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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

The Wheat CRop.--The Messenger pub
lished at Hannibal, Missouri, learns from far
mers that the prospects for good wheat crop
throughout northern Missouri are more PROM
ising than they have been for some years
past In Illinois the prospects for an abun-
dant wheat crop are also good. We learn
from the Alton Courier, the editor OF which
paper has recently made trip across the
csntrSl portion Of Illinois, that, "howevsr
short the crops might have been last year. it
has not deferred the farmers of the State from
seizing every portion of favorable time during
the fall for sowing their wheat, aud the re-
suit shows that there are at least twenty per
cent. more acres aow in wheat than in any
preyiousyear. The weather has been ex Gee.
dinghy favorable, and ir we should be blessed
with our ordinary spring, Illinois will have
an amount of wealth in, hat single crop which
it ould be difficult to estimate"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

33ss39s, Baltimore and Philadelphia 37sases.
Ohio 3ssn42s. Wheat, white lis 2jo l2s
red mixed los 6dalls 81. Corn yellow aud
mixed A0sa4Is sd, white 4iss43s,
A special correspondent Of the London Dai.
ly News, at Balakisva on the e3I saws: 1t
is rumored that Canrubert has ordered court
martial Of an officer high in command in the
French Army, accused Of holding treasonsble
correspondence with the enemy.
Itis rumored that Schamy in conjunction
with the forces OF Nail Mahomcd will invade
the Crimea, by way Of Anapa aud Sea Of
Azof.
I A daughter Tas born to the Emperor aud
Empress Of Aus'riu. on the fI,h.
| Swiizrrlaud.-A disturbance has broken
out in the canton of Tyrno, the difficulty is
between the federal commission and the citl-
zens of the canton.
Dclg'um.-The political crisis still con,n.
ues. The country is yet without ministry.
! The Londrn Morning Herald says hat
they have dispatches from most excellent au-
,hurity stating that the French Emperor has
demonstrated against the committee for en-
quirng into the conduct of the war, and that
he has said that in the event of Il c commit
tee continuing to sit, the armies Of the two
countries canuut act together, although they
may act for the same obj"cl. In order there
fore to satisfy Louis Napoleon without affect
ing the English people, dissolution will, it
is stated on some authority, take place.
1t was not known whether the recent visit
OF Lord Clarendon to the Emperor of the
French had re- ference TO the ahDvc matter OF
not.
Lord Lncan, it was said, has been denied o
court martial
The Rohdck committee still proceeds with
it's Investigations.
| Another Cdflrc war was apprehendtd, ant
Govefnmcnt ID taking active measures to a.
vert it If possible.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
From he San Frar cisco Herald.
Division of CaiifOrn ia--The New STATE
OF Columbia.
ASSEMBLY, February

ASSEMBLY, February 81.
Dy Mr. Hunt: "An Act to create a new
State out of the Territory of California;
"a very lengthy and animated debate ensued
on, the introduction of this bill. MIR. iteven-
son moved, before the bill was read, that
the whole matter be indefinitely postp oned }
The provisions OF the bill are substantially
these: The new State is 10 be called the
''Slate of Columbia" and is to embrace all
.i.-.r-- ~ the e,.,e sOu,ii, aud Inclusive, or
the countiss OF Santa Cruz, Santa Clara ,Tu-
olumne AMI Calaveras. A portion of the pre-.
sent State debt is to be assumed by the new
State on an equitable bass. The bill was
ordered to he printed
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

o5-T"" s--"-'r"nhent of the New-Yurk
Times says that part of the Soule cores
pondence was not sent to Congress by the
President, and that tins part reveals the fact
that Mr.. Perry, Secretary oc Legation at Nh
did, complaining, in a letter to Mr.. Marcy,
tha, Mr.. Soule wilfuly neglected to secure
an amicabls adjustment OF the Black War
rior affair and that he himself could have ar
ranged the matter in precise accordance with
the instructions from the Administration, du-
ring the absence OF Mr,Soue, but he was
forbidden by that gentleman to communicate
with the Spanish Government in relation to
the matter.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

is hereby given to those who may be de-
srous of undertaking the building Of Meet
ing House in Unioatown for the Associats
Reform Church.
Proposals for building said Church vii be
received on the 9TH day of April at the old
Union Church at ~ o'clock on suid day when
the mnt,er will 5e taken into consideration
as to the alnount of material to be Used out
Of aid old church in constructing the new.
The house to be frame, 10 by so feet, mud
the undertaken to furnish their oHn material.
WIN. SHARP,
WM. CALDWELL,
ANDREW WALKER,
WM. Ross, Building Com.
+. BALES,
THOs. CULBERrsoN,
WM. TAYLOR.
March oath, 1865.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
Another Female Demonstration Against
Liquor.

