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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-05-26
ScrOfula or Kings Evil,

Whether in the form Of Jumps or hard sweiiings
about the neck, undeF the chin, or the cords OF
the neck. or In the groin, OF in the form of rum
ming scrofaIous sores. BY using TayloTs Stomach
ana Liver Correetor, you viii End relief. Where
n snnesra on and around the nose and chin,
ointment made Of two parts lard and one part
A.ur of suIpher, applied night and morning, and
the Corrector taken, you will find a cure.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-05-26

Save SO Miles Distance Save II Miles Distance
aud II hours time to and 81 hours time to
Baltimore Washin gton
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

INsoLvENT INSURANCE COMPANIES The
great losses by the fire in Chicago have
made wreck of a large number of insurance
companies. We publish below, copied from
the New York Tribune, a'list of most if not
all the Eastern companies, and some of the
Western companies that have failed:
New Albany, Albany City, Buffa-
10 City, Buffalo Fire and Marine, Capital City,
Albany, Scenectady, and Western, Buffalo.
There were in the City, the Etna, Atlantic,
Astor, Beekman, Excelsior, Fulton, Irving,
Lorillard, Manhattan, Market, North Amer
lean, Security, Washington, and YOnkers
and New York.
New ENGLAND COMPANIES Atlantic,
Providence, American, Providence, Charter
Oak, Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford, Hide
and Gather, Boston, Hope, Providence, indie
PENDENT, Boston, Merchants Hartford, New
England, Boston, North American, Hartford,
Putnam, Hartford, Washington. Providence.
WESTERN COMPANIES. Cleve-
land, American, Chicago, Chicago Fire,
Chicago. Chicago Firemen's Chicago. Cleve-
land, Cleveland, Commercial, Chicago,
Equitable, Chicago, German, Cleveland,
Germania, Chicago, Great Western, Chicago,
Hibernia, Cleveland, Home, Chicago, knick-
erbocker. Chicago, Merchants, Chicago,
Mutual Security, Chicago Pacific, San Fran
cisco, Occidental, San Francisco, Republic,
Chicago, Teutonia, Cleveland
1t is well for persons having insurance in
any stock company to inquire at once IN re-
spect to the standing of the company IL
which they are insured. To lose property
by fire is bad enough, but to lose the insur-
ance afterwards is a double wreck.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25
New Publications.

The CHILDREN's Hour, published by I.
Arthur s Sons, Philadelphia, is one of the
purest and most entertaining magazines for
the little ones that reaches our table. Its
mechanical execution Is faultless, aud its IL
Illustrations and letter-press are unexception-
able The little folks hail its coming with
delight, and the parents feel n hesitation
in placing it in their hands The terms are
SI.25 per annum or $500 viii pay for five
copies one year.
ARTHUR HoME MAGAZINE Is fashion
magazine designed for those who desire the
latest novelties in the world Of fashion, com
bined with light reading that shall exert no
deleterious influence in the family cirrIe Its
artistic and literary merits have the approval
of good judges It's publishers aim more 10
give the practical and sensible rather than
thel sensational and fictitious We can
cheerfuIy recommend it the ladies. Pub
lished by T ). Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia
Terms, $500 per year, OF three copies foI
/ 5000
\ New VOLUME or PoEvs.-It gives Us
nAEu kiAN7lAA Z ~ eAAAl tAAt ~ i'-'I-tN
Rutland, at the solicitation of many friends
I has consented to the publication Of volume
Of her poems, which have been contributed
+ from time to time to the leading magazines
of the country. Mas. DoRE has written
much, both in prose and verse, and has won
/ for herself an enviable reputation. The
volume, we understand, Will be issued this
Fall, and when 1t appears we shall make
/ further notice Of it
We have received from Oliver Ditsou
L Co. Boston. the following new music In
strumeutal-.. Gaetaua Mazurka," by f.
Mack Three Blind Mice Polka by A.
] W. Malin. ami Sidney Smith d" March des
Tambou1s. +" for four hands, by Charles Wells
Vocal Bcnedictus, blessed be the Lord
God of Israel,) quartet, by a. NJ. P.
- Guide me. oh thou Great Jehovah, duet
and quartet by H. bernstein "a Nell, the
Village Pride" words by R. L. Cary, Jr.
music by G. F. Morris, and - Happy as d
Clam, comic song by {. Il. Smith. For
for sale by WILDER.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

