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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31

William Lloyd Garrison, well know as on,
Ji tie pioneers q the old abolition party OF
This country, died iast Saturday II, TIE home
Of his son in New Rork city, aged about Il
years He WAS bo.n in 1904 at Ncwbrryport
Mass. his father being u West India skipper
At " years OF age Sc became shoenskcr's
apprentice, but aiterGards learned the print
ing trade He first became noted a. an aboh
tioR.st IN about 1890, advocating his ism II
VARIOUS short-lved papers until about 1881
when Le started the Boston "Liberator," pa
per whieG survived the Emancipation Pro
eaniatiGn, but is now discontinued Though
a man a limited education, Mr Garrison was
IN able and fluent speaker and vigorous writ
er. He never held any important public posi-
lion, and vas never wealthy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

! Most of the appropriation bills grabs and
lno grabs having been worked through both
houses Of our legislature the prospects are
now favorable for an early adjournment. In,
deed, as two-thrds of the members always
runaway after Fridays adjournment 1t Is
doubtful If II quorum can again be got together
after last night, though the final adjournment
may be STAYED oil until Monday to enable the
members to draw two days more pay.
The $4,000 grab to pay the debts of the
Joliet penitontiary was isally dragged through
in spite of the heroic efforts of the democratic
members to defeat It. After defeating it in
the house il was revived in the senate as an
amendment to an appropriation bill and sent
back to the house, where it was rushed thro
by bare majority, though being IN approprl
alton for deficiency the democrats insisted
that under the constitution 1t must be passed
by a twothiris vote. The republican speaker
however, decided otherwise, and his decision
being sustained on appeal, the constitution
was ignored
Kindred in nature but of vastly greater pro
portions was the passage OF the Chester pen
tertiary steal. Originally the commissioners
of that concern asked for 100000. The ap
preparation committee, after carefully looking
INTO the case, cut down the appropriation tC
$25OOOO, and the Chester commissioners en-
pressed themselves satisfied Last Saturday
however, they invited about 50 members of the
! Legislature to Chester and rave them a big
drunk, the result of which was when the
Chester steal came up on its final passage on
! Thursday, the sum was raised to the original
500 900, and under the whip.lash Of the pre-
vious question actually forced through both
houses, in spite of the vehement protest of fifty
honest members.
The militia bill, to which such Il violent OPP.
position had been raised particularly by the
communists, went through both houses safely
on the Odd.
There having been hundreds OF bills adj
vanced to the stage of third reading IN both
houses at the beginning Of the week, requlr
ing but final vote to pass them, many such
bills, on all sorts of questions, have been
worked through" In the long list we Lo,icG
a> worhySi mention:
Bill forbdding the pay Of miners in store
orders
Bill for the protection of brook trout.
Bill to punish unauthorized persons for per
forming marriage ceremony.
Bill requiring polls at all municipal cleo
tons to be kept open from $ \. NJ. to 4, p. NJ.
Bill voting $4,000 to complete the Douglas
monument.
Bill to punish bank officers for receiving de
posts when the bank is insolvent
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31
SUPREME JUDGE IN THE COOK DISTRICT

The Republican political strikers and ward
bummers III Chicago, after great deal of eff
tort, finally got convention together last Sat
urday to nominate candidate for supreme
Judge, in the seventh or Chicago district,
against Judge Dickcy, who declined a party
nomination and runs as an Independent candi-
date The republican convention nominated
Thomas Dent. The district includes Cook,
Lake, Dupage and viii counties, and If the
party lash can be welded effectively, Mr.. Dent
must he elected, as the district is republican
by at least five thousand majority. But we
have no idea tina, the game will work. While
there is nothing to be SAID against Dent per
sonally, or his ability as lawyer, or fitness for
the judgship the position he is placed in as
the candidate of politicians TO be elected as n
political Judge is one it seems to us no right
minded man can covet. However preemnent
may he his qualifications, and we have no
doubt he and his friends estimate them at all
they are worth, Mr.. Dent cannot be claimed
to be the superior Of Judge Dickey, and
considering the experience of the latter on
the bench in addition to his high position IN
the legal profession, it is an understandable
boldness even to claim Mr.. Dent to be Judge
DIctey's peer. In tins light, therefore, as II
candidate of the political rings and bummers
merely, with no superior claims or pretensions
on the score Of integrity or fitness, the candi.
dacy of Mr. Dent swell, TO draw it mildly,
Il mistake and his election under the cirCum-
stances, like that Of another supreme judge
II few years ago through the granger craze,
would be to no small extent in dcrogation of
that dignity which ought to be inseperabe
from our highest judicial tribunal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31
CONGRESS-.
las, OccOuni

