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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-25
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REPORTED ToR THE DAILY ARGUS.


BALTIMORE, Aug. 24.-The prize fight
between Collyer and Edwards, took place on
Traverse Island, North Cumberland Co.,
Va. The men made their appearance in
the ring at seven minutes past 10 o'clock,
and after some delay in choosing a referee
and ring-keeper, time was called for first
round. Neither men were in condition
to fight both being under their proper
weight, Collyer going into the ring at 1913
pounds, and Edwards at l2l pounds The
fight was stubbornly contested on both sidas
Betting was about even. The fight lasted
one hour aud fourteen minutes In the 18th
round Edwards struck Colyer q terrific
blow on the jugular, which knocked him
out of time, rendering him senseless for
over fifteen minutes Both men show signs
of serious punishment, though Edwards
walked to the beach unsupported, and would
allow no one to assist him on board the
steamer. On the downward passage fight
sprung up between some Of the roughs, soon
after leaving Baltimore, in which knives,
pistols and budgeons we're freely used.
One man named Pat Mullen, of Baltimore,
was shot through the right breast, another
| had finger shot off, and third was stab.
bed in the side and head. The upward trip
was quiet -Four hundred persons were
present at the fight. There was steamer
from Washington, and tug from Philadel'
phis with private party OF about thirty
persons aboard.
BnTTNoRE, Aug. 2j.--0ver one thousand
persons we're present at the schuuentest to
day. Music, vocal and instrumental was
very fine and sporting during the afternoon
brisk. The day was bright and cheerful
Everything passed off most pleasantly
NEW YoRK, Aug. pa special to the
n. Y. Herald, dated London, Aug. 2+says
A grand dinner was given in honor of Ad
miral Farragut, on Wednesday, BY the Eng
lish ambassador, at his residence at Tbera
pia.
NEw York, Aug. 2j.--The N. Y. Her
AIDS special from White Sulpher Springs
Virginia, of the 25th, says the meeting o
General Rosecrans with Elk. Oonfederatt
generals and statesmen here, assumes impor
tance. General Rosecrans and A. H
Stephens were in consultation during tn,
early portion of yesterday evening, and b.
this evening it is expected the programm
agreed upon will be developed. AS the paI
ties above, both southerners and nOrtherner,
are sanguine of the best results from til
meeting.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 2j.--Red wheat los 10
viii Us Sd corn 34s 9p.
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debt which is payablein gold.
After disposing of the $40 bonds and 9th
er Indebtedness, payable in currency, we
have about eight hundred millions left to be
paid in gold. This / propose TO distribute
among the states according to population
and wealth for Ae payment Of interest only,
aud thus have bat one set Of oficers,and one
SYSTEM Of internal revenue, to be establish
ed anu controlled BY the states BY this
move we rid ourtelves Of horde Of federal
officers, such as collectors, assessofo, detec'
tives, spies and thieves who are now costing
the government more than the whole interest
on the public debt 49,
Having reduced the army aud navy, aoo'
ished the freedmen'g bureau, aud the intern
alrevenue system ofthe government, WIN
its swarm Of officers that are eating out our
substance, ! would readjust the tariffs WIN
reference TO revenue only, and thus largely
increase the receipts from customs, Which
now reach over one hundred aud eighty man,
ions in gold annually, and may be Increased
10 two hundred millions or more, giving
sum sufficient to pay pensions ana carry Oh
the government efficiently and leave sur.
plus Of one hundred millions annually to be
applied to the payment Of the debt dlsinbu,,
ted among the states and thus, at the ond
of eight years, wo should again be a tr"" "o1
prosperous people. ,
Bv the payment Of the $40 bonds alone
wo are at once relieved of an annual iaT OF
upwards of one hundred millions Of dollars
which we are now paying in gold as interest
on these bonds.
Gen. Singleton then proceeded to ooniio
or at length the question Of imitation and ar
Vued that an abundance of money never
hurt the mass of people in any country, that
the ghost Of initiation was always made to
the order Of money lenders The exnber-
ance of money created by the government
during the late war had robbed imitation OF
all its terrors and 1t could no longer stand
the touch Of reason. II was mistaken idea
that imitation was detrimental to the produc.
ing classes. the farmers, mechanics and la.
borers of the land. Experience has correct
ed that erroneous idea. r.,
He said our circulation to day IS but little
oyer half it was three years ago when II
amounted to near 81 1900, 100000, and no
one complained, because the north was new
or more prosperous. Since then near 5000.
OO0 200 Of that circulation has been destroy
ed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Money
has become scarce, and hard times will soon
be upon us in earnest unless the supply is
increased.
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CALIFORNIA.

