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follow ia she footsteps Of a Congress SO lately
and utterly annihated by the public voice ; on
the contrary, We have al confidence that psu-
deuce, wisdom, and patriotism will pervsde
their deliberations, and that the measures re-
commended by this Administration will be
permitted to stand or fall on their own merits or
dement's, wilhou, sentence OF condemnation
being passed upon them in advance, The
Globe has .old Us that The Administration
presses are llboriug to dispsrsge the pretenslons
OF MIR. Van Buren,, and Of him alone, tort the pfes'-
dency, but il does not tell us what that mighty.
s.mischief is which "Mr. Tyler and his junto"
mediate; and since the forms OF law are 10 be
complied with, the Globe must furnish . "oii'
of particulars,n else Messrs. Henshaw and Mel
son may not 60 to trial on the general charge
Of the Globe, that they are aaswerable Tor all
that has been dose by the Wings, may BE- done
by the Democrats, or is meditafed to be done
by Mr.. Tyler aud his juno. Give US the bill
of parlic ulars, or we shall move for nonsuit.
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'hhNSACIlONS OF THE ROYAL ENGI-
Il NEERS, Vol v-Pr fessionsI PAPER, ON snb.
-cts connected with the Duties Of the Corps of Royal
Engineers 9th vol qusro, with many enrrayinps.-
Just published in London--impor,ed direct by T.
TAYLOR, and this day received.
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No BAsK--A REvENUE TAaWv-So D'sTa'-
BurioS-So ABoLIrIoNlsM--A srR'cr coNsrhVo-
TloS or rHE Constitution, As ny JEFFERSON
N, PUBLlc DEBr-AN ECONOMICAL ADMlHsrRA'
r N OF PuBL.c AFrAiRs--AAD UNIVERSAL Sur
PAGE WITH UNisERsAL EDUCATION.
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In TnosE THINGS WHICH A4x RssEnrtAl LIT rassA
sE USrv--uS NON EssxsrsALs. IIsERrr; AND " ALI
THINGS cHAslrs.--augsstis
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05
The PrrsiGcncy..-Ncw York.

The legislature Of New York adjourned sine die
the 18Th ult. Previous to separating the de-
mocratc members Of the two houses held meet
ing, or caucus, to take into consideration matters
concerning the welfare Of the democratic party.
They adopted a series OF resolutions expressing a
preference for MARTIN VAN BUnEN as the next
presidential candidate of the democratic party, and
expressing their hostility to national bank, dis
tribution, assumption, &c. They also submitted
an address to the people Of the state, and recon-
memded the holding Of state convention at Sy-
racuse in September next to elect, or provide for
the election of, delegates to the national conver-
ton. In relation to the time and place of holding
the national convention, the mode of electing the
delegates, &C. the address has the following:
Some diversity of opinion prevails in
the different states, rs TO the time and
place of holding the national convention.
as well as to the mode of choosing dele
gates to that convention. The democrats
of the state of Tennessee first moved in
this matter, and recommended that the
convention be held at Baltimore in No
NtlioCl 1910 MlSsOuFl UndUc SlIIllldT
recommendation. The democrats of
Kentucky, Maryland and Massachusetts
have recommended May 1874. After all
these movements, state convention met
in Virginia, on the second Of March last.
and took up the several questions with the
deliberaion which always characterizes
the action of the republicans Of that an
cient Commonwealth when acting upon
matters touching the harmony and strength
of their party, in the union. They re-
viewed the whole ground, and discussed
all the considerations connected with tho
question of time, and the result was con.
currence with me recommendation of
Tennessee as TO time and place. Vir-
gina, it is believed, is the only state
which has held convention on this SUBJ
ject, and we concur in the recommends
tons of that convention as to the time and
place of the national convention. The
democratic convention of the state of New
York, when assembled, may adopt such
regulations as to the time of holding the
national convention, and the mode of Sc
lecting delegates to it, as shall appear TO
that body best calculated 10 preserve har-
mony in the democratic ranks, and Sc
cure the ascendancy of democratic prin-
ciples.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05