As every body knew beforehand would be the
case, the President has vetoed the legislative
appropriation bill on account Of the rider"
abolishing the national election laws. Though
the bill was presented last Saturday he delay
cd his veto until Thursday, 80 as not to look
as if he had prepared it beforehand"
The Warner silver bill was forced through
the house by an all night session on Friday
night of last week. 1t makes the standard
dollar of 412l5 grains legal tender for all
debts public and private. The silver dollar is
made receivable for customs dues, and will be
used in part at least in paying interest on the
bonded debt Certificates to parties deposit
ing bullion for coinage and certificates repre-
senting com in the treasury will be issued,
both classes to be receivable for duties on iu-
ports 1t is doubted whether the bill will get
through the senate before the close of Tie eX.
ira session.
The yellow fever bill, as it IS called has
passed both houses and will doubtless be
approved by the President, 1t establishes
rigid quarantine for all vessels arriving from
foreign yellow fever ports
\ bill has also passed both houses making
subsidiary silver coins redeemable in green
backs or legal tender dollars when presented
in sums of $40
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31

Queen Nictona's siNtieth birthday was the
occasion Of grand celebration at Montreal
on Saturday of last week. Besides Il monster
procession, big feast, balls, &c, there was a
gorgeous military parade and Il mock battle
witnessed by their highnesses the Marquis OF
Lorne and his wife the Princess Louise, who
also reviewed the troops. But more notable
than all others in the gay throng of 10000 pco
pie was the famous Brooklyn 18th Regiment
of n. y. n. G. accompanied by Henry Ward
Beecher as chaplain. During the grand par
ade, as the Marquis of Lorne came to the
Brooklyn regiment he stopped and removing
his hat addressed to Col. Aston a most hearty
welcome. The regiment took a prominent part
tertained by a dinner at the Windsor Hotel, IN
the course of which, when the health Of the
President of the United States was proposed
the Marquis of Lorne said
Il desire to express the earnest wish that
comes from my heart and speak is the rep
rescntative of the country which serve. The
wish is, May God bless the powerful nation
over which he rules
Beecher responded TO the toast He referred
to the embarrassment under which Mr. Hayes
labored probably as fraudulent President
He next eulegized General Grant very strong
ly and remarked that he was coming back to
the western horizon, and whether he would
rise again no one could tell. In conclusion
he said that the United States wanted no more
territory. What they wanted was population
Canada he said, was destined to live as Il sep
arate commonwealth for thousand years He
concluded an eloquent speech, evokng grea,
enthusiasm, by expressing the kindest wishes
and goodwill Of America towards Great Brit
ain and her Empress. Queen
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CANAL BUSINESS.

