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Council Proceedings.
REGULAR MEETING
TrEsDAY Narth 90

Tuesday, Marth 30, 1866.
Present -Mayor Ilcklng. Aideraen Delano,
Prescott, Brunker, Fennell, Young McCnnis,
Eicheberger, Miller, Mitchell, Ceilings and
Hutton.
Minutes of the last meeting were ;ead and ap-
proved.
Petition of Harvey Day, praying city council 10
refund hun the sum Of ten dollars, foe unexpired
term of his liquor license, was o, motion of
Mitchell, received and clerk ordered to issue an
order for amount asked for by petiinner.
Re port of j. .. Harris, N. d., health officer,
was presented, and. on motion OF Prescott, re-
ceivdd.
Pm scott, from finance committee, TO whom was
referred sundry bills at previous meeting, re
ported in favor paying Patrick Serin sass, NJ.
Gin don $500, Mich Pierce s LOO, John Heenan
Sic bO and A. b. Moore $3.50.
On motion of Mitchell, report was received and
clerk directed to issue orders for the respective
amounts to the parties named in report of finance
cop Pl asesas rom 6nos ssss.., reported the
collection of FIJI 60 balauts doe from L. r. Fay.
late treasurer, and presented voucher OF W. H.
Cushman, treasurer, for said amount deposited
with him.
oh motion of Mitchell, report was received.
Miller, from sewerage committee. reported IN
favor Of draining East Canal street in accordance
with plan recommended by city surveyor, and
that the expense thereof be paid by special assess
mebt property benefited or damaged thereby
also that the across Main street at its inter
section with Leland street be repaired under the
DIRECTION of the Alderman of the sixth ward
On motion Of PRESCOTT, report was received and
adopted
Eichelberger from COMMITTEES Gu license, to
whom was referred the petition Of Lewis N. Ken
neGy recommended that the solsrk be directed to
issue to said Lewis N.Keunedy an order fol
$500.
On motion Of Mitchell. report was received and
approved.
! first ward, presented, aud. on motion o
Young, was accepted
| On motion of Mitchell,
ordered, That special election be held Mt thu
school house in first ward, in accordance with Law
| and ordinance, for one alderman. to supply th
vacancy Caused by the resignation Of Alderman
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"Civil Rights Riil.o

1t IS generally understood at Washington
that the President will veto the so-called
''civil rights BILL The objects of the bill
are unquestioEably laudable. The negro
should have the right 20 make contracts, sue
ard be sued, inherit, purchase and sell real
estate, &c But these are matters OF state
reguiation-certainly not matters in refer.
enee to which Congress has heretofore been
supposed TO have power to legislate.
But is the negro, then, helpless, as to the
protection Of his civil rights, should the
states by legislation deny them? Not at all
As "a freeman, lie has ali Tie rights Of an,
other citizen II tie u If state passes
q law denying hisn his rights, the remedy i:
to bring t.'.' law, Oh appeal, before the U
s. courts, where ii will be annulled. 1t i:
true, THIS is a sloS, round about way of get
ting at il But the .aul, is in the Cons;itu,
lion. not with Andrew johnson
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SUPERVISOR PROcEEDINGs-ERRoR.- DASL
CosGsovE, Esq, Supervisor from LaSal!e, calls
our attention to an error in the published pro
ceedings of the Board Of Supervisors, as fol-
lows:
The subject under consideration being the
resolution of Sup. Rogers. iii reference to the
freedmen,-
Sup Hise offered the following amendment :
'PRovIDED that nothing herein shall be so
construed as to demand the right Of suffrage
for the negro in the South
On the question ofadopting this amendment
the yeas were
j. w. Armstrong. G. ". Armstrong, Clark.
CosgroYe, Galloway, Green, Hise. Pool.
In the published proceedings. 10y some mis-.
take, my name is omitted in the yeas and
appears among the mays" Please connect.
ItANI- CoaGRovE.
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together with the coal company might prof
fer, wo Id no doubt, induce them to adopt
the plan proposed.
These lines have been very hastily written,
and tie subject very inperiectly discussed
but it is 10 ped that enough has been sug'
gested to ca II public attention TO the suojee'
and induce the necessary action a. D. u.
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New Plan of DEMONSTRATION.

