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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-12-17
Executors Sale Of Real Estate,

TN pursuance Of order OF the Probate Court of Bel
mont County, Ohio, will offer for sale, public suc
uon
SATU URDAX, JAN'Y 9th, 1904,
between the hours Of 10 O'Clock A. n. and O'Clock p
upon the prenises, the following described real
tate situate in said county Of Bsmon and 6tits OF Ohio
to wit: ..
The first being par. OF the g. half Of the NJ E. or
Of Sec O. TIP. r. O. in the Marietta Land District. Be
ginning ior its boundarics'At The s. w corner of said
quarter and running thence East until II inersscs The
road leading from Sonerton 10 Millwood thence with
the middle Of said road the Western boundary line Of
said quarr aud thence south 10 the place Of beginning;
Supposed 10 eoasAn tweny tao sones, being The same
premises conveyed TO Joseph Bishop BY Joseph Gibbons
with the following incumbr.ncos. 10 wit: csrain
privilege. fully described in deed for that pur-
pose given by James Naylor to Eli Kcnard ~,
The second beginning for lis boundaries at the g.
w. Of said quarter and running thence y. IS
perches thence g. 81 f. % perehes; thence 8. 63o T.
bi perehss thensu y. 7is T. 70 perches; thence 3s
deg E. psfchea thenee g. 90t deg E. 22e4 Ierches
thence N. deg E. Ia perchrs thence N. 81 deg w.
"a peFches thence W ~ rs perchest the place OF
beginning, containing l4.33 acres more or less. J
Ba.h,irsc,s 70 DO sold fros Of dowsr Appraised as
elO30 Terms Of sale One third in hand, o,e-,hisd in
one year and onehird In TWO years from the day Of
sale, with interest the defefrsd psyenb sobs secured
by mortgage upon the premises sold
/ "A ls Of Jossph Bi.hol. tsCd.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-12-17
Tha presidant,s Message.

y
sage, as transmitted by telegraph, was
irghtfully butchorsd in fhct, the sense OF
it was almost destroyed. For this reason
we have concludsd to reprint the latter part
Of it, relating to the war and to reconstruc
ton We copy from Washington City
papcr--thc lntelligencer:
When Congress assembled a year ago the
war had already lasted nearly twenty months
aud there had been many conflicts on both
hnd aud sea, with varying results. = The
rebellion had been pressed back into reduced
limits; yet the tone OF pubic feeling aud
opinion, at home and abroad, was not salts
factory. With other rigns, the popular
elections, then Just past, indicated uneasi-
ness among ourselves, while amid much that
was cold aud menacing the kindest words !
coming from Europe were uttered in accents
of pity that we were too bllnd to surrender
hopeless cause. Our commerce was suf
fering greatly by few armed vessels built
upon and furnished from foreign shores, and
we were threatened with such additions
from the same quarter as would sweep our
trade from the sea and raise our blackude.
We had failed to elicit from European Gov.
ernments any thing hopeful upon this sub
ton, issued in September, was running its
assigned period to the beginning of the new
year. A month later the final proclamation
came, including the announcement that col
ored men Of suitable condition would be re.
ceiyed in tho war service. The policy oi
emancipation and of employing black sol
diers gave to the future a new aspect, about
which hope, and fear, and doubt contended
in uncertain conflict. According to our po-
liiical system, as u matter Of civil admins.
tration, the General Government had no
lawful power to effect emancipation in any
State, and for long time it had been hoped
that the rebeisn could bc suppressed with
out resorting to il as military measure 1t
was all the while deemed possible that the
necessity for it might come, aud that, if it
should, the crisis Of the contest would then
be presented. 1t came, and, as we antic
pated, it was followed by dark and doubt
! iul days. .....,.. ..l......
s Eleven months having now passed. W,
. are permitted to take another review. Th,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-12-17

DISPATCHES from Washington say the
Army Of the Potomac is to be Immediately
recognized, and made larger and bstteris
every respect than it has been At any former
period. sli.u A.i.l.. ..'s,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-12-17
Probate Court, Belmont %.
PETITION 10 SELL L

