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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29

BULLION IN A RAGE.-Some person in lnd-
ana having written to Col. Benton that SEN
ator Petit, in speech at public meeting
had charged the Col. with having been the
first to violate the Missouri compromise, by
procuring the annexation Of the Platte terri
tory to Missouri, Col Benton writes in re-
ply, using among others the following gentle
terms:
Sir, your senator is a great liar and dirty
dog, flsiiying public history for Il criminal
purpose.
An appeal, however, to Col. Benton
history, gives this account Of the matter.
Col ID. enumcrates the following difficulties
with which he had to contend in procuring
the enlargement Of the territory of Missouri:
|. TO make still larger state which was
already one Of the largest in the Union. ..
To remove Indians from possession which
had Just been assigned to them in pcrpctui.
ty. 3. To alter the Missouri. c ,mpromise
line in relation to slave territory, and thereby
convert free soil into slave soil
The history continues:
SIN the face Of all these discouraging OBJ
stacles the two Missouri senator's, Messrs.
Benton and Linn, commenced their opera
tons. The first step was to procure bill
for the alteration Of the Compromise line and
the extension of the boundary it was OBJ
tanned from the judiciary Committee, re.
ported by Mr.. John NJ. Clayton, of Della
ware, and passed the Senate without mater-
al opposition; it went to the House of Rep
resentatiyes, and found there no serious OPP
position to its passage. A treaty was nego.
tiated with the Sac and Fox Indians, 10 whom
the country had been assigned, and was rati-
fled by the requisite two-thirds and this,
besides doing an act Of generous justice to
the State OF Missouri, was the noble answer
winch northern members gave to the impu-
ted design Of abolishing slavery in the
States! actually extending il i! and by an ad-
dition equal in extent to such States as Della
ware and Rhode Island; and by its fertility
equal to one of the third class of States and
this accomplished by the extraordinary pro-
cess OF altering compromise line intended
to be perpetual, and the rcconvcrson of soil
which had been slave, and made free, back
again from free to slave: and all this when,
had there been the least disposition to i'm.
pcdc the proper extension Of slave State,
there were plausible reasons enough to cover
an opposition, in the serious objections TO
charging State already the largest in the
union-to removing Indians again from
home to which they had just been removed
under national pledge Of no more removals
and to disturbing the Compromise line of
1920, on which the Missouri question had
been settled and the line between free and
slave territory, fixed for national reasons, to
remain forever.
How ''grea" was Pettit's lie?
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A REVEREND RoGuE--A scroundrel living
near Lebanon, H., and who claims to &c q
Methods: preacher, married some time since,
a respectable widow lady, with a daughter
about fourteen or fifteen years of age, whom
he soon afterwards seduccd. The citizens
determined lynch him, but on going to his
house they found it firmly barricaded. He
at length agreed to submit if they would
promise to inhict no other punishment than
= coat Of tar and feathers. This they finally
agreed to, and upon gaining admission they
found the fellow stripped and ready; hut
what was the establishment of the impatient
mob to find that the tar would not stick
7Actsllom lad creased himse!t, in anticipa.
ton of the punishment Some genius in
the crowd happily suggested sand and ashes,
which was adopted and found to succeed adj.
mirably.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29

Cot, BlssELL.-A letter appears in the Sa.
lem Nll) Advocate from Col. Bisscll, in
which he requests the editor to inform his
most generous constituency, that the con.
dition Of his health, although improving,
and tho necessity ofattention to his private
affairs, will prevent him from being cand
date for reelection to congress at the next
election The letters dated July 9TH. COL.
Wentworth, writing some ten days later from
Washington, says however, in reference to
the health Of Col. b:
The health of Col. Bissell is gradually
falling. 1t is not expected that he will ever
resume his seat again. Although !is intel.
lect is as sound as ever, his body is fast dc.
cayipg. More than half his frame ia of no
use to him. The next shock may reach his
brain or his heart, and he is gone forever
Until recently there have been strong hopes
ofhis recovery. lie has lately given up all
hopes of surviving until another Congress,
and has declined being candidate again.
He is now at Berkeley Springs, Virginia.
Gen. Shields is with him a great deal, and
wishes to he all that he can consistent with
his public duties. After Congress adjourns,
under the advice offricnds TO himself and at
the solicitation of Col Bisscll and the rcla.
tives and friends of himself and family, Gen.
Shields will 20 down and remain with him
until cold weather, should his health be
spared so long.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29

