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A White Man ,Iarrics a Negro.


FROM the Knoxville Wing.
On tho IL inst in this city the residence OF John
Dogan teoors-i 10y Rev VIM. II. Hery tculore,l, Martin
hover white, Of Ohio. to Miss Jane Lewis ,yi-rk.)
There is not in the wide world a h.;,pi.r life,
Than to SIT 10y the st.ye-pipe aud iAI- your wife
Taste the sweets Of he: MS IN a glre,
And twist the cats tail when she jumps knee
The unfortunate Mr. Shower has not real
lied the sentiments Of the poet. Immediately
after the nuptals were performed, Martin
Bridwell, chief of police, entered the room OF
the bridal party, where there was quite a
number OF colored spectators.
Policeman Bridwell found Mr.. Shower,
Who is represented as very fair skinned
man, of fine appearance. sitting By his fair
bride, who is As black as the ace OF spades
Without much ceremony be took Mr.. S by
the throat and chastisei him severely with a
small hickory cane. He then ordered him
TO leave town Immediately and never to re
turn. Mr.. s. started away and Bridwell left
Some of the BOYS watched the bridegroom,
who returned in a few hours to the house OF
the bride but before he could ascend to the
bridal chamber they .-nabbtd" him and
whipped him again, AMI it is sail. rolled
him in a barrel down the steep hill on Market
street.
Mr. Shower, after this, "vanoI ed the
rancho" aud has not since been heaHi from
On the morning of the 18th re md some
colored men on The street, with clubs. hunt
ing Shower. They were indignant at tn,
union referred to, as the cClored reoHle gen
orally are.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11
ERECTION IN JAMAICA.-T

CasEcrIoY IL JAMAICA.-The negroes
IN Jamaica have risen against the whites, and
unless speedy aid arrives the whites are
threatened with the fate Of the whites in St
Domingo in 1890. The Captain General of
Cuba has been called upon by the British
authorities in Jamaica for two war vessels to
assist in suppressing the insurreciion, and
they have been sent; but it is still said it
must take months to suppress the uprising
if it is done at all Jamaica has 800, GOD
negroes, $4,000 mulattoes, and about 10000
whites. There a:e no political dist inctions
between whites and blacks, all enjoying the
privileges of British subjects the same as the
whites in Cal ada or any other British colony
Nine-tenths Of :he members OF the provin-
cal parliamd mt are blacks, and prominent
positions in the local government are held
BIZ them.
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4 Curious Case.

from TIE PccTIa lTabseriI I, nov D.
Our CITY readers will remember hid case o.
Bernard Daily, the insane man who used to
wander around our streets. An after tpt was
made TO get him iGto the insane As vlum at
Jacksonville. but the building was fl He
was then, bY an order OF the Beard oF Super.
visors, we believe taken TO the count " poor
house. Being man of great muscular power,
he gave the parties who made the arrest a
good deal of trouble, but was finally secured.
Some weeks ago his mother went to Zee him.
| She SAYS she found hi n confined in > pen or
| open yard. IN company i;h two othet sane
persons, exposed, without shelter TO fhe sun.
Daily requested TO be allowed to 20 home.
and when she started To leave him. he became
uncomfortable. and climbing tae.high wall ran
towards town. Several persons connected
with the poorhouse started after him, but
failing 10 catch him on foot. took q horse.
Mrs Daily came into town aud heard nothing
of him mill the T. x: day. The doc,br called
and told her that her son was ufferin. from a
wound in The head. 1t appeared tina, he had
/. been hit on the head with club, knocked
down and taken to the poorhouse Mrs
Daily went after him and brought him home
The blow which be received threaten ed to be
serious for time. bat Saally the wound healed.
The s'rangest point of the whole affair is that
it promises to restore him 10 his senses. He
has come home and works all day at his trade,
shoemaking, whistles and sings and Is improv-
ing rapidly. Strung hopes are entertained of
his complete restoration. \ parallel case to
this is that of one William Moss. year so
ago, who was re4 dered insane By an attack
oftyphoid fever. fnd while being taken home,
fell from bridge and striking his head was
restored to his senses instantly. lick on
the head will knPck most people senseless.
We have heard df breaking folks head to let
the light in, this comes the nearest to it of
anything in our experience.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

JEFF. DAvIs.-It seems now to be decideo
at Washington that jeff Davis will not be
brought TO trial, but will be furnished pass
port to Europe, on giving his parole never to
return to the United States. Statements are
made that The President decided that Davis,
if tried at all, must be tried at Richmond !;
that Chief Justice Chase declined to have
anything to DO with trial at that point as
there was no organization OF his court IN
Virginia. and, if there was, trial by jury
there would be nothing better than farce,
and that Horace Greeley and Henry Ward
Beecher, among others, have urged the Pres
ident, in personal interviews, to exercise
clemency toward the rebel leader.
Later reports again say, however, that he
is to be tried. ~
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Tn. Election in this County.

