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The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Canfr.-Though any man can put his poney
or his roadster to the ea1fe, few are able, in ge-
neral, to explain the word by which they designate
the animals pace. The term can!er is a corruP-
ton, or, rather, an abbreviaion, Of a Canterbury
gallop, which signifies the hand-gallop of an am
bling horse. The origin OF the phrase is as old
as the days Of Canterbury pilgrimages, when vo-
tsries came at certain seasons 10 the shrine of
Thomas-a- Beckett in that city from all parts of the
nation. Mail coaches and rail roads being then
unknown, the pilgrims travelled on horseback,
and, from their using generally of am5ling nass,
the pace at which they got over the ground came
to be called a"Canterbury galiop,' and afterwards
"a canter'
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

L0O Prices.-The writer of the money articles
of the n. \. Herald after giving a table OF the
prices of our staple articles of produce in several
of our principal cities, makes the following just
commentary:
"This table gives but miserably low prices, it is
true, but it must he remembered that after prices
have gone unnaturaliy high under the operation
of the paper credits, they always fall unnaturnIy
low during the transition, until the country reco-
vcrs the specie which which was driven out by
the paper circulation
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

The Mltrites al Albany.-I'hc Albany CORE
spondent of the n. Y. Herald, under date of Aug.
20, says: ''Our whole city and county is in per-
feet fever of excitement. The Millcrtes have ar
rived, and have pitched their tent and camp on
Arbor Hill, about a mile from the town pump.
The tent is of immense size, about forty feet high
IN the centre, and will seat 5000 persons with
ease, beside tho wide and spacious aisles. The
exercises arc conducted by Brothers Hines, Covert,
and Fitch, who do it i'll an orderly and impressive
manner. AS much decorum and solemnity is OBJ
served as in any of our regular places of worship
The ladies are seated on the left of the males. On
Wednesday and Thursday evenings twas crowd
ed to suliocation. Not less than 1909 females and
2G0O males were under the broad canvass listening
to Mr.. Ftchs explanation of the prophecies"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

| 1ousGShs'
l. In our last we mentioned, by way of postscript,
that new tariff bill had passed the house. lipass-
Ell that body on the 2lst substitute Tor the hli
of Mr.. Barnard, to egalize the collection OF reve-
nue. under the compromise act. On the 10Th the
bill was taken up in the senate, the discussion
opening ON the amendments proposed by the fl
nance committee. On Saturday evening, the eth,
the discussion was brought to a close, and the
vote was taken on the amendments proposed by
the finance committee, and they were adopted.
They arc "too tedious TO enumerate.' The bill
was then ordered to be engrossed and, at late
hour, finally passed. On the 29th it was sent to
the house and there the senate amendments were
concurred in almost by reclamation. The bill
was next sent to the prcs;dent--lt received his
signature on the same day, and is now law.
On the 9th bill passed the house, after one
hours debate repeating the 20 per cent. clause of
the distribution law. The vote on its final passage
stood yeas l0i nays IS. On the same day the
bill was sent TO the senate which body, after
a short debate it passed on the eth, by vote of
- " IL. 4IO pltSlNNAAS thu9 nus INV pfIOlth-
unity presented to veto this measure for the third
time within the last 3 months.
The bill from the house for regulating contest
ed elections was under consideration in the senate
on the Goth. An amendment was adopted pro-
vdng that neither this nor the apportionment
law shall apply to the elections of representatives
to the 2Slh congress in states where the general
ticket system is now in force and where the cleo
ton has been or shall be held before the regular
session of the legislature. On the 9th the bill
was rccommiticd to the Judiciary committee re-
ported back without amendment, read third
time and passed. and returned to the house. The
house it is thought will not concur in the amend
ment adopted by the senate.
The bill from the senate to provide for further
passed the house on the evening of the Goth with
out amendment.
On motion of Mr.. Adams joint resolution
passed the house on the 25h, requiring every
member to file his certificate on his word of honor
declaring tho number Of days during which he
has attended this session.
On the 2l'h a joint resolution passed the house
fixing the 20ih as the day for the adjournment of
congress- The resolution was taken up in the
senate on the 2Jth, and amended by inserting the
3lst of August instead of the 29th. On the same
day the amendment was concurred in by the
house. Thus congress adjourned week ago last
"Wednesday.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09
Bills presented and aNolcsd jy the Court.

