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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-09


8oThe Pennsylvania republicans fight shy Of
Impartial suffrage, and this is not the first
tune they have done So. either. A resalu.
ionlproposing thatisimpls Principle was re-
fused . place in the platform they recently
constructed, for reasons. of course Known
very well to. themselves. The New York
republicans, in their constitutional conven-
ton, insisted on incorporating extended ne.
gro suffrage in the new constitution itself,
refusing to let it be voted on separately, but
prefsrring to risk ,Ae SUCCESS of5the entire
schemefo an organic law, to losing the
chance 10 make headway. Why are not
their Pennsylvania brethren equally strenu-
Gus? 9 Ifimpartial suffrage DE, as they CLAIM,
one of the principles which the war establish
ed, then II should work -everywhere alike;
and the men IN Pennsylvania who are SO fast
to impose negro suffrage. onThhe people of
the south by congressional statue, cannot es-
cape from the logic which compels them to
adopt it in their politics atthome. Thatthey
are not ready to do, however; and thus do
they throw overheard one of their great
"moral ideas" when the ship pitches and
rolls too violently in n partisan sea-, Now
Mr. Greeley does not dare take them to task,
which shows how virtuousiy he hates party,
and how devotedly he loves principle alone.
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THE INDIAN QUESTION.

Gen. George W. Morgan, a democratic
member of congress from Ohio, who is out
on trip through the Indian country of
Kansas and vicinity, writes as follows:
Thus far the grand enterprise of connect
ing the great oceans by an iron road has
been mainly considered in commercial
point of view, while its military Importance
has scarcely been alluded to- That the
deadly antagonisn between the red and
white races is without a remedy is well I'M
derstood; and that it will only cease with
the extinction of the colored race is general
ly admitted. 1t would be idle to waste time
In fruitless discussion as to which race is
at fault. Possibly, the white man MAY be
as much, or more TO blame than the red
But may not each race be pursuing the inc
vitable road of its own destiny For all
wise and practical purposes, it is sufficient
to know that mortal feud always has and
ALWAYS will exist between the two races
Since, then, war must continue between these
naturally antagonistic races-between civil
cation and barbarism-it becomes matter
of duty and wisdom to adopt proper meas
ures to give security to our kith and kin who
have gone forth to plant christianity and
civilization amid the prairies and the noun
tains of the far off west. The greatest of
| modern civilizers is the steam engine-be-
| fore its advance the Indian and the buffalo
recede together, and churches and school
houses, cultivated fields, and towns and cities,
| spring up along its path. The Indian has a
superstitious dread of the snorting, roaring,
rushing locomotive. To him, each rail upon
| the road is talisman OF danger; but did he
| possess intelligence and power of combina-
| ton equal to his courage, the Union Pacific
| railroad could not be constructed within n
| century. AS it is, the Indians will vanish
| like the buffalo grass and the antelope berry,
which are said to die out, when the buffalo
and the antelope no longer return to feed
| upon them. But clover and timothy, and
| apples and the peach, wheat and corn, the
/ COW and the horse, and all-conquerirg, all
| subduing white man of destiny viii take
| their places, and civilization viii rear her
| temples of religion and science amid the
tombs of people who lived without OBJ,
| iect and died without history.
If it can be done, humanity demands that
the Indians should be gathered together in a
reservation, out of the advancing line of the
white pioneer, where they may enjoy then
/ own hunting grounds after their own fashion
| But in any event, the Pacific railroad is
important in military point of view, fo1
tho desiring peace we should be prepared
to transport troops and supplies on the short
est notice to the heart of the country now
occupied by the Indians. And not until thai
road is completed will the states on the Pa
cifie be secure against European aggression
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Death of Gen. T. F. Meagher.

