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across the ripplemarked sands Of lake
or estuary. 1t more resembled a frog or
toad than any animal with which we are
now acquainted but to the batraehian
peculiarities it added certain crocodiliau
features, and in size nearly rivaled one
of our small Highland oxen. The prints
it made very much resembled those of a
human hand but, as in the frog, the
hinder paws were fully thrice the size of
the fore ones; and there was a gigantic
massiveness in the finger and thumb,
which those of the human hand never
possess. Onward the creature went,
slowly and deliberately, on some unknown
errand, prompted by IFS instincts; and
as the margin of the sea or lake, lately
deserted by the water, possessed the nee
essary Elasticity, it retained every i'm
preston sharply. The wind was blow
ing strongly at the time, and the heavens
were dark with gathering shower
On came the rain the drops were heavy
and large; and, beaten aslant by the
wind, they penetrated the sand, not per
pendicularly, as they would have done
had they fallen during a calm, but at q
considerable angle. But such was the
weight of the reptile, that, though the
rain drops sank deeply into the sand OF
every side, they made but comparatively
faint impressions in It's footprints, where
the compressiye effect Of its tread rem
dered the resisting mass more irm.-
We have here, in single slab,' say
DIR. Buckland, in referring, in his address
to the Geological Society for 1910, I,
these very footprints, and their ad
juncts-'we have here, in a single slab, {
combination of proofs as to meteoric by
drostatic, and locomotive phenomena
which occurred at time incalculably re
mote, in the atmosphere, the water, an
the movements of animals, from whicl
we infer, with the certainty of cumula
| tive circumstantial evidence, the direction
of the wind, the depth and course of tn
water, and the quarter towards which ar
imals were passing. The latter is ind
Gated by the direction of the footstep
which form the track; the size and cul
vature of the ripple-marks OF the san'
! now converted into sandstone, show th
depth and direction of the current; Will
the oblique impressions of the rain-droE
register the point from which the win
was blowing at or about the time whc
animals were passing
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20
From the Boston Journal.
ACTORS IN THE EUROPEAN DRAMA

While we are waiting for the clash of
resounding arms" from Europe, it may
be of interest to take a rapid glance at
the prominent men who are connected
with the crisis. From present appear
ances, the various national forces now
mastering upon Sardinian soil viii be
under the nominal-aud possibly, iu time,
the real-command of their respective
monarchs. Courtesy, therefore, requires
US to give them the precedence in our
list.
Loais Napoleon, Emperor Of France
whose reputation is now to be tried in
the fiery furnace of his own heating,
mainly-is too well known to the world
to need much sketching at our hands
He was 81 years old on the 2oth Of
April last After an adventurous youth
and early manhood, he was elected rep
resentalive in the National Assembly in
1913, from which post be was soon raised
to the Presidency, and thence raised tc
imperial power. lie was formerly ae.
courted hair-brained and Eighty, but a
Emperor has shown himself as patien
and inscrutable as the stony Sphyn'
which stares at Us from the banks Of thl
Nile ia all standard Biographies. lie i
now anxious to add the generals fame 4
that Of the statesman.
/ Francis Joseph, Emperor Of Austria
was born ia August, 1880, aud is conse
quently bat nearly twenty-nine years q
age. lie Is q son Of the Archduke Fran
els Joseph. He was declared majo
December, 1913, and succeeded bis uncI'
Ferdinand l., ,gho abdieated Decembe
I 2, 1913, through the remuneration BY hi
!, father Of tue succession. lie has show
more administrative ability than be wa
{ supposed 10 possess--alihoDgh il is sai
tlai much Of bis success Is owing 70 hi
6 mother, the Archdaeheas Sophia III
! personal partiei patton ID The war aitfaei
: much interest.
Victor ErnmanBei, King Of sardint
. was born March IA, 1920 lie acceds
/ 70 tie throas Ia 1888, on bis fathers 81
e dicasion, after being defeated BY ii
= Aastrians Hia REIGN has bern emineu
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20

