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SaIeraiuS MaRufactory.
o. $. CARTER ~ Co.

rI'AkE this method Of announcing 10 merchants
] aud dealers IN th'@ state, that they have fitted
up an extensive establishment, With new apparatus
and are ROW manufacturing any quantity ot superior
REFINED SiLEHATCS,
From the bcs, material which can be Obtained IN the
market
We are manufacturing superior article, and the
facilities tor shipping are such that merchants aud
dealers IN the yciuiy oi the cana. or uvcrcuus .
their supple. from her, m much ie-s time Than iron
the eastern market, and also -1Ns transportation
and the nrcc.sIy OF ordering a.argc supply at once
Iho-. who may favor Us with tnrr orders, Tor a
large or small quantity are assured that they ",, be
attended 10 wilH prumptnr-s. and u..ed al Us
Row Rates
ne can be- obtained IN New York or 81 Louis mar
hct forum urtic,c Of the same quality
Merchants aud dealers ar mvlledto cnii and ~.
anime our samples before ordcndg heir supplies
from other markets
Mandatory on Columbus street one door north
OF the Union House, Ottawa, III. octl2-lO-6m.
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Misrrllunro1t'g.

George smith, Fashionable Tailor, opposite Cush
mans store, regularly receives the fashions from
the East, and wIIlbe happy to makeup clothing Tor
aiwho may favor HIM with their patronage. Aft
warran,edluevery case Particularattention paid
to Cutting. Ottawa may 10, lSi9,
=. A. Lautz " Co., General realcrs in al
kiais of LSdJer, Llth, SEinglcs, Sash, Doors
Ceilr Posts, &c, &c.
n. q. Ahberal discount made in tlIing large bills.
Yard ON Main Canal, formerly occupied hy Wal
ker and ilickling. Jne 22-i7.ti
G.Burr, Agent fox Protection Insurance CORpG
nv, Hrrttord--oppostc the Mansion House
Seth c. Earl, Carriage, house, and sign Painter
lumbusstrcc over Palmer and Gays wagon and
carriage makershop.
Jacob &. stone, Saddie, Harness, and TrSnk
manu- ufdcturer, and Carriage Trimmer corner of
Canal aud Columbusstreels, Ottawa. mar2
Jos. II. Wagner, Justice Of the Peace, office in
the northeast corner OF the courthouseup stairs,
OF dec 7'ig
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The Best Coal

DROuGllrintot the Ottawa mnrkctisnow rniscd
- by Mr. MARKS MORlARTY, who may
all times be- found At his residence near the canal
bridge, at the head of Buffalo Rock His bed is in
the same region where the famous" "SuHwn Coal' is
raised, aud MIR. NJ challenges comparison with
that coal knowing his own, taken all together, tn he
better nrclc. sto the coal from mos, Of the beds
around Ottawa, It is positively not to be- compared
with his ard yc, Mr Morlarly engages to sell his
coa as cheap u.s. II not cheaper than, any ofthe coal
denlersin this region.
Teams always kept in readiness to deliver coalto
order; or any number olteNms loaded at short no.
tce on applying the residence Of the subscriber
The attention of BidckSmiihs particularly called
TO this coal MARhS MORTALITY,
Buffalo Rock, a ms below Ottawa Dec II, 1850
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Shaving and Hair Dressing,

THE subscribers take rhi, method doircturnng their
L thanks to the public for the liberal patronage
they have re civrd, and hope 10y increased attention
IN business to men, and receive still further patron-
prc. Their door Is kent open early and late, and
thcirpricc are suited q hnr,' times.
Shop kept open late on saturday night, oU closed
atprccscy 10 o'clock A VI on Sunday
Rnlur, brushes Combs, &c for sale.
Shop on Madison near Columbus = lruouu,e east
the court house. "ETL X CEEBEb.
Ottawa Dee 2l lSsO 3u
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II Q I | .

Fox River House, by l.. DELAYo, on the canal
usa- the aQuaduct. Canal packets stop regularly
,tthis house.
American House, nearthc confluence olthc IL
lnos and Fox Rivers, and near the bridge,
Mansion House. Ottawa III. by K TuorN, Pas
sengers carried tree to aud from the canal pack
cts. StagcS arrive and depart daily.
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Bowling Saloon !