EVERETT oy SLAvERy.--Modcrn abolition
ism must exclude 'thc favorite son of New
England" from their communion as long as
he holds the following hcterodox sentiments
They are from a speech delivered by Mr.. f.
in the house Of representatives in 1927
The ZOO New England clcrgymen" must
take him in hand.
"Sir ] am no soldier Ny habits and cd
ucation are very unmilitary but there is no
cause in which | would sooner buckle my
knap"a"k on my back, and put muskct on
my adder, than that Of putting down a
scryie instruction at the South.-Thc reat
relation Of scrvitudc, in some form or other,
with greater or less departure from the thco-
retic equality of men, is inseparable from our
nature. Domestic slavery is not, in my
judgment, to be set down as an immoral or
irrelgious relation. No, sir, the New Tes-
lament says: "Slaves, obey yJur masters"
cannot admit that its duties are not presup.
posed and sanctioned by religion. | know
Of no way by which this form Of servitude
can be fixed but by politica! institution"
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ise -cnNe Ordinance.

AZ ordinance 20 curry int cfc.' a. act Of
tie goacrS assembly If Iiha0y. oat,tied
I'm oct 10 omsad he ciortsrs efthe sereral
t,cH' oai ctios IN 'iis s't,,." Apgrc,d
A1rh Isl, 80!
StcTipS lie Il ordained Ly the CITY
council Of the city of Ottawa, that in all ca.
ses where taxes assessed on any lot or real
estate in this city, by the corporate anthori.
ties Of this city, are not paid within the time
limited, il shall be the duty o, the city col.
lcctor, after giving notice Of such intended
application, by advertisement. at least thirty
days previous TO such application, in some
newspaper published in ihis city, 10 apply to
the county court of La Sale county. at the
December term thereof, and cause Judgment
TO be entered in said court, against such de-
linqucnt lot or real estate, iJr the amount of
taxes due and unpaid, and costs; and the
said court shall proceed to hear and deter
mine such application, and render Judgment
against such delinquent lot or real estate, in
the same manner. and the said Judgment
shall have the like effect, ~ though said de-
linqucnt list had been returned to said court
10y the sheriff or collector of the county, in
the collection Of state and county taxes /; and
said court shall issue precept or order to
the city collector, directing him to sell such
delinquent lots or real estate, at public auc-
ton to pay said delinquent taxes and costs
IN ten days after the entry and rendition Of
said judgment.
50. lie IL FURTHER Orioined, That in all
cases where ass, sSmerts have heretofore
been made, or may hereafter be made by the
corporate authorities of this city, on any lot
or real estate in this city, for the purpose of
improving any street, sidewalk, avenue, or
alley, in front of or adjacent TO such lot or
real estate, or for any purpose whatsoever,
either by ordinance, resolution, or other
proceeding, and such assessment shall not be
paid within the time limited by the ordi.
nance, resolution, or order making such as.
seSsnent, it shall be tn. duty Of the city
collector TO apply TO the county court Of La
sale county, at any regular term thereof
and cause Judgment to be entered in said
court, against said lot or real estate, for the
amount Of said assessment and costs, and
said court upon such application being
made, shall render judgment against such lot
or real estate, for the amount Of said assess.
ment due and unpaid, and costs, and shall
issue prccept or order to the sheriff Of said
county, commanding him to sell said lot or
real estate, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to pay said judgment and costs, ia
the same manner, and with like effect, as il
sold upon cXccuu n at law.
So. BE It .fartha oTdotned, That the
printer shall! be entitled to receive for advcr-
Using under this ordinance, three cents per
lot, and six cents per tract The clerk Of .
the county ciurt shall De entitled to receive /
two cents per lot, and four cents per tract .
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Bonn, ardmcnt of t.rcy,owu.

