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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-01-09
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twill be ,een by reference to another eo'u""
tina, +. district and county Convention have oe'n
r,lI,J 10 NEE, at this place on Friday the 80 n
a., D., .hoo.. delegates to attend the stuie cum
v.n,ion, to b, held at Springfield oil the ION OF
February next, and also to more eu'c'ua'y OF
enn;,e Ii. democratic parry ia this district and
,o.n,, for Ii. approaching Angus, election.
The importance of these conventions shouc
not he overlooked Ivy our democratic fr''n"s
NV, When there are no candidates IN the he'u
i,b,fny to SECURE nominations. and the po''''ea
.l,ue,,is sre calm, is the mos, favorable iimo we
,.n b,ve In effect 4 thorough organization OF the
marty, and every democratic voter should CONSIDER
This object Of Sufficient Importance TO justify ms
AMENDING an hour or two in attending the PrimA-
~ meetings. gtl n5Hp
The approaching Angus, election will no. pro-
baby, the most important ever hsid IN 'h'' state
.rhrre. will he Governor Lieut.. Governsr, meln-
hcrs,o congress. senators and representatives. !"
,bs state legislature, sherills, and county commits
soners to elect, and the people will also Ne ca''eu
upoo to vote Tor or against convention to amend
our s,,,s.eonstitution. Every democra. will see
,b,, Inc various Offices to be filed are Of the first
importance, and how desirable il is that they
should be filed by saod men.
Tia, The convention systsm is the only mcans
by which political party can be efeciua''y or
r.n;,e1. and enabled to bring Its whole strength
"a brar in contest, is unjeniabls yet 10 equal
" uudeniahlc tina, tho System is liable to great
.bu,e. But this abuse il is within the power OF
the party at large TO prevent. II every 'o-
Tor would look upon the conventions as OF as
much importance as the election itself, nnd' In
stead of letting them be manascd by few lead
in, r,oliticians consider i, his duty to attend IN
per,on. and sec that such men were elected de-
lcc,,ss as would truly represent their precincts
and obey their Instructions, there would be mule
room for ,rickery and management. and little dan
aer Of fois,ing men on the party for support to
whom majority are averse. For our part, we so
for the convention system, as the best mode nj
p.rty organization, and If tho system is abused
and men arc nominated that are unacceptable,
we shall hold the party at large rosPonsih'e, who
might have prevented such result by attending
to their duty.
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Confueius and Christ.-A writer in
The N, Y. Tribune says :-There is
food for thought in the following extract
from report of one Of Mr.. Webster's
lectures. | refer more particularly to
tina, part of it which | have i,alirised:
"ln philosophy and religion Confucius
was their (ihe Chinese) apostle. He did
not pretend To be prophet. His teach
ings were calculated 10 make men better
in this world wiihou, direct and par,icu-
lar reference to another existence, which
was rather to be hoped for than counted
certain. They say tina, Confucius tell
them a Prophet mouM appear in The
Uest in about fue hundred years, 10
whom they must apply for spiritual
guidance. Atthe expiration OF this time
they sent as far Yves, as India to find the
foftoid Prophet. but were unsuccessful.
As Conlucius Aourished 500 years before
Christ. IL is SWmised that his direction
had reference 10 The Sauior."
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The "Times and Seasons" says tina.
their future residence will embrace Ore.
gon, California. and Vancouvor's Island.
and hopes in time 10 bring the Chinese,
with all their wealth into the kingdom.
The same paper states ,ba, "32s5 fami.
lies were making ready with 1903 wag.
ons on hand, and 1892 buiding-and the
exodus of is or 10000 souls from the
sterile plains "where freedom once was,"
will certainly take place in the spring.
Warsa,o Signal.
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We have received copy Of the annual report
of Dir. Shields, tho allie and indifa,igablc commits
sioner Of the General Land Office. We learn
from /, that during 1874, tho sales Of the public
lands amounted to l,75I,763 acres, and the re-
oeip,s into the land Office were 81 1913; and
during tho 6rsi. second and third quarters Of the
present year. the sales amounted to i,266,66s
acres, and the receipts in the land Office 1881.
$50. Judge Shields recommends the presumption
system and graduation Of tho price Of refuse
lands according TO the value to actual settlers.
