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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-05
For the Ottawa Free Trader.
TO THE MEMBERS THE q. Il. &.

Ye Bachelors OF Ottawa. wal tale unfold,
To cause the braycst OF your hearts to qIIycr and
grow cold
lihcar tina, can be called, indeed. whIc' has so cal
uus grown
As the gentle power ofwoman to trown on and dis
own.
Know yc not there's one amongstyc, o sad and Sii-
" goats
\ member Of the O. NJ IA cLici taking aoics'
Know yc not there's one amidst ye, who ceibacy
loalhes
Reversing the old fable a Linn in sIsop's cioties"
For tell ye, foolish gentlemen though ye think that
wise yc are,
The members Of the o VI c. outshine the O. BIS
far
O, yes, you carried it goriously las; night with
groans and speeches,
But ye knew not that amongst your guests was
mGm rhO icDrc The Jrccches!
q, no, yc need not start and wisely look around,
Nor gaze upon the ncthcrp to see iIbcard be iound
For alas for the old ddcheLors, somany lips were
shown
Devoid OF hair, that in daylight your members you'd
disown.
Then groans on groanS becomeye, norcato us for
aid,
When yc find you've been ouwuedby a poor depi-
Scd old mGid!
a MEMBER OF THE O. NC.
Ottawa, Jan. 1850
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The BRmIlERs MoSrEseuIoN ANpTnE HoMIcIDEs
At ST LouIs.--Tho deplorabIe and almost incom-
prehensible event which produced so much sensa-
ton in the public mind at St Louis, few weeks
ago and SO much grief in several families seems to
have excited equal sensation and grief in France
The National Intelligence says
The last steamer brings from Mr., Riycr, our
Minister "A letter Of his own to Senator Benton
Senator Cas-, and the Hon. Mr.. Winthrop on the
subject Of this most melancholy occurrence
These letters make known the fact that the father
of these young gentlemen Che late Count Mon.
tesquoiul abuied under insanity, and destroyed
hls own life two years ago, aud that their eldest
brother IL now insane in Paris; and hence raises
the irresistible inference that Inherited insanity
must have broken out in the two brothers at st
Louis
All the letters speak of them in the same terms
as being remarkable for the amiabty of their
characters and their mild aud noifcnsiye man.
ncrs 1" that they came to the United States for
information and recreation and especially to see
the western country, and with ample means
and credit They descend from n family in France
not only Of great heroic name, but distinguished
for private virtues. The celebrated Duke dc Ia
Rochctoucald Lancourt, author of the "Maxims,'
is their grandfather on the mothers side; the
present Duke de In Rochefoucald writes for them
as nophews General Oudnot, (Duke) of Reggie
and Gen. Bright (Dukc) of Padua, also write in
their bchalfas relations The Count Montcsquiou
himself belonged to the amiablc anddistinguished
family Of that name Many Americans in Paris
and among them, Mr. VIM. II. Aspnwall, of New
York, also write. and with all the deep feeling
which the view Of the nyonnizcd condition Of the
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-05

VNENriSE's DAY Is CoMwG.-As for pretty
valentines" G.. L. Ihompson'5 supply is AS far
ahead OF any others We have yet seen as the sun
is more brilliant than the rest Of the celestial um
inaics. And then the rush to lis store, next door
to the City Hotel, for them is positively astonsh.
ing; old and young, large and small, rich and
poor, lame and blind, are all there crowding his
showcase perfectly bcwildcred with admiration
Ladies' and gentlemen, make your selections
boys, hands oif.--two dollars sir: all genuine sill
yer trimmings, warranted--very good choice
maam-two and-siy Miss; dear little pozy that
sir, envy your bargain, fourteen shillings too
chcap-all prices maam, from sixpcncc to five
dollars" &c, &C. dc, is the ccaseless speech of the
tidy little clerk as he marches up and down the
counter picking up the dimes, and watching the
poor and pennyless Let us all prepare Cor VAL.
IsrISE's DAY.
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$3.50 per Annuin.

All the subscriptions Of club should begin at
the same time yet of.uch oiour subscribers s are
in advance upon our baoks ut the time Of joining
club, the new subscription will be taken 20 cont
mence upon the expiration Of the Old.
Subscriber, in arryur cannot in reason ak to ic
allowed to avail themselves Of the alyanta,a Of
belonging to a club. until their arrearases ,haH
have been settled
We ask in particular the attention Of pos; mas
tors to our club rate. BY paying Qualification.
ton 20 The matter, nearly any postmaster IN the
county Las il in lis power to gsta dozen or two
Of subscribers for u, ami by taking thema t.; 20
tie $3.50, each he would IT'LL at our club rates, be
making a liberal per ceu,ase for himself The
first club that has been made for Us was brot
in by Young man who, not having much on his
hands, circulated a day among lis ncshbor- and
collected ten subscribers, from whom he got ; .
He paid L. y AMI KEEP; 70 for his day, work.
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clectcd-Tbera vy,s . cr.,,t sensation. The can
ifol WIS crow1eJ mi oil the avenues 10 it
Cheers for Rrnn,,, Ill hardly bc restrained
But lust as the yntc MA. about being declared
these three men nrose and voted for MIR Boyd
OF Kentucky; AMI ~ rn choice was made. There
was great sensation in the House. MS thew had
voted for Mr.. Brown o, Yesterday. As soon as
the vote was declared Mr. Stanley. whir. ON
Carolina introduced Il rropo,itinii upon which To
hang n speech lie ,har-ci a bargain upon the
southern democrats al. a ,hc free ,niicrs and So
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From the st. Louis Republican.
second General EpiStIc from the
Latter Day saints.
Republican.


Latter Day saints.
Yesterdays western mail brought us a
pamphlet copy Of the .Second General
Eplslle" issued by The Church of the Lat.
ter Day SAINTS, at the Sal, Lake Valley, TO
the, "Sa,nts scattered throughout the earth"
II Is detail OF the condition Of the Society
at home and abroad, and IN general embra-
ces every thing that may be supposed 10 be
OF interest 10 HE members of the Church.
he crops are represented as having been
very hne-and II IL stated that they have
not only enough for themselves, but for
Their breIhren ON the way, until the mex,
harvest They have decided on forming
Il town or cIly at Brownsville, forty TO the
north, AMI at Utah, sixty miles to the
south Of Salt Lake Cily, At which place
settlements had been made. Sand Pitch
( Valley Is designated as another place for
location. The Council House, baths a,
the Warm Spring House, an exiensiv,
stone house and granary, were all in 30.
grcss OF erection. They had devised
plan for raising a perpetual fund.- to as,
the poor SAINTS to emigrale to the 5 /
Lake Valley, fulfilling In this respect MS
covenants in the Temple, "lhat all, tie
Saints who were obliged 10 leave Nau,,
should be located at some gathering Place
The whole ? Ian is IN process OF eXecu.
ton.
As showing the extent to which eil'rr's
proselyllSm are 10 be carried, we quHe
from the letter:
All the apostles now in the valley have
had missions assigned them. ED. John
Taylor, accompanied by Curtis T.. Bolton
and John Pack goes to France; Elder
Lorenzo Snow goes 10 Italy, accompan-
led by Joseph Toronto; Elder Erasus
Snow TO Denmark, accompanied by Peter
Hanson, and will star, in about week,
passing through the States. Elder Frank
Ian d. Richards, accompanied by John S.
Illgbec, George b. Wallace, job Smith,
II, W. Church, Joseph W. johnson, 10
scph W. Young and Jacob Gates, 20 with
the mission 10 England, to cooperate with
PresIGcn, Orson Pratt. Elder John Fors-
green Will 90 out at the same time with the
mission TO Sweden. For wise purposes,
Elder j. p. Pratt's mission to the West.
trn Islands, will be deferred until spring.
Elder Orson PraI is doing a great work
in England, and the cause of truth is ad.
vanclnL rapidly in all her home domlnions,
and the rejoicing of the SAINTS there, eau
ses Satan to howl, for he is compelled 10
he subject to the power of the highest
Elder Woodruff is located at Cambridge
port, Massachusetts, and has been comfort
lng and lnsrucring the Saints in Canada
m las. t.tl no
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Mr. P Kin, has Ju.,opeuyl new store at the
stand occupied in summer 10y Sterling, north Of
the court house. He talk, boldly III hi, 4ly,r
t,cm,nt Read it;
A,r Burr oilers new reason, ilriu,ar,nc aglinst
fire il the Protection Insurance company oi Hart
ford
Mr. lockwood offers wagon f,r sale.
Nj l. y. Smith offer, o,awu's cal
The Eyalr, Room Association meets On Mon
day cycnin, for the election Of officers.
Persons having claims against the estates Of
Hugh Allen. decd, and William Foster, decd
are notified to file them in thcprolate court.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-05

Mr. Holbrook of the Peru Telegraph, having
been convicted of wilfully publishing false
hood in reference to us with characteristic
pu'illanimity holds his tongue. Although we are
well aware that Mr., II is man totally devoid of
every thing that constitutes the gentleman yet it
is hoped he will have respect enough for the rules
Of the editorial profession, to acknowledge to his
readers that he either willfully ignorantly, or
drcamingly LIED about us,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-05
ChairnIeu OF the senate Committees.