Tho Prcmethcus, which arrived ut New
York on the 25th from San Juan, brings the
somewhat startling news that Grcytown,
the capital Of the brcechless King .f Mos.
quitia, was bombardcd by the U, $. Slocp.oi
war Cyanc, and was afterwards set on fire
and destroyed.
This was done because the authorities
would not make apologies for the insult to
Mr.. Borland
Three glish vessels witnessed the BON.
bardmcnt but offered no resistance
No lives were lost, nor did the inhabitants
repel the attack in any way whatever
The King of Musquitia is the especial ally
and proteqe OF tho British government -
What will John Bull say to that9
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29

SMALL BusiNEss. Morris Gazette con.
tains coarse assault upon Mr.. Potter, late
representative from this county in the legis-
laturc The editor is either ignorant of, or
unwilling to understand the circumstances
under which Mr., Potter gave the votes for
which he is so ficrccly assaulted, but under.
standing them thoroughly ourselves, we can
assure the Gazette that they arc far from
justifying its Wholesale dcnunciation of Mr..
p. as an 'avowed aboltionist,' &c. So far
from iavoring abolitioHsm, we are as conf.
dent ofiinding Mr.. p. doing battle in the
democratic lines this fall as we are of finding
the editor of the Gazette there. As to Gen.
Shields, we are assured that Mr.. p, should
he again be our representative, a position
which we do not know that he in the least
covets, he would have no thought Of disre.
garding, in the election of Senator, what is
so obviously the will of his constituents on
the subject.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAuRoAp.-Thc Ilton
Courier gives some interesting information
in reference to the progress Of the Central
Railroad, obtained from c. =. Jones, ESQ,
civil engineer. On the main trunk, the track
is now laid from Dixon, Lee county, south.
wardly, as far as Mowerqua, Shelby county,
fifteen miles below Decatur, with the ex.
ccption Of short distance on either side of
Salt creek, which stream yet remains to be
bridged. This leaves gap of forty five
miles north Of Vandalia TO be closed up
From Cairo northward, the track is laid with
in about twenty-five miles of the junction
Of the Chicago branch, or fifty miles south
Of Notwithstanding one hundred miles vet
to be laid to form connection the entire dis.
lance from Dixon to Cairo. At the rate of
ten miles per month on each end, this will
require five months for completion, and it is
believed that this portion of the road will
certainly be in running order by the list Of
January next, at farthcst.
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How great was Pettit's lie?

EocK lsLASD.-Therc is considerable ex-
citcnent at Rock Island in consequences Of
the a. rival there of Maj Sibley, of the L. S.
Army, Col. Wilton, T. S. Marshal and Capt
Nye, Deputy Marshal, charged with orders
from Washington City, to remove all tres.
rasscrs at Moline, to remove their bindings
and o,hei property by the 20th Of October
next, while the railroad company and all
connected with it are ordered to desist i'm.
mcdiately from further prosecution within
fifteen days.
The Chicago Press stortly denies tho right
of the U. S. to Gust the railroad company as
a trcspasscr on the ground that it is pros
ccutng its work upon that Island by virtue
of charter granted by the State 1t has
the same right to cross the Island under its
charter as il had to cross whatever uncntcr-
ed quarter sections Of government land il
may have encountered in building its road
from this city to the Mississippi. The gen.
cral government owns the Island, it is true
that is to say, it has thus far been with
held from sale, but we are not conyersant
with any power, constitutional or Otherwise,
which o~crrldcs State jurisdiction there that
is not equally applicable to government lands
in any other part Of the State
The Press also intimatcstha the order has
been procured from the Secretary of War,
through the agency Of St Louis and other
Southern cities which she may have enlisted
in the subject, in consequence Of her hostility
to Chicago, and her great desire to prevent
the brideing of the Mississippi at Rock Isl.
and.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29

SANDWICH lsLAsDs.-Tt is positively an.
nounced at Washington, from the highest
sources at Hanolulu, that Treaty is about to
be concluded between Mr.. Gregg, the United
States Commissioner, and the Government of
the Islands, for their annexation to the Unit.
ed States forthwith. The only unsettled
question in relation to the annexation is,
whether the Islands shall come in as Terri.
tory or a State Mr.. Gregg insists on the for.
mer.
The Administration at Washington is per.
fectly advised as to the position of the nego-
tiations.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29

