davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17
BY TELECRAPH
Rsporte5 for ~ Daily Argue.
EHIoAeo, Jan. AZ Mercury 10 below zero tn

A, n. '"'' Aefs''y : - zero
Nearly All incoming trains delayed NOR Or less
Last evenings down train on the Pittsburg q TT.
Wayne railroad was also detained several hours and
large body of men, with shovels, iaoored several
shours to release il from snow drifts.
CINCINNATI Jan. 17.-Mary J. Thompson, %
years of age, died Tuesday, under circumstances
rendering il probably that violence was done Her
funeral was stopped by the coroner when an examn-
alton developed the fact that her skull was broken
by heavy weapon. 1t is understood that she was
intimate with prominent architect and vas caught
with him by his wife. scuffe ensued and the girl
was killed. All parties concerned concluded TO keep
the affair dark, but the officers got wind II it and
the case is now in progress before the coroner. i
NEW York, Jan. 1.-THE New York Heraid's
special says:
report is being industriously circulated in New
Orleans that Gen. Sheridan has been in the habit Of
endorsing Letters of Marque, issued by Juarez tc
prey upon French commerce and guaranteeing to
the holders of them the right to fit out in New Or
leans, and bring their prizes into that port TIL;
story has been circulated by the friends OF the rebe
| colonel, Mcives, who arrested by Sheridon
| some time ago, the leader of the knighs of Ara
| ba.
The congressional committee is said to have fount
out the facts in their recent investigators of th
| riots.
| Horace Greeley had an interview with the Presi
dent yesterday of about an hour in which he urget
upon Mr.. Johnson the adoption of his, Mr. Greeeys
peculiar political views especially the amnesty AM
suffrage proposition.
GALVESTON, Jan. 16-The Freedmel's bureau
agent reports that the freedmen contracting 70
next years labor with great rapidity. George
| freedmen arrive almost every steamer.
| SASFRANCIsoo. Jan. 16.-The amount # hullio
shipped by Wells Fargo It Co. from their office il
| Nevada, during 1866, aggregated sixty mi ions.
Wheat 40 to $50.
Milling four extra $50. Superine SIS.
New YORK. Jan. IA fierce storm, III
heaviest known here for years, set in last nigh
and is sti following with undated fury. 1t ha
already fallen to depth Of over foot al level
The drifts are two and three feet deep.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17

The subject of the impeachment of the
President has gone to the judiciary commit
tee Of the house fer an examination of the
change preferred. and q report of their in
vestigations to the house. We submit, there
fore, that the time of the house should not
be taken up with the subject until sitter the
the report of this committee and that the re-
marks of Mr.. Loan yesterday were ill-timed
and in bad taste, If be believes that An
drew johnson is guilty of omplicity in the
assassination Of Abraham Lincoln, let him
go to the judiciary committee and prove it.
In the meantime there are many and grave
subjects which demand the immediate and
earnest attention of congress-, and we trust
they will lose no more time in proceeding to
their deliberstion. - Chicago E0st, l5th,-a re-
publican paper.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17
NICE PLAN.
We find, among the kilograms Of last night
the following:

We find, among the kilograms OF last night,
the following:
New YORK, Jan'y ia Washington dispatch
says it is understood that the plan agreed upon by
the leaders in the impeachment movement Is to sus
pend the President the articles are prefer
red, Mr.. Wade stepping into the Presidents posi-
ton 1t is then proposed to prolong the trial until
Mr.. Johnson's regular term of office shall have ex
pired and in the meantime the south is to be recon
structcd over again
1t might bs we'll, perhaps, to enquire by
what authority they will "suspend the Presi-
DENT" and who will execute the process
The cabinet, the army, the navy, the Su-
preme Court. the United States marshals, and
the executive officers being on the side of the
President, il weuld be rather q difficult job
for Mr.. Wade or any other man to ''step in
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17
THE VANDRUFFs ISLAND CANAL.

