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BriIiiant. Presidential Receptions

The delegation from the Legislature
of Arkansas, consisting of three Sena-
tors and six Representatives, arrived here
this evening.
Senators r. s. CAN'T, John A. Fellows,
and w, W. Watkins: Representatives
John r. Eakin, Andrew Hunter, II. f.
Thomas, r. Newton, L. C. Cause, and S.
P Hughes were the members of the
Committee.
They were sent by the Legislature of
Arkansas to represent the feelings and
sentiments of the people of that State,
which, they claim, have hitherto been
misrepresentcd and misunderstood, and
TO ascertain the true status of the State,
and the prospects and terms Of recon,
struction and restoration. They will
have an interview with the President to-
morrow, if possible, and will personally
present their case to the member of Con-
gress of both parties.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather, the reception at the Execu-
tive Mansion was more brilliant than
those Of former New Years receptions.
Streets were filed with melted snow and
slush, and pedestrians were almost en-
tirely excluded from calling; but at an
searly hour the carriages commenced COM
ing toward the Executive Mansion, to 60
through the formalities of New Years
call.
With the dignitaries and diplomats the
call was one simply of ceremony; with
the masses it was one of feeling, duty or
curiosity.
The President looked unusually we'll
He was habited as usual upon State oc
casions. in suit of black, precisely such
as he wears in receiving his daily Wis
itors.
On his left was stationed Judge d. s..
Gooding, United States Marshal of the
District of Columbia. who was support.
ed by Deputy Marshall Philips, to whom
the place and name of almost every dsni-
zen of tbe District, male and female, is
entirely familiar. Upon the right and a
little retired behind the President, we're
his amiable daughters, Mrs: Slower and
Mrs. Senator Patterson. supported on the
left by Maior B. B. French, the time
honored Master of Ceremonies upon such
occasions, who acted as Grand Usher.
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Insolvent Notice.

ON the 18th day of December, 1866, the
" Probate Court of Monroe County, Ohio,
declared the estate of Asel Eddy to be insol-
vent. Creditors are therefore required to
present their claims against the estate to the
undersigned, for allowance, within six months
from the time above mentioned, or they will
not be entitled to payment.
jan1. ADAM EDDY, Admir-.
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Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Jan. Mooney firm. Flour
steady; from So 25@11. Wheat quiet;
1@2c higher; 50 17@2 Is for No. l.
Corn steady and shade frmer. Oats
easy at 41@413c. Provisions advanced
but closed weak; $1S 5O@19 for mess
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ed active at Sc 75@7 20.
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Supreme Court of OIliO--The Com
stitutiOnal Amendment Adopted
i'm the Ohio Senate--NegrO Suf-
frage.

3
CINCINNATI, Jan. 3--The Supreme
Court of Ohio met at Columbus to-day
All the Judges were present.
In the Ohio Legislature to-day the
Senate adopted the constitutional amend.
ment; yeas 81 nays II.
A resolution was referred to the Com.
mittee on Federal Relations, requesting
Ohio Senators and Representatives in
Congress to cast their votes against the
admission of any part of the territory
lately in rebellion until sufficient mum
Der of States have adopted the constitu-
tional amendment.
In the House resolution to amend
the Constitution so as to confer the elec-
tive franchise without distinction of sex
or color, was ordered to be printed.
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Snow at New Orleans.

New ORLEANS, Jan. 3s-Snow fell
last night to the depth of two inches
This is the first heavy snow storm since
1852.
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a father out West kicked his, daugh
ter's lover into the street, and the lover
reyenged himself by causing a stick Of
wood filed With guupoWder to be placed
in.the old gentleman's stoye-efect to be
imagined.
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MAR RIER.

WHITTIM-DILL0N.-O the 23d ult. by
Thomas Martin, Esq, Mr., Perry Within
and Miss Rachel E. Dillon.
GARDNER DAMOoD. D.-On the same
day by the same. Mr.. William J. Gardner and
Miss Sarah E. Lindamood.
BARRACKMAN--STE .-on the Cd inst,
by Edward Salisbury, Esq, Mr.. Isaac Bar
rackman and Miss Eliza.M. Steed.
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American Artists Union!
American Artists Union!
American Artists Union!

