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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-27


Total value of Preniums, .&S 90
Dan. Gardner. Rob- Peacock, a Hammill d Satchell,
GKNrs:-At the request of Messrs. kHA q BoyIss-
DON OF our city, we have made examination of the
property contained In the foregoing schedule and have
valued the same at the prices set opposite the respec
s-~F JOS. PARE
ELI HALBERSTADT,
DUDLEY McCLAIN.
"Messrs. Rea a Bovingdon's Grand Distribution OF
valuable real estate and personal property, Will be
when the holders of lucky numbers will draw soneof
the most magnificent prizes ever offered in Q similar
drawing That the public may be assured that this en-
erprse is to he conducted in good faith It is only
sar refer TO the long list of references all OF whom
have long been known and honored in this county.
OF strict probity and whose Recommendation 10
sufficient que all doubt and satisfy every one
community .-Champaign Union and Gazette, May L
1867.
The drawing viii take place at the Court House in
Urlsna, Champaign Co.. Illinois, September the and.
1851 under the supervision of board OF managers,
and by disinterested committee selected for that pur
pose.
Good and Reliable Agents Wanted!
In every county in this and adjoining States Agents
allowed ten per cent commission all sales Of Tick
cts. All orders by Mail amounting TO Ten Dollars or
less may be sent by Mail at our risk larger sums
should be sent by Draft p o. order All orders for
certificates and communications should be addressed
St. Mary's gazette., 1867-05-02
ST, MAn'5 CAz1. Il
The EreV Militia Tx
I">tnDTOW.E, Nd.

THURSDAY MORNING MAY 2. 1867
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Organized He'll.

What was meant by the leading radical in
Congress, who said the intention was to organ
ize He'll at the south, may be gathered from
the present condition of affairs in Tennessee.
This state is fully organized on the radical
programme, is represented in Congress, and is
in that lovely condition where radicals are
elected to office by negro votes-the Utopia
dreamed of by the radicals for all the other
states of the South Here is a single scene at
recent political meeting in this happy state
a scene now of daily occurrence. This took
place week ago at Rogersvillc, in East Ten
nessee, a very 'loyal' region:
With one o'clock came Etheridge, and a mass
of not less than five hundred, half of them col
ored, gathered about the court house, on the
Square, TO listen to his speech As he proceeded
his terrible denunciation and thorough exposition
of Brownlow corruption fired the radical heart
to such degree that he had spoken but an hour
when one of his sentences was picked up by Tom
King a notorious partisan, who shouted back
"That's id lie!' Not knowing who had
flung the cowardly insult into his teeth, Mr.
Etheridge hurled back whitening epithet
which he scarce had uttered ere whistling bull.
let cut the air in dangerous proximity to the
place where he was standing, and this shot was
quickly followed by others in all parts of the
assemblage. The crowd at once broke, the radi-
Gals moving rapidly toward one side of the
Square, shouting and yelling like demons of the
lower pit, and the conservatives going in an OBJ
poste direction, both parties firing as they went
They soon drew up in position. and the work of
death began in earnest, volley after volley of
minnie balls, large and small shot, and the con-
tents Of numberless revolvers, being poured in
rapid succession, every round carrying wounds
and death into the ranks of the combatants, until
they began to waver, break into squads and move
from the Square, keeping up scattering fire as
they slowly retreated.
Mr. Etheridge, holding in his hands revolver,
stood firm throughout never moving an inch
from the position he had at first taken
The battle lasted about twenty minutes by
which time the Square was cleared, and only ran
dom shots were being fired in other portions of
the village. The first man to fall was white
conservative, bullet crashing through his brain
and killing him instantly. A radical negro was
the next ball entering his side and passing
nearly through him. He died in few minutes
after he fell. Seven other persons were MORALLY
wounded, while twenty-five or thirty received
wounds more or less serious. The wounded
were conveyed to hotel where they remained
until other means could be provided for their
care. 1t is said the radicals suffered most, but
We have learned nothing reliable in regard to
their loss
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03
In it a Fight?

