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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-01-28
A Strange Anomaly.
From the New York Day Bob

FROM ILe NeN IoTk Dhy 80 T.
The AbolitiOnists are, at the same
time, the bTavest men and the great.
est towards the world ever saw. Il
seems q sraOge anomaly, but it ia nsv
ertheless perfectly true, that these
"frends Of freedom" are morally the
most audacious Of mortals and phys
ically the most abjacs towards on tho
lac1 OF the earth. Sumner, in the Sen
ate, was even brave enough to ridi.
cule the physical iufiirmties of the
yeuarable Senator Butler, but when
Psston Brooks, man not scarce half
his strength, took him Lv his collar.
and smartly caned him, he fell ct his
Ieet, grevel!ng like whipped hound.
Burlingame was brave enough to
blaspheme the Almighty aud demand
d niger equality God as we'll as q.
nion, but rode, day after day, in a
close carriage, for fear General Lane
would give him q switching. But
think OF Seward touching q bell and
arresVlng Thousands OF free born Amer
leans just as in Turkey and Russia;
bR il QUE o.! these outraged cltizsns
should confront him personally, he
might knock the tyrant down with
straw. But after all, "Old Aben ia
the most audacious man Of the Abo.
lition crowd. He no; only suspended
tho writ Of habeas corpus, and thus at
a blow made slaves Of twenty million
OF iul grown, free.born Americans.
but in his PROCLAMATION of Freedom
presumea 70 nullify the ordinances OF
the Almighty, and abolish the distinc.
tlons Of racel But physically, he is
probably the biggest coward Of the
lot, not only Disgusting himself in
eloke and Scotch cap,but surrounds
himself with a "Guard de Corps" like
poor Louis the sixteenth. Nor is there
ans real anomaly in this matter. The
Abolitionists have theory, or abstra-
ItiCn, that all men, Whites, Indians,
Negroes, Muiattoes, and Sambos, ara
"created equally and in support of
this grand truth" as an abstraction
they are brave as lions. but when
they come to defend it in. pract.
ice, aud affinate with the inferior cres
lures, they can no more STAND up face
to face with an uncorrupt white man
han can the negro himself; and are
thereGre, physically considered the
greatest towards the world ever saw.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1864-01-28

GREAT TRuTHs.--l am not O great
man.--ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
1t is easier to pay small sum than
it is 70 pay q larger one A, LSooLN.
1t is easier to psy debt when yon
have the money than it 10 Rhs you
hay't got the money. .-OLD AgE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19
J. M. Bolts On the Sanitary Com.
lnfssf0n

An autograph letter of Mr.. Bolts, da-
ted Auburn, Culpepper county, Va,
and exhibited at the New York Fair,
has the following:
when have seen wounded soldier on
the field, have not stopped to ascerl ain
whether he wore blue jacket or gray; it
has been enough for me to know that he
was disabled and suffering fellow-creature
to secure for him my sympathy and such
comforts as l could bestow; and such, be-
lieve, have been the instincts of the United
States Sanitary Commission. With this
experience, derived from personal observa-
tion, cannot but appreciate the generous,
noble, and Christian-like objects to be ef-
fected by the association Of which you are
an organ, and therefore it affords me pleas
ure to comply with your request, by send
ing this poor contribution to your auto
graph letters, concluding the earnest prayer
that the present year may put an end to a
conflict which is not only denoralizing the
whole ceuntry-bringing grief and misery
to the hearthstones of millions, and serious
ly affecting the interests of the world at
largs-but which is disreputable to civilza-
tion and humanity, as well as to the age in
which we live"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19
Give Him a Trade.

If education is the great bucklar and
shield Of human liberty, well developed
industry is equally the bucklar and shield OF
individual Independence. As an unfailing
resource through life, give your son, equal
with good education, good, honest trade.
Better any trade than none at all, though
there is ample field for the adoption ofevery
inclination in this respect. Learned profes,
sions and speculative employments may fail
man, but an honest handicraft trade seldom
ornever-ifits possessor chooses to exercise
it. Let him feel, too, that honest labor-crafts
are honorable and noble. The men of
trades-the real creators of whatever is most
essential to the necessities and welfare of
mankind-eannot be dispensed with. They,
above all others, in whatever repute they
have been held by their mora fastidious
fellows, must work at the oar of human
progress, or all is lost. But few brown
handed trade workers think Of this. or
appreciate the real power and position
they compass. Give your son a trade, nc
matter what fortune he may have, or seem
likely to inherit, 4 Give him atrade. With
this he can always battle with temporary
want, and can always be Independent.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19
Obsolete Southern Ideas.

