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The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26


Nr. OSman The cause of Temperance
has received new impetus from the arri-
val at our place ct Cspt. Geo. L. Colburn,
"t Meridian Division, No. lO3, State Of New
York reecntly Of Boston, Mass. A sailor
ior Il ysars-~ having speut fortune Of
SSS,oUO from greg drinking, and attempted
10 take lis own lite some D times-a scholar
AMI an oraioI-hc Is the best calculated IL
effect his mission rs "Sou' Of any with
whom ! have ever become acquainted
Need lsay more than that W. L.. 4 , &. IL.
k', j. \. H., I. J. L., =. =. C., SC, are
Sons-mrm6ers OF Dew Drop Division, No.
l32.
Should the "Son>" ia Ottawa or vicinity
wish to hear the Captain, his address will be
ter the "'ntcr, Geo. l.. COiburn, Ulmilg.
ton, Ills.
Ills log book Of II wears at SEA, from hi,
own pen, N an Interesting work at 25cls-
from the sales ot this hc pays his way.
Very truly, A.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

CoL. FREMoNT.-A correspondent Of the
Buffalo Commercial thus speaks concerning
Col. frenon's going to California;:
''The writer has reason TO believe tha,
Colonel Fremont has gone to California ,o
settle for lltc-and that he had sent round
the necessary machinery for a saw mill as
well as a Touring mill. lie is also quit,
sure that his library, aud other things nee.
cs'ary aud n>einltoanew beginner in ne
country, have also gone on,-and will be or
his plantation on the east side Of the San Jo
aqu!n, in time to make comfortable hom,
for his wife, who will probably leave in III,
steamer, from New York on the lst of April
Among the "careiully picked party" ar,
mechanics, and, in particular, aud cxcellen
engineer, and mill-wrisht.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26
Sheriff. Sales.

We hope We may be permitted TO allIie
to the subject Of giving greaterputlicily to
sheriff sales than is now required by law,
without being charged with doing so from
merely selfish motives, now that tie COVER.
nor has deemed the matter of sufficient i'm
portance to deserve notice in his annual
message. The wholesale robbery that has
been so frequently committed under the pre-.
sent law, has at length drawn public aten.
ton to it, anh loud calls fcr reform are 20.
ing up from all parts OF the state. We do
not know how much the sheriff now gets for
sticking up four little written notices in his
county when he is about to offer a farm for
sale that nobody in the county can afford to
buy at fair price, but which dozen ont Of
the county might want to buy if they could
get notice OF the sale but we believe he
can get very little less for his trouble than
the six 5hl.lings or dollar that would be
required by the printer TO give a conspicuous
insertion oil the sale III III. paper. Weneed
no, 90 on, OF this county 10 find Instances
where $1,000 worth of property has sold for
800, for the exclusive reason that nobody
had heard O! the sale bu, one or two per.
haps who were accidentally present. The
present course, when the sheriff or some
sharpers want 10 steal piece Of land, is TO
rake up some old execution or fee bill, Clap
it on the land, the sheriff sticks up his mott
ces il few bar rooms, where cloak or
overcoat is carefully hung over them, and
when the day Of sale comes, none bu, the
right ones are sure to be there, whotake the
land at their own price. II is thus men who
eau little afford it are swindlcd time and
again, simply because, from false views Of
economy, the legislature wish to withhold n
few shillings from the Publishers Of news.
papers. i, is kind Of wise economy for
which Illinois has been distinguished and
which also had well nigh ruined her, and a
It does not appear to have enrichedus much,
we pray there may be an end oft.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

