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We take the following extract
from letter to the N. Y. Post, from
Nathaniel Niles, written at Buena
Vista. After giving . description of
the Battle, he says:
"In the same part of the field, and
about the same time with Clay, Nc
Kee, and Hardin, another fell, pierre
ed by a lance, whose name is worthy
of a place in the rolls of fame-pri-
vate Alexander Kunze, of Company
H, I'd Regiment Of Illinois. The
writer was honored with his friend
ship, and had an opportunity of
knowing him well, being a member
of the same company and his tent
mate. His conduct on the field was
most soldierly, cool, calm, deliher-
ate and prompt in obeyidg orders.
His courage was conspicuous, even
in the moment of his death, when
he refused to surrender. Except a
brother in South America, lie left
no relatives on this continent. His
motives in taking this step were,
that he might serve the country,
whose constitution he respected be-
fore all other systems government,
and crafty his curiosity in a new
mode of life, by seeing Mexico, and
observing, as he did with a philo-
sophie eye, the character of her
people and institutions. The writer
promised much pleasure to himself
in travelling with him through this
country. He was twenty-seven
years of age, and probably the most
learned man in the army. His
knowledge of philology was accur-
ate snd profound. Such was his
familiarity with the Latin, that by
one days examination of a Spanish
grammar he was able to read this
cognate language with facility.
Many pleasant hours have we spent
in rambling over the plains
and mountains of Mexico, while he
filed his haversack with new plants
to send to Germany, and which his
knowledge Of botany often enabled
him to class in their several genera
and species.
"a better or drawer heart than
his never beat its last upon a field
of battle. While awaiting upon the
field, on the night Of the Odd of Feb
ruary, the renewal Of the attack by
Santa Anna, the thought was most
rOnsolatory to several of his com
radeS, that death on the next day,
might make them companions Of
of Socrates, and of kunze.
This man died for country of
which he was not a citizen shall it
be said that be, the republican son
IF Germany, was not true Ameri-
,rn? May his example animate the
hearts of those whom alone lie
would acknowledge as countrymen
the good and the true of every
cline and country.
"Respcctfully,
"NATH'L NILES"
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We commend the following to
the notice Of all our female readers,
married and unmarried-more cS-
pecially to the matrons, 1t points
to very truthful moral--too TRUTH
full, as general thing, to be agreca-
bic -
81 see friendship, love, common
sense and common honesty, sacri-
feed every hour to what is called
poIiteness. | see women every day,
out of respect, as they say, to their
husbands, fixed out with better dress,
with better looks, and with better
humor, to receive a stranger than to
receive a husband, the roHges per-
Suading the good, easy fool, when
they give other men cleaner table
cloth and better dinner, that they
do it out ofrcspect for him!
Abominable!--they treat the lord
oil thelr affections, the partner Of
their bed, the father of their child
rem, worse than any other man
they DO indeed-,here's no DENYING
it.
IT'S a wicked, profligato, cold
hearted life, and they know it. They
call it hospitality. Worse and
worse. Hospitality is not ostcnta-
ton. Hospitality is simple and sim
cere. No-they want to please a
stranger-to deceive him, even for
an hour, to appear better of in the
world than they really are. They
are secretly tired of home, Of that
plain, quiet comfortable, beautiful
decency, which makes home so
dear to man. Such women arc
sure to be sluts and hypocritcs, Just
in proportion to the difference they
make between their husbands and
the worltl--the stranger and the
husband. They 90 slip shod about
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-06-18

