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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-06-14

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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-06-14

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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-06-14
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boys and childrcn's soaps, Tor sale choop,hy
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Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-03-06

Manner to consult for their good from in
the General Assembly for redress of grievances.
SEC. 80. The people shall have right to bear arms,
for the defense of themselves and the State.
SEC. 80. The military shall be kept in strict subor-
dination TO the civil power.
SEC. 81. No soldier shall in time Of peace, be quar-
tered in any house, without the Of the owner
in time Of war, but in to be prescribed by
law.
SEC. 35 The General Assembly shall not grant any
title of nobility, confer hereditary distinctions.
SEC. &c. Emigration from the State shall be pro-
hibited.
SEC. 81. There shall be neither slavery invoun-
tary servtude within the State, otherwise than for the
punishment OF crimes whereof the party shall have been
duly convicted No indenture of any Negro Muatto,
made and executed OF the bounds of the State, shall
be valid within the State.
Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-03-06
RATES OF ADVERTISING,
CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE OF INDIANA.

AS ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION OF THE
PEOPLE, FEBRUARY TO- 1851.
PREAMBLE
To THE END, that justice be established, public order
maintained, and liberty perpetuated; The People
Of the State Of Indiana, grateful to ALMIGHTY GoD
for tine free exercise of the right choose own
form Of government, 90 ordain this Constitution.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

JERRoLp.-Dougla Jerrold, q well known
contributor to Punch. and editor Of various
publications, is man about fifty years OF.
age, and in person is remarkably spare aud
diminutive. His face is sharp and angular,
and his eye is Of a greyish hue. He is prob
ably one Of the most caustic writers OF the
age, and with keen sensibility he often
writes under the impulse Of The momen, ar
ticles which bis cooler judgment condemns.
Although believer in bydropathy, his bah
its do not conform to the internal applica-
ton of Adams ale. His Caudle Lectures
have been read by every one. In conver-
sation he is quick at relort--not always re-
fined. He is husband and grandfather. .
MAcAuLAr.-The Hon. +. B. Maeaulay
is short, i'm stature. round, and with a grow
ing tendency to aldermanic disproportions.
His head has the same rotundity as his body,
aud seems stuck on as firmly as pin head.
This is nearly the sum of bis personal de-
fects all else; except the voice. (Which 10
monotonous and tery disagreeable,) is cer-
tainIy 10 his favor. His face seems literal
ly instinct with expression the eye, above
all, full Of deep thought and meaning. As
he walks, or rather straggIes along the street
he seems as if in state Of total abstraction.
unmndful Of all that is going on aftund
him, and solely occupied with his own
working mind. You cannot help thinking
that literature with him is not mere pro.
fession or pursuit, but that it has almost
grown part of himself, as though h;stori-
cal problems or analytical criticisms; were a
part of his daily and intellectual food. 1.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

The New CosruME.-Mrs. Swisshelm,
in the last Saturday visiter, makes the fol-
lowing remarks upon the subject Of the new
female costume
"rhs New York Herald states that two
ladies' hive recently pron.naded Broadway
in this Eastern style, and the Cincinnati
Nonpariel names Us as one who has adopt
ed il. Nearly every paper we take up has
something to say Oh ibe subject, and most
approve the change, which we commend.
hut have not adopted. We never thought
.'iress Of so much importance as TO be wor-
Thy any great net of moral heroisln. Wo
would not subject oursef TO tho rude gaze
of a mob on the street,, or the insoience Of
rnfiians and boys, for any thing less than the
salvation of a soul. No dresscoHlsl be corr
Portable and convenient 10 us which would
gather half dozen boys te stare at U.S.
We should never think Ut beiug a martyr
for such slight cause IA the pattern Of a new
frock; nor have we any need to be SO, for
neither health nor convenience requires il.
Cooley, Graham and Sartsin comtined.
could not get up fashion that we could
not, in five minutes arrange into q con,fort-
able, convenient, healthful costume, with
out making any change which would At
tract the attention Of 4 casual observer. +,
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

