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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04

Apropos of this, the remark OF the ST. Louis
Republican is In place, tina: "all the personal
anecdotes OF Dir. Greeley which have been
drawn from their hiding place by his melaa-
chOlly death, only seems to show the charac-
ter Of the man in a more amiabe and loveable
hght.'
Every body ku ew the late Charles G. Halpine,
the Private Miles Orally wns gave Us 80
many innocent and uactious laugh during the
terrible days Of the war, when fun was pssitive
blessing. A thoroughly gallant Irishmsa of the
highest and iuess type, he was l.msntably i'm.
provdent and sadly licking in the most of those
qualities which enable a man to get on in the
world" Greeley took strong fancy to hin /;
helped elect him to an office cut of which he
might have honestly made u fortune had 10 paid
any attention to business, and when he died
poor, succeeded in continuing his salary for the
benefit of his family A fellow journalist was
one day jsking the editor of the Tribune on his
great faith in ''Private Miles" when Mr.. Gree
Icy responded: "Oh no, it wasn't that. He
wouldn't let me believe IN him. took the Same
interest in him that would in delightful
heather. He was enough of = care to mska me
attached to him, and besides that enough Of .
pleasure to pay me back with interest. When
Charley Haipins died there seemed to b no toys
left for no to play with"
What quaint flavor there is to this humor
how much tender sympathy and genuine benevo.
lencs are revealed in these careless Words!
At the close OF one of his later works, We find
thi. wonderfully suggestive paragraph;
$50, looking calmly, yet humbly, for that close
OF my mortal career which cannot be far distant,
1 reverently thank God for the blsssiuv vuuch-
ssfed me in the past. and with awe that is
not fcsr sad . eonsoio ssness of deaerit which
does not exclude hope, await the opening before
my steps, of the gates Of the eternal world"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04
The Difference.

OCtbe thirteen southern states that joined
the rebellion, six are again peaceful and pros.
porous, as earnest ia their allegiance to the
general government as in their earlier and bet.
ter days, ana in the enjoyment OF wise ana
beneficent local governments These states
are M.rylssd, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri,
.Georgia and Texas. The Others are in the
"enioyment' of probably the most villalnous
Local governments that ever disgraced civilized
communities. With apparently no higher
ideas of the purposes Of governmental machin-
cry than to use it as means to rob and Cypress
the people. the raers of these states have re-
duced public plunder to System, and made
population local badge of honorable d!stinc-
ton. The ballot box, under their rsnlpula-
ton, has become a huge and dsgracesul farce /:
vote in the Legislature y marketable com
modify; and aeourt OF justice an engine of
oppression and mart in which Judicial de
croes are as freely bought and sold as virtue
in French bagnio. The states thus afflicted
are North Carolina, Sauth Carolina, Florida,
Alabama Louisiana and Arkansas
How is this difference accounted for !? The
solution is simple and can be given ia few
words. The latter states are governed by
carpet baggers and scalawags, kept in their
usurped places by federal bayonets; the for
mer Sre governed by their own people. For
few years after the close Of the war they, too
were torn sAd plundcred by the robbers the
national administration had seen fit to impose
upon them; but these, like Bullock, of Georgia,
Rodman, Of No, &c, having been driven out
for their crimes, the government of tho states
has been remitted to their own people, and
the 'aagic result is repose, order, obedience
and coatentment. The difference between
the governments Of the two classes of states is
exactly the difference that must ever exist be
tween states and nations governed in accord
ance with the radical ideas Of the 0vershad
owing protective" power of the national
government, and the democratic idea of the
mild and berefcent local municipal govern.
ment of the people themselves through their
local, state and municipal institutions.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04
rhe Credit Mobilier Scandal.

