Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-03-22
GENERAL sEus sBaiMATsY.

the part OF the telegraph companies which
will, IL carried out, as proposed, bring all the
lmT ortant working wires in the United
States under the entire control sfone orgsni-
ziion' 50 that, practically, one giant corpo-
ration will sweep the board.
,THE new residence of Gen Grant al
W ashineton, is one oi a block built some
ten years ago by Senator Douglas, Rice aud
Breckinrdge, as their metropolitan resi-.
dence while in Office. The Government
has used the whole block as a hsspital
during the rebellion The house adjoining
Gen. Grants belongs to Alfred Lee, a saga
clous and highly respected coloted man, a
Hour dealer, and reported to DO worth $780,
900.
Gov, FLETCHER, Of Missouri, has been
applied to by the loyal citizens of Lafayette
County, for company of cavalry to protect
that section against a gang gofbushvhaekers of
which they have discovered is now being
organized there. Bushwhackers are also
said to be organized in Saline County, and
assuming threatening attitude toward 10y
al citizens.
Rlcn gold bearing quartz has been re.
Gently discovered 10 Rome, Ga. The Rome
Courier says: IF there is an abundance
Like the specimen before u, thousand dol
lars TO the hand, per day, would not be an
unreasonable yield"
A NEW YoRK paper sums up the entire
expenses of the balls that have been held in
that city during the winter, and makes it
nearly seven millisn dollars.
A LITTLE boy recently died at West Beth
ell, Maine, In consequence of another boy
piling stones, while at play, on his stomsch,
while lyInO Hnun thot ta amid moi re
TnE et-rebel officers, Shelby. Green,
Hunter, Gray, Early, eAlleu, Magruder,
Byce, Reyrods and Siaus shthe', are in
Mexico
In Tennessee forty three newspapers are
now published. with a prospect of having
the number increased to fifty in few
months. Eighteen Of the number are
d1iles, and twenty-five weeklies. Nsshville
supports seven, and Memphis nine dailies.
THE health Of the venerable Lewis Cass
is rapidly failing. He scarcely sits up at all,
and his death is dlily expected.
TIE bonds of the O. Mshony Irish Repuh-
lie have been quite extensively counterfeiitd.
and the spurious bonds are said to be vsIy
close limitations of the genuine.
AN order has been issued to duafsutus
all the ports Of Texas, on account Of official
nntice Of the prevalence of cholera in the
West Indies.
PETITIONS are in circulation in Philsdel-
phia for change in the name Of Broad
street to that of Lincoln avenue.
-TuB LAAre-. .f nnA- hnndraa aiaaras-iy
houses in Chicago have been indicted, aud
sixty FIVE of them arrested
THE Gee trial is developing berrsrs
equaling those of the Wirz trial.
The total amount of National Bank cir
culation is now $260.000,0S1. s-'E'
SUNDAY night dances have been sup
dances had notice served on them last week
by the police.
SOME citizens of ST. Louis, ssbort tina
since presented Gen Sherman with $50 0,o0O,
with an intimation that they wished him to
purchase dwelling in that city. He accept
ed the money and purchased house.
BAYARD TAYLOR has introduced new
watermelon, which keeps through the win
ter. He obtained the seeds from Volga,
Russia, from melon grown in Persia, on
the shores of the Caspian Sea.
JARED SPARKS, the historian, died at
Cambridge, Mass, on the 18th inst, at the
age of77.
GENERAL SHERIDAN recently anished .
tour of Texas. He was asked how be liked
the State, and said in reply. IF owned
HI and Texas, would rent Tsxas and
live at the other place"
UNITED STATES Five -twen,ies we're selling
higher in England at last advices than at
any time since they were issued. L1
THERE are now in the vaults Of the Treas
ury about $l4U 00G,096 in notes and coin,
which is the largest sum they have ever be-
fore contained.
THE Fort Scott (Kansasl Press says the
city is improving spidly-immigratio is
constantly pouring in from all quarters,
either to become citizens OF Fort Scott, or
to settle in the immediate vicinity; they
are of that class that have means and are
willing to put it in circulation. ....-
GENERAL AsDorH, who came TO this
country as the adjutant of kossuth, and
who served in the Union army throughout
the late war, has been appointed Minister
TO the Argentine Republic. instead OF to
Venezuela, as first reported.
! ArSt. Joseph, founding was enthusi
asticaly adopted by respectable family
but physician pronounced the waif en- oc
toroon, whereupon it was turned over to tn,
County authorities, on which the Herald
soiloquizes, "And the colored troop
fought bravely." ..E
SENATOR SHERMAN has taken the Stun
$ in Connecticut for Gen. Hawley and tn
Union ticket.
The Commissioner of Pensions has de-
!. cided that. under the provision Of the Ia,
: granting pensions to mothers wholly or
: part dependent on deceased sen, it mus
= be shown that such dependence. was. nc
!. merely prospective, but actually exists
prior to the sons death.
e SOME British soldiers in Canada has
+ been court-martialed for singing Fenia
IS songs. r q
- GEN. Dick TAYLOR is reported to hav
y leased from the State Of LouisiaHa the ne
|, canal connecting New Orleans With LAX
"a Pontchartrain, for $750O00.
a. SEVENTY rrvk members of the Society
Friends from Randolph County. Mort
Carolina, arrived at Washington on the l4tl