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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-11-06
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1t IS nigh time the treaty wan L .aUce ana
England for the suppression of the African
slave trade was abrOgated, and our ships
called home from that Iuh ospitabe cline
We are no advoc ates of such traffic, but we
are unwilling to see our gallant officers or
any portion Of our little Navy employed in
such .rultless enterprise. France Is openly
engaged in the traffic in the very seas where
our ships are stationed. Her government
has proclaimed TO tho world the policy 1t in
tends to pursue, and bids defiance to any op-
position. England is transporting the poor
Chinaman to her coionie. and else where by
tho usaEds, int as degrading a slavery as
the world knows of outside Of Africa itself
nder such circumstances It Is folly for this
nation to keep a feet on the coast Of Africa,
when We have so much need for all our force
near bone. We never had any faith in the
professions of England that her humility is
= hollow pretence, her operations in India
fully substantiate, and her infamous trace
in Coolies stamps hypocrisy and se!tishness
upon her course in characters SO deep that
none can fail to sec them. Why should the
waoliy headed black savage Of Africa be an
object OF compassion above the yellow faced
Coolies Of China. Why should 1t be a crime
to traffic fn the one. and Christian charity
to enslave the other? Does not the mere
statement settle the question and show the
hypocrisy of the pretence?
England and France being both eagaged
in the slave trade, aud the uselessness Of our
keeping feet off the coast Of Africa to pre-
vent such traffic having long since been
ma, ifest, the public voice calls for an abro-
CATION OF the treaty and the withdrawal of
our naval force from the African seas,
and its employment in some more useful
service. If EnsliSh cruisers capture sla'
yer with cargo Of slaves on Hoard, they are
not carried to Z. gland ana fed at the ex-
pensc of the government, and then Set bac@
10 their country in the finest ship of the ma
Wv but they are sent to the colonies and
bound or sold to slavery apprentices,
where England reaps the benefit OF their la
Dor, as she does that of the millions Of
slaves held in bondage in India. There is
no doubt with us that policy, not humanity
dictated the course Of England in forming
the treaty for the suppression of the slave
trade. 1t was to cripple our southern states
far more than to benefit the negro, that this
policy was adopted. Finding that the south
still thrives and prospers, England is now
striving to resuscitate her Islands, which she
Gepopuated and destroyed by her emanci-
paton act, and hence her trade in Coolies
and her connvance at the traffic in other
parties.
We want no alliance with England-no
Clayton Bulwer treaties, or African leagues
Let them be abrogated, and let our govern =
ment hereafter shape its own course in &C.
cordance with the interests and honor of
our own country.
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THANKSGIVING Proclamation.

The year now about to close has been
one Of unnumbered blessings. And although
in some portions Of our State, the harvest
has been less bountiful than We have been
accustomed to receive, ard in some Localities
more sickness than usual has marked the
season, yet. upo" the whole, it has been a
year of eminent prosperity to our citizens
such as should content and gladden. every
te,rt, and bow US to the earth, in gratitude
and thankfu'ness to Him who IS the source
Of all goodness and wisdom.
Therefore, that the good people Of our
State may join in offering of Thanksgiving
for our manifold blessings, | reccomend that
Thursday, the 25,h day of November next,
be set apart and observed by them as day
of Thanksgiving and Prayer. Let, for that
day, all temporal matters Of business be sus.
pended, all worldly affairs be laid aside-and
let us, with hearts of forgiveness, each to-
wards all others, unite in Praise and Thanks
giving to God for the countless blessings Of
the closing year. WIN. II. BISSELL.
Governor Of Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, Oct 26, 1853.
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The Conspiracy Comics sed.

