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AWKWARD MIsrAKE.-ln trying TO say a
pleasant thing of the Hin pis River Bridge
Company last week, the treacherons types
sadly perverted our meanin 3. We intended
70 say the Company had al nays stood well
with the public on the score of liberality, but
the lpervcrse types made it ''null.' Such
b!unders are sometimes very Notifying
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Ottawa Post Office.

CLOSING AND ARRIVAL OF aAILf.
Western closes IL: 90 VI. Arrives 12:45 P. NJ
Eastern, q IL NJ &6PM. 6" 12:45 r. VI
Farm Ridge, closes 2. NJ, and arrives II ST. Wednesdays
and Saturdays. s' ..s
Newark, closes 80 P NJ. and arrives P. NJ Tuesday
and Saturdays
Somonauk closes 80 A b. Saturdays arrives s. 80 z. II
Fridays.
Eagle, closes p. NJ Saturday; arrives IL VI.
Office Opens 4. NJ. Closes 7 p. NJ.
aug26 '65 @ Nv DOW, P. II. d.
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monitor Division, No. 5sG,
Announcements.

S. of T., every Monday evening at their Hall
Reddcks store. east side Court House.
c. SNOW, W. p. n. PERLEY, K. 8
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Have you seen thos Paisley Shawls at
keller L GAYLoRD's? They are beauties !!
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Padonize Home Institutions
The La Sale County Mutual
Fire Insurance Co.,
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.
once In Cheever's New Block.
,r..n Notes, received May l, 1855, constituting
the Capital,
1927, 40 "a.
Now in force
&I6O, 1876 O2.
Amount of Property at risk,
Sl,730, SOS ~.

II Will be seen by above int III iCompahs mas
Il s.,., for every sIl risk the eaIng StoH co on
Ne East only 81 of assets for every - " ~D " Ia
iAI6es Is shown by their published reports
The Syragc Of Insurance in this Co. for the past ten
vsars but about third OF the rate charged by
-s<hsr Cos
Our Ios,e. thu, far have promptly and SATISFACTORY
adjusted We have never had TO contest a loss
Tue business Of Company for the past two years has
e>sa prosperous; more policies having pee is'e
shas ~, the previous eight years.
The direstors well known among tue best business
nan 3ireoen
No sssesspTest be made until the losses OF the Co
a;rr it and assessment year, and by re-
cent y4e of the Directors members shall not be repair
fto roy cxsUtir1 addition TO The Gdrance payment itit
. >oaiiou u year from the date of their policies
Ia view above facts viz: that this i. home in
stten the security is ample; the cost OF insurance
ss tina M Cos the promptness and hbertlty with
y nch settled; We think We are entitled TO the
pAtronAxe this community preferenceto foreign Com
1aaea-
Policies Issued on both the Stock and Mutual plans with
NEST favorable terms.
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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-29
ECONOMY FROM AN Ex.REREL.

A sagacious Rebel general recently remarked;
"We made two great mistakes. bad we
avoided them, we should have conquered you.
The first was that we did not substantially de-
stroy the Protective features Of the Tariff IN
the Winter session of 1878 by az act which
provided rapid annual sliding scale to Free
Trade. As q Democratic measure, we could
have passed such law, and held it tight on
You till it had closed the furnaces, workshops,
wooden and cotton mills, and steel and bar and
iron works of the whole North ard West, and
scattered your workmen over the prairicS and
territories. When the war was ready for you,
you wouldn't have been ready for the war. You
c nd not have armed, and equipped, and put III
the field, q large army, nor built navy. You
would have been without supplies, machinery
and workmen, and you would have been with
out money and credit. Our second mistake
was in Withdrawing our Senators and Repre-
sentatives from your Congress. Had we lea
them there, their vote, combined with the
Northern Democratic, would have thwarted
every military and financial measure necessary
TO enable you TO carry on the war for suft-
ceut length of time to have enabled ns-to seize
the Government, occupy some of your states,
obtain recognition abroad, and dictate hard
terms to you. How the - VS. bluGdercd ID
these two respects can't understand, except
upon the hypothesis of an overriding Provi-
dance
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-29

