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Lie,

Which it is babtualIy said, hangs upon a
thread, and which with all its ills a bare bodkin'
may terminate, seems yet sometimes so tenacious
that no cold, nor famine, nor i'll, beyond human
endurance one would think, can avail against it.
A most striking illustration of this truth is pressn-
ted by the following extract from one OF Mr..
Weeds letters from Ireand--M Y american.
On board of the steamer met with a
most extraordnary man--in many respects
the most extraordinary of any living indl-
vidua. That there are other men who
have lost both arms and both legs by am
pulation. doubt not, but that those others
walk about ereclly, and are able to feed
themselves, and even 10 write, | much
doubt. This Individual is Neil Dewar,
a native of Argyleshre, in Scotland, who
was shipwrecked on the coast of Lsbra-
dor in the schooner Rebecca, of Quebec,
in 1917. The survivors Cthe captain,
mate and four of the crew found them
selves upon the inhospitable shores OF La
brador in the month of November, with
a cask of cherry brandy their only sus-
tenance. The mate and one OF the crew
persisted with cold and hunger. TIE
captain died soon afterwards. The sab
ect of tins paragraph was so badly
wounded in the legs as to be unable TO ac-
company his companions in an attempt
90 find assistance. These companions
returned towards night the following day,
with information tina, they had found an
Indian hut, to which they with difficulty
assisted him. Here they found a hunter
with white man and two Indians in his
employment. The hunter did all in his
power to relieve the sufferers, but ii soon
became evident tina, nothing but ampu,a-
ton would save the lives of Dewar and
Donaldson, one of his companions. The
latter died from loss of blood. during the
Operation. The life of Dewar was saved
by an APPLICATION of hot pitch TO his bleed
ing stumps. The operation was perior-
med by the white man, assisted by the
Indians. His arms soon healed, but his
legs continued in a deplorable state I'LL
spring, when his kind host had him con-
veved to the coast on a sledge, and in
September he obtained a passage in the
schooner 10 Quebec, at which place he
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

Chicago Is at present infested with a gang Of
burglars who, according to the papers from there,
have, Of late averaged about half dozen burgla-
rics night. But considering their industry, they
have met with remarkably bad success, not hav-
ing as yet made single good haui. or more than
IS absolutely necessary to defny their expenses al
respectable hotel The fact il, stealing, in
the common acccptation of the term, Is get
ng to be any thing but a money making business.
Ia this the age Of iron and clay when all men S
hearts are in their Golfers, they manage to keep
those Golfers well guardcd-sale from the APP
prolch OF thieves aud burglars. More ingenious
plans are now Icsorgd to to abstract from men
their hard earnings. The first class Of robbers,
now Gpaprier-auI what splendid hauls have they
mol, made wilhin The last few years millions
upon millions Of money have been distracted from
the pockets Of the people, and they have scarcely
known whence il came or whittier i. hath gone
so sr'enffcaRy have they been nccced Another
class d. their stealing by buying things and never
paving for lhem--by borrowing money without
intending ever to return tin short, by swinding
in thousand iyconcicyablc ways but so that they
can never be arrested in their operations by the
cobwcbs Of the aw--techucaIIy, they Tive by
their wits, y" like Cavity, in Bulwcr's Might and
Morning. Whoever has read that novel will
understand what we mean. The common obser-
yer may daily see bali dozen Of Gawtrys in this
ia I'm
not to enlarge, we think there is an ininily OF
ways TO come by other mems property dishonest
ly without breaking into houses at highland much
more respectable and less dangerous. Go to, ye
common midnight burglars ye are an age be-
hind the times and disgrace TO your tribe!
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

Virtue and Vce.-- VGue is every thing that is
truly and constantly useful to the individuals Of
the human race living together in society-Vice,
every thing that is injurious to them. The great
est virtues arc those which procure for man the
most desirable aud solid adyanlagcs the greatest
vices are those which most disturb his tendency
to happiness, and which most interrupt the neccs-
sary order of society, The piriuoS man is he
whose actions tend uniformly to the welfare of his
fellow creatures. The riciow man is he whose
conduct tends to the misery of those with whom
he lives from whence his own peculiar misery
mos, commonly results. Every thing that pro-
cures for man true and a permanent happiness
is reasonable; every thing that jisturbs his indi-
vidua felicity, or that of the beings necessary to
his happiness, is foolish or unreasonable The
man who Injuries Others is wicked; the man who
injuries himself is an imprudent being, who neither
has knowledge of reason, Of his own peculiar in
crcsts, nor of truth itibach.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

GtThe Grand Detour d" Register" is no more.
It departed this life as meokIy as a Lamb. The
disease which afflicted it is the that now pre-
walls throughout the country, viz; patronizing the
printer by taking the paper and never paying for
it-by getting advertising and job work done, and
cieaiing him out of the pay. No thanks to a
goody number of our pairoa~ that we are yet in
the land Of the living, and kicking at that,
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

