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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-14
FROM SPRINGFIELD.
The Equalization Decision-Disk Yates.

SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 12.-In the case, re-
Gently before the supreme court, OF the peo-
pie er. rel. Miner as. Solomon, county clerk
of Cook county. although the court was IMAM
imous. in awarding peremptory manda-
mus yet we understand that Judge Walker
is not preprepared to decide the equalization
law to be constitutional, but concurs IN awar-
ding the peremptory writ, tor the reason that
the county clerk is not the proper person to
raise the question of the constitutionality
of the law. He reserves his opinion on the
constitutional points until a proper case shall
come before the committee.
Col. Ingersoll, attorney general, who went
to Washington to assist in the movement to
bring about the resignation Ex-senator Yates,
returned to this city yesterday, and left for
Washington last night. 1t is understood
that he reports that Yates has recovered, and
declines to resign his seat, and that John A.
Logan is endeavorlng to get the senate to
expel Yates. 1t is evident that the feeling
among leading radicals here is not so much
in favor of pressing the resignation question
as it was few days since.
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Grant Growing Less Day by Day.

On the 18th day of August, 1858, Gen.
MeClernand, in an official communication to
Halleck, then general-in-chief. charged Gen.
Grant with falsehood in divers statements
made by the latter in his report of the Miss
issippi campaign, terminating in the fall of
Nicksburg. Moreover, Gen. McClernand
proved the falsity of the statements referred
to by the testimony ofthe late Gov. Stone,
of Iowa, and numerous other credible and
impartial witnesses. The testimony, and
Gen. McClernands communication on the
same subject were, through Grants influ.
ence with Halleck and Stanton. suppressed,
until both lately appeared in the Cincinnati
Enquirer. Thus in respect to Grants lack
of veracity as a general, McClernand was
the first to speak out Grant knows this,
and has remained silent. At this late day,
after adding treachery to mendacity in his
dealings with the President, he complains
that the presiden. assails his character as a
soldier and his integrity as q man. If his
relation, as a subordinate, in that case pre-.
vents him from calling on the President to
make the amende honorable. why does be
not call on Gen. McClernand to do so? He
knows where to find him.-Springfeld Reg
lister.
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Ex-Gov. Seymour, of New York, has writ
teen letter in favor of the protection of the
rights of American citizens abroad. He
SAYS there can be but one view of the duty
of the government in this respect. We in
vite foreigners to come here and assume the
duties of citizenship, and charge them with
the same burdens we put upon our native
born citizens. No nation which is not hos
tile to US in spirit and purpose will fail to
concede the necessity of protecting them in
the enjoyment of their rights. The interests
of commerce and of civilization, as well as
the duty Of the country, are so clear that q
refusal on the part of any government to ad-
NIT the rights of naturalized citizens should
be treated as an act of hostility and hatred.
and should be met by refusal on our part
TO make with them any commercial alliance,
or, if necessary, to refuse to hold with them
any political intercourse. This question
must be met boldly or we shall in the end
get entangled with political knots which can
only be cut by the sword
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More Ahaut Hiram.

The more earnestly the rump mongrels
insist upon running Hiram U. Grant for the
presidency, the more frequently do little
matters of personal record concerning him
crop out from unexpected quarters. Hiram
has as deep feeling of hostility as his foggy
mind is capable Of entertaining, for Gen.
McClernard, the hero OF Nicksburg. Hiram
has a sort of stupid idea that he don't ike
McClernard at all, because the latter gentle
man once came very near taking all the mil
itary laurels off the brow of the former indi-
vidual. Hiram took occasion in his capacity
of commander of the armies to snub and in
suit Gen. McClernard, who was only COM
mander of division. Since then, one OF
Hiram's jumping jacks has written a book
in which McClernard is vilainously lied
about. The result is that Gen. McClernard
has written letter taking the hair and
hide off Hiram C., and promising 10 expose
sundry and numerous shortcomings of the
Coming Man which will make the Amer
lean people blush for very shame for the in
dividual they have unwittingly deifed.
Hiram's personal record is quite as inter
esting as copy of the LAST Sensation, -
and not one whit less dirty. We trust the
rump mongrels will nominate that individual
without hesitation. Then we shall have
some fun-C1rth1qe Republican,
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IN A TIGHT PL ACE.