The following is the plan of "Reconstruct>
ion presented in the senate on Friday OF last
week by Mr.. Stewart, of Colorado. and which,
being heartily approved by those radical rep
rescntatives whose vote defeated the 'represeh
cation amendment of the committee OF 10,
it IS thought will command the requisite two>
thirds majority Of both Houses Of Congress:
Resolred, First: That the people Of the
States recently in instruction. shall be recog'
nized as having fully resumed their ancient
relations with the Government, and its chosen
representatives, shall be admitted III the two
Houses of the National Legislature when said
State shall 50 hare amended its Constitution
as TO do away with all DISTINCTIONS as to civil
RIGHTS. the disabilities (?) among the various
| classes of its population, by reason either OF
| race or color or previous condluon OF ser'>
| itude to repudiate all pecunIary lndeb edness
which said State may have heretotoi c contract.
| cd. incurred or assumed with the late unf.tural
| and reasonable war: 10 yield all claim to
| compensation on account OF the hberation OF
| its slaves. and to provide for the extension OF
| the elective franchise to all, Oh the same terms
and conditions TO all, making no distinction
on account ofrace, color. orprevlous CONDITION:
| ,,,,Ori9ed. that those who were qualified to
vote IN the year 1860 by the laws of their
respective States, shall not be DISTINGUISHED
~ reason Of any new conditions which have
been or may be prescribed since that year.
Resolred, That after the aforesaid condi-
lions have been complied with, and the same
shall have been ratified by majority of the
present voting population of the States inclu
ding all those qualified to vote under the laws
thereof, as they existed in 1860; a genera
amnesty shall be proclaimed in regard TO al
persons in such State who were in any way
connected with armed opposition to the Gov
eminent of the United States, wholly exoner'
ating them from all pains or penalties to which
they NAV have become liable by connection
with the rebellion.
Res0lred, That, III view of the thorough as
similation of the basis of suffrage in the varl
Gus States of the Union, all other States. no
above specified, shall be respectfully requested
to Incorporate an amendment into their STATE
Constitutions, respectively corresponding with
the one specified. In the above revolution il
| is not intended to assert a coerciye power or
the part of Congress in regulating the right o
suffrage in the different States OF the Union
but only to make respectful and earnes
appeal to their own good sense and love o
country, with view to the prevention of seri
Gus evils, now threatening, and to the peaceful
perpetuation of the happiness and true glory
e. of the whole American people.
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annual Town Meeting.

The c izcs, legal voters II the Town Of Ottawa IN tEs
eouny Of la Sale ami Of Illinois hereby
that the Annual Town Meeting for said Town viii be held
at the county Court HOME said Town q Ottawa on the
81 day Of April, T. lsG6, being the first Tuesday said
month tr he transaction Ct all such business may
pursuant Of law come before such meeting when cen
vened which meeting will he called order 5ctw the
hours Of nire and ten O'Clock in the forenoon and kept
open until sSocoek in the afternoon unless closed
IN pursuance Of law.
Given under my hand ottawa this % day March
A. p. 1906. /. I. BRoWER.
ularZi-2w Town Clerk
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M0rtqaqe Saic.

WI UEREAS on the twenty-frst day OF July, in the
w year OF Lord. tho usanl eight hundr ed and
county lie and state ct Hin il bccaNIe Indebted
William H. W ushinan OF tie same county and st,te
in the If three hundred dollars IS 10y bis
proms Dry Of date payable 10 said william H.
W. Cusman. order three after date, with inter
at per cent per payab annually; and for
the purpose Of fully securing the payment OF said
prossory note and annual int in said nots pro
yded the said Patrick Daily and sarah A. bis wife executed
and delivered to said Cgshnan mortgage Of date
with said pronissory note thereby nrtggng rot number
twenty one CID in block number twenty seyen ca IN
the States Aon Ottawa. II being provided in SID
otgage that if default be made in the payment of said
pronUry note either o: principal of rest the
day days whereon the should becomi duo and pay
able the whole Of said principal and interest shoad there
upon become mme lately due 1nd payable and the mort
gage might @e inasiisrey fprecoset 80 the same
said party of the second part his heirs. executor
said party OF the second part being further en-
power-l, thirty days notice publshcin newspaper
iS IA s g ye G ~ n, e3 r re e:i'I ,
door of tho county m said tile hig hest
bidder for cash. ami 10 convey to the rohsr in said
mortgage mentioned; and out Of the proceeds such
s;s pay all costs aud expenses incurred, also the prin
cipal and interest due slid pronis sorry said
parties of the first part specially waving their right of
e Guilty Of redemption, and all right in said premises by
the homestead exemption laws; for minute de
tail Of said mortgage reference may be had pages Al,
44J book % of couveyances, III the Office Of
the Circuit Clerk and Recorder of said county.
And default has been made ID the payment OF
annual inter due SAID the Tvs enty -rst day
Jul 1866 and said interest remains due and I'M
paid ard by the Of snid mortgn such default
the principal in aid pgoissvTy note named
TO become also due and SAID sum or sums, due as aicre-
said. unpaid
Now, therefore, public notice is hereby given that I, Z
sai William II ". tualman 10y virtue OF the isoweT and
authority in vested by said mortgage and BIZ
81 default OF payment a. aiyr ,ni, WI" ell ~ public
auction 10 the highest bi fr SASH the son,i door Of
the ouuty hous- the cy Of oTesjd
welaeslty ths 18th DAY Of April, 1866 lot
tweii'y one, IL 70 block n'uhbr t,scny-7even. - IA
the states addition 10 Ottawa Tor the purposes above
named and in said mortgage P Pr ed -, ,
OTTAWA, Ill March u 1866
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A S3J.OOO Trec

