The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-08-02

States of the Northwest the rrana,v NJ
Europe, aud that section OF our Union
! which. within the the recollection of Iiv.
| ing men, WAS vast wilderness, is now the
Chief source Of supply IN seasons oil scarci.
ty for the suffering millions Of another
continent. vv tI.-a -..
Looking curiously over the returns, il
appears that tae fifteen slaveholding States
contain l2,24O, ,OvU inhatiianis, of whom
S,O3y,UUU are whites, 21l .VUU colOrpd per-
sons aud 3,y5U,UO0 ar.. slaves The actual
gain OF the whole population in those
States from 1850 to 1850 WIS 2627 ,OtO,
equal to - 80 per cent The slaves nd
vanced in numbers 1881, or % 43 per
cent This does not include the slaves of
the District Of Columbla. who decreased
3UZ In the course OF ten years. The nine
teen Tree Stales and seven Territories, to-
gether winh the Fedetai District, contain.
ed, including 2I,149 Indians, Of whom
iS,93u, SO were NLi.e and .37.2IS free
colo ed
The increase of both classes was 5.598.
GU3, or 4 2 per cent. No. more satisfic.
tory indic..tion of the ad,aic .ng proper.
| iiy of the country could lie desired than
this general and ienial kaLIc progress in
population. Nor.h and South We find
Instances ofunp..c drnted gains, a. ia the
case Of lliino,,, just advert.d 10. In the
Southwest the q eat State OF Missouri has
increased by<she number OF 5UV.tOO iBhab-
inhabitants, which is within u fraction of
II per cent 1t is due to cand. r to state
that the marked dispiopoltion between
the rate of grain in the NOrtn and South
respectively, is manifestly to some extent
caused 10y the larger uumder Of immi-
grants who settle in the former section on
account Of congeniality where wit II res
pectatle emplo, mcnt i. invested, and the
ireedpn o! labor
Owing, among other causes. to tho
extremes Of cllHate IN the more Northern
Staiea, and in other States to .xbuis:ve
enacimtnts of the legislature the free
coioi Ell show decrease of hulnbers Gu ing
the past ten yeaf-, according to the CENSUS,
III the following ten Stat'.s-- Arkansas,
Flo ida Indiana, Main, Ml->i-.ipIs, 9, New
Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Texas aud
Vermont.
The free colored have gained eleven
thou and III Gin" thr uisand in North
Carolina, and nine thousand III Maryland
la The latter State the pi..judlces agains.
this class aloear ikrxi>t oniy 10 IL limited
extent, and Constituting a> ii does i2f per
cent OF the whole pppIl,tion, it forms an
i'm! 0 tamt element N Q fee luLor Of
Marl iatl.
1t i, Important to ohsel We The growing
di-uariiy TO- tween he pace a. which the
white and colore races ar. advancing in
this country While the whites, from
lSj0 10 1860 gain. d IS per cent, the
slaves and ii+c coI'rt-d Increased some
what I,ss than - per cent and the total
increase of the free colored and slaves for
seventy years was but 4Sj against 7j7 per
cent tor the whites.
DRAFrIyG-Ii no IL ExEMPr-By the
laws OF The United States, the following
pc s"ns ir- exempt for enrolment:
"OHiceis, judicial and executive of the
Goy-iIlurHs, til" IN, m rts al L. 81 houses
oi toDgre>- a!d their !eSptc ne officers,
Cu>toni-il officers ana the clerks,
inspections oi exports, pilots and IL ar.nes
employed in the sea ser, C. oi cilIz.n or
me, chant w.tuIu the United STATES, post
masters assistant pns'lIi.lst' r, aid iL4ir
Clerks, pot officers, pot riders, and stage
ulive ) III the Gaze aud conveyance of the
HIs,il of the United States. ferry men en-.
yrd AZ any l. rry "n the post road ana
the artilcels and workmrn Ia the United
States uILnuties and .srsLiia!s.'
TIE D.frre,-s Ee'reen Voiuate.,iag and
DrgJt~g.
" 4 volunteer receives the full bounty
ST advance bounty. one months pay,
(Sl3) IN advance, at,i 50 at the end Of
ms time oi service, together with the
Usual 100 acres ui bounty hand. Beside
all this hi tainliy receives pecuniary
assistance during hl- abst nee. The draft
ed militia receive but 81 | I.er month, aud
II" bounty money. lucy can br held To
service out of the State three months. 10y
order of the tioveiuor Let 10 one de.
ceive hinieif with the ide., that drafted
soldier, will e,ive c"iy tiIee m"uths. Tor
after the militia are drafted, &. nsress can
very easily hold them to serve during the
war
S,uso IL Murray PoiSr OF VIEW
The following queries are respectfully rec.
Omniensied to the tt.ntion Of the Bull
Head Court Martial:
When Hunters contraband brigade 10
raised. are they To garrison Cape Sattr, ut
TIE southeastern extremity o! Florida
Could a contfaband io,c- ever surprise
an enemy, unless il wa working to wind.
ward wouldn't sece,li, like Jobg war
horse, smell the ater "ffP
In case of an engagemant could the
co}ars ever be taken from the cOntrabands
Could they be- mustered in as light in.
fanny. -.s- ----f -. r... .-....- .- ...
Would niger brigade endure life in
tents the brtter BECAUSE Their aucesters
were born in Ashautee2
WANTS GEN BUrI UrIER.-Telegrams from
Richmond say jeff Davis proposes to de-
mand tie surrender TO him Of Gen Butler