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REGULAR PACKET,
Forwarding IL Commission.

HNHE subscribers have established the
Il above business at Chicago and
Peru and will, the coming season, be rea-
dy to contract and attend to forwarding
goods to or from either place, for New
York or New Orleans and will also at
tend in particular, to all goods on commits
sion sent to either point. They are ready
all times to advance on all goods consigr-
ed to, or Produce stored with them, and
Farmers or Merchants in the surroun-
ding country, can have choice of mar
ket, and can sell, or store and take advah-
ces at whichever place they think will af-
ford them the best market; as they will
at all times be prepared TO buy or store.
Dry Goods Il Groceries.
They have as usual good stock of
Dry Goods and Groceries, at their old
stand, No. ll3 Lake street, Chicago;
and full supply of Sugars and Molasses
and most other kinds of Groceries at Pc
ri HIS, which they are enabled to sell a.
ST Louis prices.
f. 5. g. J. WADSWORTH.
April |, 1874. Aft.
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Salt: Salt.

UST received by Steamer La Sale,
- 81 sacks Ground Alum Salt,
so sacks Turks Island ditto.
Farmers and others wishing salt will
do well to call soon and purchase their
years supply, as we are offering it very
low for cash. CUsHMAN g. GRIpLEy.
Ottawa, July IL, 1874.
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Dry Goods Il Groceries.
WOOL.

vVNIIE subscriber intends leaving for New
l. York in August next, and would take
charge OF aud sell in that city. any quantity Of
Wool, which the farmers may wish to dispose Of.
An advance will he made, if required.
Ottawa, May 81, lS4A. G. BURR.
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Packet for Illinois River.

r~ESnH SHE well known
IL and staunch built
rut tsg4 Asteamer LA SALE,
Ey5{s7 . n 1955 is. G. Dickinson, mas
Ss3<c--:~s ter, will run as a weekly
packet the ensuing sea-
son, leaving St. Louis every Saturday at 4 p. NJ.
and arrive at Peru and Ottawa on the following
Mondays at H. p. NJ. Returning, will leave
Peru every Tuesday at g., A. NJ, and arrive at
st. Louis on Thursday morning.
Capt. Dickinson, grateful for the liberal sup
port which has been extended to him during past
seasons, hopes by strict attention to business en-.
trusted to him to inertia continuance of the same.
For freight or passage, apply on board or to
f. s. & J, WADSWORTH, Ag'ts. Chicago.
HORACE NORTON g. co.
WALKER & HICKLING, Ottawa.
JOHN HOFFMAN, Peru.
BALDWIN & BREWSTER, &"
STILLMAN, CRAWLEY & Co., Peoria.
GREEDY Il GALE, "St. Louis.
W. H. TURNER & Co.,
Which last are also agents for boats on the south
ern and western rivers.
Ottawa, February %, 1874.
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Notice.

HNHE notes and accounts due the es-
l. tate of Aaron Balm, deceased, I'M
der $50 have been placed in the hands of
the undersigned for collection. Persons
indebted will save costs by making prompt
payment JABEZ FITCH.
July "a, 1874. 6.2. Justice.
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Quininc.
LabOrers Wanted.

7 or 20 men wanted to cat Grass,
LIZ for which a liberal price will be
given, enquire of G. BURR.
Ottawa, July 25, 1874. o..
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Iron Store.

marked with ID Abotonis; whiss
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MORE NEW GOODS.

= ME subscriber has just received
Il from Philadelphia, splendid as
SOrlment af
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-07-03

gether the best works for man'sli library! Moon
light rambles along the margin of the limpid AL
legheny, at the witching hour of midnight, when
Diana's silvery beams were dancing upon the
blue waters, were regarded as more conducive
to health and happiness, than trimming the
midnight lamp" in a close, lily ventilated room.
And he thought TassO was a happy mortal and
wise man, and Lord Bacon was fool! Bears
oil, otto of roses, cologne, and all that sort
o'ihng, were put into requistion 10 flavor the
old bachelors person, when in the company of
his Laura! What great fools these old bache-
iors 'DW make of themselves they are infinite
ly worse than the sickly, sentimental schoo-boy
of seventeen summers! Whthesoever went
Mss A., there was seen Mr.. B: he
stuck 10 her closer than brother. In the ball
room, the "dry bones" of Benedict might be
heard rattling among the soft and tender sinews
of little boys and girls, like an old oaken tree
shorn Of its bark, amidst a nursery of young
shoots And in the holy sanctuary, where new
er before was seen his countenance, he was a
weekly visiter, and even if Miss A. seated
herself in. the choir, there was Mr. B al
her side, even though the whole congregation
shoId split their sides with laugh,er Persevc-
rance, said Seneca, will scale the most rugged
mountain; and it is only by perseverance, some
times, that men can expect to win the object Of
their alteration. My last daily paper from the
city Of P, contained the following an
nouncement, right under picture of two hearts
pierced by an arrow" Married, on the -
instant, by the Rev. C. u, D D., the
Hon. r. B---- to Miss A. E. A., daugh
ter of ]. A, Esq, all of this CITY,"
Who wouldn't be an april Fool!"
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GATHERINGS AND GOSslPINGs