ging his footsteps all day, or at least fer
the last three hours, and he has reason
to think that it is some assassin waiting
only for darkness to rob, and perhaps
murder him; and he wishes as to keep
him if possible, said Nellie, retnrning,af-
ter delivering her sisters message.
IN 90 and see him, and if be looks
honest l will keep him. said Julia, has.
teniug from the room, but soon returned,
followed By the stranger, young, light
haired gentleman, Of prepossessing man
ner, who introduced himself as Edgar
Mordaunt.
The evening hours passed swiftly the
girls were in their highest spirits, and be-
fore the hour for retiring came, they be-
gan to regard Mr.. Mordaunt as a very
agreeable visitor.
At last, after the clock tolled the hour
of eleven, the party separated. Kate
Granger and Julia Lambert were to oe-
cupy the sleeping apartment below EN-
ma Granger and Nellie Lambert the one
above, while Rr. Mordaunt was to have
undisputed possession OF the attic.
Two hours passed, and Nellie an En-
ma were suddenly awakened by a noise
in the lower rooms-they arose and lis.
tened It is the pedlar numbering the
girls said Emma, in hoarse voice.
No, am here, be quiet for your
lives, said low voice at the door, which
they Immediately recognized as Mr.. Nor,
daunt's.
For a moment a death-like stillnes:
reigned, then came the sharp ringing re
port Of a pistol, and a heavy fall.
Both girls rushed simultaneously Il
the door-the bright moonlight streamet
in through the unshuttered easement ant
revealed the pedlar standing in the cen
ter Of the hall, holding in his hand tht
pistol he had just discharged, while upol
the floor before him lay the dark body 0
man, still grasping in his quiverin.
, hand heavy knife.
= A light was quickly struck, and tn
three trembling with apprehension des
cended to the room occupied by the girl.
= Here their worst fears we're realized
], Upon the bed lay Julia weltering in he
G gore, her throat cut from ear to ear
e while stretched upon the floor, was th
S lifeless body Of Kate.
] 1t were vain to attempt descriptio
q Of what followed-of the heart-rendin
cries Of the two girls-of the deep unut
cradle anguish of the bereaved parents
when they became aware Of their loss
at the bitter Eemorse Of Mordaunt, wh
was, in fact, The innocent cause Of ii
n dreadful tragedy.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20

EFFECT or CLIMATE on NATIONS
1t is certain that excessively bot climates
are unfavorable to the population, wealth,
civilization, refinement and general pros
perity Of nations; for, although the trop-
ical zone abounds with delicious fruits
and other aliments,il is deluged with rains
for six months, attended with dreadful
hurricanes, aud parched drouth during
the remainder Of the year while the fre-
quency Of earthquakes and volcanic erup-
tions causes the overthrow Of many cities
and ihs destruction Of many thousand
lives, no; 70 mention the pestilenlial char
acter Of tue atmosphere. Such is the
delelerious influence Of the torrid zone
on the growth Of population, that in the
yasi continent Of Africa il does not ex-
ceed 81 7,090.0 900, or # we take the esti-
mate Of BaIbi, 6o000,000, on a territory
Of IL ,0G0,0 200 square miles, large pro-
portion Of which Is found above north
latitude 80 degrees, where the mean tenn
peratUre Of the year varies from 7s to
IS degrees, aud where considerable adj
Vances have been made in wealth, civil
zation, arls, sciences and social improve
menls a. IN ancient Egypt, Carthage, and
ether Phaanician sGates.--lHeteaLfoa Cal
ORC.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20

A FAMILY PUzzLE.-The family Of
Mrs. Lucinda Burr, of North Wilbra-
ham, according to the Palmer Journal,
consists of one father, three mothers
two grandmothers, one great grandmoth-
er, two widows, three children, one hus-
band, one wife, two daughters, one
granddaughter, one son, one grandson
one great-grandson, one mother-in-law
and one son-in-law yet the family mum.
bers but five persons who all live under
the same roof.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20

E He who learns and makes no use of
his learning, is beast of burden with a
load of books.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20

G. There Is no landing On the shore
Of felicity without sailing IN the bark Of
fideiay
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20

"a 1t is through inward health that
we enjoy all outward things.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20

g" Don't harrow up my feelings, !"
as the worm said when the plow was
passing over him.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-05-20

G A friend that you buy with pres
ents viii be bought from you.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03
From sSirope.

