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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20
Notice TO the Public.

A. BAuBEResR viii open on Saturday, June
The ,h:
100 pieces choice Prints at Toe per yard.
20 pieces Dolly Warden Alapsess at zoe per
yard.
20 pieces Wash Poplia At lje per yard.
2j pieces I seuUA Percalss at 23c per yard.
~ pieces Iron Frame Grenadines st soc per
/ yard.
10 pieces Japanese silks st 40c per yard.
50 pieces heavy yerd wide brown muslin l24c
per yard.
s pieces biescbed yard vide muslin at 12!cpe
ward.
5U doG. Ladies White hose Ice per pair.
: 900 MUsgrit0 Nctts rs, s5, 9Jc.
a IyE CuraU-s a. 7gc.
90 do. AIsradner Kids SI.25 per pair.
an eolars NaIancss and Trimming, Silks,
cheap, q splendid assortment Of Ladies Scarf.
aud sbswIs, and q general stock o. goods Of
every des-r=nt This notice mems business
and / will not oo u1lersoId by auy house in the
West.
Come one and AL and invest your money
whore you get ths largest amuunt Of DTy 6o0as
( Tor the least l0sh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20

THE BEST Tonic OF lRoN.-Phosphorus
and Calisays, known as Ferro-Phosphated
Elixir of Cslisaya Bark The iron restores
color to the blood, the phosphorus renews
waste OF the nerve tissue, aud the cslsRya
gives natural, healsh:ul tone to the diges-
tive organs, thereby curing dyspepsia in its
various forms: wskefulress, general debilty,
depression of splits: also, the best pregen-
tive against fever aud ague. One pin'
contains the virtues OF one ounce of cali.
ssyA, and one teAspoonful grain of iron
and phos phorus Manufactured only By
Casweil Hazsrd Co., successors to Gas
well Mack a Co, New York. Sold by
Druggists.
feb2Towedtar-,l veow
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RATES Of ADvERTIsINe.

For each square, or the space oesupied by ten
lines Of solid nOnpareil, One Dollar for each in.
serton. .-4---.a..4
Special Notices, 20 cents per line. Whsn in
serted 3 months or more, 50 per cent. above rsgu.
lar advertising rates.
Communications, or articles inserted amons
reading matter, rs cents per line.
DAILY AND WEKKLV.-A discount of 20 psI
cent. will be made from the Weekly rates, on
yearly and half yearly contracts, when the same
matter is in serted in both Daily and Weekly.
Double Columns will be charged rs per cent
additional.
For AI transient sdvsrtissmsA advance pay
ment required.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20

Sciatics is pain beginning at the hip,
and follows the course of the sciatic nerve,
and is generally purely neuralgia or ner-
vous pain To cure, use Renne's Pain.
Killing Magic Oil on the painful parts, and
also in the hollow OF the foot. If the blood
be in low state, preparation Of iron must
be given at the same time-but the Magic
Oil alone generally cures.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20

hves of the press that they would be al.
mitted to the council room as soon as certain
delicate questions were settled. There is
vague impression that the indirect claims
are causing fresh difficulties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20
LOCAL NOTICES.

DR.. Prices Special Flavorings, Vanilla,
Lemon, ETC., are not equalled in purity and
strength. They are made from select fruits,
and bottles contain one half more than moSt
other kinds. Try them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20
gse Reano's Psia~EIllng Magic Oil,

gse ReaE0's Psin-hiiLGg Magic Oil.
at works lhe a charm"
g L. works hke a charm "
an works like & charm"
at works like cham
at wotks like q charm
"Lt works like a charm"
It's faithful use cures Celds in the Head,
Headache, Neuralgia, EaraehC. Fscesehe, Sore
Eyes, Ozsna Catarrh, Pain in the Joints, Lame
shoulders, Stiff ReCk, Lum bago. Crick in Inc
Back, Stiff Joints, SprAins, Gouty Pains, Eree-
zss. Ohi.blains, Hurts By Bruises, Bite OF Dog,
polsous. Cholera Morbus, Cramps, Fits, spasms,
Rusty Nail Wounds, Lock jaw, Conlusslons,
Spinal " go kness.
And IN all aiis use Rennes Magic Oil.
And m all ais use Rsnnc's Magic Oil.
AM IN oil ails use Renne'5 Msgis OIL.
And in all ais usa Renncs Magic Oh'
2.pd ln all ais uso Reune's Magic Oil
And in all aids use Renne'a Magic Oil.
Buy it y here Y on trade. Buy large sizes IT
Won can ret them. Use 1t freely; use 1t faith
eully. &c, tbs genuir e, WEI. RRNNE 4 son
sole manufacturers, Pittsicld, Mass. Sold Dy
John Bengstun, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20

Ladies WAC ure saEerIug from certain com
plants, known only TO females, shoold at once
5et Dr.. yelPau's Female Pills. They produce
most charming effect. Sold by all Druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20
goHRER's ExPEUEORAL WILD CHERRY
TONIC.
Tho Universal Family Eemsdy.

