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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
NORTH AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE co

NORTH AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
..., OF HARTFORD, CONN.,,
On tho 3la day Of December 1861 made to the auditor
the etas Of Iolca pursuant 10 the Statute of that State
.l. ...t NAME AND LOCATION. Il. VI g.
1. The name of this Company ID NoRrH AnEs1oAx
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford, Connecticut.
s.Ft CAPITAL. - t..
2. The amount Of capita stotk is.-....3o00 600 90
3. The amount Of capital stock actually paid
up, in cash, 100000 90
4. V-i-. ASSETS. 1911
lst. Cash ON hand..S2SI5 80
Cash In Charter Oak Bank -.-.12637 so
Cash IN Atlantic Blk, N. York. 1870 Is '7s f.i (
1,s Cash In hands of agents and In e4H.--n Ii
course of transmission 600 II $780, 500 IT
3D. Real estate unincum bered-nons. y
3D. Bonds owned by the company, viz:
United States fve- Par Val. Market val.
twenty bonds $500. 900 90 800 600 90
U. s. per cent. GER .s-'..- +-.
~ ataa0 f nda
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26
Stomach, Liver and Bowels.

pure and powerful Tonic, .tve and Alternative
- wonderful efficacy in ii of the
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26
II, 900 90 1900 90
1000 90 s,l4o 90 :
1000 90 1860 90
1900 90 1920 90

Total bonds .-.-s1s4 900 20 Sl34 $50 90 $ls49so 90
9TH Debts to the company secured by mortgages being
first lien of record unenoumbered real estats-none
5th. Debts otherwise secured loans stocks, viz:
49, shares Bank Par Mkt Amt loan IF
ofHartford co., val. val cd thereon.
Hartford 5000 90 $500 70 $3.50 OO
IA shares Mer- -..t.4 .a.1s . $685.
camille DAnk..1 400 90 l,l2O 90 1850 90
6bhares do do 500 90 400 90 Is 90 $3.50
10 shares City Bk1 900 20 1,l2O 90 200 90
Ii shares Phoenix r or - @. o.. Pm
Bank 500 90 Ito 00) -......-.
Oak BsnK.-...a 200 90 1900 90 '''''
Bank 100 90 2,e4s 90 2,4ss 20
20 shares North
American Fire
Insurance 90. g. 900 90 224O 90 600 90
40 do do------.4OOO 90 ALSO 90 1900 90
shares Home - -. .r...-
Bank, West ~ sr-....5 ~ ~. 4..r e..
Meriden...-. 500 90 500 90 400 90 E
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26

wAN1ED-Tvo active and industrious men to work
farm. To the right kind of men good wages will
b given and steady employment. Apply to
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26

U.S.. $40 per cent.
= Treasury Notes.
Hartford 8 per cent.
\ Bonds.
Michigan 6 per cent.
Bonds -.----.--..-
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26
BE-. BE WISE IN TIME
-~s BE WISE IN TINE! +'"
-.l.7. BE WISE IN TIME! y 49, -.-!
BE WISE IN TIME! -'' .

Let not disease destroy your constitution. Trya bot
le of my PERIODICAL DROPS, and you will be salts
asd that imposter Toll your afflicted friend
what restored the bloom of health your
hereby confer q favor valuable than gold. For
painful OF scanty Mensuraton it is just the thing
have now In my mind an instance of lady who had
been suffering from painful Menstr aation two three
years. confning her to her room each time. She had
pped to several eminent physicians, without relief
whom one bottle of my DROPsentirely cured her.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26
DECLINE OR CHANGE OF LIFE.
Take no more Balsam, Mercury, unpleasant Nsdi.
cines for unpleasant aud dangerous diseases.
HELMBOLD's EXTRACT BUCHU AND IMPROv-
ED ROSE WASH CURES
SECRET DISEASES

In all their stages, At little Expense,
Little or no change IN Diet, No inconvenience,
r. tI And no Exposure.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26

Price 81 per bottle, or six for IS.
Delivered to any address, ssrely packed from obssr
walton. o..
Describe Symptoms in all Communications.
Cures Guaranteed! Advice Gratis!
Address letters for Information to
H.B. HELMB0LD. Chemist.
lei South Tenth st., bel. Chestnut, Phila
HELMBOLDS Medical Depot.
HELMBOLD'S Drug and Chemical Warehouse,
3O4 Broadway, New YORK.
BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS AND UNPRINoI.
Piled DEALERS who end"asor to dispose "of their
orn and other articles the reputation attained by
Heimb0ld's Genuine Preparations.
Extract Buchu.
IS 90 Sarsaparilla.
Improved Rose Water.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26