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CaGErnia.-The Washington correspondent,
Of the Boston Pos, writes: /, is no doub, strictly
true, as reported, that Mr.. Sdell our special mi
mister to Mexico, has full commission from our
government, if he stall deem i, advisable, to treat
fm The acquisition If California! and wha, is
still better, there is abundant reason to believe
tina, he will secure it, as the advertisement, makers
say, 'on the shurlest notice md mos. reasonable
terms" Where is this great and growing coun.
try sgoing TO stop! He'll
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MAR % he ID,

In Indian precinct, on the LIST inst, by Elder
Warmer, HsMAS !. LARKIS. to Miss JAsE
Of M. John Warren, all Of Indian pre-
cinct. .I.. iH.I.o
The printers were literally remembered by the
happy couple sure sign that this was one q
those happy matches tina. are said to DO made in
heaven. May their honey moon be az delicious
a. was the cake, and their lives as fruitful.
Al tho same time and place, by tho same. Mr..
SAMUEL B. ELwEtL, to Miss EtisAHsrH Dotr
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From the y. \ sun.
Very Late From California.

Our private adyices from Monterey,
Upper California; To the middle OF or'
last, came to hand Yesterday. The IN
ielllgence is important. A British Heel
destined for Oregon was passing up the
Westcoas,, of which our correspondent
a, Monterey says:
The pioneer OF this fleet, the British
shin of war America, touched here some
time ago, and The movements Of her com
,nander. Capt. Gordon. aroused our sns-
picons at the time. He refused To give
any news saying, "men OF war do not
carry news" lie also refused 10 carry
circular letter to the L. States Indian
Agen, at Oregon Guy, remarking that he
was no, sure of going 10 the Columbia
river. have ascerlalned that Lord Aber-
deem, the British Secretary Tor Foreign
Affairs, had brother on board the Amer
lea, and one of Sir Robert Peel's sons
was also IN officer or a passenger.-Ne
are all glad that these distinguished wish
tors had every facility extended 10 them
for collecting facts IN ibis vicinity. They
can give their liIu,irious relatives an in
teresling account Of California. Al San
Francisco, they found every well buIlI
house owned by "a Yankee. 'D-n
it, said one Of the officers, is there moth
ing but Yankees here!' They had the
satisfaction OF hearing direct from several
over the mountain travellers, OF the many
hundred wagons on the road for Oregon
and California, as well as The excellent
facilities for travelling between the States
and this coast.
The Governor had the militia called
oul to resist an expected invas ion from
the U. States squadron, and the soldiers,
ready TO run al the first shot, were graft.
fed with the frolic. Foreigners of all
nations are respected. Americans are
pouring into the country from Oregon
and the States. The BRUSH merchant
schooner Star Of The West with cargo
valued at ego, 900 sterling, was lost ear
the entrance of the harbor of Monterey.
on the 9Th July-'rhe goods saved and
sold fetched only $4,000 at auction. The
lax of $50 on whale ships has been taken
off BY the authorities of California.
The crops in Southern California have
unexpectedly turned out failure, owing
10 extreme drought, in the latter part OF
the season; barely grass enough TO save
the lives of the cattle; provisions scarce
and high. The crops promised an abun-
dani harvest in the early part OF the sea,
son, but total cessation of rain for near.
ly two months, ruined every thing. The
climate bstiied the skill of the settlers on
the Sacramento, and a change in the time
of sowing and planting is to he resor,ed
tn, but it is doubtful whether that will
save the most valuable roots and grains.
OF small vegetables. two crops are gath
cred in season. The winter is always
mild and spring like.
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democratic District mud Cown,-
convention.

V>HE democratic election. of an.
l. .ine's IA The counties Of La Sail. Tr
aud that partoi Kendall which form.,i,. u,"huy,
70 La sale, are requested to NEE, In ;1.,onss'
semol'es. ~ Their respective precine,. ON as
u'y INC sith day Of Janrary. inst, at M. n,
Time ana place Of holding their meetings e., e'uA'
purpose OF choosing four delegates 10 ,, ~. '"e
ul',,,e' convention TO be held u, the cour, ham,.
IN Ottawa on N'a'' muse
f'aa"y he aoth dag IF January. ia,t..
