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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-25
WHOLE NO 956

has true genuine Democratic Buchanan
& Breckinridge spirit in his heart,s not pos
sible. 1t may have been done by men who
voted the ticket, but they were men rho be-
longed rather to the school of the Senator
! from Massachusetts than that to which you.
Mr.. President, and belong.
How many who advocated the election Of
Mr.. Buchanan can take to themselves these
remarks of Senator Brown.
Here is another extract from the remarks
of Senator " Ilson worthy of note, with
all his professions of love for the Union,
the President is in fellowship with and
giving aid sand comfort to the real anti
Unich party.
=. Let me say further that the men in this
company who avow themselves to be dis
unionists that squad whicn, during the last
thirty years, on all fit and unfit occasions,
in moments ot excitement and moments
of CAIN, hayeayOwed themselves disun-
lon!sts. have, as body, en- NJ sse supported
the Democratic party. The whole South
ern heavens have been darkeEed during
the last four months by the back banners
of disunon that have fioated in the breeze.
Public men. members of Congress of the
United States, who had sworn to support
the Constitution of our common country,
have nude the declaration, that if J, hn e..
Fremont were elected President, the Union
would be, and ought to be, dissolved. The
Senator from Virginia has to-day express
: ed his nope that class of men in the free
States, in the future as in the present. W i'll
so actin cooperation witt the South as to
preserve the policy which he supports, and
thus preserve the unity of the States, re-
member reading during the canvass letter
from that honorable gentleman, in which |
there was bold declaration FOR dIssoiu- !
ton Of the Unun, immediate. absolute. and !
eternal, in certain contingencies. That is
not ALL the Senator FROM Georgia, not now
present, Mr. ToCmbs, and Senator !rym
LOU sIana, Mr.. SIidell.] have united in
these declara ioHs; and leading men, Gov
ernOrs OF Sits have made the same avow-
n. The men who threaten dissolution are
supporters of this Admin nislraticn and of
MIR. Buchanan; but yet the Chief Magistra-
"a, in this document ARA igns the members
Of the Republican party as men whose poll
" tends TO a dissolution Of the Union. |
say these charges against Us are not only
Injust, bu: they are libel upon the inte.-
,ent freemen of the United 5 ates.
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was melancholy. But the wine and Jest
passed round while he felt like Lucfer in
Eden, where all was joy and gladness
around him. Said classmate:
''Come, Bob, quaff bumper, and it will
make you feel bright as hermit's lamp
The tcmpter whispered in his ear, Drink
once, and forget the past" A power ful
struggle seemed going on in bis mind for a
moment; but at last he silently shook his
head, and retiring from the room gave vent
to flood of tears.
That boy never drank-nol even cnce-
He took the valedictory, and is now Presi.
dent of a college.
Once! Oh, on this slender point hath
turned for veal or woe the destiny OF 4
ueathess spirit. Caesar paused but once on
the banks the Rubicon; but it was pause
like that which nature makes when gather
ing her elements for the dread .ornado.-
Eve ate forbidden fruit but once, and her
countless posterity have felt the fearful con-
sequences resu Ting from SO rash an act,
Reader, remember ONCE.
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Original poetrp,
POet-IIeart,

RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED To n. H. SMITH
Thy lie Is mystery,
A lace-work OF bright dreams
Thrown DER lis saddest history,
Hiding black wings OF wo with sunny leans
lis too are memOry's bowers OF sun and shade,
Filled with such forms love tears ha III made
Forms ol ioye-an- el iaces-lips divine,
Tat tell their trus, il every curved line,
Butthose OF tears are graves. which memory keeps
While DER them in her sable robes size weeps,
Speclres OF wrong thou canst no, care,
Hearts bleeding their liie from their inmost core;
Skies i'll which hopes star can rise never more;
Grief that most silently endure.
Thou hast deep unrest
A kin TO silent pain
\ longing which Is scarce expressed,
And il il is, il sctmeih ike strain,
Which music's Lutte aMakeS, when in her soul
The waters OF intenscst feeling roll,
Telling OF griet III notes un,aughi and wild
Nov stern IS iaie now fearful child.