VIRGINIA CRY, NJ. T., July 5.-General
Thomas Francis Meagher, secretary and act.
ing governor of this territory, fell from the
steamer Thompson, at Fort Benton, on the
evening of July /, and was drowned. He
had been absent for the past fortnight on
public business, and had succeeded in pro-
curing arms for the troops engaged in the
defence Of the territory, and transacting 9th
er business demanded by orr present exig
ency. His death is generally lamented, and
the public demonstrations in honor of the
distinguished character and services are
generally felt. At last accounts his remains
had not been found, the darkness Of the
night and the rapidity of the current pre-
venting any rescue.
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The manufacture of negro voters in the
south surpasses in energy, fertility of re-
source and complete indifference to the
moral fitness of things anything in the ex-
perience of this republic. In Norfolk negro
women were dressed as men and registered
as legitimate voters and both the real men
and the hermaphrodites registered over and
over again under different names. Register
early and register often is the advice given
to the blacks, and they cordially follow it.
In Memphis and throughout Tennessee in
fact, the Brownlow tactics have been very
successful; black men, women, boys, girls
and even black infants at the breast have
registered as voters, until the lists have
reached fullness which makes the villianous
old parson chuckle at his approaching tri-
umph. Boys of fifteen and sixteen are
cheerfully furnished with certificates of reg
istration by leading radicals who, in. add
ton to the documents, pay them dollar
each for pledging themselves to vote for
Brownlow. Meanwhile white people are
vigorously excluded. The little black boys
are decoyed into Brownlowism and the little
white boys and the boys of a larger growth
are sternly refused the privileges of franchise
and all privileges bat those of the ultra-rad-
zeal kind which boiled down mean Brownlow
ism and nothing more. Our institutions
are indeed a blessing to the south---as much
SO as the one Jay Cook so eloquently ex
tolled to o listening public some time since
Boston Post. t4.s.a
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By Telegraph.
.,RxpoRrrn For rHrDAILYeARGus.

90 sxpoRTED ron THE pAILY ARGua. u
Wahington, July 9.-Romero, the Mexi.
can sinister, discredits the reported shoot
Ing O. Santa Anna, as the governor of Cam
epAcA at last accounts, had orders TO keep
him IN prison until further orders.
f. On Saturday last there was over lao ,000,-
600 in cash in the vault of the treasury de-
partment. OF this sum $9l, 000, 600 was in
coin and gold certificates.
Senator Thayer, of Nebraska, in the
United4 States senate Yesterday proposed
to locate all the Indian Tribes between Ne
braska, Kansas and the Rocky Mountains
on two reservations-one to be the western
portion of Dakotah territory, and the other
the Indian territory west Of Arkansas-both
to be perpetual reservations, with, as far as
practicable, no intetcemsea between the
whites aud Indians. ~ A&-J~2 49, C@4ts
SrRINGFIELD, Ill.,. July 6.-John Graham,
arrested. for the murderof his wife on Thurs
day last, was brought before the city court
| this forenoon. An examination was waved
and the prisoner committed to jail to await
| his trial at the next term of circuit court
The new state house commissioners will
immediately sue out writ of sapereedeas
until after the hearing before the supreme
| court. go Eh82sss'g atH-F
| LONDON, July aS.--The government announces
that the six penny system of postage betweer
American and England viii be put INTO opera
tion about the fst of january next. =
| Fogartv and Seward fought at Black Riv
| err this AN. Fogarty won in the iii
round by foul. Time 30 minutes. HI
was badly punished. This fight was ar
ranged for the same time as the Elliott and
Gallagher fight, which failed to come off.
CHICAGO, July 9th.-Dr. Robert Hunt th
A. NJ. fell from second story window, at, 81
| Clark ST., and was instantly killed. -
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ss4,231 ss
Deduct original cost OF bridge,
Expenditures over receipts to
March 4, 1867,
$10,223 as

Expenditures receipts to
March 4, 1867, $10,223 46
*NoTE.-The interest on these bonds has been
paid semi-annualy, and on the 1st of next
month the whole sum of interest will have been
paid.
By the above it will be seen that the Rock
River bridges have cost the people of this
city some ten thousand dollars more than
their earnings. If the net earnings were
1hypothecated" how much road would they
build? a
Of course there have been extraordinary
expenditures, in rebuilding all the bridges,
and this, it is reasonable to expect, will not
occur again, for some years. But the ex.
penditures must be considerable this year
the plank are wearing thin and viii need re.
placing, by fall, at a cost Of $500 to 81 900
The middle pier in the middle slough bridge
is poor affair and will also need repairs.
And the receipts, this year, are not as large
as usual owing TO continued bad roads
81
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.