Dyspepsia, Heart Disease, Fits, Epilepsy,
Melancholy, NeuralNia.
Many remarkable cures of these affections have
1t stimulates the vital functions into vigorous action
and thus oyercomes disorders which would be sup
posed beyond its reach. Such remedy has long
been required by the necessities of the people, and
confident that this will do for them ali that
medicine can do,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26

could furnish any quantity of testimonials Of
efficacy rom my patients, but the Practice of pa
rading bought and fictitious before the public
90 prevalent do deem it advisable. My object Is
place my medicine before the public, not alone to
make money but do good. 1t Is proverbialy true Of
the American Ladies that not ten perfectly heathyones
can be found In any one vicinity. ''' -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26

Feb / .lee3.AkWen
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15
Who rs Responsible.

Who is responsible for the withdrawal
of McDowelrs Corps, and the abandon
ment of the siege of Richmond ?-Abra-
ham Lincoln.
Who is responsible for Pope's defeat at
Manassas Abraham Lincoln
Who is responsible for cheating the coun-
try of the fruits of the glorious victory of
Antietam Abraham Lincoln,
Who is responsible for the slaughter and
defeat at Fredericksburg Abraham Lin
coin.
Who is responsible for the terrible havoc
and disaster at Observation-Disclosures
Lincoln.
Who is responsible for the overland route
entitled, My Plan" by which l25, 900
men were lost Abraham Lincoln,
Who is responsible for the present occu-
patton of Mexico by an Austrian usurper
Abraham Lincoln.
Who is responsible for keeping our sol
diers in Southern prisons, unless nlgger'
were considered equal to white men p
Abraham Lincoln.
Who caused the illegal arrests, suSpen-
sion of judicial writs, suppression of news
papers, interference with elections IN the
Northern States. and manifold other viola
tions of the Constitutional law of the land?
Abraham Lincoln
Who stands like the spectre of death in
the way of an honorable peace with the I'm
ion restored Abraham Lincoln.
Who is Abraham Lincoln =?
A third rate lawyer from Springfield, Ill
inois, who once kept whiskey still up a
hollow, split 5000 rails, now splits the Amer
lean Union, and calls for your sons on q
crimson battle field, yet has the audacity, tc
aspire again to the chief Magistracy of this
great Republic. Plamdealer.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15
The Nfenagerie.

''Mr. Snowman, what is that ?" That
my dear, is Rhynocery. He is cousin
German or Dutch relation to the Uuicorr
He was born in the desert of Sary Ann,
and feeds on bamboo and Missionaries. IL
is very courageous, and never leaves home
unless he moves, in which case he goe=
somewhere else, unless he is overtaken by
the dark. He was brought to this countg
against his will, which accounts for his low
spirits when he is melancholy or rejected
He is now somewhat aged, but has seen tn
day when he was the youngest specimen O
animated nature in the world
Pass on, my little dear, and allow the j,
dies to survey the wonders of creation "a
displayed in the ring-tailed monkey, a ban
nimal that can stand hanging like u fella7
critter, only it's reversed. " That's what
the matter with the purp.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15

