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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-05-22

may, MAKo, ID tne Wy " 0KmB supeC
ions, Adverstising or job work, In our behalf,
and his receipts in payment therecf win b
recognized - binding on. the publishsral df
This Wstsr Pcwer Improvsmsnt-.A gelA.
= We publish elsewhere 9 communication on
tho subject Of the proposed Water Power I'M
pBsvemsnt at Ottawa from Chas. II Forces,
,Eaqs Secretary Of what Is known = the Aold
Company" The Article is impoFtankas pre-
ssnting the views and feelings Of that Cona-
pany, and their defense, if any ID needed, ,of
their action In the matter thus iar. ssasvss
We propose neither u endorse or criticise
this communication, but ask for II acsndid
.perusaL It will attract sttention, at least, for
one tangible statement. that Col Cnshman
-dus agree, il the people Of Ottawa viii give
him bonus;of e5o, 900 in money, or $eo, 900
.incity bonds, to guarantee the construction Of
the, proposed Illinsis river dam during the
present season. ss 3. ,''s 4. 'i's
Whether this bonus shall be given OF some
other plan adopted, 10 matter about which
,we,in none Of our ARTICLES ON this subject, have
been disposed to sickle. A variety Of plans
,onsthe subject has been presented and dis
cussed. One plan is, that the old company
shall take. the $4,000 voted by the citizens
of OTTAWA, get additional subscriptions 70
their stock, and 60 ahead. Another Il, Tint
the old company shall sell out to the nev, and
the new shall take the 100000 Subscription
Of the city, and adding to it sufficient private
subscriptions, go to work; and third is, that
neither the old or new company beang ready
70 90 to work, they shall turn over sufficient
of their lands for the purpose to the city Of
Ottawa, and the city shall herself, proceed to
make the Improvement -s t.,g s :. e
% Either of these plans is good enough for rs.
Alive urge il, that one Of these shall be
adopted, and the work begun. The vote 81
100000 stock by the city has hitherto not
started the work The creation Of new COM
pany has not started it. A bonus Of 100000
in city bonds, Mr.. I0rce assures Us, will start
it; and another responsible authority assumes
us that II Mt. Cushman won't take the honus,
Judge Cation viii. Very well. II The bonus
Is inc oniy plan' lee US give tne Denus. - !,
The great question underlying the whole il,
shall Ottawa 60 up or downi This depends
'wneiiy on tne actaon OF ner citizen8 At
present, capitalists can make more with their
money in Chicago and elsewhere than IN O.
~
tawa' Unless we devise ssme means TO m
duce them TO invest their money mere, we
must go backward In populatlon ana wealth.
AS II now stands' 'ndivlouals come 70 ostawa.
go into trade, get ricn On tne people OF
Ottawa ana = caiie county, ana 50 away and
invest tneir veaiSn IN chicago. TINS u ruin
Gus, put y VII commune 80 UNIV We Gan make
NprentaDie g mvest cap'tai N tnis casy. we
nasetne means AND tne opportunity = now
improved, 70 double the wealth ana popula-
tl l OF OTTAWA. II can DC done ~ the I'M
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-05-22