On Tuesday, the 4th inst, when the mo-
ton referring the J ohnson and Grant cor
respondence to the committee was up in the
house of representatives, Hon. S. S. Mar
shall, of this state, moved to SO modify his
motion of reference as to require the com
mittee to take the testimony on the facts in
dispute between Gen. Grant and the Presi
dent, so as to determine officially by the
committee, the question of veracity in dis
pute between Mr.. johnson and Grant. This
the radicals refused to do. and the official re-
porters of the house, BY some means not yet
known, dropped all this proceeding from the
regular reports of that days doings of the
house. Here is square acknowledgment
by Grants own friends, for whom he had
been playing dog with the President, that
MIR. Johnson has made his case against him,
as liar and unparalleled demagogue.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-14

A Peoria paper gives the following pen
picture of Bob Ingersoll, the radical attor-
ney general of Illinois:
Is the gallant brigadler general of the G..
A. r. the attorney general of this great state,
a god? Neither his military nor his law is
a burden for him to carry. He did take the
field with his regiment ; but his record can
be composed into the distich:
"He who fights and runs away.
Lives to fight another day"
His retreat to the pig-sty, his being bragg
ed theretrom by his own bloody handed COM
peer in politics, the hero of the massacre Of
Port Pillow, and his disgraceful return home,
have long passed into local history His
own soldiers curl their lips in scorn, and his
own friends hang their heads in doubt.
But all agree that he has great courage in
the mouth, for valiant Boosting great abiI-
ity in the tongue, for stumping and great
capacity in the throat and paunch for rot.
gut. He curses democracy well but rides
republicanism with clumsy seat, from
which we think he will soon fall. He is both
god and bnzzard as occasion serves.
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Souptoureen Grant In the Iowa Senate.

The Desmoines correspondent of the Da
venport Democrat, under date of Feb'y. 18th
says:
The Grant resolutions came I'D in the sem
ate this morning. and it was moved by New
ell Trad. to refer them to the committee on
the suppression of intemperancel Fairall
read late numbers of the Davenport Gazette,
to show the propriety of such reference in
view of Grants habits Holman and Others
discussed the motion to refer, and, pending
the same, senate adjourned.
Grants greatness daily diminishes; in
view of such action we suggest that a com
mittee of investigation be sent hither from
the United States senate, to purge the Town
senate of the disloyalty Miss Bickenson in.
iected into IL.
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Cooling Of the Grant Furors.
Correspondence of the Boston Post.
New York, Feb. 5, 1868.

NEW DIRK, FEB. D, 1868.
"Marshall Browns Pups Tribunism
for Grant Clubs--are not thriving so well as
they were month ago. The Grant furore
is cooling and may get down to zero before
May next Rufus F. Andrews and the other
original Grant men who went to Washing
ton the other day to pump Ulysses an
found him dry, came back half disguised
with their favorite and somewhat inclined to
fling him off their shoulder. Andrews ana
his fellow time-servers support, or pretend ~
support, the President, chiefly because ms .ha
of them live on Treasury pap, ana % 'no
breach between johnson and Grant - glo~
ing wider, they begin to think II une W
draw in their horns. Mr.. Stewart machine
seems to be getting clogged; at any rate 1t
= ~. ,vork;ng near so well as when he start
q :. I'D tbera 10 some danger that it will
h.aat down altogether. Most of the money
L;nos we're delighted with it at first, but a
nnmber have since come to the conclusion
that a man who gives silent assent to every
nl,rsism Of the Jacobins is hardly the per-
son to restore peace and confidence, and have
therefore turned their backs to the machine.
and declared they won't have any more to do
with it. The sober second thought is begin
ming to do its work, and Grant stock certain
ly shows declining tendency. At the
great antiradical meeting at Cooper Instr
tute last week, Grants name went down IN
q torrent of Kisses, and did not get as much
as one cheer. 1t is very plain fact that the
enthusiasm stirred up by his peculiar affair
with Stanton has greatly diminished, and
nowhere, think. has the cooling process
been more marked and rapid than here in
New York.
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PRENTICE ON GRANT.

