Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-12-30
eLRAN1Nas FROM LATE MAILs.1

A FuLL There are sew
en- hundred and twenty-five convicts in the
Ohio Penitsntiary--being seventeen more
han there are &c lls. The cry is, 'stiIl they
:ome.' IS
ETMR. J. H REAeAN bad been making
/ speech in the Texas Legislature, in which
he declares there 10 no more chaace Of max
ing Slave State of Sonora than there is
to torn one in the moon and annex it.
Coon Prices FOR NEekoEs.-There was
I trustees sale of twenty negroes at Fayet.
tevilie. Tenn. on the llth, at which ex.
high prices were obtained. The
sale was for cash, and the twenty negroes
brought $40 ,ooo.5o.
@Morphy and Rarey, both Americans,
h.vs created quite sensa,ioa in the Euro.
pesn world. One is the Prince of chess
players, and the other is Monarch among
horses. The feats of both have been won.
derful. ----s.v. s.. ....-t.-
The TRurn 0ursPoKEH.-7Re Mo6is
Register. with more irankness than wisdom,
says: LET the Democratic party become.
in its organization, as IL Is soU in it, -.
seafisl organization. . Southern sectional
party" os.--I-- a.s -sss-sss 7 7e 4
SourHERx JusrIcE-TAs Memphis En-
qviser learns that Eve mea were recently
hung in Red River Bottom, Ark, for horse
stealing, BY a company Of regulators. One
of the bodies has the following inscription
on his back: Tennessee horse thief; if
you like him better than do, you can take
him down and bury him" 17a.s 20
OF The caarkston Nsss regards " E.
BudAANAx's Cuban policy as the policy Of
the South,' adding:
The ssfeiy OF our slave institutions, the
strengthening Of Southern military and
naval defepces, tf,e interests Of our com.
merce. and the increase OF the South In the
Union or on, Of il, will be promoted BY the
acquisition Of Cubs.'
The PosrnARxINs OF. EsvELoPEp LET.
rxns.-The MeEs of Liege states that a
shemis, of { at town has invented . paper
for making the envelopes Of letters, which
has the property Of Reproducing on the
paper inelosed the postmark which 10 stamp
ed on the outside. One great inconveni-
ence of the present envelope will be thus
removed. as every inelosure viii Dear the
official date of its transmission. of ~
TIE MEssAeE.-The message of the
President makes up in length wha: it lack s
in breadth and depth. After all the expec.
tations formed Of IT,, from the -promonitory
pufiings of the organs, as a severe rebuke
TO the dissfected Democrats II reminds US
Of the practical joke of Emperor Gallienus
who ordered male factor to be plsced in
the smphithester and exposed to the fury of
lion. but secretly gave orders to have q
chicken set upon him.-Eo,ssspale Journsi
GrA blind map named Phillips was ar.
rested and lodged in the Station House last
uight on the complain; OF his mother The
pair were from Kentccky, and bound fol
Mt. Pleasant in Jefferson Comfy. The
man Phillips, was arrested at the notorious
bawdy house of Phillip Barnell in state o.
intoxica,ion; and about ..one hundred and
sixty dollars were taken from his person BY
Marshal CofTroth. This amount OF needfu
was bestowed upon him BY friends on the
dark and bloody ground TO enable him te
visit relatives in this State.-O S. Jour
ROBBERY AND MUHpER.-Tbroughoui
Mexico a general dissolution has taken
place, anarchy. in sll its hideous forms pre-.
tsents to the eye of stranger horid spec
tucle. Guadalajara has been the scene o.
like events. The Prussisn Consul was as.
saulted and robbed of scme $500 ,ooe BY
General Bancarte. one of the rsactionar,
forces, and the flag of the Consul was % lu-
ted by the firing of twenty one guns in hon
or of the affair. -..- ..-s AN ..-
| Mr. Glenn and son, Americana, of North
Carolina, travelling frousthis city to the in
terror. " ere murdered yesterday and robbed
Of some six thousand dollars in gold and sill
yer. His wife and three children are nov
under the care of Dr.. Martin. in Satillo
who has kindly offe red 20 attend and treat
them for the wo unds they received from
these treacherous scoundrels. The mur.
derers are still at large in the open streets
of Saltillo. -.... .la.
A Mas CoSFEssEs HIMSELF A MUIR
pEREn --On Saturday evening, a man. who
gave his name as Peter Martin, went to the
Police Office in St. Louis, looking the per.
feet picture of des2eirs and surrendered
hi mself into the hands Of the authorities
ssying that be was a murderer. The first
words he uttered were, Il can stand il no
longer; my life 10 burthep, and must re-
vesl.' He then proceeded to state that,
sbout six weeks ago, he came to s.. Louis
on a boat, from Cairo; that on the way up
feilnw passenger. whose name be did aot
know, attempted to rob hin, and that VIII lie
the boat was in this port he sought quar-.
rel with the unknown man, in which he
stabbed him and then pitched the body over
board, throwing the knife after him. He
could not name the boat, aud, in short, the
Hab,ve was all his story, which story must
be regarded, if true, as q remarkable in
stance of the rem Irse oft onscience. Every.
th ing a5out the man seemed to bespesk the
truthfulness of his statement, and, at his
own request, he was placed IN the calaboose,
to await an investigation Of his representa-
Ftions.-fM. Louis Repgblican, !. asia ult.
Turned Loase'' Again.