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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27
The Grand Review.

Washington was the scene OF a pageant on
Tuesday and Wednesday that wis never be
fore approached on this continent. On Tues
day the grand review Of the army Of the Po
tomac took place and On Wednesday,, the
army of Gen. Sherman vas reviewed. The
review consisted in the army filing into
Pennsylvania Auenue at the a,yital and
marching TO point quarter of mile be-
yond the Presidents house. There were
about TO-, 600 men in each army, including
cavalry, artillery, &c. 1t took each army
about q hours to pass the Presidents house,
marching 60 men abreast, by the cadence
step. In front of the Presidents House stands
were erected on both sides OF the street, on
which sat the President, Gen. Grant, Heads
of Departments, and hundreds of other not,-
bilities. Seats were also provided for many
hundreds of wounded soldiers. The weather
was delightful ON both days, and the whole
affair alsed OF xisasus accident
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27
OH In La Sale County!

That there is oil to be found in La Sale
county is fact that was demonstrated sever.
81 years ago; tu; the confident belief that it
can be found in paying quantities has assum.
ed practical shape only within few weeks,
BY the organization ola company to test the
matter to the bottom. The company at
present consists of Messrs ". c. Richardson,
J. w. Armstrong, Thos. Johns, r. n. Water
man, j. W. Calkias, j. E Porter, f. A..
Sherwood, S. W. Eustis, A. A. Fisher, ]. J..
Finlay, L. K. Johns and d. H. Porter.
These have regularly organized by electing
directors, officers, &c, and propose to
commence operations forthwith.
The Company will in few days, Issue a
prospectus, explaining the character of
the organization, its hopes, and prospects,
and Will invoke TIE interest and aid Of other
men Of means.
The enterprise strikes us as enc Of vast
importance to our County, ard as deserving
Of every encoura cement
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27
Prentice ON PetticOats and Old
Women.

Prentice ON PetticOats and Old
JEFF. Davis is generally a W Hammered
man, but, when be got the petticoat on, he
seeded like ternagaat.
JEFF. Davis wore petticoat, and it IS sand
that lie was at the same time in great
hustle.
JEFF Davis took a female dress, but not a
fashionable one. 1t didn't disply half en- ,ugh
of his person to be in the height Of fashion.
jeff. always Oldest.
jeff. Davis pat on the petticoat, and his
captors wouldn't tolerate "the deep damna-
ton OF its tuking off,"
We wonder VIII iher jeff. Davis, when he
put on the pettcoat, called ia the aid of cot
ton to give volupiuous appearance to his
bosom.
Five huadred dollars is offered for the
pettcoat that Jef. Davis ran away in. Pet
ticoats have risen.
1t is said that JEFF DAVIS, whilst fleeing in
petticoats, had a concealed pillow upon his
stomach to excite the sympathy of his pur-
saees BY making them think that he was in
an interesting way. But they saw at a
glance that he was Toe cid tor auything Of
that sort.
1t was q violation Of the prophecies for
JEFF Davis, dressed as an old woman to
brandish bowie-knife. He should have had
broomstick.
IfJeG Davis can find nothing else t o Dc,
he can 20 upon the stage and play old NO
| men parts. He has the costume on hand.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

From Springfield we learn that the follow
ing Illinois regiments are included in the
18th, s2d, goth. 92d, 93d, l0cth, l02d, l03d,
l04th, l0jth, 10th, 10th, llith, ll2th,
1leth. l25th, l27th and l2stt. All these
are in Sher,nan's army. The sth regimen,
cavalry and the POD and 39th infantry are in
the Army Of the Pot.mac, and will rot prob
ably be mustered out, being veterans.
The veteran regiments in Sherman's army
consist of the It'll, 9th, 10th, l2,h, l4,h, 18th
18th. eOh, es,h. SD, saith, 45,h, 18th, SD
SD, 57th, Gath, 65th and 6Sth-wh,,h viii
remain in service until further orders
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

