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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-07

The RAIDS are beginning to find they have
drawn an elephant, in their impeachment
business. Chief Justice Chase has decided
against their proceedings, as far as they
have gone.
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TRUSTEE SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED, MADE,
~ executed, acknowledged and delivered TO
the undersigned Trustee, by Thomas Ii. Hart
mann and Elizabeth Hartmann, his wife, of the
City and County Of Rock Island and State Of Il
linois, on the sth day of October, A. D, 1867 and
recorded in the Office of the Recorder of the
County Of Rock Island and State of illinois.
the 9Th day Of October, A. d. 1857. at Gas o.
clock A. NJ, in Book 30" of Mortgages, page
252, to secure the payment Of promisory note
bearing same date, executed and delivered by the
srid Thomas HI. Hartmann to Jacob Ohlweiler,
amounting to three hundred dollars and interest
due thereon, payable four months after date there
Of at Mitchell & Lynde's Bank, Rock Island, H.
linois. And whereas, default has been made, in
the payment of said note or any part thereof, and
in all other conditions in sai(i Trust Deed con-
tanned, and upon application of said Jacob Obi
weller, he being the legal holder of said Note,
and by virtue Of the power Of sale in said Trust
Deed contained, win sell ct public vendue, to
the highest bidder for cash, ell the following des
CT bed premises, and all the right and equity OF
redemption, Of the said Grantors or their heirs,
executors or assigns. ON THE FOURTH DAY
OF MARCH, A. ID. 1865, between the hours Of
10 O'Clock A. NJ. and o'clock p. NJ. of said day,
at the north door of the Court House of the
County Of Rock Island to-wit:
All that lot, piece or parcel of Land, situate in
the City and County of Rock Island and State Of
Illinois to-wit: Lot five Isl, in Block twenty
(2ol, known az the Old Town, together with ali
tn buildings and improvements thereon.
The proceeds Of this sale viii be applied LIST,
to the payment Of all advances made BY the said
party of the first part for taxes and assessments;
and expenses for advertising, selling and convey
ing as aforesaid, including attorneys fees; I'd.
the amount due on said note, and Sd, render
ing the overplus, if any there be, to the said
Grsntors or their legal representatives.
Dated Rock Island, H., February 18th, 1868.
s. MATHEW MARX,
febl2dtd. Trustee.
The above sale is postponed to Saturday, the
It'll instant, at the same time and place.
MATHEW MARX, Trustee.
Rock Island, March 8, 1865.
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Whole number of Delegates

Whole nunUef OF UefeRHGes
The committee would recommend that the
township meetings, to appoint delegates, be held
on Saturday, March 2sth, at such places as the
and a. the same time that they nominate candidates
for township officers, appoint township and school
district committees, form q democratic club. Il
plan for which will be found in the AReus Of
this week. for their own townships, and organ
ice for the coming presidential campaign.
@ J. NJ. BuFoRD, Rock Island,
CHARLES ENeEL, Rock Island,
THOMAS KERR, Black Hawk,
LEWIS Wilson, Coal Valley,
ID. 8. MErzaAB, Port Byron.
Democratic County Committee.
Rock Island, March s, 1868.
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Democratic cousty convsafion'

The Democratic and Consefvsase, = 49, $3.50; -
Foo. ss - county convention TO be held at
sss Court House in Rock Island On Saturday
the IIth day Of April, 1868, q O'clock r. =. :,
for Of gS,ns nn nes DELICIOUS county
fne s.ass md transact any other business
thought proper, whom met
Each township viii be entitled TO one delegate,
and also one additional delegate for every 20
democratic votes cast ct the last presidential
aIacf;or 40 EcIgnvc.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-07

The New York Eoening Post, tradical)
hits its radical brethren in congress some
pretty hard knocks on the Impeachment
question. It says es
aDo the republicans in congress believe
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-07
FOR SALE,

THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE b. T..
l. Barrett. comprising one entire block, stu
ated in Rock Island, on high ground, within .
bend of the Mississippi, surrounded on three
sides b. thrifty hedge; with twenty choice
bearing apple trees, peach Cherry and pear trees;
an abundance of all the small fruits; one hun
dred or more enoice bearing grape vines. and n
fine asparagus bed: two well built houses, with
cistern, dry cellars, and excellent well of wa
ter, is offered for sale Gas pipes running through
the large house. Walks, eemented with cinders,
running through the lawn and flower garden.
Houses can be viewed by calling at the house of
c. L. Bascom, near the premises. Possession
given Immediately. Price, $1,000.
Rock Island, March 2, dw2w.
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LEVEE, NEAR FERRY LANDING.
The subscriber, has moved into his new shol,
near Woltman's Hail, on the Levec, whore be in
vites the patronage of his friends and the public
genaray. He keeps constantly on hand ais
kinds of Brass and Iron Goods, euoh Is steam
Cooke, Valves, Water Gauges, Whistles, Oil Cups,
Beer Cocks. Pumps. Gas and Steam Pipe OF all
sizes, link, Rabbit Metal, etc., etc.
Steam and Gas work promptly atten ded to ana
put up in workmanlke manner.
Gas fixtures Of all kinds for sale
Gas filters supplied.
N. B. Cash paid for old copper and bIass.
JACOB RILEY.
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&C., which We are selling at lower figure thss
any the came quality 10 sold in the market
~ The highest market price psid for Hide.
Tsnnefy, on illinois Street, near the Island
1sidEe. sug3sdw6.
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ROCK ISLAND TANNERY
BABCOCK 4 ANDREWS.

TIMOTHY A. BApcock. CHARLES ". ANDREWS.
This manufactery is row in successful opera
tiop, tanpine with Bark exclusively, and using
cold I.iquors,-in short tanning in the old style.
We hsye constantly on hand and are fnishing .
superior quality OF afa 81
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YANKEE NOTION STORE
wHoxHsAx1 AND RETAIL.
ILLINOIS STREET ROCK ISLAND.
FIELD & BROTHER.

The undersigned, successors to A. Hull have
on hand q full stock of
xANKEE MOTIONS
consisting of Buck Mitsens, Gloves, sPins, Nee
dies. Paper. Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, Machine
kles, Rsxors, Scissors, Pocket Knives, Toilet
Soap. Barriers Soap Hair OIL, Perfnmery Combs,
Purses, Calf and Morocco Wallets, Rubber Chains
and Rings, Whips, Lashes. Hosiery, Cigars, Sus-
penders, Gun Csps, Spectasles, Shoe Laees, Head
Nets, Chewing Gum, RULES. Lsdies' aud Gents
Bosoms and Collars, Paper Collars, and . great
variety of fancy articles generally kept in No.
ton Store or by Live Yankees.
We buy our goods in New York of importers,
jobbers and manufacturers for the Wholesale
trade, and can sail - cheap ~ any store west OF
New York
FIELD 4 BROTHER,
Illinois Street, Rock Isiand.
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Forests ma Droutl,s.

Prof. R.iC. Ridzie, In, late agricul-
tural lecture, speaks 81 the necessity OF
preserving the forests, and of planting
them anew where they have been gem
eralIy destroyed. NO quote = y
Egypt, from the earliest. periods OF
history, has been spoken OF as a rainless
region; but since Mahomet Ali has
made his immense plantations oftrees,
showers have become frequent. The
controlling influence of forests over rain
falls is also shown by the fact that
countries once supplied with forests,
and having abundant rains and immu-
nifty. from frost, their forests have been
destroyed, have been scourged by
drouthand frost till the forests were
restored, when theytonce more become
fruitfnl or, If the inhabitants would
not restore their protecting forests, the
stern hand of famine threatened TO wine
out racethat would not reverence the
order Of nature. e.rz rrfFFF ~
Thus the Cape de, Verde Islands, SO
named from their green ness, have been
stripped of their forests by their inn
,proVtd dent tinhab bitents; since which time
they suffer terribly from periodical
droughts, some time no rain falling for
three Seafsat q time, and 80, 600 sinhab-
itants, or one third Of the population,
have perished, l. Thus famine cuts down
doWnthe protecting trees. 1t has been
proposed to replant the forests, yetsuch
is the ignorance and Incidence of the
inhabitants that little has been done
toward restoration, and it is probable
that the entire race may be cut of, to be
replaced by those who shaveslearned.
that the "tree of the fleld-i Is mans life.'i
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TnE PREsInRNEIAL YEAn.
The Curreney QuestIon..Pnrtisnp
Politics and the Finances.
a.. r,Ls,....,....l,.
From lte Pfttadelp lphtd Ledger.

