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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

WILL THE Snow GO OFF WITH RAIN "A
correspondent answers this question in the
negative, and arrives at the conclusion thus
Take snow ball, hold it over lighted cans
die, and il The blaze VIII burn n hole through
the center of the ball, it is evidence ,ha. the
fall Of snow will not 20 off with rain. If
on the other hand. the ball will melt when
the heat is applied to it. the snow may be
expected TO disappear With a rain. We risd
the experiment on snow ball, and a hole
was inside through the ceuter without drop
of water falling from it. Our correspondent
informs us that the test i, reliable. 1t Is to
be hoped for the comfort Of those who live
or do business in the bottom, thai it may
prove so.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
h ROM WASHINGTON.
EECoEsTRUCTIoF.


Tor , Ter week past, Washington des,
..ches have knitted at important cabinet
;onsu.la ions with Governors and other lead
ing men Of the Southern States with refer,
ence to q rev plan OF reconstruction, which
the Governors, &c, aforesaid affirm the
South is prepared to adopt, and which the
President i. to submit to the 40th Congress
i'm 70 edit tsly on its organization On the 4th
or 9Th of March. The plan thus agreed upon
is embodied in proposed amendment of the
Constitution in substance rs follows.
Article IA, SEC. NO State has right
to sscest /. nor has the Federal Government a
right to reject State, or de priye it Of re-
presentation in Congress.
SEC. 2.-The United States debt shall be
held sacred and invlolate, bat the rebel debt
shall never be paid by the nation nor any
State.
SIC. 3.-All persons born or naturalizea
IL the United States and subject to Its juris>
dictIon shall be citizens, and shall have
rights a nd immunities of all states-life
liberty and property are guaranteed.
SIC. Misrepresentation skall be based on
the rum bers, counting all persons but Indians
not taxed, but when State excludes aay OF
its population on account ofla or color
from voting, then those excluded shall not
be counted in the basis Of representation.
Also the following to be part Of the Con-
stitulion of each State.
Every male citizen in the state year, and
SIX months in tia county Immediately pre-
ceding an, election. and who can red the
Declaration of Independence, and the unites
State. Constitution in ii. English language
and owner Of $3.50 worth Of taIabl. property
shall be entitled to vote, provided no person
who has heretofore voted shall be excluded
from voting.
There 10 also a clause to disfranchIse only
the prominent men eagagsd in the rebellion
from holding any Office in the federal govern
ment, and not from holding state Offices, as
provided in the pending constitute. nal amend
ment
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

AORnIs ADVOCATE AND HEgALD-Cha.
Seuthard, publisher of the Morris Advertiser.
has purchased of Mr. Barnes the whole es>
tablishmen;, subscription hist and good will
Of the Gr1lady County Herald, and is about TO
merge the two papers into one, In an enlarg>
ed form
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
The Baton Rouge Comet give, the part

The Baton Rouge Comet gives the psrtic>
ul.rs Of he death Of negro under circum-
stances Of the most singular character. Tbs
negro hsd been huntisg wild hogs, and had
shot one, but the wound not proving mortsl,
struggle took place. The Comet says -
The negro and hog, as we remarked before,
wsro bo,n found dsad-the negro with his
Gnde. jaw firmly held between the jaws of
his form liable antagonist, whose upper
teeth bad penetrated within the uegro's
moath while it, under teeth held fast to the
chin Of ID poor darkey, who in this strange
encounter proved both victim and vietimlzer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

BaEAE Ur.-Tae Ohio, Ionongahela
and Allegheny rivers at Pittsbarg had a
break up OF Monday, the ice goiug out with,
out serious food or doing any damage.
The ice has also moved out Of the Cumbsr-
land and Tennessee rivers, ard the Nississ,
iPpi /. clear below St Louis.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

KExrUcKY SENATOR Garrett Davis wa"
elected United States Senator by the Ken
lucky Legislature on last Wednesday. The
vote stood 70 for Davis and IL for Biistow
Mr.. Davis is an able states man and Demo
crat Of the true stamp.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

