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BOARD or SUPERVISORS.
Special March Term.
THIRD DAY.

THIRD DAY.
WEDNESDAY,, March 1.-THE Board met
pursuant to adjournment.
Present same as yesterday. Also, Super
sor Wait.
Mr.. A. Sinnett made proposition to the
board in relation to keeping his son, who is
insane, and, on motion. the same was refer
red to committee of ive-Supervisors JOS
lin, Stoddard, Odell, kimball and Wells.
Mr.. 7. Williams presented remonstrauce
praying the board not to grant license to
d. B. Sears and others to run a ferry at
Cleveland. on Rock River.
Supervisor Wells moved to lay said re-
monstrance on the table. Motion lost
On motion of Supervisor Joslin, the action
of the board on the 10th inst, granting H.
cense to u. B. Sears to run ferry at Cleve.
land aforesaid, was reconsidered, and no fur
Their action is to be taken until next meet.
ing OF the board when all parties interested
are notified to appear and lay their claims
before the Board.
On motion Of Supervisor Owens, Young
Brothers were allowed the sum of $3.50 for
goods furnished the poor.
The special committee to whom was re-
ferred the matter presented by Mr.. A. SEN
nett in relation to keeping his son, who is
liisdne, report anu recommend tnat Inc prop
osition of said Sennett be accepted, provid-
ed he secure to the county the payment of
SIS per year during the natural life of his
said son, in addition to the 900 which he
proposes to give the county towards erect
ing suitable building for that purpose.
On motion of Supervisor Kimball, the
committee on poor and poor farm are autho-
lied to close the bargain or contract with Mr.
v,.oy,loI H., L.
of the board.
Reports of the grand jury for last Septem-
Der and January terms were read and order
ed placed on file.
On motion of Supervisor Kimball, Sheriff
Peetz is added to the committee on public
expenditures, and said committee are author
lied to make the necessary repairs on the
court house and Jail.
Adjourned
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Figures that tsll s Plain story.

The following facts and figures ere more
than commonly noteworthy. A stap
from the Office of the treasury deP"'''
shows: =
That in the 240 collection districts In
1857 90 compared with the previous year,
the receipts of internal revenue feh on Szo,'
IT,, in ll9 districts in which collectors
~ assesvors were removed on the recon.
,nanda.;on of the commissioners, the average
falling off per district was $l60,9l2,8l.
That in 10l districts in which no removals
were made, but the old appointses retained
the decrease of receipts was, on an average
per district, $s5,2O6 SO.
And that the average falling off per dis
trict in 20 districts in which the presi
dent made removals, without consulting the
commissioner, was only $46,470 81.
The question arises right here, what be
came of the immense deficit in the districts
where radicals, originally appointed, still
held these offices? And how does it happen
that in districts where the president appoin
ted honest men and turned out the old pos
tiers, the falling off amounts per district to on
ly forty-six thousand dollars, while in the
iOl districts where no removals were made
more than double the falling off appears
thus:
In 90 districts, $f5, 40 81 per district.
In l0l Districts, per districts. $95,206 33
If the president had been permitted te
pursue his plan of removals, his hands nov
being tied by a radical congress-the re
verse, according to the above showing, wouit
have been increased more than eighteen ant
half millions per annum, equal to thu
whole cost of running democratic admins
tration in the good old virtuous times. TAI
payers are concerned in this exhibit. IT tn,
president had been permitted to go on witt
his renovating system, their burdens woul'
have been considerably lightened. But tn
present dominant party are doing anythin!
else beside relieving the tax payers.
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in Hoe Siguo Viuces

