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The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23
REVOLUTIONARY "REMINISCENCES.

When the American army retreated from
Canada; after the disastrous expedition to the
Three Rivers, it lay some time at Crown
Point, while the British army occupied St.
Johns. The American General desired ts
obtain some information in regard to their an
| ticipated movements, MIR. Badger volunteer
led tor the purpose; emharking with three
others in a boat, he landed near ST. Jehns about
dark
1t happened upon that night ball was
given by the British officers, Of which they
obtained information from a countryman
whom they had made prisoner. Leaving
him in the boat in custody OF two of his party,
Badger proceeded with the other into town,
with the view of making prisoners some Of
the officers. He was well acquainted with
the localities Of the town, and watching near
a house occupied for officers quarters, at last
discovered an officer coming out ready dress
ed for the ball. They sprang upon him ere
he was aware Of their presence, and with
loaded pistols presented at his head, command
| ed him in silence to follow them. When
they reached the boat, new and holder idea
struck Badger being OF nearly equal size with
the prisoner, he ordered the latter to exchange
clothes with h IN; and determined under the
mask of British uniform, to attend the ball
and gather what inf rn,ation he could from
the conversation of those there present
The circumstance that many of the officers
under Sir Guy Cartoons command had re-
Gently joined his army and were personally
unknown to each other, favored his design.
He collected from their conversation what i'm
,ioiigence he desired danced as long as hs
pleased, and when tired Of that amusement
returned TO his boat discharged the country
man, and with his other prisoner returned in
triumph to Crown Point Had he been de-
tected, the fate of Major Andre and of Capt.
Hale had been his. But he was more fortu-
nate.-Aneericon Traveller.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23
MIS- G. Ell l. A n Y.
AN INCIDENT OF THE REVOLUTION.


In the summer of 1779, during one of the
darkest periods of our revolutionary struggle,
in the then small village of S. though
it now bears more dlgniied titlc,) in this
State lived V, one of the frmnest and
truest patriots within the limits of the "OLD
THIRTEEN" and deep in the confidence of
Washington. Like most men of his time and
substance, he had furnished himself with arms
and ammunition, sufficient to arm the males
of his household These consisted of him
self, three SONS, and about twenty five negroes
The female part of his house consisted Of
his wife, one daughter, Catharine, about eigh
teen years of age, the heroine OF our tale, and
several slaves. In the second story OF his
dwelling house, Immediately over the front
door, was small room called the"armory,0 ln
which the arms were deposited, and always
kept EDDY for immediate nse About the
time ut which we introduce our story, the
neghborhood Of the village was much annoy
ed by the nocturnal prowmgs and depreda-
| tons # numerous torres.
1t was OH q calm, bright Sabbath afternoon
in the aforesaid summer, when Judge V. and
his family, with the exception of his daughter
Catharine, and an Old lndisposed female slave,
were attending service in the village church
Not breath disturbed the serenity of the at
mosphere--not sound protaned the sacred
stiffness ofthe day the times were danger
U.S. and Catharne herself and the old slave
remained in the house until the return of the
family from church. A rap was heard at the
front door. "Surely," said Catharae to the
slave, ;'the family have not yet come home
church cannot be dismissed. The rap was
repeated. 81 will see who it is" said Catha-
rine, as she run up stairs into the armory.
On opening the window and looking down
she saw six men sta ding at the front door,
and on the opposite side of the street, three OF
whom she knew were tories, who formerly re-
sided ill the village. Their names were Van
Zant, Finley and Sheldon; the other three
were strangers, but she had reason to believe
them to be of the same political stamp from
the company in which she found them.
Van Zant was u notorious character, and
the number and enormlty Of his crimes had
rendered his name infamous in that vicinity.
Not murder or robbery was committed
within miles Of, that he did not get the
credit of planning or executing. The charac-
tiers of Finley and Sheldon were also deeply
stained with crime, but Van Iaut was . mas
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23

Eternity-Eternity? o word Of vast COT
prehension, how doth this world. and the du-
ration of all things therein, vanish and disap-
pear at the very naming of thee! Itsimpossi-
bic to use exact proNiety of speech i'm dis
coursng Of this matter and therefore we
must explain ourselves as well as we can.
Before we We're, there was an infinite space Of
time, which no finite understanding can reach;
and when we die and shall be no more III this
world, an endless eternity of time, Gf may
so speak, succeeds and follows in which
infinite duration, our poor life on earth inter-
venes, or comes in as handbreadth, the space
of few minutesYas a small isthmus or streek
of land, between two boundless oceans. In
short, our life in this world, is but little point
of time, interposed between an eternity past
and an eternity to come.-BaeA
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23
Water. and Ice produce Fire-Throw O

