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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

The list of appropriations made by Vie
radical Legislature of Illinois, which appear
ed in our columns on the 18th inst, contains
good many items worthy of examination.
For instance, under the head of general APP
preparations is an item which reads, super
intendent of public instruction Sl3,S00."-
How it is that the Office of superintendent of
public instruction should consume the sum
of thirteen thousand eight hundred dollars
we cannot tell, nor do we know for what spe-
ciic purposes so large sum is consumed,
over and above the salary of the officer
But this is not ALL Under the head of ''spe-
cial appropriations we find there is still an
other appropriation for this officer, Of the
sum of $4,000. Thus we have, IN all, the
| the sum of $2S, 500 bestowed upon the office
| of superintendent of public instruction, tho
| divided into two different items of approprla-
| ton. Now for what purpose was this special
appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars
| made? Some of the newspapers facetiously
answer that this sum was given, by partl-
| san legislature to purchase Bateman's drops,
| in allusion to the fact that Bateman, the su
| perintendent is doctor of medicine. But
| while this is a metaphorical illustration of q
real fact, the fact itself is, as we understand,
that Bateman has prepared book, and this
| fifteen thousand dollars and q part of the
thirteen thousand eight hundred dollars, are
appropriated by the legislature to purchase
| his book We have heard it said, we know
not with what truth, that Mr.. Superintendent
Bateman would make about twenty thousand
dollars out of this transaction. And sucl
was the mode adopted by partizan legisla
ture, to reward partizan favorite. 1t wa
thought the popular cry of education ecu
cation would cover up all this extravaganza
and partizan depravity, and stife any voice
which should be raised in remonstrance.-
Quincy. Herald.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
Is IT RIGHT 2

The radicals are trying to keep Mr.. Thorn
as, the newly-elected senator from Maryland,
out of his seat because he resigned his posi-
ton in Mr.. Buchanan cabinet when 1t was
proposed to send an armed force to Charles
ton, and, in resigning, assigned the following
reason
''It has not been in my power, as You are
aware, to agree with you and majority OF
YOUR constitutional adviers in the measures
which have been adopted in reference to the
present condition of things in South Carroll
ma nor do think it all probable that l
shall be able to concur in the views which
YOU entertain, so far as | understand them,
touching the authority under existing laws,
to enforce the collection Of customs at the
port of Charleston"
Mr.. Thomas was not alone in this posi-
ton. The Chicago Tribune, the New York
Tribune the Cincinnati Gazette, and large
number of the leading republican newspa-
pers and orators, held to the same doctrine,
and advocated letting the south depart in
pace. "Dirty-W York" Logan, of this state
wrote in letter from Washington "There
is no use of our talking about coercion to
make the states come back. War. would on
" be the everlasting overthrow of our insti
buttons, resulting only in despotism.' Logan
has worked faithfully to prove the correct
ness of his judgement. If he did not predic
what he wished to come to pass, his course
politician has been libel on his purposes
And if it is right to exclude Senator Thoma
it is right to exclude Logan, Butler, and tn
whole tribe of republican secessionlsts.
Ben Wade said, in the senate, see Con
gressional Globe, Bath congress, page Is
~You cannot forcibly hold in the Unior
for the attempt to do so, it seems to me, woul
subvert the first principles of the government IN
der which we live." sz
If Thomas is excluded then Wade, Logar
Butler, and all that set should also be excl'
ded.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

In the United States senate, ON the 2lst
instant, Mr.. Wilson, of Massachusetts, pre-
scented the following concurrent resolution
which was ordered to be printed
WHEREAS, jefferson Davis stands charged with
the henious crime of conspiracy to murder the late
Abraham Lincoln, and is also indicted for high
treason, and has persistently declared his limo
cence, and has demanded speedy public trial
therefore
sResotped, That longer confinement of the said
JEFF. Davis, without trial, arragnment and a
specific time for trial lis not in accordance with the
demands of justice, spirit of our laws and require
ments of the constitution, and that in common
justice, sound public policy, national honor, we
unite in recommending that the said Jefferson
Davis be brought to speedy and public trial, OF
own recognizance.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
A RADICAL FREE FIGHT IN.
CONGRESS-.
Butler Gets Badly Damaged.

