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The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23
SOMEWHAT EARLY.

We submit, with the election away of IN
public mind with such questions as who shall
be our next candidates for congress, rcpresen
tativcs, sheriff, &c. Wouldn't it be better, be
fore approaching such grave and aggravating
themes, first to undergo the spiritual macera
ton of the Lentcn season? Yet the Joliet SIN,
plunged recklessly into the subject, at least 50
far as our next congressman is concerned, sew
eral weeks ago and thereby created Il small
buzz and flutter all over the district Accord
ing to the Sun, however there is no need OF
borrowing trouble as to the quantity of mate
rial on hand whatever may be its quality. In
deed, after looking over its list of eligible tim
ber the first question that occurs to one is if all
these would make fit and proper congressman
who wouldn't?
First IN its list of republican candidates it
assumes, of course that the Hon. p. C. Hayes
desires reelection. Next it names as an as
pirant for his shoes James GoodSpecd, post
master at Joliet and editor of the Joliet Re
eight years feast at the postoillcc teat, reap.
pointed for four years more, he ought to have
Il right to look for gratitude enough IN Good
speed to keep off the congressional track; bu,
the SUH says Jim isn't that sort of 4 man
Gratitude is not his weakness, and being an
accomplished tumblcbug, he is already en-.
gagged in assiduoISly couring the help of
the Independents TO heat Hayes-or any other
man
As other candidates on the republican side II
names ex-senator o. \. Marshall of Will rs
by no means Micawber but diligently work
ing to make things turn up in his favor; also
q. ID. \. Parks, n reclaimed GrccleyItc; Major
Board, Of Monec, an honest" "man-cspccally
TO he considered on account of the rarity OF
the species among politicians; and DR.. Corbus,
and Col. Ralph Plumb, and Fawcct Plumb,
and {. ID. Webster, Wm. Cullen, f.. +. Bull
and J. w. Eddy. As it was necessary to stop
somewhere, the SIM ommittcd the name oI
Hon. l.. t. Crooker, of Mendoza. but the Men.
dola BWi'ciH duly supplies it, and really, look.
Ing over the whole list, it strikes Us as about
the most likely Of all the names upon it.
The Sm, proceeds also 10 name about Il doz.
en- of candidates for the independents. hut as
it jumblcs up with them the names of such
staunch and worthy democrats "a, W. \. steel,
Judge Randall, d. II. Pimncy, &c., We reckon
the S3a had better let the democrat, and indie
pcndcnts do their own nominating.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23
OH MOSES!
| golden egg

One of the particularly bright and shining
! lights Of the Garpctbaggcr SaturnaIla IN Hol'Ii
Carolina under the maign reign OF Grant 'i'
was Franklin j. Moses He was the son oI
the late chief Justice Moses, and a man OF clu
cation and more than ordinary natural abll'y
I In 1868 and 1870 he was elected to the SoIllI
Carolina legislature, and as speaker OF the
! house during his second term had shown Slcii
degree of sharp political acumcn and ability
| to manage his associates that in 1872 he had
no difficulty in getting the nomination ioi
Governor, an office 10 which, with the help ol
Grants bayoncts, he had as little trouble to
! to put it in few words, the most disgra~iuI
reign of unbridicd corruption, spoiatlon ana
bribery of which modern times show an eN
Iampc He went out of oilicc,in 1874, and al
though he had an amiablc wife and lovely
daughter, the dSsolutc companionship by
which he had surrounded himself Will III
Office had so dcbascd him that his family we're
driven away and, after gong out Of office he
was found living with and apparently depend
ing for support upon notorious Charleston
strumpct Finally this creature cast him or
the widow of the late Chiet justice, and his
wife sister and daughter were living at Il little
place called Sumter, about 40 miles north OF
Charleston, he went there, and remaining about
two weeks succeeded, by the most earnest
promises of better conduct for the future, in 50
far rcgaining their confidence that they gave
him some money TO 90 to Texas with, to find
Il location, as he said, to open law oiice.
This is how he redeemed that promise, accord.
ing to the New York IVorM:
Previous to leaving his mothers house he
bribcd the negro servants, and filled a trunk
full of valuable silk dresses and vclvCts be,
longing to his mother and her daughter Mrs.
MiChacls. He then went over to his WteS
house and took away the greater portion OF
her wardrobe and that of his daughter. And
with this plunder hc made off to New York
He seems to have lived for some time in
New York by selling or pawning this proper
ty, really worth some $4,000, but for which he
probably never obtained a fouth its worth.
Finally the family got an inkling of his where
abouts and put the detectives on his track He
was found a week ago in New York in con
dition so seedy and circumstances so reduced
as not to be above begging dollar of his
friends to procure Il nights lodging or meal
of victuals. In short he was n total wreck"
twas not considered worth while we believe,
to arrest him and carry him back to the south
for prosecution, though even to send him to
the penitentary would be raising him above
his present condition.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