There is the very least appearance OF the
brewing of sharp fight among the loyal
patriots of this county over the county treas
ury teat. The attempt is to pit Mr.. Bowen, a
young lawyer of this city, who lost his arm in
the war, against Mr. Beck, the present incum-
bent. Joshua, Of the Ottawa Republican,
Father Sapp, of the Peru Herald, and the
Mendoza Bulletin support Mr.. Beck, while the
La Sale Press, by lengthy correspondence,
backs up Mr.. Bowen. The only point made
against Mr.. Beck thus far is that his emolu-
ments have amounted to $4,000. As it has
been the custom among the faithful hitherto
to let the treasurer hold the Office two terms,
and as Mr.. B. has discharged his duties faith
fully and acceptably, it would look, consider
ing the quarter from which the opposition
comes, or rather its backing, that the main
object is to scare Mr. Beck into Smelling out
part of the $4,000. Of course we acquit
Mr.. Bowen himself, who is an estimable young
man, of all completely in any such design.
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The Morris Horror.

The details of the affair at Morris last Sat
urday are given in another column. There is
no palliation or excuse for the mob. The
ringleaders are murderers, and as such ought
to be punished. There is no evidence that
the man Tibbets, whom the mob murdered,
was in any degree guilty of the murder of the
farmer Page. The only charge the mob could
make against him was, that he refused to give
such testimony at the trial last winter as would
have hung his brother-an offence which GER
tainly speaks more for the fraternal tenderness
than depraved criminality of the man. The
whole affair was unworthy of savages, and is
a disgrace to the state.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03

BASE BAII..--Thc grand base ball match at
Chicago, last Saturday, between the 4" Nation
als' of Washington City and the Excesiors"
of Chicago, resulted in the utter discontinue
of the Chicago club. They were beaten Az to
1, and were whtewashed" six times in nine
innings. On Monday the Atlantic" club OF
Chicago PLAYED the 4" Nationals game and
Jared little better, the score standisg 70 to II,
1t is clear enough no~ that the defeat of the
Nationals by the Rockford club was a
sham-a mere draw, to get heavy bets. 1t is
said the way the Chicago gamblers were
skinned was irightful.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03

The Chicago Times has done good service
in the way of comforting Immortality upon
the Plutarch of Illinois, the Hon. w. G. Hern
don, the author of highly imaginative and
romantic biography of Abraham Lincoln, par
ticularly with reference to his love affair with
the unhappy Ann Rutedge. There was some
indefiniteness, however, in the biographers
designation of the exact spot of her burial
" six miles north bearing a little west of New
Salem" This indistinctness is happily re-
moved. Cropping among the records of San
gamo county, recently, a curious legal antigua
ry found deed in which the precise locality
where lie the remains of Ann Rutledge is thus
clearly described:
"The north ives of the north cas- commencing
at Post near the senter of the forty to run west
furnuff to includ one acre in a Square on the
south side of said nourth line for the purpus for
Bearing ground whear the Bearing ground
now is"
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SURRATT JRIN-The trial of Surratt for

SURRNTT TRIAL.--The trial Of Surratt for
completely with the plot to assasslnate Presi-
dent Lincoln, has now been in progress about
five weeks at Washington, and has reached
that stage where the counsel for the defence
commence their argument. This will occupy
two or three days. Then the prosecution will
take another day to ''close." No wonder it
is said the jury are getting impatient
whether at the long speeches, or from eager
ness to bring in Il verdict of guilty, is not
stated
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03

Hon. THOMAS EWING, of Ohio. who wa,
Secretary of the Treasury under President
Taylor, became republican on the death oil
the old wing party, and during the civil wal
was an ardent supporter of President Lincoln
and his policy, has written letter quit,
recently in which he declares his inabilit,
longer to support the radical party, giving til,
following as some of his reasons
think there is yet something left OF the old
Constitution, and that We ought to try and save
the pieces that the South is sufficiently crushed
and humbled, without putting them under mill
tary rule, or letting loose a flight of c0a fscation
ruRures, TO batten on the carcass; and especially
l do not think the President ought to be i'm.
peached because he differs in opinion with the
two Houses of Congress and because he will no,
hold still while they whip him with nettles.
The rejecting, honest and respectable IN
the Republican party are fast leaving that
organization. The ultra unconstitutional and
disastrous measures of their leaders are dis
gusting every man in its ranks who has the
least regard for liberty, peace and fraternity.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03
The Horse Fair...RailrOad Charues.

