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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22

The Cincinnati Enquirer remarks upon the
singular fact in politics, to which Illinois in
three instances was no exception, that the
people of the States, when they come to elect
delegates to their Constitutional Conventions
almost always choose majority favorable to
the Democratic party. This has been the
case in TIE strongest Wing and Republican
States The idea must be that when special
interests are To be cared for those opposed tc
Democracy will respond better than Demo
Gratis But when the eternal principles OF
right and justice, fundamental in their char
acter and above ordinary legislation, are t.
be ingraitedinto a Constitution they call upon
the Democracy TO DO it. The two creates
Wing States in the Union were Massachusetts
and Kentucky. Both had Democratic
msjori,ies in their constitutional Conventions
Ohio was Wing State when she sent a ma
jority of Democratic delegates 10 make IN,
present Constitution. pa of other States
When it comes TO organic law, even Republi
cans prefer Democratic ideas"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22
JUSTICES AND CONsTABLEs AGAIN.

Tho toc;s1o,,ro 4, as .t los, 1oro q co,r;, /,
al. :; a,
" .O oi'",'i VI VIZ i"s
legislature, ny WHICH INC elccllon OF Jusuccs
and cOnstables was brought into such a mud
dIo Tba fnllou,;no low, uh;o, hoe inc, han,
-, e., 49, go -
"""P''u "t 0prihSneiu, prihgs INC s'alule ii
harmony with the constitution on the subject
and relieves the people of clectinr a doubl,
,ot of irs,;ca, d,,r;,,, ,I,o ,,rooo,t ,.oor a
NV - N'N' ea
Couisc' uhuel 'llS S'atute' lhere VIII DC ne
justices TO elect in April, except to fill vacan
cies.
nm c,- .,,+ ,s,..,,,, u,, .,,.,
to rrovlde for liz ,rr,inn and nmaiica, i a"
Justices of the Peace and Cunstnblcs md n
provide for the Jurisdiction and practice of jus
lices OF the Peace in civil cases, and to Fix the
4uties OF Consta5lcs, and to repeal certain acts
therein named,
SECTION j. BE endctGd by tie PeQplG N
ttc state Of Illinois, represented in tie General
HSsemdtH That sections one and two of an act
entitled AN act TO provide for the election
anu quailhcation OF Justices Of the peace
and constabics, and to provide for the juris.
u!CtlOn and practice of justices of the peace
IN civil cases and to fix the duties of consta.
Dies, ana 10 repeal certain acts therein
named, he and the same is hereby amended.
to read: ...
At the election 10 be held on the first Tues
day IN April, 1874, and at each quadrennial
election thereafter, for the same purpose,
there shall be elected in each town, in coun-
Ties under township organization except as
To Justices OF the peace in the city of Chica
90, in Cook county, and ON Tuesday next af
ter the first Monday in November i'll hcycar
1913, and the same day quadrcnnally there.
after, there shall be elected in each election
precinct in counties not under township or
sahizahpn, two justices Of the peace and
.lWo constables, and one justice Of the peace
ana one constable for every 1000 inhabitants
exceeding 1000 inhabitants of such town OF
tees and five cons'ables shall be elected in
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22
SHAMEFUL CASE OF DEsERTloN,

Verify the case Of poor CoiiaH - 81 i'ord one
Through all his tribuatior@ when friends
were deserving him on cye7N side, and even
the better portion of the radical press gave
him the cold shoulder, he was chtccd by +"
friendly glimmcr from the auburn deckcd re-.
fuIrcnt candlcstick of the press, the editor
of the Ottawa Republican,, 1t is SAID when
the Smier read those editorials so un-
questioning in their simple anu chilNliko con.
hdencc in his purity great tears e1ursed each
other down his manly checks,
Like tatcrs down u hNj|lway.'
But alas! and slaok even Cullen deserts
the Smlcr While he admits in this week 5
RtDuJlicaa that his cast is past defence, he
consoles himself, however, with the school
bows retort. that 'You're anotherm If Coltay
is rascal, he intimates, so is James Brooks
The auburn.sheonc2 candlestick glinted of
Il ray of truth that time, Brooks ownedup to
80 shares in the credit mobilier, and instead
of returning them to Cakes Ames, as ColfaX
and Logan, and Henry Wilson, and the rest OF
them did, when they scented trouble in the
mir he was blessed, as some higher officials
happily ore. with the possession Of such a
convenience as Il brother-in-law, and made
him the scape-goat. While, as in the case OF
Gen. Dent who did Il lucrative business in
Washington as an Office broker; and Mr.
Casey, who compelled radical victories in
Louisiana by corrupt practices, the making
free usc of brothcrs-in-law as scapegoats is Of
ten iustifable and even commendable; twas
a very wicked thing in the case of BroOkS,and
no doubt congress can never he too highly
censured for failing to make an example OF
him Had Brooks now, like Henry Wilson
or like a still higher functionary, in the at
fair of the S25,0 900 on the famous Black Fri
day, made his wife the scape- goat, it might
not have been so bad; but to shove his %
shares on to a brother-in-law, and then pre-
tend to be innocent himsclf-too thin, too
thin
If, as the Republican suggests, we have hith
crto devoted too much attention to ColfaX and
neglected Brooks, we make the dmeHde. Our
attention was so largely attracted to Colfax
by the Republicans touching efforts to defend
him. Had the Republicans efforts been spent
in behalf of Brooks, which it could have done
with quite as much show of success as in the
case of Colfax, doubtless Brooks would have
received more attention at our hands In a
word, we take no stock whatever in Brooks
He Is quite as big a scamp as Colfay, Wilson,
Logan or any of them, and it is crying shame
that all of them were not punished alike.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22

