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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-10-03
The womc" OF As-,ria aud Babylon.

Little is known of ancient Assy-
ria and Babylonia, which was at
first part of Assyria. Being a
wealthy and luxurious nation, their
women were of course treated with
a degree Of consideration unknown
among savage tribes. The manner
in which Babylonish women are
spoken Of in the bible implies great
magniiicence of apparel; and as
there is always a correspondence
between the moral and intellectual
condition Of the sexes, it is not pro-
bablc that the women were univcr-
sally and totally ignorant in a coun-
try where the sciences made such
advancement, and written laws were
used.
The Babylonians manufactured
rich embroidery, tapestry, fine linen.
and magnificent carpets. They
were distinguished for elegance and
refinement of manners were very
fond Of music, and had great va
rlety of instruments. Singing and
dancing girls were selected from the
most beautiful to entertain the veal
thy at their meals /; but we have no
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-10-03
THE HOUR GLASS.
BY MRS. MILLNEI

Mark the golden grains that pass
Brightly through this crystal glass,
Measuring by their ceascless fall,
Heavens most precious sift to all.
Pauscless, ill the sand be done,
See the silent current run,
Till It's inward treasure shed
When another hour is lcd
It's task performed, its travel past,
Like mortal man 1t rests at last.
Yet. let some hand invent its frame
And all its powers return the same;
For all the golden grains remain
To work their little hour again.
But who shall turn the glass for mon,
From which the golden current ran;
Collect again the precious sand
Which Time has scattered with his hand /;
Bring back life's stream with vital power
And bid it run ANOTHER HouRi
\ thousand years Of toll were vain
10 gather up one single grain.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-10-03
DESCRIPTION OF CALIFORNIA.
rs PRODU CTIoN,

IIS IkOU ICTIONS.
The productions of the Western
section, will be found to differ very
materially, from those of the eastern.
shall first notice those of the Wes-
tern section, at some length. The
timber of this section is, generally
confined to the coast, the rivers and
mountains but there are many por-
tons of the different valleys, of the
rivers, which arc well supplied with
good timber. The largest and most
valuable timber is found upon the
coast, where dense forests in manv
places are found, consisting of FIR,
| pine, cedar cred wood" Ga species
Of cepar,) spruce, oak, ash and pop
ular. Much of this timber grows to
an enormous size, especially the fir,
red wood and pine, which are fire.
quently seen two hundred, and even
two hundred and fifty feet high, and
fifteen and twenty feet in diameter.
This timber makes excellent lumber,
but its vast size, renders it extreme
ly difficult, either to chop or saw it,
with any degree of facility. The
timber in the interior, both on the
rivers, and in the valleys remote
from the rivers, consists chiefly of
oak, of almost every variety, inclu-
ding red, white and live oak. ash.
poplar, cherry and willow. 1t con-
sists chiefly, however, on the noun
tains of fir, pine, arbor, vita, cedar
and spruce. Besides the varieties
of timber, here mentioned, in many
portions of the country, there is a
dense underground of thorns, hazlcs,
bricrs, roses and grape vines, both
upon the coast, and in the interior.
The timber of the eastern section.
is much the same, as that of the
Western section. Here, as in that
section, it is chiefly confined to the
mountains and rivers, but it is gem
orally Of much smaller growth,
than the same species found in that
section. 1t consists principally of
pine, fir, spruce, cedar, ash, poplar,
cherry, and willow. The oak, ash,
cherry, poplar and willow are gem
orally found upon, and in the vicini-
ty OF the streams, while the fir, pine,
spruce and cedar, are found mostly
upon, and in the neighborhood of the
mountains, and the more elevated
regions. The underground of this
section, also consists principally of
hazclS, thorns, brcrs and grape
vines. As before remarked, there
are some portions of this section
which produce scarcely any vcgeta-
ton, besides the NORWOOD, or pro-
perry, artimesia; and the prickly
pear, 1t is frequently asserted that
there is a very great deficiency of
timber in this country, but such tru-
ly is not the case; there is ample
timber, in both sections, and in all
the various portions Of each, for all
useful purposes. 1t is true that there
Is not the same quantities of timber
here, as are found in some portions
OF Oregon, or in some parts of the
States, yet the same quantity is not
required, in a climate of such extra
ordinary mildness and uniformity.
Both the climate and the soil are
eminently adapted to the growth of
wheat, rye, oats, barley, beans,
hemp, flax, rice, tobacco, cotton,
coffee, corn and cane, as well as all
kinds Of vegetables, and especially
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-10-03
Spoken at the Theatre in New Orleans in 1880
THE BATTLE 0F NEW ORLEANS.

