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Mail Routas

CHICAGO AND EASTERN MAIL-ATriyss q
74O A. NJ. and $50 P. NJ. Closes at 500 A. NJ
and $50 p. NJ.
PORT BYRON MAIL--via WAtsrtoWn, lamp,
ton, Rapids City, Port Byron and COrdOvA, ar
Fiyes at 1870 A. N. Closes sos r. NJ.
GOAL VALLEY MAIL--(by oSrSl daily, lsaVoI
between and A. NJ, returning at about
+. NJ Orion aud Andover are supplied BY
this route.
DAVENPORT, IOWA, MAIL-SrrivsS At 6:75 A.
NJ. and s:35 P. NJ. Closes At 7:l5 A. NJ. and
620P.M
tLEDO aATL--viS Camden Mills, AndAlu-
ia, EdgingtOn, Hamlet, PerrYt)n, Aledo, High
Point, New Boston, Keithsburg. OquGWka, to
tquaWkS Junction, .SsRetrWuD, leaves daily
between A. NJ, ana arrives at $3.50 p. NJ.
Mail matter Tor Pleasant Ridge, HAElitt, Buff
fo Prairie, Illinois City, Drury, Copper
Ctsok, and Millersburg, goes by this route.
MONMOUTH MAIL-viA Presumption, suoE,
Ft'lr, North Henderson, Spring Grove, and
Rioha1l GrDyo to Monmouth, leaves Tues
inys, Thursdays and Saturdays at IA. NJ,
sni srriv"s Mondays, Wednesdays and FRI
lay II ?, NJ. Centre Ridge is supplied
On Tuesdays by this route.
CENTRE RIDGE, via Rural, once q week. Ar
rtvos Friday evening, at O'Clock, and leave
Saturday morning, at 3 O'Clock.
Dhce hours from 7:C0 A. NJ. to 500 p. M.
~ Sundays, open from Q 10 10 AM.
NJ. b. Osborn, Post Master.
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The Union, and the Gazette, which pa
pers have hOwled themselves hoarse abou,
CABLE and Gables monopoly" come
down as gracefully as could be expected
though not without some ill-natured and un
warranted filings about "underhauded and
improper motives, influences" &C., &c. The
Gazette says ut THE leasing Of the road
has a queer look" though that paper admits
that Mr.. Cable is and has been master Of
the situation all the time. That paper also
shows that all the outside pressure possible
to raise was brought to bear on Maj. Gould
to induce him not to consent to the con.
tract. 1t says:
Several persons called upon Major Gould, and
had talk with him in relation to the location Of
the route from Cambridge TO Rock Island. To
these parties Major Gould plainly stated that he
was compelled by q pressure from the people
which be could not Withstand, TO decide in favor
Of the acceptance Of the propositions Mr. Gable
laid before the board Of directors at Peoria. He
said that people in towns along the line Of the
road, having tired Of delay, were declaring that
the road was failure and would not be built,
and were declining to issue any more township
bonds until the west end question should be set
tied. He cOuld only see his way out Of the diff
Guilty through the acceptance of Mr.. Cables
propositions, as the expense of building via.
Moline, compared with the Coal Valley route,
would be altogether too great to be contemplated
by the company at present.
Our neighbor, the Union, besides some
other unwarranted insinuations, very grstu-
itously says:
There is, beside, a suspicion that Mr.. Cable is
really the representative Of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railroad, and that be will not
run his trains nor make his carrying rates SO as
in any way TO compete with that road for Chiea-
80 aud eastern tESeic. Mf. Gable, however, g..
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To Be RENENBERED.--The democrats in.
tend to carry every ward in Rock Island, at
the next spring election, which will occur on
Tuesday March I'd; and those who contem,
plate any change OF residence should re.
member that the law requires man to be
80 days a resident Of the ward before be can
vote, and therefore all persons who move
from one ward to another, after the 3Osh day
of this month, will lose their votes. Let all
democrats ramember this and see that their
neighbors understand it.
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The NORTHERN LlSE-The St. Louis
Republican of the 2lst contains the follow
ing:
The election by the Northern Line Packet
Company, yesterday, resulted in the choice
of the following directory, viz: James
Ward, Thos.7H. Griffith, ]. B. Rhodes, R.
C. Gray, Adam Jacobs, Thos. B. Rhodes, D.
Hunkins, Thos. ]. Buford. At the organi-
cation of the board, Capt. James Ward WAS
reelected President and Thos. Il. Griffith
Secretary. This well-known company will,
at the earliest possible moment, be prepared
to resume the running Of steamers hence to
st. Paul, and the history Of the past ten
years is good evidence that the wants of
shippers and travellers will be met in man.
DER to afford the utmost satisfaction;
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CONCEIVABLE MUSITICENcE.-Our read
ers will remember that some time since We
published an account Of q fire in LeClaire
township,by which Mr.. Conderon lost ever
particle of his household goods, as well as
his house, and the inmates escaped with
difficulty from the premises. This occurred
on the night Of the 22d of December last.
Not long since, Mr.. C AMI his wife we're 10.
vited to take supper with neighbor. They
went to the place and found the house full
Of people. After supper one ofthe farmers
present stepped up to Mr.. Conderon and
presented him with 800, 10 greenbacks.
Next day several pieces of cloth suitable for
male and female apparel, and bed clothing
and many other articles Of household furni.
ture were sent to the place where Mr.. Con.
deron's family reside. Mr.. C is now erect.
ing new house and has preserved his
spirits amid all the calamity, and is now
encouraged by the kindly generosity and
regard of bis neighbors. So truly Christian
IN act as the above needs no comment
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CIRCUIT CoURT.-A queer legal phase o.
ours this morning in reference. to the con
tinuance Of the session for this term
Judge HoatOn, when vacA.ing the bench IL
this city to return home, adjourped court un
I'll yesterday the 22d On thst day Judge
Peasants was on the bench an another eoun
ty, waiting for jury to come in' Accord
ingly the bench Of this circuit court was emp
ty. We understand the question will be
raised whether there is not lapse in the
present term, and whether the cases that
we're to be hSSrd, should not be continued
until the nest term.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-23