AMES O'Connor respectfully informs The citi.
81 2cns Of Ottawa, that he has recently rc.lillcd
and materially improved the Bowling Alley ON
Court House square, originally established hy hm,
and that he D. now prepared TO accommodate parl,s
desiring hcaithiul exercise, with the best gamcui
pins 10 be found this side OF Chicago.
His Alley has been ,rtsly constructed ithe best
Cherry, and canno, tail to give the utmost sattac.
tiou. Jan. 10.
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Business Goros.
G n "a Va . &ri

Carriage and Wagon Mandatory,
I G. GAY would inform his friends and cusio-
~ . mrrs that he has removed to his new shop at
tbs south west corner of the public squire, where he
wtilc0ninuc the manufacturing oicuTiOges, buggIcs
mud wagons IN the latest and most approved styles
Being practical workman, he ilnttcrs himself that
he can build as good work as can he produced IN tins
market Work made 10 order aud warranted to give
entire satisfaction. Repairing done Oh the shortest
notice.
Cash paid for seasoned lumber
Jan. II, 1851. j G. GAY
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HALL Of OTTAWA DIVISION, No. Q, S. of I.
March 22. 1851

NeSTs. Os0lan The enclosed paper WAS read
IN the Division. Upon request of the Division, a
copy has been furnished for Publication. For that
purpose it is sent to you with the desire that you
publish the same. Yours,
ED. SWIFT, RS.
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EoUcyrr THE FARMIRs--lt is concluded that
the division Of tho occupation. ofmen in the Uni
ted States is nearly in the following proportion;

Thus il will be seen that those who are engag.
cd in agriculture are three and half times great
er in number than those IN all other divisions -
The agricutrri.ts consequently have the physical
and numerical power, aud Can at any time con.
troll every government in the United States and
give tone to public opinion. But do they No
indeed for however powerful they may bo IN
numbers they are weak in mdgeucc anu this a.
rises from the wan, Of proper education Sixty.
five thousand two hundred aud ify.iive engaged
in the learned professions. -,u Intellectually sIron'
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70 Ia - Eo VA q. Va q wa 4
Brunker's Rife TIanufaCtOry.

ygtiiE subscriber having returned from the east
after visiting the principal manufactures, he
u Is now prepared To- manufacture the ceicbGa-
ted Increase or Gaming Twist Rife, winch he war
rants he equal to any Undc IN tins state or else
where He viii also keep constantly on hand and
for sale, good assortment Oiduube and single bar
relied Fow,mg pieces Powder flasks, Game Bags,
shot Pouches, Percussion Caps aud superior Nrtl-
Gle ul Sporting Powder
AihuJs of obUIugln the gunsmllhli line done with
uratucs, aud despatch.
Shop on tar cast side Of Columbus st. one door
south hof the Union llous. Iuue 22-u
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ANDREWS
Daguerrean Gallery

IN Snngcrs block mp stairs. likencsScs taken
in thr best and latest style othr art and sci m
lain and fancy CASES, Flames, Lockets, &c &c.
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Every section Of tha ceDnlry shoul he lined with
these roads rs tributaries TO tho railroads. Ihs
progress a. the west is very srea. already
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When has man = right to .cold be vhs
about his coIveel' Only when hs has suff'ssas
grounds.
The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-23
The King of Indiana.

A six foot Hoosier, some eight and
twenty years of age, called the other day
at the Secretary Of States Office, and in
quired for the King of Indiana. Frank
King. the deputy, informed him that he
was one of 'em, and desired to know his
pleasure. The applicant replied that he
had been married about four years, and
he and his wife didn't agree very we'll,
and he had come to tire King TO be di-
vorced. He was greatly surprised to
learn that Indiana had no such Executive,
and went home to try it a spell longer
with told woman"
Who VIII say now that the school
master is not abroad? Or who will talk
about the impropriety of permitting for
eigners to enjoy the right of suffrage,
when we have such consumate ignorance
right in our midst. Why, the widest Irish
man romCork, and the thickest tongued
dutchman from Faderland, would be a.
shamed of sucn ignorance.-Iad States
man.
The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-23
Plain spoken Judge.