A MILLIoNAIRE's FEAsr.-A Paris letter
gives this account of a dinner given by Ba-
ron Rothschlld 10 NavareZ, at which were
present only twenty eight guests, the flower
of the French aristocracy:
In the first place there was the splendid
service of Sevres porcelain, which belong
ed to the unfortunate Marie Antoiuette, and
which was bought by Rolhschild for 80, 900
francs. Besides this enormous price, he
still pays annuity of 10000 francs to the
person who consented TO give 1t up to him.
During the repast, the whole service of the
table was changed four times, the last being
of silver and gold, worked by the most eel
ebrated artists of Europe. Ii was almost
impossible to tell hy what end, by what side,
10 take hold Of things, the use of which al
most disappeared beneath The material and
the workmanship, both 50 preciOus as to
make of most ordinary articles vernable
works of art. The knives, for instance,
were So ornamented, so carved, that il was
quite difficult to handle them.
All these riches were sent on to London
the day after the revolution of February,
and were The wonder of the nobility of Eng
land, when displayed at grand dinner gis-
en- 20 the Duke of Wellington. AS TO the
catables of the dinner an describing they
consisted, says reporter, of all the impos-
siblities Of the season, sought out from the
most celebrated lighthouses, and hunted in
the most noted hunting grounds in France.
Peaches, cherries, Strawberries, appeared in
the grentest abundance at the dessert, by
the side of pine-apples, which, says the
same reporter, blushed at having cost. only
one hundred francs each. Besides these,
were various rare fruits from tropical eli
mates--in short, the luxury was Of the most
unheard-of character, and the guests did no,
rise from the table till after ten o'clock.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

AFFECTING lNcIpENT.-In late number
of the Knickerbocker Magazine, is an anec-
dole of s'childish heroism," which will 60
straight TO the hearts of parents
"You are fond of telling stories of chill
dren, {writes II. F., an old fiend aud con-
tributor,) of their loves, rOgueries and hero
isms. Let US make an addition TO your
stock of tender anecdotes. A hearty, gem
erous boy of my acquaintance, between six
and seven years old, IN neighhoring town,
was afflicted with dangerous chronic dis.
ease that rendered surgical operation me-
cessary. The little fellow bore his period
eal attacks bravely, but his parents saw at
each return his sufferings increased, until at
last, welding 10 the advice of the attending
physician, they consented that their darling
should undergo he necessary operation, all
though they knew that it would he at the
peril of his precious life.
The father told bis boy, with an anguish
ed heart, that he must submit TO a danger
Gus and painful operation, and asked him ii
he would for his mothers sake, consent.
The little fellow listened bravely and repiisd
that he would do as his father requested,
hut they must allow him tn name his own
time. Nothing more was said TO him ON
the subject, but at tho end of a week he said
to his father, "Now am ready, papa; let
them operate on me Tomorrow"
Notice was given to the surgeon, who
came, attended by his Students and assist
ants. The preparations were all made, the
child was undressed and loose gown put
over his shoulders, when he was taken into
the room where the operation. was to be
perfor,ned. He saw the tub placed under
! the table TO catch his blood, and permitted
himself, without murn,ur, te bs laid upon
Ethe board, and voluntarily stretched out biz
little arms TO he bound. The sponges wers
placed around has body; then, looking up ie
his uncle, he said-"Now tell my papa ant
mama to 20 out of the room aud shall ht
ready" His parents were already gone
and would be distressed by his cries. Blu
he uttered no cry. Ether was administer
ed To him, and the operation was perform
ed. But The little hero never again openet
his eyes to bless those whose happiness wa
hound up in his existence"
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

A TERILLisG ExpLotr.-A young maj,
in The drug store Of Weizei < Co., at St.
Louis, which was destro, ed by fire OH the
night OF the lst inst, was aw akened by the
FIRE, where he was sleeping in the third
story, and soon learned that his only means
of escape was The sky light of the adjoining
building. tie passed 10 the adjacent root
and found no escape there. The Union
says he now res"rted to desperate expe,Ii-
ent. Cautiously letting him-elf down, he
clung with his hands To the caves OF the
building, aud while in this position actually
kicked open a window IN the story below
the roof Oh Commercial street, and thus uh-
tanned admittance into ihe building. Such
an instance of remarkable daI ing sud pres
ence of mind has hardly its parallel in The
annals of hairbreadth escapes. sa
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

