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PIANO-FORTES
THALBERG's OPINION.

"I consider Chickering Il Sons Pianos be-
yond comparison, the best / have seen in
America. 5. THALbEhd,
"Chair'n Jury on Musical Instruments"
Among the chief points Of excellence of the
Chickering Pianas, of which speak the re-
nowned artists in their congratulatory testimo,
mails TO the Messrs. Chickering. are the greatest
possible depth. richness and volume Of tone,
combined with a rare brilliancy, clearness and
perfect evenness throughout the entire scale |;
and, above all, a surprising duration Of sound,
the pure and sympathetic quality OF which
never changes under the most delicate or pow
rful touch.
During the past forty-three years this firm
has manufactured
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FROM CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, March THE Chamber
of Commerce is investigating the claims
of the committee from Cherokee county,
Alabama. The proprietors Of steamboats,
offer to carry donations free as far as
Memphis.
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, March Cotton easier;
middling uplands, l3sd; sales estimated
at 1000 bales Advjees from Manchester
are unfavorable. Breadstutfs firm.
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FROM ST. LOUIS.

ST.. LOUIS, March The Attorney
General Of the State of Missouri has de-
cided that foreign insurance companies
cannot combine and do business in Mis-
souri, under one license.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES
LATEST FROM ALL QUARTERS
FROM TORONTO.

ToRoNTo, March 7.-Itisrumored that
one thousand volunteers will be put in
immediate force on the frontier It is
supposed thatthe Government is appre-
hensive of an immediate Fenian inva-
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FROM NEW YORK

New YORK, March Troubles on the
wires continue between Valencia and
Killarney
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FROM TOLEDO

TOLEDO, March IA block Of build
ings on Summit street was burned to-
day. Loss. $4,000: insured for SIG. 600.
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1t is with feelings of pride, as American man
ufacturers, that we publish the following testi-
monials. which have been received by us re-
Gently:
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EIJRoPEAN TBsTIMONIALs.

: EUhOE IA1V I11p I'M I1N1lo'
Received during the month of August. 1866.
LONDON, July %, 1856.
MEssRs. CHICKERIHG x SoEs-Gents: have
much pleasure in enclosing a document signed
By the first composers, musicians and profess
sors in Europe. / held your Pianos in such
high estimation wide my certifcate) that felt
il nv duty to take one Of them with me to Eu-
rope to ascertain the opinion of my professional
brethren, The enclosed certificate will prove
how unanimous they have been on the subject
[ beg TO forward, at the same time, a letter l
received from my friepd Mr.. Collard. which
am sure must be gratifying TO you.
/ have the honor to be, gentlemen; yours very
tritIy. JAMES NJ. WEHLI.
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10000 PIANOS,

In the construction Of which they have intro
duced every known and valuable improvement.
They have invariably been selected and used
By all Of the worlds acknowledged great artists
who have visited this country professionally,
both for private and public use.
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THE RALEIGH PRoaRHss.

THE RALElGa FRO9hhSS.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
]. julius Guthrie, Jr., Editor and Pfop'r.
VHE OLDEST DAILY, IN RALEIGH.
| and the cheapest and best paper in the
State. That it is Journal the people Of
North Carolina most desire and appreciate, is
fully evinced by its rapidly increasing circula-
lation. 1t contains all matters Of Importance,
News and Miscellany; is Independent in its
politics bold and fearless in its expression Of
views on State and National diplomacy; swayed
by no party or popular prejudice has some
thing every day interesting to all Glasses of the
community, and that will make il an acc acceptable
private Boudoir, the Counting Room, the Store,
the Workshop, and the Sanctum Of the Student
II devotes large portion of its space to Agri-
culture and Mechanics, as well as to Science
and Light Literature. 1t is classic in its style
and reiigiously moral in its tone. In fact, 1t is
a newspaper that should be read BY every one.
Daily, per annum, 81; Weekly, per annum,
terms. eod-69
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Having this day disposed Of my interest in
the Drug Store Of Gilbert Higbee 70 MANS
FIELD * HIGBEE, most cordially recem-
mend them TO my friends, and earnestly. be-
sneak for them continuance of the liberal pa
tronage extended to our old firm. Well salts
fed Of their business requirements and skill as
Druggists, wish for them the same success
which has attended the late partnership. Of
Gilbert X Higbee. DR.. 5. GILBERT.
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THALBERGi
lGOTTSCHALK.

