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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-11-13
Educated for the Cmiiowy.

Ira S,eut, the young man hung at RoCh.
ester, on the 22d for the murder Of Litiles,
his brother IN law, was brou lat up to crime
by his father. The wrctcned old man has
died since the murder, and the mother, who
appears to emtoGv al the virtue in the fam
lily, prayed with and parted with her crring
son but a few moments before he stepped
upon the scaitod.
Ira was , smart, intelligent boy, and ac-
cordiny to the preface to the pamphlet writ
ten by himself in boyhood was self,willrd
and reckless, and grew mp IN "unrestrained
Independence. II. attended school with
tulerahIe Steadinc.s, and read and studied at
times with excessive application. HIS cdu
cation was academic, comprising and extern
s;ve aCi Iaiu,ance with mathematics and
other branches, as well as literature, and
some knowledge ,f Latin and French.
At the age Of eleven, he began to develop
that dangerous adrotness of the pen " hich
we thIhk las contributed more 10 his down
fall and ruin than ary other influence. llis
father being expert forser, and connected
with gangs Of fcountrrfvitors in Canada, Ohio
and the central part of New York, ir, lived
in close association and under the 'iurisr'c-
ton Of his father and others. who at times
forced him TO perpetrate elaborate pieces OF
forgery, and other criminal negotiations. He
was trained ;;nier ifuenccS grossly iInnor-
a and corrupting his tuition in every spe-
cies OF the black art and scientific raScaIty
was complete, and his excessive mau,al ac-
tivity and energy made him An apt and rap
IL scholar. a short part Of his life was
passed in Canada under the instruct onS Of
several friends of his fathers, snder the
best engravers and forgers in that region,
and where Ira : acquaintance with the nan
of bad money-fiiling MP bank
bills and other Operations" peri. ted
| nicr these combined influences the worst
part o' his character was developed. And /
while Tia. intellectual WAS rendered more
acute, penetrating and confident, the moral
perception vas bluntcd, chilled and corrup-
ted. lie trav Ii TO different places under
the direction o! letters furnished by his faith
cr, visited those who were Intimately con
nectcd with the Northern. gangs, receiving
and conveying information Of any new coun-
tcrfeit issues, aud counters gning the forged
bIs for diticiut persons.
During his brief carrcar, young S:o':t
spent four years aud SIX months ia the Pen
>ylgania prison in solitary confn-mcnt-
In his writings he confrsses tie killing of
Littcs, but claims that it was not premvdi-
tcted murder.
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Ottaha fretGraotr.
why DousIa. was Victorious.

Tie Chicago Press & Tribune in long
and laborious article of the why's and where
fores of 1incolns defeat, becomes desperate
towards the close and pitches in generally
Deacon Bross says that Horace Greely, Of
the New York Tribune, the leading anti
slavery paper of the country. was in favor
of the re e-election Of Senator Douglas" Al
so the Albany Evening Journal was in ia.
vor OF Douglas" and the "Hcnry Clay
wings and Fillmore men and the Catholics
were in favor of Douglas; and also the
Southern Press advocated his cause" We
acknowledge all Of the above to be true, as
advocating the cause Of Douglas is advocat-
ing the cause of the people, and outside of
these causes we have black repuIlicanism
in all its glory, solitary and alone, underta.
king 20 deprive the people OF self govern
ment. Douglas is a union man, and Of
course the republican party Of Illinois can
not support any person who will not swear
vengeance against the soetb. Owen Love.
jov is the pride Of the republican party in
Illinois. He is their prophet and they s'eear
by him, and although he amounts to but
fgurehead in the councils Of the nation. yet
the republican party kneel, and lick his feet.
lie is their idol, their golden calf, and we
ask no greater blessing, than for them, that
6 cd may preserve him for all future time.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-11-13

