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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

,,,'t 81; .;hensd ana refreshed. Eo took
soyi:e Sigh. Eourishnent, al;i attempted to
-; up frnm lis beT';l WITHOUT assistance;
;iie ei!, ri was too much for him, however.
ard bis soi. Tho had lett the room 4, MS
rrqres; b"t stood ut the door, saw Elm fall
az ie attempted 10 s'ard. He OF on-e went
II. raised him rrd LAID h III upon the couch
Seeing that he was g-eativ distressed in
breathing, se went Immediately for Dr.
Sm III IN, surgeon of the ship. ! me; hlm
on deck. AMI hearing OF his fathers cordi-
Ton. weut -; once 10 his rom | found him
wholic unconscious breathing with difficulty
Isl; periec,'y quiet and seeming asleep. Drs
Bsadie and Dubois were present, and had
entesynTeG 10 gre him s;imuart-but be
was unable 10 swallow. and II was evident
;ia, Re w=s Gy:u-. He continued in this
state fcr about hall an hour-his breathing
became slower and slnwer, until finally il
ceased altogether. and that was all. Not a
mcve menI Of muScls--uot spasfn or a
,remor of anY kind. betrayed The momoni
when his spirit took his departure An in
fan, wearicd with play on mer's eve
could not hare fallen usleep more gently
His renla ns were placed in ice and taken
TO Hsvre. from Which they will be returned
to New York by the Vanderbilt, whicI
leaves on the 18th inst.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

o. The Ohio STATE Jou nal publishes q
full report Of The argument of Attorney
General Wolcoit in behaI o. the STATE, IN
the habeas corpus case of Bushnell and
Langslcn, convicted and imprisoned under
the Fugitive law of 1850. We wish we
mad room in The TRIBUNE for this master
ly exposition OF the Constitution. We
agree with The Journal. "that in the direct
ness and purity OF its logic, the symmetrical
and orderly process of its argument, in its
copious array OF historical and legal facts,
and in the systematic and effective group
ing of its conclusions, it will compare favor
ably with the proudest forensic efforts Of the
American bar. Mr.. Wolcott is a young
man, but it we NAV Judge of his power ana
his requirement by this argument, he is
worthy the highest Judicial hOnors '. Y.
Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30
Sale of Real Estate
by Order of Probate Court,

ON THE Esd day OF JULY, 1859 between thu
W hours OF 10 a. M, and P. ~, of said day, tho
undersigned will ofi.r oI sale, upon the premises,
situated in Warren township, Belmont county o
the following lands and tenrnents, wit: Lot No.
l. being part of the South West or of Sec 3, town
ship 8, and range 6, described as follows: Begin.
ming for said Lot in the middle of the road leading
from the Barnesvilie and Wuodshed road TO Nor.
risrown. and running thence L 4 75-l00 perches;
thence ;. 33 E. - perches; thence l2o E. IL
perclIes; thence s g. E perchcs; thence S S3io
w. 29 40-lOU perches; thence !. l3o w d A. .OO
peTches; thence : 6iao W. 20 10 100 perches;--
thence North 65o E. 6S &c. .OD perc.les; thence W.
l6 l5-lU0 perches; thence North perch to the
place OF beginning, containing u acres ind l40
perchas.
ALSU-Lnt No. 2, in same section, townshia
and range. brgianing at a stone planted - south
Ui the NOrih West carrier Ui said Or, and running
theme" Z. So percheS; rheace ). 10 perches thence
T. 2S-lCO; thence ). perch; thence s 2ii ? w.
- ;0-lJJ pcrchss: thence 5. 314o w 80 perches;
thence N. 32@0 w - perches; thence N. 2 45-i0O
p rciiss; thrnce y. 5llo w Is perches; thence N.
6l0 We nerches; thence y. 59o w. 10 2S-lO0
perches; thence II. 6S D. 100 perches TO the place
at beginning: containing AZ acres, 10 perches.
Said land i uaincHmlt rel wi III DOVER, and is
appraised at Si100, and will be sold in seperate
Lois
TERMS One-third in hand; one-third in one
year. aud one thi.d in TWO years.
JOEL DOUDN4,
Jnn23ts Admir- OF ofJonathan Lupton, decd
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

HoLLowAY's PiLLs.-No dwelling in any
district infested with fever and ague, or any
phase of remtteDt or intermittent fever
should ever he without this powerful tonic
and anti-bilious medicine. 4 few doses
break up the chills, and completely crush
out the principle of the disease Arsenic and
Quiniue are often used to check fever and
ague, but relapse always supervenes. The
sra, Of the complaint is in The bile ard in
the blood, and the only preparation in exist,
ence which will inevitably purge out the
miasmaric virus from the secretions and the
circulation, is Holiowav's great internal
remedy. As tonic, corrective, and alter
native, i: stands alone.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30
MILLION OF .-HoI ace Greeley

