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quaker CITY Insurance Company.


TT is hereby certified, that the Quaker City In
/ surance Company, of Philadelphia, Penn, has
fled in this Office q renewed Statement, in accord
anco with section 8, chapter lao, Laws OF ~,
which receives my approval. ! do thsrsfoie re-
new the certificate of Agency Of John NJ. Griffith,
ESQ for Lee County, Iowa, which is hereby con-
tinued in full forcc and effect for the year 1852.
1t is further certified that the annexed IL true
copy Of the Statement az filed.
Witness my hand aud seal at Dss MONIES, this
IL. ST. 10th day Of February, 1859.
j. w. CATTELL,
Auditor Of State.
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11-The Insurance business for tho above respon-
sible Company will be attended 70 with pronptness
by VIZ. l.. Woop, ESQ.,, office on Third-st.
mch1a JNO. M. aRIRF It'll, Agt.
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OF the Quaker City Insurance Com
pany--made in compliance h. the laws of Iowa
made up to Jan. LIST, 1859.
L. The name Of the Company 10 the Quaker City
Insurance Company, located in the City OF Phiia-
delphia and State Of Pennsyivania.
q The amount Of its capital stock authorized
100000
5. The amount of its capital stock paid up is
100000.
4. The Assets Of the Company are
LIST. Cash on hand and III hands Of Agents
So, 627.42
ID Real estate, unncumb sred.... 25U.0
Sd Bonds owned by the Company,
drawing from to 10 per cent.
interest. .......................-.... lo,loo 90
4th Debts OF the Company secured
by bond and mortgage, worth
double the amount loaned there
on, drawing per cent. interest, 81, 500 90
9Th. Bank, Railroad, Canal and 9TH
err stocks, bearing from to IL
per cent. interest III, Is IU.0u
Otherwise secured by judgment l03.S7
9Th Debts for premiums, loans ne
rotiable, bills receivable matur-
ing from day 10 months ..-.. 81, l7U. ~
7th. All other securities, specisi de-
posit in State Saving Fund,
bearing per cent. INTEREST,". ", 7ss .63
5. Amount of liabilities To banks or other cred
itors Of the Company-none.
o. Losses adjn and due-none.
7. not due, abeut......S II 00o.Uo
s. unadiusted, about .............. 500. 90
o. In suspense waiting further
proof. including resisted claims
about ......... ............ ...... $3.50 90
10. All other claims vgainst the Com
pany. about............... q, 900 90
IL. The greatest amount insured by any one risk
is 1000.
II. No rule adopted, except to avoid exposing
over 81, 900.
| IS. The greatest amount in one block, not fixed
| IA. Act of incorporation filed
GEO. n. HEAT, President.
/ III. X. CoGGsaALL, Sec'y.
/ G1-The Insurance business Of the above rospon
sible Company will be attended 10 with prompines
| by WV. l.. Woop, Esq, Office on Third-st.
/ mchlId JN0. Nj. GKIFFITL, Agent.
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CLOCKS

FEW very fine REG ULATORS OF TIME,
"A Just received fully warranted to keep accurate
time, ct No. Estes House.
mch7 B. u. bh1DAE6.
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STATEMENT of the Missouri State Mutool 1drs
and Marine Insurance Company q -. LOats,
January LIST, 1859.
L. The name Of the Company - Inc aDesoan
State Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Cempany
of ST. Louis. The principal Office Of the CoDpany 10
located in the city Of ST. Louis The insures
against loss or damage by Arc. The Marine ~
partment has not been organized.
2. The Company has no Capital Stock au6ecriosd
as such, il being organised entirely on the Mutual
system The premium notes given by the insured
constitute tho capital Of the Company.
8. Ten per cent. Of each premium note II paid
when the policy 10 issued. The balance OF the note
is subject to cal or assessments, to be made by
the Board of Directors needed to pay Losses and
expenses. tSee Sections s and ii of Charter.
i. The assets Of the Company are
Cash ON hand. ,s23.S6
Due by agents, ac.................... 7,I1Z.44
Office Furniture, testimated, )..... 10000
Bills receivable premium Notes.
less axsessments........ ...........ZoV,flz.oo
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The face Of the Premium Notes Of the Company
Ia Four Hundred and Three Thousand Two Hun
dred and Eight Dollars and Forty Two cents, Of
which there 10 uncAled and subject to call, for the
payment OF losses and expenses, the sum Of Two
Twelve Dollars and Eighty-Five Gents. BY the
9th section Of the Charter lien Ii given on real
estate in the State of Missouri for all premium
notes given the Company for insurance on build
ings The face OF the Company's notes thusse
cured on real estate Ii Two Hundred and Forty
Four Thousand six Hundred and Ninety Dollars
and Ninety -Six Cents, tS244 9el, Of which there
Ia uncalled, an subject to call, over ffty-six per
cent, amounting to One Hundred and Thirty
Nine Thousand and Ninety Eight Dollars and
Thirty Cents, ($l39, 09S.ao). This Company Ia
possessed OF capital Of more than One Hundred
Thousand Dollars, secured by lien on real estate,
and said real estate liz worth ut cash valuation nj
least five times the amount Of said capital, and
not incumbered to more than one-hAn Of said cash
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PERsoNAL.-Robert Mcfarland, Esq, our
County Treasurer, returned home from keo-
kuk one day the past week, after an absence
of some weeks. Mr.. Mcfarland brings very
favorable reports from Keoknk in regard to
his success in collecting taxes. The people
of the city of Keokuk pay about one-half Of
the revenue Of this county, and we are pleased
to learn that they have paid up so promptly
the present year. We hope that Keokuk will
soon be herself again, and be able to say to
the editor Of the Hawkeye that her citizens
pay their taxes more promptly than Burling-
ton, or my other city in the State, OF the
same DO pulation.-lF Fl. Madison Plain.
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For sale.