The Steamer Washington and Indian.
which arrived on the Doth, bringing Euro
pean dates down to the 18th uit The
news is not important,-unlcss- significance
is attached to the item that the Zurich
conference was at dead lock, and tina,
Napoleon had exhibited symptoms Of an
noyance ~ Tie conduct OF the court of
Vienna. The grand military fete Of the
entry Of the Italian army into the city
was the event Of the week in Paris Ma
poleon granted Il fall pardon on the occa
sion to about 100 persons who had been
imprisoned for political offences.
The British parliament was procogucd
on the 10th
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

national FAB. AT CHIcAGo-As all the
world and his wife expect 10 go 10 the
great Fair in Chicago this Fall, and intend
to do upa large share of trading while
there we wish to call their attention TO
the great Clothing establishment of Tap
pan, No. l0. Randolph street in that city
To visit Chicago at any time without going
to Tappans, argues one of two things
either that one needs no Clothes, or that
he is not properly posted as to the best
place to buy them
The immense variety Of styles and quail
tiles of good. kept at this house, and the
almost infinite range OF price, together
with the fact that Tsppan keeps none but
the very best of every grade OF goods
render il tie place TO get just what one
wants. Besides Tappan does business en-
tircly for Cash, and marks on each article
tie Lo,cea selling price from which there ia
no deviation under any circumstances
We advise our readers 70 cut dis on: and
preserve 1t so as not 10 forget the nurJer
and 10 call there when they go 10 Chicago.
They viii hud the best assortment of the
hes, goods, at the lowest prices at which
they can be sold, and that every part of
Tappan's business Is done on the azure.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

WASHINGTON NATIONAL MoNUNENT.-Our
readers have probably noticed, within a
few weeks past, statement that steps
We're being taken to have the various post
masters throughout the country receive
and forward contributions to aid in COM
pleting the Warrington Monument. Our
post master has received printed instruc-
tions in relation to the matter, and, We are
pleased to see, has fixed a handsome con-
tribution box directly over the general de-
livery. Persons can therefore have an
opportunity Of contributing whatever they
feel able to, to aid in this laudable enter
paise
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

ATLANTIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of the
September No. The Life 4 Works Of AIRY
Scheffer Visit to Martha's Vineyard; Oc-
tober to May; The Eie,sina; The Minis
tiers Wooing; Once and Now; A Trip to
Cuba; Zelma's Vow; The Murder of the
1nnocents; Ny Double. and How He L n
did Me; The Singer; The Professor at the
Breakfast Table Review and Literary No
tees: Recent American Publications.
Published by Philips, Sampson Il Co,
IL Winter st. Boston, at g per annurn, or
s. TO clubs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

trustee Sale.
WHEREAS, default having been made in the paw
w ment of q certain promissory made by George
Bristol of the city of Ottawa, county of LA Sale and
State of Illinois, bearing date November oath, 1884, for
ter date with interest the of per after
maturity and particularly described in and secured by
deed bears date the 25th day of November, 1857, and
duly executed by said Geo. Bristol and Emily A, his
whe' and recorded IN the Recorder once IN LA Sale
County, illinois, in Book SO pages $40, &C. upon the
al estate hereinafter described. Aud application hav
ing been made by the legal holders Of said NOTE
to sell said premises in accordance with the power Of
sale in said trust deed contained.
Public notice is therefore hereby given, that on Mon
day, the 29th day Of August 1859, at IL o'clock Of
said day. the door OF the Court House the city Of
La Sale county, Illinois, shall at public
auction the highest bidder cash. all the right IT,
tie, interest and equity of redemption of the said
George Bristol and his said wife, their heirs executors
ADMINISTRATORS and assigns, conveyed to Inc by SAID
trust deed. in and to the premises therein described
situate and being in Ottawa aforesaid, viz:
That part of out lot No fftyseven CD DIETER F. in
the southwest fractional quarter of eleven Il ~,
town thirtythree 3) north of range three ) east Of
the third principal meridian, commencing six feet
east Of the of said out lot thence east
on the south line OF Main street hundred and sixty
feet 900; thence south eight (S) fe.t thence west
hundred and sixty Q6o) thence north to the place
of beginning. Also, that part of out let t5s
Qe!ter E. commencing hundred and thirty two QS2)
feet of the northwest OF said out lot in the
fractional quarter aforesaid thence ninety four
90 feet thence south sixtysx 600 feet thence west
ninety (94 feet; thence north sixty SIX Veo ee
the place Of beginning Also that part OF Out 10y No.
fifty nine (59) (etter d. lying in the above named
tona quarter section, commencing sixty-sx (6C) feet
east of said out lo thence east
one hundred and sixty 1900 feet thence soutI silly
AIN 6s, feet thence ives! one hundred and sixty Goo
feet thence north sixty six 66 feet to the place Of be-
ginning Also the undivided hal Of .ne m %
fractional quarter section, commencing sixtysix 6)
feet east Of north west corner OF said out lot No.
.ixtv go, deter Co. east two hundred and forty
l94o feet thence forty six 4 feet thence west
two hundred and forty GAO feet thence north to the
Mace of beginning Also lot No two (2 in block een
u5) in the original town (now city, Of Ottawa:
H. r. EAMES, Trustee.
The above sale Is postponed until Tuesday, the 9th
day Of September, 1859, At 10 O'Clock An.
H.F. EAMEs, Trustee.
CLOWN CooK, Att'ys. sePS ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