Chill was the breeze-nor yet the Herald light
Had chased the lingering shadows Of the night,
Der still expanse of lake and marshy bed
Gloomy and dense the mantling vapors spread
Blu, soon the battle fash that darkness broke,
And soon tina, dread reposc the peal awoke,
Of loud artillery aud dire alarms
OF mingl,ng connic, and the clash Of arms
Fate gave the woodland now by veterans led
In pride of chiyalry TO conquest bred
The foe advanced
lntrenched the champion band
or freemen stood-Ihc bulwark of the land
Fearless their stars unfurlcd and as the rock
Storm proof they stood, impeNous to the shock
Jackson their chcf-with patriot aIdor fired,
Nerved every hand and every heart inspired;
Himself in perls trying hour host,
As near the FASHIONED wall the invader drew,
storm of iron hail to greet him flew
On havoc's wing the missioned vengeance rode,
And whole pl,toOns the scythe of ruin moved
Thro' paths of blood DER undlstingushcd slain
UnyOkcd the hungry war-dogs secured the plain
Bourne hc'blast the scattering bosom kept
Its course, and ranks on ranks promiscuous swep,
From lips Of adaman,, 'mds. volumcd smoke
And ca,aracts Of fire the thunder broke
In triumph to the skies, from shore to shore
Old Mississippi shook AMI echoed to the roar,
The trophied lion fell, while DER his foes
Unscathed, in arms, supreme the American Eagle
rose.
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VOL. VINO. Is.
unfrequently willing to receive tho
shameful price of a wife or daugh-
ter's beauty.
s'Iocnphiny.

Professor lngraham thus graphi-
cally describes the town of Lynn,
Mass, the seat of shoemakers, and
the vast cordwainery of the whole
Union.
The very pleasant and thriving
town of Lynn is the Paradise OF
shoemakers. Its young men early
transferred from the cradle to the
last, cut their teeth and leather in
the same time, and its pretty maid
ems learn to bind shoes with the in
PRODUCTION of their q, b, abs. Low
crs exchange hearts over kid slip
per, and swear eternal fidelity over
a lap stone. Ifthey would get mar
ricd, they ask old DR.. Waxend, the
parson, if he will stitch them togeth-
er, and they will pay him in shoe
mending. Whipping their children
is called tanning, and the rod they
use is c0a0hide. The little boys
swear ''by hides and leather," and
play at games winch they call "hIgh
and low quarters, and toe" A child
newly born is idp-stone, and the
age of their children is known by
the number Of shoes they wear.
Boys are called rights, and girls
'i3ts-an old maid is an odd slipper,
an old bachelor is an odd bot. Their
street doors to their dwellings are
in-stepS, and man in an overcoat
is faced. The fields about the town
are patches, and q fellow hall-seas
over is hay-soicd. They never see
an oak tree but they directly calc,l-
late how many pegs it will make,
and when they behold bees at work,
they reflect that the only end of wax
is a waxed end. They look on all
cattle and sheep as only leather
growers, and believe that hogs were
only made to produce bristles. Its
lap-stones would pave Broadway,
and its lasts, if piled together, would
make monument higher than that
on Bunker Hill.
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Tile Presidents Religious Habits.
A correspondent of the Journal of
Commerce, writing from Washing
ton, says Of Mr.. Polk -
"Like the General, he is a good
Presbyterian, and like him, he has
taken pew in the First Presbyteri-
an Church, the location of which is
exactly opposite to that occupied by
Gen. Jackson, whose pew is now
occupied by the family Of Col. Benz
ton, whose residence is much more
in Washington than in Missouri.
The President sits on the left side
of the pulpit, supposing you TO stand
in it, and by bis side every Sabbath
his amiab c and good wife who
unites an easy air of gcntility with
entire plainncss ofpclsonal manners,
about as handsomely as any lady
with whom am acquainted. The
Secretary Of State, Mr. Buchanan,
has also taken a pew in this church,
but alas. solitary and alone doth he
sit there. No charming wife follows
him into the family pew. No sweet
and lovely train of Children adorn
that naked seat. lie is an invctc-
rate bachelor, but nevertheless ono
of the plsasantcst Of the racc---nohc
of your isolated misanthropcs, scorn-
ing the sacred relations Of society,
or testing with that which to others
is q source of the purcst low. A dirs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1845-10-03

