The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-11-27


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Cn,d weather las now srIyrd and work 81
the caaai may be cons cred as suspsn led Tor th'
! balance If the scason. The ptincely Trustee
| can nov gather around the winter hearth AM
quietly Ell y their Tir!rs 7a.us0nd F.te Han
/ tired ID ,HyS salary Tor the remaining six month'
IT the year, and over their sparkling glasses de-
wise new schemes to dIPe the taxpayers Of The
| ,late uf Illinois. The engineers aud hsofile'
all now have ,mp's time 10 recount their many
| leeds of '.lor performed during the past season
of the c,nsing ,ycophaniic contractor they
have benefited, and Of ihJse they have robbed
aud hcggnrd. The neat aud tidy Miss Nancy
land agents can com iortably enj,y their Tuen'y
-Four H.Hd,cG DilDs by tie burning fires kin
died by liundered coal pits belonging tos pool
and impoverished state. The poor aud ragged
w1rsmau, Who has bored long and faithful '
during the past seas u q" from the rising IT the
sun to the gong lIwn of the same, Gao nov
repair 10 bis cherries sasnly aud subsisi as beat
he eau walk forth refreshed 10 Be again plumber
ed by tbs petty contractor Who lie favored by the
Trustees, and who cunui,e and wink at the
aicAeduess # his rJbhins the labJret that lhey
may Thu. be the het.er enabled to rundcr him.
The summer having past and the harvest
ended We may nos shortly look for The report
of the Trustees 80 The Governor aud Legislature.
We feel anxious t. sec il aud ascertain Why /, is
that tie work has progressed so slow'y-why the
pe,rd aud sixty Of the hundred milt, put ia ope-
ration by this ,mr as il might have been, sud ~
they promised it should be. We further wish In
tee with wha, "houi.d words" they will draw
nc paIagrapb announcing the startling fact that
they have voted to themselves the enormous sa-
larry Of TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE nun.
DRIED D0LLAES per annum, and tha. tw0
ul th,ir number DO not even reside within the H.
miis Of the state and have 1t seen the work for
collected by the land agents from r,nls OF canal
lots and the sale Of coal beds aud have tie sun
total compared with their s. iC0 salaries and
other expenses IN the shape Of ccsts made by
them before magistrates in trying 10 steal a ics
dollars from settlers on canal liEds-we wish t,
see ihIs comparison made and ascertain whether
the pcol /, voluntarily OF the canal fund directly
support these sinccuros AID pets. Anolher item
will be interesting, and the Governor and mem.
bers of the legislature will probably take time 10
figure /, out lis this lac, Gus, Of the inter-
est on the 81 .C00C00 borrowed by the state to
complete the canal b. made for three months
say Jelly, ..ueus; aud September, and add 10 the
product three months pay for the Trustees Ed.
gincers, Land Agents, contingent expenses, &C.,
&c.-then take tho Engineers estimates for work
and zee which sidu Of the sheet will b. largest
If the state las u, during the period mentioned,
paid more 10 tie support flhe canal officers than
for work d1nc on the canal, we are much mi.la.
len. Lat another view be taken and compare.
son made. Add up tho amount paid by the PEG.
pie fI the support ofour entire state govcrnmen,
including officers Of state aud the judges Of MAE
judicial circuits, aud it will be founl that the
amoun! paid them is not as large as the SUN re.
cicvcd BY officers On The canal. Why. Judge
Cation. WHO has spent the brs, portion VI hi, life
IN SECURING his profession, receives two hun
irei dollars less Cor years bard labor, than docs
a miserable, ps''y land agent loI doing absolutely
nothing!
Is there no remedy fr this state Of things in
democratic goyernmoLI' We pause cor the &C.
ton Of the legislature on the subject.