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CHlCKERlN8 & sons PIANOS.
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS JUST RECEIv-
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city
The new and unique Parlor Grand. Louis XIV :,
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Sons, Boston. Their instruments, acknowledged
by the first artists to be peror 10 all others made
Ia the United States, and which lately, as here
tofore, have received the highest awards, can be
bought In this city only Of the subscriber
Also, Pianos OF every style and sc'le by other
approved Boston and New York makers.
Second hand Pianos taken In part pay ment
AS he subscriber has twenty i've years expe /.
rience In the business, and buys exclusively for
cash, he will sell better Pianos at lower prices
than can be bought in this city, either for cash or
approved paper.
BY the Boston packet Of the 18th and the steam
I OF the 18th instant he will receive fourteen
more Pianos, some Of them neat and good instru-
nents, at exceedingly low prices.
A good stock Of Melodeons, Guitars, Violins,
Flutes, Music, &c.
de,9 -3t RICH'D DAVIS.
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FIRST GRAND BALL OF THE
~ GENEVIEVE CLUB will take place at
ODD FHLLows' HALL, Navy Yard, on THURS
DAY, the 9Th Of January, 1857. Particulars in a
future advertisement dec y eo3tA
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F@THE SECOND ANNUAL BALL
NJ Of the
MON q u A ADS

-THE FIRST GRAND cOTILLoN
~ Party Of the HIBERNIA CLUB, will
take place on THURSDAY EVENING, Deem
Der 18th, at JUNRNAn's HALL, New Jersey ave.
nue., between the Capitol and Depot. By order Of
the COMMITTEE.
dee 6-S T&W3t&
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SRLL.lN8 ORR

PLACK SILKS, FANCY PLAID SILKS.
- Plaid and Plain Merinos, at greatly reduced
prices. ..F. - o..
20 pieces handsome black silks ...
- do rich fancy plaid Silks -.-.~ F..
% do bright colors plaid and plain Merinos
100 pieces plain and AguFed Muslin Delaines and
Poplins, from 1sx to IS ots. .-..-
Is pieces crimson: blue, pink, green, tan, and
gray Josey Flannels -.
200 pieces dark and rich colored Prints, from on
to IS cts
100 pieces colored Cambricks, at sK cts
$50 do bleached and Brown Coltons, from
to lsk cts. t
10 do Irish Linen, from IS to 81
GEO. r. ALLEN,
dec9-3t No. 2o4 Pa ave next to 10th st.
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>NOTICE-THE SUBSCRIBER beas
M leave to call the attention Of the public
to his stock Of GLASS and QUEENSWARE
before pure hasing elsewhere, as by so doipg they
will save nom Is TO IS per cent.
Toilet and Dinner Sets lower than the lowest at
3O9 Pa avenue, between 9th and 10th streets
je 9-Sm JOHN McDEVITT
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BOARD, &o.-MRS. BATES, ON The w
- corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and 9th street
Is prepared 20 accommodate gentlemen with rooms
With or without board. Every effort viii be made
to render those comfortable who NAV favor her
With their patronage. Transient or table board
can oe obtained. ap6-u
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,ANNUAL BALL THE WASHING
0A ton German Yagers respectfully an
nounce that their Annual Ball Will take place at
Carusi's Saloon, on THURSDAY EVENING,
January l, 1857.
Tickets ONE DOLLAR.
Particulars In future advertisement
Committee.-John Killian, Fred. Sinking,
Peter Richter. dec 5 5t*
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DENTIsTRY.

w. MCGEE, DOCTOR OF DENThL
Ne SURGERY, has located himself >e7
permahtlv In this city. DIR MCGEE Is 6.ssk
graduate Of the Baltimore CO llege Of QIIfftp
Dental Surgery, and has had over twelve wears
practice.
Once removed TO the residence Of his father,
Kew I. MCGEE, flor the PRESENT. sth street, be-
tWen and n streets. dec 2-lm
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Boarding

