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Gl,ojce First Class Insurance
In THE-


GJ-caa Capital 81 600 oO0 absolute ard uEimpaired.
WITH Surplus or S50G,3SI SIS.
And the prestgeof IS years success and experience.
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WHEELING.yA.,T THURSDAY MORNING.
@aily gntellige1gtet,
TERMS OF ADVERTIsING.

EELvE SoLID LrSFs OF NoSPARElI. CoR ONE INcH,) on
LESS, MAKE SouARE.
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PianO Tuning.

WHI. LONG OFFERS Ills sERYI-
EI7-7s-1s5 CES to the citizens of Wheeling and
r T7 3 n II vicinity as a PIANO TUNER and
v Y v uREPAIRER.
Refers to the following gentlemen: W. A. ICcuns
of the Wheeling Female Seminary; NJ II, MoRGAS.
Teacher Of Music.
All orders left with Messrs Payne Co.. J. 8. Mel
or. or Il. B. Stone Son, will be promptly attended
TO- dccl3-3m
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EUGENE LIST. h. DAVENPORT.
LIST, MORRISON & CO.,
Wholesale Groccrs s. Produce Dealers
Mas. 10 aud so NuiH-&, T1esEinJ, Va.
WE desire to state to the friends of the late firm,
and to the trade generally that are in possession
of the most ample facilities for the transaction Ofa
wholesale G roccry and Produce BUsincss.
We are determined to execute all orders entrusted
to our care with fidelity and promptness. and on the
most favorable terms. Your ob't eeTTRnts-
LIST, MORRISON & co.
Wheeling. January Cd, 1850. JAM
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made.
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prescribed by law.
business Cards not exceeding five lines SIC pe year,
Sc for six months but or shorter period nothing
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the Advertisers own Immediate business; and all
advertisements for the benefit of other persons, as
we'll all legal advertisements, and advertisements
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directions will bC inserted until forbid and charged
accordingly.
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cases at full rates.
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Correspondence Of the Intelllgencerl
The Democratic Convention Pan HqaGla
and IFaecjag Bitis-Dcscription Of HE
rr0y BiIis are PosSed-Interestj"g Items.
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just Received,

PER GI&EhESSg
A MOTHER LOT OF RICH TRIMMED CLOTH
qualities and latest Styles which will be sold Mt very
Lotc pricsS ClOais which used to sell At $50. will
sell now Rt S2l and those worth SIS for only Sl2:
lower grades In proportion.
Also. large assortment nf FCRS, such as Mink.
Gable Fitch. and Others at reduced prices.
large variety of the newest styles Of Reversihle
Blanket and Broehe IOug and Square SHANVLS,
which can cell below manufacturers price,.
noy26 ALEX. IIEfMAN, 49, Main 1t.
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S1,5O6.3S7 SIS


TOTAL LIABILITIES: -------------
Unsettled claims not due.........S173,926 81
4y-Losses Equitably adjusted and promptly paid -tz4
Upwards OF s1I,ooO,OOO
OF Losses have been paid by the I!na Insurance Co..
in tlc past IS years.
FIRE AND INLAND NAYIGATION
Risks accepted al terms consistent with s0ivency and
fair profit.
Expciuf GGs1tiOn gtrei' 10 iHSSpNnceof DWELLiNGS
and C0atcNtS fo, teyntS cf one 70. fire gears
The progress of this Corporation has been stable
and uninterrupted through seasons of financial sun
shine aa storm periods cvenful in or exempt from
s.yeepi.. cnnfagTations and maritime disaster; Be
ire, long established cash bnSis the troubles OF
the credit system affect in no tcr'i particular
Daring hard tunes the security Of reliable lnsu-
rance is an imperative 'lUty-thc ability of property
ictIers 10 sustain loss being then much lessened
Policies issucd without DELAY. and all business at
tended to Wit, dispatch and fidelity. by
SAN'L p. uILDRETII. Agent,
Ohiec Mt the Savings Bank of Wheeling.
fsbtN-dlw till Jau list -
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12
mttkIg 1ortb Soha Gimss
MeGREGOR, DECEMBER 70, 1860


