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QY order of the Commissioners Of iusolrentdebtosg

10y order of the commissioners of Observation-Disclosures
- for the, city and county Of baltimore, notice u
hereby given 70 die creditors Of TH0S- T. 0DEIif. am
insuivent debtor that personal discharge hath been
granted to the said debtor and that the saIcredtora
are required to attend at the Office of the said comHzs
sfoners IN the court house, in the city Of Baltimore,
the 4t day of May next OF 10 O'clock IN the orenQcr
and nominate trustee or n7istees to be appointed fu
their benefit and to give all the n1formariUn IN ~
possession to the said commissioners, enable them y
report to Baltimore county court, agreeahy ID anfac6
OF assembly, passed at December sessions, 163 emitted
can act relating nsoIvept dehtouss and that the 2r
day of July next hath been 6xed for the final hearzs
in his case, hefore the said cornnissioners.e .1jgIs
Dated the 9th day of March in the year le40s .
NH 81 Iasv2ro -.-------z-z---s ma 1-fawSw =
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IE5NESHINC TACK LE.--JusL received an las
IS seftuseni OF s3afioY TACKLE, coMEistzE}g Of "a
e g. and B f6fnt ttAEfxfNG STICK RoyDS zsz''-=
3, and HALE RODS szx-,s -fsfrxs.rzrs,ss
& and S Ash btitt FLY RODS
80, 100 & 100 yards sIIl K HAIR dnd SEA GRASS
SILK, Hair ana LINES isfisd pes lbs
Il Common THREAD ami COTTON LINES, fus1iEzh-
ed per ARTIFfCI AL, Fl les, all sotts
Virginia, Limerick and best Kirby 10 0K, By pc
1000 or otherwise i1si' {. - :, , - -.
& SyVFvEL'S BOOKS, furnished complete s'a5s
Irvine and Eorlage, BRUSHES Of all kinds, for aales<
very Teducedpriees by DUKEHAKT, y. Co..
~ 1of ~ Bainmore street, between South * CaisFye
sts Country DferchaDfs and others are invited 10 can
Thankful for past fayors, they solicit shaEe Of psa
age. -'tt.t - = 80 -,lapz
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Mrs EtzHfbiain is fui1ninf an engagement at the
f,esnut streeE Theatre. Mr. Br4wpe, an exeeifntfnd
popular Pc foEaoris the chief AT The Walnut
street esfablishnents t;s#5 AE4sas4shsd
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ss5w The Cattskill Mountains, (New York; were
covered with last 70 The depth ef sew
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UvY order of the commissioners Of nsolvent debf9fR
- of the scify and county of Baltimore, notlce
hereby given tsthe creditors Of WILLIAM WEBB, an
insovent debtor, that personal discharge bath been
required TO attend ut the oce Of the enid cbmmiF
sieners IN the court house. In the eity Of
the fourth day of May next ten O'Clock in te
noon and nominate atrusee trustees, TO be appoint
ed for their benefit and g give all the information IN
their possession 10 the said 70 enable
them 10 report to Baltimore county court; asyeeabiy -
an act of Assembly, passed at Decembey session, 1881
ienled tan actfelatng TO isovent debors, and thu
the r day of July next, hath been fxed for the hnx&
hsarkx IN his case, before the said commissioners e
nh 81 lnsssrn mn, lawsst..
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BASK rIloBSERszA felI0viyVas detected on Saturday
aternaon hBts of breaking into the Mount Holly
<NtIs) Bank snaAe IL Sahders3 mHatte, and Had
only three weeks ago finished servitude OF three years
in the Eastern Peneitiafy that State fof horse steal
ing. ON his exanIinaone stated that he had two lie
conpliees whitenen. HeiAsas TO enter the baIfk by
Windnws after it was closed and before the Svatema
came, and open the door for thein He has since denied
having accompces.fs -.,''ta a. lAAiifN 5-4.tiAsI
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TWyHISIS TO GIVE NOTICE. That the sub
III scrbe7 hath obtained from the OIphans Court OF
Batnioreronty letters of administration on ne Pc
rsonal estatefpf FRED'K, RoaRtvAID, sen of Ire.
men, late az said county deceased All persons having
claims against the said deceased hereby warned 20
