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Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,l :.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

STATE OF CONNECTICUTl g.
New HAvBS COUNTY.
Wells Santh worth, Pres ident, aud Lin b. Brad
ley. Secretary, Of tho City Fire Insurance Com
pany, of New Haven, Conn, being sevrcslly sworn,
deposo and say that the foregoing il . full, true
and correct statement Of the shairs Of said COM
piny, that said company is the bons fds owners
Of at least one hundred thousand dollars OF sctn-
al ca pital invested in stock Of mt least par value,
and that they are the above described clncers of
aaid Insurance Company; and that said Insur-
auce Company has no deposits in any other state
or Territory of the United States
lnhscribed nd sworn before me this Goth day
OF January, 1850.
(Signed,
JOHN s. GRAVES,
Justice Of the Peace.
STATE OF C0NNECICUT,l
NEw HAyss CoUSrYJ 81
!, Alfred H. Terry, Clerk Of the Supreme Court
fer New Haven County, do hereby certify that
John 3. Graves, whose names appended 70 the
jurat of the foregoing deposition was on tho date
thereof . Justice Of Peace in and for the county
Of New Haven, duly authsrized to administer
oaths for general purposes, snd that am we'll
acqusinted with the hand writing Of said Graves,
and verify believe that the sgnaturs TO said dep
ositiOn j. genuine.
la testimony whereof have hessunto sst my
hand andla1ixed my ofhcial seal this 10th day Of
January, 1860.
liYRsbi| lfiiYfRsisabi 4. TERRY, ,cl..l.
fsll-d3kw1
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14

DURTls HOUSE.
nORNER OF IOWA AND FIFTH STREETS
~ Davenport, Iowa. msh23dtf
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14

~ Buy your Valentines at the
Sra n Depot
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14

TnE SEED TINE Is CoMIkG.-The
time is fast approaching when our agricultural
friends will be called upon to procure seeds for
planting. and when doing 90 they had better
procure the best those that are warranted to
thrive under proper culture. L. s. Viele
d Co., No. = Front street, have o very large
stock Of fine fresh seeds Of every variety known
to the planter. We noticed peas Of twenty ons
different varieties, beans Of seventeen and 9TH
er seeds Of like numerous kinda These will oil
be open and for sale on Thursday OF this week.
and We suggest to cur farmers. gardeners. and
others desiring anything Of this kind to give
them a call before purchasing or planting.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14

LIE CLAIRE IrEMs.-The "Brick Mills"
have been leased by Msssrr johnson 4 Nice
and are now in full blast. Mr. johnson ia the
alton. The Register is insisting that
the City Recorder make public statement of
the financial condition OF the City =
The Issuing day Of the Rsgister has been
chsngsd from Saturday to Wednesday '
Business is exceedingly dull. and there is but
little prospect Of any improvement just at
present. Professor Stearns is de-
liverng lectures in Davenport's Hall !.
John is very anxions that those indebted to the
Register should pay up. We think they
should do so at once.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14

RoUNps X LAS0Dox, 155 Randolph street, Chi
cago are authorised to receive adverti .emens fvr
this paper.
&. u. ScpIvES, SO, Dearborn street, Chicago, is
authorized to receive advertisements for this pa
per.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14
TAYLOR 4 BALLORD.

NO: WEST SECOND STREET, LIE CLAIRE
~ Row, Davenport, Iowa, wholesale and retail
dealers in Drugs, Mediciues, Chemicals, Painss.
Oils, Window Glass, Fancy Articles, Perfumery
Mineral Teeth, Gold Foil, &c., 10. march
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14

at "a IT II M II MT
OF THE CONDITION OF tbs
North American Fire Insurance CO.
OF HARTFORD, CONN,
On the I'd Day of January, L $50.
To the auditor of tie State of Io.a.
+ THE NAME OF THE COMPANY IS THE
/, NORTH AMERICAN FIRE INSUR.
ANCE COMPANY, and it is located is the
Clry or HARTFORD, State of Connecticut.
CAPITAL.
2. Amount OF Capital Stock is......... $500, 900
3. Amount of Capital actually
paid in Cash is. .Sle5626
Amount of Stock Notes sndors
ed and approved, and other
wise secured by double the
amount Of the Stock Of the
Company. ............... .I5A,o'o $SOO,OOO
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14

EE The latest dates of all popular
papers and magazines to be had at STARs's.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14

I 000 BUSHELS TIMOTHY SEED WAN
1SOOU ted BY
feb ll-dlw. EVANS, CHEW / co.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14
Report Of the NJ. Il N. Railroad Bridge
For the week ending Feb. l1th, 1860.