n
The House bill suspending contrac-
tion Will shortly .pass-the Senate we
presume. This looks directly to a
cheapening of the currency, which
means higher prices. The gold dealers
at New York evidently, so understand
the financial movement at fWashing-
ton, hence the advance in the gold quo
tation. Those who hold stock securi-
ties as,Wella as stocks of goods, which
they wish. to put off onto Others at
higher prices, willspare no effort to ef-
rect that purpose, and to this end moth
ing il more ehe6tnal than cheap pa
per currency. The debates In both
Houses of Congress favor expansion,
and the feeling is already taken updn
the large cities, and will fast spread
throughout the country. It's perhaps
unfortunate, so far as a settl tlement Of
the currency question on a sound basis
IS concernedI that we have during the
coming yearto go through a. aPresiden-
liaE election. OF course everything will
be forced by the political parties to
favor desired results, and it is prettV
we'll Settled by experience that in
this country no party can successfu1ly
go through a downward reYulsion of
business, such as have seemed Ito have
sci in six months ago. The e mort is
making on one side 10 chauge this de.
preston of affairs, and is resisted on
another, not with reference to the best
interests ofthe country and the estab-
ltshment OF sound currency, so much
as TO how partisan interests may be
best subserYed. 1t is a misfortune that
the national election comes just now,
and itaiH one of the evils of frequent
elections that they so often interfere
with the proper consideration and adj
jnstment of questions not properly
within the pale OF politics. Measures Of
finance, OF currency and of revenue,i
haveino necessary connection with par
tisan politics, and in no enlightened.
country outside of the United States,
are they permitted 20 take that shape.
In England, especially are these several.
subjects discussed and disposed of as
national questions, and 1t should be so
here. There all parties vie with each
other in strengthening the public cred
1t, In rendering the currency sound,
and steady, and the revenues as light
and as easily collected as possible.
Here, where there Is more action from
impulse, every issue is made to bear a
partisan hue, and forced to play its
part in the success or defeat of a party.
1t can hardly. be expected that onr cur
rency will be very settled during the
present year, or that business will find
that staple footing so essential to last
ing prosperity. The currency Is to be
hence as is supposed, the
rise in gold; and there Is reason to ap-
prehend thatdemagogues, on one side
and the other, will not hesitate to sao-
rifce even the public credit in the at.
tatnment of their selfish ends.
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0l1elatell lfaetrffr
Progreaa or the Paeide5 5paIIyyny.