The Louisville Journal thinks the radicals
are making of Grant just what Grant made
of the soup toureen-that is, a mere soon
venience." 1t does not concede that Grant
is the great military chieftain that some peo.
pie suppose he ought to be. The Journal
says that Grant was ANONYMOUSLY defeat
ed" at Belmont, lawfully whipped at shi-
lob, and that he was drunk generally from
the day he left Cairo until-well, until now.
Read what Prentice says of Grant:
"We think that the whole country under
stands the truth that Grants march from
Washington toward Richmond, in the face
of Gen Lee, was one of the most disastrous
campaigns ever undertaken. He was brave,
or rather obstinate enough. He would, when
ever and wherever Lee chose to stop and
throw up battle works, advance and attack
him, at a terrible expenditure of life. and in
every case he was repulsed And ut each
repulse he would walk his army round. make
flank movement, giving another disastrous
battle, getting another bloody repulse, and
going again into the flank business. At last
he got TO City Point, on James river after
losing hundred thousand men. There
he stopped. There he sguatted.
He didn't do anything. He said he would
hight 1t out on that line if it took all sum-
mer," but his fighting was simply squatting
There wasn't the first sign of aggression
about him.
The senior editor of the Journal was In
hicnmond IN the winter of 1865, and we
know tnst the confederate officers, soldiers,
and cltizens had no more apprehension of
Gen. Grant than if he had been on the other
side of the ocean. His proximity didn't
keep a man or woman awake a single min
ute. He was held in contempt. The whole
terror was in regard to the march of Sher-
man. And it was Sherman's march, and
that only, which conquered Lees army and
al the other confederate armies"
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-14

lanta, appearing in our. yesterdays issue
that Bates will be murdered by the Jacoo,ns,
to make a point against the rebels, will be
verified In that case, We shall have howl
from every black-and-tan newspaper In the
north over the alleged treason and hatred of
The Union in the south. Thus far none but
confederates have met to welcome and speed
oa,es on his way. The Jacobins have no
cheers for him. His flag represents all the
states in the Union, and they hate it. Let
careful note be kept of Bates progress. and
who appear as his sympashizers.-Chicago
Times
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-14
GOOD FARM FOR SALE.

7NHE undersigned offers, at private sale, q farm
l. of $50 acres, IS of which are under cultiva-
ton, and the balance in Meadow AID Timber.
The farm is miles southwest Of Rock Island. l
mile west Of the Knoxville road, and was former
ly occupied by Edward Mckay, deceased. The
farm ia well watered by q running stream and .
living spring never known to fail. 1t is well i
story dwelling and the necessary outbuildinss-
II not sold at private sale by the I'd day o
March. IL win then be sold at public sale, at the
Court House door, Rock Island, at 10 o'clock a.
N. ED. C0cKLEY.
Rock Island, H., Feb. 3, 1855, dutd.
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TRUSTEE SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF A TRUST DEED. MADE,
ID executed, Acknowledged and delivered 10
the undersigned Trustee, by Thomas H. Hart
mann and Elizabeth Hartmann, has wife, Of the
City and County of Rock Island and State of IL
hpois. on the Sth day of October, A. ID, lS67 and
rec rded in the Office of the Recorder Of the
County of Rock Island and State sf illinois. on
the 9Th day of October, A. ID. 1867, at 9:45 o.
clock A. NJ, in Book 30" of Mortgages, page
252, to secure the payment of n pronisory note
bearing same date, executed and delivered by the
srid Thomas ii. Hartmann TO Jacob Oklweiler.
amounting to three hundred dolla.s and interest
due thereon, payable four months after date there
Of nt Mitchell 4 Lynde's Bank, Rock Island, IL
linois. And whereas. default has been mad, in
the payment of said note or any part thereof,and
in all other condIfisns in sal Trust Deed con-
taine I, and upon application of said Jacob OIL
weller. he being tAe legal holder Of said Note,
and by virtue OF the power "f sale in said Trust
Deed contained, will sell at public vendue, to
the highest bidder fo- cash, all the following des
CT bed premises, and all the right and equity of
redemption. Of the said Gran:ors their heirs,
executors or assigns, ON THE FOURTH DAY
uF MARCH, A. d. 1865. between the hours of
10 o'clock A. NJ. and 2 o'clock P. NJ. of said day,
Mt the north door of the Court House of the
County of Rock Island to-wit:
All that lot, piece or pnrce! of Land, situate In
the City and County of Rock Island and State Of
Illinois, to-wit: Lot five {jl, in Block twenty
(e0l, known as the Old Town, together with all
tn buildings and Improvements thereon.
The proceeds Of this sale will be applied lst,
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 az 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
Grantors or their legal representatives.
Dated Rock Island, H., February 18th. 1868.
MATHEW MARX,
feb12dtd. Trustee.
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AUCTION SALE.

