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A Remarkable Sentiment. q,

The following astounding statement ap-
pears in the editorial columns Of the Roches-
ter Union, n democratic paper:
This great and long standing conspiracy
was well known in its outline to Mr. Buch-
anan himself. We heard from his own lips,
previous to his entering upon the duties of
the President, that he had been reliably in
formed, 1--WE think he said by Gov. Wise, }
that the officers of the army and navy had
been polled on the question whether in case
of rupture between the two sections of the
Union, they would respectively go with the
North or the South; and that nearly every
Southren man answered he would adhere tC
the section which gave him birth. Here we
have proof not only that thisconspiracy had
assumed its present detcrmnate shape five
years ago and only waited for opportunity
but that Mr.. Buchanan was perfectly well
aware Of the fact at the very time when
he took some fthe leaders into his Cabinet
and when he was passivey aiding Cobb,
Floyd, Thompson, Toucey, in their plan,
to cripple the Federal Government anC
assure the success of the REBELLION
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13
Eleven Months.

We are able to announce, on unqucstiona-
Bile authority, that Gen. Scott has so far
matured the plans for the war to inform the
President and Cabinet that the last secession
flag shall be torn down, the authority Of the
Federal Government reinstated on every foot
of American soil, and jeff. Davis hung or
driven out of the country, within eleven
months from the day when Fort Sumter was
surrendered. About the 4th of March next
he will hand over the Union, safe and sound,
to its constituted and constitutional authori
ties. Old Lundy's Lane takes his time to
map out the campaign and put his forces in
the best fighting trim, and then he always
wins at the time he agrees to. lie has ta-
ken the contract to wind up the disunion
business within eleven months from the 18th
of April, md he wWdoh.
We understand that it is part of General
Scots plan to occupy Virginia and Tennes-
see completely, on or before the Goth of July.
Sixty five thousand Northwestern troops will
move down the Mississippi as far us Mem
phis, under command of Generals Fremont
and Mcclellan, and remain in camp unit
the sickly season is past, when they viii
move on toward the Balize, there meeting
the conquerng army of the East and celc
brating Washington's birthday in New Or
| leans. II Chicago Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13
Scrofula, or Kings Evil,

q a cor,,;tut;onal d;scase. oorruption of the
Mood bv which this fuid becomes yitiated,
,xeak' and moor. Being in the circulation, Il
r. disease on any nort of Il. No organ is free
fron, ;ts attacks nor ia there one which Il may
NOT destroy. The scrofulous taint is variously
caused by mercurial disease. low living, dis
ordered or unhealthy food, impure air, hlth
and SSby hab;ts the depressing vices, and,
above ali, bv the venereai infection. What
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13
Another Secession Speech from John
Bell.

When John Bell made his first Secession
speech he profcssed to be ashamed oft. His
original excuse was that his language was
misunderstood, that he was incorrectly re-
ported. When this explanation failed, his
own authorized report showing him to be IL
rank disunionist, he pathetically limited that
he had been drinking little too much and
did not know what he said. five are to
adopt this theory to explain his subsequent
speeches, drunkenness must have become
chronic with him as Mr. Pecksnif. AT
any rate he is still Secesslonist and is bitter
ly hostile to the Government. The Frank
! lin Tennessee Review contains an account OF
a meeting held there on Saturday week, IL
which Andrew Ewing, John Bell and Other
former Union leaders of the State took part
Ewing declared that ''the old Union was
disabled forever, and urged the people to arm
against the Administration. Mr.. -BelP'
speech, the Review says, was ''able, states
manlike and conclusive. He held up before
the gaze OF the people the glaring duplicitl
of the Lincoln administration, and de
nounced, in unmcasured terms, the wa
policy of Mr.. Seward. Mr.. Bell took sub
stantially the same ground with Mr.. Ewing
on the reconstruction question and urged i'm
mediate and united armed resistance to th'
forces of theNNorth that are being pouret
down upon us for our destruction and sub
iugation.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13

