Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-11-18
GLEANINGS FROM LATE MAILS.

Xenia. a
@TAe Cincinnati Enquirer says that
Deputy U. 8. Marshal, Benz. P. Churchill,
has resigned.
rMr. Lovejoy's majority in his QIId)
Congressional district, Illinois, will exceed
sercn thousand, gam of one thousand over
1856.
0TMr. Ronsom Castor, of Ober,iL, WIS
thrown from his wagon on Saturday last.
and 80 badly injurnd chat he died in few
hours
G1he Ponseroy Telegraph reports that
the Sash Factory Of ]. w. Jones, of Shef.
field, was struck by lightning and totally
consumed on Saturday night last.
JSince Morpby has been in Europe .up
to the time of the close of the Harrwitz
game. he has played III games, is of which
he lost, SO won, and Is were drawn.
@By the last accounts ex-President
Pierce and Mrs. Pierce were soiourning in
Rome. The ex-President was in good health
but Mrs. Pierce's health had not improved
0TDr. Frederick F. Backus, a premi.
neut physician and politician of Western
New York, died 1t Rochester on the 4th
inst, aged 81.
@The Rev. w. c. French, of Ironton,
| Ohio, has been invited to the Rec,orship
of the Episcopal church in Oberlin. The
new Church ediice in that place is nearly
completed. e..
0TThe Freeman's Journal contrad;cts
the statement that the Pope has forbidden
the use Of the name Mary for children. We
are glad of it, for with Byron we shave a
passion for the name of Mary"
@Dr, W. w. Eckles, who lived near
Vincennes, Ind, was found dead in his bed
few mornings since. He was reformed
inebriate, but returned to his old habits
within the last few months.
THoL. ]. Clancy Jones h4s resigned
his seat in Congress. His letter of resign
alton to Gov. Packer is dated the first inst.
An election for a successor is ordered to be
held early in December.
| @The alterations in the wall which
surrounds Christ Church burying ground.
in Philadelphia, have been completed, and
Franklin's tombstone can now be seer
through the rallied opening.
NRichmond l.. Jones, son Of Hon. J..
Clancy Jones, has been appointed private
Secretary to Commander Rigeley, of the
steamer Atalanta, one of the feet ordered
upon the exhibition tc Paraguay.
@The schooner Pilot was lost off Chi
cago, on Monday night, in a storm, and s.
w. Derrickson and gentleman from
South Haven, Michigan, name unknown,
went down with the wreck.
OTThe New York correspondent of The
! Boston Journal states that upon the con-
lempIaIed division of the Protestant Episco-
pal Diocese of Maryland, Bishop Southgate,
un:il recently rector of the Church OF the
| Advent. Boston, will be invited to fill the
vacancy. ...
LoSG LOOK AHEAp.--The Raleigh CORE.
spondent of The Nerburn IN. Co. Daily
Progress mentions that Mr.. Buchanan and
Hon. Jacob Thompson rnd Hon. A. v.
Brown, will visit North Caroline early next
summer, and be present at Commencement
at Chapel Hill.
6FAmongst other disgraceful revelations
in the contested case between Blair and
Barrett, the fact has been brought to light
tina, some thirty pardoRs we're issued to con-
victs. under sentence Of the Criminal Court,
On condition that they should vote for Bar
ret.
CoURT HOUSE AT GALLIPoLIs BURNED
-Fhe Court House ct GalIipolis was en-.
tireIy destroyed by fire on Monday night.
but the papers and documents in it were all
saved. The FIRE is supposed to have been the
work Of an incendiary. The building cost
$4,000, and was insured in the Etna for
81, 900.
JThe Douglas Democrats of this CO.
hold meeting in Cadis, this "wednesday
evening, "ior the purpose of taking into
consideration the ,sisdow and justice of GER
tain political measures, and adopting rule
of action for the future. The call is signed
"John s. Pearce and many other Demo-
crats."-Cadis Republican, lOh inst.
GJJudge Test, of Indiana, in giving his
opinion in divorce case recently before
him, said: "The advocates of Free-Love
could not ask the enactment OF q statute
more favorable to their views than our pres
ent divorce laws. Mormon polygamy is
better, for that at least compels the husband
to provide for, and project his numerous
wives"
ICharles H. Larabee, Esq, who COM
menced life here in Xenia as an ssistaDi
engineer on the surveys of the Little VI iami
Railroad, has just been elected 10 Congress
from Wisconsin. II gives US pleasure to
hear Of the success of our old friend-it
will give us equal pleasure to hear that he
ronounces Locofocoism sand all it's works"
-Isnia TorcaLight.
Very fur ny it is, says The Precedence
Journal, 10 read the Democratic. papers
which the mails bring us, and which were
published just before the election. These
papers are full OF predictions Of success IN
the districts which the Republicans have
swept by immense majorties, that have
been already recorded by the telegraph, in
advance of the adverse publications that
come by mail.
The Bcuefontaine Republican tells
that man named Sparks, who was sen, to