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CouRAGE!-The braggart, caught in an
act Of shameless cowardcc, generally at.
tempts to divert odium by charging coward
ice on others. The editor ofthc Republican,
a month or two ago, published q grossly
perverted account Of the arrest Of a man at
this place named Cook, who was taken back
to New York charged with heinous crime,
calling it an outrageous case of kidnapping,
and attempting to excite sympathy for Cook
as greatly injured individual. A few
weeks ago, however, an account appeared
in the Ithica Chronicle Of Cooks trial,
which the editor, at once backing out Of his
previous statements, transferred to his col
umns, accompanied with the remark that the
scoundrel seemed now in fair way to get
his deserts. We copied the same article,
accompanied with similar, but less harsh
remark. a friend Of Cook, however, Il few
days afterwards took the editor Of the Re
publican to task for bis Inconsistency, where
upon the editor again faces about, attempts
another defence Of Cook, and accuses us Of
cowardicc by attacking him in his absence!
As for this man Cook, we have neither
asSailed him while here, nor in his absence,
nor published anything in reference to him
beyond what is born out by the authcnti-
Gated record OF his trial. With partial force
and lying promise VI his lips he succeeded
l.. IL.
happy family, and when about to be sub
jected to the chatter Of the law" attei2pte!
to escape by the towards resort Of suicide.
The editor OF the Republican may find fit
vocation in attempting to excite sympathy
in his favor, but we candidly confess his
success with us is thus far not very hattcr-
ing.
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NEW WING PAPER AT SPnlSGfiELD.-Tt
would appear that the wings are becoming
tired Of their old organ at Springfield. The
Springfield Journal, the abolition wing or.
gan Of this state, was established twenty.
five years ago, and has stood by its part =
through all its defeats But it is to be sci
aside 1t isn't abolition enough 1t has ar.
gucd that niger is just as good as white
man; but that is not near enough. The "a
na,ica leaders Of its party demand that il
sha,l maintain that Niger is good deal
better ti,,cn a white man. But this it refuses
to do. Hence, We sect stated, that Messrs
L. L. Baker & Co., late Of the defunct Al.
ton Telegraph, will soon establish new
llindoo wing journal at Springfield. -Quin.
cy Her.
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Annunl Sfnle EaiH.

The third State Agricultural Fair is to be
held in Chicago, during the second week in
October next. Days OF exhibition are Tues
day, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday,
the 9th, 10th, 18th, and 18th days Of Oeto'
Der.
Hon. DAVID j. BAKER, Of Springfield,
has been selected as the Orator on that occa-
sion.
The following are the general arrange.
ments:
Articles will be received from the LIST till
the 9th Of October, inclusive, till IL o'clock
precisely. At that hour the Entry Office
will be closed.
Examination by the juries Of articles ex.
hibitcd October 10th and 18th.
General Exhibition for the public, October
9th, 10th, 18th and 18th.
General sale day, Friday, October 18th.
The address will be delivered on Thursday
afternoon, the llth Of October at three
o'clock, precisely.
The rules and regulations, with classiica.
tons of stock and crops, premiums offered,
names Of award.ns committees, &c, will be
published ere long for general distribution.
Regarding the list Of Premiums, the Sec
rotary Of the State Agricultural Society,
states that inasmuch as some important adj.
ditions and corrections are to be made in the
list Of premiums already published, and the
press are requested to suspend the publica-
ton thereof until corrected sheet appears,
which will be in very few days.
We are pleased to learn, in this conncc
ton, that the Chicago and Rock Island X. r.
Co.. have generously extended to the fair
the same liberal offer in reference to convey
ing passengers and freight, that were cx-
tended by the Central X. X. Co., embracing
even more than the executive committee Of
the State Agricultural Society had asked.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-23

CHICAGO TRiBuNE.-This excellent Chica-
20 Daily appeared on Monday Morning TN.
der the auspices of new proprietorship.--
The style of the new firm is Wright, Med i'll,
Co. Mr. Wright is an old citizen of Chi.
cago, and q man Of wealth; Mr.. Medill is
from Cleveland, where he was recently con-
nccted with the Daily Leader and is spoken
Of as amiable, intelligent and thorough bust
ness man. Important changes and improve.
anents in the whole establishment are prom.
Used in connection with the change of pro.
prietorshi.,.
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Read out of the Party.