REAL ESTATE TRADE.-Mr. A. hamburger
has just purchased the residence Of J. NJ.
Beardsley in the first ward, and will occupy
it as his home. He now lives in the second
ward but be says he shall not move between
the Both inst. and the city election, to lose
bis vote, unless Jim will move ont of the
ward,or pair off with him.
The place is neat one, and will make
Mr.. hamburger pleasant home.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-23

Why was it necessary for tho Union, in
speaking of the law firm of Parker & Nc,
Neal, Davenport, to allude to Mr.. Parker as
"Iate one of Andrew Johnson's whiskey
sgents2" The notice was wholly uncalled
for, and is pretty good evidence that the
man who wrote it is not gentleman. The
Gazette is not guilty of such marked dis.
cOurtisey.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-23

BROKE JAIL.-Ben Langel, q sporting
character not entirely unknown in this city,
is reported to have broken jail at Muscatine
and escaped. A reward of $500 is offered
for his apprehension. He was arrested on
suspicion of being being concerned in the
Louisa county safe robbery.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-23

MORE BUsNEss.-It wont set Rock Island
back any to have the headquarters Of the
Peoria and St. Louis railroad here; TO be
able to run freight and passenger cars to St.
Louis without change; and to have the
machine and repair shops of the road here,
thus furnishing great amount of employ.
ment for men, and business for our citizens
generally-will it?
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-23

ANOTHER SALooN.--Mr. g. F. Giese will
on Monday evening, open new and large
saloon and restaurant, in Negus' new brick
block, in Market Square, on which occas.
ion he will set out "a square meal" for all his
friends and the public generally. Give him
q call
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Railroad Trains.

LkAVB-0hioago, Rock Island 4 PAsihs, DING
Best, ct $50 A. NJ. and $50 p. NJ.
doing West-At 7.45 A. NJ. and $50 P. M.
Western Union, and Sterling 4 Rock Island,
~ 6.S5 Y. N.
Coal Valley, About 700 A. NJ. and 100 P. N.
ARRIVE-ChioAgo, Rock Island 4 Pacific,
FROM the East, at 7.4O A. NJ. and $50 P. NJ.
From the West at 6.2b A. NJ. and S.35 p. M.
Western Union, aud Sterling 4 Rock IslAn d,
1t 40 A. NJ.
Coal Valley, about II A. NJ. and S M.
n&r> Trains run by Chicago time, which 10
sbout 10 minutes fastSr than Rock leland time.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-23

ROBBERY OF $430.-Abraham Morey, q
farmer Of Richlsnd Grove, Mercer county
came into town on Friday the 22d with
$500 in his pocket. He went to various sa,
looms in the city, drank frequent and deep
dEaughts Of lager aud bibiblss generally,
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patlD argus.
Premium Job Printing.

