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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
THE GOLD DOLLAR A DRUG |

The sheer of the gold bugs, that although
the West succeeded in dragooning congress
into remonetlzing the silver dollar, the govern
ment is unable to get it into general circula-
ton, impels the Grophic to show, by series
of INA inary dispatches that the same Difficult
ty obtains in regard to gold. The truth is,
since the passage of the reconciliation act
the silver dollar is exactly as valuable as the
gold dollar, and neither will get into general
circulation until we have specie payments
Following are the Grophic's no less truthful
than amusing dispatches;
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
FREEDMEN's SAVINGS BANK.

There is no blacker chapter in the history of
the republican party than that which relates to
the Freedmen's Savings Bank. The Bank, it
the war, by band dsinteresed Christian
statesmen and patriots among whom Gen. o.
o. Howard, Senator Pomeroy, and Boss Shep-
herd were shining lights. 1t succeeded in a
few wears in accumulahng about six millions
of dollars from the savings of the colored race.
1t had II charter from Congress, carefully franz
ed. At its organization o. O. Howard was
vice president and Boss Shepherd director
However, as the charter prohibited the loaning
of the funds Of the bank to its officers, How
ard Shepherd and that class of rinssters soon
Resigned and soon thereafter we find Howard
a borrower to the amount of $4,000, Boss
Shepherd to still larger amount, and these
worthless having got that clause of the charter
stricken out which confined loans to first mort
gage bonds and national securities, there was
next u general rush by the ringsters on the
bank, the securities Offered For loans being u
NJ Christian Association bonds, City Paving
Company bonds and rotten rubbish of that
sort Then the satanic" press set up howl
that the bank was being robbed and an inves
tigation showed that Satan" told the truth
OF the six millions OF deposits three millions
were shown to be hopelcssy sunk, or rather
stolen. Then Grant appointed three commits
sioners to wind the bank up. He appointed
Cresswell, of Chorpenning fame, an ignorant
negro named Purvis, and "A Wisconsin Dutch
man named Leopold. This was in July 1874.
AT the time the bank s cash and securities were
valued at S3,OOO,0O0. The commissioners have
been at work over four years winding up the
bank. During that time they have drawn $780,
600 as salaries and run up an expense account
of $179,000 and paid dividends amounting to
20 per cent, we believe 20 the depositors. If
they get per cent. more they will be lucky.
Meantime the pay of the commissioners, of
whom none but Leopold ever paid the slightest
attention to the business, goes on, and unless
congress soon interteres probably the expense
account will soon eat up the rest of the assets
and the claim of the dcpositors will end like
that OF the heirs in the famous case of Jarn-
dyce and Jarndyce.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

Kellogg, the fraudulent Louisiana senator
after playing fast and loose with Conkling and
Blaine as an antIayes republican, has lately
developed probably under one OF John Sher
mans peculiar epistolary persuasives, as an lr-
dent IIayesitc. He was compelled, however,
10 admit, under Buffers cross.cxamination be
in his opinion Packard, whom Hayes ousted,
was more fairly elected governor of Louisiana
thaa-the electors Of that state were given to
HAYES.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE lHAphi
with the following publications, furnishing Oo'l
at the prices named, postage prepaid. The OF
fer-open to old subscribers or new at an.
post Office IN the county-is the cHEAi'hs'
EVER MADE IN this county:
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly Times. 81 ' o.
FREE TRADER and Chicago Weekly lr'ga~' ~'o'
FREE TRADER a'iu oh''"s' 265
FREE TRADER and Prairie Farmer. .....,.,..' DIV
FREE TRADER and either Of Harpers p''pi'- .r
:, GATORS. 49,. - o..;jo:. 4.75
TREE rhApE Mel. "ni To3C'Ss Tojies, Book $50
THEE rhApLh IN 80 yo.t Jo,unM. 3l5
FREE TRADER and Phrenotogicdt Jonrn@.' o. =. -
FREE TRADER and 81. Nichotas ,;.''.''' . o. o ~
FREE TRADER and Domoyest's INonthty.,'... 3.S s2
FREE TRADER and Littelrs Lifting A9e.,.... 20 70
FRrr TRADER and Western Rural. ...:..,.. ~
FREE TRADER and Moore's Ra,at Neto Yorker 500
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20