Miss Martineau, in a late number oi
Macmillan's Magazine, produces some
interesting "reminiscences of her visit to
America in 1884. Among these are her
interviews with ex-President Madison
and Chief-Justice Marshall of Virginia.
Speaking of Judge Marshall, she says:
He was79-as bright. eyed and war; heart.
ed as ever, while as digni6ed a Judge =,
ever filed the highest seat in the highest
court OF any country. He said he had seen
Virginia the leading State for half his.life: he
had seen her become the second, and sink To
be, think, the fifth. Worse than this.
there was no arresting her decline, if her
citizens did moi put an end to slavery; and he
saw no signs OF any intention TO do 80, east
Of the mountains at least. He had seen
whole groups of estates, populous in his time.
lapse iuto waste. He had seen agricultur.
exchanged for human stock breeding, and
keenly felt the degradation. The forest was
returning over the fine cid estates. and wild
creatures which had not been seen for
generations we're reappeariDg: numbers and
wealth we're declining, and education and
manners were degeBerating. 1t would not
have surprised him to be told that on that
soil would the main battle be fought when
the critical day should como which he
foresaw
The venerable Madison uttered similar
sentiments, but he seemed more hopeful
from the operations Of the Colonization
Society.
Mr.. Madison had cheerful and sanguine
temper; and if there was one thing more
than mother which he had learned to consider
secure, 1t was the Constitution which he had
SO large share in making. Yet he told me
that he was nearly in despair, and that he
had been quite 50 till the Colonization
Society arose. Rather than admit 10 him
self that the South must be laid waste BIZ
scryiie war, or the whole country BY civil
war, be streve to believe that millions Of
negroes would be carried to Africa, and so
got rid of
He talked more of Slavery than Of all
other subjects together, returning to it
morning, noon and night He said that the
clergy perverted the Bible, because it was
altogether against Slavery; that the eolored
population was increasing faster than the
white, and that the state of morals was such
as barely permitted society to exeist.
or the issue of the conflict. whenever it
should occur, there could, he said, be no
doubt. A society burdened with slave
system could make no permanent resistance
to the unincumbered enemy, and he was
astonished at the faRaticism which blinded
some Southern men to so clear certainty.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19
The Right Spirit.

Col. John W. Forney makes the
following patriotic response to the
specification of the Committee on
Newspaper Offices for a days income
and days wages of his Office in aid
of the Pennsylvania Fair: -.-,
WASHINGTON, April a. 1884.
Ny DEAR WINsLow: ] only set your Cir
cular of the 18th yesterday, through my
business representive, Mr.. Brown, and 4
have Just telegraphed him as 6lloss: Say
to my friend WinsloW he shah kave- the
profits of ens days business on The Press.
oneday's business Gu the Chronicle, and one
month Of my, salary as Secretary Of the
Senate. Fixtbe best day for the Press, and
| will do the same for the Chronicle. Say,
also, TO all my friends in the eihce lin Phile..
delphia) that will be grateful II they will
do their best to help the aresteausa,' lsish
| could do more, and rely on Il, viii Try 70
do more. | hold life, property, every hing,
sofafbelow the honor and tksssltstioa Of
my dear country, ths.I woold sladl, give
all T have or hope for, fin. soentu css be
saved froa this dr,aifol Saws, ksoelhsA
1.-The worst, the most ungrsteful, ssd tho
most causslsss, sines the Satanio haNs took
arms against a protesting end fpsGi'iag
God.
Yours truly aad sis.ys 81
e4... W. Toks1r.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19
TEnmsfoP ADvERrmaxa as
What the Democratic Party
done for tho Country.