The Universal Family Remedy.
For Dyspepsia and Weak Stomach.
For the Liver and Kidneys.
For Coughs and Sore Throat.
For she Lungs and Splitting Of Blood
For Weakness and General Debility.
For Loss of Appetite.
For Sick Headache,
For Diarrhua and Dyssutery.
For Fever and Ague.
For Bilious Fever.
For Cholera Morbus and Cramps.
For Palpitation of the Heart.
For Broken down Nervous System.
For Neuralgia and Rheumatism.
For Purifying the Blood.
For inaamed and Sore Eyes when caused
by the Impure stale Of the Blood.
Call for it a. Joha Bsngston's, or Emf
Knhler, or address J. Rohrer, sole proprie
tor, Lsocasier. Pa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20
EaT ~ EETE s. - e.


CO Rooms nszt door TO the telegraph
Eygt4SA Office, Illinois street, Rock Island.
~L[E4P Al KINDS Of Dental work done in
the most approved styles Charges reasonable.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20

from lands end to lands cad, that all may
read, and reading, believe, that for the
countless millions who are on the road to
an uIsimely grave With bilious COM lsinss,
there is bat QUE truly gres: aud reliable
remedy, and that is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20
CHTLIs AND FEVER


MACON, GA and PHILADELPHIA.
Price Slo0 per package; sent by mail postage paid
Sl.31. Prepared ready for use in bottles. 81 50.
Sold by aIl Druggists beware oT all coumerfeies
and limitations. EOE eale ia Rock Island bg John
BluE-sou- aoyI4dIy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20
garED 0FnR.

V0UR clothing Ca bs cleaned and bean ana
! pressed over, so thas i will iook as we'll as
snw. by 1. WILCOX Tailor,
Who has res zoved to West Eagle Street, unde
ae Roak Islan1 House. meh2-da
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20

LITTLE BocG, JCus l9-Tho Democratic
State Convention assembled to-day. elected
a permanent organization aud adjourned
till nine o'clock tomorrow. Greeley aud
Brown will undoubtedly be iud3rsed,
This Liberal State Convention passed res
c'ltioas to-day re Affirming the piat. IA of
1868, rEgfying the nuipEaU platform aud
ca ing on sll good people so jojn them in
the effort to elso; the Cincinnati sicket. The
convention then adjourned .iii II 4. n. to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-20
morrow

WASHINGTON, Jane l9.-Tbn Presided
eft Washington to night fer Loog Branch
On Saturday be vii be Nev York to lake
farewell of his son Ulysses, who 7il leave
Tor Europe for edvca,ional purposes. Tue
President will not come again to Washing
ton until the sixth Of July, unless impor'an
public business demands bis presence befOr'
that time.
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,nents of the funding bill that the relative
strength Of the two parties in the House
should be preserved upon said committee
"Resolred, That the House proceed TO
elect fifteen members to constitute sald conf
mittee.' s
The SPEAKER ruled this resolution out OF
order III view of the fact that the rules OF tnc
House provide that Rule ID requires tha'
the Speaker shall appoint all committees, un'
less otherwise specially directed by tne
House and as the concurrent resolution did
not so specially direct, he had exercised Tue
authority under Rule ID.
Mr.. UF'ERRA1L appealed from the decision
of the Chair.
Messrs. HILL, BROOKE, SMITH, DANIEL
PoAeuE, and RAMsDELL, opposed the sustain
ing of the appeal, and asked that 1t be With
drawE
Mr. O'FERRALL finally agreed to Withdraw,
in Difference to the opinion of others. He
then proposed to amend the resolution pS
striking out "two" and inserting three.
Mr.. DESEALE thought the Republican ele
ment ought to be represented on tue CON-
mittee. and incidentally administered reprl
mand to the press of the State in opposition
| TO the recent action Of the House On hnancla
questions.
Mr.. BUREnoLDER called the penung ques
ton. twas ordered, and the amendment Of
Mr.. O'FERRALL Striking out "two" and III
serting three y was agreed to, and the reso
luton as amended was then agreed TO.
Adjourned.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-08

