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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-02
Election Notice.

NYOrICE is hereby given, that cleo ton will be
Y held at the places mentioned below, in each Of the
several wards of the city OF Ottawa on the first Tues
day March next, for the purpose Of electing two
members of the Board Of Education of the city of Otta
wa for each ward.
The several places for receiving votes in each ward
will be as follows:
First Ward-FOX River Housc
Second ward-Stewart's Carpenter Shop.
Third Ward--Court House.
Fourth ward-Farnam House.
Fifth ward-Wiam Tell House.
Sixth Ward-School House.
Seventh Ward-Empre House.
OTTAWA. Feb. q. Is6i. DAVID WALKER. Mayor.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-02
Mai. Anderson

still in possession of Fort Sumpter and the under
i signed has some valuable city property consisting
of three tine residences and several lots which he
wishes exchange for mpro we'd farm. Address p.
o. Box 272, Ottawa, Ill. mar!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-02

Of condition Of Public h0ois the city of OtG,ca
for Ete year ending March Isl, 1851.
OFFICE TIE Board OF EDUCATION,
OTTAWA March LEI. ISL [
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-03-02
At Pittsburg. Pa.

81 had intended to say few words to
the people of Pittsburgh the greatest man.
ufacturing city of the United States, upon
such matters as | believed they desired to
hear me: but as l adopted the plan of
holding my tongue during the last canvass
and since my election, had perhaps bet
ter hoM my tongue nosc
Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-11

express or other chartered compan-
les, unless the same shall DC prepaid
by being enclosed in n stamped en-
velop of this Confederacy, and any
company violating the provision OF
this act shall forfeit and pay the sum
Of $500 for each offens,, to be recov-
cred by action Of debt In any rourt Of
this Confcderacy having cosnizance
thereof, III the name and for the use
ofthis Confederacy.
Sec. 8 Be II .fbr'&cr enacted, That
the Postmaster General Of the Com
federate States be and il hereby a,,-
thorized to make all necessary ar
rangrmcnts for the transportation of
mails between the territories Of this
and other Governments, subject to
the approval Of the President, until
postal treaties can b. Effected
"Pnssed Feb. ri, 1861"
Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-11
Read.

To Country Printers. + Merchants
The facilities of the Shrcvepor,
Daily News ..tn
JOB OFFICE,
are such as to enable us IT, do prin.
ting,
V any description, at the szyrtest NO.
Printers sending orders, can have
JOBS done ut sufficient low prices TO
enable them to realize j fai. protit, Oh
the same.
lite Mo"ey mast 0/~ays n.~nnaz,anu
tIc order.
Country merchants, can save time,
trouble, and expense, by sending all
their orders for JOB PRINTING. at
the News Office, Shreveport. La.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-11
pROPECTES
OF THE
BOSSIER BANNER.

L HE Bossier Banner is published
at Bellevue, La, Mt three dollars per
a,lnum to single sub.crihers. 1Adver.
tiscmcnts inserted at 81 per square Of
ten lines or less, and so cents for each
subsequent insertion, Professional
and business cards not exceeding one
square, including paper, ten dollars
perannum five dollars fors six months.
Advertisements for the year inserted
on very liberal terms. The Banner
is an independent paper, and has as
large circulation as any paper pub
lished in North Louisiana. Address
VIM. II. SCANLAND, ,
Editor and Proprietor.
Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-11
strangers, Guide.


| Court House Texas street, on Ed.
wards.
BRANCH CITIZENS BANK, Milan st
corner Market.
Posi- OFFICE, Market street, near
Milan.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Rev. Mr..
M'Allister, on Market and Milan sts.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Rev. G. Tucker,
corner Of Market and Travis SITS.
METHODIST CHURCH, Rev S. B. Surat.
corner ofMarket and Fannin SITS.
EPIsCoPALIAN CHURCH, Rev. A. B
Russell, corner of Market and Fanin
streets.
CATHOLIC CHURCH. Rev. j. Pierre, on
Fannin, between Edward and Mar.
shall street.
lsRAELLTE CHURCH, Rev. F. Sarner,
Texas str. near the Court House
Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-11
Il. ". MILLER.S 49,
Ice Cream and Soda Water
S SALOON

