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StDDT4EKy IsaRrW ARE.

saddIery aruwure we'll selected IA Tue LastC m
ket ana for sale AZ st. Louis prices.
They have on hand and are constantly manu-
curing Of the best materials, Saddles Brides and
Harness IF every description.
The above articles viii be- sold at Wholesale or re-
all at uniform prices.
Those wanting anything in our line will do well
TO call AMI examine our stock before buying as We
int nd TO give ali. the worth Of their money.
The highest price will be paid in cash for Hides.
j. o. BERNARD co.
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fsIAGhS saIIHING.
Rv c. w Il u q q O n

~-~S-vvsr-> I AT1 Of Buffalo, y Y, Is prepared
II to dc ali kinds Of ligh and heavy
80 s1 work for Railroads, Boat. Locks,
Mills. Engine, Homework, &c. Screws
cut 10 order from to Il inches. Having long
perienee and ample materials, respectfully soiicn
orders.
shop IN Third, between johnson and Exchange
streets, formerly occupied by W. Graham
Keokuk Nov. q DIV
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Ill. WESTCOTT,
Blank Book Manufacturer,

DOCK BINDER and stationer, No. 10 Main St.
10 fup stairs.l
T.. dge-s Journals Cash Bill and Receipt Books
County, CITY, Record, Tax Assessors ang
Books. Hotel r. gisters, steam Boat, Account anu
and Railroad Blank Books Of every description, made
and ruled to order. We put into cur blank work
the very best paper, and page when desired
Having good stock u materials for binding we
ARE prepared To bind in the most elegant W Ii rs
the pluinest style Books, Magazines, dc. Blank
hooks mayed lneh24daw
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DAVIES 4 HART.

AHoLE.s,ALE Dealers : in ,.l Boots aud shoes' NO
Having located in this city We would respectfully
inform the merchants of the interior that we have
engaged in the above business, having all the taci-
tiles for purchasing stock directly OF the manu-
Iacturers at the lowest hgures II il object and
determination to build up large and permanent
trade by keeping hanl a large and well assorted
stock making price lew that none can be less,
and terms and discounts liberal a. any other
house.
Please call and examine stock. seplsd
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Fall Trade.
exmrp NLaaf and NhOr &(OrP.

Gate CITY Boot and shoe store.
No. l12 Main Street, between Fourth and Fifth,
TINHE unders gned would respectfully call IL,
L the attention Of the Ladies and Gentle
men Of keekuk and vicinity, to their fine andy
we'll selected stock Of Boots and Shoes, now
opened snd for sale Mt the above establishment,
prisng nil kinds Of Ladies'. Gents, Misses Boys
and Children wear ef all styles, grades and sihes.
These goods have been selected With special reference
To neatness Of style and durability and will be sold
at a very small advance above Eastern cost, n we
are determined not to b. undersod by any h0use in
the city Please give a call. An examination Of
goods and prices il the only favor we ask
sept. g. IS55.--d H. G, HUISkAMp & BRO.
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spring and summer Fashions

OF HATS, CAPS AND STRAW GOUDS.
TUST received, one of the largest and most com
- pete stocks OF Hats, Caps and Straw Goods, TO
be found in the State Of Iowa. Every thing in the
shape of Hats, Gaps and Straw Goods can be found
Of the latest Spring and Summer style for 1886, at
sheldon Hat Emporium. Call and secure your
self Of those new style of Spring Hats.
III Main, cor Third street,
aprli-d SHELDON.
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REMOVAL.
j. q. Bernard & Co.

L AVE removed their store from the old stand to
l j UNION BLOCK, between 9Th and 9TH strccts, on
Main, where they offer FOR gale ar cheap as the
cheapest, general a.sortmeEtof
Shoe. saddle and Harness Leather.
Enameled and Patent Leather, Enaniolied Cloth,
Trunks. Carpet Bags Fly .Nets, Whip and Whip
hasnes,
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a. }. rALsroS
Il. FRENCH.
kfA WILL. - co.