"Centyul Sm"-A Beautiful Figure.-ln tho
debate upon the habeas corpus bill in tho U. S.se-
nate, Mr.. Choatc, of Mass, had compared the ac-
ton Of the supreme court of the u. States in such
cases as that of Mcleod, to that of great seen
trail sun in the judicial system. Mr.. Walker of
Mississippi thus elegantly responded:
want no "ccntra sun" Standing up
on the frontiers, and surveying the repub-
lie, and the azure banner of the Union,
see there Gully the stars which represent
the sovereign States, forming one grand
and noble constellation, whose light falls
in chastened and holy brightness upon
the alter of the constitutions. sec there
all the light and all the power which we,
as representatives of the States possess to
carry cut the great objects for which the
constitution was framed. And lei me tell
the Senator that when he so changes the
constitution as to create that "central sun,
the stars will disappear; they will become
undisluguishable spots upon the disc oil
that central orb, and will vanish like the
morning stars before the solar eilulgenco.
1t will be the last day of the constitution,
and when the "central sun" descends, it
will 90 down, not like the bright orb of
heaven, to rise again with renovated lus-
tre-but to sink into the darkness of per,
petual goom!"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Dancing. an agreeable relaxation.
as contributing to an easy and graceful
carriage of the body, and as an introduce
ton to courteous intercourse with the sex
which every man is solicitous CT pleasing,
and which is especially looked for in mill
tary men, dancing is generally admitted
to rank higher than mere frivolous pas
time for youth. Whatever contributes 10
polish that naturally rude and awkward
period oflifc, boyhood, no parent or friend
of you,h can reasonably object to, Dan,
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Mr. Clay ind Protective Twi6:-To those
Clay papers that Glamour SO loudly for protection
we particularly commend the following extract
from speech made by Mr.. Clay during the IA
nous extra session, in favor Of repeating the sub
treasury law. Speaking of the deficit in the re-
venue and the proper mode to supply it, he said
"Taxation, he knew and had before said, was
the remedy for this. Garry out, then, the spirit
of the Compromise Act Look to revenue alone
for the support of government. Do not raise the
question cf projections, which | had hoped had
been put to rest, There is no necessity for pro-
icttioil,"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

N'. Calhoun and the Ireaty.--Accordng to re-
presentations from Washington, Mr. Calhoun
made speech of very great power-one of the
best Efforts of his great mind in favor OF ratyng
the treaty with England. If Mr.. &. had taken an
opposite view of the subject, it is said the treaty
would have been in great danger. When he had
concluded his speech, the senators, almost all Of
them, rushed to his seat to express their ad'nira-
subject.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Cast Iron MISUNDERSTANDING of cast iron
arc increasing at prodigious rate in England,
and it appears that houses are about TO be con-
struc.ed of this material. A three story house,
containing ten or twelve rooms, will not cost more
than Gilo0, regard being had to the manner in
which it may be ornamented. Houses of this de-
scription may be taken to pieces and transported
from one place to another, at an expense of not
more than G25. 1t is said that large number of
cast iron houses are about to he manufactured at
Belgium and England for the citizens of Ham
buIgh, whose houses have been burnt.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09
NEwAaK, Sept. 9Th, 1912.

