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The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-15
RIPENING N SUCCESSION

The time of ripening is calculated Tor
the 4Cth deg. of latitude, but will vary
with different situations or changes of
seasons. Plant the upper roots three
inches below the surface, which will
make one inch deeper than they grew in
the nursery. If dry, the first summer
after planting, water the trees.
The above are selected from upwards
of 500 kinds of GrGfied Frat, (the Sc
lection cf the East and believed to be
the best ont of that number, which is cal
culated for family use throughout the
most Of the year. have had, bearing in
my orchard for several years past, the
above variety; and have, together with
the opinion Of many good judges, made
out this selection, believing it to be the
best | can do to render justice to all my
customers: as | consider the responsible
ty great. ANDREW HAMPTON,
TX miles North of Richmond la.
G. l.. THOMPSON,
Agent at Ottawa, LII.
Persons wishing TO purchase trees, cal
have them delivered at Ottawa or PERI
between the lst of March and the LIST o
May.
n. B.-AppIcation should be made
Immediately.
JANUARY ID, 1871. 35--3W
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-15
STATE OF ILLINOIS, ;
HIa Sale County,

In the lirCuii Court 10 May Term, ISL
RACHEL ilAsBRoucN, ! In Chancery.
as. Bill to foreclose a
DAVID n. TrRnEuN. mortgage.
q + appearing by satisfactory affidavit,
filed in the Clerks Office eff the Cir
cult Court of La Sale county i'll this
cause, that the above named David n
Terheun Is not resident of the State OF
Illinois, Notice is, therefore, hereby Civ
Ell to the said David \. Tcrheun, that the
Complainant, Rachel Iiasbrouck, has
filed in the Clerks office of the Circuit
Court of La Sale county her Bill IN
Chancery against the said David \. Ter
heun for the foreclosure Of a mortgage,
and that Summons in Chancery has
been issued against him, returnable before
the said Circuit Court of La Sale county,
on the first day of the next term thereof,
to be holden at the Courthouse i'll Otta'
wa. on the second Monday in May next;
and that unless you, the said David n
Terheun, shall appear before the salc
Circuit Court on the first day of the mex
term thereof, at the time and place aiore
said. and answer to the said Complainant
bill. the same will be taken as confessed
against you and decree entered accor
dinghy. }. CLOUD 'lerk'
January 9th, 1871.
GEORGE II. Norris,
Solicitor for Complainant. 3l--iv
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-15
Y. SANGER & CoMp.,

q GST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post
A Office a, Newark la sale county, Illinois,
on the 3lst Of December lslO-
Elgin Francis Moore Eli or Kay-
Ford NaRcsy Nrs. moad .4jVah
Kenedya. 4. Hiss Seymour Mrs.
Kinney Palmer Tfemains Jnli"5
Leatherman fumes Uhite Uiijer
Leatberh,an Fred. Yemmaas H. d.
w. STOWELL, p. VI.
January S, 1871. III. 3I---3w
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-15

DIED-In Ottawa, III. of palsey, on the Sth
lust Mrs. HARRIEr CUsuMAN, wife OF W. II.
w. Cushman, eyed 20 years.
Mrs. Cu,hman was the eldest daughter of the
late Rev. r. w Gridley, formerly of William'town,
Mass. Her living character was lovely eXcm-
pliicaion of the Christian virtues. Habitually
cheerful with heart ever ready to sympsthiz.
with the distressed, and to afford relief so far as
was in her power, she was greatly endeared to Il
numerous circle offricnds and acquaintance, who
are left to mourn her early departure, but not as
those wlru mourn without hope. In the day; OF
her youth she remembered her Creator, and by a
public profession of her faith in the Saviour, CON
secrated herself to the service of him who had re-
deemed her TO himself Her days have been few hut
enough. She sleeps with Jesus, and in the morn
of tho Resurrection will rise TO a glorious immor-
tally beyond the grave. ConsuSrcATEr.
On Sunday the 10th inst, ELIZA WILLIAMS,
infant daughter Of BENZ. and Margaret Thompson,
aged weeks.
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-15
THEILLINOIs EETRADER
LIST OF LETTERS

I'D EMAINTNG in the Post Office at Ottawa, |
ia La Sale county, Illinois, on the LIST day of
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-15

vs..
SAMUEL MARI, sur
wing administrator
of Geo. w. Howe,
deceased.
PLINY FREEMAN,
AMOS kEELER, and
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-15
Notice!

