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OTTAWA FREE TRADER: (SATURDAY AftJGUST 21, 1869. BY OS MAN HAPSMAN. Ottawa 111. Saturday, August 21 1869 Northern Insane Asylum. It is known to most of our people, that, after the commissioners to locate the Northern In sane Asylum had agreed on Elgin, the people interested in having it located at other points, in view of the obvious partiality shown by the commissioners in favor of Ehrin, even justify ing suspicions of corruption, and fn farther view of the palpable fact that the location at Elgin comes Bhort in several very important particulars of meeting the requirements of the legislative act, determined to male the effort to defeat the decision of the commissioners by applying to the courts.

Accordingly a bill of complaint, suing for an injunction, was pre pared and filed in the Lee circuit court, before Judge Ileaton, and the name of Mr. F. Fiske, chairman of the committee of the City Council of Ottawa to solicit the location of the asylum at this city, was inserted in the bill as relator. A earing of the case was had before Judge Ileaton on Monday, O. Gray, and Eustace, Barge Dixon, ap pearing for the complainant, and a couple of Chicago lawyers for the defence.

After a full hearing of the case, the injunction was granted so that the erection of the asylum at Elgin is stopped, at least until the injunction is dissolved by the Supreme Court, or there can be more legislation on the subject. The main reasons alleged in the complaint against locatiug the asylum at Elgin are embraced in the following paragraph That there is not a supply of pure water on the premises, as the law directs, the spring from which the city of Elgin proposes to bring water being the property of a private citizen, who may at any time absorb all the water for his own use; that the provisions of the law in regard to cheapness and con-venience of building material had been disregarded. That the location docs not admit of "the most approved plan of construction," as the law requires, the plat being too narrow and exposed; that the committee failed to secure a sufficient amount of land that it is liable to be encroached upon from the north, and is exposed to a public road on the west that there is not a tree or shrub (except a email orchard) upon the premises that the thing savors of a public exhibition of the insane, which is simply monstrous and inhuman; that the commissioners refused to get the opinion of physicians, and refused to accept the teachings of authoritative reports and letters presented; and that if the hospital be built upon this site it will be in total ignorance or disregard of the proper wants of the patients. 1 "We notice the Chicago Time makes itself very unhappy over the issuing of this injunction, and attempts to say unpleasant things about Mr. Fiske, intimating that he objects to Elgin because he has a farm somewhere clBO.which.hc would like to sell to the state, The Times need borrow no trouble on that score.

Mr. Fisko has no farm to sell, and his name appears in the complaint merely as a matter of form, hundreds of other names being quite as ready as his to appear in its place, which would have answered the purpose as well. The truth is, the location of the asylum at Elgin was a Chicago affair throughout, and this accounts for the gall of the Chicago editors over this injunction. Two of the nine commisioners arc actual residents of Elgin, and two others, living ostensibly in Chicago, have country residences and own property in Elgin, the town being, in fact, but a suburb of Chicago, and surrounded by the private residences of Chicago bankers and merchant princes. Thus of the nine commissioners, four were as good as residents of Elgin or Chicago, whichever you prefer, interested in "farms" to be made valuable at the expense of tho state.

To secure the location of the asylum, therefore, all Elgin needed was to secure a fifth commissioner, and this gentleman, after an effort of several weeks, they secured, by what meaus of course we can only guess. Doubtless an application will bo made to the Supreme Court to dissolve this injunction; we have no fears, however, that it will be successful, but believe it will be made perpetual. Then the commissioners can meet and make another selection, or, what would be better, let the matter go over to another legislature, which it is hoped will select a set of commissioners from the southern part of the state, so that wo shall not again have a board composed of four out of the nine pledged in favor of one particular loeuuty under all circumstances, and a ishake purse at hand to purchase a fifth commissioner to a majority. The Illustrated Annual of Phrenology and Physiognomy for 1870, no ready contains CO engravings of our leading editors the malo and female form why children resemble the parents Gen. Grant and his cabinet, with portraits.

