Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-12-20
. POLITICAL.

Gov. Wright, the American Ambassador
at Berlin, is seriously i'll. 80
About seventy. Eve per cent Of the Rad
ical papers of Missouri advocate the cleo.
ton of Charles d. Drake to the United
States Senate. ilH''H'
AN instance is given by correspondent
Of the way 10 which patriotic ladies helped
to pile up Republican majorities. A wo-
man living in the township Of Spencer,
Kent County, Michigan, went about two
miesto her sister,s on election vmorniue,--
Her first remark kvvas,r.John wont. vote
the copperhead ticket day, for 1 have
left him % take care of the children, and
be can t leave them until return, and !
shall not do 80 until the pells are closed"
She was as good as her word. /"
The Union majofity Of New York is
finally officially announced. It is 1879.
--Doesticks is reporter on the New
York Tribune.
Horace Greeley is on leoturing tour
in the West.
The Pittsburgh Republic raises the
President in 1868. The editor of the Re.
public must be after very large elce Of
Andy's bread and butter, and ought to get it,
Tor he is the only man we have heard of who
has had the courage to mention A. J.'s
name in that connection.
-Millard Fillmore is one of tho Demo
cratic candidates for United States Senator
for New York. We propose Rip Van
Wrinkle as another. d.
The Newburgh IN. Y. Journal, a pa.
per that advocated Horace Greeley's cleo.
ton to the United States Senate before his
general amnesty proclamation" now earn
estly declares that ii desires no such result,
and that he is so far out of the race as not
to demand consideration for his candidacy
Greeley, it says, has committed political
Iarikari, by bis general amnesty manifesto,
which it styles weak and inexpedient. 1t
says he "prattles with more than infantile
glibness and guilelessness. u..lt :
lin view of the probable restriction by
Congress of the Presidents powerto par.
don rebels Unfortunately, some of the
Southern journals are urging him to make
haste and pardon everybody before the bill
now pending becomes law, and for the
same reason pardon brokers at Washing
ton are said to be playing their vocation
with more vieor and energy than ever
The Philadelphia Press compares the
President,with King James IT,, and thus
quotes Macaulsy in illustration: "His mode
Of arguing, II Il is to be so called, was one
not uncommon among dull and stubborn
persons, who were accustomed to be sur.
rounded by their interiors. He asserted .
proposition and as often as wiser people
ventured respectfully to show that it was er
roncous. he asserted 1t again, in exactly the
same word, and conceived that by doina
SO, lie at once disposed Of oil objections"
Z The Raasd 81 fsAldormen of New Or
i leans have UMvpimoesly adopted resolu
i ton appropriately ! foepinr the City Hal
, to the use of the2 CdkA1jfteey yof Congress
: toinvesdRate therriot6.6 gnd tequestipg tht
Mayor tSAprovids usesaapgeisy couriers, and
oil needed assistance III @prosecuting4 theiI
duties. \ ,AS i3
. --Adv;ces from Nevada are to the effcc
that the re.slsdtions oflSquator Nye is al
most certain. ma ..,.,,- = l--
), + : -Arrans semm ents have been jmsde h,
, Marshal Gooding, of the District of Colum
bia, for the safe keeping of John ii. Sur
ratt and his speedy indictment and tria
y before Judges Carter, Olin, Fisher am
Wiley, Of the District Supreme Court
y Dixon, Doolittle and Cowan are nc
a invited TO participate in the caucuses {
y Union Senators. I,f y, ....,.1
!, The bill 10 repeal what is known as III
|, act of limitation III cases of treason was u
." 10 the House of Representatives on Wee
+ nesday. Mr.. Rogers, Of New Jersey
), concluding speech on it, used the follow
:, ing 'highfalutin:' "God Almighty
i eternity will write In letters of gold, upo
Il the front of the altar Of Christianity, tn
:. the name Of Andrew johnson as the on
/ pure patriot of these troublous times" - :
v This was received with shouts Of Taught.
h on the radical side of the House.
/. "A dispatch to the New York Heral
SAYS that Chief Justice Chase denies th,
g the iron. clad oath has been decided uncol
lr stituronal by q majority Of the Judges
N the United States Supreme Court. o
10 One day last week committee ofladi,
called on the Chicago Republican folks, {,
a contribution to aid in building home e
destitute children of deceased Confedera
!, soldiers. The Republican responded, vel
~ literally, with contribution of fre hundr,
dollars IN Confederate currency, aud add
: I'VE hope the people Of Chicago general
" and without distinction Of party, will displl
-, U Hke hUONo uS riga
,,s the feelings Of these noble recipients t,
T., chivalrous to offend them by the offer
~ greenbacks. f" 80
Senator Wade's bill, providing for q
NJ selection OF Jurors in Utah, really aim
be for the abolition Of polygamy. 1t assel
de the right Of the United States to oerta
il lands aud watercourses heretofore claim
at by Brigham Young as his property o.
pt granted By him for the usc Of the TSair
or alone. II prohibits the solsmnixation
,e- patrimony by Norman priests, and rem
that duty to tho Judges Of the Unit
VI. States Courts, who Of course, will restr
tn men to one wife each. ~ .
"o The Goversor Of Georgia has veto
:. the Stay law, and the lower House Of
/" Legislature voted down Bankrupt bill.
be Gen. aud Mrs. Mcclellan are at I
sr, Water Cure establishment at Mariiz, ,Swi
ke erhnd. The lady's health 10 improving,
The Central Club Of the Boys in Bl,
NJ Of Harrisburg. has issued q call to tts co
panions ia arms throughout PeDnsylysn
!, inviting them to make grand parade
ne that city on the occasion Of the iuaugu
'oo ton Of Gov. Geary in January. p .,; '",
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