exhibit the lame with theysueher thereof 70 the suf
scriber on BIZ before the 2h day of October nex they
may Otherwise be excluded from all benefit Of said es
ate All persons indebted 10 he said estate, are re
auested ID make Immediate pay ment Given undermy
hand this R3d day Of April, one sheaand etsas nun
Y. no ssgay AZ - ! Aduain II q
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Mr. uIsI 2 e
Music commenced the series last evening in Philade
mia He Illustrates his subject by Singing and alto
rethere ieetufds are said 20 be bosh and
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Tar gwreRxEs+s iii New sYStk, last week, we're one
hundrednd twenty cshtp Nv 80 q, t.
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FROM, hfANIELA.-Tbe barque Brighton, Captain
Dorr, arrived at Boston Saturday from Manilla hav
ing left January Ill., We learn from the Mercantile
Journalttai Capt Dor reports tllat the Opium trade was
Three vessels saied in December, with one thous1
and chests. One just arrived with Twelve hundred, and
had some hundred chests 70 deliver ut Hong Kong It
was reported that the Spanish Government about
seeking redress Spanish orig burnt by the Chinese
The Brighton spoke on the 9TH March, Portuguese
slave brig with Six hundred slaves boarda prize TO
British sIoop ofwar, captured of Aiozambique.fg INV
10 ssnii THE TRADE OF THE WEST, f.-, INN.
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Tia NEW IERSEiYs DELEGATIONS sheeNa
uonal Conventep 81 ing HEX m HE 4tf
inst TsspectfuIss te4deT tp cosair fkf kscgr'
AID Tf {iTf "A 2 Lzszazks s.lF warm
est thanks for a. hand & n f4leI hey tYi:re
received on THEFT aknsz III Enterls during iteil
stayintDcir beaIlhiIt fIz at;aII,rs!s . - aIlI
7ae cordial ksiidness sdach bit
edTOwafds us,llc warn ntefaSt hnanileefel H9f the
State we.have 1lsH honul 10 repre- aiol
So MODIFY exhihitla By l4 to WIS., Rrile e Deep
~ IMPRESSED uss gpd VIZ shall l1r remit fzide
sitfapIeasure oskfsit tpy tsin7
aefes,Hg sz-tF 80 Ia .lExs#
.s~ = ROBERT "a. ! tJE ~
- j. MsSsBtlafe 49,.
ls5 -, - - JAMES WILSON, -
% "a = PETER 8. -DURYEE, I, ,--. ~
J. II. SHOTWELL,
s4tEEaIfy, On beiaif uf the New Jersey Delegation
N..F.. -st.lF
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AZ great Nbig meeting in Mason county, KY, a 20
enoco INTERRUPTED Mr., Southgate's remarks by shouting
for Val BUREN, oThere'' said Mr., ;. sis still small
ss6iceF ffonl d 10 IN Smaller MAN. u .a
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ID WHITE WHEAT FAMILY FLOUR.
6NBATAPSCO and other superior brands Of White
III Wheat Family Flour, on hand and pr sale by
.nIo1in7 70 1tt-u wa NORRIS s. FhIRBAtRN,
iIiia ~ ln No. 2 Pratt between City 8 Frederick SIS
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CONSTITUENCIES or FEMALE CURIOSITY. =
AneSiraopdmarS cas6ef this kind occuredat I5hngton,
neat Stamford, Friday last, very early m the morn
of afaofef hamed slhnfah iaaging in very aen-
i've observation aef the proceedings IN aneighboring
house when leaning far ont of window in her ear
nesness to see all that could be seen, she lost her hold
andD was pfeciptated Heavily 70 the ground, from
height of about 10 feet Heraih being upon hard pave
mept she fractured Der right collar bone, three or four et
hqr ribs. her breastubene, mad theilet
dreadfy bruisng herself in etherparts OF her body.
The poor woman was brought VI stamford tnlrlafys
h5en,Ifrts. sf4En ll4it- IA - - - ~ -GG
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y - II. KNAPP, DENTAL SURGEON, has re.
d moved his Office from the conner OF Charles anc
Fyefte streets where he has been some years located
Fauette streef Sd door from ChAre5 ST. i.iu ma . !
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Schr Jack Downing, Passapea, Philadelphia; North
cumberland, Watts, Kingston, Jam; Emrna, Cole, New
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-17
Consideration for Young Men,