Had the carth's surface presented
only one UNMARRIED mass of granite or
lava, or had its nucleus been cover.
ed by entire conccntric coverings OF
stratifed rocks, like the coats of an
onion, single stratum only would
he accessible to its inhabitants and
the varied intermixtures of lime
stone, clay, and sandstone, which,
under the actual disposition, are so
advantageous to the fertility, beauty,
and Availability Of the globe, would
have had no place. Again the in
estimably precious treasures Of min.
eral salt and coal, and of metallic
ores, confined as these latter are to
the older series oil formations, would,
under the supposed more simple ar
rangement Of the strata, have been
wholly inaccessible I; and We should
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about year ago, as a nifty fine one,
for two dollars. Wall, it used to
wus good one but the barrel had
been bursted, and he waxed it up
and selled it to me. | thort at first
I'd gin him thraShin, when cotch-
ed him, but that wouldn't cit my
money back, stranger; so | patched
up the critter nice and slick, as you
seed it, and made three sinners and
a knife by It'll wasn't bit so bad
arter all, strangern
| never heard whether or not the
pedlar found out the Sucker suck
in A
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expectation +? Not four dollars a
barrel perhaps not more than $3i.
The home market we shall have at
any rate. Americans will eat,
whether manufacturers, mechanics,
sailors or gentlemen. But after all
their eating, prices will be, in a
fruitful year, like the past was, and
the present promises to be, extreme
ly low unless exhausted by an export
demand.
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We take the following remarks
from the money article Of the Public
Ledger, and we wish our readers to
pernSe them carefully. The Wings
can derive but little comfort in such
statements. They blow the hum,
bug "home market" Sky high.
Should the European harvest the
present year be a full average, and
the produce Of the United States as
large as ever before, there is little
reason to doubt that there will be a
demand for all that is produced, so
completely are the granarics of
both Europe and America now
drained. And should there be any
great loss OF crops, as is predicted in
some of the States, the scantiness Of
the supply may still farther enhance
prices. Taking all the cereal grains
III the aggregate, we doubt if the an.
nudl product was greater, acre for
acre, than last year; but the num-
Der of acres to be harvested this
year is far beyond that of any for
mer year. Some idea of the Immen-
sity of the crop may be gathered
from the following statistics, made
up from the returns of the last CEN
sus, showing the quantity of cereal
grains produced in ls40:-
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VOL. VINO. 40.

the house-hair flying loose, and
themselves more fitted for horse
pond than a marriage bed, or din
ner table, till in mercy to tier hus-
bard, some knock at the Goor.
o! but if you ask man to
dinner with yon, you must give
him something better than pork and
beans.
Not if | eat pork and beans my
self.
But he'll be offended.
Let him. He's a fool if lie ex-
poets to be treated at my own house,
by my own wife better than myself
am. Sir, can tell by looking at
the plate of a man, exactly how he
is esteemed by the woman at the
head of the table.
OF course. The higher she. es-
teens him, and the more she loves
him, the better will he be helped.
Exactly the reverse. The hus-
band will be the worst OFF; and if
there be any particular, dear friend
that comes often-somcbody to
whom the family are under great OBJ
ligations-you may know him by the
drumsticks in his plate-the muddy
cider the small claw ofthe lobster.
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have been destitute of all these es-
sential elements of industry and civ
ilization. Under the existing diSpo-
sition, all the various combinations
Of strata, with their valuable con-
tents, whether produced by the agen-
cy Of subtcrraneous fire, or by me-
chanical or chemical disposition be-
meath the water, have been raised
above the sea to form the mountains
and plains Of our present earth, and
have still further been laid open to
our reach by the exposure of each
stratum along the sides of valleys.
+ X
The total quantity Of metals existing
near the surface Of the earth Eek
cepting iron,) being comparatively
small, and their value to mankind
being of the highest order, as the
main instruments by which he emer-
geS from the savage state, it was of
the utmost importance that they
should be disposed in manner that
would render item accessible by his
industry; and this object is admira-
bly, attained through the machinery
of metallic veins. Had large guam
titles of metals existed throughout
rocks of all formations, they might
have been noxious to vegetation;
had small quantities been dissemina-
ted throughout the body of the stra-
ia, they would never have repaid
the cost of separation from the ma
triX. These Inconvenience are OBJ
waited by the actual arrangement
under which these rare substances
are occasionally collected together
in the natural magazines afforded by
metallic veins.-Dr. BUchiaad.
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DR.. HORACE n.RASEnRn.