"lts very convenient 10 find one's self marri-
cd, not only 10 your wife, but to all her relations
as lives within fifty niles round"
A western editor says lie once heard a wes-
tern girl, after giving her lover hearty smack,
exclam, "Dog my cats, if you haint been taken
little rye, old hoss.'
Gentleness is a sort of mild atmosphere, and
it enters into childs soul, Ike the sunshine in
to q rosebud, slowly but surely expanding it into
beauty and yigor.
There is place in the far west called /" Sun
down" The other side of il would be an appro-
pirate spot for holding great Whg mass meet
ing.
A Mr. Higgins in Deleware, was lately mar
ried to Miss House There will be lots Of hug
giags in that hoRSc-if fortune favors.
The exports from New Orleans, during the
quarter ending the 3lst March, amounted to
more than $l9,000,000, and more than double
those of any previous quarter.
Why is negro like a man who keeps gamb-
ling house? Because J!dcb-lcgs sustain him.
Gen. Boyer, who was driven out of Hayti, is
making arrangements TO proceed TO Jamaica, pro-
badly to be near the theatre of operations in
Hayli. We may expect soon 10 hear of dark
deeds in that quarter.
1t is stated in Herapath's (British) Railway
Magazine, that an invention is about being tried
TO make boats 90 on carals at some thirty miles
an hour That would be "groat go" indeed
The grand result of our exploring expedition
is, many thousand specimens of plants, birds,
fish, reptiles, &c, &c, minute history of which,
with illustrations, is soon 10 nc published.
A man in London, fora wager, recently drove
Ia par or % horses, attached to a large wagon,
II miles without accident.
The London Times pays an annual stamp du-
ty of E7,O0O-has 10000 subscribers, and ave-
RACES $50 new advertisements daily.
THE PoLK-A-DAvcE,-T democrats propose
to make the wings dance this new fashionable
dance from now till November, TO the tune oi
Polk and Dallas
The Boston Atlas, in its rage at the dcmocra.
tic nominations, calls General Jackson super.
tnuated old dotard"
The election in New York on Monday fol
School officers, resulted generally in favorof the
"Notiye" tickets, which ,rcrc supported By ht
lohigs en- masSc. OF course
Capt. c. f. Drscoll, late master of brig Hope,
IN. Y has been arrested on charge of having
taken negroes from port in Africa to sell them
as slaves. If the charge is sustained, the pun
shment is death.
A British vessel was plundored at Grenada q
short time since by pirates
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NUMBER Is.
POLITICAL.
POLK and Protection.

The following extract from a speech deliver
ed by Col. Polk of Tennessee, whilst member
of Congress, in January, 1888, is triumphant
refution of the charge that he is an advocate of
Stree Trade" II viii be perceived, that so far
from having defended the doctrines imputed to
him by the wings, he advocated bill affording
the amplest protection TO the manufacturing in
terests:
"No member of the committee (of which he
was one,) who yielded his assent to this bill, /
may safely affirm, desires to PROSTATE the manu-
Iacturer, nor will such, in their judgment be the
effect of the bill. venture to affirm that the
bill, so far from prosrating these establishments,
affords sufficient INCIDENTAL PROTECTION to ena-
bic all such as are based on real, not borrowed,
capital, and which are conducted with economy
and skill, not only 10 stand, under this bill, but
10 realize greater rates Of profit upon the capital
and labor employed, than is derired from any
other regular business IN The country
Does this look like ''FREE TRADE?"
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On pages 300 and 300 Of "B;ography Of
Clay," written by his friend George D. Prentice
will be found the following:
'In due time the parties fred and luckily for
both of them, or at least for Mr.. Clay, Mr. RAN
DOLPHS LIFE WAS SAVED BY HIS GOWN.
The unseemly garment constituted such vast
circumference, that the locality of the thin and
swarthy Senator was at least a matter of very
vague conjecture Mr.. Clay might as we'll have
fred into the outspread top ofan oak, in the hope
Of hitting bird he supposed to be snugly perch
cd somewhere among the branches. His BALL
HIT THE CENTRE OF THE VISIBLE OBJ
JECT, but Randolph was not there; and, of
course, the ball did no harm and no good"
This shows that Mr.. Clay shot with the aim of
practised skill and deadly malice.
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ORIGINAL SKETCH.
FOR THE CADIz SENTINEL.
CATCHING A BACHELOR.
AN APRIL FOOL STORY.
PITTsBURGrI, Pa
BY THE EDITOR.

