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A CARD.

For myself, and in behalf Of my Regi>
msnt, desire to express hearty thanks to
the citizens of Ottawa and vicinity, for
their kiadnsss and courtesy to Us during
our stay.
regret that few of nay soldiers (made
turbulent by bad whisky have annoyed
and even endangered seine of tho citizens,
and hope that my friends and neigh bors
will consider that a full regiment, ga
thered from all parts Of the State, could
hardly escape having some hard cases in
its ranks trust that they will forget
these few exceptions. and hold the Oath as
regiment true to their duty, and true to
their country
TO the ladies Of the Aid Society we owe
more than thanks-we owe them gratitude.
They have furnished my sick in tho hos
pital with all sick or dying soldier needed,
ana have cheered them with kind words
and soothing sympathy athome; through
snow and rain, through cold and storm,
their efforts have never faltered.
In leaving for the field, we say God
bless tnen;' and on the march or in the
battle hour, We will emember tn cir deeds
Of kindness. JOIN MosRErLI..
Col 9Th Reg II VOL
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Brig. Gss. w. f. Smith, chief 81 caval-
ry of the army Of the Cumberland, whs
has Just beea promoted to . Major Cen
sralship aud they say is to command the
army Of the Potomac dent seem TO share
the common notion with which the abo-
lition press would deluds the country
that the rebellion is on its last legs and
nearly played out. lie writes to friend
in Buffalo as follows
Ever since the war com menced there
has been sort Of big eyed prognostica-
ton that has Informed Us, after each sue.
cess Of our arms, that the rebellion showed
unmistaka bile symptoms Of collapse. Don
elsen, Shiloh, New Orleans. Vicksburg
and Chattanooga, have each ia their turn
been the pin upon which We have hang
the gi!ded drapery ofsuch delusive hopes.
But the disease reaches no crisis. Each
,nfatuation seems binder and more ag>
gravated than its predecessor, and those
who in the spring Of 81 read their morn.
ing papers, and. with all the pleasure that
the anticipation Of certain success inspires,
disposed Of tho rebellion At their break
fast tables with seventy-6ve Thousand
men, now tell US that the rebellion is
played ont, that the rebel army is all de-
sorting. that famine and an empty treas
ury will finish the business FOR jeff. Davis
& Co sometime this spring.
Away with all nonsensicsl ideas OF
ninety day nsn-ar,ned n,obs.
Gen Smith is right. The rebellion 10 rs
strong to day As ever it was, and unless q
different policy is adopted-a policy by
which the south can be divided and con-
quered-this war will last % years The
present fanatical abolition programme in
wolves not only the conquest, but the ex-
termination Of 9>l0th Of the present white
population Of the South. Where. in the
history of the world, were six millions Of
people, containing among them 100000
capable of bearing arras externinatsd, or
where, before, was the 6end,sh attempt
made?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-03-19
War News OF the Week.


The war news Of the past week has been
quite msager There has been no fight
ing above the dignity of a picket skirm-
ish in any quarter Evidently new COM
bisations and new arrangements ars being
made ali around the board sirce the as
sumption of command by Gen. Grant, and
there will be no serious fighting until he
has his ll.ss fairly in order.
The order Of Gen Grant, formally assu-
ming the chief command, is published i'll
the Washington papers Of Thursday. His
head quarters, for the present. will be at
Culpspper. with the army Of the Potomac.
It wsuld be remarkable if the rebels
failed to take advantage Of this transition
state Of the federal armies, and according
~ We learn that Ewell' s corps of Lees ar
my, has started for the Shenandoah valley
threatening another rad into Maryiano'
while Jeb Stuart with his cavalry ms
crossed the Rappahannock near Freder-
.ieksburgh, apparently proposing to make
Q raid between cur army and Washington
A pretty heavy movement under Gen.
Banks is being made up Red Bver. Por-
ter's euutoat fleet, and 10000 to $4,000
troops are to be engaged in it, with the
cooperation of Gen. Steele, from Little
Rock. The object is probably to clean
the re- bells out of Arkansas and Western
Louisiana.
Farragut's attack On the forts below Mo-
bile does not appear to have accomplished
much, and the rumcr is that ne inteAds to
Withdraw his forces.
The Rebels under job nston seem to be
concentrating large force at Tunnel Hill
and Dalton, to resist the further progress
Of Thomas towards the interior eff Georgia.
Gen. Sherman has arrived at Nashville
and assumed command Of the promotion
of Gen. Grant.
Gen. Fremont, it Is said. is to take Gel
mores place in south Cnrolina.
Our forces in Florida have occupied Pill
atka, in considerable force Pilatka is on
the St. Johns river, about fifty miles south.
west Of Jacksonville.
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CONGRESS-.

