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BANKING HOUSE OF
JAY COOKE & co.
NO. 10 WALL STREET.

Cor. Of Nassau Street, NEW YORK.
We buy and sell at the most liberal current pri-
ces. and keep on hand full supply of 0VERN-
MENT BONDS OF ALL ISSUES, SEVEN
TIIIRTIEs, and COMPOUND INTEREST
NOTES, and execute orders for purchase and sale
of STOCKS, BONDS and GOLD
CONVERSIONS.
We convert the several issues of Seven-Thirties
into Five-Twenties on the most favorable terms,
taking the LIST series at Government Rates, allow
ing a commission to dealers, and paying freight
to and from New York. Circulars with full par
ticulars furnished upon application.
JAl COOKE & co.
may9dwly.
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Type Metal,

Old type in any quantity for sale at the
ARGUS office. Equal to Rabbit meta! for all
mechanical nurnnseS
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Old NEWSPAPERS.

Old newspapers, tied up in packages Of
one hundred, for sale at the ARGUS office fo1
90 cents bundle.
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New York Market.

Telegraphed to the ARGUS.
New York, June IL.
Flour-10 O0@ II, 80 extra state II $50 1925
r II O. !; Cal. l2,00al4.00.
Wheat-no receips, duh and drooding so for
white California.
Rye-l Haas.
Corn-l 03a07 new mixed western; l,1Oal2
old delivered choice l 0IaS
0ats-16 west.
PORK closing 22,l2 for reg.
Lard-heavy.
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Premium Job Printing.

Orders for jon PRINTING will meet with prompt
attention at the ARGUS OFFICE, aud be executed
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Hoop Skirts,

Ice Chests, and Water Coolers, at
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FOR SALE.

MR. J. P. POSTAL OFFERS HIS BUSINESS
ItI place for sale at bargain. 1t is one of
the best business locations in the city is on Hi
nois street, between Eagle and Washington Sts. j;
has front of 80 feet by $50 feet deep, to an al
ley. The buildings are in good order and would
now rent for $500 per year. Apply to
A. F. CUTTER,
mayl5dtf. Real Estate Agent.
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DIR. Maggiel is the founder of new medical
system. The quantitarians whose vast internal
doses enfeeble the stomach and paralyze the bow
els and with whose external remedies the ulcerat-
ed and eruptive surfaces of the skin are deluged
in vain must give place to the man who restores
his health and appetite with from one to three
harmless pills, and cures the most virulent and
serofulous disorders with from one to three bexes
of his matchless salve.
DIR. Maggiers Pills and Salve have ushered in
a new medical era. No more nauseating avaian
ches of drastic drugs need be poured down sick
peoples threats. One of MaggiePs Pills reetifes
the disordered condition of the stomach and liver,
cleanses the head and restores the nerves in q
space of time short enough to be almost classed
as marvellous.
In fact Maggiel's Bilious, Dyspeptic and Diarr
hea Pills cure where all others fail. While for
Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Cuts and all abrassions
of the skin. Maggieps Salve is infallible.
CAUTIoNi-Purchase none without name of ].
Hsydock on the wrapper, proprietor, and the
trade mark J. Magiel, NJ. ID. Sold by all drug
gists, at 25 cents per box, and j. Haydoek, pro-
prietor, New York. mchl 2dwIy,
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FREE TO EVERYBODY

A large PIP. circular, giving information of
the greatest Importance to the young of both
sexes.
1t teaches how the homely may become beanti-
full, the despised respected, and the forsaken
loved.
No young lady gentleman should fail to send
their address, and receive q copy post paid, by
return mail. Address
p. o. Drawer 81,
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Secure your tickets early,