The managers of the Grand Horse Fair, to
commence at Ottawa on the Goth inst, have
made an arrangement with the management of
the Chicago, Rock Island u Pacific r. r. Co. to
sell tickets to persons attending the fair at 60
per cent of the usual fare That is, in plain
English, the passenger pays full fare coming to
Ottawa, and after attending the fair has a ticket
issued to him on the fair ground, or by the
secretary of the association, enabling him to
return home on paying one-tifth the usual fare
For example, if the full fare TO Ottawa is So
he pays $500 coming. and 40 cts. TO return
home. The arrangement holds good until the
evening Of August 2Gth The fair closes ON the
Gath.
we are happy in being able TO say in this con-
nection, that the committee who have the inter.
ests of the proposed Horse Fair in charge, give
US assurances that everything moves prosperous
ly and they have no doubt ON the complete sue
cess OF the enterprise. Noted horses not only
from all parts of this state, but from Iowa.
Indiana and Wisconsin, will bc present, and in
such number, a. to give assurances that this
will he one of the most magnificent DISPLAYS Of
horSeicsh ever witnessed in the Northwest.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03
THURLOw WEED, whose training in the OLE

THURLOw WEED, whose training in the OLE
constitution loving wing party of course unfit
him wholly to train in the modern radica
party, although he tried his best for severa
years to do so, comments, in his in his new
paper (the N. Y. Commercial Adrariser) NOR
hopefully than is wont among conservatives
on the measures of the recent ''dog day" Con
gress He expresses the opinion that the new
explanatory act inevitably "inaugurates wa
between the white and black races" ant
that, ''for the time being the whites in Soutl
CAROLINA, Mississippi, and perhaps two othe
southern states, are wiped out :" but he adds
I'VE are far from being sure. however. tina
TINS result is to be deprecated All disease
must cuiminate. If the colored citizens invite.
W GUNNER, GREELY and PHILLIPS, unit
against whites and elect Governors and Congress
men from among themselves, We shall have a,
earlier solution of our troubles. Radicalism vii
come to an abrupt end Sooner than thew. i,
their frenzy, imagine, the men who by the oper
alton OF the military government system, brin.
negroes INTO congress, will be ignominiousl,
driven from the seats they occupy!
All Mr. Weed finds to deplore in the busire IS il
the inconceivaby terrible series of calamities
the radicals are preparing for the black ract|
by their malignant legislation. In the war Oh
races they are taking so much pains to inaugur
ate, they seem wholly to forget that the white
stand as four to one against the blacks at tn,
south, and ten to one in the whole nation
such war can only terminate in the exterm|
nation OF the weaker race, amid scenes of hor
ror no imagination can conceive.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03

Canada correspondent of the \. Y. Herald
writes Certain parties in Canada, who are
supposed to be posted. state that a scheme for
the abduction of President Lincoln was started
In the south as early as 1868, and that Col Percy
"ndham, who commanded a regiment in and
about Washington, had at one time agreed to de-
liver up the president and his cabinet at Rich.
mond, and wonld have probably have done so if
he had not been suddenly removed
Along the Illinois river, in Peoria, Tazewel
and Fulton counties, and in some parts of other
counties, wheat has suffered severely from the
scab.
A fire at Carlo on Monday, DESTROYED nine.
buildings Oh the Ohio levee above Tenth street.
valued at $l50,300 About one-third was nsnr-
ed. William Pollock, a clerk, was burned IN
death. Among the sufferers was j. Mooney. of
this city, who was connected with a CLOTHING
store at Carlo
In Schuyler county about onc-third of the
spring wheat is so badly injured by the 'scab.r
that there will not be more than two-thirds Of a
crop The fall crop is generally very good, and
will be full crop.
The cholera is raging on the "plains" lin Ka,,
sas) At Ellsworth city the average mortality
was III day. At Fort Harkcr and Fort Iarned
the mortality is ten to fifteen day among the
soldiers.
Union county. ILL.,, has commenced shipping
peaches and tomatoes to the north The Jones.
boro Gasette of the 9th ult says: at really
looks refreshing, these dull times, to witness +bo
anxiety and hustle of the dealers and shinncrv
before the train arrives and sec the mmc,so
piles of boxes, awaiting transit filled with rich
fruit that perfumes the whole neiyhborbood
There is great ireshetin the upper Mississippi.
The water is as high as in 1850. Tho susno,s;o,,
bridge and st. Anthony bridge are threatened
General sheridan has removed j. W. Throck.
norton Governor Of Texas, and appointed T. AZ
Pelsc.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03

