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FEARFUL Hurricane at st. rhom.s

st. Thomas is the West India Island, lying
little west Of Porto Rico, belonging to Den
mark, and for the purchase of which our gov
eminent has recently been negotiating with
Denmark. 1t has the finest harbor in all the
West Indies, but is not exempt from the fear
full hurricanes which so frequently visit that
region, rs the following narrowing account
bears witness:
The following account Of the hurricane that
visited the Island Of g. Thomas, Oct. Goth, 10
furnished to- the NY. Esming POst by DR..
Stephen Hasbrough, surgeon of the steamship
Marmion, which arrived at New York on
Monday an
On reaching the island Of st. Thomas, on tho
morning OF the Both, we found that on the day
previous, October 18th, the island had been visit.
ed BY hurricane which, in its terrible effects,
certainly remains unprecedented within the
about four hours and appeared to grow out Of =
stiff northwest wind which changed round 10
the east ut about II o'clock in the morning; from
which time. for four mortal hours, lasted scene
which it would be in vain to attempt to describe.
Several districts in the town (St. ThOmas were
totally destroyed The storm ragged with such
violence that large trees were torn up BY their
roots and swept away. Houses were lifted bodi.
ly from their foundations and dashed to pieces
against tho earth. Hugo ships and steamers
were hurled together their frames Instantly
breaking into fragments and sinking. Some 50
or 10 vessels of all sizes either sunk or dis
masted and driven ashore. In many cases the
entire crew of vessel went down together.
Thousands of residents of the island are wander
ing about homeless and pennilcss besides the
large numbers who instantly persisted. The
amount of suffering, confusion and excitement
beggars description. There is no attempt ut
trade or transacting any kind of business. Every
one is paralyzed with terror at'the awful phe.
nomenon, or mourning their own Affections or
those of their friends and relations On the
morning of the awful day the old steamer Con.
way was put to sea, but there being indications
Of a heavy wind, the passengers prevailed upon
the captain to transfer them to che Rhone, n new
and excellent steamer owned by the same com.
pany. Both vessels then put to sea, and were
| still in sight of land when the cyclone came on.
The Rhone was dashed upon Peters Island, her
boilers burst, and all except twelve or fifteen
souls persisted. Meanwhile the condemned Con.
way proceeded US far az Tortolas Islands, upon
the shores Of which she was thrown, but ali on
board were saved. Harbor Master Steinberg, Of
st. Thomas, was lost while nobly striving to res.
cue q drownink crew. He had, succeeded in
landing one boat load, and was boldly pushing
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16
Presidential 6erensde.

The conservatives of Washington City hav-
ing given notice of a purpose to wait ON the
President in procession on Wednesday evening
and give him sercnade, the radicals were in
great hopes that "functionary" would make
speech and say something that would afford
additional ground for abuse and impeacb-
ment. The short speech of A. J. on the occa-
sion, however, makes them grit their teeth
with chagrin. II is a model Of courteous
dictaton, yet as caustc as aqua forts. The
following is the gist of it
l confess am gratiAed but not surprised, at
the result Of the recent elections have always
had an undoubting confidence in the people
They may be sometimes misled by lying spirit
in the mouths OF their prophets, but never per-
verted and they are always right. In the gloom
lest hours through which have passed land
many OF them, God knows, have been dark
enough when our Constitution WINS in the ut
most peril; when our free institutions were as
sailed by formidable force, and our great Re-
public seemed TO be tottering ~ its fall, and
when felt how vain were my efforts alone 10
preserve those institutions in their integrity and
save the Republic from ruin. | WAS still hopeful
. had still an abiding confidence!in them, and
felt assured that they. in their might. would
come to the rescue They have come, and thank
God they came, and that our Republic may yet
be saved.
1t YVES but the other day that officially de-
clared that the remedy for the present unhappy
condition of the country must come from the peo-
lie themselves. They know what that remedy
is and how it is to be applied. At the present
time they cannot, according 10 the forms Of the
Constitution, repeal the obnoxious laws: they
cannot remove control this military despo,-
ism; the remedy is, nevertheless. in their hands,
and is sure one. If not controlled by fraud over
swed by arbitrary power. or from spathy on
their part too long delayed. With abiding con-
fdence in their wisdom and integrity. sm still
hopeful that, in the end. the rod OF dsspotism
will be broken the armed heel Of power b. lift.
ed from the neck Of tbs people, and the princ-
pies Of the violated Constitution preserved.
The people have spoken in . manner not r. be
misunderstood. Thank God that they have spo-
ken. for II is upon their intelligence and integ.
rity that have always relied, and still rely
The Constitution Of the country. which was inn
perilsd, had recently been bcfor. them for con-
alteration, and il has had new life and viyor i'm
parted TO il from it's original source-the people.
It comes back to US with renewed strength
Let it now be translsted, aud high up in the
heavens written in letters Of living light, ss the
symbol OF Liberty, Union. Justice and Fraternity
Goodnight.
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Railroad Meeting To.Nisht.


