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STARE TIE SNAKEs.-The enmity between

STARE THE SNAKEs.-The enmity between
man and the whole serpent tribe dates
doubtless from the day when his Satanic
Majesty assumed the form Of the serpent to
play off his shabby tricks on Mother Eve;
yet this instructive horror we all have Of the
whole reptile tribe is to large degree I'M
reasonable and ungratcful. Snakes, toads,
lizards, &c, never DO the farmer any harm,
but DO him q vast amount Of good by de-
youring immense quantities Of insects that
are injurious TO his crops. Nothing Is more
unfounded than the general idea that our
snakes, ;oads, lizards, &c, are all more or
less veno,uous. On this subject, DIR. r.
Kennicot', OF Anna. a proficient naturalist,
contributes an interesting paper in the Cairo
Times and Data, from which we subjoin an
extract. He says:
There need be no fear in capturing any
reptile. excepting only the rattiesnakcs and
copperhosds, found in the State Of Illinois.
Not one OF the many species OF the so-cailcd
" scorpions" 0iZards), ground puppies.
(salamanders). and toads, are in the slightest
degree venomous. Nor is there any poison
Gus STdkc I'D iIiiUb'S tSttptii't, thS
snakes and copper heads, none of our other
species being az all venomous, though be
lief to the contrary very generally prevails.
Besides the rattlesnakcs and copperheads
the only venomous reptile known in the
Union Is the moceasin snake, which is con-
fined to the extreme southern States and
cannot possibly he found within Illinois. SO
confident am | of this, that | hereby offer
TO pay IS to the first person who will fur
niSh me a specimen or several, IL convenient,
preserved alive. or in alcohol or whiskey,)
Of any poisonous snake. excepting the rat
tlesnakes and coppcrheads found native III
Illinois and viii also pay $40 10 the first
person furnishing me any poisonous snake
or other reptile, excepting the rattlesnakc,
copperiIead and moccaSin, found native in
Illinois. VIII not some Of the believers in
the yenOmou> properties of lizards, " scor-
pions," ground puppies" = blow snake"
ladders" ''vipers," 'copper-belieS, king
snakes" =" green snakes" etc, and the my
ilrca) "hoopsnake," and cottOn-mouth,'
please procure several specimens-aS many
as possIrle-ef these and preserve them
alive or in alcohol or whiskey, and leave
them at Cairo. Jonesboro or Anna with
some one to whom hay have the pleasure
of di>bursing SlJ-or showing the species
10 be harmless and | would Euggsst that
some insects and other animals be collected
~ the same time and preserved with them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

! Nor N s.. CLA:E CouSrY.-The Alton
Courier says that great excitement prevailed
at Edwardsviiie, in that county, ca Monday
in consequence Of a threatened attack upon
the county jail. Several hundred armed
men had arrived from the eastern part Of
the county, with the determination OF forcing
the jai! and takin: thence and hanging, with
out trial, the three men committed on Wed
ncsday last for the murder Of Mr. Baird
Of Clinton county.
The sheriff sent worI 20 Alton for tie
military, and the National Guards left for
tie scene Of the excitement On Monday az
tgrnOon.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

Coon WHEAT ~ ONO AND ISDIAsA.-The
reports Of the wheat crop in Eastern Indiana
and in Ohio are very Promising--thc recent;
warm weather and rains have given = ncw
aspect TO the fields; and the Cincinnati
Price CUrrent says tie prospects OF the
crops are having favorable effect upon the
money market. which las been very strin-
gent for the last month in tina; city, where
outside holders OF paper submit. to shave. OF
81 per cent. interest.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

We learn from the Chester GII) Herald,
of the 18th, OF the melancholy death Of
Captain James Carlyle, who resided about
four miles north Of Chester. He had been
to q grocery, got drunk, started to go home
in the dark, and was drowned in Gravel
Creek. Capt. Carlyle was native of Pals
ly, in Scotland. His father being very
wealthy, gave him an excellent education,
and procured for him post in the British
Navy. which he held until his dissipated
habits rendered Lis dismissal necessary.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

