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Il Smith, one OF the Authors Of the Rejected Ad-
dresses, just pubshed-and The Life and Literary
Remains of f. L., vols, received this day by F.
TAYLOR, and for the of The Subscribers to
the Waverly Circulating Library. june "a
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q TEVENS' NEW BOOK ON THE RUINS
~ and AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES in CEN
TRIAL AMERICA, COPAN, PALENQUE, &c,
&c this day received for sale by F. TAYLOR, two
volumes, with many engravings. june %
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NOTICE TO PREEMPTION CLAIMANTS
Every person claiming the right of presumption
to land in any Of the townships designated IN this
proclamation in virtue of the provisions of the act of
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CsRPARATE PROPOSALS will be received at
this Office until the st day of October next for the
delivery of provisions in bulk for the of the troops
of the United States upon inspection as follows:
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c,RPARATE PROPOSALS will be received at
- this Office until the lst day of October next for the
delivery of provisions in bulk for the of the troops
ofthe United States, upon inspection, as follows
AT Nsv Orleans.
100 barrels of Pork
900 do fresh Superfne Flour
80 bushels Of new white field Beans
500 pounds of COED hard Soap
600 do good hard Sperm Candles
30 bushels good clean dry Salt
400 gallons Of good cider Vinegar
Al the public landing, sir miles from Fort Iopson
mouth or Chiemiehi.
100 barrels Of Pork
200 do fresh super6ne Flour
80 bushels of new white field Beans
800 pounds of good hard Soap
6nO do good hard Sperm Candles
80 bushels OF COED clean dry Salt
400 gallons of good cider Vinegar
The whole to be delivered in all the month Of April
1912, and to leave Natchtoches by the 10th Of Feb
ruary, 1912.
At Fort Jesup, Louisiana.
100 barrels of Pork
200 do fresh super6ne Flour
30 bushels Of new white field Beans
1900 pounds of good hard Soap
GOO do good hard Sperm Candles
80 bushels of good clean dry Salt
400 gallons of good cider Vinegar
One-haf 10 be delivered on LIST May, 1912, and the
remainder on LIST December, 1912.
At Fort Smith, Arkansas.
1000 barrels Of Pork
1000 do of fresh superfne Flour
900 bushels of new white field Beans
$4,000 pounds of good hard Soap
5000 do Of good hard Sperm Candles
300 bushels Of good clean dry Salt
1000 gallons Of good Cider Vinegar -
The whole to be delivered in all the month OF May,
1912.
At 81. Louis, or Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
100 barrels of Pork
200 do of fresh superfne Flour
80 bushels of new white field Beans
800 pounds of good hard Soap b.,
600 do of good hard Sperm Candles
80 bushels OF good clean dry Salt
400 gallons of good Cider Vinegar
Z Fart Cro1rforH Prairie fYil (Hien Misstsstppt
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
NUMBER Al.

never fulfill their desires. But size must
not rest secure under this decep,ious be-
lief. Eight millions Of human beings,
destined, had they been regarded rightly,
to form bright star in the gloom of the
East, made desperate by the letters and
insults of forty years Of tyranny will not,
should their peaceful and reasonable pray-
er now be dsregarded-should the repeal
of the Union be refused to then-wait
to count the weight of such objections.
They will look rather to the living exam
pie on this side of the water, and perhaps
make last stand against the tyrant. The
fear OF this will alone induce the granting
OF the prayer for Repeal. We hope, hon
estly and sincerely, That such may be the
case : and that Ireland will become wha,
she CAN be, liberal, brave. intelligent
and prosperous nation. Every American
will wish her God speed in the good
work; her defeat in this effort would
overshadow our hearts, but her success
would make US feel proud that she was
worthy of her name and the age. II is
only another feature in the great cause Of
Progress. AS such we watch il with un.
abated interest.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
Newspapers.