The fame of the Hon. r. b, had trav-
elled not only over these United States, but was
well known in various parts Of Europe, partcu
larly at the Court ofSt. James. He at one time
represented district of Western Pennsylvania
in Congress, and while occupying seat in that
body, he became distinguished for his profound
learning, logical roasoningiand powers of elo-
quence. As debatcr, he had few equals, and
being decided advocate of the Tariff policy, it
appeared to be sort of ambitious pleasure for
him TO meet the opponents Of that measure in
wordy combat. Although an eminent and cru
dite lawyer, yet he appeared to take more de-
light in the study of political economy and the
science of Government, than in porlsng the dry
pages of My Lord Coke's " black Iettered lear
ming" His books were the only mistress at
whose shrine he worshipped-the only deity to
whom he bowed He mingled but little among
his felow-citizens, and was never seen enter
tanning " the masses" at the street corners and
at the public houses Occasionally, when any
thing Of general interest was brought before a
town meeting, he would consent to make a
speech, and Immediately leave when through.
He was rarely seen at parties pleasure, partic-
ularly where the "softer sex +" were assembled
and never ventured to interchange with them
those sweet unutterable Words" the cloquence
which love employs
Men of gunus are said to be always slovenly,
and of course B could not help being slo-
venly also. Many amusing anecdotes are toldo
his carelessness, one only ofwhich will relate,
and then proceed TO the subject under consid-
Grafton" He had an old negro washer-woman
named Nelly, who took great delight in starch
ing the fine linens of our old bachelor friend
Nelly called regularly once week at the rooms
of the "old coon," to take away his linens
Each week the number of pieces seemed to be
decreasing, and poor Nelly began to have seri-
Gus apprehensions that some feminine African
was sharing the profits, but as long as she was
not formally dismissed, she said nothing ON the
subject AT length B., in dressing him
self one day, did not succeed in finding single
piece Of linen in his wardrobe. His suspicious
against Nelly were at once aroused, and he ac.
cused her Of want ofhonesty. She protested her
innocence. But there was the empty wardrobe,
and she alone had access to it. Nelly was dis.
missed, and themnor was SET to work, TO 6tuT
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CHOICE SELECTIONS.
The BAH Room and Home.

A ball room what scene of commonplace! !!
how hackneyed in novels, how trte in ordinary
life, and yet ball rooms have character in all
ages. something in the lights, the crowd, the
music, conduces to stir up many Of the thoughts
that belong to fancy and romance. 1t is a mel
ancholy scene 10 men after certain age. tire
wives many Of hose lighter and more graceful
images connected with the wandering desires of
youth: shadows that crossed us, and seemed
love, but were not, having much of the grace
and charm, but none Of the passion and tragedy
of love. So many of our earliest and gentesl
recollectons are connected with those chalken
floors, and that music painfully gay, and those
quiet hooks and corners, where the talk that ho-
vers about the heart and does not touch it has
been held. A part and unsympatbisDg in that
austerer wisdom which comes to us after deep
passions have been excited we see form after
form chasing the butterflies that dazzle us no
longer among the flowers that have evermore
lost their fragrance.
Somehow or other, it is one ofthe scenes that
remind us most forcbly of the loss of youth!
We are brought so closely in contact with the
young and with the short-lved pleasures that
once pleased us, and have forfeited all bloom
Happy The man who turns from "the tinklng
cymba and " the gallery of pictures," and can
think of some watchful eye and some kind heart
at home. But those who have no home-ano
they are numerous tribe-neVer feel loneliel
herms or sadder moraists than in such u crowd
-Bullrer
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ORIGINAL POETRY.

