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MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of New York.
OVER $4,000, 900.
THE profits on this vast accumulation, as
we'll as the Premiums received yearly, now
over FOUR MILLION DOLLARS, are annu'
ally divided among policy holders
Average cash dividend for 1866, SIXTY PER
CENT.
Average Reversionary dividend, payable with
the Policy at death, ONE HUNDRED AND rwrSrS
PER CENT.
Applications can be made to j. B. Macmurdo,
A. Boiling, DR.. James B. McCaw, Alfred Poin-
dexter, r. T. Reynolds, John M. Otey, &. B.
Meade, or John 7. Goddin, with
O. F. BRESEE,
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Office under R. Il. Maury 4 Co., Bankers,
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"If thou Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, 0
Lord, who shall stand ?'-Psalm cxxx: 8.
Old Thomas Fuller tells US that GER
tain King of Virginia once sent native
to England, commanding him to score
upon long cane the number of English
men, that thereby his master might know
the strength of this our nation. Landing
at Plymouth, which he mistook for all
England, he had no leisure to eat, for
notching up the men he met. Coming at
last to London, that forest of people, he
brake his cane in pieces, finding it i'm
possible to do as he was ordered. Some
may conceive that they can reckon up
the sins they commit in one day. Per
chance they may make hard shifts to sum
up their notorious i'll deeds. More diff
cult is it to score up their wicked words.
But, oh how infinite are their idle
thoughts! High time, then, to leave off
counting, and cry out with David, "Who
can tell how oft he offendeth? Lord,
cleanse me from my secret SINS
Chlldren's Friend.
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SmrnIus 100000
Annual income over 100000
rJNHIS Company takes Fire and Marine Risks
on the most favorable terms. Country risks
also taken.
All losses paid at this Office without delay Of
sending prooft to home office. :,
A. Boiling, John NJ. Otey, E. B. Meade, AL
fred Poindexter, R. T. Reynolds, DR.. James
B. McCaw, or John T. Goddin, with
o. F. BRESEE,
General Agent for Virginia.
Office under R. II. Maury 4 Co., Bankers
one door below Post Office.
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TOHN W. RlSON,
.. ~ DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY

TOHN W. RISON,
d DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY,
CORNER OF MAIN AND THIRD STREETS,
(Sign Of the Red Aortar,)
Richmond, Va.
HAS lust received a fresh stock of pure ana re
liable DRUGS, MEDICINES and FANCY m
TICIE S, to which he invites the attention I his
old friends and customers, and the public gene
rally. {; ..u.
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packed and promptly shipped.
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other house in the city.
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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19
Not a Democratic Victory.

The Republican papers have not yet e {
done representing the result of the Pitts
burgh election as no Democratic victory
after all. 'True," they say. "the Republic
can candidate was not elected; but, the n,
the Democratic Party did not nominate a
candidate. The Workingmen nominated a
Democrat for Mayor, and he was elected.
see. 1t was Workingmen's victory"
Grantit. What does it prove? Improves
that the interests of the Workingmen and
that of the Republican politicians are not
Identical; but that the interests of the
Workingmen and the interests of the
If the Republican politicians were the ad-
vocates of measures and principles calcu-
lated to promote the welfare and happiness
of the Workingmen, would the Working
men in Pittsburgh have felt called
upon to set up politically for them
selves and nominate a Democrat for
Mayor, and If that which is calculated to
contribute to the welfare and happiness OF
the Workingmen is not calculated to pro-
mote the happiness and welfare of Demo-
Gratis, would the Democrats have voted fol
their candidate for Mayor? Assuredly not
The more Republican editors dwell upon
the fact that they were not beaten in the
Pittsburgh election by the Democrats, but
by the Workingmen, the more clear do they
make it appear that the Workingmen will
find IL to their advantage to cut loose from
the Republican party.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19
The BOND n olders Alter the Gold.


