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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-02-20
STATE OF o0NNEoTICUT,)
County Of Hartford, ST.

HAkTFORb, Jan. II, 1858.
James O. Walkley, President, and Samuel II. White,
Secretary of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company
Of Hartford. Conn be ng y sworn, depose and
say that they the above described officers Of said
Insurance Company; that the foregoing II FULL true
and correct statement of tho aas the said Insur
ancs Company that the said 10 the
bona ds owner Of at least hundred and city thous-
and dollars Of actual cash capital invested In stocks
and bonds, In mortgages real estate worth double
the amount for which the IL mortgaged In 9th
or approved securities that the foregoing described
for the benefit OF said Company that the mortgages
above described have been assigned In any man
ner released impaired by said Company according
to the best of their knowledge and belief
(Sgned) J. WALKLEY, President,
8. II. WHITE, Secretary
,.-.-. Subscribed and to before me this 9Th
-. p: day of January, 1868
'----' (Sigued) JEROME B. BROWN,
Notary Public.
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~ AAAAA'A N~'~ O'c
AUDITOR OF THE STATE OF IOWA
January 81, 1863.
Name and Location. I'LL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Hartford, Conn.
Tbs Company Il located in said Hartford, In the
State Of Connecticut.
Capital.
III: amount Of its Capital Stock eco eco os o.
Assets.
Cash on hand and in the hands Of Agents
Real Estate unsncumbe,od, --.------.-..-- 1000 %
Bonds osonea by the Company
U. 8. &. 1881. SIC, 1000 par.-nk value IS. 600
Conn O. st. s. bonds BONDS: e. t;I " $40 sa.4os
ter Dona.. 5000. - $500
s7.olo %
Debts due the Company secured by mortgage
on Real Estate In Massachusetts, ADD Ohio, II S42 70
Debts otherwise secured, gig: .,
Loans to mutual memb at per cent?, ss9, 100 Is
Loans secured by 1c ci--i ---a "s -
1st, Stocks and Endorsements, a6l, 875 81
Cd. Loans on endorsed prom, notes.l2l7 Us 4.
IFG Na1 rG .t-.-. f.i 't3 '' 63,845 IS
Debts fer premiums at Banks, ETC., .-- IL, no -
All other securities are ,sT
lst, 2,06l shares Bank Stock, IS Der vouchers
aeconpanyin ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1sl,ss7 90
%, Approved ;, endorsed ,, notes by the State
Comptroller of Connecticut, -.--.- $1,000 90
Deferred premiums polio estimated 80, 900 o.
Personal pr. perty ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $500 90
Accrued interest, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. H. 500 %
Total assets Of the Company. $3.50. O60 o.
Liabilities.
The amount Of liabilities due not due to
Banks OF other creditors Of the Company, None.
Lo.so. adjusted and not due. ZIG, 500 90
Do. unadjusted, .--.-.-- None.
Do. In suspense, waiting for further proof,
All other claims against the Company,---.-
Total liabilities, -.-..............-s 1s,5o0 0O
Miscellaneous.
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a. You can buy at J. A. Bishops, the
best fresh Baltimore Oysters, at 60 cents
Kerosene at go cents, and other goods low in
proportion. feb14d2w.
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Remember the X |

Subscribers who find this mark (x) after their
nanesvill understand that the time they have paid
fol- has expired, and that the subscription must be
renewed BY advance payment if they wish the
pauer continued.
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TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.

The rri.wsskly IL published Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. Is per annun. Subscriptions received for
four or six months at tho rates. In all the
essh must ACCOM- any tho subscription.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-02-20

PEACHES KILLED.-We are sorry to learn
from Mr.. Foster, of "Fountain Hill," that
the peach crop for this season is "played
out" The severe cold of the So inst. did
the work. If our horticulturists can't raise
peaches such season as this, they may as
well give it up.
ALWAYS GET TIE BEsr.-Especially in get
ting Salerstus-a as the best costs but . tribe
for years supply. and the good costs but a
little more than the poor. The best goes
farther than the poor, and is much more
healthy. We can recommend the Chemical
Saleratus to be the best ..-.. ....---
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Mahogany CLOTH

MAHOdANI'- CIOTH. = = = :
MAHOGANY and other Oil Cloths, for covers for
A tables. stands, pianos, melodcons. 4c. d., FOX
oole e old prices at - '-' DU1N1xxp.
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A BARGAIN.
North Missouri Land for Sale |!