In TIE month of January, 1866, remark.
able tree was brought to New York from a
Western State, which is considered by the
best judges TO be worth $4,000. No foreign
tree was ever brought here of so great value.
This was black walnut tree 20 feet long.
measuring board or inch measure $500 fa I ;
but when cut into yeneers it would be so
times that, making I35, 900 feet, which at 20
cents would be S27 900. The cost of cutting,
cartlDg and placing in store for sale, would
be about 500.
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Soldiers Convention.

4 meeting of Soldiers Of La Sale county
was held in the Court House at Ottawa on
Thursday, March %. 1866, pursuant TO pab>
lie no ice.
The meeting was called to order by Genl
Morrill,, and, motion, Lieutenant Ralph
Buchanan was called to the chair. aud Ihos.
81. Mason appointed secretary.
The chair stated the objects OF the meet
ing
Col. Houghtaling, delegate to the Soldiers
and Sailors National Convention reported
that he had been to Washington aid pre-
scented "a report of the proceedings of said
| convention, which was read by the secretary.
/ Capt. j. $. Lothrcp then addressed the
! convention, and offered the following resolu-
/ ton. which was adopted
| That committee Of five be appointed by
| the chair to draft resolutions expressive OF
the serse of this convention.
The chair appointed Colonel \. b. Moore,
| Capt J. S Lothrop. Lieut.. w. ". Calkins,
| Capt. l.. i. Croker, and Capt, Parker said
committee.
After shor: absence, the committee re-
ported the following preamble and resolu-
| tons, which were unanimously adOptec:
WHEREAS the Board of Supervisors, at its
last session. recommended that the matter Of
/ equalization of bounties be presented to the
NOltiS VI lLt SE 81 tDhltS IA AAiiE NcNh1s
the approaching town meetings for their &C.
| ton; and
WuERsAs, during the war, the county Of
La Sale did, from time to time, ray 10 vols
unteers cnlisting fro this county large sums
Of money as bounteS, and to pay these boun-
ties taxes were levied upoa the property in
this county; and
! WHEREAS many of the soldiers enlsting
tiom this county did not receive anythin 9
whatever from the county; and
WHEREAS they are compelled to assist IN
paying the deb: incurred by the payment OF
said bountioS. after having given longer
period Of service than those who did receive
the same; therefore
/ ResDirs z. Tina; we most respectfully ask
o. the couaiy of La Sale a sum of money
that shall ia measure e!Haize the bounties
to all soldiers Of the cogrly. to be paid as
follows:
/ /. To-7cry soldier credited TO the county,
who served the recioi u three years and was
/ houorably discharged, tie sum of one hun
drcd dollars.
| > To cry Soldier cu,;s;irg as above and
| discharged at any period Of his term for dis
ability, ard that disability permanent, one
( hundred dollars.
). To every soldier ca'isting as above and
/ honorabIy discharged AZ any period Of his
/ term for disability, aud that disability tenn
I porary, pro rata b5Hu'y OF oae hundred
/ dollars
+ To AL those who received the sixty DOL
lar honntv, fsr,y dollar.
( 3. To tn. wilcws. orphan children Of no
wi1oSs.) aud parents al 20 child n widow, !
vino may be dependent au the volunteer for
/ support. c. who may De .u INDECENT circan-
stances, the scfA 20 which the volunteer
would E,s-.. l,.a., ,,s-.f.H
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observation-disclosures Geek was summon
ed on Tuesday to hold an inquest on the body
Of 2 Young man named Edward Anderson,
who had been found dead that morning at
the residence of his mother in the town of
Grand Rapids. 4 post norton examination.
conducted By Drs. Hathaway and Stout, reveal
ed that the young man had died of disease
Of the heart.
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y SPIRITUAL QUADRIILE.-The Davenport
Brothers have giventheis names to new Fl ,
ure in quadrile. Before the last figure box
is brought among the dancers in which every
cavalier ensconces himselfin turn The door
is then closed, and each lady puts her hand
through hole in the door If she prefer 1t
she may make use Of another hole at the bot
tom of the door, through which she may put
her feet. AS soon as right guess is mad :
By the slrut-up cavaliar he is released. and
/ takes the lazy whose name he has guessed
Tor his partner in the next waltz This is
tcaiIed an innocent game" Verv,
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The Detroit Adrertiser and Tribune says
that when Andrew Jonuao.. Eli =
The little town Of Greenviie, East Tennessee,
he had the reputation Of being one of the
best tailors in all that region Of country
So popular was he that the little boys were
accustomed to sing upon the streets the fol-
lowing verse. the product Of some youthful
brain at the time
# you want to buy bran coat,
III tell you wilt to Co;
Go down To Andrew Johnsons shop
And bny lOng-tailed blue.
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InIor BoY...An idiot boy, 10 to Is years
old, was picked up in the streets Of Ottawa
son Sunday last, in helpless condition, and
for want of better place to put him, has
been euartered in the calaboose. He says, in
his idiot way, that his fathers name is Ste
phen Criss. The poor hs.,-.e authorities are
DESTROYS of getting information as TO where
he is from, to whom he belongs, &c. address
G. ". JACKSON, Ottawa, Ill.
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Agent at Seneca

