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Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-04-26
INSURANCE.

INSURANCE.
INOURANCC.
sIaR, nARINR AHD LIPk.
1tnA
9" - - cs &c - > . y y
Chartered 1872:
OssA Oapssal, 49, 90
xnsM . = % Co mpan~.
OF the City Of New York.
ossA CSP'sa1, ......... ,ooo, 900
Fhoaa1x
IN once g - p . - -,
OF Hartford.
DCortlasVUO0t
lNSWr . - % Cow > ~.
OF the State Of New York.
OaPssal, l5e, 900
Oonneot1o.as
ASsstss0I Ltfs zsssssrssses Co.,
acquired Capital, ,0Oo. 900
Assets 3lst Jan'y, 1856. ....... a,27a, $3.50
OrrIcs-Room No. Hoofman'. Block, Main st.
laug5dAwl HENRY B. HOFFMAN, Agent.
ROBERT SIMPSONS
Fire and Life Insurance Agency.
OFFERS TO INSURERS ALL TIE ADyAN-
- tsges that may be obtained in any way bv
Insurance. -
lst. Rates aslow as any Rsponsi5ls Companv.
"a. Fair and honorable adjustment Of losses.
ID. Prompt payment Of losses.
in the profits.
CAPITAL KErRssESrED, OVER 5000, 900.
As Follows:
continental Fire Insurance Co., N.Y.,
Cash Capital. sl,ooo,ooo,
Metropolitan Fire Ins. Co., NY,
Cash Capital and Surplus, $685., sss.
State Fire Insurance Co.. New Haven,
Cash Capital and Surplus. t2a5 900,
Security Fire Insurance c.. n. York.
Cash Capital aud Surplus. $544,s
new England Fire md Marine lnspr-
anco Company, Hartford,
Cash Capital and Surplus. $225. 900.
MURAL Life Insurance Co. Rev York.
Accumulated Cash Assets the Propeyfv of the
Assured, 100000.
REFERENCES IN DAVENPORT.
n. H. Smith, Esq, Messrs. Talimsn, Powers /
Mclean: Messrs. Eldridge i Williams: c. G.
Blood, Esq.,; Messrs. Carman Bro; Hon. James
Thorington.
g. = Once over Eldridge / Williams Dry Goods
Store, Brady street.
ian 30tf.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-04-26
CO.PaFtmePshiD,

CO.PaFtmeFship.
THE UNDERSIGNED WILL HEREAFTER
y - co-partners, continue the practice Ct the
Law. AUSTIN CORBIN,
GEO. 8. @. DOW,
3. z. BROWN.
9aFsA ], loool (nase-dM
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-04-26

-OF THE
American ExchaBge Fire Issuance
CO M II ANY.
or THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
On TIE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1860,
Made to the auditor of the State of Iopa, pursu-
ant to the Lnsuranee La,cs Of that State.
NAME AND LOCATION.
l. The name Of this Company is "American
Exchange Fire Insurance Company
and it is located in the city Of New York, coun-
ty and State Of New York, At No. l2s Broad
way, in said city.
CAPITAL.
i j. The amount Of its Capital Stock
in shares Of one hundred dollars
each, all paid up in cash, is two hum
dred tn ousand dollars. .32oo, ooo.o 90
Amount Of surplus, Jan. l, $780,. 9,65l,7s
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-04-26