It was but q few days II. ago that the an
nouncement that,fiye hundred miles OF
the Union PaciAc Railway had been
opened to traf1c was made the text, in
our own and other Journals, for com:
ment upon the remarkable vigorwhich
the builders Of the line had displayed
and our readers have not ceased to mar
vel at the energy thus manifested, be.
fore almost half q hundred mora miles
have been added to hose previously
accomplished. The latest dispatch an
nouneeA thatp the five hundred and
foftieth mile has been icompletefl, and
that but ten miles intervene between
the end ofthe rails and the summit OF
the Black Hllls-the highest point to be
reached in crossing the Rocky Noun
;tains. ail,,Army of aborera are at work
on the rock.eutdngs beyond the point
reached by the cars, and during the
winter months the sound of the pick,
Sthe drill and / the blast kill iFesound
through the defless and among the
hills. The part of the road in opera
tiOn Is in excellent condition, and its
immenSelVRlue to the mining regions is
indicated by the amount of freight
which Is daily. shipped from Omaha.
The merchants ofDenver find this the
quickest and cheapest route for the
transportation OF their goods, and are
actively discussing the construction of
a branch road to that city ftom OheY-
,enne.s Another branch TO Idaho and
the Northwest ID also prof ojected and by
all the Inhabitants OF the Pacific slope,
swell as by those inhablting the mi
ming territories, the extension and COM
pletton OF the Union. Pacific ailPoad is
looked for with the deepest interest.
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.HARPER,S WEEKLY
6PLEEDIDLY- ILLUSTRATED.
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CRITICAL Notices QC Lts 1ress. = 4
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SINcB the great walk from Portland
to Chicago, westons are springing up
ali overt the country. either ipcit6d to
PEDESTRIAN feats by the example op The
athletic Yankee, or because attention
i5 more particularly directed to such
exploits " hich now, in news items, take
the place Of monster pumpkins or big
eggs. The ladies also have entered the
1iStS. and in addition 70 performances
IS female equestriRns, are now exhibits
Ing their strength and endurance. on.
khe road. Al Mrs. Stanton, of Athens,
New York. having missed the train at
Schenectady, walked homes distance
OF forty three miles--in eleven hours.
-Four miles an h0ur. IS q pretty e1pe-
ditiOus gate along p rough frozen road.
Some OF the sterner sex might learn a
valuable lesson from this incident.
The determination to succeed frequent-
" brings success With it, and The lady,
whose presence at home was impera-
lively necessary, having made up her
mind to get there, accomplished her
purpose. .la48't sTsi
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SURgCEiTPrTONs.
1865

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Gen. ButIer's speech nt Richmond.

Gen. ButIer's speech Mt Richmond.
RICHMOND, January 13.-Gen. But
Ter addressed an immense crowd at. Ar.
rcan Church tonight! re advocated
equal political rights for blacks, equal
powers In the Government, and an
equal burden in supporting it. The
land should bear its part of the taxa
tion and the burden should not be
thrown on the laboring man.. He said
the time for confs sea tionS whether tight
or Wtong;was gone, and he did notthink
his audience now expected it. Cries of
ONO we don't.")He advised southern
men to divide their lands, as it must
come to that at last. The men who
worked the land would eventually be
the owners of the land. he did not be-
lieve any war of races would occur. IF
Il, did 1t would not come from the
blaeks. BE argued aga inst the foil yAof
the Southern people remaining out of
the Union, hoping for better terms
These they could not get, for Whatever
changes might take place ttie Senate
would not change for six years, and
before two years expired the admission
of States to their rights in tile Union
would be accomplished on the preeent
terms. = ~ tBts, -,
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Franklin Insurance Company
or NZITEurrn-Ia
.-.........,........,........,o $3.50, GEO

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TIM company oEeEB superior indlucementn
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1nl3 pelng home Institution, with The lar
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The white Pine Compound