Gov Hoffman of New York has author
lied the Attorney General Of that State to
associate with himself, IN the prosecution Of
the New York thieves, Mr.. Charles O'COnor,
one of the most eminent and respectable
members Of the New York bar, and life
long Democrat. This really will give to Mr..
O'Conor the whole direction of the prosecu-
tions and he has associated with himself, in
his proceedings against the Ring, Wheeler
Ii. Peckham, William NJ. Evarts and Judge
Emott, the first mentioned being a Democrat
and the two latter Republicans. The counsel
have opened bureau in the building in which
Mr. O'Conor's Office is situated, at No SO
Wall street. In addition to the counsel
already mentioned, Mr.. O'Conor Will b !. as
sisted by number of others who viii not
appear in the bureau, and whose names he
does not care to make known yet. lie
promises a vigorous prosecution of all de-
frauders Of the city treasury. Tweed and
Hall must begin to feel uneasy and if by
any good chance they should be beaten in the
November elections they viii hardly have
any refuge from the wrath to come.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

alton and of personal fitness in their candl
dates for public Offices. The Republicans OF
Massachusetts, and of Springfield are certainly
strong enough to give due heed now to the
simple tests of truth, honor and capacity IN
dealing with political affairs, without run
ming the risk of putting their political en-
emies into power. There never was safer
time than the present to apply the ten com
mandments to party politics, and, untortu-
nately, there never was time when such
application was so sOrely needed.
There is much sound doctrine applicable
to party machinery generally in this extract
from the Republican. The only difficulty is
to make it work practically. The specializing
politicians know that it is easier to control
caucuses and conventions than to elect their
men without the help of " regular nOmina-
tions, and it is not strange, therefore, that
by fair means or foul they manage to get
possession of these primary meetings. And
there seems TO be no present remedy for this
mischief but to bolt all unfit nominations 4:
but this pretty much aboIishos all party
machinery or organization. A better remedy
would be for the good and honest men to at
tend all the primary meetings, and secure the
nomination of men of ability and integrity.
Even then, however, the rogues might in
some cases out-Dumber the honest men ;
and nothing would do but to bolt. 1t in
deed seems to have become necessary that
character should be considered more a matter
of consequence in politics than partisanship
and very likely a greater independence OF
party action and nominations will be most
effective in reaching such a result.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25
News and JOttings.
Texas has thirty postmistresses.

Texas has thirty postmistresses.
The hills about Corinne, Utah, are cover
ed with snow.
Slavery in Siam is to be abolished in jan
uary, 1872.
Encke's comet was seen at New Haven
on Friday night.
Norwich, Conn, has the largest cotton
mill in the country.
Five hundred Portuguese are about to
emigrate to Virginia.
The value of farms in Ohio is estimated at
over billion of dollars.
Alaska has coal company. and the coal
is said to be of superior quality.
The American Colonization Society will
send an expedition to Siberia, November l.
An Iowa wife made an unpleasant mis-
tzke the other day; she put starch in her
husbands beer thinking 1t was arsenic.
In London there are $4,000 members of
900 building societies. which have made
returns, possessing "a, 900 of assets.
Last week Vicksburg had two murders,
one suicide, three fires, twenty-one arrests,
and four persons bitten by mad dogs.
A Troy paper says that at recent burg
lars convention in Vermont, it was resolved
that it was " expedient" to use chlorotorm
on victims.
The Chicago a. Journal has list nearly
a column long of missing persons, mostly
women and children.
| Philadelphia has one hundred and SIXTY
individual and undivided estates worth from
one TO ten millions of dollars.
The Hague, Holland, is reported to be the
wealthiest town, for its population, in the
world.
More than one hundred and fifty thousand
acres of timber are cut every year for rail
way sleepers.
Juarez has been reelected president of the
republic of Mexico by the Congress, receiv
ing one hundred and eight votes, all thai
were cast. The opposition abstained IRON
voting.
| a published list of losses by the fores
fire at Manistee, Michigan. shows that they
amount to about 81 900 600. Not more
than quarter of this amount Is covered bl
insurance.
A grocer at Lowell, Mass, has sagacIous
dog who never sees anything being weIghe'
on the scales without putting one foot on tn
platform, and then innocently looking out
the door.
At Springfield, Mass, the President actu
ually made a speech. He said . Ladie
and gentlemen, am very happy to NEE
you, but as the train is now awaiting m
departure, must bid you good by
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