For SEINE time past there has been con-
siderable talk of having new line Of steam
ers running between the cities of Dubuque
and St. Louis, the Northwestern Union Line
proposing to put on three or four of their
best boats in opposition TO the Northern
Line Packet Co. Speaking Of the matter,
a Dubuque paper of the 9th inst. says:
''The conference between Messrs David
son and Wellington, of the Northwestern
Union Line, and Captains Rhodes and Blu
ford, Of the Northern Line, resulted in an
amicable djustment of the differences which
have arisen this season. Mr.. Wellington
will retain the agency of both companies in
this city. The Phil. Sheridan will continue
making trips between Dubuque and St.
Louis, as there is no other work she can do
! ust now"
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Butchers lightning Fly-Killer
Will certainly externinate these pests if its use
is persevercd in. Beware Of bogus Fly Paper
which SEINE dealers keep because they can get it
for nearly nothing. Don't be swindled. Ask for
BUTCHERS which is sold by all live Druggists
may27dwlm.
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EXCURSION TO ST. LoUIs.-The steamer
Phil Sheridan will make an excursion trip
to St. Louis and return next week. She
will arrive here next Monday morning, the
18th inst; at o'clock, and receive all on
board who may wish to make a trip of that
kind, either for pleasure or for business
She will arrive in st. Louis on Tuesday ev
ening and start back on her return trip on
Thursday evening, thus giving two evenings
in the city and one day for the transaction
Of business. The fare will be S25 couple
for the round trip-single tickets SIS
This is an opportunity that is not often of
tered, and it is hoped that goodly number
ofour citizens will avail themselves of it
Secure your tickets early.
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USE Lallamand's Specific for Rheumatism,
Gout and Neuralgia. 1t effectually destroys all
poison in the blood, and performs a radical cure.
noy27d1y.
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Observation-Disclosures DYE.-50 Cents a
box. Boxes larger than Dyesthat sell for 81. Ma
TURAL, DURABLE, BEAUTIFUL. WAR
RANTED TO PLEASE. This article has been
tested by DIR. Chiffon, of New York,
and Profs Booth and Garrett of Philadelphia,
who pronounce it free from all poisonous ingredi-
ents, and the material composing it will not injure
the most delicate hair. Sold by Druggists and
Fancy Goods Dealers everywhere.
JNO. j. KRONER, Sole Proprietor.
LORD & SMITH, Chicago, Ag's. noy5dly.
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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. &c John ST., New
York City. Sold by all druggists, patent medi-
cine, fancy goods and perfumery stores every
where. nev9dw1y.
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BACHELORS HAIR DyE.-This splendid Hair
Dye is the best in the world The only
true and perfect dye-Harmless, Reliable,
instantaneous. No disappointment. No ri-
diculous tints. Natural black or brown. Reme-
dies the i'll effects of bad dyes. Invigorates the
hair, leaving it soft and beautiful. The genuine
is signed William A. Bachelor. All others are
mere limitations, and should be avoided. Sold by
all druggists and perfumers. Factory 81 Barclay
street New York deci0dw1y.
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spxcIAL NOTICES.

The real velpau Fre.Heh fills cure sickness at
the stomach, vomiting anu heartburn. See Mott
ces. Sold by all Druggists mayZ6dlm
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made liberal appropriation for the erection
of buildings, and for defraying the expences
attendant upon an institution calculated to
provide home for large number of SOL
diers' orphans. The commissioners have on.
ganized, have decided upon a location, and
have made every preliminary arrangement to
expend the appropriation with great vigor.
They have taken lease of a building in
Bloomington for the use of the institution UNI
til the new building shall be erected. They
have appointed a matron. They have got
everything in readiness to begin. All they
lack is-some soldiers orphans. Where to
get them, is now the question before the COM
missioners. They do not know OF any that
are in want of a home, or OF any whose friends
would permit them to be reared and educa-
ted in a charity institution, such as the one
which the commissioners have got in readi-
ness. In their dilemma, the commissioners
propose to advertise in all the newspapers in
the state: "W anted, some soldiers orphans
1t will not look well to run the institution
without occupants. People might say that
the appropriation was unnecessary; that the
founding of the institution was piece OF
Legislative folly, or else scheme to take
something like hundred thousand dollars
from the state treasury and transfer it to the
pockets of some seedy politicians under the
cloak of charity. Such, in reality, it was i,
is therefore all the more important ahat the
people should not be suffered to perceive the
truth. The charitable disguise can only be
preserved by finding some soldiers orphans
The commissioners will undoubtedly prose
cute their search with vigor.- Chicago Times
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GREAT CATHOLIC COUNCIL.

