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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02


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For the Sick and Feeble
Administrators Sale.

DY VI TUE OF DECREE OF THE COUNTY
D Court of Rock Island County, State of Illinois,
made and entered of record January 18th, A. D.,
1876 at the January term a. D. 1875 OF said Court.
in the estate of Edmund Robinson. deceased made
on the petition Of the undersigned Administrator
of said estate for leave sell the real estate of
said deceased, to pay debts owing BY said estate,
the undersigned will in conformity with said de-
cree, on the list day Of March, A. D. 1875, at the
hour OF two O'Clock P NJ of that day sell at public
auction, to the highest bidder, the following land
in said County, to wit:
The undivided one half (a) Of the southwest quar-
ter Cd of section seventeen (17) township sixteen
t16) north range three(3l west OF the 4th NJ Said
sale will take place the north door Of the Court
House In the ci Y of Rock Island in said County.
Terms of sale. third 90 cash, the balance of
purchase money to be credit OF twelve G2)
months with interest al the of six per per
annum, note TO be given for said balance with good
personal security and secured by mortgage Of the
premises sold. DAVID ROBINSON, Administrator.
Rock Island, Illinois, january 80, 1875.
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NEW YORK, Sept. Goth, 1873 =
-MKssRs MILLER BRos.-Dear Sirs-You will
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For sale by John Bengston rH
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ALMOST A MIRACLE
TESTIMONIAL

CAPT. Vh1ON' D.. NOUDWAhD
Agent Ma uirt g Medicines.
.- To- AE- No SO Magazine Street:
EsTEEMED SIR:-From a feeling of heartfelt grot
itude. and general sense of duty, am pr mpteo
to address you and respectfully beg to give yG.
voluntary and brief statement my past and pres
ent state of heathat UNDRAsen Liver AND BLooI
BITTERs AND SARsAPARlLLA Tone. My health for
years has been bad. but from the commencement Of
this year rapidly declined, forcing ME to abandon
all characte of business: and upon becoming com
peiely paralyzed in my right arm and with my
whole right side threate ed, became helpless ana
hopeless indeed, though attended upon by the mos
skfllful physicians of his and oiher States and
cities, with no benefit; and, in fact, my own meoi
cal knowledge forces to realize the fact that urs
| with me 1 would shortly die, and made my every
earthly arrangement accordingly, when by most
| providential circumstance was directed TO ana
met You. about month ago, and, from your gen
| erous sympaihy, was induced ito crafty yon, bu
| with no hope or confidence of bepeft to myseh)
only try the Cundurango; and to my utmost aston
| fshment and qualification. am now almost entrei
restored to perfect health. and that ny Tic nse
but one hottie Of the CUNDURANeo LIVER
| BLOOD BIFTERs and SARsAPARIILA ToE'~ feel
indeed a renewed and re-urrected Gan, and vii
| cvei, my dear sir, he grstefuiin my remembrance
of you for the kind interest and generous sympathy
shown me in my wretched helplcssness, and am
convinced that to the use of Cunderango and DIV
vine Providence through you, am indebted for
| From sense of duty, let me ask that . nublic-
ton of nay case be made; and by my happy expert
ence none ueed despair and that through you, N
the use of Cundur:hgo. they may also find relies
has fed. With respeet and gra itude, l reman
yours truly, etc. THOS. NJ. LOGAN. JR. NJ. D.
| NEw ORLEANS, Sept "a, 1873.
We the undersigned. being personally acquainted
with Dr. Logan, cheerfully certify that the above
statement is true and correct n every parlicuiar
| j C McCALuSTER
| M GOODWIN.
OAN'L HICEAR
I Sold nv Cenaer& Thomas. Soek Ts.and.
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.
DURING the war Gen. Polk ordered q ser
geant to Ere cannon which had been loaded
while hot and allowed TO cool, The ser
geant said 1t would burst. Polk said il
wouldn't. It did, and killed thirty men.
Polk picked up the sergeant's head and
apOlogized. .-Detr0it Free Press. ~
This gun was charged on the seventh Of
November, 1851, when the battle Of Bel
mont was fought. It was fred and burst
on the tenth Of the same month, the writer
looking on. General, then captain, Rucker,
Of Marion, Alabama, and Gen. Polk were
standing side by side hard by. Both were
knocked down, and Gen. Polk was danger.
'ously stunned. Rucker was rough custo-
mer, and Polk was always proper, dignihed
and Christian gentleman. when Rucker
came to his senses he moved his hands
about in the dust and smoke to discover
his precise status, and caught hold Of the
general aud naively and innocently re-
marked: =
1'This is hi, isn't it, GeneralGn
'rYes," answered Polk, cit smells like
it.n a
The ball in :he gun fitted it, when both
ball and gun were cold, and the same balls
from the same mould had often been fred
from the gun. Perhaps the ball had NOT
been ''sent homes when the gun was hasti-
ly charged on the battle day. Polk's skfl
or Ignorance had nothing to do with the
matter, and nobody dreamed or suggested
that the piece would explode. q
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-06-24