Trains run by Chicago time, which i twelve nis.
utcs faster than Davenport time.
ON AND AFTER MONDAY. APRIL srs.
~ 1859, and until further notice, trains viii
leave Davenport for Muscatine, Columbus City,
Washington and Iowa City Sundays excepted
~ follows:
Express and Mail Train 100 a. 4.
Trains will leave Davenv ors for Chicago daily,
Sundays excepted, Is follows:
lst Nail Train, as A. 4.
I'd Express Train, at............63 9r 4.
Trains arrive at Davenport daily, Sundays e.
eepted, o follows:
PROM rnE EAST.
lst Express train at..................6 ~ 4. 4.
"a HAL IRAN, ~. .....o % J. ..
FROM The WRIST
Mail Train st.. S5r.
All trains out Of Davenport will make direct
connections at Columbus City, Washington And
Iowa City. with the Western Stage Co. 'sStagss fss
all points West.
The Passenger Trim connects ct Rock Island
with Chicago and Rock Island Railroad trains fer
all points East, North and South.
Passengers are reminded Of the necessity u
giving distinct directions to the destination =
their baggage, also to procure tickets before taking
their seats in the cars.
NIB. Trains for tho East connects at joliet
with trains on the Michigan Central X. r. 1t
Chicago with trains on the Michigan Southern
and Michigan Central and Pittsburg, Fl. Tayns
and Chicago Railroads. JOHN +. TRACY,
spr9 Sup's.
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

ALLEGED CRUELTIEs on BOARD THE NORTH
STAR.--Thr following is the first portion of a
paper left at the Office of the S. +. Bulletin, and
signed by one hundred and sixty persons, who
came as passengers on board the Vanderbilt
steamer North Star:
We, whose names re hereun.o annexed, GER
tify that were passengers aboard the steam
ship North STAR Captain Jones, Commander
leaving New York May 2lst, 1860, for Aspin.
wall, and would recommend that the authori
ties of New York would inquire into the follow
ing circumstances, viz:
How. or in what manner, two laborers OF
said steamship North Star came by their death
believing as do that they died from harsl
usage, of them being fogged and compelled 4
,corA until he dropped and then was hauled ~
through one Of those large pipes (leading from III
furnace in an unmerciful manner. That the otlie
I,tborer bore marks of extreme violence whicl
were said to have been inflicted By the engineer
hammer, and finally died from the effects of th,
same.
The paper further states, says the Bulletin
that the North Star, on the trip alluded to, car
ried far more than the number allowed by tn
law that she was very poorly provided witt
small boats, and that the meat was tainted ant
quite unfit for human food.
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

THE IRREPREssIBLE PLANK The follow
ing, being the 6th resolution, is the "irrepressi-
BILE plank in the Chicago Platform:
8. That the normal condition of all the terri
tory of the United States is that of freedom
That as our Republican fathers, when they had
abolished slavery in our national territory, or
dained that no person should be deprived Of
life, liberty, or property, without due process Of
law" it becomes our duty, by legislation when
ever such legislation is necessary, to maintain
this provision against all attempts to violate it
and we deny the authority of Congress, of terri
torial legislature, of any individuals, to Civ,
legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the
United States.
Last year Col. Baker was the Black Republ
can candidate for Congress, and asserted tha
the Republicans of California believed the peo
pie of Territory had right to establish SLAYER,
therein, as well as the right to come into thu
Union as State with a slave constitution. Nov
their national platform declares that neither th'
| people of u Territory, nor Territorial Legisla
ture, nor Congress, nor any other power car
give legal existence to slavery in any Terrific
ry of the United States?n
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23
NUMBER I6.