4 MILLION OF BUFFvLo.-Hol ace Greeley
writing from the plains, makes the follow
ing estimate of the number of buffalo:
What strikes the stranger with most
amazement is their immense numbers. /
know a million is great many, but am
confident we saw that number yesterday
Certainly all we saw could not have stood
on ten square miles of ground. Often, the
couStry for miles on either hand seemed
quite black with them. The sol is rich,
ard wei! matted with their favorite grass
Yet it is all Except very little on the
creek bottoms, near to timber.) eaten down
like an overtaxed sheep pasture in a dry
August. Consider that we have traversed
more than one hundred miles in width since
we first struck them, and that for most o.
this distance the buffalo have been constant
iy in sight, and that they continue for some
twenty-five miles further on--ths being the
breadth of their present range, which has a
length of perhaps a thousand miles, and you
have some approach to an ieea of theil
countless millions. doubt whether the
domestcated horned cattle oftha United
States equal the numbers, while they mus
fall considerably short in weight of those
wild ones.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

OTThs CieUeiahd Herad says that Judge
Rufus P. Ranney, the Democra attic nominee
for Governor of Ohio, is as strong man
as could be found in the party but adds:
"The ticket is CT the giraffe order, stand
ing tall in front and s!oping off suddenly be-
hind, for we notice Mr.. 4 len of Harrison
Is candidate fer Commissioner of Schoo 5.
an ofiice, OF ali others, requiring mental cul-
rivatlon, high literary requirements and
taents as all educator. Dir. A Hen is good
party man, AM serves well as DEPUTY Uni
ted States Marsha and juror in nigger
case. He was the man vino served on the
Bushnell Jury while at the same time he
was an officer Cf the Federal Court
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

The OPPosITloN Ticker Whatever OBJ
jections may be urged against certain pro-
ceedings OF the Convention a, Columbus. on
Thursday, and against the Platform it IS un-
questionable that the ticket is strong one
The attacks made upon Judge Gholson in
the American Association last night, as re-
ported elsewhere, were in bad taste, and
are rIere specimens Of spltelulness. II
there is vulnerable man on the ticket
Judge Ghulson is not that man. The eau
didAte for State Auditor is Hon. Robert w.
Taylor, State Senator from Mahouing
county. He is regarded one octhe cearesl
headed and ablcst inanciers in the State
His reputation is frs: class in every re
Spect, and he is one Of the strongest of
the strong Candidates on the ticket Gin
Commercial.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

OETThe elixir" prepared by DR.. JAS
WILLIAMS, for the cure of DysrErSy, and
nothing but rYsPErsT, (as Advertised in an
other column,) has, by lis own merits, OBJ
tanned Tor itself 80 high u reputation in
Philadelphia. that Physicians acquainted
with its properties. are using it themselves
and prescribing it to their patients, CON
vinced. BY observation, Of its great efficacy
in restoring the disordeged digestive organs
to healthy function. Numerous cases OF
Dyspepsy, OF the most aggravated tnGrac-
Ter, which were abandoned as incura5lc by
some rf the Mcdica! Faculty, have, By the
use of this Elixir, been restored to perfect
health, MS attested certificates testify.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30
Mr.. Douglas on the Presidential
Question.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, June %, 1858.

WASHINGTON, Thursday June %, 1858.
The friends of Judge Doug as here are in
possession of the following letter, explain
ing his position of the subject Of the Presi-
oency, and of which they have permitted j
copy to be taken for publications:
"WAsHINGroN Wednesday. June %, 80
My DEAR Sir: have received your
letter inquiring whether my friends aie at
liberty to present my name 10 the Charles
ton Convention Tor the Presidential nomi-
nation.
"Belore the question can be finally de-
termned, it will be necessary 20 understand
distintly upon what issue the canvass IS 20
be conducted. If, as have full faith they
will, the Democratic parry shall determine,
in the Presidential election of 1850, 10 ad-
here TO the principles embodied in the COM
promise measures of 1850, and ratified by
the people in the Presidential election of
1852, and reaffirmed in the Kansas Nebraska
act of 1884, and incorpora ed into the Gin
cinnati Platform in 1856, as eXpounded by
Mr.. Buchanan in bis accepting the nomina,
lion, and approved by the peOple--in that
event my friends will be at liberty to pre-
sent my name to tfe Convention, if they
see proper 20 do so. If, on the contrary, it
shall become the policy of the Democratic
Party--which cannot anticipate-to repu-
date these, their time-honored principles,
on which we have achieved so many pairi-
otic triumphs. ard if, in lieu of them, the
Convention shall inierpolate into the creed
of the party such new issues as the revival
of the African slave trade, or Congress
sional slave code for the Territories, or the
doctrine that the Con sti,uticn of the United
States either establishes or prohibits Sa.
very in the Territories. beyond the power
Of the people legally to control it as other
property, it Is due 10 candor to say that. in
such an event, could not accept the nomi-
nation if rendered to me. Trusting that
this answer will be deemed sufficiently ex-
plicit.
81 am, very respectfully, your friend,
IS. A. DOUGLAS.
"To ]. B. DoRR, esq.,. Dubuque, Iowa. u
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Dr.. Baily is Dead.

