The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-07-24

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man would resort to ii who possessed mind ca
Pable Of treating with respect the intelligence
and feelings of his fellow citizens AMI goes TO
show more clearly the guilt and misconduct char
| sed upon them. II scarcity of provisions exists
on the Illinois, anl the officers cannot procure
them for The decent treatment Of their passengers
We advise them TO transfer tn IL craft to the placid
waters o, the river Syr, where short passages,
lean fre, and srOu'y officers will be more congo
NAL to the climate aud more becoming the place
| Lest some Of our readers may think that
| portion Of Capt. pickey's company, who are the
frs, young mrn Of this place, were rather partc-
ular about their accommodations and somewhat
hard to please, we will give them an instance or
two OF their fare, as given To US by gentleman
who was passenger on the boat, and who had
an opportunity of judging of things as they ex-
is,ed. lie says that many Of the volun'eers
complained about not having bread enough to
CO, a, one Of their meals that they made Their
want. know 10 those who waited on the table,
who replied that the bread was oil gone hu,
they gathered up some stale refuse that had been
thrown away in some corner and gave it them
they ate what they could, retired half satisfied,
but when the negroes and walters sa, down to
eat they had plenty OF good bread for themselves,
and every thing Else Of a suitable qusiy.
We will Give another. On the Sunday If their
arrival in Alton, in the afternoon the Captain ol
the boat called on an individual of prominence
with CAPT Dickcy's company, and wished TO
know il he could not prevail on some Of the vol
un,cers to assist him in loading some ID or 90
cards of wood, as he was fearful that they would
be late in getting To Alton. The matter was
suggested to the Volunteers and some ten or iif-
teen Of them Immediately went 10 work and as
sisted in getting the wood on board. II after.
wards appeared that it would still be late in the
evening before they would reach Alton, and no
preparations having been made for their supper,
enquiries were made Of the captain if be intended
to land the company late at night without their
proper meal, to which be replied al u'W JyI
Cd if / can - Thus showing double pur-
pose of villany-iirs, to induce the men 10 work
for him in order that he might thereby cheat
them gu, of meal Of yicluals. SaiqR business
Cor small man in charge Of a small boat, and
quite small business for SO urge man of the
ReveIe to defend. The meal of viciuaIs, how
ever, was given, but not until several visible
demonstrations Of dissatisfaction were made
which caused The miniature Col. Pluck, Of the
I I 10 Ia - IL
|, is also stated by the ReveIlc, that some Of
the Volunteers were unmindful Of their duty by
Introducing Themselves into the Indies cabin
This sounds harsh 10 many Of their friends
here, aud did We not know tina, very large ma.
jori'y Of the company possessed ns fine and hon.
orable feelings on this score can either he Of
the Rcveie or The valiant captain himself We
might hesitate for momen, in vindca,ing their
case. But this is another lame and aborlive ex.
cuse, brought merely 10 cover up the utter inabil.
ty and unworthiness Of the officers Of the boat,
The facts Of the case are simply these. The
wcathe! being warm, both cabins were united By
the opening Of the folding. doors, and when about
returning from che supper table one Of the volun-
,eers mistook the ol for the joy,card par, Of the
boat, anil walked through the ladies' cabin by
mistake. This was explained 10 the captain,
and be then appeared to be satisfied that such
was the Gaze. So much for this mislemeanor
and high-handed offence.
! We;ender our thanks 10 the man Of the Rev.
ellie for his gratGitous remarks ia regard to the
praisewcr;by &C, Of our friends in volunteering
for the defence Of the country, and we are truly
sorry that the "marked distinction" which they
may probcby receive after returning from the
field of battle, be will be unable to share in, in
asmuch as the company to which he had the
honor Of being attached, was dsbsnded as soon
as it was known that there nigh, be more fght-
ing in Mexico.
We have said thus much. not to vndca,e our
young friends from any charges that may be
brought against them, in this community, for
such course is not necessary to place them in a
correct light before those who know them And
we will here say, that they were fufy aware tina,
they had not cast their lot on bed of roses, bu,
that hardships and trials were before them, and
we all know thu, they will cheerfaIly meet and
enlure them when the necessities Of the cam
paign require il; but in petty iyrant Of steam
boat captain, who VIC may imagine figured
something Ikea
"Dulros dressed in so?er clo,hes,"
attempting to lord i, over them, after they had
paid their regular fare, was not only hard and
unjust 10 them, bu, is an insu to their friends
and this community.
Convention 10 Amend the Consiituiiop.
Voters should recollect tha, II they do not vote
a, all on the Convention question, and vote for
Representatives, &c. that their votes will be
counted as against Convention The Cons.
tuition requires that majority Of the votes ca al
the election shall be necessary for call Of Con-
ventinn,