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Agricultural Society.

The meeting of the County Agricultural
society on Tuesday was we'll attended and
much more than usual interest was NANTES
ted in its affairs. The simple question pre-
scented was, shall the society surrender It's
grounds near Ottawa to the mortgage and
disband, or pay foc those grounds and main
t IN its existence under new and better aus
pices. The debt the society owes is about
$4,000. Tie grounds arc forfeited by the
terms of the mortgage: yet, though worth
thousands more than the present debt, the
MORTGAGE gener1U " gave the society until
the first of March to raise the money and re-
deem the Iroperty. The society voted to do
it, and the way they propose to do it is, to
issue 800 certificates of life membership al
$40 each, and TO place the future manage.
ment of lis aTlirs in the hand, of the holders
of these certificates. The plan undoubtedly
is a good and feasible one. if it is followed up
with energy; for the whole business must be
done up III less than twelve DAYS. 1t would
be q shame if, at So small Il cost, the farmers
and artisans of the county should fail to re
deem this property, which, with the valuable
Improvements the society has put upon it, i:
to-day worth six or seven thousand dollars
We hope the committee, who have underta
ken the task of selling the life membership
certificates, will be promptly aided in their
work by every farmer and mechanic in the
county.
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The greatest victory of the war has been
won within the las, week. and little or moth
ing has been said about it. l, is q victory
Of humantr--one won over the jaws OF
death and the gates Of he'll This victory is
the agreement to exchange all the prisoners
now held BY both parties, and which Is 10
operate at once, with rapidly thai will
allow the exchange Of 5000 per week.
This is Z most wonderful victory, and vet
We have no; seen any notice of it in abolition
newspapers. These same papers went into
| ecstacies when Tennessee and Missouri de-
termined upon free constitutions but none
OF them think the release of 10000 white
men from death or confinement Il after
| worthy Of the usual abolition halleluj ahs.
Under the pressure of the draft, the aboli-
ton press is quiet just now; but let it be
authortatively announced that an arrange.
| men, has been effected whereby 10000 splay-
| footed Africans arc to be released, and the
whole land would be shaken with the hOsan-
| nahs of aboli;ionism. A morning contempt
rary that has barely mentioned the exchange
agreement, Yesterday devoted a prominen,
| position and double-leaded lines to the fact
that a niger had preached in the house of
representatives at Washington -Ifmes.
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OmOf0s Of UllinOfs.

The Springfield Journal Of Saturday con-
tains an official statement of the quotas of
the various congressional districts of Illinois,
as received by provost marshal Cakes from
Washington. The Journal accompanies their
publication with the follwing Official cirular:
"OFrICE A. ASS Prov. MAR. GrN. III.
''SpRIsGFIELD, Feb. 10, 1865.
f"Circular No. l9.
"There is transmitted, herewith, state
ment ofthe quotas of the several sub-districtS
of your district, under the call of Dec 10,
1864. All deficits, up to the close Of the year,
and all urplus to the same date, have been
| taken into account in assigning these quotas,
which is the number to be furnished under
| that call.
whatever balance may appear on your
records, either against or in favor of the sub
districts, are superseded by those now SEM
you. All credits whatever, ACQUIRING since
Jan. LIST, 1865, will be allowed against these
quotas as soon as they are ascertained and
declared at this office
sit is highly desirable that these quotas
be made public as soon and as widely as pos
sible, to stimulate volunteering, and allowing
the people to fill the quotas and avoid the
draft. Hence, it is desired that you send to
some paper in each county the statement OF
the sub-districts of the county, with requst
for its publication, but this must be without
expense to the government.
| BY order Of Lieut.. CO.. James Cakes.
'(SignedD ..IIARRY c. EGBERT.
@Brevet Major L. S. Army, Assistant.
The follwing are the quotas of the various
! Observation-Disclosures of this state:
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War News OF the Week.

Reports have been rife all week. that oner-
.,,s ..mv had taken BranchvIlle, thai
Charleston was being evacuated, &c; the la
test reliable news, however, places Sherman
ten miles from Branchville, with the railroad ,
telegraph, and all communication by the re1-
els with Charleston, cut OF.
The quiet that has r'igned about TT. FISH
or since its capture, has ceased. On the llth
inst, Gen. Terry made a reconnaissance IN
force, gaining possession OF few miles oil
ground. He was, however, stubborrly resis-
ted in every step toward Wilmington
There has been no movement by Grant
army since the recent extension of his lines
to Hatcher's run.
Reports continue, and daily grow more Pc
,isivs, that the rebels are about to evacuate
Mobile, but the news of such an event persist
enfiy fails to come.
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Run against a Snag.