IT might be well for Hon. John Ireland,
when he next denounces the STATESMAN as
a Radical sheet, to watch the ecodrse Of
events in Kentucky. This majestic COM
monwealth, the most wisely goYerned in
the United States, goes about the task
Texas has assumed of making new Con-
stitution, and all party leaders and newspa-
pers inveigh against the intervention Of
partisanship. The Courier. journal properly
says that constitutional reform merely pre-
seuts the question to the people, whether
they win avail themselves Of the improve
ments which the last score of years has
made in the science Of governments. The
lssues On which parties ordiulAr1ly divide
are ephemeraI. They may involve more OF
less Of fundamental principle, but il often
happens that parties and individuals, stand
ing on q common principle, divide On ques-
tons Of policy. constitutional reform ID
beyond the ordinary purposes OF party or
ganization, ard fhestmdard- bearers Of the
two parties in Kentucky have done well,
the colrier-JoRfAdl states, to leave the
question where ii belongs, with the people.
Il 'was not q party question in the Legisla-
tpre, it cannot be made party question in
the pending canvass, and the men Of Texas
viii vote Tor or against the proposition on
considerations entirely independent oi
those 1fhich oommonly inaaencs them il
sslscting oficeEs for the administration oi
nnfI;c !, a.,ru..
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-06-24
THE WISDOM OF T1ExAs ANncFOLLx
OF MExICO.Ols


Edward Lee Plumb, the .JsuiBaJ minister
plenipotentiary OF the International Rail
wey Company at the court Of President
Lerdo, of Mexico, is, We believe, In Calves
ton or Houston, and win probably visit the
capital OF Texas. The Mexican correspond
ence of the Trait = Union announces the
complete success Of Mr.. Plumb's mission,
and tells hew readily and almoss unani-
mously the scheme Of Mr.. Plumb was ap-
proved BY the Mexican Congress. The rea-
sons assigned by the friends Of the measure
were identical with those considered By the
late Fourteenth Legislature, bus the differ
ence in the conduct Of the two bodies Is
somewhat extraoFdinary. Nexicoe coAees-
sion is more per mile thanrthe Interna-
tional At any time asked AZ the, hands Of
Texas and the generous sum is giErnivith-
cut grimace, and the1e are no charges
Of fraud. II 1lr. Plumb k6d rendered the
same service here in Austin which be gave
the International Company IN Mexico,
teaching As : sort Of pedagogue IN
geography and instructing IN matters of
commercial statistics, DelLor1e ana the
Bonham Nsrs would have gown hoarse
shouting corruption Bat these Nen-
cans are all bnrbariAns though educated,
many Of then, in The foromost universities
of Rurope and Ainalica. and TIE nnst init
crate wsIs aSolyfcr of the FEiislthooa. They
csn SI,rd. IN order g haze reace as1ured
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-06-24


A STORY is going through the newspapers
of Texas to the effect that in 1886 a man
named Rricktor was killed at San Felipe,
on the northeast side of the Brazos, by, a
.twenty-four-pound cannon shot fired by
Mexicans from the southwest side of the
river, This, cannon ball was indented by
conclusion with the hard head of Briektof,'
who must have been I1perfect brick. -
Such is the story asl published. The truth
lis, Bricktor was killed by stray grape
shot. fred by the Mexicans a day on two
after they eamped On the Southern bank
No Mexican or rTexau army crossed at San
Felipe, and in this the recital Of facts,
above referred to, is utterly erroneous.
When the Mexlcans entered San Felipe
about daylight thererWere three piclzets in
the place, their names, Isaac Hill, now q
candidate for the constitutional convention
in Fayette eOuntys VIM. Simpson, now Of
Austin, who was taken prisoner by the
Mexicans and "a Mf. KnykendalL. now no
more, q Lforuere citizen Of Austin county.
Col George Hancock, oflthiB city, on the
northeast side Of the TiEef, climbed q cot
tonWood tree about sunrise, and reported,
as nearly as possible, the number Of nexi.
cans in the Il lISge, to Col. Moseley Baker,
who reported to Gen. Houston. The north
side Of Che river was guarded BY Bakers
and Kimbrough's companies. A few day.
after this these companies were ordered uI
the river to join Gen. Houston, then on ths
march to San JacInto. -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-06-24