HAWEI4I ~ co.
nFALER. Ia Groceres and Produce and Forward
IL ing AMI Commission Merchants, IS Main street,
between 81 ana "a, keokuk. Iowa.
Wouldca the attention of the citizens Of this city
and Camtfy Merchants their large and we'll Sc
leeted stoel Of Groceries They have Of the lar
gest STOCKS offered in this place Of all such ar
tel"s usually kept III Grocery establishments
ami viii .eil on the most reasonable terms. They
feel eontd II from their long experience and de-
10 give strict personal attention 10 busl-
u ss that they viii merit lIbera. share Of custom
ne92sav
A Pills lob .. apples Of excellent quality
I \ and great number Of choice favor for sale by
nov2s1 HANILL j Co.
90 DOZEN Fresh Baltimore Cove Oysters, received
~ dreci FROM Baltimore, at IS, Main street.
nop4sd HAMlIL & co.
rTNAIklA Boxes choice W. Il, Cheese, justTeceived
L and fer salc by lIAMII.L Il co.
deeITd
IsL0IR Flour!-Custolners can rely upon getting
L Q4lGey Hentonsport ana birmingham Flour
reeu!sf y. IL 5S MAN street.
nos2sd HAMII.L & co.
4 1QlUl.N alk Pin kegs ana halt bbls Bel
N cner'- Sugar House syrup, in kegs and half
bbis. Kalsin ms in boxes half boxes ana quarter.
nav2sa HAMILL co.
DTffD RES Of Europe framed in ideas. By c. a
L Barol For sale by CAVE son
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Carpets g. Oil Cloths /!

y
1 AVE just received the largest aud most varied
L i stock oI Carpets aud q! Cloths ever brought To
Iowa.
This stock comprises enc hundred dderent styles,
and having been Dough before the recent ak snce,
We Will sel hem al present wholesale eastern pri-
ecs.
We would respectfully invite those who are fur
hing their houses. to an examination Of ibese
Carpets and Oh Cloths, feeling satlshed that the
qualities. Ies, and prices such that they can
not fail please all who may favor us with cali.
August 49, 1858. ddwtf
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The aGate City Hat Stores n

No. "a Main street, il IN full blast We have IN
store and are still receiving, very large stock
u Hats, Gaps, Umbrellas, Canes, and general az
sort m III II goods in cur line. These goods arc
made TO ord1r. and long experience in the bust
enables US to purchase that we can offer in
ducements IN quality and price seldom found else
where. Country merchants are invited 10 examine
our stock before purchasing elsew here.
aprlg-d y f. VOORHEES, 90
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Ehc Gate CITY against The " arid
Keokuk Mattress Mandatory
A. e.. Orr

now auufaciurlng Mattress II every d scrip
tion, Spiral Spring, Cured ifair Wool "A, te.t!ng.
cotton. Moss, Birch, shuek, andstraw, # the hesi
quality, Pillows and holsters Of nj kinds Ace
Comforts and Teathcgs.
Hotel and Steam boat orders promptly attended 10,
and all articles manufactured sold nj my estse-
iishinant will be offered M fair tefm- ana warrant
ed J challenge the production If aupei.pr rs at
anycstablit hment u tn k.ud III the western euun
Try. You respectfully invited - ca and exam
ms specimens q my WORK. WareroQm eoraer Of
Fourth street and Exchange.
] have in operation u WY inventsl and expensive
machinery which enables me t. Manufacture bet
work, at more liberal rates, than inferior work
otherwise manufactured can be Afforded for. Mate
rial for Bedding e. prepared BY machinery i more
uniformly and Perfectly prepared, aud he work
far superior in qnalty.
Wholesale and Retail.
Mnrnh 1n.h -.
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Lumber /. lumber!