SPEAKER BLAINE is held by Republicans
generally, since the recent fearful slaughter
of the shining lights of the party by the Credit
Mobilier investigation ana salary grab, a,
the coming man." and he certainly had the
shrewdness to put in lick" that will count
heavily in the outcome, in the matter of the
extra $4,000 business. The story is thus told
by ~ Washington correspondent:
when the salary steal amendment was
shown to Speaker Blaine he refused to have
his own salary included, and intcrlined the
word hereafter relating to the Speakers sal
airy; but then twas found that was some
doubt whether that would be sufficient to GU
off his back pay-for the reason that the law
would take effect rs soon as signed, and somt
hours before the session expired, taken il
consideration with the clause Including all
members of the Forty-second Congress, there
was at least ground for experimenting that thu
Speaker had not succeeded in cutting himself
of from the two years back pay. Hearing OF
this nice point of construction, the Speaker
went 10 the conference committee and had
the word hereafter struck out and the words
after the present congress- inserted, thus final
" and eilectually cutting himself off from all
possibility of the $4,000 which others would
have voted into his pocket had he simply re
manned silent The PHILADELPHIA Ltdgel
thinks Speaker Blsinc's conduct in this mat
ter deserves honorable mention"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22

In view of the plea of ignorance OF the
character of Credit Mobilier stock, put in for
Wilson. Colfax. Garfield. Bingham &c. 10y
the Poland committee, the Ohio STATE J1ura-
u remarks:
We hope no one viii take advantage Of the
rpsoubisticated innocence OF certain Con
rressmea to put off worthless stocks IN them.
The poer fellows buy without knowing what
they buy. and believe everything the seller
tells them. II wouldnot surprise L. 10 see some
sharper come along and eel them Conteder-
ate State bonds They are suilel->s enough
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22
BLACK FnpAr.--The hanging Of osbor,

BLACK FRDAx--The hanging of Osborn
al Knoxville, and Driver, at Chicago on Fri
day of last week, took place without any un
toward " accident 10 mar" &c. Osborn con.
fessed that he had killed the woman, but not
because he had outraged her person. or any
thing cf that kind. \ stranger-a patent
right peddler-had met him and paid him
5000 to do the job, and that was his only
motive or provocation. He had no idea who
the stranger was. Pretty thin.
Driver says lie was drunk when he muir
dcred his wife, and was wholly unconsciou,
Of what he had done until hours Afterwards
He wsfned -the boys" against INDUCING in
TIC intoxicating bowl" in very bad grammer
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22

No doubt Fred Grant, like many another
graccless blade finds it good thing to be the
son of his father To say nothing of avoyagt
to Europe and the East, with L. S. vesse
and its officers and crew as his servitors, and
"a tour of the continent, with Gen. Sherman a,
chief chamberlain and head of his retinue
when Fred, as second lieutenant in the reg
ular army, is assigned to duty in Texas and
is in danger of being court martialed for mis-
conduct, to have father who can step in and
instead Of having him punished, promote
him, must be particularly comfortable. Find
ing that Fred could "do no good" as a sub
altern in Texas, his indulgent parent promotes
him to lieutenant colonel, and places him on
Gen. Shcrldan's staff at Chicago, where, OF
course, he will have nothing to do but attend
balls and theatres, and occasionally "show off "
at dress parade. The Times says it is not
known exactly how soon young Grant will
arrive and enter upon what are called, with
reckless sarcasm, "his duties"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22
From Europe.
ENGLAND.