A few months ago Judge Sawyer, of Califor-
MIA, made a decision that Mongolians, or Chi
nese, under the laws of the United States, were
barred from the privilege of becoming natural
lied citizens of this country. The ground OF
the decision was that naturalization, by our
laws, was confined to whites only and persons
of African descent, and as the Chinese or Mon
golians was neither they were debarred. The
decision caused surprise and good deal OF
comment at the time. We see, however, that
New York Judge last week decided, on the
same ground, against the naturalization OF
Charles Miller Monaghan, who has lived in
America twenty-elght years, during which
time he has accumulated a considerable amount
of personal property, together with family.
The laws of the L. 5. say that ANY alien, be
Ing a free white person, shall be entitled to
citizenship upon complying with the condi-
tions set forth which was subsequently
amended by extending the same privilege to
Africans. In the opinion of the judge Mon
polian is neither "whlte person" or an
African
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

The Douglas monument at Chicago for the
completion of which the last Illinois lcglsla-
ture made an appropriation of $4,000, has
been completed under the efficient manage
mcnt of the commissioners in whose charge
the work was placed, and on Wednesday there
was formal unveiling of the statue of Doug
las which surmounts it. Owing to the intense
heat of the day, there were not over 800 per
sons present to witness the ceremony, and for
the same reason the exercises were cut very
short. The unwilling was done by Judge j.
ID. Cation, president of the commission, who
accompanied the act with a brief speech, in
deed the only speech made on the occasion.
All the commissioners who had charge OF the
work were present, consisting OF Hon. ). ID.
Cation, Hon. Lyman Trumbull, Melville W.
Fuller, Robert Lincoln, Col. Ralph Plumb,
Gov. Koerner, Mr.. Fridley of Kane county,
and Potter Palmer.
The statue is thus described
1t represents to the eye of the beholder be-
low full-life size view of Senator Douglas as
he appeared with his closely-buttoned coat,
and his overcoat thrown back, revealing his
well.buit physique. The face Is a careful
production in enduring bronze OF those lea
lures which, in their firm-set intensity, I'M
pressed all who ever saw THE Little Giant
at his greatest with their remarkable earnest
ness and determination. The work of the ar
fist, perfect as it was has been transferred with
absolute fidelity to the noble bronze statue
which surmounts the beautiful granite column,
and which must ever be the pride OF Chicago
and its people.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

The democrats of the first Illinois Congress
ional district lin Cook county met on Monday
and nominated j. r. Doolittle, Esq, for con
gress. He is the son of ex-senator Doolittle,
of Wisconsin, and Il young man of decided
ability. The district is at present represented
by Hon VIM Aldrch, republican who was
elected by about $500 majority, so that the
case looks little desperate for Doolittles
election
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

Mr.. Thomas Mason, well known huinor;
ous writer whose most noteworthy productions
.nneared in the st. Louis Repujlicm over the
nom he plume of Il. y. Peck fell dead IN The
street last week at Rlston, near Jefferson City,
No-supposed to DC from sunstroke.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
Dsmoc,at,c Congressional Convention.


The democracy of the several counties OF the
9TH CONGRESSIONAL District are requested to
send delegates to Congressional Convention
to be held at the court house in the city OF "
tawa, on Wednesday, August 2Sth, 1878, at
9 O'Clock p. NJ, to nominate a candidate Tor
congress, and transact such other business as
NAV be deemed advisable. The representation
IN said convention will be one delegate for
every 200 votes cast by the democracy in 1876,
which will give Kendall a, Grundy q, VIII 70,
and La Sale 80 delegates.
p. A. ARMSTRONG,
G. FARLEY,
john w. CHAPMAN,
ALEX. VAUGHEY,
Democratic CentraL COMMITTEE.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

Yellow fever mas made its appearance in the
port of New York, there being some 20 cases at
the quarantine hospital in lower bay last Sun
day. Scarcely vessel arrives from Havana
Matanzas or Key West without some cases on
board. There is, however, no occasion for APP
prehension that the disease will spread.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