0rders for JOB PRIErINa viii meet with prompt
attention at the ARsUs OFFICE, aud be executed
IN the very best manner and at reasonable rates
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Forty CENTs line will be charged for
each insertion of all articles under this head.
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The Davenport Gazette slludes to two of
our citizens as "Be" Robinson, and Capt.
Harper" Who are they2
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RELIGIOUS To-day, the usual prayer
meeting was held at the Y. NJ. G. A. rooms
at noon.
To morrow, Sunday, services on MSrkel
Square at 2:3O, to which all are invited
Rev. L. Raymond and Rev. H. MAttce will
preach.
Preaching at the Baptist Church morning
and evening, by Rev. l.. Raymond.
Services may be expected in the fret
Presbyterian church on Sunday morning at
the usual hour, by Rev. Robert White, OF
Ohio.
The usual union services in the second
church in the evening.
Next Wednesday, humiliation and prayer,
from noon until five O'Clock, with the request
that stores and shops be closed and all the
people be invited to attend service at the
different churches.
Rev. Mr.. Mattce, Of St. Louis, has been
holding some interesting meetings in the
Black Hawk school house, during the past
week. Last night he held service in the
Greenbush Mission House.
The Presbyterian churches of the city are
holding series of union meetings.
The Methodist and Baptist churches are
also holding meetings every night, and ia.
vorable degree of religious feeling prevails
throughout the city.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-23

THE CONTRACTS yesterday
FRIDAY the 22d) DR.. VIM. r. Hamilton,
President of the Peoria & Rock Island Rail.
road Company, and Maj. Amos Gould, one of
the Directors, they constituting majority Of
the Executive Committee, we're in this city,
and signed the contracts with Mr.. Gable, BY
which Mr.. G., becomes the lessee of the P.
Il R. l. road in perpetuity. We are also
gratifed to announce that Mr.. Cruger, the
other member Of the Executive Committee,
Signifed, by telegraph, his approval of the
arrangement; and that all the other directors
of the road have also approved the arrange.
mentr except the liable Davenport director. "
We have not yet heard from the President
OF the Davenport and St. Paul railroad Ton
Paper) but we presume ifhe is not too much
Objected" tharh he will at once deluge the
Davenport papers with long letters on the
subject, made up of diluted mind, provided
he con get promise from any one that they
will be read.
DR.. Hamilton and Maj. Gould returned
to their homes this Saturday morning.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-23

0 Hhvd
nothing and that lisa hysolL"
gift desS the
of Il alton
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m1g VIII sa' The Children WIFE, Husband Father Mother
V Mot Tor instance are thing their Kinder Frau Mann,
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Officers :
SOLICITORS AND ATTORNEYS
VIM. f. CHANDLER, Washington, &c.
GEORGE HARDING, Philadelphia, Pa.