".SucherS." The origin OF this
word, as applied to the people of IL.
linois, is stated in the Missourian TO
be as follows:
"Soon after the discovery of the
lead mines on the upper Mississippi,
the people Of South Illinois, who had
been mining in the less productive
mines Of South Illinois, would 60 to
the upper mines early in the Spring,
and as the Galena country had the
reputation Of having horrid cold win
tiers, they would return to the South
in the Fall. These migratory move
ments, as they correspond in time
with the ascent and decent of suck
ers in the river, suggested to tho
miners who were fast anchored at
Galena, the sobriquet of Suckers
which they applied to these tram
sient persons, and as they were all
lllinoisans, the term soon became to
be applied Unfortunately to all the
people Of Illinois. SO much for the
term Suckers
Origin of "PuKEs," the alias of
the MIssouRIAN. One fine day in
Spring, when the time had arrived
for the Suckers to appear, steam
boat arrived at Ga!ena, crowded like
pigeon roost, with mcn.-The shout
was soon raised that the "Suckers"
were coming, but on the landing of
the boat the men on board proved
to be Missourians which when the
miners discovered, they remarked
that they thought the "Suckers"
had come, but instead of that it now
appeared that Missouri had puked,
and the nick name Of ''Pukes' was
ever after applied to Missouri mi
ncrs. From this circumstance has
originated the name of "Pukcs,"
which is generally applied to Mis-
The St. Landry whig., 1845-02-27
MEs0nhLANnoUa.
| Deferred Ar,ictcs. /
EXPRESS MAIL

A communication was received Oh Wedhes-
day from the Post Office Department at Wash.
ington, announcing the important and gratifying
intelligence, that arrangements had been made
by which letters and slips vfneWspapcrs between
New Orleans and the Northern and Eastern ci-
ties, are expedited "a hours il advance ofthe
regular mail, The time is gained between Cd
vington, Ga, and Montgomery, Ala, and the ar.
r%angements are similar to those by which our
cote nporaries of the Crescent City have been
email ID for some time to outstepthe regular mail,
whenever it does not fail beyond Charleston
Letters, &c. viii he9caAer be forwarded, II desi-
red, under the new arrangement, which we UNI
derstand, is as follS&s:
All letters sent by eApresa are 10 be so marked,
and the customary postage paid In advances -
Editors and publisheIs ofnewspapers are allow
ed to send slips ofnews (hut not their entire pas
per) to their exchange correspondents, also mar.
ked Express" Such slips must be snyelppgd IN
light wrappers, with the ends projecting, in order
that their character may be clearly ascertained.
We yesterday, profttod by the new arrangement,
and despatched slips TO our principal exchange
papers, so that in the course ofa few days, we
shall, in common with the City press, be regu
larry supplied with intelligence one day or morB
inSadvance Ofthe mail.--Bee.
The St. Landry whig., 1845-02-27

sONGFOF THE SUN.

