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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-12-21
Fl Great fire at Charleston.
5000, 800 WORTH or Property DESTROY

:, 900, 800 WORTH or Property DESTROYED
On "Wednesday, the 18th inst, a fire
broke out at Charleston. :. C., and con
tirucd 10 rare with unabatrd fury until
Friday morning The fire commenced in
81 sash factory at the foot of Hazel street,
extending thence to Il machine shop. BY
II clock at night, Meeting st, from
Market 10 Queen, WAS a mas Of flames.
As the fire extended, the panic became
awful and thousands of families evacuated
their houses and filed the streets. Cross
ing Market ST., the fire spread down East
Bay tn Cumberland 81. and across to the
Wells House, including the destruction cf
that splendid iiorl, the Circular Church,
Institute Hotel, and Charleston Hotel.
All the buildings on X in. st from Clifford
t, Broad, were destroyed The fire then
changed its direction. and the following
table buildings. with hundreds of minor
Lloyds Coach Factory, the old Executive
building, st. Andrews Hall. the Roman
Catholic Cathedral, st Peters (Epscopai)
Church, and the Methodist Church. The
fire was in the heart OF the business part
of the city. The value OF property de-
stroyed is estimated 1T $1,000, 900. thus
making it the most destructive confaura.
ton ever witnessed on this continent.
The reports that came with the first
dispatches that the fire had been enkin.
died by the negroes, that Il negro insurrec.
ton WAS raging in Charleston at the time
Of the fire, that the negroes had DESTROYED
the engines, dc, appear to have been
wholly without foundation The Charles
ton papers, on the contrary, bear test
mony to the perseverance and fidelity with
| which the nesros lahored throughout 10
subdue the flames The yastnes, Of tho
c,ntlagratiom Is attributed to the scarcity
of water at the commend eient and ,l,.
high wind that prevailed Russell. owner
of the sash factory where the fire oriui.
mated thinks it must have been occas,on,.d
either 10y the carele>sness OF his negroes or
an incendiary There is no truth in the
statement that different portions of the
city were fired simultaneously.
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SE1p Island IyrEnTr!oy.

The arrival at New York Or the Consf:ta.-
tor, from Ship Island, at the entrance
from the Gulf into Lake poachartrain,
brings intelligence Of the landing Of two
regiments OF Gen Buffers expedition on
that island, with a..ui.:ber Of long range
splendid rife guns, tc Gen. Butler, with
the balance Of his expedition, is doubtless
there before this time. Ga the day the
Constitution left Ship Island dee. 81
there was an engagement near the island
between a gun boat AMI Two rebel steamers
attempting to run the gauntlet 10 New
Orleans. Nobody was hurt
Gen. Phelps, in command Of the two
regiments. Immediately issued q long
winded, and most ridiculous proclamation
"to the loyal people Of Alabama &c., in
which he talks about the destruction Of:
slavery, free soil. free speech. free labor,
&c. The administration at Washington
has promptly condemned the document
Ship Island is important IS the point from
which Gen. Butler will probably attempt
a descent OF New Orleans.
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ia KEN po.atoes. nury Them.

y coire> pondent OF the tScottsh Former
relates the following case respecting the
preservation of potatoes. lie says -
had an old Ice well OF the ordinary de-crip-
ton, which / ahandon,, when butt one
constructed OF d"uile tinlb rs on the sur
lace. after the Ana. lean t. shi H. Nv
gardener Us 81, sevcr.l Y. ars. Il @ old well
a II o alto >toie. IL l.apl-ns,i three wear.
ago that she roof frl. III and bu,i. q >cyeral
hundred weights al p, ,tor>, which as we
had plenty were not car, t,a at I'll" time
Last Year we required stones and had those
dug out. wien TO our Is oii,hmett w.
found almost tie wh"'e o. the potatoes as
sound "a those at HE : .m,. wears crop.
mentions tins as t may he TUNED tn ac-
count in seasons when W.. have, ~ we had
last year. Plus en- T.; b bury'n@ ten
deep enough and III II d-l r.la:,. we III. Il /
secure "ur-eivr- aIH~' q 5 iort cr. =. IL n,
all probability " II he ii e case ts- year on
az count Q the pr, vaii n die a-c. l mem
tioniug this t. II iricrd learned III such
matters, he Iell- me that potatoes bur ed
one foot deep produce i o It's near the end
of slniny; at the depth OF t.,o feet they
appear al out the middle If summer: at
three feet in de tn ih'y appear very short
ami never c,lIrtutIie surface; and bots cen
three and i've. feet they Cease To vegctate.
He tuItHer informs me that he ha- buried
potato,, ia las garden AT The del tn at three
and Il half feet. which were not removed
until after one 'r two Ncars. when they
were. found uuii.. >oHud :,,,si irn->.--rd their
orr Iiuai ireshnts s., furnaces, guOuitss and
taste.
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From X EETCcKy.

