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hearing of several persons, that if johnson
shall be acquitted there will be 'bloodshed
Immediately thereafeer in Tennessee. Why
and by whom he did not explain"
Of course it is impossible for any but the
largest dailies in the large cities to give full
reports of the evidence and speeches in this
impeachment farce, nor would one in ten Of
the people read it if published. The fact is
that it is nothing but political trial, and
the shameful sc enc is witnessed of party
having an accidental two-thirds majority
Though in a minority of more than a mill.
ion of voters) attempting to remove man
they elected simply because he adheres to
the principles on which he was elected, while
they have deserted those principles. But
after the close of the trial we shall endeavor
to publish a review of the case so that our
readers may get fair understanding of it
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By Telegraph.
RrroRrEp ros THE DAILY ARGUS.

MONTREAL, April l0.-The Herald says
Mrs. McGee refuses to accept the address Of
coincidence from the ST. Patricks society as
she thinks 1t primarily responsible for her
husbands murder. Three of the prisoners
hive turned Queens evidence against Wha-
len, whose guilt is almost conclusively es-
tablished. The trial will take place next
week. Whalen has, for years past, openly
avowed fenian sentiments and hatred to
McCiee, in Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa, and
at prior period in Hamilton, and Ontario
In the latter city he made his appearance
about the time of the Ridgemay fight, hail
ing from Buffalo. That he was ferian
and used such sentiments the authorities
thought it necessary to arrest and detain
him several days.
MONTREAL, April l0.-The Herald's spe-
cial says: A. J. Devlen and f. B. McNalee,
prominent citizens who were known to be
connected with the Fenian organization,
were arrested to-day.
Correspondence has been found in Otta-
| wa duplicating several of the prominent
citizens of St. Eustoche in the fenian move.
ment
A man named Leban, and his wife, who
were in the habit of numbering travellers who
| stopped at their house, recently attacked a
| traveller, the man with an axe and his wife
| with a razor. The traveller knocked down
his assailant, and his wife, mistakiug him
for her husband, cut his throat. Upon being
arrested, she confessed all OF her past horri
BILE crimes. Three skeletons have been
found in the house.
| OMAHA, Neb., April 1.-THE trains on
the Union Pacific railroad now run thirty
miles west of Cheyenne. The grading over
the Black Hills is expected to be finished in
a few days.
WASHINGTON, April Yesterday the
counsel for the President caused subpoena:
to be issued for Horatio King.
Judge Fisher of the district court, A. J
Meigs, clerk of the same who are to be ex
amined concerning Thomas case in court
j. o. Chaplain, short hand reporter is also
of the number. Gen. Thomas will be called
this morning and it is expected the examina
ton Of cabinet officers will begin.
| WASHINGTON, April ll.-Senate.-Gen
Thomas examination is still continued. H.
explained that the President instructed hin
TO take charge, not take possession, of the
war office. He assented to the general cor
rectness of Burleigh's testimony before tn,
house committee. Cross examined by But
Ter. Was positive the President only told
him to take charge of the war Office; admit
ted calling Karswell liar; never said ave
will have that fellow out if it sinks the ship
has not talked with Gen. Townsend ant
others about his testimony given yesterday
CHICAGO, April lila three story bull
ding in process of completion and was blown
down to day. Six men somewhat injured
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/ - candidate for Commissioners OF high
avs; but they carried three other candi-
dates by from to majority-by the fraud
alluded to.
In Andalusis, the democratic candidate
for Supervisor, Capt. Ballard, Was only
beaten by majority, while the democrats
carried one or two of these candidates.
The democracy of .Drury and Andaius'a
are entitled to the especial thanks OF the
party throughout the county for the noble
contest they made. A change of vote in
Drury and of 3 in Andalusia, or 4 in the
county, would have given us the supervi-
sors from these two towns and made q tie in
the board, while in Black Hawk, Canoe
Creek and Gordova, the democracy have
only to work tremendously together and get
all their voters to the polls to redeem their
towns. There is everything to encourage
the democrats to increased efforts through
out the county.
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THE IMPEACHMENT FARCE.

There never YVES such a failure as the
great impeachment trial" The managers
for the prosecution have occupied six days
IN the production of evidence that would not
send q Juvenile delinquent to the house of
correction. 1t was proven first that the
President ISSUED an order for the removal
of Stanton-not that he had removed him,
or that he had not the right to issue the Or
der: then an abortive attempt was made to
prove that the President conspired with sol.
diers to oppose the laws; and the prosecu-
ton ended with proving what the President
said in his public speeches. The New York
Herald boils the result down to this, and
this only:
That grand occasion has been given
to Butler to strut and fret and plume
himself in the public eye. Only chance
| tor this vaporer to show to the world that
there Is no sphere of human endeavor in
which he is not equally incapable. He was
| general little while ago, and he made
more noise in the dispatches and orders and
proclamations than all the other generals in
the country together. But the sum of his
achievements in the field is included in the
names of Big Bethel, Bermuda Hundred and
Fort Fisher. He saved his mem and his
bacon and he was never within ten miles
of a battle that it did not prove disaster
Peace came, and, not shamed into obscurity
by his failures, the mighty man returns to
politics and law. He leads the great case
of his party. He makes the same tremen.
duous threats as ever, and, as before, he dwin,
dies into pitiful insignifcance when brought
to practical test. Fortunately, there was
a way of pushing such leaders aside in war
Let us hope that the radicals may not for a
while learn that wisdom"
A Washington despatch to the Baltimore
Sun says that
"The most anxious and perturbed
spirits in Washington are the original
impeachers, who are alarmed at the fact thai
certain republican senator's have rsfused to
pronounce ia favor of convicting the Presi.
dent. There are fourteen of these obstinate
senators, but the impeachers name six Of
them who are positively for acquittal, and
the remaining eight doubtful Every nerve
is to be strained to bring here influential
men to get these troublesome senators
Strengthened up and fixed for q verdict OF
guilty. A Tennessee member of the house
canvassing the probabilities of an acquttal
of the President, said to senator, in the
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are unable to state. 1t is presumable, how
ever, that il was not made at random, and
that authority exists for it. If true, Gen
Grant is in state of INSTRUMENTATION and
mutiny. His opinion, as stated, is grossly
''contemptuous and disrespectful," and such
as cannot be passed over by his command
ing officer in silence. If General Grant
has made himself amenable to the Law, ev
cry .just american citizen tciu demand that
he suffers the penalty.
We trust that by a resolution of inquiry,
or in some other legal and proper way Gen
eral Grant may be questioned as to the &C
curacy of the Tiibune's statement, so tina
the grave issues involved in it may have .
settlement. - Washington Union, april Z:
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The New York Sun (radicaD concludes
an editorial upon the Connecticut elec-
ton as follows
On the whole. however, it is certain that
the democrats have not met with the
disaster which the republicans so confidently
predicted for them. They have preserved
their control over the executive government
of the state. Their prestige remains unbro
ken. They come out of a desperately con
tested election conquerors and not conquer
ed. Had the result been otherwise, their
case would have been hopeless indeed. As
IT is they can still reckon Connecticut as
surely theirs in November; for it is not like
ly that, after such defeat as they have
met with now the republicans will then seri'
ously contest it."
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The Fifth of the Articles Of war-Penalty

The Fifth of the Articles Of War-Penalty
for Using Contemptuous or Disrespectful
Words Against the President Of the United
States.
We invite the attention of the country to
the subjoined article, the fifth of the articles
of war: y-f-- ,.--
"Any officer or soldier who shall use contemp-
t,ous or disrespeesfM words against the President
Of the United States, against the Vice President
thereof against the congress Of the United States,
or against the chief magistrate or legislature Of
any of the United States in which he may be
quartered, if commissioned officer, shall DC easn
tered, or Otherwise punished, as sonrtemr .n1
may direct; if q non commissioners oHoer OF -.
dier, he shall suffer such punishment Is snan DC
inflicted on him by the sentence OF . court
In the New York Tribune OF Friday, the
I'D instant, the following remarkable IN
stance of "contemptuous or disrespectful
words" has most prominent place.
seGeAeral Grant finds it not inconsistent Nth
HE "olnty as a soldier" to announce il AZ his
opinion, "that the only hope for peace of the
country ais the s,ccess Of the pending impeacs-
aaent trial"
What authority the Tribune bad for ma
king this extraordinary announcement we
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-11
EGRoH SUFFRAGE AND NEGRO EQUALITY