The :" state prisoners" at Fortress Monroe
on Wednesday consisted OF JEFF Davis anu
family, C. c. Clay, A. H. Stephens, Gen.
Wheeler and staff, Postmaster Rs.g.a, with
about 20 rebel leaders and military efkoers OF
less note.
Since then Davis aud Cla5 have been placed
in cells within the fortress. Stephens, Rea
gan, and others, have been sent TO Fsrt War
rem. Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Clay have beer
sent to Savannah, permission to 20 north
having been refused them.
Clay was not captured, but gave himself up
voluntarily to Gen. Wilson. Stephens was
taken at his own house near Atlanta, and
made no attempt to get away. He is in
feeble health.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

c, c. CLAI.-In company with JEFF. Davis
at Fortress Monroe, is C. C. Clay, of Alabama.
Mr.. Clay, however, was not taken with Davis
and his party, but surrendered himself volun-
ta,rly. The following is his letter to Gen. VIII
on the occasion:
"LAGnAxnc, Ca, May 10, ls65-i p. m.
"Brevet Maj. Gen. Wilson, U. s. A., Macon,
Ca: General: have just seen a proc!ama-
ton from the President of the United States
offering q reward OF one hundred ;housa nd
dollars for my arrest, on a charge Of having,
with others therein named, melted and con-
cocted the murder Of the late President. Con.
scious of my innocence, unwilling even to seem
to Ay from justice, and confident of my entire
vindication from so foul an imputation, upon
the full, fair and impartial trial which ex-
pect TO receive, shall 60 rs soon rs preeti-
cable to Macon to deliver myself up to your
custody.
II am, respectfully, c. c. CLAY, Jr.
ops. This will be delivered by Hon. P.
Phillips, of this place. c. C. c. Jr".
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

You cannot" says a correspondent of =
n. Y. paper from Raleigh, get rid of the in.
evitable negro. Wherever you turn he springs
up before you. 1t is an awful Nemesis upor
that FIRST cargo of the chi!dren OF Ham, which
Elizabeth, Of glorious memory. snvs some
inscriptions mariner of the period leave to
inPcrt i"to her majesty colony of Virginia.
Military officers who lave to deal with the
QUESTION nre rapidly segregating into two
parties-the party which would give the South
entirely up to the negro, without any regard
wAatever to the Welfare Of the white, and the
party which would like TO see the whole col.
ored race swallowed up BY colossal earth.
quake. Looking at the question from an ab'
stract point of view. the latter party eulis,s
in its favor . great deal Of ones hard and
practical sense Of what would De, in the
long run, most beI-ncial to the country bu,
individual cases that one meets with every
hour so appeal to ones sympathy as to make
one almost a convert to the doctrine of the
party of the first part
When G,p. Schofeld issued his proelama
ton declaring all the negroes o: North Caro-
lima free, they stopped work as one man, yet
claiming that their former masters must sup
po.t them. As their work was much needed
in preparing the spring crops, Gen. Seaoffeld
" took the bull by thu. HORNS" and issued an
order telling the negroes they must work.
Under this order ii is said, quiet is b ing
rapidly restored.
1t would seem from this, then, that il. North
Carolina, as in Louisiana, some compulsory
system is necessary if the negroes are expects
ed TO work and if 10 such system is allowed
then there can I've but ono other alternative,
the negro mus,< not exactly be swallowed up
by colossal earthquake" butt leave the
country; for it is idle to suppose that white
laborers will consent to occupy and till the
land with lazy, do-less, thriftless negro pepu.
lation around them who aciU live by some
body elSc's if not by their own labor.
The negro question is still an immense
way from solution. If . compultory sys-
t-m'' is 10 b>com the rule in the south, such
as the apprentice system in the West
Indies. or the PeoH'' system il. Mexico, how
much better off is the negro than under The
old system of slavery? And GU the other
hand, if he negro is recognised as wholly free,
the equal of the white msu " before the law
&c, what is ,hcrc to expect but repetition
of the history of emancipation in the West
Indies-the country suffered to 60 to ruin and
decay, and the negro to revert to barbdrism !?
The common sense way to dispose Of the
question, doubtless is, to let the states, under
the new clause in the constitution prohibiting
slavery, regulate their domestic institutions
IN their own way
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27
The EckerlIon in Texas.

Texas is to be looked after, Kirby Smith
and Magruder, in Texas. have, made speech
es showing disposition to continue the war
Notwithstanding the Surrender of Lee and
general break down OF the rebellion east Of
the Mississippi. They are supposed to have
scoao ~, coo men in western Louisiana and
Texas, and boast Of aid from a foreign power
(Maximilians near At hand. So the President
and Gen. Grant have given Gen. Phil. Sberi-
den, with competent force, the job of paci.
flying Texas He goes with orders to devast-
ate the country ifthe people show fight and a
resolution to continue the war, otherwise to
protect. the people and capture the rebel forces.
Sher dan takes Gen. Custar with him and
assigns him to the department of Arkansas
and Missouri, and himself takes the depart
ment of the GULF thus virtually superseding
Gen. Canhy.
Gen Sheridan passed through Cincinnati
on Wednesday, en- route for his new field of
operations.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27
Trustees Sale.


