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GREAT DISTRIBUTION
by THE
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Every Ticket Draws a Prize.
A Chance to Draw any of the
above Prizes by Purchasing a
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Tickets describing each Prize are Sc ,LED in En-
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Gents, Sealed Ticket will be drawn, without
choiee and delivered at our office. OF sent by mail
to any address The prize uamed upon it will be de-
lIvered to the ticket holder on payment of one
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20 CITY LOTS, VARYING In SIZE,
ZC location and price. situated a short distance
north of the Depot, North High street. opposite the
residence of the late W. b. Hubbard. Also, three
fine lots in block l59 feet by ls7E situated on
north side of East Oak street, near East Public
lane. For terms, apply to
VIM. A. GILL,
No. 80 North High street.
Columbus. Ohio. March g. 1858. mchlO-d2m
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THE witty editor of the Louisville Journal
Gays that the troubled waters around the
White House must be very shallow, as the
Radicals expect to get johnson OUT ana
Wade in.
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On the First Day Of August, 1868,
AN IMPARTIAL AWARDING COMMITTEE
WILL DISTRIBUTE
TO THE HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES,
THE DIORAMA
AND THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE
PREMIUMS:

Farm Of 4so acres; 1 o; s. Bond. s1oOo Grand
Rosewood Piano. $1,000; Farm of $40 acres; U. s.
acres; Camel Hair Shawl. $1,000: Diamond Gross.
$50 each. $50; Set Siiverware, $500; i hose
chimes. at sl5O each, $3.50; Farm of so acres; U.
8: Bond; 800; Singer Sewing Machines $50; /
4 Baker. Sewing Machines, $3.50; Piano. $500. 10
Farms of from 4e to so acres each Singer Sewing
Machines, S625; Gold Watch (Huntl and Chain,
ing Machines. $685. American Watches, $500: 1
U. 5. Bond. 500; 10 Farms Of from 40 to 80 acres
sI25o; U. s. Bond si0O; 10 Farms of from 40 to 50
acres each $50 pieces Silverware st from $40 to $50
each. S6ooO $50 pieces Siverware at from So to $50
500 articles of Slverware at from IS to $a5 each,
$4,000; 10 copies Carpenters Portrait of Lincoln,
sl0o: "a Farms of 40 acres each, and 5000 Lincoln
Memorials, making rand total of
6,l5O r H Il M u M 9
To bo distributed gratuitousy to holders of certif
Gates, each of whom receives One Admission to the
Diorama and finely executed Photograph.
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Orders may be sent to us in registered letters or
risk; larger amounts should be sent in Drafts by
Express Certificates will be furnished at the fol-
CLUB RATES:
II Certificates, one address. $5 90
% Certificates, one address ............... 10 90
4S Certificates. one address ..:....-..-. 20 90
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liberal commission will be paid. Extraordinary
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febs d1taw3m
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/ ing us their Address. with 20 cents. W lire.
o,ive by mail the Name and Carte de Wis of
their future Wife or Husband. REEVES & Co.
rs Nassau street, New York. tANY-mehz0-w3m
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% TIE New York Tribune, to the Men and
Brethren of Connecticut Stick.
Their response: Stuck.
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Okiie States'n1arr
RAIL ROAD TIME TABLE.

Bh wing the arrival and departure of trains at &c.
um rus. Ohio. On and after Wednesday, Jan. II
lss tri will run follows:
nlavalaua. Gal m m bu & Cfusti r.. n.
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RHFERENCEs.