ct consider Chickering & Sons Pianos, be-
yond comparison. the best have ever seen An
America"
,GOTTSCHALK.
at consider Chickering 4 Sons Pianos su-
perior to any in the world.
"They are unrivaled for their singing quail
ties and for the harmonious roundness OF theiI
tone. There is perfect homogeneity through
out all the registers. The upper notes are re-
markable fer a clearness and purity which dc
not find in any other instrument, while the base
is distinguished for power without harshness-
and for a magnificent sorority"
WEHLI.
"Your Pianos are superior to any / have ever
seen in this country or in Europe.
I" / have never heard tone so perfect II
Yields every expression that is needed in music,
and its quality is capable of change TO meet
every sentiment. This is q rare power. and is
derived from the perfect purity of its tone, to-
gether with its sympathetic, elastic and we'll
balanced touch"
POZNANSKI.
During the past eight years / have con.
stantly played upon the ly-celebrated Erard
Pianos; yours are the only instruments that /
have found, either here or in Europe. to equal
them in all their points of excellence"
Watson's Art journal. Of NOV. IL. 1865, says:
Madame Abel performed on the new CHECKER
ing Grand, which took the Gold Medal at the
Fair.of the Massachusetts, Charitable Mechan-
les Association, held at Boston last menth..
+" His the noblest Instrument zoe ever heard IN
a concert ROOM"
II may be satisfactory to our patrons and
friends among the public at large to state that
testimonials have been received from all the
leading artists who have visited or are now re-
siding in the United States. a few of whose
names, besides those above. we append:
Leo. De Meyer, r. Hoffman,
NJ. Strakosch, Alfred Jael,
Gustav Satter, Julien,
H. Sanderson, j. Benedict,
Arthur Napoleon, And many Others.
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AT G. NJ. vENABLPs sAw-MILL.

AT G.. NJ. VENABLE'S sAw-MILL.
WE HAVE NOW ON HAND AND ARE
w constantly saving Cypress and Poplar
Stills, Joists, Corner Posts, Scantling, Studding,
Rafters, Bridging Strips, l, IL and Pinch clear
Cypress aud Poplar Plank, rough Flooring and
Misunderstanding, common inch Plank, Sheet
ing, Fencing and Fence Posts, Pickets. Laths
and Shingles, which will be sold at favorable
prices to Cash purchasers.
Dimension Timbers sawed to order Orders
filled on short notice. Teams always at hand
and strict attention given to the delivery Of
Mills and Lumber Yard on WOLF riyer. inn
mediately north of Bayou Gayoso, Memphis
70 GFo. c. & JOS. VENABLE, Agents.
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Comp. GIycerInc Hair Tonic.

This Tonic will step the hair falling of. will
ceeetually remove landruff. and, as a dressing,
will far surpass any Of the pematums or greasy
VINO are nrriudiced against tho use Of oils or
greasy preparations, and at tho same time re-
ouiro something 70 cleanse and beautify. the
hair, without even soiling the most delicate
fabric. this Tonic commends itself. Price, only
'"0 ID. Y. G00DY EAR,
$40 Second St, Druggist and Apotheeary.
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"THE WEEKLY PAMELA STAR,
rs published every Saturday, at
PAMELA, MISS,

BY nj. -. WARD 81 CO.,
ND OFFERS SUPERIOR INDUCE
A ments to advertisers whs desire to secure
the trade of North Mississippi. which is almost
exclusively transacted with Memphis. The
ia NOT reached by any other advertising me-
dun. and this advantage will not be under
rated by shrewd business men,. Two daily
trains from Memphis arrive and depart regu-
iarly' giving ell the facilities necessary for the
transaction of business with the richest section
of country that trades with Memphis.
Address, M. >. WAkD ~ w:
72-eod Pamela, Miss.
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DISSOLUTION.

rI,HE PARTNERSHIP HERET0F0RE EX-
| isting under the style Of GILBERT X HlG-
BEE is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
The business of tho late firm will be settled by
ii. II. Higbee, at 30I and 1903 Main street.
SAMUEL GILBERT.
IL. ii. HIGBEE.
January ], 1861.
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Onion sctsand Buttons, red and silver skin,
Glover Seed, red and white Turnip Seed. oil
kinds, fresh and genuine, for sale hX
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-03-08

81 consider Chckering & Sons Pianos, be
yond comparison. the best have ever seen Al
Amariea -
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GOODYEAR,