On Texas Street, between Market X
Edward, at Mrs. Wells old Stand.
Takes pleasure to inform ladies
and gentlemen, that he has re-opencd.
and keeps on hand, besides the above,
contectionaYies and fruits, etc. ard
would be pleased to receive a visit
from his former patrons,
Shreveport daily news., 1861-10-11

New Orleans Cattle Market.
Texas, Fhead, 1stqty 20 OOa 80 on
Cd qty. 10 GOALS o.
Veal Cattle, y head. 7 OOG1O on
Sheep, - head, lst qty 4 OO3 5 90
Inferior. ... 2 5O0 4 or
Hogs, y 100 TBS gross. 0 0O9 OO
Mich Cows, y head. 80 OOG6O Ot,
I'd quality. -. l6 OO@ 80 90
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19
Cost to Feed the Federal Army

The Union forces, regulars and
volunteers, now in the field and
in the course of organization,
amount, in round numbers, tosix
hundred and fifty thousand men.
1t may be interesting to know
what an army of this strength will
consume in the course of a month.
We therefore append the following
figures, which are strictly correct:
6 14,625,0 900 pounds of pork, OF
"a, 1916, 900 pounds of fresh beef.
b 100000 pounds of coffee. -
: l36,994 barrels of -four: ID
42,750 bushels of beans, or l..
100000 pounds of. rice. s.tsf
q 1892 600 pounds of sugar.
10000 gallons Of vinegar.
12,349 bushels of salt. 4, q
S,5S0,OOO pounds .0f potatoes.
The supply of candles is 292, ,0OC
pounds each week, and soap $50,
900 pounds.-S. Louis DemScrat
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19
> Their Designs Unveiled.

The New Orleans Bee shows
how the original pretension of
saving the Union has been aban.
doned by the enemy, and that
presentpurposeis to subiugate
destroy, devastate, and enslaye the
| South:
| 1t is well fer us and the world
| that the veil of diguise has been
torn away, and that the designs of
our enemies are now laid bare in
all their wickedness and iniquity.
Even Europe itself begins to ur-
derstand it, and the intelligent
press Of that country everywhere
speaks Of the impossibility of re-
building the Union, or subugating
the South without making it a
wilderness and a desert. At the
South the effect of the revelation
of the atrocious policy of the North
has been most beneficial. 1t has
cemented the people together by a
common and imperishable bond of
selfpreservation. 1t has aroused
the strongest resolution to perish
to the last man rather than be-
come serfs to the detestcd foe. It
has quickehed our courage, added
to our frmness and energy, and
iiiled us with indom. m.table resolve.
1t has made heroes of our men
and heroines' of our women. 1t
has given US Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Arkansas, and Tennessee. 1t
will give Kentucky and Missouri,
and in due season Maryland. 1t
has, therefore, strengthened US for
resistance, and armed us with the
unconquerable determination to do
or die. We may thank the enc
my for letting lis know their true
objects, since the disclosure has
made the entire South unit.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19

BY the published proceedings
of the. North Carolina State Con-
!yention, we see that Hon. George
+. Badger, one of the ablest law
yers in the country, has introduced
into that body an ordinance to
prohibit, speculation iii The nee
Iessaries of life. This ordinance
is ofasuch a nature as to warrant
the belief that it will be found both
practicable and efficient in its OPP
erations. 1t provides that any
person who shall engrosss or get
into his hands, by buying or con-
tracing for grain, beet, fish, coffee,
or other provisions, to the intent to
sell the same at unreasonable pri-
ces, or to keep the same for market,
or to any other intent than for his
own use, shall be deemed an un-
lawful engrosser; and whoever
shall endeavor to persuade others
not to sell such commodities. but
to lold them up for higher prices,
shall be deemed a forestaller.-
The ordinance provides fer the
summary trial of such offenders,
and fori-lheir punishment by fine
and imprisonment. tits said to
be similar to cid English statutes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19
CHANGING.