,jyyA THE GRlSr MILL of the under
,,T,G signed has been thoroughly re-
~; lt%'c paired and finished, and is now in per-
!ga ..ssts feet order for grinding all kinds OF
grain. Prompt attention will be given to all who
see proper to give US their custom, and we are
confident, from long experience in the BUSH
ness, that we can do work equal ii not SUPERIOR
to any in the land. We hold ourselves responsl-
BILE for all bags entrusted to us that are well mark
ed with the owners namc
The above Mil is situated on Indian Greek,
about half mile from the mouth OF tho same:
]. Il. SKINNER,
ri. CURVE,
]. HOBBS.
Indian Greek, Jan. |. 1871. 33--,f
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-15
MANSION HOUSE

AND GENERAL STAGE OFFICE. Ottawa, lis,
TVHE public are respectfully informed that this
large establishment has undergone thorough
repair from bottom to top, and is now open under
the direction of the subscribers, recently from
Peoria. They intend that every attention shall be
given to the comfort and accommodation OF guests,
and the patronage of the travelling community IS
respectfully solicited
They feel thankful to the public for their pat
ronage heretofore, and assure them they are now
able to give more general satisfaction, having re-
Gently attached large addition to the buldlns
which enables them to furnish rooms for families
and single rooms for gentlemen and ladies. The
house is large, comfortable and commodlous, and
well furnished; they except none in the western
country. They have also frst-latc stabLng at
tachtd to the establishment.
WELLS & MULLFORD.
January l5 lS4l. 3o-ti.
n-rThe Peoria Register is requested to copy, If
The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1841-01-15
Administrators Notice.

"HE subscribers having taken out
Letters of Administration from the
Court of Probate of Livingston county,
Illinois, on the estate of Samuel Worri-
son, deceased, late of said county, request
all persons having claims against said
estate TO present the same to them or the
Court of Probate of said county for settle
ment within nine months from the date
hereof All persons indebted to said
estate are requested TO make immediate
payment to the undersigned.
PERSIS MORRISON,
Administrators.
SAMUEL MORRISON,
Administrator.
Livingston co., Jan. Z, lS4l. 35--4w
, 1841-09-04
WHOLE NUMBER 451.

universe that every woman should have nei
mate, as well as every goose its gander; ano
that she should accomplish before death tho
great end for which she was createa..
Therefore, If there be a superfluity oil the
feminine gender in the world, they ought 10
be divided off into parcels, great and small,
and every man choose for himself, according
to the power Of his physicol strength--tne
length and bredth OF his affecsions-and the
debth Of his desires. Every unmarried ie-
male has an indisputable claim upon the love
of some man; ard what. allow me to ask,
my friends, is the use Of that love unless It
be boiled down and sugard off in the golden
kettle of Hymen? None at all. You
might as well undertake to suck honey from
the contents Of a barn-yard because bees d"
the same, as 10 suppose You can taste the
true specie of love till il is partaksn ct IN
the cake Of m%atrimony. =.
NV dear females, The chances for all OF
you being made happy in the holy bonds OF
wedlock look rather scTumptious, ! must con-
TESS. Nv heart IS full Of the soothing syrup
of sympathy for you; but that can never al
ter the DEGREES Of fate. If it is ordained by
Providence that you are to die old maids. my
preaching can no more avert the doom than
it can abolish the everlasting established sys-
TEN of future punishment. When the summer
of your rosy charms are beginning to fade
like the springs upon your calicoes-and
when, like ~leailess, ~vineless squashcs, you
have grown withercd and yellow IN the dole
October ''oG cxistencc-you will lind that
Cupid will disdain TO frequent your autumnal
powers; and the shrubs OF hope that Inc
your pathways to the tomb, may put forth
buds in abundance; but, depend upon 1t,
they never can blossom in the frosty atmos-
phcre of age. Nevertheless, my dear !emi-
mines. If YOU do but attend we'll to tho gar
den Of the mind, in lies early spring-plant
in it tie seeds of virtue, modesty, and Wis
dom, and ornament it with the flowers Oh
learning, it will present greater attractions
for gentlemen Of worth, than all the silks.
kirs, ivory, paint, curls, sa:n whalebone and
hogs b~ristles, that ever a nymph of the pure
ltgged down the lane Of sin to perdltion.
If YOU only behave yourselves, and keep
letting out n hem at the bottom OF yourfrocks
as you grow tall amidthe vices Of the world,
and don't flirt too much while the feathers
upon the wings Of vanity are beginning to
start-you will, in all probability, be lucky
enough, to amalgamate according TO your
individual desires. and put forth sprouts that
shall bear sprouts again from PROSPERITY to
PROSPERITY. So mote it be!
Dow Jr.
, 1841-09-04
EN-, MO. sATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, Is4l.