We have the authority Of the Chicago
Tribune for saying that 1000 will not GOV,
er the sum paid by the horse railroad men
alone of Chicago, to members of the present
Illinois Legislature, to grind their axes
This would be $1,000 to each member for one
"job.' What must be the greed of q legis
lature thus tattered, who will yet put their
hands into the treasury and try to steal from
it the few thousand dollars of gold remaining
there? This the legislature, however, did
attempt, by attaching to the appropriation
bill, at the last moment, a clause requiring
the State Treasurer to pay the members
themselves in gold. For all other state Off
GERS, for soldiers, and men of all other classes
who work fer the state, grcenbacks are good
enough: but legislators, who moved heaven
and earth to secure their election, knowing
that they would get but 81 day in paper,
must have the gold. The statement of the
fact bears its own eminent with it.
But they ran against snag. The State
Treasurer, fortunately, is an honest man,
though republican. He refuses to shell
out the gold, and offers the astOunded men,
bers greenbacks Bully for the Treasurer !!
There is at least one honest republican in
Springfield, unwilling TO share in the infamv
with which the legislature just adjourned will
be remembered by posterity.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS, SUPREME CoURr-Wi thin and fo
~ the Third Grand Division of said State

STATE OF ILLINOIS, SUPREME CouRr-within and FOX
~ the Third Grand Division of said State.
Bernard Donnely Robert s Harris Daniel g. Harris
John {. Haw kins.-Error q 10 Davies.
Whereas, tho said Bernard Donney has sued .
OF error from said Supreme Court 10 Judgment
obtained by said Robert s Harris Daniel Harris and
John C. Hawkins against said Bernard Douncly the
10 DNisss Circuit Court which said Writ of
pending IN said Supreme Court and whereas writ Of
Scre facis has been duly issued herein returnabe
first day of the next term OF said Supreme Court
holden a. ottawa said state the first Tuesday
the third Monday in April next according to law and
whereas, also appears by affidavit file in the Clerk
Office of said Supreme that the said Robert Harris
has removed from the that Process can
not be served him is nonresident the state Of
Illinois, and resides at Dubuque in the Of lows.
Now therefore, you. the said Robert s. Harris the said
defendant in whose residence appear. as aore-
said are hereby notified to be and appear before the
tees OF SAID Supreme Court the Of said Court
to be holden at Ottawa in said State Tuesday
AFTER the Third Monday in April next hear the Record
and proceedings brought into said Supreme Court
turn OF said Writ of and the assigned if
shall and further TO do and receive what said Court
shall order in this behalf.
Dated this 10th day Of Febauary, A. d. 1895.
l.. Shisser, L. LELAND Clerk
Attorney for Plaintiff in
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Secretary FEssEyDEs, having intimated
his determination to retire from the Treasury
Department on the 4ih Of March, the PTesi-
den. seems to be in trouble TO find his sue
cessor. The politicians aud shoddyites urge
the appointment Of Senator Morgan, Of n.
Y. while the financial men want Mr.. McCul
Tough, present controller of the currency
The politicians SO far prevailed as to have
the President send Morgan's name to the
senate on Monday, bnt next day it was with
drawn, and the matter is again in chaos.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

CAN'T GO THE WHOLE NiGGER.--Ihe Mis-
souri, radicals are among the fercest in the
country, but when negro equality was present
ed to them in a practical shape, their human
nature rccoiled. In the c"nst:t honai con-
veution. now in session at St. Louis, the
morton to strike out the word white in the
definition Of the qualification Of members Of
the Missouri Legislature, was defeated by a
vote of 90 ayes to % nays. A similar mo-
ton to strike out the same word, and insert
others, SO as to permit colored persons to vote
and hold Office, too, was lost by II ayes to
81 nays.
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Council Proceedings.