Rev. John Abbott the sailor preacher, re-
Iates the following good story of oue Of his
converts 10 Temperance. -
Mr. johnson, At the close OF a -o'd water
lecture, in.inated ths, he must sisn the
pledge in his own way, which he did in
these words.
II, William Johnse-, pl.dg. myself to
drink no mere intoxicatin. liquor fer enc
year
Some though, n. wouldn't stick thre.
days, others allowed HIM week, and few
gave him two weeks; but the land!otd
knew him beat, and SAID he vas good stuff,
but at the end Of the year Bill ~nnd be y
good soaker. Before the year Was quite
gone, Mr. johnson was asked ny Mr. Abbott
Bill. amt you .einS to renew the pledge -
.Well, | don't know Jack. bnt wha.
will; nave don. pretty well so far; will
you 'ct Inc sign 1t again NV own way,'
go, yes, any way, SO you wont drink
rum"
lie writes
H. William johnson, On this pledge for
nine hundred and ninety nine years, and If
living d; the end Of that time, | intend 10
take ont a lease for life
A day or two after, Johnson went to see
his Cd landlord, WHO eyed him as a hank
does chicken. 80. landlord whiued
Bill. accompanied with suudry con,ortiuns
Of the body, il enduring ine most exert
cisting torment, Il Lay. such lump on nv
SIDE
That's because you have stopped drink
in. you won't live Two yaars longer al this
rate.
III co,nmcnce blinking, vi. the lump
60 away: =
A"Y,s. lfyou don't you will have aao,h-
er just such lump on the other side
DO you think -. llndlprd;'
Il knew II; you viii have then, on your
arms, back, breast and head; you Wi! be
covered a i over with humps"
Vel, may be viii" said Bu.
a. ONE. Is H." said the landlord, rlet's
drink together at the same time pouring
the red stutf from = decauter into his glass
-gue, gu-, gu-.
~, sad Johnson, Il cant, fcr | ave
sisncd the pledge acaln."
You amt though Yeu are foo
"l,s, that old sailor coaxeI 50 hard |
couldn't s-t OH.
Il wish the devil had the old rascal
Well, how long 30 you 20 this time: ~
For nine hundred and ninety nine years,
whispered Bir.
You won't:.~c year"
''Nei, If drink, are you sure the lump
on my side Will 90 away
"YcS"
"W.I guess won't drink here's the
Jump continued Rul, holding up some
thing with a hundred dollars in It; and YOU
say Iii have more such lumps--t.ats VIVA
want"
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TIUmbull.. Advice.

Trumbrll has written letter Of condo.
Ience tc the q lhicago Republicans. He clos
es by advising them Ito pick fiiuts and try
TO do better jt the rcrt election.' As the
next election VII be for a successor to
Trumbull, thd advice Of that grntleman is
regarded as particularly disnteres,ed- -
Chicago 3imes
And this rininds us OF another thing -
The next good JOB for the democracy, after
returning Do4glas TO the Senate, will be to
lay on the sh4! this unPrincipled and lying
denasngue and repudia;or of honest debts,
Lyman Trumbu.l. He has never yet ven
tured to submit his case to direc, vote OF
the people Of l'lino's. Our decided opinion
is, that hc wi, find such test even 4 rough
er road TO ira vel than i, was found by the
kind, sminab.e gentleman. Mr. Lincoln.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-11-13

y WONDERFUL MACHINE The meaSUr-
ing machine invented by Mr.. Whitworth, Of
England, for determining minute differences
OF leT 9Th seems to be ingenious almost be
yoad human appreciation. The accuracy of
the machine has been demonstrated bv
placing i. in a standard yard measure, made
OF bar OF steel, about three-quarters of an
inch square, having both of the ends per-
fec;lv true. One end Of the bar was then
placed in contact with the face e the ma
chine. and the other end, between 1t and
the other face of the machine, WAS in,erros-
ed small iisat piece Of steel, termed the
contact place, whose sides were also render
ed perfectly true and parallel. Eech divis
ion on the mcron,etcr represented The H.,
900, ,00Oth part Of an incli, and each time the
micr.mcter was moved only one division
forward, the expcrimentcr raised the contact
piece, allowing il To descend across the end
of the bar by its own gravity only. This
was repeated until the closer approx ma
tion of the surface prevented the contact
piece from descending when the measure
was completed, and the number on the mi
C ometer represented the dead length OF the
standard bar 10 1000, ,0OOth part Of an
inch-a result almost inconceIvablc.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-11-13