Lumber ! LUMBER.
FNHE subscriber has bought thc"fast Saw Mill"
l. two miles above the city, and II prepared 10
furnish all kinds Of lumber texeept Pine nj the
shortest notice al from Is TO 81 SO per 100 feet
dtcI2d8wtf HAWKINS TAYLOR.
FIyflE subscriber wishes 30 put IN the wall during
i 1856 Two millions Of brick, for which he will
take town lots or land in the Halt Breed Tract.
Also two span Of horses wanted in exchange for
brick work. HAWKINS TAlLoR.
jan6dtf
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FINIIE subscriber takes this .easaa.
L method of Informing his 49, sfrES-->t{
friends and the public that he is 49, II ls,r:iy
not taking Glass tures on 80 aS,j, 4. NJ
ami improved plan, but that ~-L-I-l|
he is producing Cuttings Patent Ambrotypes, or
pictures on Glass not dAubed on the back with
blaeh paint or yarnish nor eemeuted with an indc
structibie cement which dcs uoys the tone and bCau
~ If the picture, but adhefes strictly to the Gut
ting Patent, Theoretically scaled, with traaspar
ent cement beautiful enamcied plate which en-
riches the picture. giving tone which can only
be epualed ~ fine - q plate engraving. The uu-
dersigngd has not taught any the art az he con
5delz the exclusive light ~ Ice County muc more
lucrative than TIL trlhe which men ia the daEuer
reetype business could afford TO pay. To the Bar
numized he would say. call and see his new Ambro-
tyrcs to the yc;mired he would with loud voice
exelaim, avoid being cheated The gallery FOR Ara
brotypes Is not Main street, but at No. 3, 81 81
an3l EMERSON. Artist
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TNDEEIAhEk. Corner q johnson andfM
u Third Streets.
Carries on the business If Undertaking in all it,
branches. lie hs recently made extensive addition
10 hi. stok and perfected his auang smrDts in egerg
dsIassmcnt.
PATENT METALLIC BURIAL CASES,
irnpcryoas to air ana .pi,e tfctihie, highly oTna
utnttd and invaluable fer the Fresersa tion Of the
d, ad as wei o5fiua If every style and finish fur
nj hed t. order.
Il,ar.s and carriage futni. he'd, and the entire
rang meuts u the funeral ATTENDED to neI required.
ktokuk Aprii II 1855. dy
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StIlEst SILKS We have received very re
- GENTLY by express several Large Lofs Fl Dress
S3ts, Nhel .e ar Offering al unprecedented low
prices. Al.p another f4t # splendid "Noire An
liquvs IN dress patterns. No. IS Main Street.
.iae1ad DJkhEF 4 co.
StEAMLkSS BAG~-stark Mils-6U0 just receiv-
y ed Mt s5 Main Street DURkE 4 90.
deel0d
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~ fhs ~AorAA iAotuaFs on tine N q Oh uIs
Wt. Pheasant s. Euscaginc X. nc. Co.
~ O4iLE ts bftt4E e.sea, tiaat ia accordance vita
i the condition y the .ab-enptian fer tie IL
Division - said aA tht ninth .nstallagrd II s,
per cent will be due ana PAYABLE May "a fsa6 &
the banking hons ~ Chasle. pofs4us treasurer Il
oknk. or o. the uudersigned, General Agent
T. Is. HGKEISfl
General Agent X. Mp. " nv 10.
April -. 6, i656.--td DIV
Keokak Times aid hi. Pleasant ob>e3ser eapy 8
r INsEED OH and Spirit Gas. at
L. poyi7 MOORE / Ho9PER's
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VALUABLE FARM FOR SAFE.