Senator SHERMAN's Finance bill to con-
solidate the indebted Tess of the United
States into one loan, at a lower rate of in
terest, has at length been offered to the
Senate. In its details it closely follows the
synopsis We Published before its introduc-
ton. The object is to secure the pay
of the entire loan in gold. The surrender
ing of these bonds and taking the consol-
idated ones makes new contract,
which will secure the gold and thus in
crease the indebtedness of the country by
adding at least one thousand million dol
lars to the amount in the difference between
gold and the legal tender currency of the
country.
These bonds, under the present contract,
are to be paid in greenbacks. These are in
common use-all debts between man and
man are to be paid in greenbacks.
When the range of gold above that
of the legal tender notes was much greater
than now, the soldiers fighting the battles
of the country and the pensions of the dis
abled were paid in it, and we see no good
reason why the bondholders, who took ad-
vantage of the necessities of the Govern
ment and made the hardest bargain they
could, should not receive the same legal
tender notes in liquidation of these bonds
the momei.t they become due, and thus
stop the interest which falls with such
crushing effect on thej industry Of the
country.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION


Dem. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ROoMs,l
COLUMBUS, Dec. 4th, 1867.
To the democracy of Ohio: s /
A State Convention of the Democracy of
Ohio will be held at
Columbus, ON Wednesday, the Sth
Day of January. Next,
To appoint four Senatorial Delegates to the
National Convention to nominate candi-
dates for President and Vice President of
the United States; to nominate two Sena-
toral Electors of President and Vice Pres
ident, and to nominate candidates for the
following State Offices, viz:
Secretary of State;
One Supreme Judge;
Commissioner Of Common Schools.
Clerk Of the Supreme Court.
One Member of the Boardof Public Works.
The ratio of representation will be as
follows: One delegate for each county; an
additional delegate for every 500 votes cast
for ALLEN G. THURMAN for Governor at the
last election, and an additional delegate for
every fraction of 250 or more votes so cast.
This ratio gives to the counties respect
lively the following number of delegates,
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19
Know Thy Destiny.

MADAME e. F. THORNTON. the great English
Astrologist. Clairvoyant and Psychometrician, who
has astonished the scientific classes of the Old
World. has now located herself at Hudson, N. Y.
Madame hornton possesses such wonderful powers
OF second sight as to enable her to impart knowl-
ried of either While in q state of trance, she
delinestes the very features the person you are
to marry, and by the aid Of an instrument Of in
tense power. known as the Psychomotrope, guaran-
tees to produce afe-like picture of the future hus
band or wife Of the applicant together with date oi
ter. DO. This is no humbug, as thousands of testi
monials can assert. She will send when desired q
certified certificate written guarantee, that the
picture is what it purports to be. By inclosing
small lock of bair, and stating place of birth. age
disposition and complexion. and inclosng fifty cents
and stamped envelope addressed to yourself, you
will receive the picture and desired information BY
return mail: All communications sacredly conf.
DENTAL. Address in confidence MADAME E. F.
THoRNroN. 2. o. Box 2ss. Hudson. N. Y.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19
The Purchase of ST. Thomas.

No doubt there are narrow minds in Con-
gress that would higgle at an appropria
ton of few millions for the purchase oi
St. Thomas and the other Danish West In
dia Islands, so essential to the future COM
mercial greatness of the United States, and
In the next moment vote away twenty and
thirty millions for the support of the
Freedmen's Bureau. A canting class takes
refuge from the argument in the plea that
the latter is neral cause, while the
former is only commercial. Well. and will
these pharisees please to tell US when and
how this government was organized as q
moral reform society, or an educational in
stitute, or for any other purposes than such
as are specified in the charter constituting
1t? Such men neither know nor care any
thing about the commercial interests of
the country, although it is patent to every
clear and comprehensive mind that
we are destined to lay down commercial
laws for the civilized globe. Some may
think we are to excel in agriculture sim
ply, or In manufactures and invention sim
ply; but these and all other interests, how
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19

