The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-06-14
Our New York Correspondence.
NEW YORK, May Both, 1


ufaiiias oi the age are now being pei formed,
not IN New York. but in Washington Gin
c.nna;i, Central America Kansas and Pa.
rIS, any attempt Of mine To commit. with
the telegraph III giving your readers ..news"
upon these subjects would be Justly consj
dcrcd foolish and as every paper in tho
Union, from Maine 10 California, is express
ing opinions on the merits Of each of these
great dramas, its author, and the actors ia
it, the chances are that | could not express
an opinion that has not been already seen by
your readers a half dozen times IN print.
| shall therefore ramble along, chatting up
Oh whatever comes in my head, important
or unimpOrlant, and aS | now write IL
strikes me that light or even trivial or posi-
lively stupid reading will be temporary re-
lief to them from their excitement on tho
cngrossing subjects that have occup ed their
minds 50 long, and the consequences of
which viii 50 materially affect our interest,".
and our liberties a people.
cannot help saying ~2rd, however, la
reference to the forthcoming nominations by
. both parties, On the eve Of every state and
federal campaign AN reminded Of the po-
tent fact that cunning is more potent thar
wisdom in this age, vice than virtue anu
physical proves than intellectual strength,
Why do not you men Of the country with
whom rcsilcs whatever of purity there is
among US as people, rise III your strength,
and put stop to this state OF things: You
have been tod over and over again, that no
man can become prominent politician ia
New York City without the assistance Of
fighting men, gamblers, and thieves, and
yet you allow New York politicians, so ma
nuiacturcd, to exert u controlling Influence
in the management! Of public affairs. W la.
a spectacle for the civilized word to look
upon is that of Ryuders and his gang Of cri-
Ininals going TO Cincinnati TO assist at the
nomination OF man who, if elected, viii
hold our destlnica in the pain of his hand
lOf four years. DO not think that wish it
To be inferred that the democratic party is
alone chargcab!e with countcnancing ruff
anism as an element ct strength the whis
party of this city was just as bad, AMI the
republican party IS fat becoming tainted.
and viii soon bc quite so, II .As caucus sys-
ten rcmsins in force.
There was a good deal oi excitement
down town, last evening, caused by Il re-
port that the PJc.tir had been discovered,
bcddcd il Ice ;.indeel | was a good deal
excited myself, a. know many persons who
had relatives, friends, or property on board
OF her. II was soon discovered, however,
that the rGmOr had no lDunIgliOn. HAT lIl-
E.tci steamship hus long since been given
up even by the most hopeful. The news
papers speak about her having run foul o!
iccborgs; but eXpe. fenced scamen, natural
ly cu1a... To my mind, aver that she must
have been consumed by fire. 1t is hardly
probable, say they, thai, had she been
merely Stove in, icw would not have es-
capped to relate the sad tale Of the melancho-
j. fate OF their i,i.ows; iJr She was well
provided with boats, wei Ciiccred, and
We'll manned. Fire alone, say the veteran
sya captains, could have oJhterated every
trace u. the Lobic ship, her crew, passen-
gers. and cargo. il Is q singular fact that
although there i nothing that makes tho
stoutcst scaman's heart quail SO much as the
cry Of ''hrc ~ there i, hardly ~ emergo ncy
against which the minority ot vessels, in.
dId.uS ships VI war, are lsSs prOyiIed.-
i'll an jncHuaus'ibe supply VI water, the
incn whose profession makes them, per
haps, the most active, daring, and resoluto
in the worli-who have been accustomed
from boyhood to prompt obedience and
who, unlike oUr lir1mcu on shore, work,
during fire, not merely to save the proper
" and lives OF others, but TO escape the al
tentative OF being drowned or burned to
death thems.."cs-these men, | say, are tho
most helpless men alive during the excite
meut Of fire On shipboard and for No
other reason than that they are not supplied
with the means OF successfully cOntending
with the fierce element and that they knoU
H. Spcal. from experience ; II having been
my lot, once, II be on board vessel that
caught fire but, luckily fer all on board
we were sailing up the river Thames. Had
it been the night before, when we were at
sea, every one of us would have perished.
lnvel.ions and imp. ovements,' real and
sham, crowd Jpon Us 80 thick and fast now
a-dayS, that a man has no time 10 examine
anything now that does not promise hin.
personal, immediate, and direct benefits la
his special sphere. There have been, for
example, great many inventions patented
within the past year more useful to humanl-
ty in the aggregate than the protean Pen;
but a. the latter more immediately concerns
me, am naturally more interested in it,
and more inclined to facilitate its introduc-
ton into general use. The Protean pen, if
not calculated to make writing more proiita-
be has at least the secondary merit of
making it much more agreeable. It's main
recommendation feature is that no inkstand
is necessary, as the hOlIcr contains the ink,
whth flows easily into the pen, and thence
to the paper, when the pen is subjected to
the usual downward pressure givep to 1t IN
writing. When the pen is not in use, it is
impossible for the ink to flow out. would
not on any account bc the means Of bring
ing into notice "A worthless or inferior inven-
ton, and 90 not hesitate 10 pronounce tho
Protcau pen to be absolutely without a COM
pctitor ] can I'll one of them, keep 1t in
my pocket for two or three months, be sud.
denly called to report speech, and write
steadily for eight or ten hours, if necessary,
without any inkstand, the ink flowing just as
"a. la. l,,,n at Hr. l
der the Protcan pen an invention Of great
importance to professional Werateurs and
others who have much continuous writing to
DO Mr. I. G. Stearns, of 2j0 Broadway,
mails these pens, free Of expense, to any
mart of the Union, on the receipt Of 5 4.
There are now in New YORK ut least twice
as many distinct and separate stinks" as
Coleridge counted in the famous city Of CO.
Iocnc rs these stinks will be indefinitely
increased in variety, flavor, and intensity as
the hot weather approaches, il is not sur
prlsing that many persons seriously appre-
hend some fearful epidemic. 1t is u consola-
ton to know, however, that that scourge Of
all changcable climates, consumption, is
perceptibly on the decline among u.s. A
late namber Of Hunters Medical .SpScisIiss
contains an ably written article on the
causes and cure of consumption, from which
it appears that the deaths from that disease
in the first quarter of 1851, were Si3; for
the corresponding months of 80, they were
766 +; and for the present year, $50 These
figures are tattering, especially when It is
considered that our population has been con-
stantly Increasing.
"IrrTrr BryyY."-So the simple head.
stone said. WHY did my eyes iill! never
sou, IN. little creature ! never looked in
his Iis LAUGHING m eye. or heard his merry shout.
or or listened for his tripping tread; never
o;,InreJ l,s his little head, or bore his little
~ snoothcd his silky locks or lavea