WHEREAS Matthew S. Goo,,.peed and Theresa Good
w speel his wife of the CITY. of Ottawa county of
La Sale and State Of Illinois by their certain ndentre of
trns deed bsaric date the fonrtb day of Jupe 1854
conveying to one James H. woodworth of the city Of
and st.s anrea;J i, t,ust far Fr,rcl in
son All Cbsres Rr,Jiex ~ ,hs c;,v Of ci;r,oo III.
,rar;ss ~ dasr;taJ % scnr. ~ annt 60
p e .i .. -. - ~ gu. " ps. . ns VI .
"a ~. s ~ win si !. hs. y! u ecu,
iayae o III; asS nam vr .l'e sun Oh nve
1oais WHICH suu hots Is maae ~ amer uoCspoeu Oh
ne CITY otawa sara uoodspeed oeng one OF Inc parties
Of the first part to said mortgage and member of the firm
OF Miner Godpeed said note to be hsid 10y said Dick
enscn Bradley as collateral security for the just and
full sum II oil amounts then due to said Dickinson
Bradley, or 10 become due to them from said Miner
Goodeed collectively or in vduaiy snd also to secure
to said Dokenson Bradley at the time or times when
they shall respectively mature all omissory notes which
the said c kenson Bradley SHALL discount for them, also
all bills Of exchange or drafts which the said Dickinson
Branley shall o. hereafter or discount at the
request Of said Miner and also to secure to
sid Dickinson Bradley all and every liability which
they may incur BY reason Of any loan o. .sount OF &C
ceptance for aid Miner Geodsed or either Of them
not exceeding the sum Of i've th:usand dollars $5ooob
which said hst deed was on the records in the
recorders ohce Of Ia Sale county, Illinois, in book
page l7o and III;
And where's It Il provided, in substance Tn said trust
Of the .ad note the interest thereon any
part o. estnef the time or times stipulated in said note
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

NEGRO EQUALITY dom seem 70 work very
smoothly il the very .'loyal' city ofPhiladel.
pbia. TIE papers chronicle within week
or two several near approaches to a big rio,
growing out of attempt Ct negroes TO main
tain their rights" under the new dispensation
to ride with white people in the street ears OF
the Quacker city. The latest affair of the
sor. occurred on Friday evening of last week,
and is thus related:
On Friday evening quite a serious disturb.
ance, arising from the exclusion of coored
people from the city railway cars, occurred in
tn, vicinity of Eleventh and Pine streets
1t seems that about five o'clock colored
woman got into Pine street car. The car
was then run off the track, the us;al dodge
rescrted to now and the woman then got out.
Subsequently six soldiers from Camp VIM.
Penn made their appearance Oh Eleventh
street and one of them got into q car. This
car was likewise run off upon the side of the
street Considerable excitement followed
this III ovement, ard a crowd began to gather.
Policemen and others went TO tue assistance
of the conductors to eject the colored man.
who finally got out. Another came up, and
TIVE individuals undertook to get in. This
led to further trouble.
The crowd was aug;nenting all the time,
and these were apprehensions of serious riot.
To ad 10 the excitement, a fire company, re-
turning from fire, came along, and the APP
paratus could not pass the car, which was
upon the cobble stone The FIRE boys then
mingled in the gathering. and took p1rt in
the disturbance. Lieutenant Paullin, with a
posse of officers, came upon the ground but
! it was not until after seven o'clock that
thiags could be got into any sort of quiet
ness. There was wrangling all the time, but
no serious blows were struck. The assemb-
lage reached as high as two thousand per.
sons, and they were gathered along Eleventh
street, from Locust to South.
About six O'clock there was some show oil
! a fight at Eleventh and Locust streets. The
police arrested white man named John
! Kcrns. and took him to the station house,
This settled that difficulty.
At Eleventh and Pine street one of the
colored men who got upon q car. Aourshed
large handsaw in quite q dangerous manner
! High Constable Barton and officer William
Fitzpatrick, of the Sixth district, were both
wounded in the hand. One or two otherz
were struck with the saw, but escaped injury
DR.; Lee was struck a violent blow, as ia a.
legged, by q white mar named JoAa Kennedy
who WAS arrested On. Saturday morning.
The police succeeded in getting the crowd
pretty we'll dispersed by nine clock, but :
force Of men were kept on duty until mid
night 70 prevent an outbreak.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