Mcclellan Is coming. oh hoi oh no,
Mcclellan is coming, oh hoi oh hol
mcLleilan is coming 10 rescue the Union,
McCIellan Is coming, oh hol oh no!
When in Virgina's Western woods
IIe sav'd the helpless-spar'd their goods
= was thus he won the rebels Ger,
10 ground their arms and fight no more,
Mcclellan is coming, oh no oh no! etc
A. 'dra Bull Runs disastrous fight
The south had put the North 10 hight
Then Lincoln sent for little Mac"
VINO brought from chaos order back!
Mcclellan is coming, oh hol oh no! etc.
~ Malvern IInl-at Antietan.
The stars and stripes tho vict'ry won
For Mac was there TO guide the field
Though brave, our foe, he had TO yield.
Mcclellan is coming, oh hoi oh hoi etc.
At Gettysburg when hard assaird.
Our war-worn troops had almost fail'd!
Iyo-"Diac is on the held!' was heard
Ihen cong ring pow'r our heroes stirr'd
Mcclellan is coming, oh no. oh hoi etc.
The soldiers almost worship him.
Who led them I'm the battles din
Their very hrows will crimson red
At words against Mcclellan said
Mcclellan Is comm, oh no, Oh no! etc.
This "lfac, is now the peoples man,
Ana bravely he will lead the van.
4, chief Of JefGrsonian school,
Hen save our land from dire misrule.
Mcclellan is coming Oh no! oh ho 4! etc.
Thus FIRST in peace, as first In war.
Mcclellan now goes on before:
Hell statesman-like cOncillate
Inc people Of each warning state.
Mcclellan is coming oh no! oh ho etc,
Let Democrats UNITED be
For ballOt-bOX and liberty
tor equal rights, and equal laws
Oh, ls II not glorious cause!
Mcclellan Is coming, oh no. on ho,etc.
Free Speech"-"Free Press"-Flections Free
Min Idbe17 Corp,Ls-Libertyl
W lth conscience free, to wOrShiD God
tnawd by threats Of tyrans' rod.
Mcclellan is coming, oh no! oh hot etc.
No Draft nor "Conscript" service press'd.
NO martial law" no might arresti-
Nor for Free Speech in cells to pinel
No exiles sent across the line"
Mcclellan is coming oh no! ON hol etc.
Then Peace shall come. instead Of War
Inc workshops hum, for cannon's roar;
With equal rights, and equal laws
Inc Constitution is our cause!
Mcclellan is coming, oh no oh no! etc.
Come swell the Democratic ranks
Your suff ring land will give you thankst
Inc Peoples voice in thunder tone,
Is bursting forth-McCIeildn came
Mcclellan is coming, oh ho! oh hot
Mcclellan is coming, Oh no! oh hoi
Mcclellan Is coming, to rescue the Union
Mcclellan is coming, oh no oh no!
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15

Stonewall Jackson's grave is descrlg}9a ,,s g
Main little mound, with wooden heaa' ,,,I
board and nothing to mark it from ;s ths com, co.. n
morning on i at aaybreak the cadets elevated The I
Confederate flag and remove II az 'a,l., uaI@,
each ceremony being accompanied by mus''
from their band
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15

Agriculture feeds us; to a great degree it
cloths us, without it we could not have
manufactures, and we should not have com
merce. These all stand together, but they
stand together like pillars in a cluster, the
largest in the center, and that largest is
agriculture. Daniel Webster.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15
Bates of Adrsrtisiaa.
y o II PRINTING

or every description executed In the best styis
and on reasonable terms.
The FARMER has n larger circulation than npv
other paper In this SECTION of the State, m is
now, and hns been for thirty-seyen consecutive
years the official paper Of the county.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15
Buggies for Sale.

One new and one second hand either one or
two horses / will sell them cheap. The new
one Is very fine and good.
Aug. 4-wa" WIN BRAY.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15

People had to be dipped out of bed with
spoons during the late heat in Washington.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15

The winter of abolition discontent-H
Winter Davis.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15
poEtital.
SPEECEI
HON. JAMES 8. TIEAYER.

In the Chid&8O Convention op the Nomination
of General Mcclellan.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15
MtGlellan Song.
From the Ohio Statesman
MCCLELLAN Is COMING.
by A LADY.

AIR---"The cannpbeIls are Coming, I,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15
ATTOKNEYS.
DANIEL s
CritChGcld 81 Uhl,

ATTORNEYS AT LAW Millersburg, Ohio
Onice in Critchfled's building, up stairs 10
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1864-09-15

Mcclellan Is coming oh hol oh hoi
Mcclellan is coming, oh hoi oh hoi
mcLiellan is coming, to rescue the Union
Mcclellan Is coming, oh hol oh no!
, 1864-11-01

FtREs.-A frame grocery located on the corner
OF Michigan and Market e.reeta took Ere Oh Sun
day afternoon f1oQn defective due. It was ex1n.
russhed be:ore damage 10 the amount Of more SIS
6ad becn done, 4 small btrn IN the rear OF No
Sc North Canal took fire about O'Clock ana -:
nearly deettoyed with abont ton and haH ol
hsr 1xka nbprt SS0.
, 1864-11-01

Rebel Designs in NeAtern Virginia.
b efuE Eee1-HArJy superseded b. LoDE-
a1rest und army ReinioFced.