For sale.
All kinds Of Fruit and Ornamental Trees,
Grapes and small fruits, at No. SO Main st ),
keokuk, Iowa. WV. BARNES, Agent.
fb3d6w2m
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
ni..aln,ton or Pnrtncrship.

Dissolution or PartnerShip.
i the undersigned in the business Of Tobacco
nists under the name and firm Of Goodman
Petit is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
The affairs of the firm will be settled by Joseph
Goodman, who will continue the business at the
old stand on Mains st.. under the Banking house Of
Chas Parsons. JOSEPH GOODMAN.
X. PETIT.
Keokuk, March Il, 1882 mchl2iIw
Dissolution.
VrHE partnership heretofore existing between j.
L W. Johnston and W. Irwin Is this day dissolved.
The business will be continued by Mr.. Irwin, at the
old stsnd on Third-st., between Main and Johnson
and the business Of the late firm viii be settled by
either party J. w. JOHNSTON.
March II, 1859. WIN. IRWIN.
mchl 2d3t
nRIED APPLES and PEACHES just received
II and for sale by GOLFERS b ROBERTSON.
mchl2d
ph0St ooLlfERs sonEst So .''
| IEKMAN PRUNEs for sale, by the keg or ID.
" by GOLFERS 4 ROBERTSON.
| mchl2l s~
| nRANGEs and LEMONS, by the box or dozen,
Ofor sale by GOLFERS 4 ROBERTSON.
| mchl2d
| 4 LARGE assortmen3 Of Garden and Flower
/ IA SEEDS for sale by
! mchlN GOLFERS & ROBERTSON.
| llILL CO.'S GERMAN SOAP for sale by
IL GOLFERS l. ROBERTSON
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OMNIBUS NOTICE.

TTyHE OMNIBUS will call for pass enrers-rain
/ or shine, day night-in any ps RI Of the city.
All orders left With J. \. Tewksbur !, ct the Rail
road and Steamboat Office, opposit 9 the Billings
House, will receive prompt atienti "a. Leave your
orders and procure ticket, and GU can rest as
sufed that you will be called for Ordinary Bag
gsge free. Tickets Is cents.
?. Shaving the largest sp ring wagon in the
city, am aL 9 prepared 10 mo- 70 Pianos and Fur
niturc on the shortest notice.
feb2ld6m w s. TWINS
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Hartford Fire Insurance Company,
or HARTFORD, CONN.

ASSErS, JANUARY 4, 1859.
SHARES PAK VALUE. MA1Kr VAL
5ll Hartford Bank STOCK, .45l 90 90 81, A06 o.
400 PhGnix 100000 10000
100 Conn. River Banking Com
g 600 % n 4En
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,rhaI.nn Romance.