ever large they may become, must give
way at last to the colossal strides of our
growing commercial power. We stand
midway between the opposite peoples of
the globe. Their trade must cross our ter
ritory or seek refuge in and pay toll at our
ports.S 1t is to be ours in the future to re-
ceive and to distribute for the world and
what we produce for ourselves, be it much
or little, will only go to swell the volume
as 1t passes. The true statesman will not
lose sight of our future commercial SUI
premacy; and the sooner to secure that
supremacy. we must lay our hands on such
commercial outposts in the ocean as shall
serve to make our claims commanding.
st. Thomas, as convenient port in the
West Indies, is one of the most important
OF those positions; and those members of
Congress who decline to vote such reason
able appropriations as are sufficient to Sc
cure it, will surely live to regret vote so
| Ill considered.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19
The Purchase of HaytI.

The next purchase of Territory by the
Radicals will be the Island of Hayti. where
white men have no rights that Negroes are
bound to respect. AS an exchange says,
there is a stability about the government
that makes that happy island desirable
place, not only as residence, but for the
1 lvestment of capital. Two or three rev.
olutions year are of small consequence
in comparison with social benefits to be
derived from a residence there. 1t will
not be necessary for any of the people of
this country to migrate there, however, as
our Radical rulers are organic ,ng Hay ii
in the South. AS soon as the military forces
are removed from that happy section of
the Union, we shall be enabled to digest
a revolution or massacre with our coffee
almost every morning. Won't it be splen-
did? To purchase Hayti, at any price,
would thus inure to the interests of Radi-
calism.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19
The Virginia Field.IIands and the
Eight.DOllars.a.D Day scheme

IFrom the Norfolk Virginian, December 10l
Samb0 licks his chops and the sharks snap
their hungry jaws! Eight dollars day,
legislative mileage, and official salaries for
officers in the Black-Bird Convention! This
in our telegraphic columns. Two hundred
and sixty-five thousand, two hundred dol
lars for the patriots per month At the
first blush one would regret this, but in
point of fact it is the parent of hope. For
when Doctor Bayne gets his two hum
dred and forty dollars for his thirty days
service, it is not to be supposed that he
will favor an immediate adjournment.
Nor will the various impecunious
white adventures, not half so sensible
and honest as he is, surrender their grip OH
the treasury without q vigorous struggle.
We are willing to pay them in order that
there may be full discussion of the con-
stitution, and we call on every white man
in the Convention to put that instrument
under microscope, and examine it in
every fibre and muscle. The gentleman
from the corn field and tater patch, and the
fellows from-GOds knows where, will toll
crate debate at eight dollars day, and we
trust that, like flies in amber, these
Constitution makers may be preserved
for the instruction of future genera
tions. Thus far Cuffee has been
able per Diem to gladden. his patriotic
heart, we trust that he will recognize the
fact that as man and a brother he has the
right to open his mouth, as well as to fob
the public moneys. We are prepared for
anything which may happen, but if doc
tor" Bayne, who killed John Minor Bolts
as dead as hammer, can be bullied into
silence and jOckied out OF his seat in Con-
gress, then we are mistaken in our man.
We believe he has sense enough to see the
game and to play it, especially as ne has
all the trumpS In his own band.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19
Sergeant.at-Arms of the House
MANSFIELD, Dec. IL, 1867.