Mr., Montgomery Blair having failed to get
the Maryland legislature to memorialize con
gress in favor of ordering Il judicial investiga-
tion Of the great presidential fraud, now pro
poses to have thelegslature ofthat state put on
record its disgust at the fraud by adopting the
following resolutions:
ReS0lred, That the installation of a person
as President Of the United States who was not
elected to that office, by counting for him the
electoral vote of several of the States upon re
turns obtained by the military force, and no
toriously false and fraudulant, and so declared
to be at the time by the highest judicial tribu-
nal of one Of the said States, composed of the
political friends OF the person 80 installed, is
regarded by this House as tlagrant usurpa-
ton.
>. That by acquiescence in this usurpatlon,
and on the deposition Of the President elected
by the greatest majority ever cast by the men
whose fathers founded this Government by
failing to supply the legislation required to
enforce the judicial investigation of this fraud,
contemplated by the electoral bill ITSELF or 9th
erwise to provide for the peaceful assertion Of
the rights of the people, Congress sanctions
and invites its repetition in the future, and en-.
dangers the peace of the country and the sta
bihty ofrepublican institutions, and continues
an Administration which, by reason of the
want OF confidence of all parties in it, has not
the power, if 1t has the disposition, to correct
the abuses Of Government TO which the present
paralysis Of industry and widespread bank
rupcy are due, and thereby insure the continu-
alton and aggravation of these evils.
3. That it is manifest that this acquiescencc
Is attributable to the same cause which led to
the establishment of the Electoral COmmiS-
siOn by which the House of Representatives
was deprived of its constitutional power to de.
feat the fraud consummated by that measure,
and the presence of Democrat in the Cabinet
of the beneficiary of that fraud, and the rela-
ton of the Administration of the Democratic
leaders in Congress who assented to the Elec.
toral Commission, explain and fix the respon-
sibility alike for the resort to the Electoral
Commission and for rthecontinued acquiescencc
in ITS result.
In adopting the resolutions Maryland would
only give solemn affirmation to undeniablc
truth, but the act is supcrfluous, as impartial
history will record it to all coming time with
deeper emphasis and eXecratOn.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23
OUR RnNpS IN LONDON.

One # the biggest bugbears of the gold.
maniacs is already dissolved IN thin air
Nothing was more certain they persistently
predicted, than that the moment the passage
of the silver bill became certain, our
bonds would fall 80 low in the European
market that millions of them would be sent
home TO be sold for whatever they would bring
To their GmaZemcut the announcement of the
passage of the bill has had exactly the con
trary effect in London. The London Times OF
the 19th inst. says:
United States funds have surprised many
pco,c by advancing. instead of falling, on the
news that the silver bill has passed in man
ner that will insure it, becoming law in much
its present shape We have always said that
the public was not selling the stock TO any ap-
preciable extent, and the weakness which has
now and then characterized the bonds was due
as much rs anything to the passing fears OF
dealers and To speculative selling which only
made the market harder Hence on the re-
cclpt of better New York prices, and because
the worst was not known, the market natural.
ly rose by the mere efforts of those who had
sold Ia buy back Besides il has been noticed
that the limitation put upon the quantity oi
silver that may bc coined within given ume
i itself tantamouut 10 making silver subsldl
arv coinage. at all events for some considerable
time 80 that there i little alarm ielt, and the
holders stick TO their bonds. The only thlnS
that will lower the prices of these or any other
highclass stock Just now i dcarer money.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23
SILVER AS MONEY