The Door. as....
Do you know anybody who never shuts
the door-a fellow who was born in saw.
mill and raised on raft? Tell that chap
"it is Winter; wood is high; it takes q hot
stove to make the family or Office comfort.
able" and then invite him respectfully al
first) to shut the door and quickly too
Don't let him come in as though the outer
air, at twenty degrees below that cold cy.
pher called zero, was blessing to you.-
And when he starts away, stopping, with
the door in his hand, half open, to tell you
some interesting story which he had jus,
thought Of do, for the sake of your own
peace and to learn him manners, tell him tc
"get OUT or "get i'm as quickly as possible
to stay week and spin his yarns, but on
no account stand IN the door and attempt
to interest you. ...
He who does mot come in quickly. shut
the door at once, tell his business, leave
and close the door very hastily behind him
is not generally welcome in a printing Office
A printers roller is as delicate in texture as
a maiden's cheek (pardon US, girls } and
when either of these "delicacies' are cola
there is no possibility of getting good i'm
preston from them.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12

Constitution, and are consequently null And
void. Such an explanatory ametdmcnt
would; it is believed, forever terminl.e tho
existing dissensions and restore peace ahS
harmony among the States. The Presidens
then discusses our foreign relations. Our,
relations with Spain have been complicated
by the refusal Of the Senate to ratify tho
contract tor the adjustment Of the Cubs
claim 80 called. The President reitcrates
his commcndation fbt the acquisition of
Cuba, by fair purchase. With the Il.
cept;on Of Mexico, our relations ARE gene.
ally Of satisfactory character. In rela;i5h
to Kansas, the President says the desrer.
ate band recently assembled under nctc
rious outlaw III the southern portions Of tho
Territory, to resist the, execution Of ths
laws and plunder peaccabic citizens, will.
I doubt not, be speedily subducd ami
brought to justice. lie recom!ne.ds Pa.
cific railway. Congratulates the country
upon the apparent elimination Of The slave
trade, and the extinction of the flibuster-
ing sentiment and in view Of the dcstitutioti
in Kansas, recommends to Congress that ii
any constitutional measure Of relief cat BE
devised, that the subject should DC duly
considered.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12
S;iddings Protests.

Giddings Protests.
The recent assurances given BY some OF
the Republican leaders that President Lin
coin intends to pursue conservative ~
course, to enforce the fugitive slave law. to
not interfere with the concerns of the slave
States, and all that kind of thing, has called
Joshua r. Giddings Of Ohio. Mr.. G. has
addressed long letter to the Hon. Thos.
Ewing, in which he takes that gentleman
to task for promising th"t Lincoln's admin
istration shall be of an old fashioned w hig
stripe.
Mr. G. says the Wing party was destroy
ed because it refused to make war upon
slavery, and such will be the fate of the
Republican party if it pursue similar
course. He says Mr.. Lincoln was elected
on an ant-slavery platform, and he will not
believe that the President elect will act in
such bad faith as to attempt to ignore the
great principle on which he was elevated to
power. 1t is evident that the Abolitionists
do not intend to be cheated if they can
help it.-Ne~ Al6any Ledger.
Per Contra.
Senator Trumbull recently made speech
at Springfield under the immediate eye of
Mr.. Lincoln and took extraordinary con-
servative ground. Just before election,
Tom. Corwin, Of Ohio wrote letter to an
official Republican gentlemen in Washing.
ton, in which he says:
Mr.. Lincoln tells me that If he is elected
it is his purpose to execute the fugitive slave
law at all hazards, everywhere throughout
the North, until better one to accomplish
its purpose shall be enacted and also, that
he will maintain the right of any future
State to be admitted into the Union with
slavery in its constitution, if its people so
decide, on coming to frame that instrument
and also that he (Lincoln) viii oppose all
efforts to abolish slavery in the District OF
Columbia against the consent of its legal
voters and without full compensation to the
owners of slaves in the District"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12

Reform.
We like to read well-ma1e paragraph,
and there is no one in the West who can
make more graphic one than the Local
of the Dubuque Herald. In late allusion
to the fact that several young men Of that
city had privately pledged each other to
"dry up" on alcohol and travel back to the
path Of sobriety and health, our friend
Wilkie flashes his diamond point as follows
This scorching hint will do for any latitude
in Iowa:
We don't know as we care great deal
or does society, il some fellow void Of intel.
lect, brute at home, fool or hog among
his companions, an ape in dress and man.
ners, choose to soak himself in whisky till
his boots get full Of snakes; his little intel.
lect burned completely out by firery drinks,
and he at length hides his bleared eyes,
bloated features and palsied form under the
ground, where worms may dine on him II
their appetites can stomach such . nasty
dish; but in cases Of an opposite class Of
men the thing is different. Society does
care. Society has . claim upon such men
--they have no right to put their intellects
t. soak in that villainous compound Of corn
and strychnine, known rs whisky-they
have no right to light MP their noses Is rud-
dy beacons, which reveal to others the
shoals Of degradation upon which they
stranded.
What right have men in whose souls
God has kindled fame great enough to
serve Is the advance fires Of Progress to be
seen by half . continent. to be drenching
tho blaze with bucketsfull of whisky? And
what can be the Anal result Of such course,
but to leave the soul in the condition Of .
burnt building extinguished BY FIRE engines
-charred. blackened timber. smoking em-
bers, puddles Of filthy water. dust and ash
es. No man, with shining eapseIty enough
to make star and light half tho world, has
. right to make miserable spirit-lamp Of
himself, whose beams are devoted 70 light
ing up small drinking shop.
Let us hope for reform IN this respect
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12
Poetry.
THE Union,


Dissolve the Union! Who would part
Each link was forged ny sa'Dtsd sirss
Amid the Revolution fires,
And cool'd-oh. where so rich hoode
In Warren's and In sumptsr's blood!
Dissolve the Union! Be like France
When Terror" reared her bloody lance,
And man became distinctions child,
And woman IN her passions wild,
Danced in the life blood Of her Queen
Before the dreadful guiliotiue
Dissolve the Union Roll away
The spangled Flag Of Glory's day,
Blot out the history Of the brave,
And desecrate each pat riots grave,
And then ahevs the wreck Of years
Qua6 an eternity Of tears!
Dissolve the Union Can Il be &
That they who speak such words are free
Great God did any die 70 save
When breast to breast and hand to hand
Our patriot fathers freed the landl
dissolve the Union Ho ! rorbesrl
The sword Of Damocles il there;
Cut but hair, and earth shall know
A darker, deadlier tale Of woe
Than History's crimson tale has told,
Since Nero's car in blood e'er roll'd.
Dissolve the Onion Speak - Mills,
Yeeverlasting mountains, cry;
Shrek out ye streams and mingling rills,
And ocean roar In agony!
Dead her0ss leap from glory's soAi -.
And shield the manor Of your blood!
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12
Csrfsspo hdence or the Times.
Letter. from Lampsom Things IN Denver. -.
BdtNs Of Boa Elder-Marshal Rogers
Y;cfor;ousi

Letter. from Lampsom Things IN Denver -.
Battle eF Boz Elder-Marshal Rogers
Victorious!
Box ELDER STATION, K. r., Nov. IL.
DEAR TINES: Having spare mottent
think I will improve it by dropping you =
few lines to keep you posted as to matters
and things in this fast country. New gold
and silver leads are being discovered every
day, but nothing can be done with them
till Spring and perhaps not then--you can
not tell As all 'things are checkered. ~
Matters are very quiet in Denver; they hays
not hung anybody for q week, but tho
Pony Express, with news of election, pass.
cd here this morning, that will raise some
excitement. The rider told me that Doug,
las was elected, (hurrah! if so,) but I
doubt it yet. Well, Col, am stopping
with John Conant this winter. NY work
is very hard; it consists of telling pilgrins
the distance to the next station, the price OF
hay, and eating antelope meat. However,
1have some little recreation, such as throw:
ing stones at pilgrims and dogs, also read.
ing Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress, ION Sun.
day. and sewing buckskin patches on my
unmentiona1lss, listening to the tolling Of
the church.bell-1 mean the coso bell land
eoloring my meerschaum. But I will quit
being serious. The distance from Box e.
der to Denver is twenty-five miles, on the
"Cut Off," nine miles from Riowa Greek,
where Fales, Rogers and Hibbard's teams
camped the last time before reaching Den.
yer. 1t was here Marshal RooEAs had his
last great battle. I was Sergeant on that
eventful day. For particulars inquire of
the Marshal. know covered myself with
glory. I passed the field of battle and
nothing remained but broken pistols and
eannoas. could not help exclaiming, "Oh
the folly of warl" Conant, as he viewed
the field, mournfully observed, "How many
spirits went to their last account!" Tar.
fully rode off the field wiser, though =
sadder man. know you can imagine my
"phelinks."
I want you to send your paper to me-
Direct to o. Lampson, Denver, X. T. En-.
closed find two gold dollars. would bs
happy to hear from you at any time and.s SO
would John. JAS Benton is stopping with
US; he is hunting and is doing veil Give
my love ito all inquiring friends" and re.
member me in your prayers. am your
friend, o. LAMPSON.
Col. A. P. RICHARDSON.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12