TENNESSEE is at present in that happy con
dition to which it is the aim of the radica
party to elevate all the other southern states
1t has accepted negro suffrage elected radi
Gals to Congress, and has radical governor
and state Legislature. Every political meeting
held by the party opposed to the radicals il
broken up by negro mob, armed by the stat,
authorities. But greatest boon of all, accord
ing to the correspondent of the New York
Times, a republican paper, Tennessee is thd
only country among civilized men where cleo
tons are held, in which the candidates fol
office have the power to say who shall vote
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03

GEN Washington dispatches
have stated with much positiyeness half a
dozen of times during the week that the Pres.
ldcnt has decided to remove Gen. Sheridan
from the command of the military district OF
Louisiana and TeXa. but no removal has We;
been made. Gen. Thomas or Gen. Meade is
to take his place. In view OF the repeated
acts Of lnsoencc of Gen. Sheridan towards the
President, to say nothing of his maladmins.
tration OF his district, it is ANA zing that he
has not been removed long ago.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03
Tennessee Election.

The State election in Tennessee ON Tuesday
passed oil with less disturbance than was ap
pretended. OF course Brownlow, under the
system OF allowing negroes to vote and dis
tranchising white men, is elected, although
the vote is unexpectedly close, and the chan
ces are in favor of a conservative legislature
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03

Admiral Furagut reached Paris on July %.
Cen Dix gave leto in his honor. A large mum.
Der of American ladies and gentlemen were pres
emit TO meet him. and gave him most cordial
and gratifying welcome, On Saturday evening
the admiral was received Mt u state dinner by the
Emperor Napoleon. Tho French minister of INA.
rim and d'hcr members of the imperial cabinet
and Con, Dix were among hc invited guests.
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Tho Roman Catholic Church at Somonauk was
totally destroyed by fire on Che goth ut Inc
church had been opened for funeral in the
afternoon and it is thought that match had
been thrown down without oxtinguishlnS the
fire. thus causing the conhagration 1t is said
the building and furniture cost %S,ooo OF whieh
5000 was covered by insurance.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03

Tho 'i'7ortcysiblo conflict" broke ont at Bur.
lington. Iowa, On Monday. There was dies.
perato conflict between 80 negroes ana about as
many Whites 3" which. although thc nc.goo, On.
ly wcre armed Wien pistols the whites came Oft
victorious. Two Ecrocs &e @ b.a'y lar.-
Cause--negro sauce,
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Cholera prevails fearfully at Memphis, The
deaths average so day. There were five deaths
from yellow fever at New Orleans on the Goth
Of July.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03

AS Immediately connected with and explain
ing the real motive of the above proceedings,
we copy from the Morris He,uld of Saturday
the following account ofthc murder of Thomas
Page, and of the trial and acquittal of his
supposed murderer:
On the first day of January, 1866, Thomas
Page, a resident of Goodfarm, was brutally muir
dered in the public highway at MONDAY, while
going home on q loaded wagon. a coroners in
quest was held, but failed to definitely fix the
guilt upon any one. Matters thus progressed
for some months, whoa the grand jury summon
ed several parties to appear, and during its sit
tings, Alonzo Tibbetts charged that the murder
had been committed by Joe Tibbetts, brother.
Joe Tibbetts had left the country, and was ascer-
tanned to be dwelling i'll the timber regions of
Maine. Sheriff Schroeder was directed to secure
his arrest, and started for Maine and returned
with the prisoner in short time. He was in
dicted by the grand jury. ana brought to trial at
the next term OF our Circuit Court. The trial
lasted for many days. and cost the county large
amount of money. After it had progressed for
about 10 days, and several witnesses had been
examined, the prosecutors called their principal
witness, Alonzo Tibbctts Although he had pre-
viousy before the grand jury, charged the muir
der upon his brother, and given all the particu-
lars, he now emphatioally refused to testify, on
the ground of duplicating himself. Tho Judge
committed him to Jail for contempt of court
where he remained during the night. On the
coming morning he was brought into court, and
the Judge reversed his ruling of the afternoon
previous, and sustained the witness III his posi-
ton, and discharged him. The prosecutors at
once rested their case, and it went to the jury.
who could do nothing else than return verdict
of not guilty This unexpected turn in affairs
created no little excitement in the neighborhood
where the deed was committed, and the return
of the parties implicated by the testimony, stirred
up the bittcrost feeling.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03