Eighteen thousand prairie chickens were
shipped from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. to Liver
pool, England, las. week, and on Thursday
last six ions were shipped East from Des
Moines, Iowa.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

hExoSA ISDsx-CAPrAIS PARKER, for
year or two past foreman in the office of TIE
Ottawa Republican, has bought out the
Wenona Inisr, and will hereafter be the
sditer and publisher of that paper. Capt.
Parker is capital good fellow, and, barring
his politics, Will get up a very readable
paper. There are sundry individuals in
Ottawa We had much rather see leave than
Capt. Parker, and tie WenoRa people will
fni him az acceptable accession to their
business population.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

a Philadelphia papar, in a report Of q
meeting OF the Agricultural Society, states
that DIR. Mcclure recommended the use OF
gyceriue OF. tie roets Of tie houses, to pre-
vent 'hsn froE splitting il cold weather"
One Of its contemporaries suggests that it
may mean hoofs of horses
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

IT NASEsHETH hwAY.-Do our readers all
understand that the genuine Ch.nscal Sal
erafus. made BY d. B. De Land & Co, il,
never eaten. Ia the process Of baking it all
evsporates, leaving the bread ligh, aud pure
Il has been imta,sd but the courterfeit 10
not easily disposed CT Use it instead Of
Soda. 1t weig!s Is ounces TO the paper
Others weigh II o..
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

Col. Sam Buckmaster has resigned his
position as Warden Of the Psni,entiary at
Joliet, aai sold ont ais interest as lessee 1t
IS said bis success,- as Warden will Prob,
ally be Col. II. Madame, Of Quincy
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
TEHCRR OT OFFICE.

The Senate bill, TO regulate the tenure Of
office, or, III Other words, 10 preventive Prss-
ideDt from MASKING removal, without the corr
sent Of the senate, passed the house o. SAY,
uriay. bat with an amendment including
m.n bers or.se csbins. in ;hs same rule. This
amendment the Ssaat. fuses to accedc to,
and tie Dill mus; go to conference eOm>
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

The executive COMMITTEES of the La Sale
county Agricultural Sceisty, will m,st on
Tuesday, the 18th inst, at l o'clock P. VI.
in front room snder the LIST Nstienal Bank
CHAs. II. FoncE, Sec.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

II Washington clergyman, in addressing
PRAYER Oh behalf Of universal suffrage with>
out regard to race, co!cr, age or sex, said ::
HParadoxical as this may seem 20 Thee, eh!
Lord, 1t Is nevertheless true"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

As you value your syes, don't pat out e
kerosene lamp by blowing down the chim>
uey An explosion is very likely tc ba the
result of so dong
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

Where are you going so fast, Mr. Smiih?'
demanded Mr. Jones. Home, sir, home :;
don't detain rns; / have just bought my
wife new bonnet, aud | must deliver it be-
fore the fashion 1harges"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

Tbs St. Leuis Republicans ST. Joseph
special says a bill for preventing negroes or
mulatoes from sitting On juries ia Colorado,
vetoed b. Gov. Cummings, was passed over
the veto by the Legislature.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

Hsc CHoLERa-There is ne computing the
loss the farmers Of Hancock county have sus-
tame in the last few years by hog cholera
Many s medic: have been published as pres
veatiYss and cures, bat most Of them have
proved power!ess to arrest the disease.
In convsrsatisn, ths other day. with two
promI nsnt farmers living in this vicinity,
each had remedy which he stated he had
thoroughly tested and found an effective cure.
The hog when attacked with the disease, re-
fuses food, but drinks large quantities OF
liquid. The frat cure is to give those attack.
ed sw Get milk, in surh quantities as can be
spared. Our friend stated that he had thor
oughly tested this remedy, and had cured
hogs il the iast stages Of the disease.
The ether remedy is to give the hog affect
ed with the disease, a decocuon of tobacco
which our inform ant said would soon restore
the animal 10 health. These are simple rem
edIes, and we advise those having hogs
attacked with the disease to try them-Cdr-
Mage Democrat
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

The man who died the other day, in the
country, so suddenly, of Cholera Morbus,
might have been alive to day, if he had had
ON hand and used properly, one single bottle
Of Boyd's Balm.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

4 NOVEL SuBsCRIPrIos.-The SCHUYLER.
Illinois, Citizen is, responsible for the follow
ing:
"a well known citizen of this county.
made a bet during the late campaign with a
Mount Sterling Democrat, bull against q
bull, that Logan would be elected BY $4,000
majority. Logan care in en- a maj JCity Of
u.ar.y 81 1000 ani tie Mount Sterlig g bull
weu, under. The other day a. the county
Bibl4 agent passed along, tie wiaasr Of the
bu gave him the proper papers that p,acsa
the Aforesaid bovine IN possss.isn Ct the
American Bible Soeie;T. Exactly Iow many
Bibles, this Gull will print and give to the
LeatAsn we cannot say, but approve Of the
use made Of him, while sondemuing the
manner Of hi, obiainiE.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
INTERNAL HETEyUE RECEIPTS.