The KU-KLUx N SOUTH CAROLISA.-The
proclamation of warning to the Ku-Klux
bands in South Carolina. issued by the Presi-
dent on the 18th instant, is followed by
another proclamation suspending the writ
Of haJeas corpus. The latter proclamation
was issued on Tuesday. and closes as follows
Now, therefore, 1, Ulysses S. Grant,
President of the United States of America,
in virtue of the authority vested in me by
the Constitution of the United States and the
act of Congress aforesaid. do hereby declare
that in nv Judgment the public safety es-
pecially requires that the privileges Of the
writ of habeds corpus be suspended, 70 the
end that such rebellion may be Overthrown,
and do hereby suspend the writ of habed'
corpus within the counties of Spartanburg,
| York. Marion, Chester, Laurens, Newberry
Fairfield, Lancaster and Chesterfield, in the
said State of South Carolina. in respect to
all persons arrested by the Marshal of the
United States for the said district of South
Carolina, or by any of his deputies, or by
anv military officer of the United States, OF
| BY any soldier or citizen acting under the
orders of the said marshal, deputy or such
military officer within one of the said cOun
| ties, charged with any violation of the act o
| Congress aforesaid during the continuance
of such rebellion"
This is not a declaration of martial law, a
some papers have enormously supposed, bu
only suspends the privilege of the writ
ha5eas corpus as to persons who may b
arrested without due process Of law. Tn
trial of all arrested persons will still process
in the courts as heretofore. We do not ye
see. however, that there was really any nee
of this proclamation, as the United State
Courts are in unobstrueted operation Il
South Carolina, and without this proclama
ton the President was authorized to use tn
army so far as might be necessary to aid tn
marshals in the service of process and tina
is about all that this proclamation accom-
pIishes.
The n. Y. Herald has the following specia
from Washington, dated the Dist instant:
Advices received from South Carolina stat
that at Spartanburg on Wednesday evenin
Ku-KIux den, consisting Of the chief an
twenty men, surrendered to United State
Marshal johnson, with arms and disguises
Seventy arrests were made up to Frida
morning IN the vicinity of that town alone
Arrests were made in other counties, but tn
; number is not known here. Attorney Gen
eral Akerman is still with Colonel Merrill
A number of well known citizens are missing
, including Mr. Lyle, member of the Legs
, lature, who, it is reported, is chief of tn
Khan for that district. Among those tina
have disappeared are two or three clergyme
known for their strong rebel prOclivitIei
The officers of the law are proceeding steadil
with their work, and before the arrests ar
all made will, it is affirmed, show the el
istepce Of a deem and wide cOnspiracV araine
,, the State, the laws and all who sustain then
: Most of the Ku-Klux refugees are known
have fled to Georgia, where the order
r quite strong The grand cyclOps of tha
State is believed to be the son-in-law {
: Robert Toombs.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

