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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22
Pcllissier-The New Ere lch Min
lister to London.

or diplomacy proper PEI issier is as ig-
norant as the sword he wears, ard there
fore will be a simple instrument in the
hands Of Others. OF English he does not
know a word; and his manners are precise
ly what might be expected from q man ut
terly unused to any society but that of the
camp, with a ind unadorned by any de-
gree of cultivation, and with a temper sus-
ceptibIe but of one argument-that of a
brute force. | do not mean to say that he
is excessively brutal and coarse in his be-
havior: on the contrary, he would be COM
PLEASANT if he only knew how; but of this
knowledge he has nome. He smirks, gri-
maces. and dances like a boar at a cabaret,
and is grossly offensive, while innocently
believing himself petite. He is a little.
thick-set man, with no p%retenlions to high
intellect in his brow; but his dark, deep-set
eye, looking doubly dark when contrasted
with his short closely-cut white hair, is full
eye for country. He will, in a month after
his arrival, he perfect master of the power
of England Tor defense; there will not be q
weak point on her frontier or in her midst
that the poor errand boy of Rouen will not
have read, marked and learned, and thorough
ly digested. .Peli,sier, without any duca-
ton, is naturally an arithmetician; with no
acquaintance with the science of engineer
ing, he has a practical manner Of discover
ing loop-holes that on many occasions took
our best engineers at Sevastopooi by sur
prise. In the handling OF large masses he
is perfectly unrivaled, and he lie known to
have the very humblest opinion Of England's
art. "They are perfect children in
The art of war;" he said recently to Count
De Morny, when speaking of the Indian re-
linn. individually brave-braver than
The French, for aught ] know-they are
babies in regard to combination. Give. me
'ne regiment of French, and any day | will
urn their flank and out-nsneuvsr a dozen
British. commanded BY their s5lest captains
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22
An Interesting Incident.

During the services Of the Union Prayer
Meeting last night at the Town st. III. E.
Church, DIR. Anvil showed a pocket Bible,
and related an interesting incident connect.
ed with it. He stated that it belonged to a
gentleman who was a soldier in the Eng
lish army in the wars against Napoleon, who
was a praying man, and who was much ex-
ercised in mind respecting his situation
His mind was directed to the verse of one
of the Psalms, which reads: ga thousand
shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at
thy right hand, but it shall not come nj Oh
:hee." This made a great impression upon
him. On the morning of the battle Of
Waterloo, he read his Bible as was his Gus
tom, and instead of placing it in his KNAPP
sack he placed it in his haversack. The
division TO which he was attached was not
called into action until three o'clock in the
afternoon. He went into the battle, and
during the fight the book was pierced with
two bullets, which protected him from their
force and doubtless saved his life. At the
conclusion of his remarks he returned the
book TO the owner, whe was sitting In one
of the pc US. He is now an old man, and
still constitutes in The service OF the great
Captain of our Salvation. He resides in
this city, and his name is Ross.-O. s.
Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

GOLD IN OREGON N WAsHINGToN.-
The editor of the San Francisco Alto news
paper, states, from personal knowledge that
the gold mines in Oregan and Washington
territories are fully as rich and extensive as
these of California, and that time must as
suredly develop a vast region OF country ex-
tending on as a continuation of the Califor-
mia mineral chain of mountains, far into the
British Possessions. This is, 20 doubt, true,
as gold has been found in the extreme Nor
thern arts of California, quite as plentiful
ly as in the central valleys, and the mines
in Southern Oregon are but parts of the
same geological formation Wheeling In
teuigencer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22
Seward.

The Republican Maguus Apollo, thus
rouses the pen and the bile of the Washing.
ton correspondent OF the N. o. Delta:
81 have a passion for Seward. He comes
up to my idea of Rodin in the Wandering
Jew-the most delectible devil tina. was
ever drawn by human pen-so cool, So
clear headed; so relentless in the pursuit OF
his iendish purposes. Seward t.averses the
seemingly tortuous but really straight line
Of his ambition with the unerring certainty
of footsteps that charac,erizes a rope-dahcer,
never missing a step, and keeping his eagle
eye steadily fixed or the goal before him. "
Suppose Mr.. Seward should wander into
the Presidential chair some Of these days;
just as likely as not, the fellow who howls
this way about him, would be Sue-ing for
some appointment. In fact, the scribbler
does throw out an anchor to windward, thus:
.'If he becomes our next President, and
3~isunion does not Immediately follow his
elections will wager that he will 50 beauti-
fully hoHey-fuggle both South and North,
that the people will pronounce him one Of
the best presidents that we have ev r had.
Oh most consistent correspondent! The
most deleetible devil in the world, and yet
likely to make the best President we ever
had! Pray do you Judge him by Mr.. Blu.
cilanan!
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22
Murder of a Slave.