On the 29tn ult. there assembled IN, Rome
the most remarkable gathering of dignitaries
of the church ever seen in the Eternal City.
The ceremonies were in honor of the ,S00th
anniversary of the martyrdom OF st. Peter.
Combined with the observance of this amir
vsrsary, were the ceremonies attendant upon
the formal canonization of several saints
Over 500 Bishops, and over 10000 Priests
were present. Besides Cardinals, there were
present the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem,
the Armenian Primate of Constantinople,
the Archbishops of Tarragona, Mexico, Me-
choacan and Corfu, the Bishops of Orleans,
Aneyra (Armenian), Volterra, Caesarea Ar
menian), Lipari, Fabriano, Tricarico, Bever-
ly (Cornthwaite), Madrid and Cyprus Gar
menians), Scios, Cassia (Apostolic Vicar for
the Gallas tribe in Africa, Sergiopolis
(Apostolic Vicar of Nankin in China1, the
Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, the Armen-
ian Archbishops of Aleppo and Amasia, the
Bishop of Sebenico, the Armenian Bishops
of Trebisond and Erzeroum, the Maronite
Bishops of Tyre and Sidon, and Heliopolis
or Balbek, and the Syrian Bishop of GeZira.
The ecclesiastical spectacle was most re-
markable one, and His Holiness, the Pope,
must have been profoundly gratifed to find
himself surrounded by such an array of the
Priests and dignitaries of the Catholic
Church. The fact that the appearance of so
many Catholic dignitaries at the capital of
the Romish world is voluntary, proves that
the gradual narrowing of the limits of the
temporal power of the Pope is really not &C
companied by any reduction in his hold up
on the sympathies, affection and devotion OF
his religious subjects. The Chicago Jour
nal, in an article in relation to this most re-
markable religious assembly, says:
The two hundred thousand dollars pre-
sented to Plus TX. by the United States
Bishops, would certainly Indicate that the
enormous expense of sustaining the Roman
See can be met by the charities of the Cath
Ole world, and need not therefore be de-
pendant upon temporarily. = Those
who look for the speedy overthrow of Papacy
may find that its seeming loss will prove its
real gain.
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From the Geneseo Republic.
The Rock Island and Peoria Railroad.

Subscription books have for some time
been open along the line of this proposed
road, but the amount of stock thus far taken
does not inspire great deal of confidence
in the success of the enterprise. Men along
the route show an unwillingness to subscribe
which, if persisted in, is certain to prevent
the building of the road, for it is only by
their hearty cooperation and liberal subscrip.
ton to the stock that it can be constructed,
One reason for this state of things is the I'M
certainty as TO the exact route on which the
road will be located. Men do not feel like
taking stock in a road that may run so far
from them as to do them no good. Unless
they can be assured that it is to be built with
in reasonable distance of them they prefer
| to keep their money well pocketed rather
| than to invest in an enterprise of question:
BILE or uncertain utility to them. For these
| reasons the books of the r. i. & P. r. r
Company are barren of subscribers to Its
stock. When this objection is obviated by
survey and actual location we have no
| doubt that the farmers and moneyed men OF
the western part of this county will put their
hands in their pockets and shell out. They
feel the great necessity of this road, and are
willing to take stock in it when it can be
made certain that it is to run where a beneh
may be derived from it; but until they are
snre of this, it will be rather difficult to gel
| their money.
| We have within few days seen plan o
| operations which, if adopted, will advances
the interest of the road very materially. Con
ditional subscriptions are proposed by tn
plan, which makes it safe for men to subscribe
their money, under which we have no doub
sufficient funds can be readily raised to de
fray the exp enses of a survey, and make
beginning.
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THE D1M1cK-sHAuGHHEssY COLT CASE

