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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

RUssELI- the correspondent of the Lon.
don Times, when at Cairo, recently, was
pressed by the soldiers for a speech, when
he replied as follows;
CITIZEN SOLDIERS: / have come among
you as chrouicler of events, not as manu-,
taeturer Of public sentiment am bu, a
novice at public speaking: but this much
| may say at the start, one volunteer is
worth ten pressed men, and as you have
pressed Inc into the service 70 day, you
must not expect my remarks 10 be more
than one-tsnth part as apt or appropriate
as those have been who have preceded
mine (Applause.) Gentleman, you are
engaged in one of the most inn or,ant
and minds Of nations. Il is unlike any
war mentioned in history 1t is not a war
in which a people are fighting for repub-
lican liberty against monarchy, neither
is il 4 war Of conquest, such as has made
the fields of the Old World red with gore.
but it is a war which, in its denouement,
shall decide whether republican demo
cratic confederation has in itself the es-
sentlals necessary TO its perpetuity and
maintenance, or whether the old eStab-
lished governments are tao only forms
that can be made go intact as 10 preserve
Themselves against intestine revolutions
rs well IS against foreign entertainments.
l have travelled somewhat extensively
over your country, and especially over tn
more southern part of it, and have en-
deavored to study the character of Your
people and your institutions, and TO come
TO just conclusions upon your every fea.
turs of pol;ty. | have looked anxiously
for q solution of your present difficulties,
and hoped that such solution might be
effected as should tend 10 reunite you in
stronger bonds Of nationality than you
have known before; and this | will say TO
you, gentlemen, that the people Of other
countries. and none more so than my own
countiymen. are looking to you for SO.
luton of the governmental problem wheth.
er a republican form CT government Las
inherent strength sufficient for its own
maintenance and protebtion. 1t is not
the ministry of European nations it is
not the press, of which | am but an hum
ble representative, that are so watching
but the people of those countries are they
who are most intently looking for this so
luton Now, in conclusion, gentlemen
permit ME to say that do not and shall
not espouse the cause Of either party in
the present unhappy controversy, and as
q neutral all | have to say is God speed
the right.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

TAXING OF FoRr PiCKExs GIVEN IRA
World despatch from Washington, July
End, says:
A gentleman who has just arrived here
from New Orleans states that he heard
just before leaving, and at points along
the route, that the rebel government had
abandoned the idea Of taking Fort Pick.
ems, and had withdrawn considerable
portion of the force stationed there and
dispatched them to Richmond. He says
further that some apprehensions were en-.
tertained at New Orleans of the landing
Of large force Of Federal troops in the
vicinity Of that city. Accordingly prepa-
rations were being made by erecting proper
means of defence. The information, he
says, was communicated to them by a
gentleman who had arrived from Wash
ington, who alleged he heard it from Gen.
Scott
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

The New York Tribune complains that
it is next to IN impossibility to discover
who really wields the power of the sxecu-
tive at Washington. Triumvirates, COM
posed Of Weed, Seward and Cameron,
Tycoon Scott, old Blair and the little
woman" from Illinois, are each in their
turn supposed 20 exercise an asceudancy.
As for Uncle Abe, he is merely passive
instrument in their hands The result ia
that the pursuit of Office or anything
else, news or contracts, at the disposal of
the government, appears to be attendant
with greater difficulties row than under
any previous administration" Does not
this account for the savage feroci,y with
which Greeley has of late been attacking
the President
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

DlsPosITIoN OF ExGLASD-Tba f.ct that
England has as yet shown no disposition to
the proposition Of our government, accept.
ing the Paris conference on the subject of
privateering, coupled with the sending Of
a lareg force to Canada, as announced by
late arrivals, gives uneasiness at Washing
ton. John Bull evidently means to have
cotton, and the only question with him is,
can be get it sooner and cheaper by keep
ing hands off or by aiding the rebels.
1t is understood that instructions have
been forwarded to our naval squadrons to
allow no interference with our blockade
under any pretext and vigilant watch will
be kept az to British movements
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06
From Fort Pickens.