FARM RIuCE, Jan. &, 1910.
'ir. EGtor-l observed ~ your paper uf
the @Hth ult. a communication signed "No
FoEucnn," complaining of the. want of cur.
r"uc! tu 'nIN uu the commerce of the state,
and calling cn the people to martial their
CH>hman>, their R,ddi,k>, their Walkers,
NJ, ht does not say distinctly for banking,
bat that - to he inferred, and hc saws II an,
man cannot see the uultIy Of such urcanil-
aluus, he - tao BUSINESS man, II not kuaye
o. tool. Has i indeed a little severe. but il
- common lor persons to- be most confident
whu know least ui any >utlrct; aud | de-
clare to Mr. "No PuhuCan,' and to Mc>srS
Every Body, that a bank IL Ottawa, or in
me STATE, uuli, necessarily and uuayoila-
NY make money more scarce; that II al
ways did snd always must, IN the nature Of
the transaction. "NO PohtIcian' saws that
ONO, which has NOW about 80 banks, IAN.
not spare dollar. This may be true. But
lu 1913 Ohio had but ) banks, aud most uT
hem issued less paper than they had specie
IN thcli vaults. and yet money was more
plenty than now, and the credit of the state
was rising. Her loul>, that had been as
low aS % C,s. on the dollar, rose to par and
without bank IN Illinois, her finances are
rapidly Improving, while with banks, she
went INTO state bankruptcy, from which
aIihe wisdom and energy of her people are
now strained to raI,c her. Examples like
these might be given from Maine 10 Texas,
and nothing is, or can be-, more certain or
susceptible ct demonstration. than thatp pa.
per money of any quality or quantity, does.
aud must lcgItma,cly, make money more
scarce than II otherwise would be, besides
other complicated and fatal evils that must
attend ii.
The above are brief and bold statements;
but will meet Mr. "No Politician" and
any or all my fellow citizens, aud prove TO
them conclusivcly and clearly. that they are
true, both from theory aud experiment.
COMMON SENSE
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

AM HoN.-We committed a grand mis-
take last week in making our exc e ellen, bro.
'her Phillips, Of the Peoria Press, cap,ai,
o' The California company Of that city. Mr..
T. assures us, in the language Of DIR. o..
Ioo'e IN the play, that we shave mistaken
nm Tor some other black gnard" of the same
name, or in other words, that there is ano.
ther "hishly respectable gentleman" of III,
name OF Thomas Phillips in Peoria, who
Aao mol the editor the Press, is the captain
o' the gold digsers.We make the ame,,de n
once Mr.. F. is not the gentleman we ,oo(
him for.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26
SPRINGFILLn. Inn. !.


In Senate January 9th, Dr. Ames offered
the following as a substitute to the reso!u.
ton Of Mr.. Denny:
Uherces, The territory acquired from
Mexico iu,he late wari, now flee from ,!a.
very; aui a. such, holds that po,Iiun which
she i entitled I" by the laws ol Nature and
Rcvclaiion; therefore,
RS0ired, Ihattne limits of>l4very should
not be eN,rHded, and that Congress hayeuo
power to establish or create slavery in such
free tcfUtOrU.
ReS0!rcI, By the Senate, the House Of
Representatives concurrug herein. that our
Senators III Congress bc instructed and oar
Representatives requested TO oppose the en-.
actment of Gny ldr establishing or creating
Slarery IN such free territory, and that said
acquired territory he Kept free until suchter.
rItury or territories shall form a state gov.
eminent or governments; then permitted to
manage their own internal policies, granted
to states by the constitution ,f the United
State.
ReSolred, That The Governorof the State
Of Illinois be respectfully requested 10 for.
ward copy of the foregoing resolutions to
each of our Senators and Representatives in
Congress.
The foregoing passed the Senate on the
yeas and nays as follows, TO wit;
iyss-MeSSrs. Ames, Cloud, Davis, Har.
dy. Markley, Maueson, No Roberts, Odam,
Osborn, Patterson, Reddlck, Richmond,
Rnuntree, Su'phn aud Tichenor-l5
Nlys-MeS>r,. Denny, Gear, Gillespie,
Grass, Judd, Morrison, Plato, Smith, stu.
art aud Wi,t-l0
In justice 10 Senator Amcs Of Boone,
send you the above preamble aud resoll.
iiouS for publication. They have not been
correctly published in any Of the papers in
Springfield You will see By examinin: the
second resolution, which requires that our
territories ">hall BE- kept free" is in sub
stance, spiit and effect, the same as the res.
olution offered by Senator Plato, vet the
wings in a body voted against them.
Senators Judd aud Plato thought them not
strong enough; but am persuaded they did
not sufficiently examine the wording
PnlLIp.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

Amour THE COIN DIGGINGs. The New
York Evening Post asks the editor Of thu
Washington Union the following questions
"EIaS any member of the government
heard that Lieut.. Warner vas sent out bN
Governor Mason, To the mining regions
with seventeen men, presided with inui',
aud equipagc, 10 explore the Sacramento
river; and that At the end OF two days the
party returned aud handed over to h'm, aS
the fruit of the expedition, $3.50 900, III gold
and in conclusion, promises Suiue develop
mrntS III reference tn the alledged refusal
by officers OF the Government 10 furnish Ger.
tain Information in relation nthe gold mine,
upon the ground that it would prejudice hi,
own individual INTEREST,""
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26
SPRISGrIELD, Jan. %

