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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11

strike the obscrvcrat every tarn. You may
see near you one fnountain almost, perfect
in proportion, green 70 the vesy summit, the
figure Of grace and beauty; and near IL may
be a crsggy peak, 60 black and broken, that
IL seems like the very Giant Despair Of
mountaihs. Again you reach green, level
spaces, covered with countless flowers -
for, at this elevation, the 1oral wealth OF the
temperate zone is embosomed IN the torrid
zone itself There also you see humming
birds, crimson, purple, golden, green, glanc-
ing about like prismatic rays embodied in
visible forms. Lookingup, you zee the great
Condor wheeling In fight from peak 10 peak.
Such are the contrasts fthe Andes, hum.
ming birds and cohdors hiil-mdes covered
with sheep, r0ckyridges, inaccessible to man
or beast; brooks and torrents; !, the beauty
Of Eden, the cfaRgy desolntion of chaos. -
Here, the emountyinSsnh u intD aoft nndu-
lations, there, the ridges are colossal and
perpendicular and along their edges runs
line ofssnow, like FURNISHED silver. You
reach dangerous rapids, and shut your eyes
as you cross them, trusting entirely TO the
sure feet ofthe mule. Youare now far above
all signs of Tropical vegetation. A lofty peak
rises directly above you Clear dazzling
snow covers it. As you mount, it grow,
colder and colder. Here, on the equator il
sell, men may freeze to death. Now il is toc
steep even for the muleslo the Andes. Dis
mount, and climb as you can. The vino
blows almost like hurricane. You pam
as if you could not breathe again. Touch
at last the pure, bright, equatorial SNOW
Would you reach the ytry summit, which
shines far, far above you, In pure white p
You cannot. The niountain-top is sacret
from mortal touch. Whr's CORY feet nevel
climbed SO far. Angelsof peace guard tn,
top of the Andes. There is truce to all tn,
interval @ in every week "a ~ sacred % from @ III, h
assaults Of foes 1t was called the Truce o
God. Not for three dsysin the week, bn
for countless ages, on these snowy summit
Of the Andes, far above world all drenchet
in woe and guilt. shines, in pure white, th
holy truce Of God. ilaS7sr l'ea 1I.is
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11

'And 50, Squire, you don't take coun-
try paper2" - Afo ~ I'd
ad''No, Major, 1 get the city paper on 80
much better terms. 30 take q couple. m
But Squire, the country papers often
prove q great convenience to us, The more
ws.encourage them the better the editors
can afford 70 make thenssa L-sif .fEa s-f
Why, ldon't know any convenience they
'Thefarm you sold last fall was advertised
in one ofthem, and you thereby obtained
a customer, did yon not p fle.fi a1H
Very true; but l paid three dollars for
it." r'g
And you made more than three hun
dred dollars by it. Now, IL your neighbors
had not maintained the press and kept Il
ready for use, you would have been without
the means to advertise your property. But
l think j saw your daughters marriage ir
those papers-did that cost you anything?'
rNO, but" HaM aVu EraT .raig
''And your brothers. death with Ions
obituary notice. And the destruction o
your neighbor Riggs house by fire. Yol
know these things are exaggerated till thu
authendc accounts Of the newspapers Sc
tnein rlgnI ,,F nfWltla ltl 3
IT, ~, true, DUH er tltut .. ir-
"And when your cousin, Splash, was NJ
for the Legislature, you appeared much graf
fled at his defence-which cost him moth
ing 81, .l
"Yes--yes; but all these things are new
to- the readers. They cause the people t
take the the pancr. ' -
''No. Squire Grsdge, not If all were lik
you. Now, l tell you the day will surel
come when somebody will write long Gu
logy on your character, and the printer vii
put it in type with heavy black line owe
it, and with all your riches, this will be on
for you as a grave for pauper. You
wealth, liberality and all such things will b
spoken Of; but the Printers boy, as he spell
the words in arranging the type to these say
ings, will lremark Of youA'Poor, mean devi
heis even sponging an obituary notice / Goo
morning, Squire Grudge." ~ +r -,.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11

GREAT Cay AND LITTLE WooL-THE La
60 CASE NO CASE AFTER ALL.-The Frank
fort Commonwealth of yesterday contains
the foilowing:K Ind vsgogtrol{ @
ia Willis LAa0. .--At the present session Of
the Woodford Circuit Court, it was decided,
upon an agreemcnt offacts, that Willis Lago
was . slave, and not subject to indictment
for the offense of enticing slaves from theii
masters, and the indictment pending agsiris,
him in said Court, for abducting the slave
of G. w. Nuckols, was quashed So ends
this case, which has been magni6ed by Goy.
Magofin, made the text Of many little dem
agognes, and cost the State Of Kentucky
two thousand dollars in lawyers fees. nf o.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11
Right to be Romantic.

