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CERTlFFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
CTs exp,r. .u III. sla DAY Of January, tsse !,
OrFicr OF THE AurrroR on STATE. \
INSURANCE. DEPARTMENT.
CotffNfuta Ian on afte 4

orrlcr OF rHE AuprroR or STATE
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT
COLUMBUS, Jan 90 1855.
WHEREAS, the Hartford Fire Insurance Companv
w locned At Hartford IN the State Of ConnecticUt u
has hled IN this Office statement its condition.
as required NY the first section Of the "e regulate
Insurance. Companies not Incorporated by the Sinte Of
OHIO passed April 6, 1850 aud amended February o.
1864 ami Whereas, said Company has furnished the
salsncioy evidence that Y possessed Of
tai invested In stocks, or bonds In mortgages Of real
estate, worth double the amount for which the same is
mQftguged; and Whereas, said Company has filed in
this office written instrument under lis corporate seal
signed by the President aud Secretary thereof author
zing any agent or agents Of said Company IN this State
10 acknowledge service OF process for aud IN behalf
said Company, according TO the terms Of SAID law;
Now, therefore, ~ pursuance Of the frs, section Of
the aforesaid act James II Goodman, Auditor Of State
for Ohio, do hereby certify that said Hartford Fire IL.
surnnce Company authorized TO transact the business
Of hre Insurance in this State until The thirty first day
Of January in the year one thousand eghthundred and
sixty-siX.
-, IN witness whereof, Ihave hereunto sub
( . {scnbed my name ai caused the sen Of my
~ Office TO be affixed tho day and year above
JAMES H. GOODMAN.
Auditor Of State.
hereby Certify tha, the above is a true copy Of
Certificate OF Authority made and delivered TO the
Hartford Fire Insurance Company, by James n. God.
man Auditor, with the seal OF his office thereune at
attached.
-, IN testimony whereof, have hereunte sub
H. 5. {scribed my namv aud affixed the seal Of ssit
'~~~~' Company, this 20h day Of January, 1865.
GEO. NJ COLT, Secretary.
STATEMENT Of the censition OF the Hartford Fire In
surancr Company oil the 3ist day Of December, lsd4
made to the Auditor OF Ohio, pursuant 10 the statat,
! Of that State.
NAME AND LOCATION.
The name OF the Company is the HARTFORD FtRE TX
sURANcg CohPANy aud is located at Hartford Conn.
I. CAPITAL
The amount Of its Capital Stock is..... 81 O00D00 o
Tbs amour, OF its Capital stock paid up, 0OO 700
H. ASSETS.
Cash OF the Company on hand and in tho
hands OF Agents and other persons. ... .Sll3,AT
! Bills receivable ior loans secured by per-
sonal aud collateral security ............ 1oSS2 1
Real Estate unincumbered. ............... 1900 0
The Bonds aud stocks owned by the Com
pany. (as per schedule hledD ............, ,410sJ
Interest accrued mostly payable Jan 1865 l}4Sl
! Rents accrued, mostly payable an 1, 1905. 392 .
Total ASSETS OF the Company .........Sl ,a75,s70 8
ILL., LIABILITIES.
Losses unadused, or adjusted and not due. 50 DIS
All other claims against the Company. (un-
paid divldends) ........................ 9414 q
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-03-23
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TESTIMONIALS ''
"Ths Horace Waters Flames are known s~ors<fs
very bestr--tE tEvangast
awe can speak uf their merits rs'n personal tnswh
edge. .m-[Chii,tiar lntelgencer l
"Ws,ers' Pianos aud Meedeons challenge eonpass
with the finest made any where. "-thomr Journal
S2o5-NEW OCTAVE PIANos. Of diRersss
makers with cnryed legs for s2o Second hund PiaHus
and Msedeens at si0sSo, $50, sfs sl,oe sii5, sl5s
SljO, and 500
pHK NoRAeE WATERS MEtoDEoNs Ase
HARMONIOUS,
Tuned the Equal Temperament with the Patent pivsef
swell Prices from $50 to $500 ALEXAHnRB oh
CANS frsm 5000 10 $500
n5-A liberal discount to clergyuen Churshe,, Sob
bath Schools, Lodges, Seninariss, aud Teachers
HORACE WATERS. AgA
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-03-23
The HsGasE WATEas ksgSM
IMPROVED ovkRsrRUN6 BASS
Full Iron Frame Planes

