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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-12

COMMITTEES FOR Gov. EDEN's MEETING
The Rock Island Democratic Club appoint
ed the following committees for the county
meeting, for Gov. Eden, which takes place
next week Wednesday:
To Receive and Introduce the Speakers. W
Drurr, II c. Connolly, b. D. Buford
To Erect Speakers Stand-Joseph A. Gray
George Carlton, +, j, Underwood,
On Flags and Decoration OF stand-Wm. @
Blackburn, Charles W. Skinner, l. N. Kirkpat'
rick
0 . Peter Schlemmer, f. Lucas, J. h
On ,iug-Milton Jones, W. H. Lundy, 10
seph a. Biddison.
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Torographed to the ARsus.

TelcgraPhed to the ARSUs.
CHICAGO, August Il.
Flour dull, unchanged, choice grades easier.
Wheat firm, good demand, better, No ? new
salahlo at II, No | now ,S6AS7, No red 2,O5.
Corn active, steady, No LOl4ai on spot, aud
l,OO!aI settler month.
Oats heavy, lower, 54ls55.
Rye quiet, steady, l,Ssa42
Barley duh nominal
Mess Pork 29,25
Lard uominally Is.
LAVE STOCK,
UNION srocK YARDS, August ! ?
Cgttle-Rec'd 81 cars. Extra 6,75a7,0O, fair
to good 5,O0a6 90, stOckers 2,25a4,25.
Hogs-Ree'd SO. Extra s,S5alO, 90, good to
Ehoice 9,S7a9,7b.
sheep--Rec'd 10 oars Choice 5,O0a5,25 good
t,5Oa4,75.
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Daily argus.


orders for jon RRINrISa will meet with proup
attention At tbA ARaus 0FETCE, and pc Sheou'ou
in the very best nan aer and at reasonable rates
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-12

KIEsow's. - If you want to buy Dry
Goods at a low price, go to Kiesow's,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-12

GEN. SINGLETON speaks in the Court
House Saturday evening. Circulate the
news and get out big crowd.
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DIED

At Hampton, H.. Monday, august 49, .6,n. ~ a
DR., J. V. H. JUDD, after an Illness %
mouths, IL. -. =, -.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-12

'oarY Cent? line will be charged for
each insertion of oil articles under this head,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-12
READY GLAZED SASH.

IN CONNECTION with my Planning Mill,
l. have opened Ware Room for the sale Of
Primed and Glazed Sash, where will keep con-
stantly on hand all sizes Of these articles, which
l can sell at much cheaper rates than they can
be purchased for elsewhere. l obtain my Glass
from the manufactures at Pittsburg, thereby
saving the profits which others must pay who
buy in this market. All Builders, Farmer and
others in want Of Sash will consult their own in
terest by giving me a cali before purchasing else
where, as am offering unusual inducements fol
his trade. J. A. BIDDIS0N.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-12

LEVEE, NEAR FERRY LANDING.
The subscriber, at his, shop on the Levee, near
Woltman's, invites the attention of his friends
and the public generally to his large and complete
stock of Brass and Iron Goods, such as Steam
Cocks, Valves, Water Gauges, Whistles, Oil Cups,
Beer Cocks, Pumps, Gas and Steam Pipe Of all
sizes, Zinc, Rabbit Metal, etc, etc.
Steam and Gas work promptly attended to ans
put up in workmanlke manner.
Gas fixtures of all kinds for sale.
Gas filters supplied
He has screw cutting machine, which cuts
screws upon gas and steam pipe from Of an
inch 10 inches--the largest machine west Of
Chic ago.
e JACOB RILEY.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-12

FAHlLN CASESs
Of IS to 10 large Walls, moroc-
co or rosewood case, contain
ing a specific for every ordina-
nv disease q family is subject
to, and books of directions,
From $40 to $35
Smaller Family and Travelling Cases,
with 20 to Is Instrumentation So to SO
Specifics for all Private Diseases, both
for Curing and for Preventive treat
ment in walls and pocket cases.frem $2 to 50
PONDS EXTRACT,
Cures Burns, Bruises, Lamene IS,
Soreness, Sore Throat, sprains,
Toothache, Earache. Neuralgia,
Rheumatism, Lumbago, Piles, Sore
Ewes. Boils, Stings, Bleeding of the
Lungs, Nose, Stomach, or of Piles;
Corns, Ulcers, Old Sores. Price SO
cts. to @1.75.
va These Remedies, except PONDS EN-
TRACT, by the case or single box, are sent to
any part of the country, by mail or express, Tree
of charge, on receipt of the price
Address HUMPHREYS' SPECIFIC
HEMEOPATHIC MEDICINE co,
Office and Depot, No. 562 BROADWAY, New York.
DR.. HUMPHREYS is consulted daily at hi, ofice,
personally or by letter as above, for all forms Of
disease.
For sale by L. 5. BALLARD, and STEVEN
SON & CARNAHAN, Davenport, Iowa, and ..
GROTJAN, Rock Island.
febl4dly.
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SPECIAL uoTruus.