There are some over credulous indi-
viduals belonging to the Democratic
party who persist In saying that that
party If restored to power could sue
cessfully end the war and restore the
Union. For the purpose of refreshing
the memory of those who profess to
think SO, as to what that party did do
when In power, we publish the follow
ing extract from aspeech recently made
in Congress by Mr.. Morehead
The country was 10 tho midst'ofs revo.
luton when Mr.. Buchanan retired and has
been on the brink Of revolution at different
times for thirty years.
jackson suppressed treason in 1882. JEFF
Davis and his fellow conspirators made soma
signs Of beginning revolution under old
! Zach. Taylor in 1850 when California vas
admitted US free State but ths hero Of
Buena Vista squslched it by announcing
| that be would hang the frat rebsl who dared
TO lift hand against the Union, and JEFF
! Davis knew well he would do II. They
prepared for il while Pierce lived in the
White House and Davis governed the eoun-
| try. They persevered while Buchanan was
President and Flsyd controlled the Army
until-between the 4.h Of November 1850.
the day Lincoln was elected, and the 4th
Of March, 1861, the day ho was inaugurated
every Southern fort, except Pickens ard
Sumter, every srmory and arsenal, all the
ordnance, arIos and ammunition, tie Gus
tom-houses, post officers, and mintsj in
word, all the, Federal pre- perty in every
sec,ded State was seized by slaveholdiDg
traitors, without blow beiDg struck ora
shot being fred in their defense, aud thirty
days before Buchansn's term expired eight
slaveholding Statos had openly febelled
against the Government, cast on allegiance
to it, and excluded its authority, hauled
down its fag, ptured its troops, arms, fcrts
ships, munitions Of war, assembled Congress
at Montgomery, Alabama adopted g cou-
s,itution, elected President, prepared to
raise armies and organized oonfedsracy as
foreign and hostile government, .'sll under
that Democratic rule which my colleague il
so anxious to restore, and all done by Demo-
cratic Leaders! What did Mr.. Buchanan do
to prevent these great crimes3 Nothing
What did the Democratic party do to pre-
vent them? Nothing. Ga the other hand,
they resisted everything that looked like
protecting the public property and preserving
the nation honor.
Sir so widespread was treason, go fsithless
the President that all hope was exchausted
except the single ono that his term would
expire before all was lost. Thank GoI
Abraham Lincoln become President before
the cause of the Union was totally ruined,
and then the work of rescue began
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19
Story of the Butterfly.

The following beautiful little sketch
is by Grace Greenwood. 1t occurs in
her account of her voyage across the
Atlantic. TX Marvel has produced
nothing finer:
"One day, much to my surprise, l spied
a real live Butterfly on one of the spars of
the sessel. 1t had been blown out from the
shore, the captain said. But its wings were
wet with spray, and torn by the winds, and
it did not live many minutes after it lit
| thought to myself that perhaps this poor
little creature been born in some secluded
cottage garden, brought up On the sweetest
honey and the purest dew, Graded by night
in a jessamine, and rocked by summer
winds; or costly couched in the heart of a
rose, was sung to sleep by merry cricket.
That, perhaps, she had always been happy
and contented, until some gessiping locust
or fragrant humming bird had filled her
ears with fine stories of grander gardens
across the sea, and had been seized with a
foolish longing for foreign travel strange
sights and adventures. ...
That from this time she had found her
garden home dull, her, honey and dew In
sipid, her rosebud uncomfortable, the song
of her cricket-nurse harsh, until she could
stand il ne longer, but bravely flew off from
shore, right over that beautiful sparkling
sea. Then the strong wind took her on,
and through the salt ocean spray, all day
and all night, until it left her at last, not in
foreign fairy garden, but on a great ship,
that smelt of tar instead Of roses, aud the
small, gold stars died out Of her azure
wings, and she was seon only little heap
of shining dust. aal
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19
Garibal6i on the American Re-
belliOn--His opinion OF Gen.
Grant.

On the oath of April, Garibaldi break
tasted with a select numbsr of American
residents of London. Tbs correspondent
of the n. Y. Tribune writing Of the occa-
sion says
The breakfast passed off Delightfully."-
Garibaldi spoke freely Of the Great American
Rebellion, declaring his entire sympathy
with thespeople Of the North and the Govern
ment. Hisheart, he said, acds altogether ,0ith
them. If 1t ,oere neeesseTy, he n0uld 90 to
America Immediately, and Offer Aa .serrices
to President Lincoln. But he added, this
was supsrfnous, for the var could not last
much longer, as the South was becoming
utterly exhausted, when the Union must be
ro-establishsd, Individually he felt proud
of having become an American citizen. Ha
had been very we'll acquainted with George
Sanders, when that individual.wA Secretary
of Legation; and subsequent to the bresking
out of the Rebellion Sanders had written to
him. urging him to join the Cosfedsrstss, to
which he had replied enphatcsn expressing
his convictions and hopes ofths speedy tri-
uuph of the North over both sseessios and
Slavery. A very general laugh was excited
by Garibaldi's adding quietly; He didn't
write to me again."
SohVerslns luTtner on tno war, TIE Uea-
eral enlogized U. S. Grant in the highest
terms, declaring that the Vicksburg cam
paign had never been surpassed 10 var, and
gave it as his decided orlnioin that Gran.
was 'just the man" for the present snei-
gency. You've got him and yol los't want
me, said Garribaldi-words which, / think,
Americans may be proud 10 hear, one Of
them in particular. Taking, too. with g
young South Carolmsn, on the staff of Gen.
Longstreet, but now one of the s'aunchest OF
Union men, engaged in the study ofthe law
in London, and present on the oocssion,
Garibaldi congratulated him warmly on ai,
abandoning an evil caase, saying that "a,l
lovers ofliberty throughes. Europe lsnssd
to see the Union re-e.tablishsd."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19