Remember, the railroad meeting held on
Saturday evening last adjourned to meet again
this evening. Among the important proceed
ings this evening will be the hearing of re-
port from the committee appointed to solicit
subscriptions fstock.
Without having conferred with any member
of the committee on the subject, we have yet
an intimatiOn, that in the matter of obtaining
individual stock subscription, they have met
with less success than the occasion seemed to
warrant them in anticipating. And the diff
Guilty is just the same Us Is found in most of our
public enterprises of this sort. Of such of our
capitalists as are able and ought to subscribe,
about Onc-haIf are prepared to come down
literally, and the other half refuse to give a
cent So the liberal half say it is not fair to
compel us to buy the meat on which the other
half shall fatten, Therefore they say. instead
of private subscriptions, let us have an addi-
tional public subscription. If the stock pays,
let all share the benefit alike: if it proves a
losing investment, let all pay taxes alike So
we apprehend the question will be submitted
to the meeting this evening whether Ottawa
as city or town, shall take $4,000 more
stock, or whether we shall proclaim our ina
bility to raise the amount needed to put the
road under contract Immediately from Strcator
70 Ottawa
Under such state of the question our voice
would be decidedly in favor of an additional
public subscription. Should Ottawa in the
end be compelled to sell out her stock even at
half price, she would be immensely the gamer
by the operation. But we apprehend no such
result. Counties and cities in this state have
frequently made such subscriptions to rail
roads, and the instances are very few where
the counties or cities have been obliged to sac
rifce their bonds. Let any one look at tire
map and see what the building of this Fox
River Valley Railroad will accomplish 1t will
open competing route by railroad from Chi
cago via Aurora and Ottawa to Bloomington
and St Louis, as welas to Cairo, besides which i:
will give us "a connection, by the shortest and
most direct route, with the whole railroad svs-
tenn of Wisconsin and Minnesota, reaching to
the great pineries of both those states. Such
railroad must pay.
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LinColn's Estate.

a despatch from Springfield, of Thursday
states that david Davis, administrator of the
estate OF the late Abraham Lincoln, made a
final settlement ofthe estate Yesterday. After
paying all the debts there remained $11O,29a
C?, which, divided among the widow and
heirs, gives S36, 1G5 30 to Mrs Lincoln, and
the same amount to each son. Robert r. Lin
coin received his share and also that of the
mlnor heir, Thomas CraD. The amount due
Mrs. Lincoln, less about $4,000, heretofore
drawn by her, is subject to her order"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16
Europe.