In an article on the cattle trade, and the
speculation going on in it, the New York
Tribune, says:
ave know Of one operator, one of the
most shrcwd business men of Chicago, who
happened to be here at the highest initiation
of prices, and telcgraphcd home to his
agents to buy all the cattle they could for
market that would not fall below lie (the
current price Of good beef, now is down to
SSaSlO per hundred,) this season. lie has
forwarded several drovcs that have been
selling At falling prices, and would have had
two hundred in market to-day, but they were
detained in Albany, without being able to
get here to lose for their owner 81 900, or 60
to Boston at less loss. The same man has
1900 head in Illinois, not worth there as
much bT $40 a head as he paid for them
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The Chicago Tribune and a few kindred
prints continue their abuse of Gov. Matteson
for committing the sentence Of the three
men condemned for their agency in the muir
der Of Story. Never acting from consci-
cntious motive themselves, these editors are
unable to conceive it possible that Cover
nor can act conscientiousiy in the discharge
Of solemn duty. The charge continually
made is, that the action of Coy. NJ. in the
matter was dictated by desire TO win tho
support of foreign votes. IL is as unfounded
AS it is malicious and unplincipled. What
motive has Gov. NJ. to seek the votes of for
cigners or any other class of men? For what
office does he need their votesg He has still
two and half years to serve in the highest
Office in the gift of the people of the state,
and to that office he is debarred by the con.
sttution from a reelection. Win nc retire
from higher and accept a mcaner Office
and if he should, is it conceived that he
would need to stoop to corrupt means to Sc
cure votes for an election?
The secret Of the Tribune's abuse is sim.
ply its deep rooted, and bigotcd and con-
temptible hatred of foreigners, unrsed in its
midnight Know Nothing orgies, and belehed
forth an every conceivable occasion in filthy
and venmous streams. It's vocation is to be-
slime and bespatter the character of better
men than its editors are permitted to associ-
ate with, and its filth can only be avoided
by keeping at distance, as we avoid that
of skunk.
10 have discharged duty fcarlessly and
faithfully, and received the appreciation Of
his own conscience, is enough to arm, and
doubly arm Gov. NJ. against the shafts OF
venom; but he has also the qualification OF
knowing that his action is approvcd by nine
tcnths Of the papers in the state, of all par.
ties and distinctions. We could fill a paper
with extracts to prove this, but the labor
would be superiluous. The grounds of the
Communication are simple and easily appreci.
atcd. The men were stimulated to their
acts by an unjust denial of just demand,
and by forcible and unwarrantablc demon
STATIONS from the other party. None Of
them is known to have been personally en-
gagged in the murder, or to have been pre-
pared to go so far as to imbruc their hands
in the blood ola fellow; and, more than all,
they were impcllcd by those intoxicating
draushts which will render otherwise harm.
less men desperate, and these were allowed by
men whose duty and safety demanded they
should be forbidden. Had they been ma
tivcs, the communication would have been all
right; but being foreigners, the ruthless
spirit of Know No.hingism thirsts for their
blood, ..and like the wolf, bereft Of its
prey, howls is disappointment.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29

MURDER At Rock lsLAND.--A man named
Stoddard, at Rock Island, week ago, muir.
dercd woman, formerly his wife, but from
whom he had been divorced, in the most hor-
rible manner. lIcwas living with her at the
,imc and learning that she had cngagcdto go
to a bali with another man, he rushed to her
room and demanded il it were true, and the
reply being in the affirmative, he immediate.
ly cut her down with an axe, sevcripg at a
blow her windpipc and jugular vein. The
murderer then escaped. Eho Mayor Of Rock
Island offers $500 reward for his arrest
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From the Boston journal, July H.
Suicide of Two Lovers.

suicide, attended with circumstances Of
q singular character, occurred this morning
IN Fast Abingdon, the particulars Of which,
as we learn, are as follows: II seems that
young man named Isaac T. Nash, a native
oi Pembroke, but Il resident Of East Abng-
ton, and young lady named Adriana Samp.
son, belonging IN Stoughton, had formed an
attachment for each other, but from some
cause or other, they were prevented from be.
ing united in the holy bonds of wedlock.-
The young lady was in this city on a visit to
an aunt and appeared in excellent health
and spirits. In the aftcEaoon she returned
TO her home in Stoughton, and toward. even.
ing her lover, Mr. NASH hired horse and
chaisc in East Abingdon and proceeding to
Stoughton, took hlss Sampson TO ride
This was the last which. was seen Of them
alive, so far as is yet known
About five o'clock this morning, Mr.. John
SCARF who tends Reeds Mil, in East Abiug-
ton, discovered horse and chaise. (Which
was since proved to be the one hired by
Mr.. NASH standing near the mill, the horse
being tied and carefully covered with buf.
ialo robe. On the fence near the chai:e. Mr..
Sears also found two shawls and bonnet.
which have since been identified as belong
ing 10 Miss sampson and near by the same
spot, he also found Mr. Nashs hai, in which
was the following note:
my name is Isaac p. Nash. In this wa
ter you will find Inc. am perfectly sane
man.
p.S,-Blry US both together as you find
US. ISAAC =. NASH
Mr.. Sears upon discovering these things,
went at once to the mill pond and soon dis.
covered the bodies OF Mr.. Nash and Miss
Sampson in abou. seven or eight feet Of wa.
ter, with their arms encircling each others
necks, and their wrists and arms firmly
bound together with stout cord lie i'm.
mcdiately drew the bodies from the water.
and Coroner Reed was called TO hold an in.
quest thereupon. Circumstances are known
which render it very probable that the act
was committed after twelve o'clock last
night.
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Cum HuSG N BED-The following, from
the kceseville n. " Standard is at least
the third instance Of the Kind we have
noticed in the papers within year. Is it
not worthy Of the attention of mothe,ss
4 very sad casualty has just befalcn the
family OF Mr.. George w BrOwnell, of this
place. lie was at Grand Isle on the Fourth.
with his wife and infant daughter, passing
the day at Mr.. j. Vests, his father in law.
In the evening, at about o'clock, the child
was placed upon a bed, after which the iami-
" sat outside OF the house TO witness the fire
works in operation at PlattsLurgh. At nine
o'clock, Mrs. Browncll retired, and missing
the child from the place whore she had laid
her, looked on and under the bed, where she
discovered her feet hanging 10 the floor near
", between the wall and the bed. The poor
little thing was eXtricated but too latc--lifc
was extinct. She had rolled between the
bed and the wall, where she was suspended
by the head becoming fastened next to the
bcd-rail, the bed being necessarily away sew
eral inches from the wall, owing to a couple
OF caseposts projecting from the latter The
child was one year and three months old,
and the grief Of is parents, for whom day
ofJoy ended in the bittcrest of agony, NAV
better be imagined than described
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TROUBLE WITH RussIA.-The New York
papers give some interesting news from New
Archangel, in the Russian possessions on
the northwest coast Of America. |, appcars
the Americans have always exercised the
right to fish and trade on the whole North
west coast under the treaty with Russia Of
1921 and 1884. But recently the Russian
Gen. Sawolka, acting under powers from his
government, has granted 10 wealthy com
pany the exclusive right Of fishing upon the
entire extent OF the coast where the Russians
hold their possessions, and has announced
to the foreign representatives the agreement
just concluded, and proclaimed that those
ships which should not respect the rights
their owners would have TO pay fine Of
$4,000 This measure created great excite
ment and tie United States Consul pro-
tested in a most energetic manner against it.
Notwithstanding this protest, the Russian
officials have detained by force in the bay of
Sitha, All American and a CHILEAN shin. IN.
der prctcncc that they were specially fitted
out for the fisheries just prohibited Such
was the state Of things at the date Of the la.
test adyices
The difficulty is enhanced by the fact that
there is n serious question of long standing
between the L. S, and Russia in reference
to the boundary Of her possessions on the
Northwest coast.
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LEG-SrRErCnryG N VERMONT Mrs. Mich
OILS, ox.edtress, Of Battleboro', in letter to
the Brattleboro' Eagte complains with much
feeling that $50 open is the violation of our
liquor law in certain towns and localities.
that the casual passcr cannot avoid being
made aware Of the fact" She says 1t is an
every day occurrence for seine passenger in
the stage coaches-whe the latter are wait
ing at hotels for the mais-to say, II guess
I'll get out and stretch my legs" which al
ways ends in their having drink somewhere
in tSc hotel; and she intimates that it is per
icctly astonishing with what unchecked ease
and frequency legs are now stretched in Yer
mont.