Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-02-13
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS. a
Jesse d. Bright has been expelled from
the Senate by the following decided, vote:
YEAs.-Msssrs. Anthony, Broyning, Chand-
Ter, Clark, Colla,ner, Davis, Dixon, Doolit-
tie, Fesscuden, Foot, Foster, Crimes, Hale,
Harlan, Henderson, Howard, Howe, john
son, King Lane lind. J, McDougaTl, Nor
rill, Pomeroy, Sherman, Simmons, Sumner,
Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot, Will
son Mass. J, and Wilson Mo. )-34. NAYS
-Messrs. Bayard, Carlile, Cowan, Harris,
Kennedy, Latham, Nesmi'h, Pierce, Pow
ell, Rice, Salisbury Ten Eyck, Thompson,
and Willey-l4.
Private letters from France aver that Ma
poleon will recognize the South and break
the blockade some fixing February 27th as
the day. One from Thurlow Weed OK
presses apprchensions that Napoleon will
announce that policy in addressing the
Chambers on the 25th. This hastened the
passage of the Gunboat bill, but the French
Minister says nothing of the kind is known
to him, and he has had no official intinlation
whatever. r.f...
The lower House of the Kansas Lcgisla-
ture, by vote of so to passed rcsolu-
ton requesting the President to appoint Gen.
Lane Major General. aud give him com.
mand of the Southern Expedition.
A resolution in favor Of con6scating, lib
Grating and also arming the slaves of rebels
if it should be military necessity, passed
the Senate Of Maine, on the 7th inst, by Q
vote of "a against 4. .' ';t,-t,.
Guy W. Doan, Esq, one Of the earliest
settlers and abiest lawyers of Pickaway
county, died at Circlevillc on the 4th inst.
at the age of more than seventy. He was
native Of New Milford, Conn, and grad.
uate of Union College and the Litchfeld
Law School. For the last eighteen years
he had been totally blind. The Circleville
), Union fitly describes him as "eminently q
just man, an Undetermined, consistent
Christian, and good citizen"
Gen. Lander's forces have re-occupiet
Romney without 6ght. The rebels fec
in tho direction Of Winchester.
The Senate has now, since the expulsion
Of Bright, turned its attestion to Starke
the disloyal Senator appointed by the Gov
ernor of Oregon to gil Bakers seat.
The Virginia Legislature lat Wheeling
has resolved to adjourn to-day, Thursday,
Secretary Stanton has issued very i'm
portant order, in connection with the arcs
of DR.. Ives, correspondent of tho N. Y
Herald. The inpudent scoundrel forced
himself into tho chambers of the War De
partment, where the Secretary and his as
sistants we're transacting important business
for the purpose of spying and obtaining wal
nows and intelligence in regard to Cabinet
consultations, which he knew was not au
thorizod to be published, and insolontl.
made threats to Assistant Secretary Watson
) of the hostility Of the N. Y. Herald agains
the Administration and the War Depart
mcnt unless he was afforded special priv
ileges, and furnished intelligence by tho DE-
partment in respect to Cabinet oonsulta
tions, &c. The fellow is native Of reb<
State, and the press he represented is no
overcharged with loyalty. Secretary Star
y ton has very properly ordered that he b
!, locked up in Fort McHenry.
Brigadier. Generals J. D. Cox, and j. W
Denver were in Wheeling yesterday.
East Tennessee is to DO invaded at ono
u by three armies. Gen. Carter goes throug
+ Cumberland Gap, Gen. Schoepff by th
r central route, and Gen. Thomas, with Ma,
' sons and McCook's Brigades, will cross q
|; Mill Spring. They will advance immediatel
y on Knoxville, whore they will take posse ssic
Q of the Rail Road, cutting off supplies frol
q the Rebel Government.
There is fight in progress at Roanol
q Island, between the Union forces Of th
n Burnside Expedition and the rebels. Th
II Unionists had sunk one or two Confedera,
,f gun boats. At the latest advices the Vi
d ionsts were reported successful. Tho new
1t will be found in another column.