- - -
The following persons have lately drawn val ,able
prizes from this Company. and kindly permitted the
use of thei- names:
$ T Wikens: s74 Sixth Avenue, Y, Sl.OOo9
Mrs E Stuart, 20 y elson Place. N Y. $500; Miss p
Monroe. Cheago H. PiaWRo valued dS at S4Go Cur Cur
son. Dubuque Sewing Machine. sl0O; Philip Nc
Carthy. Louisville. KY, $500; JAS Rogers Washing
ton. q, MUSICAL J Bog: $50; d. D Warren. 40 FSu:-
Orleans. Gold Watch. $3.50; " 7, Tatler. ALBANIA
Ga. $500 K A Patterson. Nashville Tenn, Me ode
Lins, Springfield, Iii, Diamond Pin. 5000; Mrs b
Cs1 si~ street. baltimore. SewiIs Mschine SIS;
Alderman: 81 Main street; Buffalo, sloo; Darragh
Scott, Ninth and SAMSON street. Phila Cold W atch.
$780, s T Zimmerman, Hicks street. Brooklyn, $500:
N Bowers. Detroit, Mich, Gold Watch; $780, Mrs NJ
son. 40 Broad street. n Y. s4oo Mrs A Merose.
Sixth Avenue. near Both street, Piano. $500.
We publish no names without permission.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Musical Festivals" several times postponed,
compelling purchasers of tickets to wait several
months for the distribution, has impaired PUBLIC
distributing is the old and popular one of SEALED
TICKETS, stating the prize, WHICH WILL BE DELIv-
LAR. This is the plan of HAMPER. WILSON & Co.,
l73 Broadway, the most attractive place OF the kind
new and eserte their You cannot
SloO0 900 farm there, but have reasonable chance
for good prize. as we Know many tnat nave oeen
drawn and the firm is reliaole."-Ddny Neaos, Jan
3, 1858.
"The Metropolitan Gift Company distributing
many valuable prizes. We have examined their
manner Of doing business. and know them 10 be a
fair dealing firm Their 7 Ian is more satisfactory
than Presentation Festivals as they draw
eVory day. and the subscrl Der need not pay tor
the prizes drawn unless suited "-Jow'''aI, Fe6r~-
arg 6, 1868.
:The Gift Establishment of HARPER, WILSON 4
Co.. at l73 Broadway. is daily attracting crowds of
visitors to witness the drawing process. The invest
ment is but 25 cents for a ANCE, and the prize
drawn if satisfactory. is immediately delivered for
one dollar. A friend of ours, last week, drew a
$500 pr re which ne promptly received. "-1fn'eS,
December 80, 1867. .
Liberal Inducements to Agents. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
Every Package of Scaled Envelopes
contains One Cash Gift.
RJ- Six Tickets for One Dollar l3 for Two Dol
lars IS foI Five Dollars, 100 for Fifteen Dollars.
All Iettes should be a dressed to
HARPER, WILSON d COZ.
173 Broadway, N. Y.
aprl2- -d2m-R
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EO1 l8Sz-8.
E. B. Eshelman and ChaS. B. Flood,
EDITO RS.
RICH A RID NEVIN 8.
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OUR worthy friends, E. b. Eshelman, ESQ.,, and
Col. Charles Flood, are the editors, and strong
or team will hard to find harnes to any news
paper vehicl in the W stern country.-Ri1sboro
GGsette.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-02-04
FROM THE SOUTH.

MEMPHIS, Feb. 5.
Policeman johnson was shot in the shonl.
der Saturday night, in attempting 10 separate
two men who we're fighting at a bali on Desc
to street.
Annie Melrose, notorious prostitute, was
stabbed very seriously at bagnio on Wash
ington street the same night BY John Luxton,
in Git CT ies'ously. Her recovery is doubt
ful
Ned Blackburn shot and killed Butler Phil.
lips, in an alley between Commerce and Man
chester streets, this forenoon. Both freed
men. Nothing known as to the cause.
Eli Guthrie {freedmanl was shot at the
corner Of Cansey and Linden streets this
forenoon by Policeman Sweet, who was at
tempting TO arrest him for arson and rob-
berry.
Great excitement was caused in the Crimi.
nal Court this fcrnoon, during he Ardfancke
contempt case, by tho appearance Of squad
Of soldiers under Lieutenant Hunter, 18th
infantry, who reported to Judge Hunter, and
we're by his orders stationed about the court.
Several attorneys protested against the pro-
ceedine. Duncan K. McCres left the court.
sayingbssycnA peser .practics an itsuDder
such cifcunssances. The troops we're sub
sequently Withdrawn by order of Gen. Gran
eea wbss TIE eesFt adjeurpsa TIL so-morer,
when the decision will be known.
NV ORLrAxs. Feb. 8,
TAV rsriaion ~ tie fuEistsstisa lists q Tex
q was ended on the 81st ult. Gen. Hancock
has ordered the publication Of the revised
Rsss III the county papers and ID the form oi
hapdhiIla, TO be distributed And posted u IL
most conspicuous places. The expenses ol
the plietineEApd 1istributis3 - tobe paid
ffnm NhNk06tkn nc4in Ind
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FBon DB lMNB