/ In the Senate on the 18th, Mr. Manrum. of n C
- ~ -
''''' ~" ''"'''' l"0>''u " "'' e'''''"h "'
the staining Committees The motion was n
doptcd. Mr. Clay begged to be excused from ser
,.ny upan anv Of the Stanlip, Committees tn,
hallotin. was then commenced and the f,lloyy.
ins gentlemen were chosen Chairmcn Of the sew
cral committees:
Foreign Rcatian,--Wm. + KIN, Il Alabama.
Ch'l9s-Mosc, Morris jr, of New Hampshire
"v'o'"''n'r> N"''m-- l. Walker OF Wis
.I,j,.;,r,--, = p,,,cr ors,,.b r.r.,,;,,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-05

We give today the article Which We promised
several week, ago, from the pen Of TnoN,- o
LNGErN Esq, American Consul at Monterey in
reference to the present situation and future pros
pect, Of the leading localities in California No
paper Of th, kind, Of so recent date, and from So
well informed and authentic a source, Is now be
fore thcpublic All the newspaper articles aud
descriptions Of California Of the present day arc
confined to the immediate region, Of the placgrs.
This documcntlooks beyond the present cphcmcral
excitement, and points out to the rational and
thinking man who propose, TO cmigratc to that
distant region, those localities which, from their
natural advantages must become tina central point
and head quarters Of commerce AFTER California
shall have recovered from her present state Of o.
yer wrought unnatural excitement
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-05
" ASIiSSroN. Drc. II

WASHINGTON Dec. IT,
Yesterday, the democrats came nearer olcctiur a
,peaher than they ever will again. fear The
lay before, Hon. ". j. Brown received log vote,
with Mr. Cobb Of Alabama assuring hi, iricuIs
hat Mr. Brown should have Iii, vote fit would q.
Get him. Ioascertan the real democratic strength
pithc House We have only 10 add Sir Cubb> vote
ana Mr Browns mot voting AMI We have 1t lust
III II 10 this, We add the vote of Mc,~rs. kim
NIlmot, and Durkec tali the free sellers who pro.
icss tohavc democratic tcnien,ics) and YOU have
Just II, which is not majority Of full House
but wmchls just IA majority Of the members now
present This however leaves no margin for alb.
'entec- or dl,,cntients.
Under these circumstances, il WIS found abso.
lutcIy necessary to conciate all the parties oppo.
Sod To the present administration; and the follow.
ng CORES pondracc effected it:
DECEMBER 10, 1919
Dear Sin In the conversation which had
with You this evening, You were free to say that If
elected speaker Of the House Of Representatives
Won would constitute the committees ON terrtorie,
the judiciary and the District Of Columbia, in n
manner that ,hould be satisfactory 10 myself and
the friends with whom have had the honor to act
! have communicated this to my friends and if
mreply To this note, YOU can give them the same
assurance they will give You q cheerful aud cord.
ml support Respectfully yours,
ID. WlLMOT
Hos WM j. BRowN.
WASHlNGToN, Dec 10, 1910
DEAR SIN: In answer To YOURS of thi. date I
will state that should be- elected speaker of the
| House Of Representatives will constitute the
committees on the District Of Columbia, ON terrific
res and on the judiciary in such n manner as shall
be- satisfactory TO yourself and friends am n
representative from free state and have always
been opposed to the extension Of slavery and be
lcyc that the federal government should be rel;c.
we'd from the responsibility Of slavery where it
has the constitutional power to abolish it,
am yours truly. w. D. BROWN
| Hon DAVID WuNur
The free sellers complain, and very Justly too,
Of having all their measures, bills, petitions DC,
stihed in committee. They ARE introduced and re-.
ferred TO a committee, and then are heard of no
more. On these committees, there has generally
been such n prcpondcrance of slavery mcu that
| the great moral sentiment of the north could not
be heard. To prevent the packing of these com.
mittecs with southern interests and feelings. was
the object Of the free sellers Mr.. Browns letter
satisfying five Of them they announced their de.
termination to give him their support When the
roll was called and Judge Allen of Mass, voted
for Mr.. Brown, wings aud democrats considered
the contest for speakcrship over. Mcssrs Dur
kec, Giddings, King and Wilmot also voted for
Brown. lie also received Mr. Cobb's vote Of Al.
ALBANIA, and so was brought up to ll2. Two Nir-
ginians (Mcssrs. Bocock and Seddcn,) and one
South Carolinian, mr. Walace) had not voted
So only cg3 votes wcro cost and Mr. Brown was
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On our first page will be found full report of
the doings and sayings at the Grand Festival of
TINT venerable body, the o. b. G., which came off
so brilliantly on New Years Eve. We recommend
a thorough pcrisal Of it.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-05