Strange contradictions I'll! the strain,
And they OF even mould may turn in scorn,
And leave to solitude the heart that's born
To feel what il can necr explain.
Whence are TIE strunge desires'
Why dwell tEey in the heart,
And on iJssaltars burn their fires,
While with the ca liner purer soul they startl
Why art thou longing for imniofta things,
And seeking tor hurp whose deathless strings
Shall speak the deep vibrations of thy life,
" hich to the world is hidden. yet is rife
With melody and beauty all its own,
The power 10 suffer and rejoice, unknown
TO quiet lives and even thought.
Why center i'll thy nature such extremes
Of dull despair and wayward hopeful CLEANS,
That JOY or griet is overwrought.
}. strange is thy fate, and bitter the draught
" Yhich Fl lis Thy cup OF life Would nirs might wait
from eiysian lils. and awake on each string
} thy humble Tyre, what 1t lain would sing
Iot numbers Il II love and breathing of bliss,
}u, o. wrongs that shadow an earth like this;
Yet resi- in thy dreams, Poet-Heart;
Thine is destiny the wor Id knows not,
70 love, but be uElOved, thine earthly lot;
And Eere 10 find no counterpart.
J. D.
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The Whitfield Case.

In the House of Representiye, on the 10Th
considerat ION, and The question was put on
the pending motion 20 reconsider the Vots
refusing TO permit Dir. Viii field to be sworn
in as Delegate from Kansas, which vas de-
cided in the affirmative. The question then
be iug, Shall the cath Of office be admins.
t0rcd to the Delegate from hansas." Afte.
an Intellectual attempt to commit the cre-
dentialS of lie Delegate to the Committee
Oh Elections, the question was taken on the
admission of NJ. Whitfield, and decided in
the Affirmative 5y tie following vote:
YrAs-Mcssrs. Aiken, Aker,, Allen,
Bugksdalt, Bell, Bennett o. Mississippi, Bo-
cock, Bow Ic, Bovce, Branch. Brooks, Broom,
Burn.j;, Iadw aladsr, Campbell of Ken
lucky, Garlic, Caruthers, Caskie. Cling
man, Cobb CT Alabama, Cox, Crawford,
Cullen, Davidson, Davis of Maryland, Davis
of Illinois, Denver. Dowde.l, Edmundson.
Elliott. English, Ethridge, Eusts, Evans.
Faulkne; Florence, Foster, Fuller of Maine,
Garnet, Goode, Greenwood, Hall Of IowR,
Harris of Maryland, Harris Of A!sbanIa,
Harris o Illinois, Harrison, Herbert, Hick-
man. Hoffman, Houston, JeSett, Jones of
Tennessee, Jones of Pennsylvania. keitt,
Kelly, kennett, h dwell, Like, Letcher,
Lndley, Lumpkin, y h. Marshall of Ken
tuchy. II. Marshall Of keniuaky, Msrshallof
Illinois, Maxwell, McMul.in, Mcqueen,
Miller Of Indiana, MiIi>on, Moore, Morrison,
Oliver of Mjssouri, Orr, Packer, Paine,
Peck, Phelps, Porter, Powell. Puryear,
Quitmsn, Ready, Rcaud, Rivers, Ruffin,
Rust, Sandidgc. Savage. Sh,r,er, Smith
OF Tennessee. Smith oi Virginia. Smith OF
Alabama, Succd, STEPHENS, SSope, Talbot
Taylor, Trippe. Tyson, Underwood, Vail,
Walk, Walker, Warner, y atkins. Wells,
Wheeler, WhitHey, Williams, Winslow.
Wright of Tennessee, and Zolcoiier-II2.