TEN - FEh1T EHt. H-I &NM HN8H eAE
BY Eliza COOK.
Supreme of the sky-no throne so high
reign a monarch divine
What have 70 bel6ts that doth not owe
Its glory ana lustfes TO mine
Has beauty q charm | have not helped
To nurture in freshness aud bloom
Can d tint be epread-can a glance be 6hed
Like those | dcign to illdme Z
Though ye mint my beams, as VI dc and you will
Let all galaxies meet, I am migiticr still /!
The first red ray that heralds my way,
Just kisses the mountains top;
And ~spiendof dwells in the cowslip bells
While | kindle each nectar drop
l speed on my wide ~refulgent path,
And natures homage is given
All tones are poured to greet me adored
As I reach the blue mid-heaVen te$
And the sweetest and boldest, the truly free,
The lark and tie eagle Comic nHafest 10 file.
Though giant clouds ride on the whirlwinds tide,
And gloon, on the world may full,
l yet fash on ingorgeous pride,
Untarnished above them all.
So the pure warm heart fer a while may appear,
In probations of sorrow and sin,
To be dimmed and obscured, but trial or tear
Cannot darken the spirit within.
Let the breast keep its truth, and lite's shadow niaS
But they qluench not. they reuch mol The sun moi til,
soul.
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GnNnRAL LAM orFlon. !
Januaru GA. le45.

HFfU y UFH. n
Si,:---ln answer to your communication Of
the 28d ultimo, 20 the Secretary Of tho Treasn.
ny, referred by him to this Office, | have the
honor to inform YOU, that tho purchase money
for those lands entered In La. which by the b1un-
Diary line recently 51tablished, flay fall within the
limits ofIexas, " be refunded to the purcha-
sefs, as soon as d N fact can be ascerlained with
certainty. The Suryyor General # Louisistia
has been instruct ID to have the lines Of the p,y.
lie lands connected with that boundary, md lae
plats showing thai connection are daily expected
at this office, and when received, the purchase
money for those lands which fall within the lin
its of Texas, will at once be refunded.
With great respect, your ob'dt servant,
THOS, III. BLAKE,
gnyumiasiunnr
The St. Landry whig., 1845-02-27
7 THE STANDARDIZATION JAWS.

The Senate ofthe United States appears to be
1lcting with promptness and vigor on the subjcst
'3fthe Naturalization Laws, as We observe BY
lthe Northern papers that Commissioners ap.
pointed Under the authority Of the Senate with
power to send for persons and papers are sitting
in Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, ta-
liking testimony as TO the general bearing and OPP
GRAFTON of those laws, and investigating the
that have been committed Under theri.-
The Commissioners are gentlemen ofeminen
legal standing to the respective bars Of the abovs
cities. A similar commission, VIC learn, it.s
been received in this city, andWilliam l.. Hedg /,
William Christy and Randall Hunt, Esquiree,
are the commissioners appointed. We do mas,
however, know whether they have yet core.
menced upon heir duties.--1ropic.
The St. Landry whig., 1845-02-27

