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For Sale.

'E'HE west half of the northeast qu:r-
IL ter of section %, in township SO n.
r. 3, f. 81 +. NJ, and the northwest
fr. ! Of same section. These lands are
valuable, being on the south side Of the
Illinois river, and about two miles from
the town of Ottawa, and containing sui
table proportion of timber and prairie.
For further particulars, terms, &c, apply
to Noah Ripley, New York, or to the
subscriber in Ottawa.
July eft. ]. C. CuAMPLlN.
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Marc Confessions.

The North Star says "Scldom have VIC seen
an article containing more truth in a few words.
relative to United States Bank having power to
regulate exchanges, than is to be found in the
annexed extract, which we take from the Boston
Daily Advertiser, respectable federal paper.
Coming as it does, from indisputable Wing au-
thor,y, it is worthy of consideration by all who
call themselves such. 1t is frank acknowledge
mont of the doctrine maintained by the demo-
Gratis, and as such, is worthy being preserved:
"One great fallacy Of the late United
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Hay Scales.

'E'lIE subscribers give notice that they
A have had erected a sett of Patent
Platform Balances, which are located
on the public square, opposite G. l..
Thompson's drug store. They are now
prepared to weigh all kinds of heavy ar
ticles, such as hay, coal, horses, cattle,
merchandise, &C., &C., and solicit the
patronage Of the public.
WIN. TRUE & son.
Ottawa, July -, 1871. S--tG
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THE ILLINOIS FREE TRADER.
Veil Lost.

A BOUT three weeks since a Black
"a Lace TeI was lost between the re-
sdence of Mr.. NJ. L. HOLSTER and the
Public Square, in this place. The finder
will be suitably rewarded by leaving it at
this office. July l6.
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w II A WIN G..

HUGH GLEN, thankful for the patronage he
4 4 has already received, would respectfully in-
form his friends and the public that he still con.
tinucs to follow the WEAVING BUSINESS a
little west of Ottawa, and snow prepared to work
Double and Single Carpet, Coverets,
likewise Ingram Carpeting, Striped and
Rap Carpet; also, Twiled Blankets,
Jeans, Satinet, Tinseys and Flannels.d
taken for pay.
Ottawa, July %, lsil, Off
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Sale OF Real Estate.

STATE or ILLINOIS,
Lasae County Circuit Court.
CHARLES WILLIAMS
VS..
JouS c. CALDWELL & In Chancery.
WILLIAM d. MARTIN.
EDY virtue of a dccrctal order Of the
D Circuit Court of the county of La
Sale. on the Chancery side thereof, made
in this cause at the November term of
said Court, A. ID. 1910, |, Milton ii.
Swift, Commissioner, duly appointed by
said Court, will sell at public sale to the
highest bidder for cash, at tho door of the
court house in Ottawa, in said county, on
Saturday, the fourteenth day Of August
next, al 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the following
described piece or parcel of Land, situate
and lying in the county of La Sale aiore-
said, and designated and described as
follows, to wit: Commencing at a stake
and stones thirty-two (32) feet of the
northeast corner of block No. twenty
(20) in the town Of Troy, county Of La
Sale, thence the boundary line east ten
(lO) rods, thence north sixteen (l6) rods,
thence west ten (lO) rods, and thence
south sixteen (I6) rods, to the place Of
beginning, containing one acre, with all
and singular the Entertainments and APP
purlenanccs thereto belonging or in any
wise appcrtanIng.
For a more particular description of
which premises, reference can be had to
the plat Of said town on the records OF
the said county of La Sale.
MILTON II. SWIFT,
Commissioner.
n. B.-A credit Of six and twelve
months will be given for two-thrds of the
purchase money, unquestionablc security
being given.
! July 10, ls4l, e--iw
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Nissnl,iGlOn "a IlvimcrsEl lD.
Dissolution.

VEyIIE co-partncrship heretofore exist
y ing between the subscribers, under
the firm of Cushma2 g. Thompson, is,
this day, by mutual consent, dissolved.
All persons indebted to us, either by
note or book account, will see the neces-
sily of making the necessary arrange
mcnts to satisfy such demands immc-
diatcIy.
All notes and book accounts arc in the
hands of w. II. W. Cushman, who is
fully authorized to collect the same, but
the receipt of either will satisfy any de-
mand for which 1t is given.
w. II. W. CUSHMAN,
BENJAMIN THOMPSON.
Ottawa, Lasalle county, llls:2
juno 2sth, ls4l, 5 Off
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Bargains. Bnrgaims!!