WHEREAS, THE SUPERVISOR, TOWN
w Clerk and Justice of the Peace, together
with twelve free holders of the town of Rock
Island have in writing, filed in the office of the
town scerk statement that aispeefaltown meet
ing is necessaryto the interest of said town in
relation TO the surplus bounty money; the in
habitants, legal voters OF the said town Of Rock
Island, are therefore hereby notified that g spe-
eial town meeting win be held at the Court Hoase
ON THURSDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF JULY
A. D. 1867, at o'clock P. NJ, for the purpose
following, to-wit: To act upon the disposition OF
the surplus bounty fund; being the objects
tanned in the statement filed in the town clerks
office.
Given under my hand at Rock Island, this stt
day of July, A. b. 1867.
JnlySdtd. B. II. KIMBALL, Sup'r.
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THE BOUNTY FUND, AND THE CAMDEN
a. ,s3Ei ROAD 5af'a 27@A p

Inc CRtOH Is eitneF very poorly posteu, OF
it means to deceive the people. 1t says:
'.'sAn act of the last legislature authorizes the
city council to appropriate the surplus earnings
Of the Rock River bridges to Matchmaking the
Camden road. = ANY time during the past
six months the council could have set aside the
surplus proceeds of the bridges, instead of spend
ing it in the city, and the work could have been
under way. They can do tomorrow, If they
wish, and the job can at once be put under con-
tract, experimenting the income from the bridges
for payment. The people naturally are
beginning to inquire, why it is that the council
does not set aside the bridge profits and 60 on
with the work" 4. H'''
By what means did our contemporary ac-
quire so much valuable information VIII
it be kind enough to publish a certified copy
of the act which it says was passed by the
last legislature?"
We say that the statements of the Union
are mere assumption ; that neither the I'm
i0n nor the city government have any
knowledge that either the present or the
"fast legislature or any other Legislature,
ever passed any such act. We admit that
the late mayor and certain members of the
last city council asked the Legislature to
pass some such act and we admit that it
is rumored that some such act was passed
but neither the Union nor the city govern
ment have any knowledge of the fact The
city clerk, by direction OF the present may
or, Immediately on coming into office, wrote
to the secretary of state for a copy of the
act alluded to, if any such was passed, and
in reply, got copy of an act on another
subject. If any such act as the Union al
ludes to is in existence, the, city authorities
don't know it, and, therefore, all the cen
sures of our neighbor fall to the ground
and should be recalled.
We suppose, in the course of year OIL
two, when the secretary of state and the
state printers get ready, that the acts of the
last winters session of our legislature vii
be published and then, and not till then
will the city government know whether any
such act is in existence, and, if in existence
what are its provisions.
The Union further says:
"We are informed that the net proceeds of ths
bridges last year, after the interest the bond:
and all other expenses were paid, amounted to
some $4,000" t. 's e5ts.9is
We fear that our neighbor's sources of In
formation are very poor, or very pre}udleed
There have been a good many heavy lies
told on the subject of the revenue of the
Camden bridges how they have been USED
to carry on the city government instead o
being set apart to pay the bridge bonds Nc
Adamize the road, &c. Intelligent men have
always known that these stories were false
but many persons, who did not care to in
vestigate the matter, have believed them
Now, we propose to put a quietus on these
falsehoods, and in order to do so, we hav'
got the city clerk to make out, from tbs
books in his Office, the following statemen
of receipts and expenditures on account o
the Rock River Bridges
EXPENDITURES.
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FOR SALE.

( My late residence on Jefferson street, between
Cable and Highland, with garden attached. The
house contains eight rooms and would make q
very pleasant home fora moderate sized family
Terms liberal, enqaire of a. +. Cutter, near the
City Scales, or of the subscriber at the Rodman
House.
J. W. VELIE.
Rock island iulvI DIFF
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rains. &c. 6c.

rains, DC, &c.
We commend the table of receipts and
Expenditures, which has been taken from
the books of the city, BY the city clerk, and
may be regarded IS Official, 70 The conslasfl
alton of the people. N will correct very
erroneous impression which Interested nar1
ties have sought 70 create among the peei
pie. v/
/ The Rock River bridges being in debt TO
the city treasury some $4,000, viii the I'm
SON tell us how much much McAdamized
road could be built, by the 'hypothecating'
act, if such an act exists? The Rock River
bridges had better reimburse the peoples
treasury for the money they have drawn out
of it, before their revenues are set apart for
any other purpose. s. = tssSAe
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ERRORs or YOUTH.

