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Mark Well.
New Tailoring Estabiishs ncnf

4 HE undersigned having located in Ottawa. would
.peCtfuIly inform inhabitants and vicinity that he
has opened d shop in the room lately occupied 1-le
graph Office, ia Eeddcks block, Tor the purpose Of Gus
tailoring IN all its branches. Having had much
i'll several Of largest cities both cutter
and maker, Halter myself that my work shall not be
surpassed either for elegance OF style or neatness Of
Workmanship this side Of Chicago Ali work entrusted to
MY charge shall meet with proupness and despatch
y. ..-CUtting done and nj warranted
iun2o DAN. II. ASHTON.
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Feat. of .ToeI 4IrorH 1sc'1
Hats, Hats, and Caps !!

~ T-tINE SILK HATS, from 81 to - each, -
n of Beebe Co.'S summer style, war 49,
Grated good, at FKLcH's old stand, where
very person gets the worth of their money. jun2s
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Books aud Stationery.

BOOKS and %tatIOnery.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
~ REAAIS Cap, Letter, Legal colored
A~ ~ and plain Note Paper, which will be
kgH sold cheap, by the ream half ream, or quire
S9W 100 boxes-J0O in a box-of Legal, Letter
EN or Note Envelopes, by the ~, c., or package
3,OO5 quires Blank Books, half bound
bound, and full bound, for all kinds Of book keeping and
other business.
1000 Memoranda, Dgry, Times Books &c:
School Books, of all kiuds and varieties.
Albums and fine Gift Books, &c.
Al the new works of miscellaneous kind
1000 volumes for children and YOUTH combining in
struction and amusement
The grave and gay, the studous and the oiterer
hnd all the convenience for reading study and writing,
at the SIoN or THE Coon SAMARITAN
Nov 10 r. v GRIGGS
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NAEEIED-Oa ilr- 2s:L inst. by Rev. II X. White
sew Mr.. EpwAKD DE,w, AID M.,- NAKr JANE JOSEs,
both u OtIaE
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MirasoIe,. Dancing. Academy,

NEW lumber one horse Wagon, with springs. Cal
"A be had on reasonable terms of
iun2I RATHBUN& ORION.
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Hats, Hats, Hats.

r. e.. PRE- COTT
KKYOULD inform the citizens Ottawa and vicinity
w that he has taken the store lately occupied BY
RoBr FfLcH, in the hat and Cap trade, and has put
entire stock Of Goods, consisting Of every variety
Hats and Caps now worn.
And he would particularly call the attention OF the pub
lie style of Pearl Cashmere Uats Also 10 ms.
ny new styles OF business Hats for gents
Pine Silk Hats, from 81 80 o Is each
SHr The ladies particularly invited to call and
examine his stock ef Infans Youths and Riding Hats
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Eucna Vista Floral Gardens.
W. SfE,EMIKs &. (o

1t TIE Tesiieacs II " IT. ". ClsFmaB. East Ott1KG
Always for sale, large supply Of p-rpvtaa! Rose, and
all other Kinds Of Towering house plants strawberry To-
nato Rhuh.rh. Cabbage plants, &C. &c, II their sea.
son, and Vegetables Of all kinds. junk
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$40 RGMnHll

$40 Re ard.
L STRATED or stolen. May 18th, 1850 from the
= scrber at Duryea's Mill, Indian Greek, a brown
horse five years old and fifteen hands high with one
white hind foot The above reward will be paid thief
and horse $40 for the horse alone il stolen
strayed. jun2S-tf*1 MORGAN CURYEA
To trhOna IL may concern.
the 18th day of May A. D. 1855, became the par-
chaser of the VIII nh seq of "a. IS, range
of 81 p. for the and due thereon for
the year A. D. 1854, and that the time of redemption will
expire the 18th day of May, A. d. 1857.
jun2s Z. TIIORNE.
Es'ate Of Joel Aicord, deed.
~ Office is hereby given, to all persons having claims
- against the of Joel Avord, deceased,
that will attend of the county OF La Sale
county be held Ottawa, in said county of La Sale
and Illinois the 81 Monday of September
when and where all persons having claims against said
estate notified present the in writing said
court for adjustment. T. C. ALN0RD,
NELSON ALVORD, Exrs.
junoS-6w" J. W. ALVORD,
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T,OtICr.
Cattle.
Goods Delivered !