might have built for eSo and el 500 for one which but
for our laws would have cost you only $1,000
Here is naked assertion on tangible point
-one that the multitude can comprehend. II
the Reciprocity Treaty is not renewed, Canadian
lumber, instead of being admitted Gas now free
of duty, will pay thirty per cent. into our
Federal Treasury. So far, there ia now dispute.
Now, says The Post, the average price of lumber
in this City will thereby be increased fly per
cent; so that house now costing $500 cannot
be built under $3.50. THE TRIBUNE, on the
contrary, maintains that, while our Treasury
will be benefited, neither lumber nor houses will
cost even ten per cent. more than now. Here is
fair issue made up: Let the public watch the
market, and see which of us is right in the
premises, drawing therefrom the natural infer
ence
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-29

surport this Constitution" Mr.. Humphreyr
therefore must be kind enough to take notios
that his Mississippi Legislature Of 1861. which
swore to support not the United States Conse'
tuition but trumpery concern framed at Mont
gomery, was gang Of outlaws rather than .
legislature. and their acts worth much less thsa
the white paper spoiled in printing them.
That, however, is a technical point. The
folly and insolence of Mr. Humphreys procia-
nation can best be understood by considering
that he recognizes not only the Rebel Legs
lature of Mississippi, but the Confederats
Government itself, as still existing. Chosen 70
Office at an election held in pursuance OF tho
decree Of Provisional Government based on
the conquest and military occupation Of the
rebellious States, this exemplary magistrats
seizes the first opportunity of asserting the
validity of an authority whose destruction
afforded him the opportunity Of an official exist
ence. He proclaims "that the blockade of the
ports of the Confederate States has been re-
moved" As he speaks for Mississippi, hs
speaks of her as one of those Confederate States;
otherwise his declaration has no meaning.
Are We to accept this as specimen OF ths
spirit in which Mississippi accepts the situationr
We do not care to insist on the practical efccs
of such a policy; of the rights of debtor and
creditor, for instance, and Of parties to con-
tracts, aS affected by Gov. Humphreys's act
But the North will certainly desire to know
whether It's clemency and magnanimity are to be-
reciprocated By open defiance. We have re-
Taxed every hold but one on the revolving
States. BY the policy Of the President, they
have been permitted to resume their own gov
ernments. So far as tho Executive power
extends, they are restored to the Union. They
are not yet admitted to Congress. Do they ex-
pect to facilitate their entrance into the Caption
by such exhibitions as this of Mr.. Hamphreyst
We presume not. This proclamation is only 10
be accounted for by an undue confidence grow
ing out of the lenity and goodwill OF the Press
dent. Mississippi considers that sic IS already
entitled to follow her own bent, and TO rally ~
as much of her Rebel legislation os she likes
Congress thinks otherwise, apparently, and VIII
continue to think otherwise until the South re-
penis of such acts as this, and repud.a'cs me
authors of them.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-29
HPUB. DOC.v

