF his family. This NAV not he mo
rally right, but how few have the courage
10 take the bread out Of the mouth. 81
their children. '''' VI
ms picture is far from being over
u c, nor does it represent the condition
VI %h oat a single State. 1t is almost every-
passiOa .n ,h same. A northern gentleman
a as" fsoa through here only day or two
South o ai,oa d Tour of observation in the
condit;6Sn INV. y, irightful statement of the
nuiV,oh OF things there II AZ. y. sne
ioi Instance Where the negroes htapania'
IsnsS o 90 s" way, ne says that the fine cott"n
anas o. .hat State are actually selling ., eo,
thirty or forty cents per acre. w ibihe l9r
before the war for more than as mann n S 80
lars. This gentleman, by the way. fIrt H",,
said that he had always voted the RaS;caI
leket' out never meant to do it again.