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Speech by General sieei.

Gen. Sigel arrival n, Cl;o.e 81.
evs,;,. -, l;.c oa.uruay
'o""'k' y" h'S way from Sts Louis 70 Wash
lpgton, under orders 20 report TO the War
Department. II seems that the uersc,,,t;,iI;a,,s
Of the West Point e.. !. Il yu--
Do,,.,,... :" '". "eStern
Dp"''"he"' nave resulted IN deprving him
OF MS command, and it is understood that
the War Department is 10 assign hin, 20 Al.
ty in some new field $3.50 " ~"
m IL, - -.
"' s'"'"' ''ern'an met with an enthu-
sia'tic reception IN Chicago. In response
to a sercnade, he made the follow;,g
speech:
uy E,,, .,,,
IL ~ 49,, lni.Nps =, LAcuse me u | do not adj
Ion;s' ''a "' sn'aa mn.lni ty come from S,'-
ao,d., od, =" any way 10 ssnlnston, IN ac.
u"'''o W.. WIN inc ofuer " inc Secretary Of
VI III. g..
,,.,, @ ay pontician. have
~ II a'h nor nercenary: L
snouiu oespise any man II he had no princi-
Pr P,Iies; ana was not ready 70 proclaim them at
an;,,. M .e n IL " NOT my duty 70 make or pro-
.' Ia. ian we mus. Tus, congress to do
na' anu !" say WHAT Tue Uovernmeut
"Ipus -, .,.a..
ocpa moulu nhJ 70 pc peIofe the intredchments
oL u neahregard az Connth. But must obey
% tue orders Of my sIperlors. have no com:
hlahu. L Doleve the Federal army will beat
pacA Tue enemy az oor,nih. They beat the
,n;.ty uneLly on .ne oth ana ith OF April almost
wlthout 9hcers, anu II they conquered tkeq'
:nel Mi.;i9ut 9lilcers, thcy VII, certainly 40
, II INV VIII J!ncciH trained 10 their duty;
,oIi1a', ! ?e'Ievc ;eL neauregara VIII be whip.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-05
TERMS OF ADyEaTisIxa:

NY Brethren, just get the .Almanac AMI
look for that Confederate ''eclpse "A ,ba
sun, and then get down Brother Mac
Primer and read that heavenly little stsrv
about the he"Sinart Dixie Boy" and then
buy copy OF my Armageddon for one dol.
lar and fifty cents, and you will fight ike
(Eater messenger u,itily. ereloimiTg 'sFort
DoHetson s shtt'ea aadHA Yaales earlogt.
ar1e IN s;ghtr' oh, Lord my brethreni-
Oh Lord LETS skedadde"--- -
=, The discourse was here broken short, but
the pi9us author Assures Us that il will be
published IN full in his next edition of Arfn1-
gcddon, which he requests US to say he viii
still sell at one dollar and half, -
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-05

The London Times gives its readers the
following sketch Of Gen. A. Sydney John
ston, killed at Corinth:
! 'The Confederate General Johnstone, re-
ported among the killed at the battle of
Oorinth, was Lincolnshire man, his father
being Mr.. j. Johnstone, of Ashbycum- Fen.
by, near Grimsby. He first entered the
North Lincoln militia, and then LETT Eng.
land for Australia, where he was engaged
for some time in escorting gold from the
diggines. On the outbreak OF the American
troubles he offered his services to the Con
iederate cause. He won the rank of gener-
al at the action of Bull Run"
1t would be difficult to crowd more blum
dors in this paragraph. The ignorance of
the Times touching American affairs is some
times source of amusement. Such blum.
ders as these in this paragraph are very
amusing.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-05

TELL. Us.-We wish some Solomon would
settle the question. What is a gentleman ?
Does agentlelnan smoke in the street?-
Does agentleman spit in lady's presence /?
Docs a gentleman keep his hat upon his
head in her presence, either in a store or
parlor? Does he put his feet upon her sofas
or chairs? Does he say rude things under
cover Of "a jokeY Does he ever converse
before her on subjects known to be painful
to ladies, and which can be as we'll avoided :?
Does he annoy respectable ladies by rudey
staring at them in the streets? Does he
stand gaping on the steps to see them pass
ipoend, out? We fear, if these questions
Nhd many others that might be asked, are
to be answered in the negative, the ranks
of 'gentlemen' in New York would be
marvcllously thinned out Fanny Fern.
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IDEAL GENTLY WITH TUE ERRrNG."-
Robert J. Walker, formerly Of Mississippi.
was Secretary of the Treasury under Pres
idont Polk. 4 correspondent Of tho Detroit
Tribune says Of him:
Robert ,. Walker, a Southern man., said
to some gentlemen who were advocating a
conciliatory policy at Wizards a few days
ago ''Gentlemen, the North Is certainly
to blame for this forrible war. You have
allowed these insolcnt tyrants to blyw-beat
you, t3kick you and cuff YOU. until they
have become actually settled in the belief
that this was the way 10 treat and cohtiSl
you, and now the only course fer yeuSis 10,
whip them and pound them unt.l YOU
thoroughly convince them OF their mistake.
You can then live with them in peace, tas
never before
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-05

