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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-30
Democratic National Nominations
ELECTION Tuesday, Nov. Sd, 1851

VI NbNVaIis
PRESIDENTIAL ELEcToRs--AT LARGE.
JOHN A. McCLERNAND, of Sangsmon.
DAVID A. GAGE, Of Cook
sILAS l.. BRYAN, Of Marion.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
EBEN F. COLBY, of Cook.
RICHARD BISHOP, of MoHenry.
Z. +. BUTCHER, of Ogle.
DELOS P. PHELPS, of Warren.
JOHN T. LINDSEY, Of Peoria
p. A. ARMSTRONG, of Grundy.
CHARLES BLACK, of Champaign.
JAMES s. EWING, Of Mclean.
s. P. SH0PE, Of Fulton.
GEORGE II. HOLIDAY, Of Macoupin.
VIM. B. ANDERSON, of Jefferson.
EDWARD NJ. WEST, of Madison.
CHARLES BURNETT, of Gallatin.
Democratic state Ticket.
For Governor,
JOHN r. EDEN, of Moultrie Co.
For Lisutsnant Governor,
VIM. Fl. VAN EPPS, of Lee Co.
For Secretary Of State,
GUS. VAN HO0REBEKE, of Clinton Co.
For State Treasurer,
JESSE J. PHILLIPS, of Montgomery Co.
ROr State Auditor,
JOHN r. SHANNON, of Randolph Co.
For Attorney General,
ROBERT L. WILLIAMS, Of Mclean Co.
Per Representative In Congress, ct Large,
VIM. ". O'BRIEN, Of Peoria County.
For PsniteutiOry Commissioners,
JOHN W. CONNETT, Of Cock Co.
W. NJ. GARRARD, Of Lawrence Co.
CALNEH FARLEY, of Will Co.
Democratic County Ticket,
For RopreSentAtiVe-I7th District:
JOHN McCANDLESS, of Coal Valley.
For Circuit Clerk:
Sergt JACOB ADAMS, of Black Hawk.
FOR Sheriff
ELTON c. CHOPPER, Of Rock Island
For Coroner:
OBJ. HUGGINS, of Rock Island.
District Candidates.
For Congress--4tb District:
Gen. JAMES w. SINGLETON, Of Adams
For senator-2lst District:
CHARLES DUNHAM, Of Henry.
For Board Of EqulIization-2lst District;
JESSE EMERSON, Of Bureau.
For Prosecuting Attornsy--6th District:
CHARLES X. LADD, of Henry.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-30

lie drooPs bis Plumy, snOw-EOft wings,
lie waves his balmy hand
And wide the gate Of silence swings
That guards tbs shadswy land.
Forgot Is Time, the sentinel
That stands outside the door,
Tho gloomy train Of cares rs well
That ologgod our steps before
o, river Of oblivion
Thy draughtI are sweet and deep,
For Memory slumbers on her throne,
Rocked by the Angel, Sleep.
There is a face whose loneliness
l. marred by hucs ofoare;
But Sleep hath swept Il with his kiss
And made It smooth and fair.
There If n worn and weary brain,
That rests until the morn
There is q heart that beats with pain,
That feels no more forlorn.
Oh, Deaths fair brother how divine
Must DO that sumber deep,
More sweet more calm, more FREQ than thine,
When His believed sleep.
@s----==-
AN AUTUMN SONG
BT ROBERT WERKs.
What have the rustling Leaves to say,
FIJI 70 make IA sad or glad
"Ero the wind blew US away,
Much delight In the life we had.
Now we both Of us, are sad,
Both OF US would death defer
You, because you are not clad
We, bscGuse we always were
This ia what the brown 1saveI sAy,
With n sadness less than mine,
Dear II | should do to-day,
Give me something 20 resign.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-30
Brass and Iron Work,
Gas Fitting
STEA NJ PIP G S

