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tic mcoliDg then adj ,urned.

+. y maetEg Of Inc cGmmi!tec today 1t Was
dc,grUl:et hat = sub committee should Lr coed
To- Richmond tomorrow 10 consul: and aGviac
with me Senator irom tins district ,ad taa Uulo-
gales from this city IL reference 10 tho bill now
pending, aCd TO urge lis rejection, or 70 have i.
So amended ~ - s'CIrC the construction Of the
Washington ard ONO !osd - Winchester, with
i.s LerlniaG! point retained TT Al, : ,ndTa
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A BENEVOLENT Work The Muho9ist
Ch1fch, OF NJ. York. Is .nstsbtlg engaged
ID providing Tor .he ircr ;asc cf It's borders. To
sapCrate orgauiz2tiJu has been committed the
york OF * erCiGs The iuflol C: If tbs church,
Rev. ". 7. CoE5itt, the famous rcviysiist, i:
chairman of this committee Of eXtsut ou-aaG
&c used to be martyr Of Deurslsia. His cure
be asc-bes TO Giles I.inineut loGldc Ammopia
Giles Pills cure Jsuodice. Sold by all drug
Gists. Send fJr pamphlet to DR.. GILES. ~
West Broadway, H. Y. Tris! sz % nts.
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FROM top 70 cellar STACKED with DR.
GOODS at Isaac EiCnBERG's,
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\. II. Z. A.-Gho regular monthly mcctiDe
OF this association Pes held lest nj hi il the NJ
| y. Church Cafs room, and 10 tho absence OF the
president Il. ", B ,gG!o was called TO the chair
The meeting was opcned with toe usual rr!igi-
Gus exercises. aa3 On motion TIC general secrc
| taIp vas appci5!Gd 10 record the minutes The
proceedings c! the last meeting we're read and
approved.
Reports from the various activities were
taadc, which Wcro generally FavOrsb'c Fhc
report OF tho general secretary was approved.
The SeDera! secretary vas ordered 70 supply
the Sunday aiternUon prayer maei!oG commit
tee With 40 copies Of tho No. 3 hymo beck.
1t Vas suggested that he rncn bers Of sho asso'
clsiioD use STRENUOUS efforts 10 iucI G 3sc the at
tendance At the Sunday meeting, CT o'clock
The chairman CT the cx2c1tiva committee was
authorized to subscribe iog fur copies Of tho
Wschman Tor 0oe year for ds;TibU;au.
Notice was given Of the death OF the late
Mr. JetierSoo lacey, and on motion Mcss.s.
jas. K, Catonaad Geo. Ramcy were Appointed
70 dastt suitable resolutions 10 appreciation OF
Bis faithful work while meuibr Of tho assc
citation aud pub,leh the saGlo IL the Alexandra
GaZatte,
Tho executive committee reported the names
st hessrs, Oscar L. Bapcc,t aud Geo Z. Baker
OF toe Methods; Epi5copa! Church for active
membership, AID they were unanimously
elected
Alter prayer The association gdjourlpd
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27'Ai pat q .GosC reptc.eoIo2 Ia" c9mmei~
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great inS NFi'itg! 0, c2oS'saG"oS Fa!iroac
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inc Con1cE"eaHH, aug esp :-!'y SO u c It'll
ra'c agaihss the 0Hsllc5s iu.ofcSia 0i A!eZaa-
ara.
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ham was CHOSEN cl4if2aa, anc, N m@A9n oi
LcT!5 Icheizc Il L. bT cE"!t gas sr2Oin;ed
scc,etaFy.
thS nc tag f,"iE% ofSaa:z2j, ne Oil n0V
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lG& The cil'ta' StoSA OF uot ie:s tha2 one mll
loo doll rs snail be paid up; that TIC proposed
Dev ei1.p,py shell rurchas, thc q {; d X
+ ana q ,o.i,uc, j. rosI on fir n.n,,~s.G liz.
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\ DIVIDED HoTsE-A house divided
agai5st Itself oannot stand-is truth that no
one doubts. Such is the condition. ofthe TeaCjus-
ters party ID this city. One wing says you
shalt aod the ether savs, we won't" The
self appointed eX cutlYe c2muIttee Of the party
tDct soma time ago, aad selected c:Tiaip
friends" from each ward TO &C. with theru With
the understanding that the p,ivatos would BE-
given 20 opportunity 10 seec; their oWn COM
mttccmcn after some little matters were put
10 shape, But the committee fpdiDg that
little power was a good thing. was 10th to lex
70, and 20 ono ought to obj CT to this, Ter q
lhtte b!ief authority makes a little ma1 feel
awful big. We'll. to give SONG color 20 the
claim Of fair dasiiOg, the representatives, Of the
Ih:rd Ward &C thu c3mmittec calico meCllCg
10 that WerG last D.ght. FOR the purpose o!
cleclpg members OF the !uli1g power. !, ga,
Intended to be quiet a select affair. There
vas 10 rtc 9s5!ty tor large mec!irg, they
would inst seleo. thosa already app iaied-
MtSara. 4. /. LLc 6, d L Windsor. Hannibal
King, j, q. Mottrr and Walter l. Peun--ard
20 nome. But the wont" aiog got hold OF
tho I!ti'c arfGngcn' d, and we're thcce prompt
IS IL iulI to3c:. i hgn tie ring masters"
cams along AID Looked upIn that eager, auxi
o1s crowd Immediately :ho7 ali exclaimed. viii
one accord, TRAITORS 70 1ur mIGst." after :
short cluSuitaluo, II Vas q C led that the meD
ought not Il be kept out late at plight aud tha,
as !hora was uOtn!o& OF Importance 70 be con-
5Idefcd, they would uOs!pGDc The meeting 10
5Ume other eight II is understood that iaYi.
taioDs nave beer scnt CUT Tor a meeting 10.
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80 AND SEE TIC IMMENSE STOCK at
ISAAC EICHBERG's.
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MUMMY Cloth. yard wide, at Sc. yard al
ISAAC fICHBGRG
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-24
THE ERIE CANAL,