By the Star of the West which arrived
in New York from Fort Pickens last
Thursday, the New York Times learns the
following from one of the officers:
"In about ten days our position will be
perfectly impregnable, as our ritled cannon
and coast mortars will be in position. If
the government, and about two thousand
men (Which can we'll be spared from the
feet at Tortugas and Key Wsst), we can
certainly capture the whole line of bate
ries, from Fort McRae to the Maynard,
and, of course, Pensacola would, as a me-
cessary consequence, be ours. The rebels
have thirteen batteries already completed,
including Forts McRae and Barrancas, and
have four more in progress of erection !;
they are also changing the guns on Fort
Barrancas for columbiads
"On the night of the 14th inst Lieut.
Langdon, of the First Artillery, and Lieut.
Seelsy, of the Fourth, set the dry dock on
fire, having crossed over to the Navy-yard
unseen. AS we were not in n position to
commence operations, the Colonel COM
handing thought it best to have it cxtin-
guished, which was at once done by the
officers who set it on fire, and, as they fired
it without authority, they were arrested
honorably acquitted of having done any
thing prejudicial to coed order and mill
tary dicipline Nearly every person in the
fort was sorry that they were compelled 10
sxtinguish the fire. We would have all
been glad to have seen the dock burnt up
and the fight commence"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

A PIoUs REspoSsE.-It was some time
ago, that Gen. Mcclellan, who is a relig-
ious, conscientious man, as we'll as able
general, telegraphed the War Department.
for leave for his soldiers to apply some
boards and other refuse lumber lying
about his enccmpment and belonging to
the Government,) to the building of .
church for the regiments to worship in
A militia general would have taken the
lumber for this or an other purpose, with
out leave asked. Not SO the strictly bred
soldier, Mcclellan. But when the Secre-
tary was asked by the clerk in what terms
he should answer the dispatch, he gave a
Caledonian wink, and said The Lord 5
will be dons?'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06
The National Horse Show.

We have the qualification to announce
that c. S. Smith has just returned from a
somewhat extensive trip northward during
the past week, and that he has received
the most encouraging assurances in all
quarters of the success of the Great Horse
Fair, to commence at Ottawa On the Sd Of
September next
The managers have been busy during
the week in arranging the programme and
Prem um Lists, and they are in such a
state of forwardness that We shall be able
to publish them in our next. Notwith-
standing the times, the officers Of the So
ciety are confident that the approaching
Fair will be che OF the most successful ever
held by the Society.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

The New York Erem,y Post draws at.
tention to the fact that in the Mexican
war, the Southern soldiers suffered much
more from disease than the Northern.
On April s, lS4S, the Secretary of War
made report to the United States Senate
of the losses of the volunteer forces en-
ployed i'll Mexico From this it appears
that the total loss of life from disease in
the Northern forces was less than one
eight of the whole, while the Southern
loss from tie same cause was more than
ons-ffth of their aggregate.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06
THE WAR.
The Camp Cole Affair.

The St Louis Democrat, of the lst inst.
has a letter from Boonville, giving a mir
ute account of the murderous affair at
Camp Cole, in Missouri, Of which various
versions have been put out by the tele-
graph:
Capt Cook, pursuant to an order of Gen.
Lyon, has enlisted in Benton and adioin-
ing counties, about seven hundred Union
men-three hundred for the active SER
vice. and four hundred Home Guards. On
the 10Th there were about five hundred in
camp. The headquarters were at q great
barn belonging to j. II. Meyer, near Cole
Camp. The camp was surrounded by a
strong line of sentinels, and by scouting
parties, so well guarded that no attack
was apprehended Most Of those sleeping
in the barn even left their muskets out
side, as there was hardly room for them
inside
Suddenly at three clock in the morn
Ing they were attacked by on hundred
mounted men and two hundred and four
infantry with two small cannon. The SEN
tnels were shot down and the guns taken
possession of before the sleeping men
awoke Then the butchery commenced.
mo mercy to the Dutch % was the war
cry Most of the Home Guards were
Germans. The defenceless men were as
sassinated without mercy Capt Cook
fed at the beginning Of the fight
There suddenly appeared upon the
bloody field a company of our men, led by
Capt Elsner, and they gave a most dies.
tructive fire upon the thick crowd of the
murderers, killing many of them and dri
wing the rest from the field We lost
twenty-six killed, fifty two wounded and
twenty three prisoners. The prisoners
were conveyed to Warsaw, and there lib
Grated on taking the oath not to bear arms
any more against the Southern Confedera
acy. They report the loss OF the enemy al
thirty-six, among whom are Lecch of the
/ Warsaw Democrat, Sim Atkinson, lawyer
| Whipple and several other secession
| leaders.
| The state Of things in Benton, Petit:
and Morgan counties is dreadful The
bands of rebel murderers and thieves stea
horses, stock, provisions and everything
the like
The stores of A. Smith and A. Hismey
er in Florence, and my own store in Sc
dalia are stripped Of all our nechandize
I so are many other houses of Union men
Myself and family fled for our lives.
/ The venerable Judge TREY, - years old
a strong Union man, and slave holder
Z himself was tied to tree by jackson
marauders, and shot like mad dog His
/ body was literally torn to pieces
When will the hour Of liberation anc
revenge come for US
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