MANSFIELD, Dec. IL, 1867.
To the Editors of the Ohio Statesman:
The name of Col. James S. Grail, of this
county, will be presented to the members
of the House at the ensuing session of the
Legislature as candidate for the office OF
Sergeant-at-Arms.
have taken pains to canvass the county
somewhat, and am convinced that the
Colonel is the unanimous choice for that
place. He is a true gentleman, and has
always been a hard-working Democrat.
He is in the prime of life, and a bright flu
ture is before him. This part of the State
should be remembered in the organization
of the Legislature, and here the name of
the Colonel is tower of strength. AL
ways affable, Industrious and practical, he
is usually consulted in matters of difficult
ty, and his suggestions have great weight.
Members would find him not only an
agreeable but a very intelligent gentleman,
whose highest ambition is to secure the
ascendency of the party to which he has
given his life long devotion. He is now
Chairman of the Democratic Central Com
hihOoSO VA AsShiduo COuitys duh 0oiiuS bhO
past campaign did yeoman's service In the
good cause. Where the fight was thickest
and the foe strongest, the Colonel was ever
found, battling for the right. The present
numerical strength of the party in this
county is largely due to his well directed
efforts. Never vain nor boastful, his mod
est demeanor and persistent labors have
tho orfc Of ho khar
yield him willing ear. He entered the
army in 1S6l-Col. Cantwel's regiment,
S2l O.-and was mustered out in August
81. This regiment gave Vallandigham
100 votes out of a vote of 250. 1t was called
the Copperhead regiment of Ohio. This
may be no recommendation. I do not say
it is. This much all will admit, that the
Colonel was true man, and an unswerv-
ing Democrat, and as brave soldier
as ever shouldered a musket or led for
lorn hope. Whether amid the din of bat
tie and the clangor of arms, or in the quiet
pursuits of civil life, he has ever main
tained an unsullied reputation, and to-day
his spotless record as a soldier, and his
honest course as civilian, challenges the
admiration of friend and foe. The Demo-
cratic and Conservative members of the
House would do praise-worthy deed in
calling the Col. to some responsible post,
and by so doing would by no means lessen
our prospects of success the coming cam
paign in this "neck of woods" Purified
and purged of all dross and corruption, we
are now on TIE high road to power; and to
attain it anl thereby relieve our poor per-
ishing country. every sordid interest and
vaulting ambition should yield to the pru-
dent counsels of the hour and to the gen.
eral veal. MONITOR.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19
Bombshen from she President.


Yesterday the President threw bomb
shell into Congress, in the shape of reso-
luton laudin& General HANCOCK for hav-
ing declared the purpose to act in strict
subordination to the civil authority in his
Military District. He is the successor of
Gen. SHERIDAN at New Orleans. The Pres
ident says he Is the first officer in high
command s,uth of the Potomac since the
close of the Civil War, who has given utter
ance to these noble sentiments in the form of
a military order, and he thinks Congress
should make some public recognition of his
patriotic conduct. Whew! but did not the
Radicals grow mad In both branches of
Congress over it. They lad never heard of
such, Q message. OF course not; but then
the people had never known such unright-
eous rule sas they are infiicting upon the
South through creatures who are officiating
rs military District rulers.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19
Democratic State Convention
-. SenRlOrahin.

There is a probability that the crowd will
be very great iu Columbus ON the eight OF
January. The larger the better. In the Sc
lection Of Senator, as well as in the nomin-
alton of candidates, zee earnestly desire that
the uoice of the Democratic people shall be
heard.-Crdtcford Forum. 4
The voice of the Democratic people was
heard on the Sth of October last, in the
election of Democratic Legislature, upon
whom devolves, by law, the duty of elect
ing United States Senator. We hope to
see large crowd at Columbus, on the 9Th
of January, and we also hope the Conven-
tion will confine itself strictly to the pur-
poses for which it was called, that is to
nominate candidates to be voted for next
iall, and the appointment of delegates at
large to the National Convention.-Plain
Dealer. gl1 .1-ts .
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-19

Total No. Delegates 574
1t is respectfully suggested that, as far
as it may be practicable and convenient,
the delegates be chosen on Saturday the
2Sth inst. 1t is likewise recommended that
the Delegates of each Congressional Dis
trict in attendance on the Convention elect
two Delegates to the National Convention,
and appoint one Presidential Elector.
Fellow Democrats. you have this year
achieved great victories. But the work is
not complete. The country is yet unre-
deemed from tyranny and misrule. Let us
then press forward in the great work of re-
demption. Let us lose not one moment.
Let US spare no eXertion-and this time
next year will find us rejoicing over our
country and Constitution rescued from de-
struction. fIr
By order of the Democratic State Central
Committee.
JOHN G. THOMPSON, Chairman.
C.. j. BEAM, Secretary.