New YoBK. Monday, Oct. 31.-The New
York Herald has dispatch dated Hsgers.
town, Md, 10 o'clock last night, stating that
firing in the direction Of SheridAn's front
was heard on Saturday afternoon, but
whether q. fight was In progress, Is not
known. The disposition being made by
Sheridan of different commanders and de-
tachments Of officers Of his army, shows bis
vigilance and preparations to meet assaults
in every direction.
Gent1nl Neal, We nre informed. has been
ordered to West Virginia, on Important SER
vice, which Is most likely to check any de-
signs Breckenridge may hage Of moving
through from East Tennessee.
Oyef 1900 refugees have come into Sheri-
dams lines since the 10Th Of September,
many OF them briaging with them such OF
thei1 property AZ t:,ey could carry.
1t. is again said that EARLY has been super
seded In command by the rehels tn the
Shenandoah Valley by Longstreet, and that
reiniorcements have reached them from
Breckinridge IN West Virginia and East Ten.
UEg6eE.
, 1864-11-01

Ing an attack on Pine Bluff on the Tennessee
OF Saturday. The Democrat learns tnas On
General Meredith's return to fAdaeaa on
Sherman and from Columbus stating toas
Forrest Intended attacking Paducah and me-
nacinR Columbus. Scouts and dessrters re-
ported large numbers Of rebels passing
DIeston, Trenton, Lexington, Shady Groge
a1d McLemonville At the latter place hea7Y
supplies are being accumulated, al WITHIN
fifty miles Of Mayfield- Forrest Is also
known to have been at Jackson With several
thousand men.
, 1864-11-01

.yaxoaaxc1 Arp CnnE.-1t has long ago passed
xnto proyesb that "tRnorance and crime 80 nana
n hs1d" Thus IL equally true Of man couecn'el5
or ndjytdus11y. The eentDal relation q tae tw9
neyer more Gorcby Shove II N n the peeat 5a
rnn,srt The Copperhesd ticket viii 20 To3eo o ao1
~ mi fvo ctArses-the tr,ltorons ano tne lGaV ely
mi she former claes ia hut emaI npateo Wtaa ~
fhe litter The great heart Of the people 10 on tae
rieht side. but the heads Of mauJ q mem afe Hl-
rihlT lzcKinc in clear perception q the tea
inyniyeo ia The election Of next Toestag. ihese
~. soueht to be imposed on By the party cfy o.
ademocrycy," aud though there ts no more Q! ae.
@noeracy fQ that Chicago pstform than toere 70 Q!
1rsee Ia satan himself, very many Will be imposed
Tnnn hY the ra}i, ing cry md be telnaed faIo 20
40 for that, which II they understood its true
etsrseter, they would turn from With loathlng ana
apinn men. let be your duty as 1t ia your priv
,,o. ~ i1hr With these men I'LL the day or cleo
4sxer with the miserable kicd OF CoppeEhsaaA
s,a nm fhe mechine- it il OF no use TO labor tne
w ;oined to their dole, let them aioLe: ines WI
aey eet VIII their reward. bnt Tor these oea
"a fo1iowers there IL hope. The efeet mass % 81
psn g.a rsiled DEMOCRATS will vote foE mgClenaa
csuec they believe the cEy q tae teaoe1e
tha} ,ii1 be hest for the eonntfy Let oe na tou
.aa. isa ~ eet them right on THE NATTER 20 sanM
III. m - ghsf the Copperhead platform is thst ~ay
usseb sserneth rieht INTO an bHe tss enn
Of Il death;" ccath " the nan9n. soa sinns .ense
strncflon Of sll that IL OF value 70 .ha ifn,rn
Ehow thtm this and they Will vote 'ot LIE oAoDA
and Lincoln On election dAy'
, 1864-11-01
A little Accident,

WASHINGTON, Oct 3o.-A vc1attous ACCT.
dent happened to the torgers Of the United
States aold,crs' vote, In thns the spurious aal-
dAvits Of many Of them certify to the party's
being before Petersburg, when in fact the
with Sheridan. The blunder IL overcome,
however, by an act of generosity, which was
to.deposlt vote for every minor. foreigner
and dead hero who hai ever been enrolled On
tho New York Adjutapt General's List.
, 1864-11-01
TREATMBNT OF PEAS.
ONERS.
Correspondence Between Cons. Grant
and Leo

New YoRE, Monday, Oct: 31.-On the 10Th
inst, Gen Lee wrote to Gen. Grant, COM
pladnlng Of Gen Butler placing rensl prison.
Sers under fire in retaliation for the rebels
putting coloted soldiers captured BY them n
ike position. and proceeded at much length
to show that 1t has always been recognized
that owners OF slaves were entitled to their
e1aves when recaptured. It Wasso under the
United States Consultation, 80 even after the
war Of 1s12, England paying indemnity for
slaves captured. Hence, when eoloted SOL
die1s were captured, thetrowners could claim
them, and hey had been put at work on for
tifcations. He, Gen. Lee, had however Of
dered them to be withdrawn from their ex-
pcsed positlon and sent to the rear.
Gen. Grant, In reply, informed Gen. Lee
that these prieonera Of war having been re.
moved from their exposed position, the rcbel
prisoners had been also removed. He also
informed him that he had nothing to do with
the discussion Of the slavery question, aud
declined to answer Gen. Lee . argument, but
he assured him that though he would regret
the necessity, whenever be WAS informed of
our prisoners being treated unkindly he would
tnfl1ct Ike treatment upon an equal number
of rebel prisoners,
, 1864-11-01
FROM LOUISVILLE.