ALEXANDERsvAUGEEY OF the firm of Underhill
yauehey authorized agent at Seneca to receive and
collect for subscriptions to the Ottawa Free Trader Tor al
yertsiEg job work. &c Subscribers in that vicinity wiz
IND OF their accounts for subscription
the Free Trader in Possession and any payment
male to him will be credited the If made to
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i young man in Washington stopped the
Secretary of the Treasury the other evening
elling him he had been overpaid, as an Officer
of the army, nearly s4O0, which he wished TO
refund lie paid 5000, and promised the bal
aucc as soon as he could obtain it.
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Fox River bridge.

YUyII annual election of Three Directors of the Ottawa
Fox River Bridge Company will be hell at the schoo
house in East Ottawa, Monday eyein-, APRIL ? ct ~
O'Clock. By order of Directors.
march 24-2w J. ". Dow, Sec.
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q <'AIs u.

Having professional appointment al the Iowa State
institute for the Blind yutou Iowa. shall be absent
from March 25h, to the e3ih inclusive Any Of my pa
tients requiring IHMEnaTE atet during tina, time win
please apply to Dr. ". @. LYMAN l19 South Clark ST.
who has kindly consented 10 act fpr me-
J. B. Wal KER, NJ d, oculizt
Chicago, March ed ls66-1w
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There is great complain. in all the horth-
ern cities as TO the size of bakcr' bread and
the pric: of the loaf. A wag in New York
says that the bakers will soon "beable to de-
liver their ten-cent loves through the key>
hole -
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REMARKABLE Fscrs The New York
Timex states that this country did more 10
feed Europe during the years 1862, OF
and "a. than in the three Years which i'm :
mediftely preceded the late war. The guam
tity Of wheat shipped in the mids, OF the
war was two and thrcc~fourths times greater
than before. while the amount Of ham and
bacon was increased eight time. This ia
certainly remarkable exhibit, when 1t Is
remembered that during these three years Of
war we had an average Of million of men
in the army. whose producing capacity was
for the time 10 to the country. 4 nation
that can carry on the most stup.ndous war
Of modern tines-pros meanwhile--and
greatly increase It's exports of PROVISIONS
may well astonish the wise ones Of Europe.
There is no parallel to it in the worlds hisi
tory.
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MAR EsHEIEe