Now that the reconciliation of the silver
dollar Of 4l2ie grains may be regarded as a
fixed fact, the question rcCurS, will the predc
ton OF the Shylocks be verified, that it will
turn out to be "cheap money! "baSc com, -
worth but 80 cts. on the dollar ms compared
with gold The dollar of the fathers, thus
made legal tender, contains, as all know, il2i {,
grains of standard silver which the New York
Ecc,iAg Post, by ala elaborate calculation, fg
urcS out to be worth in the London market to
day 90S-l0 cts The subsidiary dollar now
coined by the Uniet! States and u legal tender
To the amount of five dollars contains $50 grain.
of standard silver, or 26l /, grains less than tn,
rcmonctlzed dollar. IL ought therefore to b,
worth nearly I 1ccnlS less than the latter, yet IL
point of fact it is worth, according To the SAINT
New York EcBiRg Posts reports, 96ii cts
or 6 cts. more, ccttin. this higher value purely
from the fact of its being legal tender in
limited amounts. VI then the legal tender
quality raises silver some - per cent in value
above that which is not a legal tender IN the
cast of our subsidiary coin, may we not conf
dcnty look for an appreciation of at least 5
per cent. in the case of the dollar of the faith
cr-s We should like to see some gold maniac
try Ia explain this business
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

The wife Of Ben Pitman, of Cincinnati III,
well known stenographer, having died recent
ly, her body was on Friday Of last week "crc
mated" or burned in the cremation furnace o
Dr. lie Noyne, at Washington, Pa, the SAINT
furnace in which the body of the illustriou
baron De Palm was crcmate1 in December
1876 About three thousand people fiocked Il
Washington 10 witness the operation, but NJ
one was admitted within the building cxcep
Pitman himself and few intimate friends
The body was reduced 10 ashes in about ~
hour and three quarters.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

Dick Oglesby, our other l.. ). Senator, sci
dom opens his mouth in the senate wlthou
putting his foot in it. On Tuesday the sen
ate was discussing the pension bill, and j
appears the committee had replaced on The
list a few southern soldiers of the war Of 1Sl.
who had been stricken OFF on account Of the re-
belion Dick Oglesby opposed this in one OF
his characteristic "famgasteous" howls against
the red handed rebels" Senator ingalls,, re
publican from Kansas, said in reply that man
capable of such an outburst against few help
less old men, showed spirit that would
strike a woman or kick baby. Oglesby's
amendment got votes to 80 against it.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

4 mysterious disease has broken out among
the mileh COWS of New Jersey. The doctor
wholly disagree as 10 its name or cause. Some
call It hollow horn, Others pleunpneumonia
md Others the Texas pest The symptoms
are. thai the animal becomes uneasy, mopcS
refuses 70 eat and in these respects acts not un
ike dog afflicted with hydrophobia. Arap
id loss Of flesh usually follows, the animal
shakes and shivers, finds great difficulty in
standing on its feet, bellows with pain, and
froths al the mouth The disease is no, con.
tagieus, "a. covs pasturcd in the same lot with
diseased cattle are NOT affected, while othcrs
miles away take the disease
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23
Foreign News.
The Peace prOspect.

There is Il vast amount OF speculation and
rumor in reference to the peace negotiations
between Russia and Turkey in progress at
Adrianop;e and the attitudes, cogitations, pur-
poses and menaccs OF the various European
cabinets in regard to the final solution of the
Eastern question, but everything is kept 50
rigidly under cover that very little gets to the
public that is reliable.
1t Is nearly safe to assume, however, that
England has presented to Russia as its ultima.
tum, OD that the Russian army shall not occu-
Ipy ConNtantinoplc, or if it does SO even par
TALLY ii must vacate before England will enter
the proposed conference; and (2) that any step
on the part of Russia to impair the freedom of
the Dardaneles and Bosphorus will be regard
ed by England as cdSuS bellt On no other
assumption can be Explained the gigantic prep
aratlons England is evidently making for war :;
and the apparent boldness with which Austria
is arming to the same purpose.
At the same time Russian hostility TO Eng
land since the appearance of her fleet in the
sea Of Marmora is on the increase, and in St.
Petersburg there is actually something like a
popular camor tor war with England The
Russian pretense Is that the movement of the
British fleet has had the effect to stiftcn the
back of the Turk and practically to interrupt
the negotiations at Adrianople, the Turkish
plenipotentiarics now declaring the autonomy
of Bulgaria nadmissible, though in the begin
ming they made no such objection
The peace efforts are rather hindered than
promoted, it seems, by the way in which Ger
many is interfering with earnest professions in
their behalf. The speech of Bismarck on Tues
day in the Reichstag is construed as so friend
ly to Russia as to amount to an abandonment
of Austria, and Is evidently so understood at
Vienna, as appears from the counter pronounce
ment by Count Auersperg, the Austrian pre-
mier.
1t seems agreed that the proposed confer
cnce is to meet at Baden Baden, but no time is
yet annouAced. 1t is reported that Russia pro-
posed that the United States be invited to Join
the conference, to which England made no OBJ
lection, proposing that Greece be also admitted
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23
Germany.