We publish with pleasure the following Poetical
effusion by valued friend Although young in years,
he has contributed some fine things the periodical lit
eraure of the day The law is Jealous mistress, but
still our friend will steal away from her tones of Nor
man argon, occasionally, and eve in the shady bowers
of poesy If it not for the injunction OF secresy,
contained in the note accompanying " the Old Mans
Solloquy" we would certainly accompany with the
writer's name Our readers may look for an occa-
sonal treat from the gifted pen of the ''Leydon Bard
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SIander and scandal differ much in the man
ner Of their attack. Slander is g the pestiIonce
that wakeh in darkness" but scandal is 9 ihe
destruction that wasteth at MONDAY" Scandal
seldom looks forward TO the consequences Of its
acts, and sometimes rcpents of them; SANDER ey-
er looks at the result Oft labors, and is dsap-
pointed iftiajl ints object Slandor is delibe-
rate: scandal is thoughtless Malice is the COM
panion Of the one; folly is the comrade of the
Iothcr.
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Col. Polk at EEomo,

The Democrats of Tennessee are making pre-
parations for holding the largest Democratic Mass
Meeting that has perhaps ever witnessed in the
United States. 1t is to be held in Nashville,
some time in the month Of August. Gen. An
DREW JACKSON, if Providence spares his life, will
preside; and the most distinguished speakers will
be invited from all parts Of the United States.
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-07-03

The Joyous ONE.-Adelaide devoted very
much time to her children; yet she continued for
many others = song of joy," indispensable atall
festivities; and wherever her kind, fair counte-
nance showed itself, under lowly roof or in lofty
castle, by the song of mourning or the marriage
hymn, there was she greeted as a messenger Of
heaven sent forth with consolation and Joy She
was still the swan of whiteness, freshness, slen-
deness, and grace, and the happiness of her
home was the living well in which she bathed
her WINGS
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-07-03

VANIrY.--Tho vanity ofyoung men in having
fine clothes, and new. fashions, and valuing them
selves by them, is one of the most childish pieces
of folly that can be, and the occasion of great
profuseness, and undoing Of young men. Avoid
curiosity and too much eXpensiyeness in your
apparel: be comely, plain, decent, cloaniy, not
curious nor costly; 1t is a sign of a weak head
piece 10 be sick for every new fashion, or to
think himself the better in it, or the worse with
nut il
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Sayings and Sentiments of the Ancient
Poets ON Life and DenJh.

"I.ife, as well as all other things, has its
bounds assigned by nature; and its conclusion,
like the last act OF play, is old age-the fatigue
of which we ought to shun, especially when our
appotes are fully satisfed."--Cicero
Socrates, on the day of his execution, a little
before the draught Of poison was brought to him
entertaining his friends with discourse on the
immortality Of the soul, has these words: g Whe-
ther or no God will approve of my actions,
know not, but this am sure of, that | have at
all times made tiny ondeayor to please hm, and
have a good hope that this my hope will be ac-
cepted by him"
''In this life no man has so much care as he
who endeavoFs after the most happiness "--Bioa,
Epaminondas, beng asked whether Chabrias,
Iphjoaos, or he HIMSELF deserved most 10 be
esteemed, replied, "You must first see us die,
before that question can be answered"
"Death only closes mans reputation, and
determines it as good Or bad ad."-PhGIorjs.
"It is in human life as in game at tables:
one may wish We had the highest cast; but fouI
chance be otherwise, it is our duty to play as
well as we can, and make the best of it."-PlW-
Itarch.
Silenus, being asked what was the best thing
that could beial man, answered, " That ii
was best for all never TO be born or 10 die imme-
dately after ones birth"
g Thrice happy they, beneath their northern skies
Who that worst fear, the fear of death, despse!
Hence they no cares for this frail being feel,
But rush undaunted on the pointed steel;
Provoke approaching fate, and bravely scom
To spare that life, which must too soon return
Lucaa.
I" Oh, the precarious turns of human state!
How blind is man--how thoughtless of his fate
Oft through his limbs deaths fatal arrows creep,
When, sunk, he lies in luxury and sleep"
StatiuS.
"Be not grevod above measure for thy de-
ceasod friends; they are not dead, but have only
finished that journey which it is necessary for
every one of us 10 take. We ourselves must go
to that place of reception, in which they are all
of them assembled; and in this general rondoz-
yous of mankind, live together in another state
of being g.n-Antphanes
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-07-03

