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into the state treasury, and the state taxes TO
be paid by the corporation, do not amount
to seven per cent of the gross or total pro-
ceeds, receipts or income, then the said com
pany shaH pay into the state treasury the
difference, so as to make the whole amount
paid equal at least to seven per cent Of the
gross receipts Of said corporation"
Under the provision Of the section last
quoted, the property of the company be-
came liable to assessment for valuation tax
for the FIRST time, in the year 1857, for the
taxes of that year, and its property was ac-
cordingly listed for taxation in the manner
prescribed by the act
The taxes upon the assessed value of the
property Of the company, when added to the
five per. cent. provided to be paid INTO the
state treasury, exceeded seven per cent. of
the gross earnings OF the road for that wear.
The company insist that under the law its
liability to the state fey take, cannot, in anv
event, exceed seven per cent. of its gross
earnings, whilst on the part Of tie state it is
insisted that its iiabilty to the state cannot
be less than seven per cent. of its gross
earnings, but may be more, depending upon
the assessed valuation 0: the property. The
company have paid into the state treasury
: ID, ,G43.Si for the year 1897, and 500, 1J5-
t
1873, which | suppose is seven per cent. of
the gross earnings, bat having declined to
pay more, SUIT has been instituted against
said corporation in the supreme court for the
balance Gained to be due the state, and an
authoritative construction OF the law from
tia. tribunal may be expected at the next
term. As the matter is speedily to un-
cergo the highes: judicial investigation and .
construction, deem it unnecessary to trou.
b,e the legislature with detailed statement .
u the very obvious considerations. derived .
as well from an intelligent reading Of The law /
as from reasons OF principle and policy. why |
the construction claimed by the state should |
be regarded rs the true one.
" hatever may De the present embarrass-
mcnt Of that company, the general assembly
shou!! be careful to recollcct. that not onIy /
nov, bat IN all future time, so long as that
company has corporate existence, a large
and constantly augmentiny portion Of taxa
bic resources OF the State must be under is /
control and ownership, and nothing could be .
more dangerous and suicidal to the future .
interests OF the people Of the State. under
suggestions however speciOus they may now
appear, for the State 10 surrender TO this or
any other corporation, the great cJnst.tu-
.ioHai privilege OF taxing It's property ac-
c9'duy u lis value.
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The Dcvout Parson Brownlow desires his
subscribeLs to pay up-e!Itring even to take
east Tennessee bills, worth twenty cents on
the dollar:
Persons wanting to square up with US can
now do SO. If, hewever, they wish to get off
at cheaper rate they can withhold even
these bills, and we promise during the COM
ing year to receipt t hem in full through the
paper, forever, and file our claim against
them in the high chancery of heaven, and
let them settle with their God in the world
to come!
And to leave all without excuse, we fur
ther agree to take Shanghai chickens, hoop
skirts, boot jacks, broom corn, baby Jump
ers, fishing tackles, patent medicines, suck
ing pigs, frozen cabbage, Old clothes, Colts
revolvers, second hand tooth brushes. gin
ger cakes, parched corn, circus tickets, or
any article found in retail store.
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\ SCARCIT. OF LADIEs.-Thc latest inte'ii
geEce from Victoria contains a statistical re
turn OF no little interest to ladies. BY the
last returns Of the Register General OF the
colony, we perceive that the numerical pre-
pondcrance of men over women amounted
to the astound ng sum of one hundred and
thirty four thousand in a population of four
hundred and sevent, thousand. In other
words, there were only about one hundred
and sixty eight thousand women TO three
hundred and two thousand men; and this
proportion was becominr even more unsa
vorab'e as the gold fields still acted as
magnet to the adult male labor of the world.
Now, these one hundred and thirty-f -four
thousand unhappy bachelors consist mainly
Of men earning nearly the best wages in the
world. An acre of lazd can be purchased
for twenty shillingS, and what more obvious
to the well-pad N orkman than ihat the only
things necessary to reasonable amount of
earthly felicity, are cottage, garden, and a
wife? Are statistics always unintcresting to
fair readers?
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CARLYLE ON ARr.-The Berlin galleries
are made up, like other galeri 8, of goat
footed Pam Europa's Bull, Romuluss she
wolf, and the Correggiosity of Correggio,
and contain, for instance. no portrait OF
Friedrich the Great-no likeness at all, or
next to none at all, of the noble suries of
Human Realities, or any part of them, who
have sprung, not from the idle brain of
dreaming dilettanti, but from the head of
God Almighty, to make this poor authentic
earth a little memorably for us, and do lit
tie work that may be eternal therc.-Cdr-
LSs Friedrich tile Great
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WHAT Girls Should LEArv.-After the