A correspondent OF the Chicago Times gives
some additional particulars of occurrences
Immediately preceding the hanging:
The crowd, having put the rope around his
neck, gave him an opportunity TO speak. He
said: MY horses were poisoned by Thomas
Page. Had desired to kill him should have
done il then. did not kill him. / can prove
that l was not near there that day. I know
nothing about it. Ny wife knew nothing about
it, and l am innocent Some one from the
crowd asked him if his brother Joseph did not
kill Page He answered, "Since then Joe has
told me that he meant to kill Page, and did So"
He was asked why he did not testify so on trial
He answered, because he was my brother
They tied his hands behind him: he knelt
down and prayed about three minutes. When
he rose up they asked him what he wanted done
with his body. He replied, "Give it to my
wife" He then said " Gentlemen, die with
a clear conscience. am innocent" Some one
then called to the crowd, Are you satisfied to
hang him'" The crowd shouted, "No." but
those in the wagon drove suddenly away and
left him dangling in the air Efforts were made
to cut him down, but all such were in vain
The mob kept all away until he was dead.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-03

Cause--negro sauce.
The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-19
C. MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

N. C. MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
ATA MEETING OF THE BOARD OF d.
n rectors of the N. c. M. f. Insurance Com
pany, held at the Office of the Company in this
City the 22nd of January, 1867, after due ne lice
to each Director, d. A. COvington, Esq.,, was
called to the chair and Rev. VIM. Z. Pell was ap-
pointed Secretary. The following order of as
sessment was made:
On motion, Ordered, that for the purpose of pay
ing losses due by the Company at the dates herein
after mentioned, an assessment of fifteen per
cent. on all unexpired premium notes, in posses
sion of the Company on the Sth day of August,
1868, the 14th day of November, 1854, the 9th
day of September, 1865, the 25sh day of February,
1866, the 9th day of April, 1865 the Sth day OF
May 1866 and the 18th day Of October, 1866, be
levied payable Immediately.
Ordered, That the President as soon as practi-
cable give notice to parties liable under the afore-
said assessment, according to the charter and by
laws.
Ordered, That parties paying either this as
sessment or that levied the 27th September, 1865,
may be discharged from the other assessments
not paid.
cat the same meeting T. H. Selby, of Raleigh,
was unanimously elected President of the Com
dany, and X. P. Battle, Esq, was unanimously
elected Attorney of the Company. Hereafter all
business of the Company will be transacted by
the President Hence all letters must be addressed
to him." I. II. SELBY, President.
Raleigh, Jan. &c, 1867. lsa-1aw4w.
The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-19

A FORTUNATE M1LL.--An exchange gives
the following, which is worth reading wlleth-
er it be true or not. 1t is given with an
air of certainty which is strong evidence { f
its veracity:
Some years ago Frenchman, who was
working by the day or month, in mill, in Il,
the town of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, fell
heir to about $40, 900, by the death of rel
ative in France, since which time he has
been living on the interest of his money
We believe the mill referred to is now own
ed by Mr.. A. H. Lee.
On the 31st of July, 1865, there was sold
to a man by the name of Julius Wagelin,
who was then working in mill in Prairie
du Rocher owned or conducted by A. Ii.
Lee, lottery ticket, in one of Murray, Ed
die & Cos. lotteries, which drew for the
said julius one-half of the grand capital
prize of $30,7S7.
On January 21st, 1857, the ticket in the
Crosby Opera House itself, was found to be-
long to the Mr.. A. H. Lee, mentioned above,
and who is proprietor of said mill.