Amcng occasional tit bits of the evidence
recently taken before the Congressional COM
m,ttee investigating the Credit Mobiiier Scat
dial and allowed to reach the public, are some
letters of the Hon. Cakes Ames, Congressman
from Massachusetts,, to H. S. McCOmb, Esq,
OF Delaware. written IN 1865 The Cincinnati
Easuirer, whose editor has taken the pains
TO read and abstract these letters, remarks up
on them, that "they throw flood OF hight up
ON the manner IN which legislation is now
conducted in the American Congress. The
Pacific Railroad Company wanted to swindle
the Government out OF the immense sums In
land and money which it had taken as a hen
upon the road. Therefore Mr.. Ames, who,
conveniently enough, is the Compsny's agent,
while 1t the same time he is member OF con-
press, goes around and distributes the stock
among his colleagues He pretends to sell it
to them at par, when it is paying dividends
at two hundred per cent. Ames writes nnder
date of January 25, 1868, to McComb that "he
had assigned the stock to tour members from
Massachusetts, one from New Hampshire, one
from Delaware, one from Tennessee, one from
Ohio, (Garfield), two from Pennsylvania, one
from Indiana, and one from Missouri" This,
it will be admitted, was pretty good Glstri-
button among the dltferend sections. But
this was not enough. Ames added: al have
four more to place which shall put where
they will do the most good for u.s. Certainly
he would chat was the principle upon which
be acted. He informed McComb that he was
"on the spot, and could better judge where
the stock was to GO" Here we see the adj
vantage of having a Congressman to fix mp
scheme that will put money in the hands of
his hackers and take it out of the treasury
of the United States. He can do things that
an outside lobby agent would be unable to
perform. As their colleague, honorable mem
bers would have much less hesitsncy in deal
ing with him than they would with outsiders.
In another letter this consummate lobby agent
says he did "not fear any investigation here; :"
that is, in congress. Of course not. There
were too many OF them implicated. Here is 4
very nice little query: what say you of the
bond dividsnds2 A part of the purchasers
here are poor, and want their bonds to enable
them to meet the payment on the stock of the
road. have told them what they will get as
dividends, and they expect it, In another
letter, dated February 22d, he says: Il want
$4,000 of the Credit Mobilier to use here.
We want more friends in congress-" 1t will
be seen that Ames understands how "triends"
are to be got there-that money will buy
them. In oil our congressional annals there is
nothing that equals this in undisguised bribe-
~ and corruption 1t embraces the most pro-
minent members, who, it appears, have not
the slightest hesltancy in selling their votes
for the cash Of the Pacific Railroad. What is
the country-what is the Government-com
lug toe
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04

The Chicago lawyers have the promise of
some rich .pickings from a 100000 real es.
tate lawsuit. Some II years ago man named
John Bostwick, residing ct Alton, went to
Chicago and purchased of one jacob Hess so
acres of land situated in what is now the Gen.
tie of the "independent kingdom of Hyde
Park" He paid down $4,000 and was to pay
Hess, in yearly installments thereafter, the
further sum of $4,000. Within year after
this purchase Bostwlck died at { boarding
house IN Chicago, upon which his body was
taken to his bereayed wife and seven orphan
children in Alton and buried, the said wife
and minors being kept purposely and frsudu.
lently ignorsnt of the important real es.
tate purchase the father had made, and which
at the time OF his death, had already advanced
sufficiently to be worth $4,000. The heirs,
by the usual lesevdemain, were swindled out
OF their rights, Of which they had been adreitly
kept in total ignorance, until a few moaths
ago, when housing Chicago lawyer, not un.
known to fame, named Roby, uncovered the
fraud that had been perpetrated on the Bost.
wick heirs. AID indeed them to commcnce
legal proceedings to recover their property,
which is now worth not less than $4,000 900.
1t the youngest of the Bostwick heirs live.
long enough to see successful tail end OF tina,
law SUIT should it be made TO stick" hl.
fame as fortunate litigant will doubtless DC
immensely eclipsed 10y his fame as a case Of
remarkable longevity.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04

Same men, without medical kuoweledge, nd
yer,i.e their urskiful pr.psr,tious to cur,
ANY si-easo, which Ia i,npa,.ibi, nor can the,
Away. cure the s"me di,.."s. While DI
Pierce's F.mii, Medicines h,yr their legitm mat
range and have proven the most valu ,be oursI
tives ever given to the public, yet he i, full 4
competent 20 use any necessary auxiliary treat
ment, that oil may recover. His private pra(
tice is enormous. Patients from evsry quartz,
wait on him, while thousand. are trea I'D by IL \
ter, and special medicines sent by mail or
press. a small Outlay will secure his valuatS
services. Address, with stamp, DR.. r. V. PierJ
Buffalo, N, Y, for n printed list of questions,
assist IN describing your case. II
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04

Those neblc oysters and those beautiful can.
dies that were the glory Of our table on New
Years day came from Henry Walther's. When.
ever people want any thing particularly splendid
in that line, Ut no greater cost than common ar.
tices, theyIgo as naturally to Henry W fathers ~
Q bee to buokwheat field. e.r.f
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04