Judge Mcclure, of Pittsburgh, is deci,
dedly the plainest spoken jurist WEI
we ever heard of. In recent .rials
murder, in that city, the jury brought 4
defendant, James Kelly, in verdict =,
murder in the second degree. The Judge
did not like this, and when he sentenced
him, he addressed the prisoner as fol-
lows:
.'You, James Kelly, well merit the GAL
lows. and that you have not got il, is no
fault of mine. charged the jury point
edly. that you were guilty of murder in
the first degree. The blood that will
hereafter be shed, on account of the jury
by whom you were tried, will not be up
on my skirts. Had | charged them 9TH
erwise, would have considered that l
might as we'll let the wild tiger loose in
the streets, or placed rattlesnake under
tae pillow of an infant! There is no
doubt as to your atrocious guilt IN the
fiendish and diabolical murder of John
Cox. You stand before this court spot
ted allEover with the crime of wilful and
premedieated murder, unparall leled in the
annals Of crime, and instead of passing
a sentence consigning you to cell In
the Penitentiary, we should as this time
be passing the sentence of death upon
you--vou richly deserve 1t.
The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-23
p o u T r Y
The Old Thirteen States.

God bless the good old thirteen states,
God bless the young ones, too;
Who cares for muSty birthday dates!
God bless them--old and new.
The old ones first our freedom gain'd,
In bloody fights Of yore;
The young ones have their rights maintained
AS the old ones did before
OF south or north, or east or west,
Twin sisters all they be,
One mother nursed them at her breast,
And that was Liberty.
To cut their vital thread,
Be Scorned while in this world alive,
And scorn cd when he is deadl
Now fill the bowl with Natures wine,
Lets drink ''God save the King
The only King by night divine,
The sovereign People King.
For they're the only King own,
All others ieSpise,
The King that towers above the throne,
The King that never dies,
o! may that sceptre wide extend
Ger every land and sea,
Without beg inning, without end,
And conquer TO set freel
Till Freedoms banner floats alone,
a beacon in the sky,
And man no other Lord Shall own,
But he who rules on high.
The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-23
LADY Franklin.

Hope, it appears, will never die with.
in her breast. We are informed by the
late accounts that she will send out an
other Aictic expedition next season.
The Prince Albert, it is stated, will again
be fitted out and manned. and will pro-
ceed to Prince Regents Inlet, where the
ship will be laid up in such safe and con-
venient harborage as can be found. The
party will then proceed in boats as far as
can be reached by open water; they will
cross the Isthmus of Boothia, and follow
out their search as far to the westward as
possible. Where boats cannot be work
ed, "kyacks" will be used, which, with
the assistance of the Esquimaux. will en-
able the party to proceed one hundred
or two hundred miles further than boats
could carry them, as the t.kyacks' can be
rolled up and dragged over the ice. 1t
is proposed that the expedition shall re-
main out one season, and if the weather
and the ice be favorable, it is expected
that very extensive search will be ef
tectci. The exposition will be under
the command of Captain w. Kennedy,
who has gone home from America fer
that purpose.-American Telegraph.
The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-23
ALADY,s EXPENSES.

Some of our Lady readers may wish
to knowtthe difference between what
it costs their husbands to keep them, and
the expenses of Queen Victoria:
The Queens salary is nearly two million
of dollars. The butter eggs, bacon. and
cheese consumed in the royal household,
equals in amount the salary of cur
Presidents The butchers bill is nearly
$50. 900. The salary Of the chief cook Is
$4,000. Recently. S350,000 were vo-
ted fpr building the Queens stables. and
the same session of Parliament refused
to Appropriate Sl50,000 for education
among the British people.
God save the Quecn!'
The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-23

correspondent of the New YORK 'nbune,
who writes from Greenfield, Indiana, commu-
nicates the following sta ement: GA gentle-
man in the cars related TO me a very serious
affair. the scene of which was in Rush, an adj
joining county, as follows: A Mr.. Robinson sold
his wife and other personal property, to Mr.
TYLER, for $50, but her brother Mr.. Hamilton,
dissented from the trade, interfered and tried
to take his sister home with him. This rem
derei Tyler, the purchaser, highly indignant,
and he very coolIy shot said Hamilton
through the heart. Mr.. Tyler aud his bought
wife slept in the hou e--in the room where her
dead brother lay in his blooi--and the next
day he escaped. All the parties were intoxica-
ted The Corones said that the neighbors.
who called in to see the dead body. drank about
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Terms of Advertising,

Advertisements will be conspicuously inser-
ted IN the Plymouth Pilot at the following
prices, viz:
For square (of 10 lines insertions 81 90.
Each additional insertion, CSC.
UAnything less than a square, will be con-
sidered square.
GJAdvertisers must be particular to mark the
number of insertions on the face of the adver
tisements, they Will be published until or
dered out, and charged accordingly.
UPA LIBERAL discount will be made where ad-
rertising is done by the year.
O. All Communications from distance should
be addressed PosT-PMD 10 the Publisher
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The Law of NeWSnapprS.