HoFFs MALT EXTRACT BEVERAGE oF HEALTH.
New YORK. Feb'y L., 1866.
Mr. LEOPOLD HoFF, SAB Broadway, \. Y.
DEAR SIR-In reply to your inquiry as TO
the action taken by the Academy e Medi-
cine in reference TO Hoffs Extract Of Malt,
which was submitted to it for action some
weeks since, i have to inform you hat the
Committee of Three to whom !: was re-
ferred, with directions to report upuYit, took
the matter into careful consideratjn, and
on the 9th inst, majority of the committee
presented report thereon. of which the fol
lowing is an extract:
This letter and the following rport are
signed by the chairman of the committee,
DIR. John Fl. Griscom.l
REPORT To THE NEW YORK A-ADEMY Oh
MEDICINE.
"The Committee have ascertainel to what
they consider a sufficient extent, the ingre-
dents of the article, and also its mode of
preparation, and they have reason % believe
that it differs in some marked PARTICULARS
from the usual preparations of mat known
under the name OF Beer, Ale, and Porter,
and they believe it calculated to act as a
mild tonic, and to a certain extent as Nu-
trlment In some cases, in which theordinary
malt liquors might not be found 10 agree.
especially in consequence OF the moderate
quantity of Alcohol it contains in comparis-
on with them, and they feel justified in re-
commencing it to the profession for trial in
appropriate cases.
Sold at Druggists and Grocers. Price
$500 per d Jzen, or 65 cents per single bottle.
CHARLES SPoSHoLz, Agent,
Rock Island
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RADICAL STYLE OF GOVERNMENT.

Under radical rule we now have in this
country:
l. Ten states without a governor or a
legislature of their own choice.
9. A President without the power to ap-
point cabinet of his own selection.
3. A congress in which more than sew.
enty seats are vacant.
4. A supreme court whose decisions are
about to be invalidated.
5. A commander-in-chiefw without an ar
my-and
6. A constitution which is without au
thorify.
And when Andrew Johnson is convicted
on impeachment, 1.-THE regeneration of the
republic" will be completed in the reign
Of
!. A President who never was and never
could be elected by the people.
30 Temporal! 0 moreS
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By Telegraph.
REPORTED ron THE DAILY ARsus.

ATLANTA, GA, March ll.-In the conven-
ton to-day, congress was requested to pass
laws relieving from political disa biiity oil
the citizens Of Georgia. Yeas l02; nays
s26. A motion to adopt the constitution as
a whole was carried yeas liz; nays Ia.
PROVIDENCE, r.. l., March 1.-THE dem
ocratic state convention met here to-day.
Col. L, s, Watts presided. The following
nominations were made: For Governor
LYMAN Pearce; Lieut.. Governor-Gideon
III. Darfee; Attorney General Geo. FL.
Bliss: Treasurer-James Atkinson. Dele
gates TO the national convention were also
chosen. After adopting resolutions Of the
usual character the convention adjourned.
BURLINGTON, VI, March l2.-Rev. DIR.
Bissell was elected Bishop of Vermont, yes
terday, by the Episcopal convention in SEES
sion here.
BurFALo, n. Y, March l2.-The Harris
oil refinery. with one hundred and fifty bar
rels of oil. and two thousand empty barrels,
was burned here yesterday. Loss $1,000.
Havana, March ia fearful tragedy
occurred here today. A man, whose name
is unknown, attempted to murder his wife
but failed. He then killed one of her com
panions, and committed suicide.
NEw ORLEANS, March l2.-Gen. Han
cock has issued an order Tor the immedi
ate revision of the registration lists for the
approaching election.
LONDON, March ll.-Gen. Dix, American
minister to France, has arrived in this city
1t is understood that he will remain in this
city for two or three weeks. 1t is said thai
he came here on business connected with
the Alabama claims.
The House OF Lords this evening, ir
committee of the whole, agreed to repor
| for the passage of the bill introduced BY
Gladstone, for the abolition of church rates
| Waters, who was recently arrested, ha:
been discharged from custody.
| The case Of Mullaney is to be brought NJ
| in the House of Lords next week.
BERLIN, March 1.-THE treaty just con
cluded between the North German confeder
alton aud the United States, providing 70
the protection of the rights of naturalizeC
citizens, was to day unanimously ratified b,
the federal council.
IL is reported here that proposition wa
recently made to Lord Stanley to submit thu
Alabama claims TO the arbitration of Prus
STA, and that he was willing to entertain thu
proposition, SO far as it applied to the ques
ton of indemnity. but refused TO submit Il
the other points in dispute.
| AUGUSTA, Ga. March ll.-Sergeant Bate
arrived here this afternoon. His trip from
| Vicksburg has been perfect ovation. H,
was received here by the citizens and wei
| coined to the hospitality of the city by Lieut.
| Els. Sergeant Bates will remain at tn,
Plantation hotel for few days before re
Stunning his trip to Washington.
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Cholera.

