Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-12-16

w MUSES. L'eU TluuB Bdfldn SentIcU0H,
was arrested yesterday, at the American
Hotel, charged with swindling, and taken
before His Honor,tke Mayor, where he was
confronted by six indignant farmers, to
whom he had disposed of forty yards OF
rotten cloth, at SIX dollars yard. Moses
chuckled at the idea of men allowing them
selves to be swindled, and then being fools
enough to tell of it, and his full, round
form shock with inward mirth, causing a
half suppressed smile to play over his sleek,
red face. Moses evidently felt gleeful, and
inquired for "coot lawyer" "Shudge
Rangin" vas mentioned and Shudge RaDgiD
was sent for. Meanwhile Samuel Galloway
and H. c. Noble were busy making ont sf-
fidav.ts of Jno. K. Young, Saml. Bygert,
IL. T. Hendron, Jas Ferguson, WIN. Wal
ker: & 1Los. Lilly, the six whom Moses had
v;ctimized. When the preiminaries were
arranged and all ready, Saml. Bygert was
called and stated that Loeb was introduced
tc him by Jno. X. Young who stated that
he had visited this country for the sole Pur-
pose of introducing breed of Hungarian
sheep, and his plan was to leave from ten
to fifty sheep with farmer, and take one
half the wool for his pay, giving the farm
er the other half and all the increase. Loeb's
father had countless numbers of sheep in
Hungary land any quantity of ships to bring
them over in. He was going to estab ish
a large mandatory to work up this wool
in Columbus. which made magnificent cloth
"shust like dis" and Moses displayed his
rotten stuff-and as you are going to take
some of the sheep you can have six wards
for six dollars per yard-wear like leather,
cheaper than most cloth for nothing. Mr.
Bygert was enraptured with the prospect of
having fine flock o. sheep for nothing,
and bought eleven yards os cloth, planked
S66 in cash, and made a contract for fl ftv
sheep to be delivered next March. When
the swiDdler had departed, he exam ned his
purchase and found it made OF old clothe<
ground up and manufactured like paper.
Dir Young stated now he was talked to
BY Moses, and induced to introduce him to
the neighborhood, and on this the case
rested. The Mayor bound him over to the
Probate, in the sum of 1850. We believe
Mr.. Kelsey, of the American, became his
security. His valise was examined, which
produced nothing but old memorandums and
wearing apparel. From reports it is safe
to say, that this precious scamp has sold
cloth to the amount of over one thousand
dollars in this county alone.--O. S. Jour.
OTThe St. Paul Mnnesotian speaks of
Gov. Sibley's Thanksgiving Proclamaiion-I
which we confess does read as if it were is
sue d on eompulson, and not from any in
clinatinn TO give tn anks-thus:ss
ave protest against it as cold. heart.
less and unchristian document. As wooden
in sentiment; bald in expression; without
expansveness OF idea or generousness in
thought. As redolent only of the narrow
mindedness he got by trading in beads,
blankets and breech clouts-in ribbons,
strouds, calico and moccasins; without dis.
playing an iota of that big-soaled apprecia-
tion OF the gifts of Deity which an honest
Christian gentleman, if in such p''sition,
would naturally give utterance to.
lie approaches the throne OF or with
the same cold tone, in the same formal man
ner and for the same reasons and cuus,s
with which he approaches the Legislature,
with vetoed Lill in his pocket, or with his
Signature 10 the appr priation bill granting
himself $40 600 contingent or stealing
fIud, accompanied with protest against
the stationary and postage stamp stealing
of members IL would seem as if God AL
mighty and the moccasin Democracy were
on rather distant and formal terms. Last
year Acting Governor Secretary Chase
favored us with Proclamation which did
not even re cognize the existance of a Deity.
But Democratic Legislature has since
this much: and Mister Siblry in
his Proclamation ventures so far from the |
path of safe Democratic precedent as to
lnote the admission contained in the laS,
but nothing more. The Moccasin Democ-
'acy are afraid to praise their enemy too
rightly"
NORFOLK, Va, Dec. ll.--Jno. Gordon,
eamen, WIS murdered to-day on board the
,nrk Susan w. Lind. of Havona. which inst I