A child beginning to read becomes de.
lighted with a newspaper, because he
reads of names and things which are IA
miliar, and he will make progress ac-
cordlngly. A newspaper in one year,
says Mr.. Weeks, is worth a quarter
schooling to child, and every father
must consider that substantial information
is connected with this advancement. The
mother of the family being one of Its
heads, and having more immediate
charge of children, ought TO be intelligent
of mind, pure in language, and always
circumspect. As the instructor of her
children, she should herself be instruct
ed.
Children amused by reading and study,
are of course considerate, and more easily
governed
How many thoughtless young men
have spent their evenings in tavern or
grog shop, who ought to have been read
ing How many parents, who never
spent twenty dollars for books for their
families, would gladly have given thou
sands to reclaim son or daughter, who
had ignoranlly and houghllessly fallen in
to temptation
Weekly newspapers canbe had at from
one to three dollars per year, being from
two TO five cents per week Each paper
costs the printer before it is printed about
one cent. He therefore obtains from one
to four cents for editorial duties, and for
composition, printing, distributing, &c.
This is extremely low 1t is the price
paid for advertisements which must keen
newspapers alive.
Thus the readers of newspapers get the
cheapest of all possible reading.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
HcnEiifal Extract.

al cannot believe that earth is mau's
abiding place. 1t cannot be tina, life is
mans abiding place. 1t cannot be th.t
life is cast upon the ocean of eternity to
float Tor moment upon its waves. and
sink into nothingness Else why is il
that the glorious aspirations which leap
like angels from the temples of our hearts,
are forever wandering about unsatisfied
Why is 1t that the rainbow and clouds
come over us with beauty that is not of
earth and then pass of and lose their
loneliness : Why is it that the stars who
hold their festival around their midnipLt
throne, are set above the grasp of our lin.
tied faculties, forever mocking us with
unapproachable glory! And finally, why
is it that the bright forms of human beau.
ty are presented to our view and then Ia
ken from us, leaving the thousand streams
OF our affections 10 flow back in Alpine
torrents upon hearts! We were born for
higher destiny than that of earth; there
is realm where the rainbow never fades
where the stars will be spread out be-
fore us, like the islands that sfumber in
the ocean; and where the beings that pass
before us like shadows. will STAY in our
presence forever n'-Buiuar
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
Woman.

The following just and beautiful compliment, to
woman is by Judge Story;
10 the honor, to the eternal honor Of
the sex, be it said, that in the path Of du-
" no sacrifice is with her impossible but
TO shrink from what love, honor, benevo-
lence, and religion require. The voice of
pleasure or of power may pass by unhee.
ded, but the voice of allliction never. The
chamber and the pillow of the dying, the
viglls of the dead, the affairs of religion,
never missed the presence or the sympa-
thies of woman. Timid though she be-,
and so delicate that the winds of heaven
may not too roughly visi, her, on such
she loses all sense of danger and assumes
a preternatural courage which knows not
and fears not consequences. Then she
displays the undaunted spirit which nei-
Their courts difficulties nor evades them !;
that resignation which neither utters muir
murs nor regrets; and that patience in
suffering which seems victorious even
over death itself.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
AGENTS for the Free Trader.

NJ H M,rr' {Poru, La Sale county, III.
G.. G.. MILLER, Dayton.
A. o. SMrru, Smiths Mills.
JASON CURLY, Troy Grove.
l.. w. DlMMocK, Eermilionvilc.
HsyaY PhILLIps, Manson, (lndan crcck,}
G.. w. REYNOLDS, p. NJ. Pontiac.
RgEs MolG,N, Morgan's Mill.
JAMES G.. CAR, Bristol Kane Co. Ill.
WILLIAM R,NEY, near Van Buren,, III.
WILLIAM X. BaowN, Sunbury, Illinois.
Hgyuy HICKS, Hicks mill, De Kalb Co. Ill,
w. w. WIN, Oswego, Kane Co. Ill.
AyTHoNY PIrzER, BoonesboFo', Oglc Co. Ill
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
From the New Yorker.
The Book of Mormon.

