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A DEDICATION HYMN.
By Y P WILLIS.

The perfect world by Adam trod.
Was the iirst tcmpll--5uiIt by God
His fiat laid thr corner stone.
And heaved It's pillars, one by one.
lie hung is starry roof on high
The broad, il!lnIlablc sky;
Tie spread lis pavcmcnts green and BRIGHT
And curioIncd it with morning light.
The mountains in their places stood
The seattle sky-and AL was good -
And when It's first pure praises RAM,
The morning stars together sang
Lord It's not ours 10 make the sen,
And earth, and sky house for thee;
But n thy sight our Offering stand. ~
An humble temple, made by hands"
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Ielegrnphic.

We now have a dictionary of the Ian
guage made use of by our telegraph, and
will hereafierbe able in due season, to give
a translation Of all the intelligence that it
may favor us with. The startling mes
sage that it brought down the other evening,
must have been heard from Nnewah to
Joliet and from Aurora to Pontiac. TWAS
very laconc, and we will give it verbatim,
as taken down in short hand by our Solo
mon, together with the English translation
by the same distinguished individual.
"llraah aah rub tub row ow
ow-ow-w w-w-wr'
1rdRSldtiOR.-''IIurrah and set under
your tubs, for we are going to give You a
shower -ower -ower -ow-er!''
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-30

Mammoth Bon@.-Thc Memphis Ea-
Gle OF the 10th ult. says: ..Ihe huge carcass
Of a monster animal, now extinct, was dis
covered in the Gayoso bayou, in this city,
one day last week, hy negro boy. Tie
carcass lay projecting from the bank Of the
bayou, about 10 feet from the surface of the
ground, and was doubtless deposited there
before the bayou was formed. The bones
are said to be larger than any that have
been found in Kentucky or elsewhere.
They were very much decomposed- though
portions Of the ivory tuSks, vcrtebrp, and
other bones, were taken ont whole. The
two tuSkS, or five feet of them, lay side by
side, and measure twenty-five inches III cir
conference.-the rings or joints Of the YER
ZEBRA measured two feet in circumference.
1t is unquestionably the frame of some gran
ivorouS animal, existing probably anterior
to the Deluge, the history OF which is I'M
known To Us, even by any reliable tradition
their massive bones being the only reve-
htion or evidence of their creation aud per
ished existence"
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DIR. ]. PEARSON,

Physician, Surgeon \ Dentist UHdWd, m
Oilers his professional s,Nlcrs t. t." Inh 'hn
ants Of Ottawa aud vicinity. Office At his rrsi.
dence on Columbus street,
p. S.-Dr. =. still continues To perform oper'
atoms in a 1.-The various branches OF DE>lIsrWI.
Charges 10 correspond Nth The times
March L. lSl7.
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TOL. VIU.-NO. 80.

/ They have spectators drunken sailors, aud
oglinG, thicving, drinking women who
should have died long ago, when all that
was womanly died. Here hour draws on
hour, sometimes with brutal laughter, some
times with threat and oath and uproar.
! The last few stolen dollars lost, and temper,
too; each charges each with cheating, and
high words enSue, and blows, and the whole
gang burst out of the door beating, biting,
scratching, and rolling over in the dust.
/ The worst, the iiercest, the most drunken
of the four, is our friend who began by ina
| king up the game.
Scene Fourth. Upon this brig ht day, stand
with me if you would be sick of humanity,
and look over that multitude of men kindly
gathered to see murderer hung. At last
a guarded cart drags on thrice guarded
wretch. At the gallowS ladder his courage
fails. His coward feet refuse to ascend
dragged up he is supported by bustlng OIL
cials his brain reels, his eyes swim; while
the mock minister utters final prayer by
h's leaden ear. The prayer is said, the
moose is fixed, the signal is given; shud-
der runs through the crowd as he swings
free. Alter moment his convulsive limbs
stretch down, and hang heavily and still:
aud he who began to gamble TO make out
game, and ended in stabbing an cnraged
victim whom he had feeced has here play
ed the last game-himsclf the stake!
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And how are we too meet that dawn
arms, my countrymen, i'll arms. Thus and
not otherwise, have ever nations of men
sprung TO liberty aud power But why do
reason thus with you--with YOU, the Irish
OF Ulster, who never have denied the noble
creed and Sacraments of manhood? You
have not been Schooled for forty years in
the fatal cant of moral turce--you have not
been utterly debauchcd and emasculated by
the clap trap pla,,itudes of public meetings,
and the empty glare oi'impoSing demonstra-
tons" lou have not yet learned the tiffany
OF slaves, and the whine of beaten hounds,
and the way to die towards death. No,
let once the great idea of your country's
destiny seize upon you, my kinsmen, and
the way will be plain before you as pike
startwelve feet long.
Yet there is one lesson you must learn
traternal respect, for your countrymen OF
the South ami that sympathy with them.
aud faith IN them without which there can
be no vital nationality in Ireland. You lit.
tie know the history and sore trials and hu
mutations of this ancient Irish race; ground
and trampled for long ages into the very
earth, and then taught--cxpressly iduahf-
in solemn harangues, and even in sermons
that II was their duty to die, and see thei,
children die before their faces. rather thar
resist their tyrants as men ought. You car
hardly believe that creatures with the gai
and aspect Of men could have been brought
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-30