The figures of Mr.. Defrees, the Superintend-
ent of Public Printing, as set forth in bis 9mi.
rable report, viii illustrate the argument we
made q few days since on the extravaganza of
Government printing. We find no fault with
Mr.. Defrees. He is the agent of public trust,
and seems to do his work prudently and with
economy. The fact that we have an economi-
cal public officer, shows the extent Of the "Pub.
Doc" abuse. Everybody in Washington has
license TO rush into print. According to the
present plan, every clerk whose desk is called a
Bureau, every petty ofice-holder around the
Departments, may write out his opinions
at interminable length, and have them put
into print at public expense. Since we
have had national Office of our own, this
evil has increased. The figures of four years
show a great advance in expenditure. In 1862,
we paid for public printing, including paper,
lithographins and binding, S549,S90 Is. In
1865, we paid So la3,Ol0 7e, an increase Of
almost 400 per cent. Mr.. Defrees adds the
opinion that with the close Of the war the de-
mand for printing will be greatly lesSened,
while the decrease in the price Of labor and
materials will render large appropriation
unnecessary. Our experience of public ex-
penditures prevents us from sharing the hopes
of Mr.. Defrees. Appropriation bills have i'm
mense powers of expansion, while their con-
tracing powers are extremely limited. 1t is
just to Mr.. Defrees to say that under th>
|
than it would have cost under the old plan.
There are other items that do not appear in
this report. We refer to the Government adver.
Using. 1t is very well known that nearly all,
if not all, of the newspapers in Washington live
upon the favors of the Departments. What they
would DO without this we do not know. The
value is so great that the Secretary of War in
withdrawing it from The Inteuigeneer was con-
sidered to be utterly rrtning that grand Old
relic. There is single advertisement Of the
Post.Office Department, So rich and fat and
luscious that the Washington editors hunger for
| it-from New-Year's Day to New-Years Eve.
| 1t Is well for the Government 10 advertise
its business, but what good is gained in
making this advertising source Of journalistic
corruption How can an editor speak his mind
if next morning the expression of an honest
sentiment ruins his business What difference
ia there between the action of our Secretaries
and the Advertisement of Napoleon. 1t may be
said that journalists should not accept these
favors. But journalists are hungry, and must
eat; and if their bread Is to be the price Of their
independence, let US rather censure those who
are base enough to impose such conditions than
the poor editors whose necessities compel their
accentanpp
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-29
Jeurneymen Coafeesfoners' Protective
EDfon.

The JOurneymen Confectioners ofthis city and
Brooklyn met me''e. according 10 call, at the Ger
mania Assembly Rooms IL the Bowery. yesterday otter
noon with the object Of forming trades Organizations
for the better protection and regulation OF their wsgss
About 100 persons principally representing the mer
and German branches Of the business. werep7es-
ent, and took active interest In the meeting NJ
Weahere fully explained its PURPOSE. stating that the
MEETING was held 70 perfect the arrangements which
had been made for establishing Consolidated Union
Of the English. German and French speaking portion Of
the confeotoners trade and be hoped this greatly de-
sired plan might BE- completed. The advantages Of .
union Of the trade were many nd excellent EmpIoyes
could not continue the degrading manner toward their
help that they do; wages equal In yaluo TO the
work done would be paid. and they would no longer b
getting low prices for their services II united there
would be harmony and concert Of ectioH among the pro-
fessioa. Mr. Westherell thought these and osher IN
duce should prompt the different branches u TIE
confectionery trade form joint orPs; 'o3 nj ths
earliest opportunity. motion vasthe ? mode 70
hsye the German, French and Americ. /, EnTiish
Iourneymen confectioners unto In one Joay which
created considerable discussion but loay Adopted
and list Of those confectioners intending 20 Join thc
Union made cut, after which the meeting adjourned
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-29

Queer. Yet it often proves nothing Of the kind,
unless it proves 3 falsehood. A British IRON
master who can hire skilled workmen at pound
sterling each per week, when just such labor is
here worth $50 per week, may undersell our
iron-masters simply by force of this dis
Iparity, though he possess no other advantage
whatever. And, though his iron may be offered
in our market for three. fOurths the cost OF max
ing such'iron here, it may still be wise to buy
our own iron, and to SO adjust our duties on I'M
ports that it shall be generally bought. For the
American Iron has really been paid for by the
sale to the iron-masters and their workmen OF
Fuel, Timber, Vegetables, Fruits, hay, &C.,
&C.. which would have either remained unsold
in the absence Of the market created by the iron
furnace, or must have been sold at far lower
prices. And this element of the problem
is one which the Free Traders habitually
ignore. We, for example, are considerable
purchasers of Iron; and we can better afford to
pay 800 per tun in newspapers than $50 in
cash; and every iron furnace in America affords
q market for American newspapers which does
not exist while our iron is made in Europe.
And our case is substantially that Of American
ron.consumers generally, though many try
not to see it. There is not Free Trader
in New-York owning lands in the West who, If
he should hear tomorrow that great furnace
was about to commence making iron within o
few miles of his lands, would not at once raise
their price, and regard the furnace as afording
excellent reason therefor. Can this be gain
sayedl And if not, is not Prof. Latham's
assumption falacious'
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-29