WHAT Girls Should LEAEy-After the
death Of his wife, Sir Charles Napier rc-
moved TO Caen, in Normandy, and did his
best TO perform the part of mother to his
girls. His aim was to make them religious,
as the foundation Of all excellence; to teach
them accounts, that they might learn the va
lue Of money; work, that they might not
waste their time if they We're rich, nor he
helpless if t;ey We're poor; cooking, that
they might guard ra;nst the waste of ser
wants, and to be able to do for thems lives in
the event of reyoluiion.-.Sir Flliau
Napicr's Life Of hjs Drotier.
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Owing to the open weather, oysters are
remarkably abundant and cheap at Philadel-
phia, The North AmcricaR says the finest
extra coves-big, fat fellows, about e size
and shape of Dutch baby's ioot-arc sell
ing at SO a thousand. Cove plants are
bringing but s. 10. about half the price Gus
tonary during the present month, while
cuttings are selling at $l.75 per thousand"
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\ clergyman in Massachusetts,, named
Smith, was lately requested to vacatc his
pulpit by his congregation, they assigning
among other causes of dissatisfaction, that
he was not cordial enough TO the ladies'
Poor Smith. Various charges have been
made against him within oar remembrance,
but we never befor. heard it intimated that
he failed in attention to the ladies'. The fe.
mnines Of the Shawmut church must be
awiully ugly
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\ minister of the gospel with not much Of
pulpit gift, came into the place OF worship
drenched with rain, and said 20 brother
who stood by. as he shook and brushed and
wiped his clothes:-"I shall certainly take
cold ii | so into the pulpit so wet'"Oh, ne,
was the reply, You are always dry e"o"g"
there"
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4 carpenter had been for some time Ie-
pairing dwelling, whose mistress is re-
putel termagant Listening to her as She
vented her wrath at her goOd-natured "Old
man." the other day, ShavInss turned to US
and seriously said: If had such wife as
that, I'd pint her fun'ral to morrow t ?
o'clock, and, by o-c-k-s, the corpse would
be ready! ~
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PEclrE FOR CHINESE BGAyE.Y.-A letter
from an officer serving in the Chinese eNpe-
dt.on, gives the following laI.aa5le order
t2r the day, published ~ one oi the Chinese
commanders, directing his soldiers what 20
do 10 order to overcome their enemies. i.
is drawn Up IN the form Of trainir. bill f
fare for thirteen days: This Is co.urnarild
by me tho Chief Of the Braves Let all
trsmtlc ard obey. On the thirteenth day
before the battle, thok mus; cat jelly made
from tigers flesh, in order 10 Imb!bc the
rage and icrOC!ry OF that animal twelfth
day before, the roasted liver OF 4 lion, IN or
der TO have the int!epidity Of that noble
beast; ! Ith, 5tewcl serpeuts, TO acquire cum
ming; 10th, extract OF camcieOn to deceive
their eUemi 10y changing color; yth, cTocO-
dile broth, to make tht III arnphlJ!ou- and be
able TO pursue and fight their cremie, bo.h
on land and Oh water; eighth, juguar's Nv
er cooked i'll wine. in order to have the rap
Iditv and fury Of that qnadrupd; seventh,
hawks head, in order to have the quick eve
of that bird in distinguishing tie enemy +;
sixth, Zebyas intosIiueS, 10 be able 10 irn!-
tate the cry OF that animal fifth, hippota-
mus brains, 10 make the body imPenetrable
TO bolts fourth, stewcj monkeys, TO ac-
Quire the activity Of that race; third, scor-
plans, in order that all the wounds inflicted
by them may be as venOmous IS the sting
Of those reptiles. On the day before the
battle, the ha,f-raw breast Of panther, in
order TO be as pjlieS> "a that animal and
on the msrIin- OF the battle, they must
drink drop of leopard. ID ooi, in order ,hat
they may initiate that animal which never
turns round while dcy0urinyits prey. Trcm-
bic sad o5cy.'
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L U M b e r
Sash, DsOr and Blind Factory.