The election in La Sale county, on Tues
dav- was pretty much allowed to 60 by de-
fault. Generally, the Democrats gam ny
ANAL country vote, if they can get out the
vote of the cities and villages. The misior-
time was. that, while no effort was made by
the Demo rats to get out the country vote, the
cities and villages were equally Neglected.
RAYMOND, the candidate on the Democratic
and Soldiers ticket, is defeated by less than
$50 majority. A full vote in Ottawa alone
would have made up this deficit; and a full
vote in La Sale, in addition, would have
elected HIM by 200 majority And winnie
the democrats thus let the election virtually
ON nv default. it is notorious that Col. Moore
worked like beaver, and in many country
towns got out nearly the full Republican
vote.
As fox the soldiers, though some OF them
appear to have voted without regard to party
for the ticket they had helped 20 nominate,
and on which they had fair representation,
a majority of them seem to have yielded TO
1,,5e;aBeriQusness of party drill and discip'
slaughtered them in the Republican, eonseFhh'
ton. The result is, that any man claiming
Office hereafter on the score OF having beer
soldier, will be laughed at. The Republi
can leaders can tell them in derision ''yor
tried that dodge once before. You can take
such crumbs as we choose to throw to YOU
or bolt and be-hanged to yon."
Following are the reported maJoritles OF
County Clerk in all the towns except Earl
Ophir, and Usage. The official returns from
the various towns will not be counted unit
to-day. Col. Moore generally runs behint
his ticket, so that the republican majoritie
on the other officers are generally larger
Capt. Davis, at the last moment, discovered
that he was ineligible for county Judge, ant
withdrew his name. so that, although hi
name was frequently left on the Democratic
ticket for want of any other to substitute, b
naturally runs far behind.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

BALLOON WEpDIyG.-The latest "sensa
ton in New York is wedding in balloon
The parties to this interesting event are Pro-
fessor John f. Boynton. of Syracuse, and a
Miss Jenkins, formerly of st. Louis. The
ceremony is to be performed by Philadel
pha clergyman, who comes on expressly"
for the purpose, and is to take place while the
ballon is in the cloud region. To give eclat
to the thing, Henry Ward Beecher and other
noodlebilities are engaged to be present!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

oil last week, PoHSxDf{ah asSsl boring for
County, Pa an oil we'll was struck on Mercy 5
Farm, flowing 80 barrels day. But what
is supposed to be of more value still, in boring
for the oil gold was found One Of the party
writes:
ave found the first lump of gold at depth
OF FIVE hundred and fifty feet. 1t was ;,bou,
one half the size of hickory nut. About
ten feet further down we came upon it in
more plentiful quantities. have got about
dozen small pieces OF quartz rock very full
of gold. l have also secured n considerable
amount by washing the sand brought up By
the sand pumps. 1t has also been found at
Davistown and other places farther down the
| creek
The Waynesburg papers of last week men,
ton two other gold discoveries-one on
jacob Cowell's farm, on Meadow rua, and
| the other in the Saler well. at DIvistown
The substance found in the Saler well is
| thought, by some, to be fully tested. The
piece of gold ore from the keener farm, re.
terred to above, W.; analyzed by chemists.
and resulted in producing gold twenty carats
fine.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

WIRE Wirz, the keeper of Andersonville
prison, has been found guilty on nearly al
the charges on which he was tried before the
late military commission at Washington, and
sentenced to be hung. The execution was to
take place yesterday. The sentence whs
officially communicated to him on Monde ~
and was received by him with perfect equdn
imity,-he stating that it was just what |he
expected He devoted the brief time left hf II
| to interviews with clergymen and to the pc
/ rusal Of religious work +. The execution vii
be in private.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

MIssoUnI.-The m ,ssage of the Governor
of Missouri gives the funded debt of the
State, exclusive of funds loaned to railroads
at 1902 900. The amount of State bonds is
sued to railroads is s23, 700, 600, on which the
unpaid interest to next January will amount
to $6,3ld,OOO. The war debt OF the State
amounts TO little over 100000, for the
payment Iof which the message confidently
hopes that congress will make provision.
The Governor recommends the sale of the
Southwest Branch and Iron Mountain Rail-
roads.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11
4 Southern dealer. who Dwell over sevent,

4 Southern dealer, who Dwell over seventy
che Thousand dollars in Phi ladelphia, called
on his creditors one day last week, and asked
for credit to enable him 10 resume business.
As an evidence of the manner in which tie
rebellion was sustained, and the people
forced to contribute to l., he exhibited to his
creditors the receipt of the rebel agent for
81 900, the sm ount of his Northern debt
which he was compelled to pay into the rebel
treasury.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

