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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29
Bureaus, Chairs, sedsteads, Sc, &c.
STEAM POWER
Furniture Mandatory.

Tll subscribers, rrnieiuliorthe pas,'ayors and
the very liberia patronage which they have re
ceyed, would respectfully inlorn the citizens of
Ottawa aud vicinity, that they have on hand for
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29

And ,vnricy Of Goods ~ Ihi,iine, snch as Sho-
wells, Spade-, Folks, ScythrS. SuuIhs, Hoes
Axes, Chain and Cisern Pumps. Also, large
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29
Shelf Hardware l. Tools

~hichlhry are offering nj r,,g low rficrs.
Their Stock consists al n complete ns.ortmc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-29
Fisk's Patent
Metallic Burial Cases.
Ottawa Furniture Depot
WALNUT CoFFrHS,

all sizes aud styIes-.Walnut Lumber Unch stuff
always wanted nj the highest market prices.
Ottawa Dee -. lsj3--tf
PETER RIccEIJ
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

OF the 6,629 idiots in the slave States, 1852
are slaves and 2l0 free colorsd Deducting
these from the total, we have 5,237 among the
white people Of the South. The white popula-
ton Of the South numbers 8, ISL ,240; and the
ratio Of idiots is therefore one to every i,l74
persons The population Of the FREQ States -
l3,524,040, Of whom 9,i0S are idiots; or .
ratio Of one to l,4s4 persons. II is hence clear
that the greater insanity Of the North 10 of
settled by the imbecility Of the South; and this
result is apparent, Notwithstanding the imper-
feet returns from that section.
We now give place to some statistics OF pau
perism, in which Northern and Southern
States are contrasted, They present results
as little flttering to the South as the above
comparison Of Tennessee and Massachusetts is
to the latter.
1t must be borne. in mind that slaves cannot
be paupArs but must be supported by their
owners, in old age, infancy, sickness, or other
disability
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gether For some time we stood lrresolute ior
the night was cold and the wind high, and we
scarcely knew whittier to bend our steps 10
Mr.. RIchards's?' suggested Charley. | SAID
No Indignantly adding he would not rec
ognise us perhaps; and 30 related the little
circumstance which had SO grieved and morti-
fed me.
0sNeyer mind said Charley, you are his
equal whether he knows you or not; but sup.
rose we 90 whore we are sure to be welcome;
and without more words we bent our steps to-
ward the cabin Of the widow Wilkinson.
"What pleasant contrast 1t presented TO
our own gloomy and cherries home. A huge
fire of hickory logs blazed on the hearth, till
all the whitewashed wall and ceiling glowed
again In the two corners Of the room far
thest from the fire were two beds, piled high with
blankets and quilts of Mrs. Wilkinson's own
making, and soft with feathers OF her own
picking. A bureau, table, looking-glas and
chairs, together with some strips OF carpet
completed the parlor furniture of the room
The kitchen portion, or that next the lire, was
adorned with churn and pals, teakettle, coffee
pot, four-barrel, etc. The floor was without
carpet, and secured exceedingly white. Bags
Of dried apples and peaches, pumpkin and
beans, hung on pegs near the hre ana on tne
shelves Of the open cupboaIds glistened the
pewter and deli. ware, for Mrs. Wilkinson was
as good q housekeeper as she believed herself
to be. The customary suit OF mourning
black hung beside the bureau, together with
the widows best shoes and cap. Everything
was scrupulously neat and the hams which
garnished the lamb, and the pots OF preserves
on the shelves indicated thrifty poverty, at
lcnst.
"The widow seemed delighted to see us, and
exerted her collcquial powers to entertain us,
stitching busily all the while, and asserting
that she could do twice as much when she had
visitors.
aVery freely she canvassed the affairs of the
neighbors, not sparing Martha, who she said
was as nice a woman as ever was for all she
knew, but it seemed to her Mr.. Halstead
might have married nearer home and Jared
just as well. True, every one would not have
brought into his family pretty little boy like
Doke, nor bag of money to boast OF, but
some folks had straight mouths and souls IN
their bodies, and could cook q meals of yictuals
when man was hungry. Of course, she
didn't mean herself-she had never taken off
her black, and never would, not to marry the
best man in the universe. Nothing Disguised
her 80 much as to see the open Vaccinations
of some persons she knew OF, to inveigle some
men she knew Of and she would say it to the
face of Mr.. R. or Of Miss p, as soon as she
would say it to anybody.
Don't, mother said Lucretia, now and
then, by way of restraining her garrulity lit
tie but she would not be restrained, and gave
us the result of all her observations and sus-
picions with freedom really amusing.
"She was free woman, and lived in free
country, and she would 60 to the house Of MI,
R. in spite Of the beautiful Miss P, for MIR. K.
had said he should be glad to have her come
whenever she had leisure or inclination.
ITo BE CONTINUED
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