"Drod Scott Decision. The decision
of the rebel leaders not to take Washington.
missouri Compromise. The agreement
or compromise made by the Secessionists OF
Missouri with Gen. Harvey to disband their
forces and lay down their arms.
"Brugg's a good dag bit Hold Fast IS
better, Col, Slemmer still holds fast Fort
pickens in spite Of the rebel forces under
Gen. Bragg.
"lNeet me at RUppi," as the rebel forces
in Virginia said when they rctreated in hot
haste from Grafton.
" "Eiyiaiu Election. $50 far as heard
from, the Secessonists of Virginia have
chosen to run far aheod of the Union men.
"E r. E"-The First Ello'cs Van
QNished
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13

A FLAG RAISING AT GEN. Scorr's
HOME. The Newark IN. j. Mercury says;
On Tuesday afternoon fine flag was rails
cd over the residence of Gen. Winfield Scott,
at Elizabeth, which gave occasion for a
patriotic demonstration on the part of the
citizens. Rev. Hobart Cheetwood delivered
anaddrcss, in which the old veteran was eulo-
gised in the highest degree. He was said to
be so affected when told that the citizens of
Elizabeth intended to raise a flag over his
old home, that he shed toars. After sing
ing the Star-Spangled Banner, and giving
any number of cheers, the crowd dispersed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13
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STONE g, THOMAS

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Of
wihc nd sand
N lou uerebys saving n
Without
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Millinery Silks and Velvet and Ribbons
French Merrnoes, of every shade.
French Printed Goods
Plain and Printed Worsted Fabrics for Daper
Goods for Friends
Shaws of every grade and STYLE
Cloaks and Cloaking.
otosor We
Of
mi nourso o ogopl,b esowho
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13

mo GAL AN ACT
To authorize the township trustees to cxnmne the books
vouchers and moneys in the township treasury.
Section /. BE it enacted by the General Assembly oil
the State oi Ohio That the books and vouchers
Of the township and NIL moneys remaining III
the treasury shall at nl times be suhcctio tue inspection
OF the township md is hereby adc the duty o
said trustees to make such examination nj least once IN
cuch year, it obe done by competent per
son, whom they shall appoint
Sec q This act shall take effect aud be ~ force IRON
and nler its passage. =. HITCHCOCK,
Speaker pro tenn of the House OF Representatives.
ROBERT G. KIRK.
President OF the Senate.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13

AN ACT

mo. G5l ~ AN ACT
To amend section $40 OF the actened act to establish
code OF civil procedure
section l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly o
the State o Ohio Tia, section five hundred and loryrcc
Of the act entitled establish code OF civil procc
dure he amended To read follows:
Section JI3 IN all cases III which the plaintiff is
resident OF the county in which the action TO be brought
before commencing such action the pluinh must iurn>l
Sufficient surety for costs The surety must be resen
Of the cOuty when the action may be brought and ap
proved by the clerk His obligation shall be complete
simply by iudOrsing the summons, signing his
the complaint security for costs. lie shall be bound iO
the pay yen nl costs, which may be ududgrd unins
the plaintiff in the in which the action is brought.
in ny other to which imny be carried and for the cost
of the plaintiffs Witnesses whether the paiIii utHnct
Judgment or not Provided that instead Of giving security
rs above the plaintiff may deposit with tie clerk OF tn
court such OF money, security for costs in the
Ms in the onipn OF the clerk shall he suit cent for tia
purpose but the court may. motion Oi the defendant
and il satisfied that such deposit is Insufficient require t
sinc obe increased or personal security To be given
Sec. q Said original section Is hereby repealed
p. IIrFCiICOCk
Speaker pro TEN OF the House Of Representatives.
JAMES MONROE,
President pro tenn OF the senate.
Passed April 10, SCI,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13
LoRD Lyons WELL ANSWERED. The
Washington Sunday Chronicle says:

washington Sunday Chronicle says:
A good danecdote is told upon Lord Lyons,
the English Minister resident in this city.
Promenading with beautiful American
woman q few evenings ago, at the reception
OF one of the Cabinet ministers, he remarked
upon the splendor of her dress, which was
q chaste blue silk, brilliantly spangled. ''But
! observe, " he said, that you display thirty
five stars instead Of thirty four--one too
many" "Oh, no, my lord, said the fair
patriot, 'the additional star is Canada y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13
AN ACT