Drs Morxrs, Feb 3.
In the Senate bill to legalize the acts oil
the municipal officers of Mt. Pleasant was
passed.
A conunift4e recommended the passage oi
. bill providing for an eHicieat short hand re-
porter fer the courts. Also in favor Of bill
proteesing hop growiua.
AuoA Of H AanieA sAs dev1eed 10 Che -.
cess question.
The Constitutional amendment resolution
was made the special order for Saturday, the
I'D inst.
In the House several petitions we're received
in behalf Of the liquor lay and A inmigra-
ton lay. ]
Committees reported in favor OF bills re-
lating to the argument term Of the Supreme
Court as Davenport; authorizing Supervisors
to levy taxes TO pay county indebtedness, 10
develop the production Of peat.
The committee TO whom was referred the
matser Of allowing colored children 10 public
schools, reported tha. to exclnde them Was
. violation of the law as much as murder OF
theft.
A billrelstive to the annexation of Charles
u ~ Lee csunty, TO other townships, Ia
Judicial purposes, was passed.
A resolution was offered nemorializing
Congress to remove the United States Capital
to Council Blnfs.
A bill authorizing Supervisors TO eompro-
mise judgments against parties arising out of
oainis on'acceuns of school funds was passed
to athird reading.
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Severe Gale I'm England-PrOp.
csfy Destroyed.
TERRIBLE sUrFnR1MG BK A sHIr.
WRECKED CREW.
FROM WASHINGTON.

EEs YoRx. Feb. !.
The Heralds Washington special says:
There is a probability of Cabinet change
soon. A new Secretary Of War will certain.
iy shortly be nomiBated.
Ex Governor Dentison is now in Wash
ingtan.
information reached here yesterday which
led to the belief that General Meade has Is
sued an order for the arrest Of Ex-Governor
jenkins, on the ground Of alleged obstruction
u He l,the EecouHlrnetipA lAwt.
Mis- Turhsr said lAad he. Neirspht4 ~ He&
HSAr aMt)cn - itfHFe 10 Ake& Id II
Governor jenkins could Be found Ia the Dis
triet of Columbia. The friends of Governor
Jenkps Hsesa suiS SqAst seiiases osrthe in
formation received I'd hare him within reach
of a court where tAsI writ Of habeas corpua
would be respected.
Consul G. q. Hsap, Al Tunis, siyes details
81 uest % feriaE tAsts And in q inssrior,
from starvation and sickness, and appeals to
the United Ststes forfanistance.
DR. Fowler, OF Illinois, is being strongly
ppshtd for Cenmisaioner of Internal Rev
enue.
The Times Washington SPECIAL says: II
is expected ,hst within fsu days tha Press
dent wna make re- arrangement Of fhe Mill
tarJ Department and of the various Districts
iherAiasy The material changes ass eapscAsd
IN the Western and Northwestern States and
Territories.
In consequence Of |Englanfs refusal to al
low the slightest scrutiny Of her conduct in
the Alabama Chains. the United States Gov
ernment has determined to assert poatively
that the claims mast ba paid aud matters -
jusRd, either within cr outside tho qnesin
Of protection TO Ahericsn citizens Ia M
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
MIDNIGHT REPORT.
LATE CABLE DISPATCHES.


Losnox. FEB. s.--The gale Which passed
orer England Saturday last was very destruc.
tive to life and property in this city and in
Liverpool. Ch;mneys and signs were blown
down and houses aproolsd. Many people
wefe stserksby falling ohiacts snd ssrioudy
i,isreds and in seans instances killed out
right.
GrBnaLTAR, Feb. 3.-The Captain and
two sailors of the crew of the schooner Mo-
ses Warning, which foandesed at sea, were
rescued on the 18Th ult.. By the bark Mamie
Gordon, and brough. TO this port. They had
bseA ayen days without food. To sSshn
iie sasY had 70 resort tothe fesh of the nsts,
vho d}ed froa eahsasficn. Whom pIcted up
the men we're hardly able TO move or speak,
but are nov recovering.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITESs,

