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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-08-31
LATER.
Baltimore, Aug. 2s.

Baltimore. Aug 20.
The following comes specially by lele-
graph from the highest and most reliable
authority. | can vouch for its truth !:
TT. Monroe, Aug. 2S.--The United
States tug-boat Western World, just ar
rived here from the feet off Wilmington,
reports that on Tuesday at 8 p. M. one
hour before she started, the United States
steamer Florida arrived from the feet of
Charleston, with positive news that Sum-
ter and Wagner had fallen and were oecu
pied by Union troops, and that the stars
and stripes were triumphantly waving
over both fortreshes. The Union tro ops
are in the highest spirits, and are certain
of possessing speedily oil of Morris Island
and reducing Fl. Moultrie. The capture
and occupation Of Charleston in few
days is morally certain.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05
La sale County Fair.
possession

Our County Fair begins next Tuesday.
As an indication Of the confidence our
people have in its being a successful show,
it NAV be mentioned that not only is all
the spare room inside the grounds already
engaged for eating establishments, &c,
but the Court House and public rooms up
town are taken for tie evening, to be oc-
cupied by concerts and other amuse-
meu,s.
As the Society offers over 500 in pre-
Iniuns for trotting and equestrianism
alone, extensive preparations are on foot
for competition in these departments We
have no doubt, in the way Of fine horses,
it VIII be immensely ahead Of any previous
show. The cattle, grain, fruit, and other
departments, wa have no doubt, will also
be well sustained Let no one stay avay
uader the impression that the fair will
not be fully and amply supported. We
place It's success beyond contingency
indeed the prospects never looked fairer
for any of our former fairs, none of
which proved a failure. 1t Is not 10 the
books Of the La Sale CcunIy Society 10
fail
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" MI N.rre


NOTICES hereby given that a sale ~ the Coliec.
~ tor OF ~. City % Ottawa in the county % Lassll.
ia the State of Hin il, Of delinquent lands and town
lots FOR the City and SChpa and cost. due there
on for 4. d. s52, +. A. Sherwood the 22d day
December Ap lss- became TIE purchaser OF the fol-
ea ing described los parts lots in said CITY viz
Lots II, "a, 10 and 90 block 20 In the States Add.
Spencer.
Ia: ) in block Il in the states Addition to Ottawa
t:Nee. in the name Of John Brady.
Lot in block IS in the safes Addition to Ottawa
taxed in the Bame Of Isaac St-~s, Jr.
-; in block g in the S:ate's Addition TO Ottawa
taxa in the name II Charles Picket.
Lots and ia block in Norris Add: ion 10 Ottawa
taxed ia the name Of 4. y. Munger.
And that the time OF redenPtiIr 0f each o. the above
described lots from said sale purchase will expire
On the I'D day Of December A. D. 1868.
And ia Their is given that said sale on said
ga day OF Decer.ber, A. d 1852, d. c. O'Kan. be-
came the purchaser OF the following lots in said civ
viz Lot in block -, in states Addition to Ottawa
taxed in the maze OF BrunscE Murray.
Also 50 jefferson Street by li0 # deep of block
39, in States Addition 20 Ottawa taxed the name Of
Geo. W. PIkington and that the redemption of the
same will expire the ga day OF December, L D.
1903.
Ind further notice is given that said sale the said
d, o'Kanc, the 23d day of December, A. D. 1872
became the purchase Of the following lots and parts OF
lots in said city, viz:
Lot II in block G, in the Rail Roai Addition to
Ottawa taxed in the name OF A!onzo Hopkins.
Also the South nth of lots ID, H. IS. and 49,
in block 20 ain the States Addition to Ottaw, taxed in
the name {! John Eagan.
And that the time of re3- nption OF said lots and
parts Of lots purchased the PSI day of December
d. 1862, will expire the 23i day Of December, A.
D. lss3. f. A. SHERWOOD
Ottawa Sept 5h is63,-3S
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05
Dsmocoatie County Convention.