Thy. sibgnomy in Politics, or "Faces ana Placos the the sleep walker, phyehological, brain wave royal ladies of the proaeut French Empiro, with portraits', Gui.ot, tho statesman and historian; what is man All this, and much more given in the rich and racy Annual, which sells for 25 cents. Newsmen have it S. It. Wells, Publisher, New York.

Gov. Yates, in his message to the last leglsla nro. said the penitentiary was ao noarly self unnnortiiiir that it would need no extra appro f3atioa to carry it pa for the next twayewsr Nevertheless, tho commissioners asxeaior it was voted them. It is now sidles enormous sum is already expended, and the pen itantiarv is bankrupt THE OLD SETTLERS' PICNIC. This picnic, wlAch had been looked forward to with such "great was held on Wednesday.

In every particular it was a success. The glorious weather was not bright than the sunshine of happy facet and the beautiful scenery of the grove was made still more beautiful by the presence of so much 6olid worth mingled with so great a degree of enjoyment. Judge Caton showed himself, tho fine and hospitable gentleman that we knew him to be in offering the use of his noble park for the purpose and if he be frequently the entertainer of the "great and mighty," he proved jester day that he was equally at home in entertain-ing the grand old pioneer, with his rugged nature, his hard hands, his tough muscles and determined will the elements that have made these western wilds "blossom as the and constituted the great west the granary of the world. Long before noon the wagons, too buggies and the teams from a distance began to arrive at the grove, and the preparations were soon made for enjoying all the good things, and listening to the speeches to be delivered on tho occasion; but probably there was nothing finer than to see the meeting, hearty and cor dial, that occurred between friends who had not seen each other for years. Some there were of the very first settlers men and women too who had known what it was to live in daily fear, and nightly dread of the stealthy step and murderous assault of the treacherous Indian.

To those it must indeed have been pleasant to meet the friends and acquaintances of the stormy and insecure past, and to reflect how beautiful is the presents-how full of promise and, as they introduce their children and grand children to each other, how full of thankfulness must their hearts be that their hard toil and unremitting labor has been crowned with such glorious results. The crowd that assembled probably num bered eight hundred to a thousand. It would have been much larger but for a misappre hension on the part of the public The picnic was got up by the Old Settlers' Society, and the condition of membership in that Society being 30 years' residence in La Salle county, most people seemed to think that none but members were admissible to the grounds. This was a mistake it was intended to have a general picnic 'under "tho' auspices of the v. Arrangements were made for supplying an excellent dinner to Old Settlers from a dis tance and invited guests, and when we men tion that this part of the programme' was left entirely in the hands of the popular host of the Clifton, and fully bore out the unsurpassed reputation of that good hostelry, further praise would be painting the lily" or doing any other absurd work.

Bownan, the ubiquitous, was of course there, and got every one to sit for photographs. In one group the following were pictured, all of whom were settlers prior to 1829 David Pern- brook, Jeremiah Pembrook and J. E. Shaw, who originally hailed from New York then John Green, Jesse Green, David Green, Barbara Green, Eliza Dunavan, Catherine Duna-van, Nancy Dunavan, David Grove, Burton Ayers, Jeremiah Srawn, J. S.

Margaret Armstrong, from Ohio: John S. Mitchell, from Indiana, and A. W. Cavarly, from New England. The next group was of settlers who arrived between the years 1829 and 1832, and was composed of the following persons Joseph Dunavan, Josiah Shaver, Shaver, J.

It. Shaver, W. L. Dunavan, M. Trumbo, Sarah Parr, Mrs.

Millikin, Sarah Pitts, R. Debolt, of Rutland G. W. Armstrong, of Brookfleld G. M.

Dunavan, of Dayton A. M. Ebersol, C. W. Eels, A.

S. Alderney, II. L. Brush, Mrs. Watts, Mrs.

Gibson, David Strawn, Charles Brown, N. Beaubien, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Libby, of Ottawa; Mrs. Munson, of Freedom; J.