While the business of the canal thus far thi
season shows perhaps no falling OH as com
pared with last year it shows no material gail
as il ought to, ard naturally those who take NJ
pains to look further jump to the conclusion
that the fault hes with the management OF tn
canal. Last weeks La Sale Press, rcicrrin!
to the large diversion Of corn and other grain
To Peoria that naturally ought to go to Chica
20 through the canal, correctly enough attrlb
utes il to the unjust system of Inspection II
Chicago and the gouging of her warehouse
men, and then, rather lllogically, pitches into
the canal board and superintendent, and ask
with closing flourish: when will the cleo
tors of the state awaken to an appreciation o
the necessity OF a radical change in the man
agemen, of the canal-a change that shall re
ieve il Of the bulk Of lis present official cX
penses and secure an administration of wist
economy
The canal is at present run at an expense
of some $Gj,000 year, which includes all re
pairs, engineering and the pay of half dozen
of halfstarved collectors, sixteen lock tenders
&c. If the Press can suggest plan to run the
hundred mile ditch at a smaller annual eX
pense doubtless the canal board will be thank
ful to hear from that quarter
The truth is, so far as we can learn, the
whole trouble lies, as the Press suggests with
the faulty inspection system and the warehouse
greed at Chicago. All corn arriving by canal
at Chicago, we are advised, ON account OF The
water carriage, comes there with trihing
dampncss or light dew on the top, which readl-
" disappears on clcvatlng the corn into a
warehouse or transferring 1t to railroad cars.
But the present system requires the corn to be
inspected on board the canal boat Immediately
upon It's arrival when it is of course graded as
damp, or rejected, when in reality, If the in
spectlOn occurred after elevation, 1t would pass
for No. or high mixed, worth cent or two
more than rejected" The inspection cannot
occur after the corn is transferred TO Il ware
house or to the cars or vessel, for then 1t
loses its identity; besides the transfer to a
warehouse involves an additional gougc Of a
cent or two a hushci. The result of all is, that
most Of the river corn thai formerly went Tx
canal to Chicago now gocs to Peoria, where Il
more honest system Of inspection prevails; or
it stops at Joliet, where corn passed as reject
ed" in Chicago is received as No, or high
mixed" and where the warehousemen, being
the buyers, levy no additional blackma;l rs
elevator charges.
Various remedies for the evil have been pro
posed. The most practicable one, perhaps is
that substantially asscnted to at a recent meet
ing of The canal board and railroad and ware
house companies at Chicago,-to establish Il
new grade for corn to be known as canal corn
No !. or 2, or mixed" as the case may be.
This would let in canal corn on its merits, and
do away with the to 3 cts. bushel shave to
which canal grain must now submit at Chca-
90, and which is driving the bulk of the river
corn TO Peoria or stopping it at Joliet.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31
CORBIN.

The act of President Hayes, III sending the
nomination of d. r. Corbin to the L. 5. SEN
ate for the chief justceshlp OF Utah. involves
such an insult as to deserve Il prominent place
among the articles of impeachment there is
talk of prcterring against HIM. Of all theJir-
ty scoundrels who were engaged in the lnta-
nous plot that robbed Tilden OF the presidency
and counted Hayes in, Corbin was perhaps
the most shameless if not the most efficient.
On that score alone to ask democratic SEN
ate TO assist Hayes in rewarding the man for
his iniamy Is such scandalous aront as to
demand something more at the hands of the
senate than merely Il prompt rejection. Judge
Mackey, a well known South Carolina rcpub-
lican leader, "a year or two ago sketched this
man Corbln in q republican convention of that
state, IN pretty little speech as follows;
The jewellers along the Nile have IA custom
of erecting columns on the banks for the pur-
pose of indicating by the mud marks on these
shafts how high the river has risen, for in that
way they are enabled to predict what the size
of the harvests will he as in Egypt the whole
character of the crops depends upon the over
nilometer Sir, d. II. Corbin is the nilometer
of South Carolina politics. You can always
judge of the mud tide of corruption by watch
ing the prosperity of this man. Some despoil-
ers, jewelcd in the tears of a betrayed and plum.
dercd commonwealth, are content to daily with
their victim and feel but the touch of her soft
and tender hand; but this monster, in his
greed and lust, clasps her naked to his breast.
The character of Corbin Is not only inta-
nous as a phenomenally corrupt politician,
but he is II notorious yOVe and blgamist, who,
so far from occupying position on the bench,
ought To he in the penitentiary Doubtless
his bestial instincts are what prompt him to
ask Hayes for position in Utah, and Hayes
knowing his man, and willing to crafty his
british instincts, naturally sends him to that
bigamous territory.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31