4 ANDRETH's GARDEN SEEDS, FRESH
1 and genuine, just reeoived BY
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" THE ABERDEEN EXAMINER

rs THE ONLY DAILY PAPER BETWEEN
Columbus. Miss. and Memphis, and affords
through its advertising columns unsurpassed
facilities for communication between the mer-
chants of the Bluff City and the merchants
and planters Of the interior.
It's proprietors having bought out the
SUNNY SOUTH OFFICE.
and merged the material and subscription lists
of the two papers into one, feel no hesitancy in
claiming that no journal in Mississippi is bet
ter calculated to win trade for its advertising
pa,rons than the EXAMINER.
S. A-JONAS & CO,
72-eod Publishers and Proprietors.
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brethren. The encloSec certihcate VIII prove
how unanimous they have been on the subject,
/ beg TO forward, at the same time, a letter l
received from my friepd Mr.. Collard. which
am sure must be gratifying to you.
have the honor to be- gentlemen; yours very
truly, JAMES M. w EhL1'
LONDON. Jan. II. 1866.
.Junies ". Webb. Esq.,:
MY DEAR SIR: have great pleasure IN
asking you to convey to Messrs. Chickering the
expression of my highest approval Of their in
strument 1t is, consider. not merely the best
instrument of American manufacture that
have tried. but one Of the finest GRAND PIANO.
Fortes that has ever come under my observa-
ton and the Messrs. CHECKER ing may well BIO
proud of having turned out FROM their manu-
factory an instrument which. fCf tueh. quality
power and workmanship, 1t wouH DC very dl,l-
cult to surpass in any part OF thf vide world
Dear sir. very sincerely yours,
Firm of Collard 4 Collard, Piano. forte Manu-
facturers. London.
LONDON. Augusa22, 1866.
james ". Welti. Esq.: y
MY DEAR SIR: As you are going back TO the
United States must 9sE y0q 70 Te tss me
was delighted with their Grand Piano Forte
as oood an instrument. think, as ras sOcr
uraed out, both ~ touch and tone.
Wishing you, ETC.,
remain ever truly,
H.F, BR0ADW00D,
Firm of l. Broadwood 4 Sons. Piano Forte
Manufacturers. London.
LoxDoS, July %. 1856.
MFssRs. CHIcKERING 4 SOSs-Gents: have
inst been invited by Messrs. Collard 70 try a
Grand Piano-f orte manufactured oy you, ane
/ have no hesitation in indorslng the opinion
Of my old friend, Mr.. @. ID. C0llard. viz: That
II IL The finest instrument that ever played on.
Relieve me, gentlemen, most faithfully yours,
Testimonials from the Most Distinguished
Artists in Europe 70 Messrs. Chickering
& Sons: "a.
Having blayed upon Piano-Forte made By
Messrs. Chickering x Sons. Of Boston and New
York have much pleasure in testiiying y its
general excellence.
OF touch, and magnificent power for concert
purposes, consider il a really GRAND PIANO.
! foRrE AND DECIDEDLY THE BEST HAVE sKEs
OF ANERIcAN MANUFACTURE.
ARARELLA GODDARD, uluLo hSeeADl'
| Il. A. Osborne, ALFRED JAKLt.
vi EuHR LINDSAY SLopER,
JuLrs BRsEDIcT, J. MOscHEIs rfofss-
NJ. W. BALFks sor q Io'.-c- fatVne
/ Cuae. HALE de Leipzig.
BRTSLKY RIcHARDs. s.. ARTHUR CsAPPEL.
s SrSs Sl sSiTH. Concerts. London.
c.rfifoofe from Herr Carl Reinccke, s,seresser
n ~ posifioas N Mendelssolm. both ~ ~
fonserrafoire and ~ Conductor Of fte ctfcbru
ted = Gerioundhause Concert" 81 LciIsic-
LEfPsIc. july, 1861.
hereby assert and affirm that the Grand
] Piano Forte 0f Chickcrng A Sons. Of Boston
md New York. which i have tired and exam
ned. 4 one % the finest instruments Of the clasl
'na' s's' ''-' CARL REINEoKR.
ILLUSTRATED ALBUMS and Price List
sort b. mail.
WAREROOsIs,
$50 Broadway. New York.
l-E-c0d
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