W. Armstrong, of Deer Park Wm. Pitzer, of Rutland; pi. JShepherd, L. E.

Skeel Jlrs. Dake, Mrs. Smith, Ilenry K. Parr, of Serena A. llogaboom, of Farm Ridge Mrs.

Jackson, of Milford and Mrs. Ann Fitch, of Clinton, Iowa. Groups wore also taken of those who had arrived between 1832 and 1835, and between 1833 aud 1841. After the dinner had been duly disposed of, a stand for speakers was constructed, and Mr. Shaw made chairman.

Judge Champlin, in pursuance of previous appointment, made the first speech. It was inthc Judge's happiest vein, and was replete not only with many humorous thrusts, but with reminiscences of the olden times of the deepest interest The speech closed with some beautiful lines of the Judge's own composition. Owing to the late ness ol tho hour ut which we make up this report, we are obliged to omit both in this issue, but shall make room for them in our next He was succeeded by Arthur Caton, in an original composition, Tho Self-made Man." Though the subject was old, it iwas treated with considerable ability and much novelty. The delivery was superb, and we predict for the descendant' -f our respected ex-Chief Justice a career of great distinction as am orator. Judgo Cavarly was the next speaker.

His speech was also quite lengthy, and though we have a full report of it, wo are also obliged to defer its publication to our next. -Auld Lany Syne" was and it JftodJ rjll be presen at a gram 1- preside -was expected that this would wind up? the' tM ball to be given at Long Branch on Mon-proceedings, but tho irrepressible anftSiundiv. or Tuc8day ous Lucien Delano was called oat to shoflf his paces, and, like the roaring farce'' after-; the A lassie drama at a theatre, did all he could! andwas a success, in sending the people home pleased witti him, with themselves, with each other and with everybody. We are hopeful that this the first such picnic in our locality, will not be the last and are glad to understand that it is intended to make it an annual occurrence. There is a great deal to love, honor and respect, in such gathering they do good in many 1 ways the facts of the past are brought more forcibly to our minds when their living heroes are before us; the memory of those who perished, is more firmly venerated the impulses which urge on to the future have more nerve power given them, and the contrast of the post with the present gives our hopes new wings on which to float to the grand possibility of the time to come.

Prohibition a Failure. The good people of Jacksonville, in this State, have given their prohibitory liquor or dinances a faithful and ineffectual trial, and many of them have come to the conclusion that it: Won't work that is, that prohibition bn't prohibition at all. The Jacksonville Journal, which has been the advocate and organ of the friends of prohibition, says "fThe prohibition movement has been a failure. The whisky interest is triumphant The fact ia not pleasant, but it Is nevertheless a fact, and cannot be controverted. Either men are not born now days with sufficient starch in their backs to fight the whisky demon to the bitter end, or else it cannot be whipped oat It makes little difference practically which horn of the dilemma we choose.

It is, however, an occasion for pride, that' Jacksonville has so persistently intred herself on the side of morality and decency, that she has attempted for years to prevent the Sale ef intoxicating liquors." Notwithstanding the failure of the prohibit tory ordinances of Jacksonville to produce all the good results desired by those who originated, supported, enacted and tried to enforce them, the Journal, of that city, comforts itself and its readers that Jacksonville may yet become a very respectable and order ly country village. It adds: "It should be understood that failiocr to shut up the saloons, Jacksonville has not gone to the dogs. same attractions, literary and reli gious, which have made the city famous in the past, are continually becoming more powerful in their influence, In every particular, great ad vancement has been made, and, a young city, whose influence is ever exerted in favor of the right and of morality. Jacksonville certainly deserves great credit" National Labor Congress. The telegraph dispatches to the associated Press have given us a daily synopsis, since Monday, of the proceedings of the national abor congress in session in Philadelphia, but thus far possessing no special importance.

The session was opened by Mr. Vice President Tucker in the chair. The first day was spent upon the report of tho committee on credentials. The knotty point was. on the admission of Miss Susan B.

Anthony as a del egate, she claiming to represent a working womena organization in New York. Her admission was strenuously opposed by the printers' union of New York, on the ground that the office of the Iknolution, of which Miss Anthony has control, is a rat office. On a vote being taken, however, Miss Anthony was admitted, but afterwards, on the New York delegations threatening to withdraw, the vote was reconsidered, and Miss Anthony was voted out, to her great disgust and indignation. Thus two days were spent. On the third and fourth days various resolutions were proposed and discussed, but ending, in each case, in a reference to some committee, so that all the business thus far is inchoate.

The convention is attended by about 200 delegates, representing nearly every state in the Union, and will adjourn on Saturday. Legal Advertising. The committc of the Illinois Press Association, to whom was referred the' matter of memorialising the legislature on the subject of legal advertising, and to bring the subject to the attention of the constitutional convention, held a meeting at Chicago last! week, and adopted the following resolutions: i Ikneltetlf That as the people have a right to be informed of the import of the laws they are compelled to obey, we ask the Constitutional Convention, to assemble in December next, to recognise this principle by insertiug a clause in the new Constitution requiring the acts of the Legislature to be published in the newspapers throughout the State, liesolted, That the debtor class of the people are entitled to all the benefits of general publio notice in the sale of their property, and that we therefore favor the principle of embodying a provision in the new Constitution, providing for the publication in county newspapers, eales under legal process, of whatever description. Radvm, That we regard it of the highest publio interest, that a private or special act, shall not become a law, nor. receive the attention of the Legislature unless publio notice of intention to ask tor such law has first been given in some newspaper published in the locality proposed and to be affected by such law, and we ask the Constitutional Convention to recognise this principle.

limited, That a special Committee of three be appointed, whose duty, it shall be to prepare a Clause embodying these principles and report to this committee at their next meeting. Such committe shall consist of J. A. J. Birdcall, of the Macoupin 'limes', Paul Selby, of tho Quincy Whig; and J.

W. Bailey, of the Princeton Republican. Letters received at Washington on Saturday from the White Sulphur Springs in Virginia Stated that George Peabody is rapidly failing, and that little hopes are entertained of hia recovery. Nevertheless, however, a Wednes day's dispatch from New York says George I Alexander Burns, cousin of Kobert Burns, is a resident of New' Harmony, Indians, He is 80 1 WAOnWOTON. sToetsastf Masai.

7 I wrBWiDWff Is still recreating, having jut visited the portion of Penaayltattia and thea tetaxaed to Long Branch. The White Hons has bean so long deserted, and Washington ao long without aprceidsat, thai a drunken 'Ban on Monday went to the presidential mansion and claimed possession, declaring himself ready and willing to perform the duties of the vacated position. As there were still hopes of Grant's returuiag before his term- is out, the mas was taken in charge by the police and marched to the nearest station TUB SITUATION IS MlBSISSim. Jadge Dent has written a letter In reply to the president, ia which he protests against the eoun-tenanoe and support which' Grant has given to the radicals in the coming election in Mississippi. He claims that the president toiled the radicals of that state in the attempt to force the defeated constitution upon the hut.

that now he gives them hist support Dent is, howwr, confident ol, thesaooeaa of the conservative repub licans. 'V BEST TO BOUTWBLU' Judge Dent has also written a letter to Secre tary Boutwell, charging him with having assam ed the power to control ths patronage in that and other southern states, for the purpose of securing the defeat of Grant for the next presi' dency, and advancing his own chances for the office. He declares tbat Boutwell intends to 0 destroy the confidence of the southern people in Grant, and charges him with being at the bot tom of the movement against him in Mississippi, and Hamilton ia Texas. He says that Bout well's interference in Virginia and Tennessee Secured the election of Walker and Senter, and finally inquires of Boutwell by what authority he pronounces upon his political orthodoxy. He asks "Who constituted yoa the infalliable pope of and "Who gave yoa permis sion to hurl the political anathemas of the party He farther charges that Boutwell has acted without the concurrence of the president In his recent indorsement of southern radicals THE WIS OWCE.