Tt is noteworthy fact that while the state
of Michigan ON the 9th inst repudiated ne
gro suffrage by over 10000 majority, the
very next day her two senators voted to fas-
ten negro equality upon the people of the
District of Columbia. Negro suffrage had
previously been forced upon them, but that
did not satisfy radical congressmen-the Off
ces must be held and enjoyed BY the Afri-
can Senator johnson allnded to the fact
that during the impeachment trial no color
ed people had been admitted to the galleries,
and asked Mr.. Sumner why he had not Civ
en- some of his tickets to his coiored friends.
Mr.. Sumner did not deign to answer-could
not answer-and lodged by saying, "let US
have the question" The resnlt &c ~ 800
-..-y uorIrIne was toreshadowed In War
renton, Va, on Saturday last when one of
its apostles by the name of Tucker, a carpet
bag resident of Alexandria, addressed the
negroes, and urged them to work for no man
who would not recognize full social equality
admitting them to the family circle and do
mestic board The address SO incensed the
soldiers at Warrenten that they made an as
sault upon him, and he barely escaped with
his life. He had to be escorted from the ho
tel to the depot by the officers of the post, to
protect him from the maddened soldiers.
The citizens took no part in the ARRAY. The
result has been that the negroes have left
their employers, and are now idle and living
on the bureau. One gentleman, who is re-
pairing the buildings which were DESTROYED
during the war at the White Sulphur Springs,
had fifty freedmen employed at good wares.
On Saturday they notified him that they had
to attend Bureau meeting in Warrenton,
and since they have refused to work, except
ON the terms recommended by their friend
Tucker. Perhaps the taxpayers will be
content to support these negroes in idleness
until they secure social equality in Virginia
without reference to the reputation of such
equality in the northern states.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-11
NOBLY CONTEsTEn

The democracy of Drury and Andalusia
deserve especial praise for the noble man.
ner in which they struggled for success at
the late election. In Drurv, the democratic
candidate for supervisor, Silas Drury, Esq,
was defeated by only majority-and to do
that the RAIDS brought three men from Mer
Ser county and swore them in, who had nc
more right to vote there than in this town.
ship, 1t we are rightly informed of the facts
We are told that the ground on which they
claimed right to vote was that they had,
for the last 80 days, had their ,oas1sinq done
in Drury! This has just as much to do
with giving them right to vote there as it
would If they had got their horses shod in
IN Drury, and no more. They might just as
wen claim to vote where they got thei,
clothes made, or where they drank their
whiskey, or where they had their hair Gu,
and got shaved, or where they got their
boots tapped. The law of this state passed
Feb. %, 1861, ''to provide for ascertaininp
the qualification of voters and to prevent
fraudulent voting provides that peyma-
nent abode in the election district where he
offers his vote is necessary in order to per.
NIT man to vote. The permanent abode
OF these men was in Mercer county, and had
not been changed. There are residents OF
Davenport who get their washing done in
Rock Island. and they have just as good a
to vote in Rock Island as these three m en-
had in Drury. The radicals elected their
supervisor and other officers in Drury BY
fraudulent votes, and they must have good
deal of "chesk" to presume to hold Offices
'ney know they are not entitled to. But
even with their fraudulent votes they were
not able 70 beat Mr.. Underwood the demo-
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-11

An Atlanta, GA, paper tells of chap who
came down from one ofthe upper counties
and encountered man with hand organ
covered with green cloth. The man began
TO turn and the countryman put down a
quarter, which the other Immediately took
up. Down went another, which shared the
same fate, and then another. The stranger,
finding his pile getting low, turned to by
stander and asked sinister, what sort OF
game is this, Ianyhow?"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-11

The methodist conference here voted in
favor of impeachment, Stanton and Grant,
and against granting licenses for the sale
ofalcohol. The conference in Brooklyn, N
T., voted against the use of tobacco, and ad-
journed on Saturday to let members from
Connecticut 60 home and vote the radical
ticker. They are "of the earth earthly
Roe}on Pact
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READY GLAZED SASH.