Reading is a most interesting and plea
SAINT method of occupying your leasure
hours. | am aware that men of business
have, usually, little time to devote to the
improvement of their minds. Their
active occupations must necessarily en-
gross their chief attention. And yet in
the business of life there are many unoc-
cupied hours, fragments Of time, which,
if carefully gathered up and duly improv-
ed, would afford opportunity for reading
great many useful volumes, and of ac-
curing much useful knowledge. If there
are any persons so deeply engaged in
business, that they can find no time to
read, | would say to them, take time.
1t is not meet that you should spend the
whole of your life as mere beast of
burden, providing only for the body
while you leave the mind, the immortal
mind, to famish and starve. The truth
is, all men have or many have time
enough to read. The difficulty is, they
are not careful to improve it. - Their
hours of leasure are either idled away, or
slept away, or talked away, or spent in
some other manner equally vain and USE
less; and they complain that they have
no time for the culture of their minds and
hearts. This is all wrong. The infinite
value of time is not realized. 1t is the
most precious thing in the world, the only
thing of which it is virtue to be cove
tous, and yet the only thing of which all
men are prodigal. Time is so precious
that there is never but one moment in the
world at once, and that is always taken
away before another is given. Only take
care to gather up your fragments of time,
my friends, and you will never want leis-
ure for the reading of useful books. And
in what way can you spend your unoccu.
pied hours more pleasantly than in holding
converse with the wise and good thro'
the medium Of their writings To a
mind not altogether devoid of curiosity
books open an inexhaustable source Of
enjoyment. And it is high recommen,
dation, Of this sort of enjoyment that il
always abides with us. Nothing can
take it away. 1t is the mind and GO
where we may, if our minds are well fur.
nished and in good order, we can never
want Of means Of enjoyment. The grand
volume of nature will always lie spread
before us and if we know how to read
its wonders, the whole world will pour a
our feet its treasures, and we shall hold
converse with God himself.
But to those who are unaccustomed tc
read other books, this sublime volume
must Of course appear an unmeaning blank
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-17
Evening.

| think there are two periods in the life
of man in which the evening hour is Pc
culiarly interesting-in youth and old age.
In youth, you love il for its mellow moon
light, its million stars, its then rich and
soothing shades, its still serenity; and
there we can commune with our loves, or
Irvine wreaths Of friendship, while there
is none to bear us witness but the heav-
ems and the spirits that hold their endless
Thereon look into the deep bosom of
creation, spread abroad like canopy a.
bove us, and look and listen till we can
almost see and hear the waving wings and
melting songs of other beings in other
worlds. To youth the evening is delight
full, it accords with the flow of its light
spirits, the fervor of his fancy, and the
softhess of his heart. Evening is also
the delight of virtuous age, it affords hours
of undisturbed contemplation--it seems
an emblem of the calm and tranquil close
of busy liie'--serene, placid and mild,
with the impress of its great Creator
stamped upon it; it spreads its quiet
wings over the grave, and seems to prom
Use that all shall be peace beyond it.
Franklin.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-17

leisure. He always continued in the
same ship with Decatur. 81 could al.
ways know the state of my bile by Jack, !"
said the commodore. eff | was in good
humor, and wore pleasant aspect, Jack
would be sure to feave in sight, to receive
friendly nod; if was out of humor,
and wore, as | sometimes did, a foul
weather physiognomy, Jack kept aloof
and skulked among the other sailors"
1t is proper to add, that Reuben James
received more solid reward for his gal
liant devotion than the privilege above
mentioned, a pension having been granted
to him by Government.
On another occasion, Decatur had re-
ceived at New York the freedom of the
city, as testimonial of respect and graf
itude. On the following day, he over
heard this colloquy between two of his
sailors Jack" said one, :" what is the
meaning freedom of the city, which
they've been giving to the old man -
"Why, don't you know? Why, it's
the right to frolic about the streets as much
as he pleases; kick up row; knock
down the men, and kiss the women ~
sob, no ~ cried the other, {" that's
worth fighting for !'-Knickerbocker,
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-17
NUMBER 9.