pY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE II THE
- City Council on Streets and Alley will
sell at public auction, on the premises on Satur-
day, the 18th day of February next, at o'clock
P. M, to the highest bidder, for cash = hand
the brick house just above Babcock 4 Andrews
tannery, situated in the centre of the foot of Ar
senal Street, and known as the Case hoase,--the
property to be forthwith removed from the street
by the purchaser.
e. C. CHOPPER, City MARSHAL.
Rock Island, Jan'v 90, 1858, DIFF
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-14

We omit the table of counties for the
state, on account of its length, but will state
for the benefit of the democracy of this region
that Rock Island county is entitled to del
egates; Mercer A, Henry and Whiteside 3.
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Democratic State Convention.
RooMs OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE
CENTRAL Committee

Springfield Jan. Sth, 1865.
The democratic state central commiI' 60
Springfield on this date, pursuan. .orrssertat;on
s .0.;.. as shs stsse being present, the
r.: 800. ?y.Ip".;on and national future was the
subject of earnest and csre.ulcousiueIaeion; Ano
Sacts which this con sheraton brought to the no
tjca of the committee were, that the entire people
~s 81. rIn;,sd Ssates are laboriug under burden
os fadersl. state and local taxation such as has
MAYER been laid upsn any people before. The
financial policy OF the dominant party is such
that these burdens must inevitably increase If
the power of that party is continued. The OBJ
vious effect of this policy is to create monied
arissrocrscy. In addition to this general system
Of oppression. large portion of the sovereign
states of the Union are not permitted to ENJOY a
republican form of government, but are crushed
into the condition of dependent colonies, by nun,
tary rule. This system of government Is pursnss,N
by the dominant party for the purpose OF pataIv
ing upon the country the sudrages OF ~
emancipated slaves. The entire percy "a 81.
dominant party is therefore confined " ~ enp'l
to retain the patronage of the =.
means of negro suffrage, and tue 'nnuenoo y, sns
n.o,s hs;no nainabIe and undisputed, the central
aomm;t,ee Al rected their executive committee to
esil = conyention of the democracy of the state of
Illinois, to be held at Springfield, Illinois, on
wednesday, April 18th, 1858, at IAN.
The democracy of each county are therefore
notified to send delegates to said convention tor
the purpose of declaring the principles which
shall aotuate the democratic party in the next
presidential canvass; for the purpose of appoint
ing delegates to the national democratic conven-
tion nominating electors for the state of Illinois;
for the nomination of candidates for state officers
ana for tie transaction of such other business as
may come before the convention.
Bach county win be allowed one delegate for
every three hundred (30O) votes cast for George
B. Mcclellan for president in 1864, and one dele
gate for fraction of $50 and over Of said vote.
JOHN A. McCLERNARD,
Chairman.
R. GO0DELL,
E. B. HERNDON,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-14

The President did net ask Gen. Grant -
or direct him-to disregard Mr.. Stanton's
orders in general-he only required that
Grant should ascertain that orders issued by
Mr.. Stanton, purporting TO be issued 'by or
der of the President" did come from the
President before they were executed
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-14

The Springfield (I!l.) Register says
1--WE are authorized tie state that Hon. S. S.
Marshall, present member of congress from
the 18th district in this state, is candidate
for denomination by the democracy of that
d;nkr,nk y
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-14

Into whose hands has Gen. Grant fallen
Albany Argus.
The hands into which he has fallen are so
internally dirty that We can't tell whose they
sre.--Lou jour.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-14