mad. at the CliRon Hotei ;n Mis- c,tv on Wed.
n,ssadav. are oSvef in another column. <. WI
witnessed a portiua of the proceedings Of that
meet;nu. and talEsd erouch with the men
Il x sat ~ orrselvas thst thev Sre
not oriy men Of S1 The achsst Intelligence, who
know exactlv what thsy are about. and what
thew, can ,updertake. M, t,,st thermea. ,busi,
~ ness Tbey want IN the trst nlace COS coal and
.hs ,..re.t w;tb;r th.,r ,..ch !. a. ott.wa
tf.- ,sy.,t = 80 -, N. n r.ss
r.;rt N which - them . .aoa;n i Ottawa
and thev want = cet 81 he 1ll;no;s Central
R.i,,essi IA ~, hvsrch.s. sndl ~ no,rts east
-, ls,;A S.l,tt.e.st srdl konth.v,sst ~ ftt.
wo v;tho,t,f ,,lp,rs, ob,,g,g, yorevs, - on away
s. ro,s,n,nd Nv II ob;n HocS ayn s Gr CHICAGO
-h;oh !. ~. come thine
ma ,.... NJ ,o !. , gst 10 y tt ,,,
And :. !. sm;rsnt,v for TIA ;ntsrs1s q C,tt.ua
.ss.s sasm. .co..s .aa.sshu;,d;nr. of
thot road ~ sh,c.she' r,eedom and Earl
viii b. itself IN 4 hnndred vav. an immense
oa,,.,+ooo 20 n+t.w. Tbar Ottovo "a desI
tined 10 hs ~ CREST r,snufsctnrinv noint. W.
take IL for granted that our water power Is to
h. ;mnroved ;mmed;atelv. We take il for
granted that we ara. within the next few
wears to manufacture as much glass here as is
made at Pitt.bure: we shall manufacture i'm
mense quantities al = Agricultural machinery
here and xshopse 3 nave paup,er mills, cotton
factorisa: an, 81 !. For Ill thesg products we
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2 = ! 7 N. pSiGAN 2 HAY1iEA 81: -
$50. ma aaaaseav. n1y - ases


.savWe taxi pleasure In announcing thAk -
! Aaxs engaged the services ct John g. 411-
strong, Hsqs IN editor Of enlarged eup1lll
and spicy and pungent writer, = lboGl ~
porter sad general outside bssins6
and canvssser for the FREE THAnv1 We
bsupsak Sos him, On the part At On Aisadi.
: kind reception. h Any enssasmsnts h
may, make, in the way Of taking Sabses
ions, advertising or job work, In our behslk,
and his receipts In payment theeecE, win b
recognized - binding on the publishsrsi df
fhesvayeri s,aNi fS7elrf e.,l ~ fr9rssA s1ess@
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-05-22