Water. and Ice produce Fire.-Throw o
piece Of potassium' about as large as pepper
corn, on the surface of water in q basin !; the
instant the metal meets the water, it bursts
into flame with slight explosion. 1t con-
|tnues to burn till the whole of the potassiuns
is consumed darting from one side Of the
vessel to the other, or running to and fro on
the surface of the water very rapidly, in the
form of red-hot fire ball. If piece Of
potassium be placedo ice it instantly takes
fire, nurns with a bright flame; and mets a
hole in the ice, This curious phenomenon
is caused by the great affinity which the pot
assium has to oxygen, in consequence of which
it decomposes water and ice, combining with
the oxygen with such intensity as to produce
heat and light, atlds setting fire to the hydrogen
which is liberated. The result of the COM
buston of the METALS the alkali potussa which
is thus shown to be an oxide of the metal pot.
assium Chemist.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23

No J,aathan.-A school boy, fourteen
years oi dye, AT a public seminary not hun
dred ulies from minister being lectured by
his tutor for not retaining until morning the
lesson he had learned over night, and be-
ing asked the reason, II don't know, sir, I'M
less II is because slept without my nightcap,
apd it. evaporeted before morning"
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23

The Influence Of the good man ceases not
At death: he as the visible agent, is removed !,
but the LIGHT and in iueuce Of his example still
remain. and the m,ral elements OF tins world
will lone show the traces of their vigor and
n,ritv-.iust rs the western sky, a ter the sun
is set, still ostrays tile & loving traces OF the
departed orb
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23

The arrogant air of foppsh Incidence al.
WAYS dSgusts man of common sense. One
honest, ndustriou, mocha ic is worth the
whole nerd OF perfumed exqusites, who lntest
our streets with their collars. turned down, and
not ent in their pockets.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23

EDUcATIoN.-There is something so ex-
quisitely beautiful in the following extract,
from an illinois paper addressed to the p!incl-
pal mistress of female academy in Quincy,
that we could wish to see it copied in every
paper throughout the Union:
Imagine for n moment that beautiful
diamond is placed in your hand on which you
are required to engrave a sentiment, which
must be read at great day of account in the
presense of listening angels, and assembling
worlds What care would you exercise, what
industry would you use to select from the
vast commonwealth of letters, a sentence,
pure, chaste refined and holy! No cost
no pans-no etforts-wonld be lacking.
"Permit me then TO say to you, that this is
your present situation. Precious innocent
hearts, in all the purity of child1oods delight
full bloom, are placed in your keeping; and the
duty of engraving principles there, which will
olItive the sun-and still live-and live on
forever, devolves on you. Yes, these dia-
monlls, more precious than orient pearl-more
costly than the sweet little star that smiles the
dying day to Sleep will soon be removed from
your hands and locked up IN the archives of
eternity. Aud when all nations shall be assem-
bled to hear their 6nal doom, they will be again
uniolded, and some swift winged angel, as he
bends his lotiest flight around the tree of life,
will catch the echo of your present mstruc-
tons, and wit is silver trump, pour them
into theears of unnumbered millionsm-Morn-
ing Mail.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23
syN ,oMsONlAN INfIRMARY, on street betwee"

nv ,OMSONlAN INFIRMARq, on street. oe'"ee"
L llth aud 18th strrets-Mr JAMES oHackELa"Rp
res ecu Nv inf, thu friends Of The houis"hl BOA
mic system az the Public general. that he has h'lGa
,lp the lnrnary where he IS now res
DIV to patients, of both sexes who may desire 10
,o through Of treatment Having been success
div engaged in tins practice Tor the last two years. VII"
the late Dr. Benjamin rh mson he hai1ers himself that
lie ,yi be- able 10 give sene satisfaction TO those who
NAV put rnselves under his charge separate apart
,nen will be appropriated for trmaies which viii be IN
der the care of Mrs Shackelord who has had extern
siye experience IL This IN de of treatment.
Mr. S. deems ii unnecessary to append any certificates
ia hi out would state that there are many
ersons in this city who, after having heen for years nn
der some of the most sul physicians without deriving
any benefit from their treatment, have been speed re-
Eeyad nv the US. OF the Thomsonian remedies These
are n,ers of fact and should awaken the inquiries Of
the rejecting part Of the community.
NIB WHITLAW's MEDlCA. ED VaPoh VA ~
ON improved principles, and az reduced price, may DE-
had al any time Also, Botanic Medicines of every de'
0"' i'@ JAMES SHACHELFORD,
Nav 2-3m F street, between 18th and 18th sts
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23
THE HUssA WIS RESPONSE,
In rpnIv In the f0rp0f,;np