Mr. Leonard Wray has commenced a
plantation of one n;.1dred acres Of his new
variety of sugar mille., called - him the
Inphec, in South Carolina, on the estate OF
Gov. Hammond. Next year he will be en-
ab'ed to supply the planters with seed, and
with directions for the manufacture of syrup,
sugar, alcohol, vinegar and wine from the
plant. lie has made arrangements for pro-
curing patent for crystalized sugar from
the syrup Of the Imphee.
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CLARKE,s FEMALE PILLS.
THE GREAT ENGLISH RENEW

l.
Prepdred from a Prescription 81 Sir j. Clarke, n
d.. Physiciar Eltrdordipary 10 ne Queen.
This invaluable medicine is unfany the cure o. all
Those painful and dangerous disorders which the
male constitution subject rnoderat-s all and
removes all distractions, and speedy may be reu
ed on.
TO Married Ladies
~ peculiarly suited. will in shor, time bring On
'he monthly period with regularity
Each Bottle, Price One Dollar bear, the Go,.rnmsne
stamp OF Great Britain TO prevent counterf-S
Caution.
These Pills should not be taken by females that srs
pregnant, during tie first three months, as they ar. sure
to bring on nfscar1age but at every other time and In
every other case. they are perfectly safe.
Sole Agents for the United States and Canals
T. C. BALDWIN 4 co, Rochester, NJ
Turtle ho-Es Auburn, General Agents.
y. B-tl and postage stamps enclosed to any autho-
rize Agent vail insure pOte Of the Pills by
MAJ.
for sale by T. Y. GEGGs, Ottawa and one Druggist IL
'erJ s"NA IL the United states. uOyis-Iy
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STAErAIIoS N MIcHIGAS.-The most dis-
sressins accounts Continue to be received
from Northern Michigan. At meeting in
Detroi, last Saturday evening, 20 consider
what means should be used -. the relief &C.
the destitute in Northern Michigan. a citizen
Of Gratioit county was present, whose wife
and three children had died Of starvation
He gave gloomy account Of the suffering
N that section. People were dying for the
wan; of the most common food. Ii was de
ciied to raise IS, 600 TO purchase provisions
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Kansas.

Gov. Walker, By this time, we presume is
In Kansas, and in a few days we shall have
In the St. Louis papers copy Of his intro
ductory manifesto or address to the people
OF the character and contents Of this dosu-
nient We have no intimation save by man
ifestly garblei and perverted synopsis in the
New York Tribune, given TO that paper by
one who processes to have seen and read il
Ills writer says it was read to the Cabinet,
and unanimously approved. tina; it covers
- pages Of closely written manuscript, &c.
The plan of Mr.. Walker, as we gather from
this, for the pacificaiion OF Kansas, IS after
this wise The present laws Of Kansas are
to be enforced The convention law is re-
Earded as fair and equitable, and the dele
gates elected under IT, and the constitutional
convention thereby constituted, will be n
legitimate body. and although the free state
men may refuse TO vote for delegates 10 this
convention, the constitution they may frame
must be regarded as binding upon all, for
"throug hout our whole Union, however and
wherever free government prevails, those
suffrage authorize hose who do vote TO act
for them in that contingency, and the nom
voters are as much bound under the law and
the constitution, as wei! as by an everything
moral necessity, by the act Of the majority
Of those who do vote, as though all had par
ticipated in the election" Mr.. Walker. /
therefore, urgently invites the free state men
TO participate in the June election, and if
there are frauds at that election, and the con-
vcntion fails to act fairly and honorably to- :
wards them, lie promises his aid to have
Their ris!ted by congress. Next he enters
into an earnest constitutional argument to
show that whatever constitution is framed. .
il must be submitted 10 a solemn vote Of the
people, and at this election he guarantees the
free state men that so far as his influence can
60, they shall have a fair and even chance !
But he throws out the further idea, and hints /
j: as the proper and probable course TO be I
adopted by the convention, that the consti- I
tuition about TO be formed shall be silent on 7
the subject Of slavery, in which case, in the /.
absence Of any prohibition OF the legislative
power Of State granted in one general COM
Prehensive clause, the Legislature of the 7
State, elected By tine people, might act on the
Question of slavery a they have done in other
States. This would certainly in the end Sc
cure the settlement Of the slavery question
in accordance with the wish Of majority Of
the people.
Such appear to lie the salient points Of
Nr. Walkers address-such rough outline
of his plan for the Tacitication Of Kansas
We See nothing in It but looks fair, feasible,
and coHciiiatOry in tone and spirit Mr..
Walker i man Of too high position d a
politician and statesman in this country to
.toop to double dealing or prevarication.-
What he says he doubtless means, and what
he promises he viii perform.
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News for Whi.kev Drinkers.