Now then we are ruined. The Joliet Sig
nal, little 0 by IL small plea sheet, edited
by a clever but not dangerously brilliant
young man, who enjoys, by the forbearance
Of good natured people and the dispense
ton Of an over confidng administration the
privilege Of handing out letters through a
little square hole inthc wall to the citizens
Of Joliet and surrounding country, has read
us out Of the great democratic party! We
are taken by the wing, led to the gate, and
thrust out into the company of such black
spirits and gray, red spirits and blue, as
John Wentworth and the Chicago Dem0cra-
tic Press. But hold Mr.. Farley. Who
made you door keeper TO the democratic
party? Sicc when, pray, has every little
two hundred and fifty dollar government
pensioner, with stealings in, been invested
with power to insult democrats by reading
them out of or into the democratic party ?
You have forgotten your place and vocation,
sir You are the boot black of Mr. Pierce,
sir, not the oracle of the democratic party.
AS democrat, deeply alive to the success
of the democratic party, we have had the
tcmerity to express fear that Mr.. Pierce,
our, democratic President, through want
Of proper decision and frmncss, was
about to commit an act which would dis
grace his admin straton and rcfcctively the
party that elected him. There was q rumor
that Gov. Rccder was about to be removed.
or that the President desired his resignation,
to appease the ruliiian mobocrats of Mis-
souri, Should that outrage be consumma.
ted, VIC said the democratic party of the
north cannot sustain him. Is this treason |?
Will the Signal justify Gov. Rcedcrs reno
val for such reason? sDoes the .Sighal ap.
prove the acts of the Mssourian band of
ruflians that invaded Kansas with revolvcrs
and bowie knives, and drove the "squatter
sovereigns" from the polls? And is appro-
baton of those outrages, and Of the still
greater outrage Of Gov. Recdcr's removal
under such circumstances to be hereafter q
test Of democracy? lfso, then, it is a work
of entire supercrosation to read us out of
the democratic party. We never were in.
We never did, and never will, knowingly be-
long TO such party.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-23

Commentator Change yesterday ",
! observed no marked difference between the
ruling rates of produce and the closing pri
ces of the previous week Flour dull, with
small lots Of country at last quotations
Spring wheat sold at 1875 to li2ic, mixed
800 to l5Gr, fair to good fall li5 to 17Jc,
and prime 1850.
The most interesting item that came under
our cogniZance was sample Of the new
crop, received from near Knoxville in Ten
nessee. The lot Of which this is the repre-.
sentative, consists OF 300 SKIS, cut some
three weeks since, and destined for this
ma ket two weeks hence, provided the bid
will justify the shipment. We did not un-
derstand from Messrs. SMYTm q CORE, the
consignecs, that any offer was made. The
quality is pronounced good. Quito a Juror
was created by the exhibition, and before he
close Of Change hour, the samplc-a libcr.
al onc--was reduced 10 few grains. New
wheat! The announcement is sufficient to
create an excitement, after so long contin.
uance Of famine prices. We learn from the
opposite side Of the river, as well as from
various points in Missouri, tina, the farmers
are wheiting their scy,hes for the harvest,
and before the close Of the month it is fair TO
calculate on good supply.
There is some corn still left on the Iii.
nois. Receipts on Sunday aud yesterday
exhibit this iactbcyond doubt Quotations
show further decline--mixed bringing 60
to Csc, yellow 73c, and prime white Soc
small lots only. Oat~lown to range Of 80
to 53c, rye ST. including sis Whisky
continues at SIC
M CHANGE In nrnyisioug Tho small Ia, =
arriving are taken-prncipally for coast or
ders we presume-at It for shoulders, 81
for ribbed and 81 to 81 for clear sides, 81 for
plain hams, country. Groceries quiet, with
few lots Of inferior and common sugars at
4 to 81 fully fair held at 81. Hay declined
to D0c and 81, mixed and good
Weather warm and showery. River rccc.
ding, but the continued arrivals from all di.
rections, with tood cargoes, show them TO
be still naygable.-Epub., l9M.
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LAND OFFICES CLosEp--The Commission.
or Of the General Land Office at Washing.
ton gives public notice that, as the unsold
lands in the Palestine, Quincy, Edwardsvillc,
Chicago and Dixon land districts, in Illinois
amount to less than 100000 acres in each,
those Offices will hcnceiorth be closed, and
the unsold lands in those districts he sub.
ject to entry hereafter at the land office at
Springfield, in this State.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-23