From J Mention Brosn, D. d., Editor Of the
Encyclopedia Of Rsiis ious knowledge,
Although disposed TO favor recommend Patent
Medicines in general through disirust OF their ngred-
and Effects yet know Of no sufficient reason why
testify the benefit he believes himself to
have received from any simple preparation IN the hope
that he may thus contribute to the benefit OF others.
do this the more readily in regard TO Boohands Ger
Buers prepared by DR.. c. NJ Jackso,l, of this
city, because was prejudiced against them for many
years, u.der the impression that they chiefly
alchoholic mixture am indebted to my friend Robert
shoemaker, Esq., for The removal OF this prejudice by
proper tests and for encouragement to try them, when
suffering from great and long continued debility The
of three bottles Of these Bters, at the beginning OF
the present year. was followed by evident relief and
restoration degree of bodily and mental vgor which
had not felt for six months before and had almost de-
SPARED OF regulating. therefore thank God and my
friends for directing me to the use Of them.
J. NEWTON BROWN.
Philad elphia June %, 1901
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19
HeautffuI Answers.

A pupil Of the Able Sicord gave the fol
lowing extraordinary answers.
"What is gratitude?" i.
Gratitude is tha memory of the heart
What is hopsY' l.
"Tlope is the blossom Of happiness" s}
"What is the difference between hope
and desire?" = 5W
"Desire is tree in leaf, hope is tree in
flower, and enjoyment is tree with fruit
"What is eterniry2'' b, ..Tt
"a day without yesterday or tomorrow
line that has no end.' a yioen- rHf
"What is time2Y o. = 'lg. ,l
"a line that has two ends--a path which
begins at the cradle and ends at the tomb
"Whatlis God2' u r-iaaf
''The necessary being, the sun of eterni'
ty, the mschanist of nature, the eye OF JUS
tice, the Matchmaker Of the universe, the
soul of the world" "lsa-se esd %
i.'Does God reasonW
"Man reasons; because he doubts; he de
liberate ates--hs decides. God is omnicient;
He psysrdGnbts, He thsrsfors nevsr rsa
sons"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19
An AmOrOus ErOnaut.
A THOROUGHLY FRENCH STORY.

A THOROUGHLY FRENCH STORY.
The following characteristic story is told
by late French journal: ir.ar
While Mons Goddard was filling an i'm
mense balloon in the Champ de Mars, he
amused the spectators fby sending up the
small figure of man, the perfect semblance
of M. Thiers without spectacles. The little
man being filed with gas, rose maiestically
into the air, and was soon lost to view among
the clouds His adventures, which became
known the next day, were curious Thanks
to strong and favorable gale, which i'm
PEELED him on his course, the little balloon
man arrived the same afternoon in sight OF
a fine country house in the neighborhood OF
Blevro. 1t was near the hour of dinner,
and the lady Of the mansion, who naturally
thought herself perfectly safe, was occupied
in the mysteries of her toilet. y iaaar '1'
1t was warm day, and she had opened
one of the windows which looked out on the
park and was safe from any prying eyes. =
While TRANQUILITY engaged, by the assistance
of corset lacing, in reducing her waist to a
size and shape that would reflect credit on
her husband s taste, she was suddenly start
led by blast Of wind, followed strange
noise and Immediately the easement wa;
thrown open and our little balloon man en-
tered her chamber unannouneed. The lady
uttered cry of terror and threw shaw
over her shoulders The little man, driver
by the wind, throws himself upon the un
happy woman; who, screaming louder thai
ever, pushed him of, and he coneeals him
self under the bed. ia noimalnl aai g'
Just as the wife, in supplieating voice
says to this novel Don Juan, "Ah, Mon
sieur, go away, or you will ruin mel" tht
husband fariously rushed in, crying, "Ah
the wretch, have him now !" and goes il
search of his sword to run him through th,
body. The wife, more dead than alive, re
iterates, in the midst of sobs, Z" Fly, fly
Monsieur! and save me the sight of
dreadful tragedy go -po .9a2 ,sa'n F
The husband arrives, armed to the teeth
followed by the whole household, who seel
to mollify his anger. While two of hi
friends hold the husband, third, stoopinI
down, perceiyes our little friend, who, fo
good cause, utters not word, and catehin,
him by the leg, draws him forth from hi
concealment-when,l 10 Monsieur Balloon
no longer held down by the bedstead, raise
himself erect, swells out and rises majestic
ally to the ceiling, to the immense amuse
ment Of the spectators, while the poor, jeal
Gus husband sinks away, sword and al
4 heartily ashamed Of his causeless wrath.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19
nLsng,s speech.