TINHE undersigned has for sale tract of heavily
i timtered land. containing 100 acres, which will
be disposed Of very cheap fer cash. 1t 10 located In
Putnam county, Missouri, within eight miles Of the
Iowa State line.
For further particulars apply to
J. 4. MAXWELL,
Muscatine, Fee, 16-tf Journal Office.
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TAX f NATICE

TAKE NOTICE.
A LII persons indebted to the undersigned re-.
quested call and settle before the first OF March,
and save cost GEORGE G. NAHAN.
Fob. 14d&w2w.
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- $3.50 sOSs . . . . . = . . . . :
Miscellaneous.

The greatest aomount insured In any risk, $40
The Company has no rule regulating the amount to
be insured In any one city, town or village. -.8
No part of its capital earnings deposited with
any other State states security for
printed copy Of the act Of Incorporation Of such
COMPANY herewith sent.
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MULES WANTED.
SHERIFTS SALE.

want to buy for cash first rate pair of mules about
i 10 hands high, from four to eight years old.
Feb. 14-d&w1w. GEORGE G. HAHAN.
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$42 tiT) asfi3.- -" 'I
Nails. tc NQlls. Nails,
Jest received, new lot Of the best brand ever
brought to this market, at 1's-" --''~
e CHARLES STONES.
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CEALED Proposals will b. received until the It'll day
= Of March next for the medical attendance Of the
Poor of Muscatine county, including medicine, Co. for
one year, commencing the 10th day Of April next.
to be deposited with the Clerk OF the Board
Of Supervisors. = ter. ~G
By order Of the committee to whom the matter was
referred. V. TkAC1' Chairman.
Feb. s, 1563-d&w2w .<.f..,.
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: :
"HIcHLY CONCENTRATED" g.
COMPOUND rLUID EXTRACT kUCHp.
4 Positive and Specific Remedy
70. d,.ss:ss q tie BLADDEK. KIDNEYS, eRAvEl,
and DROPSlOAL SWRLLINGS. = - :,
This Medicine increases the puwe Of Diesssics ID
exettee the DSORBENTS into healthy scten u vhiee
sns MAIERY Oh CALCAREUS depssitions, ara "a
UNNATURAL ENLAR0EliEN1S srs irsdussd ~ -
ssPAIG AND 1NyLAMMATlVE. and 10 GOOD 4tr .
MEN, WOMEN, OK cHILDRfN. ~ is0e
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

a question of time. - But . house divided
against itself cannot stand All political
differences, therefore, ought to be postponed
till the rebellion is put down and the authority
Of the federal government is re-established over
all the land, from the st. Lawrence to the Rio
Grande. The greatest curiosity of the Conven-'
tion is the conservative speech of Gerrit Smith.
For once In his life he became q statesman.
He has shown himself as much superior to the
small talk Of Wendell Phillips as was Chatham
to some bigoted, ranting Covenanter in the
South Of Scotland The presence of 50 many
soldiers, just returned from the battle fields.
was another curiosity. The sentiment of these
heroes, is q vigorous prosecution Of the war,
without regard to party or, faction. Yet we
fear that the .wirepullers and managers who got
up the Convention have strictly party ends in
view, and are looking forward to the next Pre-
sidential election. This was the Interpretation
given by Forney Of the Loyal Leagues when
they first started. Whether it is true time will
soon tell.
The New York herald., 1863-05-28
The Rival Republican Factions NJ
Utica-Necessity Of President LincOln
for Another Term. .a. .irf. r.o

The Rival Republican Factions NJ
Usica-Necessity Of President Lincoln
for Another Term. ~ oa'.
The two factions Of the republican camp
the Chase faction and the Seward faction-have
been very busy during the last two days with
their Loyal League and Union League conven-
tions at Utica. We shall deal at present only
with the Chase Convention of Tuesday, reserying
the Seward Convention of Wednesday for an
other occasion. '.e
To the uninitiated reader there is nothing
very remarkable in the proceedings of this
Chase Convention, If we may except the very
sensible war speech of Gerrit Smith. But such
a speech from man Of his well known radical
abolition ideas is, indeed, very remarkable.
Dropping the abolition platform Of "emanci-
ly for the suppression Of the rebellion and the
restoration Of the Union under "the constitution
as it Is" leaving slavery to take its chances.
This is orthodox ground, and, together with
some of the resolutions adopted, this speech is
calculated to satisfy the innocent reader that this
Utica Convention was gathering Of unalloyed
patriots, devoted only to the great cause Of the
scenes it will be discovered that these unal-
loyed patriots with a few exceptions, are
scheming politicians and that they are working
their wires for Mr.. Secretary Chase ms their
favorite for the next Presidency.
This Utica Convention was the work of the
Chase League Of this city, and ii was put day
ahead of the Seward assemblage in order to
take the wind out of its sails and get the inside
track. We see, too, the shabby triskery Of
mousing politicians in the manner in which the
question of vallandigham's military arrest
condemnation and transportation was debated
and shufned OF in this Chase assemblage. We
all know that President Lincoln is humane
and exceedingly amiable man; that, left to his
own Judgment, we should hear Of none Of these
arbitrary arrests. We know, therefore, that In
supporting these late proceedings Of his mill
tary subordinates In Ohio and 1ndiana-Bum-
side and Hascall--hs was influenced by the
counsels of some Of the leading members Of
his Cabinet and we have no doubt that OF all
the Cabinet Messrs. Chase, of Ohio, and Stanton
ore the most cordial baters OF vallandigham.
We believe that but for their influence
with the President, these military proceedings
against vallandigham would not have taken
place; and we believe, too, that they were in
tended to damage the unsuspecting President
in the public estimation, and with the view Of
preparing the way for Mr.. Secretary Chase for
the Presidential succession.
In this Wow the reader can appreciate the
The New York herald., 1863-05-28
Coroners, Inaue,ts.