The CRUSHED PIANT.-A gentleman was
walking in beautiful garden, and he took
great pains not to tread upon, nor in any way
injure any of the flowers. While he was
walking from place to place, having his at
tention fixed on snowy flowers, he trod on
rare and very beautiful plant that just
lifted its lonely head above soil
Thus il often happens in this world, that
the great, perhaps worthless ones of the
earth arc treated with attention, while the
worthy are forgotten or trodden under foot.
BE careful not to commit this fault. BE on
the lookout for modest merit. DO not,
through carelessness, treat il with neglect.
Do not become SO much interested in those
who are rich, who live in splendor and oc-
cupy high stations, that you forget the poor
who may have far stronger claims On your
attention, who may DO iarmofe worthy Of
your regard.
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EDITORIAL DIGNITY.-Here is the best
paragraph on editorial dignity which we can
purloin from the purloiners: Editors are
sometimes dignified. We know of some
that are excessively so; they print exclusive
ly for our church; they walk soberly and
cautiously the same old threaabare express
ions from day to day, frem year to year. If
man lies, they say he is laboring under a
wrong impression. They never know or
state anything positively--they ''opine."
The glorious sunshine fun entereth not in
to their souls. They seem to re-
gard . newspaper as they would coffin
"a very grave matter, and so move slowly
and lugubriously forward, treading gently
on the decayed eggs of humbug folly and
rascality, ignoring the bright side of life,
but always printing dignifed papers.
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TUE ExAGaERATIONs OF NORTHERN
TRAIToRs.-T Nortl.ern traitors and rebel
sympathzers, who blow long and loud on
every occasion at the expenses of the war,
it appears, aside from the crime of treason
are guilty of willful fllsehood. From an
authorized statement based upon official re-
cords, it appears that the expenditures OF
the Government from April 1861, to the
present time, have not averaged million OF
dollars day. The Vallandigham- Demo.
cratic Address, recently issued, stated that
they amounted to three millions of dollars
day
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seletted goetrp.
The southern Cross,

Deem not The ravshed glory thine;
Nor think the flag shall seamless wave
Whereon thou bld'st its presage shine
Land Of the traitor aud the slave.
God never set that holy sign
In deathless light among His stars
To make Its blaIonry divine
"A scu'chtOn fof thine impious wars
And surely as the Wrong must fall
Before the everlasting Right
60 surely thy device shall pale
And shrivel la the Northern Light.
Look, where its coming spendors stream.
The red and white athwari the blue
While lar above. the uncouguered glenm
vi frecdoin's stars "a blazing through!
Iisrl to the rustic and the sweep, ... IA
Like sound OF mighty wings unfuried
Aud bearing down The snprhirr steep
Heavens hosts 70 help lle imperiiled world
Light in the North. Each hristling lBnce
OF steeiy sheen promise bears;
Aud all the midnight where they glance
rosy flush OF morning wears!
lon symbol Of your Southern sky
Shall surely mean but grief and loss;
Then tremble, as We raise on high,
III sacrilege, the Southern Cross!
Oh. brothers! we entreat in pain,
Take ye tho unblessed emblem down.
Or purge your standard OF its stain,
Aud join II with the Northern Crown!
Atlantic Monthly
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BEDFORD county, TOnpessee, is indispu-
tably for tho Union. AT the election on
Thursday last, 7. II. Caldwell, Union can
didate for Chancellor, received $40 votes
against So for b. H. Ridley, Seeessionist.
j. p. Steele, Union, for Circuit Judge, had
496 votes; II. l.. Davidson, Secessionist,
1856.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-05

AN English editor makes the following
sweeping assertion :-"What man and
never in love Pshaw he must have heart
of ice soul as lilelcss as corn-cob, the
gizzard of a goose, and head As sappy as a
cocoa nut p
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Wool CardIng and Spinning.