The same enthusiasm which exists in the
east over the nomination Of Seymour and
Blair is shown by the democracy of the "Far
West" The Stockton (CaI.) Gazette says
"From every mountain, valley and guIch-
from every city and every plain IN California
comes the cheering intelligence that the democra-
cy and the conservatives ire united and jubilant
over the nominations and the platform made by
the democratic convention. The names Of Sey-
mour and Blair are upon the tongue of every
man who references free government and hates
oppression The great mass of the people from
whom the 'just powers" Of government are de-
rived see IN the nominees Of the democracy
craftsmanship and lofty patriotism. Horatio sey
mour stands to-day prominently at the head OF
living American statesmen. Since the days OF
Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Silas Wright, and
stephen A. Douglas, he has been without peer
IN all those qualities Of head and heart which
make up the man Of enlarged views and patriotic
impulses. His private life Is without spot OF
bIemish his public career is untarnished by any
dishonorable act such as characterize too many
of our public men Of the present day
The above is from democratic source
but here is what the leading radical organ
the San Francisco Bulletin, says of EE Gov
Seymour:
Gle Governor Seymour is u man of splen
! did presence, of magnetic manners, and absolute
purity of character, which traits, combined will
| his dsinterestedness as partisan, give him
! great popularity and inhoence, and will maxi
| him the most formidable competitor of Gran
that could have been nominated from the grea
| state Of New York. The objections to Seymour
will be purely political"
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Rock Island, Aug. %, 1868.
Communicated

EDiroR ARGUS While passing through
Coal Valley, last evening, ] heard It an
nounced that our great Dogberry and DR..
Truesdale were to speak there on the pollti-
cal issues of the day, and ! concluded to
abide awhile but, to my great dIsappolnt'
ment, when the speakers were introduced,
Dogberrys place was filed by VIM. Jack
son, who with great force told the Ameri.
can People that, in his hand he held the
constitution of the United States-which
document he held most of the time during
his effort, but took good care not to read or
quote single word from it. He then euIo-
gized the republican party, stating that
L. = Graut was tanner by trade, that the
republican party had accomplished the OBJ.
iect for which it was established viz abol
ished slavery and that it was made up of
the most holy, christian, and pure men that
God ever created. He denounced the dem
ocratlc party With all the hard names that
he was master OF but the drift OF his
speech was in irving TO excite the feelings
of the children Of the American People,
against the democratic party; telling them
that they must ask God to teach them ~
hate such men, Then again he told the
American GOptC IOS w WV ASA ~
mour, because Wade Hampton helped to
nominate him that if they voted for Sey.
mour it was vote for men that founded
Andersonvile prison. But, somehow, he
forgot to tell the American People that
Joe Brown, of Georgia, was the father of
that prison, and that he was leading light
ia the Chicago convention, where Grant was
nominated He announced, with great en-
phasls, tbatin his hand he held the plat
form of his party but took good care not to
read word from it. He went in heavy on
Gen. Singleton as peace,sncak, but forgot
to tell the american People that Lincoln
was his partner, and deserved all the blame
or praise given 10 Singleton. He advocated
the doctrines of his party--the payment of
the bonds in gold, negro suffrage, &C., &c.
DR.. Truesdale was next introduced, and
paid high compliment to Gen. Singleton
personaly--said he was a tiPtop man, but
was wrong politically. L.
| August Is. 1868.
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The Providence Journal (Which is the
property of Senator Anthony, Of the state of
Rhode Island, which is the property of Spra,
que, the said Anthony's colleague) begins a
lachrymose leader as follows:
Senator Doolittle, Andrew Johnson, Edgar
Cowan, 0. Ii. Browning, William II. Sew
ard, Gideon Wells, Frank Blair, William NJ.
Evarts, Montgomery Blair, and Chief Justice
Chase were among the most trusted and rad
ical leaders Of the republican party in the
beginning Of 1861. More in sorrow than in
anger we have to concede that these men are
now acting against the party which honored
and trusted them,
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"Now, we do not k,aoto that we ever said
Grant was drunkard, but if we have, we
shall not only be obhgedao stand up to it
but to prove 1t. First, we offer as witnesses
bis old neighbors at Carondelet, and out on
the Gravois road second, The saloon keep
er, Richards, to whom be owes a long stand.
ing whisky billi third, bis companions on
the rail car TO Cleveland at the time of the
presidents visit to St. Lous; fourth, his
soldiers at Fort Donelson fifth, his soldiers
at Cairo; sixth, his soldiers at Shiloh /;
seventh, Wendell Phillips; eighth, Theodore
Tilton ninth, Anna Dickinson tenth, the
entire Dent family; eleventh, Grant himself
-tnder oath.
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FIFTEEN CENTS line win be charged for
each insertion of articles under this head.
Boots, Shoes, Leather 4 Fmdings