Before the recent election, the Chicago
Herald denounced as base lie every charge
that was made in the democratic papers Of
= premedtated combination between the
Danites and the republicans. after the
election Gin Thursdays UeralJ the same
paper makes the following unblushins state
ment:
The VoTE N CHICAGo-The fact having
become known on the eye of the election,
that the entire Catholic vote of this city,
Notwithstanding professions 10 the contrary,
would be thrown for Douglas, the National
Democrats became cxasperated at such
Wholesale treachery, and despite all the Ell
forts that could be made to prevent il, they
voted Ell ma sse for the Republican candi
dates, as the most etfectual way Of defeating
Douglas. Although by voting thus, they,
beyond question, prevented the election Of
two OF the Douglas candidates for the Leg
islature, we do not approve OF their course.
We go for strict adherence to principle
and to party organization, whatever may be
tho nr.aa-, --i.-Y rii, III. that Sn.-h
a course will in all cases insure ultimate sue
CESS Chic. Herald.
This is precious confession. According
to this, the democracy of Chicago have not
only Gu, down the republican vote 600 in
the city, but they gained that many over
the Republicans united with large DANTE
force.
But the statement Of the Herald is all a
sham-a mere come off to hide the utterly
conteultble iusgnifcance Of the whole Dan
lite squad in Chicago. With all the Uerald's
drumming and blowing, with all the labors
of Cook, Hoyne, Fitch, Carpenter and Pine
in that city, and with all the money they
spent, this is the pa!try vote-2l5 all told
that they could buy, coax, or drive from the
true democracy. They the only true ma
tional democracy Bah
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The Sheriff Badly Sold,

While the election was quietly progress
ing in Ottawa on Tuesday afternoon a GER
tain tall republican from the town of Rutland
came rushing into town all GREATNESS and
bespattered with mud, and made the startling
announcement that some forty or fifty Irish
men from Ottawa had gone to the town
house in Rutland, taken poses ion of the
polls, had all Illegally voted themselves, and
would allow TO republicans to vote. The
Sheriff was posted off IN great haste to quell
this fearful riot. On arriving at the place,
some seven miles from Ottawa, the sheriff
found half a dozen OF respectable farmers
about the polls, all apparently yawnins and
listlcss, waiting anxiously for the hour to
arrive when they could clo-e. On asking
how they got along, the Sheriff was Informed
Very well !; only the day had been SO wet
and dull rs to make it excessively tedious"
The sheriff "sme!led MICE" and quietly
left, without explaining his GRAND. 1t ap-
pears, some time during the day our good
friend John Sweeney (and more honest
man never brea,hed) had hitchcd up four
horse team and taken up to the polls some
ten or twelve voters, principally Irishmen.
who were at work in the coal beds in the
lower part Of the town of Rutland The ncr.
vous tall republican above alluded to saw
the team passing and Immediately his fears
and excitable imagination Sweiled the num-
Der to forty or fifty, and the whole innocent
and peaceabie transaction into mighty out
rage and riot There was not man in the
load but was known to be resident of the
town, and legal voter.
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The proclamation of President Buchanan
in another column shows that W ker is on
the eve Of leaving our shores to make anoth-
CT foray on Nicaragua. The President seems
that he intends only peaceable emigration,
rega ding with justice, that peaceable emf
grants would not likely go armed, equipped
and thoroughly drilled for war as Walkers
men are going. The prospect is that the
present expedition, like the last, will not be
allowed to land in Nicaragua, and that we
shall not have much stirring news from that
quarter 20 report during the coming winter.
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Terrl, of the Lafayette Journal, is pretty
good on sharp reply and play upon
words A correspondent wishes 10 know the
reason of the hump upon the Cancels back.
Terri replies:
";",e will mention for our correspondent
hcnent that ,,,,e Arabs have two legends in
regard to il. One is bat the camel took Of
fence at not being allowed 10 lcsd the pro-
ces<on into the ark, and got his o.'k up ;
tina, Allah as a jus. punishment for his v:n'
ity and presumption, and as a memorable
and perpetual warning to othes S, never per-
united him to get it down again. The 9th
er is, that he was grazing at distance from
the ark, when Noah put out his bills for
sailing, and in order to reach the boat in
time, was compelled to hump himself in a
most extraordinary manner.
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Yesterdays Chicago Times avs:
We have a dispatch from Peter Sweat,
Esq, of Peoria, stating that Capt. W. S.
Moss has sos majority in that comfy, for
the S-nate, and 400 in Woodford county,
making total ot10S; AMI that Bestor, Re-
publican, has 2si IN Putnam, and 1J5 in
Marshall. This gives Moss 27o majority in
the district. This is a gain and makes Is
Democrats in the Senate,
If Moss 600 a 1>SyI n
pose Ingersoll and Jameson, Democratic
candidates, have at least $50 majority
Stark county gives the Republican eandi-
dates for the assembly 346, and 539 majori-
ty, thus rendering the :wo members in that
district very doubtful.
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THE NATIONAL MONUMENT AT WASHING
roN.-The New York Times learns that the
old managers who for so many years con-
Quoted the offices of the National Monument
at Washington, and who were removed to
give place to an american" Board Of Di-
rectors," have been restored to the manage
ment. There is a prospect that, under
their management, the monument may be
completed, at least so far as the erection of
the square pillar goes. This is now about
IT'S feet high, and by carrying it up few
feet every year it will in time be compile
ted.
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The PEORIA BANK FAILURE The excite