A HyHDEEp YEARS AGa.-Thc rittshur.h
(P. Al Post, alIudiug to the mar approach
Of the one Eundreth anniversary OF Old Fort
DuQucSne saws:
One hundred years ago there was net a
single white man in OHIO, Kentucky, Indi-
ana, and Illinois ter-itorys. Then, what is
now the most fiourshing part of America
was as little known "a the country srouud
the Mountains Of the Moon. IL was not un-
til l.G9 that the "Hunt.r of Kentucky" the
gallant and adventurous Boone, lett his
homo in North Carolina 10 become the first
settler of Kentucky. The first pioneers Of
Ohio did not settle until twenty years after
this time. A hundred years ago Canada
belonged TO France. and the whole popu!a-
lion ol the United States did not exceed Il
million and half of people. a hundred
yeas ago the great Frcdrick, of Prussia, was
performing those great exploits which have
made him immortal in military annals, and
with his little monarey was sustaining n
singe-handed contest with Russia, Austria,
and France, the three great powers ei Europe
combined. A hundred years ago Napoleon
was not born, and Washington was young
and modest Virginia colonel, and the great
events in the history of two worlds, in
which these great but disimilar men took
owed \ hundred years ago the United
States were the most loyal part of the Brit.
iSh Empire, and on the political horiSon no
speek indicated the struggle which, within
a score of years thereafter, established the
greatest Republic of the world. a hundred
year ago there were but four newspapers in
Aemerica, steam engines had not been:mas-
ined, and railroads and telesraphs had not
entered in TO the remotcst conceptions OF
man. When we come to look back at it
through the vista of history, we find that to
the century which has passed has been al
loted more important events. in their bear
ing upon the happiness of the world, than
almost any other which has elapsed since
the creation.
A'hundred years hence what will be the
developments? 1t is past finding out, ex-
cept in one thins-a thought which aston
ished Neixes when he stood upon Mount
Athos-all, with bit few exceptions, now
living, will be dead"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-11-13

y Prors DARKEY.-A correspondent gives
an amusing account Of negro baptsmal
scene on the Mississippi. which, whether It
occurred in this immediate latitude or not,
can be localized nevertheless. The daakey,s
name is given as " Bi. Bill:'
The bottom was slippery soap stone, which,
Just boy ond the point where sufficient depth
was obtained for proper administration of
the ordinance, broke suddenly ofinto deep
hole. Big Bill attempted to do as directed,
but like his race in matters Of religion gene
rally, overdd the thing his feet slipped from
under HIM, and down he went into the deep
hole, dragging the minister along with him
The astonished crowd :as horrified AS
they both disappeared beneath the surface.
For few seconds bubbles rose to he sur
face, to mark the place where they went
down. and then Big Bill, snortins and spout
ing water like porpoise, rcgained the shell
wing rock and made towards dry land, with
the minister clingins to his leg with bull dog
tenacity. They were both happily saved.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-11-13

A LAWYERS SroRr.-Tom strikes Dick
over the shoulders with a rattan az big as
your little finger. A lawyer in his indict-
ment, would tell you the story as follows:
And that whereas the said Thomas at the
said place on the year and day aforesaid, in
and upon the body Of the said Richard,
agains. the people of the State Of Pennsyl-
vania and their digninty did make q most
violent assault and inflictrd a great many
and divers blows, kicks cuffs, thumps,
humps. contusions, gshes. hurts, wounds.
damagca, ann injuries, in and upon the
head, and neck. breast, stomach, hi ps knees,
shins, and heels Of said Richard, with divers
sticks, canes, clubs, logs Of wood, stones,
dagcers. dlrks, swords, pistols, cutlasses.
bludgeons, blum. derbusses, and boarding
pixies, then and there Aeld in the hands.
fists, claws, and clutchet of him, the said
Thomas"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-11-13