The AMERICAN ARTISTS UNION Testab-
lished 1854 announce that in order to extend
the sale of the following well known and
highly popular
STEEI, PLATE ENGRAVINGS:
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John Sears Estate.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
IN signed was, on the 18th day Of December,
1866, appointed Administrator of-the estate
of John Sears, deed.
ianls DAVID I. sEARs.
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The ocean yacht race for 500, 600 was
won by James Gordon Bennett, jr.s,
Yacht Henrietta which arrived at Cowes,
Isle of Wight, at 5:45 on Christmas az
ternoon. The Fleetwing arrived at92
o'clock and the Vesta at $3.50 next morn
ing. The Henrietta made the trip, cal
eulating the difference between London
and New York time, in 13 days, % hours,
and SO minutes. beating the Fleetwing
eight hours and fifteen minutes, and the
Vesta nine hours and forty-fve min
utes.
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The southern Methodist Churcl,

RICHMOND, Jan. 3.-Returns from 80
Conferences of the Southern Methodist
Church show that the proposition to
change the name of the Church is de-
feated.
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Neuralgia.

81
A correspondent writes to US that, hav-
ing derived great benefit from simple
remedy for neuralgia hetthinks thought
to be made public. He says he has suf-
fered for over 20 years from attacks of
severe neuralgia in the legs, sometimes
causing lameness Medical treatment,
change of air, and other remedies being
without effect. he tried change Of cloth
ing, and wore very heavy. warm, red, net
.Toolen drawers. and this relieved him.
Our correspondent states his opinion to
be, that large amount of neuralgia cases
now. SO common, might be relieved by
extremely warm WOODEN clothing, and
says that even the heaviest and most ex
pensiYe silks will not answer.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
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They have deemed expedient to offer them
to their friends and the public at one dollar
and fifty cents each, the price heretofore hav-
ing been two dollars each, and for the pur-
pose of stimulating the getting up,of Clubs
they have determined to award premiums to
the getters up of Clubs, and in addition
thereto to distribute amongst the subscribers,
the sun. of $4,000 in money and paintings,
as soon as the sale shall have reached 100, 900
engravings. As it is our intention to adver-
tise very extensively, and as the engravings
are we'll known throughout the whole coun-
try. we have no doubt, that with the low price
we charge for them, and with the exertion
which will be put forth by our numerous
frierds, the number win be reached in short
time. As soon as it is reached, the subseri-
bers, through their Club Agents, will be mott
fed by circular letter from us, naming the
time and method of distribution.
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One hundred elegant Oil Paintings,
richly framed, Landsc apes, at S100 10000
Two hundred elegant Oil Paintings.
richly framed, Interior Views, $50. 10000
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GRoVEsTEEN & CO.,
Piano FORTE MANUFACTURERS,
400 Broadway, New York.


TlHE attention of the public and the trade
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hitherto offered in this market. They con-
tain all the modern improvements, French
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strung bass, etc., and each instrument being
made under the personal supervision Of Mr..
]. 81. Grovesteen. who has had practical ex-
perience of over thirty years in their manu-
facture,is fully warranted in every particular.
The GrOveste9n PianO-EOrfe
Received the highest award of merit
over all others at the Celebrated
Worlds Fair!
Where were exhibited instruments from the
best makers of London, Paris, Germany,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston and New
York; and also at the American Institute for
five successive years, the gold and silver
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warerooms. = s "a -
By the introduction of improvements We
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at price which will preclude competition.
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wood Plain Czse..........-...-...$ $500
No. q Seven Octsve, round cerners, Rose
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wood Louis XIV style. .... $3.50
TERMS-NET CASH, IN CURRENT FUNDS.
Descriptive Circulars sent free. mays.
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:. WHY THE Best FLOUR Is CHEAPEST.
Two dollars extra on the price of bar
rel of flour viii secure much superior
quality. Any one who will devote lit
tie Observation 10 the subject will notice
that with poor bread people eat from
three-fourths to onehalf more butter than
they do With that which is Of superior
or extra quality. IF We recon three
fourths more, it will be seen by the cal
'calatious Of preceding item, that 50 saved
in the price of -four involves 1852 more
expenses for butter, or for other condi-
meBts to make the poorer bread palata
bic.
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WooIsfieId. Jan. 8. 1867.
The Governors Message.