N. Blowing to engagements elsewhere. DR..
BERNHARDT will be able to remain here but
a short time only
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LONDON, July %, 1886.
MFssRs. CHIcKERING a SoSs-Gents: l have
inst been invited by Messrs. Collard 10 try a
Grand Piano K orte manufactured By you, and
/ have no hesitation in indorsing the opinion
Of NV old friend, Mr.. @. d. Collard. viz: That
h l. The finest instrument that ever played on.
Believe me. gentlemen, most faithfully yours,
j. i. HATTON.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-01-30

WHITE HOUSE CONSERVATORY BURNED
On Frd3y morning at s o'clock, the
conservatory attached to the Presidents
Mansion at Washington took fire from
the burst of flue on the southwest
side. The main building, extending
from east to west, and erected over an
old brick structure, is two hundred feet
in length, with an addition OF seventy
feet from north to south. The flames
swept through these buildings, destroy
ing at least one-third of the valuable
plants, many Of them of the rarest
character and of foreign origin. Hortl-
culturists and fowrists express the
opinion that the collection cannot be re.
placed for years, and not even then
without a cost of hundreds Of thousands
of dollars. The buildings are damaged
to the extent of probably $4,000. The
plants in hot house on the ground
floor were preserved with but little
damage. The furniture in the Execu,
tive Mansion was injured by the smoke
to the amount OF perhaps $1,000. The
timely arrival OF the tire.engines pre-
vented the entire destruction of the
conservatory building, four Of them be-
INC at work for several hours.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-01-30
OHIO RIVER BOAT IN THE ICE.


The New Albany Commercial relates
that, on Thursday evening last, about
dark, the steamer Darling hove In sight
of Jacksonville, coming down the river,
and as she came nearer it was discover.
ed that she was fast IN the immense
fields Of strong foeting ice, perfectly
unmanageable, and drifting with the
current, with strong probability of
gong over the falls. The shore was
lined With intensely anxious spectators,
who could do nothing but sympathize
with the app 1rently doomed passengers
and crew. AS the boat approached
nearer to the falls, SIX of the persons on
board resolved to initiate Eliza, the
heroine of Mrs. Stoves Uncle Toms
CABIN and risk their chance of escape
on the floating ice, in which they were
fortunately successful; though one OF
them got cold bath and narrowly es.
capped drowning by breaking through
The increased rapidity of the current
near the falls caused an opening IN the
ice, which enahled the crew to finally
work the boat over TO the Louisville
shore.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-01-30
A REVOLUTIONS RY THREAT.

The Washington Constitutional Union
is eIitod by Col. r. J. Florence, near
friend Of President Johnson. Its issue
ofthe l1th contained the remarkable
statement, in referring to the admins
traion, that, iii necessary, its strong and
iron hand. will be Invoked to stay the
course and prevent the consumation of
Radical treason. The great oath of the
President to protect and defend the
Constitution will not be forgotten, and
the people who sustain him with tleir
100000 majority Of the voting popuia-
ton, North aud South, will not forget
him. Events have already brought the
Government TO the very verge Of an
other revelation. Ii the Radical major
ity in Congress pursue5 its reasonable
course mach longer, the Goverameat, in
ordcr 10 Sustain itSeif, ,0W haze to arm us
supponerS. AT the call Of the President,
all hls friend, North aud South, and the
army and Tho navy will respond In
such a contest the issue cannot be doubt
full, Congressman nay be valiant fights
ers on the floor Of Congress, but when
they come to lead their cohorts into the
field it will be another thing The real
armies and great soldiers of the Republic
will be found fighting under the flag
We advise the opposition of the deter,
mined and fixed fact, that Andrew john
son will serve out his constitutional term
Of otlce.'
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-01-30
APPLICATION FOR PENSIONS.

The following circular, with reference
to applications for pensions, has jnst
been issued by Commissioner Joseph H.
Barrett: "Applicants for increase of
pensions, under the acts of June and
July 25, 1866, and their agents, are
hereby Informed that such applications
filled from and after the lst day Of Jan-
uary inst, 1867, cannot possibly be
adiudicated before the 4th day OF March
proximo, when the semi annual pay
ments of pensions are dine. The origi,
nal certificates OF all army pensioners
should not be forwarded until the appli.
cation tor increase filed between this
date and the 4th OF March next, but
should be retained by them, and sur
rendered only upon call from this
office. The labor devolving upon this
office has besn nearly doubled in conse
ouence of the acts referred to, and this
unprecedented increase has rendered
the clerical force provided by law for
the transaction of its business utterly
Inadequate to meet promptly the public
demands, or to prevent it from falling
largely in arrears. Applications tor IN.
crense [iled after this date should give
the number of the original pension ccr-
tifcatc, bit should net be accompanied
by H." "N''' '1' "-" ggo.". sn
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-01-30
COMMON COUNCIL FIGHTS.