This Company, National in its chardcter, offers,
by reason ofits large capital low rates Of Premium,
and New Tables, the most desirable means of in
surfing life yet presented to the public.
The rates of premium being largely reduced,
are made as favorable to the insurers as those Of
che best Mutual Companies, and avoid all the
complications and uncertainties Of Notes, Divi-
dends, and the Misunderstanding which the lat.
ter are 80 apt TO cause the Policy Holders.
Several new and attI aotiAe tables are now pre-
sentod, which need only to be understood to
prove acceptable TO the public, such as the IN
COME-PHODUCiNGP OLICYand RE-
TURN PREMIUH POLICY. In the fer
mer, the policy holder not only secures lfe-in-
surance, payable at death, but will receive, IL
living, after period Of a few years, an annual
Income equal to ten per cent 90 per cent Of the
par of his policy. Ia the latter the Company
agrees to return to the assured the total amount
of money he has paid in, in addition to the
amount Of his policy.
Tho attention Of persons contemplating nsur-
ing their lives or increasing the amount Of nsur-
anco they already have, is called to tbs special
advantages offered by the National Life InIHr-
anoo Company.
oirOulOr, Pamphlets, and full particulars Civ
en- on application 70 the Branch 0fhoe Of tho
Company in this city, or to its General Agents.
C@~ LOCAL AGENTS ARE WANTED In
every City and Town; and applications from
competent parties for such agencies, with suita-
bic endorsements, should DO addressed to the
C0MPANY'S GENERAL AGENTS ONLY, In
their respective districts.
GENERAL AGENTS OF THE COM
PANY.
JAY COOKE & CO., New York, for New York
State and Northern New Jersey.
Il. W. CLARK CO., for Pennsylvania and
Southern New Jersey.
JAY COOKE + CO, Washington, D. c., for
Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, District Co.
lumbia, and West Virginia.
A. ELLIS Co., Chicago, Ill, for Illinois,
Wisconsin and Iowa
HON. STEPHEN MILLER, st. Paul, for Min.
nesota.
septldeodw6m.
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New FrRN, AND CHEAr LUNBER.-Alder.
man Porter Skinner is going out Of business.
His son Charles W, and Gray, Chopper 4
Co., Joseph A. Gray, William L. Chopper,
and Elias II. Anawalt) will succeed
him and he now offers his lumber
at reduced prices in order to close
out the lot and make room for the new firm.
His advertisement will be found in this paper,
and we commend it to the attention of all
our readers.
The new firm, Charles W. Skinner 4 Co..
is composed offour Of our most enterprising
and deserving young men, and we have no
doubt that they will largely increase the
business. We commend our readers to the
Skinner establishment, in the upper end of
this city, ifthey want anything named in the
advertisement in this paper.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-23

The city council met last evening, and
the committee heretofore appointed reported
IAN act to amend article seven and sections
five and six of article eight of an act to
reduce the act to charter the city of Rock
Island, and the several acts amendatory
thereof" approved February 10th, A. D..
1868, which was read and on motion the
report of the committee was received and
approved.
The amendments are very long and re-.
late, in detail, exclusively to sidewalks and
taxes. The clerk was instructed to forward
them to BY Sickles, representative from this
district, at Springfield, and request that they
be placed on their passage Immediately.
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-18
Varieties.

"A new law in Indiana provides that in
any district where tie parents or guardians of
twenty-five children shall request it, the study
of German shall be introduced into public
school.
-"He Knew He Was Right" will be begun
again this week in EUery Saturday, with .
double allowance to make up for past defoien-
cies.
"A portrait of John Kemble in the charac-
ter OF CorioIanus, painted by Washington ALL
ston from the famous picture by Sir Thomas
Lawrence, is on exhibition in New York.
Two theatre men in New York have made
wager of 81, 800 side, and are to ride velocl-
pedes from New York to Chicago.
"A Buffalo detective lately affected green.
ness at Niagara Falls and allowed the
swindling guides to 'put him through" after
which he had the rare pleasure of putting them
through.
A person on trial in Dubuque, the other
day, told the Justice he lied. His Honor de.
scended from the bench and with a scientific
punch in the head convinced the contemptu-
Gus culprit of his veracity.
The female teachers Of Boston are asking
an increase of salaries; and their application 10
backed by Charles Sumner, George s. Hillard
and six hundred other citizens.
The Arabian Nights" is to be published
in monOsyllables for very young readers. An
exchange appropriately asks, "Is anything
gained by anticipating the genuine enjoyment
of such books as this by placing them before
children acquainted only with the primer?"
"A pair of fond lovers in New Orleans,
tired of life and the prosecutions of cruel pa
rents, tied their right hands together and leap
ed from bridge, with suicidal intent But
while the youth went over the rail, the maiden
went under, and there they were found,
dangling and kicking and screaming.
A New Orleans lawyer, the other day.
who was defending case against railroad
company for running over and manning
cLild, gravely told the jury that II they award
ed damages the people of New orleans wou'u
eternally be sending their children in the
| street to be run over.
| A Paris letter says Of the Prince lmPer1ai'
HTbe greatest care is taken with him; ne riuss
ON horseback daily, he is sent to 81 Siseo
every evening for air and exercise yer NC iooAA
like a shoemakers consumpuVe APPienuce'
The throne presented sad appearance the
dov the French Parliament was opened with
this wan. pallid lad and Prince Napoleon,
,rhor, disease had wasted away to his bones.
The Emperor and Empress alone seem un-
stained by time; but in March he will enter
upon his sixty-second year, and the Empress :,
in August, will celebrate her forty-third birth
day."
Mrs Mary A. Quantrill writes to Mary
land paper that it was she who waved the
United States flag at Frederick. In whittier's
poem, therefore, read "Mary A. Quantrill"
Uice Barbara Freitchie," exploded.
"A bill has been introduced in the Ken
tucky Legislature prohibiting the marriage OF
first cousins.
Brigham Young has fxedths legal length
ofl les dresses to extend to the top of their
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-18