srrrosEp lDEArn BY viorrscE-coroner Collin held an
inquest yesterday upon the body Of unknown man,
about thirty years Of age who found drowned %
Governors Island under circumstances which warrant
the belief that he beaten death by parties
and heu thrown overheard The corpse nrst disco
by the Of the brig Belle Of the Seas who
titled the police and made the body fast until the arrival
of the Coroner. nr Thomas Robinson made examna-
ton the body and found conclusive evidence Of violence
in the region Of the head and face The mouth was badly
lscerated at both as u by kicks Of heavy boot
the nose was broken and the eyes were confused and
blackencd, and one u them cut II by some blunt
instrument. Tue side and back Of the neck also
showed evidence of violence being very much swollen
and confused From the history Of the case and the
appearance Of the remains tho physician gave IL a. hin
opinon that deceased had been beaten state OF in
sensbility aud then thrown overheard. The jury
rendered verdicf accordance with above facts
and that the body be detained al the dad
house for the purpose Of Identification Deceased had
been in the water about ten days or two weeks T.
DROWNING CAsuAtrlE.-Barney Quinn, q resident q
NM street, Brooklyn, was accidentally drowned On
Tuesday night while going board barge pier Ease
river. Coroner Collin held inquest. u.l
Richard smith, OF West Troy was drowned uodee
similar circumstances at pier 0 East river. Cor0oeR
Collin held an inquest.
The New York herald., 1863-05-28
NEWS FROM MEXICO.
The Siege of PucbIa Not Aba ndoned--
The French Preparing for Another

san FRANcIsop, May 20, 1868.
is not believed here that the French have abandoned
the siege OF PGeba On the Goth Of April Oresa Pueba
adv sed Comonort by special courier that the French
continued the bomtardment, aud were constructing
bitches and mines preparatory 10 another assault.
This appears to be later than any received from
Fuebia via Havana and entirely through Mexican
sources.
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

The FREE NEGROES AND THE WAR.--We are
glad to perceive that Governor Tod, of Ohio.
and Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, and
other individuals, are exerting themselves to
raise negro troops to Gil the places of the white
men who are now returning home from the
South after two years hard lighting. The uni
verssl freedom Of the negro race Is declared
by the radicals 10 be the main object of the
war. II Is but meet and right that the free
negroes should lend hand in such q work.
The blood Of white men has been shed very
copiously In the cause Of the negroes. Let the
negroes themselves now bleed little, II only
for cake Of variety. II is very hard 10 catch
them; but let them be brought speedily under
the constraints of the Conscription act, and we
shall soon have large ebony army 70 march
Southwark. We shall thus get rid Of the blacks,
and their places will be we'll supplied by the
sturdy and more intelligent labor Of healthy
Irish and German emigrants, who will become
good citizens in five years. We have no need
OF negroes at the North Let the whole race
be sent South, and let some thousands of mean
whites Of the stamp Of Theodore Tilton 20 with
them TO take command. If these fellows will
not fight, they will do we'll enough TO run
away; but we hope they will be caught by the
enemy, and never EXCHANGED. The country
" ill have good riddAnee cS thep,
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