n vou want TO see the best stock OF Boots, Shoes,
Amvsi PENNSYLVANIA STORE
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HORACE HARRINGTON. UANiEL J. STEVENS. ISAAC IRISH
HARRINGTON, STEVENS & CO.,
MANUFACTURES OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS,
% -Uiik Street, Boston, Mass.
STRAWN & POWELL,
Successors to John Xossack.)
Dealers in Luher Lath and Shingles, Main street
Ottawa, June 81, 1S.1.
Freak in the Feeder
~ REEN'S MILL will be stopped in consequence of
II the above break So bring along your grain, and
recolec that this is the best and only reiidtte Mill.
Dayton, June 81. J. d. GREEN.
Flag Seat Chairs.
~ DOZEN of New England chairs, 5 different pat
~ terms, ION the way,) and will be sold low whole
sale and retail. [jun2ll PETER RUSSELL.
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Strayed,
slROM this subscriber, on the 9Th day of June inst.
4 BAY MARE, with black name and tail, with in
her forehead black feet, without Shoes heavy with
foal when started about l5H hands high, and eight
years old
Any leaving any information at the lumber
flee Of W. +. Hapeman Co., in Earlvie, at the sub
scribers three miles of Eariye will be liberay re-
warded. jun21-2ml JOHN HAPEMAN
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DEMOCRATIC RALLY!

WILLIAM II. ". CUSHTAN.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-12
ST. DOMINGO.

| The account which we published Satur-
day, from the Philadelphia Ledger, of the
deplorable social, political and commercial
! condition of the Island of Hayti, is nut
which the Abolitionists may crack at their
! leisure. The exports of the island, which,
as slave colony, have risen as high as two
hundred and five millions of francs, had
been gradually falling since Haytien indie
pendence was declared, till they have now
sunk as low as three millions and half J.
The people are fast relapsing into African
barbarism. Even in the brute quality of
Yalor they seem to have degenerated below
the condition of the Chinese. We believe
the pages of history may be searched in
vain for an army of eighteen thousand men
defeated by four hundred, as was that of
Fausten the other day by handful OF Do
minicans.
The social and commercial deterioration
of Hayti has parallel in that of Jamaica,
and Of every other island where negro slave
ry has been abolished. They were all in
high state of prosperity whilst slavery con-
Ilnueu, NOTWITHSTANDING INe uLlclollIIhS Do
verify with which English and French mas
ters have always treated their slaves. But
freedom has ruined the islands commerce.
ally, socially, physically and morally. In
the present condition of Hayti, we see the
awful transformation which the South would
exhibit if the schemes of the Abolitionists
could prevail in this country. No men
would be greater losers than those very
Northern manufacturers who are making
such an eternal pother about the curse of
slavery. If the South should be ever driven
to the wall, and threatened with the dire
consummation of the schemes of her ene-
mics, she could infict no more terrible re-
tributiOn upon her enemies than to drive
from her soil the laborers by whose toll
alone her staples can be cultivated and,
like the strong man shaking the pillars of
the temple, involve her enemies and herself
in common ruin Richmond Dispatch.
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MINISTER TO ENGLAND.

Geo. NJ. Dallas has been confirmed by
the L. 5. Senate, as minister to England,
in the place of Mr.. buchanan, who, it is
stated, will return home sometime this pres
eat month.
Mr.. Dallis' services whilst minister to
Russia, his eminent political position, hay
ing filled the second office in the gift of the
people, make his appointment at this time,
as the successor of Mr.. Buchanan, eminent
ly proper. The appointment will receive
the approval of our citizens, and command
the respect abroad due to the representative
of the nation. Our relations with England
at this time arepeculiar, if not dangerously
involved. The question at issue require
enlarged knowledge, legal ability and prac-
teal craftsmanship. Mr.. Dallis' profession
as an eminent lawyer, his public character
and political experience, are all so many
guarantees that in his hands the interna-
tional issues so ably discussed by his pre-
decessOr will be properly sustained, and the
policy and interest of the United States be
enforced with energy and discretion.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-12
THE UNION.
LInid1l.

The message of Governor Herbert, of
Louisiana, relating to federal relations, con-
cludes as follows:
The wild spirit of fanaticism which has,
for many years, disturbed the repose of the
country, has steadily increased in power
and influence. 1t con trolls the councils of
several States, nullifes the laws of Con-
gress enacted for the protection of our
property, and resists the execution of them
even to the shedding of blood. 1t has grown
so powerful that it now aspires to control
the Federal Legislature. The fact can no
longer be concealed, however much it may
be regretted. The slaveholding States are
warned in time; they should be prepared
for the issue. If it must come, the sooner
the better. The time for concession on our
part and compromises has past.
If tho Union cannot be maintained upon
the just and wholesome principles Of the
constitution, concessions and compromises
will only retard its dissolution, not save if.
They have had, thus far, no other result
than to encourage attack and to increase
the numbers of abolitionists. 1t would,
however, be premature to suggest practical
measures of resistance or retaliation. The
present session of Congress will develop
fully the plans of that party. Your own
action must depend, in a great measure,
upon the course which they shall pursue.
The responsibility will be upon those who
have forced us, in defence of our most
sacred rights, of our honor and of our very
existence, to resort to extreme remedies.
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evidences of a determination on the part of
the North to drive them to humilistion, and
ruin! Will they continue to seek redress in
resolutions, in pledges, in threats, in un-
meaning conventions VIII they defer
close union among themselves until Aboli-
tionism shall enter the Senate hall, and rise
to the Presidential chair! Now that the
House of Representatives is abolitionized
and under the control of their bitter ene-
mics, will not the imperilled States of the
South draw near together in close fellow
ship?
Now that a common danger threatens
them, will not the voice of faction be hushed
within their borders, and Wings, Democrats,
and Americans all unite to form one party
the party of the South and the Consti-
tuition?
Let US have this ''consummation so de-
yOutly to be wished" and the Southern
States shall become strong. Then, like the
barons of England in similar circumstances,
shall they be able to demand their rights
under the magma chdrta of the land, or,
failing to secure these, to dissolve their
connexion with a hostile and lawless sec
ton. Glorious, indeed, according to our
view, would be the results of Southern Union
Let this measure but be perfected, and we
will have attained, politically, the Zone
thing needful." Strength and confidence
shall then succeed to doubt and weakness,
and we of the South be able to ego forth to
meet the shadowy future without fear and
with manly heart Columbia Caro-
Linidn
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SOULoUQUES DEFEAT CON-
FTRMED

The Kingston (Ja.) Banner, of the 10Th,
has the following confirmation of the defeat
of the black Emperor of Hayti:
By the arrival of the steamer Buzzard,
yesterday, we learn that the expedition which
was fitted out by the Emperor Soulouque
for the invasion of the Spanish side of Sar
Domingo had met the Dominican forces;
and that bloody battle took place between
the opposing armies. In the conflict Gen
eral Dufresn, of the Haytien army, and
another general officer, were surrounded by
the Spaniards, and fell before superior num-
bers. The fortunes of war, however, de-
cided in favor of the Dominicans, and the
forces of Soulouque were driven back with
great slaughter. The Emperor himself had
disappeared altogether, and it is said that
he ran like coward on the day of the
battle. 1t is supposed that he has been
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-12
THE GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI
ON SLAVERY AND KANSAS.


