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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-29
raE FISHERIES COMMISSION.

from the Greenport Il. H. Watcnman.l
On Tuesday next the 10Th inst. meeting Is to be
apponted by several OF the North Atlantic States,
including Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, Massa-
cnusetts Rnole Island Connecticut Pennsylvan
and New York. IL Is probable that the CHIEF part OF
the time OF this conference will be devoted to sub
Jecs connected with the preservation and propaga-
ton or fsh in rivers. lakes and streams. and that
not much attention Will be paid TO the seacoast sh-
cries or measu best adapted to their advancement.
Yet II would he easy 10 snow that IN point Of real
Importance and actual commercial value the latter
PIKE pckerel perch, &c., are fish which as yet
tribute more 10 the enjoyment Of sporLsmen Than to
the supply OF food for man and while IL Ii right anu
proper that steps should be taken TO preserve them
from indiscrnnate capture and TO extend their de-
veoplnent In waters now destitute OF tem II Ia also
manifest that they should be sueie ed to absorb
public attention TO the exclusion OF more important
lntei eSts. The edible isn found In the markets OF
ITS estuaries-bays, creeks &C. That tins supply Of
food TO great masses OF population Is variable
and IN respect 10 certain varieties has OF late years
rather tended to dun nsh, thereby raising the price,
about this state OF things, ana the remedies that
promise TO work reformation, are fitting subjects
Tor these commissioners OF Fisheries to consider,
and we hope they Will be considered. Moreover, in
the single item OF the menhaden or "bunker'
nshery-porgies they are called on the coast OF
Malne-a business has grown up within fifteen or
eighteen years past that now counts Its returns in
the shape Of OIL and guanO by millions OF dollars
and that stretches from the easternm0st limits OF
Maine 10 the capeS OF the Chesapeake. Is not such
an interest deserving the notice OF body represent
ing the states whose Inhabitants are engaged in II
Legislation Is needed for tue regulation or this
MAIDEN fishery, and probably JOINT compact In re-
latlOn to 1t between the several States to whose
coasts the fish resort would be productive OF most
beneficial results. VIII the commissioners from New
York take the Initiative In this matter2
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-29
FATAL aENcoNTRe BETWEEN FIaEmEM IN NASHVILLE.
[Prom tine Nashville Banner, Dec. 25.l

lFrOm the Nashville Banner, Dec. ISL
Rice MOoten, colored, was shot and almost in
stanty killed by Alexander Gleaves, coored, about
q quarter past ten O'Clock last night. The circum-
stances, related to by those who witnessed the
decd. appear TO have been as folows:-Both OF the
parties belonged to the no0k aud Ladder Company.
Wooten had been drinking quite freely and con-
Quoted himself In very bOlsterOus manner from an
early hour III the evening" lie stood at the door
OF the rendezvous and threw pieces OF crackers
IN tle faces OF passers by until compelled
by one OF the 0nlcers OF the company to
desist, whercupon he entered the building
and commenced abusing every one who came In his
way, applying to them the most opprObrious epthets
ana evInclng determination TO provoke q quarrel.
At last he turned upon Geaves and denounced hlm
as coward, &c. The latter endeavored to avoid
hum. but Wooten persisted ia his violence and struck
Geaves upon the head with his fist following up the
blow with further abuse. Geaves then seized stick
apparatus, broke over Wootens head and retreated
up stairs. where he armed himself with pistol In
the meantime Wo0ten had gone towards the front
door, but as soon az he Gleaves descending the
stairs he again made towards him in q threatening
manner. ihe latter snapped his pistol twice and
again retreated up stairs. On his return he was
greeted with the same demonstrations from WOOten,
who In his drunken rage closed In with him and cut
him badly behind the lett shoulder with a knife
which he had been n0urishing throughout the even
Ing. Gleave5 was compelled In Sell-deence TO fire
upon him. The ball passed directly through the
heart OF Wooten, who cried "Oh, my ~ sank upon
the hoor and died in about two minutes Not drop
OF blood lowed externally from the wound.
Coroner Norvell held an inquest over the remains
was entirely justiiable. Gleaves wound Is severe
and in a dangerous locality the knife blade having
penetrated about two inches from behind the left
shoulder.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-29
INTERESTING TO CATTLE aassas AND BEEF EATERS.
The So-Callcd Texas Cattle Plagne-Rcport
of the Ohio state Commissioners.


