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The editor of the Cleveland Pldindealer,
who is in Washington, thus states the rea-
sons of the administration for sending Q
southern man to Kansas:
The reason is this: A northern man in
Kansas is surrounded with suspicinos to
start with by the dominant party there
TO gain their confidence, he has to say and
do things which destroys the cofidence Of
the other party. and between the two ho
fails. This has been the history Of the
three northern governors within two years.
The policy is to be reverced. There is not
4 man in the cabinet who dasires Kansas to
be slave State. We think it would be
runous to the democratic party north with
out which party the south are at the mercy
of the abolitonists.
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from IIlt NdtIUH
The Beauty of Contentment.
By J. ANDREW ;.

Why should envy wealth or fame,
or giitteriug sp!endOrs of the great;
Why ask from birth prouder name,
Or seek to shine in halls of State
Can riches to the soul impart
4 How OF best content,-mOre sweet;
Can all the bOasted show OF art
With bliss, in poverty, conpetes
The love that warns, the joy that swells
The bosom of a monarch crowned
Each of those guests delighted dwells,
In hearts unenvied-unrenowned.
walk forth in the silent night,
And listen to the murmuriug rills,-
Admire bright Cynthia's silvery Eight
Reflected o'er my native hills.
When rosy morn so softly steals
Ger earth,-unheard, unfelt her pace
And when majestic Sol reveals
The glorious lustre of his face:
The woodland songster tunes his voice,
The sky-lark perched begins its note,-
The groves with melody rejoice,
And beauties in the sunoeams float
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Stnue Yard Removed.

TIE subscriber would respectfully inform the citizens
L Ottawa and surrounding country, that lie has re-
moved his ward beside Saris Warehouse 70 the
of High and Paul streCt- the Mln Canal, op-
pose the residence Of H. T. EamcS, ana having leased
yard for period of year-. intends 10 carry on The
Cut Stone business = more extensive scale.
Having made arrangement, with the best quHrrying
companies Joliet for supply Of the best di-
merS!uu stone. he now supply any aMoIui oi joliet
or Athens stone, Of the best quality and workman
ship, on reasonable terms, to all who may favor him
with their patronage My foreman, Mr. wilson, viii al
ways b in attendance the yard. make contracts
aud supply orders c.; stone delivered IN any part of
f.i.Ji-3r,s \. MILNE
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-18

Pat McCarty, poor blind Irishman at
Bangor, Me-, took a job Of fifteen cords Of
wood to saw. He was about to commence
operations when party of wood-sawyers
surrounded him, and in very brief period
performed gratuitously the work which
would have taken the blind man long
time to perform.
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PIckinys from "Punch's Focket-book." 10"


Tie Luminary fthe Carl TaJ5e.-IIoyle.
AstrOlogy for AstrOiogers the
time of the full moon, get your heads shaved.
Poetry Of Nature-When mist falls up
on the earth and freezes, it forms rime.
| Comfort for tie C0rpulent-No man can
think small beer of himself when he is well
aware that he is st ut
i471e Rule Of Cupid.-A young lady may
, go.to Court only in leap-year
r Far and Ciriii<dtion.-A file of British
soldiers is generally found to polish barbar.
fzpas enemy.
4 Chemistry Of the Complerion.-T pro-
f@duct of pale brandy is often red nose
I An instantaneous Neth0d tor producing
| pinegar.-Praise one young lady to ano-
| ther.
Taridermy for Parents-If you want to
preserve your children, do not stuff them. !.
CAB Measure furlongs make one
mile. Two miles, one half-crown fare. One
haf-crown fare (when charged in this way,
one swear.
Aquarius gets into the head of distin-
guished teetotaler, who is taken up fer an
insane attempt to garrotte the parish pump.
| The teetotaler is baled out.
Caution for tks Ball Room.-In engaging
young lady for the polka or the next set,
make mamma clearly understand that the
partnership is to be one Of Limited Liabii
ity.
Aduice by an Undertaker-Practice tight
lacing.-kcep as much as possible indoors.
What exercise you must take, always take
late at night, and keep it up until five in
the morning
Virgo appears without crinoline at a bach
elor's ball; and is, in que season. presented
l..
gustus Melton Mowbray. Thus, by not
making too much of herself, is virtue re
warded.
Uijicu1tie8 on Hand-The convict ques-
ton may not be more peculiarly urgent du-
ring the prevalence Of cold easterly winds;
nevertheless we are then especially troubled
with bad chaps, and sometimes find it a hard
matter to get rid Of them.
PrOpriety jn Dress.-Short dresses have
been objected to by the prudish; but tho
the clothes Of the ladies are now more than
long enough, they admit of the greatest lat
tude. y. B.-Ihe discovery Of the latitude
has succeed that Of the longitude.
Ee5care beware al gcntcyl dinner tables
of asking for cabbage under any other name
than green's Beware, unless you speak
French tiuently, of entering a shop in Paris
where you sec the notice "lnglis Spoken"
Beware Of taking country cousins shopping,
unless you are prepared to turn light porter,
and carry home their parcels for them
Hon to MIKE up l01r NiEd.-The fol-
lowing prescription is recommended by
+ every person Of faculty of commsn sense,
take five or six grains; Of conscience, one
or two scruples- Nix wen together, and
take it on the SPOT. You must lose no time
/ in making up your mind, o< else the VIOLA
tie cscencc Of the above ingredients will
evaporatc and the effect Il the prescription
be materially wcakoued(.N. i. If your
mind is extremely weakly you had better
take grain or two more Of common sense.
1t will do you no harm, only be carcfu! You
don't catch cold after il.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-18

SLEEP.-There is no fact more clearly
established in the physiology Of man than
this, that the brain expands its energies and
itself during the hours Of wakctuness, and
that these are recuperated during sleep; IL
the recuperation does not equal the expendi-
turc, the brain wthers--this is insanity.
Thus it is that in English history, persons
who were condemned 10 death by being pre-
vented from sleeping, always died raying
maniacs. Thus tits also that persons who
are starved TO death, become insane; the
brain is not nourished, and they cannot sleep.
The practical inferences are three First,
Those who think most, who do most brain
work, require most sleep. Seaond, That time
" saved" from necessary sleep is infaib.e
destructive TO mind body and estate. Third,
GIVE yourself your servants, give all that are
under you the fullest amount Of sleep they
will take, by compelling them to 90 to bed at
some regular early hour, and TO rise in the
morning the moment they awake OF them
selves, and within fortnight, nature, with al
most the regularity ofthe rising sun, will un-
loose the bonds Of sleep the moment enough
has been procured for the wants Of the sys-
TEN. This is the only safe and sufficient rule;
and as to the question how much sleep any
one requires, each must be rule for himself;
that nature will never fail to write it out to
the observe under the regulations just Civ
en.-(JoHrHdi of'Nedlh.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-18

TERRIBLE AFrLIcrioN.-The judge of pro-
bate in Noble county, Ohio. being dead,
there is no person in that county authorized
to issue marriage licenses. The papers
state that no less than eighteen couples are
waiting anxiously for the legal authority 10
be united.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-18

-. HE undersigned respectfully offers % thr r'zens of
Z. ottawa and suTruguiiu. country, a.- services -
City iurt!nre-r, and t"ai'i--.ou Merchant Tor The
sale Estate, Hor-e-. Carriage Dry """-- Par
r,iture. &c. a.,uriu. t!u-. who may favor Idw with
their r,a:ronac. thar uo honorable effort shall bee want
ed 70 ,l--; speedy sales and good pr.eu--
Cast advances Will b- made Oh goods intended i"r I'M
mediate sale.
store north side of Main street nearly opposite tie
Po-; OHice. JA-. LANCASHIRE, Iac''oReer.
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SThe Case of Peregrine POttarsOn.