We have right to expect of the young,
certain degree Of youth; which is very
much needed. Ifyou cut off the side brush
of a tree. you weaken the stump. 1t may
look little better but the leaves provide
the putriment for the tree. There Is Ger;
tain aIi6unt OF youth fhlness IN man, Ike the
side brush of tree American youth have
the right of imaginative liberty, ofthe lib
erty of feeling and impulse. L Z
The man who sees things just as they are
Is generally meagre and poor specimen O
a man. What you sec depends upon wha
you bring to see itwith. One man sees witt
his eyes, hears with his ears, tastes with hi
mouth, smells with his nose, feels and touch
es with his hands, and that is all 1t is ma
terial that he estimates. Another man see
mor, than the eye can take in, or the ear
or the tongue or the nose or the hand.
hold that we should encourage that romanc'
by which we may see more than the outsid,
of things. III. w. Beesher. rrtj e
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11
officers and soldiers Of the army N sb,

vucefs anu bOlutr5 OF tne army Of the
United States, to be taken prisoners Of war.
and treated by hostile commanders as csptur-
ed enemies; if he permits armies 10 be or
ganized, munitions Of war 10 be directed
against the national fortresses; iflrs parfnits
the flag Of the nation to be torn down from
the public edifces and fortresses, and hostile
flags to be planted on them-nay, permits
that proud emblem of our national unity 70
be fired on with impunity, when il covers an
armed force of the nation II he allows the
mails to be broken open and the correspon-
dence of the government itself to be tamper-
ed with the foreign commerce Of the com
try TO be interrupted, and tho reyeuuc from
it seized the internal commerce 70 be
menaced by batteries yerectcd under State
authority on our great water courses; II, to
add no more, he permits ambassadors from
secession CONCEPTIONS and assemblies to
menace him with war IN the capitad ~ fhe
nation, and conspirators plotting the military
occupation Of the Federal City, to 20 IN
punished: it really appears to US that the
most nervous secessionist might consider the
question Of coercion as being about aa
offensive TO the President as to himself.
Every man who has any remaining loyalty to
the nation, or any hope or desire for the res
toration Of the seeding States 10 the con-
federacy; must see that what is meant is In
effect, that the Federal Government must
be terrified or seduced into complete coop
Grafton with the revolution, which it was
its most binding duty to have used al its
power and influence to prevent. y - re-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11
Diet ana Habits of the New
.Hti--ill York Llteratl. ~ = 4

The Charleston Mercury having made an
assault on the men Of letters in New York, as
rogues and thieves, and recon-
mended that they s;AeyAt at once on short
commons may, put adrM altogether for
grub"-Vanity Fair thus harmoniously
carries out the Mercury's idea of their con-
dition :: 4 4 :, s,osi ~ ~ 'Nl asc.Hv ID
Is.It is not difficult to infer from this ele-
CANT and refined paragraph what the editor
Of the Mercury imagines the life Of literary
men of the highest standing in New York
| to be, and sequentially What his own prob.
ably Is. As everybody knows they are all
ragged wretches, living at best on board
wages, writing leaders for grub, " trading a
| paragraph once 10 q while for q potato; or a
| biography fpr biscuit n, T. Willis and
General Morris can be seen almost any day
selling their own Home journal in the streets
and trading of, single copies for "a small
stew in the Fulton Market William Gull
len Bryant hns lunch Of pork and onions
pretty regular, but even he hangs around
| the Kitchen Of the Metropo olitan Hotel of an
evening, for the sake Of getting feed out ol
that diah o thirty ingredients and seventy.
seven sylla hes des@ibs9 by !A,istophones, u
| the W0ozo314Auu1os LUZ VI Wulcu Iuc ScIfiuts
Of thatinH arc said 70 be fed. Briggs is al
/ lowed 3 Connecticut pe per diem, when in
dnstrious, but then ha Hkes milk on it, fol-
which he writes poems fol, stump tail
twenty -sscond-ward pure orange Testab
BsyaSa Taylor tseds most ssnptuously d
all Of them, receiving ffom Gosling, saue,
Il Acrodt and Bologna saussges yes --as muct
4 as he can eat inside Of fifteen minutes, twict
a day, in return for which he delivers 4
] monthly lecture on his Hebrew benefactors
N Bancroft has I weekly stipend Of soda crack
!. ers and hard boiled eggs from his publisher
Thstis ali hs Eets. StoddaId and Aldricl
cultivate the muse on apples and dogghnut
which We regret 70 say they generally stea
, from infrm old Irish women in NSssna st,
, in differing which they are aided BY one Fis
as tfcover." G. A. Dana exists by hookin
4 from the stables hapdfuls Of corn, which b
! marches on the Tribune, Office stove. y Ht
a Hugh Ludlow lives onhash, from which h
8 derives the surname 0f the Hashish Eater
Fred Cozxens has shApty and o small gar
q den up the river, BY which he is enabled %
n casionally to enjoy q thin Jilisnne, and som:
IS times a raw turnip, l1r carrot, or treats hi
l-tfriends to few fresh stalk 9f separrowgrass
I'll Richard Grant White Is doing pretty we
o n nresent-haying sold out his ShakespeaI
al and mortgaged his labor tor life for an al
q nuitv of daily feed for one year at Butte
!, cake Bills, whereh he generally takes It o.
1 in plate Of pork and beans, most all POI
sr with . good many beams. y; 6tedman Inv
Is on the lager bier and prstaels which a
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11
The Utica IN Wy Herald is cserere on
Texas. 1t says, speaking Of chr insrati-