PAsTY FssLlsc.-Many suppose that in
our day only has partisan bitterness been
prevalent They talk = though '.our
hthers" wsfs = mild as milk in speaking
Of each other. Let the following. from :
cotsmporary. correct public opinion:
In . publication now before i'd; issAed in
1900 NO 6nd Washington charged with
having .Saoe<slad pubic nsosly,' with being
tknouinlv ptrjvrsa, being a Axpoov,ts,' and
with having 'saerijlead ths rights ef liz
oosntry;' while the incumbent President
was assailed for .Aopin0 ooasplstsd ~ see.s
c| ignonsiny saAieh WasAingtots bsocn.'
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12
McGREGOR IOWA. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IL, 1850


Life Insurance.
When Doc. Martin was very low, a few
weeks since, and most of us thought he
would die, physicians were sent for to al
parts of the country to aid each other by
their counsel in restoring him to health.-
The Doctor had fortunately insured his life
in the Wisconsin Co., and the first he knew,
one of the most talented and experienced
physicians Of Milwaukee was detailed by
the Company to come out and save Mar.
tins life at any expense of time and money.
1t is probable that the aid rendered by this
Milwaukee physician enabled Doctor Mar.
tin to recover, but if he had not been in
sured in that Co. Dr.. Woolcott would
not have visited himl Geo. L. Scott is the
Agent at McGregor. ....
: P. S.-As a,postcript to the above let Us
say that If the grim monster had taken our
friend the Doctor to himself, the Insurance
Company would have paid his family
81, 800 on demand. The Doc. and his
family will pardon this business view Of
his possible death, but it is no bad thing
after al to be doctored while sick and paid
for at death. We will all sicken and die
sometime and If our wives and children can
be placed beyond want or charity after We
leave them, It will be solace to us even in
the last agonies.
Get a pamphlet Of Scorr and think this
matter over. .-.-.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12

DEATH OF A PIONEER. On Monday Nov.
26th, ELIAS TopLIrF, Treasurer and Re-
corder of Alamakee Co., Iowa, died at
Waukon, the place Of his residence. The
Journal gives detail Of the life and SER
vices of the deceased. Judge Toplif was
born in Conn.,, In 1901. He removed to
Ohio and after residence Of few years
ernigrated 70 Monona, Clayton Co., in ls4s.
in ~ he opened the first farm in Alamakee
County,-in Post township. The County
was Organised in ls4s. Mr.. T. was chosen
Treasurer, and in 81 was elected County
Judge. In 81 he was again elected Treas
urer, and was reelected in 1859. The
deceased was man Of strict integrity and
was universally beloved.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12

DlPrHERrA. This disease is becoming
alarming. There have been but few cases
here yet and thus far none have proved
fatal. We learn that DR.. Hamilton o1
National has treated over forty cases during
the autumn and that he has been generally
successful. In ILL., and Indiana it seems to
be very fatal among children.
An old physician Of Alexandria calls il
only modification Of scarlatina or putrid
sore throat and should be treated in the
same way He says emetics are useful in
the early stages, gentle physic but not vio'
lent purging. When fever comes on, give
lemonade, ice cold, or acidulated drinks O
any kind. When the system flags give
stimulating teas or toddy. If the neck is
very hot apply cold cloths. Use gargle
of sulphate of lime or of sal amonia with
honey
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-12-12
Weed: wssa |,

Weed w0sa
If any reader Of this paper .vss prsmis.d
to bring Wood 70 the nimss Of6ce, ~
would like 10 So him4-o1 the wood
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-02-03

