The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-10-01

state to be composed chiefly OF volunteers
that have served in Mexico.
The Wings Of Cnyahoga county. Ohio
demand of their candidates for the state leg.
i>laturc that they shall pledge thcmsclvc,
under no circumstances 10 vote for Cen
Taylor.
Dan Marble recently presented a pair Of
ten dollar boots 10 palsou Brown. whcrcup-
ON the Boston Post quoted the following
poetry;
AS from the rock by Moses wand
The grateful liquid shoots,
So from the marble. too. is drawn
The parsons pair Of boots
The late election in Vermont was consid-
erably MIXED upwith the Temperance ques-
,ion-and the antics imbibcd lemon iuice
and brandy even more freely than is Gus
tomary inthe land of steady habits. Hence
the papers now head the election returns
from that state. esprit Of Punch"
p Gen. SCOTS letter to Millard Fillmore is
genuine, but it was written sin years ago.
I Two things we think, this war has dem
on>tratcd to be useless, and if abolished
would soon save enough money 10 pay the
expenses of the war. These are the militia
system and,o standing army. The volun-
teerS in every engagement have fought full
aS well rs the regulars, and there can never
be any difficulty in getting enough Of them.
Col. Chas. May is stationed at Carlisle,
Pa, rs commanding officer of the garrison.
1t Is his intention to open cavalry school
there, says some paper.
Comicreits.-2's, Phoenix Bank. Hart.
ford, care about an eighth of an inch longer
than the genuine, and a trine wider. and
unlike them in every respect except in tie
word 'PhCuix Bank"
The population Of PittsJurg, according to
Mr.. Isaac Harris, the publisher Of Direc.
tory, is 10000 souls.
Some one has been robbns Mcad's hen.
roost, What a desperate wicked place that
Peru must be,
The Hanfpi' Nerad, one Of the most
readable papers in the west. has been re-
moved to Princeton, and viii hereafter an
pear under the title Of "PrHccion Herald"
Princeton is the county seat of Bur, au couu-
~, has from 100 to 1000 inhabitants. and is
surrounded by numerous, wealthy, and
highly intelligent farming population. \
man with the talents, energy and en.erprize
Of our friend Lynch, must succeed in such
place.
The editor of the Ohio Culiivator thus
pours forthhis sorrows in poetry. We think
he ought to consider himself fortunate that
he need lament thus only in reference to
critters;
eve never loved charming cri.ter.
But some one else was sure to cit her.
Gen. SCOTS parents must have been
prophetcally inspired when they christened
him Uim:fc!d,
Hon. Geo. H. Profit, formerly member
of Congress from Indiana, and more recent.
ly |. ;. Minister to Brazil, died at Louis.
willie Oh the 7th ult,
Grouse is the name of new Post Office
Just established in Kane county, Marcus
White, Esq, p. NJ. 1t is between Sugar
Grove and Blackberry.
\ respectable meeting of the Democratic
friends Of the Hon. d. Wilmot, the author
of the "Proviso,' has been held in Bradford
county, Pennsylvania, and nominated him
as a candidate for the presidency.
Capt. Harvey, of Kane Co., writing to
the Hon. John Wentworth, states that he
has arrived at Tampico with but men on
the sick list, and these were cases of mca-
sles. lie states that he has a .tUrlough and
will be back on a visit in November.
The estate of SIas Wright is valued at
bat ten thousand dollars, though he always
lived very economically.
Gen. Taylor has written another letter TO
the wings of Clarksviic, Tennessee, in
which he declines fiat. footedly to make any
declarations, and says over and beyond that
he will support the constitution as under
stood and administered by the earlier presi-
dents, he will no case be tramelled by any
otherpledse, should the ''good people" make
him ,ro,;dcn.
| They have had another riot at Cincinnati
\ negro attempted to kill white man with
whom he had had difficulty, and the moi
attempted to take the negro out of the hands
Of the police and hang him near CovnSton
but the mayor Of Coyington drove them of
aud the negro was taken back to Jail.
/ Laportant'-T'le Emperor of Brazil ha,
announced in very handsome style to the
President Of the L. 5. the birth of his tenth
daughter. This is looked upon as an evil
dcncc that the Emperor wishes to eman OF
good terms with the L. s.
a letter from California, dated July 10
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