The fact being notorious, that sll the
wines, brand!es, gin, and rum, drunk in the
country, SO far from being pure article, is
but base compound of villainous and poi
sCnous drugs, We have heard old tcpers &C.
casionally console themselves by saying that
they drank nothing but whiskey, which was
a home made article, and which they knew
therefore was pure. 1t must make these
lovers Of the crittcr" feel comfortable to
read the recent disclosures in Ohio in refer
ence TO the mode lately adopted of dis,illins
whiskcy. 1t is well known to 1.-The trade"
that within five or six years a new process
has been discovered, by which tire gallons
Of whiskey can be made from bushel O:
corn, instead OF q gallons, as formerly.
The process was kept a great secret, but
most OF the distii,ers got hold Of it, and have
been making money immensely ever since.
For a year or more hOwev r, it has beeR
noticed that in the Sciota river, in Ohio, into
which a number OF listilierics drain their
Stops, the tl.h were most unaccountably dy-
ing; also that strange disease, which for
want Of 4 better name IS called the cholera,
had broken out among the hog, in the neigh
borhood Of distiIleries. This excited public
curiosity, and finally commission Of expe-
!icnccd chemists was constituted ct Cincin-
natl to analyze the distiiIcry Stops and the
whisSey MADE by the secret process, and
thcreUpon these chemists made discovery
not little startling. This discovery was no
less than that the corn is made to produce
double its former amount of whiSkey by
being largely mixed with sfryehn.ne and
t0J1ec0. uice, Enough Of these poisons was
found in barrel of whissey to kill thirty
men, So astounding and alarming was this
intelligence to the people of Ohio, that their
legislature passed law last winte. making
it state prison off nee to use strychnnS in
the manufacture OF whiskey. But this law
has no force out of Ohio, and doubtless all
the whiskey now in Ottawa is strongly i'm
pregnated with this poisonous drug. When
it is recolected that strychnine is cvrnula-
tire poison-that is, that il never leaves the
system, and Z man taking little every day.
finally gets down enough to Kill him, our
regular whiskey drinkers can now make 4
pretty definite calculation as to Low soon
their regular potations will wind up their
thread Of existence here. One bbl of wh!s-
key contains poison enough to Kill 30 men
a 3oth part of a Dbl. will therefore Kill one
man. ~ this rate, how many weeks can
man live on pint day:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

SAWS LAST KIcK.-The State Council
OF the great American party OF Illinois,
met at Springfield week or two ago, and
was attended by the imposing number Of
fourteen delegates. This august body main
tanned a secret pow-wow Of three days, and
then departed for parts unknown. 1t is I'M
derstood they declared Sam q useless exist
ence in Illinois, and agreed that he should
be gulp,d-takcn down-swallowed bodily
by SamHS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

DIR. EASTERLY'S MEDICINES.-We continue to see
from day day. the hsterng accounts of cures
performed by the above named unrivalled medicines, and
il Is "a matter astonishment that any one should be
without them DR.. Easterlys Iodine and Sarsaparila
i becoming and more popular among the people,
and is considered by the faculty the safest and best
blood purifying medicine that be taken during the
spring and Ills Dr. Carter's Cough Balsam Is
an excellent medicine for Coughs, Cold, Asthma Con-
SUMPTION and diseases Of the Lungs and Chest Also,
DR. Easterlys and Ague Killer has attained spe
cal popularity throughout the Mississippi Valley, for the
cure of Aue and Fever Intermittent and Remitten Fee
vers which prevalent in all parts of the West
Besides these he has numerous other excellent prepara-
tons designed particularly for family which also
very popular and meeting with rapid sale. Persons
siding in localities where medical aid is difficult to be had
on sudden emergencies could do better than by
plying themselves with assortment of Dr. Eastery
popular medicines His store is on the corner OF Third
and Chestnut Streets ST. Louis. Reread his advertise
ments in our columns and give him a call, We afflicted
st. Louis -iRtericdR.
For sale in Ottawa by A. 8 PrrSAN,E Y. GRrGGs d.
WALKER Co.. and NJ KSEUssL Druggists, and by Drug
gists and dealers in medicine the United States
my23-lIu
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