The whole number Of foot passengers crossing
tho Bridge during the week is z79.
J. II. REED, Bridge Master.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1860-02-14

All who entitled earnestly requested to at
tend and can procure tickets 1t the Gazette Office
ftblO
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
The Story County Calamity.

The following are the particulars OF the
burning of five persons oa the prairie in
Story county, as briefly noticed in our last
We copy from the Nevada STORY county,
Aduocate, of Nov. LIST: Daniel Swearingsn,
recently from Tuscarawas county, Ohio, on
his way to his farm in the neighborhood o:
Ft. Dodge, passed throush our town On Mon
day la,t, with his wife and four children, all
in fine spirits at the prospect of an early ter
mination of their five weeks journey. They
had experienced the most pleasant weather
imaginable, and had not thought of aaythipg
but the cheerful prospect before them.
In this frame of mind, aud without other
warning than moments sensation of heat
as felt through the cover Of the wagon in
which they were all travelling ia fancied Sc
curity, they were oveltaken by the fire CT the
prairie. Before any measures for protection
could be taken, the wagon cover waain flames.
In moment tie bedding and other infiama
bic material was on fire, and. before Mr. s..
could make his way out OF the wagon, through
the fumes, his clothing was on fire. Uufortu-
nately, as he fell out Of the wagon, he was
kicked by one of the horses, and for II time
stunned beyond ability to helptl others lie
revived in time to see lis wife fall from the
wagon, burned to death, and to drag from the
flames one of his children, already dead. His
own clothing was burned entirely from his
body, and he is very severely burned, especi-
ally in the head, face and hands. He is at
present, sighsless, bus hopes ara entertained
OF his recovery, and that his eyesight is not
destroyed. Two Of the children We're literally
burned NJ in the wagon. Oh one nothing
could be found bat the skull the other
Oh AIRED mass, IN which was no trace of hu-
r.aaity left.
Oie OF the horses was burned to dealt, in
the harness the other succeeded IN treans
himself, but is badly burned.
The dead are Mary Ann, the vie of Mr..
S,wearingen, agc,I thirty years Sarah Jane,
..ebeccA Ellen, George DaIton, and Sahrins,
his children. aged respe ,iiysiy, clever, nine,
seven and tive years.
The calamity occurred about seven miles
northwest ot this place on tao Fort Dodge
road in q snail basin, or commencement of
i. wafer channel.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

No MIDDLE COURSE IN RELIGIoN.-
Often DO we hear remiss professors
strive to choke all forward holiness By
commeEding the holy mean. A cum
nlng discouragement-th the DEVILS soph-
istry The mean Of virtue is between
Two degrees. 1t is mean grace that
loves mean degree Of grace yet this
is the staff with which the world beats
all that would be better than themselves.
What will you be singular-walk
alone? But were not the apostles sin
gular i'll their walking, q spectacle to
the world ? Did not Christ call
70. this singularity--What do ye more
than others ! You that are Gcd's pecu-
liar people, will We do no peculiar
things Ye that are separate from the
world, will ye keep the worlds road :?
Must the name Of a Puritan dishearten
US in the service of God ? St. Paul said
in his apology, "By that which they
call heresy, SO worship the God Of my
fathers - and by that which profane
ones call Puritanisn, which is indeed
Jealous devotion, SO let my heart de-
serve to serve Jesus Christ.-OM Pr
ritan Writer.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

TAKING CODA "cold' is not
necessarily, says the Scientific Amer-
ican, the result Of high or low temper
AZURE. "A person may 60 directly from
q hot bath into a cold one, or into snow
even, and not take cold. On the con-
trary, he may take cold by pouring a
couple Of teaspoonfals Of water upon
some part Of his dress, or by standing
in the door, or other opening, where
one part of the body is colder than an
other. Let it be kept in mind that
uniformity Of temperature over the
whole body is the first thing to be looked
after. 1t is the unequal heat upon the
different parts Of the body that produces
colds, by disturbing the uniform circu-
latlon CT some part.
If you must keep PARTIAL wet
garment on, it would be as wet per-
haps to wet the whole Of it's uniformly.
The feet arc great source Of colds on
account of the variable temperature they
are subjected to. Keep these always
dry and warm, AMI avoid draughts of
ar, hot or cold, wet spots on the gar
ments, and other direct causes Of une-
quail temperature, aad keep the system
braced up by plenty Of sleep, aud the
eschewing Of facilitating food and
drinks, and you will be proof against s
cold and les results.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
Louisa County.