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 a. Steam
Cocks, Valves, Water Gauges, Whistles, Oil Cups.
BOer Cocks, Pumps, Gas and Steam Pipe.of ell
sizOs, Zine, BRbbitt Metal, etc, etc.
Steam and Gas work promptly attended to ana
put up in workmanlike manner.
Gas fixtures of all kinds for sale.
Gas filters supplied.
He has a screw cutting machine, which cuts
screws upon gas and steam pipe from of an
inch to inchGs--the largest machine west Of
Chicago.
JACOB RILEY.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-30
To-Day's kdvertlsem'ts
LIsT OF LRTTRRs

DRMAINING UNCLAIMED IN THE POST
IL Office At Rock Island, State Of Illinois, on
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-30
DISSOLUTION.
DY mutual consent the firm Of Wollenhaupt&
ID Schnitger IL hereby dissolved.
JACOB WOLLENHAUPT,
HENRY sCHNITGER.
Rock Island. ILL.,, Oct ~, 1868,

HENRY SUHNITUEK.
Rock Island, H., Oct. u, 1868.
Jake Wollenhaupt having become the sole
owner Of the old stand Of Wolenhaupt Schnit-
ger, together with all tho stock, fixtures, book &C
counts, and good viii Of the late firm, will con-
tinue the business in the old style with all the
latest improvements, not including the Grecian
Bend. All parties owing the old firm are notified
to pay to him alone. -.-.
octl3dtf, JACOB WOLLENHAUPT.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-30

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Oct SOth, 1858:
Allen Geo Lyroider 4
Benedict Adna S Leach Clara miss
Bunard Charles MeKllip Margaret miss
Buchanan Emil Merui NJ mrs
Bennett Edgar mrs Morgan W
BhGs Edward Mills JAmesC
Bendtsghneider J Murdoch IL A mrs
Brilott Oscar A Mslley Edward
Chapman Mayer
Cooper Joseph Mckinney Alderman NJ
CraWiord Mathew Mott miss
Coakl.y Patsey Neal WIN
Cars.u WIN Nodlof Margaret miss
DayisG w Newell Hettie miss
DieuacrJF 0Neal John
Davis Nettis NJ miss Otto Wm2
DunhRmSP Peterson VIM
Dudonbacher Wa Phttenmayer uotteib
Ehmke Mary Roach Jane mrs
Engslland Peter spaulding NJ y miss
Flanders Gilmore Smith Lucy miss
lIRney C shafer Lafayette
Hinnber Geo simonson
IIiue Philip samson Andrew W
Ives Francis Taylor Wm
johnson Frederick Thompson NC
Johnson Jhhew TOrainger Martha
KelaO Phtlander Thompson EliTabet mrs
KRno L Q Wilson VIM
kstohum Jerome b West Andrew
Lane Louisa Zeueh FIR
To obtain any Of these letters, the applicant
| must cali for "AdUsrtissd Letters" aud give the
date Of this list
M II not called for within one month they
| will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
UNAVAILABLE LETrERs.
The following letters, II not pre- paid by stamp
within one week from date, will be forwarded to
the dead letter Office:
EAHHs DESTINATION.
| Miss Sallis Mullen Cincinnati Ohio
Mrs II A Rowland Newark NJ
M b Stoddard MasonviIle NY
John Lkus Huntingdon Pa
| John W kelsey Masonville NY
| David Torger Stevenson Co Ills
| L Moon Kingston Furnace Mo
MARCUS b. OSBORN, p. NJ.
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Choose 20 between them.
, 1868-10-09

momently looked for from New York and the
"Albert Emerson" (noW called the "Trait
dUnion') had captured aSmall armed schooner,
they might arrive and give some trouble-under
these circumstances such French vessels as re-
manned in port, and had a fair proportion of
their cargo on board, were advised to proceed
to sea without delay, those that were nearly
fitted proceeded direct to Europe, and the "Ura-
quay" came on to Kingston, Jamaica, to fill up
with logWo0d. Her consignee having left the
town of st. Marc on the staff of General Massage,
who had gone to Montray to meet Generals
Petion Faubert and Lynch, who had concen-
trated there their troops, lately b~eSeiging Port
au-Prince, the Captain of the "Uraguay" was
prevented from communicating with him, or
bringing on letters. On his departure from ST.
Marc, the town, still belonging to the revolt
tionary party was perfectly quiet, and quite
able to resist any attack that might be made
upon it by Government forces, and the pros
poets Of The revolutionary army was as bright
as from the commencement Of the movement.
The only French vessel left in the port Of st.
Marc was the French barQue "Beau Temps
Beau-Brhse'' which will probably come on to
Kingston for %logwOod, being entirely empty.
, 1868-10-09

which Reversionary Bonuses, averaging
p per cent per amman upon the amount
assured have been. distributed among The
Members of the Society.
Its career, during a period Of 81 years,
has clearly demonstrated the fact that the
lives of persons residing in this part of
the world, are, when carefully selected,
almost as valuable as those inhahiting
Europe, and that they do not demand
such excessive Premiums as are charged
by every other Company.
Tie following abridged Table shows
the Premiums required TO assure $500,
for the whole term, upon a single life -
, 1868-10-09

[0ET bekjcndtgj6res heryed, at I'd
~ kast til Repartitioncn afgangne
Jacques Alvarez Correa og efter-
Icyende Enkes Marie Louise Corrca's
30 vii bIiye frcmIagt en- Skiftcsam-
ling SON afhoIdes Trcd0gem den Gte
.NioUembcr f0rsthOmmcnde ~. | slet
EttermiddGg.
Frederiksted Skifteret den Ste DC
tOber 1868.
G. SarauW.
, 1868-10-09

Assurances OF every description Oh sin
gle lives are granted by the Society for
any sum from 100DoliarS to 10000 Dollars.
Premiums are received Quarterly, Half
yearly, or Yearly, at the option of the
Assured.
Assurers wishing to discontinue the
payment of their Premiums, may either
dispose of their Policies to the Society
upon equitable terms, or obtain a free
Policy for Il reduced amount.
Loans are granted to Members on the
Security of their Policies.
All claims occurring by death are
promptly met within 3 months after salts
factory proof Of such death has been re-
celved by the Society.
Strict Investigations into the position
of the Society are made fundamentally,
and the surplus then existing is allotted 10
the Members, after a sufficient sun has
been set aside for the purposes of the
Reserve Fund. The mex investigation
and Division Of Profits, will take. place at
the 31St December, 1870.
The Society has Agencies in nearly all
of the British West India Islands.
Actuary-ALEXR. S. BURNETT,
Secretary-HENRY CRUMPION.
, 1868-10-09
Notice..

THE Examination of the Moravian
Day Schools will take place as
follows
Friedensbcrg, WestEnd, October0th
1870 a. IN.
F~riedensthal, October 18th IO.30a.m.
The friends of Education are re-
specially invited to attend the above
Examinations.
F~riedensthaI, October LIST, 1868.
]. l.. HARVEY.
, 1868-10-09
acknowledgements

I sUsp. Underdommer og NKrVer
III paa st. Thomas, Adolph Rosen-
stands 30 Days Dato er taget under
BehandIlng som faIIit af underteg-
nede Skifterct, bringes hcrved til
offentlig Kundskab.
st. ThomB Skifterets C%ontoir, den
lode September 1868.
p. Nj. ANDERSEN,
COnSt.
, 1868-10-09
BARBADOS
Mutual Life Assurance Society.

11(lOADO
Mutual Life Assurance Society.
ESTABLISHED IN 1910.
INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT 1851.
CHIEF OFFICE:
No. 20, HIGH STREET, B~RIDGEToWN, BARBADOS
gglHIS Society, which confines its bust
a ness exclusively to assuring the lives
OF persons resident In the West Indies,
presents advantages such as no other AS
Surance Company, Iabouring IN the same
field, can offer. lis scale of Premiums,
although considerably Iower.rhan that OF
any other Company, has nevertheless been
found quite adequate TO provide for the
risk of life in the West Indies, and suffi-
Gent to create large surpluses, out of
, 1868-10-09

ESTABLISHED IN 1910.
INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL ACT is
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02
NEW BOOKS.
A Walk across South America.

