Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-26
WASHINGTON, July %, 1872.

noIlce tnat you rang the Oy-peIIs In
honor of the Baltimore nominations almost
as soon as the friends of that movement did
here bnt have you the badge yet? i saw
the first one last week, and 9 tasty little af-
fair il is Just little ahead of anything
evsr invented in that line. About three
inches Of 6rO,cn ribbon an inch in width,
having "Greeley and Brown" in gold letters
above the cutest little white hat imaginable,
constitute the emblem of the gigantic baby
which, born at Cincinnati and christened at
Baltimore awaits its confirmation in No
vembsr. Both parties are doing their level
best already, in spite of the heat, and meet
| ings with their attendent routine speeches,
mutual abuse, &C., are the order of the day
or rather evening. The Joke of it all is
that the Republicans of the District split on
the choice of the delegate to Congress
some being determined to re-elect Gen.
| Chapman, while others are bitterly opposed
to him, and have brought out e new csudi-
date. At present no one can tell how the
contest will end, as both candidates will re-
ceive support from the colored vote, which
virtually controls everything here. Before
the elections hundreds Of that class Of voters
are imported from the surrounding country,
and being supplied with work, willingly
make the laws under which theiI
less favored white brethren have
to live. The effect is to be seen in the
management of city affairs; to-day streets
are dug down and paved, leaving your house
high and dry somewhere between heaven
and earth, and few months after, the grade
is changed, the streets are filled up, and
you're below mewhere or nowhere, with
the privilege of having heavy bills to pay
for the depreciation of your property. Now
Rll the grading and patent paving is beAuti
ful in effect for those whose means ensbl,
them to enjoy their daily drives; but to tn,
laboring GLASS who, through industry anc
rigid economy have scrsped together barrel,
enough 10 buy them little homes, and who
Unable to pay for ell these extras beside
their Rcanty food and rAiment, must los
them, il is nothing short of curse. Tall
of Improvements What is the extra com
fort of the few rich when1hrown ia the bal
snee against the loss of their little saving
Of the many poor2 And by these overwhelm
ing numbers of negroes, who possess not
foot of property, bat the des re OF doing tn
greatest possible AmoGnt of nothing 70
good pay, any measure however obnoxiou
can be carried into effect BY those who ar
enriched by the process. Time will perhsp
abRte this abuse, as years may bring wis
dom even to these tools of willy politicians
already some of them are assuming indie
pendent positions, and not in politics an
business merely; one, DR.. P, even mar
aged to get the daughter of a MAssschusetl
Judge to wife. OF course she Is not 9Th
rage" by any means among the whites; br
among the colored people she occupies FIR,
rank aud handles her baby with SIS niue
love, if not pride, as if those telling littl
peculiarities of color and feature we're NJ
: in existence.
BY the way, there must be some straug
twist in the national selection" of Judge
daughters one OF this city is reported to
II engaged 10 a japanese prince who has bee
reading law with her father for some tim
IS and who answers to the not over pious nan
- of kodsms, accent on the second sy liable
Just imagine whole family of Koddmt
great and small Whew its only he Ath,
empire that could exist uuder such load
eminent "swears."
We have had some more tragedy too sin
| wrote last; two IrIshmen tell out abo
the difference in amount Of Writ
of their respective wives and one being
policeman snd bound TO "let us have peace
, laid the other one peacefully out with
little revolver.
2 On Saturday last we Just escaped anosh
sensation, and young man Of our neigI
ne borhood an untimely death, by his mari
!. ing the girl he had been counting. 1t VI
W really marriage or your life" in that cas-
q. as the tsshsr would have killed him had q
be help arrived in time, and he openly avow
"a his intention of carving out his design, I
=. less Adonis made all the repsrstion in
Is power. The general verdict is, good
him"
You know that Bladensburg is noted
the many duels which were fought in
- vicinity in days gone by, and for its spri
to which forever-so-manY medicinal virtu
are sscribed. Well, Jack and / rode {
there for drink last week, and we didn't Ii
it, not much neither water nor villa
: The place has a general '1-cAn't help-i
forssken look, and the water tastes mus
There if a Blsdensburger saw this,
back hair would be in danger, as th
spring is their one glory, besides the du'
ing ground en- the strength of which attr
tons they; advertise for summeE-boRrdt
but since m7 visit to Mt. Vernon, that che
tree has had its effect, and like truth
George, 81 cannot tell lie :" no not ey
% to please Bladensburg, spring, duelli
n. ground and ell. LIZ NARD