.gRssssxgT HHsYuNnls sSs9 szs$sss
Secretary BoutwsIl Ia lily dsSidea ON nut.
ting iRIos~ TIE SIakiag ma law x 1s6a, nd
or Wednesday nads M iilttist puraha,s u ~
00,O00 wsrth Il governments bouds Of thsir mar.
istptiss. With Iu1rlssg uad ~ the Treasury; and
advertisss tAls IS Niil So I'D isamS amount on
Wednesday q, every week sntil farths,ss uotiss.I
When the bonds, SO purchased, resSh the 6sas.
tfy, they sss stamped - Belonging 70 ths link.
Ing fund, and ppnshsd, e = t6st ths obosds can
not 30 reissued, sold, o. impropsrly used out Of
the department.. The interest On the bonds q
collseted " tie secrstar 81 the treasury. and
Inverted a government boids ss.as s.svs
Inspits Of this weekly depletion Of Tie gold In
the treasury, to buy bonds. there wsrs on We'd
nssday ti22, 600 900 Of gold in tie treasury. tie
largest sum It ever held st oncs, and this pls&hor
u condition itimnIs*es the secrstsry 10 oontin-
|us Ne salsssf gald and purchase Of bonds. Ths
bohdholdsrs and Wall street shszpers, however,
arc immensely dissatisaed with tho Secretary's
plan " sxHing1isk tks national debt declaring
that II Is pure Pendlstonism and in violstion Of
Sshsask's bill which requires that no govsrn-
ment bonds shall be redeemed except in gold.
The secretary argues that buying bonds in open
market hsfpre they, ana .dpe. 4 not ssdseniag
them, and heris clearly IN the fright /, - or
: bdss The sPAN16H MISSION: QEse2s1.
The President ON Monday suspended Minister
Hale, and appointed Gen. Sickles minister To-
spain. The formers tssigaation Va tsndsrsd
to take effect on July i and his friends who have
been working 70 have him retained until that
time a<e much chagzined = HE Suppression, for
they lock upon Il a. giving ooier 70 tic alleged
oQsrppt practices ehasgea agpist him. ). ~.
tfSfa ak1nE rAzx1n1s Asw rzxsaEGko. y "
The typographical socisty ct washingtoa are
having : hot time Of II over the qusstaoa a a.
;mitting TO their body . negro. the son ofFssd
Douglasy to whom situstion has been givea 81
the government printing eehcs. The govsrnmelt
printer puts On stif upper lip, and says Il fks
society refuses torsssiad ss{hin rules, he shall
employ just such printsrs = hs wants, black a
whisA' sadpsyno stssaiioa b ths unioa. lisar
@"'.@ THE rhfstDENr w6RH our. "
The sdjoprnhsnt 81 copsress has appsssntly
brought No relied 10 the Prssident from the psss-
sure Of Office sesksrs md Judging from his looks,
hs il completely worn out II il announced that
he wants 70 80 away somewhere for two or three
wesRs, for > little rest, and that 10 dat want
anybody to Know where he Il going. 3 49, ..s &,
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Il a sWr --rf
new, are willing to act on the bonus PROPOSE
ton, where is the room for hesitation? Cavill
lers and croakers there .arss rs there always
will be who insist that, as the improvement
of the water power cannot help but be paw
ing Investment, private capital alone ought to
build il. The race Of croaksrs will live rs
long as there are frog ponds. They forget that
capital can be invested with moro profit in
other places, and that putting money in dams
in particular, never was regarded ~ an vt.
tractivs investment. Many accidents are Ma.
BILE 70 happen, which may involve enormous
losse& y CO. Cushmanf u not d capitalist VINO
has hesitated to invest money in Ottawa, when
there seemed d remote chance Of doing 50
probably HIS capital has for many years
been the foundation Of large manufacturing
interest n,thfs city. For the last fifteen years
he has directly, enthusiastically paid frops 400 %
$50 workmsn in Ottawa daily, and isdoing h
now. The same u true Of Judge Cation.
While contributing large proportion Of che
capital to keep the Starch eFactoryvin opera,
ton, he was also q main agency in establiahine
the Glass Factory In this city. 'Besides, with
apublic spirit rarely witnessed, be has, q au
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-05-06
TishOmfngO County.

The proceedings Of a pretended meet
ING was paradcd before the Congressional
Committee, by Egglcston, Fisher d Co,
endorsing the scheme of the Committee
of Sixteen and asking Congress TO adopt
it. Mai. Wofrord, in returning 10 hi,
post and instituting an investigation, pub
fishes in the News that the meeting wa.
composed of just two Call told) persons,
as Chairman and Secretary! The sham
thus exposed has no parallel that we
know Of unless il is the Anthony Wells
case, or the case ofJamcs Thomas, freed
man, of Rankin county, who in the
presence of a number of persons in the
office of Commissioner Smythc, dcpo-ed
that the Committee of Five forged the
certificate to which his name was ape
pended.
Maj Wohord furthermore throws down
his glove of defiance as follows. We will
see if any Of the Egglesion party viii
take it up:
We make this assertion. and if we are
wrong, we ask TO be corrected, that no man.
white or black, in Tishomiugo county, viii
openly proclaim his endorsement Of the
Committee Of sixteen, or that they have
any sympathy with that faction OF the Re-
publican party Of the state.
We are told that the carpct-bag leaders
are seeking to escape the popular verdict
against the Committee by nominating a
new ticket But i, not the present
Chairman of the Republican State EX-
ecutive Committee" the same person who
headed the Committee of Sixteen" and
made oath that Mes-rs JefIords, Wohorl
~ Co., were only "a few factious men,
urging plans Of their own, and not speak.
ING for the party"
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The Committee of Five.