We publish the call for a convention OIL
the Democracy of this county to be held
at Ottawa. on Tuesday the Odd inst The
only candidates to be nominated are Tor
County Treasurer, School Commissioner
and County Surveyor The Offices are OF
no great political Importance IN them
selves, but there are questions agltatlng
the public mind Of overwhelming I'M
portance, and upon which q a popular
verdict is demanded by the highest con-
siderations OF the nations welfare and IN
this State, the only means of arriving at
that verdict this fall is III the vote on these
small offices. the question before the
people is, as we have on more than one
occasion tried to impress upon our rea-
ders, whether the present war shall 20 on,
not until the rebellion is suppressed, and
the authority of the Constitution enforced
In every Southern State and the Union
thus restored, but until the whole South
is de olated and destroyed and the South
ern States annihilated that new States may
with abolition constitutions. In other
words, the question before the people is,
shall this wax be waged fer Political or
territorial con4usslses the Tobei.ion* The
Democracy n2aintain that when a rebel
army is driyes fsass 2 seeded State and Z
Union governsr1ps is therein &c orgauizcd,
as was the case Il Il sssduri and will soon
be inTennessee aid Louisiana, the rebel
lion in such State boliticalIy conquered
and the State is to Ill intents and purposes,
restored TO tue UIiion, the National Gov
eminent having no other function with
reference TO it, than TO protect its Union
government against the rebels Our ADO
lition opponents, OH the other hand, main
tain that the rebelIlous States have COM
mitted suicide and no longer exist. The
war, in their view, is therefore not to re-
store those States 10 their former position
as members of the Union, but to get conn
plete and urdisputeG possession Of their
territory, which they propose to rule by
military governors until the land snail he
"regenerated," and the ncopli consent,
some day far IN the future, to ask humbly
permission to come back into the Union
as free States. The Democratic plan viii
restore the Unien the moment the rebel
armies are oyerthrOwn, and half Of this
work is accc mp!.shod when the people Of
tie South ar- as urect that the suppression
of the rebellion Is to be their dcIiycrance
and not destruction. The abolition plan
;,yorr.-
South and its subjugaJion to endless mills
tary despJtism, uniles the people a. one
man III support of tie rebellion, and thus
involves the endless continuance Of the
war
Every vote cast al the election this i4!i,
for the smallest office, will tell towards the
adoption Of one or the other Of these
policies" Let no one imagine, then. that
the proposed county convention is OF no
importance. Nc presidential election ever
presented graver question or the people
to decide. The Democracy, y q appretend
are aware Of this; whence We are sure the
proposed convention will not only be fully
attended, but by the Oldest men we have
III the county.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05
G KS f Y APO Il Alto r
Hides and Skins.

STATE or ILLINOIS, s. IN Il. ogl~ Circua Court
In the matter tie petition q Wesley Johnston
Gga Tdsn Of T.moieon Oscar Johnston aud James
a. l1Etf Jotustt H. for leave - Sc! raj estate
Public Notice = hereby gwen. That by virtue OF
decree Of the Honorable Cgru; Court Of sait county
made in The above entitled caase the Jua- Term
said Court holden - Oregon, in and Tor sid county
q os@. the second Moniay OF JI1e, A =. 1868
Authorizing thereto. /, the undersigned, Wesley
Johnston, Guardian Of limo lson Oscar Johnston aud
Of october, 1905 the hour Of o'clock ia ih-
afternoon q sat day, At h- sast door Of The City Hall
ia the city Of Peru the county o. Ia Sale and State
OF Limos. u1rr Tor see, 1t Pubic ACct;Sa, to Tia
hiE5 bidder bdbers for one-foGr.h Of the pgr
chase none! in hand, one f1urth ia ouefsGr;h in
tro, and ru-"rrth IN three after such sale, villa
Interest ten per cent; all the right :e aad aier-sI
% The sad Tin4oson oscar Johnston anu James wash
iH-tou Johnston in and to lie icAO-.l. described
lands situate In san ronfy - L. safe Aad state OF
Illinois, uii Part - oi tiJ,l N block hun
Size tOEr or city q Peru. bounded fo'sws 20 Wit
CouU- aciTE i've, 90 let from :hs lie Of io)
number ten tO} -i.r.s4Id thence HortIerly h'- %
tee rom the east Re % $40 10; ous h-ndrtd, tNg,
feet thence n ~-ste.ly coG-.. twenty Two and
half ,222 fcct iE- IOUh line OF sail lot; ;henoe
.outi=Tiy hundred coca feet line
twenty-five and hale t-eis i-et tie place q be-
gisHiDg. Aso, lei nambsr sve 81 II block nutab-r
two, - IN lie Orlgna! town ~ Peru. Also, lot
Der six 90 IN block number av-, 90 10 tie orr iua
tosa Of Peru. Also The fo.oains piece parcel OF
land situate ia the city % La Sale said county Of
la Sale TO att. Part Uf 81; HUInG=T el-v-n Ily u
block number oIe lGn1rei aud twenty, N2oD in said
tcEE or ctiy OF Ia SlIr b-1aEsi ss follows, 70 vii
tsrr-r o. said ~ eleven, ard running thence east
;Sva'y, (ss.t feet; thence north hundred and
-AiHr t-v) feet; thence west twenty, tz'J ieet !.
s-.a lot run 5-E clefru WESLEY JOHNSTON
G'.Iroi'-a Of jiooi n C5crr Jy}--toa and Jfr.ss
: .s,sngtot johnston.
. -
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05
NnrlnHl estcrM Soldiers, Fair.