THE RECENT FAILURES in this city are
Messrs. g.. NJ. and A. 3. Rucker, the former
a dry goods merchant and the latter lead.
ing grocer and commission merchant. The
liabilities of the former, we learn from re-
liable source, are about $4,000, and of the
latter $4,000. The assets Of the former will
realize about $50, 900, and Of the latter about
$50, 900. leaving only deficit Of $4,000;
and of this amount Of $3.50, 900, S35, 200 arc
due northern merchants, and the remainder
to the banks and bankng-houses in this city
aud to private individuals in the city and
country. The Indebtedness to the banks
stands about as follows: Peoples Savings
Bank, S31 200; First National, $500;
Lynchburg National, $4,000; Miller &
Franklin, $4,000. Total, S5l,50O.
The Virginia Savings Bank and the bank
ing-ho,lses of p. A. Krise and Woodroof &
Spence are not involved to any extent as far
rs we can learn.
BY compromise between the different
home creditors and the Messrs. Rucker, Mr.
A. B. Rucker agrees to pay sixty-fve cents In
the dollar Of his Indebtedness, and Mr.. G. NJ.
Rucker fifty cents, which, with other securi-
ties, reduces the actual losses sustained by
the banks to about as follows: Peoples Bank
of 5000; Miller e Franklin, $4,000; First
National, p, 800; Lynchburg National, 81 300.
These losses in no manner affect the credit or
stability of these institutions, or impair their
financial capacity. Nor do they In any man.
ner affect the financial affairs of the mer.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-08
Africa and Her Diamonds.

a young man has just returned to Buffalo,
Z New York, after an absence in the diamond
regions Of Africa of near six months. His
name is ". p. BURNS. The Buffalo papers
give interesting accounts of his experience
and success. He obtained 40 jewels, the
most valuable of wtech he sold In London
for $1,000 in gold. The success of jewel.
hunters was variable. The majority left the
diggings worse off than when they entered
them. BURNS did very well. The number
searching for diamonds has increased largely,
aud so great had become the travel to the dia-
mond region that a stage line had been estab-
lished from Port Elizabeth, on the western
coast, to the jewel mines, distance Of 600
miles. An American established this line
Formerly the land route was from Cape
Town. and was much longer.
Mr. BURNs states some very curious facts.
lie gays Mat the laborers In the mines arc
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-08

chiefly negroes; that they are employed 81
five dollars per month; and, strange 70 say,
the white miners have a law which PROMPTS
the natives from owning diamonds or digging
for them upon their own account. ihess
facts are most singular, and VIII nc se~'u
,no, nv those who believe that the negro y
the descendant Of CASAAN, who WIS ue
nonuced and doomed to become the servant
If servants. The history of the jewcl-'ninihs
IN Africa has many points of peculiar lh'e-
rest The really philanthropic and famous
mon who established the American Coiohi@-'
ton Society fondly hoped that Africa was W
no civilized by the negroes Of America IT,
turning to the native land of their ancestors
This hone has been disappointed thus lar.
There is no desire to speak OF among negroes
r. on 70 Africa. They prefer to rarade ana
boat the drum in this country--to ride IN the
oaro and the steamboats, with white people
70 ATTEMPTING the civilization of Africa. Even
the gold and jewel mines, which have NJ
tracted white people from various lands, nave
had no charms for them. Here Is a young
white man of Buffalo who makes run INTO
Africa of a few months and returns With
a competency. Yet we have heard OF no
single instance Of a negro man gong 70
Africa to dig gold or silt the sands for dia'
monds. TO make the case still more striking
the native negro becomes a mere lahoref to
get out the precious things from the earti'
and put them in the white mans hand! Inc
old story ever since the day wien for PM
of New England rum Massachusetts, man
could buy an able-bodied negro man IN
Africa and bring him here to sell to the south
ern planter. Furthermore, the miners Ia"
prohibits the poor native from mining his
own land and owning what he digs out OF II
Here is q new theme for freedom-slrIekcr'
and for those afflicted with what the Wig
calls NAL PAtTique.
1t would be interesting to know what sun
SER thinks of these matters, and yet more IN
teresting to know what really Intelligent
negro man would make out of them,
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Official Frauds.