- Rent with Boa,d, al 400 street, IN Union
Row, and the immediate vicinity Of The Patent
Ofnoe. dec S-lys
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WEBSTER HOUSE THE FORMER
w residence OF Daniel Webster, No as ID
street, has been opened by Mrs GAGE, for the
accommodation Of those desiring a quiet and
pleasant Boarding place, either with or without
Rooms. dec 6-lwa
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BOARDING mrs. A. FOX, No. 447, Penn.
- avenue, between Sd and az streets, is pre-.
pared TO accommodate gentlemen with Rooms
and iBosrd. Every effort will be made 70 reader
those comfortable who may favor her with their
patronage Transient or table board can be OBJ
tained Families supplied with meals.
dec 3-ots
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FkiNGES-FRlN6E2
A LARGE RTMENT OF DEEP
"A headed PRINCES, al widths, opened this
dag AZ CASefDY,S.
dec 1w 3l4 Pa. av, bet. 10Th and lith SITS.
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MRS BANNERMAN, CORNER OF 9Th
1SA and streets, having recently reftted hee
house, Is nov prepared TO accommodate persons
with Board and pleasant Rooms at moderate
rates. Her house Is situated In a central and de-
strable part OF the city; being one square from
the Patent and Post Offices Table and transient
boarders can also be accommodated
dec 3ta
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OPERA GLASSES in ENAMEL, PEARL L.
" Ivory, Ebony, Japan, &C, nom % TO sac
earh, At THE LAKES
4. S.-Opera Glasses for rent. dec
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LEATHER-IEAfHER.

SSO SIDES OF SOLE LEATHER. RE
COO ceiving this day
So sides Of SPANISH SOLE
200 do very superior SLAUGHTER
40 dozen OF home made KIPPS, CALF SKINy
&C Il. q. FORD, Leather Emporium.
dec 6-3t ago 9TH ST north near pafenf nn1a
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-27
The Ohio Legislature.

| hN ChAO A'SSAoAutuiOs
We are positively ava loss for something
to say of the Ohio Legislature. We have
looked in vain. for some act of that body
which we could heartily commend; not one
has come under our notice, Finding moth
ing to praise, tits question with us wheth-
er it would not be better to say nothing at
all; for, should we attempt to condemn
what has been done, we feel that our stric-.
lures, however severe, would fall far short
of what justice demands. ssil, ys
The opposition last fall promised a reduc-
ton of Government expenditures. Itwould
require innumerabIe Philadelphia lawyers to
discover that any such reduction has yet.
been made, T u Utt3
They promised, also, to relieve the people
Of their burthensome taxes. The only re-
lief offered is the exemption of certain cap
itulists from theirjust proportion of the tax
es and the consequent increase Of tax upon
the farmer and the mechanic. They were,
in short, as rich in promises as they have pro-
ven to be poor in truthfulness.
We perceive, by the Statesman, that our
attentive Representative, Mr., BINGHAM, ad-
dressed the House on the odious tax-law.-
We should be glad to publish his entire
speech had it been SO reported. The fol-
lowing is all that is given in the Statesman:
Mr.. Bingham continued his speech upon
the tax law. He contended that the major
ity was about to violate the Constitution on
the behalf of bankers, brokers and stock
jobbers, but that when it was proposed to
put the farmer and mechanic upon the same
footing, they declared that the Constitution
al provision was insuperable. The bond
holders oughtto be taxed as much as the
cattle and horses of the farmer; and when
it was said that it would raise the credit oI
the State to exempt bonds from taxation, he
replied that it would not advance the credit
Of the State much, TO violate its own Con
stithtion If the Constitution could be thus
trlmpled upon, the vested rights, Of which
thegentlemen were SO tender, wonld be in
some danger, 4 \, r41., 9He ff2Hi
The Statesman says that the Senate has
refused to ogree to the amendment Of Mr.
PHELPS, by which beer, cider and pure wine
would have been excepted from the prohib
tive clause Of the liquor bill. We conceive
that any Episcopal minister will be liable t
fine and Imprisonment for administering thu
sacrament according to the rules of hi
church, if this bill passes andiwe, are surf
that our Lord Jesus Christ would have beer
liable to endictment under It, for the mira
Gle at Cana in Galilee, U, COOS. n
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-27

On the whole. inasmucil as this Union is
combination Of, severolStates fottheir bet
ter protection aud benefit, each one being
independent and sovereign IN all things save
those delegated by them to the general gov,
erhment, it follows that any system Of leg,
islation by Congress whichshould favor TIM
citizens of one State and oppress those oi
another. or which should be sectional in its
character, would be unjust, tend to weaken
the bonds Of the Union, and if persisted'ini
result in its final dissolution. -,-~.-..--
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-27
The people will settle the question
next election by buE5ipg these men
in the political grave ofobliyion.
Yours truly, CAMDEN.
w ksIIINArDNA March ne. 1856.