Pottarson is employed as the book Keeper
and errand boy of old Phlannelle Wragg, a
note broker IN Wall street. Pottarson had
been with him some five years, and he tho t
Ire was entitled to raise of salary. Pottar-
son, being very modest in the estimate OF
disabilities as correspondent asked me to
be bis private scratchetary for this occasion
only, and write old Wragg letter, the
points of which he gave me. | wrote the
letttf, and Pottarson copied and sent Il.
Wrsgg answered it, and as the answeE.msns
Tested a hcartlessness which | thought bfth
unchristian and uncalled for, passed the
whole week sympathysing and smoking with
Pottarson. The correspondence was as fol-
lows
MONDAY MORNING.
No; Tragg:. -.
My object in writing is to call your atten-
tion-to a series of facts which naturally sug-
gestan increase Of my salary. The facts
are these:
1|My salary, at present $500 per annum,
is ednivocal to fraction less than Sl5 3Ss
eaeiLWesk! My board bill for myself and
lainRy amounts to sl2 per week-the cheap
est rate at which can obtain it-and it may
not be a supertiuous statement TO make that
the fare is very questionable in its quality
even at that price And to this the average
sum Of s so per week "a moderate estimate)
for wash bills, and by the plainest rules of
Nathan Daboll's arithmetic, it is made man
fest that the sim Of 81 IS! will remain.
2. Ny fathers estate, which consists en-
tireiy of various castles which he has from
time to time built in the air. is not at the
present time available. And as have never
been guilty Of any fortunate speculations,
aBd have never received extrensic aid from
whichever source, it may be correctly sur
missed that | am not in pecuniaTy condl-
ton to loan large amounts on bond and
mortgage. The foregoing facts indicate
3. That my entire pecuniary resources,
after paying current weekly expenses, amt
in the aggregate to the sum Of s. oS3 each
week; whilst ta!lors, shoemakers, and the
Ike, despite an enlightened public opinion
10 the contrary, are yet uncontiding. Such
then being the condition Of my weekly ex-
chequer, appreheud that you will require
30 satisfies to convince you, that silk dress
es Tor nay wife are out OF the question; and
such being the low ebb OF commercial
ethics, ii must be evident to you, owing to
the perisLablc nature OF cashmere, that my
classic shirt tail is liable at any moment to
become the sport Of perverse and unsancti
fed youth, as | move through the streets to
and from your office.
Z am informed by Smithers that he re-
ceives. from Snub X GIindem, the sum Of
$1,000 per dHHu,n, for precisely the same
services tha; | render you for $500. trust
therefore, in view Of all these facts, you will
see the propriety Of adding the sum OF $500
to the amour; Of my present salary.
Yours respectfully,
PEBEGgENE PoTrAEsON.
P.S. This IS not intended as A notice Of
NV Intention to leave your employment, in
case you should not feel justified in comply
ing with my request; on the contrary, |
snail hold fast TO the position, under the
present arrangement, as long as | can.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-18

SwIyD1IyG SwINDEKs.-The Albany Tran
script gives an account of the operations of
some ingenious villain in that city, who is
filing his pockets by pretending to sell, but
not actually selling, counterfeit coin. 1t
seems that having first baited with circu-
lar, he sends good coin to the applicants at
his shop, VINO, having bought small lot and
found it to pass without objection, sends $50
or 500 for large supply, which he cody
pockets and shuts down the gate, leaving
his fellow kuaves to whistle for their money
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OTTAWA MAusEsLE YAEsD.

TIE undersigned having purchased the shop and stock
GeyelI Finley, where lac intends TO carry the
usin,-s on more extensive scale. lie has hand and
Is always in receipt of the best quality of American ta
au aud Egyptian Marble, for Head stones Tomb Stones,
Nonuul.gts Nantes Furniture, &c. As lie has of
the best wcrkmen in the western country he feels
sured that he ca get up anything in his line in superb
or stvI together with low prices lie feels assured
n. viii give al those Who him With their support
entire satisfaction.
" T. Orders from distance earnestly solicited and
,,rIT,,tlv att.nded 10 JAMES WILLS.
U,t,Ya Marcel, : I-56.
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"The first aud best remedy" for pain,
either external or internal, is Dyer's Heal
ing Embrocation. 1t is q universal panaces
and rain-destroycr..
Sold in Ottawa by G. L. Thompson and
A. 8. Putnam.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-18

Napoleon and Eugsnie have set day in
August next, on which to celebrate their
coronation, as Emperor and Empress OF
Erance.-Time and tide wait for no man, OF
a pretty woman either. They may lose thci,
scalps e'er the sun Of August shines.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-18

The OLDEST Man IN AMEEICA-An intel
ligent correspondent of the Cassville (Ga
Standard says:
"There is now living in Murray county,
in this State, on the waters of Holley creek,
revolutionary veteran, who has attained
the age Of $50. His name is John Hames.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-18