The gold BILL As it is ca,led--a bill
authorizing Secretary Chase to sell the SURF
plus gold in the Treasury in his discretion.
so as TO keep down the price Of the article
in the mark.t.-has passed both houses Of
congress, and is a law. Chase has some
$40 OO0, 600 surplus now On hand, with
which he is expected to become the :" big
bull of Wall street, Surprise is expressed
that the passage of the bill has had SO lit
tie effect on the market.
Except the passage of several Of the az
proTlation bill, we End nothing else wor-
thy Of note in the last: weeks proceedings
Of congress-
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2OO.OOO MORE

The Presidont has issued a call Cor 200,
ooo troops Tin addition to the 100000
called for On the LIST ult, Ito SIMPLY
tho force required to be drafted for the
navy, and to provide az adequate reserve
force for all contingencies The 18th
prox- is given as the time up to which the
number required may be raised by volun-
tary enlistments, and draft for deficien-
cies will be made as soon after that date
as practicable
This call it is said, has been made solely
on the suggestion ofGen. Grant
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STAfE OF ILLINOIS, La SALE CoUNTY-Counsy
SCevrt GhSrseE 10 yuns Term, 1854.
seaefson 2 4easton, Adminterator of the estate OF
ss.es ". Daniels: deceased. -. susannah 4. Dam
eis Peyten Daniels, Nancy Daniels, John E. Daniels
Isa% Z. Daniels. George Daniels, Eli D. Daniels
and Rawley Dent
Petition for sdle Of Real Estats.
Amdayit OF the non-residenes Of all Of the above
named Defendsnts. except Rawiey 4. Dent, having
been ned in the once the Clerk County
Of said County netee 10 hereby gwen the said De.
fsndan: ., Susannah A. Daniels, P~y Daniels Name
Daniels John Z. Daniels. Eli n. Daniels 1. I'm Dan.
i~s, and George Daniels, that SAID complainant Ged
his petition in said Court. on the side there
81, 9th day OF March 1864, and that rs issued
against you. returnabe according to Law the
Monday in June 1864 Now. unless you. the above
pauaed defendants, shall personally be and appear be-
fore the County Court Of the county Of La sail. and
State Of Illinois, the first day OF the next term
thereof to be holden the Court House in Ottawa Ia
said County, On tn. FIRST Monday in June next, and
plead, answer, demur to said petition the same and
the matters and :hinEs therein prayed ier will be
taken as confessed, and decree entered agans. 20
accordingly.
Dated March 10 1864.
s.w RAYMOND, Cie,k.
4 Na~v Gale f>rD .,y,;
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GREAT IRISH NATIONAL FAIR At
CHICAGO.

We are in receipt Of "7Hs Fenian,'
paper printed at Chicago, devoted to pro-
melting the interests of the great Irish
National FAIR, to be held in that city
commencing on the 2sth inst, and to be
continued every day and evening during
the week. The paper before US, which is
. large, handsomely printed sheet, ex-
plains tho nature Of the Fenian Brother
hood, its objects, and aims, and defends
them vigorously, and we think successfully
against assaults that have been made up
On them Ii also sets forth in detail the
programme of the proposed fair, publish
o. the contributions IS they are sent in
and many ether interesting details con-
nectes, vita this remarka able demonstra>
tion. The object Of the whole is to raise
funds to aid the glorious cause Of achiev.
ing the independence Of Ireland from the
yoke Of English tyranny. The largest
hall ia Chicago has been secured, in
which to display the contributions, con-
sisting Of meRentees of Irish bravery
articles of verto and antiquity. speeiaiens
of Irish handIcraft and skill. Irish linen,
cloth, gloves, and all those ten thousand
other things that make up the material
of such fairs
Aaasissien tickets 25 cents, season tick
cts one dolIar. the holder Of each season
ticket being entitled to chance in the
distribution OF one thousand gifts, rang
ing in value from, S 10 to 5 1000 each.
From the in ications, as exhibited IN
the paper before US, we have no doubt
this fair will be one Of the most successful
enterprises Of the sort, both as regards
attractiveness and financial results ever
projected in this country.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-03-19