1t is well-known that the state of Illinois
has slrsady expended over $40, COCOON q canal
Oh Fsndruff's Island, in shis county, intend
ed to pass boats around the lower rapids Of
Rock River. IF that canal was completed,
Rock River would be navigable to Sterling,
for small boats, at all seasons of the year, sx-
ceps when eiosed by ice. If the canal from
LIS Sale to Rock Island Ia ever, built land
few persons doubt it the state will oertainly
want this canal On Fandruff's Island. In
view Of these taots would it not be great
piece of folly for the legislature to grant away
it's right. there, to Mr. Sears, or any ons else?
The state would certainly be obliged to pur
chase the same property back again, of Mr..
Sears-iust as the United States has the
property granted him on the Island The
true way is for the ssats TO keep It's rights in
the VandrufF's Island canal, and appropriate
money to complete it,-and our representa-.
tives from this county could do no more pop.
ulsr sn act than TO procure an appropriation
now, tor that purpose.
We understand that the feeling in Camden
is almost unanimously against the proposed
Sears charter, and that they have held a
large public meeting and demonstrated
against it. Also that they are nearly ell
signing o remonstrance against it, and tina.
those who signed the Sears petition reques,
THAR names to be erased and are signing the
Temonstrance,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17

If the people of North Carolina choose to vote
that they need the lash in order to govern themselves
and order white and black 10 be whipped without
distinction for like offences, suppose the United
States have nothing to say to them. IF they prefer
TO live In such degraded state of civilization they
may doubt suit their taste as there is moth
ing unrepubEean in the determination of a commu-
nifty to set the whipping post impartially before all
its members.-Bostom Daily Advertiser. @
Whites and blacks are whipped without
distinction of color in North Carolina, and Ga
they are in Massachusetts. where more than
thirteen thousand were thus punished last
year. according to DR. Ordway. Is this evi.
dence of the degraded state" of civilization
in Massachusetts f-Boston Post.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17
s.PooL" I'm THE SUPREME COURT

ST.. LOUIS. Jan. I5.-The supreme court of
this state, now in session at Jefferson City,
will to-day decide whether the game of pool, ;
SO we'll known to billiard players, is a game
of chance or science The case comes on q
writ Of error. The error assigned is that the
court refased to instruct the jury that if they
found, from the evidence, the game of .pooE''
to be . game of science, and not of chance,
they would return verdic; OF mot guilty"
1t is held by the plaintiff in error that skill
at the game depends upon accurate ma.he.
masical calculations, SO much 80 as to take it
out of the category of the games of chance.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17
A GOOD FARM FOR SALE,

T OFFER MY FARM FOR SALE. TIL
/ situated four miles south of CoIona Station,
in Henry county, on the Chicago, Rock Island s
Pacific Railroad, and consists of so acres, 60 oil
which are under good improvement-tbe balance
being covered with healthy growth young
timber.
There is q good bearing orchard, a never fail
mig well of good water, and good creek of run
ming through the farm.
There are two coal banks ON the place.
A good farm house "a feet square, a good sta
and other out buildings.
For further particulars enquire of the proprie-
tor on the premises. $50
janll-d&w2m JOSEPH TURNER.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17

PHYSICIANS and Surgeons, formerly of New York,
are treating successfully all
CHRONIC DISEASES,
Which embraces the best and most approved me-
thods in this and other countries for the OF
all Chronic Diseases. They treat successfully all
nervous and Neuralgia affections, all forms of
Scrofula, Fever Sores and Old Ulcers, Dyspepsia,
Diseases of the Liver, Consti patton, all Skin Dis
eases, Pulmonary Consumption in its early stages,
Paralysis, Epilepsy, Sal, Rheum, Headaches, all
Heart Diseases, Diseases of Children, and
Seminal Weakness. % Sexual Diseases,
Which are carrying thousands to their graves an
They treat successfully, on new method, all
diseases OF the Eye and Ear. They have had
more extensive practice, and better success in the
treatment OF all
= Diseases of JYomen,
Than any other Physicians IN America. They
have cured women who have been confined TO
their bed for years. They never faIl to cure
rheumatism.
In all stages; no matter of how long standing
A r HI NJ A
so it never returns. They have Sure Cure tor
the distressing disease,
HEMORRHOTDS, or PILES.
They cure all Diseases OF the Throat and Lungs,
CANcERS.-They we had an extensive prac-
tiee and wonderful success in the treatment Oh
Cancers, which they cure without eating them out
| or using the Knife. Let those who have Tumors
| and Sw elngs, a red spet, lose time in have
| ing it attended to, timely treatment may save
| them from the horrors, suffering and death of an
| open cancer.
CaTARRE CURED.
! They treating Catarrh a row system which
sure cure for this dIsesse.
Their consultations for years have averaged
| from five to thousand year, which gives
them experience unsurpassed by any, and
| eeualled only by a lew. -t
| &-Remember they do not promise to cure all
stages of disease. While all diseases durable,
if taken in season, ell stages not Your case
| may be durable this week, not nsxt-to-day, no,
! tomorrow hence the danger of delay
NO Case will be Eeceiyed, when there are
any Doubts of Cure or Relief.
| Our .erms are CASH; hence the money must
! be sent with all orders for medicines. II costs
| from five 10 fifteen dollars per manth, to doctor
| with US, which in clud es medicines.
| I=-The poor will be favored.
| CONSULTATION FREE.
| Patients must write their name, Stale, post Of
fee address, PLAINLY. All letters requiring an
ever, mus. contain p letter stamp. and be address
sed to DR.. KNAPP & SON, Drawer 1891, Chicago
! Ms-Any OF the above diseases be tres ted
successfully by the PATIENTS describing their case
| in letter when they cannot ace US.
/ DR.. KNAPP, who has visited Rock Island reg
uiarly the past SIX years, be consulted at the
| Island City Hotel, as follows
MONDAY, JANUARY 2IST, 1867.
MONDAY, MARCH 18TH, 1867.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17