Dr.. GA1lLIEL BiILV, Ejiior Of the Ma
tionaI Era, died on the 9th inst, on board
The stem ship Arago. lie w.s on his way
q Europe. in the vain hope of recruiting
his health, " hiclt has been sinking under
MS srdunrs labor DR.. BLrLY was great
inan. lie ha. left his mark On the politi-
cal history Of this country. He has ever
sai freedom to the Euman race. He was
u man vi unflipching integrity, OF high moral
worth, one who knew the right and feared
nci to perform. In his death the nation has
suffered a common calamity. We give be.
low the account OF bis death, given by Mr..
REygoKp, the Editor OF the Aeu York Times
who was also passenger.
STEAMER ARAGo, OFF SoUTKAmrToE,}
Thursday June 8, 1859.
have sad news for NY first letter. DR..
Bailey, the well-known edilor OF the Ma
,ional Era, q, Washington, died on board
the Arsgo on Sunday last. at a little, past
8 O'Clock in the afternoon. He came on
beard en- invalid. and was hoping thai relief
from toll and change of scene would restore
the strength and vigor which he incessant
and strenuous lsbors of his profession had
grestlv impaired. | had known for some
time before leaving New York that he was
Ill, but wes surprised to find, as | saw him
sitting upon ieck, just after passing Qua
rsntine, how thin end pals and feeble he
looked. ] gathered from his conversation
that he did not consider himself 10 be seri-
ously i'll, al least that his lungs were not af-
fected, but that long-con,inued dyspepsia
and the nervous excitement which his la
bors h d induced, had combined to bring
about the weakness under which he SUI
fered. --. r...
For the frs, Two or three dsys he was
upon deck for the greater part of the time
Tie weather was fresh, though not un-
pleasantly cold, and the sea not rough
enough 10 occasion any considerable els.
comfort. The motion. however, affected
him disagreeably. lie slept badly, had no
appetite. and could relish nothing but g
little fruit now and then. His eldest son
was v ith him, ami attended upon him with
eli sons fond sol.citude--eycept myself
do not think he had another ecQualn.
lance on BOARD. He wes cheer iull, social
and leiked with interest of everything con,
nec.ed with public affairs at home and abroad
lie suffered some Inconvenience from the
fact that Eis room was below, ard that he
could only reach il by descending two pain
of zisirs. We occasionally made couch
Of cushions for him upon deck, when he be-
cane fat,gued--hu: this made rim too CON
spcuous for bis iaete, aad he seemed un
easily fearful OF stiraciing attention to him
self, dc Kn invalid
Af'er Tuesday he sea became remarkably
,rlor,h, and 70 cont.n .nued to the end of iht
..yss, But il br, ughl him no relef--hi,
.,.slgh b ia. i with ra.lng appetite, and oI
= r-G ;, On laying too long upon deck
o.. k..v.d. 10 iich Eept him to bis rooz
lex. g.. Diaerw sc ne seemed about a.
Usual, ,..rlUga that day uud Saturday, an,
on Sunday lnurnina seemed even better
savirc ihat hr had slsp' nHBsusily well am
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30
Kansas Election.