unhappy mother and relations 30 naturally in
spires These letters and official attcstatons are
forwarded To St Louis, to have their effect in ex-
planning transaction that seemed TO be incom-
Irehyusiblc
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healthy climate Of Me San Joaquin valleys and
Of part Of the Sacramento, with the cold there
prevalent in winter, must check the advancement
Of those valleys for future settlements.
The following are the prices of grain, vcgeta.
bles. animals r., in California in July 1916 and
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vi. RroMnnnn The Sonih

Col Wentworth gives the following satisiac;o-
ry history Of the hareup in the house Of rcprescu-
tatIyes at Washington on the I2th u,., when Mr
Brown, Of Indiana came so near an election, and
Immediately thercuponso apparently unaccouuta.
Div Withdrew.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-01-05

DrAru OF VIM MILE. ruE PRornrr-Nr Nil.
Ter, of Low Hampton, New York, somewhat Gel
ebratcd for his views respecting tho nearness of
the advent, died at his residence on Thursday, the
Goth inst, in his 8sth year.
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SUFFOLK, Sc.

'NII DIX, W.
Nm nQuisiion taken at the city of BOs-
ton, within the county uf Suffolk, thIr-
lecuth day Of December, N the yedr OF our
Lord one thousand eight hundred aud forty
nine, before Jabrz Pratt, Esq, one Of The
cOruncrs Of sad county, upon the view ol
sundry paris of body Of dead man, VIZ:
a lhorlX, kidneys peIyls, two thighs, lett
leg, and suhdry bones, there lying dead,
by the ua,hs Of O,myn Brewster, John h.
Andrews, Pearl Martin, lhos. Resneux,
Lewis J mes and llarum Merrill, good and
lawful men, vino being charged and sworn
To inquire Tor the commonwealth, when,
how ana by what means the said dead man
came to his death. upon their oa,hs do say
that they all have been demonstrated TO
be paris of one and the same person-lha'
these parts OF the human frame have been
identified aud proved to be the remains anu
parts of the dead body and limbs Of Dr.
George Pdrkman, late a clzen CT sad
Boston, aged about sixty years-ihat he
came TO his death by violence, al sand Bos-
ton, on the Odd day Of November last, or
between the hour of one and a halt OF the
clock, in the afternoon of that day, (about
which time he entered alive, and IN goou
health, into The Massachusetts, Medical
College building, situate in North Grove
street, in sail Boston, and the hour OF
tour of the afternoon of the 3Olh day OF
November last, when portion oil The salu
remains were found concealed in and under
the apartments of DR.. John w. Webster
of Cambridge, in the county OF MiddleseX'
in said college building,) in which building
the residue of said remains were allerwaiu
discovered; that he was killed in SAID col.
ege building by blow or blows, wound
or wound, inflicted upon him with s""n
instrument or weapon to The Jurors "n'
known, and by means no. yet known To
said jurors, and tina, said blow or blows
wound or wounds, were inflicted upon h'm'
and said means were used, by the hands
of said DR.. John w. Webster, by whom
he was killed. In witness whereof the
said coroner and jurors to this inquisilion
have Sc, their hand and seals, the day and
year above named.
Signed by the coroner and Jurors.
In relation to this verdict, the Boston
Journal says:
The public should not hastily jump at
conclusion of guilt from the verdict Of the
coroners jury. The evidence adduced
before these tribunals is generally Of an er
pdrte character, and it is not considered
necessary, neither is it usual, for the sus.
pcctcd party to make his defence. In this
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The paIkiIiln Murder.