In this issue will be found synopsis
Of the Message from the Ohio Statesman.
Its great length, making over eight col
umns in the Statesndn, prevents our
publishing it tentire.
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THE undersigned offers for sale SIX FARMS,
i all lying in Monroe County, Ohio, and
containing 2S5 acres, $50 acres, 12O acres, 100
acres, and two so acres each.
These tracts are well calculated for farming
purposes, being we'll watered and timbered.
Persons wishing to purchase will receive all
necessary information by calling at the Office
of the esundersigned. JOHN S. WAY,
decl8tf, Woodsfeld, Ohio.
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gAll kinds of Produce ta-
ken i'll exchange for this paper.
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The delegation from the Legislature
of Arkansas, consisting of three Ssna-
tors and six Representatives, arrived here
this evening.
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A w,rrY RADICAL EDITOR ON THE PLAN

WITTY RADICAL LDl LUX pN IHE Ian
., P,yING THE DEBT IN GREENBAcKs.-
"Their plan, as propounded even By such
a man as Mr.. Pcndleton, is to pay off the
fivc-twenty bonds by a fresh issue of green
backs, which is very like paying them off
in draughts Of spring water, so as to re-
leve the country of the burden Of the in
terest. The beauty Of the plan is that it
would relieve the country of the burden
of the principal, too, as the probabilities
are that after the operation the outstand-
Ing greenbacks might be bought in at the
rate of one cent in nickel for each dollar
bill. The advantages Of such a CONVEX
sion must, therefore, be apparent to the
most obtuse fiuancier. However, we would
20 further than Mr.. Pendleton. We see no
good reason why the Government, when
issuing greenbacks for the payment of the
five-twepty bonds, should not also present
each head of family with five thousand
dollars in the same medium. In this way
every man would be placed in possession of
more money than nine hundred and ninety
nine out of every thousand ever had be-
fore, and much discomfort and discomfort
be removed, and the forebodings of the
European aristocrats as to the future Of
our working classes be forever silenced. p
NeU York Nation.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-05

Too Coop TO BE LOST.-The following
humorous letter from claim attorney in
the western part of Pennsylvania has been
handed US by gentleman Of this city, to
whom it was addressed, as very clever
hit at the scrupulous particularly exactcd
by the Government departments in the
preparation OF papers for obtaining boun-
ties, pensions, etc.:
BROWNSVILLE, Pa, August IL, 1867.
Hon. d. e. Somes:
"Dcar Sir,-I herewith forward you an
other instalment of additional evidence
in the case of - -, which you say
has been called for by the Department.
Please let me know whenever they want
any more, as / have several documents
back yet which may be Of Importance
such, for example, as life insurance
policy, couple Of chattel mortgages, col
lege diploma, three railroad passes, and a
file Of the Brownsville Clipper. Any or all
of these documents, or certified copies
thereof, will be forthcoming whenever they
may be deemed absolutely essential TO
put the case through don't think OF
ANYTHING else Just now. Meantime await
further developments with patience and
resignation. Yours truly,
"SEru T. HURD."-
Washington Republican.
Those who know Seth will know that
the above is a genuine letter.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-05

GERRIT SMTu.-The following is from
the August number Of The Land We Love,
and was brought to memory, says the
editor, by the name Of one Of the bonds
men of jeff. Davis:
A northern man married in our native
village southern lady, and died soon
after the marriage. The widow discover
ed, in looking over her husbands papers,
that he was indebted to an Abolitiouist Of
the North in the sum of $1,000. She told
her administrator that there must not be
a stain upon the memory Of her husband,
and proposed selling her house and lot to
pay the debt. Ho wrote to the creditor,
stating the destitute condition Of the
widow and her honorable intentions. For
the answer he received q letter enclosing
the note of the deceased husband as
present to the widow. The name OF this
generous creditor was Gerrt Smith, Of
New York. In q private letter to our
selves he says: " 1t is time for men to quit
hating and learn to love one another" y
truly noble sentiment, to which every
true soldier, North or South, who did his
duty in the field, responds heartily, amen.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-05