arc built Of the very hest aud mc,i ,hsfo.ghy sesse-sd
materials aud will stand any climate The lone IL VERY
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Total liabilities ''''''''..........'.... 1880 ~
Nv. MISCELLANEOUS.
The greatest amount insured in any one risk
except IN special cases, is...: $4,000 %
The greatest amount allowed by the rules
obe Insured in any one city. town or vii
lage, aud the greatest amount allowed 10
be insured in any one block, depends up
OIL its size, aud how built.
The amount Of its capital or earnings
posted in my other State, n security for
losses tlereIIi-Deposits made with States
OF Ohio, Iowa and California Premiums
received in Ohio for 1sG4, sos sS6 23-5
per cent deposited
The Charter or Act Of Incorporation of said Company
as before filed. tSignedJ
TIMO. c. ALLYN, President
GEO NJ. COIT. Secretary.
JANUARY S, 1905.
srAam cossr1 nr OF 9oHHMhUaaSor{ss HnR1ToRp,
Personally appeared +. C. Allyn, President. and Geo.
NJ Colt, Secretary, of the Hartford Fire Insurance.
Company and made oath that the foregoing statement
by them subscribed is full and correct statement Of
the affairs OF said Company, and exhibits so far as can
he nscerainGd nj this date its actu condition oil the
Before lne, D. w. C. sKILToN,
[sEAL.) tsrAMP) Notary Public.
OFrIcE AUDITOR OF STATE,
COLUMBUS o., January IL, 1865. (
II is hereby certified, that the foregoing is col
Insurance Company OF Hartford made to and filed in
this office for the year 1865.
JAS II. GOODMAN,
Feb. 2)..3w. Auditor OF State.
DAVID ALI. N.
Bridgeport, Agent for Belmont G unity.
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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-02
Never Mind SCOTS.

"Ill splash that duck al, over, I'll make il
as wet as q sponge in the water. III soon take
out all the shine from its green and glittering
neck"
So cried little Guy, as with both hands he
flung water al the beautiful bird. But calm "
the due * swom on; it's rich plumoge was dry;
not drop would rest upon il; and bright as ev-
er in the sunlight shone lis green and gliiterng
neck.
~ shall pelt it with water from my squirt"
cried Guy; Il shall certainly wet il at lasl anc
make its feathers like those Of the dead pigeon
which iound yes erday in the brook"
Yet calmly the duck swan on; its rich plum.
nge was dry; not drop would rest upon its green
and glittering neck;
Why was the duck never wet, though the boy
in his malice, threw much water upon il!-
Because nature has given it oil on its feathers
that throws OF the moisture at once Even when
the bird dives in the stream, il rises unwclled
and unstained!
When we are pelted with scoffs and words o
unkindness, let the oil Of patience keep our TEN
per unruifled, and when they have no more real
power TO harm us than water to injure n duck
There are those Who laugh and mock at others
for refusing to join them in evil. Are not such
acting the part OF Guyl Let all who a.e laughed
at TOR doing good, 60 steadily on their way
shame cannot rest on them, nor dim the bright.
ness of a character that will shine but the more
clearly for such vain attempts TO blot it.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-02
Floating Houses in China.