+ On Thursday the Dist, insts the house
went into committee of the whole, M. blahe
in the chair, and resumed the consideration
of the senate Joint resolutions appropriating
81 600 600 for the relief of the destitute peo-
Die of the south. All general debate being
ordered closed, in few moments Messrs.
Ranks and Bingham withdrew their pend
ing amendments.
Mr.. Bingham offered an amendment to
strike out of the joint resolution the words
Happropriating $l,000,0O0," and inserting
these words "and to that end the secretary
of war is hereby authorized and directed
through the commissioner of the freedmen's
bureau, to apply so much as he may deem
necessary for the purposes aforesaid, of the
unexpended monies heretofore provided Il
supply freedmen andrefugees with provision
or rations." sas
A debate sprang up, followed by a seem
/ remarkable for its personalities. Ben. But
Tier first took the floor on the bill, and charg
| ed Mr.. Woodbridge, of Vermont, with sayin!
| that he was no statesman,
Mr.. Woodbridge sprang out of his seal
and said the declaration was false, and know
| by Butler to be so when he made it.
/ Butler then said he took it back, and rs
sumed the reverse,--that Woodbridge mean
| that he aoas statesman. This paved tn
way for tilt between Butler and Bingham
| The debate ran along until the ferme
/ charged the latter with being in spirit as we
as in body on the democratic side. Bling
ham and other republicans sit on the demo
cratic side.
In the course of his reply, Bingham chars
ed Butler with voting for JEFF. Davis 81 time
in the Charleston convention, and sneering
alluded to him as the hero of Fort Fisher
This brought down a round of applause.
Butler Immediately retorted by sayin
that he did the best he could at Fort Fishe
and wound up by declaring that, whatev'
he might have done in the field, he had N
the blood of an innocent woman upon his hans
which was not the case with the memb'
from Ohio. He referred he said, to Mr.. Su
raft, whom Bingham prosecuted on the co
spiracy trial, and whom he (Butler) believe
to be innocent.
This declaration caused an intense sens
ton throughout the crowded galleries and {
the floor.
The house voted Bingham an opportuni
to reply, and he defended himself from I
| charge The measure was then considere
without final vote.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

There is good deal of good and profita-
BILE food for reflection to be found in the list
of appropriations made by the late radical
Illinois legislature. For instance, there are
two lists of appropriations, one for general y
the other for special purposes. There is
more hidden, under these special appropria-
tons, than meets the eye at a casual glance.
Let us take an example. Under the head
of general appropriations there is given to
the "adiutant general and Office" $l8,200.
This is pretty round sum, one would think,
for such an officer to consume. But wait,
dear reader, until you look into the items of
Especial appropriations" You will there
find that. in addition to the. eighteen thous-
and two hundred dollars, there is bestowed
upon the 'sadiutant generals report" the
sum of $4,000 So we have, for the adju-
tant generals Office, the aggregate sum OF
$74, 200. Does any man of sense, within
the limits of the state Of Illinois, believe that
the sum OF seventy-four thousand two hun
dred dollars could be expended in the eco
nomical administration of the adiutant gem
erals office? Ofcourse not. But what is
this special appropriation of fifty-six thous-
and dollars for? Why, the adiutant general.
like the superintendent of public instruction.
has made book, which is called, in the an.
preparation, a report" and the legislature
has given the said adjutant general ffty-six
thousand dollars for his book and thus
another partisan favorite is rewarded. Veri.
ly, book-making is profitable business
when undertaken by the radical state officers
of Illinois. This is a specimen of what radi-
Gals call progress. "-essncy Herald.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
The Old Sterling Railroad Trans
action.