At the battle of Lexington, a negro turn
ed out with the militia; and not exactly nm
ders,anding how to work his musket, he
cast it down and went to throwing brick
bats at the enemy. This gave origin to
the in,e,rogatory in such common use
/" H'ho phrop'd dat last brick bat .tust2"
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4. II. ROWLAND,

Physician and Surgeon Ottard, III.
Re, d,uc' On the ull. t.,, s.N... n' ..
Fox River House. q &C. 'h. -r
fore occupied by HOcilnd amt F,r'.. %
RrllIcn's Block
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-30

FiOwerS.-Iiow the universal heart of
man blesses flowers They are wrcathcd a
round the cradle, the marriage alter and the
tomb. The Persian in the far East delights
IN their perfume, and writes his love in nose
gays while the Indian child ofthe far West
clapS his hands with glee as he gathers the
abundant iowers-the illuminated scrip
lures OF the praries. The Cupid Of the An
cIent llindoos tipped his arrows with flow
erS, and orange buds are the bridal crown
with US, nation of yesterday.-Flowers
saranded the Grecian alter, aud they hang
III votlve wreaths before the christian shrine.
All these are appropriate uses. Flowers
should deck the brow of the youthful bride,
for they are in themselves a lovely type Of
marriage. They should Irvine around the
tomb, for their perpetually renewed beauty
is symbol Of their rcsurrection.-They
should rest on the altar, for their fragrance
and their beauty ascend in perpetual wor-
ship before the Most High.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-30

DR.. p. kIRWAN

ID ESPECrFULLY informs The clrzens OF
M Ottawa aud vicinity that he has pcru a.
nenlly heated in Ottawa, where he may be
consulted hS PERSONS wishing his services IN
the line of hts profession.
Office on the north side of The public square.
directly opposite the CITY Hotel, where be viii
constantly keep ou baud well selected assert
men, Of drugs aud medicines, ,tc,, ri superior
quality. Ottawa. April q 1918
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What they 81, fora quaker, who was
examined before court, not using any 9th
er language bnt "thce," and "triend," was
asked by the presiding Judge, "pray, Mr.
-, do you know what we sit here for ?"
---'Nca verify l do said the Quaker
"threo Of you for two dollars each n day,
and the ia, one on the right for one thousand
dollars year"
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LII. ". HOPKINS. NJ. ID.

Physician 4 AUfyeOa- Utfdra, III.
Oilers his professional services to the cilzcn-
Of Ottawa and vicinity. Oihcr over Walker n
Hickhng's store, where he may be found At all
times except when absent on professional busl-
ness, Aug q 1916.
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a fellow went before a magistrate the
other day and entered complaint against
a sgn-post for running against him in the
stree and backing his eye. The defend
ant set up plea of Sel!-delence, as the fell
low was known to have had a brick m has
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-30

If any act deserves deep AMI utter con-
dcmnatun, II is that Of trilling with woman's
affection. The female heart may be com
pared TO delicate harp, over which the
breathiugS Of early affection wander, until
each tender cord is awakened in tones orin-
eilable sweetness. 1t is the music of the
soul which is thus called ronh-a music
swccter than the fall of the fountains or the
song of the Hour in the Moslems Paradise.
But wo for the delicate fashioning of that
harp il change pass over the love which
first called forth It's hidden harmonies. Let
neglect and cold unkindness sweep over its
delicate strings, and they will break one a
nothcr--Slowly. perhaps, but surely. Un-
visited, unrcquited 10y the light Of love, the
soul.likc melody will DO hushed in the
stricken hoSom--like the momus Of the T.
gyptian statue before the coming Of suniise.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-30