which he belonged, unknown to him, was
resolution no sooner conceived than Ia
ken. In the camp she attracted no par
ticular attention except the night before
the battle, when she was noticed bending
over his couch, like good and gentle
spirit, as if listening 20 his dreams. The
camp was surprised and fierce conflict
ensued. The lovers were side by side in
the thickest of the fight; but endeavoring
to turn away lance aimed at the heart Of
Jasper, the poor girl received it in her
own. and fell bleeding at his feet. After
the victory her name and sex were dis
covered; there was not dry eye in the
corps when Sally st. Clair was laid in
her grave in a green shady nook, that
looked as if it had been stolen out of Par
adise.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-17
Keeping truth In the dark.

A very good widow lady loved porter
-ay, dearly, and ore day just as she was
receiving half dozen bottles from the
man who usually brought her the CON-
forting beverage, she perceived 70, hor-
ror !! two OF the grave elders Of the
church approaching her door. She ran
the man out the back way, and put the
bottles under the bed. The weather was
hot, and while conversine with her friends,
pop went one of the corks.
"Dcar me !" exclaimed the good lady,
" there goes the bed cord it snapped
yesterday just the same way; | must
have a new rope that's sartin."
In few moments pop went another,
followed by the peculiar hiss Of the esca-
ping liquor. The bed cord wouldn't an.
swer this time, bat the good lady was not
at loss.
"Dear me y says she, "that black cat
of mine must be at some mischief there.
Seat you torment !"
Another bottle popped off, and the por.
ter came stealing out from under the bed
curtains! This was the hardest case d
all to get over-but our good old soul
was yet on hand,"
20 dear me T. said she, /" I'd forgot-..
it's the yeast! Prudence! come hare and
take away these bottles Of yssstr'
! Picsyaas.sB
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-17
" She would ne m Soldier"

The following thrilling aneedote of a
young South Carolina girl is copied from
a work entitled "Tales of Marion's men,"
Sally St. Clair was beautiful, dark eyed
creole girl. The whole treasure of her
love was freely poured out to Sergeant
Jasper, who, on one occasion, had the
good fortune TO save her life. The pros
pee. OF their separation almost maddened
her. To sever her long jet,y ringlets
from her exquisite head, TO dress in male
attire, to enrol herself in the corps 10
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-17
Original Anecdo,c, Of Decatur.

The late gallant Decatur was a sailor to
the very hearts core, and loved to tell the
anecdotes of the common sailors. re-
collect one which he used to relate, to the
following purpcrt In one Of the actions
before Tripoli, while fighting hand to
hand with the captain Of a gun-boat, De-
catur came near being cut down by a
Turk, who attacked him from behind.
A seaman named Reuben James, who was
already wounded in both hands, seeing
the risk of his commander, rushed in and
received the blow Of the uplifted sabre on
his own head. Fortunately the honest
fellow survived to receive his reward
Some time afterwards, when he had re-
covered from his wound, Decatur sent for
him on deck, expressed his gratitude for
his seli-devotion, in presence of the crew,
and told him to ask for some reward
The honest tar pulled up his waist-band
and rolled his qmd, but seemed utterly al
loss what to claim. His messma,es
gathered around him, nudgcd him with
their elbows, and whispered in his ear
/" He had all the world in string, and
could get what he pleased; the old mar
could deny him nothing, &C."
One advised this thing, another that
" double pay "boatswain's BIRTH
pockeGul of money, and full swing
on Shore" &c. Jack elbowed them al
aside, and would have none of their coun
sell After mature delibsration, he an
nounced the reward to which he aspired
it was, to be excused from rolling up tn
hammock cloths! The whimsical re
quest was Of course granted; and from
that time forward, whenever the sailors
were piped to stow away their hammocks
Jack was to be seen lettering around, ant
looking on, with the most gentlemanlik'
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-17
landau.