The snow we go up and how
we go down" propensity of public
feeling is thus takeii off by the
Richmond correspondent of the
New Orleans Crescent pa Ero
r We were all down in the mouth
last Saturday; things looked black
and blue because the public eye
had been bunged by portentstis ru-
mors from Memphis, Pound Gap
and elsewhere. To-day our vision
is clearer, and the dropping corn
ers of our mouths are tucked up
considerably. The big review at
New Orleans proves that we are
not ali dead yet, if Port Royal is
taken. Pillows bold assertion that
he is not afraid, is encouraging,
although we have no great faith in
the gospel according to Pillow
And, thirdly and lastly, we are
hugely uplifted by the tidings that
Lyons has demanded the surren-
der of Mason and Slidell, and that
Seward & Co. have refused to give
them up. This heard at dinner,
an hour or so ago. All the young
men near me swore they would
get drunk if the news proved true;
but the correspondent of the Cres-
cent, chastened with age and
.maIiy disappointments, ccntented4
himself with q few more slices Of
cheese and the faint hope that
England might, after all, resist the
insult, and. that we two-John
Bull and JEFF. Davis-might give
the Yankees the very devil, well
rubbed in at that.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19
Sentiment ir ihe Northwest.

3 The following is an extract frohi
letter received from a town ii
the State Of Iowa, by gentleman
in Men phis, which the. Appeal is
allowed to publish. The writer
says; Z ;on flu.9 II bsss =.
'There is Il very large party
through the North that would be
glad to have PEACE made as soon
as possible--in any way and upoii
any TERMS A good many are be-
ginning to come to their senses,
now that it is only to find that
this war is going to ruin us all
throughout the North, while its
tendency appears to be only to put
the North and South farther apart
than ever before. Business here
is alta stand-still-e4erythiig has
stopped. There is no money
The. produce Of the country can.
not be sold at any price, and all
here have about arrived at the
conclusion that we are all going to
rhin as fast as possible. The poll
.ey Of every one is to contract and
try to wind up affairs generally;
as soon as they can. Where the
end is to be, no one can foresee%
The blockade of the. river was In
tended to ruin the South, but we
now discover that it is running
the North and are rendering the
South independent of us for their
supplies, which they find can ~
raised on their wnsoil:" oH ais
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19
Gsan.plss ii DC. Gbs .Mussjes,

: Thinning cf 'fhs' Soldiers. =
We were sitting round the table,
inst a night or two ago. ei.
In the little cosy parlor. .,'!.,sti'5
: . With the lamp light burning low.
And the window blind half opened.
!. For the summer air to come,
Andthe painted curtains moving,
, Like the busy petdulum.
OH the cushions on the sofa. G
And the pictures on the wall,
And the gathering ri comforts.
In the. old familiar hall.
And the wagging of the pointer,
Lonrgirg idly by the door,
And the fitting of the shadows =
From the ceiling to The flaor.
fh!'hey watened in my spirit,
Like the beautiful in art,
Such bfisv, busy thinking Y.,
Such dreaminess OF heart,
That SAT amoHs the shadows
With mr spiritall asst ay,
Thinking onl,-thinking only
ffthe soldiers far away! 3 i.a5+-l
OF the tents beneath the moonlight.
OF the, stirring .tattoo's sound,
OF the soldier in his blanket.
IN his blanket on the grourdi
OF the icy winter coming.
Oft cold bleak winds that blow.
Aud The snldier in his blanket. L p
In his blanket on the sncw! a
OF tie blight uron the. lcati cr, ? -
And the frost iipon the hill, -
And tie whistiins. whis,iing ever, ''
And the never, never s,ill; .t. =
or the little leaflets falling, y 81f
With the sweetest. saddles. soiind,
And the snldier-oh! the soldier. s-.
j. this blanket on the ground! T.
Thus fingered in my dreaming,
Ir my dreaming far away. COT
T.ll'the spirits picture painting 81
Seemed as vivid as the day - r
And the moonlight faded softly s-,
Fr"m the window opened wide,
And the faithful faithful pointer
Nestled closer TO my side!
And Iknow that meath the starlight,
Tho The chilly frost may fall,
And the soldier will be dreaming,
Dreaming often of US all.
So Igave my spirits painting
just the heathing of sound
For tue dreaming. dreaming soldier,
In his slumbei on the ground!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19
General Sterling Price the Com;
mander Of the Missouri Troops.

