The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-01-12
VOL. XVI---N0. 90.
New York Correspondence.


The most important and exciting local
event, this week, va. the torcibe detention
of the steamship Northern Light, CAPTAIN
Iinklepsugh, with three or four hundred
emigrants to Nicaragua, who pretended that
their oGlects were entirely agricultural and
peaceful, while the Government officers, on
the other hand, believed themselves in pos
session of authentic information that these
"emigrants' were nothing more or less than
recruits for Colonel Walkers legion. In de.
tance of the authority Of four deputies from
the United States Marshal, who had been
sent on board, and in contompt Of the pro.
hibition Of the United States District At,or-
ncy, in person, the steamer lot; her wharf
and attempted to proceed to sea, and was
only arrested in the bay, after three guns
the last of which was shotted) had been
discharged at her from United States rcve-
nue. cutter. The accessory Transit Comps.
ny, ut whose nstigaton Grcytown wa,
bombardcd and burned by Captain Holins,
are hand in glove with the Walker party.
and are maneuycring in every possible way
TO aid them in Strengthening and maintaining
the present (Walkcr'Sl Government Of the
State Of Nicaragua. Hon Joseph l..
White, formerly Member Of Congress from
Indiana, and aiterward a prominent lawyer
and politician Of this city is the legal advi-
ser OF the Transit Company, in which he is
also heavy shareholder. lie is man Of
more than ordinary cloqucncc at the bar,
and in this matter Of the detention Of the
Northern Light he has not very formida-
blc antagonist in the person Of Mr.. Mcke-
on, the District Attorney for that gentle
man is both feeble and ind,scrcct. 1t is en-.
tcrtaiuing to read tho various comments of
our daily papers on this suLicct--thc sa.
wage, hap.hazard onslaught Of one journal
ana backing and filinr Of another, and the
jccring, reckless remarks Of third. When
all the "emigrants' were put on shore, tho
Northern Light was allowed to proceed
to sea; but the farce is not yet ended,
several of the leaders being imprisoned to
await their trial.
The Christmas festival is more generally
observed in New York this season than ever
before. Programmes of Italian music, with
Italian opera singers to sing the solo parts,
have been advertised for the fashionable Epis.
copal and Roman Catholic churches. New
fairy and other gorgeous spcctaclcs have been
produced at the theatres. The toy shops. the
dcp6ts oIancy S,ticles, and tho book and dry
goods stores are crowded with people: and
every kind OF retail business has been uncom.
monty lively. Miss Laura kccnc's new thea
tire, the Varieties which was to have been
opened on Christmas Eve, was not opened un.
til yesterday evening, the 27th, the lady being
suddenly taken III, IN consequence, it is whis.
pcrcd, of grief and modification at certain
slandcrs on her reputation, put forth by
writer in the E'rprc@
In this city, full OF schools, colleges, thcolo.
gical institutions, converts, churches fevcry
conceivable denomination, home and foreign
missionary societies, moral reform societies,
and, last though no, least, newspapers, | DO
not know ofa many as six stores in which
customer lssurc to be fairly treated refer
to dry goods stores, clothing stores, groceries,
&c. lfthere be few more, as there doubt.
less are, it is their misfortune, and not my
fault, that their honestyis not more generally
known. Perhaps there is no man in New
York that stands so dcseryedly high all round
as Daniel Dcylin, the head ofthe house of ID.
D' '.,.' " So'--'''Y "a cluIliDg house in tho
woras" aso bs sys 'sf to ;?as Ys HGs aAlf Af
sterling honesty, he has succeeded in gaining
the confidence OF every country merchant
WHO mas tHc gopl fortune 10 dCal Win hln.-
His imperative orders to his Stlcsmcn are to
claim, for every article presented by them for
sale, 10 more merit than it deserves and to
put price upon it without the slightest re.
ference to the apparent shrewdness of the
buyer. Any violation Of the business moral
code Of Mr. Devlin by an Clg'oyie is visited
with instant dismissal Mr.. Dcylin's is the
only establishment Of the kind in the city
pa,ronized by our best dressed men, who
have generally perfect horror Of ready
made clothing; but in this establishment,
as much skill is devoted to the manufacture
OF the best styles Of ready.made goods as to
the preparation Of custom work.