TaHHE subscriber offers for sale, at the old stand
4 of Cushman * Thompson, on the corner Of
Canal and Columbus streets, all the remaining
stock of the late firm at reiHc.a prices ytor CAST
oliV.
The stock consists Of fair assortment
Of Dry Goods, Hur,l,care, Groceries,
CrOckery, Boots g. Shoes, &c.
Persons DESTROYS of purchasing with
Cash, are invited TO call and examine the
goods and prices before purchasing else
where. BENZ. THOMPSON.
Ottawa, July ., 1871. 6--tf
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Administrators Notice.

Administrators Notice.
a LII persons having claims agains,
IA the estate of Hurh NJ Griggs,
deceased, are hereby notified aud request
cd TO present the same 10 the subscriber,
administrator Of said estate, or to ,he
Probate Justice of l.asalc county within
nine months from the date hereof for set
Element. JOHN II. HENDERSON,
Administrator.
June %. l64l. 5--fw
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~ OTlCE.-All persons indebted to
" the late firm of CUsnMAN &
TnoMPsoN are respectfully requested to
call on the subscriber without delay and
pay or secure the payment of the same.
W. ii. w. CUSHMAN.
Ottawa. July ., 1871. G-d.
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A. O. CrOSiIr,
Mott 81 Woodwork,

3--l(Iziie ForwGrding E. Commission
49, go .i S McrchdnlS, PERU, La Sale
county, Illinois.
Peru, April Is, 1871. 4s--tf.
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AT Office. 49, The subscribers would
~ very delicatcly hint to all persons
who know themselves Indebted to them,
that it would he to their advantage to call
and settle the same without delay, as our
old books mast be settled up. If you
cannot pay in cash we will take Wheat,
Oats, and Corn, if delivered Immediately,
and If You cannot pay in ths way You
can II least give your no,cs.-rI Who
neglect this reasonable request. viii hear
from us in another WAY. Now, rcmem-
Der, we are not joking but in sober
earnest. J. Y. SANGEk IL Co.
Ottawa, June Is, 1871. 4--f.
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MASONIC NOTICE.

IN conformity with
u the first article OF
the present code Of by
laws, the Regular
e Om M UHicGtiOHS
OF OTTAWA LouGE of
Free n Accepted AM
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MovDArs on or before the full of the Moon.
The brethren will therefore please take notice, that
the day for holding our next regular communca-
ton will fall on the FIRST Monday in August A.
L. 5sil being the I'd day of said month.
Transient brethren in good standing are re-
spcctfully invited to attend.
BY order Of the Lodge.
GEO. +. WEAVER, Sec'y.
OTTAWA, July ., lS4l
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wife.
n Office is hereby given to all whom
y it may concern, that bill IN chan
Gerry has been fled in the clerks Office of
the Livingston county circuit court by
Charles p. Baldwin against David n.
Terheun and Eliza Tcrheun, his wife,
that subpoena in chancery has been issued
thereon remrnable to the October term,
1871, of said court; that affidavit has
been filed that David \. Terheun, one
of said defendants, is not an inhabitant Of
this state: Now, unless you, the said de-
PENDANT, David \. Tcrheun, shall be and
appear before the next October term of
the Livingston Circuit Court, to be hold
en- at the court house in Pontiac, on the
first Monday in the month Of October
next, and answer the complalnant's bill,
that the allegations thereof will be taken
as confessed and decree entered accord
mglv. G.. w. REYNOLDS, Clerk.
JONI V. A. HOES,
Solicitor for Complainant.
July %, 1871. Civ
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j. Hoffman.

e--l-LfI F0r'cariing g. Commission
- 5 s:::zzs35.ES Merchant, PERU, La Sale
county, Illinois.
Peru, April Is, Is4l. 4s-f.
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5 2 II | n G G. o o d s
William True & Son.