Quite n romance in real life, says the De-
troit Advertiser, was brought to happy ter
nination in that city on the 9th inst. Seven
teen years ago, New York lass, lovely and
sweet sixteen, became enamored OF . medical
student, and the pair exchanged vows OF
love and eternal fidelity. Two years later
the young fedged Esculnpius left for Europe
to complete his education, the aforesaid vows
having been previously tenderly renewed
After brief and gay sojourn at Paris, the
loving student domiciled himself in one OF
the most renowned colleges OF Madrid, and
applied himself to sober study. His letters
to the fair damsel he loved were frequent,
but no fond remembrances came in reply.
His epistles were intercepted and never
reached the fair one, while her words OF love,
intended for his delectation, met with the
same misfortune. Thepoor student, thwart-
ed in his love, threw up his studies, and for
two long years coursed through Europe, seek
ING to whelm his disappointment il the
raieties and pleasures of the different CAPT.
tails.
In the meantime, the young lady, who was
equally unhappy, removed to Detroit with her
mother. At the end Of two years. pilgrim
age, the student returned to America, but the
idol of his heart had left the scene of her be-
trotnal, and, almost broken hearted, he
turned his steps to Cuba; but the spirit OF
unrest pursued him, and Texas and Mexico
beheld him still a rover seeking to drown
memory by excitement.
few months since, by one OF those sin
gular occurrences which sometimes flash
across the pathway of life, he heard that the
lady was in Michigan, and quickly wended
his wav thither. After q few weeks OF dill
pent search. the anxious lover found his Dull
cinia at Ypsilant, and the meeting which
ensued-the twain having been separated fif-
teen years--is described as ssaffecting in the
extreme.o The tribulations OF the now ma-
ture lovers were over, and on the 9th ultimo,
they proceeded to Detroit, and were united in
the ho, ssnds OF wedlock. Who says this
is prosaic age9
/
pppsnH.r-Rohert Mcfarland ESQ.,. our
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CT Joseph Holt, late Commissioner Of
Patents, has been appointed Postmaster Gen
eral.
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lEpUBLICAN ALL OVER.

A Republican Governor and tho entire
Republican delegation in Congress were
elected in New Hampshire, on Tuesday last,
bv an overwhelming majority.
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holders. A stakeholder could not put up
with a quarter section or half section of land,
for he requires thousands Of acres for slave
plantation. The slaveholding class could
derive no benefit from a Homestead law de-
signed for the good Of the people, and so the
pro slavery Democracy defeated it.
Democrats Of Iowa, read the record Of the
policy, measures and tendencies of the DEM
ocratic party as exhibited in all the depart
ments Of Government since the adoption of
the Cincinnati platform, and see what COM
fort You can find in the perusal. And then
reflect upon the matter and let us know what
brighter prospects and what better hopes you
have from the Locofoco slayeocracy in the
future.
CT McLane has been appointed Minister
TO Mexico.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-12-20
The lfyriad!Handea Man--or che Mira
,s,.,ei cles Of Enterprise and Mercy. ii, nc

4 y q
! Familiarity, they tell, us, is the mothe
Of contempt. Things which we see ant
handle every day. lose all distinctive valu,
in our eyes. rhe very air we byeaths Il
an unrecognized blessing. though, If de-
prived of it for the twentieth fraction o
an hour, the world would cease to liye!--
In like manner we have all ofds--no mat
ter Of what race or country-been so long
accustomed to see the name of Thomas
Holloway,st the head ofta medical adver'
sissmens that we begin to look upon Il As
one Of the essential components Of a news;
paper, and hardly pause to enquire into
the true Significance Of this universal
| fame, l3gd aFl!} esIuw .saiH iasTb..fi
Let not our readers fancy that this par
agraph is pitfall, at the bottom, of5whict
they will End "puff'' for The "Universal
Remedies" with the fame with which
Professor Holloway is associated; it is no
such thing, We could say much of the
Pills and Ointment; but at present our de-
sign is merely to call attention to the bi-
ograpby Of a man whose achievements
will hereafter be regarded as the surpass-
ing wonder Of the nineteenth century! r..'
There are few varieties of the human
race unrepresented in the population Of
this cosmopolitan city. Coolies from
China-M -Malays from the Eastern Archi-
peiago- Redskins from the West-Black-
skins from all parts Of. .Africa--Whale=
men from Greenland and the regions Of
the Arctic Pole -bronzed half. breeds from
Brazil and the other states of South Amer
ica-Borneans, Tasmanians, Arabs, Hin
docs, Armenians, New Zealanders and
Kafirs-these, with the millions from all
parts Of Europe, make up the motley i'm
migration which our world-embracing
commerce throws daily on our shores
Thousands of such, perhaps, have never
heard any one of the great names which
we have been trained to regard with rev.
erence; the name of Washington cannot
thrill their sluggish blood, Of Napoleon
Bonaparte, his conquests and his fall. they
are utterly ignorant. But hand them a
newspaper and see how rapidly tbeirifaces
brighten! They recognize its friendly,
promise-they rely on its long tested
ruth; they rejoice and are, perhaps, aston
lshed to know that the great physician,
whose visit to their own country formed
the epoch of a physical regeneration, has
likewise been before them on like errand
of mercy to the land Of his future adop-
iou! They no longer feel that they are.
strangers; for Holloway, by his genius,
his labors, adventures and worldwide
travels, has. established connecting link
betwe cen all tribes and races of the human.
family. Possessed with a burning zeal to
relieve the afflicted, and fearing nothing
that man can do, he has made the ii
grimage Of the earth and established in
every spot he visited, not only depots for
the sale Of his medicines, but likewise
journals in the native tongues. What a
romance could be framed from the labors.
perils and adventures of such life!- O.
s. Journal. ,,as .y,, .y,.,. s..F ag.t
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-12-20
Death of washington irving.