The PEORIA BANK FAILURE. The excite
ment at Pc ,ria was so great that the Mesers.
Curtis thought 1t advisable to come Out. with
a statement, which says the entire circula-
ton Of the Cherokee Insurance and Banking
Company is less thar $4,000 and that it
will be received by them at par in payment
of certain described Indebtedness to them,
secured by real estate in part, but mostly by
railroad mortgages, and they owe their de-
positors less than $4,000. This latter, the
Transcript says, Curtis & Co. assure them
will be paid. The depositers have been par
italy secured already.
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A Cincinnati paper notices the last solita-
~ banquet of ''ast mans" club in that
city. In the cholera season of 1882, seven
gentlemen agreed to meet annually and dine
once together as long as they lived, bottle
of wine to be sealed and drunk in memoir
lam, by the last survivor The first reun-
ion was held Oh the 9th of October. 1882,
and on the 9Th of October, 1858, DR.. Va
tier, sole survivor Of the seven. drank from
the bottle and pledged the six dead friends
whose empty chairs and empty plates
were his only society at III. last melancholy
feast
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FABRICATION OF DIAMoNDs.-Ore of the
most curious sights in Paris is said to be
offered by visit to the vast workshops of
NJ. Bourguignon, were the whole process of
Transforming few grams of dirty heavy
looking sand into diamond of the purest
water is daily going on, with the avowed
purpose of dsceiving every body but the
buyer The coloring matter for initiating
emeralds, rubes, and sapphires is entirely
mineral, and has been brought to high per-
lection by n. Bourguigno'. Many.opera
tors are employed, whose business it is to
polish the colored stones and line the false
pearls with fish scales and wax; the scales
of the roach and dacc are chiefly en-
ployed for this purpose They must be
stripped from the fish while living, or the
g'istening hue, SO much admired in the real
pearl, cannot be initiated.
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COngressu en- Elected.

The returns received indicate the election
Of four republicans and nine democrats to
congress from this State This leaves the
delegation politically the same as the last
In the republican districts, however the ma.
jortios have been greatly reduced.
Whether there is similar reduction Of
majorities in the democratic districts the re-
turns are yet too measer to enable US to de-
termine. Following are the Congressman
elected
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Valuable Property
EnD @ T LNN

WILL sell, on good tim and at reasonable price
Il the following property, viz:
My Residence the side of Fox River comprising
the y ofbock lObeng 100 feet front and 2jS
deep 1t is beyond question. the handsonest location
Tor residence in the city Of Ottawa The grounds
adorned with the choicest kinds of shrubbery and
shade trees and in the garden apple plum and
peach trees IN bearing condition. also, plenty OF
vines currant- goosberries, rasp-berries and
berries In short, everything desirable for
fort is provided for.
Also 800 ofgcod prairie land near New Michigan
AMI Pontiac, Livingston county.
Lots !, g and 3, Block 81, Ottawa,
Lots and 3, subdivision OF Lots 10 and H. Block SO
Lot 49, Block So; all good business Lots
All of the above valuable property is offered a rea-
sonable price, and on time TO suit the purchaser
move NJ OSMAN
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PRICES RED JCED N
GROVER n RAIAEE'S
CELEBRATED
Family Swing Machines,
tn EiffN D0llarS