Mr.. MAnIN The majority for Lincoln in
this county is SOS; Curtis about the same !;
State ticket ditto. We claim "Old Louisa"
as the banner Republican county in the State,
in proportion to population and few pre-
cincts can show better record than Column
bus City, which gave 225 majority for "Old
Abe" When the result was ascertained last
night, the boys became jubilant, and, in. instead
Of the "Big Gun" brought the "Anvir' and
gave one gun" for each Free State, and an
extra one for New York and Pennsylvania
each one for St. Louis and Wheeling each.
Then one for the noble Frank Blair; then
Seoward,f Owen Lovejoy, c. NJ. Clay, and
Carl Schrrz; and last, but not least, for OLD
ABE. The Democrats retired early last night,
and the Republicans went to bed satisfied
with all the world. Yours, A. GAMBLE.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
Gen. jackson ON Modification.

Gen. jackson Oh NullI1lcHllOll.
The following is an extract from Gen.
Jackscn's proclamation to the people of
South Carolina. when that State "nullified -
But the dictates of higher duty oblige
me solemnly to announce that you cannot
succeed. The law of the United States must
be executed. have no discretionary power
on the subject; my duty is alphabetically
announced in the Constitution. Those who
told you that you might peaceably prevent
their execution deceived you - they could
not have teen deceived themselves. y N
Their object is disunion but be not deceiv-
cd by names. DIsunion by armed forces is
treason! Are you really ready to incur
this guilt? If you are, on the heads of the
instigators of the act be the dreadful conse-
quences f.; on their heads be the dishenor.
"Snateh from the archives of your State
the disorgapizing edict of this convention
" Fell them that, compared to dis
union, all other evils are light, because that
brings with it an accumulation OF all; de
clare that you will never take the field unless
the star-spGngled banner of your country
shall float over you that you will not be
stigmatized when dead, and dishonored and
scorned while you live. rs the authors of the
| first attack on the Constitution of your
country Its destroyers you cannot be-
You may disturb its peace-you may inter.
rOpt the course Of its prosperity-you may
cloud its reputation for stability = but its
tranquility will be restored It's prosperity
will return and the stain upon its national
character will be transmitted, and remain
an eternal blot on the memory Of those whe
caused the disorder.
(Signed by the President,)
''ANDREW JACKSON.
EDWARD LIVINGSTON, See. State.''
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
A Hard She'll Sermon.
sY THE REVEREND sLITHERToN sLATHEB.

Brethering, Saints, and Sinners
ah Its sum time since your beloved
paster has slung the Scripture at yore
pore onsanktified heds. He's not been
a wrasling with Satin somewar else
tho. No, Lrethering. Thals a pastor
fur evry flock, and the subscriber never
mixes in with outside fights. I've been
q tralnin for the fall and winter sea-
son--a preparin fur to give old horns
and spear tail another in this hyar
twenty four foot pull pit. I've been a
gatherin muscle an getin my house in
order, for such fight as 20 never
dreamed, and if don't split old Satin's
huffs up plum to his knee jints and putt
up his shelters, it won't be fur want of
wind and bottom-That's so.
Your pastor has been a rastyk attn at
Newport--ah. wEar he drunk old port,
ah, at the White Mountans-ah, whar
the dinner were black, and at the Sui
phur Spring-ah, whar the devil war to
pay, and generally, collected all wanted,
and down thar at Cape Cod-ah, whar
the circulation meejum ar fish scales
and Holsters eyes yes, brethe-ing,
thar's whar Eve bin. ryc been look :
in at sin in all its shapes. I've eat
with it, drunk with it, loafed with it,
but l taint brot any Of it home with
me. Nary a wunce. They couldn't
spare morsel Of it in them pla ces. t
war a luxury.
I met Satin thar, but | didn't tech
him. It's no JUICE tacklin him in hot
wether. Never tsckel an enerny on his
guano Hill. Wait ontil you catch him
away from home. Ketch Satin in the
cold wether, and it's as good as a hip
holt in q wrastle with ,Jarseymon.-
But | knowd the mint the old Teller got
through . colectin his dues thar, he'd
make tracks fur yore neighborhood.--
l knowd that when l opened my fall
season hyer, Ia find him ready for the
fight, and a good menny Of yorc pore,
misserbel sinners and baclsliders, red
dy to 60 yore pile on him. But you'll
lose your money. A parstor who's had
lynne, Jewlye and O.gust toe train in,
am. hez been practlsin with the dunn
bells Of revelation, Of Genesis, and
gettin up his Nebbycudnezzar gineralIy,
amt to be putt down by passel of
onbelievin heethcn- all No, notef the
parstor understands his constitusnun,
and wears spiked brogans to provide
against slippin up on the bananner
rhines Of temptation which sin throws
in his way--ah!
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