New York has fight on hand to save heI
great canal not unlike that Illinois went
through year aAO to save her canal The
trainers of the last constitution Of New York
like those of our new constitution, had the fol
ly to put into it clause forbldding any money
to be expended upon the enlargement or main
tenanco of her canal beyond the net receipts
of tolls. In Illinois we brldged over the diff
Guilty by assuming that such inhibition did
not prevent the Legislature from voting to the
maintenance of the canal net toll receipts here
tofore paid into the state treasury. But the
New York constitution admits of no such latl
tudinous construction When the tolls of the
year cease to pay the expenses of the year, the
canal must stop. Thus the Erie canal is com
pletely at the mercy of the railroads They
need but for single season put down their
freight charges to such rates as to take all the
freight from the canal, and it must be aband
oned. And the temptation of the railroads to
do so is, humanity speaking irresistible, for
they would make millions by the operation
Nor have the railroads any too much con.
science to do So The only hindrance to then
having done so already is, that the New York
legislature still has the power to forbid their
carrying on any terms certain freIghts that be.
long peculiarly to the canal, and if the rail.
roads undertook TO play the hog, the legsla
ture might exercise that power.
Yet while as late as 1870 81 cts per bushel
were charged as tolls on the Erie canal on
grain, and the canal was carrying two and
three millions net year, railroad competition
since then has run down the tolls to one cent
o bushcl and the receipts Of the canal to a sum
ba,ely covering running expenses, without
leaving any surplus available for enlargement
or even extensive renewals of locks, embank.
ments, &c. The railroads in fact only allow
the canal to drag out sickly existence, which,
with legislative Indifference, means substan.
TALLY the same as early death.
YET the death Of the Erie canal would be
death TO the commerce of New York. Her
people are only beginning to realize this as
the magnitude OF the West dawns upon them
and the enormous commerce II involves.
Hitherto, - Gov. Seymour said to recen,
Hrsd intesy,ewer, tho East was wont 10 re.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-24