While Raphael was engaged in painting
his celebrated irescocs, he was visited by
two cardinals, who began to cri,icisc his
work, aud found fault without understand
ing il.
"rhc Apostle Paul has too red face"
said one.
Gle bushes even in heaven 20 see into
what hands the church has iallen," said tbs
indignant artist
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-30

A New Orleans paper adve,tscs for sale
one "undirided half Of negro"
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II. ROSENkRANS, VI. D.,

Physician, Surgcoa,& Ocuiist- OHdro, III.
Oiitr, IN. services to The CruLrus "l Qua" au'
vicinity. Residence. Mlu,lu Nu>,. mr. p
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si62s u Sizes u
S3l,ls2 &C s3I,ls2 &c

There Is ON" Of the onginal county bonds out.rand-
Ing Tor the sum OBJ. $500 which The commissioners
have been unable to fund
No >
Amount Of county revenue collected for county pur-
poses, SI3Jl Is
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-30

Accounts from Europe, which we pub
liShcd week or two ago, brought intclli-
gencc that Mitchell had been convicted of
high treason 10y British Court, and SEN
fenced to transportation to one of her con-
Wet colonies for fourteen years
We know little about Mitchell, beyond
The conspicuous part he has recently taken
IN the struggle Of Ireland against the OPP
preston OF England. We have, however,
seen or heard of no charge agans, him, ex-
ccpt that he loved his country. lie is a
martyr TO his Country's ireedom-no more.
Instead Of preaching ''peace, peace" to his
countrymen, when there was no peace, he
urged them TO use at once the means by
which only Ireland can, aud sooner or la
ter, inevitably will, throw off the British
yoke.
The manner, as well as views Of Mitch
ell MAJ be- gr,.nrcd from the following ox.
tracts who. ~ 'lsc from his "Address to
the farmers @. ,!strr."
81 tell y"u frankly that |, for one, am not
"loyaL' am not welded to the Queen o!
England, nor unalterably attached to the
House of Brunswick. In fact, love my own
born better than love that house. The
time is long past when Jehovah Amounted
Kings. The thing has long since grown a
INDUSTRIOUS impoSture, and has been already,
IN some civilized countries, detected ms
such, and drummed ont accordingly. .
There is no divine right now but that OF
the sovereign people.
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The amount paid on principal
Of the funded debt, falling
due, July /, 1873.
The mmmuml paid on the IN
lcrest of said debt, and being
due, July, 1878,
Amount paId on bond falling
due July /, 1919,
Expenses m paying tins debt
Collectors percentage iog col
lrctlng 81, 3yl ~
Treasurer percentage on the
same,
Balance IN the treasury,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-06-30
MILTON II SWIFT
HENRY G.. COTTON,
JOHN VI. CROTHERS. JESSE $. PITIER
CROTHERS * PITIER,

attorneys at Lar, OSwCgo, Kendall co. III.
win practice Law IN the counties 81 Kendall
La Sale, Kane, De k,lb, Nl, aud Dupagc.-
Land agency or collecting business entrusted to
them in either OF the above courics, viii receive
prompt attention. OUCsgo, April |, lSi1.
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fINllE amount of revenue collected by authority of
] an net Of the legislature 1915, for the purpose ol
providing fund Tor the payment otthe principal and
interest Of the debt of La Sale county is Sl,}gl 63
The amount in the treasury Of tins fund
collected last year Is 23G -
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THE FREE TRADER.
OTTAWA, June %, 1915.
REPORT

or the County Commissioners Of La Sale cnuHig
tor the gen ending The last day Of The JuHe term
Ct the county Commissioners CGVt, Is
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-08

