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ALSO, STAGES LEAVE FRANKLIN
FOR DANNILLE, VT,

on the arrival Of the first train Of cars from
Boston, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays,
passing through Plymouth, Franconia Notch,
TO Littlcton, to lodge the first night. Leave
Littlcton Tuesdays. Thursdays, and Satur-
days, at screen, A. M, passing through Water.
ford, and ST. Johnsbury TO DanvIllc, VI, and
returning opposite days through the above
named places.
For further information inquire of Agent,
at Franklin, and Drivers on the above Route,
and Ccphas Bracket, Littlcton.
BRACKETT, MESSER, & co.
Jan. |, l-i7. A'OmO
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BE brave, never fear,
For your helper is near.

HEIR AT HAND. 1t is an old saying that
tlle darkest hour Of the night is that which
comes just before day. Children have trials
and disappontments, and sometimes very
severe ones Few of us eversufler severer
rial than the loss of kind and pous parent
We counsel our young friends to prepare
for troubles, and so make them easier to bear
The safest way is to make God our Helper,
Tor He has the hearts Of all in his hands, and
can make the darkest hour light, and the
most crooked place straight.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-07-24

Anderson's Cough Drops,
A superior article for Coughs and Colds,
N and the Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, for
sale by }. y blN"IAM
St johnsbury, May %, lS47 5l2tt
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-07-24

Blind Hinges and Fastenings,
A SUPERlORarticle,ju Just received and fol-
n sale by T.. JEWETT n co.
June %, lSi7. 5l7tf
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03
~, Louis Market.

Fl0Ur.--The market advanced during the
early part ofthc week, and the foreign news
by the Acadia caused further rise in rates.
We now quote good country brands firm
at So.
Whedt.- Receipts have been heavy dur
ing the week, and all parcels Offering have
readily met purchasers at improved prices.
Prime commands 81 a 9Oc.. aud choice ar
tcle higher, exclusive of sack fair to good
80 n Soc, other qualities 10 72c. per BUSH
el. The demand is good at our quotations,
and holders are finn.
Com.-Thc supply is light, and but few
sales except for domestic purposes. We
quote 81 26c. for new, and IS n 3Oc. for
prime old, exclusive Of sack.
OoiS.-A moderate demand exists at "a
a25c.. including sack; in bulk zoe. per bu.
Pork and Beet Packing.-Sales embrace
some 1000 hogs, averaging 2OO lbs, ut 81 5Oi
other sales Mt 80 SO 20. Beef cattle prime
SO n SO IS md other descriptions 81 80 a
80 81. - Rcreilc, Nor. "a.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

"ScUIp. "-Thi, is the aou5riqucl over
which some Ottawa GeniuS is adding Ia
heap TO the common stock of human hnow.
edge through the columns Of the Peru pea.
con. lie says occasionally some clever
things; but then he has habit Of getting
into strain so teariu!ly top-l9tiicdi, that enc
cannot help asSociating it with what Napo.
leon said was ''step beyond the sublime"
His imagination is Kaleidoscope to a degree,
but his figures arc thrown together so pro-
fuScly and recklessly. that, in the barrcnuess
of our own language, even a frequent re-
course to French andLatin serves but lame
ly TO exc them out. We have read his
"Notes on O.;awa--No. ." and have at
tempted to follow him in his daring fights,
but when we got up TO that "Soldon canopy
spread in the eternal skiUS,n among the
'.piayful rainbows," we became bewildcred
and dumtoundled, and finally lost ourselves
utterly in cloud Of polyglot. We "came
down" less Cracelully,we imagine, than Mr..
Serb did, aud not daring TO attempt to &C.
company him through ''the pure bree2cs Of
high heaven" or TO "sunny bowers, where
stately evcrgreens Lift their umbrageous
herbs" or o'er "oriert landscapes, OF Smok-
ing ba,'lefeids," we only rejoned him when
he got back 10 Suckeldom, and then we
walked over with him to see oar "swee,
FRIEND" Gedncy, of whose "cxcellence Of
countcnancc" he does not say word too
much, as the ladies will all testify. Hear
him:
In a Sigh. business intercourse, have
occasionally caught the clever smile of the
junior Constituencies, which beams on one
like CLEAN of mellow sunshine playing
among the roses; and bespcaks for him a
generous and poetic heart as well as all ed
itorial head. He is what Joe Field wond
call the "Cady" OF Ottawa.
We then suffered the following infection
"individually ourselves:"
The junior Free Trader wears grave in.
tcllcctual c0nn,cnauce, aud jus. !oOkS'lNc
the chap, that would have the impuhenoe 10
stack up printing press, amidst III. thun-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