The friends Of the Illinois and Mississippi
canal projses had meeting Tuesday night
ct Springfield, which was addressed by sew
eral members of the legislature and others,
among them L. D. Whining. G. W. MINER,
Mr.. Billings, LII. Bond, of Chicago, Sta.
ecey, of Princeton, chairman of the internal
improvement committee, II. NJ. Singer, of
Cook county, W. Pressymsn, of Pekin; VIM.
Fl. Van Epps, Esq., of Dixon; Major Allan
of Genesso Joseph Usley, Esq. Dixon Ma
Tor Bowen, of Joliet, and others.
An interesting letter was read by Mr.. Ste
ven from W. Gooding, ESQ.,, superintendent
of the Illinois and Michigan canal, and very
properly regarded as the father eff canals in
this state, in which he takes strong and prac.
sioal ground in favor Of Immediately ooHl-
msncing those great works.
A plan was submitted By Mr.. " hitting. pro-
viding that two mill tax be raised in Hi
nois, that application be made to congress fox
an appropriation of Sc 900 900, TO enlarge the
Illinois and Michigan canal, extending it &c
the Mississippi river, a. Or near Rock Island
and to improve the navigation of Illinois and
Rock rivers to ask $4,000, 900 from the Hi
nois Legislature; and TO sppoint Gov Oglss-
by as a commissioner TO solicit aid from CON.
gress, and TO urge action on the other west
ern states representatives.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17
TO CONsUMPTIVES.

THE advertiser, having been restored Ia
l. health in a few weeks by very simple rene
ny, after having suffered for years with a severe
ung affection, and that dread disease. Consump
ions anxious to make known to his fellow
uferers the means of cure.
To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the
prescription used free of charge,) with the dr.
rections for preparing and using the same, which
they will find a surs cure for Consumption, Asth-
ma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, and all Throat and
Lung Affections. The only object OF the Advert.
User in sending the prescription 10 to benefit the
afflicted, and spread information which he on
ceives to be Invaluable, and he hopes every suf-
ferer will try his remedy, it will cost them
nothing, and may prove a blessing. t-
Parties wishing the prescription, free, by return
mail, will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON
Williamsburg, Kings Co., New York.
febl1wly ks
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17
o. 1aus adutrtise,,,eats.
Dissolution.

THE FIRM OF J. II. LANGLEY & co.
i is this day dissolved by transferring our RICH
and inherent to George W. D.. Harris who - au
thorized to settle up the business of the old con
Germ. All persons having claims ags inst said con
Germ must present them to the said Geo. W.
Harris for settlement.
go Signed, JOHN ii. LANGLEY,
4z.-'za s*A s. M. HARRIS.
Rock Island, H.. Jan. l4th, 1867.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17
Notice.