LATE FROM VENEZUELA-The n. Y. Journal o
Commerce has seen letters from Caracas to the Sf
ult. which states that on the 81, the fleet of Gen
Paez arrived in front of Laguayra, (the port of Ca
raccas. A call to arms was sounded in Laguayra
in consequence of which several shots were fired
into the town by the fleet.
About O'Clock on the evening of the same day
the fleet left Laguayra in an easery direction, and
the troops that were at Caracas marched immedi-
ately to Laguayra-such being the state of confll-
sion in the CAPITAL that the convicts were ena-
bled to make their escape from prison.
August g. We have just received intelligence
that the troops board the fleet of Gen. Paez have
effected a landing in Carabelleda, tabout 2 miles
from Laguayra,) and have defeated a company of
Monagas troops, under commander Captain Mateo
Plaza.
General Monagas has left the capital, 10 put him.
self at the head of his troops in Laguayra.
Monagas' party say that before Gen. Paez will
be able 10 get into Caraccas all the families of that
capital will be massacred
1t is rumored that Gen. Ramosa has rebelled a
second time in Oretuco, and Gen Nacero in the
Valleys del Tuy. If this be true, the intelligence
is of great Importance.
MaracabO is decidedly in the power of General
PaeZ's party. 1t is rumored that the province of
Coro is also in his power.
CARACAS, August I've have received inteI-
gence that Captain Mateo Plaza has been taken
prisoner.
August S--We have news that Gen. Paez is in
ST. Thomas, expecting steamer of war from Ha-
vana, on board Of which he will put nen and am
munltlon, and IN my opinion the war is about to COM
menee in earnest, because now the constitutional
party is great and powerful
The electiondays, from the lst to the 9Th instant,
have passed by Without scarcely single person
going to the pollsl ~ p =
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-08

HALE wITHDRAws IN FAVOR OF VAN BUREN,
Geographic dispatch from Boston, dated the 30th
ut., to the Baltimore Sun, says: SAT a meeting of
the Ere Soil advocates held in Boston last night,
Mr.. joan P. Hale, the great Abolitionist, read a
long letter, in which he withdraws his name as an
Abolition candidate for the Presidency. He strong.
y recommends his friends to vote for the nominees
of the Buffalo Conventon-to vote for Van Buren,
and Adams, he asserts, is the consistent course
the friends of human liberty can pulsue.''
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-08

ARREsTING AMERICANS IN liz ELAND-" If, y
says the Baltimore Sun, all the statements be
true, the British Government is pur suing rather
wholesale and indiscrminate arrest of American
citizens at this time, through its anxiety to hastily
get rid ofits troubles in Ireland We have already
given the record of several such arrests from the
English press; and letter from county Tyrone, Ire
land, dated August T. in the Philadel, phia Times,
has the following surprising statements
"Orders haze been issued to The polio e, to arrest
every man coming from America, and one young
man came to LandhOles, between Cool stOwn and
Moree few days ago, and was TAX en- up and
brought before the magistrates in Coo hstown on
Saturday last-he was engaged in the war in
Mexico, and was discharged for ill ,ealt at Mon
tereypapers to this effect found OIL him, and
though he stuffed he to BRING hts Saster out
to America, and though of the magistrates and
many respectable people here knew him, and
though no charge could be preferred against him,
he is now detained in custody in Cook stOwn. and
copies of the papers found to the Government,
and he muss remain till the pleasure of the Gov
eminent Is known. This you will cOnsi der q very
hard case, but many such are occurring daily.
You will see more particulars by the papers ! send
you than can be written in letter. "
letter in the New York Commercial Gays:
g Arrests continue to be very numerous. DR..
MCarron, of America, brother-in-law of Gavan
Duffy, has been committed for high treason. Mr..
Bergen, ship broker of New York also has been
apprehended. In the latter case the prisoner is
said to have forwarded complaint to the Ameri-
can Consult
The New York Tribune says:
g By a letter from Ir. Ryan, formerly of Cincin-
matt, now in Ireland, We Understand that he was
twice arrested, but succeeded in persuading the
authorities to let him go. He says that the peo-
pie of the South of Ireland are in the most abiect
POVERTY. They are fully determined on rebellion.
but they want to have the harvest first gathered
in. He says that the arrest of Smith O'Brien was
received throughout The country with the deepest
sorrow. The peasantry, generally, were bathed in
tears
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-08
From Texas,