The news from Kentucky is growing
interesting. Gen. Buell., about ten days
ago, commenced forwarl! movement
from Louisville, and is pushing on rs rap
idly as such a force, estimated at from
10000 TO $1,000 men-can travel. Gen.
McCook's division led the advance. and
arrived at Nuriord>vlle, on Green liver,
q week ago Gen. johnson division. on
the right wing reached Green river below
Muifordsville, on the liti, ana was about
to be Joined By Rosseaus division. Gen.
Thomas, of the left Wing. is bearin. down
from the east to get in Buckners rear.
Mitchells division, which brings I'd the
rear, started for Green river on Monday.
The whole army is brought to a halt at
Green river, which is not ford,bIe. Gen.
NcCook's division has been busted in
bridging it. and this is about accomplished
For five miles beyond Green river, the
country is broken, and admits of strong
points of defence, and heavy ambuscades.
and into this region Buckner is said to
have thrown 25,O53 nien. This cleared.
spd Buell. will have an open. level coun.
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We have accounts OF battle ut Allega
ny Camp, Pocahonts Co. (near Cheat
Nountain) on the 18th inst. between II
rebel force of about 2GOn, under General
Edward johnson, and q federal force OF
about 1900 under Gen Milroy. The attack
was made by the latter in the afternoon
and continued until nigh, fall The rebels
were drawn up in front of their entrenci-
ments and driven back. Our men slept on
their arms intending to renew the fight
in the morning, but during the night the
enemy destroyed his camp and Withdrew
towards Stanton. Our loss was 20 killed
and 30wounded. The rebels, gar men say,
lost $50 killed, and 80 prisoners Tie
Richmond papers, however, put their loss
at % killed, 80 wounded and Il lew PRISON.
ers There is now no rebel force within
40 miles OF Cheat Mountain pass.-Tneie
Is nothing from the Kanawila region.
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FROM POgT RoYAL.

A despatch 10 the Philadelphia En4.srs'
Of the 18th announces tie arrival at Hilton
Head on the 9Th Of 5000 men. This
would indicate brisk work in that quarter
before long: but it is doubtless an error.
A regiment or two have been sent from
Fort Monroe lately to Port Royal, and the
5000 are probably 2,500 men. 1000 men.
with several gun boats have taken posses
sion OF Tybee Island; and an expedition
of 1000 men, with the Baltic and two gun
boats. has sailed for Fernandina, Fla. a
place protected by but guns and 800
men. 1t was expected to prove an easy
conquest.
The stone fleet has blocked up the g; &.
trance to Savannah, and sailed for Charles
ton, where it was expected to close the
channel last Saturday.
Correspondents from Port Royal com
plain bitterly OF Cen Sherman. They say
that he has compelled his men to work III
the trenches and bitches until their heath
is impaired, while he might have had
hundreds Of negroes TO do the w"rk.-
have been saved, have been burned by the
planters, the only reason for not Selling It
being, tina. Gen. Sherman would only take
it by purchase from some white mau.-
The only negroes picking cotton have been
hired on private account.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-12-21

The Washington correspondent of the
Cleveland Ptai"dsuier indorSes the LOYALTY
of Ex-senator Green, OF Missouri, as fol-
lows:
Ex Senator Greer. Of Missouri. is. after
all. a fixed Union man have it from
his own lips. He has an autograph letter
from Seward ab-ol,ing him from all faint
ni treason. and ordering his release from
arrest on parole. Green has bad Il very
satisfactory interview with the P,e~id, mt,
espresso, his warm admiration of the
President for honesty and patriotism, and
- debating as 10 whether he (Green) can
| | e>t eve his country and State as sol
dier on the field or a civilian on the stumI =,
| iuc!ining 10 the latter, as he has not Il
mil airy halr in his head lie says the
slaves in Missouri have not left TO any
great amount, except in the Jim Lane
region His own thirty, near tia. line of
Illinois, Though iiavinga stationary permit
to 90 ii they wish, have every one remain
ed II, home, notwith>taudin. his absence
| lie says he has always owned slaves never
| struck one III li> life. ami never lost one
| ! remarked that he must bs. careful or he
would seriously damage the poetry of the
Iiou> Harriet Eeecher stowe. He thought
anything could be spared that t. utI would
spoil !. is not Il little gratifying to find
the talents Of this Missourian undoubtedly
devoted 10 his country.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-12-21