TUESDAY, February Il, sos.
Regular meeting Present Mayor Rice
Aid. Rowland, Wood, Prescott, Dow, Mason,
Walker, McGinnis, Hathaway and Miller.
Minutes of the last meeting read and ap
proved.
Dow, from street and alley committee, to
whom was recommitted the petition of +. j.
Chaplin and others, asking for an assessment;
On the real estate in the 9TH ward benefited
by the construction of grade and steps up the
bluff in Christie street, reported the plan and
estimate of the city surveyor.
On motion of Rowland, report received.
Rowland, from finance committee, to whom
was referred the bill of James Wilson, for
police services, reported, recommending that
he be allowed aud paid fer twelve days servi.
ces at 81 per day.
On motion of Mason, report received and
adopted.
Mason, from committee on fire department
to whom was referred the matter of procuring
fire hooks and q ladder cart, reported that
the same were completed and ready for use.
Walker, from special committee, to whom
was referred the matter in relation to the in
juries received by DIR. G. W. Mckinney, in
consequence of defect in side walk, report.
ed thereon in writing, recommending that he
be allowed and paid the sum of $500 in full
satisfaction for his claim for damages.
On motion of Dow, report recommitted to
the same committee.
The committee being present, took the mat.
ter into consideration and reported the same
back without alteration.
On motion of Hathaway, report received.
On motion of Dow, report adopted by the
following vote:
Ayes-Wood, Prescott, Dow, Mason, Nc
Ginnis, Walker, Hathaway, and Miller-S.
NOes-Howland-l.
On motion of Dow,
Ordered, That the city clerk be instructed
to issue an order on the treasurer in favor of
DR.. 6. w. Mckinney, for the sum of three
hundred dollars, upon his executing proper
release to the city, to be approved by the city
attorney.
Hathaway meved that the sum of seventy
dollars be paid to John S. Waterman as ad-
ditional compensation to him as city collec-
tor.
Which motion was lost by the following
vote:
Ayes-Prescott, McGinnis, Hathaway and
Miller.
Noes-Howland, Wood, Dow, Mason and
Walker-5.
Bills ordered paid-W. II. w. Cushman,
repairs on Madison street bridge, $2l.24 /;
fire hooks and ladder cart, $l23.29; f. b.
Burt, police services, 81.
Adjourned to February 3lst, 1865.
o. LEAVENS, City Clerk.
Congress adiourns on the 4th of March.
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The D1FFEREScE.-The general appro-
pration bill of the Democratic LEGISLATURE
two years ago, at which the republican
editors held up their hands in holy honor for
its extravaganza, appropriated about $50, 900
for contingent expenses of the legislature.
The same item in the like bill passed at the
present session exceeds $4,000. In 1861
the governor received $500 for contingent
expenses of fuel, lights ard gardener for ex.
ecutiTe Mansion. The present appropriation
bill gives him $4,000 for gardener alone, and
$4,000 for contingent expenses, for which he
is not responsible to the state also, one for
$1,000 to be placed in his hands to reft the
governors mansion, for which he is not re.
quired to return any account.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS, sUrsEsE 'ttRI-N ltnln Emo lof
- the Thrl Grand Division .: sail state
The Crystal Lake lee Company, 6eor-e steele hiram
joy Augustus frisbie, Henry Fuller John n Je"eit IL
b. wilrnsrth. The Home Insurance company % Ne"
York The Citizens Fire Insurance company OF Ne"
York The IOrard Fire Insurance company OF New
York The Phoenix Insurance company uf brooklyn New
York Fanny Page, Frank Amos Page. and Warren FAX
on Page.-Errur Superior Cour; Of Chicago.
Whereas III. Crystal Lake Ice company Ia. sued
Of from said Supreme Court to reverse
drrce obtained 10y said George Steele and the other de-
PENDANTS above named against said Crysea LAKE Ice
company the plaintiff III in the said Superior Court
Chicago which said pending in said
Supreme Court and whereas. writ o! Scire FacIs Las
been duly ISSUES, herein returnablc the rst day Of the
Of said supreme Court. To be holden nj OTTAWA,
said state Tuesday after the third Monday in
April according. law aud whcrc, also it appears by
affidavit, file in the Clerks office of said supreme Court,
that the said The Home Insurance company Of New York
The Citizens Fire Insurance company of No" York The
Lorillart Fire Insurance company Of New York. The
Ph1nx Insurance company BIo klyn New York. Fanny
Page Frank Amos Page and Warren FaxOn Page
the Illinois, and without the reach of
the process of said Supreme Court
Now thes~fnre the said Home Fire Insurance
pany Of New York Citizens Fire Insurance company New
York Lorilard Fire Insurance company of New York.
Phoenix Insurance company Brooklyn New York Fanny
Page, Frank Amos Page, and Warren FaXon Page the
said defendants in whose nonrsidcnce appears
aforesaid hereby notified be and appear before the
Justices of said Supreme Court at tina said
Court, to he holden at Ottawa in said state
Tuesday after the third Monday April hear
record and proceedings brought into said Supreme Court
said writ and the assigned
you shall and further do and said
Court shall order in this behalf
Dated this 10th day of February, A. y. 1865.
W. 7. Burgess, L. LELAND, Clerk.
Attorney for Plaintiff in
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