The committee Of investigation into al
legged frauds in the New York custonl-ho,lsc
are bllsily engaged in taking testimony and
turning up the compost heap of corruption.
The testimony shows great many lodges
and tricks to make money for the otficc-hold-
ers through their retaincrs and dccoys out
side. The rules for slowing goods were espe-
cially beneficial to favorites who possessed
themselves of warehouses. Indeed, import
ers were cartridges in the trap, and, as in the
case Of the cartridges, the owners of the trap
always made something out of them.
But what is the advantage Of it all? Will
anything be done with the officc-holdcrs
Will the Congress put forth the frauds in
their true light, or take any steps to punish
anybody? We believe not. At all events,
We shall sec. Investigating committees are
not appointed for any such purpose as the
punishment of otlice-holders. They origi-
nate in complaints from people not in Office,
and some whom, it must be confessed, want
to get in. But the honest complainants are
not the partisans of the Administration. The
party in power always take care that the
committee Of investigation shall be so consti-
tuted as to shield the Administration from
any damaging exposures; and the upShot is
generally nothing. Nobody is convicted of
anything punishable, and evil practices are
permitted to go on. The public in this coun-
try certainly understands all this now, and
the defamation of the press and the flourish
about investigations and development of
huge frauds have but little effect. They are
"of no consequence"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-08

The DETROIT TUNsEL.-The present con-
dition of the work of excayating tunnel un-
der the bed of the Straits separating Detroit,
Michigan, from Windsor, Canada, is thus de-
scribed. 4 large Golfer dam forty feet square
has been constructed by driving down in
double rows thick piles, upon which six-inch
planks were bolted. A solid pier was then
formed by RUNNING in hard blue clay, and
through this newly-nade land the shaft is to
be sunk. The base of the iron shaft, fifteen
feet in diameter, two feet thick, and weighing
eight tons, has been placed in position, and
upon it brick work laid in asphalt has been
built to the height of ten feet. The weight
of the iron base and the brick work will
gradually sink the shaft to the required depth
of fifty feet, as the earth is taken from be-
meath. When the bottom is reached the next
work will be the excavation of the drainage
tunnel, five feet in diameter and twenty-five
below the main tunnels at the respective en-
frances, but rising gradually to the central
Doint,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-08

RECEIVABLE ~ TAxEs.-During the debate
in the House OF Delegates OH the funding
act Governor WALKER was alluded to as the
author of a measure passed by the Norfolk
City Council, similar to that act in the mat
ter of making the coupons of interest re-
ceiyable in taxes. The Governor always con-
tended that such provision would enhance
the value of the bonds and add to tie credit
of the State or corporation issuing them.
We have, from the Norfolk V'rg'nlan of Sat
urday, the following striking Illustration Of
the correctness of the Governors opinions on
this subject:
"Our maturcd bonds, available in payment
of taxes, are now commanding Eineiy-llYc
cents in the market; the unnr'tured regis
tered bring tifty-cisllt to sixty cents.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-08

A man in Ohio who had some time ago
voluntarily offered and paid reward of $3.50
TO the chief of the Cincinnati police for the
recovery of certain stolen goods and the az
rest of the thief, got the amount back in q
suit at law in Cincinnati on Tuesday last.
The court held that the officer, being under
the pay of the city expressly for the per-
forlnance of such service, had no right to ask
for or receive additional compensation from
q robbed citizen, whom the authorities are
bound to protect. Which is good law and
good sense, though it may seem otherwise to
the disappointed officer, who appears to have
acted in good faith in this particular CASE
Washington Star.
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4ithmond 1ispatrh.
MONDAY JANUARY s, 1872.
The Financial Question.