ALe n hbbsI. II w y OK
/ WILL sell the Southwest / Of Section TO- Town
l. ship 90, Range o, Thin three miles of keokuk,
the Plank Road, loo acres in cultivation on the
following terms pne third cash, and the remain
der on ten years credit by paying ten per cent. in
terest annually. SAML +. MILLER.
heoknk. April s, ls5G-itf
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fhh Fayorit Autbaress III the Sonih
new Move, W the Author If "A lone"
lhe idden Path. novel Us Marion Harland
hoSe Who have read j rrououno. Ii superior IL
Alone II u a more finished production vet re-
tanning All tte Iathos and naturaln ~ HI tn frmer
ts.- i"r sale by CAVE 4 son
ftshE OLD DOMINION. new work e ,,eat ~
tereti rs 2 Il. H. Jaiues
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l Ware Rooms, and designs keep
ing constantly hand well Sc
iectea assortment If all kinds of Furniture, embra-
sing Marble Top Dressing, and plain Bureaus fine
and plain Sofas fine aud plain Center and Card
Tables Cane seat and Windsor Chairs Rocking
Chairs Of every description from plain wooden
seat, the finest hair cloth stuffed seat plain and
fancy turned Cottage Bedsteads # the latest styles
lounges, &c.
Looking lasses Of all sizes Clocks, Carpetings,
floor and door maltngs, floor and table oiI elatks,
mattresses, feather duyters, carriage trimming,
winaol, SHADES and trimmings, and every other arr
che usually kept in my line Of business.
Part Of my stock made under my super
vision, and the bought from manufactures III
high standing, that can warrant every article
for durability aud finish If workmanship
Sly object j. 10 establish "a permanent bus ness
here, ami not the Peter Funk principle ami
d ndnccment 10 persons u purchase ~ me, AN
resolved 20 sell at the lowest II. Louis prices.
Call and examine my stock before purchasing
elsewhere. viii always take pleasure in showing
furniture 10 Ladies and Gentlemen who call on aeY
whether they feel inclined ~ buy not.
Nav 81, ls54.-d&wd o W. SANDERS,
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6. w. Sanders.
FURNITURE WARE-ROOMS

VI NTF FNFfNFfr W. VIu q WIZ tlFS't III
TINE undersigned has now in his,
! Ware Rooms, and designs keep
Ing constantly ON hand a we'll se-,
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LNLooR OIL CLOTHS = Another lot u feet il
L "; .6., and splendid patterns inst received
al SIS Msr rect, DUEhEE x GO.
aeeINa
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seed seed!
A FRESH invoice of Garden, Flower, and Field
n Seed, just received from Landreth, Philadel
phia Also lot Of Onion Sets, at A. A. Britton /
Seed and Agricultural Warehouse, G3 Main street.
mrhagdtf
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Keep the Nimble Sixpence Roll
ing

+ AN receiving larg Stock OF first class goods. Of
l. every style, direct from the eastern cities which
wili be sold cheap for cash.
Come and what bargains. Hear We our cry.
anu VT viii make glad thy home. freely invite
aI hands TO unite. Frieuds Of Freedom, cheap yes.
very cheap. sven th, song, young and o.d the
strain prolong. My stock consists in part u thc
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Dry Goods
boots, SHOES AND HATS,

DLAlD LONG sHAWIS - Just received -
/ American Express" 700 If new and elegant
s.yles which with preyjou- stock makes our as
sustmea fa,re fun and mllete than at any iime
daring l. Aaon 81 Main street.
ascf0d DURKEF 4 co
The Nevada journal., 1856-10-10

Our HoMEs.-Genius hath its fri
jumps, fame its glories, wealth its spIen-
dor, success its bright rewards, but the
heart only hath its home Home onlv
What more needeth the heart2 What
more can it gain ? A true home is more
than the world-more than honor and
PRIDE and tortune-more than all earth
can giye-the light, the MONDAY sun
may not yield, and yet the tiny flame
of one pure beam of love enkindletb.
and sympathy makes TO burn forever
Home how more beautiful tbou art
how like an untaught religion a golden
link between the soul and heaven when
the presence of pure heart makes thee
radiant, and the music of affection floats
like the chorals of unseen cherubims
around thy tranquil hearth
The Nevada journal., 1856-10-10