We have III the Chicago papers the pro
ceedings ofquite an interesting meeting Of
patriotic ladies of the Northwest at Byran
Hall in Chicago on Tuesday and Wecfnes-
day Over hundred ladies' from Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa we're pres
ant, and the object WIS, ID make arrange
ments to hold 4 grand Soldiers Fair at
TI;-, - I-.i.,e. III - wool :" 0e.oi--
and first week in November. The plan IS,
in brief. to solicit contributions form all
parts of the Northwest Of money, fruits,
flowers. and AL useful or fancy articles
that may be available for the purpose of
exhibition and sale for the benefit OF the
Spiders the whole to be collected il the
largest Hall in Chicago, arranged in de
partments to be presided oyer by ladies'
chosen for the purpose, and sold for the
benefit Of our sick and suffering soldiers
and their famiiies Rofreshment tables
will also be provided, and amusementa to
continue during the fair. 1t certainly
promises TO be pre- en.inently a = big
thing" Mrs IIeushaw of this city 'Te OBJ
serve, is a member Of the executive COM
nlittee who doubtless will take pleasure
in giving all the information on the subject
any one may desire
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05
War News OF the Week.

There has been no important news from
the seat of war during the week.
There is lull at Charleston. Fort
Sumter is still in possession of the rebels,
as we'll as Fort Wagner. &c, although ten.
Gilmore says he can make Sumter unten-
able in two hours 1t Is said the late ope-
rGtions were only preliminary to operations
to commence in earnest with cool weather.
There has been no further Smelling OF
Charleston
There have been rumors all the week,
and they still continue, of rebel cavalry
advance on the Upper Potomas, but they
are discredited, as are also the reports OF
thanking movements being made 10y Gen.
Lee. The opinion is expressed that the
invasion scheme of the rebels has been
frustrated, and that an immediate moves
melt by either army is impossible; though
no doubt is entertained that there Is a
large rebel force north of the Rappahan.
mock, below fredericksburg.
Rosecrans has crossed the Tennessee ami
tsCStSN hS.'t'4OcSeA, Sh- mus IA 'hS' I
appears to have been no serious fighting
there.
Burnside has arrived at Kingston, Is
miles from Knoxville, and battle with
Buckner is daily expected to take place,
unless ne runs.
Gen Grant has gone TO New Orleans,
where preparations are going Oh for inn
portant operations. Nearly all the gun
boats, transports, &c. in the Mississippi,
have also gone down the river
The latest news from Sen. Steeles ex-
petition TO Little rock, Ark, indicate
that the rebels dare not meet him on the
north side of the arkansas river, and that
Little Rock must soon fall into Federal
possession.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

Oae day, at farm house, vng saw an
old cobbIcr trying to eat the strings of
some night caps that lay on the grass TO
bleach. That, said ne. IS what | call
introducing cotton into Turkey
DO 1Ivaeg S!l9fF' tIenii,, gentleman Of New
York has lately complained Of injuries in
hicted on horses which haYe been badly
cut up ~ becoming entaEglee in these
nets which have been cast INTO the streets
" We want You to make for the church,
said ves'rymau To 4 carpenter, " two new
commandment boards We want her. of
free sound timber, with no knots in Il"
b. You'd better take some Of the 'uots out
of the commandments, replied the car
penter.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

Gov. Johnson, of Tennessee, has turned
Copgcrhcad." At an immense Union
meeting at franklin, Ten, on the ed uit,
he made speech in which he holds that
the rebcllious States have never gone out
Of the Union. and that they could not go
out The administration doctrine IS that
they here gone ont and that they must
be brought back as Territories. The doc
tIine is one Of its " var measurcg:" Gov.
johnson is opposing this war measure"
and is therefore - copperhead.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

