The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-01-08
VOL. VINO. Ct.


time-piecc left, worthy old Datch
clock, but neither want Of food nor
pinching cold could induce him TO
part with his clock. Chains, table,
beds;ead, chests, and even lis bed
itself went, but still lie would not
part with lis clock, Which licked on
through all TIE ills Of his sad condi-
ton, a favorite and beloved coinpan-
ion. His wife had long since learn.
ed to drown Ter sorrows in beer, by
some way or other procured by her;
but that faithful clock, Lis old CON-
panion, gave out the same constant
click now, as it lad dorc years be-
fore in Germany, and he would not
part with it. At last sickness camc,
produced by want, and yet lie would
not part with it. Disease made fear
| full work with lis care-worn mind
and suffering body, but the clock
was still remembered and retained.
Finally, when kc had endured all
that lie was equal to-sick, without
medicine, without food, without fro
in short, in want of all the comforts
and necessaries of life, lie yielded,
and the silver cord parted. Poor
Lebrun died of starvation, in a mis-
cradle basement, On a cold night ;
but when they found lin, lis apart
mcnt, stripped of everything else,
was stu! adorned by his clock, Which
licked on and told the hours with
all the cxactness of such a faithful
time-piece as it was. The Coroner
was called to view the body Of Lc-
brun, and his clock will probably
have to pay for lis coffin and burial.
Poor man, no donbt if lis last wish
could have been known, It would
have been, that his clock might be
buried with him, like The Indians
culver and bow 7. HerdW
kyNUFsTs UE EsaH ~; nEP0ET.
The following is a brief but accu-
rate Synopsis Of the report Of the
Secretary of War.
1t is chiefly occupied with a his
tory Of the commencement and pro.
gress Of the Mexican war operations,
embracing the battles Of Palo Alto,
Resaca dc la Palma, the three days
conflict at Monterey, tie tcrmina-
ton Of the armisticc, the conquest
Of Santa Fc and the CALIFORNIA;,
etc, etc.
Satisfactory, though not official ir-
formation had been received Of the
taking of Montclova, but not of CHI.
huahua. Gen. Kearney's detach-
nent was expected to reach the Pa
clilc about the last Of November.
I The operations Of Col. Fremont and
Commodore Stockton, west of the
Rocky Mountains, are referred to
with commentator. Authentic in
formation, but no Official report, lad
as yet been received.
The military force Of tic United
states las been augmented from
I64O to 3O,OOO.-Ihe duties Of the
department have been Prduous end
embarrassing.
The department Of Tamulipas, On
the right bank of TIE Rio Grande,
fer several hundred miles from IFS
mouth, New Leon, Coahuai!a and
CHIHUAHUA have all in eject been
wrcstcd from tie Central govern
ment of Mexico and the CALIFORNIA;,
all in the short space of seven
months.
The regular army created under
the law of the last session, when
filed up, will amount to 1888 Off
GERS and men, but it docs not now
exceed 10000. The want Of sue
cess in filing up the ranks is attrib-
!, utable, probably, to the large num-
Der of volunteers called cut since
the passage of the bill increasing the
army. 1t is impossible 10 tell what
number of troops the cxigencics Of
/ the war may require. The volun.
l teers called out who have cncoun-
tered the enemy have more than JUS
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