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Year: 1868

Editors Baltimore Gazctte-I noticed
an extract from your paper, in which you
say the plum trees are nearly destroyed
by the curculio, &c.


Some years ago, gave a friend few
plum trees. He transplanted them near
his house. They grew, and in few years
! bore fruit abundantly, but after several
years the black wart appeared spread over
the trees, and so injured all the trees but
one that he cut them down. was at his
house at this time, and the one tree SEEM
ed comparatively perfect. Upon examina-
tion it appeared that large nails had been
driven into this tree for the purpose Of
fastening ON clothes lines. l concluded
at once that the iron nail had saved this
tree. Upon returning home l drove a
nail into each of my plum trees. One OF
them was nearly covered with the wart,
but I could never discover any new appear
.anGe Of yart after that year in this tree
1t revived and bore fruit for many years.
On my other trees there is now no appear
ance of wart, nor has there been any since
the first year after drove the nails into
the trees. After my young trees be-
come of sufficient size drive nail into
each of them, and they are now in good
condition l cannot find any appearance
of wart on any of them.


The curculio can be efectually de troyec
by spreading half peck of salt under eacl
tree in March with you, in April with us
Salt is destructive to insects. Sea weeC
is also destructive to the curculio, if it bt
spread under the trces-but it must b,
done generally, and in all adjoining
grounds on which plum trees are growing
One-half bushel of salt spread on tn,
ground under a common size plum tire,
will not injure it, but promote its growth
Truly yours, ALFRED KITTREDGE.
Year: 1868

such as are generally kept in a country store:


respectfully invite the citizens OF Odessa and
vicinity to call in, and examine my prices and
you will find that they will compare with the
lowest city prices.
Year: 1868

Jay Cook, at the beginning of the
late war, was a bankers clerk in q
small town out in Ohio, and lived
on small salary. After becoming
the agent Of the Government to sell
its bonds, he made about twenty
millions of dollars in about three
years. And in view of this fact, it
would be exceedingly difficult to
make us believe that the man has a
particle Of personal integrity. Jay
Cooke signs his name to letters on
finance, not line Of which he ever
wrote, or could write. He would
evidently sign anything involving
a swindle Of others, provided the
proceeds went into his own pockets.
--Pittsburg Wsrkiagmea's Adv0edte,
Year: 1868

sci must be put about, and, with
Gods mercy, we may snatch the
ship from the very teeth of the hur-
ricane-snatch her from the hungry
jaws Of destruction. But we must
all work with q will, and as one
man. No division Of counsel must
there be. In union lies ourstrength,
in dissension our destruction. He
who really desires to save the ship
will work heartily and uncomplain-
ingly. lie who loiters or stops to
count the cost, or objects to the off,
GERS who may temporarily command
the men at work cutting away the
wrecked masts, is a drone, who
would be in the way. He thinks
more Of selfthan country, and loves
the party only because he hopes to
profit by his wooing. He is not q
Democrat to be trusted. Look
with suspicion upon those who
come to you with expressions Of de-
votion to Democracy upon their
lips, while plans to consummate the
disruption Of the party are breed
ing in their hearts. Thoy would
WOO you to pluck apples of gold that
are in reality the fruit Of the Dead
Sea. They would use you as rounds
to form q ladder upon which they
hope to mount to high places. They
lust for Office and its emoluments.
They are more dangerous foes than
your open enemies. Beware of them.
"They come with honeyed tongue and smile,
To bring You ruin-to work you gile."
Year: 1868

APOLoGY.-Much of our space to.
day and tomorrow will be taken up
by the recently enacted law for the
taxation of whisky and tobacco. AS
many of our business men are largely
interested in tobacco, and not a few
in whisky to them the law will,
perhaps. be interesting reading.
However that may be, the law ncces-
sarily excludes much other reading
matter.
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
cutter at Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es-
tablishment, would inform his friends and the
citizens of Rock Island and vicinity. that he has
opened a New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose of manufacturing to order first
class fine custom work to those that have been in
the habit of getting their garments cut by us,
while at Mr. Cones, we would extend an invita-
tion to call us at our new establishment, aad
10 those that cannot get suited in Rock Island
and in the habit of sending east for their gar
nents we would invite them to call and give III q
trial feeling confident that we can suit them in
every respect. We have handsome assortment
Of fine Cloths, Csssimeres and vestings, together
with large variety of splendid French Coatings
and Tricots in different shades and colors for fine
business suits. Also fine Beavers in different
eolors, for overcoats,-all of which we will make
to order in the best aud most fashionable manner
at lower rates than the same class of goods can be
obtained on either side of the river Call and
examine eur styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business.