Having located at YernIiIIonvillc, offers his
Professional services to the public, end feels d
crniirn'e Qrnm his long practice IN Michigan
aud II lnos,) in being able to re uder satisfactory
Sets'ce- 20 those who may flvorhim with a call.
lnlv 10. lSlb.
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C0rSo,,s Spring,


There is great natural curiosity
in Delaware county, Ohio. The
manner of discovery is thus related:
Sometime about the year 1918, two
men, by the name of Davis and
Richards, salt boilers by profession,
commenced boring for salt water
in the bed Of the Sciota river, near
the place mentioned. After having
bored about twenty feet through
solid rock they came upon stream
ofwhite sulphur water, ofthe strong
est kind. The auger with which
they were boring, suddenly sunk
something like two feet, which is
probably the depth OF the stream;
but such was the pressure of the
water, that the augcr was forced up
again, and large weights had to be
attached to it in order to keep it to
its place, and enable them to bore
further. They continued to bore on,
however, until they got about 400
feet below the sulphur stream, when
they struck upon salt water. The
size of the anger was about two
and half inches in diameter.-
When they took it ont, the jet Of the
sulphur water rose up TO the height
of twenty feet above the surface of
the river. In order to obtain ac-
cess to the salt water beneath, they
procured strong copper pipe, and
attempted to force it down to the
place where it was found. But
whenever it reached the sulphur
stream, such was its force and pres.
sure that the pipe was completely
hattened, so as entirely toprevent the
passage of water through it. All
subsequent attempts to insert pipe
proved abortiye, and after prosecu-
ting the work at intervals for several
years, the project was entirely aban-
dcned. After enlarging the orifce
made by the auger, at the top, a
wooden stock, twenty feet in height,
was inserted-yet even at the top of
this, such was the force of the stream,
that itrequired the strength oftwo or
three men to put a plug in it,
From this stock, pipe conveys the
water to the spring house, On tho
river. The stream has been rum
ming for twenty-six years, yet its
strength aud force are undated.
Those who have recently exam
ined it say that it is capable Of
throwing up a stream ten inches in
diameter, from eighty 10 ninety feet
high and that water can be thus
TO turn large miIl-Gens
If Science.
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A. II. ROWLAND,
Z nv stefan and S,Epeon.

FNy stclan aud S'EgeON.
R'.iitoce 90 tie hlll a few doors west of tie
Fox RIVER II lusa. Bili;c, the sane ~ hereto.
IRE nccnPlrd by Rowland IL Pearson, IN Red.
dicks Block.
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oNal, QUO, zoo, OOJ
The CT 'ps of 1916 have been es-
tlmated at eight hundred million
bushels. Should the produce of
crops the present year per acre,
equal the average Of last, the addi-
tional number of acres seeded will
probaly add to the estimated Weld
of last year two hundred million
bushels.
Taking the present population at
twenty millions, this wouli give 80
bushels 70 every man, woman and
child in the Union. True, there are
deductions for horses, hogs, &c,
amounting, probably, to nearly half
the whole product. But it is evil
dent, notwithstanding, that we shall
have very large surplus for foreign
countries; perhaps more than our
own ships ifnot interfered with by the
shipping of other countries, would
be able to carry away. At present
there seems no limit to the demand.
At anyrate, whatrvej is the value
of any oftheSe articles for exporta-
tion-or rather, whatcverprice they
will command for that purpose-the
same will be the price Of the ,choie
product, although, perchance, not
two and half per cent, if it is cx-
ported. If the appreciation of the
product Of 1916 has been TWENTY-FIVE
cents a bushel on an average. on
account Of the demand for eXporta-
ton, not an cXtravagant estimate
certainly,) the aggregate apprecia-
ton is two hundred millions Of dol
Iars-it is this addition to the Agri-
cultural wealth Of the country
For this we are largely ineb,ed to
commerce--to comparative freedom
of trade. And vet, there are not
those who are continually
decrying the foreign market for our
produce, and shouting for the
''homc market" After thirty years
of government protection, and all
c home market thereby produced,
what would the price Of Flour be
now, were it not for the demand for
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DR. JOSEPH STOUT,