The President, VINO started out with such
strong promises against assessments for poiltl-
ga, nnrnoses modifies his Order No l so far
that though the clerks are not TO be called up
on for assessments in their offices, they can be
directed to pay them at the German-American
National Bank.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
The statue is thus described:

Governor Hampton seems to be trying 10
keep his promise of fair play to the Negroes
We see he was not afraid to be one ofthe guests,
with Bishop Gilbert Haven, at the commence
ment of the Clailin University, an institution
for the colored people of South Carolina, I'M
der the control of the Northern Methodists-
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
Democratic CeatrdL COMMITTEE,

The Illinois Democratic State Central com
mittee is called to meet at Springfield on the
9Th of August, and prominent democrats from
all parts of the state are invited to meet with
them. The object is to make arrangements
for etlccting thorough organization of the
party and naugurating a systematic canvass
Of the state previous to the September election,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

If the Democrats of Congress are desIrous OF
bringing 10 light and punishment frauds, why
do they not 90 into Mississippi and question
the Democratic White Liners a little Mon.
ris UeydH.
Or why not 90 into the San Francisco ras
caliiy, by which, through o. p Morton's pres
encc, eight thousand fraudulent republican
votes were polled in tina; city for Hayes in 1876
giving him the electoral vote of California by
fraud; or into the Nevada fraud, by which
Tildcn was cheated out of the vote of that
state? The reason for not going into the Mis-
siSsippi, California, Nevada or many other
like frauds is that the returns of those states
were regularly passed upon by the state au.
thorites, regularly sent to Washington and
there passed and counted without challenge.
But the cases of Louisiana and Florida were
entirely different Two and three different
sets OF returns were sent ~ Washington from
those states, and though socaled electoral
commission" was appointed TO examine and
pass upon them, they confessedly refused to
do So expressly relageting such examination
ovort6 the future action of congress under
Rat clause of the bill 10 constitute the electoral
commission which stipulated that It's decision
was not TO be final, but subject TO future NEVIS
ion by the supreme court or otherwise, under
the direction OF congress. See the difference 4?
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

d.. Whitney, the well kaown temperance
orator returned last week &c ms nome in he.
vance after months hard labor in Minneso.
"a He has an offer Of $4,000 year to take
permanent charge oil The temperance work in
TIA, state but las ROT yet decided on It's accept.
aDce
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

The big riot at Montreal on the 10Th inst,
for which such elaborate preparations had been
made, failed to come off according to pro
gramme. The Orangemen had assembled to
the number of about fifteen hundred and hav.
ing announced their determination to march
general crowd assembled to the number of
from five to fifteen thousand to prevent them
The government sent five regiments of red
coats to preserve the peace and the Mayor of
Montreal called out special police force of
800 more for the same purpose Gen. Smythe
at the head of the military, however, told the
Orangcmen that he would not use his forces
TO guard their procession,-his only purpose
was 10 fire on whoever disturbed the peace
and the mayors police force, consisting chief:
" of Catholics, was still less to DC relied upon
for protection. Under the circumstances, the
Orangemen considered discretion the better
part of valor, and abandoned their procession,
upon which the immense crowds that had
gathered to sec or participate in the anticipated
row quietly dispersed TO their homes
Of the entire population Of Montreal at least
threcfourths arc Roman Catholics, who have
been raised from childhood in the belief that
an Orange parade Is intended only as an insult
to their religion. Why the little knot Of O"
angcmcn p that city should persist each " Al
under such circumstances, to endanger d,e;
own Tres and the public peace by get me q
this foolish parade is hard TO accou n Coz o.
common sense principles. Possibl lheg hay
the legal right to do so-and 80 might
squad of southerners among. us have tn
legal right TO get up procession in homo
of the rebel victory at Bull Pun, but are the
to be pitied all the sane is in Jfus outragin
the general feeling OF The community the
should be pelted with hrickbaiss
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

Immense fo7es' fires are RAGING in Canada
along the 81 Lawrence river. A great deal of
railroad and Other property has been DESTROYED
AMI the inhabitants in some instances have
been compelled 10 take to the water on rafls
Navigation OR line nvcr rs Seriously inierfercl
with by dense smoke
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
THE INDIAN WAR,

