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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-07-08

wcrid really knows. Germany supplies q
large portion what is sold as the best cham
pagne, and Moselle wine deprived of the pc.
cnliar favdr OF the muscated grape, from
which it is made, constitutes an excellent
sparkling dfink. such as may very well salts
~ those wh9 have no chance of ever seeing
bottle of unihpeachable champagne decauted.
But champagne may be made of almost any
beverage that will ierment and efferyesce, and,
In fact, we rather fear it is made of any an6
every liquor that can be got to bubble and
sparkle tor the period demanded in the drink
ing OF 1t. Sugar candy, carbonate of soda,
and the requisite colorings and favorings, play
their part IN the sophisticating of the dcsid
Grated drink From gooseberry, from mars
gold wurtzeb and from rhubarb, good cham
pagne may pc -,oncocted cider, perry, mead.
maple syrup| and even spruce beer, have been
used, and USED largely in the manufacture.
There is no occasion for the rhutarb used
in he making of champagne being fresh, ior
excellent judges have owned that they have
been deceive ID with "a wine of this description
made from a very stale rhubard. II pro2er
skill is displayed in the fiavoring, and need
full care best Pwed upon the racking. we really
do not see hbw the general public can be, ex-
pected tn judge accurately of what they ara
drinking, wllen connoisseurs are Compelled
to own that hey are deceived. That tin foil,
pink tissue aper, and neat but snowy labels,
hars much to do in recommending char
pagne, is fact the dealer knows very well, if
be does not acknowledge it. Let an honest
man trr TO ven,, race-course champagne in
giuger-beer bottles a a moderate profit on his
outlay and it is very dtut.tul indeed if he
could persuade the public to give him more
than the price Of ginger beer Tor it.
It's comforting 10 know, amid SO many
prcjts cf the false Character of the wines in
common consumption, that really sound,
true, and wholesome wine may be had a prices
FOR below the costly authorizations now pat
ronzed by the public. The best medical
testimony concrrs in telling Us that no better
beverage can be consumed than the light
clarets Of France; and France is prepared to
supply rs with All unlimited quantity Of
sound claret, AZ price that almost precludes
adul,ei alton. The British public, it is true,
has TO reacquire its taste for this wine, but.
Judging by tee rapid increase in tn quantity
imported since the treaty of commered, We
are not without hope that we shall OF DAY
change wine as il is for wine a. il ough, TO
be
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-07-08

Three first class clipper ships OF three
rival natiohs 1.-The Winged Arrow. represent
Ing Hail Columbia; the Tasmania, cham
pion OF Britt %nia and the Vile lie PARIS, ci
La belle Fra nee, were lying within hail OF
each other i'll the barbOr Ut Calais al. atdnnto
with holiday spars i'll e..d, and SKY sail yards
across. e.
Of course, the ancien. rivalry of Jack in
ieats OF seamanship, was ready to break ont,
and blaz. up. on the slightest provocatlon.
1t came one morning, when a jolly tar on
board the Tasmania ran up tire main rig
ging like cat, RI ht on to thetepmast head,
Ton still up the 7iop gallant rigging, ON up the
royal and sky-saii back stays, AM capped the
mainsaii m sthead with his tarpaulll.
Three rousing cheers went up IRON the
TasRania lot their champion.
Those cheers went up III the bitterness of
the GaulS; and away aoit went an active
young Triton of the Vile de Paris, beating
Johnny Bulls; time all TO nothing, and going
infinitely ahead OF him by standing straight
on the main truck, "A hundred and fifty ieet
above the dsck 20
This daring feat called out three times
three tor tile triumphant trenchman, and
started one of the Yankee arrows up the main
rigging, at speed almost equaling the fight
oil "a real arrow. -5saG ..t og5 -
Gaming the truck, Yankee Jack grasped
the mast just fellow 1t, Kicked up his heels heels
over his head, and squarely planted his head
downwards no the truck! but the hing OF
his heels was little TOO vigorous. II Carried
him out with vHr broke his rhold-:end
down be cane whing dingle, lighting first on
the crane line Oi the bay-stacks, which act
ing as spring pole, sent him lnboard, and
down he went again hitting and balancing
for q moment across the mizzenit top gallant
say and, ilting from that he lit fnaliy an
the trail netting few feet from the deck ;
and tumblipg ont OF that, Rot an atom burt
OF scared, he shook his fists at the Tasmania,
them At the Vile de Paris, and shouted like
i young hui ufricane- o
"There you lnbbers do that If you are
IL Il
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-07-08