A a n - Z II a G
All accounts from Italy during tte week
agree in the statement, that in the battle Of
Monte Rotondo, where the GaTibaldisns were
so badly worsted. the scale was turned against
them by the French troops, Of which some
5000 came to the assistance Of the soldiers Of
the Pope. -
The emeate against Rome having been sup
pressed, the French forces have returned to
Toulon. The cable dispatches of Thursday
say, that "previous to the departure Of the
French troops from Rome, the holy father re-
ceivcd the staff officers in body Mt the audi
ence chamber of the Vatican and addressed
them in the most feeling manner. He en-
pressed his happiness at having the soldiers OF
France around him once more, but never had
his happiness been SO great as now, because of
the recent peril to which he had been exposed.
He returned thanks to the officers, to France,
and to the Emperor Napoleon for the deliver
ancc of the holy see. He was filled with grief
to see that Italy had sent out as vanguard
against Rome a horde of anarchists upon
whose flags were inscribed rapine and devas-
tatlon. While the valOr OF the pOntitical
troops had successfully defended the soil of
the church, the army of France had come to
crown the splendid defence. The Pope con-
cluded by saying that in the midst Of his
trouble he had the consolation of receiving
sincere expressions Of Catholic sympathy from
all parts of the world"
Although the late attempt against Rome has
thus nomnally failed, it is really Il success
A note just issued by the prime minister of
France to the European powers, unreservedly
declares that France will not again interfere
in the affairs Of Italy, and that "the abolition Of
the temporal power of the pope is essential to
the preservation Of the peace of Europe" Italy
has said substantially the same thing, and calls
it its "ultimatum."
The feeling against the French on the part
ofthc Italians, has reached perfect furore
The authorities have taken preeaution to
prevent another outbreak, which was i'm
:mlnent. I.t
Mcguire, one of the five prisoners convicted
Of murder before the special commission at
Manchester, and condemned to death, has
been pardoned by the queen. All through his
trial, Mcguire steadily maintained his inno-
cence, declaring that he was not even present
on the police van when Sergt. Brett was
killed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16

The MRrsORIC SHOWER, on the MORNING Of
the 18th INST, seems to have largely excelled
that of last year, when such great expectations
were entertained. Several gentlemen of this
city who were up at the unreasonable hour of
3 o'clock A. NJ, inform us that, in spite of the
full moon, quite number ofbrilliant meteors
were visible at that hour to the naked eve.
The Chicago Lournat states that, Mt Evanston,
from the top of Heck Hall, two observer,
counted seventeen hundred and thirteen up
to 8 O'Clock, commencing at l24. The maxi
mum occurred about 3! o'clock. During one
hour, from TO 4, eleven hundred and nine
WEIR st...N
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16

New HAMPSHIRE DEMoCEACY.-Thc De-
mocracy OF New Hampshire held convention
ut Concord on Wednesday, which was attend
ed by 5000 delegates. Geo. II. Pierre was
nominated for railroad commissioner, the only
State officer to elect Resolutions were adopt
cd declaring fidelity to the union and const-
tuition; against the congressional plan Of re-
construction; taxation Of all property ofstatc
and nation without violating the national
faith, and declares against sumptusry laws.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16
Circuit Court.

On Monday, the only case was that Of the
People VS.. John Cox. John was indicted for
stealing pair OF bosts from Mr.. Hurlbut. in
La Sale. John owned up-acknowledged the
corn-plead guilty. The court has not yet
fixed his punishment.
Tuesday was taken up the case of the People
W.. Ncls Gcnscn, Goodman Kundson, Christen
O!cson and Ole Moosencss. The parties de-
PENDANT hail tom Worthwhile, and the ACCUSE
ton agamstticins is Stealing sundry bags Of
wheat, tse. About all the Norwegians in the
settlement, 4 wen rs sprinkling Of natives,
are sumriontd% Us witnesses, and the trial has
occapied the court ever since. blanchard l.
Glover ere the prosecutors" land O.C. Gray
conduct. thc defence. The case was given to
the jury last evening.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16