The Pilot tells US that this Commit
tee is not the whole Republican party of
Mississippi" thus striving to reli%'e the
carpet-bag faction from the responsibility
of Its acts. This confession of the popu-
lar Judgment rendered against the Com
mittee7 was not needed to fix it on the
..had eminenceo it occupies. But the
carpet-baggers are not to relieve them
selves of the odium by making a scape-
roat of their Committee.
Nobody ever charged that they were
the whole Republican party of Missis-
sippia (AIessrs. Jeffords, Hodges, Tin
dali. and others might well exelaim, God
forbid > but We do charge that they were
the chosen and accredited representatives
of the Convention-that they are the re-
siduary legatees of that concern-that
they are the mouth-piece of the faction
which sought to force the rejected Con
stitution with Its iniquitous provisions on
the people of the State-that they are
the authors Of the Proclamation of Nov.
Sd, which Chaplain Lester Williams testi-
fed was trick, announcing the election
of Eggleston & Co, and setting aside the
verdict Of the registered voters-that they
claimed to utter the voice "of the Repub-
/ lican party of Mississippi that Gibbs,
Fisher & Co., positively s,core before the
I - - (to,,,,,,;4+oa +ba+ +baV lid
utter the voice of their party, and that
persons assuming to be Republicans who
represented otherwise were 'factiOus men
who disregarded the decision of the party
What party" The carpet-baggers par
tv which, discredited, by Republican
Congress, is put on its trial before the
people of Mississippi.
This party" as they cal themselves
but faction as they are-is not TO escape
! judgment by disavowing the Committee
which originated its measures and which
it implicitly obeyed. Those measures are
well remembered by the people of the
State, but to refresh their minds We vii
reproduce the address which was made t.
Congress in February last by Gibbs q Co
The issues embraced in that paper, anC
its authors are to be tried at the coming
election. 1t will then be seen who were
right in claiming to represent the feeling.
and wishes of the people, Messrs. Jeffords
/ Wofford, and others in behalf of the
Grant Republicans, and Messrs. Simrall
Brown and Watson, for the conservatives
or Messrs. Gibbs, Eggieston & Co., OF
the part of the carpet-baggers and scala
ways.
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The Cotton Trade.

Under this title we have copied else
where an article from the N Y. Shipping
and Commercial List This statement
makes mention of the diminution of the
production of cotton not only in this coun-
try but in the minor sources of supply
Prices are kept down by the low
rate of goods and the decreasing demand
for them.
1t will be observed by the article, that
spectators, or writers in their interest,
have commenced the old game of predict
ing a large increase in the supply Of the
staple. We are told that the price Is
stimulating production, and that con-
siderable addition viii he made to the
acreage heretofore (sipce the war; en-
ployed in its culture. Consequently,
wiseacres are already predicting that the
next crop will reach 100000 bales
probably $500, 200! This originates
solely in the imaginationS of the writers.
The breadth of land devoted to cotton
this season will not exceed that of last
year. We are certain that it will scarce
" equal it, 1t is the experience of al
most every planter that fewer laborers are
engaged in its production than were thus
employed last year. The remunerative
prices of cotton last season, left large
number of freedmen with means at its
close to ''set up" for themselves after a
fashion. This, they have done, with INSULT
cient teams and tools, and under circum-
stances generally not favorable TO large
crops of cotton, which, moreover, they
are not ambitious to raise.
Besides, since 1868, the crop prospects
at this period of the season, have not
been 50 unfavorable as at the present sea
son. in the section whence the supply i
mainly drawn The excessive rains have
damaged them immensely. When they
commenced falling two weeks ago, in con-
sequence of the previous inclement wealth
er, many planters had not put Their seed
in the ground. And in the instances
where they had come up, the young plant
has been killed, or washed away by the
floods Consequently it may be said, that
now in the early part of May, tie time
which ordinarily cotton receives it, first
working, it has yet to be planted. Owing
to the wet weather two weeks of the most
valuable time to planters have been en-
tirely lost. The crop has been thrown
back at least three weeks. And every
body knows how important time is in sa-
wing the crop from the rayages Of the
insect. To make matters worse, there Is
a great scarcity of seed in the country !;
and many planters who have lost their
stands will find it difficult TO obtain anoth-
er supply.
From this data, it will be seen how
stupidity absurd and unreasonable is the
prediction that the next crop will exceed
the production of last year. The present
prospects compel the belief that it will be
vastly diminished. No sane mind will
honestly reach the conclusion expressed
in the n. Y. Shipping and Commercial
List.
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Tne Cemn.latee or sI.teen.