.4aother Syn in tie Heapsns.-At Mobile re-
Gently, the Herald of that city states, the citizens
discovered in the armament, directly west, some
thing about the size of a mans fist, resembling a
ball of fire. From the time it first discover
ed till its final disappearance behind cloud, was
the space of three quarters of an hour. twas APP
parcntly thirty degrees above the horizon.-ler-
sons who saw it were divided in the opinion as to
what it was some defined it to he the butt end
of the comet, some the "Laguyra light" and
others something else. 1t turned out to be kite
with light tied to its tail
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05
n-fThc attention of the reader is directed to the
prospectus of the New York Mirror, which VIII
be found in our advertising columns

Influence # Music upon The Nervous System
A GolIstown IN. H. correspondent of the Modi-
cal and Surgical Journal, mentions an cxtraordi-
nary instance of the effects OF music on the nerv-
Gus system. A lady in that town, do years OF
age, has been afflicted with st. Vitus dance ever
since she was young girl. BY strict attention
to Diet and avoiding causes OF excitement, years
have interviewed between the occurrence of the
paroxysms. Laltery, however, spasmodic con-
traction of the muscles to some extent may be OBJ
served after the patient has experienced either
pleasant or painful emotions. One of the most
interesting of the exciting causes in this case is
music. Any rapid tune--a "dancing tune for
instance--wll throw the voluntary muscles into
the most uncomfortable and ASSOCIATED action
imagnable; but, by changing the tune to "Home,
Swce, Home" the spasmodic twilching of the
muscles gradually subsidies, until she becomes
calm again
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05

Gen. PuiRam.--lt will be recolleced that the
historian Bancroft, in a lecture at Boston last
winter stated ,ha, Gen. Putnam was not in the
battle of Bunker Hill, as was commonly believ-
ed, but that he lay oil at some distance from
tho army. This has brought out an "old rcvo-
lutoner" of Northampton, Massochuse,ts-Mr.
John III, Wnthrop-who is unwilling, al this late
day, to see the intrepid Putnam stripped of his
laureis, so justly earned in that memorable battle,
and accordingly undertakes TO prove, in com
munication 10 the Northampton Gazette, that he
was present during the whole of that engagement.
lie says there now living in the vicinity OF
Northampton two men-Mnjor Hubbard and John
Dickson, both of whom were in that battle, and
say they heard Putnam give command, and saw
him take very active part during the whole en-
gagemcnt. Mr.. W. also states that he himself ar
rived the ground just in time to see the retreat,
and that he saw Putnam in the rear of his men,
giving command, and forming them into CO.
lumns, &c.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05

There is much COOK sense in the following from
the Louisville Journal "a st. Louis paper gives
warning that, if Missouri slaves continue to be
carried off by Illinois abolitonsts, the citizens Of
Missouri will revenge themselves by burning the
houses Of their Illinois ncighbors. It's very true
that negro stealing is not the right way to remove
the evils of slavery, but it is equally true that
house burning is not the proper mode of removing
the evils of aboiionism. We hope that every H.
ry, but we also hope that every Missouri house
burner VII! bear him company
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05

TIE MAerifes Coraved--A Millcrite was re.
Gently lecturins at Doylestown, Pa., when, among
other things he asserted-what has indeed been
Imaintained by all the Milleriies lately the parson
himself among the st-that Miller "nevcr fixed
the month, day, nor hour in which the world
should be destroyed; whcreupon a writer in the
Doylestown Democrat directs their attention 10
the following stubborn facts
In his lectures on the Second Coming OF
Christ" pp 73 lC3. Mr.. Miller states tina. the end
will take place ia 1871 years from the cruciiixion
of Christ. This event trlnspired, he informs Us,
(p. lOl.) An. 50; and, by extracts from Fersu-
sons Astronomy. he determines the cruciliyton to
have been on the 81 tug If april An. SO, (see
Miller's lifo and Views. y. 2i6 &c.) Now, If
the end is to come in 1910 years from April 81,
an. 80, Mr.. Miller a;iirms, is not the time fix
ed, the month fixed, and the day fixed; must it
not take place, according to his os.n showing, on
the 81 Of april 1913 Again, Mr.. Miller asserts
that there are IS years "Crom the taking away of
the papal civil rule to the resurrection, (see Lee
lures, p. l0i,) which event, wiz, ''taking away
the papa civil rule" he says (p. So took place
on the l5H dVofFtbruWy, 1898. Now. leave
/, to every common sense reader to say whether
he does not, in this statement, most precisely fix
time, day, and date.
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Prospects Of she yvhc,,Cr...