GENERAL HAELAN.-General Josiah Har-
Ian, who is to command the Kentucky
cavalry regiment, is native Of Pennsyl-
vania. For nearly twenty years he was
actively engaged in military operations in
ludia, having assisted in organizing the
forces of Runjeeth Singh, Prince of the
Punjaub, and afterwards performed the
same service for Dost Mahomed of Cabul.
Dnring the successful campaig On against
the Uzbeck Tarters in 1889 he distin-
guished himself as commander of the
Cabul army While resident in India,
he paid a tribute to his native land, by raj
sing the stars and stripes over one of the
highest passes of Indian Caucasus, 10000
feet above the level of the sea and at the
same time fired national salute.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06


w HEREAS David ULdeTlli and Er cline c Tn
w deriin his wife, lid the sixth day OF FebrGa-
l-iI. execute and deliver the undersigned
william ii DeGraw mortgage their certain
deed Of that date, upon the real hereinafter
described TO secure the payment OF certain contract
in said deed mentioned and OF date Herewith,
Tor the payment OF the OF eight hundred and eight
lllU0 dollars and due and payable three oaths
the date thereof al tn Cy Bank Of Ottawa, Illinois,
with exchange on New York. which said deed is duly
recorded Ia the recorders Office in and for the
Of La Sale and State Of Illinois in book No. &C az deeds
psges e5l es2, and Z53. And rhereas the said of
money is Ies las due, and default has been made by
said bndCrhl N tie payment of the
Now therefore, pubic notice Is heTeby given you,
the said David CnderAl, 20 the said kmeline Tn
derh'N and to all others interested in thu premises
that the soid william II. D. Grav will by virtue OF the
authority in him vested by said deed and Tor the
and purposes therein expressed, ell public auction
TO the highest and best bidder Tor cash the
house door in in the city OF Ottawa, said county
the I2ih day q August, 1861, the hOgI % ten
oeloe& NJ Of said day, the following real estate SIT
uate in said county o. La Sale, VIZ:
The north half OF lot No three, 81 in block No. or
the town Of Croi;y, and all right and equity OF reGemp
on and homestead rights o. said granioT. their heirs
and assigns.
chaser Immediately after the sale
WILLIAM d. De GRAw, Mortgage.
D. r. CAMERON Any July 6, I,6l-6y
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

DECISION AID DEsTIxY-Pizarro, the con-
queror of Peru, in one of his reveries, was
cast on the Island of Gallo, with few of
his followers When in starving condi-
ton two vessels arrived from Panama for
his relief, nd to induce him to abandon
his object. Now came the test of his de-
cision of character, and the determination
Of his earthly destiny. Drawing his sword
he traced line with it on the sand from
east to west. Then turning towards the
south, Friends and comrades" he said,
ION that sic are toll, hunger, nakedness,
the drenching storm, dcsolstion and death
on this side ease and pleasure. There
lies Peru with its riches-here Panama
with its poverty. Choose, each man what
becomes g. brave Castiilian. For my part
| 60 to TO the south So saving he step
ped across the line He was followed bv
eleven others, and Peru was conquered =
Prescott
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06
The SKrRursH NEAR CUMBERLAND