Power OF A BIRDS SoNG.-When
we hear the song of soaring lark we
may be sure that the entire atmosphere
between us and the bird is filled with
pulses Or undulations, or waves as they
are often called, produced by the little
songster's organ of voice. This organ
is a vibrating instrument, resembling
in principle the reed Of clarionet
Let US suppose we hear tho song Of a
lark elevated to a height Of five hun
dred feet in the air. Before this is
possible the bird must have agitated a
sphere Of air one thousand feet ID diam
eter-that is to say, it must have COM
municated to II 1888 tons Of air q mo-
ton sufficiently intense to be apprecia-
ted by our organs Of hearing. --Iy'1-
dGiVs Glaciers Of the .Alps.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

THE ROMAN MARCHES. This region,
the present seat Of war in Italy, con-
tains 7 provinces and 1913 cities and
villages, some Of them Of Importance,
as Ancona, tesaro, Urbino, Loretto. 1t
is very dcnscly peopled, aad lies be-
tween the Apcanlnes and the Alriatic.
1t is about 10 miles square, is pleas
ant, picturesque and highly cultivated.
Ancient ruins and castles Of the mid
die ages are frequently seen, aud the
whole country is historical and classical.
The best paper made in Italy, and the
raw material Of the richest silks in Eu-
rope, come from tho Marches. The
churches are filled with monuments OF
art and costly pictures. at Loretto is
the famous chapel Of Cur LAZY, said
to be the very building in which Joseph
and the Virgin lived in Judca. At this
chapel Lamoriciere vowed to present
his sword, when he should have expelled
6aribaleli but, alas the latter got it.
The population of the Marches is lit
tic less than 900, 600.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
WEEKLYJOURNAL
IOWA MEMS.

W IA ~ q VvSs
re The Norwegians, ofths Lutheran per.
suasion, are constructing fine College build
ing at DEBORAH, Winneshiek county.
q BURNED TO DEATH. - A child of Charles
Neinstedt, OF Dubuque, 2a years of age, was
SO badly burned, on the 9TH inst, by its
clothes accidentally taking fire, that death
ensued.
DEATH FROM INrRMpRRANcE. - In Black
, hawk county, few days since, AZ old man
BY the name of Samuel Moore was found on
the Railroad track, near Cedar Falls, dead.
1t is thought that ne died from the effects OF
drinking.
DROWNED. - An freshman named Walter
Burns was found drowned in slough near
the Waubspinicon river, Clinton county, on
the 9TH. He had attended the polls the day
before at Wheatland, and started home in the
night, drunk.
NAN KlLLED.-Mr Fred Fesler, of Libesty
Township, johnson county, was thrown from
colt on to the wheel of a lumber wagon,
and almost instantly killed, on the 9th inst
They, as q matter of fun, started Oft the colts
together on a run, when the accident
occurred.
The Baptist State Convention met a,
Waterloo on the goth ult. Thirty three min
listers and several lay delegates were present
debt Of $1,000 was provided fer. Dexter
Z. Smith, OF Iowa City, was re-appontet
agent. Two ministers have died during th'
year-Messrs. Oo!eyroveo OF Buchanan county
and Dean Of Butler county.
SUDDEN DRArH-Alex. Young, aged 70 0
so years, a resident of Seventy-six tswnship
Washington county, died suddenly on til
evening of the 9th inst. He went to the poll
and voted at O'Clock, and the exoite'nen
of the election, it is thought, caused hl
death lie was the father of Judge Young
of Washington.
DEATH FROM A RArrLEsNAKE BITE.--l
franklin Township, Monroe county, a litt
daughter of Jacob Ware was bitten u te'
weeks ago by rattesnakc while on her wa
to Sabbath school, She lived about a wee
after receiving the poison into her system.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