Mr.. Van BurGn in OhioAt mass meeting
of the democracy of Columbana county, Ohio,
recently held, a resolution was passed requesting
the democratic electors Of that county to place on
their tickets, at their annual democratic township
meetings on the 2l inst, the name of the indivi-
dual they wished nominated for the presidency Of
the United States, and the officers of each meet
ing to make a return of the same to the county
convention. The result of the vote thus taken
f,,li,.Vs.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

late number of the Baltimore Sun contains
notice of the death of Robert Twigg, who died
in consequence of the absorption, through slight
sore on his hand, of some poisonous matter, while
skiu;i!ae cow supposed To have died OF poison,
which have died of disease. The physicians who
examined the above case, reported that 1.-THE de-
composing juices of either the human or any 9TH
er animal body, il introduced into the system
through any wound or opening in the skin, pro-
duce the mos, terrible effects, and in most cases
cause DEATH" II is recommended to grease or oil
the the hands before skinning such animals, as the
oil fills the pores Of the skin and prevents the alb
sorplon of any poisonous nuid.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

CoRN STALK MoAssrs.--Mr. Z. Baldwin, Of
this county, exhibited to US during tho fair sPe-
cimen of corn-sak moasscs manufactured by
himself, which appears very fine and we should
Judge it to be an cxccllen, article. The extent Of
Mr. BIS. operations in this business we have not
learnt, but understand he contcmplatcs to manu-
iactnre a considerable quantity ofsugar. Wewish
him success in this new branch Of husbandry, and
hopo his experiments will prove satisfactory.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

dox dinner hour, for all ranks and condi-
tons OF men. The court was scandalzed
on finding that King John never left his
pillow I'LL midday. at which time his ba-
rons saw him, with contempt, issue from
the chamber of the fair Isabella. This
mode or life made him far more unpopu-
lar in the 18Th century than the perpetra-
ton of few more murders and abduc-
lions, like those with which his memory
stands already charged"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

A state convention of the democratic party Of
Massachusetts was held at Worcester on the 9th
lieutenant governor and to elect two delegates at
large to the democratic national convention.
Mcssrs Morton and Chllds present governor and
lieutenant governor, were rcnominatcd by accla.
nation. Geo. Bancroft, the historian, aud II. II
Chill-, the lieut.. governor, both Van Buren, men,
were elected the delegates to the Baltimore con.
vcnlion. The whole number of votes cas-, for de-
lcgates was 53l, of which Bancroft received 3S5
aud ChiIds 81.
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JOY for our jubilee
In the haryts, tIme It's iit
That the toiI-strong a0d the generous free
With gIadncss welcome it.
The cuGgucrors celebrate
Their blood bought victories,
And the lingering proofs OF tho yanquishcd's fate
I'm monuments arise.
Let u, welcome with shouts Of gladness then,
The i,as, Of natures noJemen.
We come from the sIoping Drinks
OF the lakes, where the diver swims rdrink,
We come from the streams where the wild deer
And the raven chants its hymns;
From the praires broad we come
From the openings far away.
Our new reaped fields and our humble home
Were the VOLTS but yesterday
And we sing of the plentiful qGIetude
Our toll hath brought TO a world rude.
We sing no victory bought
With the blood Of the strong and brave;
No tears for the work that our hand hath wrought
The checks of the orphan lave;
And the widow bends not in woe
While the shouts Of the victors ring;
But ours are tie shouts which in gIadness so
with ndusrry's Offering.
We sing Of the peace that hl,h shielded our sod,
For the breath ofpeace is the smile of God.
Our conqucsts are the fields,
Where honors we have won;
Our spoils are the needs which labor yields
In the breath OF the golden sun.
The joyous loves Of spring,
The hounteous summer showers,
Give to our hands the palms we bring,
Nurscd by the autumn hours.
At our feet the golden year hath laid down,
Not in fear, but in love, his golden crown.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

very Nughty.--Cnder a law Of the colony Of
Connecticut, relating to 'young men and maid
en-" a, a court held May /, 1860, Jacob Murine
and Sarah futile were prosecuted for sitting down
on a chest together, his arm about her waist, and
her arm upon his shoulder or about his neck, and
continuing in vt sinful posture about half an
hour in which time he KISSED her and she kyssed
him. or they KISSED one another, as We witnesses
testified" Sarah and Jacob were each of them
sentenced to pay 2)s to the treasurer for not kee-
ping "wlhin the statute"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29
Incidental debate in the British House of Com
Oregon.