The political crisis in England has blown
over After four days adjournment of par
| Lament to talk the matter over, Mr.. Gladstone
announced in the house on Monday evening
! that he had received Il note from the Queen
stating that there was no prospect that the
opposition would form new government; to
which he Gladstone had replied, that his
services were at her Majesty's disposal and
he would consult with his colleagues. He
then proposed an adjournment to Thursday
Mr.. Dsraeli said he had informed the
Queen that he was quite prepared to organize
a new ministry but could not undertake to
carry on the government with the present
parliament The house then adjourned until
Thursday.
On Thursday evening Mr. Gladstone an
nounced in the house that he had decided to
remain in the cabinet with his old colleagues,
and thus the breeze has blown over.
London papers of the 3d and 4th let in Il
little light on the monster forgeries that were
lately detected on the Bank Of England, The
chief operator was an American named War
rem. who had proceeded with such caution
and adrotness that, but for an accident, he
might yet be undiscovered. The accident was
the omission of the date Of one of the bills,
which led to inquiry, and the discovery ofthe
forgcres. The bills were drawn on number
of the heaviest houses in Europe. They were
discounted at the West End Branch of the
Bank of England, where less caution is com
monty used than in the city The iorgeries
also include about S350,00O of L. S. bonds.
The forgers had drawn from the bank $500,
900 before the forgery was discovered
Three shabbily dressed gentlemen, arrested
at Cork on the 18th, while attempting to de
post $4,000, on suspicion of being connected
with the forgeries, and supposed to be Ameri-
cans, have been released, no proof appearing
against them.
An immense demonstration by the Irish
population took place in Hyde Park, on the
18th. in favor of home rule in Ireland and
amnesty to the Fenians There was no dis
turbancc.
SPAIN.
The circular of CASTELAR,, minister OF foreign
affairs, To the European governments vi Sih-
recognition of the Spanish republic, is pub
lished 1t is brilliant and remarkable docu-
mcnt, arguing the peculiar adaptability of the
Spanish people to a free government, and the
certainty that the republic now formed will
if promptly recognized, prove stable.
Senior FiCueras, in his visit to Barcelona, a.
mentioned in our last, accompanied by Henry
Rucrlcs, [. 5 consul, on the 10th visited the
/. ;. Squadron in the port Of that city, and
was received with full honors on board the
steamers Brooklyn and Shenandoah. Captain
Brvson. of the Brooklyn, proposing the health
of senior Figueras, the President responded
by paving a tribute 20 the memory Of Wash
incton. aud thanking the Americans for
their expressions Of sympathy for the new re-
public.
The Carlists appear 10 have met with some
heavy disasters in The north lately. and arc
quiet
FRANCE,
The annual budget was presented AZ The
national assembly on Tuesday. Il shows
most gratifying condition Of the public funds
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22

The President has observed the civil ser.
vice rules with an emphasis 10y appointing
w. W. Holden postmaster at Raleigh, ~ c.
Holden, when Governor OF North Carolina.
was impeached for robbing the public treas
ury and other high crimes and misdcmcanors.
and removed from Office; all OF which. OF
course, makes him a proper object of favor to
President Grant.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22
sl3,1G4.G13 %


The report givcs no intimation rs to how
often the stock of the company has already
been watcrcd, but advises the stockholders
that after paying 10 per cent on the present
stock, there will still he Il surplus of $3.50
1884, applicable to dividends; but instead
of paying this sum over to the stockholders
in that form, recommends the issuing OF
S24 600 600 new stock as the additional dirl
dcnd, and paying the surplus as 10 per cent
! dividend on this new stock Instead icailng
| this watering the stock thc managers give
| it the cuphonioGs name of "capitallzing
earnings" Thus the present stockholders
instead of receiving some 81, 4000O0in cash,
will receive $24 O00000 in new stock and the
81, 100000 surplus as dividend upon it, the
additional stuck, Of course being salcablc in
market instantly for cash at par Next year,
the managers will be expected to have earned
Il surplus sufficient TO pay dividend of ~
per cent on both the old and this new stock,
and if after that there is another surplus of
S2,000,090 this will again be capitalized'
ny the Issue III S-VuOO,VDD more Hc" SUM
1t is in this way that it happens that so many
wealthy railroads, in spite of their enormous
earnings, yet complain that they are unable
to pay over or 10 per cent on their stock.
The truth is, that their stock has been watered
so often that it amounts to five or ten times
the cost of the road , yet the public are gouged
to pay dividends on this fictitious, fraudulent
stock ...-.
This Pennsylvania report also gives us an
intimation OF how this is done II tells US
that it costs sS19 cents to move one ton of
freight per 100 miles over the road, while the
charge Sl.42 per ton; which was an
advance in 1872 of about 10 cents per ton over
1871. Tie cost OF transporting passengers Of
all classes has been about the same in 1872
that it was in 1871, and was in both cases
about 4 cent and S3 hundrcdths of a cent per
mile, while the company collected cents and
45 hundredths per mile. While at these
rates tire pccuniary result was the enormous
surplus above indicated, the report yet mod
cstly intimatcs the practicabiity of an in
crease of rates for the coming year.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22