GREAT CUIoSITY.-lhc Boston Post
states that Bosjeran, or Bushman, from
South Africa, the first slCciman ulthe race
ever brought to this country, is now in that
y,aud ."il! shortly be exhibited 70 the pub
lie. This race Of men, certainly one Of the
most curious. in their physical orgauizatis,i
aud habit, on the face @. the globe, i<abit
a district CfcoUn'ry lying some fftesn hum
bred miles Northeast of Cape Town. The
region Of country which they inhabit is
mountainous and difficult, to approach. The
Bn,hmtn have manifested the strongest dis
Ike to an intercourse with other people
They are exceedingly shy, and fly at the APP
proach of the white man. They have no
laws no chiefs, no language, except a kind of
cultural utterancc, very disagrceab,e TO the
ear. Their food consists Of reptiles, as liz
ards, ants, sc. In stature they feidom cx-
coed four feet four inches in height. They
live in the bush, having no shelter of any
kind, and dress in skins Of the rudest de-
SCriptiun.
The Post in speaking of the Bushman,
now in Boston, says:
He has been taught 10 speak little En-
-.i,h, and We understand that arrangements
are now being made 10 exhibit him in this
city, a part OF the funds arising therefrom to
be appropriated to the education ofthis spec
linen Of natures produc,ion--this evidently
connecting link between the animal and ra-
tional works ofthe great Creator. When we
take into view that he IS a t0ir SGgapie Of u
race Of men inhabitinG our globe. and not q
drdrt of that race, he il trulyG great curios-
jy. He i, about eighteen years old, three
feet eleven inches in height, and ofthc medi-
nm state of his tribe. Great animal prOpen-
sites are developed Ia the formation of his
head, low forehead, high check bones, small
black eyes, naimose. small cars, color light
chucolatc-hair black, curly, but growing
entirely different from the negro, starting
out from the head in little punches, leaving
other parts orthe, head entirely bare: his
limbs nre perfect IN their shape, and well
proportional in every respect.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

ESGLAND At THE MrRCy OF RuSsIh.-
The London correspondent of the National
In;oligencer states that Douglass Jcrrold,
in abiding TO the commercial distress that
prevail, in England, said that "If the En-.
pcror OF Russia chose to sell out the stock
he holds in the British funds, lac could drain
the Bank Of all its gold; we are absolutely
a, his mercy. Such a state Of things is dis
grac eful to our national character"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

What little wheat comes forward, scarce
ly sullces to supply the wants of city mil
lerS, who are willing to give 20 cts. for best
samples winter wheat spring % 20 cts.
In pork there is little doing. Packers are
holding out against farmers, and farmers
are unwilling to yield to the packers. The
latter are afraid topurchase at rates hitherto
paid-S3 a SO 30, and consider 81 30 for POO
lbs pork as much as they can allord.-Dem.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

Ipilmo. ProriSo.--Thc following is the
famous proyiso as offered by Mr.. Wi!mot to
the three million bill which passed the
House and was rejected in the Senate.
"Prorided, That there shall BIO neither
slavery nor involuntary servinide in any
territory on the continent of America, which
shall hereafter be acquired by or annexed to
the United States, BY virtue of this appro-
preparation, or in any other manner whatev-
or. except for crime whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted. Prorided az
trays, that any person escaping into that ter
ritory. from whom labor or service is law.
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vi A NSIOM H0U z =,
Aud srAnE OFrIcE-Ollawn, Ill.