The official returns of the election in this
county on the 5th inst. are published in an
other column. 1t will be seen that the returns
OF seven town are rejected on account of in.
formality, that is, the returns fail to show that
the judges and clerks of the election in those
towns were sworn, as required by law. For
tunately, the rejection of those returns makes
no difference in the general result otherwise
those careless officers might occasion them
some unpleasantness.
The law for Excepting up stock" is defeated
BY small majority, taking the county as a
whole, though it is carried in two.thirls of
the towns. This defeats it in all the towns for
the present, but at the next Novembcl cleo
lion, by the terms Of the act, it can again be
submitted to vote Of the people. and then it
will be operative, after the LIST of March, 1859.
in I'LL such towns NJ vote for it, while it will
not be operative in such town as vote against
It. This is at least our understanding of the
law Some gentlemen, however, who pride
themselves upon their legal accumcn. have
tried to argue with us that, because there was
nominal majority cast in this county for
keeping up stock, the law has carried, though
there IS not a majority Of all the votes cast at
the late election in this county in its favor
How gentlemen can deduce such result
from the language Of the law, is beyond our
comprehension. The latter part of section 10
is IN these words: IF majority of all the
votes cast in SAID county, at said election, are
for keeping up stock then this act shall
be and continue in full force" Sec. 8 is still
stronger: it requires that 60 majority of al
the legal votes in the county shall be cast IN
favor of keeping up stock" N''
The vote pollcd was little over half Of a
full vote of the county, though less than .wo
thousand short Of the vote last fall. VIXEN the
Republicans carried the county by 1,So0 ma
J'rity The reduction Of that majority, at the
late election, to triAe over 400, the Ottawa
Hep"o''can says, is quite satisfactory to the
Republicans" We are glad to hear it. We
can assure the editors, the Democrats are Quit,
as well satisfied. A similar gain all over the
State would give us $4,000 majority in Illinois
and as there are few counties in the State in
which the Democratic gains were not equal to
those in La Sale county, the result is little
more than quite satisfactory"to the democro.
cy.
What blessed thing it Is to be possessed Of
a spirit of resignation, That the Republican.
OF this county find the loss of but 1,4OO o.
their majority in a single year matter "ouitt
satisfactory" to Them shows that they hay,
been sufficiently profitable students ofthc book
OF job to be fully prepared TO hear with equal
resignation the still greater defeat that awaits
them next year. '1#"
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Congress

Meets, pursuant adjournment at the "dog.
day session. on the 21st inst. being Wednes.
day of next week. 1t is understood, however,
that neither the Presidents message nor the
reports OF the departments will be sent in be-
fore the commencement of the regular session
in December. The ten days before that time
will probably be consumed in disposing of the
Impeachment business, if that has not already
been disposed Of by the people of Ohio, Penn
sylyania, New York, &c.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16

The formal transfer of Russian America to
the United States took place ut New Archsn.
gel October Sth, and newspaper Jenkins
sends the New York Herald an exquisite &C.
count Of the affair by telegraph via Swino-
mish, Washington Tertiary, and San Francis
co. The Chicago Times takes the starch out
of it, reduces it to- about onc-tcnth of its
space, and gives it in tolorable English, as fol-
lows:
The ceremony consisted of two parts. Part
first: Pulling down the Russian flag. Part
second: Pulling up the American flag
Both parts were Characteristic Of the actors
and Of the nationalities they represented. In
part first, the Russian flag obstinately refused
to come down, and was only got down by tear
ing it from the halynrd. Russia has always
been noted for obstinacy when required to pull
down her flag, and, generally, has declined
doing 30 until there was not much left of it.
In part second, the American flag " went
gracefully up 1t is a habit of the American
flag to go gracefully up,-at any rate, to 20
up. 1t has never been known to interpOse
any resistance against going up, particularly
when the flag staff has been planted in new
country.
The ceremony was witnessed by number
OF Indies, both Kussisn and American. Among
them WAS the Princess MakasctOff, who at
tended to see the set-off made, and who was
so overcome by the emotional nature of the
proceedings that she made sct.off to the
American ladies' waving of white cambria by
weeping audibly" rs the Russian fog came
down. ~ sA+. Ssvl-e 81 8aaas4g'a- vs.
| rl,.,n -
"a purely diplomatic and business-lkc man.
ner." At the conclusion, the Russian commits
Sioner, Capt. Pestrigetoff, got off the platform,
and, as the fashion of the country is, invited
Gen. Rousseau to take a drink. If the Gen.
did not accept the invitation, the presumption
is that some other Americans did, for, by the
last advices, it appears that several duels be-
tween Americans and Russians were in pro-
cess OF arrangement. How these friendly in
ternationa affairs resulted is OF no conse-
quence.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16