AN aLtiTERATIvE ADvERrIsEMEST-A oe,;r
OF tue county OF Cork is credited with the fol-
lowing ingeniousIy compiled Advertisement.
about horse. which was indeed a yrondar ;s
half the description were true: "Spanker tbs
property of y. D., Saturday, the sixteenth Of
September nezt, will be sold or set IN for sale
ut Skibbereeu, strong, staunch steady. sound
stout, sinewy. serviceabe, smart, strappino.
supple, swift, slightly sprighty, spirited sturdy.
shining. sure-footed, sleek, smoth, spanky. we'll
skinned, sized and shaped sorre steed of su
perative symmetry, styled Spanker with small
star and snip, square sided, slender -shouIdered
sharp -sightef and steps singularIy stately free
from strain, sprain, SPAWN, spasms. stringhalt.
strangnary, sciatlca, staggers, securing, stran-
giles, seeing. sellander. surfeit seams. strn
nous, swelling, sorrances, scratches, sphinx
squint squirt, scurf, scabs, scars sore scatter
ing shutting, stumbling gait or symptoms of
sickness of any sort. lie is neither stiff
monthed, shabby-coaled -sinewy-shrunk, sur
CALLED, saddle backed, she'll footed shin-gntted
surbated. skin-scabbed, short-winded splay.
footed nor shoulder-slipped and is sound in the
sword point and stifle joint Has neither sick
Spleen sleeping evil, set fast, snaggle teeth sand
Cracks, swelled sheath, snbcutaneous sores. nor
shattered hoofs. Nor is he sour, sulky. s,frly.
stubborn or sallen in temper Neither shy nor
skittish slow, sluggish, nor stupid. He never
stps, strips, or strayS, stalks, starts stops
shakes, snivels, snufflles, snortS, stumbIes or
stocks in his stall or stable, and scarcely or new
er sweats. Has SNOWY. stylish, switch tail or
stern. and stfe set of shoes on. Can feed on
stubhle, sain foin, sheaf oats, straw sedge, or
Scotch grass. Carries sixteen stone with sur
prising speed in his stroke. over Il six-foot sod
or stone wall. His sire was the Sly Sobersides.
of sister of Spindleslanks by Sampson a
sporting son of Sparkler, who won the sweep
stakes and subscription plate last season at
Sligo. His selling price is sixty y-seven pounds
sixteen shilings- and sixpense sterling.
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

LovEABLE GIRLs.-fIow often do we hear men
blamed for loving pretty girls. Yet nothing can
be more right. The first duty of a woman is TO-
be lovely, as it is the first duty of man 10 be
strong. 1t is not, of course, in the power of any
woman 10 change her features or to re-thodel
her form. But beauty, true beanty-the beauty
which at racts and wins the other sey-is not so
much the result of health it is health ITSELF
And health which gives bloom to the counte-
nance, sweetness to the breath, clearness to the
skin, strnightness to the form, elasticity to the
step, sprightliness TO the demeanor and bril-
liancy to the eye-heath, rosy health without
which there is no beauty, with which no woman
is repulsiee, is within the reach of most young
women.
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

PRINTERs, WEAR YouR BEARDs.-We have
seen it stated, on good authority, that there is
intimate connection between the nerves and
muscles of the face and eyes. and that allowing
the beard to remain unshaven strengthens the
eye. Surgeons in the French army have proved
by experiments in Africa, that soldiers wearing
the beard much less liable to diseases of the
eye, and it is generally conceded that It is a
protection from the diseases of the throat and
lungs. 1t is asserted that in Countries where it
is the custom to wear tire beard the eye retains
its strength. luster and brilliancy much longer.
1t may be argued that females do not suffer
more than males from diseases of the eye, &C.,
hut it must he admitted that they are less ex-
posed TO the elements What did the Creator
give the lords ofcreation beard for? Certainly
not to support the barbers. Mrs. Swisshelm, we
believe it was, said she certainly thought that
the Supreme knew better how to make man
han barber did
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23
Tigers in the Malay Peninsula.