The Utica IN Wy Herald isoserere on
Texas. 1t says speaking Of her insrati-
tude: li@AiHsih 9fioa ~ rs II
Look at her history. We fsund .her a
naked and penniless outcast, whining st our
door. Weknew her character was bad that
she had been brought tolwant by evil courses /;
that she was rottiag with disease and de-
bauched in morale. Yet we took pity on
her, opened the door and let her in |; wash
ed and clothed her introduced her into de-
cent society and tried our best to make her
a respectable member Of conirnunity. For
fifteen years we lahored faithfully q instiE
good morals into this frail sister. Wesquan-
dered millions to protect her against her
enemies. We kept an army upon her iron.
tiers, to ight the savage hordest that unensced
her safety. We incurred an expensive and
bloody war as the penalty of.adopting her. -.
After all this pains and expense-satter all
this WASTE of blood and treasurc--and after
all this patient nursing, this culture and
schooling-thc migrate turns upon us and re-
paws our benefxctions by sapping as in tho
face After making her all that abe is and
| impoverishing ourselves 70 maintain her in
| a position of respectsbility, the impudent
| Jade pockets our spoons, sbsstacts our plate,
robs our nioney-chest, commits nuieAnces on
our premises, and slips ont Of the house like
q common thiet .ta tsefr ~
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11

LADIES will bc glad to hear that an En-
glish factory has discovereda a mode ofmakine
,Tifast' the beaatifulcolor known as Mauve
It has been washed and scrubbed in Italy
even; being sent there specially for exposure
in drying to a bright hot snnli ghtn of which
we have NOT recently had much experiment,
Bat. the result was the same7-the colo
remained as pretty and pure esever. Thii
discovery, which II due to resident in Sal
ford, must have marked effect upon ligh
goods for ladies' Spring and Summer wear.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11
The Rhode Island Election.

The following, from the Boston journal,
explains the nature of the canvass in Rhode
Island, known by our readers: ~ 49,,
The election in Rhode Island takes place
on Wednesday. The Democrats and the 80.
called Conservative Republicans" have
fused throughout this year, as they did on
the Gubernatorial ticket last year. Tho fol-
lowing are the nominations: - 49,,
A. lrw REPUBLICAN. coxsEnvATiyE.
Governor James Y Smith, VIM Sprague.
Lieut.. Gov'r Simon H. Green. q @. Arnold.
Atty General s. Ballou w. Burgess.
See o State J. II. Bartlett J. r. Bartlett.
Treasurer ). A. Parker. s A. Parker.
Con. Con Dis.a VIM. B Bsy,ou " " .sbefisid. -
Gov. Sprague's majority last year was
l,460. Whether his party will be equally
successful this year remains TO beseen. But
no inference can be drawn as to that mat
ter, or as to the Congressional elections,
from the votes Of the last two years. Every
thing has become mixed up. 1t seems inn
possible, however, to defeat Mr.. Brayton in
the I'd district, who had l, $40 majority, at
the last election. The contest in the LIST
district then was between Mr.. Robinson and
another and more radical Republican, and
Mr. Robinson prevailed on, the second trial
by.752 majority. From the gallant manner
in which the real Republican supporters Of
Abraham Lineola;s adnininr.sion ~ ason-
tending, We see no reason why thsynV not
sweep the field. We hope 10. MANY rste
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11
/. :s..Glhhoitess { 'sssistellaap.
4 Tonching and True story.