pard the West ns outskirts In point OF iact,
the East has become the outskirt of the West.
The East no longer, but the West, is the center
Of wealth as we'll as population. The wealth
of the East Is shrinking, her real estate IS de'
preciating in value; while at the west real
estate is blooming" new farms by the thous'
and are opening, manufactures growing up,
railroads building &c. Yet with this mighty
accretion of production and wealth comes IN
equal ratio an increase of commerce with Eu.
rope and the East Hitherto New York has
been the center of this inland commerce and
the gateway of It's flow to and from Europe,
But now Canada puts forth strong hand
to grasp the commerce of the mighty WcSt
Last year over $2OO00O,000 worth of grain,
beef and pork from the West went to Europe
through New York. What Is needed to d.
vert that trade by way Of Montreal? Canada,
at least, is Of opinion that If by the enlarge
ment of the Welland and st. Lawrence canals
vessels carrying 1900 to 1000 tons can load as
readily at Chicago Detroit and Cleveland for
Liverpool as at New York, they will do so
Why not? Lake cities naturally desire to be-
come importers direct. They prefer to make
their own exchanges with the foreign manu-
facturers and wholesale dealers rather than
have New York jobbers and middlcmen do it
for them. Besides, by shipping direct from
Chicago to Liverpool or llayre they escape
the charges of the Buffalo elevators for un-
loading, storage and rcloadng their grain and
meats; they escape the charge for three hun
dred miles Of canal navigation to Albany; the
charge Tor towing the boats down the Hudson
and the charges for unloading, storage and re-
loading on ship,board for Liverpool
The only offset New York has to these ad-
vantages is, that she Is not only the gateway
for the outflow of western products TO foreign
lands but an enormous market for home con
sumers, and the western producer, by shipping
to New York, has really the advantage Of two
markets Then the West is also great con.
sumer, and the mass of goods she wants do not
come from abroad but are manufactured IN
the East and find in New York their central
market.
But it is obvious that New York can retain
this position only by means of the cheap
! freights which are assured to her not only by
the maintenance of the Erie canal IN its pres
cnt state, but by Its enlargement far beyond
its present capacity And so the New York
papers have commenced noisy agitation for
such an amendment OF the state constitution
as will give the Legislature power to make the
appropriations so to enlarge and improve the
Erie canal ana Inulntain 1t in degree of cili-
cheney that 1t will be able to meet the compe.
tition threatened by the enlargement which
Canada IS now vigorously engaged upon Of
tAe Welland and ST. Lawrence canals
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-24

We give space at the request OF many OF
Mr. Busbne's friends TO the circular men
,;oned in our last in which Mr.. Bushnell
answers the charge made IN the Ottawa ne
9ublican. Kendall County Record ana o'her
napers. that he had received large sum oil
money from the Burlington road for signing
the papers conveying the Fox River valley
railroad to that corporation. The substance
of the proof presented by the circular Is, hrs''
that the conveyance was made by the direc'
tors of the Fox River road, and the signing OF
the papers by Mr.. Bushnell beng therefore
mere matter of form, 1t is absurd TO say the
Burlington company paid such price tor
his signature Secondly, no such sum could
have been paid him by the Fox River road
itself for it never had dollar of cash or bonds
in its treasury; and thirdly, that the only pay
Mr. Bushnell ever did get for about four
wears of hard work in organizing the com
pany, securing right Of way, fixing up con
tracts and other legal papers for the hox
River road was very moderate sum from The
Vermilion coal company, that had deep IN
terest IN having the road built, and from the
contractors whose contract included securing
the right of way, in which they employed MT
Bushnell to aid them.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.


WASHINGTON, ID. g., April l9 1880.
Among the notable events of the past week
In congress was the introduction of bill Gre
ating a permanent construction fund for the
navy department An argument in favor of
the permanent construction fund Is that 1t
looks to the disuse of the contract system.
This system which in time of war or sudden
emergency may be military necessity, is IN.
defenslble on any grounds in time of peace,
The uniform experience of the government
with the contract system has been that of job.
berry and favoritism on the one hand and worth.
less ships on the other. An eminent officer
OF the navy has said that taking the navy list
rs a whole since 1865 the advantage In ser.
vceablIty and durability of government built
over contractbuIlt ships is about three to one {;
while the cost has been inverscly as three to
five; showing that the gosernment by dong
its own work, gets five times as much for ITS
money as bv by letting it out to greedy or ras.
cally coniractors
The pusatOns of spring are in the air. The
tens of thousands of trees that Boss Sheppard
planted along the asphalt streets OF the Capt..
tai five years ago, have grown sufficiently to
give the city sylvan appearance. Young
girls promenade in spring suits and new hats.
Young dandies have donned light colored
pantaloons. Equestrian parties are daily seen
on the boulevards and suburban roads.
There seems to be quite revival OF borse
back riding in Washington the habit had be
come somewhat obsolete. Our eilemnate
youth of both sexes have of late years given
their preference to the more enervating loco.
motion of wheeled vehicles. The Natatorlum
is again open, and Washington can boast OF a
resort where ladies and gentlemen "a scantily
clad as ballet girls so together for swim
The rules say that no gentleman shall &c
company ladies 10 remain only as spectators
The custom of ladies and gentlemen SWIM
ming together IS enough TO surprise a mans
grandmother, but 1t is drawing it little too
fine TO say that |, Is proper on the beach but
wicked In the city, Itis, perhaps, after all,
no greater innovation than the modern hold
In the waltz. The fair bathers are no more
exposed than in the conventional ball room
full dress, for II the costume exposes more oi
the lower exuemiiies itcompensates by hiding
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-24
The Ottawa RepuDliean, referring to the