During the past week we have conyerseJ with
anumber OF the farmers of this county rcspec,o,
the prospects Of the wheat crop. and all agree r.,
opinion that there will not be more than ouar,er
of crop. Such fields as were protected nv IN.
timber, or by corn stalks having been left stand in
them, which prevented the snow from Drifting
VIII probably yield an average crop; but open
ie''s ON the prairie, hardly without an exception.
a'eeh'i'eiy destroyed, aud have mostly been re-
Sowh WIN spring wheat or prepared for corn.
Notwithstanding the severity of the winter
since the middle of last November tho whoa,
fields in this vicinity looked quite promiso, u,,;,
about the first of March-the sever. ,vo.,ho, IS
that month however, and the uufavor,hl. and
evcr-changing weather since then, has h,,;.ha,
oil the hopes Of the husbandman for hor,,;c,,
reward of his labors.
We believe nearly all the whca-growinr sec.
tons OF the west, and southwest, have sutTsr.d
alike IN regard to the growing of wheat this sen
son, Below we give extracts from different M.
pers, all of which convey corroboratiye intelli.
gcnce:
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05

very considerable bur,hen upon the trade, and il
removed, there is little doub, the quantity of bread
stuhs sent to England through Canada would in a
short time be doubled. BY late arrivals from
England it is rendered certain that the British go
vernmcnt have determined on removing this duty,
or what is equivalent thereto, OH admitting Cana.
da flour hereafter into England free of duty, and
making no distinction between that manufactured
from Canada wheat and that made in Canada
from wheat grown in the United States. This
at once throws open the whole British market to
the states bordering on Canada and gives them
an outlet iar an immense surplus. 1t is matter
of the utmost Importance TO those states, as it
must, II permanent, ensure their advancement, TO
wealth and greatness at an Unprecedented rate
But the pcrmanency Of this market depends on
one very important contingency. Great Britain
can Afford 10 buy her breadS,ufls Of us but very
shor, time If our present cxorbi,ant and unjust Ia
rr is not repealed. For the flour she bought of
Us during the past year, and for that she is buy
ing Of US now, she has paid and is paying US al
mos. exclusively lii specie, and, until our taril
law is repealed or, at least, materially altered, she
must continue to do so. The drain of her pre-.
cious metals has already been very considerable,
and it is not reasonable to suppose that she will
submit, to it much longer. Her only reason for
submitting TO it at all, the hope that, by open
ing to US a market for our produce, we might be
induced to open to her market for her manu.ac-
lures. five refuse TO do this, she will soon close
her ports to our produce and seek market for
her manufactures elsewhere. Our only hope,
then, for a continuance of the Canada wheat mar
kct is in the repeal Of our present high tariff on
British manufactures, SO that Englau Ill be en-
abled to exchage her labor for our p:-...
Now, in spite Of all that is said by the whig
papers in this state in favor Of high tariff, (and
it has for months been their principal hobby,) we
subm, it to the judgment of our farmers whether
it is not demanded by their interest that our pre-
sent high tariff should he repealed.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05
Fairness.-The Gerrymandersa small election

Fairness.--The Gerrymandcrsa small election
eering sheet printed at Peoria, quotes few lines
from an article in the Democratic Review, written
by A. .. Drownson, in which the writer attempts
to show that the people are not competent to go
vern themselves and asserts it TO be doctrine
maintained Ivy that sterling democratic magazine
when in truth, the editor of tho Democratic Re-
view, 50 far from approving the doctrine maintain.
cd IN Mr.. Brownson's article, accompanied its pub.
lica,on with abored reply to it, and combats, We
ry successfully we think, Mr. .'spositions. And
this the editor of the Gerrymandcr mus, have
khO,ca, if he saw the D. Review at all
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05
70 HE Editors ofMe Free Trader.