didate for the second office Of the Govern
mcnt. The Federal party have labored,
might and main. to make the man on whom
thew have labored to confer the highest dig
nifty, stand forth before the people, and all
future generations, not as other. men who
have attained the first honor OF the Republic
mot as a president but as an impostor.
The Federal Representatives in Congress,
and their leader, (Mr. CLAY) have nothing
to plead in palliation Of the shocking sacri-
fee they would make Of Mr.. TYLER as a
man and a public iunctionary, or tocover the
depraved, motives which prompted them to
pursue such purpose. They not only knew
what Mr.. TYLER's opinions were before he
was elected, but since. In hls first message,
he not onli'insimated his own, bu, proclaim
ed that the opinions Of the people had Seen
again and again declared against a Bank
and yet they have pressed upon him and de-
manded his consent TO the establishment OF
Il National Bank in the most odlous and OBJ
iectionable from ever fashioned IN this or
any other country.
We make our acknowledgements 10 MIR.
Tyler for this act OF deliverance. II he
maintains his position firmly, he will ever be
acknowledged a public benefactor. We care
not what he has for Il fiscal agent, or wheth-
er he has any fiscal agent; so that, whatever
management is instituted, it is confined in its
powers simply to the business of the Treasu-
ry; and no pretext given to place it beyond
the reach of the people, under The abused
principle of rested right Or contracts. We
hold that the rights of the people and the Go
IL
for the peace Of the country we rejoice that
the PRESIDENT excludes, rs we understand
his veto, the possibility Of lis application, as
formerly, to any system OF management Of
the finances which may be instituted, by cx-
Guiding all private connection or partnership
with the public agency, andsholding it strict
ly and simply 10 tho discharge OF Il public
trust.
, 1841-09-04
from the Gazette Of the "a, inst
Iy

ltSeems that the citizens in the neighbor-
hood of White River, on the Mississippi, al
ter enduring every species Of outrage, from
banditti in that quarter, have been finally
reused TO acts OF terrible retaliation.
The following are the particulars furnish
ed us by Capt. llodgeman, Of the steamer
Baltic
Ii seems that the section Of the country
above and below the Mouth of White River;
on the Mississippi, has been for years infes.
ted with gangs OF Gamblers and Counter
~fei,ers. Islands e., 90 and GO were notori-
GUS resorts for them. The people Of Goa.
homa Co., Mississippi, and from the opposite
side Of the river, determined to rid them
selves of such posts; and our information is,
that they succeeded in capturing from so to
IS of them. On the Sd OF August, they
placed them on board 4 trading boat, took
her to an unfrequented place, so that there
might be no witnesses, ard shot and drorned
them all. ABORTION Of the names OF the
gang have been furnished us. They arc
Hugh FULLY, the chief Of the gang. Eliphus
Kingston, Andrew McLoghlin, Joe Cotton,
Hugh Norris: Joseph Merriott, Wells Pol
lock, and james Macauley.
When the Baltic passed up, the citizens
were on their way down the river, engaged
in the work of burning the houses l~ately'occu-
pied by the victims of their vengeance. No
violence was Offered to the families who were
in them, but they were ordered to leave their
homes forever.
1t is further stated, that the Cashier Of the
counterfeitins establishment was found dead
in the river at Columbia.
All the implements Of r~ascali,y were found
about the premises of the murdered men,
A large amount OF Counterfeit Bank notes
was discovered, consisting Of $50 and 500
notes on the Commercial Bank Of New Or
leans. not signed; and {, . and 5 notes Of
the Third Municipality New Orleans.
, 1841-09-04