The commissioners appointed by the Governor of
Ohio 10 investigate the causes, &C., Of the cattle
plague In Texas have made their report from which
we take the following points or INTEREST,"
Concerning the essential nature Of the disease t
may be stated that the blood seems always TO be
prominently involved. Microscopic Investigations
have revealed the presence lin the blood OF minute
fungus, more properly the spores OF such plants.
Ine spores nave aiso been found In me blood 70
not been found in the blood Of our native cattle.
whether the spores are the cause or the result OF the
disease, or are merely concomtant remains to be
demonstrated. Numerous diseases OF the human
system were formerly accounted for on the spOre
theory for example, various forms or fevers chol-
era, measles, &C., were supposed to be produced by
the presence IN the blood Of certain fungus spores
The potato rot ioo was at one time supposed to be
been discarded by physicians and scientific men
generally.
The period OF incubation OF the disease or the first
appearance OF Its earliest symptoms varies from
fifteen TO thirty or even forty days, dating from the
time the native cattle have been first put upon the
grounds or yards previously occupied by Southern
cattle.
or native cattle. mich cows are the most suscepti-
be TO the diseases steers and oxen are somewhat less
30 and calves still less. Horses mules aud also deer
have died OF SYMPTOMS OF the Texas cattle disease
IN Arkansas Missouri and also in Illinois. Though
the disease under consideration is everywhere be-
heved TO originate from Texas cattle, yet no one
seemed 70 Know postvey whe,nea Inc aisease does
allowed TO remain undisturbed upon their native
pasture; nor Is anything definitely known as to ita
causes, the circumstances under which It has It's
origin and development
No remedy Tor this disease upon which reliance
can be placed has yet been found. Very nearly oil
the cases which have occurred among native cattle
have proved fatal IN few days. Texas and Chero-
kce cattle are likely to recover. small num-
Der OF sick animals recover in Ohio, under the use
OF calomel given internally, In sixty grain doses,
twice daily, until free purgation was produced.
ouinlne with diluted sulphuric acid and water,
were given, In Illinois, with success IN few cases.
The internal use OF carbolic acid has been conf
IDENTIFY recommended, the recommendation being
based upon the theory that the diseased condition
OF the blood caused by the fungus plants or spores
above referred to. Proper care during transporta-
ton would prevent the spread OF the disease and
render 1t less dangerous and more aenabie to treat
ment
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-29

APPLE RAISING IN TEXAS. That apples are raised
An Texas OF superior qualify have only TO refer to
the fact noticed by the Sherman Enquirer that sew
eral wagon loads were on the streets OF Gonzales
from Grayson county. The Enquirer says that the
last fow years have proved beyond question the
adaptabNfy of that section for fruit raising, that It's
climate and coil are exactly fitted for fruit culture.
The Enquirer adds:-"Rev. w. q. Gentry raised on
his little orchard $500 bushels OF apples besides
peaches and pears, many bushels OF EACH" The or
chars OF Texas are destined TO be great feature in
its future prosperity. CabbaEes are raised in that
county to weigh twelve pounds when Invested OF all
surplus leaves and stalk. valuable farm contain.
ing $40 acres says the Crockett sentinel 100 acres Of
witch are bottom land cleared and under excellent
renee with dwelling, stables blacksmith shop and
negro houses sold Tor 1000, gold 'f4
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-29

lCorrespondence OF the Georgetown tKy.) Times
11pC. ol1

correspondence OF the Georgetown tKy) Times,
Dec. 23.1
Last spring young man by the name OF Garner
bought an interest in sawmill at q little town a
few miles from this place, and while engaged IN the
lumber business there he fell desperately IN love
with young lady Of high standing, whose name
omit, and was engaged to he married TO her. lie
procured license and made oil necessary arrange
ments for the wedding. when he took a wild goose
chase and left lor parts unknown, and was never
heard from until few days ago, having turned up
as one OF the express robbers VINO was recently hung
Dy mob AZ New Albany, Ind. NY informant, OF
this county, was present OF the hanging OF the rob.
bers three IN numberh IL Is nopeo that oil fast
young men OF our country may take warning froru
Meir fate and not be led into temptation.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-14