A cure for this disease may be found in
the use of Perry Davis Pain Killer.
have used the medicine known as Perry
Davis Vegetable Pain Killer in my family
Tor the last twelve months, and have great
pleasure in testifying to its very valuable
properties. would not on any account be
without 1t. During the existence of the
Cholera last year, used no medicine of any
sort but the Pain Killer, although myself
and several members of my family were at
tackled by it severely and am happy to saw
that the Pain Killer was equal to every EN-.
Urgency it was both a preventive and a
certain cure. / consider l should not be
doing my duty to the community did 1 no,
say this much. If were attacked by the
Cholera to-day, the Pain Killer would be the
only remedy i should use. have thoroughly
tested it, and know It can be relied on.
| +. +. BERGINsEND,
feb24dwlm. Galena, Ill.
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........................$3,S36 300 90

This does not include the military expens-
| es of the bureau. From this exhibit it will
be seen that over half million of dollars
have been expended by the government in
building and furnishing school houses for
darkies, and in paying the salaries of the
"trooly loyil" school teachers, white and
black, male and female, with which this sec
ton abounds. The number of schools thus
| provided and sustained by the government
| is Isl.
A very pretty piece of business, is it not
But 0, we are educating the darkies, and
it is work of necessity and benevolence.-
But when did this government ever expend
four millions, or any other sum, to educate
the poor white people of this country p
What RI Ihts or claims have the niggers over
the whites
Who educated US whites Did we educate
| ourselves by our own energies, or did some
government appropriate money, build
school houses, and employ teachers to do
it? If the negroes are capable of taking
care of themselves, are qualified for self
government, to hold Office, and all that sort
of business, it seems to be very mean in
suit to their abilities to intrude our school
marms upon them TO teach them to read,
write, and practice loyalty.
1t strikes US as being a very mean bust
ness to take millions of dollars out of the
pockets of the lahoring whites of the north,
to still further educate" race already de-
clared to be, at least, our equals in every
attribute of manhood. But thus do these
radicals in power display their consistency
| and honesty. They acknowledge, by max
| ing appropriations for such purposes as are
| referred to by Gen. Grant, that all their
claims in behalf of the negroes are lies and
cheats, that he is a low and degraded being,
totally unfit for the position to which they
are elevating him. But they propose TO
make him over, to re-create Gods creation.
They will have good time doing it. When
| they can make horse out of goat, when
| they can make lion out of ground monse,
then they can make a white man out of q
| negro, and not before.
All these appropriations of the public
money are barefaced robberies of the peo-
| pie. The negro, as a race, cannot be edu-
| Gated to standard above the average of
| white children fourteen years of age. And
after all the years of education, and the
millions of money expended, and the greatest
possible learning and intelligence is instl.ed
into their weak and imbecile minds, if left
alone, one generation will see them back to
their native barbarism. They would retro
| grade to cannibals and snake worshippers
This is the negro history the world over, and
through all time. This attempt, then, to
educate" negroes, is the widest and most
ridiculous of all the folly of mankind. Time
will prove that we are right in this matter,
and the Indignation of an outraged people
| will burl the whole race of spurious philan-
| thropists now stealing our money for such
poor purposes down to the doom they so
| richly merit.-Nontpeler ~ Argus and
| Patriot
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feb24dlu