FoREIGN.-The war between England and
Afghanlstan is at an end II treaty OF peace
having been concluded between Maj. Cavig-
mari and Yakoob Khan. England gets Sibl,
Kurum and Pishin valleys with their import
ant passes ana guarantees to iakoob an annu-
al subsidy of 100000.
Movements in South Africa against the
Zulus are apparently at stand still, awaiting
the arrival of Sir Garnet Wolsley, who has
been appointed supreme military commander
in that quarter and left England with his staff
for Natal on Thursday.
The London Times comments with consid
cradle bitterness on the kearney constitution
recently adopted in California, declaring 1t the
most astounding instrument ever framed for
the government of civilized community I'll
all the notions of the reformers who put forth
their panaccas for the regeneration OF the hu-
man race during the Paris commune were
embodied in the document, they would not
appear wilder. more absurd, more menaclng
than MANY of the provisions of the constltu
ton which now regulates the existence OF
dwellers in California. Everybody is to be
nunished and restricted in some way. Those
persons only are excepted who have nothing
To lose"
The Darien ship canal international con-
cress that had been IN session IN faris ior
week or two past closed on Thursday Inc
,ow.s, estimate of the cost was about Sl4O,-
DOC. 900, sum so enormous that the chances
in favor of the construction of the canal during
the present century at least must be regarded
as rather slim.
Greece is preparing for war against Turkey
about her northwestern boundary, h'ine
modified thirty Thousand men and sent IN
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31

Tie JoliG RepUbticaa takes a calm survey
u the field at this Iuncture," to ascertain how
matters stand as TO the judicial election next
week, and concluding that, by disregardlng
politics in our judicial elections heretofore,
we have been blessed with pure judiciary
then proceeds falsely at least so far as the
FREE TRADER as conceincd) to accuse this pa.
per and the Joliet sigaal of an effort ito run
IN political Judge" and solemnly concludes,
If class Of men are seeking TO elect Ger.
ram man because he is Democrat, beware OF
that man! lie is to be used for political pur.
poses and we don't want himl!"
The fun of 1t is that in the same column the
Republeaa indites a long article in favor Of the
election of Thomas Dent tor Supreme Judge
over Judge Dickey, solely because Mr.. Den,
il the nominee Of a political convention Will,
Judge Dickey refused 10 accept political
nomination. Billed down the ethics of th,
Republican is, If a man is sought TO be electet
as Democrat, beware Of himl but if a lot o
political ward bummers and ring masters SC
up a man 10 be elected as Republican, vot,
for him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31

THE Iowa GREENBACKERs held "A state con
yention at Dcs Moines on Wednesday and
nominated IL candidate for Governor and other
state officers, and declared in favor of General
Weaver for the Presidency. The candidate
nominated for Governor was Daniel Campbell
OF Clark county, a ''fusionist," as he Is called,
"a greenbacker willing to fuse with the demo.
crats,l who received large majority over the
Rev. Mr. ingalls,. an anti-tGsionist In attempt.
ing 10 agree on a platform the convention
split in two, the minority, or crazy green.
hackers, insisting on a resolution in favor of
paying off all the government bonds at once
IN greenbacks and burning them up, while a
more moderate party and large majority were
in favor Of paying the bonds in good faith in
gold and silver as they fell due, according to
contract. As published, the platform adopted
declares in favor of paper money issued exclu.
sively by the government and against the pa.
per issues OF the national banks; IN favor O,
free coinage Of silver; in favor of arrear OF
pensions and the equalization OF the pensions
OF the soldiers; in favor of free elections and
against soldiers al the polls; IN favor of tenn
peranee; against convict labor and apains,
courts entering judgments for attorney fees.
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Though Dennis Kearney fount little folio"

Though Dennis kearney tounG little follow.
ing wear ago in the East, and did Butler ID
Massachusetts more harm than good, ne IS
king in California, and now having trlumpheG
in saddling upon them Il constitution embody
inc some of his widest ideas, he announced
in a sand.lot speech on the 18th, the future
programme of his party as follows:
4, the next election we will capture the city
And the MAYOR at salary of $3.50 month,
will he held responsible for every dishonest
net of his employees, and he will be kept busy
running around everywhere. The street cars
will be declared public property and eight
hours will constitute days work, and the
next legislature will be called upon 10 make
an amendment to the new constitution to the
effect that no man IN California, after the year
1880. shall be allowed TO own over one hun
,dred and sixty acres of land. Applause
Three land commissioners will also be APP
pointed To go South and examine the fraudu.
lent grants which were cOncocted in hell AMI
signed by the devil with a pen dipped in sui
phur. If the democrats and republicans Were
dishonest last year, they will be 50 this year.
Ii is impossible 10 fOlm new party out Oh
such material, and the sooner they disband anu
90 to hell, the better. We mean TO bring about
the reforms We began two years ago, IN spite
of all the powers this side OF hell. The blood
hounds are on the wrong scent this time ana
will have to take back seat, for If they think
to catch this fox they Will find they have made
n - big blunder, and the Chinese must
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31

The great St Patricks Cathedral, which
was dedicated in New York last Saturday
amid such imposing ceremonies, is the largest
church cdifice in the United States and one of
the largest in the world. The corner stone
was laid in 1853 by Archbishop Hughes, and
the work on it has been progressing ever since
Up to this time it has cost trfle over $1,000
600, but 1t will cost 5000 more to complete
the architects plans. Some idea of It's size may
be gathered from its interior which is divided
into the usual nave, choir, or sanctuary, and
TRANSCRIPTS. each being divided into a central
aisle, with a clerestory and two side aisles, by
thirty.iive magnificent and perhaps unequallcd
clustered columns of white marble from which
spring the arches which support the walls of
the cerestory. The dimensions are AS follows:
Interior length BOG feet breadth of nave and
choir, 96 feet exclusive of the chapels; length
of the transept 40 The width Of the central
aisle is IL feet. and the height los feet The
width of the side aisles Is "a teet and their
height "a feet The ceiling is very richly
groined with rubbing, having vases of foliage
n, their intersection. The capitals of the COL
umns are of rich foliage of various designs
Europeans have been wont to say that Ameri-
ca has no church cdifices. She has meeting
houses, some large enough and expensive
enough, but sue has no Cathedral comparable
with st. Peters st. Paul's, Notre Dame, Stras-
burg. Milan, &c ST. Patrick's IN New York
gives us at least one Cathedral that Will bear
lconparison with old world dimensions and
architecture.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31
DE GUB'MENT BOAT

The story started week or two ago that the
shores ofthe Mississippi river were lined with
negroes anxious to migrate to the North but
that the boat captains refused 10 take them, Is
fatty contradicted by all the hoatmen, who
are not only anxious to carry the negroes foi
pay, but have carried hundreds without pay
However, all last week the steamers from be
low, though they passed hundreds of negroes
and though they stopped frequently and of
tered To take the dusky freight at almost any
price, got no passengers, and for the reason, as
the captains learned in conversation with the
negroes, that they had been told, and implicit
ly believed 1t, that IN few days government
boat would come and take them 10 Kansas, OF
wherever they wished to 60 for nothing. Al
Grecnville the crowd had swelled 10 many
hundreds, and no argument could convince
them otherwise than that the "gubment boat
would be along in very few days, and no per
suasion could induce them 10 leave on any
other boat The people of Greenville wcr,
fearful that, as the heated season had come
the city's health would be endangered by tn,
budding together ON the ievec Of such larg,
number of negroes, since nothing could b,
more likely 10 breed contagious disease; ant
an official order was issued 10 the effect tha
the encampment must be broken up. Thi'
story abou, De Gub'mcn' Boat" doubtless
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31

During the thunderstorm last Sunday morn
ing Thomas Ash, the driver of the canal boat
"Mayflowern was instantly killed by stroke
Of lightning about seven mile. this SIDE 81
Joliet. The team, consisting Of five mules
and tine property Of Ash, was also killed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31

Mr. Blane's call for the republican conven
tion in Maine tearfully insists upon elections
free from the interference and violence of the
so-callea state militia and the assassins who
with deadly weapons have seized dac polls in
many of the Southern states This statement
implies severe censurc upon the Republican
President and Auorney.Gcneral who last yeal
paid very little nttention to protecting the bal
lotbores in the Southern states, bW conccn
irated their efforts upon certain large cities OF
the North
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31

1t Is announced that Grant will leave Yoke
hama for San Francisco about the last of June,
which will Land him in California before Au.
gust. This will doubtless give a fresh lmpet
us 10 the grand reception scheme that the third
term bumnfers and blowers have set on foot
They will need reinforcements from The East
otherwise the reception iA California will
prove tame enough, if even the hoodlums al
low Grant 80 land without insult.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-05-31

Brother Moody, the evangelist, has strong
hold on the confidence Of Christian people
wherever he has labored, but X is to be feared
Baltimore the evils of the times, lle stated that
politicians aye striving to stir uPsectional feel
lngs, and urged on Christians the duty OF try
ing To prevent it. Such heresy SHOULD not pass
without rebTke.