David Pogus, Admir- do bonis) THE above named
/ non OF Johu seller, deed, defendants are here
. ~ ~ Thy informed ihai on the
Mary sieller, Rachel Sisllsr, ilth day Of ntiobsA
ti.I = anc Others. lc63, said Admhisrntes
hlsd petition In the Probate Court al Bslaouk Cosn>
", OHIO, the object and prayer Of which petition 10 -
obnin order the i7lh day Of November, 1e65 fss
the assignment Of the dover Of MARY Sieiies widow sf
said deceased in and for the sale Of the following de-
scrbea ve II estate 70 paw he dshsot sod dreedA-
The arm osl which ,a dsesienl fsnsay n,v hSsidss
in York Township, IN said eousy So,si,,lE w. .ersS
more or less. ni DAVID rO0Ck
IrrrrrT,,rrr y Admir- Of Joha esiliss, dssA.
Oct rs iss3 3-<w VI III lf9I Ictfd
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-12-17

FLAG OF the free hearts hopo and. home!
By angel hands TO vslor given.
rhy stars have In fhe welkin done,
and all Thy huss were born IN heaven.
Forever hoat tnzt standard shsetl
I Who're bresthes fhe fos but falls before us,
With Freedoms soil beneath our feet
And Free edom's . banner streaming Ger usl
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-12-17

chise. His position Is not in harmony with
the old Genuine Democratic" doc.rines
that the majority shall rule. ;" Neither is
it consistent with the sycophantic address
OF the late Valiandirham Central Commit
tee ldecease ed) to the Ohio scldiery. Ol
the 57S soldier votes east for Prosecuting
Attorney for this county, Mr.. Work received
81, leaving ME clear majority over sh Of
SIS According to Mr.. Works theory, Is
home votes are infinitely superior to the
votes Of SIS soldiers. Providing there is a
shadow Of plausibiity in the view taken Of
this law by Mr.. Work. is it generous, noble
or patriotic in him to make himself an ao-
tive and willing advocate OF such construc-
tion of the Constitution as will deprive the
soldiery Of pririle9e which he so highly
prizes? 1t is painful to know there is a
considerable faction in our State who. by its
actions, says. it is debasipg to become a
soldier" and that during war for the very
existence of our Government, 1S stay-at-
home-pcace-on any terms Vallandigham.
mers are entitled TO greater voice IN tne
affairs Of that Government than Sis soldiers
who daily suffer the exposures Of camp and
field, and baro their bosoms to Rebel bayo
nets and bullets, that their country may live
Against Mr.. Work personally and social,
l have nothing 70 say, but he afiliates will
and is thought by some to be one Of the ex
pouents Of party which wars CONTINUAL,
against the Government and its brave de
Tenders. -,-, . -.. .t
In this eoptesting affair he is not warrin,
against me, for, pccuniarily, the Office is
, small matter; but he is plainly sayinl
soldiers must not be allowed to vote, an
, shall not, if can prevent it." He war
: against the best interests and dearest right
D OF those Of whom it has been truly said,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-12-17
Fravc boys nre thcy,
Gone at their counIrys call;
And yet, and yei, we cannot forget
lhui MANY nrnre hnNa mn Il lall "

This warning against our citizen soldiery
will speedily bring him to grief, and | charge
nothing for the opinion that the party thus
warriug is on the broad roadto political daD'-
nation. As to this contestng matter, friend
John, have only to say, " Lay on, Macduff,
and damned be he, who first cries, hold
enough !" r. Fl. COCHRAN.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-12-17
The Military Prisoners in the Ohio
-t~~ Penitentiary. orr

Gov. Tod has addressed the following let
ter to Col Merton, Warden of tho Peni-
tentiary:
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-10-21
For the North Branch Democr,
BELSHAZZAR's FEAST.
BY NELLIE CLIFTON.