EDITOR OF THE ARGUs.-In looking over
Yesterdays Daily / was much pleased with
short but pointed editorial relating to the
transfer of the Sterling & Rock Island rail-
road to the Chicago & Rock Island railroad,
as also your comments on letter from Mr..
N. Belcher, published in the Union, who was
one of the directors at the time said transfer
was made. 1t is practice among lawyers
and some other public men to say a great
deal on the details sometimes of case, for
the purpose of covering up the main point
or getting it under fog. This is good
practice among lawyers, but then it is very
appropriate to the case of MIR. B. and others
who consummated that gigantic swindle, not
ON one person only, bat on a whole commun-
ity. | believe it is also strong point in
law that, in the absence of direct proof,
where parties are benefited by or through
the results of a fraud or any other crime
that the presumption is very strong that they
are more or less guilty, as in the case OF
stolen property when in the possession of a
man, it devolves on him to prove that he
came by it honestly.
From these well understood premises ]
will proceed to analyze that transaction
And, first, / will enquire what parties were
benefited? / answer:
First, the chicago q ROCK Island Railroad
Company, by putting down a competing line
of road.
Second. Port Byron, by making it the
terminus of short piece of road connecting
with Rock Island and Chicago, together with
the coal beds which necess arily made it an
important point, both as regards the ship
ment of grain or produce and great depot
for coal.
Third, any officer of the selling-out board
who received more than a just and fair com.
pensation for his services, is. to that extent,
in possession of contraband property, wheth
er it be cash or in other material that accrued
to his special benefit. Mr.. B. admits that he
was allowed $4,000, and Mr.. Henry $4,000
and how much more deponent saith not.
Can it be believed for moment that their
services were worth these amounts to the
Sterling and Rock Island Company7 think
not. Mr.. B. was not q member of the board
for the first year Or two, when the greatest
amount of time and labor were necessary in
organizing the company, and we have no ev.
idence that he ever went further than Ster.
ling, and once to Chicago, on business con-
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

At a meeting of the city council of the city of
Rock Island, held March 4, 1857, it was ordered
that the city clerk give the notice required by the
charter to the owners of the premises interested,
that the city council will appoint commissioners
to assess such damages may accrue by the OPP
ening of street sixty feet wide, from Illinois
street to Orleans street, across land belonging to
C. III. Case on line with street decided to the
city of Rock Island on the 4th day of December,
1866, by Bailey Davenport
Now, therefore, in compliance with the require
ments of the second section of the sixth article o.
the amended charter of the city of Rock Island
notice is hereby given to the several owners of the
premises interested that the city council intend t.
appropriate the lands necessary for the opening
of the aforesaid street above mentioned, and
that they will, at the city council room, on the
LIST day of April, 1867, choose commissioners t.
ascertain and assess the damages and recompens'
due the owner or owners of such lands respective
w. and also to determine what persons will b
benefited by such improvements, and to assess tn
damages and expenses thereof on the real estat
of persons benefited thereby, in proportion, a
nearly as may be- to the benefits resulting to each
| c. E. DODGE, City Clerk.
| Rock Island, March Il, 1867.
| ch1RdI0t
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

A bill is before the legislature of Louis
lana to license gambling houses the price
of license to be $4,000 per annum. The
bill is novel in several respects. 1t "requir,
es each gambling room to be on the ground
floor, fronting on public thoroughfare, with
one or more large windows to the room, SC
that passers by may see all that is done.'-
1t is claimed that in this way gambling
rooms will be open to the inspection of the
police at all hours; to merchants, bankers
and others who have clerks to fathers who
have sons, and to wives also.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
NOTICE.

VOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
l. undersigned, having been duly chosen by
the city council of the city of Rock Island, at a
meeting thereof, holden at the city council room
in said city, on the 4th day of March, 1867, as
commissioners to ascertain and assess the damag
es and recompense due the owners respectively of
such lands as may be taken and appropriated for
extending alley through fractional block 8,
Old Town, and fractional block Is, in Chicago or
Lower addition, the same to be twenty feet wide,
from Swan to Ohio street; and also to determine
what persons will be benefited by such improve
ments, and assess the damages and expenses there
of the real estate of persons benefited thereby,
have appointed SATURDAY, THE BOTH DAY
OF MARCH INST, at o'clock a. M, at the
city council room in said city as the time anu
| place at which they will meet, and from thence
viii proceed to the premises, for the purpose
above mentioned.
| AMOS +. CUTTER,
HARRISON B0GGESS,
A X. PHILLE0.
| Rock Island March l6 1897 inch Sdtd.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
BY CABLE.