CONGRESS IN THE PART OF XERxEs.-The
eastern kings who gave away proviaces to
their favorites are outdone by Congress. In
his late speech on the railroad subsidies, Mr..
been given away in this form. "The Commiss-
ioner of the Land Office has estimated the
amount as exceeding, in the aggregate, in that
period, the entire area of the SIX New England
states added to the surface of New York, New
> Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, Mary
land and Virginia The grants of the Pacific
Railway lines alone were, according to the
same authority, within about one-iourth of be-
ing twice the united area of England, Scot
land, Wales, Ireland, Guersey, Jersey, the Isle
OF Man, and the islands of the British seas,
and within less than a tenth of being equal to
the French empire proper"
just now these lands are not very populous,
but what of the next century?
The Portland daily press., 1869-02-18

ben Wade laughs sheartily over the pro-
ceedlngs, and says the whole fuss made by
Butter was the siliest thing that he ever wit
messed:
had" says Mr.. WADE, s.iust one dutv 70
perform, OF purely executive character
see tne vote counted and announce the re-
sun NOW b9tier might have understood
TINS as well as did, and not 60 on badoerin@
me when he knew there was no use. TbeS
mlgnt nave kept on talking till morning he
lore should have said anything but what I
did. Why, child could have seen that I had
no optlon IN the matter. There was the con-
current resolution of the two houses. giving
me full instructions what to do with the vote
OF Georgia, and l obeyed these instructions.
That is the sum and substance of the whole
row; Dut these men talk as if was playing
tne tyrant and oppressor in rot allowing
them 10 break their own rule. That's ali
CANNON" When asked il he did not feel a
httie nervous while the excitement was at its
height, without any apparent prospect of
solution of the difficulty, Mr.. Wade replied
mot bit" He was just as cool as If pre-
siding over the Senate in its quietest mo-
ments. He' had seen bigger rows than that
IN ms time, many of them in that capital, and
ne mad to deal with fiercer fellows than
Dutler before now. If Butler, or apy other
man, expected to get up clamor with the
nope Oh urivlng him from the performance of a
duty, when he knew that he was in the right.
they would find that they had walked up
the wrong passenger. The scene. be said, re-
minded him OF the old anti-slaverY agitations
IN Congress, when all members were on Their
ieet at once, and each trying to see who
could shout the loudest, to drown the voice
OF some poor abolitionist. With regard to
Duters resolution OF censure, Wade does
not seem TO care whether it passes or not
he says u won't affect him one way or the
other. lie says he would have done as he
ana II buffers resolution had been passed be-
lore the Joint convention met He thought
ne was right, and he has an idea that he un-
derstands his duty as well as Butler. Wade
accounts for the conduct of the other men,
bers OF the House who followed Buffers lead
on the theory that they did not fully under
stand the terms of the concurrent resolution.
because 1t was passed when many of them
were absent, and it might be that some of
them had not read it. Had he faltered or
yielded to the clamor at the critical moment
ne does not know what might have been the
consequences. One OF them would have un-
douDtediy been that the result would not
nave been announced at all, and Grant and
Coliax would not have been pronounced
president and vice-president according to the
1orm prescribed by law. Under all the cir
cumstances, and in view OF what might fol-
low, he thought he would have the result OF
the vote announced. That was the main
tning to be done, and then when Grant and
CoiiaX were declared legally elected he didn't
care now many resolutions OF censure they
passed nor wha: they said about him,-JVasI
sngton. Cor. N. Y. Herald.