The Springfield Republican finds the ma
chinery of the Republican party in that city
in the hands of what it calls the disorgan-
izers, and thus speaks about is:
The rarity here is, indeed, "utterly
wrecked so far as organization is concerned .
The great body of the Republicans of this
city overpowered by mob of disorganizers
who either had deserted the party, or never
belonged to it, and failing to get redress for
the past or security for the future from the
state organization of the party seem to have
resolved TO hold themselves aloof, and let the
motley combination of democrats, labor re-
formers, prohibitiOnists and malcontent
republicans, who gathered themselves under
the Butler banner, riot in possession of the
disOrganizatiOn and wreck they have con-
trived. This was the secret. we suppose of
their neglect Of the last caucus of the party
and according to present appearances that
caucus is but a sample of all remaining ones
Of the campaign. The party that cannot res
pect itself enough to maintain the purity oil
its organization must necessarily run the
risk of seeing its caucuses neglected, and its
candidates tried by independent and purely
personal standards. Honor, truth, and the
other simple inherents of morality and fair
dealing are as necessary to party's standing
and influence, as to those of individuals anC
the persons who have confessedly achieved
the wreck of the republican organization IL
this city and declare the patent fact that the
party here is "a without direction or leader
ship" must prepre themselves to learn
that it is one thing to break down an organi
zation, or steal it, and an other thing to get
the candidates of such a disorganized OF
stolen body elected at the polls. For the re-
publicans of Springfield, who have de-
termlned to neglect the caucuses of party
which 90 has no direction or leadership, .
and certainly exhibits none of the simplest
rulesiof fair dealing in its management, have
no idea of neglecting their higher duties al
the ballot boxes. They will give as large a
vote as ever for Mr.. Washburn and his asso.
ciates of the State ticket; but they Will show
an independent discrimination as to all the
nominations of this 50 wrecked . and prever
ted organization. Their position will eithe
command the nomination of excellent candi
dates or ensure the defeat of any others.
There is nothing more hopeful than thes
and other fresh signs of a growing independ
ence of party machinery among the voters
and of an increasing demand for persona
honor in the management Of political organic
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

The Civil Service Commission began it's
work again on the 18th inst 1t is apparent,
however, that their deliberations will amount
to nothing,-or rather that no practi-
cal good can come of their appointment.
Their report to Congress will no doubt con-
tain much important information on the
subject Of the civil service, and. quite likely
give some valuable hints and suggestions
concerning reforms. But while the Presi-
dent and most if not all the Cabinet officers,
great majority of members of Congress,
and the mass of active politicians of both
parties in the country, look upon Office
holding as a reward of party fealty and SER
vice, no practical reform cln be reached. 1t
is so convenient and easy to make the govern
ment pay the expenses Of keeping party in
power, that the work of civil Service reform
is the most serious uphill business that has
been undertaken 70 long time. The peo-
pie may sometime bring it about, but prob
ably not while ofice-holding is as much Of a
business as it is now.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

ALMOST a FATALITY. An affair which
came very near being a very serious one, for
the persons concerned, took place in one of
the hotels in Whitehall, on Friday night
last a Mr.. Hubbard of Westport, n Y,
a man of about fifty years, was married that
day in Whitehall to a lady of thirty from
Rupert, Vt. They stopped for the night at
Halls Hotel. Retiring to their room at nine
O'Clock, Mr.. Hubbard carefully ble10 out The
gas before getting into bed. Both he and
his wife soon after noticed the smell of the
gas in the room, but did not know what it
meant. About midnight Mr.. Ii. was walked
by the grooming of his wife ; but he felt
delicate about getting up and making a stir
under the circumstances, and both remained
in the room till six in the morning, when
the landlord detected the odor of escaping
gas, and succeeded in arousing the bride
groom. The bride was found to be nearly
dead, but she recovered sufficiently to be able
to take boat on Saturday for Westport, heI
future home. Mr.. Hubbard says he came
very near getting up towards morning and
striking a match. Had he done so, there
probably would have been an explosion
which might have been a very serious affair
| for all concerned.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

The fishing schooner Horton arrived safely
in Gloucester harbor on the 18th. 1t is
widely believed that the story of British
war-vessel cruising on the coast of Massa-
chusetts to recapture her was fiction The
authorities in Washington called the excite
ment 90 Buffers muss" and gave little at
tention to it. The Horton was captured in
September on the coast of Nova Scotia and
taken into Guysborough harbor to await the
legal investiga ton. 1t seems that the owners
Of the Horton had another schooner seized by
the British officers some months ago, and
although nothing was proved against them
and the vessel was finally released, they
suffered much annoyance and expense. They
therefore took General Buffers suggestion
in this case, and employed men to recapture
the Horton. The plot was successfully &C
compIished few days ago, and when it was
announced that the schooner had escaped
and was on her way home, there was much
excitement in Gloucester. A banquet was
provided for the expected heroes of the I'D
venture, and there was much rejoicing among
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