We welcome to our columns again our old
friend DIR. Humphreys and his Specific
homeopathic Remedies. We have known
the Dr. for many years, and known him as
conscientious christian gentleman, and an
accomplished physician. We have used his
Specifics ourselves and they are used extern
sively among our friends, and are free to
say, that they are all that they claim to be
invaluable Family Medicines. All who have
the pleasure of DR.. HIS acquaintance kno"
that he would offer nothing to the public I'M
less it was fully up to the standard OF recon-
mendation.- Christian Advocate
fahohd m
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As to Mr.. johnson, individually. it is moi
the duty of democrats to assume his defence
He is not their election; he has not been
an exponent of their policy to assume a
JOINT responsibility with him for his acts
would be too much for party who did not
INSPIRE them, and who never were consulted
as to their commission. But it is the duty
OF democrats to denounce impeachment; to
preserve the executive Office from encroach-
ment; and to combat at every step the usur-
pations of the partisan congress. When
ever blow is aimed at Mr.. johnson that
through him would reach the constitution.
then should democrats defend him. not for
the sake of the man, but for the sake of
what is endangered beyond him. When Mr..
Johnson interposes himself between congress-
anu some interest of the people which con.
Rress would destroy, then will democrats as.
ei', mf: Johnson, not as the individual. bn,
Do 'ne puiwark which binders a usurnat;on
Ut Gohserves vital interest.
"nat radicalism has most to fear between
now ana November is a calm, dispassionste
examination of its action and motives To
prevent this examination, it would gladly
plunge the country into terrorism. Men
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The undersigned has secured the agency
for the we'll known Grover & Baker Sewing
Machines and has constantly Oh hand and
for sale large assortment of the Elastic or
Grover d Baker Stitch, as well as the Lock
or Shuttle Stitch Machines. He would call
special attention to their No l Manufactur.
ing Machine, which. for shoe making and
tailoring purposes, is far ahead of any yet
gotten up.
Stamping, embroidering and sewing done
to order.
Machines for sale at factory prices.
A. J. SWANSON.
feb24dlm.
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On the Sd inst, the municipal election OF
Pana, H., was held. The Democrats
achieved splendid triumph. The Pans
Orient thus gives the result:
"Notwitanding the most desperate and unscru-
pulous electioneering efforts Of our opponents
among the foreign voters, the democracy elected
their mayor, clerk, city attorney "a gain ovel
last year, and alderman in the second ward
Politically, the council stands heretetore,-'sli
and lf,-with a democratic mayor to give the
casting yote.'
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Last week we copied an item from the
Mercer County Press, stating that Joseph
Pittman, of Premption. had been convicted
ofan attempt to kill Mr.. Waugh, of that
place, and that the jury fixed his punish
ment at one year in the penitentiary. The
Press of this week says:
''Joseph Pittman was allowed a new trial and
afterwards plead guilty to the charge of commit
ting bodily injury with q deadly weapon, and
fined by the Judge $1,000, the extent of the
law"
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Whole number of Delegates

Whole number Of Delegates
The committee would recommend that tns
.onn mT meetings to appoint delegates. be held
on saturday, March 2ssh, at suon places as .ns
a ths same time that they nominate candidates.
for township officers, appoint township and schoo
district committees, form a democratic club. "a
nIan for which will be found in the ARGUS OF
this week, for their own townships, and organ
ize for the coming presidential campaign.
J. NJ. BUFoRD, Rock Island,
CHARLES ENeEL, Rock Island,
THOMAS KERR, Black Hawk,
LEWIS WILssN, Coal Valley,
D. S. METxaAR, Port Byron.
Democratic County Committee.
Rock Island, March 5, 1868.
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Mr.. Andrew Shuman, one of the commits.
sioners of the Illinois peniten.iary, Induces
in somewhat lengthy essay on the assumed
to bel successful management of that inst
tuition upon the Estate control system. T,
Is, perhaps, not remarkable, however. that
MR.. Shuman should fail to answer the ones.
ZION ZION as to the disbursement of some $500.
ooo which the commissioners, in less thar
eighs months, have drawn from the state
treasury. Mr.. Shuman not only fails to ex.
plain but fails to come anywhere within
veny long range of an explanation. He
s .Sdts aOOas the necessity of buying
ring new guards. &C., &C., bnt does not men A.
ton what amount of money has actually
been Paid for any of these tbines ''' The
commissioners have, flor precautionary ron :.
ons," laid in a large stock of materials. hm.
It appears they have not yet found ma, 10.
.or any manufactures. Is the assumption
tna' the institution is paying expenses a
"ele guess prsdicated upon the expec.a.
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ton of selling the products Of the convict
labor under the estate control" system at
some future day? One might also guess,
after reading Mr.. Commissioners Shuman's
letter, that those who are the least able 10
explain whether the new system is succsss
OF a failure are the commissioners them
selyes.-Chica0o Times.
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Notice.

