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GENERAL NuEENNN'~ START IN LHE.-A letter from Nau~teld.O- SAYS: In the Sher- man family ihetc were eleven children. dc- pcudcHt upon thr meagrc ircom, Of their father le-H practice. X young man named Ewing, who had worked hi, way through college. and hod come from the salt worb-. where some money had been earned. settled In Mansfield ta practice law. His ability was rc-auilrd hy Nr. sherman, who assisted Aim, and when upon the bench turned over much empioymcUrto Ewing. Upon the death oi the iather tae young J.Wycrhad become Hon. Thum., Ewing, and for kiadac~S re- eiyed wished ,o make some ,un>tautial return.
 H. resolved to take one the boys and give Aim thorough education. Ata stated time Ic visited the family, when the five lads were brought before hiu-. lie turned io thc cid est sister. saying, Which hadI better takc:'' Sine replied, There k Hi;le. 'Cump: hes the smaI;cst." The suggestion va, received. and the boy 'CWmp" has become the General of the United States Army.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10
CONGRESS-.

Under the law creating the special com.
mission to count the presidential vote, con.
gress is constructlvely in continuous session,
the adjournments from day to day being on.
Iy "recesses' This cuts of resolution days,
new bill days, &c, and confines the business
strictly to what comes up In regular order
The effect is, that the two houses are going
on smoothly with the necessary appropris-
ton bills and have no room to waste time on
extraneous questions. Happily one good re.
suit is the exclusion, at this session, of TEN
Scotrs proposed Pacific railroad grab. by
the time the presidential vote is counted 1t is
thus quite likely congress will have its busi-
ness well done up and be ready to adjourn.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

Speaking OF the election of Judge Davis as
United States senator, the Ottawa FREE IRA.
DER says: The essence of victory Is in the
defeat of John A. Logan" The FREE IRA.
DER thus acknowledges that il would sacri.
ticc the best interests Of the people rather
than see republican elected. Rule or ruin
is the motto Of all such democratic newspa.
pers.-,jOlid Sun.
The San talks like noodle The FREE
TRADER Confesses its inability 10 see where
the ruin" canes IN anent the defea, of John
A. Logan, or the sacrifice" to prevent the
election OF any republican. The FREE IRA.
DER, on the contrary, Is of opinion that Judge
Davis is in every good sense an Infinitely
better republican than sTer John a. Logan
was The democrats neys claimed him.
they voted tor him because. feeling 1t I'M
possible to elect dem ocIat. they preferred n
decc,i. good republican, to yeTy Iow-er'de,
dirty, bad republican.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

The society for the prevention of cruelty h
children In New York seem to have oversize,
the mark in the case of the Leon childrea
They were young acrobats, one eight and Tie
other nine years old, travelling with man
calling himself Prof. Leon, (but whose real
name is Smith,) performing acrobatic feats
&c They were not, as the bills said, the sons
of Prof. Leon or Mr.. Smith, but of an English
circus clowl named Delavanty. On hearing
that the children had been taken from Prof.
Leon the mother became so alarmed that she
went crazy, and their father had to give up
his situation in England and hasten to this
country 10 rescue his children from the tender
mercles of the New York humarltarians.
The children aver that they were always
kindly treated by Prof Leon, or Smith, that
they loved their profession, and had no desire
TO quit 1t. Altogether, il is curious case.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

The Republicans are completely upset by
the discovery of the villainy committed by The
Louisiana returning board. The majority of
their journals affect 10 regard the testimony
or Lrt,ledeld, Pickett and Maddox as sworn
falsehoods, but the more reasonable ones do
not conceal their shame. The Boston .Adcer.
tiscr says:
This is bad business as 1t stands. t,s
maniies,ly impossible TO judge of the truth
fulness OF Li,tlefeld's ana Maddox's tesiimo.
ny, but their evidence Is SO far supported by
ascertained facts that unless IL can be CONTRA
dicted and broken down the character of the
returning board Is gone, aud with il all the
moral weight that has attached 10 its findings
IL Is easy to say that clerk who would do
what Liulefield acknowledges 10 have done
would not hesitate 70 peDure himself, bat that
Is mol an answer TO the apparent fact thai the
return was altered without reason, and that
The change that appears TO have been made
accounts exactly for the difference between
the return complied and that which was made
up by The supervisors"
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10
rs FRAUD TRIUMPHANT