1t is supposed that the cold weather 10
the past few days has done soma INJURY 70
the Gotten and sugar crops OF LOUISIANA,
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Galveston papers speak highly oi new
steam connection with New Orleans via
Berwick's Bay and the Opeloussas r. R
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ladies and gentlemen" said an anction
eer, "thesc articles are no sham-they are
genuine tapestry carpets, made by Mr.. Tap
estry himself"
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EoTAGE FROM LAKE CUAMPLATT TO New
ORLEANS The New Orleans papers record
the arrival NJ that port Of two slOOps, the
the ". II. wilkins and Clnfe'd-from
the port Of Essex on Lake Chainplain, in
this state.
The objects Of the voyage and the rout
taken by them are both very curious. They
started from Essex. a town on the west
shore of the lake Champlsin. one hundred
and thirty miles northeast of Albany. 1t
has a steamboat landing and thriving pop
u'atiOn cf about ! 200. The voyagcrs then
proceeded up the lake and passed through
the Champiy canal AMI entered the st.
Lawrence, near st. Peter. Thence they
sailed to Montreal, and passing onward
through the L7chine and Cornwall canals,
and entcsng Lake Ontario, ascended the
Welland canal, into Lake Erie. Crossing
this lake to Erie, Pennsylvania, they entered
the Beaver canal, and passing down to the
town Of that name, reached the ONO river,
following it TO its junction with tie Missis-
sippi, and so on to New Orleans-in all a
distance of about twenty eight hundred
miles From Wheeling the soops were to-
/ wed to New Orleans by the steaTed Lotes.
/ This is the first time that this rout has
/ been attemted. BY the canal between the
! Fox rivor and the Wisconsin small crafts
/ have occasionally passed from Lake Michi-
( gan to the Mississippi. These sloops were
/ constructed, as we infer. for the sugar trade
on the coast Attakapas; and if so will ply on
/ the Bayou Teche, navigable for 200 miles
above the Gulf of Mexico which has port
named franklin, where larg steamer and
sailing vessels are loaded with sugar, cotton
and maize for New Orleans, New York and
I other markets.
! We have no information as to the cost ol
! these Essex sloops, nor the expense attending
! their inland voyage. BE this as it may, it is
another example of American enterprise
and of the relations existing between the
North and the South, advantageous to both
anu which it would be the greatest folly il
the world to have in other form than those
of peace, friendship, and commerce.-N I
! Herald
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RUSINESS CARDS.
EASTERN
Carriao'e Repository.

zee, - Il 'iIE Ayord Carriage Manufacturing
oIE-s 1 Company having located branch
f2z7f for the sale of their Carriages ia the City
- Of Ottawa, III, beg To- inform the citizens
Of La Sale and joining Counties, and the people Of the
West generally that they have hand aud receiving
from their MANUFACTORY IN CONNECTICUT a good
assortment Of Carriages, consisting in part OF Kocka
ways, Siding Seat Top and Top Buggies Of different
styles Concord Buggies &c, made from the very best
material and IN and workmanike manner which
will be sold reasonable Dealers and AL wishing
purchase will find il TO their advantage TO call and eNa-
mine our stock before purchasing elsewhere. From
long experience in the manufacture Of Carriages feel
confident that give entire saiisiaciiou AL work
warranted.
We have also connected with Repository shop for
doing ull kinds Of repairing which will De done al short
nOtiCcand in the best manner
Store a few doors West Of the T. %, on Nam street.
For reference, enquire OF Arthur lockwood, Esq
iun li-lY' IL W. JVNE0, Nget-.
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The Ice OF LAKE ERlE.--We learn from
Lake Erie papers that the ice on that lake
is sound as far as the eye can extend from
Buffalo, Erie, Dunkirk and Ashtabula, and
that there is no prospect at present Of a
very speedy breaking up.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-04-18