BENJAMIN's MEsSESGER.-A writer in
the New York Citizen thus describes an
Irish messenger connected with the Con-
tcdcrate Attorney Generals Office when
that position was held by J. P. Benjamin {:
The messenger was vulgar Irishman
named Pat Doran-an ignorant Irishman,
50 tar as education went-but very know
ing one. He was as true as steel in friend
ship or eumity, as abrupt in manner as
Cicopatra'S Needle in direction, and per-
tectly loyal to the South. An uglier-
looking or more slovenly- shaped man you
could not find in any ordinary collection of
ten thousand. Pat had mind and me-
thod of his own, and high or low were all
the same to him. He would approach
even Mr.. Davis in this blunt fashion
81 say, did you get through thin papers
Binjamin STINT you?"
He had no Sir or Mr.. for eithcr-or for
any one. To q subordinate, even OF the
higher order, he'd sing opt: =" l say
Brown" &c. l believe whiskey slew
him at last, although it would be on.
icult to tell when he was under Its IN
1luencc.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-05

TIE SABBATH" Welcome, sweet day OF
rest" No books to post, no orders 10
fill, no projects to think over, no poltics
TO discuss-none of the thousand weary
ing. temper-trying, heart-worrying cares
of the every day world, to-day. One day
of quiet and tranquility" emblem of
eternal rest" How swectly comes the
peace of the Sabbath morning after the
agitations and tolls of the week! Balmy
as odors OF Orient spicy groves; gentle
as the breath of sleeping infants or the
dying winds Of evening; pure as the
incense that rises from the throne Of
God comes the calm of this holy morn
ing" day Of oil the week the best"
1t is the day of Monochrome hushed and
quiet, home peaceful and full Of comfort.
To-day the father is at home, and the
mother, with brow freed from week day
cares, sits beside him and memories of
Sabbaths in the bygone time, when shy
love made the day OF repose time Of Joy,
come back in all their pleasantnesS.
Father is at home, and the little ones hang
at his knee, telling their joys and troubles
of the past week, and rejoicing that for
whole day he will be their company, and
lavish upon them uniuterruptedly his low
ing words and smiles.
Aye, pure, sweet, and holy is the day of
rest in the family; but it is all too brief
transient as the outline Of the silvery va
por that floats on the summer sky-for the
rush and turmoil of the troubling world
will come back tomorrow. Let not that
thought mar the gentle joy of this sweet
day; remember, rather, there is home"
whose peace is never interrupted, whose
JOY is never broken, whose repose breads
not Tomorrow, and that a part of the pri-
Viiege and happiness of to-day is to secure
place in that family whose circle i
united forever more in our Fathers bome
on high.-Lynchbrq Ne,rs.
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Two knights of the angle having sought
the shelter Of a sorry ale-house Tor the
night, one questioned the other the next
morning as to how he had slept, observing
that, for his part, "ho had slept like a
top" $50 did l." replied his companion,
"for was turning round all night"
A Cincinnati school teacher became in
sane. and soon after died from sheer vexa-
ton and annoyance because of the refusal
Of city book publisher to present to his
school grammar which he had just COM
pleted.
That was o smart youngster who, hear
ing his mother remark that she was fond of
music, exclaimed, "Then why don't you
buy me drum ?"
The newspapers insist that somebody is
going to Phil Sheridans place.-1rcnton
american.
An Iowa paper is printed entirely in red
ink. An exchange says the editor is de-
termined to have his articles red.
Sheridan is the youngest man ever men,
toned for the Presidency, but he Will be
old enough before he gets it.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-05

The pleasant story is told that when the
Rev. DR.. B, Of Scotland, obtained the
honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity a
farmer in the parish took an early oppor-
tunity of stating the news to his shepherd
with whom the minister was particula
iavorite. You will be glad to hear,
Ssouhny, that the University of St. An.
crews has conferred on our minister a
uoc'or's degree" 81 am in no WAYS sur.
i ra,eu al that," said the shepherd. "Mair
y, 1 ,aa twenty years ago he cured nv wife
.,u 'he eouc. He should have been doc
Tor lang syne," : WV
nal IS The difference between a barber
ana mother' One has raxors IN sba Va
and the other has shavers TO raise