NE take this method to inform the public that we
w have purchased the Sash, Door and Blind Factory
OF A r. CaqueliH and are prepared furnish any
thing in our line of business, such Sash, Doors
Blinds, Frames and MoGdings. Orders promptly filed
short notice.
Having Lumber Yard in connection with our Facto-
ry We think our facilities for furnishing building mate
rals are Gnequalled in this City and invite contract
ors, farmers. and all others who may want ANYTHING in
our line to call and satisfy yourselves that can sell
you good article, Just what want and cheap for
cash. There will be found at our Lunber oce Doors
Blinds Sash, glazed and ungazed Glass Oils Paints and
Nails.
Office Main Street, Ottawa. H.
mar2O AVN
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\ notice OF a new move! says that "thc
style is so brilliant that the printer, with
the copy before him, c.n set up the type
without any other light in the darkest
night"
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BUSINESS CARDS.
PLEASE LOOK AT THIS
Carriage Repository
9TH VI, ALINOIS

The Alvord Carriage Manufacturing Company have
Just resenished their stock of Carriages and Bugges
from their HdnttdctOry in Connecticut which makes
us large and fine assortment of Barouches
Livery and Business Busgies, with Elliptic Spring and
concord style also Sliding Seat Buggc, Light Spring
wagons with two seats, &c, all made of Connecticut
timber, by the best mechanics, and in the durable
manner-all warranted, which selling at very
low prices, To our old customers wish o express
our thanks for their liberal patronage and all
that We Intend to merit the nidence of the Public
We have shop attached to Repository FOR doing
all kinds OF Carriage Repairing short in
the best manner. Store Main Street.
Ottawa, July 8, ISIS. II. W. JONES, Agent.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1859-01-22

Reader, did you ever enjoy the extatic
bliss Of counting? You didn't! then you
had better get little gal-an-try.
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NJ. kNEUSSL,
e. q. GOODRICH. ". D..

Obsce third door Of OTdcd B.,I,E Nam Street,
OTTAWA, ILLS.
nR C. would respectfully call the attention of those
suffering from Chronic Diseases, particularly
fula, White Swelling, Salt Reum Eruptons Of the Face
and Skn Head Old Sores and all arising
from impurities of the blood.
Also, Deformt-s, Curvatures, and Diseases of the
Spine Distortions of the Feet, Contracted Limbs Stif
Joints, &c.
Cancer treated upon entirely principle and
A heretofore uneluaiei api
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NIcIrOpoIiIan Hail.