Considerable attention has been attracted
to this case, but it has never been stated full
ly, in these columns and, now that Mr.. L.
D. Dimick has purchased the colt and gave
it to his little grandson, 1.-THE second time,
rs he claims we propose to state the points
which each side claimed.
Mr.. Shaughnessy claimed that the colt
was the one he purchased of Mr.. James Dix
on that it was foaled in the spring of 1868,
from mare owned by man named Gala
CHER; that Gallagher, in the spring of 1864,
gave it to james Dixon's boy that, in the
summer of 1864 the colt run on the prairie
between this city and Rock River that the
next winter it was kept by man named
Dougherty, for Dixon; that, In the spring of
1865 it was castrated and sent home, to Dix
on's; that Dixon sent it to Mr.. James Kelly's
pasture, on the bluffs, formerly Dimick's
place that it broke out of this pasture, and
was then put in Mr.. Cases pasture; that, on
the 18th day of July 1865 he purchased the
colt of Dixon; that it was then in Cases
pasture; that he turned it out on the prairie
where it run, with other colts, until that
fall that in the fall of 1865 he took it mp.
and wintered it himself; that, in the spring
of 1866, he turned it out on the prairie
again that he missed it in August, hunted
for it and found it in a pasture near the lime
kilns, on the Moline road, where it had been
for sometime, and where it was placed by
o. J. Dimick; that he went to him and
claimed the colt, but could not get it with.
out . writ; that after he got it Dimick re-.
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Means Of the Company.


Estimating the distance to be built by the Union
Pacific to be j ,565 miles, the United States Gov
eminent issues its Six per cent. Thirty year bonds
to the Company as the road is finished at the sv-
erage rate of about s2s, $50 per mile, amounting
to 81, 2OS,000.
The Company is also permitted to issue its own
First Mortgage Bonds to an equal amount, and at
the same time, which by special Act of Congress
are made First Mortgage on the entire line, the
bonds of the United States being subordinate to
them.
The Government makes donation of $500
acres of land to the mile, amounting to 20032 goo
acres estimated to be worth $50, 200, 900, making
the total resources exclusive Of the capital, $ils,
416, 900 but the full value of the lands cannot
now be realized.
The authorized Capital Stock of the Company
is one hundred million dollars, of which FIVE mil
lions have already been paid in, and of which il
is not supposed that more than twenty live mil
lions at most viii be required.
The cost Of the road is estimated by competent
engineers to be about one hundred million dollars
exclusive of equipment.
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AN ACT to aid in the Construction of Telegraph
Lines, and to secure to the Government the use
Of the same for Postal, Military and other pur-
poses.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America, in
Congress assembled, That any Telegraph Com
pany now organized, or which may hereafter be
organized, under the laws of any state in this
Union, shall have the right to construct main
tain and operate lines of telegraph through and
over any portion of the public domain of the I'm
tied States, oyer and along any of the military
post roads of the United States which have been
or may hereafter be declared such by act Of Com
gress, and over, under or across the navigabie
streams or waters of the United States; Provid-
cd, That such lines of telegraph shall be so con-
structed and maintained as not to obstruct the
navigation Of such streams and waters, or inter-
fere with the ordinary travel ON such military or
post roads, And any of said companies shall
have the right to take and use from such public
lands the necessary stone. timber and other ma
teril for ITS posts, piers, stations and other need
full uses in the construction, maintenance and op-
Grafton of said lines of telegraph, and may pre-
empt and use such portion of the unoccupied
public lands subject to presumption, through which
its said lines of telegraph may be located az may
be necessary for its stations, not exceeding forty
acres for each station but such stations shall not
be within fifteen miles of each other.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, that tele /.
graphic communications between the several de-
partments of the Government of the United
States and their officers and agents shall, in their
transmission over the lines of any said eompan-
les, have priority over all other business, and
shall be sent at rates to be annually fixed by the
Postmaster General.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the
rights and privileges hereby granted shall not bs
| transferred by any company acting under this
| act to any corporation, association or person ];
| Provided, however, That the United States may
| at any time after the expiration of five years
from the date of the passage of this act for pos
tai, military or other purposes, purchase all the
telegraph lines, property and effects of any all
of said companies at appraised value, to be
aseertained by FIVE competent, disinterested per-
sons, two of whom shall be selected by the Post
master General of the United States, two by the
company interested, and one by the four so prev
iously selected. - t.-.s-. = =
SIC. &. And be it further enacted, That before
any Telegraph Company shall exercise any OF the
powers or privileges conferred by this act, such
company shall file their written acceptance with
the Postmaster General, of the restrictions and
Obligations imposed by this act.
Approved July 24th, 1866.
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NEW TELEGRAPH LINE.