NORWICH, Conn.,, Feb. Q.
An explosion of nome xpioeive burnisg
fluid occurred on Fr3day evening, At the house
OF Mr.. A n Chapnbtt, near this city. The
children had been Ieft in charge Of the house,
and after filing the lamp one Of them iis it
and 81 it down ID fbnf OF the can, pAsu N
explosion occurred. One girl, aged about
eleven years, died this morning, and = boy
aged sixteen and Girl aged eleven yeAo are
badly burned and probably will not survive.
New YoaK, Feb. s.
An Ann spolis special to the Iiwb4fne says
The sNarylan Legislature on Saturday vas
much excited over d resolution ins,ructing
Gov. Swann to issue = conmissipn 10 Snator
elec. Hamilton. 1t was announced by one OF
Governors friends that Swami declines to is
sue the com mnission, and elsins that Hanil-
ton was elected in violation OF the Eastern
Shore law concerning Senators. The subject
was postponed until Wednesday next.
WoacKsrrn, Mass. Feb 8.
Jeremiah Williams, of OakhIl, Mass.
committed suicide yesterday By hanging him>
self
PORTLAND, Me-. Feb. 8.
Robert p. Briggs, one pf the weelthiest
farmers OF Auburn, in this State, committed
saicide by hanging hia.self on Sunday even.
ing.
Sr. LorIs, Feb. 8.
Eighteen prisoners escaped from the jail at
St. Joseph, Mo-, on Saturday. During the
melee Horace Fish, brother Of Sheriff Fish,
was shot and killed, and oneprisoner was se-
verely wounded.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 3.
The steamer Sherman, from New Orleans
for Cincinnati, With valuable cargo Of gro
L.. L., L.
Ind, yesterday mornings She had pfevious-
" discharged most Of her freight. No lives
we're lost IAe beoks and money were
saved. The Sherman was owned at Pitts.
bVs md ~ incurred y. cncisuptl ofsces
III Is reported from Washing gton thst Gsu.
Ecgan also declines being candidate for
Governor.
The receipts q the State Treasury For the
month Of January we're S1ao, ga, and the to-
tai expenditures SG7f 90.
The Circuit Court Of this county did not
49stans thip mnsnies. eria4 to fAA snan-assi>
VI u 1ndse Rice.
The bonds for $50. goo of MeLeeshrey q
the new State Houss, have been duly exc
cuted.
Dssuouf, Iowa, Feb. d.
The boiler in the Lager beer brsweFy Of 7.
ScAiesye : Schend. n1af Wet D1ba@us, a..
ploded Sunday mornins. Tbs snGi1eas Nss
Instantly killed, another man died last even
iae, and three more are injured % Inst theii
yacevxsy ieesouiaossd dosS&isl. -
A widow lady nams6 Short ~ . hadiy
bsrred On Saturday b. hsr elothes catching
Gre, tAAtzbl I'D u 1uuoay A1esppoA
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FROM ST. LOUIS.

Tear s8* sfxLouM Feb9
James Marvin was arrested here yesterday
|lht robblng Michael D'Mara Of his pocket
book the day the ice moved in the harbor.
Ahou. 81. go % DsMasa's uoaes Aere fonnd
on him, but the money-sight drafts have not
ya been recovered. Z
81 Ths drawing in shat has been known a.
srith's Mill and Farm Association, lottery
scheme, after the plan Of The Crosby Opera
Hosss, took place At the Mercantile Library
Hall. Saturday night. The mill and ten acres
of land, valued At $4,000, WAS drawn by
AlonLo McCurdy, master of one Of the mar.
kef houses OF this city, and the farm, valued
8, sls,noo, was drawn by YIN. Woeneh, a
huckster, in the Broadway market. Both OF
the lucky individuals are quite poor men.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Netice In Dankrupley.