FEvHE unjcr,gRcl has purchased the above
House, and repaired and furnished it ia
proper manner iuf tir.t rae H,lcl 1t Ia situa-
ted diiecrly IN font "f the Count House, and ia
convenient Tor all those having business conuec-
ted Ni,h the pubic Offices, and l. in the cenre
ul III, buslne-s part Of the town. The stage Of
ice tor the different routes is Kept al lhs house
The house i large mud ruumy, and ~ ceparc
of accommodating all those Who may favor him
uitn a caiI. Attached ,o the house Is comiJn-
able and convenient stable.
Fum hl, long Acquaintance aud 'Npri,rcc ct
the business and uurrmiltrd cvctrl, n, 10 please,
he hopes To receive nhroi shan It patronage.
OttlNa, Dec 3, 1871, L THORN.
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AS MIGHT HAVE BLEN EXpECErn.-Ihc
Cincinnati Commercial, on the authority Of
DE-. Chamberlain, of that city, states, and
the Delta has admitted as much itself, that
"Musiang," the clever army correspondent
Of the n. o. Delta, is printer by trade,
named Trainer, a native Of Hagcrstown
Maryland. The best officers, soldiers, and
correspondents in the army are printers.
Ahem
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dering artillery of war; and 10 sit down up
on powd der keg, and write editorials, among
the whistling bullets and growing bomb
shells of u Mexican battlefield.
Whcrupon we made obeiSance, and
could we do less ?-,e rendered Mr.. Serb our
hd.-a and departed.
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lyC(l

PIvRON the su5.cF,her. LIVING IN Ottawa, on .
= Friday last daik srr.l hur,r, of good s,he.
Hrh heavy mane and tat, aud both hind feet
white. Nhucyrr vii return ,ail horse. ~ give
where he clu hr found, shall he hand.
sO,ncy rewarded Raw &. Y. KELLY.
Ottawa, Dec g. 1917.
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PEACE NEGOTIATIONS Rr.orrSrp.-The
Washington correspondent OF the Albaay
Argus, under date of Nov lG, writes:
"a letter has been received at the State
Department from the city Of Mexico, dated
eth ult., which states that new peace pro-
positions had been opened by Mr.. Trist,
which, for the interest Of both countries. he
hoped would be accepted"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

Two MORE STEAMBOATS, LOST The
steamers Clcrmont and Prairie Bird on re-
cent trips to Galena were sunk by striking
snags some distance below that city. The
cargo of the latter was entirely lost, she hay.
ing sunk in fifteen feet Of water. No lives
last
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

county of Nonsterrado, by the unanimous
consent ofthe people of the Commonwealth
OF Liberia, this 9Th day of July, in the year
OF our Lend 1871, and Of the republic the
first. la witness whereof we have hereto
set cur names.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

$40 WHAT BASE usrs."-Thc carriage
and horses of Gen Tom Thumb, that have
created such stir in the world, have been
taken to New Orleans to be disposed Of.
The horses we've placed in little stable, !
feet by /. OF. the deck # the vessel by which
they were carried from Sew York. The
Delta says they viii be roNei for.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

DISTRESSING OICvRRIHCL.- On NunD'y
last, Albert Thulston. son of the widow
Thur>ton, living a; Du;lalo Rock, for m! $
below Ottawa, 4 boy about .evenyearS old,
was accidentally shot by his hroiher boy
ofl7 Is. The two were playing with an
old mnskct, which they supposed Not TO be
loaded, bat it happened to contAin cha2e
of shot, which was lodged in the younger
brothers breast, causing almost instant
death.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