Our Telegraph report announces the
death of this genial and universally beloved
American author. Mr., Irying's fame
dates back toa period beyond the memory
Of most Of the present generation. His
public efforts were a series Of letters 10 the
"Mo,ning Chronicle" of which his brother
was editor, under the signature of SOLVER
Oldstyle." in 1909. He was then nine
teen, had received common education,
and had been three years at,the study oi
law. These essays attracted much atten-
ton. and were afterwards collected and
published in book. His health having
failed, he visited Europe for two years, and
in 1906 returned and resumed the study
of law. He was admitted to the bar, but
hal not the gift for law. a.a.nt e
He took chief part in the "Salmagundi''
magazine in 1907, and in 1908 published
his Knickerbockers history of New York
His last Work was the life Of Washington
He has been uniformly successful as an
author, and has acquired more fame on
the other side of the Atlantic than any
other American writer. 1t is but short
time since Mr.. Willis, in the "Home Jour
nal." described his visit to Mr.. Irving at
Sunnyside. To him he seemed in excel
lent preservation, and with a promise Of
vests Of life and health. Mr.. Irving i'm
pressed his personal acquaintances with
the charms Of benevolence. genial humor,
and warm heartedness that are SO dis,in-
guished ID his works. Ohio State Jour
n0L "'At2 r." "s =!
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-12-20
Thus is Mfe.

II we die to-day the sun will shine as
brightly and the birds sing as sweetly to-
morrow. Business will not be suspended
moment, and the great mass will not be-
stow thought upon our memories Is
he dead? will be the solemn inquiry Of the
few as they pass to their work. But no
one will miss us exceptour immediate cen
nections, and in short time they will for
get us, and laugh as merrily as when we
sat beside them. Thus shall we all, now
active in life, pass away. Our children
crowd close behind US, and they will soon
be gone. In few years not a living being
can say, 81 remember him." We lived
in another age, and didbusines with those
who slumber in the tomb. Thus is life
How rapidly it passes!-Anon.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-12-20

Our readers have all hear the storyy. d
soaping the cIergymap's tinvb born AZ camp
/ mssting-so that when be went to call the
| congregation together he bipW the '.sofl
soap over his brother clergy iRen, and how
he exclaimed: !. \
| Brethren, have served the Lord
| thirty years, and in that tims|have never
uttered profane word, but I'A be d..---7-d
if ! can't whip the man thatsoaped that
horn!"
Our readers we say. have al kheard this,
but have perhaps never heard Che sequel
as given TO us yesterday by 4 gentleman
present. .giib,
Some two days after, . tall, wsrthy. vii
lsinous looking desperado sfiblIed on the
grounds and leaned against tlse. listen
ing 70 the eloquent exhortation tofepent
which was being made by the preacher.
After a while he became interested, finally
affected, and then took position on the
anxious sent, and with his face between
his hands; commenced groaning in "the
very bitterness" of his sorrow. The
clergyman walked down and endeavored
to console him No consolation--he was
too great slime, he said. Oh, no-there
was pardon for the yilest. No, he was
too wicked-there was no mercy for him.
"Wby, wha: crime have you commit
ted?" said tie preacher-"haye you
8 olen?'' Y '''" @
"Oh! worse than thatp'
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-12-20
REColerid re was a remarkably !, aw

10 Coleridye was remarkably awk-
ward horseman, so much so as to attract
general attention. He was one day riding
on the turnpike road in the county Of
Durham, when -aewsg approaching him
noticed his peculiarity. and mistaking his
man thought the rider fine subject for .
little sport, and as he drew near, he thus
accosted Mr.. G. '.I say. young man. did
You meet tailor on the road?" eyes,"
replied Mr.. c., who was never at loss
for rejoinder, 81 did; and he told me if
/ went on little further | should meet his
goose" The assailant was struck dumb,
while the traveller logged on. wy p
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-12-20
pleasantly. after ! brief struggle with him