In the last number of the New York Sun
day Mercury, the celebrated Dow, Jr., thus
f~ccIinsIy discourses from the following text:
There lives no goose so grey, but soon or la,c
Will find some honest gander for a mate.
Ny hcarers-lt is my intention, in this
present discourse. to pour the balm Of con-
ISOLATION into those fostering wounds Of doubt
and dependency, with which that unfortu-
nate class of beings. called Old Maids, are so
severely afflicted. Ii /, Dow Jr.. the high
pressure preacher, fail in ali"rding them that
consolation which they SO earnestly desire,
and TO much stand in need OF, their cases
must he dcsNerate indeed. and rzst, medical,
moral. or miserable skill. We know very
ell, INV friends, that women are not all
ese. neither are MEL all gandcrs, however
liking the analogy may be in particular
instances: nevertheless, | can make appli-
cation Of my text. 1t ought to he Il source
Of great qualification for that portion of the
female sex, whose hopes of matrimony are
timc-tattercd and teasing, to know that eve
ry goose-no matter how old it may be-
will, sooner or later. find sonc honest gander
for its mate; and yet when | tell them that
the reason why every goose finds its gander
is solely because gamblers are alloweda plurali.
ty of wives, ldon't know but they will sink
corset-deep into despair, and give up for lost.
Yet it is so, my friends. Geese always out
number the ganders; and were it not that the
latter possesses themselves of more than one
wife each, thousands of the former would
be destined to pick their grass in solitary
pastures and die mateless. Now, when
49,. - " ILL.,, tto 49, InI,,rt,An
for the havoc that war, intemperance and
other contingencies, makes in the ranks OF
the male part of mankind, we shall alway s
find that the petticoat tribe claims n vast
majority throughout the world. How, then,
are they to get married unless a plurality OF
wives is allowed! Now, | don't like to
preach up any doctrine that is calculated to
60 against the popular grain; but my private
opinion, publicly expressed, is, that the pres
ent artificial state of society is an outrage
Gus encroachment on the rights and Privilc.
gcs of the female sex, and that poligamy is
in as perfect accordance with the laws OF
God and Nature rs in the union between five
grey geese and a white gander. 1t was prac-
nature ruled rather than fashions; and the
women were all happy then, If they were
not so wise and wicked as now.
My friends-I know full well that there
are thousands of old maids, covered with the
mildew of age and dependency, who would
rather have "A hall, a quarter, a fifth, or even
Il decimal, of 4 husband, than no husband
at all and it is a sin and Il shame that such
vast quantities Of heavens most precious
material should be allowed to perish in &C.
libacy, because the matrimonial market is
~monopolised by the miserable miniong Of a
corrupt and venal custom. As the world is
constituted. one man can better maintain
three women than one woman can provide
for herself; and posterity, instead of suffer-
ing in consequence, would increase like
grasshoppers in the middle Of August. 1t
was intended by the all wise Maker Of the
, 1841-09-04

DREApruL AccIDENr.-The Maid Of Ar
kansas, which arrived this morning from N.
Orleans, reports that on the 18th instant. as
the Louisiana arrived opposite Bayou Sara.
her STAFFORD boiler burst-killing Is persons
and scaldins 81 others, 8 or 10 very danger
ously: She was bound from New Orleans
to this place, with a argenumber of passen-
gers, among whom were 200 U. S. soldiers.
1t is remarkable that so few, comparative
ly, were killed. Nine Of whom were free
men. the others were U. S. soldiers. Their
names are not gwen.
, 1841-09-04

Loss OF STEAMBOATS, IN THE U. STATS
From the late report of Mr.. Woodbury. it
anpears that 1900 steamers have been hIHt
in the United States; Of which numbers so
have been lost by accident-Most of these
bo,ts were lost on the Western waters.
, 1841-09-04
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, 1841-09-04

The Chicago Democrat says th,t, a Hoo
sier who probably had never beena city in
al his horn DAYS before, seeing tie water
running from the cask of the man EMPLOYED
70 snr,nkle one of our streets, ran alter him
f]aIIooipg "MLster! o! Mister! ! say, .ou are
in a RIGHT smart chance Of spilling yo,r wa
teTm
, 1841-09-04
A SERMON FOR OLD MAIDS.