NALL at J. q. NATTNGRR's Store. OTTAWA AID test its
- merits. The best Machine ever invented for family
sewing. and for the following
LIST. Il : more simple and easily kept in order
I'd. Ii makes a h;ch will rip ray-l, though
every third stitch be cut.
Sd. Il from two ordinary spools, and thus all
trouble of winding thread is avoided.
ith The elastic the elastic fabric,
that is free from all liabilities break in washing
ironing otherwise
Nes>rs GEol Eg BAKrR the original perfecters, and
whose Machines have obtained worldwid celebrity
being the best in have commercially reduced the
prices of their Family Machines nearly so per cent thus
placing them within the reach of all.
ocl6-Sm ]. ". FAY. HQsnt. OftHlrI.
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patents. During the week ending Octo-
Der Goth, the following among other patents
were issued from the Patent Office at Wash
ington
j. f. Black, of Lancaster. 1lI.-For i'm
provement in grain -dl.charsinG attachment
TO harvesting machDes.
Aaron Foster, of Quincy, 1Il.-For i'm
proyement in grain ssperators.
Vim. I. Armstrong, of Sandwich, ILL.,
For improvement in washing machines.
Jasper S. Miles, Of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
For improvements in Ornamentlng glass.
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The Stafe Ticket.

Below we give such returns As We have
received of the vote upon the State ticket
compared with the vote for Miller and Moore
for State Treasurer in 1856. In 1856, Mil
Ter was the candidate of the combined Amer
lean and Republican parties, and had ma
jority of 2O,os2.
We will correct the table daily by the OIL
fic,al votes as they are received
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Wholesale and Retail
BOOT AND SHOE STORE.

WEST SIDE OF COURT HOUSE SQUARE, OTTAWA.
IL HANfORD would respectfully in form the citizens
Of Otaw2 and vicinity, that he has received
the arrest and best assortment of Boots. Shoes and
Findings offered in this market, wholesale and
retail.
/ have also a large number OF the best workmen
pIoyed at CUSTOM WORK, under the immediate direc-
subscriber who claims that ha wing - ysars
experience ia manufacture and custom work he is better
Enlistment in town.
aim keep none but the best OF stock and latest
styles OF goods, and great variety that none need
fail OF being pleased and prices reduced TO
respond with the low state Of the money HarSet.
invite everybody to give a call before purchasing
a co Ifd-nt that Offering better terms than
be had elsewhere.
REPAIRING DONE on SHORT NOTICE.
Country Merchants and Shoe Dealers buy Of me-
wholesale, cheap al Chicago any other west
market Tuovtl II. HANFORD, AGENT
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Plumbing, Plumbing.

TIAvING taken Up my residence in Ottawa, An new
prepared to introduce Hot and Cold Water int
Public Private Buildings will also furnish and put
up Water Closets, Bath Tubs, Hot and Cold Shower
Baths, Marble Slabs and Wash Basins, Lift and Force
Pumps, Lead Pipe and Sheet Lead, &C., &C. Having
the business for the last Is In tho
City of New York and Chicago, prepared to put
Water Works with neatness and despatch.
Orders left with VIM. Reddick, Esq, will be punctuaiiy
attended to.
Refer to Wm Reddick, ESQ, Ottawa, and me. Bell
Esq, Chicago. JAMES e. kENNEDf,
oc2 Plumber and HydrduAc Engineer.
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From the Milwaukee News.
What the "Opposition have Done.