| The Fort Smith lark. Times
says of Gen. Price: ao Q 5s =
But little has been said about
this gentleman in the public prints
except to notice his victory at
Lexington. Taking his position,
at the comfhencementof the break
ing out of hostilities in Missouri
with Gen, Lyon, and all its MOVE
ments since, and they mark him
as a man of extraordinary mind.
When forced to take the field
he had but few followers, poorly
armed, and almost without ammu-
milton, he fought his way out from
the enemy, and made a success
fA retreat TO the Arkansas line
ct the battle bf Oak Hill, he
fought bravely, and won a name
there as a brave, valiant leader.
His march to Lexington after
ward, driving the Kansas Jayhaw-
kers from Missouri. and his cap
ture of that place, will fill pages
in history in his praise. His sue
eessful retreat to Neosho, is also
an act Of good generalship. Gen,
Price has collected a large army
and sustained it, without money!
and BY his vaiof and good nhanage-
ment has completely armed his
troops without the aid of any one.
He has the confidence of his
troops, and is the most successful
General of this war f'1 aiE
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19

A Fact about Saotguns.--ln' a
French journal, called Iuilte dc
Tout lie Mond, an explanation is
given of fact which has puz-
zled sporting men, namely
why the left arrel of gun bursts
so much mole frequently than the
right? The explanation is this;
The sportsman, on going out, loads
both barrels, and on seeing a bird
rise, fires naturally the right bar
rel; he reloads that barrel, and
when he again secs a bird or a
hare, first fires It again, and so he
does, perhaps for twenty minutes
insuccession. But each firing gives
a sheck to the charge in.the left
hand barrel, and at last the success
sion of shocks separate the wad-
ding from the powder and shot; the
consequence is. that a vacuum en-
sues between them, and when the
second barrel is fired it frequently
bursts. 8 To prevent this danger,
the recommendation is made that
whenever the right hand barrel is
loaded, the charge in the left hand
one also should be rammed down.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19

r. : !
f,lfeains!-of warm, stockings and
new shoes: but the mother sewed
ton, alone. And .as the bright
Ispangles glittered on the satin
slipper, came there no fepining in
to the heart2 When she thought
! of her little child's bare, cold feet,
and Of thescant morselof dry bread
which had nof satisfied her hunger,
came there no visions of bright
room and gorgeous clothing, and
table loaded with all that was
good and nice, and one little por-
ton of which spared to her would
send. warmth and comfort to her
humble dwellin2l ai .,
Ii such thoughts came and 9th
ers-of apleas.lnt cottage, and one
who had dearly loved her, ard
whose strong arm had kept want
and trouble from her and her
babes, but who could never come
back--if these thoughts did come,
repiningly, there came also anoth-
er: and the widows hands Weie
.claspea, and her head bowed low
in deep contrition, as | heard Ecr
say, - H .s.f
ssFathpr. forgive ne: thou dOCSt
all things we'll, and | will yet trust
thee" Just then the door opened
softly, and some one entered
Was it an angel? Her dress was
of spotless white. and she moved
with u noiseless step. She went
to the led where the sleeping child
lay, and covered it with soft warm
blankets. Then presently fire
sparkled and blazed there, such as
the little old'grate had never known
Lefore. Then a huge leaf wasup-H
on the table, and fresh milk for
the sick babe. Then she passed
gently before the mother, and
drawing the unfinished slipper
from her hand, placed there a
purse oil gold, and said inayoice like
music, "Bless thy Gcd, who is the
God cf tie fatherlcss and the
widow-and she was gone; only
as she went out, I heard her say
huse diammads.'-6 better
than diamontlsp", 5wit z
What could she mean2 Hooked
at the mother. With chsred hands
and streaming eyes, size blessed
her Gcd, who had sent an angel
to comfort her. SO ] went away, |
toe; and Invent to a bright room, |
where there was music and dane
ing, and sweet flowers, and ! saw
young, happy faces, beautiful wo-
men richly dressed, and sparkling
with jewels, but none that | knew; |
until one passed me, whose dress {
was of simple white, with only !
a rose bud on her bosom, and
whose voice was like the sweet
sound of silver lutte. No span
gled Slipper glittered upon her
foot; but she moved as one that
treadeth upon the air, and the liv-
ing beauty of holiness had SO glo-l
rifed her face that | felt, as l
gazed upon her, that she was in
deed an angel of God.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19
Substitute for Hool-Th