Telegraphic dispatches from New York
city for the last week or two have read after
this wise:
New YORK, May 1O-The old Police Com
misSioners dismissed Capt. Carpenter yes
terday for INSTRUMENTATION, and appointed
Lieut.. Horrigan in his place. There was
great excitement at the station House, when
later in the day, both captains assumed the
control, but nothing serious came of it.
In Brooklyn, Mr.. FokGs issued his orders
as deputy superintendent, acknowledging
him subject to the new commissioners.
Mayor Powell issued orders in contradiction,
and SO the matter stands.
District Attorney Hall has issued card
this evening, stating that he had reliable in
formation to the effect that in consequence
of the present disorganizcd state Of the po-
lice, attempts Of an organized nature are
aioot to be made 10 commit burgarics in the
city, and he calls on the citizens to strength
en- the private watch and take other precau-
tons. From present APPEARANCES there
seems to be a likelihood Of collisions between
the two police organizations, both of this
city and Of Brooklyn. The Mayor Of Brook
lyn regulates the action of the Chief Of
Police. who has acknowledged the authority
OF the new Police Commissioner. The Mayor
threatens to assume the command OF the po-
lice himself, and use force, if necessary.
From all which, and many columns We
could give Of the same sort, i, is plain that
police matters in the metropolis city Of
America, are in pretty considerably chaotic
state. Why and how they got into this fix
is explained in this way. New York is and
always has zen strongly democratic city.
The State OF New York has for the last SIX
or eight years been as strongly opposition.
The Mayor and Government of New York
city have about as much patronage to dis
pose of as the Governor and legislature Of
the whole state Of New York The fusion
party have long wanted to have the bcstowal
Of this patronage. So IN the last SESSION Of
the legislature o. New York they got up
new city charter for New York. by which
the mayor was stripped Of his entire com
u!ani, appointing power and power Of dis
rnissal over the police, and these powers
were placed in the hands Of certain commi,-
sioncrs appointed by the legislature The
plan, however, promises 10 be 4 great failure.
The y. !. I.te-, a H. i.a paper, says, "th,y
thus have invested tie object Of their ma
ciinations with the s.aeti;y OF persecution,
and made Liza, 90 degree, the cham; on Il
tie people, Il whose name lie Is resisting
"Aat many o. ti.in believe 20 be the de,;o-
tic usGr.atioa o! the legislature. Iela~ Il.
common coEuoi. on lis side, and thus fa- IL
-..-rs 70 i..,. ia. ,f..--..ar, 49,. .- D.. .,.
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ForRIn OF JrLr.-Would you have tho't
il? In less than six weeks will come the
fourth Of July. The great anniversary usu-
ally comes in the middle Of summer, but
this year the leaves promise beauty to be
full grown by the time Of its advent. In a
number Of neighboring towns the people
are already taking measures for its aPpro-
pirate celebration.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

RvSNING THE CcMET INTO THE GROUND
Sulgrovr, of the indianapolis journal, ad-
vances a new and very striking theory OF
the "auroa borealis,' viz: that a comet has
at some time hit the earth at the Northern
pole, and run into SymmeS' Hole leaving
its tail sticking out, the tapping Of which
makes the auroral light. Sulgrovc deser-
yes at once to be creathe an honorary mem
Der of al the scientific institutes in the world
not emitting the Pickwick club.-L,yayette
Journal
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AN instructed by Tie Directors 4 tie Illinois River
Br5I-- Company say 20 those who I--Ire
z.ti ,-iI Company r the date - their zpplica-
the fri af April next. tiar ley Will receive and
consider al applications aidr prior 20 tie 10Th day %
June next. af.sr Which time ',Trr appl caiions will
b. considered. faet applicant = desired O. state fully
and particularly what bushes, be i engaged in requiring
the % tie bridE-- Eacl Certificate 81 communication
Nil ID, strictly confined 20 n, business SCI ort IL the
app lrstI1u. Each certificate Wlll contain clause OF
forfeiture the par: Of any person practising any fraud
GA the COMPANY Lmy25-3wl }. .. GLOVER. rrss'f.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

The steamer Black Warrior, which ar
rived at New York on Thursday. and touched
at Havana on her trip May lG, reports, at
tie latter ty. a Spanish steamer was hourly
looked for with orders for the immediate
commencement Of hostilities against Mexi-
CO. Also, that the sugar crop in the island
of Cuba is expected to fall short twenty per
cent, as compared with last years yield.
Prices Still tended upwards, while freight
continued dull
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