Great Bargains are now being offered at
the Boot Shoe Leather & Finding Store Of
A. J. Swanson, Rock Island H., who has
in store large and com plete stock of Boots,
Shoes, Leather and Findings, which he is
offering at wholesale and retail, at prices as
low as can be found in any eastern market
He continues to make to order, all
kinds of Boots and Shoes ofthe very best
material aud workmanship. Satisfaction in
all cases guaranteed. Also agent for the
Grover h Baker and ftna Sewing Ma.
chimes. Rooms second floor, over the store.
Sewing, EmBroiderng, and Stamping done
to order.
\. j. SWANSON.
Anril 4 wpud law
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What does the rump maintain the freed
mans bureau for? To educate and feed the
negroes, and to secure their support of their
policy, 1t costs the people $ll,74j,O50,
about twenty.seven dollars and twenty-seven
cents for each negro vote for the rump.
Where is the poor white man who has never
received one cent of charity from them
They rob the poor white to feed the lazy ne.
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PREFRRRED JEFF. DAVIS TO SEYMOUR.

a republican from Mercer county, yester-
day, talking with one Of our business men,
(also a republican, said he had rather see
JEFF. Davis elected president than Seymour.
Our Rock Island republican was not of that
style, and told the Mercer man that he
heard Hawley utter similar sentiment in
Darts Hall HawIey said he had rather
the rebels had succeeded in destroying the
Union and establishing their confederacy
than that the democracy should carry the
next election and for this, says our Rock
Island republican, / shall vote against
Hswley and for Gen. Singleton.
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New Goods.

have Just arrived with nice and well
selected stock of Staple and Fancy Dry
Goods, such as Prints, Muslins, Ginghams,
Alpacas and Notions, which will be sold, for
the next 80 days, at reduced prices. | in
vite the public to call and be convinced.
aug4dlm. l.. WOLF.
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Just received, a large stock ofNew Prints,
Bleached AID Brown Sheetingsin all widths,
and lots of other goods, all of which viii be
sold at most attractive prices. Also a full
assortment of the celebrated Amana Society
goods, Yarns and Plain and Plaid Flannels,
in great variety. augl7dlw
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Why does your sugar and yonr coffee,
your calico dresses and your cotton goods,
your needles and your thread, your shroud
and your wedding dress, cost double or treb'
lie as much as they did in the past? Inves.
tgate the rump's tariff and you will find the
solution there. 1t is all subtraeted from
your little earnings. You will find its pro-
ceeds in the pockets of the rich.
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RUNAWAY.

A BOY named William WEIGH, bound to me
"a by his mother, has left for parts unknOwn u.
lie was last seen In Rock Island, on Saturday
morning isst He IL shout ten sears old, short
and pretty stout light hair and eyes, had on
check shirt, brown jean pants, brown hat, and
was barefOoted. Any Information concerning
him win be thankfully received BY me-, or.
&FEEt DANIEL TWELFTREE.
Hamlet. Mercer Co. Aug. Is. ls6s--dttwIG
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Have We a Police Department.

