The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-10-14

to the editor of the Southern Reporter mentions
the death of Lewis Wholeham, his pound keeper,
on part Of the lands of Clogher, near Donerail
who died recently at the age of l Is years and
months. He lived with his first wife fifty years
without issue, but at the age of 1903 he married
second wife, who bore him a fine son. The old
man never lost a TOOTH nor had he gray hair on
his head.
The following right nice little one was perpe-
traied by the Harrisburg (Pa.) Keystone:
a Birmingham manufacturer has sent to the
little Prince Of Wales a brace of guns, which
weigh but fraction over an ounce and half.
He Of course did not forget to send the little
dear some caps along with it.
C3mmod0re Decatur.-The following is from
the New York Aurora, and will be read with deep
feelings Of regret
'Passing along William street sometime ago,
we observed in a syersmith's window, labelled
"for sale" silver salyer bearing the inscription
In the centre, 1.-The citizens of Baltimore to Ste
phen Decatur" It read 10 Us as a moral upon
the lccting breath Of public gratitude. The piece
Of plate was one Of q set presented by the people
of Baltimore to Commodore Decatur, styled by his
sailors "ihc main topmast Of the navy" Oh the oc-
ca5ion of bis capturing the British fsgate Mace
DOMAIN. Stephen Decatur was brave and gal
liant sailor, and had he not fallen in his uniortu-
nate duel with Commodore Barron, would likely
have been president Of the United states. He
died poor, and the consequences OF such death
ell upon his widow. After vainly endeayorng
to procure from congress a suitable grant for the
services her husband had rendered his country,
the gifts which should have been Decatur's heir
looms were exposed to public sale. The ingrati-
tudc of republics is proyerbia and here wasa pal
pable instance.-Sic irmS8 gl0rid mundi.'
DEATH cfMe Electrical EeL-rhe electrical eel,
which, few years ago, created such sensation
in the philosophical world, died recently in Eng
land. II was the only one ever in Europe. A
London paper thus notices it:
"The cause Of its death was modification. Il
was brought to this country from one of the many
tributary streams of the Amazon, aboutiour years
ago. Its structure was very singular. The seat
OF the electric power lay between the shoulder and
the lail, and between the head and the shoulder
| Its food was small fish, which it could stun and
Supply by an electric shock at two feet distance
! l. always stunned and supplied the fish before il
eat them. The most interesting and beautiful *.
pertinent performed by its electricity was IN set
ting fire to piece OF silver paper in glass cy lin.
| der. One end of conductor was attached TO the
paper that was burnt. 1t was necessary that the
ec, should be itrtated before il would send forth
electricity. 1t was young when brought owe
here, aad was blind some time before its DEATH"
Mr.. Caruthers, all anti-iariii' wing member 0
congress from Tennessee, who not long since wa
received with triulnphal honors by the high TART
wings of Albany, along with Mcssrs. Fillmore an,
Thomson, in a speech on the occasion, indulge,
in the following language towards President ny
Ter. The Argus says the passage was particular
y appauded by his auditors, who, with him, help
to bring Mr.. Tyler into ollice:-
when Judas lscariot BETRAYED his master, h
had the magnanimiiy to 90 out and hang hmsei
When Benedict Arnold sold his country, he Ia
the decency to run away. But there is John II
tT, he viii not die, he will HOT resign, nor will
hang himself nor run away. | do not wish I
have him assNssinatcI. Oh no! But If God, i
his providence, should think proper to take hin
hence, we, my friends, should be the last I
mourn"
Danger Adead.-A correspondent of the Lor
don Times gravely suggests the following mode
F of carrying on any future war with this country
''ln Henry $. Schoolcralt's Narrative of Tra
wells from Detroit Northwest, through the gTec
chain Of American Lakes To the sources of tn
Mississippi river, in the year $780, it is said tina
the rivers ST. Croix and Bois-brulc connect. by
short passage, the Mississippi with lake Superior
and from the Quarterly Review, No. 81, it ap
pears that it has been suggested to throw barrie
across the embouchure Of lake Erie at Buffalo t
turn the wAele of tAe waters Of the great AmcFi
T can lakes in the Gulf Of Mexico, leaving the 81
Lawrence nearly dfy-a circumstance which, il
the event of any future war, would greatly iacill
tate the conquest Of Canada!"
Gakaa.-Amid the almost responding cry q
"hard times!' 'hard timesw that greets US a
every turn, it is quite refreshing to light up
on such paragraph as the following from tn
Galena Gazette of the 9th ult;
ave think the prospects OF the fall and winte
business of our merchants to be good. The pric
OF our principal staple Qead) is on the rise in tn
eastern markets there has been quite an addition
: to our population by immigration and the nece.
sites OF the people will require certain amour
of trade in the substratias Of life.
SIN the way of Improvements, our city is pre-
crossing more rapidly than at any time heretoior,
Many OF the buildings erected are of the most sui
stanuOl kind; many more, we understand, are i
t contemplation. The mechanics are generally we
cmpioyed-,hCy mostly own their own house.
live economically, and there is an increasing di
position with all to make Galena their permancr
residence. There is reason to anticipate for OF
$ city continued and increased prosperity"
FtgR Quite an interesting fight, says tn
Pittsburg intelligencer, came off in the damon
Market on Saturday. Some man attending ma
ket quauelled with a woman who had child i
her arms, about three cents change, and whe