Our gulf feet within the las; ten weeks
has taken three rebel rrivatsers-the
Royal Yacht, the Anna. and the Henry
Lewis Their crews have been brought 10
New York. The lroquois cornered the
Sumpter in the Bay of Martinique and
after watching her two days suffered her
to escape. The Captain of the iroGuois j.
blamed in the matter An English ship
at Boston on the Eth reported that the
Sump,cr and lroqu".> had again met near
Martinique and had a severe engagement
but couldn't tell which had the best Of it.
Neither was taken.
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FoRT PICEeNs.

Col. Browns official report of the recent
engagement at Fort Pickens has been re-
ceived. 1t agrees substantially with the
reports previously received. He silenced
burnt most of WARM ton and the Navy
Yard, silenoed ; OF Bra=gs land batteries,
ard disabled one Of LIS steamers His
own loss was one killed and ) wounded,
The fort suffered 10 damage Whatever
He attributes his failure to take Forts
McRae and Barrancas 70 Z ra;it Of long
range riicd guns or our W.: vessels that
came to his AID
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.1f1Ster'S Sale.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. That by virtue

NOTICE + HEHEHI UINEN, That by vIrtue OF
decree made and of record by the Cir 'uS
Court La Sale County. State OF Illinois, At the No
y.ntber Tenn of said Court, ID. 1861. in certain
cause then pending ia sa. Caurt. the Chancerv side
thereof, wherein Lewis lto brook Lee and Harriet
Thurstou Lee compiainants, and Laura Sandiord
Lee George seth L-r Erankln S Kinney. DAVID v.
Uud.r,i, Jonathan Cog>wrli, Thomas Garrison, ana
ui known OF Samuel Plant. deceased and as"rxe
Strbbns were defend | shall Tuesday the oiss
day of December A. Is between the hours OF nine
,Ioc. in th. forenoon and sunset Of said day, o6sr
sale, the south door of the county court house
in Ottawa. in said AT public auction, and will
then sell to highest bidder 'he following described
Iety being the san ordered ny said decree 10 es
North, AS; quarter Of section hteen C5) township
ttr,y.two ,82, north. of fonr, a. OF the
third prnr al dial, situate in said county and
State. Terms OF sale Cash. - L. A. HOLLiSrER.
December IL, 1861. MSseer in CA0Nosrt.
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CAIRO.

On the surface, Cairo looks If anything
more quiet than usual. but there i an
under current of preparation going or that
brtokens great events ahead. There was
a grand review on Monday at which about
l5,Ooo TROOPS showed themselves. Gun
boats, mortar beats, dc. are becoming
quite numerous, and these, with daily
acceSsions Of reintoicements, certainly in
dictate work ahead.
At Columbus the alarm is thorough
All communication, even by flag OF truce,
being cut of with Cairo, they look daily
for the arrival Of the great federal arma-
rnent. Their thorough pe!suation Is that
$1,000 men will De pushed ~ the Ten
nessee river within q week to take Colum
bus in the near and cut eli com,nunIca-
ton with Bowling Green. The report, re-
ceiyed ia Memphis that there was Il fight
going on al New Orleans, and that troops
from Columbus had been sent down, Is
not believed. The rebels have strung an
immense chain cable across tie river at
Columbus, with heavy anchors 70 keep it
in place, ANA have sunk to,pedocs near il
to blow up our vessels if they attempt to
pass The rebel force at Columbus i csti-
mated at fyotl 2o0OD to 10000 jeff
Thompson, with 1000 men IS in New Mad
rid No troops either at Coiuu.ous Oh.
Belmont
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Capt. Seymour bearer Of dispatches 10
Lord Lyons, and Capt. George Cook, with
dispatches from Mr. Adams to Secretary
Seward, arrived at Washington at an early
hour."n iiIur>da, morning An extrao!di,
nary Cabinet Council was immedIatly called.
What the nature Of the despatch i, c;,.not
OF course be known, but it il said Secetary
Chase teiegrarhed the ianl;ers in New
York that he had 40 doubt the difficulty
would b amicably adjuste,!
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War News OF the Week.
IN AND ABoUr WasHiSGToS.