GROUND BRoKEN.-Mr. Thompson arrived
from Missouri last week, and this week com.
menccs work on the section ofthe Airline X.
r. between WenCna and Lacon, starting ut
the eastern and working to the western
point of the section. The laborers are put.
ting up their shantees along the eastern line,
and we may soon witness the beginning Of
what we hope will not be the end until the
chain of rail, of which the Airline is an i'm.
portant link, shall connect the waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific seas. --Lacon Intclligen.
..r 1nfI
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RUSH FOR ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAIL Roam
LAMBDA gentleman arrived in our city on
Saturday last, to make entries Of the Illinois
Central Lands in different parts of our State
TO the amount of 500, 900, for firm in New
York, who have that amount In bonds and
deems the lands at present prices much
better speculation than tho bonds Chic.
Dom.
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GnnrHinn's .MIe


pursuance of a dccretal order of tho
J. county court Of La Sale county, Illinois
made al the June term thereof A. D. 1855, the
Undersigned, guardian Of William e. ,I.nNerty
and John G. Laarry, minors. will sell. at public
ucton, to the highest bidder for cash, nj the
court house IN Ottawa in said county, on Satur-
day., the ih day Of August A. D. 1855, between
Ne hours OF ioo'cocs 4. NJ. and o'clock Z.
VI. OF shid day. the following real estate Of said
wards. 10 wit: the ives, 45 acres OF III. south
west fractional quarter Of section Is, in township
~ norlh, Of ranged east OF the third pnncpal
mcmillan, in said county
lun23-Gw JAMES L.rFEpTy Uuoyd;oo Ne
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FIRE.--Thc building known as the "Mason
Store" in Grundy County, about five miles
from Gardner, were destroyed by fire on
Wednesday morning last Most OF the
goods were saved, but $3.50 in money was
lost. The buildings were owned and occu-
pied by Mr.. W. B. Royal as a store and a
dwelling.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-23

RAIS-RArS-Eo two years we have al.
ways been glad TO see cloud, and clap Of
thunder was the sweetest note that coula be
made, but for the present We would rather
see the clouds removed. and let the bright
sun come forth to warm and enlivcn the
earth. We have had long heavy rains for
two weeks; the earth has been Thoroughly
soaked, and we are fearful that a continuation
ofwet weather will prove injurious to the
now promising wheat crop.-fulton 7cle.
1raDL.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-23

ELECTIONS. Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa,
Kentucky, Missouri and Texas hold their
elections on the first Thursday and North
Carolina on the second Thursday of Angus,
month. On. the second Monday in Sc ptem.
Der the election in Maine occurs, and that Of
Vermont on the first Tuesday Of the same
month.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-23

Ofthe fifteen who were elected by the re.
volver and the bowie knife, at the time Of
the invasion, the seats Of twelve arc contcs.
ted. And it is also probable that those In
whom Gov. Reedcr refused to award certi6
Gates of election, will contest the seats q,
those elected by the people, SO that thore
will be double contest.
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CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO, June q.
JFKeat.-Market iirmer and prices havs
further advanced. Sales Of railroad lots at
l,55al go for common TO fair Spring for
store, and 81 Goal 90 for prime and choice
do for milling.
Cor.-Corn is again quite buoyant, and
prices have materially improved. Railroad
lots have to-day sold at 77a7sc per 80 lbs
warehouse delivered, and for shipment one
or two carcocs are reported at 7Isa7jc per
56 lbs on board-3, 600 bushels aiioat at 13c
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-23

CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS & ALTON r. R.-Thc
election Of Directors Of this road took place
at Bloomington on the l4th, and resulted as
follows, but two Of the former directors be.
ing reelected.
II. Hotchkiss, New Haven; Samuel L.
Blatchford, New York Henry Young, do /;
WIN. II. Smith, do; James Lord, do |;
James Wright, Oswego, N. Y; Uriah 4.
Smith, New York.
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The journeymen printers Of Cincinnati
have formed themselves into military com.
pany, being the first organization Of the
craft in the United States. A more intelli.
gent and reliable body Of men for military
service than the printers, probably could not
be collected,
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Scliii.AmnunI Dividend.

n a meeting OF the directors Of the OF
~. tawn Northern Plank Road Co., on the
18th inst, the following orders were pissed, via:
Ordered, That dividend Of 4 per cent upon
the stock Of the company, be paid on the 5ih o
July next, TO the holders oil stock. upon presenta.
ton oil their certificates to the seer etary,
Ordered That the Office of the company be re.
moved TO the exchange Office Of True g. Water
man.
BY order Of the board.
June 20. WIZ. NJ. TRVE, scc'v.
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IsANk OF OTTAWA