Judge Jeremiah 5. Black has entered the
canvass in behalf Of Seymour and Blair, and
made telling speech at York, Pa, last
week. After reviewing the conduct of the
political parties to show that the friends Of
a constitutional government were the true
friends Of the nation, Judge Black pro
ceeded to say:
"The consequence Of radicasm is that
we have the most cuTrupt government on
the face Of the earth. | cannot speak with
accuracy, but believe am within reasoua
bic bounds when tell you that thousand
millions would not cover the frauds commit.
ted since the close Of the war, We have
the heaviest debt that the industry of any
people ever struggled under without being
totally crushed, and il is increasing instead
of being diminished. We are taxed enough
to keep the government running and to pay
off the whole debt in ten years if the money
were honestly applied. One-half the
internal revenue imposed by the federal
government and collected from the people is
stolen before it reaches the treasury, and
the other half is squandered by congress in
the most eXtravsgant corruption. Before
the war our current expenses we're less than
seventy.fve millions Of dollars; now they
are nearly four hundred millions, besides
| the interest on the national debt, and with
out counting what is stolen IN tydnsitu.'
! This, he said, is the necessary result Of
| tyranny and oppression.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-14
The Price Of Cold the Result Of Radical Man.


II is three years and more since the war
was ended GU the banks Of the Appomattox,
aud yet this country is not as near specie
payments as it was few weeks after Lees
capitulatioE, when gold sank TO Is. The
insane tanatical policy Of congress towards
the south, which has been more wasting
even than our armies, has DESTROYED conf.
dence, paralyzed industry, prevented the
flow thence Of capital, repressed enterprise,
and defeated immigration and hence the
south has not been able to do her part 20.
wards the national recuperatiOn. la the
north the people have been burdened with
an inordinate tariff and oppressive internal
taxes, with an uncertain financial policy.
with extrayagaut expenditures, and at the
same time have been assiduously and mis-
cheivously taught that their southern breth.
ern are not to be trusted, and that their
pledges Of obedience to law and acceptance
Of the results Of war are false and hypocriti
cal. Is it any wonder that under such lead
ership prices are kept up, aud trade Ian
guishes, while the national receipts decline I
With competent statesmen in congress, with
such an unrivalled country, such exhaustless
resources, and so active and inventive a PEG
pie, we ought long since TO have been re
leased from the grasp OF the Spectator by
making the national promise to pay equaI
in gold value to its iace.--NdtioHdt IHte!i
geacCr. .r
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-14
TO Jos. II. PArrEN, Esq.
The Rump's Tariff. How Much it Costs the
People of Illinois.

The whole commercial business OF the
country last year amounted to over eleven
thousand millions Of dollars. Of that bu.
siness Illinois contributed in excess Of one
thousand millions Of dollars, over one.tenth
of the whole. 1t is impossible to determine
the exact proportion Of the business, BUTT IS
certainly safe to estimate that Onehtth OF
the business in the state is based upon the
sale and transfer of manufactured articles
aud other articles subject to the rump tariff
This includes all imported articles Of con
sumption, such as coffee, tea, spices, ETC., as
well as all manufactured articles Of all
kinds, character aud description whatever,
those manufactured at home and those man
uiactured abroad. The average rate of tariff
upon all articles made dutable by the rump,
taking into consideration consumption, is 60
per cent. To that extent it protects home
manufacturers, and enables them to add that
much to the rates Of sale.
Illinois, of the whole amount, does at
least one thousand millions of the trade; the
one.ffth of that is two hundred millions of
dollars, on which the rump charges sixty per
cent.
Sixty per cent. is siXsiXteentbs of the two
hundred millions, which equals seventy five
millions of dollars, the half OF which trade
is done by the middle dealer, the other half
by the consumer--that is, the laborer the
fIrmer the merchant and the mechanic of
Illinois pay to the rump for their tariff each
year at least thirty.two millions five hundred
thousand dollars 1t costs the people Of
Rock Island county nearly million Of dol.
/ l. L. Il ~ i,vb
subserves no good purpose, does not Lelp to
pay the public debt is each year, by the
Tump policy abstraeted from their pockets.
The manufacturers pay five per cent, man
uiacturers' tax; the government charges
the people sixty per cent, thus giving the
manufacturer So per cent. premium against
the people, and 55 per cent. protection
against competition. This policy results dis
astrously to the revenue. The rates of du-
ties are so high that they amount to an ex.
clusion Of foreign manufactured articles, and
the government derives nothing from that
source.
A tariff for revenue purposes would con.
tribute largely to the liquidation Of the pub
lie burdens, and would save the people of
the state of Illinois two.thirds of the wealth
pundered from them by the protection pol
icy of the rump.
The people pay this sixty per cent. when
they buy their ten and their coffee; their
calico dresses and their cotton goods; their
silks and their fine linen; their shawls and
their shoes their stoves and their tinware ;
in short, they pay it upon everything that is
imported, and everything manufactured; in
! that way the rump robs the people of Illinois
each year Of thirty.two millions five hun
| bred thousand dollars.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-14