The BELL OF NoTRE DAME IN Paris
The Paris correspondent of the ST. Louis
Republican. writing under date Of April
oath, says
"On Sunday morning the great bell Of
Notre Dame, which has been silent for four
years. once more resouuted in the ears of
the Parisians. One Of the city papers gives
the following account Of this bell ''it is
the daughter of the one givea by Jean do
Montague, brother Of Gerhard, Bishop Of
Paris, towards The end of the fourteenth
century. Ii then weighed only $1,000
pounds, and was named JacqueI'ne, The
name of the giver's wife. 1t was re-cast in
1852, md its weight and size considerably
increased. Louis XIV. became tits god
father, and changed IT'S sex, naming j, Eman-
uel. Its diameter is eight feet, and its
heighth The same. Ii is the largest bell in
Europe, except three-one at Vienna, Mos
COW. aud London, but its sound is said 10 be
superior to either of lhese.''
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

LOVE AND SrfcipE.-Linton w. Petit
bone, of Delaware, Ohio, committed sur
eide hy shooting, last week. He was be-
tro.hed to young lady of Cuyahoga Falls,
and remarked to friend few days before
his death, that sho was in i'll health, and
might not live until the time appointed for
their marriage, and that s'if she did not, he
was prepared TO leave the world, also -
The young lady bad been sinking for SONS
time, and all hopes Of her recovery having
become extinct IN his mind, he was led TO
The fuIfilment of his seli-lmposed promise.
He was possessed Of considerable properly,
and in his bat was found schedule Of his
debts and dues, with postscript directing
"that Mr.. How ard should receive a reason
able compensation for The use Of tine rife"
which he ha, hired, rs the event had prov
ed, for the purpose of his own destruction.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

would pass on to Milwaukee and give tone
TO the Commercial Office, and Messrs. Bry-
an and Cary could rest week, for it would
be unfair TO make them travel far. Occa-
sionally, let demncrut take possession Of
whig office, and clean il out after the Au-
gean stable fashion; and SO, after pretty
general mixing up, the fraternity could
swing around again into their OLD places
with fresh zeal. Who'll start! Don't all
speak at once. We want to take our turn
at the Milwaukee Sentinel, just one day,
that's all, and we'll stay at hume for good
year thereafier.''
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

The editor Of the Green Bay Advocate,
who is writer of very agreeable and pleas
ant humor, always shaping something new,
says: ,-.s,f
"We have wondered occasionally wheth-
er It wouldn't be good thing for editors to
change places once in while for a week or
so, Just as ministers often do. il would be
a novelty at all events, and worthy of tri-
al. Take, for instance, an example; sup
pose that Beriah Brown should come down
to Oshkosh and relieve the ben,ghted read
ers Of Densmore's PAPER, with some good
straighf-ahead. democracy; let Densmore 60
to Fon du lac and stir up the ,ienizens with
his long yarns about tree soil; Eastman
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

A Curious MURDER IN NoRwAY.-A
man named Liopater, the grave digger Of the viii
lage Of Seeham, not far from Copenhagen, lately
murdered his wife under peculiar circumstances.
He was man of rather weak mind, and con-
pletely under the rule Of the wife, an ili-tempered.
overbearing woman. He was one day about TO
dig grave, when his wife came up, and per-
ceiving in his hand piece Of two thalers, ordered
him TO Immediately give it up to her. He resist
ed, declaring that he wanted it to pay debt -
At last it was agreed that she should receive the
money for new grave which he was about to
dig, and which she agreed to aid him ia. They
dug at it together for some time, when Liopatar
suddenly struck the woman violent blow OH the
head with his pickaxe, and conlinued striking her
until he had killed her. He then went to the ad-
joining church aud rang grand peal in honor Of
her death, and was about to fling himself from
the tower when he bethought him that he had not
rung peal for himself The neighbors had as
sembled whilst he was Thus employed, and it was
in their presence that he flung himself from The
tower Of the church. He was so much INJURED
that he died in few minutes after relating the
circumstances of the murder and suicide. The
body Of the wife was fund Immediately after
the head having been dreadfully beaten in.-GL La
Presse.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26
ALondon paper notices exceedingly cu-

