Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-05-28


SJDr. Edison B. Olds, formerly a men,
her of ongress from Ohio. co1templates.
it is said. opening banking house in St.
Paul, Minnesota
rThe las number Of the Leavpn-
worth Herald, goes in for hanging the Free
State men II says its "cnly hope for Kan
sas is in hemp"
Coon C AscE FOR A LANDLORD The
people of st. Paul, Minneso'a, offer bond
of thirty thousand dollars to any one who
will build first class hotel in that flourish
ing young city
nArThere was issued several days ago
to Mrs. Msry Elizabeth Bliss, widow of
Col. w, w. S. Bliss, and daughter of Zen.
Tay lor, q warrant for l6O acres Of land, on
account OF the SER ices of her husband.
DEATH OF JUICE Cook. OF. KESTUcxY.-
Hon. G. B. Cook, who Fast wear was elec-
ted, after a warm contest, Judge of the Cir
cult Court in thar Distract, over bis Know
Nothing coupetitof.; iea at his-residence
in Princeton, KY, on Friday night last.
PLEASANT Business.-One Of the wit.
nesses in the Cunningham tria' who was
ca led 20 testify relative to the appearance
of the wounds on the body of the murdered
man, has attended fifteen hundred post NOR
TEN examinations within FIVE years; about
one day.
6TThe Pennsy'va 'vania legislature has
Just incorporated the Street->weeping and
Fertilizing Company-a company which
proposes to use mlchnes for cleaning the
streets of Philsdelphia, and at some conve
nient location beyond the city to convert
all the street offal into manure.
FREsHErs IN THE SoUrH.-The Weldon
(N.C. Patriot says that the low lands of the
Roanoke river are buried so the depth of
from three to twenty feet. Crops, fences,
and everything are swept away by the cur
rent. There is rise in the RIVER 2oi thir-
ty or forty feet above ordinary tides. ONE
of the rivers in South Carolina are also
swollen bv f-eshests.
WHEAT AND CoEN IN OHio.-The Aud.
tor Of State has made his report on the
grain siaii tics of our ST. te for 1856 to the
Legis ature. The number of acres sown
with wheat was ,4o7 ,s73,; bushels gather
ed, 1869 800; the average yield, 1881 bus
The whole number o. acres Of corn planted
was 2,2O5; bushels gathered, 87,7S2 .434;
the average yield. 1871 bushels.
MELANCHOLY CoIScIpEKcE-The unfor-
tuna,e yeung Cbipman, who is sentenced to
death for the murder of Miss Phenix, in
North Carolina, was named Romulus Saun-
derS, after Judge Saunders, and received the
sentence from the Judges own lips. just as
he was about ,wenty-One ears Of age. How
different his fate from the antieipstions of
the fond parerts, " no wisl ed their son to
grow up to life OF honor and greatness CO.
equal with that OF bis Rsnesake! Now
sentenced by thai very namesake fora crime
the most dreadful ever ree,ssed in history.
A SLAVE CASE AT WAsBrsGroN CITY.
I'm the Circuit Court, OH Saturday, seven
negroes, who belonged to the estate of the
late Heory d. Waring, of Prince Georges
county, Maryland, were delivered over to
Mr. Dionysius, Sheriff of the same county,
The executor OF the will Of Mr. Waring, on
the ground that the other personal property
is insufficient TO pay the debts of the de-
ceased. The slaves had been freed by heir
master, and are claimed by his executor
solely on the ground Of insuficiency of other
personal property to pay the debts of the
estate. 1t is understood the negroes will
sue for their liberty under the will in the
Mary iand Courts.
CONVICTION OF A PHYSICIAN FOR RoB-
BIG HIS PATIENT.-A most singular trial
has lately taken place in Montreal. DR..
Jean Bap:iste Theophille Dorion, a person
Of gentemanly appearance, of standing aud
position in society, and in the possession of
wealth to the amount Of upwards oil $50 900,
was charged with stealing silver spoons,
two promissory notes for 500, gold headed
cane, and six books from Doctor Leveve
Donan, (whom he attended in his los, ILL.,
ness,) on tie day of his death. The alleged
theft took place on the Gath OF June, lS6l
nearly six years ago, and the chief Witnesses
were two brothers oi the prisoner, who saw
the gouds taken. The accused said that the
charge was the result of a conspiracy to
ruin him, but the jury, sfter an absence ofI
five minutes, found HIM guilty. When the
verdict was announced the prisoner stagger.
ed IN the dock, and was ushy pale. The
sentence has not yet been pronounced.