CEASE AND rHE PBE.IDsNcy-The letter
Of Mr.. Chase to the Ohio Legislature stat
ing that he was not a candidate for the
Presidency, is well understood to have
been q mere blind. The New York Sun
says parties are now in that cty from
Washington, negotiating for the estab>
lishnent Of oew daily morning newspa-
per, devoted to the election of Secretary
Chase for president The lowest amount
of capital proposed IS two hundred thou
sand dollars, but more will he forthcoming
if requisite. The new journal will Of
course be thoroughly devoted to the rsdi
cal Interest, and will be organized with An
efficient corp of editors and reporters. It
il calculated that it will start with q cir
eulation of twenty thousand, through the
interest Of the radical wing Of tho Loyal
Leagues"
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MOff00de Nak

JuOTt1ugC I)dfS.
"HEREAS on the tenth day Of April a the year q I
four, Henry p. Brunker and Margaret n Brsnksr his
vile, executed and delivered to the undermined a
Mortgage deed OF the premises hereinafter
to the payment Of certain promiss ,ry nes Of
even date with said Mortgage deed for the sum of two
hundred dollars with fntersst she rate of ten per
Mrtgass deed is duly recorded in the Recorders scs
OF La sale county, In the State of Illinois, Book No
20 Of deeds on pages Isl and 2t8 whereas it
and plovideo In and by said Marriage deed, that il
default Should be made in the payment Of SAID sum Or
the interest thereon the time times the sams
the second psr and .ssig -. wsre authorised to
said real public auction After giving four
weeks notice Of she time snd place Of such sale In
public Newspaper Ia the cousty wherein the said
real Is situated or In tie next nearest county
tine rsto should be pablishei In said county and
convey the the highest aud best bidder. And
whereas, default has been NADIA il the payment of
said note, and there 10 new due the the
OF three hundred and ninetyS gin dsllzrs and thirty
four nts
virtue Of the power 10 ves.sd in AMI BY said Mort
gage deed, shall on Monday tbs eighteenth day Of
Aprii, in year Of Lord thousand eight
drsd and sxty.eur ten O'Clock in the forenoon If
said day door Of Ire County Court House
in the city Of Ottawa, County OF La Sale and
Illinois, se public auction to the highes and lest
bidder cash, the fol owing described num-
Der nine, g. in block eighty -seveu ISL in
tn. Addition to Ottawa County and xfors
said The sans, being the same premises described in
sad Mortgage deed together with a benefit and equity
Redemption the sAid Henry z. BrunkeP aud Mar.
Raret NJ Btunksr herein. and then and there convey
the the purchaser said sale snd ,hs apply
Of said sale required b. the u
said Aortgaae. WILL. u. W. CU3AMAN.
ora a. March Nth 1854
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-03-19

EXCHANGE OF IRlsoNEna-Notices have ap-
psared in the dispatches tor the last few
weeks of exchange of prisoners taking
place at City Point below Richmond, yet
few understand how it Is done The reg.
ular exchange under the cartel OF 1862,
wa. stoned because the rebels refused LIST,
to recognise negro soldiers; and I'd, TO
recognise Gen Butler. Have they aban-
doned either Of thess points Notion.
Butler of late, has sent four rebel prison.
ers to City point, and otte'ed to take three
in return, under the cartel OF ioo2, and on
these terms few hundreds week OF
white prisoners are now being exchanged.
That is ali The general ones ton OF ex-
change is mas bad Russ as ever.
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A WONDERFUL. CUYE.