A. London paper notices exceedingly cu-
rious groups of stuffed animals exhibited at
the. Worlds. FAIR by German. They con-
sist of IA series Of tableaux, in which the an
in,als portray either scene from nature. or
illustrate some weli-knowu fable. There
is n learned pundi Of a fox reading book,
and looking as wise as Lord Chsncellerr;
there is a love scene on n sofa, at which no
one resi.ts smile. The viiingc school,
with the instructress holding the rod, u cap
iral; there is a frog with parasoi, equally
iaughable Two hunting seeues. iu which
= b,ar and stag are brought TO bay by the
hounds, are beautifully arrunged.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26
ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA TERRITORY THURSDAY

In the following, which we copy from the Bur-
lington IIawkeye, there is something for St. Louis
TO reflect upon. These are times, in the struggle
and competition Of commercial cities for supreme
acy, when no city is secure from an attack Of
paralysis, without exertion--good hard exercise.
he nj ssouri Republican puts it to the owners Of
real estate in st. Louis, right. Whatever nature
whatever the Mississippi river do for
town, is already done for Saint Lonis; but new
agent, mighty competitor 10 the river, is now in
the field viz: The Railroad; and Saint Louis must
use railroads or he left behind the age.
"Having witnessed The rapid growth Of Saint
Louis from the time it could boast Of only about
the same number of inhabitants that can be connf.
ed in Burlington, and with fewer substantial
houses, we have fe. peculiar interest in her
progress and prosperity. For the last five years
we have felt hat her peculiar locality, which has
chiefly made that city what it is, had nearly full
filled its mission. We have felt also that unless
more liberal and extra efforts were made by her
property-hoiders to peTpetuate her present advun-
tages and multiply her resources IN the various
branches Of trade and commerce, her peculiar
and advantageous position as being the shipping
point of all the produce from the Upper Missis-
sippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers could hardly per-
petuate her prosperity. This thought stands OUT
more prominently now than ever Years ago, we
urged Saint Louis to use its nfiueuce TO get the
whole delegation in Congress from Missouri, in
terested in removing the obstruction 10 the navga-
ton Of the Upper Mississippi, for her own sake
II neglected to do SO, and now the prospect is
that in less than three years ali the produce Of the
Upper Mississippi above the Lower Rapi $, and
which now goes to Saint LOUIS, will find its way
across the country by railroad.
''ln few years more, the immense amount o.
produce for the South, instead Of being re-shippet
at st. LOUIS, from Iowa and Illinois, will be re-
shipped at Cairo, by way Of the Illinois Centra
Railroad. And in few years more, stlllto say
nothing of the Hannibal and ST. Joseph Railroad
which may injIre ST. Louis--we can conceive o
Il railroad from Council Bluffs. running acros
Iowa, that will drain large portion Of the STATE
of Missouri itself Of produce, which now finds it
way to St. Louis. Such anticIpatons as these
however unwelcome they may be, should stir NJ
and influence those who have the power TO avert
in some measure at least, such n calamity.
now remains with them, and unless they &C
speedily, their railroad to the Pacific, should
ever be bui I, will not even save them. St. Loui
might only then be simply thoroughfare.
must have a railroad to connect with the grea
railroads to and from the east, or her doom
sealed"
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

For GossIPs.-The following paragraph.
which we find floating in the newspapers, lays it
Oh the sossips with an unsparng hand:
"rhe sanderous woman poisons the atmos-
phere Of her entire neighborhood, and blasts the
sanciiiies of thousand homes with single
breath. From a woman Of this class nothing is
sacred she fattens upon caluinny and upon
slaughtered reputationss. She Is the ghoul of
Eastern story, transferred from the Arabian nights
to the freside circle. She never asserts anything
she merely hints, and supposes, and whispers
what they say. Every neighborhood in the city is
infested with some creature of this sort, and in
country towns they are often afflicted with two or
three Of the ghoul women. One is enough 10 set
a hundred families by The ears; two can break
up church; three are sufficient for any kind of
mischief-irom the separating the husband from
his wife to blasting the fame of stainless girl.
A pure woman Is simply an angel imbodied in
human shape; slanderous woman is something
worse than cholera-certainly as infectious as the
yellow fever"
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