"A RoMAHr1o RUNAWAY IN CoSSscrrour.-
The Stamford Advocate gives these particulars
cf runaway wife at that place, which has
been the topic Of conversation among scandal
nongsrs for some days:
IA few weeks since young and beautiful
girl took up her residence in that town, and
entered the High School as pupil. Every
BODY, especially the young men, were curious
10 know who the young stranger was, and
wnere she came from; but with all the in
gsnuify invented on such occasions, the in
tefestsd ones We're completely bafled in their
Efforts to ascertain her plase Of residence. A
lew days since, however, . gentleman from
New York made his appearance and chained
tae fair tncognsto as his lawful wife. The hus-
baHd insiatsd on taking his wife with him, but
tue lady resisted his opportunities, and kept
her person beyond his reach. Hsreupou the
gentlsman became more violent in his demon
strstions, and would probably have resortsd
to- forciblc means to ooercs the return of the
lady, but for the arrival Of her brother. Two
mon met at tho Stamford House on Friday
last, when an excited colloquy ensusd, during
which the husband induleed in remarks
'dsrogstory to the character Of his wife and her
family. These remarks were followed by q
blow from the fat Of the brother, which laid
the disconsolate husband at full length on the
marble floor. The spectators here intsrfsred.
and prevented any further demonstrations of
this character. Onfhe following morning the
brother and sister took passage on the cars for
New York, whittier they were followed by the
baftied but not yet deepalring husband. Fur
ther than this deponsnt sayeth not"
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-02-03

A VIRGINIA SENATOR ON THE JOHN BROWN
AFFAIR AND THR STATE ARMoRY.-Ths speech
Of Mr.. Rives, of Albemarle, In the Virginia
Senate, on the bill providing for tho purchase
and manufacture Of arms" appears in the
Virginia newspapers. He asks, what is the
use of an armory2 "Wo were never safer"
he says, "from John Browns than now" and
adds: ~ have no fear that John Brown has
sown any dragons teeth among us, from which
armed mon will spring up; or that for our age
any, from any quarter will dare to tread in
his fatal footsteps. For all such ruthless in
yaders Of the Commonwealth, the calm and
deliberate execution Of our laws will bear for
ever grand lesson and terrible warning.
History will din in the ears of any that shall
dare approach our borders for such guilty pur-
poses perpetual 'n,emento ,nori.' I assume,
therefore, this armory is not necessary to pro-
teot Us from any of the demented admirers or
SUCCESSORS Of this defunct John Brown. Are
we threatened by any Of our sister States? Is
any one Of them arming or founding armories
to prepare for an attack upon us2 believe
not. Peace Is In all our borders and around
US. We only have our partisan quarrels--irac,
iategratio amoris--such as many other happy
families have. An armory is not necessary,
then, to repel any anticipated attack from other
Statos. Lot those who plot against the integ-
rity Of the Constitution take themselves out
Of the Union If they can. For my part, ]
deem Virginia safer under 1t than out Of IT."
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-02-03

TsRRIBLE INuNDArIoN IN CYPRUs.--A letter
from Nieosia, in the Island Of Cyprus, gives an
account Of terrible inundation which re-
Gently took place there; "rhe weather became
cloudy, the wind blew with violence, and che
thunder and lightning were most violent. At
noon the rain began to fall In torrents, and In
Q short time after the river overfowed It's
banks. The inhabitants not having time to
shut the gates, the water rushed in with fear-
ful impetuosity, and inundated the town. The
bazaar soon had six feet of water In it, and,
to add to tho misfortune, tho gate at the end
OF the town opposite to whore the water bad
rushed In became closed, and there being TINS
no outlet for the torrent, nearly every house
was soon filed. Toward evening the gate
gave way, and the water began gradually to
subsids. No fewer than AZ houses and '16O
shops were undermined and fell, and mon,
IL women and o child persisted beneath the
ruins. Considerable injury was done to the
merchandiso In the bazaar. Upward Of 100
mules also perished, and the total loss can not
DO estimated at less than two millions Of pias.
ters." t -CH.a et...Is -
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1860-02-03

A WoxAN HANGS HERssLy on JONI BRowN's
AooouET.-A lady, residing near the village Of
Hunts Hollow, in Lexington County, N. T.,
hung herself Q few ago under peculiar oircum.
stances. The Buffalo Espress says:
She had been IN attentive peruser of oil
procurablp newspaper information relative to
the execution Of John Brown, and her mind
had become 30 far infatuated thereby as 10 lead
hsr to experiment, for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning the kind Of physical sensation sttond-
ant upon hanging. Her first effort resulted
fatally. On oertain morning she was seen
to ascend to the chambers, by her mother,
who was engaged below. Shortly after, the
latter wishing her assistance In some domestic
matters, approached the stairway, and called
her by name. The failure of reply, after
several repetitions Of the call, led to an inves-
tigation, which resulted in the discovery Of
her lifeless corpse, suspended from the rafters
Of the chamber she had entered. An unfin-
ished piece of knitting was olasped in her
hand, and q ball Of yarn was found in one Of
her pockets.