BEG TO INFORM my friends and the public
l. in general thai hive removed from Kinseys Factory
10 MARrINSVII.LE FACTORY, where am prepare
0 CARD, SPIN AND MANUFACTURE The usual
'esa' p. wed bought or exchanged for Persian c,o,
Jeans OF st5ekmg Yam JON LEACH,
ni3Jw
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PRAYER BY A TEXAS RANGER.

Oh Lord, thou knowest that this thing of
praying is altogether out of my line. and as
hard for me to do as for Wigfall TO keen
sober, or jeff. Davis to be made pay his
debts, or Floyd to keep from stealing. But
thou knowest We are some on tangle foot
whisky, good at horse racing and tip TOP at
poker, and can hold four aces about as often
as John Morgan, ''or any other man. -
Help us this day, for We are in peck of
trouble, AMI it will be the last time I'm ever
trouble you. AMEN!
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-Simony.

The Senate ofthe United States would
take no action against Senator who had
accepted a fee Of s5e, 600 for procuring a
contract from the Government for the fur
nishing of arms, because there was no act
Of Congress forbidding member to sell
his services for such purposes. But If q
Senator might take a fee for procuring .
contract with the Government; from the
pro6tsrof which the parties could pay so
large bribe, why should he not accept q
fee for aiding in the passage Of bill
through Congress, asit is reported has been
done at timesf q "a. ;'oE- .zaH sSlssi!s
+ The English House Of Commons, in the
sixth year of King William ITf, voted
its own Speaker guilty Of high crime and
misdemeanor, and expelled him the House
for accepting 4 gratuity Of thousand
guineas from the city of London for what
he had done in procuring the passage Of 9
bill for the benefit Of orphans; and anoth-
er member, who had accepted only TWEEN
ty guineas, was likewise expelled. The
English Commons would not permit on.
OF. its members to convert the discharge
of duty into q means Of private emoiu
ment. Sir John Trevor. was expelled
from the English House of Commons fo
five thousand dollars. Mr.. Simmons. ha
asked for and taken fifty thousand dol
liars, and still remains Senator; entitled
to vote appropriations. Which is tn,
better example?-.St Loais Repab Rcax.-
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discard Party

Z That sort Of stuff is all ''very fne," gen
tlemen, but it 'swon't hold water" Ifyou
believe what you teach, why not set the
example? Why your disgusting and
eternal prating about the "nigger" and
"nigger equality and 'snigger emancipa-
tionY' Why your incessant "bully-
ragging" of"Old Abe because he refuses
to lend himself to all the insane schemes
OF crackbrained Abolition fanatics and
eonspirators? Why your clamor for, q
'policy Of one idea," (the "irrepressible
nigger, of course and the only idea your
brain pans seem large enough to accom-
modate?EWhy your ibellous and dis
graceful imputations on.the loyalty of the
democratic party2 Why your attempts
to muzzie a free press, suppress free speech
and crush out every man, however loyal in
his acts and utterances, who will not vor-
ship your African god with stupid. silly
and fanatical devotion, and who will not
endorse every rash, unconstitutional and
impolitic project the Garrisons and Love-
joys may propose for his benefit and for
the beggary and degradation of white men?
Miserable demagogues and bypocritesI
the people understand you and your "no-
party" dodge, and will pelt you with ballots
this Fall till your heads ache and your
cheeks crimson. if they are not too brazen
for blush Waynesburg Pa. Messenger.
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LADIES DRsssEs IN 1909 II remember

LADIES DREssEs IN 1909. II remember
the time when no young woman, who went
t'into the world, ever appeared before she
had tied on before semi cirular cushion
of quarter of q yard long and wide, and
two inches thick How we could have been
such, fools is to me amazing; or how we
supported that horrid composition of calico
and horse hair in crowded assemblies in
the dog-days; or how we reconicled it to
our feelings Of cleanliness to wear one of
those machines till we were tired of its
form, withoutwashing, appears now beyond
my belief. This fashion was introduced
by Lady Caroline Campbell (afterward
Lamb) and I think has been without a
parallel in false taste and absurdity since
that period. have gone into shops to
choose those precious ornaments. and have
seen Eve hundred ofthem at q time; I think
this was boutsixteen years ago. We then
removed them to the opposite quarter, and
all looked like the Hottentot Venus
Leadbsater Papers. 7aetaa
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NOT A WORD.