Gov. McRea, of Mississippi, in his Mes
sage to the Legislature of that State, now
in session, speaks in plain terms his opin-
ions on the subject of slavery. He sends
to the Legislature the resolutions received
from the Legislatures of Maine, Connecti-
cut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Michigan
and Pennsylvania, and says:
l therefore recommend to the Legislature,
in response to the resolutions of Maine, to
return to her resolutions unanimously reaf-
frming the position of Mississippi, with a
calm, temperate and dignifed exposition of
our rights, and our determination to main
tain them at all hazards. If, then, Maine
and our Northern sisters shall make. the
issue of the Union with us upon the Consti-
tuition, the responsibility will be with them
and the right with US, whatever may be the
result. The difficulties in the Territory of
Kansas have produced much excitement in
the country, and awakened feeling of deep
interest among the people of the Southern
States. Fully impressed with the impor-
tance of securing that Territory to our in
GSIeSISS anu IOE Illo cAbcuSlOh VI
tons, after the most mature reflection, /
have not been able to see how the State, in
her sovereign capacity, can take measures
to effect that object. Yet am ready to CO.
operate with the Legislature, in any consti-
tutional measure which their wisdom may
suggest, or their better judgment devise, to
secure so desirable and important re-
suit. Were it in the sphere of my duty
to address the people on this subject, Iwould
make every appeal to them which would a.
rouse their sympathies or their interests to
encourage the spirit and aid the progress of
emigration to that Territory. The people
of the South have it in their power to Sc
cure it, and they have only to make the
effort to do it. Numbers may come there
from the free States, but the Southern emi-
grants can control it, not by force, but by
the irresistible energy of their determine
ton and their will. If this territory is lost
to the South, it will be the fault of our own
people.
p The Georgia Legislature have re-
solved to return the Vermont resolutions on
slavery to the Governor Of that State.
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SONG OF THE PEASANT WIFE.
BY MRS. NORTON.

Come, husband, clear up the storms on your
brow;
You were kind to me once-will you frown on
me now!
Shall the storm settle here when from heaven it
And the cold from without find its way to our
hearts,
No, husband, no ! sure the wintriest weather
Is easily borne, when we bear it together.
Though the rains dropping through, from the
roof to the floor,
And the wind whistles free where there once was
a door,
Can the rain or the snow, or the storm wash away
All the warm vows made in our loves early dayL
No, husband, no sure the dark stormy weather
Is easily borne if we bear it together.
When you stole out to WOO me when labor was
And the dav that was closing to us seemed begun,
Did we care if the sunset was bright on the flow
crS,
Or if We crcpt out amid darkness and showers!
No, husband. no we talked, while we brayed the
wild weather,
OF all we could bear, if we bore it together.
soon, soon, will these dark dreary days be gone
by,
Ard our hearts be lit up with beam from the
sky!
Oh! 1T not our spirits, embittered with pain,
b.. dead To the sunshine that came to us then!
Heart in heart, hand in hand, let US welcome the
weather,
And sunshine or storm, we will bear it together
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General Gntelliqtnte.
w. c. & r. RAIL ROAD.

At the late meeting of the President and
Directors of the Wilmington, Charlotte and
Rutherford Rail Road, held in Wilmington,
it was decided to commence locating the
Western portion of the Road Immediately y,
beginning at some point near Charlotte
On the Eastern end the road is to be locat-
ed from Wilmington 96 miles Westward
This portion of the route is perfectly straight
an ''air line," as the engineers term it
an unheard of thing in the history of rail-
ways.
The Wilmingtonians are determined to
have the road to Charlotte at all events, and
they are not the men to fail in an enter
prise of such importance, not only to their
fourishing city, but to the State at large.
While one part of the corps of Engineers
are engaged in locating the road, the exper-
mental survey will be continued by another
set in order to facilitate the work as much
as possible.
All joint expenses of the company to be
paid in the ration of taco-HirdS by the Eas-
tern end, and one-ttird by the Western por-
ton of the Road.
The stock on this part of the Road is still
deficient about $18,OOO. VIII Rutherford
take that stock?
Owing to the inclemency of the weather,
Mr.. Gardiner, the assistant Engineer, will
not commence locating the Rail Road in
this County at present. He is now in Lin
coin making examinations there, of the sew
eral proposed routes, &c.-[ Rutherford Ea
GIc
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CORN BREAD-A NEW RECIEPE.