100 BAD.-0ttawa, in this State, with n
population oil sOO), is yet utterly withou, a
school.house. Everything depends upon
.'.L' IN our enlightened country, and
w, mneh II Is neglected there may be fears for
Tue perpetiity Of our institutions. Upheld
oy me people, their power must be used in.
'eihsently.- Chicago Democrat.
ms Is hardly a fair way of commenting
on the simple fact that there has yet been
no public school house erected in Ottawa.
such language would justify tho inference
'na. ottawa is as well without schools as
w'nout school'houses, which i, very far
from being the. fact. We have never been
without a school, and have at present three
Or iour' well attended, with experienced
ana competent teachers, in comfortable
rooms Our only shame is that these room,
a'e III no public buildings erected solely for
sha' purpose, but have to be rented by the
teachers, at very considerable expen.e
70 the great detriu,eut, doubtless, Of the
poorer classes, who find i. often burdepso,,e
20 Dear 'neir part Of this expense, aud in
preference 10 not send their children 10
school. Ottawa, howeverw no, b. with.
out public schoOl.houso much longer
There Is All AWAKENING upon this subject.
among our citizens ,ha, will soon remove
this rcproach.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

There have been several arr AalS at New
Orleans from Vera Cruz since the last news
We have given, but the intelligence they
bring is not of very deep interest.
Santa Anna was at 1ehuapacan rs late ~
the Goth Oct. " Tebuayoau his forces.
about 300 meu AMI 80 officer, muiined and
dcmand,d their pay, which demand not be-
Ing satisfactorily complied with, all left him
Out about H..
! Capt. Walker it appears was not killed by
4 Mexican lance, bat WAS stricl. with TIVE
balls.
B Col. Chills is on his way 10 the Capital.
and Gen. Lane takes command at Puebla.
T Accounts from Monterey to Oct. aO,h.
state that the guerilla chief MARTINEZ was in
the vicinity Of that post with about 70 ,ucn.
well mounted and armed. lie had sacked
several ranches near C3dcrez,a, where he
/ is said 10 have obtained rich booty.
Accounts from Tamlico to It'll iust. state
thatmuchSckneSS prevails among the troors
there. The Illinois battalion stationed There
had lost vast number of men: during the
'aS' TWO mo'iuS' company a. had buried -
men and the captain; other companies coult
no. muster more than twelve or fif,ee,, ;, a.,
f,fr1,,y r,aUo,i>i,,, -,,;.,,,,.. .,.l:,,
1900 n1' 7''''''''' "''''"
went '"''' WIZ" o'o or w men, cannot now
muster more than 200 upon parade.
/ Open and undis.uisel hostili,ics have q,
/ last br,l.cr o,t bct,ye., SAINT, ,,,.,,..,,.,
nj. ,..c
,h',.. ,,r,'h ~, 80, ,' n. - '',,' =!
-. 80 ,. 80 ,''o' - - W.
,,,.,I.'. ,.,,:'.,l,,,',
800.
c1. -. ~ 49, w.. '"'
a., - =, ''''',
>, 49," ~.
- 49,. -, :. ..,.,L -. -.
l.,,T ,..u.I,.,I, ~.
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sons OF Temperance.

Ts7HE Regular Meeting, # Otlawa Division
No. ., afe hrld IA the Masonic iisii every
SaluTia, evening" ut o'rlnrt Bfeth rem visit
ins our place are respectfully invited to meet VIII,
Us. By order oi tie DN,sion.
]. ". DOW Il. s.
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Notice.

ThrrtEulr mSollng. of Occil,n'al Lodge No.
10, toy chang" ol the bylaw ..,at, hcre,ltrr TO
tc held on III, frst and third NcnIly evenings
Of each mouth Instead Of lfe corresponding FRI.
Jay evening". Nv "d,' n IT,, Lodge.
OuaNa. Nov. IL 1917.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

Carrot Smith is reducing lis principles to
practice. lie has about 10000 acres Of
poor, and, at present unsalcable land"
in the northern pant Of the state Of New
York, which he offers to convey to dcsety
in- young men Of his comfy gratis in par
cali qlfgop 100 .ts 2ra qGgees sgdns faa.RtiiFa
upon il.
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WEEKLY ARRIVALS AT IT,
MANSl90 HQUSI3,