DEARC ConoEEL: The house to-day
passed Mr.. Dunn's proposition TO
send committee Of three members,
to be selected by the speaker, to go
I 10 Kansas to take testimony in case Of
Whitfield and = Reeder. The resOlu-
ton gives the committee power to- APP
point as many clerks and ,sergeant-at-
arms as they want, ;and appropriates
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS from the con-
ltingent fund Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, to defray their expenses.
This will do to start with, But it will
be but ahealb bite to what will be re-
quired before they get through. Mr.,
Dunn offered this proposition as OPP
posed to the report Of the committee
on elections, which was. to. send out
and bring in the Kansas people by the
hundred to examine them here, Mr..
Greeley in his'letter admitted that the
defeat of the committees proposition
was the defeat Of Republicans, but
they saw that their proposition would
be defeated by Dunn and his friends,
and therefore Whashburn, the Chair
man, made a virture of necessity, and
elambered down and went for Dunn's
resolutions. The Democrats voted
against the whole scheme, claiming
that this case should be treated Just
as are all other contested elections. =
Judge Duglass will address the SEN
ate to- morrow on his bill to give the
people the power to call a State Con-
ventioA, preparatory to admission in
to the Union when they shall have a
sufficient population to entitle them
to member Of Congress. % 5'
q 1t is whispered about that there is
a preconcerted movement on hand
among the Black Republicans and
Know Nothings, to insult him in his
ispeecb, and endeavor to draw him in.
to a personal controversy. If this il
attempted a nice little time will BE-
4 had in the Senate. II understand
Wilson, of Massachusetts, is to bc
Itheman who is to lead off. aiWn'i g
II Thersis considerable interest fel
as to who Banks win put on the Com
mittee to go to Kansas, but as ye
!. nothing is known upon which to form
even an approximating guess.
is.Inotbing new, here 'Tortl
} blotting paperto relate. Washington
is rather dull, and if itIwere not TO
the delegates to the Cincinnati Con
vention, who are here picking uE
:, item$, the streets would be rather dll
!. always excepting the ladies, whC
monopolize the avenues, and actuall,
abuse gentlemen for standing on th
avenue, and .looking,at them as the,
pass, while the conclusion is iresisti
bic that they make their trips for tha
, purpose. .a.9!A CAMDEN.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-27
English and French Alliance 90
Suppress American FilIibuste ~
ing. r,ei.5-

English and French Alliance 90
Suppress American FilIibuste ~
ing. l9aiass
We published, a few days ago, an
article from tho London Morning
Post, (Lord Palmerston's organ,) Of
Feb. 12, in which an alliance between
England and France was proposed,
for the purpose OF putting down fl
libustering expeditions from the U, s.
by means Of a feet upon our southern
coast, which should intercept and
search all American vessels which
might be regarded as supicious. The
London Times has an article commen.
ting upon this proposition, in the
course Of which it holds the following
language: o'
"The extreme folly Of the sugges-
ton, however, tends to re-assure u.s.
We will not readily believe that the
governments Of England and France
can contemplate for a nome mt the
intention Of treating the United
States as without the pale Of Europ-
can principles or Of interfering to
correct tho want Of vigor in the Exech-
tive of the Union. The American
people care little for the settled
governments Of Europe, they will not
submit to any offensive interference,
and they are strong enough to hold
their own. The fillibustcring expedi-
tions constitute an eyilthat will cure
itself with time; for the territories
Of the Union are already almost too,
extensive for intimate cohesion. But
even should Anglo Saxon adyenturers
overrun the whole continent Of Amer
ica--a process, by the way, which
could not be completed for a thousand
years or so-the world would not
suffer much from the contamination. =
1t is idle to talk Of taking up arms
against possible consequences or i'm
aginary dangers. We wish to see
the United States powerful and pros
porous, because our prosperity. must
grow with theirs, and for the same
reason we sincerely desire to avoid
and remove all cause of QUARREL 81
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-27
Douglas on Greeley---AnOtheI
ROOpback Nailed, ,.N