"NEvER TOO LATE TO LEARN" English
history furnishes ~ with many remarkable
illustrations Of the maxim which is to serve
~ our text. For example, Thomas Drew.
known BY the so6riqs1 Of the Cornish Shoe,
maker was twenty four years Of age before
he ever learned to read. He was also . mar
ried man, with the burden offs family.-But
he had the "will," and the way" of knowl-
edge was found-and 90 be became celebrs-
ted theological writer, aad the editor Of the
'Imperial Magazine which he conducted
with marked ability. And to mention but
one example mere, there was John OgilL ire
translator of Homer's Illiad, who received no
regular education till long after he arrived at
manhood. Not till he was forty did he study
Latin soon after which he made his poe,icel
translation Of Virgil-and not till he was City
did he begin to acquire that knowledge Of
Greek Which enabled him TO make his sue.
cesstu translation ofths llliad already refensd
A. q y -al-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27
"A Sly Poke.

The New York Tribune has sly way of
poking disagreeab,e "reminiscences at those
for whom it has no fancy. Under cover OF a
review of Mr.. Buchanan's Administration, it
gets in left handler as follows:
Mr.. buchanan says that Black, above re-
ferred to, died fighting secession at Gaines
Mill, IN Jeue, 1892. True but how does
that prove that he did not make the speech
reported in 1886? Great changes are often
effected in less then SIX wears. Mr. Stanton,
for example, was Mr.. Buchanan's Attorney
General, from Dec. 20ib, 1860, to the close OF
his Admiuis ration, aud is not recorded to
have dissented from the policy that was
letting the country drift to destruction. In
fact he has been charged ii the Sent by
Mr.. salisbury with having sympathized rath-
er with the oppressed and indignant South
than with the slowly arousing North. How
ever that may be, his attitude and bearing in
the Cabinet of Mr.. Lincoln and his successor
have been quite other than could have been
ant cipated from an official counsellor of Mr..
Buchanan in his last evil days Of unfulflled
responsibility. No one among US stands pre-
cisely where he did five or six years ago, any
| more than Col. Black at Games Mil stood
square on the platform he bull, for himself
and his Candidate at Cincinnati in 1856.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

JEALoUs.-The new Republican paper at
Chicago, the FIRST number Of which will
appear on Monday, were unable t. get an
announcement of the day of their 6rst issue
into the Tribune, though they oGessd big
pay. The Tribune viii lose more than it viu
make by such littleness.
The paper, which is to be called the 4+Chi-
cago Republican" is TO be the largest daily
in the city, and viii be under the edissr;al
control of the Hon. Chas. A. Dana, late
Assistant Secretary Of War, and for nasy
years connected With the N. 7. Tribune
shsahsn, Of The Posk, is to be chief local
editor.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27
SHERMAN AND srAxrox.-Ano,her sharp

SHERMAN AND SrAxToS.-Another sharp
letter from Gen. Sherman is published, bear
ing down on Stanton. BE says his official
reports have been purpcsely suppressed, while
ali the power Ct the press has been malig-
sanity turned against HIM" and remarks
that, when men choose to Islander and injure
others, they eau easily invent the facts fos
the purpose, when the proposed victim is far
away, engaged in public service Of their OWE
bidding"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

rather TENPTHG--Gen. Wilson, q.
Macon, put upa notice = stimulate efforts 70
arrest JED. Davis, saying ihas 100000 dol
lars in gold will be paid for his arrest, and
s7,So0, 900 Of specie, reportsd 70 he With him
viii become the properly Of his captors.,
Ihe 100000 had dwindled down to
about 5000 ~heu Davis was taken.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

Yrsua ths cAiease fibass.
a Thfekoring ssG;rAnd'' for the N.
W. Fair.
We print with great pleasure the following
correspondence, which does equal honor to
both parties. Mr. Reed has always been
among the foremest in the good work Of Civ
IND and inviting others to give for the benefit
of uur soldiess3 &nd the Messrs. ChiSkering
never failed u respond to all legitimate calls:
The piano now donated is one Of their finest
instraisents, valued at about 81 800; it II
the .ecsnd they have donated to Chicago
SatlsAsy FAIRS. The people Of the West will
MOI fail to remember This liberslity: n =
REsD.s TEMPLE OF Music, }
CHICAGO, NAY l. 1865
Messrs. Chickering 4 Sous. Boston:
GexrLLxES- It is with diificence we call
vour attention to the great North western
Sanitary Fair to be held in this city the 3Oth
Of this month. We cannot forget yourdonat-
ed panios to many Of the Eastern Fairs,
which, perhaps, had stronger claims than
those at distance. We cannot forget that
NJ en- we made knewa the wants Of the first
Chicago Sanitary Fair, the loyal HEARTS OF
YOUR 6rm sent splendid piano, which realiz.
|, ed the Fair six hundred dollars. If, with
ali this, you deem it right to give yet again to
cur coming Fair, it will be generosity itself.
Only in SO good cause could we ask any
thing where yon have already done SD much.
With respect, yours truly.
ALAxsoS REED l. Sons.
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DR.. E. G. WEBSTER'S
Medical DiSpenSar!,
f 1917 SOUTH CLARK ST..
p. o. Boz eSi. CHICAGO, I'LL.