NoreaIbcr 25-M Brayman, lady and
daughter, Springfield; W Bro,isc, Magno-
liza; l. Baker, do; c Doming, do; 5 Wade,
Peru.
Nor. aG-1'homas Ford, Peoria = Burns.
do; Z Hill, Ottawa; " Cooley, Racine:
W Rogers. do; NJ ID Smith. White.
water WinterIuutc, Wis; 4 II Atwa,or.
do; III II kimble, st. Louis; W Brooks.
Shermantown; a Smith, Chicago; a I,
Brown, Springfield.
Nor. III Spicor jr, Chicago; s w
MORSE, do; DIR T. J Rice. Dccatnr: w A
Clark, Grown Points } Milligan, La Sale;
\ Ibonton. Ind Cree
Nor. sc ID GIaunicS, Chicnpo. ( r.
Drake, do; A \ Dexter, do; J Shields.
Como; " Debts, st. Charles; /. II Todd
x Lady, Natcrtuwn, = \; Feathers.
Morris. III
Nor, 29--J T. Green, Buffalo; Ma,klv.
Fulton COS u Kennedy, Bristol; w TtseiI
La Sale J Clark. Ccnnct Mil.
Nor. CD u Van Allen, ST. louis; l.
Whitney, Newark; 5 Seymour, do; J Dill.
lon. Chicago.
Der. IT Il Elliott, Ia Sale; o G. Par.
melee. Peru; \ p Holmes, Tcrrc IIau,c:
ii \ Wathan, do; J Dickson, La Sane.
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fully due in any Of, the United States, such
persons may be lawfully claimed and car
ried GU, of such territory to the State claim
inc hi, or her service
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

MARRlED-La>t evening, at this place,
10y the Rev. Geo. W. Eassett. Mr.. : W.
MORSE TO Miss SARAH COOK, all of
Ottawa.
There is now and then a green SPOT on
the great desert of Il poor printers life,
where he can sit down and refresh himself.
We have reached another of these. Tn,
happy couple have our thanks fer their Ill G.
raiity, and our very best wishes for their flu
iuTc happiness and plcsIeri'y.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

daiir TsieJraphie.--The Emperor, Of
Austria aud Russia forbid tho crection If
Magnetic Telesravhs within their don,iu.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

TRrAsoY.--llon. L. II. Foster, wing SEN
ator from Tennessee, has written letter in
Which he speaks as follows Of the Wlmot
proviSc. The y. y. Courier and Enquirer
is already demounciug him as ''loco ioco."
~ esteem the Wilmot proviso as an out
rage upon the pride, the rights, and the feel
nss OF the iairest, the most devoted, and the
most patriotic portion Of this great republic; ;
and trust that | shall be ready, every
where and on all occasions, both publicly
aud privately, to denounce its authors, with
all who Join in adopting the unjust and OH
noxious principle, as either thoughtless or
designing enemies to the future existence Ct
our glorious union."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

PRrDrorIoNs.-The Toronto Canada
WesD Mirror, referring TO the fact that cur
victorious army was at the gates Of the city
Of the Montczumas-it had no: then cu,e.-
cd-says, in a protective tone;
"'!hc most powerful rival Of the United
States is Wo,tIdir; and England finds her
,.f, iul.c handed, placed face to face, and
foot TO foot, against that power, which Is,
one day, destined to tAwaH her IN all her
projects On the western continent, Oregon
i gone: Nadawaska caS part Of British
America: California is already penetrated
by thousands of Yankee SquatterS; Yucca
tan and Panama, aud Cuba, will, in their
turn, w..i into tho great vortex of demo-
cratic cacroachmrnt. The citizen sul3icIy
oiJhc great confederation wiz soon begin 10
long Coz new fields Of. action, and tor nubltr
laurelS OF conquest. IN these piping times
0i peace. We in Canada wonder 10 see re-
doubts and marclo towers, and stockados
projected By the British ordnance depart
ment: bu, rs sure aS Bunker Hill overluokS
the navy yard Of Boston, aud the heights cf
Abraham hear the record Of MoutgomCry's
fall, so sure is Canada destined, before an
other quarter Of century, to be the battle
ground ON which is TO be decided the final
contest Of American and British power"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