It looks 80. The decision of the presiden
tisl tribunal on Wednesday, not to admit evil
dence going behind the action OF the Florida
returning board: and again on Thursday not
20 hear evidence in the quo parranto CASE
in each instance on close party vote, Judge
Bradley voting with the republicans,-seems
to show iudubitsbly that Judge Black is cor
rect about it IN saying that while all the law
and the facts are in favor of Tilden, Hayes
has the court. The decision on Wednesday
that the court can 60 behind governor s
certificate, because there may be forgery or
other gross fraud In its preparation, but can
not 20 behind returning board certificate,
though rotton with forgery, perjury and eve
~ other nameless deviltry, is shameful
mockery. 1t may be early yet to jump TO
conclusions. Judge Bradley may be misun-
derstood; but the indications certainly now
are that he is as pestilent apolitical bigot
and demagogue as Garfield and Morton.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

San Francisco papers are occupied with
s.be mania for suicides that seems to prevail
in that city. The Chronicle gives list of over
hvndred within year, and says the ca,a.
logne is by no means complete. The Nail,
admitting the extent and seriousness of the
rage,for self-destruction, scouts the idea that
climate or atmosphere has anything to do
with it, but attributes it solely to the pestifer
Gus California habit oi-brag. People at the
east get from it the idea that California is liter
ally overaewing with plenty, and rush to her
golden shoes only 10 NEE, disappointment,
ending In snscide.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

Schllemann, the archpologist, whose eXca-
vatlons of ancient Troy have attracted so
much attention lately, found himself some
years ago embarrassed by an incumhrance
IN the shape of wife, and having heard of
the iacie divorce laws OF Indiana, took up a
temporary residence in that state 10 share the
advantage Of their bcneficent provisions lie
had married In Russia, and his wife refused
to follow him beyond the borders of that EN-.
pire, which was the only ground for the
divorce that was promptly granted by a
Hoosler Judge.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10
RE.INCORPORATION.

On the petition of over one-elght of the lie
gal voters of Ottawa the city council, las
Tuesday evening, passed an order that or
Monday, the 18th of March next, the people
Of Ottawa be asked to vote on the question
whether the city shall drop its present char
ter and organize under the general law OF
this state for the government of cities.
Those who are familiar with the subject
are quite certain that Ottawa enjoys no pow
ers, privileges or immunities of any value
under her present special charter which she
will not enjoy by organizing under the gener.
al law, while many matters particularly in
regard to taxation, revenue, &c, are greatly
smplfied. In addition to this, reorganiza.
ton under the general law has become ne
cessity. Many OF the powers which Ottawa
has hitherto been exercising she derived
from the Springfield and Quincy city cnar-
ters, which were made applicable to all cities
Of certain class, including Ottawa; but
those charters have been repealed, leaving it
at least doubtful whether in many importan.
matters, Ottawa has any powers left.
At the same time that we vote on the adop-
ton of the general law, the question Is to be
voted on whether the city shall adopt the
minority representation prnciple in the elec-
tOn Of aldermen. That is the city is to be
divided into wards and each ward is to elect
three aldermen, but the voters, as now in
electing representatives to the legislature, can
cast three votes for ore candidate mr. uiva opa
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10
Mysterious Rappiprs Exp,a,ned.