NAYs-NIesSrs. Albright, Alison, Ball,
Barbour, Barclay, Bennett of New York,
Benson, Billiu@hurst, Bingham, Bishop,
Bliss, Bradshaw, Brcnton, Buiii..eton, Bur-
Iiugame, Campbell o, Penn .vlvania, Camp
bell OF Ohio, ChaiIee, Clarke. cl New York,
miIs, tora',t, Cragin, Culubsok. Damrell.
DAVIS ct Massachusetts,, psv, D len, Dewitt.
D!'A- p'od' DuTte>'. r,Gic, Edwards, Emrie,
Tag 'TF' "aIIo" ~, Gidd.ngs. Gilbert, Gran
ser' "'o"' .iali of Massachusetts,, Harlan
,i''S"' y .todses, Holloway. Horton OF New
4. Horton OF OHIO, Howard. ttushs''"'
Kelsey, King, Knapp, kn.gat, hn'w''o"'
Knox, knnkel. Ls',yr' NaeE' MaItssOa' ,,'1s:~,I
MrCsr,v. Miller cg New York, MlIiwaFd'
Morgan, Morriil, Mott, Murray hIehUs'
Norton, OisSr ot New NJrk' [iAeI'
pr,r,c, P,l;on. Pennington. Perry. rtttit'
pIr Pm IL. Puryiauce, Ritch'e' Roonlns'
p,h,.r,s 4. bison. Sab!u, SaPp, Scott, Sner-
mn, Simmons. Spina r, Stanton, Strana-
hun. Tap7au, Thorinston, rhurstoh, Todd
,r,,,t,p, Waae. Wdkeman, Waler.d5e'
! y,Idr,u, W ashburne u Wisconsin. W ash
/ brrne cr Iinuis. Wa>hburne OF Name
WeIch. Woodruff, ana Woodwor'h-ios'
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"Did YOU ever attend the theater!" said
a Young man to a blue eyed maiden, who
hung on his arm as they promenadrd the
streets of New York, one mild evening in
October. The girls cheek crimsonel as
she answered in the negative, and addeI:
"My mother has taught me from child
hood that it is wrong to attend such places"
But your mother formed, pc haPs. i'm
proper prejudices, from exaggerated accounts
given by others; for have heard her say
she never attended one in her life"
He spoke eloquen;ly Of the drama, COM
edy and tragedy, and dwelt with pathoS on
the important lessons there to be learned of
human nature.
$50 with NE once" he said, "and Judge
for yourself"
Persuasion and curiosity triumphed over
maternal precept and example, as she hesi-
tatingly replied:
"I'll 60 but once"
She went, and in tha: theater a charm
came over her like that wi ich the serpent
sent forth from his dove-hke eye. She vert
again and again, and from that house o:
mirth and laughter she was led to one, from
the portal of which she never returned.
Around a ceatre-table, where an astral
lamp was shedding its mild light, sat three
girls, one holding in her hands a pack of
cards. At the back OF her chair stood
young man who for years had successfully
resisted every effort made by his compan-
ions to induce him to learn the characters
of cards.
"Come," said she, eve want you to make
never play again"
Her eve, cheek and lip conspired to form
an eloquent battery, which sent forth its
attack upon the fortress of good resolutions,
in which he had long stood secure, until it
fell like the walls of an ancient city when
Jared by the fearful battering-ram. He
learned the cards and played. A few weeks
afterwards was passing his door at late
hour, and candle was shedding its dim
light through the window. Since that time
have looked from my chamber nearly every
hour of the night, frcm the close of day TIL
early morn, and seen the light family strug
Cling through the curtains that screened the
inmates of that room from every eye, save
His who seeth alike in darkness and no m
day. Gaming brought with it disease, and
death came Just as he had numbered the half
of his three-score years and ten. During
his last hours was sittii by his bedside,
when he fixed on Inc Look | shall never
forget, and bade me listen to his dying
words.
IL might have been a different man from
what am; but it is nov too late. | am
convinced that there is state of being be-
yond the grave; and when | think of the
retribution which awaits me in another
world, | feel horror which language is in
adequate to describe"
These were among the last words he ever
uttered.
The Junior class of a Southern college
had assembled ir Students room to spea
the night in riot and debauch. Amid the
crowd was one who had never recited bad
lesson since his matrculation. In his his
studies he was "head and shoulders above
the class. That day he had tailed. A sh ade
OF the deepest gloom came over him and he
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-25
Thomas L. Marshall on Henry CLAW

From the Ohio State Journal
1t has been our fortune to hear "Tom
Mar shall'' speak on severa! occasions. We
have since regarded him as an orator of the
highest genius and power. He is natural
orator. Last September he made political
speech in Covington, Kentucky, in which
he incidentally alluded to Henry Clay, and
de Iivered an impromptu but impressive
eulogy upon that great man, report of
which We find in the Frankfort (ky.) Com
monwealth. 1t is very like 'Tom ;" and gives
one a good idea of his command of language
and his oratical ability. 1t is as follows:
The friends of Mr.. Clay mediate the
cons structon OF monument, to mark the
spot where repose the remains of that frail
tenement, which once held in his fiery SOUL
1t will be honorable to them, and will form
graceful ornament 20 the green woods
which surround the city Of which he had so
long been the living ornament, but it will
be useless to him or to his fame. He trusted
neither himself nGr his fame to mechanical
hands or perishable materials. "Eregit
mOnunentum perenRtus ere" They may
lay their pedestals of granite-they may
rear their polished columns till they pierce
end fout the skies-they may cover their
marble pillars all over with the blazonry of
his deeds, the trophies of his triumphant
genius, add surmount them with images Of
his form wrought By The cunningest hands
it matters not--he is not there. The pr s.
oned eagle has burst the bars, and scared
away from strife, and conflict, and caumny.
He is not dead-he lives. | mean not the
life eternal in yon other world of which re-
ligion teaches, but here on earth he lives;
the life of which men call fame, that life
the hope of which forms the solace of high
ambition, which cheers and sustans the
brave and wise and good, the champions of
truth and human kind, through oil the ir la
bors, that life is his beyond all chance or
change, growing, expansive, quenchlcss as
time and human memory. He needs no
statue he desired none. 1t was the i uauc
of his soul he wished to perpetuate, and he
has stamped it himself in lines of flame
uuon the souls of his cOuntrymen. Not all
the marbles Of Carrara, fashioned by the
chisel of Angelo into the min cry OF breath
ing life, could convey TO the senses like
ness SO perfect os himself as that which he
has lett upon the minds of men. He carved
his own statue, he Guilt his own monument.
In youth he laid the base broad as his whole
country, that 1t might well sustain the
mi ishty structure he had designed. lie la
bored hcrocally through life on the colossal
shaft In 1850, the last year of the frs,
halt of the 10Th century, he prepared the
healing measures which bear his name, as
the capital well proportioned and in perfect
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B. R. C0WEN EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. !
NEW SERIES, VOL TX, NO ILL., ST

not be happy ill the bottle and money were
out of his hands. poured few drops o!
the liquid on lump of sugar, and gave it to
my wife's lap-dog. 1t fell into cUnrulsiO rs
and died in few mi9utes.
The case was now plain-there had been
al attempt to poison me. Never shall !
forget Cloiilda's pale face, as she threw
herself weeping into my arms. Poison!
A murder.' she exclaimed, clssping me as if
to shield me from danger. 'Mereiful heaven,
protect us both!' | consoled her with the
assurance that | was thankful to my un-
| known enemy, who was the means OF show
ing me how much 5 le loved me. That daV
Berkenrode came at the usual hour; but in
vain did take my seat in my hidng-place
He was not admitted. | atterward found
that she had sent him a letter threatening,
if he ever came again, her husband should
be informed of all that had passed. He
made several attempts to soften her resolu-
tlon, but to no purpose, and year alter
ward he married. No acquaintance has
ever since existed between the families ,and
now you know why my wife refuses her con-
sent to our sons marriage with the daught-
er Of Berkenrode.
Il cannot blame her. said Van Grote.-
Who would have thought that Berkenroke,
a soldier, man OF honor, could have been
capable Of such a rascally deedl'
'Ha! ha! han laughed Bronker, 'anG do
you really think ii was the general who sent
the poisonp
why, who elser
Myself, TO be sure. The whole was my
own contrivance, and it cost me three hun
dred guilders as present TO my cook; bat
saved my wife, and got rid OF her trouble
some lap-dog at the same time
DO you know, Brokner, think it was
rather shabby trick to leave Berkenrode
under such an impu:atiOn; and now that
your sons happiness depends on your wife
being undeceived.'
Il am aware of all that, but to undeceirs
her now is not 81 easy as you think. How
can expect her TO disbeieve a circum-
stance in which for the last twenty years
she has put implicit faithn
He was interrupted by the entrance Of
Vrow Brokner, her cheeks were flushed,
and she was saluted by Van Grote rather
stiffiy.
what, not at the ball, Cloti!dar asked
her husband.
NO, had a bad headache she replied,
and Maurice promised to take charge of his
sisters. But nave come to tell you that |
have been thinking over his marriage with
Miss Berkenrode, and altered my mind on
hat subject. In short, shall withdraw my
opposition to the match
The friends looked at each other in as
.on ishment
by the bye,' she continued, here is key
found some time ago, think it must be-
ong to you
well, Clotilda,' said her husband, striv-
ng to hide his confusion as he took the key
this is good news about the marriage
Suppose you and your friend celebrate it
" supper. There is herring pie in the I
louse and you need not fear that it is POISON /
ID
She left the room. Bronker looked fool /
sh, and Van Grote rubbed his hands, as he .
claimed Caught in your own trap! lie !
Who digs pit for his enemy shall fail into
I himself
Nevertheless replied Br"nker, 'I ,hiEk !
lave got well out of mine
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-25
Our National Domain-Abs!ract of
the General Land Office Report

| The report from the General Land Office
is of mere than usual length, covering a
I period OF five quarters ending seth Stpttm-
Der, 1856, and giving iuil Information touch
| ing the many and various subjects OF It's iu-
risiction, and AL the operations Of the land
system OF the United States, lands sold and
otherwise disposed of, durin, The period
covered by the report.
There were sold TOR cash, 10 O62, ,IO7. .I9
acres of the public lands; located with mill
tary bounty land warrants 1886 $40 acres;
selected and reported under swamp grants
036, ,S74 ,39; and aPProPr ated by the rail
road grants Of May, June and August, 1886,
(as estlmated) 13,775,55U acres, making d
grand aggregate (including other Internal
improvement selectlons) of II, 1885, SO
acres Of the public donna IN dispose of during
the five quarters ending 3Oth December,
1886. This is an increase of millions OF
acres over the quantities disposed of during
the five quarters preceding. While the sales'
for cash have greatly fallen off, the disposal
of congressional grants and locations Of land
warrants has more than proportienally in
creased
Lands to no considerable extent have been
pruclaime and offered at public sale during
the year 1856; the present pclicy Of the
office being to secure them to the actual
settlers under the preemption laws, rather
than to favor speculation therein by PFecip-
ita,lpg pub ic sales of large quantities be-
yond the means Of the settlers to purchase
With the view of making this the Perma-
nent policy o: the office, the report recon-
wends sight modification of the preemp-
ton laws. Other amendments Tor the
equitable adjustment of conflicting settle
men,s upon urzuryeyed lands are recon-
mended.
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More Plain Truth Talk.

