The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-10-19
The Wh,g County Convention.

candidates ,srler their true colors They held y
county convention At this place last Tuesday, and
although rather tliinly attended, We have no
.oub. the nominations made are about the same
as would have been made by filler convention
r. s. BEsnE, Esq, Of Peru. and L. ". CrAYrooi
of Gruuiy county, were nominated FOL Fepresen'
.ta,iyss JosrPn W. Dow, Of Ottawa, was nonilna
ted fox sheriff; and Jc.rru f SKINNER, Of Ottawa,
for Coroner.
The ticket, so lar as location Of candidates IS
concerned, i. ingeniuusly got up; bnt upondue
consideration, We must say that, in our opinion
the choice Of mn is les. fortunate for the wings
than the democrats. Let it not De imagined that
We are abogt 10 attack private CHARACTER. The
objections uu have to the msn nominated -re
.gch as the pablo have n right to be acquainted
with, AMI the publication OF which can afford no
just cause Of complaint.
With Mr. Clsypool, publicly or privately We
lave 10 acquaintance. We understand he is r
young man Of good characier With ordinary bu'
siness capacities
Against Mr.. Dow eT'onal'y nothing can he al
legged. lie ia good. stirring fellow, with excel.
lent business qualifications. A little TOO fond of
Office, our only other ELECTION to him. besides thar
he is a vhg. ID, ,Lat, after several Of failures
to get good Office in the county, lie finally pre-
sents to us the alternative OF either elertng HIM
10 the ofice Of sheriff, or losing his valuable pre-
sence among Us as y fellow citizen. His family is
already in Chicago aud the question whether he
follows them thilhcr, or bring- them back, We are
positively assured, is to he determined BY the ides
.oE November. We don't believe in buyi,g pco.
plo 10 stay viii Us
Mr.. Beebe has been Justice in Peru i cnsag
ed in the forwarding bu,iness. keeps livery sta.
bic, md is deputy sheriff under Mr., Hurlbut. In
tho latter capacity in conneXion with Mr.. Skinner
the Wig nominee fo- Coroner and several ether
gentlemen, he was engaged in transaction at and
about this place. l,,, spring, which, VIC confess has
not raised tbs man II our estimation The facts
are about these: A couple ot men arrived at Peru
IN prrsui. Of negro man and woman, who, they
alleged, were Slaves, mud had come up the river
on Capt. Dsyinnys bsat. The men offering a tempt.
ing reward for the apprehension of their fugitive
chaicla, Nr. Beebe engaged heartily in their ser.
gice, and o. the route Of the Underground Rail
road seeMed according to bis apprehension, to cx.
'cnd ~ iii, direction, chase wasimmcdiately made
t.r Ottawa Here, af>cr recruiting their force by
l,.s adI..on u Nr Coroncr-that- is to be Skinner
III! ooc or !wu othera pretty strict Surveillance
was KEEP, ever all the supposed relays and station
houScs Of the railroad aforesaid, for several days,
until finally they were sure they had scented the
trail q. The is.tives to the lousc of the frryman,
Nj c.. which was at once .ubieet-d 10 the clio.
sc'i watch The thing at first annoyed our good
natarel h.Sal Mr.. c., but fnllly he thought
At a good joke, aud f,.t disposed to help it along
'Sooas evening, when the menhurters appeared
TO be unusually yslant around his premises aud
tho ferry, he BACKED his face with burnt cork and
called out lIehid gone bu, little way when the
bony hand Of Nj. Skinner was heavily upon him,
and Che hundred bright dollars reward already be-
gan dimly to sparkle in the imaginations Of the
men hunters; but srievous WAS their disappo,nt.
mcnt, when, on q s>alcwha, closer examination
they discovered their mistake. Now they became
indignant. and without process or authority Of law
Dir c. waa arrested and dragged to she she.
ri'fs othec, charged with bsins guilty OF rio,
bas tbs WA regarded as rather preposterous, and
indeed the whole proceeding as somewhat high.
banded, and after shor, parey they we're glad
to LEI Mr. c. travel
We next fui Mr. Beebc and hi, Companions IN
arms" hsngng around the house Of Mr. L, few
miles ont OF town. Discovering in the evening"
that his premises were watched, and suspecting
what for, Mr.. b. watched slso, s,d getting his eye
Gu the menhuntets, no made bold to approach
them and demand their business. They enquircd
. Tho road to Ottawa what !" exclaimed Mr.. d.
with affected surprise "ls it possible that you, Mr.
A., aud you. Mr. b.. and you, Mr. c., don't know
tho road to Ottawa" But be showed them the
road, and they wcnt-in M opposite direction, for
they went to the houss occupied BY the tenant Of
MIR. d, where, after laying ia wait around il for
several hours they entered the house. and although
they had no legal warrant or authority to do so,
thsy searched tho hosss. At u o'clock At night.
from garrett TO CELLAR
Well, they found no negroes, and left and fur.
thsr W have noreport cf them shauld this reach
the eye0f Mr. Beebe, or any ofhi- posDc, however
we would oform them that the Lladgeon or club
they appeared to have had with them to despatch
,erAecurs their bipcA game With, but which hey
asssjsntaliy dropped At the house they searched
IL carefully kept for them. It il some such club
asths vsv hunter uses, oaly larger proportions.
ably asa negro Is larger and more dangerous than
wo!t We propose to try aud &c, this curiou.
srpsadass ofa sposl4mans outfit, md place Il il,
the Rssdsg Room. b ~ edo Of tho mammoth
tossh ~ The hsndspihs tbae tlIlsd Edgscomb. /,
We raid there were e6IsSdSss. .sms Of n.
whis aemiusss az ~ si.: .sis bushes, q,