One of the greatest literary curiosities
of the day is the much celebrated Book
of Mormon" That work Of the kind
should be planned, executed, and given to
the scrutiny of the world by an illiterate
young man of twenty-that it should gain
numerous and devoted partisans here and
in Europe, and that it should agitate a
whole state to such degree that law, JUS
iice, and humanity were set aside to make
a war of determination on the new sect,
seems scarcely credible in the nineteenth
century, under this liberal government;
vet such is the fact.
The believers in the Book of Mormon
now number well nigh $4,000 souls
in America, TO say nothing of numerous
congregations in Great Britain. They
style themselves the Latter-Day Saints, as
it is prominent point in their faith that
the world is soon to experience great
and final change. They believe and III
sist upon believing, literally the Old and
New Testament, but they also hold that
there are various other inspired writings,
which in due season will be brought to
light. Some of these, Che Book of Nor
mon, for example.) are even now appear
ing, after having been lost for ages. They
think that in the present generation will
be witnessed the final gathering together
of the true followers of Christ into one
fold of peace and purity-.in other words,
that the Millennium is near. Setting aside
the near approach Of the Millennium and
the Book Of Mormon, they resemble in
faith and discipline the Methodists, and
their meetings are marked by the fervid
simplicity that characteristics that body OIL
christians. I. is in believing the Book Of
Mormon inspired that the chief difference
consists but it must be admitted that this
is an important distinction.
This is their own declaration of faith or
that point. A young man named Joseph
Smith, in the western part of New York
guided, as he says, by divine inspiration
found, in 1890, kind of stone chest OF
vault, containing number Of thin plate.
of gold, held together by ring, on which
they were all strung, and engraved with
unknown characters. The characters the
mormons believe TO be the ancint Egypt
ian, and that Smith was enabled by inspi
ration to translate them-in part only
however, for the plates are not entirely
given in English. This translation is tho
book OF Mormon, and so far il is fain
and distant parallel of the Koran. II
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
Childhood.

All Chlldhood-beautiful mystery -
how does nature lie all around thee. IS
treasure house Of wonders. Sweet and
gentle season Of being whose flowers
BRING on the period of ripcning, or bloom
but to wlther and fade in their loneliness
time of :" 'hick-coming" joys and tears.
OF tears that pass quickly away, as if
they did no, belong to thee, of lows that
llnger and abide long and We, make the
long day short--time of weakness vet
OF power to charm the eye Of sages from
their lore. Childhood what Il mystery
art thou, and what mysteries dost thou
deal with What mystery is there in thy
unfolding faculties, that call forth wonder
from those that gaze upon thee, and seem
to myself at times almost as if they were
strange "reminiscences of an earlier being
What mystery is there in thy thoughts,
when thou art first struggling TO grasp the
infinite and eternal when thou art told
of immortal regions where thou shalt
wander onward forever, and saving even
to the teaching voice of authority, at
cannot, father; 1t cannot be!"-Rer. D.
Depey.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
HOrsc-7s.:cc in Afric1.

1.-The race-course was bounded on the
north by low granite hills, on the south by
forest, and on the east and west by tai!
shady trees, among which were habita-
tons Of the people. Under the shadow
of these trees the spectators were assem-
bled, and testified their happiness by their
noisy mirth and animated gestures. When
we arrived the king had not made his APP
pearance on the course but his absence
was fully compensated by the pleasure
we derived from watching the anxious
and animated counlcnances of the multi
tude, and in passing our opinions on the
taste of the women in the choice and adj
ustment of their fanciful and nlany-color-
ed dresses. The chiefs wives and young
er children sat near us in a group by them
selves and were distinguished from their
companions by their superior dress. Man
chester cloths Of inferior quality, but Of
the most snowy patterns, and dresses
made of common English bed furniture,
WeTc ldSlcleu lOuliu tIt waist VI SCNCIdl
soo,y maidens, who, for the sake of ilut.
tering a short hour in the gaze of her
countrymen, had sacrificed in her clothes
the earnings of a twelvemonth's labor.
All the women had ornamented their necks
with strings of beads, and their wrists
with bracelets of various patterns, some
made of glass beads, some of brass, others
of copper, and some again of a mixture OF
both metals their ankles also we're adorn-
ed with different sorts Of rings, Of neat
workmanship.
1.-The distant sound Of drums gave no.
tice of the kings approach, and every eye
was Immediately directed TO the quarter
! from whence he was expected. The ca.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
From Graham's Magazine.
THE SOULS DESTINY.
BY MRS. VI. S. II. pANA.

III hho' "a % h' 'NNa'
And oh the soul! she saw in visions bright,
The veil Withdrawn which hides the world of light
With eye of faith she gazed in fearful joy,
And they were there her husband and her boy
Sweet hope of Heaven thou art healing balm
II storms arise thy deep rich holy calm
Comes with a spirit influence to the breast,
And to the weary mourncr whispers "rest!'
Rcst-for the fondly loved, the early dead
Rcst--Dr The loa 5ing spirit Heavcnword fled
Restroom tiresomc path in weakness trod
Resin the bosom of the Saviour, God
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26

winding sheet. Young virgins, according
to custom, appeared in state of nudity ;
many of them had wild flowers stuck be-
hind their ears. and strings of beads, &c.
round their loins but want of clothing
did not seem to damp their pleasure in the
entertainment, for they appeared to enter
into it with as much zest as any of their
companions. The sport terminated, and
the kings dismounting, was signal
for the people TO dispense. Scientific
Tracts.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26