In the popular branch Of the Illinois Iegis
laturs on Friday.
"Mr. Bruner offered resolutions asserting
generally the propriety Of allowisg negroes
to vote ana educate their children in the
public schools, Proclaiming thai our state
constitution should ba so amended as to re-
cogAizs these rights Of colored people, and
directing the judiciary committe. TO report
amendment Of this character Tabled
SO to 81"
What is the meaning Of this ? Is the rad
zeal and superlatively isyal legislature of Hi
nois opposed to the principle Of impartial
suffrage? Or is the radical p,rty in Illinois
taking in SAIL with view 10 keeping tn E
party ship on the congressional tack CT hos
tility 10 the federal administration The
rumP congress, it is perceived will soon be
compelled to tack ship in view OF the nav
policy Of impartial suffrage which it !. said
the president i, preparing to inaugurate for
it will not do for the rump TO accept the pres
idents policy. The rumP, therefore, must
prepare to sail squarely against tho new pr..-
idential wind. And al adherents of the rum p
the Office holding asd otice.seekipg and
ofice>sxpecting barnacles that cling ter dear
life to the ships bsttLm-mast prepare to
take the same course. This, probably, is the
explanation Of the vote in that branch of the
Illinois legislature where the radical party
counts nearly forty majority, rspudiating
the pr nciple Of impartial suffrage.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
All which VIII All Mus: be ssla oorres9srttng price.
as Above. oeel-G
DIR. CHAUSSIER'S EMPRESS
Cee5rl,,i French Pspd-aaor f1- t1s Vsrr-FNse rom
Pois,,cls, Minerals Injurious Drssq,.

Celebrated French p>spa-utor FIR tls Har-Fse from
Poisplols, Minerals or Injurious Drugs.
An happy 20 you that the Empress has more
than answered the expectations Excited by tie Of the
first bottle Il the purpose required most per
f-ctly and and cleanser OF this hair It il on
egualled by is quss, cooling and healthy applics-
ton to the scalp. A II. CROSBY. NJ. D.,
Concord, Y II.
have used Or. Chaussi~r's Empress tor the Hair,
and pleased with the results md 1t tse rurest and
clesnsst srticls that h II all IL claims
to be in every respect LEONARD FRENCH NJ D.
Manchester, y. H.
Set nv down among those who have used YOUR
preparation the Empress with much satisfaction have
used several others, but yours ths decided prefer
Its action upon the frir, in restoring tina eoor,
il quisk and durable and dressing it is superb.
DR. .. X. BOCTEELE,
Worcester, Mass.
have usei Dr Chaussiers Erlprsss for the Hair and
find it the c1eanest and best preparation have
J. W. BARNEY, NJ. D.,
Lancaster, y. II.
take great pleasure in recommending Dr. Chaussiers
preparation the hair the public being article
superior merit have used meny other preparations,
but for efficacy and cleanliness aud in fact in
spect this excsls them all. DR.. J. c. WALTON.
For sale by Dimmick Bro, n. kneussl and Berki
Koch dscS-ly
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

YEsTILl1lsG CAs-Proi. Hamilton, re
horse tanner, Of Hagerstovn, indiana, - an
original genius aud as ford of Joke IS he
q, Of fresh air. Tn, other dsy on the train
going hons from Cincinnati hs tried 10 ~ re
= WIN low in tie ear where lie was sitting,
aud could not move i. He CALEB ;ae con
duc,or to assist him, bat with 70 better re-
sui. instantly lie Knocked The pam &C glass
our v.th rs cane. saTilg Vow We will haY.
little fresh air" Sir" SAID IN. conductor,
''r9u must pay for that" How much o.
asked t.s professor. "Ono dollar" answers
ed the conductor. Prof. Hamilton pasiad
him two dollar bill The conductor wAs
aboa. 70 hand him back Il dollar IN change,
when ,hs COO amer Of wild animals quietly
saii. Never mind, I'll take another p--s e."
and with another stroke OF his cane bet Gods
s.'rao pAera In through a second window.
well, eZclsimad the c3-i-e;e-, "y0u
can't have any more ~ that price. lss MT;
t.,st cost,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
BANKRUPT ELL.