n X. JAMES, FORMERLY or JAMES
- Lock Hospital, Custom House street, New
Orleans, La, lestabltshed In 1851, for tbs las,
seven years located in Chicago, H., can be con.
sailed At his office and parIors,
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Stocks and Money.

Telegrnphed 70 the ARGUS.
9 NEW YORK, Aug. IL.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-18

--LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE CATER
have further news from
the plantations Of Edisto, Wadma-
law and the adjoining sea islands.
The cotton, generally, notwithstand-
ing the rains, is in excellent condi-
ton, and much further advanced
towards maturity than at this time
last year, The only apprehension
now entertained by the planters is
with regard to the ravages of the
caterpillar. This voracious worm
had made his appearance, in greater
or less numbers, in almost every por-
ton Of the islands, and had badly
eaten out one tract on Edisto OF
about forty acres. With this excep-
ton, the actual injury inflicted by
the caterpillar, thus far, had been
slight.
In Florida, the operations of the
worm have begun early, and been
much more serious. A correspond
ent, writing on the 9th instant, from
the fertile County of Jackson, in
West Florida, says: "The cotton
crop OF this County will be entirely
eat up by the caterpillar, by the last
of this month. Many fields are
already eaten to q hone y-comb, and
the older worms began to web wcel,
since. Charleston Ne,cS.
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INcENDIARIsM.- M.-We learn, from a
merchant of this city, who arrived
here on Friday, that he passed at a
place called Joiner's Station, on the
Weldon and Wilmington Railroad,
the smouldering embers of two stores.
These stores were fired the night be-
fore, as was surmised, by negroes.
Several lounging freedmen, he
learned, had been arrested, charged
with having goods in their possession
taken from the stores before the
torch of the incendiary had been ap-
piled. .-Charleston Courier.
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EUROPEAN INTEREST IN THE BoNI

EUROPEAN INTEREST IN THE BOND
QUESTION. ably written commu-
nication in the London Times, of the
28th, (received by the steamer at
New York. on Saturday, aiming to
show that there is nothing in the
platform of either political party
here justifying reputation, is attract
ing much attention in financial cir
clos. The editor of the Times says,
sit Is written by an American iurist
of great experience. Copies of the
letter, in circular form, have been
forwarded by the Barings, and other
prominent banking houses in Lon
don, to their agents in New York,
with inquiries as to whether the
views it expresses are those of our
people at large. This shows the i'm
portance attached to it. Among the
strong points made by the eminent
jurist' is the following:
"There is not, with any class in the
United States, the slightest tendency
towards entertaining the distinct idea
OF reputation. However, partizans,
for the purpose of gaining partizan
advantage, may handy the term 'repu-
diation' against their opponents,
there is not, [ feel quite sure, the
slig ghtest disposition in that direction
with any class or party in the United
States. The two leading political
parties are both equally pledged to
the redemption of the public debt
according to its true legal and equit-
able force and obligation, and both
parties are equally committed not to
go beyond that. No party in Ameri-
ca could stand for an hour which
should profess to go beyond this in
either direction. The masses will
not, OF course, consent to such op-
pressive taxation to pay more than is
due, or in different currency from
what the contract fairly and Justly
requires, and no party will be heard
for an instant to ask that ANYTHING
less than the whole debt and interest
in the currency stipulated should be
paid"
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CURIOUS DIscovERY.-Th Wash
ington Express says: A gentleman in
one of the departments has made o
very curious discovery. Henumbers
each letter of the alphabet, and then
adds the numbers corresponding to
the letters composing the two tickets,
Seymour and Blair, and Grant and
Colfax. The result shows lit for
Seymour and Blair, and 14O for
Grant and ColfaX, the total being
BIT, which is the number of votes in
the Electoral College.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-18