The following gives historical view Of
the opposing parties in this country, from
the earliest period to the present time
The opposition to the democracy, since the
organization Of the government, have passed
the following laws:
The "alien law" in 179S, giving the Pres
ident John Adams) the power to order from
the country any unnaturaiiZed foreigner he
might deem suspicious person.
The "sedtion law" passed in 1898, by
which any person who wrote or published
ANYTHING against the President or members
of Congress, was liable to be heavily fined
and imprisoned, on conviction in the United
States court.
An act, passed in 1898, extending the
term Of naturalization of foreigners from
five TO fourteen years.
They passed the general bankrupt law in
1s4l, which enabled such persons as de-
sired to do so, to repudiate their old debts
They favored the high tariff of 1912,
which taxed The farmers, mechanics and la
boridg men, and those engaged in commerce
heavily for the berifit Of few manuiactur.
ers in New England.
These are all the important laws which
the opposition ever passed. Every one Of
them were repealed in less than four wears
after their passage. The opposition to the
Democracy were never continued IN power
by the people moro than one term. They
never elected but four Presidents, viz:
John Adams, in 1896.
John Q. Ada,na, IN 1924.
William II. Harrison, in 1910.
Zachary Taylor, in 1913.
The following Presidents were elected by
the Democracy against the the Efforts of the
opposition
Thomas jefferson, in 1900.
James Madison, in 1903.
James Monroe. in 1916.
Andrew Jackson, in 1923.
Martin Van Buren,, in 1886.
James X. Polk, in 1914.
Franklin Pierce, in 1892.
Jamos Buchanan, in 1896.
At the end Of Mr. Buchanan's term in
1861, the Democracy will have had the
Presidency forty-eight years 10 the opposi-
tons sixteen years. The Democrats have
had majority in Congress at least tii;y-iour
years to the oppositisn's ten years.
The opposition have opposed vainly and
ineff.ctively the following Democratic meas
urcs
The purchase Of Louisiana territory in
1903.
They opposed the war with Engadd in
1872.
They were willing the British should
search our vessels upon the high seas, and
take them, by force, American seanon.
They opposed the purchase Of Florida in
1873
They opposed the putting down Of that
dangerous and corrupt institution TO the no,
critics Of our country, mammoth national
bank.
They opposed the ad 1ption of the indie
pendent treasury law Of 1871.
They opposed the annexation Of Texas IN
1874 and 10
They opposed the Mexican war in 1876,
and sided with the enemies Of their country
throus hout the strugl-.
They opposed the purchase Of California
New Mexico and Utah, declaring that those
countries were not worth anything, aad de-
claring that We had territory enough.
They opposed the purchaee Of Arizona in
1851.
They never admitted State. They never
organised territory. They were always
against their country in time Of war.
Such are the main exploits Of the opposi-
ton 10 the Democracy.
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care you a skillful echanic. eyes,
SIR" "What can you make ?" "Oh, almost
anything in my line. Can you make devil ,
"Certalnly-just put up your foot. and will
split it in three senonds. ] never saw chap
in my life that required less alteration"
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The RATE OF INTEREST IL ENGLASD.-Ad.
vices from Eng and report pi liability that
the discount rate at the Bank of England
would be reduced to ,! per cent. The Lon
don Tunes, OF the 2Sth sayi
at must not he inferred that the antici-
pated reduction in the 5a; X terms OF discount
will constitute merely short prelude to a
new reign of speculation. Two and a-half
per cent, is familiar charge within modern
experience, and for long periods. In lsii
and 1915 ii prevailed for thirteen consecu-
tive months. and the same was the case in
1919 and 1850. Still later, namely, from
the commencement Of 1852, two and a half
and even two percent, were adopted during
an interval Of fourteen rnpnths. Indeed, for
nearly five years, dating from November,
1913, year after the railway crisis, three
percent was the highest rate, two and
half per cent being current exactly half the
time. There Is consequently no reason 10
assume in the present case that the step
vii! necessarily be of slight duration. Every
thing in that respect viii depend on the pos
sbility Of some new impulse being found
which shall enable mania to be got up
with entirely distinct features from any that
have been known before. A,tEou-h our pc
riodicai decisions have all inherently per-
feet similarity, the.r external signs are IN
sariablv novel After each former Crisis the
public considered themselves wonderfully
shrewd and were never again TO be led
wildly into anything Of the sJ:t. They were
safe until some fresh condition should arise
to which they could be told the rules of any
former ex, cricncc were wholly inappiiCa-
bic"
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1t seems that q bullet can be shot into
the heart without causing instant DEATH
Thomas Henly, of Atlanta, Georgia, who
was shot few days since, lived four days
and - hours with pistol ball in the right
ventricle of the heart.
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New Advancement.

UTILBCRN F. WALKER has removed to the corner
w room Of walker d HicsliEg's brick building.
n. md La sale H- has Combined
good and full General Merchandise Having
formed partnership With r. II. Raymo-d, their facii
ties for buying selling Will be equal any Horse in
the city
Their stock consist. OF Fresh Family Groceries Dry
Goods Boots and shoes Crock-Ty, Glass, Nails, tc
Produce bought and sold, exchanged the best OF
terms.
Old friend, and give US a call, and you shall be
uls ss.d both In quality and price. ". Z WALKER,
nOyf-ly +. II. RAYMDSD.
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Below we give table showing TIE respec-
tive legislative districts, with the political
completion in the last as well as the next
legislature. This table is complete, and if
there are any changes in the footincs thew
will be in favor Of the democracy.
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La SniIc County Official.

The official returns Of this county were
canvassed at so late an hour last evening,
that we have not time to set up a table Civ
ing the official vote by towns on all the can
didates and shall defer the cable uutil our
next. Meantime we give the foootings,