The Bankrupt bill, which HAD been under
discussion in the senate for a wesk past, was
81 Tuesday defeated in the Senate by a vote
of % agains, 90. A motion to reconsider IS
pending, but il is generally conceded there
is no chance for the bill.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
OMNIBUS.

To expsdits busisess, both houses have
adopted the omnibus system of passing bills.
The constitution requires that the yeas and
nays must be called on the final passage of
every bill in each house. AS this occupies
SO much time that it is impracticable to pass
more than rs bills day, the matter is sx>
psdited by reading large number of bills
by their title. and if no objection is made
to any Of them, the whole are then "put in
to the oHinibus'' and passed at one call OF
the yeas and nays. Thus on Wednesday,, in
the House, 70 bills were passed at one roll
call.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
Te Whom II NAV Concern.

l hereby certify that have analysed some
of Wing S La Persection-for the complexion
and skin, and find that it contains no mineral
or other poison. Il. p. LESEDY, Chemist
Chicago, III.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

BENr-A Two Story House. Superior street
La Sale. cCuisl 81 present D., Jas. Boyle as
grocery sf,re. Pe-sessieT gwen lst Of March
Alse Two Story HDus. containing rooms, on kupe
rior street, u Ottaws Centre
For further in!ormsron enquire Of
Yeh 49, yAMr2 WAHER
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

4 oST!-A Black Calf Skin Pocket Book cop,opir.
II something over hsn lred d5ars in currency oa
tho eth last. Ihs finder will receive Ten poors hv
leaving the same at the Office CT Arthur Lock wood Fs
Ottawa, Feb. 9th, 1867.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
HELMROLD'S FLUID EXTAECT
1SUCHU

osT.-on Tuesday 81 Wednesday evening Ja, 2s,,
~ or Goth somewhere on La Sale street Rumble of
Ladies Black Hair, done up IN paper reward of Two
Dollars VIII be given % any person returning IL to m
Free Trader OEice. f.bo L., a
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

NOR SALE CUEAP-A Par Of Ponies black color AMI
i well matched One good secondhand Top Buggy,
One .o,d Iuuh,- wagon; Two Sets Of Doubia Harness
One Single Harness. VA. H4LhLINd.
Feb. % 6, -3w-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
JUVENILE OFFENDERS
EN- FRANCE.

A perfect food of petitions is flowing in
upon the legislature in favor of the passage
81 Jaw allowing each town or municipality
to decide by vote On the sale of Intoxicating
liquors within szch town, village or city.
EVIDENCE
4 bill has passed the senate to lllsu in>
terestsd parties TO testify in civil eases.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
DAIS At OTTAWA.

The bill to authorize Ottawa TO take stock
i'll the proposed Water Power improvement
at Ottawa. passed the Senate on Monday and
is now pending in the House.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09
l GUARANTEE SATISFACTION
Ny OWN MANUFACTURE

hsps that sill n, old cu,tomers viii take one .Ranee
a lsast
Please call and examine the gods and take ticket
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-02-09

CHICAGO WAREHOUSE HoTsPcLY.
Mr. Ea,trsan's bill, to break up the out
rageouI w.rehsu,. system in Chicago, was
put upon It's passage in the Senate Oh Mon>
d.v. when Mr. Eastman delivered crushsg
speech against the monoslists, exposing their
tricks and showing tie necessity of legIls>
tive restraints. The warehouse men, how.
ever, have rot been idle. and the probabilities
are against the bill passing, except in form
SO eviscerated "a to make it useless.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-03-02
Congress-.