/ take pleasure in making the following
statement:
On or about the first Of November past.
| was taken sick, and was very bad, and
| called upon the best Physician we had
and he attended me for some three or
feur weeks. and | got so | was able to
leave my room and go about lit.le when
| was taken down again, and | sent for
the Doctor again, and lie came and treat
ed me for some three months without do
in me little or no good. In the mean
time lost the use Of my legs and arms,
and for the last month was So emaciated
that | was mere skeleton, and the heart
disease that / had been sorely affiic ed
with for the last three years, became very
bad, and also the pain and humping in
my head. so much so, thought I could
not stand it bnt few days longer, and
had about given UP all hopes Of re.
covery; at which time | was iufor med by
my Uncle that there WAS youRg Lady
stopping at the Geiger House in Ottawa,
with her parents, by the name OF Tennessee
Ciaf1in, who was said to 5s making won
deriul cures, and almost performing mira
cles among the sick, and ! had her sent
for, and she came ard examined me aud
a. once said she could cure me, although
my case was oes peTate one, ana en-
ployed her at once 10 treat me, and !
soon commenced taking her medic ne.
and within days thereafter, improved
SO fast could stand on my feet, and use
m ...T1:5 AZ hands = little, ana ia a little
over two weeks wss able 10 ride into
town, where have remained vita her
aud under her treatment, at the Fox kiv-
er House, in said town of Ottawa. the last
two weeks, and am now able ia walk gp
and down town, and feel myself entirely
clear of the heart disease and dumping
in my head, and my health entirely recor-
cred, and MY strength fas! ire proving
Ny residence Is 10 miles south OF O;.a-
wa, a. Grand Rapids, LaSsle Co. Ill
March, Is, 1864 JEEoNE Torr
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The story OF Gen Mcclellan going in.
to Gen. Lees lines after the battle of An
tistam and having an interview with Lee
then modified, 50 as to read that Lee came
into MeClellans lines, ha. been sisted
Down until nothing is left Of It. The war
Committee undertook to run it down.
when il turned out that the whole story is
mania potu effusion Of one Francis
Walhren, . resident Of Frederick county,
Marylans. and who it appears was never a
aember Of either branch of the Mary.
land Legislature. He refused to testify
before the war committee. and said he had
written the communication originally start
ing the story while labsripg under a. ct.
tnsh q iS66as ks.s~A !
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Gen Beauregard's wife died on the I'd,
and the funeral on the 4th vas the largest
ever seen in New Orleans. Over 5000
perssn. atteaded. The .cortsge was over
one mile in length. Gen. Banks kindly
extended to the family the steamer Ne.
braska, 10 convey the remains a few mill.
up the river to her fathers plantation.
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SHERIFF"S SALE.

I)Y VIRTUE OF an Execution issued of the
- Clerks Office ofthe Circuit Court Of La Sale
~ and state OF Illinois, and to directed, WHEREBY
I am commanded to make the OF a certain
judgment recently obtained against II. II Huntf and
John Rsncher, in faver OF William Black God out of
The lands. tenements, goods and hstles Of the said
I. H. Hunt. have levi ID The following pro, erty
to Wit The south half Of the northeast quarter Of
section twelve, C2) township thirty 34) ran,e
County iilinsis
Therefore. according to said command, shall tx
pose Tor sale at public auction all the right title and
terest OF the above named 7. II. Hunt, in and the
above described property saturday the 9h DAY Of
April 1864, at O'Clock NJ at the south door Of til,
Court House in Ottawa. La Sale county. Illinois.
Dated Ottawa this 18th dayof March 1861
W. X MILLIGAS
Sheriff Of La Sale Cou mtg.
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AnsURD RAIL ROAD srRlkE.

All tt railroads cen.ering at Chicago,
except two or three, came to a sudden
stand still on tuesday morning, by tho en-.
gineers abandoning their posts The OBJ
ject was not wages, but totcompel the
Galena Road to reduce the working hours
of her engineers. The other companies
protested against the injustice of the de-
mand, as they had no control whatever
over the Galena company. AS well might
one merchant attempt to fix the pay of the
clerks of an independent house next
door. The demand was SO unreasonable
that, after holding out 4 day CIR two, the
engineers ons after another returned 10
their duty, and thestrike collapsed.
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81 like YOU" said girl to he. sutton,
but cannot leave home am a widows
only darling; no husband can equal my
parent in kindness" she may be kind"
replied 'he wooer, but be my wife-we
will al: live together, and see if don't
beat your mother.
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FARM FOR SALE

GINHE land kno~ d the ERWIN FARM &. 49,.
Il Tered for ga II iies ABOUT two mica ner,h a.
The city OF Ottawa I'd Is desirable fnrn ~ Mr.
handy Z market -.
The whole farm contains about 800 acres, n vhels
Or part v III be so'd to suit purchssers, - !
Long time VIII Be given for the greater part Of ~
Rercsase osssy. Per particular. inqurs 81 49,
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FIAX.