DEATH or SAMUEL LEwrs--We regret to
learn that. Samuel Lewis, q prominent leader
Of the Free Soilers died at his residence near
Cincinnati on Friday night last.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

10 Mr.. Sickles, at London, is satisfied, and
will not compel Mr. John Van Buren, to fight
duel, which is very kind in him.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

70 John L. Boswell, one Of the editors Of
the Hartford Courdnt, died yesterday after
noon, after few days illness of erysipeIas.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

10 On Friday last ex-President Fillmore's
brother, Charles, died at St. Paul, Minnesota,
Of cholera.
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Now, the above table renders it perfectly
clear that if the South may claim mental and
moral superiority to the North, on the ground
that il possesses a smaller proportion Of luna
tics and idiots, for a like reason the slaves may
claim an unapproachable superiority to all
other classes. For while every 1906 white men
number lunstic, and every 1871 an idiot
among them, tho slaves only have lunatic to
every s,7ss, and an idiot 70 every 2,7lo!
Every man Of sepse and candor, upon this
view Of the faots, will perceive the necessity Of
explaining them as we have done above. 1t
clear that, as regards the slaves, the returns
are grossly defective; and the same is true, TO
a great extent, &C the returns Of tho white pop
ulation OF the South. But if Southern writer's
insist on the accuracy Of tho Census, then on
their premises they must admit their inferiori-
ty to the slaves.
If lunacy is moro prevalent among the
Northern people than among thefrcc people
Of the South, ID IL for the Same reason that
there is more lunacy among the frecmen Of the
South than among the slaves VIZ: greater
mental activity. II will be observed that lido.
ey is not proportionally 80 rare as lunacy
among slaves; and hence, allowing for great
defects in the returns IL ID apparent that the
proportion Of Iunatics u exceedingly small in
the class which has least occasion to use it's
brains.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

70 The firm Of p A. & J. A. Allborgcr,
carcass and provision butchers and dealers at
Buffalo, have failed. Their liabilities are said
to be nearly 100000.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

10 Four members Of one family were in
TERED on Sunday afternoon, at Philadelphia,
having died Of cholera on Friday and Satur-
day--a father, mother, and two SONS. Three
children survive, two Of whom are very sick.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

The salary Of the Mayor Of Boston has been
fixed by the Councils at $6 900 per annum /;
and the annual cost Of the CITY government Is
estimated at over 100000.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

II will be observed, that 10 the free States
the lunatics are more numerous than the idiots;
while in the Southern States, the idiots are in
the majority. After making all due allowance
for the fact above stated, that Southern luna
tics are sent to Northern asylums, there viii
still, doubtless, remain larger proportion Of
insane in the free than the slave States; while
il is equally apparent that tho proportion Of
idiots at the South is greater than at the North
The comparatively greater number Of North
ern lunatics indicates greater mental activity
in that quarter Of the Union. This truth we
will proceed to illustrate, by showing the very
small proportion Of lunatics and idiots among
the slave population.
In order to show the relative proportions Of
insane and idiotic belonging TO each class OF
the population, we have condensed the follow
ing statement from the Census
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

10 One Of Garesche's. powder mills, about
mile and a half from Wilmington, exploded
at seven o'clock on Saturday, killing the watch
man, James Lynch, and severely ipjuring Dem
mis- Cannon, the engineer. The property about
the mills was not much damaged.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

DEATH OF A VETERAN--Dr. Avery Downer,
who had practiced medicine for seventy years,
died last week in Preston, Connecticut, aged
% years. He was the sole surviving witness OF
the massacre Of Fort Griswold, whore he assist
cd his father in dressing the soldiers wounds.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

II The total number Of deaths in N. York
during the past week was LAO, Of which 24I
were Of cholera.
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Who DIE IN New YoRKf-We learn from
q statement in the New York Epening Post,
that from the beginning Of the cholera in that
city, the present season, to the 22d Of July, q
period Of nine weeks, tho number Of deaths was
sal; and that of these, 122 were natives Of tho
United States and 500 Of foreign birth.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

90 Mayor Conrad, Of Philadelphia, has
issued orders to the oficers of police to con-
tinuc reporting all violations Of the Liquor Law
on Sundays, declaring that no will continue, as
heretofore, to bind over for trial by jury, and
that the sanctity of the day would be maintain
ed as it had been since the issue Of his procla-
nation.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

THE CHoLERA--The deaths in Boston during
the week ending at noon on Saturday, were
$50, of which about one-third were of cholera.
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

THE SAN JUAN SurrERKRs.--A meeting Of
ten American c't,nens whose properly was ue-
stroyed by the United States sIoop OF war
the Irving House at New York on Friday after
noon, and adopted a resolution to petition Con-
gress for indemnfcation and business COM
mittec, consisting Of three persons Was APP
pointed, to Garry the resolution into effect
Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-31

House Of Representatives., July 81, 1854.
The Speaker announced the business first in
order to be- the determination of the motion to
suspend the rules, in order to take up the Sem
ate bill for the satisfaction OF tho creditors OF
Texas, named in tho act Of September 9, 1850.
The yeas and nays we're ordered, and resulted
in the negative--yeas III, nays 66--not two
thirds.
Mr. Houston, from the Committee OF Ways
and Means, reported the Civil and Diplomatic
bill, which was returned from the Senate, and
referred to the Committee Of the Whole on the
state OF the Union.
Mr.. Riddle from the select committee ON
the subject, reported bill TO regulate, in part
tho guano trade between the United States and
Peru; which was referred to the Committee OF
the Whole on the state OF the Union.
Mr.. Dawson made an Intellectual effort TO go
into Committee on the Senate Homestead bill,
which he expressed purpose 70 move 70
amend.
Mr. Wheeler asked the general consent
which was refused, TO enable him 10 present
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-27
BY COVER & GOLDSMITH.
From the German of Johann MartiI. Miller.
gVsse COnfenfed Man.

Why need / strive or sigh FOR wealth
1t is enough for me
That Heaven hath sent me strength and health
A spirit glad and free:
Grateful these blessings TO receive,
sing my hymn at horn and eve.
On some, what floods ofrlches flow!
House, herds, and gold have thsy--
Yet life's best joys they never know,
But fret their hours away;
The more they have, they seek increase
Complaints and cravings never cease.
A vale of tears this world they call !;
To me it seems so fair,
1t countless pleasures hath for all
And none denied share.
The little birds, or new-hedged wing,
And insects revel in the spring.
For love of us, hills, woods, and plains
In beauteous hues are clad,
And birds sing far and near, sweet strains,
Caught up by echoes glad.
"Fise," sings the lark, 'syour tasks to ply y
The nightingale sings s'lull aby,"
And when the golden sun goes forth,
And all like gold appears,
When bloom o'erspreads the glowing earth,
And fields are ripening ears
| think these glories that 1 see,
My kind Creator made for me.
Then loud thank the Lord above,
And say, in joyful mood
His love, indeed, is fathers love;
He wills to all men good.
Then let me ever grateful live,
Enjoying all he deigns to give.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-27
The WIDOW OF AARoN BuRk.-The
Paris Patrie lately published the follow

The WIDOW OF AARoN BuRk.-The
Paris Patrie lately published the follow
ing
At The last Tuilleries ball, the brill
liant toilette Of stranger, with an in
credible number of diamonds, attrac-
ted the attention of all present. In {
moment the attention was changedTo
the most intense curiosity, when Louis
Napoleon was observed to accost the la
dy, and remain some moments IN con.
versation. The enism ma was soon solved.
The lady was the, widow of Mr.. Aaron
Burr, formerly Vice President Of the
United States, with whom Louis Ma.
poleon was on terms Of intimacy
whilst in that country, and at the end
of fifteen years he had recognized the
widow Of his old American friend.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that
this probably alludes to Madame Jumel,
the ealthy second wife of Col. Burr,
who obtained divorce from him few
years previous to his decease. She
owns large landed estate on the Island
of Malta.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-27
Judge sIiller's Dseislon Exa.ain-

HI
The Sentinel has ain able communica.
tioE, On Judge Millers decision, con-
demining it in pointed terms.
After insistiog on the right and duty
OF the State Courts to protect its citizens
against the usurpation of the Federal
Courts the writer says:
ssIt is a well known rule Of law that
when an officer executes his writ OPP
fpressively, or in making an arrest uses
more force than Is necessary, he becomes
a tfespasser from the beginning, and his
writ is no Justification. Garland and
his compeers had Knocked down Glover
and cut his head open, and the assault
and battery consisted in doing these
acts unnecessarily.
ssIf these acts were unnecessary, thew
were no acts done sin pursuance of a
law of the United States, or any order,
process or decree of any Judge or court
of the United States The warrant of
Judge Miller did not command the Mar
shall to break the head of Glover. That
act was not in pursuance OF any U. S.
authority! How, then, does the Judge
get jurisdiction to try this fact? A
Marshal cannot beat, wound and main,
in the execution of process of tn, U.
s. en- State soil, and escape responsible.
ity TO State laws. How, then, did the
Judge try this fact, whether the beating.
and knocking down, and cutting scalps
was necessary or not If not necessa.
~ = was crime against the State. And
Judge Miller tries the crime By The re-
turn Of the Marshall for he says that
Cotton's return states that 40 more force
was used than was necessary to execute
the warrant. This is strange doctrine
in lawyers ears. The return of an of
ticer is evidence for certain purposes;
But no return, or part of return, is ev-
idence unless it is required by law to be
made. Who, before this, ever heard Of
an officer making return that he had
used no more force than was necessary ?
And who before ever heard of judicial
notice being taken of such return? /
say nothing here OF the palpable fast and
the palpable trickery and dishonesty of
the fact, that this portion Of the return
was made for the occasion of Garland's
benefit. But cannot avoid confessing
my shame that it should have been Judi
cially noticed. The fact is, it was not
the least kin to evidence. But accor-
ding to this, if a marshal commit rob-
berry, arson, or murder, while executing
q. S. process, and if arrested, he is on
" to return upon his writ that he had
used no more force than was necessary
and the federal judge null ifes the pow
er and laws Of the State and sets him
scot Free"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-27

UNSUCCESSFUL MEN.-I confess that
increasing years bring with them an in
creasing respect for men who do MOI sue
coed in life, as those words are commo on
ly used. Heaven has been said to be a
place for those who have not succeeded
upon earth; and it is surely true that
celestial graces do not best thrive and
bloom in the hot blaze of worldly pros
perity. Ill-success sometimes arises
from superabundance of qualities in
themselves good-from conscience too
sensitive, taste too fastidious, self
forgetfulness too romantic, modesty too
retiring. | will not go SO far as to say,
with living poet, that ''the world
knows nothing Of its greatest men," but
there are forms Of greatness, or at least
of excellence, which "die and make no
sign;'' there are martyrs that miss the
palm, but not the stake heroes without
the laurel, and conquerors without the
the Triumph [GEo. S. H1LLARD.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-27

I@Dr. w. w. Hall says, "a person
in good health, and of medium size, will
in eight hours sleep; breathe nine hun
cred gallons of air; but if one-iifth OF
his lungs are imperative, he consumes
in the same time one hundred and eighty
gallons less and in the course of twenty
four hours, seven hundred gallons less
than he ought to do. No wonder then
that, when the lungs begin to work
less freely than they ought to do, the
face so soon begins to pale, the appe-
tite fails, the strength declines, the flesh
fades, and the victim dies
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-27

The occurrence of which we give full
account IN another place relative TO an
alleged fugitive slave, is the first one Of
the kind SO far as we know which has
taken place since the Southern members
of Congress, with their Northern dough
face allies, haYe determined upon the
violation of the compact of 1920, and OF
the Compromise of 1850, which last, ac-
cording to both Clay and Webster, affir-
med the compact of 1920. One Of the
items Of the bargain Of 1850 was the
Fugitive Slave Law. In almost every
case of an arrest, where the victim was
not carried off clandestinely this law has
been obeyed; many times amidst strong
excitsinent and much sympathy, but still
obeyed.
Now however, Southern arrogance feels
itself strong enough with treason froin
the North, to violate its part of the Great
Compact, while it expects US to carry
oft oars to the letter.
Ii can't be done, gentlemen! Human
nature is human nature, and there comes
a point beyoad which it will hot-cannot
endure.
Some such feeling was in the
minds of our citizens on Saturday, when
they assembled in knots on the corners
of streets, and in thousands at the Court
House square, and discussed the pen
ding affair. Such feeling is growing.
will grow, stronger and deeper, as the
days roll on, whatever may be the final
result Of this arrest.
The end Of it will doubtless BE that the
city will be obliged TO pay damages, as
in other cases where the authorities Of
cities are unable to enforce the laws
That the breaking in of the Jail was
gross outrage upon the law, and a
dangerous precedent, no man in his sem
ses will deny. But it was the act Of an
excited populace, scandalized by the
brutal treatment of a fellow-being, seeing
the writ of habeas corpus invalid, and
already intensely excited for weeks a.
gaiust the scheme of Mr.. Douglas to o.
verride the Missouri Compromise. To
this state of feeling must the violent pro-
ceedings Of Saturday be ascribed; and
it was an act Of fool hardness to attempt
an arrest here during such condition
of public feeling. Mil. Sentinel,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-27
now Manv ruunds in 4 RusneI

Of wheat. sixty FoHnds.
OF shelled corn. fifty-si1 pounds.
Ofcorn on the cob seventy pounds.
Ofryc, fifty-six pounds.
Of oats, thirty-two pounds.
Of barley, forty pounds.
Of potatoes, sixty pounds.
VI bran, twenty pounds.
Of clover-seed, sixty pounds.
Of timothy-seed, forty-fve poiinds.
OF hemp-seed, forty-four pounds.
Of buckwheat, fifty-two pounds
Of blue grass-seed, fourteen pounds:
Of castor beans, forty six pounds.
Of dried peaches, twenty-five pounds
of dried apples, twenty-five pounds
Of onions, fifty-seven pounds.
Of salt, fifty-six pounds.