A. trial of peculiar interest has just termi.
mated at Sandersvilie, Georgia, in which
Green Martin was convicted of lhs murder
Of his own slave-a negro boy, Is years of
age-by the infection OF inhuman punish.
ment, which was performed on the 9th of
May, 1857, commencing at IL o'clock and
lasting until 5 P. NJ , when the boy as dis
covered to be dead. The whipping and
beating was executed BY the person above
named and his son ,ogether-,he latter,
however,, left the state and was no: brought
trial. The Central Georgian states that
the material witnesses in the case were Mr..
Martins own daughters, aged respectively
81, 10, and Is, who were introduced by the
prosecution to convict their opn father of
murder, and by their W testimony he wa
suiHs.-&. Louis Democrat
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

An overseer named Davenport has
been convicted of manslaughter at Vicks-
burgh, Miss. for killing a slave, and has
been sentenced to seven years. hard labor
in The penitentiary. The council for the de-
tense urged that the fatal blow was gwen
while the slave was resisting the authority
of the overseer, but Judge Yerger charged
the jury to the effect that the slave, when
his life was threatened or endangered by
the infection of cruel and unusual punish
ment, had the right to resist even the mas
ter, and that his resistance under such cir
killing him. This is prOgress-Southern
Judges have generally ruled that killing a
slave by moderate correction" was no of.
ieuse against the law.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22
The Sub-Tr easury bill as it passed
the Sonata

a-
The following is synopsis of the Sub
Treasury bill substituted for that of Mr..
Hatch:
The rooms assigned to the Tres suser Of
State in the State House shall be the Trea
sury; and tina, shall be the sole place OF
keeping the moneys of the State.
In like manner the Office of a County
Treasurer shall be the sole place of keeping
all moneys in custody of the County Trea.
surer, whether of the State, County OF
Township, till drawn on according to law.
County Treasurers are required to keep
all moneys in the safes and vaults of their
office, and not loan, use or deposit with
banks or elsewhere.
A Comptroller shall be appointed, who
shall supervise the Treasury n all respects
All payments of money must be on The
draft o. the Comptroller, who shall make
weekly reports to the Auditor, of which
rigid account must be kept. s.f
All dra its. OF money from the Treasury
except payments under appropriations, must
be made by the Auditor, and countersigned
by the Comptroller.
The Auditor OF State shall every three
months, and oftener if he sees fit, settle
with the Treasurer and compare Sheir &C.
counts, and ascertain, by count and inspec-
ton, the amount and cont ton of the funds
securities, etc. in the Treasury, and report
The result os said examination to the Gov
ernor.
All local receivers Of State money, such
as canal collectors, must deposit in the most
convenient County Treasury.
AT any time when deemed necessary,
either branch OF the Legislature may make
a joint or separate examination into the
condition of the Treasury, without previous
notice.
The County Auditor and Commissioner
shall examine the County Treasures once
in three months, and the Probate JIdge
shall once in six months appoint a compe:
tent person, without any previous notice to
the Treasurer, v no shall make the rough ex
animation of The Books, etc. and count the
money and vouchers of the Treasurer anc
report the result.
All payments frem the state and county
treasury are required to be made in specie
as folio VS.: On and after
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22
The Townsend Trial in Canada.

TeRosro, C. W., Wed, April =. 1858.
After Townsend's acquittal yesterday of
the murder OF Constable Richards at Mer.
rittsville, he was again committed for trial
for the murder Of Nel!is at Cayuga. The
trial just concluded has been the most ex-
traordinary'oD record. The verdict rendered
was received with great aston shment.
MERRIrrsvILLE,C C. W, April 4 1858.
Sylvester Doane, a witness who testified
against Townsend in his recent trial for
murder, was attacked last night when on
his way home, and nearly beaten to deaf!
His assailants were two men who issued
from the woods as he passed. and are sup
posed to De accomplices Of Townsend
They both escaped. Doane is not expected
to live. The excitement which previously
existed here in consequence of Townsend.
acquittal, has been very much augmented b!
his outr age.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

CoNsEcTicur.-The Senate (complete)
stands Is Republican, 6 Democratic. The
Republi cans lose the Danbury, Saybrook
and Windsor Districts by small majorities,
balancing their gains in the Stamford,
Bridgeport and Waterbury Districts.
The House is also largely Reput lican-
much more SO than last year.
We think Gov. Buckiugham's majority
will somewhat exceed 5000. The other
Republican State candidates run quite as
well, except that American candidates were
run against two OF them, which may hive
taken off votes enough to defeat their cleo
ton blythe people. The Legisla ture will
soon make that all right.
R. H. Wirslow (Dem.) has twenty-three
majority over Morris Ketchum for Repre-.
sentative of Westport. Last year, Mr.. W lin
slsw's party had over 100 majority.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