BY the steamship Portland, Capt. Place, which
arrived yesterday from Galveston, we have papers
of that place to the I'd instant.
The first lot Of new cotton, five bales was re-
Ceived at Galveston on the 3lst ult The quality,
the News says, was middling fair.
The Matagorda Tribune says, the late heavy
rains have extended to that neighborhood On
Caney the plantations were almost deluged, and in
addition the worm was said to be at work on the
cotton crop.
In Bastrop, James Smith has been elected Chief
Justice, James H. Gillespie County Clerk, M. M.
Rogers Sheriff, and VIM. r. Rsding Assessor and
Collector. In Bexar, L. L. Hewitt Chief Justice,
J. L. Trueheart County Clerk, N. X. Mallon
Sheriff, E. J. McLane Assessor and Collector, and
John c. Hays District Surveyor.
The U. S. steamer Wetzell arrived at Port La
on the 3lst ult. from this port, with Captain
Miller on board, who goes to San Antonio to re-
lieve Cap.. Raston, as Quartermaster at that post
child of Mr.. Jourdan's, of Houston, was poison
ed about two weeks since, by eating some moasses
which had been mixed with poison and left care
lessly in its way.
MIR. Eckhsrt, of Indian Point, informs the Victo-
ria Advocate that he has made 400 bales of Cana
Grass Hay, most Of which he has shipped to New
Orleans, where it commands SO per bale more than
Northern hay.
The same paper states that the few experiments
have been made in wheat and oats in Western
Texas have resulted most satisfactorily In some
instances the product of wheat has been as high as
thirty bushels per from second years upland.
Mr.. Eckhart brought recently from Fredcricks-
burg small lot of wool from the real imported
Saxon sheep. The Advocate says: The wool
was of the finest Quality, and would command
81 So per pound in the New York market. Mr.,
Eckhart gives it as his opinion that no part of the
European continent is better adapted to wool grow
ing than Western Texas"
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-08
The Irish Fund.

Now, that the prospect of an attempt at revou-
| ton in Ireland has disappeared from immediate
view, the question is being discussed, what shall
he done with the funds collected in this country
Some suggest that it shall be appropriated to assist
emigration from Ireland others, 10 the relief of
destitute Irish emigrants landing on our shores and
third project is thus reported in the NewYork Sum
1t is rumored that the funds raised for Ireland
are TO be appropriated in organizing an extensive
for hunt, take place in the British American pro-
vinces this all winter. Red foxes are said to
abound in those regions. 3"
Now, as to the emigration plan, it would afford
about much relief 10 Ireland the contributions
of the Irish landlords during the famine After all
the agents necessary to carry out the scheme had
filled their pockets, it is possible thousand poor
Irishmen might be benefciaries. 1t would be giving
a quill to Lake Superior an outlet. In regard to
those who arrive here destitute, they soon obtain
employment, and in the mean time do not starve
But the project of invading Canada, a project we
are confident that has not the countenance of the
New York leaders of the Irish sympathizers, must
meet with the unqualified dsapprobation of every
good citizen. 1t would he gross violation of law.
and looking only at the prospect of success or of
diverting British bayonets from Ireland none but
the thoughtess ignorant could conceive it at this
moment. In Canada there is no suffering for bread
they have their local parliament; all the great
public works constructed at the expense of the
Home Government; land is abundant and CHEAP
taxation is but little more than nominal and since
our own revolution the British Government has
been yearly learning the necessity Of mild colonial
rule. There is no genera complaint in Canada,
and until the masses can be made to comprehend
the public evils of colonial bondage, an attempt to
separate her from the mother country must prove
utter abortion.
The fund now in the hands of the New York
directory was not designed by the contributors for
any partial object, to be expended in illegal and
puerile plans. 1t gwen to help Ireland to indie
pendence, and until it is certain Irishmen have
abandoned the idea of the pike should be appropri-
ated to no other purpose. The New York directory
are honest men-men of irreproachable charaeter,
and We doubt if better disposition can be made
Of the money than to leave it in their hands until
Ireland is ready to Use ii, :; and when she is, the
| patriots will have a respectable sum at their COM
| nand to start with. Until then, the money which
is said to be over 600 600, may be invested in
Government securities, either State or Federal,
which would be an advantage in the interest accu.
mulating.
The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-08

1HE CHESTER COUNTY BANK ROBBERY.-The
Germantown Pa.) Telegraph, noticing the arrest
OF officer MCGOWAN in Philadelphia, in alleged
connection with this robbery, through some singu-
lar developments, made by r. II. Lackey, says:
We learn farther, that there is great probab-
ty that large portion of the money s,oien-over
Sl0,OOO-will be recovered. Lackey, it appears,
has turned States evidence; and we are informed
that as soon as DR.. Darlington, President of the
Chester County Bank from whom the valise con-
tanning the money, was stolen-was confronted
with Lackey, he instantly identified him as the per-
son who took his seat by him in the car few mo-
ments before the robbery was committed, and who
disappeared with the valise. The car agent, also,
we learn, recognized him at once