Ep,roR or rur EVENING ARGUs--siR; =
am Of the firm of Weyerhauser, Schaiter
4 20. owners of the Coal Valley -four mills,
and we keen warehouse in this city TOR
merly Cables coal office for the sale OF our
flour and feed. few days ago the keys to
our doors we're stolen. procured new
locks, kept quiet, and, that night, stald IN
the fonr store, we'll armed intending to
shoot any one who might succeed in getting
in. spoke to Policeman Curtis about It.
He resides in the old Wilson house, Le1t
door TO my flour store. Curtis told me his
wife saw some one trying TO get in, about q
O'clock ia the eyening-while was gone to
tea, and he promised to be around that nlgh'
and try to catch the burglar, but didn't
come. During the night heard some one
trying to get in, but they gave 1t up and
went away.
That was the only night watched there
but every night since something has beer
stolen from me. First quarter sack Hour
next night q hundred lbs. corn meal; mex
buggy whip from the buggy house, which
was also locked, and every time, in thu
| morning, would find my doors locked, al
right. OF course some one entered will
false KEYS, Night before last, my bugg.
cushions we're stolen, and the lock OF TIL
buggy house carried away.
Now, want to know if we have any po
lice department This man Curtis live
next door to my -four store, and 1t doe
seem to me that if he had any of the quail
ties of good policeman he could catch tn
thief. One day Curtis came to me and toll
me the man who had been about my prem
ises had gone over the river and would nc
trouble me any more Now did he kno'
who the man was? And if he did know
why didn't he arrest him?
tell you, Mr.. Editor, that | think ther
is something wrong in our police depar
ment. Is our Marshal fit for the place !
occupies ? Was one of our present polio
men once arrested for stealing hides? Wa
another one driven off the Island for stea
ing eggs? And if such men are on Ii
police, who can wonder that robberles tab
place.
CHARLES SCHAFFER.
| Rock Island Aup % 1868
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Cheaper than Ever.

Now is your time to buy Dry Goods cheap
er than ever. One of the firm having left ftS
New York, we are bound to make room for
our new stock of Fall and Winter Goods,
and will sell goods regardless of cost.
anpI4dwtf MAY Bios.
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Pain Paint stops crying children.
Pain Paint acts like magic.
Pain Paint everywhere.
Pain Paint cannot be beat.
Pain Paint tells the story now.
Pain Paint don't wait.
Pain Paint shows results.
Pain Paint tested by Million.
Pain Paint gives no pain.
Pain Paint causes 10 smart.
Pain Paint don't burn.
test it free Of charge.
/, N. lawn & Co.
No. l59 South Clark St., Chicsgo,
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Go to thu Best.

Go to to the Bryant & Stratton Iowa State
Business College, to get thorough practical
business education, or to become q good
sound telegraph operator. For circulars adj
dress enclosing stamps the Bryant q STRAIT
ton Commercial College, Davenport, Iowa.
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At Bamberger

Printed Muslius, Figured Alpacas, Lus-
tres, Brocades, Cambrays. New Prints, and
al kinds of trimmings, just received and
marked at very low prices Ladie' and chill.
dren's Kid Gloves all sizes. Hoop Skirts,
the latest style, at Il cents, worth $3.50.
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Odd Fellows

Rock Island Lodge No. 10, /. o. O. F,
meets every Monday Evening at Odd Eel
lows Hall, southeast corner Of Illinois and
Eagle Sts., at 7! o'clock Pm.
JOSEPH A. GRAY, N. 6.
{, B. KNOX, r. s.
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HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE,

OFFER for sale my house and lot, on Rock
River Street, The house Is in excellent re-
pair, having been newly plastered and shinged
The lot is 30 by $50 feet, 1t is the most central
location that can be desired, being only three
blocks from the ferry landing, and one from
Market Square. There is good we'll of water
on the premises. For information apply to
John Mcmahon, at the new brick building near
the Tannery.
aug22d3m.
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MasOnic.

Barrett Chapter No. l8,R. A. NJ. meets at
Masonic Hall on the First and Third Tues
days Of each month.
j. L. RAMSEY, II. P.
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Hon. David A. Wells, special commission
err of internal revenue, thinks that every dol
lar the government gets from customs duties
costs the people two dollars in taxes. Other
statistieians, inducing Amasa Walker, have
estimated that the operations of our tariff
laws bear even more heavily on the country.
The receipts from customs for the fiscal
year ending the LIST of July were $l63000,-
900. If the estimate of Mr. Wells be correct,
the people have paid, for the protection" OF
manufacturers, in that year, 1926 600.
The question is naturally suggested by
these figures whether business recurring
such heavy taxation to support it ought not
to be discontinued. The thrift, aud ingenui-
ty, and business qualities Of the people of
New England are matters of such frequent
boast that no person in the country is a
stranger to them. If the descendants of
the Pilgrims cannot live without taxing the
country at such an enormous rate, the
Boosting to which We have referred ought to
stop.
# is not new but it is a very SINGULAR
idea. that taxation Is protection of labor
There Is, probably, not workingman in
Illinois who has not paid more than hun
dred dollars within the year last past to help
New England manufacturers in business
Chicago Tires. ss..
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\ Massachusetts newspaper concern that
often essays display of great profanity,
makes the solemn statement that calling
thing dollar don't make it q dollar" 1t
would perhaps have been more to the pur-
pose had the learned pundit stated what
does make it a dollar, if calling it q dollar
does not. Did nature make it dollar, or
did an act of congress calling il dollar
make it dollar p Chicago Times.
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RATES REDUCED BY STEAMER
10 THE
Rock Island County Fair !