The Ottawa Republican, referring to the III,
tie spat between Mr.. o'connor Of Lasalle ana
,he senior editor of the FREE TRADER al the
meeting of the Democratic County Committee
last week, says;
Mr. O,Connor did not give the Deacon cred
i. for his grand scheme Of strategy gyyc,v II ,hs w
wb,cb he can make sudden "fops." But as
soon m as the republicans make Their n@omlna @
tons the Deacon will occupy the van, van,age
ground, and will then show @ G'eaf's No" LIS
scheme was for the partys good
Just so The grand scheme of strategy" oil
,be FREE TRADER of course is, Ivy showing a
pretended anxiety tor the nomination OF MT
Bushnell, to so prejudice the Republicans
against him as to drive them into the nom'n
alton of Mr. Cullen, p, 9. Hayes, MI Evar's
or some such weakling, and then OF course Il
will go for HIM on the brain question WIN
rim
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-24
RuaAR.MAKINQ.

We hope no farmer in La Sale county VIII lei
this season pass without putting In NJ least an
acre or two of the amber sugar cane. III there
Is no sugar mill erected within the county be
fore fall at which he can have his cane ground
and syrup and and sugar extracted and refined,
let him do as the Indiana farmer did, men-
toned by the Commissioner OF Agriculture,
"He had his cane crushed IN simple sorghum
mill and evaporatcd the juice in common
sorghum pan. lie then put 1t in n linen bag
like salt bag-and hung it up and let it
drain. He caught the syrup in something,
and the sugar was good enough tor him, he
said 1t was pressed enough in the bag" Dr.
Wilhelmi, of Farlbault, has erected sugar
mil and refinery at a cost of $4,000 and be
ing In Chicago week ago, was interviewed
by d reporter of the IaterOc He said the
sugar he made last season was equal to the
best New Orleans in appearance and was pos
itively the purest cane sugar IN America, and
he showed syrups equal to the best refined
sugar house ever made. "And my strong hold
49," he added, that can make this sugar
forty per cent. cheaper than the southern arti.
Gle can be put upon the market There is nc.
tually nothing in the way of Illinois making
more sugar than Louisiana-as good an article
at 40 per cent less priCe-except the want OF
farmers willing to raise the cane and mills
and refineries to work It up
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-24

Business ON the canal has not amounted to
much as yet this season, owing to the decline in
the price of corn. shippers are holding their
grain and moving such amounts of grain only as
is necessary to relieve their houses. The canal
people don't expect to do great deal of busi
ness before June. They are looking forward
with good deal Of interest to the meeting OF
the railroad and warehouse commissioners in
this city on the Both inst, when the matter OF
railroad discrimination against the canal will be
investigated 1t is claimed that rates of cents
with rebate of cents on corn are offered at Senc
ca and Ottawa, which canal people would like to
have investigated.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-24
Total estimated cost " the entire