The Richmond Sentinel prints Longs
reasonable speech in full, having
previously printed apretty full synop-
sis. 1t says: au .eI0l. ~.
od AS the speech isable, truthful, deliberate,
and brave, and as it has excited SO much at
tention in consequence ofths abortiye efforts
Of the Lincolnites to sxpel Mr.. Long from the
House Of Representatives for its uttersnce,
and the barren victory they won on the
motion to oensure, We have thought We
could not better use our space than to copy
it in full.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19

A NOBLE sfNTMENr.-"I know net
what record of sin awaits me in the other
world, but this l do know; that never was
so mean as to despise any man because he
was poor. because he was ignorant, or be,
cause he was black" This truly noble and
Christian sentiment is the urterance OF
Gov. Andrew, Of Massachusetts, and it is
more honor TO a man to have spoken it than
it it is to be the CLief Magistrate of the DO
bic and loyal State whose Governor &c is
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19

AL6cID EXPLANATION The philosoph-
ical u osh Billings says that ''awl puson
wants tsw understand musk with isa good
soul, good ear haint got amy more ttew
dew with il than good sett of branes has
tew dew with charito. Musk, after all,
is sumthips like vittles: the more ceokin
and seasoDin we uze. the more we hev 20
hav, till after while We kant enjoy any
thing of the vittles but tho pepper"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19

The Western Methodist Book Con
eern have sold during the four years ending
January 81, 1864, in this city, booksand
periodicals to the amount of $7s3,059 65.
The circulation Of the Ladies' Repository is
33.500, and. of the Western Christian
Advocate. 3S,7S7.--ICin. Gas. n
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19

THE California Copperheads have
held convention to nominate delegates to
Chicago. Their resolutions were Of highly
pacific character.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19

PURIFY, purify, purify the blood with
Ayers Sarsapsrills, and the hunors,
derang and distempers which perysds
the system at this season will disappear.
We have tsiedlit anaspsAk Uth, knswisdss.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-05-19

Price rs cts, per bo'tssor six bottles fol "a co.
lrFor sale by Druggists and Dealers everywhere |
The Gn,.sd States, snd6y j. 4, WEST 1 co, 81 clair
pille. abb Ia djlu 7edlt1.i !Fa se16-iy
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-06-25

Mr.. ED1ToR:-I have been here two
days, and have presented the Orphan cause
to the I'd cavalry, the 35th and the 18th in
fantry; noble regiments are they. When
the men are together, listening and ipter-
ested audience; you see the open coGnte-
nances, the generous aud earnest none of
your narrow contracted, suspicious looking
faces. My meeting with the End cavalry
was sabbath evening, beginning little be-
fore sum- down and going on until after
nine, and then, if you could have heard
them, in that beautiful court, as beneath a
beautiful sky with mild moon and bright
stars they sang the battle Cry Of Free
dom," brave Boys" and the "'Star
Spangled Banner" you would have felt an
elevating influence in your appreciation Of
the armv, and your hope for the country.
They pledged for the Orphan Home 1903.
At p. M, Monday l presented the cause
to the 35th, numbering 443 men. One dom
pany Of IS men pledged $3.50, the regiment
over $1,000. Att p. m, / had a grand
meeting with the 18th, eight companies Of
1t, and mostly young men and single.
Lieut.. Col. Stibbs started off with two life
mem berships, and it was astonishing TO
see how enthusiastic the men were,j they
went on and on until they reached A,O56,
and two companies absent. Is there any
one at home who wonders that lo7e tho
army? This tells what our army isE Let
the folks at home wake up, both the, liber-
al and the avaricious who are getting rich
by the circumstances Of this war, and par