On the 18th ultimo terrible earthquake
visited the cities along the coast of Peru
and Ecuador, whereby $4,000 lives were
lost, and property valued at three hundred
millions of dollars destroyed, The earth.
quake extended from Bolivia to the south.
ern ports of Chill, on the coast, and over
one hundred miles inland. Many towns
and cities were either wholly or partly de.
stroyed. Vessels in harbors were also de.
stroyed-among them the U. S. store.shiP
Fredopia, which had a heavy amount of
stores on board. All hands were lost.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-14
By Telegraph.
REPORTED FOR THE DAILY ARGUS.

CoNCoRp, n. H., Sept. Ii Tx. President
Pierce still continues to gain. lie is not
yet out Of danger, but probabilities are
strong in favor of his recovery.
The remains Of the late Edwin Stevens,
who died in Paris reached this city yester'
dav. .a
CHICAGO, Sept. l4.--The freight depot OF
the Northwestern r. H., destroyed by fire
Yesterday. contained, in addition TO large
Quantity Of miscellaneous freight, $500 bar
reIq of iiour. $50 sacks Of wool and 200
bales of hops The building was valued at
al,ont $4,000. Not far from $4,000 dam.
oao was done to cars The entire loss is
Tonghlv estimated at between $4,000 and
100000 The origin of the fire is not vet
explained.
A barn on Reuben street, occupied by
Carter H. Harrison, was burned yesterday,
involving a loss, according to Mr.. Harrsons
estimate, Of $4,000. 4 mare valued at 81
900 was burned.
BRIDGEPoRT, Conn, Sept. l4.-1he most
intense excitement was created here yester-
day, by the discovery Of a hendish outrage
on highly respectable young lady OF this
city, BY negro. The negro was arrested
shortly after the commission OF the outrage,
aud it was with the greatest difficulty that
the authorities could protect the scoundrel
from the fury of the excited people, He was
finally committed to jail to await his trial.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-14
Course Of Studies.

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For additional information apply to or address
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SO Van Buren, Street, Chicago.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-14
Soldiers Graves.