The HUSSA ND RESPONSE,
In reply to the foregoing
YES. dearest yes, --there is a star
That gently beams on the;
Nor is that guiding orb aiar,
While l am Dlest with thee
Ho e cheers me with its gladstone rays,
And points to rignter happier days.
Happer?-ah no ;-'twould never bring
Such happiness, were | king.
Then let my anxious tn ughts all flee,
Since, loved one, am blast with thee.
What, though scornflI world may frown,
Or pass me coidly by;
I'd lay It's brig test pleasures down,
Nor should It cost Sigh.
With thee. Iii brave all human hate,
Nor fear the Ills of cruel fate;
In vain shall Toes attemp: to move
My guiaing star il >'WEDDED LOVE :"
How can then DIES pointing be,
While, dearest, | am best WI h thee.
With such light to guide
Through nte's Uneven way,
AS thee, my first, my ouly bride,
Hope never can decay;
But cheering through the darkest gloom,
Twill long survive the silent tomb.
Then lY, al care and sorrow fly!
Since Woman's love can never lie -
Awake, each latent energy
of joy, while best, my wife, with thee.
Yes. the bright star Of 'wedded love-"
Shall ba"ish every care;
Aud ch.er'd ny ,hee, my llfe,-my dove,
My art can ne'-r despair.
AMI when beyond this world we've pass'd,
Oh! shall our tender love still last
Yes, All eternity Of love
Shall flow III purer streams above;
For Heaven would not be HEAVEN to me,
Wcr. unaiest, my love VITA thee.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23

Caution -An earthehware is eithenglazed
with lead or salt-and it has been matter Of
astonishment to those who are acquainted
with the chemical property OF lead: that many
housekecpers should continueto put up their
preserves or pickles in earthen ware jars--the'
least acid in citizen would decomposs the
CHASING, and the lead is absorbed in.its con-
tents The deleterious and often fatal effects,
is well known to- the faculty. The only ar
ticle in which they will preserve i'll good COM
dition for any length of time, are jars made OF
yret n or black glass, whch is composed Of
sand and soda. and;it.is we'll known to many
that it has the power of keeping butter pure
through the hot weather. Confec'ioncrs
aud those who'make business Of putting up
pickles, use glass almost exclusively stone or
earthen ware being considerednntitto contain
preserves, pickles, acid or even sacc'arlne
liquids, not only from their deeterlous effects
upon the former, BIT, because they tend to
produce acidity in the latter.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23

Very M,portamt, 1t has been da'eovcre"
that hese two lines just fill this column
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20 + Il X Y.
Welded LOVE.
THE WIVES ADDRESS
tn m 1ssnoa J;,,1 yI,.b,,J