We said on Saturday that the joint COM
mittce ON the public debt was very proper
and might open the way to get out Of a trou-
bile brought about not by any serious n,a!ady
In the State, but through Fictitious excite
n,eut, the cause of which was misunderstood.
The funding act was seized upon as a hobby
for two or more objects, one Of which was
for gentlemen to get into the Legislature.
The agitation for these objects was 80 great
that those who caused it find themselves I'M
able to control 1t. II IL like setting the
prairie on fire, the flames can't be stopped
and those who fred the plain are themselves
unable to escape.
It Is time therefore to pause and take conn'
sci with all the facts and conditions brought
fully into view. Gentlemen talk about STU
ing out the bonds given for accrued In
tercst--bonds that may not tel! their own
story and that have passed since their issue
through many hands. And they talk about
upscttipg everything done under the funding
act, ignoring the bonds and breaking up the
contract between the State and the bond
holder which makes the coupons receivable
in taxes. And then, after all this, gentlemen
say they mean still to pay interest on the pub
lie debt. They first undertake very great
labor, full of difficulty and doubt, big with
prospective litigation and expense to the
State; and then, after diSposing Of that rou'
bic in the best way they can, they say they
will pay interest and debt, and do so in such
a way as to maintain the honor and credit Of
the State. This they have sworn, and they
have spurncd the insinuation that they medl-
tate Reputation with supreme contempt.
Now, il seems to us that here is great
difficulty which gentlemen should calmly
contemplate. It appears to us that the anti
funding men propose for themselves a her
cu!can hbor, the result Of eciuch iedres the
taxpayer precisely arhere he is noe. If the
State, under some new scheme these gentle.
men contemplate, goes on to redeem her Oh.
legations, neither the matter Of paying nor
the amount to be paid is altered.
But this is their affair. We take them at
their word, and wish them well out Of their
difficulty.
The poor old capitol, under concentration
OF circumstances, has become the cave Of
AouLLAM, where all the disconnected, the
sore-hcads, disappointed, and "dcad-beats V
have numbered in their complaints. For q
scason clanor must have its say, and after
that We hope there will be IN end on it.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-08

NoRfoLK.-Thc tone Of the Norfolk press
on city and State Indebtedness is excellent
Our own reference to the financial policy OF
Norfolk was taken in the friendly spirit in
which it was intended. The NrWnidn man
fully urges the corporation to meet its obli-
cations. 1t is satisfied that it is entirely able
to do so. The Firginiaa says:
"Our present tax-hil!, which will net us not
less than 1913, 900, with anything like prompt
and judcious action oh the part of our Coun-
Gil, will enable us to provide for our debt,
and in about two years reduce our tax rate
to $50, with handsome margin over and
above our expenses fol- all accounts"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-08

The defenceless people of the South, black
OF white, have the Government of the United
States for their protection, and it may rs well
be understood that they will be defended,
even II it takes the whole power of the nation
to do it.-Neeo York Tribune.
When and where has such protection
been given to the "white" people of the
South? Were they not invaded by adven-
turers-the meanest part of the northern
populations-and were they not by force of
the bayonet forced to submit to the rule of
these adventures, who had no sympathy
with them, and whose only motive was
plumber? How the southern people were
wronged and msgoyerned and plundered by
these adventures the Tribune has proclaimed
to the world-how thus wronged and plum
dered, when poor and PROSTATE, having lost
thousands of millions of property by the
war, all know. Yet, who has been pun
ished2 When and where has retribution
been brought upon the wrong-doers by the
Government: AT no time and at no place.
On the contrary, the Government has sus-
tanned these plunderers. They were put in
their places by the Government, and no mea-
sure has yet been adopted by the Admin
istration or by Congress with view to
diminish their power in the South, much less
to punish them. The Government is all
powerful to harass and terrify the true,
natiye-born white southern people; but it
never eXerts its power for their protection,
to save them from the plundering of millions
from their State treasures, OF to punish the
plunderels. We do not read the acts Of the
Government rs the Tribune does. Judging
from the past, we would alter the Iri6une's
paragraph to read thus alt may be as well
understood that the" southern people will
be prosecuted "if it takes the whole power of
the nation to do it." But we hope for better
things.
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m- SEVENTH ANNUAL CLOSING

M SEVENTH ANNUAL CLOSING
SALE OF DRESS GOODS at
LEVY BROTHERS.
Prices marked down. Now Is the time to buy.
DOUBLE-WIDTH ALPACA, In all colors, at CSC.
per yard worth 35c.;
REPS, of the most desirable styles, at CSC. worth
s5c.;
DELAINES at zoe. worth 35c.;
SATTEENS at soc. worth 7Sc. at 75c. worth 81;
PLAIDS at sc. worth ssc. per yard;
BLACK SILK at Slips, Sl.so, SITS, s., and $3.50,
Just IS per cent. below regular prices;
EMPRESS CLOTHS from Soc. 10 75c.;
CORDED REPS at ssc. worth 7sc. per yard
PURE SILK and WOOL POPLI,'S at al.25 worth
So per yard;
And like reduction in all styles OF DRESS GOODS
We are determined to close out every yard of Drcst
Goods, and have fixed the prices of our goods &c
cort!ngly as It Is our intention TO open with an en-
tire new stock when we open our new store. So nov
Is the time for bargains.
LEVY BROTHERS,
aa 1918 and 1915 Main street.