There is growing interest in The cul>
tivation Of fax. The experience OF last
year, in this county, although the season
was very unfavorab bic, showed that to cul-
tivate 1t for the seed oaly, was more prnii-
table than raising corn Or wheat This
season there will be good market for the
fiber as we'll as seed We find in an ex-
change the following result obta:ned from
a small field of flax by farmer in Ohio ::
.440 lbs. dressed fax, at lie. ....S244 50
20 bushels OF seed, at 81 60. .Sll2 90
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A French Journal, the Rerne Nationale,
hits the cause of our failure promptly to
subduc the rebellion, on the head exactly,
in saying:
Despite the enormous expenditure Of
men and money, and notwithstanding
the Superior qualities of Federal troops,
their definite triumph has been retarded !:
but it would already have been obtained
were it not for faulty organization, petty
rivalry, and the systematic removal Of able
Generals
The French journal in question would
have told the whole story, leaving moth
ing to add, had it also said that this "petty
rivalry has its head and front at Wash
ington, and that the systematic removal
of able generals had at ITS bottom o mo-
tive no less grovelling than fear that an
able general. by being too successful, would
become dangerous rival for the Presi-
dency.
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CuiIVsE er osiays- 4 il!xT TO FARM
Iss y he extraordinary rise in the price
OF onions, caused by tho great demand IN
our Camps and army hospitals for this
most valuable Of all coiaman yegetab an.
u-sco:hu.ics, has doubtless sufficiently
indicated to Intelligent farmers, that the
onion crop viii be oac OF The most profit
able which they can cultivate this season
In ORDER 10 assis; them in III. most pYm-
ising work, we copy the following hint
IRON the communicated &! : farmer TO
"cstsrn aprr:
The prevailing opinion i, that to grow
good onions, the sets grovn the previous
year should be planted This is An error.
Better onions aud larger crops can be
grown from seed than from sets. The
seed should De iirst-sown in q hot bed as
thick rs they can s:and As soon as the
seed is up, open the beds to the air ard
water freely. In April prepare your
ground and plant the sets from the hot
ped singly, one by one, three inches asun>
der, in rows ten inches apart. If the
ground is very good and they are well
cultivated, you may have eight hundred
bushels from an acre.
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about il. Two years ago flax brought On
iy six cents a pound, now it is seventeen.
What shall be done unto the man that
uttered the following Unreasonable senti,
nents ?? Hang him, of course" say you2
Not SO fast Itwas neither Vallsudi,bam
nor one of the Woods, but Abe Lipcoln
All! that makes a difference. In Is4s
Lincoln gave utterance to sentiments like
these in the lower house of congress. and
remains unrebuked for them by q single
abolitionist to this day:
"Auy people. anywhere, being inclined
and having tho power, have the right to
rise and shake o6 the erssting government and
form ns.o one that suits them better Nor
Is this right confined to cases in which the
people Ct an existing government may
choose to exercise II. Any portion of such
people that can, may revolutiouize. and
may make their own of SO much OF tbe
territory as they ipha6it More than This
. majority Of any porto. of such peonIe
may rsvolutisnize. putting down minor.
ity, intsrninsled with or near abont
them, whe nay oppose their me; ul.li,s."
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xILPArRIcK EXPEDITION.

There are some things circulating in the
papers in reference to the late Fitzpatrick
expedition to Richmond, which we hope
for the honor of humanity, will be proved
to be false
First, the rebel papers publish a series
of instructions which they say were found
on the person of Col. DahIgren. the SUBJ
stance of which was, that if his command
succeeded in entering Richmond, the city
was to be pillaged, then burnt, aud JET
Davis and his cabinet, if taken. were 10
be instantly killed. Our prisoners were
to be first released, and required to ala j"
this diabolical work. 1t is somo refer 70
be assured BY an officer who was with
Dahlsren, as N. Y. World Washington
correspondent is, that the Instructions al
legged to lave been found on Col Dab grsn,
are forgery of the Richmond papers.
Secondly, it is said against the rebels in
Richmond, that when they heard that
the Fitzpatrick expedition was coming
they undermined the buildings in which
the federal prisoners ere confined, placing
under them immense quantities Of pow
der, and intended to blow them up and Of
course murder ali the federal prisoners the
moment the federal cavalry entered the
city. 1t is also said the prisoners belong
ing to the Fitzpatrick expedition taken by
the rebels, are confined in dungeons, and
fed on corn meal thickened to a paste,
and water 1t Col. Sandcrson, just re-
leased from Libby prison, and who was in
Richmond during the panic, throws seri>
Gus DOUBTS also cr these stories
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The saying efa White Mountain s,.ea
driver TO New Yorker sitting with him.
II s'poss II l went to York should xawk
round just - zen felix's - hses," w. 90
! s,h ,...s =. :
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1864-03-19

The maple sugar season is being indus
triously improved in Michigan and Wis.,
consin. The sapruns copiously, and there
will be a large yield Of the tooshsome
commodity.