Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-05-13

JUDGE YE.-In the Republican of
April 29th. 1869, we reproduced an item,
from the CincinI att Gazette, of the 9th
ult., announcing that in the United
States District Court, in St. Louis.
certain Judgment had been rendered
against the Etna Insurance Company
of Hartford, (for which, we. of course.
were not responsible and added the fol-
lowing comment:
1--WE have no knowledge of this COM
pany having published statement OF
its condition in this county where it is
doing large business. for the year
1868 and 1860. Such reluctance. on the
part of this company, to comply with
the requirement of the law ofour State
we regard as being far from commend
able
Now we want the public to judge
whether we stated facts or not. We did
net say, as will be observed, that the
Company in question did not publish its
statement, in this county, for 1858 and
1869, as required by law, but that I'VE
had no knowledge" of the company
having complied with such require
ment. We made no possible reference
to the capacity of the officers to manage
the business of the said company. nor
did we. in any manner, insinuate that
the 1Etna did not pay its taxes, or that
| its financial conditions were not good !;
neither did we intend to do so. as the
reader can Judge from the article, but
", IL fI,ot IDI
knowlt dge" of the company having
published it's annual statement. in this
county, for the past and present year.
ana if we We're ignorant and wrong in
our statement, we should have been
corrected. But in the Wyandot Demo-
cratic Union of last week, as verfica-
tion of what we said, Cr. S. w. Holmes
the Agent of the company. publishes
the statement of the Htna for 1869. and
also a communication, which is saturat-
ell with such personal abuse as to
amaze us, especially when it eminated
from the heart of a man who was edu-
Gated for a gentleman and a Doctor, and
against whom, we can say in all can
offend, and will not do so here, for we
expect to stand before the public upon
our own merits OF demerits. Hence we
make no reply to his remarkable per.
sonal abuse, but add brief explana.
tion.
Last year we had our Printing Office
insured in the Atna. During the vssaal
we. frequently called DIR. Holmes at
tentlon to the fact that the statemen
OF the Company had not been published
out the year rolled around with tn,
result stated in our article reproduced
above. Some time in January last th'
DR.. came to our Office, and urged re
newal of our policy in the Etna, but
we per-emtorily refused, because, a
we then plainly stated to him, tn
statement had not been published il
this county, and demanded him to in
sure our office in the Hartford.
We here submit, to the candid judg.
ment of our citizens, the tun
which the Doctor grinds through hi
"organ," the Democratic Union:
From the Democratic Union of May 9Th.
The NrNA INSURANCE COMPANY
Mr.. EDITOR: The Etna Insurance
Company sends me its statement fol
( publication. Contrary to the insinu
ations Of the Republican Of last week
it shows an amount of actual paid II
capital and surplus, unequalled by any
other fire insurance company on tn
, continent. General Bennett writes me
, The slip you enclosed purporting t.
be a statement Of a Judgment obtained
against the Company at st. Louis TO
5 $34,000 is very far from true. Judge
ment was only for $3.O5O, and will b
set aside unquestionably by highe
court, as the issue Is an old war claim
t That the Etna is abundantly able t.
| pay all its liabilities no one having ca
paoity above an ''organ grinder woul,
question. The Etna has always paid it
taxes in this county, Gas it does every
: where else.) as the Auditors duplicat
shows, when most other companie
have failed. And its officers are a.
competent to attend to their business
e as some persons are to run Postotfice
> especially when it is done against tn
y will of nine-tenths of the community
gsq s. w. HOLM ES.
Z ss..f.z .ass7e t,s Ag't Etna Ins. Co
r q. Sandusky, May 4, 1869.
/ For the .schorus" to the above, we re
0 fer our readers to the Doctors famou
letter once addressed to an accomplish
: ed lady teacher of the Upper Sandusk,
{ | Union Schools. --