Foreigners, whose business oblipes
them TO reside at Whampoa, live in float.
ing dwellings, called "chops." These are
built on ships, which, alter having seen
some service, and their spers and rigging
having been taken down, are then used as
foundations for houses. They are moored
IN a part OF the reach where the river
is very wide, being placed little on one
side OF The channel used by the steamers
and trading vessels in passing and re pass.
ing to and from Canton. The cabins and
staterooms at the stern are converted in
10 store.rooms, partries, and bathrooms.
The forecastle is used for servants, and
over the entire vessel story is built, that
is divided into large and conveniently ar
ranged apartments, and when fitted up
with all the comforts OF life, are in many
ways more desirable homes than can
safely be made on shore. The kitchen
is at the bow Of the vessel, and from
there to the centre. near which is the
boundary OF the family apartments. are
,be business Offices, and also rooms for
foreign clerks. On one side, a narrow
passage. way leads from the kitchen to the
family apartments. There is anotbe,
similar passage way on the other side
which however, has no connection with
the house apartments; and for the con
venience ef men OF business visiting The
Offices, as well as for the servants, step:
lead TO the water from both Of these pas.
sages. The fiat roof OF the family apart.
ment is SO constructed as 10 serve for q
promenade. The latter, however, is not
enclosed, but has covering, the frame
of which rests on stanchions; and in or.
der to exclude the sun, shades, made OF 6
kind OF grass, are arranged so as TO droI
from the roof. A table, bamboo settees
and easy chairs. occupy portion Of thii
space, yet there is ample room for the en-
joyment Of ones afternoon constitution
al" when the weather does not allow o.
boating or rsmble upon the shore
Some chops have little erandas, or gal
leries enclosed with Venitian blinds
which are built on each side OF The famii,
rooms, and resting on braces, extended
from The sides OF the ship upward.-
These are ornamental and warmer ia win
ter, thus adding greatly TO the comfort o.
the family. "A Year in China.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-02
The Rebel Battle Cry.

A writer of iaigeexperience and con
siderable force OF expression, thus de-
scribes the battle cry which the rebels de-
liver on going into battle, and which is
said to be the most intescrioable and lon
gest To be remembered of any utterance
of the human voice:
= ''lmagine concentration ofequine, ca
nine. bovine, porcine and gallinaceous ut
terances, with an Indian war whoop
thrown in, and you have only all approx
innate conception of this howl yclept bat.
tie cry. How or where il originated we
are at loss TO conceive. Perhaps Gen.
Lee, or the author, whoever he may be,
sometime at the commencement OF the
war stumbled upon and proceeded 10
profit by a suggestion of Jeremy Golfers,
wherein after descantipg upon the inspi.
ring effect of martial music in battle. he
conjectured whether some kind OF anti
music could not be invented. (which
should have quite the contrary effect,
and adding" 'Tis possible the roaring o.
lions, the warbling OF cats and screech
owls, together with a mixture of the
bowling Of dogs, jubiciously inflated and
compounded, might 60 a great way in
this invention"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-02
Literary Nom de Plumes,

For those interested in literary matters, we
give the following list Of lie aiding writer's. with
their assumed signatures:
Gail Hamilton-Miss Abigail E. Dodge.
Florence Percy-Mrs Elizabeth Akers.
Timothy Titcomb-Dr. j g. Holland.
e w. Savage Nortt-William S. Newell.
Orpheus c. Kerr Robert II, Newell.
Mrs. Partington-P. b. Shillaber.
Artemus Ward-Charles +. Brown.
Doesticls P. B. Mortimer Thompson.
X N Pepper James M. Merris.
b. Dadd-J. II. Williams.
Mace Sloper, Esq.-C. q. Leland.
Josh Billings Henry w. Shaw.
The Disbandcd Volunteer Joseph Barber.
Jeemes Pipes-Stephen Massett
Ned Buntline-E. II, c. Judson-
Daisy Howard-Myra Daisy McCrum.
Cousin May CarIon-Miss NJ A. Earl.
f imund kirke--J. Gilmore,
Country Parson--A. X. II. Boyd.
Mary Cloves--Mrs, c. M Kirkland
Currer Bell--Charloite Bronte.
Village Schoo omaser--C Charles M. Dickinson
Owen Meredith--Bulwer.
Barry Cornwall William Proctor.
Author of John Halifax, CONFERENCE.-The
Hurlock.
Tx Maryel--Donald G. Mitchell.
Jennie June--Mrs Jennie Croly.
Fanny tern--Wife OF James G.. Parton, (the
historian, ! and sister of N. 7. Willis.
Petroleum V. Nasby-D. P. Loke.
Howard Glyn6on--Miss LauraC. Reddea.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-02
A GooD REPLY.--A sturdy sergeant Of

A COOP REPLY.--A sturdy sergeant Of
one OF the Massachusetts regiments being
obliged to submit TO the amputation OF his
hand. the surgeon offered to administer
chlorolorm rs usual; but the vereran re.
fused. ssying-"Il the Sutting was TO be
done 10 him, he wanted to see it,. and
laying his arm on the table, submitted TO
the operation without a sign.of pain ex-
cept frmer setting OF his teeth as the
saw struck the marrow. The operator as
he finished looked at his victim with alb
mration, and remarked
"You ought to have been surgeon,
my mani"
~ was the next thing to one afore I
enlisted" said the hero.
"What was that?" asked the doctor.
"a butcher!" responded tho sergeant
with grim smile, which despite the sur
roundings, communicated itself 10 the
bystanders. .
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-02
True Charlty-A Beautiful Thought.

