The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-06-29
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saws writer, lpr lhl' singular l'i'"h nc HV''l
had personal enemy in the world
pursENr To llENEY CAY.--Jo,eph Holt Esq,
formerly one OF the most eminent lawyers and
orators in Mississippi hut since retired aud living
uua fortune IN Louisville, Kentucky, has present
/ ed the Hon Henry Clay with u beautiful gold
headed, highly ornamcntcd cane, cut ut Thermo.
+ pNr. Greece. near the tomhs where it is suppos.
I ed Lcouida- aud his 800 Spartan' are buried
/ Holt has been the political opponent Of Mr. Clay
thro life
Floral EXHIBITION They had a fine floral OK.
hibltiu at Springfield on the evening of the 18th
UpwIrdS Of one hundred and fifty Young ladies
were present from Jacksonville SAYS the Regis.
{ ter escorted by Il sufficient number of gay gal.
l,nts who did themselves immortal honor \
splendid band from jacksonville was in attend.
ancc, which contributed materially to the enter.
tanment.
RETEIcrING CoRroRAroNs-Ih Ohio States
man in speaking Of the democratic turn taken by
the whis members Of the constitutional conycn-
ton now in session in that state says
The convention had up this morning, the sub.
jcct Of corporations, other than Banking The dis
cusson was principally among the Wings, and we
say with pleasure that there were decided symp-
toms Of progress in some Of them, far beyond any
one expectations Let discussion dcyelupe mems
opmiOns-the result will be the better Our hopes
nrc reyvlng That some good may vet come out of
Nazareth and when the Banking question comes
up We may not get all we desire. yet we shall get
80 far as to forever put to death legislative con.
tracts and untouchable bargains"
. PRorrsrruoSs OF FRIrNp,uir-We saw n man
the other evening hugging sigupost, with more
than brothers fonduess, and addressing it nearly
rs follows. "dic-stand up d-hic-fellcr, and
I'll stick to yoa-hc--as long as you keep above
-hic board will" He had been seen few
minutes before lighting his pipe in n doggery.
BYRON seems to have fully understood woman
nature when he wrote the following:
/ oh too conyjucing.danCer ousy-dcar-
In woman's eye, the unanswerablc tear;
hat weapon Ut her weakness She can WELD
10 save, subdue-a, once her spear and shield
The West Tennessee Win saws: There has
been dug up IN Henry county, Tennessee, the full
statue of man. wrought out Of brass or some
other hard metal. The features were a perfect
y deiineatet as II the work had been done by an
experienced sculptor
\ FREAK IN ErIoUErrE--In revised edition
Of Count DOrsey's work on etiquette, it ia pro
+ nounced the heighth of vugarily for Young gen.
tIeman to sc, married with dirtytsct-Our youth
will bear this in mind
. powerful effort is making by the democrats
in the Ohio convention to do away with all banks
in that state. Ohio has been bank ridden so
much, that the people are sick and tired Of them
and we should not be at all surprised to sec them
prohibiting banking entirely in the constitution.
! One hundred miles was lately trotted in harness
/ on the CeLtrevlle course, Long Island in nine
hours, forty nine and three quarter minutes the
: greatest trot on record The stake was for $1,000
and 1t was done in harness, the horse driven by
| John Purdy, son Of Eclipse Purdy.
, They are sending flour from New York to New
Orleans, where the price owing to scarcity, has
reached 81 so. Flour is very high along the Mis-
sissipPi, and Is scarce even in the North part of
our whca. growing State.
We wonder if Frederick Douglass and S r.
Ward canLot be induced to keep the peace be-
+, tween them. II may be expected Of white men
to quarrel because if it is not their nature it is
their common practice, but do not like to see
, prominent men advocating n hrotherly cause, like
these two, make 80 much ado about some person
al misunderstanding Reformers should forget
themselves suffer all things in the way Of offend.
ed personal pride and bear all things for the sake
of the cause Western Citizen
You see, does niggas has got dar daniors up,
and days bound to consort to de code 90 honor
, for sadiscomhction.
a NEGRO Preacher wound up his sermon in
the following manner: "Tudder day went fish
in and cotch mighty big gar, now all the bred
rcn knows that gars am wuif nofiin. just so it is
+ with some Of de bredren and sisters; thcys al
ways iishn for religion but what they git amt
f wuifno more than the poorest gar in de ribbcr.-
VIII de brcdren sing"
AS sparkles the pure rill as it leaps from the
mountain to still the burning thirst of the peasant
T below, so gushes the soda from Thompson's cool
fountain, RECALLING all those who its luxury know
FEMALE MEDICAL COLLEGE, has been charter.
cd by the legislature of Pennsylvania 1t ia to
have all the privileges enjoyed by any other med
cal school in the state The government Of that
institution will be vested in the corporators, and
, board Of twentyfour trustees, who have beer
appointed We would recommend to our young
Doctors to apply for profcssorships
A temperance man can but little enjoy himse,
at a 4th ofJuly dinner
; Where pepper issues from paper hng,
And tor cruct stands brandy Gag
!, But he glories to be
1 Where old Adams beverage flows out with pride,
5 From wlde-mouth'd pitchers, in plcn,eous tide
where veal, pork, mutton, beef and fowl, md fish,
n All club their joints to make one handsome dish"
: Its there where we are going
!; DEACON SHOOK, called at our office this morn
y Ing to have us insert in our paper the following
c nterrogatory, to wit
"lta brother scaugh robbing, stealing, or in nnl
. otherwise violating the express letter of the law
. and another brother informs on him. which ot III,
two is best prepared to meet his Creator IN Iudg
y ment p
:, The Deacon says he feels some concern abou
y having this question settled, AZ he thinks h
d knows Of case in pint