SWIMMING THE RAPIDS OF NIAGARA.
a most daring and perilous feat was
performed at Niagra Falls short time
since. A man named P. Jackson, actu-
ally swan across the Niagara river be-
tween the falls and the suspension
bridge. This is the first time the feat
was attempted. 1t was successfully
performed in the presence of a large
number OF spectators. Jackson is en-
ployed by the New York Central Rail-
road Company, and has established his
reputation as an adventurer. He is the
man who walked the ladder bridge from
the ice, last winter, to Bird Island, above
the Falls.
The Nevada journal., 1856-10-10

"SoME" PRAYER.-A pious brother,
just before ''going i'm at the battle of
Buena Vista, dropped on his knees and
let off the following: "Oh, Lord we are
about to engage in an awful battle
Santa Anna, with his wooden leg, and
an army five times as strong as we are,
has come against us; but with the help
of Thy all-powerful hands, we will scat
ter the enemy as wheat scattered by the
hand of the sower. Wilt Thou assist
us, 0, Lord, to do this! But, O Lord,
if you can't help us, don't help them, for
heavens sake ! Jest lag low and keep
cool, anG we'll show You some of the
gosh darndest fighting you have ever
SEEN"
The Nevada journal., 1856-10-10
Gbe Mtbaoa 9ournal.

The Pacific RAILRoAD-ITs CosT.
-One Hon. Zedekiah Kidwell, of vir-
ginia, the State that nominated Buchan-
an and goes against internal improve
ments, made minority report on the
subject of Pacific Railway, not long
since, in the House Of Representatives.
He assumes it will cost double track, J
at least $4,000 per mile-a sum so
large that the commerce between the
two oceans would not pay running ex-
penses. His estimate is based upon
the cost of the Boston and Worcester,
Great Western, New York Central, New
York and Erie, Pennsylvania, and Balti-
more and Ohio railroads. The total
length Of these amounts to 1,5S9 miles,
and the average cost was over $4,000
per mile, with a Yeryesmall proportion
of it double track. These railroads
were built, says the author of the
minority report, amid dense population,
where labor, food, material and skill
were obtained on the best possible terms,
and it is useless to talk of constructing
railroads far away from the habitations
of men, over arid plains and snowy
mountains at so cheap a rate.
Mr.. Kidwell forgets the disadvantages
of running railroad through a densely
populated country are much greater
than over runinhabited prairies. The
right of way has to be purchased, which
costs no small sum, besides expensive
depots must be constructed every few
miles for the numerous little villages
strung along the routes. The sites of
these depots, i'll most instances, are pur-
chased at enormous prices. The road,
too, must be heavily stocked to accom-
modate the business of the country,
which foots up largely among the items
making grand total of the entire cost
a road.
The Representative from Virgiania
has taken the most expensive roads in
the Union for data ON which to base his
estimate of the cost of Pacific Rail-
road Instead of taking isolated cases,
fairer method would be to take an av-
erage of the cost of the railroads in a
single State, or the whole Union.
For the benefit of the reader, we APP
pend table Of the cost of railroads per
mile in number of States. The mean
cost it will be seen, falls far below the
sum arrived at and used by Mr.. Kidwell
in his report. The table is taken from
speech of Senator Weller, on rail
road bill, delivered in the Senate of the
L. S., April IS, 1856. We suppose it
to be collected from good authority
Average Cost per mile of Railroads in the
different States.
The Nevada journal., 1856-10-10
kn osa
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WHOLE NUMBER 334