! oe"ek' p. NJ, for the purpose Of ,nco;n,,.
delegates to attend the Sin,, t,,n,.a,rff
held at Springfield, on the ION d,v ,,rE.L " 10
next. u nominate candidates for q; .'''ua's
L'. Go'eInor. OF this state. and, Ala a. an"
purpose OF more ttleeluaIly oreani,inc ~. ~, ho
cratic party IN this district for the ~,ho-
Angus. election. The usual number Of d.l.a''ng
10 I've chosen 10y each precinct. s.'s
ne democratlc electors in La Sale c,,r,..
WIZ ais" at the same meeting elect ,lelec,,..y
''tnu county convention to be held inn ~
a'eiy after the Adjournment Of The di,i,;., ''-
'eh''on, to elect on- deiegals Tor III, coun,. WV.
large, to attend the stale convention n, ~. NJ
anu place above specified, and inr the .an. "''
pose. f.. Il. DEI.Ne puf-
INO. HISE,
II. DREW,
A. r. DOW,
T., ,s,. E.M.GALLOwAy
.--..s-..,-..,,x C0Bin.i,ie,.
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and then SHAMELESS back to his little
post Office window. This eccentric
animal ha. lived iathis manner for
years, and it issdpposed that in
times long since past, he lost l,i ~,
master at the post Office, and is still
haunting the place in hopes he may
return md thereawill he remain
una death puts his post mark upon
him, and mails him for the other
world.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-01-09

Nathan L. Geer has become associated with
Mr.. Wilson in the publication of the Chicago
Journal. Mr.. Gesri. to be the mechanic abou, the
Journal office, Mr.. Wilson laying no claims to
being one himself. The editorials will. of course,
rs heretofore be written by Mr. Wilson. &c.
Except, perhaps, the Alt,n Telegraph. the Jour
nal is doubtless the nbest whig paper in the state,
and appears to have prosPered in Mr.. Wilson's
hands.
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Sale Of school Lands,

NJ Office is hereby given tina, | will
~ offer at public sale, a! the cour.
house in Ottawa, on the l6lh day Of Feb
ruary next, between the hours Of 10 o.
clock A. VI. and 6 o'clock p. NJ. Of said
day, section sixteen in township thirty
five north, range three east Of the Sd p.
IN. as subdivded BY The trustees Of said
township. Terms cash, with the privil.
eye 10 each purchaser to loan the amount
OF his bid as provided by law. =.
l.. LELAND.
School Commits. of La Sale county.
Ottawa. Jan. 8, 1916. 29--4l
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The Winois.-The river has risen up.
wards of two feet, and is still rapidly RI
sing. As far below this place as is
known. say 10 or IL miles, there is no
ice and it is reported that there has been
a grea, rise in Spoon river, which leads
some to suppose that the Illinois is clear
of ice to its moulh.-Peoria Press.
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The following statement is given in
a Washington letter:
A Mexican Minister whom nobody
knows, is said 10 have been received a,
The White House, day or two since.
Rumor says he arrived in disguise in an
U. s. ship a. Pensacola from Vera Cruz.
The Oregon negotiation is on the carpe,
again, and the correspondence has been
renewed under more favorable auspices.
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The profits of the celebrated Bankers,
the house of Rolhschiid, during the last
year, is said to have been more Than One
hundred and t,centy millions Of francs.
Their active capital employed in business
is Sc. down al seven hundred and twenty
millions Of francs.
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Mayor Garrett Of Chicago has called meeting
ofthe people Of that city 10 take into considera-
ton the bes, method Of defending the city in case
Of war. Mr.. Garrett believes in being prepared
in time. An ounce Of prevention. he say,, il.
better than 4 pound Of cure.
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We hope that Congress will act PROMPT.
ly in the matter, and make the approprl.
atoms. An immense amour, of property.
and valuable lives have been lost in the
recen, gales on the lakes. Let the peli.
ions pour into Congress. Large public
meetings should be held. The Yves,
must make itself heard. The whole
country calls for one grand improvement,
and that at once. viz; the ship canal to
connect Lake Superior with the lower
lakes. -Phiio. Senienai.
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There is but little wheat in town to day, the
bad roads keeping most farmers at home. Buy
ers were paying yesterday prices. say 10 77cis.
We hear Of no sales in large quantities, ss buy
ers and sellers are Too far apart in their prices TO
meet at present. Chicago DEM, Jam. 6.