@''"' ann 'P'' 'tH3 ipi~'
McsSys. Hise q OsR,cn--If you can account for
the entire failure of tho Free Trader should like
to know how it is done have not received a
single one for the last three weeks. Please let
me know whether the fault is in you, the post
masters or the mail contractors, and, by doing so,
confer favor on your FREUD and humble scr
want. SAML. J. JACKSON.
QJThc above is one Of a half a dozen similar
letters we have lately received, aud we now in
form those post masters through whose offices the
above package Of papers passes, that we don't
mean to stand it any longer. Our papers are
muiled every Friday, with very few exceptions,
at such an hour to suit the different mails that
leave on that day, and if they do not reach their
destination it is no fault of ours. Our papers sent
in several other mails too, we have been requent-
ly reminded during the past few weeks, seldom
reach their destination until three or four weeks
after they have been printed, whcn in most
cases, they should do it on the same day
they are published, and in no case whatever
should they be delayed more than week.
We are about enquinng into this matter, and if
some suspcions we have receive further coniir-
nation, we will shortly give some of our worthy
pos, masters shower bath that will considerably
refresh them these warm days.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Cure tOr Cholva lGvbus.--The N. Y. Sun
publishes the following remedy for this prevalent
disease THE antdote is sure one and will not
hurt the most delicate infant, if judgment is used
in prescribing the quantity. Take a handful of
peach leaves, put them in cold water, and steep
10 or 10 minutes without boiling; sweeten the IL
qud with loaf sugar, and give it in small doses as
the patient can bear i,a table spoonful at "A time,
one in two hours, to an infant or months old
or ollener if the extremity Of the case requires.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09
ROYs, TURN OUT!!

We hare been requested, By a hrge number q
citizens ofMis lace 10 say, That Meeting to'H be
held al the court house THIS EVENING, al
which erery man in This to,ea is urgently request
die be present, 10 dcDise ,cay' a'd means q re-
mopiag The large bose rock from tie channel ofAe
Illinois riper on the rnpids just JeIoto the Sulphur
Sprineg. We hare BEEN assured That enough can
be effected there in one haJ day 10 eaobe aeam-
boats 10 ascend lie riper 10 his place ,cih eighteen
inches less waier than they can at present 0ith
slfety. DoaIneghct IL.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09
MdnesdaY, S-plemJer I, 1912.

Grand JiHoysL'The following persons were
selected as Grand Jurors for the November term
of the Circuit Court, viz: Z Miller, Flemming,
: S Bullock, r p Woodwork, Palmer, +
Graham, G. Brown, X Morgan, 5 Mackey, S Nor
ton, n Richcy, d Cosgrovc, J Hoffman, w G
Shed, j Worsey, A + Dow, N Phillips, w
Munson, w Barber, S Potter, S Morey, Lorenzo
p Sanger and G Hayward.
Petit Jurors, first ,ceek--R d Carr, J Hupp, a
Hoxcy, Perey, l.. d Smith, J Hill, D $ Rams
berger, G Libby, - Dickinson, W Simmons,
4 Clayton, & X Williams, Ii b Chubbuck, G Il.
Peter, n Dodd, A Lewis, il. ]. Rugg, A Hasey,
J Ryan, w |. Dunavan, B I Lamb, II J Reed,
l. d CavCrly and X Woodruff.
Second Week.-J Whi,mo;e, Clark, J War
rem, i Pumphrcy, sebrnr, Westgate, Il
Orr, Allen, b Ayres, l. Peck, J.. Bullock, w
Martin, J FeIlis, > Crook, I Tracy, D r Shaver,
g Preston, J Armour p II Smith, Fl Morrill,,
w Palmer, j Fitch, J Monroe, L Larkin.
Fern Account.--'fhc sum of S25 being due
from freeman Mills for Ferry license, the same
was allowed him for improving the road leading
to said Ferry. The license given to J O'Conner
at a special term of the court, short time since,
for the Enterprise Ferry, was decided to be ille
gal, and was withdrawn.
After passing an order for the payment of tho
commissioners fees and officers of the court, the
court adjourned.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Writing on NtIosPGpers.--The n. Y. Sun says,
"A large number of suits are now pending against
persons for violations of the post office law, in
writing on newspapers sent by mail. Ifeven the
initials of a persons name are written on the pa
per it subjects him to penalty of five dollars,
the case is sued and goes TO Judgment an expense
of forty dollars accrUes. The law is very strict
and leaves no option with the court"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