While the dispatches from the region of In
dian hostilIties in Oregon, Idaho and Montana
during the week mention frequent slight
skirmishes and occasional murders by the hos
tile Indians, the only real engagement that oc-
CURED took place on the 18th near Cayuse sta
ton in the Umatilla reservation, Il few miles
east of Pendleton. There were about 400 hos
tiles who were met hy Capt Miles in command
of about 300 regulars aud volunteers. The
fight consisted of a sklrmish from to IL in
the morning, then the Indians charged but
were met by such "A hot fire from howitzer
that they fell back, with loss of 10, and re-
treated to the mountains. Capt. Miles's only
casualties were two men wounded. A number
of Umatilla warriors looked on as spectators
and seemed indifferent as to which side whip
ped 1t Is admitted, however, that a large pro
portion of the Indians engaged were Umatillas
Gov. Chadwick, of Oregon has issued a
proclamation calling for 800 more volunteers,
and with the regular forces in that state, thinks
he can take care of Oregon without further
assistance.
The Bannocks are generally north of the
Oregon river and range over the whole coun-
try from that river in Washington Territory to
Montana stirring up the savages to hostilties,
so that the whole region is now unsafe.
While, however, the forces at hand may be
able to prevent any more serious blooshed in
the region of hostilities above spoken of, the
symptoms grow daily more ugly in the North
west-the region OF the Sioux and Sitting Bulls
influence. A Washington dispatch says Gen.
Sherman is Fastening TO that region all troops
available for the purpose. Garrisons on the
seaboard have been Withdrawn, and heavy ar
artillery regiments havs been aimed and drilled
us infantry, and are en- route for the seat of war.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

Chicago had It usual wifemurder on sun.
day last 1eTry Kennedy, man nearly ffv
yeas oftgc, while drunk, shot and killed his
wife, end then sho, himself in the brc-st and
y Is uogght he win die from The wound.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

Quite nm able article from The pen Of Judge
Cation will DC found on the ed page of today's
FREE TRADER, in oppo-'don to the building
Of new court hoese by the county. The
Judge agrees wi,h everybody else that new
Jail is necessary, our present pen under that
name bcinS disgrace to civilization; but he
thinks ne old court house, with some tinker
ing, might BE- made 10 answer for many years
We, 10 come The Judge, we apprehend, will
find himself lonesome on this question 50 FAR
a. the people hereabouts at least are concerned,
nor will he get any sympathy among Che OH
GERS about the court house, or the judges, law.
yers, juymen, supervisors and Etigants who
in weather like this are obliged to do business
in that old rookery. However, it can do no
harm to discuss the question.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

Perry Smith, the well known Chicago CAPT
talist as well as democratic leader, gave a free
concert ut Lincoln Park last Sunday which
was attended by fifty thousand people
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
THE GREAT FRAUD.

The Potter committee at Washington, after
getting through with the testimony of w Pitt
Kellogg last Saturday, adjourned to meet again
at Atlantic City on the 23d-next Tuesday.
Kellogg's examination lasted nearly three
days, and while he swore straight through in
behalf of the republican party with the skill
of an Old Bailey professional, he was com
PEELED 10 admit that 10 the best of his knowl
eoge the election in the Fclciana parishes was
peaceful, and that no bull doing occurred
there for at least week or two before the cleo
ton. He was also quite certain that Packard
was as clearly and honestly elected at the Lou.
isiana election in 1876 as any of the Hayes
electors. Indeed, although the returns at one
stage showed Packards election, he says it was
found that two of the Hayes electors were
beaten, and 1t was necessary to throw out some
more parishes to give them an apparent ma
jority. He also admitted that, so far as he
knew, every man in any way connected with
alleged fraudulent returns and the returnir
board in Louisiana in 1876 has been la -.
care otH'-that is, rewarded with Office h,
Hayes.
The most important evidence til" Cav nm
covered by the Louisiana wing of ho po,,o
committee is that of William SIR MO-, On ,h
effect that after the returning ,srd IN Nou
Orleans in 1876 had complete" ,bsir wor, nm
of It's members-Cassnave is h.,,;o,od ., h. ~,
manufactured to sign Tho ,ns,crs short of 70
ceiving $4,000 cash do 81, which was finall,
paid him. Another ui,p.ss--ox srneryiso
Kelly, of New Orb sps-svore that after IN
eicc''oh Ill io'o M 4logg personally urged hin
TO make pro'es after he had told Kellogg 1t
oou'U "o' w " tr1thfully; that Kellogg wrot'
ou' P'o''S = which he finally signed; and
'ha' sum- one afterward altered this protest
huueu T" it, and attached false affidavts
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