TsHTS is 70 give notice that on the 1st day oI
u February, A. D 1855, warrant IN nsahfuytcy ~
ssued sg2nst khs nEAta of Ja~ss v HSAs Of Burling
ton. Des Me.nss county and etsss Of lows, she has
hesa Ata1Esd hsskrupt upca kis osA peds1on.
That rho pay ent ef say debts md delivery fany prep
srty hsioagisx - aaeh Bankrupt, him or for kis
use, and The trensf<s OF anJ property hy hn y fyr.
bidden by iaw. Thsss nsstina of - esAdlWs Of
said Bankrapt teir dshts and to choose ous
o. ese aasAkp cf his sstAtas u b. sd st ths ccrf
81 Bshtrup<ey % ba hfsn II ne once Of fhe ksgis-
ter In Bankruptcy. in Nc g. Estss Hsase, Ksokuk.
fowa before John Brscs Register the 18Th Day ef
Maseh, A. D. tsss u 10 o'clock An
q ". CLARK. .UsE.n.
ssh-ss. ~ u rGDN, pepsty.
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Total lskls d lae Eanpany. 4ls,s0s 81

total lleis u ils Cenpany, Ais,ios 81
rha.nouns Of lis1lissy do. - 10. iae
70 psHka, pr c:hzr rrsatorz, by tlie
Cem341yf--nch1
Lossss al as.sd ana Gur.--Eoas.5
Lsssws ssinstsfsa& rsos Ss - ~ -
Losses as5 o.
Ls-- q suspsBs y .i.in sfrs ~ u assr -asu..
10 kHssaef claims <iass sks eczsps6. t-ssns.
II ne srssi..s amasss irssv.a = asy %. psk. Is
u rss ssssies. .,noant ssssxea by sAs ,.es III.
losApaaS TO ec insur,d in any ore city, TOW or
siilase No ft.e. have been aioptsd--drpe DDS
rpon i1 size ssdohsrxcfeT,
10 This sr-s,cst mount aiIowed 10 bs inssre1 IN any
y oe.biock No rues hare been Asoefet-depends
Hpaa It's CONSTRUCTION.
II No psrt Of thsespfaior es--ngs cfthe ccmpaey la
dspased In ans ssass sseusif, for losses therein
Is The ubs,t Ter Act Of inee poFston uf Compa
NY Aeertiasd copy sch, asTsto.are .s
sscresayS. ffsssdeEt
ssass Of Connecticut. Hsrssgrd ccan,y, sm
n. foregoing stsssu.ut was .ub.ct~a ana sworn to,
by the ssid Marx no~ard, rrc.sasat spa Taos Lob
dsL Secretary Of saii Merchants fnsyranes Corapaay
this ssevsa'n day Of iarnarr, 4 D 1858 before ms.
fnAlI Notary Public ia sut for ,se stats q Conn.
sfarr or cossrrruT cosrrKo1lrs'. o,na,
fsrMl Hartford. Jan H. ssa-
Ibsreby certify that l have sxsnained the sseeks
Bo-d.. stc, Of the Murcaan = Insurance compsny
Hartford forth In the statement hereuntc uns
ed ana sud raid statement to be eoIrees
farther certify taat believe aas Assess sftAsf
p1uy - De OF tb9 fAE fsiue ttAtsG
Csc. komssoy. Deputy conpWs tIer
AUBrToRs OFFICE. ToMA;
DIS AesKs, yan. %, Gs /
TITS HEREBY cER1IeIvB, Thstshfre hsx been t,.d
In tss ofhrs statement showing n eeondttiou
a ehe nsonsnfx INSURANCE scpany, fo1y ed a HArt
FORT y Of Coen. ctieus the II dsy OF Jan
nary, 1885, In accordAncs With ths peoyiafcus of
N As q the tasxM Assenbly of Ms STATE OF Iowa
satited .an Act in reiatiaa to lnsura3 % ConpasIs,
approved Jssaary 7stA. s95f and an Act smerdstary
thereto approved Essruary 9Th, laa that said state
as shcss thas aid Company rass ssesd of ths reoni
sts Of capital and Invested ~ required by sV
Authorsy Is therefore gwen - ~ aAoss nans1 con-
pany % esnlot thsr aprovriats 1sntas fueurance
In this efAte in accordance With u laws thereof an I'll
the alst dsy of Jsnuayy, Je69
u = ID nAsfiAad 1T MM FT LrnN 81 Keaknh NJ.
bssa duly appointed ty said Cor psny their MI 49,
~ klssrsey f~tss aoynsy % Loe. s,th nj DDssr .
- rin&s d hsufAnes sherlDs snd "a sukaeN3es3p
~ AvpscsW @Vsvided " laW, aeon hk 6(lnS Va
shs Cferk of the District Osrt and for saaA county
shs CstiAaAts and copy Of thu statems RI On s n
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