Reading Eagle: The Adams express mes
sencer on the Northern Central railroad yes
terday took on corpse a. Harrisburg for the
South. While the train was in motion, strange
knocks were occasionally heard, seemingly
caused by the corpse kicking the inside oil the
coffin lid. AS no other cause for the noise
could be found, the lid OF the coffin was care
fully unscrewed, but the corpse was certainly
a real one, and perfectly quiet. The lid was
replaced, but the mysterious knocks contin-
ued, and the puzzled messenger was fast be
coming believer in spiritnlism, when the
train stopped at York, and asrkey dead
head was discovered under the car, lying
crosswise over the trucks, and occasionally
kicking his fee; up against the car floor TO
keep them warm. The dsrkey was removed,
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE,

Monday Of this week was really the com
mencement of the present session of the Iii
nois legislature so far as legislative work i.
concerned, the previous four weeks having
been wasted over the senatorial squabble
The main business since Monday, however
has been the introduction of new bills anG
getting them before the committees. Thu:
far no bill has yet been passed by the house
and on Thursday the first was passed by the
senate-"An act to provide for the disposal
of unclaimed money in the hands of admin
istrators and executors"
A bill introduced in the senate by Mr.. De.
ment for the erection OF Northern State
Normal University has been ordered to a sec.
ond reading and fayorably reported upon.
The State house commissioners ask for
100000 more TO complete the new state house
and committee of both houses is working
over the matter. A committee to "lnvesti-
gate" with powers to send for persons and pa.
pers, has thus far been denied. The appro.
priation, if it passes, will have to be submit
ted to a vote of the people.
A resolution has passed both houses asking
our representatives in congress TO vote tor a
law giving pension Of IS "a month to wild
ows and orphans of Mexican soldiers.
The bill to appropriate enough money to
complete the Copperas Creek dam was de.
bated in the senate several hours on Saturday,
and then laid over to await fuller attendance
OF members.
Absenteeism, as usual, is one of the chrome
complaints. On Saturday no quorum appear
ing in the house, Mr. Crooker raised laugh
by moving to fill the vacant seats by a spec.
lal centre.
Both the senate and house have voted not
to open either hall for lectures by long haired
men or short haired women, or any other
man.
Resolutions have passed both houses in IA
vor of re-monetizing silver
Both houses have been debating propo.
sition to raise commission, 10 consist of
three members of the mouse, two senators and
two to be appointed by the Governor, for che
purpose Of revising the revenue laws of this
state. The committee are to sit during the
spring months and report to called session
To the commission will be referred the bill
by Mr. Jack, TO dispense with
state taxes entirely, and to depend for revenue
on the Central railroad fund, canal receipts,
licenses OF banks, insurance companies and
agents, storekeepers ,hawkers and pedlars &c
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

The election Of Col. Plumb as IT, s. Sena.
tor from Kansas Is said to have been engln-
eered by Old Subsidy Pomeroy, which is not
in his favor. Otherwise he seems to be a
man OF fair reputation, but with only moder.
ate abilities He migrated to Kansas from
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, IN 1857, when but nineteen
years old, and has grown up with the coun.
try. He was printer:by trade:and for sew.
al years published the Emporia Ners. He
ls now president of national bank at Empo-
ria and reported to be worth 100000. We
are not advised whether he is a relative of the
Plumbs Of this county, but his OHIO origin
would indicate that he Is.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

Mr.. Henry Ward Beeaher got leave of his
congregation few weeks ago to take month
or two On lecture tour, and last Sunday ev.
ening he told his congregation that the ser.
mon he had just preached was the last in
Plymouth church for seven weeks and 1t was
possible he might never return. Railroad
snashups and steamboat conaagrations flash.
ell before the vision of the congregation, but
the tremor and impressireness of his manner
seemed to indicate that he meant something
more. Of course his congregation was bath
ed in tears"
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10
THE BLACK HILLS.