In the last number OF the New York Sur.
day Mercury, the celebrated Dow, Jr., thus
fcclinnlv discourses from the following text:
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-11-20

: tce Arriving al Havana, they were soon aiier
ordered to leave, and again returned 70 New of'
whence an English packet carried them 70 rat
mouth and they arrived III london IN February
1900.
Such IS a rapid outIine OF the American part OF
Louis Phllippe's history. 1t was inlI OF incidents
and v:cissitudes stirring scenes, mutations OF lor-
tune ,scapes perils. aad adventures AnC now
he is upon The throne Of France, and his son IS
upon the ancient footsteps 81 his father. Since
the visit Of Louis Philippe. France has been rev.
oiutioaized Napoleon has arisen, seiZed me Teins
OF empite conduct ed his nation 10 the pinnacle Of
glory, and falten to rise no more; and CONFUSED,
distracted and blasted Europe has setticd
down iii peaceful repose. The poor stranger, VINO
for wan, Of money, could not leave an American
city filed with yellow fever. and who had to ieach
for bis support, is The richest man III Europe,
" ith millions and of millions al his disposal
The refugee, fleeing before the assumed power Of
the FIRST Consul and the Emperor, now sits with
a B1naparte's spIendor on his throne
This country once tTaversed in poverty, and
peril aud WEAKNESS by tho prosecuted sire, is
now visited by his royal son, in Princeiy charac-
ter and glory; nay, more, that very son ana me
very ship which he commands were commission
ed TO Transport, from their solitary resting place
the remains Of shat colossal genus of military
power n nd bring b. ok 10 his own-loved France It's
ido!izcd Napoleon. Such changes constitute the
romance of history, and assure Us that iTuih Is
often than ncfinn- oon+n the son, a. nc
journeyed IN our midst, look back fortyfo years
with The ewes of his father TO the days OF wash
ington 10 the infancy of our Institutions, before
the first steamboat ploughed our waters or the
first railroad tracked cur land-or could the tath-
er, calling mp the scenes he once saw. ghze, "lih
his sons ewes, upon our new population, ana pe-
hnld in the then solitudes o. the West, Cl'tcs,
Suites Territories, with millions Of stirring, bust
ling inhabiiants-cou!dh be. in The vicinity of ga
pandaigaa ngaIn meet Lord Arburton. who then
so bitterly complained of the roads, that he doubt
cd whether Niagara Itself would compensate his
toil-could he again yisi, the spot then unbuiit
uuplanncd which now Is the capital OF our ma
tlon, and the Seat of Government, he would
believe himself in the America of 1893 and
'9G, bu, in a world, where every feature was
strange. and every scene novel. SO rapid IS the
march Of Improvement. that 1t is only by gnid'nG
ourselves hv come such land marks of thought
rs those that sufficiently re1liZe the re-
cenfness Of our origin. The snbmty of our IN
crease We say subIimitv, for tho contrast VIC
now present to condition seventy years back
IS one Of the most sublime manifestations OF Gov :
erurlent in thehistnrvof the world And yet VIC
have bat begin our career!
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-11-20
Music ofthe Hammer.
New Leeds.

The sprightIv and clear New Orleans paper
called the Crescent City, has article Oh sounds,
from which extract the annexed paragraphs
It evinces good sense and good feeling. as well
as philosophical observation. After enumerat ting
all the SOUNDS. natural and artificial, which are
apt 70 greet mans ears IN this world, the VIII
ter proceeds:
"Bu', after all. were to seek ont one only
sound IN the whole world a representative OF
expression. Of life, business. health, sIgor and
Improvement. we should certainly mime the
sound of the hammer What Is there on earth.
more cheering9 1t is the very note OF prePafa-
ton for business. and gives thr: peculiar TO 1T
self 10 all which lies inert around H.
."hai brings the mornings so fresh and so Wv
ID 10 the mind Of the suggard as Toe hammer
which sounds from The neighboring roofs! 1t s
the veriGst reproach that incident man can
have, and speaks straight 10 the heart In those
quick. manly. sudden tones. which only the SIN
cerest friendship EMPLOYS. And then how much
Is IN that sound beside, What range can fancy
take when such sound comes forth. There Is
the shop Of the mechanic. or the store Of the
merchant 1t is the hammer ct the carpenter.
the blacksmith, the tinman, the cordwaIner. the
Jewelier, or the worker 10 marble-afl industrious
all busy, Ill well 10 do. The sound OF the ham
mer' Is note which fnrewarns the world of the
| Whereabouts of the hard working man. Abou'
II their is no concealmen,. The man be owe: