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DiED-In this city, on Monday, Jan. list,
ISABEL LAKIH, only daughter of Henry C..
and Mary l.. Cotton, aged 10 years.
In Maniins, La Sale CO., December 30th,
OF lung complaint, EIL2A MAY, infant daugh-
ter of David and Elizabeth Loring, aged |
year and nine days.
She has gone, that lovely one,
TO join her angel charms,
Where Jesus calls his children home,
And takes them in his arms,
In Ophir, on Sunday, December 3lst,
GEORGE, youngest son Of James II. and
Amanda Bates, aged eleven months and
twelve days.
George has gone to the land Of the blcst,
With Jesus his Savior forever to rest,
May weall be prepared to meet him on high,
Where sin enters not, and friends never die.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. HIock

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Block
II +. NEWCONB has just received from
II. st. Louis,
20 hhds. n. .. sugar
10 bbls. crushed aud pul sugar,
10 " clarified "
30 n, q. molasses,
20 " sugar house "
g sacks Java and RIO coffee,
- dued apples and peaches,
10 boxes star candles,
Which he Oiier s for sale atyery low figures dg
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Coiored Scnmcn and south Carolina,


a bill has been reported to the house Of
representatives of South Carolina, modifying
to considerable extent the harsh provisions
of the old law Of that state concerning the
seizure and Imprisonment Of colorcd persons
arriving at their ports on board of vessels.
This law has always been the subject of Sc
we're comment in the north, and the cause of
much i'll feeling between South Carolina and
the eastern states.
We clip the following paragraph from the
report of the committee, for the purpose Of
showing the state Of feeling in South Carroll.
ma on the subject:
ave cannot deny that the operation Of
our law is particularly harsh in some of its
features. Whether entering our ports vol
unfairly or driven there by accidents hey ond
their control whether dcsigncdly or by the
act of God, no discrimination is made; all
ike come under its operation, and are i'm.
mcdatcly, on touching our soil, il generated
in our common iails and treated as malciac-
tors. 1t is surely spectacle not TO be dcsi-
red, nor do we believe our safety requires it,
that on the arrival of any vessel, whether
trading Intentionally with our ports or com
PEELED to seek shelter there, either by TEN.
pest or disease, that this class Of persons be
at once hurried into prison. Such n course
would seem to Indicate n sense Of insecurity
on our part which we persuade ourselves
does not exist Feeling too confident in our
right, and in the security which we enjoy
under it, to regard any such rigorous course
as at all necessary, we besides believe that
the present regulations arc rather mischicv.
Gus in their tendency than conducive to the
good order of our towns. 1t has been long
observed that under the present regulations
this class is at once afforded the best oppor-
tuntics for mischicyous interference, and
prompted to efforts ofthis description by the
supposed wrongs inflicted on them"
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Tho original manuscript of Gray's Elcgy,
being two small half sheets of paper, writ.
ten over, torn md mutilOtcd,) was recently
sold at auction in london for the round
sum Of Af hNNirc1 Aalln.a.
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Industrial Education Convention.

The friends Of industrial education had a
preliminary meeting in the senate chamber
on Monday evening; but owing to the i'm.
perfect notice given OF the time and place of
meeting, there was thin attendance.
Dr. Rutherford being called upon, enter.
cd at some length into an exposition Of the
plans and objects Of the industrial league.
lie said that, until Of late years. liberal
and thorough education had been confined
only to the higher or more wealthy classes
yet these very classes had the least to do
with the dcstincs Of the people. OF late
years more Importance had begun to be at.
tachcd to the diffusion Of education, and the
elevation Of the masses But to Illinois be.
longcd the honor Of having originated the
plan Of a thorough practical education ofthe
people in the sciences underlying their daily
pursuits and avocatons.
The Exposition Of the DR.. was full and In.
cid, given in a fcrycnt and earnest strain,
eyincing n full appreciation of the ilnpor-
lance of his subject. We have full notes of
his speech, and may make use Of them
hereafter
After some remarks from Bronson Muir.
ray, Esq, and Professor Turner, the con
vcntion adjourned to meet at the court house
in the morning, where permanent organi-
cation would be effected, committees appoin-
ted, Sc.
The friends Of the cause were disappoint-
cd in the failure Of President Allen, Of tbs
Farmers college, Ohio, 10 be present, from
whose exposition Of the successful practical
working Of an institution based on precisely
the principles they advocate, they had pro.
missed themselves much aid in the further
ancc Of their cause in our own state. There
were, however, many intelligent and pract.
cal men in attendance on the convention, and
the cause has some able advocates in the leg.
islaturc, so that confident hopes are cntcrtai,
ned of practical results during the present
session.
We expect, by our correspondent at
Springfield, to be furnished with a full &C
count of the doings of the convention.
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The Chicago Tribune came ont on New
Years. morning enlarged to atcn column pa
per, rslius II Oe H.3 iarei paper iu
the United states
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JASrARY % o'clock. p. VI.

JANUARY - O'Clock, l.. VI.
The Senate finding itself again without a
quorum, adjourned to i o'clock tomorrow
morning.
In the House, some time was consumed
by the members in drawing for seats, after
which an hour was devoted to the great
business of the country"
Mr. Logan introduced bill repeating, in
SO many words, all laws now in force aItho.
rizing the granting Of licenses TO sell spirit
uous liquors. The bill being read, Mr.. l..
moved to dispense with the rules and read
it second time. Mr.. Richmond, Of Schuv-
Ter, Objected to hurrying bills through in this
way. Mr.. Logan said his object was to pass
this bill Immediately, so that liquor sellers
would not have timc us they had done once
before, TO defeat the object of the bill by
procuring licenses for three or four years
ahead. The bill was intended as prelimin.
airy to an efficient liquor law to be introduced
hereafter. Mr.. Richmond thereupon with.
drew his objection, but it was renewed by
Mr.. IIosmcr. The rules, however, were sus-
pended, and the bill had n second reading.
Mr.. Logan further introduced bill to
! compel, by stringent penalties, all railroad
companies in the State to fence their roads,
which was also read twice.
a Message was received from the Gov
ernor vctoing an act Of the last legislature,
to locate certain State road therein
| named" Under this innocent title the bill
legalizcd deliberate project to steal about
ten thousand dollars worth Of State property
in an island in the Mississippi river. The
''niggcr in the fence" was unfortunately
caught by the Governor.
Mr.. Rawlings introduced a ''lttlc Railroad
bill' to tap the Illinois Central a few miles
above Cairo, and run down to Mound City,
where il is TO be joined by Kentucky road
on the other side The bill has been once or
twice killed by the legislature heretofore,
but there is "nothing like leather"
The members voted themselves papers
equivalent to ten dailics each during the
session, and rc-adopted the joint resolution
of last session to have their postage paid by
the State; and then adjourned
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New Years Call.

4 Ii. persons indebted TO either Of the under
y signed are requested to call and make mmedi-
ntr settlement. Allnotcs and accounts no, set
tied within Il sensonable time will be left with an
officer for collection. JONI LOCKWOOD,
January g. Arthur LOCKWOOD.
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HEAVY FAitrRrs Sheldon & Wadsworth,
bankers of New York, failed on the ID inst
Liabilities, $4,000, ooO-assets, $780, 900,
They were agents of Illinois, but the state
has good securities
Dclchcr & Co., of st. Louis, failed on tho
3d--liabitics $4,000 900.
Iarimcr & Co, of Pittsburgh, has failed
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-01-06

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Also, the complete works OF
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Distinguished women,
Lossing's pictorial field book Of the evolution,
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The knickerbocker Gallery, and Republican,
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Turner. 40 votes.
Richmond .........2i ="

The Madison members, who are generally
with the democrats, voting for Turner, and
some or 9 democrats being absent
Mr.. Turner was conducted TO the chair by
Mcssrs. Moulton and Hackney, when he adj
dressed the House in speech Of about
threo sentences, saying, in substance, that
he would try TO discharge the duties Of the
position so as to retain the confidence the
members now appeared to reposc in him.
That the vast interests Of our State required
much legislation, and although the constitu-
ton did not limit the session, it was yet APP
parent that members could only remain here
at pccuniary and personal sacrifice; and
therefore faithful observance of the rules
was necessary to such Il rapid despatch Of
business as the cXigcncics Of the case re-
quircd.
T.. 7. Bridges, Of the La Sale "Watch.
man." was elected Clerk, receiving IS votes,
and his opponent, II. &. Reynolds, 80 votes
- democrats absent.
The other officers are J. W. Kitchcl,
democrat, of Montgomery, Assistant CLERK I;
II. ). Thomas, iusionist. of Fulton, Door
Keeper; G.. Martin, of Du Page, Assistant :;
4. Simpson, Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk;
and T. j. Hanna, Assistant
The House then adjourned until o'clock
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ltEsDAf, Jan. z.
As in the House yesterday, so in the
Senate this morning, there was a mysterious
disappearance Of the Nebraska democratic
portion Of the members, SO that the Senate
found itself without quorum. After in
cilcctually ordering call or the Senate, Mr..
Palmer suggested, that, as there appeared to
be a singular disagreement in the time pieces
of the Senators, he moved an adjournment
to to o'clock, which was carried.
The trouble was, that the Nebraska and
nti.Nebraska Democrats had been 'unablc
to come to terms in reference to the election
of officers, and as the former saw in the 10
sition of affairs this morning an uncomiorta-
Bile prospect Of being slaughtered, they pre-
fcrrcd to prolong negotiations. The Ne
braska Democrats want TO make caucus uOmi-
nations, agreeing TO give the ant-Nebraska
Democrats oil they want, while the latter
gentlemen Cook, Osgood, Judd and Pal.
mcr) want to name their officers and give
the Nebraska Democrats the balance, with
out going into caucus with them. They say
if they go into caucus they may be cheated,
but by maintaining their present position
they are sure Of retaining their balance Of
power And so the matter hangs.
In the UouSe, the Democrats, regarding
the prospect Of getting any Of the officers as
decidedly dicouraginy, hcroically submitted
to the necessity Of the case, and went into
an election. After administering the oath
Of office to the members, the House pro.
cceded to elect Speaker.
r. j. Turner was nominated by the wings,
fusionists, &c, and Dr. Richmond, of Schuy.
Ter, by the democrats The result was as
follows:
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J. Avery,
ATTORNEY AND COT NSEuOR At
- - AA@
OETICE, Il NArTrNGrn's BmcK BLOCK,
Opposite the Exchange Office,
OTTAWA, Nyl ILLINOIS
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Amount Of debts owing to tho
association other than loans
aud discounts,
Loans and discounts,
Deposited with other banks and
bankcJs,
Suspended debts,
Land warrants, county orders,
and bonds aud state scrip,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-01-06

Orthc affairs Of the bank OF Ottawa, located
at Ottawa, ~ they existed on the first Mon
day of January, 1855.
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in and in
vested according 10 law, STs,95i 20
Amount Of debts owing by the
association, other than for
:. deposits and circulation, 1878 ~
Amount due TO depositors, 3,237 oil
Amount Of notes or bills in cir
culation, 1885, 90
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INsTRUCTIONIN MUSIC i:

AIRS. GRAY would give. notice to the cili-
lNl zens Of Ottawa THAI Tte is now in The
place and will give Instructions on tie piano,
melodeOn. and guitar
Lessons in thorough bass ind harmony Will be
given to any who wish to Understand playing
church muse, at - per term.
Mrs. Gray, who has brcu rng1gri iu teach
ing for a great number ii years, aud also in COM
posing for musical societies, teaches music
on the most scientific plan.
She will give a course OF lessons on velocity
and shadowlnT on the piano, 70 those who wish
to become brilliant performers.
Lessons given at her boarding house, at Mrs
Burrs, or at the resi- encc OF pupils, t desired
December l6-2m'
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EESOt l,gES.

Stocks deposited as security for
circulation,
Real estate occupied by this
bank,
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Notes Of other hanks on hand,
Specie on hand,
Notes Of this bank on hand,
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Sidl,j25 20
:S0,3i7 90
5000 90
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lsaNh OF OTTAWA
Sale of school Lands.

an short time, business paper.
~ November l-2m. T.. r.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-26

The steamer Atlantic arrived here from Liv-
erpool at Q o'clock last evening, bringing news
down TO July IA, or one week later than our
previous sdsices. At SevastOpol nothing of
great Importance had happened. There had
been some heavy firing on the part of the be-
siegers, but without effect, and they had betaken
themselves to building extensive new works to
bear upon the Malakoff and Redan. On their
part the Russians were not inactive, having
created equally strong and additional deienses
in the rear of the menaced Notifications. There
is L @ indication of any design of the Allies to
attack the Russian army in the field. The fate
Of the campaign is still to be decided at Sevas-
topol, and we may soon expect to hear OF new
scenes of slaughter. Powerful Russian rein
forcements are approaching, and 20, 600 men have
been ordered from Marseilles to the Crimea. In
England there is great excitement against
Lord John Russell on account of the late dis
closures in relation to the part he took at
Vienna, and several motions are before the
House Of Commons looking toward his expul-
sion from the Ministry, or the expulsion of the
entire Cabinet. What course Lord Palmerstsn
and bis colleagues will take is point on which
rumors abound and certain intelligence is wholly
lacking; but the debate in the Commons was to
take place on the 10th inst, and the next
steamer must bring us the conclusion of the
affair.
From the rest Of Europe there is no exciting
news. The Spanish i1surl ectiOn is over. The
French Legislature has voted the loan of seven
hundred and fifty millions, but on what terms it
is to be offered TO the public we are not in
formed. In Austria NOpoleOn's recent bitter
speech has caused some feeling, but nothing
verJ serious seems likely TO come of it.
The Liverpool Cotton market had declined J
of penny; Wheat and Flour were firm, but
Iadian Corn had fallen 4s. Provisions were dull
Copsols on.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-26

that Of England Had Sevsstopol fallen, he
crafty considered that in the silence which
co,.r. ALI Cabinet secrets and 10 the tumult of
,ublic Joy, this peace exploit Of his would not
Lsdug I'D. On the other b. sud had the Allies
,siieo. as be evidently calculated, he could
have come before the people as the oyerrdled
advocate Of Sd honorable peace. Cunning has,
boW,yer. found iss foil. The circular Of CONT
Ruol came too soon. burst of indignation
rose from every side Of the House, which found
crave expression in mO,iOa Of censure placed
on the books of the House Of Commons By SIR
Bulw, T Lytton. Had Lord Pal nerston adopted
Lord John Russelrs actions, and, as he threat
ened. faced this motion, he wOuli undOuOted-
" have fallen. With more judicious wis
dom, the telegraph which touched the A.
lart,c as she started, tells US that be has thrown
rho dangerous member of the Administration
overheard, and thus possibly saved his Govern
melt from sbipwIeck. The resignation OF
Lord John Russell may for time defer crisis
Upop Mr. Roebuck's motion OF censure upon the
Ministers at large We anticipate for Lord
PalmerstOn large majority should he escape
Sir Bula er Lytton's.
Thus has fallen, after uniform and gradual
descent. a minister who for more than twenty
years has led the House of Commons, as constl-
tuted by that Reform bill he himself proposed,
who for six years held the post Of Premier OF
England. who in bis youth had crossed swords
with Canning and in his maturity had div del
glory with Peel, the successor of Fox and star
of whiggery. We know for him no more
truthful epitsph than that which we,
few days since wrote him Gown "as one who
possessed broader knowledge of the phllos-
opby of the British Constitution aud keener
'percept on of the current of public opinion, and
more doshing daring il following oct its bent
"uben fully determined than any statesman
got ENGLAND. but who found these qualities
crsmped and cofiued by a close cunning and
"parry stlfshness Of rstlike ferocity." Eng
lands diplomat has gone the way of her mill
tary fame
The place vacated by Lord John Russell we
have little doubt will be offered to Lord Elgln,
and if refused by him, to Mr.. Lowe. Lord Pa M
erston may fnd however, considerable difficulty
to fill it. State smen avoid falling house.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-26

BY the arrival of the steamships Star of the
West aud George Law, we have California
news to July l. over $l,S0O,000 in gold, and
later advices from Oregon, the Sandwich ISL
aDds, the South Pacific Coast and Australia
The Democratic State Convention, held at Sac
rameDto on the 9th and 2sth of June, has nom
mated John Bieler as a candidate for Governor
and Samuel Purdy for Lieutenant. Governor.
The State election takes place on the first
Wednesday of September. The nsws from the
gold regions is encouraging, quartz mining is
prose cuted to advantage, and new and produc-
tive veins are constantly discovered, From the
interior we have accounts of the disastrous raw
ages Of grasshoppers, which in some quarters
have entirely desoated the country. The
steamship America was totally consumed by fire
on the oath ult in the harbor of Crescent City.
company of United Statess oldiers, numbering
1872 men was on board, but fortunately no lives
were lost.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-26

at the rafting price Of sixpence head IL is
A wonder that this modest officer did not charge
the City shilling for swearing to bis own bull.
Such is the way in which he worms more than
two thousand dollars year cut of the treasury
on the plea Of extra services.
One of MI Conoolly's first moves on coming
into his place was to ct an additional clerk and
a messenger for his Office, at salaries of $3.50
aud $3.50 per year; AMI some months after~ard
he salaries OF six of his clerks were materially
raised by the Supervisors. This, with the tax
ing away of the Common Pleas aud grest por-
ton Of the naturalization business, ought to have
made pretty easy times for the head Of the oficei
but for all th It there seems to be no dlminltion
in the claim for extras; on the contrary the bill
for the fret half of 1856 is three times as large
as for he same period in 1854.
The Office of County Clerk under tie old sys-
TEN was reported to be worth from $4,000 to
$50, eco year, and that and the Sheriifalty we're
the grand political prizes OF the City. When it
WAS made a salaried office il was expected to
vie d handsome revenue, bat it has not done
so, and the people have been satisfied with the
assurance that it supported Itself. This it did
DO until last year. when there was most essen
tial falling off in the receipts, as will be seen oy
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-26
THE LAST DEyRLoPsrENr.

We have from private and perfectly trust
worthy source in Texas some important infor-
nation with regard TO the present movement
under Carvajal in Northern Mexico. The con-
spiracy originates in Texas, and is exclusively
in the interest Of the slavedriyers. II has been
preparing for months, and as we are assured,
was known to nobody better than to those Off.
GERS of the Federal Government whose duty it
was to arrest the execution of the scheme.
Prominent in it is Ford, the conductor Of The
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-26
THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1855.

The price Of cattle did not advance yesterday
Notwithstanding the management b. which there
were 600 bullocks less in market than the week
before. The best buyers got their cattle at
prices equal to lO1c. pound for the meat, and a
great many bullocks of fair retailing quality sold
for 1Oc., while common to inferior went at 93c.,
&c, &c. and some at Sc. 1t was estimated by
the sale ,mau of a drove Of very handsome three
year old Kentucky Durhams, that were rated by
the owner at 6 cwt., and would really average
"a cwt., that they would not sell for $50 each.
The choice of a hundred sold for $50 each,
which was called BY buyer and seller lie. per
b. We repeat the day of high prices for beef
has gone by. The pastures are rich and corr is
growing beyond conception. The price of cattle
must come down.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-26
the figures:


The Negotiations since Mr.. Connolly went into
the Office, in 1853 are emsrkablr, and what
with diminished revenue, increased expenses,
and extra services, the office bids fair 60 be-
come a heavy burden of expense. At the same
time there is wheel within wheel 10 opera
ton, which gives the Clerk privately and quiet
", ,ome ten thousand dollars year. This is
The searching business, all the receipts for which,
over a certain amount to pay expenses, we are
told 90 TO Mr. Connolly. Truly one would think
that $4,000 year for salary, and $4,000 for
perquisites, might pay for all the beauty, anna
biity, talent aud eOergy required in our Comfy
Clerk. without extra. service bills, pe1e up of
sixpences for swearing Mayor into Office.