Saturdays Chicago Hrafd, the DANTE
Organ, with startling array of black head
lines, makes the following announcement:
| On the eve Of going to press we have re-
ceived private dispatches from Cairo, Jones
boro, Shawnrtown and other points in Egypt
assuring us Of the election of t,cO, and prob
ably, thee National Democrats to the Lower
House, and assuring us, also, that three of
the Democratic Senators holding over will,
yond doubt, oppose the reelection Of
Douglas. Added to this good news, we have
the assurance that several Of the Senators
and Representatives just elected, and sup
Posed to be favorable to Douglas, will no,
support him, but will MAINTAIN the integri.
~ Of the Democratic party of the country
by voting for Judge Breese, or some other
good and reliable Democrat
This intelligence comes to us in such
shapes and from sources So reliable that We
cannot doubt it-cannot doubt that Mr..
Douglas will be defeated in his efforts to Sc
cure his reelection to the U. S. Senate.
The only explanation or comment this
needs is what the DANTE Postmaster in Chi
caso says openly on the streets. He ad-
dresses the Douglas men thus: "Win, the
people have voted, and you think you have
carried the legislation for Douglas; but rec
collect, gentlemen, James Bucharan has vet
I" vote. You must not be to sure that your
members will ell stick"
Se-ho' that the game is it The Pres
ident is 70 try what effect the Establishments
Of office can have in corrup,ing the Dougla.
members of III Legislature. We ID not be-
lieve the President is mean enough TO make .
any such attempts on the virtue Of an Hin .
ois. democrat in the legislature but if he .
docs, wcl 90 our next hcad on il, he met
a rebuff that will be remembered
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As we Expected.

The s.. Louis Er>n!ng NeUs, on the au.
thori,y of F. 7. Blair, ,Jr., himself, pronoun-
the letter over his signature, Of which
thousands were printed on the eve of the
election in this stat. at the Tribune office in
Chicago, ard OF Which hundred were Sc
cret'y posicd at every corner in our city on
election day-a forgery. The miserable
thing was so regarded by every voter here,
and had no other effect than - still lower
in public estimation the jnfamou: establish
ment tat pu, the thing aaoa,.
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From MIS- J,ns>oS', "Pa.-ANT LIFE ~ Gv'vTvy
Castle LIfe an: jeduaI Robbers,

We never had any remarkable reverence
for those who 'iwcit in castles, and the more
VIC know of their lives, the more We wonder
that so many should Still Ike 20 boast an
ancestry among their numbers. They were
iite else than =. bsn! Of highway robbers, as
our Old chrouicler remarks. and obtained
their living entirely by oppression anT cy-
actions. Upon al the roads they kept
agents, or enj>Sisries, TO demand OF travel
els tribute, which they knew it was useless
to refuse, as death OF a dungeon was their
on.y alternative An archbishop of Cologne
having built a castle, appointed a governor
to suprrIuteud 1t. GA being asked now he
was to Toe furnished with a revenue To sup
port ais household, and promote the interest
0. his .ord the prelate merely observed
that his castle stood at h. J,,,cttoH 2t, or
~o3ds BY the plumber Of the honest way
iarcr. were the hIghl 81 di.H:tari,s Of church
oil state maintained.
1t was citizen of Mayence Who frs: pro-
posed league among the inhabita"tS Of
cities and towns for mutual protection
against these maraudrrS. whIcn resulted in
what was termed thc ''Rheuish League"
and by dcprivins them OF the revenues they
50 uniuSty obtained they were forced TO de-
Seri lneir castles and the ruins which are
scattered over Ihr hils aud valleys on the
Rhine, owe the p cturesque state 10 which
measures Of the people. IN depupu'ating the
strongholds o; 4 set OF idle vagaJ 0nus VINO
lived Uv tyranny and Iaciue.
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Obituary.
DlED--Of rebellion foul, di,houorci word
Whose wrongful slight oft has stained