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,


North side of Third Street, near the Post Office,


Davenport, Iowa
Formerly cutter at Cones.


N. B. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. nov7qdly.
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
as cutter Mt Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es-
Establishment, would inform his friends and the
citizens Of Rock Island and vicinity, that he has
opened a New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose of manufacturing TO order first
class fine custom work to those that have been IN
the habit OF getting their garments cut by us,
while at Mr. Cones, would extend an invita-
tion to call on at establishment, and
TO those that cannot get suited in Rock Island
and in the habit of sending east for their gar
nents would invite them TO call and give
trial, feeling confident that can suit them in
every respect. We have a handsome assortment
of fine Cloths Cassimeres and Vestings, together
with q large variety of splendid French Coatings
and Tricots in different shades and colors for fine
business ruits. Also fine Beavers in different
oolors, for overeoats,-all of which we will make
TO order in the best and most fashionable manner
at lower rates than the same class of goods be
obtained on either side of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business.


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,
North side Of Third Street, near the Post Office,


Davenport, Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


N. B. The cutting department Is under our
own supervision. nov29dly.
Year: 1868


The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
Hs cutter at Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es-
tablishment, would inform his friends and the
citizens of Rock Island and vicinity, that he has
opened a New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose of manufacturing to order FIRST
class fine custom work to those that have been in
the habit of getting their garments cut by US,
while at Mr.. Cones, we would extend an invita-
tion to call on us at our new establishment and
to those that cannot got suited in Rock Island
and are in the habit of sending east for their gar
nents we would invite them to call ana give US
trial, feeling confident that we can suit them in
every respect We have handsome assortment
of fine Cloths, Oassimeres and Vestings, together
with n large variety of splendid French Coatings
and Troots in different shades and colors for fine
business suits. Also fine Beavers in different
eolors, for overcoats,-all of which we will make
10 order in the best aud most fashionable manner
atlower rates than the same class of goods can be
obtained on either side of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business


THOMAS cCULL0UGH,
North side Of Third Street, near the Post Office,


Davenport, Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


N. B. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. OV29dly
Year: 1868

eas JoHNsoNs ANoDYNE LINIMENT is
no quack preparation, but one meeting
the appreciation of the medical profession,
the most eminent of whom bear willing
testimony to it's wonderful efficacy.
Year: 1868

bhL hhol, pSENS'


Going back now from Bethany to the
summit of the Mount we look down upon
the Kedron and behold Gethsemane at
our feet and think of the scene beneath
the olives: the disciples asleep, Jesus in
prayer, his low voice alone breaking the
stiffness of the night We think of tie
agony. the bloody sweat, the angel by his
side and then the flaming torches, the
approaching crowd Of armed men, the
kiss of the traitor, Peters sword g'e IN
ing in the dim light, all his followers
fleeing. the lights ascending the slope
from the Kedron to the gate of the city
and disappearing within the walls, the
trampling of feet and confused clamOr of
voices dying oD the ear as they enter the
house of Annas; the binding of the pris
oner there, taking him to the house Of
Caiapbas the high priest, Peter and John
timidly creeping along the streets in the
darkness to see what will happen, Peter
pluckiug up courage enough to enter the
court yard of Caiaphas house and warm
himself by the FIRE, the growing of the
cock as morning approached, that last
look of Jesus upon the disappearing dis
ciple. the meeting of the Sauhcdrim just
as the daylight is streaming over Olivct
his condemnation there, then the walk to
Pilates house. 1t joined the castle Of
Antonio, North of the temple Of Aria.