SIGHT EXCHANGE AND DRAFTS on
New York, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, and
Philadelphia. Also, on England Scotland and
Iceland, IN sums of one pound sterling and Up.
wards, aud LONccN drafts, available in Ger.
many and France.
INTEREST ALLOWED on DEPOSITES.
GOLD AND SILVER COIN bought and sold
at current rates.
COLLECTIONS made in oil parts Of this state.
Foreign and domestic bill, oirxchaBg-. drafts,
and certIilcoies OF deposit bought and sold at the
highest clirreni rate. aulJ Geo. :. Fisher, cash.
On aud after Monday. Janun ry sh, 1855, this
bank will be open from = 4. II. to ~ ~, aud
from Z. ~ io4P. M. January
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No MURDER AT MAGNoLlA.-A paragraph
was copied into our paper recently and is 90.
ing the rounds credited to the St. Louis Re.
publican and which states that n youth by
name of Isaac pelony, son ofAbram Dclony,
was murdered few weeks since in the ycni
tyof. Msnolia, ILL.,, and several hundred dollars
taken from him. This is news 10 the people
OF Magnolia. They have heard nothing OF
such murder The murder WIS probably
committed at some other Magnolia.
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Hail SroRM.--Papers in Schuyler, Wood.
ford, and other counties in that region,
speak of severe hail storm on the 10th
inst, by which the entire wheat crop Of
many farmers was destroyed, and the grow
ing crops Of corn, oats, barley, &c, much
injured.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-23

MARRIED-In New York city, on Tues
day, june ~, by the Rev George Lucas,
Mr. l.. W. WESTON, Of La Sale County,
H., TO Miss SOPHIA w, youngest daughter
of the late Capt Richard Hamilton, Of
Npw.Eork Civ
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SMALL Pox.-The st. Louis Democrat
SAYS that the small pox is killing off the Os-
age Indians by wholesale. When taken
with the disease they Immediately get into
the water, and lie there till death comes
Under this treatment over 200 have died in
less than two weeks.
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A person out West is Offering for salo
grass seed gathered from the path Of recti.
tude.' a religious contemporary fears that
the path must be sadly overgrown with
grass, as II is so little Travelled now "a DAYS,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-23

Horace Greeley has been imprisoned two
days in Paris at the suit o. sculptor whose
statue got broken at the New York Christal
Palace. The suit was dismissed when q
hearing was obtained.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-06-23

VINO World HAVE BELIEVED 1T ?--Thcre
ere about 900 negro voters in New York.
They have reported that thoy can concen.
trato the entire vote at the next Presidential
election. They are organized under the or.
der Of Know Nothings.
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I0s,Gii
.4S,35i


Decrease, .......... .......... ,5yU
The n. Y Herald, in the following para.
graph, gives the principal reasons for the
great decrease in the emigration from
Europe:
Our immigration proceeds mainly from
two iountans-Irclant and Germany. Of
these two countries the former is at presen
in the enjoyment Of tranquility and well
being that have been strangers to her soil
for over century. This arises from the
working of the Encountered Estates Court
Most of the large estates have been parcclcd
out, have fallen into the hands Of resident
owners, and have obtained-what they sad
ly needed-a moderate outlay Of capital to
complete their development aud insure their
productlvcness. English and SEQ ch capital
have purchased homes IN the Emerald Isle,
and carried with them their industry and
their agriculture. The abortive movement
of 1913 has been followed by result even
better for the country than that sought by
its promoters; it has rid Ireland of the
plague of domestic strife, shown the utter
folly Of insurgents in that country so long as
the prestly dominion lasts, and taught the
people to direct their energies towards the
solid pursuits Of agricultural and industrial
life. Add to this that ever since 1Si7 Ire
land has been thinning her people by a
steady stream Of emigration-at the rate Of
ssy hundred thousand ycar-and it will
be seen that there exist abundant reasons
for the i;minution Of the numbers of emf.
grants, Yaite independently of political move.
inents on this side of the water. When a
man can do well in his own country, he
does not usually seek a.other. The Irish
are doing well, the farmers are comfortable,
the landowners are recovering, trace is
prosperous, the demand for labor steady,
and even the no. blood of young Ireland
finds safe vent in the armies of Great Brit.
~
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IiOliNTY LANDS.