Night Kissed the young rose, and II
bent softly 10 sleep. Stars shone, and
pure dewdrops hung upon its bosom and
watched It's sweet slumbers. Morning
came with its dancing breczes, and they
whispered 10 the young rose, and /, awoke
joyous and smiling.
Lightly it danced to and fro in all the
lovliness OF health and youthful inno-
cence. Then came the ardent sungod
sweeping from the east, aud he smole The
young rose with bis scorching rays, and
it tainted. Deserted and almost heart
broken, it dropped 10 the dust in its lone.
illness ard despair. Now the gentle
breeze, which had been gsmboling over
the sea, pushing on The home bound bark
sweeping over hill and dale-by the neat
cottage and the still brook-turning the
old mill, tanning the brow Of disease, and
frisking the curls of innocent childhood
came tripping along on her errands OF
mercy and love; and when she sawathe
young rose she FASTENED 10 kiss it, aud
fondly bahed its forehead 10 cool, re.
freshing showers, aud the young rose re-
vived, and looked up and smiled in graft
tude to the kind breeze; but she hurried
quickly away; her generous task was per-
Iol med, yet not without reward, for she
perceived that delicious fragrance had
been poured on her wings by the CRATE
iul rose; and the kind breeze was glad in
heart. and went away singing through the
trees. Thus, true charity, like the breeze,
gathers fragrance from the dropping flow
ers it refresbes, and unconsciously reaps
reward in the performance of its Offices
of kindness, which steal on the heart
like rich perfume, 10 bless ard to cheer.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-02
THE DEAD.
DY ELIZA COOK.

When the clear red sun goes down,
Passing in glory away,
And night is spreading her twilight frown
On tho,open brow OF day;
Wren the iaintest glimmcring trace Is gone,
A nd all Of light is fled.
Thea then does memory, sad and lone,
I all back the dear ones dead.
When the harp's soul touching chord
:, Is roughly rayed and lorn;
When of all tones the srirg hat poured
The fullest is outworn;
When it is heard 70 breathe and break,
Is latest magic shed;
Then, then will my warm hear, bleed and ache
And cherish the Kind ones dead.
When the olm's rich leaf is seen
Losing its freshness fast,
And paleness steals on its vivid green,
As The autumn winds moan past;
When il eddies 30 the cold, damp ground,
All crushed beneath ihe tread;
Then, then may the tcar in my eye he found,
For muse on the fdr ones dead.
For, like the orb of light, ...
That chord, and shining leaf.
Forms were once near as rare and bright,
And oh! their stay as brief.
watched them fading-1 saw them sink,
Light, beauty, sweetness fed;
And type Of their being bids me think
Zoo iondly oi the dead.
The sun will rise again,
The sitting may be replaced, ...
The tree will bloom bu, the loved in the tomb
Leaves the wol Id forever waste.
Let earth yield all the joys it may.
Still should bow my head;
SAll woald my lonely breathing say,
Give, give me back the dead. -.
AS the thickes, verdure springs ~.
From the ashes of decay, ...
Aud the living ivy closest clings ...
To the ruins cold and gray;
So my feelings most intense and deep
BY the shrouded and lost are fed;
So my thoughts will yearn aud my spirit turn
10 bc nurtured by the dead.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-02

The SCIENCE OF GOING TO BED The
earth is a magnet, with magnetic currents
constantly playing around it. The human
body is also a magnet, and when the body is
placed IN certain relations to the earth
these currents barmonize, when in any 9TH
or position they conflict. When one posi-
ton is to be maintained for some time,a po-
sition should be chosen in which tho mag
net currents of the earth and the body will
not conflict. This position, as indicated by
theory, and known by experiment, is to lie
with the head towards the north pole. Per-
sons who sleep with their head in the oppo-
site direction, or lying cross wise, are liable
to fall into various nervous disorders. When
they 60 back to the right position, these
disorders. if not too deeply impressed upon
the constitution, soon vanish. Sensitive
persons are always more refreshed by sleep
when their heads point due north. Archi-
tects, in planning houses, should bear this
principle in mjnd.-Seiected.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-02
Abraham Lincoln and the COlored Race.