III July business circular of Dunn Barlow
. n makes the somewhat startling statement
l ~ the failures in the United States for the
, frst six months Of the present year are 5,S25,
as against 4,7t9 in 1877, an increase of over
/ 1000 in number, equal to p per cent The
liabilities for the first half of 1873 are $780,
100000, rs against 800 100000 for the same pc
riod of last year, percentage of increase still
greater These figures are Of grave import as
an Indication Of the state of trade. Never be
fore in an equal period in the history of the
country have business misfortunes been so nu-
merous or aggregated IN amount of loss by
had debts so great"
The circular, however, says these statistics
should not be accepted As a true test of the
present condition of business, but rather as the
result OF the exceptionally adverse trade of last
winter; and THINKS the outlook for the future
! is full OF cheering hope.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
FIFTH DISPATCH.

WASHINGTON, July 10.-A redheaded man,
without any coat, vest or shoes, is harangulng
the crowd from one of the windows of the
building occupied by New York correspond
ents He says our Liberties are in danger be.
cause the people will not use the gold, and the
Government declines TO let them have 1t un-
less they pay for it. "What shall we do about
itg" he, shouts. "Cheese IT." responds be-
wildered- looking person in the band-wagon in
a loud voice. The combat deepens. There is
trouble of danger. NERITAs.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

Subscriptions received Tor all The principal
newspapers aud periodical. In The United States
az OsInan & Hapeman's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
DEMOCHATIC STATE TICKET.
FOR STATE TREASURER,
E. L. CRONKRITE,

FOR STATE TREASURER,
Ell. CRONKRITE,
Of Stephenson County,
FOR SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC lN0iH''ii''
S. M. ETTER,
OF Sangamon County.
FOR CLERK OF SUPREME COURT
HIRAM r. ENOCH,
OF winnebago County.
FOR CLERK OF APPELLATE COURT.
JAMES r. WASH,
OF Livingston County
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
SECOND DISPATCH,

WASHINGTON, July TO- 4 90 a. m-The con.
dition of things is worse than at first supposed.
1t seems that gold coin has actual. " been paid
out in large quantities from time to time; but
the effort of Mr.. Sherman to g ct rid of 1t has
been utterly futile, as people iefused to have
anything to do with 1t, and p' aid it right back
again for customs-duties. The tumult in.
prpaspS'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20

NAsiiiNGT On, same day, evcnisg.-The
amount OF Did coin imprisoned in the treasury
Is even yrcater than at first reported. 1t
amounts IN, % the sum of SlGl I3,0l5. Nobody
VIII nav e it. Millions of dollars of it has been
Palu o Il, and 1t comes right back again. The
ACT u JclarIng gold coin to be money will be
repe A,ed as soon as congress meets. The
ou al belonged to a circus.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
GOLD DOLLARS A DRUG!

The Goce,ament Finds ii Impossible to Keep
them in CirculatiOn
The following alarming dispatches have
just come to hand, per private monographs,
Special Dispatch to tie Graphic,
WASHINGTON, July 10.-There is saq,ss ey.
element here over the discovery that ts,ere Is
in the Treasury Department $1sLgs39l4 in
gold coin. This clearly shows taat the law
authorizing the coinage Of gold was unwise
and is virtually dead letter,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-07-20
HARK! THIRD DISPATCH.

WASHINGTON, July 10. p. m.-Thc greatest
fear Is expressed that. the sad condition of
things VIII bring gree .nbacks down to the price
OF goa. Inc voice. of brass band can be
neard coming 90 ,wn Pennsylvania avenue.
trouble Is feared An explosion of--[The