In Oiphant's sNarraiive of the Earl of Elgin 5
Mission to China and Japan" we find the fol-
lowing mention of the ravages caused by tigers
in the Malay peninsula:
"The village of Tubar was Situated on the
banks of the river and surrounded by piarlta-
tions and we no sooner made our appearance
in the narrow street than the whole population
turned out to inspect us, SO unusual was the
sight of Il visitor to that sequestered spot. We
held a of leUsc in the house of the old China
man who otficinted in the capacity of patriarch
to the community. 1t was a quaint, rambling
wooden tenement of one story, with broad
deep verandah, supported by carved pillars, and
large empty apartments, like audience halls
used as carpenters shops, or bed rooms, or
courts, the occasion might arise, and hung
over with the usual gigatic paper lanterns =
Meanwhile we were entertained by numerous
eager nnrrators, with wonderful accounts of the
depredations which the tigers had recently com
mitted in the neighboring plantations, and
which surpassed all former experiences of SINH
lar character. They pointed ont to us among
the crowd which surrounded us, the occupants
of no fewer than twenty plantations, who had
deserted their cottages through fear of these
daring and ferocious animals. and taken refuge
in the village. Out of the comparatively small
population, upwards of fifty Cinnamon had been
carried otf during the preceding three weeks.
One day alone five had disappeared, and when
we visited their burial ground and observed the
number of graves, with umbrellas over them.
to mark that the bones of the occupants had
been found and laid there. after they had been
picked by the tigers, we were convinced that
this was exaggerated statement. Upwards
of 10000 piculs, or about ELS 900 worth Of pep
per had been, in consequence, left upon the
trees, dread of the tigers predominating in the
breasts of the owners over love of their proper
tv
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23
How TO ENJOY ru-AcHE.-A Southern pa.

How TO ENJOY TOOTH ACHE Southern pa.
per gives the following capital directions:
"ro enjoy this delectable pain to Its fullest
extent you should have it in all its glory for
about week. Let the pain permeate and in
snuate into every portion of the diseased men,
Der, racing, jumping and springing around gen.
orally like rats in crib; let it ache until
you can't tell whether the pain is in your mouth,
on the top of your head, in your cravat, but
rather think it is all around there; let it ache
until you feel like it would be great relief to
hold your head up by the ears and shake out
every molar. incisor. grinder and acher in it
let 1t ache until you are doubtful whether you
stand in the position assigned you, or with YOUR
heels in the air; let it ache until you seriously
believe every bone, nerve and muscle about your
body is full OF teeth. and that every tooth is
aching on its own hook, and then, when you
feel like you have enough pain in your individ-
ua mouth to fit out an hospital-when you feel
like kicking yourself down stairs-when you are
exceedingly anxious to break your neck-then,
we repeat, you will begin to realize the tooth
| ache"
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

ECLIPSE OF THE Sun, July 18TH" Caxton
has been writing to the Butte Record about the
great eclipse of the sun which is to take place
or Wednesday morning July 18th. He says
=" the sun will rise in California under partial
eclipse, and the observation will increase until
it becomes almost entirely total. During the
period of greatest darkness, ahont o'clo k, A.
NJ, the four planets. Jupiter, Suturn, Mars and
Venus. will he distinctly visible to the naked
eye. and will form an elongated parallelogram
with the sun the centre. This spectacle
will not occur again for thousf nds of years nol
has it happened since the morning stars sang
together" and adam trod tue enameled fields
of Paradise
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

THE THERMoMIcRoN Here is reminscence
of former times narrated BY Col. B, who is
full to overlooking with good stories " In an;
lent times-that is, SOME twenty years ago
shortly atter the State House in indianapolis
was built, it was proposed by one Of the repre-
sentativeS that thermometer should be got for
the Hall, and at an expense not exceeding three
dollars. This motion brought the distinguished
member frcm county to his feet, who elo-
q1enty inreighed against .'spendin' the hard
airnins Of the people in that way; and, be-
sides, Mr.. Speaker, if we had that Mer-hermom-
icron, dou't believe thars one here who knows
how to wind the cnssed thing up"
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

PROBLEM FOR RMILkMES.-Iftwenty-sev inch
es of snow gives three inches Of water, how
mnch milk will given COW yield, when fed on
turnips2
Key Multiply the number of snow-hakes BY
the number OF hairs on the cows tail, divide the
product by the juice of dry turnip, add to
product pound of chalk, and multiply the sum
hy the pump.
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

Ca In the S. F. Heraids proceedings of the
National Democratic Convention, we find the
following;
Mr.. Ashe, of North Carolina, stated that il
these minority resolutions were adopted he
uld he compelled to abandon the Convention
and disconnect himself from the Democratic
party. (Cheers from the South.)
abandon the Convention, and d,sconnecthi
self from the Democratic party" The Yanceyi:e.
are requested to observe this language.
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