Walkists-as the phrase now is,-have
been more or less the rage since Weston has
called public attention to his achievements OF
pedcstrianism and it is now announced
that Weston is shortly to attempt a continu-
GUS walk Of 5000 miles, resting only sun
davs. as a test Of his endurance. But no
one would ever think of making a book out
Of Wcston-s travels, from the simple fact
that there is nothing in it but the travel.
We have before us, however, a volume OF
over 300 pages, published by Lee & Shepard,
of Boston, entitled. a. Thousand miles
Walk Across South America which shows
that it is quite possible for a young man to
walk to some purpose. Nathaniel III. Bishop.
4 young man seventeen years of age, having
a cash capital of only forty-fve dollars,
started some years ago upon a journey of
twelve thousand miles by sea and land, and
in the course Of the excursion walked more
than a thousand miles over the Pampas and
Cordilleras Of South America, and returned
home with fifty dollars, thus proving that
energy, industry, economy and muscle, are
all that is necessary to enable any young man
TO get the benefit Of foreign travel. This
book is the record of this energetic youths
experiences. The volume is entertaining
rather from its simplicity, and apparent
truthrulncss Of narrative, than from any
marked literary merit. 1t is the sketch of
an Observing traveller, but of one who is
hardly a philosopher or scholar and VIC are
by no means certain that it is not more
agreeable, and profitable reading on that ac-
count. If one seeks not so much for fine
writing, as for a lively and graphic, and at
the same time entirely unpretentious sketch
Of the people, the country, the government
and the industries Of a large part of South
America, he will find it in this volume.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02
japan and the Japanese.

George S. Fisher, Esq, late United
States Consul to Japan, delivered in the
Forty-Second Street Presbyterian Church
in New York city, a more than usually
and interesting lecture on " Japan and the
japanese" 1t abounded in information
concerning a people just now arresting the
marked attention of the Western nations:
He said that the name and memory OF
Commodore Perry were we'll and affection
ately remembered in Japan, and too much
credit cannot be awarded him for his
triumphant success in opening the trade OF
that country to American enterprise. The
islands of Japan are several hundred in
number, and generally fertile and healthy.
The seaboard Is stormy and i~nhospitablc.
but there are very many fine harbors to be
found, and excellent anchorage ground
within. Terrific storms and typhoons are
common to the waters of Japan. The in
terror country is abundantly watered. and
rich alluvial valleys. magnificent wood and
table lands meet the eye on all sides. The
comellla is often seen growing to an alti-
tude of sixty feet; the acacia, the cam
phor, wood trees, the palm tree, the tall
cedars, the variety of chrysanthemums and
rhododendrons, the orange, the fig, and
p~omegranate are on every hand, and add
intense beauty and interest to the land
scape. The summer nights are always re-
freshing on the coast. In the interior the
weather in some places is exceedingly sui
try. The population of the country might
be about 5000, 900 of souls. The popu-
lation of Jeddo, has decreased, owing prin-
cipally to the reversal of the ancient decree
by the Tycoon requiring the great daimios
to retain a large representation of their
followers at the national capital and then
there have been some fearful fires. burning
down whole acres of houses. and DESTROY
ing an immense number of lives.
The ceilings, partitions, doors, and win
dows Of Japanese houses are made of
paper. The true japanese house is open
front and rear, at the rear more particu-
larly, and parterres of the most exquisite
are trained around the humbiest
dwellings,.
The Tycoon is the great temporal ruler
of Japan he is Commandments ofthe
and navy he governs the treasury,
coins all the current money of the realm,
regulates the supreme, civil, and judicial
business, and attends to innumerable other
The accounts we hear now from I
Japan about the Mikado being deprived
of his share in the dual goyernment-the
element-are difficult to rely up
because Japanese affairs are mystery
thrice mysti6ed, and impossible to be fully |
and clearly understood and appreciated by
foreigners. There is a good, deal of dis
s%ension among the daimios on the subject
of trading with the outside world. Some
of them favor throwing open all the ports,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02
fOT INC FFcVIndn.
Letter from Alabama.