The calm lovelness ut an oriental nigh, had
fallen over the proud capi.ol of Assyria-
Babylon's hundred gates of brass were closed
and the huge battlemented walls were frown-
ing grimly in the pale starlight. Without
the city, silence brnOded over i" the dim aud
pu!seless wnrld;" but within all was bright
and joyous.
Merchant princes sat within the tapes tried
chambers of their stately dwellings. every
apartment glittering Will all that the luxurl-
GUS eastern taste could devise, or untold
wealth purchase, aud complscently smiled as
they counted on wears Of prosperity to come.
The priests of Belus performed their heaihen
rites in the magnificent temple that was blaz-
ing with lbs uncounted treasures of gold and
silver, and precious stones.
Cohgrrgated in the regal banqueting hall
h King Belshazzar, were thousand mighty
lords of the Empire, resplendent in vestments
of Babylonian blue, that glittered with the in
sigma Of nobility. The tables groaned be-
meath the weight of rare eastern exntics, and
the costliest Winds that pampered royalty
could devise, or the resources of Kingdom
furnish. The brains of the pheasant were
daintily set forth in vessels of gold, and wine
Of the rarest vintage, stained with its ruby
how, chalices that sparkled with precious
gems. Soft strains of music palpitaied on
the voluptuous air, perfumed by hundred un-
seen cenSers. The dark eyed dancing girls
Of Egypt kept time to the lutte and the viol,
with q 1.-the, rythm:cal grace, that was as full
of vo,celess music az the motions of the un-
tanned gazelle. The Eing, clad in robe nf
roval Tyrian purple. every fold Of which fash
ed with the sheen of precious gems, sat on q
dais, canopied by tree, the emblem of pow
er in Assyria, the branches Of which we're
loaded with fruitage of emeralds, amethysts
and fame red opals.
The gay revelers were flushed with wine
and mirth and when one, more bold than
the rest, proposed that they should bring
forth the sacred vessels of gold and silver,
that Nebnchadnezsar, hal plundered from the
temple at Jerusalem, shout of approval met
the proposition. The priests of Belus mocked
the God Of Israel, while they filed the hal
lowed vessels with the heathen's wine and
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-10-21
OPPOSITE fNFLCENCE or THE
SEXES.

Why 10 it that in nine ty.nine cases out of
hundred those women who have besn
brought up chiefly among men, who have
had no sisters, who have lost a mother i'm
early life, doubtless for many reasons sad
affection to girf,) who have been depend
ent on fathers or brothers for society and
conversation, should turn out the most fasci-
mating and superior Of their sex2 Why 10
it that, in ninety-nine cases ont off hundred,
the boy who ia educated solely by his moth
er, becomes triumphant and successful msa
in after life2 Perhaps the opposite intiu.
ence of either sex 10 beneficial TO the other;
perhaps the girl derives vigorous thoaghts.
expanded views, habits of refsction-nsy,
morc-charity and forbesrancs, from her
male associates. as the boy 10 indebted to
his mothers tuition and his mothers com-
panionship for the gentleness and purity of
heart which combine 80 well with O manly
and generous pature, for the refinement ind
delicacy Of feeling which 90 adorn true cour.
age, above all, for that exalted standard of
womankind, which shall prove his surea 3
safeguard from shame and defeat in che com-
ing battles shield impervious 90 long as il
10 bright, brit which, when once soiled, slides
and crumbles from his grasp, leaving him iA
the press Of angry weaponS naked aud de-
fenceless man.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-10-21
TUNKHANNOCK, PA, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21, 1868.

drank to the praise Of their senseless idols "of
gold and silver, Of brass, of iron, Of wood and
of stone" Blasphemous lips had scarcely
drained the sacred goblets ere the hush of an
awful fear fell on their revelings.
The profaned vessels fell from hands thai
grew palsied in terror; as with blanched
cheeks and starting eyes, they gazed on
sight that unnerved the stoutest heart. As
syria's impious monarch trembled in craven
fea- as the aush os excitement faded from bis
face and left it OF an ashen paleness. So !!
over against the massive candlestick that
lighted the festive hall; there came forth q
mans hand and traced in fire, characters taat
none could read. Belshazzar called together
his wise men, the seers and astrologers OF
Chaldea, promising honor and power, with
robes of scarlet and fine linen, and chains o.
gold, to him who should interpret the mys-
terious writing. But all fald until the hum
hle Judean captive, Daniel, was brought be-
fore the King and read, in the burning char
acters traced on the palace wall, by an arm
less hand. the downfall of the trembling mun.
arch and his Kingdom.
"God hath numbered thy Kingdom and fin
lshed it. Thou art weighed in the balance
and found wanting. Thy Kingdom ia divid-
ed and given to the Medes and Persians."
The same hour the legions of Cyrus poured
into the city, through the drained bed Of the
Euphrates. The song of levelry was exchang-
ed for the shout of the victor and the grosns
Of the dying. The purple robes were deeper
dyed in human gore, and the blood of the
slain ran in rlvuleis on the floor, or stagnated
in clotted pools, The beseigers filled the
banqueting vessels with red wine from hu-
man veins. Belshszzar's boasted glory pass
ed away with the fading starlight of the morn.
ing, for his dead body lay among those of his
slaughtered mobiles.
Thus Babylon with all her royal magnif.
cence, the pride OF Assyria, the crown of the
Orient, passed into the the hands of the
Medes and Persians.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-10-21