Among the embellishments OF the recent
political campaign in Pennsylvania was huge
joke on Col. Forncy. The Democratic party
had adopted in their platform resolution in
favor of state rights. COL Forney pounced on
it as "b!ack treason" and said it would be &C
ccpted by the south as an 'invention and JUS
LITIGATION to rise in n new rebellion" Where
upon it was shown by the democratic papers
that the resolution was verbatim copy of
resolution in the famous "Chicago PLATFORM"
adopted by the convention of his own party
that nominated Lincoln for the Presidency
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16

ROBERT LINCoIN.--Thc Chicago letter in the
St. Louis Democrat says:
"Captain Robert Lincoln, who has been es-
tablished here more than year, w . lawyer, is
now master Of handsome practice. He il one
of the most promising young men In the West.
He is an intelligent industrious, quiet, unas-
Stunning, courteous gentleman, and enjoys in
high degree the personal esteem OF the people of
Chicago resembling his honored father in the
modesty of his demcanor, simplicity Of his char
actsr generosity of his heart, and strict integri-
spect and honor him. The conduct Of his moth.
or is Us deep mystery ~ him M to all of her
friends. and the only thing that he can say in
her defense is that she IL insane"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16

WHAT FILLS IIErI.-Bcn Wade ought to
know as much about the real character of the
radical party as any man living, and he gives
1t as his opinion that :" He'll is full of such
Radicals as we have now They have got
scarce OF late, somehow, and Ben doubtless
knows where thoy have gone.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16

The Boston Adeertigr utters tho complaint
against Tie courts in Cairo that "Cairo cop
perhear1s convict all eolorcd culprits' brought
into thcig courts" 1t has been too much the
fashion Of ralical couits to convict only the
white cur ''1J.ouglt Before them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16

join A. LOGAN labored 20 hard in the Ohio
campaign that he is said to have gone home
quite sick. He ought not to camplain; his
party IN Ohio is quite az sick o. he is.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16

negro congregation in New York IL 20 fss.
tidious as to refuse to allow the burial Of negro
suicide In Its grounds. '' ''''
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-12-05
NOTIC.

The undersigned will condn, public examination
of the Teachers OF the Common Schools for the Sec
end Commissioner district comprising the Towns u
ST. Joe. Brockay and LIE Sauh, the schoolhou=c in
TIE village Ut St. 10, in sad district, Tuesday tue
10th November, 1867 between the hours OF 10 a. n.
and4 P. NJ.
For the Third District comprising the Towns Of
Wakefield, Munson, Rockville and Luxembourg. at the
s"hoolliouse in Cold Spring, Saturday, the 23rd
November 1867, between the hours OF 10 A. II. and
2P. II.
For the Fourth District the Towns Of St.
Martin, Verdale, Sank Centre Getty, Grows, Oak Ray
mond, Melrose, North Fork, Paynesville, Zion and
Eden Lake, at the Sehooliouse in Sank Centre viii.
age, on Thursday, the 2lst November, between the
hours of IL A.. NJ. and 4 P. ".
For the Fifth District, comprising tho Towns Of St.
Augusta, Maine Prairie, Lyuden and Fair Haven, at
the Schoohouser in the village Fam Haven, on
Tuesday, the 10Th November, 1867, between the hours
Of IL A. N. and 1 I'm.
Persons desirouso Of teaching in any Of the common
schools in Searns County will please be in attendance
at the above named places.
Superintendent of Common Schools for stearns Co.
St: Clond OFT u 1857 n1i.5yy
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