ny an arrangement made with Capt. 7. J. Blu
u ford, Superintendent of the Northern Line
Packet Company the rates for passage to and
from Rock Island and the following named
points, on the steamers Of that Company, during
the week of the Fair, for persons attending the
Fair, from September I4th to the 18th, inclusive,
will be as follows:
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To-Days Advertiser is
FON 49,

A BROOD MARE and FoaI. Mare sound and
"a good Z Gig ht years old. WIN sell cheap for
easfb ~ traaa fer hay, corn, oats Or wheat. APP
ply 70 ). McBIRNEY,
aua26dlw. Livery stable Moline, III.
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Jaeob,n Graeiousness.

A feeble Newspaper defender, in Rock Is.
land, of the bondhOlder's party eRdeavors
10 make an argument for the defence upon
the fact that congress passed an act to dis
continue the freedmen's bureau on the lst
Of January next. The argument seems to
be that the ,Jacobin rump did a very gra.
cious thing in conserving TO discontinue thus
partisan agency, instituted to aid the party
In carrying the presidential election, two
months after the election shall be past.
The surprising graciousness Of that appears
10 this Congress might have continued this
partisan engine, at the public cost, until the
presidential election in 1872, Or, peradven.
ture made it permanent. But Mr. Allison,
Of Iowa, thought it would be njudlcious not
to make the country promise, before the
election, that the bureau should be discon-
ued after it had served the purposes of IT'S
establishment in the election Of 1863. There
il nothing to prevent the party, after the
election, from continuing the freedmen q
bureau indefinitely, if its usefulness TO the
party in November shall be thought to make
it worth while.
Ifthere had been grain of honesty in the
representations ofthe party concerning the
object ofthe freedmen's bureau, congress
wonld not have decided to continue it until
after the election, but would have diScontin
ued it at once upon Remaining the conquer
ed states to the blaek.and.tan apology for
civil authority. As it is, the spectacle pre-
sented in the RECONSTRUCTED states" is this
The freedmen constitute the great bulk O.
the ruling power the great bulk of the ru
ling power is composed of the wards of the
nation, ''--freshly.emancipated slaves, whose
rnfitnes to take care of themselves Ito say
nothing Of their unftness to take care of the
affairs Of state) the radical congress confess
es and declares by continuing a congress
ional protectorate of them until after the
election. 1t is very good practical illus
tration of certain fanatical theories which
the Jacobin party processes to think are re
publican, but which are more characteristic
pf h. fHbfrvg0 Times
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REWARD on S..

+ osT, ia or near Rock leland, black trav-
IL cling bag, containing toilet articles and
wearing apparel with outside sack containing
Magazines and Railway guide. To be left at
this office.
aug25d3t.
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Democratic County Committee.

B. b. BuFORB, Chairman, Rock Island.
Cordova-R. K. Mccormick.
Port Byron-Dr Il. Il. Rogers
Coe--John y. Larue, Port Byron Post once.
Canoe Creek--John NJ. Walker, Port Byron P. o.
Zuma--John shafsr, Port Byron Post Oeoe.
Hampt0n-Lucius Wells.
MOline-Stewart lloon.
Coal Valley--Lewis Wilson, Camden Mile I. Y.
Black Hawk --Jacob Adams, Camden Mills = u
Bowlfpg-sTemes Mcdonnell Camden Mills =. q.
Edgington r. B. Olmsted, Hazlitt Post Office
Buffalo Prairie-John Kstler.
Northumberland Kepworthy.
nr,,xy~J r Underwood,