To the Right Req. ALoszo Potter. of the
Diocese of Pennsylvania, and the Seeding
Clergy of Philadelphia;
have seen, with great amaZenent, a pro-
test against my letter on the Bible View of
Slavery" signed by You and long list o.
ur clergy, in which you condemn it as
Z" unworthy of any Serrant of Jesus Christ,
as " an eff"rt {" sustain ON Bible principles,
estates IN rebellion against the Govern
ment in the wicked attempt to establish, by
force Of arms, a tyranny in the maine Of D
Rrpubrc, whose corner stones shall be the
perpetual bondage of the African" and as
such you say that It challenges your " indig.
nant reprobation"
Now my Right Reverend brother, am
with gross insult against your senior, but
with the more serious offence Of false accu-
sation. NV letter was first published in JAN
uarv, 1861, more than three months before
the war began, at q time when no one could
anticipate the form of Government which
The Southern States should adopt, or the
course which Congress might take in refer
ence TO their secession. And when I con
senred to its publication, did not suppose
that it would be used in the service of any
political party, although had no right to
complain, if it were so used, because the let
ter, once publish ed, became public property
But IN its present form there is nothing
VIII ,iever in il which bears IN the question
"f reb-lliun," "r Of the :. perpetual bondage
of the African" "f which slavery should be
the corner stone" On the contrary. | re
ferred, IN the last page, to nv lecture pub
l'shed in Buffal, in 1860, and TO INV book
called G. The American Citizen" published IN
New York in 1887, where 81 act forth the
same views on The subject Of slavery adding,
however, plan for it's gradual abolition
whenever the .uth should consent. ana IN g
whole strength Of the Government could aid
IN it's accomplishment. "Snoner or later''
added, Il believe that some measure oi
that character must be adopted. But u be.
'D0RB 10 tHc %idvC CJtukcU tuemEeIVeS TO take
the lead in such q movement. And mean.
while their legal rights and their natural feel
ings must be respected, if We would hope for
unity and peace"
With these facts before your eyes, am to
tally at q loss to imagine how even the ex
travasance OF party Zeal could frame against
me 90 bitter denunciation. The whole nb
ject Of my letter was to prove, from the Bi
6ie, that in the relation of master and slave
there was necessarily no sin whatever. The
ain, if there were any, lay in the treatment
"f the slave, and not In che relation itself
OF course, it was liable TO abuse, as all hu'
man relations must be. But while il was
certain that thousands of our Christian
brethren who held slaves were treating them
with kindness and justice, according 20 the
Apostles rule, and earnestly laboring to i'm.
prove the comforts and amsliorate the hard
sh pc of the institution, held it {, be q cru
el and absurd charge to accuse them as sin.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-10-21

We have marked the orators which cry,
Down with the Bible, if il maintains the
lawfulness Of slavery" We have marveled
at the senatorial eloqnence which proclaimed
that it was high time to have an anti.slave-
ry God and an snti-slavery Bible" We
Rave heard the Constitution of our countr,
denounced as "a covenant with death and
hell" We havt heard the boaated determi.
nation that the Union shall never be restor-
ed until it's provisions for the protection Of
slavery are utterly abolished. And what is
the result of all this philanthropy The
fearful Judgment Of God has descended to
chastise these multiplied acts of rebellion
against His divine Government, and what
the final catastrophe shall tie 10 only known
to Him who seeth the end from the begin.
ming,
After forty wears spent in the ministry,
more than thirty of which have been passed
in the Office of Bishop, can look back with
humble thankfulness TO the giver of all good
for this, at least, that all my best labors
have been directed TO the preservation uf the
Church from the inroads Of dtc,rinal ihno-
vati"n. At my ordination promised" So to
minister the DOCTRINE and sacraments and
discipline of Christ, as the Lord hath com
manded, and as this Church has received the
sdme"-and certain it is that & thi. Church "
had not received the modern doctrine of ul-
ira Abolitionism at that time, as | trust she
never will receive it. because It is contrary
to the Sacred Scripture. also promised
" with all faithful diligence to banlsh and
drive away from the Church al erroneous
and strange doctrines contrary to Gods
Word," and | made these promi. es in the
true sense which the venerable Bishop White
my Ordainer, attached 10 th-m-I believed
then, as he believed, that our Southern
brethren committed no sin in having slaves.
and that they were men of as much piety as
any ministers in our Com munIon. | beliey.
ed, as he believed, that the plain precepts
and practice of the Apostles sanctioned the
institution, although az a matter of erpedi-
ency, the time might come when the Souti.
would prefer, as the North had dune, to em.
pl"y free labor. Those promises have kept
faithfully to this day-and if, when | am
drawing near t. the end of my career, am
to be condemned and vilIified by you and
your clergy, because still maintain them ,o
the utmost OF my slender ability, be assured
my Right Reverend Brother, that shall re.
gret the tact much more on your accoun,
than on my own.
In conclusion, have only to say that 7
feel no resentment for the groosly insulting
style Of your manifesto. The stability and
unity of the Church of God are the only in
terests which | desire 70 secure, and I am
too old in experience to be much moved by
the occasional ex :esses of human inirmity
JOHN HI. HOPKINS.
Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont.
BURLINGTON, Vt. Oct. S, 1868.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-10-21
INTERESTING FACTS.