1. Subscribers who do not give express no
tee to the contrary, are considered as wish
ing to continue their subscription.
p Ii subscribers o-ler their papers discon-
tinued, Publishers may continue 10 send them
till all charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their paperS from the Office or place to which
they are sent, they are held responsible until
they settle their bill and di scoatinue them.
a. If subscribers remove to other places
without informing the Publisher. and the pa
per IS sent to the former direction. they are
held re Sponsible.
5. The courts have decided that refusing to
take paper or periodical from the Office, O,
removing and leaving it uncallei tor, is prina
iacIe evidence of intent fraud
The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-23

LlBERIA.-The following is an extract
of letter from Mr.. Hooper, agent of an
association Of colored persons organised
in New York year Or two since:
MoNRovIA, LIBERIA, Dec. p. 1880.
Ny dear brother,-l am about to com
mence farming on an extensive scale. ]
am cuttisg very large farm, with view
to plant cotton, ginger, peanuts. &C.,
also rice which sells we'll. Small part
OF this is designed for home consumption.
Oar coffee trees grow admirably, and
shall continue to plant them till NE have
hundred and fifty thousand. This is
just the country for coffee and sugar cane,
and have great faith in the success of
cotton. The little have look finely.
What | need most is plough and oxen.
Oar place is considered by many the
most beautiful On the st. Paul's, 1t
comprises 25o acres of the best land in
the world, for all the various products of
this climate. About my house potatoe $
and casada are growing. Labor is hard
to be procured here. The natives are
lazy and don't like work. | am trying
to get as many boys of my own as posi-
bic. SO as to be indie pendent hereafter.
The Republic is advancing in consid-
Grafton. The English government has
established a cotton farm six miles from
Monrovia, with view to encourage the
cultivation of cotton by our citizens
The Republic gives every married immi-
grant ten acres, and to every single man
and woman, five; and recognizes them as
citizens on landing. The country is very
healthy now.
/ have in view place for you on the
banks of the beautiful St. Paups, one of
the noblest rivers in the world.
Ny friend Blacklidse is making sugar,
has Eve barrels of sugar and four of mo-
lasses off his little farm of two acres.
Many new buildings are going up in
the city of Monrovia-some of them fine
brick houses.
The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-23
An Accommodating Judge.

We find the following anecdote in Gov
ernor Ford's History of Illinois:
In those days, (from 1913 to 18S0,)
justice was administered in the courts
without much show, parade or ceremony
The Judges were gentleman of sense and
learning, W no had their courts mostly in
log houses, or bar-rooms of Taverns, fit
ted up for tha. purpose, with a Temporal
ry bench for Judges, anl chairs and
benches for the Lawyers and Jurors.
At the first Circuit Court in Washing
ton county, by Judge John Reynolds, on
opening the Court the Sheriff went cut
into the court yard and said to the peo-
pie, "Boys come in, our John is going TO
hold Court" This was the proclamation
for opening the court.
In general the judges were averSe TO
deciding questions of law. They did not
like the responsibility OF offending one
or the other parties. They preferred to
submit every thing that could be decided
by the jury. | knew one who. when
asked for instructions to the jury on
points of law, would rub his head and the
sides of his face with his hands and say
to the Lawyers. "Why gentlemen, the
jury understands it, they need no instruc-
tions. no doubt they will do Justice =
This same Judge presided at a court in
which man named Green was convict
ed for murder, and it became his unpleas-
ant duty to pronounce sentence upon the
culprit. He called the prisoner before
him and said to him. ''Mr. Green, the ju-
ry say you are guilty Of mufuer, and the
law says you are to be hung. | want
you and all your friends down on Indian
Creek to know that it is not | who con-
denim you; it is the jury and the law.
Mr.. g., what time would you like 10 b.
hung? The law allows you time for pre-
paration."
Mr.. Green said, "May it please your
honor, am ready at any time those who
kill the body have no power to kill the
soul. My preparation is made, and am
ready at any time the court pleases.'
The Judge replied, "Mr. Green it is
very serious thing to be hung; it can't
happen 10 a man but once in his life, and
you had better take all the time yon can
get. Mr.. Clerk look at the almanac and
see whether this Gay four weeks comes
OH Sunday" The clerk looked as direct
ed, and reported that That day four weeks
was Thursday. Then said the Judge,
"Mr. Green the court will give you only
to this day four weeks"
The case was prosecuted by James Tur-
ney the Acknowledgement, who interposed
and said: MAY it please the court, on oc-
casions of this sort it is usual for courts
to pronounce formal sentence; TO re-
mind the prisoner of his perilous condi-
ton; to reprove him for his guilt, and to
warn him against the judgement in the
world to come" To which the Judge
replied: ."Oh, Mr.. Turney, Mr. Green un-
derstands the whole matter, he knows he
has got TO be hung; yoa understand it,
Mr.. Green, don't you? YES" said the
prisoner. Then Mr.. Sheriff, let the pris-
ouer he remanded and adjourn court.
The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-23
Number IA.
Indian Depredations in Texas.