INDIAN Towers Speaking of the Indians on
the route from Nevada to the Washoe settle
ments the Nevada Journal says:
We are informed by men familiar with the
mountains, that the Indians have stone towers
few feet high on the tops of the high ridges,
on which fires are built by night to commune
cate intelligence from one point TO another. This
kind of telegraph has been in use among them
many years"
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

FAILURE or CoTToN EXPERIMENTS IN INDIA
The Bombay Times confrsses that the expert
ments of the English. introducing the cultiva-.
ton of cotton in Hndostau, so as eventually to
make the English market Independent of the
Southern States of America, have utterly failed.
As general thing, the seeds refused to germ-
nate. and in one exceptionnry instance, the
ground was occasionally watered, and the plants
tended with the same care garden produce,
hut notwithstanding this, they died off,
thus atfording rather negative proof rs to the
possibility of general cultivation of cotton with
any advantage.
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

rea. Fred Douglas, while in Newcastle, Eng
land, a few weeks ago, made application to the
American Minister in London, for passport to
enable him to visit Paris as an American
citizen. The reply made by the Minister
was, in effect, that the Constitution of the United
States did not recognize persons of color rs cit
izens the passport was therefore refused
Through the French Consul at Newcastle, how
ever, the required permission WAS obtained.
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23
SHASTA COURIER.

Bag" L. P. FISHERS the only Agent of the
SHASTA COURIER in San Francisco, with power
to receive subscriptions and advertisements
therefor, and receipt for the same
OFFICE-l7l4 Washington street, opposite
Maguires Opera House.
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23
EUREKA WHISKY"

using the same style of letter as on the genuine
imported article, and also, using our shipping
mark al T. DE- sometimes transposng the let
ters to avoid detection.
This common Whisky is palmed off, to a large
extent, on the unsuspectng purchaser, for the
GENUINE EUREKA. thus enabling the SELL
er to make large profits on cheap imitation
Whisky, which is sold on the reputation of the
genuine article.
To protect ourselves, and enable purchasers
to guard against imposition, every package
of the
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23

ESE- In order to amuse the children on the
Sabbath, a lady in Brooklyn WAS engaged in
reading to them from the Bible, the story Of
David and Goliah, and coming TO that passage
in which Goah so boastingly and de6nntly
dared the young STRIPPING, little chap, almost
in his first trousers, said, q Sister, skip that
skip that-he only blowing want to know
who licked I"
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23
SW ASEY'S HOTEL.
Notice.

LII PERSONS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
n to not commit trespass by entering upon
and occupying my lands for any purpose what
ever
The boundary lines are clearly defined in the
record of my patent and plat of the BUEN A
VENTURA GRANT, as made in the Recorder s
Office of this county.
Any one desirous of further information can
apply to William Magee, of Shasta.
P. B. READING.
Shasta County, Nov. 2Ist, 1859. n26tf
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23
THE CAMEL.-Leut. BeaIe, in recent letter

The CAMEL.-Lieut. Beale, in recent letter
to the War Department. writes thus
| have lately tried efectnally, the compara-
tive value of mules aud camelS, as pack animals
Both trains receiving ORDERS to start at the same
time in the morning the camelS invariably ar
rive at camp lin distance of 25 mileS) an hour
and sometimes hour and twenty minutes
ahead of the mule train the mules carrying 81
burden of two hundred pounds, the camelS
packed with four hund-ed besides rider armed
with rife, revolver and ammunition, and his
bedding laid over the pack to sit on. The
young camels are great pets in camp, but very
mischievous-poking their noses into every bag.
pot and pan about the camp fires. Their great
aim in life at present seems to be to ape the
manners and habits of their sres-kneeling
down, growing and complaining, precisely rs
the old ones do whenever the train is packed.
We have entirely discontinued the cumbersome
Oriental apparatus used as a saddle and have
in its place one of light, useful and simple con-
struction.
HURRAH FOR BELL AND EVERETT What has
become of all the intense Americans" of this
town who, a few years ago, thought Know No
thingism was the only thing that could save the
country? Why do they not hurr;rh for Bell and
Everett? So far we have not heard one express
sion in favor of that ticket. In this connection
we may mention the fact that rumor says Mr..
Everett is going to resign his position. We may
also as well copy the annexed anecdote:
A member of the Americ m party having ex-
pressed his astonshment that Rufus Choate was
not nominated instead of Hon. John Bell, Col
NJ of the same party, and member of the last
House, remarked that Rufus Choate was dead
40, yes" said Mr.. T., " / know that; but then
he has been dead but short time"
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23
Quartz Specimens,