NOVEL REASON FOR STAGGERIyG-In the
Boston Police court, recently, a man arraig.
ned as a common drunkard put in a particu
lar plea Of defence. He said that he believed
the world was coming to an end within year
and meditation Upon this momentous event
staggered him. The court did not see it
in that light, and sent the staggerer to the
house Of correction for FIVE months.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

In the Norwegian mines, a singular GUS
tom is observed in paying the weekly wages
of the men. They all present themselves on
Saturday evening to the inspector, who hav.
ing settled accounts with each, bids him to
turn round, and writes in white chalk upon
his black back the sum due to him. Thus
numbered. the man goes to the cashier, who
also turns him round to look at the figures,
and pays him without having a word to say.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

At a recent church fair at st. Paul, Mime.
sofa, a number of connumdrums were read,
and a set of Cooper's works were promised
to the person who should answer them most
appropriately. The winner, after reducing
himself to state of great mental exhaustion,
was somewhat chagrined on being prosecuted
with series of small wooden pals.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

CALIFORNIA RAslSs There are on exhibit
ton in the museum ofthe department fagri.
culture at Washington, two clusters OF raisins
of extraordinary size, grown and cured in
California. The larger Of these has one hun.
dred and scventy-fve berries upon it, and
the smallest one hundred and twenty.
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Illinois Legislature.

The legislature of this state adjourned at
noon on Thursday. OF course, it would be
impossible, in our limits, to give even the uteS
OF all the bills passed during the week Near
" every bill on the docket, however, we are
assured by telegraph, was passed. The reso
luton to amend the constitution SO as to
allow soldiers to vote, though persistently
urged by the democrats, was not passed. But
bill was passed on the subject, which
authorizes the soldiers in the field to send
home their ballots in an envelope.
Following are few of the more important
measures that were passed.
The bill to abolish the Office Of bank com
missioner; in lien Of it. however, three rail
road commissioners were authorized to be
appointed-an office quite as useless.
The Chicago Union Stock Yard bill was
passed, shorn, however, it is said of its most
Objectionable features.
The University bill passed-providing 70,
three schools; menchanical school at Chi
cago, an agricultural school at Urbana; and
an educational" school at some point south
of the Ohio & Mississippi r. r.
a registry bill was passed.
A bridge across the Mississippi at St Loui:
was authorized.
$4,000 were appropriated to purchase the
grave of Douglas.
NJ. Healy, of Chicago, was authorized &c
paint life size portrait OF President Lincoln
A bill for the copletion of the Illinois anC
Michigan Canal, according to the plans 0
1886 was passed, whatever it may be.
An finally the legislature voted to pay
themselves in gold, and the Treasurer refus-
ed to do it.
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The business of congress during the last
week was very dull. The only items we
notice worthy of note are, that the house voted
down Mr.. Washburne's proposition to tax
liquor on hand last July and the passage Of
bill by the house for line of mail steam.
ers from California to China. Both houses
have spent most of their time on the usual
Appropriation hills.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

Terrible PUNNING.-"A beautiful day,
Mr.. Jenkins" ayes, very pleasant, indeed
"Good day for the race" "Race, what racer
"The human race" ooh, go along with
your stupid jokes; get up a good one, like
the one with which l sold Day" - Day
what Day?' the day we celebrate" sale
jenkins, who went on his way rejoicing.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