The following flat denial Of an as
serted fact contained in the new York
Tribune, and written by Greeley him
self, was made by Senator Douglas
on the 9Th inst. How Greeley can
manufacture and put forth such floods
of falsehoods through his paper, and
not oftener get cowhided, is q mystic
ry to many,-State8mGn.
Mr.. DOUGLAS. | ask the unani-
NOUS consent Of the Senate to make
a personal explanation; it is, believe
the first one ! ever asked permission
make since have been a member Of
this body. My attention has just
been called to statement in one OF
the New York city papers, to this eff
feet: -HlJ@ H-
"The committee on Territories of
the Senate have also prepared their
report, and will present it, perhaps
tomorrow. 1t was adopted in COM
mittee by a party vote. 1t Isl stated
That the chairman, Judge Douglas,
refused to allow the minority to see
it, informing Judge Collamer. that he
may make up a minority statement TO
suit himself" .'. 9Hl,
The report here alluded to is not
fully written. 1t has not yet been
submitted TO the Committee on Ter
ritories--it has not yet been seen by
any member of the Committee, either
.of the majority or minority, except my
self; and have only seen so much Of
it as is now written. Hence, it is not
true that it has been adopted in COM
mittee. Whether it is founded on
"border rufian authority" or not,
gentleman will. perhaps, be better
able to Judge when it is presented.
will state further; that while the
public may speculate about iunfaiIness
between the Senator from Vermont
Mr.. Oollamer) and my self in regard
to it, / think that he and | shall not
disagree ,,on the point that there is
perfect freedom of communication be-
tween us in regard to every fact on
which the report is based. L have
not a document which Lam using in
the preparation Of the report, that ]
have not submitted to him, ,torofwhich
he has not been rendered the loan. -
Nor is be using document, far as am
aware, the useof. which he has notten.
dered to me- We have met. together
talked over different 8 points, and
mutually rendered each other the nse
ofour documents. Il We have freely
communicated; and as soon. as the
report isready it, will be submit ed
to the committee, and it will mot be
reported to the Senate on the day on
which it is read in the cvmmittee
rooln0 Ideem ii due to myself, as
AN not able to be much in the Senate
to make this statement, as it will
be some days before the report is
ready.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-27
CONGRESS-.

aza CONGRESS.
This body is "dragging rs hpw lshgl
albngp Inthe House the~horthem mem
bers make buncOmb speeches on the Kan
sss question. They seem determinsd thai
1.-THE contested election betweegi WEIffIE1r
and REEDEnA delegates fromthat territory,
shall not be settled until after the presiden-
tial election-ther policy being to reserve
all the stale stories as to aMissouri lufiian,.
isnt,i and 'aarined ihgasions, for political
capital -They. have. agreed, however, to send
"a compitlee Of three TO Kansas 70 investl-
gate Che sthte6f affairs inthatl territoE and
procure information to settle the election
case. The folly of This move is evident =
The committee viii probably not be able to
report for several months and then, whatev-
er may be its tenor or effect, the object Of
the Abolitionists viii have been gained
the Kansas question will be, open for the
Presidential campaign, The reader should
be informed that the facts necessary to an
adjustment of the question at issue are be-
fore Congress, and il is the business of the
House to determine the case upon them
alone; instead of which a comaittee is sent
several thousand miles after
matter quite irrelevant to the subject.
In the Senate, bill has been introduced
authorizing the people of Kansas to form a
Constitution and apply for admission into the
Union as State. Should this pass Con-
gress forthwith this troublesome question of
slavery or no slaveyin Kansas will soon be
settled. .ali. q 5H--
The Senate approves the course OF the
administration relative to our difficulties with
Great Britain and will sustain the demand
for the recall of CRAMPToN Business is
progressing in the Senate much more rapid
ly than in the House;-the three millions Of
blacksin the Union being wellrepresented
in the latter and the twenty millions Of
whitesleft pretty much to take care of them
selves. o.,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-27
# urthcr nom Texas.