HAVING received their Spring Supply of
Eli Goods, arc prepared to offer to their friends
and the public, as good an assortment and at az
low prices as any other store in the place. Their
stock consists Of
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some to The whole Union and unjust and
oppressive to the planting and exporting
States.
Resolped. That Vim. c. Preston was
elected 10 represent this State in the Con-
gress Of The Uuited States, as an opPo.
nent upon constitutional grounds OF Ma
tionals Bank, a protective Tariff, and the
scheme Of distributing the proceeds OF ,ne
Public Lands among the States, and that
in becoming an electioneering advocate OF
political party whose principal oojeet
known 10 him (though not openly avoWeo)
was and is the adoption of all these mea'
sures, he compromised the dignity OF his
office. disregarded and condemned the
known oppinions and wishes almost unam'
mously entertained by the people ne pro-
fessed to represent, and has totally forfeit
ed their confidence.
Resolued, Tha, if under these circum'
stances he should vote for Bank OF the
United States, he would sacrifice the prln-
ciples, upon the faith ofwhich he was elect.
ed, and betray the high trust committed
to his hands by The State Of South CaroIl-
ma. :,
Resolued, That after having rendered
this degrading service to the Adm'nls'Ia-
ton, # he ahould accept office under
them, it could be considered in no other
lish, by an impartial world, than as ths;
rendering on their part and. as the accept
nnce onShis of reward for his slns1ney
and ,reachery. s.
Resolued. That these Resolutions@be
published, 10 the en,I that should he rise
in the Senate to support Bank OF the y:
States, he may do 1t with stigma on MS
front placed there by the people whom 10
assuring to represent he would IN iac' ACT
be,ray. Is,
On motion it was further Resolved, thai
the proceedings Of this Meeting be pun
lished in the Charleston Mercury and South
Carolinian. and that the Chairman OF TINS
meeting forward aeopy Of these resoiu'
lions to Col. Preston.
The meeting then adjourned.
BENZ. Y. MARTIN, Chairman.
J.F. Marshall, Secretary.
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[[;;oar;ty 81 tlis present domiips1 party whieln
& do moi aDproye, 4 arEnof sae iess sensi.
BE of. she adyaatag ge sof q hayiag sseapets
from Che practices of thai y whieh hss been f
expelled. / reposs with III shpps sil.l trust
unon the ord desrsofs iIiines as ahlished by
the will Iof The peoPlsin The eIee ee.ioao of Gea; s
Harrison, and equsily well believe That
the dispensation Of providence y hich hss
placed Mr.. Tylerstt The head Of the Re
public has neither. endsnge gefed tff pros.s
fperity of our country or Of our psEt,eals s
lar section. ~ sss -
As know Of no more fii1 mod 6f ibfing
ing this letter before the gentte tteinenr
composed The Abbeville meeting than BY
sending ii through the press Ihope yonts
viii excuse me for doing oand be assur,
ed that 10 ssss.ss ~:
/ am, with great respeet,
Your obedieHt servant,
VIC. FRESTON.
Benz. Y. Martin. Esq, Chairmyns 81, &C.
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From the South Carolinidn.
PUBLIC MEETING IN ABBEVILLE.

Alta meeting Of the citizens Of Abbeville
District, held in the Court House, on Mon
day, the Sd of May, Benjamin Y. Martin
Esq. was called TO the Chair, and J. F.
Marshall, appointed Secretary.
Dr.. II. II. Townes having stated the ob.
jcct of the meeting, submitted the follow
ing Resolutions, which after short dis
cussnn, were adopted, with but few
dissenting voices:
Resolucd, That we dcprecate the ap.
preaching Extra Session Of Congress as
The source ola series of measures peculiar
IL pernciuus to the Southern Sta;es and
subversive of the great conservative prin-
ciples Of our federative system.
Resolped, That we consider the extra.
ordinary convoca,ion Of Congress great
public expense. and at period when the
necessary expenditures Of the Govern
rn.nt are rapidly decreasing, as barefaced
abandonment Of the principles Of econo-
nv and reform on which the present ad-
minislralion came into power.
Resolu'd, That we should regard the
establishment Of National Bank in the
face of the frighlful exhibition recently
made of the arrangement Of the Bank OF
the United States as indicating a reckless
DISREGARD of the admonitions of expert.
ence, and as creating an engine Of politi.
cal power and corruption calculated to
destroy the purity of the government and
6na|ly the liberties Of the country.
Resoloed, That we look upon the pro-
iected measure of distributing The proceeds
of the public lands among the States, a:
one of the most comprehensive schernes
of bribery and corruption ever devised
and as tending at the same time to pro
duce The Two fold calamity of degrading
The sovereign States Of the Union int
servile pensioners dependent on the bonn
Itv of the Federal Government, and O
creating the necessity for permanent in
& crease of the duties on imports. thus lay
J ing the foundation Of new tariff, burden
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t Ivcral calbres, authorized to be used 10 Our
service, have been submitted to the De-
partment of War, and have received my
approval. and orders have been given to
furnish the artillery regiments with their
proper arms. =
The Engineer office has been conduct
ed in a manner to command my entire
satisfaction. The forts have been and
continue to be as rapidly completed and
repaired as the amounts appropriated tor
that purpose will permit. The institution
Of corps of sappers and miners will tend
to keep them in good condition hereafter.
The Corps of Typographical Engineers
is organized and employed so as to pro-
duce the most useful and beneficial results
to the country. The manner in which its
duties have been, and continue to be per-
formed, has been highly satisfactory to
the Department.
The improvements introduced into the
Medical Staff. render it equal to that of
any service in the world.
The Quartermaster Generals Depart
ment has discharged its duties in man
ner to secure the most economical dis.
bursements of the public funds committed
to its charge.
Throug gh the agents of the Commissary
General Of Subsistence, the army is abun-
dainty supplied, at diminished cost, with
rations of the b':st description.
The duties of the Coanmissary General
of Purchases are likewise performed in
satisfactory manner, and the army is regu..
larry furnished with substantial clothlrg OF
our domestic manufacture.
The army is regularly paid al stated IN
tervals. in legal currency, and the eXten-
sive duties of this branch of the service
have been performed during the last four
years without any loss to Government.
The long contested claims arising out
of Indian reservations under the Creek
treaty, are very nearly brought to close.
More than three thousand have been de,
cided by this Department since 1888, and
those arising under the contract made by
Government with Watsonobo have been
decided by the special commissioner ap-
pointed for that purpose, and await only
the final action Of the Department.
Having in many cases found that either
the titles to the lands on which forts and
forlifcations are situated were incomplete,
orthe proper evidences of them did not
exist in the Department, measures were
promptly taken to remedy this deficiency.
This desirable and important object has
been accomplished, and the titles are all
now believed to be perfect, except that of
the Pea Patch Island in the liver Dela-
ware, the right to which the Department
has not yet succeeded in settling, notwlth-
every effort has been made for
that purpose.
The expenses of the Department have
been gradually reduced, notwithstanding
the cost of conducting hostiIities in Flori-
da. In 1887 and 1888 the gross amount
of expenditures was between eighteen
and twenty millions, owing chiefly to the
profuse appropriations of those and the
years; in 1880 they were re-
duced to less than fifteen millions, and in
ls4O to less than ten millions; being re-
duction of more than eight millions in the
annual expenditure, without injury to the
service.
Very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
J. R. POlNSETT.
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The Street Philosophers - We lately
c,me across an anecdote in an English
na ner which furnishes as6ne, lesson in the
stuJv Of human nature. a miserable beg:
oar. in piteous accents, imploreds the
charity of we'll dressed lady, who was
nassing by, but he was not gtaciously res
reived. i have no small change, said
she, with repulsiye look. Thea most
charming madam, said the philosopher in
rags. ALLOW me the privilege of kissing
your beautiful lilly white han.l!!' No, my
friend replied The pleased fair one, with
a smile, i cannot do that, but there's
half a crown for you So: -.
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Another use for CaoWtchonc.-A man IN
Texas whose ear had been lopt off in
fight with the Indians, has had it replaced
by one made of India rubber. whichioofs
as good as new, and answers all the pur-
poses of hearing. This experiment may
be called new cara in surgery 50
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A ToRcHL1eHTP PRocEssIoN tookplacsi
at Albany. New York, on Saturday evens!
ing last. in commemoration of the deatfe
OF Gen. HARRrsoN. II was arranged bys
the Firemen of that city, and yascoRpos-;
ed of the members Of the different Conn
panies. In their Firemen's dress. accom-
panied by full band Of Music. and beas-s
ing Funeral Urn covered with i,s PAIL
the whole Illuminated by the light Of GOO
torches. II passed tbreugllstbe principal
streets Of the City, between 8 and 10 NJ:
clock. The night was sill and very dark;
and the efectSproduced by The long array
Of mourners at that usual kogs4-tils 9d.
neral emblems-ihe solemn niiisies; and
the strong red glare Of the torches. re-
yealing the gloom and lighting up 1stn
picturesque effect the houses and crowns
of spectators which ihronged the wi9ss
dows as they passed, left an impression
which will not soon be efaced from the
memory of those who beheld the scene:
Raleigh Register.
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Married in Michigan, Mr.. Henry Bills .
to Miss Mary Small. We hope the lssl:
ing of small bills is not prohibited N that
State. ~.
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AM EsiNltGLIsH L]FTTERs

The Boston Courier presents ! Ieftess
from 'an English gentleman sto oaesSEs
his friends In the uicinity.' = BostSn;
which contains much instruction for
South. 1t points out, most truly and sdiss.s
tinc.ly, the embryo of the growing eTilF.S
which threaten to embroif us in foreig
possibly. in aciyiI and q servile wal. So
All the world knows that Englandssk
zeal 'usy for her trident lis directed Do4Y
against the United States. Her avarice
and ambition are both concentrated in herr
commerce, and dominion Of the ssas.ss
The youthful and growing energies and
enterprise Of the Great American Repnb-
lic-its great agricultural riches. enilrac-5s
ing all that is most valuable and @esseatiaE
to make its commerce. universal he surs
passing intelligence and inyenlibns :itS
people in manufactures and in The strenetti
of capital necessary tn prose cute henIz
most advantageouslythe The u ger, abiii
and adventurous spirit which chsrac cfetize
an classes of American seamsn,s @bstt her
in the commercial or national taafine, 81
the little island Of Great BritaiH with 1engysss
and apprehension, while she looks foi ibe5s
long line of teeming shores ands lies
the deep rich continent of back copntTy
and the abounding rivers which pene ettates
Fit, all contributing TO the agriedl
manufacturing. commercial, and Wssljke
enterprise Of the indomitabie race. which )
she has twice. in vain, so1ghtto crush In.
the cradle. That she npw shonht mska
the anti-s|avery policy q pretext zfof dies
suppression -four commerce on the coast
of Africa and in the Indian Archipe
and should look TO the result of The effort
as likely to produce war in orr
own people would besseparaled; The blacks
against the whites, and the free Ststes sasS
ganst the slave Sta;es-t be iermiuste
by the successful accomplishment sof the
wish which England has so hong 1indulg lgeda
'of destroying the Union. is certainly
but The; natural course OF eYents. lur
whole past history shows This sto be, ate;s:
tendency Of her views; nnds the eircnrpSs;.
stances Of the present time. as given ssnss
the outline marked in the letter copied.
from the Boston Courier, certainly NUM-
fest that rapid movement, giving jRdieass
ton that the current approaches a,cataract
That this letterais found in lbe Boston
Courier, we considers good ON tbs |,
proof tha, The more honest 4of. the Federal
party are not disposed, as Of yafe.s 30 ssi,zs
ter into a secret cons aeJf 80 accom- pilslg.i
the aims Of Great Britain. - Gto6e. s5Ss&
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come evident that we have not done the
animal justice. He works in the night,
and therefore little of the good he does
comes within our observation. He not
only destroys in their season. in the warm
nights of early summer and autumn, thou
sands of the beetles and other insects and
worms that destroy vegetation and grain
but the moles and mice that infest the
ploughed and grass grounds, find in him an
enemy that hunts them to good purpose
for the farmer. Last year, there was in
this region not over half a crop fpotatoes ;
and of this half a crop, in some fields the
moles and mice made sad hovoc. We know
that pair of skunks whose burrows were
near a potato and cornfeld of six acres,
saved us many bushels by hunting out Of
the ground and destroying the mice that in
great numbers had found a place ofretreat
under the sward of the field, which had
been turned down in the early spring. II
the skunks shall not modest us, let them live
and do good"