The LeapenTorth Times givss ths,result o.
the lsie election OF Delesasss to sqs Cons,i
u,ionsI Convention, &c follows, Republi-
cans twenty-nine. Democrats twenty, doubt
iul three. In -eavenworth. ten delegates
wee chosen. all Democrats, and it is be.
lieved that when some five or sx Hundred
fraudulent votes are stricken out, that the
result Will be charged. With ell .hi-1 our
Demo cratic exchanges Sc jubilant ever the
Democratic gains and talk of Kansas COM
ing into the Uniun es Democratic State.
II surh should be the case, we have no doubt
bat that there would be sufficient of peopu-
lsiion TO admit her without question. II
is bt tier to be a Democratic, Than free
Sta,e--so saith Democracy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

0EFMr. Wright. American Embassador
at the Court OF Berlin, has offered 80 coo
thalers for the library lett by Alexander von
Humboldt. Ii is rot probable that, under
the pressure of the present times. be will
meet with many, if any, competitors in
Prussia or Germany. The nheritor of these
literary treasures is the late valet OF the
deceased philosopher, who, from the nature
of his circumstances, cannot be expected to
wait any length of time for the realization
of tine bequest. Thus it is probable that the
tDols and implements, as it were, of the
greatest mind-workman of modern Europe
will be removed to the United States.
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who manage the telegraph not to diffnse
part of our statement, without giving sub
stantially the whole; and we beg the press
generally to unite with us in warning the
whole people against another rush to these
gold mines. as il-advised as that of last
>pring-a rush sure to be followed like that
by stampede. but one far more destructive
of property and lle. Respectfully,
HORACE GREELEY,
A. d. RICHARDSON,
HENRY WILLARD.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

A Frog IN THE STOMACH THREE YEARS.
"A son of Mr.. Charles Davis, residing in
Goud's Court, leading from Montgomery
Eear Light street, has caused the family
great uneasiness Cor three years past, in
consequence of his being subject at tines,
for hours together, to spasms and terrible
fits. PHYSICIANS we're consulted but all
tacir investigations failed to reveal the
causes that produced the malaty. Yester-
day afternoon, about o'clock, when enter
ing the house the lad was seized with the
symptoms OF his malady, and, in a fit of
reiching, threw up upon the finor live
frog, about two inches in length. The frog
hoped gaily about the floor until secured
by the family Instant relief was expe-
rienced by the lad. His name is VIM.
Davis, and he is about ten years of age
He has no recollection of the time the frog
was taken inie his stomach but his father
thinks it was swallowed with his drink about
three years ago, when he was first afflicted
with fiis.-.Bditimor Sun. ...
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fETT The Baltimore Patriot, of June lltl


TTHe Baltimore Patriot, of June l lth 4,
saws:
"There are now elected at the North Ill
Opposition members, beside the anti-Le-
comploniles nominated and elected by the
Opposition, and without counting the six
Douglas Democrats. The Opposition from
the South in the last House numbered ii
1t has already gained one in Virginia, and
surely the defeat of Faulkner is an omen of
great significance in the South. Justices
detection has only hurt himself. for New
Orleans gave 900 majority week ago.
We expect TO gain, at least, certninIy in
Tennessee, 3 in Kentucky, . in North Car
oina, and in Maryland. We expect other
gains; but we note only what we regard as
certain. These results will give us at least
"a Opposition members from the South"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

a>TPersonS advanced in life, and feeling the
hand OF time weighing heavily upon them, with
all its attendant lis, will find in the use OF Doctor
inonand's German Buffers, an Elixir that will in
still new life into their veIns iestore, in e
the energy and nrior al n4orc youthful DAYS; bu I'd
up their shTunken forms, and give health and en-
eTgy 10 their remaining years.
Ask tor iicctiaEd'S German BiHrS, prepared by
DIR. &. Nj. JACKSON, All Arch street, fhiindclp!ia.
They are 50 ID 10y druggists and storrkeepers, in
every town and yi.lngc IN the United States, w.
ladies, Canad,s and South America, at - cts. per
bottle. Jun2J3w
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30
Good Stories.

At the second centennial Celebration of
the settlement of Iladley, Mass, Rev. DR.,
Huntington, of Harvard College, who was a
native, told the following after.dinner re-
miniscences:
Professor Huntington commenced by re-
laiing an anecdo,c of DR.. Samuel Hopkins
The doctor, on one occasion, preached in
Northampton, Mass, and took dirner with
Governor Caleb Strong. Among other
dishes was pudding, which DR.. Hopkins de-
clined to taste, On the plea that pudding
made him dull in the afternoon, whereupon
said Governor Strong, doctor, did you
have pudding for breakfasti" The audience
receiving this story SO well, the speaker
said he would tell another. A certain par
ishionet of DR.. Hopkins, having been alb
sent many Sabbaths from church, the doc
tor called upon him and found him sick
upon which the doctor suggested to the
sick man that as he had been without the
means Of grace SO long. he would bring one
of his sermons and read to him. "Do so,''
WAS the iepis, 'icI Id|e HOT Ho aief Y
since The attack commenced" Moll Web
stef was noted witch, and suffered no, 4
little violence from the hands of the good
people for her supposed evil practices, At
last she died, and the neighbors carried her
body TO the graveyard. As they entered
the nsrrow gateway, one corner of the cof-
fin struck post. The jolt shock MoIl into
life, and she angrily asked what they were
about, and o. o'dered them to let her get out
and 90 home. she did SO, and lived several
years. At last she died in earnest, and a
second time they essayed to bury her. This
time, as they entered the church-yard, one
of the carriers whispered. in grea, alarm,
"for GODS sake be careful of the gate-post
this time"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

