Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-08-30
POLITICAL.

Hon A. j. Fletcher, of Tennessee,
writes that he will be present to fill all the
engagements made for him by the Ohio
state Central Committee. Ii is gratifying
to know that loyal man from reconstruct
ed State will visit us during the campaign /
to bear testimony in person as to the work.
ings OF the Presidential policy.
Hon. Columbus Delano expects IN omen
the campaign in Knox County this week.
The Newark American says "Mr. ID. is in
excellent health, and will make a fgbt that
will tell on the ranks of the enemy"
"A meeting of the Ohio Union State
Central Committee is called at Columbus on
the 29th day of August, Wednesday, A
successor to Geo. b. Senter, deceased (po
litically), on the National Committee, will
be appointed. Certain effects in the hands
OF the said SeDter at the time of his decease
will be made the subject of discussion in the
meeting. 1t is proposed, also, to appoint
Delegates to cooperate with the Loyal
Philadelphia Convention Of the Sd of Sep.
temher. Members Of the Committee will
see that full attendance is important.
We have report, says the New York
Tribune, from Washington, which we credit.
that Gen. Phil Sheridan bas been "reliey.
ed from his command, and Gen. j. B.
Steedman sent down to take his place. This
change speaks for ITSELF
Gen. Thomas had reception BY the
ladies' Of st. Joseph. Mo-, on the 10Th inst.
They greeted him with the utmost cordiaiity,
and he In return bade them teach 10y atty to
the Government. ~
Mayor Hoffman and Collector Smythe,
and others of New York, are making proper
arrangements to receive the. President next
wednesday as he passes through the city on
his electloneering campaign to Chicago.
james NJ. Scovel, the erratic New Jer-
sey Senator, has written a letter promising
10 the event OF an extra session Of the Legis
lature he will support the constitutional
amendment, satisfy his own conscience, and
also crafty his friends
Judge Elmunds and Judge Advocate
General Holt are spoken of AZ degeQates at
large from Washington to the Loyal Union
Convention.
1t is rumored that Judge Advocate
General Holt. who is a Radical, has been
removed from his position in the War Do.
partmeht.
Colonel Wm. NJ. Grosvenor, late editor.
ln-chiAi Of the New Haven Conn. journal
and Courier, has become editor-in-chief OF
the Missouri Dnmocrot, position formerly
held By U. 5. Senator B. Gratz Brown.
The Johnsonites have been making a
good deal of political capital out of the pres.
ence OF Gen. Gran: at the White House last
Saturday when the Convention from the
Philadelphia Committee waited on the Prcsi.
dent and presented him with an official cop,
OF the proceedings Of that body. 1t DOW
comes to light that Gen. Grant was not
present at the time OF his own accord, bu,
through the trick of Messrs. johnson and
Seward, and their political tools 1t seems
that just before the appointed time came
for the interview, the President dispatched
one OF his private secretaries to Gen Grant,
saying he desired to SEQ him on important
6usln IS. Of course the General hastuned
over 10 the White House, and when he
reached 1t the Philadelphia Committee wa.
orderd by Marsha Goodng to assemble in
the E ,st room The President was then
awaiting the arrangements Of the Commit
tee, and 1t was in this manner that Cen
drant was entranped into supposed indorse-
ment of the swindling party.
The campaign in Indiana is being prose
cuted with great energy.
The Union Convention at Toledo, which
nominated the Hon j. NJ Ashley for Con.
grcsS. appointed Hon. j. 9. Hall delegate
to the Philadelphia Convention of Southern
loyalists.
The Boston Traveller has commuuca.
tlon strongly urging the nomination of Wen.
dell Phillips as the Unios candidate for Con.
gress, in place of A. Fl. Rice, who declines
reelection.
"A Washington special states that Gen.
Grant will not accompany the President in
his eleclioneering tour to Chicago.
Hon, A. NJ. Clapp, Union Postmaster
at Buffalo, has been superseded by Joseph
Camden, supporter Of my policy"
The Endorsements of Republican Office
holders upon the Randall circular, which are
still comiog to light, have by no means lost
their force and point notwit thstanding the
"What'is it" Convention has met and
adjournnd. Among the most lsconic was
that Of Mr.. Hallowel, Postmaster of Kansas
City, who simply wrote back. "Do you think
| am ID fool?" W. Il. Shepard,
Postmaster AZ O,kaloosa, Iowa, also returned
his copy Of the circular with this brief in
dor,emeat: "Am not for sale.
The Radical Union men of Washing
ton County. N, C., held meeting at Ger
mantown on the 18th, at which resolutions
were adopted deprecatiug all dissen4ions in
the Union party. reaffirming the principles
of the National Union Presidential Conven-
ton of 1904. indorsing the call for Con,
vention OF Southern oyalists TO be held in
Philadelphia in September, favoring the
admission Of the Southern States to repre-
sentation only when their people shall ac
cept the terms of unexampled moderation
offered them in corresponding spirit, and
thanking Congress Tor keeping out disloyal
representatives.
Long John Wentworth. talking about
the politics Of Secretary McCulloch, said
Dir. Lincoln told him: II think I've got
a Secretary to suit you. I'rn tired of politi-
clans, and taken banker from Indiana;
| don't think he knows anything else."
The Uaion men of Massachusetts, are
preparing for the autumnal canvass, In the
Boston district there will be severe contest,
owing to the strong 'Conservative" senti,
ont 4 kat han.,o r,unl 1, ha Gtuto " II