Ol'rs his Professional services to the citizen,
OF Ottawa and vicinity. Office on la Sale 81.
Si the room occupied w the late Dr.. Hurlbut.
Ottawa, June Il, 1915. 47-6n
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that State-in the fall of lS--.
more miserable looking set of yellow
skins than the majority Of the in
habitants of the log huts which line'
the road on which was travelling
could not have been scraped up il
any other State in the Union. But
to do them justice, they were gcner
ally lively, industrious and hospita
bic people; and | found, as | vii
relate, that though the ague was
pretty tough and tenacious customer
among them, to 'hold on and shake,
yet it took long time to shake the
wits of some of them into confusion
Evening was frightening the shad.
ows of the trees, and the mellowed
light Of the declining sun poured
through the branches and glistcncd
on the ripe leaves, soon to be pluck
ed and strewn on the ground by
Jack Frost and his sturdy rcapcrs,
as emerged from heavy forest OF
tall timber and found myself on the
confines Of one Of those delightful
prairics for which Illinois is famous,
and which diversity the otherwise
tame scenery of this part of the coun-
try. Myriads of flowers still bloom
ed in the waving grass which bent
its yellow pIumage over them, and
protected them from the warmth OF
the summer sun; far and near were
seen the gaudy-feathered birds and
humming honcy-bces, reveling in
the sweets of this garden of nature.
But another object attracted my at
'ehtioh, WHO seemed not to pay much
regard TO the scene, and like he
d'dn care nine-pence whose gar
den 1t was he was in. lie went on
with hop skip and jump kind of a
walk ever ana anon breaking out
VIII! Shatches OF a song generally
ending with 'Dar-dldny, dar-did.
an irreSIStahly Imaginable effect, and
% al my suo'I'ne lmas'ngs' a moment
oeiore' as | emerged from shadows
ana commonplace scenes INTO sun,
s oor'',,' '''h oe"n!N WIle e"PS'|eo
o o"' ln 'sso'i =? '','s ou"i'y anu was
ia"ob and w. ~ ,' nr s ,to n'' near!
- -, N .i 9 ""l'
!" preference 90 ali lhoSe poetlc
like a yolra0" ~ TG Ua', nn 'Jas'
trion before mo looI,o1 - 10 p,,,,,
and ont SncLeyHYnne of yon -" hoic
and half natives. hnt oro ,rLo IaI
bcrn horn bred and nnont =" - o ""I
manv If his dave of ,oanEonJ " 49, 60.
the willowv lakes (swamnsl Of ,Ie
wood onL haon uNSaJ " Wv
Loe-caLo ord ro,S;,.
~ "''N ,'"'
that he lad got used to it. which had
furnished him with n coat Of sL;n l;l,o
his yellow homcsDun narts. and one
who conld still handle his rife in =
hunt, his fists in a fight. or his legs
in country breakdown. lie could
laugh and sing certain. and az 7
drew nm near him. he was ;urr;,o
alonr on his tocs Luu,;,o t,o
in low key, with broad grin on
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Da. p. SCuERMERUORN.

OIrs hi Pro!.ss,pu,l service, 10 the citizen,
ct Ottawa aud vicinity, Office on Columbus 81
hetveen Canal and Clinton
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II. W. HOPKINS, NJ. ID.

Phy'Iclan and Surgeon, OHawa. Ills.
Hi'ci his Professional services 4, the citizsrs
of O!nSa and viciR'ty. 0Iice ogpr Gcurpe =.
Walkers store, where he may he found a. al
umes except when absent on professional busi-
ness. Augusl6 SAG
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We heard gentleman, fresh from
the theatre Of war, relate an anec-
dote Of Gen. Taylor. One ofthe Hi
noiS regiments was thrown into rath-
er close proximity with a Mexican
battery, and the balls were flying toll
cradle thick and rather close-so at
least as to induce the b'hoys TO dodge
occasionally. Old Rough was sit
ting aStride of his old gray, and be-
ing in a position to see the lodging,
cried out, gentlemen, no lodging
1t i'll becomes a soldier to dodge"
Old Rough's gray horse presented a
fair mark, and as tire enemy had
learned his whereabouts because of
his old charger, a very brisk fire
was opened upon the grey horse
It is said the balls passed around old
Rough promiscuously, and Tie thing
was fast becoming quite too hot even
for him. AT last a ball passed so
near the old mans cheek as TO cause
him to throw his head in an opposite
dire elton with celebrity not at all
characteristic OF old Rough's plod-
ding habits; 1t was thought the old
fellow was dodeing--the movement
Of his head was noticed by some OF
the Illinoians, and a hearty laugh
broke out from the b'hoys. Old
Rough Strained himself up in his
stirrups and said, "dodge the balls,
gentleman, but no running. Mss.
.2Gcocate
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DR. J. PEARSON.