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Ills remarked Of Gen. Csss .ha. tho speech he
made In the senate on bis resolutions thu. excited
'aeh sensation, was The 6mt speech 10 ever
rsds In any dAIibsrs,ivs body.
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I'm Erquisite.--"Will you be so kind
as 10 put tina, coin in my pawketl" said
a dandy, who had bought a cent cigar
and received his change in pennies,
"thoss coppaws will seen. my tngaws. ;"
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ruE OREGON CORRESPONDENTS.

" ~
the British and American Govern
ments, on the subject of Oregon,
since Mr.. Calhoun became Secreta-
ry of State. 1t cannot be necessary
for us to commend to the attentive
perusal and consideration of every
one these interesting documents,
involving as they may possibly the
issue of war or peace; though we
esteem the probability but slight,
that Great Britain will resort to the
former dire alternative to sustain n
claim so evidently wanting in valid
ity as that which she has protested
to make respecting the Oregon ter
ritory.
We arc utterly unable to realize
how any impartial person, much less
any true American, can peruSe this
correspondence without becoming
thoroughly convinced Of the worth
lessness of the British claim. Mr..
Calhoun'S letter to Mr.. Packenham,
OF the Sd of September, 1914, is a
clear and unanswerable vindication
of the unimpeachable value of our
title to the entire region drained by
the waters of the Columbia, as
against Great Britain. Mr.. Pack
enham replies by ingeniously avoid
ing the points of his antagonists ar
snment; and he supplies the def
cheney of reasoning on his own side,
by the coolest and most unwarrant-
ed assumption for Great Britain, of
what he is not able to offer aught to
sustain. He makes an assertion or
takes position which has no other
ground than itself, and then reasons
as if it was really one Of force. His
statement that sin adhering to the
line of the Columbia, Great Britain
is not influenced by motives of am
bitlon with reference to extent of
territory" after she had refused to
accept the forty-ninth parallel of
north latitude with the free naviga-
ton of that river, is fair specimen
OF the sincerity of that nations di-
plomacy. The burden of his story
is substantially, that the title Of Spain
founded on discovery, that of France
founded on continuity, and that of
the United States as the assignee of
both, backed by exploration and set
Element, destroy each other, and,
therefore, when united cannot be
good against Great Britain which
has none! Three separate nations
could each make a claim superior to
hers; but when one of the three be-
comes possessed of the rights of all,
that one forsooth must yield to an
interloper who, with nothing to JUS
tify her own claim, merely insists
that the three titles are not entirely
consistent with each other Mr..
Calhoun replies to Mr.. Packenham
with consummate ability.
Mr.. Buchanan resumes the Nero
tiation with an exposition ofour claim
to the whole territory, but offers to
compromise with the forty-ninth de-
gree, making free to Great Britain
any port or ports south of that lati-
tude on Nancouver's island. He
ably shows our general right to all,
leaving our title to the particular
portion drained by the Columbia, to
rest upon the convincing statement
of Mr.. Calhoun. Mr.. Packenham
replies without answering. If the
claim of Great Britain is no stronger
than he makes out, then is it indeed
weak. He declines the offer, and
MIR. Buchanan withdraws it, with a
long, elaborate and irresistible state
ment of our claim, which cannot be
refuted.-N Y. News.
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= The Legislature II Vernon, and The hOt.hs.d.
% sbolis'onlsss Of Msssachuscs,s resolved . year
sso that Y TsEas were su'lsSel they would
withdraw from shs Uaien. Of ceurss these con.
ssisnliees men were sincsrr, snJ now ,h., the
oct he's been contaminated. we wii, with rres.
issPidation to hesr from ihs, quarter.
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4.
DANIEL BLAKE, Guardian of Josiah R;cLa..'..
ana Nathaniel Townsend. GuauJiap of p,"',;,
Ia Jane DAVIS and Mary Ann bayi, a, W."
nam NJ. Richas"n. Daniel. Richasor
kich".on' John ID Richoson, jaime, Dov; .' .s,
Mary DAVIS wife of James Davis. ''' VI"
N pursuance. aud by virtue of , d..
Il cre'al order in above cause. we shall
expose TO sale at public auction, a, The
uo"r OF the court house, in Ottawa on
Monday the 10Th day of February nex,
NE following real estate, 10 wit: an mn
divided two seventies of the
sh oil The sw frye Of sec. 80 T 80 R4oo,alpN
III se " ="
wh Sc e 81
nh VIII sw " IS Z. Z.