BULLY FOR "M MAGIyNIs' a CORE. pondent
of the Philadelphia Press, who signs his let,
ter Ve-itas, reports the following as a part of
the suppressed testimony offered at the uial
of the assassins: A
Judge Holt-Mr. Murphy, we Re you at
Ford's theatre on the night of the assassina.
ton? s.t.sE .ss--
Mr. Murphy was indeed, your honor. z
Judge HoIi-Did you see J. Wilkes Booth
jump from the box after shooting the Presi.
dent? 90 1S's So,
Mr.. Murphy-Bad cess to him, I did, your
honor. .EAE 20
Judge Holt-Did You hear what he said,
and il so what was it? -,
Mr. Murphy heard what he said very
we'll, your honor. and all he said was-t"Im
SICK. send for Magisnis," (SIc Ssrper 7yran-
nis)
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2rofessiolal Cards.

80 -@~~Tr .tfrT1.
p NJ McARTHUR, M. D, PHYSICIAN and
1ls Surgeon Ottawa, III. Office iu Glover & Cooks
block Juna p.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-12
Something To Consider.

Tn e whole population of South Carolina
is 703, 600 Of whom 291, 900 are whites and
4l2, 600 colored. If she is re-admitted into
Congress on the Copperhead plan she will
be entitled thereafter to sir seats in the
House of Represen tatiAes This would be
one member for each AS, 500 white inhabi-
tants, while in Illinois it requires 125, 900
for a seat in Congress- That is to say. ac-
cording to the Copperhead ideas Of South
ern superiority, eight aristocrats and forty
poor white trash" (making forty-eight
South Carolina rebels are eauel to 125 low
al ''mudsills'' of the Prairie State On the
white basis South Carolina would be euti-
tied to two representatives with fraction
over but by including the col0red people,
she would be entitled to six. And if they
are all to be disfranchised, and have no
voice in the making of laws, why should
the rebels be allowed four seats in Congress
on their account Is it right that the South
Carolina rebels shall have four votes in Con-
gress, based on negro population, to be cast
against the Republicans and the North on
all national questions Is it right. or safe
to reconstruct South Carolina in such
manner that on the question of repudiating
the national debt, for example, the 412. 900
loyal blacks of that State shall be made to
cast four votes, by rebel proxies, for repu-
diatlon, and thereby offset the votes of
Messrs. Washburn. Farnsworth, Went
worth, and Cook REPRESENTING the Galena,
Kane Chicago and LaSaIIe districts who
would vote against Republication Now this
s pretty serious matter It is not Ito
igether question that affects the rights of
negroes Northern w hite mon have soma
interest in it If the principle be conceded
in the case of one rebel State. it must be of
all the others. and we shall have thirty ex
rebels on the floor of Congress, whose con-
stituents will consist of disfranchised Ioyal
Union negroes, and these thirty ex rebels
will vote solid for any measure to DESTROY
the fruits of the war, to place the wounded
rebels on the pension rolls, to assume the
payment Of the rebel debt, or repudiate that
of the United States Chicago Tribnne
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voice we could not hear were once more call
ing,
''AU ready" a5
Then she turned her face, with that last
smile on it, to the wall, and went home
An hour afterw;lrd she lay, as we had rob
ed her, in white garments, with eyes shut,
and look so calm and sweet upon her face
you would have thought her sleeping.
had to go then. knew my mother was
waiting for me anxiously.
inlay God comfort you" | said, going up
to Mrs Mory to bid her goodnight. She
did not turn her eyes away from the dead
face on the pillows.
EYES," she answered dreamily, ''she said
God loved US"
Ash went down the stairs Weir followed
me. When we were in the street he drew
my hand through his arm, and spoke to me
for the first time.
''Helen, that dead child has given us to
each other. But for her should ever have
found you Sargent knew how vain all my
inquiries for you, since came back, had
! been.
/ He had seen a photograph of you which
| carried-perhaps you have forgotten it
across the sea with me- He felt pretty sure
he recognized you from it the first time he
saw you; and he knew, besides, that Mac
gregor was your middle name. So last week
he wrote to me, and came on to find you
OUT
We buried poor little Brains, two days az
ter that, in the cemetery at forest hills, un-
der the shadow of a great rock. You will
see her tombstone if you go there-a little
white cross, on which there is no word save
''SUsY" .,.,....t.
We left her there on the last day of April,
under sunshine bright as June. We put
white flowers around the little white face,
and into the hands that would never be tir-
ed any more And on the sod piled above
her grave we left sweet blossoms to lie there
and give forth their sweetness, and then die
as she had died
1t was not long after that before gave
up my business to a successor and married
DR.. Weir. We have been together for more
than year, enjoying happiness that some
times seems too blessed to last. But we try
to sanctify it by making ourselves ministers
Of Gods bounty to His children. What we
do for Mrs. Mory and Jane is no charity, for
we consider them a bequest from little
Brains, at whose bedside we found each 9th
er anew.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-12
Grave of Booth, the Assassin,