yyJE undersigned has leased the above Hall, and ha
reitted il for the of Lectures, Balls, Parties
Concerts, Public Speaking, Theatrical Performances
&c, &C
Office third floor, right hand door
noysO-tf W. L. GREGG.
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nsTzyG sAEOOY.
j. Ii. RIEMKASTEN,

j. II. NIEN Il ASI EN-,
VETERINARIAN,
N'OCLD respectfully inform the cti-
w zeus of Ottawa and vicinity, and
rH & particularly those owning horses and
STS cattle. that he has lately established
&esA 81 himself in Ottawa, and that he will be at
M E5E all times in readiness to attend TO the
Nr-s-Exs. wants of those who will favor the IN with
CA--->@~7eS their patronage
He can be found daily from O'Clock A. NJ until 4
O'Clock p. NJ the office OF the La Sale County Des-
Grdt, Os,naI.'s Block.
Residence at the house OF Mr. CHAs. B;ETTyFR La
cite st. Tjan1l j. ii. RlEMkASTEN.
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Well, I'll send it over to Hosme.' s to-
morrow, and see what ne will do it for"
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ONFEC TTONTR nv

on hrdjsoH, mar COiHjUS Street, Otflra, Xlfaais
Asl do business strictly Cash basis, aud eve
facility for NlEIftctriug.I enabled sell - low
i any other House in the West.
All kinds Of Fancy and Wedding Cake kept constantly
on hand and f74H- tu order -T1 4 " saNFtrT,
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IL. - eSss.
sfse above Market having been greatly enlarged
= and thoroughly repaired, is open and ready for
the OF the public. No expense has been
spared III furniture and fixtures it a place
tt q! our 1y ahd hOth pleasant We hope it viii be
pr"ha5e, to visit NeproPose to keen hand, and to
serve to our customers in style of superior neatuess all
kinds OF meats, Such
Beet in steaks, roasts dried, corned, &c. Nutton
Jedi, Htnts NtouAdeFS Pork, fresh and salt Yankee
Sausages, &c, sc.
Also, all kinds oi game in its season.
Fresh Trout and White Fish from the Lakes
In short, everything appertaining TO a Well regulated
City Market.
Al the proper stand will also be kent for the
sale of all kinds of fresh vegetables supplied the
best garden in the vicinity of the City.
80 Keat 1ciu be deiiCered in dHy part Of the city.
ap2G JLhhhlaH WOOD.
On and after January 1st, 1S5S, Meat will be sold
this Establishment exclusively for CASH
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BUSINESS CARDS
n. II. BRISTOL,

Note Commission, and Insurance Broker.
t.~. ry29
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the repairs would cost" said Jenny, in her

the repairs would cost, said Jenny, in he
winning way.
Yes. suppose l could"
Then I'd have it done; and bless me
I'd keep it, too. You've got good horse
and can have the old shay made quite styl
ish for baby and to ride in. Shan't W.
shine ?"
"Well, I'll send it over to Hosme.' s to
morrow, and see what he will do it for"
Look here. Mr.. Hosmar wants you te
come right over to the shop" shouted the
carriage makers apprentice, at the top ci
his lungs; old Deacon Joe's there, and he
says he's right down glad-gol!y, its hun.
dreds and hundreds and hundreds"
! Stop, boy. what in the world does he
mean, jenny" cried John Clarke, putting
the baby in the cradle face dewnwards.
| My patience, John, look at that child
precious darling. I'm sure | don't know,
John-Id so right over and see" said Jen-
uy, by snatches righting the baby. q It is
his fun, suppose"
'Taint any fun, tell ye," sid the boy,
while John huriied on ais coat and hat;-
my gracious! guess you'll say it amt fun,
when you see them ere gold pieces and the
bills"
This added wings to John Clarke 5 speed,
and i'll a moment he stood breath!css in the
coachmakers .hop.
>" Wish you JOY, my fine fcllcs!" cried
Deacon joe
Look herc-what VIII you take for that
old shay: I'll give you four thousand dol
lars ~ cried the coachmaksr in great glce,
-Four thousand :" cried John agAast.
q Yes, just look at it You're a rich
man, sir, and by George I'm geI Of il, you
deserve 70 be-"
The carriage maker shook his hand hear
tily.
What do you suppose was tic constcr-
nation, delight and gratitude-thc wild
joy that filed the heart OF Clarke, when he
found the old shay filed with gold and bank
bills: | mean the cushions, the filings,
and every place where they could be placed
without danger or injury-tLieves never
could hare coUdcscendcd TO the one horse
shay.
Five thousand 1--WE hundred dollars in all.
Poor John, or rather, rich John, his head
was nearly turned. IL required all the bal
ance Of Jsnhy's equIPoiso of character 10
keep his exta,ic brain from spinning Ike 4
humming top. Now he could build two
houses Ike the one his uncle hai bcgu-ath-
cd to his red headed cousin, who had wish
el him Joy when the Wi. was rcaI-the
dear old uncie What genuine sorrow he
felt as lie thought OF the mang times he had
heapcd reProarAes upon his memory,
Imagine, if you can, dear reader, the pc
culIsr feelings Of those kind friends who
had nrophcs:cd that John Clarke wou,d
come to grief 1t first, Deacon Joe pro-
posed to take the Old shay just a. it was
Innings stripped, bits 0. cloth hanging, anl
upon tia trumpet proclaim the good IL
dings to the whole town, taking especial
pains to stop before the house OF Mr. Spr.-cs
and BLOWN, loud enough to drown a. the
forty pianos IN the universe; but thai was
vetoed by Johns kind little wife.
la, they'll know it soon eneugh," she
said, kissing the baby; Il: wgu.d hut
their feelings
They did know it, and few years al
ter when john Clarke lived in 0..; house
they all votcl for hin to 20 to the "lesis
later" g tuuc. for the Old onc-Lorse shay.
Smyrna times., 1859-09-01