VallandIgham, though he never cane
heartily up to the support Of the Gcvera-
meu., voted men and money FOR the pro-
secution of the war, a fact which the
Richmond En7',sr remembers against
him nov, ami Of which il tainted him
while yet a guest at Gen. Bragss head
quarters.
Can any of our Republican war friends
tell u the author of the above extract!
Fearing that their memories are defective
We will inform them: II 'caS the CHcinnSh
CommfrriHIt
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

GaH FIR JOIN PoRrER.-The review by
Hon keverdy Johnson, Of the evidence
and fndinr, in the case of Gen. Porter,
threatens to revive fiercer demand than
ever iora revision Of the proceedings III that
case The Boston Adrsrt.ssr, republican
after carefully examining the whole case
in the light Of this review, gives the opln-
ion that the facts elected on the trial did
not Justify the sentence. The evidence
upon tbs essential points is weak, and
whatever bears strongly against him is con-
tradicted. The whole affair wears very
much the aspect of one of those unfortu~
nate mistakes Of administration which
have Characterised the management of
the War Department, and about which
loyal citizens feel Bound - saj. is little as
they can, consistently with demands of
public truth, but Of which, when they do
speak, they can say nothing in approval
The cause in which we are engaged is too
strong TO need to be propped up by any
such miserable expedient. as the unjust
attempt 20 sacrifice the character of any
body, least Of all that OF soldier so brave
and SO capable as Gen. Porter
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

CoyniTIoN Or MlssissIPPI.-A writer in
the New Orleans Era, who processes to
have seen what lie describes, gives an ac>
count Of the shocking condition OF affairs
IN Mississippi, We copy paragraph
The merciless CONSUMPTION Of the rebel
Government has withdrawn the entire
able-bodied white population, and the old
and young, the helpless and deienseless of
the families that remain, are exposed to
the most terrible fears. They find among
them race Of barbarlans, who have been
kept down by physical force but who are
now sufficiently strong 10 do as they
please, without the fear Of consequences ;
the white population, IN fact, at the mercy
of the black. Hundreds are flying to
Georgia for protection, taking with them
such goods as they can carry, and such
negroes as will 60 abandoning their plan
taticns TO ruin and desolatlon. The ne
groes, as a rule, we are assured refuse to
work; and spend their time in idleness,
or in proving about for purposes OF rob
berry and plumber. " 1t IS, says our infor-
mant, " a hell upon earth; the most terri
bic fears prevail, and no one considers
himself safe moment ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

EsrATE ~ ErNEr WA-sEE, DscsAsEo.
III HE CUdsrsc;tG having been sro,ut,I nis:r.-
i tor "a the E-tct= O. H-ary Wasser. late Of ID.
yaGaty OF "a Sale aad State ~ Illinois deceased
EfTVOy gives notice that he - appear before the
C'i'y Court =! Ia sale count, q The Court House
IA ottawa, NJ the October Term. the Third Monday
IN October next, ~ which time all persons Lavi-y
claims zga!ns: ~ Estate notified aud requested
attend Tor he purpo g having the al haze
Al Frfscus indebted % sad Estate are rcase.ted 10
n I.e Immediate payment 10 tie undersigned.
Dated this 5;i dag o. September. A D. 1853
LOUIS BERN Agp, iGra'r
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

TIE CRoPs IN IRELAYD-An English pa
per says there has not been a better or
more abundant crop than that which now
covers the earth, in the memory of any
living man. The po!atoe, one of the most
nutritious, and perhaps the most useful of
all esculents, is, so far free from blight
and appears to have everywhere recovered
much Of its nataral flavor.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

NA1IoNAL House SHOW -IIThe National
Horse Show under the suprintendcnce Of
Col. !. Milton Smith, takes place siiis year
at Pcoria, on the 18th, 10th, l7th, and
18th inst The premium list amounts to
over 5000. Col. Sn.isl manages these
things With great energy, and having
large experience in the matter, and being
strictly honorable and punctual in his en-
eageiaen,s, never fails to get up big
show Ills show at Ottawa few years
ago was visited By thirty thousand people.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05
Id3. Sale Notice.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN all whom it may con-
" Germ that sale OF lands and lots for the
taxes and due thereon for the year A. 1861
held at the door the Court House the city Of Or.
taaa, county La Sale, State of Illinois, by the CO.
lector of said city, the 23i day OF December, ID,
lS62 the subscriber purchased following descrb-
ed tracts lind and !cts, Situated in CITY,
that the time redemption the same will ex.
pre- on the sd day of December, A.. d. 1868.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