FAMILY & PLANTATION MEDICINES.
' NHE following useful family and plantation Medi-
cines are constantly kept on hand by Comstock d
Rumsey, at SO Poydras street, New Orleans, and by
DR.. HA WKINS, OPELOUSAS.
All of which are warranted genuine and todo all claimed
Tor by them, by which planters can avoid the expense os
a physician in almost all cases of indisposition, and
they will be found to operate with much less iniurv to
the constitation than calomel, quinine, &c. A pamphlet
with full directions for the use of these several articles
is furnished gratis to each family. We enunierats at.
ticles as follows
Hays I%iniment, for the piles, Warranted to cure in
every case.
Lih's Temperance Bitters and Pills, fof The stomach,
indian Vegetable Elixer and Nerve and Bone Lin
amcit, tof rheumatism, warranted to cure,
Chinese Hair Eradicator, to remove superAuous
half,
druff. ~ i'"'os YAM
Pink Syrup, for asthma, coughs, and colds.
Sick Headache Remedy, a certain cure in all cases.
tive bowels.
Roach, Bed-Bug, and Ant Poison, sure to kill
them all.
Kolmstock's Vermifuge. for worme-neyer fails.
Comstock's Extract of Sarsaparila-half the price
Of others,
Bernards Cholera Remedy, for darrtoeas and dys-
sentcries.
Connell's Magical Pain Extractor, for burns, stalds.
sores and swellings.
Aliens Balsarn, for consumption and liver COM
PlalHtss
Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, for CONSUMPTION
Green's Ague Mixture, warranted to cure in every
case
oil of Tannin-makes leather waterproof and
doubles the wear.
CleonneIls Mixture for Secret Diseases, warranted.
B~lackwelPs do. do. do. do.
.,I Luee n cofdial-the only agency at SO Poydras
Gclatlne Capsules. all kinds,
Castor Oil, in botilis.
Essences, all kinds.
Writing Sand.
Inks. black, blue, and red.
Indelible Ink.
Seidlets Powders.
WEIGH Toothache drops, a sure cure.
French Chachouc, for the breath. -
British acd Harlaem oil.
Opodeldoc and Godfrcy's Cordial.
Balsam of Honey.
Turlington's Balsam of Life.
Sealing Tapcrs, to use without a light.
Acoustic Oil, for deafness, a sure cure.
Syrup of Sarsaparilla.
Hoopcr's and Anderson's Pills.
Lees Pills, Chinese Blood Pills, and Staple Drugs
and Medicines, Paints, Oils, sc. low for cash.
Jan. 30-tf
The St. Landry whig., 1845-02-27
So *.

f. hR. SIILLMAN'S SarsapdriHa Syrup and Sar-
NJ sapariHa Pills Of Health, or Blood PiHs.-This
excellent family pill is a medicine of %long-tried efica-
cy, for correcting all disorders of the stomach and bow.
els, the common symptoms of which are: cOstivehess,
flatulcncy, sPasms, loss of appetite and headache, gid
diness, sense of fullness after meals, dizziness of the
eyes, drowslncss, and pains in the stomach and bow
els, indigestion, producing a torpid state of the liver,
and a consequent inactivity of the bowels, causing a
Reorganization of every function of the frame, will,
with this most excellent preparation, by little perse-
verance, be etfcctually removed. Two or three doses
will convince the afflicted of its salutaty effects. The
stomach will speedily regain lis strength, a healthy ac-
ton of the liver, bowels aud kidneys will rapidly take
place; and instead oil listtessness. heat, pain, aud jaun-
diced appearance, strength, sctivity and renewed
health, will be the quick result of taking this medi-
cine according 10 the directions on each box.
These pills are particularly etficacious for the sto-
mach, corgis, colds, agttes, shdrtness of breath, and
all distractions in the urinary passages, and if taken
after too free an indulgence at table. they quickly re-
store the system to its natural state of rcpose.
Persons of a full habit, who are subject to sick head
ache, giddiness, drowsiness and singing in the ears,
arising from too great a flow of blood to the head,
should never be without them, as many dangerous
symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immedi-
ate use.
For females these pills are most truly excellent, re-
moving all obstructions---the distressing headache so
very prevalent with the sex, depression of spirits, dull
ness of sight nervous affections, blotches, pimples and
sallowness of the skin, and give d healthy and juvenile
bloom TO the complexion.
To mothers they are confidently recommended as the
best mediciue that can be taken during pregnancy, and
for children Of all ages they are uncqualled-
DIR. MoTT, in lecture to the students, Justly OBJ
served: "Ilat DR.. Stillman's Sarsapariia Syrup and
Pills, when first taken into the stomach, they itnmedi~
ateiy difiuse themselves like yapor, producing effects at
once delightful, salutary and permanent. When the
spark OF life begins 10 grow dim. the circulation Ian
guild, and the faculties p~aralyzed, these medicines are
found TO ~invigorate the body and reanimatc the whole
man.
Sold wholesale and retail by DR.. STfLLMAN, him.
self, No, sc Custom-house St, New Orleans, La, and
no other place.
People from the country Will remember the number,
sc Custom house st.
Beware of counterfcits. feb. 20-3m
The St. Landry whig., 1845-02-27