The marriages Of the Princess Charlotte,
daughter of the crown prince of Germany, and
the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Of Eng
land. To Bernard, hereditary prince OF the duchy
of SAKE. Meiningen, and of the Princess Eliza.
beth, daughter Of Prince Frederick Charles, to
Augustus, hereditary prince Of, the grand
duchy of Ohenburg, were sclcmnilcd at Bcr.
lin on Monday evening.
The king and. queen Of the Bclgians, the
prince of Wales, the duke OF Connaught, the
prince of Grange their to the throne of the
Netherlands,, and many German royal and
princciy pcrSonagcS witnessed the marriages.
\ unique feature Of the festivities, which
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

\ correspondent OF the 81 Louis RP"jltrqI',
wiring from Chester. H., says: As soon ~
the force commenced working ON the peniten-
rarv site your correspondent predicted that
>nneibinr Interesting would he cXhumed i'm
the wuv of rclics of a race Ion. gone from the
cor;hrthe mounG-buildcrs. The prediction
was verified last week by the laborcrS bringing
IN the surface IN image supposed IN be an
idol III inches in height and 81 inches around
thc chest. weighing IL pounds. The curiosity
i in the shape ui "a IMAM made from slate or
soapstonc, and j. in a sitting position, with the
RIGHT lcg drawn up. the right hand resting on
the knee while the lclt leg i resting tailor
fashion" and the leil arm hanging carelessly
down by the side On it> breast and abdomen
are numerous figures and characters; man
in a sitting posture, AN elephant, humantoOi;
and on the back are horses head, frog, an
as. fsh, IA turtle, and numerous other figures.
On the head Is a band and on the hand are in.
scribed some characters supposed to b. EgyP-
tian letters"
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

payment of the interest and creation of a sink
ing fund.
APPOINTMENTS.
The President has appointed Bayard Taylor
Minister to Berlin and John Baker of Illinois
Minister to Venezuela.
FOUR PER CENT LOAN.
The four per cent. popular loan, in spite of
the ugubrious predictions Of the gold-bugs, is
being taken by the people at the steady rate of
a million Il wcck.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

FIRST, LAST AND ALL THE TINE be il known
to the whole Bohemian tribe and nation, its
conrcncrs and affiliations, that we want no let
ters, correspondence or communications OF
missives Of any sort daily, weekly, monthly OF
annually, from the forthcoming Paris cXpoSi
ton We have already about peck letters
circulars etc, on the subject in our waste has
ket, and the stream will continue to flow into
that reservoir
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23
Cuba.

For about the forteth time in the last five
years the Spanish officials in Cuba have an
nounccd to the world that the revolution in
that island is completely suppressed, and
that the era of peace and prosperity about
to dawn News now comes from Havana that
formal peace propositions have been drawn up
by the authorities and submitted to the insur-
gent leaders, who have virtually accepted them
by the dissolution of their government and the
appointment Of committee to treat for for.
nal and final surrender. The terms offered by
the Spaniards will result in the voluntary exile
of most if not all, Of the leaders of the long
sustained revolution.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

The election in the thirteenth judicial dis
trict, embracing the counties of Lee, White
side &c, for Judge in place Of Judge Heat
on, deceased, took place last Monday and re-
sulted in the election of John " Eustacc over
James Mccoy by IA majority of about 2OOO.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

The little game Of the type founders ring OF
the United States to levy tax of a few mil
lions year on The book and newspaper print
crs through the swindling Wood tariff hill 10y
imposing a tax Of from 10 TO 75 per cent on
foreign type, needs, to perlec, il, an addendum
of tax of 80 or 100 per cent on all country
newspapers that don't paironize the patent in.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