Nothing mPoriantin the Senate to-day.
The House was busy on local bills and
special legislation for counties, companies.
infant heirs, and school fund ito borrow and
loan money at interest up TO twelve per
cent. lOccln to hope we can get a general
law to borrow at twelve per cedi. The
matter is with its friends ill the time comes
To try.
In the afternoon an animated debate
sprung up on the bill to give discretion to
JnrieS in certain cases of murder to punish
bv imprisonment. ACaiustitwere Thomas,
Yates, and Turnbull; for it, Linder. Hays,
DEMO, Darueillc, and Maxwell. There is
strong feeling in the House TO abolish pun
ishment by death bill passed.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

Col. BENToS.--ln relation to this gentle.
mans position Oh the slavery question, n
correspondent Of the Cleveland True Dem.
ocra, writes from Washington as follows:
Col. Benton was not present at the South.
crn meeting. am assured that not on,
Congressman has dared approach him on the
matter. He would unquestonably insult
any one who would make any such propo
sal. Indeed, the Colonel leans so decided,
towards Free Suil, that my impression i,
quite strong that he will vote with us in tn,
coming conflict. We shall need him.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

RIVER SroRr.-lhe most popular boat,
now running on the Ohio, are those drawing
the least water. lti, favorlie Amusement
with the steamboats, now to jump sand bar.
This i accomplished by those craft, which
are aOIc 10 run where the sand is q ltile
damp, holding III their steam till they almost
reach the bar, when it let out and flying
leap plS taken that would eclipse any thing
short Of the swoop of an eagle IN the arr
The men passengers cheer and the iadie,
wave their handkerchief, while the travel
ers on the several boats lying in the neigh.
borhoud aground, put their hat. desperately
over their eyes, sigh deeply, aud hqnor.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

The second meeting OF the southern mem
bcrs Of congress, convened to determine up
on the proper course for the south TO pursue
il reference to the slavery asi'a,lou> in con-
GreSS, broke up without etIcciing any more
than the first. IN address was presented
which had been prepared 10y Mr.. Calhoun,
but the caucus refused to aloptit. Another
was presented by Mr.. Brrgen, which met
the same fate. We have seen nothing to
indicate the tone Of these addresses, except
that it is said that Mr.. Calhoun declares il
favor ofsubni'ling the question Of slavery
the territories to the people Of the;erritories
to decide. Another meeting took place on
the 23d, ofwhich the telegraph gives the fol
lowing account:
The session was opened with reading Of
Senator Berren's address.
Mr.. Mason Of Virginia opposed the ad-
dress. lie considered it nothing more than
a petition-uU assertion If right.
Mr.. Fuote sustained the address al length.
Mr.. Berrien requested i postpouemeut of
il, consideration rII! :.3d Feb.
An animated discussion eu>ued which W as
prolonged to a late hour.
The question on the adoption Of the adj
dress was taken by yeas aud nays and deci-
ded in the nrgaiive-yeas Is, nays 81
Mr.. Caihoun's address was then adopted
by yeas 32, nays 10.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAIL ROAD
iu,imetes his intention of memorialzing
Congress, asking for a charter TO himself
aud associates TO run railroad from some
point on the Mississippi to the Pacific ocean.
Mr.. CARVER says, he has long had this
scheme in contemplation. He suggests 81.
Louis MS the terminus on the Mississippi, 10
connect with the contemplated railroad be.
tween this city ard the eastern seabcaid.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

Seventy two individuals, reu .,nen a.d
.mtiren-"ere suilocated on BOARD of tho
insh l>teamer Londonderry, during tho
night OF the lst Of December last, while Oh
her passage from Shso 10 Liverpool, in con.
sequence of having been closely shout up
win many others in the fore cabin during a
si'fm-thus renewing the hcr:ors Of The
oiaeH, hole at Calcutta. The officers eflhe
vessel have been found guilty of nan,laush.
Ter uy The Coroner's jury; and will in all
p'ooao'i'ty be severely punished. II is stated
'hat most oi the victims intended To cmigrate
I" 'he hi'td States at the time Of their de.
pnrinre from Ireland.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

Latest from Cdlitornia.-Sach was the
scarcity Of coin that gold dust Had fallen at
the mines tosix dollars an ounce. heing less
than one third real value in the L. $. Mint.
The whole amount of gold gathered was
abou, S3,OOO,O00.
Capt. WIN. Marcy, son of Secretary Mar
cy, was disposing of everything inihe shape
Of supplies at his camp in exchange for gold
dust. He had collected fifteen barrels OF
gold ore, and having no means Of protecting
the treasure, he had buried it until vessel
of war should arrive atthe coast, which was
daily expected.
Provisions and food Cf every kind, were
verystarce and daily growing dearer. Pork
was 5000 per barrel ncur, 500; bread, &C
cts per pound; beans, $40 per bushel; bran
dy $50 per gallon; aud other things in pro-
portion.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

WHAT IS Irr-The Boston Post says that
two young Pennsy lvanan>, now in Boston,
have invented a locomotive by which a We.
hlcle is propelled at the rate Of 200 or 300
miles per hour. Ice and snow are no in.
pcdlmentS TO its operation. The Post says
It is precluded from revealing the method,
aud declares the inventors are not visiona.
ries but the authors of at least one very use.
hl invention.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

NEWSPAPERS ~ Misunderstanding TO q
recent law, and il force IN Brazil since No
velnb,r, newspapers printed in Brazil pay
no postage, and are sent through the post
office without any charge, as also foreign
newspapers directed TO public libraries in
that empire.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

WILL CcuSTY TELEGRArn.-A paper o!
the above title has jus, been commenced u,
Lockpor', G. ID. A. Parks, editor, aud II.
NJ. Fuller proprietor. 1t claims to Le "In.
dcpenden, on questions, neutral on nonc,"
bu, has a decided inclination towards aboli.
,ionism. tits printed on entirely new ma
terals. and looks as neat as a new silk hat,
II is edited with ability.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

zap with black Grape. The procession was
small and mostly made up Of German labor
ers. ], halted front of the old Bank build
inc where large crowd Of people gather
ed. They were addressed in German 10y
Mr.. Remley aud in English 10y Mr.. White.
Although the speakers appeared to be la
borcrs crsunaccnstomed to public speaking their
remarks elected loud applause.
The procession then marched in the bay,
where hole was cut in the ice, and the cot
"""lth appropriate ceremonies, plunged Ia.
The crowd Ihen quietly dispersed.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26
Ohio,

Order again reigns at Columbus. The
different parties had cooled down sufficient.
~ on Monday to venture upon inaugura,inc
Gov Ford, which ceremocy was according.
" accomplished in the presence Of an i'm.
msnse concourse of spectators, and without
single fight or disturbance of any kind.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

STATE of Illinois, Lasalis county, SIS Lrsrtie cr-
cut CONT, March tern lSil-re,uon for paTti-
uon--John b. Trevcrvs. Join William Duns-
comb, Peter McGil Burton Ay1eS, Ri hjr !.
Han iton. Granville $. latiison, Samuel Jnudon.
Joseph Is Shewcll, Charles Nnndcvoort, Tn
Manly, John Calhoun, and Noah II Rdgcly
~ awe,rug, from affidavit on file ~, tle
I Cerk. Dilce Of the Circuit Couri Il Lasalle
county, that John Hi.lm Dnnsoomh, Peter
Ncthll, Granville =. ra,ison. Samuel JauJ'n,
Joseph B Shcwcll. and Charrs Vanderyoort,
nf the above named deicndsns, are not resi-
den,s Of the state Of l!liros; the petitioner hn-
wing flied his petition herein aud summons
having issued thereon n,urnahle to the Ncrh
term Of this court. Therefore, public notice is
hc,ety given to the abnvs named nonresident
defendants that, unless YOU rers.naly be and
appear hcf re the said l.asalIe circuit conri, on
The frs, day of the next term thereof, to be hol-
len n, the court ho.se in Ottawa, on Friday
the 30th day Of March next. and plead, dsmur,
cScep, to or answer the said Petitioners petition,
the same will be taken as confessed against you
and the matters thrfin prayed for decreed &C.
cortliugly. PHlIO IINDLEl, CLERK.
+. $. LELAND. Pills ATTY. Jan 26 40.2a4.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

4 Colored Santa Cidus--A negro was
found wedged tightly in chimney, in Sa.
vannah, Geo, on Christmas morning. The
poor fellow had secreted himself in this hid.
ing place to make his escape. Although
ioiled in the attempt, he was pretty well
Soof.cd.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26
Gen. Ca.s Returned To ,h. s

The legislature of Michigan, ON Monday
last, elected Gen. Cass to the U. S. Senate.
for six years from the 9TH Of next March.
II 10 considered doubtful whether Gen. c.
will accept, as, II Is said, he consented to be
a aeandidaic only on condition tha, tue nom
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

The President has issued proclamation
converting the Senate on the 9th Of March,
and not both Houses Of Congress, as was
stated by the telegraph. Tie object is to
enable the new President to lay before that
body bis nominations for the Cabinet.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