TO IN t1t slH1IUUIU Ut IT 1U1I'
Section l. BE il enacted by the General Assembly q
the State of Ohio That snll consist Of two housan
pounds Provided, that this shall not arpy to pig ro
aud iron ore.
Sec. 9 This act shall take effect OIL its passage.
T.. HITCHCOCK,
Speaker pro TEN. Of the House Of Representatives.
ROBERT G. KIRK,
President Of the Seuatc.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13

Sec o2 Thsac shall take effect and be in force from ant
after its passage. .- - ...
RICHARD G. PARSONS,
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives.
ROBERT G. KIRK.
President OF the Senate.
pnased Apr;ltt tsRt
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13
THINNING.

IF YOU wnnt repairing Of any kind done in the
/ Thinning LINE, pionp,ly and rensonably
call On IT, HARRIS.
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Announce Their friends and the public that hey receipt of their Stock OF Fa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-06-13
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

SIR: am instructed by the Governor to
say, in answer to your favor of the 10Th
instant, that as it has pleased you to de-
nounce your boy, and cast him from your
care and protection, because of his fealty to
Virginia, his Excellency is disposed to re-
tain for his benefit the property to which
you refer as being detained in Norfolk.
am, &C., $. BAssETT FRENcn.
A. d. &. to the Governor of Virginia.
10 II. NJ. Bradford, No. 1T Arch st. Phila.
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Passed April 1851.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-30
y Smelling Charleston.

Some Of those brigands, who have been sent to
Washington as Senators and Representatives by the
Black Republicans, have more than once taken oc-
casion to vent their naligny by declaring that Major
Anderson would shell" Charleston and lay t in
ashes. 1t appears to have been generally supposed
that the guns of Fort Sumter eflectualy commanded
the city, and that the inhuman threat, to which
have just referred, might be executed with facility.
The Charleston Mercury however, seems to entertain
no very serious apprehcnsions this head. We copy
the following brief article from that journal and if
the facts therein set forth correctly stated it is
obvious that Charleston which is more than three
miles from Fort SUMTER can afford to let Major An
derson amuse himself with throwing shells in their
direction long it may suit his inclination to do
so:
RANGE OF CoLUMDIAD SHELL GuSs.-Thc fiirthest
range of hundred-pound SHE'LL even at elevation
of thiryve degrees given TO the gun is 1913 yards
the time Of fight being thirty-fye seconds The great
twelve-nch Coumbiad, the largest gun made, loaded
with twenty-five pounds of powder, shell of l72
pounds AMI the piece at elevation of thirtyve de-
grecs has made range Of only 5409 yards the pro-
je e lying thirtytwo seconds in its flight By
increasing the elevation to thirtynine degrees only
100 yaids more gained in the range From the
same gun, with charge of powder of twenty-eight
pounds, she'll of $50 pounds and an elevation Of
th'ty-fye degrees, range Of 5,67l yards has been
attained, and at elevation of thrtynne degrees
range Of 8, 76l yards trce aud third milesl which
is the greatest that has ever been accomplished by
any gun in service. The fight occupied thirty
sir seconds Charleston is therefore perfectly safe
from the guns of Fort Sumter. If il were even within
the rthcst range Of those guns the angle of eeva-
tion necessary to accomplish such distaneeis 50
IRENE that to hit the city would he matter of ex-
IRENE uncertainty. The guns of Fort Sumter can
only be raised to elevation Of thirtyree degrees
on account ofthe casemates and consequently could
do no damage beyond about two miles and half
tcn-inch Columbiad, at an elevation Of thirty
three degrees, will throw shell about three miles,
There no such guns in barbctte at Fort Sumter,
and il there any classmates guns of that calibre
such elevation could be had The upper surface Of
the gun would strike against the top of the embrasure
at an elevation far short of thirty three degrees.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-30
Woman.