We have charged that the New-York Free
Trade League was engineered by and in the in
terest of British importers and capitalists, and
was run upon British money. Thatitis & foreign
enterprise, hostile to this country, and that it
allies itself with the elements in our politics
that are hostile to the policy and poser thas
carried US through the war and put down. the
Rebellion, the following extract from The Loa>
don Miners Journal of Jan. will sufficiently
show:
"REPogT FROM NORTH AND SOUTH SIATFoRDsnRE.
"0iders are not vet coming In 10 much extenti bus
there Is pretty well TO do and decided confidence In the
future Pig iron Is firm and transactions reported
at advance OF g. CO. per tau last quarters sales
The fear that the American Congress may further rzse
the duties on tho import Of iron into the States is mOet
the ony speck IN the horizon. Should that however,
be DONE 1t will probably give ygor to the hee trade
agitation Of which there some signs, though Gers
hope Of the speedy svensttsniSg in Consres' Of
the r0fee Of hat parry By The adsson II the rtPrese.ta-
tires Of The late COnfederacy"
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-29
TIE REAL ENEMIES OF SPEEDY
RESTORATION.

Throughout the States lately in revolt, the
ex-Rebels keep up deafening clamor in praise
of what they call "the Presidents policy Of
restoration;" while the larger portion of them
persist in embarrassing that President and
Gripping his efforts to the extent Of their power
Thus, We have recently seen the Presidents
Military representatives commanding in the
most important Southern States-Gen. Terry in
Virginia, and Gen. Sckles in South Carolina
issuing General Orders multiplying most i'm
portant acts of the Legislatures of those
States respectively and denouncing pun
ishment against any one who shall at
tempt TO carry them into effect. Those
acts were plainly calculated to reduce the
Blacks to virtual Slavery, by saying to them Tin
the Virginia casey "Take just what wages we,
your old masters, choose to offer you; for, if you
do not, we will seize you and sell your services
at auction for such prices as we may see fit to
pay you" Gen. Terry tells the restored
State that this will never do-that, if Virginia
is restored, Slavery is not, and shall not be.
And Gen. Sickles (not rsry ardent "nigger'
worshiper " does likewise in South Carolina
each Of them, no one doubts, upon full under
standing with their superiors.
The Legislature of restored" Virginia has Just
been turning out certain State officials, found
guilty of adherng to the Union during the late
struggle filling their places with liege subjects
of Mr.. Jefferson Davis. And Richmond is now
shuddering at report-which seems to be well
authenticated President johnson is about
to nominate a Provisional Governor for the Old
Dominion, and commence the work of her Re-
construction afresh, finding that there are rot
ten timbers in her present frame that can never
be made TO answer.
All this time, an incessant bawling is kept
up, at the North as well as at the South, that
"the Radicals"-the Jacobinic, destructive
"Disunion Radicals"-are fighting the Presi
dent and impeding restoration; when the rea
obstacles are created by such insanely fsctiou'
and conference.-the legislation as that which
Gems. Terry and Sickles have felt constrained
to annul. And Gov. Humphreys of Mississippi
Ian ex.Rebel GENERALLY has just issued proca'
nation, calling for an accounting for Cotton
sold or pledged to the State during the Rebel
lion; which is a plain recognition of the late
Confederacy as Legitimate and valid authority
If those who see fit thus to act really desired
to strengthen President Johnson and uphold his
policy, they would desist from thus throwing
every obstacle in his way; at the very least
they would spare him their damaging commen
dation. They do him quite enough harm BY
their acts; add to these their hollow and blast
ing laudaton, and he will hardly be able tc
stand up against them.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-29
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
mENT.