Extremes meet. We have had occasion
TO point out in many ways the close fra
ternity between the rebel leaders and the
radica. abolitionists in their principles,
mode OF action, &e, 1t is now said jeff
Davis, in imitation of the abolition;.ts has
commeneed enrolling negroes in the rebel
army and expects iQ three months to in-
crease his armY fn this way by 5O9, 600
men.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

GRAND ABOLITION powow.-The abolition
i-ts of this state had = grand powow at
Springfield on Wednesday, at which, the
inflated despatch they sent abroad in the
eTenins says 10000 people were present
Making due allowance FOR natural exag-
geration, the meeting could not have mum
bered over ten or fifteen thousand. The
resolutions adopted are utterly vapid and
meaningless this gathering Of violent
party bigots simply resolving !" 10 lay aside
party (the old dodge)and support the gov
mountaineering Mr.. Lincoln, who is
The government' The main incident of
the gathering was the reading of a letter
from President lincoln, which Is ihus
rpitomised
lie greater portion of the epistle j. de-
voted 10 an argument with chose yyiic ere.
dissatisfied with me Tie President does
not believe that any compromise embrace
ing the maintenance OF the Union j. nos.
possible. Uf the emancipation proclama-
ton he says that, d" If 1t IL rot valid +,
needs no retraction. ii it Is valid. it can
not be ret.acted any more than the dead
can be brought to life. The arming of
negroes i defended, and puff is given to
the sable warriors, The promise OF their
freedom to whom, being made must be
kept" The President concludes by stating
that Z he signs look better but let us
not be over sanguine of speedy final
triumph
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05
The Chicago Journal since its final con.

The Chicago Journal, since its final con-
version to radical abolitionism, goes into a
defense of the old liners of whom it
ence professed such an adherence, and
says: "They may, in their over-zealous
agltations, have done mischief, but the
crime of rebellion or armed treason cam
Mt be laid at their doors" What does
the Journal say of the numerous rescue"
cases that had SO much to do in preclpi
tating the country into the prest war; or
the affair of John Brown, for whom, on
the day he was hung, the bells were toiled
by all the abolition churches of the coun-
try? An abolition preacher on Lincoln $
recent thanksgiving day remarked that
We are all either copperhead or John
Brown And in the sense in which the
Republicans use the word copperhead, as
meaning all Democrats opposed to the
radical policies of the Administration, the
remark is strictly true Was John Brown
guilty of treason, or were thr numerous
rescuers guilty Of rebellion ?"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

1t seems settled that the famous rebel
raider Mosety is dead, having died Of
wounds received IN skirnlish near Fair
fax week ago
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

NORMAL UNIvERsITY-We have before
Us a circular from the State Normal School
at Bloomington, giving notice of the open
ing ola " Teachers Institute on the l4th
inst. to continue four weeks. The main
feature of it is, that teachers attending it
will have four weeks Ct thorough drilling
free of charge. Teachers proposing to
avail themselves of its advantages, can
get full information on the subject by ap>
plying to J. &. Rice, ESQ, School Commits
sione- OF TINS county
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05

NETTING AT PoyrIAc-The democracy Of
Livingston county hold grand mass
meeting at Pontiac on the 18th inst, at
which some of the ablest democratic speak
ers in the state will be present. A codnty
ticket Will be nominated On the occasion.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-09-05
IT, e Frost.

The heavy frosts experienced in this re-
gion on Saturday, Sunday and MONDAY
morning last, We observe by Our exchanges
extended over wide scope Of country
In this county it seemed 10 fall in streaks,
the lower grounds generally spiieiingmost,
though frequently 4 belt several miles
vide was skipped almost entirely, while i'll
others high and low ground suffered in,
discriminately. The same pecuIirity ap-
pears TO have characterized ii elsewhere
We hear of its ravages IS far south a. Ken,
tucky. where much of the tobacco is in
jured IL Minnesota aad Wisconsin it
did considerable damage, but no more ap.
rsrcntly than in southern Illinois, or in
Missouri and Kentucky. \ belt covering
some thirty miles in width running
through about the middle Of Illinois from
Iowa to the East line of Ohio, seems. how
ever, to have suffered most Two-thirds
of the corn, along this belt, is probably de
stroyed, with all of the cotton, sorghum,
sweet potatoes, &c. North and south of
that belt, the effect appears to have been
less severe, but Is certainly very serious,
damaging the com generally, running most
Of the sorghum, and cutting down garden
crops, and late fruits fully one half