lie ipioNius p'stlHr I,sInory IN favor #
Wistar's buDam ct Wild cherry has been re.
,,i,,t hy A., AF"u, Ia mi, cIyi
JORDAN, l\.l } Nrnl 18th, 1915
L. the vlulrr % lsil aui > | vas tSoubl,J
with hear. me-, aut N.h.R IL. corgt, roLu-
,,d. uo doubt, ~ change oi climate, having pr,.
yuu,iy spout some ;imc OF the South, and po.
-,,,uG weak lungs, aud altrr a delicate con-
s,,tu'Ion. la february / was attacked with
u,m,trhFsp 81 the Iuupt, ~ lcu continued unti
lllu not sufficient stI,u-,h - voice Iu ,leak
luuj "a Inrye m,ulh-. Though medical rrrlt
mgri aCd uorr, partially recovered during the
sumucr bul "n tie tturu 81 winter vas attack.
,d alAlu With cu GH, rhiIi-, i,Stt night swpais
Pu,.uiius sd dizzy could 60 ru mere for ne,
=, { wa, Ep.dy ,iLa.Us with SoEsuu.pji.
iouurufcy ~ lu,uds 20 crud tie ba,ssm Il
Wild hrty, riukiu. d might ur,e ne Gr
4 time. and wlh ,hc b'r,,j,g Of oiud Tro,id.rce
90 entirely r,sIuu,d mc to t,.'th, witch ha,.
continued lu c'j"y ulill o., lrscht the. with.
uul ary .yrrium # my i.rucr disease wnh
cAcrpu,n al being "a mite iIahe to cold Gom
damp ar and spGJ,n chm-r ui w,uh,L
l. IziE.ru WILSON.
Sworn rud s1b,cIibcd, lbi- ~ h DAY oi Aptil,
1919, u.iurc mr, \ casa. Ju,ic,.
This valueh's r"o's,lv - sod hy
HENRY BLAkSLY, Agent,
Conner ol InirI and Lhr,uuIs a.s, ). Lvws,
No. And y
G. l.. THOMPSON, Ottawa.
:. c. SMITH. Peru.
MURRAY s son. Newark.
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Some dry fellow advcyri,cS .u On Albany
paper Cor partner With FIVE hundred dol
iars so - on a iyst.
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The R1-al3 Of Merit The Jo!uufcrr.--
The l7.h section olan ac, Of Congress, en-
,itltd"Au act making provision Tor an aGdi-
,.oual number G. Geuo.al officers, aud for
other yu-po,os," approved March 50, 1917,
5 in the following words, to VIII;
"SrC. l.. Ind bci' farther enacted, That
when any nou-comm!Ssioncd officer shall
distinguish himself, or may have distinguish
ell aimsc,iiu tue service, the prcSideu. Of
the United States shall be, and Is hereby
authorized. On Tie recommendation Of the
commanding officer Of lie -:imcnt 20 which
such nou.cummissiouCGo i.lcrr belongs, To
attach him hy lyoyet p! tie lowest grade or
rank. with the usual pay aud emu!umeuts Of
such grade, to any corps oi the army Pro-
ri4ea, ThatthCrc shall notbe mole than one
so attached to any one company y; the same
time: and when any private soldier shall So
distinguish himself, the President may in
Ike manner -gdnt himto an additional Iay
at the rate Of two dollars per month";
By rcccn, reports from Washington. the
Ledger says, it appears thatiEe President is
carving this s-lU,ary law into effect. The
names Of those who distinguished them
selves arc returned By The commanding oil
fsr. anil AeElaWat lg St8i!&l6Nf K IRs , Gi
that he is fighting for something more than
- per month, and bullet in the thorax."
will cndeavo. to exec! 10 reap the reward O.!
.a..cu,ry.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-12-03

owe are Al. cutting, cut, Cut, cutting; we
are all eating our passage through the
wO,ll,n say, the assistant editor