PARIS, March 22.-It is announced that the
Emperor Napoleon favors confederation of the
governments of France, Holland, Belgium and
Switzerland against Prussia.
The Miantonomah and other vessels of the
American feet are still at Port MahoD.
= FLORENCE, March 22-The national parlia-
ment was inaugurated to-day by King Victor I'm
manuel, who delivered the usual speech from the
throne.
LoSDoS, March 22.-The Brazilian mail steam
er has arrived at Lisbon.
In Rio Janerio active operations were resumed
against Paraguay. The allied feet had shelled
the fortress of Huniata. When last heard from
the Spanish squadron had come in sight and was
pursuing the combined fleets of Chill ..,i Is:+---
sUEsssTowN, March 22.-The steamer City of
Antwerp. from New York, arrived to day.
LIVERPOOL, March 22.-The steamer Deutsch-
land, from New York, arrived at southampton
yesterday.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

A mob was raised in Pekin H., on the
2lst inst, to take man named Williamson
(who had been sentenced to be hung but
respited by the governor) out Of jail and
hang him. The firmness of the officers and
a few citizens who sustained them frustrated
the designs of the mob.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

Republicans ask pertinent questions, some
times, for example-"If the blacks of geor'
gia are entitled to votes, and are intrusted
with them without any qualification, on what
pretenee are the blacks of Ohio and, Illinois
and Michigan to remain branded with polti
cal inferiority y
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

"You look" said an Irishman to a pale
haggard smoker, "as if You had got out of
your grave to light your cigar and couldn't
find your way back again"
ats very sickly here" said one of the
sons of the Emerald Isle, the other day, to
ano.har srX~s,.- e..id Ibis companion, Il
great many have died this year who never
died before"
.If you had avoided rum" said a rumsell-
er to a customer, "you could now ride IN
your carriage" .'And if you had never sold
rum said the bacchanal, ''you would have
been my driver"
Mrs. K, after expressing her love for her
young children, added, tenderly, "And how
do Won like babies, Mr.. Lamb?'' His answer,
immediate, almost precipitate, was, "Boi-boi-
boiled, madam
A Frenchman cannot pronounce "ship."
| The word is ''sheep" in his mouth. Seeing
an iron-clad, he said to boy, "Ish dish a
| war sheep?'' "No,' answered the boy, sits
a RAM"
At Morrisville is an epithaph on one Sam
| Mclaughlin mortto,s, with the addenda
''If all the leading politicians and priests go
to heaven, want to get off at some other
| station
| Buckingham palace is said to be the cheap
est building ever erected, for the reason
| that it was built for one sovereign and altered
! for another.
4 lady being asked to waltz, gave the fol
| lowing sensible and appropriate answer
"No, THANK you sir, have hugging enough
at home" rav ~ --r
What air does the young mouse sing to
the old mouse, when biting his way through
the scenery at the opera? "Hear me knsw,
ma"
A person asked an Irishman why he wore
his stockings wrong side out. Because
said he, there's hole on the other side"
SIT is we'll to leave something for those
who come after u.s." as the gentleman SAID
who threw barrel in the way of Constable
who was chasing him.
! 'rm afraid you'll come to want" said al
old lady to young gentleman. Il have
want your daughter"
~ do declare, Sal, you do look good en-
ough to eat" "Well, Solomon, ain I eatin,
as fast as cam replied Sal, with her moutl
ull."
| Men are like wagons, they rattle mos
! when there's nothing in them.
An old Scotch lady had an evening party
where young man was present who wa
about to leave for an appointment in China
AS he was exceedingly extravigant in hi
conversation about himself, the old lady said
when he was leaving, 'Tak' guide care oyer
ser when We are ava; for mind ye, they ca
puppies in China"