Tomorrow is appointed by the House for
acting decsively on the proposed Constitutional
Amendment reported from the Select Joint
Committee on Reconstruction; and we do sadly
apprehend that it will either be recommitted,
voted square down, or only adopted by so small
a majority as will deprive it Of all moral force
and insure its non-adoption by the States. And
yet we feel that this proposition contains the
germ of slow but sure adjustment Of our
remaining National difficulties.
The proposition in substance is, that each
State shall regulate the Right of Suffrage for
itself, but that any class or race which it shall
see fit to exclude from a voice inits government
shall not be counted as basis OF political
mower in the Union. Thus: California and
Nevada deem those Chinese inhabitants unit to
vote, let then, their Chinese be exempted
from their popular base of representation IN
Congress. And SO with the Blacks and the
Indians of that or any other State which ex.
cludes either or both of those races from q voice
in choosing its rulers and making its laws. The
fairness and justice of this rule must commend
it iresistibly to every unparalleled mind.
but why should the negroes Of Massachu-
sets, and not those Of South Carolina, count as
a basis of representative power in the Union"
Simply because Massachusetts, treats her me-
groes al men-educates them in her public
schools, endeavors to qualify them for voters,
and then allows them to vote on the same terms
as Whites. Let South Carolina do the same,
and her negroes will count as we'll as those OF
Massachusetts,. 1t rests entirely with herself
to have them counted or excluded. And SO with
every other State, whether she has many Blacks
or few, and whether she was till recently Slave
or Free.
Here is a principle whereon we can 60 to the
People with perfect confidence of success. Let
the Copperheads oppose it if they choose let
the ex-Rebels reject it; we can beat them be-
fore tho country on the issue they thus make up.
And this principle will certainly, though not
instantly, work out very general enfranchise'
ment. 1t puts Interest on the side of Equal
Rights instead of against it, and makes each
decennial census a fresh and cogelt appeal fol
genuine democracy.
We trust therefore that this Amendment
will be sanctioned by en- all but unanimous
vote of the Unionists in Congress, and that ii
will become the basis Of true Reconstruction.
The Copperheads and ex.Rebels taunt us with
the cry that we have no party in the South but
the Blacks. These, they admit, are with us
If, then, they refuse them the right to vote,
ought they, in common decency, to count them
as make weight against us' Ifthey will not
let them vote, shall they be allowed tovote fol
them, with full knowledge that they desire, not
to represent, but to misrepresent them' Iftha'
is the issue wherein Sham Democracy wishes
TO perpetuate National distraction, we can well
afford to meet it.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-29

The Tennessee Senate has Endorsed the Union
memorials to Congress and the President repre-
Senting that the State is wholly unfit to be sur
rendered TO its own control. A resolution was
introduced on the 18th inst. declaring
That the said memorial Ia not the embodiment Of the
sentiments Of the Unien people OF our State and that we
the Reconstruction Committee In Congress,
and friends throughout the Union that our people
entering upon high state Of peace and pros
perity. and that their industry and economy are daily
tirey willing and anxious 20 support in good faith the
Constitution of the United States and Of the State OF
Tennessee and obeying oil laws and requirements,
both State and Federal, with remarkable unanimity.
candor and sincerity.
This was voted down by 10 to 6, and to make
the negative still more emphatic, several of the
minority explained that they voted for the reso-
luton merely out Of courtesy to the Senator
introducing the resolution, but were wholly OPP
posed to the resolution ITSELF" 1t must be
understood, therefore, that the Union party OF
Tennessee protests against the admission of its
Representatives to Congress if that admission
involves the withdrawal of the military control
Of the United States Government over the
State. They aver that to withdraw the troops
is to put the Rebels in power and the Union
men under the feet of their enemies.