IN AND ABOUT W ASHiNGIOS.
Politics absorb everything so much ct
Washington at present that army move
ments appear to be wholly neglected.
Beyond a little picket skiinish!ng, there
il scarcely anything to note private,
named johnson, has been shot for deser-
ton. Gen. Sumner had q fall from his
horse, and was badly hurt. Gen Mellow
ell sent foraging party Of GOO men ON
Tuesday to Fairfax court House, but ssw
no enemy. The rebels have largely IN
creased their force at the mouth OF the
Occoquon and at Martinsburg, and viii .
drawn them from Annandaie. Gen. Kelly
is pushing on to Winchester with large
force Col Geary had q small fight on
Thursday with force across the river at
,Psint Of ROCKS, and scattered them.
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try to Bowling Green. On the 18th, the

try to Bowling Green. On the 18th, the
first body of our troops crossed Green
river, at Murfordsville, a squad of $50
men, under Col Which They encoun-
tered regiment Of mounted Texas
rangers, whom they drove back, killing
their Colonel, named Terry. The rangers
were. however, reinforced 10y 1900 to 1000
men, and these Which little band, led
by 1t Col. Won Weber, also drove back,
killing in all some 20 men and wounding
regarded as one Of the most brilliant
affairs of the war. Since this affair some
2UuJ Of our men, at last accounts, had
crossed the river, enc"untering no further
opposition Il IS believed. when the
bridge is IN order, the whole army can
cross in T. few days, and within q few days
| more must he at Bowling Green.
Breckenridge, who had been ravaging
the country west Of Bowling Green, mas
been driven back by a regiment under
Col Durhrldge, vino destroyed the Whip
povI.!e railroad bridge on the West Ten
nessce railroad, cutting Memphis oil from
communication with Bowling Green.
ZoliicotTer crossed the Cumberland river
Oh the 10th and marched on Somerset,
with ?.000 men but learning that Gen.
ScboeI,f was there with 5000 men, he stop
ped five miles south west of the town and
entrencLed himself The rebel Gen. Crit
tenden is at Cumberland Gap, marching
towards Zollicofier, and Humphry Mar
shall with "a considerable force. IS movin =
in the same direction. The object OF this
rebel concentration towards Somerset is
supposed to be TO draw off a portion of
Gen Bueils army, or 10 take possession
Of the Blue Grass Region The latest
dispatches say, that Gen. Schoepf being
reinforced so that he has now 5000 men,
had marched out from Somerset on
Thursday TO attack Zol!icoti-r in his
trenches, so that news OF 4 great battle
may be hourly expected
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Valuable CITY Property for sale.

HE under offers Cor sale the valuable proper
T. " u,,on which b.. resides. being Lot /. block
States Addition, situated the corner of Column
bus and Washington streets. near the Supreme Court
Building
There is a good dwelling wagon makers shop and
black smith shup, with ell c,tern. all in good
order, n the pieniSe>
Also Lots and :. in Block II, Raro I'd Addition
O,tuva le;uy the Southwest of the block and
situated on the of Columbus and Joliet streets,
north of the freight depot Their. is good two story
dwelling house on 'h- corner lot.
As The undersigned has strong inducements present
ed to him change his business, he viii sell tie above
property 1t bargain. Isep22l PATRICK TANNING.
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I" TIE srcesh are ,,po" rs, 70. nigqers. IL
tie rescue : Can it be believed that lLe,,
are American freemen tiastardlv enough
to raise cry like that? There is not Il
day we do not hear it, 1t is bawied ont
at every point of the compass. and comes
down to us from even the sacred walls Of
the Cabitol. They demand emancipation
as a milit:ry necessity. In effect we are
told that the twenty millions of the North
are no match for the six millions of the
South; that we are doomed. to ,i.ieat. I'M
less we get the help of the block mon -
They do not like TO have II put Ill Just
that style. but il amounts to eXa tly that
Short OF that their military necessity
would be a missioner, and their Claim TO
abnlitionize under the war power the bald
est :,ieteXt We say that Il viler insult
was never dealt upon the Northern name.
The worst libel ever uttered by Southern
slave drivers does not equal L. If it be
true that, wiki such numerical odds in
our favor. and with the noble>t cause that
ever appealed to man, we must crave the
succor of slaves; if must look tn the
poor, blind. creeping African to helI. vim
dictate our birihriyht and stay us up in our
extremity. then let it be recorded that we
are "mu sil!s,' indeed. There is no word
of scorn too low for u.s. We cannot cour,
the allegiance of slaves, without proving
that We are ourselves fit to be slaves 1t
is our heritage that is assailed, not theirs /;
and if our own good right arms, with all
the advantage they have, cannot protect
il, we may as well at once advertise our
degenerrcy to the world, and prepare to
take our place as underlings. Emancipa-
tion as a Militant necessity! A MILITARY NE
cEssI1Y! II emancipation must come. for
the honor of our fathers, for our own indie
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DERT TO NrwsrNPrps News paper sub
scriptions are iudeIible tests oi men :
honesty. They will. SOME" or later. di~-
cover the man. II he j. dishonest. he Will
che.t .hc Printer IN some wav--ay~ he
has paid what he ha~ not declares he has
the receipt -oncwhere--or sent th:. money
and il was lost in the mnil--or - II take
the paper and not pay for it on The ground
that he did not subscribe for it-or hc will
move of. leaving it coming tot otfic,. he
left Thousand, 0f rr"t~>s-d Christians
are dishonest and th.. Printers hook Will
tell fearful tales in the final iud .ment.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-12-21