A correspondent who has recently visited
the United States Arsenal at Washington,
thus DIES cribes the appearance of what he
states is the sepulchre of the assassin j..
Wilkes Booth: 4. ....a-
Entering the lower rooms of the prison,
and passing through devious halls formed by
piles of cartridge boxes, we came at leng 9Th
to what seemed to be solid wall, against
which was piled the same sort of ammunition,
bat through an aperture between the box
on showing to one side heavy plank, an
empty. hoorless room is disclosed, In one cor
ner of which the loosened earth indica ted
the burial place of the foulest assassi OF
the time t ..r s- ..-r..- ..... -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-12
BRAINS.
From Harper's Weekly.l
CONCLUDED.

''Good- Brains"
She dropped instantly from her chair, and
made me her drolI little courtesy.
''Yes'm," she said cheerfully, 'Tm come.
I've been trying to make it as clean here as
usual" And she glanced at me iuterroga-
lively, with her bright thoughtful eyes,
that looked so wise and wistful in her queer,
little, old-young face.
''Yes," said, you have made it very
nice; think you will please me-"
When her morning work was done took
her in to see my mother, and her verdict
was decidedly in the little ones favor
Shell be the best errand girl you have
ever had" she said to me after Brains had
gone back to the work-room.
Time went on, and proved her right
Through all the winter, she was the most
faithful of little maidens. Never did pieces
golastray, or bundles fail to reach their des-
tinations; and she developed a remarkable
capacity for matching dresses with buttons
and braid, and similar triAes. grew really
attached to her, and would not have ex-
changed her for any other messenger of twice
her years.
Early in March she took a severe cold,
and began to cough. tried to make her
STAY at home until she was better, and let
some one else take her place; but she insist
ed on coming. She knew just my ways,
and she was sure it didn't hurt her. She
was going to get better of her cold as soou
as there was some warm days. Still [ was
not Just comfortable about her. | did moi
like the sound of that constant cough-tht
color of her cheeks was too bright-she
was growing, too, into such mere little
shadow.
One morning when l entered into the
work room missed her. Some one else
had been sweeping and putting away
things, but it was not in the accustomed
order.
brains didn't come. I'm afraid she ii
worse" Miss Granger said. They ha0 al
fallen into the habit of calling her Brains
the name seemed so appropriate-there wa
so much thought, and care, and womanli
ness in such little body.
Half an hour later there was timid knocl
on the door, and in came a girl whom new
or seen before ] recognized her at ono,
for the ten-year old sister ofmy little errant
oirI-recoguized her, as one often does, by
some mysterious family likeness, which
seemed to vanish when | looked at he
more steadily. This one was real, actua
cnAd large Of her age, with full, rosy cheeks
and eyes round as beads. She came straigh
I'D to me, and delivered her message will
the air of one who had been taught it care
fully.
''Sister Susy is sick, and can't come
She is sorry, and hopes it won't put you t.
much inconvenience"
It was just like ''Brains"-the polite
careful message.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-12

ETAll the Minnesota troops remaining
in the service have been ordered home.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-12
kenosba Business 1irsttorp.

L1qoyer--Se0erdI E0aprOved and U1siaaproCed Farm
tor sale. Office, Main street. n1v16tf
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-12

CHANGE OF ToNE.-The New York Wor7d
has recently become a fulsome eulogist Of
President JOHNSON. Here is what it said
about year ago of ANDREW JOHNSON:
''The only merit we can discover in this
Baltimore ticket is the merit of consistency:
it is all of piece; the tail does not shame
the head nor the head the tail A rai-spIit-
ting bufoon and a boorish tailor. both from
the backwoods. both growing up in uncouth
ignorance, they would afford a grotesque
subject for satiric poet, who might ceIe-
brate them in such strains as Dean Swift
bestowed on Winston and Ditton, or Aristo-
phanes on that servie denagogue, Hyper
bolus'
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REDUCTION in PRICES!
MILWAUKEE, SBUTIUBL
FEE DAsnY SENTINEL
REELECTION TO clrRs !