"These bonds are as sacred as the soldiers
graves"
The above monstrous; inhuman extract
was taken from the speech of Gen. Hawley
when he was elected temporary chairman OF
the Chicago convention.
Do YOU, who have dead relatives sleeping
in our cemetery believe these bonds are as
sacred as their graves2
Do you believe their blood is TO be meas.
ured by money?
Do YOU think even their services to the
government can be estimated in money, much
less their last resting place
We do not. No doubt Gen. Hawley and
his kind DO.
We have always said that even Geu,Grant
cared naught fc- the rank and file Of the
soldierv. as shown in his useless slaughter
of men. We believe it, and say the facts
prove it.
Dead soldiers don't vote,hence Gen. Haw.
ley, the chosen representative of the radical
party. on the occasion of the Chicago con
reution can speak thus lightly Of them-can
thus desecrate their memories and slur their
incalculabIe services to the government.
Paper bonds as sacred as the soldiers
graves Had democrat used such an infa-
nous assertion, the entire moboratic spirit of
the radical party would have rallied to have
hung the copperhead. ..-....
We defend the soldier who laid down his
life on the field in support of his views and
those of his government from the fou! and
moustrous assertion. o.,
We don't believe bonds purchased with
greenbacks at forty cents on the dollar are
hardly as good as greenbacks, at least 'ha'
they are simply promises to pay anG snA'
one promise to pay is as good as ano'nSI -
Hence we propose paying thsmln g Ts9.
promises notwithstanding Gen Ha%ley
opinion that they are as sacred as soldiers
graves, and in doing it the friends otthe De,
ceased soldier will not think we desecrated
his grave half so much as Gen. H'sinfsmous
remarks.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-14
a y N q " " NJ Y Y
Rock Island, Sept. l4th, 1868.
(Cummunicated.)

EDITOR ARGus.--Supposing that you and
your readers would like to know something
about the gye1t republican rally last Satur,
day evening in Rapids City, | thought
would give you some information on thesub-
ject, which hope will be acceptable.
Well, the Hampton tanners came up in
wagons and numbered IS lamps in process
sion and perhaps dozen more scatter
ing III wagons and other places The band
OF music promised aud the three speakers
were not preseut-OHiy Capt HRverstck to
speak to the intelligent people Of this place,
which think was undertaking US, consider.
ing he is only sent to out of the way places,
obscure school houses &c. Well, he had his
piece very will committed to memory
suppose the same one he favored the sheep
and geese with on a former occasion. He
commenced by saying he did not know what
kind Of talk the people here would like to
listen to, as he wasn't much acquainted with
this section of the country. He then tried
hard to convince the audience that he was d
carpet Dagger and scsllawRg and presume
he succeeded. Next he made the broad as.
sertlon that the democratic party, north and
south, connected and planned and consumma-
| ted the rebellion, and were answerable for all
the blood and treasure spent in crashing the
rebellion also all the corruption and mis-
| cry growing out OF it charged the frauds ON
| the government on Andrew johnson, aud
| then charged the democratic senators with
more than two.thirds OF the senate republi.
| cam with preventing the removal OF the
head and front Of al this corrupton-which
the Cap. was forced to admit existed
somewhere. This naturally led him into the
financial question, which he Aoundered
| through for some time, utterinr the most
glazing talsehoods and contradictions some.
times on one side Of the question aud some
times on the other. He, however, went in
unequiVocally for paying the bonds, princi.
and interest, in gold but admitted that the
| democratic plan would make money mncb
plenter, which brought smiles Of artcpa.
tioa from the brouzed face OF many a SON Of
toll. He spoke feelingly Of the scarcity of
rocks in his own pocket, appealed touching.
" to the people TO subscribe for tie Rock
| Island Uniol aud discard democratic iper,.
He then went on to say that the democratic
parry, although they had been in power al.
most uniuterruptedly for half century had
not used the revenues of the country for the
! purposes of benehting the west developing
It's resources, building the Pacific railroad
| ut is but little over half that time since rail
roads were inveuted) when he certainly
| knows that democratic administrations &C
quired every foot of the vast west, every foo
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-14

The silly talsehood that the poor pay no
taxes is run threadbare by oyerwork in the
cause Of radics,sm. 1t is more true to say
that none but the poor pay taxes. ltthe
merchant pays duties, or an extra price for
his goods, he charges it up to the consumer,
together with interest upon his money.
Take an example on railroad Tariffs, which
is but a pat and parcel Of all commercial
transactions
The Philadelphia Age says; 1t is some.
times asked, Who pays the interest on the
railroad bonds? aud the answer given Is the
corporation. Not so. Suppose railroad
has a debt of million of dollars at eight
per cent. interest and the farmer has got
some potatoes to send to market. When the
railroad meu come to calculate their expens-
es they calculate the interest on their debt
and include it with their expenses, and the
farmer in the country, and the mechanic at
the end Of the line who buys the potatoes,
pay the interest on the debt.