WHAT \ FAM!-T. l.. Breckenridge, one o
the brightest lawyers ofnorthcrn illinois and I
political stump speaker Of state wide rep
utation, was lodged in the Will county Jail las
week for three months under the statute of thi
ards aSyl.m would be a better place for sucl
men, or, in its absence, the insane asylum.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

Hon. John llinchchflc died a, Bcllcvillc
Ill.,, on the 10Th inst. lie had been a member
both of the house and senate of the Illinois
Legislature, retiring from the latter after foul
years service, in 1874, and was known as an
able and thoroughly honest, uprigh, man. He
was a native Of England, 10 years OF age. and
had lived in this country about 30 wears.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23
Italy.


The conclave Of cardinals for the election OF
a successor to the papal throne, numbering 81
met for the first time on Monday evening in
the third story Of the Vatican, and arranged
the preiminaries to commence the balloting
for pope next day. Next day but one vote
seems to have been taken, but with what result,
except that there was no choice is not known.
On Wednesday the proceedings of the con-
clavc eliminated between 10 and | l o'clock in
the election of Cardinal Joachim Pecci, who
Pccci was chosen on the third ballot The
modcrates hesitatcd between Cardinals Fran
chi and PeccI but conflicting elements became
harmonzcd and the result Yves the election of
the latter The announcement TO the people
was made with the prescribed formalites and
ceremonies from the Vatican, and created in
tense excitement, although it had been accepted
as tOregone conclusion that an Italian Cari-
nal would bc the choice of the conClave..
The way of the election was this. After the
first ballot in the morning, Cardinal Pecci hav-
inc received 80 votes, which was five short of
the requisite two-thirds majority, when the
voting was finished and the papers burned,
Cardinal Franchi, and those holding the same
views with him, advanced and knelt before
Cardinal Pecci. This example being followed
by others, Cardinal Pccci's election was ac-
Icomplished by the method known as by
alteration"
The new pope is described rs tall with Il
fine head, high forehead, long face and straight
features He was born in Carpcnito in 1910
and is consequently Is years of age. When
istill comparatively young he was installed aS
archbishop of Pcrugia, and in 1858 made a
cardinal, his titular church being ST. Chrys-
ogonus tyonS Tijae, He i said To possess
rare sweetness of address and great personal
popularity. Politically he belongs to the party
who in the church's relations To the Italian
government, favor the y'0'V q'io.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23
England.

In the house Of Commons, on Tuesday even
ing a motion, offered by Meldon, home rule
member for Kildare county, in favor of the
equalization Of the Irish borough franchise
with that of England and Scotland was op
posed by the government and rejected, 134
against l2G. The announcement of the close
vote was greeted with loud opposition cheers
Bright and the liberals supported the motion
The House, on the same night, passed the
government bill establishing representative
boards for the government of counties.
The grain market shows slight advance in
wheat and maize barley and feed stutfs steady
The importation continues light in spite OF
half the weeks supply having come from
North Russia. Operators, however, are very
cautious IN view Of the political situation.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

The grcenback convention, called with sucl
q flourish to meet at Toledo on the 23d inst,
yesterday gave promise on Thursday nigh
Of panning out but indfierently. Up to that
time less than 100 delegates had arrived, head
ed by such notorious frauds as Blanton Dun
can, Jesse Harper, Sam Cary, T.J. Durantand
eXarchitcct Mnllct.
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

The Nelson Morris slaughterhousc at the
Chicago stock yards was destroyed by fire
early on Thursday morning. There were in il
beef carcasscs, $4,000 hides and 900 barrel,
Of talow. Most Of the live beeves were rescu
Cd but all else was destroyed. The loss is es
timated at Slj0,0O0, mitigated by Sl0l $50 in
kt,rancr
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

side swindle. In that way, by breaking up
another quarter of all the honest prin,lngoi-
fees of the country, they would doubtless ever
lastngly enrich themselves by the au'oi'
mancuvrc of "killng the goose that laid ne
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

Among the admissions 10 membership Of
tae Illinois State Social Science Association,
at It's annual meeting at Chicago the other day,
we notice the name of Miss Lydia Strawn, of
SbffaNy1
The Ottawa free trader., 1878-02-23

The population d Mobile has ircbled since
The war. The local papers say times are good
there and business fourisbing since carpet
baggcry ceased 10 rule.