TN CONNECTIONS with my Planning Mill,
! 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
i can sell at much cheaper rates than they can
be purchased for elsewhere. / obtain my Glass
from the manufactures ct Pittsburz, thereby
saving the profits which others must pay who
buy in this market. All Builders, Farmers, and
others in want Of Sash viii consult their own in
terest by giving me call before purchasing else
where, as am offering unusual inducements for
this trade. J. A. BIDDIS0N.
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GOOD NEWS FROM MERCER.

A friend in Mercer county writes US as
follows a
Our Township elections resulted favorably
to the democrats in every township in which
n strict party contest was made. In Perry
ton our whole ticket is elected after a spirit
ed contest, by majorities averaging 43, a
gain of &c. 10 Eliza a party contest was
made and the democrats swept the platter
by a majority of "a. The township has al
ways been heretofore 20 radical. In Dun.
can we carried the day by % majority. Two
years ago this township gave Harding 80,
In North Henderson we carry the township
by 20 votes. Seven, at least, of our fifteen
supervisors are democrats fittings is
workinr
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FOR SALE.

VNHE following property is offered for sale
Il The east 40 feet of Lot !, Block 4, Atkin-
sons I'd addition to N oiine.
Tn, south ! of south 10 acres out lot Z, Os-
born's % addition TO Moline.
The g. W. t, $. W. /, sec. 20, tip. 10, 2 east, 4th
p. M, near Port Byron.
Also acres in n. Q. corner, :. of n. /, $. e. 1,
sec. ], tip. l9. east, in the village of Cordoya.
Also, 20 one-hundredths of an acre. late resi-
denee Of Edward Phillips, near Moline depot
Refer to Andrew Conant, Rock Island.
THOMAS MOWERS, Sen,
mchzedu. Atkinson, ILL.,
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The Cincinnati Commercial says ''the cry
of Grant and greenbscks' has been raised
in Ohio and Indiana, and the republican
party managers do not, by any means, pro
pose to lose presidential campaign through
lack of abundant promises of paper money
prosperity
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-11
REPRESENTATIVE Poland. of Vermont, saws

Representative Poland, of Vermont, says
he expects the vote upon the Presidents
impeachment will be ga strict party vote
This is the amount of the matter :-"Andre
johnson is no longer on trial for crimes
committed against the constitution and laws
Blu. he stands arraigned before the highest
legal tribunal of the land to answer for often
ces committed against a political organiza
ton"
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:. ;. said tha. the Ku-Klux intend to hang
u.n,;cutt from the tail of Washington's
Cronze horse, for endesvorlng TO persuade
Col. Barton 10 capture Fortress Monroe in
January, 1861. @
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-11

The radicals in the Maine legislature took
an equivocal position in regard to paying
and taxing national bonds, while the demo.
Gratis spoke decidedly in favor Of taxing bonds
and paying fve.twenties.with greenbacks.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-04-11

We think that Gen. Grant is decidedly
more unpalatable TO the people since he was
roasted by President johnson than The was
when raw. Probably he was overdone.-
preufiss
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UNITED STATES BONDS,

HOLDERS Of Seven Thirties must attend to
IL them before they become due, or they VIII
lose the right to exchange them for Bonds.
Conversions can be made OF any time at the
First National Banh, or at the Banking House
of Mitchell Lynde, in Rock Island.
mehl 7dv2m
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(Comunihated-
Canoe Creek Election.

EpIroR ARGUs.-There not being q polit
ical issue in the town of Canoe Creek there
was a union ticket'elected,th the direct issue be.
ing to support or condem the commissioners
of highways in employing an attorney to de.
fend road appeal suit. The commissioners
ticket was elected straight through. The
result is as follows:
Supervisor Hill rep 35
Z. P. Feaster dem Is
Town Clerk. w. Martin dem IS
w. ID. Brewster rep Is
Assessor.-C. B. Marshall dem 81
Jonathan Feaster dem IL
Collector-Arthur Goodrich rep 2!
Christopher Dillon rep %
Comr-Calvin Goodrich rep (reelected) 8;
Harmon Lipharitt dem 1!
ovERsEERs OF HIGHWAYS.
Dist No /, William Shultz dem 2!
a. EL No opposition. &
2, John Liphault dem 2!
No opposition.
'' " 8, J. Blunch, rep L;
No opposition.
Pound Master--Geerge Kendall rep Il
o. No opposition
Respectfully submitted
NEWTON J. HUBBARD, Town Clerk.
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Gen. F. P. Blair, of MissoN Nov Yo-k
dent, and John T. Hohm l.'I., nrono.ad nv
for Vice President is a.. N..;an.l dem.
some, to be nomia'''d 0y the NA''0n'i ''
.,;c convention
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BRICK YARD For RENT.