II is all old saying, no less triie than correct,
tina, fair play is a jewel" bu, all politicians do
not act up TO the maxim. They seem to suppose
tba, even the grosses fraud and unairness are al
lowabe in political warfare.
These remarks are called forth by noticing in the
Chicago Democrat communication indicating
the Hon. Richard Murphy from certain charge
calculated to affect his standing in soccly-a
charge malicious and prePosterous, wanting even
plausbity to give II credit.
The Democrat gave currency to that charge by
inserting, in prominent phIce, communication
on the SUBJECT will not say that the editor OF
that paper had an object in view. 1t is enough
DIR. Murphy are ricai candidates for congress
Having given prominent place to that charge,
it was natural 10 suppose that its triumphant re-
futaiion by grand jury would receive an equally
conspicuous notice. Butwhat is the fact? What
was the course of the magnanimous aud aspiring
editor of tho Democrat
The communication in question, il is true, re-
ceved an insertion but where was it placed! In
an obscure column, almost among the advertise
ments This is the justice dealt out to Dr. MUIR
yhy by his rival, Col John Wentworth. Com.
mcnl is unnecessary. Facts speak for themselves.
and they are sometimes stubborn things.
JCNIUS.
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Export. of Hrcad.,nG..

II appears from table compiled from official
documents by the writer Of the money articles of
the N. Y. Herald, that tue quantity Of flour ex
ported from the United States in the year ending
September 1912, was l,529,6i7 bills, Of which
s33,255 barrels, or considerably more than half
went to Great Britain and her colonies. The
whole quantity Of wheat exported in the same
year was $685. 5s5 bushels, of which s50,s75 bu-
shells, being nearly the whole, went to England
and her dependencies.
At least two-,hirds Of this immense amount Of
breadstuils was shipped in the frs, place from the
United States to Canada and from thence TO Eng
land. The duty on -four and wheat sent directly
from the United States to England being very
high, and, by reason Of the sliding scale, very un
certain; and the duty on whea, sent by way Of
Canada being low and Gxed scarcely any is shin.
ped to England aecept by the Canada route,
This, OF course, gives the states contiguous ia Ca.
nada IN. York, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois) an
immense advantage over the rest, as /, gives them
nearly complete monopoly Of The wheat trade
between this country and England. II is TO mi,
circunstsnce that we Of northern IIinci, are in.
debtcd for our exccIlcct wheat market at Chicago,
without which We would find i. hard work to get
along. Itisnow ous only source Of prosperity,
and cur only dependence.
But excellent Is this marke. i already to U.s. II
has prospect Of becoming still more SO. Al
housh the duty on wheat and nour shipped from
Canada to England has for tho last few years
,een Gaed and comparatively las. set Il has been
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05

Pennsyirmtia.-The legislature Of Pennsylya
MIA had under discussion, on the lsih ult., a re.
solution to eSpcI McGowcn, the member who
stabbed the editor ofthe State Capitol Gazette on
the floor Of the house. motion To substitute a
"reprimand" for "cxpulsion" was voted down
scented to the speak, a letter Of resignation from
McGowen, and thereupon further proceedings
were suspended.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05