4tIt was early In the spring OF I6as that this
family was aiiicted with an Irritation OF TIE
throat attended with o dtBagree0ble couRh.I
had for some months PREVIOUS th91Eht that
bark of white pine might be 30 Compounded
as to be very useful In diseases OF the throat
aIlnied 70, Il compounded q small q6antIty.
Of the medicine that had heon planning
and gnye1t in teaspoontuI doses The result
days the Irritation or the throat was remoI-
ed the cough subsided and Q Epeadytcdfe
. lady m Londonderry, n. n, who had been
suffering for some weeks nom pad cough,
;reliefiand sent, for mores She took about
ten ou9Ses o. 81 and got VEL z n SlnEss
made q trial OF the same PREPARATION in the
case Of assyere cold and vas cured inlmedi-
| suits, and 20 confident In success attending ita
| Rale6, IL placed before the puhlic, that he
nnally pe[s1sded9 81 me 70 giy&s & II name, and md
November, 1SJ5, 7 fIBt advertised u under
The name Of White Pine ComR9und{ IntWu
/ years from Tint time there had been " hole
Il faied In Aianchester alone one hundred dol
| lars worth, where II took the lead OF oil the
cough remedies In the market aud y stu
/ maintains that position. There iA good rear
In ittor thIs; it Is very otillng and healing
sons natuTei is warming 70 the stqn1aeh AND
its sas S1Hr q remedy for kidney complaints the
1 White Pine Compound stands unrivaled. II
1 was not originated for that PURPOSE but !
person In using It for q cough was not only
cured of the cough, hut was also cured of {
lLidnay Cdnicnlty of ten yearS standing. Stncl
that accidental discovery many Thousands
have used It. for the same complaint, and
have been completely cured"
The above was written by DIR. Poland. iI
1880. Since then, as in Manchester, tht
White Pine Compound has taken the lead o
all Cough remedies, rs well ~ . preparation
for the cureof Kidney dim cnltieSs n every city
own, village and hamlet throughout thu
New England State9,
Ths remedy is as safe and pleasantto tex
as it Is edectnal.
nn.- ITTIsl.l,.Is.. n....A..a
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AParty ofYanEseT Z "a, difis Abropo.

The Boston Courier says:
Some half dozen pretty young -wo.
men of Lowell, who are now. travelling
in Europe under the eiiarRe OF a GOV.
erness.or duenna, while viewing the
lions ofLondon, were amused 10 and
themselves the observed of all obsery-
oFs, though they could not determine
what particular feature it was In their
appearance that caused all heads to
turn as they passed them, an lips TO
wreath into a smile, and all tonguaa to
frame the one word, fAmerieans.' ~ 1T
Twas the same In Liverpool, writes the
conduetress of the party; but we Hat
tered ourselves that we should be utter
ly lost in the throhR of DondohI on the
contrary, we seemfto attract Rlmostaas,
much ttention land ,hLimi ration al the
city clook- 3nstA round Ntlie corner, in
Cheapside. where the chiuning perform
ances OF 9. qu9ttette OF automata, con-
sisting of Father Time, a young maid
en-, noble savage, and a fourth figure
character undeteFmtned,sd draw q crowd
of gaping spectators TO the opposite side
of the street every quarter. ofah hour.
I've hnye pondered ia vain the
question, wherein conAiats the differ
ence between ourselves and the dowdy
EnglishWoInan we meet, and can only
conjecture that we are more neatly
dressed I've wear only our, travelling
ufssseSl 10 and arrange our hair in high
coils, Instead OF low waterfalls. Be
that as It may, our ftop-knotAi will not
come down so long, as the attention
we attract is so respectful as It has been
hitherto, and affords us only counsel
aud assistance. My idea of bnrlS,
grudJohn Bull Is undergoing u sea-
Change Into Something rich and
stranger As seen In London he Is not
big. he is not brusque. He yoluntesrs
ctvtlly the most useful iniormn ton, and
bows eohtteonslyt ton leaving u.s. II "
with genuine Yankee curiosity we
Were using up q large Quantity of fRape-
seed before BucKinR Palace, peep.
Fng through the railingss one st the
Aoldlers of the guard coming upon us
in his beat5 stopped, and with a smile
of intense amusetnetit, but a very civil
air, accosted us Tins: Excuse me,
lddies, but you must not loiter here,
t.tThsY neednit hRye been RIfaftI OF
OBJ rntesllng ths pattern OF the palace,
foF, however, regal it may be within, its
exterior lfs csrtHthl y je3 led By fiany
a block OF buildings in Fifth avenue,
and is utterly ec1lpsed by Michigan
Terrace, Chicago; Indeed, only the ".
RI ontthe gateway and the assurance
Of 4 policeman convinced us that This
whs really the town residence of the
Qpeen OF Great BTitain.2