Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-26
News OF the Week.

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Tie Epancipation Crpvention Of His-
souri is NOE in session ut Jefferson city'--
There were one hundred and s'xty,hve deie-
gates present the hrst day the convention
met. The speaking before the Convention
has sll been oi patriotlc character. mucn
gratitude has been expressed ior tne ava
that has been rendered 'ne o'a,e W tue
General Government; ana rreSipene rA'n'
coin has been conphmented as never any
Southern Chief Magistrate naS oeen '''' oe'oro .,
him. They speak Of MN as 'na' gr'e"'ff '"f
and good man the PRESIDENT whose
maine will live with w ashIngtoh wheh a'
others are forgotten, - &C.
Five Rebel Governors are now absent
from their posts wandering up and downthe
country in search OF employment Rector
Of Arkansas; Milton, Of Florida Moore
df Louisiana /; Jackson, OF missouri ana
Harr'A Of Tenn. Clark' o. Nor'h oafo-
lima; Leteher, OF Va.' ana fe,tus' Oh MISS :
viii also soon bave to skedaadie.
Ose oats'dc We puphsn iu', a'u ''i
gnphlc account oi the great I"on oN.e
Convention oil Indiana. Inc Hoos,er o'a''
isin blaze OF .enshusiasm over .ne con. con
vention ana tcKet, Inc o'n VI = 'anuaiy aHp'
antiiwar iaction tDemocra's' o'e'a ufeSi
singer calls them'l u Is sa'd VIII cali SEQ
ond convention witn view OF doc!or'ng up
the'r platform ana retoucnihg their WEAK
points generally. .la'sl. 80. . ..H,.l
Esnsy-eisht counties In i'llhoS give ~
600 majority against the new Oonst''u''o"
There were only ~ counties 20 DC neare l
ROM snd they gave, IN isoo. apo", soN
Demosrsuc douglas, mpority' vi 'h'
spec'nc items 1t IL SAID that tne tnreo clause
ccncernsns negroes are adopted anu 'h'
bank section isyet IN doubt.
Atetter to the n. \. Tribune says Zen
B'snkss has been removed by ten. Fremont
Tor msc'ence. ven. Cari ochurz nus oee'
appointed to succeed him. .
CoI' Chas' Ellet' Jr'' who commands
tho Ham heet at the taking OF Siemphis
died at Cairo few days ago. Coi Elle
was the only man on the heet wounded. =
He was well known in these parts, hayin
built the suspension bridge over the OH
IT Wheeling. Col. Ellet was civil engnee
Of great celebrity.
The intelligence from the army befor
Richmond promises an early attack on tn
rebel capital Mcclellan has lately receive
re-inforcements amounting IN the aggregat
70 near 10000 men. On the 18th his whol
army, With the exception Of single div
sion, had crossed the Chickahomiy' w
hsversad an interesting letter from Hol
Henry J. Raymond to his paper-tho \
xsTi@es--ia ~tish hA sass hs does nai b
Iieve the rsbei army counts over loo'ooo
fective men, and may not amount 70 ov'
5000, No doubt Is entertained Of the r.
suit OF the attack when i Is made, and co
Iespopdenls think uen' McCioilan wih maA
livery soon. "'l - o'
The responsibility for the Port Republ
slaughter lios between Gen. Shields and Go
Carroll lwith q very decided inclination TO sci
;tle heavily upon the former. A letter to tf
Cincinnati Gazette from McDowelrs arm!
charges Shields directly with disobediens
Of orders, which, had they been carried on
would not only have prevented the disaste
but would have caught jackson. ~ 'o
Gen. Wadsworth has beon relieved fro
all military command at Washington, exec
che Provost Guard. Gcn. stursis has be,