There is evidently destined to be quite d
heavy rush Of adventures to the Black Hills
this spring. Indeed the rush may be said to
have already commenced, though the couatry
is still covered with an average of 2 feet OF
snow and is IN the midst of a severe winter
There would be no such cagerness to get to
the Hills were there not pretty strong evi.
dence that there is gold there in paying quan.
titles. The Hills have been fairly tested for
a year, and if failure and cheat, the fact
would long ago have been found out So
also 1t must be conceded that the opposite
fact must by this time be pretty well settled,
that there is gold there. Indeed on that head
it would be sheer afectatlon longer to doubt.
The actual receipts from the Hills during the
year have been such AS to settle the question.
A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune
gives US some figures in this connection
which about this time are not without inter-
est.
The area Of the supposed gold field of the
Black HILLS is not over 6,O00 square miles
That Of Nevada is about $4,000 square miles
of Oregon 60,O00; Colorado, $4,000; and Cali
fornia 100000 The yield of California in
lS4S, the first year her mines were opened,
was about $4,0Oo,O.O; of Nevada, first year,
S100,0OU; Oregon $4,000; Colorado $780,
100. The yield of the Black Hills during
their first year -lS7G-is not less than 81, ,00O,-
600, which, considering the smaller area, is
better than California's first year.
The correspondent after giving the figures
in detail and the authority on which they
are based, showing them TO be reliable, adds:
BY referring to the comparative figures, it
Will be seen that considering her area of
country, and the disadvantage which has
surrounded her, the Hills have done remark
ably well this year, even if we confine her To
the $2,000,000 which have accounted for.
II will be seen that she stands upon very
favorable footing with any of the auriferous
districts during their early days. The quartz
interest will give a large increase in the yield
of bullion this year QS77) both IN gold and
silver, and we may safely place the yield for
this year 1877 at $7,O00,000.
All :he gold during the past year was OBJ
aimed by placer" digging. Thus far there
are but two quartz mills in the country, ana
one of. them has been in operation only few
weeks. Yet the experiment has been sufii-
ccntly encouraging, and doubtless during
the coming year large number will be
added
We have no desire to and in stimulating Il
foolish rush TO the Black Hills. As IN the
case OF California, Australia and all other
gold iclds, twenty will go there to meet only
disappointment, suffering and very often
death, where one succeeds anu gets away
with pile" Yet if the above are facts,
and they seem TO be, II is but far that all !
shoulG know them.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

The samoan Islands, away down in the
South Pacific, have sent Mr.. Griffin, the
American consul there, as ple1ipoien,iary
TO the United States to ask Uncle Sam either
TO extend pro.ec!orate over them or annex
them outright The islands contain sbou
G0,oo0 inhabitants, halt civilized and Christ
Isnized, like the Ss1dsGch islanders, and
speaking the ordinary written language 0
the South Sea islanders sShe islands, It vii
be remembered, were the .Scene a year ag'
of the cratic exploits Of one Col. S,einber
ger, who set himself up as sort Of King
with cabinet. parliament. &c. To put ,
stop 10 any more such fsolishness. the people
want to cast themselves into the strong arnl
Of the United States, England or France, do
ing Uncle Sam the honor Of making him lht
Srst offer.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10
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SOUTHERN REGENERATION.

| Georgia got rid of carpet. bagger rule abou,
four years ago, and AT once started on a career
of prosperity. She has since then erected
eighteen cotton mills, her laboring population
have remuneratlve employment and are con-
tent and happy, her public schools are equal
to those of New England, her taxation is
light, and her state finances in sound and
healthy condition.
Alabama cast off the incubus of carpet.bag
gerism two years ago. Since then her school
system has been re-organlzed and is rapidly
growing into efficiency, her state bonds have
advanced from 55cts. on the dollar to par.
her state expenses have been cut down so per
cent, and now, like Georgia, she is erecting
cotton mills and providing steady employ.
ment for her surplus labor. We find the fol.
lowing paragraph IN the Columbus (Ga.) }
Daily Times. The Judge Black here spoken
of is son of Deacon r. O. Black, of this
city:
A friend writing US from Union Springs,
Alabama, informs US that Judge Black bas
so nearly completed his cotton factory that
he has appointed grand starting day." on
which the n achlnery will be put in motion,
and the good people of old Bullock county
will have an opportunity Of seeing how the
staple IS worked into cloth shape We con-
gratulate the Judge upon the success of his
enterprise at this point and hope his profits
from it will be great enough to induce him to
enlarge the capacity OF his works until his
countrymen can find market at his Office
for every bale of cotton they may choose to
raise. This country needs scores of just such
men as Judge Black
AS further evidence of the benign results
of kicking out carpet tbaggerlsm we copy the
following dispatch from the Capital of Miss
issippi to the New Orleans Picayune:
JACKSON, FEB. 1.-The Legislature has ad-
jOurned. Its closing hours were marked by
the colored Republicans on the floor of the
two houses rising and pronouncng senti-
ments of the most commendable character IN
favor Of the economical and just government
of the Democrats. These colored Represen-
tatives represented that the Democrats have
made remarkable Improvement in the gov
ernment of the State and its affairs, giving q
fair speech to colored men rarely, if ever, &C.
corded by the Republicans when in power.
wish these speeches could have been heard
by those who would disregard the position of
Mississippi.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10
Italy.