Total estimated cost II the entire
work........... ...,..........SlS,lB lB,9ls
This great Illinois ship canal, 321 miles long,
will only cost $4,000 per mile, and will have
twelve times the capacity of the Erie canal oi
New YORK $50 miles long, which has cost
about 100000 per mile or over 100000 OOO.
The Improvements of the Dcs Moincs rapids OF
the Mississippi river, at Kcokuk twelve miles
in length, will cost over $50 900 per mile, and
of the Rock Island rapids Of the same river,
from twelve 10 fifteen miles long, has cost
about 100000 per mile.
This opens water route between New Or
leans, st. LOUIS and Chicago, Of dimensions
to admit beats of $500 to $500 tons burden,
being 10000 to $1,000 bushels of gram, or one
and half to one and eight tcnths million feet
of pine lumber; or fleets of smaller boats can
pass the lock at the same time with about the
same tonnage. or twelve ofthe boats of the Erie
canal or the Illinois and Michigan canal, can
pass the locks at one lockage
THIS ROUTE OPENS AN INLAND WATER
communication between the Gut OF Mexico,
New Orleans, st. Louis and other cities at the
great West and South west through the city
OF Chicago, with the city Of New York in one
direction. and with the cities Of the St Law
renee river and Gulf Of 81. Lawrence in anoth-
er direction. and through both routes and the
extremes with the Atlantic Ocean,
When the Canadian canals are ENLARGED, rs
they soon will be, vessels can load in Chicago
for Liverpool or other foreign cities and run
direct without tranShlpment. Freight can nj.
so he shipped to New Orleans and there take
vessels for any foreign port IN South Ameri-
ca or ary part Of the world. All freight will
have to he transhppcd either IN Chicago or
New Orleans, as the boats which navigate
these routes will not bc sea or ocean vessels.
The Summit level of the canal could be re
duccd to 100 feet on the bottom. with the same
slopes and dcclvity, and construct basins AT
every mile 800 feet long and 30 feet wide for
hoats to pass, and reduce the cost Of 'ht
first division about Si000000, and these al III
feet deep would pass over 100000 cubic feet OF
water per minute
Count De Lcsscps, the distinguished French
engineer who constructed the great Sucz canal
says "That canal Is not wide enough to pass
boats and they have stations at every SIX miles
connected by telegraph 20 avoid collisions. "
IIo proposes TO build the Panama canal across
the American isthmus on similar plan. He
will probably save from $4O0OO00 to $50.
900 600 by constructing it in this manner.
| would here state that the items of work
quantity and cost on the first and second di.
visions have been taken from the report of F.
G, Doran, Esq, who made a survey of the same
in the fall of 1874 under the direction Of Col.
j. \. MaConb Corps ot Engineers, United
States army. ! have carefully examined the
same and believe that they are Il fair and lber-
al estimate oi the cost Of the work.
DANIEL G. JENNIE
Chici Engineer Illinois and Michigan Canal.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-24

EDITORs FREE TRADER - Some weeks ago
sent for publication in tho Ottawa Repubti
can some questions which deemed pertinent,
and this was done in no captious spirit or for
any purpose of discussion desire the read.
srs of the Republican should see themselves
as othcrs see them. The following are the in.
tcrrogalories which, If your paper will pub
lish, may do some good:
lst Did not the Ottawa Rcpubiicaa ap.
prove of the expulsion of Hon. Jesse D. Bright
from the United States senales
I'd. Did not the Ottawa Rfpublicm ap-
prove of the counting out of the house of rep.
rescnta,ivcs of Gen. James Shields who was
elected by some 200O majority from the state
of Missouri?
Sd. Does not the Ottawa RepubiicdIt be-
licve that democrats, who know members of
congress to be disloyal, ought to expcl them
in order to secure the fruits of the
harmony and unlonY
j. W. Browse.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-24
Large stock Of Wall Paper, new styles aud low
prices, at Osman Il iIapcman's

Just at the close of the late unpleasantness, -
when pruccly fortunes had been swept away,
two distinguished lawyers in Alabama formed
a partnership. One was an eY;udgc, the other
had been Il member Of the United States and
Confederate Congresses, and neither OF whose
disabilities had then been removed. In dis
cussing their changed financial status and the
probability of building up a practice, and OF
obtaining pardOns one of them remarked,
"WclI, John, it seems now as If we would land
either in the poor-house or the penitentiary."
A few days afterwards the new firm received
for collection clam for four thousand dol.
lars After much difficulty II compromise'wa
effected, by which one half Of the original II.
mount was collected. A fee of one thousand
dollars was retained, and as one of the partners
was dividing this, the first fruits of their labor
with the other, he said, Jim, this don't seem
much like we are on our way to the poor-house,
does IT." NO" replied jim, but id il it
dent look like we had 'started for the other
acc"--Southern Ln,O Jouad2 and RCpoyt.r.
The Ottawa free trader., 1880-04-24

Others Of our neighbors cectng prohibition
tickets WERE Yorkyillc, Sandwich, Cornell, We
mona, by majorties ranging from dozen to %.
Seneca, Somonauk, and Dwight elect license
tickets by about the same maoritcs.