The NATIONAL Hotel PERC.-We are
pleased to see that our old friend 7. I.
Moon, or more Familiarity known here "a
Tom Moore, who formerly presided over
the Hoffman House, in Peru, with such
general satisfaction, has taken the Nation
al Hotel, in that city. and is giving il a
thorough overhauling with a view of max
as comfortable places to stop at The
house is located in the business part of
the city and will be found aplcasant place
to stop at by those who visis Peru for bus
ness PURPOSES.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

BLACKwooD's MAGAZINE - Contents of
August No. are, London Exhibition-Con-
hict of the Schools; The Luck of Lady
smede; Lord Macaulay and the Highlands;
Leaders of the Observation-Disclosures, Cal
vim, Latimer, Knox: Felcits; The Mas
ter Of Sinclairs Narrative of the -; The
Haunted and the Haunters The Peace
What is it?
"The Luck of Lady mede" becomes in
teresting as Che story progresses, and pro
misses to be one of BLackecoods most charm
ing Norelsnss. The article on Macaulay"
is another of those damaging criticisms
against which the great historian viii find
it difficult to defend himself The writer
yields a keen, sarcastic pen-a veritable
.Scalpei-and shows no mercy to his victim.
"Felicita,' is the title of new tale
which opens invitingly. The other arti-
cles in this number, especially the late
Peace, are OF unusual interest
e All the British Periodicals, at the pre-
sent crisis, are discussing freely and with
consummate ability, the great questions
which now agitate the Nations of Europe
This gives them increased interest to
American readers The Four Reviews "
and Blackwood," republished by l..
Scott d Co. are the oldest and ablest, and
may be had at the extremely low rate OF
$40 per annum, for the whole five works.
LONDON QUARTERLY REvIEw-The pre-
sent No opens with an article Of surpas.
sing interest on the Life of Erasmus, who
is designated as the Great Reforlner be.
fore the Reformation;" the next article is
" Life Assurance" a most entertaining ar,
ticle on an apparently very dry subject;
Popular Music of the Olden Time" is an
admirable review Of late work by Chap
man. THE Progress of Geology isl
ands of the Pacific" and Burgon's Life
of Tytler," are all good articles. The No.
closes with a mastery paper on the In
vasion by France, giving a gloomy pic
ture of the preparations of defence by
England against such an event. Publish
ed by L. Scott ~ Co, n. y, at 50 per an
mum.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

Messrs. \. B. Judd, VIM. B. Plato, O. III.
Browning, and other chiefs Of the Black
Republican army are in town, supposed TO
be fixing up the spots incurred by picca-
dillos of the State officials. Among cur
rent rumors is one that part Of the bu-i-
ness of these gentlemen is to discharge
some formidable pegs which have been
set by Mr. SWEET of Mclean, to secure the
Republican gubernatorial nomination. 1t
is said that he has spoiled Nj Judd :
plans in q dozen or more northern coun-
ties which, with Wentworth's edict that
Judd shall not be the candidate, has mar
red long studied and supposed well es-
tablished programme.-.Sprinqfsd R,g.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

THE PRIxrEE-The August No of this
chet-}G,are of the art preservative is al
ready received, for which the publishers
have our thanks. AS periodical, it is
doing more to bring about uniform, sys-
tema1ic course of action among printers,
and is spreading more important and cor
rect information relative to the various
branches of the printing business than
any other source we know Of 1t should
be in the hands OF every printer in the
country.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

An officer on board an English ship,
describing a cyclone in the Arabian sea,
says: There seemed some thing mex
plicably strange IN the appearance of nat
ure Heavy dark masses OF clouds tum-
bled and rolled about in dire confusion, a
calm fell suddenly, and the air became
thick and heavy, causing difficulty in res
piration The sea, initiating the clouds,
rose in crested masses. The ship became
inundated with numbers of beautiful but
terfiies and many species of sea birds crow
ded the deck, and lay with dropping wing
completely exhausted, some even entering
the cabin"
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Gttana freeGraatr.
OTTAWA, ILL, SEPTEMBER 3, 1859.