On last "Wednesday afternoon, while in the
Office Of the clerk Of the circuit court, about
thirty or forty square feet OF tho plastering
fell from the ceiling on the head OF o. pErEas,
Esq, OF Peoria, with such force that he was taken
from the room senseless II was at FIRST thought
The skull was fractured, but on examination we
are happy TO say this proved not to bc the case.
yet the wounds he received arc severe though not
dangerous, and several in number, Tho plaster
ing OF the lower rooms IN the court house is most
niseraby pat OF. On several previous occasions
the inmates of these rooms escaped serious injury
by the falling OF pIas.ering from the ceiling only
by our county commissioners.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

We have transferred the new treaty with Eng
land to our first page under the belief that our
readers generally are anxious to see it. The vote
on it in the senate stood 80 to 9. The following
are said to be the senators who voted against it.
Allen, Of Ohio Benton and Linn, ct Missouri
Bagby, Of Alabama; Buchanan aud Sturgeon, OF
Pennsylvania; Smith, Of Indiana, Conrad, OF
Louisiana: Williams, OF Maine.
Mr.. McRobcrts OF Illinois was either absent, or
excnsel from voting.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

a contemporary, being accused of taking scraps
without leave from somebody's columns, makes
the following candid admission:
"Achnc'rieage The Con.--Wc acknowledge
that we did steal a paragraph now and then from
the columns of contemporary. But the fact is,
the editors of that paper are confoundedly smart
fellows, and they write such deucedly clever
things some times, that-a--we very naturally
misiahe item for our o,ca. That's the ticket.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Cor. D2r.-Not long since, hearing that Gov.
Dor was in New Hampshire, Gov. King of Rhode
Island sent Gov. Arnold to that state with re-
QUESTION upon the governor for warrant to ar
rest Gov. Dorr Gov, Hubbard respectfully but
decidedly declined obeying the rcquisition, and
stated to Gov. Arnold that he would forward, by
mall his reasons for so declining, addressed to
"Samuel w. King, acting Governor of Rhode
Island"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

W-h-e-e-p A few weeks ago an editor away
down in Georgia Dragged over water melon that
weighed d91 pounds, and challenged all the world
to beat it. The challenge travelled no farther
than to lat. 434 deg. north, when man in Yer
mont the next to the last place in the world
produced one that weighed .ffly.jow popads--
and this has not yet been beat in Sucker land,
they say but il must be done this season-yes,
it must. Eth, suckers
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Byeecaes az tie Pennsylvania CanGL-The wife
of poor laborer on the Pennsylvania canal, says
the n. Y. Atlas took his only pair of breechcs to
wash, at night after Pat had gone to bed, and hung
them on the fence, near the tow-path, to dry. a
wind arose duling the night, and the next NOR
ming the brecchcs were found in the canal
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Bank q ERglaad.--A Philadelphia paper says
that sit is confidently believed, in New Orleans,
that an agency Of the Bank of England has been
established in tina, city, for the circulation of the
notes OF that institution, aud that they already
form, to some degree, paper medium there. 81.
milar agencies, it is sad are to be established in
all tho principal cities of the Union"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Good Wheai--Thc Chicago American says
We have seen some wheat, raised in Bureau CO..
which was part of u product of forty bushels to the
acre. 1t is the rcd chalf tho grain small but un.
usually plump. No state can surpass us, to say
the least, in raising wheat. In New Hampshire
twenty bushels to the acre is spoken of as an ex-
cellcnt yield. Forty will give the people OF
the east some idea Of the remarkable fertility of
our soil
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Charles Dieicas.-'lhe Albany Argus says, At
is due to Mr. Dickens, and his numerous friends,
and surely We may add, the admirers of his writ.
nes, to state that the extracts from letters aserih-
ed to him, speaking in terms of dsparagcment
and dlscourtcsy Of our country and countrymcn,
are sheer iogcrics, crcdtabc neither to the ingc-
nuily nor tho honesty OF their author.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Decision in B2nkruptcy,-Thc Hartford Patriot
says; "At the district court, on Tuesday last, a
bankrupt petitioner was opposed on the ground
that he owned two sets of tools one for joinor's
work and another for moving buildings The
judge promptly decided that he had right to re-
tain both sets.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