A Gentleman who suffered for years from Ner-
Debility, Premature Decay, and all the eff
fects of youthful indIscreon will, for the sake Of
suffering humanity, send free to all who need it,
the recipe and directions for making the simple
remedy by which he was cured Sufferers wishing
to profit by the advertisers experience, can do so
by addressing in perfect confidence,
JOHN B. OGDEN. AZ Cedar ST., New York.
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DISSOLUTION.

THE COMPREHENSIVE HERETOFORE
i existing between the undersigned, under
the firm name of ..The American Match Co." is
this day dissolved by mutual consent. s4... .
The business of the late 0rm will be continued
by W. c. WEIGH, who will pay all debts and coll
leet all accounts due said firm. "
F. ii. WARREN,
.... W. G. WEIGH.
O. Rock Island, May 81, 1867, dam. -
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Ninety Cents on the Dollar.
Means of the COMPANY,

Estimating the distance to be built BY the Union
Pacific to be I ,565 miles, the United States Gov
eminent issues its Six per cent. Thirtyyear bonds
to the Company the road is finished at the av-
erage rate of about $2s,25O per mile, amounting
to S44 ,20s,000.
The Company is also permitted to issue its own
First Mortgage Bonds to 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 20,032oo0
acres, estimated to be worth S30,0G0,O00, making
the total resources, exclusive of the capital $lls
4l6, 900 but the full value of the lands cannot
now be realized. sr.. -#- FssrE-
The authorized Capital Stock Of the Company
is one hundred million dollars, of which Eve mil
lions have already been paid in, and of which it
is not supposed that more than twenty-five 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. a..r ...r.
Prospects for Business.
the East is now complete, and the earnings of the
Union Pacific on the sections already finished for
the first two weeks in May were sl13.cO0. These
sectional earnings the road progresses will
much more than pay the interest on the Cempa-
ny's bonds, and the through business over the on
ly line of railroad between the atlantic and Pa
cifc must be immense.
Value and Security Of the Bonds.
The Company respectfully submit, that the
above statement of facts fully demonstrates the
security of their Bonds, and as additional proof
they would suggest that the Bonds now offered
are less than ten million dollars on 5I7 miles of
road, on which twenty million dollars have
| already been expended ON $50 miles of this
road the cars are now running, and the remaining
1871 miles are nearly completed.
At the present rate of premium on gold these
bonds pay an annual interest on the present cost
of ~ ~ f< FL
Mine Fer Cent,
| and it is believed that the completion of the
road like the Government Bonds, they will GO
above par. The Company intend to sell but a
limited amount at the present low rate, and retain
| he right to advance the price at their option.
L
Subscriptions will be received in New York by
| the 49, a
| CONTINENTAL NATIONAL BANK, No. Il Nassau
Street.
CLARE, DoDGE 4 Co., BANKERS, 81 Wall St.
| JOHN J. Cisco 4 SoS, BANKERS, No. SO Wall
| Street,
and by BANKS AND BANKERS generally
throughout the United States, of whom maps and
4 -
will also be sent by mail from the Company's
Office, No. 20 Nassau Street, New York, on appli-
| cation. Subscribers will select their own agents
in whom they have confidence, who alone viii be
responsible to them for the safe delivery of the
bonds. L s5TG 9isE SEQ a-z-z--.
JOHN =. CISCO,
| TREASURER.
| NEW YORK.
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To-Day's Advertisem' Is
WAN'TED.

"A NC, lsNGLE CARRIAGE HORSE, BE
IA tween Is and Is bkAds hieh-kind, sound
and hanfsome, 0color Iey, black, or chestnut
s0rei. pOn ss s.i RlDs / P AZ !. naorurn
opposite Kimball's Wagon Shop.
3 July Sdwfw.
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VALUABLE PROPERTY FSR SALE

r OFFER FOR SALE MY NEW LIVERY
i Stable in Moline, together with the buggies,
sleighs, carriages, harness, horses and hack. The
stable has good run of custom.
Also my mansion, house, situated on Ann 81
The lot is set full of all the small fruits, together
with young and large bearing fruit trees, House
two stories Lot Sex160 feet 81 -.
Also, eight acres of land on the river, within
half q mile of the corporation line of Moline.
The land is very rich, suitable for country seat
n Fruit and vegetable farm. There is a fine view of
Hampton, Watertown, LeClaire, Davenport, DC,
and can be made one Of the finest homes on the
Mississippi river, There is upon the land sub
stantial barn, with stone cellar. aE4
TERMs-Haf cash, balance in one, two or
three years, with security. ssss .as.8 I'D
For further particulars call at my stable ~
tefgxe a JAMES Mob URNEY.
+ Melins june ~, dwtf a3
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T,HE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY
l. notifies the public, that he has established
Saloon and Boarding House,
in Copps building, Illinois street. opposite the
c. r. I. & P. R. r. depot, and viii do all in his
power to satisfy his customers in both branches
junl3dlm. LII !, GEORGE MUFF.
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Rock Island, july5,dtf.
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Amount paid bridge tender, 4,162 on
Amount paid Government Tax ON re-
ceipts, 57S 10
ss4, 231 SO
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DIR. JAS. CAMPBELL.
has opened an EYE INFIRMARY in Davenport
and can accommodate one or two hundred paaieSts
and viii treat all diseases strictly confidential
/ Office, on Second Street, in LeClaire Block. 81
No charges made for unsucoessful services.
( dee2Adwtf 49, .Iae g %
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EXPENDITURES.

EXPENDITURES.
Original cost of Rock River Bridges,
in 1857, $4,000 90
Interest on the above for ten years at
ten per cent. per annum.@ $4,000 90
New bridge over main channel, built
- Iaee AHA ri
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-25
Eccentric Prayer.

In a work entitled English Eccentrici-
ties" recently published in London, may
be found the following eXtempore PRAYER
attributed by the author to certain Mr..
WARD
Lord, Thou knowcst that | possess nine
houses in the city of London, and that |
have recently boughtan estate In the coun-
" of Essex, Preserve, therefore, | pray
Thee, the two counties of MiddleseN and
Essex from fires and earthquakes, and as |
have an Hypothetical estate in Hartford
shire, look also In compassion on that
county rs to the other portions of the
country, do rs Thou wilt. Lord, consoli-
date the Royal Bank that il may honor its
notes. Let all my debtors be or become
honest men. GivcH prosperous and speedy
passage to the sloop Mermaid, for the in-
suraucc Of which | am responsible. Pre-
serve me from robbcries and brigands
Make all my servants faithful and devoted,
that they may watch over my interests and
relax not their diligence by day or by
night
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-03-25

Governments, Federal and state, 10 use all
necessary Constitutional means to remedy
this evil.
0. Resoiyed, That the Radical majority I'm
the so-called Congress have proved them
selves 20 be In favor of Negro Suffrage by
forcing II upon the people Of the District
OF columbia against their almost unani-
nous wish, solcmnly expressed at the polls,
by forcing II upon the people of an the
Territories, aud by their various devices 60
coerce the people of the South TO adopt Il;
that we arc opposed 10 Negro Suffrage be-
heving II would be productive of evil TO
both whites and blacks, and tend to pro-
duce y disastrous conflict of races.
Z. Resoiued, That for all their efforts 10
uphold the Constitution we tender to the
President aud to the majority ofthe Judges
of the Supreme Court Of the United states
our hearty thanks.
3. ResolUed, That VIC are In favor of A
Democratic Convention Of delegates from
all the States, TO be held nc such time and
place as may be agreed upon, and that the
state Central Committee be authorized to
concur with other proper committees i'm
fixing time and place, and that we prefer
Louisville, Ky, rs the place.
.. ResotUed That the Democratic news
papers OF Ohio deserve our earnest and lib
eral support and that an early and thorough
organization of the party is indispensable.