Every body who has been at the Mansion
House, at Buffalo, n. Y, has learned the
luxury of the corn bread there provided
The clerk is often taxed to write directions
for home manufacture, and thus procured
a reciepe for domestic use, which copy for
you, so that those who wish may try piece
of bread from the Mansion House
One quart of sour milk, one tablespoonful
of salaratus, four ounces of butter, three
table spoonsful of -four, three eggs, and
corn-meal sufficient to make a stiff batter.
# En-.
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THE PROGRESS OF ABoLITION1SM

At this time, when we have but recently
been informed how our friends, and the
friends of the Constitution, hove been
stricken down in the fight by an unscrupu-
lous ma jority, and how a party, avowedly
hostile to us and our institutions, has finally
triumphed in the popular branch of Con-
gress, well may we recur to the rise and
progress of that sentiment which now con-
trolls high department of our Government,
and threatens the peace of an entire section
of the country.
1t was in the year 1885 that systematic
attacks were first made upon the peculiar
institutions of the South, with the view of
disturbing the existing relations between its
two races. Before that time, in consequence
of the fanatical tendency of the Northern
mind, there had sprung up a feeling of
hostility to African slavery, but this did not
exhibit itself in action until later period.
Finally, however, Abolition societies were
organized, Abolition presses established,
and Abolition lecturers sent forth to fan the
rising flame of fanaticism. Then began
continued. Next came petitions to Con-
gress from the North to abolish slavery in
the District of Columbia, and to prohibit
the ''internal slave trade between the
the work of agitation was commenced in
earnest, and the band of fanatics grew
gradually stronger and str Onger. We next
find them controlling several of the Northern
Legislatures, and bringing about the abroga-
ton, in effect, of that clause of the Consti-
tuition which provides for the delivery of
fugitive slaves. Next they call upon Con-
gress to abolish slavery in all places where
that body has exclusive power of legislation.
Then followed petitions and audacious reso-
lutions of popular assemblages as well as
legislative bodies to exclude the Southern
members of the Confederacy from newly
acquired territory, and to prevent the ad-
| mission of any more slave States in the
Union.
In the meantime, that party originally small
in number was growing in strength and in
| huence, and has continued to grow until
now it exerts controlling influence over
| the Northern masses. The sentiment of
anti-slaVery is indeed instilled into the minds
and lodged in the very hearts of the Northern
people. 1t is preached from the pulpit, and
| furnishes texts for political sermons. 1t is
taught in schools, and affords subjects for
youthful defamation. 1t emanates from
| the chair of the Professor, and offers themes
for grave discourse. Itpervades both legis-
Iative and executive councils, and has even
affected judicial decisions. 1t has called
into being large and powerful and domi-
nant party. And lastly, it has entered the
halls of the United States House of Repre-
sentatives, and occupied the Speakers chair.
| Such has been the progress of fanaticism
| up to this time, and who can doubt that un.
less opposed by some effective measure, Il
will continue to move On to the accomplish.
ment of it's fell purposes. And now, we
would ask, how long will the Southern State:
remain passive under such unmistakablt
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-02-12
NE1GHBoR's oUARRELs.

Most people think there are cares enough
in the world, and yet many are very indus
trious to increase them. One of the readiest
ways of doing this is to quarrel with a neigh
Dor. A bad bargain may vex a man for a
week and bad debt may trouble him for
a month but a quarrel with his neighbors
will keep him in hot water oil the year
round.
Aaron Hands delights in fowls, and his
cocks and hens are always scratching up
the flowers of his neighbor, William Wilkes,
who has mischievous cat that now and then
runs off with chicken. The consequence
is, that VIM. Wilkes is one half the day oc-
cupied in driving away the fowls, and threa-
tening to screw their long ugly necks off;
while Aaron Hands, in his periodical out
breaks, invariably vows to skin his neigh
boris cat, as sure as he can lay hold of him.
Neighbors /! neighbors why can you not
be at peace? Not all the fowls you can
rear, and the flowers you can grow, will
make amends for life of anger, hatred,
malice or uncharitableness. Come to some
kind-hearted understanding one with anoth-
er, and dwell in peace.
Upton, the refner, has smoky chimney,
that sets him and all the neighborhood by
the ears. The people around abuse him
without mercy, complaining that they are
poisoned, and declaring that they will in
dict him at the sessions. Upton fercely
sets them at defiance, on the ground that
his chimney did not come to them, but they
cama TO his chimnav
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killed by the Spaniards, or died from the
fatigue of the march homeward. Soulouque's
mutilated army had not yet returned; but
as soon as the disappearance of the sable
Emperor was made known at the capital,
provisional Emperor was proclaimed who
will, in all probability, succeed in the reins
of power.