Now that Coliax and Anes have had such
iiattering receptions, will the admiring con
stiiucncy of Senator Pomeroy allow him to
return 10 their arms without single bias,
band To welcome him OF a dinner and poem
10 cheer his heart,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22

Warren. sH,s Mcdonnell, the alleged rerpe'
traitor of the recent heavy forgeries on the
Bank of EnCl&1d. was arrested at New ORR
ON Thursday ~ be stepped from the steamer
Thuringis, just arrived from Liverpool
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22

The Shclbyvillc (Ill) Lcad'r states that
Judge Thornton, of the Supreme Court will
reign in July and resume practice at the
bar. The announcement will he received
with general regret Judge T. is one of the
very al,e.t men on our Supreme bench.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22

Foster. the carhook murderer Vac executed
al New York yesterday
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22

for anything, Congress ought to pass a Jaw
lnrOtrctiur them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22
A SPECIMEN BRICK.

The managers Of the Pennsylvania ''i'I"'
Railroad have Just made their annual report
and it contains some figures which afford a
glimpse at the monstrouS proportions as wen
as some Of the startling features OF the ran
road interests of this country The figures
given below refer to but one so-callcd " trunk
line" and only so much of it as is embraced
in the main line and its branches between
Pittsburg and Philadelphia.
The earnings of this main line and ITS
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-10-31
Tribute of

At regular stated meeting of Warrior Run
Lodge, No. Gas, 1. o. Of y. F., Oct. 25th 1873,
the following preamble aud resolutions were
adopted
Wtereds II has pleased Almighty God ir His
wise Providence toremove by death our esteem
ed sister, Sarah j. Foulk, in the prime of wo-
manhood, thHrefors be it III. n.
Resotsed, That in the death of our sister Sarah
j. Foulk we deeply feel the loss of one who dur
ing her life commanded the respect of all who
knew her; and who especially felt a warm lnte-
rest in the principles aud hospitality of our order
Rssos,ed, That the memory OF our esteemed
sister shau always occupy prominent place in
the memoirs of our Lodge
Resolved, That We tender our sincere sympathy
to our brother, John C. Foulk, husband of our
deceased sister, praying that He who doeth all
things well may sustain him In his sore bereave-
ment
Resolved, That copy of these resolutions be
sent to the bereayed husband, and that the same
be published in all the county papers.
J, +. WAMPOLE,
@ THOS. BARR,
DAVID FOWLER.
Turbotville, Oct s5, 1878. =
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-10-31
LIST OF CAUSES

For the week commencing Monday Novem-
Der 10th, 1873. -
rew. L. Lance VS. Thos. Mast. Geo. W. Morris
ana Chas Morris, Exccut's, &C., OF Freeman
Thomas, deceased.
w. L. Lance VS. Thos. Mast, Geo. w. Morris
and Chas. Morris, Executors, &C., of Freeman
Thomas, deceased.
Henry Saylor VS. Andrew NJ. Eastwick, ct. al.
Philip II. Moore We. Reuben Ifollenbach, et.al.
Thos. Baumgardner VS. George Pontius
The Burgesses and inhabitants of Sudbury VS.
Amelia Fisher, Ct. all.
Same VS. WIN. L. Dewart ct. al.
Same VS. Jacob B. Masser.
Same vs. Jacob B. Masser, owner, &c.
Same VS. Jacob Masser, owner, &c.
Same VS. Same.
Isaac NJ. Cake VS. Joseph W. Cake.
Magdalena Grant, et al. VS. The Big Noun
tain Improvement Company, Stephen Bittcnbcn-
der, ct. al.
Same Same.
John Fahnestock vs. Thaddcus Shannon.
Same W. Stcerian and Shannon.
Adam Lowery VS. John McManus.
s. John ,S Sons VS. Henry Saylor.
G. B. Wright VS. j. B. Mnsser.
John Reigert ct. al. VS. James kelso, ct. AL
Nicholas Wcnck Il James Vandykc VS. Philip
Moore IL d. G. Dissinger.
Ephraim X. Miller, who sues as well for him
self as for the School Directors of Shamokin
township VS. Hugh II. Teats.
John w. Huther VS. John Albright.
Sarah c. Shell by her next friend Jacob shell
vs. John Hafer.
S. Bittenbender Sc Co., VS. Thos NJ. Pursull.
A. G. Mari VS. Jonathan Hoover
Ross, Shot ~ Co., VS. j. L. Smith & Co.
Jackson, Richards tS Co., VS. Alfred Krausu.
J. w. Davis VS. John z. Beard and james
Beard, adm'rs Of Wm. Beard, decd
Charles Glass VS. Peter Baldy, owner, and
Charles Romig, contractor.
A. w. Creamcr VS. Joseph Vankirk.
John Fry VS. Danyille, Hazleton & Wikesbarrc
Railroad Co.
Joseph Bachcr VS. Matthias S1nuck, ct al.
Jacob Fagcly VS. David Kembel.
G. S. Lewis VS. Swallow, Bowman &c Jacob NJ.
Weist.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-10-31