The recklessness with which the Ooh--
mittee of Sixteen prosecuted their afro
o;ous scheme To force upon the people oi
this State, the Constitution which they no
less triumphantly than righteously reject
ed. through the agency OF Congress u
illustrated by the publication OF John H.
Erbols in reply to the statements made
under oath, by II. I. Fisher before the
Congressional Committee.
This witness advertised himself to the
country through the Washington Chronl-
Gle and in his testimony, as the Char
man Of the Republican State EAecutlT'
Committee. and he denounced "a poliu-
cal pretenders, the Republicans 'hen
,roscnt in Washington, who refused TO
/ lend themselves to the contemplated out
rage. e..
In order to make good his charge OF III
calculation and threats of revenge 10y the
whites toward the colorcd men, III ihcir
oanrt 10 save themselves from that odiou-
contrivance of wicked men for their en-
slavcment. he stated that a colorcd man
had Informal him that Mr.. Echols had
attempted to deter him from voting 'lh'
RopubIican ticket by threat of discharge
fron, service. And what are the facts;
This colored man, Anthony Wells
states that so far from having been the
victim ofthreats by Mr.. Echol-, he never
saw that gentleman mtila9out siN months
after the election; that Mr.. EcIhol- never
spoke TO him on the. subject of politics ul
his life that he did vote the k"dleAl
ticket. and what is more, that he voted II
through the hands Of a brother q o"F.
Fisher. who, by Ne way, has since re-
cciyed. the appointment of postmaster
here in the capital city OF Mississippi
If then. there was unfair pressure
brought TO bear on this poor African vo-
ter. whence, according TO hi own state
ment. did il come? Certainly not from
Mr.. EchoIs. who is charged with the aci
IN the affidavit Of the Chairman OF thl
Republican State Executive Committee,
because he had never seen him. lie MN
self saws: II rotcd the Radicot tic6ei' o't
qare the ticket 10 Mr.. Ri. Fisher
And this is but one OF many example
of the means rcsortcd to 10y the Eggle-tof
party to carry their poilH at the eo-i %
the reputation, and the expense of th'
rights and honor Of the people, oi ON
State. 1T will be our purpose from TIN
time until these same people are permit
ted to announce their verdict upon th'
authors Of this iniquitous transaction, e
expose it to the public gaze. We vii
venture to assert that there has never beer
in the history Of mankind, a more afro
cious conspiracy against any people, an'
one which has been prosecuted IN moro
audacious, reckless and diabolic spri
than this proceeding which originated j.
the rooms of the Committee of Five ans
was engineered by the Fishcr-Mygatt del
egation at Washington
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No one blame. General Amr
order. fuasmun 81. Do reduce
from 81 90 iB The aggregate Pr.
/ though the only tlA collected W..
/ Of tile freedmen, 10 was cNufN..
boy Diligently Who owned H
/ the sconty suit that defended DIZZY
/ blast was mulctcd Boo a- large
/ for Die benefit Of the revenue,
I fiGy-five. with his section 9f I..
assessed land.
While tho revenue WlIi lose
amount Of collections 0i Ode U.' p
solvent men, the Toes VII pIu.t.
pcnsatcd in receipts from if
willingly pay the reduced ifiA.
whom the old amount never Ni
a. witness the report Of in-0lhr.
crs, annually rendered by U.
each county ln The state ir9HI
half Of the whole amount.
aminer.
The Examiner, however
order ill-adviscd ia It's reject.
exemption for the benefit ot iA.
soldiers Of tho Confeduag
this point, the Meridian llara
the following
The Legislature had cNemp.
poll tax our cripples whoarc hool.
on crutches, or trying 10 make d
one hand and arm; Gen. Amee
law, requires tho crlpplcs 20
We have nothing 10 say about
law--it speak for ltselfi buL ena
60 II, ye cripplcs, for Gem ~
YOU
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-05-06
Somfhern Sfnfcr.