ILLINOIS. = Twen,y-three counties of
Southern Illinois, (Egypt,) which at the
last Presidential election cast the subjoined
woe, Fremont, l,lS3, Buchanan, 22,4l7,
have lately held Democratic county conven-
tons, which, without dissent, endorsed the
position of Douglas and his followers, and
denounced the Lecompton fraud. The
Washing ton Union seems to nave no ter
rors for the faith ess in that region. A
special accommodating mill is needed out
there, but who is to start it, The Admin.
istration has already tried every possible
expedient to coax, bully, or euver The
ma!contents into line, but all in vain. Doug
las is the triumph an: lesder of illinois De-
mocracy.- Wheeling InteHioencer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22
Ohio.

The New York Post, of Wednesday, says:
'Ii is s~eventy.one years to-day, april TIN
since the emigrant party from Massachusetts,
landed in Marietta, Ohio. This was the
first permanent settlement of white inhabi-
tants in that Territory. Among those who
went with the infant colony were General
Lewis Cass, Ex-Governor Woodbridge, Of
Michigan, and DR. Hildreth, who yet live,
and enjoy a hale ard vigorous old age.
"What a change is seventy-one years!
Ohio has now Two million five hundred thou
sand people, industrious, enterprising, INTEL
ligent. She has IS, 0CO 900 of taxable prop
erty, SO 500 600 in school houses, and an
annual school tax for the education OF all
her children of 81 800 900; and more miles
OF canal and railroad than any State in the
Union. How wonderful has been he: growth
and her progress IN all elements OF material,
moral, and intellectual wea lth.'-O. S.
Journal,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

SoUTH IDEAS OF WoRKIEGMEN.-De Bows
Southern Review, in an article discuss ng
Eli Thayer's scheme of organized emigra
ton, lets out its contempt of l~aboring m n
in the 70 llOwing sentences:
"We should like Messrs. Sumner and
Thayer's plot better, if they would dispense
with the common schools, rifles, and the
right Of Suffrage, for their laborers! These
things are not useful or necessary to CON-
mon laborers, beget idleness and discomfort,
ard in time degenerate insurrections, rovo.
luton, anarchy and agrarianism!"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

Ho1opa,'s Pills Coughs, colds, inlu.
enza, and asthmatic affections are always
more or less associated with irregularities
of the secretions. The stomach, the bowels
and the liver, came OF be in a healthy con-
d:tion while the lungs and the air passages
leading to them are INSTRUCTED, and in all
diseases of the respiratory organs the eject
of the Pills is highly salutary. As an out.
ward application for sore throat, Group, as
TINA, and bronchitis, Hol!oway's Ointment
is invaluable. II soon relieves the irritation
of the mu Gus membrane nf the trachea and
the bronchial tubes, and removes that cho-
king sensation so Attaining in Group and as
thma.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22
The Southern Convention.

The Southern Convention is to resssem.
Bile at Montgomery, Ala, on the 10th Of
May. Mr.. ]. r. De Bow, President of the
last Convention, ANNOUNCES, on behalf oil
the Stand ing Committee, the follow list
of topics, for the approaching session.
1. The question of master and slave
involving the physical and religious improve
ment of the slave; the subject of slave laws
and police; the reclamation of slave prop
efty taken away by fraud or force, end the
modes OF retaliatory legislation.
.. The question of the supply Of labor at
the South in IFS relation to the production
and consumption Of Southern commodities;
TO the free blacks; to the African fec; and
the action of England and France in the in
PRODUCTION of coolies and African apprentices.
5. The effect ofthe t,riff, banking. bounty
and navigation system upon the South, and
the reciprocal interests of the planter and
the merchant. ZOO. @
A.. The development of Southern agricul.
tural industry. a proper enlargement of the
iuduuldCluslHS anu COutlSTCioi anu u
improvement systems, and the subject Of
ocean steamers and marls.
5. The resources and self-sustaini ing
capacities of the Slaveholding States and
the establishment and independence of heI
literary and educational system. a
6. The political relations of the South
under the Federal Constitution, and The for
eign policy to be supported; the mainten-
ance and extension of her Institutions within
The limits OF the Union and beyond them,
and her means of defense and security from
aggressions, present and prospective.
To which the Tribune adds that "since
the Fl. e-eaters IRE reconciled to the neces-
sity of discussing 'the religious improve
ment of the Slave we trust the Executive
Committee of the American Tract Society
will no longer persist in disobeying the ex-
press orders OF the Society with regard to
that subject. ,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22
@The following are a few of the contin-
gent expenses Of The National House o.
Representatives for the year 1857:

, One would think in reading these over
thar indeed woman had triumphed, and even
pow filed the Legislative Hall. Many of
the articles named are appropriate TO the
Ladies toilet, but what Congressman have
to do with such. we are at q loss to say, but
then we have never been to Washington
Oh! the Democracy, the great economists.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

-.
Both Houses of Congress have voted
fora Committee of conference on the Kan
sas question. The vote in the lower House
was a tie, and carried only by the Speaker
giving the casting cote. It's difference from
the previous votes Oh this matter is in four
Northern Democrats voting for the Confer
-ence. THEY were Messrs. ENGLISH of In
diana, HALL and P~ENDLEroN of Ohio, and
Owen JONES Of Pennsylvania. These gen
tlemen claim to be governed By Pariiamen-
tary courtesy alone; if so the result will not
be changed. But should they be wayering
the result may change.
The Committee from the Senate consists
of GREEN of Missouri, HUNTER OF Virginia,
and SEwARp of New York. Two southern
,Lecemptonites, and one Northern Republi-
can. The House Committee is composed Of
Messrs. ENGLISH, STEPHENS, and HOARD.
We expect this committee 10 bring in some
kind of a substitute that will ca tch a few OF
the Democrateand Kansas may yet come
In, In some form. This is evidently the in
tent of the friends of Lecompton, and the
committee is just the one to accomplish the
thing desired; three Southern Democrats,
one Northern Democrat of doubtful position
one Repub lican Who has never taken a very
active part in the struggle. and only one,
able, fearless, member out of the six to de-
fend the people oil Kansas and the principle
of right. We may not do Mr.. HOARD JUS
tice but the courtesy Of right demanded that
some Republican from the North who had
stood foremost in the ranks should have
been chosen. The end is not yet.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

GFThe st. Louis Herald says that the
kidnapping of children from three to seven
years of age, has become very common in
that city; the npPosition being shat they
are either mutihted or disfgured, or taken
to other places, to be used afor vicious or
criminal purposes.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

@The old King OF Russia has become
stark mad. He imagiues himself a private
soldier, who has Just received his commits
sion rs ensign, but he lost his parchment,
and is constantly hunting. He thinks his
sid-de.csmp is commanding officer, and dis
likes that he has SO little confidence as to
be always watching him. He still wears
the crown although Aopelessly crazy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

G-The St. Paul Minnesotian publishes
a list Of eighty four of the lakes Of Mime
sofa. which vary in size from to thirty
miles in length. There are many more lakes
in the Territory, but these were. omitted
the list because they have no names.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

The last section provides for the punish
men of embezzlement, &c. 1t makes no
requirement of specie payments into treas
ury.-Ohio STATE Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

OS-Many friends, like cards, are flung
down upon he ground, as soon as those
who have been playing with them have got
I'll the, cared for out Of them.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

6rIfw ill be remembered that the Liq-
uor party cp<fl1a sbe election ie Maine in
1855 and rsfs,lef the PrOileltory Law.
enscting ONE p Lieence instead. The
friends Of the aecursed traffic r, ised the cry
of victory all over the land, but what is the
result! The old law has been tried, and the
people will have none of it, The opposition
have again triumphed and enacted a law
similar to the first, with the provision that
ihe,two laws should be subpied to q d.
reet vote of the people. T6z0EEs fair and
impartial provision the Liqpor party and
s.ave Dsnaeracysskjses. We presume i,
is but rfgh ibst ths1 win agents Ct th e
s~ssilshould act ID We do hope the
lppce partyjn Maine win be able to
svole that vill be a lasting rebuke to
tb1 s(arid1 lxafic.
3f6e 5 government has under
cons Iteration ti1t abolition Of Slavery in
Gnba and Porto Rico. The but half-enlight-
ened people of Spain here sets us an exam
pie 10 political e economy and morals.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-04-22

4 PPLICATION WILL BE MADE
"A 10 The Commis sioners of Belmont county at
their next session in May. lass. foi a view and To-
cation of county road IRON The East end of the
bridge on Lambert Ponds land, ON the National
Road, about one mile East OF 81. Clairsville. thence
down the run to Ault's Run, aud down At's Run
10 It's mouth; and for q review and alteration OF The
nom the mouth Of Ault's Kun ls the q. o.. Rail
Road, so that SAID road will run on The NORTH aida
Of Little Mehshon's Greek TO the ford near Dsxonr
barn, and thence to said Raj Road At tas line BE-
'"esh shieids and Nsu' piS