hImost EVefybody Entitled TO Land.
COLDlERS, widows OF soldiers, heirs OF de-
- ceased soldiers, teansters engaged in Trans
porting supplies IN time Of war, &c, who have
received but 40 ar 80 acres, and many none at all
are entitled to 100 acres now and application
vii he made and warrants obtained, as of old, by
the undc rslgneo, on reasonable terms.
March l1-lf &c. S. FISHER
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Fire, Marine, 4 Life Insurance

1--WE following companies having complied
with the late statute Of this state, and
are Ielinblc, responsible, md prompt being stock
companies with the capital paid in as stated they
insure The business man n safe aud 'cdy return
for the amount Of his loss without unnecessary
delay.
Hinn insurance CO.. Hartford, Conn cash ca
pita paid in, $500 900
Thos. X. Brace, Prest.
Thos. a. Alexander, sec'y.
North Western Insurance CO., Oswrgo, N. Y d;
cash capital paid IA, s250DOO
T.. w. Ludlow, sec'y. Geo. Fisher, Prea.
Hartford Fire Insurance CO, Hartford, Conn
cash capital paid IN, $500 900.
II Huntington, Prest.
L. IL. Bowers. sco'y
Conn-ctlcu, Mutual Life Insuranc. CO. Hartford
accumulated capita over 81 600 900
James Goodwin, Presf.
Guy r. Phelps sec'v
lnland marin. insurance taken by the Etpa
The rates will be as low as responsible insurance
companies can do business, and the undersigned
solIciis for the above companies a CONTINUANCE o +
the iavors they have heretofore enjoyed. Policies
Of insurance tor hive years issued IN the lEtna nd
Hartford insurance companies, on private dwell
ings aud farm buildings, ut a very liberal
discount from annual rates, and lower than mu,n
al risks. tAprl 2SJ Go s. Ff-HgP, agent
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MADAME OLINZA /!

The famous ROPE DANCER, from The Amph.
theatre of Paris This lady has no equal in her
profession, making most perous AscENsloNs ON
4 SINGLE ROPE to the top Of the Canvass. She
will also appear and dance several FANCY
DANCES on the Rope. besides playing SOLO
on the BUGIE, &c, &c.
The Fests in the Ring will bel interspersed
with the Wil,icisms Of the Clowns, their hits at
the times, salirca harangues, pungent sarcasms,
aud never failing humor, that hive won for them
the title Of being Princes among the testers
The whole will exhibit In Ottawa, on Tues
day, June Goth. Afternoon aud Evening. Doors
open at and r. NJ. Performance commence
half an hour after the doors arc open. Admis.
sion. boxes SOC, pit 25c no half price.
At Morris, Oh Wednesday, J une 9Th.
June 30 s. o. BsrTs. os'f.
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Decrease in Foreign Immivratiou,

The official report of the Commissioners
Of Emigration shows that there is decrease
Of over onc-hai in the number of imlni
grants landed in New York this year, as
compared with last The figures are:
Arrived to Goth June, 1854 .......l los, oii
do do 1850 As 5i
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No. Of warrants, $50, 600
Quantity Of land required,
3520O,OOO

No. Of warrants, 100000
Quantity Of land required, IS 900, 600
A Washington correspondent of New
York paper, under date of Saturday last,
says
The plates for the so acre warrants have
not yet been received. The engraving,
however, is completed, and the plate will be
delivered to the office in the course of the
present month.
The Pension Office is now issuing 800
warrants day. Arrangements are in pro-
gross for procuring transfer of clerks from
the Land Office, with the assistance Of whom
it Is expected that the average daily issue
will be 500 warrants.
With the force which it is intended to en-
: ploy on this work, the total number of war
rants to be issued during the present calen.
dar year is 100000, which, if all located,
will absorb 100000 acres
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TnE LEGISLATURES or KANSAS. The CLOSING
returns of the second election, called bS
ucv. keedcr to I'll the vacancies whore he
refused to give certificates, have been nj
length received. The result in the House Of
Representatives, is as follows: "
SLAVE STATE REFS. FREE STATE nrps
First election, 12 ~ o.
=
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OTTAWA MARKET.

OTTAWA, june %.
Wheat-Spring, 81 ojal. 40; Winter, 81.
I5as 30.
Cora--Ear, G9a10c; Shellcd, 72a73c.
Oyk-11c