The Detroit Democrat gives the following
account of a "brandy smas ;" got up by the
ladies' If Howell = week or SO ago:
1t seems that the husband of one of the Ia.
dies of that village was formerly a very hard
drnker--at times confirmed rot, abusive to
HIS family, and an object of regret to all his
friends and ac ma ntances, but who, when So
ber, is 4 man of talents and responsibility,
has been trying for few months past to re-
form. He had stood firm for some time, but
one day or rather night, last week, he went
me intoxicated. 1t is affirmed that he WI
urged and especially invited to drink, at first
under the specious plea that he needed lii
tie for his health. at tie gr";try where the
6 flow of spirits" occurred. The whole CON-
muniy were exasperated, and about thirty
females resolved to make descent upon the
rum-hols, and enforce by strength what could
not be done by law or reason. They srcor-
dngly armed themselves, and walhel into
the grocery and proceeded to knock out the
heads ofwhiskey barrels, break jugs, decan-
tiers, &c, without ceremony. When they
h I'd accomplished the feat of destroying all
the liquor in the grocery, they coolly sent
warning to the other groceries that the traf-
iic must stop.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

AN EXCELLENT INVENTION Mr.. Edwards
Campbell. of Columbus, Ohio, has made ap-
plicaton for new patent for new inven-
tion ,hat we regard of very great utility and
importance. 1t is a process of making a
bond of union between cast iron at veryhigh
temperature and glass in state of fusion
The purpose to which Mr.. Campbell has ap-
Piled .his invention, and with which it Is as
po "at cd in his cli n, is that of making of lass
The inlcrior Of ihe boxes in which the axles
OF the wheels Of carriages and machinery are
to relove. The advantages OF glass for this
purpose have long been understood, but we
believe . meaps of applying It has not here
tofpre been known. 1t retains a smooth
surface, and wears but little by friction, and
greater accuracy can therefore be preserved;
it requir but little lubrica,on,as its temper
ature is not materially increased by the iric-
tion that would render any of the metals IN
tensely hot: it is economical, costing even
less thea cast iron; and, from all these causes 4,
il IL a safer reliance than other agencies.
The tests to which the specimen we have
seen has been subjected at once convinced
us that glass this EMBEDDED in iron could sus-
tain extraordinary pressure and :he most
powerful bows; but doubt arose in relation
to the inequality in the contraction and ex
pansion Of the tw1 metals, by sudden changes
in their temperature. Iron, however, expands
and contracts by heat far more than glass,
and the cast-iron box, being expanded to its
utmost when the glass congsals, all its after
tendency by this means must necessarily be
to embrace the glass within it; and this glass
being in the form Of an arch, with it's basis
and apex both embraced by the iron, it can
yield 20 no power that is not capable Of lit
orally crushing it to powder.
Mr. Ca rpbell afiirms that he can at once
proceed to the manufacture of those boxes,
ofall sizes, fran the fourth of ali inch to
twenty inches in diameter. They will no
de BIT belprmp,y brought int, use TOR all kinds
Of machinery and carriages; but it is upon the
railroad that their advantages will be most
highly appreciated, for it is there that hu-
mGn life mos, depends upon the accuracy and
reliability of every par. Of the structure in
which we journey at such furious speed =
Nat. Intel.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
BRITISH RECRUITS ARRESTED

A warrant w,s issued at Philadelphia on
Wednesday morning by Commissioner Haz-
litl, at the instance of the United States Dis
trict Attorney, and placed in the hands of the
United States Marshal Mr.. WYkKeoP, for
the arrest of certain parties engaged in en-.
listing recruits for a foreign nation with
which the United States is now ut peace.
Marshel Wynkoop, assisted by his deputies
went to the wharf at which the vessel lay
which was 20 have conveyed the recruits -
New York, and Deputy Marsha! jenkins was
plt ced on board. The STEAMER NJ. Sanford
started with the recruits, thirteen in number
and when opp 1site the navy yard was stop
ped by order OF Deputy Marshal Jenkins unit
Marshal Wynkoop and his ASSISTANTS could
arrive usd. Of her n osteam-tug. She was
not permitted to approach the shore. Mar
shel Wynkoop speedily arrived and took into
custody the entire r;y, together with an
Englishman who had them in charge, and at
about one O'Clock brought them before he
Commissioner for hearing; and at about
hali-past | O'Clock thirteen others were
brought in.
District Attorney VANryKE read the sec.
/ Onu section VI lnt dCt VI SoHS'ess VI alol ,
and, after reading it, he charged the defend
ants with hiring persons to enlist men for a
foreign service, after thev should get beyond
the limits of the United States. He said tha,
for this purpo e, a ;endezsous had oeen open
cd in South third street, where the arrange.
ment was explained to them. Some were
employed to work on the railroads and mines
| but when they should arrive at Nova Scotia
they were to 90 into barracks; that commits
sions for captains, lieuIenants, sc. had been
/ promised by Mr.. Perkins and others to sew
erul persons on condition that they procured
u certain number of men to enlist. Several
cargoes OF men had already been sent away.
lie presumed that the defendants acted un.
der the advice and prole clion Of some one
who might bs considered a foreign Power it.
self Several of the men were then exanin-
: ed and stated the facts of their enlistment, The
promises held out of commissions, bounty
&c. The Commissioner then held Messrs
Herr, Bossehart, Budd, and Perkins in 3d.
900 each to appear on Saturday morning nex'
for further hearing. The thirteen recruit:
taken from on board the steamer were held
to testify Correspondents of Baltimore
/ American.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
Baltimore NJ. L. Conference.

Tho ubors of the Methodist Conference in
Baltimore closed on the 21ss ofMarch, after
being in session thirteen days. The amount
raised within the bounds Of the Conference
during the past year for missionary purposes
was S2S, ,4SJ. Total increase of membership p
during the past year, 1856, of which l,075
were whites and 27l colored. The minis
ters of the Conference subscribed $1,000 for
tie Female Institute at Staunton, and 5000
for tho benefit OF the Dickinson College
The venerable Bishop Waugh presided and
the Baltimore American says.
Bishop Waugtycstertoy delivered the clo-
sing address in which he exhorted the your r.
or members OF the Conference TO grea, ener-
gy, especially in their pastoral duties not TO
forget the poor lie was deeply afiec ted
ana counted the years of. his connection
with the ,"''llmore Conference with which
he was associated in his younger days, and
for which ne still fen 'pre.erenco. Bishop
Waugh is now in the autu.""'6 We ana ms
form tremb!es under the weighttf years,wh'le
his health is broken. During his remark'
the most perfect stiffness prevailed in IL"
church, and all were eager to catch the words
of this faithful father in Israel.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
Reciprocity Act-Proctamo at on.

The President issued his Proclamation on
the 10Th of March, 1855, declaring that the
following articles, being the growth produce
of the provinces Of Canada, New Br1rswick
Nova Scotia, and Prince Edwards Island
shall DO introduced into the United States
free OF duty SO long as the treaty between
the United States and Great Britain, ofJune
9th, 1854, shall remain in force, subject, how
ever, to be suspended in relation to the trade
to Canada, on the condition mentioned in
the fourth article Of the said treaty; to wit:
Grain, -four, and breadslulls of all kinds;
animals of all kinds; fresh, smoked, AMI salt
ed meats; cottonwood; seeds asf vegetables;
".I,;-I r-..iia.-Aried lr,.ita,k-ksfpf all kinda,
products of fish and all other creatures living
in the water; poultry; eggs; hides, furs. skins,
or tails undressed: stone or marble in its
crude or unwrought state; slate; butter,
cheese, tulow; lard; horns; manures; ores of
metals of all kinds; coal; pitch, ta", turpen-
tine; ashes; timber and lumber Of all kinds,
round, hewed, aud sawed, unmnnufactured in
whole or in part; iirewood, plants, shrubs, and
trees; pclts; wool; fish oil; rice; broom. corn
and bark; gypsum, ground or unground;
hewn or wrought or unwrought burr or grind
stones; dye-stuffs; flax, hemp, and tow, un-
manufactured; manufactured tobacco; and
rags.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

4 f0EJ"Thc result of the late census OF Kan
zas demonstrates that there were not as ma
ny settlers in the territory as there were
votes at the election of delegates to Con-
gress. This fact establishes beyond all doubt
the outrageous frauds that were practised by
people from Missouri The same game will
be practised at the election Of members of
the Legislature, this spring. We are glad
to see that Gov. REEDER is doing all he can
to prevent these frauds. 1t is stated in let
ter from Leavenworth, to the N. Y. Tribune
that the Governor has declared his determ-
nation that this election shall be fairly held,
or no election at all, that is, he will withhold
his certificate Of election from al men where
1t is prove that they were e.e ted b; such i'm.
ported votes.
We trust this may .be true, and that re
will act us becomes an honest American Cit
izen, in this emergency. The freem.n Of
the land will sustain him in his efforts to re-
pei the imper,inent and arrogant interfer-
ence of thes' slavery minions and tools o:
A,chson, ouglas and Co. Let these men
remember the character of the next House
of Representatives, nt Washington,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
THE SLAVE ROSETTA.
CINCINxArI, April 8

CINcINxArI, April 2.
The U. S, Marshall was committed to Jail
to-day for contempt of court ia having refu-
sed to produce the slave Rosetta before Judge
Parker. 1t was then found that Rosetta had
been taken from Jail and secreteI. The re-
port reached here this evening tina, large
number of armed men were coming down to-
night from MaysYille. to tnks her by force to
Kantucky. but is not generally believed. The
ebsence of he girl from jail-s causing much
excitement
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

Coon FOR Mr.. SnucK.-The California
I.egi stature, at its present session, invited n
Mormon elder to participate in the devotion
al exercises of the morning openings. Rev.
J. l.. Shuck, the Baptist minister at Sacra-
mcn'o. wrote the following rebuke to the
Legislature. He says:."l am precluded from
accepting the invitation you have extended,
(rcm the fact of the Asssmbly's having by a
large vote acknowledged the Christianity
of that daring imposture of systematizcd IL
centiousness called Mormonism; and with it
or it's elders ! can have no relig lus affinity
sympathy, ira,ernity,or intercourse. claim
for myself, individually, no superiority in
righteousness over other men; but, as Il chris
tian minister, ! do claim for Christianity a
! superiority over every other religious system;
and as to Mormcnism ITSELF regard it as
disNonor to the one living and true God, a
libel upon Christianity disgrace to the phi
losophy of human progress, and bold in.
suit to the intelligence OF the century"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
Divinity and Tobacco.
A Methodist CLERGYMAN, a member q

A Methodist clergyman, q member Of the
conference lately in session at Baltimore,
stated that by a careful calculation as to the
amount Of money exp nded annually for toba-
CO by preachers ofthat cJn ofeuce, lie iigur d
the srm at So o0O-a sum sufficient to amply
support two missionaries in China.
The preacher in charge of the monument
street church said, tina, he hh& spttoons pre-
pared for use, in order to protect the bull
ding from the flthncss of the wceI. one
clergyman claimed that tho use ortobaco had
been beneficial to hin but u shop Waugh
said, abe could not see how aiy member OF
the Conference could assert that the ehewin &
Of tobacco did hinge 3D."
The New York Commercial says:
There is large room in this city where
cltrgymen congregnte weekly, which room
is stately used !or other purpo es, sn the
floor is left by the clergymen in such filthy
condition by the use Of tobacco, that at the
close of the clerical session, woman enters
with brush and pail to make it fit for the
meeting of the gentlemen whJ s'a!sdy occu-
pyi il.
The Legislature of Massachusetts, it wo'd
seem, has y ore regard tor their state liouSc,
than the Baltimore Conference has for the
"Holy Temples" dedicated to the worship OF
Almighty God, for while the said Legisl lature
has instructed the Sergeant at Arms to pre-
vent smoking upon the State House premis-
cs, and has removed tobacco and snuff boxes
from their chambers, the said Conference, by
an overwhe inning majority, refus to take
any steps towards the corre ton 'fthe dirty
practice So immolerately indul y d in by their
preachers.
The Boston Atlas thus paro es upon tki'
sntI-tooacco movement o! the Bay State So'
lons:-
10 now forever,
Farewell tile tranquil qud! iIrewtll the puff,
Farewell the finely cut and the biz plugs
That made ambition easy! o farewell.
Farewell the neghing sneezc, aud the shrll trump
&c, &c.
C.ergl md Herald.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
THE BELMONT CHRONICLE.
"Etcrnai hostility to every form of tyr
amy over the mind of Man,,
Thursday Morning, April 5, 1855.