THE WIVES ADDRESS
To depoadiag Husband
COME rouse thee, de rest its not we'll
To let thy spirit brood
THUS darby DER the cares that swell
Lifr's current 10 food:
As rivers, brooks and torrents, all
Increase the gulph in which they fall
Sad thoughts, BY gathering up the rills
or lesser griefs, spreadto real ills;
And with their gloomy shades cnnceal
The landmarks, hope would else reveal.
Come, rouse thee love,--I know thy mind,
AID would its strength awaken,
Proud, noble, gifted, ard mt. kind
Strange. thou should'st be thus shaken!
Then ro"s" afr.sh each energy,
An be what Heaven intended thee;
Throw from thy thoughts this weary weight,
And prove thy spirit firmly great;
! would not see thee bend below
The angry storms of earthly wo.
Full we'll know the generous soul
Viii warns thee into life;
Each spring which ian its powe rs control
Fainilier 10 thy wife;
For d-em'st thou she could soop to biad
Her fate unto common mind?
The eagle like anniuon, nursed
From childhood in her heart. would first
Consume with its Prometh an dame,-
Ere il would sink her so to shame.
Then rorse hee dearest, from thy dream
That t"tters now thy powers,
Shake of this g!oon.-Hope sheds beam
To iii each cloud which lowers;
And though at present gems so far
The wished for goal. "a guiding star
With peaceful raw will light thee on,
Until its utmost bounds he won;
That quenchass ray ,ho'i'lt ever prove,
Is fond. undying, WELDED LOVE!
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Eco7sonpy:-Economy is one OF the chist
duties Of state, as well as of an indlvlouai.
II is not only great virtue in itself, but 1t is
the parent of many others tpreserves men
and nations from the commission OF crime,
and the Endurance of misery. The man that
lives within his income can be just, humane,
charitable and independent. He who lives
bevond it becomes, almost necessarily, rapa-
cious mean, fuithless, contemplate. 'Fhe
economist is easy and comfortable; the prodi-
oal, harassed with debts, aud unable to oha,n
! the necessary means of life. So it bwith
nations. National character. as well as ~
tional happiness, has, from the beginlna&G
the world to the present day. been sacr'hcs~
on the altar of profnsion.
The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1840-05-23

MASTER HUMPHREYS CLOCK, edited o.h'
WI with numerous Illustrations by George Ca,'ernor
and Humboldt Browne, and portrait OF me an,no a.
tually received and for sale at w M. MohhiooN .
Hotel Maya.
tETAVkRLY NOVELS Observation-Disclosures
w Their supply OF the cheap edition OF the Waveriy
Novels this day received and for sale by
w. NJ. MORRISON
Maya. doors west of Browns Hotel
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-10-16
western Amti-BiliOus Pills.

YENlfESE Pills arc offered to the public as a
Il CATHARI'IC, adapted more particularly to
Bilious Countries, and intended to supply the
place of Calomcl which is so extensively and nju-
riousy used; especially when administered by
unskiiul hands, as it too frequently is, in new
and thinly settled countries.
As this physic is quite as efficient in throwing
of a bilious attack, being at the same time per-
tecty safe, and altogether more proper, as pre-
paratory medicine, in the treatment of Bill
lOUS FEVER. FEVER AND AGUE, and
all the variety of intcrmittents, incident to bill
ious or ague country, it will certainly be found
preferable to all mcrcurial preparations; at the
same time their operation is so mild that they
may be used with perfect safety and great advan-
tage, as FAMILY PHYSIC.
They will also be found useful in all BILIOUS
COMPLAINTS, Jaundjce, L;pa Complaint,
SEX Hsadache, Ague Cake, Cokc Cottrenegs
Loss Of appetite, and in all cases of 16pm ofhe
Bnce&.
Full directions accompany each Box. Price
20 cents. Prepared by
DR.. BOARDMAN,
White Pigeon, Mich.
n. b. These Pills are entirely vegetable.
For sale at the Drug Store of G. l.. Thompson
& Co., Ottawa, Illinois.
Aug. 2S, 1910. l5-ly.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-10-16
Darlington, Beaver County, Pa. I
February, 1899.

Uenr SRI feel it due to YOU as the inventor
of the medicine and to the public, who may be
greatly benefited by it, to state a cure that was
performed in my family by the use of your Scar
mi sitve Balsam.
Ny little sou, when about two months old, was
seized with G0icei cDmpMiDt, caused, | sup
pose. by "A change of diet. 1t continued for two
weeks without intcrmssion, and Notwithstanding
the remedies prescribed by respectable physician,
We gave up the child a victim, we supposed, to
"A fatal disease, but proyidcntially heard of
'Jayncs Carminativc," as an ei'ectual cure for
bowel complaint, and Immediately despatched
messenger to a town seventeen miles oil for bot
te BY the use of this medicine, IN less than
thirty six hours the disease was checked; and by
its continued use for few days the child was
restored to perfect health Shortly after this,
there occurred a similar in one of the tami-
lies of my congregation; prescribed 'Jayne's
Carminaiiyc,' and the result a speedy cuIc.
From knowledge of the efficacy of your medi-
cine in bowel complaints, disease to which
children are constantly liable, have obtained and
keep constantly in the house, quantity of the
''Carminative
The same child, owing to exposure, when rec
emily coming up the Ohio, was attacked by the
horrible maady. GROUP. We landed in the
night at Beaver Point and when our fears were
alarmed les, the hoarsc sepulchral cough was the
frcrunncr of death, we gave him teaspoon full
ofthe "Erpeciwant," "a bottle of which you pre-
scented me with when in Philadelphia and applied
some lincament to the throat and breast, and be-
for, many minutes the hearseness was gone, the
chill brcathcd freely and slept sweetly. Owing
to hcsc circumstances it cannot be wondered at
why | have so high an opinion of DIR. Jaync's
medicine and why advise every family to keep
it on hand ready for any emergency.
Respectfully yours,
ARTHUR B. BRADFORD,
Pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Darling
ton, Pa.
DIR. D. J&yNE.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-10-16
THE ILLINOIS FREE TR ADER
HaY'S LiRiNrcnf.