0r A vigorous effort has been set on foot in
Detroit TO break up the houses of prostitution.
An establishment on Lafayette street was
cleared few days ago, and the officers have
their eyes upon others. The Tenth Ward of
the city appears to have been especially infested.
o. Nearly all the southern cities have been
blessed with an unusual degree of health. thus
far, the present season. None of them more so
than Savannah, Ga. in which the number of
deaths for the week ending August II was
only 100 whites and blacks.
Q1T 1t is stated tina: Mr.. Herbert, the artist,
is to receive $4,000 for his fresco on the walls
of the Royal Gallery of the new Houses of Par
lament; the subject chosen being Justice on
Earth, and its Development in Law and Jldg.
ment"
Smyrna times., 1859-09-01
A Dress Shoe for the Ladies' !

There exists no doubt different onlnlons 10 what
Constitutes lady's Dress Shoe or Boot Many fancy
Tie moIOcco GaIIcr or Boot to be prcIest
the Jenny Lind Boot or Is skn; Others the haIfuaiitr
the slipper &c. Experience has laug me The French
Lasting 'IilerIS considered the most perfect Dress
Shoe lady wears, and has been the lending Dress
shoe among the most fashionable circles for wears 50
tar as neat foot is concerned am in hchoIt of the
laules rms summer the fancy-cOored Caters in
point OF Numbers, Will De worn 4 Dress Shoe far
more than many other kinds of shoes nut tnnpther-
AS 10 the leading Csors that will he worn iha tou
lOrs both dark and light, well as the dark ashes
oi roses VIII Like the lead Yet there is no ne color
tlt VIII be Considered as directly taking the lead IN
fashion 1t Is well known fact that n ady's Cater
when made OF good Lasting, and properly nut topeh
err VIII 0ut-Wear any other KIND of Dress shoe and
Is the cheapest IN the long run. have now on hand
hastings OF all kinds and various cnlurS | have a
card OF one hundred and forty different coIors and
shades OF cOlors OF French aud English lasting omen
10" l"r lhe Inspection ol the ladies'; and this
assortment oil colors lady cannot help getting any
color she may wish To match her dress Also tan and
br0nZe-cOlOred rIOrOc % made no i'm abundance "A
pretty shoe, and yet neat fitting easy shoe is To be
praised for how often has it been said in my hearing
"I have sore cnrns my feet and by the Indies in
most cases Nine ladies' out of every ten before the
age OF 81 from the most reasonable calculations have
lhelr ieel suffering from Corns, Such really the
Iact ana what Is the cause OF this! How often is u
lhe case win The gentlemen well the ladies' =
Fhay get pair Of Shoes wear them; apparently they
ht anu the hrs thing they know corn, are on
the ieet The ianl OF tins surely is in the foot
Dut Is IN the cut OF the shoe. As instance person
can have pair of shoes that will tit well from al an
pearance; AID yet come to some parts of the
shoe too large and loose on The foot and ohcr
nrtsare so tight as to make aud bnnions which
Is not the fault OF the foot but the fault of the ma
ker As an instance, pair Of boots shoes that are
properly cut and put together, will set smooth and
look well To the eye upon the foot They will not
ring and twist lOpsIded after being a few times
nld furthermore, will not crcale The foot nj
those who have tender feet, and corns. and bunions
VIII give us "A call we viii soon convince them how
shoe will not create and yet look well Oh the
foot Gail at FLANlGEN'S Cheap Shoe Store, No. |
10 West Second street, Wilmington, Del
May 10, 1859.
Smyrna times., 1859-09-01