A Touching and True story.
A CORRESPONDENT of the N. " sKn;cker-
bocler ma oo,;rs, ), ~oI.,o. a.. c.,,-..-:
[ io'a'es 'ne ionowing y"
ouchihg story, Which possesses the merit al
so of being true. .,d. b. s.,,t-, .,.,...L wa
i have something stranre in the history
of epitaphs to record here. There ia 1 story
connected with the one which i give below
Fthns the merit of breyitv. at least One
night about ten years ans, a a,nedical student,
one of the widest Of q VIA. class. ieff The
Walnut Street Theatre. PRilsdelnb;s. he.
fore the end of the farce. & I'd home. Short.
ly after turning up' into Ninth street. T he
came upon a thinly clad female making
Roadway againsta driving snow storm,. IA
sobbing piteously. In endeayorinr To- answer
his questions to tell the cause of her SORROW.
she burst into a violent fit of weeping: and
would have fallen to the ground bad she not
been supported by a hackmat, who stood
woman taken home wbere sba Eu,erad rna IN ,' y
yery precarious state for nnw.rSs 20 two
weeks During this time the stndent was
constantly at her bedside vhen not at
lectures = In rood t;me be ss,r har con
yalescent. / would merely mention here
that the cause of her grief was meet;po in
the theatre her seducer and being shnnned
by him. Poor Girl lit broke her beart
Two months had scarcely mn ssed when the
student himself was taken down and Il
oradnallv baco,na Lro,r., H. anu ~
tracted that loathsome and contagious @ dis
ease, the small pox. When the fact was
announced in his clearinghouse, it was
too late TO remove him; and the house itself
n0 bu, an sIaoely sid aeIn empty no one remaining
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11
Texas i'm and out OF the Union

To defend the inhabitants Of Texas against
the Camanches, Apaches and other Indian
tribes who have for years disputed withth
white settlers every inchof their progress to-
wards the most fertile and beautiful parts Of
the State, has cost the United States Gov.
ernment not less than two millions Of dollars
per annum. cIo>1 y 10 rSttaSa
The utter inability of the people Of the
State to either defend themselves, OF pay for
the necessary defence, they Themselves are
the last to deny. Their Convention has
thrown them into the hands of the South
ern Confederacy, whose military appro-
priation for the present year amounts to just
s69, 900, which is not nearly enough 10 pay
off the army of ragamufhrs they have now
before Fort Pickens Farther appropria-
tions depend upon the far-of success Of the
great fifteen million loan. I.,..-
Meantime three Thousand United States
troops have left the frontier Of Texas the
Indians are already numbering tho settlers ;
Gov. Houston, by giving mp to ths C0nyen-
ton, has knocked away the last hope Of the
border farmers for assistance from the q. s.
Government; and they look vainly TO the
traitors Of Montgomery for help. ssi1.s
Texas will be the first to learn the bitter
lesson that treason to the best Government
in the world does not pay,-tN y: Post.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11

q Mn. HowARD PAtL has introduced the
American national lyric, the "Stsr-6pan-
,alcd Banner, into his entertainment 1t
london. and II Is received with enthusiasnt.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11
SpErcH FROM Gov. Hoesros. The
Austin eorrcspoudentofthe Galveston News,

SPEEciI FROM Gov. HOusFoN. The
Austin eorrespondentofthe Galveston News,
under date Of the 2lst, writes
"While am writing, Gen. Houston has
Just delivered speech by the side OF the
Baptist. Church. He commenced at halt
past eleven, and continued, ~ j lesrn, ill
half past one. making two heprs, and was
then followed by Jack Hamilton, who Is nov
speaking at 2, ~ Ageptleman Just now
informs me that Gen. Hodstnh's speech is
dcnunciatory of the Convention hom begin.
ming to end He predicts that JEFF. Davis.
will enact ia the South the cpsP daat Of
Louis Napoleon IN France But lmust do
fer any notice Of Houston's and Hsp!ilton' s
speeches u my neat. and the msii is now
closing fes ta..aaigve9 on svsa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11
SoUrH GARoLINAy has been trying nov
''not to do it, long enough Don't sh'
know how. to doit2 We will tell her; y,

South Carolina SuInIer wahtsi T"
inOll But Of bloodshed has N horror, iil pt
Let her give Floyd ten per cent t
The rogue will steal il for her. ~, ~
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-09-14
UNION CONVENTIONS.