OUTRAGE BY NEGRo-A TRAIN
FULL OF PASSENGERS FIRED INTO. -
On Friday last, while the train on
the North Carolina Railroad was
passing station between Selma and
Raleigh, it was fired into by a negro.
Two shots were discharged at the
passenger coach, and passed through
the car, but struck no one. The
train ut the time was crowded with
delegates and others returning from
the Democratic Convention in Ra-
leigh. - Wilmington Journal.
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HARVEST PRospEcrs. The tele-
graphic reports from oil parts of the
United States, regarding the condi-
tion OF the crops, are full of encou-
ragement. In some districts, the
fruit crop is ut once large and excel
lent. With very few exceptions, the
cereals are abundant. Siuce 1864.
we have had no such crop of wheat.
The presumption now is that it will
be one of the largest ever produced
IN this country. The yield of oats
promises to be good, but not quite
up to the standard of last year. Cot
ton, sugar and tobacco have not
been so extensively grown as in years
gone by; but, considering the surface
covered, the yield is encouraging.
The hay crop of this year is almost
without parallel in former times.
Considering the extreme drought
which has prevailed all over Europe.
almost everywhere diminishing uuan-
tity, and bearing in mind that the
supplies from the Black Sea will be
less than they have been for years
past, the presumption is that our
exports this coming season will be
unprecedently large.
New York Herald.
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The PRESIDENT AND THE DEMooRA.