That portion of Cincinnati lying on the river
bottom was swept by an ice gorge on Monday
similar to that which did such mischief at
Memphis, az noticed elsewhere. Several
steamers were destroyed, and the wharves
badly cut uL.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04

A train Of cars, on the Louisville e. Nashville
road, WINS thrown from the track by broken
rail, on tn, Goth inst, and 30 persons more or
less injured some fatally. ....
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04

How happened it that Greeley fame
Was meanly photographed ard framed
And hung in mockery and hate
Upon the walls of Biilnssgare?
And yet twas done, ande1en his friends
Could not restrain their finger ends!
But fierce stiliclion, like Hash
or lightning, through our blindness dashed,
The great Heart broke! With cover'd head
We bowed in shs me before the dead,
The olden love rsturnt d again
And mastered all the hearts of men.
A mourning nation answered freely,
~Our best beloved Horace Greeley."
And now 10 man nor party waits
To counsel vi h his petty hates;
No true man seeks thin disguise,
Nor turns away to hise his eyes,
But honest sorrow weeps iti oil
And let's thf tears fall where they will.
For, Alter a. that can be said,
The greatest Of Our last years dead
u Horace Sreeley,-this We know,
And history will have II 30.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04

Except corporal tax OF Sheridan
The tax of Ottawa is $40, lG6. 80 less than it
should be, on account of the school tax being
collected as a CITY lax.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04

Diaries for 1873, just received at Osma
Hapeman's.
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Taxes.

The following table shows the taxes # the
several town IN La Sale county for 1872:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-01-04

Poland China Pigs for sale by G. II. Gre
six miles south Of Ottawa.
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Greeley.

Considering the fury with which the Ottawa
Rtpu6liean, during the last presidential con-
test, in its impotent way, constantly assailed
the character of Horace Greeley, the poetaster
who got up the Carriers New Years Address
for that shee. this year, perpetrates rather keen
satire ON the editor by making him father .
glowing euogy on the departed philosopher
and a biting depreciation of his assailsnts.
Thus sings the peetoce poet:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1873-04-26
sth day of May,
s~HERlFF's SALE.

10y VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION ISSUED
ID out of the District Court Of the sth Judicial
District. in and for the County of White Pine,
State of Nevada on tn 18th day OF March. A.
D. 1873. and TO me directed and delivered for a
iudgment rendered In said Court ON the 10Th
day OF March, A d lsg3. IN. favor Of W. >.
Mccormick. plaintiff, and against J. W. Doug
lass. H. r. Mordoff and A 3. 4mlford, defend
ants, for the sum of "a l76A9, U. s. gold coin
dollars, with Interest tnIean at the rate OF ten
per cent, per hnnum from. said date until paid /;
together With 5000 costs aIid Disbursements
at the date of said jgaementand accruipg costs.
now ny TO tlfe sum OF SAB ! have on
this the first day.bf April. A. D.. 1873. levied on
the following rsSt property. to wit
One hve-starhp quartz mill, situate In Ruby
Vile. White Pine county, Nevada, and known
az the Smith 4 Estes mill. y
Notice is hereby given, that on the o.
<ssth day of April, A. ID. 1873,
Between the hours OF o O'Clock n. m. and s
o'clock p. m, viz at IL O'Clock noon, l will sell
all the light, title, claim and interest OF the SAID
defendants. J W Douglass. Ii. II. Morduf and
Al. Guilford. Of. In and TO the above described
property, at the Courthouse door, Hamilton
CITY, at public auction. for gold coin, cash in
baud. to the highest and best bidder, to satisfy
said execution and all costs.
Hamilton, April Let, 1878.
apr5-4w J. ID. PATTERSON. Sheriff.
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A Coon MAN.-The Salt Lake Nep En-