ORIGIN OF THE "PRIYTER's DEvIL.'-
When Aldus Manutins set up in business as
printer at Venice. he came in possession
of a little negro boy. This boy was known
over the city as 1.-THE little black devil, who
assisted the my erlous biblofactor and some
of the ignorant persons believed him to be
none other tina IN the embodiment of Satan
who helped AID JUS in the prosecution of his
profession. Or e day Manstius, desiring to
expel this hal lucination by publicity, dis
pl Eyed the you1 g 'imp'' to the poorer class
es. Upon this occasion he made this short
but very charad teristlc speech :: "Be it known
to Venice, that /, Aldus Manutius, printer to
the Holy Church and Doge, have this day
made public ex posure of the PRIMERS derH.
All those who think he is not flesh and blood
may come and pinch him. Scientific
american.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

&C. o. D."-The Green Bay, Wisconsin,,
Advocate thus explains, in answer to cor
respondent, the meaning of these cabalistc
letters
"They are not the advertisements of a
patent medicine, or anybody's bi;ters They
al e simply the result of an idle habit they
have down east Of requiring US Western PEG
pie to pay for such little things as We com.
plmant them by ordering. The letters
simply mean 8 Chell Out Damnquick.' 1t is
Notifying that so large concet IN as the
American Express Company should spell so
badly and use such profanity, but as we are
not responsible for public education and
morals, We Can do no more than allude to it.
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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

Gen. F. P. Blair, in speech a; St. Louis,
IL reply to taunt that he was acting with
the Democrats, in opposing the designs of
the negro suffrage party, said:
have fought side 10y side with Democrats
during the last four years. and would rather
keep company with them than with those
who were rebe,s at first and turned radicals
afterwards because the emoluments of Office
lay in that direction.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11
Mrs. GRINDER, the woman who poisoned

Mrs. GRINDER, the woman who poisoned
so many persons at Pittburg and Allegheny,
has had her trial and been sentenced to be
hung. A Pittsburg paper says: "When
the verdict was announced, Mrs. G.. exhibit
ed no emotion, but appeared as calm and
collected as any ordinary spectator. She
was thea taken back to Jail, where, at her
request, she had an interview with her hus.
bard, who is awaiting trial on charge OF
being accessory to the murder of Mrs. Jane
Buchanan. The interview between them Is
described as having been very affecting
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

MoLAssEs FROM CoRN.-The ST Louis
Democrat asserts, as the result of actual ex-
pertinent, that three gallons of molasses can
be made from a bushel of corn Then why
is it not done? What has become of the
big association that was formed in Buffalo
and Chicago last spring to manufacture sugar
and mola$ses from corn?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

VERY Wa LII DEFINED.-The New York
World very we'll defines the two parties in
'his country. 1t says. 'the Democracy is the
party Of progress unaer the Constitution,
and the Republicans the party of progress
Orer the Constitution" We doubt whether
the leading idea of each party could be more
briefly expressed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

ELECTION IN LOUISIANA-At the election
last week the ISIS ue between the parties was
Johnson's reconstruction policy against the
radicals, the Johnson party beating by large
majorites. The supporters of the President
called themselves the Democrats In the
north the democrats supported the same poll
cy, but the Republicans claim to be the ad.
ministrasion party, and that the administra>
ton has triumphed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

There is apparently the same Will ao'dt
Andrew johnson that characterized Andrew
Jackson. Both of them have made them
selves conspicuous for their national senti-
meut. Both were born in North Carolina.
Roth removed to Tennessee The one dis
,iugn,shed himself for bis hostility to nuiifi>
fication, the other by his hostility to secs
sion. Neither had n mi Idle name, and their
Christian name, Andrew, being the same,
their surnames are also substantially the
same-one being Johnson and the other
Jacksor-and John and Jack amount to the
same thing. As Mr.. Peter Magnus would
saw, there is, to say the least, most re-
markable coinci lence.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

Two women engaged in shopping at PEG.
ria last week, by some accident, exchanged
babies in store-botb children being in
little two-wheeled babywagons. There was
fuss in Peoria until the mistake was recti.
fed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11
Petroleum SwIndlcrs'.Farme
Look Om1t

Messrs EditOrs-I There are certain strange
nersons going throus h our County just now
.windling the people most outrageously.
The way they do it is abont as follows:
They 90 to some wealthy farmer and tell him
they are prospecting tor OIL, ana want 10 ex-
anime his land. After doing so they say TO
him. in a very generous and confidential way,
that there i, no doubt at all but there are large
quantities of oil under his lands, and that a
great fortune is within Lis reach; that they
are experienced oil operators, hut they do not
wish to take any undue advantage and to
satisfy him that there is 10 doubt about the
matter, they vii! enter into contract with
him t, sink a we'll within six Il ontbs that
shall produce forty barrels OF oil per day ;
that each shall ha We share of the oil; that
he (the farmer shall give them his note for
one or two thous, Ind dollars, as the case may
be, not to be paid, towerer, unless OIL Is struci
as per contract.
They ihereupon take his pain promlssory
note, unqualified, and give him the writtes
contract, and leave him 10 dream of oil anc
green backs ''to c3me," while the Operators
| 90 to the bank and sell his note. Some five
or six thousand dollars worth of these notes
are now IN the banks in Otrawa. Let tn
Farmers, be,care! CITIZEN.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