mischief that is covered up in these no-partJ
State conventions Of our Loyal Leagues and
Union Leagues. They are the tools Of schemine
Presidential politicians. In this Chase faction
and this Seward faction we see that they have
already divided the administration, like house
divided against itself Thus they are sowing
broadcast the seeds Of dissensions in the govern
ment and divisions and demoralizations among
the people of the loyal States. The Chase fac
tion, in taking the lead in these disgraceful
tricks and in Sinking their responsibility in re.
gard to the case of Vallandigham, and in cast
ing the burden of it upon the shoulders of the
President. deserve no further confidence
or countenance from Mr.. Lincoln. They
are at the same mischievous work as
the copperheads, but in more sneak
ing and disreputable way Messrs. Chase and
Stanton, as an exemplary warning to their
whole faction, should at once be turned adrift;
and, to relieve the Cabinet of the other Presi-
Dental clique, it would not be amiss to allow
Mr.. Seward to retire. tss f.i
We advise the President to do these things,
and to reorganize- his Cabinet so that there
shall be no Presidential aspirant, candidate or
apostle of any Presidential clique in it, except
ing old Mr.. Welles, whose name for the Presi-
dency, in or out Of the Cabinet, can do no pos
sible harm. 1t is only men of established infu-
ence, such as Seward, and active, intriguing.
wide awake men, such as Chase and Stanton,
who, as Presidential candidates of the party in
power, can damage the administration. We
think the loval leapno game hotvvoen these re-
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

Gen. g W. Crawford, of Washington; Hon. Francis
Granger Of Cansudaigua, and MAJOR Penn of the Royal
Artillery, are STOPPING at the Brevcort House
zepss paruum President Of the American Telegraph
Company Amasa j. Parker Of Albany Lousenans Ccioos1
A. y. Crane, Of Indiana Dr.. Bsbco0k, o. the United
Sates Navy ". wheeler, Of bridgeport ana N Mckay
Of Boston arrived In town yesterday. f.
coloueI H. r. Coggshal, Of phsdelphis; O. Pratt, o.
ST. Louis 8. A. Green, q Boston w. smith @ Ssnsvss
of csfornis. are stopping a. the Metropolitan Hotel.
MAJOR $ p sanford q Prcvidcncsi MAJOR q r ral.er.
son and Q. A. Page, Of w.snngton T. =. rorTsn sna
Werr,et ard A Bangs, q Albany r o. Bowen q the
United states Army and ~s - m Gnas'io0 s ana "a ,a
~ s ~ os Iittle Fails and r Mogal, Of Boston, were
Among The arrivals n the Astor House yesterday.
uss a. sbs United States Navy Capt hssdsooIl and n.
mussh,uscs q The British Apv ore sscRRns At tht
Eycrett House f-9It.f ~ r.
The New York herald., 1863-05-28
Encounter with Mosby's Cavalry.

tUlk TfUUsF, Nay 100.
Yesterday party Of seven OF Mosbys gang Of gusrii
Lac approached lines and concealed themselves until
the relief guard passed by when they made demcnstra
tion upon the guard and ordered them TO surrender This
demand was renewed, aud answered by voley from
their revoves which started the rebels of the double
quick hoty pursued BY men but they succeeded In
making their escape except one who now in jail here
The New York herald., 1863-05-28
Precautionary Measures Against Inva.
sion. Ftf'.t
HARRrsBcRG, Pa, Nay 2

I-.I...-I.-- IIU|0 HAKKIsbtkGi "a, way ~, 1903.
Governor Curtin, by appointment, will leave This
ngfor Washington, where, in conjunction with General
schcnck he will consult with the President and aathori.
relative the future protection Of the against
uvasion
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

The Reported Capture OF Helena, Ark
Movements OF Gen. Price. utd

Nd : N IIN lNNA1I, May =, ISOJ.
The report through rebel sources Of The capture Of
Helena, Ark, by Gen. Price, is false.
The Ga;eas publishes letter from tnlt place, dated
Nay 20, stating thnt General Price threatening to
make assault, but that Il merely ient cover
contemplated move other points.
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

