The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-02-26

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New York. This story grows more sne
more interesting rs il progresses.
The Government of Paris.
The editorial correspondent of the New
York Express give the following hatter!ng
| picture of Paris:
at is impossible to say the people are not
| happy. 1t is impossible to deny that there
is less beggary, less apparent poverty, than
| in the city OF New York Or London. |, Is
Impossible not to confess that this city GO
vsrnment is far superior TO that OF Tie city
Of New York as light is to darkness. IL Is
impossible not to own gp also thstii lie. iiber-
ty and law, are far securer there than with
u.s. 1t is not necessary 10 own the city 60
vernnent is far more hor estly, uprightiy,
and straightforwardlv administered than
with US. The police are vig'lant, polite, and
in the general incoTruptih'e. Life III every
alley OF Paris is as safe by night as by day.
Order is universal, ard hence decorum is
universal too 4 murder here stsrtieS the
people, and escape for the murderer IS al
most sn inpo-sibllty. 1t is no more imp"s-
sible here 10 buy thing through the city
government. than II would have been posi-
bic TO buy 4 thing through the cabinet OF
George " Washington. burs.sries, II not
quite, are almost unknown. Thieves are
very uncommon; that is thieves hy pro'eG
sion. \ Piesporset here could not drive his
trade a dav | feel so safe that | do not
even lock nv door az night, though in
house where t1rls are numerous other ian.i-
. ~ DaETg
"lhe city iI4s.., and the judges OF the
eInpiI. are universally ucnrVtd IL be anovr
a! blihc., a. IL. .!.,cn-e. El.'tsn 1r.-s> II b.
that 81 ,ile es,rt, <h,,h c.rs- aot iDf things
smsl 4 cria.iusl 90 irt c-nh"t Ged.e t8e
i..s a. x.;i. ~. y NE.t TIE Cda.t 4 .uuIA to
the gallons .Iii.;i,.e must go u..ie, IN
spite of ga be- ~ '.-yvr-, -. .o..sr--
The psriun'ng porer - not vhrtc.ei TO let
IL. IL. r,.csl VINO C.T i.'ius L. taS i.o'- NJ
m.rnuS ii.sni- ara Ea:nrrou, votes. Al
articles icft H. =, oTnitus OF r.uLtc vehi-
ct j. almost ccIl. ~ b. restored to .ou -
Tie Pp'icr
"Wa,es pat IN YOUR mix " the n.... man
CT mix veUier cons -us the s..r-Jl..H T. ~,
fur tvo Gr thr"- months, snI 80 --tj Jet.
MIN to 5 s'..rp t.-. t.. jasrns. ~itain
four week. p..t lave b1.a-;.t "a fl'''Ic 70
tice three CsS,S II t.. pi1iEiIiG nj
Wrongful -. s.,t. ~ In.-.'iT's 49, ~ W
y-i.ly. =" cer;.iH'y punished. '!.si n'ue but
very foo i.A :g.I.-IH.H Nng.i aiic..ft
fraud .l-ac- your coal, ysu' 80 i, - vel
a. your I..esl a;.s your .a:-r, af- certain TO
be Of weight. Iae mixture OF improper
materials in dread, or n cotve, or n sugar,
OF in anything else, j an experiment too
dangerous too be often attempted. II the
poice dl not end Il cut, wttyh!u chera'ea!
ans'vs,s 1uil -1pn have the cu' prit NJ.
Hence, when you bay thing, you know
what YOU '.uv-snd yoI may "a into Nv
e3.I'> e-tshl! .hIn-nt, however ignorant you
are Gf god or brsss, and feel certain You a-c
tod Ia. truth. wnrH yod are told ih'> },
gold. iis> - diamond. TINS = ru1y. &.
&. DO you wonder, ;hen, that {. \es ois
aTsu.cr ct tTvtoh water icr n K. "T
thinker of S-iil mjia-t,at New ok eat
er OF a. rts Of stuff FOR bread or coffee,
g.. j. a little ashamed Of such things over
Here: o. that New Yorker becomes be-
wIt'!ei VIZ 4 universal suii Ta-e govern
ment, rh:cn youcA,atts TO society. AMI Is
households. aud Is >tomacbs. such UnjYeT-
81 t.!ess'nys a. iht> , ILIyeI, | An com
PEELED in spite o. myself, 10 cEn W, and
thus publicly declare, ia / N the city go
verumsn;, We are hail savage bsroariaus in
frog eating Fgenchmeu. They hot oily beat
Us al TO pieces in thg equity and eql'itv,
- vel. IS universally .t suffrage, but they
show us products OF it that put Us -AmeEl-
csns to shame. Don't wonder then that |
am bssitcbed-
ASoTHEK DF,PEEADo ~ THE ALToS PENI-
TENIiaRY Superintendent Rutherford, com
incnicstrs tie particulars OF case which oc-
Cured in the pcniten,isry last week. On
Tuesday one oil tn. prisoners. Tor lHsuoord!-
nation. was sent 70 his cell. Soon after
being sent there, word Wa, communicated to
the guard that he had knife secreted shout
his person. This fact was pat in possession
OF Deputy Warden Wells whc gave orders
tbat the prisoner should strip hiRseif in his
cell, leave his clothing upon the floor, and
come Iut that il might se searched. fhi,
order be refused 10 comply with. Every
effort was made to IL duce iifin TO obey, but
he was misunderstanding he wou.i de
first. II was accordingly ordered that no
food should be given him till he yielded
The officers became convinced that he had
In f.. and would use il if ne got a chance
Daring the ioiioaiDg day he was expestuia-
ted with. through the grated door, by the
Deputy Warden, by the superintendent, and
by Others. for his conduct but remained
stubborn, declaring that he would stsrvc
himself to death before he would cbey the
order. Strict watch WAS kept over hiu! to
see that ne did not iriure himself, and during
repeated conversations with him, the Penl-
Tertiary Physic'sn, d.. Williams, way by 70
note If he was becoming deriouS. The con.
:ineiuent commenced on Tuesday immediate
Iy after dinner Through " edDesGsy, thro
J 1hurs lay. through Friday, he held out
Going To his cell about ore O'Clock or Sa
:uraiav afternoon, the officers asaed him 10
rise from his bed attempting TO do 50 be
teil, an,. It being discovered that he WAS
so weak that he could not use the knife, the
doar was opened and in a few minutes il;
was seen that he WAS little deiericus. He
was Immediately cared for. Upon being
searched the knife wss found upon him
The blade was about four inches long, snd
ground down to a dagger point making 1t a
very dangerous weapon. 1t will be coserv
ed that b. took no food for about 81 hours
over four dsys.-itton Ceur.er.
The well known Ahner kneelanf, who
more than twenty years ago went from bos-
ten TO the West, To establish his system,
made a careful experiment al farmngton,
Iowa A recent visitor to the place says
that he formed quite colony and made
vigorous efforts 10 extend his principles
but now his name is fast falling into ohiv-
iop, and but few of his followers survive
hlrn Al! public inidel meetings have long
since been abandoned, aud scarce an at
tempt is nov made to uphold the system
Mr. kneclsud's family still reside in the
homestead where he died, and still adhere
to the principles which he taught them
! The immediate neichborhood-wh hich NJ.
/ hnceland named Sa'ubris, sbout a mile be
| low Pennington, on the Des Moines river
! contains several intidsl families, the dStric;
school Of which neighborhood is under the
! charge Of q Christian teacher.