IRON, NAILS, AOEs, PLOUGHs, &c.
ME subscribers, i portcrs an Dealers in Hard
ware and Cutler invite the attention of Com-
try Merchants and offers to their extensive and well
assorted stock of Foreign and Domestic Goods, among
which are the following.
300 Tons Swedish, American and English Iron
1900 Bdlcs. Hoop, Sheet, Band, and Round Iron
30 Tons steel, cast shear, blister'd and German
500 doz. Collins & Co, Kings, Hunts, & Simmons axes
300 sc Sleeves
500 " Whittemore's cotton and wool cards
100 " Best Louisiana socket spades
200 " Amis, Adams, g. Woods shovels and spades
1000 Z" Carolina and Louisiana hoes, London's and
other stamps
100 Casks trace chains, SO do. OK and1og chains
1000 +" Kings and Parsons Carey plougls
500 " Woods, Ballinger's. and other makers
100 Tons Hollow-ware and Castings
5000 Kegs nails Weymouth S. d. s. S Co. Brand
AnVils, Vices, hand and sledge Hammers, Screw
Plates, Locks, Hinges, Screws, Mill and Cross Cut
circular, hand and PANEL saws, Files, Corn Mills,
%scythes, &c. &c.
Also: Sperm, Whale, Linseed, and Tanners Oils,
superior quality, white lead, spirits tnrpentine, window
glass, tar, oakum and c~ordage, which they offer for
sale low for cash or approved paper
STARK, DAY, STAUFFER &CO.
Corner Canal and Magazine SITS.
Feb. 6-3m. New Orleans.
The St. Landry whig., 1845-02-27

The undermined gentlemen, who have been
rsrommended4t to us as suitable persbns, will con.
fer a great favor by acting as our agents in their
respective neighborhoods
Mr.. JULES RoBIcHAuD, Bredur's Bridge.
Mr.. JULEs BLANcuET, Men Iberia.
Mcssrs. MAYNIER & FoURNET, editors of the
Greeley 81. MartiasuiHe.
WIN. AkENnEAD, ESQ, Bayou Chicot.
Mr.. $. G. MCPHERSON, Grand C6te1u.
Mr.. A. DEBA1LLoN, Vile Platte.
Mr.. $. D.. ALLIs, Washington. 81. Landry.
Mr., JNo. A. BARRETr, Men Orleans.
Mr.. A. PERRoDIN, General Collector.
The St. Landry whig., 1845-02-27
No. 45ET.
The STATE OF LOUISIANA,
DTsTRIcT CouRr, Parish Of 81. Laadry. (
]. LOUAILLIER,
No. Ash.

. ~. DS. = T .-.. "0##"9 ~. TH
HIS CREDITORS.
ME cession of property made by the petitioner in
y the above case, having been accepted by the pre-
siding Judge in the Fifth Judicial District, for the BEN
eft Of his Creditors, and a meeting of the said Insolvcnt
Creditors ordered, on thirty days notice being given, &t.
Notc, therefore, Notice is hereby gibsa to said Cree
ditors, that a meeting will be holden, before Edmond
IL. Martin, Esq, Notary Public, in and for the said
Parish, al his Office in the town Of opelousas, on Mon
day, the lTth dag Of March, 1945, at 10 o'clock AM,
then and there is ~deliberate On the affairs of said In
solvent; In the meantime. all proceedings against his
person and property are stayed.
By order as aforesaid:
feb.l3-td POSEY. d. OK.