Single Copy year 81 90 Ten Copies / Year
Five Copies Year, 81 so each 49,. $15 90
1 IS each. .......S 90
An Extra Copy win be sent to the gette up of Club
Of Ten
ANY person sending Club Of thirty for the Weekly
will be entitled to tn copies extra, copy II
the tri.weekly one year For CLUB Of for y, four
copies OF tie Weekly or one copy Of the Daily one
year.
The Daily Sentinel, being much the largest paper
ubished in the state, and containing, it does,
more than double the reading matter Of any other is
vastly the cheapest and most desirable Journal for all
classes of readers.
We ask our II nds throughout this and adjoining
State to lend Us their aid III pro curing subscri.
beers for the Sentinel thereby helping to extend its
usefulness as Political, Commercial and Family
Journal. a
JERMAIN & BRIGHTMAN. 4
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Then ay AIKEN Kenosha ! awake to new life
Though yon vessels speeding thyryals to meet,
Tru happiness loves not ambition STRIFE,
Bul seeketh thy heslthful and shady retreat.
Then welcome the stranger and make her guests
In all thy dear homes: mid thy naples and oaks
and thy sons e'er shall rise up and call thee the
blest-
And thou shalt rejoice for Universities strokes.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-14

TINS PEAK BELL RmoERs This accom-
plished troupe Of musicians gave their first
entertainment in Huston Hall last night
The audience was large, appreCiAtive and ap-
proving 1t seems useless for us TO say aught
in their favor, in view of what they have ac-
eomPlished for themselves, in the way Of
winning popularity among our citizens. Vo-
cally, as we'll as instrumentally considered,
the Peak Family are worthy of remunerative
houses. Whitcomb is fine master of the
harp, and Master Edda and the little girls
have all the requisite genius and vocal supe-
riority which combine to make popular favor.
ties. The performer on the violin, Mr..
Spaulding, is worthy of the place he has OBJ.
tanned in public esteem; and his solos are rot
BY any means least among The attractions of.
fered by the company, As Bell Ringers, the
Peaks have no rivals-and when they ring
out the "Return Of Johnnie" one is inclined
to wonder how a performance so complicated
and difficult, can yet be rendered so charming
ly harmonious. AS this evening will be their
last in the city, for time at least, we doubt
If Huston will contain the numbers who will
desire to be present
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-14

NEw YoRK, Feb. Ia Cotton quiet sOas2c ,
Flour 10 cents better nj 10 O5alO Is
for extra state, and II lOall 25 for round
hoopOi Wheat, no receipts, firm and quiet
at 45 for amber winter western.
and 2 65 for winter white western;
and 2 10 for No 2 Milwaukee club;
and 2 Is for Chicago spring
Corn quiet at | SSal 80 for old;
mixed western Oats firm at l 09I fer
western; Pork decidedly lower At 36 SS3
for new mess,34 75a35 for 1868 and 50, and
30 90 for prime; Lard steady at l9a23sc;
Whisky lower at 2 20 for western /;
Petroleum dull at 52la53c for crude, 67a6s
for refined in bond, and S7aSSc free; Dressed
Hogs quiet at l63al7I for western; Sugar
dull al l93a23c for Muscavado; Butter 3Ga
4Sc for Ohio; Cheese quiet at l5a24o; Bee
dull and heavy; Cuimeals dull. Eggs 4Oa42c.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-14


TIE MAsQUERADE.-The large assemblage
at Beckel Hall last night is the substantial
evidence that the masquerade was success,
while the general good feeling and enjoyment
that prevailed, both among participants and
spectators, tells the balance Of the story.
The Harmonic Society may we'll congratu.
late itself upon the happy manner in which
their fayorite festival passed off, The masks
were chosen in good taste and presented q
very agreeable variety, representing national.
ities callings, and characters, The manage,
ment was highly creditable to those entrusted
with it. while the masksrs we're scrupulously
we'll behaved, restricting their comicalities
and paniomimic exhibitions within the limits
of good taste and propriety. Waltzes, and
other phases Of Terpsiehorean manifestation,
were the order of the evening The amuse-
ments were continued until all, wearied with
pleasure, agreed with one accord, that it was
time 10 dispense. Fasthachtl Masoheratal--
EstO PerpGtuai aH.H 3D..
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-14

