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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17
Freemnn's History Primer.


One Of the marks which distinguish the
present age Is the rapidty and completeness
with which the latest results of scientific and
erudlie Investigation are asslmilated by popular
instruction. In the last generation most primary
textbooks were half o century behind the time.
Correct notions, for instance, Of medi@val
history have been accessible to we'll
educated men from tho publication OF
Ssmondrs italian Republics" and Ranke's
" History Of theiPopes," yet almost up to the
present decade the old actions and msconcep-
tions were repr oduced In elementary manuals.
An opinion had somehow got abroad that any
body could make school-book, whereas 1t IA
certain that Introductory treatises In order to
discharge their double function OF groundwork
and stimulus, exact the rpest acquisitions and
consummate skill In literary dstlation. Accord
inRly, OF late years, the preparation Of such
works has been intrusted to men OF weight aud
reputation In their several specialtos, aud
the fruits Of such course are well exemp-
Ned In the series Of primers issued hythe Messrs.
Appleton. Tho latest OF these, History Of Eu-
rope, by the well-known historian, T.. A. FREE
MAN, is not only admirably adjusted TO the COM
rrehension OF youth, but might be studied with
profit by many college graduates who conceive
themselves to have outgrOwn the use Of rudi-
mentary hooks.
This little volume, which may be carried in
the breast pccket, outlines the development Of
Europe from the settlement Of the Aryan races
to the close OF the Francp-German war. The
work Of portrayal Ia done with short, swift
strokes, but how incisve and suggestive
they are can he indicated 10y few cita-
tions. Thus he calls attention to the
significant fact that the word "Heas " was
used IN Z" national ana not territorial sense
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so" ro' eAN'np'o MI freeman points out
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31

Amid all the noise and confusion of in
vAstigations in congress, Zach Chandler
has been quietly but thoroughly turning the
interior department inside out, and filling
vacancies with the personal followers of
himself, his son in law, the little member
from Maine. and bis factotum, Edmunds,
postm ster of Washington, who, besides
holding good Office, drives profitable
trade in levying political assessment. Del
ano is down and Chandler is up These
few words tell tie story Of several hundred
removals in the pension office, patent office,
and interior, The poor soldiers" over
whom so many crocodile tears are shed 10
the house of representatives, have not been
spared more than civilians. Wherever
they stood in the way of Chamberlain they
had to go, without regard to wounds or
privations In a short time there will be
| few left to remem Der Delano, and many to
rejoice over his successor in the depart
men: Of Michigan" as the interior is now
known.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31
Thai Mr1e Case.

And now it appears that the judiciary
committee, in looking up evidence in
which u ground a new article of impeach-
ment against Beknap, have thrown an
ugly side light upon Bristow's connection
with that mule case. The claim was
barred by the statute Of limitations, and
Bristow, when assistant attorney general
in 1872, asked Bclknap if he should plead
it, and received in answer the request to
waive that plea. Subsequently the right
Of appeal from the decision of the conrt of
claims was waived by the order of the same
gentleman, Here, then, we have Bristow,
as a public officer acting in the mule case
on behalf of the government, resigning and
prosecuting the claim against the govern
ment on.a con tingent fee and succeeding
through the collision of his former
associates. Suppose him guiltless in this
whole transaction-was his conduct in
changing sides and existing for a share of
the plumber professional? We have no
desire to blacken Mr.. Bristow's character
Tor integrity, which we have repeatedly
upheld as one of the few virtuous points
relieving the vilest Administration known
to our annals; but the truth is, this
whole affair has an ugly look 1t is
certainly bad feature of the business that
the government was cheated by its own
servants and that the claim for which the
secretary of the treasury appeared as ad-
vocate was utterly worthless. The
mere statement of it exhibits it as a.
matter of ridicule A firm which had
been selling mules to the government
claims that at the close of the war they had
$40 mules ready to deliver to the order of
a subordinate officer illegally given, and
that because the government failed to pur-
chase these mules the dealers were
entitled to collect from the government the
loss which they underwent in disposlug of
the mules at private sale. Whether they
ever had any such mules or ever lost any
money on them is very doubtful question.
but II so the claim on the government
was merely preposterous. Because the
war, In which the poor mules were stretch
ed along the roads behind the armies
thicker than the dead along the line of
battle, had ceased and therefore a profit
able market for mule traders was closed
the peopie WeIe cdlleu upon 10 make good
to the uttermost farthing the profits which
Thomson and company expected TO clear in
these speculations on the continuance of
the public calamity This was case OF
conse luential damages with vengeance.
We very much fear that in the event of
Mr.. Bristow's nomination for the presi-
dency nothing can prevent the mule from
becoming prominent figure in the next
canvass. He will be celebrated in campaign
song and stump speech, and will be dis
played rampant upon thousands of party
banners, There will be something in such
sudden notoriety to compensate for past
obscurity of that simple beast which Sena.
tor Nesmith so touchingly eulogized as
the patient animal without the pride OF
ancestry or the hope of posterity N y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31
THE DYING DYNASTY.
Conceived in Fraud and In
augurated in Iniquity, it
is Nearing the Over
throw.
A Startling Revelation Concerning
the Spells Of Black Friday
and Their Recipients.
The Woman in the White House and
Corbin Believed to Have
Shared in the Swag.
Discovery of rndubitable Evidence that
the Grant Gang Connived at the
Peoples Financial Ruin.
NEARER, MIR. GRANT, TO THEE

Special Telegram to the chicago Times
prACry uprOAv cpnII
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31

The following editorial from the Chicago
Post and Mail, Republican newspaper
of influence and ability, is well worth per-
usal. and Mace ON record.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31
BOOK OF NATURE.
ITTERS.
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ITTERS.

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the following testimonial from prominent New
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where have the Texas branch Office of my paper.
My Houston bottle was used up, and found on
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Austin, for ] went TO every druggist in the place
and there are some five, but each house told me
they intended to order It.on the strength of
concentration. Ere coming to New York was in
Galveston and bought a bottle of Robirds, an old
friend and good house had no idea then that
could not obtain it in New York; but after my
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lug fully dozen different establishments gave up
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good medicine yours is ought to be placed at
the command of the whole world. 1t will not only
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blessing to the whole human family. AS remedy
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constant tnnker anu consequently tof tHt lAst zen
to twelve years my body has found it dieultto keep
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people just like myself. and they need some simple
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You have the medicine and you have great fortune
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ike white OF course did not buy it. This let
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31
A Republican Paper Gives It's Opinion
Of Washburne. M

The following editorial from the Chicago
Post and Mail, a Republican newspaper
of influence and ability, is well worth per-
usal, and place on record:
parties vous Francais2"
The action of the Tribune, in black
guarding Gov. Beverage, and blowing for
Minister-to-France-W ashburne, awakens
considerable attention, and causes various
remarks. The present popular feeling
seems to be that this gentleman, to whose
family Donnelly, of Minnesota, once paid
his most eloquent respects, is citizen
who has received, in his day, fully the
proportion of public pap to which his
deserts entitle him. He belongs, it is said.
to an Office seeking family, and has led
even his own relatives in the success with
which he has obtained the objects of his
ambition. This lust for Office, it is urged,
constitutes the only valid reason why be
should be imported from foreign parts,
duty free, to be run for governor of Illinois
to give him standing in the Cincinnati
convention, and place to fall back on, il
defeated before that body. Whatever may
be alleged against Beveridge or Cullom,
neither have gone to Europe at the govern.
ment expense, either to avoid" or assume
responsibility. They have staid at home
helped to insure the success of the Repub-
lican party at the elections, and to mould
policy tor the party acceptable to the
people. They have at least to that extent
merited more consideration, it is
thought, than gentleman who
has been an absentee from his state sc
long that a new generation of voters ha:
come to the front, and holds the balance
of power, with whom this political PATRON.
erst from the classic and aristocratic town
of Galena, on Fever river, can have nc
points of contact Of course the fact that
he was even originally from Galena, is {
tower of strength-to Galena ring, bu
may prove weight as heavy as the meta
of which 'Galena' is the fancy name, il
the country outside.
1t is also true that while in congress be
was facetiously dubbed the watch dog o.
the reaaury, but the knowing ones declare
that his canine proclivities in that direction
consisted largely in barking, and that his
bite was unfrequent and thoroughly pain
less. He opposed a great many appropria
| tions noisily, but then he could afford to. as
he knew there was not doubt of theil
passage, and his cronies willingly gave
him this coveted chance to create little
cheap capital for home consumption.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31