Stocking Raihoad accident "A SouAtsS VIC
lin ora S,aEtss Corporation such is the start
ling caption Of an article in a late number OF
Hills New Hampshire Patriot, which, at first,
struck us with much fear and trembling. The
following particulars are cleaned from that paper
On Saturday last, as the upward train Of cars
were proceeding towards Concord, a man was dis
covered lying upon the track in such u manner
that while his head barely projected across one of
the rails, his neck lay Immediately upon it. The
engineer almost Immediately reversed the steam
of the locomotive, but the cars had come SO near
that the breaks were not eilcctually applied until
the train had passed over the unfortunate indivi-
dual, and, shocking to relate, the head was com
pIetey severed from the body, and rolled over up
on The outside of the road The train was
brought up after proceeding about three rods.
The engineer, paralyzed with fright remained
upon the engine, unable TO move. The news OF
the accident spread like wildlire among the pas
sengers. Many were frightened so that they were
unable to leave their seats, while others were al
most in an instant upon the spot where the iragc-
dy had occurred. The mutlInlcd body was re-
moved from the track and placed upon the snow
bank. Life was extinct, and the unfortunate sui-
fercr consequently beyond the reach of medical
skill. One Of the passengers picked up the head
another discovered blood upon the track, and Sc
veral proposed TO send Immediately for "a coroner,
when it was discovered that the body was only a
man Of S'yu,c The per.on who had picked up
the head came to his senses, and found that he
was holding large red cabJage, of which the blood
which had been discovered upon the track proved
to he the ji1jce. A bysiander happening to recol-
lect that it was the first day Of APRIL the mystery
was explaincd the passengers resumed their
seats, the train was again put in motion, and ar
rived at its destination in due time
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05

Effect Of Climate. Samuel Stanhopc Smith
published book Of 400 pages, in 1910, to prove
the unity of the human race--,hat all races dc.
scendcd from one man, and bad been changed by
the effect of climate. In proofof this he says, with
the utmost simplicity, "The negro slaves a, the
South, who 1.-Two in white families, are gradually
found to conform in features to the whites with
whom they live!
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05

EGsci Of Persectaion.-DanielO 'Connell in a
late publication, states that, when the religious
prosecutions first commenced against the Catho-
lies in Ireland, the protestants in the country num-
bcred one million, and the Catholics two millions
remains at one million, whilst the Catholics have
increased TO Sepen millions.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05

Seuenth Congressional DiStrict.-'rhe
wings of this district held their conven-
ton to nominate candidate for congress
at Pckn on last Monday, and to the sore
disappointment of E. d. Baker and the
managers who had endeavored to procure
his nomination, Gen. ]. Hardin, of Nor
gan, was chosen by the convention.
Next Monday the democrats of the
same district will meet at the same place
to nominate their candidate for congress.
Peoria Press.
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The board of canal commissioners of Pcnnsy-
yanla have adopted a resolution greatly reducing
the tolls on the Pennsylvania canals and railroads,
ami allowing transportation companies 10 charge
but ~ fare per passenger from Pttsburg to Phi
ladelPhia, and in proportion for shorter distances.
They are also required TO make similar reduc
ton in ther charges for conveying freight.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-05
From the Alton Telegraph, April 20.

Many Of the farmers in Ketucky are
ploughing up their wheat in consequence
of its being winter killed, and are prepa-
ly passed through the counties of Madi-
son, Jersey, Greene, Calhoun. Pike,
Schuyler, Brown, Scoot, Morgan, Sanga-
mon, Dewitt, Christian, and Macoupin;
and find that, although much of the
wheat is destroyed, there will yet be more
than an ordinary crop, owing to the ex-
cess in quantity that was put in last fall.
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". Il. Boundary Question.--Maps and papers
have been discovered in the archives of the late
Judge Jay, which will furnish evidence of an i'm
por,ant aud conclusive character, in regard to tho
views Of the commissioners who negotiated the
treaty of 1883. 1t is asserted that the evidence
fully SusiaiRs Tie American claim.
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7ll.. ....
In New York and Boston, I

In New York and Boston, thl11S,ks haysUc-
fused to receive Spanish coli representing frac-
tional parts OF dollar for more than about per
made by the Philadelphia banks five or six years
ago, but was abandoned in a short time, though
not, it is said, until they had received a considera
bic amount OF that kind Of coin, which, OF course
they paid out at the old rates.
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The editor of the New Bedford Bulletin gives
the editor of the Tyler Organ in Boston the fol-
lowing hearty puff:
We like tins knave Hogan. lie grinds away
daily for Tylcrsm, and honestly acknowledges
that he is drudsing for pay. He is a depravcd
wretch, but then he candidly acknowledges his
scoundrelism, and that is a strongly redoeming
feature.