We behold the scene in the Judgment
hall. We hear the accusation of the rae
BILE. the questions of Plate We follow
him to the palace where Herod Antipas
is stopping. visitor to Jerusalem to en-
Joy the feast. Again we behold him be-
fore Plate. The people thirst for his
blood they demand his death we hear
their mocks and jeers; the crown of
thorns is placed upon his brows; the de-
cision Of Plate has been made; soldiers
lead him out to the place of execution. q
little way beyond the walls, near the
northeast corner Of the city.


1t is nine o'clock, the sun well up in
the heavens. We see the mailing to the
cross, the jagged iron driven through the
quivering flesh, cords and nerves sepaiat-
ed, the cross erected, the mocking multi.
tude. the weeping women and the mother
beholding her son. Strange darkness set.
ties over the land midnight at noon. We
hear the last words; the earth quakes be.
meath our feet and the costly curtain be.
fore the entrance to the holy of holies
in the temple is rent from top to bottom


We think Of the scene at the scpulc.
hre in the garden Of Joseph. Mary al
Year: 1868

"All is Tranquil and serene,


Calm and lndisturbed rcpose /:


Where no cloud can intervene,


Where no angry tempest blows;


Where all tears are wiped away.


Sighs no more to heave the breast,
Night Is lost in endless day,


Sorrow in eternal rest"
We see the Good Physician coming up
the slope Of the hill below US. Martha
going out to meet him, and then the
gathering 1t the cave 1t was somewhere
here by one of the caves in the limeston e
ledge, Read the account--how the Ply
Year: 1868

heve the South win have far better hope OF regain
ing the position IN the Union to which Il IL entitled
than under man whose political career has been
In nothing more cOnsplcuOusly marked than In an
utter in1rmty OF purpose


Independently OF all these considerations should
be great y surprised if the people OF the
United States were to elect as their Chief
Magistrate man who was making at the
Academy OF Music on the 4th OF July, 1853, a
speech deficient in all the characteristics or an ele-
waited love OF country at the very hour when General
Grant was carrying the victorious arms OF the Union
into Vlcksburg, and when thousands OF our fellow
countrymen were pouring out their blood on the
plains OF gettysburg IN defence OF their homes and
the government, which Mr.. Seymour was doing all
III ILLS power TO embarrass and dscredit.


am quite willing that you should show this letter
to any friends who may take an interest in my
opinion in regard to the coming electi0n and l am
particularly deslrous OF removing the impression IL
1t exists, thai am In favor OF ar. Seymour or the
reputation OF any portion OF the public debt.


John A. DIX.
Year: 1868

AT the Union grounds yesterday very small num-
ber OF the admirers Of the game were assembled to
witness the contest between these clubs. Those who
were present, however, could not safely say that
they had enjoyed the dispute. 1t was very tame
and too much one-sided to be Of Interest. Holmes
acquitted himself creditably as catcher and Egglcr
at centre field covered himself with glory. He was
''sure death to any "ny' that went towards centre


field, and s entitled to the highest credit for general
good play Crane missed chance for very DIM
cult fy catch, which he tried hard TO get at, but
otherwise the playing OF the Atantcs was very
good, few points were missed and the batting by
both clubs was more than ordinarily fine, although
the Atlantcs as the score Will show were more for
tunate In not falling In the way OF the helders.


The score OF the game Is as follows:-


THE show the OF times the first base was
gained hits, nys caught left bases runsJ
Year: 1868

II. without the federal government we would still
be secure and could enjoy the blessings and adyan-
tages OF well organized government After reviewing
the course Of President Johnson In making state
course OF Chief Justice Chase In the McArdle asir


and after praisng the honesty OF the late Thaddeus
stevens in acknowledging that his party were acting
saying that many persons In the United ates did
not understand their own constitution never having
read single page Of It, and for that reason people
by the radical party, and seeming TO sanction them
Year: 1868

they vii, proceed to collect the taxes levied, and
that TO the amount Of all taxes remaining unpaid
at the expiration Of ten days from the date of
said notice rs per cent. will be added, which is


modified as to read thirty days instead Of ten
Year: 1868

SECRETARY SEWARD says Mr.. John
Hon will come out for Grant before the
end of this month. Mr.Johnsonis not
the sort of man to be neutral in a
contest like the present, and he can't
support Seymour who declared it would
be cook thing for the country If he
were convicted and removed. Yet he
cannot support Grant without degree
OF self.stultification which even his
hatred of Seymour cannot drive him to.
Who then is A. Us. candidate for Pres
dentP It must be a. johnson. of Ten
nessee.
Year: 1868