TALLADEGA, ALA, Nov. 18th, 1868.
DEAR FREEMAN: Il nave said, many
Saturday nights after the weeks work was
done, that before | should lay me down to
sleep on another last day of the week, |
would write you a line to apprise you of my
welfare, or. in the stereotyped form of ne
gro phraseology, =" to let you know that [
am well, and hope this letter will find you
enIoyin' the same b~lessin'". But one
weeks duties nave crowded so fast on
the time of the next, that the things that
nave not been actually pressing, have
passed over.
Many things nave occurred since [ re-
turned from my visit North. which have
awakened our deepest interest in the work,
and could [ tell them to the many inter-
ested ones of our Northern homes their in
terest would be still deeper.
[ reached my home the last week in
September. When | left here in May, L
had my own doubts as to whether | should
see this beloved college any more my
health was then so far from perfect that
my return was considered very doubtful /;
and if [ should be permitted to return, |
felt that [ might behold only the ruins Of
the once beautiful ediice, for there is no
confidence to be placed in the white citi-
zens, however fair their promises are. 1t
may be they are presenting only the glazed
sides of themselves, and only waiting for
your backs to be turned that they may act
their very substance. But as the iron
horse neared cur station, glad was to dis
Germ the outlines of our beautiful building,
and yet more glad as l thought how good
God had been in sparing to us that in
which our every interest had centred thus
proving that though mans ways are not
always Gods ways, yet He chooses to carry
on His works by the plans that man, in his
weakness, adopts.
[ was glad to meet the faces that | had
learned to love, though some of them are
as black as the ink with which l am wri-
ting. IL their bright countenances and kind
words are indications of their feelings, they
too were glad to see me back. 1t is vain
fer me to endeavor to report the many ex-
pressions of JOY they uttered indicating
most earnestly and sometimes touchingly
their thankfulness.
One old mar who is a deacon of our
church, often says to me, I" when you were
gone, l used to try to feel that God would
send you back, but 1 felt that if He did it
would be too good for us, but now you are
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02

Scorr's PoETIcAL WoBKs. The DIAMOND
EDGTiox.-The Diamond edition of the poets,
began in 1866, by ricknor Il Fields, by the
publication in that form of Tennyson's po-
ems, followed since, by the poems of Long
fellow and Whittier, has proved SO much of
a popular hit that the publishers propose to
continue the series Of beautiful and complete
little volumes, until they shall form a choice
cabinet library Of popular poetry The po-
ems of Scott are now added to the collection,
the edition just issued containing all that
authors poetry in a volume of 4S7 pages.
For compactness, neatness and beauty
this Diamond edition is unexcelled, and it is
not singular that it ha. such unexampled
popular favor. The public will be glad to
know that the series is to be continued.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02
WEBsrrn REvrsED.-The Yale CoIe7e
s--- Ic--

WEBSTER REyTsED.-The Yale COXe2e
Conrant has some new definitions:
" Professor-One who makes an avowal
of his belief in Scripture especially an
officer in a college or university. whose
business it is to instruct students in a par
ticular branch of learning. IO5soleie A
person who is skilled in breaking horses.
One who is an adept in sleight-ofhan1 per-
formanccs. A teacher of the art Of self
defence. A teacher Of the art of French
cookery-example, Prof. Blot. In fine,
the title NAV be applied to any jackass who
has the holiness to assume it.
doctor Of Divinitv-A title conferred
on a person of profound learning. who has
written some work on theology, or by study
and research has contributed largely to
the fund of Bible knowledge. TO5solete.l
A title affixed to the name of a Christian
minister having the same, force as Rever-
end preixed. One Of the honorary de-
grees conferred Unfortunately by colleges
on ministers of the Gospel.
/" Honorable-Formerly an epithet of
respect or distinction given to a member of
Congress or a State Senator. The term is
now applied to any one elected to a public
Office, or toea person who distinguishes
himself in p~rizeafghting. embezzling. gzm-
bling. ETC.. also applied in any case where
the word d~ishonorable would be moro cor.
rectly used asar d.z..
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02
BEER NOT INroxIcATING.-The Aneri.