GREAT, indeed, is the task assigned to
woman Who can elevate its dignity Not
to make laws, not to lead armies, not to
govern empires; but to form those by whom
laws are made, armies led, and empires gov
erned; to guard, against the slightest faint OF
bodily infr.nity, the frail, yet spotless crea-
ture, whose moral, no less than physical be-
ing, must be derived from her; to inspire
those principles, to inculcate those doctrines,
TO animate those sentiments which genera
tons yet unborn, and nations yet unciyilized,
viii learn to bless; to soften frpness into
mercy, and chasten honor into refinement
to exalt generosity into virtue; by asooth-
ing care to allay the anguish of the mind; BY
her Tenderness to disarm passion; by her
purity to triumph over sense; to cheer the
scholar sinking under his toll; to console the
statesman for the ingratitudc of a mistaken
people; to be compensation for friends that
are pcrfdious-for happiness that has passed
away. Such is her vocation.
The couch of the tortured sufferer, the
prison Of the deserted friend, the cross Of the
rejected Savior-these are theatres on which
her greatest triumphs have been achieved
Such is her destiny :; to visit the forsaken, to
tend the neglected when moDarchs aban-
don, when counseIlors betray, when brethren
and disciples fee, to remain mistaken and
unchanged, and to exhibit in this lower
world type Of that love, pure, constant and
neffable, which in another we are Taught to
believe the test of virtue.-DlaekWoofl
Magazine.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-30

which they voted; and when the negro votes
are counted, ii appears. on adding the results OF
both polls, that the other candidate has the
highest number Of all the votes. including those
Of the negroes. But the one legally elected and
commissioned goes on 10 Washington to take
his seat, and his opponent contests his right to
IL; and Black Republican House. being sole
Judge Of the election and qualification OF its
members, Gusts tho duly commissioned member,
and gives the other his seat Can any one tell
me how. that case is to reach the Supreme
Court The House had the sole and exclusive
jurisdiction Of the matter, and therefore the
Supreme Court cannot touch IL Yet il would
have been great outrage upon the State whose
representative duly elected, was excluded by
House composed Of negro-worshippers Then
the Supreme Court is not the judge in such
cases.
And now reach the climax Of my argument
and it is this: II no State has right to judge
for another of her grievances or her proper
remedies, and neither the Federal Government
nor the Supreme Court (Which is but part Of the
former possesses this right Of judgment over
State, it necessarily belongs to each State to
Judge for herself in such cases. Her judgment
is conclusive, and from it there is no aPTeal
Sufficient cause, then, is just such cause as any
State shall nljudge sufficient in her own case
She may, therefore, go out whenever she thinks
the cause sufficient which, being interpreted
means, Just when she pleases. therefore
maintain that the right Of secession is perfect
right, possessed by each State on entering into
the Union, and in no way surrendered or i'm
paired thereby. Who would question the right
of a State TO secede for such cause as the one
supposed above, where the Representative
elected by negroes was allowed to take seat in
Congress. in preference to the rightful occu-
pants And yet, if the right to judge Of the
sufficiency of the cause rests with each State'
land think the argument on that point cannot
be answercd) she may seccde for any cause, or
even without cause.
But would not have it supposed that think
any State ought to have gone out of the Union
out Of mere caprice or without good cause.
But would have the act stand justified before
the civilized world Therefore | propose to
give, in my next number, some of the reasons
which justify Mississippi and her Southern sis
tiers in seeding from Union in which they
could no longer remain with honor.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-30
Progress OF Secession.


Six States to wit South Carolina Georgia, Flori-
da Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, now out
Of the Union The Convention of Texas met on Mon
day, the 2sth inst and have little doubt that that
State will 60 out before the close of the present week
Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee North Carolina, and
Virginia. have already called conventions and it is not
unlikely that Kentucky will soon follow their example.
The popular sentiment of Maryland is believed to be
decidedly in favor Of convention in that State but
Gov Hicks who seems to be blindly attached to the
Union, has steadily refused so far, to convene the
Legislature; and, in consequence, the will of the
ID peppleoan fndno legitimate channel for expressing
{ ITSELF ., -,i,,.a.. SEES sssEf
Delaware issuch little State, and has so few slaves
that she Is apparently disihcned to favor the
sion movement Her action, however, is comper.
. atiyeiy unimportant since her weight can scarcely
! affect the scale Of power on either side.
We are encouraged to hope, that, by the 4th oil
March, very thereaftcr twelve Southern States
at least, win be found standing together for the as
fertion Of their rights :,