To HARDEN WooD.-lt is often de-
sirablc to ilnpart the hardness Of oak
to doors, shutters, &C., made Of soft
wood. This is easily done by giving
them frat coating Of common gray
paint, and then sitting seine very fine
sand over it. When dry, a second
coating Of paint is laid on, after which
the surface becomes 50 hard that it will
resist the influence Of the sun and rain
for years, without undergoing the
sli2 htest alteration.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

E5J There is q young man, named
Mark Ralph, at Bent's Fort, who was
recently stabbed, in three places and
shot three times, scalped, and left for
dead by the kiowa Indians, but who
afterwards regaiued his consciousness,
and walked IS miles to a place Of safe
ty and succor. lie has now nearly re.
covered, bat has only two locks of hair
left upon his head {; all the rest was
taken off with the scalp.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

AMERICAN PRoGEEss.-In 1920
there were twcnty-three States in the
Union now there are thirty three
Then its area was 1877, $50 square
miles now is 2,936, 1859. Our pop
ulation then was 9,65S,18 now it is
53,00O,000. Our shipping then was
l ,2SO, i65 tons now it is 6,145,137.
Cur annual imports then amounted to
$14, 400, 600; now they amount 10
GIGS $50. Our expor,s then were
1861, 1865; now they are $780,
639, 402. Our revenue then was s16,-
1881 nowit is $40, 900. The
real and personal estate Of our citizens
then was not over 1000, 600 900 !
now is estimate lat $40, 000, goo, 900.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

He LTH OF AMEKECANs.--De Bows
mortality statistics, complied from the
last census, show that the people Of the
United States are the healChiest on the
globe The deaths are three hundred
and twenty thousand per year, Or one
and half per cent of the population.
In England the ratio is nearly two per
cent. Virginia and North Ca, china
are the heaitbiest Of the States, and
have six hundred and thirty eight in
habitants over one hundred years of
age. These figures, however, may all
De reversed by the next census, for the
schools were never more -four
ishing, twenty-six colleges having grad
uated last year about thirteen hundred
doctors.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

"WHAT Is a SNoB PA snob,
mad, man." says Qnilp, lis usually a
person Of the feminine gender, and
may be known by several character
istics. She is polite to her superiors :;
arrogant with those CT lower station ::
fawnS on the rich, snobs the poor, and
pretends not to know ler own mother
when she chances to meet the old lady
in questionable c;u.has. She has
plenty Of brass and few brains and is
always uneasy from a suspicion that
her instrlnsic vule arity may fail to be
hidden by her outward G ntility.''
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

I9@Beecher says of Blondin 1t is
a very small thing for that fool to walk
across a cable with the rear Of Niagara
under him, carrying some be oby like
himself OF his back, though ten thou
sand other fools so to cape and stare
IL him. But for man to walk across
the thread of daily life, carrying not
smother feel, but soul with immortal
ity IN every faculty, potent, wonderful
III scope, and power, and susceptibility,
so as to keep it in balance, is not a
small thing. Itrcquires him to be wide
awakc--that is, to auafch.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

RATHER BEAUrIFUL.--In the atlantic
Non'Ay, a story now beng published
thus characterizes marriage:
"That delicious process Of the tuning
Of two souls 10 each other, string by
string, not without; little half-pleasing
discords now and then, when some
chord in one or the other proves to be
over strained or over taxed, but always
approaching nearer to harmony, until
they become at last as two instruments
with a single voice.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16

gsg DR.. B. Wood, Of Nashville,
Tenn, claims to have discovered a
valuable alloy, which possesses the
charac teristic Of fusing at $50 dogs.
F., much lower temperature than any
other. 1t is composed Of from one to
two parts Of cadmium, seven to eight
parts Of bismuth, two parts Of tin,
and four Of lead. By the addition Of
mercury the fuslng point may be low
cred to almost any extent without i'm
pairing the tenacity Of the metal.