Has the Republican press word to say
against Wendell Phillips who publicly
boasted that he has been engaged for 19
years in the work of destroying the Union?
Not word!
Had ita word to say against Vice Pres
ident Hamlin who, knowing Phillips trea-
|sonable sentiments, publicly left the
Speakers Chair, in the United States
Senate, and almost embraced him on the
floor Of that body. as-fEs.las
Not word? ysR4a iaxsrs7 sa3
Has it had word to say against Sena-
tor Wade who declared publicly in the
Senate that-.sthe man who prates about
the Constitution in this great crisis is a
traitor7" g ssoA' sfR1t} isst
Not wordl N s E la zasa aati
Has it had word to say against Repre-
sentative Bingham who said in the House
only month ago-"Who in the name of
Heaven wants the Cotton States or any
other State this side of perdition to remain
in the Union, if slavery is to continue?
Not world $500 - - = }
Has it had a word to say againsnt Thad-
deus, Stevens, who recently said in Con-
gress that he was not for the restoration
Of the Union if slavery is preserved
Not wordl - - - q
Has it had word to say against any of
the fanatics who declare-the Constitu-
ton "a league with hell and the Union a
convenant with the devil. - -1sf s'2a
Not a wordI ~ 1ho i-s<s
Has it had a word to say against any
ofits friends who have plundered the treas
|ury in one year ofa greater sum than the
yearly current expense Of Mr.. Buchanan's
administration. e. go sae'1s = Tz9
Not word! 1Es go q
Has it had a word to say about the i'm
prisonment Of hundreds upon hundreds Of
citizens out of political revenge q
Not word! @ea q
Has it had a word to say about the stri-
king down of the writ of habeas corpus and
the denial of a trial by jury or even ofin-
formation concerning the causes of arrest?
Not word! seSE 50 -.
Has it a word to say against the lawless
mobs of last year. the destruction and sup
preston of democratic papers, the tarring
and feathering of men whose only crime
was to save the Union and prevent the ru-
in which Abolitionism has inaugurated.
Not wordl ,eoa.zs 49,. -.s.,4 !
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A MAN STOPPING G HIS HEART BY
.,;4 :, HIS OWN. WILL, .,T -:

From an article on the Heart, by Isaac
Ashe, B. a, T, c. d., L. NJ, in The
Popular Science Reriero, We take the fol
lowing extract; 81 a. b7ens i.sa.fas vsat /
This four chambered. heart is muscle,
and acts by means of muscular force.
What the. agent may be which irritates
this muscle and so causes it to contract,
has been a subject of much discussion;
but it is now generally considered that
this agent is. oxygen, which is received
into the blood in the lungs, and stimulates
the, muscular contraetility of. the heart
through the nerves of the organ. This
muscular, action Of the heart is, almost
entirely beyond the control Of the will, as
indeed are all the vital actions of the
body; yet instances have been related ol
persons who were able to stop the hearts
action at will, and in one case this experil
ment wascarried too far, and the individ.
ual died by the. mere. act of his own will
On the other hand, the heart will continue
its regular pulsations for q long time after
its, removal from the body, and Of course
the death of the animal; and the lower
the creature in the scale of creation, ths
longer will this action continue; so tha
the heart of sturgeon will continue t.
beat as long as twenty -four hours aftel
its removal from the creature,
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MODERN REPUBLICANS.