Notice.
GEORGE w. ID. HARRIS, WILL CON
III tiuue the Commission and Forwarding bust
ness, and keen on hand all kinds of Agriculture al
Implements, as usual at the old stand.
Rock Island, Ill. Jan. l4th 1867. DIFF.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17
CHEAPEST STORE

"a SEEbfESt SE0RE
to bay goods tor an ordinary living profit, and the
ladies of this city know it, IL Is no hnmong.
We offer rich setts of Minks' furs, very low
Fur Gloves tor ladies and gents Indian tan buck
and various other gloves for Indies and gents {;
Ladies' Gloves OF every description; best Als,,s,
- E-aao- ssnxsscsS ana gents
gloves IN all coiors and sizes; white Alexander
KID Glo1ss; the richest assortment of EmbroId
cry real Apologize CluHe and Salsncins Laess,
Collars and Handkerchiefs; imitation of Clune
yaencins Iaces; Clune and Cambria Laees, in
black Velvet Ribbon. al colors; rich as
sortment of Bonnet Ribbon; Dress Silks, in differ
eBt eolors; Dress Trimming and Buttons; fine
assortment of Beitings Buckle; Lace Wells and
Netting Silk aud Linen Hand erchicfs Cor ladies
and gents; Zephyr worsted in all colors, ladies'
and children's Hose. and great assortment in
Wooden Hoods and Scsrs; splendid lot Of real
rubber Jewelry, such as Bracelets, Breastpins,
Earrings, trimmed with pure gold, warranted, and
hundreds OF different articles, too numerous to
mention. dec I'm.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17

sa2 vase asst ss4@4ss
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17
A full assortment OF

Wilde i Vs~4i9
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-01-17

ILLINOIS STREET, bet. Washing tonE- audI JET
ferson.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-11-30

A COMPROMISE PRoPosED.-The Min ncapolis (Minnesota) Tribune says that the result of the elections is Ca popular verdict against manyof the extreme measures of Congress" It then adds in tones of exquisite color:
 Will the verdict of the elections in- fluence the action of Congress? is the question which all men are anxiously asking. Undoubtedly it will-it must. However foolishly the people may have spoken, they have spoken, and their voice must be in measure needed. It is evident that they do not care to have Johnson impeached, or they would have taken the trouble to vote the other way. And so they would had they been inclined to see carried out to the full extent. the policy of the military bills and the ruinous financial policy which two-thirds Republican major- ity in Congress have permitted Mir. Johnson's Secretary of the Treasury to establish. Impeachment will, undoubt- edly, be abandoned.
 It concludes that the "immediate ad- mission of the seeded States on the basis of universal amnesty for suffrage, as once proposed by Lincoln, would be a compromise satisfactory to the coun- try, and expedient in view of the pop ular verdict just pronounced"
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-11-30
. The New York T;mes n cons,

- The New York Times, a conser- vative Republican paper, approves of the arrest of McCardlc, of the Vicks- burg Times, while the Tribune, Rad- ical journal, condemns it in the strong est terms. Greedy thinks that General Ord has made grave mistake, and adds he don't believe the violent lan- guage of the most violent rebel editors make it either proper or polite in a Union General to lock them up. These men, says Greedy, are never dangerous until they become popular martyrs.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-11-30

ARE NEGRoes ELIGIBLE FOR CoN- GREss ?-Under the famous Dred Scott decision the Supreme Court of the Uni- ted States decided that negroes were not citizens within the meaning of the Constitution. Whatever the popular sentiment may be in regard to that de- cision, it was never reversed, and re- mained the law of the land, at least un- til the proclamation of emancipation issued by President Lincoln in Septem- Der, 1862. If that proclamation made negroes citizens they attained their citizenship at that time. The Consti- tuition of the United States provides that no one shall be eligible to the United States House ofRepresentatives until he has been seven yearsya citizen, or to the United States Senate until he shall have been citizen nine years. These facts may dash the hopes of some of the ambitious Sambos and Quashees who have anticipated the honor ofrep- resenting some ofthe Southern districts in the next Congress.-[New York Herald.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-11-30