We clip The following from the "Rio
Grande Sentinel of the 18th rlt
BY the arrival, Friday, 18th inst, of
the U. S. Steamer Corvette from Rio
Grande City. we learn that the Indians
have again commenced hostilities in that
direction, and by the arrival, on the
same day, of the mail from Laredo, we
have been shown letter giving an ac-
connt of recent depredations in that
neighborhood. The letter is to friend
who has kindly permitted us to make
from it the following extract;
Il see in number of the Sentinel"
which was brought by the mail of to.
day, (the letter bears date 2Sth ult., q
notice of treaty with the Indians, en-
tered into somewhere near San Antonia,
last month. We had also heard of that
treaty. 1t is really ridiculous, taken in
connection with the past two weeks
Since the mail last left for Brownsville,
the country about Laredo, and between
it and Guerrero, has been literally alive
with Indians. About two weeks since
party of The said treaty making gentle
men came within three miles of town,
killed a Mexican and attempted to carry
off drove of horses, which were near
the town, but were frustrated. Lieuten-
ant Andy Walker, of Captain Ford's
company of Rangers, on his way from
the camp, at place known as Las Ojue-
las, to town. about week and half "a
go, came upon CAMP Indians, some
thirty miles from here, where fney- had
left seventeen horses andNnaies, iorosp
buffalo hides, ect., as thy usually do
when they come down on sheir expedi-
iions. Lieut. Walker stretched his men
and laid wait for the Indians. He wait
Ell six nays, and when they csne back,
he attacked and killed two OF them.
wounding several others, and recaptured
all the horses, including fresh let they
hap just brought in. Lieut.. Wake al.
so retook in this foray Mexican whom s
the Indians captured short time previ-
ous The Mexican states that this party
had killed severa! Mexicans near Roma at
place called the sSauces." on the road
from Laredo to Rio .Grande City. In
this engagement Lieut.. Walker sustained
no loss.
"The other Lieutenant of <the same
company. Edward Burleson, iY, coming
from San Antonio, yesterday, b Ad fight
about thirty miles from this pia Sc, with
party Of Indians, Ca whom he came
unexpectedly. He lad only seven men
with him, to fourteen Indians, bat Sue
ceedeI in routing them. with loss Of
three dead upon the spot, and several
others badly wounded. Lieut.. Burles-
on, however had four Of his men woun-
ded and one killed. The young man who
was killedis named Sam b. Barton, who
has lived long while in Laredo, and
was very much liked The wounded are
now in town and doing well.
| think you can safely announce TO the
world that the indians havesgive notice
of an end to their treaty of peace. They
robbed and murdered with-such impuni-
ty last year, that they evidently begin C
have considerable contempt for the
faces."
The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-04-23

We learn from the Panama Star of the
9Th ultimo. that company of eleven
persons on their way TO California, were
murdered on their passage up the Cha
gres river. The bodies of eight persons
have been found. Amongst the mum Der
of the murdered is John w. Steele, of
Waterloo, Indiana. Mr.. Steele was
young man of excellent character and
industrious habits. He was carpenter
and was going out we suppose to work at
his trade. He has left a wife and one
child to meet and mourn their terrible
bereavement.
The murderers were Carthagenian boat
men. Five persons have been arrested,
and one has made confession. Intense
excitement was prevailing at Panama and
other places on the Isthmus. Meetings
had been held and measures adopted TO
arrest and bring all the murderers to pun
ishment The nativec of the Isthmus
are quite as much exasperated at this ont
rage as the Americans. The murderers
were not citizens-but were engaged in
carrying passengers up and down the
Chagres river. This stream from the
thick bushes that grow upon its banks
close to the waters edge, and the gloomy
dells and deep ravines that are to be
found on either side, forms admirable
places of ambush and concealment for
she robbers and murderers who infest
the IstlImus.