A very disgracetul scene occurred in
the New York Common Council few
days since, in which inkstands were
used as missiles, and a general fight was
threatened. A similar scene occurred
last week in the Philadelphia Common
Council. The telegraph states that
personal alteration took place between
Messrs. Miller and Moy, two of the
members, which ended IN a rough -and-
tumble fight, The scene was closed by
the presiding officer clearing the cham
ber and having the gas turned Off At
one time there was prospect that the
whole chamber would become engaged
in the fight. Such proceedings, it is
perfectly trite to say, are disgrace to
civilized country and to two such cit.
les as New York and Philadelphia, and
it is still more deplorablc that the gov-
ernment OF these cities should be in the
hands of such men.
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7, That no bill of any kind shall pass
either branch without receiving a ma-
jority OF the whole vote ON a call of the
yeas and nays.
ut would be the most expensive re-
form,' answer the quibblers who, un-
willing to meet the issue squarely, wish
to delay the day of the eifectual reck-
oning of the people. We answer that
it would be vastly economical The
whole cost OF legislature consisting of
five hundred members and the necessary
officers, under the foregoing provisions,
would not be as much as our present
Legislature costs with but one hundred
and thirty>three members, and there
would be the incaculable advantage
of the arrest of the prohigate appropria-
tion of money for any and every purpose
that will pay the lobby ; and in addiliop
to the advantages of saving the public
treasure, it would secure honest legisla-
tors"
The Harrisburg correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger thus alludes to the
proposed Constitutional Convention .
"The preliminary steps tor amending
the Constitution of the State have been
taken. MIR, Quay has offered bill
providing that at the next general elec-
ton the people shall vote either "For'
or against Convention. This Con-
yenton, it it held, will be composed
of delegates from every part of the State,
whose duty 1t shall be to suggest amend.
ments to the Constitution. Nothing
has yet been said as to the character Of
these amendments. One of those pro
posed will probably be to strike the
word "white" from the Constitution,
and another to change the mode of
elec(ing Senators and Representatives -.
1t Is impossible to effect any amendment
until 1909, the Constitution requiring an
interval OF five years to elapse between
each change or addition to any OF its
provisions, and the soldiers voting
clause having been inserted in 1864"
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-01-30
A VEXED QUESTION.

Are you in favor Of negro suffrage
Yes. Are you in favor Of universal
negro suffrage? No What proposition
do yon then make? That of MteAigsnt
suffrage to all qualified male citizens OF
the United States. Yet there arises
another great problem to be solved.
What shall be made the standard of in
telligence 1t is the rock upon which
many plausible theories have toundered
yet we are firm in the belief that If we
risk nothing, nothing will be gained,
The exigencies of the times demand a
trial, if for no other reason than to still
the great unrest Of American politics, be
the line of demarkation what it may, or
how determined.
The proposition is open to an ncalcu-
liable number of arguments for and
against, but the greater, for good, I'VE be =.
lieve to be in its favor.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-01-30
TAe &epnblitan,
J.E. SAVERS, Editor and Publisher
WAYN ESBURG:
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1867.
WHAT DO THEY WANTY

Afflicted with chronic passion for
grumbing, the lovers of constitutional
lioerty' are constantly finding fault with
the acts of others, indulging in post
humous eulogies on the lost cause, sing
ing peans to confined heroes, mourning
for the palmy days of the "Union as it
was" and cursing the "ngger' and the
"disunion agitators." Now, the question
arises what do they deSHy? Is it the
welfare OF the ,ch0lc people ? Is it the
peace, harmony and restoration Of our
country upon lasting basis? or, is il
TO keep open the gaping wounds of war?
the scattering Of dissension in the vari-
Gus sections of our country?
The nursing and engendering of dan.
gerous doctrines induces us to believe
the latter is their object. Their animosi
ty to wholesome law show it, Civil
Rights they wholly ignore charity to a
confding and loyal class Ct our citizens
they denounce; their existence as an Gle.
ment IN the body polite they spit upon;
the Constitution they worship, but they
can find no clause in it that defines and
Furnishes treason, Is it not plausible,
then, TO say that they have not the in
terests OF the uation at heart?