In his strait for money it is said King En-
anuel proposes to offer his palace at Casceta,
near Naples, for sale. But the question is,
who would buy such house? None it is
thought, except, as journal suggests, "possi-
bly, some American or Russian ten-fold mil
lionaire may take it into his head to become
the possessor of palace of 500 rooms, with a
marble stair nearly the most magnificent that
has ever been constructed. And then the
thought comes up, what if some American or
Englishman should buy i, and turn it into a
factory for spinning cotton? The idea of
such u desecraiion of a grand historic house
fills the writer's mind with horror. 1t hap
pens that there is a considerable water power
in the grounds, which supplies the copious
fountains with their sparkling jets: hence
the fear entertained that the place may come
to very utilItarian uses.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10
Germany.

The recent elections have resulted an-thing
but satisfactorily 10 the government, and
Bismarck will find it hard to command a ma
joriry. The results are regarded as introduc-
ing an element of immense peril into Euro
pean politics. They cannot but intensity
Bismarck's desire TO see Russia dragged into
an Oriental war and IN any difficulty be-
tween Germany and France they will not
make him desrous to find peaceful solu
tion.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

A crack. Drained inmate Of the Mclean
county Jail, named John Pierson, tried recent.
ly to create sensation by making pretend.
ed confession tha, he was the man who sew
eral years ago so mysteriously murdered the
Hon. Murray Mcconnell at Jacksonville, Ill.
A little investigation, however, showed that
he had no claim to that distinction.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

vengeance is mine," saith Grant, and he
10 prompt Mr.. Treasury agent Maddox in
Cured the royal displeasure in bringing TO
light the knavery Of J. Madison Wells and
is at once removed. There is no graver of.
fence In the eyes OF this virtuous administra-
tion than to tell the truth on Its pet scoundrels.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

The following advertisement, appeared IN
III Buenos Ayres Herald of Dec. l2, 1876:
Young Men with small salaries can find
good hoard and com Portable bedroom for $3.50
per month, at Mrs Brennans's, l79 Corrien-
fCs.
II may he unnecessary 10 remark, in eI9la-
nation, that the country IS blessed with a pa.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

A Grand Illinois State Poultry show com
mences in the Exhibition Building at Chica-
60 next Monday, TO continue q week. The
Prairie Fdamer says the prospects are favor
able for one of tho very best exhibitions OF
fowls, pigeons and rabbits yet held in this
country. The premiums are large and varied,
and the classification all that can be desired
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

All subscriptions to be paid in advance.
Remlttanees may be made throu "a money or
der registered letter.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10
France,

The suspension of the newspaper JOvrndI
les Droits de rHoHme, and imprsonlng the
editor, for using insulting language towards
the president led to an animated debate in the
deputies on Tuesday on the liberty of the
the amendment of the press law of 1852.
Fifty thousand operatives are thrown out of
employment at Lyons in consequence of the
rise IN the price of raw silk, and the govern
ment is appealed to for relief. 1t is fearful
shock to the business of Lyons, from which
it will not soon recover.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

A census has jast been taken Of the popu-
laiion of Missouri aud the footing Is over
{, 200 900, against /, 10000 in 1870.
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10

the train men laughed heartily, and the mes
senger said he knew all the time it wasn't a
ghost
The Ottawa free trader., 1877-02-10
DER CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named, postage prepaid
The offer is open to old subscribers or new
at any post office In the country: