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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
POETRY.
A DOLLAR OR TWO.

With cautious step we tread our way through
This intricate world as oher folks do,
May we still on our journey be able to view
The benevolent face of n dollar or two.
For an excellent thing
Is a dollar or two
No friend is so true
As n dollar or two
Through country or town,
As we pass up and down,
No password so good
As a dollar or Two.
Would you read yourself out of the bachelors crew
And tha hand of pretty female sue,
You must always be ready the handsome to do
Although it would cost dollar or two.
Loves arrows nrc tipped
With dollar or two,
And affections gained
With dollar or two
The best aid you can meet
In advancing your suit,
Is the eloquent chink
OF a dollar or two.
Would you wish your existence with faith to iubue,
And enroll in the ranks of the san.iitied few.
To enjoy good name and well cushioned pew,
You must freely come down with dollar or two.
The gospel is preached
For dollar or two,
And salvation is reached
BY dollar or two.
You may sin sometimes,
Bat the worst OF all crimes
Is, to find yourself short
of dollar two.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
MISCELLANEOUS.
From Putnam's Magazine.
LIVING IN THE COUNTRY.
BY MR.. SFARROWGRAS.

"We have an invitation to party" said
Mrs. Sparrowgrass, 'on Friday next, and |
think party is very pleasant thing in the
country. There is more socablity, more
hospitality, warmer welcome, less dress, and
less sty IL, than there is in the city," Here
Mrs. Sparrowgrass handed me an engraved
card Of rather formidable tensions, which
l mus, confess looked anything hut rural
took the missive with some misgivings, for
| have natural horror of parties. 81 won
der" said l, in the most playful kind of Bit
ter irony, "wl ether we Rill meet out here
tha,young lady that never sings herself, but
is always SO paSsio nate'y fond Of musicp'-
Mrs. Sparrowgrass said she thought not ;she
said she heard she vas married.
sand that gentleman" continued, 'Hho
was stranger, 10 me, that always wanted to
be presented to some young lady that didn't
knowr
Mrs. Sparrowgrass said she believed he
had gone 10 California.
'And that lady who priced confection .ry
above gcod-breeding, and went home with
her pockets well stuffed with notices, in
defiance of the eighth commandment, and the
laws OF proprietyP
Mrs. Sparrowgrass SAID she knew the Ia
dy to whom sluded, but she assured me
she was yet in New York, and had not been
seen about our village.
Them said |, 'llrs' Sparrowgrass, I'VE will
go to the party. Put my best shir. and the
white waiStcoat in Mondays wash. Never
mind expense. Ge,me a ccunb OF bread "a nd
bring me my cid white gloves. | am going
to be gay
Il think said Mrs. Spurrowgrass, that a
party in town isrlothing but an embarrass.
nent.'
"True," said /.
DON'T you remember" said she, what q
fuss used 80 make about getting my hair
fixed, and how put out was that night when
you forgot the japonicu'
'Certainy.'
'And then, when We were all dressed ant
ready, how we used to wait for fear ofssget
ting there too early, and after we did reach
the house, how we always got in corner
and made happy wall flowers Of ourselves
and some old lrendp
"Of course do:'
Where nobody took any notice of us!'
Exactly
Then what difference did it make how
was sdressed-whether wore Honton lace
or cotton edgng!
Il am afraid said |, Mrs. Sparrowgrass, if
you had made point of wearing cotton lac,
you would not have been invited At th
palpable double enteadre felt that secret sat
isfaction which every man must feel when HI
hes said good thing. 1t was lost upon Mrs
Sparrowgrass. Here she continued, 'w
expect simple, old fashioned entertain
ment,' Then chimed in-'No gas-lights t
make your eyes aehe-no patent leather t
make your feet ache-no fashionable follie
to make your heart ache-and no overhead
ed, ill-ventlated rooms, boned-turkeys, gam,
ice-cream, Charlotte Russo, pastes, chan
payne, and chicken-salad, to make your en-
ache next morning There will be oyste
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MIEnLEBAnK, June |. III


To the same-You will, before this can
reach you, have seen Monsieur Decendary
what his real expectations were, do not
know, but fear if his uppoi ntmenlls equm
to what have hecn told is his expectation
ii will be attended with unhappy consequsn.
ces, 10 say nothing of the policy OF entru.t.
ing the department on the execution Of which
the salvation of the army depends, to for
eigner who has no other tie to bind him to
the interests OF the country than honor.
would beg leave to observe that ty putting
Mr.. d. at the head of the artillery, you will
lose very valuable officer in General Knox,
who is man Of great military standing sound
judgment and clear conception, he will, re.
sign if any one is put over him.
am, &c. G. WASHINGTON.
Vol. w. D. 4l6
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MtRpERs IN THE Royal FAMILY OF Rus,

McRpERs IN THE ROYAL FAMILY OF Rus
STA We extract the following interesting
rccoun! OF murivrs in Tie Royal Emily ot
Russia, trrm Ia. Pin dielph,a Ledger.
The first surm,e, on the announcement Of
the death of the Gar, was tina. he had fallen
a victim to some conspiracy. There would
seem, however, to be no grounds for this
suspicion. Yet the almost universal suspi-
cion OF murder was not extraordinary, VIII N
it is considered how many OF the royal liz g
Of Russia have died furcible deaths. What
with the dissensions among the Imperial
family, and whst with the tonspracics On
the part OF the nobility to remove an cbnox.
ious Gear, no dynasty Of civilized princes has
ever suffered SO much lrom the steel and
cord, since The days of the Roman Ces'rs.
Talleyrand's famous definition Of the charar-
ter of the Russian Governmsnt, that 1t was
"a despolism tempered by assassinatlon,'
was as true as it was witty, or rather, "as
witty because of its truth. During The ear
ler period Of Czarism, nearly every emperor
destroyed some rival or was himself &c troy
ed. Even in the last century. the mu der of
Russian prince almost universally attended
or preceded the accession of new monarch
to the TT ne. The bloody drama was o en-
ed by father killing his own son, and closed
by a son conse ntins 10 the murder of his
(alher.
The inciden, to which we first alluda, was
the secret execution of Alexis, only srn OF
Peter the Grest, by crler Of his flther, A.
D., !7l9 rhs Prircs was host,le to the
new measures introduced, by The C2lr, !Avor
ing the old Bpyaf party, VIII, q adhere to
the ancient usages aud customs o' bs e, uo-
try. For this Peter resolved TO dis aheEil
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WHITE PLAINS, July 26, ITS


To Gov Morris, Esq Dear Sir:-The de-
sign of this is to touch cursorily upon sub.
ject Of very great Importance to the well-be-
ing of these States; much more so than will
appear at first view. | msan the appoint
ment of so many foreigners to off sc OF high
rank and trust in our service.
The lavish manner in which rank has hith.
erto been bestowed on these gentlemen will
certainly be productive Of one or the othel
of two evils-either to make us despicabl'
in the eyes o:Europe, or become means 0
pouring them in upon us like a torrent, an,
adding to our present burden.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05
WAR DEPARTMENT, Feb. 4 I7l9.

WAR DEPARTMENT, Feb. 4 l7i9.
I Instructions ofthe Secretary OF Wa 10
the Inspector General, for the cavary. tor
the regulations restrict the recruiting ollic,' s
to engage none except natives for this cor s,
and those only who from their known char
acter and fidelity may be trusted.
/ The officers, my deor cir, on whom yol
must depend fst sas defence of this cause
distinguished by length Of service and mill
tury merit, will rot submit much, r any lon
ger to the unnatural promotion of men o, er
them who have nothing more thon little
plnusbility, unbounded pride and ambition,
and perseverance in the application to sup
port their pietensions, not to be resisted but
by uncommon tirmness, men who, in the
first instance, tel you thev wish for moth
ing more than the honor Of serving in SO
glorious cause as volunteers, the next day
solicit rank without pay; the day following
want money advanced to them, and in course
Of week want further promotion. The ex-
pediency and policy of the measure requires
to be considered. and whether it is consistent
with justics or pru ence to promote these
military fortune hunters at the hazard of our
army. Baron S,euben, | now frd is also
wanting to quit As inspcctorship for COM
''Hara iH '''s=.;,,.!l,- I,his win he productive
Of much discomfort. In word, although
think the Baron an excellent officer, do
most devoutly wish that we had not single
foreigner among US, except the Marquis dc
Lafayette, who acts upon very different prn.
ciples from those which govern the rest
Adieu--l ain most sincerely yours.
G. WASHINGTON
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WashingtOn's Opinions.

1t may not be amiss at the present time ,to
publish some of the opinions of General
Washington, upon the prop rieiy ana policy
OF appointing foreigners to Office. Tho fol-.
lowing, are taken from Sparks publication
OF the Washington papers. ns they all in.
culcate sound and just doctrine, and such as
might be expected from. one whom the tongue
of caumny dare not touch, and ole who was
'fifst in war, first in peace. and first in the
hearts Of his countrymen"-They are as fol-
lows:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

To MAKE bEMos DRoPs.--Grate three lem.
ons, with a large piece of loaf-sugar, then
scrape the Sugar into a plate. and add ha'f a
teaspoonlul Of -four; mix well, and beat it in
to light Rte, with tbs white Of an egg;
drop it upon white paper, and put it in a
moderate OWN, on tin plate
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

and ice-cream" said Mrs. Sparrow grass, du.
5iously. Il wish said I, there was n pros.
rect of apple. and cider instead. The mo.
ment get inside the doors, and breathe the
mingled odo's of oysters and geraniums, /,
will carry me back to town. ard for one eve.
ming, at lest shall forget that we are living
in the country.
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MoRR1srows, Mpy 18th, l777.


To Richard Henry ee,-Dear Sir: / take
the liberty to ask you what Congress .ex-
poets am to do with the many foreigners
they ave at different times promoted to The
rank of officers, and by their last resolve two
to that OF Colonel. These meA have no at.
tachment to the country, farther than inter-
est binds them. Our officers think it ex-
tremeiy hard, after they have toiled in the
service, and have sustained many losses, to
have strangers put over them, whose merits.
pcrhaps,are not equal to their own, but whose
e'rontery viii take 10 denial; it is BY the
zeal and activity OF our own people that the
cause must be supported, and not by few
hungry udrenturers. am, &c.
G. WAsHINGros.
Vol. W. p. 1872.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

A VERY NICE PLAIN RICE PUDpISG.-Take
half teacupful Of the best rice, put it'in a
small pie-dish with throe tablespoorfuls OF
moist sugar. Fill up the dish with milk and
water in equal proportions, and bake very
slowly, Il can be eaten cold,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-05

iLTThs mansion houss of Mrsh6eld the
late les dence OF WEBSTER, e. some acres Of
the homestead surrounding il, not included in
the sale Of property to take place on the 3sth
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| But II is neither the expense or troubl le OF
them most dread; there is an evil more ex.
tensve In its nature aud fatal In lis conse.
quences 10 be apprehenced, ard that Is tie
driving Of our differs OFT Of the service, and
throwing not only our own army but our mil.
itsry councils, entirely into the hands of for.
eigners.
PHILADELPHIA Nov. II, 1874.
To John Adams, Vic, President of the Y.
S., Dea Sir; Ny op,ion with respect to
migration il, that excerpt Of useful mccbon.
les and some particular description of men
and professions, there is no Use Of encour.
agement. Iam,&c.,
G. WAsHIseros.
Mr.. VERSoN, Jan. 90, l79J.
To John O. Adims, American Minister at
Berin-Sir, You know, my good sir, that it
is moi the policy Of this Government to em-
pIoy foreigners whtn il Gun well be avoided
either IN ie evil 8, military walks of life.
There is a @P9cis-e',, sslf importance in all
foreign "iiicers thfcannot be gratifed with
cut doing injustictb mertorious characters
among our own ciuntrymen, who conceive,
and Justly, where here is no great preponde-
rance o: e&pericrk or merit,that they are en-
titled T. all the ofees in the gilt Of their Co
rernment lam, &c.
G WAsHxcToN.
Same date to a oreigner applying fIr off &c
- Dear Sn: Ii des not accord with the pol
icy OF this government to bes,ow Offices, civ
il or military, uph foreigners, to the exclu.
s Oh OF cur own izens. Ypnrsj SC.
G. WAsnISGTos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-14

The QUEEN OF ENGLAND AT THE TOMB OF
NAPoLEoN.-The Queen visited the tomb of
the Emperor. No one Of her visits produced
a deeper impression. As the review had last
ed till very late, her Majesty was no longer
expected at the Hotel des Invalides; never
theless, she determined on going there, not.
outstanding the lateness of the hour The
Queen arrived, consequently, at nightfall, fol-
lowed by numerous staff surrounded by the
veterans of our old wars, who had hastened to
meet her, while she advanced with noble com.
posture towards the last resting place of him
who was England's most constant adversary.
What spectacle. How many remembrance.
with all the contrasts, they brought up to the
mind! But when by the light of torches, the
glitter of uniform, amid the strains of the or.
gan playing GO God save the Queen" her Ma.
jcsty was led by the Emperor to the chapel
where the remains of Napoleon lie, the effect
was overpowering and immense, the emotion
profound, for every one was rejecting tina;
this was no ordinary homage offered at the
tomb of great man, but a solemn act, attest.
ing that the rivalries Of the past were forgot.
ten, and that row the union between the two
peoples had received its most signal consecra.
tion.-Moniteur.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-14
PERSONAL.

-. Stephen B. Mum, a we'll known and
much respected citizen of New York, died in
that city on Tuesday, At an advanced age
The Journal of Commerce says: His dwell
ing was one Of the few that remain on Broad
way below BECKER" On being ,pplied TO
q few months since, by person who desired to
purchase it, he said it suited him very well,
and he thought he could afford to occupy it
for some time to come"
-. Lyford G. Hill, of ailmanton, N III !,
who exhibited his child and the black snake
in Boston, has been again arrested-the first
indictment having been defective
-. DR.. Heiniken, it is stated, has put in
claim of $500 for the loss of his horses by the
recent dreadful accident on the Camden and
Amboy railroad. It is the general impression
that very large share of the responsibility
Of the awful calamity at Burlington rests upon
him.
80. The people Of this extensive country
support 10, 900 daguerrcotypists, at an annual
expense of S1,500,0O0. w.
-. The Kunkel opera troupe, with Edith
and Willie Wells, gave concert at Cincin-
matt, on Monday night last, which was at
tended by $500 persons.
80. There was an insurance on the life of
the late Abbot Lawrence to tic amount of
SAC, 0oO By his will this is left to his widow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-14
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

The Uaion comments on the abuse Of the
Administration by the Abolition press, and
jokes numerically over the political tergiver-
sations of Kenneth Rayner and Henry S. Foote.
The IHtelligsneer publishes an able commu-
nication from adisinterested civilian, explain-
ing and approving the action of the recent
Naval Reform Board, and also endeayoring to
explain the Maine election result by quoting
the comments upon it Of leading Maine papers
of all parties. We quote the following synop-
sis from the communication above referred to {:
=, There have been dropped from the rolls of
the navy,
Three captains,
Six commanders,
Nineteen lieutefants,
Twelve passed midshipmen, and
Nine masters.
There have been placed on the retired list,
On :" furlough pay"
Fifteen captains, at 81, $50 per annum.
Twelve commanders, at 5000 do.
forty-Bine Heutenants, at $500 do.
Two passed midshipmen, at $500 do.
Three masters, at $500 do.
There have been placed on the retired list,
or leave of absence" pay
Seventeen captains, at 50, 500 per annum.
TwenIy-One commanders, at 81 800 do.
Eighteen lieutenants, at 81, 200 do.
Fifteen masters at $500 do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-14
the Epidemic in Norfolk and Portsmouth.
The fever continues its undated ravagcs,
nrnsentino friohtfuI rosults Of ira nownr


presenting frightful results of its power.
The Baltimore American in speaking Of
Mr.. Ferguson, the president of the Howard
Association, says he seems to bear n charmed
life-he is to be seen moving through the city
at all hours, night and day, looking after and
experimenting those under his charge, and
never firing in the philanthropic labors he has
been called upon to perform, He is not only
well, but looks in improved health since he
has become more flmiliarized with the hor-
rors that he is hourly called upon to encounter.
A letter from Norfolk, received at Peters.
burg, gives the following chapter of horro rs
1 saw at the POtter's Field, $50 great is the
difficulty in obtaining grave diggers,) a pit
about 10 to 20 feet square, in wfSch were bu-
ried the bodies Of 81 victims, piled one upon
another, and covered over with dirt and lime,
forming one huge and monstrous mound.
Many have been inferred without boxes or
collins, or any thing else, save the blankets
upon which they died. Several ofour wealth.
lest citizens have b?en buried in small boxes,
and the graves dug by their friends.
In one instance, heard of father digging
the graves Of lis two only daughters; and as
many as nineteen to twenty bodies have been
lying Oh the gIound at the Cemetery waiting
their turn for interment as soon as the holes
were dug, for in many instances they were
not more than 2! feet deep.
Business is entirely suspended, and stores
all closed. You cannot obtain pound Of su-
gar or piece of soap. The rich as we'll as
the poor are dependent upon the Howard AS
ISOLATION, who have established provision
store, and who dispense food and pros isions to
the needy with a.bountiful hand.
Avery w. Williams the nineteenth member
of the Williams family that has fallen in the
prevailing epidemic, died on Monday at Ports.
mouth.
There is no way Of ascertaining the names
Of those who die, and no record of them can be
preserved. The prominent ones are noted
down by the reporters of the press but the
masses are hastily picked up by the hearses
and dead-carts, and hurried off to be hid in
the earth till the great day Of reckoning. We
shall not know who are dead for six months
to come. Now and then some familiar face
will recur to the living, and inquiry will elicit
the mOurnful response that "he died Of the
fever" 1t was only to-day that here, in the
midst of the carnage, learned that Joseph
Rosson, a respectable mechanic and member
Of one of the Councils, died last week also
Mr.. w. Ahern.
writer in the Richmond Wing states ssthat
whatever opinion may be entertained Of the
origin Of the fever in Gosport, there is no
earthly doubt that the disease in Norfolk was
OF local origin. The first case appeared in
tenements in which three cases of yellow fe-
yer were noticed last year, but at too late a
period to spread and cause alarm, and the
subjects had no communication with persons
from Gosport."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-14

BRUTAL TREATMENT OF LITTLE GIRL BY
HER STEPMoTHER.-We have some particulars
relating to revolving act by stepmother to-
ward little girl said to be n stepdaughtcr,
which occurred in Canton net many days ago.
1t is said the little girl committed some trivial
act in disobedience to the orders Of the woman,
for which offense she was shamefully scourged
until the flesh was torn in strips from the
child's body in some places, and in others
raised in enormous black and blue welts !;
after which, the little girl was confined in a
dark cellar from two to three days during
which time her whole substance consisted of
scraps of soap-grease. Tho brother of the
child, young man of respectable standing,
upon hearing the circumstance, repaired i'm
mediately to the house, and, bursting open tie
cellar door, released his famished and bru-
tally-abused sister from her horrid imprison-
ment. Having taken her to place of safety,
he lost no time in procuring rawhide, with
which he administered a well-deserved casti-
cation TO the unfeeling, soulless creature who
had committed this diabOlical outrage. We
are told that it became necessary to summon
a physici to lance the bruised wclts raised
upon the little girls body by the whip of her
unfeeling s.epmother.- I'M Dem
0crdE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-14
New Know NorHINe ORGAy.-The f" Anne

New KNOW NOTHING 0RGAN.-The " Amer
lean Democrat" is the name of daily " one
cent" paper recently established in Baltimore
by publishing association, with Hugh R.
Peasants as its editor. 1t is handsomely
printed, and the various departments of intel
ligcnce apparently conducted with tact, talent
and care. 1t is a kind of propeller, provided
with all the ReqnG'sites to outstrip the Clip
per, and to take the wind out of its sails The
name, American Democrat, is, however, in
applicable to the business in which it is en-.
gagged, as prescription for religious opinions
ard the accident of foreign birth form no part
of the creed of Democracy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-14

ADUEL BETWEEN BRorHERs.-Two brothers.
named Klaertz, peasants of 0ldenkirch, in
Bavaria, who had long entertained mortal
hatred OF each other, agreed lately to fight a
duel, and, instead of arms, to make use of
scythes. They accordingly met, each attended
by two seconds, and after maneuveripg for a
while, one named Matthias, with blow from
ms scythe, cut Oh the scalp of the other At
TINS moment some police officers arrived and
arrested the two brothers and their seconds
The wounded man, whose name is Theodore,
was, however, found to be so injured that he
had to Do conveyed to the hospital, and his
life is despaired of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-14

MAINE ELEcrIoN.-The Augusta Age has
returns from 2sS towns, giving 200 votes, as
follows Morrill,, 1880; Wells, 4o,O73; Reed,
1906. In these towns Morrill, loses 6,36I, as
compared with last years vote, when he
lacked 1900 of majority. There are 1000
votes yet to hear from.
In the Senate, q Of the 81 Senators in oppo-
sition to Morrill, have been elected, aud of the
Represent atives, two to one. -,.1 la.-
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A CARD.-Having heard that Il Is reported that
n Messrs. Shekell Bros stock OF groceries n
now advertised to be sold out under deed Ct
trust 10 secure amounts due me on account Of sale
OF my stock TO them, state that they have paid me
all that was due me, and do not owe me dollsT;
and that have no claim Of the kind ard had No
knowledge OF their selling ont except from re-
port. gNO. b KIBBEY
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