: LOUISVILLE, Oct. 31.-Ihe 1eH7"u1 sa5s W.,
dispatch received at headquarters az Nas1-
B1ooks At Fort Doneleon, report part Of
Forests command, with siI pieces, Of a5.
tillery, annk a steamer end barge loaded r.. w,th
army clothing. at Fort Herman on p the Zen.
neeaee river On Saturday morning. the ssms s;s :,
dispatch mentions that Capt. Cutter, Tlta
twenty. five men, on the same day e!taekeo ~, -
and drove across' the riyer sixty OF w. ~
1one's rebel cavalry, killing two and wound
Ing eight. 4,~...sn
, 1864-11-01
NlOsBY METALLATING.
1he Murder OF Gea. Duffleld By his
AQfl0uRs

NEW YoRk, Monday, Oct. 81 The Rich
mond Examiner Of Friday contains the fol.
loving:
"Ofticial news comes OF an attack By
Mosby upon e heavily guarded wagon train
OF the enemy, near Bunker Hill, IN which,
although unable to bring off any booty, on
account Of the heavy guard which attended
It, he killed one General, captured and killed
various others, and made good his retreat" :"
Our readers WILL remember that Gen. Duff
field was captured and seen alive and we'll
afterwards 0y prisoner who escaped. II
dead, ns the above rebel dispatch asserts, he
was murdered in cold blood.
The Richmond papers gave ont few dars
since, that Mosby would hereafter stretch
any Yankee prisoners he might take, In retail
ton for the murder Of several of his own
men.
Gen. Dufneld was the son Of Rev Dr.. Duff
field, the eminent Presbyterian divine of De-
olt, and e1tered the service at the drst out
break Of the rebellion.
, 1864-11-01

CAPE RACE, Monday, Oct. 31.-The follow
ing Is additional per the City of Manchester.
It ia rumored that there will be meeting
between the Gar Of Russia and the Emperor
Napoleon shortly ut Nice.
Cash payments have been suspended by
the Bank Of Brazil.
War has been declared By Brazil against
Uruquay.
Joe Coburn Is passenger BY the City Of
Naunhe eefar
, 1864-11-01

NVssE4.4I3-0V
-WA dostre CHI le attention Of our readers to
tits most valuable contribution to onr political hie-
trry. Mr. Greeley's whole life has been work 0
preparation. His familiarity with enactments, Or
derr, party movements, popular asttsHou.; his
personaI intimacy with the leading men Of III par
tfet and With everything tha& pertains to the in-
ner Life oi our Government, render him the man
above all others to write the Standard Hiztorv of
the NaF. he has gone down to the fountains, and,
in his owl free graphic and cYgty1e given fnl1
aud impartial view oI the causes which tmpelied
The rebellion. It Ia thorough book storehonso
Of valuable information. We recommend the
nationally and from conviction on the great CON
dict, In point OF typographical execution, and
beauty Of embellisbnept, 1t ie oi the highest Or.
work can be procured OF Geo sc n. Sherwood,
Western Publisheis, No. 1ts Lake s;1eet, Chi
cago, Illinois.
, 1864-11-01
FROM BUFFALO.
The Expected Rald-Actl0n Ofthe Au.
thOflkIEax-

BUFFALO, Monday, Oct. s.-The city, was
patroled By military and large force OF pc.
lice last night, Companies were stationed
on the docks. Nothing occurred, but 1t II
thought that the prompt action Of the au.
ali out Yesterday, attending General Bid
wells funeral, frustrated the raiders plans.
A number Of suspicious persons have been
observed in town within short time. Par
ties stated to- day that rockets were thrown
up and guns fired last night by unknown
parties, thought to be signals to parties on
fha nrnnuf4n nhnra
, 1864-11-01
FROM MONTREAL.


MONTREAL, Monday, Oct. 31.-The Con-
fede1ate managers In the case OF the St. Al
bans raiders, IN the event Of decision be-
ig given By the Canadian Court to sarseD-
der up the raiders, Intend appealing to the
Judicial Committee OF the PriTy Council In
England.
Il II Is reported that the Washington Gov
errment has notified England Of its intention
to increase the armament on the Lakes, Tor
the purpose of protecting the frontier.