The business OF the past week has been
almost wholly confined to what is called
necessary legislation such as passing the
necessary appropriation bills, so that the
proceedings were unusually dull.
The amended tax bill passed the house on
the 18th. No change was made il the tax
on whiskey. The free list was considerably
enlarged. The income tax was fixed at the
uniform rate Of ) per cent, with $1,000 ,iu,
s,ead of $500, as now exempt.
The tariff bill irags along so slowly in the
house that its friends have abandoned al!
hope OF lts passing. The ways and means
committee have reported 30 amendments
to the senate bill, of which, up to Thursday
night, the house 'ad disposed of but s.
The Niagara ship canal bill! was again
Killed in the Senate on the 10Th, by that body
refusing to take it up.
The senate has put its TO 81 the house
project to redeem the compound interest
notes by new issue of Sl00,000,O00 of
greenbacks, by passing Sherman's bill which
of temporary per cent. loan certificates.
which the national banks are allowed to hold
as part of their reserve fund in lieu of COM
pound interest notes. Ii is probable the
house and senate viii be wholly unable TO
agree Oh this question, and the matter will
| be left as it Is.
An amendment to one Of the bounty APP
preparation bills gives $500 to all persons
who were drafted within year after havin g
| furnished substitute.
The river and barber bill appropriates
$2JO,090 towards building new bridge at
| Rock Island, to DC used both railroad
bridge and roadway, the railroad to pay
half the cost. and the roadway to be free to
public travel.
The President has neither signed nor vetod
the bill which prevents him from removin Q
men from Office without the consent of the
senate, and the bill becomes law by his
| falling TO return it within ten days after lts
passage.
As to the Sherman reconstruction bill, OF
| the "Dayonet bIit aS it Is appropriately
cal ed, assurances were steadily given that
| the President would return it to the House
| with his veto on Wednesday: but Wednesday
| came. AMI Thursday too, and still no veto
Ks the bill was passed less than ten days
before the end of the session the Presiden
can kill it by simply sticking it in his pocket
but it is believed that the 10th congress
which meets Immediately on the adjourn
ment oil the present one, would repass !
within q week after Its organization.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-03-02

MASSACHUSETTS, MACHINERY IN THE SOUTH.
The little piccaninnies Of Athens, Ca, say
that the two Yankee school marms of that
place hare invented whipping machine
which holds n cowh ide and ''just whips itself.
They declared they want gwine back no
nuriher.
We sincerely trust that Massachusetts,
schoolmarms have not gone into whipping by
machinery, for if they have, the whole coun.
try will be Immediately taxed to protect
the process Nor do we credit the statement,
for Dr. Ordway says that, according to the
teachers reports in Massachusetts, they have
been able to fog thirteen thousand white
BOYS and girls in thu past six months by
hand labor alone. But there iss no doubt
whatever, from all accounts, that the greatest
cruelties as well as impositions are practced
in freedmea's schools, aud the teachers may
as we'll be warned that in their general dis
semination o. Massachusetts moral ideas,
| they must lot carry to the South the brutal
system Of aogging, SO popular at heme. The
| freedmen, tie colored children particularly,
are not accustomed 10 such treatment, and
the practice must tend, not only to break up
the schools, but to rut summary stop to
| the present extensive sale of photographs OF
| our beloved teachers. ~. \. World.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-03-02

CENTER .SHoT.-Mr. Bye-, temperance
lecturer, recently stated in a lecture in Morris
that che exceedingly regretted that an edi,
tor would countenance the liquor traffic by adj
ve.tising it." newspaper discussion which
grew out Of this interesting remark. Is closed
By The editor Of the Morris Adcitiser, with the
following center shot:
"We give Mr. Byers the benefit of his ex~
PLANTATION. II is matter Of supreme indif-
ference to US what was said As to the sug-
gestions in relation to the manner Of
conducting our business, We have only to say
that we haye pr9iIered advice in that line, as
plenty as it is free aud antagonistic Whea
merchants refuse TO sell goods 10 saloon
lleepers-when doctors refuse TO minister to
the necessities OF whissey sellers III sickness
when dentists refuse to pull teeth aud
LAWYERS Withhold advice--when diyines refuse
salaries on donations, aud temperance iectur
eIs throw out Of be contribution box, the
money Of liquor men, Mr.. ByerS may instruct
us in the duties and responsibilities of cur
position. Un>il then, Mr.. BYsrs may deliver
Temperance lectures for subsistence, and we
will publish a paper.