QuEER.-lt may appear n-ta little siugu.
lar, but when the cholera. on It's first visit,
some seventeen or eighteen years ago, ran
over Europe, it went entirely around Saxo-
ny, without person being affected; and
now, on It's second appearance, it is said TO
be doing the sane.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

me Grem and Universally Popuicr Re-
medy tor Coughs, Culd>, and Disease, If ,I.
Lungs now i>-DS. Rogers Comgonud ,Nu.
r"PQ LireT7ron amt Tar. Ph,siciauspr1
no"nre 1t specific tor CONSUMPTION. For
breaking up Cough or Common Cola in,
few hours time, i, has no equal. I,may Le
had at the drug stores Of G. l.. Thor,n.on
Ottawa; =. q Smith, Peru; aud :. J. Smib.
Newark. ''"'
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26
Presidents Meeting

for the Protestant Mtthodis, Church,
NoIth Illinois District, will commence on tho
~ day OF February, 1919, at Mr.. Fay's
school rooH' IN Ottawa Centre, and continue
Tor several days. All persons are respect
fully invited TO attend. J. MILLER.
Ouaw q, Jan. -, 1919.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

lhe telegraph announces that the .bip
caucus of Kentucky, on the aad, nominated
Mr.. Clay to the L. S. Senate, and ,ha, Mr.
Clay had accepted the uominotion, which
was unanimous.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

MARRlED-ln Ottawa, Jan. 2jth, ,hy the
hev. ID. Newton, Mr.. EDMOND :. kI>G, of
~. Charles. ILL.,, 10 Miss MARY ANN Rlcr.
OF Racine, Wisconsin
on the ION inst, at Somonauk. hy Rev.
j. Cross, Mr.. ALAN>oN BLnrr. Of Harding,
to Miss JENErT BrECuAM, Of the former
place.
At Newark, Kendall County. on Mond,v
,he .i,t INST, by Rev. Mr.. Bartlett, Mr..
JOHN b. RiDER TO Miss ELIzanrTu X.
PLA1f. Of PIRtievillc. X enhall cnilnty-
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

The astounding news which the govern.
mcot date not publish is that man, name
unknown, has found one lump Of gold weigh.
ing go lbs, valued At $40 ,OOO!!
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

" me 'r'Sc lIdH takctI heed BuiNe Foo!
fUnn'N 10 DfStruciiOH."-Wr see tAi,,,-
e'nF htd III our every day experience. Our
n''ehoor takes sick, has Fl, Of Arue and
fe'er, TO" much bile ON the liver, or ,iom..
ach, 'ceis debllltatcd, or has pain in the h, adj
or pack, Win loss OF appetite; and instead
OF o"!'ns box OF each Kind Of Dr. Bracc's
l"u'an Queen Vegetable Sugar Coated Pills.
ana curing himself, he sends N for the vii,
Iaee Doctor, Is kept upon hi, back for a
whole month, and finds himself mimi, a
sound constitution aud an $lOOcr more rsid
!" doctors, apothscaries, nurses, Sc. all of
winch could have been avoided by pay,pr
81 Tor BraCg's Pills, aud using them the frs,
day YOU felt unwell. They can be had nj
me dInS stores Of C. l.. Thompson and
White and Hunter, Ottawa.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

\ letter has been received in this city,
says the 81. LOUIS Union, from an officer OF
the United States army, in California, in
which n gentleman is mentioned, who left
here some two or tree years since very poor,
but who is now worth three hundred thou
sand dollars, all of which he has gathered
from the gold mines of California.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26
nontcs 10 lnlilornia.

We gives below table of distances to
California, which we find in the s., Louis
Rcpublcay. 1t was made ont by Mr.. JAS.
II. DuPpER, Of St. Louis, and is said to be
entirely correct.
Distances from 81. Louisto California.
NORTHERN ROUTE.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

ne nigh waters will be likely to interfere
win the Eastern and Southern mail, for the
next week orso. The sovereigns, therefore
VIII have to hold on for news til the water
falls.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

o. K.--There will be an adjourned meet.
ing ol the Caliornaus at the court house in
Ottawa, tomorrow Saturday evening
Several able speeches are expected.
The Ottawa free trader., 1849-01-26

Total, 2,4OO
From San Diego to SMtcr's Fort in Sacra-

TIE coLDEsT ET.-YcS,crday. Sunday
liih, the mercury was 30 degrees below
zero. - Gdiend JcHcrSoHiqn.