THE PRESIDENT AND THE DEMooRA.
TIC o,NoMINEEs.-''Data," the usually
Weii.lnformed correspondent Of the
baltimore Sun, says the reports sent
hence relative to the feeling of the
administration toward the Democra-
Ilc nominees for President and Vice
PRESIDENT are erroneous. There has
Deen no formal consideration of this
subject in cabinet. So far as Mr..
johnson is concerned, it is certain
Inat he will support Seymour and
Blair, and several members of the
CABINET are as decidedly in favor OF
those candidates.
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Joseph f. Wallace, Esq. has been
commissioned as Clerk of the Court:
Capt. r. II. Glenn as Sheriff; Frank
Q. Harris, as Judge of Probate, and
Calvin Whisnant and Major B. +.
Briggs as County Commissioners
for the County" of York. The
commissions are signed by Governor
Scott, and T. l.. Cardoza, the negro
Secretary of State.
''D-N THE TAXES. Nearly all
the members of the carpet-bag circus
have drawn their pay for their very
valuable services rendered the State.
Some of them insisted on not taking
the Patton notes, for they wouldn't
pass. and when told that the notes
would at least pay taxes, tho reply is,
ooh, d-n the taxes, 7 haven't got
any to pay" o
Montgomery Adcejtiser.
"REBEL SYMrATH1zERs. "A letter
in the Albany Argus, from q New
York soldier, stationed at New Iberia,
Louisiana, says: 81 will be home in
time to cast q vote for Seymour.
There are twenty-five Democratic
voters in my company, whose time
will be out in September, all of whom
will cast their votes for Democratic
nominees"
A disorderly crowd of colored men,
armed with bludgeons and stones,
marched in procession through the
streets of Charleston, on Saturday
night; and rocked tho guard house
and the street cars as they passed.
Arriving at the battery, they were
enlighted by incendiary addresses
from f. j. Moses, Mackey and others.
The first execution under the new
law regulating capital punishment in
England took place on the 18th.
Wells, eighteen years of
age. was hung in the prison yard, for
the murder of q railway station mas
ter. The execution was witnessed
by only the necessary officers, and
three or four private citizens.
THE GREAT ECLIPSE. The celestial
phenomenon of total eclipse Of the
sun, which was to be visible longer
than any other eclipse observed in
times, took place yesterday.
Straws show which way the wind
blows. The New York Herald hEs
aopped over to the su pport of Sey-
mour and Blair.
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GOOD NEWS FROM ILLINOIS. A let
ter from Illinois gives the following
cheering signs and tidings:
The campaign has opened here
with a will on our side Seymour
will carry more votes than any other
man who could have been nominated,
Pendleton not excepted. He was
the man the staunch Democrats
wanted; but it was generally conceded
that he would not accept the nomina-
ton. When the news came that he
was nominated and would accept.
the people were almost frantic. You
can see by Republican journals how
coldly the nominations were received
in the West; but this is simply DO
iiticai talk. The radicals are not
making any effort at all. There are
no public meetings and no public
men to address them. 1 believe thew
intend to come with rush just prior
to the October election and endeayor
TO make short, sharp and decisive
campaign; but believe we will have
enough ammunition for them. if
pennsylvania and New York do as
well as they did one year ago.
a correspondent, writing from
Lincoln, Illinois, under date of july
80, says:
Grant, Colfax and victory! Such
was the heading of call for q Re-
publican meeting ut the court house.
last night. In response to this call.
f'oent.u-t'oo individuals respor 1ed-a
portion of them being Democrats,
who attended out OF curiosity. This
is the fourth attempt at the formation
of Grant club here.
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GoLD.-In March. 1866, gold was
selling in New York ut 124. After
more than two years of peace, it is
now selling at lat, or about twenty
three per cent. higher. Thus radical
rule has, in two years, reduced the
value of the greenhacEs. the currency
which the soldier is paid his pension
In and the laboring man receives his
pay, eighty cents on the dollar,
until it is now only worth sixty-eight
cents.
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The BLACK DEMOCRACY are
glad to see from our exchanges in
the various Southern States, that the
freedmen are at last awake to the
folly of trusting the pack of shiftless
and unprincipled adventures who
have heretofore been their party
leaders. Colored Democratic Clubs
are being formed in all portions of
the country. addresses from leading
colored Democrats are scattered
abroad. and the negro is at last find
ing OF that his best friend is the
white man with whom he has been
brought up, and with whose interests
he must in the future be identified.
In Charleston, though little has
been done publicly, the colored De-
mocratic clubs are in fourishing
condition. The Ward No. 6 club at
one time numbered about 500 mem
bers, but many Of these have now
Joined the club Of the ward in which
they live. In Wards Nos. 3 and 4,
there are also colored clubs, and in a
short time there will be one in each
ward of the city. At least 1000
colored Democrats may now be
counted on. They are respectable
men, and have joined the Democratic
party from q conviction that radical
ism is only the road to ruin. Alto
gether. the movement shows encou-
raging elements of strength and
prosperity. Charleston Neus.
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GRATEFUL.-Peter Fleming, o co.
lored man who formerly belonged to
a gentleman in Virginia, returned to
his old home a few weeks ago, and
erected q monument over the grave
of his old master.
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Twenty-three wagon loads of Nor
mons are on their way back to the
States. They adhere to the Mormon
faith, but are disgusted with the
management Of Young.
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The MONEY QUESTION. The
Charleston Meus, speaking on this
subject, says:
"No bonds issued by this so-called
Legislature will ever be paid by the
people of the State. No loans con-
tracted by it on the security of de-
posits of stocks or bonds, or other
property of the State, will ever be
recognized, and they who lend the
money will be held accountable for
any injury that may accrue to the
commonwealth. No bills receivable,
issued by the so-called Governor of
the State, with the sanction of the
pretended Legislature, to carry on an
illegal Government, will be permitted
to be received in payment of the
taxes of the State. The debts of
South Carolina can only be paid by
the white people, They cannot be
paid by the penniless white adven-
turer or the .improvident negro, and
the white people of South Carolina
are determined and resolved that no
moneyed obligation contracted by
authority of the existing Legislature
and its officers, shall ever be acknow-
lodged, recognized or paid.
Money the Legislature must have,
or it will melt away like snow before
the sun. That money cannot come
from within the State; for every
respectable white man in it knows
the folly of lending what will never
be repaid, upon a bond that can
never be enforced, or upon collaterals
which he would never dare to SELL
The money must come from, the
North, and it is our duty to warn the
capitalists and financiers of the coun-
try that they might as we'll throw
their dollars into the sea, as lend
them to the usurping body in session
in Columbia.
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pointed agent for the New Orleans
German Press.
--o->.,sO.--1t-sl~---
AS was expected, the quo qua,7.anto
case was decided against Coroner
Walker, yesterday. The opinion of
the so-called Judge will be given in
our next.
SUDDEN DEATH. Mary Motto, an
elderly colored woman, who has been
engaged in nursing for number of
years, died very suddenly, on Sun
day afternoon, of disease of the heart.
-------I-J--~-,.>>>-.----. .e--- .-.''.. .
We are authorized to state that
special train will be run from Abbe-
vile to Anderson, tomorrow, to
afford citizens along the line of the
road an opportunity of attending
the great mass meeting in Anderson.
Savannah, Georgia, is about being
put in direct communication with
Europe. Two steamers will COM
mence running in November, and
will continue to make regular trips
thereafter, on the 1st and 18th of
every month. We commend the
enterprise to the support of all who
have ut heart the interests of the
South.
PLANCHETTE. TE.-This is an electrical
toy, something on the order of spirit
rappings, and is creating no little in
terest and excitement wherever it is
introduced. 1t consists of O heart
shaped piece of wood, on castors,
with lead pencil run through it.
Parties using it, place the tips of
their fingers on it, and as soon as it
is sufficiently charged, it pc rambu-
lates on the paper on which it is
placed, answering any question that
may be asked it, in the most facile
and surprising way. The hand writing
is not very good, but rather better
than that of q ''Philadelphia lawyer"
for it can be read very easily. It is.
indeed, wonderful and amusing toy.
CORONER WALKERS INQUEST
unusual interest has been manifested
land justly so) as to the result Of the
1nquisitions on the death of Mr..
Dallas P. Smith, full report of the
evidence, together with the verdict
of Coroner Walkers jury, is pub
lished this morning. For the infor-
nation of the general public, it is
necessary to give a brief statement
of the case. Young Smith was muir
dered on the night of Saturday, the
1st instant. Two juries were impan-
nelled-the first, under the old coro-
ner, Thomas p. Walker-the jury
men being white citizens; the second
under Mr.. W. B. Johnston, claiming
the position of coroner by reason of
his election in June last, at the time
the other (socalled) officers of the
State were chosen-Mr. Johnston's
jury was composed of seven white
citizens and five colored men. Mr..
Walkers jury rendered verdict i'm
plicating the murderer; while Mr..
Johnston's jury could not come to
any conclusion-the colored men
being unwilling to agree with the
whites. The matter was taken up by
the so-called Legislature, and COM
mittee appointed; but after the dis
charge of Mr.. Johnston's jury, the
committee was dismissed. This is
matter in which the entire communi-
ty is concerned. Are white citizens
to be shot down, and no attempts
made to arrest the murderer?
becoming" CONTRASTS IN CoLoRs.
The following is good rule for find
ing the contrast of any color: "Cut
out circular piece Of the petal of
any flower, and put it on white pa
nor Look at II fsvo5l1, for a So.
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DIVING FOR LONG LOST TREASURE.

