The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-10-24

NV y p'iHS iothcu up as III HlOI'
ci'ilized countries, but by workin,
off the debt by hard labor. If la
~ man gives for excuse, che has M
land" "land shall be given to him.
There's a chance for enigrants
The laws are against old men mar.
rying young ladies.
The defendant, in case Of libel oil
mere out door swearing, can prove
in defence there was no evil intent
he can swear at random, at pleasure,
but not curse youth reality; "mcr
must quit loaGng and go to work. y
'the Chiefs are Chiefs the Kama
kas are Kanakas," and must obey
the law accordingly. As | said be-
fore, laws have not yet crept into
the Oregon code. In California
there is large allowance sent on
by the supreme government, but as
the paper on which the laws are
printed is not very good to make
paper segars, the lawbooks are laid
upon the shelf. To make thou
sand dollars obligation good here, il
is necessary to purchase from 90
vernmcnt an eight dollar stamp pa
per, and | have never seen an
Acalde enforce the payment of the
debt, although eight dollars was
paved to make it legal.
Sometimes the debter pleads too
much rain at other times the sea-
son is too dry, or he is too busy to
attend as the Alcalde has neither
sheriff or constable, fees nor COM
mission, and is forced to serve one
year; collecting debts is at the
lowest stage. If a person with sto-
enproperty comes forward and says
he purchased the article from an In
dian, who had left for some other
place, the trial is put off until the
Indian returns, or the plaintiff has
time to look for him. Some people
dislike prosecuting a man for steal
ling their horse, for fear they should
be told that the man was only bring
ing him home by round about road,
and demand a dollar for his trouble.
If, for any crime, person is really
baniShed, he is ordered to some 9th
er town, and is sure to 90 when lie
gets ready, and return when he has
occasion. .... ......
Some of the jails are uncomforta-
bic and the prisoners are kept out
side as the food is bad they 90
home to get better, and always re-
turn to the prison door when order
ed. There was complaint made
the other day to the Alcalde, by a
person who lost stolen property, that
the thief was out of prison and eve
ry day passed his house the Alcal-
de SAID 1t was very wrong, and in
continuation, remarked, that he had
told the prisoner to take his fore
noon and afternoon ''pasea'' on the
other side OF the town. On another
complaint that the prisoner after his
trial, came to the store where he
had been stealing, the Alcalde said
to the complainant, a merchant,
''this day is Saturday, tomorrow is
the Sabbath, and Monday a fast day,
I holy day,) but on Tuesday or
Wednesday, the thief shall be in
formed that he is prisoner and
shall be dealt with accordingly"
Sometimes the Alcalde puts the In
dian prisoner to work perhaps ban
ishes few of them to work on his
own farm. When they become tired
of the fare, they run away on his
woiship's horse, they don't steal
poor ones. The Alcalde picks up
the drunken Indian cooks and stew
ards in the afternoon of feast. days,
and discharges them next morning
in time to cook their masters bre ak
fast. Some of the Montery prison
ers are baniShed to San Diego /;
those of the latter place, to Montery.
That's fair. If they commit second
offence they may be banished back
again, and can find their own horses
on the road, which are easily bor-
rowed with a lasso; so the owner
of a Montery horse which may be
stolen once near home and then at
San Diego by another explorer of
the country, may see him again,
minus some flesh and crooked legs,
But then he gets his horse by giving
the man who says he found him at
San Diego, dollar or two, which is
considered cheap for bringing bro
ken down horse five hundred miles.
The wonderful child.
We have, on previous occasions,
alluded to wonderful child, who
has astonished so many persons, who
have met him at the residence of his
father, in Vermont. Rev. GEORGE
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