Special IetegTuW 20 Lhe CHSC0gO FUMES
BLACK FRIDAY sPoILS.
WASHINGTON, March ga New York
member of congress declares that he has
evidence in his possession, and witnesses to
sustain that evidence, that $25, 900 of
Black Friday spoils can be traced to a lady
Of the White House. Further than this
it is not safe to make public at this time.
The gentleman alluded to is of the highest
character, and not given to sensational
utterances. Twenty-Five thousand dollars
will be proved to have gone through Cor.
bin and others into the White House. and
every circumstance of its reception will be
repeated. This scandal goes
HAND IN HAND
with and has its origin in Robeson's pecu-
liar practices. 1t is so tremendous, even
in this day of widespread corruptions, that
the committeeman in charge are afraid to
even hint at their sources of information
In 1872
THE GREAT PANIC
that came in 1873 was imminent Finan-
cial men, familiar with the signs of the
times, saw what was coming; politicians
talked of it in Washington, and these
astute creatures at once saw that a panic
then meant financial distress throughout
the country, and, as a necessary conse-
quence, dissatisfied with the reigning ad-
ministration. This matter was the princi
pal subject of cabinet discussions in those
days. 1t was then the great desideratum
to devise some means of
TIDING THIS PANIC OVER
until after the presidential election.
George Opdyke, the great New York
fDancier, who has for years been the conf
dental adviser of the treasury depart
ment, and who is credited with originating
the legal-tender act, advised an over issue
of $lO,00O,0O0 of greenbacks from pre-
tended reserve This was done, and this
initiation for the time postponed the panic.
In the fall of 1873 there was no longer any
standing between the country and a panic
by any such temporary measures as inha-
ton
THROUGH A FRAUDULENT OVERTSSUE.
When the panic came values dropped
and ready money could purchase property
at runinously low figures This panic was
further aggravated by the people not being
led by the treasury to accept a further
issue of rag money to help them ont
This was refused by the treasury, but
atterward Richardson, as he himself ack
now ledged, put some 500, 0O0O 900 upon thu
market, quietly allowing initiated
MEMBERS OF THE RING,
who were aware of this initiation, to specu
late in values so as to realize vast fortunes
Who are all the members of this ring vii
form very interesting subject Of investi
cations. The facts as stated above can
not be disputed
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31
OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE.

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method of treatment. New and remarkable rene
dies. Books and Circulars sent free IN sealed
gelopes
having high reputation for honorable conduc
and professional skill 1-6l.Sw3u
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31
new YORK TIMES, June II, 1875.

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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31

Ten years ago Messrs. Geo. p. Rowell & Co., es
tatlished their advertising agency in New York
City. Five years ago they absorbed the business
| conducted By Mr.. John Hooper, who was the first
TO go into this kind of enterprise. Now they have
the satisfaction of controlling the most extensive
and complete advertising connection which has ever
been secured, and one which would be hardly pos
sible in any other country but this They have
ceeded in working down a cmplex business into so
thoroughly a systematic method that no change in
the newspaper system of America escape no.
tice, while the widest Information upon all topics
interesting to advertisers is placed readily at the
disposal of the public.
NEW WINK TINES
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31