The President has not yet decided when
he will order tho elections In the Southern
States, TO be held but it is understood that
he will embrace them all ia one order, and
that the time will be selected with due re-
gard for the condition Of the crops 10 the
, interested States.-Washiugtou Chronicle
Both ult.
We arc gratified to be informed that
the President will be guided in the mat
ter Of holding the elections by regard
for the material interests of the States
concerned. Politically, the time selected
will be of no importance. The cause by
which the result will be determined, are
general, and will operate a. well one sea-
son as another II Is desirable, however,
that the decision be announced a. carly as
practicable, in order that there may be- "a
full interchange Of opinion among the
people and a proper understanding Of the
matters to be voted on
Meantime, let the conservatives be Wig
liant, keep their organization perfect, and
prepare to route the carpet-baggers, horse,
AObL anu hid1bDilr3 whichever AllG NOIH Oh
command is given. Standing now where
they stood in the great struggle Of 1868,
on the broad platform Of Il " constitution
that will secure the civil and political
rights Of every citizen and against the
odious policy Of Acknowledgement their
front need not be unchanged nor their
ranks broken. The enemy are democrat
lied. They have no confidence I'm their
old leaders, and are clamoring for new
ones. They have heen driven from their
strongholds; and have been compelled to
haul down the .eolors under which they
we're before defeated. If victory in the
next election is not assured to the cause
of equal rights, it will be IN consequence
of the apathy Of those on whose efforts
the fate of the State depends.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-05-06

1t Is understood that General Robert Z.
Lee has been invited to call upon President
Grant at the White House, in order to con-
fer In reference to the reconstruction of Vir-
ginia.-Washington telegram.
1t seems after all that the leader of the
Union armies, and the representative man
of the truly loyal sentiment of the ma
ton, does not think it unbecoming his
position to admit that even s'Rebel, f" and
he no less an one than the great General
OF the rebel armies, hath "'eyes, hands,
organs, sense, affections, passions" as
other men have. Aye, is even worthy of
consideration, and of being counseled with,
on grave subjects of public policy. What
will all the loyal carpet-baggers who are
scattered over the South endeayorinr to
implant in the minds of the blacks. the
idea that ''rebels' have no rights which
they are bound to respect, think of this
example of Gen. Grant? Can their vir-
tuous sensibility endure the shock, ,
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CARPET-TsAGGERS PLAT
FORM.

PEoscKPrIoS.-In proof of which, see
Franchise clause, No. :. of the Eggleston
Constitution, permanently establishing test
oath excluding from suffrage and holding
Office large class of capable and meritori
Gus citizens irrespective Of party, who arc
nevertheless saddled with the burthens OF
government. Consequently it means:
DisfrauchiSement;
Class Legislation;
Exclusive privileges;
Taxation WITHOUT Representation.
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+. BARKSDALE, EDIToR
OUR PLATFORM.

such Constitution and Laws as viii eifec-
tually secure tbs civil and political rights OF
ALL persons.-GeH. Grants Message, April
9TH. 1869.
Which means restoration Ofcivil govern
ment; no prescription; universal amnesty
and Equal Rights before the law to all, de-
NAL Of Justice to none; no exclusive emol-
umeuts or privileges to any Glass; taxation
with representation
And 70 the end that all persons, white an
black. rich and poor, may enjoy the fun
benefits Of free government. and the fruit,
Of their toll, we win add Low Taxes and
an economical government.