Mr.. Shell wished 10 know from the
right hon. barOnet whether there were
any objections on The part Of the govern
ment to produce any official correspon-
dence which might have taken place with
the government Of the United States rela-
tive TO the Oregon territory.
Sir K. Peel was no! in position to lay
the correspo ndence on the table, but had
no objection to state how we stood with
respect to the question. right hon.
gentleman would, perhaps, remember.
that in the message of the American pre-
sident in December last, there appeared
the following words with reference to the
subject OF The Oregon territory ii
would have furnished additional cause OF
congratulaton if the treaty could have en-
braced all subjects calculated to lead to a
misunderstanding between the two govern
rnents ; but it became manifest at an early
hour Of the late negotiations, that any al
tempt for the time being satisfactorily to
determine those rights would lead to pro-
tracted discussion, which might embrace
IN it's failure other more pressing matters -;
and the executive did not regard it as
proper to waive all the advantages of an
honorable adjustment, Of other difficulties
ofgreal magnitude and importance because
this, not so Immediately pressing, stood
In the way. Although the difficulty re"
ierred to may not for several years to
come involve the peace of the two count
ries, yet shall not delay TO urge on
Great Britain the importance of its early
settlement. Nor will other matters OF
commercial importance TO the two count
ries be overlooked and | have good rea-
son to believe that it will compor! with
the policy of England, as it has with that
Of the United States, to seize upon this mo-
ment, when most of the causes of irritation
have passed away, to cement the peace
and unity of the two countries by wise
ly removing all grounds of probable future
collision Previously to that, this GO
government of the United States to adjust
the differences which existed between us
respecting the Oregon territory, and we
received an answer from the secretary OF
the U. States stating that the American
government concurred in admitting the
advantages which would arise to the two
countries out Of an amicabe adjustment
Of the question. and that communication
upon the subject would be made to the
American minister at this court. Shortly
after that Mr.. Webster went out of Office
and consequently no communications had
since been made, bu. he (sir r. Peel
hoped, from the amicable tone so per.
ceptible in the passage which he had just
read, that steps would be taken at an early
period towards the adjustment Of the ques.
uOn.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

A Simple R,cipe.-For the benefit of the ladies,
VIC select the following simple directions for re-
moving fruit stains and iron mould from linen and
cotton ;-Mosten the part stained with cold wa
stone, and the stain will disappear.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

A Nord Iacidrf-rhe Boston Transcript of
the 9th inst. relates the following remarkable frog
story "Tho Rev. Mr.. Burnham, minister Of the
Society now woehipping at the Odeon, called
upon us this morning and related the following
strange story, which had he not been clergyman,
we could hardly have believed; One evening last
week, the Rev. gentlcmans wife was taken sud-
denly and seriously i'll, when, during violent fit
of vomiting, she elected a 1--we frog, about half
grown! The frog hopped half way across The
room, and them with something like dramatic dig
nifty, laid down on his back and expired Mrs.
Durnham supposcs tia, she took The frog into her
stomach in the adpoIe state, while Sking wa
ter in the night, as she had been inshchabIt of SO
doing, and that ii had been in her stomach for
some weeks. Mr. Bunham remarked to us that
although he was not much ailnghted, yet he was
considerably surprised at witnessing such strange
addition TO his family
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

An exchange says, young student, while spep-
ding an evening with his lady-loye, asked her to
hand him the shutters that he might snuff the
candle as follows:
win your lady ship, through unmcrtcd and I'M
deserved condoscenson have the infinite good
moss to extend to me that PAIR OF ignipo,elt d.
gests, that ! may excripaie the excrescences OF
that nocturnal cylindric luminnry that the opular
optics Of its Respondent bnlllancy may shine more
potenty %
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children rs. CO,cS,--Jcan Jacques tells us that
when his wife died, every farmer in the neighbour
hood offered to console him Offering him Que of
their daughters but hntaiew weeks afterwards,
his COW having shared tho same fate, no one ever
ct;--thereby proving the different value people
set upon their cows aud children.
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was received into the hospital Of St. Rogue
and very kindly attended by the nuns.
But here it was found necessary to re-am-
putate both his legs! In 1919 he obtain
ed a passage home to Scotland, but on
the passage his wounds broke on, fresh,
and while in the Glasgow Infrmary, a
third amPutation Of both his legs was per-
formed by surgeons Corkindale and Gu
min The wounds soon healed, and for
twenty years he has enjoyed exceIlen,
health. By the aid of cork legs and tue
assistance of cane jonied to cork arm,
he walks without difficulty. He takes
his meals by joining fork into his lef.
arm, and by 'unshiPping (as he expressed
~ the cane and shipping knife into
the joint of the right stump.
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The Difference. The Portland American says:
goes to the House OF Correction; but lc, two men
tilch 100000 from the aborcr, the widow aud
orphan by means of Incorporation and they come
u vast difference in this free country between the
dirty loaier and the well dressed bank official
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The beautiful extrac, subjoined is from the