The San Antonio Tsran of the ssth
nit. says
GAS soon as the report Of Indians
on the Gbolo reached our city Gen.
eral Smith started two companies in
pursuit Of them under charge of Cap.
tain Walker. They soon struck the
trail, but owing to the heavy fall of
rain, it was impossible to keep it,
They followed 1t a few days, and then
returned. .~-,s@r@-rco----ac.s-.o.~-
Yesterday tho-glad tidings ycame
tc our city that the 'citizens Of the
Cibolo, who left in pursuit of the In
dians that appeared there on the 21et.
ult., killing cattle and driving of
horses, had overtaken four of them in
the vicinity of the Bandera Pass, and
had a combat with them, killing
three and severely wounding the other
and taking from them fifty Horses
We regret also to learn that three Of
our citizens engaged in the combat
were wounded, and one probably dan
gerously.p sgsrra b sla'l
The Team expresses its. opinion
that the Indians who have been com
mitting depredations on the Cibolo,are
Lipans, from the Mexican side ofthe
Rio Grande. The same paper has
the following 2 eliAif
eve stop the press to announce
that two persons were murdered yes.
terday near Cedar Brake, on the Oi.
bolo, and only eighteen miles from San
Antonio. Mr.. Hill, ,at whose house
these murders were committed is now
in our Office, and from him we have
the particulars. 1t seem that Mr.,
Hill, Mr.. Brown and two others left
the house Of Hill about four o'clock
yesterday to visit the spot, short
distance from the house, where a Ger
man boy killed an Italian few DAYS
ago. The Indians, it seems, were
watching them, and, as soon as they
left, came to the house Of Hill and shot
anegro boy some eight years old, and
the mother Of the boy, who was the
only other person there, saved her
life by crawling under the house.
Mr. Robinson and a brother of Mr..
Hill were at work in the garden,
about one hundred yards from the
house; they surrounded them and
pierced Robinson with a lance; Hill
barely escaped by running to o creek
near by and swimming across
The Indians then plundered the house
taking away all its valuables and
destroying what they could not carry;
then, taking four mules anb twoAmeri.
can horses, they departed.
GAS soon as Mr.. ii. brought the
news to our city General Smith in an
hour had a company in pursuit of the
savages, who were six in number
Three Of the arrows that were cut and
pulled ont from Robinson and the
boy are now on our desk before us "a
write; two of them we believe to be
Camanche arrows, and the other Of
the Tongue ways"
A letter to the Corpus Christi Id
gertiSer says that three horso-thieves,
who recently committed depredatiOus
at that place and were pursued by q
party Of citizens, were over taken in
SanPatricio county refused to be taken
showed fight, fred upon their pursu.
ers with revolyers, and were killed
They were Americans.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-03-27
Macarthur Democrat.

H, The Macarthur DEMocRAIof Friday came
to us in new dress-looking exceedingly
neat, e. A. Bratton, Esq, has sold the es-
tablishment to Alex. Pearce, late editor of
the Daily Portsmouth Dispatch and Enqui-
rer. From the knowledgewe have of Mr..
P.'s ability and experience, we are safe in
predicting that he will furnish to the De-
mocracy and citizens Of Vinton apaper en-
inently entitled to their support. We hope
the Democrats will at once step forward and
give to him such encouragement as will make
him feel at home and cause him to labor eff
fciently and with light heart, There can
be nogreoter error than to suppose any man
can furnish good paper when he is favored
with a stinted support. A man to publish
an efficient paper, and we care not what
his ability may be, must have living and
prompt paying support. We again express
the hope that the Democracy of Yinton
will give, promptly, good support to Mr..
Pearce. Chilltcothe Advertiser.
We thank the Advertiser for its some
what too fattering notice both as to ourseli
and the paper. So far from the latter look
ing exceedingly neat" we thought its ap-
pearance decidedly bad. There is one i'm
portant matter mentionedin in the above, how
ever which we can fully endorse. It is this:
ga man to publish an efficient paper, must
have living and prompt paying support. {"
How is it possible for any one to write
sprightly editorials on the backs of unpaid
bills, with an ugly constable or savage
creditor looking over his shoulder We
should be glad to see that individual. If
found he could certainly give recipe for
many Of the ills that editorial flesh is heir
to. 1t is solemn fact that not one half of
the country newspapers pay what would be
considered in the mercantile business q fair
profit on the labor and capital employed. One
of the causes which produces this effect, for
they are numerous, is the credit which coun-
try publishers are, as general thing, forced
to give their subscribers,and the losses which
necessarily follow such credit. We never
could see the justice in this system, and have
always believed that subscriptions should be
paid in advance. If a person wishes to
travel on one Of our Railroads he must pay
in advance for his ticket, and run the risk Of
reaching the end of his journey. Ifhe steps
aboard steamboat, an application to his
pocket is the first thing in order, no matter
if he be blown to kingdom come the next
moment. Advance payments to railroads
and steamboats, are required because their
PrOprietors Or agents cannot possibly be ac-
quainted with but small fraction of those
who may patronize them, and because Of
the great liability to loss and impositiOntO
which they would be subjected by the cred
it system. Now,if the fare should be paid
in advance to railroad and steamboat pro-
prietors for such reason, ought not news
paper publishers receive their PaYin advance
for the same reason The cases are ppral-
lei, undif the public tolerate and ncquiesee
in the one they should not grumblc at nor
ol ljactto the other.