The St Louis IatelHgsn Ger also notices
the fact that reported plots Of negro in
surrections are much more frequent now
than in years past, and refers to a late pub
lie meeting in Tennessee, which attributed
the present unquiet state OF the slave popu-
lation to the effects of the recent Ffesiden-
tial canvass, with the remark "we do not
doubt there is good ground for this posit-
ion." The IateHigencer pointedly ADDS:
The staple howl of the low lying -dema~
gogues of the Pierce and Douglas school, in
Missouri, as well as in the South, during the
cahvass, was that the opponents of the
democratic party were either abolition
lists themselves, or the secret allies OF abo-
lition Sis, who were waging a var upon the
South ior the purpose OF breaking down
slavery and making tie negroes eqlal to
white! Thousands of negroes in the South
heard these infamous haran.ues, aad If they
believe the howllns ..democrLt!c" knaves,
they must have come to the conc lus:on that
a large portion Of the people i'll every Save
state, Gail in fact except the veritable Buch-
aRGn democrtcy) were abolI,lonists, at
heart, and ready to set the slaves Of the
South free!
Whatever there is Of Southern slave dis
content or danger, is doubtless owing TO the
late infamous lying of"democratic" electors
and democratic newspaper organs.
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keeping with the now finished column
crowned his work, saw tina: it was good and
durable, sprang to its lofty and commanding
summit, and gazing from that lone height
upon horizon which embraced all coming
time, with eternity for his back ground, and
the eyes of the whole world rivetted upon
his solitary figure, consented there and thus
10 die
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! The surveys during the year ending 30:h
/ September, 1856: of which plats have been
returned and approved, amount to 6,973
! G99 acres, of which 1891 ,S64 acres are on
| the Pacific coast. Extensive surveys have
| been made which have not yet heen report
ed The surveys of 1855 and those reported
/ in 1886 amounted to IL ,llS,4I3 acres, OF
/ which II ,573,654 acres are in California,
! and the Territories OF Oregon, Washington,
Kansas Nebraska, and Utah. The quan-
/ tity of new lands now liable TO be disposed
OF is greater than at any previous period Of
the history Of our land system. In many OF
. the land States the surveying operations are
confined to re-surveys, corrections and the
I surveys of towns, islands, and private claims
ard it is expected that the archives viii BE-
in readiness for delivery TO seven of these
States within two or three wears.
The pablc surveys within the last year
on the Pacific and in our new Territories
havee been extended with extraordinary
rapidity. In California the surveyed lines
for base, meridlans, standard parallels, town
sfipS, sections, &c, are, i'll their aggregate
length, greater than the circumference o.:
the globe. Maps in duplicate, equal 10 ,26l
plates; with complete map Of the State,
have been prepared, and important sGgges-
tions are presented III regard TO the auri!er-
Gus and agricu ltural lands. In Oregon and
Washington Territories Indian hO>tilitics
have seriously impeded operations under the
surveying system; yet, notwithstanding
this, considerable progress has been made.
In Oregon, between the Cascade mountains
and the N, the surveys ot the pualc
lands and ot donation rights are far adyauc-
ing towards completion; and II is now pro-
posed t. extend the Oregon surveying DIS
trct east OF the Cascade range, whist in
Washington Territory township lines have
been run on W hitby's Island, some rctur'
have been made under lornIcr contr. IL
the Willamette meridian, So mil ~cts {
third standard parallel have -es vi ID,
to Gray's harbor, and 81 Ieen run ives
cnth standard passir miles OF the sew
pansc of the A. - through the vast tx
Island. ..nira.'y inlet aud Nh'Ioy
In ka'
Indie LsaS tire surveys of the pubic an
y Ill trust LANDS have been pushed io'
ard with activity. Notwithstanding III
severity of the last wiSter, the dISturoah'
in the cOnntry.& the di ilicultl,s neideh'
the execution Of the SUI -veys under Ue"'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-12-25

WASHINGTON CGTY.-'rhe assessed value
of properly in Washington city Tor the year
1856 is $50 ,04O,3lS; being an increase of
81 .o37 ,545 since the general assessment Of
1854. This valuation includes ground i'm
provements, personal property of all kinds,
bank and o,her stock. Slave property is
assessed at $36l ,476.
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CnARAcTERIsTIC.-Among the banners
borne in the triumphal procession OF the
Democrats at Washington on Thursday Of
last week was one bearing the follow ing
inscriptions; "Sumner and kunsaS--Lct
'em becd.' Such ruflianism was worthy
of the Missouri borders.