A project is now on foot, as will be seen
by an advertisement in this paper, to build
telegraph line on the river bank from New
Orleans to St. Paul. 1t is indeed more than
a wonder, that the many business towns along
the banks of the great Father of Waters
should allow themselves, at this late day, to
be without the means of REORGANIZATION
by telegraph.
But better late than never. Many gentle
men of enterprise and means have underta-
ken to supply this absolute want, by embark
ing in the business of forming joint stock
company, and already the assurances are
such, that we predict 9 speedy prosecution
of the work of Geographic construction from
ST. Paul and the cities intermediate, to the
Belize. The undertaking to be sure is i'm
mense, but if successful the profits must
necessarily be enormous.
The commerce of the Mississippi, reduced
to financial measurement, reaches far out in
to the millions. Innumerable transports
and pallatial passenger steamboats, ply from
point to point along the Mississippi then
almost fabulous vocation. Up to the pres
ent time, by an objectionable oversight, this
magnificent business has been forced to pay
exorbitant prices for necessary business com
munication by telegraph over circuitoui
lines, and through the agency of an extor
tionate monopoly.
We hope the people of the principal towns
on the Mississippi willencourage the work, il
order that they may shave more direct ant
cheaper mode of communication. The stocl
Of the company, if rightly managed, will b
very valuable.
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NECESSITY FOR 1T.

The want Of a Line of Telegraph, located with
a view to accommodate the river trade, has long
been felt. Many important towns are now with
out any teegraphic communication whatever, and
the lines now established between other points
are, in most cases, disconnected, following cir
cuiteus routes, hundreds of miles out of n direct
course, causing FexatiOus and unnecessary delays
to business, by reason of numerous repetitions
and the frequent interruptions incident to long
| lines. When the facts are borne in mind that the
| liability of telegraph line to damage from any
| cause is increased in the same proportion as it's
| length, and that the repetition of message dou-
bles the time necessary for its transmission, the
| great and very important advantages of direct
route over the circutous ones now in operation
| can readily be seen.
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The negroes are much more numerous
when wanted for voters than when soughtfor
taxation. The commissioners ofthe revenue
seturned the number of males in Monroe
county, Virginia, over twenty-one years Of
age, at 537; in the same county upwards of
IL, 600 were registered as voters. Other
counties present equal disparity.
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Hon. L. W. Powell, governor formerly OF
Kentucky, and subsequently United States
senator, died at his residence in Anderson
Kentucky, Wednesday evening July I'd. He
was one of.the most popular men in Ken
aa5 E S - 4
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Prospectus.

This Company has been organized for the pur-
pose of establishing Telegraphic communication,
In the most direct manner possible, between all
points of any importance the Mississippi
River from Saint Paul to New 0rleans.
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# mily Flour
CITY HARNESS SHOP
NEAR THE CITY SCALES.

THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE OPENED A
i shop in the basement of Smyth's Building,
near the City Scales, where they win be happy to
see all who want anything in their line. 49,
They have worknen equal to any in the west
stock of the veryikest quality, and warrant theiI
work to be fully equal to any and prices as low
as any
Repairing done st short notice.
All orders promptly filed.
A share of patronage respectfully solicited.
kESLER d BURKE
Rock Island, March 20, diff.
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FOR SALE.

a coTTAGE CONTAINING SEVEN ROOMS
"A and a good bake-oven, with stable attached;
splendid garden of 81 acres, containing As fruit
trees, all in good state Of cultivation. The
property is situated about 1 miles from the city
Of Rock Island, and will be disposed of reason
ably. Apply to M. MARX, -
Attorney at Law.
Office over the Pest Office. jun13dwtf.