TEE Dallas HssaId, cOncurring with the
London STANDARD, hitsfhe question between
the eyes, when it says the woes of the
South are tocbe ascribed solely to universal.
suffrage. And yet the Herald says the ca
lamify Is irfemediable. Why should It be
when Texans are supposed to have share
of moral as well as physical courage and
Texans are about to enter upon the task Of
making government for themselves.
There isInothing, no provision Of bayonet
power, sometimes called the Federal Cor
stitutiOn a. it is. to prevent the exemptiop
of Texan counties and towns, IN eli cleo
fions, from the dire evils Of universal suf-
frage. II the constitutional convention
have thispoWer to rescue rs from calamities
that have desoIated Mississippi and the
caroliuas, why exercise itl
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NO As

THE R.sy Rs thinks Mr.. JeaeFson Davis
rich enough and that people can use their
meney more wisely than by investing Il in
abpme for the Impoverished President OF
ths late COnfedeacy Suppose then We
strip the proposition Of all idea OF partially
'retnnding losses incurred by 8Ir. Daxissin a.
honest effort to serve the people OF Texas
md Of the South, would IL not pay to bue.
such citiEeni He can build nm uriiversitv
for Texas such a. no living man can create.
he Is the finest talkeF and lectnror that
lives. He is an accomplished bellies lettres
scholar. He has made his virtues and a.
tainments known through admirable State
papes when he was IN Office at Washing
ten and in Richmond, and, reducing the
proposition 10 serve Mr.. Davis to the stand
ard by which little natures measure erery-
thing, We are Inclined 20 believe that Texan
generosity win be profitable Il it cost half
a million and secure the citizenship Of Jef-
ferson Davis. When this sum is gathered,
or any like it, small share of Il should be
devoted 10 the transfer Of the Busg Re 10
.Uj6i Then Texas will be doubly blest
.and enriched in two directions, and the
gain0 from the loss Of the Bug
Be viii be only trihing in view Of the ao-
auisitiOn Of the CIVIC services Of Jefferson
Davis. . =.
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PArtisanshfp signifies nothing when 4.
rogue is invested with office. Uniyerssi
suffrage in eities places taxpayers and sll
industry at the mercy of rogues and ad-
venturers. Columbia, like other Southern
corporations, has become the prey Of the
Philistinss. ROnds. have been sold aud
peculations, ferstss-td and rings ofgan.zsd
and the treasury plundeFed Till the people
have revOlted and the eify's rOhhers have
been ordered to resign. Public meetings
are held aud acconntantso employed 20 eS-
anime the financial records Of the'Erotched
city. The very same systems Of wrong
and outrage are in vogue WHEREVER one
class Of people pay aud another cnllectsla
towns or leoHnty's revenues. Honest,
working people have little time 10 devote
to the business Of local sofIice-seeking; the
business Of voting is made disreputable or
disgusting; citizenship is degraded, and
then thieves reign. Mould il not lie vel
to rescue COUNTESS and towns Of Texas,
while We may II statesmen, rather than.
demagOgues, be ichOsen members. of the
constitutional convention, may not Texas
become the most attractive Of all the States
because industry may be forever protected
against raFages Of the drifting rabbls that,
with progressive railway systems, sweeps
over the country and finally fastening itself
upon most prosperous towns and cities,
their very heartstrings are seized by Famc
pires end life blood exhausted. These are
they that have made Mississippi Iuninhabz
tables these have arrested the arm of in
dustry, desolatng fields and lmpoveEishing
homes, and yet when iRadicaIism was
doing its worst to-curse the South, the
amendments il fastened on Federal constitu.
tionsT law ihterposed no obstacles and only
the absence Of demagogues and presence
of statesmen and patriots in the constitds
tional convention is necessary to assure the
escape of Texan municipalities from calam-a
ities that render other Southern States IN.
inhaBitable. 1885 iaa9' @ sd
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HoN, ]. II. McLEARY deserves well of his
country, We have ordinations that in less
than year he may deserve better. In any
event he whacked little convention very
neatly over the head over in Bandera coun-
", which resolved It would support Mel.
for reelection if he would support certain
measure. Mel. is an unconditional sur
render" sort of gentleman. he thanked
his constituents, never once mentioning the
one-horse convention, for their kindness
and confidence often illustrated, and then,
pretermitting any reply to the proposition
made by the author of the resolutions, says
he is not a candidate, and viii not be for
some years, for political Office. Evidently
those fellows that engineered that conven-
ton we're seld, and evidently McLeary, ever
full Of patriotism, is going into better
business.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-06-24
WHO ARE FOR AND WHO AGAINST