When modern Republicans.are tested
by the facts of the record, and when a
fair comparison of their acts with their
profession is made, we discover at once
the real authors, of our. present national
embarrassment. A western contemporary
has enumerated these facts, which we
commend to the perusal and remembrance
of every loyal man in the land: -
It is a. fact that the only persons from
the North who have been found by us in
the rebel army, and taken prisoners, were
formerly Republicans go. Eusiss9
+ 1t is a fact that the only parties at the
North who justify or apologize for the
rebels are the Abolition Republicans. /,
/, 1t isca fact, that the only party in the
North supported, by the disloyal is the
Republican,. - e..,as.s .fs~.Z
1t is fact that the, only men elected;to
Office at the North about whose loyalty
there is any question, are elected BY the
Republicans, go 81, sa-.fsI 49,
It is a fact that the only disloyal news
pers at the North are the Republican
/ 1t is a fact that the only papers. that
ought to be, suppressed for their treason
able utterances are the, Republican. s5
It is fact that the only Northern
apologists and defenders of the .Aboli-
ltionists are Republicans. 80 -
I Tits a fact that the only parties who
lament over the nom-abolition of slavery
| in the Southern States are Republicans.
1T is a fact that the, only party which
iIopposesp the complete prostration of the
eAbohtionists and Secessionists- by the
force Of arms is the Republican: e 81
eaIt is fact that all the opposition to :
full and complete vindication of the ma.
Ijesty of the Government I'm this aunhol,
warupon it, comes from the Abolition
Republicans! lfasea4 ea' tsaeE aei$
IS Let our Democratic readers make atnot,
Of these facts, and when assailed by either
] an Abolitionist or a Republican, quietly
ask for comparison Of records. q 9 al
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on niggers, and guns in their hands, and
demand the same rights and consideration
for them as free white soldiers enjoy-if
he be a man like Fremont, that will issue
a proclamation that his own commander
n-chief has to revoke, they will applaud
and stand by all he does. But if he is a
man like Grant, that takes ten thousand
rebel at a clip, you are told that he de-
serves to be hung! Yes, though you give
lyour flesh and blood to put down rebellion,
| if you do not favor Abolition, you are
denounced as rebel sympathizer. ''
This injustice has gone on about long
enough, Applause, and cries of ''that's
Iso-that' the talk"1 s-'2Si - 'E;iS
|. It is time for these denunciations to
cease. Abuse of the Northern Democra-
Icy and Violations of the Constitution,
without even the plausible pretext Of pub
lie necessity, are poor modes of strength
ening the arm of the Government When
this great Government, with. 100000
troops at its back, takes little village
editor of Ohio, at midnight, out Of his
bed, and sends him seven hundred miles
away to political Bastile, for mere ex-
| preston Of opinion, however erroneous;
when this is done without even the SEM
tblance Of legal process, and in a State
where the courts are all open and unob-
structed, in State whose loyalty it is
infamous to doubt, and where the man
could do no harm to the nation, even had
he tried; why what have We come to?
What a scene is this in one Of, the might
I lest nations on the face Of the earth !. A
poor little country editor, with a neigh
boring circulation Of few hundreds for
his paper, is arrested and sent to Fort
Warren on pretext Of ennity to the
Union and upon a plea of public necessi-
ty, while Wendell Phillips, who boasts of
his disunionism for nineteen years, and
who denounces the war as infamous unless
it be carried on for purposes Of emanci-
patton, perambulates the country at will,
giving utterance to his disloyalti, and is
,ie.ed and 'lionized at the National Capitol.
You have this day again solemnly declar-
ell your Intention to support the Govern
nleht in ali proper measures to put down
the rebellion; but you protest against
violations of the Constitution and infringe
ments Of the rights and liberties Of the
people; and you think, as I think, that
it is time that injustice to loyal men should
stop. Applause. @ls SSn<' 2
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BUSINESS CouRTsHIP.

minutes Courtship bstwesn thriving and
busy merchant In a Watering place of
England. and lady, for whom. in con
junction with = deceased friend. he was :
trnstee, The Iadv called AZ his countine
house. and said that her business .vas to
consult him ON tee propriety or otherw;se
Of her accepting an offer Of marr;aoe
which Abe, had received. INV. for The
S,,t t;paa occ,,ral n ~. nr;atol - srch.At
the idea of thin holy Leststs IN His own
case - -s-7s = Esssas { : ssss = Z. sssl
? uMarr;surs.." said he. 'listlessl ' turning
over =, soms 4 West India Observation-Disclosures
,aWelL I .,supnose .eyarv hodv 0nght ia
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NUMBER %.
4 BIT OF ADVICE.

Senator Sumner, writing to the New
York war meeting & letter flled with
hypccrisy and, ,humbug, says
What ! can do let me do. There is no
work which I will not undertake; there is
nothing which ! will not undertake, there
is nothing which I win NOT senonnce, if
so l can serve my country. 1.
We can tell you what to do, sir..S Get
your friends all around you and then
hang yourself until you are black in the
face. Then 60 to Liberia, or interior
Africa, or Madagascar You could in
that way associate with the Inhabitants on
perfdct equality Of sentiment and color.
Become the Duke of Marmalade, to his
Excellency, the President Of Hayti,
black boots, keep peanut stand; do any
thing in fact which shall vacate your seat
in Congress, and free the newspapers Of
your name. That very name, Mr. Sam
ner, is worth thousands Of troops to the
Southern cause. Every speech you make
summons more men than the bugle horn
of Rodriok DIM, but all Of them against
you. You have done this country more
harm that any other man init, and oil in
order that you might win from Extra Hall,
q word of commendation.-..y
If you are honest in your declaration
betake yourself to same foreign country,
never to come back By 80 doing you
will simply perform an act of justice-if
you want TO secure our gratitude, take
Phillips and Garrison, Greeley and Will
son, Forney and Stanton, Frank Blair and
Lovejoy, and Abby. Kelley along with