The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-06-10

IMPORTANT TO INsUR1NcE COMPANIES.
The Circuit Court of the United.
States, sitting in indianapolis. Indiana,
Judge Mclean on The Bench, decided
|infa recent case Of French, Strong g.
Fine, Of Cincinnati, ps. The IIafayelte
insurance Company, TINT The six months
Limitation inserted in The policy, within
which the parties agreed thai suits FOR
losses should be brought, is void, as
against the general policy and the statue
Of thmitaiion Of the Slate. Where an
Insurance Company Of another State
opens an Office through an Agen, IN
Ohio, the Company arc amenable 10 the
lawsand courtsoftbe State of Ohio, in
suits on policies issued by such agent.
2 One of the most terrific hail storms on
record, Saysaihe Austin (Texss) Gaseite,
ofiihe 7th inst, passed over portion Of
Washington county on Sunday night last.
The hurricane was about three miles
lwide, but how far III extended in lis
course from north tosou;lI is not known,
The timber was uprooted and stripped
Of its foliage and bark, and hail stones
covered the ground over a foot deep,
many Of them described to ourinfomant
as larger iiana goose's egg. The ap-
pearance of the country the morning after
the storm was frightful in the extreme.
After several weeks Of diy weather, we
were favored with a copious rain here on
Sunday night pnd Monday last, refresh~
ling The growing crops and putting our
farmers in fine humor at the cheering
prospects ahead. ~ asi.l9i ,aEoqtH4
! BANK TAxEs.-Ireasure Arneal en-
tered the Guernsey Branch Bank on
Wednesday Of last week, and succeeded
in making the taxes due the State, by
ordering $2ll766 paid over instarter.
The gentleman finding, nothing else
would DO but The raw materia--delber>
ately passed i over, and now it remains
Iin the peoples treasury, where long age
| il ought 10 have been: Equality in
taxation is all we ask, and whether Banks
companies, OK individuals, they should
never have special guard or privilege
-one more than another. Guernsey
Jefersonian, .sa,. Il
tALETHE GOLD IN THE Weld Taking
the cube yard Of gold at &2,00O,oo0
which il is;n round numbers, all the gold
inlhe world at this estimate might, ii
melted into ingois, be contained in %
cellar twenty four feet square and six
lteen feet high. All our boasted wealth
already obtained from California and
4 Australia would go into,an iron safe nine
feet square and nine feetbigh. So small
is the cube Of yellow metal that has sci
populations on the march, and reused the
world TO wonder.- -Meo Quarterly Re
pielD. gtH #gp s'd o.Hda lon 8h
HORSE THIEF. "A young man, aged
about 30 years, who had stolen a fine
horse from his landlord up at Sidney
! Ohio, was caught at Bluhen, Indiana, oil
Thursday last, after he had sold the ami
NAL for $50, The purchaser suspeciin&
theft, and BY a rise delaying paymen
I till the next day, before which time the
plrsueis had the poor devil in custody
Gin, Enquirer. s.t' "a N Il "
! SALE OF THE LEBANON CANAL.-Tht
presideht;, of the Board OF Public Works
has informed abe ., Hamilton Telegraph
that he has sold /, the Warren Count!
Canal TO 1. D. Campbell, ,he terms no
yet made known, vol n Il,i bre be,a
4 The Day yion Gazette isIof opiuion th'
! Miami Canal would be sold for ils, orig
nal cost, and ought 70 be disposed OF a
that.--AtIas.ot,a bfd o8H).-nibnis2
The Lunatic Asylum at Columbus
\ Ohio, Is now full, containing upwards q
4 five hundred PATIENTS In fourteen year
there have been admitted 2,ll6 patients
ofwhich I,036were farmers, being NOR
I than iwelves times the nnmberof thos
A OF any other occupation exc eptIlaborers
J ofwhich class there were $780,. aWmax
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Queen Vic.orin wrote q letter SOM
time ago, to our minister atths Englis
Court, in confidence Of the sad afflictio
which the President Of the United State
had met in the loss Of his son. We loo
upon this act not only commcndable i
! Il christian heart, but manifesiing afeel
ing of friendship between twod of ih
most powerful and enlightened nation
I on earth.-Span's Elepator. aldadtiua
) ~ e. All attempts to repeal the Main
Law of Massachusetts by the Legisla
ture just adjourned, failed BY decisv
maiorities, while attempts 10 amend an
render it more stringent failed in tn
House by "a tie vote, and N the Senate b
one majority. 1llIa. LlnJsad aaqa
Five monarchs have now recognizes
the Independence Of Liberia, and OIL
own Republic still refuses. Great Britain
France, Prussia, Brazil, and as we ar
! informed b. the late Monrovian advices
Belgium, have successfully admitted ths
young African commonwealth into th,
family of Nations