The Orange newspaper organ in Canada
says it has pos hive information of project.
ed Fenian inva sion of those Provinces, and
an ex-Grand NJ aster of Orangemen:: has called
the members of that order to arms to resis,
the approach of the invaders The Premier
of Canada, it is alleged, "winks at the con.
templated attempt to tear the Provinces from
British connection.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

At the election in St. Louis, on Tuesday,
Frank Blair offered to vote: but he refusing
to take the electors oath prescribed by the
state constitution. the judges refused 10 re-
ceived his ballot; whereupon Blair immedi-
ately brought suit againS, them for $4,000
damages.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

A petition to Secretary Seward is cIrcu-
lating in Boston, asking him not to press
for the damage done by the Anglo-rebel
pirates, for the reason that when Great
Britain becomes engaged in war we can, by
furnishing privateers TO her adversary. do
her far greater injury than she has done
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

The present Indebtedness of the State OF
Illinois is SP,92l, 200, bonded aud other>
wise. The proceeds of the two-mill tax this
year will he $3.50, 900, and Of the Illinois
Central railroad 100000, all Of which will
be applied to liquidating the bonded debt.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

In the Indictment against Emerson Ethe-
ridge, who was recently tried before one
horse military commission at Columbus, KY,
and acquitted, one of the charges was that he
had been 'tacetious" in his opposition to the
government; and another was that he had
"eren spoken..disrespectfully of the President"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

CURE FOR HOG CHoLERA-George j. Wal
Ter, a prominent farmer of Morgan county
says that he has Invariably cureG mis- hogs OF
cholera by feeding them the stalks of sorghum:
after they have been crushed. lie has used
this remedy for several years and has never
lost a hog that had eaten Of 1t.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11
AUCTION |!

n lie subscriber VIII sell at Public Auction nj his r-i-
Gence in the of Grand Rapids. 81 miles south
Of Msili> ..i ~ nres south east OF Hickory Point,
the Il-td OF NONEIIucI, -.
,s,S.I ,,r,,ertv Six lead Of Horses including
three Brood Mare double Wagons,
double harr ess twenty head cf cattle including ve Mich
Cows head OF ho two aud plow. four shovel
poss double harrows Gilman Gopher, plan
ter reaper and aud household furniture. Also 80
tons of hay and - vi in the field.
Term, Ssie.-An under 50. cash: all s.
nine months credit with approved security with
paid hen due when due. 10 per cent
will he charged date. Ten per Will he deduct
.. s,T o4-h.
The subscriber also wihes his farm. Term.
made known Oh day Of sale, application before
nov ll-2ws JOHN OBRIEN
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A MoYsTRoS IrY.-Yesterday we examined
one of the greatest cur1osities we ever looked
upon; II was half horse and half negro. 1t
was ioaled in the government CORRAL some
months ago, the dam having CARR ed it nine
months. The body is almost perfect horse,
with curley pigs tail, and head and face
resembling congo negro. 1t lived eight
hours after being foaled, and was presented
to DR.. Ccleman.-NdshrHk Gazette.
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Planters in Texas have hit upon a happy
idea to induce the freed negroes to labor in
the cotton fields. They measure the quanti-
ty of cotton picked each day. and pay the
negroes their wages each evening. The plan
proves q success.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

An official notice of the establishment of
the First National hank of Galve ton has
been publish ed, although the state consttu-
ton expressly forbids any one doing bank.
ing business in that state, under heavy
penalties
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

They kill pigs by steam in Chicago. A
great iron claw, with five fingers, hooks out
the pigs which are quarrellng in the pen
below, and lifts the porkers to a gibbit near
BY, and then plunses them again into scald-
ing water. BY the machine fifty porcines
are killed, sc:.lded, cleaned, spill. and hung
in rows. ready for sailing, within an hour!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

''SESEcA'-The name of the post Office at
Seneca is no longer "Crotty,' as was intima.
ted in our last The P. o. Department. we
are advised, changed the name to "Seneca"
in September last.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-11-11

Among the patents recently granted was
one to Mr.. Danfor:h, of Kane County,
one fqf an invention which dispenses entire.
" with boilers on steam engines, thus obvia.
ting the dangers Of explosion, &c. The in.
vention is in operation in Chicago, and seem.
to be entirely successful