The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1872-11-29

First aay---Tha Moral n, &c and the I'M
moral MOrmons@--Ths Politicians ana the
Civil SsrvieO---Rornsy sued Tor siAnasr---
Amnesty, Practical Jokes, etc
IWAsmNaToN, Nov 26, 1872,
To judgo by the number of NJ. C.'s
already present, Congress win have
quorum at It's very FIRST meeting; and as
several important measures are to be
brought up, there is considerable skirmish-
ing done already. Our -Solons being re
marketable for singleness Of heart, and
never, even by chance guilty of looking
ut any divinity except their own better
halves, are fercely determined 10 reform
those sinners, the Monnons, and compel
them TO as strict course of morality rs
their own. But MS these benighted beings
cling 10 their peculiar institution ike
Victor Hugos Deyil-6sh to its prey, the
fight will be a hard one especially as
these Salt Lakers viii cal spade a spade.
and are too blind to appreciate the purity
Of their opponents ----.
Then too the civil service bill is to be
considerably modified since politicians
find that il Is 20 be more than campaign
dodge il does not agree with their tender
constitutions at all and they clamor for
lis abolition 80 loudly that Congress viii
be Obliged 10 give them soothing potion
in some shape
Col j W. Forncy, Of the Philadelphia
Press. has got into a hornet nest by mildly
iusuuatinR that the Sd Auditor, Allen
Rutherford, was not quite as innocent as a
babe in arms but had held his little hand
inthe pleasant game played in Carolina
Of course such an intimAtion shocked the
pure mind, and laceratsd the feelings Of
the gentleman scrriby,-poHticians are
proverbially sensitive creatures and
nothing less than $4,000 Of filthy lucre
will soothe his anguished soul at least
that amount Of damage Is claimed by his
counsel Col i il duly scared Of course
but as he was passenger on the unfOrtu-
uats train which was telescoped near Viii
mington, Del, q few days ago, it is hard
N determine whether it was the jar Of the
collision, or the jaw Of X. counsel which
tells upon him, If only every man. who
has been slandered during the last cam
paign would initiate the Auditors exam
ple what rich harvest the lawyers would
reap for the next few years. OF course it
Is cruel and wicked 10 circulate false state
ments concerning any one, but politician $
suit IN have hts character repaired with
money, seems as bad as that Of q woman.
who stoops to punder the man she pro-
ioses % hove if he will none Of her.
To swell our list Of amusements abe
lecture courses are about to open Edmund
Yates, the English novelist, starts the
star Course tomorrow eve after him
some some ofthe best speakers and authors
ofthiseontinent, so that plenty of food will
be furnished the inquiring mind. Our
new Opera House will soou be completed
also and that means Pauline I.noea IN
music-lovers Madame Rudersdurf sings
tonight for the second time here and is
lauded to the skies several lesser lights
are to follow soon and between them
there VII be no danger of our pleasure
seekers dying Of ennui.
gy the way, our young quill drivers
know a thing or two IN keep the blues At
bay and as ] am uo, sworn 10 secrecy
I'm tempted tn tell few Of their pranks
In one Of the departments is 4 young man,
very susceptible and very oonceited-a
rare trait, of course, that last-well his
friends, out Of pure consideration for his
moral welfare, laid their heads together
to devise a plan for a radical cure. O.
noted for writing a pretty femiDir band
wrote him a gushing letter : III Sc ovnre.
sinns ofadmiratiou ~
-. "a exclamation pOint'
- eir, y " As office. When the ma
-, cred next morning they we're ex
..nely busy with their own correspor
dence, but-watched. They saw a smil
Of grati6ed surprise creep over his face
and felt that he had swallowed the bal
The answer came, was replied TO, and Ii
affair grew on apace, till one Of my a
quaintances, who sports close-ourling, al
burn hair, sacrificed lock Of it TO dut
and the lover, who kissed and fOndled
whenever he thought himself unobserv'
BY his room mates The scheme had a
most exploded then and there, as hum
nature was hardly strong enough TO RES
the inclination to laugh but they "wra'
led and wrastled" as the old exhorter sal
and calamity overcame the impulse. !
nally a meeting was arranged TO take pla
at Franklin Square, at which he was
know her by her dropping some article
other, and was TO accost her, II he hk'
her appearance. All hands were there
see what would happen Adonis can
saw and liked lady who, stumbling dro
ed book he spoke to her, and she loo
ed at him merely, then calling on h
brother beside her, left him 70 that YOU
mans dexterity in the booting line, a
told her friends that an impudent pupp
had insulted her OF course he wasi
condoled with, oh no LIE NARD.
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