Col Wallace, (of Ind) in q report to
Gen. Mcclellan, dated June 9th, gives
the following account of the late skirmish
near Cumberland, Md:
! have been accustomed to sending nv
mounted pickets, thirteen men in all, TO
different posts along the several approach
IS to Gun! berland Finding il next 10 i'm
possible TO get reliable information of the
enemy yesterday, i united the thirteen
and directed them, if possible, TO proceed
to Frankfort, i town midway between this
place and Romney, TO see If there were
rebel troops there. They went within a
quarter OF a mile of the place, and found
1t full OF cavalry. Returning they over
took forty horscmen, and once charged on
them, routing and driving them back
more than mile, killing eight of them
and securing seventeen horses Corporal
Hayes, in command OF my men. was des-
pera,ely wounded with sabre cuts and
bullets. Taking him back they halted
about an hour, and were then attacked by
the enemy, who were reinforced TO about
seventy five men The attack was SO sud
den that they abandoned the horses and
crossed to a small island at the mouth OF
Patterson Creek The charge of the reb-
els was bold and confident, vet twenty
three fell under the fire Of my pickc.s
close about and on the island. Ny fellows
were finally driven off, and scattering each
man for himelt, they are all in camp now
One, Corporal Hayes, of Company A. was
wounded. hut Is recovering One, John
{. Holdingbrook, OF Company Z, Is dead
The last was taken prisoner, and brutality
murdered. Three companies went TO the
ground this morning, and recovered every
thing belonging 10 my picket, except .
few OF the horses The enemy were en-
gagged all night long in boxing up their
dead. Two OF their officers were killed.
They Ia out twenty-thres on the porch
OF neigh boring farmhouse | will bury
M poor fellow TO morrow
L nave gained information today tina.
there ars four regiments of rebels in and
about Romney, under Col Mcdonald
What their particular object is cannot
learn.
The two Pennsylvania regiments are in
encampment at State Line. nine miles
from here. awaiting further orders They
have not yet reported to me- They hest
tate about invading Maryland.
The report of the skirmish sounds like
fiction, but it is not exaggerated The
fight was really one of the most desperate
on record, and abounds with instances Of
wonderful daring and GOODNESS
(Signed) LEWIS WALLACE,
Col llth Reg Ind. Vol
q B. MCCLELLAN MaiOr-General
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06
CELEBRATION IN RUTLAND.

A very large company, made up from
Rutland and the towns adjoining assem-
bled on the 4th at Debolt Springs, where
there was also free dinner. We have
heard no estimate of the number present,
but gentleman who was passed there
during the day says he never saw greater
collection of teams in his life We know
they had good time, for the people up
that way never get up such an affair in a
bungling way.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06
SMITHS" AMONG THE GERNAxs.-There is

SMITHS AMONG THE GERNANs-There is
German society composed entirely of the
Smith family. The following is the roll
list: Smit, big Smit, little Smit, Smit from
de holler, Smit NIT de hill, Smit nit de
store, Smit NIT the black snlit shop, Smit
nit de lager beer shop, Smit vrow,
Smit vat wants vrow, Srnit NIT one leg
Smit NIT two legs, Smit nit the pig head,
Smit nit de swell head Smit nit de brick
yard, Smit mt de canal boats, Snit nit
de junk-store, Snit NIT de hardware shop.
Suit NIT do curley head, Smit de fireman
Sinit nit one eye, Smit NIT de long nose,
Smit NIT two vrows, Smit nit de vii Is ers.
Smit mtout de whiskers, Smit nit black
hair. SInit no hair
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06
The War and Business.