EXTRAORDINARY EXECUTION OF
MARAUDER.-Alle eye swere fixed on the
Khan, who in a voice of thunder cried.
Take him from his horse and tie him
to its tail. Then let him be dragged
along till the breath is out of his body.
A crier will accompany him-wil1 ex-
plain to the army the cause of his num-
ishment.' AS soon as the Khan had
done speaking, the Tartar without ut.
tering sound, got off his horse, and
calmly gave himself up to the soldiers
who. were to bind him. But it SO hap
pened that there was neither cord nor
strap for that purpose. Krim Girni,
whose anger showed itself in the SWELL
ing of the veins of'the forehead, ordered,
to save time, a bow string should be
used. He was told bow string would
be two short. ''Well, them" cried he,
stamping with rage, let the wretch put
his head into the bow, and let him be
dragged off, The Tartar silently sub
mitted to this order. A trooper mounted
his horse, and the wretched man allowed
himself to be dragged in this manner
along the road without making any re-
sistance. But as he was unable to keep
up with the trot of the horse, he fell to
the ground and thus freed his neck from
the yoke which had confined him. The
Khan perceived this new difficulty,
foaming with rage. He paused mo-
ment and bit his lip, then with fearful
laugh, exclaimed, "Let the criminal
again put his head through the bow, and
hold on with both hands until he dies"
The Tartar now understood that he was
to be his own executioner and gave a
most astonishing proof of perfect submis
sion to his sovereigns commands
Crossing his hands firmly on his breast,
he held the bow in which he had had
placed his head, and was again fastened
to the horses tail. The horseman
started at full gallop, and intelligence
was soon brought that the Tartar, who
had not even in the moment of death
changed his posture, had been dashed
to pieces against rock-KAan of the
Cl7mea.
The Nevada journal., 1856-10-10

A NEGRoIN A HoGsHEAD.-The Port
land Transcript says; Mr.. Richards,
who keepsa store in New London, short
time ago found in one of his empty mo-
lasses hogsheads, human skeleton, the
remains no doubt of a departed negro
How they came in that saccharine sep
ulchre, no one knows. Mr.. Richard S
customers must feel rather singular
about this discovery.
Wonder what effect this discovery
will have on the election of Fremont
The Nevada journal., 1856-10-10

CHARTER OAK-This famous tree
which was blown down at Hatford, Conn
on 2lst August, is thus described by an
Eastern exchange:
"That venerable tree, which concealed
the charter of our rights SAYS a daugh-
ter of Secretary Wyllys, islands at
the foot of Wyllys hill. The first IN
habitant of that name found it standing
in the height of its glory. Age seems
to have curtailed its branches, vet it is
not exceeded in the height of its color
ing, or richness Of its foliage. The trunk
measures 21 feet in circumference, and
near feet in diameter. The cavity
which was the asylum Of our charter,
was near the roots, and large enough to
admit a child Within the space Of
eight years, that cavity has closed, as if
| it had fulfilled the divine purpose for
which it had been reared"
The story Of the "Charter Oak" is
thus told by Mr.. Barber, in his Histori-
cal Collections
'Sir Edmund Andres being appointed
| lne ufSt SoN ClliOl OilSlsi oNCl -NCN
England, arrived in Boston in December
1856 From this place he wrote to the
colony of Connecticut to resign their
charter, but without success. The-as-
semblv met as usual, in October, and the
government continued according to the
charter until the last Of the month
About this time, Sir Edmund, with his
suite and more than sixty regular troops
came to Hartford when the assembly
were sitting, and demanded the charter,
and declared the government under it to
be dissolved. The assembly were ex-
tremely reluctant and slow with respect
to any resolve to surrender the charter,
or with respect TO any motion to bring
it forth The tradition is, that Cover
nor Treat strongly represented the great
expense and hardships of the colonists
in planting the country the blood
and treasure which the party had
expended in defending it both against
the savages and foreigners; to what hard
ship he had hirnse efore been exposed
for that purpose; and that it was like
giving up his life, now to surrender the
patent and privileges so dearly bought
and so long enjoyed. The important
affair was debated and kept in suspense
until the evening, when the charter was
brought and laid upon the table where
the assembly were sitting. By this time
great numbers of people were assembled
and men sufficiently bold to undertake
whatever might be necessary or expe-
dent The lights were instantly ex-
tinguished, and one Capt. Wadsworth,
in the most silent and secret manner,
carried off the charter, and secreted it
in a large hollow tree, fronting the house
of Hon. Samuel Wyllys, then one of the
magistrates of the colony. The people
all appeared peaceable and orderly
The candles were officially re-lighted,
but the patent was gone, and no dis
covery could be made of it, or the per
son who carried it away"