A Coon MAN.-The Salt Lake Ne1 En-
document tells the following good story;
Two honest miners who apparently
had not met for some years, stood lean
ing up against a bar, yesterday, talking
over old times in Idaho. They would
take q drink, and Bill would ask Jim
wher he last saw a mutual friend named
!" Yeast Powder Dave" and then they'd
imbibe again, and Jim would ask Bill
where t. Bed Rock Joe" was located at
present, and then they'd take another
drink. At last they struck up a name
that almost brought tears to the eyes of
Bill, who commenced to grow eloquent
over the character of his long-lost friend,
of whom he spoke in the following man
ner: "They don'thave no such preacher
nowadays, Jim, as parson kirbs was.
These modern fellows are SO slow, so
quiet, and mild like, that their talks has
id little effect on such tough custom
ers as you and 1, but the parson could
wake the boys up every chatter, and, when
he got through with them, they'd think
their chances for salvation were terrible
slim. And ne was such a good man, so
charitable, and so kind, and how beauti-
fully and exquisitely he would describe
his sweet m~editations upon the beautiful
truths of Christian revelation, and how
his enthusiasm would burst forth in celes-
tial eloquence over the marvellous works
of the Master. Jim, do you know that l
never could forgive Sam Jones for shoot
ing the parson for stealing that old sorrel
mare2"
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A MOST melancholy thing recently hap

A MOST melancholy thing recently hap
pened to a young mar in Paris. He had
been dining out and winning pretty freely,
and as he was going to the bal d'opera he
submitted himself to the operation of a
street shoe black. Leaning back in his
chair, he was asleep before the polishing
was concluded; but when the juvenile
artist found out the condition of his GUS
toner, he fastened to improve it. He
gently drew Of the boots, added his vic
TINS purse and watch to the booty, gath
cred up his brushes and departed. The
gentleman was at last aroused by his cold
feet. and ignominiously made his way
home. There was no dancing for him
that night.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1873-04-26

IT will be a surprise to many to know
that Washington Irving was a confessed
orchard thief, Once, when picking up
an apple under a tree in his own orchard,
he was accosted by an urchin of the
neighborhood, who, not recognizing
him as the proprietor, offered to show
him a tree where he could "get some
better apples than those. But" said the
boy, 1--WE must take care the old man
doesn't see u.s." 81 went with him. y
said Irving, land we stole a dozen OF
my own apples"
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Application for Patent.
sOTICE NO. 2O5,
U. 8. LAND OFFICE,
AUSTIN, Nevada. April Sth, 1877

U. 8. LAND OFFICE.
AUSTIN. Nevada. April sth, I8f3.l
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
COMPANY, postofhee address Nfhetnl City,
Robinson District. Nevada, has maIe applica-
ton for patent for one thohsand II ,000) lii ear
feet Of the Hays Lode. bearing sil yer and other
minerals, the same being 4b6 feet westerly and
ga feet easterly from the main shaft thereon,
with surface ground two hundred feet In width,
situate In Robinson Mining District. White Pine
county, State Of Nevada, and described in the
plat and field notes ON ME IN this ofico a. fol-
lows, viz
O.. y. Survey No. 81.
Beginning AZ a post marked " Mo- ], u 3. Sur.
vey No. 3s,s whence post No. ! Of Survey No.
81, lot A. made for the Canton Mining Com
parry upon the Aultman Lode. bears Ss74o 22'
South of Robinson Canyon bears 5. $40 az Z.
l2,9U3 feet. The main shan upon this lode
bears 1. saw. 500 feet. Thence running =. 10
W. DO feet. to post marked M 2. L y. survey
No. 3S. Thence N sga4o W. 1000 feet. to post
marked No. 3. U. 8. Survey No. 81. Thence N.
40 L 200 feet. to post marked No. I, U. h. Sur
ves No. 80 and thence 5. e9A4o L. / 900 feet, to
post No. /. the place u beginning. Containing
4 59-lu0 acres. COURSES expressed from the true
meridian with a magnetic variation Of 1879 Il.
Thu C aim il on unsurveyed lands, and is
bounded on the West by the Almon COMPANY.
East by the Ogden and others claim. This
claim il recorded in Book b, pages 80 and -
Of the Robinson District Mining Records.
aprl26O CYRUS +. HoRS. Register.
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applications for a9atent.
Application for Patent.
NOTICE NO. 2O4.
U. 8. LAND OFFICE,
FANNY Navada April 7th 1874