LABOR THE ONLY SOURCE OF WEALTH-It is
TO labor that man owes everything possessed Of
changeablo value. Labor is the taiisman that
has raised him from the condition of the savage {;
that has changed the desert and the forest into
cultivated fields; thai has covered the earth with
cities and the ocean with ships; that has given us
plenty, comfort, and elegance, instead Of want,
misery, and barbarisn.--E0cycIopodia BritGani-
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FACTs FOR THE PEoPLE.--Proclaim il in the
ears ofa virtuous people, that Henry Clay's @bloo-
dy hand" caused the murder Of Cilley, and that
be tried TO quthis conscience by saying il would
"only be nine days takn
Proclaim TIN the ears Of every coon in tho
land, that Henry Clay, by base coalition with
John Quincy Adams, cheated General Jackson
out of the Presidency in 1924, and that too, af
ter he had been instructed 10 vote for General
Jackson
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-07-03
Signs Igs ScEgsaYnkiVI.

The Orwigsburg "Stmme des Volks" Ger
man,) Of last Saturday, contains card signed
by VIZ. BENsINGER and PETER BREITIGAM, citi-
zons of Port Clinton, who state that their names
had been used by the Clay Club, without their
authority and against their consent. They are,
las all sensible men shouIdbe, for Polk and Dali
r
The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-07-03

A BROKEN FoRTUNE.-Ovid finely compares a
broken fortune to falling column; the lower it
sinks the greater weight il is obliged to sustain.
Thus, when a mans circumstances are such that
he has no occasion to borrow, he finds numbers
willing to lend him; butshould bis want be such,
that he sues for trife, it is two to one whether
he may be trusted with the smallest sum- Gold
smith,
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FOR THE CADTz SENTINEL.
THE OLD MANS SOLILOQUY.
BY THE LEYDoN BARD.

Ha what toilsome race I've ran
Upon this course of strife,
Since first my infant steps began
To move and bound with life!
How heavy has the load became
Which am doomed to bear;
How YEARLY upon my frame
Turn these frail limbs wear?
Alas, alas, Pm helpless now
With old and hoary age,
Long years ofgrief have blanched my brow,
With their triumphant rage;
All early hopes have vanished too
Beyond my feeble grasp;
No longer them seek to WOO,
Or dream their shades to clasp.
The young, the thoughtless and the gay,
Laugh my white locks to scorn;
And hasten from my sight away
AS tbou"h a demon born!
With val ,ontempt they pass me by
My bending form to scan;
And with sneenng accent cry,
"IHere goes The poor old nlG11!'
All they forget that long ago
too was hale and young;
And with the glee of chtldhood's glow
To their fond idols clung!
That in the days of happy youth
leaped at pleasures call;
And mid my comrades then, forsooth,
Was gayest of them all!
How mould'ring time filings to decay
The joys we boast to span
How soon youths follies fade away
Beneath the age of man!
Swift, as the darting eagles fight,
The season hurries on;
And not till launched in manhood's night
Are they aware it's gone!
OH that they might but understand,
How oft fair childhoods flowers
Could well be culIed by youths fresh hand,
To cheer their after hours!
Then would life be another scene
From that which round us hes;--
A lovely landscape, fair and green,
Whose foliage never dies!
TTsBuRcu, Pa.
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CADIz, HARRISON COUNTY, OHIO, JULY 3, |

tiful materials of mortals should thus be cast to
the four winds Of heaven, or left TO rot and en-
rich the soil from whence they sprang. But, my
dear friends, we have this consolation, that while
we drop tear upon the dust of former friend.
ship, we can say, in the assurance of heavenly
hope, his is not the end Of man. So mote it be !
Dow JR
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0ITTho York Gazette says the wings are very
curious TO know what the X. i'll Mr.. Folks name
stands for, and gratiies their inquisitiveness by
informing them II means hoon killer!
The full name Of the Democratic candidate
for the Presidency is JAMES KNOX PoLK-and
whjggery will never survive the knocks which
such a name is sure 10 give it,--Dcmocrdtic u
DiOp
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