MO TICTION.-This extraordinary chemi-
~ cal composition the result OF science and the
invention Of celebrated medical man, the nitro
duction of which to the public was invested with
the solemuity of death bed bcquest, has since
gained reputation unparalleled, fully sustaining
the correctness of the amcnted DR.. Gridley's last
confession that "he dared not die without giving
to PROSPERITY the benefit of his knowledge on this
subject" and he therefore bequcathed to hi,
friend and attendant Solomon HAYS the secrect OF
his discovery.
1t is now used in the principal hospitals, and
the private practice in our country, first and most
certainly, for the cure of the Piles, and also so
extensively and ellcctually to battle creduliiy,
unless where its effects Witnessed. External
~ in the following complaints
For DEMONSTRATING extraordinary absorb
ton at once.
All misunderstanding them in few hours
Rhcumatisln.-Acute or Chronic, giving qucI
ease.
Sore I'hroat.-By cancers, ulcers or colds.
Group and Whooping Cough.-Externally
and over the chest.
All bruises. sprans and burns curing in it~
hours.
Sores and Iccrs.-Whethcr fresh or long stan
ding, and fever sores.
lis operations upon adults and children in re-
ducng Rheumatic swellings and looscning coughs
and tightness Of the chest by relaxation OF the
pdrt,, hoo been surprising beyond description.--
The common remark of those who have used it in
the Piles, is II, acts like u charm.
For sale by Il. Dewey, Apo,hecary' Hall, and
Is. Sawyer, Dearborn street Chicago.
LOOKOUT FOR IMPOSITION.
4 base attempt has bcenadc to mimitaic Hay 5
Lnement and infringe upon the copy and other
rights Of the proprietors. Never buy Hays Lin
cmcnt unless it las a splerdid engraved wrapper,
and the written, mind written signature of CON-
STOCK * Go.
All others must be impoaitioas. Any person ycn-
ding airy other article, by the name OF Hays Line
mcnt, either at wholesale or retail, will he prose-
cutcd for violation OF our copy right. The oath
OF Mr. Hays may be found copied on our inside
wrapper, swearing that no other person knows
any of the component or essential parts of this I'm
emcnt--and that he will not reveal the secret for
twenty years.
Z. s. District Court ofMe Sfaie Of New York.
Office the Clerk for the Southern
District of New York
This is to certify that the Copy Rrshts for The
wrappers and for the descriptions and directions
to use, Hays Linemcnt, were secured in this office
in the year 1893, by Comstock IL Co. and have
not been obtained by any other person since that
date or before.
FRED. ]. BELTS, Crk Oft. $. Court.
COMESTOCK & Co.
Sole propretors, New York.
GTAll persons ordering this article from the
East will please always say, C0mStOcEs HqVs Lin
enseH. For sale at the drug store of
NJ. L. HOLLISTER.
Ottawa, May ed, 1910. lit.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-10-16
Ottawa Chair Mandatory.
MOORE 4 MATER NlN.

WOULD respectfully inform the inhabitants
w of this vicinity, that they still continue to
manufacture CHAIRS on La sale Street, few
doors North of the Market House, where they
constantly keep on hand
AN ASSORTMENT OF CHAIRS
Of every description, viz: Hindsor, Gre
CHM and Flag Seas Of all kinds ALSO,
Rocking ChairS, Craiies and Settles.
The subscribers feel extremely grateful for the
liberal patronage with which the community has
favored them during the past year, and they re-
spcctfully solicit continuance of the same
w. MOORE,
f. l.. WATERMAN.
Ottawa, July "a, 1910. lott.