The first piece of artillery was invented By
o GeFmar, soon after the invention of gun.
powder, and artillery was first used by the
Moors, Of Algesiras, in Spain, in the siege Of
l34l.
The frst banks were established in Italy
in the year S08, by the Lombard Jews, of
whom some settled in Lombard Street, Lon
don, where many bankers have ever since re-
sided.
The oldest version of the Old and New
Testament, belonging to the Christians, is
that in the Vatican, which was written IN
the fourth or fifth century, and published in
the year 1887.
Ancient books were originally boards, or
the inner bark of trees ; and bark is still
used by some nations, a. are also skins, fer
which latter parchment was generally sub
stituted.
Stones were first used for bullets, iron
ones are mentioned in 1850. Lesden bullets
were made before the close of the sixteenth
century. Stone cannon balls are still used
in the East.
The most stupendous caual in the world 10
one in China, which passes over two thous
and miles, and to forty one cities it was
commenced in the tenth century.
Chocolate, the -four of cocoa-nut was frat
introduced in England from Mexico, in 1920,
and soon becalrs a fsvorIts beverage in the
London coffee-houses.
Billiards were invented by Henrique Du
vigne, French artist, in the reign OF Charles
TX, about the year 1871, and at once be
came q most fashionable and captivating
game.
The largest and oldest chain bridge in the
world ia said to be at Kingtung, in China,
where it forms perfect road from the top Of
one lofty mountain to the top of smother.
Woman never appearei upon the stage
among ancients. Their perts were represent
ed by men until as late as 1862, when Charles
H. first encouraged the appearance Of wome n
before the public.
ArmoriaI bearings became hereditary, in
families, at the close of the twelfth century :;
they took their rise from the knights, paint
ing their banners with different figures, and
were introduced by the crusaders.
The frs, balloon was constructed at Paris,
BY MN Mcntgolfer, in 1888, in which Ro
zier and the Marquis d. Arlandes ascended,
after which numerous sscents followed, ma.
ny of which proved fatal.
The well kn'wn cotton cloth, calico, is
named from CaIicut, nj citv Of India, which
was discovered by the Portuguese, in l4o8.
Calico was first brought 10 England by the
East India Company, in 1881.
Diamonds were first brought from the
East, where the mine Il Sumbulpour, was
the first known, and where the mines Of
G"lconda were first discovered in the year
1884, those of Brazil in 1882
The diving bell was first used in Europe,
in the year 1909. 1t was used ON the coast
of Null, in searching for the wreck Of q part
of the famous Spanish Armanda, some time
before the year 1869. .-....
Glass bottles were first made in England,
about 1858. The art Of making glass bot
ties and drinking glassed were known 70 the
Romans in the year 70, A. D.. as they have
been found in the ruins of Pcmpeii,
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-10-21
Nurtb Branrb Qsmurrat.

Terms-l copy year, lin advanee) Sl50. IF
not pain within six months, $500 will bs charged
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-10-21
Business Qotires.

VIIM. M. PIATT. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Of
Wv fee in Stark's Brick Block, Tioga ST., Tunk.
North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-10-21

E plows, 1 sows, I rsaps, mows, 1
gcts up wood for winter digs, hoes, and
taters grows, and for what knows, ann in
debted to The PRINTER. do suppore all
knowledge flows right from the printing
press so of goes, i'm these ERE clothes, and
settle up-I guess.