Coon, II TEUE.--The following about II.
p meaning Hiram Pierson, the Yankee
who has been sitting on the Papal throne
and doing other forbidden things, and pay
ing dear for the whistle generally, is tod by
the san Francisco Newsletter:
THE last story told Of our eccentric Cal
ifornian, Col II. p. (we don't mention
namcs.) runs thus: Travelling upon a small
steamer in Europe, having taken his dinner,
Lc commenced the enjoyment Of his cigar
on deck, when he was politely informed by
the Captain that smoking was against the
to be deprived Of flmigatorial enjoyment.
retired forward aad putied away f.r dear
life. The Captair, finding his passenger
still rcbel.jous, again in percmptory tone in
formed him Of the rule - must smoke" ="
said the Colonel Cant" said the Captain
Come said the Colonel. "Tu buy your
boat What is the price = Have no power
to sell, replied the Captain. Can't you
charter for the voyage:' asked Col. p, and
if 50, what's your figure" "Thrcr hunl-
red pounds" answered the Captain. ID ne
says the Colonel, and then for the enjoy
meut Of his Havana. The bargain was con-
cluded, the money paid, the papers executed.
"NoY your Excellency can collect your
passage money" said the Captain, believing
he had some crowned monarch on board I'm
disguise. " You navigate your craft" said
the CooGel, "and Vii, arrange the pas
sage money Gentlemen and ladies'" said
he to the now gathered crowd, your pas
sage iS paid, and as there are 10 rules on
this boat, yon can just smoke as much as
YOU please.
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"Irs Too BAD!''- UEat is too bad:'-
the weather the condition Of the streets
and roads?
"No; of none of these things was COM
planning. but of the low wages am getting,
while others are getting high wages-and
they no better workmen than | am, ethcr!'
We sympathise with you, young man, be-
cause we have no reason to doubt the truth
Of your statement, and we have felt just as
YOU feel. But we have a word for vou-
that word is patieHce, Grumblins will dc
no good. Far better to be employed at
low wages" than to be idle. An idle brain,
saith the proverb, is 1.-THE devils work
shop!"
If that be true Of state Of ideness else
where, how emphatically true here, in this
great city, amid its many and peculiar temp
tations,
Patience! We repeat the word of admo
milton. Hold on to your present engage
ment till you can get better one. Ay,
and do It thankfully, too,-for consider how
many as good workmen as you-men of
families too-are now utterly worklcss, and
realizing the truth Of Burns description of
those, in his day, who were asking leare
to toll " at any price that would keep body
and soul together.
Patience! young man, and no more use
less grumbling!
NApoLEoS's DrscoSTENT.-"I have come
too late" said Napoleon; " men arc now
too clear sighted; there is no longer any
thing grand to be done" "Whatl SIRE"
said Decres. To me your destiny seems
brilliant enough. What could be more
grand than t, occupy the first throne in the
world after having been nothing but an
artilleay officer" Yes" Napoleon an
swered, 9" my career is fine one, l admit
| have made pretty way for myself, but
how different it would have been in anti
ouity! Look at Alexander after conqueIing
Asia, and declaring himself to be the son of
Jove-why, with the exception of Olympias,
and Aristotle, and a few pedants of Athens,
all the world believed it. But as for me, if
| were to announce myself to-day to BE- the
son of the eternal Father, and were to return
him public thanks for that title, there is not
| a fishwoman, who would not hiss as | went
by. People know too much there is no
! longer anything grand to be done. Hem
o,rs of Marshal Narmont.
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WYE now offer at new quarry, two miles north OF
w Joliet and within three hundred feet OF the Hi
nois and Michigan Canal all kinds OF Hubble, Building,
Flac-ing. and Dimension Stone from two inches IN
thickness up to thirty inches, and Of size color and
quality surpassed by none in the State.
All orders Stone, either dressed or in the rough 10
shipped 10y canal rail- will be promptly attended to,
and furnished prices TO please the pure
ANDERSON, SPENCER CO.
JAS. {. SPENCER, A. HOUGHik-lNS,
l. RIRI'SEIL, ALES. AfDE4.>oS'
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Visit your friends in misfortune, rather
than in prosperity.
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The South Bend Register, Ind, announces
the death of Hon. Samuel Brehton, mem
Der Of Congress elect from that oisteict.
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ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
fsF. fIi-F .fsr tr.s' gr Ot.us-I EIEE, ErH Sresfr
OTTAWA. Ills
NR. c. would respectfully call tht attention 81 th"-e
-lrrir from Chronic D--aseS particularly sci DE-
~tl White swelling. salt EIruII- ETIpti"u> 81 tbe race
and ~ir said Had. OH Sores and all diseases arising
from impurities % tie Mood .
AI-r p-.or-utfes. Curvatsrcs- aui Diseases OF the
Spin Distortions %: tie feet, Contracted Limbs sun
Joints e
Cauc-r treated upon entirely new principle, a'.d
v.th a -fcr~-- heretofore uueqlaief- ap4
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The newsboys in New York are doing an
extensive business by selling comic song
the veracIous history OF cohn
Dean and his own Mary Ann, or the gallant
young coachman and the cruel father: Inc
ballad is sung to the tune OF "Eililklns ana
his Dinah," and in the course et the rhyme
the Rev. Mr.. Hatfield comes in for an honor
able mention.
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!. THE Next SUGAR CRoP.-An extensive
planter, who has recently examined a large
1nmber OF plantations in the parish OF st.
Nary's Louisiana, assures the New Orleans
Bee that the prospect of the next sugar crop
is maghifcedt, and was never finer than at
present.
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0,,ara Mechanics Institute,
,. c. CHAMpIIN- "CTAvirs r. HANBtEf-
LAND AGENCY IN OT'TA w a
CHA kyPTCN & INJURY

SO AVE N en- II an Office In Glover Cooks BLOCK, Tor
EG tie pnr Iias- and sale of LOTS AND LANDS
vrey have ail of the most desirable iots m ,hH"P
most fayor terms They have also lots and lands IN
various pats the city and county, which they viii sell
cheap ottaNa, ptcthlotr =, -