DltD--oI rtDti0n iDul, d~hOuOrPi word,
Whose wrongful slight oft has stained
The hottest cause that tongue sword
OF mortal ever lost gained,
On Tuesday t!'e 2d of Novcmbrr IS, the Republican
and DANTE factions of Illinois. r ey were disposed
under the same process which exteruinated the snake
n Ire and placing the tail OF each suoth (
makes mouth. they d.voured themselves.
lcs-lapless ones-you'y. locke your Inst
Your hearts should all have broken then
The dream is s'cr-you'r re doc is cast
lh.hh t"'i-you nr'er can rise again!
:, Now hapless Danites, now, alas,
What hope is Lett for you E: for yon
Whose yet warm pill Of sacrifice
IS SMOKING IN your y-ng-ful eyes
our swords how keen, how fierce they knee
Ana burn with shame to find how few.
crushed down by power and influence,
Snlhc found their graves wler- first they stood
While some with nIranii-st struggle died.
Above them tolls the honest few,
To Douglas and their country true,
Still fought they nn 10y Douglas -i,ie,
Who fronting to the Toe trod back
Tow rds tn high towers his winning track
And as a lion swept away
by sudden swell OF JOrdans pride
From the Wild covert where he lay.
Long battles with the h-lrn. tide,
So fought he back with fierce delay.
And kept both foes and fate at buy.
But wlIIther now their track i. lost,
Their prey escsp'd-guide, torches gone
By t"rrent-b-ds and la'1riuths ,rost,
Ths hreng crowd rush Lndly on
"Curse nn those tar',y lights that wind"
They painting cry, so far b-hiiId--
Oh for "a bloodi.ound's precious scent.
I" track the way that Douglas went -
Vain 1i>i--ccniusedy along
They rush more desperate as more wrong:
TIL, widcretI by the far off lights,
Yet ct;cring up the gloomy heights,
Their footing, niaz-d aud lost they n.iss
Aud down the iarkling pr.cipce
Are dashed into the deed aby>s
OR midway hang. i'npIl'd rocks,
banquet, yet alive, for iDcks
oi rav-niug Nuiturrs-whiie the dell
Re echoes with each hOrrid yell
Those sounds-the last to vengeance dear,
That e'er shall ring in Old Bucks ear,
Suw reach him Iloft, alone,
la the WHITE HprSg at " W.sHIxGroS.
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\ Fi.EAk or NATuRE-Mr Nc~ta' ycstcr,
day requested Us to 80 to the Commercial
Hotel 10 s-e rare iE:is ndtG5Ur. He has a
GIL who has four legs aud feet. an! two
heads, tonr arms and the upper part of two
bodies. perfectly formed, with the exception
that the heart of one o: these bodies is in the
right side instead Of the left. hut though it
IS double as 10 It's head, arms and legs. vt
in its spinal and pc'vis arrangements it is
one. Is two heads are very intelligent. and
answer and s!ng together. In aSwering
questions asked by any one, both answer
together and in the same words, or il differ
ent questions are asked, each answers diff
erentlv. In walking the girl uses two or
four legs, which ever happens to he the
most convenient. In eating she uses both
mouths, though il is supposed tina, one will
answer as we'll a there is but one set Of d.
gestive organs. |; is more wonderful than
the Siamese TwinS-they were two persons
joined together by membrane. This girl
is two persons with one body quality az
uHity.-C CiEciHncti Gazette.
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The democrats have dcne better in Wis
consin and Michigan a, the late election than
We had imagined. They have gained at
least one Congressman in each of those
states, aud greatly cut down the republican
majorities. In Wisconsin, Charles II. Lar
abee, in the 81 district, has beaten Billing
hurst, his republican competitor; and in
Michigan. Cooper, dem, is elected in the
first district over Howard. republican.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-11-13

LAYING SUBMARINE CABLE ACROSS TIE
NIAGARA-The Buffalo Commercial says a
submarine cable was being laid across the
Niagara on Saturday. The cable is por-
ton Of that employed in the Gulf Of New
foundand, but abandoned on account OF be-
ing too heavy. II is wound upon large
reel, which was placed oa scow, and towed
by steam tug across the river. The cable
is about one inch and half in diameter, and
contains three conducting wires, each one
being thoroughly insulated. Its weight and
strength peculiarly fit it for the swift cur
rent cf the Niagara. Its length is something
over three. four,hs Of a mile. The machine
ry employed in the submerson is the same
that has been used by the same company in
LAYING cables in the ST. Lawrence ard other
rivers. The Buffalo and Lake Huron Rail
way Company will use one of the conduct
ing wires in the present cable, the Montreal
Telegraph company second, ard the other
is to spare. The connection with the Mon
treal Telegraph Company, from this side,
has, heretofore, been effected at the Suspcn-
sion Bridge.
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Wagon Mandatory,

FINHE subscriber respectfully returns his thanks the
public for their past very liberal patronage,
takes occasion say, that he has enlarged and newly
fitted mp his Wagon shop at his Old stand Columbus
ST.. and is prepared make and finish the
plete and durable Farm Wagon offered in this market
He that sensible person shall be troubled
with any " embarrassment in deciding upon the supe-
riority n lis Wagons. He imports material from
New Jersey Missouri with which TO mislead the pub
lic but relies the native timber Of the
west Having taken the Diploma a the County Fair
for the best Farm Wagon in every respect he is pre-
pared to make more OF the same quality if desired.
WM. PALMER.