7eras.--Iho Cincinnati correspondent of the
Sangatno Journal says "Our latest news from Me-
tamoras shows tha: he Mexicans hayo large
force in that vicinity. and that, in conflict with
the Texans they had taken several flags, which
were carried in triumph to alc,amoras. In the
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

WHAT'S IN q Name ?-CaNS ISehb is the name
of a firm of taors in the interior of Pennsylvania.
How inappropriate! The Albany Atlas knew of
a firm in New York that rejoced in the designa-
ton of Moon 4 Gun. They printed paper in
the western part Of that state, he says, till Moon
changed his politics, and then Gun lctnt o6.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Dunning.-A man in Rochester who has been
greatly harrassed by duns, gives notice through
the papers that, to save time and unnecessary
trouble, he will hereafter, during one hour each
day, stand at certain corner in that city, where
ct by asking impcrtinent questions may have a
hearing.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Remoriag their HILitGtions.-rhe MilIeries
have built splendid tent, under which they in
tend to live until 1913, the end of the world. A
storm swept over Concord, N. H., where this tenn
porary habita,ion was pitched, and swept it away.
This accident has caused them to remove their
great tent, and all their little tents, into deep
and hot valley, just west Of where they first pitch
cd them.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09
THE ILLINOIS FREE TRADER.

chinery and car perfectly safe, and the passage
up and down very agreeable. The car will ac-
commoda,e six persons standing Mr.. Savage is
particularly polite to the yisiters, and gives his
personal attention to their safety. His efforts to
accommodate and crafty the public, who desire to
visit this structure and view the unequallcd see
merry from the top, are highly prasewor,hy."
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

a S'HguiW Dsqih,-A colorcd barber, named
Thomas Mellon, recently died at Bedford, Pa,
having conceived that n snake was in his stomach.
After death he was opened, and pint OF cherry
stones was found therein.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

B'tnker HH Moaumeai--Si Steam Car.-Thc
Bunker Hill Aurora Of the ooh ult, says; 1.-The
steam car Tor conveying passengers to the top Of
Bunker Hill Monument was put IN operation on
Tuesday, since which time numbers OF ladies' and
gentlemen have gone up and down. each day.
Abo ioar minutes arc occupied in tho ascent,
and only half that time in the descent Tho ma.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Usefulness Of Saakes.-A writer in the Gene
see Farmer advises those who are in the habit of
destroying snakes to let them alone, as they are
very early riscrs, and at work in the field by the
break of day, picking up the little depredators the
earn norm, which inicsts corn fields. What was
made in vainl
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Poetic Comprehensive following is the first
effort of young son OF song;
Oh how dismal and how dark
Arc the stomick of a shark
But darker yit, more dismal still
Am dose of Bandreths pill
took a dose--I thought was goner--
So tho the whale that swallowed joiner!
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

Our readers will he gratifcd to learn that con-
gross has at length passed revenue bill not tor
the purpose of heading Captain Tyler, but to pro-
vide revenue for the support of government,
and that they have at length fixed upon day to
adjourn. Particulars will be found under our con-
OCCASIONAL head.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

K1rcd NJ I3iclil.-An English paper says
that the town of Rhode Island has been disturbed
by rebellion, in consequence of which two or
three hundred of the rebels were publicly oxCcut-
ed. This is decidedly the "latest' news we have
received