A wag passing a livery stable one day.
in front of which several horses were tied,
stopped suddenly and gazed at them fer
some time with phiz indicating the ut
most astonishmen,, and then addressed
the owner who was standing near. and
asked him iii he made horses I" "Makc
horses!' said the knight Of the broom
and currycomb, "uo! why do you ssk
such question - Only" replied ne,
"because | observe you have several
frames set up
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26

much the same way Mahomet presented
his code of religion to his followers, and
on that authority the sceptre-sword OF
Islamism now sways the richest and
widest realms that ever bowed to one
faith. But the mormons have very diff
ferent career before them their faith is
opposed to all violence, and from the ma
ture of their peculiar doctrines, they must
soon die of themselves if they are wrong.
If the appointed signs that are to announce
the Millennium do not take place immedi-
ately. The Iatter-Day Saints, must. by
their own showing, be mistaken, and their
faith fall quietly to the ground. So to
prosecute them merely for opinions sake
is useless as it would be unjust and impo-
little.
The Book of Mormon purports to be a
history of a portion of the children of Is
rael, who found their way to this Cont
nent after the first destruction of Jerusa-
lem. II is continued from generation to
generation by 4 succession Of prophets,
and gives in different books an account Of
the wars and alliances of the Lost Nation.
The Golden Book is an abridgement by
Mormon, the last of the prophets, Of all
the works of his predecessors.
The style is close imitation Of the
scriptural, and is remarkably free from
any illusions that might bctray know
ledge Of the present practical or social state
of the world. The writerl lives in the whole
strength OF his imagination in the age he
portrays. 1t is difficult to imagine more
difficult literary task than to write what
may be termed a continuation of the Scrip
lures, that should not only avoid all COLI
sion with the authentic and sacred word,
but even fill up many chasms that now
seem to exist, and thus receive and lend
confirmation in almost every body.
To establish a plausibly sustained the
Dry, that the aborigines of our continent
are the descendants Of Israel, without
committing himself by any assertion or
description that could be contradicted,
shows degree Of talent and research that
in an uneducated youth Of twenty is al
most miracle of itself.
a copy OF the characters or some of the
golden leaves, was transmitted to a learn
ed gentleman Of this city, who, of course,
was unable to decypher them, but thought
they bore resemblance to the ancient
Egyptian characters.
II, on comparison, 1t appears that these
characters are similar to those recently
discovered on those ruins in central Ame-
RIGA, which have attracted so much atten-
ton lately, and which are decidedly off
Egyiian architecture, ii will make Il very
strong point for Smith. 1t will tend 10
prove that the plates are genuine, even if
it does not establish the truth of his in
spiration, or the fidelity of his transac-
ton.
Ia any case, our constitution throws It's
protecting @gis over every religious doc
rinc. If the Mormons have violated the
law, let the law deal with the criminals
but let not a mere opinion, however alb
surd and dclusivc it may be, call forth a
spirit of persecution. Persecution, harsh
daughter of cruelty aid ignorance, can
never find home i'll heart truly repub-
lican. Opinion is a household god, and
i'll this land her shrine is inviolate.
JOSEPHINE.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
SEANXN9.

ny WILLIAM LEGGET.
The birds when winter shade the sky,
Fly o'or the seas away,
Where laughing isles in sunshine are,
And summer breeses ply.
And thus the friends that fluttcr near,
When fortunes sun Is warm;
Are startled when the clouds appear,
And fy before the storm.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26

MISS WILpERFoRcE.-Wh en Mr.. VIII,
beriorce was chosen member for York, his
daughter, in walking home from the scene
of the election, was cheered by an inn
mense crowd, who followed her TO her
own door, crying-"Miss Wherefore
for ever ! Miss Wlberlorce for ever ="
The young lady turned, as she was as
cendlng the stair, and motioning to the
populace 10 be quiet, said, very empha,i--
ca!Iy, NAY, gentlemen. il you please,
not Mss Wherefore for !" which
sent them all home IN good humor.-
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
American Mechanics.

We are truly gratifcd to see and to
hear of the superiority Of the productions
of this class Of our citizens over those of
the mechanics Of the older countries Of
Europe. On the one hand, we hear Of
orders for entire sets of machinery for
Touring mills, to be sent to Trieste cot
ton gins for Manchester, in England ;
printing presses for the continent of Eu-
rope many chambcrcd cannon for the
pasha Of Egypt; locomotives for the Bir-
mingham and Gloucester railway rifles
and guns Of all kinds, for France and so
on, nd mfRitunl-wc could never tell one
half. On the other hand, this country has
furnished France, England, Russia, Tur-
kew, Austria, and other European coun-
tries, with ships Of war and steam ships
and ships that do not 60 by steam and
even now, steam frgates are on the stocks
for Spain; one was recently launched
intended for the Russian Autocrat and
what but the superiority of which we are
speaking caused the sultan at CONSTANT
noplc to exclaim mdshdiiah! wonderful
when Mr.. Rhodes, an American mocha
mic, launched ship with the assistance o
only ten or twelve men1 10 wind VI
our article, we are led to excaim, who is
not proud TO be called an American Me
chanic ,--H. Louis nrguS.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
] 0 B " @ r K

OF every description, executed i'll the neatcst
manner at the usual prices.
OTTAWA is the seat of justice OF La Sale
county is situated at the junction Of the Fox river
with the Illinois, 800 miles, by water, from Saint
Louis, and midway between Chicago and Peoria.
The population of Ottawa is about one thousand.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26
PUBLISHED WEEKLY HI
GEORGE r. WEAVER g. JOHN HlSE,
Canal Street, nearly opposite the Mansion Hottse
TERMS /:

Two dollars and fifty cents per annum, II paid IN
advance Three dollars ifnot paid before the expi-
ration of the first six months; And three dollars
and twenty-five cents if delayed until the end oil
the year.
Advertisements inserted at 81 per square for
the .irst in scrton, and % cents for each sub
sequent insertion. A liberal discount made to
those who advertise by the year.
ONO paper discontinued until all arrearages
are paid, unless at the option of the editors.
All communications, to ensure attention, must
be post paid
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26

ALL THE DIfFERENCE.-Han More
once expressing to DR.. Johnson her sur
prise that Milton, who wrote the Paradise
lost, should write such poor sonne.s.
MADAME" said Johnson, "Mlton was a
man who could cut colossus from n rock
but he could no. carve heads upon cherry
stones.''
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-02-26

Nor TO BIZ DARED.-"Oh my dear,
how come YOU so wet!" inquired an at
lcctlonate mother OF her son. .Why,
mar, one OF the boys said dar su't Jump
into the creek, and. by gosh! tell you.
amt to be dared" n
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1841-04-03
Traverse Jurors.

Brier creek-Mordica jackson, George Freas,
Jr.
Bloom = Samuel Mellick, Andrew CIiveling, VAL
entine Bidleman, Daniel Hasenbuch.
Dervy-John Blee.
Fishing creek-Moscs McHcnry, Peter Crivcling,
James Haycock.
Hemlock-Jehn Oil, Burtis Arwne.
Jackso,t-joshua Savage.
LimeStone-John Caldwell, John Marshall.
Li6ety-Robert Simonton.
Mad1soa-- Robert Campbell, Daniel Crumly.
Mount PfeaSant--John jones.
Mohonin$-Johh Dean, Sen. Daniel M. Fox,
William Narconk, Thomas Lloyd.
Montenr-John Bailor, Daniel Geiger, Andrew
Clark, James Barton.
Oraage--George Harman, Philip Auchenbach.
Roaring crteh--Peter Herbein, Jesse Price.
Sugarloof--David Goulder, Daniel Ashelman.
Fdley--David Maxwell, James Blue, Daniel
Woodside.
The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1841-04-03
NOTICE

is hereby given, that OIL the first Monday
of June next, a special Court of Common
Pleas will be held a, Danville, in and for
Columbia cohtity before the Honorable
II. =. Parsons, President Judge ofthe 18th
Judicial district of Pennsy lvaiiia, and the
associate Judges Of Columbia county, in
pursuance Of the provisions of ihe 37th and
39lh sections of the act of General assembly
passed the 18th day of April, 1884; for the
trial OF a certain action wherein the West
Branch Bank al WillialnsPori Is plaintiff,
and Thomas Moorelead, jr. is defendant, of
which all officers and others interested will
take notice.
JACOB EYERLY, ProM.
Prolh. Office. DanvIIe,2
March 80, ls4l