Dr.. W regular qualified Physician and Surgeon who
makes the treatment of Private and Chronic Diseases
speciality. o has long been connected with the Louis
Hospital where his has been devoted their
and from his in this and other departments Of
Medical Science, extending through Tint years lac
competent adopt that OF treatmsnt
TO meet the Most stubborn and vruient forms ar er
cate it from the SYSTEM and this he claims TO do in
third the time usually taken, without fear OF develop
ments where the patton; strictly follows given directions
in ali cases Of Gonorrboea, elect phis- Structure Ner
rial Affections, Diseases Of the SKIN, Kidneys BiaAler;
also lnIotency SIrniatorrea ScrOula Cancer, Piles
Falling oi the Bowels or iirolapsus 44Ri, etc.
In the treatment of the above Dr. W has had expert
in the Oldest schools practice both Europe
and America where the hest energies of science center,
and called out to stop the which fol-
low from either the neglect Of the patient himself
treatment the part Of the pract toner. If this is
then how TO guard every open such
practice hen the all OF life of health and well be-
ing Of ourselves and friends depend upon such issues.
DR. W. be consulted either by letter his Office.
Females suffering from Irregularities attending puberty.
Menstratons Pregnancy: all persons having DISTINCTIONS
marriage will do well call and consult the Doctor
Rooms private, and all letters promptly answered by
closing stamp
o.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

France has had sixty-sevea Queens. Miser-
able lives they led. Eleven were divorced
two executed; nine died Young seven we're
widowed early; three cruelly treated; three
exilsd. The rest we're either poisoned or
broken hearted. A dreadful picture this for
Eugemie TO contemplate.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

WELL NAxED.-A paper before us, after
cepying extracts from number Of lately
published sermons breathing out only blood
and slaus hter against the conquered rebel, and
scouting all Iroughts Of mercy and forgiveness,
gives this class o. preachers, whose name We
regret to say il legion the expressive name Of
Lioodhounds Of Zion."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

AT the recent capture of Augusta, Ga, by
eur troops, they came IN possession OF
100000 bales Of cotton, $4,000 in tellisn
1000, 900 worth Of ordnance and other
r,bel stores, and part Of JEFF. Davis specie
train with slsj, 900 in gold.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

When the news Of Lees surrender was
received in Murfress-So'. Tenn. tide indiyid-
ual who ore d, wn the stars and Eripes and
hoisted the first rebel rag in that town, was
persuaded" by the Provost Marshal to raise
the old flag upon the Court House dome, and
afterwards to remain upon the dome for half
an hour, that the public might emily that act
Of "retributive justice The whole town
turned out TO eniov the spectacle.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

TEE WAn In TExAs-Kirby Smith, Ma
gruder, &c, are said to be making immense
effo:ts to fire the popular heart in Texas for
. continuance of the war. Hood has also
Joined them, having escaped across the Mis-
sissippi river.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

Mrs. LINCOLN, and her two sons, Rober;
and Thad deus, reached Chicago on Wednes-
day, and are stopping at the IRE mont House.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

In an abandoned wagon near Savann Sd
were reccntlyfound 1913, 900 in confederate
government specie.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27
- Bosrox, May 1865.
Alanson Reed i Sons, Temple of M4sic, Chi

cago:
GsNrLEMAx-Yours of the LIST is before US.
r. ia a pleasant remembrance that we have
aided, even if little, in the overthrow OF the
rebellion. And now, as il lies at the door OF
death. be not forgotten the needs of the brave
BOYS in blue whose heroic sacrifices gained
our nations can a = WA sAnd, tho refare. a
grand piano, to be sold for the benefit of the
I air in such manner as you may thI NIX best.
1t is the sams STYLE used by Gottsdhalk and
Thalberg in their concerts. With an earn
est wish for the future of our coun,rk in unity
and liberty,
We remain yours truly,
CHIcKERISG i Sous.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-05-27

The first cheese factory in Illinois is to
he in operation this season, in the vicinity OF
Hainesville, Lake county.