March 81, by Rev. J. A. Graz Mr.. ARCHIBALD Nc
MILAN, of ottawa, and Miss LOUISA HARMON, of
Walthadn-
March 81, by Arthur lockwood, Esq. Mr.. HENRY c..
DIMICK and Miss OpIiELIA WIGlI IMAM, both OF the
city of Ottawa.
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The Manhattan Club OF New York, a
Democratic organization, has elected Presi-
dent Johnson an honorary member, and re-
qrested him 10 sit for his portrait. The Presi-
dent accepts the compliment, AMI consents.
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We learn from the Canton Register THAI a
neS cattle disease has made its appearance
IN Fulton county. The animals will be per,
fscily well one day, and die the next. The
Register says quite a number have died
from K;
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The Alton Telegraph says: We observe
that in some portions Of the State the wheat
is reported ruined by the late variable weather.
This is not true of this locality. In this coun.
ty, Jersey. Macoupin and Green, it never look
ed better, or promised more bountiful yield
than at present.
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MooyLEss MoNTIi.-TEe month of Feb
rUary. 1866, will be marked in the astronomer
rical calendar as the month which had no full
moon. January had two full moons, and
March will have two but February had none.
Of course this peculiar conjuncture, making
the full moon show her face bnt few hours
before the month comes in, and again bat a
few hours before the month goes out, is a
rare thing in nature-but how very rare, do
you suppose, gentle reader? 1t has not oc-
CURED before in your lifetime, norsours; nor
since the time of Washington /; nor sinee the
discovery of America by Coumbns; nor
since the Christian era, nor since the fall OF
Adam, nor Since the creation of the world,
unless that be placed back myriads of years.
And 1t will not occur again according ID The
compution Of astronomers for = 500, 900 years.
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EARLY YORkS, or what the EagIish call
Forty to One
Tess excellent Potatoes which took the first premium
County Far. oI ready b~in T. harvest
the f1-t IL July are very prolific AMI HitI sJyd win
and spring potato. They DO in wet
they u the reEchiaG rains Of the last season
te partial ovcriiawnZ q the river uD!ny ure
feg bushels -ale half The price paid for the Orig
nj seed 80 several thousand SGraWbery Plants. most
y Wilson's AIbanyD t1geher with hundred Grape
sirck- sale Inquire q Rev c. r. Clark Ottawa east
j Z. u Fox River. march 3-4y.
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For Sale.

IUsT received lot Of HEMP and PAPER wrapping
- Irvine. ami for sale at Chicago Prices AZ
feb IL x. THORSE J. cos.
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yXoUsF and lot on Clinton street in tire third Ward
L With rooms, fFst rate well and filtered citern
kitchen, wood and Sosl house This house Is well cal
cuatcI FOL q boarding bOGse. NN C00SW ELL.
Fei 1T.
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An adjourned meeting the Executive Committee o,
the Ia Sale Co. Agricultural socity viii e held the
Court House. Sat bly, the Jlst inst, o'clock
p NJ mlreh2f-2w II. ]. BRUSH, Sc.
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rsIE Residence lately occupied By Charles @. Miller
Il which includes foao the States Addition TO
Ottawa Tge property osM be had at a bargain.
s.si 4 - A. b. SMITH Agent.
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SEED POTATOES.

JHOUSE containing. rooms. good well and cl-terI,
title perfect. Inquire the premises. west OF EN
ri yer house or join CAREr.
E.,st 81 I-.sJ-;f
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j e ALOUS Y :!
NEW BOOK By GEORGE SAND.
Tor Sale hv OSMAN uAPEMAN.
Jfaste,.'s Sale.

NJ oTiCE hereby given, that by virtue OF decree
made and entered of record by the Circuit Conrt :"
la saile county OF Illinois at the Febrmr, term oil
said Court A. D. 1865, in certain cause then enuiiS n
sad Surt on the Chamccry sidf thereof wherein Eliza
Earle Twas complainant anu Ndi, e y; ~.I ~
,1 H.. ,ha Sixteenth day of April A. 1885, between
noI. -, o;no o'clock in the forenoon and sunset of
:. T. oar far sale Mt the south of the county
Cd iopsc in ottawa in said cou nty, Public Auction
and hin then sell to The hig bidder the following 'es
crol property being the ordered by SAID decree %
be sold, that is to say: ~, -,
Tht north half Of lots one a. and two % 10 oiock
Eve Isl in Walkers Addition to the town oil ottawa III
The cbnnfy of La Sale and state of Illinois.
,nsrr a ,sS Master In Chaucery.
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Gen. Burnside was nominated by acclama-
ton for Governor of Rhode Island by the
State Convention on the Goth. The at Proyi-
derce fred 100 guns in honor OF the event.
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lNPoRrAYT 10 SoLDIEss.-We Eoiiee o
letter in the Morris Herala from Hor.IB b. C
Cooz in reference to the question OF equal
izing Jolntes. Nr Cook has no doubt
s,methiHg Ia ,ia,t:yc~.ou viii he done by
the pse.ent Congress; and p.r;icuiArly and
earnestly advises the soldiers su no account
to part with their discharges, as they viii
constitute he sole evidence Of their right to
receive the eqaal.zel J,aa.ies.