The circumstances under which Sergeant
Bates agreed to walk alone through the
southern states, carrying the flag of the
Union, have been given in the Times. to-
gether with the receptions be has thus far
met on his journey. It is to he feared that
the prediction made by gentleman in At
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-02-14

The undersigned, on account Of death In his
family, wishes TO change his location, and Is
therefore DESTROYS Of disposing of his FIGURING
Mill, on Green River, Henry County, Illinois, on
the c. X. l. p. Railroad, and IA miles east Of
Rock Island. This mill has three run of good
French burr stone, with all the necessary machin-
cry (nearly newt, with the latest improvements,
and is now doing first class business. Connected
with the mill. is also so acres of land, with
two good dwelling houses. all in good order with
fruit trees and shrubbery in abundance.
All Of the above property will be cold cheap
Persons wishing TO secure a bargain will call
early.
Further particulars can be obtained of the
owner, on the premises.
jan3ldlw JAMES KIDD.
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FARM FOR SALE.

THE subscriber offers for sale as acres Of land,
l. situated in Black Hawk township. between
the Knoxville and Monmouth roads, and adjoin
ing the corporation of the town Of Camden Mills
in the county of Rock Island and state of Iii
nois. On the premises there is about 26 acres Of
improved land, small frame house, some bearing
apple and cherry trees. considerable small garden
fruit and shrubbery, abundance o! never-fail.
ing spring water Sufficient in elevation and guam
tity TO supply all Of the town of CAMDEN. AMI a
good site for brick making, and in all probability
is underlaid with q bed of coal.
TERMs--SS6 per acre. One half cash down,
and the remainder on reasonable time, at 6 per
cent. interest Enquire Of the subscriber, ad-
joining the premises.
DAVID J. LLOYD.
January e0th 1855. jan2ldw3w
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NOTICE..

NOTICE is hereby given that A. J.. Green, at
~ the tax sale in Rock Islaad, Msy 2s, 1865,
purchased, for the taxes and costs due the state
of Illinois and county of Rock Island, for the
year A. d. 1865, Lot in Block G, Spencer L
Cases addition to the city of Rock Island, and
assigned the same to me. The time OF redemp
ton from said sale will expire on the 2sth day of
May, A ID. 1868.
PATRICK MAR0NEY.
Rock Island, Feb'y II, 1868, DIST.
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ENERGY BRICK.

A TKINSoN, MURDOCH CO. will sell
"A Brick, delivered, for eight dollars per
thousand, and are prepared to make Contracts for
any amount at eleven dollars per thousand. in
the wall. builders meas urement. jan7dtf.
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SIMiLIBUS GURANTUR.
HUMPHREYS
HON6H0PAY SPEoIFYoa

lave PROvED, FROM THE MOST AMPLE
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Prompt, Efficient and Reliable. They are the
only Medicines perfectly adapted TO popular use,
so simple that mistakes cannot be made In us
ing them; so harmless as to be free from dan ger,
ana so efficient as TO be always reliable. They
nave raised the highest eommenaation from all,
aud VIII always render satisfaction:
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HOUSE FOR SALE.

A GOOD RESIDENCE, on Orleans street, be-
"A tween Otter and Swan, in complete repair,
with good cellar, well, eistern, out-houses con-
plete, good garden. plenty of fruit, de-, Ao-, ia
offered for sale. Enquire Of
deo30dtf BEN HARPER.
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To-Day's Advertisem'ts Is.
ADMINISTRlTOR'S NOTICE.

ESTATE OF FREDERICK RIDENBAUGH.
~ Deceased. The undersigned, having been ap :,
pointed Administrator Of the estate of Frederick
Ridenbaneh late of the County ofRock Island and
State Of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that
he viii appear before the County Court of
Rock Island County, at the Office Of the Clerk of
said Court in the City of Rock Island, at the
February Term, on the THIRD MONDAY IN
APRIL NEXT, at which time all persons
having c aims against said Estate are notified
and requested to attend for the purpose of hav-
ing the same adjusted. All persons indebted to
said Estate are requested to make immediate pay
ihent to the undersigned.
Dated this 9Th day Of February, A. d 1858.
HIBBERD MOORE,
ieo'Ws"dIaw. Administrator.