The beautiful extract subjoined is from the
Carpenter of Rouen," popular play;
"The mechanic sir, is one of Gods noblemen
What have mechanics not done! Have they not
openel the secret chambers of the mighty deep,
and extracted its treasures, and made the raging
pillows their highway, OH which they ride on a
tame steed Are not the elements of fire and wa
ter chained to the crank, and at the mechanic +
bidding compelled to turn it Have not mechan-
les opened the bowels of the earth, and made its
products contribute to his wants! The forked
lightning is their pIayhing, and they ride trium-
phant on the wings of the mighty wind TO the
wise they are the fpAdgates Of knowledge, and
kings aud queens are decorated with their handy
works He who made the universe was a great
mechanic"
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Breakfast and dinner hours in old
times.-ln her life Of Isabella of Angou-
leme, who was wife of King John Of Eng
land, Miss Strickland says "ln that era,
five O'Clock was the established breakias,
time, and half past ten, A. NJ, the ortbo-
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

There are three kinds Of praise-that which we
yield, that which we lend, and that which we
pay.-We yield it to the powerful from fear, we
lend 1t to the weak from interest, and we pay it to
tho deserving from gratitude.
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The Mills Point Ky. Herald says there ia a
veteran tppIer in that state who has been hall
shot more than thousand times; no is not dead
yet. He has yielded the grocery keeper lno farm
six likely negroes acd a merchant mill, at four
pence a drink
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

Water Pipes Water pipes made of thick glass
are now used in France instead Of iron. These
pipes are covered with a coating of blumen, and
are made u insert in each other with btumen
joints. |, is said they will bear higher degree of
pressure than those made of cast iron, and are
more than thirty per cent. cheaper.
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A paper in Texas recommends to tho settlers
not to run in debt Having run from debt to get
here, says he, there can be no greater folly than
running into it when here, beyond which there is
no place 10 run.
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Ns,c Pfocsssof Counieyeting. The process of
counieriei,ing Bana bills by application of the
Daguerreotypo art, has been discovered in Cincn.
natl, which the sun says will become subject Of
legislation, or the whole country will become
flooded with no Us tia, cannot be detected, so per-
ieeiiy are they drawn from the originals.
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The Chiiicothe Advertiser, ia commenting on
the above vote, says ut Is placed beyond dispute
that Van Burcn's popularity in Ohio is almost un-
bounded. and ,hal he is the first choice of nearly
tho whole democracy of the state
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Tie TomGto--A new use Of this truly valuable
vegetable is given by the editor Of the Ohio States
man. "a few years ago" be says, ''we stained a
pair of white pantaoons by the upsetting OF an
nkstand, but BY smearing the stained parts freely
with ripe tomatoes, every yestige Of ink was re-
moved, and they were left free from every stain"
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rTBy reference to our advertising columns it
will be seen that several Of our merchants have
received their fall and winter supply of rerchan-
die. Persons in the vicinity Of this place can do
as well by trading in Ottawa as in any other
town in northern Illinois.
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Polite Wdy to Distinue a Newspaper.
There are several methods of discon-
unuIng newspaper. One is to paw il in
advance with directions to stop il when
the time has expired; another is to write
civil letter, enclosing the amount due
and stating that you wish the paper no
longer; another is to run away without
giving the publisher any notice whatever;
another is to send bankrupt notice,
which in process Of time is followed by a
discharge in full by the court but the
most genteel and polite method, and with
all the most fashionable, is to refuse to
take the paper from the post Office while
you are still indebted for your subscrip-
ton. and leave it for the postmaster to
inform the printer that you look upon
him with silent contempt. A black list
is the appropriate place for the names Of
all subscribers who covet notorie,y BY
acts OF meanness like this, and where we
are the victims, that enviable distinction
they shall have SARATOGA Sentinel.
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Pdaneis.-rwcn,y-iwo planetary orbs are now
visible on the same side of the heavens. These
are Mars, Juno, Jupiter, saturn, and Venus, with
their respective satellites. They may te .esn
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-09-29

sky, what are called the five zodaica constel-
ations.
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UealM not hoppiness.-Go into the
country behold the farmer at his plough
everything is snug and comfortable around
him. lie has no. wealth, and is conse-
quen,ly free from its perplexl!ies; ne IS
not poor and is consequently independent.
His family thrive around him, and blessed
with health and conteniment, he enjoys
as grea. share of happiness as ever tails
to the lot of morlas. Great wealth IS too
often useless or Observation-Disclosures
poverty is fatal to the most laudiole ell
forts. A state Of independent competence
between the two is the mos. likely TO pre-
serve our principles unlaTnshed--io keep
our human sympathiea refreshed, and to
render Us truly happy.