U. 8. LAND OFFICE,
AUsIzs, Nevada, April 7th, 1881
4 NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
e1N THOMA j. SMITH, whose postofice ad-
dress is Treasure City, White Pine county, State
] of Nevada, has made application for patent for
one thousand linear Il ,0V0l feet of the Rio Grand
lode, bearing silver and other minerals, the
bsHiize being 500 feet noytherly and 800 feet
Lsoutherly from the southern end of the open cut
| uhon the Lode, with surface ground two hum
Adred feet In width, situate IN White Pine Min
Ing District. White Pine county, Nevada. and
described in the plat and field notes on file in.
This Office as fofldwsste Wit:
n U. 8. sarxey No. u.
Beginning at a post marked " No. IUesf6ur-
feey No. 81" whence post Nos of Survey 10. 81
made for ]. b. Osborne upon the Emerald Isle
Lode bears N. 1872 e.. 1917 feet : Section cor
ner common to sections "a and IS, t. l6. N. R.
81 EX9and sections 10 and 80 r. 10. ~. r. So Z.
D. DIN, bears s. 100 81 W. 3,42o feet. The
monument, on Treasure Peak No. ] bears 8. $50
y L. !, $50 feet, A prominent, sharp, rocky
Peaks, bears 8. SO = Z. 2,l61 feet and the San
Jose shaft upon this lode bears s. 7Ao e. 1856
feet. Thence rhnning 8. 74o T.. SO 40 feet. to
position she southeastsrn boundary of Survey
No. y, made for the Ascendant Mining Com.
panysupon the Caledonia Lode whence post No.
8 of said Survey Bears N. SOW. 1874 l-lO II ct,
Thence & $40 EAl74 feet, along Aafd Survey
No. ~ 10 post maSled No. 3 U. s. Survey No. 81.
ahenoe-S. 100 W. Gao 4-l0 feet, to post marked
No. 4 u. 9. Survey No. 81. Thence N. TAO W.
| 200 feet. 10 post marked No. s, u. s. Survey No.
~ and thence N. 1~ Z. 900 feet, to post No.
!. the place of beginning. Containing 4 48-100
acres. Courses expressed from the true me-
ridian wfslRa magnetic variation Of f69 East.
This claim IA on unsnryged land, and IL
bounded on the Nprth BY che Caledonia and
Emerald Isle CLAIMS. fhis claim Is recorded in
Book Q, page 69Df the White Pine District Min.
ing Records. CYRUS +. HORN, Register.
aprl2 God
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WHITE PINE NEWS


- "a
"How old srt thous" the sage began;
The boy, aroused from play,
Tossing bis resh-plucked flowers aside
eprune 70 his feet and gayly cried,
"I'm ten years old today;
What long, long days oh, how wish
The years would go away r
blush Of conscious eagerness
swart his bright face ran
"TNbu1t find" the sage went On 70 say
WHen manhood comes, a shorter oay'
When age, that 1ife's = span.
what dpsf thou wish for now, my ooyr
al wish to be q man"
What would's thou do vert thou q man
al would q traveller be
And every curious thing Id know,
And through all foreign lands I'd co.
= And sail on every sea
And I would visit mighty kings
And they might visit me"
But kings spurn common men" i BOY
Looked up with flashing eye:
:. thought that kings were good great mem
But will be a monarch then,
And have q Palace high;
And none | see in all the world
Shall greater be than L"
"But greatness is not happiness;
NV son, an emblem see -
How lovely grow these iowiy none.s
How peacefully they pass their nours'-
While yonder lofty tree,
That SCARED so high to reach me SKY
Was scathed most fesrfulg.@
The boy upon the blasted pine
0ased long in sober thought.
"ITl pluck these flowers" at length ne cried'
.And they will die as that has died,
And sooner, will they not1
Nor bud, nor dover, nor leaf, nor stem
Remain to mark the spot ssi
-,Tis true" the old man saf8 /" It's tue"
His voice was low and mild,
g The hand Of man or Heavens decree
Alone can bow the great strong tree
The finger Of a child,
Or foot OF senseless brute comes nigh,
The flower is plucked or spoiled.
ave pirate Of peace In lowly place
IT'S not In place 1t lies,
Evil, whose shadow darkens earth,
Must perish in its place Of birth
But hope may seek the skies,
The good must tend to the Alleged,
The soul that strives will rise.
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DfIinqutnt Sales.

NEAHIBIOTH SILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location of principal place of business
An. Franciseos California. Location Of works
White Pine Mining District, White Pint county,
Sthfe or Nevad#.
QNoffce .-sfhera IRE delinquent upon the fol-
owing-descrfsed kaApck, on account of assess
ment mo. l2) levied on the Third t3d1 day of
March, A. D. fs73S the several amounts Set
opposite the nam$ of the respective share
holders. as follows .sg9ssss.