BEER NOT INToxICATING.-The Ameri-
can Guardian gives the following:
1--WE saw a man. last night. who don't
believe that beer will intoxicate. He
stopped US on Vine street to say /: Mos
harm'se bev'ege in er void. Man can
drink fly glassesn never feel it more'n(hic)
[ am this mint. A man drinks WHISKY an
he shows it. Drinks age beer. don't
sh-sh-show't. an o'ys did Look at r no.
BILE Germ poppoplash'n. Never seem
tos-tos'-cated, don't We. so I'm Il Larger
beer has no more feet on me n so much
wafer. Can walk (hic) hole through
fa'er or see crack in er sidlak wells an
over man. Bet We two d%ol'-ar'n ~haf-6can,
NY horse'n find his way home with (hic)
'hote key beet outsi'f Us. Y'say beer
'strovs mem'ry. Size Member better
to dav than | did to MORT. 'Rah. for,
who's that ge'mn we nominal at-where
was u Convention held ? What am u
who ere you. an how Please tell me'f
Seven street runs dowa stree ra'road can
get a (hicl hack n go my way. IF don't
who has 2
I'VE left him, satisfied that he was
right ; lager beer is not intoxicating"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02

\ NEW Textbook IN GEoLoGY.-Rev. 5.
Il Hall. the author of the :. Geography and
History Of Yermont,i-a book which is now,
or ought to be, in the hands Of every scholar
in the schools of this State-has prepared a
small work, entitled Halls Alphabet of
Geology or First Lessons in Geology sind
Mineralogy, with suggestions on the relation
Of rocks TO soil Gould Il Lincoln, of Bos-
ton. publish the volume. 1t is intended for
use in common schools, both as a preparation
for the study of more complete t~reatises on
the subject, and as giving much valuable in
formation to those who have little leisure or
opportunity for consulting more elaborate
works. The volume also contains a supple
ment adding a further description of the
classification of rocks with n few illustrations
in paleontology.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02
Poems by Lucy Larcem.

Fields, Osgood and Co., of Boston, have
issued in n handsome volume a collection Of
the poems Of Lucy Larcom, one of the editors
Of Our Young Foits. Miss Larcom is a native
Of Beverly, Mass, and has been favorably
known for some years as a writer of rare
beauty AMI felicity of thought and express
sion. OF this volume, Whittier-who, as
ne is one Of the best poets Of this age, ought
t. be one Of the best judges Of poetry-says I:
- The announcement of a volume from the
pen Of Lucy Larcon, will be welcomed by
her many admirers in all parts of the coun-
try. Having had an opportunity to look
over a portion Of the manuscript, I do not
hesitate To predict for the book a permanent
popularity. Its author holds in rare combi-
nation the hcaithlulness Of simple truth and
common sense. with a fine and delicate fancy,
and an artists perception Of all beauty.
Wholly without cant, affection. or imitation,
the moral tone of the more serious poems is
noteworthy. The religious sentiment of
New England, never had a more winning
and graceful interpreter, for she has sue
cecdcd IN recJnciling P%uritanism with the
liberal yet reverent spirit of modern inquiry.
Her ballads have tie true flavor and feeling
of the breezy New England sea-coast.'
We copy from this volume, not because it
Is better chan the Others, but because it is,
like everything in the volume, worth reading
many times, the following:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02

An English rector was caught using
grrve-stones for a new and much admired
sidewalk in front of his residence.