The despatch from Des Moines, that Gen. Granville M. Dodge, chief engineer of the Union Pacifio railroad, had been telegraphed to by the president, tendering him the office of secretary of war, in the place of Gen. Rawliaa, who is com pelled to resign by his rapidly failing health, is without the slightest foundation. The health of Secretary Rawlins is better than it has been for some months past, and it is rapidly improving.

He has not the least idea of tendering his resig nation. VIROIKIA. i The hopeful feeling in Virginia, resulting from the recent conservative victory in that state, Is greatly depressed by the report that Gen. Caaby, who has military command of that de partment, will exact the "iron-clad" test oath of the members of the legislature, and in each ease where the member elect ia unable to take the oath, his defeated radical opponent will be ad mitted to the seat Thin will give the radicals a majority in the legislature, notwithstanding their overwhelming defeat at the polls. Gen.

Canby unquestionably holds that, under the reconstruc tion laws, the tost oath most be administered, but will not exact it unless backed by an opinion of Attorney General Hoar. The latter, therefore is preparing an opinion to meet the general's views. The disappointment to the Virginians is the greater because, before the election. General Grant told them unequivocally that the test oath would not be exacted, on the ground that the supreme court had decided it unconstitutional. Gen.

Grant, however, will not now interfere with Hear and Canby, because, it is said, he is anxious to have his brother-in-law, Dr. Sharp, returned as one of the senators from Virginia) and the Doctor is a fieree radical. SERIOUS CHABQB AQAIJI8T BOUTWELL. i Wood, the ex-detective, in a circular published ed Saturday, charges that during the Impeachment trial, Secretary Boutwell, through the Rev. Mr.

Matchell, offered him ten thousand dollars for certain information to be used against i Advertisers' Guide. Cook, Coburn Advertising Agents in Chicago, have sent us' a neat little volume of 840 pages, giving a complete list of all the newspapers, periodicals and magazines in the United 8tates, Territories, Pacific coast, China, Japan, Australia and the Sandwich Islands. The Chicago 1 ribune says of this book: A complete and correct list ol this kind has long been needed, and is indispensable to all who contemplate doing any amount of general Newspaper Advertising. The whole arrangement of names is so condensed that it can be used for the pocket and a copy of this Guide or Directory ought to be in the hands of every Merchant, Manufacturer, Inventor and business man in the country. In.

short, it is a perfect Dictionary to those desiring intelligence regarding Newspaper Advertising. Let every Advertiser send for one. Br AHjAiib's Musical Would fori August at hand, and is as interesting and instructive aa usual. Beside a large amount of beautiful new musio, it contains entertaining musical reading, sketches, stories, gossip, and valuable hints for musicians. Published monthly at $1 per annum.

Send ten cents to the publishers, S. prainard Sons, Cleveland, and receive' specimen copy by return mail, I 1 The west is just now having a glorious time on account of the freight war raging between the New York and Pennsylvania railroads. Freights from New York and Philadelphia to Chicago, for the last two weeks, have been down to 15 ots. and in some oases to 12 eta per 100 lbs. The railroad presidents, however, have their heads and are striving hard to effeot a compromise, which course will put freights np to quadruple the present rates.

oji There is a strong agitation growing up in Nova Scotia in favor of annixation to.the.Unlted ftotM vol 'f. 1 Vj i ami' Jaetf'' FOREIGN NEW8. Enxlamd. J6- dBri week have related chiefly to the contemplated international boat race betwee 0xford Harvard be eomposed for the race Simmons and Lorin, Tba Ung ha. now fairly oommeneu, ,8 three to oae ia favor of Oxford.

There was a great riot at Sheffiei. on 16tv growing out of tho dispute betweeil minera wLare on a strike and thoae who Prince Arthur sailed from Liverpool 0Lgatnr. day, on the Inman steamship City of Par Halifax. for The Bev. Dr.