\ CHICAGO lTrM-Tbc Journal of the
14th says:
a friend informs us that he came in town
Yesterday 20 hear Mr.. Everett On going to
the Hall he found it crowded, hundreds
coming away unable to get in. He then
went to the Theatre to Lola MontcZ. This
establishment was full also. At last resort
he repaired to Lents mammoth circus, and
that was full inside, and he was unable to
get n ticket. He then returned TO the Ire
mont House and he could net get in there"
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We copy the following from the CttlrG
Nigh .Srhool Journal Scientific men will
read it with int,re,t, while those who are
looking for general snlast up on the 18Th
prox. IN consequence Of a collision between
Ass earth and one OF the comets here spoken
Of VIII read it with disappointment, as It
throws considerable daub: upon thu prgJa-
bi.ity Of such a catastrophe:
The following communication. in regard
to comets, waS received today. from the
pen of Prof JAMES {. WArs1<. Is We
have no telescope 10 observe the rosucts, "
and no Instruments with which :, take their
Right Ascension and Dc'ljurtiuu, we wrote
10 Dr. Brunuuw. asking him 70 take their
X. \. and Dccliuauou for ". from his OBJ
seryatory, near y chi.au University Bu,
a. DR.. Il. WAS ,~rEt. OF visit ia Europe,
Prof. Watson, who now has char. Of the
Observatory, has r.ry iia'y farm she'd a.
with the Information whoa 81, The tae
liberty To place before our readers, on ac-
count Of H. scientific importance. although
we nave not had time to 90 the Guthcr.s
consent, the " .JnUESAL' being ready for the
press, We viii trust 70 his charity.
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ordnance. auth Jriziug the Mayor Of the City OF
N Ottawa 10 borrow the suu OF twelve thousand dol
trs To- he expended ia erecting and furnishing scboo!
house h bees passed by the City Council and approx ed
10y the voters 90 the city Al an election held for that pur.
pose which j. 10 be secured by bonds OF the City O!
tive hundred dollars each payable years AFTER date,
with interest at the rate Of ten per cent, payable snnu-
ally.
Now therefore. !. GEORGE l. WliKyR, Mayor OF said
City hereby give notice that ready my Office, in
Ottawa 90 receive Subscriptions 10 said loan. BY the
drHur" !: provided thSt there shall be annually set
ap,r. 10y the treasurer "a be used tor other purpose
thu first money received into She treasury, suf
Glen; pay sand interest.
good opportunity r. here afforded TO make a safe in
Hhrr the interest will be promptly paid
ally. II o>e Who wish To subscribe viii please do i'm
ucdiatrly desrahl. tIt the building should be
erected during the coming summer.
my23 G.E WALKER, Mayor,
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STATE PRIsoNEKs IN KASsAs-A Lecomp-
ton correspondent Of the st. Louis Rep,tbH
can, under date of May 16, writes that, by
the advice of Secretary Stanton, the District
Attorney has entered a nOlle prosequi in
each of the treason cases. Prosecutions for
usurpations Of office will probably be dis
posed of in the same manner
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

john P. HALE, it is reported, suffered so
severely from the " National Hotel disease"
contracted about the time of the Inaugural
ton at Washington, that he is not expected
to live to the end of summer.
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\ PAINFUL OCCrRRENCE-There is not,
perhaps, to mind well instructed, a more
painful occurrence, than the death of one
whom we have injured without rcparaton.
Our crime seems now irretrievable; it is in
deliibly recorded, and the stamp of fate is
fixed upon it. We consider with the most
affective anguish, the pain which We have
caused, and now cannot alleviate, and the
losses which we have caused, and now can
not repair.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

The Alton Courier warns the public against
the eating, as greens, the tops of the pie
plant Of rhubarb. Within the last few DAYS.
a number of instances have occurred, in
which their use has severely poisoned those
who eat of them. The symptoms were vio-
lent purging and vomiting.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-05-23

Poor Wiimot, the BlacI. Republican can
dIdate Tor bOvcrhor OF Pennsylvania, has
written Il very iugubIiJus letter accepting
the nomination. tie talks Of Uu.enoiS,
LOUIS NV, prOtestant>, Netherlands, DIikc
Ava, fhIiHp H., Spain, 81, Dc. Indeed,
the IMAM appears 10 DC DC "a little out, as
thty say u Il person whose brains jun
b.cG, and se,lns to imagine that he Is to run
Tor The governUrshIp vi Kansas instead OF
the "O.u keystone. '-BOstVu Pint.