THE RECENT ARRESTS UNDER MARITAL LAW
1t is now ascertaned that Mr.. Lincoln was not
cognizant OF, and consequently had nothing to
do with, the recent political arrests and other
arbitrary measures carried out in Indiana,
Ohio and Illinois by those plant military tools
Generals Burnside and Hascall. They were
originated, 1t appears, for election serving pur-
poses in the War Department by Messrs. stan
ton and Chase, and of course Mr.. Lincoln WIS
kept in the dark until il was too late to recall
them. BY establishing reign of terror and
intimidating opposition In the three States
in question, it was expected that Chase's pros
poets In the approaching Presidential contest
would be greatly strengthened. There was
never any idea of military necessity for
these arrests; for the government has not
been for moment disquieted by the
proceedings Of the copperheads or by the antics
of such demagogues as vallandigham. 1t
knows that the great heart of the North is
sound, and that in reality there are but few, If
any, traitors amongst u.s. There Is no doubt
that Burnside was sent to Ohio in view of his
peculiar fitness to carry out this plan. The
manner in which he sacrificed himself to shield
his supcriors Of the War Department from CEN
sure in the affair Of Fredericksburg indicated
him as just the man for their present purpose.
Az was expected, he has assumed ell the odium
of thSse arrests, whilst their authors are covertly
enjoying, or expect to enjoy, the benefits result
Ing from them. These, however, are more than
problematical. The country has taken up these
highhanded and Illegal measures In Q spirit
which bodies III for the prospects of all con-
cerned in them.
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF THE TEIEGRApH-
We should think that by this time the govern
ment has had sufficient evidence of the impolicy
and folly of its arbitrary proceedings in con-
nection with the telegraph. Since it has had
control over the lines the rebels have not been
less promptly and accurately informed of the
projected movements of our troops, nor have
the facts of the reverses which we have en-
countered less quickly succeeded in reacbina
the public. All that government interference
with the freedom of the telegraph has effected
has been to further the interests of stock job
bers and to make the corrupt dependents and
hangers on of the heads of the departments
rich. 1t is time that stop should be put to
all this It is disgraceful that in free coun-
try such arbitrary powers should be claimed at
all, and it is still worse when it is shown that
they are exercised only for the benefit of indi-
viduals. In the most despotic countries Of
Europe no attempt has as yet been made to
prevent the free use Of the telegraph by the
newspapers. 1t is deemed sufficient to hold
each journal responsible for what It chooses to
publish of the matter thus obtained; and this is
the only legitimate way in which a check can
be exercised by the authorities. II would OBJ
viously be unfair towards the press at large
to punish it for the fault Of one Of its members,
and it would be still more unfair towards the
public, which would be thus cut of from intel
| ligence to which it is entitled. This latter
course is the one which is being pursued by
our government, in defiance of the dictates Of
good sense and policy, and Notwithstanding
that it has been abundantly demonstrated that
the discretion and loyalty Of our Northern Jour-
nails are to be relied upon. President Lincoln,
the only man in the administration who has
got any judgment. has resolutely set his face
against all such arbitrary and silly restrictions.
BY communicating directly to the press an i'm
portant telegraphic account which he received
of General Grants operations at 'Vicksburg,
he gave to the members Of his Cabinet lesson
which it is to be hoped will have its due effect.
1t has placed them In such foolish position
that they will either have to renounce alto
gether their control over the telegraph or sub
nit to be made the laughing stock of the
country every time the President chooses to
resort to this emphatic method OF rcitera,ing
his views.
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

The NATuRAl.IzED CITIZENS AND THE WAR;
The way in which the Secretary Of War has
treated General Meagher and General sigel.
representing the Germans and the Irish, is
positively shameful. Those gentlemen ought to
have active commands in the army, and that
they have not proves that Mr. Stanton Is tainted
with remnant Of that detestable Know
Nothing spirit which became rampant few
wears ago
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

LAURA KEENe's THEATRE Broadway.-Kisc OF
Ci uBs-j ncKo LA BoQUfTTERY.
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

NEW BowERY THEATRE Bowery.-MoSrE CRIsro-
DIN i.iaL on GESoA-Glosr ~ SPITE OF HIMSELF. II
BowERY THEATRE. BoweIy.-BLAcKsMuTH OF ANT
" Al
The New York herald., 1863-05-28
Rebel Accounts.

Gen. Forrest and stat arrived ut shelbyvile, Tenn.
the l4th ipst. He Is to take command of Van Dorn's
division.
y,,r fn., arss .. rrLLAuoxA, May %, 1868.
The rumor Of the capture OF two Of regiments In
front, with piece Of arter, not true The enemy
did surround and capture small post Of forty men.
Al Is quiet in front. stU D.
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

EIBI0s GARDEN. Broadway.-GxRALDIss
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

BARNUM's AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway GEN.
Tow rnuMH AND WIFE, Con-. Nurr MINNIE WArRES,
at al no ORPHANS OF Observation-Disclosures and Even
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.-EscLIsH orsRA-oR-
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

sRYA NTS MINSTREIS. Mechanics Hall. Az Broad.
Az. THIoPiAs SONGS BpRLEsoUns. DAscEs &c.-BLAcK
The New York herald., 1863-05-28

wAILAcK's THEATRE Droadway.-raE