An anti-Chinese meeting in San Francisco
lately passed a resolution to present to the
State Legislature the following exceedingly
cool joint resolution:
Resolred, By the Senate and Assembly Of
the State of California, that our Senator's
be and are hereby instructed and our Rep
resentati7es in Congress requested to use
their good Offices with the treaty-making
power of our Government to procure an
amendment to our treaty with China, so as
to exclude the imm grafton of Chinese labor
ers, without otherwise imparing our com
mercial relations Herewith.
The treaty-making power of our govern
ment has done some foolish things, but we
don't expect the . good Offices - Of the Cali
fornia Senators and Representatives will In
ducc that power, just at present, to g exclude
the immigration of Chinese laborers - OIL
any other Iaborers to this country.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

TuE LosT STEAMER CoBURS The steamer
r. Il Coburn was lost on Lake Huron on
the 18th inst. Two of her boats have been
washed ashore near Kincardine, Ontario, one
empty, the other having in her two dead
bodies, those of colored man and a boy.
The Coburn had five boats one was stove,
two were found with persons alive in them,
and two are now found with no one living.
1t can hardly be otherwise than that the per
sons who failed 10 save their lives in the
boats have persisted. In all probability they
number as many as thirty at the lowest
estimate, and among them are doubtless
Capt. Gilbert Demont, Indian Agent Smith
and his wife, Major Atwood, and all the
ladies on board, of whom there were eight
From what can be learned of the scenes
during the last hours Of the steamer, the
ladies very likely went down with the boat,
either unable to remain outside or lacking
the hardihOod. 1t seems likely that several
men went down with her. as several were
seen in the cabin just before she sank.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

The ceremonies at the opening Of the
European and North American Railroad at
Bangor on the 18th, efTectually answer Gen.
Buffers efforts to excite ill-feeIing between
England and the United States. The
eading characters in the celebration were
President Grant and Lord Lisgar, the Gov
ernor-Gcneral of Canada. Members of
President Grant, Cabinet, senators and con-
gressmen, State governors and leading men
from different parts of the country swelled
the rep -esentation Of the United States
while the English nation was fully repre-
scented by the governors Of several provinces
and many eminent citizens Of New Bruns-
wick and Quebec. Even the procession was
the Joint work of the two nations, and the
nblems showed the most fraternal feeling.
Gen. Grant very properly expressed the wish
that peace might continue, and his sentl-
ment was reiterated by Lord Lisgar and
other speakers. These sentiments were
loudly applauded, and in the enthusiasm of
the moment the immediate object of the
celebration seemed to have been forgotten.
The incident was practical evidence that
the people Of both countries, in spite Of the
demagogues, are for peace.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

The democrats of Maryland are not har-
monious, and the Republicans hope to make
some gains at the November election. Ever
since 1867 the democratic party has had
almost undisputed sway in that state but
the Baltimore American says that four years
of power have brought out so many ambi-
tious Office seekers that there is danger that
the party will fall to pieces for the want of
union between the warning factions. In
Baltimore county the democratic candidates
have become so corrupt that the people,
without distinction of party, have risen
against them, and nominated a ticket com
posed of upright and honorable men.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

The Bennington Banner understands that
efforts are making to effect lease from the
Harlem Extension Railroad Company, to the
Troy and Boston Company, of the side line
of the Western Vermont road from North
Bennington to the line of the state of New
York, where the Troy and Bennington lire,
Operated by the Troy and 4ostonl commenc-
es: and also of that part of the Harlem
Extension main line between BenninX ton
village and North Bennington, which was
known as the 80 Bennington Branch" The
Banner thinks this may give the Benning-
ton people a chance 20 get to Troy and back
in a day.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-10-25

the fishermen. 1t may be of short duration,
since if the British government demands the
surrender of the vessel, it must be given up
to await the decision of the admiralty court
in Nova Scotia. Before it is given up, how
ever, Gen. Butler will of course make a
rumpus about it, and pretend to be the
greatest friend or the fishermen to be found
in the United States. The time really ought
to have gone by when every little occasion
of a quarrel between two such countries as
the United States and Great Britain is to be
magnifed by persons who like a row into
reasons for a war. Nations ought to be able
to settle their disputes like individuals, with
out resort to arms.