ONE of the last of the reconstructed
members, carpet Dagger named Tit,
was sworn in just seven minutes before
adjournment. He received $4,000 and
mileage for his valuable and protracted
service.-RegLSter. 81


Congress specially provided these
new members should draw pay only
from the date of their admission. The
foregoing statement is therefore simply
untrue.
Year: 1868

BUFFALO, August 1.-Charles Picker
ing, formerly banker in this city, was
arrested to. day and confined In jail on
a requisition from the Governor of
Michigan, charged with grand larceny
in relation to the sale OF cattle taken
from an island in the Upper lakes. He
will be removed to Michigan for trial.
Year: 1868

As yet the market for these is without material al
teration and but little change is made In last weeks
quotations The new cut OF lumber has not yet come
in in any considerable quantity, although it is re-
ported on the way and may he expected during the
coming week. Business OF the yards is fair
mostly of small lots heavy purchases await the
arrival OF new stock The stormy weather which IL
still prevalent retarding extensive building opera
tons, likewise occasions general steadiness in all
the materials required for use; but the several stone
yards are pretty generally well fed'wth workmen
preparing for the anticipated demand for cut stone
In this expectation the market throughout IL 6rm
Year: 1868

FASHIONABLE TAILOR,


No 161 King St next Milburn's Drug Store,
Would announce to his friends and the public
that he is again prepared to attend to all orders
for work in his line in his usually satisfactory
st,,o mar l6-tf
Year: 1868

The following is from the "Reveries Of a
Bachelor" by TX Marvel,


IA poor man without some sort Of relig-
ion, is, at best, poor reprobate, the football
Of destiny, with no tie linking him to infin-
ity and the wonderous eternity and is even
worse, a flame without heat, a rainbowNith-
out color, n flower without perfume. A man
may, in some sort tie his hopes and honors
to tins weak, shifting ground tackle, 10 his
business, or the world but woman with
out the anchor called faith, is a drift and a
wreck A man may clumsily continue sort
of moral responsibility, out OF relation to
mankind but woman in her comparatively
isolated sphere, where affection and no, mo
tive Is the controlling motive, can find no
basis In any other system or right action but
that of faith. A man may craze his brain,
OF his thoughts, TO truthfulness, in snch poor
harborage as fame aud reputation may stretch
before him but a woman-where can she
put her hopes In storms, IL not in heaven 7
And the sweet truthfulness-that abiding
love-that enduring hope mellowing every
page and scene Of life, tightening them With
pleasant radiance, when the worlds storms
break like an army with oannoa7 Who can
bestow its all but holy soul, tied TO what is
stronger than an army with cannonf Who
has enjoyed the love of a christian mother
but will echo the thought with energy, and
hAllew II with teNl
Year: 1868

There Is lighsness and airy grace Of
touch like that Of the night breeze itself,
about the following beautiful poem. Right
heartily do we welcome It's fair author as a
promised contributor to our columns:


SONG OF THE NIGHT BREEZE.
Year: 1868

TEE WESTERN WHIsKEY MEN are said 70 be
bringing pressure 10 bear upon Commie sioner
Rollins to obtain construction OF the amen led
Revenue laws that will permit them TO redistiI
without incurrIng the tax on rectified whfskpy
Year: 1868

Biliousness, Indigestion, General Debility and
all the complaints which proceed from . want of
proper action in the liver, the stomach and the
bowels. are eradicated by a course of this great
Year: 1868