THE UNDERSIGNED have q Brick Yard,
i near the one which they nov using,
which they wish to rent furnished or unfurnished.
c. ATKINSON 4 SONS.
Rock Island Apyil e. DIFF
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THREE BRICK YARDS
For Lease.
THREE SITES for Brick Yards, in this city.
i Good clay, and water convenient
mch20dlm. Il. DAVENPORT.
For SALE.

DUILDING ROCK in any quantity to suit
ID purchasers, at my quarry, ON Camden Av-
enue. Il. DAVENPORT.
mail qdlm.
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FOR SALE.

~ rock cellar, good well, and stablng for
four horses; also garden with good variety of
fruit-on Rock River street, near Exchange.
For particulars enquire of James Dixon, at
his store, on Camden road. mchl7dlm.
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FLORAL DECORATIONS.

~ wESTPHALL, on the north side of Third
~. Street. Davenport, between Brady and
Perry, has a very choice variety of Plants for
decorating windows, door yards, gardens, &C.,
&C., and invites the people of Rock Island to
call and look ct them. apr6dlw.
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A friend in Mercer county writes US as
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FINE STOCK Of PRINTS!
BLOCK g. NEWBURGER BROS.
Young America
NEW FIRM.

Phil. Helm, formerly proprietor Of the estab
lishment under Darts Hall, and James s. Kelley,
formerly conductor the Chicago, Rock Island
4 Pacific railroad, having purchased Of Mr.. F.
Ridenbaugh, his lease of Young America, and
fixtures and stock on hand, respectfully give no
tice that they will continue the business usual,
at the same place, and they hope the old patrons
Of the house will continue 10 call and see them.
TO THE FARMERS.
They will take especial pains TO furnish the
farmers, people from the country, or any other
Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-08-31
" AtiC OOd as. B0rIOtc.'


We were correct in our statement
that the opponents of Mr.. Barlow would
circulate all manner of falsehoods against
him, Just before election, and at date
too late to hare them exposed, or for both
sides to be heard. An extra" headed
as above has made its appearance to-
day of such a character. Many of it's
statements had crept out before, and
have been contradicted publicly and
squarely, on Mr.. Barlow's authority. 1t
is now three o'clock in the afternoon,
and before going to press we have not
time, nor Ucs 1t intended that any one
shOuldhdre in,e, to refute the statements
put forth in the extra" one by one.
The authors of the circular wind up by
appealing to " Republicans" and Gree
men " to vote for Democrat and one
whom they do not dare deny is a DEM
ocrat, in their circular and to vote
against Republican who has been fairly
endorsed by Republican convention,
and by the Republican press of the
State. This is the height of disorgan-
izing impudence. Well may we eX-
claim with one of old: go Liberty
what deeds are done in thy name!"
The statement THAI Mr.. Barlow was,
during the summer of 1862, "a malig
nant, open -moUthed Copperhead," is
entirely false; and if it were true, what
business have men to object to it who
sustain Mr.. Atwood, notorious oppo-
nent of the war for the union, and of
Republican principles? A gentleman
who has long resided in st. Adams, and
who has seen Mr.. Barlow every day
when he has been in town, since 1860,
brands ete,.jstotem entinthe extra" as
lie and says that he has never heard
him utter word disloyal to the govern
ment, from the beginning of the war UNI
til now, even in unrestrained private
conversation; but on the other hand,
that his course and conversation have
always been heartily for the Union
cause. Which will Republicans believe;
the assertions of men supporting active
Iva known Democrat, or the denial of
men having the confidence and endorse
ment of the Republican party? We
may say that the statement copied into
the circular from the Burlington Tinacs,
was made in the heat OF the Baxter
campaign, and was retract6d by that
paper. i ....r ......l