pleasantly after f orlei Struggle WIN n'm
seI. ~. !, -. ,.I .,.,,,al
Lucy ieI: tne room, ana freq SAT oowr m
again 10. ms composition. o,5'ANer~a mo
ment ne looked up, g No great nafm MAJ
neen done atter alb ne sald, Two g,
tnree alterations are much needed' ane', !,
I Wf,.e WI II over again. can maze mem.
80 mucn,ior. . oooi mead ana not ge'-
npg Sexeo.E saia fuiles' iaagn'ng' "our
rules "oik well IN. bsa,.s ad i&G -
AZ nlghl' n reg tore nus panss WINE
ci'mD,ng over = renee, !, ,.q,,e; gy. 4tfyl
Lhals 700 paa, sala me- ,.,
~ can De.,neipeo' sa'd e1'les' ''ney
san a De menoeu. s.,.4 .sl ,!.,',..A ~ e
,hs way Y hslP y Y Whfa troubles 8,
me; saiu n. reu. .l uon hae 70 asA
mosaer, sne nas e ,. mucl no 9 d0; s,a ~,
Y u''se 3, P,upossu s:d 'ns' I!ou ,nou,u go
oyer lo's a'lnca'ty " asA,hg lucy W uo
.ne Joo lor 9'm' as lei ,no'i'er T nsu iea'uea
n " nenu Wy "es''y' 'eu "ao MY
as as. n'ss u'eposeu - suopt t'''s iis:'S Il: =
mnoh m I'" ana s ~s. I sfrsid du she uonla ha sroa:
rucr.' ~ auu was .I aiTa'a sle "ouiu W 1ross'
run the rial of that Thev found Iucv
hpsilv amnloyed with . niece Of en-.
broidsry and or;ta absorbed with har
work = Frad ioot al s;yn;icantlv at Giles
when he,a saw Ills sister, was occunied
but ha concluded he had oone too
far to retreat and must make a bold nusb
II w;shI & osL rroa, fovor g rom
Lucy" said Fred, "but / fear that have
come in the wrong time."sj !. i,&
.Wba, do YOU want?', said Lucy. :, d
Il am almost afraid to tell you n. It's
loo bad to ask YOU to leave that bewitching
work u do what know van ~ i. sliken
'.You are a great while getting to what
is wanted" said Lucy, laughing. "Come,
outwith IT," aoa7 ~ IS e{43y 80 i as
Al. n IL r
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-12-20
ra.zJ Z From the Richmond News.
A Virginia REQ ulium

EXECUTION OF OLD BRowN.--At Is
minutes past II o'clock yesterday morn
ing. this old nefarious sinner expiated his
most unholy crimes upon the gallows.-
He dangled in an element for some time
entirely too pure for his lothsome carcass,
and stenehed the Is atmosphere with that
polluted breath which had given vent to
his 6endish purposes. Those limbs, that
were made to be governed by thought OF
such hellish, deeds, must have writhed in
agony; and those eyes, while starting from
their sockets. could but too plainly see, the
black scroll before them that had planned
the mode Of consummating his murderous
intent. But it is over,' and the voice of
the fallen angel halls with extatic delight
an addition to its myriads of hell-infatu-
ated demons. But it is all over, and
Charon has his oars all set and his sails to
the breeze, to transfer this welcom passen-
ger across the dark waters of the Styx. -
But it is allover, and the cold -blooded learl
Of his would-be destroyer of his own race,
is being warmed up by the sulphrous bla-
ACS Va OtSiHdt WOc' Dub ~ 10 oil oF0it anu
a Union.loving people shout their hallelu.
jshs, and sing their ''gloria in ercelsis"
for the consummation of the penalty.
Various opinions have been expressed
as to the Opposition Of his body after death
some contending it should not be deliv-
cred over to hissfriends at the North, 9TH
ers to the contrsry. We say, let them
have it. and for many reasons-among
them not the least prominent is, that we
could not see the soil Of Virginia defiled
Iby being the receptacle of such filth
horse manure and guano would reject as
sociation with it; grass would refuse to
sprout in the bosom of the fertile fields oi
the valley, and that scavenger Of our coun-
try, the noble buzzard, would be driven
from our State by the pestiierous stencil
of his carcass. Send him to The north by
al means. There let the wooden nutmeg
Yankee, in his speculative propensities,
convert his bones into buttons and tooth
picks, and tooth.powder; his sinews into
hoops for women's skirts; and his mus
cles into elastic bands, for Northern saw
mills. They will sell with rapidity, and
be purchased up as relics Of. the martyr
Brown" Take him away! we want none
of himl we've had enough already, and
cant stand the thought of his being any
longer on our, soil! 80 4. ~ ''.'A' ..''