Oi1rs his professional services 10 The
inhabitants of Ottawa and vicinity. Of
hre IN the room adjoining the Free Ira.
der Printing Office, in Reddcks Block.
+. S.-Dr. p. still continues to per.
form operations in all the various branch.
es Of Dentistry. Charges 10 correspond
,ciM The Hmes!!!
Ottawa, March 10, Isd7.
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; b III @. EARL

Paln,ea and GIazier, OHa,ca. mrs
Carriages, Signs, Houses, &c, painieJ :, orls,
ana IN reasonable terms. shop on Columbus
street, nrr DR.. Schrrmerhoru's.
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O ID DAY.

Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
.7HrOrd.
lee m the cas-, SIDE Of The river, over 4 Inu's
store. 81
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The sum of 81 100000 IS invest
in the manufacture Of glass atPitts-
burgh.
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FREMONT HOUSE.

CbGO, 1T.
l.GJ8hEY II co, Gate of the American
asmperlnce House, Chcago,) ave mken the
1rem1n House corner OF Lakeland streets
Where they will be happy to serve their friends
ana All others who will favor then. with A call
in the best style Nav Isl6 q AZ
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IA MES STOuT

JAMES STOUT,
Httorney and Counsellor al Lar,
o'hce on the north side of the public square 81
HANfES. Lemons aud Figs, fresh and su.
~ p"nor Mt 37-f BOuGHTON'S.
ID Bales Blown shirting and sheeting
n fnr sale by
Y l2.n CusHMAN e. GRJpLEy.
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And Sal 10 mo n bic huss gin.
An hau tn carry nav tnh .rE,r ia 7

saw him in a crowd surrounding a
pedlar's wagon, handling the differ
ent articles exposed for sale.
'What do You AK fur this 'ere frog
sticker, mistcrP said he, handling
one Of the knives.
'One dollar replied the vcnder.
The Sucker gave a low whistle
Of establishment, and said: Il tell
YOU what III 90 with you, mister
Eve got nifty nice shoolin' iron III
sell you cheap, eff you'll throw that
knife in
Let's see IT, said the pedlar. anx-
ious for suck in and our friend
from the Flant-i-ation produced a
most splendid looking pistol. The
bargain was soon made the pedlar
gave our friend #5 and the knife,
and he went away rejoicing.
| overlook him and told him he
had been cheated-that the pistol
was to all appearance, worth twice
the sum,
wall, stranger, III tell you all
about it, as you haint no consarn in
the matter. That same Internal ped
lar selled me that shooting fixin',
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The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1847-01-09
MELLAN Err v.
MISS Nj. +. robson.

WKToULD respectfully inform tho citizens o.
Wv Bloomsburg and vicinity, aud the Ladies
especially, that she has just received, and is com
'tantly receiving from Philadelphia, a new ano
splendid assortment Of
FALL & WINTER MIL LlNERY,
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FANCY ARTICLES,

,n,ong which may be found, velyets and satin' o
all colors, feathers, flowers, ribbons, berase toI
wells. kid and cotton gloves, linen and eotor hand
kercbiers, polka and plain combs, shell and other
side combs breast pins, shawl Plus and all Other
kinds of pins, bead and other needles, gold ard l.
YER pencils silver and other thinbles; steel beods
rings and t1ssels shaded and plain twis, for purses
and bags, clasps for bags, purses and bags ready
made velvet ncck ribbons Of different kinds collar
st,s, cap stuff sdsing and bordering. head esses
bracelets hooks and eyes, thread tape &c., IN fact
anos, every thing usually to be found in fancy
store, all ofwhch she will dispose Of as low as they
can be obtains elsewhere
Also-Fa.hionable BoNNETs aud GAPS
made and kept on hand for sale
n oyembeT
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N o TIC E.

Whereas my wife ELIZA has leH my
bed aud board without jost cause or Provo.
raton,aI) persons are hereby lo.bid harhor'
irg ortrusilng her nn NY account as shal
pay TO deUts VI her contracting alter thls
date.
JOSHUA WEBB,
Centre township Nov. %, ls4f-32.