Sale will be made on credi, of six
aud twelve months with six per cen, in
'eres' IN advance. DANIEL BLAKE,
NATHANIEL TOWNSEND
Jan. 0. 1916. oo-Ier
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.7nother RsrOiution in Merico. The
nexl, accounts from Mexico will be very
interesting, giving, probably. The par,icu.
lars OF another revolution in that unhappy
country.
by the last accounts, Paroles was on
bis way 10 the city Of Mexico, for the
purpose OF putting down President llar-
Tera. These military chltlains of Mex
Ico, have no idea that the present men in
power should touch any of the large
amount proposed 10 be gwen by the Uni-
ted States for California, wllhou, their
having chance OF lingering the plun,!er.
II is said that the pretexi for revolution
will be the disposition manifested by the
present Mexican government, To make
peace with the United States. YET. no.
doubt, The same men, when they 90 intn
power, will be The first To renew The ne.
quotations, and try To yet as much as they
can Tor Upper California, or for new
boundary of Texas.
In The mean lime, II is to be expected
that the French and English inficuers
Will make themselves busy. The imam
IN the white hat" is on his way to Vera
Cfuz, and the mex, news will be interes-
tlng.-N. !, Herald.
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List Of Letters.

u EMAlNiNG in the pos, office nj La Salls
IL llIinms. Jan. Is, 1916.
Ayres Dana Irvine Wesley
Adams George Dickinson Royal
Ateler John Jackson +
Brown Nathan Johnston Thomas
Brown John Keycs John
Buyrncs Dennis kenoway William
Brown Ann Mrs Kamery F W af
Boilvin N Lick Josiah
Buckley Barth'w Love Anthony
Buxton Timothy 2Long Katherine
Brannan john, Murine William
Burk James Mikes George
Bowsman John Morrow John
Beauty Dawson Mines John
Cantell Eleanor Mory Richard
Cooper Henry Moore + G
Cotfey Timothy Manria ID M
Cormick j ID Mayor
Culin Philip McIntirc John
Dasc John McCabe Michael
Dratz Andereas Mclaughlin Fany
Dutton Henry Plotner Henry
Doll Patrick Paine A r
Dickinson Chas Pratt G M
Dickinson S G Robbins Clark
Duffy Bernard Roberts Rebecca
Davis Nelson Kelley Thomas
Day VIM Rass John
Durham Joseph Roe David
Ellis Richard B Rurkel Michael
Edwards Isaac Shelton Thomas
Fey Thomas Stantin Margret
Flint Robt G Shay Daniel
Farewell B + Stewart Daniel
Flyn Dennis Seely M w
Fitzgerald FrancsSperks VIM
Fenaghty John Stephens Geo p
Goodman ThomasSinnot James
Goodwin CD Sherman Joseph
Gaylord John Schmatz William
Gutson G w W Tolles Lewis M
Gelliland w A Tathan John
Grant Hugh Thompson Jno p
Hinton DR. Tuesdale Lucas
Haverty Edward Terry H w
Hogan James Underhill Samuel
Hill Charles Wilson VIM
Haight Saml ] Whalehan John
Herber LeonhardWa lker Rachael
HAYES Mathew Walker James "
Hicks Joel Walsh John vlw
Hoover Julia A Weber Nicolas
Harvey Chester Zimmerman Fred
JOHN HoFF MAN, I'm.
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John Quincy .AtomS and Oregon
A Washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Courier <ays-"rhe opinions of Mr..
Adams upon the Oregon question excite
deep interest. They are quoted freely
in the political circles of the city, as be-
ing hostile to the surrender of our claim
10 the whole Of Olegon. MIR. Adams, it
is said. will even sustain the adminislra.
ZION in all measures of preparation for
war, and in all It's claims 10 territory. In
speech delivered during The las, session
OF congress, he declared lha, he was vii.
ling to execute the second article of the
convention of Aug. Cub, 1927, abroga,lng
the joint occupancy between the two gov.
ernmenIs. | doubt not he will vote for
such measure now; and that, before
the present session o, congress passes
away. a join, resolution will be passed
authorizing the Presden, 10 give the re.
CURED notice."