Two gentlemen, within the week have
paid for the STATESMAN two years in adj
vance. They approve its spirit, its ppfal-
tering Democracy, its adhesion to princi-
pies, its defiance Of men who would be
moral despots in Texas, It is, a creed we
advocate, not men that We would serve, We
would make Texas the freest Of all the
States, and therefore would have made for
it the simplest and briefest Constitution
We would obEiate the necessity, Of which
Governor Coke has spoken in his messages,
for the inyestiture Of the Legislature with
plenary powers over counties, denying to
counties and corporations those rights whose
exercise often Involves self preservation,
unless their exefcisesBe Subordinate to the
power and approval of the Legislature.
Perfect local freedom is only consistent, IN
the South at least, with restricted suffrage
in local elections. The honest, poor approve
because they hope to gain riches and toll
for this, and therefore would have taxes i'm
posed by those, who, pay them. 0fepprse
men having property to ,be taxed approve
the proposition, Municipal governments
do not touch personal rights, These are
all protected by thy LegislatuTs, In
voting for pembers Of the Legislature
we may therefore have universal suffrage
and thus our representation in Congress is
not lessened when we provide By re-
stricted suffrage for wiser and purer munici-
pal systems. The present Radical Consti-
tuition Of Texas iphibits the change we
would effect and perpetuates3 enOrmities
practiced in towns and counties wherever
savage saw RadicalismI is dominant. For this
reason, and TO effect this reform, we would
have W-systsm- OEOsganic law supreme
in Texassid ARdsitSWBS fOrdonFindependent
advocacy ofsthis1sehemes Of benefCence to
Texas that the 'praetiraloAppruEal Of the
STATEssIAE's conduct was asserted, as above
stated. ALI that class ofrpeople who sus-
tain and support newspapers concur inopin-
ion with US, and only the ,demRgogues and
incapable rabble oppose. I bd 11
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-06-24

s. GENERAL DUFF GREEN, so we'll known to
many persons of this State, died re-
Gently At Dalton, Georgia, at the age Of
eighty-dye years, He was native Of Ken
tueky, served in the Greek war, and In
1924 embarked in the newspaper business
in st. Louis, and devoted his energies and
talent to the election of jackson to the
Presidency; Jackson being defeated, be
established a newspaper az Washington
City, bitterly opposed the administration Of
Adams, and saw Jackson elected for the
next term. He afterwards becsuea. an enc
my to- 1Jacksas, s,=aGd the warm friend
and supporter Of Mr.. Calhoun. President
Tyler made General Green the representa-
tive Of the United States to the Republic of
Texas, but he and President Jones had un-
pleasant misunderstanding which resulted
in his being removed. The rest Of his life
was that Of a private gentleman. ~
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-06-24

THOSE districts Of Texas which, in or1eF
to crafty local vanity or that of local
leaders, sacrifice the Interests Of the State
70 please individusls, WiIl fnd themselves
practically Voicelesa in the constitutional
convention. And when il Is said that ME.
BoaneEges is nom the county Of -..-, win
not the people- Of Texas be furious that
such q mass of empty stage thunder, ?
Ireland's old-fashf6ned son, must ever Be
heard roaring and Fumbling IN the conven-
6ong send men q mSdesEy end personal
and intellectual worth, and men who have
eschewed politics e trade, who are not
known 70 Be aspissnls Tor the Governors
place or Tor vacancy "a the Federal Sen
ate. Bsware, lest men ass ths oIIIcs for
ths promoaoh Of aims 81 personal tnll,i-
ton. Thsre ere n5t many Who win dare
10 vote and speak soIely With the viss II
promoting the best interests of Fsxas eud
Of the people q Teas forever. It doe,
not signify Where a1ch men live. Send
them 70 the eon.titntlonal convention.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-06-24

TuE wheat crop OF Texas is estimated at
from five 10 eight million bushels, ana we
have no lniIls to grind il, no shipsto trans
fer Il 10 EurOpe or South Ameriea or tho
West Indies, and can only send it
WhSre it is not wanted, to be ground and
barreled and transferred through New Or
leans or New York 10 countries that viii
eonsnfEe it. Is there no remedyi When
win we have a harboE worthy Of the namel
When will Houston finish the canall
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The capital Of the State, having peSen-
NAL sea breezes. and yet lifted up until,
while on the map and IN fact i is ia the
latitade OF New Orleans, II Is IN point d
temperature ns far north e CaiFo-such :
city should be The site Of the university Of
Texas. Mr. JeiIeson Davis truthfnliy said
Of Austin that IN It's physical aspects i e
the most besnfifuI place IL Europe OF Amer
ica and here st the seat Of governmenl
that university should Be built. designed %
Be sustained and utilized by al the college.
6f Texas.
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TIIE warmth Of temperament distinguish
ing that most admirable weekly, the Sunny
South, Is illustrated m the fact that is edi-
tor Is not pleased that an able preacher Of
Atlanta disorganizes and demolishes the
supposed literal hellfre. The Sunny South
believes in the oId-fashioned birthstone
he'll, and absolutely thinks the glorious sun,
the resplendent god Of day, may be the in
fernal blazing lake we read about.