Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-11-12
Letter from , Columbus.
CoLUMBus o Nov. 9th. '6'

En- CuRoNIcLE: Bus few circumstances
of marked import have occdrreA about she
capitsi city. since last wrote you. IL sx-
rcpt the discovery Of tho inf~snsl Cooper
head. cosspirscy in this aud other cities,
throughout, the State. and tho consequent
srrest of the learned nnd dpni6cd Demo-
cratic School Commissioner. Cathcart. and
o, her minor lights rs the same ignoblc breed.
With the particulars Of the horrible and
mali ieoant plot, yourself and readers are
doabtless we'll acquainted. ln spite OF the
ieviIish resolution Of those Northern rebels.
them fellows yet rema in inside the grim
prison walls Of Comp Chase and the Ohio
p niten,isry.- Cashcart didn't { D. arch t. the
South with the rebel chcftain, John Nor,
gan, and consequently didn't secure the an
ticipated commission in the rebel army.
Many persons are laboripg under the err
roncous idea that Catheart had resigned his
position as School Commissioner, and that
his successor had already taken his place. =
This Is but partially right. Cathcsrt did
resign, bat his resignation does not take ef-
feet until the llih day of the present month.
MI. White was named by the Governor a.
his, (Cathcart's) successor, but Of course
does not enter upon the duties Of the Office
until the llth inst. Tins il is truthfdly
shown that a State e0iciat, high in position,
and Oho ,ods placed there By the Chppcrhead
party If Ohio, has engaged in a neiarious
plot, having for its ulciibate object, at least
the partial overthrow oil the very Govern
ment, state and Federal, which he 50 SOL
emily svowed to uphold and 10 protect.
What further proof do We needl Of the
general completely OF Northern Copper.
heals with Southern rebels, than this deep
ly laid plot in which Cathcart was engaged.
l might speak more personally Of this man.
but KATE EaQqndighom says, lit is the
part OF coward to insult fallen foe.''---
TT at is Yit Kotie; three Erd thirty,
spoke Of the Union party when she uttered
that remarkable expression. What striking
magnanimily! We would respectfully ask
the lady u which fell the lowest on last
election day. Unionists or Copperheads2- =
However, CoppeIhesds iell no lower than
they wers before. They had always been at
the bottom of the pit of political, md alas!
too frequently Of social inlamy.
by the way, this psurilo set are kicking
up muss between themselves. A portion
Of them are bctuully beginning to revolt at
their own 6lthiness. The Crisis and States
man are pulling at zach others ears fero-
ciously. There seems to be n prospect for
the dismemberment OF the whole orgAnixa.
ton. Godspeed the good work!
Little ''Saphead Smokey Cox" has been
off in New York, aiding tho Coppsrheads
in their efforts To- keep the upper hand in
that State. How he succeeded you well
know. BY reports in Eastern papers Of
his speeches. l see he still continues to
D quote the usual amount Of Scripture. What
t blarphenyl
IL aAn eyil soul nroducna Holy Writ.
j. like villain with q smiling cie, L;
4. gooAly nprls rotten NJ The corc.'
1 Cox can't live at homo after being 40 un
i. mistakably repudiated on the 18th Of Oct
Q The season here this winter, during tn,
n session of tho Legislature, promises to be a
l. unusually Gny one. We arc to have wash
; ington. on a minor scale" People wer
y apparently never SO happy before and ever.
u person seems firmly bent on enjoying him
sell, as far ss his mouicd ability extends. =
There will not be enough Copperhosds Il
\ the Legislature to afford any oxeitemen
is there. hence it is looked for elsewhere. ~,
In glsnciug over tho columns Of that d.
/. lectable sheet, the st. Clsiraville Gazette,
u II few days ago, my attention was attracted b
" o statement relative to the rebel vote q
Camp Chase, the correctness Of which
A had the effroutery to deny. 1t credited tn
), statement to the New York Tribune, bu
first sppsarcd in the Columbus Express.
Twas at Camp Chase when the vote va
taken, and assert that the result was, it
d Vsllandigham, 1851, aud for Brough,
!; :; leaving majority for Vallandigham Of lo7s
/" !, The Gazette need say nothing more in rt
y gard to this sigpiaoant result Of the reb'
vote. Tho rebels had thoir own judges an
clerks, and their own balot,box. and coun
cd the votessmong themselves, henesIfrau
was impossible. Until next week--odis'
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