"That stAed hum of midnight" says
Carlyle, "When traffic has laid down to
rest, and the chariot wheels of vanity still
rolling, here and there through the distant
streets, are bearing her to halls rooted in,
and lighted to the due pitch for her, and
only vice and misers, to growl; or the
like night birds, are abroad-that hmm, !
say, like the sturtorous, unquic, slumber
of sick life, is heard in heaven. Oh! and
under that hideous coverlid Of vapors.
what fermcnting vat lies simmering and
hid. The joyful and sorrowful are there,
men are dying there; men are being born;
men are praying-on the other side of a
brick partition men arc cursing; and
around them is the vast void night. The
proud grandce still fingers in his perfumed
saloons, or reposes within damask cur
tains; wretchedness covers into truckle
beds; or shivers hunger stricken into his
lair of straw. In obscure cellars, Rouge
et-nor languidly emi,s its voice Of destiny
to hungry Williams; while councillors OF
State sit Flooding, and playing their
chess game, whereof the pawns are men.
The lover whispers his mistress the coach
is ready; and she full of hope and fear,
glidcs down to fly with him over the Dor
ders; the thief, still more silently sets to
his picklocks and crowbars, or turks to
wait till the watchmen first snore in their
boxes. Gay mansions, with supper
rooms, and dancing rooms, are full OF
light and music, and high swelling hearts;
but in the CONDEMNED cells, the pulse OF
life beats trcmulous and faint, and blood.
shot eyes look out through the darkness,
which is around and within, for the light
of "a last stern morning. Riot cries aloud,
and swaggers in his rank den of shame,
and the mother with streaming hair, kneels
over the pallid, dying infant, whose
cracked lips only her tears now moisten
| All these heaped and huddled together
with nothing but little carpentry and ma
sorry between them"
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-17
Dialogue in n Corr, of Justice.

The attorney in the case attempted to
invalidate the testimony of the witness,
by declaring him 20 be too ignorant to be
a competent one said he to the Judge, l
can convince your honor of the ineom-
potency of the witness in very few mo-
mehts; he has been reared in the country,
has never been out of sight Of his fathers
barn, never saw a school house and your
honor permitting, will PROFOUND a few
questions and upon his answers, yor hon
or can decide.
The Judge asserting, he turned to the
witness and asked--who made you
Uitness.-I don't know ] reckon it
was Moses.
.4ttomy..-Thore, your honor, to the
satisfaction of yourself and the jury, 1
have proved the witness non compos
meniis, totally unqualified to decide upon
the serious nature of his oath.
UimeSs-Now, Mr.. Lawyer, may
ask you one question I've answered
yours.
.Aiomey.--A thousand, sir, thous-
and, if you please.
UItnesS.-Who made you!
.4ttorney.-Why,l don't know, reck-
on it was Aaron.
Witness turning to the Jury)--Well
now. I have read in the good book. that
Aaron made calf. but don't know how
the darn'd fool got here.
The Court was convulsed with laugh.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-17
Name among tho brave irish.

Mr.. Hackett, the actor, gives the fol-
lowing account of an occurrence at the
Dublin Theatre: Z" The first night Of Rip
Van Wrinkle, when in the midst of the
scene wherc he finds himself lost in
Amusement at the change of his native
village, as well as in himself and every
body he meets, person, of whom he is
making an inquiry, mentions the name Of
Washington. Rip asks who is he! The
other replies, "What! did you never hear
of the immortal Washington, the Father
Of his country" The whole audience
from pit to gallery seemed to raise, and
with shouting huzzas, clapping of hands
and stamping of feet, made the very bull
ding shake. These deafening plaudits
continued some time, and wound up with
three distinct rounds. To describe to
you my feelings during such a thunder
gust of national enthusiasm, is utterly inn
possible. ! choaked-the tears gushed
from my eyes, and can assure you it
was by great effort that | restrained
myself from destroying all the illusion Of
the scene by breaking the letters with
which the age and character of Rip had
invested me, and exclaiming, in the full.
ness Of my heart, "God bless Old ire
land"
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-07-17

rosy dawn that bespeaks the ripening
peach-a flower
"a flower which is not quite flower,
Yet is no riore a bud"
OJUpon this, the Sunday News makes the
following capital parody:
"YoUNG WoMANHooD! molasses touch
ed with little brimstone-spread on
bread not buttered-a being all joints and
angles, not filed out-an uniformed form,
deformed by stays-a pallid thing that
loves the ripening peach--a young wo,
man---
A woman whichs not quite woman,
Yet something more nor gall"