We publish to-day at the request of ma.
ny voters Of all parties, calls for Repre-.
sentative, County and Township Couven-
ton. The action Of the Republican con-
vention at Core ctionville renders such a
call necessary. Under the pretence Of .
Union movement, few Of the Repu blican
leaders called and controlled that conyen.
ton for party purposes, and to nominate
some eager aspirants for office, whom the
people are not especially anxious to elect
Hence, in calling their convention, the
representation was made according to the
vote cast for Republican nominees at the
last election. If Union Convention was
intended, why was not the representation
made according to the entire rote cast at
the last election? Why were pa, ties not
ignored, aud why were the important ofti-
ces not divided?
There are persons upon the ticket nom.
mated at Correctionville who are unsx-
ceptonable-who have been faithful off
cers-and if elected will make good Off.
GERS but there are others so intensely and
bitterly partizan that We cannot support
them under any circumstances.
Our position cannot be misunderstood.
We are for the vigorous prosecution Of
this war for the maintenance and support
of the Government. but not for the aboli-
ton Of slavery. Nor will we consent to
peace that has for its basis separation
of these States. We believe that the in
,eres's Of the country demand that all
friends Of the Union should band together
in defence Of the Union, end for the sake
Of harmony and co operation discard and
ignore all party questions and party con-
tests. Good men can be found for local
Offices in each of the old parties. Let
these be nominated and supported without
regard to their party predictions. This
we believe to be the sentiment of those
who favor this Union movement. 1t is
made, and miH be carried out IN good
faith. A ticket will be nominated, com.
posed Of Democrats and Republicans, of
capable and worthy men whose names will
be to the voters Of this County and District
sufficient guaranty that the public in.
terest and welfare will be best subseryed
by their election. Let the voters of the
various precincts meet at once and choose
delegates to the County Convention with.
out regard to party. The movement is
right in principle, and we call upon all
good citizens to unite and give it success.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-09-14
AFFAIRS IN ST. JOSEPH AND
NOATH-WES MISSOURI.

Seven hundred rebels left St Joseph
yesterday for the Platte River Bridge for
the purpose of dispsting the passage of
that point by the Federal troops whenever
they attempt an advance from Osborne.
On yesterday a guard was placed on the
levee at St. Joseph, and exacted Eve dol.
lars from all who desired to cross over
from Elwood. The argument used to in.
duce people to "shelp' was a pistol or
bowie knife, presented a. the breast sim
ultanPous with the demand.
This morning the rebels at St. Joseph
seized the ferry boat, which has heretofore
been making occasional trips between that
place and Ellwood.
There are a variety of rumors ahoat
with regard to the movement of troops -
One, that Martin Green, the rebel com
mander at Palmyra, is making his way
west with 1000 well armed troops, driving
Gen. Hurlbut, with 1000 Federals, before
him, and that after uurlbut has reach, d
Osborne, Green and the rebels at 81. 10
seph will make simultaneously assault
upon the position. Neither Green or Hurl
burt have yet reached Hudson, where the
Hannibal 4 St. Joseph connects with the
North Missouri Railroad running 10 St.
Louis, aud that troops have been sent via
Hudson to reinforce Hurlbut, whose con-
necton by rail with that point is unin.er-
rupted, and that after Green has been
cleaned out, the rebels at St. Joseph will
be attended to. The force at Osborne
will remain there for the purpose of hold
ing the St Joseph rebels in check pre-.
venting them escaping south to Rains
command, and also from attacking Hurl-
but in the rear, or interrupting his COM
munication with St. Louis.
From BrownviIle we learn that large
number Of rebels, variously estimated at
from two to three thousand, are congre.
eating at the Tarkio, some twenty five
miles from that place. 1t is not known
whether they are detachment from St.
Joseph or not, but it is believed they are
not, nor is it known what their purposes
are.
The rebels at ST. Joseph have I ! wagons
loaded with provision and camp equip
page, besides what they are using They
have seized all the horses in the city
Daily NcJraskidn, IN inst.