The verdict Of the Coroner's jury las at
last been published. The inquest was in
session ten days, and the evidence covers
over cighly.lour large pages OF lOolscap
paper. This testimony is not, however,
to be made public. The verdict Is in the
following words;
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In consequence Of Christmas and New Years
Dinners Private Bu-ts Sleigh Rides, and the O
B. c, We have been unable to do much at c,lto-
ra.Z!uy his week.
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Letter from California.

We are indebted To Mr. TnoRN, Of the Mansion
House, Tor HI, Kindness in permitting Us To make
the following extracts from letter which he re
cevcd from our townsrnan, Mr.. Gridey, who is
now in California They are well worth perusing
We understand that quite number Of letters
have been received from Green's company, but
We have not been able to procure any oliAcm
for publication
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-28
From Ell Pn.O.

From the san Antonio Western Texan, Nay ID
We ere indebted TO our fellow citizen, John
James. Esq. vino arrived from E Paso on the Goth
ut. for some items of interest from that place. a
party of Americans. some of whom had been IN
the service of the State OF Chihuahua, against the
Apaches. hai started for California, and on their
way attempted to sack Mexican town, bat met
with a severe repulse. Mr.. James was informed
by Major Neighbors and Mr.. Lee Nining that they
had been shown by Major Stein some gold WASHED
out By his troops, on the ella River IN short ex-
cursion 10 that stream 1t is reported by eye wit
nesses, that at the copper mines above III Paso,
there are about 100 tuns of pure copper lying upon
the ground-this had been got out by Mexicans and
abandoned when attacked by the Indians There
are at Fl Paso, in tue hands of different persons,
several large amounts Of silver ore, taken from the
mines in the neighborhood. With guarantees of
title to lands, ane protection from Indians, oaly
short time would elspse before all these mines
would be well worked The State of Chihuahua
is suffering severely from the depredations Of the
Indians complaints are loudly the people OF Mex
leo that the United States does not fulfill that stpu
lation in the Treaty in which she agrees to restrain
her Indian tribes within her own borders.
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in which he stands indicted for several offences
against the United States. He is the skful hnan-

In which he stands indicted Tor several onences
against the United States He is the skilful fnan-
cier who acted as agent here in collecting claims
due officers in the volunteer service, and under
whose expert management the accounts were
swelled thousands Of dollars in the aggregate, over
and above what was bona fde owing by the Gov.
eminent do not know the amount OF the bail
that was taken, but will guaranty he Will forfeit
il, and never make his appearance before the
Cont in this district Mr. B. f. BROwN, the BIO
grapher Of Gen Cass who published an lmpudent
Card after being discharged By a LocoJudge ia
Michigan. has never made his appearance here 20
plead or answer to the indictments against him as
he assured the public he intended doing he was
q brother chip Of Naglees, and neither the one Ut
the other of them will ever appear in Washington,
unless brought here in the custody OF an olcs' oi
the law.
The most untring efforts are making to defeat
the confirmation of Mr. BARTLETT rs Commis-
soner to run the boundary line between Mexico
and the United States. And, to accomplish that
end, he has been represented as wholly incompe-
tent for the service, and with having aduced eve
~ person who participated in the Mexican war
Fortunately, Mr. BARTLETT came on here, aud al
ter personal interview Of several Senator's with
him. who from the above misrepresentation had
determined 70 oppose him, have now come TO A dl-
fereHt conclusion, and VIII support hlh. lhOse
who are opposing him outside from personal and
disappointed motives though they may cause NM
some trouble will not be able to defeat him and l
have no doubt, but what he will be confirmed dur
ing the ensuing week. This opposition Goes not
come from Gen. Mcneil, nor from has friends.
Mr.. CLAY and Mr. BERRrES went TO the country
yesterday, to remain until Monday. The prospects
of the Compromise brighten in proportion to the ln
crease Of personal hostility manifested toward MI
CLAY, from quarters that have everything 70 iose
and nothing to gain by making war upon him. He
is irnmovably fixed in purpose to save the country
from being sacrificed by an unnecessary procrastin-
aton of this Slavery controversy; and ! have no
doubt, majority in both Houses are equally anxl-
Gus TO restore peace TO the nation, and will cooper
ate with him in some reasonable and just pau that
will bring about this result. This undoubtedly will
not suit the petitioners ytrade but the great body
OF the people will hold in gratitude all those who
aid in carrying adjustment that will dispose
of the whole controversy upon equitable terms
Mr. CLAY goes for the country rather than Tor party