ft.rThe Mobile Tribune cor firms the re-
port that cargo Of slaves was recently
landed on the Florida coast. and says that
some of the barbarians are not now far
from Mobile.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30
A NEW SEWING MACHINE.
rFNHE HOME SEWING MACHINE


z COMPANY. of tie City of New York. is now
prerared introduce their new Double Thread
Sewing Machine. This Machine is entirely new,
and produces ce lebratei ID I5ie Loop stitch,
hi l. IN reality the only true Lock SItch."-
IL has been pronounced, by Competent judges, ths
hest Machine FOX family sewing ia the market, the
highest pricet ones not excepted; and the propri-
offer il To The consideration of intelligent
community with the greatest cOniidenCe that il is
desIiDed TO meet the wants of the puoiic-it being
the first low priced Mach inc thai has given unoual
fled satisfaction to those who have used them The
Home Machine finishes its work where il stops and
requires fastening ofthreais at the end OF the
seam as most of the more expensive machines do,
and such is The stroagth of its Itch that il the
seam every half stitch, il viii not rip
These Machines sew from two ordinary spools, a.
purchased from the store and require rewindins
of thread. They hem, fell and stitch in q superior
M amer, and will do better & cheaper sewing than
can he dene by seamstress at one cent hour
i he style of The mac hine is ornaEentai and its
management easy that child ten years of aga can
work it with fee lity. They built expressly for
Family Sewing. and for that purpose are equal to
any one hundred dollar Esr iine, yet they are iur.
nj shed W ilh stand nd treade pleis with four
extra needles oil can. tw AVID driver
for the moderate sum of Thirty-ive Dollars.
Hemmers furnished extra al five dollars each.
Having been appointed Agent for Belmont county
I am prepared to furnish Machines. Call and sea
one in operation. ISAAC II. PATTERSON,
June23 st. Clairsville Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

DE. RoBsCKs CcSsTITUE2Ts.--We learn that
the Distinguished and popular inventor of those
famous Scandinavian Remedies, the Blood Purifier
and Blood Pills, advertised in another column, re-
o'Iycs uerry as many lettere, by every mail. as
tie Treasury Department. The average is more
tian 2I per day. Ills patients, scattered over the
broad WcEi, the Southern tates and n. ENGLAND
are said 10 reach the enormous and almos. :ncred-
ibe aggregate OF 100000. BY his patients we mean
those who nse his preparations as thoir only med-
tincs. We presume that such connection is it'll.
out parallel in Medical history lun23lm
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

GrGen. SAMUEL Housrox is the uomi-
nee OF an Independent Convention for Gov
eFnUr. He has come good, strong, backing.
and ne .hould not be surprised if he were
elected.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-06-30

6rSeeretary FLOYD is in very c'eicai
health. His family " ish him 10 withdraw
E.om pubic l.ie, which hs u.uy be compelled
TO do. ar
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The Great Ambassador of Health
TO ALL MANK1ND-
PILLS
BOON TO TE1E SICK.

The want OF sterling medicinal TO meet the
ills cessitiJs OF the suffering portion OF hu
manJy, Sni eatirlls fres from mineral aud
other deistcrioas PARTICLES, severely fslt I'LL
thi- al mi medicine u>her6d into the
world; HotLrc Ny'S tSvAI-ABLv Pitts have become
the lI0usahni remedy Of alt nations. Their attri
hvte is tn "PtvES we Il as-io CURE; they attack
the Root of the CON Iaint, aud thus by
moving tie hiiden Cause of disease reinvicorate
and restore the dropping energies OF the system
sstng ualuIe in her task of vital and funcIionary
rot
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DYSPEPSIA.

Tie grea, scourge of this continent yelSs quick
of these antiseptic Pills, and the diges-
1.-Two organs restored to their proper tone: no
matter in what hideous shape this hydra Of disease
exhibits itself, this searching and unerrng remedy
disperses it from the patients sy stem
GENERAL BEBLITY AND WEAKNESS.
From whatever cause iowness of spirits. and al
other signs OF diseased liver. and other disoryahi
zari of the Spstem vanish under the eracicating
influence Of tis all powerful antiseptic and deter
upnt