Substitute for Hool.-The
Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist
has received sample of an article
which is recommended as sub
stitute for wool, and which it thus
describes:
1t is composed ofcoac's hair, spun
together. The lady who sent it
saws she thinks it will answer the
purpose admirably, and that our
,voung ladies might take. a few
.inoments from their planes and de
vote them to the spinning of this
article. 1t can be wcven INTO
blankets or coarse heavy goods,
and will, no doubt, resist water and
retain heat about as well as wool.
AT any rate, the subject is worthy
Of consideration, and if it should
prove satisfactory, the cow will be,
in all respects, one of the most pat
ent instruments in rendering Lin
coins blockade Intellectual. Its
meat its milk for food, its1hide for
leather, its hair for wool, and Its
bones dor various uses, 1t atfords
substitutes for various articles
Let us be careful of our cows,
and they will, in return, give us
much that we need
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19
: s5euurrfnt Gopus,
Beauregam and Mcclellan Com.
ser garF pared. assp, ~

- sou ygy7 pared. asa -
i & When / had the pleasureof con
versing with Gen. Mcclellan fol
the first time, he asked me sever
al questions with evident inte
rest and friendly euriosity-not
usual in generals In reference te
their antagonist-respecting Gen
FBeauregard. In his case there
was all the more reason for such
inquiries, in the fact that they
were old fellow students and class
mates. To my mind, there is
something of resemblance between
the men. Both are below the
middle height. They are both
squarely bnilt and famed for mus
cular power since their college days.
Beauregard, indeed, is lean and
thiE=ribbed; Mcclellan is full and
round, with a Napoleonic tenden-
.cy to emJonpoia,t, suhdued by in
cessant xercis e. Beauregard
sleeps little; McClellan's tempera-
ment requires a full share Of rest;
5. both are spare and Spartan in diet,
studious, quiet. Beauregard is
rather saturnine, and, if not mel
4ancholie, is Of a grim gaiety; Nc
iCiellan is genial even In his re-
I serve. The density Of the hhlr,
and the squareness of the jaw, tie
ifirmness and regularity of the
teeth, and the outlines of the fee-
lures are points Of similarity in,
both, which would be more strik.
ling if Bealregard were not Of the
true Louisiana Creole tint, while
Mcclellan is fair complexioned.
Beauregard has dark, dull,
students eye, the dullness Of which
arises, however,. from its forma-
ton, for it is full of fire, and lis
glances are quick and searching:
Mcclellan has a deep, clear eye;
into which you can look far and
deep, while you feel it searches
far and deep into you. Beaure-,
gard has something of pretention
in his manner-not hauteur, but
folding armed, meditative sort of
an air, which seems to say, "Don't
disturb me; I'm thinking of mill.
tary movements" Mcclellan
seems to be always at leisure; but
you feel at the same time that you
ought not to intrude too much up
on him, even when You seek IN
vain for the grounds of that inn
preston in anything that he is do
ing or saying. Beauregard is more
subtle, crafty, and astute; Nc !
Clellan is more comprehensive, .
more learned. more impressionable.
Beauregard is a thorough soldier;
Mcclellan may prove he is great
general. The former only looks
to military consequences, and dis
regards popular manifestation; the
latter respects the opinions of the
outer world, and sees political as
we'll as military results in what
he orders. They are both the
creatures of accident SO far as their
present positions are concerned. 1t
remains to be seen if either. can
control the current of events, and
if, in either the artilleryman or the
cavalry officer of the old United
States army, there is, the stuff
d.
around which history is moulded,
such as that of which the artillery-(
man of Briene or the leader of the
Ironsides was made. London
Times. sik - 5eaeSa2 II
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19

The Norfolk Day Book aysthe
Yankees did not get the despatch
es of Messrs. Mason and SIidell.
Prior to the arrest, the dispatches
together with Confederate drafts
for large amounts had been put in
to the British mail bag and were
not molested. 9
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-12-19

What is the difference between
a deserter and a hog pengi Ans
One fees from headquarters, and
the other is the headquarters of
Fnos.ffgrTs .sfTTs flesst gNfr e -