DEDICATION OF THE M. Il. CHURCH.--The new
VI. e. Church In this place, was dedicated on
Sunday last. A number of ministers from
abroad were present, and participated In the ded-
icatory exercises. The church cdlflce was erect
ed during the pastorage Of Rev. w. w. Evens,
of the Methodist congregation at this place,
to whose incessant labor must be accredited the
erection of this place of worship. During his
pastoruge, after many dscouragements, IL was
finished internally as far as the lecture room
which was dedicated for worship, but since that
time 1t has remained In an unfinished condition.
the members feeling unable to proceed with the
work until this summer, when q few energetic
spirits started up anew, and determining upon
finishing 1t they succeeded In their enterprise.
The church is one of the largest in this part of
the country, and Is handsomely finished. The
Rev. Mr.. Evans, the protector, was present at
the dedication, and the congratulations poured
upon him at the completion of the work in
which he felt 50 much interest, showed that his
labors are ppreciated-indcated a grateful ac-
acknowledgement that they were greatly indebted to
him for the erection of their new church. No
undertaking can fail which is calculated to pro-
mote the interests of christianity. We all re-
member the difficulties encountered in the cree
tion of the church building in question, and the
sorrowing of every one when the tower fell, caus-
ing an additional expense of several thousand
dollars and we all well remember seeing the
pastor of his flock to be the earliest in the morn
ing to mount the scaffolding and labor from
Monday morning until Saturday night, in
the mean time preparing his sermon for the Sab
bath. After the work was done, and the pray
els of his numerous friends were being offered up
in his behalf, there appeared another difficulty
In the way-the raising of the funds te pay the
expense, which we are happy to state has been
overcome. The balance of the Indebtedness was
about 50, 900, abont $4,000 having been previ-
ousy paid. This balance was subscribed in the
forenoon of Sunday last, after an able sermon
was preached by DR.. Sims, of Newark, N. j.,
and an appeal by DR.. Ives of Auburn, n. Y.
After the services in the evening, about So, 900
their Indebtedness. Such II result was scarcely
expected, and when the announcement was
made that sufficient amount was raised to pay
off the whole debt, there was indescIbable Joy
manifested throughout the congregation. The
church is well furnished with caIpet, rehectors,
&c. The pews are comfortable, and of neat de-
sign. The church was pretty well filed during
the morning and evening exercises, and the liber-
atty shown on the part Of our citizens on this
occasion is cpmmendable.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-10-31

Is hereby given that the several Courts Of Com
mon Pleas, General Quarter Sessions OF the Pea 70
and Orphans Court, Court uf Oyer uud Tcgmiucr
and General tatl Delivery, in and ffr Che couUty
of Northumberland, will commence % the Court
House, in the borough Of Sunbury. NJ I'D o'clorh
\. NJ, On MONDAY, NOVEMBER ,!e 81 nc<g ,
and'Will cOn;inUetwO vcC'.s.
The Coroner, Justices of the Peace and Constu-
blCs In and for the county Of northumberland are
requested to be then and there IN their proper
persons, with their rolls, records, ineuistiuus
ard other remembrances, to do those things to
thcir several offices appertainhig To be done. AIG
all witnesses prosecuting In behalf o. the Con
mouwealth against amy prisoner, ARE requested
aud commanded to be tbcr and there uttcndiu.
In their proper person5 % prosecute against him
as shall be iust-and not TO depart without leave
al their peril. Jurors are requested to hc pune
tual in thoir attendance, al the time appointed,
agreeably 10 their notices.
Given under my hand at Sunbury. tho 96th day
of September, in the year OF our Lord one thou.
sand eight hundred and seveuTy-thIec. -.
SAMUEL ii. ROTHERMEL, Sheriff..