But the browning glory Of his life remains to be at
tanned In his discovery rather combination or he
does not claim 10 have been the dlsoOverer OF OEDRoH
which s the basis Of the Bltters now offered 10 the
public. That honor belongs 10 the native inhabitants
of Central America to whom its virtues have been
known for more than two hundred years. Armed
with IL the indian bids defiance tn the most deadly
malaria, and handles, without fear, ,lls venom
Gus serpents Il is q belief with them, tnat while
there s breath in the body, ha Oedron ID potent to
cure, no maer what the disease may be.
while DR.. Bulls not prepared TO endorse this ex-
trevagant prelension he nevertheless satisfied rom
a thorough examination Of the evidence relating 70
It's virtues, tn a remedy and preventative for all
diseases arising rom exposure, either TO change OF
weather or climate, or to masmatic influences, It
stands
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-14

DRAFT To MORROW AT meeting Of the
Fifth Ward, held at the Engine House last
night, it was undersood that arrangements
could be made with the Provost Marshal
whereby justice could be meted out to delin
quents, and it was resolved that Messrs. Ezra
Thomas, R. A. Kerfoot, D, G. Taft A, O. Mar.
shall and NV. Baer disappointed Commit
tee TO obtain the consent of the Provost Mar
shal TO take from the wheel tha names Of all
who have subscribed to clear the Ward from
draft, and for the remainder of the quota, the
draft be made only from the names of those
who rel fnse to contribute, as the paying men
of the Ward have furnished their share of the
quota All who wish to be cleared from the
draft will have chance this evening, at the
meeting OF the Ward Come up, all,
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-14
I'M DYSPEPSIA

And its attendant train OF symptom 1t acts more like
A CHARM than medicine. There is nothing in the
whole ran go Of Materia Medcs that can for moment
bear comparison with 1t in this disease.
full account of this wonderful plant may be found
in the eleventh edition OF the United States Dspens-
atory, pages 1887 and 1888.
series Of experiments in which DR.. Bull has been
o years engaged has Just been brought to success
fu termination, and he is enabled TO offer TO the
pu blic combination o. OEDR0N with other approved
tonics the whole preserved IN the best quality Of
co pper distilled Bourbon Whisky, which he ID conf
de ut has no equal in the world.
lae might furnish volume OF certIicRtes hut the
pu bc have long since learned estimate such things
ny their true value The safest plan is for every one
TO test for himself the virtues Of new medicine.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-14

BeYnGeneral Grant was before the Con-
gressional investigating committee on the llth
inst, and was introduced by Speaker Colfax
to the members of the House. as ''our heroic
defender in the field" He testified that he
was entirely charged with the exchange Of
prisoners that exchanges were to be made
man for man, according to old cartels, and
also that they would be made at the rate Of
5000 week. Conspicuous among his fun
keys was Schenck
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-14

NEw YoRE, Feb. l4.-Stocks better since
Board; Gold closed at 2O7 Money easy
at 8, Chicago Burlington & Quincy lI6 (;
Reading no. $40 coupons 1884, iO4O's,
coupons, 1923; one year certificates 98s;
United States SKIES of 1881. con
pons, l0s New York Central ll6s Erie 75g
Sterling quiet at 9la93; new issue 10 AOs,
coupons, 1929; U, S, skies of 81 registered
IOgf lO'4Os, registered, new issue, 1875
1905 751
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-14

New York, February ls,-The steamer
Flag with a convoy of twenty.one vessels
loaded with cotton from Savannah arrived
this morning. No news
Major General Scofeld has assumed com
mapd OF North Carolina.
This places him at the head Of all the mill
tary forces now operating in the vieiRty OF
Wilmington, and 1t is expected General Ter.
ry will cummand a corps under Schofeld.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-14
The Reason why Senator Gvynne's
Scheme Failed.

NEw YoRK, February IA letter re-
ceived in this city, from Mexico, states that
Ex-senator Gwynne's scheme for the coloni.
zation of Mexico has failed, owing TO it, be.
ing his design TO introduce into the country,
as colonists, large numbers of our Southern
rebels, to which Maximillian objected