DIVING FOR LONG LOST TREASURE.
There isa diving, enterprise. going on
in hope of finding long lost treasure
in the East River. This treasure was
on board the British frigate SHussar,,
sunk during the Revolutionary war.
In attempting to escape the French
fleet, the vessel-containing guineas
for paying the British army-was run
into East River, and got upon He'll
Gate, receiving such damage, that
she sunk in seventy feet water. The
officers narrowly escaped, leaving even
swords and jewelled snuff-boxes. On
the lower deck were eighty American
prisoners. manacled, and they went
down with the ship. The treasure
consisted of $500, Coo in gold. Seve-
raj attempts have heretofore been
made, without success. But the pre-
sent company have recovered so many
valuables, that they are sanguine OF
ultimate success. With the improved
diving bells, men can stay down from
four to five hours. The last reports
of the divers are very encouraging
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When the committee appointed by
the bogus Legislature, short time
ago, to inspect the insane asylum,
paid their visit to that institution,
they fell in with o mildly crazy wo-
man. q harmless creature, who was
allowed the freedom of the yard, and
commenced conversation with her.
She. talked calmly enough until she
happened to ask them the purport of
their visit. AS soon as she caught
the sound of the word "legislature"
in their answer, her eyes began to
sparkle, and she asked them if they
belonged to that good-for-nothing
lack-dirty-st sinking -ringed- -strealed-
and-striped-nigger meeting in Co.
lumbia, thnt dared to call itself a
Legislature? On their acknowledge
ing their connection with that
honorable body, she flew into a
transport of rage, made a grab at
their faces with her nails, and would
doubtless have left some additional
streaks upon them, if they had not
fed precipitately. She pursued, and
IN his terror, one old fat fellow STUN
bled and fell in an attitude inviting
kicks. The enraged woman yielded
to the invitation and administered
the kicks, thick and fast, until the
yells of the terror-stricken legislator
brought the keeper to his assistance.
So goes the story. 1 did not see the
fun. but believe it happened.
| Columbia Cor. Charleston Mercury.