TuE FAEs-The La Sale County Fair
commences 1T Ottawa on the 9th of Sep
TENDER next.
The Illinois State Fair will be held at
Trccport sept. 9TH. 9th, 9Th Sth and 9th
The United States Fair at Chicago, from
September 18th to 18th inclusive
The Grundy County Fair will be held at
Morris from the 10Th to 22d Sept
The Fair of the Buel Institute, at Hen
nepin. October 9TH, 9th and eth.
The st Louis Fair commences on the
o6th Of September
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

iEyEy SEMINARY Il FEMALE COLLEGE,
Tins educational institution is no unknown
u o';r citizens many Of them having here
t,fore, 10y sealing their daughters proved
it. excellence. The trustees announce that
they HAYES ccurci the services of the Rev
D + Lummis, \ NJ, formerly of the
Fulton Seminary, as President, and his
accomplished lady as Governess. y new
term commences on the 18th inst. Tuiti-
o. charges are about As low rs ordinary
private schools, while boarding is furnish
.d at 81, 40 a week, or $50, per annum.
Henry, Marshal Co. Ill, the location OF
the school, Is a beautiful village of some
> 49, Inhabitants, on the bureau Valley r.
T.. - miles north Of Peoria
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

Friend BEEBE, in the Peru Herald Of the
lst inst, informs us that our friends are
bringing us out as 8 candidate for County
Treasurer. We are much Obliged TO him
for the following complimentary notice
which accompanied the information: yet
we must correct friend Beebe in. this par
ticular: it is our brother MosEs OsMAx who
has been spoken of in connection with the
Treasurer Office instead Of ourselves But
as he has been for many years connected
with the Free Trader, We consider him just
as much entitled to the compliment as
we are. The Herald says;
We understand that the friends Of Mr.
VIM. Osman, of the Ottawa Free Trader,
desire to bring him forward as a candidate
to- Treaturcr at the approaching election.
II is not for Us To advise the Democrots
With reference to their candidates but, in
consideration of our personal regard for
Mr. osman. we venture 10 say q few words
in his behalf
The Free Trader has for more than fif
teen years been an able, earnest, and Wig
orous organ of the Democratic party III
this county; it has invariably sustained
party nominations and party men, regard
less OF the section Of the county or q:
trict where they lived; it has labored stea
Oily and effectively TO sustain the party
organization. And for all this labor and
devotion, it. seems 10 us, that its conduc
tors have received party fayors in a degree
entirely inadequate to their deserts. If we
recollect right, the only favors which the
editors of the Free Trader have received
from the party they have so long and ably
served was the nomination and election OF
Mr.. llise, formerly connected with tina,
paper, to the legislature, and the appoint
ment of Mr. Osman to the Ottawa Pos,
Office, under Mr. Buchanan position
which he was soon compelled to relin9uish
because he could not sustain the President
in his departure from the principles of the
Cincinnati Platform" and his attempt &c
force the Lacompton Constitution upon an
unwilling people.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03

WAsHlyGTox SrArrs-This is unques-
tionably the ablest, and most tearlessly
outspollen and independent democratic
paper at TIE scat of government and the
publisher Mr. John =. HelSs, has our
thanks for occasional duplicate copies OF
the daily, and our thanks would be doub-
led if, instead of duplicates once week
he would send us single copy twice a
week We must state in all candor, how
ever, that we must forego an exchange al
together, if We can have the favor only on
condition of publishing $40 advertise
ment for him, as he now requests. We
should prefer to pay dollar and take the
weekly. After the lst of Oct the name of
the paper will be changed to The States
and Union"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-09-03
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY Coyvs.rIox-Is

DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CoSvESTIoS-Is it
not time to announce the day for holding
our county convention? 1t seems to us
there is great apathy manifested in the
neglect to act, in this and other respects.
Are we to sit idly and remain passive while
our opponents are exerting all their powers
to keep control of the county? So it APP
pears. Let the proper committee attend
to this matter and to others which are
allowed to go by default. 9. There is no time
to be lost. Procrastination is sometimes,
but cannot be in this instance, good pol
icy. What think YOU Mr. Free Trader?