We have received the fourth number OF
the New Orleans Black Republican. week.
ly paper edited. 'set up, and published bt
colored men. II is a we'll edited, handsome
ly printed, and very full sheet. In an elo-
quent monody on tho death of President
Lincoln the Black Republican says:
To no people, to no portion of the coun.
try. could this blow fall ns upon the colored
people OF America. To us he was what tbe
dream and faith in the Messiah is to the
children of Israel. Through long years OF
unpaid toll, in the times of cruel and crush
ing bondage. there bad been smothered in
the blacks heart an uDfalteriDg hope, and
in bis mind an indistiDct belief that some-
how, in some way God would send Us de-
lverer. The prayers of centuries were an
swered. Abraham Lincoln became Presi-
dent of these United States, and the bond.
men and the bondwomen of the land were
liberated. Ah! how little do our wbite
countrymen know of the love, the affection
we have for him. No cabin in this land but
monrns the loss of The only ruler in Ameri-
ca that thought of our woes and labored for
our welfare.
The day of the lash and thong has closed
forever; the barter in human flesh is done {;
the slave stock, with it's crue!ties, the slave
pen, with its nameless horrors, have passed
away for all time and Abraham Lincoln, as
the agent of Almighty God, has done this
great work. When the freedmen receives
payment for bis toll; when he hears his
child read to him from Gods book when
he clasps bis tender infant with the ipdes-
cribabie sensation that IL is his own, ba
thanks the Creator that bis servant, Abra-
BAN Lincoln, lived and ruled. And now,
t,AS. A.. L.
our truest aud best friend sleeps in the boz
som of the broad prairies of the West, al.
most trembling to penetrate the future. we
are conso'ed with the thought that if the
| councils Of Heaven have aught to do with
earthly matters we have an advocate there.
as We had friend here, in Abraham Lin
eoln.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1865-06-02
Present State of Greece.

A correspondent of the Tribune, writing
from Consfantinople says:
Poor King George finds the crown of
Greece crown of thorns, and his people
who went into ecstacies over bis arrival ut
Athens DOW wish thar be had gone to the
bottom of the Mediterranean. 1t is not
strange His whole kingdom contains few.
or Inhabitants than the city of New York,
while every Greek imagines Greece to be
the most important kingdom of Europe. and
himself fully equal to any post which tbe
military or civil service affords. Every
Greek fancies himself to be an Achilles, but
King George finds them in peculiar sense,
only e nation of Hectors The last over
turning there has been the fall of the Da-
narius Ministry. Count Spouneck. who is
hated by everybody. was in a rage, and the
kiog went for counsel to the English ,French
and Russian Embassadors. 1t is under
! stood that be got nothing better from them
than lecture on the wrotcbed state
o: the country. Tho treasury is empty.
the bank has nothing to lend, the tide
OF popular feeling is now all in ia.
vor of democracy. the brigsnds are moro
numerous and boIder than ever, the army.
which has about the same proportion of Of
hcers to privates as was given in the famous
bogus report of the Confederate Secretary
OF the Navy, is in q state of chronic dissatis.
faction, and to cap the climax, the King is
understood to be in love with the daughter
of Count Sponneck, and to have given NOR
tai offense to the ladies Of the ambassadors
oy forgetting that they were entitled to
take rank before his lady love. 1t is very
difficult to form any opinion as to the result
of all this dissatisfaction but it is my i'm.
preston that it will lead to tho occupation
of the country by Foreign Powers. A re-
publican government in Greece would be
certain to meet the fate of the republican
governments of Mexico and South America.
1t is SAID that Mexico once saw seventy diff
ferent governments in the course of one
year. This would be very moderate al
lowance for Greece.