PosrAGE.-It may DC well for US to state
for the benefit Of the public tha. (iom ond
after the lst. inst, no letter will be ca-ried
IN any U. S. mail unlces the postage is pre-
paiad Letter writer's may save something
by beuring this in mind.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
MISSOURI ELECTION,

CHICAGO, March 3I.-A dispatch from
Weston, Mo. says the pro.stvery ticket on
the North side of the Kansas, is elected by
thousand majority. There was no opposition
to the pro.slav'ry ticket in Burr, Oak and
Atchison precincts.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
RECRUITING,

New YORK, March 3lst.-lt 10 stated tha,
the u. s. Marshal Of phiiatephis this morn,
ing arrested an officer o. ihe British. Army in
this city 'or having been engaged in tbs re-
eruilins service .! foreign power.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

NEWSPAPERS Judge Longstreet, whose
views on all subjects are sensible, spri ctical,
and worth treasurlng up, thus sets forth the
value of II newspaper:
"Smal is the sum that is required TO pa.-
ronize newspaper, and most am ly remu-
nerated is The patron. care not how hum
BILE and unpretending the gazette which he
takes it is next to impossible to fill a sheet
ifty-two times in a year, without putting
into it something that is worth the subscrip-
tion price Every parent whose son is of
fr IN him at school should be supplied with a
paper. well remember what r difference
there was between those of my schoolmatcs
who had and those who had not access TO
newspapers. Other things being equal the
first were always decidedly superior to the
las, in debate aad composition ut least
The reas. n is plsin; they had command Of
more facts. Youth will p"ruse a newspaper
with delight when they Will read nothing
else"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

DEATn OF Ex-SENAToR hELrs.-It is
III sincere regr that we pceiysd last O.
vening. by a geographic disPach. informa'
ton of the death Of the Hon. SAMUEL s.
PHrLrs, late and for many years Senator ia
Congress from Ithe State OF Vermont. lie
was an able man, a clear-hesded constitution
al lawyer, close reasoner, and Of a readiness
of wi, and playiulaess Of mind which delight
ed the social circle, lie died athis residence
in Middlebury on Sunday last, aged about fif-
ty-fve years.-Nai. Inieiligenet-.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

some men are bora great, some achieve greatness,
And some have greatness thrust upon them"
OF these three clusses we presume we must
class ourscl among the latter, since il was
the good will aud pleasure OF our fellow citi.
zcns to elevate us TO the office Of member OF
the town council, without our knowledge OIL
consent Being elected, however, without
any pledges or ?la,to N, we may slate here,
as is customary with persons who are elect
ed to places OF honor, profit or trust, that We
have "no friends 20 reward, nor no enemies
to punish" Our contemporaries need not be
alarmed. .aswe shall s,iil continue to exchange
with them, as freely as heretofore, our elevs'
ton not yet having rendered us obIivious o
our former position.
P.S. We shall still continue to edit and
publish the Chronicle, aud shall always bC
glad to see our friends, aud receive any u
mount of new subscribers.
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6FD,laware, it will be remembered, has
p .ssed quite a stringent prohibtory law -
When the fate Of the bill hung in suspense,
a successful appeal was made by al inebri-
ate. Read it, ye advocates OF the largest
liberty, and remember
TIE most convincing argument in favorof
prohibition that we have ever heard, is said
to have been made to a member in the State
Senate ofDclaware, during the pending of
the Prohbitory pill before that body.
a man Of notorously i emper te hab.:s
said to the honorable member, (who il was
thought held the life or death OF the bill ut
his will suppose, Mr.. -, vessel was
out in the Bay, in sinking cIndition, with
large number of persons on, without boats or
any other means of escape, and you had the
only Joat aEd the only means of escape, and
without your assistance they must perish,and
yon could save them without endanger nS
your own life, would you do tP
/ Cert. jny would should be nhunan
to d, othprwisa!"
"Well, said he, |, and there are hund eA
o! others Ike me that have become such crea-
lures .: habit that we have not the heat to
try to save ou;scves-yoh can by your vJt,
in The Serate help US. Will You do i,P
This appeal was said to he more conyin-
cling than dozen such lectures would have
been from Temperance men; and the honor
able gentleLlan's mind was more firmly fixed
in iuvor Of the bill! than it had ever been be-
fore.
The gentleman did vote for this bill, anl it
has become law. In a few months that
poor inebrate, with hundreds OF others, their
wives and children " lii have the shield Of
law for their protection. May Col protect
the right.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

Convince wise man of his error, aud he
will thank you. convince a fool, and he may
insult you.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

A great change in life ia like a e0ld bath
in wintsr--we all hesitate at the first lunge