Among . people SO absorbed in trade
and commerce Is those of the Northern
States, it is natural, even while carried
away by the exciting topics connected
with the war, to ask the qusstion-Will
businesa revive? There certainly seems
no cause for dependency, either in the
present or what is to be expected in the
future. 1t il not the existence of war
that paralyzes trade and commerce, SO
much as the uncertainty as to what will
be the first move, or the result of the first
move, towards making the war perma-
nent thing
To find a retreat is the first object in
time of threatened danger, and our people,
as general thing, carry out this principle
in their actual expenses of living; and
travagance to strict economy, must Of
course operate, for the time being, I'M
favorably upon all branches of trade.
In the next place, the peremtory cut
ting off of markets that have heretofore
taken all the surplus Of our manufactures
and imports, causes a check upon COM
merce. We stand between two points,
the past and the future-the certainty of
the one which is gone, and the uncertainty
of the future which We are to turn into a
certainty
Philosophers tell US that tho smallest
amount Of material matter cannot be de-
stroyed from the universe without dis
turbing its equilibrium. The laws Of trade
and commerce are as immutable as those
of nature. What is stopped in one place
must find an outlet in another; nothing
is utterly destroyed
After Congress has assembled, and the
policy OF tine government becomes dis
tinct in all its parts, we have faith to be-
lieve that confidence will be restored If
it is to be war for an indefinite period, we
shall shape our business operations to
meet such an exigdncy. If we are to have
/ peace within a reasonable time, then mat
/ tiers will take care of themselves
We believe the policy of European gov
ernments toward our own will be shaped,
/ in a great degree, by the actions of the
next Congress, which they recognize as
the power that legalizes the acts of the
administration. Once let them maintain
strict neutrality, and refuse to countenance
any attempt to subvert the legitimate ob.
jects of our government, and we have
nothing to fear from the piratical crews of
Southern priyateers.
alt is within the power Of the government
/ to open such friendly relations with Spain
as shall fling the markets of Cuba entirely
into the hands of Northern producers,
and this alone will more than compensate
for the loss of Southern trade. There, too
is Central America, Mexico, and other
points that have been too much neglected
by American enterprise, that will afford
ample scope for cur manufacturers and
producers. Experience III the past few
years has shown how important relation
the wheat fields of the West bear 10 the
substance of Europeans, and there can
be little doubt that the exports of 1861
will far exceed those Of previous years.
On the whole, we see far more of en-
couragement than dependency in the
present aspect of affairs and in the future
prospects Boston Commercial B,sNetin
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

GEN Lee DIssATIsFIED.-A special to the
HTals, Washington, June 80, says: " 1t is
reported that the misunderstanding be-
tween jeff Davis and Gen Beauregard
and Lee which has been noted for some
time past has occasioned the latter TO le-
sign his position. 1t is certain that private
letters from Lee to old associates in the
/. ) army have disclosed his dissatifac-
ton in the rebel service
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

SENATOR'S BRECKENRIDGE AND PowELI-
1t is with pleasure we can say that Ken
lucky will be represented in the United
States Senate at the approaching session
of Congress. Major Breckenridge and Mr.
Powell will both attend and be in their
seats. We felt satisfied that neither of
these gentlemen would finch from their
duty, and announced some time ago that
they would 60 to Washington. And why
should they not? Their State is loyal to
the Union, and, SO far as we have seen or
heard, neither of these gentlemen has said
or done anything to indicate that they
wished her to change that position Gin
cinnaii Enquire.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

We were in BARRIERS shop the other
day (says the editor of the Saturday Eve
ming ErprcSs) when the father-in law Of
well known politician was speaking of the
future prospects of his son-who was de
feated as = candidate for an important po-
sition Oh, he will not suffer, sir" said
pafsr; a. his country VIII take care of him.
sir just then fat old gentleman. with
hi. face all lather, groweled out: If his
country don't The torn. ,rW hare 10.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

HoXoRABLY DIsCHARGED.-James D. Pull
ley, Esq, of Williamson county, who was
arrested and brought to Springfield some
weeks ago under the charge of treason,
has been honorably discharged by the
grand jury The Investigation was
searching one and revealed nothing against
him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-07-06

JEFFERSON DAVIS LOOKING TO THE FU-
rURE.-The subject has often been discus
sed among the people, whether the Fed
sral Government would hang Jefferson
Davis and other leading conspirators, in
case the rebels were conquered, or whether
he would be allowed to leave the country
A Southern gentleman stated lately, in
this city, that he knew that Mr.. Davis had
invested nearly all his property in the
English funds. If this be so, he probably
anticipated that he might be obliged to
fly his country.-Boston Trayellsr.