YOU can't Think says lady writing to an
editor. "how much good The deaths aud marriages
do me. Il you knew bow much love deaths
and marriages. you would have them in every pa
per- The eIopements and murders are beautiful,
but the eosnmon deaths and marriages are moot
satisfactory. You crowd the married ones 30
close together, that il seeHls az If yon consulted
their happiness and wishes even in your types.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26


ExrRAoRDISARy ScENE.-Some of the
good citizens Of Gloucester perambulating
the docks on good Friday morning were
alarmed by terrible noise on board Greek
ship lying in the middle Of the basin. The
captain and others appeared to have one of
the crew amongst them, around whose neck
a rope was attached, and, before any inter
ference could be offered, the body was run
up the yard-arIn, and, after few apparent
struggles, SO far as the victim was concern
ed, all was still. The ndise had hardly SUBJ
sided, when a similar scene appeared TO be
going forward of board another Greek yes
sci lying alongside the first mentioned the
body, in This case, being lowered over the
side into the water, ant then as if the mur-
derous wrelches had changed their inten-
tons, it was hauled on deck, severely bella
bored amidst shouts and execratoiis, aud
speedily hauled up to the yard-arm.
The excitement on seeing two bodies
dangling high in the air was most intense
some of the crowd assembled were calling
out for the police; and two or three, more
courageous than the rest, got on board one
of the ships 10 demand an explanation. and
with the determination to take the culprIt:
into custody. The explanation was duly
given, and a hearty and general laugh was
the result. The seamen were only per
forming custom of the Greek Church
usual on Good Friday, by stufliug an effig,
with straw, with a bag in its rieh; hand, t'
represent Judas Iscariot, and hanging il
expressive Of their adherence Of The con
duet of that worthy i'll betrayiug our Sa
viour. The next morning the effigies wer,
hauled down aud treated with great indig
nifty amid renewed shouts and the dscharg,
of nuskets. London Times.
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

CONCLUSION OF Mn. WEBsrER's SPEECH
AT BuFFALo.-''Gentlem we have passed
through great peril-greater than you, or any
one not ccgnizant of all the facts, can conceive.
But we have passed through by the patriotic ac-
,ion Of men Of all parties, who have united on
the broad ground Of the Constitution. The dan
ger is over if we but continue true to the princi-
pies of the Compromise measures-ifwe but leave
the settlement Of tn Sc difficult and embarrassing
questions where Congress has left it. But if they
re-opened-if agitation continues 10 excite the
people Of the Norh, and the people Of the North
against the people OF the South, there is safety
there Is no security that our Union will con-
tinue, that our government will be preserved
Let me tell you, there is danger--real danger
from continuance Of excited agitation and angry
controversy. 1t can do good; it may do much
harm. The Union wi be endangered BY il. Let
me conure you, then, by your love Of country
by your common memories Of the past--by your
regard for liberty, to cease from all eauses Of
proach and recrmina.ion against your brethren oI
the South.
.Jrepeat It am a Northern mani am an
Eastern mani anna Massachusetts man. Mas
sachusetts has kept me, has put me in Congress
and am grateful for her generous confidence.
was made whole man by God, and am no
The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-06-26

The great difficulty with oriental scholars, in
turning their attention to printing in Chinese with
metallic moveable type, lies in the great number
Of The characters; those in common use are up
wards of FIVE thousand, and scientific work would
require hundreds beyond that number. Again,
the space so many characters VIC Id occupy is so
great, as to have long presented an nsuperable
difficulty to Chinese printing, except in the old
way Of cutting each type on wooden blocks. Some
Chinese scholars in Paris conceived plan of dvid-
ing the characters; by it any work in The language
may now be printed wilhon, any very great in
convenience. The composition has his type in %
cases, twelve on one side of the room and ten on
the other. BY this arrangement he reaches fonr-
fifihs Of the characters without moving more than
three steps; .'whiIe." says Our authority, "fer
those that are far,hest off, he is not required to
walk more than f,ceice feet" This must be quite
an exercise. for the composior, and very useful
to his healil'