Printing, Binding and Blank Book work
speciaities at The ARGUS OFFICE. No
pains will be spared to please customers.
Satisfaction guaranteed If
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31
JOHN ROOTS
BIT Ter s.
500 REWARD

will pay one hundred dollars to any person who
will make proof that John Roots B.ters fail to i'm
prove the condition of such person If suffering from
the effects of either OF the following diseases viz
Fever and Ague, Dumb Ague,
Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Liver or Kid
ney Complaint, Loss Of Appetite
Headache, Bilious Attacks, Brain,
Scarlet, r. phoid, Remittent or In
termittent Fevers, when taken ac-
cording to the directions accom-
panving each bottle of the same.
do not claim that these Bitters possess any 81
perhuman virtue, but what do claim, is that when
relief can be had in the specified or in fact
any case which arises from an impure state of the
Blood or deranged condition of the Stomach, Liver
or Kifneys, the of these Bitters will insure such
relief and il is upon this frank and fair condition
thar offer this reward in candor and good faith.
JOHN ROOTS, Manufacturer, NO. 292 Seneca
Street b. ffalo, N. Y; VAN Setback, STEVEN
SON q REID, Agents for John II COTS Bittere, cas-
81 Lake Street, Chicago.
For sale by all DruggistsI inERock Island and W.
cinity
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31

Court Records and books for county
offices made in the best manner at The
ARGUS OFFICE,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31
MEMBERS OF THE RING,

who were aware of this initiation, to specu-
late in values so as to realize vast fortunes.
Who are all the members of this ring will
form very interesting subject Of investi
cations. The facts as stated above can.
MT be Disputed
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-31

NICE RULING done at THE ARGUS
BlNDERY, Leave ORDERS at the counting
room, II
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-11-22
Don. ". Dickinson.

The following from the Ingham
County Democrat fully expresses
our views about Mr.. Dickinson's
management Of the campaign:
Republican papers are attempt
ing to cast odinm upon the name
Of Don. NJ. Dickinson, for his man
agement of the campaign just clos
ed, on the part of the Democracy,
but they will fail. Never, since
our recollection, have the Democ-
racy of this State had a more able
or successful leader than the gen
tleman named. He has shown him
self worthy in every respect the
position be occupies and the con-
fidence Of his party.
The Democracy Of Michigan
have reason TO feel proud, and do
feel proud of the record they have
made under their gallant young
chieftain, and they are unanimous
In their approval of his actions
No attempt of the Republican
press will be successful in casting
obloquy upon the well-earned lau-
rels of Mr.. Dickinson.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-11-22
HOllOway's Pills
Invariably cure the following diseases;
Disorder of the Kidneys.

In all diseases affecting these organs whether
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-11-22

The Philadelphia Times, in sum
ming mp the Louisiana situation,
says: at seems 10 be conceded
on oil 81 e. that tie returns of the
votes actually cast gave Tilden a
positive majority Of from 1000 to
5000, ana that the State must be
certified for Tilden unless the re-
turn board shall arbitrarily re-
ject returns from Tilden parishes,
as it did in 1872 and 1879, for
which it was condemned by both
branches Of Republican congress.
We have abiding faith that the vote
of Louisiana will be honestly re-
turned. and, if so, the popular will
of the nation viii be respected by
the election Of Tildcn."
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-11-22

permitted to do so. The parishes
OF Franklin and Morehouse gave
Democratic majority Of l,40O and
are among those which the return
ing board propose to throw out.
Democrats from Ouachita parish
say that they will present the proof
to the returning board that the
political change in that parish was
wholly due to the voluntary sup
port which the negroes gave to the
Democratic ticket. They say that
the vote was within 100 Of the reg
istration, and the Democratic ma
jority 1000. The Democrats from
East Baton Rouge parish report
that 1900 negroes in that parish
voted the Democratic ticket; that
there was no intimidation; and
that no unlawful means were used
to influence voters.