There are probably more than 10000
white men in Tennessee who cannot vote.-
The significance of this fact is heightened
by the general admission OF the blacks 10
the exercise of the right Of franchise. So,
between the wide exclusion Of the whites
and the universal enfranchisement OF the
blacks, Tennessee is political Pandemoni-
um; and, until the suffrage is SO regulated that
all men who are not excluded by the recon-
struction acts of Congress, are admitted to
the enjoyment Of all their political rights, We
shall have no hope of cordial and enduring
peace. 1t may as well be plainly stated here
as vaguely limited at, that the Republican
party of the North has never, SO far as we
know, contemplated the permanency OF any
arrangement like that which now afflicts
Tennessee; that it has never intended to jus
tify its enemies in their accusation that II
might tyrannize over and oppress the whites;
and that if the Southern Republicans,
black aud white, think the support OF the
North worth winning, they must put their
legislation on some other basis than that Of
self-seeking and revenge. The time for dis
franchisement of any but classes embracing
few individuals, and those confessedly dis
loyal and dangerous, has gone by. The
hateful passions engendercd by the war are
dying out. The country Is addressing itself
10 the problem Of peace and We believe that
all men who have not deep personal animos-
tiles to crafty, or some unworthy personal
motive to serve, or who are not insane with
rage aud, hate, are willing TO draw sponge
over the past and commence anew, provided
that both freedom and justice can be made
the basis of future endeavor. We believe
that when we say this, we speak for nine
tenths of the Republicans of the Northwest.
Of their devotion to the cause of their party
and the eountry, there can no doubt--N y.
| Tribune.
Year: 1868

NEURALGIA.-We have cut from the Alta
California receipt for the cure Of neural
gia, which the editor OF that paper claims To
have been effective in several cases TO his
own knowledge. lie says:


"Some time ago We published, at the re-
quest Of friend, receipt to cure neuralgiai
Half drachm of sal ammonia in an ounce
Of camphor water, 10 be taken a teaspoonful
at dose, and the dose repeated several times
al intervals Of five minutes, ii the pain be
not relieved at once. half a dozen different
persons have since tried the receipt, and ID
every case an immediate cure has been aifec-
ted. In one, the sufferer lady had been AZ
lected for more than week, and her physc.
ian was unable TO alleviate her suierlngs
when a solution Of sal ammonia in camphoI
water relieved her in few minutes"
Year: 1868

Read the comments of the N. York
Tribune upon the situation in Ten
nessee. They are in harmony with
our comments upon State Conyen-
vontion, and foreshadow the same
practical results of the extreme Radi.
cal despotism to which we are sub.
jected. That result must be sub.
version Of the existing tyranny either
through the force of public opinion
or the force OF arms. What Greedy
as extreme oppression can
not be otherwise than intolerable to
the victims Of his party's villainies.
Year: 1868

The wicked Radicals, in Congress,
have gloated over the cry of distress
which reaches their ears from the
South; but when that cry is echoed
and re-ochoed from New England,
they are terro .striken at the probable
consequences of their brutal legisla-
ton. Their black protoges under
the management of their yankee
overseers, are likely to starve id the
South, but this would not disturb
their equnimity, because all they want
is to vote the negroes in one Presiden-
tial election, and whether successful or
not, they win be glad to get rid of
their elephant by starvation, or any
other means. But when the whites
of the North, thrown out of employ
ment by tens Of thousands, utter a
cry of distress the case is different.
They now begin to discover that their
malignant efforts to ruin the whites
of the South have a retro active force
which was neither calculated nor
forseen, and it also strikes them that
however widely the Union may be

severed, there is unity of suffering
between the two sections. The Rad.
ical leaders are beginning to be aware
Of the additional fact that if this mu.
tual cry Of distress is carried into the
next canvass, it will be the death
knell of their party. Hence their
Generalization and frantic efforts to
save themselves by clinging to Grants
coat tail, and the effort to raise some
new issue by which the people may
be cheated into their further support


But they can no longer disguise their
infamous character and designs /;
their destiny is fixed and popular
vengeance can not be averted.
Year: 1868

The removal of Pope and Swayne
and Ord looks something like an ef-
fort by the President to stay the tide
of despotism ere it sweeps off tho last
vestige of liberty in the South, leay-
ing nothing but ruin behind it.