BAD We notice III the jacksonville
Uil,) JoaThal Il communication signed by
a Number Of the pupils of the State Inst.
tuition for the education of the blind,
complaining bitterly OF the management
OF that Institution by its present Superin-
tenient DR.. Rhoades If half OF what
they say is true, the Doctor is certainly
unfit for his position, and ought to be
removed
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From the subscriber. residing the Plank Road.
about miles north If Out the hr't OF Jay last
a SOHREI. MARE COLT. two years old. coming three
mex, June hind ieet white to The hrSt I"int,-one
NOT -. lar iu front Is b.hni the fet"cs; and has
a whit. IN the face. running n little crooked,
inch wide Ia the center, aud growing wider dpSn
n no>trs a,i running into Cre of the nj think it
is The. right nosril has long - and los neck and
head long name aDd tail. with gray hairs and ON the
right side near the ,nk, their is curl hair where
She got hoos.d by COW. | will pay liberal reward
10 ,,,y that will enable recover tn. coit
Address THOMAS HOWARD,
no9:4us1 Ottawa. III.
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Vegetable syrup, - sovereign for tl- relief
and cur. ColI-. CnnglIs. Asthma. WhoopinE Cou-h
iIoar~eur>s. Br'ncti>, tou,uuiptio sore Throat or
Dutlrra. Neuralgia ami Pam in the irea5 1, cures
~ cough with bad cold IN night. Use child
rem when they sick II cures their cold. rnuh,.
them breathe easy ami quietly and them
health without the sickeung effect of Autinouy or
ipecac.
So'd by Druggists in bottles Pic Soc and 81 and
in Ottawa nv T.. Y. ,iElGGS.
Western Depot, pa Sontl Clark St. Chicago. Orders
promptly attended to. Address,
d-cI-Iv l.. j. YES.
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Congress-.


MONDAY, Ded l6.
SENATE-Mr. Ten Eycke offered a reso
luton that the war was for the prfserva
ton of the Union, against extreme RADICAL
measures, &c Laid over
Mr. Lane offered resolution, which was
passed, looking to preventing rebels from
collecting debt by process in |. S. courts.
Mr. Wilkinson offered resolution &c
eXpel Senator Bright. of Ia, for II eas"n
Mr.. Bri.ht made a few remarks in his de
fence, when the Senate adjourned.
IIorsE-There was a little personal al
tercaiion between Mr.. F"uke and Mr.
Conway, in which the gentlemen called
each other black guards. sc,undieis.
and other such gentle ei'ithets due! Is
SAID 10 be inevitable.
MIR Nallnnd CLAIM offered resolution
declaring it the duty oi the government
firmly to maintain lis position /. the
>lidell and Macon affair, &c. The resoiu
too Wa referred
1.-THE IIodse took up aud passed the bill
autmnrizin. 2u,O.iO one ge3u, volunteers
for the better dctt.nc" of kcBtdcky. The
bin was opposed by Lovejoy. Stevens, and
other extreme aboitioniats. II passed by
60 ag,.inst 81. Adjourned.
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The last California steamer, from Aspin.
wall ON her way to New York, with over
$3,OOo,O0O in treasure on board, was chased
10y a privateer.
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go ,sy a:.sron> ami ai1 Others
EusPrcNs;.t:.

VXlIiE amount of work cIHg done in NV OH &c makes
j necessary '.r me hereafter I" all opera
alpnin .,i hour> for each patient TIo-- iyiuT
out Of WI. particularly. wishing services
will please in mind thereby ,siu: il posib
for accommodate all WAC nay avnr me With Il
cali. I. iioHEET
d,clI1 Over J. Il. Tarilc's S.ure.
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1t is worthy of note that the Presidents
message makes no allnsion To the arrest
IL Mason and Slidell. Prudence aud policy
no doubt dictated silence