Gen. Grant says he wants but 100000
more men to end the war in 80 days. The
draft will give him 100000 in month. But
we have heard that story before. Not only
Gen. Grant, but the administration at Wash.
ington, assured the country solemnly, that the
draft ordered in July last should be the last.
But that was before the election.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

DRArr posTrpNEh.-Col. Cakes. at Spris..
field, gives notice that as long as recruiting
continues rs at present, 10 draft will be order
ed in this state except in those subdistricts
where no efforts are being made to fill the
quotas. The business Of recruiting volun'
teers and filling the ten regiments will also
continue until further orders.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

The LONDON PosroFFICE.-The London
postofiice receives something else besides
letters. For instance, in one month .! 1864
there were posted seven thousand one hun
dred and fifty-one samples of tea, three hun
bred and four Of sugar, one thousand and
thirty-four of hops, a specimen Of asohalis, a
cribbage board, two tin canisters, an nmbe.
rella handle, bit Of liquorice, and pair of
STAYS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

While Dr. Samuel johnson was counting
his intended wife, in order to try her, he said
that he had no property and once had an
uncle that was hanged. To which the lady
replied that she had no property. and al
though she never had relative that was
hanged, she had a number that deserved to
hc
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

At recent railroad dinner, in compli.
ment to the legal fraternity, the toast was
given: "An honest lawyer. the noblest work
of God ;" but an old farmer in the back part
of the hall rather spoiled the effect by adding
in {. loud voice, land about the scarcest"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

HENRY S. Foor, member of the rebel con-
gress who recently escaped within our lines,
was offered by Secretary Seward the alterna-
tive Of taking the oath of allegiance, or going
10 Fort Warren Or Europe. He chose the
last and has sailed for Europa
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

FIRE IN PEoRlA.-The report about our
streets on Sunday that half Peooia had been
burned on Saturday night were exaggerated,
though there were some serious fires in Peoria
on Saturday evening. The capacious freight
depot of the Rock Island railroad was destroy.
ed. 1t contained but little freight. The
Fayette mills were also destr Eyed with their
contents. The fire were supposed to be the
work of incendaries.
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Tux safe Voter.


gsyO David p jenkins AMI grsrS and = l. P JeakiI. and
i others.
TAX. B.tce th.t the e., day e july. d 1852 ~
thu Court llOu., II sale county All STATE 81
illinois, II a sale 0r state. County. and town taNe>-
half Of -5uti O Sc
N u-hip NJ ), north range No
one q the third Principal Meridian, icE the sum Is:
dollars and three cents and the west my acres
Of the south quarter II section for the sum OF
four irAr> ami ninety and that the time u r.
drEptou uf the above described Of land from sail
.alc Will sSpirr two from she date 81 sad sale.
David l. HoUGIi, Purchaser.
-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

Ill. SHIP Canals cnator Trumbull tele
graphs to Springfield hat the ship canal bill
will probably rot pass the L. 5. Senate at
this session.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

I, indr-nssbe 10 the portmanteau Of every travelrr
a. il at once prevents dizziness sickness either IN
steamers or cars AMI failing preventive OF dan
ger from change Of and climate. Do not do with
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18
CO.'S DYSPEPSIA CURE!

Has no equal in the world q remedial agent. There
is not rr.laration known that certain speedy
and iniaihIe acknowledging and curing At once
We SAY this iOsitiNely.
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GOES DYSPEPSIA CURE,

Doe, NO. c1herat- and excite the patient sufferer like
,ch, Bters and beverages all advertised to dys
pepsis but il Is medicine most wonderfully adapted to
ali diseases OF the stomach and bowels.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-02-18

Twenty-one vessels, loaded with cotton cap.
tured at Savannah, arrived at New York
yesterday, under convoy of steamer.
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kFh. l. le65

NOTICE Is hereby given that AZ sale Il lands and
~ lots. the Treasurer of La Sale county. H. com
mcnce otiaw. tho -Jh daS Of June, otS, for the
siais and county taxes ard cots due r the 1862 and
unpaid the undersigned be.F- tho purchaser II cts one
Il aud q block IS Is the States Addition 10 ott
and that the time Il redemption OF said lots from SAID
sale will expire on the :ith day vi June, A. d. 1853.
fsbIS ID. C.OhANE