SUITABLE for cutting into sets for Fine Jew
- elry, are bought at large premium over
the intrinsic value. by
BARRETT & SHERWOOD,
l35 Montgomery street,
San Francisco.
The Shasta courier., 1860-06-23
DO YOU WANT A GOOD WATCH ?

DLEASE examine the Assortment and Prices
L of those now selling by
BARRETT & SHERWOOD,
135 Montgomery street.
Smyrna times., 1860-03-29
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C0RRESPO NDENCE.

Nh. EDIroR:-The political excitement in
certain quarters is getting quite wsrm. Poll
iical wire-pullers and political demagogu are
becoming quite alarmed for the interests of the
= poor man" This is the old game, and one
they have been playing ever since the forma-
zion Of our present happy government. Just
before the election the passions as well as the
prsjudices of The poor man have been appealed
to. 70 come upto the support Of this party or
the other party. as being the true friends, and
upholding by their principles" thevtal inter
ests of the poor. laboring classes of the commu-
nifty, and in the approaching campaign, as the
battle grows hot. amid =. the din of battle and
the clank of arms" the loud shouts of the con-
sestsnts for /" Legislative honors." either State
or National, will be heard, . take care of the
interests Of the poor man we are the true
esponents of those principles that will foster
and improve the condition of the operatives in
your faciorisao or in your workshops, aud that
will deal out syen-hsnded justice 10 all classes
of men," Bat. while the battle is raging,
please call sapns of those gentleman aud ask
him if he is Id favor of restricting" or pro-
hibiting" tho Whiskey" uafic--a measure
that is of the most vital importance to the la
boring classes Of all other measures that ha,
sgitated the public mind since the fall of mar
--and he will say, 20, that is temperance
don't bring temperance into politics. | am ii
favor OF temf fersnce and would. if majority o
the people want it. vote fos aprohibiiory law,
and in order 10 ascertain the sentiment of th'
people upon this important question, he vii
turn TO Mr.. A., tavern keeper, and say, ss Mr.
A., what is your opinion of the temPcranc,
question--dulyou think We want RESTRICTIVE,
orprohibi,orf law" the answer will certainl.
be .no." He will sgsin turn TO MIR. b., an
other who is engaged in the srafc, and ask hin
the same question, aud will, doubtless. receiy
the same answer. Now. Mr.. Editor. the con
cluson of The whole matter is that he isdepen
dent upon b,ih classes for his election, and j
order to get The vOtea of the temperance me
he tslls them be is III favor of prohibitor
law il a msjority of the people want it, an
then tufns d those who are engaged in th
traffic TO find out the will of the majority.
Il is the old game of deception that thes
political demagogues and wire-works hay
always pledged in order to secure place an
power. It is all sheer hypocrisy" The
care more for The Interests of the poor mu
than they dt' for The Inhabitants Of the . Lob
Islands" and their cbnduct after the eleciiC
prove ell TO demonstration O,when will u
time come when the lsboring classes will ava
totheir lnleiesis--when they will rise in the IN
jesty Of teeir strength and thrust these unpri
cipled dsmsgogues from power, and administ
the affairs of government upon principles
Equality and JUSTICE.
Felton, March 26.h, 1860,