Mi. >. r. e: Marxsen and myself, having
purchased of wadsworth & Co, their stock
OF Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, corner Of
Brady and Second streets, would be pleased
at any time to show our good. to INV old
friends and acquaintances Of Rock Island.
Davenport, March l0th.dlw.
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At Wadswo1th's.

A full line of White Goods just opened, al
so Ladies and Gents Paper Collars and cuffs,
Prints, Ginghams and MusLns. They have
the best assortment of carpets in town and
their prices are always the lowest.
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The state penitentiary now pays the state over
a thousand dollars a week. We wouldn't mind
holding few shares in its stock Fondalia
H. Democrat
Dur friends of the Democrat are mistaken.
Instead of this institution paying the state a
Thousand dollars per week, from the best in
formation we can get, the state pays it more
than thousand dollars per week That is,
at the special session of the Legislature last
summer, three hundred thousand dollars
was appropriated to run the penitentiary,
and we believe that at least two thirds of the
whole amount has already been drawn from
the state treasury in less than years time.
Register, 7M.
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Go In tina Best.

Go to to the Bryant & Stratton Iowa state
Business College, to get thorough practice,
business education, or to become good
sound telegraph operator. For circulars ad-
dress enclosing stampsl the Bryant stra'-
ton Commercial College, Davenport, Iowa.
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Dsmoeratic County Convsntlon.

The Democratic and Conservs - -,
.,"n.,as :" county convention to be held ct
the oour. House Rock Island On sssurd ~
for the purpose of appointing 1--WE delegates to
transact As' to spp s,nsr .s ssas
Thought proper, when met.
Each township Win be entitled to one delegate
and also one additional delegate for every 81
democratic votes cast at the last presidentia
olo 49, Hon
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$S,sS6,oOo.

This is the sum which, Gen. Grant says
IN his annual report, was expended by the
negro bureau at the south from the LIST of
October, lS66,~to the 3lst of August, 1867.
In eleven months that negro machine cost
the tax payers of this country almost four
million dollars. Gen. Grant says it was ex-
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vho a-a alarmed do not think or reason.
Lee. every means be used to quiet rather
than excite public feeling. Let the onus Of
nreeipitating a bloody revolut:on-should
one occur-rest upon the oppositaon.-Chs-
t.n0o Times. A
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New York Market.

New York 13arket.
Te,egraphed to the ARsUs.
New YoRK, March. Il.
Cotton-drooping at IS middling uplsnds.
Flour-qull at 10, I0al0,l5 extra state; 9,9oa
II round hoop.
Wheat-quiet and heavy.
Connective and frmer Hash new mixed wes-
tern sfoat; 26aT estern yellow.
0ats-dull at s2a2 for western in store.
Pork-heavy at q ,O5al2 for old mess; $3.50
Ar for new.
Lard-dull and dropping at l4ial6; lattsr ex-
treme.
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A few boarders can fnd nice rooms and
board at Mrs. T. A. Babcock's, in tie west
end of Eggleston's new block, opposite the
court house. inch 2dlw.
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Barrett Chapter No. 18,R. A. NJ meets .
Masonic Hall on the First and Third Tues
days of each month. -,
j. l.. RAMSEY, II. 4.
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Odd Fellows

Rock Island Lodge No. ls, l. " oa ~ FL :;
meets every Monday Evening at ood rel
lows Hall, southeast corner OF limos ant
Eagle Sts., at n o'clock P. M.
GEORGE STockER, N. G.
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