PoLITICAL-TOm Corwin has recently beer
making powerful speech at lronton, Ohio
1t contains frequent specimens of his humor ant
OF his oratoric fire. We quote two. After dis
cussng squatter sovereignty, he thus refers tC
its champion:
Douglas is respectable gentleman, and O
man OF considerable talent; so am !, (laug hter)
Dut dliler with him On that point, and have
the advantage Of standing by the side of Wash.
Ington, who put his hand upon my head and
SAID, My son, you are right; and laid his
hand upon Stephens head and said, You must
go to school, That is what Washington, JEFF.
terson, Madison, Monroe, jackson and Calhoun
would say, too. While am in company like
that, am content to remain"
BALTIMORE ROwDYIsM.-It seems that the
" "Enbolts," Raniers and " Rip Raps " OF
Baltimore, are only perpetuatiDg the historical
reputation of the Monumental city by their ri
otous conduct. The Newport Mercury of Aug.
l5 1912, contains long account, copied from
the Federal Republican of August 4, of mas
sacre at Baltimore, the first sentence of which
reads thus: "The history of barbarism scarcely
affords parallel in peridy and cruelty to the
late transactions in Baltimore" The next day
:" The Mayor of Baltimore has at last issued
proclamation against the mobs. The persons
not on military duty are required not to be in
the streets after 3 o'clock in the evening. All
night assembages OF the people are to be dis
persed, and rioters 10 be summarily punished" ="
Bonner AND VAEDERBILT.-Among the
"men of the road " who glory IN fast nags md
look with profound commiscra ton upon those
hau Ia h l..
forty's" are Bonner, of the Ledger, and Com.
modOre Vanderbilt. The latter has long been
known in New York as the most prodipal of
men in horse.flesh. giving his check for thou.
sands where the mug suited. lie has been able
for years past to pass anybody on the road, un-
I'll quite lately, when Bonner took it into his
head that he, too, would indulge in " horse"
and, having an abundanance of the metallics.
went in nine thousand dollars on the s,art-
giving that amount for Lantern and Lady Wood
ruff lie is consequently able to show every-
body the rear Of his wagon, and may be seen
nearly every afternoon lndulgiDg in that pas.
time. Bonner is hard TO beat. His Ledger
brings him twenty seven hundred dollars
week clear profit; and lie has paid more money
for advertising during the last eighteen months
than has ever been paid in the same length of
time by any man on this planet. Bonner and
Vanderbilt are alike in one respect they never
match their horses for money, nor allow them
to be entered in races
The WHITE HOUSE COMPLETELY EcL1psEp.
Mr.. Downing, the lamented horticulturist and
landscape gardener, in the account of his visit
to Woburn Abbey, in England, says: "There
are tDenty thousand country houses in Eng. |
land, each larger than the Presidents house at
Washington"