A NEGko ADVOCATES MURpER.-An inccndiary negro named Lindsay, re- gently elected to the Virginia Convcn- tion from Richmond, thus lays down his platform
 That before any of his children should suffer for food, the streets of Richmond should run knec-decp in blood; and he thanked God that the negroes had learned to use guns, pis- tols, and rsmrods.
 This insulting menace to the capital ist-this threat to murder him if he dares to discharge men who have de- clared themselves his enemics-was re- cicved with the widest enthusiasm by his black auditors. This same negro had already proclaimed his right to so- cial equality to the extent of marriage with tho superior race, and here we find him threatening the race which he had declared war upon with wholesale slaughter If they do not support his family.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-11-30

A colored citizen of Indianapo- lis lately applied at the office of the county clerk for a marriage license, at the same time inquiring the cost of the document and the additional charge for tying the nuptial knot. He was in- formed that the entire bill would be one dollar and forty cents, at which he demurred, saying that he had promise d the woman" to go dollar on it, but she'd have to pay tho other forty cents.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-11-30

I@The Louisville Democrat thus advises the Southern white people in reference to the Congressional military reconstruction acts:
 We would let the business entirely alone. Congress, evidently, intends to do as it plcases with them, and their voting and legislating in accordance with Congressional diction, can only lumber up the way of Democrats in making the reformation. For exam pie, if the negroes are made voters by the reconstruction bill, Congress can repeal that bill, and negro voting is at an end. If, however, any State under it has adopted negro suffrage, the Con- gressional repeal will not effect it. It will remain on the State, curse and legacy to be got rid of, if possible, by the State.
 Cultivate the cotton and the corn, raise sugar and white children, and leave politics to the Democracy of the North, where there is an even fight and a better chance. As it is, we fear they will form ten solid Radical States against us, and the only preventive we can see is to adopt the "lot alone' poli- cy. Otherwise, we fear, they are only helping to rivet the chains upon them selves, and not only that, but upon their friends in the North. They are only obstructing restoration and in- turing themselves, to the great and un- qualified satisfaction of their greatest enemies, the Radical party.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-11-30

For a time success may seem to crown their efforts, but, in the end, the right will prevail, the regular State governments of the South will be sus- tained, and white men will resnme the rule which natures God intended them to exercise. Already the hand-wri- ting is on the wall-an inscription that causes the traitors to tremble in the very act of treason. The freemen of other States-the States upon which the iron heel has not yet been planted do not intend to stand idly by and see their brethren of ten States subjec- ted to the Radical-negro domination.- They will not suffer policy to be con summated that not only threatens to convert the South into St. Domingo, but to extend it's paralyzing and fatal influences, like some baneful upas, over the Union in all it's length and breadth. Radical reconstruction is surely doom- ed to defeat. Even if the process is finished, and the States are declared admitted under their negro constitu- tions, the work will not, cannot stand. Constitutional government must pre- vail. and white men must continue to rule America.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-11-30

->1<--
 PRINTING ONE. THOUSAND YEARS AGo.-An extraordinary discovery has been of press in Inda. When War ren Hastings was Governor General of India, he observed that in the district of Benares, little below the surface of the earth, is to be found stratum of a kind of fibrous woolly substance of va- rious thicknesses, in horizontal layers. Major Roebuck, informed of this, went out to spot where an excavation had been made displaying this singular phenomenon. In digging somewhat deeper, for the purpose of further re- search, they laid open vault which on further examination, proved to be of some size, and to their astonishment, they found kind of printing press set up in vault, and on it movable types placed as if ready for printing. Every inquiry was set on foot to ascertain the probable period to which such an instrument could have been placed there, for it was evidently not of mod ern origin, and from all that the Major could collect, it appeared probable that the press had remained there in the state in which it was found for at least one thousand years. We believe the worthy. lajOIsoA his return to Eng land presented one of the learned as- sociations with memoir containing many curious speculations on the sub- ject. Paper we know to have been manufactured in the East many cen turies before we had any knowledge of it, and we have many reasons to think that the Chinese had been &C., quainted with the mode of printing they now enjoy many years before Fausi and Guttenburg invented it in Europe. It certainly does no credit to the inventive genius of the Romans to know that, while they approach so near as to engrave in style not to be equaled in the present age on gems, and stones, and of course the taking ofimpressions of them, they should have remained ignorant of the art which has bestowed so many blessings on mankind.
Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-11-30

-Jaurez is trying hard to get a loan in the United States, on the in- dorsement of our Congress. Some of the New York papers say there is dan- ger that the scheme may succeed.