Cunningham has written a lettei. to the pope asking leave to attend the Ecumeu-icai council, for, the purpose of explaining; the reasons for the separation of Prosteatants from the Roman Catholic church. Ireland. The celebration of the capture of Dnrr ndmuvl off with much enthusiasm in various parts of the isiano. At Belfast an Orange leader, Mr.

John-son, received an address, and was presented with such and a memorial Tho Oranircmen had a grand procession, with banners flying and guns firing. No disturbances are reported, i A great Orange demonstration waa made on. Monday at Clones. 1 It wa estimated that thirty thousand people took part in the procession sub- sequent to the open air meeting. Resolutions were adopted denouncing the disestablishment of the Irish Church and Party Piocessions act.

Meetings have been held at Waterford and a Annrlet, at which resolutions were adopted, urir- ing the Government to issue a general amnesty to the Fenians. France. The emperor, on the 15th, in commemoration of the 100th birthday of Napoleon issued a decree granting full and complete amnesty to press and political offenders, to persons couvicted of evasion of taxes, and to deserters from tho army and navy, and to sailors in the merchant marine who hare abandoned their ship. In the evening Paris was unusually gay. The boulevards were crowded, the theatres were thrown open free to the people, and immense crowds wero gathered to witness the illuminations and magnificent display of fireworks provided by the government Marshal Neil died oa the 14th.

It is under stood that the affliction of the emperor at the death of Marshal Neil was so great that he was compelled to hastily leaye Chalons camp when the military ftU were in progress. Spain The despatches of the week relate almost ex clusively to the movements of the Carlists, who have had numerous encounters with tho government troops, but ia all coses coming off second best Nevertheless, the London lime, in commenting on the position of affairs in Spain, is confident that "the continuance of the present government must lead Carlos to the throne. If such is the end of rampant Carlism. to retrain power, we have no doubt blood would be shed as wantonly and iniquitvuslyto put CarlLun down as it has contributed to build it up." The cortes has been summoned to meet Sept 15th, "in consequence of tho urgency affairs. Germany.

Under Foreign Secretary Thilo has sent a note to Baron De Werther, the Prussian minister to Austria, to communicate to Baron Bcust, contain ing a refutation of his allegations that the treaty of Prussia with the South German states disturbs the treaty of Prague, and the relations between Austria and Prussia, lie deoircd Baron Boust to publish the proof of his assertion. ESJP. The lowness of tho river Nilo excites general attention. The water is lower than it has been for 150 years. Tho prospect for cotton is favorable, and the crop is estimated at 175,000 carlos.

CURRENT NEWS. The State Assessor reports that the total valu- tion of tho taxablo property of Nebraska is 000,000. Of this $3,000,000 is tho property of the Union Pacifio Railroad. This ahows the valuation to be six times greater than in 1802. Keokuk is actively making preparations for the Mississippi valley commercial convention, whioh meets there on tho seventh of September.

The Peoria Iramcrint of Tuesday morning contains a story about the proprietor of the Democrat, In' which he is described as riding about the city with tho wifo of a prominent citizen, the latter dressed in fashionable male apparel. The arpoM has created no small sensatien. The Chicago, Rock Island Pacifio Railroad Company have reduced the rate of fare to California over this line, so that hereafter through tiokcts either to San Francisco or Sacramento, can be purchased for $ii0, and emigrant tickets for $00. i According to prosent prospects St Joe will "aUtanoe" "Egypt" on peaches this season. While the crop at tho former section promises even butter thau the superb one of last year, we are informed that in Illinois tho better class of fruit is dropping off badly.

A Universalis! minister who was a memboir of the last Iowa Legiuhituro wishes to go again. A local paper referring to tho fact uses up his pros-peots with the following comment, the first sentence of which must shocking to the clergyman's theological senses il'i'Politically he is dead to all eternity. Clover, man, though, and neighborly bnt as a politician he scatters too much. Ho's too wide at tho i Stowe, who' resides' With her grandson, Jadd Stowe, a mUjian a alf nortl of Warren, Ohio, passed her 104th blrthtfay oujjjuesday last She is as sprightly aa at a'uy time1 or a number V..